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The independent., 1907-04-11

One is inclined to wonder why the
legislatu of the greatest state of the
union should squirni and fight and plot
over the defeat of a little bill for CIV
ing a chief of police full control Of q
police department. For time 1T seemed
that Governor Hughes would be de-
feated in his efforts to force through
a bill to that effect applied to the city
of New York. The secret of the opposl-
ton appears in the fact that the New
York police commissioner has been
forced to act through police inspectors,
and on this trifing fact hangs a vital
quantity of Tammany graft. Tammany
can control the police system of New
York city with it's rich field for graft
despite all an honest mayor or an active
police commissioner can do. Or
so small point may hinge the
existence of seemingly impregnable
machine. A tremendous tearing up In
the New York police department is an
ticipated, for the demand for the pas
sage of the bill became SO overWhelm-
ing that the machine men in the legls-
lature were compelled to give way.
The independent., 1907-04-11
~ QUESTION . BOX N
xxx k-G.

Kindly print an itemized list of the
appropriations of the last session Of
congress.
Agriculture ......................s 9.4f7, ,29o
Army ....................... rs 535, ,2S2
Diplomatic and consular ........ 3,J92. .333
District OF Columbia ............ 10, Id, 118
FortiGcation ....... S01
Indian .......................... 9,227,S76
Legislative. etc. ....... 81, ,094, ,013
Military academy ...... /, ,703
Navy ................ 9S,3oS,007
Pension 145, ,9c7, 600
Postoffce 2l2. I29, ,393
River and harbor .............. 37.lS3,093
Sundry civil ....................... 10, F6,55l
Total $3.50. .622. .674
Deficiencies ................... 2.4S9. .6S5
Total ........................ s769, ,062, 1859
Miscellaneous ......................$ 100 900
Total regular annual ....... T70, ,069 359
Permanent annual appropriat's $149, ,s8G, 1870
The independent., 1907-04-11

What Is the Nebraska law against
killing BIRDS
1t shall be unlawful for any person in
the state Of Nebraska to kill, injure OF
harm any robin, lark, thrush, blue bird,
Kingoird, wren, Jay, swallow, or.ole,
woodpecker, yellowhammer, cuckoo,
yellowbird, bobolink, or other bird or
birds of like nature that promote agri-
culture or horticulture by feeding on
noxious worms and insects or that are
attractive In appearance or ch erful In
song. Provided, that hawks and owls
may be Killed on ones own premises.
1t shall be unlawful for any person to
destroy nests and eggs or carry away
the eggs or young of any OF the birds
described III this section Provided, that
schools, colleges ard universities may,
when authorized so to do by the game
and fish commissioner, take or kill for
educational or snicntjfic purposes. not
70 exceed twenty-five in number Of any
one species or kind OF birds protected
by this section.
Any person violating any of the pro-
VISIONS OF this section shall be fined
fiye dollars for each bird killed. injured
or harmed, and a like sum for each
nest taken or destroyed.
The independent., 1907-04-11

Frequently the Russian dispatches
use the word "Pogram." r do not find
1t In the dictionaries. What does it
mean?
Ihe word "pogrom" has been used
IN dispatches from Russia to describe
the nassacres, organized riots. and
ioots OF shops which have taken place
IN various parts Of the empire. In par
icular, the demonstrations or this ma
lure supposed to have been organized
or encouraged by officers of the local
or central government. In the Russian
language the verb "pogrom.yato means
TO devastate, plunder pillage. The sub
stantive "pogrom on the last
sylaoie--lneans devastation, destruc-
ton
Which are the five wealthiest states
of the Union?
According to estimates of the CEN
sus bureau the states with more than
a billion dollars Of wealth rank as
follows. -
The independent., 1907-04-11

Prospective candidates for Office
under the direct primary this year
would like to know whether the law
limiting the expenditures of the cam
vass is to be enforced. The law for
bids candidate to spend more than
800 in a canvass where he appeals
to less than five thousand voters, and
the expense permitted is proportion
ately less as the number of voters ap-
pealed to increases. The enforcement
of the law is in the interest Of the
honest candidate and the less wealthy
Having in mind Mr.. Harriman's re-
cent boast that he turned $4,000 votes
In New York city with 100000 in an
election, the only decision possible for
one to arrive at is that the law must be
enforced both as it applies to pri-
maries and to elections. All but
small number of people have direct
interest in seeing that this is done
A good beginning and one that would
have o good future effect might be
to apply the law to the recent Lin
coin primaries. The law forbids, for
instance, the giving away of drinks
or cigars by the candidate himself
or by his agents.
The independent., 1907-04-11

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Grand total regular and per-
manent annual appropriat's $919, 9iS679
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-05-22
AN INFANT EDITORIAL
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AN INFANT EDITORIAL

The Family Almanac needs no excuse for pub
fishing the first direct contribution from seven year
old When he came to and said % Papa here is an
editorial. " we knew should print it. That it was
unbushingly stolen from most deectable copy book
does not detract The sentiment good To revert to
olden times. remember that the youngsters grand
father used to say, that sthe who could do any
one thing matter how small, just little better
than any body ese was sure of splendid living.n
Stevenson says. 81 have known happiness tor have
done good work. The Texas philosopher expressed the
same idea when he placed on the tomb of his friend
the expressive words. He done his damndest. y
There is not only resent reward but immense salts
faction. in doing your best No matter what it is,
whether it is shoeing horse. painting house or
landscape, trying law suit writing an editorial
there is the pride that comes. the honest pride that
you have done your best
When man gives trying to do his best, he is all
in He has already gone down the lower depths of
mediocrity from which there is seldom a recovery.
We proud Of the little fellows editorial effort
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-05-22

because he did his best to help Papa We hope how
ever that this does not mark the first step downward
that he did see how any could live in Council
Bluffs if he could live in Omaha and that he did not
see how could live in Omaha if there any
other place earth. 1t is the way with this ed
itoral business; do not see how any could be
an editor if he could be coal HEAVIER, and do not
see how he could be coal HEAVIER if he could get any
other job.
If there public hitching post for the use
of and horse and the abuse dogs it the average
country editor He gives for the money than any
other in the community. He can say nice things
about people for a quarter of century and then if
he dsagrees with them dares to poke gentle
fun at anything with which they may deem themselves
even remotely connected all the good is forgotten in
stanter and offended pride sticks its in the air dis
daning glance at the who has dished up tafy to
them year after year. No sir: would rather that
our boy should enter any trade than be editor.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-05-22
IT is A BIIJFE

The interests which hostile to the anti trust bill
passed by the late General Assembly, now attempting
to make it appear that the new law will compel the
Farmers Elevator Companies to eliminate from their
bylaws the provision enormously called the .'penaty
clause but which is really the "support clause -
This is bluff. and very old and weather bluff
at that. There is nothing new in it. and the threat
taken very carefully consideration and passed
upon by eminent attorneys while the bill was being
considered in the legislature.
The members of the cooperative elevator companies
usually contract to deliver their grain to their own
companies at the market price. Their company then
turns around and agrees to release them from this
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-05-22

contract on the payment of cent bushel for such
amount of grain they to sell other par
ty So high authority Commissioner Lane, of the
Inter State Commission, passed specifically on this
point. characterizng it fair and legitimate bust
ness transaction and which tends promote rath-
er than to stihe competition The courts of Illinois
have also passed upon this question favoraby to the
same view
The purpose of the present agitation. which orgina
ed at Spencer, is to scare the so-caed penalty or
assessment clause out of the bylaws of the
change their bylaws. Theirs has never been COM
bnation in restraint of trade but rather means of
enlivenng competition and of increasing the price to
the farmers of their most important products-Jeffer-
son Bee
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1907-05-22
G.. & N. w. R. R. Main Line

Al Way
G Stop Signal for Chicago
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09

representation and party rule matter to be decided absolutely by the masses of the party. A law Is demanded that will stand any test in the courts. The chief attribute required for its enact ment is honesty. And politicians them selves should. realize that honesty is now far and away the best policy for them to pursue. By trickery they have gained nothing but delay, while every years delay has given new force to the insistence on thoroughly compre- Ihensive law.
 There are bosses and what looks like "a senate combine" in Illinois. They don't want direct primaries and if they dare and have the power they wont have them. But they may not be able to defeat the popular will this time, That will is dangerous to run against when it Is aroused, as it seems to be in this case,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09

ments, recited sometimes as glibly as schoolboy does the multiplication table, never become the real convic- uohs Of masses of the people, If Christianity is anything, 1t is decid- edly a conviction of truth wrought in the consciousness and become the life or man. rather than the intellectual acceptance of a creed provided by others and thrust upon him with the ldea that if he accepts he becomes a christian. To become a Christian means a change in the manner of ones life: it means a finer and freer spirit; a sWeeter fraternal fellowship, progress In Christian thought in &C., cord with the light of the truth that lllumlnates the mind of each man and as his ideas and convictions of Chris tian truths are tested in the crucible of his own soul.
 This discourse of Dr. Parker sl- though expressing a desire that his own church where he has worked SO successfully for many years. might be rechristened on broader founda- tion, is the most significant utterance that has been made for a long time In New England pulpit, for it has in It the element of prophecy It is hop ed that it will not be considered in any apathetic manner, crowded away by the rush and chatter of other things. The voice of Dr. Parker is as one "crying in the wilderness" >It is the same old message: Prepare ye the way of the Lord" The church he forecasts is church in fellowship With all denominations as far as they will permit; a church cut loose from rigid and formal creed; a church free for worship; church honoring the Lords supper in it's original simplici- ty and for all who desire, and a church committed to the social salva- ton of people as we'll as to the sal vation of the individual.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09
AN INTERESTING SUIT.

A suit which will be interesting to prisoners, their keepers and some who are out of prison is that which has been brought in Lake county, Indiana. Sheriff Fred F. Carter of that county has been arrested on charge of open ing a prisoners mall. The sheriff was taken into custody on a government warrant served by federal marshal. He freely admits having inspected the mail of the former prisoner-one Po- leski-who brings the charge, saving that he thought the duties of his office made it incumbent upon him to do so.
 As this country isn't Russia, prison- CTS here have rights which their keep CTS are bound to respect if anybody makes fuss enough about it. Perhaps the right to receive and send letters without inspection is not one of them. There are certainly pretty good req sons why it ought not to be- So it is quite probable that it will be formally found that Sheriff Carter of Lake county, Indiana, hasn't upset the con- stitution by opening Prisoner PoIeskrs letters
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09
CONVENIENT.

Artist-"Has your son light and delicate touch?' Father Embarrassed somewhat)-"Yes-es-but then you don't have to lend 1t to him. ."-Balti- more American.
 George, I've got pair of shoes that might fit you. What size do you wear?" Why . ah-sebens- nines-tens- -lebens-Ah ain't peticklah bout half sizes, sah. h."-Life. 'All things come to him who waits" If he waits in a place that is meet, But never wait for an uptown car
 On the downtown side of the street.
 Life.
 Would you call their marriage one of love or of convenience?" Well, I don't know as to her, but 1t must be convenient for him to be able to pay his debts '-Philadelphia Ledger
 Yes" said Mrs. Nuritch, imy son means to be an artist "Indeed?" re- piled Mrs. Ascum That's a laudable ! ambition" Yes, he thinks it's just cute to wear those flowing black ties" Philadelphia Press.
 What did your wife say when you arrived home last night?" "She didn't say anything; simply pelted me with flowers" "How singular!" Singular, did you say? Oh, the pots came with them, you know."-San Francisco Chronicle.
 agger-Bibber says he's on the cart for keeps now
 Tippler-Hows that?
 Jaggsr-Couldn't stand seeing two of his wife when he came home late ghts.-Brooklyn Life.
 She-He's the meanest man ever knew.
 He-What's he done?
 Why, he tried, this year, to make his wife wear the bonnet his horse wore last ummerl-Yonkers Statesman.
 "The emblem of this hotel Is an eagle" remarked the observing guest, as he looked up over the door.
 "Eagle?" the man who had been charged $S a day. Tt should be gull, Chicago News.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09
The Saloon Is Doomed.

Birmingham (Ala.) Ledger.)
 The liquor traffic has had its day, has made its money and now it has to go There is no need to argue against prohibition, no need to work against it, no need to put up defense for it. It Is a doomed business in the United States.
 The wise men in the liquor business will do well to quit and get into other lines. hundreds of them are doing so The business has gone wrong, 1t has excited the enmity of the people and they have determined to vote 1t out.
 Prohibition is as certain to sweep ev- cry State as that the sun will shine in daytime. Every State that votes it makes it stronger and makes it more impossible to continue the liquor traf- iic There may come a revulsion, but It will not pay to wait for it. It won't come next year nor for ten years. The liqucr business will never again be what 1t is now. If the sale shall ever be permitted again it will not be In the open saloon. That business is ended forever This is the plain truth.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09
SIGNIFICANT.

It is perhaps going a little too far to say, as some enthusiastic southern pa- pers are saying, that the saloon busi- nes in this country is doomed, but 1t is plain that the saloon business didn't receive much encouragement in Tues days elections. IT. Illinois, seventeen counties swept the saloons from their boundaries entirely In Delaware. three-fourths of the State voted to abolish the saloon, Tn Louisville there was fight to finish on the square issue of "clesed town and a better town" versus 'no blue laws" The lib eral' element backed the latter solid ly and the election was the hardest fought in the history of the city. An unusually heavy vote was boiled and 'the closed town and better town" won. Tn other places where the ques- ton of the saloon came up, whether 1t was for the existence of the saloon un- der local option laws, or for strict eh- forcement of law affecting 1t, the "an- tis' won,
 All of which Is significant. The sa- loon business has been greatly improved in many places during the last few years, and though it may not be im- proved out of existence, it may be still further improved
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09
AusUGGEsrIVE INNOVATION.

The experiment which the Mishkan Israel Temple of this city is about to try, that of holding services Sunday morning, will be watched with the greatest interest by the more thought full people of New Haven. It is a sug- gestive innovation in that it demon- strates the influence of social and in- dustrial conditions upon historic habit.
 As Rabbi Levy explains, the innova- ton is without significance as a re- ligious movement The element of faith is not involved nor will the reg ular services of the Temple be dis turbed. In so far as it is concession at all, it is an intelligent concession to material conditions which affect all residents of the city alike, Dependent upon similar forces and agencies of life a way must be found for those to worship in their own faith who never theless cannot escape the demands of a secular life.
 On the other hand those who have watched the ministry of Rabbi Levy in this city cannot but find in this de- parture an additionally striking illus tration of the breadth of his mind and the fecundity of his profound re- sources. We shall be surprised if it is not discovered that the Temple is more of power than ever.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09
sAFEnH THROUGH ANOTHER wErK

Safely through another week." many who know the good old hymn will be inclined to say at the end of this week of turmoil, danger and loss. During the week the situation has ap- parently been much bettered. Gold has come from Europe in large uuan- titles, boarded cash has been brought out, fear has diminished and progress has been made toward repairing things that have needed repairing. Of course recovery from such a breakdown cannot fairly be expected to be imme- diate, and it may not be as rapid as some of the wise men say it will be. But the country as a whole is in A much sounder condition than it has been when overtaken by other famous financial crises,' and the soundness is asserting itself as basis to rebuild on.
 About the only thing those who are not called on to run the country" at this time can do is to keep on working and doing business as if nothing had happened. Perhaps what has happen ed will not turn out to be as import ant and far-reaching as it has seemed to be.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09
TWO MIGHTY ONES.

The Kaiser hasn't spent most of his time in hunting, any more than our own lively President has, but he has a big record as a hunter. He has been a hunter some of the time for thirty years, and during that time has slain no less than 47,514 pieces of game" His best one-day record is 1,19S. Of the grand total, 18,S91 were pheasants. 17881 were hares, 2,5O7 were boars, L. 127 were rabbits, and 1902 were red stags The casualties among all other kinds of birds and animals may be ex- pressed by three figures or less in each case.
 Of course President Roosevelt can't boast in any such figures as these, but he can say he has killed more than three bears, which is all that the Kais CT has killed. We do not read, either. that the Kaiser has hunted wealthy
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09
Happiness.

It's just a sort O feeling that depends
 upon the man. And the owner never gets 1t by a fixed
 and settled plan; It's nothing that's to come along at
 any certain time. It's nothing in the atmosphere of any
 certain cline; It's not cut out for customers and laid upon the shelf But it's just sort O feeling that de-
 pends upon yourself It never comes from growing at your
 luck and feelin blue. And thinkln' every man Is stealth some
 from you; You needn't think 1t comes along
 where moneys runnin' rife, Or feel that you would find it in an-
 other sphere of life You ought to find it where you are;
 there's plenty ev'rywhere, An any man that Is a manll get an honest share. The minister'll find 1t in the sayin of
 a grace, And the barber gets his portion in the
 shavin' of a face. The sailor on the ocean, and the farmer
 in his corn, The millionaire a-watchin' at some hole
 in plenty's horn; And the hairy, howlin captain of a climbin jungle clan Is as happy as monkey as he would
 be as a man. It's every humans duty in whatsoever
 sphere To make his life Q happiness to other
 mortals here; So why not be content with life and say
 your fot'll do? And then you feel the duty done-an
 easy duty, too For happiness from discontent is but a
 little span, An is just a sort O feelin' that depends
 upon the man
 Kentucky Battleship Budget
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09
ANINSISTENT DEMAND.

One of the signs of the times is the demand for the direct primary in IlH- nois. This demand is insistent and it moves the Chicago Record Herald to say that the legislature has had abun- dant evidence that the people of H. linois are resolved on having direct primaries without restrictions to im- pair their value. There is, it says, no mystery at all about the matter, and there is nothing to be done, except to carry out a principle in good faith. A law is demanded that will make party
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09
SUNDAEBAsEBAL1 IN rHENAVY

The Navy department of the United States isn't as thoroughly "religious" as some would like to have 1t be- but it's attitude toward Sunday baseball will be appreciated by many who are liberal" It continues unmoved by tbe remonstrances addressed to it on &C., count of Sunday baseball. It is consid- cred that no arguments have been off, fered which are regarded by the naval authorities as sufficient 50 change the policy The decision to permit baseball playing under coHditions which are not an annoyance to those outside of the navy is the result of experience. and is based on the urgent, unanimous recommendations of commanding of- ficers, from Rear Admiral Evans down. It is appreciated in the service that the sailor and marine must have an opportunity to spend a part of Sunday in relaxation, and in doing this there has been no lack of the religious ob- servation of the day. The critics who are calling out for puritanical Sundays are in the position, say naval officers, of not being obliged to maintain dis cipline and good conduct among a large number of young men who must be kept out of mischief and who can- not be put to hard work on Sunday, as on other days.
 There is going to be an effort to re- store the canteen to the army. With that done, Sunday baseball in the navy, and "In God we trust" omitted from the new coins, many will feel that the United States is in danger
The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-11-09
HAVEN MORNING JOURNAL AND COURIER SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 1eo

malefactors," though recent stories from Germany indicate that the time Is ripe for him to hunt some malefactors that ought to be hunted.
 Perhaps when President Roosevelt is ex-President the Kaiser will invite him to a social hunt If he ever does the game that those two hunters get after might as well come down or come up and be disposed of as quickly as possible.