V THE OMATIA DAILY DEE: MONDAY. JANUARY 18. 1964.
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fttre Omaiia Daily Bee.
K. ROSEWATER. EDITOR.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
8tate of Nebraska, Douglas County, as.:
George B. Tsaohuck, secretary of The Bee
Publishing; Company, being duly sworn,
ays that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally, Morning,
Rvenlng and Sunday Bee printed during
lb month of December, 1903, waa as fol
lows:
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....SO.S20
....S0.200
....eWMITO
....so.ens
....8O.800
.... 80,010
....ao,;v40
....ao,tMM
...SI, no
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....80,400
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....SO.TIM)
....31,100
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... 83,400
..94T.3B4
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Lew unsold and returned ooples
Net total sales
fctt average sales
a,t84
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GHrOROE B. TZ8CHUCK.
Subscribed In my.presenee and sworn to
before me this Slat uay of December,-A. D.
M. B. HUNGATE,
l-Seal.) Notary Public.
The Snioot Inquiry starts out as If It
had a long run on the bfllboards assured
In advance. '
Civilization la making, progress in
Corea. Two ministers of state have
been permitted to resign. In former
days it would have been decapitation.
Mr. Bryan might spare his followers a
lot of trouble if he would give them at
once the names of the men he want to
take with him as fellow" members of bis
delegation to St Louis.
Crobably the strongest atep ' in the
direction of peace between Russia and
Japan waa taken by the former when it
Bent out the word that war with Japan
would involve other powers. t.
' There is not a city in the United States
of any pretensions, that uses incandes
cent lamps for street illumination. The
reason la that the lncandesgenta have
ben tried and found wanting.
,$ The Omaha Grain exchange la getting
ready for active business. The railroads
that think they can wipe it oft the m&p
by manipulating their grain tariffa ad
versely to Omaha will have to take an
other think.
Sir Thomas Liptou evidently believes
In reciprocity. He is now selling "Irish
bacon' Imported from the United States
to England. England for more than
century forced Irish brains and brawn
Upon the United Statea.
Having proved that polygamy still
....
exists in Utah, a, fact which waa never
disputed, the attorneys for the com
pluluant will have to take up the more
difficult task of proving that Senator
Smoot is responsible for It 1
Some Ingenious linguist will Jiave to
tell us how to refer to the impending
war in the Orient Will It be a Russlo
Japanese conflict or a Japanese-Russian
fight? Which la entitled to precedence
la the hyphenated combination?
The German ofllcers who complain of
the expense of keeping pace with the
new uniforms ordered by the emperor
tor them will find sympathy among
American officers who have recently hofd
some experience in the same directions
It la seldom that a corporation desires
to commemorate Its mistakes, but that
ia what the Big Four railroad has doue
In contributing f 15,000 to a fund for a
monument to the memory of the Purdue
.university
a polls.
students .killed at Indian-
everyone hereabouts knowa why the
editor of the World-Hera Id has always
been such a staunch defender of and
apologist for Joseph S. Burtley, the great
embezzler. It ought not to take a col
umn of apace in that paper to tell the
real reason.
After inspecting the big guns of the
Olvmpla the San Bias Indian chief an
uo iuced that the sympathy of his tribe
waa with Panama. 'Tin a .wise Indian
who know? enough to confine his In
spection Of the guns of ' the United
States to the breech. I
Supervising Architect of the Treasury
Taylor wants fJ.Ouo more to complete
the Omaha postofflce building. If $3,000
will finish the Job he ought to hare it at
once, but a time limit should also be
fixed with a good big penalty to accrue
for every day in excess.
The school board la the only adminis
trative body in Omaha vested with the
authority to Impose substantially unlim
ited; raxes upon tne property owners.
Because they might Insist upon a 4 mill
school levy would, however, be no Justi
fication for its members voting such an
extdrtloMt burden upon the taxpayers
1.1 QtlgHAL WAR PRUBABLKl
General Miles has been quoted as pre
dicting that a war between Kussln and
Japan would Involve other nations and
result la a general European conflict
Yesterday's dispatches reported a decla-
ration
by an unnamed diplomat at St.
Petersburg that no possible power can
limit war to Japan and Russia, that Its
extension to other countries would be
certnln, with results too terrible to con
sider. While several European govern
ments have Indicated that Id the event
of a conflict they will observe strict
neutrality, jttlll there Is undoubtedly a
feeling of apprehension that some of
them would be drawn into the war and
that there would, be . very great danger
of Its becoming general.
Great Britain has a treaty of alliance
with Japan, but It does not require her
to go to the assistance of that country
unless It should be attacked by more I
than one power. However, British iu-
terests In Asia are large and iu case of I
Russian victories that promised final
triumph, It is by no means unlikely that
Great Britain would feel it to be neces
sary to take a hand in the contest, in
that case Russia, overmatched, would
certainly appeal to her ally, France.
Whether or not the appeal would avail
anything it is impossible to say, but It
seems improbable tha,t France would
refuse assistance. It is true that she is
said to be becoming weary of the one
sided operation of the treaty, which is
mainly to the advantage of Russia, and
It is also true that she would have
nothing to gain and much to lose by
participating in war in the far east. Yet
it is most unlikely that France would
abandon her ally should there be an
exigency calling for her assistance. To
do so would bo to forfeit all claim to
international respect and confidence. As
to Germany, she has interests in the far
east though they are not great and
would not be affected to any serious
extent if at all by war there. There is
no apparent reason, therefore, why (let-
many should become involved or any of
the powers that have no interests In
Asia Except such as belong Indirectly to
trade.
The fear that a general European
war would grow out of a conflict be
tween Russia and Japan seems, there
fore, to be hardly warranted. The prob
ability is that the war, If it comes, will
be confined to the east and it might not
be so prolonged as some think. The
first fighting would be on the sea and
the power that demonstrated its naval
superiority would be able to command
peace and exact about Its own terms.
The combatant whose navy as
knocked out" would be In no condition
to prolong hostilities. -
. XATlOyAL, BOARD OF TRAD.
The most representative body of the
commercial Interests of the country, the
National Board of Trade, wlU begin its
thirty-fourth annual, meeting in Wash
ington tomorrow and wiu have a cum
ber otvery important subjects pre
sented for Its consideration. Indeed, the
program for the' meeting is perhaps the
most comprehensive since the board was
organized. '
Among the matters that are expected
to command chief attention, because of
paramount interest to the business men
of the country, is that of amendments
to the interstate commerce law.. Reso
lutions of several bodies represented In
tne national organization win be pre
sented relating to such amendments and
it la perhaps needless to say that they
do not all look in the same direction.
One urges that the act be further
amended so as to 'add the power of
revision of rates by the commission and
that reasonable traffic agreements be
legalized, subject to the approval of
the commissloni another recommends
that the law be i mended so as to per
mit pooling by railroads, under the
supervision and control of the commis
sion, "to the end that unjust discrimi
nation may be prevented and reason
able, uniform and stable rates be estab
llshed, , while still another deprecates
conferring, directly or indirectly rate-
tnaklng powers on the commission and
expresses the opinion that it would be
wiser, to wait and observe the full ef
fect of the recent amendment to the
law, known as 'the Elkins bill, before
making further changes in the act
Thus is shown a diversity of opinion
among business" men In regard to what
Is necessary to render the Interstate
commerce law more effective and satis
factory in its operation. The Na
tional Board of Trade will have before
it no subject Of greater importance than
this and it U to be hoped that It will
be able to agree upon a recommends.
tion that will be acceptable to the great
body of shippers. -
BASK IVANS OS M.AL kstate.
Katlouul ....... ..n., .i ill bo interested in
a bill now ix-lorc the bouse committee
on banking and currency wnlcu pro
poses to iitntnd the national bank act
so as to permit banks to make loan on
real estate security to the extent of 25
per cent of the capital, surplus and un
divided profit- of any bank. A sul-
couimlttee of the committee on banking
aud currency baa made a favorable' re
port ou the bill, but It is doubtful If It
can pass, even should it receive the
general support of the national banks,
since the proposed departure is of very
questionable expediency.
As the New York Journal of Com
meico points out there are plenty of
institutions which cau safely furnish
funds on mortgages of real estate under
proper restrictions, whose deposits are
not subject to demand check at all
times. "There is no occasion," remarks
that paper, "for extending the prlvlltgn
of making such loana to commercial
backs and It would introduce an ele
ment of danger into their management
It might not assert Itself in prosperous
times, when real estate values kept up
and were easily transferred aud wheu
general confidence was undisturbed, but
let a period of adversity come,' wbei;
the. demands uoon the resources of
bank were severe and depoeltora wer
alarmed, and such as had used this
privilege even within moderate limits
would be likely to find themselves em
barrassed to. meet their obligations. A
few banks In trouble from such a cause
might do much to create a panic." The
national banking system, during the
forty years of its existence, has worked
well and there is manifestly no good
reason for any such radical change In
the iuw as the bill referred to provides
for. It will not be approved, we be
lieve, by a majority of national bank
ers, particularly the more conservative
among them.
TESTISO THB SCAFf AUIJt LAW.
The Institution of a suit in the su
preme court to test the validity of the
scavenger law enacted by the last leg
Mature aud incidentally to prevent the
expenditure of any mney by the city
or county in preparation lor its eniorce
ment until after Us constitutionality Is
judicially passed upon, Is, we think, a
good thing both for the city and for tbo
property owners who might be affected
by the law. ,
The scavenger law Is so designated be
cause it la designed to cfean up the de
linquent back taxes that have accumu
lated on real estate, principally city rota
which once had a fictitious speculative
value, but which would not now sell on
the market for the liens outstanding
against them. 'A business establishment
which bad a large number of bills re
ceivable or questionable paper uncol-
lectfble because of the statute of limi
tations or the bankruptcy of the debtor
would, no doubt, devise some kind of a
scavenger law for itself and clean up
lt accounts by selling Its claims for
what they would bring, or charging
them off to profit and loss. The diffi
culty under which our city and county
governments labor is that they are not
only carrying as credits large amounts
of delinquent taxes, but have also Issued
their own obligations at interest against
this doubtful asset. They have no right
apparently to charge the delinquent
taxes off the books and no way to make
good, or substitute a better security for
the interest-bearing warrants represent
ing this hole in the treasury. ,
The question whether the scavenger
law can be enforced in Nebraska will
turn upon 'the interpretation put by the
court upon the section of the constitution
hvhich seems to prohibit such legislation.
This section rends:
The legislature sha'.l have no power to re
lease or discharge any county, city, town
ship, town or district whatever, or the In
habitants thereof, or any corporation, or
the property therein from their or lta -proportionate
share of taxes to be levied for
such purposes," or due any municipal cor
poration, nor shall commutation for such
taxes be authorised In any form whatever.
This prohibition seems to be decidedly
specific and to include not only taxes
levied for state purposes, but -taxes
Imposed for municipal purposes as well.
It is asserted, however, by those who
were Instrumental in securing the enact
ment of the law that there are decisions
upholding ' such ' laws in other states
whose constitutions contain similar re
strictions upon legislative authority,
How the supreme court of this state wlli
interpret our constitution as applied to
this particular law can be known only
when the decision Is rendered, but If the
decision should be adverse it certainly
would be foolish for our city and county
authorities to put out any large amounts
of money in preparing the lists and no
tices the law would require If put In
operation.
It Is certainly to be hoped, therefore.
that the court will not only pass squarely
upon the points at issue, but advance
the case so that we may know as -soon
as possible Just where we stand.
Lincoln thinks Omaha is getting ad
vantage of railroad discriminations In
freight rates. It is the old story of
Lincoln insisting on being treated as if
it were a Missouri river town and en
Joying the same rates on the longer
haul as Omaha on its shorter haul. Lin
coln has been built up, so far as its
jobbing business is concerned, simply
by this discrimination in its favor. No
one will blame the Lincoln people for
trying to get all they can out of the
railroads, but It will behoove Omaha to
look after Its own ipterests, too.
The Omaha Business Men's association
wanfcs to be heard by the congressional
committee that is to consider the various
bills proposed to curtail the power of the
federal courts to Issue Injunctions. We
presume the attorney for the association
will argue that an injunction is a good
thing when Issued on behalf of an em
ployer or combination of employers, but
a1 very bad rlilng when issued in behalf
of employes combined In the trades
union. It all depends which end of the
gluss s toward the eye.
Notwithstanding the fact that he has
repeatedly declared he could not be
tempted from Omaha, Superintendent
Peurse is iu Milwaukee sizing up the
lay of the land with a view to trans
planting himself thither In the event
sufficiently urgent call comes. We take
it that no one in Omaha will be disposed
to lock the gates against his exit or put
any obstruction In the path that leads
from Omaha to the town made famous
wherever a certain amber fluid is im
bibed.
The official call for the republics
national convention- Just out requires
delegates to be choseu uot less than
thirty days before the date of the con
ventlon and a notice of thirty days for
the state and district conventions
select the delegates. Inasmuch as the
republican committee for Nebraska la to
meet January 20, this fixes definitely
the limit between Which our conventions
must be held from February 20 to May
21.
Every time another installment of gas
company royalty is paid into the city
.treasury a new vindication is accorded
the men who made the famous fight with
The Bee against the odious fifty-yea
gas franchlae scheme ten years ago. The
city is already richer by nearly a bun.
dred thousand dollars from the conces
sions then exacted and the people who
consume gas have already saved several
times that sum In shortened gas bills.
Omaha makes a fine showing iu the
weekly exhibit, of bank clearings, its
percentage of Increase over the corre
sponding week of last year being 11 per
cent, whereas the average for the entire
country is a decrease. That is the. kind
of advertising that gives Omaha a high
tandlng abroad.
The fight of the Texan republicans
over the party leadership in that state
ould be of greater interest to the iwrty
at large if any of the factions would In
dicate some way in which a few elec
toral votes from, that state might be
reg'stered for a republican candidate
for president.
The proclamation for the republican
national convention is very explicit as
to the procedure to be followed in con
test cases. The officers of the organiza
tion must expect a few contests just to
give the credentials committee some
thing to do.
Having been subjected to a .fine for
breach of the peace, Governor Jefferson
Davis of Arkansas might find it handy
to saT costs or appeal by remitting
the penalty to himself, to say nothing
of the : lawyers' fees he will be up
against
We presume those High school seniors
who undertook to smoke out the Juniors
with an odoriferous perfume were
merely, trying to demonstrate their per
fection in the practical work taught
them in the chemical laboratory.
The promise is made now that the
Omaha postofflce plum will drop tomor
row. Expectant applicants will take
due notice and "keep their' ears to the
ground. ,
Better Trr a Road Roller.
Philadelphia Press. '
What tha democratic Dartv really wants
Is an asbestos curtain between Itself and
William J. Bryan
'overtures of the Puss.
Chicago Record-Herald..
It has come to pass that nations do al
most oa much blustering and bluffing as
prize fighters before getting Into action.
Stand from I'ader.
Philadelphia Record,
If the Steel trust shall keep on It will
be apt to save Its stockholders as well as
employes from what Mr. Andrew Carnegie
calls the disgrace of dying rich.
Expert Testimony.
Chicago Chronicle. ,
Toum John D. Rockefeller said to his
Bunday school class last Bunday that every
man ought to set himself a high standard
of Ufa and live up to It as nearly as pos
sible. That' is .what the elder Rockefeller
has dona and, t Btandard Is raised about
every sis monfnw. '
Smooth Dorea for Bores.
Baltimore American!
The blowing out of torpedo tubes of dogs
by compressed air without Injury to the
animals Is of Immense practical suggestion
to the navy. '.It also offers other pleasing
possibilities, notably, a humane way of
peedlly disposing Tf spring poets, the man
who leaves the office door open In zero
weather and the man who knowa all about
running a newspaper and Is willing to tell
what he knows.
Afraid of the. Record. ,
Minneapolis Times.
The members of congress ho vote every
year to strike out the appropriation for
the Civil Service commission In committee
of the whole, wish the country to under
stand that they do this only as an asser
tion of high principle and settled convic
tion, without the least hope of success.
But there Is no reason why they should not
succeed. If they would vote In the house
as they vote In committee of the whole.
The appropriation they strike out In the
committee, where the roll Is not called. Is
always restored in the house, where every
member must go on record. It Is a strange
thing that men who are voting from high
principle and deep conviction should be
afraid to let their votes go into the publle
record.
HIGH PRICES MORS DEATHS. N
Shocking Sample of Creed Exhibited
by the Draar Combine.
v Chicago Tribune.
Not satisfied with giving us medicines we
don't need tne wholesale drug combination
has added another jewel to its crown by
taking away from the poorer among us a
medicine without which many must die.
A few months ago the prices quoted on
diphtheria antitoxin varied according to
the firm from which they issued. Today
they have advanced 100 per cent, and they
do not vary. They are uniform. When
you take an appeal from one Arm to an
other, you take am appeal from one con
spirator to another.
In 1X95 the city of Chicago began to dls
tribute diphtheria antitoxin free to patients
unable to purchase it for themselves. Ar
rangements were made for procuring antl
toxin at low prices from the New York
health department. These arrangements
were bitterly resented by the wholesale
drug firms. That the Indigent should be
allowed to keep few dollars seemed to
the firms to be Insubordination and even
mutiny. Strong lobbies were established at
Albany for the purpose of denouncing In.
subordination and mutiny to' the state leg
Islature- Shortly a bill waa passed for
bidding municipalities to sell antitoxin
beyond their borders. Our New York sup
ply was cut off. .
This was the first blow. The second has
now fallen. Not only la our New York
aupply cut off, but our commercial supply
la cornered. The diphtheria death rate
will advance with advancing prices. One
union tries to prevent us from getting
burled. The solid, substantial, conserva
tive, prominent cltlsens who form the
wholesale druggists'- union are willing to
prevent aome of us from living, as long
as they can make more money put of the
survivors.
Every Indigent child who dies In Chi
csgo this year In consequence of the ad
vaice lo antitoxin prices may be classed
aa a sacrifice to commercialism along with
the Iroquois Are victims. The New York
laboratory has shown how cheaply antitoxin
can be manufactured. The wholesale drug
gists have shown how dearly we can pay
for It. They will not be able to divert at
tentlon from themselves by getting out In
the hue and cry after "general lawless
ness" and "trade union tyranny." Hypo
crites and brigands, their professions are
as offensive aa their depredations. They
should have the hot light of truth turned
on them till they are scorched and with
ered. .
. ROl'HU ABOI T NEW YORK.
Hippies on the Correal of Life In tbo
Metropolis.
While the good behavior of the new year
In the weather line hereabouts taxes the
memory of the oldest Inhabitant of the
banana belt to find Its equal, New York
has had all kinds of weather, 99 per cent
bad. All the tough, unripe, blizsardly ar
ticle In stock from Medicine Hat to Ken
nebunksltt was rolled up and dumped upon
the Imperial city, producing an orgie of
lelghbells and an epldemlo of pneumonia
and grip. The hospitals are crowded with
patients. The death rate for New York
City for the week ending January 9 waa
K 31 and for the same week last year 18 43.
Last week's record Is the worst since
March, 1900, and during the corresponding
week last year there were only twenty
two deaths from pneumonia. The health
board, alarmed at these figures. Is prepar
ing to battle with the disease and has la
sued the following cautionary don'ts; .'
Don't stop treating a "slight cold" until
It Is completely cured.
Don't go Into the cold air In an over
heated condition.
Don't go out of an overheated room Into
the street without wrapping up.
Don't stay in an overheated room any
longer than you can help. A moderate
temperature Is more healthful.
Don't sit In an overheated car too
tightly bundled up.
Don't drink too much.
Don't go without a proper amount of
sleep. Rest Is necessary to keep the body
In proper state of resistance.
Don't hesitate to see the doctor. A stitch
In time may save an undertaker's bill.
Of more than 100,000 persona assessed for
personal taxes In New York City about 150
are assessed for more than 1100,000 each.
Those assessed at tl, 000.000 or over are:
Andrew Carnegie, $5,000,000; Henry Dexter,
11,000,000; James J. Hill, $1,000,000; Ellen
Mahany, $1,000,000; Mary Lewis, tl,009,00J;
John D. Rockefeller, $2,500,000; Henry til.
Rogers, $1,000,000; Russell Bage, $$,000,000;
James Stlllman, $1,000,000 ($50,000 last year);
Mary C. Thompson, $1,000,000; Alice C. Van
derbllt, $1,000,000; Frederick W. Vander
bllt, $2,000,000. and William K. Vanderbtlt,
$1,000,000 some of s-hom no doubt you have
never heard of.
An echo of the recent big snowstorm was
heard in town last week, when a lad living
up ctate twenty miles, but who worked In
the city for $3 a week, complained that his
employers "docked" him 60 cents for being
fifty minutes late, the exact time of the
delay on the railroad. This case developed
the fact that many big stores fine their
employes 6 cents a minute for being late.
A woman's club has taken up the matter
and a law providing for pro rata "docking"
on salaries will be offered In the next legis
lature. These cases are usually referred
(to as "minor abuses," but It Is said certain
stores carry this rule out with such rigor
that a 20 pel cent saving Is made on the
pay roll. Another store permits an em
ploye to advance money at interest to other
employes, practicing In the meantime the
"docking" system, thereby catching the
drip at both bung and spigot This prao
tlce will also be the subject of a firm de
mand on the part of the woman's club for
remedial legislation.
Sbme Idea of the stupendous amount of
work Involved In the carrying out of the
$101,000,000 canal .project Is afforded by the
examinations now being conducted to se
cure the skilled men necessary for the
undertaking. Under the supervision of the
State Civil Service commission examina
tions were held for an assistant civil engi
neer, leveler, civil engineer draughtsman.
etc. Examinations for the same positions
were held also at other points In the state
and In a number of cities In other states.
The examinations In other, states for the
places are owing to the fact that there
does not seem to be enough available ma
terial In New York. While persona In other
states are allowed to try the examinations.
the preference In appointments will be
given' to residents of New York.
Out of the surging crowd, close to the
Iron railing, enclosing the old Van Buren
garden, In West Fourteenth street, may be
seen any sunny afternoon the year round a
long, straggling, unguarded line of occu
pied and empty baby carriages a unique,
open air nursery, known to the neighbor
hood as "Perambulator row."
The row Is a time honored Institution.
Since the oldest Inhabitant can remember
It has been the custom for mothers there
about, enticed by the attractions of the
shops In that locality, to bring the babies
along tor an outing and leave their car
riages, and as often the babies themselves.
unprotected In the row, while they, rid of
encumbrances, shop across the street, with
arms free to fight for bargains and a mind
at peace.
That these mothers feel ah absolute sense
of security in leaving their offspring or
their ' unoccupied carriages at a place en
Hrely unguarded In one of the most
crowded thoroughfares of the city Is the
oddest feature of the row.
Every variety of carriage Is seen, from
the lace-bedecked, parasoled perambulator
of fancy design to the most dilapidated
go-cart, while the babies of all kinds and
conditions would fill every requirement for
any sort of baby show.
Something more than theoretical hope Is
held out for consumptives since the open
air camp has been established on Black
well's Island. It has been In operation now
for over a year, and nearly 60 per cent of
the patients have been discharged. Thir
teen cases of absolute cure are recorded,
nearly- ISO have been discharged aa "much
Improved" and on the way to complete 'recovery,-
and about WO have been sent away
as '''somewhat Improved." Before this out-of-door
camp waa established practically
all those who went to the consumptive hos
pital were encased In coffins on leaving.
The camp Is by no means perfect yet, but
Improved facilities and more enlightened
methods of treatment are constantly being
added. A great work has been done In di
vorcing death and consumption as eyno
nyms.
The migration of Protestant churches up
town and from east to west. Is one of the
permanent problems In Christian work In
New York. The wave or foreign invasion
grows higher and stronger with each year.
and In the large centees of population the
proportion of the church sustaining people
become less and less.
The pastor of one of the strongest Bap
tist churches on the upper East Side Is
about to give up the struggle, and retire
to the orthodox quiet of a large church In
a New England city. His reason Is found
in this utfitement of fact "the great exodus
of J-vn Btants from the location of hla
church; that foreign born people have
largely taken their place, with a large
percentage of non-Christians among them.
Drawing the Line.
' New York Sun.
The great defender of the sacred ratio
stood In the corridor of the Shorehara and
spoke these words:
"Yes, but I haven't got my pants turned
up, you will notice."
"Pants" for the plain people. Trousers
are for plutocrats I
As I'sefnl as Chorns,
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Really, nobody cares how long the senate
goes on "talking" about the Panama canal,
since the real government of the country
has already done the work. The senate
comes In Uke the chorus; It entertains while
tho actors are making up.
VPREMB COIRT CLERKSHIP.
Custer County Republican: II. C. Lind
say, chairman of the republican state cen
tral commflten. Is an applicant for the
position of clerk of the supreme court.
There should be no hesitancy about his
appointment.
Alliance Times: Harry Lindsay Is said
to be slated for the office of clerk of the
supreme court. Mr. Lindsay has been the
Very efficient rhalrman of the republican
state committee for several years past and
deserves a rich reward.
Syracuse Journal: It Is claimed by the
knowing ones that Judges Hrdgwlck and
Barnes will appoint Harry Lindsay clerk
f the supreme court. And they could not
o a thing better calculated to please all
the republicans In the state, barring the
other candidates for the position.
Loup City Northwestern: There Is much
favorable talk in favor of Chairman Hurry
Lindsay for clerk of the sopreme court.
That's the kind of comment we like to
hear, and especially when It Is about so
competent a man and faithful party
worker. Here's hoping Harry will land the
prise.
Tecumaeh Chieftain: It la said that
Judges Sedgwick and Barnes are contem
plating appointing Harry Lindsay clerk of
the supreme court. The many admirers of
Mr. Lindsay over the state are hopeful this
action will be made. As chairman of the
state republican committee Mr. Lindsay
has lent his party a service which can
scarcely be repaid, even though a tery de
sirable plum should drop his way.
Grand Island Independent: Chairman
Lindsay of the republican state committee
In favor of, one state convention for
the nomination of candidates for the state
officers and the selection of delegates at
large to the national convention. His prop
osition fs more to the point It would
give the people out over the state more
time and better opportunity to meet and
select their representatives than It a state
convention were hurriedly . called to take
place In about thirty days.
Boott's Ttluff Republican: It Is possible that
H. C. Llr.dsay, chairman of the state re
publican com nit tee, will be appointed clerk
of the supreme court In place of Lee Herd-
man, the prruent Incumbent. If the court
should select Mr. Lindsay It would be doing
justice to one of the most worthy repub
licans In the state, and would be showing
thelr-appreclatlon of his excellent work as
an organiser in the last three campaigns.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Twelve thousand dollars has been sub
scribed to be used In the establishment of
memorial at Oxford to the late Max
Muller.
The good people who are addressing New
England audiences on the "federation of
the world" la the interest of International
peace are In an embarrassing position by
reason of the Russian-Japanese cloud.
A blind man at Homestead, Pa., was
struck by a trolley car recently, and when
he recovered consciousness he found that
the Jar he had received had' restored his
eyesight The Springfield Republican sug
gests that the road will probably sue him
to recover a sum for a surgical operation.
Senator Matthew Stanley Quay drifted
Into the lobby ot the Arlington In Washing
ton In a spick and span new suit of clothes
and a southern member of congress con
gratulated him upon his appearance. "Good
fit eh?" said Quay, much pleased. ''Fit!
Bets better'n a hen, senator!" was the
reply.
John Meurer, familiarly known In Brook
lyn aa"Dr. Sachs." died the other day.
He came from Germany with his parents
when a boy, and early In life blacKea boots
and sold newspapers on the streets. . Later
he engaged In the manufacture of sarsar
paxUla, which he Sold In the saloon and
from this accumulated a fortune ot $500,000.
Joseph W. Folk, .the fit. Louis lawyer who
has been making life a burden to evildoers
of the boodler type, visited the Harding col
lege In Mexico,-Mo., and addressed the girl
pupils. At the close of his remark ne was
somewhat disconcerted when the girls
raised this yell: "Joe Folk, Joe Folk: He s
the man! If I can't vote, my sweetheut
can.
Rupert Guinness, who was recently mar
ried in England, will some day be one of
the richest men In the British empire, as
the eldest son of Lord Iveagh, he Is the
direct heir to one of the largest fortunes
that has ever been amassed In the brewing
trade. The Guinness company was recently
floated at a capital of $26,000,000, and Lord
Iveagh retained a big share in the concern.
Andrew . Carnegie" Is only a few Inches
above five feet In height. Henry W. Phlpps,
his old partner. Is not an Inch taller, and
John Walker, the other member of the trio
who revolutionised the manufacture of
steel, has perhaps a little the best of both
Carncsie and Phlpps. Aa for Henry C.
Frlck, his head would Just about reacn to
the shoulder of a man of ordinary neigni.
Spoilsmen Tender Apologies.
, Chicago Post
The house, like the king of France, "with
twice 10,000 men marched ud a hill and
th. marched down again." On Wednes
day It would have none of civil service,
but Thursday It hastened to apologise, and
the merit system still lives. After a time
the people will grow tired of this annual
display of foolishness and the house will
be told In no uncertain voice to "be good.'
Shifty as the Winds.
Indianapolis Journal.
A few years ago the democrats In eon
gress were attacking President McKlnley
because he was too slow In recognising the
Independence of Cuba. Now they are abus
ing President Roosevelt because he was too
fast in recognising Panama. Great old
party, that
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ion concerning tills caseT .
Possible Juryman HuhT -
Lawyer Your honor, we'll Uke hlm.
Chicago Tribune.
"Sometimes," said Uncle Eben. "a father
Kind o overburdens a boy by 'epectin' hltn
to be good an' smaht enough to c'rect Oe
faults of all de res' o' de fam'Iy." Wash
ington Star.
"Does your father know It's leap rr?"
"Guess he does. He cime down s.c'rS
the other morning and, looking reprr ch
fully at us girls, said: 'Eight days gone,
girls.' "Cleveland Plain Dealer.
1 "What did you think of my death scene?"
asked the actor.
"Well, it scorned to me It came a little too
late In the piece," was the reply. Chicago
Post t .
The Mother-Eunice, was there any kiss
ing In that pantomime you and the others
were rehearsing In the parlor last evening T
The Daughter Why, of course; Herbert
and I had to kiss, but It was In pantomime,
Johnny No, It wasn't, mamma. 1 heard
It! Philadelphia Press.
Ethel No, 1 there wasn't any session of
the cooking school today. Teacher was
sck.
Mother The srrlp. I suppose?
Ethel No; Indlaestlon. She ate some of
her own cooking yesterday. Philadelphia
Ledger. '
"Mamln,
mn(um?"
said Maud, "what Is an ultl-
"I don't know exactly,
was the reply
"But Judging from 'the wa.
iv It Is used li
diplomatic correspondence I should say It
was modern Latin fur 'to be continued In
our next.' "Washington Stsr,
ALL HAIL THiS DOOM.
NtJw York Town Topics.
The Boom of Hearst,
Tha Boom of Hearst.
May he who'd squelch It stnnd accurst!
Proclaim It from the mountain tops, ,
In nalaces. In butcher shops.
'Mid luxuries and mutton chops;
In hovels small.
Skyscrapers tall.
In "bus rnd trolley ear,
In sweat shop mean,
in fields ot green.
Wherever IlFt'ners are; .
Disseminate
And propagate;
Diffuse, report and evulgate.
The boom, the boom, the booming boom
Of him for whom
The ptiblio thirst ,
Is all ahurst.
With trump and thunder give It tongue.
With tinkling cymbals belt sung.
From every belfry he It rung,
Bussed and baud led. spread abroad,
Bruited, Masoned, underscored.
Till all the land from far Manunk
A-Chunk to Port of Kt'nnehunk,
Prom plains of distant Idaho,
To craggy heights of Coney O,
From AdlronilHck's toweling pines,
To old Nevada's glistening mines,
Hast heard that Hearst
Is soon to burst
The shackles of our blistering doom.
With the booming, booming, booming of his
boom.
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