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TILE OMAHA DAILY""""! EE: 31 02? DAY, MAY 0, 1901.
Tim OMAHA Daily Bee.
K. HOBEWATBIl, EDITOR.
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M. U. HUNGATE,
Notary Public.
It Ik u pour (own In Nebraska that
tloos not boast a postolllcu light these
daj-K.
Omiilin's clearance record Tor the past
week makes good comparison with that
of cities of much larger population.
MeKlnlcy's trip appears to be bother
ing thu opposition press, which lalks as
though Hryan had a copyright on the
tour-making privilege.
Aim now we have an upper leather
trust. It seems as If a man can no
longer even walk on his uppers without
permission from a trust.
According to Dun's weekly review
legitimate trade m tho United States
Is very strong. Hut gambling on the
Mock exchange Is a trifle stronger.
iNenrnska has a new State Board of
Charities. Nebraska, Is enjoyiug so
much prosperity, however, that the de
mands for charity ought to be compara
tively light.
King Edward's twelve commandments
for the government of the royal house
hold at Windsor might bo observed with
prollt In the royal household of every
sovereign American citizen.
it uom i-aut is really coming to
Omaha It Is to bo hoped the jirtlst of
our enterprising tiouDie-ender contemno-
rary will not again try to palm oft the
photo of a local celebrity for the genuine
article.
isow we understand why Mayor
Moores has Issued his order to close the
saloons airtight and watertight on Sun
day. Tho mayor has evidently linil a
tip about tho Impeudlng.whlsky famine
which Is spreading all oyer thu country
in. an inarming rate.
Berlin Is said to Ue getting npprchen-
Rive over the foothold gained there by
tno novanco guard of the Christian
Bclenco propaganda. If our Oerman
friends And any better way of healing
with Christian science than thu let
niono policy pursued hero they should
Bend us the recipe.
When tho great galaxy of fusion re
formers meet around the Peter Cooper
ciuu emmet- table the future of the nn-
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tion should Do once more safe. The list
seems complete, from Uryan to Jerry
SlmpsQii, with the exception of Towue
nnd Stevenson, who served as tails to
tho ticket. Why should Towne nnd Ste
venson bo Ignored?
Tho lato legislature authorized thu su
preme court to appoint a commission
miide up of Judges of tho district court
to revise the code of Nebraska. The
court has not yet found time to nuiUo
Us selections. There are plenty of well
qualified lawyers on tho district bench
competent to undertake this Important
task. Let the commissioners be lijuued
mm gee to work.
ilio reported discovery of new coal
gas suitable for heating purposes that
cap iie produced at a cost of 4 cents
a thousand cubic feet ought to send
chills down thu backs of the coal barons,
even in tins warm weather. When the
new discovery comes to be put luto
practical service, however, the chances
are that the 4 cents will grow Into 40
cents. and twice 40 cents.
Minister Conger says emphatically
that no Is not a candidate for the nom.
Inatlon for governor at the bauds of the
Iowa republicans, but that should they
tender him n first phice on the ticket
ho would not feel at liberty to decline.
We apprehend, iowever. the Iowa re
puoucans, wnen tney meet in stite coil'
ventlon, will cojue to tho conclusion that
tho governorship should go to someone
who thinks It worth going after.
The chief burden of thu Nebrasku pop
ocratlc papers Just now Is, tlrst, that
the outgoing governor allowed the ap
proprlntlons to exceed tho ruveuues by
nearly $50,000, aud, second, that he
struck certain state Institutions some
fearful blows by vetoing unnecessary
appropriation bill Items. Our popocratle
friends should try to reconcile their com
plaints with one another, If the gov
eruor had not used his veto power to
excess of tho appropriations would have
beeu still greater.
HI ALL MEAXS I'lUST TIW XAMES.
Hio Crete Dcraocrnt declares that many
democrats nnd pops of prominence In state
politics arc Mining with the corporation
managers. The charge Is true, and the
Telegram Is pleased to observe that Brother
tlowlby's acknowledgement of the fact. Fact
Is, Nebraska had never been lost by the
fuslonlsts but for the dishonesty of our
leaders. Democratic and pop platforms
promised the people relief from railroad
rule In Nebraska. Our leaders Ignored the
platform. Thla disgusted the great
body of our voters, and well, they turned
us down because wo had been traitors to
our trust. Our good brother In Crete prom
ises to print some names In case certain
fusion leaders continue sleeping with cor
poration harlots. Clipped from Columbus
Telegram by n number of fusion papers.
Yes, print the names. What Is the use
of all thla twuddlc about "sleeping with
corporation harlots," unless both nro men
tioned by name? "Fact Is, Nebraska had
nevor been lust by the fuslonlsts but for
tho dlhonesty of our leaders." Name the
specific acts of dishonesty, nnd name the
leaders who committed the dishonest nets.
No flapdoodle, no monkey business, no hedg
ing, no Glittering generalities; but spit It
out! It may Improve that dark brown tasYc
In your mouth and It will surely help both
tho populist nnd democratle parties If you
can demonstrate to tho satisfaction of any
reasonablo mun that you are not talking
through your headgear. Now, put up or
shut up; shoot, or g(ve up Iho gun; you arc
partlccp.i crlmlnls'if you continue to whine
week after week about "tho dishonesty of
our leaders" nnd fall to tell what, and
where, and whom, and how. Nehraska in
dependent.
My all mentis print the tinmen. The
cputntlon of the so-called allied reform
forces Is at stake and must be freed
from (.vcn tho breath of suspicion. If
there are traitors within the camp they
should Immediately be summoned to an
swer before a eourl-niartlal. A Calla
han Jury trial. would Involve too much
risk of slipping up on the vordlct. A
drumhead board Is tho only proper
trlhuuat to puss sentence on men
masquerading in the name of reform.
Hy all means print the names. Hut
who of the reformers Is free enough
from taint to sit in Judgment on the
court-martial?
tiikeatexs suns fir mi,h.
The purchase by American capitalists
of a controlling interest In the Leylaud
line of steamships, employed In Inter
national commerce, It Is the opinion of
some has Injected a new condition into
the subsidy question, which may mean
Its abandonment. The Brooklyn Eagle
remarks that the Leylaud line purchase
Is an Incident in the extension of our
commerce across tin; seas and tho ex
pansion of American trade lias changed
the conditions since subsidies were
talked of two or three years ago.
"Subsidies have been asked," says the
Eagle, "to Induce Americans to Invest
In ships to carry our freight. Thulr
acquirement of ships without a subsidy
Is not an argument for subsequent sub-
sidles. The prospect of the passage1 of
the shipping bill next winter Is not In
creased by the recent transaction, save
as It mny be affected by tho supposed
desire of American capitalists to get It
through and thus Increase the antici
pated prollts on their investment in
British ships."
The Cleveland Leader takes a some
what similar view, saying that events
now taking pace doubtless make thu
abandonment of the ship subsidy bill a
certainty. It remarks (hat thu condi
tions affecting the subsidy scheme are
radically changed. Thu immense In
vestments made by Americans In British
ships probably ruuder It certain that no
measure similar to tho one which so
nearly passed thu last congress can be
come a law. "Since Mr. .Morgan," the
Leader adds, "has bought a great licet
of British ships without any promise of
subsidies or prospect of bounties, so
far as the position mniutatned by the
dominant puYty In congress throws light
upon the future, It is sure to be said,
with telling effect, when the question
comes up again, that no bounty need
be paid on Investments which were ob
vlously prolltable."
There Is no doubt that the purchase of
a British lino of steamships by Amer
lean capitalists, when there is no as
surauce of a subsidy or bounty, fur
utshes the opposition to such u policy
with a very forceful argument and It
Is to be expected that it will strengthen
sentiment throughout thu country
against thu subsidy bill, it Is quite
probable that a majority of the people
are already opposed to the principle- of
ship subsidies and this opposition 1a
quite- likely to be augmented under the
Inlluuuce uf the chauged conditions.
Certainly If it shall be proiosed to mako
these American purchasers of British
ships the benellclarles of a government
bounty there will be a very formidable-
popular outcry In opposition to It.'
Fixixa Tim ibuxiixiTV.
There Is still uncertainty as to tho
amount of Indemnity that will bu ex
acted from China by tho powers. The
latest announcement, innde on thu an
thorlty of the French foreign othVe
states the sum at !f:ilr,000,000, subject
however, to reduction, Thosu ligures
provide for expenses to July 1.
It Is one thing to tlx the Indemnity
and quite another thing to mako satis
factory provision for Its payment. Thu
latter Is now causing the power some
perplexity. The question of tho method
of collection of the indemnity is per
haps more Important than the amount
so long as thu u mount Is not exorbitant
Our government has contended all alon
for tlxlng an amount wnicn might be
paid In principal by tho Chluesu gov
ernment In several annual Installment
without saddling the country with
permanent Interest chargu or putting
the liscnl system under Internationa
control. It Is now hoped that the credit
of the Chinese government cau be stilll
elently established to permit bonds to bo
tloated on thu general Investment market
for the amount of Jho Indemnity, eve
If thu amount cannot bu paid In full
within u few years.
Tho report that tho Uusshin govern
ment would guarauteu thu bonds Issued
by thu Chinese government Is not cred
ltud at Washington. It is said thut vlg
orous opposition to such a step would
bo Hindu becauso of Its tendency to
place Chinese lluauces under Russian
coutrol and eventually to maku China
u mere province of tho Russian em
plre. It Is noted that tho Russlau gov
erunieut has rcccully carried out u slm
Ilnr project in Persia, by lending to that
government the small sum required to
pay off the English bank at Teheran
ml placing ltussliui olllclals In charge
the collection of the customs. Thu
United States, It Is declared, will em
phatlcally resist any such policy In
China and believes It will have the sup
pott of all thu powers In such a post
tion. Our government Is understood to
have also objected to the proposition to
permit the Chinese government to In
reuse Its customs duties, though there
Is no olllclal statement to this effect.
The fact Is that It may become abso
lutely necessary for China to Increase
the customs duties In order to provide
for paying the Indemnity, while at tho
same time maintaining the Internal
taxes, some of which, It has been urged,
hotild be repealed. It Is admitted that
It Is a most revolutionary proposition
to ask the Imperial government to abol
ish these taxes. To make such n decree
ffcctlve would possibly require the usu
force In many provinces, If not In
II, as the viceroys would suffer by thu
ithdrawal of thulr Income. It Is as
sinned that tho powers will be Xontent
if China agrees that the taxes shall be
bollshcd In so far as they now apply
to foreign goods Imported Into China
There Is no question that China has
rent resources, but so competent tin au
thorlty regarding her resource as Sir
Robert Hart has expressed thu opinion
that the sum of Indemnity claimed by
tjie powers Is beyond thu ability of
China to pay even If she bu given forty
eats' grace. He has urged that such
demand will maku necessary an In-
rense of customs charges to twice thu
present rates. This uoulil maku the
foreign traders In China practically the
edomptors of the mortgage lien of thu
tiowers. As we hitvu hcretoloro
pointed out, the demands of thu powers
would undoubtedly result In reducing a
most important section of China to such
poverty and paralysis that It must bu
very long tlniu before any prolltablu
trade can be restored, oven should po
lltical order bu restored in thu near t'u
ture. As thu Philadelphia Times ru
marks, If thu exhausted country Is now
to be squeezed to thu utmost limit to
pay the cost of Its subjugation, It will
not have much to spend upon Imported
goods of any kind.
JELL THE THUT1I.
When thu gates of thu Trausmlssls-
Ippl exposition were about to bu openud
three years ago, there was a guuural de
mand by our business men for a more
liberal policy In thu enforcement of mu
nlelpul regulations governing public re
sorts. As a result nioru freedom was il-
lowed to liquor dealers, hotel keepers,
theaters nnd other amusement places
than would be permissible under strict
nforcement of tho law. This policy
was continued thiough thu period of the
second exposition and with slight varia
tion ever since. In thu main, however,
Omaha has been as orderly and well-
governed as.nuy other city of equal pop
illation in tho country.
Had It not been for the bitter and re
lentless warfare waged against Mayor
Moores for political ends scarcely any
contention would have arisen over tho
police leniency nud toleration of certain
Iclous practices. Thu unvarnished truth
concerning Omaha's alleged depravity
Is simply this: The saloons have been
allowed to run after midnight and Sun
days. Gambllug is said to bu carried on
In several places and In most hotels be
hind closed doors, while gambling In
bucket shops and cigar stores has nour
ished unconcealed. The social evil has
been kept under surveillance, but the
Unu system has bceu abolished.
All these abuses complained of In
Omaha exist lu all other large cities In
splto of all spasmodic efforts at sup
pression and repression. In every other
respect the pollco of Omaha have been
more vigilant and more efficient In keep
ing the city clear of professional crimi
nals than ever before.
The question that presents Itself, di
vested of all prejudice and seutlmeut, Is,
What policy will bo most effective In
preserving law aud order and enforclug
public decency? Tho law-abiding citi
zens of Omaha have a right to dumand
that tho Slocumb law bo enforced as far
as practical nud reasonablo to do so.
While thu hue and cry about gambling
has been magnltlud out of all propor
tion, the bar against open gambllug
houses aud slot machine gambling
should bo kept up. No attempt to drive
thu social evil Into a particular district
can bu successful unless proceedings are
taken against thu owners of buildings
rented to dissolute women. No Inw or
ordinance recognizes any particular
street or district as tho proper place for
lawless practices. The effect of drlvlug
this class of women Into n proscribed
district would simply be to raise thu
rents of houses located there aud In
crease the value of real estate lu tho
district correspondingly.
It Is utterly useless to undertake to
suppress vice aud crime by methods
that havu failed whenever tried In every
other locality. Puritanical Sunday ob
servance Is as offensive to the great ma
jority of people us Is the Haunting vice
of a wide opuu town. A realization of
this fact will be tho only result of thu
object lessou Omaha Is now eujoylng.
There Is profound Indignation among
the druggists of the city of Lincoln over
thu action of the exclsu board In rela
tion to thu druggist traffic lu beer, which
up to this tlmu has been a proUtablc
branch of tho apothecary's trade. The
permits granted for the coming year
contain a clause calling attention to thu
rule adopted by tho board, which ex
cludes the sale of bottled beer from the
list of medicinal privileges and subjects
druggists to the same penalties for vio
lations of the law as aru Ipiposed on
liquor dealers. If this example should
become contagious the medicinal beer
trade would recelvu a serious black eye.
A great deal of Interest Is being shown
by our naval authorities lu the happen
ings near Margarita Island, off the coast
of Venezuela, which havo given iIm to
the report that a (Jcrmuii coaling sta
tion Is to be established there. It has
been given out the Island Is to be
colonized by Oermans, wl!hi view to
ultimately enabling the German govern-
incut to occupy It as a coaling station,
for which It Is said to bo peculiarly
adapted. Of course any such -movement
on the part of Clermniiy would be re
garded with disfavor by the Pulled
States, but It Is a question whether the
Monroe doctrine would apply to such a
case. It appears that thu State de-
.partnicnt never has been called upon
spoeltlcnlly to construe that doctrlnu re
specting au attempt by a European gov
ernment to secure a coaling station in
the (itilf of Mexico or the Caribbean
sea.
It Is to be hoped the controversy be
tween the men engaged In the building
trades and the contractors will be ad
justed without conflict. Omaha has
been fortunate In recent years In avoid
ing strikes, and It would be a serious
Injuiy both to worklngnieii and master
builders to have the construction of
projected building delayed or aban
doned. St. Louis has commenced to grapple
with thu question of location for thu
world's fair and a rise of temperature
may be expected In thosu parts before
Until decision Is reached.
CIiiiiihi lor the II el Ice.
.Minneapolis New.
Major Conger admits that It muy be a
trifle warm In lowu, but he Is much more
comfortable than he was about a year ago.
So .Need til WiiltlliK.
t.oulsvlllu CaUrlcr-Jonrnul.
J. 1'lerpout Morgan does not sccui to think
that It Is necessary to wait for a ship
suhsldy luw to niuUo the shipping huslncsa
profitable. And Morgan Is something of a
business man.
I'ojilillMtlr .Notion Middled.
(Hobe.-Dvmocrat.
Not many years ago It was claimed that
the gold Htnfldnrd would make the United
States the slave of England. Tho recent
loans of American money to England arc
n atrlktrg refutation of that populist no
tion. Another Sample l-'iiUr,
lllutr Republican (pop).
It now transpires that tho rather fishy
story about 'tho western schoolma'am who
saved her pupils from drowning by anchor
ing her school houao to a horse proves to
hnvo been n rnUier clumsy fake of u lying
correspondent of tho World-Herald. This
Htory fooled a lot of smart people and n
prominent victim was our own Prof.
Fowler, stutc superintendent, who wrote a
nice letter of sympathy to the fictitious
hcfeolnc. Those not hit always enjoy a
hoax.
MclnpliorN MiiiiiMVliiit Mixed.
Hrooklyn Eagle.
An nldcrman In Dublin told his col
leagues lately! "You nro standing on tho
edge of a precipice that will bo a weight
on your necks nil tho rest of your days."
A republican eandldato for vice president
onco declaimed In .this town: "Our coun
try Is standing on tho brink of an ab
scess." And a local republican leader
prophesied that "tho grand old party will
Bwcep through this town llko an am
bulance." Well, an ambulance goes pretty
fast and with a loud bong.
Hot SI n IT.
Omaha Ectter in Lincoln Journal.
An evening paper has been criticising
tho mayor for the prevalence of gambling
and the boldness wiurwiucn scarici women
tiamp the streets. Neither of these forms
of lawlessness arc more noticeable than
they havo been for years past, and not
nearly so much so as during the first ex
position year, but the evening paper men
tinned, as an Independent Journal, had no
ticed that a certain class of pcoplo al
ways consider assaults upon the adminis
tration for tho prevalence of theso cv)ls
as "hot stuff," njad It has made tho most
of Its observations.
Ilrmnrkiilile riiniiKF of Time.
Louisville. Courier-Journal.
We hear no more tbo prophet of evil,
tho minstrel of misery, the howwower woo,
tho dancing dervish of doom.
Where once, fell on our ears the wall of
tho whangdoodle now sounds the voice of
the turtle In the land.
And the whangdoodle and the turtle are
one.
And tho ono Is Pettlgrevr.
What has worked this mlraclc,7
Blmply that Pettlgrow had met tho
Money Devil and found that the Money
Devil Is hls'n.
Simply that tho octopus Is only a lob
ster, and Bettlgrew has made a meal of It
Western MamiCac turiufr.
KniiH.iB Pltv Star.
The greatest cause 'of future Incrcaso fti
western population will doubtless arts
from -the development of manufacturing In
terests. It is Inevitable that, with in
creased competition, lurger western markets
nnd greater western capital will come larger
and more numerous manufacturing estnb
llshments nearer tho field of jiroductlon.
This element In western Industrial life may
ho said to bo only at its beginning, but its
possibilities and probabilities may be con
tomplnted with great confidence. The de
velopment of western manufacturing will
not only very greatly Increase the popula
tion, but also the capital of the west. The
growth will be gradual, but It will be con
tlnuous and finally will reach vast propor
tions.
Co lull I nc AkhIiimI Combine.
Boston Globe.
While the great steel trust is gathering
up the strings of Its mighty net aud buying
up ocean steamship Hues so as to make
the Atlantic nn American lake, to be ulti
mately controlled by Itself, it Is to be noted
that for better protection against the big
United States steel corporation labor lead
ers propose to ronsolldato all tradcB organ
Izatlous connected with the Industry Into
one great union with 2,000,000 members.
About July 1 a convention for this purpose
will be held In Chicago. What an Immense
show there, will yet be on this continent
when nil industrial capital Is welded Into
one vast trust und all the forces of labor
nro consolidated Into another large trust
to combat its exactions. If ever the com
blned army of capital meets the combined
rmy of labor something will have to budge
Dut it is llkdy that the capitalistic com
bine will have become too top-heavy to
stand alone before that time.
Effeelvenei iif Curler' ftpert'h.
New York Sun.
We are tomewbat surprised to find Mr
Hoar reported as criticising tho memorable
speech which tho Hon. Thomas Henry Car
ter of Montana delivered at the end of the
recent session. Mr. Hoar describes Mr
Carter's speech an "tedious, rambling and
Ineffective." Tho Hon. Thomas Henry Car-
ter's remaiks were certainly ot tedious
to reod In the Record. They abounded
with wit and good sense and were fre
nuently punctuated with laughter. Any
senator who found thorn dull must have
been either very sleepy or very rlver-nnd
harborlsh. They were rambling only as
they wandered up and down the map of tin
United States, and the subject made tlia
necessary, And Ineffective? That does not
seem Just tho word for a speech which
knockod out a hill carrying a proposed ex
pendlture of 150.000,000'
We are Inclined to think that In this par
tlcular case Senator Hoar has not chosen
adjectives ulih bis accustomed felicity a
tclectlou.
That Callahan Verdict
Stanton Pickett! As n Jury roaster, Judge
Daker Is entitled to the cup. His roast
was all the more forceful because of Its
being merited. No less able man In the
roaster's art could have dono justice to
the twelve chumps who acquitted Cnllnhnn.
Wayne Herald; The famous Cudahy kid
naping trial at Omnha last week caino to
n sudden end when the Jury on Sunday
morning brought In u verdict of not guilty
n favor of Jim Callahan, who had been
harged with the crime in question. Law
nd Justlco are very much at variance nt
lines.
Heaver City Tribune: Callahan, charged
with being one of the Cudahy kidnapers,
was discharged Inst Sunday, the Jury re-
urnlng a verdict of "not guilty." Tho
evidence was strong ngnlnst him, and tho
urynien who set him free havo received
the condemnation of the trial Judge, Hen
Hakcr, and of all good citizens. The Jury
system Is n great farce, anyway.
Hrokcn How Republican: Tho Jury In
the Callahan case nl Onlaha, If not crimi
nals themselves, certainly must have but
very llttlu regard for law, If they can be
udgtd by their verdict, rendered In tho
Callahan case. Judge llaker is certainly
o be commended for the severe reprimand
1iu gavu tho Jury for their verdict. It Is
ust such verdicts that cause tho pjihlie
o lose respect for courts.
Central City Nonpareil; A bright speci
men of the "intelligent American Jury"
was llic one that acquitted Jim Callahan,
one of tho Cudahy kldnnpors at Omaha
Saturday, after the state hud made a clear
caso against the defendant. The public
generally echoes Judge Uaker's rebuke to
the Jury. There are still two more charges
against Callahan and It Is to he hoped that
it letfs liberal-minded Jury will bo secured
at the next trial.
McCook Tribune; Such verdicts as that
n the Callahan kidnaping caso In Umaha
recently show tho growing wortblcssncsa
of iho Jury system ns It now- obtains in
this Country. A ranker violation of a great'
trust Is difficult of conception, 'and marks
u distinct and disastrous decAdcncu of a
system whose Inherent weakness seems to
be destined to overcome Its possible vir
tues. The verdict falls little short of a
disgrace to our civilization:
Tekamnh Herald: The Jury In the Calla
han case returned a verdict of "not guilty"
of complicity In kidnaping of young Cudahy.
The verdict was a surprise, to everybody
Hero who read tho report of the testimony
In tho daily press. It Is that kind of ver
dicts that breeds lynch law and places a
premium on criminals. We had such a ver
dict In this county in the Cal Hlscox case,
A more red-banded murderer was never
turned loose. It was all dono by n Jury of
his peers
Springfield Monitor: Tho alleged kidnaper
of tho Cudahy boy, Jlra Callahan, was found
not guilty by tho Jury, to tho utter sur
prise nnd dlsgubt of almost everybody .ex
cept the accused and his few friends,
From the evidence It looked like a sure
ease against Callahan, but the Jury thought
different and of courso what It said had to
go, us did the magnificent roast which
Judge Hakcr administered to tho twclvo
men responsible for the verdict Just boforo
ho dismissed them. '
O'Neill Frontiers The censure of the Jurj
by Judge Baker finds general corroborative
sentiment among those acquainted with tbo
testimony. It Is rcgrefablo that a Jury
bhould thwart Justice in a case that has
taken tho best official machinery of t'9
state months to get In shape to clear up a
great and mysterious crime. It serves as a
forceful example of how twelve men from
tho walks of prUate life can corrupt the
Justlco that a court has every intention of
honestly nnd lawfully administering,
Pierce Leader: A Jury that tried James
Callahan nt Omaha for participating In Iho
kidnaping of Edward Cudahy, Jr., brough'
in a verdict of acquittal. Judge Hakcr,
who presided In the trial court, denounced
tho Jury in emphatic terms, but this docs
not alter the opinion of many people that
tho judgment of twclvo American citizens
is ns good nnd sound as that ct any one
man that over breathed. Callahan was ar
rested on two other counts grand larceny
and falso imprisonment but ho will prob
ably not bo tried again.
Dakota City Eagle: The criminals of the
country can do as they please, with Im
munity in Douglas county, Nebraska, and
in tlmo will go to the haunts thereabouts,
commit their deeds and get protection from
the juries. Callahan, who with Pat Crowe
was accused of kidnaping young Cudahy
in December, was tried In Omaha last week.
A strong caso was made against the de
fendant, the evidence following his foot
steps for a week before and after the kid
naping, the Cudahy hoy swearing to his
Identity, und yet tho Jury acquitted hjm.
Greeley Leader: Tho acaulttal of Jim
Callahan, ono of tho alleged conspirators
who kidnaped young Cudahy, called forth
a vigorous protest from Judgo linker, who
presided at tho trial. He unmercifully
scored the Jury for bringing in tho verdict
thoy did, in face of tho facts presented
in tho evidence. He claimed that such
monstrous verdicts give license for moli
law, as they nro a travesty on all legal
Justice. The juror who Is chosen to de
cide questions of Inw and evidence, on ac
count of lack of nil sorts of knowledge,
makes the jury system a hissing among
Intelligent; citizens. Sucn decisions put
prcmlunf on crime.
Tllden Cltlzun; The acquittal of Jim
Callahan, charged with kidnaping young
Cudahy, Is a trnvcBty on justice. Tho
prisoner was positively Identified by bis
victim, and the circumstantial evidence was,
in itself, sufficient to convict him. Never
theless Ithe twelve good nnd true men who
decided the caso returned a verdict of not
guilty. Tho right of trial by Jury was
wrung from nn unwilling monarch In the
year 1216, and was one of the chief features
demanded in tho Magna Chartu which King
John was forced by his barons to sign, its
aim was originally to secure u fair trial for
one charged with an offence against the
law. Hut the syatem has degenerated In
modern times until It has become a verit
able shield for criminals. In fact, a trial by
Jury Is often moro fjrelcui than when, In
bygone ages, n man's guilt or Innocence, was
established by the easy method of lottery
or as we might now terra It, "flipping pen
nies." In the light of tho Callahan trial
and other verdicts which are almost daily
being given in direct opposition to Ibe fads
deduced In the examination of witnesses,
lEIIt4(AI, AM) OTIIKItWISH.
The Massachusetts legislature Is stljl In
session, but tho people do not seem to
mind it.
Theso nro mighty tough days for stock
'exchange bears. Yet every bear has his
day. Perhaps theirs is coming.
A fall of 41 degrees in temperature In
fifteen minutes Is Chicago's unappr'onch
nblo record for speed in changing from
summer to winter-
Travel from I his country to Europe Ihls
summer bids fair to beat the record. Thts
Is one form of American activity against
which the powers show nn disposition to
combine,
Admiral Dewey and his chums celebrated
May day with a banquet at Washington.
It was very thoughtful of the admiral to
thus recall an episode, "lest we forget," as
we'ro pron ' to,
Tom I. Johnson says of his handsome
houso on Euclid avenue. Cleveland
Here's where I forget nil about politics
and business. 1 make 11 a. hard and last
It Is the public, not the'necused, who stand
la greatest need of the protection afforded
by n fair trial.
Lincoln News; The concensus of opinion
seems to be that the Jury made tip Its mind
that while Callahan was doubtless guilty
of haxlng a hand in tho kidnaping Cudahy
could well afford to stand the "touch."
Whatever may have been the guiding princi
ple of the Jury It Is a serious reflection upon
the good sense of the people of Douglas
countv to have a Jury let n man loose after
his guilt hail bcVn shown to the vnst ma
jority of persons who had followed the caso.
Tho'lnsllncts of fatherhood must have been
omitted from tho composition of the Jurors.
I'eridcr Hrpubllc; One of the most stupid
miscarriages of Justlco that ever happened
In this or any other state was thu ac
quittal of James Callahan, one of the kid
napers of young Cudahy, last Monday by
the ury trying him. The testimony was
absolutely convincing, hut the Jurymen
seemed to net more from caprice than good
Judgment. In the thwarting of justice in
this, the most cclcbrntcd case of Its kind
ever tried In this country, a premium Is
put on crimes of this kind and a great
Incentive held out for the employment of
lynch law to mete out merited punlsbmeut.
It la a disgrace to tho stule thut he was
acquitted.
Columbus Telegram; Is the court the
king, and the jury the vassal of the court?
That Is what may readily be Inferred from
the remarks of Judge Hakcr. who presided
over tho court la which Callnuan, the al
leged kidnaper, was tried. After hearing
tho evidence, which was wholly circum
stantial, tho Jurors refused to find the
prisoner guilty, whereupon the man who
presided over t.hat court shamefully nbusrd
tho Jurors. Thut Judgo hud no moro right
to censure thnt Jury for Its verdict than
would a Juror have a right to ccimure a
Judgo for any ruling mnde during the trial,
Tbo judgo of a court has his functions, nnd
tho Jurors havo their functions. Tho ono
has no right to Interfere with tho other.
Falls City Journal; Tho decision In tho
caso of James Callahan, chnrged with kid
naping Eddie Cudahy, ramc ns n surprise
to thoso who had been following the case.
It would seem or though the chain of evi
dence was complete nnd thnt the guilt of
the accused hnd been established beyond
n reasonable doubt, nnd yet tho Jury re
turned n verdict of not guilty. Tho effect
will he to incrpasu tho general dissatisfac
tion with the Jury system. If the rebuke
administered to the Jury by Judgo Hnker
was merited, then thero is something
wrong with tho system thnt made such a
rebuke deserved. The Jury was discharged
without tho compliments of tho court and
also without the compliments of the people
of Nebraska generally-
Howells Journal: James Callahan, who
was tried nt Omnha last week under thp
rbargo of having assisted In the kidnaping
of young Cudahy, was found not guilty. Tho
pollco force nnd detectives of Omnha were
bent upon convicting Callahan and Judge
Haker, beforo whom he was tried, must
have shared in their desire, as he con
demned tho Jury In open court rtr having
dono an they did. Callahan's past record
has not been any too good, but that would
not justify a jury '.n finding him guilty of
committing a crime regardless of the fact
that there was no proof against him. TweJr
men, selected In the usual way and sitting
lu a jury, found him not guilty. In making
the talk that he did Baker was simply
catering to public opinion a dangerous as
well as n foolish thing for n judge to do.
who Is supposed to assist in tho dealing out
of equal justice to all,
Matitaon Stan The first suspect In the
Cudahy kidnaping case, James Callahan,
has been tried and acquitted by a Jury of
his "pears" at Omaha. From the evidence
it was thought on all sides that Callahan
was sure of conviction, his Identification by
tho Cudahy boy being most complete, nnd
other witnesses for tho state gavo the samo
preponderance of evidence, Judge Hakcr,
before whom Callahan was tried, scored thu
Jurymon in no uncertain terms for their
verdict, and characterized their action as a
premium upon crime. We read all the evi
dence in the case and to our mind Callahan
was dearly guilty as one cf the abductors.
His acquittal was certainly a travesty on
Justice, and with thu precedent Pat Crowe
might as well come in end give himself up.
If he cau secure the same jury or ono with
tho same degree of Intelligence (?) he would
have a walk-away, and they would probably
throw him In a chromo.
York Times. If the Jury In the Callahan
case was composed In part of sympathizers
with. If not actual accomplices of, tho ac
cused, there must havo been great care
lessness, to use no stronger term, on the
part of thp county attorney. In tho selection
of the Jury. Oeneral Cowln did his 'full duty
In the trial and ma do out a case In the
mind of almost otury unprejudiced person.
While wo arc not disposed to pronounce
tho verdict corrupt from our knowledge,
the circumstances, tho evidence, tho con
duct end tho assertions of the-Jurors ludl
cato very strongly that General Cowln was
playing with a loaded deck that had been
selected by his partner In the trial. If
County Attorney Shields has an Irreproach
able record people may be charitable enough
to believe It wan Ignorance or carelessness
on his rart. If the Jury was not fit to try
thu cuse no one can bu blamed except the
county attorney of Douglas county.
Grand Island Independent1 Taking It for
granted that the nowspaper reports of the
Callahan trial at Omaha were approximately
correct and wo cannot, of course, agree
with the Omaha Juror who spent a lot of
tlmo leading the papers but didn't believe
anything they said thu verdict of the Jury,
acquitting tho man, was a surprise, Taking
It for granted, If wo could, that the oth?r
men examined and sworn in ns Jurors were,
of about the snmo caliber of men as thu
ono who delivered that profoundly philo
sophical proposition, such a verdict might
well have been expected. Tho evidence
seemed conclusive, The Instructions of the
Jury were direct and admitted of no mis
understanding or misconstruction" by any
man who can read nnd understand tho Eng
lish tongue, and the defendant contradicted
himself lu the most glnrlng manner. Tho
verdict was a farce und In only one way
cau it possibly bo worth anything it might
set people to thinking of the manner em
ployed In these latter days of selecting
juries, and tho manner In which Juries
disregard court instructions and their bear
ing upon the evidence.
rule never to think of thspi after I pass
tho door of this place, nd that's why I'm
so henlthy n man."
Every farmer with a few bushels of
patriotism In his barn bin entertains warm
regard for Corn King Phillips. No tiuer
friend of thu soil tiller has appeared in
the pit since, young Mr. l.eltcr came down
the pike.
Thomas Sidney Cooper Is .the oldest
painter actively engaged In the pursuit
or his art. He is now OS years old aud
as early ns 1820 was making n living ns
a theatrical scene painter. Since then
lie has exhibited 230 pictures at the English
Koynl academy.
Admiral UrftiJey D. Evans says in his
book of memoirs that one of his most ex
citing adventures was a number of years
ago when his landlady summoned him to
rout out a burglar who was In her cellar.
"Fighting Bob" didn't fancy the task, but
he undertook It for the honor of tho ser
vice, He and I lie marauder had a pistol
duel in the dark, the latter finally going
down with u bullet lu blc thigh.
WHAT IIEItlll,l('A KUI'IOIIX TIII.MC.
Falls City Journal. It Is now Governor
Savage of Nebinska. Tho clmuge was inadu
on Wednesday nnd t that time C. II,
Dietrich became senator In nnuiu ns well
as In fact and Ezra 1'. Savnge, who was
elected lieutenant governor last fall, wns
elevated to the guhernntorial chair. l!y
the change the state suiters nothing. Mr.
Dietrich will maku n good senator and
Mr. Savage will niHke a good governor
nnd nil will bi well.
Stnntou 1'lckettt l It. Dietrich was gov
ernor of Nebraska only four months, but
in that short time lie tins shown what a
prnctlrnl business man with hnckbono cna
do In that oillce. Thu state has long
needed Just such a mini in the KUbrruntnrl.il
chair, and many sco hint retire therefrom
to accept the higher position of United
States curator with regrets. Such regrets
are, however, tempered by the assurnnce
which nil feel that the ofilco wilt still be
In good hands. Confidence In Go ernor
Savago Is universal.
Beatrice Exprers: Some of tho brethren
arc still fighting over thu senatorial battle
with as much vigor and bitterness as when
the statesmen assembled at Lincoln. It ap
pears to be a wustc of effort. It would be a
very good plan to give political matters a
brief rest and devote some editorial sp&ca
to tho great work of calling attention to
Nebraska as tho moM deslrnblo state In lh
union for people who want fertile farms or
happy homer. It Is nlso n good time to try
to Interest manufacturers In the advantages
of Ncbrnska towns.
E-ierson Enterprise: Judgo J. B. Barnes
of Norfolk and Hon. J. J. McCarthy of
l'oncn nreVjoth receiving favorable mention
by the press of thu statu as prospeethe
rcpiibllcnn candidates fur fuprcmn Judge.
Both nro able lawyers and either one would
make u strong candidate. However, if
northeast Nebraska gets the supremo Judgo
thts congressional district must unite on
one man, Tho Enterprise would be In favor
of pushing Judge Bnrnes for supremo Judgo
nnd making Representative McCarthy tho
next republican candidate for congrcse.
Norfolk News- Tqday Lieutenant Gov
ernor Savage ntsmnrs thp duties of chief
executive of Nebraska nnd Governor Diet
rich retires to take up the work imposed
upon him by reason of his election to the
position at United States senator. Mr.
Dietrich has made a worthy record durlug
his short term as governor and nil Indica
tions are that hlssuccejsor will serve tho
state, as faithfully and as conscientiously.
Mr. Dietrich has paved the way for an
economical, statcsmaullkc administration
nnd his friends nro confident that Governor
Savngo will maintain If not Improve upon
the policies of his predecessor. He has had
ronsldcrnblo experience nnd has shown evi
dence of statesmanlike qualities that will
be an honor to tho position. This change
will show tho wisdom of selecting a good
man for second place on the ticket nnd the
people of the Rtnte will undoubtedly experi
ence a great degreo of satisfaction In know
ing that nothing of a radical nature will
mark the change in chluf executives.
IMMNTKl) AIIA4;ilAIllS.
Detroit Journal: "Women," snld I, as
dlgnllledly as I might, "ure clinging vines,
while men are oaks"
"Chestnuts!" Interposed my wife, with
murked acerbity.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Somebody says
that the United States lias fewer cats than
any other nation."
''Perhaps that's so, Hut they certainly
do manage to clrculatu around a. good deal. '
Chicago Tribune: ".My husband." com
plained tho first nanny gont, "Is false. Tttc
truth is not In him."
"He Is full of. hyperbole, sure enough,"
replied her dearest friend. "1 lust snw
him swallow a circus poster''
Cleveland Plain Dealer! "Are you look
ing for trouble, my friend?"
"Well, If I were I wouldn t come to you? '
"And why not'"
"Because I don't think you could furnish
me with nnythlng moro serious than a lit
tle harmless entertainment."
Washington Star: "What made you tell
thut manauer tho idens in vour nlnv were
not original?"
Hecuuae," answered tne mercenary
genius, "If I had mid lilm they wero origi
nal ho would have taken It for granted thnt
they were no good."
JiidireMr. Newlvwed If If 1 should lio
killed by this automobile, Marie. I want no
weeping nt my funeral. I want everybody
to bo cheerful.
Mrs. Nowlvwed Nonsense. Jolin. I shall
havo to weep a little Just for the looks of
the thing,
Phllndclnhln Press: "Dnrllne!" exclaimed
the happy man, the next moment. "I never
dared hope you would accept mc"
"I'll explain," said Miss Lakeside. "I
consulted a fortune teller the other day.
and she told me my second marriage would
mako mo very happy nnd wealthy, so. of
course, I had to get my tlrst marriage over
wjtn.
Chicago Tribune; "He wns probably n
mnn of means, with n large family of
daughters," the Irreverent nyatnnder com
mented, ns the skeleton was brought to
view, after having reposed for ages u the
vault.
"Why do you think so?" asked one of the
scientific persons present.
"Observo the skeleton." they replied, "See
how much longer one of his legs was than
tho other."
COMI'KWfATION.
S. E. Klssor In Hecord-Hcrald.
Who falls to sow for fear that lie
Shall not be hern to reap
Must lie In bleak obscurity
Through all his final sleep.
The bard who rang, long, long ago,
Wlicn no one lent an enr,
Bang on for love of singing, though
They scoffed who chanced to henr.
Today men seek his grave nnd bow
Beside his monument
Wo laud the noble poet now
Who couldn't pay his rent.
Who Idly sliinds nnd sh'nkes his h?ad
And sighs and murmurs: "No!
Ere reaping tlmo I shall be dead,
Why bother, then, to sow?"
For him no shaft vhall ever rlso
To clnlin the pilgrim's gaze.
No love shall center where he lies,
No honor crown his days!
Who plants has hope, nnd though he may
Not see the fruitful full,
Ho has foreseen a glorious day,
And triumphs, after all.
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If you have a weak throat',
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You cannot begin treatment
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the last one is always the
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