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nbacrlbera learlng the city trm.
porarlly abonld have The Bet
mailed to them. Address will be
(-hanged aa oftea aa requested.
The lobster famine, in Boston has
been broken. They came across, did
they.'girls?
This skirmishing on tha border
looks like another scheme to attract
sightseers to Texas.
Senator Bailey does not have to
argue tq some folks to convince them
that he is oil right.
Mr. Bryan drew a picture of his
"ideal" president. Probably did it
while looking into a mirror. 1
All quiet between the Commercial
club and the Auditorium management
until something else breaks loose.
Chicago is in no Immediate danger
of being left mayorless, for Carter H.
Harrison III becomes of age this year.
The Kansas City Star reporU that
the Ben Davis is a "fallen idol." Ben
was in big luck to stick as long as he
did.
David Starr Jordan goes to Japan
this fall to lecture on world peace.
The doctor ought to go to Mexico this
spring.
Nat Goodwin says he has had
enough wives. Some of his ex-wives
might say they had had enough Nat
Cioodwins. '
J Did you ever notice that it is the
fellow in the bleacher seat who can
tell the manager all about how to run
his team best?
"Taft Sits Down on Fake War Ru
mor." Headline. Which is to say
that particular rumor has been effec
tively squashed. v
"Insurgents Gain One Point."
Headline. Where, in Mexico, con
gress or the Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution?
It must make Miss Lydla Plnkham
Pankhurst boll with envy to think of
a woman being appointed chief of
police in Hunnewell. Kan.
An Omaha man has been wounded
in the fighting in Mexico. Count on
Omaha being in the thick of it
wherever trouble breaks loose.
Colonel Lafe Young does not have
to be knocked down to take a hint.
The moment he heard the news from
the broken deadlock he began packing
his grip.
It is a question whether man who
deliberately takes his life in his hand
in order to witness a gun fight on the
border can be rightly called "an inno
cent bystander."
The elder Mrs. Swope announces
that she will stand for no fancy fees
to lawyers in this second trial, which
seems to indicate that things are com
ing Dr. Hyde's way.
Now If Mr. Bryan had been offered
$75,000 a year to live in Washington
four years he would not have turned
It down as he did that $2,000,000
offer from Memphis.
Wonder what would happen if the
sinecure position of registrar at the
High school should be abolished, and
the money used for the hand-out
saved to the taxpayers.
Councllmen who sre so solicitous
for the pool halls now want to com
promise on midnight closing. People
who are seeking merely wholesome
amusement In these places will be
glad to cut off at 10:30 or 11 o'clock
and go home and go to bed.
If Omaha is to have a special elec
tion on May 10 to vote an Issue of
f 8,2o,000 water bond, as announced
by the Water board some weeks ago.
some lively moving by the board will
be necessary. Can it be that the
urgency of the case which wss then
so Imperative no longer presses?
Campaign Fund Pnblicity.
The passage of the before-electlon
campaign fund publicity bill as part
of the democratic house program at
Washington Is a reminder that Ne
braska baa had a law on Its statute
books designed for the same purpose
since 1899, and that it has had a
before-electlon provision engrafted on
it since 1909. There may be a differ
ence or opinion as to what extent this
legislation has restrained the Im
proper use of money In elections in
Nebraska, but our experience with the
known defects of the Nebraska law
would Indicate that the bill wblcb the
democrats have railroaded through
the house without amendment is put
up solely for advertising purposes,
and with no Idea of making it an
effective brake on campaign corrup
tion. The democratic bill so far as it re
lates to money spent in congressional
and national campaigns is even less
comprehensive then the Nebraska law
so far as It relates to money spent In
state and local campaigns, and leaves
so many loopholes for evasion that it
need be observed only by those who
want to observe It. Merely to require
the filing of a public statement by
treasurers of regular party committees
is a form that has here. proved no bar
to the secret use of money through
outside agencies organized as anti
saloon leagues, personal liberty asso
ciations, Bryan volunteers, political
clubs , and other makeshifts whose
main distinction Is In name only.
If the democratic law-makers in
Washington were really in earnest
they might plug up the holes in the
Nebraska campaign publicity law as a
framework and apply it to candidates
for all elective federal offices.
Apotheosis of Base Ball.
In algebra one process of removing
an unknown quantity from an equa
tion is by elimination. Supposing
base ball to be an unknown quantity
in the equation of American national
life, its imaginary removal by elimi
nation may give us some appreciable
idea of its place and influence." But,
like so many modern advantages we
enjoy today, it is doubtful if the aver
age fan, even, stops to note the great
place that base ball fills in his life and
in the life of his country.
Some writers tell us that base ball
is of very ancient origin, that it was
played in Egypt during the days of
the Pharoahs. Perhaps it was. In
fact, late encyclopedias present draw
ingspf ancients holding clubs in very
much the same position aa ball play
ers grip, their bats in the modern
game of today. But if the ancients
did play the game, they overlooked a
wonderful opportunity not to develop
it and bring out all the beauties ant?
niceties of the inside plays.
But the fact is that not in history
has" any nation made of a national
sport or game what the United States
has made of base ball. Prom a mere
pastime for youth it has come "to
amount to a great profession, afford
ing young men, many of culture and
intellect, an excellent means of live
lihood and of acquiring a future com
petence; a wonderful business pro
lific of good revenues to the shrewd
man of means and last, a superb
source of entertainment for millions.
It is the one form of sportsmanship
inherently strong enough to be com
mercialized without injury, but with
profitable results. . ' ' .
To find the value of this quantity,
then, .in the equation of our national
life, suppose Its elimination. Take
base ball out of the country and look
at the gap made by the divers angles
of its influence. In the first place,
it would lettve a hole in our com
mercial life which nothing short of
$30,000,000 annually could fill, for,
conservatively estimated, thfft amount
is put into the game each year. And
what as a game or means of entertain
ment could be offered as its substi
tute? The spirit of base ball is the
spirit of high-toned rivalry and com
petition, which gives a certain touch
of virility to the youth of this land
and which could ill be spared from it.
But it gill not soon, If ever, die. To
day It is on the Increase. Other na
tions are borrowing this one's national
game, coming along a new line for
help from' America.
Aa Ingrowing Inreitipatioa.
People who have read of tbe United
Ststss Steel ccrpcrxUon'a decision to
investigate the charges that It is over
working Its employes must be struck
by two points, especially that these
large corporations are becoming more
heedful of public opinion and that
they are willing to listen to the griev
ances of labor. The Steel trust is
quite typical In both casea. This is a
mighty good sign of the times.
Certain magazine writers recently
have made quite severe charges of
misusing Its employes against the
Steel trust, and at a recent meeting of
Its directors the charges were taken
up and seriously discussed. Finally
it was unanimously voted to name a
committee for their investigation.
Note that these directors, sitting be
hind closed doors and transacting the
business for a gigantic industrial In
stitution, did not waive tbe charges
aside as baseless canards panned off
on a credulous public by a lot of
muck-rakers. Tbe directors admit
ted, some of thera, that they did not
know about the accuracy of these
charges, but declared they wanted to
know, and if they found them to be
founded. In part or in whole, they
would promptly take steps to remedy
tbe situation.
Here is a subject for careful
thought for that man who has con-
Jured in his mind the hallarinatlon
that the "power of tbe press" has
waned, or is waning. What other
power could have, or would have,
brought about this change in the atti
tude of vested interests? Public
oplnon? Yes. but public opinion, or
public sentiment, has to be crystal
lized into expression before It is of
any account. It Is a long cry from
this Steel trust directors' meeting
back to the "Public be-dsmned" or a
great railroad magnate, and the coun
try has to thank, very largely, for this
evolution the limelight of publicity
which Is too strong for any real abuse
long to withstand.
Armi and the Woman.
These are days of war and rumors
of war. On the Mexican border mimic
battle rages, but even at the seat of
our own government rumblings are
heard. .Troops have invaded Wash
ington. A whole arsenal of paint
and powder shells lias been estab
lished in tbe very shadow of the cap-
itol. The dispatches say pj the ef
fect of the Mexican war, "The presi
dent Is visibly distressed." Perhaps,
but on the other hand the president
has gone personally among the Daugh
ters of the American Revolution with
the olive branch extended. A war cor
respondent at the front says:
President Taft told the daughters that he
knew there would be enough difference of
opinion among them to add interest to the
occasion of their visit, but he hoped they
would be attended with "that love and
amity which we hope to see established
throughout the world."
In the face of foreign war almost
at our elbow, it is to be hoped that
this earnest plea for peace from tbe
commander-in-chief of our army and
navy will not fall upon deaf ears; that
flags will be, furled, arms sheathed
and stacked, lines dissolved and peace
reign. Will the brave women hear?
At most any other time we might
stand for a few battles, but not now
not now, with our southern boundary
threatened with invasion. A bulletin
from Washington declares:
Rumors indicate that the fight In the
present convention of the Daughters of
the American Revolution over the election
of officers will be carried on with more
than usual virulence, the factions being
especially "net up" in regard to the meth
ods of their opponents.
May the persuasive voice of the
chief magistrate prevail. May inter
vention by the head of the nation not
be in vain. "More than usual viru
lence." An ominous foreboding, see
ing just what the "usual virulence"
has been. If there was ever a time
for the daughters to resolve not to
"revolute," this Is it. Some sinister
scamp has ventured the slander that
the Daughters of the American Revo
lution existed chiefly for tbe purpose
of electing officers, since, so far as the
public ia concerned, the officers really
do nothing after they are elected.
But they seem to be doing something
now and so do they at each recurring
election, when they "fight with more
tban usual virulence." . ''. ' -
Just Sparring: for Wind.
OMAHA, April IS. To the Kdltor of The
Bee: You discuss the report of the engi
neering expert on the needed improve
ments in the water plant, but you say
nothing about the letter of the Water
board to the water company proposing a
plan of settlement of the whole contro
versy. What do you think about that?
W. B. J. .
The Bee has given attention to the
report of the engineering expert be
cause it seema to be a real contribu
tion toward the solution of our-water
problem. It passed the Water board's
letter up because it does-not appear
on Its face to be seriously intended.
The Water board has been beating the
drums about the absolute necessity of
immedlato relief for water users who
are overtaxing the present capacity of
the plant and proposing a big bond
Issue to furnish the money. To ex
pedite the work the water company,
through Its president, renewed its
standing offer to build the second
main to Florence for the city on agree
ment to reimburse and pay accrued
hydrant rentals so that the money
thus tied up could be used for that
purpose. Instead of trying to reach
a working basis the Water board seels
to complicate things by a counter con
dition that the water company deliver
over its plant on part payment of the
judgment and litigate afterward as to
what more la due. With reference to
this plan President Woodbury, when
last in Omaha, made a public state
ment, giving the Water board the an
swer la advance. He said:
We shall never deliver this plant upon a
partial payment and allow questions to be
litigated. We will not handicap any prop
osition which has for Its purpose the
acquisition of the plant. All we want is
our money in full, and when It Is tendered
us we will quit claim any Interests we
have In the plant
Knowing the position of the water
company, the Water board seems to
have taken merely a roundabout way
to decline its offer to build the new
main and to spar for wind, while the
bill which the taxpayers will have to
foot continues to grow bigger.
One of the judges of our district
court declares that we put the wrong
people In jail, and the jail birds should
be allowed to exchange place with
those who put them there. This
ought to prove a very popular pro
posal with the various parties of the
first part. It is to be observed, how
ever, that the judge has sufficient self
restraint to avoid volunteering to
practice' what be preaches.
Mayor "Jim" la opposed to a rock
pile on the ground that it Is Inhuman
and barbaric to make the vags work
so hard without giving them feather
beds to sleep on. Anyway, crushed
rock ran be bought almost as cheap as
uncrushed rock. What every up-to-
date city wants, and must have, is a
golf course on which the prisoners
may exercise without overworking.
Omaha's yiew assistant city attorney
recently imported from South Omaha
thinks he has discovered something In
our city charter with reference to reg
ulation of rates Charged by public
service corporations which no one else
ever knew before. What docs our old
friend, "Ig" Dunn, think of this,
which amounts to an innuendo that
he waa asleep at the switch?
A Berlin newspaper has found
something new to admire abouf
Americans their propensities as
spenders. Even small favors are
thankfully received, when they come
from over the ocean.
As a precautionary measure we
suggest that hereafter county hospital
Inmates be exposed to the tender mer
cies of the barber only on a properly
attested prescription by the physician
In charge.
(At any rate, no more vetoes will be
forthcoming from Qovernor Aldrlch
for two years unless the legislature
should be reconvened In extra session
to meet some unforeseen emergency.
Sarprlalnar Heatralnt.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Perhaps one of the most remarkable fea
tures of the Mexican trouble Is that Col
onel Roosevelt, has thus far managed to
keep out of it.
Aaileii to Please.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Since Memphis failed to get Bryan by Its
$2,000,000 offer Omaha lias offered Its "cow
boy mayor" at a slightly reduced figure.
Omaha Is the generous town.
Varieties of Iowa Insargeney.
New York World.
Judge Kenyon, the new Iowa senator, Is
classed as an Insurgent, but Iowa insur
gency in the senate has assumed so many
strange phases of late that it may be best
to see how the judge votes on a few pend
ing issues before classifying him.
Patting; Portias to the Teat.
Brooklyn F:agle.
, New York university has Just turned out
tapon a waiting world tblrty-one new wo
men lawyers. If the courts don't like
this they can stop it by simply assigning
the Portias to the defense of women crim
inals. One dose of such medicine will In
duce a return to hearth and home In nine
cases out 6f ten.
Reforming the Other Fellow.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The campaign publicity bill passed by the
last congress requires the publication of
all the candidate's expenses Immediately
after the elections. The new bill Just
passed in the house requires this publica
tion before the election. The republicans
and Insurgent democrats succeeded In add
ing an amendment which Included expendi
tures at the primary elections. The reason
for the excitement caused by this Is that
down south where there is only one party
the primary is the real election, and It is
there that the money Is spent. Naturally
this degree of publicity wss offensive to
the southern democrats and party dis
cipline was invoked to strike the amend
ment out. Everybody believes In reforming
the other fellows.
KNOCKING DEMOCRATIC HARMONY
BryanUm a Menace to the Partr'a
Welfare.
Houston (Tex.) Post (dem.).
Mr. Bryan's recent presence in Washing
ton, where he was active In urging upon
members of the minority party in the sen
ate a course of procedure well calculated
to destroy that harmony among demo
crats so essential to success in the com
ing presidential election, was most un
fortunate, and while his admirable per
sonality and clean private life Impel many
people to moderation In commenting on his
action, it is certain that well Informed
democrats everywhere who have the suc
cess and real welfare of the party at
heart are- very much displeased at Mr.
Bryan's continued presumption In Imagin
ing that the party cannot get along better
without his oounsels, for the time being,
at least, than with them.
It is difficult to believe that Mr. Bryan's
harmony-disturbing counsels are prompted
by disappointment over his frequent de
feats and a determination to force his
own radical views upon the party or else
create conditions which will bring about
Its defeat In the next election, but cer
tainly his present activity is difficult to
reconcile with the unselfish party loyalty
which has in all the past history of the
party characterised the conduct of its de
feated presidential candidates.
Certainly the motive, or motives, back
of Mr. Bryan's present course of action
Is susceptible of misconstruction, as is
amply evidenced by the open insinuation
of republican newspapers that he ia a
receptive candidate for a fourth nomina
tion for the presidency.
People Talked About
Richard Croker says he would rather live
In Ireland on 16 a week than in America
on 126. Like Napoleon on 8t. Helena, he
Is making the best of his exile. Very few
Irishmen are starting back.
George Love of Houthport, Me., who is
M years old, has finished cutting twelve
cords of wood from his woodlot. lie has
not missed a town meeting for seventy
years, and baa sailed in more than fifty
sailing vessels.
A homesteader In North Dakota has re
turned his patent to Washington for the
signature of Mrs. Taft, fearing that the
document Is Insufficient with merely the.
signature of the Pre dent. That Is what
might be called a careful man.
Aa aa Illustration of the Insignificance
of man in tha scheme of nature Prof. 7uc-
carinl of Italy estimates that, taking the
world's population at 1.500,000.000, the whole
human race could stand comfortably
shoulder to shoulder in an area of 500
square miles.
A Henry Vallance. tax collector of Ar
cade, N. Y., is thought to be the first blind
man ever to hold such a position. It la
said be goes about the streets of the vil
lage as easily as a man with the best eve
sight Mr. Vallance also carries the malls
to and from the depots and delivers papers
to residents of the village. ,
The leader of the large band of revolu
tionists now. operating in the state i.f Guer
rero is a girl. Mary Klta Nerl, daughter of
a man who was once a general In the
Mexican army. General Canuto Nerl, but
who, forsaking hla country's cause some
years ago, took up arms against the Olas
government. The glr Is Immensely rich,
her father having safely hidden his wealth
tn French securities before starting the re
volt which ended in bis death twelve years
age. '
The Bee's Letter Box
Contributions oa Timely .-ejects
tot Exoeealag Two Hundred Words
Are lavlted from Oat Beadeia.
A Saffraaetle Haraaln.
OMAHA. April IS. To the Kdltor of The
Bee: In answer to the question why the
republicans were willing to do more for
the American negro than for the American!
woman in the matter of franchise, a good
Omaha republican publicly stated that the
republicans had use for the negro vote
and had not for the Woman s. that as
soon as they did they would also grant
her the franchise. A brutal fact, but we
are accustomed to them. 1 see in an
editorial you are asking the women of
Nebraska to emulate the Missouri women
and get to work for good roads.
Women are Interested In good roads,
In clean cities, in pure water, In all kinds
of progressive things and if you truly
want good roads. I suggert that you strike
a bargain with the women of Nebraska
"swap" the franchise for a good roads
measure; we'll throw in enforcement, an
extra you men are not accustomed to.
for good measure. What do you say?
Here is a chance to prove your business
ability, the power of your great paper,
and get lots of advertising In the bargain.
It's your next move.
MRS. ADA SHAKER.
IS 16 Capitol avenue.
The Vetoed Phone Merger Bill,
LINCOTN, Neb., April 18 To the Editor
of The Bee: In common with other In
dependent telephone operators and offi
cials, I very much regret that Governor
Aldrlch did not have the time to thor
oughly digest and understand what was
Intended to be accomplished by the Minor
bill, which he vetoed. I feel sure that the
governor thoroughly misinterpreted this
act.
The first objection lodged by him was
that it would monopolise the business under
one management. As a matter of fact It
would have been the one way possible to
protect the integrity of Independent tele
phone investments In Nebraska.
Governor Aldrlch, with others, overesti
mates the extent of competition In the
state. The records of the railway commis
sioners' office show 48!) telephone com
panies operating 721 exchanges. Of this
number the Bell company operated about
100 exchanges. In but 28 cities and towns
are there two exchanges competing for
business there, leaving nearly 700 exchanges
operated by more than 400 Independent
companies that have a monopoly of the
business In those communities. There are
two toll line systems, one operated by the
Bell company, and the other by the In
dependent system. These 700 exchanges
are connected with the one or the other
toll system and a few are connected with
both.
The value of any telephone system, to
patrons as well as to owners, ties in its
ability to maintain and protect Its con
nections. Through the Minor bill ample
protection of all connections could have
been eecurred through tha railway commis
sion. If this bill had become a law, mergers
could not have occurred in but twenty
eight out of 721 towns having telephone
exchanges. The provisions relating ,to
mergers thoroughly protected minority
stockholders and the public was guaran
teed security against Increases of rates by
the proviso that no rate could be Increased
until after a physical valuation of the
applicant, and approved by the commission.
Governor Aldrlch objected also that Sec
tion 6 would prohibit the organization of
competing companies in the future and that
it abrogated existing franchises. In both
cases the governor was clearly wrong.
Section 6 simply required that before any
company could secure the right to engage In
the telephone eBusiness It must first secure
from the commission after a publio hear
ing a certificate that its construction is
necessary and proper for the public con
venience. This section lea verbatim copy
of the administration utility bill of Ohio,
which passed the house by a vote of 90
to 14. Similar provisions are found In Gov
ernor Hughes' utility law enacted by the
New York legislature two years ago, In
Senator LaFollette's utility law, which has
been on the statute books of Wisconsin
for several years. Massachusetts, Okla
homa and other states have similar laws
and today all the leading authorities on
control of utilities recognise the necessity
of supervising duplication. This section la
in line with the modern progressive Ideas
of Roosevelt, Bryan, Hughes, LaFollette,
Cummins and others. It Is recognized aa
a necessary protection to capital honesty
Invested against the cutthroat competition
of trusts and monopolies that seek to
Invade fields adequately supplied by lolal
capital. Such a provision Is necessary In
Nebraska to protect the small capitalists
of many cities and towns from having
their Investment wiped out by the trust
Invading their home town and making
rates absolutely unremuneratlve, but the
loss from which could be made up by the
trusts in those centers, where It has no
competition. The people of Falrbury and
many other Nebraska cities can tell you
what this means. If the governor had
accorded the independents a bearing before
he vetoed this bill he might have been
saved from the deplorable blunder, the.
enect or which Tails hardest upon those
he claims to be protecting.
The governor says Section 4, the physi
cal connection provision, Is permissive
only and compulsory In no sense. Tbe ab
surdity of this statement is apparent from
reading the section which repeatedly used
the verb "shall" aDd In no esse uses the
verb "may."
The bill was m-ell considered and no
unfair or objectionable methods were
used In its passage and any Insinuations
to the contrary are entirely unwarranted.
It is true, as the governor states, that
the measure is of far reaching Importance.
It was carefully framed to protect both
the people and the telephone Interests of
the state. It is to be deeply regretted that
the governor, through a misinterpretation
of the provisions of the act, has been led
by his veto to block the wheels of progress,
v FRANK H. WOODS.
An Old Soldier's Tribal.
NATIONAL. HOME SANITARIUM, South
Dakota. April 16. To the Editor of The
Bee: This Easter Sunday morning is a
most beautiful morning, and what on
earth could represent a risen Savior with
grander effect than the sun rising over
the eastern hills in such majestic glory
and brightness? What on earth can com
pare to such beauties where all the ele
ments have combined today In tha honor
and glory of God. While our hearts have
been saddened by the loss of one dear to
all of us. one who commanded the deep
est respect and utrfloet confidence of both
rank and Me of this sanitarium, yet. for
all. we ran rejoice in the fact that the
Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, and
He doeth all things well. And though He
has deemed it best tc separate It from our
beloved local manager, known on earth as
Captain Henry Palmer, yet this glorious
Easter morning by faith we can see him
with the angels before the throne rejoicing
in the risen Savior. Oh, how our hearts
(
expand with Joy and gladness to the beau
tiful, grand and majestic ' scene, and
greatly as we mourn our dear friend we
feel our loss Is heaven's gain.
This glorious KaMer morning.
He sees I Mm luce to face.
A glorious risen Havlor.
Whose works we may retrace.
As one who dwelt among us.
One whom Pilate named tnejvlng.
Yet who as risen Savior
Eternal lift doth bring.
CHARLES E. TVRXEU.
HANDOUTS FOR OMAHA.
Fremont Tribune: Governor Aldrlch lias
signed the Omaha Medital college bill. Of
course he Is not disposed to Ignore Omaha
entirely on Jim Pahlman's account.
Hastings Tribune: That Omaha Joy rider
who got a penitentiary sentence for run
ning down and killing Will urn Krug will
have learned to respect city ordinances by
the time he becomes a free man.
Grand Island Independent: Editor Rose
water wants the next postal savings bank
to be established In Omaha. Once estab
lished there some other enters will be
clamoring a bit more loudly for these
Increased circulation-making Institutions.
Plattsmouth Journal: The Omaha Ad
club failed In getting Its proposition to
advertise Nebraska through the legisla
ture, but was more successful in getting
the commission bill adopted. That Ad club
Is a great thing for the metropolis of
Nebraska. '
Springfield Monitor: Omaha Is getting
Its first ta.'te of what It Is to be an Indian
supply station. Awards are now being
made there to contractors for ll.00it.ono
worth of stuff nr Indians In the old days
it used to be only blankets and beef, but
now It is almost everything used by their
white brethren.
Crete Democrat: The legislature should
not have passed the lioo.nno appropriation
hill for a medical college In nmahi. at
least not till a few years later. It Is
practically Just thst much "prrk" thrown
to the wet organs In that cltv. The r'reiBh
ton Medical college Is large enough and
well enough equipped for all present de
mands. But to get a "lift" out of the
"pork barrel" the wet organs would bring
state competition against t'reighlon.
Kearney Hub: Chief Probation Officer
Bernstein of Omaha states that more boys
wrW wrong during the last year than
during the year previous, and he ascribes
the cause to the unlicensed and unrestricted
pool halls. Officer Bernstein and the
Judges of the district court will therefore
again ask the city council to pass an
ordinance requiring pool hall owners to
give license bond, that the hours be re
stricted and that they be made responsible
and accountable for the character of their
places. The Hub does not believe that
the public pool halls should be abolished,
but it does believe thnt they should be
under strict regulation and maintained as
clean places of recreation.
IGNORING THE TEST.
.lodge Sanborn's Derision on Pas
senger Rate Question.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The United States circuit court at St.
Paul, Minn., does not seem to have heard
of the,supreme court's theory that the al
leged "conflscalon" of a state-imposed rate
might better be determined by actual test.
Circuit courts, possibly through esprit de
uovps. do not deem that practical method
of determination, which reacted so severely
on one of their grade in New York, worthy
of notice. 1
Yet there Is good reason for deferring
to that test In regard to the plea that a
2-ceiit fare law Is taking the railroad's
property In the form of profits. Pennsyl
vania courts paid no attention to the vir tue
of experience. But In Ohio and Michi
gan, where curiously enough the railroads
omitted before the courts their regular
plea of confiscation, this test of the law
for an extended period proved that the
increase of traffic by reason of the lower
tates gave the railroads more net income
than the old rate.
Yet the density of passenger traffic, in
those states must be less than on the main
line of the Pennsylvania railroad, on which
route our courts held the 2-cent rate unre
muneratlve and therefore confiscatory. Is
It possible that the facts are so unmindful
of respect to the Courts as to prove the
supreme court of this state and the United
States circuit courts to be In error?
A National Shame.
St. Iols Globe Democrat.
As long as the fire waste In the United
States amounts to over 200,000,000 a year,
with a startling loas of life, this country
has a blot on its methods of publio regula
tion of which it ought to be ashamed.
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Philadelphia Itrcord: If American em
bassadors are unwelcome at the kaiser's
court unless they are provided with super
abundant wealth It might be lust as well,
perhaps, to leave the embassy at Merlin
vacant for a while. We do not send rep
resentatives abroad merely to make a
"splash" In foreign society.
Washington Ptar: The re'lrement of Dr.
IIIH Is regretted even more In this country.
Nonspectactilar in all his activities, soun 1
and ripe In experience, versed in the In
ternational amenities, he was a valuable
asset In American diplomacy. At the am
bassadorial post at Berlin he acquitted
himself,, as all his friends knew he would,
with credit to his country.
Springfield Republican: If his laok of
wealth Is the cause of his retirement, a
remedy should be found In the action of
the last congress In providing for the
building and maintenance of residences for
the ambassadors of th United Stales In
foreign capitals. In the natural line of
promotion. Dr. Hill might have served both
in Parts and London. By reason of hla
ability to pay the rent. Whltelaw Held
continues to live In Dorchester house year
after yrar. with no successor In sight.
Indianapolis News: The resignation of
Dr. David Jayne Hill as ambassadur to
Germany and the report that Dr. Eliot
had declined the mission to the court of
St. James are another national warning
to young men not to be so shorts ghted n
to devote their lives to the pursuit f
learning, research and culture instead of
dollars. In boih Instances It was simply
the case of lu men having made great
mistakes in life. They ought to have ac
cumulated millions.
Cleveland Plain Draler: David Jayn
Hill has no great personal fortune, there
fore he was umible to continue the dis
play that marked the term of hla predeces
sor in Germany. The Germans, not under
standing the American system of under
paying lis diplomatic representatives, felt
they had been slighted by the change. Thlt
naturally brought about a coolness in
which the ambassador did not care to
abide. The poor man has an opportunity
In thlB country, but he need not seek It in
the diplomatic service.
LINES TO A SMILE.
"Now, Johnny," said the Sunday school
superintendent, 'can you tell tne what it
wan that caused the prophet Elijah to go
up?"
"Yeth, Thlr," said Johnny, "It wath the
Payne Tariff Bill." I lai per' s Weekly.
"I have decided to he a vegetarian." sm,V
the man who is nhvat s won led about
something.
"Trouble with your stomach?"
"No. Pocketbook." Washington Star.
"i:ibbs is a great man for insisting that
everything In his life must have flavor."
"Yen. I hear he will not even sit down
to anybody's else's table unless he is as
sured the wood is seasoned." Baltimore
American.
"Poor man'" said the kind old winian
who was seeing the state prison. "Why
are you here?"
"Because my lawyer Inherited $.V.0iifl the
day before he made his plea to the Jiiry,
and couldn't weep."
Reporter (at door of mansion There Is
a rumor that Mr. Greatmiin has Just ditd.
Is this true?
Butler Yes; hut he has nothing to sav
for publication. Boston Transcript.
"I don't find anything to eat." said the
man of the house; "my wife's away from
home. But here's a harem skirt that be
longs to her. Maybe you can raise enough
on that to get a square meal." i
A flush mantled the grimy cheek of
Tuffold Knutt.
"Mister," he said, stiffly, turning awav,
"I ain't wot you'd call a prosp'rous citi
zen, but I've got some pride left!" Chi
cago Tribune.
VANISHED DANGERS.
S. K. Klser In the Record-Herald.
He used to hate the Idle rich,
And often spoke with dread
About the fearful dangers which
Were looming up ahead;
He saw a time when blood would flow.
And anarchy be rife;
But that was when his funds were low.
He had the luck a year ago
To get a wealthy wife.
He used to say the millionaires
Were blinded by their greed;
He thought the world and Its affairs
Were managed wrong, Indeed;
He saw the time when class and mass
Would wage a bloody strife,
When chaos would prevail. Alas!
Since then a change has come to pass
He has a wealthy wife.
He cannot understand today
Why those who toll complain;
The Ills he feared are cleared away.
No signs of strife remain.
Content to let things drift aloig.
He lives an easy life,
Forgetting, If sometimes the strong
Oppress the weak, that It Is wrong
He has a wealthy wife.
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