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HO BERT HUNTER,
Notary Public ,
kHrlkvrt leavlaaT the ly (ens
a-orarlly shoald Tke He
tuallee to theaa. Addrrea will he
That Chicago grand Jury seemed to
think it wag too early for Mr. Fat
ten to retire.
,ow let somebody pull off a suffra
gette uprising la Portugal and the
program there will be complete.
Let Mr. Corey join with Mr. Nat
Goodwin In either elevating the stage
oj solving the divorce problem.
The call ot the wild must be pretty
strong, when It bids Jack' London to
attend a dinner given to a dog.
Cold storage food is aaid to be com
ing down "without waiting for the aid
or consent of any tariff on earth."
(iermajiy haa excluded Mormonism
without' waiting for the "aid or con
sent of any other nation on earth."
They are dropping bomba from aero
planes on San Francisco Just for fun.
But Los Angeles can not see the Joke.
James Smith, Jr., of New Jersey may
be in a position to give expert testi
mony on the scholar as a force In
politics.
A German girl from St. Paul haa
married a Swede man from Minneap
olis. And yet some folks despair of
world peace.
The same reason for demanding the
neutralization of the Panama canal,
might also be cited In favor of Its
fortification.
if Governor Aldrlch will take the
hint, he will be mighty particular
about granting pardons and paroles
to penitentiary convlcfa.
A ' Kentuckian ought to (mak, a
good melodrama actor, for every time
he forgets his lines he could whir? out
bis gun ana go to snooting.
If the proof of the pudding Is In
the eating, we fear Los Angeles has
not yet made good on its various ex
perimental forms of city government.
Itobeon seems to think Carnegie's 310.
iKVitW gift for peace is a slap In hla face
Chattanooga Times.
Few people would object to being
hit In the face with $10,000,000.
Never miud. If City Clerk Rutler
will Join with us to get a rational
and workable registration law we will
all help to remove the bone of conten
lion.
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That's an old dodge for the mayor
to appoint someone to office whom he
knows the council will not confirm,
and then try to make political capital
out of It.
' Wbeu It cornea to advertising Ne
braska it i a question of quality as
well aa of quantity. Some kinds of
tate advertising would be dear at any
- price or uo price. v
Mr. Morgan having rescued those
nine New York banks, baa now loaned
Honduras f 10,000.000 and steadied
that little nation on Its feet. It's a
' great thing to be a philanthropist.
bouth Omaha, Dundee, Benson and
Florence will all be annexed to Omaha
aotue day. Why should we have to
ain,e a Costly ud distinct water
works plant every time we take in one
of ibone auburban towns?
Year Starti Out Well.
According to most of the expert
forecasts, this year starts out with
better prospects for business thsn I
usual. January, thus far. has been
Indicative of a healthful trade In lead
ing lines. Railroad earnings have held
up better than was feared and the
condition of the labor market Is en
rouraglng. Dun's and Hradstreet'a
report heavy buying for spring trades,
heavier than usual In many lines. The
outlook for export commerce la good
and this always has Its effect upon
domestic markets.
The general status is helped on by
the overlarge crops of last year, which
have had contributory effect upon
present conditions. They made It pos
sible to catch up the slack in busi
ness and reach out for greater ad
vance. Crops and weather always
have a very acute bearing on finance.
That Is why there is considerable un
easiness Just now In the central coun
try over the unusually small precipi
tation of moisture that has come to
this section thus far this winter.
While it Is not time to raise danger
signals, rivers at their lowest ebb and
very light snows In the mountains In
variably have a disconcerting effect
on the business mind.
With more favorable climatic con
ditions, the country may well look for
a year of substantial prosperity, even
greater than It enjoyed In 1910, for it
has gone on regaining strength that
was wasted In the wake of the 1907
Stringency. Capital, of course, like
the wicked, often flees when no man
pursueth; It Is extremely sensitive
and one cannot bank top much on
what it may find to alarm it, but a
fair view of the year ahead does not
disclose any reason why the money
market should not Improve.
Purse Snatchen.
It may be surprising to some to
learn that In as well-governed a city
as Indianapolis is reputed to be, the
crime of purse-snatching Is so preva
lent as to baffle the, police in their at
tempt to break it up. The chief of
police of that city is quoted as saying.
"I will give any womin a gold medal
hn n.lll .hnnt a hrucrh a mi ran
snaicner. lie virtually uvieo
women on the streets nights there to
carry arms.
Evidently the situation In the In
diana metropolis Is grave. This is a
crime practiced extensively at this
season of the year. Even in Omaha
we have had more or less of it. Only
a few nights ago a young woman of
this city did, she says, or tried to do,
Just the thing the Indianapolis chief
urges the women there to do, firing
two shots at a footpad from a revolver
she had concealed In her muff. It is
a pity she waa not a better shot than
she proved to be. .
This is a difficult problem for the
police to solve. It would be easier If
the women who carry their purses
where thieves can snatch them, would
help the police to help them. A sim
ple thing to do, ot course, but some
how the women do not think of it in
time. Purses might be left at home
sometimes, or carried where thieves
could either not see or get them. It's
easy for a footpad to snatch a purse
and easy for hlra to get away with It
before an officer can arrest him.
When once but of sight, he Is generally
safe. While It ta an easy sort of crime,
It tsnontheless a heinous one, for gen
erally the thief that Is mean enough to
practice It la mean enough to injure a
woman bodily if that be necessary to
perfect hia roguery. If a few gold
medals were distributed upon the con
ditions suggested by the Indiana chief,
of coarse, It might have its effect, but
It is dangerous In' such a case for a
woman to be safe.
v Edison at a Seer.
In the case of Edison, as In that nf
thers, genius seems to be more com
pressed than diffusive. The wizard In
electrical science la of quite ordinary
stature In the general field of proph
ecy. But if he 'finds relaxation from
the tedium or his exacting life tasks
In this diversion, then the world will
not deny him the pleasure of it.
Mr. Edison is a very radical prophet.
He predicts the dsy w hen pov
erty shall be no more; when labor will
rule and universal peace be realized.
Political and industrial revolutions are
Just ahead and gold will soon be com
pounded by chemical processes, mak
ing it plentiful for all. It Is possible
to find fascinating features about this
festive forecast. N
But what makes Mr. Edison think
that universal peace and plenty would
follow such a revolution aa would be
required to bring about ttie monu
mental changes he predicts? Today
neither labor nor capital rules, but
both have a voice In the government
of all advanced nations. We have
seen how jealous each la of its rights
when it believes they are being
usurped by the other. Why, then,
would capital auddenly lapse iuto
quiescence at seeing labor rise to po-
lltical predominance? In this country
aa In many others today, the process
of change la going ou within the gov-
erntneut, but it is evolution rather
than revolution. Undoubtedly we are
coming in the I'nited States nearer to
the Ideal of popular government and
bq are our cousins lu England, but we
seem to be advaucjng rationally
enough and to be in no imminent
ilanccr nf revolution
, ,,, , No atate In the union of Nebraska's Im-
It Is civilization progressing, the j parlance exptntls so little money on roaJ
leavenofi truth working its way j making as Nebraska does -World-Herald
through tBe veil of nature dropped
over the eyes of man kind U is that
same power that Is animating the
spirit of unrt'Bt in Portugal and Spain,
in Italy and Greece and in the nations
of the far east. The public is not
taking the great Inventor's prediction
of revolutions seriously. Yet It prob
ably Is not surprised to find a mind
as unique as his traveling such track
less paths when It leaves its own fa
miliar fields.
Registration Reform.
The verbal passage at arms between
(iovernor Aldrlch and the city clerk of
Omaha may bey an inocuous combst,
but it serves to emphasize the need of
a complete revision of our registration
laws. In their present form the reg
istration laws of Nebraska not only
invite fraud and evasion, but Impose
unnecessary burdens on the voters
and often operate complete disfran
chisement. The multiplicity of registration
days, primary election days, special
election days and regular election days
Is confusing to the roost Intelligent
voter, and It Is a common occurrence
for a well known business man, pro
fessional man or wage worker, who
owns his own home and has been for
years a qualified voter, to go to the
polls only to find that bis name is not
on the registration books and to de
part In disgust rather than attempt to
take the time and trouble to have his
vote sworn In. We have had Instances
even where candidates running on the
ticket for Important Offices have been
unable to vote for themselves because
of the intricacies pf our registration
law.
It will be granted that the peculiar
conditions of the electorate existing In
a city like Omaha calling for safe
guards not required for a rural popu
lation, are met In almost all large
cities made up of people of different
nationalities and shifting residence,
but most of them have solved the
problem at least better than we have.
The tendency everywhere is to put
registration and election machinery
in the hands of an offlVer or non
partisan commission removed from
political pressure. A permanent reg
istration list open to constant correc
tion and subject to revision one day
before each election has found favor
n many places and could be worked
out to fit in with our election laws.
If the flagrant defects In our existing
system of registration are not removed
by the present legislature the people
will know where to place the respon
sibility. Cleaning Out Storage Plants.
Certainly no one wM object to the
plan of the cold Btorage plants to flood
the market with an "avalanche" of
food articles, some of which have been
in keeping for five years. It would
be difficult to think of a reason for
waetlng to extend the cold storage of
eggs, fowl -or ' meat, fo instance, to
say nothing of butter, beyond five
years. On the theory that we get no
more until this Is gone, like the little
boy who., failed to eat all his syrup
and bread at one meal and had the
plate set aside for the next, we might
even hall with some show of enthusi
asm the opportunity to get at this be
lated avalanche just as soon as possi
ble and in as big gulps as circum
stances will permit. After partaking
of this very food all along, no new
grounda for complaint arise now that
we are to get in allopathic doses what
we have been taking homeopathic-ally.
But people will scarcely lose their
heads over the promise of cheap prices
as a result of this cleaning out of the
congested storage plants. Naturally
they may expect some little shake
down to the cost of these articles, be
thankful for small favors. What the
country should concern Itself with is
the better regulation of these plants.
It should fix a time limit on the re
tention of food articles. In the Inter
est of health and the family pocket
book, the limitation to be determined
according to the nature of the food.
The New York World Is showing
Governor Dix that it did not support
him for election merely to beat the
other fellow-. It now asks him this
pointed question: "Governor bin,
shall the state' go republican next
year?" Well, whether or not the
defeat of Tammany In the election of
a senator would head off the republi
cans, If Governor Dix can defeat Tam
many he ouRht to be defeated two
years bence if he does not.
Nebraska state banks are still wait
ing to learn whether the validation of
the deposit guaranty law is retroac
tive or effective only from the time the
mandate lnsues from the supreme
court, it will make a difference to
them of about 1 per cent ou aggregate,
deposits, which In most cases lsequlv
alent to 5 or 6 per. cent of the bank's
capital.
Congressman Hitchcock is said to
wish very much to have a .unanimous
election s senator at the handa of the
legislature. Nebraska has been rep
resented in the senate in the past by
a number of eminent men, but none
'of them ever scored a unanimous elec-
i tlon. .
if there is any doubt as u the
proper course to be pursued by the
democratic caucus to meet in Wash
ington this week to outline plans for
the party's future it will be imn.tdl
ately dissipated upon the arrival of
Congressman-elect Lobe k on the spot.
The correctness of
this statement
may be questioned, but we' are thor
oughly convinced that no other state
In the union spends as much money
on road-making so wsstefully and to
so little effect as Nebraska does j
A system of good roads for Ne
braska which shall Include an over
land highway across the state can be
bad In only one way, and that Is by
vesting supervision and control of
road construction and maintenance In
some state authority In place of
ninety-two independently acting
county boards.
Those Chinese at Harbin who re
fused to allow bodies of bubonic
plague victims burned for sanitary pur
poses, are still more humane than the
Chinamen who burned the buildings
and mutilated the bodies of American
missionaries a short time ago.
Omaha's future growth and pros
perity depends in large part upon the
settlement of unckcupied territory to
the west of us. That's where the
Land show and western development
movement come In.
Reports say persons are wading the
Mississippi river. Yes, and if the
weatherman does not open his pre
cipitation valves soon, they may be
using the river bed for a wagon road
by spring.
A New York man praises J. P. Mor
gan's protection of those New York
banks In poetry. That Is well enough,
for It would never do to make such a
thing prosaic.
f'mm Km of (ilor.
Kansas City Times.
The Mexican revolution has dwindled to
the point where the insurrectionist are
likely to be prosecuted for disorderly con
duct. Looks Mighty lllur.
Wall Street Journal.
Justice of the supremo court complains
from the bench that he cannot find any
good chewing tobacco. Case ag-alnst the
trust begins to look serious.
iulnta that Way.
St. Paul Dispatch.
Without being at all personal, the ques
tion might be asked whether Isaac Stephen
son, had he possessed ten times his known
ability, would have been made a sena
tor If he had been a poor man and not
a wealthy lumberman..
Mil
t Subsidy Crowd.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
A steamship company with a reckless
disregard for the feelings of the subsidy
crowd has decided to Inaugurate a direct
service, from Philadelphia .to Brazil next
week. Yet It has been understood capital
could not be Induced to embark in such
enterprise without a generous prize from
the treasury.
There Are Others.
Chicago Record-Herald.
When he was Informed that he had been
sued for fi.OUO.OUO James A. Patten said:
"This Is the first time I ever knew there
was such a person as Dr. Paul Hurmaster
on earth." Dr.'Paul may, however, con
sole himself with the thought that there
are many other persona on earth of whom
Mr. Patten has never heard.
ICx press Agents Working Overtime.
Philadelphia Record.
. Among tha numerous petitions pouring
into congress against a parcels post Is one
from Rock River. Wyo. Another Is from
Idaho. Apparently the algners ef these
petitions have no Interest in the delivery
of parcels or fear that the parcels post
would reduce for them the cost of trans
portation. What with delivery of parcels
and making a pressure upon congress In
this campaign of petitions against a par
cels post the western agents of the ex-
press companies were never so busy.
LOVE TAPS FOR OMAHA.
Lincoln Star: If we are to have a special
assistant attorney general to try to enforce
certain laws In Omaha, why not go further
and provide a special judge to simplify
his work?
Shelton Clipper: Mayor Dahlman and
I other prominent Omaha citizens are down
I at Lincoln asking for a new charter for
the metropolis. The legislature that doesn't
have a new Omaha charter bill before It
would be a good attraction for a side
show. Springfield Monitor: Omaha retailers are
objecting to the rartroads discontinuing
several night trains that formerly carried
their country customers home after the
day's shopping. People who live on the
Missouri Pacific, have grown accustomed
to a train service that compels them to
start back from Omaha about the time
they arrive there.
Neligli Deader: The Omaha gang seems
j to have full control In the legislature, but
I a day of reckoning la possible, the same as
I occurred two jeara ago. A tie up with
this bunch by members from the outlying
districts will bring deserved political
I oblivion to the latter. The state at large
will not stand for dictation from the legis
lators of Douglas.
People Talked About
Talk about getting even! A Hultimore
boy was run over by an automobile. He
sued, got damages and bought a similar
machine with the jnoney.
A triple matrimonial alliance Is reported
from Arapahoe, OKI. John, Henry and
Bert Peck, brothers, married at the same
! time three sisters .-seme. Aoe and Anna
Walker. august tribunal.
Miss Moroscinl, daughter of Jay Goulds! sioux City Tribune: Justice Harlan
pkrtner and heiress to an estate valued at 'should not take part In the decision of the
:.ouc.(, has married a former policeman, j tobacco case. He is plalnlv prejudiced.
notwithstanding the fact that there are
many Impoverished scalawags with titles
In the market.
A bill has Just be. n Introduced in the ; that was not rotten or unsound or adulter
Kansas. legislature prohibiting the wearing 1 ated."
jot tights by women and providing that the
j skirts of all women who appear In public
iniust come to at leaHt four Inchca below
the knee. What Is the matter with Kan
tav" I Philadelphia ha done well in 1 1 it- prompt
provision for th faiiiillen of the men who i
.lost their lives in the Hotline street firs, i
j A fund of SICOe has been contributed In a.
jgriat number nf subscriptions, large and .
' tiiin.ll. It Is expected tiiat the inleresl on
this fund will afford an adequate pension t
; for the widows and o.phans. - j
I C. ldv urd lilair. a New York banker,
has been elected president of the old lid-
videre National bank. New Y'ork. which
was chartered a. a state bank In lxTJ and
a national bank in li'i. Ills grandfather,
John I. HUii. was taa first president of
the banic. w hich Is lo ated at llelviiii-re. N
j . and bis fiatliet , i ie v n t it in on Hi all .
Courts and
Probable Outcome of Standard Oil and Tobacco Trait Cases How
Being Arg-ued Before the Supremo Court of the United States.
The reargument of the Standard Oil and
Tobacco trust cases now proceeding before
the full bench of federal supreme court
Involves the application ot the Sherman
anti-trust law to corporations all-powerful
in their respective Industrie, and con
sequently presents Issues of vast Import
ance to the business world and the public
at large.
How far will the court go In controlling
these and similar glga'htlc aggregations ot
capital?
A probable clue to the answer may be
gained from a review of decisions of the
court under the law, complied by Henry
Wollman for the Annual Financial Review
of the New York Times. Mr. Wollman
writes in part:
The first 'big1 ae under the Sherman
law Is the one so frequently spoken fif
ths Knight case (!,"( C. S. 1). decided In
1. That was a suit brought by the gov
ernment against the "Sugar trust. ' then
already a powerful combination. Its prede
cessor had been outlawed by the New
Vork court of appeals. Notwithstanding
that fact, however, practically the same
corporation with a new face, started to
travel the old road. The Sherman law
was invoked because this corporation
bought additional sugar factories In Penn
sylvania. The factories of this company
as well as the new ones were engaged
most extensively In manufacturing sugar,
which necessarily was shipped all over the
United States. The supreme court decided
against the government.
The court held that the fact that the
sugar was manufactured for export to other
states did not make it an article of Inter
state commerce, that Is. that the manu
facturing for Interstate commerce was
not engaging In Interstate commerce, and
consequently did not come within the de
nunciation of the Pherman law, which
necessarily dealt only with Interstate com
merce. Almost from the moment of Its rendition
the supreme court began overruling the
spirit of this decision, while not reversing
It In so many words. The supreme court's
decisions In that direction have been a
crescendo.
The last ruling of the supreme court un
der this law appeared in a decision handed
down within the last month. Strangely
enough It also was a "sugar trust" case.
An indictment for conspiracy under the
8herman act was found against Kissell
and others for conspiring to close up a
sugar factory, also In Pennsylvania, which
had been or was about to be operated In
competition with the sugar trust.
The supreme court haa always said that
while In a prosecution for conspiracy the
prosecutor mnst prove that at least one
overt act was committed to show that
the conspiracy had not been abandoned,
yet the crime of conspiracy, was committed
when the plot waa formed. In the Kissell
case the indictment showed that the plot
was formed more than three years before
the indictment, but that certain overt acta
were committed within three years. The
three-year statute of limitations waa in
voked. Judge Holt sustained that defense.
J no supreme court reversed him. and held
that the time when the overt acts were
committed, -and not the time when the con
spiracy was entered Into waa the test under
the statute of limitations.
The stretch traveled by the supreme
court from the Knight case to the Kissell
case la a long one.
1 r w
Another case decided by the supreme
court In IslO Is known aa the Correspon
dence school case. It Is only Important
because It showa the growing tendency
of that court to broaden the interstate
commerce clause of the constitution.
In that case (21? i. S. M) a correspond
ence school In Pennsylvania which taught
"pupils" In other states by transmitting
"education" In the form of letters from
Pennsylvania to those states and occas
ionally sending a book to the student, was
held to be engaged In Interstate commerce
In Western fnlon Telegraph comDanv
against Kansas (216 r. 8. 1). the supreme
court on January 7. 1110, declared a statute
of Kansas that taxed the Western I'nlon.
a New York corporation, a certain percent
age on Its capital stock void because a
part of the capital stock waa uHed outside
of the state and in interstate commerce.
If no other question had been Involved
there would be practically nothing to dis
cuss but there waa.
The supreme court haa always held that
a corporation has no "natural" or con
stitutional right to do business in a foreign
state, and that such foreign atate could
exclude It with or without reason and Im
pose any arbitrary or fanciful condition
upon Us right to do business within Its
borders. In this case this principle, for
reasons given by Justice Harlan, who wrote
the opinion of the supreme court, waa,
however, held not to apply.
One reading the opinion of that very
able jurist la convinced that It Is sound
and yet must feel, nevertheless, that the
federal constitution Is expanding.
This brings us to a brief discussion aa to
what will probably happen in the Ameri
can Tobacco and the Standard Oil cases
The most Important duty of law
yers is to give their opinions as to how
cases will be decided. A client comes to a
lawyer with a case. The lawyer a:-ks be
fore what judge or court Is this case to
be tried. Hj studies the decisions and
pronouncements of that Judge or court in
cases Involving analogous principles to
ANGRY JUSTICE APPEASED.
Haltimore American Mr. Justice Harlan
declared right out In open court that It Is
impossible now to g" any good chewing
tobacco. Some comment aa to the present
j quality of mint Juleps Is expected wiun-
ever a distillery case comes before that'
i He broke into H.unblow er's argument In
defense of the trust to ask him to explain
why he "could not get chewing tobacco
Minneapolis Journal. Justice Harlan
asked of a Tobacco trust attorney why
there wat- no good chewing tobacco manu
factured. Xh Justice, who Is an expert,
claimed that all chewing tobaccos were
adulterated. The attorney gave an evasive
reply. This Is u subject for the pure food j
lavvs to grapple with . I
Dispatch fiom Winston-Salem. V C. ;
When (i.orge T. Hrovvn of the Urtivvn ,
Wllllamsort Tobacco company read that
Juntlce Harlan of the Ignited States u- 1
preme court during the argument of the J
re; ent Tobacco trust case had 'made a re- I
I mark to Attorney 1 1 urn blow er deploring I
the fad that It Is no longer posmlile to
' procure i hewlur, tobacco of Hi good old-
time variety, he went iinniedlalelv to his
, lai lui . and ordtrd.d a two-pound lu. of
t lie julci, p. finest plug In the hup to ! ,
niuue lor .1 u.-l l e Dai Ian aiyl a. ni It to 1 1
j Justice
Corporations,
learn tie tenOeticles and predilections of
the Judge or court He then advise" hi
client as to Ms probable xlciorv or -le-feat
rtrlnginit Into requisition, as fsr ;i
one can. the knowledge of what the su
preme court and lis Justices while sittitii;
In that court, or In Inferior eou:i, h;ie
slid and done, the feellnc nvtist be lli.tt
the chances strongly favor the gmern
ment.
The difficult. If nol unanswerable ques
tion, however. Is how far will the court so
and how substantia! will the eo crninont's
victory be? A number of irusts have be n
dissolved by yie courts, but the dlpsolu
tlons have yielded nolhlna tMnwil-l - to the
pei pie. Will that be true in tin's., c ist s '
When the American Tobacco case was I
being argued, one of the government's
counsel was asked by one of the Justice' i
Just what kind of relief lie wanted. That I
was found to be ar most Interesting quc- !
tlon.
The Instant the supreme court funis J
against these corporations Its position will I
be aa difficult as that of old Klmt Solo
mon would have been If he had been
"called" when he ordered that child cut in
two.
No one can envy the Justices the brain
tearing task put upon them lo deiid what
ran properly be done that will give the
government a substantial result and yot
not be revolutionary or confiscatory. It
would be useless to attempt to speculate
how the supreme court will work out that
wonderfully difficult problem. Those able
and wise Judges realize lo the fullest ex
tent the great responsibility that Is theirs.
They will meet It. but how, 1 am aure
neither those Justices who have already
heard these cases argued nor any one else
knows now. The supreme court will not
confiscate the property of these corpora
tions or their stockholders. There need be
no fear that their decision will unsettle
sound business conditions.
The question Is asked. Will one of the
newly appointed Justices who took part In
the decision of one of these cases while he
was a circuit Judge participate In the same
case In the supreme court! He can If he
chooses. The Justices of the supreme court
formerly went out on circuit and heard
cases. There have been Instances where
some of those Justices sat In the supreme
court to review their own decisions. That
practice formerly prevailed all over, but
the tendency now Is against It everywhere.
Jn 1891. when the t'nltod States courts of
appeals were created,- a distinct provision
was Inserted In the act of congress creat
ing those courts that no Judge could sit In
the court of appeals in a case which he had
decided In the trial court. This, I think,
was a cleaer enunciation by congress,
founded on public sentlnment, that no
judge should take part In the decision of
an appeal from his own decision.
Regardless of how substantial the legal
yield of all this litigation under the Slier
man law will be there can be no doubt
that the moral gain resulting to the people,
from the anti-corporation agitation and
legislation. Is beyond estimation. Because
of It most of the corporations have cleaned
and are cleaning house. The reckless dis
regard by many corporation managers of
statutory enactment fend moral precept Is
gradually being superseded by rules of
conduct that recognize not only an ob
servance of the laws of the land, but also
that competitors and the public have rights
which should be respected. This change
may he due to reformed consciences, but
probably is attributed to fear of prosecution.
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That fellow who Hied lo kill the Judge
Is I't'iirv, Isn t ' he""
"No. he's too poor n he ctaiv hp couldn t
hire a lawyer lo prove It. Cleveland I'lam
Dealer.
Indignant Mamiate i whose pet measure
Is likely to ficlll Wluil do ou think you
were ejected for. anvliqw!
Distinguished Senator (with a dreamy far
away gaxel For. six vests I hope! Chi
cago Tribune.
Manager They
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down.
Tragedian ( gloonili.v ) 1 saw It
this week.
Manager-What ? The fall
Tragedian - No, the egg.T lialtinioi e Amer
ican. "You are wedded to your
art:
sked
the Interviewer.
"Not at all." replied the opera singer.
"Were tentatively engaged until I sen
what It can do toward providing an In
come for me." Washington Star.
"How's your daughter getting along
with her music?"
"Well. 1 haven't heard the neighbors com
plain yet." Detroit Press Press.
"How do you like our revv minister.
Mrs Metcalf?"
"Well, he seems to be an awfully good
man."
"Yes, I really helievo hs tries to practice
what he preaches."
"And he Is quite eloquent at times."
"I think he has preached some of the
best sermons I have ever heard."
"nut I Just can't Imagine an angel with
suiii whiskers as his." Chicago Kecord
Herald. A CHAMPION KICKER.
New York Sun.
He was a ciirloua sort of man and nothing
seemed to f lease, him;
If you proposed a certain plan a different
plan would, seize him.
No matter what you'd say or do he waa a
cranky being:
No matter what your point of view he'd
Joy In disagreeing.
No matter what your sceme might be flaws
he was always picking
It was no wonder he became a master
mind at kicking.
He kicked at every one he knew, at all
times. In all places:
He snarled and growled and howled and
made the wryest kind of faces.
He kicked at woman, man and child, at all
who came anear him;
He kicked In such a manner that all people
came to fear him.
He kicked at all with whom he dealt with
greatest of endeavor.
And acted Just as If he felt he had to kick
forever.
There was naught left worth kicking at
'twas hard luck and he struck It;
With no one near ne clutched the air and
straightway kicked lli bucket.
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