TnE OMAHA DAILY DEEi WEDNESDAY. FEHIWARY 10. 1001.
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Admiral Alexlcff starts Liu "I regret
to report" dispatches eurly lu the game.
! To Judge by latest reports from Tort
Arthur the Husslun beitr was hiber
nating at the wrong time.
.At long. as hog aud hominy are not
declared contraband of war the western
farmer can look upon the con diet In Asiu
wlUi equanimity.
Members of the council have infor
mally decided upon retrenchment In the
city hall. The taxpayers are anxious to
see them do It formally. '
- The canr of Uussla delayed his visit to
the shrine where his fathers prayed for
victory and the next day he lost three
ships. belays are dangerous.
-
1 From the urgent desire of Secretary
Hay to preserve China It might be pre
sumed that tajth of the conflicting forces
wcra uiAde tip of housemaids.
It is an ill wind that Mpws nobody
food. The grain, rate war and . the
Japanese-ItusNian war 'have proved a
blessing to the western farmer.
We now know Aryan's opinion of Tol
Iter, but did the .Russliia philosopher
know that he was talking to a reporter
ho wanted to market the interview at
pattl concert prices?
. Japan and Russia having both assured
the people of the world that the other
fa to blame for the war may now pro
ceed to show the same people which is
best .entitled to belief.
; Those carping critics who have said
that General Corbln would not stand
fire could not have foretold that the first
time he would be called to duty he
would be up against the real thing.
An enlargement of the city market is
Urgently recommended by the market
master. Why not lift that unsightly
tporket house dome, off and put it on
stilts J That will make a market bouse
annex at the smallest outlay.
In the light of the recent catastrophe
It as unnecessary for Jones of Blng
bkmton, late colonel of the Sixth Massa
chusetts volunteers, to have heaped coals
f fire on the head of Baltimore by
ending a Check to aid its citizens.
While the entire community is
(wrought up over the 60 per cant increase
tn the city tax levy, the World-Herald
rises to the gravity of the situation by
entering summary protest against the
practice of slitting in the street cars.
' If Secretary Hay's plan to assure
Japan and UumhI that neither will he
permitted to dismember China receives
the approval of the other powers it may
bavt a greater effect in ending the pres
ent hostilities than a severe defeat for
Dither party.
Happy Frenchmen! The absence of
c.an from their Chamber of Deputies
(WW cause a postponement of the discus
sion of the Panama canal question. The
United States would willingly spare sev
era! from Its congreas to bring about the
same result.
Over half of the members of the Iowa
geperal assembly are candidates for re
election and this may be a good thing for
Jowa. As a rule Nebraska legislators
ttever desire to succeed themselves; at
least, one would Judge so from the rec
ords they make.
We are told in the strictest confidence
that the Indications now are that there
will be considerable' delay, in the ap
praisement of the water works plant
That forecast might' have been confl
dently made when the IIowell-Gllbort
bill was being railroaded through the
legislature.
COCLD THt Ltrr llAVt BKttt LUirtRt
Tsx Commissioner Fleming's assertion
that a 12-mlll levy would have supplied
nmple funds for meeting all the demands
upon the city government this year in
view of the anticipated collection of
$3iX),(K)0 through the enforcement of the
scavenger law Is doubtless correct.
A fair average of the amount neces
sary for carrying on municipal govern
ment for Omaha Is f 1,000,000 a year.
In 1WT, when the tax rate was 64 mills
on a basis xf one-sixth of the actual
value of the property assessed, the total
tax produced on an assessment of $17,
415,048 was $MO,401.10; in 1.808, with an
assessment of $33,049,503 at one-third of
its actual value, the assessment was 24
mills and the total tax produced for city
government was $703,188.07; in 1801),
with an assessment of $34,007,309 on the
one-third value basis, the total amount
produced was $8712,084.07 In 1000 the
aggregate assessment on. the one-third
basis was $35,002,207, and the levy 28
mills, with a total tax of $090,381.80. In
the following year 1001 the aggregate
assessment was $30,374,180, the tax rato
34- milts and the total tax produced
$1,230,722.32. This was the highest
amount of taxes in dollars and cents
ever levied in Omaha. In 1002 the ag
gregate assessed valuation was $37,010,
105, the levy 30 mills' and the tax pro
duced $1,128,4.84.05.
The first assessment on a full value
basis was made In 1003, when the ag
gregate assessed valuation was $105,
850,575, the tax rote 8 mills and the
aggregate tax produced $920,245.03.
Adding to this amount the $275,000 of
railroad aud express' company taxes en
Joined by the courts nnd we have a total
of $1,201,245, which is really $200,000
more than the aggregate tax should be
under economic management of the af
fairs of the city and school district. The
Increase of $200,000 in the expenditures
of the city aud school district within the
last four years represents in large part
the extravagant school system manage
ment that has grown out of the enact
ment of the law that enables the school
board to fix its own tax levy. The av
erage school levy up to 1808 ranged from
1 to 2 mills on full value. In 1003 It was
2.3 mills, this year 33 mills. The actual
expenditures of the city for 1003 are
summed up in the following exhibit:
Warrants Unpaid
Fund.
urawn. Claims.
Totnl.
Oener.l a....t'J10.:'6.8 I22.3W.0O $ 278,1116.53
Sinking HM.7H.S2
28.7'JH 50
SP3.44102
JudKmentH .. 8.4W.92
f.112.38
100.80
7.616.51
1.251.67
243. SO
3.30
4,378.111
64.10
11.582.30
16.676.01
162.963.46
112.640 33
7.754.30
rR.824 96
US 4-J2.77
7.P50.93
16,786.69
17,078.33
.Library 16.575 .21
Mre D lfl.W3.l
I'ollcn c...
tW.073.73 '
Hewer
7,511.00
15.SLn.66
84.044.78
7,f5.88
18,786,69
M.710.04
Park
Lighting
Health
Cleaning and
sweeping ..
C. O. and
paving
S.8G8.29
Total $941,795.54 174.194.46 11.129.316.68
Judgment for water lent 94,219.69
$1,223,636.27
Salaries cnld bv iudwment: a Oeneral.
$45,598.64, b Fire, $39,413; c Police, $25,316.04;
total. $110,326.68.
Unpaid claims in the hands of city
comptroller.
It will be noted that this exliibit in
cludes not only the amount drawn out of
tho treasury on warrants, but also all
Bulorles paid by Judgment, alt unpaid
claims on file In the comptroller's office, as
well as the Judgment for the unpaid
water works rental. The 14-mlll levy for
1004 will produce $1,410,582.04.: Deduct
ing lO per cent from this amount $141,-
058 there will still be an aggregate In
come of $l,277iC24.04, or $54,088 more
than the total expenses of government In
1003, Including nil judgments and unpaid
claims. As a matter of fact the Income
for 1004 Is sure to exceed $1,500,000
without the appliance of the scavenger
law, or more than a quarter of a million
more than -is needed for carrying on the
city government on very liberal lines.
Last 'year's assessment of 8 mills
was fixed upon the presumption fliat the
railroads and express companies would
pay their taxes the same as other tax
payers. These taxes would have aggre
gated $275,000, or an equivalent of 2
mills. Manifestly a levy of 1214 mills
would have been ample for paying all
the running expenses, including water
works rental, without any scavenger tax
income. With only $150,000 from scav
enger law collections 11 mills would
have more than covered oil the legiti
mate expenses of municipal government
and 10 mills, or $1,000,000 a year, would
fully answer all purposes if the expendi
tures of the city were kept within tho
limit prescribed by the charter.
iiLP.SU ABD JAP AH AT WAR.
The sword has been drawn In the far
east and no man. can tell when it will
be sheathed or what will be the. result
of the conflict. ' The first blow was
struck by Japan' and it indicates a pur
pose to carry on hostilities with a vigor
that will surprise and perplex her pow
erful enemy. While tho attention of
the world has been chiefly directed to
Russia's war preparations, Japan has
been no leas active than her enemy In
getting ready for hostilities and she en
ters upon the war well prepared for a
long struggle and with a thorough un
derstandlng of the formidable character
of the contest and the demand it will
probably make upon her resources.
The spirit that actuates Japan is shown
in a statement credited to an eminent
statesman of that country: "Corea must
be Russian or Japanese, and to make it
the latter every one of Japan's 550,000
soldiers will die, it need be, to achieve
this victory for his emperor this act of
international justice, this guarantee of
the safety of the Japanese nation. And,
after our soldiers are gone, the nation
Itself man, woman and child will bat
tie, 40,000,000 of us, till the last yen is
gone and the last life yielded. It is with
us no statesman's policy; It is with us
the settled purpose and the burning pas
sion of a people." There are no people
more Intensely patriotic than the Japa
nese, but not only are they willing to
fight for the honor and the Integrity of
their country, they are also capable of
doing so. The testimony of all compe
tent observers Is that they are excellent
soldiers, well-disciplined, brave and hav
ing almost unlimited endurance. Among
the troops la the FeUug campaign Done
surpassed in soldierly qualities those of
Jspan, while the men In her naval serv
ice are said to bo equal to those of any
other country. An American naval offi
cer is quoted as saying that in its per
sonnel the navy of Jspan is distinctly
superior to Russia, that "ono Jap is
equal to two Russians in fighting value."
At the same time the fighting qualities
of tire Rnsstans should not be underes
timated. While having little of tho pa
triotic spirit that inspires the Japanese,
yet tho Russian soldier Is not lacking In
courage, ns has been shown in many
sanguinary battlefields. He may not
fight with enthusiasm and dash, but be
Is a sturdy and stubborn foe, capable of
great endurance and caring little for life.
Will the war be protracted and will it
be confined to the far east! These are
questions which no one is competent to
answer satisfactorily. The probabllltyjs
that hostilities will be prolonged, since
both powers are evidently determined to
exhaust every resource at Its command
before yielding. There is a possibility,
of course, that after a time they may
be willing to accept intervention, but
this is improbable. As to confining the
war to the far east, it seems to be now
the general impression in Europe that
this will be done, but unforeseen events
may occur to draw Great Britain or
France, or possibly both into the con
flict, in whlck event a great part of Eu
rope m'lght easily become involved. At
the outset, however, all the governments
of Europe will take a position of abso
lute neutrality and undoubtedly will
make every effort to maintain this at
titude to the end.
The hostile powers have given to the
world statements explaining their course.
The impartial reader cannot fall, we
think, to find in that of Japan a con
clusive Justification of her action.
While Omaha club women have been
wrestling with the momentous question,
"Whether high school girls should be
compelled to wear uniforms," the Des
Moines school board has voted that
teachers must wear short skirts or take
a long leave. This onslaught was pre.
clpitated by a petition of the school
marms importuning the school board to
have the floors of the school rooms re
oiled to prevent the ruining of their
long skirts by the dust on unoiled floors'.
Whether the Des Moines club women
will champion the abbreviated or unab
breviated .school ma'am's skirt remains
to be seen.
Judge Vlnsonhaler has scored the elec
tion boards in two South Omaha pre
cincts, who deserted their booths to go
on a drunk and left outsiders to do the
canvassing, but his honor can see noth
ing improper in accepting the returns
mode by the outlaw canvassing board.
A bill forbidding absolutely the accept
ance of any railroad pass by members
of the legislature, state officers, Judicial
officers or delegates to political conven
tions has been introduced in the Iowa
senate, but it will take several days be
fore its final passage is announced.
The onnual smashing of short weights
end fraudulent measures confiscated by
the city Inspector has taken place under
supervision of members of the council,
but no steps have yet been taken to
bring about the periodic official test of
long measure meters.
Proposals are invited by the South
Omab.11 council for paving the extension
of Twenty-fourth street, the material to
be "Gulesburg brick, or any other brick
Just as good." Those -three words, "any
other brick," open the gates wide for a
very neat Job.
A Menace to Surgery.
St Louis Republic
Vegetarians claim that their diet is a
sura preventive of appendicitis. They are
planning to save meat eaters from the
surgeons. They should Include tn their cir
cular Instructions some advice to keep
from swallowing solder and pieces of tlru-
Trooble Makers at the Pfoat.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The American fleet can ba depended upon
to preserve ordinary sea manner in the
Orient. Remembering the presence1 of bo
many American mules, however, not So
much can be promised in tho way of land
manners.
What a S pert aria to Loak ITpaa.
Baltimore American.
The picture of Russia weeping blttar
tears over the possible fracture of peace,
while at the same time clearing her decks,
mobilizing her troops and attending to all
such practical detail, la a mixture of the
sentimental and the practical which Is cal
culated to excite the surprised admiration
of the world.
Bare the Big Trees.
New Tork Sun.
The, movement for th preservation of the
Calaveras gioves of big trees Jn a na
tional park has enlisted support In thirty
states outside of California and the peti
tions on file in congress contain the names
of 1,437,260 persons. Of these 239,560 are
rltlsens of California. The others are scat
tered In all parts of the country signifi
cant testimony to the national character
of the demand. President Roosevelt Is
heartily In favor of tho plan, for tha auo
ceaa of which at this session of congress
a determined effort is now making.
Way Kansas Yells Some.
Kansas City Times.
' Some conception of the kind of whisky
the people of Kansas smuggle In and drink
may be found from the report of the
case of two Kansas City dealers arrested
for violations of tha Internal revenue law.
The price of a case of four quarts of the
stuff is given at $3.50. Of this the Kansas
agent gets 60 cents for this commission.
The express charges must also be deducted.
This makes the whisky stand the Kansas
consumer If he Is not the consumed about
66 cents a quart.
Heeara of tha Bxtra Seealoa.
Springfield Republican.
All that the recent extra session of con
gress achieved In actual enactment was to
paaa a joint resolution granting mileage
compensation to members. The statutes
require the State department to make up
into a separata bound volume the acta of
each aalon of congress.. Accordingly a
volume haa been prepared with this one
little resolution for its sole contents. 1 And
now the house members do not dare to
execute even that enactment by openly
voting the required appropriation. It haa
been a great beglnnirg for the Fifty-eighth
congress,
ASDREWS Al THE TOPtXlSTS.
Vi'hlrhneas anil Wherefore ef the not
Air C.hoat Dance,
Chicago inter Ocean.
The Nebraska populists have started a
campaign for tha removal of Chancellor K.
Benjamin Andrews of the State university.
They have already 'refused to renominate
two populist regents whose terms are ex
piring, on the ground that their support
of Chancellor Andrews Is a berayal of
their party. Efforts are to be made at
the state conventions of all parties to In
struct nominees for regent against An
dxtws. The excuse for all this turmoil against
an educator whose abilities and services
are unquestioned, In spite of his political
eccentricities, Is that Dr. Andrews favors
accepting $5,000 offered by John D. Rocke
feller for a university bulldlrg, and is
trying to raise the $36,000 needed to make
the gift' available.
The Nebraska popullrts contend that to
accept Mr. Rlckefellcr's gift would In
some mysterioug way "menace Nebraska"
public school system," of which the univer
sity Is a part.
Of course all this populist argument that
a gift without conditions for a public pur
pose should, not be accepted from a man
whose business methods many people do
not like la sheer pretense. The real rea
son for the campaign Is that the Nebraska
populists are disappointed In E. Benjamin
Andrews.
Dr. Andrews gave Brown university good
service In many ways, but affronted its
constituency by upholding free silver and
other Bryanlsms. So Dr. Andrewa retired
from the presidency of Brown, and the
Bryanltes made a martyr of him. They
found a job for htm first as superintendent
of the Chicago schools, and then at Ne
braska university. They expected him to
make, the university a seminary of popu
lism. But Dr. Andrews, In spite of his political
eccentricities. Is, first of all, an educator.
And probably he had learned some things
In leaving Brown and since. At all events,
he deyoted himself to building up Ne
braska university, not as a training school
for populist agitators, but as a seat of
knowledge and scholarship.
This is not what the populists brought
him there to do. Hence their disappoint
ment and their wrath, for whose venting
the Rockefeller gift Is merely an excuse.
DISMAL PROPHECT.
Chancellor Andrews Breaks Oat ta a
New Spot.
Chicago Record-Herald.
In his efforts to justify the acceptance of
financial aid from the head of the Standard
Oil trust fir the University of Nebraska
Chanceller E. Benjamin Andrews passed
from a reference tu trust methods to this
cheerful and altruistic prophecy:
Society, as It becomes more enlightened,
will snuff out the lives of sickly and
deformed Infants, to prevent their becoming
at maturity a burden' to it and to them
selves. Aa with the cradle, so It will be
with other cases. A committee of skilled
physicians, I firmly believe, eventually wilt
determine the fate of those who are sickly,
or whose recovery from disease Is Im
possible. Such persons, If the physicians
agree, will mercifully be put to death.
Of course a tot of allowances must be
made for a man who Is reaching out for a
slice of the Standard Oil millions, but It Is
none the less regrettable that Mr, Rocke
feller's offer to the University of Ne
braska should have evoked such an In
human and preposterous prophecy as this
from Its chancellor a an argument in
favor of accepting the' gift.
The Idea of destroying tho defectives and
derelicts of course Ik not a new One. But It
Is now, as always, a shocking one, and be
cause great corporations crush out small
ones It Is folly to argue that human society
will ever go back to a state of barbarism
where It will deliberately destroy weak,
crippled or blind babies. '
As a matter of fact, the care and solici
tude which such babies requires sweeten
and leaven the race. They are sn In
spiration ' to gentleness; teaching the
human race to be kind and merciful. They
help to keep the race from dropping to the
level of the brute creation. The affectionate
care bestowed by a family upon the
crippled or blind member of the flock is an
Impressive sermon upon the common
kinship and brotherhood of man.
We will not exterminate weak Infants
not In this century. Even so scholarly a
man as Chancellor Andrews cannot turn
the hands of the clock backward.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Remembering that It Is leap year, the
eligible bachelor may let the party of the
second part do the valentine buying this
time. ' ,
Thomas . Peterson, the first colored man
to vote In the United 8tates under the
amendment to the federal constitution giv
ing to his race the right of suffrage, has
just died at his home In Newark, N. J. .
Robert Ellin, who had an international
reputation as a atone and wood carver,
haa just died In New Tork. He was looked
upon as the founder of the artlstlo stone
carving business In the United States.
Daniel J. Sully, king1 of the cotton bulls
In Wall street, has a weakness for vocif
erous waistcoats. One has a large white
body, barred oft In black squares, the
whole thing looking like a design In tile
work.
Proof that tha law of compensation
doesn't always shirk Its duty Is provided
by the fact that the man who wrote
"Won't You Coma Home, Bill Bailey V
has been taken to a hospital, suffering
with .alcoholism.
Judge Tuthlll of Chicago has expressed
the opinion that many fathers neglect their
sons to make money. Many fathers long
ago discovered that they have to neglect
about everything to make money, it takes
so much of the stuff to raise sons.
All things come to him who waits. Back
In 11)00 some railroad employes took a dis
like to the political doctrine preached by
Henry F. Seawall, and fifteen eggs that
should have outlawed months before cam
to him. He brought suit against the rail
way company and the superior court of
North Carolina has decided that the sum
of $4,500 Is coming to him.
The New Tork World Almanso for 1904
Is built along the lines of its predecessors,
only more so. It is the best ever. If you
can't find what you want in the World
Almanac, to search In other almanacs Is
a waste of time. For the busy, man In
counting room or workshop, for the spell
binder who occasionally Indulges In facta,
the educator and the student everyone
seeking Information about governments at
home and abroad, political and military
affairs, religious movements, clvlo con
cerns, and statistics of current interest-
will And the World Almanao fills the bill
Erastua Wlman, once called "the king of
Staten Island," is now a hopeless paralytic,
nearly 70 years old and poverty stricken.
Formerly ne was a promoter of great
schemes, with such an Influential backer
aa the late Robert Garrett, president of
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad. . Mr. Wl
man a little over ten years ago was In
receipt 01 an income or nearly Jiuo.ooo a
year and was Interested with Mr. Gar
rett In making Staten island a great ter
minus for the Baltimore Ohio road.
The schemes might have succeeded had
Mr. Garrett lived, but his death caused
Mr. Wlman's bankruptcy. Last week the
sale of the letter's household effects was
completed. The net proceeds crom the sale
amounted to only l,Sua, '
BITS OF WASIIItGTOS LIFE.
Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched
oa the Spot.
The evolution In mllltnry life in Wash
ington, beginning with the Ppanlsh-Amer-
ican war, hss grndually extended until
military parades have become common In
cidents. A troop of cavalry met the In
coming secretary of war, Taft, at thJ
depot and escorted him to his hotel. The
same troop paid like honors to the out
going secretary of war, Root, escorting
him from his home to the depot. A few
years ago It was unusual to ree an officer
of the army, the ,navy or marine corps
pn the streets of Washington attired In
the uniform of his service. Nowadays
army officers walk the thoroughfares In
the dress of their calling without minding
It a bit.
The practice hasn't extended to the navy
and the marine corps, mainly for the, rea
son that it Is opposed by a majority of
those In both services, but it Is pretty
genernlly believed that It Is only a ques
tion of time when that part of the com
missioned personnel of the naval estab
lishment on duty In Washington will be
directed to wear their uniforms when on
duty.
Encouraged by these Incidents, the am
bassadors of foreign powers want to have
military honor done them on special oc
casions, and judging from surface Indi
cations of the feeling on the subject among
government officials they will have their
desire gratified as soon as it has been
expressed formally.
Few business men will employ a left-
handed person as a clerk or bookkeeper
and the prejudice against them extends to
the government departments at Washing
ton. The chiefs of those departments are
entirely willing to overlook bad penman
ship on the part of a really good and In
dustrious clerk, but It Is the man or
woman who writes with tha left hand at
which tho balk is made. The dead line
Is drawn Just the moment It Is ascertained
that a clerk Is left-handed and he is forth
with Informed that If It Is his desire to
continue In government service It will be
necessary for him to write with his right
hand. This Information is always a bitter
pill for the left-handed penholders, but
there is nothing to be done but begin to
write with the right hand or "throw up
the job," and few are anxious to quit
government service even for this cause.
No matter how perfect a hand a left-
handed clerk may write, there is no alter
native but to learn to write with the right
hand, and sometimes It takes months to
get to the point where even a legible hand
Is written by the clerk who is forced to
learn the business over." but during
this period of making the change the chiefs
are easy and patient and make the work
as light as possible on the unfortunate
clerk.
One of the best men 'In the Department
of (Jommeroe and Labor began his career.
In the bureau of statistics, lie nad lert
a proof-reader's desk In the government
printing office to accept a clerkship In the
bureau. He began to write with his left
hand and he almost threw a fit when the
chief told him to put the pen In the right
hand, that left-handed penmanship didn't
go. Then it waa that he wished he was
back in the big prlntery, where any kind
of "handwriting" passed muster, Just so
the correct marking was made on the
proof and was plain enough for the com
positor to decipher.
The eighteen Osage Indians who went on
a toot in Washington last ween, mereDy
delaying the signing of the agreement about
their lands the Interior department had
ready, are, with their tribesmen and
women, the richest people per capita in the
United States and probably In the world.
The government holds In trust for each
one of them, brave, squaw, young buck or
pappoose, about $10,000, and pays them 5 per
cent Interest on It. '
When the first payment on this plan was
made more cash was released among the
Osagea than they ever heard of before.
Most of the families are prolific of children,
and It was not uncommon for a brave, his
squaw and six or eleven children to have
$4,000 or $5,000 In cash. The Indians bought
everything they could think of, but their
tastes ran mostly to buggies. An enter
prising wagon man front Chicago brought a
lot of buggies and wagons to one of the
settlements on the Osage reservation and
sold them all at fancy prices. He also
brought a hearse along, thinking "he might
dispose of It
A brave came In with seven children and
his squaw. He wanted to buy a buggy, but
there was none left His eye lighted on the
hearse, and asked how much It was.
"Twelve hundred dollars," said the agent.
"Me Jake," said the Osage. He counted
out tha money, hitched two ponies to the
hearse, piled his family Inside and mounted
the driver's seat himself. He drove away
In triumph, and still uses the hearse as his
family conveyance.
Senator Allison's wariness of direct state
ments Is proverbial among public men to
Washington. The anecdote about a friend
winning a wager of a cigar from an Iowan
that the senator would not state In so
many words that a flock of sheep approach
ing had been sheared haa become familiar.
"They seem to be sheared on this side," the4
senator Is quoted aa having said. The other
day In the senate' this anecdote was dupli
cated after a fashion. There had been dis
cussion about tha wisdom of appropriating
a lump sum annually for keeping tha aide
walks and streets of Washington free from
snow and Ice. Mr. Allison was drawn Into
the discussion. "Snow haa been falling on
tha streets and sidewalks of Washington
for many years past," observed Mr. Alli
son. "And will for many years to come,"
Interposed Senator Spooner. "Aa to that,"
rejoined Senator Allison, "I will not
prophesy."
Jufge Bomervllle of the Board of United
States Oeneral Supervisors tells how an ex
perienced housekeeper decided one of the
earliest customs classification cases to
come before the supreme court In Wash
ington. Someone had Imported a prepara
tion of fish which had been assessed for
duty as a sauce. Ixwer courts had given
conflicting opinions, and when the raoa
came before the final tribunal the declalons
were voluminous In the extreme. Justice
Gray took the matter under consideration,
but could not make up his mind. Ills col
leagues being equally undecided, the Justice
reflected that perhaps a housewife would
probably be better qualified to decide a
matter of this kind. He took a sample of
the article home to Mrs. Gray. "Non
sense, that's no sauce; It's fish!" she said.
And the next day the supreme court of the
United States solemnly decided the article
waa not sauce.
John Sharp Williams, tha democratlo
leader, was taking part in a tariff talk In
the house, when a republican asked him:
"If you had your way, what would you do
with the tariff throw away all duties?"
Mr. Williams replied easily: "If I had an
old house to take down and wanted to
build a new one In Its place I am not fool
enough to blow it up by dynamite. I would
begin at the roof and take lt out that way.
I am not fool enough, either, to get under
the house, pull out the pillars and let It
fall on me. Common sense Is tha attribute
of ordinary cltisens, much less statesmen
like you and me."
Caasa aaa Elwt.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Wa are going to have an opportunity of
learning whetlier Ruksla Is a fighting na
tion. It tt isn't', of cours wa ahall "dl
vlda It uu." This is a Christian wvrld. .
I RE niETItlClf.
Des Molnrs Capital: Senator Dietrich of
Nebraska certainly takes a ni.ist sensible
view of his own esse. He realises that his
recent acquittal In the federnl court from
tho charge of having necepted a bribe In a
certain poatofflce appointment was not such
a one as Is calculated to give him thcphice
In the public confidence which he once oc
cupied. He was acquitted on a legal tech
nicality which did not nffect the feiil merits
of the case. Senator Dietrich appreciates
the position in which he is place, I. On
Monday last he appeared In the senate at
Washington for the first time since his
trial. He at pneo nsked for an investiga
tion by the senate and offered a resolution
to that end. The resolution was adopted.
Mr. Frye, presiding officer of the senate.
Immediately appointed a committee of five,
three republicans and two democrats, as a
committee of investigation. The committee
Is as follows: Hour of Massachusetts, Piatt
of Connecticut, Spooner of Wisconsin, Cock
rell of Missouri and Pcttus of Alabama.
Tho Washington Tost states that "there
was an impressive silence in the senate as
Mr. Dietrich was recognised and proceeded
with a brief statement, which he read Trent
typewritten sheets, it wns conceded that
he bore himself very creditably under the
circumstances. Several of the older sen
ators crossed to his desk at the rear of tho
hall to greet him. Mr. Dietrich was pale
of countenance and there was a noticeable
tremor In his voice."
As a matter of fnct Mr. Dietrich was not
deserting of censure, nor ought he to be
charged with trying to evade tho conse
quences of a trial by taking advantage of
technicalities. Upon this point it Is well to
consldor the words of Hon. Charles F.
Manderson, ex-I'nlted Stntes senator from
Nebraska, ,and Senator Dietrich's leading
counsel: '
When the bribery ense wns brought on
for trial the purpose of the district attor
ney was apparent. He knew that Dietrich
was not a senator of the United States
until he had qualified by taklns the oath
of office. In an opening statement he put
unnecessary and suspicious emphasis upon
the fact that while Dietrich wns elected
senator In March he did not take the oath
until December nnd that the transactions
complained of were during the sprlnu and
summer months. This statement challenged
tha attention of the whole counsel and
court to the fact that the government
would of necessity hnve Its case dismissed
at the close of tha testimony for the prose
cution, and the opportunity would thus be
given to those disposed, to smirch the sen
ator to give testimony that would be un
contradicted by him and by witnesses he
might bring Into court, for the reason that
none of them would be heard and the Jury
would be Instructed by the court at the
end of the government's testimony to re
turn a vcrd.ct of not guilty. There was
nothing for Dietrich's counsel to do except
to challenge the attention of the court to
the statement of the prosecutor and de
mand that If the case was to be dismissed
at the end of the testimony for the prose
cution that It shoi.ld be done before those
Interested In Senator Dietrich's downfall
could air their animosities upon the wit
ness stand. I knew that this course was
strongly deprecated by Senator Dietrich,
who would have been glad to have had a
full trial upon the merits, but as Judge
Van Devanter said, -referring to the state
ment of District Attorney Summers: "Evi
dence has been rendered unnecessary and
It Is the duty of the Jury to And him not
guilty."
The statement of the case is timely, as it
will present features which many people
did not understand before.
One thing can be depended upon, and
that Is that whatever the findings of the
above committee of investigation may be
the country at large will be satisfied that
the work has been thoroughly and con
scientiously performed. It Is to be hoped
that the final verdict will be such as to
bring no particle of humiliation or dis
grace to any of the parties concerned.
Fairfield News-Herald: The senate has
appointed a strong commltteee of five to
Investigate the charges against Senator
Dietrich and the matter will now be fully
investigated on its merits. This action was
taken at the request of Senator Dietrich In
a manly, straightforward address In the
senate Monday. Tha News-Herald has ex
pressed its opinion once that the charges
against the senator wero wind work and
spite and has Been no reason since to
'change Its opinion. . Now the scene has
somewhat changed from Hastings and
Omaha to Washington, and those who so
freely g3t In their work before the federal
grand Jury at Omaha will have a chance
to make good or else stand In a mighty bad
light, that of doing a fellow citizen a grave
injustice, one of the severest that one man
can do another. We want to see the whole
truth made known and when It Is, aS now
It will be, we venture there will be a big
change In public opinion.
Wayne Herald: On Monday Senator
Dietrich asked the United States senate to
Investigate the charges lodged against him
by the federal grand jury, and accordingly
a committee was appointed for that pur
pose. He states, substantially, that ha
wants the matter 'Sifted to the bottom and
desires to be exonerated or condemned,
rise or fall, exactly as the evidence may de
termine, with no reliance on legal teehnl'
callttes. He feels that he haa been wick
edly wronged, and perhaps that is true.
A "
BARGAIN
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This is by no means a "Bargain Bale" in the cheap
sense, but it is a time of fine opportunities for clothing
buyers
Our entire lines of Winter Suits, Overcoats, UlBtein,
Heefers etc., for Men, Hoys and Children at 2o per cent
discount for 4 more days Plenty of cold weather yet to
come, so prepare yourself for what is coming this winter
and next as well. The chances will never be better.
"SATUUDAY TIIE LAST DAY."
No Clothing Fits Like Ours.
BroWnii2-Kin2-
R. S. WILCOX, Mgr. .
Uye ik in your batcburncr
Clean af hard conl.f ineforcoobir
The public anxiously awaits ths evidence
snd the finding of the Investigating committee.
David City Banner: Senator Dietrich hss
succeediyl in getting his case before the
senate and a special committee has been
appointed to Investigate the charges
bmtigh't against him by the federnl grand
Jury at Omaha. The committee Is com
posed of Senators lbnr. Piatt of Con
necticut, Coekrell, Spooner nnd Pettua, and,
says the nine Valley Hlad their verdict '
will bp unimpeachable. v hope sn. Mr.
Dietrich slipped out of court on technical
grounds and we hope that the senate com
mittee will! make a thorough Investigation
of the charges and not let the Nebraska
senator slip through Its hands with a coat
of whitewash.
SMIMSO I.HES.
Biffins Me labeled that box "dry goods."
Mlllins What was In It?
HI Mliis A hound volume of the Congres
sional Record. Baltimore News.
"I know It sounds heartless," said Rivera,
but I can t help feeling a -bit eorrv for
that mlsKiilded tornado that cavorted up
nnd down ami all over the state of Nevada
the other day trying to kill somebody and
couldn't nnd anybody to kill." Chicago
Tribune.
"You must learn to love your fellow
men," said the moralist.
"I hav no doubt," said Miss Cayenne,
"that It would show a flno disposition. But
I can't help feeling that tn some caaes It
would be very bud taste. "-Washington
Star.
Hojack You don't really Imagine that
guis actually propose sometimes, do yout
Tomdlk Well, all I know in that this Is
leap year, nnd some girls are getting mar
ried who never got married before. Town
Topics.
Mr. Ferguson I-aurn, how much mors
have you got of this new breakfast food?'
Mrs Ferguson Enough to last us a
month yet. That reminds me, George, that
I heard a mouse last night In the drawer
where we keep It.
Mr. Ferguson Poor thing. Chicago
Tribune.
"That new saleslady," said the blonde at
the ribbon counter, "has false hair and
teeth."
"Yes." replied the brunette, who conde
scended to sell handkerchiefs occasionally,
"find It Heems that's not the only thing.
I heard her camplalntng that she hadn t
had a chance to get oft her feet all day."
Philadelphia Press.
nur, win Homing snorx 01 un urinn non
flirt satisfy your majesty?" queried one of
his confidential advisers. "Does your
majesty want war?"
"Of course I do," said the mikado. "Can't
you tell that by looking at any of my pub
lished portraits?" Chicago Tribune.
I pray you. plumber, easy be
Tn these sad days cf ice;
Be'iold what Christmas did with me.
And do not raise tl.e price.
Sf.Tk thou the cold flag waving free
My leaden pipes release.
And smoke If thou -llt, please, with ma,
The u.ibrokon ;ilpe of peace!
Atlanta Constitution.
A TOVCHIXU EPISODE.
Will Kirk In Milwaukee Sentinel.
There '.vas a man In our town.
And he waa not so much;
His spocfaJty was holding up
Ills friends for "V's" nnd such:
This clever youth possessed, In sooth,
A most exquisite touch.
Albeit he scarcely fcnew enough
To dodge the r'-ltlng rain;
Ho shot the bur.k lr.to his friends
And worked them trJght and main;
He even bad s-me acting teeth ,
Extracted without payln'.
He took L'.iclnda to the play, 4
And put champagne on Ice;
She mvmiwl, "This is lovely, dearj
One bottle vill suffice."
Quoth U: ' Do try oie n ore, for I
Have f:ienda who .lave the price."
Thus cid he Journey v. tfcoiigh life.
Till came the P.eapol ', IrOck;
"One hour to live," the doctor said,
(azlng upon the clock.
His laxt words came In fnurplnff breaths'.
"Letul n'.e a five spot. Doc,
When Charon rowed him tho Styx,
Fur frcm the golden stairw,
He told 'the grim eld ferryman
About his woeii and cares.
And borrowed Charon's pocketbook
Containing all his fi.res.
Now doth" he gnash his teeth betimes,
And all his molars crunch;
He cannot borrow where he Is
The price of one free lunch;
The crowd Is soft, but there la not
A pocket In the bunch!
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