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THE OMAHA DAILY BEEt MOKDAY, APH1L 8, 1901. Tiie omaha Daily Bee. K. 1108EWATI3H, EDITOR. PL'HLISHED EVERY MOHNINO. THUMB OK SUIJSCHIITION. Unity Uco (without Sunday), One Year.. 6.00 Dally Ike una Sunday, Onu Ycur fc.O) Illustrated lice, Onu Vcar Uf) Sunday lite, One Year L'.IM Saturday Hec, Ono Year l.frj Twentieth. Century Farmer, One Year... l.W OFFICES: Omaha: The Dec Uulldlng. South Omaha, City Hull uulldlng, Twen-O-ntth nwi M Streets. Council marts: 10 pearl Street. Chlcugos WW I'nlty Uulldlng. Haw York: Temple Court. Washington: 6vi Fourteenth Street CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edl torlul matter should bo addressed: Umunu iiiv, Kdltorlal Dopurttncnt. UUSlNiCHU LETTERS. Uuslness letters and .remittances should bo addressed: Thu lie? Publishing Com puny, omiilia. REMITTANCES. Itetnlt by draft, express or postal order, puyuuio to 'ihe lieu Publishing Company. 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TZ8C1IUCK, Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before mu this 1st day of April, A. V. IfWl. M. It. H UNGATE, Notary Public. Tho Initiation of the Kustcr bonnet Ih mi ussurunee of the liquidation of the bill. Rullrtlng railroads on paper Is ouo 1 1ll MK nnil raising the capital to build them l another. It pays to Ihj a martyr In Oinnlui. For further particulars apply to S. I. Gordon, Into police judge. This week ought to ace tho Judicial di'iidloek over the nppolutnient of su premo court commissioners broken. Why not project a direct mil lino to South Dakota? That, country Is more naturally . tributary to Omnhu than Kansas. Omaha real estate has proved the for tune of nearly all Omaha's wealthier citizens. Thu intiu who Invests on such Killd foundation cannot go amiss. After coming up to the scratch with hticli propitious Kaster weather the weather man ought to have n stand-in n lth the women for at least one season. Omaha, doubtless needs enlarged High school facilities, but It also needs a higher standard of education. In the High school ami fewer frills nnd side llshes. Governor Dietrich says he will take the responsibility for his action In the matter of the supreme court commission all to himself. The yellow journal fakirs can now have another guess. Wouder If the reduction in the price of Nebraska's supreme court reports is intended as an Intimation that In later years these reports have not beeu worth thu money they formerly commanded. I'opocrntic organs arc now busily en gaged in the tusk of distributing fed eral patronage i to tho Nebraska repuh llcuns. The popocrats were nlwnys gen rrotts In volunteering such services to their political opponents. Perhaps it Is not out of placo to re mind ourstjlves once more that sprlug purchases can bo made right here in Omnlia nt just 'as good prices and with almost as largo a variety for selection as In Chicago and other eastern cities, A. Lincoln paper explains tho small vote titbits recent city election on the ground of bad weather, which put n danipcr on even the eagerness of thu people to make a showing commensurate with the census population. Lincoln should have the beuellt of tlil,s explaua tlou. Andrew Carnegie Is suffering thu pen alty of philanthropy by being pestered almost to death by people with all sorts of schemes for allevlutlnc misery and regenerating huuiaulty. There are somo drawbacks, evidently, ' to this before (lentil philanthropy that do not attach to p&sL-mprtem benefactions made by will. Porto ltlco con thank Its luckv stars that Governor Allen has consented to continue In the work of reorganization so auspiciously stinted under his dlroc tlou. If President MeKlnley's selec Hons for responsible positions In nil of our new Insular possessions turn out as well the people there will have no fault to And. A railroad to connect Omaha with central Kansas would be a good thing Hut If tho road Is not to bo constructed until Douglas comity votes ?2ro,000 In bonds us a bonus, It will take a long tlmo before the raUrond to tho heart of Kansas materializes. Tho tlmo for sub sldlzlng railroads with bond Issues has passed awny. The state press generally Is applaud lug Governor Dietrich for his courageous action In vetoing tho various appro prlatlons made by thu legislature that threatened to exceed tho limits of the state's revenuo for taxation. Tho Henib vetoed by the governor relate to ex penditures which can readily bo spared .V, public otlleer who keeps the Interest of tho taxpayers constantly In view deserves the tuximycru' gratitude. LooKixa tiACKivAiin am) roitn'Atw, When the republicans of Nebraska en tered upon the national campaign twelve months ago oven the most san guine had grave doubts about the out come. The common enemy was thor oughly Intrenched In power and Its leaders Inspired by the assurance- that the certain rcnomlnutlou of William Jennings llrynn for. the presidency would Insure for them moral and ma terial support that would make their position almost Impregnable. The re publicans moreover entered the cam paign handicapped by the blunders of bad leadership that had demoralized the rank nnd tile through scandalous ap pointments In the federal service and a reckless disregard of public sentiment on Issues vital to all the. people. In the face of these discouraging con ditions and tin: unpromising prospect the battle of 1IXK) was fought and won solely by heroic effort nnd unremitting labor, The only clement that braced and strengthened the campaign man agement was the prevailing prosperity which not oven Bryan himself could gainsay. Tho redemption of Nebraska was rightfully hailed throughout the country as the most edgnnl victory of tho presidential contest. To carry llryan's state for MeKlnloy, to elect the entire republican state ticket am to capture a majority of both houses of the legislature which was to choose two United .States senators, was an achievement which elicited the admira tion and applause of the national com mittee and the grateful acknowledg ments of the president. The republicans have now reoceuplod tho state house three months. With the exception of the supreme court and the university board they are !n full control of all thu departments of state government. They have Just closed a session of the legislature that culmi nated In the election of two repub licans to the United States senate and are about to enter upon an era of pro bation and responsibility. It is ac knowledged on all hands that the work of the legislature has been disappoint lug In many respects. Quite apart from tho discontent created by the protracted senatorial deadlock, the failure of the republican majority to live up to the constitutional obligations to make a new apiwrtlonnient of legislative representa tion and Its lamentable disregard of the interests of the party and the state In the matter of congressional and ju dicial redisricting has seriously weak ened popular confidence In thu party. The refusal to submit needed constitu tional amendments and extravagant ap propriations cannot fall to contribute to thu reactionary effect. The only re deeming feature In this respect has been the action of Governor Dietrich In veto lug questionable measures and appro priations in excess of the revenues. ItopubllcuiiH must bear In mind that thu redemption ot Nebraska In 11)00 does not by any means guarantee the re tention of Nebraska unless republicans riso to the emergency and prove by their conduct that they merit the. trust eposed in them, l'arty regeneration must not stop with the election of re publican senators. The policy of Jetting the party drift without sail or rudder must be ubaudoucd. Disreputable and Incompetent public otHclals In every branch of the public service must bo weeded out. The barnacles nnd leeches that have been fastened upon the fed- nil service, casting odium upon the party, should be pried loose from the crib nnd decent, reputable, active re publicans given their plnces. This the new senators owe themselves and thu party. I liSPIlUYEMEXT IX VUH'W HWO. Governor Allen's statements in regard to Porto Klco contradict tho reports of unfavorable conditions lu the Island. tie says that much progress has been made lu n material way, that cultiva tion has beeu extended and that tho old-established Industries have Im proved, except coffee growing and pro duction, which Is nt present languish ing. The dellclency in this direction will probably bo iniide up for by the Increased production of sugar, duo to the tariff discrimination in Its favor. As to civil affairs, the governor states that they nra working smoothly and the peoplo generally arc well satlslled with the civil government' nnd the Anierlcnu administration. He snld of tho law of congress for governing the Island that Senator Koraker, who framed It, bullded better than he knew. In re gard to the emigration from Porto Klco, Governor Allen says it Is so small us not to bo worth considering. The opponents of the administration have professed to see In this emigration or a few thousand Porto Klcans another evi deuce that our acquisition of the Span ish Islands has Injured their inhabitants Instead of benetltlng them and that our rule has been found unendurable by people who had long endured that of Spain, but as most of these emigrants have gone to Hawaii, they ore simply transferring themselves trom ouo Anier lean possession whose Ills they are familiar with to a second nbout wiiien hangs the glamour of the unknown. The people 'who have been luciuccii by the agents of Hawaiian sugar planters to leave Porto Klco may be glail to re turn to the Island nud no doubt In tlmo many of them will drift back, for Porto Klco is a much more desirable place to live lu than Hawaii. Prof. Brumbaugh, tho commissioner of education of Porto Klco, In n com munlcutlon to Secretary Koot says that tho people of Porto Klco want schools nud have been cordial ntnb reasonable lu their attitude to free education throughout the Island. He stntes that he has never worked among a people who have been more kindly cousldernte than tho people of Porto Klco. Ho ex poets to put thu schools on a linn and pormnneut basis under the now school law passed by the legislature and which has Just gone Into effect. The testimony of the governor of Porto Klco aud of tbjo superintendent of education ns to conditions in tuu Island Is altogether gratifying and being of the highest authority must be accepted ns conclusively disproving re ports to the contrary which have come from newspaper correspouueuts uud others. Porto Klco Is progressing as well as could be expected. The Island has not yet recovered wholly from the effects of the hurricane, but there Is no reason 10 iioiiovo Hint tne istauuers have any troubles that they would not I... .... I, ...I U....ll. . I.M.i !,,, nil . u Mini mill. II inn, .iiii- i.iu outlook for them Is as promising as .... . ..... i . . .. couiii reasouauiy no wisueu. TIM YKXK7.UKl.AX DIFFICULTY. Minister Loomls was to have left Venezuela yesterday on ills return to tho United States, In response to a suin- inons from this government. It Is the understanding that the minister has not been recalled, but simply requested to come to Washington In order to fully explain the dltliculty which has threat- tied to terminate diplomatic relations between the United States and Venez uela, If not to bring nbout something more serious. It Is quite possible, how- ver, that In view of the feeling of hos- lllty toward him on the part of the Venezuelan authorities Mr. Loomls will not return to the southern republic, but will be given a diplomatic position else where. Our government lias found no fault with the course of the minister, who has Indeed for the most part simply followed Instructions from Washington, but If he Is as offensive to the Venez uelan government ns Is represented, It would manifestly be useless to con tinue lilin at that post, because he would not be able to accomplish anything toward an amicable settlement of the dltliculty. Venezuela might regard his return us a deliberate affront. Nothing has recently transpired to In dicate that the dltliculty has become aggravated, or that there Is any danger that n settlement may not be reached hrough diplomatic methods. Hut Presi dent Castro of Venezuela Is the sort of man who must be carefully dealt with. He Is practically a dictator and, accord ing to report, Is now scheming to per petuate his power and Intrench him self still more firmly at the head of the government. Uroiu all accounts he Is not over-scrupulous, and It looks as If lie aniL other otllclals were trying to line their coffers by blackmail of for eign enterprises. At all events our gov ernment; must give the Venezuelan gov ernment to clearly understand that whatever American rights or interests ire In danger will be protected. The United States wants no quarrel with any of the southern republics. It pro poses to deal with them Justly and fairly, -but It will not purchase their friendship by undue sacrltlcc or by sur rendering any of Us rights. It is per haps not to be expected that Venezuela will show gratitude for tho service this country rendered her In the boundary dispute with Great Britain, but she should be made to underytand that our rights must be respected. THE MAK1XV OF A MAUTYlt. Seven yenrs ago Samuel I. Gordon was pursuing the peaceful vocation of an ex pressman. The political turmoil in the First ward suddenly brought him to the surface as a republican candidate for the city couueii, to.whlch Ulguitied body Gordon was duly elected. If the mem ory and voracity of a prominent corpora tion manager can be depended on, It cost a little over $'J,000 of slush fund to beat Tom Lowry nud elect Sam Gor don. That was the beginning of the making of the martyr. Whether this proved a paying Investment has not yet been disclosed. In 18D3 the martyr becamu one of thu leaders of the anti-Catholic crusadu aud his zeal In tho cause secured for him prompt recognition In the uomluatiou and election as police Judge. In that capacity a good expressman was spoiled and a poor police magistrate developed. Gordon was a sort of Dogberry who made a study of natural law and applied it promiscuously in delluucc of thu stat utes and the higher courts. Before his term wus out he was ubol- Ished as police Judge by tho fusion legislature of 18'J", which thus opened the way for his latest martyrdom. To rebuke Howell aud Kausom, the repub licans renominated Gordon for tho otlice and gave liltn u new lease of ottlclul life. This vindication elevated Gordon lu his own esteem to such n degree he not only Imagined that he hud a life tenure to thu position, but also that he was ti luw unto himself. His highest ambition appeared to be to make him self solid witli thu vicious nud criminal classes. Ills sympathies for vagrants ami lawbreakers of all classes could be relied on to counterbalance any evi- ileiico of guilt uud his rank favoritism to polico court lawyers transferred the money that belonged to the school fund luto thu pockets of tho shysters, straw- bondsmen nud their go-betweens. When these lawless practices became too scandalous, the martyr was turned down by his party, only to be taken up by the fusion reformers, who gave him a uomluatiou ou their ticket to cater to the de;uauds of the vicious aud criminal classes. As a silver republican decoy, Gordon proved a success. Tho very men who deposed him llrst, embraced him aud reinvested him with the martyr crown. The ordinary martyr usuully achieves Immortality by privation and suffering, but Omaha's martyr police Judgu thrives and grows fat on persecution. Although Impeached and removed from olllco by the district court, he has managed to draw his full salary for work never performed. His lofty expectations for the future are tersely expressed by his public-spirited attorney, Mr. Jelferls, In the following quotation by a local paper: We don't enre If Judb'o Oordon never takes his seat behind tho bench at thu polico station, Ho'a drawing salary, anil that's the principal thing to be considered. From the same mercenary staudpolut, It will pay tho taxpayers of Omaha to fence the martyr out of the pollen court, even If his salary continues. It Is a matter of record that the amount of tines turned luto the school fund In one month since Gordou's removal hns ex ceeded the amount turned In by Gordon In n 'whole year. Under tho circum stances the city can nlTord to have a martyr, oven If all the police court shys ters have to wear crime and the counte nances of the vagrants nnd crooks aro shrouded In gloom. Invidious remarks aro being made about the new attorney general be- cnttso he has accepted a cabinet po sition paying $8,0X) a year, which Is much less than his previous Income from his profession. Tho fnct Is over looked that no lawyer lu the country com petent and qualllled to act as attorney general could fall to earn several times the salary of the otllco on the outside. The same Is true with reference to a great many public positions in which the prestige ami honor are expected to make good tho detlclt In compensation. People out this way are patiently waiting for Chicago campaign methods to be transplanted Into their vicinity. A few pink teas and green luncheons In the counclltnunie backyard lu advance of the election and front porch recep tions after the victory Is scored, would make a contest for municipal olllco really edifying, If not completely satis factory. It might even lead up to the theater box party Idea that was tried once In Denver, but unsuccessfully. The legislature of Montana has appor tioned out to the various counties the ."530,000 boodle fund that was turned lu during the famous tight for the sena torshlil of that state two years ago because no one would venture to lay claim to the. money. .Montana could well afford to have thu performance re peated If the llnanclal aspect of It only were to be considered. Now oil discoveries are announced from Wyoming, but there Is little news in thu announcement. It bus beeu known for more than twonty-ltve years that Wyoming Is rich In oil deposits and projects have been under way periodically for their development. It Is only a question of lime when Wyo ming will rival thu ruinous oil Ileitis of Pennsylvania. If tiniiuclal promoters think they can close up a (leal to combine thu pack ing Interests of Chicago. Omaha aud Kansas City without even consulting the Omaha owners they will be counting without their host. Such a combina tion Is within the realm of possibility, but It will take some work nearer homo than such long-distance operations. Mnrh to Write Abont. Washington Post. If Grovcr Cleveland should ever decide to grind out 6 worth of stuff for the Com moner he might bo able to say something Interesting about presidential candidates who cannot carry their own states. HuMiilclmiN llnxtc. Baltimore American. The quickness with which Agulnaldo swere allegiance to tho United Stutcs war rants tho suspicion that ho may entertain a secret opinion ot his capture as a bless ing In disguise. It enables him to retreat from an untenable position with grace nnd dignity. Kan fur the Knrnicr. Uoston' Herald. A slender roan bearing tho modest name of Phillips has cornered tho Chicago corn O'arkot and is sending the price up, dcspltu tho fact that four ' millionaire Hoard ot Trade members aro trying to provent It. Corn Is selling hjghcr than tt has for six years and some say 'it will reach CO cents a bushel.' Meanwtbllr,. tho farmers are laughing in their laen and. enjoying the flght. i v v .... v Com In R to llrr IIIkIiIh. Chicago lleeoril-Hcrald. Mrs. Benjamin Stelnhart of New York hns Just been victorious In a lawsuit over tho color ot bcr hair and the sparkle of her diamonds. The woman was not satis fed becauso somo fancy photographs that she had taken recently mado her hair look pink instead of Titian red and gave no hint of tho cxccllrnco ot her diamonds, which she modestly told' tho court "wero very fine." This case, In connection with that in which a Clovcland woman secured judg ment a few weeks ago because It had been alleged that her corset was tight, will scrvu to further emphasize the fact that woman Is n't last coming Into her rights. The ngo of chivalry may be dead, but justice has her hammer out! Xo nxciiMp (or Hartley t'omproiiilHc. Columbus Telegram (dcm.) Ono of tho peculiar bills passed by tho lato lamented legislature was a mcas-ire to authorize tho attorney general to com promise with tho Hartley bondsmen, prac tically upon payment of tho costs In the various suits which tho stato has Insti tuted against tho men who pledged them selves to shield the state against harm by reason of any net of dishonesty on Hartley's part. It was u shameful piece of legisla tion and doubly shameful because a largo number of democrats and populists voted for It. Perhaps theso men can glvo good ex cuho for supporting such a bill, but the Telegram Is unablo to Imagine how nny satisfactory excuse can bo forthcoming. This bill practically says to tho Hartley bondsmen: "Tho state was only joking when It took your bond. You aro foolish If you pay a cent." And then to further In sult tho Intelligence of all Nobraskans tho legislature magnanimously provided that tho settlement should be made without ex- penso to tho state. For this much let every body be thankful. Uud this righteous clause not been Inserted perhaps tho bonds men might liavo recovered Judgment against tho stato for asking them to pay tbn Hart ley shortago, but now we arc safe In pre dicting that all tho stato will loso will bo tho half million which Hartley stole. It Is cause for congratulation that the legislature did not voto a life pension to each of tho Hartley bondsmen. PISIIHOVAI. NOTKS. Agulnaldo can never live, In tho White IIouso, hut be may talk a rivor and harbor bill to death somo day. Governor General Leonard Wood of Cuba Is at work upon a scries of articles deal ing with his former experiences In western Indian' campaigns, The emperor of China la now said to be suffering from tho effects of too much to bacco. Aecordlug to reports, he smokes cigarettes continuously and ns many Amer ican cigars as he can get. Lord Salisbury, In a recent address to a gathering o.f 'commercial mon, advised all youths who Intended to engago In tho pur suits of commcrco to know French, Ger man and Spanish before either Latin or Greek. Illinois, In which statu I'rof. Woolley, prohibition candidal for president, lives and In which he prosecuted his most nctlvo canvaBS, gavo him proportionately fower votes than Wisconsin, tho chief brewery stato of the west. The Uhedlvo of Egypt l nn energetic fire man and has each of his palaces supplied with tho latest appliances. Periodical drills of his domestics nro thoroughly car ried out. He occasionally turns them out on false alarms and finds that they answer to bis satisfaction. Senator I'latt ot Now York and Senator Piatt ot Connecticut are cousins about six teen times removed. Tho first Platts In America wero two brdihcrs, who tettled on tho eastern end of Long Island. From them aro descended practically all of the name lu toe United States. TAKE KI.M1I.V TO KlV SKXATOllS. Imperial Republican. 1-M Hosewatcr, editor of The Uco, crowned himself with glory when he withdrew from tho ena torlal fight and said; "I will continue at tho old stand, battling for the best Inter ests of tho republican pnrty aud will be heard from again, fighting with the pen for republican principles." Lynch Journal (rep.); Finally the legis lature has done as It should have dono long ngo. All avowed candidates wero thrown nsldo and Governor Dietrich nnd J. It. Millard wero elected senators. We are glad to seo this. Now all tho soro spots made by the fight will bavc to heal or be nursed out In private and tho party as a whole will be able to work together. Hut as a whole tho legislature has come far short of what It should have dono In re gard to legislating for the state and has proven again (hat the people and not tho legislature should elect senators. Grand Island Independent (rep.): Dur ing tho scuntorlal campaign It was often charged when the "loyalty" of men wns questioned, that E. Hosewnter was not a loyal republican. It must be said, how ever, that he never yet fought lu the dark. His battles were ihvays In tho open. No ono ever had cause to doubt where he stood. While many republicans have not ngreed with him in many Instances, thoy must give blm the credit of always having fought fearlessly along the lines of his own convictions. And they will generally be plcafed with the loyal words exprcsied to the Joint session. Osceola ltecord (rep.). The election of Governor Dietrich and J. II. Millard ns United States senators was the happy solu tion of tho very difficult problem, Hoth arc thorough business men, broad-minded, com petent nnd honest and will give to Ne braska n representation of which It will be proud. Neither of them make nny preten sions nt being an orator nnd wilt nut wnsto the tlmo of the senate by long-distance nnd worthless talk. This, In Itself, will bo quite a relief to tho people of the stnto, for It Is the careful painstaking man of affairs, nnd not the talker, who ac complishes results In this day nnd age. Culbcrtson Era (rep.); It had been fre quently asserted In various quarters that the republican candidate for governor was not a politician nnd therefore could not succeed either ns a candidate or executive. Well, perhaps the governor-senator Is not a politician from his critic's point of view, but for good, hard, sound business senso nnd nn Intelligent nnd sensible reason tor doing or not doing things he commends himself with all parties and while we are proud of htm as our senator wu regret to sec him leave the gubernatorial chair that he bus already shown himself so well qualified to fill with honor to himself and credit to tho state. Hloomfleld Monitor (rep.): Nebraska's new senators are n good trusty pair ot re publicans to draw to. Place that In your hnt for further reference. They will guard and protect Nebraska's Interests In na tional legislation and uphold the hands of tho national administration. Ncbraskn Is to bo congratulated that republicanism tri umphed at the last hour over personal am bition. .Mr. Thompson, Mr. Uosowatcr and Mr. Mclklcjohu must not bo forgotten for their, manly actions in finally thrusting aside their personal ambition for tho ad vancement of republican loyalty and party good. All honor to their actions lu tills manner. Weeping Water Republican: The happy termination of the dendlock In tho election of two unobjectionable republicans wus greeted with rapturous aallsfaction by all members of tbe party here. It Is considered tho best posslblo solution of the question. Governor Charles II. Dietrich and J. II. Millard of Omaha were tho compromise can didates on which all united In the caucus Thursday morning, after tho leading candi dates had nil 'withdrawn. Theso gentlemen are both reproaentnttvo citizens, true re publicans and nro not professional politi cians. Nebraska will ho ably represented nt Washington nnd tho campaign thunder tho fuslonlsts expected to produce over a failure of the republlcnns to elect has gone glimmering. Hayes County Republican: Nebraska has two United States senators. Their names arc C. H. Dietrich and J. II. Mil lard tho former governor of tho state anil the latter president of the Omaha National bank. Hoth aro representative citizens and will bo wortny nnd creditable repre sentatives at Washington. Tho happy solu tion of tho senatorial deadlock was reachel In caucus Thursday morning and was ac complished after an all-night session, which had developed no material chango lu the voto ot tho lending candidates. The se lection ot Dietrich nnd .Millard brings satisfaction to republicans throughout tho state, who had become alarmed that Urn legislature would adjourn without au elec tion. The fuslonlsts are correspondingly disappointed with the result. Wayno Herald (rep.): It was a happy conclusion tho legislature arrived at Inst Thursday., whoa after weeks of ono of the warmest contests ever known In tho state D. E. Thompson, Hosowator and Mclklejohn laid asldo their personal desires for the bast interests ot tho party In tho state and mado It posslblo to elect two United States senators. It was n noblo move and the party should remember it well, for thoy have proven tbcmselvos republicans who lcve their party and its principles. As a result tho state of Nebraska will be repre sented In the national legislature In the persons of J. II. Millard, ono of Omaha's and Nohraskn's foremost citizens, who was elected for tho long term, and Governor C. II, Dietrich for tho short term. Both nro stalwart republicans and, whllo many had their choice, It Ib a happy solution of the contest. Stanton Picket (rep.): Tho Picket admits disappointment nt tho defeat of Edward Rosowoter for United States senator. Not because we had expected to seo him elected, for from the first to last we entertained but slight hopo of his success. It Is rnther be causo wo bolleved and still bellovo that tho will of a majority of republicans Is frus trated by his failure of election and be cause wo bellovo him tho most able man In the stnto for the position and tho one capable of doing tho most good. If wo were disappointed, so are others; If Mr. Ilosewoter's friends wero disappointed, friends of tho other aspirants were moro so. personally, iiinuga uaving nopeu ior Mr. Ilosowntcr's election, we arc pleased with the selection of Senator Millard. It means Hint n long-beaded, sagacious nnd conservative business man will represent Nebraska from the North Platto country In the upper branch of tho national rongress. Columbus Journal (rep.) : Eduard Kciie water, tho editor of The Oniiiha Dec. and, Incidentally, ono of the late asplriiiils for n scnatorshlp, In Ills speech after the election frankly confessed: "I renlle that I am perhaps not a proper person to be a candidate fur this high oilier, hrcutiio I am unfortunately engaged In n biiHlnuss 111 which I frequently have to trend on ton many corns, but I feel grateful that I nut not n statesman out of n Job. I will, eon tlnuo nt tho old stand, battling fur the best Interests of tho republican putty mid will bo heard from again, lighting with thu pen for republican principle. 1 tlinnk all those who have so griicrnuxly accorded me their support In this lmig-diawn but how happlly-onded contest. " Tho Journal admires his pluck, his cnmpiehcnsloii of tho situation and his Indomitable w and Industry, but theso latter will now be of vital use to him, becauso his functions as editor of one of the many great news papers of tho country give to him dally a larger audience and one more attentive than tho few score IMeucrs hi thu United j States tscnute chamber. ItK.dt IIOMS (IT TIIK I.KdIMI.ATI II U. Tekamah Herald (rep.) The few dis gruntled republicans who fused with tho populists to bring about a premature ml Journment, nnd thereby defeated meritori ous legislation, have sacrificed the confi dence and betrayed the trust of their con stituents. Central City Nohparell (rep.): The leg islature couldn't find time to pass any f tho reapportionment bills, so everything re mains ns tt was. Tbe constitution de manded the reapportionment of the state, but the constitution has no terrors for a Nebraska legislature. Kearney Hub (rep,): The legislature did nn unwise and discourteous thing In re jecting Governor Dietrich 'b recommendation for n cut on the princely fees of Robert Leo Herdman, clerk of the supreme court. The governor was right In his demnnd. Tho leg islature was wrong In refuelng It. Hurwcll Tribune (rep.): The history of tho late lamented lei'lslaturo Is not volum inous nor very entertaining reading. He sides mnUlnp a very, mcrltorlouB game law end electing United States senators It did very little. Considering the tangle, how ever, it may lie ugrced tbnt the election of senators was n whole lot. North Platte Trlbuno (rep,). The past session of the legislature- might have done worse nnd It might have done better It Is to be commended for killing, a good many bad measures Introduced and pnislng i few good ones. Of course, ns Is always the case, many people will say that the defunct legislature was the worst e ever had, but there are always vicious kickers to be found, H.inltiRtoti Herald 'rep.): The legislature enmo within nn nco of earning tho name "the ilo-notblng legislature." Should It have adjourned without the election of senators, as seemed apparent until the eleventh hour, to find out what It really accomplished would bo n good deal like looking for a needle In a haystack. The three republican members who defeated the legislative ap portionment bill ought to be drummed out of tho party. Ord Quiz (rep.): One of the disgraceful things done by thu late lamented Uglsla turo nftcr disposing ot the scnatorshlp business was tho passago of tho olll re lieving the bondsmen of Dofnultcr Hartley of obligations to the cxten ot $T.n,00o, To keep up the line of mnrch. gentlemen, you should hac passed a bill cnlllug on the governor to pardon the i;reat dMulter. Hut maybe that part of tho progiam bits been arranged for In silence. Friend Telegraph (rep.): Any attempt to call tho present legislature together for tbe purpose of passing laws whlcu they neglected while In session would te worse than an attempt to correct the i:i's.-,Ui n which Moses mnde. The people of tlu alutc nro free from the present legislature, t.nd they aro now powerless to do tho state any moro barm, and they should be allowed to rest In peace and oblivion, which n great majority of them so richly deserve after tho arduous duties which they have Intel) performed nnd which the people v 111 not soon forget. Fremont Tribune (rep,): It Is certain tho fuslonlsts cannot complain ot tho re publicans for taking advantage of them in the legislative session-just ended. In tho beginning the contest enses wero disposed of without partisan bias and no fusion mem ber was unseated. Then tho state has not been reapportioned for any purpose nor n ballot law pnssed that would seem to gain advantage. That Is to say, no fuslonlst has any right to say he has not hud about all he could oxpect out of a republican session. And by that token, republicans will think awhile before saying a great deal. York Times (rep.): Whllo tho legisla ture has seemed to be absorbed In the elec tion of United States senators It has paused a number of good Jaws mid killed p num ber of bad bills. With the work dono after tho election was settled, which wus well under way before, the session will have mado a pretty good record, considering the fact that the house, by tho aid of two or three alleged republicans, hns been fu sion ou all party questions. An effective republican caucus has been Impossible nn any question and without It IrapottniU leg islation cannot be carried over the protcM ot an organized opposition. Genoa Leader (Ind.): At last the Ne braska legislature hns adjourno.l and tiielr acts have become history. Mtcr months of quarreling nnd bickering they succeed 3d at tho lust hour In electing two Unltut Stntes senators who nro acceptable to tbn people, but It was not their fault. It wus a battle royal between tho peoplo anil the politicians, In which thu peoplo won, as they did two years ago. Had tho politi cians been united, however, the people would have been In tbn soup. Hut when thieves fn.U out honest men gel a show. Outside the election of senators, however, the less suid tho better. Few iawa of nny consequence were passed, and had it not been for tho governor those passed would, have been so full of errors that tlivy would have been Inoperative. Crcto Vldetto (rop.): The fustonlstn took the grounds that tho republicans wero In a majority and wore responsible tor al! leg islation. Consequently they voted for alt appropriation, encouraged extravagance on every hand and voted against ill measures looking toward retrenchment and ecour.my; Had they assisted tho republlcar.8, who tried to carry out the governor's sugges tion, Leo Herdman would havo received a salary of $1,000 and the fees of his oltlco would havo none Into the treasury for tho benefit of tho people. As It la, Herdman will pocket nearly f&O.OOO in fcoa. This may bo cute politics, but wo bnllevo :lo rank and fllo of tho fusion party will call It rank perfidy on tb part ot their top rcsentatlvcs, from whom thoy expected moro mnnly action. Tlmo will tell. Waboo New Era (pop.); Whllo It Is true that tho republicans and tho governor were Inslncero In their grandstand play for ecoa omy, In the effort to pass a bill reducing tho emoluments of tho ofneo of lerk of the supremo court (which Is said to pay .ome thlng Hko $30,000 a year), bucauso as long as tho oftlce was held by a republican no nttompt whntovcr was made by republican legislatures to reduce bis salary, but now, when tho olllco Is held by n fiulonlst they all nt ouco seo tho necessity for a reduc tion. At tho same tlmo wo question very much the wisdom of tho fusion members of tho legislature to go on record ngalnst economy. Had wo been n member wo would havo voted in favor of Governor Dietrich's bill reducing the salary. A professed re former should at all times ba consistent and less partisan. VAI.l'K UK IUI3AH. 0iiortiiiiltli'K to I'nt Til em to Proflt-tililt- Kiiiployniriit, Success for April. In his recipe for training a novelist Wal ler Hesaiit gives us one of his rules, "Write iiimiio Verso every day." Edward Everett Hale ouco advised an aspiring young man, "Spend Nome time every day with a person whom you consider your superior." A very practical rule ono good for the writer, the business man or the struggling apprentice would be: Seek to form an original Idea about some thing every day. Everybody Is looking for Ideas. Every newspaper has men who are paid a regular salary for their Ideas, They write nothing; they get no news, but they study. Tho dry goods merchant wants now combinations of cloth, of color, of design. The publlshor wants new combinations of typo, happy ex pressions, catchwords for advertisements. Everybody Is willing to pny, and pay well, for Ideas, If you are In business, study tho prob lems of your business, Railroads used to lose thousands of dollars from cash fares collected by conductors, bijt not pnld In, The man who studied this problem and sug gested that 10 cents additional be collected on every cash fare, this bonus to be re mitted on presentation at any ticket office of tbn receipt for the same, was liberally rewarded. Yet It was n very simple Idea. Master your own business. If you do this, you will have Ideas nbout It, nnd other busl ne?s relntcd to tt. If your position seems hopeless, study some other line of business, and when you have a good Idea nbout it go to the man In charge nnd tell him of It. Many times your Idea will bo found Imprac ticable, but If it shows originality It has made an Impression for you. If, from your knowledge of certain condi tions, you bellove that a particular way of offering goods for sate, nn Improved method of presenting things, would benefit n mer chant, tell or write him your Idea. If It Is a good ono you are likely to be asked to enrry It out, provided you hnve the neces sary experience. If you do not havo nn Idea nbout your business or something you nro particularly studying, keep your mind nwnke anyhow. Do you go homo on a streot car every day? Study the advertisements In the cars. Think how they might be Improved. Do you walk borne? Study the scenery and tho buildings you seo. Think how they might bo benutl fled. or If they are already very beautiful, of what words would most nptly express their beauty. If you read n book think nl Vaya how this book Is related lo other books whether the author Is ton erbofo or too concise. Charles Fox used to attend sessions of Parliament, listening to thu speeches for tho purpose of studying how they might be most effect hely answered. Keep your brnln busy. Keep this particularly In mind; The prac tical effort of men In the world Is to malm money. .Money Is mndo by the sale of good or services that othor peoplo wont. If the people's wants can be Increased, or if they nro Induced to want a particular thing moro than they did before, so much more money Is made. The business world alms to In crease and supply these wants. If you can help men do cither moro effectively, In how ever small degree, than they are doing now, they want you. The world Is moving very rapidly. It demands thinkers, men of brains nnd action. tlllAX AVAII t'l.AIMS. ;-nr roiiN .irf incut ut llrnl anil I'liuoleil ,omf on 1'llr. Kansas City Htnr. It is apparent that tho Spanish War Claims commission, which will fio. or ganized next week under the chairmanship of ex-Senntor Chandler, will have n stu pendous task on Its hands, Somo concep tion of the magnitude of tho adjustments may be formed by tho Information thnt elnlms to the amount of $30,000,000 havo alreody been filed. A very largo number of theso demands have been presented by lawyers who hav sought rcpretentatlon ot thu clntmnnts, mnny of whom, no doubt, would not havo regurded their real or fancied losses very seriously except for the counsel of tho legal sharks. It Is snld that many of tho rases havo been tnken on contingent fees, in some Instances amounting to one-third of tho sum to be realized, Such proceedings are hut .1 largo scnln development of tho practice of shyster lawyers In tho big cities. " These pirates, most of whom have llttlo or no legitimate practice, lie in wnlt for persons meeting with accidents, seek them out and offer their scrvlcoK to recover damages from tho municipality or from corporations. Very often there is no real Injury, but the early appearance of the lawyer enables tho building ot n formidable ense upon a plausible circumstance. Of course the SpnnlBh war claims, llkn all other demands for damages, aro likely to be Intentionally exaggerated on tbn theory that more ntust bo inked than can reasonably be expected. The commis sion will need to exercise thu greatest pos slblo caro In making Its discriminations nnd it should especially scrutinize tn.. rases of tho professional claim lawyers. iiiii:i:.y II KM A II K. Somervllle Journal: In there n poor farm lu your village"'" nsked the visitor. "The.ro nro several of them," sadly re plied tho old I ti li u 11 tn ii t . Indianapolis Press: Tommy Bay, pnw, why tin men get bold Hooner than women? Mr. Flggw Hecnuse they don't wear their hair so long. Will that satisfy you? " Chicago Tribune: Rivers This "Order of llio Iluffnlnes" only shows that tho fools urn nut nil dead yet. Urooks Yes? How much did It cost you to Join? imiiuiKi'iii miir; in 1110 ground iiruuiici here very fertile?" UHked tho visitor. "Well," nnswercd Farmer Corntosspl, "u.i reg'lnr agriculturalists can't neeni to do much with It. Hut somo o' theso hero real estate companies bus ninnngpd to raise two 111 llirin irnnu 11 lttill.lln l.ifu .iff' ,i ft Detroit Journal: Mrs. Newlywcd I saw n piece In tho paper tonight that peoplo would feel better tu go without breakfast. Mr. Ntiwlywed ll'm! AVonder which of our cooks wroto tbnt? Philadelphia Press: "Do vou menu to say, sir," cried the testy Colonel (loldrox. "that you have come hero to secure my consent to niiirry my" "Pardon me. Interrupted tho modern youth, "my coining to you Is a mere net of courtesy. If you consent, well and good. If you refuse well, you iiinko u martyr nf me, and she'll wunt mo moro than over." Detroit Journnl: Tin next day It rained. "How do you like this weather?" asked the plump nud pleasing person, bniitcrlngly, "Tuln't fair!" protested the scrawny per son, nnd burst Into tears. Presumably tho short rnln skirt had to do with nil this. Chicago Tribune: "It's so ttrosome!" sighed tho girl In tho fur Jacket. "No sooner do you get buck from your winter trip to the south than you have to begin u make up your mind where you ore going to spend tho summer. Sometimes I think llfo Is hardly worth living!" Philadelphia Press: "Whnt do vou think of tho dessert, dear?" snld the young wife. "I mn tlo It out of Mrs. Hhouler's cuok book." "Oh. that necnuntH for It. I suppose It's tho leather binding that makes It so tough,'' replied the great brute, Indianapolis Press: He You women lmv such a ridiculous habit of screaming "Oh!" on every occnslon. She And you men have hiicIi a ridiculous habit of snylng "I" on every occasion. 'flip Way to View It, Atlanta Constitution. Keep your old henrt hnppy still, 't'lmo's n reckless rover: Why grlovo about tho mill: you spill When there nro cows uud clover? A SPHI.VG I'AXTASV. Josh Wink In Ualtlmorn American. A Joyous goat on a bock beer sign (Sing merrily, for tho spring Is hero!) Pranced gleefully, for ho felt so fine. And he cried; "Sing, ho, for this life ot mlno: Hut It seems to mo It Is tlmo to dine." This Jocund goat on tho sign of beer. Then n, hollow nchn and n hungry pang' (Sing Joyously, for tho spring hna come!) They hushed tho song that tho poor goat sanir. Aud ho moaned: "Alas, that X thus should hnug With naught to eat on tho whole shebang!" This doleful goat with the vlaago grunt. Oh. the fllppnnt goat had nn appetite. imiiK nii ii in. ure npriiiK lw neri'lj It never yet had been sated qulto; "Pn'na tllllt Wfl U ..11 Vtn.l. ,tn n...1 ..I..I.I t wm ...... .... ., utt llllll nielli, Ami paper nnd paHte wero IUh delight, rpi.lu opoflir I'nnl .... l.lll . t i llin .,...; f,".i un i ul IIUl'l. At last, when his hunger painful grow. ,Uli. Ia,II1I,dI A . minh jw,ioij, in, mu Miiring nils cnuu:;j 1Tn m1I,1.I.,i1 riwtf.. n tV... l.lll .... l.i... Thu pictured foam nnd the keg he'd chew. tin no um iiuiiniiii uiiii ina uiiinoaru, too, The gny old goat was u vacuum. This shows that a goat, wller'cr he's placed IHIng mcr'lly, for tho spring Is hern') Wilt never Ioho h's peculiar tustn Pur paper, pulnt and pleturcH nnd paste And possibly gobbles himself In haste Thu bock beer soat wis his own blur, t