TITE OMATTA' DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1903.
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Look out for n white frost on the
democratic ticket next Tuesday.
City Clerk Klbourn's Chinese puzzle
Should it be spelled "Mac" or "Mc."
The fusion reform organ reminds us of
the man who tried to bruce up his cour
age by singing while passing through
the graveyard. -
It is to be feared that the complications
arising in the Bennett will matter may
interfere seriously with Colonel Bryan's
plans for his European trip.
Nebraska republicans must not beguile
themselves with overconfhleuce because
of the promising prospects, state and
local Eternal vigilance is the price of
victory.
For a man who Is so tway keeping the
schools out of politics Secretary Burgess
is evincing a marvelous amount of In
terest In the election of school board
members.
With the price of oil boosted uj an
other notch, the University of Chicago
ought to be ready, to announce another
handsome contribution to Its endowment
from Mr. Rockefeller.
Japan insists that it wants pence and
Russia makes the same declaration.
Uuder the circumstance we cannot see
how they can be forced to lijtht one nn
other agnlnist their will.
The courts have only begun to In
terpret the new revenue law. That
measure will not recognize Us own re
flection in the mirror when the in
terpreters get through with it.
The city or county official within the
Jurisdiction of tho courts of this district
Who is not enjoined from doing some
thing or from refraining from doing
something has a right to feci 'slighted.
Joseph Chamberlain says Great Britain
tnust wake up und meet the new Indus
trial conditions. If anyone else had Inti
mated that Great Britain had been usleep
it would have been regarded as a na
tional affront.
, The progress o the snusuge makers'
strike in Chicago Is not chronicled In
the press in sufficient detail to satisfy
the public. The lmiortauce of this
strike to the patrons of the free lunch
coupters must not be umlereidliuuted.
Colonel Bryan has not only refrained
from entertaining the voters of Ne
braska this year with his oratory, but
has also spared them even nn mMivss
advising them what to do. Such neglect
will hardly be condoned, much less for
gotten. The two things no uiun cau escape arc
death and taxew. in Nebraska the new
county assessors about to be elected will
be responsible for the equitable distribu
tion of the taxes. See to It that honest,
courageous and competent county ns
cvseors are chosen.
The mania for murrlage among our
United States senator seems to be be
coming infectious. Old Santa CIauk
Stewart of Nevada having Just followed
lu Uie footsteps of Senators IMatt and
Depew of New York. 'Nebraska will
have to be on guard, as both it sena
tors are widowers aud eligible.
Having put ita foot In It with its fool
talk about Judge Sullivan's bible-in-the-publlc-achools
decision, the World
Herald la trying to throw the blame for
its folly onto The Bee. It will probably
blame The Bee, too, for forcing It to re
print the vilification circulars Issued la
the interest of Judge Sullivan against
hla republican opponeuts after the
boomerang effect of that piece of
stupidity uo com bom.
' Bcsixcta rocvDATioaa srno.m
One of the leading Una octal Journals
sari in Ita latest issue that while con
ditions superficially are not as attractive
as they were a year ago the foundations
of business are strong and solid. It de
clares that they are stronger today, In
fact, than alz months ago, for the sim
ple reason that the errors elsewhere
hare been discovered and the work of
rcpnlr is going on. "We may t at the
end of the 'booui' period, but one good
whestand corn crop Is worth more thnn
all th actual mnnor that has been lost
In 'Wall street in two years. Plumps
such as the recent one do not revive farm
mortgages, as a rule, nor do they throw
good railroads Into bankruptcy."
This la' the rational view to take of the
situation and we think It is the one that
now very generally prevails. The con
ditions in Wall street quite naturally
created a feeling of distrust, but this is
passing away and there is now a very
general confidence In the continuance of
prosperity, though in somewhat dimin
ished measure. What has come about is
a greater degree of conservatism in
financial and business affairs and this is
well. But there is no good reason for
any apprehension regarding the Imme
diate future so far as the legitimate
financial and commercial Interests of the
country are concerned.
RACE 1BSVM 19 MARYLAND.
The democrats of Maryland are mak
ing their campaign almost Wholly on
the race question. -Notwithstanding the
fact that In that state the colored race
is in a small minority of the whole popu
lation, the democrats are urging that
there is danger of negro domination,
their candidate for governor declaring
that "this election is a contest for the
supremacy of the white race in Mary
land." A few days ago Senator (orman
mnde a speech in which he bitterly at
tacked President Roosevelt, whom he
charged with forcing the race Issue to
the front, the particular offense of the
president being tho entertainnient of
Booker T. Washington.
The spirit that animates the democrats
of the south is shown in this declara
tion of the Maryland senator, who hopes
to bo the democratic candidate for presi
dent: "With ,an Impetuosity hardly
worthy of a youth in a small community,
the president suddenly brought to the
front this race question which the people
were settling quietly and orderly, by lu
riting Booker Washington to dine with
him in the White House. This act was
Interpreted by the whole colored race as
tnennlng not only political, but social,
equality of the two races." Of course
no such interpretation was given the
president's act by an intelligent colored
man and there are millions of the race
who never even heard of the Incident.
But southern democratic hostility to the
negro, with which northern democrats
are largely In sympathy, does not balk
at any assumption which appeals to race
prejudice for partisan ends.
The democrats of Maryland may be
successful In tho election. Under the
law of their enactment fully 10.000 bal
lots cast by the colored voters were
thrown out in 1001 and having the elec
tion machinery in their hands they can
throw out this year as many as they
deem necessary. But Mr. Gorman has
not Improved his chances for the presi
dency by his attitude on the race Issue.
No man wh entertains such views can
ever be elected chief executive of this
republic.
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KXQLISH VMASY OYKH CAS AO J.
The Loudon correspondents all report
much uneasiness in England over Can
adian rcHcntruent regarding the Alaska
boundary award. Extracts .from some
of the lending papers show. that such
Is the case and that there exists a good
deal of sincere apprehension that the
decision in favor of the American con
tention, except in one comparatively
unimportant respect, may have a serious
effect upon Canadian loyalty and espe
peclolly upon Imperial sentiment In the
Dominion, which Just now a! consider
able body of Englishmen are most anx
ious to strengthen.
There Is certainly good ground - for
this British uneasiness in the utterances
of prominent, men in Canada, who al
most without exception have denounced
the boundary award. The feeling is
particularly strong, as it naturally
would be, in British Columbia, but It
is very general and earnest, Premier
Laurier, In a speech at Ottawa a few
days ago, aald that in his own opinion
Cauada had a good case, though there
were no doubt arguments on the other
side. It was a matter of regret to him
that Canada had not treaty-making
powers, implying that their possession
would have insured a different result
In the boundary issue. It is safe to
Infer that In this he represents the pre
dominant sentiment of the country
Other public men and the press quite
generally have expressed the' sharpest
dissatisfaction and there has been
aroused a feeling favorable to Canadian
independence that may well excite some
anxiety in England.
Yet this burst of Indignation and re
sentment may not be long-lived. Per
Imps the sober second thought will con
vince the Canadians that by no possibil
ity nave they anything to gain by such
an attitude, but rather that the effert
of maintaining it might work to their
injury, w bile It Is true that the bound
ary division la not final, it is eounll
certain that the United States will under
no circumstances recede iu the least
from its contention. That is unalterably
fiaousneu ana Canadian protest la f
tile. It would be no advantage, then, to
the Dominion, so far as 4Mb matter la
concerned, to have the treaty-making
i"" or national Independence. Man
ifestly it is far better for that country
to remain n loyal part of the British
Empire and thus hare the assurance
oi me imperial protection. Doubtless
England would offer no great resistance
should Canada decide upon national in
dependence, but It would be of Terr
doubtful wisdom for the Dominion to
take snch a course. It is easy to under
stand English uneasiness respecting the
situation, but there la reason to be
here that the cause for apprehension
will prove to be less serious than now
appears.
A KLT-VVSDtMHltlQ CAMPAIGN.
The aim and object of the campaign
made this fall by the democrats in
Omaha and Douglas county and the sole
end toward which they have lieeu ili-
rwtlnS "''" efforts Is not to wage an
"IWesHlve tight for the candidates on
their own tickets, but to create discord
and dissension among republicans upon
whom their opponents depend for suc
cess. What dismays them most Is that
they have so far signally failed In ac
complishing their purpose. But this
will only lead them to redouble their
efforts so that from now on during the
remaining time up to election we may
expect nil sorts of fakes and canards In
the democratic organs about pretended
trouble brewing In the republican camp.
As a' mutter of fact, nothing so em
phasizes the weakuess of the demo
cratic position as the method of cam
paigning the democrats have adopted.
Everyone realizes that this county has
a safe normal' republican majority. If
the champions of the democratic office
seekers had any valid arguments to
prove that their favorites were supe
rior in ability, experience or integrity
to their republican opponents they
might try to persuade republicans with
independent proclivities to come to the
rescue of their foredoomed ticket, but
not a word has been presented that
would convince any intelligent person
believing in republican principles that
the democratic candidates have any
claim to public support to which he
should res)ond with his vote. On the
contrary, there Is no good reason why
any of the county offices now held by
democrats would not be equally ns ably,
economically and honestly administered.
If not more so, by the republican candi
dates seeking election. It is not neces
sarily an arraignment of the men on the
democratic ticket to say that they are
Inferior on the whole, and In no case
superior, to their respective republican
opponents.
Under these conditions republican suc
cess In Douglas county should and will
be assured by majorities that will do
credit to the party und Its management.
The stay of execution accorded that
great railroad detective, Fred M. Hans,
convicted of murder and sentenced to
life imprisonment, Is doubtless his right,
but the plea put forward by his attor
neys that he is being railroaded to the
penitentiary is enough to make a horse
laugh. The murder for which Hans
was convicted took place over three
years ago. Hans occupation since that
time has been railroading faked-up train
robberies to give himself the prestige of
frustrating the robbers. If Hans is
really guilty of the crime of which he
has been convicted as a jury In Brown
county declares. Instead of being a vic
tim of railroading to the penltentlar.
dilatory justice has been mine and halt
as well a blind In reaching his case.
The United States grand Jury out In
Oregon that has just brought in a batch
of indictments against parlies implicated
In public land swindles must be of a dif
ferent makeup from the United State
grand jury In Nebrusku, which carefully
closed Its eyes and oars to all the evi
dence brought before it proving public
land swindles in this state. If we arc
to have a thorough Investigation of
crooked deals perpetrated under the land
office the inquisitors should not confine
themselves to Oregon. '
For the first time the. law passed by
the last legislature abolishing the com
missioner district as the basis of electlou
of county board members will be oper
ative In this county. Candidates for
county, commissioner will therefore be
voted for in every voting precinct ill the
county. The republican candidate, M. J.
Kcnnard, is entitled to every republican
vote and with them his success Is
assured.
Railroad statisticians will have no
trouble In proving that ownership of the
railroads of the country is shared by
over a million people who have Invested
money in railroad stocks. When It comes
to the question of controlling the rail
roads of the country, however, the
strings can all be traced Into the hands
of a dozen multimillionaires with of
fices neor Wall street.
The contending parties iu the mine
controversy at Butte. Mont., appear de
termined each to make offers of settle
ment that the other will refuse to ac
cept. The chances nre It will take a
third party to formulate the compromise
on which they cuu eventually get to
gether. No one ever heard of a republican
being appointed to fill a vaeuney on the
bench during the six years that we had
fusion executives at the head of state
government. Fusion noupartlsanshlp
never went that fur.
Force of Habit.
Chicago Tribune.
Democratic spellbinders in Iowa are about
as successful as usual In pumping en-
theslasm Into the democratic voters of
that state this year.
Their TaJctaar Ways.
Denver Post.
The Omaha Bea thinks King Edward
may have to Invite some American states
men out of a Job to cross the Atlantic and
take places In his cabinet. If his majesty
should unfortunately secure soma of tha
sort of statesmen wa are using In thla
great and glorious weatland ha would soon
be out of a Jab himself.
Is saleldo Confession!
Springfield Republican.
Tha committee lo Ceylon that has In
vestigated tha private life of the lata Gen
eral Hector Macdonald declare under oath
that they can discover nothing that re
flects In tha slightest upon bis honor,
There waa, however. In the opinion of tba
commission, venomous attack upoa tba
general by persons Jealous of hla great
fame and spiteful because ha had risen
to a high place from the ranks ef the
common soldier. If this ha tha true ver
sion, then the general's suicide was not
confession. Yet, was It tha act of a brave
man?
Inselk Work at SefcNeafc.
Philadelphia Recood.
Mr. Srhwab sold his steel works, which
cost him I7.2W.000 In money, for rw.00O.0O0
In securities lo the Shipbuilding trust,
nearly alt the' directors of which he named,
nnri whn vnto,! 1-n nr three millions of the
funds of the trust to Increase the plant of ,
the Bethehem Steel company. It cannot be
denied that Mr. Schwab Is a very smart
young man, and that Mr. Carnegie was
justified In pushing him rapidly to the
front.
Am Amiable Kathaslait.
Chicago Chronicle. ,
It appears from Mr. Bryan's confession
In the Connecticut court that the late Mr.
Bennett not only paid him $300 for drawing
the will of which he was to be tha chief
beneficiary, but that at other times he made
the candidate "presents" of various sums
of money. Mr. Bennett appears to have
been an amiable free silver enthusiast who
feared that Mr. Bryan might come to want.
Evidently he had little knowledge of the
money-making possibilities of a ten years'
campaign In the Interest of the bonansa
mine owners. Mr. Bryan was a richer man
than Mr. Bennett waa at tha time when
the will was drawn by Mr. Bryan.
Carrie Katloa, Hash I
St. Louts Globe-Democrat.
Carrie Nation Is something Ilka a stormy
petrel, it we can Imagine a short, dumpy,
stormy petrel In a black bonnet and with
a very round, plump and wrinkled face,
which description doesn't suit a petrel by
any means, but like a petrel she Is found
where storms threaten and disports her
self with apparent delight where human
passion rages high. It Is no surprise that
she Is discerned on fleet wing darting across
Prophet Dowle's tempest-tossed audiences
uttering shrieks. - Such shrieks as the
prophet himself must pay attention to
and seek to soften by mollifying words.
Centers of disturbance gather to them these
agitated and restless ones who Joy In per
turbing others. Ilerr Most must be de
terred from betaking his robust person
there either by fear or a painfully acquired
discretion. Dr. Parkhurst came early and
left In angulHh. There was some one who
could say meaner things than he. But
Prophet Dowle will brook no side shows
under the main tent. Ha will not as
semble the multitude that Carrie may ad
dress them, and he has a trained choir of
600 to suppress all interruptions that
threaten to divide the publle ear. When
earnest Inquiry raises Ita voloe, seeking,
even somewhat menacingly, beseeching as
It were, explanation of the splendor of his
raiment, Elijah touches off his surpllced
choir and eager criticism Is hushed In
melodious praise of Jehovah. Aunt Carrie
must pay rent for her own evangelical
work.
TOO Ml'CII GAME! LAW.
"Snch Thing as Overdoing nm Ex
cellent Work."
Chicago Chronicle.
The protection of the native game of the
country Is the duty of the legislatures and
of the wardens appointed to sea that tha,
game laws are enforced in tha various
states, but there Is such a thing as over
doing a very excellent work.
Readers of the. Chronicle have seen re
ports of tha city markets telling them that
there is a great scarcity Of game and that
tho famtse will 'continue even during tha
open season for game under the laws of tha
states from wAich.the Chicago game sup
plies have form,eT)y been procured. At the
restaurants a game order will cost three ar
four times as much as It cost two or three
years -Or even otie year ago.
This Is not due to the general rise In
prices, but Is , owing to the restrictions
placed by the operation af state laws
around the destruction of natural game not
to be used by tha sportsmen for himself or
family but for shipment to markets outside
of the state. AS a rule no person Is al
lowed to kill more than two deer and but
a very small number of birds for shipment
beyond state lines.
The result of the drastic game laws la
that while there Is a game famine In the
city markets the game Is becoming too
plentiful In the states where the wild birds
and beasts multiply under legal protection.
Wild gnmo is an expensive luxury, while
It Is scarce in the markets and difficult to
b procured for. the table. It becomes a
nuisance If animals and birds are too abun
dant and Invade the farms and destroy
vegetation In the neighborhoods where they
have their breeding nesting places.
The - people In the neighborhood of tha
great natural game preserves derive Im
mense profits from the visits of sportsmen
in pursuit of deer, partridge, prairie
chicken, quail and duck In the open season.
It Is sold that sportsmen leave 15,090,000 a
year among the people of Maine who own
the immense foresta where deer, elk and
caribou are. the objects of field sports.
In northern Michigan, Wisconsin and
Minnesota the forests and fields are full of
game in the season. The sportsmen whip
ping the trout in tha streams, hooking bass
in the little lakes, hunting birds In the
fields and deer In the woods leave among
the people Immense sums of money In pay
ment of their expenses.
The game laws should be moderate In
their provlslona and should bo enforced on
common principles. They are Intended to
preserve the game fpr future human use.
not to make game birds and animals a
costly food product In cities, but destruc
tive to the growing crops and tho harvests
In the newer sections of the country. Thers
should be reason In all things.
There Is another evil of tha later game
laws In the several states. They provide
for multitudes of game wardens In each
state appointed by mere favor or tha re
spective governors, under n check in the
Terclse of their powers, authorised to
make searchea and seliures without proe
a and with vast opportunities for
"graft."
These officers, with free transportation
and their powers of favoritism or Intlm
Idatlon, constitute the most useful cam
paigning force which could Da organised.
The hint as to "craft is not mispiacea.
Tho opportunity Is grat. As a rule the
amateur huntsmen holding licenses to
shoot game are men of wealth and liberal
ity and not overstrict. perhaps. In their
ideas of dealing with susceptible publle
officials. In Maine a permit to shoot deer
is gorgeously printed and illuminated on
a crimson textile fabric and coeta lis. in
eluding tha state fee of 5. Sportsmen
buy them with alacrity to preserve as
souvenirs, although no Individual can re
ceive more than one permit and la author
ised to kill but two deer for shipment out
of the state.
It ia said that In the majority of In
atancea an llleaal shipment of game, If
seised, will be released by generous treat
ment of tba game warden who Interfered
with the amusements of the huntsman andi
caught him "with tha goods on him" or
contained In an express or freight package
on tha cars.
Of course, sport la sport, and sportsmen
should not exceed their privileges under
their licenses. And "graft" Is "graft,
and game wardens should not use. their
offices to blackmail sportsmen who have
violated soma occult provision ef tha game
laws. . -
mOCTTD ABOUT HEW TORK.
Maples am tha Carraat at Life la
tha Metropolis.
No political thermometer hanging on the
outer walla of New Tork Is able to register
tha temperature of the city campaign. Po
litical barometers are equally "at sea" In
forecasting tha outcome. Managers, candi
dates, spellbinders and pluggers are work
ing twenty out of the twenty-four and are
anxious to devote the remaining four hours
to working 1 lie "dear public." Potting on
the result, which oponcd at 10 to 7 on Mc-
C'ellan. Is now even money.
Both sides
are, ns usual, claiming everything, and all
calculations show th.it the contest Is ap
parently very closs. The World, which Is
supporting Mayor Low, conducted a poll of
the registered voters of Greater New York
last week, and 60.475 citizens declared their
preferences, about one-tenth of the whole
vote to be cast. Commenting on the vote
tha World says:
"It seems Impossible to make a positive
forecast of tha result of the election at thla
stage of tha work. The race Is still too
close. A cold analysis of the facts Indi
cates Low's election, notwithstanding the
slight McClellan lead shown In the actual
figures.
"This seems to be the closest political
battle that has ever been fought In New
Tork. So extraordinary Is the contest that
a painstaking canvass of one-tenth of the
whole vote, a canvass made Impartially and
aafeguarded by every conceivable test,
shows the strength of tha two candidates
for mayor to be almost exactly equal, the
difference being only tha fractional Mc
Clellan plurality of 789.
"If one takes Into consideration the pre
ponderance of Tammany districts repre
sented In the count, the election of Low Is
clearly Indicated." . I
Last week tha rival candidates held forth
in the foreign quarters. Besides having
a good smattering of English both Messrs.
Low and McClellan have a fluent command
of German, French and Italian, and they
employed these mediums to the best effect.
In some cases the candidates addressed as
many as five meetings In a single night,
making a lightning change of language In
the intervals. Both of them proved effective
in their German speeches, but when they
attempted Italian they discovered that the
language learned out of a book was not the
kind understood In the Italian quarter of
New Tork. it Is said that over forty
distinct dialects are spokenthere alone, and
that the natives of southern Italy cannot
make themselves Intelligible to those of the
north. With such a handicap the candi
dates may be excused for failure. How
ever, our dear Italian brother (who Is a
dago fifty weeks In the year) was not
denied the privilege of hearing the virtues
of the candidates extolled. A host of small
fry orators, with an Indefinite repertory of
dialects, followed In the wake of the stars.
A little less than ohe-slxth of a square
mile, or over a hundred acres. Is the total
area which the ballots ordered for the city
election would cover If spread out flat to
gether. No fewer than 2.764,800 In number
are these ballots 1,228.800 betting the names
of the candidates, the same number for
voting on the canal question, and 307,200
"samples," of pink paper, not to be voted,
but to explain with. Between 1670,000 and
$680,000 the election will cost the city, to
say nothing of the $130,000 additional thaf
was spent for the primary election. These
sums are, of course, entirely distinct from
the cost of the primaries and the election
and the preliminaries and afterwork of
each to the various political parties and
their, leaders and candidates.
The mayoralty campaign has almost over
shadowed that for the public approval of
the bill passed by the last legislature, pro
viding for the expenditure of W1,000,000 for
tho enlargement of; the Erie canal. .This
proposition Is to be voted upon . on next
Tuesday, and both sides are claiming vic
tory. The press In the large cities is
strongly advocating the public endorsement
of the bill. Both Mr. Low and Mr. Mc
Clellan are committed to the bill, and In
stead of being a paity Issue It is one be
tween the cities and the courftry, as the
rural districts are strenuously opposing the
measure. A trade Journal that professes to
be entirely unbiased on the subject recently
asked twelve well-known engineers for an
opinion of the merits and demerits of the
project, and It la considered significant that
only two members of this distinguished
Jury favored the building of the canal. The
ten opponents of the undertaking declare
that If the proposition were presented to
Wall street or to investors expecting a
moderate teturn Income on their Investment
It could not secure the loan of $10,000,000,
whereas the state proposes to Invest $101,-
000,000.
How the demon, of demolition is at work
In New Tork is Illustrated by the fact that
In an election district which lust year held
nearly 400 voters there Is now just one soli
tary eltlzen. Nearly 100 houses have been
torn down to make way for a park, and a
alngh) shack remains, which houses a lum
ber yard foreman. This district with one
voter Is one of the humors of the campaign.
Both the Tammany and the fusion forces
claim It unanimously. For two weeks
registration officers went to the registra
tion place In the lumber yard office and sat
there solemnly wailing for the voters of
the district to come In and register. They
knew there was only one In the district,
but It required the services of five different
Inspectors, not to mention the policeman.
The polling place had to be kept open four
days for registration. This cost $10 a day
for rent. Tha four Inspectora got $7 a day
each, or $28 for the four days, making $112.
Thla, with the cost of stationery and 110
rent, ran up a pretty good total. Tha en
tire crew, with all official paraphernalia.
will bo obliged to go through the same
performance on election day. and when the
slnrle soverslgn cltlsen finally appears and
casts his vote the city will have spent
$318.
Pnalsh the "Cos" Men.
Indianapolis Journal.
By the way, la there any reason why
some of the phases of "high finance" mani
fested In the organisation of the shipbuild
ing trust should not come under the ap
plication of the plan old-fashioned law that
punishes people for obtaining money under
false pretense? Is there lany difference
between a lying prospectus and the ordinary
kind of misrepresentation T
We're Btat Nation Xonr.
Indianapolis News.
Departmental estimates calling for over
$100,000,000 for the navy, over I160.000.CO) for
the Interior department, and nearly $80,(00,
00) for tho army show that we are getting
to be even a bigger country than some of
us In our carelessness realised.
Proper Glasses
oost very little more money than Improper
ones. They certainly 'cont mu-h li eve
strain. And the satisfaction of KNOWING
you have the RIGHT ones is more than
worth the money difference.
IIUTESOI. OPTICAL CO.,
2U Seeth lata Street - tufa Meek.
TALK OP TFIR STATE PRESS.
Osceola Record: If you are satisfied with
Roosevelt, why cast your vote for men who
ara pledged to undo what Roosevelt Is
doing insofar aa they have the power?
McCook Tribune: Come to think about
It, about the easiest way of doing your
duty and avoiding mistakes Is to vote the
republican ticket straight state. Judicial
and county.
Chadron Journal: In voting tho straight
republican ticket there is no danger of
cHstlng a ballot for any "yellow dogs."
There Isn't any running on our ticket, this
year, to say the least.
Blue Springs Sentinel: One of tha
strongest evidences 06 prosperity In Ne
braska Is the smalt lists being published of
delinquent taxes With the law that was
passed by the last legislature allowing the
county treasurer the light to sell at pub
lic auction, lands on which taxes have not
been paid for a period of five years, these
lists will grow still less as ths great bulk
of lands now advertised belong to this
class.
Norfolk News: Admirers of the Ne
braska national guard will tip their hats to
the boys when they return homo from thnlr
success In holding their own against the
attack from the regulars during the ma
neuvers at Fort Riley. A militia regiment
that can hold Its own In an attack from
United States regulars at play may be
depended upon to more than hold its own
against the soldiers of any country under
tha sun In the event of a real war game.
Wausa Gaxette: There Is always a de
gree of satisfaction in supporting the re
publican ticket because It Is the ticket
of tho political party that stands for
progress and prosperity. But thla yea
there Is an additional pleasure. Aside from
the matter of political principles we feel
a Just pride In the personnel of our ticket,
a list Kf able, clean and worthy men not
a poor stick In the lot. If you can sub
scribe to principles of good government and
wish to see worthy men In office lend your
support to the republican ticket.
Albion News: We would like to empha
size the comments of the coroner's Jury In
the Long case, in reference to young boys
being allowed the use of fire arm I. A little
sweep of the memory will recall at least
half a dozen fatalities right here In Boone
county within a very few years. Hardly a
day passes In which the daily paners do not
chronicle a similar tragedy. Parents of
young boys who allow them to have and
to use firearms are criminally careless to
say the least. Boys are naturally a little
reckless, and they don't understand or
appreciate the power and danger of gun
powder. There should be a state law gov
erning the sale and use of firearms and ex
plosives of alt kinds.
Springfield Monitor: While tho legis
lature was making new county offices at
Its last session It should have added an
other, that of county road overseer. Such
an office Is as Important as county as
sessor. A drive over our county will con
vince any one that such an officer Is
really a necessity, as the present system
of working our roads is abominable to say
the least. With someone thoroughly com
petent to direct our precinct supervisors
how, where and when to do the road work
much better results could be obtained with
out the expenditure of any more money
than under the present system. Most of
our supervisors as farmers ara all right,
but as road builders as much can not be
said.
PERSONAL HOTES.
Even the new battleships are getting
frisky and breaking speed records.
The dowager empress of China would be
apt to resent the Impertinent question,
"How old Is An?"
Mr. Bryan 'probably knows now how un
pleasant a thing It Is to have riches. If not
greatness, thrust upon one.
Life In Servla Is very cheap. The highest
sum paid to any of the assassins of King
Alexander and Queen Drags waa only $10,
000. Dowle has at least one friend In New
Tork. Devery aays: "Why can't they
leave the old fellow aloneT He's got his
own graft and Is working It right"
Captain O. J. Hindon of the Boer army
has reached Chicago, where he waa met
by General G. D. Joubert, nephew of the
commander-in-chief of the Boer army, and
together they went over the plans for the
large Boer colony to be founded In Mexico.
Whitaker Wright, Loudon's famous pro
moter and confidence man, has been In
dicted. Wright handled schemes very
much like the Shipbuilding trust recently
exposed In New Tork, but lacked the fore
sight to do business on this side of the
pond.
New Tork courts show a decided tend
ency to require husbands, who marry
school teachers, to support them. The idea
Is a good one. In courting days men
show extraordinary seal In supporting their
sweethearts The good work should con
tinue after the wedding.
The Canadians take the Alaska award
hard; here, for Instance, Is the Montreal
Herald expressing the geographical view
of the situation In the schools now that
the boundary dispute Is settled: Teacher
"Describe Canada." Pupll-"Canada Is
that portion of North America which the
United States doesn't want."
The laugh Is on those Mississippi editors
who criticised the governor of that state
severely for accepting a portrait of Thomas
B. Read to be placed In the capltol at
Jackson.1 The editors said that Thomas B.
Read was a republican, etc., etc., and tha
governor quietly rejoined that Thomas B.
Read, whose portrait he had accepted, died
United States senator from Mississippi In
1829, and advised them to read up In tha
history of their state. 1
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ENEMIES TRET SnOCLD ROT BE.
Werhlagmea and Capitalists Mar
Contlaoa Llvta Side hy Side.
Chicago Tribune.
The union and tho nonunion populatlo
of this and other cities' will have to go o
living side by side. No catastrophe coul
possibly wipe out cno side without Incluo
Ing the other. Rivalry there will contlmi
to be. Business men eompettng for th
same business, worklngmen competing fr
the same Jobs as rivals, but they exhlb'
no hatred for each other, and often at
warm personal friends. This Is becaur
these various rivals observe In their liva
ries their codes of honor, and are cor
fldent they are being played fair, as the
play fair.
The first necessity for mutual respect I
the observance of the promise. Union
which violate agreements are enemies t
their own cause by bringing down upo
themselves well merited contempt. Th
word should be as Inviolable In eommei
rial rivalry as the white flag or the re.
cross on the battlefield. When honor be
comes sacred, and the word means win.
It says, a long step will have been take
toward better things. Another advanr
would be the more cautious use of th !
sympathetic strike. It Is not right t
make one employer suffer because anothe
Is, or Is said to be, doing wrong. If enivlo
ers leave their fellows to fight their ow
battles, unions should do the same. 1
the employers help, each other win loct.
fights, then unions will continue to d
so, too. Another step will bo the on
advocated by President Roosevelt publU
Ity. When employers and worklngme
fall out over their respective shares o .
profits, it will simplify matters to have I
known what those profits are.
Rivals, capital and labor will retnali
But enemies they need not be. And whe- '
the necessary fights are being settled, le
the rules of civilized warfare be .observeo
SMILING REMARKS.
"Now that I've met Brown's wife I quit
understand why he Is so dictatorial at th.
office. He has to have some place wher.
he can show his authority." Chicago Post
Doctor Tour husband needs a rest. H
must go to Europe for six months.
Mrs. Nagget Oh! I shall be Just de
lighted to go there.
Doctor Good idea! You may go for sU
months when he gets buck. That will glvi
him a whole year'a rent.-Philadephli'
Press:
"Tou say your wife Insists on buying
yoor cigars for youT"
"res."
Mai nar tfi
"Don't laugh. It's serious. She sayshrv
Kind I get are too cheap to be good. Hhi
Insists on paying GO cents apiece for them.'
Washington Star.
"Some men." said Uncle Eben, "Is allut
active at de wrong time. I knows a young '
cullnd gemman dat'll go to sleep wlf i
rasor In his nan' while he's In de bahbet
shop. But when he gits to a pahlnr social
he wants to keep dat blade goln' all de
time."
r new leaves. Jack
Frost has been turning .a lot lately, al
though they were not exactly new ones.
Somervllle Journal.
Actor Hurry or we'll miss the train.
Actress I can't find my diamonds or my .
purse.
"Oh, well, never mind."
"Yes, but the purse had $10 In It." New
Tork Weekly. .
Tom Miss Lowd wss in your box party
lat night at the theater, I heard.
Tittk Yes, and everybody else within fifty
fet of the . box heard, too Philadelphia
Press.
"Do you mean to tell me that you would
deliberately buy votes?"
"Of course," answered Senator Sorghum
"That's the only way to buy them. The ,
man who buys votes Impulsively la almost
sure to get the worst of the bargain." .
Washirgton Star.
"I think It'a .about time for a committee j
to examine his acrounts," said the flrst j
Slain citizen, referring to a city hall of- ,
clsl.
"Why so?" Inquired the other. '
"I notice people are beginning to call him
'Honest John.' "Philadelphia Catholic
Standard. . k
"To th pure all things are pure," we
remark sagely to the gentle-faced reformer,
"bless you, no!" he responds. "Not since
they have made such marked advance In
the search for germs." Judge.
"Th he poor pay?"
h. the worHt kind of poor pay."
"What do you mean?" ... .
"He's a well-to-do beat the kind that
p.iv the big Items and Ignore the small ones
that are not worth a lawsuit" Chicago
Post.
A school teacher hailing from Me.
Regards the shirt waist with dlsde.
She always prefers a
Bright striped N. J.
And a tailor-made skirt with a tre.
And though her full name Is Mo.,
One day she got madder than fo.,
For a boy called her Sue,
And the first thing he knew
They had called in a coroner's lo.
Household Ledger.
A HALLOWE'EN COURTSHIP.
Franda H. Leo In New Tork Hm''
"Twaa twelve o'clock on Hallowe'en,
When Clare, a winsome lass,
Up to the attlo went to gase
Into her looking glass.
Her future husband's face therein
She hoped to see, I knew.
And so 1 tiptoed up behind -
To make the portent true.
One timid glance, and then she saw
My face, and with a cry
She turned. I caught her close and said:
"The mirror cannot lie."
"It "never lied before, sweetheart.
When It has shown you fair.
Ah! tell me, does It tell the truth
Tonight, my darling Clare?"
"Why. how you scared me, Tom!" she
said,
"And yet in very sooth
Tour face I saw; and, dear, I guess
The mirror. tells the truth.
Direct from
maker to wearer
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