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THE BEE: 01LUIA. SATURDAY, JANUARY 27. 1912. I THE OMAHA DAILY . BEE : FOl'MEU BY. F.UWARD KOeE WATER VICTOR RJe)KWATt.H, EDITOR. j EEE BClUHNG, FaRNAM AND 1TTH. , Eiitrnl at Omaha poatoftiee a seeood 1 class matter. ' TfcKSlS Or SUBSC'BIPTIOS. ( Ptmday one year 12.59 J Saturday Bee, om year II. 5S Imily Be t without Sunday), one yeer.R I Xjeliy Bee and Sunday, one year Jb.'Jft i PEJ.1VREI BT CARRIER- . , Kveninr Bee (with iiaJa, per nw...lc I Pailv Bee liDclitdme Sunday), I mo . B , Deitv Bee (Without Sunday!, per mo. ..c I Address all complaint! or Insularities ! la delivery to City rin uiatloa Dept. I REMITTANCKS. ! vtetnlt by draft, express or postal order. payable to The Bw Publishing ooenpany. Only !-ent s'e.-npe received In payment I of small accounts, personal checks. j rept on Omasa and eastern excnan,, not i sKsepuM. OFF1CFS Omahe-Th B 3uiMlng. ' touts Omaha Sit N. 8t. i Council Bluffs 7S Scott . I Unoolo-K Little Building. ' Chicago IMS Maronrtte Building. Kansas I Ur "tellnnee Handing. Washington Fourteenth rtu. N. W. CORFESPONTiKNCE. I Communis ".ions relating to,n"" ana .editorial matter should be addressed ' "rrstn Bee. Ivditnrlai Kcparunont. ' DECEMIiKR t'lRt'tXATION. 50,119 ;. . I State of Nebraska, County of Dourlas, as: Dwight Williams, circulation manascr I of the Res PuhneMng oempanv. being dulv sworn, says tbst the average daily circulation, less spoiled, on used and re turned copies, for the month ef liecem ber. 1911. was .". I DWIOHT Wnj.IAM". ' Circulation Manarer. ' Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this tin dey of January ml. leeal) ROBERT HL'STKR. Notary Public. , Subscribers tearing la ttr iemararl!y etseeld aav Tea Bee BsalU4 Is) thews. Address) I ertll b changed as aften as re- is : j Apparently Senator Camming' pres idential pre bureau li not ret full I organized. I-.: ' A' good drenching right no would be a helpful adjusct to our street cleaning force. !' FreeldenT Taft will deliver a St. Patrick day address which will offset those St. Jackson day addreaaea. . . It will take mora than this to brlag the mean temperature for Jan I uary aomewherenear the iverags. The beauties of that democratic (reform law providing for Jury trials In the police edurt are exemplified 'right along." " ' If the length of the ballot fore iabadowa the amount of the printing i bill, the printing Job for our coming gprlng primaries ought to be keenly 'ought after. t " Why 1$ It that Insurgency li ao largely recruited from ex-office hold era who have lost their grip, and ei offlca aeekers who failed to land? ioive it up. - I . - Now that it la known that that 'disastrous Illinois Central railway (wrerk vai also due to human falli bility, the bid question recurs, What 'are we going to do about it? h . tt- r- It goes without aaylag that ad journment la taken every -week from I Thursday' to. Monday to ears our august senators from breaking down j under the strain of overwork. , ; Coal operators and coal miners are begot la ting a wag scale to, go into ; effect in April' U the nreastime, .coal consumers are negotiating to 'settle or' stae off their coal bills. . I). Still another fertile field of waUr 'works lltlgurlon'ls opened up by the proposal or the city comptroller, to 'offset hydrant rental Judgments with 'unpaid occupation' Uxes. The Jaw jjers must Jlva, ''.,.; , - ' How fastidious our great , demo jeratle leader has suddenly become. There was a time not far back when ; he would never hare bothered to be- ; think blmtelf of the need of baring I bis trousers pressed. No Revival of Jail-reeding Graft It is in accord .with-the. eternal fitness of things for our new demo cratic reform sheriff to attack in the court the validity of the law that put an end to the county Jatl-feedlng graft by requiring the contract to supply meals to prisoners to be let on competitive bids. This law has been in force for four years, in which time it has saved the taxpayers of Douglas county upwards of 125,000. The money saving, however, has been only a part of the benefits de rived, chief of which was cutting out the source of a festering sore of po litical trading and corruption. Prior to the enactment of thia law, for which The Bee had fought year in and year out, the feeding of county jail prisoners wsg done by the sheriff at a price fixed by the county com missioners, who were regularly per suaded, or cajoled, into making it a good thing for the sheriff. To protect this Jail-feeding graft, the sheriffs of those' days' had' to see to it that friendly county commissioners were elected, and also to keep them friendly after they were elected. Whene'er the demand was made tor a law to atop the graft, the sheriff found It worth while to have friends in the legislative delegation sent to Lincoln, snd one sheriff actually pro claimed In public that without the jail-feeding graft the office wonld not be worth having. This condition of affairs was not confined to party lines, but was msnifested under dem ocratic sheriffs as well as republican sheriffs, who helped protect one an other, and no one could tell how much the velvet amounted to. . At last, when the law requiring competitive bids for Jail feeding was put through, by the almost and un aided efforts of Tbe Bee and Its edi tor, , the lid came off and the same prison fsre for which tbe taxpayers had paid 41 cents a day per prisoner was supplied for 1 rents a day. Con currently another flagrant abuse was stopped which had grown out of It by the sudden stoppage of the custom of keeping prisoners after sentence the full thirty daya In order to get the profit of their meals, and the delivery of tbe-conrtcte forthwith at the penitentiary la Llaeoln with cor responding saving to the taxpayera of the state who foot 'these bills. It Is to be noted that the objec tions entered by our democratic re form sheriff to the contract law are purely technical. Wo do not assume to argue the case, but we give due notice right now that If the law la knocked out oa a technicality, no re turn to the Jall-feedlng gran will be tolerated, and the legislature ' will be called on to make a new law that will fully cover the ground. ,t By the test of placing sixty cross I marks la the squares where they be long on the primary ballot the num ber of intelligent voters among us is j liable to shrink considerably below 1 customary estimates. Some of the chronic local polltl ,clana now listed as progressive re publicans have not progressed since 'they were put out of office ten, twenty or thirty years ago. So they 1 have some progress coming. The former president of Ecuador ought to know enough to know that it la not safe to linger around the old 1 neighborhood. President Diax of Mex ico waa wise enough to bike to 'Europe without unnecessary delay. Another Pctial Telegraph Advooate. w nue toe talk occasioned by Post master General Hltcoock's recom mendation of the postal telegraph as one of the fields Into which postal activity should be extended has not yet subsided, anothsr distinguished member of the administration circle speaking from an entirely different point of view voices the earns conclu sion.. Tbs latest advocate of postal telegraph Is nous other than Dr. Har vey W. Wiley, who contributes to ths February Century an article entitled "Back to the Farm," la which he enumerates some things necessary In his Judgment to make farm life more attractive, aad Incidentally says: Tbe stats bow carries aur letters aad newspapers, and t doubt If any combian- ttea of men who would desire to secure control of tbls trans portal km could In fluence the people of the country to take this away from the state aad give It berk to competitive business. Can any valid reason be presented In opposition to the stats's taking chirrs of ths tele phone, the telegraph and lbs express companies. In ths same manner? Here Is Dr. Wiley proposing, not only the parcels poet, aad the postal telegraph, but also aposta'J telephone. although, of course, be does not ex- poet all o ft hem to come at oae time, and probably none of them right away. Rural free delivery was Inau gurated originally, not to develop a new and profitable busiaeas for tbe poatofflco, but to give people living on farms ths benefits of dally rommunl catloa with other farm aad urban centers. It is at least Interesting to have the postal telegraph urged out of the sams eonsideratloaa. most welcome to the city, aad will find that Omaha la. not only, char itable, but ia hospitable, too. Patting Him in the Wrong Class. What shall we do with the man who usee the thing the flac represents to ad vertise himself or otherwise servo trivial ends? There has bees Colonel Fanning Bryan petition and the retaliation. There is the petition of an obscure Ignoramus to go oa the presidential ballot. There Is Colonel Sore neon's perennial KS sena torial filing fee for amusement purposes. IJncoln Journal. ? Here is where we object. We ob ject, not on behalf of Colonel Fan ning or of Colonel Bryaa or of any "obscure ignoramus," but on behalf of Colonel Sorenson, who Insists he tan prove that the $50 be pays Is his own money. Colonel Sorenson is none of these cheap guys who go In for offices that carry big salaries, but for which no filing fee is required. He is no moocher who wants to draw cards and stand to win without put ting up an ante. When a man like Colonel Sorenson shoves j0 In real coin of tbe realm into tbe Center of the table, be does it as a genuine sport, and never "boilers" It his cards are low on the show down. For Colonel Borenson we therefore object to baring his senatorial boo in let put ia the same class with Colonel Fanning's vice presidential aspira tions or Colonel Bryan'a presidential air castles,- Advance in Kexico. Forty-odd years ago a captured emperor of Mexico stood with bis back to a wall, facing a firing party. A volley ended tbe life of Maxlmllllaa and tbe empire. Today a general of the republlo is on trial, accused' of conspiring and engaging 1n armed re volt against the republic. But we are assured tbst be will not stand with his back to a wall, while a aquad of hia country's soldiers use him as a target. Ilia declining days may be spent in sequestration, perbsps In confinement, but his blood will not stain his country's soil. This advance In methods in Mexico Is a most hopeful sign.. It waa appre hended at the time General Reyes was captured that bis shrift would be short, aa his treason to the Madero government was said to be. flagrant Whether President Madero is In spired by genuine notions of modern ays, or Is merely a consummate poli tician, his course towards his cap tured enemy commends him. Several county officers have noti fied their employee that tbey will not be permitted - to continue on ths county payroll aad devote their time to running for city office. The rule le a good one, aad ought to be like wise promulgated la tbe cltyj ball In the - verloes department of tbe municipal government It may be all right for elective city officers to stand for re-election, but thia habit of every one from Janitor and street foreman up filing for office Just to bold on to his present Job under the new regime, ought to be discouraged. ThisDsW inOmnlra r COMPILED FROM BEE rH.f- J A J.1-X. 27. ' f J Thirty Years Ago The board of trade banquet In honor of the opening of this new elevator by Messrs. Htmebaugh and Iferriam, was' a grand success, many visitors from out of town being there as well aa home folks. The oratorical outpourings Oil over four columns in The Bee. The young friends of alias Inea M. Haskell to the amnber of about twenty rive, rave her a pleasant surprise this evening. 'Teams wanted to haul ice when weather Is suitable. Wsgcs SUA per day. Inquire at Boyd's Packing bouse." A local grocer offers oranges and lemons at 30 cents per dosen. It Is reported that a large bath house built on the metropolitan plan will be erected In this city next summer by a wealthy gentleman of Omaha. Mr.-Ueorse W. Holdrege. avneral siu perlntendrnt of the R aV U.. Is rejoicing over the advent of a little girt that came to his residence, a few days sines The fnion Pacific rant enjoin him In this matter. The Boston clothing store will re mow to UlS Kamam street, one door east Hugh Murphy A Ci. the newer con tractors, are now employing forty men on the letters!, which It Is eapeeted to finish In ten daya, Thirty men are com pleting the sewer at the foot of Farnam street. As improvements In his office. County Clerk Baumer, has added a number of new pigeon ho lea and purchased a step ladder tor his ova and ths public's con venience. The Women's Christian Temperance onion have rented a room In the Jacob's block for the use of the society and a publle reading room. Tbe committee In charge is Mrs. Burroughs, Mrs. Bell, Mrs. Uaraovsr, Mrs. Walker, Mrs. Charlton. It's a poor campaign that does not enrich our vocabulary with a few spot-touching words. , Here's the In dianapolis News commenting on the account of the convention In the Fourth Oklahoma district with the declaration that "evidently tbe peo ple are not going to be rough-rldered or ballooned off their feet" That Is pretty good for a start in our .quad rennial political aviation meet Bswaadwrark at daea. Nw York World. Ia the midst of all tbls excitement ever the high price of butter Is there ae room for mention of the high taxes ea oleomargarine? Heapee-Haw rarvatal Saarwaiaeri Chicago Inter Ocean, "rather does all ths talking for ear family," says Theodore Rotsevelt, Jr. Ap parently the Ilooievelt family just now la a song without words ( i , Senator Culberson's list of con tributors to the last democratic na tional campaign fund omitted the names of several who would have been promptly in evidence demanding high appointive Jobs bad Mr. Bryan landed safely. ; Our amiable democratic contem porary goes to great lengths to warn the public against the danger- of city government by amateurs. Even "at that, city government by i amateurs may be Just as attractive as city govern meat by professionals. ' Through the attorney general Gor jeraor Aldrich will at least keep aa eye on the grand Jury Investigation fttto tbe "egly rumors" of official graft ia Douglas county. The county attorney could.. If he would, make even, this unnecessary by going to it Mmself la a way that meant buaineaa. State Charities. Ths sessions of the convention of the State Charities and Corrections will bring to Omaha a number ef well known workers la the philanthropic field whose presence here will be welcome for the cause they represent Whatever else may be aatd of Ne braska. Its' people have undertaken to solve practically the problems pre sented in tbe care of tbe unfortunate, from whatever cause. With no great flourish, the state has provided and Tbe Retort Ceartoaaa, Cleveland Plain Dealer. Governor Wood row Wilson's statement that Colonel Watteraon Is a fine eld gen tleman esuada eminently respectful, but there are reasons tor doubting Its ap proval by the object of the unsolicited flattery. Twenty Years Ago A good-tooklng young man appealed to County Commissioner 8t en berg for work. 8tsnberg, knowing that Commissioner Paddock had some wood to be chopped, directed the good-looking young man to him, aad the youth, without chopping a great amount of wood, left with Pad dock's axe. William Tyndall. an Omaha Indian, came to the city from his farm near Bancroft to take steps preliminary to asking Uncle flam for a soldier's pen sion, aa he was mastered out of the army in IMS. .County Commissioner Stenberg proposed a new system of buying supplies for the county other than' of awarding to the lowest bidder, which, while 6a Its face, looked like the best method, he said en tailed enormous padding and waste. Mis scheme was for each department htad to list what waa actually needed and ask tor bids only on these things. Home forty friends gathered for aa evening of pleasure at the homo of Dr. Panter, 4M Ersklne street, la honor ef the seventeenth birthday anniversary of Mies Jessie Panter. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Millard entertained a few friends st dinner. Mrs. Mot'auley, wife of Cantata Mo Cauley of the army and children were the gueets of Mrs. George W. Ames, en robts from Portland to Chicago, where the captain was stationed. - - Tea Years Ago - Six mills wse fixed by the Board of Education as the school levy for the year. F. Johnson waa named as paga te the Board ef nn.utlon for the year. Julius Kruttschnttt came to town, giv ing out this statement: "I came here direct from Mr. Hsrrtmaa for tbe pur pose of conferring with Mr. Burt rela tive to the plan for Improving the west era portion of the Unlea Paciflo system. It Is now definitely decided that work of enormous extent will be begun at enos." Us said ths most Important of thia work waa to be ths building of the Liucla Ogdea eut-off, which had finally been determined on. ' Uovernor Savage appointed Ouy R, C Heed to sHCOesd Benjamin 8. Baker, re signed, on ths district bench. O. N.- Bateetlaad at the Nebraska Cloth ing company waa the guest of honor at a dinner gives at the Iter Grand by ad men of the papers and stores. Mr. Bwwetland waa about to depart' for Kan sas City to take charge of the com patty's store there. , " ' Judge Lss a. Esteile granted a restrain' log order again setting off the trial ef John Bedell, suspended Are chief, re straining action by Mayor : Moorea and h Board of Ftre and Police Coram tt- il oners. J, C Buckingham was made asaiataat general passenger agent of the Burling ton, succeeding Arthur B. Smith, and Ouy II. Cramer waa made chief clerk ef the passenger department. . . . Hamate Blow far Bsperte. IndlanapoUa News The unconditional pardon by the presi dent of a man who was falsely eoa vloted of a crime oa the testimony of handwriting experts may further con vince you that handwriting experts should confine their skill mainly to the paying teller's depart meal of banks. People Talked About In Other Lands Side Llarhts aa What is Traaa atrlagr Antaeus' the Near aad Far sTattaaa at Ike aUrtts. neaeaaably Safe. . ' Cleveland Plata lealtr. The United States, aa R appears Is the sews columns. Is setting ready te seed C0S troops to Cuba, tkete te Hawaii and other detaehrneata to rarloua disaffected points. That leaves nobody but ordinary cttlaens to protect the home from the Invader. We're safer thaa we have bean tor a long time. - FertlfTtas; aa Old 8artea Baltimore American. tr - u ilA.tl ,K .. a k i. - 1 A maintain. Institution, that are splen- L. thtt th. fool t m didly equipped for the comfort and soon parted, the gorarnmeat can offer convenience of those who are in any tbe doubter substantial proof in its report war delinquent or deficient. It Is not e easy marks- of the country pretended that the end of effort has been reached, aor that these Institu tions can sot be Improved epon; but It will be urged that Nebraska has not only been liberal In its cars of tbe unfortunate, but has been enter prising and progressive la its meth ods. The sessions of the convention will serve to give the public a better no tion of what Is being accomplished, aa well as the tread of thought la this field ef philanthropic activity. The delegates and visitors will be annually pay ever to the workers In the rich muves of human credulty the amaatng sum of P7.fno.aJS. Give the Coesasae- a, Shaw. , Brooklya Kagie. While It ?a legitimate to make two blades of stub grow where only one grew before, the lnaa who would help as to make oae pound of butter at at eeats swell Into two peaads, with a cheap milk filling. Is condemned by law. Neither are any steps being takea at Karons or Washington to prove that eieocnarajr Ine will produce aa many hard Mows aa the anew qauntttv of batter. An the big Inteiwets are working against the esa- Out la Denver, where the mercury plays high and low at the game, the Republican says, "Same men who want their wives te live on love never supply anything but hot air, aad they renege on that during tbe winter months.". Three doctors 'snd a package of chlore form working together saccsadid In stopping a spoil of laughing which at tacked aa Iowa woman on reading a local Joke. The cause of the attack le suppeatd te he the spurtoae lore letter from Editor La Fayette Young te Sen ator Albert D. Cummins. Although never living more than forty miles apart, aad for many years only ten miles from each ether, Mrs. William Schetrer of Cementoa. Lehigh county. Pennsylvania, and her daughter, now the widow of George Barrows, a former Phil adelphtai. did not see each other for twenty-four years until recently, when tbey were reunited. One of the Ptttsburgh millionaires, who put hla first wife and children ea the alimony shelf, grew weary of putting up she coin to the tuna ef (MM, sought relief la the courts and got. the cold hand. The federal supreme court. In dismissing the appeal. toM Mm te abide by the contract. Both parties have married again, the divorced write te e prince who likes the ssoaay. Politicians who wonder how Tom Ter ra rt managed to etea back" la In diana might flad a due la hla pretty speech to the members of the state com mit ton "It strikes me." he said, "that wtth this talk about paMletty. nteretare and other things, there Ia else a Bead of having the treasury ef thia oeganlsa ttoe' snpptted. What t hay te say ts. call ea me for w hatevef ytm-' want." Tbat'a tbe talk that reaches the spot. Oversea lavasloa. A leasoa of Impressive force on oversea Invasion ts being drawn from July s raid on Tripoli. Embarkation of troops began the later part of October. Js three weeks an army of a,WS men had reached the coast of Tripoli and most of the soldiers had landed. It Is estimated that the army has been doubled In the succeeding eight weeks. With tbs figures fuvt given aa a text the .London contemporary Review, squinting over the North Sea, swings the hammer on tbe Hobsons ef Eiland with these words: "If It takea S,tOS troops al- nost three weeks to carry out an oversea attack, with no opposition whatever, bow long would iW.dOO. or even Te.030 men. take In tbe face of some very dangerous op position, even If the bulk of the defending Meet Is out of the way our coastal tor pedo flotillas are always oa the spot. As far aa the events of this (Italian) war afford an indkation. we ahould Incur no undue risk If-ws dispatched our battle fleets to the Cape of Good Hope or In dian Ocean, except to our trade routes near home waters." It la only M miles from WMhelmsharen, the German naval port on the North Sea. to the English coast. From Naples to Tripoli the distance IS a little greater. It Is only necessary to apply these calculations aad observations to an assault on the United Mates for ths east or the west with S.0N to 7,00 miles tytng between, and .the absurdity of the proposition ts clear enough to regale the Inmates of a feeble minded asylum, ete Changed Ma ef Africa. Only two little black svots-Ab sslnia and .Liberia remain on the Jilt model map of Africa to distinguish native con trol from alien grab. The rest .of the continent bears European colors, France has grabbed most. Including the eSahara. Ita total African possessions slncp the In clusion of Morocco last fall, amount to 4.a23,a4 square miles. Ftgurra themselves give ao Men of the new French empire. greater by far than any Napoleon ever claimed. France's African possessions alone are larger than the United States, Mexico and Central America. Next comes Oreat Britain whose hold ea Rrypt now baa been fully confirmed with toot. Ill miles, an area a little larger than that of the United ttates. Germany la third with an area fire times ss large aa Ger many Itself. Then norma Belgium with a tract slightly smaller s.4 miles. For togal has 73S.S") square miles. Italy, In eluding Tripoli, haa M.80O squire miles, and Spain has K.H4 miles. European In vasion give eoma-edea of the population of the great continent. It Is approximately 12s,f0,onfi people, of which considerably over lnsM.oos are blacks. In this respect only does Africa's remain "the dark con tinent." ee eeeeraaesl Owaersale. ' Government ownership and open Hon of railroads In Franos. far from being a model to which advocates of the system can "point with pride." The Frankfurter Zeltung relates that during a rash of fruit from Franoe to Germany last Sum mer aad fall tbs transportation facilities proved a costly failure. The value of the fruit, when started, aggregated H.aAOOO. The average dlsuace from the fruit gr ywing districts te the frontier may be put down at abo.il MS miles and the average time taken waa two weeks, thougk sometimes six weeks were re quired. The same wagoas and trucks harnessed to German engines, were deliv ered at distanoes ef from IW te MS miles la twenty to thirty-ilx hours. In other words, ea the French railway French fruit Progressed at the rate of about twenty- four miles a day, whilst, Inoludlng the customs formalities, they quickened up to about JW miles In the twenty-four hours as soon aa they changed bands. Dosens of wagons never reached their destination at all. owjiur to the rickets befhg defaced or the chalk scrawl on the psnel of the truck having been obliterated during the long pilgrimage. ee ' Coot at Brttlah Election. The legally recognised expenses of the last general election in the United King dom waa hearty C.ayyOOO. The average cost ef eaoa, vote, estimated on tlls basis, works out at at Sa,about si cents. Had each candidate spent the maximum amount he was legally entitled to spend the aggregate axpease ef all the candl dates would have been 1X,I7S,SM. The actual aggregate of the candidates' ex pensea was flf6.es. The actual number of votes polled was t.XK-.rj, showing that leSMlS electors did not exercise their privilege. The average cost per vote in England and Wiles waa as M. In Scot land the cost was t cents less, and In Ire land t cents less. ee ajWalry B Xbtw Belldlaa-. In the rivalry between the- maritime powers of ths world for sea supremacy Great Britain still manages to maintain Ha lead. Its German rival having lately built the battleship Moitks. with a teenage of 11,70, MOM horsepower And a developed speed ef a.7 knots, the Brit ish shipyard answer with the battleship LJoa, JUee tonnage. TS.00S horse power and aa accomplished speed of S.T knots. The Llea Is a remarkable big and pow erful ship, one of the wonders of present day naval construction. Ita length Is CSS feet and normal displacement Jt.OUO tons. The btrgeat United Statea war ships In commission, the Utah and Flor ida, are. all feet long: their normal dis placement la ZLXB tons. The Uoa. a sister ship to tbe Princess Royal, wul have a primary battery of sight lU-lach guns, aad twenty 4-Inch guns to repel torpedo attacks. A speed ef XI knots would therefore make the Lion one of the meet formidable warships afloat. , SOAI0& cTrxxnis is wnixsG. f-t Louis Globe Democrat: Senator Cummins says squarely that be will run for president, which Is candid If not fas . io liable. St. Louis Bepublic: Senator Cummins' announcement that he la a candidate for the presidency la interesting chiefly bo- cause he tells tbe people of Iowa that he has learned "that mora than two can didates win be seriously considered by the national republican convention." We are wondering about the other two. Who are they? Indianapolis News: What la certain, however, Is that progressiva politics fat getting very - badly tangled. Apparently it haa been Impossible to bring about a combination on Senator La Follette, who was auppoaed to bo the official candidate of the progressive wing of the republican Party. It ia even said that he was so weak In Iowa that It was necessary to bring out Cummins In order to prevent the state from falling under the control of the Taft men. Washington Herald: ' The Cummins movement to secure the delegates in Iowa and aa many other states aa possible la not primarily la opposition to the grow ing power of La Follette or the still greater power of Roosevelt, ahould hla friends continue to urge his name as a candidate, but It la to divert a portion of the del crates to the Chicago conven tion away from the president. That la the object of La Follette and that la the ob ject of Roosevelt'a friends. Boston Transcript: Two Interesting questions ate presented by his announce ment How many friends haa Senator Cummins In Iowa and how many outside that stale? "The Iowa party" Is In sym pathy with the Insurgents, but not so sympathetio as to prevent 'It from In vading the field which La Follette has oflklally pre-empted. Senator Cummins, It will be remembered, waa prominently mentioned In IMS several montha before the convention of that year assembled. POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS. It. Louis Gtobe-bemocrat: President Taft la so much In earnest on the sub ject of economy thst congress Is some what pressed for tune to catch up. Cleveland piaindealer: Three men In the publle eye ahould go Into partnership the Kansaa candidate for the supreme court, the mayor of Lima and the mayor of IndlanapoUa. Hook. Shook A Shank. Sioux City Journal: Colon! Harvey says he "co-operated earnestly and loy ally In advancing a movement which was Inaugurated solely In the hope of ren dering a high public service." The word of the distinguished publicist wh rose from the common people, ought to be good for that. He haa withdrawn from the movement by request It would have been better for Wood row Wilson to have died In the love and confidence of his friend. ' Philadelphia Record: A politician of Colonel Watterson s ' long experience should have understood that It ts essen tial to an effective explosion that It should come so late as to wave no time after it for recovery from the confusion created' by tt. ' On the eve of the con vention, or just before the roll of states waa to be called, hla deep sorrow at dis covering the governor ef New Jersey to be a schoolmaster and not a statesman, and In no sense a reincarnation of Samuel Jones Tlulea, might hare had a decisive elfect. But six months in ad vance ef tbe convention there ts plenty at time for the aotae te subside aad tbe smoke to blow away and the smell to evaporate, and there la imminent danjer that before June M the ahafta of ridi cule may be sticking In the skla of the Kentucky Warwick. ; . , LAUGHHIG GAS. "Uncle Joe, do you believe In votes for women?" "No. sah. I dent, Manda's got sit da money dat's good for her no." Cleve land Flala Dealer. i "Miss Ganderprest," said the- bootees, allow me to present Mr. I'rendergast.'' -Whv. can It be possible?" exclaimed the charming young woman, "that any body has such a name as that?" Cht.au.j Tribune. "I hope my daughter will marry either a baker or a buuber." "Why sol" "Because If she marries a baker, he knows how to raise the dough, and if her choice is a butcher, he can contrive to make both ends meet." Baltimore American. . Clerk That new customer eers his sn reetore tame serosa with the Puritan-. Grocer What Interests me more is. csn he come acrora with the doug a. -'Boston Transcript. " . ; Too always judge a cigar by ita band, don't you? ..... Yes; if it hss a band around it I don t buy it. Chicago Tribune. Knlcker-How' did that dentist build up such a good practice? Booker Has moving pictures for his victims to look at. Judge. "The voung man who la vtstrlnx; El lis. hss msde a great deal of money manu facturing wax candles. 1 hop he means bUKiness." "Mv dear, cease to worry. If he I In the wax candle trade his Intentions must be cereoua " Baltimore American. Ttiat politician used to have a knife I up his sleeve for you." Yee," replied Senator Sorghum. "'But I have observed him at luncheon and his knife Is not going to do me any harm. He's too busy eating with It." WasirTng- j ton Stsr. "Hoes your wife win at bridge?" "I don't know for sure." replied Mr. Meekion, "but I think so. The women i all look as if they disliked her verv much, but they keep on Inviting ber to play.'1 Wellington Star. "What struck ynu most forcibly during votir visit to the city. Uncle Hiram?" asked the village oracle, 1 "Wall." ruminated Unci Hiram, "when 1 cum to In the hospital I'll b . goeh-dtngrd If I could ree lect whether I It waa a trolley oar or one o' them darned ottymobiles." Philadelphia li.ee- I ord. The Doctor Most of the sickness comes fro 71 what we est and drink. People ere not half particular enough about what they put Into their months. The Professor (nulfftngt No, they're not. Do you often smoke such a ciss' aa that? Chicago Tribune. AH DtTERVHW. ' W. D. Nesblt In Chicago IHist. The party should select a man Who's known. One who can carry out a plan Alone A man of independent thought. Yet who by reason could be brourlit To change his mind, if so he ought. The party must take every heed Today, And choose no man whose leanings lead. Away Prom the great principles which made ' The party, yet who's not afraid To claim saw thoughts must be obeyed. Tbe party must not blindly cling . To one i Who thinks that when he says a thine "lis done. It must awsks. and realise It needs a leader who Is wise. Who publle whoop and whim defies. , The party must have one who holds Hla friends. Yet while his hand a hand enfolds Contends . . For what Is good and right and fair. And for the worker haa a care, Yet gives to capital Ita share. In short, 'tis hard to say just ho , ' ' ' Te choose. The proper man would not dare' to "' Refuse. . He'll answes to hla land's acclaim. , But modesty handmaid of fame Prevents my mentioning his name. CREAM t - i L - . . r. Made from Pure, Grape ' Cream of Tartar . Surpasses every other baking powder in making delicious, healthful food. Protects the food from alum. Baaewt Merit Awarded. 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