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The weathor man ha evidently taken
out a membership lu tbo Civic Improvs
tjient league.
ISjiRslan soldiers who cannot tell
friends from enemlci bid fair to rival
Port Arthur mines In their destruction
-of Muscovite life.
If these accidents maintain their
present frequency Pennsylvania, should
pass a law requiring each mine to be
equipped with a Are escape.
When Japan shall have floated lta
proposed loan In the United States It
may be easier to distinguish the treat
of aympathy tn this country. " v
Connecticut seems to have the true
brand of . "fighting democracy." Two
fiat fights In one convention la rather
exceptional even In the wild west
Sympathy la due Emperor William of
Germany. He must have a hard time
keeping up his warlike spirit on pota
tions of orange Juice and mineral water.
, The question of paving repaira la the
same question aa that of rehabilitating
a dress. It is only a matter of time
when the decision must be made be
tween more pau-ulng and an entirely
new garment.
The Russian commander of the fleet
at Port Arthur has been given impera
tive orders by his superiora not to leave
the harbor, which demonstrates how, In
spite of war, the desires of Alexleff and
Togo harmonize.
An object lesson in street cleaning la
now In order. To make Omaha bcmiti
fpl and attractive we must not only
have beautiful lawns and clean street,
but streets and boulevards that are
passable for man and beast
The magnificent suspension bridge
projected by "Our Dave" across the
Missouri from South Omaha to Lake
Manawa still remains In suspension, and
ao does the electric road from Sioux
City to Omaha by way of the Indian
reservation.
The grain rate war is said to be
settled. The settlement will not be com
plete, however, . until Omaha ha
achieved a place on the map aa a grain
market commensurate with the Import
ance of the grain belt for which It la
the natural outlet
Debs may now prepare for the "sec
ond battle," and he may conclude with
a fununis Nebraskan that hi second
nomination Is made because It la gener
ally known that the party will not auc
ceed. The role of murtyr la only secon
dary to that of hero.
Senator Tom Piatt declares the vice
presidency la all fixed for the Chicago
convention except securing the assent of
the man who la to be nominated.' No
such difficulty would be encountered If
the convention should show disposition
to take the Nebraska candidate.
The committee which is to pass upon
the portraits of "prominent women"
before they may hang In the 'Woman'
building at St. Louis la to be a secret
one, saye current dispatches, which,
however, Immediately render the state
ment questionable by snylng that It Is
to be composed exclusively of women.
The State Uom-d of Railroad Assess
ment has been In session since Monday,
but the Omaha Real Estate Exchange,
which made such a valiant fight for
oultable municipal taxation' of, fran
chlsed coriHiratlous has aa yet shown no
disposition to take Issue with the rati
road tax agents, who are endeavoring to
persuade the state board that the rail
roads have been paying their full share
of state, count and municipal takes.
HMfCBLTVAtt tAHXT AND M.ABUH.
It Is said that some of" the democratic
leader are counting upon organteed
labor being largely against the repnb
llcnn party tbls year and are figuring
upon carrying several states In which
the labor unions are especially strong.
Their, confidence la baaed. It appears,
on the fact that Congress failed to pnss
measure which Were, tirged by the
unions and the" evident purpose Is ,0 "P
peal to organized labor to resent this.
It Is highly probable that the demo
crat will find any effort they may
make In this direction of little effect.
Tb Intelligent men In the ranks of or
ganized labor know that It owes nothing
to the democratic party, wtftle about all
that has been done in It Interest and
for its welfare,' in way of Jcgislation,
ha been done. by, tbe republican party.
Mosf'of the- law relating to labor that
are now on the statute book of the
different stat!irtit-fioiir ; Isws, fac
tory laws, antl-eweatslwp laws, employ
er' liability laws. AhltchltdlaboT laws
and laws establishing state arbitration
boards and labeir - buret o were put
thefo' by tb reftubllcai party. . The'
state that are moat behind lit tbls sort
of legislation are to t found at the
south, all of them overwhelmingly dem
ocratic. In those stated organised labor
receives little recognition And. u encour
agement. Those democratic states hsve
shown scaroely a:$ Interest frf the rnie
of trndes-unloulsin and sonre of "them
have disconraard. It. Wheti did a demo
cratic congress enact legislation tn the
Interest of orjrantml loborT If eYer one
did so wa are not nware of-the fact.
Nearly everything that has been done
frtf th elevatlotj and the improvement
of the condition of labor has been the
work of the republican party.
Organised labor has had no more earn
est friend than Theodore Roosevelt, as
bis record most amply andA conclusively
shows. He believes In It and , has
done much to promote Its welfare. In
a Speech In the bouse of representatives
setting forth what "Mr. . Booseteit had
done In behalf of labor, Representative
Grosvenor of Ohio . said: "Theodore
Roosevelt ever will be remembered as
an official whose Interest lfi the weal of
the plain people nerer diminished from
the dsy that be eontmenced hln public
career as member of the assembly of the
state of New Yo'rls,up to the present
tlmo. The principles of Justice that
governed bis . course . In advocating the
enactment of-labor and reform legisla
tion when he took part In the legislative
proceedlngst'at 'Albany In 1882, 1883 and
1884 were' unswervingly maintained
while he was governor, of, New York in
1809 and 1900, and have been conscien
tiously, adhered to dtirlhg his Incum
bency aa president of the United
States."
What possible benefit wold organized
labor derive, from the election of a dem
ocrat to the presidency that it might
not reasonably .hope, to get from con
tinuance In thj pfflceof Mf, Roosevelt?
It should not be forgotten that the last
democratic president not only did noth
ing for tabor, but In consequence of his
policies -labor .had one of the hardest
experiences In bur history and the cause
of unionism received a setback that was
almost disastrous to It. , Is there a sin
gle 'plausible reason for believing that
this experience would not be repented
under another democratic administra
tion I' Organized labor owes much to the
republican party and almost nothing to
the democratic party. It Is safe to say
It will remember the obligation this year
as It did in the last two national elec
tions. VALXJB OJ PCBLICITY.
Discussing the policy of publicity for
corporations an eastern 'financial paper
remarks that a management has far
more to gain than to lose by a reason
able regard for publicity. Oftentimes. It
Ooflefves, were the public, to put credit
In official denials, the effect of an Issue
of bonds or stock might prove disastrous
to s successful flotation. Jt Is pointed
out, by Vay of Illustration, that bad the
Pennsylvania Railroad company broken
the news of Its lest stock issue to Its
shareholders 'gently, Instead of denying
everything up to the last moment. It
would probably not have required the
assistance of an underwriting syndicate.
There Is ho doubt; that for sound cor
porations, that Intend to manage their
affairs In aa honest and straightforward
way, there la value In publicity and we
tnink tbls la getting to be quite gener
ally recognized by such corporations. It
Is a new policy and It" was not to be
expected that It would be adopted st
once and by al) corporation, but, it Is
unaouoteaiy growing in favor and will
be generally accepted when the manage
ment of corporations realize, as they
must do In time, that refusal to comply
with the policy will arouse, suspicion as
to the sonqdnesB of a corporation and
mus wora to n injury, a beglnhlng
ha been made In the application of pub
licity and it la only a question' of time
when it will be 6s common' among the
great corporations as It now Is with the
national banks. . ,
TH jAPAMflB ADVAhCK. '
It appears from the latest reports that
the Japanese hare secured a strong foot
hold In Manchuria and having done so
they are likely to maintain it. It seems
to be a foregone conetnslon that Port
Arthur will net b In ' Russian 'bands
muck longer and with thla position oc
cupied by the J panes they will have u
Very decided advantage, since the Rus
sians have no naval force with which
to attack It. la It the plan of the Japa
nese to push on In Mqnrhurta, or will
they bo satisfied with holding that por
tion Of "the territory In which they ore
now ivfttlng, " stlreseful lu driving
the enemy out of it? -.
Tho Japanese minister to Great Brit
ain, said a few days ago that Japan's
reaent offensive campaign la Man
churia Is -merely preliminary, a means
toward the eventual repulsion of an in
vading army. He stated that it Is not
IU Japanese furpos to go farthw north
than narbln, perhaps only as far as
Mukden, and that having secured a de
fensible line, find Tort Arthur and the
Manehurian seacoast belnj In Japanese
Iossesslon, Jupnn will resist from be
hind lntrenchments and defensive works
Russian efforts to dislodge. If this is
the plan there Is a great disappointment
lr store for the Russians, who, It Is un
derstood are hoping to draw the Japa
nese Into the Interior and lead them Into
a trap where they will be overwhelmed
by the forces under Kouropntkln. One
thing has thus far been pretty conclus
ively demonstrated, and this is that In
the matter of laying traps the Japanese
are far more skillful thnn their enemy.
The operations of the mikado's com
manders, both on sea and hind, have
Shown very much more strategic ability
than has been manifested by the Rus
sian commanders. Indeed the latter
hnve done nothing to Justify the fame ns
soldiers which they enjoy at home and
While It Is possible that Kouropatkln I
has some great plun yet to be developed.
as yet he certainly has shown no re
markable ability.
f Events are likely to now move rapidly
In Manchuria, with the Indications fav
orable to further Jnpnnese successes.
THtRK WILL IlC AO DWllLt-RtAVKR.
Tho republican congressional convention
of the Second district promises to be wild
and tumultuous. The chairman of the (Ha
rriet committee has refused to call a con-
'entlon early enough to suit the machine
that hns control of tho l)out(lus county
committee and the county committee
has ordered that at the primaries fur
the selection of delegates to the repub
lican state convention on May 15, a primary
election of a candidate for congress shall
be held, the highest man on the list to take
the delegation which it is proposed to elect
to the congressional convention, though a
congressional convention has not yet ben
called. This Involves not only the nomina
tion of a candidate, for congressman, but
also tho nomination of delegates to the na
tional convention Irorri the Congressional
district. The Douglas county committee
bases this action on that of the county con
ventions of the other counties In the dis
trict which have already elected delegates
to the congressional convention without
waiting for a call of such convention. Bo
when the congressional convention meets
there will be a "double-header" from Doug
las County, probably, one act elected under
the call of the congressional committee and
the other by the county convention held
previous to the call. The congressional
Committee will doubtless give credentials
to the delegates elected under Its call and
then the county machine delegates will
clamor to butt in. The situation Illustrates
the exigencies of Douglas county or rather
of Omaha politics. Lincoln Journal.
Within the memory of man our Lin
coln contemporary has never yet been
known to get the straight of any po
litical event that transpires in Omaha or
Douglas county. Whether out of pure
CUS8edness or mental Incapacity to get
at the truth the Journal always manages
to distort or bemuddle every controversy
that springs up in Omaha and Douglas
county. There is absolutely no ground,
or prospect for a double-header from
Douglas county In the Second district
congressional convention and there will
be no conflict over credentials presented
at that convention from Douglas county.
True, tho county committee Issued n
call for the election of'delegatea to the
state and congressional conventions un
der the direct primary system In con
formity with resolutions adopted by the
county convention held In October, 1003.
It is true also that this call was issued
about three hours before the congres
sional committee had issued Its call for
the congressional convention that will
meet at Lincoln In the forenoon of May
18 to choose two delegates and two al
ternate to the republican national con
vention, but no nomination for congress
by that convention Js threatened because
the congressional committee barred such
action in Its call.
In requesting republican electors at
the coming primary to express a prefer
ence for candidates for congress so that
the delegation that will represent Doug
las county in the convention that nomi
nates a congressman will unite In sup
porting tho candidate who receives the
highest number of votes, the Douglas
county committee has violated no prin
ciple and laid no foundation for a double
header. If any blame attachea to the
controversy over the expression of pref
erence for congressional candidates, it
lies with the congressional committee
and not with the Douglas county com
mittee. It was the duty of the congressional
committee to Issue lta call for a conven
tion to nominate delegates to the na
tional convention In reasonable time to
enable the republicans of the three coun
ties In the district to call primaries for
the selection of delegates to the conven
tion, but the committee obstinately re
fused to do so. As a result the repub
licans of Sarpy county elected delegates
nearly , four weeks ago and the repub
licans of Washington county elected del
egates to the congressional convention
two weeks ago. Under the law It takes
twenty days notice before a primary
election can be held, and at the utmost
the Douglas county committee could not
havo delayed Its call more than three
days without leaving the county unrepre
sented In the Btate and congressional
conventions. The fact that the congres
sional district committee Issued Its call
for the congressional convention Imme
diately after the county committee had
adjourned affords abundant proof that
the action of the Douglas county com
mittee was perfectly legitimate and In
conformity with the action taken by
other counties In the district for want of
a call.
Suppose the congressional committee
had seen fit to refuse to Issue a call,
would any rational person contend that
the Second congressional district must
remain disfranchised? It Is equally ab
surd to presume that the congressional
committee will arrogate to Itself the
right to pass upon the credentials cJ del
egates to the convention, duly elected
from the respective counties and bearing
the sv-nl vt legitimacy from the officers
of the regular county organizations, even
If anyone should attempt to get up a
double-header. And It la preposterous
to asauui that the delvgatee from Saj-py
and Washington counties, who were
elected prior to the issue of the call of
the congressional committee would have
a right to seats while those elected In
Douglas county after the call had been
Issued and In full conformity with its
provisions would be denied seats.
According to the Lincoln Journal a
selection of Charles M. Rlgg as assistant
secretary of the State Board of Railroad
Assessment was approved because Mr.
Riga has done considerable work for
corporations during sessions of the legis
lature and Is thoroughly qualified for
the new position. There is no doubt
that Charley Rlgg Is eminently qualified.
but why the hoard should select an ex
pert professional corporation lobbyist
for work- of this character when the
eyes of the whole state are riveted upon
its actions Is another thing that passes
comprehension.
Nebraska democrats who are pleased
over the words of Rourke Cockran in his
debate with Dalzell hare failed to feel
the sting in his alleged epigram In which
he refers to the democratic Idea of bring
ing prosperity through labor rather than
through laws. Hnve they forgotten
their arguments In favor of free silver?
L
The state supreme court has very
wisely declined to act os a committee
on credentials for contending political
factions and Its decision will doubtless
be followed by the lower courts here
after when appeals are made for re
straining orders and mandamuses in
primary election fights.
The only Inference to be drawn from
the advertisement of w.ert! speeches
to be delivered In this city shortly by
Colonel Rryan Is that the loyal demo
crats hereabouts are very seriously
alarmed lest they be outnumbered by
the disloyal democrats when tho count
of noses Is had.
Tho only result of the enactment of
the "Jim crow" car law In Maryland
has been the arrest of three white men,
who declare they did not know which
part of the car was set apart for
negroes. Negroes who do not walk seem
to have no trouble In observing the dis
tinction. Silence that Rents the Dead. .
Chicago Post.
The Hearst resolutions. In Iowa say: "In
William Randolph Hearst we recogn!se a
living exponent of true democratic prin
ciples." Is this a delicate way of referring
to all others as "dead ones?"
The Elements of a Hero.
Bt. Louis Republic.
If young Hearst enn stay on the track,
after his tires are flattened and there Is
nothing left of his motive power but a
fnlnt petroleuse odor, ho may succeed !n
winning one of Andrew Carnegie's hero
prises.
Chicks of Revolution.
Chicago Chronicle.
The sort of Intelllrence that hllndlv fnl.
lows the leadershlD nf the RrvAm. TArrt
Johnsons and other Mother Carey chicks
or revolution la Illustrated In the person
of a Johnsonlte who Is now pushing a
wheelbarrow from Cleveland to San Fran
cisco because his Idol failed of election as
governor, of Ohio last fall.
Brewers aa "Angels.
New Tork Tribune.
A decision of the aunrema enurf nf Ma.
braska Is to the effect that breweries must
not be allowed to take out barroom llren
except In their own names. But what la
there to prevent the brewers from acting
as "angels" to use a theatrical term and
furnlshlnar capital to annllcnnta tnr linen.
while they protect their Investments by
mortgages on the property?
Load t'nlforms as a Target.
Philadelphia Press.
The army officers In Washington say
that they are not surprised over the re
ports of a serious loss of officers by the
Russians in the lighting with the Japa
nese. The Russian officers wear vary
conspicuous uniforms and thus become
a prey to Japanese sharpshooters. The
white leggings worn by the Japanese will
serve the same purpose for the Russians.
White will probably be abandoned In time
for uniform purposes on the field of battle.
Aetloa More Effective Thaa Words.
Portland Oregonlan.
Russia's fulmlnatlon against wireless
telegraphy, which went no farther than
words, was denounced by the pro-Japanese
press as a mpat savage and cruel per
formance. Japan says nothing, but when
Mr. Wireless Bteamer puts Into Nagasaki
for supplies the Japs nail him up to the
dock and forbid him to operate. Whloh,
It may be supposed, la a touching Instance
of Japan's enlightened and Christian char
acter. It makes such a difference,
CHURCH MUSIC.
Obstacle Eaconntered la the Revival
of Gregorian Chants.
New Tork Tlmee.
The prelatee of the Roman Catholio
v,,,roh in thla country either deny that
they have advised the pop that the carry
ing out Of his recommsnaaxions wnn re
gard to church mualo Is impracticable In
this country, or else they decline to dis
cuss the subject. It Is pretty evident, how
ever, that In many, if not most, cases It Is
i .n,Hnav.u a neremDtory order to con
fine the singing In Roman Catholic churches
in this country to maie voices ana w
the Gregorian chants would be apt to re
sult In at least a temporary cessation of
church muslo altogether.
One does not need to be an expert In
ecclesiastical muslo to see the desirable
ness of the change which the pope Is try
ing to bring about. In spite of Wesley's
objection to letting the devil have all the
good tun?s, It seems proper that there
should be a distinction between sacred
and secular music. It Is not a matter of
simplicity as agnlnst elaboration, for the
"plain song" of the church msy be and
has been developed to the highest pitch
of elaboration without ceaalng to be ec
clesiastical. What the pope has In mind
In thla respect Is no doubt to avoid the
Italian version, the only one which has
been brought to his own ear, of the vul
garisation of church muslo done In every
country according to Its own fsshlon.
It Is the other of the pope's prohibitions
which Is likely to give most trouble to
American priests. That women should
keep silence In the churches Is a precept
as old as St. Paul. Hut It has been long
and so extensively dishonored In the organ
lofts that to banish from them the sex
which Is at once the more mueloal and the
more devout would be to reduce many of
those eyries to the condition of "bar
ruined choirs." The conclusion which moat
Catholic pastors have probably reached for
themselves, snd which they would be
pleaaed to have sanctioned from the Vati
can, Is that. In the actual condition of
church music, the singing ef womeo la
f
OTHER LAUDS THAI OCRS.
tn the light ef recent dispatches from the
far east It is rather Interesting to read
the views of such professed military ex
perts as the Austrian and German military
attaches as expresaed at the Russian head
quarters about six weeks ago. Captain
Count Bseptyckl. of the Auetro-Hungarien
army, observed that, while It was difficult
to form a positive opinion as to the dura
tlon of the war. ha believed that the mili
tary attaches would get home by. the new
year. Probably no great battles would take
place before the month of August. In his
opinion, there could be no doubt as to the
Issue of the war, Russia being certain of
victory. The Japanese army could not be
compared with that of Russia, and the
landing of Japaneee troops was up to the
present of very slight Importance. Cap
tain von etotten, the German military at
tache. expressed similar views. The vslus
Of the Japanese army had, he said, been
greatly exaggerated. It was Impossible
for anyone thoroughly acquainted with the
two forces to doubt the superiority of the
Russians. The mobilisation and transport
of the Russian troops had been very strik
ing. Captain von Btotten also believed
that there would be no battle of any Im
portance before August, and closed with
the remark: "The Russian victories will
certainly cool the ardor of the Japanese
and bring the war to a speedy close."
In 1S99 the csar of all the Russlas, urged
and finally foreed by the reactionary In
fluences surrounding him, was guilty of a
great act of perfidy. He took away from
the Finnish people, by Imperial decree, the
measure of self-government which had been
guaranteed to them by solemn treaty whan
they recogrlzed the Suaeralnty of Russia,
and then began a tragedy which involved
In ruin a happy and prosperous people. The
Finns are noted among all the peoples of
the earth for their virtues. They are peace
able to an extreme, suggesting the Society
of Friends; they have the virtues of thrift,
Industry, love of home and country: they
are blessed with rare Intelligence and en
ergy; illiteracy Is almost unknown; pros
perity is fclmost universal; and under the
benign Influence of a large measure of
self-goverr.ment thoy had worked out their
own salvation as a state and aa a people,
during a century, In a way which has
elicited universal admiration for their po
litical capacity. Though they numbered in
1838 but 2,000,000 souls, they had become a
factor In the world'e commerce, main
tained an admirable school system, sup
ported universities and had created In a
bleak and Inhospitable region one of Uie
sunny spots of the earth.
A resolution Is pending In the House of
Commons authorising the educational au
thorities to furnish food for indigent chil
dren attending the primary schools. It Is
objected that the great obstacle which
stands In the way of the adoption of the
resolution Is the fear of lessoning parental
responsibility. The system Is liable to
abuse, but the friends of the measure say
that It Is nothing less than cruelty to try
to teach children who are In a half
starved condition, and that It Is necessary
for the state to Intervene. The system
has been developed In Paris to a greater
extent than elsewhere. In that city every
group of schools has a dining room, where
a good dinner Is served every day to all
pupils. Books of coupons are Issued by
the city. Parents who can pay for them
are expected to do so, but no one except
the authority In charge of the matter Is
permitted to know who has paid and who
has received the coupons gratuitously. The
cost of the food was $36,000 last year.
About 8O,00O was provided by the sale of
coupons, $70,000 by voluntary subscriptions
and 1300,000 came out of the school rates.
At French weddings a collection Is usually
taken for the school children's dinner fund.
A member of the British' Parliament, In
terviewed by the London Express, said
that the yearly cost of furnishing a dally
dinner to every child attending elementary
schools In London would be about $1,060,-
000, three times greater Than the Paris
figures. It was explained that While Lon
don has only twice the population of Paris
It has three times aa many children.
The chief points of the latest French
army reform bill as outlined In- a special
report of M. Berteaux, head Of a special
legislative committee are a two years'
military service, without any sort or kind
of exemption, and the utilization In times
of peace of the men who are suffering
from minor physical defeots by their in
clusion In the auxiliary servloes. As this
service will require a slight Increase in
the number of non-commlssloned officers
re-enlisted, and of corporals and lance cor
porals, it Is proposed to encourage en
listments by guaranteeing civil employ
ment after the completion of a certain
number of years' service. M, Berteaux
says that In the event of the bill being
adopted the reserves, which will be the
mair defence Of the country, will be com
posed of homogeneous elements, which
have received during the same period and
manner the same training an 4 military
education. An Important Innovation In the
new bill 1b that when the reserves axe
called out for their periods of training,
the breadwinners of a family are to be
allowed an indemnity of 1 frano per day,
and 26 centimes for every child. With re
gard to the extra financial burden which
the law will impose upon the country, M.
Berteaux estimates that during the first
few years It will amount to between 13,
000,000 and 14,000,000 francs for the state,
and about 4,000,000 francs for the cou
munes. Official figures recently published by the
Germanv statistical office. In reference ta
suicides In the German empire, are by no
means of a satisfactory nature. They
show a steady Increase in the number of
persons who have made away with them
selves since 1900, A little more than
twenty persons In every 100.000 Inhabitants
killed themselves In that year. In 1801 the
proportion rose to 20.8, and In 1903 to M.4.
The percentage of eulcldeg was lower In
agricultural than In Industrial districts.
Of every 100,000 persons In Berlin thirty
one committed suicide during 1902, In
Saxony thirty-three, In Hamburg more
than thirty-seven. Eighty per cent of the
total number of suicides were men. A
curious and unpleasant feature of the case
la the number of young married couples
who have destroyed themselves together,
especially In Berlin.
The defeat of the Italians In their Abys
sinian campaign some years ago was com
plete and tragical. It was not only a re
pulse, but a humiliation so great that
ministries fell even from the memories
which It aroused. The Abysslnlans have
naturally celebrated each year their prow
ess and success at the battle of Adowa,
but Kmperor Menellk has now notified the
Itallun government that In future there
will be no military celebration of the great
victory; the day will be marked only by
a solemn religious festival In honor of
both the Abysslnlans and the Italians who
fell In battle. Menellk la a black barbarian
who holds sway over his savage hordes
with an Iron hand, but he Is a gentleman,
and he exhibits some of that far-seeing,
deep statesmanship and humanity In a
way which many socalled enlightened na
tions could with benefit emulate.
Tralala oa Right Llaes.
Bt. Louis CUobe-Democrat
Ths hopeful feature In the democratic
party Is that one wing voted the republican
ticket In lk'Ji and 19uo and the other wing
is likely to follow the eaantpie in poi
Di PRICE1
CREAM
BAKING
helps hotsekeepes mote than
any other article in the
household Its use protects
the health of the children
POLITIC I. DRIFT.
The "Sage of Esopus" Isn't saying- a word
and not a crow is heard In Wolfert's roost.
The crow will come later.
Some politicians are mighty hard to
please. The democrats, for Instance. Al
though Judge Parker's haJr Is red. some
of the torchbeartrs refuse to regard him as
a warm proposition.
Henry Bartltng, postmaster at Addison,
Du Tage county. Illinois, has held the Job
for half a century. Mr. Battling Is 78
years of age and was appointed by Presi
dent Franklin Pierce In 18M.
Chicago develops some remarkable poli
tical freaks. The latest Is an officeholder
who refused to aacept his salary for. the
time he was absent from the city. Local
museums aro bidding; tor him.
Mayor Harrison of Chicago Is not en
thusiastic over Judge Parker's Intimating
that the right kind of presidential timber
can be found In the west. The honorable
mayor did not Indicate his preference and
the Chicago primaries rendered him
speechless.
A hungry officeeeeke who was defeated
for a Judgeship In New Tork City last
fall, succeeded In working through the
legislature a bill gerrymandering tho
municipal court districts next fall. Such
seal deserves reward, but the democratic
mayor vetoed the measure.
Joe Folk, the boodle hunter of Missouri.
does not propose to turn aside from the
task In hand for a presidential nomination.
He Intends to run for governor this year
and when he has scoured the Aegean
stables at Jefferson City and Increased the
Inmates In the penitentiary, propositions
for work higher up may be entertained.
ROOSEVELT'S PRE-EMIXEJICE.
Invincible Qualities of Honesty, Fear
lessness and Decision.
Portland Oregonlan.
The pre-eminence of Mr. Roosevelt la
republican circles Is not due to any polit
ical maneuvering on his part or to any
sharp bargain he has driven with rival
candidates, but Is the logical result of his
own qualities, those that made him the
favorite for vice president at Philadelphia
and have advanced him steadily these three
years In the affections and confidence of
the people. The only man who seriously
challenged attention as a preeidentlal pos
sibility was Mr. Hanna, and he was not
preferable to Mr. Roosevelt. Still less so
ta any other man that could be mentioned.
The qualities that have elevated Mr.
Roosevelt to the highest place In popular
preference are few and distinct. He Is not
a great orator, or a great scholar, or a
great diplomat; but a man may be all these
and yet be Inferior In presidential capacity.
If ha were as learned as Hoar, as eloquent
as Cockran and as powerful In debate aa
Spooner, he might yet fall of presidential
stature. If he wanted the qualities that
stamp Theodore Roosevelt as the nation's
choice. Those qualities are honesty, fear
lessness and decision. No man questions
his sincerity, no man questions his courage,
no rnan can withhold admiration for the
prompt and energetic, manner In which he
pushes to completion every task to which
he sets his hand.
What the nation needs In the presiden
tial office today, with our SO.000,000 of peo
ple and our volume of government business
reaching nearly l,000.0i)0,0PO a year. Is an
administrator; and the necessities of such
an administration are honesty, bravery and
decision. Ha doesn't need to know every
thinghe can call in the wisest counsel
in the lend. .-Ie doesn't rted eloquence
"It Is Always Fair
Money For Good
Beau Brummel to his Valet.
MAKE THE CHANGE HERE
For example, bring the boy Lore and see our
clothes upon him. linen you will get nn adequate
Idea of their beauty, and know how well they look
and fit. The most exacting mothers can find no
fault with the manner in which thene garments are
made.
Materials are the season's newent and most
etylish effects of sound, Kervioeablo quality, plain
and fancy, cheviots, cassi meres and Scotch mixture,
And our prices are not too high.
$3.50 and up.
IX. S. WILCOX, Manager.
for orators can be picked from every bush.
But he rrtt have a strong and determined
nature, fit to form corrcot Judgments, to
stand fast by convictions or.ee formed, and
the motive power to push tho great engine
of our governmental machinery forward
on Its way 'Without yielding to threats, or
obstacles, or tin unreasoning Inertia of
conservation.
It Is the nuked truth that there Is no
other man In either of the great parties
or in any party, so splendidly endowed
with theso prime qualities of executive
capacity as Theodore Roosevelt. The peo
ple want him in the Job because he can
do the work. They know that In Ms own
party, with all its able men, they could
go farther only to fare worse. They know
that In the democratic party Its possibili
ties are discredited In conipnrif.nn with him.
either by proved Incapacity or else by abso
lute uncertainty The pre-eminence of
Roosevelt among our public, men is nut
the product of chance or machine politics,
but the result of his unique fitness for the
place he fills and is to fill for four years
more a fitness that oonslsts Wilrfly of his
fearless devotion to righteousness and his
tremendous driving power. Office never
sought the mm with a surer Instinct.
POIXTMD REMARKS.
Howell Do you thlr.k It pays to put
iiiucn inunev uiio comes 7
Powell Not if you have a wife to go
through them. Town Topics.
"When I get it completed," Said the In
ventor, "my flying machine will fly like a
bird."
"What kind of a bird?" aeked the In
credulous friend. "An ostrich t" Washing
ton Star.
"You are In favor, are you not, of a
sane ana sensiDie observance or tne Fout
cf July?" snJd ths reporter. "The Dublin
rth
3, I '
am sure, would be glad to hear your views
on
"Young man." Interrupted the other, "do
you think that's a proper question to ask
a surgeon." Chicago Tribune.
"He's still employed by that big whole
sale house Isn't he?"
"No, I think he's In business for him
self now. He used to take an hour for
lunch, but now he only takes a bare flvs
minutes." Philadelphia Press.
First Monkey-r-Why is your brother put
ting on airs?
Second Monkey He has Joined a pa
triotic society the Great Great Grand
fathers of the Revolution. New York Sun.
We met beside the blue, blue soa.
But other men were there;
And when I tried to tell my tale
I frot the rtony stare.
We met again on the hotel steps,
I-ut other maids were there;
WiJla on the poroh I got a seat.
She got the stony stair.
Town Topics.
THE SAFETY VALVE.
Be one's life however humdrum, and ths
"same old grind" each day,
Always In the "gentle springtime" we are
prone to sound a lay;
Annual sort of epidemic, to account for
which none can,
But the feeling; always comes then to the
woman or tne man .
In whoae soul breathes r.dmlratlon for the
beauty and sublime
Wonders of transformation winter to the
glad springtime.
Great Director of the Seasons, now we look
with love and pride,
On the verdure green and blossoms, and
the blue sky wondrous wide;
Souls seemed filled with an elixir that no
other senson brings.
And the mind, intoxicated, with the beauty
of all things.
Seeks to find an outlet for this overflowing
of the soul;
Thus poetic feeling drives us, and we grasp
a fishing pole,
Or we write a little sonnst, on the beauty
of the spring.
Though no Ash come to our basket, though
no poetry we sing.
Omaha. FRED T. RUDIGEU.
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