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torarilg aha14 kave Thai Bea.
aaatlaal t tkesa. Address will ha
Take notice, It Is woman mimicking
man's clothea, not vice versa.
An elephant and a donkey never did
make an even-running: team.
Soma of those senatorial deadlocks
teem to be even burglar proof.
Perhaps It might be well to extend
the recall plan to the umpires.
It la up to Omaha to make the
Auto show this rear a record-breaker.
The late mayor of Seattle Is said to
be dead-eet against woman suffrage.
That groundhog knew what he was
doing when he hiked back to his hole.
Dr. Cook's entering vaudeville lifts
aim out of the burlesque class, any
way.
If Champ ' Clark expected that
speech to be taken aa a joke he should
have labeled It.
Wliard Edison seems unwilling to
let those talking machines he Invented
do their work.
It Is doubtfnl If Champ Clark, him
self, knows Just where he stands on
Canadian reciprocity.
If getting reciprocity with Canada
will keep James J. Hill In a good
humor, let us have It. -
Trinidad expects to have 1,000,000
rubber trees wlthtn a few years. That
It bouncing right along.
StUI, the diamond-wearing habit
among men has not reached an acute
stage, aa far aa anyone can discover.
Tammany Is being referred to- as a
myth and a bluff. In either case it
puts on a fairly good front as a tangi
ble factor.
Judge Lindsay of Denver insists
that women are fifty times as honest
aa men. The Judge, you know, is still
a bachelor.
But Just think what salaries the
leaders of those Mexican rebels. can
command en the vaudeville atage
when it la all over!
Mr. Bryan's endorsement of Hoke
Smith for president still leaves him
free to endorse any other democrat
who might be nominated.
The nonchalance toward the bust
ness of the kingdom displayed by King
George in that opening speech of bis
is Just too killing for anything.
Mr. Carnegie aaya he bas made
forty millionaires. And discovered
forty new worlds. Well, that la bet
ter than the average man haa done.
Prise fights and divorce mills must
yield some good fruits, after all. Reno
Kev., is to build a fine Young Men's
Christian association structure thi
spring.
It must be a strange feeling that
haa overtaken Congressman-elect Lo
beck when he realties that for a whole
month he ia nowhere on the public
pay roll.
At any rate. City Clerk "Dan" But
ler will not have to issue any certlft
catea of special registration for the
election that Is to make him head of
the local organization of Elks by
unanimous consent.
One day Senator Brown wakes
speech to the galleries In favor of
ousting Lorlmer from a tainted seat
In the senate and the next day h
champions a tainted appointment to
eftce. Consistency is a Jewel.
According to Lincoln papers emis
saries from "the Holy city" hare bee
counting the "For Rent" slsoi on
Omaha's stores snd dwellings in ord?r
to tske some solace home with them.
Welcome to our tity.
The Battle Over War Claims.
Tb tltsalc parliamentary battle
which has been- waged In congress
over the so-called omnibus bill Is not
readily understood by outsider.
Why should there be an omnibus
bill for war claims?
Why should obligations approved
by the court of claims be yoked up
with demands which have never been
adjudicated?
Why ahould such a bill be pressed
for consideration In the closing days
of an expiring congress to be Toted
through by lame ducks free from all
responsibility to constituent?
These questions may be hard to
nswer, but people have a right to
ponder on them and put two and two
together.
There are doubtless many meritor
ious claims embodied In the omnibus
bill claims which. If the could be
voted on separately. wouM encounter
o opposition but there are doubtless
also many questionable claims which
under no condition could get through
without log-rolling. To make mem
bers gulp them all down at once, they
were roped together In an omnibus
bill so that one will have to carry the
other. To pass such a bill before elec
tion might be awkward to explain
when Interrogated on the hustings,
and consequently a session of con
gress filled with lame ducks offers
the only promising field.
Another thing that may throw light
on the situation Is the fact that many
of these claims, dating back for
scores of years, are so moss covered
and worm eaten that the claimants
re ready to discount them liberally
with professional lobbyists and con
gressional promoters retained on con
tingent fees to put, them through. One
need not draw heavy on the Imagina
tion to guess that tf this omnibus bill
went through as originally reported,
the larger part of the 'money would
go to Intermediaries, who never by
themselves or their ancestors suf
fered any of the damages to be reim
bursed, or to chance-taking speculat
ors who have bought the claims In
from time to time at a few cents on
the dollar.
These side remarks are, of course.
allusions rather than reflections, but
they may help ordinary people to un
derstand better what is really going
on at Washington when an omnibus
claims bill precipitates a near-riot.
'ntereitinf? Population Comparison!.
A bulletin Issued by the passenger
department of the Union Pacific glvea
some interesting comparisons of the
population In Nebraska by congres
sional districts and subdivisions. The
census of 1910, while showing a cred
itable population increase for the de
cade, discloses a very uneven distribu
tion of the newly acquired inhabitants.
By congressional districts one district.
the First, has actually experienced a
decrease: another., the Fourth, has
barely held its own, while the . big
Sixth has increased more than a third.
The table Is as follows:
Nebraska population by congressional
districts:
Dlat. 110. 190. Inc.
ii.si4 m,m
Dec.
1.772
Pet.
1.9
17 1
10.1
i... 190.K va.m n.m
Ki.vn m.75 ji.ws
vt.m i.hr . n.eoo
7.0
f J37.78 172.164 &-.uu
371 !
Total..!, tti.aM
1.088.JMI
127.1TS . 1 77
11.
A almllarly significant arrangement
of the figures along familiar North
and South Platte divisions shows that
the North Platte country has out
stripped the Bo nth Platte. These two
geographical areas ten years ago were
almoat equal io population, whereas
today the North Platte country con
tains 100,000 more people than the
South Platte country, being fully 20
per cent more. This table ia also here
given:
Nebraska population by subdivisions:
Counties. 11. 1st. Inc. Pet.
Both sides Platte.. 17.44 4S.M7 17 067 3C
South of Platta... 10.331 td.XM 7.937 I t
North of Platta... (24.401 118,48 Ms 20 80.5
Total 1,12,234 1 C8.X 123,921 11
The census by counties shows thst
twenty-one of the ninety counties enu
merated in 1900 showed up in 1910
with smaller populations, while sev
enty counties show population in
creases. These few comparisons Indi
cate how Interesting a study of the
census figures can be made.
Dix'i Tardy Awakening
Governor Dix haa finally come oMt
with the announcement that in his
Judgment both Sheehan and Bbepard
should stand aaide and let some other
democrat have the rfght-of-way for
senator from New York, since he Is
convinced neither of them can be
elected. Is hla awakening too late to
satisfy his democratic friends, who
have pleaded with htm from the start
to Intervene for the defeat of Tam
man? That is a question to be de
termined. From the first of the contest at Al
bany toe governor has emphatically
reiterated that he would keep out of
the fight. He turned a deaf ear to the
Importunate demanda by the party
press and aatl-Taromany leaders for
hie Influence against Bheehan and
"Boas" Murphy. Evidently he bas
now partially receded from his posi
tion. But It Is worth noting that be
did not come out , until Sheehan's
chsnces of election seemed to have
been entirely dissipated. 80 It will be
difficult for the governor to claim the
credit for heading off the Tammany
candidate. If thst be his object. The
Tsmmsny candidate. If be ia headed
off, ia beaded off. not by. but In spite
of the governor'a Influence.
j Regardless of the outcome in New
I York, the senatorial fight
has not
made political capital for the gover-
j nor, it would eppcer, eny more than
It has for the fortunes of bis party
in the state. On the contrary, it Is
almost aure to make considerable mis
fortune. One of the psrty papers
argues that Tammany hall la a myth
and a bluff and could be overthrown
In a day If only the democrats of New
Tork would determine to overthrow
It. But we observe that the demo
crats have thus far come to no auch
determination and in the meantime
thla myth or bluff Is working at the
ssrae old stand, wielding a pretty po
tent power. It may be an Incubna
some democrats would like to throw
off, but the fact Is, aa stated by a
more candid democratic paper a few
daya ago, "Tammany is a part of the
democratic party," and if it la defeated
in the piesent contest It will have to
be reckoned with In the next, and that
Is what is troubling our democratic
friends most.
Secretary to the President.
President Taft Is experiencing some
difficulty In retaining a secretsry. He
found it desirable to give Mr. Carpen
ter, who went Into the White House
with Tilm, the position of minister to
Morocco, and Mr. Norton, hla succes
sor, is about to leave of his own ac
cord to resume private business in
Chicago. It would seem thst Presi
dent Tsft should not be a hard man
to work for. Colonel Roosevelt, be
csuse of his strenuous character and
methods, might be regarded as a much
harder man to keep up with, and yet
he went through the greater part of
his seven years In the White House
with one secretary, William Loeb, Jr.
The position of secretary to the
president Is an Important one in many
waya. It is a post not every able man
la qualified to fill. It requires ability,
tact and resourcefulness, to say noth
ing of a good physical frame. The
right sort of man In that place saves
the chief executive a vast amount of
work. He stands between him and
the public and the president's own
achievements are not remotely con
nected with what is done by the man
in the outer office.
This post has been held by some
able men and has proved a good step
ping stone Into other positions of trust
and influence Indeed, the present
Incumbent. Charles D. Norton, Is about
to pass into very lucrative occupation
directly from the president's employ
ment, though, of course, he had estab
lished his right to be classed as a suc
cessful Insurance man before assuming
his official duties. Lamont. Cortelyou
and Loeb found the secretaryship to
the president . a . valuable training
school. Lamont, who served as sec
retary to Cleveland, was finally ad
vanced by the president to the cabinet
aa secretary of war.. Cortelyou, who
aerved as stenographer under .Cleve
land and under both McKinley ' and
Roosevelt as secretary', was promoted
.by,' the latter io the portfolio of 'the
treasury and William Loeb, at (he. end
of Roosevelt's second term, went into
his present position, one of great re
sponsibility, aa collector of revenue
at the port of New York, where he has
distinguished himself even more bril
liantly. Voting Machine Defects.
While legislation to remedy admit-
ted election evlla not now reached by
It may not be out of place to direct at
tention to the fact that the New Jer
sey assembly bas Just repealed the act
authorizing the use of voting ma
chines in elections in that state. Some
of the evils, although, of course, not
all o them, of which complaint is
made in Omaha grow out of tbe use of
the. voting machine, and the tempta
tion it offers to manipulation fully
safeguarded against detection. It is
undeniable that in the last election in
this city the voting machine delivered
many votes to candidates for whom
they were not Intended, and in at least
one instance, that of congressman to
repreaent the district, gave the certifi
cate of election to a man who would
otherwise have been signally defeated.
Commenting on the action of the
New Jersey law-makers, the Philadel
phia Bulletin notes that there was lit
tle debate, and not much difference of
opinion, aa to the failure of the ma
chines to do the work which waa ex
pected of them. It declares:
Not only have they proved a bitter dis
appointment to the votera, but to tha of
flclals who first recommended their use.
Instead of simplifying balloting they com
plicate It. No matter how ahnpljr they
may be operated or how Ingeniously they
may ha constructed to prevent "repeating."
tha fact remains tl.at to the aversee man
they are a source of perplexity. Undoubt
edly a large number of voters have stepped
out of the machine x-otlng booth Inwardly
asking, "Did I pull the right levers? Have
I voted as I Intended T" Even a Judge In
ona county In South Jersey Is known to
have voted tha exact opposite to bis Inten
tion after having been Instructed carefully
on a "dummy" machine.
The experience of Omaha and Doug
las county with voting machines,
therefore, la not unique nor chargeable
to lack of Intelligence, but la the ex
perience of all the placea where voting
machines have been Introduced. The
common Impression haa been that the
party lever la the objectionable
feature of the voting machine, and. of
course, the party lever could not be
abolibhed without at the same time
abolishing the circle for voters who
use the paper ballot. No election re -
form will be far-reaching that does
not take cognizance of voting machine
defects.
It can be said, we believe, without
.
fear Of roulracucuon mat eery "m-
, ber of tbe present Nebraska legible- ,
j tuie made profefslona during tbe caiu-
laigu Of a burning dcfclre U) promote'
i th. , economy in the adiulnls-
tratlon of the atate government and
l "
I state institutions, and lbs purpose to
bold approprlationa down for the ben
efit of the taxpayers to the very last
limit. But that waa several months
ago, when the desire for votes was
stronger than the pressure of Inter
ested parties demanding money out of
the state treasury. If the law-makers
forget their promises about economy
Corel nor Aldrlch may have to exercise
the veto power which the constitution
confers on him.
The United States senate a few
weeks ago refused to confirm a nomi
nation made by President Taft for
aurveyor of customs for the District
of Columbia, so that the rejection of
an unfit appointment la not unprece
dented, although it Is exceptional,
when two United States senators are
on the ground pressing for it. If the
nomination of Cadet Taylor to be sur
veyor at Omaha Is confirmed it will be
not upon, the record, but because of
senatorial trading. .
It seema that the new rules in the
house evidently have no more put a
stop to filibustering In Washington
than have the new rules In the legis
lature put a stop to log-rolling at
Lincoln.
No Black Hand business Is wanted
In Omaha. Any outcropping of thla
kind among our Italian colony should
be nipped in the bud by the police
without any scrupulous compunctions.
Of course, none of the money col
lected in the postofnee during the
campaign was to be used by Postmas
ter Thomas for political purposes.
Perish the thought.
One has to admire the financial
genlua of that New York school
teacher, who, upon a aalary of $1,425
a year, managed to accumulate a debt
of $129,882.
Progress of tbe f'pllft.
Boston Herald.
A Pawnee Indian of Columbus, Neb., has
Just hired a tolered valet In Omaha. Here
la progress from savagery to creased
trousers.
Distance Leads Enrnaat snea t.
- , Wall Street Journal.
Persia wants. to raise a loan In America
to liquidate debts due to England ' and
Russia. Good thing not to have your credi
tor living next door.
(t Yum Share f
Bt. Ixuls Olobe-Democrat.
. According to the last census the per
capita wealth of the United States Is $34.43.
A lot of people will be convinced by this
that there Is something coming to them.
Keeplss Off the Track.
Baltimore American.
There la a decrease In the number of
people killed In trespassing on railroads.
Tha Idea of yielding the right of way on
railroad tracks to locomotives Is evidently
striking the public favorably, and It Is to
be hoped .In tbe Interest of mortality
statistics that It will continue to gain In
popularity. ' '
SEEING OMAHA FROM AFAR.
fit. J'aul Republican: Omaha Is not half
ao wicked as some people would have you
believe. ,
McCook Tribune: The recent destruction
of the state capital building of Missouri re
minds the Omaha Bee that Nebraska is not
better, situated than Missouri was in the
matter of fire proof buildings for its state
records, etc.
Loup Valley Queen: A German woman
was compelled to resort to the expedient of
crowing to make It understood that she
wanted eggs for her breakfast In sn Omaha
restaurant. We are told that persons cap
able of using perfectly good English some
times use the sign language In Omaha res
taurants. Beatrice Sun: Jim Dahlman usea some
pretty good logic In advocating a law to
make the matter of saloon closing a local
Issue, to be decided by vote of the people
of Omaha. There are good reasons for
giving tha people as large a measure of
local self government aa possible, but the
saloon question Is not the most important
thing before the country, and It Is about
time for Omaha to forget the daylight law
and get down to business. The people of
Omaha can stand the night prohibition If
they simply maSca up their mlnda to It.
Howells Journal: Omaha has been In
sulted again. This time by having the
governor call attention to the fact that
much Illegal voting was done there last
fall and proposing a way to prevent such
fraud In the future. It in easy for Omaha
to Imagine hcreelf Insulted. None of us
have forgotten how her feelings were out
raged by the pnaaaae of the elght-o'clocK
closing act. BUM. ah has recovered, but
not forgotten. Iater aha waa again mor
tified snd Insulted by tha cold treatment
given to Mayor Jim by the good people of
Nebraska last November. Fhe haa also
recovered from that ahock. 8he will doubt
less recover from her present fretiiy and
come to understand that It Is no crime In
Nebraska to denounce ballot box stuffing.
People Talked About
Merla and Pearl Thelma, twin slaters,
of Kennebunk, Ms., resemble each other
so much, It la said that their mother has
to tie a ribbon on ona of them to be able
to tell who ia who.
Twins born on St. Valentine's Day to
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Tripp, of Brockton.
Maaa., were given the cames of Cupid
and Psyche by their fond father. The
Trippa now hav ten children. One of tha
younger sons was bom on February 22 and
was named George Waahington Tripp.
Because tha lawyer's writing was hard
to read, Walter 11. Hod ler, a deaf man.
was cross-eramined by a typewriting ma
chine In a Newark court, before which ho
haa a damage suit. The questions went
written out by a court typist and submitted
to the wltneaa. who answered them orally.
Miss K. M. Hovnton has been ele 'ted i
cs-hler of the Way 8 Me IN. Yv) National
1 hank at a salary of IJ.&uu a year. MIhk Hu n
t,m ,. from h,r hl)IM ln ,ne WMl lo
toe a plate as bookkeeper In s store at
buy Side. When the Bay Side National
bank waa organlted she became assiHiaut
cashier and of late had filled the cashier a
.
j " ;
Mrs Myra Broan. of Psvannah. (la., lias:
. ( , .,.-,.,. ..our. . M.,ni..
nenl mjui'lion to restrain her husband
from Interfering w'lh lir In woikini; fui
a living outW bei hoiiM-. The husbind
1 " " 00 "na .'?S,"M on " ".'""""
. TO lliiLuniirj Willi, but I'ih dm- ni-d
tli&l th htj m Itu ItrtKUo to ".t U heimi'th Miutt l'a Ifi-" vdut it ouhl t be'
' cam eoiks. '
Initiative,
Referendum
and Recall
The Outlook, New Tork.
Tha Outlook cannot declsra Itself with
eoust expllcltness on tha referendum, the
Initiative and the rerun. They are still
in the experimental stage. The results In
Switzerland, where they have hnd a con
siderable trial, and In Oregon, where tha
referendum and tha Initiative have appar
tntly worked well In a rural community,
are not so conclusive as to prepare us to
urge their universal and unqualified ac
ceptance. The same thing may be said as
to the successful application of the recall
In I.os Angeles. It Is true, however, that
they are not doctrinaire proposals; they
have produced soma good results where
tried, and deserve serious consideration.
All three may be roughly described as
devices to make the machinery of popular
government more Immediately responsive
to the popular will. The effect of all three
la to remove soma of the brakes and hin
drances which our fathers thought neces
sary to prevent the hasty errors which
might ba produced by popular prejudice
snd popular passion. The political his
tory of America Indicates that democracy
Is less liable to sudden gusts of passion
and prejudice than our fathers anticipated.
Practically all Americans are as'oed
that the referendum can be properly and
Successfully employed In certain cases.
It Is almost universally used In the cae of
constitutional amendments In the states,
snd Is extensively used In the adoption of
municipal charters and bond Issues.
Amendments to the federal constitution
are not referred to the people: but there
Is no reason why thpy should not he so
referred: why, for example, the people of
the states instead of the legislatures of the
states should not vote directly on such a
measure as the proposed Income tax
amendment. The referendum may also be
gradually extended to other matters of
public Importance and public interest with
probable advantage, provided great palna
are taken to secure an adequate presenta
tion of tho Issue to the people and an ade
quate public discussion of It. The ex
istence of such provision has dons much to
make the referendum In Oregon a success:
the absence of such provision hau made
the vote In New York state on constitu
tional amendments very light and fre
quently not very Intelligent. In France the
ouestlon whether the people would have an
Imperial form of government and Louis
Napoleon for emperor was referred to
them; but no alternative was presented,
and the people chose Imperialism rather
than anarchy an Illustration of the fact
that the value of a referendum depends
largely on the msnner In which the Issue
referred to the people Is framed.
The initiative Is a process by which laws
are, proposed, on the petition of a certain
specified proportion of the voteis. for ac
tion either by the legislature or by direct
voteSjf the people through a referendum.
What we have said concerning the refer
endum applies equally' to the Initiative.
The numerously signed petition for the
pardon of Charles W. Morse, the convicted
banker, illustrates the fact that it Is easy
to get many signatures to a petition If a
few men are In earnest to get them. The
numerously signed petitions for the aboli
tion of the canteen Illustrates the fact that
It Is easy to get a superficial sentiment.
not made deliberate by any brond discus,
slon, or any public sense of responsibility,
to overrule the expert Judgment of those
who know conditions. We believe that a
simple provision enabling a minority of a
house, say a fourth of Its members, to
compel any committee to report to the
house any measure committed to It, would
be more practically effective than the
Initiative In securing public consideration I
and final adoption of desirable legislation !
now shelved by secret Influences. But
the two reforms are not Inconsistent. The
Initiative, wherever adopted, should be ac
companied by some adequate provision for
the expert drafting of proposetL-mcaaures.
1
1 he recall enables the people by a special
election, ordpred on the petlt'on of a sped- j
fled proportion of the voters, to remove
from office an elective officer before his I
term expires. The arguments for the recall !
are two: First, the people may elect for!
a longer term, and ro avoid frequent elec
tions. Thus they may, as In Boston .elect .
a mayor for four years and provide that
he can be recalled after two years, instead ,
of electing him for two years and requir
ing him to go before the people for a. re
election at the end of that time. Second,
the people, If they have made a mistake
In electing an officer and ore convinced
of their mistake by his course In office,
can correct It by recalling him. The recall
should, in our Judgment, be confined to
sdminlstrntlve officers, and to municipal,
town, and village communities. It should
not be extended to legislative or Judicial
officers nor to the ehlf executive of the
stale until It has been fairly tried In the
municipalities: and it should be eXTlf-ed
only for serious malfeasance or neglect In
office, not for mere difference of op'iii.m
To sum up: The Outlook regards the
referendum, the Initiative, and the recall
as promising experiments, but as yet only
experiments, which are to be measured by
their results.
A G0U1DEN HOUR.
New York World: The passing of Mis-.
j sourl 1'aclflc from the hands of the Ooulds
I Into the control of "banking Interests"
j marks the end of another railroad dynasty.
Washington post: .Next to Western
l"nlon. the Missouri Pacific was the elder
Oould's favorite asuet. And now that both
of these valuable holdings have practically
passed out of the family, the house of
fiould will be known as inventors, rather
than magnates.
Bprlngfleld Republican: The final ex
clusion of the Gould Interests from control
of the Missouri Pacific and affiliated rail
roads will be welcomed throughout the
wide expanse of country served by these
properties. This may be aald to have been
the only great railroad system left in the
country vhl; h has failed to come under the
new order of things whereby railroad man
agement passes from amiable gentlemen of
large stork interest and no experience to
trained evperts who make it a life bukiness.
I ea Moinrs Register and Leader: The
I parsing of the (Soulda from the lilxhest
, places ia railroad management ! something
of a trauerfy. .lay Oould. the father, built
the MlwVourl Pacific from a 2n7-nille line
Into a Kreat system of thousands of miles.
He added other large rystems to his hold
ings until at hlx death ho was master of
j onr of th, r-tlrtmd ,leaKa of the
, ,.,..,. Thl! wonderful railroad proiwrty
i ...
he left to hi- ..ns. probably hoping mat
with this inacniflceiit start lliey would
' ,.. ,.,,,, i..M1i.r,hl ,,, rillroad-
I tug and go on to sil'l greater achievement, ,
' Hut m-w (ie.irxv J. tiould !n ousted froiu the j
I railroad st ni built up by his father o ,
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and hal tha father dreamed It would be..
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produce at home, quickly and economically
fine and tasty cake, hot biscuit, puddings,
the frosted layer cake, crisp cookies, crullers,
crusts and muffins, fresh, clean, tasty and
wholesome, with which the ready-made food
found at the shop or grocery does not com
pare. Royal Is the greatest of bake-day helps.
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The Bee's Letter Box
Contributions ea Timely Subjects
Hot Bxoaedtmf Two Knndrea Words
Are Invited (rem Oar meadere.
Crweltr la tortsal.
OMAHA, Feb. 17.-To the Editor of the
Bee: In your last Sunday's Issue It seems
to me you went considerably out of your
way to wrap the cloak of respectability
around the new Fortugal republic. It may
be that you are not familiar with the condi
tions of affairs over there. You tell us
about "equality" and fair plaV'accorded to
all, etc. Do you think that the driving of
thousands of nuns from their native land,
the sacking of their homes and schools
Is that fair play or any Indication that
equality has rooted In the new republic?
Was the driving from tha homes and
achools of the Jesuits and other orders
who have no other mission bu)t good yes
driving them from their native land un
less they repudiated their sacred calling.
Is there anything In that that bespeaks
equality, or does is sound more like Rus
sian absolutism. We will agree with you
that the dissolving of the ties of church
and state la a good thing, but a repub
lic that drives from her shores native born
cltlxens men and women who have given
their lives to Ood, the poor and the uplift
ing of the people Is not a republic from
our standpoint of a republic.
WILLIAM HAT.
A Protest A vain at Reciprocity.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 15.(fc-To the F.dl
tor of The Bee: -What midsummer madness
haa coma over the administration that a
measure which mrans the dealing of a
blow to the prosperity of our beloved
west that the west will not recover from
In our time? Why. even tha president's
speeches offer an Inducement for Canadian
Immigration. And with the Immenae
water-power now Idle In Ontario and Que
bec through want of use for it, what Is ta
hinder American manufacturers from es
tablishing plants there where all Industries
can be more cheaply conducted. Rice,
cotton and tropical fruits' are the'onlv
products In whirh Canada could not com
pete with the I'nlted States to the detri
ment of the latter. I lived on the border
during the years when rec'procliy was In
effect and know all about It.
Then I do not mind going on record as
making the suggestion, and I make It
from certain personal knowledge, that
everyone concerned In making such a
treaty should be lined up and made to
declare whether or not he has any per
sonal financial interests in the Dominion
of Canada, Its lands, mines, products or
outputs. J. 1.
A a Overcrowded Profession.
Philadelphia . Ledger.
.The Medical Record considers the recent
very serious complaints from physicians
that their incomes as a whole and on the
average are decreasing and that it Is be
coming increasingly difficult for large
numbers to make a living. The medical
journal does not question the fart, but It
discloses the rsuse. The profession Is oier
crowried and the process Is going on at
Small Deposits
WE ENCOURAGE them because many
large accounts began in a small way.
The small depositor of today becomes the
large one of the future. More people would be
bank? depositors if they realized how it would
help in building their credit and their success.
.Lvl ! H
Itxlrlcenttx and
An Announcement!
I desire lo nnnour.ee that J am in no wav-eoiineeled with
(lie Huntley CommisHou Co. in the ISrandeLs Theater build
... 1.14 ti-I I I i.xiiliunn it.f ii'lti Ol'lill ItUwillf'W SIC U 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 U !
of the Oiiuilm (Jruin i'.vcliaiiKe
end Address.
s ea vosa.
an accelerated rate. In France, with a pop
ulation of about S7,0lX,0nO, the physicians
number 17,000. England,, with a population
of more than 0.000.000, has S2.000 physicians,
whlla In the United States and the ad
jacent Canada, which together have about
W.OOO.ano, the physicians number more than
m.oue.
sxnura lines.
Tha Doctor I think he's the stingiest man
In the entire community.
. The Professor Well, It not, he's a close
second. Chicago Tribune.
"How does your new auto run?"
"Oh, It runa any old way."
"What do you mean by that?"
"The other day when I went eut In It. It
ran over a pedestrian, ran down a eop
and ran up against the law." Baltimore
American.
"But don't you think, the earl la rather
too old for your daughter?"
"Not a bit of It. The older the better.
I've seep some old earls who were rather
decent." Judge.
Man with the Bulging Brow Why do you
want to take a taxlcab when you con get
an ordinary cab for about half the money?
Man with the Hulbous Nose What do I
care how murh It costs? 1 don't expect to
pay for It In either caae. I'm going to pass
the debt on to posterity. Just the same
as a big city does. Chicago Tribune.
"What did you do wlf dst money you
was gwlne to spend for a pair o' shoes?"
"I done thought about dat Invea'ment foh
some time, an' finally I switched f ilm a
pnlr o' shoes an' put It Into a pair of
aces." Washington Star.
"Yes. 1 admit that 1 used to think my
husband was one of the best men In the
world."
"Why don't you think so any more?"
"Oh, I do; but I know ao much more
about, men than 1 - used o." ClUuago
Itecord-Herald. ,t
Miss Yelllngton Our family doctor gave
me something to use for my throat Just
befnr I at n e It's Imu-erf ill. fill aure. Ilft-
cauae he told me to beware ol sn over
dose." Mr. Blithers, aside to Mrs. CauHtlque
What cautious old fools some of these
family doctors are. Cleveland I'laln
Dealer. Silas wasn't quite sure that Jtsdeuiah's
old horse was quite up In value to his cow,
and he demurred.
"Wa'all, I dun'no'. Jed'diah." he said,
scratching his head dublusly. "That tlieru
old caow o' mine hex her good plnlK.'
"Sure she has. Hi." returned-Jededlah
"but 1 callate ye gotta sgree that a cohw's
to be iedsed not bv her pints, but by her
nuarts."-jllarper's Weekly.
THINGS TO I0RGET.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
If you see a tall fellow ahead of a crowd.
A leader of men, marching fearless and
proud.
And wju know of a tale whose mere tell
ing aloud
Would en ime his proud head to in an
gulKh be bowid.
It h a pretty good plan to forget It.
If you know of a skeleton hidden away
In a closet, and guarded and kept front
the day.
In the durk: and whose showing, whose
sudden display
Would cause grief and sorrow and life
long dismay,
'It's a pretty good plan to forget It.
If yon know of a thing that will darken
the Joy
Of a man or woman, a girl or a boy.
That will wipe out a smile of the least
why annoy
A fellow, or cause any gladnexa to cloy,
It's a pretty good plan to forget It.
iV at1
Farnam ftlreels
at Toll lintwlt'i Building. 1
K. K. HUNTLKY. J