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4 THE RLE: OMAHA. KATUItPAY. JANUARY 2. 1!Ut 7i The Omaha Daily "I.kk, j SOI NtiF.D HT EDWARD 1W8EW ATKK. VICTOR ROSE WATER, EDITOR. Kiitered at Omthi postofflce second class matter. TERMS Or SUBSCRIPTION. P.irolar Bee. one year 1 hatunlav H, on veer I1H l'ailv Hee (without Sunday), one year. .. iJaliy lsee and Sunday, one year M W DRL1VKRKD RT CARRIER, Fvenlng Iiee (without Sunday), par weeB Fvenig lw (with flunday), per week. ..Joe I 'oily Hoe (Including Punnay), per wsk..lo iJ.illv He nKhout Sunday). per week. .too Add res all complaints of irreg-ulsrUlsa la aVlvtry to City circulation Department orncKs. "maha-The Bee Uulldlnej. Boirth Omaha M N. Twenty-fourth St. . Coined muffs is Hcott Htreet. Llrtroln-iM Little Building Chicago IMS Marquette fcutldtng. Karma City Kellanre Building. New York-24 Want Thirty-third sfrA Washington 725 Fourteenth Street, N. W. CORRKSTONDENCB. Communications relating to pewa and edltorlai matter ahould ha addreeead Omaha Bee, kditorlal Department. REMITTANCES. Remit hv draft, expre or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company, drily 2-rent stamps received In payment of 'all account. Personal check except on Jtnaha and eaatern exchange not accepted. STATE if EVT OF CTRCTTlATt ON. Ftate of Nebraska, Douglas County, aa. Dwlght Wllllame. circulation manager of The Bea Publishing Comnany. being duly worn, aaya that the actual number of full end complete coplss cf The Dally. Morning, Evening and Sunday Be printed during the month of December, 1810, waa aa fol lows: 4.,e70 IT....... ...43,610 44,000 II 44.880 43, 0 It y. 43,680 48.no SO 43,880 43,079 . II 43,440 41,430 It 44.800 ' 4,G0 tt 44330 43,8. 14 44,680 43,650 44,860 40.400 II 44,400 II 44,830 21 44J160 1 ...48,660 46,860 I 48,400 .: 43.880 I CAB30 II.... 43,680 43,870 II 43,840 43eU0 Total 1,385,760 Returned Copleg 1 1,403 Net Total 1,344,887 tiiljr Averega 43.384 D WIGHT WILtJAMS. Circulation Manager. Subscribed In my presence and aworn to Before me this llat day of Deoember, U10. ROB1CHT HU.NTKlt, Notary Publlo. Sabaeribers learlaaj the eltr tea porarlly ahould have) The Bea Mailed ta then. Addreae Trill be hanged aa often aa requested. Last day of the Land Show. Btlll, all the votes cast in Danville did not go tor "Uncl Joe." I he Land show Is on the home stretch. Get under the wire. Evidently, Mr. "Barnes of Albany wants to show that ho can "come back." "l.ct Mr. Sheehan retire," exclaims the New York World. Mr. Sheehan, you may retire. Of all the ugly things said about Nat Goodwin, nobody has yet accused him of being hen-pecked. It may yet be necessary for the democrats to hit upon W. J. Bryan as the dark horse in the race. . It takes a busy man to get anything done aa governor of Massachusetts, sure of only a one-year term. Vicarious attainment is much more popular today than vicarious atone ment, only It is not always admitted. We observe, however, that New York's Old Guard came to life during a period of peace -after the war had ended. "1 will quit the show business soon," SKys Mistah "Jack" Johnson. Are the gate receipts falling off that fast? "Boss" Sullivan seems to be having a very , difficult time deciding on a democratic candidate for mayor of Chicago. It takes a brave democrat. In these days of terrapin dinners and cham pagne suppers, to talk of Jeffersonlan simplicity. Governor Stubbs says his life ambi tion is to make Kansas a model state. The trouble with models is they are usually just models. "Business Conditions Healthy." Headline. If they have appeared otherwise recently they must have been playing 'possum. Whether you admire Senator Lodge nr not. you have to admit that his re-election has had the excellent effect of subduing Governor Fobs. Champ Clark complains that we have too many rainbow chasers. No wonder, with him and other democrats painting such lurid pictures of their party. Someone echoes The Bee's question What is the Water board going to do about it? Judging from the past, it will either do nothing or do the wrong thing. Of all the innovations adopted In late years by preacher of the goBpel to fill their churches, none surpasses tha old expedient of preaching the gospel. It must have been humiliating to that cold storase magnate who set out tti trace down the story that food arti cles had been stored for five years to tin 4 the source in his own office. The railway mall clerks sent the recital of their grievances formulated ,-at their Omatia meeting to the post master general by telegraph. That's the worst reflection on the nlall sorv ! of all. Railroadi and Securities. Railroad men disagree as to the re lation of capitalization to charges for trsneiortaUon and other elements considered In the proposal for federal regulation" of securities. So long as the magnates themselves are at vari ance on these cardinal points it will do for them to have patience with the public It It entertains Independent views on the subject. .7. J. Mitchell, a Chicago banker who Is director of four railroads, testifying before the government's railroad se curities commission, said It did not occur to him that cspltallzatlon bore directly on charges for transportation, and he openly defended watering of stock. With both of these views Pres ident Delano of the Wabash railroad took direct exception by condemning alike overcapitalization and tho prac tice of capitalizing earnings put Into the property in Improvements as vicious. Hy overcapitalization he explained that he meant a road capi talized beyond its earning power, not beyond its cost. It Is difficult to give tenabllity to the theory of increasing rates for the purpose of creating funds for exten sions and Improvements, and so long as railroad experts, themselves, con demn tho theory the public cannot be expected to endorse It with enthusi asm. Those railroad managers or stockholders who have been before this commission have generally agreed on the desirability of federal regula tion of securities as opposed to state regulation, and undoubtedly this Is preferable. One central regulation would tend to lessen the hardship made possible with forty-six different systems of control. Canadian Reciprocity. It is to be sincerely hoped that con gress will not reject the president's recommendation for Canadian reci procity. The demand for such a treaty Is now emphatic on both sides of the line and the needs are obvious. For a time the United States balked In ap proving the project, then Canada de murred, but today the sentiment in both countries seems to favor It and there Is no occasion for delaying the preliminaries leading up to a com plete reciprocal trade agreement. The president's special message to con gress is a comprehensive and an effec tual statement of the advantages to be gained by both nations. Little could be added to what he has said on the subject. In brief, reciprocity with Canada would tend (1) to stimulate commerce between the two countries by opening up to each new fields of supply and demand; (2) to Increase the sources of food supply and thus bring us nearer a solution of the equation of popula tion and production, a problem that has loomed large before this country for some time; (3) to lower the cost of living, 'though, asthe president points out, this would be a very grad ual process, since. Canada's surplus for export would not be anywhere near as great as ours; (4) to facilitate the Interchange of people and bring the two countries into more direct and in tlmate political and social relations, which would tremendously enhance the commercial value of the treaty. Geographically, these two countries are so situated that their best Inter e8ts, political as well as commercial, demand reciprocal trade relations. The future will hold much greater promise for both if such a treaty is put into ef feet without delay. It is impossible to hope for normal growth, either of the spirit of International friendship or industrial power without such treaty. Pleading; with the Boss. All the democrats who are talking harmony with such loud voice are not deceiving themselves as to the possl blllties of a fatal Insurrection in 1912 under tbe leadership of that eminent Insurrecto, William Jennings Bryan While claiming greater vantage ground than tne party Has neid since 1892. natters that sneak for the nnrtv 1 concede the peril that lurks In tbe potency of the Bryan Influence and the futility of all attempts to reconcile the Nebraskan any other way than by passing the reins of control over' to him at the very outset. The Balti more Sun declares: Mr. Charles W. Bryan has begun a prop aganda that seems to httve for Its object the defeat of any man who may be named for president by the democratic conven tion next year who does not exactly fit the rule of thumb measurements pre scribed by the lion. William Jennings Hrn. the brother of the propagandist. Eliminating Brother Charlie from consideration, the Sun appeals, to W. J. Bryan for a disclaimer of this charge, saying that one word from him "would take from the movement any force or effect that it would other wise have." The Sun, of course, is not looking for the disclaimer, it ad mits that "Mr. Bryan still has a large following throughout the country and that opposition from him vould en danger the democratic party;" that "Mr. Bryan may exert an opposing in fluence that would be hard for the democratic party (o overcome." It then makes another appeal for his mercy on the ground of party fealty, attempting to arouse his - sense of obligation for past favors from the party that tnrice disastrously nom inated him for president. But the Sun shows a total lack of faith In Its own supplications when It says: la the contu'it-tH e of the democratic iturty to he regarded as holly wttlUn the keeping of the Hr.van family tlmt the en lire country must wait upon word from Lincoln, Neb, before deciding who is 111 tllled to democratic support. It Is hard to kick against the pricks and eery democrat now engaged In this work cf "rehabilitating'' the party known that and few evince any confident Id the plan trS conciliate this Imperious boss. Things sre be coming serious esrly In the game. Hut, then, by recognising the truth at the outset, the anti-Bryan forces do well, for they would certainly have nothing to gain by deluding or deceiv ing themselves as to the actual state of affairs. Taking the candid view as reflected by the Sun, there Is not so much tangible ground on which to base extravagant claims of democratic harmony and victory. Railway Mail Clerks' GriiTwncf I. The railway mall clerks of this pos tal division hare held a meeting at Omaha at which they have formulated certain "demands for immediate con sideration," setting forth grievances to be redressed by the poetofflce au thorities. That the railway clerks have some grievances which should be redressed has been clearly established, although this list of "demands'' plainly Includes some which bould not possibly be complied with "Immedi ately." Whether the railway mall clerks are pursuing the best course to accom plish this is for them to Judge. This public demonstration, however, pro ceeds upon the theory that the post master general and his assistants are not disposed to do the right thing and must bo forced to do so, when, aa a matter of fact, the heads of tho rail way service insist that they are en deavoring as fast as they can to adjust these difficulties produced by reorgan ization of the service, as they say, "to take up tho slack." The editor of The Bee has been per sonally Interceding for the railway mail clerks, to whom this letter Just received from tho superintendent of the division may be of interest: Chicago, Jan. H mi. Hon. Victor Rosewater. Editor Omaha Bee My Dear Mr. Rosewatar: Permit m to acknowledge receipt of your letter of January 8 about some dissatisfaction that exists among our railway postal clerks on the Omaha and Ogden east division owing to the fact that there are soma promotions due the line that have not been made and one or two vacancies that have not been filled. I am glad to Inform you that the depart ment will undoubtedly make all or these promotions very aoon, and so far as the acancles are concerned the recent orders that I have received will permit me to take up acting clerks to fill these vacan cies so that the regularly appointed clerks will not be required to perform extra duty for that purpose. This certainly should allay the fears of th clerks In the Omaha district and evi dence to them that the department Is go ing to do all that should be done and all that they can do for these gentlemen un der the existing rules and laws of the service. Respectfully, E. L. WEST, Superintendent. The railway mall clerks are entitled to a square deal, and should have it, but they should not let trouble breeders, with personal .or political axes to grind, make capital out of the service whose improvement must come from within and not from without. A judge of the district court has or dered a liquor license granted which had been refused by the Fire and Po lice board. The ostensible reason for Judicial intervention is that a license had previously been granted for the same place. Wo know nothing about the merits of this particular applicant, but if the judges are to assume power to Issue licenses in this fashion co ordinate with the power of the police board, then there can never bo a limit set to the number of liquor-selling places in tha city. Any decision of the police board to restrict the number of licenses to any particular number will be upset by the judges without even charging discrimination or fraud The courts have always exercised au thority on appeal to . d.eny licenses granted by the board over protests, but this li the first time, so far as we know, where it has undertaken to is sue a license denied by the board, with the exception of one instance where the board was once enjoined from act ing by a Judge whose resort to this extraordinary procedure on behalf of a favored liquor dealer was never seri ously defended. Judging from some of the state ments made before government com' missions, one would naturally wonder that any railroad in the country were able to avoid bankruptcy under pres ent condition of rates and regulation Yet we see most of them going on from year to year Increasing earnings and declaring dividends in spite of the increased expenditures for operation Improvement and extension. The capital removal bill has bad no difficulty in securing twenty-seven In troducers in the house, which is equa to "7 per cent of tbe membership. We cau see the capital removal petition already, even before the Initiative and referendum is adopted as part of tho constitution of Nebraska. Of course, If that recommendation for a law authorizing the governor to appoint election officials for Omaha, South Omaha and Lincoln had gone to the last democratic legislature while Governor Shallenberger was still chief executive It might also have been different. It goes without saying that Speaker Cannon should have been ruled out of order when be made those Incompe tent, Irrelevant and immaterial re marks about Congressman Hitchcock being absent on so many cruclsl roll calls. As introduced in the house, tbe trouble lth the resolution for inves tigation of election conditions in Omaha Is that the preamble contains the findings of the committee ss tbey would bw If the auihors of the resolu tion were to write the report. Tbe Omaha Pee aaya that "Congress- I man Hitchcock la anxious to have a i unanimous election n senator at the I handa ef the legislature There seems to us nothing particularly atrange about that Philadelphia Inquirer. It did not strike us as strange, either. The lighting contractors and tbe paving contractors have evidently been very busy in having the charter amendment bill fixed up to suit tbem. The taxpayers who foot the bills seem to have been almoat wholly forgotten. Tho Omaha Ministerial association has duly entered protest against the proposed law to legalize Sunday base ball. ' Now is tho time to start an other postal card inquiry, Why do men not go to church? Dalletlne that Cheer. Washington Star. Tha peace of mind of many democrats appears to require a dally assurance that W. J. Bryan Is out of politics. Ho Air la the Air. Brooklyn Eagle. The experiments in wireless telegraphy from aeroplanes at San Francisco point to a coming day when conservative men can go up In tho air when they talk. lllklnar for Tall Timber. Chicago Record-Herald. Tlfe people of Panvllle should be con gratulated upon the fact that th town's census waa taken before the vote selling Investigation was begun. The population Is likely to dwindle very rapidly now. Keep It Dark. Ixmisvlll Courier-Journal. Borne of the republican newspapers Joy fully predlot that the democrats will draft an honest and fair tariff bill. Well, what happens to a hungry man when tt Is a groundhog case and he fails to got the groundhog? Related Information. Cleveland Plain Dealer. And after all this muss. It proves to be l lie. Senator Ixirlmer says himself that Dot on single dollar waa paid to a single member of th assembly to vote for me." "Why couldn't he have given this informa tion out sooner and saved a lot of scan dal? Popular Election of Senators. Brooklyn Eagle. Tha direction of the trend Is as clearly toward the popular election of senatoVs as It Is toward the popular instruction of electors of president and vice president. We cannot suppose that bosses will be abolished. They have their minor uses, but as dictators they will not long be able to flourish and fulminate. Less Important than who Is elected senator now is the consideration of the method of senator making hereafter. CHAMP CLARK HIS BOOM. Washington Herald: Let us hope that that presidential bee which his admirers Insist upon putting In Champ Clark's bon net may not unsettle his mind for a satis factory career as a speaker. Baltimore American: The next president of the United States will not be Champ Clark, or Governor Harmon or Woodrow Wilson or any other democrat. He will be William Howard Taft without a doubt. Washington Star: Champ Clark la some thing of a wag. His latest Joke is thanking that democratic caucus for "this honor which you have bestowed upon me," when very on knows that he and his friends had it all cut and dried for months. Washington Post: So It will be seen that It is not an act of presumption for a speaker fo th house to offer himself a candidate for chief magistrate of th re public. Th lion In Mr. Clark's path, or rather th gauntlet he must run, la the legislation of the Sixty-second congress. If the house shall fall to meet public expecta tion and thus forfeit public confldene, the Clark boom will fade and vanish, for the speaker, whether he appoints the commit tee or not, will be held responsible for all th sins of th house, both those of commis sion and those of omission.. v Political Drift New York, Montana and Iowa are fur nishing daily object lessona in favor of direct election of United State senators. In th bailiwick of Uncla Joe Cannon the voter awarded a ticket good for a loaf of French bread had the privilege of cash ing It for IS. H exercised the privilege. Th toughest deal In shady vote getting pulled oft last fall is credited to St. Louis, where beer tickets handed out to the thirsty were found t be worthless when presented. What party did It? The Mis souri legislature wants to be shown. When th suggestion to cut out the sine cures In the house of representatives was handed to the democratic reformers In con gress the author was howled off his feet. "Just think of a proposal like this," said Congressman McDermott of Illinois. "Here we've been out In the cold for sixteen years, and now a member of our beloved patty, brings forward a proposition like that." George P. McLean, senator-elect from Connecticut, comes Into the limelight of statesmen wltb an oratorical certificate of his own design. This is the peroration of his address to tha legislature: "We must not be afraid, and we must kecu cool. W shall all make mistakes, but If we keep our faith In Him who loves the truth we may well expect that this fairy land, our country, will some day lead the world beyond the gates or greed, to a civilization where 'peace shall come as a river' and Justice 'as a flowing stream.' Chaplains of democratic legislative bodies desirous of sending to the throne of grace appeala worth while may confdently turn to the model effort of the Houston Tost as an Invocation of surpassing beauty and sweetness and light. Hats off: "O lrd, now that everything is coming our way. purge every democratic soul of hot air and vainglory, and insert large Install mints of common sense in every demo cratic cranium; and, oh, remember, Lord our proneness to make fools of ouraelve Just when we have the world by the ta 1 and a downhill pull, and are that we don t get In bad this time." The Irony of political fate sears (he bosom of the democratic basses In New Jersev. For a dosen yeara the aenator-rlrct. James E. Martlne, has been tbe patty gout, useful as a party candidate In republican years, having tasted defeat twice for congress, once for goxernor and once for senator. They regarded Ms candidacy for jiopu'ar endorenit nt for th aenalorshlp as a Joke, and flattered hlra with a ote. Tne Joke was their undoing and his triumph. The new onator la tiO years ef age, hale, heart, a resident of riainfteld, owner of the homestead Cedar Hrook built In HIT, and demnri ul of the old achool. Tho latter iuulif:ratton 1 emphasised for the edifica tion of Fairvlew. In Other Lands tee tirM on VTl t te Traae plrtni Among the Rier as! Far nations ef ike Barta. The flrat rarliatnenl ejected In th reign of King Henrge begins next weak, the most momentous session held in Westminster in many years. Premier Asqulth and his asso ciates come back to th ministerial benches with a popular mandate for th removal of the obstructive veto of the House of Lords. The liberal party plan of, drawing the atlng of the peera' veto, which the electorate approved, deprives the peer of the power of amending a money bill. Any other measure passed by the Common at three successive sessions and rejected by the House of lyords Is to become a law on royal aaaent being given, provided two yeara' elapse before th first and last ap proval of the act by the House of Com mons. Py the two-year delay on contested measures the danger of hasty legislation Is largely obviated and due consideration assured. In addition the life of Parliament Is to be limited to five years, Insuring reasonable fnequenoy In consulting popular sentiment. At the outset the peers are brought face to face with the Issu of diminishing their power, virtually reduc ing the House of Lords to the position of an adlvaory body, without power to give effect to Its advice. The situation is an unprecedented one for the peers, differing radically from the crisis of 1832, when the great reform measures were forced through the upper house by the effective threat of swamping the peers." Then only one measure was Involved. Now the door of obstruction Is to be opened permanently. Resort may be had again to tha thrt of "swamping the peers," and Its execution may be attempted, but whether King Oeorga will aaeent to the extreme step of creating 600 new peers to overcome the Tory majority, la a question for the coming weeks to answer. Many signs point to a fierce fight In the last ditch and a final surrender. ... Tho world's stock of fighting ships now tinder construction involves an aggregate outlay of 1700,000,000. according to statistics compiled by Pritlsh authorities. Great Britain has fifty-nine fighting oraft on the stocks, comprising six battleships, four ar mored cruisers, six protected cruisers, and scores of minor craft. During the last year Great Prltnln completed three battle ships and two cruisers, Germany two bat tleships and one cruiser, Italy and Austria one battleship each. Great Britain took first place as regards the launching of ships. In the spring there were launched the Hercules and Colossus, battleship of 22.3SO tons, each armed with ten 12-Inch guns: August saw the launch of the record breaking Orion, displacing a, MO tons and armed with ten of th new US guns; and also of the battle cruiser Lion, which is to displace 26.350 tons, to steam twenty-eight knots and to carry eight of these same powerful Weapons. Germany launched two ships (Oldenburg, battleship, and Moltke, armored cruiser ): France, the battleship Vergnlaud. and tha United States the bat tleship Florida. Japan, Austria and Greece also launched one armored ship. The proposed ship canal from the sea to Paris, making the city a seaport, Is under consideration by the Chamber of Peputle. M. Leboticq, one of the representatives of Paris, and chief promoter of the project, thus sums up the probable outlay: "It is difficult to establish the cost. M. Bouquet de la Guy estimated the total expenditure at fS.MS.rjnO. M. Reeal, the inspector-general, found this estimate too low, and gave (11,000,000 as the approximate total cost. In cluding il.400,000 to be spent on a canal to allow boats to avoid passing through Rouen, thus doing away with th necessity of reconstructing th famous stone bridge. But to this we may add a further sum of (1,000,000 In order to provide a minimum depth of twenty-two feet seven and one half Inches. With this Inclusion, accepting many of the, estimates supplied by those who oppose th scheme, w believe that the coat would not exceed (12,000,000." Officials figure supplied by the Trans vaal Chamber of Mines place the total gold exports from that country In 1910 at T.&34.130 ounces, value IlOO.OliWO. Both are record amounts, th production last year exceed ing that of 1909 by about 260.000 ounces. But for labcr scarcity and th Inefficiency of many of the newly recruited natives the 1910 results would undoubtedly have made a still better showing. The expecta tion Is that the Labor supply, which during la.it month experienced some revovery, will further improve as th result of th assistance being rendered by the union government and that the extended us of machines will tend to reduce the compensa tion for labor to some extent. The number of natives employed at th end of Decem ber In the Transvaal gold mining Industry was 171,602.. Necessity la spurring the dormant am bition of the exiled king of Portugal. Catu pulted on the throne by assassin's bullets, young Manuel cut loos from his tutors anu esaayea a roie lor wnicn be was wholly unprepared, a condition chiefly re sponsible for his Involuntary retreat from the Job. In his retirement In England, with ample time for reflection, he concluded ther waa much to learn and has taken to bis books s&aln. Two tutors ar guiding him through the mazes of the English language and preparing or a college course at Oxford. As is often the case, adversity may prove the making of the man by fitting him for work. Vienna by Its new census has 2,0K4,ai tn-1 habitant.", an Increase of 21 per cent In ten! years, a goou rate oi growth Tor a large European city, and, contrary to lommon supposition, greater than that of Herlln proper for the same period. The old i sui ts! of the empire has abounding vitality. It retalna aeventh place among the world's cltlea. It equale any of them In handiome women, it yields only to Munich In beer, and it remains first, as It has always l een. In the wain music that evorylol lotes. An English statistical writer concludes that there are about 10. 00 persons in ilia ( nited Kingdom who have the rlgiu to titles Indicating aristocratic station or con nections, and theHe run from dukes io vn to the widows, cousin and aunts of mere knixhts. He stops short of lord mayors and county Judges. Ten thousand title 1 persons out of 40.000,000 are not ao ve -y many. Think of the cnlonela In America MUleadlner Objection. Boston Tranacrtpt. The advocates of direct popular election of United Ktatea aenatora are rallying agalnat th Sutherland amendment on the ground that It would afford cover for a force bill All the Utah senator aeeks to do la to restore certain words In the con stitution which the resolution reported to the senate strikes out. As these are In the original constitution It follows that he Is not endeavoring t promote InnovaMon. If they encntiragn force bills then force b'lls are constitutional. A a mutter of fart the paaniige of the resolution without the Sutherland amendment would make fleh ef the house elections snj fowl of tbs senate i lections, since i nnaregeiorsl super ls1on ef t lie former would remain In the constitution. The Beo's Letter Box CoBtrlenttoa ca Timely sltib)ees Srot XsreedlBg- Two Hundred Words Are lBTltet froia Ou Beadera. A Beet fop the I .a eel 8bsw. LINCOLN. Jan. H -To th Editor ef Th Bee: I am ImpresaM with a discourse by Rev. J. K. Hummon of th Kountse Me morial ohurch. In Omaha, which was re ported In The Be last Monday. Th min ister spoke from his pulpit en th Ind show now In pro free In Omaha, commend ing It highly to his people for their patronage as a means of education. He commended th principle and wisdom of such shows. It ssld they were healthful Influences upon th people and especially tho Interested la aerrlcultur, which, of course, means all of ue In the west. Rev. Mr. Hummon, it seems to me. Is entirely correct, both In what he said and In taking up such a subject for discussion In the pulpit, and I believe h sets an ex ample which might profitably be followed by other ministers In the slat, and espe cially in Omaha. Many of your ministers In Omaha have. In years gone by, claimed a very active hand In matters of civic and commercial Importance, with which. It ap peared, they had less right to grapple and out of which thoy had less hope of sub stantial reward, than they might find In promoting such an enterprise as this Iand show. I am a firm believer In the church as an Influence in our social and business Ufa and I believe ministers ought to bring themselves Into closer contact with men and affairs of the world that they might get true visions enabling thera to exercise real Influence. I am a practical, "college-bred" former and would Ilk to say Just a personal word for th Land show. It Is one enterprise In which good citizens of all classes In this etat and entlr west can well afford to Join, for It has to do with their Individual and collective welfare and prosperity. We are vastly Indebted to the men who went out of their way to establish such jk great educational Institution. J. M. McG'. Keep History Straight. BLOOMINGTON, Neb., Jan. 26.-To the Editor of The Bee: In an editorial on the Panama canal you took occasion to men tion the history making trip of the Oregon around th Horn during the Spanish-American war. In this you gave the credit to Fighting Bob Evans. But It was not Evans who took th Oregon around the Horn. It was Captain Clark. Whll this unassuming gen tleman was making history on that trip Fighting Bob Evans was keeping his name before the publlo by entertaining News paper correspondents, shooting mules along the Cuban coast or wigwagging frantically for a young lieutenant to com out to San Juan harbor, where, with an old tub of a monitor, he waa gleefully knocking Spanish fortifications galley west. And to keep history straight, you might tell your read ers that it was this same unpretentious Mr Clark who, though mile away when the fight began, ran the Oregon past the Iowa with Fighting Bob In command and helped Schley, on th Brooklyn, to anlhl late the Spanish fleet. Rats! Fighting Bob did not have near as much to do with the victory at Santiago, though in com mend of th beat equipped ship In the navy, as did Walnrlght on a converted pleasure yacht.. Keep history straight, as children might read and get the wrong Impression. CONRAD HUBER. A Were- f Approval. OMAHA, Jan. 26.-To the Editor of The Bee: It wis with the greatest of pleasure that 1 read your editorial on Senator HItcheock. It spells much for Omaha, as It means that prejudice gives way to Justice. No truer statement can be mad than, "A erature la never greater than Its creator," and the newspapers and its edl- tv wo me njaaera ana creators of a greater and better Omaha by sinking their personal differences. HENRY II. GERING. Leaeoa In Machla Smaehlna". Chloago Reoord-HeraJd. , Many regard Martin, senator-elect from New Jersey, as a erank or "lightweight." He has been ridiculed In certain news papers and declared Intellectually unfit to serve in tbe senate. But be this as it may, his election is a great leseon to machlnea and to candidate who 11k secrecy and intrigue. It is another argument against lam devices' and for the amendment pro viding for the direct popular election of federal senators. J fjltv t cs- sn g-'iWLiXiM'tf For Billing, Invoicing, Bookkeeping, Correspondence, Etc. It is a thorough systematizer. The Machine Too Will Ereotoallj Bay UNDERWOOD TYPEWRITER CO. "INCORPORATED" 1621 Farnam Street . Omaha, Neb. THE By the Author of 54-40orFIGHT EHERSON " 'The Purchase Price' U as good a story ai 'The Mississippi Bubble' and a better one than '54-40 or Fight.' Like the latter, it is aa American historical romance with a mysterious and fascinating woman in the leading role, but the heroine is of a nobler sort and the story is fker in spirit as well as in art. 'The Pnrchaso Price' is a fine, clean, spirited romance of senti- ment and action.' 7Tu BOB US-MERRILL C., I'uiArs HAS i:0 SUBSTITUTE r v r i. r f w la LWalSaJl) Absolutely Puro Tho only baking powdoi matta from loyal Ormpo Cream of Tartar l.-3ALUM,DUtVIFi;:S?iiATE LAUGHING GAS. Editor Hooking over new reporter's mnn uscrlpt) You say here. "It was so cold that the air fairly crackled." How can the air bo made to crack? New Reporter Well It mlRht be done with a wind-break. Chicago Tribune. "1 told him he was dead foollMi to be engaged to three girls simultaneously." How did It turn out?" "As you might expect. His enpsnses were such that hn got so far behind with his board th:it he had to marry his landlady." Louisville Courier-Journal. "I don't know whether I like that youna man's frankness or not," remarkod the business man. "What did he say?' "I asked him If he enjoyed work, and he said no. but he would do it for the sake of the wagea." Washing-ton Star. "I thought you were going to 'flkt your application for divorce this week," says the bosom friend. "I had Intended to." replies the dis tressed wife, "but John Is going to a stag dinner nest week, and I concluded to wait and give him a farewell plecw of my mind when he comes hum from It. Chi cago Poat. "Marriag," remarked th ' professor, "was a rile practiced by the anclenta" "And bachelorhood." Interrupted a maiden of forty, "la a wrong practiced by the moderns." Boston Transcript. Operator Hello! Is that L? irate Voice What d'ye think 'eavenT Boston Transcript. It "How Is It that the quail on your bill of fare Is always struck off?" "That's Just a fancy touch." explained the beanery waiter. "We never had a 3 Mall tn the Joint." Louisville Courlei ournaL. "Yes, my youngster Is a Poy floout. I'll admit I enooureged him to Join, but I'm sorry for It now. "Why?" "He took It Into his head to trsll me th other evening when 1 was down town wassailing with a couple of western friends, and later on his entire boy brigade eeoorted me home!" Cleveland Plain Dealer. CACTUS CENTER'S MARSHAL Denver Republican. We was troubled some In Cactus by a gent names Six Oun Hteve, Wbosn disrespect for order mad Judicious people grieve; H mad a reg'lar practice of shoolln' up our town When the likker surged within him and w couldn't hold him down. W hired famous gunmen, who vowed that they would stay. But their usual term of office was a frac tion of a day; For Steve 'd come a-lopln' when he heard of victim new. And the marshal 'd shuck his badges and 'd skip th tra-la-lon. We waa sore and plum disgusted, and w advertised in vain For a scrapper who was equal to this eon of war and pain; But w couldn't find nobody who would atand and take and give When Six Gun Steve served notice he wild make such gent a sieve. But at last w made Steve marshal, and he swelled up with dellMit And he wounded six companions on his first official night; H held th Job down proper, and he showed humself true blue Which proved to us, pant doubtin', what a little trust will do. Underwood Standard Typewriter EO5JG0 Chicago Record-Herald