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12 TJtK BKK: OMAHA, SATlRDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1912. The Omaha Daily BEi3 rotrXDKD hy KUffAnb noflBWATBit. vicron noskATRfC bditqk. hcB nt'iMUNa. kaunam axd lrrn. Knlered at Omaha ndAoTtlca si second- elaro matter TCnMs"bK8t',Bcniif Ion." Hunflay Uec. OMf? year Saturday Pec. one 'year Pally Ilea without Bunflay. one year, 4 Dally Ilee. nul Sunday, ono yjar ... 6 W DELIVERED BT CAItumn. BvenlnB and Sunday. Pr month... we Hvetitne, without Sunday, pr month. Dslly Ilee. Inrlualmt Funday, rtT mo. fc Dally Bee, without Sunday, per ":, AddrefAll complaints or Irregularities In delivery to City Circulation DPt- It KM ITT A NCES. rlemtt by draft. xpres or postal order, rfayable to' The Be J'ubllshlnf Compan . Only ent stamps received In PMmjnt of. small accounts. Peronal checks. -r.ept on Omaha and easftrn exchanB. not accepted. omnhn-tha Be bulldlnc SouUi Ohirfha-f-iUJ street. r,ouncjl,J511i''-iM' North Main street. L'ncoTn-aT Mrtl bUlMlp'R. ' t hlcao-lWl llaro.U6tte bulldlnB. Katifcas Clty-Berianc bulldlnK. New Vork-M West Thirty-third, fit. Iou!i.-IW rrlsco bulhllnr-Valilnton-T2S Fourteenth M. W. Nebraska's Resources. miliar with tho conditions realize that Xobraaka'a prcomlneneo as an agricultural ntatt tins never boon properly sot before the world. Thnt thin la duo to Inefficient machinery is admitted. Thin fact Is Just now emphasized by roason of a RlUiation that has dovolopod through tho agency of Inefficient, moans of gath ering data. Ono slato official was lod to tho unfortunate conclusion that tho soil lu some partR of the state Is holng exhausted, which was promptly denied by another author ity. Out of this comes a strong argu ment In favor of tho provision of tnoro offoctlvo methods for gather ing and dlsssmlnatlng rollablo In formation concerning, the rcsoUco3 of this greatest of nil agricultural Htateu of tho union. . Tho' Incoming legisla ture can perform no moro effective Borvlco thnu by proporly providing for tho compilation of rolrablo fig ures concerning tho agricultural and commercial activities of N'obraska. pormKSi'oNnBNCK. Oommunloittlotis retains to-new nna editorial matter should be addressed Omaha Bee. iftlltnrlal Peparttnent. TOBKH CIHCUUATION, 51,898 State, of Kebnulta. County of Douttlas. s D wight Williams, circulation majiuKer of Too Bee PutiUMilnp ooinpany. ,.. ... ...... tl,i,i ilm ni'urnM nrtllv (JUl Anvi II. rajr ..... " I . --- m&TiijS! mna.iTW.u-Kr ls ' ,h "PooulatlTir markets of tho wuriu. ucara uru mmy in I'lirm, jjou- don, Now York nnd olsowherc at- . Betting on the War. Tho commercial aspects of war aro not confined 1o the traffic In muni tions nnu supplies, uui aro roticcicu Circulation Manager. in mv nreaenco and sworn to bctora rne this 1st day of November. lll . BOBICnT IHWTEK. (Seal.) Notary Public Ibl&Dav'lnOnmbal 3 M. " C, - S I g ''tr COMPlLtiD CKOM OE.r. Hnbcrlbri lenTlna fc" ellr rjn'ptrrllr ahonltt hnTP The lien mulled if Ihrm. Addresa vrlll ;lr chanced na often n re- l'latlhum, they say, outlnsU gold, Wciprfefor th6 gpld, nevertheless. (. 'livery llttlo sting of ingratltudo blto all its own. - Charley Sckwnb says business has ndtlitnjbr to fear from legislation. It Is'hopod Charles has tho right hunch. .it tlio near-far-lUo controversy is rtuttjfod, tho demand for enough cam Isrnpt, unless tho cars aro forthcoming 1 Xow, as soon as you pay the last iustallment oh your Thanksgiving turkoy you may bogln to lay In your Christmas pres6nU. That California man who sent hln lrrefraglblo auto to the bottom of tho nca under full speed must bavo been a1, friend of McOlnty. , Thanksgiving . day passed off quietly and with no unusual happon Itiga at Shrevesport; La., whore throe negroes wero lynched. . ?ow thattho milk pituntlou has cfeino Bqiitiroly boforo tho cltlzons, lot ts get to tho bottom of tho can and jjnu out wuat is tnoro. Shoots ejc-Vlfo, -VVho ncfuswl to Aals JJlhv to Stay Jtor Dlnner.-tHeRdllne. Moral: AlWays 'ask: jtiur W husband, to stay for din nor. Ono attractive foaturo of the now hotel Is that It Is not altogether foundod on enthusiasm. Real inonoy is being put into tho project. Tho building season lasts all tho year around irk Omaha. If you doubt this, glifo ft; glance' at tho street blockaded Svlth piles of matorlal. ..tf OoVernorloct Dunno of Illinola ltstens to tho siren volco of Lee O'Neill- -Browne he will havo only himself- to blamo for the conso- uuences, tempting to beat down prices with alarming reports of a general conti nental upheaval, Tholr schomen are disparaged by the continual counter acting effort among the poworB for a peacof.nl scttlctnont of International difficulties growing out ot or enter ing Into tho Turko-lJalkau conflict. Sir Edward Oroy'fl proposal for a poaco party composed of tho umbasBa- dora of tho six great Europcnn na tions Oreat Britain, Krance, Ger many, Ilussla, AiiBtro-Huugnry and Italy to assemblo at Tho llttguo nnd dispose of tho probloms Is n body blow to tho fanfare of general war. Austria nnd Servia, to bo sure, hre still pressing rival claims for an Adriatic port, nnd this may net oh an irritant for somo time, but it is not the most ncute question at Ibbuo. Tho deplorable fact Is that war s seized upon for the purposes of spec ulation in the commodities of Ufa. Tho London press is thundering out Its anathemas upon such prnctlcos nnd urging tho powers to combine tholr efforts to insure tranquillity and rebuko ths sordid spirit of spec ulative commercialism, which, how ever, Is not a now spirit. Solicitor General Bullitt bus asked tho fedoral supremo court to construe ti)e roaaon In -tho new nowspaper pub licity law1 Court should not be asked tQ perform Iniposslblo tnalts. If Omaha should get "owl" cars aa a- result of tho streot railway com pany's plebiscite It will compensato for all tho troublo folks took In voting. Prcskht-elect ' Wilson haa Invited Bryan and other leadlnjc democrats to confer with him on his return from Ber mud a. Ntiws Item. Bryan and others." Another sting of Ingratitude. 'A murdorer of his swoothcart In t!y Montana ponltontlary !a called tho "Jean Valjeau' of 'Montana, probably , because h)a crime was so mlich unlike apytUlag that Jean Val Jean over did- i -. , , , ' The latest, revision of returns shows that Governor Johnson of Cal Ifornia lost his proclnct, -ward; town, county, state and nation. But ho ralist havo won something, for ho de clares. It ws- i'a glorious- victory." Did anybody ever learn what was th final conclusion of the Titanic bearing? hi, Ixjuls Times. The British hearing? Yes, a reso lution Toasting the Amorlcan press and ejclolllng Is may J, Bruce Ismay for his self-sacrificing heroism. Several straw men having feen put ii ad prompUy knocked down, the elect! ob of George W, N err is to the United Slates jseftnte by the Nebraska legislature may nowbe looked upon m certa4. As a stter fact, it has jnpi been In doubt since the re sult of ta election became known, Buf. this did, not prevent the erection and deraolitloB of a flae let of dummy rumors. Democrats and Civil Service. This declaration is embodied In tho detriocrattc Baltimore platform; Tho law pertaining to tho civil service should bo honestly luul rightly enforced, to tun end that merit and nblltty Hhall tw the, stnndnrd of appointment tbft promo- lion nitnor man service rendered to, n political party; and wo fov.or jv rrorgnnl cation of tho civil Bervice, with oilcauuto compeiisntlop ct)intnunsuiii.tn with thu class of work nerfonned for nil offlcors und employe. . Yet boforo thd men elected unon that plntform pledge tako their soats In offlco party loaders are said to be planning the revocation of President Tnffs order placing 30,000 fourth- class postmnstora under thu civil aorv lco. When tho president Issued that order ho carrlod civil servlco to the furthest goal It had over reached, amid the applauso of millions of Americans desirous ot promoting merit to tlio exclusion of spollsv in politics. If the democrats undo, or attempt to undo, this splendid pleco 'of work and set back tho wheels of progress they will, we bollevo, invito and ro- celvo deserved popular denunciation, Their craze for pelf and pie Is not to bo satisfied at tho expenso ot public Bervlco and progress In government. And yet, what olso Ib to be expected, doBplto campaign platform promises, of a party whoso lenders In tho last congress attempted to balk nnd de feat civil servlco nt every turn? The Old Liberty Bell. The young lady who swung to the clapper of the curfow that "shalj not right tonight" hold on no tighter than Philadelphia clings to tho old Lib orty belli which tho whole state of California Is now pleading to havo sent to 8an Francisco fqr the Pan atna-Pacltlc exposition In 101 5. No city or state enjoys exclusive title to this bell, but Philadelphia has "nine points ot law" In confirming Us possession ot It. . That city has boen its custodian since it came from England In 1753 and proclaimed our independence July A, 177C. It hangs In tho old State House and, If leaving It there untouched will prolong Its existence, why not do so? Qn the eldea.of the old relic of liberty 'ap pears this mandate from the Levltlcal law: Proclaim liberty thrmtfthout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof. That It did onco for all, and tho liberty it proclaimed Is no rnoro in Jeopardy. Yet it tho boll could sAtely bo transported nnd used in San Fran cisco It would intensely gratify a turn tlment that links together these two world-tranBforrulng epochs In the life of one young nation Amorlcan Inde pendence nnd , the Panama canal loss than 140 years apart. The bell could do no active service. Ita old sides cracked July 8, 1835, when tolling out the doath of Chief Justlco Mar shall, with nlmoet human significance of a devoted people's jjrlnf. Thirty Yearn A Mlsi Kophle Grant left for her home In the Quaker city nfter a visit to her friends In Omaha. Tho principal feature of the Maenner- ohor entertainment was singing by the club members. I'illx Slnvln has signified hi admira tion for John !. rax ton by naming his son ami heir, John Pnxton Hlavln. The residence of Bert Wllklns, Twen ty-third and Charles streets, wan the scene of n Thanksgiving sociable. The dmaha Medical college and the Nebraska company were well represented. This ThunksgtvInK day brought a terri ble flood of rcnsatlons and crlnio. A fa tal shootlntf took placn on Tenth street, near 'the Occidental hotel, a. Union Pa cific roundhouse helper was accidentally killed, nnd numerous robberies and fights wero reported. Th Union Cathollo Library associa tion entertainment was participated In by the following! Miss Marie Zemlnck, Mrs. O. McCaffrey, Miss Blla Kennedy, Judue A. N. Clmdwlck; a quartet consisting of T. Bterricker, J. Van Crew, AV. O. Math ews and Ueorgo iirauiey; .miss juua Hnrdenburg, Miss Ida CJIbson, John M. Gaymore, Prof. Walter, .Charjea McDon ald, Mrs, J. lleyward, Mrs. Ueorgo Cragcr, V. M, McDonald.' Twontv Years Au Denn Gardner of Trinity cathedral went to St. Paul. Mrs. W. N. Naon returned from Chi cago, whero ho Jiad been In a sanitar ium, much Improved In health. Juilgn and Mrs. K. Wakeley entertained In the. evening at high five In honor of Mr. nnd Mrs. Nathan Shclton, ten tables being scattered through the rooms. The guests numbered mnny of tho most promi nent town folk. Ilofreehments wero served nt the conclusion of tho games. George ITay, a lad of fifteen summers, was badly hurt while alighting from a Houth Omaha motor car at Htxteonth and Martha streets about 6 o'clock In tho evening. Ho was returning homo from hln work at Bwlft's packing house and attempted to ullght while the car was going. Ills foot slipped and ho rolled under tho car, one wheel of which passed over his arm, cnuhlng It badly. His In Julius were dressed ut his homo. Row B. Fay Mills oponed his evango Ustlo mceltiiss In Imposition hall In tho evening with tho hall packed. J. 11. Hlllls led tho wny with a choir of 200, Upon tho stago with the distinguished evangelist wero tho following lofcal clergyman; Dr. J. T. Duryea, Dr. John Gordon, Dr. llelllngs, Hov. John William son, Hev. T. li Crumblett, Ilev. Frank Crane, IteV. IX A. Harris, Ilev. B. It. ThtUlu Ilov, F. J. Turkic. UoVi J. M. Wllsofl. Dr. Greene, Uev. Mr. Ktihn, Bav. A, Henderson, Rev. Alfred Hodgetts. 1 Ten Yours Ago P. Harris of Fullertpn, secretary to former AnMatant Secretary .of War Melkle- John, was at tho Millard. A. L, Webb, a former Onuthan, who had spent several years as steward for Hlng- llng Bros.' clrcup, with His slstor. Mlns Venus Webb, was ut tho Millard hotel. Bay Klsncr, a lisjbar living at tho Itoyat hotel, was thrown out of his buggy when hln borne becamo unmanageable and hit tho BVud violently, sustaining soveral painful bruises. Tho now pastor of the First Mothodist church, Jtov. K. Comblo Kmltli, found his morning text In the prophesy of Ezeklel, Upon tho top of tho mountain tho whole limit thcreor round ahout shall be most holy." Hev. Nowlon -Mann o( Unity church bo- Kan a series of Hundny lecture by praising Voltaire as the greatest power for good In the eighteenth century, yot admitted that ho was not ontliely a model to be followed, nor wero his methods above criticism. Members' of tho Field club who enjoyed a Kama of base ball, tennis or ono thing and another wero, vblclng ttoelr dcternv Inatlnh rather loudly to make a ngnl for endorsement ut tho coming' directors' meeting for somo other gamo at the club than merely golf. Oolf they luul nothing uealnst, but did not want It to oxrludn other games. It was a caso of loving golf not loss, but othr games moru. For provident of tho club nt Its forthcomliiB' olectton wero menUoned W. 8, Bundorhind, Jay 1). Foster, l.yalo I, Abbott and C. K. Urquhnrt. . IN OTHER LANDS THAN OURS Some Old World Events of Present Interest. People and Events Kuw leading to the powder houses of ISurepa are primed for an explolon. Fingers aro ready to press the buttons whlr-h wilt send tho spark to tho maga sines. Austria Insists on throttling the ambitious territorial plans of fcrvla fairly won by the sword. Kussln counters on Austria's play by upholding the Jack sunlan principle: ''To the victor belong tho spoils." Moth nations on opposite sides of tho llnlknn stntes are. concen trating huge armies ready to strike at a moment's notice. Meanwhile diplomacy Is diligently seeking a satisfactory solu tion of the menacing situation. News from tho centers of activity ono day tells of high war fever; next day the fever responds to diplomatic treatment and pcuce takes a loo hold on the situation. Ho runs thu bulletins posted by tho news doctors of Europe. Hack of those mani festations lie the active race antagonisms ot Teuton and filav. Kinship of races naturally draws Ilussla to tho support of tho Ualknn states, Thero Is, however, tho greater incentlvo of removing tho barrier of tho Dardanelles to ocean freedom from tho Hock sea, made pos sible by tho downfall of the Turks, He sides tho Russians cherish nn active grievance ngnlnst Austria for the annexa tion of Ilosuln. and Hertegovlna. stntca populated by Slavs, who aro ncttvn sym pathizers of their battling neighbors. Hhould tho success of tho allied armies end in control of tho territory captured, Austria's cherished ambition to reach tho Aegean sea would be wrecked and Ita boundaries would remain na. thoy are. Expansion In any other direction Is Im possible. Austria's sole hopo of expan sion rests on preventing Kcrvla erecting a territorial barrier across Its path nnd In maintaining fecblo buffer states on the cvi3t coast of tho Adriatic until they are rlpo for swallowing. This Is why Austria fumes and threatens dire things should tiervla Insist on a port on tho Adriatic. Russia appears equally deter mined to resist the coercion of Hcrvla while Servia Is engaged with the Turks. Outwardly, at least, tho task set tor diplomacy, Involving present interests and futuro designs of greedy powers, will test tho talents of tlio koenent profes sionals that ever played the game. flnck to Asia. Defeats and retreats of the Turkish army oversliadow In news dispatches a feature of tho wnr hardly less tragic In results. Practically the Moslem popula tion between Adrlanoplo and Constanti nople aro treklng toward Asia. Thou eunds of Turkish families havo fled be fore tho allied llalkan army, headed for tho land whenco their ancestors came and captured Constantinople four centur ion no, Francis McCullagh. correspond rnt of tho Now York Post, describing tho retreating multitude around Chorlu, says: "Many cunt in creaking bullock wagons, laden with children, women, fowls, bed ding, furulturo and clothing. Old men with patriarchal beards tugged at the un willing mules and bullock;. Llttlo chil dren wero carried by other ohlllren not much larger. Sons carried Infirm, fathers on their backs. Fathers helped tho moth ers to carry small children. They wore Innumerable. Tho hills wero black with them. Swarms of them splashed and floundornd lu the muddy Holds closo to tho station. Through my binoculars I could eo them pouring down the hills afar off. They rsmlnded me of clouds which from mountain summits I had seen moving Mowly beneath me It was tho emigration of a people. To find anything approaching It one must xo back to thoe ancient and mediaeval wars wherein tho victor swept out. the Whole of the con quered population, men, women nnd chil dren, landowners, nn(l laborer?, saints and sinners, and swept away alonjr with them their lengusge. religions, habits and cus Urns." Thr Ulster Orangemen. James Douglas, In Ixinilon Opinion, gives .a pen picture of the Orangemen of North Ireland. In which he punctures a number of current delusions. In tho first place he says that Ulster Is not Inhabited by Orangemen; that lie doubts It tn all the nine counties thnt form tho province of Ulster there are SO.OM Orangemen, or not one In ten of tho men of Ulster. "The truth Is," ho says, "that In Ulster tho Orangeman Is a comic figure. He takes himself so seriously that nobody takes him seriously. Ho loves to decorate him. self with all rorts of strange symbols. Tho Ulster people aro unemotional and slow to roveal their sentiments. The Orangeman Is a Scot who has caught tho Celtic vehemence and flamboyance. The Ulstcrman prides hlmsolf upon his com mon sense and long-sightedness. He holds aloof from the fantastic Orang3 rhetoric and the gaudy Orango pa'flon for parado and display nnd spectacle." Ontrnnlnl of Untch Liberty. Holland and the Dutch will celebrate next year tho centennial of their libera tion from tho French, Soma thirty cities and towns will observe tho nnntversaaxy by special exhibitions Illustrating the his tory, arts, commerce and Industries of tho country. Tho most important will be tho nautical exhibition at Amsterdam, which will give a graphic description or Dutch navigation, ancient and modern. Leeuwarden Is organizing an exhibition of "Frisian art." Mlddolburtr will ex hlblt old Dutch costumes, furniture and art objects. Nymegon will be repre sented by a unique exhibition of Roman antiquities excavated there. Utrecht Is collecting an exhibition of the early Neth erlandish uchool of painting. Zaltbommel Is to havo an exhibition of ancient delft. The central feature of all tHeso festivities, however, will be the opening of tfie Pal ace of Peace nt Tho Hague. Unfair Competition A new law relative to unfair competi tion anil tho putting before tlio publlo of untrue advertisements; In DenmurU went into effect on October 1. This law has a provision that forbids more than two "clearing" sales a year by any firm. Ex ceptions are made In case a bankrupt stock la to be sold, or tho death of a partner or owner shall cause the closing out ot tho business "below cost." or It a bona fldo winding up of tho business Is undertaken, or If the placo of business Is to bo removed to another locality, etc. ; If, however, any of thq, exceptions can he shown not to have bpen true a crim inal prosecution Is possible. The statute furthermore contains penal claures for persons who aro found guilty of using false descriptions of goods offered for sale, of employing 'fulso business names or firms In carrying on trade, and the like. LINES TO. A LAUGH. Fend Mamma What have you lu your apron? Daughter tbreathlessly) Oh. mamma, jttoh good luckl Clam Gray's cat-had six iNim-nn una ner maiiinui woum only lot her keep one, so she gave me the othei iirr: juuge. 1- - ... ... ... w.. . r ;ti mio. , , i , on put on youthful airs? I'an-uee. yes! 1 heard her complaining the other day that sho couldn't et Northern Spy apple because they set her teeth on edge.-Chlcago Tribune. "Why tin you let the baby scrawl over those valuable books?" i.ITj1,,.t'2n,y ?hakespeare set. and the baby turns out a very fair representa tion of Hliakespeare's autograph. You ton n"raidWtlS & lUm wrtter" Washing- Iteck-Tliore's an old saying that before i. 1 m,Vricd he ls on,y half a man. ,J.Vc,kYeI1.'. attcr he ' married he Is nobody at all. Boston Transcript. "How did tho handcuff king come out on his publlo exhibition?" i ' "r."1 Put out of business. You know he offers to opn any cell, handcuff, door, window catch or" ;'Yes. Well?" "Thn committee steered Mm against tho window of a railway coach." Hous ton Post. Jtr. Jtistwed Well, dearest, how did you like the play? Mrs. Justwcd Quite true to life thy changed servants In every act. Judge. "Of course, you know tho story of the harn and tho tortoise?" "Yes," replied Uncle RnBberry. "I knows do Ftory. Rut I never could ex nckly see de moral. De turtle coyddn' o' beat dat lahblt no' way 'ceppen' by acci dent. I specks mebbe do moral ls dat It aln" tierer xnfe to bet on no kind cf boss race.' -Washington Ptar. Jennie Ho must have ft Soft sixit In " heart for me. Hennle Why so" Jennie Se says he Is aln'ays tltlnkli of me. Wennle flut. voti know, a man doec think with his heart The soft plu must be In his head. London Telegraph THE OTHER FELLOW'S tfAULT. Detroit Freo rress. The other fellow's faults loom big, There Is no doubt of that: We always sea him nt his worst And havo bis flaws doivn jnt. We're always nulck to 'recognize Thn weaknesses lie's shown, But. after nil.' they're not so big When measured by our own. If we would take the other chap And size him up by us. And think nbout the things we've done When ho does so and thus, And note tho selfish ways we have, Wo might not throw tho stone; His flaws might not appear ho great When measured by our own. It's mighty oasy to map out Tim other fellow's way, To say what vlrtuos he should have. What ho should do today. But we nhould always bear lu mind Tho pitfalls wo havo known, And Judge his weakness? by thos Decidedly our own. When we are on life's level path, Tho other chnp may bo Down oh the rough and rugged rond, And all those faults wo see Are. no doubt, faults that we, too, had. When fighting on alone, And maybe, too, they'ro very small When measured by our own, REGULATION BY PLEBISCITE Referendum Results in Oregon and Arizona. Springfield (Mans ) Republican. Tho Hoard of Health of Wheeling, W. Vu., graciously penults, kissing In that town, provided the ospulators wash their faces. Now go to It. A Bcattlo boy of 1? lias a full beard atw a Kentuoky bnby has been bopi with gray hair, and yet"thnre Is no reatardatlon ot tho pacn that kills. Iowa Is to. have a woman overseer of the poor tn the person of Miss Adah Hop. kins, formerly seeretary nf he Now York School ot Philanthropy. One by one the big ranches of Texas are being broken up. Mrs, Mary Adair has Just sold u trifle over 1,000,000 acre near Clarendon for J10.C00.Cfl0. Hark In thn Bay state rumor has It that Colonel finxlon will tutor Prt-eldent Wil son's cabinet. Cblonel Alfonse. with char, actf rlstlo diffidence, Is luddlng off. but hopeful. Three husky Chicago polloomen are In lino for hero medals. Catching a husky woman gambler In the iut of bucking the tiger, they toted her SCO pound of protest ing flesh down four flights of stairs with out mussing h'rr tube skirt. "What broke Venus de Mllo'a arms?" That's the question prodding the gray matter of tho, art wnrld In Part. The current belief that the oia girl broke them In her strangle hold on Apollo Is scouted as a reflection on ancient mod. sty. Tho topknot of Andy Comegte must bt tnlghty tender the days as h reads criticism of his proposed pensions for ex presldents. One New York paper dubs the "lailrd of Ektbo" a "llttlo strutting plutocrat," another brands him as "a cheap self-odvcrtlser," and ua on. The propoeltlon la regarded as an offensive reflection or the generosity of the nation, and an apology Is. demanded. daJlfornlan are In a state of Indigna tion over the liberties which the United Statte geographic hoard Is taking with historical tiamej In that stt. The gw graphleaj board rpeormnends that In place of the beautiful melodious 'Verba lluena" be subntttuted "Ooat island." The Arizona' legislature passed a bill reducing pnKaeniw .fares on railroads In tho stato to 3 cents a mtle. The ques tion of approving or disapproving tho bill woh thereupon submitted to the people on n referendum' ballot In tho recent election. Flvo other railroad bills also wore sub mitted to tho people, and theso required a seml-in6Hthly pay day, clcctrlo head lights, a third man on every locomotive, throo years of experience for e.ngincmcn and conductors and no moro than seventy cars In any freight train. All tho bills wero approved by the.vptcrn of 'Arizona, tho 3-ceut euro bill, . If wo tiro not mis taken, by tho largest majority cast for any of tho mensurcs. Tho voters of Oregon on tho same day had referred to Uiem for approval or dls approval a meusuro bearing this extraor dinary and Illuminating title: "An act to provide for a uniform per centage In the relationship of trie classifi cation ratings, to provide for tho estab lishment of minimum carload rates, to fix tho maximum rnto on the basis or the less than carload rate of tho article, and tho minimum carload rate that may bo charged on carload shipment of prop erty, the rate upon whlcb the carload rates shall be compllnd, and the pro scribed penalties for the violation or the act." Interesting details of the tneasuro thus referred to the voters of Oregon were as follows: "That when the minimum car load weight Is lees than JO.OOO pounds the carload rate shall nut exceed TO per cent of tho lesa than carload rate; when be tween and S0.OUO poundsj t per cent ot the less than curloa rale; when be tween 50,(00 and 40,000, 60 per cent, and when between W.OCfl and 00,000 pounds. 42 Per cent." Here was a problem for railroad traffic experts to solve. The voter obviously needed help from an authority as Impar tial nnd as much devoted to the public lntereht as could be found. The state rallwuy commission of Oregon conse quently gave its advico to the electorate that tho bill ehnuld be rejected In the publlo Internet because the measure would operate entirely in favor of the whole sale and Jobbing Interests and the larger shippers generally and would permit xtli railroads to advance many carload rates by the bill. It was class legislation, de clared tho stato railroad commission. But the measure was approved by the voteni of Oregon. The popular approval of this bill was evidently one of the strange flukes of an election In which the people axled, on the wnoie. tonservatlvely and sanely. In most cases they rejected measures placed on the referendum ballot concerning which they were In doubt Yet tho mass or uie votere could not have understood this railroad rate Mil. except In so far as they permitted experts to guide the in. The riallwmy Ase Gazette, contemplat ing these retulU In an article entitled "Running Railways by lUferendum," caustically nays that when. In addition to regulation by state comrilartons and even to ocraxlonal rate maklns by legis latures, "the mot complex questions nt railway rate making and tbe most diffi cult p rob lorn of railway operation are Htuvtklnir of thn liluli cost nf ,u! This chang California historian, il not inouds, did you over nor -tl Hon Kll'L, ,7' T T1? ,rlM "ndtte.t a plebiscite, regulation of tie, ...,. t.nu,,Btat, mth, r n , 'K't ,r 'trnla . rallravs Jende t. the. level of a farce " conclusion can be found. Government regulation of public service corporations must be Intelligent, reasonable and fair: nbovo all It must bp intelligent or it will, bo, neither reasonable nor fair.. Questions of administration, of traffic charges and tlio likn should be sent to Competent and trustworthy exports for decision. It la difficult enough to secure public utility boards or railroad commissions that can solve such problems Justly and satisfac torily. Carrying them to tho people would result In a puzxle-huaded regulation In- cupable oven of protecting. In the long run, tho publlo Interests EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS. 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St. Paul-Dispatch i The confinement In a prison hospital of the assailant of I Colonel Koosevett does not protect p-mi-1 Inent men from roving homicidal maniacs. , It may have been tho only tiling to tit dona with Schrank, but It leaves the problem still unsolved. .Springfield Republican: The govern ment suit for the dissolution of the Harvester tvust has brought to light one of tho most extraordinary letters In trust literature. It was addressed to all tho general ngents of tho corporation, and. In expounding the merits and virtue of the new combination, it act forth in so many words that the said combina tion was "In harmony with, the dtvlno plan," George W. Perkins. It will not be forgotten, was the chief promoter and organizer. As the letter In question pro. ceoded, the writer's flno conception of religion and business waa set forth In the statement that "we believe that lu the near future this great company will do practically all the harvester business In the world." 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