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    TTIE HKE: OMAHA, TITUKSPAY. APRIL 13. 1911.
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MARCH CIRCULATION
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Notary Public.
uearrlhrre leavlas; the city tem
porarily ahowld hare The Bea
mailed to (hem. Address will ba
rhaaged aa often aa redaeeted.
Never mind, Senator Tanner ought
to ba used to It by this time.
"Pittsburg voters want the lid
taken off." All riant, hold your noses.
It seems tint the whitewash failed
to take the dollar mark out of Lorl
mer'a toga.
Somebody seems to have put an
other tack In Senator Lorjuiera seat
in the upper house.
Kven at that, the wise automobile
driver will slow down when traversing
busy thoroughfares.
What "copious, gushing tsars" Sen
ator Tillman must have shed on bear
ing of the Hines story.
The qlouds have lifted, the sun
shines; life has begun anew. The ball
season la on. Glddap.
Licensed liquor dealers will take
the hint and have their clocka cor
rectly reset at least once week.
Champ Clark's new gavel is made
of bur-oak. Uncle Joe'a seemed to
have had a burr or two on it, too.
When you think that the world has
gone entirely against you, try to think
of the other fellow who Is worse off.
A thoughtful man is one who car
ries a nickel In his outermost pocket
to save time on the pay-aa-you-enter
tar.
If anybody thinka Mr. Bryan stirred
up trouble among the democrata at
Washington Inadvertently he ia away
off.
One step nearer tq having a rock
pile Vnd that la many steps nearer to
common sense. A work bouse would
be even better.
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A Baltimore aociety man, whose
first name la Evelyn, was badly beaten
on the street. Thugs probably mis
took him for a woman.
Congressman Hobaon aays he ex
pects to go to heaven. We hope he
does, but he will first have to atop
predicting war with Japan.
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At last Governor Aldrlch has
handed down at least one veto that
will command the unreserved appro
bation of the World-Herald.
It might help Madero and his cause
if he would see to it that his insur
rectos do not go too far in persecuting
American men and women and chil
dren. t
A CMcago woman laughed herself
to death over a Joke her little boy
sprung on rhubarb pie. As if that
Wind of pie were not bad enough,
without any killing Jokea.
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If the rhautauquaa run short on
talent because congress Is in session,
we would respectfully direct their at
tention to the fact that th Nebraska
legislature has adjourned.
Colonel Roosevelt a enemies- are
making much of the fact that a San
Francisco club refused to Invite blm
to dine. That may have been me of
the clubs the colonel would not dine
with.
If Omaha proves auch a good place
to take bids for Indian supplies It
ought to prove equally good aa a mar
ket on which to buy army supplies.
Our delegation at Washington might
use the new departure of the ludlan
bureau aa a base to work from.
Let no one blame the lack of funds
to increase the police force upon the
vetoed charter bill; for the police
lund for the current year would have
remained unchanged at all events.
The damage was really done by the
legislature two years ago. which' In
creased the pay of policemen without
providing for additional funds ta meet
the lnrreaaed payroll.
Mr. Bryan and 1912.
Pcntlment Is not nil opposed to the
belief ihnt Mr. l;yau may yet bob up
once more as the democratic nominee
tor president in 1912. despite his as
sertions to the contrary. The Wash
ington Star, while not a democratic
paper, yet generally ready witn a
Kindly expression for Mr. Rryan
Is
far from petsuaded that he is out of
the running. For instance, under a
caption describing him as "St i 1 1 the
Peerless Leader." It says editorially:
Mr. I ryan's lateet visit to this town was
a veritable triumph for him. Ha cam
again, lit caw. and he conquered again.
He made new friends and strengthened
tionda with the old ones Wherever ha
went he wu greeted with enthusiasm. If
ho appeared for a moment in a hotol lobby,
the place Instantly filled up. If he spoke
at table on public question, he waa heard
with every manifestation of pleasure. On
all sides, and by everybody, the glad hand
was offered him.
The Star Is not wrong in attaching
significance to all this. It thus credits
him with the reason for it, aa freely
expressed;
Men said that the democratic good for
tune was due. primarily, to Mr. Bryan.
Ho had shown tha way.
Then the Star observes that all this
Is disconcerting to anti-Bryan demo
crats. It describes the ovation that
greeted 'him as he entered the house
on opening day and, allowing for his
announcement that he would not be
come a candidate again, adds:
But think of him entering tha hall of
the next democratic national convention
at the hend of the Nebraska delegation,
composed of hla friends; think of him tak
ing the platform In advocacy of some Issue
which Is to figure In the convention's de
liverance; think ef him smiling upon the
audience and addreasing It In hia well-
known tones and terms. May not the Har
mon boom, tha Wilson boom, the Clark
boom and all other bocalis ba knocked
higher than a kite In a minute?
One has to make room for a good
deal of hypothesis here, but stranger
things have happened. The Houston
Post, however, a rock-ribbed demo
cratic organ, does not seem to share
the Star'a sentiment one way or the
other toward Mr. Bryan. It regards
him less friendly and evidently con
eludes that he Is not out for the nora
inatlon himself, but to split his party
so as to insure the defeat of whoever
Is nominated, for it says, referring to
Bryan's attempt at dictation:
It will, ultimately get the democratic
party Into Just auch a condition of faction
and strife aa ao many people declare Mr.
Mran prefers to have it. except wnen ne
happen to be the candidate.
Logically, then, If Mr. Bryan in
tended to have .himself nominated
next year, he would scarcely take
steps to split the party now. Truly,
it la a united, militant democracy we
behold. Aa the Post laments:
From tha appearance of things at pres
ent. It looks as If 1911 will open up very
much as 1904 did.
If bo, the Post might add, "and
close aa 1904 did." '
Two Famous Progressives.
In announcing the make-up of the
.democratic steering committee in the
senate at Washington the information
is vouchsafed that Senator Hitchcock
of Nebraska and Senator Kern of In
diana are there to represent the pro
gressive element of the party.
The humor of this selection must
be readily grasped. The democratic
senator from Nebraska when at home
ia clasaed aa a reactionary. He led
the cohorts that put Bryan to rout at
the Grand Island convention, and his
newspaper organ is constantly singing
praises for Governor Harmon of Ohio,
who ia supposed to be the one candi
date for the 1912 democratic presi
dential nomination blacklisted by Mr.
Bryan and his progressive following.
Senator Kern of Indiana is most
widely known as the thick-and-thln
friend of the notorloua "Tom" Tag-
gart, end the political creature of
Taggart, to whom he owes all he has
achieved in politics. It would be al
moat as safe to placard "Tom" Tag
gart as a progressive aa to entrust the
cause of progressive democracy to Mr,
Kern.
These two famous progressives of
the senate democratic steering com
mittee should give the democratic
regulara little trouble.
Example ia Catching Kidnapers.
New Mexico aeta an object lesson
to older atates in running down Kid
napers. When it became known that
the little Rogers boy of Las Vegas
bad been aoauctea ana neia lor a
$12,000 ransom, whole communities
turned out to scour the country for
the culprit or culprits, as It proved
to be, and did not quit acourlng until
they got their prey. Sheriff's posses
took up the trsll snd it required
comparatively ahort time to trap the
criminals, one of whom haa confessed.
implicating the other. It need not be
doubted that the state will do what is
further necessary to put the finishing
touches to the case, making it such a
wholesome example as to discourage
that form of criminality, In New Mex
ico, if not In other states. It ia im
possible for the law t. handle this
crime too severely, and perhaps it Is
well that thla offense whs committed
in a western state where people do
not stand on technicalities or formal!
tlea when auch issues ate at stake.
icis crime is one or tue most re
markable in the annals of kidnaping
A man aida in abducting ha child of
hla own brother, from whom he ex
torta $12,000. Even the father could
not be persuaded to join tn the sus
picion that rested from the first u,)oa
his brother until the laiter'a confea
kn. it seems that the uncle tot hi
accomplice to do the actual kidnaping
and be did the money end of the deal
and looked out for the negotiations,
selecting a time when he knew his
brother was absent from home and
the child was there with its mother.
He even was called In by the terror
stricken mother and too the money
from her to the place designate.! by
hi nine If, the brigand.
As described, It was one of the most
cold-blooded pieces of perfidy that has
ever come to light, and the fact that
the culprit has confessed should not
stand between him and hU just
deserts. MeiTof his stamp are belter
off where the law can hold a check
upon them and other people certainly
are safer.
Up to the Assessors.
By law enacted by the adjourned
legislature the term of office of county
assessors in Nebraska has been ex
tended one year, so that these asses
sors w ill be elected in 112 instead of
1911. The reason assigned for the
change is that in this way the quad-
reunlal assessment of real estate,
which is to be made In due course in
1912 and every four yeara thereafter,
will be made In the last year of the
assessor s incumbency, wnen ne win
have the benefit of three years' experi
ence and information, Instead of in
tho first year of hla Incumbency, when
newly elected assessor would have
to perform the most Important duty
devolving upon him almost immedl
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aieiy aner crossing me lurcmuiu me-
bis office.
-Thle object, of course, could have
been attained by moving the assess
ment of real estate up one year with
out affecting the tenure of the connty
assessor'a office, but the law-makers
preferred to do It the other way, with
incidental benefit to the assessors, who
thus have another twelve months leg
islated on to their official careers, to
say nothing of a chance to make good
on a real estate assessment which will
hold over for four years whether they
succeed themselves or not. But the
proof of the pudding will be tn the
eating
If the county assessors, who
are the chief beneficiaries of this new
law, give ua an assessment on the next
turn which ia equitable and satisfac
tory they may expect a popular vote
of approval; if not, the next legisla
ture may reconsider and either go
back to the old system or try some
thing new.
Madero and Diaz.
The Mexican Herald, the paper pub-
shed for English readers in Mexico
and friendly to the government,
thinka Madcro will make a grievous
error not to accept the terms of peace
proposed by President Dias in his re
cent message to congress, . and yet
Madero is said to have merely smiled
when asked if he would accept those
terms. The Herald says
We predict that If Francisco I. Madero
and his followers do not acoept tha new
government program aa an honest desire
to meet the demands of the Mexican peo
ple they will rapidly lose what standing
and sympathy they have, both In this
country and abroad.
The Herald takes no stock in
Madero's demand for a repudiation of
the election by which Diaz defeated
him for the presidency and the call
ing of a new election. It calls It a
'pompous demand," and refers to
Madero as a "bargainer of unusual
foresight," who '"has been loudly re
iterating demands for a ' great deal
more than he expected ' to obtain."
The Herald appeala to the people of
Mexico to uphold President Dias, who,
it thinks, has made concessions
enough to the insurrectos, whose ac
ceptance as the price of peace th
good of the country requires.
People who have followed the
course of war in Mexico doubtless will
take more stock in this dictum than
they will in the disposition of the
Madero party to accept it. It might
easily be believed that all concerned
would be benefited by coming to terms
short of what the rebela have de
manded rather than prolong the war
With Its devastating consequences
and it might be much easier to Obtain
full concessions as time progressed.
Msdero overlooks one fact, it seems,
that a large proportion of his follow
ers do not measure up to the require
ments of popular government which
his demands reduced to concrete form
define. If they did there would be
far more reason why Diax should go
further than he has gone. And yet,
It would seem that Dias has offered
to concede about every vital point
laid down by the enemy except to
abdicate his own office. The fact that
Madero chooses to discredit the gov
ernment's promise to do what it aaya
it will do seems wholly aside ' the
question. But reports now Indicate
that the insurrecto leader la anxioua
for peace and it would not be surpris
ing to hear aoon that he had seriously
entered into negotiations toward that
end.
- "Be an Optimist Today for Peace
and Progress'' la a bold-type appeal
on the front page of the Mexican Her
ald. Making such a request of a man
in Mexico Just now la a good deal like
looking disaster In the face and smil
ing. The record of dog tag Issues starts
the season with a decided Increase
over the number of canines licensed
to run st large in Omaha last year.
Here's a place where revision down'
ward would aecure public applause.
"We are weak at Washington only
in the senate," exclaims Mr. Bryan.
Who are "wer Ana are we weak m
the aenate only because the senate
failed to follow the house in accepting
Mr. Bryan'a dictation?
In approving the University Medical
school appropriation Governor Aldrlch
says be does not believe it within the
province of the executive to interpose
a veto "because that wonld be simply
putting my Judgment up against the
legislature in a matter of public
policy, which rarely should be done."
It will be noted that the governor
very properly reserves to himself the
privilege to decide when those rare
occasions are presented when his
Judgment should outweigh the ex
pressed will of the legislature. When
two bodies moving in opposite dlrec-
tlona collide one of them must yield
the right-of-way to the other.
Returning members of the Douglas
delegation who have been putting In
three months' time at Lincoln for
300 and mileage are again cautioned
not to make a too lavish display of
their wealth.
Mllllewa for Feaee.
Kanxas City Times.
The Mexican 'Congress" has appropriated
W.OOaon for tha "pacification of the coun
try." Tha hope, apparently, la that the
hand with gold in It may succeed where
the Iron hand has failed.
Hope Glide the Horlaon.
Houaton Post.
I-et an optimistic people hope. The dem
ocrats of the house have reduced expenses
already by $182. 000 a year, leaving the an
nual cost of tha government In round num
bers at trcv.gig.oco. A saving of a fifth of
a cent per capita per annum Is not to be
eneeieo. at.
I'rltlelalaa- Trifles.
New York World.
Dr. Eliot finds that President Lincoln
made soma "shocking appointments." Ha
did. lie knew he did. And he told the
story apt to that aa to other matters of
the boy who wanted tha captain to atop
hla steamboat In the rapids to salvage an
apple. Lincoln had to be an opportunist
and he was not the last.
Good Plan to Follow,
Baltimore American.
California appears to have discovered a
good way of dealing with tha contemptible
fellows, who desert their wivea and fam
ilies. When a deserter Is convicted for non
aupport lie may be sentenced to jail and
compelled to work at road-making for his
keep and also for the support of his fam-
lily; the county paying the latter 11.50 a
day so long as the delinquent continues
In hla Involuntary publlo employment. The
punishment would seem to fit tha crime.
speaker Clark's Gavel.
New York Sun.
It Is right that Champ Clark e gavel
should be of wood from a hatmted mill.
The reverent altter at the feet of Dollar
Bill, the ecstatic swallower of every Bryan
lam and Bedlamlsm, tha meek suppliant
for succession why, the ghosts of a hun
dred dead Issues munt tremble In and speak
from that speaker's bauble. It Is already
whispered In Washington that of Its own
accord and held In no man's hand the gavel
has been known to hammer the desk tre-
I mendousiy sixteen times in succession.
EXPERIMENTS IN SPRAYING.
Profitable Results Shows at Kebraaka
Statloa.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Nebraska experiment station has
Issued a bulletin which summarises the
results of spraying experiments in apple
orchards for five seasons. The tests were
made principally for the purpose of de
termining the coat of spraying, the yield
of sprayed fruit and Its value aa com
pared with that of unsprayed fruit from
the same orchard.
At the outaet of the experiment tw-enty-
two orchards were selected, representing
eighteen localities In thirteen counties.
The trees varied in age from 10 to 28 years.
Some of the orohards had been well pruned.
while others had been entirely neglected.
The treea were sprayed under varying con
ditions, soma with elaborate outfits for
the purpose and othera by the crudest
methods. In soma orchards the operators
had efficient power outfits. In others they
had merely a barrel and hoae.
In figuring up results the experiment
station officials estimate the average total
annual cost of spraying peracre at $13.
Thla la on a basis of fifty trees to tha
acre. The difference In value In favor of
the sprayed fruit was $71.65 per acre. Da
ducting from thla the average coat of
spraying, $12, It Is found that the average
net gain per acre from apraylng la $64. M.
All of which la certainly worthy of the
apple grower's consideration.
The nve years' experimentation has
Shown conclusively that It pays hand
somely to spray. The same results that
were obtained In Nebraska can be obtained
elsewhere. Those who hope to get good
returns from their orchards should realise
that the treea must be given DroDer can.
I Under such conditions the orchard responds
splendidly, and amply remunerates Its
owner for his labor.
People Talked About
8outh Caroline mourns a woman who
died at W leaving 200 descendants, and
Massachusetts one who celebrated her
golden wedding two years ago at 62 and
waa a great-grandmother at 69.
in the Milwaukee election last week
there waa a referendum on the proposal of
the city adminlatratlon for the sale of
bona to provide lor a municipal railroad
terminal. It was beaten by 4,000 majority.
A Chicago judge has decided that girls
who Jilt thetr sweethearts must glVa the
latter back their engagement rings. Thla
Judge is evidently a fair sample of the
class of men who do not want poor women
to get any enjoyment out of life.
Una of the dlsconaolate Memphlana, who
shook the 12,0(0,000 prise before the eyes
of W. J. Bryaa, intimates that the real
reaaen for tha rejection of the offer is
that Mr. Bryan could not be happy "away
from Omaha's cowboy mayor." Th
colonel's affection for Mayor; Jim evidently
is priceless.
Andrew M. Sullivan, lawyer, Is said to
ba the most aaalduoua bookworm In Kt
LouLs Beatdea having read nearly all the
contemporaneous law and magaaine liter a
ture, he has read an average of one novel
very night for the laat thirty years. His
taste runs from yellowback detectlv
stories to the claaalrs.
Marcua D. Crain, 70 years old. for twenty
years night chief operator of the Western
Union Telegraph company In Ht Loula,
died of apoplexy. He had been in the am
ployment of the telegraph company fifty
years. During the civil war he was chief
ef the telegraph field eorpa and aerved In
that capacity with Colonel R. C. dowry,
former president of the Western Union
Telegraph company. x
One of the odd developments of th
trouble la Mexico Is a proposition whlc
haa eome f rem Dick Ferris, an American
now la San Franclaco. to eatabliah In
lower California the republic of Diaa. H
haa aent a telegram to Prealdent Dias say
ing that 100 representative American eitl
Sens wish to have Lower California turned
over to them to eatabliah there "a friendly
and saodara rap utile iqneer progressiva
offldaJa."
Washington Life
Coma Interesting rbaaes
and Conditions Obsarrad
at the HaUon'a Capital.
"Beware of the polaon dyes of the Funster
season." Is the aubatante of the warning
sounded for head of families by Dr. Wiley,
leader of tha pure food crusaders of the
federal government. The dyes commonly
used In coloring candins and eggs are
poisonous and great care should be exer
cised In protecting children from eating
them. "The worst feature." aajs the doc
tor, -"Is that In many Instances these poi
sons do not Immediately manifest them
selves. They work gradually upon the sys
tem, until digestion Is greatly Impaired.
Extreme nervousness and even paralysis
are frequent manifestations. The younger
the victim, the more deleterious is the ef
fect of tha poison."
Pr. Wiley therefore ures that the great
est care be exercised In selecting dyes
for home uses, and In the purchase of food
articles which have been highly colored,
rurrhasera should Inalst that the dyes ere
among those certifted aa permitted by tha
Department of Agriculture. Arsenic polaon
la the moat common -from candy poisoning,
while maney of the dyea contain large
quantities of lead snd antimony.
"Uncle Joe"vC'annon carries around un
der hla crown some very Interesting mat
ters of unwritten hlatory. Many versions
about the nomination by President Cleve
land of the lata Melville W. Fuller as
chief justice have ben current. "Uncle
Joe." however, has another version, and
as he bore a hand In the matter Ita au
thenticity should be certain.
One of the former speaker's old-time
demoerat'c frlt-nds In Illinois In the elghtle.
aa he told the story a few nights sro, wa
John S.hofield. chief JuMIre of the state
supreme court. The two had ridden the cir
cuit together when Mr. Cannon waa a
young lawyer. President Cleveland com
missioned "Horizontal Bill" Morrison to
offer the chief Justiceship of the United
States supreme court to Judge Schofleld.
The latter declined. He had a family of
thirteen children, and their mother, a fine
woman of old-fashioned views, was exceed
ingly domestic and had no liking for fash
ionable Washington.
In despair Representative Morrison ap
pealed to Mr. Cannon to go to Illinois and
urge Judge Schefield to accept, lie made
the trip and presented the appeal, but it
d not move the sturdy, old state Judpe.
Soon after Mr. Cannon had returned to
Washington W. F. Vitas of Wisconsin
urged the name of M. W. Fuller, a Chicago
lawyer, and the nom. nation was forwarded
to the senate.
When Senator "Charlie" Johnson of
Maine took the arm of Ills feeble repub
lican colleague the other Say In the senato
and marched up to the clerk's desk there
was In his mind the thought of another
meeting between them years ago. The
new democratic senator told about it after
ward, when seated In his large office across
the way from the capltol.
In his earlier days. Just aa he was get
ting through college, Johnson taught s-hoil.
He waa home from a term of teaching and
over at Waterville met "Jim" Wlthee of
the old Klmwood hotel. ' '
"Want a Job. Charlie?" said Jim. '
"I certainly do," was the reply.
"Well, I need a night clerk at the Elm-
wood. Come over and try It." Whieh the
future senator did. He had been on the
job but a few daya when the late evening
train brought a crowd of guests. Some
pushed to the front and got the best
available rooms, and when William P. Frye
signed his name there were no good quar
ters left.
"Awfully sorry, senator." raid Night
Clerk Charlie Johnson. "We have no rooms
such as you ought to have. There's a
suite, however, which we keep reserved
for the proprietor of the woolen mills. I
believe I'll take a chance on putting you
in there."
And so It came about that the future
democratic senator from Maine rave his
future republican colleague the best quar
ters in the house and everything turned
out merrily.
Probably no other building In America
Is so well policed as the White House.
It takes forty-two men to do It dally. - It
any mischievous stranger should seek en
trance he would not get far. Twenty-four
men guard the outside of the building and
eighteen of the Inside. Eight are in the exec
utlv orrices. Fourteen guard the White
House within and without at night The
number of men enumerated does hot In
clude the secret service men who guard
the person of the president, and who some-
iimies are in service to guard the members
or tne president s family.
Every door to the White House has Us
policemen constantly on guard. There are
always two In the basement of the execu
tive offices, where there Is a large door
leading from the street for the reception
of supplies. There always Is a policeman
at the kitchen entrance. Two men in
livery, not policemen, guard the main en
trance into the White House at the north
portico. In the daytime there la a police
man In the east room and one each at both
stairways that lead to the private apart
ments or the president and hla family on
the upper floor. There is a policeman al
waya in the basement, tbe entrance to
which la from tha eaat wlr g of the man
sion. At night a policeman guards the base
ment corridor of the Interior, another the
corridor of the main floor, and another
the corridor of the upper private floor.
President Taft a general plan of economy
In expendlturea Is likely to receive vigorous
support from an unexpected quarter dur
ing the extra session of the congress.
Certain of the insurgent republican sena-
tora believe that substantial progreea awn
be made ' in the direction of economy by
abolishing aome of the committees, or at
least reducing the aalaiiea now paid to
former aenatora and representatives who
have ensconced themselves In these gov
eminent bertha. It was suggested In i
chance gathering of senate Insurgents to
day that the policy of reducing the sal
artes of clerks In the classified service and
at the aame time paylns the large salaries
to "lame ducks" from Capitol Hill Is
misguided plan of retrenchment which
aavea at tne spigot, but wasted at the
bung.
Most of tha economies thus far suggested
apply to government clerka whae aalaiiea
range from Sl.Obv to tl.Kio a year. The sav
ing to the government is trifling and is
more tnan consumed by the swollen sal
a rlee given to former senators and former
congreasmen who have taken political ref
uge In one or more of tha numerous com
missions crested by congress.
Th Insurgent eenators believe that the
commission plan ef casing for former sen
aiora ana representatives Is an amiable
custom, but an espenalve one, and they
are talking seriously of directing an Jn
qulry into the matter and extending it
beyond the congressional commissions to
look Into the. various other creations ef
this kind for which congress has pro
vided In the past, and which, once set In
motion, appear to bar aa interminable
tenure.,
, . BRYAN AND MARTIN.
Brooklyn Katie: Conservatism as dis
tinct from radicalism Is represented hy Mr.
Martina election. The adherence of the
democracy of the senate to It for a long
w hile Is not likely. The dim losure of real
testa will be Interesting and cannot even
strategically be long postponed.
New York Sun: Senator Culberson of
Texas after voting for the Hon Thomas
8. Martin for chairman of tha democratic
caucus of the senate cannot hope for any
quarter from Mr. Rryan. The great man
will regard the defection of Mr. Culberaon
as odloua Ingratitude, for the senator waa
one of Mr. Bryan'a choices for the honor
aa a "progressive."
Philadelphia Record: If the truth were
known aa to the selection of Senator Mar
tin of Virginia by bis associates for the
democratic leadership it would doubtless be
found that the choice was equally distaste
ful for toth Bryan and Btlley. Mr. Martin
stands midway between these boisterous
oppoelte.V They are swift of tongue. Mr.
Martin does things. He haa administrative
capabilities of the quality shown by Sena
tor Crane of Massachusetts precisely the
thing desirable In the uncertain and
anomalous political conditions st Wash
ington.
Philadelphia Ledger: The selection of
Benator Martin of Virginia as chairman of
tha democratic caucua haa no great signifi
cance, except what may have been given It
by the efforta of Mr. Bryan to promote the
selection of Senator Bhlvely of Indiana.
The "progressives" generally voted for
Shlvely, but not quite all of them and Mar
tin himself Is not decidedly "reactionary."
Ills advantage was that he was acceptable
to the conservative senators, and less ob
jectionable to the other than would have
been one of the older and better-known
senators whom the former would have pre
ferred. In the senate the position of
"minority leader" carries no such powers
as In the house.
CHURCH HOWK OX PEACE.
Nebraska Warrior Telia Kaatlahnen
What He Thlaka.
Hon. Church Howe of Nebraska, Amer
ican consul (Ut Manchester, England, par
ticipated in aautlle meeting held In that
city March 29 to further the movement
for a treaty of arbitration between the
United States and Great Britain. It was
the first public meeting of the kind held
In that country and was called by the lord
mayor In response to a request signed by
many leading public men.
Mr. Howe declared he was for peace by
arbitration. Ha had fought In one war and
got enough of it. "Our country," he said,
'has always been for peace. Every presi
dent that we have had. If you read his
nauguration address, has always spoken
for peace. But not until the days of The
odore Roosevelt did one pull his coat off
and say, 'Let us do something.' He
started the thing; he accomplished much;
he aroused a something among our people
that lives today. And President Taft, with
hla great big heart, when he succeeded
him, said: 'I am with Theodore Roose
velt. I am going to help forward this
great fight.' You know th reault. But
we have got a big Job. We may talk
here, but we have got to make sentiment
outside before we can do much. I can
tell you that President Taft la In dead
earnest to carry out this proposal with
Great Britain, and Great Britain should
be glad to Join with ua and aet the ball
rolling. And when we have started It roll
ing, when once our hands are clasped and
we have made an agreement not an alli
ance, but simply an agreement, an honest
pledge between honest men then you will
see other natlona coming forward and
holding out their hands and we shall ba
able to look forward to the day when we
shall be a united world without war. The
two great English-speaking nations will be
the ones to start It. Talk aa you pleaae,
we are the two great natlona, with all
due respect to every other nation (laugh
ter) and we are recognised as auch by
every other nation when they get down
to square thinking and speak their aentl
ments.
"What I would say Is this: Don't raise
any technicalities at this time. We will
make the program afterward. As for
honest tribunals, there certainly are honest
men In the world. England has got them
and we have got them, too. Tou have your
statesmen and w have ours. But remem
ber that you have got your politician, too,
aa we have on our side, and you will
have to meet him. The people are with
you, the statesmen are with you, but
heaven knows whether the politician is or
not yet.' You have got to wake up the
sentiment first. The sentiment Is that we
are going to have peace, and the details
will be arranged later."
THE KA1RV1KW CHANT1CLER.
Slsaallaaa the Coaalaa- ef the Dawa fa
New Jersey Speech.
New York Poat.
We take It that when Mr. Bryaa de
clared In New Jeraey, "From a demo
cratic atandpoint. the laat fifteen years
have been dark, but I come to give you
the promise of th dawn," he was an
nounclng his decision never again to be
the democratic candidate for president
With a modesty bred of three attempts at
the Job and three failures, Mr. Bryan now
begs to Imply that he never did car for
the presidency, and that it waa a question
of principles with him. Now that Ms
principles have triumphed, he Is so happy
that he wakes up in th night and laughs
W have always noticed a decided ten
dency on the part of many people te r-
Jolo at eacaplng th responsibilities of an
office for which aome on else has re
ceived the greater number of votes. Thfi
symptom always occurs with the other
symptom w have mentioned, a tendency
on the part of beaten men to rejoice In
the triumph of th principles they stand
for. We ar far from wishing to deny
that there have been men whom time alone
has justified. But It Is demonstrable tha
Mr. Bryan is not on of these men. He I
to be congratulated upon hla ability to set
joy out of the reflection that long after
some of th principle he stood for had
begun to make their way, his own unstable
and perilous personality stood forth as a
barrier to their acceptance.
OrHIftO rOB H
ICO MB TAX.
Seprena
Cewrt Deelalaia
ratal the
War Da It.
Springfield Republican
How easy It will be to levy a valid fed
eral Income tax Without the help of th
pending amendment Is Indicated by th
Din introduced oy congressman Hull e
Tennessee and the waya and means com.
mlttee. It Is entitled a bll' "to provide
revenue for th government by levying a
special excise tax with respect to doing
buaineaa by persons." All persons resident
In ths United State, etc., are made sub
ject to the tss. which Is to be equivalent
to 1 per cent on their entire net income
above S5.0U0. Thus th measure follows
the wording of the corporation Income tax
law recently upheld by a unanimous United
Statea aupreme court, only "persons" are
aubatltuted for corporations. Th exemp
tion ahould be reduced to II. MO or 12. i'.
and then the bill would become worth the
sarloua attention of congress. Such a law
clearly ecu Id not be set aside by the su
preme court unless It were prepared to
abandon th ground takea te sustain th
corporation Income tai; and that would
make the court lidlculou
L':lc3 T.zr.i D:lbj Itij
Absolutely Puro
Thm only bsklng powtlar
mata from Royal Grspo
Oream of Tartar
aALu:j.r:3UFinyai
TATS ON THE FUNNYB0NE.
"My dear sir. you may be an expert
floriculturist, but you know nothing of
society.''
"What has that to do with It?"
"Why. every one of these flowers you
have recommended are climbers. "Balti
more American.
"Which party emblem do you prefer, Ihe
elephant or the mule?"
"Well." replied Farmer Corntossel, "as
things go nowadays both them animals Is
pretty slow. What one of the great par-
lea ought to do is to associate Its ldrsi
with siomethtn' like the automobile."
Washington fctar.
Little Hopeep had lost her sheep.
"That'e nothing," cried WaJI street,
we've lost our lambs."
Herewith they lamented alack business-
New York Sun.
"These brlRlit newspapers boys are tha
flower of the Journallatlo times, every man
Jack of them."
I suppose then, you would clnssifv them
aa John Quills.' Baltimore American.
'Well. I see, another bank cashier haa
skipped to Canada."
Why was he short in his accounts?
"Not a bit. His accounta were all rlcht
but you ought to have seen the bank's
accounts." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
THE YEAR'S YOUNG KING.
I. alia Mitchell In the Columbian.
Oh, golden la the Summer, the time of bud
and bloom.
Of rosea fair, and lilies rare, and gardens
of Dorfume;
Of south winds softly blowing, across a
sandy way.
And little ships In sheltered rips, and
crested waves at piav.
But who would hint at treason, unto the
Year's Young King,
The royal, reigning season, th hopeful.
happy bprlng.
And tender Is th Autumn, the day ef
corn and wine.
Of burdenetr treea and garnered leas, and
purple fruited vine.
Of birds that band together to plan a
journey rar
To orange shade and clovered glad, be
neath the Southern Utar.
But who would toast a rival, before th
Year's brave King,
The fittest for survival, th heart entrano.
ing (Spring.
Oh, wondrous Is th Winter, th senith ef
tne year.
With drifting snow and lakes that glow
like mirrors deep ana ciear.
When tempests sweep unbridled and
strangely through th night
Th Star world's floats each on a boat.
upon a sea of whit.
But who would crowd another, th yeara
have but one King,
From each to each no other than love-
eompelllng Spring.
A true to all discussion, a finis' to all
doubt.
When whit and blue and yellow, too, the
hyacinths come out.
Blu skies and dimpled watera, and. sub
tler vat. a fame
That never man of mortal clan, hath dared
to give a name.
And who would signet offer sav to the
fair young King,
Love's jewels in hla coffer, the pulse be
witching cpnng.
"My rose
rhall repose
a this lovaly
new bed.
Where I knew
It will grow
Twice as fragrant
and re."
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