THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, - JANUARY 23. 1912.
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DECEMBER CIRCULATION.
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Ktate of Nebraska, County of Douglas. a:
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of the Bea PublLhtng company, being
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81, R0B NotsrPubUa,
i tehee rlbera leswiaat the elty
' toanasiarfly oheeld knee The
Bea saalleel la tkeas. Address
wlU ba aaaaged as eft em as we
eaeated.
Ctrmnrrns baa corns) oat. kTertl
The railroad coUlslon
respecter, of persons. K
LTb rnai. who root lor himself
nelly gets oat of the rut.
Suppose Charles W. Morse had
without a devoted wife,
fclght yet bo In prison.
It mar bo Just a eonlcideace tbat
Dr. Wilson's troubles date from Mr.
Aryan's open endorsement of him.
i Senator Heyborn denounces Oom
pera, but pralMS Lorlmer. But,
1 then, every nan to his own choice.
t Having Colonel Wntterton make
the sUUment. saved the trouble of
'hunting np corroborative witnesses.
The anthem, "Awake. The thst
' 81eepet," auat hart bees written as
'an ode to The Hague tribunal In
lilt.
that
These aecldent remind ns
lor tidlnc on mow aleds Is a! moat
as dangerous aa the automobile Va
riety of joy riding.
' One witness sweara that the pack
ers arranged the beef prlcea by wire.
'What difference does It make bow
they arranged them
It must be annoying to Carter
Harrison to hare to bold back hla
; presidential boom to wait the word
of bis political master.
' The Indications are that the rapoMlean
national convention will be Interesting. It
not exciting World-Herald.
Same Indications with reference to
the democratic national convention.
Lincoln does not seem to ap
' predate fully the necessity of a lire
I city maintaining a league base ball
telub In .order to keep on the pink
inaction map.
) At any rate, Governor Aldrich
does not hare to hire hta own ball,
end preside over his own meeting.
when be comes to Omaha to deliver
puMlo address.
. Now that a Chicago theater man
tiaa admitted collusion with ticket
scalping, perhaps the Kew York aid
Philadelphia) and also Chicago baa
ball managers may perhaps.
One Train Wreck.
Fonr railroad officials, one an ex-
president, are killed in a collision
of two trains and the people are ap
palled at the disaster. The name of
J. T. Harahan waa famllar through
out the country and the country Is
naturally shocked at bis untimely
death upon the very road which he
served so long in various capacities.
Dually as president
But in the year ending June 30,
1111, 7,177 persons were killed on
the rallroada of tbia country. Sor
rowful as Is this latest catastrophe.
It Is to this nearly 8,000 that serious
attention Is first directed. We hare
had several wrecks of late with four
or Ave killed. This -one attracts
especial sympathy because of Its no
table personnel. We go on Increas
ing oar number of railroad fatalities.
too. In 1101 the percentage waa
13.1 per cent of 100,000 persons, In
1110 it was 14.1 per c it. These
sre most shocking statistics.
In 1110 the number of violent
deaths In this country totaled 43,(00
end the rallroada contributed the
largest single part of that nuns bar.
With all our safety appliance lawa
and kindred means and measures
for protecting life, we have failed to
prevent an increase of this slaughter
upon the railroads True, some of
the roads are ahowing excellent Im
provement, and they are the ones
that have gone along on their own
responsibility Installing the most
complete safety devices and not
seeking merely to get within the
prescriptions of the Isw. Accidents,
of course, will alwaya occur where
toe haaard to as great aa riding on
swift-moving train,' but there Is
room for much more Improvement
than baa yet been achieved. The
elimination of the human element
and Its substitution by unfailing
mechanical devices hss to be brought
about upon a larger scale.
Court House Art.
The county board Is wrestling with
proposals for. Interior decoration of
the) new court boose, which It is
taken for granted alt dealre to be a
thing of beauty and a Joy forever.
In addition to ths usual tinting aad
borders, the specifications are ssld
to call for a number of wall panel
paintings. Unless, however, the
members of ths county bosrd know
a great deal more acoui an man
most of ns profess to, fhey will be
dassled ehlsdy, It they rely on their
own Jndgment, by s catchy akstch
rather than ths real artistic merit of
design and execution.
Whatever paintings are put on the
walla at thla time will be staring at
all who visit the court house for
many years to come. The only food
reason for going lots this decorative
feature Is to raise the art level aad
to stlmslaXe appreciation of art and
esthetic beauty among all classes of
our people. Above all, the court
bouse wslls should not bs disfigured
with gsudy dsubs, to which plain
walla would be far preferable.
There are some people In Omaha
who have made a study of art, and
who havs a good artistic sense, aad
who would doubtless bo willing to
render aaslaunro aad advice) freely
If they wero called upon for sugges
tions or erttJclaat. To be stirs, they
might even disagree among them
selves as to what la beet, as most
artist do, bit out of combined judg
ment, we would certainly be aaved
from anything In the nature of an
art atrocity.
Of coarse. If the people do not
get onto the fact that Boas Cnder
wood and bis democrats) followers
In the house sre marking time, their
scheme msy work to their advantage.
1 Whether or not there are good
trusts and bad trusts, our new re
form democratic sheriff knows bow
to draw the line politically between
good social clubs and bad social
clubs.
- - The local bar committee on Jury
bribery takes up two columns to ex
plain why, after-shaking It fist
under his nose. It hit the culprit a
terrific blow with the soft snd of a
feather daster. r
The ice man Is still exacting the
same price la Omaha that he did
last summer when he tried to Justify
himself en the ground that he was
making good too less by Belting la
dsUvery. Ten east beat the Iceman.
. Baring worked the string for the
twenty greatest nan. aad for the
twenty greatest women la history,
Use Sort now hi to pick the twenty
greatest ban player. Alas! alack!
that ping pong Is no longer the
popular tad.
Economy and Efficiency.
No great amount of persuasion
will be required to get most people
to see tbat the democratic majority
la ths bouse la playing politics, but
there la on matter ef business be
fore It, which. It seems to a. It
would be sxeeedlagty bad polities to
plsy wtth and that Is ths president's
iweomiaendatioa for enough money to
I continue hla aoaparttaan, expert eom-
nusston on governmental economy
and efficiency. What he asks Is 9250,-
00. which, he beltevue, will allow
for work resulting la 13,000,000 an
nual economies. If, however, ces
arean bad only his prediction or
opinion aa to what might be thus ee
compllshed. then It might wtth reason
hesitate to make the appropriation.
Bnt congress hss proof of what hss
already been done to warrant It in
enabling the admlnlstrstlon to go on
In this great reform. The economies
realised before the work Is more
than under headway far exceed what
It has taken to maintain ths commission.
But it is to the future, not to one
year, but to every recurring year,
that congress should look. It will be
generally admitted that this govern
ment, whose annual operation calls
for the expenditure of ,1,600.000.
000, needs nothing more than
greater economy and efficiency la Its
business management. Oaa Uttle
It era died In this connection by the
president n proof enough of the un
scientific methods of the govern
ment's conduct, tbat the cost ef
handling lacomiag Basil varies la
economy and efficiency commission.
Let congress not make the egregi
ous blunder of imagining that It can
ignore this appeal and deceive the
people by a subterfuge for an excuse.
Murder and Juitice.
Why are so many more murders
committed in New Tort than In Lon
don, and proportionately, la the
United States than In England? Does
the fact that comparatively so few
convictions sre secured here snd so
many In England have anything to
do wtth It? In England few mur
derers escape arrest and conviction.
In England also murder trials are
conducted with alt due expedition.
In striking contrast with the United
States.
Of 118 murders committed In New
YorK la 1911. 321 .in Chicago, 101
In St Louis, and so on with sixty
other American cities, says the New
York World, not one murderer was
executed within the year In which
he committed hla crime. True, we
hare the Beattle case In Virginia to
point to as proof thst the law's de
lays do not always defeat or stave
off Justice, but such exsmples have
come to be the exceptions.
Official statistics show tbat I In
1110 six of every 100,000 perrons In
this country were murdered. The
total number of convictions of mur
derers la not at band, but statlatlcs
sre for a few cities In 1111, which
are significant enough. While New
York police arrested 171 of the 118
murderers In 1111, the courts there
secured only one conviction In every
nine cases before them. In Chicago
the police arrested 173 of the 831
murderers aad the ratio of convic
tions vras also ons in nine; the Phil
adelphia police caught 71 of 81 mur
derers and the convictions wsre shout
the sama as la the other two cities.
San Francisco stands out with one
conviction out of every two esses.
la London, with a population of
about 7,000,000, only nineteen mur
ders were committed In 1103, and
all but one were arrseted and con
victed; In New York, with a popula
tion of less than 8,000,000, 198 mur
ders were committed In 1111.
The common excuse that the
American police are leaa efficient
than those abrosd. will not explain
away this awful indictment The rec
ords make a fairly good showing for
the police. The trouble Ilea la the
prosecuting mechanism and In the
courts, where technicalities aad the
"law's delay," are the forces that
defeat justice. Unclog the wheels
of Justice with the red tape, make
the technicality of the law subservi
ent to the plain purpose snd see If
tlx of every 100,000 of ns are still
murdered every year. 'Conduct crim
inal oases on thsir merit and make It
harder for halr-spllttlng lswyera
with ao higher motive than a fat fee
to obtain the freedom of bloody-
handed criminals, and we shall give
back to the law tome of Its terrors
to the evil-doer.
It most have been an awful blow
to those honest Chicago theater man
agers. Just as they bad about made
their case against the charge of
ticket teal ping, to have one of their
owa a amber blurt oat, "Yes, we
scalp tickets and don't see anything
wrong tn It either."
After divulging her age 31 the
Associated Press evidently tried to
square Itself with Princess Patricia
by praising her skill as n horse
women, aa African game hunter aad
the rejecter of King Alfonso's prof
f erred salt
If Colossi Rsrveys support mads
Dr. Wtlsoa governor of New Jersey,
by whst mathematical, process does
the doctor conclude thst that sums
support was Injuring bis presiden
tial chances T
' Activities ef Map Makers.
Minneapoile Journal,
Since Russia has tied North Persia to a
stake the English map-makers have been
busy c bans Ins the color of Tibet to agree
wttk tbat ef ladle. The XlbeUaa ks tbalr
sacred fastnesses sre not aware of this
as yet. but H will be broken te tbera
ideally saa la a ssost gen u manly
manner.
- ' Kdacatlaet
Ban Ftanetece Chronicle,
I beard somewhere of the Bhennaa
Isw, but t naught It applied only to rall
roada," said Andrew Carnegie to the
house steel Investigating committee, -'or
a founder of libraries and general friend
of education it b9 te be admitted that
Caraeaie'a rsas of leading baa had Its
Mtnltattoaa.
Caraesie aad Hla Pile.
Houston Post '
Old Aadr Carnegie says when be took
over about SMD.tsn.ujS In the steel deal be
had eut all the asoner he wanted. It
only snows how the sbanevr-pated
letcbse who tnoaght he was boa
ha iiaouAMlged bias. It must have bees
tka sarin as Laird at Batbo. not Sold
emit a. who wrote "Mas vasta but Uttle
The grand Jury Is to be In session
In Fssruary. and It should call on
members of the bar committee for
the evidence of Jury bribing la their
F nag easing if Oere are any unnun
hd Jury bribers running at largo,
UM-hssrs setae tedletaasntgf
. The rat aad the Match.
New York Post
We knew, sad everybody knows, that
t bee as wis of people every day are threw
las nested etgarettes aad dears and
masraos lea the eteae floor." or ea some
other piece which ther regard as equally
.wl w.Ttkrtt eh. tarn .
various places rrom lo.Sf to fit. 40 'attention te the eabkjet kverwa that a
per 1,000 pieces. It Is sbsurd to think caasMerabla nvweortloa ef tea fearful leas
that such discrepancies should exist. K"" J.
... UhHi reorttrr lie sue te this eesukseisi
or thst they would exist tt mr Nobody but a feel wlU paint
scientific methods obtained. And all; aa "vmaaaed" sua at a hassaa betas,
along the Use Similar glaring defects ' everybody has cor, te took ana.
sr. apparent Saving, which thi. ad-lj hTraai
ministration hss effected even la the! tooUaaaeea as aa noialaa ta conpariaoa
partial overhaaliag of bureaus and
dapartateats are additional sreof of
tan needs aad rsrf turtles of this
wtth what la betas caused, year after
year, kr the aaket ef taroertz sown
UcMed dear ends sad dganrttse and
'jreetc&ea la 'waXar' auweev
IiaincfBadaWard
iTKunav fnOmnlia
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r cowpuxa f bom m nud
erf JAN. S3. 1 I
Thirty Tears Ago
At the meeting of the directors of the
Bosrd of Trade the matter of holding a
bsasuet wsa dismast d on occasion of
opening ef the new elevator.
Ttia fitiaanon-rbrd affair, which bad
precipitated mutual complaints la notice
court, seems to be resolved Into a mere
Interchange of epithets, each one daring
the other to fight
Hlmebaugh a Merrlam invite the eltl
sens of Omaha sad grain shippers of the
state to Inspect their newly completed ele
vator, which was built by Phelps Broth
ers as contractors.
The Omaha Olee club held s rehearsal
for their coming big concert
The Baptist church quartet choir con
sists of r. 8. Smith, first tenor: his
brother, Franklin Smith, second tenor;
J. W. Wllklns. first bass; J. F. Wilklna,
second baas. I
The neat drug store on the comer of
Tenth and Douglas baa Just put In s set
of very floe show bottles in its windows
George R. Prltchett has gona to New
Tork snd Washington on professional
business.
Mr. Andrew x. Ksjar will make a visit
to Xurope aith hla wife. Mr. Kajar has
resided la Omaha about nine years and
was recently elected constable from the
Xlnth ward as a mark of honor from his
many frtenda.
Metcalf a - Bra., wholesale tea mer
chants, have s curious very fragrant and
pretty plant In their window called Japs-
e Illy, which thrives tn a glsss dish
rilled only with pebbles and water. It
waa Imported direct from Japan.
The rush for vaccine by buyers today
was Immense.
Twenty Tears Ago .
The ruogea of the district court ap
pointed the following committee to serve
during the next term, of court: B. M.
Bartlett W. D. Beckett I. hV Congdon.
W. g. Curtlss. E, R. Duffle.
It was "Scotch night" at the Young
Men's Christian association snd s public
program made a decided hit John L.
Kennedy presided and Mrs. Lee as opened
the ssersUee by singing "Par Away Free
Benals Scotland." Mr. Thomas KU-
palrlck read an address upon "The Sons
ef Soothuid." D. Mackentla, in Highland
alllre, tooted the bagpipes, snd Thomas
Meldrum snd Frank It Cantlle danced
the Highland fling.
Mrs. Mary N, Clarke, si years ef age.
died after a long Plneaa st her boat, B42
Davenport street
Burglars calling at an early hour, got
ROOI m notes, POO In diamonds sad Stoo
In money st Julius Trtetacnke's saloon.
Thirteenth aad Howard streets.
Burglars got Into a W. Rswltser's rest
denes. Tenth snd Oak streets, about t:W
sa. aad stole some valuable articles,
but got so money, evidently being fright
ened sway before oem Dieting their Job.
f. . Taylor, state walghmastar,
slipped and fell near the Barker hotel.
dislocating hla right shoulder.
Tea Years Ago 4
Mrs. Ltttber Kountse gavs an Informal
reception In the evening to about ' sixty
guests In honor of Miss Yaiurhton of
California, Miss Webster's guest Assist
ing Mrs. Kountse were Mrs, Charles T.
Kountse. Mrs. Fred Rust In, Miss Bald
win of Council Bluffs, Miss Preston.
Misses Webster, Helen Smith, Cotton,
Csiits Curtis and Mrs. Wllklns.
Three hundred aad Ave indictments were
returned by the grajd jury dismissed by
Judge Baker ef the district court The
jury served slaty -four days, examined Su
witnesses, whose fees amounted to ll.M0.10
an dths grand total of expenses was
M.mss, Mors than one-half the hi diet
tents lay asarnet Omaha and South
Omaha bastsess men for keeping "gaming
machlooa"
KuWsrd Bosewater spoke on matters of
dty government at Lincoln hall In the
south part ef tows to a meeting ef First
and Second ward ettlsens, Hs said the
affairs ef the orty. the county snd the
state were tloeer te Ike people than those
of the nettoa and should, therefore, re
ceive closer stentloa. He pleaded for a
lively Interest Is these affairs on the
part of all members of the community. E.
J. Cornish prsslded st the meeting.
Mra J. T. Cummlng. U Nona six
teenth street fell en walk la front
of her betas snd sprained her right ankle.
The board of directors of tne Auai-
tarlius company decided on s fall musical
festival, engaging the Royal Italian nana
for the purpose. F. n tier waa unam-
mewstr eteoted te the boara to nu. tne
vacancy ceased by Frank J. Burster's
reeisaatba.
People Talked About
As a farther safeguard sgalnst involun
tary captivity uD-to-tbe-mtnute promoters
la Chicago are wetting eut a line ef leap
year meuraaca for bachelors.
A New Tork working girl of X stenog
rapher and bookkeeper, who hankered for
"a good tune" at the expense or ner em
ployer. Is having a mighty hard time
squaring a deficit of tt.0t exchanged for
"a good time."
War against mince pie Is on hi a Massa
chusetts town snd an equally furious as
sault oa hash spUts the population of s
Kansas town In the middle. These gusta
tory storms are great helps la solving the
mysteries of life.
'Ambulance chasers" te Chicago have
sdded a side line te their main activities.
Br watching the marriage license window
they tip eft victims of the leap year fever,
steer them -a a cesvselest justice sad
snot the ssarrlsce tee-
One ef the paredssee ef Kew Tork city
real estate Is that the s:ta of the Equit
able building Is worth snore' money with
the buttetng dosuogod than valutas
balk) lng m nee. Yet lusum s men In
sist that flrs entails loss. ,
Miss Una Cavalier! sticks to her dacav
ratloa that one man lawmlsl venters ts
enough for the rest of her Ufa. The ves
ture tasted bat a few
Me. ea) ns goad AmerVraa
Incidental heaeysseea sis -rises A
heart that will sot respond to the sooth-
lag ttdtabtes of tens belongs to the J5dna
Goodrich etara, which requires els rat
figures to rest re the motion.
Aa a safrgusrd against the jnsstug
perils ef teas year that natae eg the
Cnaed Bachelors af Ceiumbue. Nee., are
right us te data Every proposal la te be
considered by the high joint council ef
the order, snd waliss the preseaer caa
she her ability to support a husband
la the style he Is eceassesased SK She
hssrt Throbbing draaant takes the sser
She, Be Jt's are
TlieBeisLdlcrBax
Slalagc l the Sltaatloa.
LINCOLN", Jaa. tt. To the Editor of
The Bee: Have just returned from s
three-day trip west ta Nebraska and
took ooeaatoB te make aueserous in
quiries and talk with people on trains
snd hi ths towns where I stopped re
tard! ag the poUUcal situation. I have
been reading numerous communications
eminnUng front the secretary of the La
FeUette committee here ta Lincoln tn
local papers te the effect that La Follette
sentlaent was blooming la Nebraska snd
citing numerous incidents where "Pro
gressive republicans have said that they
would vote for a democrat In the event
of the renojalaatioa of President Tatt."
aad tt was wtth considerable fear and
trembling; thst 1 opened up a conversa
tion with a gentleman who occupied a
seat with ma soon after leaving Lincoln,
tor fear that I might be overwhelmed
with argument In favor of the Wisconsin
statesman. ' However, my fears wars set
st rest when he Informed me that he was
s democrat and that he was from Ok
lahoma where fee owned a farm. He said
that most of his neighbors were repub
licans, but did not seem very favorable
to Senator La Forletta, preferring Pres
ident TaTt ss between ths two. In fact
I found this sentiment to prevail In
nearly every mstaacs and while I dis
covered republicans who were for La
Follette, not a single one of thero felt
that Cher weald vote tor a democrat In
preference te President Taft, snd ons
man made eoneMersble sport of the Idea
thst say republican whs was really pro
greentve would be so unprogresalve as to
vets for say democrat la preference to
the president Linos hi is ems to be the
het bed ef La Follettalam. probably from
the fact that there are se many repub
licans hers whs voted for Mr. Bryan
three years sge and find it hard work
to leave the downward read after once
striking the decline. From my experience
last week I csasot see hew any man,
unless he bs prejudiced, can see a La
Follette victory la Nebraska.
P. A. BARROWS,
Reeaaaatbtlltr See Slippery Walks.
OMAHA, jaa 1 -To the Editor of The
Bee. Will yea kindly advise through
year columns regarding the res penal bill ty
aad naMaty ef property owners, the city
included, with respect U Injuries of per
sons Incident te falling sa ley and un
safe pavements?
Going hack te the snow storm of a
week before Chiiatmaa. the sidewalks
wars not generally cleaned eft and after
a day af suiting teatperatura tt frose st
night snd In consequence many sections
of sidewalk pavements are partially or
wholly covered with clear Ice, trampled
up snd mads uneven before frees lng, so
that the pedestrian, especially st night
with as even or sure tooting. Is ra great
danger to life, or limbs, with permanent
disablement
I myself have had two bad falls on
upper Farnam street with Injuries to
hip and left wrist snd have bees unable
te earn bread for my family for over a
week.
A Uttle care es ths part ef property
holders, wtth aa Investment of perhaps
half a detler for sand, coarse ash, or
sawdust, would evert all danger; or.
should this tag bs te heavy, the ever
available house sahss could be . utilised
In light sprtogllngs ever the sunsafs
places.
Ths efficient polks department of the
city eouM not better serve the people
than by proper surveillance sad direc
tion of this matter.
HENP.T O. KNIOHTBON.
Engineer Colonial A part mm ta
Note Our anderetssdlng ts that elty
snd householder sre both hsbie to extent
negligence is proved.
Sla Review ed.
COITNCIL BLUFFS, Is.. Jsn. .-To
the Editor ef Ths Bee; I wish you would
Inform me and ether readers why "it Is
thst sin. which ts betng so sbty de
nounced new ta Council Bluffs, is the
very thing that gtves a flaming evan
gelist his occupation. It also gives the
resident minister a job ths yesr round.
For If sin were eradlrsted, ws would all
be blameless. We would not transgress.
Sla la a traaagreestoa sf the law. Ws
would then seed no preacher.
I uhotus that greet preachers hare
powerful bodies, heavy Jaws, long arms
and brawny heads. Tat these large gen
tlemen are well fed, well clad, shaved to
date, snd their linen Is tn fashion. Some
of them havs evereaata that are near ftvs
feet In length, t Row did these intellectual
ahoulder hitters obtain such comfort snd
fashion? I see no other alternative than
tbat aia enables them te acquire these
things.
Now. Mr. Editor, Is sla earpelated by
the minister! Is It necessary? And
whst would our condition bs without ltf
If you answer these three questions I
will at least hold you la perpetual ea
rn. It may be tbat we are sit becom
ing belter Imperceptibly. Thla eonsctous-
nees snlraaree hope.
There is now In Tork. Neb, a minister
who baa, hi large part st least lost his
voire. Hla votce would remain fresh tor
speaking aad staging through long re
vSre! The noted Iaeklp Incurred a
ahnimr anefertuna Se end WbneOeld
and Mlrabesu, the two latter dying sear
middle sge. Betb were trend orators.
a preacher, the ether sa Infidel;
brawny aad ueeessful."
Are we not all I mem potato? Is net this
Intemperance based oa Ignorance of self:
Mr. alter. vrlU kneerledge ever be suf.
richest snd evtl eaehered?
J. at H OLA DAT.
A Leak aekerard.
St Lewie Otabe-Deeaeerat
Governor Harwtoa says the hard times
of Cleveland's second term were caused
by nrevtoua republican eondltlona Four
years sf ths damncrsUs party. It com
petent would have been a remedy. But
the deeweaaion deepened until the repub
tkaas were resisted to power end pros
perUy hea bean continuous ever sines.
Aster aa a Tart Heater.
New York Worta.
WIltUm WsMorf Aster by purchasing
the London Olobe becomes owner of
three Important London papers, the Pall
Man Oaaatte snd the Observer being- the
ether two. On the ret are ef tne natanlats
te power. tMs should es title Mm te the
eidTory.-
Ottse's Pea Tsmeasae.
la the matter at aharetahle hsauista, at
ieaat, the kMe Bsrbard T. Crsae at Chi
cago was a ansa ef liberal educatioa sad
iteist tlag ef all the honorary degrees thst
anybody cboJd confer.
nasaeilaoT tttelsaey.
, St Paul Dtspstch.
Tee aaMstrre beade of x,SM corpora.
tlaaa, each hartcg a eepitailxatloa ef
CSS. Sb) or mere, are te get tngethsa- ta
etn
as a
a eeaaacy for ntsssaHiui 1 I
csBsesv gs nay basstssais not tsengereat
EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS.
Indiasapolfce News: Incidentally. It may
be recalled. In connection wtth the con
troversy between Mr. Roosevelt and Louis
Lang, author of the Piatt autobiography,
that Mr. Piatt Is dead.
Brooklyn Eagle: The price of shoes tt
going up, despite free hides. Kicking
wears out shoes, and with Increased de
mand prices swell. There ts too much
kicking in America.
Baltimore American: One by one the
old sea fighters pass away, but perhaps
their successors will prove just ss brave
aad just aa efficient when opportunity
gives them a chance to show of what
stuff they are made.
St Louis Republic: Andrew Carnegie
Is going to testify some more before the
house committee thst is Investigating the
steel trust As Mr. Carnegie ta the only
steel manufacturer who ever knew when
he bad enough, it is probable that we
shall soon have another Interesting con
fession of satisfied greed to which nobody
will pay any attention.
New Tork Son: We have our opinion
of Mr. Samuel Uompera and of some of
his associates In the misleading of union
labor. Wa ao not hesitate to express
this opinion plainly whenever tt becomes
proper to discuss his or their pernicious
sets snd utterances. But ws do not be
lieve that Gompers. or any other leader
sufficiently astute to get Into a con
trolling position In the vast organisation,
would be fool enoush even under momen
tary excitement to plant foot leather
upon the American flag in a spirit of
defiance or Insult. The yarn from Ban
Francisco will net, wash.
LUTES TO A SXTLE.
"I suppose you havs to dose your eyes
to some things wntle yea are la eaa-
r-e go even further than that" replied
Senator Sorghum, sometimes we go fast .
aa.eep. '-VVaaaisgtoa Star.
"Larry, what havs yes been doing (a
your noeer " '
-ih' outer mornln. sor. I ltn get In
th" way sv a btsger mass flstu. Cin
eago 'tribune.
The teacher waa trying to explain the
osse of tne thermometer.
-How caa we ted." sse saked. To win
ter, for Instance, how much cower oaa
day l than another day?''
"When It's awful cold." spoke up the
barber little boy. -nobody goes t git -his
hair cut" Chicago Tribune.
"WHAT C0KSTITUTES A STATZP
Sir William Jones.
What constitutes s state
Not high-raised battlement or labored
mound.
Thick wall or moated gats: ,
Not citiea proud with spires and turrets
crowned :
Not bsvs snd broad-armed porta.
Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies
rol . , ..
Not starred snd spangled courts.
Where low-browed baseness wafts per
fume to pride.
No: men. high-minded men.
With powers aa far above dull brntse en
dued. In forest, brake or den.
As besots excel cold rocks snd breasblee
rude:
Men who their duties know.
But know their rights, and. knowing, dare
maintain.
Prevent the long-aimed blow. '
And crush the tyrant while they tend tag
chain; ;'
These constitute a state!
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