Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY JBEEt 3LQ2s DAY, JVLY 1, 1901.
Tim OMAHA Daily Bee.
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PAHTIHS I.HAVINO FOR SWIJIUIt.
Parlies Irnlnir the elty for
the nnmmrr inny hnve The lire
Kent to them reKUliirly by
imtltyliiNr The lice llimliirsa
oilier, In pr r no 11 or li ninll.
The nililrrun "III he climitced
no often nil drnlrcil.
It seems, too, thnt tlio suicide season
Is upon us.
What has the CommenMal club (o say
nbotit Hit; county assessment?
It Is Collector of Internal Revenue
Stephenson from today on In tho Ne
braska district.
It will bo noted that Mr. Hitchcock
has never resigned voluntarily from any
position to which he 1i;ih been able, to
catch on.
The Hchool census about to be com
pleted will remind us that the advance
guard of the coming generation In al
ready here.
Omaha does not claim special ad
vantages as 11 summer resort, but it can
hold Its own with Kansas City, St.
Joseph and St. Louis.
If any astronomer sees nny more sun
spots, It Is to bo hoped he will report
to the Weather bureau at least a fow
days before tho scorcher Is due.
The Stato Harbors' Examining Board
has folded Its tent and amateur artists
of tho razor arc at liberty to practice
on tho bearded as well as the beardless
with Impunity.
Tho Nebraska game law which goes
Into effect today Is presumed to be de
signed for thu protection and preserva
tion of game. In reality It Is designed
to create soft berths for three or four
political sports.
Acting Governor Steele has the oppor
tunity of his life to compliment his
friends and admirers. Tho new laws
that went Into effect today crcato n
dorcn or more otllces which the gov
ernor Is expected to till.
Susan II. Anthony has told ua conQ
dentlally, as It were, how she would
manage n bad husband. What Susan
knows about managing husbands would
not till many volumes. At the ago of
82 Susan Is stilt u maiden.
According to a lato consular report,
Mexico Is drawing upon the smelter at
Omaha for tho retlned silver required to
keep Its mints going, although It has a
largo new refinery recently erected nt
Monterey. People In Omaha seldom
realize Its full Importance abroad.
How kind In the chief of the wonther
bureau to luform us that the frosts of
.luly are eontlned practically to tho
northern tier of states and to tho
mountain districts. He might have
added that the snows of December
usually cover every part of tho union
except the gulf region.
Now that the republicans have fixed
tho time and place for their state nom
inating Convention, j crimps Chairman
Kdmlsten and his assistants at tho
head of the conglomerated populist,
democratic and so-called sllverlto or
ganizations will take courage enough to
call their respective committees to
gether. From and after this date patrons of
Nebrnska butcher shops have tho In
alienable, right to command tho butcher
to exhibit tho hide of tho steer before
they pay for the beef. What tho
butchers who buy their beef by the
quarter from the packers will do about
exhibiting tho hides the new law does
not explain.
Commissioner Hoctor snys ho Is satis
fied with tho assessment of tho South
Omaha stock yards and packing houses
on tho basis of to 5 per cent of their
actual value, but tho homo owners and
store owners of South Omaha who are
taxed from ten to fifteen times higher
than tho corporations are not satisfied
anil tlio next time Tom Hoctor ruus for
office ho will discover that tho corpo-
LET THEM EXPLAIN.
The mountain labored and brought
forth n mouse. Three days ago the
Hoard of County Commissioners made
the announcement through the press
that tho assessments of tho local fran
chlsed corporations, tho South Omaha
stock yards and packing houses and
East Omaha Itrldgo and Terminal com
pany, would be raised nbotit ?'J,000,000.
Forty-eight hours ago the exact tig
ures were published as an aggregate
Increase ?l,H2,i!52. When the board had
completed Its work of equalization Sat
urday afternoon the Increase In the as
sessment of the Omaha and South
Omaha corporations had dwindled down
to 915,000, or less than 10 per cent of
tho Increase promised only three days
ago. Why was this done? What made
the majority of the commission change
Its mind over night? Was the proposed
raise of 11 million and a quarter a South
Omaha bluifV What explanation can
any member of the board make for the
shameless assessment of the Hunt
Omaha bridge nt .f l.OW in tho face of
the fact that the bridge could not be
replaced for $."00,000 V What hap
pened In the secret session of the
board that brought about such a drop
in assessments of corporate property,
and why did the board hold a secret
session? How can any member of the
board explain to lioiies-t taxpayers why
the properly of the 1'nlon Stock Yards
company Is to be taxed at only 2 per
cent of Its value, while tho owners of
other real estate are taxed at 2." to .'!0
per cent? Is It true that tho majority
of tho board was bulldo.ed Into a sur
render by threats of political disfavor?
These and other questions suggest them
selves to the taxpayers of Douglas
county who feel keenly the Injury In
flicted upon them by Uie men to whom
they have a right to look for protection.
Tin: Nt: ir visa u r:.i it.
Today begins the new tlscal year of the
government, the most Interesting fact
lu connection with which Is the cessa
tion of certain taxes Imposed by the
war revenue act. It starts with a larger
surplus in the national treasury than
at the beginning of tho last llscnl year
and a cash balance ample for any pos
sible demands. The past year was one
of good results for the government In
thu matter of revenue, the receipts con
siderably exceeding those of the pre
ceding year. The cash balance would bo
larger than it is but for the efforts
of Secretary Gage to keep it down by
the purchase of unmatured bonds. This
and the operations under the refund
ing law has prevented a congestion of
money in tlio treasury which might have
caused distress In the money market.
The treasury receipts for tho present fis
cal year, It Is reasonably expected, will
fall somewhat below those of last year,
but with the reduction of war expendi
tures It Is probable that tho surplus will
continue to run nt high figures.
Dividend and interest disbursements
this mouth are likely to bo larger than
ever before. The New York Journal
of Commerce published detailed state
ments showlug that tho dividends pay
able this mouth on tho railroad stocks
and on Industrial and other nou-rall-road
securities amount to $51,517,500,
while tho disbursements on Interest ac
count will bo $51,503,015-11 total of
$103,0S0,521. No account Is taken of
government Interest disbursements, nor
of traction and gas and electric com
panies, nor banks and trust ami Insur
ance companies. A conservative esti
mate, therefore, of dividend and Inter
est disbursements for tho current month
Is $200,000,000.
Whether or not tho prevailing pros
perous conditions will continue through
tho present tlscal year It Is Impossible to
say with certainty, but the outlook Is
most favorable.
TO IIHUEUM VHlLADKLVlllA.
A citizens' campaign has been inau
gurated in Philadelphia With the object
of freeing the municipal government
from the rule of the political machine
which has recently beeu running thlugs
with utter disregard of tho Interests
and welfare of the public. A mass
meeting of citizens was held last Thurs
day at which It was declared that "an
insolently despotic and criminally profli
gate political power, embracing bunded
corruptioulstu of both the great political
parties, has usurped the authority of
the people In both city and state, ran
riot in franchise gifts and appropriations
to favorites, Involving tho loss of many
millions to tho taxpayers, created of
fices and officers not needed or de
manded by the people, and practically
proclaimed that tho public prosecutor
must be obedient to tho orders of po
litical musters." This vigorous Indict
ment wus 'enthusiastically endorsed by
the meeting, which Included republicans,
democrats and Independents and a reso
lution was adopted authorizing the
president of thu meeting to appoint a
committee to organize aud conduct the
contest.
Iteferriug to the situation the Phila
delphia Press says: "Arrogant bosslsm
assumes to set aside the public servants
and put its own tools lu their places.
The same Influence, the same Irrespon
sible combine by which this is done has
also taken the appointment of thu mem
bers of the tax board from tho courts
to mako thu assessment of taxation of
property a inatter of favoritism and re
veuge aud blackmail. It Is the same
combine, also, which has robbed the
people of public franchises for which
tho city ought to have received millions
of dollars." This Indictment appears to
bo uone too severe. The mayor aud
councils gave awny street railroad fran
chises for which tho city was offered
$2,500,000 and the value of which to
the men who secured them Is estimated
to be four times that amount. Malnd
ministration has moreover Injured the
city's financial credit. An attempt to
negotiate h loan of $0,000,000 utterly
failed. Hankers, capitalists and fiscal
agents would have uothlng to do with It.
It Is alleged that tho failure was due
to tho low rate of Interest, 3 per cent,
but last year a $0,000,000 loau, Identi
cal In terms with the ono now placed on
the market, was successfully disposed
of aud money Is freer, good Investments
moro eagerly sought and all the condi
tions more favorable than a yearNugo.
It Is a reasonable conclusion, therefore,
that the failure Is largely If not wholly
duo to the Hcandaloiit condition of tho
city government,
The movement to redeem Philadelphia
from the rule of an unscrupulous ma
chine should succeed, but so strongly
entrenched nre the men In power that It
will be no easy task to overthrow them.
The popular demonstration last Thurs
day showed that the people are aroused,
but It remains to bo seen whether tlio
elements opposed to the machine can
he so organized nud held together ns to
make an effective light. The campaigns
against corrupt and unscrupulous' mu
nicipal administration lu New York and
Philadelphia are of national Interest
and Importance and the friends of good
government everywhere will hope for
their success.
MVST KKF.I' VA1TI1 11777 TI1K PVUUIO
Whatever differences of opinion may
be entertained regarding plans for the
auditorium or the time when the work
of construction should be begun, there
should be no two opinions as to thu
duty of tho promoters to keep faith
with the subscribers to the auditorium
fund and the public generally.
I'Mrst ami foremost, the management
should adhere as closely as possible to
the faithful performance of every prom
ise made In their original prospectus.
In that printed document, to which the
nanies of the directors are attached, the
following pledges are made:
1. Tho structure will covor tho eutlro altc.
It will bo practically fireproof aud will have
a BcatttiK rapacity of S.000 to 10,000 people.
2. Tho structure with Its equipments will
coBt $175,000 to 1100,000, which, added to
Uie codt of tho ground, will mako tho total
maximum cost $230,000.
3. Seventy-five per cent of tho cntlro
amount required wilt bo raised by subscrip
tions to tho rapltal stock, tho balance by
donations, entertainments, brick sales and
miscellaneous sources, for which no stock
will be Issued,
Computing the maximum cost of site
and building nt $250,000, thu 75 per cent
to bo raised by stock subscriptions
would be $1S7,500, while the 25 per cent
to be ralted by donations should aggre
gate $02,500. Pp to this time the
stock subscriptions are less than $130,
000, and tho aggregate donations, brick
sales aud net proceeds of entertain
ments is a fraction less than $30,000.
Assuming that the stock subscriptions
are collectible within 10 per cent, the
actual amount lu sight on stock would
bo $117,000 aud a total of less than
$150,000. In view of the limitation Im
posed by the articles of Incorporation
prohibiting a mortgnge loan, It devolves
upon the management to keep up the
campaign for subscriptions and con
tributions until $100,000 more Is raised
In ono way or another.
In order to carry out In good faith
tho first and second pledges In tho pros
pectus, the plaus thnt seem to be fa
vored by the dominant members of the
directory must be materially revised.
These plans are drawn under Instruc
tions for a building to cost not more
tlian $125,000 nnd to sent only 0,000
people. Such a dcvlntlou from the
original program would Justly be re
garded by the great majority of tho
people who have been induced to con
tribute to the auditorium fund as a
brench of confidence.
Omnha Is vitally concerned In the
erection of nn auditorium thnt will bo
a credit to tho city and that will enable
It to compete with other cities for great
national gatherings that require large
hall accommodations. Omaha can better
alTord to delay tho construction of n sat
isfactory structure than to rush a half
way job that would not meet tho de
mands aud would remain a source of
disappointment, If not discredit.
Mr. Perry S. Heath Is duo to emit an
other prosperity shriek about now.
Under the circumstances Mr. Hanna can
do nothing less than fly to the assistance
of Mr. Heath's wrecked bank. World
Horald. Such contemptible flings are a disgrace
to American journalism. Tho manifest
Inference Intended to be conveyed Is
that Mr. Heath Is a bank wrecker, when
as a matter of fact ho only owned
$20,000 of stock out of $300,000 nnd has
not been nctlvely connected with Its
management. Nobody pretends thnt
tho failure of the bank with which Mr.
Heath's name wns counected was due
to wildcat operations or the exploita
tion of the funds by its officers. The
mere fact that Mr. Heath has been
secretary of tho republican national
committee scarcely Justifies the exhibi
tion, of petty spite and malice on the
part of partisan papers, who certainly
can make no political capital for their
party by trying to smirch Mr. Heath's
reputation.
The election of Chancellor Andrews
of the University of Nebraska to a posi
tion on the board of trustees for Hrown
university, over which he once pre
sided, is a sort of vindication In the
controversy which resulted lu his re
tirement from that Institution a few
years ngo. It Is also capable of being
read as a notice that Prof. Andrews
has his lines to the windward for
eventual return to eastern educational
fields rather than for permanent Identi
fication with tho west. There may be
no bounds to the field of education, but
geography still cuts an Important figure
In It.
Dendwood's pioneer Fourth of July
celebration marks the tweuty-llfth an
niversary of tho opening up of tho
Hlack Hills country. The niack Hills
country has made wonderful strides In
that quarter of a century from Its first
Influx of straggling mining prospectors
to Its present group of busy towns,
great mining undertakings nnd prosper
ous stock raisers. Most of the sturdy
pioneers of 1870 huvo reaped a well
earued rewnrd, but their harvest In
only a forerunner of what Is to come
when the resources of this prolific region
are moro fully developed.
The campaign for more equitable as
sessmcnts and a moro equal distribution
of tax burdens will have to be renewed
when the city tax list Is made up.
Eternn! vigilance Is the price of liberty.
All previous records In Omaha city
tux collections, have beeu broken, and
all the past records in the amount of
tnxes Imposed hnve nlso been broken, It
Is to be hoped 110 more such breaks
will occur.
Hum- (Jinx tit llilitenllini.
Indianapolis Journal,
Krom present Indications tho first year
of the twentieth rcntury will surpass all
previous onea In thn record of munificent
Rifts to colleges and libraries. It Is the
American way.
DoImk III Well.
Cleveland Leader.
If Henry Clay Hvans Is driven out of
olllce by tho pension agents of tho country,
none of whom can swindle him or bulldo.o
him, he will have the satisfaction of know
ing that tho American people believe him
to be an honest man nnd a conscientious
public officer.
Ilotilrn Cnlf Too Prominent.
New York Press.
Wo aro gettlnK well Into our second cen
tury a less literate, a less artistic Amer
ica, so far as public appreciation of lit
erary and artistic application Is concerned,
than we were In thvmtddlc quarters of our
first. The gulden calf has usurped a pre
dominant place of worship among our
Yankee Rods and ho Is b true priest of
our altaro who seeks to restnro him to his
place of a useful but not supreme deity.
111! I III I it m: ll Western Collrrn.
ChlraKO Chronicle.
Dr. I), K, Pearsons Is right In nnylng that
money Intended for tho foundation of edu
cational lutitltutloira should be given to the
west. "The easl Is full of colleges." Tlio
trend of population, tho prudence of keep
ing sons aud daughters where they can bo
In touch with their families, thu high
scholastic, standard already set In tho niMV
schoolB of tho west, nil combine to Justify
generosity In building up western, not east
ern, education for both men nnJ women.
The Sii'nU-r nml tin- KIiik.
Detroit Journal
Speaker Henderson, After calling upon
tho king, says Kdward wns very frank and
cordial and expressed himself to tho effect
that England Is wld us. Tho Idea! Tho
king smiled and was agreoablol Why
shouldn't ho? it Is ho who should have
sought consultation with thu speaker. It
Is he who should have given off thu Inter
view, chonged to read: "Tho United
States Is wld us." For Is tho king ace
high compared to the speaker of tho Amor
lean houso of representatives? So tho king
was delighted, was he? Well, ho should
havo been. It Isn't every king who Is called
upon by Speaker Henderson, nnd don't you
forget It. It must have made an entrancing
picture, this consultation hutween a king
and tho man who Is more than king, In
which each promised tho other the support
of tho people at his back. In tho pages
of Prttlsh history yet unwrlt tho Incident
must bo recorded. Allah blshmt kcrgoo
Allah! Which means, God save the
speaker!
PIiikkIiik for reunion lr.
Portland Oregonlun.
The government will soon bo paying
11,000,000 a year on account of tho wnr
with Spain. The pension oltlco returns
now show that the payroll Is about $831.
750. Tho total applications for pensions
up to June 1 on account of this wnr wore
37,005. They aro now coming In nt the
rate of 1,400 a month. The June returns
will doubtless show a great Increase In the
number of nppllcntlons. This Is due to the
fact that an army of pension attorneys
has massed at San Francisco and make It
their business to corral tho mustered-out
soldier and see "that ho becomes an appli
cant at onco for tho government's bounty.
It makes little' difference, they nssuro him,
whether ho la sick or has been wounded In
the service; ho has undoubtedly filled his
system with germs of future troublo,
which, when they have Incubated a suffic
ient time, will appear as rheumatism, de
fective vision, deafness and all the other
Ills flesh Is heir to. They warn him that
other men are applying and that now is
the appointed time; they will, of course,
tako the case on commission.
Plnnree'ii Smart .Saying.
Hoston Herald.
The lato Governor I'lngreo Is reported
as" having mado the remark that "every
rascal is an extreme partisan. " Thh did
not Imply tho corollary that every extreme
partisan Is a rascal. It was, rather, founded
on Dr. Johnson's earlier saying that pa
triotism Is the last refugo of the scoun
drel, and, In view of this, was not espe
cially original with Mr. Plngree. Ho Is
nlso quoted as 'saying that "every agency
that Is bleeding the country has taken
refugo under the wing of tho republican
party." This Is frank from a republican
quarter, but U Is moro a reproach to the
republicans for being the party In power
than from tho neceislty.of tholr principles.
Tho disposition on the part of tho repub
licans to engage In special lcglslnt'on Is un
doubtedly an attraction to this cIobs, but It
Is an excrescence upon republicanism
which did not appear until tho republican
party had been somo years in the posses
sion of power In the nation. It has been
aggravated In republican quarters since the
helplessness of tho democratic party as a
party of opposition has bocomo patent.
TAX HISFOIIM 1 KANSAS.
Proposed Ironclad Onth for Property
Owner.
Kansas City Stnr.
The Kansas Board of Tax Commissioners
has prepared a bill to bo presented to tho
next legislature, and designed to make an
equitable and much needed revision of tho
taxation system of that state. Tho most
Interesting feature of this proposed law Is
the cath provided for the property owners.
This declaration, should It became a pnrt
of tho new law, would seem to mako It
Impossible for a Kansan to dodge his taxes
or any part of them without knowingly nnd
willfully perjuring himself. It covers every
known form of evasion and really provides
for any future Inventions that tho artful
dodger might employ to escape bla rightful
contribution to public rovonues. So far
as possible misrepresentations and evnslons
nro explicitly mentioned, but for fear that
Bouie might have been forgotten or un
known the oath declares that the property
owner "has In no case sought to mislead
the nsaessor ns to tho qunntlty or quality
or value of property."
It Is not pleasant to comment upon the
necessity for Ironclad oaths In connection
with assessment returns In this country,
but that such necessity exists, because of
tho wholesnle evasions practiced by many
persons, Is apparent to everyono familiar
with tho ordinary processes of taxation.
Tho question is one of greatest Importance
to every commonwealth and every mu
nicipality. The tax laws nro generally
amplo enough In rate and broad enough
In application to produce plentiful revenues
for all public uses If there were no evasions.
Tax dodging ts without doubt tho great
est delinquency of tho American people.
The delinquency Is the result of n tra
ditional respect for personal integrity and
Individual rights. That this respect hns
been outrageously nbused, and that thu
abuse Is growing, especially among tho
rich, who can best afford to pay their
portion of public taxes, is painfully evident.
It is not to be supposed that the oath
proposed by the Kansas commissioners will
entirely eliminate the evil, for there will
always bo somo who will perjure them
selves for a few dollars, but It may bring
many dodgers to time and make more
dangerous the practices of those who believe
that there Is no connection between tax
returns and conscience
American Invaders
Tho second nrtlclc of tho London Mall
series on tho Amerlcnn conquest of Drltlsh
trndo Is called "The Triumphal Progress"
It follows In part:
'The Amerlcnn Invaders have nequlrcd
control of almost every new Industry cre
ated during the Inst fifteen years by thu
growing needs of modem life.
"What are the main new features In com
mon life today? They nre, I tnkc It, tho
automobile, the telephone, the portable
ramcrn, the phonograph, the electric street
car, the typewriter, passenger lifts la
houses and the multiplication of marhlno
tooN.
"In every ono of these, savo the pe
troleum automobile, the American mnkcr Is
supreme, In sovernl of them he M the
monopolist. These new Industries, be It
noted, are enormously prolltnble: tho men
thoy employ nro very highly paid mechan
ics, prices rulo high and they form tho
bnics for future advance In Industry. With
typewriters 1 have already dealt.
"About telephonic Instruments, the action
of our own general postofllce supplies tho
best commentary. When the postofllce was
planning Its new Insinuation tho authorities
oxprisscd a hopn that they would be ablo to
make their purchases In Knglnnd, so as to
help on tho electric Industry here. They
found, however, that thoy could not get
what they wanted hero and, with the ut
most unwillingness, they wore compelled to
glvo their enormous order to Amerlcnns.
Within tho next few years many million
pounds will ho spent by this country on tel
ephonic Instruments. What America does
not get will drop to the share of Sweden or
Germany. English makers nre out of tho
hunt.
"Hut It Is In tho manufacture of tirr
trie traction material that tho grentest
triumphs of tho American Invaders havo
occurred. When tho construction of steam
railways opened up a new era lu Industry
England was llrst nnd the rest of tho world
nowhere. It wns English engineers who de
signed, English capital financed nnd very
often KugllBh labor constructed the great
llntM of ninny countries.
"Today steam Is hissing Its own funeral
dlrgo nnd electricity Is rapidly taking Its
place ns the motive power of the Immediate
future.
"Tho amount of capital Invested In elec
tric traction undertakings will beforo long
rlvnl tho expenditure on steam roads. In
eleven years the electric railways of Amer
ica hnve Increased from 150 miles to 20,000,
Involving an outlay of about $1, 000,000,000.
"In England wo aro Just awakening to
this new business. Hut during this session
nlone bills wcro presented to Parliament
asking power to construct 773 slnglo mllo
tracks of electric roads, costing over 24,-
000,000 nnd with borrowing powers of nearly
30.000,000.
"So far, both In this country nnd In
Amerlcn, tho business mnu has bcon mainly
confined to laying down electric tramways.
Now bigger things aro coming. Wo havo
tho substitution of electricity for steam on
the 'I.' railways of Now York, and not only
are nil our now underground railways In
London electric, but tho old lines aro Rbout
to becomo so. Engineers nro already solv
ing the problem of aprlylng electric traction
to heavy, long-distance trains. Tho elec
tric mono-railway, with Its trains going over
100 miles an hour, will beforo many yeara
bo a commonplace nnd tho chango from
stenm to electricity for all trains Inside
London must before long como. This ha
already been done, with great success, at
the beautiful Orleans terminus nt Tarls.
"In short, ono of tho most gigantic In
dustries of tho twentieth century Is spring
ing to life tinder our eyes. Who has this
POLITICAL GOSSIP OP XI'.DllASKA.
Ord Quiz (rep.): Governor Savage has
appointed James N. Paul of St. Paul Judge
of the Eleventh Judicial district, vlco C. A.
Munn, deceased. Tho new Judgo Is a man
of long Judicial experience and one worthy
In every way of tho appointment and re
election to tho same place this fall.
Ord Times (rep.): A recent statement
purporting to como from J. J. Hill, now
practically at tho head of the Burlington
system, that that road was out of politics
will bo received by the wary sons of toll
In Nebraska with n morsel of saline sub
stance. Tho nurltngton may ho out of
politics but wc are from tho stato south
east. Aurora Republican: Of nil the candi
dates that have thus far been spoken of
as a probable nominee for supremo judge
on tho republican ticket this fall Hon.
S. H. Sedgwick of York In our estimation
has tho best qualifications. Judge Sedg
wick has had long experienco on the dls
trlck bench and Is nt present a member
of tho supremo court commission. He
would make a good supremo judge.
Wayno Hornid (rep.): Tho papers In
general nro commenting on the fact thnt W.
V. Allen declines to be a candidate for
supremo Judge. Don't think for n minute
that tho ex-senator Is not alive to the
situation. He Is well awaro that for the
present, at least, Nebraska is n republican
state nnd with the muddlo existing In tho
fusion ranks there Is not a spoek of hope
to cheer a democratic or populist candi
date. Hlalr Pilot (rep.): Nebraska haa splen
did material to drnw upon nnd among tho
candidates thus far spoken of wo may bo
excused If wo mention tho nnmo of Judgo
Dickinson of Tekamah, who 1b now serving
his second term on .he district bench In
this district. During his flvo years of
service he has had many cases before him
and the usual number taken to the supreme
court. A remarkably few havo been re
versed by the court; In fact, his record
Is probably tho best made by any
Judgo In Nebraska. Should tho nomination
fall to Dickinson tho republicans would
havo the battle half won, for their candi
date would enter tho race with tho confi
dence of the people with him nlmost with
out regard to politics.
Grand Island Independent (rep.): Tho
populists of tho state are somowiiat un
happy over tho state of disorganization
and lack of Interest shown In their party
ainco tho catastropho which befell It last
November. Since then tho creditors of the
(unionist central commltteo havo been mak
ing pretty vigorous squeals for their money
and "voluntary" contributions havo been
coming us slowly ns great British successes
In South Africa. The organ of tho popu
lists, tho Independent of Lincoln, has been
making things more unpleasant by the pub
lication of some facts that aro Important
If true and which, If verified, show a great
lack of Interest In a hydra-headed organiza
tion. And. thus, while the republicans will
this week name n day for their convention,
tho amalgamated forces of really true re
form don't bs yet quite know whero thoy
aro at.
York Times (rep.): Hon. N. V. Ilnrlnn
has been appointed United States nttorney
for tho district of Alnska, Third division
Ho expects to leave with his family next
Monday. Ills many friends In York aro
highly pleased that he has jecelvcd so Im
portant and lucrative a position, but thoy
regret li let departure from our city and
county, where bo has been a leading, pub
lic spirited and progressive citizen for
twenty-three years, There have been some
statements made In the public prints about
this appointment that were erroneous and
resulted from misinformation or conjecture.
The truth Is Mr. Harlan was not promised
this nor any other position during the leg
islative settlon. This position was not
ttyugbt of a available for anyone, as Judgo
business? hi England we havo allowed It
to pass largely Into American hands.
"About one-half of tho motow on tho
street cars In Ilrltnlu nro American. For
trucks tho Drill company of Philadelphia
and the Peckbam company of New York
hold the field. For tho splendid equipment
of the Central London railway tho English
engineers had to go to tho Genernl Electric
company of New York, and for their lights
to tho Sprngue company, Mccartney, McEt
roy & Co, of New York boast that they havo
fitted out cloven of the leading street tram
way lines in Great Ilritaln. The llrltlsh
Thonmon-Houston company, tho English
agents for tho Genernl Electric company of
New York, supplied the electric street car
equipment for tho new West London lines
and for two dozen others. Tho Westlnghouse
company, ono of the most powerful cor
porations, has entered tho field on such n
scnlc, and with such splendid facilities,
that Its progress represents the march of a
triumphant army.
"And this Is only tho beginning. Tho
American firms havo now tho prestlgo of
great successes behind them. They havo
experimented and learned our needs until
now they nro equipped at every point. Thoy
aro etudylug our prejudice against having
all our supplies from America. The West
Inghouso firm, for Instance, hns started an
English compnny, with a fair proportion of
English capital, nnd English directors. It
Is constructing enorn.ous works In tho
Tralford Park estates, near Manchester,
whoro 11 will soon employ 5,000 hands. Hut
It Is American brains behind nnd the direct
ing genius of Mr. P. G. Westlnghouse Is
the motive power.
"Why havo tho Americans conquered this
big trade? It Is easy to hastily blame the
English manufacturers, hut tho fault lies
not so much with them as with ovcr-lcgls-latlon.
Tho electric Industry has been
crippled nt every turn by many lawo and
by tho often ridiculous and grandmotherly
restrictions of tho Hoard' of Trndo. Condi
tions havo been 60 onerous that most peo
plo would not invest their money In It, and
thoso who did find It next to Impossible
to obtain pormtsslon to start any electric
traction scheme. Corporations and local
authorities acted tho part of dogs in tho
manger. They would neither do the work
themselves nor let others.
"Mcanwhllo America was experimenting.
Early electric lines were faulty, but they
showed the way to Improvements. When
tho country mado small tentative steps,
wo had to go to America for our apparatus.
Americans learned In this way to meet the
needs of our market. They got the start
and wo woro ablo to put their machines
on the market at cheaper rates and to give
much quicker deliveries.
"English makers are certainly pulling up,
but they have now to attack entrenched
and secured rivals. Perhaps thoy may
soon bo ablo to hold their own In the
manufacture of generating plants. At llrst
they were slow to recognize the Importance
of using multipolar machines with steel
magnets, nnd consequently they hnvo not
had much experience In many of the minor
but still Important principles Introduced
Into those machines over the ordinary hl
polar machine. Hut thoy have learned their
lesson and now sovernl of them make multi
polar machines, which can well compete
with the Americans.
"Hut until we tnko somo of the bur
den of ovor-regulatlon from our electric
Industry, our homo firms must be handi
capped even In the home market, much
moro so In the foreign."
I A. M. Post, hart tho nnnnlntment for three
years more and no ono ever thought of mo
lesting him. Senator Dietrich first ascer
tained that there wns likely to bo a va
cancy and tendered the position to Mr.
Harlan if tho vacancy should occur, but
Judge Post not having avowed any Inten
tion to resign, Mr. Harlan took no further
thought of the matter until Judgo Post in
formed hlra personally that ho Intended to
resign tho position, not because It was not
a good position, but for tho reason that
his family Is too largo to remove so far, his
children are In school, he does not like to
be away from them nnd his law- practice at
homo wns moro lucrative than nt tho time
of his appointment.
PHHSONAL XOTF.S.
The following were tho American' artists
receiving -medals nt the recent Old Salon
of Paris: Pntntlng, H. Hnrtwlck, G. H.
Mosler, Seymour Thomas, Miss S. Wat
klns nnd Mrs. MncMonnles; sculpture, Onr
nard nnd Walter.
Joaquin Miller Is likely to become an oil
magnate within the next few months. A
fow years ago, while lecturing In Texas,
tho poet mado a good deal of monoy nnd
Invested It In a tract of 700 acres. He lot
the land nlono and Is now told that oil
has been found on nil sides of his property
nnd thnt his tract of 700 ncres Is sup
posed to bo In the best part of tho oil belt.
King Oscar of Sweden and Norway Is an
honorary member of the Stockholm Pre?s
club nnd during tho festival called tho
"prcBs week" will tnke nn activo part In
tho proceedings. Throughout tho festival n
dnlly Illustrated pnper will be published.
King Oscar will bo a contributor nnd
Princo Eugcna, tho fourth eon of the roynl
family, who Is nlso an excellent nrtlst, will
be represented by several sketches.
Twelvo young men in Jorsey City somo
tlmo ngo hit on thn plan of hiring a freight
car In which to mako nn economical trip
to tho Buffalo exposition. Tho Idea has
Blnco nttraqtcd the fnvornblo attention of
so many of their friends that enough of
thorn to 1111 nlnu similar cars havo decided
to Join this novel excursion, nunks will
be fitted up nlong the aides nnd they will
llvo In tho enrs during tho trip, which
will Inst four weeks.
An export stutlstlclnu estlmntcs the cost
of the wnrb of tho nineteenth century nt
over $17,000,000,000, or C for every second
of the century. Ho says that this la thirty
sovon times ns much oh tho wholo world
spent during tho last century on education
If this vnst Bum had been equally divided
among the 1,500,000,000 comprising the pop
ulation of the earth, every man, woman
and child would havo received more than
$13.
"Tho other day," calmly observes the
Howard (Kan.) Cournnt. "a man with nn
nngry look In hla eye slopped us on the
street and wanted to know 'What
wrote, that pleco?' which appeared In tho
previous Ibsuo of tho great mornl nnd re
ligious weekly. Now, wo wrote the piece
nuraelves, but tho went her being too warm
for a scrap nnd not wanting to bo thrashed
by a crlppln wo told him we considered
tho writer ns 1111 entirely responsible man,
who didn't mean anything persnnul or out
of the way. We do hnto a row!"
Three thousand Christian Sclenco pil
grims from alt parts of tho country met
at Mother Eddy's homo, Concord, Muss.,
one day Inst week to see 11 ml hear the
founder of the church, They were gratified.
Mother Eddy uppcurcd upon tho balcony
of her mansion for flvo minutes and ad
dressed the multitude ns follows: "Be
loved Brethren! My Joy In meeting with
you Is my present text. When we shall
meet ngsln will he my next. I think you
will nil agree with tun that you have heart!
sufficiently from me In my mcBsaje. I
will only look upon your faces and then re
turn to my studio,"
m 7.7,t.xis .iiot t Tin: 111:1:.
Syracuse Journal The Omaha Bco Is
after the corporations doing business In
Douglas county In earnest. Thoy nro
charged with making false returns of their
property to the assessor. And tho worit
of it Is Tho Hce Is proving the charges,
St. Paul Phonograph: A completo nnd
very Interesting history of The Omnha Bee
was given In lnat week's Sunday number
of that paper, It being thirty years since
Mr. Hoscwnter founded tho business. Tho
wonderful growth and success of Tho
Omaha Bee nre due entirely to the ability
nnd tireless energy of that 0110 mnn Mr.
Hosewater.
Valentine llepubllcan: Quito n stir hat
been created lu Omaha by the fight Tho
Bee Is making on tnxshlrkers, disclosing
the fact that assessments nre fur from
Just and equnl ns regnrds the rich nnd poor.
The itcpubllcnn hopes tho crusndo will ex
tend Into every precinct In the stato to
the extent of forcing the next legislature
to glvo tho state a law Insuring n fait
and equnl assessment of all property. Every
Individual and corporation should pay taxes
In proportion to property owned.
Nellgh Yeoman- Tho Omaha Illustrated
Deo Is ono of tho most highly prized pub
lications that comes to our tnbte. It Is
Interesting from start to tlnlsh. Tho let
ters from Frank Carpenter nlono would
mnko tho paper valuable, but whoever
edits It deserves great credit for serving
a literary menu every course of which
Is palatable. Its Illustrations nre truly
artistic, and, taken ns n whole, It Is the
nearest to perfection of nnythlng In Its line
that has over come under our notice.
Kearney Hub: Tho libel enso of one
Ernest Mertens ngalnst Tho Omnhn Hce,
growing out of tho Inst city campaign In
that city, wns disposed of summarily when
Judgo Baxter got up to It. Mertens was
a candidate for office. The Beo undertook
to show that he was not fit for the po
sition because he hnd not paid divers nnd
sundry bills that ho was owing, Including
his city taxes, These charges were shown
to bo true and the ense was dismissed at
the cost of the rlalntlff. Judge Baxter held
that during tho campaign a newspaper !
privileged to dlsruss not only tho quali
fications of a candidate, but also his publlo
reputntlon and right to tho confidence of
tho people Tho lack of malicious Intent
was shown lu the charges published by
Tho Bee, and the plaintiff went out of
court with just us llttlo consolation as
It was possible to get. This Is an Im
portant ruling, because under tho general
strict Interpretation of the libel laws In
Nebraska a suit for cither civil or criminal
libel Is considered virtually a cinch. Thero
are certain hounds within which a nowsi
paper should ne privileged to discuss thl
personality of a candidate for office nnd
Judco Bnxter hns defined thoso bounds very
satisfactorily to tho newspaper editor and
publisher.
light LM'Girrnu.
Ohio State Journnl: Now Preacher 1
your father nt home, AVIIIIc?
Willie Yesslr, paw nn' Mr. Chips nre up.
stairs plnyln' with tli' kitty.
Detroit Krce Press: "Throwing nn old
shoe nfter 11 bride nnd groom means that
all ill feeling Is Hiuh thrown awny."
"Yes, but suppose thn old shoe should
happen to hit the. bride."
Chicago Post: "Yes," Miss Frocks wcnl
on. "Mr. Templeton anil I nre to bo mnrrleU,
Why- tlon't you offer congratulations?"
"Oh. I've no grudge ngnlnst Templeton,"
replied the crusty bachelor.
Harper's Uaznr: First M. D. I don'l
believe In trying experiments, do you?
Hecond M. D. No. not unless you nrs
sure tho patient will recover.
Somervllle Journnl: Ethel I am going
to bo mnrrled In October.
John (who has been calling regularly fot
two yenrs, but who hasn't ventured)
Great Scott! "Who to?
Ethel (sweetly) You.
Philadelphia Press: "This verse." said
the Sunday school tencher, "says 'to him
thnt hath shall he given.' You must have
noticed many Instnnces of the operation of
this principle. Will you mention ono?"
"Ycs'm." said one of the llttfo girls.
"When you've got a soro eye nil tho bum
and things fly Into It."
Brooklyn Life: "John, dear, hadn't vou
been drinking when you enmo lu Inst
night?"
"Thnt's like a woman. Just because I hnd
some little difficulty In getting In, bcciuse
I couldn't pronounce n few words, because
1 took off my clothes In tho drawing room
and wore my silk hat to hed, why you rush
off to the conclusion thnt I had been drink
ing." Wnshlngton Btnr: "Whnt do you think
made Shyloek refuse 3,000 ducats In caib
nnd contlnno to dcmiintl his pound ol
flesh?"
"I don't know," answered tho mnn who
didn't mean to bo ghastly, but who has
merely fnlled to ncqulre a familiarity with
his subject. "I suppose the beef trust
happened to bo In n position to quote nny
prices It pleased Just nt that tlmo."
ri.Aiu:ii rvs oa it.
To the Ttoadmaster:
The morning It wns foggy and the pine
trecB on the hill
Re-ochoed lu the vnlley, und the day was
dark and chill:
Tho Joints ahead looked gloomlngly, and
slli'iice swayed the men,
When a whlte-tlngged extra shot the curvo
nnd smashed my enrs nt ten.
My handcar nnd old double enn, my Joint
block Jack nnd crown.
Wero scattered o'er the rlght-awny with
dinners on the ground.
At culvert thirty-live I stopped to tnmp a
rail with Ring;
By schedule regulations "Big" McQluko
took out the flag,
And I never know till nfter he'd a Mtckuy
on his clothes.
For when he should hnve (lagged her down
he slept in calm repose.
I'll wire all Immediately; investigation on.
My tiny of ruxtltutlon'a past und all my
hopes nre gone.
To his men he said; '
I'm ready now for anything; this Is my fnl
star Onu too I see Is mlssln' from my big iroosc-
necked clnwbnr.
(Then took his flattened dinncrpall nnd
kicked it o'ur tho track.)
I'm nineteen years a section boss und nevor
hnd 11 wreck
I'm nineteen years a section bosn, ns tho
company can attest.
And Tim Flnhertv Is yet the only track
man In the west
Who never boasted of his work or praised
his stock In more,
And never chuikt-u .. head olot-k hwiv n
upon a burroom door.
Or ever mixed with headlights whoso bump
conceived of pride.
Or ever yet perused for onco the section
foreman's guide.
But, with box-tord picks for tamping rock
bed hnllnst, rnlso or full,
Your foreman, T. O'Flnhurty, can teach
und show them all.
And for trains upon my section, don't they
run beyond compare.
Hecu'.iBc they know that all Is right nnd
Flaherty Is thcro?
Such wns his touching tribute, but his
mind won fulling fast.
When ho shouted, "Hnve the handcar!" and
seemed cheerful to the last.
Then Hat it cross the rail he fell, and
shouted. "Joint ahead:
Send In my resignation by 2 . m.." he fald.
"Send In my rewlgnntlon; let the system
Krone its wnv.
Anil since 'His' McC-luke has hit the trail
he can go to for his puy."
JOHN FALLON, In "The Hobo's La
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