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TTTE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY. JTJNE 5. 1911.
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eaaaged aa oftea a reaat4.
Here, little trust, take a number.
You're next.
And Just think, lummer is not bere
yet, that Is speaking by calendar.
So "Red" Lopez got bis and it was'
not an eight-year sentence, either.
If this coronation does not turn the
king's bead, we will be pleasantly dis
appointed. Summer ' ought to remember that
this Is only a limited bout, not a fight
to a finish.
Colonel Roosevelt says many of our
laws are outworn. That Is better than
saying on out.
Still there la enough life left in
gasoline to enable 'Jt to flare up in
price now and then.
Wonder if those umpires of base
ball games could be persuaded to
adopt the rule of reason.
Wa . are. Interested to know bow
Uncle Adlai la going to line up In this
fratricidal war of the, roses. , .
Nexi Vii'ntTDlck" Ferris will be stag
ing that socialist republic of which he
is president In Lower California.
"Lorimer Wants to Testify," To
bow he- got elected to the senate or
bow be made frlenda in boyhood days?
Ak-Sar-Ben is about ready to start
the wheels of bis initiation machine
a-moTing. The last is always the
best
A man must have an Inordinate
lova for adventure who would enlist
himself as a soldier of fortune in
Mexico.
Trust Mr. Bryan to see to It that
bis democratic friends do not pull the
wool over bis eyes in that tariff dis
cussion. If a person bad ever tried it, be
would understand how it would make
a socialist of a man to live In Lower
California.
To the actor-folk, "A poor theatri
cal season," Is one of small box office
receipts. It has no reference to the
quality of the play.
The New York Sun has undertaken
to sneer Woodrow Wilson off the
political map by dubbing him Dr.
Syntax. Mark a point there.
Still. Just because a Jury acquits
for a fatal automobile accident Is no
good reason why the automobile driv
ers should not be more careful.
The raising of the lid in Lincoln
has been put off for two weeks, but
that will net make much difference
with anyone there who objects to
going dry.
Here were Just getting ready to
take that little burst of confidence
from John W. Gates seriously when
Judge Gary contradicts the whole
sweet story.
Senator Hitchcock la democratic.
His own newspaper says so, and that
ought to settle it without watting for
the aid or consent of any gentleman
from Falrvlew.
The weather man Is duly advised,
if be values his reputation, to be care
ful what brand he bands out to the
Nebraska editors when they gather in
Omaha the coming week.
If the democrats meant by threaten
ing to probe the weather bureau that
Old 80I had been loafing on the Job,
they certainly have brought results
quicker than anticipated.
If those three democratic members
of tbe city council combine should
vote for a republican to fill a councll
manlc vacancy, the roast they got for
making a republican president of the
council will not be a circumstance.
Control of Senatorial Elections.
The Be was one of the pioneers in
!the movement for election of United
States senators by direct popular vote,
and has' been advocating this reform
for more than a third of a century. It
is a triumph for this agitation that
'popular election of United States sen
i ators la at lat focused In the resolu
tion to submit a constitutional amend
ment which Is to come up In tbe sen
ate this week.
Instead of bringing the question
(forward unhampered by side issues.
j however, the democrats have made
their support conditional on linking,
with It a provision depriving the
federal government of all power to
regulate, supervise or control of elec
tion of United States senators, divest
ing It even of the power It now
possesses. The sincerity of the demo
crats In their professed advocacy of
the principle of popular election of
senators appears to be merely a
pretense to open the way for a re
assertlon of the doctrine of states'
rights in Its most Indefensible and in
excusable form. With the federal
government barred from interfering,
tbe southern states would be free to
fix the time, conditions and manner
of holding senatorial elections with a
view of disfranchising the negro and
nullifying the fifteenth amendment,
which they have been trying to upset
ever since the end of tbe war of
emancipation.
This Is tbe point made by tbe
minority of the committee reporting
the amendment, and we believe it is
a point well taken, and that it will
Justify opposition to tbe amendment
In its present form. The demand for
direct election of senators is growing
so fast that tbe senate cannot long
withstand it. and will be compelled to
yield soon without trading this neces
sary right of federal supervision in ex
change for it.
In this view The Bee is not alone
among the sincere advocates of popular
senatorial elections. The Outlook, of
which Colonel Roosevelt is one of the
editors, takes the same position that
It would rather see the consummation
postponed than have congress ab
dicate control In favor of forty-eight
state legislatures. It expresses a
hope, in which Tbe Bee joins, that the
senate will follow the minority of the
committee on the Judiciary and refuse
to accept the resolution unless
amended so as to eliminate this vicious
provision.
Weeding: Out the Faken.
In the conviction of five leading of
ficials of tbe so-called United Wire
less Telegraph company, the Depart
ment of Justice baa scored another
signal victory In Its determination to
break, up the system of prostituting
tbe United States malls to fraudulent
purposes. Tbe president of the com
pany was sentenced to three year in
tbe penitentiary, two others got two
years each and two one year each. So
that this la another case where the
criminal law was put to very good
use by the government.
Tbe desperate character of this
case was emphasized by the plot dis
closed to bribe tbe prosecuting at
torney and a Juror In the trial. The
government bad laid Its schemes so
carefully and skilfully, however, as to
preclude the possibility of tbe success
of any such counteracting influence
and tbls alleged plot was summarily
brought to light.
Legitimate business that depends in
any measure for Its prosperity and
promotion upon the distribution of
stock Is benefited every time one of
these frauds Is exposed and one of
these rascals convicted and punished.
It is little wonder, therefore, that tbe
government is finding aid from legiti
mate sources possible in such cases.
The wireless scheme was promoted
with such vim as to arouse at the very
outset more or less apprehension as
to Its stability and It was not long be
fore those who had made Investments
in different parts of the country be
gan to realize that they were caught
In tbe trap of a fake concern.
Of course the immediate effect of
such a prosecution msy be to put
people on their guard to such an ex
tent aa temporarily to curtail Invest
ments, but in the long run, when the
government shall have made a clean
up Job of Its campaign at weeding out
these fakers, tbe man or company
with sound securities to sell will be
vastly helped and the investor pro
tected. The Sherman Law.
President Taft takes direct issue
with Judge Gary of the Steel trust,
who pronounces the Sherman anti
trust archaic and ill-adapted to tbe
needs of corporation management to
day. "Personally, I believe the Sherman
act does not now and never will fully
prevent the organizing cf great combi
nations of wealth." sty Judge Gary.
The Shertntn act wag not deigned to
do that, nor, particularly under Its
latest interpretative, would it be
expected to do so. Modern business
requires great combinations of wealth.
What It does not require and what
the government should not permit is
the throttling of competition and the
stifling of the laws of supply and de
mand by great or small combinations
of wealth. As tbe supreme court puts
it "unreasonable restraints of trade."
We rather imagine that if the Steel
trust and other big business combines
will try bard enough they can keep
from lawless practice under the pro
visions of tbe Sherman law, without
putting the government to tbe trouble
of enacting new laws for that purpose.
The president emphatically says "no."
when asked If be considers the 8her-
jman act antiquated and adds, "they
1 have only began to make it useful."
j The suspicion win Intrude i'self,
j In spite of all one may do, that the
wish 1 parent to the thought In ut-
teranet-s proclaiming the useletneps
of the present anti-trust law. Perhaps
the law's efficacy may be promoted
j If our kings of commerce will co-oper
ate with tbe government to that end.
County Hospital Management.
The county hospital management,
or, rather, county hospital misman
agement, Is being shown up In a de
cidedly discreditable light as a result
of the inquiry why expenses there
should have Jumped over $1,000 a
month since tbe first of tbe year. Tbe
reason seems to be the old story of
loose methods, padded bills, purchase
without competitive bids and an abso
lute lack of the necessary records to
keep track of what comes in and
where it goes. The county auditor
admits that the books and records of
the county hospital are so defective
that it Is practically impossible to get
an accurate check.
If this condition were due merely
to Incompetence and carelessness It
would be bad enough, but there are
some signs of method in tbe madness
by which the taxpayers have been
mulcted for the benefit of Bpeclal
favorites. It is hard to understand
why the county hospital, whose man
agement bad been brought to a basis
of economy and efficiency by the last
republican board, should become a
breeding place for Incompetence and
graft when tbe democrats take hold
of it.
Democratic Harmony.
As a contribution to democratic
harmony The Bee gives the benefit of
its wide circulation to the following
extracts from tbe current number of
Mr. Bryan's Commoner:
The. democratic party can not hope to fool
anybody very long by a one-sided applica
tion of the doctrine to a few districts
which happen to contain protectionist
democrats who Insist on keeping their
hands in their neighbor's pockets. If the
democratic party ts to be Aldrlchlzed let
the change of policy be made with audacity,
at least. The man who does wrong boldly
may mislead a few. but the man who does
wrong by stealth and then tries to conceal
It by equivocation confesses his conscious
ness of guilt and cannot hope for a follow
ing. The republican voters were brave enough
tc turn out a lot of republican Aldrlches:
what reason have our democratic congress
men to think that democratic voters are
less courageous?
If the tariff is retained those who favor
It ought to be honest enough to admit that
they favor protection and quit talking about
tariff for revenue only.
Many republican leaders predict that the
democrats will make serious blunders. To
be sure. It Is not possible to avoid all mis
takes, but the representatives of the party
may at least avoid the mistake of being
afraid of their party principles.
It is reasonable to presume that we
may have postscripts to add later.
Our amiable democratic contem
porary complains because the repub
licans are not pulling off big speaking
stunts In the campaign in progress to
fill tbe congressional vacancy in the
Ninth Iowa district. We suggest that
tbe democrats put their biggest orator
over there and let Mr. Bryan tell what
be thinks of the bunch of democratic
trimmers who are opposing his free
wool program in the house.
One ot the three Judges of the Ne
braska supreme court whose terms
expire this year has already filed an
acceptance In response to a petition
urging him to stand for renomlnatlon.
There is also a well-defined rumor
that the others would have no con
scientious scruples against being
drafted for another term.
The cashier of the University of
Minnesota, who reported that he had
been beld up on the campus and
robbed of $14,000, has been placed
under arrest charged with embezzling
tbe money himself. The police in the
Twin cities must be real mean not to
believe the man's story.
Omaha and Douglas county have
been getting the short end of it in the
apportionment of state school funds
for many years, to the cost of our tax
payers of many thousands of dollars.
Something ought to be done to see to
it that our taxpayers get more of a
square deal.
A San Francisco gambler ssys be
will run open shop and take his
chances. Well, that is what Boss
Ruef did, and no man may say he did
not have some golden chances.
Perhaps If left to Messrs. Vail,
Delano and Gary they might work out
some scheme by which the cor
porations could disclose their secrets
and get properly and legally regulated.
The Prise of Eaterprts.
Wall Street Journal.
Reclamation of swamp lands would add
tl.S00.O00.0OO to land values In the I'nlted
States. In this Instance we are Justified
In draining our natural resources.
Help for Deaervlaar Poor.
Indianapolis News.
If Mrs. Harrlman decides that it Is Im
practicable to establish a great university
In California, she might build a vast garage
In prune large city for the free use of the
deserving poor who own automobiles.
Proaaotora taw 4 la I Mao a.
Cleveland Plain-Dealer.
New Tork wireless promoters are sen
tenced to federal prisons. Perhaps their
punishment may be alleviated by the in
stallation of some of their fske instruments
by which they can talk with an unsympa
thetic world.
Otaalaal Prooeeattoas Mad Easy.
New Tork Tribune.
The attorney general Intimates that pros
ecutions against Individuals under the
criminal sections of the Sherman act may
be begun. As a criminal atatuts It will be
easier to enforce, now that the recant de
cisions have disabused tte public mind of
the notion, sedulously spread, that the
I etat-ite I a frvvih aid nd:s-rlmtnste!y
detru live taw. which r.o one couid oty
ahd continue to transact bui'nees
A lanaera MaWlt.
H'ueon Tout.
Ptill we would strongly advise Governor
Wilson not to .errr.lt the Pullman car habit
to overmaster hira Chronic political Itin
erary in a country aa lare a the lnited
State 1 sure to cause people to suspect
that the biscuits at home are soggy.
Tbe t parr Applaa War.
St Ivou:s Republic.
I Aviators In the Pane-R'.rre fitght laid
out an upper Applan Way that may be
.followed by as many generations as the
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"rr" ay nr.icn me roaa tax cl .''.')
years ago laid out on the surface. Start
ing lowest down the perpendicular cross
section shows subways. then surface
tracks, then elevated lines and then aero
plane routes. There seems little chance
for the cross-section to show- anything
more unless sub-subways are built farther
down.
EFFICIENCY OF WOIIKMEI,
Abolltloa af Plerework System Fats
Task I ta Manager.
New Tork Evening Post.
One phase of the problem of scientific
management which Is commonly overlooked
Is its relation to the piecework system.
Under that arrangement the laborer was
his own scientific manager and worked
out his own system. Some of the more
clever workmen have shown themselves to
be adepta at the problem of reducing to a
minimum the number of motions In
a given operation. In many cases, no
doubt, they have been merely empiricists,
he who happened to hit upon the most
economical method being able to turn out
the most work. But whether the method
were empirical or not, remarkable results
I were achieved by some of the more cap
1 able men. Even farm hands had, before
the advent of the twine binder, reduced
to a minimum the number of motions in
volved in the binding of a sheaf. The more
skillful corn huskers have accomplished
a similar result In their work. Dean Dav
enport describes some remarkable results
of the same kind in digging ditches and
laying tile. But the general failure of
the piece-rate system in factories, either
through its complete abolition or through
the rules of the labor unions which limit
a man's output and thus reduce his In
centive to efficiency, has thrown back
upon the management the problem of
analyrlng the operations of a workman
and reducing them to a minimum, as well
as that of studying the fatigue of his
muscles and conserving his muscular en
ergy. The laborer having chosen not to
use his own intelligence for these pur
poses, the manager Is called upon in the
Interest of progress, to supply that form of
Intelligence.
PRESIDENT AND PREMIER.
Avvara of Hoaors for the Reciprocity
Pact.
Harper's Weekly.
The two men who bid fair to get the most
glory out of reciprocity are Laurler and
Taft. and It Is only Just that this should be
so. Secretary Knox and the Canadian com
mlssioners should share in the credit. Bo
should Champ Clark and Oscar Underwood
and so should Mr. McCall, who led the re
publicans who supported It But the main
responsibility for the policy rests on the
shoulders of the American president and
the Canadian premier. They will be blamed
if the policy is finally condemned. They
must have the chief praise if it is finally
approved. They not only took the Initia
tive, but they have both pressed the fight
with courage, firmness and good sense
Last week Mr. Laurler again showed his
good sense by his admirable speech at the
dinner of the colonial premiers In London.
In denying the danger of annexation he
did not tall into the error of professing
any other than the most friendly and
neighborly sentiments toward this country,
On the contrary, he eloquently rejoiced in
the fact that the long boundary line, al
though he desires It to continue, has not
on either side of It a fortress, a soldier or
a gun. President Taft has repeatedly
struck the same note. An English tory
paper tried hard to work Itself Into a rage
over an alleged Impropriety In his refer
ence to the system of colonial preferences
but the effort fell exceedingly flat. In
both countries the leadership In this matter
has been statesmanlike and fine.
People Talked About
JUSTICE
MITCHELL U
EffLAMG-ER.
Judge Mitchell 1. Kriunger of the New
York supreme court rides every morning
in an automobile from his home on West
Seventieth street to Forty-eecond street
and walks the rest of the way to the city
hall.
The Maharajah of Blkanir dropped a
valuable diamond somewhere In London,
and In Paris a wrathful Begum has shipped
back to India a wayward son who took
in the sights of the tow n too zealously. The
coronation crowds are gathering.
(Senator John Bh&rp Williams is growing
deaf, and makes an ear trumpet of his
hands daring the debates. His voice, which
used to make the house sit up. Is now so
low pitchta that senators who want to har
what he's saying have to shout at him to
speak louder.
While working In the kitchen of Ryan
Brothers of Plymouth, Pa., Charles Dllg
found an egg bearing the name of Miss
Bertha Garrett of liuntsvllle, Madison
county, Arkansas. This etg brought him
the acquaintance of the young woman, her
love and now a legacy of C.OuO at her
death.
Prof. Henry Carter Adams of the Uni
versity cf Michigan, who resigned aa sta
tistician of the Interstate Commerce com
mission, la going to the New Tork Central
railroad to study scientific economy In
railroad management as suggested by Louis
D. Brandt-is. He will become the head of
a "bureau of efficiency' established by the
railroad In New Tork City.
The greatest woman astronomer in the
world, on whose discoveries of new stars
sre held to have been more numvrous than
those of any other living scientist, Mrs.
WUilamlna Palon Fleming of tbe Harvard
observatory, died Monday In Boston. Her
death removes one of the foremost women
scientists In the world and a prominent
figure among astronomical authorities.
Come Off, Mr, Bryan
The Peerless Zef tatad Urged
to Seek the Back Benches
sad XUmala Seated Awhile.
Henry Watterwon a Courier-Journal.
Aye me. how many perils dth er.f ild.
i ne rgnteoua man to mke him i y fall
Ppenser.
Paraphrasing the thought, and partly the
language of the early English bard, trr
later English saUrlst wrote:
Aye me what perils do environ.
The man that meddles with cold iron.
But neither Spenser nor Butler served on
a ways and means committee and tackled
a tariff bill If they had they might con
sider sin an immaterial schedule and gun
powder a classification hardly wonhy of
mention.
Even Theodore Roosevelt contrived to
weather the tariff and leave it to his suc
cessor. It was quite certain that when the
democrats took the Initiative they wjid
require among themselves a compromising
spirit asking and reasonably expecting of
the public patient forbearance. With this
In mind It seems to us that Mr. Underwood
has thus far displayed good qualities of
constructive statesmanship and legislative
leading.
The democrat have acquired In congress
merely the right to propose They simply
"have the floor" In the lower house First,
and above all else, they needs must show
the rapacity to "do" and outlive and re
fute the accut-atlon of "excess." The coun
try has swallowed enough ot dogma. What
the people want Is deeds.
To every Intent and purpose the tariff is
a new question. Since las; there has been
no general discussion. After twenty years
of successful agitation the voters, educated
to a thorough understanding of every' iss-.ie
in dispute, the manufacturers, warned and
prepared, the Wilson bill a highly protec
tive measure, falsifying the hope of the
people who had made the fight was
adopted by the party as the best which,
under tbe existing leadership, it was ready
and willing to essay. Upon It we went to
smash. In 1K6 the tariff was sent to the
rear and free silver was brought to the
front Again we went to smash. A genera
tion unknowing of the old debates has ar
rived upon the scene.
That the fair weather and smooth sailing
which Mr. Underwood and his colleagues
have had since the beginning of the extra
session would not hold cut forever waa to
be expected, but it is both disconcerting
and regrettable that Mr. Bryan, of all
other democrats, should cast himself into
the sea across the party bow and become
yet one again lta stormy petrel.
Mr. Bryan owes It to his own fame, aa
well aa to his fellow democrats, to proceed
warily and go slow In the mstter of censor
ship. He should be very sure both of his
footing and his Judgment before attempting
to stir the depths and muddy the stream.
His three defeats for the presidency not
only bring him In life-long debt to his po
litical associates, but they admonish him
not to be too aelf-confident It seems the
part of wisdom for a man occupying his
exceptional position to rest awhile from
agitations, even from counsels, and to let
well-enough have a chance In the race
after perfection.
We ar beginning to bear talk about "the
doctrine of free raw materials." It is as
the chatter of children. Ther can no more
be a "doctrine" on such a subject that a
"doctrine" touching "the free coinage of
silver at the ratio of IS to 1." Having gone
to destruction upon the rocks raised up by
the latter, shall the shallows of the other
be allowed to Impede our onward course,
to perplex and undo us?
Free raw materials, like fre silver, is
the merest Incident of legislation. In un
dertaking to force Mr. Underwood. Mr.
Bryan is as one who demands that In
stead ef administering calomel In broken
doses, the doctor shall willy-nilly pour a
hundred grains down the patient's throat.
Mr. Bryan may be right and Mr. Under
wood may be wrong In diagnosing the case.
But the responsibility is with Mr. Under
wood, not with Mr. Bryan.
The Courier-Journal will hardly be ae
cused and cannot be suspected of a dispo
sition to lower Its flag In the matter of the
tariff. It Is the last survivor of the old
guard of revenue reform. Heartbroken it
saw Its party fatally shipwrecked by most
Incompetent navigation, literally wrecked
In port. It had abandoned hope. Yet It
has lived to see the question come again.
Taking counsel of the pant even of some
of Its own mistakes which Mr. Bryan now
would copy It will seek In the coming
battle ror th right to achieve rather than
to theorize and declaim.
Th democratic party has for the first
time In sixteen yeara enjoyed a little spell
of sunshine. We have a living chance to
win. But we are not yet masters of the
situation. That we may become so we
must hold well together and keep a little
to th wall. It were Indeed a fate a des
tinythat, at th moment when republican
protectionists are splitting hairs among
themselves, democrats pretending only to
be bent upon driving graft from this tar
iff and reducing It as we are able, to a
revenue basis, should engage in chatter
about the Incidentals and make controversy
over th conveyance, set. as we all claim
to be. in a common direction and purpose.
So, come away, Mr. Bryan. Avast there
and leave the boys a chance to start the
old carry-all of democracy in their own
way, not In your way. You have scarcely
had such good fortune as commends you
th best and only driver. The Courier-
Journal Is your friend, not your enemy.
Come off. before your enemies have the
right to say that with you It la rule or
ruin.
PURE TRUTH AM) PI RE POOD.
Caert of Last Resort Ralea oa Pateat
Medietas Claims.
Chicago Record-Herald
Th supreme court's decision In the pat
ent medicine cases Is common sense, al
though, superficially speaking, it will not
make for righteousness and veracity in
advertising remedies, cures and discover
ies. In this esse the court stoically re
fused to "legislate by construction."
It holds that the pure food act was not
directed against misbranding and decep
tion of every possible description. Only
those misrepresentation and false claims
were prohibited which related to Identity
of th medicine. Its strength, purity and
quality. The label and advertisements on
packages and bottles must be absolutely
truthful as regards the nsture, composi
tion and quality of the content. But ques
tions of efficacy and euratlv value are not
covered by th pure food act. simply be
cause congress did not have them In mlrd
or did not us phraseology broad enougn
to cover them.
Hence proprietors and sellers of patent
medicine may claim everything as poli
tician and reformer do a to th vir
tues of their remedle. being responsible
only to their conscience. Perhaps con
gress has th power to provide for pur
truth, or at least for moderation and te
serve In statement well as for pur
food in Interstate commerce It hasn't don
so yet, and fancy Is left fre and wild
among adjective, adverbs and vision.
POSIES FOR OMAHA.
Beatrl. Express: An 0:rr.e woirsn ar-lrst-)
'.n tre p!r k ! ke (t.Kir" 'lamed
that sh g"l ti f.Mt t'i'Tt nrn.jifh tie
old man's pr-'ket at niirr.t M'tal
P'.atts.-no-ith Journal: If "rrra were
half as toi.gh as the givern-r f.f the s'a'e
I Nehrat-ka attempts t" tuske It. It wold
be a i most beyond redemption But It Is
not
Orar.d liand Independent: An Omaha
burglar was routed and captured t y a M.s
Mor;-e. For the dis onjTlted Mr liuig.ar It
is unquestionably a case of re-Morsel Aw,
gwanl
Fremont T?itun: The romblnstion was
not on a nece.-s.tr of life, says The Bee, In
(.omrm nm.; on the tut ecn trust a. It
waent. eh' J .t bea ise The Be edit r
doesn't at tiba -co is not a s.tm that a hers
do not nie! to do so Iet The Bee editor
on'-e obeerve the d. stress of a tobacio
chewer who has lot hie cud and he'll
change Lis mind about tobat-co not being a
necehalty.
Grand Island Free Press: The little stunt
that the Urarid Island Ad club pulled off
here the day that Omaha was here with Its
I (,'orr.rr.ercla! club has done more to adver
I t s- the city than anything that has been
j pulled off In reient ytars. Ail of the
j Omaha papers contained favorable men
I tion the following day and the people down
I theit- believe that Grand Island Is with
them In the r work for a bigger and better
I Nebraska, and they are goli,g to do uome-
thing In return for the couriey shown.
Kearney Times: The Omaha Bee edi
torially endorses the oiling of country
highways. The Bee editor must have been
leading some theoretic works on til l prac
tice of laying the djt. Practical demon
stration throutjhOJt different parts of the
country has pi oven this method as being
unnecessarily exptnsne and at the same
tunc not to gle the tame good service as
the hearty application of aqua pura. Lay
ing the dust of the streets of any laige
city is a problem that ever confronts u.
especially in the hot summer months, and
fur the general public's welfare must be
met with some defense. Try water and
plenty of It it s best and cheapest in the
long run.
l.MT RILE MENACED.
Rap on the Knuckles for Political
Manlpalators.
Pittsburg Iiespatch.
The impatience of restraint of the popu
lar will by political manipulations, gener
ally classified as the progressive move
ment, now menaces the unit rule In the
democratic national conventions. Nebraska
has passed a law for the election of na
tional delegates by direct vote, which is
expected to revolutionize the custom of
the delegation from that state voting as a
unit on every motion under instruction
from the state convention. Hereafter the
delegate elected directly by the people will
be responsible solely to his own constitu
ency and be expected to vote as they wish.
The democratic national convention has
clung to the unit rule long after the re
publicans had abandoned It. But in the
general movement toward what is termed
a restoration of power to the people it
may have to go. There are Increasing evi
dences in both parties of disinclination and
even revolt against the caucus system and
a tendency toward the disintegration of
the machine-like organizations so labori
ously built up and so long maintained. The
complaint is that Instead of aiding in the
expression of popular opinion the party
machinery stifles ,or perverts it. Hence
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Professional men who perspire look
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;he iroiemeM f..r d'"et T'lma-ies th
S'S ' in,pe;nri f,t pnar electi. n
of ef.a'ort ft sfl'ation ! r the Initiative
i fer rdum 'd fusil n1 al t'e of-er
plar.s def:r.-1 to .r.r. f! '.'ir trore d -reef)
I' to r-.M'.! ff t!.e rrarinry of
iiv er r. rfier t Kven tre aroehl to i.art.
j fiairy Is !s .elt-d V.'ith o mpinv dni
1 ons'f stl'TiS "f how liirht'v petty lines -
jfega'ded by tie rlti'H repre., -r al i s
wl.efi tt elr irtite-s s' imoned. ! !s t
rirpinri ft. at tte oe- Vf,.ji f..,; fv,.n
j to le easily nonpartisan when It cum. s
' i'i trig t epieen'a'!v a: d that tt ,v
st. ji.id be trytr.g to .-e tiHi iiifv w! i
lepresent those who e k t them.
USES TO A LAUGH.
City Bel'.e Fty'es charge o I winler
what Is coro.r.g sfr tr.e htt.'e skirt'
Count'v Nli Wei!. me I r ' r.e f r
your sake it won t r fad s r-w hn.l
yonder. Baltimore American
Pa'tent Say! that isn't the tooth I wait
puied
Dentist Never mind I'm coming to It -Boston
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"After a'l. Famage. Isn t r.''e-.e
most easer.tial thing in learnlrg to
golf"
"ordinarily, but rot In your ra- p. . k
gles. vou know how to swear "h.k ,
Iribun.
Labeilor Have u seen the waging
deieuetes bride?
Carder Yee.
Iatnior-I she rretty
Carder No! Even he d have to aJimn
she s in the unfair list. I'uck.
"You look relieved. What have ye.j t.,,3
doing ? '
"1 ve Just finished a slx-st.inxa poen ! r
the "hrstmss number cf the fcverylar. 1
niSKasine. Its called "1 he Know U
White on Moonlit Koofa.' and I must hn
perspired quart In writing it. ' Cievelai.d
Plain Dealer.
"Miss Bright." said Mr. ""Ionian. "I don t
think M m Chellus 1 a very good friend
of yours "
"No ihe told me If I rslled on yovl t d
only be wastlnr my time "
"Ah! I see You mean she doesn't con
sider my time worth an tnmg. Catholic
Siandard and Times
"They say that blondes have three times
the chatK-es of marrying that brunettes
have."
Now that is what I call a paradoxical
wroig."
"Why so?"
"Because n Isn't the fair thing "Balti
more American.
"Young man. I don t see how I can do
otherwise thsn Impose a fine. The officer
says you were drunk end boisterous '
"I wasn't unreasonablv o. your honor
I knew what I was doing. If you Pne m
for that 1 II tarry the case clear up to the
supreme court of the United State!
C hi ago Tribune.
JTJTE BRIDE OF CORN Tm.T,
Minnie Hatton Rathfon.
Sister faille's wed at last
And ma is happy now;
Fa helprd them get the knot tied fast
An' gave them our best cow.
rVallle's ben a eparkia" rire
At least a dozen years.
An' meanwhile ma I i . 1 her dslr
Would not be damred by tears.
She entertained so manv beaux
Four carpets were wore out;
An' ma has made her six trosseaug
While bonlshin' her doubt.
She put in all her extry time
A eew-ln' lingerie:
Now most of It ain't worth a dime
It's rsgged as can be.
fhe wrecked good hammocks by th score
Beneath the apple tree:
Pa s pocketbook was always sore '
From beln' used so free.
But now at last she's gone to stay
An' I'm the next In line.
We all are feell.f glad an' gay
An', think that June is fine.
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