THE BEE: OMAHA. FRIDAY. MAT 19." 1911.
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AIT.IL ClRClM-ATlON.
48,106.
State of Nebraska, County of Douglas, as:
1'wight Wlluatns, circulation manager of
Th bee PuhhHhiriK Company, beuitt duly
sworn, nays, that the average dally rircula
lion, le.-a spoiled, unuaed and returned
copies, lor the munih of April, 1W1, was
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Circulation Manager.
Subscribed In my preuence and uin to
before me thia 1st day of Ma(, 1911.
(teal.) HUBERT HUNTER,
Notary i'ublic.
Sabscrlbera leaving tha city Irm
liurarllj' alaoola feavo lk Ma
v.. Ileal to (hem. Aadreaa will ba
Has that Fez fake fizzled jet?
It almost makes a person dizzy to
read the Zs in those Mexican names.
Few men tell the truth about why
they leave a Job.
Notice the difference since the su
preme, court dissolved the Standard
Oil?
Two things In life are certain
death and a major league ball player's
decline.
By all odds the .most menacing of
yellow perils is the ever present and
ever Increasing dandelion.
The packers have taken up with the
"rule of reason." This promises to run
old Immunity bath a close race.
The garbage situation In Omaha
smells, to. .teamen,. . What are mayor
and council going o do about It?
The strange thing about that Mexl
can revolution is that It should have
cooled down around Tobasco first.
The Nebraska State Optical' society
Is meeting here. TbVoptlclans are in
vited to keep their optics on Omaha.
Still It should not involve a great
deal of trouble for the Standard Oil
company to change Us system of book
keeping. -
The hearty way in which certain
"big business" embraces that Standard
Oil decision proves how drowning men
grasp at straws.
If you are not convinced the oil de
cision is a distinct triumph for the
government read the prosecuting at
torney's comments.
Governor Pothier of Rhode Island
has Vetoed forty appropriation bills.
That beats the veto record of Gover
nor Aldrich of Nebraska.
The thermometf at Springfield reg
istered 92 on t' that the Helm
Investigation to reported. Get
ting warmer ovti in Illinois.
Such queer things happen to women
In Michigan. Here is one, who, accord
ing to a veracious chronicle, "was left
a widow by ihe death of her husband."
At any rate, it is considerate in the
Young Woman's Christian association
$60,000 fund solicitors to wear
badges, so they ran be Identified on
Right.
Madero has been sending more per
sonal congratulations to Dias. In the
name of peace he ought to stop that.
The last time he did it the attack on
Juarez followed.
Mayor Gaynor has offered a cash
prize to the person giving him legal
evidence of the Sunday lid law being
violated. That is one way of telling
the story tellers to "put up or shut
up."
A number of midshipmen flunked in
final examinations at Annapolis. Could
It be possible that they were the ones
who objected to the young woman
nurse attending one of their society
functions?
Ex-Governor Shallenberger thinks
1912 will be a South Platte year for
candidates for United States senator.
His Judgment,' however," r not Infalli
ble. He thought the year 1910 was a
South Platte year for candidates for
governor, but was badly fooled
about it.
Incidentally, It may be recalled that
the mayor and council, acting on the
advice of the health commissioner,
solved the garbage problem for us
three yesrs ago by making a contract
for free hauling for a term of years,
and then, when the contractor found
he was not making as much money as
is expected, accommodatingly re
icinded the sgreement and relieved
him of all obligation on bis bond.
The Omaha
Feace FrojpecU in Mexico.
The prospect of pear in Mxiro Is
greatly Imptovfi by the: renewal of the
armistice snd the definite assurance of
j Trridont Diaz that he will retire by
j June 1 and turn the work of reorgani
i ration over to a provisional govcrn
'. iri"nt. Thla appears to be the moKt
: substantial move yet made toward the
pVdinR c.f the revolution, which has
j bc-en In progress In Mexico for nearly
six months, and which threatened to
draw the 1'nited Plates into some sort
of intervention, now unnecessary ex-
cept In the event of unforeseen setback
tor new mitlirpnlc
But while pence in Mexico is in sight
so fiH- as terminating hostilities be
tween the government forces and the
insurrectos are concerned, it will not
do to assume that our sister republic
to the south is completely out of the
woods. It will have big and perplexing
problems to meet, and will have to
meet them through leaders largely in
experienced. To restore and maintain
order after a long period of tumult
and turbulence will be no small task,
and the election of new president
will have to be brought about in a
manner that 'will .command universal
acceptance of the result. Not only will
the provisional government and its
successor have to have the friendship
of the United States, but our govern
ment will have to keep a watchful eye
for the protection of American inter
ests for some little time yet and until
completely stable conditions in Mexico
may be relied on.
The Snobbery of Clubs.
President Taft strikes a popular
chord when he hits at the snobbery of
clubs which set up claims to exclusive
ness and let the small-bores who get
In the directories draw lines out of
personal pique against others in every
way their equals or superiors.
The condition of the so-called ex
clusive clubs in Washington, however,
finds a counterpart in every city In the
country. What the president says
about Washington clubs could with
slight variations be made to fit the so
called exclusive clubs in Omaha where
the card of admission consists of favor
with the governing board, or rather
the card of exclusion consists of the
disfavor of some member of the gov
erning board. -'
While this snobbery of our cjjubs is
deplorable to those who look at It
through the social telescope, it is only
laughed at by those who see It
through the magnifying glass and ob
serve how many of the excluslves of
today were the outcasts of yesterday,
and may be in the discard tomorrow.
It is a condition that probably cannot
be cured as long as we have snobs, al
though the snobs seldom constitute
even a respectable minority In any of
our clubs. But no gentleman ever In
sists on associating with people who do
not want to associate with him. Ar
bitrary exclusion of worthy eliglbles
leaves no odium except on the club.
Naughty, Naughty Paris.
The stern, unsentimental statistician
reports that last year shows the lowest
birth rate for Paris In the history of
the city. That must be exceedingly dis
appointing to Colonel Roosevelt, whose
chiding speech in the French capital
upon his return from Africa provoked
such a storm of good promises and
proposed innovations. But Paris might
retort if taunted for its meaningless
Impetuosity that it was too early to
upbraid it for that and insist on Its
critics being a little more patient.
Yet one is disposed to believe that
Queen Aphrodite still has considerable
influence in Gay Paree. Colonel Wat
terson, writing to his paper from Paris,
where he has spent the winter and
spring, observes:
I am afraid that old Paris is as naughty
aa ever.
Indeed, there Is nothing in this di
minishing birth rate to suggest any
thing else, though, of course, even
Paris is e'ntitled to a reasonable exten
sion of time in the matter. Birth rates
are not materially changed In a
twinkle. Further on in his Illuminat
ing letter Colonel Watferson. observes:
Dear old Paria! Sad old Paris! Gay,
wicked, worthy old Paris !
"Sad," "worthy." An indirect and
a direct indication of hope. Sadness
comes of seriousness. , Perhaps fhe
words of Colonel Roosevelt did Hot
fall, entirely, upon hearts "to dumb
forgetfulness a prey." Maybe it Is this
very turning about in which the lynx
eyed Kentucky Journalist discovers the
"worthy" element among the gay and
wicked of "dear old Paris."
In the meantime, however, those
impassioned notes of eloquence In the
Chamber of Deputies sounded against
race suicide upon the peroration of
Colonel Roosevelt's Sorbonne speech
have entirely died away in the wake
of the Joyous, festival season.
Settled Law A Fiction.
One of the main points of Justice
Harlan's dissent in the Standard Oil
case is that the majority of the court
ignored the "settled law" of rrevlous
decisions holding Illegal every com
bination in restraint of trade, whether
reasonable' or unreasonable. In this,
Justice Harlan invokes what is known
in legal parlance as the doctrine of
"stare decisis," which, translated into
English, means that when a court once
tells what the law is, it Is presumed to
be the law forever unless changed by
the law-making body.
But every lawyer knows that while
In theory a court decision settles the
law, in fact it does nothing of the kind
except for the time being. Every law
yer knows that the fiction of "stare
decisis" is merely an excuse for a court
that does not want to disturb existing
conditions, but never stands in the
way when the court wants to over-
turn what some other court has de
clared to be the law or even to reverse
Itself with or without reason.
The supreme court of the United
States, our highest Judicial tribunal,
has frequently unsettled what was sup
posed to be settled law. The personnel
of the court changes or the Judges
change their minds.' So the doctrine
of "stare decisis" only amounts to a
preponderating weight in favor of re
affirming a declaration on the same
Issue already made by the same court
or by another court of equal or higher
standing. Settled law is nothing but
one of those beautiful legal fictions
which are assumed because they
cannot be proved, and cannot be
proved because they are. not true.
Legislative Criticism of Judiciary
The Helm committee of the Illinois
legislature which investigated the
election of Senator Lorimer, makes
two noteworthy findings, first, that
"the election of William Lorimer
would not have occurred had it not
been for bribery and corruption;"
second, that the decision of Judge
Petit of Chicago preventing the com
mittee from examining three Chicago
capitalists, "was an unwarranted and
unlawful Interference on a part of a
member of the Judiciary with a leg
islative branch of the government."
It remains now to be seen whether
Judge Petit will consider this "con
tempt of court" and hale the offend
ing lawmakers up for punishment.
Certainly they have shown a good deal
of contempt for his ruling. He would
not have any trouble in establishing
that fact. Yet the judge himself Is
left In a far more favorable light
than the beneficiaries of his decision.
If they were guiltless of any wrong
doing in connection with the Lorimer
election, why should they hesitate to
go before the committee? Why
should they seek refuge as a last re
sort in a strained construction of the
law?
The court's ruling or the court's
disposition in the latter Instance, will
have little if any effect on what the
public generally thinks of this whole
affair. Of course it Is not to be sup
posed at this late day that Senator
Lorimer will be moved to seek any
vindication from the scathing arraign
ment of this legislative report by in
sisting on another inquiry. He has
elected to hold on to the seat that
these men and others declare was
procured by means of bribery and cor
ruption. If the United States senate has de
layed Its reinvestigation of the Lori
mer case to await this report, it
should now proceed, for the report is
about as definite as to the main point
as It could well be.
Arbitratioa and Armament.
f The ..United- States .government ;ls
making headway with Its "general arbitration-project
mong foreign pow
ers, having added another step to Its
progress by obtaining the assent of
the British and French ambassadors
at Washington to a draft of the con
vention to erve as the basis of nego
tiations for an agreement between na
tions to submit practically all dis
putes, including questions of national
honor, to this peaceful means of ad
justment. It was natural that the
tentative treaty effected between this
country and England should stimu
late interest in the project.
Backed by the combined influence
of the leading nations, arbitration is
bound to go forward, particularly
since it has been placed so largely
upon the material ground of mone
tary consideration, instead of tne
moral or sentimental. Experience has
taught the fut'iiity of attempting to
abolish war by moral Influence, much
as that may reflect the Innate selfish
ness of mankind. But now that cap
ital has turned a deprecating ear to
the appeal for the means to wage war
and ofVred to endow the propaganda
of peace, we see that, laudable as has
been the effort of the past, it will be
necessary to adopt the newer method
if we would succeed.
But men cannot too often be re
minded that arbitration is not neces
sarily disarmament, no more than
armament is war. For forty years
Germany, to which nations have
pointed sometimes In scorn as the pro
military power of the earth, has kept
Its sword sheathed and enjoyed an un
broken period of peace. What would
have been Germany'g fate had It
neglected to maintain a strong army,
is a little difficult to state. But now
Germany is turning millions to the up
building of a formidable navy, yet not
with any known desire or purpose of
war. England is doing as she hasior
years done, the same. So is the
United States. Still these are the na
tions most loudly preaching peace.
In 1900 authority was voted to'
issue $3,000,000 in water bonds, and
in 1909 authority was voted to Issue
$6,500,000 In water bonds. Although
none of these bonds have been floated,
the presumption is that the authority
still maintains. If we are to vote an
Issue of $8,350,000 water bonds now,
the suggestion may be in order that
the proposition to be submitted em
body a clause specifldally rescinding
the authority previously given to issue
$9,600,000 of water bonds.
According to the new superinten
dent of the State School for the Deaf
at Beatrice, the returns of the number
of Inmates in that institution 'were
padded by his predecessor 10 per cent
In order to make a fictitious showing
of per capita cost and bolster up
claims for appropriation. It should be
a punishable offense for any public of
ficer or employe to make a willfully
false report, but if there is a law to
rover it an example should be made
in this instance. In the interval. It
might not be a bad Idea for Governor
j Aldrich to have tire other state insti
tutions checked up to ascertain
I whether the same pernicious practice
has been Indulged In elsewhere.
j Senator Drown Is Johnny-on-the-
spot with a ready-made bill to revise
the Sherman anti-trust law to fit the
new supreme court decision. Senstor
Cummins will aWintroduce a bill for
the same purpose,, but will first take
time to study the-opinion of the court.
Choice com'rntttee chairmanships for
the ensuing year are In demand among
our city councilmen" Prospects are
that Omaha will have many and Im
portant subjects of negotiation with
franchised corporations in the next
twelve months. 'Nuf sed.
Wealth from the Soil.
Chicago News.
On American, farms. $104.0nn,(V more
wealth was produced .last' year than tha
year before. That aum- would buy a good
many automobiles, and It did.
Benefit the Majority.
Ronton Transcript.
The representatives of the North Dakota
farmers derlm that reciprocity would In
jure thirty millions of peopla. But If it
would benefit the' other sixty millions, the
country would still be the gainer.
Another Sent for Jnnocent Bystander.
Indianapolis News.
The next place for the Innocent bystander
to pel his appears to be Nogales and not
withstanding the horrible examples at
Agua Prieta and Juarex he will probably
get it In Just about the same way.
' ' "
A .Might? Procession.'
St. -Louis Globe-Democrat.-Seven
hundred thousand autos are regis
tered In the different Mates of thla country.
And most of their owners, in all probabil
ity, have reached that state of prosperity
where, they are discontented enough to
"vote for a change."
On Hueatloa Shelved.
Baltimore American.
The, question, "What shall wr do with
our ex-presidents?"- is not - an imminent
one, as the bill- to pension presidential
widows calls attention to ' the fact that
there are but two such widows living, and
only one ex-presldent, who can take very
good care of himself. The fact of few sur
vivors may ba explained by the fact that
the position Is one of the few left In these
up-to-date times In which public opinion
does not back the idea of putting young
blood.
AMAZl.Yfi KIRK WASTE.
American Losses Far in the Lead of
European Coantrlea.
New, York Tribune.
Statistics of an authoritative nature which
were presented at.' he annual meeting of
the fire underwriters the other day re
emphaslze the statement repeatedly mad
In these colymps that this country Is
guilty of amazing, discreditable and inex
cusable wastefulness in permitting the
wholesale destruction of property .by fire.
The total loss-roll yearly la enormous. But
then,, some will say, with glib chauvinistic
egotism, this is an. enormous country. Very
well;. let. us taka jhar figures not positively
but relatively. y ,,-)' .
lA. thirteen cl'lfs p, Germany last year
there, .were aerlpij Jtlres, ,wltb . a loss of
ly cents a, head ,of..t.he. peculation. In Nor
way In one city, the Iqss .was 28 cents. In
Kngland the loss . Is, eleven cities was 44
cents, and in two in Ireland It was 45
cents., France made a far less creditable
showing, with a loss In eight cities of 92
cents a head, But in 297 cities of the Uni
ted States the loss has 'reached the mon
etious figures of 1139 a head. That la to
say, city fire losses In America Were mora
than two and a half times as great-aa In
France, nearly five and a half times as
great as In England, more than nine and
a half times as great as in Norway, and
more than twelve and a half times as
great as In Germany.'
That la grossly discreditable to ui as a
nation,' to our' thrift, our ingenuity, our
enterprise, our ' administrative skill. It is
a bitter reproach upon our new-found seal
for conservation. Of what avail Is it to
conserve our forests for timber supplies
If after growing the trees and cutting and
utilizing the timber we burn It by millions
of dollars- worth" every year, largely In
preventable fires? "Atid last year the waste
by fire was .,000,000 more than It was In
the year before. We seem to need tire
wardens in our Cities as much as In the
woods.
People Talked About
RANK
Pi? KEg,
Frank McKee made hla bow to the public
as funmaker as treasurer of W. W. Cole'a
clrcua. He made his fortune in theatrical
ventures as partner of tha lata Charles H.
Hoyt.
Miss Maria Koch, who died at Bethle
hem, Pa., last week, was said to be the
oldest servant In point of servlcs In tha
state. She had been employed In th same
family for forty-one years. i
County Judse Dike of Brooklyn signed
on order permitting George G. Lockwood
to legally adopt Mrs I.. Maud Warner of
Lakevllle, Conn. The petition atates that
since she waa a baby and up to the time of
her marriage Mrs. Warner resided In the
home of the "petitioner and haa alwaya
been regarded aa one of hla own children.
Ushered into existence tipping the acalea
at thirty-two ounces, Frances Cummins of
Liu e Rock, Ark., now past 4 years of age,
weighs legs than sixteen pounds. Tha little
mite la bright and attractive, and Is the
observed of all observers wherever she la
taken. In her brief life she haa had the
usual line of Infantile ailment and seems
none the worae.for It.
Captain Samuel Berg famed aa a swim
mer and long member of the t'nlted
States Volunteer Life Saving corps, Is
destitute and almost helpleaa In Denver.
hire he came at tha order of hla phyal
claa. four year ago. In a little shack,
without money, ne and his loyal wife
hava fought a despairing fight for health
and th support of thtir chiMren.
O 'first
a' r-
Bad Trusts Must Go
Mornlaa fer Remark on
apreme narl'a Periston In
the Manriara Oil aae.
Benefits Invisible.
Washington Times.
The benefit which the public may receive
as s result of this decision Is. however
a problem hidden In the future.
Satlafartor? to F. very bod r.
rU. I.ouis Times.
The decision of tha I nited States su.
preme court In the standard Oil case l
of a kind that will satisfy everybody, ex
cepting Mr. Rockefeller and hl associates
and even they should feel that ihey have
been very considerately dealt with.
Aatl-Tmst Principle Affirmed.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The contracts that are forbidden are
those having the purpose and effect of
suppressing competition. The victory of
the principle Is unqualified. What moans
will ba taken to give the Injunction It"
full effect In practice remains to be
shown.
Clearing (iklea of Industry. .
Cincinnati Inquirer.
The skies of Industry and of commerce
will clear now, and though these decisions
may not be satisfactory to all Interests,
yet they must be recopnlxed as the guid
ing principles of the future, and the enter
prising business men of the 1'nited 8tatrs
will now puf-h forward fully Informed as
to the legal conditions which govern In
their transactions.
ot a Momentous Finding.
Ienver Republican.
There Is nothing revolutionary In the
decision of the court; It cannot be con
sidered In the light of day as a momentous
finding. There Is a deal of common-Fense
to It, nothing more. Fach case coming
under notice of the federal government will
have to be dealt with upon it merits. Tho
prosecutor must prove that the corpora
tion is a monopoly In "unreasonable" re
straint of trade. In many cases this will
b a difficult undertaking.
Hint for Bin; Bnslneaa.
St. Paul Dispatch.
Probably the chief result of the Stan
dard Oil decision will be Its moral effect.
We may not be able' to buy the products
produced by the Standard Oil company any
cheaper because of this decision. But big
business will have to take notice that It
can not stifle competition ruthlessly or
defy, the laws against restraint of trade,
and the public generally will entertain a
higher degree of confidence In the courts
end In the ability of our system of govern
ment to protect popular rights and control
corporate power.
Xo Competition There.
Sioux City Journal.
If anybody . Is excectina to .find tha
various Standard Oil companies engaged
in keen competition with one another as a
result of thia decision he Is doomed to
disappointment. It probably Is true that
in tha long run such restoration of com
petition would mean hlrher ortces tn h.
consumer because of Increased expense cf
operation. The principle of centralisation
and co-operation In Interstate Industry has
sons too rar to be abandoned now. If ac
companied by the principle of regulation it
should make for public economy in ths
long 'run.
i A Wall of Woe.
(' ; Jfw Tork un. . ' ' .
It is a striking coincidence that at th
very time' when th two other great com
mercial nations of the world. En r land and
Germany, are attempting with almost
reverteri errorts to develop the efficeney of
commercial units by consolidation and tha
elimination of wasteful competition, a
statute of the United States should ba an.
plied to a business organization of sur
passing efrlclency and world-wide potency
and should compel It by Judicial decree to
dissolve.
Confidence In the Court.
Washington Post.
No doubt soma persona will find fault
with tha decision for Its moderation, and
perhaps a demand will ba made for nck
amendment or the Sherman act as will
prohibit all contracts snd combinations
restraining or monopollzlnar lntertt
trade, without taking Into account whether
such combinations are necessarv nr
salutary under modern conditions. The
maaa or the people, however, will no doubt
real In confidence In the assurance that the
courts will hold the balance true In passing
upon the respective rights of the public
snd the corporations.
A WarnlnsT o Be Heeded.
Sprlna-fleld Republican
The government boasts of having won Its
case. But to win it the government had to
modify materially the grounds on which
the lower court rested the Judgment now
affirmed. The dominating voice in this
Judgment of affirmance la that of the dls
entlng Judges In the northern securities
ease, not that of the prevailing opinion
which was followed by the court below In
the present caae. It la now in order for
tha business of the country to gather to
gether Its energies and start ahead again
In the warning simply that lta combina
tions of capital must keep their extent
within due and reasonable bounda.
Perils of Interreatlon.
Springfield Republican.
If Americans desire to note the troubles
thst come from Intervention, let them
watch tha French army during tha hot
weather In Morocco. Black troops from
tha French tropical colony of Senegal are
being used to aid th white soldiers, but
It's no Joka marching to Fei.
A TAVOEIIE TEXT.
fv l. Iveabiv m Chicago Post.
When I am weuiy au perpiuj.d an' all ur
ntai t o me 14 oi e,
1 like io trunk ouui iu text that tells it
"lime snail be ao muie."
I Ilka to tiiink how u win te when every
thing la just touay,
AA' noiluu riat, an uariies me aji' tUitb
m iiom my lafck lu aira.
O, Jeat to think! No train to keici nei
any chance o' beln' laie.
No message to e-na or leicn, oj worryin
about th' dale,
No clacsm' ciocks to tick away th" minute
we re an aid to lose,
o whittle callin us eacli day In lan
guage that we can't i-efuctj.
No little children trudgin' out to put their
snouldtr to th' wheel
They 1) liev eternity to about th' childish
,r larl ns-ua lliui tViu l...
No tull-bent nin. an' wimmen, too. that
elch an' waich th' clock hands creep
An' feel there not run elfcc tu do tniui live
a life o work an 'sleep.
Nobody countin' mlnutea oft beside a aick
bed In th' night
An' tsatchin' someone moan an' cough, an'
alowly growm' thin and whit.
Nobody hurryin' at all, but everyone with
time to greet
Their friends with cheery shout an' call,
or atop an' visit when they meet.
It reconciles me to a lot o' things that
fret tne to th core.
An' to th' joys that I ain't got thla text
nf "Tim shall hji n. mnr ' '
I like to think how it will be no rush an" !
bustle, nor no hast.
When workln' folks hk vou an' nie has
all th time there la to aste! j
THE BOYCOTT IN COURT.
B?ton Herald One . urinns phsje cf th
situation Is the rei'on.Mllatlon between the
labor leaders and the Ptu-kn stove anc.
Hange company which has taken place
since the otielnal trouble f'rent rela
tions doubtless mean that nothing more
will be heard of rh- ca e.
Cleveland Ma n Drain ; The court s rte
clslon will (to fr toward persuad.ng lahoi
union enthusiasts and woiklne men In
general that the hiKhest court under the
constitution is not hostile to the person
whose suMrnnnce conies from the sweat
of hi brow t Is not a rich man's court
The humhlrat petitioner gets an impartial
hem Inn
Denver Republican: The distinction be
tween civil and criminal contempt lies in
the nature of the offense, if the con
tempt Is committed agi.nst the court
itself Interrupts the proceedings, tends to
bring disgrace upon It or infrlngrf Its dig
nity. It Is cla?ed as criminal. But when
the act affects only the right of a party
to a civil action, it falls within the class
of civil contempt, and as such tt can,
under the federal law and In the federal
courts, be punished only by the impqsltioii
of a fine.
Chlraso News: It Is plain that a court
may very easily overshoot the mark In
dealing with matters wherein the contend
ing parties have wrangled long and bit
terly. Integrity of the courts demand. of
couise, that litigants respect the courts'
orders. Hut this decision of the nation s
great tribunal emphasises the point that
courts must administer the law s retribu
tion In accordance with the law's terms
and Intent and must not be warped or
swayed from this duty.
Springfield Republican: The point which
turns the Judgment asalnst the lower court
is simply .that imprisonment was not n
proper punishment for the kind of con
tempt In question; the offenders should
Instead have been fined for the benefit ot
the damaged complainant. But, as the
original parties In controversy have come
to an agreement, the whole case prac
tically ends here. Messrs. Oompers and
the others thus efape prison and also
fine, but their claim of -lght to publlsn
unfair lists and the like does not appear
to have been vindicated.
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LAUGHING OAS.
' It s hard for a man with sn S'ltomoMls
to set rn top" said Mr Ch'igglns. In a
vain Hfoit to be cheerful.
Speak from expeiience''
"Yes 1 m either under the car or under
arrest ha'f the tune Kansas City Jour
nal Mrs Helbt Don t vou l ist love Brnwn-
int '
Mis r.ufnek-Sh' I might, but mv hus
band hs sin h a ifalou disposition F.r
have I been intrndu ed to this Mr. Brown
ins .'-Toledo Blade
"St. Paul tells the Corinthians " said th
Rev Dr iloodmnn "that when he be. am
a man he put aw childish things 1
sometimes think 1 should hae liked Paul
betier tf 1 had known hint when he wsa
Just a hoy.' Chicago Tribune.
Touiirt-You must set a lot of conven
tions and parades here, with these nice
wide streets of yours
Cltlreri We don t Ret a one' t.ook at
the distance you'd have to run from the
center of the line to a s.iloon '-I'm. k.
"How' does Slithers fori shout that chauf
feur who ran off with his i r and his
tlauahter?" asked Wilkes.
"Ilea mighty grateful.' said BMdad "He
sas the pour Idiot relieved him of bts two
most expensive possessions "Harper s
Weekly.
"My present patient.'- said the pretty
nurse, 'is a pee Ish old millionaire "
"Never mlrid. He may ask you to marry
him."
"Yes, he may. He has about run out of
other requests. " Kansas City Journal.
.
Mrs (ilvrm I'll gle you a meal If you
split this wood.
Weary line Iniposslh e, mum; Im a
conscrv atlonlst New York Sun.
"Did vou say that she Is a widow?"
"Yes."
"Crass?"
"Yes. '
"Ah. I see Looking for a mowsr."
Washington Times.
i .
'i understand." savs the first statesman,
"that they are' going to build a wing to
the cowshed at the White House "
"Am the going to put another cow In
there?" asks the second statesman.
"No. They're going to put lorimer a goat
In It when they get the gout 'Life.
"1 must congratulate you," s.ild the man
with the cold gre ee. "your paper is
truly filling a long-felt want. '
"Apparently .vou haven't heard." th
editor of the 'Weekly Wasp,' replied, "that
we have suspended publication."
"Yes." said the man. "that's what I
meitn " Catholic Standard and Times.
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