Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 22, 1910, Page 6

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Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exehangs, not aceepted. sea TATEMENT oF P CTRCULATION, tate of Nebrawka, Douglas County, we.: Yoorge B Taschiuok. treasurer B¢ The Beo Publllhln: Company. . being duly aworn, says the actual number of N g T z oo Moraing, Eventne .nl durin, month of as follows. 1) sesse say s A8,340 . 48, ibed {n m; e end sworn to Bt ai:'»nnwun tary Public. Bubseril before nie this 38 Subscribers Ieaving (he city tem- porarily should have The Bee mailed to' théem. Addresa will be ehanged as often as yeguested. s o e Just see who's here) ' Gentle Spring has come at last. Clean up! ' b e 3 Yes, it is probable that the Ananias club will be revivéd and enlarged after June 17, 5 ——— “Jeft" Davis nas talking about “breaking into’ histoty.”" Better not do it, it may be loaded, f It seems that County Commissioner Bruning wants to be regarded as a democrat a little while longer, ‘What has happened to those street car sprinkling tanks? Is it not time for them to mauke their debut? ) That innocent Virginian, - who thanked a judge for condemning him to death wanted to be original as well. . —_——— President Taft 80 good-natured and smiling all the time that some peo- ple do not want to take him serlously at all, Incidentally congress celebrated St. Patrick’'s day in good old-fashioned style, It was quite a little shindy, too, by the way. ¢ If, a8 one of our exchanges insists, “the nati6n is hanging on the words of congress,” it must have been putting in overtime last week. \ A Carnegle hero medal is due that man who accepted the position of a cashier In a London bank organized exclusively for women, —— Instead of moping around with the spring fever, take something for your liver and enjoy being alive during the best weather of the year. Porhaps Atlanta’s cold reception of Commander Peary is only a revival of the old southern antipathy toward everybody from the north. \ The only wonder is that the list of “mikes" worked by the Counefl Blutfs gang does mnot include any United Btates senators or congressmen. Before the census takers get busy it might be well to start a petition for hero medals for some of them—some poor fellow.will have to fnterview the hat-pinned suffragette. An eastern funny man says he would like to see the person who has nerve enough to ask Mr. Rooseyelt for his proofs, It might be more interesting to view the questios fterward, [ The new superintendent of the county hospital goes to that job from the city street cleaning department, He certainly can't do worse with the hospital-than he'has with the streets. e ] It 18 rather amusing that a qorfiln visitor says she considers the Chicago stock yards the most poetlc thing in America. Must refer 1 that depart- where the wieners are made. S—— ‘That Chicago woman who has fig- ured out that in six months a single mosquito can be the parent of & family numbering 3,000 trilllons of trillions, and then some, certainly ought to be a privileged character apnd allowed to run for any elective office dn the ticket. Nine of the house voted with the democrats gy ‘without | m!xllu‘ I-N;_ ek 15c | corner and holds out for a financial re- on these islands, which; but a short ized and piratical killlng until they Tepyblican members| ;and the demoocvats have |thustastically cheering Jud, Congress has withheld official recog- nition of Commander Peary, Atlanfa gave him the “polar shoulder” during a recent visit and the American publie, which has never doubted his achleve- ment, even though some doubted his having been the first one there, is gradually cooling in its enthusiasm over Arectic expeditions in general and explorers in particular. Dr. Cook is considered a fake and Commander Peary is accused of being mercenary. It is & case of a wet blanket being thrown over the ardor of the American people who wished to do the right man honor. The regrettable feature of the whole affair is that each explorer in turn has been the cause of his own downfall in public estimation. The less said about Dr. Cook the better, but Peary had everything in his hands and even has the records; but refuses to satisfy the skeptics by producing the proof that he was really there. When questioned by the congressional committee he re- marked that his contract with his pub- lishers forbade such a display of rec- ords and Jata. His answer in a nut- shell is that the ‘‘facts concerning the trip of the om; white man who stood at the top of the world” will appear in such and such a makazine to be had at usual price at any news stand. No one denies the courage and en- durance of any explorer in braving the extreme cold and hardship of an ex- tended trip tlirough the frozen north. It is & tremendous feat and he who endured and won should recelve the plaudits of the world. Yet the claim. ant of that honor who" backs into a ward need not be surprised that the public should grow tired and accord him a more and more chilly reception. Alaska's Seal Fisheries. ™ On account of the tremendous slaughter of seals in the Pribilof is- lands, off the coast of Alaska, whereby the herds have been gréatly diminished in size, congress is considering the ad- visability of prohibiting killing until such time as they shall have greatly increased fn number. The seal herds time ago, numbered several hundred thousand, have been depleted by legal- barely number 40,000, This great de- pletion has been wrought within & very few years by fur companies, in order to supply the world markets with skins. Of course these companies have not been alone in the work of destruction, for, American and - foreign poachers have also been busy to an alarming extent. The preservation of the Alaskan seal fisheries demands attention as part of the conservation 'movement. We cannot afford to permit the extermina- tion of the great herds of American seals simply because of the unbridled THE democratie organ declared not long ago that it was not In the habit of sup- porting .republican candidates for office, and there are no signs of itg get- ting into the habit. ——— Hedging. We regret to be compelled to report that our old friend, Edgar Howard, is hedging on his bravely-made that corporation ‘‘fixers” were abroad in the land laying the foundations for capturing the state senate end of the next Nebraska legislature. When prodded to discloee the identity of the “prominent - democratic lawyer” in Omaha and the “well known repub- lican officeholder” in Lincoln, who had engaged .for this work and whose names he sald were on the tip of his tongue, Hdgar not only spars for wind, but ‘backs up with a little side thrust at the editor of The Bee In an effort to divert attention from the main issue. Here ijs Edgar’s latest on this subject: Vietor ' Rosewater is passionate. He is like a petted child. When he wants any- thing he wants it bad, and if he doesn't get It when he wants it, then he at once gets mad. Just now he wants me to In- stantly name the prominent democratic lavwyer and the republican office-holder who have been selected by the public service corporatipns to make friendly In- dians out of all nominees for the state senate, both democrats and republicans. 1 promised that I would give the names in @ few days, or else make apology for my failure ®0 /o do. I shall keep my pledge. The names will be given or the |epology entered. And what fun it will be when Victor reads the names, and es- pecially when he sees the name of his par- tleular republican friend who has been chosen to hypnotize republican senatorial nominees. It will be almost cruel on my part,to publish that name, but I must do it, because Vietor commands me, and com- fapds between friends must be respected. Really, wé are not blind, but still we don't see where we come in, whether the republican suspect is a friend of our's or the democratic sus- pect is a bosom friend of Edgar’s. Take note that mow the fixers have only been ‘‘selected” by the corporations, whereas last time they had already been ‘“‘employed.” That's a horse of a different color. The corporations may ‘“‘select” anyone they please to do any job they have in mind, but it takés two to make the bargain of employment. Now Edgar, out with the names or backtrack all the wa, The Mabray Convictions. The conviction of Maybray and & dozen members of his crew of high- stepping swindlers who have been un- dergoing trial at Council Blutfs for sev- eral weeks will probably make that a ‘‘cause celebre” among notable crjm- inal prosecutions. the methods employed by this gang of clever crooks and the extent of their operations have been simply amazing and have made people wonder how BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, charge || The disclosures of |' MARCH 22, 1910. “fraternize” with the business men of Arisona. How does one business fra ternize with another? Just gobble it up? James J. Il warns the nation against waste. We should all be as saving as Dos¥ible, so that we may make good pluek- Ing when the magnates get ready for us. Know| the Dangers, Duek. Irdiarapolls News. Fortunately the ever reticent Chancellor 4 Not Much of a Dent. Beaver City Times-Tribune Congressman GMibert M. Hitchcook, as a candidate for United States senator, says that he has the permission of Mr. Bryan, and this should be sufficient. He has not made much of a dent in the history of the country as congressman, and it will do no | harm for him to try to get into the exalted | ranks of the “millionaires’ " olub, as lhr Day of Syracuse, has been Induced to|Senate is rightfully designated. point out the dangers that confront us, N #0 there is really no excuso if we go right] Claims by Inheritance. ahead and get into trouble, anyhow. Philadelphia Ledger. Inasmitch as Prof. Starr bhad demon- sirated with logical immutable that Mr. Roosevelt, going to Africa would perish there of fevhy thie survival of the hunter, well nourished, ' must be regarded as thoughtiess and unsclentific, at least. Now Let Everyome Follow, Baltimore American. The tipping system has been abolished In the sénate restaurant In Washington, Now that the highest body of lawmakers fn the land has made an mttempt at in- dependence, the rest of the country ought to take heart for similar action. Down East Farmers Waking Up. Springtield Republican. The farmers of New York state are get- ting & sense of the value of alfalfa, which western farmers call “the king of grasses'’ —and it s high time, Our farmers have been too skeptical in this matter, but Em- pire state experiment has shown that three or four profitable alfaifa crops can be mown in each season, with proportionate profit, even in the east, ' —_— Slew Moving Justice Gets There. Philadelphia Record. The wheels of justice cannot be sald to revolve with undue celerity, but they are not stopped by the legal technicallties which retard their movement. The two former state officers whose sentence has Just been sustained by the supreme court of the state were convicted two years ago. The investigation into the frauds perpe- trated in thg bullding of the state capitol began, more™han three years ago, and the elvil sults for the recovery of $, from the persons accused of defraudifig the state, four of whom have been convicted, ha Just been Instituted.. A Boycott that Falled./ Baltimore American. The meat boycott was officlally and for- mally called off in Cleveland on Wednes- day. It lends a decidedly humorous aspect to the anti-meat crusade that the calling off of-the boycott came as a belated re- minder that there has been a I-donit-eat- any-meat cursade. As a theory the boy- cott seems to have been Immenrely pop- ular; practleally, judging from all the evi- dence which is now in, it was a fallure almost from the start. In the early stages of fhe anti-meat war, when enthusiasm had been worked up to a high pitch, thero was a brief falling off of meat sales In some markets. But the boycotters did not have staying qualities, lnez the Record Straight. pringfield Republican. Attorney John G. Johnson for the Stand- ard Ofl company did not have his history quite stralght when he. sald fn his argu- ment before the supreme ocourt. ‘‘There men/ smart enough to accumnlate l‘y could be s easily invelgled into plrtlnl’ with it by'the greengoods route greed of the poachers and the fur com- panies. Of course the value of seal skins as an article of dress makes the trade in this fur exceedingly profitable, and hence it is that all'geeking fortunes in the trade have been unsparing in their work, It congress does its duty in good season these fisheries will be pro- tected as they should be, The vigorous activity of the revenué cutter service in the vicinity of the Pribilof islands has made poaching perilous. As a conse- quence there is much less of it than formerly and the ban on killing for a few years could be well enforced. An absolute, protection for a few years; after the example of Russia, and our own precious experience, is-all that is necessary, for seals multiply rapidly and the herd will soon be as large as ever. ————y ‘What is the Speed Limit? In his latest trial for the speed record Barney Oldffeld covered a mile in twenty-seven and a third seconds in @ 200-horse power racing automobile [“"""’“’y‘ on a special track. This rate of speed, maintained, would mean 131.72 miles an hour. The former record for the same car was 127.8 miles an hour. It is, interesting to note that the fastest record known in railroad circles s 120 | dr miles an hour, while the carrier pigeon and the wild duck seldom reach forty miles, and never more than !orti-tlve miles an hour. But what is the limit of/speed possible for the human dare- devil and the product of inventive genlus? It may be that within the next few months some other speed fiend will even surpass the (ecnrd now estab- lished. It was not 80 many years ago that “Dexter"’ covered a mile in two minutes and forty seconds. Then came “Maud 8" and “Nancy Hanks"” and several others, and the world thought their speed wonderful. Reillroads developed “the terrific speed of thirty mlles an hour" and people held up their hands in wonderment, But ce then the locomotive has gone from one mile in two minutes to two miles in one min- ute, while noble old “Dexter” would look like a canal boat mule when com- pared with the 200-horse power racing | automobile. in this day and generation. ~Hyidently thelr extraordinary success in landing suckers made the swindlers careless and reckless and brought them event- ually within the toils. The exceptional feature of ‘the Ma- bray convictions is that the verdict has been secured on the charge of using the United States malls to defraud, the swindlers being thds tripped up at the very place they thought they were most skillfully side-stepping, for had they been able to evade entanglement in the laws protecting the United States mails and left only to face charges preferred under state laws it is doubtful whether they would have beer brought to account even under the mountain of evidence that has been piled up. It is, of course, too much to expect the Mabray convictions to put an end to the “mike” business, ‘which has flourished in one. form or another in all ages and climes. But they may call a halt on the game “for a little while and save a few victinis from the consequences of their own greed and EdgagHoward says he won't run be- caise he thinks the ‘‘Check-book” is entitled to a second term. But he con- fesses to a still unsatisfled ambition to w $7,600 a year, and perquisites, bearing the burden of the cogno- men M. C.—~for which the ‘“Check- book” shodld be truly grateful and make past-due acknowledgments, Price, is ask- ing the democratic nomination for United States senator on a “just-as- good” platform, but he says he is will- ing to make way for the genuine arti- cle it Mr, Bryan will only consent. It will be up to the democrats of Ne- bragka to say whether they prefer an imitation or the real thing. The taxpayers of Douglas county were.forced to pay out $3,745 last year for lawyers to defend Indigent prison- ers, Half of this money could easily be saved if the judges of the district court would appoint & public defender on a salary not to exceed that paid a deputy county attorney. Yt is up to the judges. And yet “they say’ the speed to be attalned by the Inventjons of humen genius has nowhere nearly been reached. Aeroplanes make a speed of a mile a minute regularly these days, yet are in their infancy. It is asserted, The l‘c‘lly funny lhhu is the per- sistence with which Mr. Hitchcock's paper parades what he is falling to do in congress as an argument for his promotion to the other end of the cap- itol, where he would be sure to fail more lamentably. toe, that ghere is greater safety in speed in the air than on the surface of the earth. \ W to the Wo World-] H“d every democrat in the land was en- Norris lor them. |until—he voted against unseating be accorded | “Uncle Joe.” Alas and alack! But ©pposi- |still, If it had not beén this it would have been something else, The same An industrious lot of correspondents who are pald by the string are still offering free apace in\ Mr, Hitchcack's newspaper to any one who is williag to stand for an interview for that paper's preferred cadidate Yor United States senator. Pse—— Over one hundred moneyed business men of California are on their way to are plenty of laws that could reach unfair competition 1f jt 'he Wiega} The law which pemmits .llp. fine to be latd," he contefided, “was ot a Plokwickian law.” Thero was a”la¥% permitting such @ fine, but it practicifly disappeared under the judgment of the United States clrcuft court of appeals, presided over by Judge Grosscup. That gourt Iaid down rules of Interpretation in'relation to offensed under the anti-rebate provisions of the Interstats commerce act which would make it impos- sible to impose a fine of $20,000,000 or any- thing like that sum, and the supreme court refused to review the judgment. Let us keep recent history straight. The anti- rébate provisions of ‘the Interstate com- mercé law have been emasculated by the courts and made comparatively harmless as agalnst a great trust working through meny~small subsidiary ccrporations. PERSONAL NOTES. The San Francisco man who stole a paint- Ing explains that he was hypnotized by its beauty Into a desire to possess it. If he has sufficlent soclal standing, kleptomania is what ails him. Housekeepers who follow the recipes of the government cookbook, designed to teach. the economic, use of meats, should be al- lowed to put on_ the resulting produce, “Guaranteed under the poor food act.’! ‘When Mr. Carnegle, mistaken for a men- dlcant, experienced the slamming of a door in his face, he got an inklidg of how the average door will treat him when he has achieved the poverty for which he yearns. In a contest in microscoplc measurements between Pipf. M. D, Ewell of Chicago and F. J. Keeley of Philadelphia, the shortest distance measured was 1-2,60 inch. The re- sults of the measurements were 8o nearly the same that the contest was called a tle. The greatest difference was 1-25,000 inch, ’land the average aifference 1-500,000 inch. Baroness Hermione von Prueschen Tel- mann, an artist and.poet of renown, can take whatever she likes in Chicago and no questions asked. During one of her spasms of poetic entliusiasm the baroness remarked that the Chicago stock yards possessed the most impressive atmosphere of artistic life in America. That ought to hold Chicago and the country until the baroness reaches South Omaha. Something of a ruction is growing in Detroit over -the proposition to adorn & monster fountain in Belle Isle park with the statue of the donor who bequeathed $00,000 for the dual decoration. The be- quest constituies the major portion of the fortune of a gambler, therefore the money is tainted. But the moralists would cheer- fully forget the taint and take the money it the label is omitted. A battle flag that fluttered over the cot- ton ramparts at New Orleans ninety-five years ago, when General Andy Jackson Welcomed General Packenham and his troopers to hospitable graves, has been re- turned to Louisiana, The historic bit of bunting came Into the possession of one of General Butler's officers during the occu- pation of New Orleans and has since been in the possession of the Shackford family of Pittsfield, Mass. Our Birthday Book March 23, 1910. H. H. Kohlsast, publisher and editor of the Chicago Record-Herald, was born March 22, 189, ‘at Alton, Tl He used to own the Chicago Inter Ocean and later the Chicago Times-Herald, and only & little while ago secured control of his present publication, - ‘Willard H. Butts, in.the wholesale fruit commission -business, was born Murch 22, 1565, at Naperville, Il ‘Mr. Butts is secre- tary of the Western Travelers' Accldent assoclation, and has been & member of the Omaha School board ‘the people rul Red Cloud Argus, There are many respects in which Mr, more creditable than would Mn Metcalfe. Mr. Hitcheock is in & manner born to the office. His father served several terms as United States senator, Mostly & Large Noise. Sioux City News. Congressman Hitchcock is hot after the Nebraska senatorship, on the ground that Bryan doesn't want it. For a man who's barking up the wrong tree Mr. Hitchcock 1s making a large nolse. A Foregone Conclusion. Atkinson Graphic. It is a foregone conclusion that Mr. Hitehcock will not succeed in landing the serlatorship, but his candidacy will weaken Dahlman in Douglas county, .which fact will be pleasing to Mr. Shallenberger and his friends holding appointive positions, who are very anxious to have him succeed himself as governor. Not Fast Enowu Schuyler Sun. Mr. Hitchcock declares if he does not land the job he Is out of politics for good. You'll have to travel pretty fast, Mr. Hitehcook. ok No Thought for Old Friends. Wood River Interests, Editor Hitchcook seems to have for gotten or don't care that his old friend and helper and that disguished hewer of wood and drgwer of water for the dem- ocratic party, Hon. W. H, Thompson is already In the field and for once should have a free field and a fair fight. Must Have a Job. Beemer Time: Bver since the time runneth not to the ‘| contrary Hitchcook has elther been in office or running for one. Next fall will be a good time to elect him president of our newly acquired possessions In the region of the North pole. He ought to have the job of some kind that would last while. He d done so much for the ““dear people” you know. Wanted—A Performing Democrat, STROMSBURG, March, 15—Mr. V. E. Wilson, of this oity, democrat member of the legislature trom Polk county and au- thor of the famous daylight saloon law, replied to the request of the local World- Herald correspondent for an interview on the subject of Congressman Hitchcock's candidacy for the senate, as follows: “1 cannot support Mr. Hitchcook for the senate, because I think we have better performing democrats in this state than he, Mr. Hitcheock, through the medium of his newspaper - makes strong - profession of devotion jto the. principle of Eelf-govern- ment, and no one re-echoed the democratic ory of. the last national campaign: 'Let oftener than he. But when it comes. tor make application of that principle to the important power of licens- ing saloons, he wished only a part of the people to rule. I am for & performing as well as a professing democrat for United States senator, for & person Who follows his principles wherever they lead Hon. Richard L. Metcalf, your former editor.” That High and Lofty Plane. Plattsmouth News. Congressman Hitchcock Is not a strong candidate outside of Douglas county, and the correspondent knows it. The young man is bullt upon that high and lofty plane that is so far above the common people that nothing short of .a balloon would enable them to reach up to his ideas which are nothing in common with the people which, if elected to the ‘senate, he would be supposed to represent. A Great Grandstander, Papillion Republican. Congressman_Hitchcock s Indeed to be pitied. He does nothing but sit around Washington and make his regular trips to Europe, but when he Is thinking of belng a candidate he blurts out something to catch the unposted voter. These grand- stand plays may be worked off on the voters a few times, but they get mighty old after & while, Will Have to Be Tagwed. Fairbury News. Mr. Bryan s perfectly willing to give his friend, Mr. Hitchcock, but he insists on tagging him with the county option handicap. Please Don’t Hog Everything. Grand Island Free Press. Hitchcock should give to others who deserve it the opportunity to in the recognition which_they merit. All other things being equal, there should be no en- couragement by democrats of anything savoring of monopoly on places of honor or emolument. The rank and file should see to It that the good things are passed around. FAIR RAILROAD OPINION, Commission Regulation A Be Beneficlal. Chicago Post. It was to a certaln famous personage in the New York Central that the aphorism ‘“The publie be d—d" was attributed by & newspaper reporter whose accuracy of hearing has since been called into. dispute, But taking this declaration of policy at its face value, it compares most interest- ingly with & few words upon the public spoken by President W. C. Brown of the New York Central in his recent annual eport. He say ‘“The relations of the road with its pa- trons and the communities served by it have been harmonious and pleasant. This mutually satisfagtory condition has been fostered and encouraged by the efforts tted to -|of the public service commission In New York state and the Massachusetts Board of Rallroad commissioners, in comparing and adjusting differences which, handied with less wisdom and moderation, might have resulted In serious friction and con- troversy. The influence and the co-opera- tion of these commissions have been uni- formly beneficial to the road and have done much te dMiprove the service for the public.” We progress. In admitting his respect for the public-seryice commissioners, Presi- dent Brown divectly Inspires respect on the part of the public toward the raflroad of which he is chief. And in this position both the roads and the people can take tar greater mutusl and individual benefit than in the old days of bitter logger- headed opposition, Hitchcock would be stronger and generally | 1™ \irst National | Bank of Omah'd Gapi tal ,$500,000,00 (. Surplus & Profits| 70000000 We Are Installing in SAFE DEPO Size Which Rents If you have any valuable papers, Jewelry, eto., you cannot afford to be without a safe deposit box. our SIT VAULTS Another Section of Boxes of the Popular for $3.00 Per Vear Total Assets Over ® 13,000 ()(N)L(fl The Man from McCook Congressman Norris' Leap to Center of the Stage as Leader of the Bepublioan Insurgents. George Willlam Norris, Nebraska con- gressman from the McCook district, gety his. pleture in as many papers as could securs his photograph, and his fame as a vallant, resourceful and competent leader 1s spread over the front pages as stri pure and up-to-date reading matte and deliberato in his plans, unrattied by the storm of forensic passion, physically and mentally fitted for a tremendous en- durance test, he handled the campalgn for recasting the rules of the House of Repre- sentatives with masterful skill and won because he seized ‘‘a ‘physcologioal mo- ment” to strike and had the votes In time. Mr. Norris claimed all along that the so- called insurgents were struggling for the principle of reprekentative rule as against speakership rule. In the flush of vietory he held his ground unmoved, even when the Burleson resolution declaring the speakership * vacant was introduced, and was among those who congratulated “Uncle Joe' when the resolution was voted down. “Ours was a battle for principle, not per- sons,”” he said. “Congressman Norris,” writes the Wash- ington correspondent of the Chicago Record-Herald, “was one of the orlginal insurgents. He entered the fleld in the early -days when opposition to Can- nonism was not as popular as it Is today. He was born upon a farm in Sandusky county, Ohlo, forty-nine years ago, His father died when he was a small child and his only brother was killed in the clvil war. Young Norris, in order to ald his mother who was in straightened cir- cumstances, went out among his neigh- bors to work by the day during the sum- mer, that he milght help maintain the family and -attend school In the winter. “Later Mr. Norrls taught school and earned money to defray the expenses of a higher education, and attended Baldwin University at Berea, Ohid, and the’ Norths ern: Indiana ‘Normal school at Valparaiso. While teaching he studied law, graduated and was admitted to the bar. He moved to Nebraska in 1885. He served as prose- cuting attorney and was elected judge of the djstrict court for two ter: He en- tered congress elght vears ago, and has since served continuously. “Judge Norris has a strong persomality. He is a ready debater, an excellent organ- izer and an_able speaker. He has never flinched under the self-imposed duty of opposing the speaker and the organization of the house, fighting it when occasion required, notwithstanding the unpopularity which attached and the jibs and sneers of those who by ridicule and sarcasm would have rendered his position uncomfortable and untenable: Personal pique has not en- tered Into the equation with him. He has been striving for a principle. “He {s & man of medium stature, round- faced and smooth-shaven, wearing his halr in a slight pompadour. Deliberate and judicial in speech and actlon he has been regarded by his assoclates among the In- purgents as & safe man to follow, and among the regvlars as a dangerous foe.” The Washington Times dubs him “the Rupert of Insurgency,” saying: “Mr. Norris has been the real parliamentary leader at almost every crisis when the insurgents have won a point or gained a real victory. He has proved himselt able, from the outside of the citadel, to discover weakncsses in the entrenchments of the organization, which the organization itself Aid not suspect. In the present fight —a fight, by the way, which was opened exactly one year from the date when Cannonfsm and Tammanylsm won their disastrous victory of March, 1908—he has ain proved his title of the Rupert of insurgency.” The Cleveland Leader (rep.) is Inclined to be over-critical 1in interpreting the Nebraskan's motives, reading into his actions & purpose the congressman resents, The Leader says: “George William Norris, representative {n congress from the Fifth i|district of Nebraska, is so situated at home that he may easily be forgiven for feeling that he must needs do something outsidé of his party and more popular than his party, or even that he is bigger than his party—in his own district. In 1908, when Mr. Norris was elected, he beat his demo-populfst opponent by just 22 votes, and on the same day Bryan carried his district by 553 plurality., With that test of public sentiment, in the Fifth district of Nebraska, to build upon, it is quite natural that Mr. Norri ould be convinced that he s stronger with his constituents than his party is And that his one chance to hold his seat Is to make a hit at home by striking something re- publican at Washington, and hitng it | hara. “In brief, the man Who introduced the resolution which started the long, bitter struggle in the house of representatives. I8 admirably eltuated for & very flery brand of insurgency What about “Uncle Joe," admittedly the greatest politieal scrapper of his time? The Brookiyn Eagle correspondent relates a characteristic incident: "Uncle Joe Can- non is the best fighter I have ever seen in public life,” declared a republican con- gressnian with insurgent feangings. “I am against the speaker and against the House rules. I have fought him on every issue and expect to continue the fight. But I gladly take off my hat to him as a gall old scrapper who is not afraid of a fight and a defeat.” Similar tributes have been ppld to the grizzled old veteran latély. Uncle Joe In surely on the toboggan, but he is not showing the white feather. He toes the scratch squarely on every issus and takes his medicine without a whimper when he 1s licked. He could have saved his face on Wednesday it he had cared to tempo- rize. Uncle Joe knew 'that he would be overruled i he insisted on declding that the census DUl was a medsure of “high- est privilege.” FHis lieutenants brought word to him that the républicans could not be held together and that defeat was as sure as death if the roll weré' to be called, “Call the roll,” declared Uncle Joe, “and we will #6e just where these fellows stand.” Cannén easily could have arranged for the withdrawal of the doomed bill. But he would not shirk. He went down with flying colors, LINES T0 A LAUGH. ‘“Your speech has brought you many con- gratulations.” replied the young statesman, wish they would con‘rltulnu me g N AL Ma " 24 ' ohance to deliver 3 ‘Washington Sar, i One more question. de: 1 thaty ot adeanate o i at _you ge lequate . \"'~Pittsburg Po: Fost. 4 " ” ‘Do ynu live far from here?’ asked the young ‘ma “Gnly" about $2.40 worth by taxical replied sweetly.. Chlc Tribune, wElderly Visitor (addressing. the school)— _tz_:. bgyl. o(n llt': other I'nn =4 i o Boys (with one volce)=' warts.—Chicago Tribune, o0 ve & she ‘‘Have you any theory as to why t! living has Increased " e very definite ane." hll flo Iyou lhllblk 8 the reason?” oecause v gone up Bnl fmore Amur'upfl“. BAre “Yes, he's buslly preparing for his next summer's line of Jclentiti g What lime i tnds c investigation.’ Why, ho wants to flnd out It mosquitoes take kindl. Piat, kindly to vegetarians.”—Cleveland of —_— THE morm. J. W. Foley in Nev New York Times.* ol filury Gregg, when the weather was When' the suniight wi l""l"h" a8 bubbling and W ith jo: Wolfld squint at th quint e wky and drink m(z* res) ‘With A‘lnok of distrust and be moved “Ye may think Jvs spring, but th' win- ter A pring, but th' win. we uy for this fine weather Ola IIEII ry Gregg, when the autumn w‘u' on, And the irds tarried late and the open brook's song In November was heard and the big yel- low moon Made the fields near as light as the sun did at noon, sarth, was aflame with its ye low and red, Woulhnl thok wnh distrust and a shake of s ead uman natur-this here kind or ng bet ye we ketch It nex' Jing!” winter, by -Old Ellery Gregg, when the winds whis- tled keen, When the snow lay knee déep all the fences between, When_the boards creaked and snapped in the walk down the street, When the wires sang with frost and the limbs hung with sleet, Would tramp down the street challen; grim In his eves as lhon'h this had been or- dered for him " ye by wum, thatth winter am't uit, with & we'd pay fer that fine weath Fortune Telling happiness—womanly health. “‘l’h woman who lov- loses its lustre and women, nant examinations. 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