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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1911.
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tabarlbre leaving the city tem
porarily should have The Dee
ana lied to them. Address vtll! bo
rhaoared as often aa requested.
Cheer up, persimmons will soon be
ripe.
It'a a safe bet that we 11 hear from
"Mike" yet.
The presidential veto also
corking time.
had a
When In doubt, look on pages 12.
15 and 17 of the constitution.
No, thank you, we would rather not
have a railroad strike Just now.
In the meantime, "patronize home
industry" is a good slogan to stick to.
Senator La Follette cannot say he
did not make the most of that extra
session.
The freedom of the Cuban press is
not one of the things they boast of
down there.
On thing Mr. Bryan has proved to
the satisfaction of all Is that be ia no
longer a boy orator.
Anyway, our base ball fans always
get their money's worth from the free
bulletin score) boards.
Two weeks gone and no deviltry re
ported by Mr. Bryan on any of those
democratic candidates.
still, the Washington boarding
house keeper was, as usual, pained
to hav congress adjourn.
ir uotcn a oes iacic a uttie wind, as
Is reported, he might borrow a supply
from some of his trainers.
The ability of certain Illinois legis
lative manipulators to "put 'em over"
ought to make them effective base ball
pitchers.
A German cruiser is reported to be
playing at war la Buzzard's bay. No
body would care to it killing a few
buzzards.
Tho Bee's commission plan petitions
put the machinery In motion, but the
voters must finish the job at the elec
tion next week.
Three San Francisco girls swam to
the Golden Gate and found the gate
not abut against them. Three San
Franciscans got in, anway.
Reminder to the railroads and their
employes: Before provoking a strike,
remember the public Is the third and
largest party to the controveray.
A St. Louis judge says newspaper
men are as honest as lawyers- If the
newspaper men were to make that
comparison between bench and bar it
would be contempt of court.
Mrs. John, Alexander Dowie pro
poses to found a new Zion and place
her unklseed son in charge of it. It
la a great thing - to have your own
Zion.
Members of Omaha's school board,
elected by the -people, are publicly
resoluted to be not friends of the
people. That settles It. Prepare to
abdicate.
inose lurmsQ nrigands nave a
financial system all their own kid
naping rich foreigners for ransom to
make up a fund for carrying on the
business.
George W. Perkins will devote bis
future to giving the country a "con
structive business policy." It Is
liable, then, to become a very rlcbJ
country after all.
It transpires that someone cast a
populist ballot at the recent primary j
la Douglas county, writing in names
for local office How to account for
the mistake will be a real puzzler.
Wyoming ia taking a squad of Wash
ington newspaper correspondents out
to view the resources of that state
as a publicity stroke. The Wyoming
Idea is a good one. especially aa the
newspaper men en route cannot help
seeing Nebraska first.
No Railroad Strike Wanted. pushing the democratic cgrt on the up
Every demand of public right and!r, "ltn all seats reserved for the
convenience protests against preclpita-j
tlon of difficulties) between railroad
employere and employes, now threat
ening a atrlke. A 6trlke. throwing out
of employment thousands of men.
paralyzing business and making Inno
cent vlcflma of the public, would be
Intolerable and unjustifiable. No
matter what the Issues are at stake,
neither tide to the controversy has
rights that are paramount to the rights
of the people at large. Differences
that cannot be settled peaceably can
not be settled hostilely, at least not
permanently settled.
It takes two sides to make a dis
pute, but It also takes two to end one.
Neither side can reasonably expect
the weight of popular sympathy, since
neither side has taken the public Into
Its confidence. The public la com
pelled, fcr the time being, at least, to
view them from an Impartial stand
point. It aa yet sees no reason for
dispute.
There l,i a great lesson for our
American friends In the way the Brit
ish railroads and their employes ter
minated tholr troubles the other day
Everybody cn a strike resumed work,
while conciliation boards took up the
grievances from both sides. The con
troversy is not settled yet, but both
sides are pledged to stick to business
until they are, which saves the public
from the train of untold suffering and
hardship which railroad strikes always
entail. We on this aide of the water
ought to be able to do as well and
better.
Anti-Trust Laws.
What is the situation with reference
to governmental control of the trusts?
Are the anti-trust laws we now have
Inadequate and new laws needed. Or
are the laws we have effectual enough
If only properly enforced?
When the supreme court laid down
its "rule of reason" in the two big
trust cases, most people agreed that
we had reached a common ground of
determining the relation of the gov
ernment to corporations and its power
of regulation, and that In the future
all similar issues should be met by
this rule. But upon that general as
sumption public opinion divided as to
the wisdom and Justice of the rule of
reason. One faction saw in it only
larger special privileges for the trusts,
while another viewed it as a safe and
sane restriction.
But already public opinion seems to
have veered around in a new direction.
Congressman Littleton may have re
flected this Impression when he intro
duced in the house his bill to bring
about a sweeping inquiry into indus
trial conditions with a view to enacting
a new anti-trust law. Or does Mr.
Littleton's bill reflect only one side of
the case? It ia quite interesting- to
note that, while Mr. Littleton is one of
the newer generation of reform demo
crats in congress, bit bill is effusively
endorsed by such eminent figures in
the corporation world as Mr. George
W. Perkins.
And this leads us again to a cross
roads. Do Mr. Perkins and bis friends
endorse the Littleton plan because
they do believe or because they do not
believe in the efficacy of the Sherman
law as applied in the rule of reason?
Mr. Perkins is so much in earnest that
be has determined to devote his time
to constructing a better business policy
for the country. Perhaps, after all,
it Is In the business policies, more than
in the laws and their enforcement.
that the chief difficulty lies. Surely
If the master minds in the industrial
world were to give to the govern
ment's problems the same faithful
thought and co-operation they give to
the science of making dividends, it
would help mightily to reach the right
result.
Only So Long as Needed.
In his latest Commoner Mr. Bryan
peases significant comment on the re
lationship of the democrats and Insur
gent republicans in congress, saying:
Whether it was wire for the democrat
to take advantage of the trick played by
the regular republicans on the insurgents
depends on the facts. The democrats will
need the Insurgents In the next session
and they cannot afford to be unfair even
though the insurgents be too exacting at
times.
This is a real admonition to the
democrats to keep on playing with the
insurgents Just a little longer, because
their help may yet be needed before
the democrata gain complete control,
after which insurgent demands may
be safely spurned. In other words,
democratic admiration of insurgency is
limited to Its usefulness to promote
the democrata to power and will cease
as soon as that result is accomplished.
Jf the regulars could be used by the
democrats for the same end to greater
advantage and effect, they would enter
into an alliance with them, all with
the secret hope and expectation of
ditching their allies the very first
chance. The democrats are playing
politics all the time and their every
move ia explainable only as a part of
their political game.
Here in Nebraska the democrats
have been playing their band in pre
cisely the same way. The "allied re
form forcea" consisted originally of
democrata and populists and so-called
silver republicans, and the triple com
bination was maintained just as long
as the allies brought grist to the
democratic mill. First the silver re
publicans were sloughed off as no
longer needed. Then the populists
were gradually and steadily shoved
into a rear place. The democrata
were willing to divide even with the
populists, as long aa tbey thought they
might need them, but not longer
Democratic sympathy and solicitude
for insurgent republicans is of a
place merely a bait to get help while
dyed-in-the-wool faithful on the ride
down.
Stormy Controller Bay.
Reports says that Secretary of the
Interior Fisher was caught In a vortex
of a terrific storm sweeping over Con
troller bay upon bis arrival In that
much-talked-of Alaska country. How
natural and home-like It must have
seemed to the secretary. He left
Washington amid the din and turbu
lence of a Controller bay storm and
the last sound from the mainland that
smote his ears as he sailed away from
Seattle for the north must have been
the low moaning of the distant winds.
Controller bay Is truly a stormy
petrel. One cannot read about It with
out shivering a little. Yet one Is
bound at times to feel that if it were
not for crojs currents, the elements
about Controller bay would not seem
so tempestuous No supernatural
powers are Imputed to Secretary
Fisher and yet it is hoped, and be
lieved, that after he has bearded the
roaring storm Hon in his lair he will
come back with the secret of his
mastery.
The country wants no more Con
troller bay storms. It wants the
calmer forces of reason 'and national
welfare to predominate In Alaska and
we mistake mightily the temper of the
public If it is not even now prone to
believe that the president has dealt
fairly and Impartially In this matter,
but that his actions and his motives
have been mlsconstructed and distorted
for political purposes. But let us have
all the light possible on the subject,
so that the Issue cannot be evaded and
a rroper remedy found and applied
to the situation, whatever It may be.
One of Omaha's weak spots is Its
lack of cheap and wholesome popular
summer amusements for wage workers
and artisans. The man who works hard
all day 6hould have opportunity for
relaxation and recreation In the even
ing. And the year should not go by
without an attempt to supply this de
mand better.
Omaha will have a group of distin
guished lawyers at the American Bar
association meeting, which will invite
comparison sartorlally with the legal
lights from any other city in the coun
try. In fact, If they are given their
dues, they will be pronounced hors du
concours and put all competitors hors
de combat.
Still, Omaha's efforts to develop its
manufacturing Industries should go
right along without waiting for the
cheap power which tve are promised
by the Platte river canal promoters.
Another pertinent question: Is the
school board getting Its, money's worth
on the investment made in the motor
cycles for the automobile policemen?
Both hides Hart.
Washington Star.
President Taffa reference to a veto as
an unpleasant duty recalls the old assur
ance that the chastisement hurt the father
aa much aa It did the youngster.
A Package of Thanks.
Cleveland Leader.
Bryan aaya he la going to spend all bis
time until next mmmer studying the demo
cratic candidates for president. For this
assurance that he will keep quiet a little
while, many thanks.
Wall Street Handed the Crown.
St. Loula Globe-Democrat.
Mr. Lovett of the Harriman line says
that one of the greatest drawbacks to pros
perity 1 "the He factory in Wall street."
It is some time now since the country be
gan to consider Wall street an Ananiaa
club.
Dangerous Plnytblnn Discarded.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Franca la going about the preparation of
an ultimatum to Germany concerning Mo
rocco solemnly and with much deliberation,
as becomes a nation that has been taught
that ultimatums to Germany are danger
ous playthings.
Interesting, hnt Not News.
Cloux City Journal.
Colonel Bryan's declaration that he will
not be silent when the time comes to name
a presidential candidate la Interesting, but
not surprising. It la a long time since the
colonel has ben silent, and everybody Is
inclined to think It will b a long time be
fore he will be silent
First Thrills of statehood.
Tucson (Arts ) Citizen.
Statehood ahould give a great Impetus to
every section of Aiisona, to every city.
toVn and industry. It should put enthuel.
asm and optimism In the blood of every
citizen of the new state and with every
man, woman and child laboring to make
of this a great and prosperous common
wealth, the future of Arlaona Is assured.
Another Stroke of Genlvs.
Brooklyn Eagle.
A senator who has remedies for every
thing, an of them infallible, is out with
another prescription. He would cure the
Infirmities of the ghermaa law by so
amending It that the corporation summoned
before the bar of justice would have to
furnish proof of Its Innoeence. with con
viction as a consequence of failure. This
would save a great deal of government
time and money. AH that "the people"
would have to do would be to allege re
straint of trade and rest their case. And
for the time-honored tradition that in this
country Innoeence is assumed until rullt
is proved mould come the reverse of that
venerable proposition. La Follette. pat
entee neforminar Cnnrt Procedure.
Philadelphia Record
Justice Lurton of the I'nlted States su
preme court, who Is a member of the com
mittee to revise the rules of procedure In
the federal courts. Is prosecuting Inquiries
Into the reformed equity procedure In Eng.
land. His frequent conferees during the
last week were the lord chancellor and
the lord chief justice: he sat with the lat
ter for hours In the court of criminal ap
peal. Justice Lurton haa gone to the right
shop. If the procedure In our federal
courts. In law and In equity, civil and
criminal, ahould be reformed on the model
of the modernised English practice. In
stead of adhenng to precedents, a hundred
years out of date, an example would be set
that could not fall to have a reformatory
Influence on tha antiquated procedure of
our state courts also.
Booking Backward
jhisDqy InOmalia
COMPILED FROM Btt FILES
tij' AIGIST 2fl.
Thirty Tears Age-
Today was the hottest yet experience
this year While there was a brisk wind
blowing at the rate of twenty miles aa
hour. It was nevertheless like a breath of
the Sahara. There has been no business
or labor done by Omaha people except that
which was Imperative. Max Meyer's
thermometer went up to 102 degrees at
p. m. !
A man arrived from Indiana for the pur
pose of buying 20.000 bushels of corn to feed
his stock at that place. He says he had
heard of Omaha as a grain market and
came here In preference to any other point,
John Wearne of the firm of Wearne
Sons, who was so badly scalded on the
face on Wednesday last. Is now progressing
favorably and able to resume business.
His face is considerably marked from the
effect of the scald.
F R. Johnson, formerly of this city. It at
the present time sojourning In this city.
J. B. Piper, formerly employed by The
Bee. Is now employed as conductor by the
Pullman comany.
Mies Woodie and Master John McCormlek
arrived home today from Atlantic City an!
other points east.
N. B. Falconer of this city landed In New
York this morning on his way home from a
two months" visit In Scotland.
A number of prominent Chicago. Bur
llngton & Qulncy officlala are in the city
on business. Among them are T. J. Potter,
general manager: E. P. Ripley, general
freight agent, Thomas Miller, division
freight agent; P. Lowell, general ticket and
passenger agent, and W. C. White. Mr.
Potter.'s private secretary.
Twenty Years Ago -
A. W. Fullrled, who owned a farm ona
mile west of Dundee Place, took a reporter
for The Bee out to his place to demon
strate to him by his products that Ne
braska soil was highly adapted to the
growth of sugar beets.
Mrs. Ft. H. Davtes. the milliner, went to
New York.
The democratic combine In the city coun
cil found Itself facing dissolution over the
attempt to appoint a successor to Major
Furay as a member of the Board of Public
Works.
The Personal Rights club met at Ger
maula hall to perfect a permanent organi
sation. President Lund was in the chair.
Senator Manderaon announced his de
termination to land the weather forecast
station for Omaha, If possible, believing
that we had a brand of climate here that
Justified the location of such aa Institu
tion. The 6-year-old son of M. V. Gannon was
thrown from a buggy and sustained a
broken arm. Miss Ada Gannon was driv
ing. The Long-talked of labor caae of Lowe
against Eees Printing company, charged
with violating the eight-hou law, was set
for hearing before Judge C Wakeley.
Ten Years Ago
Captain Thomas Swoba arrived In Omaha
after two yeara and more of service In tha
Philippines. His personal appear arice bore
out his assertion that the climate agreed
wtih blm. 1
Harry Cartan returned from New Terk
and Buffalo.
Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Unversagt and family
returned from Minnesota.
General Fred D. Grant passed through
Omaha en route for San Francisco to board
a steamer for the Pbilllpines to resume
his command there.
The fire and police board found not
guilty these officers charged with arrest
ing F. L. Wheeler on the complaint of
selling obscene literature without due
cauae: Captain Her, Offlcera Glover,
Vanous and Marshall.
City Treasurer Hennings' van scored an
other victory by turning into the city treas
ury 1130 considered to be a dead account
as a tax on certain chattels.
Major J. R. Buchanan, general passenger
agent of the Elkhorn, returned from the
Black Hills.
C. L. Jenkins died at his residence, 2535
California street. He had come to Omaha
In If), lived here fifteen years and than
went to California, where be staid fifteen
years, returning to Omaha. Ha was em
ployed on the Omaha Hotel Reporter as a
printer. .
LAWYER'S RESPONSIBILITY.
Peatnre of Trust Conspiracies that U
Often Overlooked.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Tha action of a federal Judge In a New
York court in recognizing the greater
offense of the lawyer who advised and
franted the recently dissolved wire pool,
as compared with that of number of tha
trade who became parties to it as a matter
of necessity or expediency, will strike a
responsive chord in the public mind. In
stead of the $1,000 fines accepted from tha
members of the pool, the lawyer, who was
Its brains, was fined $5,000 on each lndlot
ment. of a total of $45,000, with additional
costs. But even this was scarcely more
than a fifth of the fee which ha collected
for hla services.
Whether or not this puaishment ade
quately fitted the crime, it gives emphasl
to the principle that the lawyer, who on his
admission to the bar haa taken an oath to
support and interpret the law In Justice
and equity, takes on himself a greater re
sponsibility than that borne by tha layman.
It Is to be hoped that the United States
district attorney carries out hia expressed
purpose and moves for disbarment, for It
would be well to have a spade called a
spade for a time, and to have schemes for
the evasion of thu law properly described
as conspiracies, and tha responsible plot
ters, even though they be distinguished
members of the br, be held to account,
as they would be If detected la such com
plicity la any other less "polite" law
breaking. ,
It is time that the bar, ltel& were
brought to a fuller realisation af the re
sponsibility it has assumed la landing its
counsel and advice, its knowledge and ex
perience in law, to ad In defiance and
evasion of the statutes.
People Talked About
The new president of Haiti shows that he
has the proper qualifications for his Job.
Already he is trying to borrow $600,000.
George A. BarUett. former congressman
from Nevada, has entered the freshman
class of tha University of Nevada. Ha will
specialise In general chemistry, mineralogy
and mining, and will spend four hours each
day In University Hall. He says he won't
play foot ball.
Mme. AU Kull Khan, wife of the Persian
charge d'affaires at Washington, is aa
American by birth, who has been awarded
the golden decoration of learning of her
adopted country for the series of essays
and lectures she wrote depicting life la
Persia. Before her marriage she was Mlas
Florence Breed of Boston.
1
In Other Lands
Ida Lights an What la Trans
piring among the Hear and
Tar Stations of the Btftli
Honors Well Won.
No spportlonment of credit for democ
racy a triumph over the British House of
Lords can be considered Just which Ignores
the work of John Redmond and his loyal
followers. The Irish nationalists had mora
at stske in the struggle than any other
division of the allied party. Home rule
was a practical impossibility so long as
the tory peera dominated the House of
Lords. All plans and all strategy neces
sarily were directed toward one objective
that of mending or ending the power of the
peers. That objective was kept In view
through all the trying and weary year
since the eclipse of Parnell and the defeat
of Gladstone's first home rule measure.
Delays and trials and hope deferred were
a crucibles wherein true metals were
tested. Mr. Redmond's followers, the loyal
and unflinching eighty-two. stood the test
with admirable patience and fortitude.
They withstood attacks In front and rear
Enemies rose and fell In their own eamp.
Jealousies all but rent the partv. Supposed
friends proved more annoying and danger
ous than open enemies. Motives were as
sailed, and Inshllltr to accomplish the Im
possible were employed to foment dissen
sion and weaken support at home and
abroad. Throughout the long drawn battle
generals and privates stood by their guns,
moving forward slowly but surely, loyally
supporting the party which promised ultl.
mate success, until the breach throuph
which home rule mlrht be driven was ef
fected. No finer oxamole of perseverance,
devotion and sacrifice for the cause of leg
islative liberty can be found In modern
history. Progressive democracy the world
ever Is heartened by ueh sagacious lead
ership The cause It represents deserve
success en Its own as well as on the m-r-Its
of Its representatives. Self-srovernment
for Ireland on eemal terms with Canada,
Pouth Africa and t Australia Is the lest
the ministry can offer those whose loyaltv
mane the lords' veto possible. Lees would
be a gross betrayal of party allies.
Germany's Trained Lender.
Germany had precise Information about
the contents of the Moroccan bargain
counter when It filed a lien on the port of
Agadlr. A correspondent of the New York
Evening Post, who went into that section
of northwest Africa to view what the Ger
mans had In sight relates many interesting
acts In a letter to that paper. The lead
ers of German colonists In the adjacent
Sub country are college men. experts In
agriculture, mineralogy and geology, speak
several languages and are acquiring the
native Arable. They have thoroughly ex
plored the country, are familiar with its
history and its possibilities and express
confidence in rehabilitating the country
Into a German colonial empire that will
surprise the world. Asradlr Is a natural
port and the most accessible, far surpass
ing Mogador, four day by camel to the
north. Through the spltefulness of a
former sultan Agadlr has languished for a
century, all business going to Mogador.
Between the two ports are relays of tax
collector, grafter and thieves, each levy.
Ing tribute on caravans. Thes have fleeced
the producers so thoroughly that producers
and traders almost entirely abandoned the
country. German colonists Intend restor.
Ing the country to cultivation, fortify Aga.
dir. banish the thieves and found a mod
em Eden on the borders of Sahara. ,
PerMnal Triumph.
Organised labor', confidence in Pavld
Lloyd-George, chancellor of the exchequer,
is demonstrated now as It was in 1907, by
the readiness of the striking British rail
way employes to accept bis plan of media
tion and arbitration. In both cases the in
dustrial fabric of the empire was shaken,
buainess activities menaced ' and most of
the necessaries of Ufa Impounded by eco
nomic war. ' Tha chancellor's success as a
mediator four years ago was a factor In
his recent success. Where others failed,
he had the tact and ability to bring the
warring elements together and guarantee
an impartial and Judicial adjustment of
labor's grievances. If legislation Is essen
tial, Lloyd-George Is In position to make
good hi pledge. That there exist a seml
atarvatlon wag schedule on tha British
railways la made clear by the statements
of Americans who wer In London during
the crisis. When engineers ware paid but
O.T5 a day and conductors as low as $3.50
a Week, with $6 as an average weekly
wage, the uprising had ample Justification.
The readiness of the strikers to accept
arbitration under thes conditions evi
dence rare conservatism, and deserves to
win.
HiHta Oppo Americans.
The expected is scheduled to happen In
Persia. Mr. Morgan Shuster, the American
employed to reorganize the finance of the
country, Is opposed by Russia, whose
machination on tha northern frontier are
a plain a the ciax's face. Under the most
favorable conditions, monarchlal land grab
ber would frown upon an American in any
other capacity hut that of s pander. In the
Persian caae any flimsy old excuse would
serve Russia's aeham of aggression. Hence
It Is not surprising that Mr. nhuster's posi
tion is made untenabl by Russia's opposi
tion backed by England's support. At pres
ent tb controversy revolve around the
validity of tb law Investing Mr. Shuster
with extraordinary fiscal powers. Late dis
patches indicate the hopelessness of the
task of contending against a combine of
monarchlal schemers whose evident pur
pose Is to hold Persia In the grip of the
moneylenders and drain whatever pro
ductive vitality remains in the country.
Denmark's Con.
The figures of the recent census of Den
mark show that the population of the
kingdom has risen from !!,6u6,26$ In 190$ to
t, 737,074 n lll. Copenhagen has now 461,191
Inhabitants, against t2ts, $40 in 1904. and the
grter Copenhagen, which Include Fred
erlksberg. has S59.39S. It had 614.134 In 1904.
Aarhuus. the second city and the largest
town on the mainland, ha 61.156, against
56.193 five years ago. The Foroe Islands
nv pow IS.000 Inhabitants, an increase of
nearly 1.000 si no the last census. The
census of Denmark, like that in all civilised
nations, reveals the Influence of the migra
tion to the cities, which have absorbed a
large share of the Increase.
Taxation In Japan.
A skinning system of taxation on every
thing taxable 1 an Impressive reminder to
tb Japanese that world powering 1 ex
pensive and those who play tha game must
pay tb price. According to the Financial
and Eoonomle Annual of the empire for
1911. everything In the country is taxed.
Residences pay I I per cent, cropped land
4 7 per cent, incomes of $150 a year at 1 per
cent, Incomes of $250 t 51 per cent, and of
$$,(00 t per cent. Then ther are tha busi
ness taxes, the graded Inheritance taxes,
and the excise taxes on commodities like
sugar, kerosene, textile, stock transfers,
banknote issues and luxuries. These are all
national taxes; local taxes must be paid be
side. Japan population is SI ooo 000, and
la increasing by 6J,000 people yearly.
NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENT.
Holbrook Observer (dem V The Omaha
Bee seems to be grestlv worried over the
coming election. It Is afraid If the demo
crats elect a supreme Judge or two this fait
they win bost of it after election, and thi
win annoy The Bee.
Lexington Pioneer: Th Nebraska demo
cratic state convention at rrmont turned
Bryan down, while th pop stste convex
tlon at Lincoln the same day refused te
endorse sny one but Bryan. And still th
democrats expect the pops to help pull their
chestr.uts out of the fire
Alliance Herald: Editor Mark of th
Mitchell Index has discovered a reason why
some merchants do ,iot advertise. He sys
it's because they can't deliver the good
We hadn't thought of It exactly that way
before, although we hav often noticed
that the merchants who are the most per
sistent advertisers are generally the ones
that have the best stocks of goods and
are not afraid tc compare price.
Fremont Tribune: It Is rumored that
State Superintendent Crabtr. like hi
predecessor, will resign to accept a more
lucrative position In another state. A man
cannot be blamed, of course, for making
th most of opportunities to better his eon.
dltlon: but th attitude of some state super
intendents can hardly be said to lend dis
couragement to a common carelessness of
the .profession of teaching In regarding
contracts lightly.
Kearney Hub: Th Be's ataff eorre
apondent at the national capital shows bow
tha democratic caucus in control of mem
bers from the south has been substituted
for Cannonlsm, or what the regime upset
by the Insurgents might have .been called
It Is not a pleasing story for a republican
or any other square-deal cltlsen to read,
and If th Insurgent members of th house
who contributed to th change are very
much delighted they have very carefully
concealed the fact.
Grand Island Independent: Parcels post
Is coming because It Is desired. If not de
manded, by the great body of the
public. The farming population of the
country, and the laboring classes seem
to be for It; and they compose a very large
proportion of th electorate. It appear
to b quite undeniable that two elements
have led to this demand th high rates by
the express companies-, as eomrrd with
the rate for similar service In other coun
tries, and high prloes resulting from com
binations of the so-called middle men, even
though it Is to be remembered that th
country cannot well get along without the
middlemen- The real problem Is th estab
lishment of a system that shall be equit
able and Just to all sections of th country.
MR. BRYAN IN FILL CHARGE.
8ves Party Boosters Mock Time and
Tronble.
Charleatown Nw and Courier (dem
"I know all of the leading men of th
party, those who hava hindered and those
who have helped it. When the times comes
to name the man I will not be silent."
So spake Mr. Bryan at Columbus on
Monday. It was the selection of the demo
crats of a nominee for the presidency to
which h referred. Selection by democrats
did we way? W stand corrected. It was
the acceptance by the democrats of the
nominee whom Mr. Bryan expects to choose
for them of which he was talking.
What a great and a wis man Mr. Bryan
is, to be sure, and how fortunate th party
which he chooses to patronise! It saves
so much trouble. Nobody ever need worry
about whom the democrats should put for
ward so long as Mr. Bryan is with us.
Either h will step forward himself as the
standard bearer or else he will delegate
some one else to do so.
Champ Clark may wl etas his letter-
writing. Joe Folk can retire his press
agent. Aa for tha Woodrow Wilson organi
sation, what shall it avail, or eke that of
th Honorable Judson Harmon? Let Art.
kansas and other states which purpose
th holding of presidential primaries call
them off. This is a matter about which no
ona need give himself th least concern.
When the time comas to name the man,
Mr. Bryan will name him.
Political Drift
Nin million words were uttered In con
gress during the special session, exclusive
of "leaves to print" and bracketed ap
plause.
A booklet earrylag th "speeches of
Chauncey M. Depew," delivered In mil. Is a
solemn reminder that a statesman out of a
Job must take some exercise.
A democratic critic perpetrates this one
on Governor Harmon: "He turned th of-
flc we had given him Into a megaphone
through which he listened to the voice of
political ambition."
Colonel J. Ham Lewis of Chicago Is bek
from Europe, uncommonly well groomed
and perfect sartorlally. The colonel is
ready If not eager to respond to a call from
Fairview or alsewher to give some style
to the democratic national ticket.
For some unaccountable reason a re
former has been named for mayor of Phila
delphia by the "organization" and certified
by Senator. Penrose. Th first thing th
nomine did was 'to declare for S0-eent gas
snd send the defl screaming Into the head
offices of United 3a.
Democrats of Detroit. Indianapolis and
EL Louis, presumed to be close to th Peer
less' throne, declare In interviews ' that
Colonel Bryan will nam the mn next
year. The only reason for holding a con
vention Is to pocket the purse of $100,000
hung up by Baltimore. All other proceed
ings will b mere formalities.
"Unless all signs fail." says th ' San
Francisco Chronicle, "Mayor McCarthy's
rule In this city will soon he brought to
an end. Despite the half-mllllon-dollar
camptlgn fund which his satellites hava
been compelled to contribute, th hopeful
enthusiasm with which great forces are
rallying to the support of James Rolph.
jr.. Indicate a triumph for civic decencT
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FIRST AID TO THE EARNER.
Denver iU'puMtcan.
Who wrests his daily living from the
ground,
HS always been lectured on how to till
the soil.
And scientific treatises abound.
He s scolded cause he doesn t csrry with
him in his coat
Professor Nix on cultivating corn:
His ear should be attuned to catch tha
scientific note.
Nor strsined to hear the dtMent dinner
horn.
There's soma on always ready to tell th
man who farma -
He never dors a tiling exactly right.
A mataztne informs him he might enhance
life charms
If he'd onlv choose hla furniture aright; .
He should have a mission stable and a
corncrlb Gothic styl. v
His chicken coups should all be modern I
&wlss;
He ahould at once be artistic and a sclen- ,
tist the while.
And country life would be s dream of
bUsa.
There's soma on slways ready to advis
the farmer chap
He s th prey of all th men who talk
and write
But It lucky for th r;t of us he doesn't
give a rap
And he never argues back nor starts a
fluht;
He goes nis way in silence and he rear
the crop he sows.
And th world live on In comfort
through his toil:
Nor praise nor blame shall matter, aa on
his way he goae
The only man the critics csnnot spoil!
SMILING LINES.
"That man Is the most tactlesa perKa
I ever saw," said Maude.
"What did he do? ' Inquired Mamla
"Met a lady in Reno and tried to be
agreeable by telling her he hoped her hus
band waa well." Buffalo Express.
"It la of no use to urge a compositor to
Join the temperance cause.''
Why not?"
"Because, from the very nature of hia
businesa he haa to 'set em up." "Balti
more American.
"Mercy, John! There isn't a thing In th
house fit to eat:"
"I know It, Maria, that's why I brought
him to dinner. 1 want him to see how tru
gally we live. He's my principal creditor.'"
Chicago Tribune.
Die ft The msn who can't take a little
good advice ha nobody to blame for his
trouble but himself.
Wiso Oh! I don't know. He's usually bur
dened wtih a lot or frlenda who can t giv
it. Catholic Standard and Times.
First Actor How are the acoustic prop
erties of the new playhouse?
Second Actor Fierce. Your voice carries
finely out to the audience, but you can
barely hear th applauae! Woman's Home
Companion.
"How much eider did you make this!
year?" Inquired Farmer A of Farmer B,
who had offered him a sample for trial. ,
"Fifteen bsr'ls." was the answer.
Farmer A took another sip. "I reckon,
SI," ha drawled, "ef you'd had another
apple you might ha' made another bar 1. '
Boston Trantcrij t.
"Aren't the Caehlts in very fashionable
life Just now?"
"Sure Their son has been running down
some of the most respected residents of
the place In his new car. and their daughter
has eloped with th chauffeur. " Baltlmor
American. r
"I've Juat' written a scathing letter de
nouncing that newspaper, calling it cow-
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"Did you sign your name to it?" asked
the stranger.
"No; I signed It 'On Who Knows.' I
didn't want the editor to' know who wrote
It." Detroit Fre Press.
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