Show THE TROOPING CHILDREN there was spirit in the parade of young america from the time the children dren started from tho the reed hotel corner tha exuberance of youth was manifested there hope eternal in ill those merry little ones you could not decide whether thi this s ono was fr from OM a palace or of luau luxury r y or that one wom a home of poverty they all shouted in joyful tones it Is well that they dd youth possesses the true instincts of self belf preservation are arc not harbored but brightness Is in every vf 2 rah thing thin A t As they trooped along they were an inspiring sight who coul dhave pictured in his minds I 1 eyo eye such i an army of youngsters no one other than a teacher tho the procession seemed to extend as far as the eye could teach reach a re restless ma mass mas s of 0 little beings bright with flags and colored raiment there was our future ogden ogdan out of that marching multitude must come tho the men and women to preside over the thor destinies of our city when the trees they are planting havo have made weeping willows for some soma of us or sturdy oak or mighty afner to cast a friendly shadow over silver locks tho boys will be men of affairs and the girls most matronly for such Is ii tho the inevitable mutation of time tho the tree will be cared for that they r nay may grow stately and fruitful but the growth that concerns us most moat has to do ath with tho the r characters now developing in hiir our schools our children roust must bo be directed to fo aspirations of the best As tho the twig is bent so tho treo tree inclines F erves to fo warn u us s that if wo we would have a future city of noble men and w women care mut must be taken in training the twigs of human kind there is excellent ma aerial there is vitality and impressionableness sion to us ue remains tho the duty of providing an environment that will be tp tc the plastic mind as Is sunshine moisture and soil to the sapling apling the children dedicated today THE RATE BILL it would a take a prophet to tell when there is going to be a vote on oil the rate bill at the same time a vote 1 is assured and the mere fact that there will bo be a voto vote and legislation its is enough to make it certain that the name of theodore roosevelt will rank high in the list ot of presidents president who have really done things opponents of the president and opponents ot of rate ImIs legislation lallon of all sorts forts have pointed to tho the practical assurance of a court amendment as an indication that the president ban baa been defeated in his fight for remedial legislation such c IL C critics have short mem memories it will bo be easily recalled that only a fortnight before the session opened rate legislation of any sort was scouted by many people as an Irr ldes ent dream or something of that sort the session had bad hardly opened before it was found that the sentiment tor for legislation was go 0 strong that ahat it could not bo be denied then all the forces of the opposition turned to making tho the le legislation I of as little effect as pos possible the most that any of them have succeeded in doing is to have a reason reasonable ablo assurance of a court review provision that may hamper but will by THO no means kill 1111 tho the law it is doubtful it if the yet realizes that fhe court review provision wl will ill really be inser inserted fod ho thin thinks lis that by a 1 coalition of tho the democrats and a few faw staunch republicans that ho he will be ablo able to crowd through the hepburn bill but this thin is jig not the case tho the amendment will be tacked on by the senate and it will bo be adhered to in Incon conference terence but the first fight will have been won and rate legislation will bo be an assured fact there probably will be more morel drastic gt in the future there certainly tinly will be if it Is shown that the coming law does docs not have the effect the president intended king victor emmanuel has just noli fled the president ot of the birth of a seventh son to the duke and duchess of genoa the president has called 0 on n the commissioner of immigration for statistics before formulating his reply Congress congressman mah rainey sa says Ys that tariff revision Is ia sure cure to come in this country speaker cannon was unkind enough to add something about the millennium and recognized fixtures I 1 the head bead of the buddhist church who recently lectured in washington was wa s good enough to say that christianity would answer the purpose in in the absence of anything better in this country jim howard now having been sentenced for life for shoot shooting ing governor goebel need havo have no hesitation in expressing his opinion of the jury that convicted him there will bo no chanco chance tor for contempt proceedings As tho the coal miner the operator and the retailer ai are all claiming that they are arc starving to lo death it suddenly oci cairs curs to us that it must be the 0 consumer who ts s making all the money out of tho the threatened strike amba ambassadress ss adress storer had better hold a conference 1 with mrs minor morris before she calls at the white house bouse to lo have a personal interview with the president now that geronimo has decided to go on the stage lie he and richard mansfield might compare notes on hair raising effects effect Z it now remains to be seen whether tho the czar will dissolve tho the radical parliament or whether tho the radical parliament will dissolve tho the czar 1 speaker cannon is now trying the difficult feat of sitting on the lid id of tho the tariff barrel and the pork barrel barrei at tho the same time speaker cannon insists that a man is only as old as lie he feels when ivhon it comes to the question of a presidential nomination delawarek Dela wares agitation tor for the c execution of criminals by electricity t Is regarded as another blow at mr addicks dr br dowle DI e has a not yet decided whether eab he will resort to an injunction suit or excommunication bulls |