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    TI1R OMAHA' DAILY BEE: TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 15. 1003.
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The address will bo changed
aa often aa desired.
The weather clerk evidently thinks we
re raising ducks for market.
The great American corn belt has
reached the critical stage for the corn
crop.
Judge Sullivan Is old enough to have
known better. This is an on year for
popocrats.
The summer of 1903 has passed in his
checks and we shall probably never see
bis like again. '
' Man makes the town, God makes tbe
country. What Omaha needs above all
things is more nieu.
How would it do to call another grand
Jury to clarify the atmosphere of a good
many well-defined rumors?
President tStlckncy is eminently cor
rect when he declares that a market
town is not an accidental production.
If the Weather bureau will reserve
Its fair and warm forecast for Ak-Sar
Ben week, it will be forgiven, if not
forgotten.
If Abraham Lincoln needs any monu
nients in brtfnze or stone, why Isn't the
city of Lincoln the most imposing arid
enduring memorial that could be built
Before the county board proceed
with the plan for straightening out the
Elkhorn it will be well for It to
straighten out the kinks In the bridge
building record.
Sir Thomas Upton lias once more
learned by experience that there Is
many a slip between the cup and the
Hp. This time It was not the American
racing cup, but an informal cup of
Oyster Bay broth.
1 !
That democratic, nonpartisan judicial
masquerade Is after- all not llkeiy to
prove a drawing card. Kebraskans are
credited wlU a high degree of intelli
gence. They know a hawk from a spar- J
row when they see it.
.
It requires an inexhaustible fund of
optimism to figure out a population of
32.000.000 for Nebraska in the dim and
distant future. For the next decade
Nebravkans will be satisfied with run
ning up the population to the two-inil-llon
point.
Senator Carmack of TenBessee an
nounces his Intention to Introduce a
negro disfranchisement bill repealing the
lift ecu tu amendment. There Is Just
Unit as much t bunco for the passage
of such a bill as there would be for a
bill restoring slavery through a repeal of
the thirteenth amendment.
It may be Interesting for Governor
Mickey to learu that reform In ball
room manners and round dancing Is ad
vocated by' New York dancing masters
and we may safely anticipate that the
'squaring of the circular dance and the
. rouudlug of the square dance will reach
Nebraska before the uext luitugural ball.
Charles Joseph Bonaparte has been se
lected by Mr. Hitchcock to take charge
of the Investigation of the o)erntious of
tbe Indian land speculators and crooked
Indian agents In Oklahoma and Indian
Territory. If the umn with the Nsikv
leonW ancestry had bevn detailed to pay
a visit to the Omaha aud Winnebago
reservations in Nebraska he would have
found a state of uffalra Just as scan
dalous has sultslsted in the southern
Indian settlement.
A WRtAT t OMPKTrtun.
There la a naturally great Interest In
tliist country regnrdltig everything In the
way of wltwt competition, "ur people
are Inevitably interested In etery fact
Hint bosrs upon the tjucstion of future
relations Ix-twccu the wheat production
f the United States and that of other
countries, with particular reference to
int of the Ihmilnloti of Canada, which
urlng the lust few years has been stead-
y growing as a competitor of thl coun
try and which there Is reason to think
III Increase still more rapidly in the
ears to come, very largely by reason of
the migration of Americans to the Cana
dian provinces of the northwest.
In regard to this some valuable In
formation Is supplied by ft contributor
to the New York Evening Tost who
seems to be very well Informed in regard
to what he writes. He says that there
has been a good deal of exaggeration In
regard to the grain production of the
anadian northwest and he presents fig
nrcs to attest his position. In regard
to the exploitation of the Canadian
northwest as the finest and largest
wheat country under the sun. this writer
says that the single state of Kansas has
produced this year alout six times as
much wheat as the uew Canadian north
west with its area, of a million square
miles. A favorite comparison in the
Canadian boom literature, says this
Titer, who evidently talks of what be
knows, is between the wheat producing
capacity of Minnesota and Manitoba,
nd the yield In Manitoba is always
given ns twice as great. It is also stated
that the wheat lands of Minnesota are
wearing out, "and yet Minnesota this
year produces twice as much wheat as
Manitoba and as many bushels per
acre."
That is a fact which It Is well to
bear in mind, for It shows conclusively
hat there has been more or less misrep
resentation in regard to the comparative
fruitfulness of the Manitoba region, the
effect of which has been to induce many
thousands of Americans to go to that
country who could have found Just as
vailable opportunities In their own
country.
There is no doubt that the Canadian
northwest is to become a strong wheat
competitor with the United States, but
there Is no reason to apprehend that this
competition will become so serious as to
materially interfere with the position of
this country as the foremost mnrket of
the world for supplying the nations
with breadstuff's. We shall only cease
to occupy that position when our own
population Is so great as to need all
the breadstuffs we are able to produce
and that will be in the very remote fu
ture. RCa.SU MODIFIES PRUPOSAL.
According to the latest advices Russia
has modified her proposal regarding the
evacuation of Manchuria. As originally
stated she was to withdraw her forces
from the Chinese province early in the
coming month and there was no quali
fication or reservation connected with
this promise. The evacuation, as then
announced, was to be complete. It now
appears that the Russian goveriment
has changed its policy aud proposes'a.
piecemeal policy of evacuation, the end
of which will be a year hence. In the
meantime Russia will undoubtedly avail
herself of every opportunity to
strengthen her position in . Manchuria
and augment her power In that quarter
In every practicable way.
There ought to be no surprise at this
apparent change of attitude. It Is quite
In accord with Russian policy and Its
meaning is obvious. There will doubt
less be a withdrawal of Russian troops
from Manchuria next month, but the
extent of the evacuation will not be so
great as to materially weaken the mil
itary power of the country In that pro
vince. A few mouths later another with
drawal t troops will be made, but still
leaving a sufllclent force there to main
tain the Russian domination. TLeu will
ensue a year during which Russia may
become even stronger in Manchuria han
she is today.
All of which simply evidences the
shrewdness and sagacity of Russian
methods. Meanwhile the United States
makes no objection and perhaps Is not
warranted ii making any, although the
policy of Russia, according to the latest
announcement, is obviously not favorable
to the principle for which this country
has been contending.
TI.WC FOR ACTWX.
Four mouths ago the mayor and couiv
ell were fleeted on specific pledges in
favor of municipal ownership of public
utilities, including light and water,
These pledges cannot be fulfilled I uless !
the ptople of Omaha are given an op
portunity to carry them into effect. The
proposed extension of the electric light
ing contract, confessedly designed to
head off ' municipal ownership of public
lighting, haa brought the issue to the
forefront.
If the proposed scheme concocted by
Mr. Nash receives the sanction of the
mayor and council the city would abdi
cate its right to establish and operate a
lighting plant of its own, If not for ten
years, at least for five years, with tho
chnnces that at the end of five years the
electric lighting monopoly would pro
cure another extension.
Manifestly the only way the mayor
and council cau redeem their pledges is
to submit the question of municipal
ownership to the people at the coming
election in tangible form through an or
dlnauce authorizing the issue of a suffi
cient amount of bonds to establish an
electric lighting plant and to either erect
the uecessary nles and build the neces
shry conduits or acquire the conduits
and poles of the electric light company
by condemnation process.
If the cltiiens of Omaha actual!
favor the proixiaal of the electric lltfht
company lr su extension of Ps con
tract they will vote tbe Itoitil propoal
tlon down. If the people still boh! to
the conviction that municipal ownership
of public lighting is desirable either for
reasons of economy or because they
want to put an end to the tampering
with city councils and municipal offi
cials and the debauchery of the public
service, ami at the same time Insure
more efficient public lighting than we
have had, then they will vote to endorse
the bond Issue.
In view of the fact that less than eight
weeks Intervene between now and the
day of electjon. Is It not high time that
the preliminary steps for submitting the
bond proposition be taken without
further delay?
DEXUUM1XQ rtUXAGt.
The governor of Alabama, In his mes
sage to the legislature, takes a very de
cided stand against the peonage system,
which has been practiced in that and
sMne other of the southern states. He
states that In least one locality in Ala
bama several farmers have been work
ing men and women under guard with
out legal authority to do so and that
some of these "have been sinners for a
dozen years; they have acted without
the shadow of n right and have been
plain violators of the statute laws."
He therefore urges, as becomes the ex
ecutlve of a state who has a proper re
spect for the observance of the laws,
that these offenders be properly pun
Ished for their crimes and there seems
to be reason to expect that he will cause
to be taken the proper course to bring
them to punishment.
It Is certainly gratifying to find a
southern governor willing to consider
this matter of peonage, which is a sys
tem of slavery even more reprehensible
than that of the old form, in Its proper
character and to call for the punishment
of those who are guilty of it. The (lis
closures that have been made regard
lgg the practice of pooling in some of
the southern states are a reproach to
the country and Its complete abolition,
with the condign punishment of all who
have been guilty of it. Is imperatively
demanded. Under no circumstances
can such a policy be tolerated In this
land.
The Colorado state board of assess
ment. which is now in session, Is con
fronted with an urgent demand for a
material increase in the railroad assess
ment. Tubllc sentiment In Colorado hns
been aroused to a high tension by reason
of the favoritism shown to the railroad
corporations in the assessment last year
and the indications are that the state
board will yield to public opinion. As
usual, the railroad attorneys and tax
agents threaten to appeal to the courts
in case the board of assessment resists
the pressure of the corporations. The
outcome will be watched with interest
not only in Colorado, but also in Ne
bra ska, because the Nebraska assess
ment, which is outrageously inequlta
ble, Is cited by the railroad attorneys as
an example which Colorado is expected
to follow.
Political campaigning in Kentucky is
always full of startling sensations and
exciting Incidents. The opening ruelo
drama in this year's Kentucky campaign
was signalized by the appearance on the
stump of General Simon Bolivar Buck
ner In support of the republican state
Jleket and in specific opposition to the
democratic candidate, Governor Beck
ham, whom he accuses of issuing altO'
gether too many pardons. General Buck
ner was the veteran in gray who
capitulated to Unconditional-Surrender
Grant at Fort Donnelson. eventually be
come governor of Kentucky and In 180ft
was vice presidential candidate on the
gold democrats' ticket beaded by Gen
eral Palmer.
If the new home rule charter formu
lated for the government Of the city of
Denver Is ratified at the coming elec
tion, all poles and overhead wires, ex
cept trolley wires and poles used In op
erating street railway cars within the
business district of that city, will have
to be removed by the telegraph, tele
phone and electric light companies and
the wires placed underground within
five years from January next. Denver
always has been a metropolitan city and
Omaha must emulate Its example with
regard to the wire and pole nuisance If
it wants to keep up with the procession.
Peculiar to the Trade.
Detroit Free Press.
The oath of the Typographical union la
being taken more rerlously than It deserves.
The printer has always been a facile and
fluent swearer.
Glass House Folly.
Chicago Tribune.
If Uncle 8am picks up an unappropriated
Island now and then we know of no
European relative that can afford to throw
stones at him.
Getting, t p to n War Pitch.
Washington Post.
With a record of 60.000 killed, 160,000 in
hiding and several hundred villages burned
by the Turks, the Bulgarians are getting
almost up to the point of losing their
temper and declaring war.
A toneoltma; 'Ihooght
Chicago Record-Herald.
We can bear up under Senator Beverldge'a
loss of his pocketbook and hla 150 while he
waa enroute to speak at the Indiana bank
era' convention. But If he had lost the
manuscript of the speech in which he
ettlvd the money nuestlon this nation
might not have su
urvm
ved the shock.
la Reform Possible There f
0.1 1c a go Chronicle.
What we need to prevent wild speculation
era zee. ending in panic ana aisaster, is
i a. I "elastic" currency or even an
eni-rgency eurrn"y jo inucn as honesty
and truthfulness In corporation manage
merit. VWvtr will bring about reform
In this respect will be a public benefactor
worthy of Immortal renown.
Kent la Mlnlr.Wir.
Philadelphia Record.
Wiiat feats of arms may not be done In
mimic warfare when the doer is a kaiser
and the umpires are his obedient servants
Kaiser Willulm'a charge on Tuesday at the
head of T'.COO Prussian tiorwi on the Saxon
Lotteries and entrenched Infantry n
Hslle. where t!e annual fall maneuvers
6re now In progress, would have been a
act of niadnesa In teal warfare. The duet
raised from the dry fields by the horaea'
hoofs revealed every movement of the
cavalry of the "enemy," who waa enabled
to point 10,uO rifles and hundred of ma
hlne and field guns at the charging troop
ers; nevertheless, the judges decider mat
the enemy" was routed, and the ktlser
won.
The March of ttntalre.
Boston Herald.
Go west, young man, and grow up with
he country" Is a hit of advice that the
oung men of Canada are heeding with a
vengeance. A recent harvest excursion to
the Canad'an northwest was made up of (WO
young men from Prince Edward Island and
no from the eastern section of Nora Scotia.
One of the local Nova Scotia newspapers
says: "This is certainly an enormous
drain on our country, and the chances are
hat It will be an annual drain. Of the
300 who went, at the outside not more
than &K will return. The others will prob
ably remain to build up the west at the
expense of the east. The your.g men
who went are the pick of the country, the
best blood and sinew in It, and they did
not belong to the Idle class. They went
west to spy out this mueh-talked-of land
and to select homes. It is Indeed unfor
tunate If the home land Is to be robbed
tli's way every year. And have we not
right here the best country under the sun?
But It is the old story of the human foot
and its wrstward roving." And now, as
ever, westward the course of empire takes
Its way.
COSTROI. OF THt'STS.
Government Ownership Proaoaaeed
the Rest Method.
New Tork Independent.
Three possible means of controlling the
so-called trusts were suggested by the com
mittee of the American Bar association.
One Is by severe taxation: another Is by
further Interstate commerce laws, and a
third Is by government assumption of the
business of these trusts that is. by the
extension of the socialistic features of our
government. Of these the first, destructive
taxation, seems oppressive and unfair. We
doubt If It will be very much applied. The
second provision, legislation for Interstate
commerce, ought certainly to be developed.
The Interstate commission has asked for
further power. Railroads ought not to be
allowed to give preferential rates which
will foster monopolies. But It Is to a cer
tain extension of the third method, that of
government assumption of certain Indus
tries, that we look for speediest Important
control. The other nations of the world
have set us the example, even the most
conservative. We lag far behind Oreat
Britain or France or Germrfny or Austria.
Enormous combinations of railroads and
trolley lines are now being mode here
wnicn would not be allowed abroad. Our
government ought to hold these means of
transportation, which have been the fos
terers of unfair wealth. The name Is true
of the express business and of the lighting
ministry, nils amount of socialism, al
ready begun In the postofflce. Is safe, and
should be developed.
A JtORWEOIAJf TRIUMPH.
Descendants of the Vlklaara Carried
Reliance to Victory.
Chicago Tribune.
Sir Thomas Upton, in one of his inter
views, made the remark: "Tho smartest
sailors i ever saw In my life are sailing Re
llance." Sir Thomas was correct, as the re.
suit proved. As compared with the crew of
Shamrock III they were quicker and more
Intelligent, and quickness and Intelligence
In obeying orders count for success In a
race. They were men who anticipated Cap
tain Barr's orders and were ready to obey
mem before they were given. In other
words, they were experts In navigation ape
clalties, and each man was selected for ape
ciai work. Captain Wrlnge'a sailors were
not so quick because they did not antlcl
pate orders
Sir Thomas Lipton's remark has been ac
cepted as a compliment to American sea
manehlp. and there has been much boaat
mg over "a lankee boat and a Tankee
crew." Reliance Is a Yankee boat. It was
built at Bristol . by Herreshoff. who is.
spite of his name, a Yankee, born In B lrtol,
But. alaa. Reliance did not have a Yankee
crew. There was not an American on board
of It nor a person born In America. Its cap
tain la a Scotchman, who has taken out his
first papers. The first, second and third
mates are Norwegians. Of Its crew of forty
two men thirty-seven are unnaturallxed anJ
two naturalized Norwegians, two unnatural
ized Swedes and one an unnaturalized Daife.
Reliance therefore was a Yankee boat
manned by a Scotch-American captain and
Scandinavian crew, and the result must
De set down as a Norwegian triumph. Evi
dently the days of the Maine and Deer
Island American sailors, who figured In the
old contests, have passed away. It Is sur
prising that Sir Thomas, with a knowledge
of the skill and alertness of these descend-
nts of the Vikings on the water, haa not
manned one of his Shamrocks with Nor
weglans Instead of Britishers, for the Nor
wegians are the men who successfully
maintain the blue ribbon of the seas.
THE WASTE OF FORESTS.
Time lor Action to Prevent Farther
Destruction.
, Jan Francisco Call.
The newly issued year book of the De
partment of Agriculture contains In the
report of the secretary a striking passage
upon the waste that haa followed the par
tial destruction of the forest at the head
waters of the streams of the Appalachian
mountains. That part of the United States
la far from California, but not so far but
what the lesson of Its teaching should come
home to us and warn us of the danger that
threatens our own land from the waste of
the woodlands.
It Is estimated that during the twelve
months ending with April, 1902, the damage
done by floods resulting from the destruc
tion of forest along that mountain district
approximated 118.000,000. The report goes
on to say: "The examinations also show
as additional results of the deforestation
of these mountain slopes that the water
powers along these streams, which have an
aggregate annual value of tO.OOO.OOO, as a
basis for manufacturing enterprises, are
being gradually but certainly destroyed
through the increasing Irregularity In the
flow of the streams; that the soil which 1s
being washed down from the mountain
slopes Is rendering annually less navigable
the Ohio, Mississippi, Tennessee and other
rivers of the southeastern states, and that
the rate of land erosion on these mountain
slopes from which the forest cover has been
removed Is now as great in a single year
as it was in ten centuries while the slopes
were covered with primeval forests."
A statement of that kind emanating from
an official source after expert Investigation
Is startling. The attention of the eastern
public haa been drawn to the evil and
bill Is now before congress providing for
the establishment of a great national forest
reserve along the Appalachian summits
The maintenance of such a reserve will of
comae be highly beneficial to all the wide
region of country through which flow the
streams that have their rise In those moun
tains, but great as la the need of a good
forestry system In that section of the coun
try. it Is probably not so great aa the need
of such a system In California. It Is In
deed high time for us to approach thli
subject seriously and with a -eeolve to take
action before the destruction of the woods
goea much further. Man cannot afford to
so waste the mountain lands as to bring
about every year an erosion equal to that
which nature would have csusod ia ten
centurion,
DOI1GS H THF. ARMY.
Matters of Geaeral Interest Gleaned
, (ram the Army aad Mary Register.
The order relating to transportation of
baggage of army officers contains the
provision, not hitherto recorded In an
abstract of the order given last week, for
the baggage of a lieutenant general of the
army. That officer Is allowed to have 1.800
pounds transported at public expense when
on duty in the field. The allownnce of
baggage thus transported, on a permanent
change of station. In the case of a lieu-
enant general. Is 15,000 pounds. An Im
portant provision In the order, which may
escape some officers. Is the following:
"Jn turning over horsrs to the quarter
master's department for shipment under
the authorization of this regulation, officers
ran have the privilege of shipping them
from other points to their new station,
provided the mileage in such cases does
not exceed the total mileage between the
old and new ststlon to which an officer la
assigned."
This enables an officer to dispose of his
horse at one station and purchase another
at his own station, or any other place en
route, where he may happen to have the
opportunity of acquiring a suitable anlmnl.
The other day an officer who was trans
ferred from Fort Aesinlbolne to Fort Sill
desired to obtain a horse In Kentucky, but
the regulations of the army did not permit
this, although the advantage of trans
portatlon was entirely on the side of fbe
government, since the distance between the
purchasing point In Kentucky and the of
fleer's station was much less than that
between the officer's old station and Fort
Sill. Under the new provision officers will
be benefited materially.
The Judge advocate general of the army
has before him the Interesting question
whether the badge of the Society of For
elgn Wars may properly be worn with the
uniform of the army. It seems there are
two resolutions and an act nf congress
bearing on the authority to wear bndRes
of military societies under such clrcum
stances. The first resolution was that of
1R90, which related to the emblems of the
aocloties of the wars tip to that time. The
next legislation was the act of February
2, 1901. which hud to do with the badges of
the societies ol' the Spanish war and the
incidental conflict In the Philippines. The
most recent legislation was inc resolution
of January 12 last, which related to the
China relief expedition. The Society of
Foreign ,Wr embraces a large field of
military activity and naturally the opinion
from the Judge advocate general's office
will be awaited with keen interest,
Tt Is the occasion of remark that In the
designation of army officers to serve in the
capacity of umpfres during the army and
militia maneuvers at West Point and Fort
Riley there has been no assignment to duty
In that connection of officers attached to
the general staff of the army. The omis
sion from that important list of tho names
of any general staff officers has created
profound surprise. It has been commonly
supposed, outside as well as within the
army, that general staff officers would find
very great opportunity for something be
sides desk work In the observations of the
maneuvers. In Kurope tho general staff
officers are especially active and prominent
on such occasions and evidently it Is most
profitable for the Individual officers and
for the service generally to detail members
of the general staff for duty in the field
during maneuvers. It can only bo re
garded as a significant Indication of the
policy of the present administration that
the general staff of ourarmy Is not to be
personally and actively Identified with this
year's operations, although they doubtless
serve very useful purposes In Arranging
for such exercises and in finally passing
upon the report of other officers who do
have the opportunity of personal observa
tlon. Nevertheless, It Is found to be tho
subject of comment and the occasion for
surprise that tho general staff Is pot to be
represented In the field at West Point and
Fort Riley. Of course, such comments an
are here recorded are based on the assump
tion that the list of officers to attend the
maneuvers Is complete and has been pub
lished without the chance of amendment
or addition. It Is barely possible, however,
that In some way the general staff will be
represented, after all, in the Kentucky or
Kansas exercises, although there does not
appear to be present prospect of such an
event.
The detail of Major John F. Gullfoyle,
Twelfth cavalry, aa Inspector of rifle prac
tice Is a notable incident. It marks the re
j establishment of an Important military
billet, recreated on the recommendation of
the board which has been engaged in the
revision of the small arms target practice
ystem and manual. The last officer to
discharge the duties of inspector of rifle
practice was Colonel (now General) J. M
Lee, T7. S. A., who served for a few weeks
t the then headquarters of the army on
the staff of General Miles. It Is recalled In
this connection that the detail of an In
spector of rifle practice waa a hobby of
General Miles. He never succeeded In
Inducing the authorities to adopt the Idea,
although It has always been considered
necessary If we were going to maintain a
standard of excellence In army marksman
ship. It Is possible that Major Guilfoyle'a
detail to this duty In Washington will be
followed by the designation. In a similar
capacity, of officers attached to the staffs
of the territorial departmental commanders.
The first lieutenants of the Signal corps
who were marked for advancement to the
grade of captain have been promoted, or
have passed their examinations and ere
ready for promotion. Threo advancements
remain to be made. The block In these pro
motions waa removed by the return to this
country from Alaska of Lieutenant William
Mitchell, who has been examined and re
ported as qualified for promotion. These
advancements created eleven vacancies in
the grade of second lieutenant, and
twelfth vacancy Is mad by the retirement
on account of disability, of Captain Charles
B. Rogan, Jr., who Is now at the general
hospital at Washington Barracka. The
problem Is to fill these vacancies. None of
the officers of the line Is disposed to go In
the signal corps where the demands are for
technical knowledge and practical expert
ence In signal corps work, and where the
additional reward largely consists of the
consciousness of duty faithfully performed
The condition Indicates the necessity of
some very strong recommendations to con
grass, and It is probable this will be made
In the annual report of the chief signal of
fleer.
Numerous changes are likely to be made
In the next few weeks In the assignments
of officers to regiments, and constant
change are being made In the list nf va
cancle in the distribution of the vacant
second lieutenancies, as published $. few
weeks ago In these columns. These changes
are due mainly to the desire on the part
of the graduate of the Military academy to
duty In the Philippine. Numerous re
quests are coming from these officer for as
slgnment to regiment which will take these
officer to station In the Island. Of course
this make a draft on 'the regiment
home, but a the officer are more needed
In the Philippine than at Vnlted State
garrisons It la probable that application of
this kind will not be denied.
Perntclooe Disrespect.
Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat.
General Brtstow must have queer notion
of th publto service. He Is trying to run
his branch of th Postofflce department
without consulting th politicians.
HRRAK FOR Kr'OSn PLACE.
Political Expediency Demands n West
ern Man for Vice President.
Toledo Blade.
Nebraska-; brought Into prominence dur
ing the two last national campaigns by the
fact that the state is the home of the demo-
er ratio candidate for the presidency, has
again bobbed Into notice by the recent
action of its state republican convention
In advocating the selection of Hon. John
I,. Webster, of Omnhn, for the second place
on the ticket to be chosen In 1904. By this
action it has brought to countrywide prom
inence a man who has been known
throughout the middle west fir years as
one of Its ablest citizens. This should not
be taken to mean that Mr. Webster haa not
been known beyond the confines of the
Missouri valley, but rather that the know
ledge of hla ability has been confined prin
cipally to those attorneys who keep In touch
witli the more Important legal work of the
country, and those politicians who make
the growth of every public man their study.
As tH first candldnte In the field, Mr.
Webster's personality Is perhaps of more
Interest than those of the men who will
enter the running Inter.
Of bis ability there Is no question. The
west knows him as an attorney, one of
the coterie of first water men. who have
served to whip Into shape the sometimes
unique, sometimes grotesque, laws passed
by states stilt In their long clothes. In turn
ultra-conservative, railroad ridden, populis
tic and demagogic. To tbero is due the
credit for whatever protection of property
and soundness of state finance came about
during the wild-eyed days when the people
of the plains were led by sockleaa states
men and divine healers of national wrongs
that consisted mostly of grasshopper peats,
a lack of rain, and other things that caused
crops to fail. To their good work the west
Is Just now awakening. In the framing of
laws governing the nation's relations with
the red men he has played an Important
part. , One of tho first attorneys to bo ad
mitted to practice before the Interior de
partment and the commissioner of Indian
affairs, he has never lent himself to the
high-salaried defence of the myriad men
and schemes that have looked to rob the
children of the plains of their remaining
lands. Rather has he done as much. If
not more, than any other to put tho laws
governing tills diminishing race on a plane
of firmness and Justice.
Mr. Webster has had experience In
politics. Several timc he has been a re
ceptive candidate before the Nebraska
legislature of senatorial honors, but his
ever present stand against a coalition
r-ith and the resultant control by dom
inant railroad forces In the state has kept
him from the goal. But, defeated or not,
ho has always fought at the front for his
party, and by his example and power
both as a speaker and an advisor, has put
republicanism again In the ascendant In his
state.
In person Mf. Webster Is a picture In
ctlon of the old time courtesy and chlv
Iry of the days before the war, combined
with the aggressiveness and more solid
Intellect of the present day leader. He
has frenquently been prominently men
tioned for an ambassadorship to a Euro
pean court, and was lately seriously con
sidered as one of the men to make up the
Isthmian canal commission. His honesty
In politics Is as Inflexible as In his private
business, and has become a motto In Ne
braska.
With Mr. Roosevelt's nomination for the
presidency a foregone conclusion, It fol
lows that a western man will be chosen
as his running mate. Many factors of poli
tical expendloncy will enter Into the selec
tion for second place, and Nebraska Is early
In the field with a good man. If the other
states which will undoubtedly place fav
orite sons In the race, shall name equally
capable men with Mr. Webster; the choice
of the convention cannot fall to be a wise
one.
TKRSOSAL XOTRS.
Another New York hunter has shot his
guide In mistake for a deer.. It Is wrong
to make game of anybody.
There Is a shadow of hope of reform In
Kentucky. Fifty years' growth of whl-
ers was cut from the chin of a politician
the other day.
Lord Roberts and Lord Kitchener can not
agree as to the result of the South Africa
war. Why not leave the question to soma
of the real generals on the other side?
The New York Sun has passed Its seven
tieth milestone without a wrinkle on Its
face or a cloud to 'obscure Its fays. The
Sun was founded by Day (Benjamin II.),
but It shines at all hours.
Dr. C. E. Bentley of Chicago has been
appointed chairman of the committee on
Clinics for the big international dental con
gress which will be held tn St. iouls next
ear, In connection with the World's fair.
King Alfonso of Spain Is about to start
on a tour or Europe, visiting an tne
principal courts on the continent. It Is
said the Itinerary is undertaken with the
purpose of finding a wife to adorn hla
palace.
Will fasting cure dyspepsia? Yes; a
Kansas man cured his by a fast of thirty
seven days, and there waa a grand dispute
whether the members of the Barber's
Union or the undertaker's Resistant should
have the privilege of shaving the corpse.
Elbrldge Gerry Glgger, the last survivor
of the Hassanamlsco tribe of Indians, once
numerous In Massachusetts, died last week
at Gardner. The Hussunamlnco tribe onee
owned the land where the town of Grafton
Is located. When the state took the land
to open It for settlement j pension was
given each member of the tribe In settle
ment. Mr. Qlgger's pension now having
expired, the state no longer has to pay for
the taking of this land.
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LAROR'9 GREAT PROBLEM.
Ita Contracts?
Chicago Inter Ocean.
r
Frank nuchanan. national head of tb
union of structural Iron workers, on Thurs
day revoked the charter o the local branch
In New York City, of which Sam Parks !
the virtual head, because he was satisfied
that the loeal union had wilfully violated.
snd was violating, the agreement made list
May between the national union snd the
employers' association.
The local union received the revocation
of Its charter with hoots and Jeers. J. W.
s. J. W.
the bi-l
nan hadl
s charter'
Johnston, secretary-treasurer of
tlonal union, denied that Buchanan
authority to revoke the local union's
without his consent. It Is reported that
Johnston and Buchanan had a personal en
counter during the day over the conduct of
the local union,
Thus structural iron building In New
York, already crippled for weeks by strikes,
haa become still more uncertain because of
a factional quarrel between the workers In
ths trade. This quarrel. It will be observed.
Is over the point whether or not a local
union shall be permitted to annul contract
made with employers by tbe national or
ganization of which It la a part.
Fundamentally the question at Issue Is
whether or not a labor union can be trusted
to stAnd by Its contracts. To get that
question answered right Is ths great prob
lem before organised laber. Unless or
ganized labor succeeds In answering that
question right its whole cause Is In
Jeopardy.
It Is comparatively easy for workers tu
organize and by watching for a favorable
opportunity compel employers to glva them
higher wages. But when a labor union,
having made an agreement on wages and
conditions for a certain lengtli of time, re
fuses to keep that agreement' it sets about
It sown destruction. Capital, finding that
labor union agreements are worthless,
simply refuses to take chances with work
ers who will not keep their contracts.
Thus work In that Industry and allied In
dustries ceases.
The final result of contract breaking by
labor organizations Is to leave workers out
of work. That Is the fact that labor or-
ganlzatlons have got to face. That Is the
fact that makes the assurance of fidelity
to contracts the great problem before or-
ganlzed labor today. For failure to get
such fidelity brings about not only strikes
of workers, but strikes of capital, and
when capital I forced to strike labor's op
portunity cease to exist.
LINES TO A LAIGH.
"Listen to that girl's peculiar laugh."
That ten t a laugn.
"No?"
"No; she's s Boston girt. That's a cachln
nation." Philadelphia Ledger.
Mrs. Anger I can't see why my husbsnd
should be Jealous of me.
Her Friend No one can. my dear. Judge,
"Come, come, old boy. brace up! Ton
know that faint heart ne'er won fair lady."
"But she's a brunette." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
"She needed rest when she went to th
country, I believe.
"Yes."
"Then why is she coming home so soonT"
"Well, she thinks she needs a little com-fort."-Chicago
Post.
"Some people fails." said Uncle Eben,
"because dey tries to est de persimmon
befo' It's ripe, an' some because dey leta
it lav aroun' till it's no good." Washington
Poet.
"Ala!" said the unhappy woman, "and
we were once considered wealthy!"
"But, mv dear," said her husband, aooth
Inglv, "we have as much money aa ever."
"Oh, ves, I know, but there are so many
who have a lot more that nobody pays any
attention to us any longer!" Brooklyn Life.
"I fear." said his host next morning, "you
didn't sleep well last night. Every time I
woke up I could hear you thrashing around
in your bed."
"I ought to have told you apologized the
guest, a man from Kansas City, "I've got
so used to floods that I tread water In my
sleep." Chicago Tribune.
"Are you training your daughters in th
household arts!" 1
"No. What' the ue? Jet a soon as I
got one of them trained so- he could help
me ome man would come along an' marry
her. An' men are havln" It too easy these
days, anyhow." Washington Star.
"Some men are so fortunate In securing
good wives," remarked the man who wanted
to be sympathetic.
"Yes, replied MenpecK. -now, my wire
is Just like sunshine about the houe."
"Indeed! Well er really. I'm urprlsed "
"Yes. She's never there at all at night.
Woman's Rights meettnga and all that, you
know." Philadelphia Pres.
A 4VARTET.
Carolyn Wells, In Life.
, - .... A Ul.. flmltk A muv T nail VAU
1 1 D 01 ? U , win. fcJ. ...... w. -
Kitty? t , I
Moon (This promises, I fear, to be quits f
tame.)
She You oughtn't, but you make It sound
so pretty;
Cupid (They're starting In a ' usual.
Same' old game.)
He The moonllghj; paints with gold your
fairy tresses.
Moon (Now wouldn't that Just make you
faint away!)
She Only a poet thus his thought ex
presses! Cupid (What Idiotic things some people
say!)
He Dear, If I loved you would you care
to know It? .... .. -
Moon (Now that, I must admit, I rther V
good.) 7
She Oh. If I cared I'd be too shy to.t
ahow It.
Cupid (They're doing better than I
thought they would:)
He-Ah-lf I dared-but you're so fsr abovs
in e
Moon (Ahem! I think I'll hide behind this
tree.)
Bhe- Txve levels all ranks
He Do you, can you love me?
Cupid (Well, now they have no further
use for me!)