TUE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, JANUARY - 30, 1903.
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E. ROBE WATER, EDITOR.
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It Grand Duke Sergius Is not cau
ttoua be may soon become an interna'
tlonal incident
i Candidates for county offices to be
filled in November should await the
spring thaw before venturing on the
slippery race track.
From the demonstration so far made,
the ordinary observer would not realise
that there were even nine fuslonlsts In
the Nebraska legislature.
Direct primaries are not beholden to
the railroad politicians. The abolition
of the nominating convention impairs
the Influence of the railroad pass.
Since Emperor William has announced
hi Intention to hunt no more this year
the business of forest ranger may be
taken out of the extra hacardous class.
'Those St Petersburg editors who said
a free press would have prevented the
recent uprising of the populace had evi
dently not biard from . Moscow when
they made that statement.
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When n bus read some of those
' Russian novels be cannot have that sym
pathy with the writers now under arrest
Which misfortune should draw from the
heart of unprejudiced persons.
The desire of the czar to grant re
forms to Russian workmen Is of gen
eral Interest only as showing that at last
the csar recognizes the fact that the
present system can be improved.
Just wait till those democratic ed
itors get together and adopt resolutions
endorsing President Roosevelt's railway
rate regulation policy while drinking a
silent toast that Jt may not succeed.
Whenever a Nebraska legislator is at
a loss what to do, he fishes out some
sort of 8 bill to lay additional tax bur
dens upon Omaha and Douglas county
for the sole benefit of the people of the
rural districts. '
Emperor William is said to be coach
ing the crown prince as to the duties of
the Imperial office which may devolve
upon him unless the growth of democ
racy in Germany renders his services In
that capacity superfluous.
"Is it a revolution?" Is the question
asked la several quarters with reference
to the recent uprising in St Petersburg.
The answer la that it Is only a riot Had
it been more successful It might have
aspired to be called a revolution.
If Representative Dodge had to choose
between bis direct primary bill and bis
water feoard "bill, how long would he
hesita'ter Would he not let primary
lection ''reform slide and rush to the
, rescue of Howell and his $10,000 a year
job?
The paramount issue In the munlclDal
campaign at the state capital Is an
nounced to be a higher license for sa
loons and more strict regulation of sa
loon drug stores. Would not the aboli
tion of the saloon drug store make a
better war cry t
' As It will require the affirmative vote
of two-thirds of the members of the
1 United States senate to convict Judge
I Swayne on Impeachment proceedings,
t people who may aspire to the federal
1 bench in Florida need be In no hurry to
) qualify for appointment
Secretary Taft Is of the opinion that
the tobacco and sugar producers of the
United States will be tnore scared than
hurt . by . the admission of Philippine
rJkkIs of thla description duty free. The
I Un who believes In lower schedules all
I t-ound and the man who believes In
j truT for revenue only might support the
intention of the secretary simply a an
-jjject lesson. Hut Jut watch the dt nio-
restricting cotton production
The cotton convention at New Or
leans the past week advertise! that
there be a reduction of the acreage
planted to cotton this year of 25 per cent
In order that the price of that staple
might be increased to whit is regarded
as normal. It is true that the cotton
planters have bad a rather unfortunate
experience in regard to their lat year's
crop. It was far in exceas of the aver
age and there was, consequently, a fall
In the price that left them little If any
profit on their, product
But wonld It be a wise policy to re
strict production? That Is a queotion
which the planters ought to very ser
lously consider, especially In view of the
fact that other countries are actively ex
perlmentlng In the matter of cotton, cul
tivatlon and that if the United States is
to continue to occipy the commanding
position It now holds In supplying the
world's cotton American growers can
not afford to adopt a policy that will
bnve a tendency to enrourape conipotl
tlon In the cultivation of cotton. This
country lias at present a practically tin
challenged command of the marketa of
the world. How long shall we be able to
retain this supremacy If the policy
recommended by the cotton convention
Is carried out.
A leading commercial paper, in refer
ring to this matter, points out that it 1
generally calculated that the present
manufacturing requirement of the world
Is for 11,500,000 bales of American cot
ton and that It normally Increases at
the rate of aoo.000 bales annually. What
ever may bo the final outcome of efforts
to develop other sources of supply they
will not have any mnterlnl effect upon
the demand for our cotton In the next
few yean. Assuming that the proposed
restriction of production should result
In a shortage, what would be the effect?
"Possible profit to planters for the one
season. of 1905-C and certain profit to
eager speculators, and serious disturb
ance of the manufacturing Industry,
which would be more lastingly if not
more severely felt In this country than
abroad. The high price consequent upon
short supply would probably make the
Inclination to Increase acreage the next
year irresistible and uncontrollable and
the wide fluctuation in the supply and
In price from year to year would be ac
centuated instead of restraint."
While it is undoubtedly desirable to
do whatever Is practicable to secure a
better adjustment of supply and demand
and through that greater stability of
value. It Is very doubtful If the policy
of restricting production recommended
by the cotton convention Is wise or
would have the results which those who
favor it assume. The cotton industry
Is of great Importance to the country.
It contributes Immensely to the national
wealth and prosperity. The demand for
American cotton steadily grows. It
would be a serious mistake to Impose
any restrictions upon the Industry.
HUMBVQ AGAIN TO TBS TORS!
The success that has attended the salt
water statesman In pulling the wool
over the eyes of the people of Omaha
has emboldened him to make another at
tempt at the game of bunco. With
characteristic brazenness he has given
to the public the following explanation
of the Dodge water bill:
X. The Dodge bill la merely amendatory
to the old Qilbert-Howell bill. It only en
larges the power of the water board, trans
ferring to It the power now exercised by
the council, but giving it no new authority.
1 Under the bill the board may reduce
rates which the council has refused to da
The council can no longer confess judg
ment for hydrant rental, as It baa done.
S. The council will be unable to use the
proceeds of bonds Issued for other pur
poses to pay rentals, aa It has done.
4. The council's present power relating to
the matter of water supply in Omaha la
transferred to the board and the bill stops
there, neither curtailing nor enlarging that
power.
S. If the bill passes the city will speedllyH
acquire the plant and reduce rates. If It
does not the people may suffer from bur
densome water charges for years.
A mere glance at the Dodge water bill
will convince any intelligent person that
not only abrogates all power vested
In the mayor and council to complete the
negotiations for the purchase of the ex
isting works under the appraisement
now in progress, but it grants to the
water board exclusive authority to mod
ify or extend the contract now existing
on any terms the board may see fit to
accept, which, according to a decision of
the courts, Is tantamount to the granting
of a new franchise. ,
In other words, under the present law
the mayor and council can only enter
into a new contract with the water com
pany after submitting the question to a
vote of the people for ratification, but
under the Dodge bill the water board
Is empowered to make such a contract
without submitting the question to a
vote of the people. However objection
able It might be, the people would have
nothing to say.
The assertion that the board will be
able under the new bill to reduce the
water rates, which the council has re
fused to do. Is a piece of rank Imposture.
The fire hydrant rates and water rates
to private consumers were fixed in the
original contract made with the water
company and will remain in force until
the contract expires, in September, 190&
The legislature has no right either di-jbe eqUalIy appropriate nd more dlgnl
reetly or Indirectly, to abrogate con- Ua for Senator-eleet Rurketfa r.rivat
f Mnta Anv a - - a .11 I
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ram, eiwirr ty tne council or Dy tne
water board, would surely be enjoined
by the federal courts, Just the same as
was the attempt to repudiate the city's
debt for water rental on the plea that
the contract with the water company
was void because the franchise granted
to the original water company had been
forfeited by the foreclosure of Its mort
gage. In casting the aspersion upon the
council for confessing Judgment for hy
drant rental nowell studiously refrains
from mentioning the fact that his mis
chievous water bill had cut out of the
charter the levy for rental In 1003 and
forced upon the city a 14-mlll tax levy
for 1004 as a consequence of the man-
1
date of Judge Munger by which the
city was ordered to pay not only the
back hydrant rental, but also 7 per cent
interest and the costs of the suit
The assertion that the city will more
speedily acquire the plant if the bill
passes Is as deceptive aa Is the promised
reduced water rate and the threat of
more burdensome water charges for
years to come If the Dodge bill does not
pass. Everyone familiar with the per
atlons of Howell's compulsory water
purchase bill knows that It has not ex
pedited the acquisition of the works, but
It has seriously Jeopardized the Interests
of the city and left it at the mercy of
the water company. Before the com
pulsory purchase bill was enacted
Omaha had a right to construct its own
works, nnless the existing works could
be purchased at reasonable terms, but
when It obligated Itself to purchase the
works it deprived Itself of the oppor
tunlty to force any concession from the
existing company.
But Howell's explanation does not ex
plain why an Irresponsible water loaitl
should be allowed to call elections and
Issue water bonds without the concur
rence, of the mnyor and council, why the
board should have the right to levy a
tax of f 100,000 a year for water rental
after the city bus acquired the works,
and why the people of Omaha should
be taxed $10,000 a year to pay the salary
of a water commissioner, an office con
fessedly created for Mr. Howell, when
Mr. Howell would bo only too glad to
fill any position within the gift of the
city for $2,r00 a year.
ACCVStXO FEDERAL JUDGES.
It Is stated that complaints reflecting
on the official conduct of at least six
i nltpcl States Judges have been re
ceived by the house Judiciary committee
slnco the impeachment proceedings
against Judge Swayne. A Washington
dispatch says that the success of the
critics of Swayne, resulting iu his trial
before the bar of the senate, bus Inspired
the enemies of other federal Judges to
file charges, which they Insist shall be
brought to the attention of the house,
Irrespective of tlio merits of their case
or the proof behind their accusations.
It Is said that from the nature of the
evidence submitted to the house Judici
ary committee, it is clear that litigants
who have been before the court nnd
fancy themselves aggrieved because of
the rulings of the Judges or the final
adjudication of the case, frame up their
charges along the lines on which the?
counted the court should have proceeded,
rather than by presenting proofs that
would stand legal scrutiny as showing
where the Judge erred. The charges,
it is averred, are for the most part in
the nature of personal grievances and
are not of a character to Justify im
peachment proceedings.
The fact that an appeal has been made
to the Judiciary committee of the house
of representatives to consider charges
preferred against a number of United
States Judges is certainly not calculated
to strengthen public confidence in the
federal Judiciary. It may be true that
these charges are not of a nature to war
rant impeachment proceedings, but they
do suggest shortcomings, which per
haps are of far more general complaint
than is Indicated In these few cases. It
is not agreeable to think of the federal
Judiciary as wanting in integrity and in
a high conception of duty. The Amer
ican people are disposed to place im
plicit confidence In the federal Judges,
who should be free from every influence
that might bias their Judgment or Im
pair their Judicial independence and Im
partiality. It is Inevitable, however,
that this confidence Is liable to be shaken
by such representations as are reported
to have been made to the Judiciary
committee of the house of representa
tives, even though they may not be re
garded by that committee as sufficient
to Justify Impeachment proceedings. It
is none the less a serious matter and
ought to receive the careful and earnest
attention of the committee. There should
be no trifling with charges Involving the
integrity of the federal Judiciary.
It Is an awfully, awfully cold winter
when congress does not charter at least
one more bridge across the Missouri river
at or near Omaha. Only three years
ago, at the instance of "Our Dave," a
charter was granted for a bridge to con
nect Lake Manawa with South Omaha
or thereabouts, but up to date the first
pile Is yet to be driven or the first spade
of earth moved. Now Judge Smith, who
represents the Manawa district In the
lower house of congress, insists that a
bridge across the Missouri at or near
Council Bluffs on one side and one of
the southern suburbs of Omaha on the
other has become a long-felt want for
the accommodation of green goods
vendors, fishermen and hoboes. In the
meantime the three Missouri river
bridges now here are not exhausting
their capacity.
During the first year following Gen
eral Manderson's advent Into the United
States senate his cushioned seat In the
august chamber was never allowed to
remain vacant his secretary, Clemmie
Chase, always taking care to replace the
senator whenever he had cause to be
fthtiunt T)v th, .nmn aim, 1 ,4 .ft
.ecretary, Mr. Tobey, to pose In Mr,
pose
Burkett's seat on occasion rather than
strive to fill the seat which Mr. Burkett
is about to vacate in the lower house?
The Salvation Army is to bring a thou
sand homeless worklngmen from London
to Canada and find them places to earn
a livelihood in the dominion. It is not
Improbable that United States Immigra
tion inspectors along the Canadian bor
der will have an unusual run of work
before that ship has been In port many
days.
After mature deliberation Congress
man Hitchcock has introduced bis new
postal savings bank bill and the bill has
been referred to the appropriate coin-
mlttee, where It will be embalmed and
buried with bonor during the brief In
terval reserved for the Fifty-eighth con
gress to pass In Its checks.
The suggestion Is made that popular
petitions and appeals be directed to Sen
ator Elklns and Congressman Hepburn
as chairmen of the committees having
to do with the regulation of railroad leg
islation in the senate and house, respec
tively, of the national legislature, ask
ing them to assist in carrying out the
president's recommendation for railroad
rate regulation. While about It the pe
tltlons might as well also be directed to
Jim Hill, E. H. Harrlman. George
Gould and the rest of the railway mag
nates.
As an advertising medium The Bee
still stands peerless in these parts. Judg'
lng from the pressure for space from
unfriendly patrons who appear anxious
for publicity In a paper of known clrcu
latlon. Within the past forty-eigh
hours we have accumulated nine t.vpe
written pages from Timothy J. Ma
honey, four and a half pages from El
mcr E. Thomas and five pages from
member of the executive committee of
the Civic Federation, and two proof
readers are kept busy counting the
adjectives.
It cannot be too often repeated that
the city of Omaha Is merely a corpora
tlon. In which the citizens are the share
holders and the mayor and council the
officers and directors. If responsible
government is to be had, it can be only
by centering authority and enforcing
accountability not by scattering au
thority among Independent boards nm
allowing each to shift responsibility on
the other.
A Vomau In Indiana Is testifying
against her divorced husband, whom
she accuses of murder. Just what ef
fect subsequent divorce should have .on
privileged communications between bus
band and wife may be an interesting
question for courts to decide.
Foreign residents of St. Petersburg
say the present calmnws Is that which
too often precedes worse trouble, but
at this distance the impression Is grow
ing that the Russian revolutionists made
the mistake of touching off the fuse be
fore the bomb was loaded.
It is asserted that there are 70,000
members of fraternal Insurance societies
In Nebraska. If so, they ought to be
able to get about anything they want In
the shape of legislation, provided they
can only agree among themselves. But
that seems to be the rub. '
Relief for 4b Oppressed.
Philadelphia Record.
The statehood bill 'and the Swayne im
peachment proceedings were In the nature
of a godsend to the United States senators
sitting on the fenoe on the question of
railroad rates and rebates and afraid to
corns down. Before the calling of an extra
session they will have an opportunity to
see how the land lies.
Senator Smeot'a Defense.
Portland Oregonlan. '
Senator Smoot seems to be coming out of
the Inquisition at Washington without dis
credit. All that can be said against him is
that some of the members of the church
with which he Is associated are still living
In polygamous relations. It may be argued
that he ought to quit the church for' this
reason; but It can naraiy oe accounted iair
to hold a church member accountable for
the acts of some of his fellow members
Smoot himself seems to be a very decent
kind of man. Of course his views as to
"revelation," "prophecy." "apostleshlp" and
so on, are not more questionable than those
of other people.
Give Rnasla Time.
Labouchere In London Truth.
Looking to the future, twenty years would
not be too much to convert Russia Into, a
self-governing country. Such a period is
nothing in the life of a nation. I abominate
autocracies. I am for the rule of the peoplo
by the people in Russia as everywhere. But
I would risk nothing by too much haste. I
would grind my corn before I tried to make
my loaf. There is nothing easier than to
draw up a cut-and-drled constitution, per
fect on paper. The Empress Catherine in
vited the philosopher D"Alembert to visit
her and begged him to draw up a constitu
tion for her empire. The sage cheerfully
accepted the task, but when that astute but
disreputable female read his constitution
she ridiculed it, for It assumed that Russia
was inhabited by French philosophers, and
nothing more was heard of the constitu
tion. Bad as her government in many re
spects was, Russia would probably have
prospered less under the theories of this
sage.
CITY AMD RIRAL JCGGERJIAUTS.
Automobiles aid Trolley Cars' Keep
People on the Jinp,
Chicago Chronicle.
The people of the cities, who are weighed
down and oppressed by the ever-menacing
automobile peril, may take a certain conso
lation In the fact that the residents of the
country districts are also the victims of an
Increasing danger of a kindred nature.
That is, if the city dweller is in constant
fear of the "scorching" automobile, the
rurallte Is disquieted whenever he drives
abroad by the Impending terror of the trol
ley road grade crossing.
Thla is a real and constantly growing
danger, because the electric roads are mul
tiplying and Increasing in such fashion
that tba country la being fairly grldironed
with them. And the trolley line is more
dangerous than the steam railroad.
The cars are run almost as fast, and they
are far more numerous than the trains of
the steam roada. The trolley line is not
subjected to the .same statutory restric
tions with respect to watchmen, safety
gates and other protective devices that are
enforced upon the steam railroads. In short
the trolley system has grown up so rapidly
that legislation has not yet caught up with
it.
It can easily be seen that the situation
presents a problem which is not going to
be speedily solved. The electric lines will
multiply grade crossings many-fold Indeed,
they have already done so. Yet we may
Judge from the history of grade crossing
legislation as applied to steam roads how
difficult it will be to frame and enforce
similar legislation when the problem is
complicated by all sorts of new factors.
In the meantime, It may be repeated, the
people of rural and semlrural localities are
likely to be quite as uneasy over the trol
ley peril as their urban fellow-cltlena are
at the automobile danger. In the end, of
course, public safety will dictate measures
for the regulation of both automobile and
trolley car, but pending such measures the
population of the nation Is likely to become
expert in dodging, since such expertneas
will be the best guaranty of safety from
one Juggernaut or the other.
BITS Or WASHISGTOS 1.1 FE.
Minor Seeaea ana lnelaeats 8ketehe4
aa the Spot.
Every lover of one of the great Ameri
can Institutions will hall with Joy an event
which demonstrates the unswerving patriot
Ism of United States senators. Once mora
they have upheld the dignity and preroga
tives of the "most august assemblage In
the world" by driving factory made pie
from the hallowed precincts of the nation's
capitol.
When congress abolished liquor selling in
the senate and house restaurants the man
who has the restaurant contract walled
that he would lose money. He did lose
money, he says. Then it was decided to
simplify the bill of fare, and at the be
ginning of this session the bill was sim
plified. Instead of a large number of en
trees and a Joint or two, with the usual
lot of cold meats and pastries.
The pies served In the Capitol restaurant
have been famous for years. Senators liked
his "hot mince" and "deep apple" and
"sweet potato" and his other confections.
They ate them every day. During the re
cess the pie baker was discharged. He
went to Maryland and opened a bakery of
his own. Then the restaurant keeper con
tracted with a local pie factory for a dally
supply.
The pics were not like those the senators
knew and loved. They were thinner an
more anaemic. The senators inquired, pro
tested and finally struck. "Oet the old pi
DRaer," tney demanded, "or wo eat no
more pie."
The struggle lasted but a.- short time.
The restaurant man gave In. The old pi
baker wns called back and now the sena
toriol pies are big and thick and rich and
Juicy, and once again the dignity of the
senate bas been upheld.
it was one 10 tne cleverness, energy,
and enthusiasm of a lot of bright girls
ui mansion, wyo., that the town came
very near going unanimously republican
In tha lost election," paid Pr. J. M. Wil
son, president of tho State board of sheep
commissioners, of Wyoming as quoted l;
the Washington Tost.
F.vanston is the home of our honored
Senator. Hon. C. D. Clnrk nnd is a solid
little city of some 8,000 souls. During tho
campaign a club of even fifty of Its
smirtest young women was formed, every
member of which was going to cast
her first ballot at the coming election
Every one of them was deep-dyod par
tlsan, a republican to the' backbone, and
as zealous ns any Crusader who followed
Richard the lion-hearted to the Holy
iMna. Now, Just Imagine what the com
Mned Intliicnco of these youthful enthusl
asta was In that little burg.
"They talked politics by day and dreamed
It by night, and they went forth tin
ceaaingiy to toil for the ticket of their
choice. Was there a girl in the lot with
a democratlo sweetheart, he stood no
more chanco with her unless he consented
to go over to her side than a snowball
in mat nouesi or an places. And so as
the days went by the more powerful the
pressure of these fair first voters and
the more perceptible the result of their
labors, until when the Ides of November
came and the ballots were counted. It was
ascertained that the democrats were like
unto a horse that had been left at the
post."
W. J. McConnell of Idaho, a witness at
the Smoot trial. Is said to have hastened
the retirement of George P. Edmunds from
the United States senate. There is a tra
dltlon in that body that a new member
ought to wait at least one session before
making a speech. Mr. McConnell was elec
ted from Idaho when the state was ad
mitted to the union. He drew the short
term, which only lasted a couple of months
so he determined to lose no time. He
caught the presiding officer's eye and with
his formidable voice proceeded to deliver
speech. Edmunds gazed with astonlsh-
mnet at the orator and then asked his
neighbor: "la that a member of the
house!" "No, it is a senator," was the
reply." "When did he get in?" further
inquired Edmunds. "He was sworn in yes
terday," wa the response. "Sworn In yes
terday and making a speech today," mused
Edmunds. "Well, I guess it is time for me
to quit." Then he got his resignation
ready.
When Senator Stone was making his
speech directing an Investigation Into the
charges of election frauds, which was un
der discussion in the senate this week.
well known member or the house was
sitting in the gallery with his little son
who is a great reader of the newspapers.
For a time the little boy amused his par
ent by pointing out the different senators
nd calling them by the names by which
they are often characterised in the press.
When Senator Stone got up to make his
speech the member turned to his son and
said: "That is Senator Stone speaking."
Do you mean Senator BUI Stone, of
Missouri?" asked the youngster, and when
the father replied "yes," the boy shook
his head and said: "Oh, no, that's not Bill
Btone. He hasn't got on gum shoes."
Speaker Cannon declines to be bound by
the unwritten law that an Invitation to din
ner with the president In the White House
must be accepted no matter what prior
social engagement may have been made.
Usually It is supposed to be Imperative
when the Invitation comes from that quar
ter, and there are many tales of members
of the diplomatic corps who have had to
recall dinner invitations and countermand
caterers' orders, at some loss and incon
venience to themselves. But when "Uncle
Joe" found that a White House invitation
was clashing with the social program he
had laid out five weeks before he adopted
his customary frank and direct method and
went to the White House and told Mr.
Roosevelt it would be a great Inconvenience
to him to give up his dinner. So he was
excused from attending. Now society waits
to see if he will be omitted from the list
of those invited to the next White House
function.
The citizens of Washington who have the
arrangements for the Inauguration of Pres
ident Roosevelt in charge are all torn up
by dissensions as to where the grand parade
shall take place. The march has always
been up Pennsylvania avenue In front of
the Whlto House. Now It Is proposed that
the procession shall wind about the big
ellipse In the rear of the White House and
that the review shall take place there also.
Several reasons are advanced in support
of this change. One is that so much dam-
ge was done to public property by the pa
rade of March 1901, that It would be un
wise to repeat the performance. Grand
stands were erected on every government
reservation from the capitol to the -White
House at the last Inauguration and seats in
them sold to the public. One of tha wooden
tands In front of the White House caught
re and the flames twisted the heavy Iron
railing for eight or ten yards, and ruined
monster granite pillar. The latter remains
disfigured to 'this day. Damage was also
dons to many of the trees la the different
parks.
The idea, or erecting tne principal review
ing stand on the ellipse Is being combatted
vigorously. It is argued that the march
around the grounds, a matter of about five-
Ighths of a mile, will be too severe a task
on the soldiers, particularly the civil war
veterans. One of the propositions advanced
la to build a stand on the ellipse with a
seating capacity of 40,000, and charge (I SO
piece for the tickets. It Is calculated that
this would raise a fund large enough to pay
for the stand with a good alsed balance to
tart a subscription for a permanent build
ing in which to bold future inaugural balls.
statu rnKss opisios.
Sutton News: Colonel Bryan admits that
the president Is right on the railroad ques
tion. Some thousands of democrats ar
rived at that conclusion last November.
Pender Republic: Senator Bhreck's bill
providing for local option by counties,
should be promptly knocked tn tha head.
Our present law regulating saloons and
the sale of liquor Is a good one and far
better than the system proposed.
Weeping Water Republican: It Is stated
that Judge Paul Jeasea will not be a can
didate for congressman In the First dis
trict. The right , and proper office for
Judge Jessen Is Judge of the supreme court,
and he will get It If he bides his time.
Crete Vldette-Heraid: The Omaha Bee
has given a tabulated list of the assess
ment and taxes of the entire state for
the years 1903 and 1904. It seems as If
the comparison of the railroad taxes ought
to settle the question, whether those wor
thies were unduly assessed under the new
revenue law.
Norfolk News: It is not so much a ques
tion of whether the railroads can stand
a regulation of rates by the government
as It is whether the people will longer
submit to their complete and absolute dic
tation in matters of public Interest. The
opportunity appears to be at hand for the
people to get Justice and that Is what the
railroads do not want.
Friend Telegraph: According to the re
port of the game and fish commission
for the past years that splendid luxury
has cost the state $20,249. Of this there
has been collected In licenses to hunt and
fish and for fines the sum of 114,280 and In
order to square accounts the state must put
up out of treasury the neat sum of to.WO.
It Is Just such deals as this that has plaoed j
the state In the financial condition it Is
now in as to indebtedness which Is drawing
? per cent interest The game and fish
laws of this state are not worth to the
people the sum of fifteen cents and are only
a subterfuge by which some real nice
salaries are being gotten out of the people
of this state. Thero are a dozen or two
of like offices in this state which
should be lopped off and a great lot of
money saved the taxpayers of this state.
SrGGESTlVK THERAPEUTICS.
Getting; Well by Lnnahlng An ay
v Melancholy.
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
A lawyer of prominence in New York,
who has no patience with any form of faith
cure, ascribed his recovery from a pro
longed and bitter siege of dyspepsia to
auto-suggestion to his determined purpose
to think himself well. This purpose ha
achieved by conducting himself as a per
fectly well man laboriously laughing away
melancholy, sneering at pains and in short.
treating all Indications of disease as a fig
ment of the Imagination. He thinks any-,
body can do the same, or, If any person
has not the power to deceive himself into
health, he is to be pitied and allowed to
fill himself with drugs.'
It is not necessary that the suggestion
of cure should come from the patient him
self. Perhaps the most experienced of the
authoritative advocates of suggestive ther
apeutics is Dr. H. H. Seeleye, an officer of
the Massachusetts Medical society. He has
dignified the system with the name of psy
chotherapy, which is in Itself almost
enough to effect a cure of a light malady.
He does not limit his treatment to Imagin
ary diseases. His first case was that of
wryneck, the result of exposure to cold.
Telling the victim that he would apply a
sovereign remedy of instant efficacy, he
rubbed a 'little water on the neck, and In
Ave minutes the man was well. An edu
cated lady, suffering from laryngitis, was
cured as quickly, her severe pain vanish
ing in a few minutes. Another patient had
a sunstroke, fell unconscious and had vio
lent spasms. Having aroused him the phy
sician, addressing the spectators to Impress
the patient, said he would have him well
at once. The placing of the hand on ths
sufferer's head was enough. Other cases.
Including one of infantile paralysis and one
of apparent membraneous croup, showed
the same happy results, though not always
so promptly.
The lawyer who uses auto-suggestion is
the man whose method is to be followed
he has no doctor's bill to pay. Besides,
It is less humiliating for a person to be
deceived by himself than by somebody else.
He may maintain that It takes a smart
man to make a dupe of him, and so plum
himself on his shrewdness.
Emblem of a Swift Bra.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Because' It la quick the telephone la pecu
liarly adapted to the needs and tempera
ment of the American people and though
now finding general .employment abroad it
has reached Its highest development In the
country which gave It birth. Long dis
tance conversations ceased years ago to be
novelty and are now a necessity of
everyday business and social life. In a
few minutes' talk by 'phone matters can
now be arranged which would require hours
for settlement by telegraph, and days if
the malls had to be employed. The 'phone
perhaps ths truest emblem of this
swiftly living age.
Will They End In Alrf
Pittsburg Despatch.
Reports about the probability and Im
probability of railroad rate legislation at
thla session are becoming suspiciously like
the preceding rumors about tariff revision.
Are they to end the same way?
Jolliers Oatslde the Breastworks.
Indianapolis News.
The way the democrats are Jollying the
president along about his policy must be so
gratifying to him that he can hardly help
regretting that they do not cut mors ice.
LT -p ) OVER.
vClX. -mmmmmammmam
In the throat? That means hoarseness, sore
throat, tonsillitis, fn the chest? Then bron
chitis, pneumonia, consumption.
Do not let your cold settle. Break it up I Drive
it out ! Ask your doctor the best medicine for
this. If he says Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, take it
at once. If he has anything better, take that.
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ITER'S Hint YlOOt-foc the salt.
AfkB'S BAkSAPAirlLLA-Vor the sleoe.
PBRSOJAt. ROTES.
The Raltlmore police captain whom a Jury
has awarded 14.000 damages against a
woman who called Mm a puppy, among
other things, may, perhaps, be described as
a lucky dog without giving offence.
Comte Valllant de la Crrtx. the noted
musician and last male survivor of the fa
mous titled French family. Is 111 and In
poverty at Loe Angeles, Cel., because he 's
too proud to let his rich relatives In France
know of his condition.
District Attorney Jerome says he will pre
pare a chart of the gambling houses In New
York, locating exactly where the tiger is tn
be found. This will prove a great conveni
ence to the respectable business men from
the small cities who make an annual trip
to the metropolis.
Baron Oatitsch, the new premier of Aus
tria, is practically self-made, and naturally
Is a man of ability and force of character.
He attained his present eminence without
the aid of long descent and social Influence,
which perhaps is more difficult In Austria
than In any other country. He Is entirely
without fortune.
An effort will be made to establish a
$10,000 endowment for President Feott. whs
has had active chsrge of Franklin college.
La Torte, Ind., for thirty-six years. He
has served as college president for a
longer term than any other college presi
dent In the United States. He will retire
at the end of the present school year.
After all, there's something at stake tn
Russia, for the present czar Is heir to the
fortunes established by "the Most High find
Mighty Ivan Vasfvlllch, Empemr of All the
Russlas, Great Duke of Volldemer. Mus
covy and Novogrode, Fmperoc of Casati
and Astrachan, Lord of Piakie and Great
Duke of Smolensk!, Tverskl, Towgorl.tkl,
Permlskl and Slblorrlskl."
According to newspapers published In tl-e
far east General Stoescel, defender of Tort
Arthur, is of Jewish origin. Ills grand
father, Abraham Stoeswl, a goldsmith by
trade, went to St. Petersburg from Moravia
about 1S.15. His son on reaching manhood
embraced the Russian orthodox faith and
he whose name is now famous the world
over was brought up In the same belief.
Some Indians from the southwest went pit
a sight-seeing tour of Washington in one of
the big automobiles devoted to that pur
pope. They listened gravely to the nmn
with a megaphone as he described the
many places of Interest. At the end of tha
Journey one of the trawlers summed it all
up thus: "Heap ride, heap talk, heap
smell," the last referring to the whiff of
gasoline which occasionally reached him.
WHITTLED TO A POIST.
"You don't take any pains with your
writing."
"The deuce I don't! Why, man, I've got
writer's cramp!" Cleveland Leader.
"You know," said Miss Kreeeh, after her
solo, "I Intend to go abroad to finish my
musical education."
"Why not finish it right now," suggested
Mlfs Cadley, "and save tho expenne?"
Philadelphia Ledger.
Johnny Upjohn, his eyes dilated with
horror, came running Into the houso to
warn his mother to hurry up.
"Tha coachman out here Is swearing
Just awful, mamma!" he exclaimed. "I
heard him say, 'Jlmmlny Christmas, how
much longer Is she gojn' to keep me
waitln.'!' "Chicago Tribune.
"Have you any objection to giving a de
scription of how you became so successful
In public life?" said the magazine editor.
"None whatever," answered Senator
Sorghum. "Go ahead and have.lt written
up. I don't care what you say, but I'm
mighty particular about what you leave
out." Washington Star.
"Did Lushman really build that house?
Well, Well; I didn't think he could do
such good work. No creaky floors or stair
ways thure."
"No. You see, when Lushman built
that house he fully Intended to oectipv
it hlmsflf. ' He paid' particular' attention"
to the stairs." Philadelphia Press.
Caller I believe that you're the man
that answers questions. I want to know
why members of a legislature are called
"Solons."
Information Editor It's on account of a '
fancied resemblance to a lawgiver of old.
There's no real reason, sir. Chicago Trib
une. Solomon explained why he came to have
a magic carpet.
"Suppose S.000 wives ordered you to take
It up when you moved," says he.
Commanding the wind to do the Job- he
excited universal envy. New York Sun.
"Oh, yes," Mr. Staylate was saying
boastfully, i'l've never felt the least bit
unstrung; my nerves are always steady
as a clock."
"As a what?" asked the weary girl.
"A clock."
"Ah, yea; a clock, a clock." Philadelphia
A WKSTLAND SERENADE.
Chicago Chronicle.
Come away, come away, away.
From the prisoning walls of town
And the structures that beetle and frown,
To the reaches of plain and the wind and
the rain,
Where the glorious sun goes down.
Come away, come away, away,
Where the westering grasses grow
And the boisterous Dreexes blow
And the meadow larks wlug as thty Joy
ously sin sr.
And the herd I
boys are crying, "Oh, hoi"
Come away, come away, away,
wnere tne cranes and the curlews fly
And the wolves and the coyotes rrv
And the garter snakes glide and tha prairie
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And tns cattle go thundering by.
Come away, come away, away,
vv nere me rea man in aays long ago ;
Went afar with his nulver and how
But the red man has fled and the sound of
nis treaa
The prairies may nevermore know.
Come away, come away, away.
w nere tne Dunaio gravepiois US
And the sarebrush la duatv and rirv.
Where the firewood burns and the compass
XiHiib turn
And the world is a floor and a sky. x
MAKES YOU
Ache all over? Feverish?
Chilly? Just coming down
with a hard cold? Where do
you suppose it will settle?
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