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as aftea aa desired.
Omaha will lead all . the Western
league base ball teams It the list Is only
read backwards.
Just to shine by contrast as a stream
of good behavior, the Missouri has even
cut out Its customary June rise.
That Missouri state senator who sold
his rote on one occasion for $49.75 will
go down on the boodlers' blacklist for
cutting prices.
Tiie next thing we know the Nebraska
National Guard will hare to be called
out v to put down trouble between . Its
own, officers. . . , .
0$ the million dollars in taxes collected
within the past week by City Treasurer
Hennlngs, precious few dollars come
out of the coffers of the railroad cor
porations. The National Educational association
has gone to the Hub to see whether
"the schoolma'am from Boston" Is as
edifying at home aa she Is on the comic
opera stage.
For some Inexplicable, reason. Secre
tary Edgerton's call for a national con
ference of populist reformers does not
seem to-, hare created any noticeable
commotion among the faithful.
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It is a mighty small hole in the law
that the corporation attorney cannot
crawl through when he sees a chance to
onload the taxes of his corporate client
upon the defenseless small property
owuer.y.
While the new cable to Manila may
be In working order, and soon ready for
commercial business, the word rate tariff
wilt be a reminder that In transpacific
communication speech Is silver but
sllenco 14 gold.
The principal result of the Bar asso
ciation's effort to cover the district
bench with a mangle of alleged non
partisanship seems to have been to In
ject a little more life into the competi
tion for the regular party nominations.
WlKrVayt that woman is not steadily
becoming a more and more valuable
member of society! Here Is a woman
suing for $250,000 damages for breach
of promise when only a few years back
a breach of promise suit for $50,000
would have been considered striking a
high notch.
Eastern newspapers that at long dis
tance have got Governor Cummins of
Iowa unhorsed and routed will do well
to watch the state pile up the usual
majority for his re-election and keep an
eye on political developments in the
Hawkeye state as they unfold during
the next few years.
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The State Bar association has not yet
moved to follow iu the lead of the
touglas county bar and take upon itself
etie selection of a candidate for supreme
Judge for ratification by the party con
ventlons. It would find the same Justl
flcntlon for bar nominations for the su
preme bench as for bar nominations for
the district bench.
UJL. - 1 1 3
Omaha will welcome all the Imple
ment houses and farm machinery ware
houses that can be induced to locate
here irrespective of where they, come
from. But it would also like to wel
rouoe a few new mills add factories that
would use up raw material produced In
tbla section and give employment to
wage workers who In turn would en
large the trade of our retail merchants.
VMKorttSTT IS PCBLIC LITt.
In his Fourth of July address Presi
dent Iloosevelt sold that "the worst
crime agnlnst this nation which can be
committed by any man Is the crime of
dishonesty" and lie declared that "we
are ntfl to be excused as a people If we
ever condone such dlnhonesty, no mat
ter what qualities It may be associated
with." Secretary of the Nary Moody, in
an address at Washington, also spoke
of dinboneaty in public life, saying that
there' Is ho disease of the body politic
so subtle, powerful, dangerous and fatal
as the corrupt betrayal of a public trust,
whether the trust be great or small.
While he believed that In the main those
who do the people's work are honest, he
urged that "when the malignant ulcer
of corruption appears It is no time for
surface treatment The knlfo must
reach under the very poisonous roots,
that each may be cut out and cast
away." These utterances give renewea
assurance of the earnest determination
of tho national administration to deal
vigorously with any who are shown to
have betrayed their trust as public offi
cials, .however otherwise meritorious
thelr services may have been. There
will be no condoning by this administra
tion of proved dishonesty, no matter who
is shown to be guilty of it. When the
president directed that the postal in
vestigation must go to the bottom, no
matter who might be hurt, he meant It
in the broadest and fullest sense. If
dishonesty shall be found elsewhere In
the yubllc service the guilty will not be
permitted to escape if it be in the power
of the administration to hold them to an
accountability.
While It is not to be doubted that most
men in public life are honest, It Is un
fortunately true that corrupt betrayals
of public trust are numerous and seem
to have, been increasing within recent
years. The disclosures at Washington,
in Missouri and elsewhere indicate a de
cided decline among public officials from
the standard of Integrity that formerly
prevailed. An explanation Is to be found
In the greater temptations which are now
presented. Corporations that want fa
vors of legislators or of others in public
life offer inducements that some, not
well armed in honesty or with a vul
nerable conscience, find irresistible. It Is
hardly possible, to prevent such persons
getting into the public service, but those
who betray their trust and are, found
to bo guilty of corrupt practices can be
so punished as to exert a deterrent ef-
feet If existing laws do not prescribe
sufficiently severe penalties for this class
of crime they should be made stronger
and more drastic. There should also be
created a public sentiment against ever
allowing a man who had been dishonest
and corrupt in the public service to again
enter that service. President Roosevelt
was iiot at all extravagant In character
ising dishonesty in pnblic life as the
worst crime that can be committed
against this nation and the wide preva
lence of this crime la an alarming fact
that ought to command the most serious
consideration of the. tAmerican people,
Buch dishonesty. must be made espe
cially odious.
BRITAIN' 8 FISCAL, QCSTIU.
Those who thought that Mr. Chamber
Iain would relinquish his plan . for a
change In British fiscal policy, after the
adverse vote in the House of Commons,
were not familiar with the character of
the colonial secretary for persistence and
determination. Nq British statesman of
today has these qualities more strongly
developed and it is safe to say that Mr,
Chamberlain will pursue the course he
haa marked out until the people of the
United Kingdom have had an opportun
lty to pass upon it, which it is now ex
pected will be given them at the autumn
recess of Parliament
According to the latest advices the
cabinet Is now being held together
through the Influence of the king, who
is very anxious that the Irish land bill
shall be passed. But for this it appears
probable that the division In the min
istry In regard to the fiscal question
would cause a breakup. The liberals
stand together practically without an
exception in entire opposition to Mr.
Chamberlain's ideas and the ministry's
policy of an open mind.' In a public
address a few days ago the former lib
eral leader. Lord Rosebery, ridiculed the
position of the colonial secretary and
other prominent members of the liberal
party are actively exerting themselves
in opposition to Mr. Chamberlain. Yet
he appears to be making some progress,
it being stated that he has succeeded
in capturing the political machine In
many places, making it necessary for
the free trade unionists to start an iude
pendent election organization. This
pretty consluslvely shows that the move
ment for a change in fiscal policy is get
ting a stronger hold upon the English
people.
The most potent argument of the op
ponents of Chamberlain Is that his policy
would make food dearer, but he Insists
that this is a mere bogey and Is quite
prepared to argue it out and prove to
the working classes that higher wages
and other benefits will more, than out
weigh any possible increase in the prices
of bread and meat He declares that the
taxation of these two food products a'one
will suffice to induce the colonies to
make the necessary concessions lu their
tsrifTi in favor of British manufactures.
The Chamberlain Idea is receiving the
active support of many manufacturers
whose home, colonial and foreign mar
kets have been spoiled by German and
American competition, while there is no
doubt that the colonies are with him,
tho'igu there Is a division of seutiuient
In Canada. There is said to be a quite
general belief in England that the Cham
berlaln proposition will ultimately win,
but It will not be this year.
While the railroad excursion business
is booming, the railroads should not for
get tnat tuey owe their passengers.
whether traveling on regular or tourist
tickets, decent accommodations on their
trains. There is no good excuse for the
overcrowding of passenger coaches,
compelling men, women and children
to stand in the aisles when they are en
titled to scats for which they have paid,
yet this condition Is common today on
roads all around us. If the railroads do
not see It to their interest of themselves,
some steps should be taken to limit the
tickets to the seating capacity of the
trains with heavy penalties for disre
garding it
LtOISLATH t IiUVDLlSG.
The latest St Louis boodle develop
ments are almost as sensational as was
the discovery of the f 120,000 safety
vault deposit for the St. Louis city
council combine. "A legislative agent"
the name given in Missouri to oil room
lobbyists acting for a St. Louis street
railway company, Is said to have carried
$00,000 in a satchel to Jefferson City and
un armed guard watched the satchel at
the hotel until the boodle could be dis
tributed among the purchasable legis
lators. This discovery is by no means unique.
An eminent Nebraskani once carried
$22,000 of currency In a satchel from
Omaha to Lincoln and the contents
bought a seat In the United States senate
for a man whom the people had never
thought of exalting. In the trial of the
"aclflc Express embezzlement cases It
transpired that more than half a million
dollars had been abstracted from the
express, company's treasury and dis
tributed by tho accredited legislative
agent among purchasable Nebraska law
makers, or burnt up in the oil rooms
and resorts that furnish amusement for
sporty lobbyists. How much treasure
has been carried to Lincoln by other
legislative agents representing the vari
ous corporations, exclusive of express
companies, is simply a matter of con
jecture. That it will run into the hun
dreds of thousands of dollars is by no
means an extravagant estimate.
.If an honest grand Jury could ever be
empanelled at the state capital and a
fearless prosecuting attorney were to
probe the legislative cancer with which
Nebraska has been afflicted, the dis
closures would be fully as startling, if
not more so, than have been those
brought to light through the St. Louis
and Jefferson City grand Juries, seconded
by that terror of boodlers, Prosecuting
Attorney Folk. And. this reminds us.
Disappointment is expressed In some
quarters that the new railroad construc
tion in this country so far this year has
not kept up to the record of the same
period of a year ago and various reasons
are given in explanation. The chief rea
son, however, is that the cost of con
struction while existing prices ruie, is
so much higher than it used to be that
the railroads are building only such ex
tensions as are actually needed for the
traffic- But when the Dricea of ma
terlals go down the business will also
contract and the pressure for improve
ments slacken.
A 6t Louis hotel advertised a' special
Independence day dinner for which the
principal features of the menu Included
white,. flab, a, la 1T76," "tenderloin of
beef larded Btfnker Hill style,"; "fresh
peaches iTi tafayette," "roasf lamb a la
xomiown," -cnerry pie" and "Washing
ton pudding." The bill of fare would
probably look more familiar to survivors
of the revolution if it had a few rem
iniscent aisnes scaiterea in such as
Valley Forge gruel," "Continental cur
rency sauce," and "Count de Grasse
salad" washed down with a chaser of
"ean de Delaware."
Nebraska populists and Nebraska dem
ocrats continue the farce of apportioning
the representation in their state conven
tlons according to the combined vote of
both of them. In neither case therefore
does a populist or democratic convention
in this state give fair voice to the mem
bership of those parties nor are they
likely to be in position to have a rep
resentative party organization until they
support separate sets of candidates
whose vote will show their respective
strength separately.
The Columbus Power Canal company
has filed an application at the state
house for an extension of its water
basin territory, but where and how the
relocated reservlors are to connect with
the Fremont canal or whether the re
considered and reconstructed Columbus
project Is designed to absorb or auuex
the Fremont project Is still a profound
mystery.
A school of domestic scleuce is about
to be established in Omaha with a cook
shop as the cornerstone of the domestic
sclonice edifice. The inspiration for thl
enterprise has doubtless germinated with
the tlme-trlcd conviction that the short
cut to a man's heart is through bis
stomach.
a. isew lorii electrical power con
structlon company has signified its
wlllluguess to Julld and equip the Co
lumbus power canal, but that does not
mean that the construction company is
ready to furnish the cupltal needed to
build and equip the canal.
The financial exhibit made by Mayor
Moores shows that Omaha has done
very well for the flood sufferers of Kan
sas In fact, much better than the peo
ple of Kansas have done for themselves.
Think of Bllssnrd Past.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Advlo regarding the best method of
keeping cool will now ba in order. One
way is to let the mind dwell calmly on
January.
Caa't Stop Then.
Baltimore American.
Women of the day are putting no limit
to the scop of their possibilities. The
lady sandbagger and the lady ambulance
surgeon have both arrived, and both,
doubtless, will do as good work in their
respective specialties as the men.
Varied Uses of th Injunction.
Chicago Chronicle.
Aa Injunction to restrain a man from
running away from his wife Is the latest
legal wrinkle, but as the enjoined individual
has loudly welcomed Jail In preference to
further domestic happiness In experiment
Is not likely to become popular.
Lest We Forget.
Washington Tost.
It Is generally admitted now that there
will be no anthracite coal strike this sum
mer, but the price will be Increased a little
eacli month Just to keep the consumers
from forgetting that there was a strike last
faU.
Not In the Losing Class.
Indianapolis News.
Coincident with the news that the Dutch
ave taken Holland comes the Intelligence
that anthracite coal will be higher this
winter. Did anyone suppose that Brother
Baer and his pious associates were really
going to stand a losing on the award of
the strike commission?
Good Cans for Madness.
Philadelphia Press.
Latest reports tell of a bad defeat for the
Mad Mullah In which he lost 1.000 spear
men and nearly all of his cattle and sheep
and J,.000 camels. Ordinarily such a defeat
would practically end all chance of fur
ther opposition from the Mullah, but he
as undergone so many defeats, and has
then come up stronger than ever, that It
Is not safe to make predictions. But with
the Abyssinian and British forces both
after him It will be amaslng if he regains
his strength.
Aa Ideal Salvation Officer.
' Philadelphia Record.
Senator Hanna would have made a hust
ling recruit for the Salvation Army. The
army undertakes to put in operation a
practical religion and the senator Is noth
ing If not practical. He has borne a nota
ble part In the management of public af
fairs for the past ten years, but for the
good he haa done It may be doubted
whether the sum of It would not have been
vastly enlarged If he had given the Salva
tion Army In Ilka degree the benefit of his
strenuous labor.
Enjoying the Fat . of the Land.
Philadelphia Becord.
Admiral Cotton's 'squadron Is evidently
In high favor In Europe. The receptions
at Kiel and Portsmouth are to be succeeded
by a fete at Lisbon, whither the squadron
will sail on the Invitation of the king of
Portugal. There are rumors of a possible
junket to the Russian naval fortress of
Cnfcnstadt. If the competition among the
crowned heads of Europe for the privilege
of entertaining the naval representatives
of the United States should continue as
actively as It has begun some of the young
fellows who went out as midshipmen would
b veterans before they should see these
shores again.
Carelessness and Disaster.
Philadelphia Press.
The explosion In the Hanna coal mine In
Wyoming, with a consequent loss of some
200 lives, appears to have been without
any excuse. A man entered a condemned
and unused entrance to the mine, lighted
his lamp where the gas was thick and the
explosion followed. It was the business of
the' mine owners to prevent that entrance
from being used, which, would have been
an easy thing to do. It might have caused
small expenditure of miner, but It would
have been great economy, to say nothing
of the enormous sacrifice of human life.
There should be punishment adequate to
the circumstances for the managers, whose
neglect was responsible for this great ex
plosion. Expoanre .of Postal Crookedness.
Harper"v Weekly.
Mistaken and short-sighted are those re
publicans who imagine that the Interests
of their party and.of halij party's, candi
date in 1904 will be damaged by the dis
closure of frauds lnnth Washington city
postofflce, and who, consequently, seem In
clined to limit the slope' of the Investiga
tion, lest equally shocking exposures should
be made In the postofflce of New York and
Chicago and in many branches of the postal
service, it Is not the- resolute unmasking
and punishing of official evil-doers that will
Injure the republican' administration, but
th growth of a belief that an opposite
course Is favored lit high' or influential
quarters. If Mr. Roosevelt follows his own
upright instincts, the Inquiry prosecuted by
rourtn Assistant fostnaster General Bris
tow will be so wlde-soachlng and drastic
that there will be nothing left for congress
to investigate when It meets In extra ses
sion on November 9.
THH REVISED IOWA IDEA.
Kansas City Star (Ind.): The "Iowa
Idea" was put to sleep In Des Moines with
such conspicuous success that the republi
can nauonai committee should. - lay in a
large supply of Dr. - Allison's brand of
political chlorefortn.
Philadelphia Ledges (ind.): Th "Iowa
idea" has been officially laid upon the
shelf by the republican convention of that
state at least for the present campaign.
The only trace of it which Senator Allison
has allowed to remain In the platform la
a mild acknowledgment that tariff rates
may "from time to time be changed to
meet the varying conditions of our In
dustries," but he is careful to insert the
modification that the changes may be to
higher rates as well as to lower.
New York Sun (rep.): It Is to be noticed
that the republicans of Iowa, while first
of alt denouncing the -trusts -for being the
seeds and promoters of monopoly, adopted
no plank that could In any way disturb
the monopoly of the Hon. Theodore Roose
velt as the republican candidate for presl
dent. Joined unrebelllously by Governor
Cummins, the father ef the tariff revision
program known as the ."Iowa Idea," they
took the best of care, that, so far as they
have power, In the next national republl
can convention there should be no room or
ground for competition with Mr, Roosevelt
Pittsburg Dispatch (ind): Senator Alli
son's tariff plank for the Iowa convention
is such a production as might have been
expected. Like the Hanna plank In Ohio
it appeals to both "stand patters" and re
vlHlonlsts. The "shelter to monopoly"
clause in the original Iowa idea has been
transformed into a declaration that "tariff
rates must be equally opposed to foreign
control and domestic monopoly." There is
a repetition of the avowal that reciprocity
Is the complement of protection and that
the schedules should be changed as con
ditions require. Duties' that are too low
should be raised and those that are too
high should be lowered. The republican
who can find fanlt with that platform will
be hard to please.
Chicafco News (ind.): With the action
taken by the Iowa republicans In the state
convention at Des Moines the policy which
the party may be expected to follow next
year becomes still more firmly denned.
Iowa, like Ohio, "stands pat." In the phrase
of Senator Hanna. It will "keep on letting
well enough alone." The tariff plank which
the delegates adopted contains no hint of
radical action on the tariff, either as a
general policy or for the specino purpose
of protected monopoly. The platform de
clares tor the principle of protection with
the qualifying phrase - that tariff rates
"must be changed from time to time to
meet the varying conditions incident to the
progress of our Industries." Reciprocity
Is Indorsed aa "the natural complement of
protection" and on the principle that in
trade between nations It Is mutually ad
vantageous that both sides give and take
certain favors. The paragraph relating to
trusts calls for proper measures of regu
lation and supervision to prevent monopoly
and promote competition.
ROl'SD ABOUT NEW TORK,
Rlphlea en the Correal of l ife la the
Metropolis.
The conviction and sentence to four years
at Sing Sing of Lawyer Ammon, the
sharper who plucked Flve-Hundred-and-Twenty-Per-Cent
Miller after Miller
plucked a crowd of get-rlch-qulck dupes,
caused a great scattering among the lesser
"gold brick" crowd In New York. Most
of them have fled to Jersey and nearby
seaside resorts. The pluggers argue that
when such slick rogues as Miller and Am
mon fall out and swear against each other
It is time to shake a locality "disgraced
by traitorous squealers." More dangerous
still is the habit developed by the police
of backing a patrol wagon up to their of
fices and seizing their books. This always
creates talk about "high-handed proceed
ings," but the result Is always good. One
day It Is West Virginia oil or Missouri lead,
the next Arizona gold; this time the Gol
conda was further off, and all the more
fascinating for the distance th African
diamond fields. The customary "limited
amount" of stock was for sale at $5 a share,
and, according to the company's books,
many persons had subscribed. The direc
torate contained high-sounding names of
mythical "noblemen," and promoting appli
ances and devices of the recognized su
perior kind had been made use of. There
were millions In It, but the rude hand of
the law clutched It too soon.
These are melancholy days for New York
boarding house keepers, for garden truck
prices have gone up alarmingly, aa a con
sequence of the long drouth and the suc
ceeding heavy rains. Th distressing re
port from Washington market Is that po
tatoes have Increased In price from $1.25
and $1.75 a barrel to 13.50 to H 60; cabbages,
from 5 to 8 and 15 cents a head; peas,
from 15 cents to 80 and 40 cents per half
peck; lettuce, from three heads for 10 cents
to 7 and cents a head; cauliflower, from
10 cents to 40 cents a head. Inconsiderate
boarders, who are paying no more, demand
just as much at these prices. Think of
what this means to the women who must
get their support out of boarding houses?
Most unkindly has nature been of late to
all such.
Not only needlelike in appearance, as are
many of the city's skyscrapers, needlelike
In actual proportions will be the structure
called the DayUght building which William
F. Havemeyer haa planned to erect on the
plot, 26x46 feet, at the northeast corner of
New street and Exchange place. It will
cost $200,000.
Towering eighteen stories, the building
will have its small offices flooded with
light from Its two open sides. There will
not be more than one office on each floor,
it 4s said.
Of French renaissance type of architec
ture, the entire treatment of the building
will be as free and open as possible. There
will ba two stories under ground. The
first story above the curb level will be
of granite, with a column portico on the
New street side, where the entrance to the
building is to be stluated. On of the
construction features will be a French
mansard roof of copper which will sur
mount the edifice.
"Tony" Aste, the king of New York boot
blacks, attended the Rancho del Paso sale
of yearlings at Bbeepshead Bay recently
and secured the star of the sale. A black
colt by Watercress Inquisitive was
knocked down to him for $7,100 after spir
ited bidding, in which some men of money
took part. When Tony, landed the prize the
auctioneer said: "Mr. Aste, I hope you hav
another Nasturtium In this horse." It will
be remembered that Aste sold this horse
for $60,000. ' Aste is the Napoleon of the
shining profession. He formerly manipu
lated a brush In the Equitable building and
now owns an extensive string of "parlors"
all over the city. He has over 800 men in
his employ, all Italians. He has been in
this country only fourteen years, but in
that time he has distanced ninety-nine and
nine-tenths of the natives in the race for
wealth.
People who have mad the ' matter a
study, says th Tribune, contend that when
the) get-rlch-qulck microbe attacks women
It Is not easily exterminated or made harm
less. The phantom pictures which rise and
fall with the click of th ticker fascinate
them, and they play the game of chance
with th recklessness of veteran gamblers.
Hundreds of women glv their orders,
clandestinely, and the fact that they have
an Interest In the stock market, that their
dally examination of the market reports
is prompted by anything beyond a desire
to be informed is not known to any on
save their brokers. These are good cus
tomers for brokers. A sigh over a state
ment showing a balance on th wrong
side, a vow "nver to do so any more," or
an order riven "Just to get ven" is the
usual sequence.
There is anothero class of women stock
gamblers In which th bad loser Is largely
represented. This class supports duckm
shop in the residence parts' of the city, like
the on which was raided a rew oaye ago.
When these women win they ar happy, but
when fortun frowns on them ahey ar
"horrid." They want their money back
from th bucketshop proprietors. They cry,
scold and finally threaten to "tell on the
mean things" who took their margins. In
order to shield themselves the threat Is not
often carried into execution, and the
bucketshop continues to do business at the
old stand, taking money from th women
who succumb to the temptations of the
tape. It is refreshing to know that once In
a while -a woman gets so thoroughly angry
because of her losses that she does her
share toward breaking up the bucketshop
business. She would never do such a thing
If her speculations were successful hence
all good citizens should rejoice when she
loses.
SOLID PROSPERITY.
Remarkable Growth of th Consuming-
Power of th Conntry.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The report of the treasury bureau of sta
tistics upon th foreign trad for th eleven
months ending May SI Is an amazing reve
lation of the growth of th consuming
power of the country. Notwithstanding
the great Increases In productive capacity
which have been made by the manufactur
ers, notwithstanding the titanlo efforts of
the transportation systems to cope with th
demand of freight movement, the manu
facturers have Imported $64,000,000 worth of
materia, practically all of which has been
absorbed by the American market In addi
tion to the greatly enlarged production of
material at home. This Is shown by the
fact that the exports of manufactures dur
ing the period covered revealed only a gain
of $2,000,000 over the preceding year.
Compared with 1890 the Importations of
manufacturers' materials have doubled.
They show an Increase of $S8,000.000 over the
year of our highest exports, 1900, and a de
crease of $19,000,000 n shipments. Yet within
the same time the production of pig Iron at
home has increased more than 80 per cent,
cotton production has been enlarged bx
1.000.000- bales snd wool by 80,000,000 pounds.
It Is evident that American production. In
creased though It has been, has not yet
caught up with American consumption. We
are our own best customers snd at th
same time are buying heavily abroad. Pros
perity. In view of this statement, seems
solidly established.
TALK OF THE STATE TRESS.
Norfolk Press: The enemy's country Is
getting too pesky close to Nebraska to suit
Mr. Bryan.
Chappell Register: Ten Omaha milkmen
were fined last week for putting formalde
hyde In th milk to keep It from souring.
This does not particularly Interest people
from this part of the state, aa tew of
them drink milk when in Omaha.
Schuyler Free Lance: Some of our state
papers are wondering how a man like ex
Governyr Savage can suddenly from a poor
man become a wealthy land owner out on
th raciflc coast. That's easy. Wasn't he
governor and didn't he have th pardoning
power?
Fremont Tribune: The Bee Is right in op
posing any plan to Invest $10,000 in a state
building for the St. Louts fair. Nebraska
has appropriated only $36,000, and $10,000 out
of that would leave only a drop for an ex
hibit. Besides, $10,000 would erect only a
dinky. little building.
Kearney Hub: Th land commissioner of
Nebraska Is getting ready to clear up about
B,000 delinquent school land leases through
out th stat. This class of school lund
holders should b promptly dispossessed,
for Nebraska land I becoming too valuable
.to be permitted to remain In the hands of
non-producers.
Blair Pilot: On of th most important
offices to be filled this oomtng year Is that
of th county assessor. Thousands of dol
lars' worth of property m Washington
county escapes assessment and la owned py
people able to pay. People who own out
little orooerty pay taxes on an oi u ai a
stiff rate, whil peopl of wealth pay but
little taxes on anything except real estate.
Norfolk Press: Norfolk people cannot be
blamed If they feel that th members of
the Stat Board of Publio Lands and Build
ings are opposed to having th Norfolk hos
pital for insan rebuilt Althougn me ap
propriation for that purpose was mad
available mor than thre months ago.
ther has aa yet been no tangible move
made by th board toward rebuilding the
institution. It is about tlm th board
should hear something drop.
Tekamah Journal: Burt county, in being
given th right to nam one of the Judges
of th district court in tht district, re
ceives no more i cognition than Is her due.
But she can lay a claim to this recogni
tion on a still higher ground. Her con
tributions to th bench have always proven
their ability and become known as among
the best judges of the state. Burt will
ask recognition again this year and receive
it in the nomination of W. G. Bears.
Norfolk News: There ar a number of
new laws that went into effect in Nebraska
with the first of the month that peopl
should familiarize themselves with, as ig
norance excuses no one. ' One law that may
trip up a good many If enforced provides
a heavy fine for "any person. Arm, asso
ciation or corporation In this state that
shall sell, give or furnish In any way any
tobacco In any form whatsoever or any
cigarettes or cigarette papers to any minor
under 18 years of age."
Ord Journal: Th fellows who ar con
tinually roaring about what th legislature
did or didn't do should get together and
compare notes. On paper declares that a
law was passed raising the assessment of
the stat mor than double, whil another
says there was no raise at all. No on can
tell Just how It will b yet. However,
ther Is on thing sure the valuation put
on th property will be an InCex of what
it is worth; th assessment will ba made
on a fraction of this.
Springfield Monitor: Th bar association
of this district met in Omaha Tuesday
and named seven candidates for judges of
the district court. Jt was supposed to.be
a non-partisan meeting, yet only one demo
crat was named How this came about the
Monitor is unable to say. It surely seems
that the democrats hav plenty of good
available timber for judges In the party
and they should have been given at least
thre candidates. Some forty attorneys,
however, bolted the meeting, but as to their
politics w are unable to say. The conven
tions will have the nominating of candi
dates, and It remains to be seen whether
th choice of the bar will be Indorsed. But
as about the same outfit runs the bar as
sociation as manipulated the bar associa
tion meeting, ' we are liable to have the
same candidates.
TUden Citizen: While, the stats law of
Nebraska does not explicitly . prohibit the
playing of base ball on Sunday, the su
preme court has twice decided that the
game Is Included In "sports," and conse
quently that all engaging in tho, game oc
the Sabbath ar guilty of violation of th
law. Without desiring to enter into a con
troversy, on the subject the Citiaen respect
fully submits to church-goers that, while
a violation of the Sunday law is a mis
demeanor punishable by fine, perjury to
avoid the paying of taxes Is a felony pun
ishable by a term In th penitentiary,
Christ demonstrates both by precept and
example, that so-called Sabbath breakers
ar not always guilty of an infraction of
th divln law, but Ananias and Bapphlra
were struck dead for merely lying and
they were not under oath either when th
offense was committed. If Sunday . bas
ball players are to be condemned from
TUden pulpits, let th greater offender also
get his deserved denunciation from th
same source. Tot fair, reverend preachers.
St. Paul Republican: : The Republican
cheerfully confesses that it is somewhat
dens in affairs political. W tall to com
prehend many things that are taken for
granted by th old stagers. We do not
understand why an endorsement from th
Lancaster county convention should sign.
seal and deliver the republican nomination
for supreme judge to a certain candidate
three months In advance of th stat con
vention with any mor authority than th
resolution of commendation for President
Roosevelt by the stats central committee
should bind that body to similar action.
We yield to no on In our admiration for
Mr. Roosevelt and we hav no doubt that
his administration "will be endorsed with
unanimity and enthusiasm. W hav no
protest to offer against Lancaster county's
choice for supreme judge, who is doubtless
a capable and upright man. But w main
tain that there ar certain prerogatives
which of right belong to the state conven
tion and should under no circumstances be
assigned to subdivisions of tbs party. For
Lancaster county to express her choice is
all well and good. For Lancaster county
papers to declare that such expression de
cides beyond qutstlon the action of the state
convention is. to say th least, somewhat
startling.
CLEVELAND'S NOMINATION.
Prophecy of Conarreasstaa Grosvea'
Tested la the Light af History.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Congressman Grosvenor says that Cleve
land will be nominated In 1804, but of
course he does not say he will be elected.
Th chances ar, however, that the repub
lican arithmetic man is mistaken about th
nomination. Grosvenor made something
of a reputation for second sight In 18M
by predicting, early In that year, that
McKlnley would have a large majority In
the national convention In St. Louis. He
even figured out, with a rather close ap
proach to precision, th lead that Mo
Klnley would get On th strength of that
forecast, the Ohio man built up some
thing of a nam for clairvoyance.
But Grosvenor is undoubtedly astray In
his prophecy that th democrats will
put up Cleveland nxt year. Th dem
ocratlo party has don many Insan things
Ayers
Sorsaparilla
Pure and rich blood carries
new life to every part of the
body. You are invigorated,
strengthened refreshed.
That's what Aycr's Sarsa
parilla will do for you. Take
Ayer's Pills for constipation,
sick -headache, biliousness.
Sold for 60 years.
t.O. AysrCe.,
lwU, Maas.
In its long career. But It Is not going to
commit any such act of folly next year as
the nomination of Cleveland would be.
The talk about th nomination, It will tt
noticed, ha almost subsided. A few re
publican papers, for selfish reasons, keep
up th mention of th ex-presldent In con
nection with th nomination, but th num
ber of democratlo papers which say any
thing about him Is very small. There
ar reasons why the republicans talk about
Cleveland. He would b an exceedingly
easy man to beat, and they know It.
Cleveland's candidacy, In fact, would In
jur th party for a much longer tlm than
during th canvass of 1904.. A party wnic'.i
would proclaim, as th democrucy would
do If It should nominate him, that It had
only on- man In Its ranks fit for the
presidency, would furnish a very good
reason for Its own extinction. There would
be no credit for anybody to belong to suc!i
a party. Men of self-respect would make
haste to get out of it. Jefferson was a
bigger man than Cleveland, but the demo
crats, after electing him twice, took up
somebody else. Jackson was a pretty large
personage,- too, yet his party showed that
It was not restricted to him, and when ho
served out his second term It hit upon
somebody else for the presidency. If the
demourttlo party of today Is so Impover
ished that It has only one person among
Its 8,000.000 voters whom it dares nam for
th presidency the time has come when
It ought to b sent to th potter's field..
Cleveland's nomination In 1904 would give
It a big push In that direction.
LAUGHING REMARKS.
"Didn't you advertlaa all the nntnfnrta nf
home?" asked the summer boarder,
"Certainly," answered Farmer Corntos
sel, "but then you know some home ain't
Star powerul cpmfortable." Washington
"Alas!" moaned the noet. "I out mv most
soulful thoughts on paper, by my messagmi
ia.ii uoiure me eyes oi m unuunung
canaille. They laugh at everything I
write."
"Alas I" moaned the humorous poet, "I
wish I bad your luck 1" Judge.
' "My husband doesn't gamble now, as he
used to."
"Reformed, has hef
"Yes: he doesn't so to the ran track at
all any more. His worst dissipation now Is
swimming, i inma. At any rate he says he
only goes to. the pool rooms." Philadelphia
Press.
""No," said Jackson Trays, "I never make
any money at poker."'
"Nonsense! why, orjy the other night
you left the club with at least $100 worth
of winnings in your pocket."
"Well, but my wife got up next morning
befor I did." Detroit Free Press.
"Aren't you afraid that retribution wilt
ono day overtake you for all tits broken '
promises?" . -
jno," answerea uenaior norj num. - peo
ple would rather be disappoint d now and
then than do - business with a man who
won't even promise." Washington Star, -
"Didn't they start at once ea their wed
ding Journey?"
"No. There was a mistake, about the
railway tickets."
"What sort of a mlstak?'1
"Why, it seems that her father didn't
understand that the bridegroom expected
him to pay for them." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
1- , - , I . ...IT w V. ,.
cine KJl course ne uurvu uio awiun,
I don't think I showed it. Every time I
yawnea J jubi niu it wim my uauu.
He (trying to be gallant) Really, I don t
see how a hand so small could ert hide
er that is beastly weather we'r having,
isn't It?" Philadelphia Press.
BRANCHES OF THE) SEAS. .
William Hal in -Outing.
Luff an' reef my bloomln lan'sman,
Here's a shot acrost your bows.
Whilst I stan's an' tell ye clvii
O' the properest things in scows. ' -
Te may Jaw, ye loony lubber,
'Bout your bronze yachts trig an' tight.
An' your little tomfool raters
As what giv a chump delight. .,.
But heave , to. my poor lan'lubber!
It's God's truth, 'twlxt you an' me,
T knows nothln' about vessels,- ,
An' still less about th sea.
Take your very stiff est sea-bo'ta
That blue water ever finned. .
They ain't in it with a dory
In a living gal o' wind;
An' th gamest, narvlest hosses
That Is raised upon th land
Can't compare with ontamed dories
Full o' mettle, ears an' sand.
Honest, when it come to business, ,
Air" the comber 'round ye flow.
There ain't nothln' like a dory,
Rldln' out a 'tarnal blow.
If so b y pulls to wind'ard
With a billiard 'gin your back,
An' a hundred thousan' hell doits
Frothln', growlln' in your track,
It's th dev'Hsh, durkln' dory
Burled in the flyln',. foam
Aa what fills a man with ginger.
An' what makes him feel to horn.
J Bo th properest bo't, yoa lubber
IK JW I O JIIOUKU, Ul 1L jw mil ?
Is th on that saves a sinner
jfrom Deoommin or a saint.
An' I 'lows the ablest critter
In a screechln', slewln' brees
Is th bouncln', duckln' dory.
Tricky broncho of th eeasl
From the
Mout
( of the StU
to tnt
Mouth
Vof tlieMissI
sippi,
And At
Every Mouth Between,
Hires Rootbovr U known and ap
preciated as the most eoolinf , re
freshing sod hsalUtfuiof bevwags
fur hot wUu:r. .
Rootbcer
I th national temperaoe bever-
M- Everyone drink It, wy
on Ilk 1L
A ekc makes Svs sailoaa Sold
T.rywtn-r. im rrl bjr wall tut u Mule,
huoklai tr. itswais uf Imllsitess.
CHARLES H. HIRES CO,
Malvern, Pa.
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