THE OMAHA 'T DAILY 5" DEL:' MONDAY. APRIL" 3, 1905.
The Omaha Daily Bee.
E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska. Douglas County, as.:
George H. Tzsehjck, secretary of The Itee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number of full and
complete roplcs of The Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday lice printed during the
montn or March. VMX, was as follows:
l a7,c
2..... S7.B7
3 a.s,Kio
4 an, 700
6 :kumo
6
7 !i7,tK
8 Ktl.MOO
9 Si7,H4H
li) iM),i).V)
ii ho.mio
12 ill.tMtO
13 , a7.H."0
14 UN..i2
15 27,ffto
16 i!7,K4U
Total
n xi,cro
18 3,7M
19 3,IMM
20 27,8 HO
21 ZH.IIM)
22: Si7,950
2t i7,l:t
24 an.rwo
L'5 :tl,4MM
26 ai.oio
27 J47.MM
25 as.(HM)
23 itH,IUI)
3) as, MM)
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Less unsold copies t,N-l1
Net total sales MMri.KtEl
Dully average StM.BBU
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liefer? me this 31st day of March, m6.
(Seal) M. B. H UNGATE,
Notury Public.
Tlio tax assessor is again abroad in
the liiiid.
That 13-M-15 puzzle contained In the
Seventh ward council inutile vacancy is
still unsolved.
What's that? Dispense with Idle
clerks in tho county clerk's cilice? Never
with their consent!
The newly established juvenile court
has progressed bo far that it now lacks
nothing but tho Juveniles.
"Auld Reekie" cares not where Lou
don may go for Its water so long as It
cornea to Scotland for Its "whuskie."
One March lias ehown its power to
couio in and go out like a Inuib, even
though the lion's roar was heard be
tween. Letting in light on the enmity's elec
tric ll'ht bills seems to lwive proved
profitable for the taxpayers of the
county.
If South Omaha property owners
wake up next Wednesday morning and
find their homes covered by a $3t;o,H)0
blanket mortgage they will have nobody
to bluuiu but themselves.
Colonel Hryan certainly forgot Ne
braska's record when lie said at Des
Moines that when any republican plans
reforms in government lie will always
receive democratic support.
Had that ilashllght explosion taken
place in SSt. Petersburg Instead of in
Omaha we would surely have been yel
lowed with a terrible tale of another
diabolical Infernal machine.
St. Louis teamsters who are demand
ing a continuation of the wage paid In
l'.HH should remember that the people
there will have no World's fair visitors
upon whom to shift their burdens this
year.
Tho allegation that Japan is admin
istering the affairs of Manchuria is In
part confirmed by the classification of
Uusslan partisans as bandits, a term
heretofore applied to tho friends of
Japan.
Former Judge Parker is to speak of
"The Future of Democracy," and can
probably make an eloquent address If he
is permitted to depart, from his subject
in the customary manner of after-dinner
orators.
One of our big railroads is endeavor
ing to reurrange certain train schedules
to accommodate the milk truflie better.
Perhaps some day the railroad, will re
arrange their train schedules to accom
modate their passenger traflic better.
Now that Mormons are making big
purchases of land in Canada the Domin
ion government will have an opportunity
to 6how Just how far it is willing to go
in tho way of concessions to Bceure in
creased population in double-quick time.
With, all tills talk of poisons In food
there should be high rcwurd for the
official brave enough to name the brands
of food containing poisons. At present
.many wholesome brands are put under
suspicion where the guilty alone should
suffer.
llrltlsh statesmen who think Canada
should pay imperial taxes In exchange
for Iirttish protection are the ones who
may ultimately do most to bring about
Canadian annexation to the United
States.
There is a note of tine oriental humor
In the dispatch from Constantinople to
die effect that the Kugllsh plan for
Macedonian reform is rejected hy
Turkey because it would interfere with
lie abuses which exist la the collection
if customs.
RUSSIAy RESERVE OF GOLD-
According to the report of the Kusslnn
minister of 0 nance, the stock of gold in
the treasury at the end of Inst year
amounted to some $.'C5,( HJ, " , after
making due ft-gal provision of JU.Vl.Ooo,
(XX) for securing the Issue of notes. An
English paper having questioned the
statement regarding Russia's reserve of
gold, the minister of finance Invited the
editor to go to SU Petersburg and make
nn investigation. There Is no doubt that
the Itussiun government has a large sum
In gold, but the material point is as to
I what extent that reserve cn be drawn
upon without Impairing the credit of the
nation. Kverjlssly knows that Russia
Is a country of enormous resources, but
the difficulty Is that she has been un
able to develop them properly or to use
them effectively.
A writer on the subject observes that
Instead of being n guarantee of the
soundness of the Imperial finances the
vast stock of gold Is really nn evidence
of weakness. The chief aim of the
financial policy of Russia has for many
years been the hoarding of gold. lie
points out that the real motive of the
Russian acquisition of a large part of
the gold store of the world Beems to
have been to enable the government to
acquire a greater economical and po
litical hold over Europe than it was
otherwise entitled to possess. "But now
that further borrowing by which the
stock of gold can be replenished lins
been found practically impossible, the
comparative narrowness of the other
wise Imposing gold reserve when drawn
upon for the needs of current expendi
ture is receiving acute demonstration."
Meanwhile the Russian people are be
coming alive to the fact that the stores
of gold piled up by their government
have been bought out of their necessi
ties. The peasantry must export their
products at low prices and see the plows
and scythes which they would gladly
pet from abroad taxed to the point of
prohibition that the treasury may ac
cumulate gold. Russia pnys Interest on
her foreign debt In the wheat and tim
ber which constitute about 80 per cent
of her exports. Her solvency depends,
therefore, on keeping the balance of
trade always In her favor, and that
means that she must continue to put
pressure on the peasants to send out of
the country not only cereals which they
can dispense with, but a portion of the
food which is positively necessary to
themselves. This and the heavy bur
den of taxation keeps the peasantry Im
poverished and hence the growth among
them of the spirit of revolt which is
now being widely und strongly mani
fested. It has been very conclusively shown
that Russia's large gold reserve is of no
great advantage to lier credit. It does
not enable the government to borrow
more in the world's money markets. Un
doubtedly tin; French bankers are fully
aware tf the existence of this large re
serve, but it had no effect upon them
when it came to the question of an
other Russian loan. The fact appears
to be that very little of this hoard of
gold can be used for war expenditure
and if Russia continues hostilities she
must rely upon Issues of paper circula
tion, holding on to most of the gold for
the payment of interest on her large
foreign debt. Her present financial
condition, with all her store of gold, Is
manifestly grave.
SOUTH OMAHA HOJVD BOOSTERS.
Whenever the argument Is raised against
bonds to the effect that tuxes are already
too high, It ts met with the statement that
the tax here Is but J-l per capita, against
$04 per capita In Omaha. Whenever the
urgument is put forth thut South Omaha
ill already bonded too heavily the reply la
made that the bonded Indebtedness la but
$1135,000, while Omaha has over $7,000,000 in
bonded Indebtedness, while the city is
scarcely live times as lurgo.
The arguments in favor of the bonds are
all fathered by optimism. Those ewpeciully
In favor of the parks, for Instance, tire
building high hopes of a growing city and
permanent park Improvements. They say
that a city of 35,000 population should be
making preparations for tho future. World
lleialu. The bond boosters are overshooting
the mark and underestimating the intel
ligence of South Omaha people. Their
figures are deceptive and preposterous.
Computing the population of Omaha at
110,000, which is very low, and the pop
ulation of South Omaha at 30,000, which
is at least 10,000 too high, a per capita
tux of $04 for Omaha would make
Omaha raise un aggregate of $7,040,000
in taxes a yeur, when us a matter of fact
tho amount of city und school taxes Is
about one sexcntii of that amount, in
cluding the interest on the city's debt
and all public Improvement taxes, as
well as the payroll of every department
of the city government.
A tax of $21 per capita In South
Omaha would represent uu aggregate of
$733,000 a year, or more than five times
as much as South Omaha now pays for
its government. The assertion that the
city of Omaha has over $7,ooo,ooo in
bonded debt is equally incorrect. The
bonded debt of the city of Omaha, in
cluding special paving ImmkIs, which are
a debt against the property Improved,
aggregates less than $u,oo0,0OO, and
without tho special Improvement bonds
only $.',750,000. Tho bonded debt of the
Omaha school district aggregates $.S7.V
000. Addlug the school district debt and
the special paving district debt, the total
is $5,tiJ5,(KK), or therealxmts.
For this indebtedness Omaha has
something to show. Its city hall und
public library buildings could not be re
placed for less than $tioO,ooo, und, to
gether with the sites w hleh they occupy,
represent at least $.N."0,ooo. Its (iro t.n.
gine houses and police station are worth
at least $,."0,ooo lnore. Its forty school
houses could not be replaced for $l,.'iOO,
Ooo. Its parks represent an investment
of more than $5oo,ooo, exclusive of
Hanscom park, on which more than
$75,000 has beeu expended In improve
ments. Omaha's part of puved street
intersections, which were paid for out
of the general paving lxnd Issues, rep
resents not lesa than $l,ooo,oo0. Add to
this the viaducts, ewrs aud the unim
proved lands and lots owned by the city
and we have at least f2,5t)0,oi more of
permanent public Improvements, so that
the bonded debt of Omaha Is more than
offset hy its tangible assets.
a rnrLirviSE legislature.
The census of the Philippines having
been complcbMl the next step to le taken
under the act of congress providing for
the government of the islands will be
the election of an assembly. The act
provides that within two years after the
taking of the census has been certified
by the commission, peace having mean
while prevailed and the authority of the
United Suites been recognized, there
shall be a general election for the choice
of delegates to a body to be known as
the Philippine assembly. When this
'body Is organized all the legislative
power now exercised by the Philippine
commission will be vested in a leglsla
ture consisting of two houses the Phil
ippine commission and the Philippine as
sembly. The latter body will consist of
not less than fifty nor more than one bun
dred members, apportioned among the
provinces according to population. The
members will serve for two years, the
legislature holding sessions annually. It
will choose two resident commissioners
to the United States, who shall be en
titled to official recognition by all the
federal departments.
A scheme of partial self-government
Is provided for by the act of congress
The osscmbly will le representative of
the Philippine people, while the upper
house, composed of members of the com
mission, will represent the government
and will have the power to veto any
action of the assembly. The act provid
ing for this legislative body does not
soy whether or not It is to be perma
nent, that being n matter to be determ
ined by future circumstances. In the
meantime, remnrks the Fhilidelphla
Iiedger, the Philippine assembly will be
the seminary In which tho Filipinos may
learn something of the mysteries of
statecraft and legislative routine. "The
commission will exercise Its restraining
power should -the popular body commit
Indiscretions or betray a spirit of inde
pendence which might menace the sov
ereignty of the United States. The pro
ceedings of the assembly will show
whether the Islanders have capacity for
sofe self-government, whether they can
be Intrusted with n larger measure of
self-rule. Experience in the art of gov
ernment will be ocqulred. whatever Is to
be the ultimate status of the islands."
The assurance that they are to be
given a representative assembly and to
have resident commissioners at Wash
ington ought to hnve n good influence
upon the more intelligent portion of the
Filipino people. It ought to convince
them. If they are not already convinced,
of the purpose of this government to
give them every opportunity to educate
themselves for self-rule, having in view
the granting of Independence whenever
they are capable of governing them
selves. At present conditions in the
islands appear to be on the whole satis
factory, though undoubtedly there is
much room for Industrial and com
mercial Improvement. The people are
making no trouble nnd seem to be quite
contented with American rule.
The headline writer of the local popo
cratic organ seeks to convey the impres
sion that the selection of a paid attorney
to present the cause of the brewers be
fore a senate committee was guided
chiefly by the fuct that the attorney in
question olllces with one of the senators
representing Douglus county in the leg
islature. That there might have been
other reasons for the employment of this
particular attorney aside from his emi
nent legal and forensic ability seems to
bo entirely overlooked. The brewers
might, for example, have been endeav
oring to enlist tho moral support of the
school board, which does its lobbying
through the same agency. Or they
might have thought they were reaching
Into the Civic Federation, In which a
clerical brother of the attorney Is a lead
ing light. The brewers may have had
the Idea they were securing the power
ful influence of the Fontanello club In
hiring one of Its board of managers.
They might have but did they?
photographic equipment go forward even
faster than the commissary stores and
the Red Cross supplies. The war pho
tographer has developed into a compan
Ion In arms with the war correspondent.
and the two together are the eyes and
ears for the world audience remote from
the scenes of actual military conflict.
According to latest advices from Ven
ezueln. President Castro is somewhat a
champion of a "square deal" himself.
While the rights of American Investors
must be maintained the United States
can ask no more of Venezuela than It
would be willing to grant under like
conditions.
The opinion expressed by certain
memlxrs of the legislature regarding
the newspapers of the state Is no doubt
issued subject to amendment between
now nnd the next campaign in which
they may be running for otliee.
Success) Draws the Money,
Chicago Record-Herald.
So many people want to lend money to
Japan that It has been necessary to make
them form In line. The theory that noth
ing succeeds like success continues to hold
good.
Tributes to the Horse.
Ronton Transcript.
The Japs do not forget anything, as was
shown by the recent elaborate public
funeral In Yokohama In honor of the horses
that had died In the sen-Ice since the be
ginning of the war.
The surety bond companies und their
thrifty agents have come off first best in
the legislative tug-of-war. Everybody
In the state house from state cuspidor
cleaner to governor and chief Justice,
and everybody from janitor to county
commissioner and county Judge in the
ninety court houses of the state, is now
authorized to give guaranty company
bonds for faithful and honest perfor
mance of their duties, always at the ex
pense of the taxpayers, of course. The
multiplicity of guaranty bonds may in
duce the next legislature to enact a law
that will enable the state In conjunction
with the counties, cities and school dis
tricts to create a surety bond fund of
their own from which all losses by dis
honest public officials shall be reimbursed.
Among the laws enacted by the late
lamented legislature is a bill providing
thut It shall not be embezzlement for
any agent, uttorney-at-law or other per
son to retain the umount due him on
commission or charges on a collection.
This will enable shyster lawyers to with
hold from their clients moneys collected
without specific agreement by charging
up any amount they may see tit to claim
for their services and open the door for
dishonest bill collectors, claim agents
and solicitors to retain under pretext of
commissions moneys collected by them
for their employers.
Never was there a war which has been
brought, within view of the people of the
entire world as is the fur distant war be
tween Russia aud Japan. Almost every
time a big gun fires a shot a camera
takes a shot at the gun. War photog
raphy seems to have approached so
closely to perfection that not an impor
tant move nor a notable personage es
capes being reproduced at the critical
moment. The camera, machinery aud
Irresistible Temptation.
Haltlmore American.
Was It wise for Russia'B minister of
Hnance to show that $325,000,000 In gold to
the newspaper reporter? When the Japa
nese read about It they may be tempted
to keep right on to St. Petersburg.
Ilonr State Socialism Works.
Washington Tost.
Tho government of Now South Wales,
according to a dispatch, "has decided to
erect two state institutions to treat inebri
ates without means." Compare that with
the situation up In Maine, where an Inebri
ate cannot be treated, even if he has
abundant means.
Closing- SprliiKS of Benevolence.
Chicago Chronicle.
One certain way to dry up the springs
of benevolence Is to assail the character
and motives of every man who is disposed
to give largely to worthy objects. The
maxim about looking a gift horse tn the
mouth is Just as true today as it was when
it originated. The gift horses at the pres
ent time are worth more than they used
to be.
Time (or Optimism.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Mrs. Chad wick has been sentenced to
serve ten years In the penitentiary. A
New York spendthrift, who once gave a
$1,000 dinner at Sherry's, has gone to work
for $11 a week. In Philadelphia a million
aire has been put In Jail for cheating other
people, and the United States senate Is not
In session. Why should the worthy be
hopeless?
FCIIOE OF TUB WAR.
Matters of Tnrrent Interest on Island
and Mainland.
War work of Japanese women Is th
subject of an Instructive paper In Collier's
Weekly from Mnrchloness Oyama. wife
of the field marshal of Japan. The mar
chloness, who, by the way, Is a graduate
of Vassr, states that the work of women
Is systematized by several organised so
cletles, chief of which nre the Red Cross
and the Volunteer Nursing association
Roth societies Include the rrlncess, the
women of the nobllltv. etc. "You cannot
realise," says the marchioness, "how earn
est the women of our tipper classes are
unless you know their life Intimately. They
who never dressed themselves without
maids waiting on them, they who never
held In their hands anything heavier than
their handkerchiefs, they who never went
outside of (heir houses without two or
three attendants, nil come alone to the
hospital with their little lunch baskets
and their bundles containing their nurse's
uniforms.
"There are many women outside of reg
tilar societies who aro doing such work
either Individually or In groups. My
sister, with a few others, has been col
lectlng funds to buy kalro, a Japanese
contrivance quite unknown to tho west
The kalro Is a small tin box covered with
cotton velvet with one end uncovered and
with small holes for air. Into this box
Is put powdered charcoal mnde Into an ob
long stick about three Inches long. If
the end of the charcoal stick Is . lighted
and put Into this box It keeps warm for
four or five hours at a time. When the
kalro is carried under the clothing it
keeps one warm nnd comfortable even
In the bitterest weather. My sister, with
others, has collected thousands of these
and sent them off to Manchuria packed
In strong boxes.
Another work In which my two sisters
have been engaged Is collecting cast off
clothing from their friends and remaking
It for distribution among the destitute
families of those at the front. Of course.
It was' Impossible to provide all the fam
ilies of the soldiers even In Toklo alone
so they have begun with those who live
In threo districts nearest them. Kven
with this limitation the undertaking is a
tremendous one, for each family averages
from four to five members and each dls
trlct contains eighty to 100 families. My
sisters are still at this work, sitting up
till 12 o'clock to cut and sew.
HOT AIR ALARMS.
Former Senator Thurston Throbs for
the Monroe Doctrine.
Philadelphia Record.
Ex-lnlted States Senator Thurston of
Nebraska somewhat enhanced the fantastic
humor of the ""Ive O'clock club banquet
on Saturday night by his solemn warning
of the danger that threatens the M cm roe
doctrine becauso of the postponement of
the Santo Domingo treaty by the United
States senate.
Mr. Thurston and the rest who are so as
siduously nursing the Monroe doctrine need
not lose any sleep o" nights on that ac
count. The doctrine Is doing very well
without any coddling. In truth, It has never
been in any serious danger since its In
fancy. The holy alliance, In whose fnce It
was launched Ly a democratic president,
was dissolved long ago. Russia, one of tho
members of the alllanco, Is tottering to Its
fall. France, another, has become a friendly
republic, and Austria-Hungary, the third,
never had any concern In tho Monroe doc
trine. The German empire, the successor
of Prussia, the remaining member of the
alliance, has never had any notion of plant
ing monarchical Institutions upon this hem
isphere In defiance of the American people.
Our Jingoes, then, whose Imaginations are
excited over the danger of the Monroe doc
trine In Santo Domingo, only make them
selves ridiculous. Even should that repub
lic be rather slow in paying Its inflated
debts the European powers do not Intend to
pounce upon Its territory and set up a Do
minican monarchy. They would as soon
think of Investing In a Kilkenny row or a
Corslcan vendetta. Ixiuls Napoleon, with
his Mexican empire, had quite enough ex
perience of the results of meddling with tho
Monroe doctrine.
SCHOOL TK ACHF.HS AM) MARRIAGE.
Dachelor Teachers Start Another
War on Their Married Sisters.
New York Sun.
Assemblyman Hartman has Introduced In
the legislature an nmendement to the New
York City charter, providing that any un
married woman now employed In the pub
lic schools shall lose her Job on marrying.
The Hoard of Education has already at
tempted to enforce this rule. Its efforts
to do so were defeated In the courts. Re
cause of the persistency with which the
board pursues Its attempt to rid the schools
of women guilty of matrimony, It Is fair
to assume that great importance Is at
tributed to their exclusion, and It is there
fore surprising to find that no effort Is
made to have the rule applied universally.
The amendment proposed by Mr. Hartman
Is as follows:
"Female principals, heads of departments,
directors, supervisors, assistant directors,
assistant supervisors of special branches
and teachers in all the schools under the
Jurisdiction of the Hoard of Education, ex
cept those now employed as assistants and
designated as additional teachers, shall for
feit their positions nnd the same shall be
come vacant upon marriage; provided,
however, that said Hoard of Education
may, in Its discretion, where a husband is
Incapacitated through physical or mental
disease from earning a livelihood, or in
case of abandonment, reinstate, reappoint
or re-employ such female principals
and, provided, ulso, that the provisions of
this acc shall not operato to forfeit the
position of any such female principal
who shall have married prior to tho
passage of this act."
It will be observed that old offenders
are not to be dintured, and that only such
teachers as have husbands capable of sup
porting them ure to be penalized by this
enactment. Apparently the Uoard of Edu
cation looks upon the Job of teacher as
one fur which no woman capable of sup
porting herself by other means should be
eligible. A competent teacher who mar
ries a man cipuble of , supporting her Is
to be fired out. One whose hufbund Is a
scoundrel or an Invalid may be retained
In the service. What account Is tHk u In
this theory of the schools ami the scholars
Is the determined effort of the Hoard of
Education to tlnd a way to discharge mar
ried women from the city's employ due
to a belief that they are not as competent
as unmarried women, or Is it based on
some halt cooked theory about "fair' and
"unfair" coaipetlUoot
'Another group of women that I know
are also engaged In sewing. There are
many wounded and sick who have re
covered enough to be dismissed from the
hospitals and allowed to go home until
they are called again to take up arms.
When they went to fight for their country
they were provided with uniforms, and
when they entered the hospitals they
were clothed In regulation white, but
when they nre dismissed, if they are as
poor as some of them are, they have
nothing to wear to return to their own
homes. To supply this want some women
nre making ordinary Japanese dresses for
the poorer ones.
"All the girls' schools offered to make
soldiers' underclothing during the hours
of their sewing lesson, which Is always a
part of the regular curriculum for girls'
schools. The offer was accepted by the
War department, and even tho youngest
ones have 'been made hnppy, thinking
they wee doing something for the coun
try. "I tell you all these things to show you
how earnest we are about this war. 1
know your heart Is with us, for we hear
so much of American sympathy for Japan.
We are fighting for our very existence,
and we know our cause Is Just and right.
We are sure of final victory, though we
may have to carry on this war for years.
We are prepared to go to any length' to
gain a lasting peace for this part of Asia."
I
"Socially, of course, the rule of the Rus
sian court Is absolute," says a writer in
McClure's "yet the influence of the czar
upon his capital la trivial. His officers
copy his beard, as the mild German
clerk duplicates the ambitious muxtache
of the kaiser but In regard to manners and
morals, Nicholas Is as little effectual as
any of tho priests about him. King Edward
has helped set tho fashion of good form;
Nicholas' opinion on points of behavior Is
unascertained. Tolerance is a poor word to
ascribe to St. Petersburg society, Just us
vice Is a false one Vice Implies a deteri
oration, a deflection Into lower paths, but
the uncieanness of Rufslnn society has so
broad a quality of naivete, is so evidently
an evidence of the non-attainment of west
ern standards and the instinctive leaning
toward the looser codes of the orient, that
one hesitates to attribute It to a deliberate
desvent. However, whatever Its nature, a
certain Instability of morals rules riot
ously; and It Is slgnlllcnnt that one of the
czar's nicknames Is 'the llttlo married
man,' or 'the llttlo family man.' "
Frederick Palmer, the correspondent, who
has been with General Kuroki in the field,
says In his recently published book:
"General Kuroki spent most of his time In
the shade. Generul Fuji, his chief, went
to sleep in the thick of the fight on the IM.
Ho had worked most of the night planning
for that day. He could not make the work
of our infantry any easier or make the
fire nf our guns any more accurate by
watching them. When ho was wanted ho
could bo wakened."
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PKHSOXAI, XOTES.
John W. Hutchinson, last of the famous
band of singing abolitionists. Is recovering
from a recent Illness that threatened pneu
monia, at his home in Iynn, Mass.
Irof. James Hryce, who has been study
ing the figures of puhlio poor relief In sev
eral largo American cities, finds that In
those communities pauperism Increases less
rapidly than population.
New York U having so much trouble
with that new concealed weapon ordinance
that even the must peacefully disposed
outsiders will soon hesitate to visit tho
city without flrHt providing themselves with
arms and ammunition.
Within the limits of bis ability the sultan
of Morocco is among the most extravagant
of inonarchH. Ho has spent In the few
years since ho took up tho reins of govern
ment not only the whole revenue of his
country, but ulso the saving of his prede
cessors. Ry tho will of the late ex-Governor Hout
well, Just tiled for probate In Huston, he
gives to his daughter, Georglaunu A., ull
his writings, whether printed or In munu
scrlpt, stereotypo plates, etc., as well as
$2,0uo In order that she may publish ull his
writings.
Dr. Richard C. Cabot of Huston Is collect
ing statistics from So.iM) healthy Ameri
cans. From tin km facts he will form a
clmrt as a guide to life. When the chart
Is completed he thinks that In order to
enjoy good health one will only have to
hung It up where it will be easily seen
und follow It. After thut doctors and their
remedies will be no longer needed.
Relieving thut u star can chine us bril
liantly In the murnlng us In the evening,
the Washington Evening Star came out us
a full fledged Bunduy Morning Star on
March 26, and Is o well satisfied with the
experiment that It will henceforth shine
regularly on the first day of the week.
The first number was notably fine In quality
and squally resplendent with an abund
ance of bualness announcements.
O'Neill Frontier: The difference between
republican and fusion pars takers Is that
the former preach what they practice while
the latter preached what they didn't prac
tice.
Falls City Journal: The bridge lobby and
railroad lobby has been the dominating
power In tho present Nebraska legislature.
They have made or unmade laws Just as
It suited them. When the work Is all dono
It will bo Interesting to seo tho result.
Custer County Republican: A copy of
the dally proceedings of the present legis
lature would be a good criterion to have,
whero it becomes necessary to select mem
bers for the next legislature. It will en
able the public to see who were true to
their constituents.
Kearney Hub: The contrast between the
Kansas and Nebraska legislatures Is too
painful for complacent consideration by the
pooplo of Nebraska. Some of the legisla
tors have been faithful to public Interest,
and will be kindly remembererl. When this
nas neon said an nas been said.
Doup Valley Queen: After all, the little
debating societies held each week In tho
little country school houses have unraveled
about an many knotty problems as has our
great statesmen down at Lincoln. How
ever, they have drawn no salary, and
neither do they carry a railroad pass.
Fullerton News-Journal: The legislative
record Is not one to be proud of, but will
prove beneficial in the long run. The next
session will contain an assemblage of men
who will go to Lincoln under strict In
structions. Tho pass bvll will never again
arise to obstruct the law-making body of
the commonwealth of Nebraska.
Wood River Interests: The republican
press of Nebraska lias spoken on the anti
pass question and a republican legislature
has received the benefit of It. It has been
many a yeur since a party press has so
unanimously given Its party leaders so
severe a castlgatlon. It is high time that
party platforms nnd party candidates'
pledges and promises mean something more
than a scheme to ride Into office.
Albion News: The News is not In a
proper frame of mind to discuss tho net
results of the legislature which will ad
journ this week. We feel tho lack of a
calm Judicial spirit with which to pass
Judgment at this time. If we should at
tempt It we would probably, or nt least
possibly, full to give the devil his due. If
there is anything coming to the present
legislature we certainly want to give It to
them. Tho complete record will be made up
before our next Issue.
Friend Telegraph: It may bo that the
members of the late and much lamented
legislature aro taking some degree of pride
In their actions during the last two months,
It may he that they nre not ashamed, but
the people of this state are most heartily
ashamed of their notions, almost from start
to finish. Hero In Salino county wo ex
pected a llttlo better than we received, the
corporations placed the ticket In nomina
tion nnd the people blindly, through tho
popularity of President Roosevelt, elected
them. Reyond that mere fact there la littlo
else to say.
Wood River Sunbeam: When you look
at the condition of affairs hi Nebraska
there appears to be something radically
wrong. All over the state the republican
newspapers, which a few months ago were
doing their best to elect their candidates
to the legislature, are complaining of the
work of tho present session. Tho press of
the stnte voices the sentiment of a ma
jority of the people nnd there must be a
lot of dissatisfaction. The Influence of a
powerful lobby at Lincoln Is robbing Ne
braska of hcr-iightH. We see bill after
bill, which law abiding citizens demand
passed, killed. And what of tomorrow?
What of our honest legislator, has ho no
lights? Verily, Nebraska, had such works
been done In Colorado, she would have re
pented long ago. Hut ye have gone as
tray. Hartlngton Herald: The time has gone
by when the republican papers of the
state will commend a republican legisla
ture simply because. It Is republican with
out regard to what It accomplishes for the
good of tho state. I'robably no legislature
in recent years has been so roundly criti
cised by tho republican press of tho state
as has the present. No legislative ma
jority has had a better opportunity to
mnke good pre-election pledges thin has
tbo republican majority In the 19u5 ltgisl.i
turn, the minority being so small as to bs
entirely out of tho reckoning. The rcpub
llcan press feels that tho majority cannot
avoid the stigma of Its poor record. With
an Independent and untramnuied partisan,
press there Is much .J hope for In th
near future.
Wayne Herald: Quite a number of th
representatives and ponntors composing the
dying legislature of Nebraska pence to its
ashes have on various occasions denounced
the press of the state for its position re
garding tho net of those two august
bodies. These fellows seem to Imagine that
whnt they don't Individually and collect
ively know Isn't of much account and that
the press of tho state only reflects the In
dividual opinions of the men who write the
editorials, and not the opinions nnd senti
ments of the great musses of the state.
Now we don't believe all the members of
the senate and house are Ignoramuses or
corruptlonlsts, but we do believe they have
rather exalted Ideas of themselves and are
Inclined to tho !eUcf that they embody
about all the wisdom that amounts
surrounded and In fact have controlled
their actions to quite an extent during the
present session and go back to their homes
and come lu contact with the clear-headed,
unadulterated men who comprise their con
stituency, they will find tho press of the
state has sized the situation up correctly,
and have placed a true estimate on the acts
of the legislature. Tho country press of
Nebraska la composed of a class of men
who iho iiuiiui u 1 1 e hiiu iiHiciieiiiicin a
any set of men In the state, and tho great
majority of tho strongest papers of the
state have men In control who are nblo
and ready to voice tho sentiments of the
people with whom they aro constantly In
touch.
PASSIXU IM.EASAVI'HIF.S.
"So you are not afraid of war?"
"To tell you the truth." answered the
South American president, "1 don't cure
for war. Hut I'm hoping that the other
people will be ashamed to whin so small a
government, merely for being a llttlo im
pertinent." Washing ton Star.
Susie What makes the factory whistles
blow so early In the morning, dad?
Dad Tho engineer wishes to wake up
everybody who doesn't have to en to work
as soon us ho does. Brooklyn Citizen.
Trusty Henchmnn Whnt do you think
of the statement made by one of the new
senators, that his election expenses were
only $12). SO?
Senator Lotsmun I see nothing Improb
able In It. That's about whnt my first elec
tion cost me on tho average. Chicago
Tribune.
Phylock was demanding his pound of
flesh.
"Certainly," replied his victim, "you can
hnve the pound 1 banted off hist week."
Feeling he had gone Portia one better,
he hiked to Shakespeare with the news.
New York Sun.
"Edith," said tho girl's mother, "why did
Mr. Haggard stay so late Inst night?"
"I don't know," replied the girl, blushing.
"I guess tin' poor fellow didn't know what
to do," chimed In tho little brother. "I
heard Edith tell him every once In a while,
' ), go 'way.' but next minute she'd say,
'Now, you stop!" "Cleveland Leader.
Miss May Dupp Ho made some comment
about my complexion, didn't he?
Miss I'eltz e, he said your color was
too high, but 1 told him he was quite (
wronc.
Miss May Dupp-Ild you. dear?
111... It,. I. it ..,.pu,. f 1..I.1 l.l.n t n,
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Philadelphia Pretty.
The baby had swallowed two buttons, a
dime und threo marbles.
For a moment his optimistic father
seemed a trllle disheartened. Hut presently
he regained his equanimity.
"It saves me the expense of buying a
rattle for him," he chuckled as he dandled
the Infant on his knee. Cleveland Plata
Dealer.
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