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emporartlr atinattl lmp Tim
Her mi tied to them. Altp
trill br rhgnaril often a
requested
California ban evolved tho Beedlena
lenion. All right, if it Just as aour.
It Is time for Itlg Hunlnens to stop
Ioullng and rome along and play.
"Is the canal cum?" asks the
Boston Herald. Oh, sure, come on
in.
Maine Is dry not only as to prohi
bition, but ulso as to a subject of dls-
CUblloD.
General Sherman must have had n
prophetic vision of this Turko-Itallan
combut In Tripoli.
The new Platte river bridgo will
bo welcomed by autolsts, but It won't
be needed by the aeronauts.
Tho first woman to register as a
voter In California puts herself down
as a republican. She knowa a good
thing.'
An expurged edltlo of college
songs and class yilla may bo pre
atrlbed for thta University of . Ne
braska boys.
Mr. Carnegie doubtless sits nnd
chuckles at the march be stole on his
friend, John D., with that last little
125,000,000.
That retired reur admiral who is
named as a co-respondent In a di
vorce Btilt may find that retirement
l more strenuous than warfare.
, csatBcasss"cBiatMessescs
Governor Fobs of Massachusetts
talks of barring newspaper men from
his office. . Why, is the governor
eager to pay for his advertising hero
after? '
If tho aapient Indianapolis Nowa
!ll consult its map It Will find that
Lincoln Center, where thry tar and
feather women, is la Kansas and not
in Nebraska. , . .
Mr. Ualfour will never fit the
American definition of a lighter.
That need not necessarily disqualify
him, however, for admittance to the
diplomatic gallery.
The iniplcmont dealers have put
. a!V tat lipases oat of business once
; airtnoro and killed off purcols post
pvowgaln. Nothing like having a stand-
l"inig order of business,
unlvc
ilv'J Speaking of eeuding certain mail
and latter by freight. Uncle Sam might
that ip the Congressional Record via
e Panama cunul without arousing
c ry extenslvo protest.
Aln - -
ciudB Tno lnver Itcpubllcau sucms to
Caput urging nothing more thun a fair
o". emand In lnFlatlng that upples
JV.V.hould not bo ,eft out of tIie display
v at the Denver Apple show.
1
The Commercial tlub is also going
Itito the talkfest business. There
siiiuld bo no dearth of orators, each
wilo a panacea to propose for all
ur social and ludustrial Ilia.
: Nat Goodwin is only trying to Irrl
'tute Ma.lne und Kan and all those
other slrls when ho suys every ono
of lils marriages txtept his first va
a purely coiumcrtlul venture.
IT - . ..
i. a Mr. liryan would put the trust out
u business by licensing it. Home
" tty!ar, 650 1,0 "u,d the "ni" tnlnK
f j.in:ould be done by putting all trust
v ssnnaae articles on the free list.
r. -.
1 J' The young aviator who gritted his
. teeth after a fall of 100 feet and de
f dared. ' I will make it yet." showed
""e rourage, but scant heed for the
j lflc-nce of the late Mr. AJax.
I tim . .
! k A New Jersey doctor who slashed
W"Ms victim on the wrong aide for the
Br'1ipp!n(,ijt ,laa lo l'a7 $1,000 ilaiuiiKes.
,.rjat wouU tako nioio than that to buy
but 10 carving privilege most pluces.
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Chanjinfr the Sherman Law.
Tlio late sr-nator (irorRe ('. Veet
of Mipfouri sokf with prophetic
wlptlom vtheu In debate on the bill
which Is now the Sherman anti-trust
Intv, in the senate in lSStn, he said:
Ti ls bill. If It biTomen a law, niuxt ku
I'lioiifth tbc i furlhle nf n Irani crlllt lem
wlili-li will BVBil Itself of tl'e hlKhept b'Kal
In1! lit tl.r.. UKliu.it the entl r tinlon. It will
K 1 1 iron c ti fuinM.'.-, imt revrn tltneH,
but Ke ent v-m-ven tlmn hf-atcd.
The law Is apparently still In the
crurible. .Many plans for revision,
amendment or complete repeal are
pendftijt. Atnl yet It Is not snfe to
do nwBy with it or to amend It too
freely until wo havo reasonable as
surance of the superior effectiveness
of another. The president seems to be
on the fafent ground In opposing
change unless it be toward a federal
Incorporation law that will enable in
terstate Institutions to operate under
federal supervision.
Itlg business complains that it can
not tell under the present law when
It Is doing wrong and In the next
breath it protests agalm;l failure to
discriminate, In criticism of vested in
terests, between tho good and the
bad, those that observe legr.l re
quirements nnd those that Ignore
them. In the light of sueh Inconsist
ency It is no wonder President. Taft
rays he has no sympathy v.ith tho
plea that the law's ;iniblgulty pre
vents a corporation from knowing
when It Is doing rlsht or wrong.
The proposed amendments to the
.Sherman net. made public by Con
gressman Henry of Texas reveal the
purpose of tho democrats to play to
the galleries in the com(ng session of
congress. They are evidently pre
pared to magnify their criminal
clause plan nnd their plan for ex
empting labor organization from
the classification of trusts, although
there is nothing new In either pro
posal. The present Sherman low con
tains u criminal clause, as everybody
knows, providing a fine of not to ex
ceed $5,000 or Imprisonment not ex
ceeding one year, or both. The dem
ocratic bill would double the fine and
Inereaeo the Imprisonment to from
two to ten years. This and other
provisions are strikingly similar to n
substitute amendment to the original
Sherman bill Introduced by another
Texan. Senator Reagan, and after
much fierce debating, adopted by the
senate In 1890. But when Senator
Hoar's bill was substituted In toto
for the Sherman bill this provision
gave way to the. ono now in tho law.
One thing upon which there is no
loom for a difference of opinion la
that tho country demands a law that
will insure fair dealing and prevent
restraint of trade. The president
voices this sentiment when he Bays
that if trusts continue in business it
must be within tho lines of the law.-
Governor Mann and the Beattle Case
In refusing to interpose executive
clemency of any kind between young
Ueattle, the wife murderer, and tho
electric chair, Governor Mann or Vir
ginia takes tho position that after
the accused had had full advantage
of his constitutional right to a fair
ai-d Impartial trial by Jury and the
cane has gone to the appellato courts
without changing the verdict, It Is
not his province to stand lu the way
of tho law'a execution. The gov
ernor said, responding to an appeal
for his Interference:
I followed tills caae durinir th 'rii
snd as Ha horrlblo facta were developed
regretted that a crime so cruel anil ma
lleloun uliould have occurred within the
confines ef this state. In tlx decision of
every quentlon which was preatnted to
the able and Impartial Judge who presided
at the trial he was careful to give tho
iwneiit or every reanoimble doubt to the
prisoner, 'flint ha did not err in
In the refusal of the aupreme court of
spirals to gru.nl a writ of error.
Impressing his belief In the wanton
guilt of the condemned man, the gov
ernor adda:
To grunt a rtaplta, In so plain a esse
would lie to aet a precedent, would be to
tcuipoiuo with the luw and to enrourase
appeals to the aupreme court with the
aolo pmpose of ashling time. I believe
the iM-at way to prevent audi rrtmea ua
this la to punish them adequately, cer
tainly and NpeedJly. Therefore Hut Judg
ment of the circuit court of Chesterfield
will be tarrlrd Into effect without Inter
ference from me.
This may not comport with that
maudlin hereey which preaches that
"nil punishment Is wrong and should
bu abolished." but It accords with the
tenets of common sense and, If more
generally practiced by those In au
thority, would, wo believe,, have a
vital Influence toward deterring
crime. Crime is tragic because of
Us consequences, but the tragedy Is
magnified where tho law 1b com
promised. Governor Mann rightly
emphasizes that he as the agent of
the law owes inoro to society as a
whole than he does to one degenerate
member of society.
Unearned Public Salaries.
Stuto Auditor liurtou refuses to
pass the claims presented for salary
by the state bank examiners ap
pointed by Governor Shallenberger,
who were kept out of their Jobs by
the litigation over, the deposit guar
anty law, on tho ground that they
performed no service, and are enti
tled to no pay. The auditor Is un
questionably right from the stand
point of equity, but we are not so
sure that he la right on the point of
law. Omaha has been mulcted sev
eral times for salaries of policemen
and firemen, Vho did no work, be
cause their shrewd lawyers found
technical defects In the methods em
ployed for discharging' or laying
them off. The fs t that a man has
not earned the money does not deter
a court from giving It to hlin when
It comes out. of the public treasury.
Difficulty of Unscrambling E?r.
The more one follows the legal
process of disintegrating the Stand
ard Oil company, the more he must
appreciate the Scotch answer of Mr.
Morgan. "Can you unscramble eggs."
In the plans for distributing the
stock of tho thirty-four subsidiary
companies of the Standard Oil, the
Atlantic Refining company, for in
stance, a holder 'of ono share of the
Standard Oil company of New Jersey,
receives n proportionate interest In
the capitalization of the Atlantic Re
fining company In this caae of
49S96-!833o3d8 of one share.
This Is but a sample of the olmoBt
countless details entering Into this
unscrambling process. Tho1 very
same tedious test is exemplified In
the reorganization plans of the to
bacco trust. Men may speak glibly
of trust dissolution, as if It were but
n matter of oral direction on the part
of an executive or n court, but before
these; two dissolutions are complete
the country will appreciate tho her
culean task It has set the govern
ment. Of course, the complexity of
the undertaking should constitute no
argument against Its desirability. On
the other hand, It might well be
urged as a powerful argument In
favor of It. The fact is plain that
we endured the old system too long
and thus gnve it time to entrench
itself, sending out Its sprouts and
limbs of power and Influence In
every direction, so that when the
work of uprooting and hewing down
Is essayed it presents a formidable
Job.
Don't Be Bashful.
Don't be bashful about writing
The Bee suggesting sultablo candi
dates for commissioner. '
When the now plan of city govern
ment goes Into effect thcro will be
plenty of self-seekers pushing them
selves.
There will be plenty of square pegs
trying to get Into round holes.
There will be plenty of misfits who
Imagine they have a call from divine
inspiration.
There will be plenty of Impecuni
ous persons who have made failures
In their own business who will be at
tracted by tho $4, COO salary.
On tho other hand, there are
plenty of good, competent, honest,
reliable and well qualified men In
Omaha to fill these positions credita
bly and satisfactorily If they can be
Induced to take them. The men
Omaha ought to have to run Its 'city
government are not always tlio men
chasing the Job.'
tout of many suggestions and frej
discussion public sentiment will bo
eventually focused.
K. G. Lewis, that St.. Louis promo
ter, may have dono wrong In some
Of bis financial dealings, but when a
man can borrow $1,000,000 from a
bank "merely on paper," you have
to admit that he Is not all bad.
The story that members of the
police force will have to make up a
deficit in the police fund again this
year turns out to be a yellow news
paper fake Invented to discredit the
police department.
It la announced trtat Mr. Bryan Is
heading for another trip to South
America, but information is lacking
a to Just what South American
countries elect presidents this next
year,
Mr.. Bryan has gone to copyright
ing his articles for the press. It
would be difficult to quote anything
he has said in tho last fifteen years,
then, and not violate the coDvrlirht
law.
The Missouri court cennrnu-iv
gives the Harvester trust a month
ana a half In which to rake up the
$50,000 to pay Its fine. But It
doesn't need to wait till the last duy.
The bids for engraving and nrlnt-
lug the coming Issue of water bonds
rango from $750 to $2,800. Must
be going to present ench bond buyer
with a hand-painted parlor picture.
The I ukuuna Hvyom!.
.Kansas City .Times.
The Italian navy la buaylnu- itself In
the, operations MMainat Tripoli, but tho
Mils ami the Pahara beyonJ, unfortu
nately are not navlKuble.
It Is John u.'a Mote.
rU. IjjuIs CJlobe-lemocrat.
Mr. Hockefnller's attention la cll...i .-.
the fact that hla score Is HTD.iMioul .-...
red with Mr. t'urnoaie's fcilT.WX),, Hat
wr. Jtocketuller has leave to extend hi.
remarks.
If lie Una Ola Kiiuvth.
Indluiiupolls News.
home em ourasvinent muy bo felt by Hie
Chinese emperor in noting that several
monarch have .ranted constitutions
without causing any radical chaiuj.j In
the form of government.
1'allliarka Spiel Vain.
Washington Poet.
Dr. Kllot says that aviation Is demoral
ising. When ha was a boy he thought
the same thing of the railroud, while lie
never has recognised the social standing
of the trolley and the motor.
Wkat Tlrkie. Hre
Cleveland Jialn Dealer.
It was bound to come. Let any two
foreign nations gel lo scrapping Mnd all
the other foreign nations will gather
ground gleefully and say "The I'nlted
Slates ought to Intervene." They won't
stop an Interesting fight In thrii own
door yard, but they will yell for us.
GpokinlJacWarcl j
fills D;.v In Omnhn
COMPlLf.D I POM DF.tFILf
t-J NOV." 1 7. L-p-j
Thirty Vears Agri
Three of the Jurors, XV. V. Morse. W.
J. Uroatch Six! K It. Johnson, were ex
cused from the grand lurv Investlsatlnc
the Watson H. Kinlth murder en the
ftround that they had lolrwd In an offer
of reward for the arrest and con.icilou
of the murderer.
The mercury went down last nluht. and
the mud was once more solidified on the
streets.
l.iut at Port lleaufnrt the thermometer
registered degrees below sero. accord
ing to the weather Inn ran.
At 10 o'clock a warm fire, slanallrins a
cold day, consumed a one-story cottage
belonging to K. Ilelchenberg, and occu
pied by two families, those of John Lei.
ur and Frank Henlolken. I m mage slight.
t be humbugged !ato not chiinzmt
f'r the groat' Anthony and Kills Cncls
Tom company tonight at the Academy of
MUSIC.
Miss Clara I,oulc Kclloag. the famous
American singer. Is booked for a rn'nrprl
t Boyd's I'err.mber J.
A thoroughly enjoyable party was slven
by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hilverlek at
their residence; on Chieuao tre.t Th.
attendants Included Misses Uoane, Touza-
nn. Ualtombe. llerlin. Chambers, Sharp,
Mshop, Wood, Saunders, Hurley. JJams!
Mary and Thlllle Moritun. McConnn
Culderwoo,!, Taft, Kimball, Hayden,'
I'-lla nnd Crave Wilbur. Cnmr.Kuii
Koss. Wakeley. Carrie Congdon, Ixittie
Congdon. lora and Nellie Lehmer, Hor-
bach, Woolworth. ConnelL .lor., it it,,...
LlMle and Etta Wells and Miss Hedge
of iturllngton. Mr. and Mrs. Watson.
Mrs. Tousalln. Mrs. Hatilres and ir.
Tousalln, Harr. Berlin, Warrack, Scott.
Heach, t hadwlck. Ii W. Sim sham
Savage. Itedlek. Hamilton. Chat Morgan,
Hendricks, Hayden, L. Davis. John Col
lins, Mccormick, Bonsel. t"ah field lii.ni.
ington, Wilbur. Charles Oednn. Will Mor.
rls, Carrier. Congdon, Ix-hmer, Patter
son, jioroacn, Jewett, Crary, Morris,
Drake. Lieutenants Webster and Olnrv.
Dr. Chadwlck.
Hon. C W. Doane has returned from
Vicksburg.
Cleorgo M. O'Brien leaves tho Union
F'uclflc employ to accept a position In
the Western Union telearaDh office, m
this city. "It will take a good man to
riu Ueorge s place acceptably."
Twenty Years Ago
S. 8. Bussler completed the organisation
of a weather renortinir xvstom nn i..
floor of the Board of Trade room for the
benefit of the men who meet there dully.
Ceorgn N. Hicks took out a building per
mil for a two-story frame house at XJnO
Poppleton avenue, costing ll.oOO.
Judge Wakeley restrained Thomas V.
Bralnnrd from Interfering with th ruin
of Hertry A. Kastman In tho management
of th hotel, the control of which was In
iitlgntlon between them.
Kate fiaxton drew a largo house at the
Ksrnsni Street theater.
Postmaster Clarkeon received Instruc
tions from Washington to advertise for
bids for the contiact of removing the
debris on the site of iho new federal
building, preparstory to beginning exca.
vatlon. ,
Mls Powell of Glenwood, la., the guest
of Miss Pearl ll.irunun. returned home.
Hon. W. J. Bryan of Lincoln was at
thfl Dellone. '
litis U. Beecher, county treasurer of
Plutte county, was at the Dellone.
Henry T. Oxnard of Oiand Island was
at the Millard.
Nels Peterson nnd Augusta Peterson,
both residing In Omaha and both E! years
of ago, became one also In nmirlmnnv
sa well us name and year.
Ten Venrs Ag;u
Fred B. Hmlth of New York, interna
tional secretary of the Ynunir Men's
Christian atsoclatlon, spoke In Washing
ton hull to a large audieuco on "A Stron-r
Man."
Itev. K. F. Trefi conducted a memorial
rervlce for Augustus Kountze ut the
KotinUe Memorial Lutheran church, In
which lie puld a fulsome tribute to Mr.
Iv'ountse.
liro was discovered hy Misses Giles and
Ocumpaugh In the Dodge street luncheon
on tho second floor of the McCague
building Ht night and tho flu mes wer . v .
ti.mulshed before they hud dono mors
than l"u damage.
The Wlsa Memorial hoanltul wan for
mally opened In the afternoon, at 3.1J
rnerman avenue. Mrs. J. L, HrandeU,
Mrs. J. Sonnenberg, Mrs. C. Wchlunk and
Mrs. J. Bnsenstrln were given credit for
much hard work In completing the enter
prise. Addresses were inado by Mayor
Frank I. Moorci, Jlubbl Simon and Isn.
dor Zlegler. i
James Richardson of St. Ixiuls, vice
president of the lllchaidson Drua- com.
Puny, and Clinton Howell, attorney for
tho estate of tho lute J. Cllffoid Hlchurd
son. arrived In the city to consult with
K. t. 'A eller. president of the company,
as to a sultablo building for their grow
ln business.
John Stumpmalrr, tho 11-ycar-old Son of
Mrs. Anna mumpmuler, lll Blaine
street, was run over by a Burlington
train at the foot of Dominion street, his
left leg being so severely crushed as to
need amputation.
Mrs. Sat all Dunohoo, 90 years old. died
at the residence of her son. 1.110 N.,iii,
Twenty-ninth street.
Dean Campbell Fair of Trinity cathe
dral conducted n haivei't home service to
commemoration of the twentieth anniver
sary or the founding of Clgrkson Mem
orial hospital.
People Talked About
A remarkable Instance of family
longevity uottd at I'ottstown, pa.,
recently, ut the golden wed ling of Mr.
and Mr. Thomas Itai teustlue, when
seven of the nine brothers and sisters of
Mrs. llurtf nMlne were present.
Tho old Dutch cleanser has a large Job
ahead In polishing up old Philadelphia.
Mrs, Hlunkenburg, - wife et the mayor
elect, Is going lo boss the Job. "I will
now have the opportunity," she told a
reporter, "of putting soma of my theories
Into actual practice. I have pronounced
views on how a elty should be managed."
When Wu Ting-fang was holding down
the Chinese ambassadorship In Washing
ton, on one occasion he gave a feast to
th diplomatic, etowd, regardless of ex
pense. Now the diplomats know a thing
or two about wine, highballs and lueh
things. Wu had a targe assortment In
sight. Home of the guests challenged the
Chinaman to a drinking bout. "Instead
of saturating me," relates Mr. Wu, "
saturated thsm, and many of them hud
lo be carried downatalis."
Army Gossip
Matter ttf Interest C and
llaeb nf MrtnaT J tne t.lrnn
from Army and nr Itrglster.
Medlral Reserve Stork.
The army lnedlial eflrerm have made
ubstantlal progress In the accumulation
of medical supplies of the reserve stock.
Knough for ?.0) men of nil kinds of
material, with the exception ef s few
article, aro In store at the depots st
Washington. Ft. IOiils. San Antonio and
San Ktamiseo. Additional supplies for
enough to meet the demands of a divi
sion of troops are on hand In the Ha
waiian Islands and a like amount Is In
tro In the Philippine. It is hoped to
the, surgeon general o'. the army to ac
cumulate annually an additional stock
for an entire division of troops and at thi
rate there wilt be a satisfactory accumu
lation of medical reserve material. It hs
not been determined what hall be the
ultimate quantity, but the present plan
of the military authorities contemplate
supplies for an army of KO.0O0 men.
(narterinater tOspenae Reduced.
The quartermaster general nf the army
was able at the end of the fiscal year, on
June 80, to make a quite unpreeendented
showing in the saving of expense on the
appropriations for the fiscal year of 1911.
as compared with the results of the pre
ceding year. The raving in the ease of
general supplies amounted to 1217.000; in
that of fuel and' mineral oil. ItOO.ncO; In
that of inclndental expenses. $119,000, and
In arany transportation. 85.000, or a total
c-f V,l.oro. Had It not been for the
maneuvers, which constituted an extra
ordinary draft on the army transporta
tion fund, the saving In Hint appropria
tion would have reached IHOO.OuO. When It
Is considered that the appropriations for
the fiscal year of 1911 wero more than a
million less, in the quartermasters de
partment, than for the preceding fiscal
year. Jhe total Bavlng for l'JU was In the
neighborhood of 2.0nO.OOO.
Properly Arronallnii,
The quartermaster general of the army
Is preparing two Important circulars re
garding the method of property account,
inr? in the quartermaster's department.
One of tlnse circulars will contain th3 in
struction and regulations for maintain
ing thu stocks of quartermaster "supplies
at various posts and t-.tations of the army.
The ether specifies the maximum and
minimum quantities ,f such supplies t.i
be maintained at all posts. This Is in the
line of the policy of decentralising duties
of the quartermaster's department. Thesj
Instructions are the result of the careful
study of the present svstetn of account
Inn for property. It will make it possible
for the quartermaster general to ascer
tain with exactness, at Bny time, the
quantities of all classes of supplies on
hand. Hitherto, this hai not been pos
sible without much delay. In some In
stances a matter of months. Hereafter,
the Information will be kept up to date
by means of a current Inventory account,
nnd officers In charge of supplies at posts
e.rd depots will know the condition of
utoek and the same Information will be
readily ucceFslble in the quartermaster
general's olflcc.
Coat of Philippine Oecapatlon.
It has been estimated by the War de
partment that the cost of the military oc
cupation of the Philippine island since
December 8. H9S (the slging of tho treaty
of Purls) has been $lin,4sti 403. This was
one of the questions asked by the chair
man of the house committee on War de
partment expenditures when Major Gen
eral Iionard Wood, chief of stuff of the
army, was before that committee. It was
explained by General Wood that It was
exceedingly difficult to furnish such a
statement, as the methods of accounting
In the War department wero not bused
on a division of this kind, and that some
general assumption would have to be
made as to what portion of the annual
cost of the support of the army should
be charged agulnst the Philippine Islands.
It Is manifestly Impossible for anyone
to say at what strength the regular army
would have been maintained during the
last ten or twelve years If the I'nlted
States had not possessed the Philippine
Islands. After further conference with
the chairman of the committee It was de
cided that the department should submit
the statement with such limitations and
sueh conditions as General Wood thought
best, these limitations and conditions be
ing set forth. In accordance with this
understhndlng the quartermaster general,
the chief engineer, the chief of ordinance
and the chief signal officer of the army,
under whose bureaus the principal mili
tary expenditures In the Phl'lpplne islands
are made, were directed to furnish a
statement showing the cost of the mili
tary occupation of the 1'lilllpplnn Islands
order the assumption that It the army
had not been In the Philippine Islands an
equal number of troops (exclusive of
Plilllpniue scouts I would have been main
tained In tlio t lilted States. Based upon
tho figures furnished by tliet-e bureau
chiefs, It appears that under this assump
tion, the cost of tho military occupation
In the Philippine islands hus been the
sum named.
SuriirlslHK Statistics.
New York Times.
Chief Statistician Creasy L. Wilbur has
submitted to Census Director Durand a
table of suicides for each month of the
year of W9 in the registration area of
the, I'nlted Stales, containing the surpris
ing maximum of s.V suicide during
March, the em licit number. 1. occurlntf
In February. Usually the highest number
of suicides occurs In tho summer months,
and on this fact uro based various
theories that the Mrrss of hot weather
occasioned them or that during June,
which Is the favorite inoi.th, the ex
ternal beauties of life furnish a painful
contrast to tho Miard ' miseries of
w i etched morula. But the suicides during
June, 1UI0. amounted lo M'3 deaths, a rate
of is.! per lOti.OOO population, as compared
with the rate, of II during January and
February.
Just a Fen' lorrretlon,
St. Paul Dispatch.
Postmaster General Hitchcock Isn't
going to resign, isn't going to get mar
ried, Isn't going to be the chairman of
the repulblcan national committee, and
isn't going to manage the next canialgii.
this la the subetan" of an authorized
statement by the postmaster general.
Aside from these discrepancies the ru
mors about Ills plans are substautiully
correct.
I'roleal Tim Hark,
Huluinure Aiueiiian.
Both Italy and Turkey are so frantically
denying couuler-eluirves of atrocities In
the Tropolitun war that it I to ba feared
they may yet quariul about it- But li
the meantime, tf reports are to be be
lieved, atrocious slaughters continue.
Civilisation will bo inclined to (eel that
perhaps neither Is an Innocent as the
prottstants would hive the world believe.
POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS.
HouMon Post: Senator Poirerene be
llve that I Jl Follette will be t"he re
publican nominee. This Is the lowliest
jestlrrate nf republican Intelligence that
I We Ksve seen vet.
Pittsburgh Dispatch: The sharp gains
of sorlalUm In the recent election may
be construed to signify, not that the peo
ple love socialism more, hut that they
love boss politicians and trust domina
tion less.
Brooklyn Kagle: Mr. Bryan prefer
ence for Governor Wcodrow Wl'.son con
tlnuis, but the governor I expressing in
preference for Mr. Bryan, Ju.t now. And
Governor Harmon Is expressing no fc;r
of Mr. ' Bryan, J u .-1 now.
Sioux City Tribune. They elected Lutm
at Schenectady along with a number of
other soetlaist mayors at the recent elec
tion, not because this country wants and
Is turning to foi-tallsm, but because the
old patty bos.. In elty and stHte and
nation are thinking too much of the
political and money making game and
too little of the effect of these games
upon the people.
. New York Tribune: The democratic
and socialist candidates for major of
Canton, C).. having received the same
number of votes, decided the question by
guessing us to whether the number of
grains of corn In a bag was odd or even.
This recalls a somewhat famous case In
which the senators from South Dakota
were competed to decide a question of
patronage by flipping a coin In the
White House.
GRINS AND GROANS. 4
GIbhs Bank married hi wife because
she was a good conversationalist.
Dlbbs Yes. nnd divorced her because
she talked too much. Boston Transcript.
"I want a puff.' suddenly announced
the petted, spoiled star.
"Yes. my dear Miss Ptarllte," meekly
answer the long-suffering manager.
"Shall I cull on the confectioner or the
press agent?" Baltimore American.
Bleecker Dulsy Headllner has promised
to give me my snswer tonight. She
Baxter (showing evening paperi The
press agent and the reporters bave gt
ahead of you, old top; it s "yes!' Puck.
"You needn't brag shout your social
connections, If you do belong to an aria-
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trwrsilc family. Don't you work for a
living? '
"I work? How do I wort;"
"F. very body you can." Baltimore Ex
press.
I know of one place which should N
a parudise for real estate men, the ground
rer.is show such activity."
"Where It that?"
"In the earthquake region." Baltlmoro
American.
"I hope," said the prudent friend, "that
ynu nte saving something for a rainy
dav,"
"No." replied the breezy westerner, "t
come from a country where they have t
keep it t Iguting.' ashlngton Star.
Visitor Po ,vour agricultural show was
a great rurrrf7 Big exhibit of livu
stock. I snpose?
Native Nope. Not a one. You see, wo
bud to use that space to park the auto
mobiles In Puck.
LAND OF GLADNESS.
Detroit Free Pre.
The land of gladness, I surmise.
I easy to find If you follow your nose.
You needn't be rich or you needn't bo
Wise,
And you cannot get lost on the path
for It goes
flight out of the office you work In by
day
To the little side street where your littln
ones play.
You needn't be clever, you needn't ho
Brest.
Just follow your nose and you'll get
Ret there all right.
With smiles on their faces tho little ones
wall,
To lead you right In to tho land of de
light. A kiss is the price that they'll ask you to
pay.
After which you can enter and sharp in
their play.
You needn't go wandering over the seas
To Berlin or Munich or London or
Home.
Glad land is not In such places as these.
If your heart Is all right you will find
It ut home
Any youngster can readily show you the
way
To the land of delight at the end of the
day. ,
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The land of gladness. . I surmise.
Is easy to find If you follow your nosel
It's lit by the light of the little ones'
eye
And there In profusion the love-blossom
grows,
It always is merry and care-free and gsv
On the little side street where the little
ones play.
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