THE OMAnA DAILY HEI2: MONDAY. JANUARY 11, 1001
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Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
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M. B. HUNOATE,
(Seal.) Notary Public.
A harmony committee in the Bouth
Omaha, Live Stock exchange might be
in order. i
Iowa will now proceed to make lta
fireproof state house a little more proof
against fire.
Carrie Nation will have to look to her
laurels, She has a new competitor In
Kansas as the woman behind the ax.
The Ice crop lo still unharvested, but
the Ice man la confident that the weather
man has not gone back on him for good.
Omaha's bank clearings for 1003 ex
ceeded Its clearing for 1002 by more
than 132,000.000. Such figures speak
for themselves.
The unrepentant gold democrats will
probably abstain from the Bryan re
ception at Lincoln because they are too
rich to indulge in a dollar dinner.
A French contractor is to erect a
building for the Austrian exhibit at the
American exposition at St Louis. This
is international 'comity with a ven
geance. In tho recollection of a Nebraska epi
sode,, the latest Kansas experiment
proves , that as a means of damaging
offensive pictures the chair is more ef
fective than the ax.
It should be distinctly understood that
the World-Herald Is for John L. Web
ster for the -vice presidential nomina
tion on the republican ticket and against
hlui after be is nominated.
If the Nebraska Bar association could
only assure a side attraction like the
Dietrich trial the attendance on its an
nual meetings would unquestionably im
prove steadily from year to year.
We know some other people besides
the bondsmen of the defunct bank of
Alma, who owe money to the state of
Nebraska and would like to settle at
less than seven cents on the dollar.
, For once Colonel Bryan, on being ac
costed by the ; interviewers on bis re
turn from abroad, has" refused to talk
on subjects which be says he knows
nothing about This breaks the rec
ord. ,
Senator Bmoot's answer to the charges
made against him. Is that they are not
true. Inasmuch as he Is eutitled to the
benefit of the doubt, this puts It up to
bis opponents to make good with the
proofs.
The year 1004 Is yet young, but
Omaha's grain market should be a po
tential reality before the year grows
much older. And it will be If every
oue Interested In Omaha's growth and
prosperity puts his shoulder to the'wbeel.
Missouri republicans are trying to
project a caudldate for vie president
in the person of ex-Mayor Walbrldge of
8t. Louis. Inasmuch as Nebraska's
candidate was out first, this is not ex
actly neighborly for an adjolulng state.
The republican state committee has
been called to meet Wednesday, Janu
ary 20, to determine upou time, place
and other details of the state conven
tion. Itepubiicaus' who have ideas on
the subjett should speak out in advance
instead of waiting for the committee to
act and then finding fault
The Water board wants an appropria
tion for rumilng expeuates for the next
year provided for in the coinlngv&ty tax
levy. The taxpayers do not usually
object to furnishing the necessary funds
If only they get their money's worth,
but up to date, even with the aid of a
powerful microscope, no tangible results
of the Water board's work are dis-pernlbla.
Alt lj!1MVlXt$srLL MISSION"
General Reyes, special envoy from
Colombia, after having faithfully per
formed the duty devolved upon him by
his government, has left Washington
and It Is stated will not return to the
national capital unless there Is some
promise held out that Colombia will re
ceive consideration that may avoid a
rupture. There Is not the slightest
reason to expect that any such promise
will be given. Bo far as the United
States Is concerned it owes nothing
whatever to Colombia. It made Its
proposition to that country, which was
a perfectly fair and generous one. In
the treaty submitted to the Colombian
congress. That convention was rejected
and this ended the matter so far as
Colombia was concerned.
Our government lias negotiated a
treaty with the Republic of ranamn, an
Independent state that has been recog
nized as such not only by ourselves but
by a number of other countries, and
thus occupies a position of absolute
equality, in an international sense, with
the nation of which Tanama was for
merly a part There is no question In
regard to this. The new republic is
fully qualified to make treaties and en
ter Into other relations with foreign
governments. It possesses in this re
spect all the functions of any other in
dependent and sovereign common
wealth. Moreover, the United States has
In the treaty given a guaranty that the
Independence of Panama shall be main
tained and it is not to be doubted that
this will be done. ,
The obviously wise course on the part
of Colombia is to accept what has been
accomplished and is manifestly Irrevoc
able and to stop threatening a rupture
with the United 8tates. She would
have everything to lose byt such a
course. Already practically bankrupt
and owing many millions abroad, she
could get no money to carry on a war.
Doubtless her people are patriotic and
she could raise a considerable army, but
soldiers must bo fed and a Colombian
army would probably fare badly after a
short time In the field. The talk of war
between such a country and the United
States Is manifestly absurd and General
Reyes can do no better service to his
countrymen than to so advise them.
What Tanama should do in the inter
est of peace Is to assume a portion of
Colombia's debt or pay over to that
country a part of the canal money to
be applied oh the debt. There Is very
good reason to believe that If this were
done Colombian indignation would dis
appear and all danger of future trouble
be averted. At any rate It Is a proposi
tion that merits consideration.
TBK VHIMCSS TRKJ.TT BiQSKD.
Extensive commercial Interests in this
country will be pleased with the in
formation that the treaty between
China and the United States has re
ceived the signature of the Chinese em
peror and that without undue delay
there will be an .exchange f ' ratifica
tions at , Washington. The important
matter in connection with this commer
cial convention Is that It provides for
the opening of two new ports In the
province of Manchuria, all nations to
enjoy " equal privileges in trade with
these ports. . ',
It has been apprehended that Russian
Influence at Peking would be powerful
enough to induce the emperor to with
hold bis approval of the treaty. Indeed
It was stated only a few days ago that
there was a strong probability that the
convention would not be ratified, in
spite of the fact of Its confirmation by
the United States senate. It .was re
ported that the Russian representative
at Peking had presented a most earnest
protest against China allowing the
opening of new ports in Manchuria and
that by reason of this the Chinese gov
ernment was hesitating, with a dispo
sition to accede to the Russian demand.
It would seem that this report was
either without substantial foundation or
was a good deal exaggerated. It Is
quite possible, however, that our gov
ernment has firmly Insisted upon th4
ratification of the treaty, informing the
Chinese government that failure to do
this would be regarded as an unfriendly
act and on the other Jiand assuring it
that ratification would enable It to count
upon the support of the United States
In carrying out the terms of the treaty.
It appears to ba highly probable that
this Is the position that our government
has taken and If so it Is a guaranty to
China which not only that country will
find of great value, but every nation de
siring fair and equal Intercourse with
that empire. In making this treaty the
United States has sought no special ad
vantage for itself, but has simply asked
for certain privileges which aro to be
accorded to all other nations having
commercial Interests in China. It ap
pears to be a reasonable assumption,
therefore, that this country can count
upon being sustained by all others, Rus
sia alone excepted, In maintaining the
rights which this treaty secures. And
even Russia will undoubtedly find It ex
pedient not to offer any obstruction to
the fulfillment of the treaty, since she
canuot afford to make an Issue In this
matter with the United States.
What seeiuB to bo unmistakable Is
that In negotiating this treaty with
China our government lias interposed' a
decided check upon the Russian scheme
of complete domination In Manchttrla
and this may have a very important ef
fect upon the controversy between Rus
sia and, Japan. The fact established by
the 'treaty Is that China still has au
thority in Manchuria and In support of
this authority she can count on the good
offices of the United States and other
friendly powers. It looks very much as
If Russia's game has been defeated by
the Chinese emperor's signing of this
treaty.
State Superintendent Fowler has for
mally expressed his appreciation of the
good work done by every one of the
forty-four outgoing county superlnend
cuts in the dlffereut counties of this
state. Mr. Fowler's lavish bouquets
cost nothing, but In scattering them so
Indiscriminately he weakens their
fragrance. If all the outgoing county
superintendents without exception really
deserved thrso encomiums the chances
are that not so many of them would le
yielding the office to a successor. Why
not be frank and separate the sheep
from the goats? ,
wuhk fur thk vnr tLtcTRiviAtt.
The appointment and confirmation of
a new city electrician should be fol
lowed by a vigorous campaign on his
part to make sure that the people of
Omaha are amply protected against
danger to life and property from defect
ive electrical Installations. It is without
disparagement of his predecessors in
office that we urge upon City Electrician
Mlchaelson to enter upon his duties with
a full realization of the responsibility
that will rest upon him.
With the lesson of the disastrous Chi
cago theater fire before us, ascribed to
.the breaking of a wire, it Is needless to
say that too much caution cannot bo
taken. Electrical devices and equip
ment no matter bow good they may be
n their original condition, deteriorate
rapidly and are subject constantly to
breaks or exhaustion. . In this depart
tuenfc of municipal Inspection in particu
lar constant vigilance is the price of
safety and nothing short of thorough
periodic examination of all electrical in
stallatlons In addition to a strictly exer
clsed veto power over plans and speclfi
cations for new work will satisfy the
necessities -of the case.
The new city electrician must there
fore assume responsibility for himself
without relying upon rast inspections
made by his predecessors. Ills first at
tention should be directed to the thea
tors, hotels, public halls, department
stores, factories and other buildings
where large numbers of people are wont
to congregate and where accidents would
be fraught with unusual danger to life
as well as to property. We have no
doubt that the electrical Installations .In
Omaha are In as good condition as those
In any other city, but we should not be
content with that, nor rest satisfied until
we are sure every preventive measure
against mishap from electrical currents
has been strictly applied. The people
of Omaha will look to the city electrician
and his assistants to Bee to It that this
is done.
, It is doubtless gratifying to President
Roosevelt to be assured successively by
the various congressmen from Nebraska
and other "public men conversant with
conditions here that Nebraska Is
solidly for him, but he will be still more
gratified if Nebraska is the first state
to hold Its convention and adopt resolu
tions and instructions for Roosevelt in
unequivocal terms. Actions speak
louder than words.
Of course the political medicine mixer
of the World-Herald comes to the front
promptly with a prescription that will
eradicate every symptom of corruption
or questionable practices lh the public
service. It Is the same old remedy he
recommends on every occasion vote the
democratic ticket The trouble is that
the remedy has been tried once or twice
In Nebraska, with disastrous effects to
the patient.
There was a time when the objections
of the pope to the appearance of women
In public In low-cut dresses would forth
with have caused a change In the dress
makers styles. But it Is doubtful now
whether Pope Plus, even If re-enforced
by all the ruling monarchs of Europe,
could overthrow the decrees of Queen
Fashion, who reigns supreme in her ter
ritory and recognizes no over-lord.
With Colorado courts enjoining the
militia from arresting strikers and Mis
souri courts enjoining the board of arbi
tration from acting, the judicial branch
of government evidently must be
counted upon to a greater extent than
any other in settling the contentions
between capital and labor.
Mayor Carter Harrison of Chicago and
District Attorney Jerome of New York
might gather In a neat contribution for
some charity by holding their debate
on police duty In a public hall and
charging an admittance fee Instead of
shooting at one another at long range
In the public prints.
The youhg woman applying to the
Beatrice school board for a position on
Its teaching force with promise not to
marry during the school term should
have, sent her photograph along with
the application. It Is just possible the
promise not to marry Is superfluous.
The mayor and council have gotten
together on the appointment of a city
electrician to fill the place that has been
vacant for two months. These little
disagreements between the mayor and
council are like family quarrehi- that
only furnish ground for making up.
i
Were La bun alive today he might
have increased his worldly store by tak
ing a lesson from the South Dakota
farmer who had. a prospective son-in-law
arrested for making away with a
team of ponies In lieu of the promised
wife.
Asaale Hooaa top Mora.
Saturday Evening Post.
Those who lost money In speculation may
console themselves by the thought that
they will lose mora If they speculate again.
Aailety with at Varpeae.
Chicago News.
Uncle Bam will do well not to ba too
deeply affected by tha profound anxiety of
some of the other powers lest tha United
Statea be deprived of traJe privileges n
Manchuria. '
I'a whwlraaate ' Preservative1,
New York Tribune.
Dr. Wylle. chemist of the Department of
Agriculture, la said to have been convinced
that salicylic acid la an unwholesome food
preservative, whatever be Its virtues as a
medicine. Uke borax, thia substance Is
Mat lo to harm tha unsuspecting consumer.
I,et us hvpe that packers of fruit, vege
tables and meats who hare hitherto mad
use of It will seek a safer article as a sub
stltute.
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Loved for Ilia Knemlee.
Kansas City Star.
No American not even Mr. Cleveland
has ever been more successful In placing
himself In a position to be loved for the
enemies he has made than Theodore Roose
velt.
Field for Missionary Effort.
Philadelphia rress. '
Twenty-nine million persons are reported
as the present membership of the churches
of the United States more than one-third
of the total ponlatlon of tha country. In
tha 60.noo.ono outside oflhe churches must
be Included the young children, so that the
showing for religion Is a gratifying one.
Still, there are enough persons left outside
of the churches to afford the latter a suffl
clent field of missionary operations for
some time to come.
Property Losses by Fire.
Springfield Republican.
Although last December's fire losses were
unusually heavy, the year as a'whole was
not a very bad one for the Insurance com
panies. The aggregate loss In the United
States and Canada, as recorded In the New
Tork Journal of Commerce, was tl56,l'J5,
700, compared with 1149,200.850 In 1902, but
with 1164.347,460 and $1(3,302,280 for the years
1301 and 1900, respectively. Even the
greater loss of last year, as compared with
tha year before, Is largely overcome by the
generally higher rates charged by the com
panies.
WELLS THAT KBVER RII9I DRV.
Stock Watering aad tha Evils Spring;
Ins; from It.
Saturday Evening Post.
It Is hard to say which Is the worst of the
many bad features of tha stock-watering
business that has been Increasing at ac
celerated speed since old Cornelius Vander
bllt, a generation ago, . begun to se tha
pump and cistern on the New York Cen
tral's capitalization. Perhaps the very
worst la tha effect upon wages and prices.
There Is hardly a branch of American In
dustry in which most of the enterprises are
not now loaded down with bonds and stocks
which represent no Investment In the en
terprise. Dividends and Interest "fixed
charges" must be met In flush times the
task la comparatively easy. But as soon
as business slackens, what happens? Why,
first of all, wages are cut.. And though
competition has kept prices lower than
they might have been, so universal has
been the heaping on of unwarranted fixed
charges that In no department are prices
so low as they should be.
Unwarranted fixed charges are responsible
for most of the corporate crimes they are
committed In the desperate effort to pay In
terest and dividends. Unwarranted fixed
charges are responsible for most of the
labor troubles and in large measures for
the too slow spread among the masses of
the people of their Just share In the com
forts which science has conferred upon
mankind.
The problem of corporate over-capitalization
Is far deeper, far more Important than
the danger to the investing public. The
stock-watering pot has made and will make
poorer every, wage earner and every con
surfer. "Squeezes" In the stock market
may help Investors who buy after the
water Is out, But they do not affect- the
real problem. Fixed charges are upon face
value.
NEBRASKA FOR ROOSEVELT.
, McCook Tribune! ' There doesn't seem to
be any doubt about Nebraska being for
Theodore Roosevelt for re-election to the
presidency of the,' United States, and a
movement to give force and effects to that
sentiment" Is timiTy and proper.
Auburn Post ' It Is all right for Ne
braska to be for John L. Webster, for
vice president and It Is not all Vlght for
Webster to take 'the Nebraska delegation
In his vest pocket to make any combina
tion that will farther his interests. Let
Mr. Webster understand that Nebraska la
for Roosevelt, first, last and all tha time
and when he Is nominated then it will look
after Mr. Webster's Interests.
Lincoln Star: Republican Insistence In
the west upon Roosevelt's nomination, as
evidenced by the press, by the club move
ment in Nebraska, by the declarations of
representative men, is so unanimous that
tha action of the conventions can now add
little to It. There has been no reason at
any time why Intelligent republicans any
where should give slightest heed to oppo
sition and rumor-mongcrlng newspapers on
this score.
Hastings Tribune: "Roosevelt, first, last
and all the time," was the slogan of Lan
caster county republicans In a public meet
ing held in Lincoln this week. Unison and
enthusiasm were very , marked and tha
meeting was only characteristic of Ne
braska republicans generally. The strict
Integrity, the marvellous rapidity of action
and excellence of Judgment have told on
the people of Nebraska. Tha spirit mani
fested In Lincoln la general. Nebraska la
first, last and all the time for Roosevelt,
Beaver City Times-Tribune: There Is no
doubt that the overwhelming majority of
Nebraska republicans favor tha nomination
of Roosevelt, but that Is no reason why
steps should not be taken to send an In
structed delegation to the Chicago conven
tion. It Is Just as well to make assurance
doubly sure and cinch the matter beyond
any chance of a fluke. The assertion that
the "politicians" cannot take the delegntlon
away from Roosevelt will hold good only
In case the rank and file do business
Grand Island Independent: The Panama
message of President Roosevelt certainly
doesn't Indicate that he la an unsafe man
Indeed, aside from knocking the frail props
out from under democratic opposition to
tha Panama treaty and placing the re
sponsibility of not constructing the oanal
when It can be done by means In every re
spect perfectly legitimate and proper upon
those of the United States senators who
ahall oppose it or who by dilly-dallying
shall bring about expensive complications
In tha south aside from this President
Roosevelt has demonstrated himself to be
more than a safe man, a safe roan who
accomplishes things.
West Point Republican: To tha unini
tiated, tha recent announcement of tha In
tention of several trust magnatea to sup
port Roosevelt must come as a distinct
surprise. This Is so because of the well
known hostility of corporate Interests to
his candidacy. And the reason for It Is
plain Roosevelt la a man, has the real wel
fare of the people at heart, and cannot bo
used by them. But, these corporations will
not yield their opposition without a most
determined fight, and It la evident that
their resources are not yet exhausted. Hav
ing already discovered that their direct op
position was making no headway and that
tha aentlment of the country Is overwhelm
ingly in favor of his nomination they are
now trying a new tack. They will now
fawn upon him and loudly pra'ise him for
tha purpose of creating the impression thst
there Is something In common between
them and of discrediting him before the
people. Inspired by such tactics It would
not be surprising to hear the opposition
charge him with being a plisnt and sub
servient corporate tool. Great are the re
sources and foxlneas of the trusts. But It
won't do, the plain people know better.
Mlasloa Sehaola far Indlaaa.
The Rev. Fherman Coolldge. a full
blooded Arsnahoe Indian, who ha b'en
rtotnw mlsMinsrv work amons; the Indian
tribes In Wyoming for pesrlv twenty
years. Is In the east ssVlrar aM for tho
eRbIlshen of three mission schools for
Indian girls In Wyoming.
BITS OF WAatmOTO LIKE.
Mlaer Scenes aad Incidents Sketched
a the Spat.
Granting 'leave to print" an undelivered
speech In the Congressional Record Is a
delicate way of mutillng an undeslrab
spell from members of congress. The prlv
llega closes hot air valves in the chamber
and turns them wide open on the print
ers. Occasionally the privilege is shock
ingly abused. A few years ago a congress
man printed aa a part of his speech,
Henry George's "Progress and Poverty"
entire. Last week tho Record was
enormously fattened by a "leave to print"
speech of Charley Dick of Ohio. It was
an "opening gun" of the campaign of 1904
and filled sixty-one pages .seventeen In the
usual body type of the Record and forty-
four In solid nonpareil. There are 77.4S0
words of It. After a few paragraphs about
the liberality of the republican party to
tho old soldiers in the matter of pensions
General Dick discusses the English tariff
fight. He prints In full a dozen speeches
by Joseph Chamberlain, the British tariff
schedules and an amazing amount of other
tariff matter of one kind and another.
. One of the newcomers from the west,
who Is trying hard, but has not yt broken
Into Washington's exclusive circles, Is af
fording no little amusement for her neigh
bors In the northwest. They are laughing
yet at one of her recent bonmota which
she sprung during a social call. Noticing
a very handsome vase on the mantel, she
remarked: "I dearly love that kind of
ware, and this summer while In Chicago I
purchased an exact 'facesmlle' of that
vase for my home."
Tha little lady abhors powder, and her
comment upon an acquaintance whose nat
ural beauty was somewhat heightened by
a liberal application, was as follows: "I
cannot understand why women will 'rough'
(rouge) their faces in such a manner aa
to be noticed clear across the street."
The big capitalists of the country, the
men who were counted on to Invest mill
ions of American money fn developing tha
Philippines, are makins It nlnhi to mem
bers of congress that they are not satls-
nea witn conditions. In the archlpelugo
and will not risk their cash In industrial
enterprises there until a chinn la mH
Army and navy officers, as well as civil
omciais, who have lately returned from
Manila say that practically nothing Is be
ing done by American business men there.
With the exception of two big projects,
the Construction Of a tinner nlnnt enri
street railway system in Manila and tha
improvement of the harbor of Manila, no
commercial enterprises have been started
Involving the expenditure of any amount
of money, A number of stores and small
institutions have been established by Amer
icans, but there have been no signs of the
great Influx of American canltal thnt wa
so hopefully looked for with the establish
ment oi peace.
Now members of consxess art flndlnv
the reason for the lack of interest In tba
Philippines on the part of American cap
italists. Chairman Cooper, chairman of
the committee on Insular affaira of tha
houae, aays that he has received a great
many letters from moneyed men in this
country, who complain that the laws
passed by our conaress arovernlna tha
ance of franchises, the disposal of the pub
lic lands, the opening of mines, etc, are
entirely too rigid and exactina-. Thev
that they must be modified before they
win go to the trouble of Investing money
to develop the resources at tha
They want the law amended so that larger
tracts of public land may be taken up by
Individuals, and that the public franchises
Will not be hedaed about with an manv
conditions and limitations. Their objeo-
nuns are not maxing mucb Headway with
Chairman Cooper, however.
When Representative Morris BhoDDard nf
Texas was nominated for congress as the
successor of his father he was but 27 Years
old, and with two or 'three veterans in
the race against him it was an uphill fight
he had to make. Ills onnonenta lont r.n
opportunity to make capital of Sheppard's
youth. In Joint debate one day one of his
opponents proceeded something like this:
"Why," he said, "It Is ridiculous to think
of sending a mere boy to congress. It is
a time ana place where we need mature
men with mature minds. It reminds me
of the old darkey who thought the end
of the world was at hand and who got
down on his knees to pray, 'O, Lord,' he
pleaded, 'coma down and sav thi i
world. And come yourself. Lord; don't
sena your son. This ain't no time for
boys. "
Senator Hoar Is the
either house of congress who draws on
the congressional library extensively for
the Greek and Latin poets. He still delves
In the richness of tha "Iliad" and the
uayasey and enjoys reading anew the
vivid adventures which Virati n i
The Massachusetts senator Is an eager
reader of many other honka in t. v,i
library, but since Representative Elliott of
oouin Carolina retired from public life he
is about the only reader f hnnv. i ..,
languages save Senator Elklns of West
Virginia, wno occasionally sends for a vol
ume in Spanish.
PERSONAL NOTES.
President Nicholas Mnm -,
lumbia university has Joined a special
gymnasium class for officers of instruction,
and three times a week attends tha class.
A German ditor has been i m nr-fi finest nn
three months because he said that all the
kaiser does Is to sla-n laws at unnm n-.
sign. It Is reliably stated that the rate is
omy , yuu.
President Palma has vetoed tha r,,K.
lottery bill. Who saya Anglo-Saxon civili
zation Isn't Impressing itself on the Latins?
We won't let people gamble except In stock
exchanges.
Lieutenant L. A. De Clairmnnt nf TWi.,..
has gone to Guatemala to accept a position
as captain ou the personal staff nt
dent Cobrera. Tha lieutenant was formally
attached to the American legation at the
Guatemalan capital and speaks French and
Spanish fluently.
What is tantamount to tha establishment
of a chair to teach American questions
exists in the College of France. Laat year
Prof. Izoulet gave a course ot lecturea upon
economic questions in America. This year
tho subject matter of his course will ba ra.
liglous questions in the United States.
Plans are belna- formulated hv former
Queen Lllluokalani and Prlnra fnnM ik.
Hawaiian delegate In congress, to press
ine claim at this session for $350,000 which
the former queen says is due her bn crown
lands seised by the Dole government and
arterwara turned over to the United States.
Queen Carmen Bylva has ODened a nrint.
tng office In her palace where her works
will be printed 1n the blind man's alphabet
for the benelit of the blind of the whole
world. Her majesty haa secured tha laimi
printing presses and hopes to be able to
present a copy or her most famous books ta
every blind man's library In the world.
Major Church Howe. United Hi atea cnnaul
general at Antwerp, has been appointed a
member of the, building committee for the
new Anglican church "to be erected -In the
Rue Oretry." The major is also actively
enguged hi organizing the Anglo-American
club. Friends of the major will rejoice at
this evidence of his activities along social
and spiritual lines. As a church builder and
proiru ter the major Ja the original hummer
JACKSOSIA 1IARMOSY.
Columbus. Telegram: While the Telegram
Is as loyal as a clock to Bryan, yet we do
not Indorse the tenor of the address sent
out by the Lincoln committee. We are
ready to get ihto the fight and stay there
whenever and wherever tho bolting bri
gands attempt to dictate party policy In
Nebraska, but we also stand ready always
to welcome to democracy's ranks all men
who will come and support the principles
and candidates of the party. The Lincoln
committee should curb Its speech.' Bryan
would not Indorse such an exhibition of
animosity toward the erring brethren.
Fremont Tribune: The Jncksonlan "harm
ony" banquet has provoked Juxt shout the
kind of harmony Jackson himself stood
for. It has stirred up the slxtern-to-wun
ners at Lincoln and they advertise nnnther
bnnquet that shall be to those only who
swore by the sacred ratio and the groat
born spoon, through thick and thin. They
hurl a few anathemas at the Jacksonlnns
and In this manner are standing up for the
party In Nebraska. Somebody ought to
admonish them not to feel worried over It,
because fusion carried the state In 1S96, one
of the times when the gold democrats r'
fused to fall in line. The reason they didn't
carry It In 1900 was because the sliver dem
ocrats got away In large numbers. They
are the fellows who stood between Bryan
and victory. In Nebraska that year.
Fremont Herald-Leader: The Columbus
Telegram Is considerably exercised over
the Herald-Leader's appeal for harmony In
the democratic ranks. It claims to also be
for harmony and a united front, yet It at
tempts to defeat the very result that ft
espouses. We do not defend the language
of the resolution adopted by tha Jacksonlan
club. It was apparently written and
adopted before sufficient consideration was
given It. However, the spirit was right,
and we believe well Intended. .We do not
contend for one minute that an apology
should be tendered the gentlemen who de
serted the ticket, yet we do believe that
they can be decently Invited to return to
the party. There Is no chip on our shoulder
for a fight within the party ranks. We pre
fer to enlist all of Its members for tha
common good, thus better enabling us to
scrap with the common enemy.
Jlowella Journal: We, for one, commend
the action of the Jacksonlan club of Omaha
In taking back into membership those of its
members who had been expelled for refus
ing to support Bryan in 1SW and 1900.' We
do not pretend to say that the men did
right in deserting the party ship, no good
democrat can voice such a sentirifent. As
they were democrats they were In duty
bound to support the nominee for president
presented to them by their party. That
they refused to do so will ever leave a scar
upon their records, but It Is possible for
them to redeem themselves In the eyes of
their fellow-democrats and we are glad
that they are to be given the opportunity
to do so. They belong to the democratic
fold; they are strangers in the republican
camp, and we should all be glad to wel
come them back. The few fire-eaters who
are now denouncing the action of the club
will subside In a little time and we shall
again have harmony in the democratic
ranks.
Norfolk News: The World-Herald Is fear
ful that State Committeeman Schneider Is
against President Roosevelt and will throw
the state delegation to Senator Hanna If
opportunity offers. If the World-Herald
will take note of what was said and done
at tha meeting of the republican executive
committee and the evidence of loyaUy to
the president that la coming from Omaha
and other sections of the state, It will real
ize that any desire of Mr. Schneider or any
other prominent republican to draw Ne
braska's support from President Roosevelt
will be Ineffectual. ' The Nebraska repub
lican party is determined m its attitude for
the president and any other action than
support of the present executive will be
considered almost treasonable and ' will
alienate many' members of the party. All
of President Roosevelt's official acts may
not be approved by every Nebraska repub
lican, but there are few of them who would
car to see him retired because of them,
while, those who admire his position are
determined that he shall be the next pres
ident, and would sooner vote for a demo
crat than to vote for anyone else that the
republican national convention may name.
David City Press: One of the things
being clearly foreshadowed by discussion
in the country press, led by the World
Herald, la the fact that the Jacksonlan
club has precipitated a fight on the demo
cratlcparty of Nebraska. The fact must
not be forgotten that the democratic party
Is no longer an lncoheslve aggregation of
blind idolators. They have been In power
Just once sinca the war Just once too
often. The fact was pounded Into them
that the old leadera were either incompu
tent or dishonest. It was the most humil
iating experience any party ever faced In
the history of this country.' It was a
shameless aell-out of the party on Its two
fundamental doctrines tariff reform ahd
bimetallism. It brought the country to
charity soup houses In the cities and bank
rupted hundreds and thousands. To trim
mers and time-servers with short mem
ories and no principles, our unfortunate
experience wjth Orover Cleveland counts
for nothing. The people are sore on the
old Cleveland bolter gang. On general
principles they would rather sea their party
defeated, while standing for tha right, than
win tha presidency with a creature of cor
porations. They can respect an honest re
publican who sincerely believes that cer
tain people are born with special endow
mentsbooted, spurred and divinely com
missioned to ride other men who proudly
backs up to receive the corporation sad
dle and trots off gaily with tha load on
his back, b'lt they bear everlasting malice
against that gang of cuckoos who loll In
A.yerps
tatanfsBnanVJBBBBBTn
What would you do the .next
time you have a hard cold
if you couldn't get Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral? Better
think this over.
atade y . o. ir Oe., Lawall. Mass. ' '-" I
Alaa smaauiaotursrs of
AYFB'S BATS TIOOB Vor the hair. ATBB'S PILLS-Por eoBttiparlM.
AKaM'S iAU&AtAklLLA-Pej taa bloes. AlaR'S AGUS CVKB Foe malaria aa4 afae.
Cherry
the antechambers of corporations waiting
to dispose of their "Inflooenre" In reward
for federal attorneyships, rebates on rau-
ruHtis, r'ic., in me name ui uhhuh ib.
Somebody Is going over the transom Tit
(he next" state . convention, from present
appearances.
THEY HF.-ITATK, HIT MOLD OH.
ft1rsaks lnlveraltjr Trnstees and
Standard Oil ' llatllaa.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
John D. Rockefeller la certainly display
ing admirable patience In the matter of
trying to use soma of his money to advance
the Interests ot higher education In Ne
braska. He offered the university of thnt state
7,ooo some time ngo.. Since thn the trus
tees have held several conferences to de
termine whether or not they could accept
the gift conscientiously. Each time they
have been undecided on this point, but each
time they have bn equally undecided si
to whether they could conscientiously de
cline to accept It.
January 1 was the dny set for final de
cision by Mr. Rockefeller, but with perfect
good nature he has extended the limitation
so that the trustees may have ample time
for further examination of thalr consciences
with a view to dacldlna- whether It would
be better to let tha $57,000 slip through their
fingers or to take a good firm grip on It.
There seems to ba In Lincoln, where the
State university Is situated, considerable
locsl opposition to the acceptance of the
gift Many people who use Mr. Rockefel
ler's oil for Illuminating, cooking and heat
ing purposes, who nave found that it stands
the test, and whs ' are generally satisfied
with it, are not clear, In their minds as to
whether It would be the proper thing to
use some of tha profits mads on this use
ful and high-class fluid to promote the
cause of education. 1
Many others whose children attend other
Institutions of learning which have largely
benefited by Mr. Rockefeller's philanthropy
think, perhaps, that, while the ' surplus
profit of petroleum may be a good thing In
its way at a dlst&rrce. It could have only a
bad moral effect it applied to tha cost of
a building for a home Institution.
And yet, notwithstanding the opposition
on high moral ground Which comes from
these people, and notwithstanding the hesi
tation of tha trustees, nothing has as yet.
been said or dons which would lead Mr.
Rockefeller to believe that he' will eventu
ally be obliged to turn over the )C7,000 to
our Dr. Harper, who never hesitates.
Rather does the oil king appear to assume
with easy confidence that the Nebraska
conscience will sooner or later adjust Itself
beautifully to the Occasion. ' V
Mr. Rockefeller Is a man of great Insltht
and Judgment. Even Miss Tarbcll does not
deny this. He knows that while it may ba
hard sometimes for those whq are blessed
with delicate consciences to reconcile them
selves to his benevolence. In the form of a
certified check, yet that It la harder still to
reconcile themselves to parting with It Aid
so he is patient, and good humored In his
patience. In the conviction that his efforts
to do good will prevail In Lincoln as they
have prevailed elsewhere, regardless of the
present unsettled condition of the Nebraska
conscience.
PASSIXQ PLEASANTRIES,
"Say! What's the matter with you, any
way 7 demanded the rrozen dishrag, shak
ing In the wind. "Why don't you profit by
that old proverb? .
"What proverb?" Inquired tha meroury
In the thermometer.
' 'There's plenty of room at the ton."
Philadelphia Press. . ,.
"About this time of year." said Uncle
Allen Sparks, erasing a figure three again
and Duttlna- a figure four in Its place. "I'd
be making a lot of good 'resolutions for
the future, if it dldn t keep me so busy
trying to wipe out the past." Chicago
Tribune. : ' ' v
. "When an enemy smites me," said tha
plous-looklng hypocrite, "I always turn
the other cheek.
"Why," asked the than who knew him,
"do you want your enemy to go around
with both hands disabled?" Chicago Record-Herald.
"I suppose that legislature did not decide
to send you to the senate without great
confederation."
"No." answered Senator Sorphum. "In
fact, I should hate to tell you how much
the consideration waa." Washington Star.
Hawkins I understand that the phy
sicians held a consultation, but I sea you
are still alive. '
Robblns Yes, I have since learned that
the vote stood two for me and ono against.
Puck.
IF WAR SHOl'LD COME.
New York Sun.
If war on small Japan big Russia shall
begin,
And China's pig-tailed ckxn rteps up and
pitches In,
What awful things must men In countries
far away,
If they would keep Informed, essay to read
eaeh day. j
With warships named Chin Tan, Petro-
pnvlnsk, Mllkesa,
Sevastopol, Iwate, Rossyu, Shlklshlma,
" I-Wate-n-Ha.Yu-RaB-aa-PRt-Xtlkaa-(hlnk.
Yu-Kls."
War scribes may writeskl tales Of Smash- r
Japnnskl's deeds, 1
How mlnceskt meat he's made of all Mon- I
ffolHki hreeris: I
TTiw r-hn.lTn.TtiiM.Hfa'a vflv nf aettllne- ("Via. I
sack hush
Doth makee czsrea squeal; Blggunskl gone
to smash. ,
How Count Comeoffovltch to Wing Lea
hatched a scheme
But Wing Lee with Wun Lung came offo-
vltch supreme; -How
Russian fame to save, Qoodahotakl
made a try,
But fulled; the reason plain because ha
shot Tu liui.
1
Between such things as these and maps
Chlneseovlteh
To puzzle new world brains, there'll ba no
chanceovitch
To solve thut riddle now beyond the ken
of man,
Exactly how old is Queen Dowager Tsl An.
as., see., si.ee.
Sal (or 0 fan.
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