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TITE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 19, 1903.
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STATEMENT OF CTHCUT.ATtON.
Stat of NeVrsk. Douglas County, aa.t
Oeora B. Tzschuek. secretary of Th Be
Publishing Company, being duly sworn.
ay that the actual number of full and
complete entile of The Dally. Morning.
Evening and Hunday Re printed during the
month of January, 1906, waa aa follow:
1 80.220 IT 2T.T10
2 20.040 18 87,620
I UB.4TO II ST.3RO
4 2H.2IO tO 27.B20
' 1 27,970 a ,...0.fl0
27.DHO M..; 8O.6.10
1 K0.42U S3 82.100
1 80.140 U 2A.R70
27.700 . a 27.R10
10 8T.SI20 M 2A,inO
11 27.S60 Tl 28,070
II 27.0ft 28 SO.240
It 37.840 JfO.OttO
14 80,300 M 27.870
U SO.BOO tl 2T.0O0
10 27,3410 '.
Total 82sB0
Lea unsold coplea 9.819
Net total sale 882.T72
Dally average 28.478
GEO. B. TZSCHUCK.
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before ma tola list day of January. 1906.
(Seal) M. H. HUNQATE.
Notary Public
The first official denial of the death
of General Kurokl comes In the form of
t statement thn,t he Is getting ready for
a fight.
Now watch for another outbreak of
Imitation bomb throwers, who want
merely to make' head lines for the Jour
nalistic yellows.
Russian officials who complain because
Chinese operate with the Japanese may
have to add the student body of Russia
also to the enemies of the present dynasty.
The experience of Great Britain with
submarine boats Is not the kind which
would cause any country to abandon
those which move only on top of the
water.
Congressman Hepburn must have
taken lessons from Wu Ting Fang, to
Judge by, hi ability to . ask questions
which produce answers conveying Infor
Politics makes strange bedfelllows, but
no stranger than th doctor bill that
lines up the osteopath and the Christian
Scientist on the same side of the legis
lative fence.
West Virginia Is to have a legislative
investigation of Its governor. No state
can keep up with the present day proces
sion unless It has some official scandal
to be investigated.
The London company which has un
dertaken to fight the alleged American
Match trust Is confining its efforts to
the sulphurous kind and letting those
,made by Cupid severely alone.
Russians who fear a reign of terror
are In doubt as to the direction from
which it will come and it Is certainly
difficult to keep eyes upon the officials
and the dynamiters at the same time.
It Is up to some enterprising promoter
of sport to arrange a debate betweeu
that Japanese professor who sees no
beauty in blondes and Lillian Russell,
who knows but one beautiful brunette.
A parcels post agreement with Great
Britain has been effected to go into
operation April 1. A domestic parcels
post, however, Is still waiting for the
big express companies to give their consent.
The report that agents of the British
and Foreign Bible society carry bombs
in place of Bibles into Macedonia may
mean nothing more than that the mis
sionaries are resolved to move their
hearers at any cost
It is now authoritatively stated that
Grand Duke Sergius was a convert to
the theory of liberalism at the time of
his death, but the trouble was that he
failed to connect with his press agtmt
at the proper time.
It waa certainly a mistake for the
revolutionary committee to place the'
csar on the list of those to be killed, as
events are proving be has as little to do
with the real government of Kuasfa as
those who would put bini out of the
way.
The request of the senate committee
on privileges and elections to have the
ftraoot testimony and arguments printed
must be due to a desire to show the
public at large what the members of
the committee have really been up
gainst for the last year.
Aa usual, It turns out that the reports
of Injury to live stock by the recent
storms and cold weather have been
greatly exaggerated. They may come in
candy, however, as aitexcuse for keep
ing the retail prices of meats up above
bat the consumer thinks la Justified.
rxnrETCATisa asarcht.
The opposition to the submission of
any amendment to the state constitution
at the general election Of 19u0 Is said to
be becoming more and more pronounced
among members of the legislature at
Lincoln and unless a reaction sets In all
amendments that have been proposed or
shall be proposed are doomed to indefi
nite postponement. The opponents to
constitutional revision by separate
amendments lay great. stress upon the
fact that all former amendments sub
mitted, with one single exception, failed
to receive the necessary majority of all
the votes cast at the election and the
amendment that was adopted was, in
reality, counted in by main strength in
order to extend the sessions of the leg
islature and raise the pay of its mem
bers. The rejection of the call for a consti
tutional convention at last fall's election
Is pointed out as further proof that the
people of Nebraska take no Interest in
constitutional revision, and apparently
do not favor revision by either the adop
tion of separate amendments or a con
stitutional convention.
These arguments are fallacious and ill
considered. The defeat of the amend
ments submitted prior to 1896 was due
not to popular indifference, but to popu
lar opposition to the propositions sub
mitted. The amendment prohibiting the
manufacture and sale of liquor was
snowed under after a most exciting con
test because an overwhelming majority
of the people of Nebraska were opposed
to prohibition, and the amendment pro
posing to create an elective railroad com
mission was rejected because a majority
of the people were distrustful of elective
as well as appointive railroad commis
sions. The appointive commissions had
utterly failed to give them relief and the
experience of California with an elective
commission, nominated and controlled by
railroad Influence, did not seem attrac
tive. The twelve amendments submitted In
1806 lacked but a few thousand votes of
the requisite majority of all votes cast
at the election. They would have car
ried overwhelmingly had not Nebraska
been a cyclone center In the most exciting
national campaign the country had ever
witnessed. The failure of the proposi
tion for calling a constitutional conven
tion last year was due, first, to the fact
that the national issues seemed to absorb
all popular interest, and, second, because
the printing o the proposition under the
circle at the top of the official ballots was
deceptive. More than two-thirds of the
electors voted straight tickets last fall,
and many voters who marked the circles
at the top of the ballot believed that
their crossmark would count for all the
candidates of their respective parties as
well as the proposition to call a constitu
tional convention. The Bee makes bold
to assert that if ten out of the twelve
amendments of 1896 were resubmitted
In 1006 they would carry by a very de
cisive majority.
Those who argue that Nebraska has
survived In spite of its defective consti
tution, and those who argue that no
harm can come In delaying submission of
constitutional amendments two years
ago bear in mind that Nebraska has for
years been governed without reference
to its constitution and every department
of the government legislative, executive
and Judicial Is being conducted in defi
ance of the constitution. It Is not an
exaggeration to say that until its consti
tution is revised on sane lines, to con
form with existing conditions and ne
cessities, Nebraska will remain in a state
of absolute anarchy.
It goes without saying that if gov
ernors, state officers, supreme Judges and
legislators can with impunity disregard
their constitutional oaths and constitu
tional obligations, the general public
will be imbued with disrespect, If not
contempt for law. If the men sworn to
obey and enforce the constitution can
Ignore and avoid It with Impunity, what
may be expected of the people generally,
and how Is It possible with any degree
of decency to enforce law when the men
sworn to enforce the law have become
habitual law-breakers?
PROPOSED STOCK HALE TAX.
The legislature of New York has be-
fore It a bill which will Interest ell deal
ers 'n stocks who have business with the
New lork Stock exchange.. It provides
for imposing a stamp tax on all sales of
shares of corporate stocks. By the terms
of the measure it Is evidently desiirned
to reach every sale of a certificate of
tock on the exchange or elsewhere,
whether there Is a transfer and deliverv
or not, and to impose a tax of 2 cents for
every 1100 of par value, collecting the
same by requiring stamps to be affixed
to the evidence of sale or of agreement
to sell. . Such a law, If it could be en
forced and did not drive most of the
business out of the State, would yield a
large revenue.
In the opinion of the Journal of Com
merce, however, such a tax would cer
tainly tend to discourage orders to sell
and buy in the New York market and
encourage having them executed else
where. It would affect not only ex
change operations, but all dealings
through brokers and transfer agents, and
any persona having stocks to sell or de
siring to buy would have no difficulty in
having the business done out of the
state. That paper remarks that whether
the position of New York as a financial
center would be seriously affected by
drawing four or five millions a year out
of Its stock transactions Is a question,
but it is hardly. to be Mounted that it
would have an effect In that direction.
though It is not to be supposed that such
legislation would deprive New York of
Its financial primacy. However, the pro
posed tax Is of doubtful expediency and
this the legislature will probably be con
vinced of when it shall have heard from
the Interests Involved. These interests.
It is needless to say, are very strong and
Influential and If they solidly oppose the
proposition to lmiose a stamp tax upon
all sales of shares of corporate stock It
is not to be doubted that they will be
able to defeat It It may be remarked
that the national government has re
sorted to a similar means of raising reve
nue, but of course the federal law war
general In its operation.
REXEWED TALK OF PEACE.
The reports from St Petersburg are
quite positive in stating that the visit of
Prince Leopold of Trussla to Emperor
Nicholas was for the purpose of convey
ing representations In the interest of
peace inhe far east from Emperor Wil
liam. They also state that It Is believed
in diplomatic circles that the (jerman
emperor has undertaken peace negotia
tions In some form, while the opinion is
expressed at the Russian capital that the
tragedy at Moscow may be followed by
the decision of the government to con
clude peace. The suggestion Is made
that the Russian government has re
ceived from Japan some intimation of
terms, but this is clearly Improbable,
since the situation In the far east ap
pears to be distinctly favorable to the
Japanese. .
We cannot say how much Importance
should be given these reports, but under
the circumstances it would not be sur
prising if the czar were disposed to listen
to peace suggestions. The great losses
which Russia has sustained In the war
must greatly oppress him and he is cer
tainly aware of the fact that a very
large number of his subjects are most
anxious for peace. He ought to realize
that It is hardly possible thnt Ru!a can
recover what has been lost, while on the
other hand further enormous sacrifices
are certain if hostilities are continued.
Besides the drain upon all the resources
of the empire Is beginning to bo severely
felt and as this Increases popular hos
tility to the war will grow and the de
termination of the people to get relief
from It will become more formidable In
its manifestation.
Meanwhile the outlook for the Rus
sians In Manchuria does not Improve and
there Is said to be some alarm felt at the
Russian War office. The area of the con
flict seenis to be shifting. Accepting as
trustworthy recent dispatches, it appears
probable that the Russians are preparing
for an eventual retreat on their line of
defense at Tiding, If indeed the retreat
has not already begun. The Russian
troops In northeastern Corea have been
recalled and soon will havo evacuated
the whole of the territory of which they
have been In occupation since last sum
mer. With the abandonment of southern
Manchuria and Corea an entirely new
military situation will be created. That
it will not be' to the advantage of the
Russians Is exceedingly probable.
OX THE WAY TO REV0LVT10X.
Those who believe that revolution in
Russia is inevitable will have their opin
ions strengthened by the tragedy at
Moscow and the evidence it gives of the
persistent purpose of the revolutionary
element. The assassination tf Sergius
is not unreasonably to be regarded as a
step on the way to revolution, yet the
popular uprising against the government
which is almost universally thought to
be certain sooner or later may not come
in the very near future. A revolution
against a government 6trong in its mili
tary power cannot be organized in a day.
There is needed in the first place a
leader who will command the popular
confidence and no such man has ap
peared among those who are demanding
political reforms in Russia. In the
second place the people must be well
prepared to carry on the work of revolu
tion and it is well known that this Is
not at present the case, while the gov
ernment Is most vigilant in its efforts
to prevent anything in the direction of
preparation.
In a statement made a short time ago
by a prominent Russian liberal he said
that the Russian nature is unusually
slow, but the liberation of pent-up pas
sion has compresssed In a few months
what might have taken twenty years.
In the half year since the assassination
of Von Plehve, .Russia has already
drawn near to the threshold of revolu
tion, having trodden the thorny road of
preliminary conflict. "This is the
threshold," said this representative .of
the liberal element, "but revolution it
self has not begun. For actual revolu
lutlon we lack the most important thing,
namely, organization and experience.
The latter is especially difficult to ac
quire. We must have ten or twenty
years of such scenes as have recently
taken place to .teach us how to lead an
attack properly. The masses must be
educated." He said that viewed In the
light of history the period of bargain
ing, the period of chaos should continue
about two years more. Then the storm
will clear the political horizon.
Whether or not this storm shall be
deferred. two years very greatly depends
upon the course of the government. If
tlio reactionaries are allowed to. con
tinue the existing conditions, or perhaps
resort to methods of repression and op
pression more harsh than those which
have been employed, the revolutionary
spirit is very sure to be Intensified and
may not wait two years or even half
that time before making a demonstra
tion that would shake the empire in
every part. On the other hand, if the
czar should grant the more Important re
forms asked for by the people, giving
them a voice In public affairs, It Is quite
probable that the spirit of revolution
would receive such a check as would as
sure domestic peace to the empire for
many years. Will the emperor and his
advisers learn anything from the tragic
lesson that has Just been given them?
They seemed to learn a little from the
similar lesson of six months ago and it
may be that the present one will make
a deeper Impression upon them. There
is reason to think that the czar is fa
vorable to many of the reforms asked
for, but he Is not a man of strong con
victions and Is almost completely under
the influence of the supporters of abso
lutismthe men who know that to grant
the concessions which the people want
would deprive them of much of their
power and of the opportunity to thrive
by oppression, corruption and the many
abuses that are practiced under the gov
ernment The most Influential of the
grand dukes, as well as the most un
compromising opponent of the popular
demands, being out of the way, It is
possible that Emperor Nicholas will give
more friendly consideration to tho
wishes of his subjects. Unless he
shall do this Russia's internal troubles
are very certain to Increase.
RES CHHEC TED STTAMr LAXD CLAIM
After restlug in the tomb to which
many successive legislatures had con
signed It, Tom Kennard's moss-grown
swamp land claim has been once more
resurrected and the claims committee of
the house has been hypnotized into rec
ommending its payment
The alleged claim had its origin in a
coutract that scandalized Nebraska
thirty-two years ago by its enormity and
became a subject of popular denuncia
tion. The contract was lngenously con
cocted with the Idea that there were to
be millions In it, and persons high in the
official life it those days were to divide
the profits with the enterprising con
tractor. Proceeding on the assumption that
vast tracts of land In Nebraska then In
the public domain were swamp lands, an
offset claim was to be filed with the
general land office at Washington for an
equivalent In public lands that were not
swampy, and one-half the proceeds from
the sale of these good lands was to be
given to the contractor and through him
to his side partners, while the other half
was to go to the state of Nebraska. But
the Department of the Interior turned
down the Nebraska swamp land claim
and the high-handed scheme was foiled.
Then came the bland and childlike
contractor to importune legislature after
legislature to reimburse him for an al
leged expenditure in the enterprise,
which he had undertaken on his own
account and for which the state had as
sumed no obligation whatever. Twenty
five years ago, and periodically every
two years thereafter for ten years, the
swamp land claim, linked in with the
perennial claims of the late Pat O'Hawes
for collecting funds due the state of Ne
braska from Uncle Sam, monopolized a
good deal of the time of our legislatures,
but of late years the worm-eaten 50 per
cent contract has been In the pigeon
holes under several inches of dust. Its
resurrection at this time is presumably
inspired by the passing away of the
legislators who were familiar with the
story.
Steps have been taken to bring the
Central Labor Union and the Ministerial
union into closer contact by the admis
sion of representatives of the Ministerial
union as delegates to the Central Labor
union and by the attendance of labor
union representatives at the meetings of
the Ministerial union. Thnt these two
organizations have some things in com
mon goes without saying, but that they
have many things not in common is
equally apparent. Should we have a
renewal of labor troubles, for example,
what would the ministers do take the
slde of strikers- with whom they are
affiliating, or stand up for the employ
ers, on whose pew rents and church sub
scriptions they are depending? If the
church trustees are for the most part
business and professional men, with en
tirely different points of view from the
laborers and artisans, which will have
the greatest influence over the pastor?
The experiment may be harmless, but it
will be interesting to see how long it
will last.
We note a news item chronicling the
death of a Nebraska rural mall delivery
carriersat the age of 08 years. As we
have had rural mail delivery for only
a few years, this would Indicate that
carriers are being appointed without
reference to their age, otherwise, no one
of more than 60 years could have se
cured a commission. Here is a place
that calls for the attention of the
authorities. This sort of work demands
men in the prime of life, enjoying good
physical health and some moans of re
tirement after a prescribed term of
active service should be provided. A
rural mall delivery carrier at the age of
68 Is a reflection upon the efficiency of
the department.
Governor Folk was kept in the dark
as to the sources of the campaign fund
thnt was used to help secure for him
bis nomination and election. It Is prob
able, also, that in this case the great
Inquisitor had a hunch not to let his
lnqulsltlveness get the best of him.
If trouble continues at St Petersburg
General Kouropatkln may have to con
sider himself at the head of an Inde
pendent organization; for a war thou
sands of miles from home has little In
terest while bombs are shaking oyal
palaces.
Latest advices from London indicate
that there is k'nlghthood at least for the
man . who can show Premier Balfour
how to make the question of Irish home
rule, In the minds of the British voters,
take the place of the proposed fiscal
changes.
While the United States Is pinking- an
effort to secure the body of John Paul
Jones, it may be recalled that he was
the real founder of,the Russian navy, as
well as that of this country, but it was
so long ago that he should be forgiven.
Plr the Forlorm.
Indianapolis Newa
Poor old Standard Oil! These days It has
about as many friends as the Mormons.
And persists tn flourishing with a aimllar
degree of cffectlveneae and proaperlty.
till There Are at Few Cat.
Chicago Tribune.
Attorney Oeneral Moody le respectfully
informed that the price and the quality
of steaks remain under substantially aiml
lar circumstance and conditions as before.
tkatlaar oa Thla Ire.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
One of the beat feature of King Ed
ward'a adrireaa to Parliament on Tuesday
was the Ingenious manner In which It
avoided mentioning anything likely te
arouae partisan feeling.
rOSTAI SAVINGS BAK SYMPOSItM
Letter tilvlnai Opinion of Prominent
Peblle Men the Qaeatlon.
Ten years ago while the country waa In the
dump over the slump In the treasury and
the endlem chain by which the government
was compelled to Issue bonds to keep up
the redemption of greenbacks In gold, the
following editorial advocating the eetabllah
ment of limited postal saving waa pub
lished In The Rce.
In response to personal letter calling at
tention to the article, and Inviting opinions
of the plan and asking expression as to the
prospect of such legislation In congreaa, re
plies were received which are here reproduced:
Greenback aa Dal of Popalar Loan.
The paramount question before congreas
la the preservation of the national creillt
and the readjustment of national finances
on a sound bajtls. It is now virtually set
tled that congress will not consent to the
retirement ol the greenback. The issue of
more bond la at -best only a make-shirt
that will not prevent the continued use of
the greenlwcks for the game ot enuttleoock
and battledore btjwen banker' ayndicatf
and the national treasury. It la. moreover,
questionable whether any issue of bonds,
short time or long time, low rate or high
rate, can be marie a popular loan In tne
United 8tatea. The experience of the past
with attempts to Host bonds among
people of small means does not Justify any
such expectation. A few millions of boml
might be disposed of by popular subscrip
tion, but they would soon rtnd their way
Into the vaults of the large bankers and
Investment companiea at home and abroad.
In our judgment, the oniy government
Iohjj that can be made popular Is to be
effected by the establishment of postal sav
ings bunks. Modeled after the plan of sim
ilar banks conducted In other countrlos,
these banks would not seriously interfere
with tho business of existing savings banks.
Hy limiting the amount of deposits receiva
ble from any single person to, say It
Is safe to predict that from $3to,uO,uoO to
t60O,0oO,00O would be placed at the disposal
of the government within ninety days
without a. strain upon any solvent savings
Institution. Transferable postal certificates
bearing, say 2Vi per cent Interest, would
circulate as currency in emergencies as
well as did the Interest bearing greenback
during the first stages of the war.
The grtat advantage to the government
of the postal savings bank would not be so
much in floating a popular loan, but In the
fact that the greenback could be made the
basis of redemption. Tie people of small
means would not discriminate In favor of
gold. They would cheerfully accept green
backs or silver, so long as every American
dollar Is kept on a parity with every other
American dollar. Thus the bulk of the
$34fi,000.0u0 of greenbacks which constitute
a constant menace to the treasury reserve
would become the basis aa well as the re
serve for the postal savings deposits. In
asmuch as these deposits would be payable
at (ilfferent times, no very considerable
amount of the greenbacks reserved for re
demption could be withdrawn at any one
time. No big batch of guarantees could be
presented at the treasury with a demand for
payment In gold and the minimum of the
gold reserve could be safely reduced.
A national postal saving hank wW J
have another benlflclnl result. It would
bring out of their hiding places the millions
of hoarded gold that timid people are afraid
to deposit In private banking Institutions.
The release of this hoard would tend to re
lieve the financial stringency and restore to
circulation a large volume of money now
out of use. The Bee, Dec. 25, 48.
Former Sneaker Reed.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Wash
ington, Dec. 28, 1895 Dear Mr. Kosewater:
I have your letter of December 26 and the
article which you attach to it. I think
there Is a good deal In what you say, but
I think you would appreciate the difficulty
of educating the people on this subject.
It however, deserves very careful oonsld-
T. B. REED.
The truth Is It Is a hard chance to do
anything with a government so miscellane
ous as this combination of a democratic
president who len t a democrat, a senate
which does not pretend to be anything at
all and a republican house new In the busl
nesa. Senator John Sherman.
SENATE CHAMBER, Washington. Dec.
28, 189& Mr. E. Rosewater Dear Sir: Tour
note of the 25th, with enclosure, is received
and read. I do not think that under pres
ent conditions the greenbacks can be made
the basis of a popular loan. The real
trouble we are suffering under Is deficiency
of revenue to meet expenditures. When
the receipts are equal to the expenditures
there will be no difficulty In maintaining
our greenbacks at par with gold. The
present administration seems to be entirely
befogged In its propositions to retire the
greenbacks. We are all trying to do our
best to relieve the government from its
present conditions. JOHN SHERMAN.
Senator William B. Allison.
UNITED STATES SENATE, Washing
ton, Jan. 1, 1896.-E. Rosewater, Esq.-My
Dear Sir: Your ot the 2BU ult., enclosing
editorial article respecting postal savings,
etc., and asking my opinion, received. Pos
tal savings banks are a success wherever
a country is largely In debt. I had hoped
that our debt would be speedily extin
guished, but It seems that It Is liable to
be increased rather than diminished. If so,
some plan of limited postal savings banks
would be of utility. I think, however, the
first thing we want Is to have ample rev
enue to carry on the government without
having to borrow money for that purpose.
But a limited postal savings scheme In con
nection with the reorganisation ot our
money system probably would be an ad
vantageous feature. These savings woul
be In the nature ot a popular loan and
could be floated at a very 'owlraItea0-fJn"
terest. . W B" ALLISON-
Senator William B. Chandler.
UNITED STATES SENATE, Washington.
Dec 28.-E. Rosewater, Esq. Dear Blr:
Yours of the 25th, with editorial Inclosed
on postal savings banks. Is received. It
doea seem to me a postal bank should be
established and I hope to be able to give
tho subject some attention, but the prcsi
dent prefers to loan money to bankers' syn
dicates. WILLIAM E. CHANDLER.
Former Speaker Henderson.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Wash
ington, Dec. 29, 1895.-My Dear Mr. Rose
water: Your letter of the 26th, with editorial,
received, and both carefully read. While I
am not a finnnclcr, though millions claim
to be, It does seem to me as though your
plan weuld tl up the greenbacks so that
they would not become the Instrument of
the speculator, and at the same time utilise
them for popular good. I will take the lib
erty of submitting your views to those who
make a'sneclal study of the financial ques
tion. Am very glad to hear from you, and
glad to get your suggestions.
D. B. HENDERSON.
Consrressman Jamea H. Walker.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Wash
rngton. Dee. 28. 1896. Mr. E. Rosewater,
editor The Omaha Bee, My Dear Sir: It la
Impossible for a government, a a govern
ment, not doing a regular banking business
and taking all the gain 'and risks of a reg
ular banker, to maintain specie payment.
You ars entirely right on that matter. Th
government may sell HO. 000.000 of gold
bonds once, In four months, and they can
not maintain specie payments.
The trouble with postal savings banks Is
that the money deposited In Omaha, tn the
postoffloe would do Omaha no good. It
would go Into the general funds of the gov
ernment and drift to New York city as
likely aa It would remain In Omaha. Sav
ings banks keep the money In the town
where th savings bank Is, or at-least II
hould do so, or the people rebel, helping
mall mechanics to build their homes In
that town, or helping to build up manu
facturer! to employ the people of the town.
Postal savings banks, as saving baik.
would be all light, but postal savings would
not help build up Omaha and that la what
you want a saving bank to do, aa well a
to keep the people's savings. The saving
of the mechanics of Omaha should be used
to build up Omaha, In their own Interests
and In the Interests of all.
J. H. WALKER.
Three years later Postmaster Oeneral
Oary officially recommended the establish
ment of postal savings banks, which was
endorsed editorially by The Bee. Ac
knowledgement of the editorial support was
made by Oeneral Oary as In the following
letter)
Office of the Postmaster Oeneral, Wash
ington, April 21, 1&SW. Dear Mr. Rose
vater: I am receipt of the marked editorial from
your pen entitled "Popular 1-oan through
Postal Savings Banks." I have read it
carefully and agree with you that the
savings of the people, collected through
postal savings depositories, could be utilized
to great advantage to the government In
time of trouble such as la upon ua at pres
ent. I think It would help the cauae along
If you would send a marked copy of your
editorial to each member of the committee
on poetofflces and post roads of tho house
of representatives and of the senate. You,
no doubt, have the names of these gentle
men at hand.
Allow me to thank you for your courtesy
In calling my attention to your able ed
itorial. JAS. A. OARY.
Postmaster Oeneral.
This correspondence Is made public now,
as specially Interesting In the light of
the recent revival of agitation for postal
sai is banks.
PKRSOMAL AMI OTHERWISE.
Nobody cares) about the price when the
thermometer Is marked up.
People who think spring Is remote should
watch young America on the coasting hills.
A frlftky young bride of 80 years succeeded
in persuading the courts of Maine that she
was craiy when she married a kid of 31.
The man who gave the lim.OOO dinner In
New York City is to be continued In his
Job. A man of his liberality deserves the
salary.
Father Oopon, the Runilan evangfllst,
finds the scenery In Swltierland much more
enjoyable than the Nevski Prospect at the
present time.
Mr. Carnegie says he always keeps $11,.
000,000 handy for emergencies. With hens
on a vacation and other luxuries on the
rl It behooves even millionaires to pre
pare for the worst.
A New York woman claims to have keen
cured of an Incurable disease by the deft
touch of the spirit hand of a doctor who
has been dead 600 years. That Is a pretty
erjff story, but It goes.
Chicago occasionally bumps against a
wise- Jury. Knowing the weakness of the
sex for bargain figures, the aforesaid Jury,
in considering a woman's claim for $1,000
damages, gallantly marked It down $999.
Much as the country eciteems the civil
service rules it Is believed a change that
would permit us to bounce the weather man
when the weather Is bad and hire him again
on pledge of good behavior would be quite
generally approved.
With Tom Lawson pouring hot air on the
head and Kansas dancing on the tall ten
tacle of the Standard Oil, one would sup
pose that the Rockefellers would modernize
their Sunday school texts and blow the lid
off their tanks of vituperation. It takes a
large piece of artillery to puncture the hide
of a hippopotamus.
The supremacy of printers' ink as a
promoter of fame receives a delicate tribute
from a Minneapolis woman. This woman
had a grievance, also a horsewhip. To sat
isfy the one and utilize the other she called
the newspaper reporters together to witness
the act, A front page WTlte up was the
result of the melee, but the ungallant cusses
cut out the woman's name. That was the
cruelest cue of all.
SRRMOtS BOILED DOWN.
4
Iive Is heaven's light. ,
Hating reproof Is loving ruin.
Sacrifice demonstrates sincerity. '
There Is no achieving without believing.
The Word of life 4s a lot more than word.
The smooth man ha a hard road ahead
of him.
No one needs to alt still while waiting tin
the lyorrt.
No soul was ever yet caught by a steel
trap sml!e.
The martyr's crown waa never found bjr
looking fi It.
Ixive may he misunderstood, but it never
misunderstand.
The greatest miracle is the casting out Of
the devil of self.
The love of the Lord never yet led men t
hate one another.
A man may be solid on the time card and
still miss hla train.
The people will go to the church that
gives Itself to them.
Many n sister spoils her testimony In tha
church by hT tongue In thsi kitchen.
There Is something wrong with the home
thnt la not the happiest place on earth.
It Is the giving In Hla name that turns
the up of cold water Into the wine of love.
Some people never enjoy themselves un
less they are getting out an Injunction on
another's happiness.
Many an average man has been spoiled
by having to live with a man who thought
he was way above the average.
This is nol tho only world that Ip ral-lo-is
to tho man who goes around looking
for a chance to put his feeling under th
other fellow's feet. Chlcar Tribune.
IlOMFSrif Pl.KASAN TIMES.
"That hateful Mrs. Nexdore remarked ttt
me today," said the pretty young wife,
"that 'beauty is only skin deep.' "
"('(line, now,'' replied her shrewd hus
buiul. "what are ou leading up to?"
"Well, 1 was Just going to nay I'd like
to have n lltilu of it mat was sealskin
oecp." 1'hlladolphla lYesa.
"What would you do, dear. If I'd dleT"
"l il go nearly crazy, dear.
"Would you marry again"
"1 dulii t say i d go ciear crazy, did 17"
Cleveland Leader.
Mistress Don't deny it, Bridget; I saw
you permit that policeman to kins you last
evening.
HrnUet Well, ma'am, ye wouldn't have
me be locked up fur reslstin' an officer,
would ye? Philadelphia Leader.
Eva But you know an eminent professor
savs that kissing is a form of Insanity.
Jack Well, dear, haven't you often said
that I was crazy ? Indianapolis News.
One morning at breakfast, after looking
over a pile If bills, the husband Inquired:
"Why do you have an account at so many
stores, my dear?"
"Oh," said his wife, sweetly, "don't you
see? If you buy things that way it makes
all the bills so much smaler!" New York
Times.
"Have you read those rules on how to be
come an optimist?"
"They don't interest me a little bit. I'm
a married man." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"All the world's a stage," said the man
Who Quotes.
"Yes," said the friend who was reading a
newspaper; "but now and then it looks
more like a prise ring." Washington Star.
Miss- Ann Teek I wish handkerchiefs
weren't ho popular as birthday gifts with
some people. I got more than three dosen
mv last birthday, and
Miss Pert Well, well; one for each year,
eliV Philadelphia Ledger.
Mr. Nexdore My daughter had her flrt
opportunity last night to play the new
piano we bought for nor. Did you hear
her?
Mrs Peppery Yes, and we had company
last night; we were delighted.
Mrs. Nexdore Er-really?
Mrs. Pepprey Yes, we dldn t like out"
callers at all and were glad they left early.
Philadelphia Press
What! Paid $50 for a hat? Woman, arej
yNobufc you. are, all right!" Cleveland.
Leader.
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Glasses, properly fitted, will correct
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Our skilled opticians, up-to-date method and sclentlflo apparatus
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Advance Spring Sale
Girl's Tailor-Made Coats
Children's Wash Suits
A very complete assortment of these
beautiful sample garments are now on ex
hibition on the second floor, and we would
esteem it a special favor if the mothers
would visit this department during the
coming week and see the pretty things we
have for their girls and small boys. You
can make the selection now and we. will
deliver, the purchase later when it is
needed.
"No Clothing Fits like Ours"
groWrir2- Kmg- d
R. S. WILCOX, Mgr.