THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1911.
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Now, watch the coal man clamp the
loe hold on you. lit
PoEslbly Miss Mona Lisa has gone to
Hunnewell, Kan.
Germany is looking for soft backing
n this Morocco case.
A lot of people in Omaha will not
believe it when It does rain.
Righteous seal can run so high as
:o destroy its own Influence.
It seems like profanation to hold a
wrestling match in a base ball park.
federal Officers Back from North
Platte." Headline. Find hunting
food?
If that threatened railroad strike
urill only hold off long enough, per-
Haps it will not come.
Dr. Wiley does not seem to care "so
much about the thing Itself as the
tame the label gives it.
Congress may not enjoy its short
vacation as much as It would a longer!
ne, but the people will.
The lake front was still on f ire up
to last accounts. May have to run the
river into It to put ft out.
"Toadstool Kills Woman." -Head-
line. She ought to have known better
than to sit down on so frail a chair, j
It seems like hiding one's lisp
inder a bushel for Abe Ruef to be
s-orKing ior rerorm Behind prison
lOOrS.
If Mrs. Ootch went to the match!
looking for ways of handling her bus-
uuu u U... vuui away a,a-.
iPPOinted. I
Mr. Bryan may have called on Colo
ael Roosevelt to Invite him to go hunt
ing this winter down on the Mission,
Texas, ranch.
Governor Harmon goes to it Just as I
!f he expected to be the democratic
nominee despite his prominent posi
tion on the blacklist.
Champ Clark says he can see capital
tnd labor forever at peace. All we
have to say Is that Champ's eyesight
Is something wonderful.
Champ Clark seems utterly unable
to conceive of the possibility of Horatio
3eymour, or any other man, declining
l presidential nomination.
A Frenchman says Americans do not
know the A B C's In aviation. Perhaps
oot, but their money looks mighty
rood to our foreign friends.
Virginia considered the Beattle crime
s oiemisn on tne state, nut it aid tne
best It could to efface, the stain In
fpeedily convicting the murderer.
Colonel Watterson is ready to shoul
der a musket and "march to hell" for
the democracy of his state. Remember
what happened to the Six Hundred,
rolonel.
Senator La Follette will wait until
December to decide whether be will
run for the presidency or not. That Is
a long time to keep Frank Harrison In
suspense.
. The example of a Boston man eat
ing fifty-eight ears ot corn in two
hours shows that those Bostonlans will
eat something besides beans when they
gst the chance.
And will It come to this, that Ttr.
Bryan will have to stick a feather in
hi. hat and shout. "I am a democrat?"
For Colonel Harvey wants to know.
"Is Mr. Bryan still a democrat?"
Mr. Bryan advises Arliona to ellm-
Inate the recall of Judges from Us con-
tltutlon and come Into the union, and
then restore the provision at the first by the president, the matter of sub
opportunity. If It Is that Important mlttlng a controversy to The Hague or
to put tho recall of Judges Into the to an arbitral tribunal is left In every
Arlsona constitution, why not also Into Instance to a special agreement ba
the constitution of every other state? tween the nations concerned and this
We have bad two successive demo- "special agreement In each case shall
cratle legislatures In Nebraska, more
or less under Mr. Bryan's Influence,
but neither of them proposed any such
institutional amendment.
Hai Controller Bay Been Overdrawn T
secretary risner brings back from
Alaska tha report that Controller bay
li neither the only nor the best harbor
for the outlet of the Bering river coal
fields. Can It be possible that some'
body has erred In presenting the facts
bout Controller bay's importance In
this connection T It would be too bad
to misrepresent a situation of this
kind. The country bad been led to
suppose that exactly the opposite of
what Secretary Fisher states was tne
fact.
N . th t . , no,,,.-, lmreg.
. A. . ' ' . , .
lon the secretary of the Interior op
p0Be8 n njB unofficial Statements. He
pronounces the extent and character of
the coal fields grossly exaggerated and
announces that his policy will be the
opening and developing of the fields,
but not under restricted private owner
ship, which should be reassuring to all.
The people will begin to see after a
while that they have been led into a
good deal of unnecessary confusion
and alarm as to what has been going
on In Alaska, no doubt. President
Taft's statement to congress on the
Controller bay situation is being set
forth, apparently, in even stronger
light than It originally appeared.
Undoubtedly a good many things
have been done with respect to govern
ment property and control In Alaska
that should have been left undone, but
the actual facta have been burled
under an impenetrable cloud of animus
and political prejudice. If now, this
covering is to be lifted and the Inside
facts laid bare, so much the better, for
is time to define a working policy in
Alaska, both as to the physical det-
yelopment of the resources and the
government. We Incline to the belief
that the broad basis of protecting the
rights of present settlers and Investors
and the interests of the nation, hinted
at by Secretary Fisher as his concep
tion, Is the one on which the govern
ment should proceed. The needs of
the present, as well as future genera
tions, have to be kept in mind.
A Case of Speedy Justice.
Assuming tnat the Jury made no
error in reaching Its verdict, the con
vlction of Beattle, the young Virginia
wife murderer, stands as an example
of speedy Justice worthy of emulation
I in other states and communities. The
crime was committed in July and in
i. than two months the trial is over,
thn m,n fnnnA e-uiltv and sentence
pronounced. Of course, the gauntlet
of appeal is yet to be run, but it must
be run quickly, for the execution is set
for November with a stay 'of only
n,nety dayg
it is not tne appainng iaci oi a
young man going to his doom, even
for the commission of a crime so
heinous, that commends this case to
favorable consideration, but rather the
fact that simple Justice seems to nave
been the only objective In the process
of the arraignment and the trial,
Technicality had to give way to It, un
necessary delays and continuances were
forgotten In the eager demand for a
"speedy and Impartial trial," as the
organic law vouchsafe to every , man
accused of crime.
Th. truth was had annus-h In this
leaaa anil tha nurt and lawyers in
h . Af th hrln( .Mm ta hftTe
on the ,mport.nC8 of keeping
t M BaUc,ou, featureS possible,
h. .uu.tl.li and e-rrfnr
QAVIUUIUQ yUa" UWUVOOVU wtaU uw ev 0
straight to the center of things. Even
the defense1 seems to have done this
with more than usual consistency, and
undoubtedly It did not, In to doing,
lessen Its effectiveness in behalf of the
accu8e"
Tho moral affect of this nroceedinK
down in the primitive little court house
in Virginia may be felt there and else
where. It not only dignifies law to
enforce It promptly and firmly, but it
tends to discourage the commission of
crime. At least, the loose admlnlstra
tion ot Justice has marred many
man's respect for law.
Peace or Senatorial Dignity.
The feeling that the senate is cap'
tlous about Its treaty-making powers
seems to be growing, In view of the
objections raised In the senate to the
proposed arbitration treaties with Eng
hand and France. The Saturday Even-
p0Bt puts It rather aptly in asking
"Which Is the countrr most anxious
to m.lntl,,n. OT Ben.torial dla-
nity?"
President Taft In his Hartford
speech rather exposed some of the
senators to the charge of hair-splitting
in this utterance:
In what different way Is the treaty
making power Invoked when ask the
senate to concur In a treaty which agrees
I to submit all Justiciable differences to
arbitration and when It is asked to agree
to submit to arbitration the question
whether a difference arising Is Justiciable
or not under the treaty? I confess that I
cannot see the distinction.
And neither can some of the rest of
us, not so well versed In the technical
ity of such things. Certainly It will
hardly do to say that the constitu
tionalist in the White House would
care to transgress the organic law by
forcing out of the senate's hands any
power that belonged In them, by this
or "7 olner meaM- may ne seuiea,
then- tDat 80 f" " the President 1
concerned he la as eager to preserve
lo lne en"e eTer " n" ,n
aolemn function of making treaties as
is me senate iiseu. cut notnmg is to
gamea oy neing captious or taoae
rights.
Under the treaty draft as proposed
be made on the part ot the United
States by and with the advice and con
sent of the senate." The senate, there
fore, is still In a position where it
may defeat any such project. There
was a clause In the proposed treaty
which seemed to make it possible to
"put something past" the senate, but
it has been struck out and has left
to the senate its cherished prerogative
Intact. In view of this fact, one might
get the Idea that opposition to the Taft
treaties in the senate rented on some
other ground. It is a pity, though,
to block so great a movement In the
direction of world peace for any but
really essential reasons.
In Old Virginia.
The easy victory scored by Senator
Martin of Virginia in his campaign for
re-election, In which he had formed
an alliance with his colleague, Senator
Swanson, over the opposition demo
cratic candidates, who had waged a
rattling personal warfare, using,
among other ammunition, the on
slaughts of Mr. Bryan on Senator Mar
tin, is of more than local significance.
Senator Martin, as is well known,
was chosen to be leader of .the senate
democrats over Mr. Bryan's vigorous
protest, and he represents, If anything.
the extreme reactionary element of the
democracy. In addition to this some
damaging correspondence has been
dug up and disclosed, showing Senator
Martin in the light of a retained rail
road lobbyist before the Virginia legls
lature previous to his election to the
senate, and this correspondence has
been gleefully reprinted at length by
Mr. Bryan In his paper. The decisive
majorities, being in excess of 20,000,
polled by Senators Martin and Swan
son are at any rate not particularly
creditable to the strength of Mr.
Bryan's followers in Virginia.
What Mr. Bryan may have to say on
the Virginia outcome should be inter
esting when he says it.
Poor, Lonely Bailey.
Tea, I have differed with nearly every
body and everybody has been wrong when
I differed with them, too." Senator Joseph
Bailey.
Poor, mad fools, let t'lem rush along In
the dust of error. Mr. Bailey, all alone on
the broad highway of Infallibility, passes
serenely by. Now and then he may look
tolerantly it may be sadly at the foolish
throng, but he will pick a flower of
thought, a blossom of knowledge, and
sniffing It, wUl forget that the throng Is
mad and he Is lonesome. Chicago Tribune.
Bailey is only 4 8 years of age. He
has spent twenty years in congress.
ten in each house. No man in his
day has come so near being Idolized
by his constituents. Until the lime
light began to burn, the people of
Texas almost to a man, and a good
many democrats outside of Texas,
looked upon Bailey as, not. only a
great man, but one to whom faithful
public service was everything. Since
the Waters-Pierce event, things have
been different. It has been easier to
reconcile' the thought of Bailey as
faithful first to vested interests. The
country was not surprised, therefore.
when he voluntarily made himself the
champion In the senate of Senator
Lorlmer and Lorlmerlam. That is one
place in which he and "nearly every
body" hate differed and yet he is
right, he says.
Poor, lonely Bailey. Go thy way,
and going, take thy way with thee
Or perhaps you had better leave it
yet a little while, that others may fol
low you and Senator Paynter, the first
two of the Lorlmer senators to go.
A Chance to Follow Up.
It Is given out that the state fire
warden will soon be ' In Omaha to
check up on the buildings condemned
some time ago under the new Nebraska
law requiring the removal of struc
tures that constitute an undue fire risk
for their neighbors.
How to get rid of unsightly shacks
and tumble-down flretrapa is a prob
lem with which Omaha has been grap
pling unsuccessfully for years, and
when the stats fire warden offered to
come to our relief the assistance was
hailed with delight. Most of the build
ings, however, that have been slated
to go are still In ocular evidence, and
it Is plain that a mere notification to
demolish served upon owners or agents
calls for some sort of a followup,
which we trust will be forthcoming
and will make the notice mean what it
says.
A European modiste says the reason
hobble skirts are not pretty on Ameri
can women Is that the women are too
fat. We cannot Imagine a woman
slender enough to give beauty to
bobble skirt.
Three successive mayors of Omaha
preceding the present one have each
found that the office qualified them for
a second throw at matrimony. Who
else wants to be mayor?
Lincoln gets in ahead of Omaha
with Its postal savings bank. But
then, Lincoln's postmaster has not dls-
unguisned Himself as a collector of
campaign contributions.
Those South Omaha police commis
sioners probably now wish they hadn't
lirlatr Saaarlty.
Kansas City Star. .
Senator Bailey's refusal to take chances
on a campaign for re-election indicates
that he has had a rush of political sagacity
to the bead.
WfM tk Teat Conies.
Sioux City Journal.
All that remains down In Omaha now la
to select seven supermen for members of
the commission. The choice Is expected to
be somewhat complicated by the prevalence
of superpolltlctana.
Troubles Cnoagk at Home.
Kansas City Times.
The official Prussian crop report de
scribes conditions In most gloomy terms.
The drouth has burned up the crops.
scorched the fodder and baked the earth
so that plowing for winter sowing Is al
most Impossible. Apparently Germany Is
going to have enough trouble at home
without locking for more next door.
D3ooklnBackwanl
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COMPILED FROM
SKIT.
.11 1 I
Thirty Years Ago
The Omaha Musical union gave anotner
concert In Brandt's garden in the after
noon and again in the evening. Herr
Llndeman In the role of "Ksrchen,"
created a great deal of merriment by his
grotesque Imitation of a school boy"s first
attempt at lovemaklng. Ftauleln Cross
mann, as Louise, acted very charmingly
Everything is ready for the state fair
opening tomorrow. The grand feature of
the fair as regards novelty, convenience and
attractiveness will ba the electrto lights.
Since the first auggestlon by Secretary
Mcnrlde that Nebraska should be the first,
not only among the western states, but
the whole United States, to illuminate
her annual state fair by electric
rays there has been doubts expressed as
to the feasibility of the plan. But so
confident was the secretary that the Brush
company could do what It advertised that
he assumed personal responsibility of all
risks, and made a contract for the com
pany to light up the grounds. Tonight
everything was In order and the engine
set In motion. The experiment was very
satisfactory. By reason of a slight Irregu
larlty In the transmission of power from
the shaft of the engine, the lights did
not Illuminate as brilliantly as could be
desired, 'but the defect Is easily remedied,
and there will be no doubt abou the light
during the week. It will be the biggest
kind of an advertisement for Nebraska
enterprise.
Campbell Hardy, a well known young
man of this city, has resigned his posi
tion In the Union Faaltlc office and ac
cepted the position of telegraph editor on
the World.
R. C. Jordon, won for some time past
haa acted as bookkeeper for the water
company, haa accepted a position with
Irwin A Ellis. His former position Is
filled by J. M. Flynn.
The Revere house In Council Bluffs Is
advertising Itself as "the best second
class hotel In the west."
II. M. Brown, corner Twelfth and Chi
cago, Is ' ready to bore and deepen wells
with satisfaction guaranteed."
Twenty Years Ago
Mayor Cushlng, Superintendent of Build
ings Whltlock and Fire Chief Oalllgan
made a tour of Inspection of the city to
view the buildings recently declared un
safe and fit for demolition.
It was decided to force the water com
pany Into court because it refused to lay
mains on North Twentieth street.
John Groves writes to The Bee to state
that the person who accused him of going
into the democratic caucus with a demo
cratic combine and pledging himself to
depose two assistants to secure himself
the. place as city clerk was a wilful liar.
Tom Hoctor left for a trip to the east.
A. C. Wakeley went to Chicago to meet
Mrs. Wakeley, who had been visiting In
Baltimore.
W. II. Holcomb of the Union Pacific left
for Chicago with his family, where, they
will make their home.
W. J. Finch took out a permit for a 4,000
frame dwelling at 8918 Charles street.
A body of women met in the Jacobs
building on Fifteenth street to organise the
Omaha Working Women's union. .These
were elected officers: Mrs. T. E. Downs.
president; Mrs. H. W.. Carroll, vice presi
dent; Mrs. A. E. Hough, secretary and
treasurer.
Ten Years Ago
Charles Booth and bride of Beemer were
spending their honeymoon in Omaha.
The gates of the Ak-Sar-Ben carnival
were thrown open to 8,000 visitors.
A geologist for years in the- employ' of
the Standard Oil company reported the
discovery .of rich' oil sources on Clinton
H. Brlggs' farm.
rat For,d, Jr., returned to Omaha after
nearly four years' service in the navy to
explain his disappearance.
Joseph Hubs, employed by the street rail
way company, fell down the elevator shaft
at the Harney street barn, sustaining pain
fui injuries.
miss Florence Jordan entertained a few
friends at cards, prises being won by Miss
Fnell and Miss Dumont.
Mrs. Luther Kountse returned from Chi
cago, where she had spent a part of the
week.
jur. ana Air.. J. H. Mcintosh reached
home, having been abroad for two months.
Reunion of Bin aad Gray.
Baltimore American.
There will be a national blue and gray
reunion at Memphis this month, and at
the suggestion of members of the Grand
Army of the Republic the flags once op
posed In deadly conflict will wave together
In fraternal unity. Bitterness may not en
tlrely die out until the generation which
saw that terrible strife of brother against
brother has passed, but It Is practically
over, and none are more ready to forgive
and forget than the -ones who took active
part in the battles.
People Talked About
The conscience fund of the Treasury do.
partment has received a contribution of
$500. If the sender really secured a clear
conscience thereby It would hava been
cheap at twice the money.
Everybody will be pleased to know that
the center of population in- tne united
Mates has finally been .located for the
present under a window In a furniture fac
tory In the northwest part of the city of
Bloomlngton, Ind.
'Alas I am an artist, and not a business
man," says "society's man milliner," who
has closed his shop because of delinquent
debtors. He married a rich widow recently.
but does that make him a mere business
man or a first grade artist.
Police Magistrate Aekerman of Streator
111., when elected to office In 1308. an
nounced that he would marry free the first
couple who came to him. He got his first
lob In that line last week when Emll San
tacroce and Mattle Hansen accepted the
offer.
Mrs. Anna M. Albrecht of New Tork
City Is thought to be the only woman
blacksmith in the United States. She acts
as assistant to her husband, who conducts
a shop In the Bronx borough. Mrs. Albrecht
has aided her husband In hia work for the
last two years, at first the entire day, but
now that he la prospering she limits her
work to a few hours a day. She Is a
sturdy, well built woman, of medium height,
S3 years old, and the mother of three chil
dren. The late Senator Ftye, when a student
at Bowdoin college, roomed at No. ( Bath
street. Brunswick, and some time during
his college course, cut his Initials W. P. F
on a window pan with a diamond. He was
graduated In I860, but the initials are still
there. Writing to' Senator Fry to thank
him for a package of seeds, E. T. Oetchell
of Brunswick called his attention to .h
memento of his student days at old Bow
doln. In reply Senator Ftye expressed the
hope that the window would be preserved,
because he said, "It la the only memorial
window (or me In the whole country."
Around New York
Hippies on the Current of Xlf
as Bees In the Oreat American
Metropolis from Bay to Day. ,
rtaalnesa Hoatlnar Homes.
Business ruthlessly marches uptown. In
different to the privacy of homes or the
sanctity supposed to hedge the memory of
bygone captains of Industry. Aristocratic
Fifth avenue la rapidly becoming a busi
ness highway. Shops are multiplying as
far up as St. Patrick's cathedral. An en
tire block facing the Yandernllt homes,
between Fifty-second and Fifty-third
streets, is being transmuted Into stores
marking the end of th long fight of the
millionaire residents against the Invasion
of shoppers. Henry C. Frlck Is to erect a
big residence a mile above the Vanderbllt
houses, on the Lenox library site at Seven
tieth street, and It will not be many years
before trade will have caught up with him
there. The big city Is being forever re
built, and there can be nowhere any assur
ance of permanency. The changes of the
last twenty-five years have been amazing,
and there la no reason for doubting that
the reconstruction of the next quarter
century will be even more striking and
pervasive.
Law Agalnut I'latol Toting;.
Unless more honored in the breach than
In tlio observe nee, the law which went Into
effect In New York state September 1
regarding the ownership and carrying of
revolvers and other deadly weapons should
vastly minimize the amount of crime In
that state. The provisions ot the law are
very drastic, and its enforcement literally
will be a difficult matter. Among other
things the law provides:
"Any person having in his possession a
pistol, revolver or other firearms of a size
that may be concealed upon the person
without a license, shall be guilty of a mis
demeanor.
Any person wno snail have or tarry
concealed upon his person any pistol, re
volver or other firearms, without a license,
shall be guilty of a felony.
"Any person, not a citizen of the United
States, who shall carry firearms or. any
dangerous weapon in any public place, at
any time, shall be guilty of a felony.
Any person who attempts to use against
another, or who carries or possesses any
instrument or weapon of the kind known
as blackjacks, slungshota, billies, etc.. or
wno carries or possesses a dawar. dirk
knife, Is guilty of a felony."
A license to own and carry a pistol may
oe ODtainea on payment of 10 a year.
Ministerial Check Wrinkle.
Ministers are supposed to be poor busi
ness men, but one wearer of the cloth In
New York haa a wrinkle for checks that
beats the various precautionary devices. A
recent check was numbered 8,28,10.11, rather
a large number for a check but one that
oia not attract much attention. At first
glance it semed to be carelessly pointed
orr, but the clergyman explained that the
check showed that It was made out August
a, was made for 110 and was the eleventh
cnecu issued during the month. Few
check raisers would regard , the number
In their operations, but here was a safe
guard against an Increase In the value of
the paper.
Gimlet Fiend In Hotels.
.
iiuuuuy causes more obstruction in a
hotel room than th gimlet fiend," said
hotel clerk, quoted by the Sun. . "If
the. mea at the. desk should ever be
empowered to turn an X-ray on new ar
rivals l shall keep a sham lookout for
gimlets.. It is people who doubt the ef
ficiency of hotels to protect the guests
from burglars who carry gimlets. Gimlets
aurin a, pretty enecuve) means or pro
tection. With gimlets screwed through the
door and into the Jamb and through the
sash of a window Into th frame it would
take a burglar of strength and resource to
effect an entrance.
"Also gimlets are useful in constructing
fire escapes. A fire broke out in this
hotel one night about a year ago. The
guest who escaped with. least trouble was
a man who traveled with a set of gimlets.
His door had been so securely glmleted
that he could not open It when he saw
flames and smelled smoke through the
transom, but one of the windows was
movable and he lust screwed two gimlets
Into the sill, fastened a rope to them that
he carried for such an emergency and let
himself down to the roof ot the adjoining
building. Gimlets are a source of comfort
and confidence to the traveler, but to the
proprietor who has to stop up the holes
they are an expense and an exasperation."
Showing; the Crowd.
Usually when a shop window Is being
dressed the blinds are drawn; not so In one
big Harlem shop. On Saturday evening
when the crowd In the street was thickest
a man in overalls set up six lay figures of
women, almost nude In their skeleton
framework. Then six girls, each with an
armful of lingerie, appeared and dressed
the figures, taking time as each gar
ment waa put In place to let th street
throng not Its beauty and effect. Then
six other girls, each bringing a gown,
with great care and deliberation and much
turning to the crowd in front, draped the
figures. Girls with neckwear, furs, mil
linery and gloves completed the Job.
which had taken an hour and had held a
crowd that blocked the street all the
while. "The best part of our window show
Is letting peopl se how we do it, and how
the effects grew," said th boss window
dresser.
Commission Vote la Omaha.
New York Evening Post.
Adoption of a new form of municipal
government by $,000 voters out of 23,000 does
not look like majority rule. But that Is
wnat has ocourred In Omaha. With 1.000
voters casting their ballots against It. and
17,000 not voting at all, th largest city in
Nebraska haa decided to try commission
government. Th striking featur of this
lection Is th degree of Indifference which
It reveals. Apathy Itself in varying
amounts Is a familiar phenomenon ot our
experiment with self-government. By It
we have proved that we propose to exert
no more of the vigilance that la th price
of our political happiness than Is abso
lutely necessary.
Catering- to the Crowa.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Prize fighting la now legal on th stage,
but beginning today (September 1). It la
Illegal to portray on the stage any charac
ter representing Christ. The new law la
Section 2.704 of the penal statutes. The
tide has turned. People do not visit New
York as they used to for preaching; they
do not seek the vague and spiritual. Good
substantial knockouts are in demand, and
It U good business to give the peopl what
they want.
If They Only Knew,
Denver Republican.
Those Canadians who are pretending to
look upon reciprocity as nothing less than
a step toward annexation evidently do not
know how willing Uncle Sam would be to
have somebody help mm let go or some
of what his annexing baa brought him.
CUMMIUS AND TAFT.
New Tork World: Senator Cummins'
way ot assuring Mr. Taft that he will
have a warm welcome In the west Is as
explicit as It Is pointed. Will Senator
Cummins find It necesssry to absent him
self when Mr. Taft reaches Iowa?
New York Tribune: It would be wiser
and safer for the Iowa senator to y
simply that he Is against th president be
ciiuse unfortunat factional associations
have tied him tip with Mr. La Follrtte s
candidacy. When h tries to give larger
reasons of a public nature his argumenta
tive machinery breaks down.
Ietrolt Free Press: In a word th whole
arraignment of the president lies In this:
That he has not followed Cummins and
th Insurgents, but has acted with the
majority of his own party In an honeet
endeavor to carry out the promises of the
republican platform, which Is the usual
course that honest presidents take.
Denver Republican : Ot course the Iowa
senator had a right to express his views.
No one will dispute that. But when a
man grants an Interview like the one
given by Senator Cummins It Implies more
or less distinctly that he thinks his
opinions are a matter of some importance
to the public. Bus With all due respect to
Senator Cummins It Is of . little con
sequence one way or the other what he
thinks.
Washington Post: Is this assault ot
Cummins on Taft's record as a republican
meant to be a reply to the president's
criticism of La Follette'a record for party
disloyalty? It has that aspect, at any
rate, and, furthermore. It deserves all
praixe as another token of Insurgent
proficiency in the use ot "blacksmith
tools." If Taft must qualify aa a near
democrat In order to be eligible to nomi
nation, La Follette has a walk-over.
RAILROAD STATISTICS.
Immensity ot the Capital, Tonnage,
HrcrlpU and Earnings.
Springfield Republican.
Poor's manual of railroads for 19U Is
more complete than ever If Incomplete
ness can be affirmed of any previous Issue,
and the field It covers haa become fairly
staggering In Immensity. At the end of
1910 there were 242,107 miles of railroad
In the country, and for the 239,991 miles
of road figuring In the earnings and
financial tables we have a fixed capital In
vestment of M.3S0.S19.190 In stock. 19.600..
634,906 In bonds and over $1,000,000,000 In
other capital obligations. Their assets now
reach the great flgur of almost 22.0i,000,
000. Especially to be noted In the matter
ot capitalisation Is the great excess of
bond over stock Issues. This Is not a fav
orable tact for continuing solvency. For
many years down to about 18S8 stock per
mile of road exceeded th bonds.- Then
bonds began to exceed th stock capitaliza
tion until th panto of 1893 threw many
roads Into bankruptcy, and under the
closer financing resulting and the reorgan
izations from receivership stock capital
ization again exceeded the bond capital.
But In recent years the dobt tendency has
been mora pronounced than ever, and we
now have, according to the Manuel, a
bonded debt of 140,000 per mile against stock
of only about 135,000. Our railroad owner
ship Is thus shown to be enormously in
debt. Other Interesting facts brought out
In the preliminary pages and statistical
comparisons of the Manual are that the
average rate per ton per mile has fallen
from 1.224 cents In 18S3 to 0.726 In 1899, the
low of the period, and Is now 0.753; and
that the average rat per passenger per
mile has fallen In the same time from 2.422
cents .to 1.978. The following gives the
gross and net earnings-per miles of road,
and expense ratio tor 1883, 1199 and the
last few years:
Per cent.
Expenses.
63.83
68.27
67.49
66.83
67.98
70.17
66.09
67.23
' Gross.
7,405..
.... 7.161
.... 1.643
.... 10,631
Net.
$2,670
2.272
3,186
3.R80
8,690
3,144
3,62
3,784
1M...
1899...
19"5. .'.
1906...
1907..
11,666
1908 10.M3
1909 , 10.515
1910 11,648
The later years have seen some Increases
In the proportion of gross revenue going
to expenses. The average dividend rate
1 now 3.64 per cent, which la about, what
it has been for some years, as compared
with less than 2 per cent paid from 1S8Y
to 1900. Curiously enough the average
Interest rate still remains below 4 per
cent, as against more than 4 per cent for
the whole period hack of 1905, and yet this
has been a time of advancing wages for
capital. Notwithstanding the great spread
of electric railways the steam roads have
Increased the number of passengers car
ried every year without exception back to
1S96. The number was 999,000,000 in 1910,
against 615,000,000 In 1S98. Freight tonnage
In the same time has doubled.
ROMANCE OP FAMOUS PORTRAIT
'Mona Lisa's" lad Smll that of
Mother Bereft.
Baltimore Sun.
Th "Mona Lisa" of Leonardo da Vinci,
which has Just disappeared from Its place
of honor In the Louvre In Paris, may not
be th greatest painting In the world, but
most critics, without doubt, hold It to be
the greatest portrait. Not only Is It fa
mous itself and security for the fame of the
Florentine who painted It, but It has also
made an epic figure of the woman It
represents th Mona Lisa Oherardtnl, third
wife of Francesco del Olooondo, merchant
of Florenoe. Who was th Mona Lisa and
why her cryptio smile? Sine th days of
th good Vasarl answers without number
have been forthcoming, and all have tended
to make tha merchant's wlf a stupendous
heroine of romance. We ar told that sh
was Leonardo's lady-love and broke his
heart. W ar told, further, that she was
a breaker of all hearts, a vampire, "a
diver In deep seas," "a being of exquisite
passions," Implacable, murderous. Infinitely
to be desired., Walter Pater's golden pros
In "The Renaissance," gave her the last
touch of heroic mystery. Ever since he
added her to his memorable gallery, she
has been of the sisterhood of Venus, the
Lorelei, and Helen of Troy.
But what of the facts? Alas, they have
been dug from the mold of the past by
Pr. Salomon Renach, an unsentimental
French archaeologist and In the face of
them th ancient mystery of Mona Lisa
vanishes! Was she a heart breaker? Not
at all! Was she Leonardo's love? By no
means! What waa she then? Merely a some
what commonplace young woman of Flor
ence, who married the middle-aged wid
ower, Francesco del Olocondo In th year
1496 or threabout, and bore him a daughter
in 1499. Two years later on June 1, 1501. that
daughter died and was buried In the church
of Santa Maria Novella at Florence. Before
the year waa ended Leonardo, a friend of
Francesco, began to paint Lisa's portrait.
The smile In that portrait the smile that
has enchanted the critics and sent the poets
into ecstasies Is not the bitter smile of a
vampire, "a diver In deep seas," "a being
of exquisite passions," but the sad smile
of a young mother bereft.
Thus Pr. Relnach has robbed the world's
greatest portrait of its old mystery.
Its old romance. But Its beauty re
mains and a new charm shines from
it th charm of a cleanly, homely, womanly
emotion. The Mona Lisa, sorrowing for
her little daughter, lacks tha devilish
glamour of Cautler s and Pater's Llaa, but
aha becomes thereby a nobler and more
dignified woman and so th loss 1 for
gotten in th gain.
POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS.
Cleveland leader: Somebody shour''".'
crawl over the transom and find outnae j
Is the matter with Mr. Bryan. Nothing ha.
been heard from him for a few days.
Minneapolis Journal: It Is understood
that Tom Tsprt, Joe Pslley. llnskcll of
Oklahoma and Murphy of New York will
oppose tlovrrnor Wilson for the presiden
tial nomination. What did you suppose
they would do?
Ri iiul. t'.rnnbllc! Mr. Brvan. It ap
pears, approves of the things Mr. Undes.
wood does, but not of the order In whle.2
he does them. In the Interest of peacel
Mr 1'mlerwnnd mtrht trlearaph his SChede
ule of acts and utterances to Lincoln week;
by week and hnve It revised beforehand.
Boston Trnnserlpt: Victor Berger, the
sole socialist member of congress. Is epi
grammatic If partisan. Here Is his descrip
tion of an Insurgent: "An Insurgent Is M
per cent of old disgruntled politician, SI
per cent clenr hypocrisy. 9 per cent nothing
and 1 per cent socialism. Put In a bottle
and shake well before using and you wl',1
have a so-called 'progr? sslve.' " But what
would you expect from a 'party leader who
has onlv himself to lead and realizes that
It Is Insurirrnts who keep some men from
being socialists?
coMniwTiox v. ro-orKB atiov
Importance of neUcnte- Mmdln
Mennlne; of Words.
Ch'capto Tribune.
"ComMnntlon" Is a word of sinister
meanlnR, while "co-operation" breathrS
pure beneficence. Pinners combine and
saints co-opernle.
When the manufacturers or steel wire
or bath tubs have a meeting and agree on
a uniform price for the present ana
hither nrlce for the near future, that Is
comhlnotion: that Is violation of the anti
trust law. That It has been violated 1
clear as dny. Thnt the public may b
protected there should be Indictments and
convictions.
When southern cotton planters meet and
agree not to sell their cotton for less thsn
14 cents a round during September anl
October, and then to raise the price to 15
ronta that Is co-operallon. and. tnererore.
laudable and not In violation of the anti
trust laws. j
Great Is the savlnff grace of that sweeti
word "co-operatton." Southern senators!
and representatives, unwer.rled thunderersf
against trusts, and who would fall tooth
and nail on cotton manufacturers If they
were to combine to repulate prices, urge
the cotton growers to co-operate for the
regulation of prices.
And yet, while "combination" Is wicked
and "co-operation" virtuous, they spell th
am ihlnir for the ultimate consumer. If
by co-operation the price of raw cotton 1
advanced artifically the manufacturer n
tn charee more for his goods, and up goe
thn post of the consumer's cotton shirt.
Nevertheless, he must bow to the majesty
and compelling force of words. He may
denounce "combination," but "co-opera
tlon" Is sacred.
LAST OF NOTED GROUP.
Men Who nnled th Democracy
la
Cleveland's Day.
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Tho death df Hoger Quarles MlIlsVJ
Texas takes over to the Great Majority
the last of a group which, during the flrat
term of President Cleveland, ruled with
absolute sway the dempcratio majority ot
the national house of representatives.
Mills was chairman of the committee on
ways and means which drafted the tariff
bill which has always borne his name.
The others were Carlisle of Kentucky,
who defeated Randall of .Pennsylvania for
tho speakership, and who was afterward
In the senate and secretary of tho treasury;
Crisp of Georgia, later speaker ot tha
house; Morrison and-Hpringer of Illinois,
and Holman of Indiana, all men of long
service and distinguishing qualities. Ran
dall was of the group, but radically at
odds with it In tariff matter.
rtnuhtlesH never attain will either party
In the house have another such array of A. !
notable leaders, of a length of service V
thai v them experience in all
makra for familiarity with the Intrlca
of legislation. .. Others there were of fin
abilities, but only those mentioned could
i.iuim thn country for an audience when
they spoke, though Holman and Springer
had less of popularity than the others.
Morrluon and Carlisle died a few months
ago. The death of Mills removes th last
of them. Mills and Carlisle were th only
ones who reached the senate.
SMILING HEJ1AEKS.
'Do you think animals hav a ens oi
humor?" , .
-lTnitnuhtedlv. Do you know of any
thing more watrglsh than a dog's tail? "-
Baltimore American.
ui. . th... mntorrvcllsts rldl
th.ir machines." said Aunt Hepsy, "but I
don t like tne music mey
never play any tunes thut I can recog
nize." Chicago Tribune.
"The vermiform appendix is of no real
value to a human being, Is It?"
"Well," replied the physician, "It's a
good deal of a financial help to the doc
tor who takes it out." Washington Btar.
ivhon I srot back from my vacation my
husband had only one soiled dluh for mo
to wash."
"He wasnea tne otners, em -"It
seems he only used one dlsh."-
Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Yvonne!"
Vm. iiiidii'"
Tiok fea the society Journals and
where yoerr mother expects to spend next
Sunday. If In this country, we will go
visit her." Washington Herald. :.
"It certainly la funny, but my. husband
will not go near a looking glass when h
Is tipsy."
"I suppose h feels Instinctively that
anything like a mirror which brings on
face to oneself Is a matter ot sober re
flection." Baltimore American.
Ella That young farmer tried to klS
me. saying that he had never kissed a girl
before.
Btella What did you tell him?
F.lla That I was no agricultural experi
ment station. New York Press.
Mrs. Muggins Mrs. Subbubs Is a borrt
diplomatist.
Mrs. Huggins Yes. she can even engaga
a cook from an employment agency with
out feeling that she has lost her self-respect.
Philadelphia Record.
"You helped send that man to conerefS
because you liked him, did you not?"
"No," replied Farmer Corntosael; "he
was gettln' so overbearin' an' egotlntlcal
that I wanted to see him put somewhere
that 'd probably put It up to him to
apologize and explain sometimes." Wash.
Ington Star.
TRAGEDY OF THE TEN.
Ben King's Verse.
If I should die tonight
And you should come to my cold corps
and say, .
Weeping and heartsick o'er my llfelsu
clav
If 1 thould die tonight.
And you should come In deepest grief and
woe
And say: "Here's that ten dollars that I
owe."
I might arise In my large white cravat
And say. "What's that?"
If I should die tonlcht
And you should come to my cold corrs
and kneel.
Clasping my bier to show tha grief yo
feel,
I sav. If I should die tonight
And you should come to me, and thei
and then
Just even hint 'bout paying me that ten,
I mlKht aria the while.
But I'd drop dead again.
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