TITE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, JUNE 20, 1904
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lel) iL B. HUNGATB,
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The new secretary of the Commercial
club baa at last reported for duty. Now
.to get tfown to business and mark prog
ress by results.. . V :
For most complete and best conven
tion reports from both Chicago and St
Louis people hereabouts will hare to
read The ee.
Bandit Ralsouli may be trying to play
the game started by Colombia, In that
case the bandit Is fortunate a having
no real estate to lose.
Highball who won the Chicago Derby
has the honor of being the first winner
that did, not make a goodly number of
spectators walk .home. -
. record-breaking graduating class
from Its public schools Is only another
evidence of Omaha's substantial growth
In population a fad weaKh.
The IgorrQtes may be happy fc being
unaffected, by the present high price of
MstV but they must have a standing
fued with: the dog catcher. . : -
lit la good to be told that Omaha's
credit Is gilt-edged. All the more rea
son that we should do nothing to Impair
that- credit In the slightest
Fate Is sometimes unkind. The child
born at the top of the Eiffel tower last
week will have a bard time to rise In
the world by his. own efforts.
After the assessment cornea the tax
levy. With a greater aggregate of tax
able property the rate ought to be ma
terially lower this year than last
A glance - at the quotation . of steel
stock on the New York exchange will
show why C. M. Schwab complains of
a lack, of confidence In this country.
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Russian officers who i re losing battles
may draw some consolation from the
fact that their mistakes or misfortunes
will never lie reviewed in subsequent
political campaigns.
s-In withholding his decision Judge
' Gaynor gave Brooklyn-a chance to see
two live Sunday ball games, and then
public sentiment was not in favor of the
plan. Needless to say Brooklyn lout
both games.
Uncle Joe Cannon seems to be in grave
doubt whether presiding over the na
tional convention this week will invite
a vice presidential nomination against
his wishes er Will pnt him in the only
' position where he ean ward it off.
What is the matter with the Nebraska
populists that they have not yet brought
out a candidate for either first or second
place on their national ticket. to be nom
inated at Springfield. Our populist
friends are . becoming altogether too
bashful.
The democratic ' delegation from ' Ne
braska toSt Louis will t meet to
organize until it reaches the World's
fair city. Aa a matter of fact, there Is
no reason why it should get together in
advance. Colonel Bryan will place Ne
braska's sixteen votes wherever he
wants theiu.
The World Herald shows signs of fall
ing in! with the Judge Gray column al
though It luaves the line of retreat open
to, camps to several other aspirants for
.thf democratic presidential nomination.
Wonder if it lias forgotten bow Judge
Gray . and the Delaware delegation
talked and sulked at Chicago in 1800?
Score one for A inert can. civilization on
the island of Guam where a young
Ahierkan naval oflicer serving as acting
governor is said to have knocked out a
food trust that was trying to raise prices
bn the native. The Impression prevails
that the trust is a product of advanced
Industrialism, but it seems to thrive
spontaneously among the seml-civll-Uwl
just the Mipe.
DtMUCRAT AHD iiOUBT QCIBTIOH.
The question as to what position the
democratic national convention will
take in regard to the currency is one of
more than ordinary interest and it is
anticipated that the liveliest contest in
the committee on resolutions will be
over the money question. The radicals,
of course will urge that some such dec
laration be made as that of the Ne
braska platform, but this will not be
acceptable to the conservative element
which it is to be assumed Is to a man
opposed to a flat currency, which the
Nebraska democrats demand.
The money plank of the Mississippi
democratic platform, ' which is under
stood to have been written by Repre
sentative. Williams, the house demo
cratic leader, may furnish the model
for the national convention. This plank
congratulates the country npon the
vindication of what it calls "the demo
cratic contention for an increased vol
ume of real or metallic money in a man
ner acceptable to all democrats by the
addition to the world's stock of money
metals of $2,000,000,000 in gold within
eight years, from which the United
States has been able to obtain $700,000,
000, thereby doubling their stock of
standard, raising their per capita from
$23 to $30, and contributing to that ad
vent of industrial activity which would
not otherwise have been attained, and
a proportionate increase of the world's
stock of silver." This Is not a direct
or straightforward recognition of the
gold standard, but it . amounts to an
acknowledgment that the yellow metal
la the standard and this is a mark of
progress on the part of the democracy
that is noteworthy. The Mississippi
democrats could, not avoid a reference
to silver, but they did not ask any
special favor' for that portion of our
currency and undoubtedly none will be
asked by the St Louis convention. A
large majority of the delegates to that
body, it is safe to say, are fully satis
fled that there is nothing more-to be
said in behalf of silver and that the
party has nothing to gain by continu
ing devotion to the white metal. It is
therefore .pretty certain that the free
silver contingent in . the national con
vention will fall to secure ftny recogni
tion in the platform.
XMPLOTMttiT OF CBILD LABOR.
The crusade that has been made
against the employment of child labor
has had good results," but a report Just
made, to the federal bureau of labor
shows that in some of the states a large
number of young children" are still being
employed. Pennsylvania is ithe leading
offender In this respect, the number of
children under 16 years - of age, em
ployed in that state being 3,000, New
York ranking next with.) 13,000. Four
teen years is the limit under which it
is unlawful to employ children in most
of the states and It appears from the. re
port of the special agent of the bureau
of labor that there i. mch, laxity, iq
most states in the enforcement of laws
intended to prohibit employment of
children below-, certain agd.i The
limit is IS In Pennsylvania, but many;
children below .this sge.'.Wefe.foumf at
work in manufacturing establishments.
It is stated in the report that few of the
mine operators are complying with the
new Pennslvanla law regarding child
labor. . ' . ,, '
It is in the south, however, that the
most serious conditions prevail. The
report states that children as young ns
5 years were found working in fruit
packing establishments in southern
states. It is hardly conceivable that the
labor of these little ones can be ' of
much valne to the employers, but they
can earn a little for Indigent or worthless
parents and hence; are made to work.
It is needless to say that such chlldron
are stunted physically, mentally and
morally and it is from their ranks that
criminals are recruited. Working under-
conditions and with an environ
ment necessarily more or lees demoraliz
ing, these young minds learn nothing
that is Improving or elevatlngand do
not as a rule become good members ol
society.
It is evident from the report of the
special agent of the. bureau of labor
that there is yet much to be done before
the practice of employing young child"
ren is abolished. The crusade Inau
gurated a few, year ago against the
practice has not been without -effect,
but there is a demand for its continu
ance. - v -
lHttRftT l.t THK WAR.
It is said thf.t never before has the
course of a war in which the United
States was not directly involved been so
closely watched by the state department
as Is the present' conflict In the far
east The reason for this is that it is
thoroughly appreciated by Secretary
Hay that this country is vitally inter
ested in the outcome of the struggle
that will go far to determine the politi
cal and commercial future of the United
States In the Pacific and in the Orient
A Washington dispatch says that the
secretary of state Is keeping his own
counsel and is careful not to discuss the
war in any way that might give offense
to either one of the combatants. . Our
government will, of course, coutluue
to observe Strict neutrality during hos
tilities, but it is said that it will not be
an Inactive spectator when the tiiue
comes for the flual adjustment at the
termination of 'the war.
Notwithstanding the declaration of the
Russian government that.no interfer
ence will be permitted )u the arrange
ment of terms of peace between that
government and Japan, . it is hardly
probable that theTiatlons having treaty
lights and commercial interests in the
far east will stand aside and let the
belligerents settle matters as they
please. T -se nations, one of which is
the United Bcates, will demand (air and
Juat recognition of their rights and In
terests and this demand will have; to
be beedod. Whether Russia or Japan
hall.be victor, or those countries shall
after a time decide to discontinue bon-
JjlUtles and again try to settle their coo-
tentlona through diplomacy, there is
no. doubt that they will be compelled
to consider what Is due to other nations.
It cannot now be confidently predicted
how much of a part the United States
will play in the final settlement but it
seems certain that our government will
insist that the entire province of Man
churia shall be opened up to foreign
trade, and that nothing be done that
will 'in any way place American com
merce with that part of China at a dis
advantage as compared with that of any
other nation.
The Real Estate exchange has de
cided that it does not care to tackle the
Joslyn letter In public meeting. Joslyn
may find that he will have to pay taxes
wherever he may reside and come to
the conclusion later that Omaha is a
pretty good place to live In after all.
Have patience. The foreign fire insur
ance companies have not yet relnstl
tuted their suit to escape paying local
taxes under the new revenue law, but
they may be depended on to take all the
money they csu get out of the town
and leave as little as they have to.
From the appearance of his portrait
and a paid puff In one of the local week
lies at this particular time, we feel safe
In assuming that the present deputy
state labor commissioner is? willing to
succeed himself when bis official term
expires.
In the Interval prospects are fine for
a good, old-fashioned celebration of the
glorious Fourth which means that the
facilities for breaking into the list of
killed and wounded will, as usual, be
unrestricted.
Omaha taxpayers are still waiting to
find out where the truants are to be
found by the $100 a month truant offi
cer when the schools are all closed.
On Way to Win.
Philadelphia Press.
If Judge Parker can only provoke Mr.
Bryan into saying sufficient hard things
about him he may win the nomination.
Overproduction of Law. .
Minneapolis Times.
Judge Cox of the United States district
bench says the country suffers from an
overproduction of law, and, as a remedy,
suggests less frequent and shorter legis
lative sessions. A better plan would be
to have each alternate session one of re
peal only.
Effect of Projection.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
The consumption of tin plat has greatly
increased In the United States sine the
protective duty was applied. It Is esti
mated that by the McKinley law of 1890
1300,000,000 has been retained In the United
States and largely paid to American work
men In the tin plate Industry.
Perils of the Jory System.
Kansas City Journal.
At Iola a grand jury Is taking testimony
with respect to violations bf the prohib
itory law. ' Early In. the proceedings one
of the witnesses dodged a' lot of questions
put to hrm. H t promptly arrested on
the ohargs of- perjury and this frightened
the. other Witnesses: to tell all they knew.
One of them Was on the stand Wednesday.
He testified to drinking at pretty much
alF of the joints In. and around Iola. f
nally he was asked If he could nam any
of Ui people with whom he had taken
drinks In thee places, andhe promptly
named three men then sitting on the jury.
BANKS SEEKIXG Pt'BLICITT.
Modern Methods of Extending; "'
Field of Enterprise.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Borne of the local banks, which are enter
prising enough In other directions, seem
now to be awaking to the Importance of
advertising their business through the
newspapers.
This Is but a sign of the times. It Is an
advertising age, because it is a progressive
age, and ali line of business that are not
contented with the old ruts are seeking to
get out of them. The surest sign that a
business Is In a rut is that it does not
advertise, for the advertiser Is ever the
man that la reaching out after more busi
ness, and advertising Is the most effective
means of extending the field of any enter
prise that depends upon public patronage.
But there are different ways of advertis
ing. There Is good advertising, advertis
ing not so good, and bad advertising. Any
advertising that is not bad Is better than
no advertising, and there are plenty of
shrewd people who insist that even bad ad
vertising Is better than none at all. One
trouble with houses that have never ad
vertised or advertise vary little Is that
when they do begin to advertise they do
not understand how to do it most effec
tively. Such advertisers usually adopt old,
stereotyped forms of information and ex
pression that have entirely lost the Interest
of novelty, and acordlngly fall to attract
as they should the attention of th reader.
When banks begin advertising they gener
ally fall into this mistake. They seem to
think it sufficient to print th names of
their officers and th amounts ot their
capital and surplus. There Is little In this
to cause the newspaper reader to differen
tiate one bank from another. Such an ad
vertisement Is better than no advertise
ment, It serves as 'a sign does, Jo famil
iarise the publlo with .the nam and exist
ence of th bank, but it offers little to that
public which Is. not given to analysing
such figures to Impress on It any material
distinction between one bank and another.
An example of a different order of adver.
lining Is put out by a local savings bank
and two of the trust companies. These
Institutions follow th poltlcy of trying to
enlist th attention of the people and then
showing them why it Is to Ihctr advantage
to become patrons of those particular es.
tabllsbmsnU. Their plan 1 to interest th
reader In their advertisements, though he
may not at first be interested In th busi
ness advertised. But one, his Interest in
th advertisement Is engaged, th next step
of ultimately Interesting him In the busi
ness follows naturally.
This Is effected by persistently hammer
ing away day after day on the Ideas which
It Is wished to Impress on th reader on
the same Ideas, It may be, but repeatedly
changed In form, and expression. Th re
sult has been so .satisfactory to these ad.
vertlsers that they could not be Induced
to fall back Info the old rut of non-advertisers,
snd Instead of doing this they are
expanding thel.' advertising.
Some banks that advertise In th stock
way think that It would be Inconsistent
with dignity to advertise In any other way.
But there are more thing In th banking
business than dignity. Besides, banks go
after busineas through other channels
than newspaper advertising without aa
undue reference to "dignity;" and besides,
again ..Impressing spun th publlo the
merit of one's busineas In an Interesting
way la not at all inconsistent wltn aejf
tsal dignity, , , ,
Virf vomruutsTi to mk. hahuhit.
Timothy J. Mahoney is" blessed with
a very tender cuticle. I feel sure that
my strictures ot his conduct as former
prosecuting attorney were extremely
mild, but he feels touched on the raw.
flares up and flies Into a towering rage
like a Mexican bull whose hide has
been lanced by a picador. He pro
nounces every statement I made In my
recent speech as unqualifiedly false, and
declares that I made these statements
because I knew them to be false. When
Mr. Mahoney cools down and takes
time for reflection he will scarcely relt
erate his insulting disclaimer.
What did I say that was not true?
I stated that I had openly supported
Mahoney for county attorney and al
though he was a democrat helped to
bring about his election, because 1 did
not believe bis republican competitor
would enforce the gambling laws snd
prosecute criminals without fear or fa
vor. Does Mr. Mahoney pretend to deny
the truth of that assertion? If so, let
him examine the files of The Bee during
the campaign In which he. was running
as candidate for county attorney.
I am quoted correctly in saying that.
"Looking backward I discover that Mr.
Mahoney, who now figures prominently
in the reform crusade, was not as active
or efficient in prosecuting gamblers as he
might have been." Does Mr. Mahoney
pretend that I knowingly and wilfully
lied when I made that statement? What
has he to show on the court records that
would justify him in claiming that he
prosecuted gamblers actively and effi
ciently when he waa county attorney?
I stated that during the whole period
while Mahoney was county attorney
public gambling was carried on in
Omaha without restraint, and to the
best of my recollection not a solitary
gambler was prosecuted before the dis
trict court during his term. Mr. Ma
honey indignantly denies that public
gambling remained unmolested during
his term as county attorney and asserts
that gambling In those days was car
ried on behind iron bars and locked
doors. He , explains furthermore that
keepers of gambling houses and their
dealers escaped prosecution because the
police raids were tipped off, but claims
that time and time again gambling de
vices were carried into the police court,
but the gamblers who were caught in
the gambling rooms managed to escape
because they gave fictitious names. ,
What a travesty on Justice, what a
gauzy excuse for manifest shirking of
plain duty. Did not the gambling tools
and devices afford abundant justification
for the prosecution of keepers of gam
bling bouses? When did Mr. Mahoney
ever prosecute one of these? During
Mr. Mahoney's Incumbency as county
attorney the Diamond gambling house
was reported to be runn i.g wide open,
with a poolroom on the ground floor,
faro, roulette and other prohibited games
on the floor above,, and it, was a matter
of notoriety that Morrison, Bibblna and
White were the proprietors of the Dia
mond In those days, as it was that Chuc-
ovlch was the chief owner of the Dia
mond poolroom recently. Two or three.
other poolrooms flourished in Omaha dur
ing County Attorney Mahoney's term
and It did not take a crowbar to enter
them. Was poolroom gambling less un
lawful then than it Is now?
Mr. Mahoney goes into a white rago
and characterizes my statement that he
gave advice to sell 10-cent lead pencils
with a policy ticket thrown in as a piece
of glaring mendacity. Will Mr. Ma
honey Inform his associates in the Civic
Federation reform movement why Tow
Blddison. who later on sold out to Tom
Dennison, was allowed to run policy
gambling during his entire term without
molestation? Did it require a crow
bar to break into Blddlson's policy
shop? Did anybody tip off nny intended
raid on the policy ticket peddlers? In
the law courts proofs resting on the
memory of man are not so conclusive
as written documents. If Mr. Mahoney
will favor me with a call I will exhibit
to him blanks of "The Nebraska Sta
tioners' association," the disguised name
of the policy ticket dealers, with explicit
directions how to sell stationery and
give away policy tickets. Possibly Mr.
Mahoney's memory in these matters has
gone back on him, and possibly the law
yer employed by the gamblers, who was
reputed to be on extremely friendly
terms with Mr. Mahoney, may have
been guilty of glaring mendacity when
he assured his clients that he had the
written opinion from the prosecuting at
torney's office that throwing in policy
tickets with 10-cent lead pencils would
not subject the seller to prosecution un
der the gambling laws.
When Mr. Mahoney goes out of his
way to discredit me in this community
by declaring that I had "invented, re
tailed and printed more slanders and
libels than any other man who ever had
habitation within the boundaries of
this state" he places himself in a most
unenviable and pitiable attitude before
the people of Omaha and Nebraska.
Every political crook, very treasury
embezzler, every penitentiary rlngster.
every legislative boodler, every munici
pal grafter, every swindler and every
lmposter, upon whom the searchlight of
publicity was ever turned by me has
said the same thing. All these enemies
of good government, all the scoundrels
that ever were lashed by me for trying
to prey upon the public have invariably
pictured me as a man who delights in
malignantly pursuing personal and po
litical enemies for no other purpose than
to gratify his malice. It is only be
cause I have stood UP against public
thieves, Imposters and miscreants, high
and low, that I have been villlfied and
traduced and advertised as a heartless
vljlaln who would hound honest people
to their graves Just to gratify his Innate
vlndictlveness. In this respect, how
ever, I have only shared the fate of
Horace Greeley, Henry Watterson, Mo
rat Halajead and scores of editors who
had the courage of their convictions and
were traduced because tbey made them
selves terrors to evil doers. ,
Only a few years ago, when I turned J
the searchlight upon the horrible con
dition then prevailing in our county jail,
into which baskets of whisky, wine and
beer were being carried night after nigh,
for the prisoners, and out of which pris
oners were taken by deputy sheriffs to
gambling houses and guarded by offJ
cers of th,e law while they were staking
their money on the gaming table, and
out of which notorious women prisoners
were taken at night by the sheriff and
his deputies to road houses, out of
which Charley Moaner, a penitentiary
convict was allowed to go on parole on
rounds of debauchery by making a lib
eral payment to the sheriff, I was de
nounced as a monster of Iniquity and
caricatured as a serpent coiling Itself
around its victims to crush them, when.
In -fact, I was fighting the battle for
clean, decent government
Did anyone in Omaha hear the voice
of Mr. Mahoney in support of my effort
to enforce cleanliness and decency &al
Integrity in the sheriff's office? Did Mr.
Mahoney raise his finger at that time to
vindicate the law and uphold me when
I was dragged before the police court on
a charge of libel? And where was Mr.
Mahoney when' The Bee sounded the
alarm over the looting bf the city treas
ury? Where was he when The Bee ex
posed the attempt to pack the Jury that
was trying Joseph Bartley, the em
bezzler of more than half a minion dol
lars of state money? Where has he
been at any time when the very foun
dation of government was being sapped
and mined by the paid emissaries of
corporate greed? Was his voice ever
raised against that most dangerous
abuse, the bribery of public officials?
Will Mr. Mahoney state a single in
stance where I have slandered any of
my reputable neighbors or .libeled any
honest man or woman in private life
or in public office, wilfully, maliciously
and knowingly?
In pointing out Mr. Mahoney's short
comings as county attorney I had no
other motive in view but to show that
reformers do not always practice what
they preach. I also wanted to remon
strate against the intrusion of the Civic
Federation, made up of men of all par
ties, into republican factional contests.
Possibly Mr. Mahoney can explain why
the Civic Federation manifesto, signed
by himself, waa Issued on the eve of the
republican primaries and why he and
his executive committee have gone into
winter quarters since the primaries. In
what way could municipal reform be
promoted in the selection of delegates
to the republican state convention or
republican national convention? Last,
but not least, why did Mr. Mahoney sign
the manifesto making the specific dec
laration about crime and vice without
hating personal knowledge of the same,
and why has Mr. Mahoney, who Is a
good criminal lawyer, not taken the
proper steps to make his anti-vice cru
sade effective by lodging complaint in
the criminal courts against owners of
buildings leased for Immoral and crim
inal purpose? .
wnen ne answers these questions
without evasion and without losing his
temper I may propound a few others.
. E. ROSEWATER.
I
THE BEET SIOAK INDUSTRY.
Maaaa-ers ot Factories Pall to Famish
All Information Desired.
Ban Francisco Chronicle (rep.).
Th Department of Agriculture has Issued
an Interesting report by Special Agent
Charles F. 8bylor on the progress of the
beet sugar Industry in 1903. It Is, however,
silent on the on point in which farmers
are most Interested an explanation ot the
reason why our factories, which sell re
ttned granulated sugar around 4 cents per
pound, "cannot" pay much mors than the
farmers receive In Germany from factories
which sell raw sugar around 2 cent per
pound. As to this, air. Baylor says;
In these tables it will be seen that 1
have not inquired into, me details ot tao-
loiy work, suun as coal, lime rock, labor,
etc., as in ine past. Willie 1 consider tins
aetailed tntormaUon aa vaiuauie it is so
largely to th factories I found that enough
luoiories are uicmieu 10 lunusu sucu u-
mileU in tor ma Hon to make the table com-.
pleie anor comprehensive. I have ieu me
continuance 01 tins work to 0 carried
out by tne orgunlzuuon of the su-ar tnauu
tuciones If tnouglit uealrabie.
W way be sure It win never be thought
desirable" by the manufacturers, if ws
may bellev th prospectuses issued to In
vestors, the profits of a well located anu
well managed beet sugar factory are ab
normal.. These prospectuses ar confirmed
by th material evidences of great wealth
exhibited by th sugar makers. These
prohta ar mad possible by-a protective
tarUf Imposed and maintained by th votes
of farmers, in order that they may duly
participate in the benetlts of a benetlcenl
system Intended to make for th prosperity
of all. This being th situation, the farm
ers ot th country are .entitled to a com
plete disclosure of the cost of sugar mak
ing, In order to judge for themselves
whether they ar or ar not getting their,
shar of th profit. It is evident that Mr.
Baylor and th department have failed to
comprehend this aspect of the subject.
Th report shows that ther wer har- i
vested in 1903 in the United Btatea 24tna t
acre of sugar beets, yielding an average j
of 1.418 tons pe.' acre. There wer silced
$.071494 tons of beets, from which were pro
duced 240,604.4 tons of sugar about on ton
of refined sugar to I t tons of beets. The
price paid th farmers for beets varied
from $4.(0 to $6.(0 per ton In different fac
tories, averaging $4.M. Th highest prices
were doubtless paid in three factories In
New York and Idaho, which pay bounties,
but ther ar twenty-five factories in th
country which paid last year ti par ton
and upward for beets, showing that our
beet-growers hav good grounds of com
plaint at being offered only $4.t0 per ton, a
price paid by only eleven factories in the
United Stat last year. It costs money
to make sugar, and th coat varies In dif
ferent factories with th coat of fusl, lime
rock, labor and other supplies. Doubtless
ob vary important slsment in reducing the
cost of sugar is an abundant and regular
supply of beets, and th way to get that
is to convince the farmers, by showing th
figures, that they ar getting their due
shar of th profit. It la not sufficient to
show them that they eaa make a profit by
bard work and good cultivation. Thy
want to know that they ar getting their
due shar of the profits of an Industry
which depends ' upon them for success.
SklasT th Open Sea. -
Philadelphia Record.
Whatever may be th final result of th
war lu th cast, reasonable people will
hardly reproach the Russian for their
strong "desire to obtain convenient outlets
for their cumin roe on th Sea. What If
the 0,iX.O.00U of American people were pent
up Ilk the Russlansf They would get to,
I be soaooast and stay - titer, though th
world should undertake to resist them.
Fifty Years
mm.
InproYCS tho flavor and adds to
Iho hoalth'fulnoss of tho food.
PRICE BAKINQ POWDER CO CHIOAGQ,
TALONS OF THE KITTY.
Schuyler Ft Lance: Editor Howard of
th Columbus Telegram will have to quit
visiting th Jackaonlaji club of Omaha, be
cause It gets him Into trouble.
Schuyler Fro Lance: A fellow named
Ross Is suing for 12,000 ha allege he lost
In playing poker up In th Jacksonlan
club rooms In Omaha. Those eemocratlc
politicians evidently do a little business
on th Sid and make a little "free sliver"
aside from talking It.
Papilllon Times: After reading Editor
Howard's sermonettes on the cruelty of
baiting a fish hook with a live minnow,
on would be surprised to read of him
assisting in fleecing a country lamb at the
soologicai gardens of the Jacksonlan club.
From the roar the lamb made one is led to
bellev that the fleecing process is more
painful than having a fish hook stuck
under the skin.
Schuyler Free Lance: Editor Howard is
a great sportsman and delights in fishing,
but he is very humane, and the tact that
some fishermen will pull fish out of the
water and let them dl a slow death on
th bank, flopping around on th grass,
1 something that make him .sad. He
writ about and against it and calls upon
his brethren ot th rod and reel to not do
such cruel things, but to kill all fish as
soon a landed. Now th question arises
aa to this Jacksonlan club fish and how ha
was handled when landed.
Blue Valley Blade: The Jacksonlan
club of Omaha has been sued, by a woman
in th east for $2,000, which she claims
her son lost ' In this institution ' playing
poker with th members of the club. Ed
P. Bmlth and Edgar Howard of tne jo-
lumbua Telegram are mentioned among th
rest of th defendant In th oase. Th
"kitty" in the Jacksonlan club seems to
have been the most important part of
this great democratic organisation, and
promises to rival on a small scale the
Tammany gambling of Nw York.
Bloux City Tribune: An Omaha woman
has discovered th object of that widely
distributed organisation, known as the
Jacksonlan club, and the lady is now be
coming a menace to personal liberty and
the pursuit of happiness of a large por
tion of Omaha's population, having flled
betltlon In the United States court In
which she alleges that her son lost 2,000
bones under the roof of the Jacksonlan
club house, and that tho dub Is really a
gambling outfit, eonducting a perennial
poker party under the auspices of some
prominent men down there, which she
names in her petition. All this sets us to
wondering if such clubs jerpetuate the
memory of the sainted Jackson, a they
should, If h was an ardent admirer of the
giddy card goddess and knew a kitty
from a nightmare.
..
PERSONAL. MOTES.
One of th roost enthusiastic of) all thos
who follow the elusive golf balls ovr the
Chevy Chas links, near Washington, is
Justice Harlan of the United States su
preme court.
Harney Mullen holds a commission ana
th government pays him a salary to free
the War, State and Navy buildings and
the 'White Hous of English sparrows. He
was formerly a master-at-arms in the
navy.
The degree of master of letters has been
conferred on Mrs. Russell sage oy ine
New York university. Th honored lady
has shown great talent in attaching her
autograph to copious checks which hav
enabled the faculty to Judge of hor merits.
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans is a baa
hall enthusiast and seldom misses an op-
nortunity to se a gam, lie has been
- vlsltln Mrs. Evans sister in Poughkeepsl
and while there attended a contest of th
Hudson River league and "rooted" up
roariously for th homs team, which won.
Frederick Saugrain, th oldest living na
tive of th Louisiana Purchase territory, I
attending the meetings of th American
Burgloal society In St. Louis. He Is th
only surviving child of Dr. Antolns Fran
cols Saugrain, who was known as "the
first scientist Of th Mississippi valley."
Captain Albert F. Eells ot Boston will
erect a lighthouse and fog signal on Outer
Diamond shoals, off Cap Hattsrss, known
as th "graveyard of the Atlantic," which
la th first time In th history of this coun
try a private Individual, at his own ex
pense, Is about to attempt a feat which .the
United States government, department baa
abandoned after repeated failures.
Th mahogany bookcase which Oeorge
Washington gav to Dr. James Craik, his
family physician, has been in th Cralk
family ever since, and a court order has
been Issued allowing th administrator of
Rv. Dr- James Cralk of Louisville, Ky.,
to sell It. The prospective purchaser la
the Mount Vernon association, which has
offered $1.(00 for It, and desire to put it in
Its old place at Mount Vernon.
Among th students who were graduated
by th Johns Hopkins university In Balti
more last Tuesday with Ik degree of
bachelor of arts was Charles H. Baylor,
who during his course at th university
worksd sight hours each night as clerk In
th Baltimore postofflc. Mr. Baylor at
tended his classee at th university during
tb day, slept only sis beurs out of twenty-four
and lived on two meals dally. He
managed during his course to stand second
on th class roll and was graduated with
high honors. Mr, Baylor la X year old.
the Standard
KEBRASKA FIFTY YEARS YOCNQ
Blair Courier: The- seml-oentennlAl of
th founding of th territory of Nebraska
was fitly celebrated In Omaha last Friday.
There wer a good many present from out
side of the metropolis, but Omaha people
did most of the celebrating and did It In
a way that not only reflected honor upon
themselves, but every cltlsen of this great
state.
Wayne Herald: The fiftieth anniversary
of th creation of Nebraska as a terri
tory wai appropriately celebrated in
Omaha Inst week.. Nebraska has mad
wonderful strides in growth in th last
half century. The state is no longer re
garded a part ot the great American des
ert, but proof compels universal recognition
of th faot that It has become on of the
richest and thriftiest spots la th United
States. Nebraska has not only forged
ahead In developing its resources and ac
cumulating wealth, but stands second to
none In high citizenship and' broad educa
tion. , .
Name County Herald: Fifty years ago
there were less than 1,000 whlta people In
Nebraska territory; today slore than 1,000,.
000. The total wtalth then was probably
not $100,000; now between on and two bil
lions. Then 'there was not a single culti
vated farm; today ther i are 125,000.swlth
crops worth 1162,000,000. Then not a fac
tory or mils of railroad; today 5,414 manu
facturing establishments, with a product
worth $144,000,000 each year, and 1,700 miles
of railroad. Fifty years ago, this sum
mer a single newspaper, the Palladium,
at Bollevue; today Coo. newspapers and
magaslnes. Fifty years ago not. a school
in active operation; 'today, 10,000 common
schools and hlvher ones by the hundreds.
PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
"What do you think of a man who would
spend thousands, upon thousands of dollars
In politics?"
"I can't tell what I think of him," ans
wered Senator Sorghum, "until I se
whether he gets tae office or not." Wnsnv
lugton Star.
Colonel Gruff I understand my daughter
Is determined to marry you. Well, I want
to ray to you that she's crasy
Mr. Nervey Ahl hereditary, I suppose.
Puck. '
"The trusts." raid the- man who says
things har.hly, "have th people by the
throat."
"No," answered Mr. Dustln Stax, as hs
sinned an order raising th price of beef J
"not by tne throat; by the stomach."--Washington
Star.
"How she does chatter." i
"That may be, but she can carry a con
vernation "
"Huh I why notf Her conversation
shouldn't be hard to carry," Philadelphia
Press.
Foreigner Is not te sheep oils Of se most
stupid of animals T .
Native Yes.
Foreigner Zen why do your young- men
work so hard at se colleges for get a sheep
skin? Chicago Tribune.
Tess What do you think of my new
shoes? Quite nobby, aren't they?
Jess Yes, they are rather knobby, hut
I think a first class chiropodist could re
move the knobs." Philadelphia Press.
HE'S ALL. RIGHT.
Chicago News. '
We've puczled over problems In our
wooden-heaaen way.
We people old and gray;
We've don our best to solve them, but, Of
course, with failing sight
It Is hard to see the light,'
W find 'em ' still 'perplexing, which is
owing, 1 expect.
To our weakened Intellect.
We are hopelessly old fsshlonod and com
pletely out of date
To the youthful graduate.
We've grubbtd and dug, perspiring, in th
common, ugly dirt,
In our ancient flannel shirt,
Its sleeves rolled to the elbows; we'v been
careleas of the Boll
In the ardor of our toll.
A quite unscientific, rough-and-tumble fight
we've fought
, Not at all the higher thought.
It'l not at all surprising that we'v ben
unfortunate ,
To th youthful graduate.
Just watch him on th platform and Just
listen now while he - -'
Or perhaps it Is a she
Breaks off sweet words ot wisdom from th
paper In his hand.
It Is then we understand ' '' -How
beautifully simple ar th things that
pucsled us, -Over
which w fret and fuss;
How well, he'll show Improvement over
us, ot any rate. ,
, So why guy th graduate?
Nervous?
Easily; discouraged?
Things look dark? Can't
sleep well? - Restless and
worn out? Nervous ex
haustion,' your doctor says.
Ask him if he knows of a
better nerve-tonic than
Ayer8 Sarsaparilla. Sixty
years of success. aiiI&u.
One great cause of nervousness is
constipation. Impurities thai sheuld
, be removed from the system are sb
' sorbed Into It. One of Ayer's Pills
; sach night, just one, will keep the liver
and bowels a p hsslthy condition.
Usmui. Xt.4taC9U4,lUts,