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WHEN oirr Of TOWN.
crlbera leaviuai tfca city ten.
yorarily should have Tha Baa
mailed to tbem. It is better than
dally letter from borne. Ad
dress will be chssged aa oftsa as
ranested.
The cane part of the Fourth of July
Celebration should ' begin several Uuj-s
ahead.
The summer resort managers aud the
feather mau will have to pull together
a Mttle better to get results.
BeveYal kinks In the new direct
primary law will have to be stralght
ined out before the September primaries..
If the peace envoys do not hurry, the
condition in Poland may press for at
tention more urgently than that in Man
churia.
ItU"ftlan experts say General Llne
rttch's position is desperate. But think
ot what it would be were there no talk
Of stopping the war. r
AS Senator Mitchell listens to the tes
timony of his former secretary he may
realize that it is worse to lose one's
temper than bis fortune.
Perhaps . that drop In the Pawes
county assessment represents only the
shrinkage in value of the fences illegally
erected on government land.
Judging by the uuinber of resignations
still being filed, places on the board of
directors of the Equitable Life society
are not as valuable as formerly.
Judge Harmon Is "mentioned" as
democratic candidate for governor of
Ohio! That letter to Attorney General
Moody seems '-to have produced quick
results.
An Increase of between $-',500,000 to
$3,000,000 in the totals of the county as
sessment is another straw that points
the direction of Omaha's growth and
prosperity.
coxrnoL or trvst comtaxies
TLe growth of trust companies In this
country wltlilu the last few years aud
the InrKe part they are playing in finan
cial affairs has created a sentiment,
shared ty those connected with these
Institutions, that Ihey should be sub
jected to some such supervision and
regulation by the federal government as
it exercises over the national banks,
in a recent address before bankers and
trust company oiliccrs of Massachusetts,
the president of a St. Louis trust com
pany urged federal control of such cor
porations, lie 'said that if the growth
of the trust companies continues In the
next ten years as it has in the past they
will rival in point of actual resources
the national banking system of the
country. He pointed out that the re
Sources of the trust companies of the
United States now aggregate more than
$3.2ro,(Kio,(XN1 which Is over '23 per cent
of the banking power of the country
and practically 10 per cent of the bank
ing power of the world.
This showing of the great financial
strength that has boeu attnlned by the
trust companies was regarded by Presi
dent Wade of the St. Louis company as
Justifying the suggestion of Secretary
Shaw that these companies should have
the privilege of incorporating under fed
eral law and be subject to such regula
tion and supervision by the general gov
ernment as would naturally be con
nected with such an arrangement.
Those who are not In sympathy with the
existing tretid In favor of federal su
pervision of all the Instrumentalities
engaged In financial and commercial
operations among the states will not ap
prove of this proposition. One commen
tator observes that it would be no ad-
antage to the country to have the trust
compnnles Incorporated under federal
law or subject to government regulation,
so far as employing their resources legit
imately is concerned, and it might be a
disadvantage to the Institutions and to
the commercial communities which it is
their chief business to serve. Perhaps if
these institutions did not increase be-
ond their present proportions it would
be. ns well to let them remain as they
re, but If they go on increasing in flnan
lal resources and power as they have
done during the last ten years they may
become within another decade a control
ling factor In the business of the nation
nd ought to bo subject to a more care
ful supervision and regulation than at
present. Unquestionably the trust com
panies have been serviceable io the in
dustrial and commercial interests of the
country. They have demonstrated .their
usefulness and doubtless will continue
to do so, but It is quite conceivable that
they may in time attain such a power In
the financial and business affairs of the
country as would render expedient their
subjection to federal supervision and
regulation and certainly no harm can be
done by providing for this at an early
day, If it can be done, rather than to
wait until the trust companies have be
come so formidable' that they may be
ble to defeat such a policy if not ac
ceptable to them. "" .
There is a pretty general sentiment in
favor of placing life insurance com
panies under federal supervision and
egulatlon. , It would seein to be quite
as expedient to do this with the trust
companies.
ThRt the .Apaches under . tJeronlrao
harbor a desire to return to Arizona is
another proof that association with pale
facet does not always raise the Ideals
of, the Indian.
Another building has collapsed while
In course of construction in New York
Gotham builders will soon be placed on
the extra hazardous list by accident in
aurance companies.
The printed volume of 11105 Nebraska
session laws Is long overdue. How can
people be expected to live up to the
legislative edicts If they have no means
of finding out what they are
Should the rumor from the east that
Paul Morton will accept but $50,000 of
that $130,000 salary voted htm, prove
true he should not lack for volunteers
willing to relieve him of the difference.
If that American company in pursuit
of Yaquls across the Mexican border
accomplishes its purpose residents of
the Southwest will doubtless gladly as
sum responsibility for any lnteruatloua
complications which may follow the in
vatlon.
The reply of Germany to the French
Moroccan note Is said to be firm, and
Buasla sees a German diplomatic vie
tory. At misery loves company, the
other nations will not condole with
France until the Issue is made up.
Why should our Nebraska deputy
labor commissfoner bother himself about
finding harvest bands for Kansas. One
would naturally suppose that that duty,
If It devolves upon any public author
iry,' would belong to the Kansas labor
bureau officials.
graduated, and, second, by reason of
more exacting requirements.
The transition from purely profes
sional education, leading up to the col
lege and university, to an education
that will fit high school graduates for
a commercial life, is as marked In
Omaha as it is in Chicago, and the
progress made within the past year In
that direction holds out the promise
highly gratifying to the parents of
Omaha High school pupils, as well as
the community at large. In many
respects Superintendent Iavldson holds
the same views regarding the revision
of the high school course that are held
by Superintendent Cooloy of Chicago
and other wide-awake, up-to-date educa
tors, who are ready to adapt the course
of Instruction to modern conditions.
rAXAMA CASAL WUl'BLKS.
The reported resignation of the chief
engineer of the Panama canal indicates
further trouble in connection with the
enterprise, very likely, as intimated,
growing out of differences between the
engineer and the commission. It is an
unfortunate fact that from the outset
there has been want of harmony among
the men charged with the administration
of canal affairs, the necessary effect of
which has been to retard progress. The
efforts of I"resldent Hoosevelt aud Sec
retary Taft to remedy conditions are
shown not to have been wholly success
ful, the retirement of Engiueer Wallace
being really the most serious circum
stance that has yet happened, for it will
not be an altogether easy matter to find
a man of equal ability for the position.
That the president, upon whom rests
the responsibility of pushing forward
the work of the canal, will find a way
to put nn end to the evident friction
that exists, is not to be doubted, but in
the meantime there wjM be more or less
delay, which of eomeans waste in
money as well as nffie. While members
of the commission are at odds, as seems
to be the case, nothing practical will be
done, yet outlay goes on. It is nn un
fortunate situation and appears to very
conclusively show that the president's
recommendation to congress at the last
session should have been acted upon.
Had it been It Is probable that the
trouble which has arisen would not have
come. However, the great undertaking,
whatever delays may happen, will be
steadily pursued. It may not be com
pleted within the prescribed time and it
may cost a great deal more than has
been estimated, but the canal will be
constructed, whatever the time required
and the cost involved. Perhaps the next
congress will be better disposed than
was the last one to favorably consider
such recommendations regarding the
great undertaking ns the president may
make.
WHAT OCR HIGH SCHOOLS ARK DOIXO
The graduating class of the Chicago high
schools this year Is the largest in the
history of the schools. The 1,200 graduates
leave school thoroughly prepared for col
lege or well equipped for professional or
commercial life.
Five years ago tho tendency in the
schools was more favorable to professional
than to commercial life. The majority of
the graduates looked forward to careers
as teachers or to a course in college.
Comparatively few met- the expectations
of business men as to qualifications for
successful business careers.
It was found that only about 32 per cent
of the pupils of the first .year class in the
high schools completed the course. For
example, in September, 1896, there were
S.574 pupils In the first year class. In June,
189, fo.ir years later, there were 1,160. Of
the graduates that year only 26 per cent
were boys.
The reports show that 60 1er cent of the
pupils entering high school In any given
year dropped out In the first two' years
and that the majority of those who dropped
out were boys. Most of these left school
to entar commercial life. Not a few left
the high school for thorough preparation
for the larger universities.
In revising the high school course these
facts had an Important influence. . More
attention was given to the first two years
of the course for the benefit of those who
were compelled to leave school. More at
tention was given also to work In commer
cial subjects, the pupils having opportunity
to pursue either the classical or a practical
commercial course, and care was taken to
give one and two-year pupils In high
schools the full benefit of whatever time
they spent .In the schools.
At the same time, for those who elected
to lake It, the classical course was made
In every particular a preparation for col
lege. The changes made undoubtedly in
creased the popularity of our high schools.
Business men complained less of the Inade
quate knowledge of F.ngllsh and mathe
matics among high school graduates.
There was greater satisfaction among
parents as to the thorough preparation of
their children for college. Most particu
larly was there greater interest among
boys In the commercial as well as in- the
classical course. Aa. a result, we have this
year a larger graduating class than usual.
The time was when a high school gradua
tion certificate was no recommendation to
an applicant for position In a business
nouse. it Is now, and at the same time
it Is an entrance certificate to the best
colleges and universities. Chicago Inter
ocean.
Omaha also has had the largest high
school graduating class in its history
this year. In ratio to population, the
Omaha High school graduating class of
105 outstrips that of Chicago as two
and one-half to one. Estimating the
population of Chicago to be 2,i00,0o)
aud that of Omaha 115,000, the 1,200
graduates of Chicago High schools rep
resent one out of every l.titifl of Its pop
ulation, while Omaha's 175 graduates
stand as one out of 0.17. The diver
fence tietween Omaha and Chicago may
reauuy ie accounted for ou two
grounds: First, that a much larger per
centage of Chicago's population Is made
up of the lowest paid wage workers,
who cannot afford to keep their children
la the high schools until they have
AKW BULK FOR BASK DIRECTORS-
It is a pretty well established fact
that many bank directors are not as
well Informed in regard to the affairs
of the institutions with which they are
connected as they should 1h. The comp
troller of the currency proposes to re
quire them to be better acquainted with
the business under their direction and
with this view he has issued an order
directing that whenever a letter Is sent
from his office calling attention to er
rors, derelictions or Imprudence, the re
ply shall in all cases be signed by every
one of the directors. The practice has
been for the president or cashier to sign
such letters, promising to correct the
faults complained of from the office of
the comptroller of the currency faults
which in many cases the bank directors
probably were not aware of.
This will not answer hereafter and it
is not to be doubted that the require
ment of the comptroller of the currency
will have a salutary effect. As the Phil
adelphia Inquirer observes, It is an ef
fort to make bank directors direct, and
if it has the effect of driving off stool-
pigeons from boards and making in
cumbents more thorough in their investi
gation of the details of business it will
have accomplished a great good.: At any
rntevit will have the effect of making all
directors responsible and make it Impos
sible to set' up thp easy-going plea of
Ignorance. It is nn order which bank
directors cannot reasonably object to
and which bank officers should approve
as calculated to inspire public confi
dence.
First district to the list of offices nnmed
in the regular election proclamation for
November.
A memlxT of the Kelchstag has been
sentenced to three mouths in prison for
criticizing the action of the German
army in China. It Is luck for some
American writers that lese majesty is
not an offense recognized by the extra
dition treaties.
Our amiable popocratic contemporary
applauds the criminal prosecution of
blackmailing lawyers In New York, but
here In Omaha, It lends aid and comfort
to blackmailers of every description
and calling.
la the Bnalness to Stay.
Washlnston Post.
Secretary Taft wants It distinctly under
stood thnt he will not seriously consider
any tip to retire from artive politics unless
It comes from the republican convention
In 1908.
Reciprocal PrlTlleges.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The War department has made the
horrifying discovery that there Is nothing
in the law to prevent a civilian from wear
ing the uniform of the army. Well, is there
any law to prevent army officers from
wearing civilian hand-me-downs?
Hail to the Stork.
New York Tribune.
Forecasts of the results of the census
now being taken Indicate that New York
has the highest birthrate of any city In
the union. With 2.000 babes born a week
In New Tork, and a birthrate of probably
thirty-two to the thousand, the Empire
City Is advancing at an Imperial rate as
to population.
Idc
la Rudely Shattered.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Civics and commerce are to be substi
tuted for music nnd cooking In the school
course. Just as It was being proved for
our satisfaction that music and cooking
were producing a race of people with lovely
Ideals and good digestion, we have to have
our prospects ruined by politicians and
push-cart peddlers. Bad!
Summer Activity In Graft.
Chicago Chronicle.
Another crop of land swindles in New
Mexico and wholesale grafting In Indian
Territory are signs that the usual sum
mer activity In those regions has not been
delayed by unseasonable weather. When
we contemplate the long and unbroken
series of steals and swindles which have
been perpetrated upon the government In
the southwest it can only be deemed cause
for thankfulness that the New Mexican
experts have not turned their attention to
high finance. Blgelow and Oasklll would
look like children beside them.
Generosity of the Sngar Trust.
Portland Oregonian.
The Sugar trust lopped off 10 cents per
hundred on the price of sugar yesterday.
The decline, coming at a time when
there Is an unusual demand for tho
great staple for preserving purposes,
would have been somewhat mystifying had
people failed to remember that the trust
Is beginning to feel the alleged necessity
for crushing out the competition of an In
dependent company which is widening Its
swath In the Pacific coast field. A de
cline in the price of sugar or oil should
never be taken as an evidence of generosity
on the part of the skillful manipulators
who control such a large share of the
world's supply of those important commodities.
John Ball Laughs Last.
San Francisco Chronicle.
During the' Boer war German military
critics had considerable fun criticising the
blunders committed by the British com
manders and In showing how easy It Is
to put down undisciplined Insurgents when
a military commander understands his
business. It Is now the British military
critics' turn to retaliate on the Germans,
for the latter's efforts to suppress the na
tive Insurrection In German Southwest
Africa are meeting with 111 success. The
garrison at Warmbad, the German head
quarters, was recently massacred to A man
and the place destroyed and the rebellion
Is said to bo spreading, while typhoid fever
Is reducing the German troops elsewhere
In the colony, to the discredit of the medi
cal corps.
Work that Counts.
Success Magazine.
Make It a rule to go to your work every
morning fresh and vigorous. Tou can not
afford to take hold of the task upon which
your life's success rests with the tips ot
your fingers. You can not afford to bring
only a fraction of yourself to your work.
You want to go to It a whole man, fresh,
strong and vigorous, so that It will be spon
taneous, not forced; buoyant, not heavy
You want to go to your work with creative
energy, and originality possessed of a
strong, powerful individuality. If you go
to It with Jaded faculties and a sense of
lassitude, after a night's dissipation or loss
of sleep, it will inevitably suffer. Every
thing you do will bear the impress of weak
ness, and there Is no success or satisfaction
In weakness.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Our estimable contemporary, the Lin
coin Journal, mildly reproves the Colum
bia News bureau, which has recently
been organized to conduct the educa
tional campaign for the railroads, for
making two misstatements. One of
these is that the government is trying
to establish rates and distance tariffs
and the other that the Journal has
adopted the views of the railroads.
There Is still auother mistake the
Journal should have corrected. The Co
lumbia News bureau remarks that It is
a little surprising to see that the Journal,
which always has been a champion of
government rate regulation, has adopted
certain views. The Columbia News
bureau is a recent Importation into Ne
braska or it would have known that
the Journnl has not always been in
favor of railroad regulation. On the
contrary, the Journal started out as a
rampant rallrosd organ and continued as
such for more than twenty-five years.
Its conversion to nntl-mouopoly princi
ples was brought alout by the Intrusion
of D. E. Thompson into the domain of
polities and Journalism. While its pres
ent attitude on the paramount issue of
the hour Is commendable and gratifying
to the friends of popular government,
it was not always thus.
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report from
the United
HOI SI) AROIT SEW YORK.
Ripples on the t orrent of 1.1 fe In the
Metropolis.
If "charity covers a multitude of sins.'
as Is claimed for It, New Yorkers should
stand in tor a good slice of salvation
An Investigation conducted by the Even
ing Tost shows that last year, in Indi
vidual beneficences alone, counting only
tnose of more than tTxACOO. cltliens of
Greater New York gave to public uses
almost $:-0,0iO.000. For 1906 the amounts
allowed for charities by the Board of Es
tlmate arc:
Supplies, medicines, cofflns. etc.. and
repairs to building for paupers.. I 11S.600
municipal lodging
62S.fH
17. Vii)
65.0UO
1,500
12.000
614,800
1,000
Admlnlstra tlon
house rent, etc
Clothing, ambulances, etc
Poor adult blind
Allowance for veteran on Memo
rial day
Burial of veteran soldiers of tho
armies of the l and of pau
pers and for headstone
Bellevue and allied hospitals
Open air concerts for city depend
ents For deaf and dumb, blind and fee.
ble-minded 173,237
To those Items must be added these
from the Board of Health allowances
Hospital fund $ 147.6
Medical school Inspection, salaries. 149,(nYt
eupport of ambulance service 24,8i0
Then there are the new buildings, ex
tensions and Improvements f,or Bellevue
and Gouvernur hospitals (tS.OOO.OOO) :
Appropriation this vear H.lUn.ono
New Harlem hospital 800,000
volunteer nremen veterans and
their widow and orphans ll.&iiO
Cost of committing Insane persons. 8,000
Brooklyn Disciplinary Training
school 48.000
There are besides 127 charitable Institu
tions carried on by benevolent citizens
and societies. When these are managed
by persons without salary or compensa
tion of any kind, the municipality con
tributes to the cost of maintenance by
appropriating for each Infant, each de
pendent or delinquent child, each Inmate
Of a home for fallen women, each ma
ternity case, each case of free medical
or surgical treatment, and for each In
curable or Infirm patient In any such
house or hospital, special sums 38 cents
a day for Infants, 12 a week for dependent
children, 118 for every maternity case, $110
a year for each fallen woman who Is be
ing cared for, and so on. ' Appropriations
from municipal funds for these 127 dis
pensaries, homes for friendless, hospitals,
convents, asylums, missions, Infirmaries,
sanitaria and the rest of those places of
mercy, Italian, Irish, German, Methodist,
Catholic, Anglican, Swedish appropriations
for these this year reach the splendid total
Of ,09S,356.
Thus this year's grand total for munici
pal charities will be:
Board of Charities and Bellevue
and allied hospitals $2,5!2.290
Board of Health hospitals 3:il,396
Paid to private institutions 8.09S.3.'i6
Miscellaneous 6H.600
For additions and Improvements of
hospitals 1.760,000
Grand total, 1906 17,840,642
Undoubtedly all records will be broken
In this summer's ruhh abroad. Already the
number for 1905 Is nearlng the half mark
of the total of 1904 and the annual rush
to Europe has only begun.
The figures up to two weeks ago had
passed the 60,000 mark. It can be safely
said that the total now Is at least 80,000.
The present bookings will Increase this by
30,000 by the middle of July. Add to this
the figures for August and September and
the rest of the year and it will be easily
seen that 1906 will go beyond the 200,000
mark.
For the last six years the New York
transatlantic paBsengcr traffic has been in
creasing steadily. In only one year of the
six have the figures fallen behind the pre
ceding., year. In that case the preceding
year happened to be 1900, the year of the
Paris exposition, when 190,537 persons sailed
from that port. In 1S99 the number of pas
sengers In eastbound ships was 164,286. Last
summer the bookings aggregated 190,348.
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family medicine. Among them
we might mention sarsaparilla root,
yellow dock root, stillingia root, buck
thorn bark, senna leaves, burdock root, cimi
cifuga root, cinchona bark, Phytolacca root.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla is certainly a medicine, a
genuine medicine, a doctor's medicine.
Hsae by tb 1. O. Aye Co., La wall, Vw.
Also snntsator.rs of
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Governor Mickey's determination not
to recall his proclamation for a special
election in the First Nebraska district
makes it necessary to wait till some
later time to test the purely academic
question whether a governor has a legal
right to rescind an election call. Should
the courts declare the call illegal, there
would be no need of rescinding It. all It
would require would be the addition of
a congressman to fill vacancy In the
According to the latest
Washington any citlten of
States may. without fear of prosecution,
wear the uniform of a lieutenant general
of the army If he can afford the uniform.
Paul Deroulede, the old French Irrecon
cilable, duel'.st and journalist, who was
banished from France for ten years, Is to
be Included In the general amnesty which
will be granted on the occasion of the
French national festival July 14, the anni
versary of the fall of the Bastlle.
George Auger, the giant from Cardiff,
Wales, recently on exhibition with Barnum
& Bailey's circus, Is a freak who. will tes
tify to the drawbacks of the life he leads.
In his own words, "It's no joke to be a
giant." Auger Is only 23 years of age, yet
he has attained a height of seven feet
eight Inches.
Andrew Carnegie is a cltlien of more
towns than anyone else. He has received
the freedom of almost every city In Eng
land and Scotland for which he has con
tributed a free library or other Institution.
He will soon require a museum to accom
modate the caskets containing parchment
rolls of his citizenship.
Robert Rogers, one of the two remaining
boer prisoners in Ceylon, left for Holland
last month, having been four and a half
years on the Island. The British govern
ment has warned him that this permission
does not imply that the prohibition of his
return to south Africa will be canceled, as
he has not yet taken the oath of alle
glance.
Baron Fersen. captain of the Russian
cruiser Ixumrud, who reports to the cxar
to having blown up his vessel rather than
have it fall Into the hands of the Japa
nese. has Just that sort of blood in his
veins. For he is one of that family of
highland Macphersona who settled In
Sweden, where they dropped the "Mac,
called themselves Fersen. and afterward
overflowed Into Russia, where they rose
to high positions. The most Illustrious of
the line was that Field Marshal Count von
Fersen, who entered the French service
and played a considerable role In the life
of Marie Antoinette.
Charles F. Murphy, head of Tammany
hall, Is now quite as great a nabob as his
predecessor, Richard Croker. He moved to
his new country place down on Long inland
a few days ago, carrying with him all the
accessories of social greatness a string of
horses, two automobiles, a yacht, a troop
of servants and many other things regard
ing which he did not even dream twenty
years ago, when he was .conductor on a
horse' car. Said one who has known him
for many years: "He does not need a
knife when he eats his plo nowadays, and
it is said that he can make a salad dress
ing all by himself. Croker never made
such progress In the time."
If the high birth rate In New York City
continues to increase at the present speed
It will be necessary to declare an open
season on the stork. At the very least
there will be no occasion to offer baby
bounties. The health department announces
that the birth rate of New York has now
risen to about 31 per 1,000 and is higher
than any other city In the United States.
Iust year the birth rate was 30 per 1,000.
The prospect now Is that the rate In 1906
will be 32 per 1,000. According to political
economists the ideal standard birth rate Is
30 per 1,000. Anything above that Is gilt
edged and entitles a community to the
choicest encomiums In President Roose
velt's vocabulary.
A young married woman out for an air
ing In Central park took a seat on a bench
along the west drive, where an aged
negress sat minding a bow-legged picka
ninny. Presently the old darkey called the
child something which sounded to the white
woman like Exy.
'Exy?" she said, "that's a queer name
for a baby, Isn't it. Auntie?"
"Dat ain't her full name." explained the
old negress with pride, "dat's Jes' de pet
name I got fer her fer short. Pat chile
got a mighty fancy soundin' name. Her
maw dat's my daughter picked it out fer
her In a medicine book. Yessum, de chile's
full name Is Ecsema."
Vnlhlnv In more lnrilmtfVA of the
changed conditions of the Bowery than the
announcement that "Mike" Lvons' famous
rataiirnnt lit to h. closed hereafter at S
o clock at nlgnt. A few years ago uyona
place was tne popular rtnaezvous ior poii
iieinn. eltv officials and nlnht rounders
When President Roosevelt was police com
missioner he ate tnere orten, ana unester
a Arthur before his rtresldentlal term
r.ia4 It mrl of headauarters. Then came
the Parkhurst crusade. The end or tne
Bowery was beginning. The wave or re
form that was then started never ceased
moving and rolled relentlessly on. until to
Av fnme. the Nlvn In the akv that the end
has come. The street which once never
Vnit what It kii to slevn Is deserted
after midnight, and Mike Lyons' restau
rant Will Be closed during tne nours wnen
the Bowery once throbbed with life and
crime.
FORMER AM. IE IX REFORM.
Populists Called tirnfters anil Dfino-
ocrsU Denooneed as Frands.
Schuyler Free I.ance,
It was the official records ot the fusion
officials when In power that wrecked the
party In Nebraska and the Independent
under Tibbies' editorial management ever
upheld and endorsed that record.
The railroad question was the chief Issue
with the populist party In the state and the
party failed to accomplish anything In that
line, due to Its loaders and not to tho rank
and file which alone Is guilty as it clung
to those leaders and became simply pup
pets. The men elected to office by the party
proved to be tho rankest kind of corpora
tion tools, while pretending to be re
formers and for the people. Not only did
they fail to legislate, but the whole bunch
were pass grabbers and the fusion state
board assessed the railroads lower even
than did the republicans ahead of them.
All this was known by the Independent
management and yet not only did they fail
to remonstrate or protest, but worse yet,
tried by false statements to mislead the
people as to the work and record of the
fusion office-holding contingency.
As rank a piece of work was the oil In
spection under J. H. Edmlsten as chief and
yet that fellow was boomed for governor
by the Independent.
We might go on and enumerate the short
comings of the fusion office holders, but It
was never protested against by the Inde
pendent which ever talked to the people
as if there was a great set of reformers
In charge of the state government.
The Interest grabbing of Treasurer Ml-
serve, the fee-grabbing by Secretary of
State Porter, the railroad pass grabbing
by the whole bunch and the general failure
to reform were never alluded to by the in
dependent except to whitewash same.
Tho populist party In NebrasKa died a
well merited death and it should have died
sooner. The Independent under the edi
torial management of Tibbies was as rank
a contingency as any and It should have
died with the party or sooner. Old Tibbies
is an old wind-bag and when he assails a
man like Berge he Is using his nerve.
This editor had a personal experience
as a member of the legislature In 1901 with
that Lincoln Independent outfit and knows
what he Is talking about when he says
that they are a lot of grafters. Ex-Secretary
of State Porter had farmed the state
printing out to the Independent which
filed Its bill for about three times what It
was worth. Those bills were referred to
the printing committee of which this editor
was a member. That committee promptly
adjusted the claim by recommending to
allow about a third the same. Then did
Frank D. Eager, owner of the Independent,
come to this writer and protest and try to
get the claim allowed, by all means. And
because we were loyal to the state he had
nerve enough to accuse us of not being
loyal to the party in not allowing the bill
claimed. In defense of his charges he
said that they always had to divide with
the legislative committee and expected to
this time, thus admitting that they were
guilty of wrong doing.
Albion Argus (pop)
If there ever was a party out of busi
ness and confessedly so by It's own admis
sion, it is the democratic party. As proof
of this assertion we refer the reader to
the platform adopted by Lincoln, Thurs
day of last week, at the congressional con
vention. It was drawn by the boll sheep
of the party In Nebraska, R. L. Metcalfe,
hence must be the best they have to put
before the people. On the pass question
they say Just what the republicans said a
few days before at Falls City. Then they
fulminate against the trusts and so did
the republicans.
Then they Indorse President Roosevelt
on his Interstate Commerce commission
posltloii, which, of course, the republicans
indorse. Then they Indorse rresment
Roosevelt again In his order to buy sup
plies for the Panama canal abroad, which,
of course, republicans also Indorse. Re-
Tlps oa Home Advantages.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Doubtless there are reasons for regret
ting that many of those who travel to
Europe this yesr do not rather spend
their time and money In learning to know
their own country and its people beyond
the districts where they have their homes.
However, there Is this to be said:
The American who travels In Europe
with eyes open for anything beyond mere
amusement returns, with rare exceptions,
a better American than he went away.
When he has really seen what life is
without them he learns to value Ameri
can institutions and ideals.
publicans always swear by their officials
in their platforms. And here the demo
crats are also swearing by republican of
ficials Not one thing do they condemn in the
republican party, and not one thing do
they demand more than republicans have
promised In their platform. Now If that
don't put them out of business, and re
move the last excuse for the existence
of the party, then we can't Imagine what
it would take to put a party out of busi
ness. Mayor Brown bucked; he didn't
want the nomination. Well, we don't blame
htm. Why should any sane man want to
go to defeat on -such a miserable raft aa
that? All the campaign he can make Is
to go around over the district with his
finger In his mouth like a green kid and
say: "Please, mister, I would like tha
plum."
KI.ASHKS OF FI X.
Reporter I have written Just one line
about the meeting tonight.
Night Editor (mechanically) Well, boll it
down. Somervllle Journal.
"Blank says he cashes his brains for a
living."
"1 don't doubt It. Ho has ft reputation
for trying to pass plugged money." De
troit Free Press.
"Of course it Is essential," said th
long-winded bore, "that a man should
weigh his words when speaking "
"Yes, and for some," Interrupted Ken
dor, "It's well not to give such, generous
measure." Philadelphia Press.
The sweet girl graduate was reading her
essay.
The fond mother, sitting near the front
row, was gazing at her with rapture.
"You ought to be proud of her, Mrs.
Hlghmus," whispered the admiring friend
sitting alongside.
"Indeed I am," answered the mother.
"It cost 175, and fits her like a glove!"
Chicago Tribune.
First Club Woman (a few years hence)-
Men are enough to drive a woman craxy.
Second Club Woman Indeed they are.
First Club Woman Only think! For five
nights last week I remained at the club ter
ribly late, and yet when I wont home I ,
didn't find my husband waiting ut (he top
of the stairs to upbraid me for neglect.
Tho heartless brute was In Vied, sleeping
like a top. and actually smiled In his
dreams. New York Globe.
"Doctor," said the facetious fat man, "I
believe I must have malaria."
"What makes you think so?"
"Well, I feel heavy when I get up in the
morning." Philadelphia Ledger.
DEESA GREATA HOLIDAY.
T. A. Daly in Philadelphia Standard.
Hoorah! for deesa General
Dat niaka Fourth-July !
I sella playnta lemonade,
Banan' an' cake an' pie.
I go for shake 'ees han'.
He maka beezaness for ma
At dees peanutta-stan',
An' w'en I eesa gotta time
I go for shake 'ces han'.
Wen I ees come America,
Some fallow on da ship
He tal how deesa General
He "mak" da Inglalce skip."
'We don'ta wanta fiKhtln' here,"
Dees General he say.
"So, Meestah Inglaice Flghtln'-man,
You besta go away."
An' den dees Inglaice Flghtln'-man
He aska heem "For why?"
Da General ees getta mad.
"I no can tal a lie,"
He say to deesa Flghtln'-man,
"An' so I speaka true.
If you no getta 'way from here
I tal you what 1 do.
I tie you een a cherry tree,
An' don I tak' my knife
An' feeda you weeth cnerry pie
Ees cooka by my wife!"
"O! No!" ees say da Flghtln'-man,
An' looka pretta soork,
"I notta wanta tlnht weoth you.
I go for home dees week."
Da Flghtln'-man he was so scare
He Justa run away.
. . .
"An now," ees say de General,
"We maka holiday.
For leetla boys to maka noise
An' eata cake an' pie.
Dees holiday will be rla one
We calla Fourth-July."
Hoorah! for deesa General
Dot maka Fourth-July!
I sella playnta lemonade,
Banan' an' cake an' pie.
He maka beezaness for me
At dees peanulta-stnn',
An' w'en I eemt gotta time
I go for shake 'ees han'!
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