Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 16, 1909, Page 10

. ©OMAHA DALY "BEE DED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR Hntered at Omaha postoffice as seoond. class matter ~— TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. ). I ELIVERED BY CARRIE! 1 (including Sunday), por week. .15 Dally Bee (without Sunday), per week..l0 Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week 8c Evening Bes (with Sunday), per week. 10c Rurday Bee, one year.. Wons e Baturday Bee, one yoar. .. ... Addreas all compiaints of itr aokyery to City freviation Department. OFFICES Omaha—The Bee Bullding. South Omaha~—Twenty-fourth and N. Council Bluffs—15 oot Strest. Lincoin—gi} Litde Bullding. = cago—-1348 Marquette Bu 3 oo Vork=Rooms 110)-i12 No. M West ty-third Street Washington—i% Fourteenth Street, N. W. CORRESPONDENC Communications relating to news and el torial matter should be addressed: Omal Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES, Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company, Only 2-cent stamps received {n payment of mail accounts. Pérsonal checks, except ofi Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btate of Nebraska, Douglas County rie B. Tasohuck. treasurer of The Ree Publisking Company, being duly says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morni Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of November, 100 was as followa .. 42070 SN 41,9% 43,080 44,700 16, Total...uuey Returued Coples. -Net Totai. Dally Average GEOU. B. TZ8 Treasurer Bubscribed in my presence and sworn (o before me this 1st day of December, 138, (Beal) M. P. WALKER, Notary Publle. HUCK =~ bacribers leaving t porarily should ha mailed to them. Address will be changgd as often as request And now Turkey has a budget prob- lem. This thing is getting epidemic. The average of railroad wrecks for 1909 is certainly being fattemed In these closing weeks. Now that Mr, Hobson has again risen to view with alarm, the nation may go calmly on preparing for Santa Claus. Omaha is proving its capacity as a convention city again by entertaining simultaneously three large conventions and the Natlonal Corn exposition. Carrie Nation's latest crusade is to force all men to love their mothers-in- law. They will, when all mother: law love their daughters’ husbands. The good roads men are in session in Kansas. They have gone to the right place, for if there is a state in the union that needs good roads it s Kansas, The national highways “advoéates evidently do not desire that thalr charjot be overlogked in the enthusi- asm for the parade of the waterways bandwagon. g Twenty per cent of the enligted men in the United States army have had their pay raised for expert marksman- ship. Uncle Sam {5 apparently content to have his till rifled by the riflemen, The supreme court didn't agree with one of its former members and his as- soclates on the corporation tax ques- tion, and the corporations will now have the pleasure of settling with the state as well as with their attorneys. Governor Burke hit the nail on the head when he sald the Missour!l river navigation project has too many ora- tors and not enough engineers. , Hot afr will not run a steamboat. What the Missouri river needs s action, not resolutions. The supreme court of Kansas having declded that a woman who belleves in race sulcide cannot recover damages for breach ot promise, it may be con- cluded that the Sunflower shines serenely on one combine, that of Dan Cupid and old Dr. Stork. While the publie library at Toledo has drawn Its blade against a book of the Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady's, it can hardly hope to make mincemeat of all his writings, for Cyrus can turn out a volume with one hand while parry- ing the opposing eword with the other, in the Postal Expense. President Taft dwelt especially on the cost of transporting publieations, in his message to congress, as being a point worthy of consideration in any attempt to reform the postal expenses. He has doubtless noted a ready re- sponse on the part of many of the in- fluential daily newspapers to co-oper- ate in all fair measures that shall tend to reduce the annual deficit, But, lest there should be any mis- understanding on the part of the pub- llc concerning the share of the publish- efs in the responsibility for the fail- ure of the government to conduct its postal department without loss, let it be remembered that every newapaper and other perjodical pays 1 cent a pound, or one dollar a hundred-weight, on all ite issues. Rallroad and express companies transport many classes of merchandise for a much lower rate, at a profit. Indeed, some newspapers use the express service at a saving. The chiéf troucle in the Postoffice department as it suggests itself to the layman {s that the government has too long neglected the matter of estab- lishing rates with the rallroads based on the commercial experience of indus- trial transportation. During thirty years, it is pointed out, there has been no substantial change in the weight- pay for carrying the malls, while dur- ing that perfod there has been a sub- stantial reduction in general carrying charges. As far back as the regime of Postmaster General Vilas it was shown that the government each year was paying more for the use of postal cars than the original cost of the cars. The government undoubtedly has a bone to pick in the matter of postal rates, but it is with the rallroads, not with the publishers. Business-like readjustment of rates paid to the rallroads would be apt to slice off a heavy percentage of the def- icit, and the remainder might easily be avoided by a correction of the franking abuses. Next to the excessive rates paid to the rallroads, there is mo heavier burden on the postal depart- ment than the dumping of tons of congressional matter into the malils on which no postage whatever is paid. Rigid inspection of all franked matter and rejection of that which is unfrank- able might help the department to solve its perennial problem. Relieving the Executive. Within the past few days the presi- dent had occasion ta pardon another bank official, which raakes it timely to call attenton to the pertinence of the recent’ suggestion of the aitorney general that the statutes be re- vised which fix a minimum penalty of five years for all cases of misappli- cation of national banking funds. It is because of this hard-and-fast stipu- lation that the applications for execu- tive clemency are so frequent. Pardon of commutation Is sought in many cases on ;rou-dlkihlch ghould have been considered by the trial judge in determining the length of sentence. These applications often are acoom- pahied by statements fromr the trial judge that if he had been free to im- pose a less severe penalty he would have done so. The attorney general confesses him- selt unable to discover a reason why a trial judge should not be entrusted with as much discretion in fixing the sentences of offenders inst the banking laws as in the case of other felonies. The precise measure of pun- {shment {s & matter which the court ought to be eminently competent to de- termine, and a modification of the stat- ute such as the attorney general pro- poses would relieve the president of a great deal of work entalled in re- viewing such cases without, so far as is discernible, interfering with the ad- ministering of justice to offenders, The Occupation Tax. ; Now that the public service corpora- tions have voluntarily abandoned their opposition to the occcupation tax levied by the city council, the money becomes avallable toward immediaté appropria- tion. This raises the question of its distribution. With a shortage in every | fund the money can easily be parceled out among the several departments of the city government and be as quickly | spent as were the amounts originally | raised for these purposes. The guestion, then, for decision is | the disposition of this money. The funds coming into the city treasury at | present from the occupation tax are from a source that was not contem- | plated at the time the tax levy was made, and therefore are money in ex- cess of what was deemed necessary for | the carrying on of the city goverament. Whether the charter limitations on the several funds are wise is not at ques- The might of the pen is again {llus- trated in the case of Salem, which has just elected as mayor a newspaper od- itor who, although a citizen of the town for only a year, has turned things upside down in that stald old munijcl- pality. This is a reversal of witch- craft into art and craft, We may be properly grateful to Mexioo for offering to join in our pro- gram against Nicaragua, but with the admipistration in the saddle and con- gress on the march we may be con- sidered as In a fairly comfortable posi- tion to work out the problem in our own indepondent wa Another Oklshoma bank, with more than $100,000 of state funds om de posit, has closed its. doors. Is it pos ble? And under the fosterin§ influ- ence of Colonel Bryan's self-incubated deposit guaranty law? And the eiti sens of the community wherein the [tlon. The charfor, puts & limit o the |amount of money that may be ex- | pended by the cliy for each speecific 1purpose. Various subterfuges have | be€n resorted to from time to time in order to avold these restriction The legality of some of the devices adopted in the past has been seriously \ques- | tioned, but the policy of expediency | has been permitted to overwelgh any soruples that might have hampered the | ignoring of the plain law, The-time has come when the flnan- clal affairs of the city of Omaha should be placed on some substantial basis. The evasion of charter provisions should cease. If the charter does not provide sufficiently for the ‘proper maintenance of the several depart- ments of the eity it should be altered, but until it i{s altered it ls the plain duty of the mayor and council to see that the law is followed. This comes directly to the question of what dispo- bank did business are clamoring for & grand jury investigation. sition to make of the money now be- ing pald into the eity for the occupa- tion tax. Under the charter provisior the unexpended tions at the end of the year are cov- ered automatically Into the =zinking fund, the object being to reduce the levy for sinking fund purposes. It has been suggested that the occupa- tion tax money be appropriated by, resolution to the sinking fund, so that fn this direction a lJower tax levy will be made possible for the ensuing year, And thus direct benefit be given the taxpaye! If the money is divided by plocemeal “noropriation among the several funds ~1l simply be dlss pated without any apparent reduction In taxes. These questions are vital and should have immediate and careful attention by the city government, Vigilance for Economy. If there was any skepticlsm in any quartereoncerning the sincerity of the administration in sounding the key- note of ecomomy in national finances the daily development of the news must have overwhelmed {t. The pres- ident had only & brief moment for his speech to his old alma mater, Yale, but while he kept an eye on the train time he packed into his sentences vig- orous renewals of the protests against national extravagance which had marked his message to congress. And simultaneously that body wase having the cardinal ery of the message pres home by Chairman Payne of the ways and means committes, in this lan- guage: “Fof the first time In my repollec- tion, a president In wise and well- chosen words has pointed out the necegsity of economy {n expenditures in the various government depart- ments." It is apparent that if the prudent advice of Mr. Taft {s followed the na- tional treasury may reasonably be as- sured of a surplus at the end of an- other year, and the plain duty of con- gress is to co-operate with all vigi- lance toward such a desirable consum- mation. Progress in the Philippines. No one thing so marks the advance made by the American occupation of the Philippines as the annual report of the bureau of insular affairs, show- ing that the native constabulary has maintained quiet and order through- out the islands without the active in- tervention of the United States troops General Edwards, chief of the bureau, may well claim credit to the army for this achievement, for the efficiency and loyalty of the constabulary is the result of the army’s faithful super- vision of the organization. Commenting on the public order of the archipelago, General Edwards says that the duties of regular troops in the Philipplies now approximate closely the duties of the regulars in the United States, and even the proportion of American soldiers in the islands to the Filipino population 1s not much greater than the proportion of ‘troops on home soil to the American popu- lation. So far as public order and tranquillity in the Philippines are con- cerned, the bureau finds that the foree might very properly be reduced, and General Bdwards goes so far as to ex- press the bellef that one-half of the number of troops now in the islands would be a sufficlent guarantee against any posaible internal disorder. This is convincing official testimony of the marked progress for content- ment and prosperity among the na- tive population, who were so con- stantly at strife under the Spanish misrule; but it is doubtful if it would be wise at this time to reduce ma- terfally our army in the Philippines, for the reason that the maintenance of a conslderable force of troops there will continue to be a necessary part | of our general military policy as bear- ing on the broad matter of national and insular defense. o It was to be expeoted that so gue- cessful a tyrant as Zelaya would ac- complish the feathering of his nest be- fore discovery, and the only amazing thing about the latest Nicaraguan rev- elation is that in so small a country the financial graft achieved so prodi- glous & sca! Not only has the dis: credited president out-Castroed Cas- tro, but also he appears to have dut- promoted the promoters of the United States, for the long Nst of commodities for which, in granting concessions to himself and assoclates, he secured mo- nopolies, covers pretty much the whole range of the republic’s products, and profits ranging as high as 205 per cent are directly discoverable, Zelaya as president may soon have his term abzbreviated, but the country is likely to find its real task when it attempts to dislodge Zelaya the mononolist, The new military law in Belgium undoubtedly will bave the result of nationalizing the army, for it provides aghinst the purchase of substitutes and compels each family to supply one son to the ranks.. Compulsory mlili- l'll'! gervice in time of peace is some- thing for which Americans have no sympathy, but the Huropean state of dffairs requires rigorous measures to maintain & standing force, and under the old system Belglum found that the poor were maintaining the army ard the rieh were evading service. En- forcement of the new law may be re- garded as a distinct galn for the com- mon people. e— made that life- saving stations be established in niin- ing distriots, to be in constant readi- ness against repetitions of such disas- ters as that at Cherry. The guestion arises whether that would not tend ‘to make mine owners careless. A more offective measure would seem to be to 'stablish stringent laws based of the sxperionces at Cherry and elsewhere, and then m: the min} iInterests live up to them. Among the radical {mprovements that suggest themselves are the ficeproofing of shafts and the provisioning of the levels with stores of canned goods to serve as rationa to those entrapped. The failure of the Bhallenberger ad- ministration to properly manage the affairs of the state is evidenced by the condition that prevails at the Lincoln Hospital for the Insane, where the su- perintendent {s writing to relatives of patients being cared for, begging for money and olothing for their mainte- nange. Such a condition establishes thoroughly either the Incompetence of the management or the carelessness of the legislature, and the governor oan take his choice. ——— The garbage contract is before the council again, and this time a sult threatened to compel the contractor to carry ouf his end of the bargain. In the meantime thousands of household- ers throughout the ecity are suffering inconvenience by reason of the situ tion. This is & most potent argument in favor of the only proper method of solution for the garbage question. The oity should handle it without the inter- ference of any private concern. — e The city council sbows very little respect for its own committees. The report of one special committee, which came in after several weeks' Investiga- tion and ineubation with recommenda- tions of mope or less importance to the public, wak filed without a dlssenting vote. Even the members who signed the report allowed it to be ditched without a single word of protest. Can you beat it? What's in & name? Sometim money, The gentleman from Missi: sippl gets the ry of a senator, his son $2,400 a year as conference clerk, his daughter-in-law $1,860 as her hu band’'s assistant and his daughter $1,660 as messenger to the conference. Being a leader has its advant: even when what one leads is only the mi- nority. Now that an electric wizard h transformed the ordinary iron bed into | an apparatus for “alective tuning,” by means of which the occupant of the bed may draw thought waves from the outside world by a system akin to wire- less, what safeguard has the belated husband against discovery of the ex- cuses he frames on his homeward way? Peephole Plugsed 8t. Louls Times, Red Cloud Is dead; and another peep- hole In the wall dividing us from the ple- turesque past is closed.. Wait Farther Returns, Cleveland Plain Deai 80 far, the list of aviation fatalities looks like only about one week of the foot ball season. | But in common fairness ft must b sald that players are many and fiye tow. [ ——— Gildings of the Hero. , Brooklyn Bagle. Congress is asked to make five more vice admirals, so,that our present rear ad- mirals may net be outranked when they nicet officers of Huropean navies. Sea fighting depends on gold lace markings more and mors with every ye of Antique Affidavits, Pittsburg Dispatch. That artistic tariff reduction as construed by the Treasury department is working nut its benefit to trade. department hay- ing held that the seotion admits free of duty tapestries 100 years old or more, Europe is turning out the antique tap: |tries with a rush indicating the determina- |tion to make hay while the sun shines. | Nine million dollars’ worth of these hang- ings, each plece accompanied by an affi- |davit as to its centenarlanism, are on the |way over. No Americah home need after this be so poor ad to go without its antique tapestries. “SHI Feeding the K Arigona Silver Belt. Speaking at & binquet glven In his honor at Globe, Aris, Mr. Bryan sald: “I tell people T never expect to be or nver hope to be & candidate for presidont again. “One reason for not wanting to ie that Mr. Roosevelt took some of my pnl\alul and Mr. Taft Is taking others. If I ran| again they would raise the ‘third-term | cry on me, saying I had served two term already. “And why should & mar. have all the| worry apd Al the annoyance of beln| president when he can get men to do the work for hfin, left free as [ am to go| around to meet friends on occaslons of | this kind and really enjoy lite?’ MAN OF THE HEROIC AGE. Discovery im St. Louis Provokes a Thrilling Outburat. St:\Louls Republic. Those who desire to do homage to & rep- resentative of the herolc age need not pore over the roll of the knighits of King Arthur or the paladins of invoke the #pirits of conquis salled with Cortes or brave gentlemen who bared swords In defense of Henrl Quatre, Here in St. Louls, under flaming ares which shine upon wood-block pavements and light the way of six-oylindered tourlng cars, lives and moves, in the uniform of a me:- ropolitan policeman, & man whom the Three Muskateers would have rejoiced to honor, and Count Orloff, thie strong man of Rus- sia, would have been pleased to present to his queen. His mame s Albert W. Sicking, and he recelved a life commission under the new law on Friday last. Bome years ago Patrolman Sloking wet out to arrest five desperate highwaymen He knocked them down with his bare fists, marched them ssyen blocks to the Four Courtd and delivered them into custody without drawing his revolver or taking his club from ifs sheath, In these duys minstrelsy s dead, and “out of lifte song's forge is vanishing.' Here is matter for poesy Indeed. In David's time harps would have rung and Sloking's exploits been preserved with those of (nat warrior - who, slew two lon-llke men of | every | talnments are given, heats 3,000 plates in Moab, and him who slew a lion ina pit on & snowy day. In the days whed Arthur eame from Caerlon upon K Usk minstrals would have hymned his prowess wnd Joined his name with those of Sirs Gawaline and Uwalne and Sagamore le Desirous; while Henry 'VLII would have made iim chlef yeoman of the guard, and ballade would have recited his deeds to the ocars of & nation. Alas, the etrings of the lyre are broken; the temple of Apollo ls dark and lts shrine eold, Washington Life flome Interesting Ohanges Ob- served in the Family Bide of Tife in the White Mouse With every ehange of administration fam- ity life fn the White House develops soms charaotatistic dltferent from ite predecessor. A# 1o two of the “first ladl Y are exactly allke (n domestio qualitics, s the distinetive traits of each manifest them- selves and are noted by observers. Mra Tatt's distinctive quality Is shown “‘in mak- ing the White House more homeltke.” Whut this means ‘and how It is being mccom- plished 1s detalled by a correspondent of the Brooklyn Eagle. To start with, Mrs. Taft found the front door of the mansion guarded night and day by policem it wers & public bullding. Dismissing them she put in their place two fine-looking eol- ored meri, In handsome, but unosteftatious liveries, whose duty It ls to recelve v and exclude the uninvited just as in any luxurious private establishment. Varlous detectives, occupled under the | previous administrations in dodging about | the grounds, were told that their services | would no longer be required. She reorgan- Ised the staff of servants, twenty-six in and, as a final stroke, she decided that she did not want an efficlal stoward— that pompous major domo, who since time immemorial, In obediénce to established custom, has guarded the crockery, bought the meats and wines, ‘and superintended in a general way all the Internal affalrs of the White House. Instead of a steward, Mrs. Taft decided | that she would have & housekeeper—a woman, to do a woman's work. And, to| f1ll the position, she chose a gentlowoman, Mre, Jaffray—a clever ana competent per-| #on, who does all the marketing herself, and controls all the ordinary domestic ex-| penditures, paying for everything, and sub- | mittng her accounts for final audit to the president’s wife. Fortunately, Mrs. Taft is relleved to a great extent of domestic cares by the housekeeper, Mrs. Jaffray. All she has to do In wuch matters Is to exercise a genéral supervision. In the morning, after break- fast, which s at 8:3 o'clock) she has a consultation with Mrs. Jaftray, and de- oldes such questions as have to be sub- mitted to her. There may be certain things in the way of food supplies, for example, which she speclally wants, The food problem at the White House Is one of no small importance, the quantities ot provisions and groceries required for so large & household being very great—with- out reckoning the extra supplies demanded for entertaining. Under the present ad- ministration however, comparatively litle entertatning of & goneral character is done. No longer, as during the Roosevelt regime, do cow punchers, rough riders, forsign dig- nitaries, clergymen, journalists and people of all morts meet on an Indiscriminate footing about th® White House lunch table | day. Instead, Mrs. Taft holds a sort of informal receptjon nearly every afternoon, to which a limited number of friends are Invited. | After finishing her business with the housekeeper Mrs. Taft summons her secre- tary, Miss Allce Bloch, and attends to her correspondence. Her letters, before she recelves them, however, have gone through & certaln weeding-out process. Many hun- dreds of ccmmunications addressed to her reach the White House every month, the great majority being from total strangers. All of them pass through the hands of a olerk In the business office of the White House, who himself opens and answers those Whioh Mrs. Taft would not care to bo bothered with, When she s through with her letters Mrs. Tatt 1s likely to go down town, either on foot or in an mutomobile. Like cther women, she likes to shop. If she stays at home she will see some of her friends who call. Lunch is at 1:30 o'clock. In the early afternoon she goes out In the automobile for & spin over the country roads, return- Ing In time to rocelve her friends, who ar- rive In considerable numbers to partake of tea and oake. These little afternoon re- ceptlons are held elther in the Jibrary up- stairs or In the green room of the first floor. When the mistress of the White House wants anything new for housekeeplng purposes she ls not obliged to speak to her husberid. She simply summons the officlal master of ceromonies—an army officer who Is charged with the business of keepiig the mansion and ail its ap- purtenances in order—and tells him to do this or to buy that\, Her word In such matters 18 the law absolute, Suppose, for instance, that Mrs. Taft de- sires & new set of furniture for one of the | bedrooms. Bhe sends for Colonel Cosby | and tella him what she requires or plcks it out herself and orders him to pay the blll. There is,always plenty of money for such purposes, for congress glves $28,000 a year for the upkeep of the White House, and In aaddition, It appropriates $15.00 every three years for “extra repalrs’—this sum being required for renewing hangings and rugs and for recovering with blue stik the sofas and chairs in the blue room. No plated ware Is used In the White House, save in the” kitchen. All spoons forks and metal dishes that appear on the presidential table aré of pure silver—every plece of it marked with the American eagle and the words, “President's House." No polace in the old world is maintained on 0 complete a scale of luxury, one of the most remarkable features being the elec- trical equipment. Theré is an electric ele- vator, which & child can manage. In the pantry 16 an electric dumbwalter, and an elactric plate warmer, used when enter- five minutes. There Is, In addition, & machine for cleaning silver by electricity In the basement of the White House are two large kitchens adjoining which are the bedrooms of the servants, These latter were in the attic of the mansion up to the time when, eight years ago, it was partly rebullt. Three cooks are required to pre- pare the meals, all of them women, and three men serve in the Wining room and pantry. Every day Is wash-day In the White House, owing to the great amount of clean linen demanded, and three women are kept at work all the timo In the laun- dry. Thus it will be seen that the White House, though a private residence, Is on the scale of a small hotel. Its manage- ment involves not a little care and re- sponsibility, But Mrs. Taft, having ar- ranged the machinery properly, allows it to run itself. It is safe to say that she greatly enjoys the business of being the first 1ady in the land. And why not? She has the advantage of everything that privi- nd plenty of money osn bestow. There is no luxury that is not at her instant command—even to the matter of flowers, of which unlimited quantities are always at her disposal. She can have & cartioad of roses every day, if she wants them. In the basement of the mansion I8 a “flower room,” as it is called, in which flowers and plants ore prepared for the decoration Is economical A Fire and Burgler-Proof R Safety Deposit Box Valuable Papers, Jewelry, etc. Various Sizes for Various Need: insurance on Entrance to Bafety Deposit Vanits Is at 307 Kouth 13th St. Invest your savlnfis in ars ;;er cent Certificate of Deposit. irst Ban ‘Nati k:'ofr 1onal na PERSONAL NOTES. The mon of the late Representative De Armond of Missourl may be nominated by the democrats to succeed his father. The nomination will be equivalent to elec tion, as the district ls heavily democratic. It was to be taken for granted that in England the Smiths were the most num- erous clan, but Scotchmen will grieve to learn that even in Scotland they now out- number the MacDonalds, who have come down to second place. General J. Warren Keifer, who has been the representative In congress from the Seventh Ohlo district almost continuously for the past thirty-two years, 18 to have & youthful opponent when the next con- vention méets. The opponent is to be a retired naval officer. Lieutenant Robert W. Kessler of Tippecanoe City, O. Of vice-presidents of the United States, New York has furnished ten, five of whom became presidents, two b three by succession. Massachusetts has furnished three vice-presidents, Virginia two, Indlaana three, Kentugky two and South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Alabama, Maine, Tennessce, Illinols and New Jersey one each, The hottest special campalgn pulled off in Kansas City Mo, ends today with the casting of the ballots on the question of extending the franchise of the Metropoll- tan Street Rallway company. The matter 0f & new franchise for a lonk term of years has been under consideration for more than a year. The city has been urging improved service, extenslon of lines and building of needed viaducts, but the company held back, using public neces- sities as a lever to obtain an extension of the franchise. Last spring & commission of citizens, drafted an ordinance extend- Ing the company's franchise twenty-five years, but safe-guarding the city's Inter- ests with restrictions and conditions that were regarding as reasonable. This docu- ment had to pass inspectidn of the city council. The wise Solons gave it scant consldération. The document finally ap- proved and to be voted on today was drafted by the attorneys for the street rallway company, and is regarded as & great plum for the company and a hold-up for the city. It extends the present fran- chise from 1616 to 1942. The Nelson papers are hot against it, the Journal and Post equally warm boosters. It is a great con- test, and money has been flowing like a flood In the Kaw. MR. BRYAN IN A MUDDLE. erficial Reasoning in Shadow of the Water Wagon. Sloux City Journal, Mr. Bryan has taken up the liquor ques tion as & means of stimulating politics. “There Is no question,” he says, “of the activity of the liquor Interests in support- ing Cannonism.” No one tarrying at the half way house of insurgency is more in- tense In opposition to Cannonism than Mr. Bryan. The democratic leader has long. entertained the notion that by some hocus. pocus he could put the republican party under the table and yet maintain the dig- nity of the democratic party. It Is not the present purpose of Mr, Bryan to turn prohibitionist. “Mr. Bryan does not expect to see prohibition & para- mount {ssue in natlonal polities. If that ever comes,” he says, “it l& not likely to be in Mr. Bryan's day." “Mr. Bryan may, however, as he Is authority, “be truthfully credited with a desire to assist in securing for the several states absolute and exclusive control over the llquor trafffic—including control over all shipments of liquor as soon as the liquor enters the state.” This Involves, to be sure, a large national question, closely af- tilfated with prohibition—to say the least, with progressive prohibition. “It will be Interesting to see,” says Mr. Bryan, “how some democratic editors will explain thelr opposition to the good old election and | Idumot!llh' doctrine that the state ought 1t be allowed to attend to its own busl- ness.” It I8 to be regretted that Mr, Bryan should permit himself to deal with so large & question In such a superficial manner, Kjther liquors are entitied to the privi- leges of Interstate commerce or they are not. The poweér to regulate interstate com- meroe is vested under the donstitution in the congress of tne United States. It the regulation may be abrogated in the case ot liquors, without first outlawing the liquor trafic, then it is necessarily abandoned | as & constitutional power as to other com- modities entering into the commerce pf the United States. It is late in the day {u) st up the old doctrine of state rights, though Mr. Bryan still clins to it as “‘the good old democratic doctrin: The general government exercises the taxing power against the manufacturers of liquors, and it wonld be necessary to abandon that to carry out Mr. Bryan's theory. He 1s unwilling to declare himselt & national prohibitionists, but the loglo of his situstion, whatever his words may be, pushes him into that relation. SEASONABLE CHEER. Lady Shopper—I am looking for a sult- able Christmas present for a. gentisman Clerk—What 18 your friend’s occupation? 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