Nebraska Newspapers

    TILL BEE: OMAHA. FJUDAV. MAKCH 1, 1912.
the Omaha Daily Bee
ITjCKPEl BT EDWARD ROSEWATER
VICTOR ROSEWATER. EDITOR.
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Why Hot Vote First?
Kmineat jurists tell us that there
is no essential difference between
tiie construction of eonitltational law
and the construction of statutory
law.
Every law suit, every criminal
prosecution, ere 17 bill ia eqaitr
turna on the construction of either
constitutional or statutory Uw.
In Nebraska, and in many other
states, all decisions of trial courts
are appealable, and moat of them ln
TolTing anything worth fighting over
are appealed.
If another and final appeal la to go
to a vote of tha people on the ques
tion whether supreme court decis
ion shall stand or be reversed, why
not vote first, and save time?
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AAAAAASHIr ABOBM Ta
Baa aaaUled e these. Adareaa
will ba aas as attest aa rA.
Major B. B. Xay is bow at liberty
to prefix bis title with an X-ray.
What would Cobb cooaty, Georgia,
do If Ty'a batting average should sud
denly slump? -
Soma auparclUout ertUo wants to
know who bays Dickens' works now,
Oh, the people.
Italy aniMMd Tripoli the other day
and it hardly get a slag; eead ths
front page "see.
The Greeks vset te shy their cas
tors, but bow ths modeTB gladiators
throw their hats. '
Onr grand Jury, of coarse, does sot
propose to get the Utile grafter and
let ths big
.adjutant General AtBsworta ap
pear aot to have been tha only per
son rsliewd by bis ratlremMt
From bow on nothing in the caleS'
dar will distinguish ths present year
from ths wthers that do not leap.
.. Mr. Bryan says be is ready bo sup
port a "true" democrat for president.
Now watch the counter eits alias ap.
President Taft will hare ths ad
vantage of not baring to exesss his
suest of renomlnatlon by any change
of arlnd. ,
Thoss Joalous doctors ought to gbt
en by doing something themsetree
(that wonld bring ths sams amount of
free advertising.
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Perhaps Health Coraamlsalonsr Con
nell might be willing to compromise
with City Comptroller Cosgrove by
splitting ths sUrfereaea.
Akrahsjn Lincoln would conclude
that his tiwablos did not was with
death If be could but know all ths
things that are being said la ' bis
name.
Prof. Millener declares that the
water supply la Omaha contains too
.much alum and too much lima. Let's
I - tub him for ths Water board and get
I it flaed right
With Joeepnus Daniels la charge
of ths democratic publicity campaign.
tbs country is assured of all tha Old
tims political thunder, as far as that
part of It goes.
' The prospect of eight feet of paper
to be cross-marked by each voter in
Omaha at the April primary would
Indicate that this is a fertile field
tfor short ballot agitatioa.
', it anast bave made the Harvester
teoDle awful mad when President
Taft abrogated that Russian treaty
and Interterad with Its sale of har
vesters oa the steppes of Russia.
LouhrrlUs is said to bo IB the
clutches of a spinal meningitis epi
demic We are willing to wager
there Is nothing tbs matter with the
backbone of Louisville's leading cltt-
1
ten.
Oua of oar improvement clubs has
, resoluted against all "slates" la the
'' forthcoming conunissioa plan siec-
jion- Them's oar scBtlnMuts, too.
We also are against all slates, except
our own. ,
Senator Bacoa thinks the demo
crats ought to postpone their na
tional convection te give mors time
to see whom ths republicans will
nominate. Tea, put oft the Inevitable
as Urns as possible.
The bouse committee oa steel in-
, vestigatioB reports that it may not
be possible to state ths tree Intention
of acquiring the Teanesse Coal and
Iron company. Why, did not Mor
' gan. Gary and Perkins say that the
. purpose wsa to prevent s panic? Why
lie so incredulous?
A Confession of Weakness.
In putting It forward ss a serious
proposition that ths democratic na
tional convention be postponed sev
eral weeks, 8enstor Bacon, and those
mho have endorsed his plan, make a
confession of weakness.
Ths democrats bars for years reg
ularly fUed tbs time for naming
their ticket subsequent to ths time
selected by the republicans, the ex
cuse being that ths party la power
should lead off. Ths real reason, of
course. Is that ths democrats want
to be In advance possession ot full
Information as to tbs identity ot the
republican standard bearers, sad the
contents ot the republican platform
In order to govern themselves accord
ingly. For once, 8enator Bacon
openly proclaims this purpose, here
tofore hidden, and discloses It ss bis
opinion that the democrats will need
two or three weeks after ths repub
lican nomination to take stock, and
find oat where they are at,
This does not support very strongly
tho loud claims ot assured and easy
victory mads by other democrats.
Unwarranted.
Thinking to gala political advan
tage, ths two democratic members of
tbs canvassing board In South Omaha
are refusing to count and certify tbs
votes cast by writing In names on
ths ballots in the recent primary for
offices for which no filings had bees
made..
This action strikes ss ss not only
foolish, but anwarranted. Whether
one regards this method of making
nominations with fsvor or disfavor
it is plainly permitted by ths wording
of the taw unless distorted into a
meaning not conveyed by ths ordi
nary use of words. Ths Ibw re
quires that la prlnUng tha ballot
blank lines be inserted under each
office heading la number equal to the
places to be filled, and it would be
manifestly absurd to require these
blank; unes if the names writ tea on
them,; and voted for, are to bs. dis
regarded.
As a matter of fact, a year age
several members of ths legislature
were nominated In precisely this wsy,
no flings being made Id certain
counties, aad the blank llnea were
ntlUsed aBd the votes canvassed, as
a matter of course. If that precedent
holds good, tho refusal to canvass In
South Omaha is untenable. ' !
The World-Herald seems to bars
abandoned Its promised handout to
the taxpayers of I27,000 s year la
net profits from the water works
over and above sll operating expenses
snd Interest charges, as suddenly aa
It found It Wonder who It was that
put ths W.-H. mathematician in soJ
bsd.
Lightning Change.
Soma of the captious friends of
Colonel Roosevelt who become Im
patient at those who think the col
onel should aot have projected his
candidacy and should not seek a
presidential nomination this year, by
harking back Just a few months, may
find that Colonel Roosevelt himself,
bad vry strong feelings sgalast ths
wisdom and advisability of his nomi
nation, for he wrote to bis friend
snd champion, Editor Moore ot Pitts
burgh:
I WAtilg ncard my nomlnAtlon as noth
ing short of a national CAhunliy.
It CoJooel Roosevelt, himself, felt
this strongly on the subject, cer
tainly others ars entitled to their
milder feelings bow aad should not
be blamed If they succeed in finding
no reason for changing their views
because Colonel Roosevelt baa
changed his.
Steady Hand Heeded.
A sane head and a steady hand are
needed to deal with the textile work
ers strike at Lawrence, Mass. It Is
evident the contending forces art
getting further apart every day. Ran
cor aad atupidity, but bo spirit of
mutual Interest, have characterised
the strike from the first. The em
ployers had aa advantage duo to the
fact that the strike was under the
conduct of the I ads Atrial Workers ot
the World, aa organisation not noted
for Its sanity or sense of Justice, but
the employers seem to have lost that
advantage by outdoing the leaders of
ths strike la drastic methods. Now,
to Judge from the tone ot Maasachu-
setts aewspapera, popular oplaloa has
veered entirely from the aids of the
employer to that of the striker, with
the breach widening all the time.
So it is well enough, perhaps, that
the situation has been called to the
attention of congress for investiga
tion. This climax was reached when
the officious colonel in charge ot the
stats troops refused permission lo
strikers to send their children out of
the danger sose to relatives or
fries da, where the children might be
protected and the strikers relieved
from' that much ot a hardea while
engaged ia this straggle. Of course,
aa the employers doubtless perceived,
this would enable the strikers the
better to cope with the odds against
them and prolong the contest, but
the employers seem to nave sown the
wind and reaped the whirlwind in
actuating this high-handed interfer
ence by the militia. The federal gov
ernment evidently so views the case,
for it is reported to have provided
for the relief ot the colonel In
charge.
If the labor bureau institutes an
Inquiry into the textile situation It
will undoubtedly result ia good, for
it will be conducted upon so broad a
bar. Is, surely, as to disclose all the
conditions leading up to the strike,
which is. after all, the important
thing. If some of the conditions the
strikers represent really obtain, then
It is time for publicity and improvement
The Battle of the Bosses,
Ia the Chicago city primaries the
Hearst-Harrison machine seems to
hare defeated the Roger C. Sullivan
machine, beating the former demo
cratic boas even la his own ward. To
use the words of Mayor Harrison,
the most impressive lesson ot It all
Is the drubbing administered to
Roger C. Sullivan."
Hearst's Examiner modestly ad
mits that it and the mayor Inflicted
a stunning defeat" oa Sullivan and
his gang and redeemed Chicago,
politically. Others, ot course, may
take different views, for some men
figure la this triumph who are not
generally classed aa either purity re
formers or ideal politicians. So it
remains to be seen whether Chicago
will be a cleaner and better city
under one set of democratic bosses
than it was under the other bosses.
Booking Backward
1 lih Da v inOmfliTn
rCOkUTlXD r ROM BEB flLf 1
1 r MARCH 1. 1 1
Out In Idaho Mr. Bryan publicly
declares thst he has not yet decided
whom he favors for the democratic
nomination. Why aot be frank and
truthful, Mr. Bryan? Does any one
believe that "Dick" MetcalfeNwould
come out openly for Wood row Wilson
without first knowing that hs was
Mr. Bryan's choice?
Our Congreasmaa Lo beck's effort
to stand la with ths speaker by favor
ing Champ Clark for president threat
ens to get his wires crossed st boms
In spite ot ths lavish distribution ot
free garden seeds. Be careful,
Charles Otto.
Ths boas of the boy scouts holds
bp our owa Buffalo Bill as ths type
tor the beys to aim at in striving
aftor their Ideal. It is pleasing to
know that we are credited with hav
ing the best eld scout ot them all.
TBA Dw PaapIa."
BprlasflAld Keeubllrsa.
Never in all tlx years of Uia republic
wsia "the paopIa" so deAT to pnAtdeiUlAl
sapl rants se st this moment which Is tho
outward and visible dsn of aa Inward
rrnlag for vet
Warn the Load RAAtat
Ftttabursb MapAtch.
Now It Is assorted that If the anthracite
miners set nore par Uia publlo will have
to pay a hlsher price for anthracite eoaL
But that does not create such a eenAA-
tloa since the ion-Aurrr1n ultimaU
eonaumer has learned from eaperlencA
that he will have te pay the uttermost
farthing In any event .
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KAAAlAAl MAAAr At HAAtA.
PhllAdelphia Bulletin.
Aeeontlna to poaIaI reports, the inter.
national money order huatnesa In . New
York City haa shown a decreaaA ot snort
lhan as,BOS,(lO slnco the postal Aavinss
banks were opened there. The figures
srt alfnltlcant In view of tha larse for-
Ign-bom population, which maoA large
aaa of the money order system to send
funds abroad.
It rwra tA AAvertlae.
Weanlncton Herald,
fievea presidential headquarters in the
AAtionAl oapHAl art btiay night and tey
supplying publicity for their respective
cAndldAtAB. Even aspirants for ths alA-h.
office la tho sift ot tha people find
that It peri to sdvortlAA.
Of course H doe There Is ns way ta
reach the peoplA except through the news-
papers, snd ths typewriters la the vsrtoue
offices are working overtime supplying
matArlAl to Impress ths publlo mind.
And the publicity which Mmaa candi
dates opeaJy SAAk Ia tbA helpful Agent
needed by every merchant who hAa goods
te sell.
Thirty Years Ago
March cajsa la Uka a lamb.
The Woansa's Chrlatiaa TemperAnoe
nmon soadaI temperance m eating at the
Baptist church presented a program with
theiA parUetpants: Mrs. Btirraugbs, Idas
StATAM. Mas Lawton, afisa Carrie
Stewart, Was WUsotv Mr. Stevens, Mr.
Warren and Rev. Ingram.
The oamptlmentary reoeption tendered
by Uia Standard dub te Mr. Job
Brustel aad bride came off with great
eclat, snd sixty couples present
The B. M. grading strike Acquires
InereAStnf proportion the men dectti
Ing te accept SLA) a day as a compro
mise, and forming a parade with a band
marched through the streets te Uia num
ber of COB A number of the so-called
leaders were arreeted. '
Soma one broke lYsak Currier's
street showcase snd stole several valu-
a Me photographs from It
The desk In the county clerk's office
vacated by i. B. J. Ryan, is sow AO-
cupled by Mr. John Taylor.
A petition It being circulated te change
tht curb tine ef Dodge street so as ta
leave only forty feet to be paved.
O. A-'Llndquest, the tailor, haa moved
to 1S6 Farnam street where he It fitted
up In Uia most modArn sty!
The wells of ths new Grand Central
hotel have reached the cornlCA in many
places, and scons ot men are at work
putting on tho caps.
MastAr MechAnle Congdon and Super
intendent Stevens arrived in a special
oar from Grand Island, when they had
been examining ths shops.
Twenty Tears Ago
Mr. and Mrs. George C. BAsaett UT
North Nineteenth street save a "hard
times" party emulative ot Uia early days
ot Omaha, whan John O. Baxa placed the
blighting mark ot hit disapproval upon
tha city. It was voted a unique and dlA
tlnct hit The bard times Idea was con
sistently carried out Among those pres
ent were Mr.' and Mrs. Shan Mr. aad
Mra. Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. Will Brown,
Mr. and Mrs. H. Bamum, Mr. and Mra.
r. K. Bailey, Mr. and Mrs. C McKenns,
Mr. aad Mrs. H. A. Heakell, Mr. Aad
Mra, M. Counaman, Mrs. E. Angetl, Mrs.
Adam Mra Thompson, Mrs. J. Oeiuwn.
Mlas It Blaksley, Miss Addle Blaktley,
Miss Grace Basset t, Mr. Arthur AngetL I
It was anaouneed that unleAS all signs
failed the heads ef a number of county
employes would drop into the official
waate basket In a month. Marked for
the slaughter were J. J. Mahonay, super
intendent of the poor farm; Mike Leahy.
engineer at ths court house: Oscar
Stevens, clerk ot the Board of County
commissioners. . ......
Mrs. W. 8- Seavty returned from Hot
prints. Ark,, much Improved In heel to.
Will Crary gavs a high five pertr to a
few Mends at his handsome bachelor
headquarters In Halcyon Heights hotel
Among those present wen Mr, And Mra.
Boor, Mr. and Mra Blgelow. Mr. and
Mrs. WsUon, Mr. and Mrs. Grave Mr.
snd Mrs. Besumont Miss Blgelow, Mlas
uebaroa and other
Tea Years Ago
A note received from Her. r. 1. Mc
Carthy, whs was dowa about Gibraltar,
JB a storm' twenty-four hours.
was aot aioa a mlnut Great tailor. My
Jersey sea legs sustained their reputa
tion.':
Prof. Frank A. - Fitspstrick. formerly
superintAotlent of the Omaha public
chol was la ths elty as the represen
tative of the Amerloae Book oompany.
Mrs. Henry Jones and . daughter. Mrs.
. R. Barnacle, left for Denver to be
absent a eouplo'of week They were
ts Join Mrs. Harry Barnaca and all re
turn te OmAhA together.
Felix J. MoShAne and H. Far Keely
spent the dey with their parents snd re
turned to tht university at Lincoln.
Tha third muaioale of the Lenten
serlet was given at ths Unlnger Art sal.
lery. The apocIa! attraction was tht
singing of Mrs. James Lawrence Blair
of St. Louis, who created a splendid im-
prttttoa with her superb soprano vole,
her AhArmlng manner ef Impreeelon And
Interpretation, and her delineation ot ex
cellent schooling. The accompaniments for
Mrs. Blair were artistically played by
Mlsa Caroline Sheet
March cam ta with a roar. Stormy
oondltlens wen general ever tha coun
try, and Omaha got Its share.
Ths Eye And Hand club met at tL
South Eighteenth street And elected these
officer , President A. H. Kobersteln:
vlea president A. Weinberg; secretary.
Russell Smith: treasurer. J. Zadlna, Ex.
ecutlve committee: T. C Muella, an.
McUuirA and Mrs. Russell Smith.
famhias sonros.
WaAhlngtoa Post: Tha spear ttiat knows
ae brother aaa a familiar look aa It
fleshes aloft as ot old.
Louisville Courier-Journal: The dlk. dlk.
Uw bull elephant the whale-beaded stork,
the rhluoCATOS and sundry dentsens of
the junglA now hAvt the mugh oa the
American voter.
Chicago Inter-Ocean: . Hen and there
are poaalbty newspapers that are aot en-
ihualastio ever Mr. Roosevelt, but even
they should aot forget that he le the best
en In the world for first page copy. ,
New York Sun: For 1bA genuine rule
of tbA peopU" subaUtutA "tha genuine
rule At Theodore Rooeevelf and you have
AS accurate sutaraeat of one of tbA pfln
eiplee for which be has stood and for
which be now stands and slwars win en
deavor to reduce to Action.
gt Paul Dispatch: The eonseasiaa of
the republican poUUetaaa who bave been
interviewed oa Colonel Roosevelt's aa
snuncement seems to be that he la the
right man far ths piac if ha gets It, but
If ba fails President Taft really, is en
titled t a second term.
St Louis Republic: Tbs late Senator
Do! liver of leva was a tree biiii eaalii.
aad Ma opinion wsa that the extorttoeatA
tariff, with tts attendant corruptions, was
at the root sf sB aalegovenunect. He
pledged hie lite ta Use eitirpetloa of the
evIL Mr. Roosevelt, the vising hope of
the Breaent-day prusicaslvwa. haa never
heard of the tariff and never refers to It!
Look at the Books
taveatbratiaas by BAmoeratla
Quill sac ee A aO as Tlald
the Beeaad Farty Capital.
People and Events
Sea hat tha force of example does.
Militant suffragettes In New Tork art
"Stripping te the' buff" by discarding
their corset
Bam ball will ba Improved next season
when the majority of toe Weacherltes b
given the power to recall tbs decision!
of the umpire.
A series of political upbrAvAi.v runnlnr
IntA the heart of June will bring close
to the rest of mankind Tom Edison's limit
of four hours sleep In twenty-four.
A small bunch of Chicago people report
dropping Ht.OOJ In "pecan orchsrds" In
Florid at which they didn't get a r-tsk
It Is calculated tha "touch" st good for
Ova yesvA ef goMbrlcklesa dream
Rutherford B. Have son ot Ruther
ford & Have former president of the
United Slates, bae matriculated as s stu
dent culture and dairying at Cornell. Mr.
Hayes has a big farm near Asuevllla,
N. C.
Aa organisation of democratic Innocents
Away from home, temporarily quartered
hi cons hp and knows aa tha "Tell-L's-How-to-VotA
club.' hopes ta escape the
pitfalls ot pontics snd obtain salvation
by relying oa ths daily advice of W. J.
Bryan. Fatherly correction tones up the
system of kids.
High living and right thisVlng often
carries an editor away beyond tha allottee
spaa of three score and ten. George
Sheppard, aa editorial writer on the New
Tork Times ta Henry J. Raymond'! time,
t dead at the age of M. It la a curious
ooincldence that John Blgelow, who was
Mr. BheppArd't Immediate re edeucaaur la
the Times, died restaur at tha sga of M.
A Waahlngtoa genius fun of poetic fire
And things tunas his harp to Uia music
ot the times aad offers aa a substitute
for the "boon dawg sang" a package of
jingling vanes at which thai la the
opener: :
Go tell ydur Aont Sophia
(4 the lucky state of Ohio:
Her favorite son ia ma ing a run.
And he'll la because he's a Oyer;
A, Maurice Low, WAahlngtea
Awedtnt reviews ta Harper Weekly
the mcepttoa. progress and farcical rs
aults of Uia InveaUgatlona ef government
Affairs ABdertakAn by the democratic
majority la Uia bouse of repreaentativee
and preeenta a Bear view ot shattered
party hope la part, be ssys:
When Uia democrats obtained control
ef the bouse last year they wan obsessed
with toe Idea that millions were to
made, poHUcally speaking. If they could
gee a wok at the book The mother
lode ef repubooaa rascality was still
rich le high-grade or aad it only
needed picks snd shovels In the hands
f Ood-fearing democrats to bring these
"cnes.to uie surfs oa to the glory of
aenocraey and the discomfiture of re
publicanism. Bt once there was a stam-
peoA for this new Klondike No
Aggea benlnd when politic at tort una
might be won by a lucky strike. Ths
democrats wen 'seised with a mad pas
sion for investigating. I forget bow
many ( invest lgatlnc committees wert at
work at one tint but tht number at
aot material. Everything high and low
was te be pro bad. All the stag and
lnlqulUea thst hsd accumulated for ths
last soueea years wen to be dragged
out ot their hiding places and put oa
public exhibition. Then was to be such
an AiiectivA house-cleaning that fac
tories would have to run overtime to
supply vacuum cleaners, and with the
demand for whitewash tbA price would
rlsA and another complication would be
Added to the high cost of living. Many
-raw ina ninis ot What would hsnn.n
"A noose side of tha eanltni th.
democrats wrapped themselves in an air
oi mystery as easily aa tha hero of .
French detective story nuts on a wi
And tht Inevitable blouse and deflea the
detection of his wife and seven children,
while several million Americana waited
with Ill-concealed Impatience for the
plot to thicken and ths villlans te be
brought to justice.
The investlgaUona have an far
trivia. Tha most Important that ef Uia
spedAi committee to Investigate the steal
trust, has spent a good deal of ths public
money and has afforded an ODOOriuallv
for Mr. Roosevelt to oxptaln why be al-
owea mo united States Steel Corpora
tion to absorb ths TtnBeaae CnaJ
Inn company, which added nothing to
ths sum of human knowledge Aad en
abled Mr. Carnegie te enjoy himself m
htt own pecnllar way la talking about
himself, which Is ons of his favorite top
ics, and his early struggles, which Is en
tertaining but ae longer new. Alt that
Mr. Carnegie told the oommlttAe has long
been known, so that It can hardly be
said that the committee with the assist
ance of Mr. CAroegte, discovered unsus
pected sources of Information. Other
witnesses have been equally as discursive
snd equally as tntlghttaung; nor has the
committee always shown Intelligence In
seeking for knowledge. For lnstsnoa, a
WAAk or se ago tha committee devoted
sevtrai boots listening to Louis D. Bran
dels, a Boston lawyer. Mr. BrandeM'
simply repeated what Impartial and
trained government Investigators long ago ,
made publlo and Whose statsments arsj
necessarily more authoritative than the)
men nearaay Belief or aa outsider. In
fact much ot Uia Unit ot the committee
has been wastedf and very little ef It haa
been put to profitable use. Ths ens sen
satlonal splsoda thst has corns out of aa
Investigation that haa dragged along for
montha was a shsrp difference ef opinion
Among soma of tha democratic wiambcra
ot tht committee as to ths mnnner B
which tht Investigation should be con
ducted, which led Representative Martin
Littleton, a democatlo member of the
committee, to turn the house, ot repre
aentativee Into a laundry and wash some
of ths party linen In public.
Then it a certain seriousness connected
with ths eteel Inevstlgstlen, but tht work
of some of the other committees has been
simply farcical. Then was. for Instance,
an attempt to create a gnat scandal bt
cauAA a portrait of a former ssontary of
state had been charged to ths secret serv
ice fund of the Bute department instead
Jf the contingent fund. Admittedly this
was an improper transaction and It may
altq be conceded that tht investigation
revealed a good deal of laxneas la the
xystem of bookkeeping m the State de
partment but that is tht worst thst can
as said. Then was sn sttempt mads At
-Irst to defame by Inference Uw memory
f Uia lata 8e.-retary Hay, but that was
ipeedlly dropped becauss even the most
ardent lnveetlgator saw tha danger ef
.rylng to asperse a man whose IdeAla
wen as high as thoss ot John Ilsy: A
.ning thst very properly ought to have
jeen Investigated privately and a practice
Jiat should not be permitted to continue,
jAcausA government funds, like Caesar's
1fe, must be above suspicion, wsa ex-
esnea m puoiio ana diawb up Into a
jubble and then, lika all bubbles, burst
J ore recently tht "trail" led to the ex
.endltun of an Appropriation for tho
uake Champlain celebration, when the of-
Jclal representatives at thA United Slates.
Jraat Britain, France aad Canada wen
Jie guests of the net leu. When a private
adlvMuai entertains hi friends be does
jot furnish them with an Itemised ao-
oount ot the coat of the Jood and the
sines and the flowen and It seems hardly
-n keeping with International good man
ners that British or French or Canadian
quests Invited to alt at the table of the
Jolted Ststes should have It forced upon
Jiem what their entertainment cost. Thle
duty be "poUtlc" but It ts the sort of
politics that hss cost the demorcets men
-nan one tlecttoa.
Then there was a farcical Investigation
jf the "Dick to Dick," letter. The reader
erRI remember thAt letter of course, tor
.1 created a ripple on the surface of
journalism at the Ume. By that letter
atr. BAllinger, the former secretary of the
Ulterior, waa to bo convicted ot having
oetrayeg Alaska, and tha president waa
.0 be amlrched because his brother was
.nvolvad la tha shady transaction. Ob
VNMialy ths alleged letter waa either a
iorgery or sever existed except la the
jDeginatlon of a dishonest person; tf
each a letter had beta received by Mr.
BAllinger and by htm left la tha offldAl
.ilea of ths Interior department te re
main there as a permanent record ot his
dishonesty he ought to have been locked
up, but ia aa insane asylum and not a
jail, for it waa proof tnat ba seeded a
guardian. Yet thA committee gravely "in
vestigated" and only reluctantly dropped
the quest long after every unprejudiced
person had beea convtaced ot the attar
falsity ot the charge.
Not content with having piled fiasco
upon fiasco and learning bo wisdom from 1
past experience. thA democrats ars now
agitating the moat atupandoua kavcetiga-
' tion of alL "The money trust" Is to be
Uw basis of a eoBgrtAsioaal Inquiry. Just
what the money trust is ae ens precisely
knows, but that It exists certain persons
are convinced, snd. that being ths cast,
iit must of course ba invest lasted An
Investigation of that character can only
be a repetition of Uw loose sort ot
"evidence" that thA steel commlttAC baa
listened te with such evident rehab. Boms
oda win Utl the committee that soma one
told him that he knew a men whose note
the bank refused to discount because "the
interests'' wanted te put him out ef
business.
"Can you prove your assertion aa
inconvenient republlcaa member ef the
committee will ask.
"No, I can't prove it" the witness
will reply, "but I believe it"
That la tha sort of "evidence" the
committee may expect to bring out and
one may well ask whether there an aot
more valuable things te which the house
of represerjtatlvee can turn Its atten
tion. With tha passMa of the democrats far
ravesUgating then has been a food deal
of surprise la Washlnctotf that one legi
timate subject of Inquiry has Bet bean
'si en up. When war was declared
against Spain congress mads a lamp ap
propriation ef M.K.M to be ax ponded
At Uia discretion ot Uw president for
military purposes. It baa tlways beea
understood that a considerable balance
of this appropriation remalaed In the
treasury when Mr. Roosevelt came into
tha presidency, and that this money was
used for purposes In no wise connected
wttn the war. This Impression may be
wrong, but it ta firmly believed to be
correct by a great many wall Informed
persons In Washington, and K la curious
that the committee on expenditures in
the treasury depsrtznent hss not asked
for an aoaounUng of Uw fund. A careful
examination of the expenditures cksrged
to this appropriation might perhaps be
a gnat deal mora ueeful and reveal
many mora Interesting things than tht
acrutlny ot expense bills In connection
with the entertainment of official vlsl-
tora, the guests of the nation.
Varle Saab aa m Salesaaan.
Philadelphia Record.
Business Is always a little dull in gold-
winter, at the beginning of the new year
when then hi a sort of at op page to taks
a survey of possibilities snd probabllitie
Tet then was nothing liks stagnation in
eon sequence ot unstable condition The
foreign commerce of the United States in
January waa larger than In any put
January. Imports wen vslued at SitV
667.7a and exports at 3M,aM,7i. Not a
bsd beginning for lilt
Beware el the DlAtasrraph.
Detroit Free Pre?
Tbs security of secret places for plot-
Unas, has departed. Nowhere can men
come together stealthily and eonsptn
against their fellows with Impunity. The
waIIa hare been given can. In sober
truth. Whta night It turned Into day by
electricity and when then hi no mora
obscurity when whispered words can es
cape detection, it is fast coming to be
herder to live by crime than by honaat
ways.
CHEERY CHAFF.
Jll U1AIX. J.
ro be quite frank, doctor. SWwsVgA.
s been eating her heart i '
m.a unthM-To ba oulte frank, doctor.
the poor gu-1 haa beea eating her heart
Doctor Ah. that's very to prudent Til
have to order a change of diet Boston
Transcript. ' ..
atr Editor-rm. rr (
gtms (the reporter Yes, sir.
City Editor "Oo down ts the hotel sad
interview that masnata and set has de
nial of Uw Interview at toe same time.
Scoot now!" Judge, i , , ,
Distracted pArent-Hushaby baby!
Baby-O'WAB! Edlaoa says we sleep too,
much. New Tork Bun.
ComtdUn-trtd the ghost walk?
goabrette No, it waa an aviation com
edy, and ghost flew after Uw first week.
Judge. Business Msa (explalnlngV-When they
say "money is easy." they mean stmply
thst ths supply is greater than the de-
""his" Wife Goodness! I shouldn't think,
such a thing possible.-Phlladelphia Press.
"Opera singers an unusually brave In1
one respect."
"What Is thatr
"No matter what they do they an Al
ways ready to face the music"-Baltimore
American.
It seems such an spproprists match-1
that of Mlas Packing ham and young
Sugarbeet." . . , . i
Ta Their tethers wen Indicted by1
ths same grand jury. 1 bcllcvA,"-Chicago
Rsoord-Hsrsld.
Wlnkleby gased st the new triplets I
with fstberly pride, but not a little ap
prehension In his eye. .nevertheless.
"What are you thinking, dearr asked
Mrs. Wlnkleby. softly. .
"Nothing, dear nothing," he said, fal
terlngly. "only don't you think it would
be wiser for us hereafter to build up our '
little family on the Installment planT"
Harper's Weekly.
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TEE AMIABLE MAS. ,
Llpplnoott't MaaTAilne. -I've
never found that apeech profane has .
won a friend tor me.
I've never found it paid me much to
cuss.
And while I know a lot of words of sheer
profsnity
I've never found they've helped me in a
muss.
And so It is no mortal lives who's ever,
heard me swear.
Not even such a lUtls word ss "Sty!"
When things go wrong and seem te be'
completely past repair
I simply bang my foeman en the ey
my
I've never found it paid te meet
trouble with a frown-
It doesn't pay to corrugate one's face.
Frawne only nerve to drag a fellow's I
troubled spirit down.
And fill his mind with notions mean I
snd base. 1
And hence It Is tny pallid brow ofl
wrlnklee all is free, J
Nor gives aa outward sign ef Inward,
Whan some ons comes along by day or'
nltbt to pester me
I simply smllt and kick blm down the 1
stairs,
1 don't believe It Aver pays te lose one's!
temper o'er
The little slings and arrows of this life. '
I don't believe an Angry shout or loud I
and blatant roar
Will ever ease a fellow of his strife.
It's better far to go your wsy with fresh I
and happy mien.
As though yen dwelled beneath a flag 1
of truce.
And when tlw hosts of Trouble shall ap
pear upon the scene
Take off your coat and thrash 'em like
UW deuce!
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