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One swallow does not make summer
and one day's street cleaning will not
keep the streets clean.
Superstitious Iowans will wonder at
the nerve of Secretary Shaw In hiring
a former grave digger to drive his ottl
clal carriage.
If the recent return of winter has ex
terminated the Hessian fly Nebraska
fanners can afford to buy their peaches
from the south.
Omaha has the distinction of being
fhe only city In America that has built
a market house and does not use it for
market purposes.
Governor Mickey has demonstrated
thut as a farm fence builder he is peer
less. It Is another matter, however,
about political fences.
It is to be feured Explorer Nansen
will find a colder reception In Sweden
than any he experienced while hunt
ing for the north pole.
When General Berge gtts his heavy
field guns in range of the common enemy
the earth will quake and Colonel Bryan's
artillery will sound like little popguns.
An elevator in the court bouse has
been a long-felt want, but the engineer
ing problem is the snway by which the
elevator Is to be reached from the
street.
Utah Mormons have at least suc
ceeded showing that all Mormons are
not alike -and the reorganized church
in Iowa owes fait. Lake a vote of
thanks.
Now that women are being called to
testify those who hoped in vain for an
early adjournment of the "Beef trust"
grand Jury will have some place to put
the blame.
Why not attach a machine street
sweeper to the teams hauling dirt
through, our public thoroughfares and
transforming asphalt pavements into
mud rouds?
If . the government does not soon call
a genrral parliamentary election there
will be a number of "stale" candidates
in Great Britain for some of them have
been' in iu.ti?o training for two years.
Governor Folk has signed a "maxi
mum freight rate bill." Nebraska can
get onother lesson without expense as
to what the' federal courts now think
. of tlifl matter and the next legislature
can act accordingly.
Omaha wants all the interurban rail
ways that con be successfully financed
and operated, but promoters who want
simply to acquire franchises to sell with
out definite knowledge wher,e the money
with which to build the roads is to come
from are entitled to no encouragement.
Won't the two baidlts captured by the
South Outaha police please be accommo
dating enough to admit having com
mitted all the robberies and burglaries
that have come off iu the two cities
within the past few months? That
would save a whole lot of trouble looking
for the perpetrators of all these various
crimes.
President Alderman's request for en
dowments of northern cash for the Uni
versity of Virginia is said to be regarded
in, tho south as worse- than a bid for
Rockefeller bounty for a church mission
fund. This qunstlon of tainted money
all depends apparently on the geograph
ical point of view whether it Is coming
home or going a way.
The worst thin we have seen almut
Chicago's new mayor Is a reproduced
photograph showing liliu posing before
a camera In front of the double door
of his own parlor, as If In the act of
clinching an argument In the course of
a speech. It 1 to be hoped that the
photograph belles him and that he will
turn out to bo more tlmu a mere poser.
DEFEX8E OF POSSESSIOXS-
It Is a significant fact that tip to the
present time not a gun has IsM-n
mounted by United States officers iu
any of the Insular possessions of the
government. There have been mapped
out for all the Island emergency de
fense plans and some work lias leen
done under these plans, but congress
has for years Ignored the appeals of
the War department for money with
which to fortify the outlying posses
sions. It Is stated that the general staff of
the army Is now considering plans of
campaign for the protection of the Phil
ippine Islands slid there Is a probability
that the next congress will N caHed
upon to make the necessary appropria
tions for this purpose and will see the
necessity of doing so. There would
seem to be no question as to the expedi
ency of providing for tjie defense of
the Philippines, for while It may be
admitted that there Is no danger of anjr
country making any aggression against
the archipelago, yet It would manifestly
be a most grave mistake not to make
provision for the adequate defense of
those outlying possessions. It Is uni
versally recognized that they are un
der present conditions the most vulnera
ble part of American territory and that
in order to maintain our position in the
far east we must place them in a posi
tion which will render them absolutely
secure.
This will mean a considerable ex
penditure, but whatever the cost may
be it Is obviously necessary. Our posi
tion In the far east Is not a matter of
a few years. The United States is
there to remain for an Indefinite time and
in order to maintain Its hold and avert
any possible danger that may arise It
must have ample ability for defense in
the Philippines against any foe that
may in the future have to be met In
that quarter. This Is so obvious a duty
that it must be assumed as certain that
congress will not neglect it. An appro
priation was made by the last congress
for the fortification of the insular pos
sessions:, but it was insufficient, and a
much larger appropriation will be asked
from the next congress and probably
will be granted.
CHINA AS A MILITARY POTTER.
It is not surprising to learn that the
Chinese government Is contemplating
an extension of Its offensive and de
fensive resources and thus preparing to
take a place among the military powers
of the world. The example set by Ja
pan has naturally created among the
Chinese a spirit of emulation. It has
encouraged them to believe that tf the
Japanese, with tUelr essential charac
teristics, are able, as they have proved
themselves to be, to carry on n success
ful war with a white race distinguished
for its valor, there Is 'no reason why
the Chinese cannot also be a military
people and defend themselves against
possible Caucasslan aggression. That
this feeling has taken strong hold upon
the people of China is altogether prob
able and that it will be productive of
a development of military Interest
among them is to be expected.
There Is not lacking In-the history of
Chinese evidence that her people can
fight. They are wanting In the Intense
patriotism . and the . necessary courage
which characterize "the Japanese, but
they have some of the qualities of the
latter and there is reason to think that
under a proper course of instruction
and discipline the Chinese soldier might
become as brave and as loyal as the
soldier of Japan. The foellng has long
prevailed amon the educated Chinese,
whose Inclinations are peaceable, that
military service is something to be
avoided. They are peculiarly a trad
ing people, with a strong attachment
for whatever is Industrial and commer
cial. This Is in fact a part of their re
ligion. They are changing their views,
however, under the influence of western
example. They are beginning to realize
that the policy they have pursued for
centuries will no longer serve, in their
dealings with the world at large. Hav
ing been brought out of their isolation
and compelled to take part in the af
fairs of the world, they , are beginning
to realize that they must do as other
nations and be prepared to defend them
selves against aggression, If not indeed
to become themselves aggressive.
There can be no doubt that Japan is
exerting a great Influence upon China
in this respect. It is most natural that
the statesmen of the latter country
should see In what Japan has accom
plished in the war with Itussla an In
centive to military endeavor on the
part of China. She would have no diffi
culty In organizing and supporting a
great army and the protection of her
interests seem to require that she should
do so. The Chinese government could
secure the best iniHtary talent from the
western nations to create and discipline
an army and It would be absurd to'as
sume that there is no fighting material
among Its people. The report that the
Chinese government Is preparing to cre
ate an imperial army of 200,000 men
and to construct a large navy is credible
and pretfy certain to be realized. It
simply means that China has learned
the lesson taught by the example of the
western nations.
rOSSlBIB EFFECT OF EXCLUSION.
Keceutly there arrived in San Fran
cisco nearly a thousand Japanese, who
came from Hawaii. It Is not against'
American law for Japanese to come from
those Islands into the United States and
It Is quite probable that more of them
will in future come from thero. It Is
their privilege to do so and if any con
siderable numtter should avail them
selves of this right it will- undoubtedly
Intensify the demuud thst is being made
on the raclflc coast for applying the
Chinese exclusion (willey to the Japanese.
The San Francisco Chronicle, which is
making a persistent tight for exclusion,
says: "We do not care where they come
from or how they get here. We see
them coming by the shipload from some
where and we want It stopped."
We do not know to what extent the
Chronicle represents Pacific coast senti
ment in this matter, but It would seem
that it has not given proper consideration
to 'what stopping this immigration at
present insignificant by applying the
Chinese exclusion policy would mean.
Can there be any doubt that If this were
done It would seriously impair the cor
dial relations between Japan and the
United States relations that'liave been
of material value to this country and If
maintained are likely to be of much
greater value in the future? Can we
afford to make an enemy of that coun
try, at the risk of having our trade with
that part of the world seriously injured,
In order to kopp a few thousand Japa
nese laborers out of this country? These
sre entirely practical questions which
will have to be considered In connection
with the proposed exclusion. We are
seeking oriental trade. We are anxious
to exterfd our commerce In the markets
of that quarter of the world. Is It likely
that we can do this if we Incur the hos
tility of the dominating power there?
We do not think so and we believe this
will be found to be the view of a ma
jority In congress whenever the question
of Japanese exclusion shall be presented
to that lnvly, as probably It will be at
the next session. We cannot in this re
spect deal with Japan as we have dealt
with China and It would be a great mis
take to try it. We need Japan's friend
ship and good will now more than ever
before.
NOT ENTIRELY' bIS INTERESTED.
Ought the rullroads to be permitted to
run these seed corn special trains for the
benefit of the farmers? These, potato (spe
cial trains, these good wagon roada special
trains? These special trains are equipped
and operated at great expense. Are they
not bribes? Is there not a subtile ulterior
purpose to corrupt, the public, to pervert
Its opinion, to lull the farmers to sleep,
while the cormorant transportation cor
porations cunningly accomplish their dia
bolical purposes? Is It not time to awake
to the outmge that has been so coolly
and so treacherously plotted and In actual
course of accomplishment?
In Nebraska alone the railroad companies
within a few months have thus been at an
expense of tens of thousands of dollars.
They are laying deep their plans to con
tinue this1 lavish outlay. And then, too, Is
it not all "tainted money?"
Where are "the allied forces of reform"
that they should overlook so glaring a
moral bet? Lincoln Star.
Our amiable contemporary Is trying
to be facetious. The spring seed distri
bution of the railroads is no more a piece
of disinterested benevolence than their
winter planting of railroad passes.
The seed corn special trains, and the
potato special trains, and the good
wagon roads special trains, reflect great
credit on the railroad traffic managers
Just as the great homeseekers' excur
sions reflect credit on the passenger de
partments of the various railroads.
They are Investments of railroad earn
ings that bring back big dividends to
the stockholders. The planting of good
seed Insures better crops, and the larger
the crop the bigger the railroad haul.
The planting of good homesteaders
increases the number of crop raisers,
and an increase in the number of crop
raisers increases the volume of railroad
traffic both ways.
Yet all the time, Jones, he pays the
freight. The tens of thousands of dol
lars spent for buying seed corn and seed
potatoes and the other tens of thou-
;ands of dollars spent for improving the
wagon roads are all first transferred
from the pocket of the consumer and
the producer Into tiie railroad treasury
to be returned again In increased quan
tity when the harvest is over. No be
nevolence In that, is there?
Traffic managers of eastern and west
ern railroads, who have held secret con
ferences In New York within the past
few days, confidently expect to be able
to settle the grain rate war between the
eastern and gulf lines by an arrange
ment of the division of rates to meet
the cuts made by the gulf lines. While
such au adjustment may be perfected
by mutual agreement between traffic
inunugcrs, it is not likely to bey of long
duration, especially so far as It relates
to the grain traffic ln the Missouri val
ley. The east and west lines from Mis
souri river poiuts to the Atlantic sea
board are from 500 to 700 miles longer
than the north and south lines from the
same points to the gulf. It stands to
reason that the gulf line roads can afford
to haul grain at very much lower rates
than the oust and vent lines and still
make money. The only advantage the
east and west lines have over the gulf
lines is the return cargo, but it is only
a matter of time when the gulf lines
will be able to establish South American
and transatlantic steamship connections
thut will supply a large part of the re
turn cargo, while the southern pineries
will furnish profitable truffle In the ship
ments of lumber to the prairie states. "
By an act of the Pennsylvania legis
lature Allegheny City, with a' popula
tion at leust 20,000 larger than that of
Omaha, is to be annexed to Pittsburg,
ai)d the work of consolidation with sev
eral suburban towns into the Greater
Pittsburg will be effected within a few
months. By this enlargement Pittsburg
will move up in the list of American
cities and take the seventh place, now
occupied by Cleveland and Cleveland
will fall back to rittsburg'a present po
sition of eighth. By the census of 1900
the population of Pittsburg was 821,616,
and that of Allegheny City 120,806. The
population of Greater Pittsburg, on the
figures of 1000, would, therefore, be
451,512, but Pittsburg has experienced
a remarkable growth since 1000 and by
the end of this year Greater Tlttsburg
expects to boast a population of more
than 500,000. This Is an object lesson
for . short sighted people in Smaller
Omaha, who stand in the way of
Greater Omaha.
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The Old, Old Story.
New York World,
The city gives a frunchlse to a gas com
pany for nothing. The gas company sets
Its own value on the franchise. Then It
fixes the price of gas so that big dividends
cun be earned on the value of the franchise
the city guve It. The public Is heavily
taxed on its generosity to the gas rom-
puny. And yet Uire are people wbo oan
not understand why there should b so
much populat prejudice against public
servloe corporations.
I
Perhaps It the Moaty.
Chicago Tribune.
The price of sugar has advanced. There
Is no cause for .this, so far as known the
government Is not Investigating the Sugar
trust.
Loyal to Her Owt,
Kansas City Btar.
Has any other state besides Missouri the
sort of laws and courts that make it Im
possible for a boodler to get Into the peni
tentiary even after he has confessed bis
crime?
Demurrer Sustained.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Dr. Gladden says lawyers should not de
fend people whom they know to be guilty
of wrongdoing. But did a lawyer for the
defense ever believe It was possible for
anybody to be guilty?
Value of TeachloK Obedience.
Indianapolis News.
Is there any re.ison why our schools
should limit themselves simply to putting
children through a certain course of study?
We think nrt. tn our opinion, if the
schools fall In discipline, If they fell In de
veloping a spirit of obedience, they fall In
discharging their most vital function and
at the most vital point. And It seems to
us that this failure la one for which the
schools may very Justly be held responsi
ble. For the very theory on which the
state proceeds In this matter of public
education Is that through education the
children will be properly trained along the
line of good citizenship. But they cannot
be good citizens unless they learn to be
obedient to the law. In some way, there
fore, the schools must Inculcate this obedi
ence. .
Proper I'h ileal Development.
Boston Transcript.
Those persons who on rising In the morn
ing and retiring at night go perfunctorily
through "exercises" recommended for Im
proving their physical conditions, giving
two or three minutes to the performance,
should listen to the finding of the Joint
board of army and navy officers convened
to consider the physical training of cadets
and midshipmen. After careful examina
tion of the methods of physical training In
use at the military academy and at the
naval academy and after learning of the
results obtained, this wise board Is con
vinced that in order to secure proper
physical development of the average stu
dent a minimum of time to be devoted tto
compulsory physical exercise is two hours
each week throughout 4he entire course.
Now can you go to bed tonight with a
clear conscience after simply making a few
playful passes with your hands and stretch
ing your neck a little?
TnOPICAL, DETERIORATION.
Strange Effect of Philippine Climate
on Federal Officials.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
A quostion which spreads Itself generally
over the fields of medicine, law, politics
and military expansion appears to reaffirm
n assertion concerning the effect of the
Philippine climate which was a year or
two ago denounced as an Invention of the
mischievous antl-imperlallsts.
First, American Medicine, a journal of
the medical profession, states that mental
deterioration In the tropics is a form of
exhaustion that is recognized In the Phil
ippines. On that basis It suggests that the
United States officer who was recently sen
tenced to forty years' imprisonment for
embezzlement of $1,500 from the civil gov
ernment must have been the victim of this
mental deterioration on the part of the
Judge. Then the Army and Navy Journal,
confirming the theory of "mental ajA
moral debility due to the enervating cli
mate," wants the American judges In
vestigated with ' regard to mental Irre
sponsibility on the bench.
Besides the unconscious humor of the
earnest belief that Judges who administer
salty sentences to United States officers
for embezzlement must be crazy the dis
cussion contains other features of Inter
est. If despite former denials mental de
terioration In the, tropics is so epidemic
that officers cannot keep their hands oft
the public funds nor Judges give them the
punishment that fits the crime our great
acquisition bids fair to be bothersome.
By all means let us have the investiga
tion demanded. No only of judges, but of
officers and all others subject to the tropJ
leal deterioration. Let us know whether
the deterioration did not attack the Jingoes
who started the annexation craze first of
all.
HEARS THE LAST ROLL, CAIX.
Grand Army of the Repoblle Re
ceding" Into the Shadows. .
;. Philadelphia Record.
, The recent disbanding of a post of the
Grand Army of the Republic at 'Glouces
ter, N. J., because of the dwindling away
of its membership has served as a vital
reminder to many an old veteran of the
civil war that the time is not far distant
when the great order must pass away.
Unlike most organisations of its kind tha
Grand Army of the Republic cannot be re
oruited frpm the dependents of its original
members or from any source save one
which Is constantly shrinking. None but
soldiers, sailors and. marines who fought
in the civil war are eligible, and when all
of this dwindling host, survivors of a con
flict which ended forty years ago, shall
have answered the last roll call, no others
oan take their places.
The Grand Army of the Republlo was
started lp. I860, the first post being or
ganized at Decatur, 111., In April of that
year by Major B. F. Stephenson and Cap-
tatln John S. Philips, but its growth was
not at first rapid. It was not until more
than ten years later that General Grant
became a member, being mustered Into
Qeorge G. Meade Post, No. 1, of this city
by ,Post Commander George W. Devlnny.
The maximum membership was reached in
1S80, when It was 40b, 489. For the last fif
teen years it has been steadily decreasing;
not only this, but the rate of decrease has
steadily grown.
The annual death rate among members
of the order In 1880 was ninety-three In
aery 10,000. Today, having gone up stead-,
lly through the Intervening years, It Is
SS2 in every 10,000. In 1804 the member
ship of the national body had fallen to
809,083; a loss, since the period of maximum
membership, of aboflt 10,000 a year. In 1H04,
according to the last annual report made
at the encampment in Boston last year,
the membership was 246,261, showing a loss
since 1894 of mors than 12,000 a year. The
flgurta for the membership of the Depart
ment! of Pennsylvania for tha last ten
years are: 18W. 44.101; 1WG, 86.878; 'l8M,
16,141; 1897. 83.129; vm. 90,987; 1899, 29,937;
1900. 29 044; 19PL 27.S76; 190. 26,608; J 903,
26,7631 1904, 2S.K& Philadelphia's member
ship is now about 6,000. The separate posts
now number 6,149, of which 624 are In
Pennsylvania and thlrty-slx In this city.
Employed in tha various governmental de
partments in Washington at the time of
the last annual report were 2,175 members
of the order, of whom 226 are over 70
years of age, 787 between 66 and 70 yeara
and 1.638 between 68 and 66 years.
But If the Grand Army of the Republlo
must, from the conditions set forth, soon
cease to exist, It will be remembered, by
at least one of the Institutions which have
sprung from It. This Is the Sons of Vet
erans, which is composed of the direct de
scendants of men who were eligible to
membership In the Grand Army of the Re
public, and on the growth of which the
same restrictions have nut beon imposed.
BITS OP tVASHISa-TO LIFE.
Miner Scenes aad larldenta Sketched
oa the Spot.
Washington dispatches announce that the
Postofflce department has begun an Inves
tigation Into the affairs of the American
Maritime league, of which former Senator
John M. Thurston Is president. The let
terheads of the league name, as members
of Its advisory board Ellhu Root, former
secretary of war; William H. Moody, at
torney general; William H. Taft, scrtary
Of war; Benjamin F. Tracy and Warner
Miller of New Tork, and other notables In
and out of office.
Since' the -authorities began to Inquire
what kind of an enterprise the league Is
they have not been able to find 8. Elliott
Curtis and H. K. Pomroy, its organizers
Mr. Thurston Is quoted as saying that the
league was all right, and tho sums of $25
collected from persons all over the coun
try in return for life memberships could
be accounted for. He declares that there
Is written warrant for the use of the
names of those made officers of the league.
l here does not, however, appear to be de
nlal of the fact that many such names have
been withdrawn by their owners.
eome interesting results have been
reached by the bureau of navigation In its
study of the problem of desertion from the
pavy. These are embodied In the following
laoie:
" v No. In
Branch. Service.
Busmen 15,751
Artificers 17
Engine room force 8273
Social 2,110
Commissary gil
Mess servants 1,564
Deser
tions. i.m
88
1.33S
116
48
363
3.235
Pet.
7.67
6.40
17.10
6.50
6.71
23.15
10.07
Totals 30,166
Commenting on these figures the bureau
concludes:
Flrst-That the trained fighting force of
the navy the seaman branch Is not de
serting as has been reported in the press
of late; that those In this branch who do
leave the service are principally recruits
apprentice seamen; that the petty officers
In the seaman branch, upon whom we
must rely and depend, remain.
Second That thoso who desert in the
greatest number are In the engine room
force principally coal passers; men en
tirely untrained and unskilled, and who
are not subject to the strict discipline that
governs the seaman branch,
Third That the percentage of desertions
In the navy as a whole Is greatly In
creased by the number of desertions in
the messmcn branch stewards, cooks and
attendants for officers' messes. This Is the
only branch In the navy In which a man
who Is not a citizen of the United States
can enlist, and contributes but slightly to
the fighting efficiency, the men being sta
tioned for battle as mere passers of am
munition. Desertion In this branch re
solves Itself Into the "servant question,"
one which Is not wholly confined to the
naval service.
Despite all the electrical devices, warn
ings, combinations, timelocks and other
protection surrounding the millions of dol
lars of the United States in the big vaults
of the treasury, expert cracksmen and
safe men would have an easy time get
ting to the money but for the watchmen
who guard the Immense treasure through
the long hours of the night. In the day
time the watchfulness Is exercised by reg
ular clerks of t.ie financial establishment
that Uncle Sam operates.
The treasury watch force consists of
seventy-nine men, Including two lieuten
ants. Captain II. A. Cobaugh, the cap
tain of the force, makes a total of eighty.
The force Is divided Into two reliefs.
The day relief, from 8 o'clock In the
morning until 4 o'clock In the afternoon,
consists of Just fifteen men besides the
captain.. The duties of the men in the
day are chiefly as doorkeepers. They
have no responsibility In connection with
the $1,176,500,000 of cash and United States
bonds that are on deposit In the vaults.
At all of the doors and entrances they
are stationed to keep watch over the hun
dreds of visitors, to preserve order, keep
out peddlers, sharpers, swindlers and
ticket sellers. The rules of the treasury
prevent ticket selling and any form of
canvassing or other molestation that will
take up the time of employes.
At 4 o'clock In the afternoon, half an
hour before the busy thousands leave their
desks for their homes, another relief
comes on duty and remains until mid
night. This relief consists of thirty-two
men. Including one lieutenant. The mid
night relief consists of exactly the same
number of men, headed by a lieutenant,
while at any hour of the night Captain
Cobaugh is liable to drop In to ascertain
how things are going and to receive report.
Shortly after 4:30 o'clock every door In
the big department Is closed except the
main one, fronting on Fifteenth street.
The doors are fastened with the Immense
locks that have been upon them for so
many years, and between these doors and.
the outside Is a heavy Iron grating that
Is securely locked.
There Is not much attempt made to fasten
the windows, as there would be some
difficulty In getting to them except by
climbing over the Iron fences surrounding
the treasury grounds. Such a perform
ance would , attract attention on the
streets.
With all the doors closed except one,
doorkeepers are not needed, and the entire
force of eLch relief, with the exception of
a reserve of four or five men on duty near
the main door, is stationed In the north
pWt of the building, where all the money
vaults are situated. Armed with the latest
pattern 38-calibre army pistol and within
quick reach of Krag-Jorgensen rifles, the
watch force over millions keep silent vigil.
There Is no chance to go to sleep, as each
watchman must signal his presence at his
post every fifteen minutes during the night,
and the Ueutenait on duty keeps a record
of these signals.
If a man should go as long as five min
utes beyond tha time for turning In his
signal, some of the reserve men would
start at once for his post and quickly
make n Investigation. It is seldom that
this occurs.
t'aaeeonntable Perversity.
j San Francisco Chronicle.
Most sensible people believe that drag
ging a long dress train along a dirty pave
ment Is a filthy habit, and would be glad
If the doctors, who say that It Is a souroe
of unhealthfulness, could convince women
that it Is a dangerous practice. They will
hardly succeed, however, as there Is some
thing Implanted In the breast of most of
fenders which makes them reject the sug
gestions of decency and common sense.
A Simple Remedy.
Baltimore American.
It Is said that a number of subtreaaurlea
In the west are suffering from a surplus
of sliver. There are plenty of pat riot lo
and public-minded philanthropists In every
section of the land who would be only too
glad to relieve the gpernment of any sur
plus In any old specie, and are ready at a
moment's notice to come to their country's
aid.
Clear Case of Discrimination.
Washington Post.
The Civil Service board of the Engineer
ing department of the army has decided
that an official must not be placed In a
position where he Is required to give or
ders to his wife or where she can give or
ders to him. This looks like a clear doe
of discrimination In favor of the arkiy.
STATE PRESS COMMENT.
Arapahoe Public Mirror: Governor
Mickey has vetoed more bills, we believe,
than any other governor ever did, but
the fact Is patent that he had more Ill
advised laws to work on.
Custer County Republican: The news
paper men enter Into a contract with the
railroad compsnls as with Individuals to
do a certsln class of sdvertlslng for them
snd receive as compensation therefor
transportation for themselves snd reduced
rates for members of their family snd of
fice help. It Is strictly a business prop
osition snd the attempt to make It appear
as a bribe Is without Just cause.
Petwsburg Index: The Uncoln Stsr In
sists that the reign of anarchy and con
stitution breaking for which The Be has
arraigned our lawmakers, excutlves and
Judges Is an anarchy under which the state
has waxed grent and therefore cannot be
so bad after all. But would not Nebraska
be making more progress and enjoying far
greater prosperity under a regime of re
spect for law and strict observance of the
constitution?
Friend Telegraph: The time has arrived
In the politics of Nebraska when every can
didate for legislative honors, regardless of
party, must stand up before his consti
tuents and pledge that during his term of
ofTlco he will not accept a railroad pass or
other valuable thing from any railroad cor
poration. The time has passed In which
the people can longer be fooled into sup
porting the tools of corporations under the
guise of standing by tha party.
Stanton Register ((fern.): We cannot
help but smile at the way the legisla
ture tied Itself up with the railroads and
by so doing released Senator Burkett from
his pledge to vote for freight rate reg
ulations. The legislative action Is all that
Burkett needs to allow him to do as he
pleases. There was nothing to regulate
In Nebraska, consequently the national
freight rates are all O. K., see? Perhaps
the legislature will set up the plea made
by a certain preacher In pioneer days when
caught playing "penny ante" by members'
of his flock. "Do not do as I do, but as
I tell you," Is probably what the state
law makers will say to Burkett
Schuyler Free Lance: Another r'eoe of
legislative anarchy la making six commis
sioners of the supreme court In direct
violation of the constitution and thus our
highest court of Justice profits by such
outrageous proceedings. We notice that
N. D. Jackson, a member of the senate.
Is appointed as one of the commissioners,
which Is another violation of constitution
as he Is forbidden to hold any other office
of trust or profit during his legislative
term. Resigning does not alter the In
tent and purpose of the constitution. And
In this case Jackson was one who as
sisted In getting through the measure,
which makes his appointment worse.
When our supreme court Is made up of
such timber we are getting in serious
condition.
Blue Springs Sentinel: The Omaha and
Lincoln dally papers have contained nu
merous supposed Interviews upon the
authorship of the anti-cigarette bill since
it became a law. One representative at
Omaha, himself a cigarette fiend, going so
far as to say that local tobacco manu
facturers were connected with Its author
ship. We will set at rest its author.
ship for all time. The editor Is Its author
absolutely. The section which the trust
fought so hard to defeat, we sought
eminent legal advice as to Its construction
nnd constitutionality. We. have no
hesitancy in saying that we believe the
law will stand the test of the courts. The
trust did everything in Its power to de
feat the measure. It tried to steal it at
every turn possible and even charged Its
author with 'laying down" In order to
alelnate Its friends in the senate. The
bill was certainly one of the hardest fought
measures of the session in the senate.
where the fight was centered.
Holdrege Progress: The last on fhe list
of "has-beens" to embark In journalism is
Mr. George W. Berr late fusion candidate
for governor of Nebraska. According to
the dally papers Mr. Berge will launch at
Lincoln the Weekly Tribune. The daily
I'lrsa uiou quotes Mr. ierge as declaring
that the policy of the Tribune will be along
the line of political reform indicated In his
speeches during last fall's gubernatorial
campaign. The Progress wishes Mr. Berge
every success in his new undertaking; the
field for hU proposed line of work is large
and open and full of fascination so long as
there are enough who will materially en
dorse the course to make the work pay ex
penses, but It does become exceedingly mo
notonous and discouraging when chronlo
offlceseekers of the party become so raven
ous that they have no further Interest in
the paper than to run it as a political slush
mill during the campaign to further their
own seltlsh ends. We hope that Mr. Berge
may never encounter these breakers, that
have wrecked nearly every reform paper In
the state.
"Ashland Gazette: We could not help
taking note' of the unsusceptlbllity of the
newspaper men to the seductive wiles of
the pass In what we have personally ob
served within the last twelve months.
Last May the railroads carried the Ne
braska Press association, consisting of
editors and their wives, to the exposition
at St. Louis entirely free of charge. At
the exposition "bribes," otherwise called
'courtesies," were freely extended by the
exposition management. In fact, they
were given with a lavish hand. Admission
to the exposition was free; all the attrac
tions on the Pike were open without
money and without price; rides on the In
tramural railway were had for the mere
asking, and a very liberal concession as
to rates was made by the Inside Inn. But
these things did not disturb the Indepen
dence of the. editors. They went home,
many of them, to regulate railway rates
and taxation in a way not exactly to the
liking of the railroads; they toll f ,h
monstrous extortion of the ln-,i j... . .
they spok of "graft" at Pt. I. ,.
left the Impression that th wh I .xj . , .
tlon scheme wss merely a rlnsi
splracy to extort money from the iiin c nt
and gullible public
PKRSOVSI. SOTES.
Mary Ann Crahtre. mother of Ia.i1 t,i .
retired actress, died In New York on Tn. .
day. During th ntlr. forty yars of t ;ss
life of Lotta her mother always a.-.,
panied her.
From the wild ton of Castro's drfUn rj
which he Is hurling at the United Sun
It Is sitjiarcnt thnt h has not heard t.i
"Fighting Bob"' Evans Is In command , f
a large fleet.
It Is reported that with the president s
party at Deep Red creek is a photogr.iphi-r
who Is taking pictures "to Illustrate (, ,
article which the president will write con
cerning the hunt." There's a treat In st,n,
for the Xllsclples t the strenuous then.
The Scots of Chicago are plaunliiic a
rousing reception to James Dalrymplo,
manager of the Glasgow municipal ralhv iv
system, who has accepted Mayor Dunne's
Invitation to come to Chicago and give ad
vice on the plan for municipal ownership
there. Mr. Dalrymple will arrive n.t
month. v
The Kansas City Journal observes, as a
sure sign of spring, that "Tinker led .fr
for the Cubs and osoned. Evers slammed
a clean single to left and went to third en
Ktlng's solitaire to the same place. KIIhk
purloined second. Tfeffer sauntered on four
wide ones, and the 'To Let' signs wore
pulled down from all the bases."
Perhaps one of the most important col
lections of books outside of the library of
congress, relating to the workings of the
government. Is that connected with th
office of L. C. Ferrell, superintendent of
public documents, Washington. The library
Is said to contain nearly 70,000 documents
and maps, many of which are of gnat
value.
This Is how the New York bike cop Is
now supposed to hold up the speeding au
tomobile: "I beg your pardon. I really
hate to do this. I wish It were my nlsht
oft and another man were In my boots;
but you will have to come to the station
with me. You have violated the speed or
dinance. You were going twenty miles nn
hour. I tlmod you on my little stop-watch."
Land Grabbers Face a Jury.
Philadelphia Record.
Senator Mitchell Is now on trial for land
frauds. Both the congressman from Ore
gon, a former land commissioner, a stute
senator, a land office receiver and a clergy
man are among the perspns awaiting trial
at the present term of court, or are among
the fifty eminently respectable citizens who
have Just been Indicted, some of whom are
from Oregon and some from Washington.
This Is about as distinguished a lot of
prisoners at the bar as have been seen In
one bunch since the whisky ring and tho
star route frauds.
WHITTLED TO A POIST.
"You paid thnt man a great compliment
when you elected him to office."
"Yes," answered Farmer Corntossel, "nn
tho compliment sort o' started a hnblt.
He has expected everything complimentary
ever since." Washington Star.
Mrs. Watkyns Mr. Harrison is very free
In his speech, Isn't he?
Mrs. Wylkvns I don't know. He never
ventured to sav anything in any way ob
jectionable to me. Somerville Journul. ,
Oil Magnate Ah, my boy, a millionaire s
position is n hard one.
1 Skeptical Friend As to how?
Oil Magnate If I hoard my wealth, they
sny I'm a skinflint, and If I give money
awny they soy 1 am trying to ease my
guilty conscience. Louisville Courier-Jour
nal.
Relative Amanda Is trying to do some
thing with her voice. Is she?
Amanda's Father Yes; Jon't know ex
actly what, but from what It's costing me
I ifuspect she's having it treated for ap
pendicitis. Chicago Tribune.
"Here Is nn eastern editor who says you
can buy today a whole gallon of kerosene
for the price of one drink of boose."
"I wonder If that's a plea for dearer oil
or cheaper booze." Cleveland Plain Deuler.
"We are constantly being misquoted by
the newspapers," said the professor.
"Yes," answered his wife. I am getting
so thut every time I see a clever remark
attributed to you I take it for granted
that the Interview Is not genuine." Wash
ington Star.
Bess Which do men like to make love
to the most little girls or toll glrjs?
Jess Well, It's th Shorts that you always
hear of as getting squeezed. Cleveland
Leader.
ClI'lD DEFEATED.
Printers' Ink.
A half re"n' t bachelor. wltU quite a
pile of rocks.
Dropped In one day beside the way, and
Dought a pair of socks.
Arrived at home m 'untie joy! he won-
dertngly drew out
A note deep Ilium 1) 1.1 ihe hose from some
fair hand, no doubt.
"I'm twenty years . of age,".,lt ead, "and
called a country seile.
With you I'd like to correpond-i-if you will
never tell;
My object mutrlmony is, and yours, I hope,
the same:
If you'll Hddress me I'll respond." And
then she wrote her name.
un lire wun nnpa, uie tmunaiuf inm v.-i y
evening wrjte,
And folded bis epistle with a kiss Inshlt
the note.
Sly Cupid lias him In his mesh no very
clever catoh.
For, after all, quite foolish Is a half re
pentant bach.
.
But, oh, how sheepish did' he feel, when
from the fair unknown
This answer came, to quench his flame:
"An old maid I have grown!
Alas! 'twas forty years ago 1 planned that
fond surprise,
Defeated by a heartless wretch who
wouldn't advertise!"
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