TF1E OMAnA PAtLY HKH: TrF.SOAY. W-.CKMIIKR P.. 1904.
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Notary Public.
Mike Harrington's new political party
gofiiiH to have died a-bornm'.
That drouth In wistcm Kentucky fur
tlior disprove tho theory that tho ex
plosion ef gunpowde; will cause rain.
The War department nk for less
money to prosecute Its militarism than
it had a year ngo. Thus are political
campaign utorle disproved.
Father Sehell received a warm recep
tion at Washington and now the grafters
whose operations he U opposing will try
to make It hot for him on bis return.
Fortunately for the chairmen of the
various political parties, the new post
office order against prize guessing con
tests was not published until after elec
tion. A few more federal grand Jnne s like
the last and the fioot1rigglnx business on
the Indian reservations" will come to be
classed among the hazardous, occupn
tJoi:s. .
If this thing Is to continue Andrew
Carnegie may be compelled to call for a
cenjus of "the notes Larln" his name
that are hiding in the various banks of
the country.
Mr. Addlcks of Delaware may give up
hit Boston gas stock, but it will take
more, than an order of court to take
from him bis vision of a seat in the
United States senate.
Another California airship is said to
work in a satisfactory manner. There
may be yet a way devised to get into
that state by the southern route without
meeting train robbers.
Panama has had all of its difficulties
with the United States arranged to mu
tual satisfaction at least until some
other aspiring citizen of the little re
public wants to secure momentary promi
nence. -'
(July should the new pie octopus
which has swallowed up the sources of
supply for all the restaurants In Omaha
try to extend its operations to the po
litical pie counter will it learn what
real trouble Is.
The Nebraska commission for the St.
Louia World's fair will not finish up Its
work in duo form until it holds an ex
hlbilion of the variegated collection of
medals and riWtons gatheied lu by Ne
braska's exhibits at trie big exposition
Japanese have about decided that the
neutrality which permits belligerent ves
sels to sail half way round the world
is not of the klud to be seriously dam-
giid by a slight fracture and promises
to regard it only as its Interests demand.
l'resldent Stlckney seems to be having
s much trouble to hold his own with
the railroad reporters as General Stoes
sel has In holding Tort Arthur in the
faco of the war correspondents but so
far both continue masters of the situa
tion. In the plans for the statues at the
war college square Hanulbal and Alex
ander muy bavo to be provided by this
government, as the Macedonian are too
busy raising" trouble and the descend
ants of the Carthageulau have not re
ported up to date.
Toot Watson is still telling what a
great mistake Colonel Bryan made In
supporting Parker. Mr. Watson should
not delude himself. Ho would not have
me within gun shot of the White
Bouse even bad Mr. Iiryan bolted the
St. Louis convention and gone over bag
and baggage to the Watson ticket.
Aud now we are assured by Charles Q.
D France that. ''there will be no more
attempts lu Nebraska to compel Parker
democrats and Watsou populists to Join
In the fusion, embrace." But there is
nothing to stop them from bugging one
another of their, owu free will without
a ooujuulslon.
the Hton joixt COMMISSIOX.
Washington advices stnte that there 1
prwpect of the reassembling of the High
Joint commission to. consider. questions
at Issue betwern this country and
Canada, especially the trade relations,
fine report says that the Canadian pre
mier has made It clear that an invitation
from the I'nited States would be wel
comed and that President Roosevelt is
desirous that it should be extended. If
this correctly represents the view of
the president a reassembling of the com
mission Is very probable, of course as
suming that the Canadian government
Is willing to renew before that body ne
gotiations looking to the settlement of
questions at Issue between the two
countries. The chairman of the Ameri
can members of the commission Is Sena
tor Fairbanks and It Is understood that
he is favorable to another meeting.
The Alaska boundary issue hating
been disposed, of there ought not to be
much difficulty In settling other matters
about which there Is controversy, but it
Is doubtful If the commission could ac
complish anything respecting trade reci
procity. That subject received some at
tention at Its Inst meeting, but without
giving any indtcntlon that an agreement
might be re.tchcd.. Conditions are not
more favorable for reciprocity now. if
Indeed they are not less so, than they
then were, largely for the reason that the
Canadians appear to lie no longer onx
lous to have closer trade relations and
are rather dispose! to strengthen their
tariff posltio i. The manufacturers of
the Dominion want more protection
ngnlnst American competition and the
agricultural producer are not clamor
ous, as they were n few years ago, for
an opportunity to get free access to the
American maket. Agitation for reci
procity Is almost wholly on this side.
When the" High Joint commission, was
created It was earnestly hoped that It
would lie oble to settle all differences
between the United States and Cannda.
For Its failure to do so Canada was
largely responsible. Perhaps under the
changed conditions it would now be able
to reach the desired results. ' '
A - SUCCESSFUL MISSlOX.
The mission of Secretary Taft to Pan
ama appears to have been entirely suc
cessful, as Indeed it was expected to be,
since he went there under instructions
to assure the governuieir. of the young
republic of the earnest friendship of the
United States and of the purpose of
our government to do nothing hostile or
Inimical to that, country. Under the
agreement entered Into Panama will con
tinue to get the revenue from duties on
goods entering Its ports and this is the
principal matter for which that govern
ment tvas contending. It needs this
revenue, which while not very large goes
a considerable way toward meeting the
expenditures of the government und
there Is no doubt that the objection to
the first declared policy of the United
States was fully Justified.
There were concessions of eotirse, on
lioth sides, so thai the agreement Is a
compromise, but there Is Involved In it
nothing that can prove detrimental to
the interests or' welfare of the little re
public. An Important condition to the
at,'rement becoming effective Is that
Panama shall establish the gold stand
ard, which It is not to be doubted will
be ilomj at once. The agreement will
doubtless be approved without delay by
congress and that satisfactory and mu
tually beneficial relations be fixed on
a basis that will assure a perpetuation
of good will. Peace on the isthmus will
be preserved and the people of Panama
will at an early day begin to realize a
greater measure of prosperity than they
have ever known or ever could have
reached as a part of Colombia, subject
to the rapacity of the politicians con
trolling that country.
OUR CHISESK RELATIONS.
The treaty with China regulating the
admission into this country of subjects
of that empire will expire tomorrow.
Negotiations are understood to be mak
ing for a new agreement and it was re
ported a few weeks ago that the matter
bad been satisfactorily 'arranged, but
later Information is to the effect that a
hitch hud occurred which for the timo
being is blocking the new treaty. There
is a good deal of interest in the subject
among' merchants and manufacturers
having trade with China, these very gen
erally favoring the demand of the Chi
nese government that there shall be a
material modification of the existing
treaty, which that government Insists
unjustly discriminates against Its peo
ple. Chambers of commerce and boards
of trade huve adopted resolutions urging
that a less illiberal policy toward the
Chinaman be adopted. They ask that
the present harsh regulations for carry
ing out the exclusion law be modified.
They of course regard the matter wholly
from a business standpoint, feeling tliut
If the present policy Is not modified, so
that Chinese merchants and those who
come here to Investigate Industrial and
commercial matters shall be freed from
the restrolnts now imposed upon them,
the Inevitable effect will be to Injure
American trade with China.
Considerable pressure is therefore
likely to le brought to bear on the gov
ernment from this source, which will un
doubtedly exert a strong influence.- On
the. other band, organized labor Is as
strenuously 'opposed now as in the past
to making any concessions, it demands
that the policy of Chinese exclusion
which has been In operation for years
shall be maintained. Organized labor
is strongly represented at Washington
and proposes to spare no effort to pre
vent lowering of, the bars against the
admission of Chinese labor and to this
eud may lie' expected to vigorously' an
tagonize any proposal .of concessions
which the Chinese government shall
make.
. No confident prediction cau be made
as to which one of the strong luflueuecs
will prevail, but a fair and reasonable
compromise Is possible aud this probably
will be the outcome. With the expira
tion of the treaty the exclusion act will
become operative In full force and un
less a new convention Is entered into the
situation will liecome mere strained and
It would not 1 surprising If Hip Chi
nese government were to adopt ome sort
of retaliatory measure. It seems certain
that that government due not intend to
longer tamely submit to treatment of it
people by the United States which it
holds to be wholly unfair and which It
experiences from no other nation. F.x
cluslon of Americans from China would
be a method of retaliation to which our
government could not nnder the circum
stances object, but there are also other
ways In which loth the government and
the people of China could show resent
ment. We want all the trade we can
secure In that great empire and to tills
end it Is manifestly necessary to culti
vate the most friendly relations. We
cannot continue to maintain a prescrip
tive attitude toward that empire and ex
pect a welcome from Its people to our
commercial overtures. It would seem
that this should be especially obvious to
the business interests of the raclflc
coast, where support of the exclusion
policy is strongest.
PRACTICAL POLICE REFORM
In Omaha, us in all other large popu
lation centers, there are and always will
be some tolerated evils. In Omaha, as
In other American cities of more than
100,000 population, there Is a rational as
well as au Irrational demand for police
reform. The rational demand 1 formu
lated on practical Hues, while the Irra
tional demand is hysterical, spasmodic
and visionary.
The first step.4 In the direction of prac
tical police reform were taken in Omaha
years ago, when the police aud fire de
partments were placed under civil serv
ice and the appointment, promotion and
removal of policemen, police officers and
members of the fire department were,
theoretically at least, presnmed to be
made solely on the basis of capacity and
merit. In practice, however, civil service
principles have not always been ob
served by the so-called "nonpartisan"
police commissions. And yet n very
marked improvement has been made in
the supervision and discipline of the
police department
There Is. however, still room for
greater improvement In the policing of
Omaha on practical lines. Some of
the needed reforms should he Inaugu
rated with the coming of the new year.
First of all things, gift-taking in all Its
forms should Ik? tattooed in the police
department. Police officers from the
highest to the lowest should be pro
hibited from soliciting or accepting gifts
or contributions of any description, for
any purpose, from any Individual or cor
poration subject to police surveillance.
This should include not merely articles
of salable value, but even treating to a
cigar or a gloss of beer.
Next should be the rotation of police
officers stationed at the Jail and police
court, or stationed on duty within the
proscribed district Frequent rotation
would remove the opportunities for cor
ruption and contamination that tend to
undermine discipline and demoralize the
police. force generally.
The inauguration of these reforms will
require no crusade or popular explosions
and they should be followed by other
reforms that have suggested themselves
to those who have given the subject prac
tical consideration.
Notwithstanding the peculiar political
combination which at the last election
defeated the proposition for a municipal
electric lighting plant in Omaha, the
movement for municipal lighting con
tinues to grow apace. The Board of
Estimate for New York City went on
record with but a single dissenting vote
last week In favor of a municipal electric
lighting plant for the metropolis, and the
corporation counsel was directed to pre
pare a charter amendment carrying the
necessary power, to be presented at the
coming session of the New York state
legislature. The one vote against the
proposition was explained as prompted
by a desire for the establishment of a
municipal gas lighting plant as well as a
municipal electric lighting plant. When
the municipal ownership idea makes
such headway In New York City we
may be sure that its strength Is power
ful and that the obstacles which block
It In a place like Omaha cannot long hold
sway.
Are thd people of Omaha going to
leave tho matter of charter amendments
io adjust itself as occasion presents after
the legislature shall have met down at
Lincoln? If so, they may expect the
Interested contractors and corporations
to try to shape things in ruthless dis
regard of the city's welfare ond the tax
payers' jioeketbooks. The agencies that
are eager to mutilate the charter always
find that they can work better at Lin
coln than they can here in Omaha, be
cause they are further from the public
view.
The retirement of Judge E. M. Bartlett
from the district bench leaves behind a
creditable record for a brief judicial
career as the appointee to fill a vacancy.
Those who have had cases In Judge
ltartlett's court unite in commending bis
business-like dispatch of litigation and
bis docket shows the result of his Judicial
iudustry. He returns to the practice of
law with the respect and good will of all
who came lu coutuct with him on the
bench.
University of Nebraska students are
said to be thoroughly Incensed because
of the posting of one of their num
ber, proficient in athletics, for being de
Dcleut in his studies. Such cruel aud
unusual puulshment ought to be barred
by the constitution. If persisted iu It Is
altogether too likely to play havoc with
the success of tha athletic teams.
Baakla- Tradition Raeelv m Jolt.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
While tha main achievement of Mrs.
Chudwlrk, In her Hue of extracting a phe
nomenal amount of money from various
banks Is engrossing attention, she Incident-
ally mancgxl to give a solar plexus How
to that old theory tlmt litislnes wisdom
and financial conservatism lire always real
dent with bank manager.
. Woolly Dream.
Philadelphia Ledger.
W.lh the progress ef arbitration perhaps
wc shall see the time when the difference
between college may be settled without
recourse to foot ball.
Sliding- lion n to Oar l.etel.
Chlrngo Rocord-Ilerald.
Report from Cuba Indicate that the
people down (here are ngaln becoming
careless about sanitary matters. In cer
tain ots the Inland Is almost a dirty a
some of our American cities.
Another Bray Coming.
St. IaiuI Republic.
Southern people will appreciate the tom
plitmnt of the president's appointment of
Stonewall Jackson's grandson to XVest
Point. But It will be Interesting to hear
what Governor Vardaman ha to suy.
Information Wanted.
New Tork Tribune.
General PorHrio Tllnm ha tint luwn In.
aug-tirated as president of Mexico for the
seventn time. The democracy ought to
send down, a committee, headed by Mr.
Bryan and Judge .Parker, to ascertain how
he manages It.
Selenee Aiding! 4rlcoltare.
Pittsburg Post.
The achievements of rollege professors In
showing an Industry of modest standing but
fundamental importance how to enhance
Its production have reached monumental
results. An Iowa professor, by Inducing
the farmer to make a scientific selection
of seed and teaching them a more careful
preparation of the ground, enlnrged the
corn crop of that state by about lon.000.ooo
bushel. t A Maine professor Is showing
how, by selection In breeding, hens can be
Induced to lay twice a many eggs as the
ordinary fowl. Cornell professor are en
larging the old lesson on the Increase of
milk from cow. A Minnesota teacher has
developed a handy and Improved breed of
wheat. A Ncbraokan In the same line has
outlined a plan of cultivation that will se-
rhire crops on semi-arid land without irri
gation.
CORX FOR FOOD.
An Enthusiastic Appreciation for
Plata Mash.
Kansas City Journal.
The corn crop of the United States this
year Is about 2,4&0,000,000 bushel. worth nt
present price the huge sum of 11.225,000,000.
Only a, comparatively small part of this
crop will find Its way Into the human
stomach except In the form of splrltus
frumentl. It Is a dlfflcuk thing to popu
larise In America the um of com as a food
for man. In Europe some success has been
made In this direction as a result of tha
propaganda of Colonel Charles J. Murphy,
who went abroad as a special commissioner
of the Department of Agriculture to intro
duce American corn as an article of diet in
European countries.
The three most eatable dishes to be made
from cornmeal are "Joluinlo cakes," Mur
phy bread" and plain mush. The latter Is
the best of all. If we shall believe what a
writer recently said who enthusiastically
sounded the pralaes of American corn:
"If any Intelligent man will take the
trouble to cook his own turn meal mush In
the morning, sternly commanding Bridget
to keep out of the way meantime, he can
assist In the renaissance of the dlvlnest
cereal and have a- breakfast food which, he
can eat Joyfully 6 daya In the year and
never tire of. v a
"The recipe for iwoklng la simple. Get a
pure, coarse meal, , Keep it In a glass jar
with a cover that screws tightly, for corn
meal spoil easily and quickly becomes
wormy if not well covered. Never try to
keep It in the house In a large quantity,
and never get it of a grocer who keeps It
long on hand.
"I will assume that the patriotic Amer
ican, who hus taken this matter Into his
own hands has a gas range. When he goes
to his bath In the morning let him put on
a small kettle with about two inches of
water In it. Into which he will put a heap
ing teaspoonfui of salt Then lot him light
tho gas and turn it up only enough so that
when lie comes from the bath the water
will have begun to boll. He will have
learned this trick by experience. The ket
tle should be covered with a lid.
"Then let him fill a teacup nearly full of
this cornmeal and turn up the gas now so
that the water in. the kettle bolls actively.
Then let him remove the lid of the kettle
and sprinkle the meal slowly from the cup
into tho boiling water, making sure by the
use of a spoon, if necessary, that the meal
doed not 'lump.' But it will not lump If he
sprinkles the meal slowly and carefully and
the active boiling keeps up.
"By the time he has injured in. all the
meal his mush will have grown quite thick,
and will be sputtering and throwing up lit
tle volcanic eruptions. It la now time to
cover the kettle with the lid and to turn
down the gas just low enough so that the
mush will keep boiling a little and sputter
ing under the lid. but will nV turn.
"Then let the man go and saave or com
plete his dressing. That will take him fif
teen minutes; and at the end of that time,
on returning, he will find the mush still
sputtering, but perfectly cooked and ready
to be eatcs."
PERSONAL, XOTE4.
Westward the exposition star takes Its
way. It now sets on the Mississippi, to rise
next spring on the Columbia.
Stonewall Jackson Christian, the only liv
ing grandson of Genera! "Stonewall" Jack
son, has been appointed a cadet In the mili
tary academy at West Point.
The names on the pension roll have
bobbed up above the million mark again,
and will not go below It so long as the
young widows remain ao winning.
A heroic size statue of Julius Caesar, to
accompany that of Frederic the Ureal at
the War college grounds, Washington, may
be presented to this country by Italy.
It is rather delicate flattery of American
banking methods that a member of the
great Rothschild family should become a
clerk with August Uelmont & Co. In order
to learn how to do things.
Mrs. Susan Stringer Bennett, the only
real Daughter of the Revolution In Ken
tucky and probably the oldest of sixty In
the United States, has just died at her
home, In Livingston county, from o'.d age.
Frank L. Stanton has many good stories
of the South stored up in his memory, and
most of them are short and to the point.
One of the best and most epigrammatic con
cerns a Kentucky colonel who was Just
dressing in the morning In his bachelor
home in Louisville. "Sambo!" he called
downstulra to his henchman; "go out and
mow some mint for breakfast.
At Knoxvllle, Tenn., one day last week
six young women went to the courthouse, '
asked for DtpuVy Sheriff Groner and re
proved him for suppressing the names of
some young mtto whom he had caught In
a gambling house. The young woman who
did the talking told him they "thought It
due them and every girl in Knoxvllle who
feels the same way about It that u!l names
be made public, so that they might make
no mistake and be seen with no such young
men." Oroner promiacd to act upon that
view of the matter In future.
ARMY OOSMP IM WASIIIViTO.
Matter of Interest Oleaaea from the
Army and Xavy negUter.
The g. ncral recruiting servli-e cf the army
made during the month of October was
2.61S enlistments, of which 1.41H were made
at city resulting station and .S at mili
tary post and surrountng town and In
the field. The enlistment, sccnrdlng to
classification, were: Infantry (white). 091;
coast artillery, ?!; engineer battalions. 3.
cavalry (white), ill; Meld artillery. 511;
I'nited States Military Academy detach
ments. 4; Infantry (colored), 31; cavalry
(colored). 56; Porto Rico regiment of In
fantry. 13; Philippine scouts, 494.
It I very doubtful If congress during the
next short session can be prevailed upon
to do anything toward enacting a law
which will reduce !o twenty-five years the
period of service of enlisted men of the
army previous to retirement. There Is no
doubt that a quarter of a century of faith
ful service In the rank Is a sufficient
period to Justify retirement with all the
emoluments and privilege which that es
tate convey. In fact, It was originally
Intended that the enlisted service as an
Incident to retirement should be but twenty-five
years and It was only at the last
moment and under somewhat unusual con
ditions that General Sheridan expressed
himself In favor of the period of. thirty
years. It 1 now recognised, and will
probably be admitted by everyone, that
military duty Is more arduous than form
erly, even In those day when troops
spent night on the freezing frontier re
mote frjm civilisation and all the com
forts which -go with It. We have now
periods of service In the tropics with all
that I demoralizing to the health which
assignment to uch duty brings. It Is
probably recognized If not admitted by all
that something should be done to en
courage enlistment, and not only enlistment
but re-enlistment, which Is quite as Im
portant to the general scheme of the
maintenance of a regular military estab
lishment. It would be undoubtedly con
ducive to re-enlistment, therefore, if the
soldier had added privileges. It Is prob
ably out of the, question to have the pay
of the enlisted men Incteased, however
convincing may be the argument In favor
of that deserving recognition of service,
but It Is quite within the bound of reason
that congress could be Induced to decrease
the period of servlco previous to retire
ment. The chances of a law to that ef
fect, however, within the next session of
congress are very remote.
There continues to be a great demand for
army engineers, in the lowest grade of
which corps there are now no less than
thirty-one vacancies. Appointments to the
corps from among the graduates of the
Military academy are gradually filling these
places, but at the rate of ten appointment
per year which is expected la that direc
tion, it will be some time, probably four
years or more, before the corps Is commis
sioned to its full authorized strength of
personnel. The lack of officers make it
difficult to follow any stated plan of In
struction of juniors as will be possible
under more adequate conditions. Ten offi
cer have recently returned form the Phil
ippines, where they have been for a year
under instruction in the practical way of
observation. Four of these offlcera will
continue educational work at Washington
barracks, while five will go to Fort Leav
enworth and one to San Francisco. None
of those who were graduated at West Point
In June last and who were assigned to the
corps of engineers has been sent to the
Philippines, and it is not yet known whether
the ten more West Pointers destined for
the corps next year will receive this benefit
of service at the beginning of their commis
sioned career. There is no question of the
value of such a training, and, of course, if
the demand upon the corps permits ' there
will be an assignment of Junior ol. .s to
the islands for this purpose.
To regularly carry out ths policy of the
War department to have troops serve in the
Philippine Islands for a period of two
years, the chief signal officer of the army
has formulated a plan whereby this policy
wui d followed, so far as It affect men
of the signal corps, in a manenr which will
Insure the best results to the service.
There are three signal corps companies
serving in the Philippines, and the new plan
contemplates Rending a signal corps com
pany to the Philippines every eight months
to relieve the company of the corps which
has been longest in service In the Islands.
This will Insure that there will always be
two companies In the Philippines who are
experienced In the service there.
The disadvantages of staff details, that is
to say, of the detail to staff duty of line
officers of the army in four-year period,
does not elicit much endorsement in the an
nual report this year. Jt is only a ques
tion of time, apparently, when there will
be a limitation of the system to the junior
grades In the special staff corps. The con
siderations of efficiency derived from the
system have taken Into account only the
effect upon the staff corps.
A WODKHFlL HARVEST.
Tea Figures Express the Annaal
Value of Farm Product.
Minneapolis Journal.
With the old economic rule in mind, that
all prosperity comes primarily from the
soil, and that upon the success of agricul
ture depends very largely success In every
business line, one may read with great
satisfaction the report of Secretary Wilson
of the Department of Agriculture. Mr.
Wilson presents a summary not only grati
fying In general, but highly favorable for
the twelvemonth period more particularly
covered, containing statements that will be
surprising no doubt to many who have re
tained the Impression that this was not a
good year an Impression gained during the
time of unfavorable report from the wheat
fields.
The secretary finds that our country
turned out this year in all agricultural pro
duce of a value of S1.900,A0o,C00. This is al
most 10 per cent more than produced In
1903.
It might astonish an ordinary reader not
familiar with, the general subject to look
Into thl report and see what Is done every
year in the production of new wealth. The
annual production of eggs and poultry and
other thing not usually thought of runs
Into great figures. Indeed, the farmers'
hens luy egga enough In a single month,
during the busy season, to pay the Interest
on the public debt for a year.
King bf all, corn is tho greatest wealth
producer. From the proceeds of this crop
alone the farmers could .ore than pay off
the entire national debt. Cotton comes
next, valued, with by products and all, at
about t'SCO.000.000. For third place the hay
crop ard the wheat crop are about even.
Potatoes, barley, oats and other produce
run Into big figures.
Summing It all up. there Is about 5.000,
000,000 In value produced by the American
farmer every year, and tho rate of produc
tion continues advancing from year to
year. Agriculture Is prosperous in high de--
n-ltlo"t tsklrg et eenstderotion the
enhancement In the valve of farm lands of
t: last tcveral years.
Nothing very serious In the way of finan
cial revorms can come upon our country
while we go along at such a rate. Finan
cial squalls may come, particular Indus
tries may be a ff acted, and ths alternate
periods of extreme activity and recession
appear, but so long us the farmer remains
a prosperous and contented member of
society the whole country Is certain to
force shec-d. . '
RAII.ROtD fKX aniRKIXG.
Wshoo Wap: Should the railroads cf
th state find a way otit of paying the
taxes assessed g-ir,,t them In the various
counties of thi mte. possibly other tax
payers will follir. their example.
Table flock Arjs: If a p"0' man re
list the payment of hi taxes, distress
warrants are Issued and payment I en
forced. Why should not the same mean
be employed to rollout , railroad tnxesT
Let the wealthy snd powerftil corporation
be treated in tho way a humble citizen
I treated and taught that It must hear It
Just proportion of the public burden.
Beatrice Express: The railroad are large
taxpayers In every county because they
own much property. The refusal of the
railroad to pay their tax may seriously
inconvenience school, county, city and
state. The threat of the railroad to keep
from paying taxes. If carried out, will
ral a storm that will not soon blow over.
The railroads have never paid their Just
proportion of taxes and the present effort
to dictate the amount they shall, pay or
refuse to pay at alt Is the most non
sensical thing the railroads have done for
many years. "Equality before the law"
means that railroads as well a farmers
must obey the law.
Beatrice Times: Supposing that the
policy of these road In withholding from
the county treasurers a portion of their
txs were entered upon by the taxpayers
genfrally: What kind of a tax system
would we have? What would become of
the public Institutions of the state and of
the counties? Who will deny the equal
right of the average taxpayer with the
roads to set up the plea that his taxes are
excessive, and refuse to pay more than he
considers Just? See where the action of
these repudiating roads may lead to. Tn
addition to this, the pubHc current of dis
content against railroad falling to pay
their Just proportion of the taxes will, If
such work as this be persisted In, become
a cataract that will overwhelm all oppo
sitlon. The taxpayers at large are dis
posed to be Just, but they draw the line at
being run over and crushed by agencies
whose very life Is dependent upon tham.
Fremont Tribune: The new revenue law
provides for assessing property at Its cash
value. The railroads will have a difficult
task of It proving that they have had their
property listed at a higher rate than its
cash value. Whether the railroads have
been listed a higher proportion than other
property Is another thing. If that be the
truth of it then they have taken a wrong
course. Instead of withholding their own
taxes on the ground that they are assessed
higher than contemplated by law, they
should make complaint that other property
1 assessed too low. Xhat would appear to
be the more rational and sensible method.
However, the Tribune Is ready to agree
that some good may come from this litiga
tion. It will result In a thorough dissection
and discussion of the revenue question,
which prove 1 to be about the only absorb
ing theme durlrg the recent political cam
paign. An impartial judicial determination
of the relative burdens borne by the differ
ent classes of property in this state will be
of value to all taxing boards of Nebraska
Friend Telegraph: When the tax man of
the Union Pacific said to us that the farm
ers would pay the taxes of Nebraska he
budded better than he knew at that time.
For some time the Burlington tax man
has been engaged In tendering the different
county treasurers what taxes they thought
was right. Now the Union Pacific and
Burlington have joined Issues In resisting
the collection of taxes In the different
counties, and an Injunction has been issued
from the federal court enjoining the dif
ferent county treasurers; from forcing col
lections. In a speech made by Congress
man Burkett In Friend Just the day be
fore election he told the gaping crowd what
a cinch the people had on the corporations
by way of the new revenue law. The re
sult of last month's election in this state
has emboldened the corporations to resist
the collection of the taxes assessed and
levied against them ,under the provisions
of this law, and our word for It the cor
porations will pay Just what they have
a mind to and no more, while the
farmer will both hold the sack and foot
the bill.
St. Paul Republican: Some of the great
corporations of the country are riding for
a fall. This Is especially true of the rail
roads, which aro growing more and mora
arrogant In their defiance of all state and
national authority. There is no necessity
for citing specific Instances; every citizen
of Nebraska knows this to be a fact. After
long years of struggling under an Inequit
able revenue system a new law was adopted
which has been declared sound and Just
by the highest Judicial authority In the
state, yet the very first assessment under
that law Ib resisted by the railroads and
payment of the taxes levied Is arbitrarily
refused. This might not be so bad but for
the fact- that in doing so they squarely
repudiate their own testimony concerning
the value of their property, given at the
time the maximum rate case was pending
before the United States supreme court. In
the collection of freight rates and the pay
ment of taxes the railroads seem to operate
on ths principle of the old darky's trap,
which eausrht the bear "eomln or goln'."
Public sentiment at the present time Is more
thoroughly aroused against such abuses
than It has ever been before. The people of
Nebraska have just passed through a po
litical campaign which has given them an
Intelligent understanding of, taxation prob
lems. The legislature which meets at Lin
coln next month will have a good working
foundation In the revenue law adopted by
the last session, and It Is expected of that
body that It will correct all defects made
apparent by a practical test. Particularly
la It desired that all loopholes, which per
mit railroad corporations to evade a la'g
portion of their taxes, even temporarily,
be closed. This demand Is reasonable and
Just, and cannot be Ignored.
COAL WOOD COKE KINDLING
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Rock Springs, Hanna, Sheridan, Walnut Block, Steam Coal.
Best medium grade is Illinois Nut $5.75; Egg and Lump $6.
For heaters and furnaces-Cherokee Nut Lump .25.
A hot burner-MISROurl Nutt large size $4.50: Lump $4.75.
8cnntonthe best Pennsylvania Anthracite mined.
Spadra-the hardest and cleanest Arkansas Anthracite.
Ail coal hand-aoreened and weighed over any city acaloa dealred.
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A Eotrly Christmas Hint
If you wanttomaka.mv. a "SWELL GIFT" for modo.t amount
of money-one that will auraly please-and add so much to the appear,
auce ut a suit of evory description
"Buy 0 Fancy Vest"
We have the net aosortmeut ever shown In Omahi single and dou
ble breasted, and thoroughly up-to-date
$1.50 to S6.00
NO CLOTHING FJTS LIKE OURS.
. S. WILCOX, Mgr.
A RfATTR CF HEALTH
hp
PQITDER
Absolutely Puro
flAS NO SUBSTITUTE
I,I.F. TO A LAIUII.
Pat Well, here's where ye live. Mike,
What shall I do now?
LltLa U ,t u K 1 riha lk itnnr I.aII Ural
and thin hie ring . fur the ambulance.
fuck.
"What evidence did the Jury have that
Burrs was crazy?"
"A witness swore thnt he riw him
la us li I tig at the jukes in a colored sup
i ... . i ..... i , i
"Mother." said the aolden-halred little
girl.
What I it?"
"I don't remember which It wa you
said: "Be good' and I'll sing to ynu,' or 'b
good or I'll sing to you.' "Washington
Star.
Rich Relative I hope. Harold, you hav
flnlnhed sowing your wild nnts snd have
begun to follow some remunerative em
ployment. Scapegrace Nephew I hnve. unrip. 1 am
courting' old Muntoburn's daughter. Chi
cago Tribune.
"Tea," said the long-haired man. munrh
Inc hi apnle. "I'm a strict vegetarian "
"You menu you think you ore," replied
the observant man.
"What do you mean bv that?"
"I mean that I noticed a worm In that
hit of entile von lust "allowed." Phila
delphia Catholic Standard.
"Te, Mr. Bull," said Mis Pussav. who
prided herself on her youthful ipucaranc.
"my father went Into the civil wtr a a
private and cam home at It close with
a cnntiln' word."
"Ah!" renlled Mr. Bull "licwJ Vlla-htnd
von must have been to see him again."
Philadelphia Pre.
"I hear you lost a million on the
street." 4
"Yes, but my wife's mother got run
over by an auto."
"And your house burned."
"Yes. but my wife' lap dog was In It.
Whatil you take?" Houston Chronicle.
THE CHILD'S WISH.
8. W. Gillllan In Baltimore American.
"I wish I'd hurrv and get so old It won't
be wrong to lie."
Thus said the little, maiden with a longing
In her eye.
"Now, when I sny I've cleaned m' teeth
and mamma tlndn I ain't,
She turns an' looks wight at me with th'
'apreselon of a saint.
An' sends me off t' bed wlfout a single fing
f eat,
An' comes an' pweaches at me O, ye never
heard th' beat!
But I 1st fink, 'No matter, I'll be bigger by
an' by,
An" then twon't be a bit o" harm, no dlf-
f'rence how I lie.'
" 'Cause 'taln't no harm fer grown-up folks
f He a awful lot
I've found It out b' watchfn', an' I'm pretty
sure It's not.
When mamma was a-sooldln' ma for fib
bin' Tilda c me .
An' told 'or Missus Jones had called an'
ant her was she. home.
An mamma says 'W'y, tell er . no' as
plain as It could be.
O, wouldn't such a fib as that brought
awful spanks fer me?
But all I haf t' do Is mind that mamma
Isn't I.
An' that I'll soon be big enough so 'twont'
be wrong t' lie.
"An' t'other day. when comp'ny left, my
papa said, 'Why, no!
You've been here such a little while I hate
to see you go!'
An" when they went he said, 'O, myl it
seems to me a week;
They set here lookln' foolish, 'parently
afraid f speak!'
An' once I heard 'Ira tell a man t' oorae
around next day
Fer money, then he made 'is plana so ha
would be away.
Bomettmes I get t' flnkln', an' I sort o won
der why
Ter age makes any dlfTrenj in tellln' of
a lie."
TStAOH
MAR
Holiday Pieces
of Dorflinger glassware, found in
dealer's stork are incomDar-
JVW wvww. m
. . . e .1 r
able in the clearneu of me guts,
artistic .cutting and hne brush.
Each year ol the fifty of our
. tii
glass -crait has added some-
thin 3 to the pertecUon ol
our Christmas stock. Uur
trade-mark label 11 on each
piece.