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GEORGE B. TZ9CHUCK.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me this 21st day of December, 1904.
tSeaij M. B. H UNGATE,
Notary Public.
A cit.r tax lov.r for 1115 not to exceed
10 uillls would I o popular with Omaha
taxpayers.
I .Inp.111 llHS Seized U.",tS0 tOUS of l-onl
oiiaiKiigtloJiUHelu. ,luel umst ho eotn
iiaratlvely t-honp in Toklo despite the
The Russian Imrcfl tiers t Ix 1im I'll i ii k
that the. tricks learned while .low Imlt
lriR can be turned to another use by the
inujlk. ,
The liiipi-panlou jierslMtg that while M.
ItotiTler is MTUylug the driver's aent
In France, M. Combes Htill lu s his luinds
upon the linea.
Kuaala may be n wnkeninv, but. that is
no reason why H nhould nrouse the
r whole warra from Wit?'lnnilay morntng
nap to listen to lla troublew,
The new French cabinet numbers
eleven member. If Iowa were only a
department of France it' might furnish
half a dozen cabinet minister.
The park board In Itn modesty nsks the
council for only the minimum levy for
the park fund. The minimum park fund
levy, however, used lo be the maximum,
tip to lust year.
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It Is evident that the Standard Oil
company lins little influence at St.
I'eteivburs, Klnce the government hna
placed the aale of petroleum under ban
until the strike Is over.
YY hut's this? St. Joseph gamblers just
dosing down by order of Governor Folk!
People hereabouts had beeu led to be
lieve that Omaha held the record as the
very wickedest ctly on the map.
A Missouri legislator proposes au in
come tax for state purposes. That
legislator evidently wants to drive out
of the slate some of the men who have
money enough to bribe lawmakers.
The long drawn out Invest igaiion at
Washington ha esiablislDsl the fact that
Senator Smoot Is a Mormon, and since
he admitted Unit to begin with, the
committee might as well rise and report.
Then is probably some rejoicing In
Toklo tjver the fact that bullets made to
kill Japanese have found lodgment In
Ittlftslau bodle. but the Jap would
much prefer to beat their euemy In an
open tight.
At last accounts the siege of the court
houne wns still in full blast, with n
desMratlon comparable only to the fa
mous siege of Port Arthur. But pros
pects are Ihnt the crisis will be reached
very shortly.
The .ev York slock market seemed to
feel the effecls of the rioting at SI.
Petersburg worse tlui'n those of Tendon.
Paris or Berlin. Perhaps, in his hurry.
Ihe cttar forgot to send auportlng or
ders to ihe American market.
The Colorado 'situation must be In
lietter shape than, imagined, since Sena
tor Teller has found himself able to go
to Washington ;and ' dhow how far he
has traveled from the republican party
since he left the St. Louis convention.
Judging by the success which lias
attended 1'ulted States courts in run
ning bankrupt railroads and turning
the m over to stockholder out of debt,
the Pulled Slates should have no (rouble
In arranging that Huh affair In Snuio
Domingo.
The difference between the spirit of
democracy end autocracy could not be
more, forcibly emphasised than by the
fact, strange ss il ni.iy seem, thai the
people vt the I'nited State know more
about Tihst lias lutpusnud and is hap
pening In St. Petersburg than the people
of Hussla themselves.
IHt HVtSUS CRISIS.
The Hiiticfpatcd collision between the
huge Issly of woiklugmen on a strike
and the Itiissi-iit tegular army stationed
at St. Petersburg ha brought the Itus
sian iinicilnl capital to the verge of
revolution. While the report trans
mitted fmin St. Petersburg In the
i:uriiican and American pre are frag
mentary ami may lw distorts! s far a
tin iiuiiiIht of person killed and
wounded by the Itusaian troop i con
cerned, n plain Ihnt the Mtimtloii In
Sr. Petersburg Is highly, critical and
liable to be ihe forerunner of a real
revolution.
'The riiiimtiNtrotien of the working-men
marching In a Imdy to petition the c.ar
for intervention In ' their' behalf ' wsa
something In the batuM of the march
ing of the lalsir armies tinder the lead
ership of Coxey and Kelley on Wash
ington a few year ago. The peacefii!
demands of the unarmed worklngmen In
It n lain were, however, repelled by fore
nt the sacrifice of many Uvea, and the
repressed jopu!ar sentiment against
antocmcy and monarchy Is liable to
burst forth in more serious outbreak
unless the c7,ar and hi adviser bare
the courage and wisdom to alleviate the
prevailing distres and pacify the smol
dering discontent, among the masse of
the Itusslau people. -
At Ibis great distance It would be
foolhardy to venture a forecast of the
eventual result of the Irrepressible con
flict between the Russian people and
their ruler. All the world will, how
ever, watch with Intense Interest the
trend of events In Russia and will not
be surprised at almost any outcome.
SAS DliVIXUO'S flSt A I. J t FAIRS.
Report have been cuiTent for some
time of contemplated auction by our gov
ernment in regard lo conditions In San
Domingo. The almost constant state of
pollilcal turmoil there. has brought the
country to the isilut of bankruptcy and
us obligations to a considerable amount
are due to foreigners and Ihese creditors
have Ih-cii clamoring for their payment.
It liecnme a very serious tnestioii what
should be done to relieve the situation
and avert the danger of aggressive ac
tion on the part of foreign governments
for the collection of - obligation due
their citizen.
Those governments have apcaled to
the United States In the matter and It
ha rei-elved the serious consideration
of the Washington authorities. There
ha been talk of an American occupa
tion of San Domingo and the exercise of
a protectorate over that country and
doubtless such a course ha been con
sidered. This would, of course, have
been entirely satisfactory to the foreign
governments having claims against San
Domingo, since It. would have assured
peace In the Island and the proMr col
lection and disbursement of It revenues.
But It would have been widely regarded,
and especially by the republics of this
.hemisphere) as a pejieine of annexation
and undoubtedly would not have been
approved by our own people. ' "
An agreement has now been reached,
by invitation of the government of San
Domingo, under which the United States
will assist In the administration of the
revenues of the Island and endeavor to
put Its fiscal a (Tii Ira on a sound basis.
The announcement of this arrangement
explains that the United States proposes
to guarantee Ihe territorial Integrity of
the Dominican republic and does not
purpose assuming a protectorate or In
terfering or participating In Its domestic
affairs, further than the collection of cus
toms revenues, revision of the tariff and
the adjustment of Its economic and fiscal
organization. Neither does the United
States assume any responsibility for the
foreign obligation of San Domingo,
though It will endeavor to have these
provided for. It Is to be expected that
that this will be entirely satisfactory to
the creditors of the republic and It
should mark the beginning of a period
of ,ieace and prosperity for the Island,
so long the scene of devastating civil
strife.
SKXATOKS iroRK.VfV FOR hK LAI'.
According to reports from Washing
ton, which appear to be truAtworthy,
United States senators who are under
the influence of the railroads are de
termined to delay legislation for the
regulation of railway, rates. It is stated
that the organization of railroad presi
dents to prevent legislation or to make
It favorable to Ihelr Interests Is already
reflected In the sentiment of certain sen
ators and also among some members of
the house. One report says that the
railroad senators are lvccomlng more and
more bitter, In their resistance to the
president's plans.
It appears that the leader -in the move
ment for defeat lug, if possible, the pro
lHsed legislation, or. If that-cannot be
done, having It so shaped as not to lie
seriously objectionable to the railroads.
Is the president of the Pennsylvania,
who last week sjiefit several days In
Washington Instructing ihe railroad
senators as to what was expected of
them. In this he seems to have been
very successful, since Ihe senate com
mittee on Interstate culumerce accepted
the plan" of the railroads for delay, which
Is regnnled as equivalent to serving
notice on President Roosevelt, that no
legislation looklug to (he correction of
rate and dlscrlmjimtion abuse Is possi
ble st this session of oougress. There
Is probability of legislation by the house,
though considerable opposition exists In
that Issly. but It appears to be practi
cally assured that iiothlug will be done
by the sens t'.
A conflict between the leglalallve and
the executive branches uf the govern
ment over this ipiestltiu is predicted.
One rrp.irt says: ' So far there Is no
open tight. But when hostilities are
actually ' iM-giin, and ihe administration
and anti-adiiiiiilstrstlnu forces are ilned
up in opposing 'columns. It Is believed a
struggle will ensue which mar.be pro
longed not only-through the present ses
sion, but through the next j-ongress and
beyond. Tle altitude" i.f those sen
ator who owe their position largely or
wholly to corporation Influence will Is?
no surprise tn the country. They were
expected to either oimnly opise the
president's recommendations or to work
for deferring action on them as long a
polblc. It ha been very well under
stood that they would obey Ihe will and
orders of the railroad and. Ignore the
demand and Interests of the public.
Whether or not they are numerically
strong enough lo ultimately defeat legis
lation remains to le seen, but tbere ap
pears to )e little doubt that they tan
prevent It st the present session. If they
so determine. Meanwhile the position
of President Roosevelt Is clearly defined
ami will be firmly adhered to. It Is
needles to say that be has no desire
for a conflict, but be w ill not shrink
from It If the senators who are under
rs I lro.nl domination shall force It nion
Mm. The people are with the president
and. thus sustained, be will not abate
the effort he lis begun to. relieve the
public of abuses the existence of which
Is admitted by the railroads themselves
add which have lieen steadily growing
more flagrant, and Intolerable.
THK AFHII AX IX THAT WlUtUPILF..
When the bill to amend the compul
sory water works act was introduced In
the legislature It was presumed to be
simply an effort to head tiff a more than
probable decision of the supreme court
declaring Ihe water board unconstitu
tional. A glance at water bill Xo. 'J
must convince any rational person that
It Is a more dangerous and obnoxious
piece of legislation by far lo the citi
zens and taxiayers uf Omaha than the
original Howell bill. By rights it
should be entitled "A bill to bar tire
citizens of Omaha from participation In
any shape, manner or form In all mat
ters relating to the purchase and acqui
sition of Ihe water works and to confer
ujion Ihe water board exclusive power to
negotiate said purchase or to extend
the contract of the water works com
pany for an Indefinite period on any
terms the board may see fit to grant."
it la proposed under the new water
bill that "any city that shall have here
tofore undertaken the purchase or ac
quisition of the water plant of any per
son, copartnership or corporation sup
plying such city, or any portion thereof,
with water for domestic, mechanical,
public or tire purposes under the 'towers
granted by the charter of such city, or
by virtue of any right Inuring to such
city through contract or otherwise, or
shall vote lsmds for such purpose, then
and In such case said water-board shall
have the sole power and authority to
act tin behalf of such city In all matters
pertaining thereto, including the ap
pointment of appraisers whenever re
quired, the general supervision of any
resulting appraisement, the acceptance
or rejection of any award resulting from
any such appraisement and of all other
negotiation connected with or iertain
lng to the acquisition of such water
plant." -
In a nutshell, It I proposed that the
water Isianl shall have sole and exclu
sive authority to accept or reject the
award made by the appraisers of the
water work and at Its option to nego
tiate with the water company for the
acquisition of such works, but the Afri
can In that woodpile is covered up In the
following provision:
"The board shall have the sole
"power to make, modify and terminate
"on behalf of such city all contracts
"for the supply of wster to such city
"for domestic, public or fire purposes."
Mark the language: "To make, mod
ify and terminate all coutracta for the
supply of water." Coupled with the
sole power to reject the award of the
appraisers or to negotiate and to tarry
on all other negotiations connected with
the water supply. It means that the
water board Is not only given authority
to purchase the works at the upset price
fixed by the appraisers even If higher
by' several millions than the works
could be duplicated for, but it shall
have power to negotiate a new contract
or extend the old contract on such
terms as may be deemed mutually sat
isfactory to the board and the water
works owners. What an opening for a
gigantic graft!
Conceding that a majority of the mem
bers of the board are men of high stand
ing, why should the city abdicate Its right
and privilege to decide whether It wants
the contract with the water company
extended, on what terms the extension
Is to be granted and what time limit It
wants to put to the extension?
But .this Is not all. Under the
amended bill "sole power and authority
Is conferred upon the water board to de
termine the amount of bonds (o be is
sued for water works, to Issue the same
when voted and to have power and au
thority to submit a proposition for vot
ing suck bonds at any regular election,
or to call a special election for such
purpose."
The board is also empowered to main
tain and defend all suits at law grow
ing out of the acquisition of the water
works, and said board niay sue or be
sued In the name of the Water Board
of the City of Omaha. In other words,
by this bill a corporation Is created
within the inuulclpal corporation, not
only authorized to caU special elections
to Issue bouds and levy a water tax, but
also to employ lawyers to defend or
prosecute suits In court In Us name at
Ihe expense of the taxpayers, although
the city has a mayor and council and
maintains a law department. In the ex
ercise of these functions no check what
ever Is Imposed uion the Isiard except
Its own free will.
Its member are authorized to All all
vacancies In the Isiard' for unexpired
terms, even though they should extend
over more than five years. Its memliers
cannot lie impeached or removed uuless
convicted of n felony, and while It is
pro'toted to give It exclusive control of
the collection sud disbursement of mil
lions of dollars, lis accounts are not sub
ject to revision by the city comptroller
or anyone else.
' rHtll a noflier provision In" the new-
water works bill seems decidedly off
color. Not only Is the water board em
powered to submit bond proposition and
Issue lioml. but It 1 given exclusive
authority to levy a tax not exceeding
$10n,0U' npon all taxable projierty within
the city for the payment of hydrant
rental, which clearly Indicate n con
templated exteuwion of the existing con
tract, but the bill also require the
Istard, In computing the Ini-omc of the
water plant In case of it purchase, to
charge up each fire hydrant located
within the citv against the city and
.'compute It a part of the regular rev
enue from water consumer. If prop
erty owners are to lie taxed for hydrant
rental and Interest on the water bonds,
wksre will the jronilid relief com
f re'ai ?
In view of all that nas been said o.i
.he water works issue within the pasi
iwo years In this community. It Is slnipiy
amazlng that anybody should dare pro
pose such rank legislation.
The present distribution of representa
tion In the Nebraska legislature I based
on Ihe state census of ISM." In other
words. It goes on the theory that there
has been no ihauge of relative
opulation in this state lu it various
sections In twenty years. The absurdity
of such au assumption Is plain from the
mere statement. A republican form of
government presupposes a distribution of
representation without arbitrary advan
tage to nuy one district over another.
The remedy of this unfair condition has
been promised repeatedly In republican
platform pledges, and with the unprece
dented majority In both houses of the
present legislature the time ought to b
here to make good by the enactment of
an equitable reapportionment bill.
When the Unwell compulsory water
Works purchase bill was iiendlng lefore
the legislature two years ago It was en
dorsed by the Omaha Real Kstate ex
change with practical unanimity In the
face of Its flagrant, violation of the prin
ciple of home rule, as well as the mani
fest risk assumed by the city in the
compulsory purchase of the water works
by reason of abandonment of Its right to
construct water works of Its own In case
the appraisement of the existing works
was found to be excessive. What does
the Omaha Real Estate exchange say to
Howell bill No. 2, which 1 now pending
before, the. legislature?
While congress is discussing the fate
of the children of Porto Rico, where
Ihey have not enough school houses to
accommodate the pupils, it might turn
IU attention to the Indian Territory,
where n like condition has prevailed for
half a century, with no action by the
federal government.
The proposed bill limiting 'the author
ity of the legislature over senatorial
elections to a canvass of the vote and a
declaration of Ihe election of the candi
date receiving the highest vote of jiopu
lar choice Is without question in conflict
with the const i tut ton, but Us hrnrt Is In
the right place.
The tendency everywhere In tills
country Is toward the concentration of
authority and responsibility in municipal
government and placing the government
of each city wholly within control of its
own inhabitants. Charter revisers lu
Omaha and Lincoln will do well to keep
this In mind.
Speed) he Day.
Philadelphia North American.
Attempts to market legislative gold bricks
and efforts to form monopolies with power
too great to be left In private hands will
hasten the day when the people will compel
something more than governmental super
vision of ratea.
An t vromlalngT Spectacle.
Springfield tMaaa.) Republican.
The spectacle of the president of the
Pennsylvania railroad receiving L'nltea
States senators In one of the committee
rooms of the capltol Is not particularly
promising for the early success of the ao
miiilstrsjlon's rale-control policy.
Rsjasla learned Something.
New York Tribune.
General Stoessel is reported us saying
that the real cause of the war was the
ignorance of the Russian people of the
fighting qualities of the Japanese, There
Is an "einbarraasment of riches" In the
knowledge Russia lias since gained on this
point.
What 'a In a Kamef
Washington Post.
Aiming those Implicated in the Oregon
Isnd frauds sre: Horace Greeley McKln
ley, Stephen A. Douglas Puter, Emma Ab
bott Watsn.ii, Marie Antoinette Ware,
Franklin Pierce Mays, Daniel Webster
Tarpley, Andrew Jackson, John Doe and
Richard Roe.
Mistaken lmpreaaloaa.
Philadelphia Press.
On what evidence John Morley bases his
opinion that free trade ta growing stronger
In the I'nited States would be hard to de
termine. The free trade party was never
worse beaten than In the last election.
And the tariff was the only semblance of
a resl Issue they had on which to appeul
to the people. Free trade has relatively
less support in this country now than st
any previous time.
What the Hand Nymbollaea.
Helen Keller In the Century.
Look where we will, we find the hand In
time and history, working, building. In
venting, bringing civilisation out of barbar
ism. The hand symbolise power and the
excellence of work. The mechanic's hand,
that minister of elemental force, the hand
that hews, ssws, cuts, builds, ia useful in
the world equally-with the delicate hand
that paints a wild flower or molds a
Grecian uru. or the hand of a statesman
that writes a law. The eye cannot say to
the hand. "I have no need of thee." Bit seed
be the band! Thrice blessed the hands that
work!
I.iteratare of Oatdours.
Portland Oregonlan.
How country life la attracting s greater
number of Americans every year la shown
In no clearer wuy than by the Increase In
pvliodlcala devoted to lis various phases.
As to books on topics of this kind, eucli
season brings them In greater numbers,
until It seems as If th whole population
must be Interested In the country to the
extent of buying books and periodicals on
the subject. The easterner Is told by one
writer how to build a log cabin, and by
another how to run a duck farm en a pond.
Mountain cottages, lake cottages and forest
cettagea are described In a manner that
makes the resdei-i long to abandon the
ateain heated flat for a bieesy country
hoMMt vita chinks' betweeu -the. Inga- and
holes n the toy
fVIIF.ftF I THE WE'Tt
Snme Mnaameatal Tratba Fast era
Observers re Dlaenverlng.
A symposium on the wct, Its products,
Industrie, push and the characteristics of
Its people. Is a striking feature of ths
February number of The World Today.
James If. Kikels. comptroller of the cur
rency under Cleveland, and Roger I. Cny
ler contribute separate papers dealing with
the financial growth of the west and the
various experiments comiuclod for the pur
pose of demonstrating the fertility vt tiie
soli and various Improved methods of cul
tivation. Answering the nucation, ' Where Is the
West?'" the nnig;izlne editorially save-
It would be essler to tell where Is the
esst. That is always towards the Atlan
tic. Dost oi I cast to Cleveland; Chicagi
Is east to Colorado, and everything this
side of the Cascade mountains Is east tn
the Pacific coast. It almost amounts in
this. The west Is where man Is; the east
la where he or his ftlier came from.
So It comes to pass that ihe west has no
hx"d geographical limits like the south and
New Kngland It Is something more than
a g'og.-aphlcal term. I.IIte Koton. It Is A
state of mind. Theie are mountains jini
rivers and oceans within Ihe limits of
which this state of ml nil is pre-eminently
to he found, hut It Is to be recognized In
other regions as well. You can tell a west
erner as you can tell a southerner, some,
times by his epeeih, always by his atti
tude toward life.
The west means Americans who are
controlled by certain Ideas and motlv.-s.
But American does not mean Anglo-Snxon
beyond the Alleghcfile. Il Is never strictly
speaking a mutter of descent, but this I
doubly true of that great region where
blood and Ideaa and habits of every peopla
under the sun are fusing Into a new nice.
Inevitably the west Is cosmopolitan. With
such an origin It could not be otherwise.
Provincialism In any arngant si use of the
term you will not find outside of the thir
teen original Miits of the union. On the
prairies too many men have succeeded
where Si eoiding to all precedent they ought
to have failed, for any one to claim a
proprietary right in omniscience. Lacking
that, however convinced It may be of Its
own superiority, the west Is tolerant and
the westerner Is at home everywhere.
Regarding the financial power of tii
west J limes If. Kikels snys:
It is only twenty years ago that the com
mon rate of Interest charged by banks in
the interior of Kansas and Nebraska was
3 per cent a month, or .1 per cent a year,
and 5 per cent a month, or SO per cent a
year was by no means unheard of. The
new laud was hungry for capital on any
terms. It looked lo the east as the only
source of supply; but while the east was
responding haltingly, the west was finding
Its own capital at home. There are link
ers not yet gray who used to spend their
time seeking eastern money that they
might lend It at ,'UI and 4') per cent, who
today are soliciting their Chicago corre
spondent to buy esstern commercial
paper for them that will yield them In
terest at the rate of 4'4 per cent a yeur.
By the summer of ISflS the comptroller's
report shows that on July 14 of that year
all the national banks west of the river had
outstanding $:tJ0.12.811 of loans and dis
counts and that they held Individual depos
it that Is, the deposits of persons, firm
and companies as distinguished from the
deposits of one hank with another to the
amount of $3Jt.870.lf.1', which sums were
respectively 14 per cent nnd 1H.4 per cent of
all the loans and discounts and all the in
dividual deposits of national banks In the
United States. On November 10, 1)4. the
hanks west of the river had "47.679.9W) of
loans and discounts and I7S8.743.S68 of In
dividual deposits, or 19.8 and Li. 2 re
spectively of the total for the T'nlted
States. In other words, the national hanks
west of the river made gains of 1.13 per
cent In loans and discounts and 139 per cent
In individual deposits, while the national
hanks In all the remainder of the country
gulned only V per cent In loans and dis
counts and 72 per cent In Individual depos
its. If you take only the ten typically west
ern states and territories. North I'akota,
South Dakota, Nebraska. Kansas, Montana,
Wyoming. Colorado, New Mexico, Okla
homa and Indian Territory, the increase in
loans and discounts in the same period was
217 psr cent.
Mr. Cuyler calls attention to the activi
ties of the railroads In promoting immigra
tion and their efforts to insure ths success
of new settlers. Two Instances are cited:
"Jim" Hill, president of the Great North
ern railway, personally purchased and
presented to new settlers along his road
In the Dakota and in Minnesota thousands
of blooded hogs and hundreds of pure bred
cattle. He discovered that most of the
settlers along the Great Northern were
raialng wheat, and he shw clearly that If
a bad year occurred and a consequent
crop fallurs resulted it would mean no
business for his railroad. Mr. Hill's effort
was so successful that today the Great
Northern carries more cattle and hogs to
eastern markets than any of its competi
tors, and those same settlers have money
In the banks. Another of Mr. Hill's hob
bles Is to send picked farmers from dif
ferent communities along his line In North
Dakota to the State Agricultural college at
Fargo, free of expense, where they are
taught practical and scientific farming.
The Burlington conducts experimental
farma st Holdrege, Neb., and at St. Fran
cis, Kan., where practical demonstrations
are made with the Campbell system ot
deep soil culture. These farms are main
tained for the explicit purpose of teaching
the new settler how to entrench himself In
the event of a dry year. A few years ago
the Burlington management became con
vinced that the dairy Industry meant muc h
to the Nebraska farmers. Missionaries
were sent among them preaching the great
possibilities for ready sud sure rssh in the
dairy business, with the result that while
a few years ago no creamerlea were located
along their line In that etste, nver Sen
sre In operation today. The Nebraska
dairy products for 19u4 will net the farmers
In excess of I-'o.OUU.Oiki.
In Kansas snd Oklahoma the Rock Isl
and snd Bants Fe systems sre carrying
on similar campaigns.
PKRSOAI. tOTKft,
The first figure of s woman to be placed
In Statuary hull, Washington, will be that
of Francis E. Wlllard. the temperance ad
vocate. It will be put In position on Feb
ruary 17. ,
Senator-elect Sutherland of I'tah wishes
it distinctly understood that he la not the
son-in-law of John 1. l.ee of Mountain
Meadow notoriety. His wife's family came
from Virginia, "suhl"
J. Plerpont Morgan has purchased from
King Leopold of Belgium the Canton-Hankow
railroad and conceaalnns In Chins, if
Uie Japanese have any designs on China
they had better hurry up.
George Foster pealaidy, bunker and treas
urer of the democratic national committee,
la reported to have broken down physically
and is now at his farm In uoitht-rn New
York. He Is nut st-riously til. It la statud.
but his physician have ordered a long
rest and a change of seen.
The ciar sometimes wishes privacy. In
his palace at Petrrhof there Is a summer
dining house, so arranged that there need
not tie any servants present during (he
meal. A bll Is touched at the end of
every course slid the I utile and all its con
tents descend through the floor, to reappesr
ladtu Willi the dishes for Hi next course.
STSTF. PE tiriMtH".
Columbus Journal: Judged bv rrs'il-.
we should say that the plan of nominating
I'nited Stales senators in state conventions
has not been full vindicated.
Beatrice Sun: There is an crganlsatlon
In Omaha called the -Advertise Omaha"
committee. What Is the use? Where Is
Lawyer Thomas nnd Tom Dmnison?
Frrmont Tribune: Big grain elevators
are being built st Omaha at a lively rate
snd that city Is sure to become an Im
portant grain (enter. Its Gulf of Mexico
connection Is the secret of Its growing Im
portance. Papllliun Times: Vhenever a man from
Douglas county Introduces a measure in
the Nebraska legislative they sit down on
him on general prlmiples-he he repub
lican, democrat or pop. Can nothing good
come from Douglas?
Rnshvllle Standard: The man who will
I weekly pay double railroad fare for him
self and Ms family In older that the rail
road company may thereby be sble to carry
some one of Its pets and his family fur
nothing is simply a fool.
Kearney Hub: Kimer F.. Thomas, the
attorney for the Civic Federation or
oniaha, has been painting the moral of
the Gate City In very somber colors. lt
he says hi his lecture lu Chicago mav be
true, hut he went a good says from home
to wash soiled linen Many a drslrnbl,.
reform movement has been queered by too
much wind nnd too little moral backbone.
Lyons Sun: Should Senator Shreck s bill,
providing for local option by counties, be
come a law. It would mean a yearly tur
moil and election fight, with the Increased
expense Incident thereto In many of the
counties. It l generally conceded that m.
state has a better law regulating the sa
loons and the sale of Honors than Ne
braska, and, unless nhiiute prohibition
Is desired, mr legislators should let good
enough alone.
Falls City Journal' It l no doubt safe
to say that the Investigation of the van-
tons political office holders all over the
t'nlted States can be traced to the cam
paign of education which hits been going
on for several years, backed by the stans
which President Roosevelt has taken. From
every quarter can be heard the voice of
sn outraged people demanding to know
how this man was elected, what the Im
mense campaign funds were raised for, and
what that man will do If he Is elected.
It Is time the rpople took a hand In the
game of politics.
Crete Vidette Herald: Careful reading
of the World-Herald for the past week
convinces us beyond a doubt that that pa
per was the original Roosevelt organ of the
state. Its only fear now Is that Senator
elect Burkett will not stand right by the'
president In his efforts to thwart the rail
roads on the rebate question. It must be
a matter of sore regret to such a con
scientious. Independent newspaper to re
member that when Roosevelt was a capdl
date and needed support It was hurling
rocks at his devoted head and facetiously
dubbed him the "trust buster" of the
plains. "God moves in a mysterious way
his wonders to perform."
Bradshaw Republican: We wish we were
as thick skinned as the railroad corpora
tions are. Then we could do as we please
and people and newspapers could say about
lis Just what they pleased, ami we would
stand up and do business Just the same.
Nothing would provoke us Into retaliating
r.r saying anything back; not even the
Omaha Bee nor any other big paper could
provoke u. Our business would be to do
business, skin the public and let the peo
ple and the press do the talking. Our time
would be loo much taken up In business to
pay any attention to the things flint were
being said about us. Nothing would rulfta
or provoke us seel O, for a heart like a
railroad corporation.
Taylor Clarion: The Nebraska legislature
has been duly organized and is In full
running order. The rullroad fellows
bragged too soon what they were going
to do, when the members sat down on
them. It Is the Clarion's opinion that the
railroad people will learn before ihe win
ter Is over that they do not own the en
tire state of Nebraska. Railroads are nice
things to have In the family, but that Is
no lesson why they should set the hog.
We hope to see the legislature fix the
revenue law- so sulld the railroads wilt
have to pay their luxe without any Its
or anda. They have made their money off
the people snd we see no reason why they
should not pay their Just share of tho run
ning expenses of the state.
Blair Pilot: President Roosevelt once
said that he would not stand for govern
ment officials being perniciously nctlva In
politics, and the way the rural route or
ganisation got it. It would seem that he
meant what he said. Down In Lincoln,
when the house of representatives organ
ised. Postmaster Sixer. It seems, got busy
snd took an active part at least too active
to suit some of the members, and Joe Burns
Introduced a resolution In the house that he
be censured and that his ease be referred
to the president. The resolution was lost
by a vote of 70 to m. It's safe to say, how
ever, that the president will hear of the
resolution and the vote and with twenty
one members of the legislature voting io
"censure" It may be possible that the pres
ident will take some note of the conditions
regardless of Ihe seventy who voted to
smother the resolution. There was a time
when the wardheeler end political wire
puller was rewarded for his work and when
he received hia reward he was supposed to
continue pulling the strings and Ihe wir,s.
That time has gone Into history and If one
of I'ncle Sam's employes wants tu get In
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Absolutely Puro
HAS NO SUBSTITUTE
lll:e for S new job all he needs to do is to
get busy In the politlcsl whit I Snd Ids
chancis are good for a new Job in private
life. The position takctv by the president
is a good one and the more rigidly It Is en
forced the better for the eerx It e.
Ainssoitli Star-Journal: Some weeks age
the Pope Manufacturing company sent the
Star-Journal, with Its compliments and
with copy for $I So ail , a 10-cent memo,
inndum calendar pad. and expressed the
wish that both might he used. The copy
was not used, and Is now mislaid, but if
there Is anything else that the Pope folks
want now they need only mention It. The
calendar glvs for each day a sentiment
from some famous person extolling the hU
cycle. It has just been discovered that the
sentiment for the 4th day of March is from
our illustrious friend, the Hon. Kxra Peiiu
Savage, governor of Michigan. This is
tough on Michigan, but helps out N'ebrasks
like everything, and sll our people, recog
nising their friends, should look up the
Pope whfti they want s bicycle. iadv,
free, tf I
Problem for V Iseacres.
Baltimore American.
How to mnke home happy is now ocrvi
pylng a prominent place In the attention
of legislators and philanthropists. Several
of the former are Introducing hills to whl
w ifehentersj and one of the latter ha
offered s reward for a perfectly contented
husband, with the stipulation tiiat he must
be alive.
HITTI.F l-O I POINT.
Harvey had discovered the circulation of
Ilia blood.
"I he-Hate to give It away," he said
"It's less than half what the advertising
manager has been claiming for It. "-Chicago
Tribune,
"Do you think that Kve ate a quince In
stead of an apple'.'".
"No. I don't. It wrecks the whole story
No sane man would ever dream of asking
for a bile of quince." Cleveland Plain
dealer. "I think that the government ought to
take charge of the corporations."
"Yes." answered Mr. Dustlu Stax. "But
that is only a matter of opinion. Some
of us corporations think wr oiiKht to take
charge of the government." Washington
Star.
Flnncgan: "Oil. vis. ill can underahtand
how tlum astronomers can cakllate th'
distance av a shisrr. Its weight, and dln
slly nnd color and all t hot but th' thing
thot gets me Is, how th' dlvvle do they
know its name. "-Puck.,
The Ai'tor l.gok here, old man, I wish
you'd lend me Sft ir In sdvanee mi4 -take
it out of my tiret week's salary.
The Manager But. my dear fellow. Just
supposing for the sake of argument, that
J couldn't pay you your first week's salary
where would I be? Brooklyn Life.
She What is the use of searching for ths
north pole, anyway?
He Why, It would result In s great ssv
lug of money if found.
She Hows that?
He-It wouldn't be necessary lo send sny
more expeditions to look for it. Philadel
phia Knqulrer.
THK t.ini. WHO SMII.KS.
Mary A. Gillette in Youth's Compsninn.
The wind was east and the chimney smoked.
And the old brown house seemed dreary.
For nobody smiled, and nobody Joked.
The young folks grumbled, ihe old folks
croaked;
They had come home chilled and weary.
Then opened the'dnor. and a girl came In;
O, she was homely very ;
Her nose was pug. and her cheek was thin,
There wasn't a dimple frcm brow to chin,
But her smile was bright and cheery.
She spoke not a surd of the cold and damp,
Nor yet of the gloom about her,
Bui she mended the (Ire, and lighted Ihe
lamp.
And she put on the place a different stamp
From that It had without her.
Her dress, which was sometlillig In s som
ber brown.
Ami with dampness nearly dripping.
She chaiiKcd fur a blight, warm, crimson
nrtwil.
And she looked so gav when she came
down.
They forgot the air whs nipping.
They forgot that the house was s dull ollt
' plMce,
Ant. smoky from base to rafter.
And gloom departed from every face
As they felt the charm of her mirthful
;i ace
And the cheer of her happy laughter.
O, give me the girl who sill unile and
sin;;.
And make all glad together!
To lie plain or fair Is a leaser Ihing.
Hut a kind, unselfish heart can bring
Good cheer m the darkest weather.
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Pains in
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For pains, jn the
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Back the plaster
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