Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 4, 1909, Page 14

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Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. M West N. W, STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btate of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss. George B. Tas sasurer of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and complete coples of The Daily, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during t month of November, 198, was as follow! 42,070 16, 43,060 17 42,700 15 42,150 19 48,450 20 170 21 40,080 41,930 42,160 41,820 41,750 43,660 41,730 40,100 Returned Coples Trade Agreements, The advantage of trade agreements is strikingly manifested in the wage disputes now engaging the attention of the railroads, A crigis impends on the eastern lines, and it Is barely possible that ultimately a strike may resuit, but in the meantime the compact between the companies and the Brotherhood of Rallway Trainmen serves as a stay of hostilitles, and the public is spared precipitate action which would de- moralize trafic. In the case of the northern switchmen no such agree- ment obtalned and a conflict was en- gendered which has dealt a staggering blow to commerce at the height of the busiest of seasons. Before the day of trade agreements strikes were common, in many cases unreasonable, in all cases costly. The human problem has seldom arisen, however, that contrary sides could not talk over, and when a deadloek results arbitration is usually possible, Based on a policy of mutual adjustment, the trade agreement has come to be the modern way of rationally avolding the inconvenience and loss attending all industrial warfare, and it woyuld seem to be a part of wise admlnlnzlthm of large Interests to join in the policy of obviating dificulties from which busi- ness concerns and the public suffer. Shining examples of the benefits de- rived from trade agreements are af- forded by the newspaper printing and publishing world, where strikes have been mede practically Impossible through the general adoption of the arbitration policy. What has been ac- somplished so notably among the newspapers could just as readily be maintained in all public service cor- porations. Net Total Dally Average.. GEO. B, TZSCH! Subscribed in my presence and sworn to before me this 1st day of Deoember, 10. (Beal) M. P. WALKER, Notary Public, Suliseribers leav! the eity tem- porarily should have The Hee matled to them. Address will be changed as often as requested. The more that situation at Nicara- &ua is strained the clearer it becomes. Justice, when equal scales she holds, need not be blind to the false weights of the sugar ring. lmnleme;; dealers pumx up the price of the plow seek a share of the farmer’s prosperity. —_— Another college president has deter- mined to regulate the doings of Cupid. His finish is In plain sight, It s apparently the painful but necessary duty of Uncle SBam to show Zelaya that his ruse {s no use. ———— Hiving been sent back to prison, Albert Patrick must be conyinced that he is not as dead as he pleaded. —— The best seller in literature .next week will be from the pen of that pop- ular author, Willlam Howard Taft. Stealing the hinges from the New Orleans tombs Is about on a par with the theft of pennies from a dead man’s eyes. If the weather man hopes to get on the good list with dear old Santa Claus he had better get hold of another spout pretty soon In saving from fire a Wisconsin town's chief features, buttermilk has aln demonstrated its value for the complexion. ‘Will advocates of a sane Fourth con- sider that their cause 'has been ad- vanced by the selection of that date for thé championship fight? Disappearance of sugar ring wit- nesges and documentary evidence is likely to prove a trial to those plapning the trial of the malefactor: Governor Shallenberger is making one record, at least. He s spending more of the state's money for railroad fare than dny other governor. In bis latest poem, which -he been frank enough to label'a “Night- mare,” the English poet Noyes seems to have written up to hi When we all own airships nobody will care how long the cloudy days con- tinue, for in his aeroplane the citizen can take his family up to the healthful sunshine zone above the smoke and choke. The patriotic members of an order that commemorates the birth of this nation who couldn’t sing the national anthem without words or musie ought to slip quletly off somewhere and prae- tice up. — If the late senator from SBarpy would only be as voluble In explanation as he 1s in attack the public might get the inside of the row among the members of the State Board of Control. There s still plenty of tim Corporations are not crowding the county treasurer's office In their eager- ness to pay the new tax. It is much eagler to wait for the court's decisien than It is to get the money back after the county has once gotten hold of it. The Policyholder’s Safeguard. Whether or not the advent of Mr. Morgan and his associates in the af- fairs of the Hquitable Life Assurance spciety presages the complete mutual- ization of that concern, in one thing the policyholders are secure, and that is in the safeguarding of their inter- ests. The time has gone by when any syndicate of moneyed men could juggle the vast assets of such an institution for thelr selfish purposes and at the expense of the common people. The exhaustless overhauling accomplished as a result of the insurance scandals of a few years ago instituted such com- plete reforms that every policyholder may now view with equanimity any change of management, kn'Qwh:s that not only the state, but also their own representatives are closely supervising every adjustment. This is entirely as it should be, for nothing more vitally concerns the citi- zen than the investment of his pre- miums in life insurance, . The poor man’s policy is his chief asset against want for his widow and children, and under existing conditions no gerious trespass can. be accom- plished against the interests of those who pay the premiums. In the particular case of the Equitable, every step is subject to the control of the voting trust of' the policyholders, who would be instant to detect any possible menace to their rights in the attempt of nmew millions to invest in the dominant stock holdings. Should there be any lack of confidence on the part of anyone, he would have only to apply to the policyholders’ trust, which has yet to pass upon the reported transfer of stock. Warships on the Lakes. More perturbation than seems to be warranted has been shown by the Can- adians in their House of Commons at Ottawa over the matter of warships on the great lakes. In a mild way the scare stirred up may be likened to that reported from London over the activity of the Germans, with the exception that the prospect of this country’s con- templating any hostile attitude toward Canada is more absurd than in the case of Germany. Under the terms of the Rush-Bagot treaty of 1817, both the United States and Canada agreed that the number of war vessels on the great lakes should be restricted to four aplece, not exceed- ipg 100 tons burden each, and armed with only eighteen-pound ecannon. It has just been pointed out in the Com- mons that this treaty virtually has been broken, and the Canadfans are re- ported as startled with the discovery that we now have on the waters of our international boundary ten war vessels, with a total force of over 600 men and officers, having an aggregate armament of over seventy guns and a tonnage of 8,000, The comment of George E. Foster, ex-minister of finance, that in case of difficulties the United States was thereby in & position to comtrol lake shipping and population without mercy, inasmuch as Canada has no armed vessel, drew forth the further disclosure that the individual states bordering on the lakes had nearly 2,000 trained naval reservists who were avallable at an hour's notice. Inasmuch as all these forces are merely a part of the national scheme for developing naval reserves at con- venient inland points instead of send- ing the youths to the coast, it would seem that our northern nelghbor |s unduly agitated. The United States ls Just earnestly desirous of avoiding the possibility of clash on the lakes as is Canada, and has had no intenilon of engaging in any race for armaments along the border. Every step taken in The .!umomll board may find some dificuity in earrylng out the pro- vislons of the act of the legislature pro- viding for the purchase of the Wayne Normal school. If it succeeds in buy- lug the school for less than the amount appropriated it will establish a prece- lent for Nebragke » the development of our training sta- tions on the lakes has been with the full accord of the Canadian govern- ment, which is fully aware that if this country desired to take any advantage of its superior resources and establish a war fleet on those waters it wounld have only to notify Canada of its in- THE BEE: tention and terminate the treaty, which can be done on six months' notice, ac- cording to the terms of the conven- tion, It is to Canada’s advantage that the agreement be maintalned, and in continuing it the United States is dem- onstrating that it 18 the best of neigh- bors. Heading Off a Scandal, The prompt and vigorous action taken by Auditor Barton In dealing with delinquencies on the part of cer- tain insurance agents is sure to head off a scandal in Nebraska insurance cireles. In days gone by the state in- surance department of Nebraska and the practices théreunder were notori- ously of the sort that gave little reason for respect on the part of those who came in eontact with the department. During the last few years an effort has been made to re-establish the Ne- braska insurance department and create anew for it a standing in the buginess world which it had all but for- feited. Auditor Barton has fallen heir to the fruits of the crop sown by his predecessors, both in the way of reform and demoralization, and his efforts to achleve real reform in his office will be seconded by all. Inland Navy Yards, The grounding of the auxiliary cruiser Prairie in the muddy shallows of the Delaware shortly after it set sall for Nicaragua, under command of a rear admiral with marines and arms to make Nicaragua behave, will be seized upon by advocates of a deeper channel for the Delaware, and doubt- less the ineident will serve its purpose in emphasizing the Iimportance of maintaining a more reliable waterway between the Philadelphia navy yard and the sea. But the further question arises whether it is wise to bottle up pur ves- sels so far inland. The need for war- ships at any point is usually a per- emptory one, and even a single day’s delay might seriously hamper our forces in any plan of campaign. The government has spent millions on the station at League Island, and cannot be expected to abandon so costly an in- vestment, but there is bound to be re- vival of the criticism against {inland navy yards when the coast affords so many adequate harbors from which ex- peditious sailings can be made. Prof. Parker of Columbia university makes a convincing statement repudi- ating Dr. Cook's claim to having climbed to the top of Mt. McKinley. As Prof. Parker was Cook’s original companion in that exploit, he may be considered entirely competent to be a judge, and his conclusion that there is no longer any doubt sbout the falsity of the doctor’'s statement will be re- ceived with regret by those who have been Cook’s supporters. oo e ] ’ It now transpires that the imported mummy thought to be that of Rameses is really that of Rha, his cook. Well, & mummy by any name would be dead, after the lapse of three thousand years, and besides, when he was alive Rha held high cards at the Kking’s table. As between kings and cooks, the sign of the frying-pan has ever been more powerful than the scepter among civilized men. Every Rameses must have his Rha. If stovaine, the new anaesthetic, ac- complishes all that is claimed for it, painless vivisection is at last in sight, and the surgeon, like the phatographer, will expect hig patient to “look pleas- ant, please.” — Imposing Figures. St. Paul Ploneer Pres: Secretary James Wilson says the farmer of 1909 is blest beyond all his predecessors. Made the soll produce $5,760,000,000. Those tigures make the “masters of finance” look like “30 cents.” Looking Out for Their Own, Cleveland Leader. It will be noted that the indicted under- lings of the sugar trust who have been brought to trial have no lack of expensive lswyers to defend them. —— How Would the Dig-Dig Dot Chicago Tribune. We take the liberty of suggesting that sume hitherto unclassified animal in Africa b2 named in honor of the distinguished American hunter and traveler now sojourn- ing in that country, The Test Will Tell. Pittsburg Dispatch. Certainly Uncle Sam should be able to make justice as certain and severe in the care of the sugar trust officials as in the ocase of & mall carrler who has gone wrong or & producer of llteit whisky. is of {he Near Future. Indianapolis Ne Now that airship factori under way there will have to be some way devised of protecting the earth-clinging public from pessengers who are careless with wrapping paper, bottles and empty sardine boxes. Pledges Kept in Stock. Boston Herald. Brysn wants this country to give a pledge to all nations not to enter war “till diplo- macy has become exhausted.” Thai should be as easy as the present promise which holds the mations to The Hague agreement. Due regard for “nationa} honor” is always reserved. Pes Well Foupded. Philadelphla Recqrd. It is Just thirty years since the state of New York tried to get the upper hand of the Standard Oll company. It is ten years since the state of Ohio made a similar ef- fort. Naturally the Standard Ofl magnates, who never had to pay the fine Judge Landis imposed on them, do not belleve yet that they bave been beaten. Significant Change of Tune. Boston Herald. It is to be noted that the lawyers who have framed the appedl of Mr.” Gompers to the supreme court do not malntain the right of the defendants to unite in an active boyeott, or a conspiracy, which is prohibited under the law. The substance of the appeal appears to be that the ects with which the defendants were charged were not a conspiracy, but were the acts of individuals. The appeals of Messrs. Gompers and Mitchell at Toronto may have besn sufficlent to impress the audi- OMAHA, SATURDAY, ence to whom they were addressed, but they will not be repeated befors the su preme court. The ‘awyers will now at- tempt to prove that the defendants were within the law Salute the Real Money Power, St Louls Globe-Democra Congratulations-to the man with the hoo By official figures the corn erop of 199 In the United States grew in 120 days and ls worth $1,750,000,000. e ST Room 1 mprovement. Balfimore American. An American delegate to a forelgn con- gress on testing building material declares that American cities are behind European ones In fire-fighting. There may be some truth in this accusation, though we flatter ourselves with having the best of every- thing. We have the most up-to-date equip- ment and the personnel of the fire-fighting forces is of a high standard. geoeepapp—— WILSON ON MEAT PRICES, on the Profits of Whole- ers and Retailers. Pittsburg Dispatch The part of Secrotary Wilson's annual report of widest generdl interest, especia’ly to the city Aweller, Is that dealing with meat prices. Many have belleved that the Increasing cost of beef was In part Aue to meat forming an Increasing proportion of the national diet. Yet Mr. Wilson says that where seventy years ago meat formed one-half the national dletary it is now less than a third and steadily dechning. He offers two reasons for higher prices, the encroachment upon the ranges by settlers and higher corn prices, with both of which the public is familiar. But his chief suggestion is that retall competition is_mainly rosponsible. Investigations made in fifty oltles by agents of the Department of Agrioulture revealed, the report says, that retall prices were 38 per cent greater than the wholesale, and the lower the grade the greater the percentage of profit. The re- tall business, the secretary says, is over- done; the multiplication of small shops is a burden to consumers and mo source of riches to the shopkeeper. When twenty or more small shops divide the trade within &n area that could be served by one large shop the expenses of many small markets for labor, horses, rent, etc., are in excess of what would be sufficient for the one| large shop, and prices have to be raised to meet the increase, Consldering the statement of one of the large packing houses filed in New York the other day as basis n a bond issue, that the net profits for last year were % per cent, and adding that to the 38 per cent hoost given by the retallers it seems unnecossary to look much further for ex- planation of the climbing prices. If the| packers and retailers were content with | moderate profits comparable with thoee in | other industries and enterprises the dif-| ference would bring meat prices very much nearer what they used to be. Reflectio — AT THE CRADLE OF THE RACE. | Modern Irrigation System in the Gar- | den of Eden. Boston Transcript, T restore the Garden of Eden sounds | like a bold enterprise, yet a plan sug- gested by Sir Willlam Willcocks, the Eng- lish engineer who bullt the Assuan dam, makes the project sound entirely feasible, It l« Masopotamia, “the land between the rivers” Tigrls and Euphrates, with which he 18 dealing, and he purposes to turn the surplus water of the Euphrates into the River Plshon and to carry down the delta a great canal, which would\ not only bring back the productiveness of several million acres of land, but would guard the region from the overflow of the Tigris. Had Noah been a hydraulic engineer, Sir William adds, he might have saved his country as well as his family by construct: Ing the Pishon river reservolr, But that would have Involved historic losses as well as gains. It marks a definite step in the world's progress that the work of recon- struction should now be undertaken by the Turkish government, which thereby demonstrates its real reform to broader views and more Intelligent ambitions, To bulld this canal, which will double the cultivable area along the Buphrates, will take three years and cost $2,000,000 or less. Supplementing it, Sir Willlam pro- poses a railroad from Bagdad to Damascus, costing $11,000,000, which would open the Way to the Mediterranean, the natural commercial outlet of Mesopotamia. Such a road seems to be demanded because the trrigation scheme will impair the naviga- | bility of the river. And, even before the increased wheat harvests are ready for transport there will be treight to carry and passengers to convey—Mohammedan pil- grims visiting holy places, and tourists who | will feel, probably, more interest in the “Arablan Nights” country than in the “cradle of the race.” There may be some question that the rallroad s indispensable, though Asiatic enterprises of this kind have generally met with astonishing success and have | been profitable to the projectors as well as valuable to the territory through which they pass. Of the economic importance of the canal there can scarcely be & doubt. The transformation wrought in the valley of the Nile can probably be duplicated along the Euphrates. Great cities may never again arise in that region where the archaeologists have long been busy among the ruins of historie capitals, but the land may once more become a garden—not Eden, perhaps, but far removed from the desert that later generations have known as the shame of its rulers. PERSONAL NOTES, There is nothing like making the punish- ment fit the crime. A Newark, N. J, judge has just sentenced three youthful and grimy misdemeanants to have thelr taces washed three times a day for a month, Frederico Carass, the young Spanish tenor who hopes to rival Caruso as closely in fame as he does in name, was decorated by the French government this week and appointed to an officlal post in the De- partment of Public Education, Prime Minister Zahle of Denmark, who violated all court traditions by going to a royal reception wearing & black slouch hat, and his wife, who retains her place as a stenographer in the Danish Parliament, are subjects of many jokes in European papers. Wiison Foster, Klondike prospector, has presented the Dominion museum, in Ot- tawa, Ont., with 10,000 specimens uf miner- als secured in the Klondike region, gold, topaz, opals, etc. Many of the specimens re taken from the gizzards of ptarmi- ans and grouse found in the rich mineral bearing districts of the Yukon. Dr. Gaston Francols Petitjean, who is sald to have been 104 years old and entitled to the rank of French marquis, dled in the | Kings County hospital, Brooklyn, of choric nephritis. To the hospital physicians he said his proudest boast was that he had #lven up a title and large estates in France o become an American citizen. One of Lord Rosebery's singular yet per- tinent suggcstions In his latest speech was that the conservatives of the House of Lords should delegate to 150 peers the right |araw & DECKMBER 4, In Other Lands The Constitutional Struggle in Great Britain, the Opposing Forees and Two of the Notable Leaders The great contitutional struggie In Great Britaln, which has been browing for the last six months opens vigorously, with the opposing political leglons equipped for battle Dispatches from the seat of war have kept the interested reader informed from day to. day of the events leading up to thé crisis, the debate in the House of Lords on the budget, and the futile attempt of the minority of Liberal peers, few In numbers but magnificent in ability and courage, to change the plan of the majority, The course of the Tory road roller was fixed in advance, and the crush- ing machine moved with ruthless precision over the seventy-five Liberal peers, driven by the united pressure of 0 eager lords, The prorogation of parliament to Jan- vary 17 followed, and for five weeks the flercest electoral contest experienced In the kingdom in two centuries will be waged. Hoth sides profess confidence in the result. Both profess to welcome an appeal to the country on the clearly de- fined issue of the right of the peers to veto finance bills. For years past the radieal section of the Liberal party sought in vain for an opportunity to test public sentiment squarely on the question of ending or mending the lords, but the party leaders cither hesitated or the lords dex- terously ducked. Likewise, the lords have lost no opportunity since the Liberals came into power to mutilate or reject party legislation, claiming that the Liberals had no mandate for the legislation in question. Some features of the rejected legislation were embodied in the rejected budget, with the evident purpose of foro- ing the long sousht issue. For the Liberal, progressive forces of the country, the Is- sue involves a struggle for life. The ex- perience of the Liberal majority in the Houge of Commons demonstrated that pro- gressive legislation is impossible while the Conservative-Unionists control four-fifths of the upper house. It is notorious that so-called radical legislation proposed dur- ing the preceding Conservative ministri did not meet serfous objection from the peers. Party measures were promptly passed. But It is different with measures of Liberal party origin. These may be disposed of as lordly fancy lictates un- less the authofs can show a mandate trom the country. It the contdst can be held down to the main {ssue, that of limiting the veto power of the lords, there is little doubt of Liberal success. But there are many cross-currents to be considered and great interests af- fected by the budget, the influence of which, in the result, cannot be measured at this distance. In the first place the powerful landowning forces are arrayed with the lords. Back of these influential forces is the multitude of direct tax payers, naturally opposed to Increased taxes. Equally powerful in a political con- test is the liguor interests, from the brew- ers and distillers down to the retail deal- all directly hit by the budget taxes. These political forces, no doubt, cut into the Liberal party supporters. Moreover they possess unlimited supplies of the sinews of political war, which are as necessary and influential in shaping re- sults in Great Britain as in other countries where the ballot box speaks. The money which wealth and privilege refuses to pay into the national treasury as taxes wil be poured out lavishly in the campaign. Already the conservatives have opened thelr strong boxes. A request for $25,00 to pay the expenses of conservative working- men candidates in districts in Ireland and England brought pledges for the sum re- quired and a guarantee of the expenses of each elected candidate while serving in Parliament. In speculating on the out- come of the struggle, therefore, it will be elements against which progressive Liberal forces must contend to overthrow or loosen the grip of hereditary privileged and en- trenched wealth, e The arlstocracy of Great Britaln has its Soundation on land ownership, its main- stay is revenue from land. One hundred thousand persons own all the land in the members of the House of Lords. Fifteen million acres, ylelding an annual rent roll of $60,000,000, represents the holdings of the lay’ members. Of this area twenty-seven dukes own over 4,000,000 acres. Practically all of London is owned by 34,000 persons, of which 187 own sixty square miles or more than haif of the city. Seven peer revenue of $70,000,000 per annum rom London holdings. Similar land mon- opoly exists in all eities of the kingdom. It was city property the budget sought to reach by means of the unearned inerement and leasehold taxes, none of which applied to agricultural land. The objections of the peers to the budget was not so much against soclalistic tendecies as against the plan of saddling the burdens of the defleit on land and liquor. Their alternative is the Chamberiain plan of tariff reform, which means a tax on imports. In other national expenses, provided the burden fs shifted to the shoulders of the masses. e A Welshman and an Irishman may righttully ‘claim whatever honors are due for bringing about the crisis. The former tashioned the budget taxing scheme, and the latter swung the hammer which put the budget to sleep in the House of Lords, David Lloyd George, chancellor of the ex- chequer and author of the budget, and Lord Lansdowne, author of the rejecting motiun, are opposites in sentiment, en- vironment and tendencles. W. T. Stead de- scribes the Welsh radical as & man “dark of halr and keen of eye, full of fire and tmpulse.” He has been a fighter almost since birth, poverty being the first to test his boyish strength. His father was & Baptist minister, his uncle & shoemaker, The latter's shop in Llanystumdroy was, the clearing house of village thought and world affairs, Young David, as a boy, showed aston- ishing application, and, aided by an uncle, he gained a thorough practical legal edu- cation before he was of age. When the opportunity came to defend certain politl cal rloters who were “demonstrating against what they considered oppression and injustice at the time of the “peace ful resistance” against sectarian taxation, Lloyd-Ge leuped into eonspicuousness and was reiurned to the House of Com- mons, his opponent was the Tory squir of his own village. He fought Mr. Cham- berlain on the Boer war issues, and was 50 outspoken in his opposition to the war that he was not only villified, bur was twice attacked on the street and once was seriously injurgd by an infurlated “Im- peralist.” His place as a parlamentary the education act. Lord Lansdowne inherited his titles and earned distinetion by demonstrated ability in various responsible positions. The family hails from County Kerry, Ireland, where one, Thomas Fitzmaurice happened 10 be to vote on the budget without Instructions one way or the other. This was Lord Rose- bery’s delicate way of saying that the re- maining 800 or 400 conservative peers are mentally unfit to pass upon the question. conveniently &t hand two centuries ago, when the complicated land of Ireland was distributed among the loyal servitors of the Invaders, and becawe first lord of Kerry. The present member is the twenty- well to give due welght to the potential kingdom. Three<fourths of it is owned by | words the classes are eager for increased | leader was won in the long contest over| aid to many a cook's success sixth lord of Kerry and the fifth marquis of Lansdowne, and was christened Henry Charles Keith Petty Fitsmaurice. The first marquis of Lansdowne, better known as the earl of Shelburne, was prime mins- ter before Pitt, and under Pitt was scere- tary of state. It was on aceount of his coneillatory policy toward America during |the revolution that he was dismissed from office by King George, and he consented to take office again only on condition that the king would recognize the independence of the United States. The fifth marquis entered the House of Lords when a young man of 2. When he was under thirty, Mr. Gladstone made him under seeretary for war. On the vote for Mr. Gladstone's home rule bill he broke with the Liberals and passed over to the Conservatives, Dis- ralt made him governor-general of Canada. Lord Salisbury sent him to Indla as vice- roy. Then he became secretary for war and secretary for forelgn affairs, and brought the African war to a successful tssue. ——— RICHARD W. GILDER'S WORK An Appreciation eof Mis Life Assoclaten on the “Céntury.” This appreciation of the late editor of the Century Magazine, Richard Watsen Gilder, will_appear in the January number of the magazine: “The unexpected death of Richard Wat- son Gilder js more than a personal bereave- | ment to the thousands In every part of the land, and in other lands, to whom he was known affectionately, either In person, or— even better—by the revealing personality of his poetry and other writings, “To his associates of this magazine, who, from the daily contact of many years, knew his rare spirit, his uncompromising scrupulousness, his high standards of per- sonal Influence, his large horizons of sym- pathy, his instinct and habit of usefdiness, it must always seem that the noble quali- tles of the real man can never be made known to the world as they are known to us, ‘“To the readers of the Century, in which for the nearly forty years of its exist- ence he has been a formative and deter- minative force and for the last twenty- elght its responsible and devoted editor-in- chief, his death must be like the loss of a friendly volce from the fireside—a 'volce of hope and of warning, of optimistic faith, and of brave encouragement toward worthy end; | “Circumstances compel us to defer to an- |other opportunity snything like an ade- quate consideration of the clalms for re- membrance which_his artistic and public actlvities demand. ~ But to those who never met him we may speak of one or two char- actertistics that made him a pitizen of great and lasting influence for good, and one of the most beloved men and poets, “The keynote of his character was loy- alty, This tralt pervaded every relation |ot bis life like a sustaining and inspiring atmosphere. To his family and his friends, | 10 his editorial and other business assoct- |ates, to his social and evic obligations, {and, not least of all, to his art—which re- | mains his most individual record—he was |loyalty itself. Nor was this a weak or (blind fmpulse of goodness—rather it was | & discriminating faculty of giving gener- ously what was due to each, based on his | delicate sense of proportion and appropri- ateness. The call of duty was to him im- perative, and no man since James Russell Lowell—at whose death he seemed to re- |celve & consecration of clvic ardor—has | more faithfully held up the highest ideals |ot American eitizenship. * * * “Another note which runs through his life, his editorial writings, and his poetry— & note that deepened with the advance of | years—is that of persomal responsibility He felt that institutions were in the last analysis merely men, and that ours could be preserved only by the virtue and altru- ism of the individual citizen. The scorn |he felt for those who were wilfully recre- ant to their political duties was like that of & soldier for a deserter. His humility and self-effacement gave sincerity to his appeals to the best in y one. * ¢ * by | PARAMOUNT BLACK BYE. | Alabama Decorates the Optics of Bry- an’s Latess New York Post The defeat of the proposed prohibition amendment in Alabama, know as the Comer amendment, is important as the first serlous setback sustained by the antl- saloon wave which has swept over the south In the last few years. The majority against it s decisive, being reported as more than 20,000 in a total vote of about 100,000 The political future of Governor Comer, and the political future of Judge Weakley, whom he had fixed up as his successor, were staked on the issue, and | the contest was intense. The result is one more fllustration of the fact that sudden | ehanges In fundamental matters are seldom | 80 complete as they seéem on the surface, | and that it is wise to allow time for the setting In of & reaction before eoncluding that the change i permanent. A special | interest attaches to the outcome In connee- | tlon with the reported intentiom of Mr, | Bryan to declare for probibition al | “paramonunt’’ iswue. Pirst rate paramounts “Our new girl objects to being referrot to e ‘the help, " maid Mrs. Crosslots “‘Let us respect her philological s replied her husband. “Hereafter call hdr ‘the hindrance.’ "'—Washington & “She Insists that her paternal came over on the Mayflower.” “'But 1 thought they proved to her thai there was no such name on the Mayflower reglster?" “They dld. And now she says he was a stowaway.”’—Cleveland Plaln Dealer. “My son is too lit “What's the matter? 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