THE IlKK: OMAHA, MONDAY. ATOIL 17, 1911.
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eh a a god as oft m regaeated.
R'aus mit the Lorimer case. What's
the score?
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Wall street might take advantage
of this little lull In business to clip
off a few coupons.
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If the first clean-up does not sue
ceed In getting rid of the winter's dirt
accumulations, "Try, try again."
King Alphotaso has become a re
former. Well, the young man has a
field before him in Spain just now.
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Evidently King George proposes to
rulo with an iron hand, judging from
all the physical exercise he Is taking.
Things may reach the point, how
ever, where Mexican dollars would not
atone for Mexican bullets that go
astray.
Members of the recently adjourned
legislature will please send their out
ing addresses so mail may be for
warded. I
A paroled convict In , Illinois kills
his wife and. .boots bjmself. Another
argument In r Savor- of - the flexible
parole law.
By a new Nebraska law a man must
now have a license in order to fish.
No i license needed,- however, to tell
fish stories.
Automobiles that turn two or three
somersaults in the air must, to say
the least, be presumed to have been
going too fast.
"Roosevelt, Receives Warm Wel
come." The persistency with which
that headline recurs Is tantalizing to
certain patriots.
A correspondent . asks what states
elect senators by a direct vote. New
Tork is one, by vote directed by
"Boss" Murphy.
Not to change the subject at all,
but a good organizer ought to be able
to work up a' corking fine Ananias
club at Springfield, III.
If moving ptcture shows make
Juvenile criminals, . moving . picture
newspapers of crime must exert a sim
ilar demoralizing Influence x
Those who are looking so hard for
a solution of the Mexican war problem
might find It if a few more stray shots
were to come across the line.
Here In Nebraska we are supposed
to have had before-electlon campaign
fund publicity for two years past, but
no one has noticed the difference,
v Victor Murdock is right In assum
ing that the . Congressional Record
needs more ginger, and less hot air,
to warrant its circulation postage free.
Our Commercial club ought to
know that the Auditorium was built
by the people and for the people, but
only for the people who have the
price.
The socialists did not win in
Wichita, but their candidate for mayor
made a hot fight, which Is not at all
remarkable considering his name was
Blsze.
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Mme. Cavaliert has concluded that
a husband is not necessary to an
artist. But the madam has not con
ceded the same for the husbands
money.
That Louisville youth of 30 who
married the Pittsburg millionairess of
8$ doubtless made the making of her
will the first order of business follow
ing the ceremony.
. Now that Hearst has returned to
the democratic fold, why not arrange
as old-time reunion, with Hearst.
Bryan. Charley Towne. George Fred
Williams. I. Ham Lewis and Uncle
Adlal to start with?
On the Border.
Those Mexican rebels have some
misguided notions of International
comity If they think the way to gain
recognition as a belligerent power
from the United States Is to shoot up
one border town In order to take
another. Douglas, Arls., and Agua
Prleta, Mexico, are In such close prox
imity that It requires skillful work to
sack the latter without molesting the
former. Reports of what has trans
pired during the last few days, there
fore, are scarcely apt to prompt the
belief that Uncle Sam is getting ready
to favor General Madero with official
recognition. What the general and his
men should be more concerned about
Is that they do not attract s different
sort of attention from Washington.
President Taft's judicial tempera
ment appears to be nicely mixed with
a firmness and aptitude for action at
critical times which Is reassuring to
the interests of this country. When
he notifies Mexico, therefore, that it
will be held responsible for depreda
tions committed upfln American soil
or inhabitants, whether by federal or
rebel forces, he speaks with a direct
ness that Is not to be misunderstood
by President Dlas of his antagonists.
It Is to be hoped that the United States
III not be called on for. any more
aggressive action, but the president
manifestly is taking no chances and
accepting nothing for granted, else he
would not order additional troops to
the border.
It should be plain now to tho.se
who were seeking for sinister reasons
for mobilising the forces in Texas
that there were plenty of legitimate
reasons to prompt it. ' The people liv
ing In Douglas and other border com
munities doubtless appreciate the
presence of the troops, whether those
restding in Chicago, Boston or New
York do or do not.
Wealth of the Nation.
According to latest statistics France
continues to have the largest per
capita wealth of any nation, though
its total wealth Is not as great as that
of either Great Britain or the United
States. The latter surpasses all. Recent
figures for the four leading countries
show thus as to aggregate wealth:
I'nited States llJ8.00O.OnO.O0d
Great Britain Ht.TM.OOO.OOO
France W.SOfOOO.OOO
Oermany KS.ROO.OOO.OOO
Here are the figures showing the
populations and per capita wealth:
.Per
Population. Capita.
France 40,000.600 12.075
Great Britain 46.00OO0O 1.930
t'nlted States N.OOs.OOO 1.890
Oermany . 000,000 m
But France also leads in per capita
of national debt, having 1147, as com
pared with $79 for Great Britain, $17
for Germany and only about $12 for
the United " 8tates. " But the one ad
vantage France possesses ti over all
other countries is in the more nearly
equal distribution of Its' wealth. Its
billions are divided among a larger
proportion of its people, than is the
case In any other country, and despite
its national debt of more than $5,000,
1)00,000 its finances are riot' regarded
as distressing at all. Germany, per
haps) more than any of the other na
tions mentioned, needs outside 're
sources for the development of its
enterprises, though, of course, this
need is. felt to some extent by the
United States. Where the United States
has the advantage over all the others
Is In Its wonderful expanse of un
occupied territory and undeveloped
natural resources. All the other coun
tries could be lost In our dominion,
which has only begun to grow. ,
.That Historio Gaval.
About the gavel which Champ
Clark, as the first democratic speaker
west of the Mississippi, will wield,
clusters a mass of romance and legend
prominent in the historic life of Pike
county, Missouri. The gavel is made
of a piece of bur-oak taken out of an
apron log of an old mill dam founded
on the Peno river by the first white
settler of Pike county about 1816.
CHtsens of Rails county hewed it out
of the rough log and presented it to
the speaker with a detailed statement
of the history of the log, mill and men
who maintained it, all of which forms
a readable little chapter in the vera
cious Congressional Record.. The mill
site still stands, but haunted, It is sup
posed, by the credulous Mlsscur'.ans,
who follow the legend that In its
waters sn angered Indian chief once
hurled the bodies of his daughter and
her spouse because they wedded
against his will.
"So," says the accompanying state
ment, "Mr. Clark will have a gavel
with a history of love and romance
attached; a history of ancient as well
as present usefulness;- a history of
love, hatred and revenge as well."
The bur-oak is sometimes called the
mossy-oak, quite appropriate, it would
seem, to Pike county, though not to
up-to-date statesmen. It Is one of the
I most valuable species of oak, coarser-
grained, though not as strong s some
others. This particular piece will have
some delicate functions to perform,
and it is to be hoped its coarse fiber
and medium strength will meet the
test. It probably will prove strong
enough, for it has been water-soaked
for about a century, it seems, and
still is said to be In a good state of
I preservation.
! It remains to be seen whether this
trophy of primeval Missouri will be
come the emblem of the old or the new
In democracy, the conservator of the
party's traditions or the monitor of
new doctrlnes whether like the old
apron log from which it was hewn it
j will remain fsst to its moorings and
be wielded in fact as well as in name
by Speaker Clark, or the hidden hand
of another great statesman who also
balls from west of the Mississippi.
The Hyde Caie.
Evidently the friends of Dr. Hyde
are preparing to make a most desper
ate flgbt for the freedom ot the man
charged with the killing of Colonel
Swope of Kansas City, for they have
been greatly encouraged by the deci
sion of the state supreme court grant
ing the new trial and virtually rebuk
ing the trial judge for Imprisoning
the defendant during his original hear
ing. The effect of such a ruling upon
the public from which the next jury
will be drawn cannot be passive. The
chances are that it will be much
harder to convict Dr. "Hyde a second
time than it was before.
The state, however, is not indifferent
to the task confronting it. It has re
tained as special counsel to aid in the
prosecution Senator James A. Reed
and his law partner, who helped out
In the former trial. Manifestly the
prosecution is thoroughly awake to
the possible advantage the defense
will have derived from the ruling of
the supreme court. The case is one
that has attracted national Interest,
because of( the prominence of the
parties concerned and the overpower
ing pathos that comes from such a
tragedy within a family circle, where
a mother Is constrained to go against
her daughter, whose husband is the
accused. It always seems too bad that
in a poisoning case of this character
the pivotal evidence must be circum
stantial, for, though, strong as it may
be, It cannot but lack the deflniteness
usually expected where a man's'' life
or liberty Is at stake.
Good Advice, if Only Followed.
The annual report Just made by
Superintendent Ponlson of the Anti
Saloon league for Nebraska concludes
with the following paragraph:
while we should ba glad to have any
body or anything hit the saloon, we dare
not endorse and condone anything and
everything that does hit It, for honorable
antagonism that will bear Investigation
when tha final victory comes Is the only
sort of warfare the Anti-Saloon league can
afford to Indulge In.
This is good advice if our anti
saloon reformers will only follow it.
If such a rule Is self-applied some
things that have scandalized and dis
credited the work of some of these re
formers will not be -repeated.
If this advice is followed, boys of
tender years will not be sont out with
pocket money furnished to them to
buy and drink liquor In places sus
pected of keeping open after hours.
If this advice is followed, imported
preachers will not be deputized to go
slumming in the bawdy house district
to get personal experience there first
band, , .,.
It this advice is followed, notorious
ex-convlcts will not be turned loose
under hire to swear other people into
the penitentiary.
If this advice is followed. Jail-bird
dynamiters, reckless of the lives of
innocent women and children, will be
left to take the consequences of their
misdeeds instead of being defended by
the reformers.
If this advice is followed, in a word,
past methods pursued by the anti
saloonists hereabouts will be dis
carded and we will have a new deal
that will get just as good results with
out bringing the reformers down to a
level lower than those they seek to
reform.
Nebraska Grand Army of ttv Re
public men want to unite in recom
mending odd of their number for the
vacancy on the National board in
charge of soldiers' homes, a place
filled by the lower house of congress.
Two important facts are being over
looked, however, first, that the vacant
membership does not necessarily go
to Nebraska, and second, that the
democrats, and southern democrats at
that, are now in control of the house.
If this place does not go south of
Mason's and Dixon's line we miss our
guess.
Would-be-Senator "Al" Sorenson
offers to sacrifice himself and bis
bright political prospects by accepting
an appointment as postmaster, and be
satisfied with the f 6,000-a-vcar salary
without shaking-down the employes.
Well, the pie-cutters could go farther
and fare much worse.
It is to be noted that no city coun
cilman has yet announced that he is
not a candidate for election as com
missioner when the commission form
shall have been adopted sand aball
have raised the salary to $4,500 a
year.
It is doubtful If there Is a city in
the country worse disfigured by bill
boards thsn Omaha. "The city beau
tiful." if it ever arrives, will not be
marred by hideous billboard signs and
posters.
One thousand dozen eggs are said
to have been broken by the recent
windstorm at St. Louis. That is all
right, eggs have probably broken al
most that many men in the last three
years.
Our amiable democratic contem
porary calls the fake negotiations by
tbe Commercial club to -sell Mayor
Da hi man to Memphis for $1,500,000
"cheap." Do we hear a higher bld
rt?r? Chancellor Day's remark that ha
knows less about woman than any
other subject on earth leads the Chris
tian Science Monitor to observe tbst
woman is not a subject, "and during
this Easter hat season, she can hardly
be said to be on earth." Well, any
how, the price of ber hat la nowhere
near the earth level.
A Missouiian plowing In the' field
hit a groundhog and the groundhog
bit the farmer on tbe leg, but after a
rough-and-tumble was killed. We
probably will have real warm weather
now.
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Heedless of the Fates.
Cleveland Leader.
The new democratic house does not seem
disposed to heed the familiar warning:
"Don't start something you can't finish."
Keafreta te Can.
8prlngflejd Republican.
Before the session ends more than one
progressive democrat will wish that Sena
tor Bailey had not withdrawn his resigna
tion. favorites of Proaon.
Baltimore Sun.
According to tha English board of trade
tbe American artisan works leaa and savea
mora than his British brother. Also, he
has the baseball season.
A Legal Possibility.
Kansas City rimes.
Even under the restrictions Imposed by
tha higher court tha prosecution In the
Hyde caje hopes to ba able to bring to tha
jury' attention tha fact that Colonel
Swope died.
Palata ( Resemblance.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
There are points of resemblance between
that Camorrist trial and the effort to try
Mr. Cox of Cincinnati. la each case tha
defense Insists that tha whole proceeding:
la. Indefensible
Assertions Well Foanded.
y Cleveland Leader.
Nobody will bo Inclined to apply the
short and ugly word either to Cannon's
declaration that he has had his fling or
the statement of Roosevelt that he has had
a good run for his money.
Ministers' Saaa Tarn Oat Well.
Sioux City Journal.
Senator Kenyon is the son of a con
gregational minister, while Senator Dolllver
was the son of a Methodist preacher. Some
of them turn out fairly well. In the same
connection It should not be forgotten that
Senator Gear, whom Dolllver succeeded,
was In the same class.
Jingo Yarna Exploded.
" Chicago Record-Herald.
The most elaborate and ingenious of all
possible anti-Japanese yarns having been
punctured and exploded, perhaps we are to
be given a rest by the yellow or crazy
sensation mongers. At any rate, the public
has learned to beware ot "details" and
realism In this sorry business.
Working; for tha Country.
Chicago Reoord-Herald.
President Taft and the democratic house
of representatives are reported to be work
ing in harmony. This la a good way to
cause tha people to understand that the
government Is being operated for the bene
fit of the country, rather than for tha
benefit of any political party.
Restricting- Senatorial Knocks.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Senator Curtis' provision for "cloture" In
the senate is the very moderate one that
it shall take one-third of the senators In
stead of a single member to hold up legis
lation Indefinitely, Certainly the senate
ought to take to Itself at least as much
ability to do business' as that Implies. "
Are tbe Carda Stacked f
Pittsburg Dispatch.
There are reports that the present senate
will pass a joint resolution submitting the
constitutional amendment for the direct
election of United States senators. If so.
the stand-pat element must have advices
that twelve state legislatures - will refuse
to give up the usufruct of the present
method.
One Speech Knocked Oat.
Philadelphia Record.
The court of commerce has rudely spoilt
many a senatorial speech to show that
other countries are entitled to the same
concessions that are made to Canada under
the "most favored nation" clause of com
mercial treatlca. Even though such were
rbe case, It would he all" the better. The
argument ' is doubtless an anticipation ot
the near future. .
Colonel Yonag'e Consoling Thought.
New York Sun.
In Iowa, wlirre titles are dear and never
surrendered, Colonel vLafe Young will
always be known as senator. That Is the
one consoling thought for the military
chieftain who finds himself obliged to yield
up the shoes of the late Senator Dolllver
to Judge William 8,, Kenyon. The judge
will not make as picturesque a senator as
the colonel has been, but perhaps he will
be as well Informed on the tariff and other
public questions.
Income Tax Amendment.
New Tork Tribune.
Tennessee haa ratified the Income tax
amendment ' to' the federal constitution,
bringing the number of ratifying states up
to twenty-nine. Six more affirmative
votes are needed. Eleven states have
taken action adverse to ratification. In
Minnesota one branch of the legislature
has voted In the affirmative. The five
states In which no action of any sort has
been taken are Connecticut, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Florida and Wyoming.
- EDITORIAL ' SNAPSHOTS.
Houston Post: The Nebraska idea . we
believe, to free list lumber or bust, "but
for the 1xrd't sake don't pester out beet
sugsr."
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Says Senator
Bailey of Texas: "I am an old-fashioned
democrat, and I believe In the coVstltu
tioti." According to th,ls, Hailey Is six or
eight things at once. )
Pittsburg Dispatch: Jim Lahlman. the
"oowbov mayor" of Omaha, is willing to go
to Memphis for a million and a half If the
Tennessee town Is still hankering for a
Nebraskan. Memphis, however, will wisely
Insist on "no substitution "
Houston' Post: It Is said Mr. Bryan ad
vised Mr. Taft with respect to several vital
policies. There are bound to be a great
many fools with money In this country.
Can't we Interest some of them with our
I-to-1 proposition that Mr. Tsft will not
follow the advice?
Sioux City Tribune: 'The first move of
the "mayoress" of Hunnewell. Kan., Is
against pool halls. She believes home is
ths best place for boys. She proposes to
appoint a woman chief of police. The ef
fort of these two women to clean up the
town without the use of the broom will be
watched with Interest.
New York Tribune; "General" Williams,
the borderland . bandit who was killed by
tha Mexican troops the other day for his
outlawry, is now said to have been not an
American deserter, but "a scion of the
British ' aristocracy." I.et us ba grateful
that he alone out ef Innumerable thousands
was not Introduced to public notice as "a
Yale graduate."
Jingoes Get a Roast
"Common Korea Sense," a Tokio
Paper Says, "Shows lavaaloa af
the United States Impossible."
Japan Times.
Congressman William R. Humphrey
of Seattle, Wash., recently attempted to
alarm the national capital by asserting
that the Faclflc coast Is In danger of an
Invasion by an army of 100.000 Japanese.
Mr. Humphrey Is a "standpaf congress
man, not everaealous, to put It mildly. In
his fight against such things ss shipyard
lobbies and steel trusts and such. How.
ever, progressives ought to psy him the
compliment of analysing his statements oc
casionally In-order that Mr. Humphrey's
feelings may not be Injured by reason of
neglect.
What would It mean to land an army
of 100.000 men on Pacific ahores? I am
willing to admit that I know no more
about military and naval warfare than
Congressman Humphrey knows, but at the
same time I shall assert that any one of
us knows enough. If he has common horse
sense, to pull Mr. Humphrey's scarecrow
to pieces and show that It Is nothing more
than an old stick, with some wornout
clothea on It. set up In the political coin
field to scare away the peace advocates
and allow the military overenthuslasts to
pick the golden ears without let or hind
rance. To convey 100,000 men across the Pacific
ocean at an average of l.OuO men to the
transport would require 100 ships. To con
vey coal and 'supplies and to serve as dis
patch boats approximately fifty additional
craft would be required. A fleet of not
less than thirty battleships Would accom
pany such a flotilla. This would be a
total of 180 vessels. Aasssenger steamer
at the present time Journeys from Yoko
hama to Seattle or San Francisco or Port
land In twenty days. - ..s imaginary
Japanese armada of 180 ships could travel
no faster than the slowest of the fleet.
There would be numberless delays because
of breakdowns In angina rooms, and the
stoppage of ona would mean the stoppage
of all. It would be a nautical feat to
bring those 180 ships across the Pacific In
less than sixty days. .
To gather an army of 100,000 men fit
for invading the shores of a foreign coun
try, arm them, equip them and train them
would consume, aay, six months.
So that eight months two-thirds of a
year would elapse from the time Japan
began active preparation for the Invasion
and the time when the Invasion actually
took place. What would happen?
Visualize this monstrous fleet crostdng
the Pacific, approximately 130 ships
-guarded by thirty men-of war and even a
land-lubber may correctly picture the enor--mous
front they would present for attack
by the warships of the t'nlted States!
If these ships traveled In a column and
each were allowed 1,000 feet of sea room
they would make a line thirty-four miles
long. If they sailed In double-column or
der the column would be seventeen mile
long. Imagine then a fleet of American
battleships looming up out of the night
and hurling Itself against the Japanese
front at any point! If the Japanese trans
ports and auxiliary ships were to travel In
a rnaaa In cylindrical form then the thirty
battleships must be distributed In an at
tenuated line all the way around It, ren
dering It pregnable at any point to an at
tack by our fleet, with the possibility of
awrul loss of life by the Japanese through
the, sinking of ,the transports.
In fact. It probably will not be questioned
by sensible folk when I assert that never
again In the history of the human race
will an army of 100,000 men go over the
eaa from any country to attack any other
country which has even the nucleus of a
navy. The most brilliant Illustration of
what modern invasion means Is afforded
by the history of England's war In the
Transvaal. The Boers had not even a
steam launch, and yet England suffered
practically the breakdown of her ministry
because of the continuance of the effort
to conquer tho Boers. And when. In the
rlace of Knglsnd. you write Japan, and
In place of the Boers you writs 92,000,000
Americans, the Illustration becomes so bril
liant as to burn through the thin veneor of
alleged sincerity and expose the absurdity
of the claims of such war alarmists a
Congressman Humphrey of Washington.
People Talked About
Soma signs of widening peace pass by un
noticed. The Daughters of the American
Revolution, In session In Washington, did
not "Insurge" enough to command a front
page notice.
Canada Insists on pontage stamps with
more local color and less of the empire's
insignia. "The Lady of the Snows," as
Kipling wrote, la "daughter In my mother's
bouse, but mistress In my own."
California husbands convicted of non
support are now obliged to- chase the
lazybug on the rock piles, for which the
respective counties pay to the wives 11. EM
a dsy. The latter are willing to have the
Job made a continuous performance.
When a Reno Judge granted Mrs. Dow
llng a divorce he endorsed on the papers,
"Because of the extreme cruelty of the
defendant 'the bonds of matrimony are
hereby forever severed." That wa eight
months ago, and on Monday Mr, and Mr.
Dowling went to the New York city hall
and got a license to be married again.
Cleveland is moving to give effect In part
to tbe wish of Tom Johnson by giving his
name to a public park. "When 1 die." he
said, "I hope the people will make a play
ground over my body. I would rather have
children romping over my grave than a
Ihundred monuments." As his body rests In
New York, Cleveland proposes to fulfill his
wish as far as practicable.
Carnegie's hero roll carries the names of
162 persons, thirteen of whom received gold
medals. 196 silver medals and 244 bronze
medals. The annual repoit of the commls-t-lon
In charge of the fund shows disburse
ments of $."158,825.54 to heroes and their de
pendents and $M9.4SCforvthe relief of suf
ferers from disaster. The hero pension roll
amount to $37,623 annually
lxuisvllle's new hotel has been named I
the "Henry Walterson." There wa a prize
contest for a suitable name and so many j
people suggested ths name "Henry Walter
aon" for the new hostelry that to award !
j the prize will be exceedingly difficult. !
I "Good luck and God bless you," wrote the j
distinguished editor from Europe when he'
I had heard bow his townsmen had honored i
him.
One American millionaire at least 1 Just
I being reminded that England taxes wealth
or ability to pay rather than the consump
; tion of the poor. This is M. Bayard Brown.
tha New York banker, who wa an Ameri
can citizen, but who resides In England,
and has thought to escape the British In
come tax by living In a yacht and claim
ing American citizenship. He must psy
fOO.OiO under a Judgment of the Engltoh
courts
Tho Bee's Letter Box
OeatHhaUoaa on rival y 8 eject
Vol Bxoeeaiag Two SfuadreS Word
Are Invited f rem Our keadar.
Mexico.
OMAHA, April lB.-To the Editor of The
Bee: The traditions, history and conditions
now obtaining in the republic of Alezlco
have been reviewed form time to time,
seeking. If possible. In a final anslvM the
cause or causes of the discontent and dis
ruption of that republic. Many optimistic
writers, viewing only surface Indications of
the armed conflict, hold to the contention,
that If the strong and vigorous government
of Dlas were overthrown, the people of
Mexico would enter Immediately Into the
realization of a perfect liberty. I dlnxent
from so superficial an opinion.
The so-called tyranny of Diaz l's per
fectly logical to the conditions under which
he governs; Diaz tyranny Is but tho
tyranny of Mexico's Ideals. .Mexico may
struggle In arms today, and tomorrow be
lieve that tbe nation haa achieved liberty
and the pursuit of happiness, but It will
be only a phantom.
Liberty will not descend to a people; a
people must raise themselves to liberty.
Uberty Is enthroned In the unveiled
presence of Dlety, untrammelled by dogma
or creed, beckoning onward She human race
to its glorious achievements. An appeal to
reason satisfies Us every desire tor truth,
Justice, tolerance and fraternity
And, that nation that mould approach Its
sacred precincts must leave behind the
altar of Idolatry, Ignorance and supersti
tion. Mexico, though a republic In name, true
to the history of nations, has not risen
above Ideals of Its altar. Neither, can a
nation possess even a radiant hope of
liberty and the pursuit of happiness, that
places Its moral and mental freedom al
the mercy of an alien, specially, while
that alien la In conspiracy against civiliz
ation. However, there is always a hope even
In the darkest hour of a nation's struggle
for the God-given rights of Its people.
Iet the Mexican republic break with the
traditions of it past and the fossilized
survivals of a past age, that the living
pulsating heart ot Mexico s humanity mar
not be stifled In Its noble aspirations for
a higher civilization.
J. -BRAXTON GARLAND.
l ienor Selling hr Clnbs.
OMAHA, April 15.-To the Editor of The
Bee: Although In the saloon business my
self, T am glad to read of the revoking of
the license of a saloonkeeper, convicted of
selling after 8 o'clock. But what about the
so-called clubs that are selling liquor after
8 o'clock and Sundays, too, without anj
license at all? Are the saloonkeepers thai
pay their money and obey the law to hav
no protection against these clubs, some of
them getting most of their revenue from
this Illicit liquor selling?
SALOONKEEPER.
Another Postofftce Complaint.
OMAHA. April II. To the Editor of The
Bee; The poetoffice must bo In a very
demoralised condition as a result of hav
ing a postmaster dvoted entirely to pol
itics. I got a postal card notice of a lodge
meeting, mailed In plenty of time, but de
livered after tha meeting had been held.
The same thing happened to most of the
notices. If we .had a postmaster on the
Job and equal to the Job, we might expeol
better service. a. J, W.
A fHilXKSCK TO MR. BR YAW.
Will He Bark l'a III Assertions with
Names t .
New YorK World.
William J. Bryan's horse-pistol goes off
at both ends as usual when he accuses
the "criminal corporations" of owning
many of ths great newspapers and then
explain that "It Is not now possible to
legrn who owns the stock of some of these
Journals." He would like to have a law
to "make these assassins come out of the
dark and stand before the public gaze."
We are not disposed to quarrel with Mr.
Bryan about a mere contradiction. When
he says that criminal corporation own
various newspapers be must have some
body or something In mind, snd the
further statement that nobody can find out
who owns these Journals I of no conse
quence. What we want is a bill of particu
lars as to the main charge. What crimi
nal corporations are engaged In Journal
ism? What are the names of the news
papers that are controlled by criminal
corporations?
So far as our observation extends, the
ownership of newspapers la not much of
a mystery. Responsible men can be found
at all reasonable hours. The policies which
they sustain or oppose are usually under
standable. They use the English lan
guage with more or less force, and whether
we agree with them or not we flatter our
selves that we can perceive tho drift of
their remarks on most occasions.. Even
Mr. Bryan's incorruptible weekly makes
itself plain to us.
But In all our reading we have discov
ered nothing that suggests the presence of
a criminal corporation In our Journalistic
midst. Just what we should do if we made
such a find we need not say; but, with the
fi ar of Mr. Bryan In our hearts now as
always, we challenge him to name names,
lie needs no law to drag these asasins
out of the dark. Let him do It with his
own strong arm.
RECOVERS VALUE OF LOST
RAILWAY TICKET IN COURT
Company Mast Refnna Money to
Woman and Pny Costa of Action
In I-os Angeles,
IAJS ANGELES. Cal., April 16.-A rail
road passenger may lose his ticket and
recover the alue of It from the railroad
company, according to a decision rendered
today In the supreme court. Mrs. Mary (
A. Verberg sued the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Pe for 1108.40. the price of a ticket
which she had purchased from the com
pany and later accidentally burned. The
company resisted on the ground that the
ticket must be returned In order to obtain
a refund. Justice Stephens found against
the company In the district court and the
su rente court sustained his decision, or- '
dering the company to pay the amount of
the ticket and the cost of the tion.
AGED MILLIONAIRE TO MARRY
Miss Kathleen Donala lo Become
Hrlde of George it. Hnghea, Head
of Oilcloth Company.
NEW YORK. April lti.-Wlth a crutch
in on hand and a can In the other,
George Henry Hughes of No. 20 Elftli
Avenue, vice president of the Standard
Oilcloth company, hobbled Into the city
hall today and took out a license to marry
Mis Kathleen Douglas, 31 year old, of
Crofton Fall, N. Y. He gave hi age as
"more than 65." Mr Hughes Is rated
several time a millionaire and Is 79
yeara old Tha marrlag will tak place
on April It
CUR GOVERNOR AND HIS VETO.
Atiurnra l!'iihllt sn : Omenim- AMtich'a
veto rnoul Is a li ng ore. lint It in s record
to he proud of. Not s single mraute vo-
i tof-il b th chief executive tiuld hnvo
' boon s"eri hy tho IreHhitcro.
Fall City Jourtinl: Governor Alclrlch ve
toed tho real isistr asmt' Mil that hsd
no other nrxie thsn to awt'iirem curb
stone salnsnien .wnl rrfrort farmrr w hi
refuse to rent sn cfflco srd taUe out a
luf-lm-" license, but s"ll lamls ss a side
Issue to the confusion of the rcgnisr trade.
Fremont Trlhutie Th WnrH-1 IccaM felt
Impelled to c umuicrri Governor Aldrlf n for
vetoing the telephone mriger Mil: but sftor
lis loud-mouthed Insistence that ho do U
to save the state fiom tho must cltirdly
piece of legislation of the session. It oo'ild.
not give that kindly word (vlthort pl.en
Ing over the whole list of matters It did
not approve.
Kearney Hub: I Xseus.'lng tho non
partisan election of Judges The Omaha Pea
very truly says that "it Is a gratuitous af
flcnt to the Int lliaence of the tM-ople to
r.ugKeti that our courts are swayed lit
their decisions by any consideration of
party advantage." t'ertalnlv It cannot be
ihown that Nebraska has hsd s partisan
supreme court, even though the empty
i barge has scmetlmee been made hy oue
democratic friends.
Ashland Gazette: Governor Aldrlch has
etoed the bill permitting Sunday has. bsll
in the cities, but he wag careful to do sn
with the view to saving his bacon among
the sports. What he did was entirely com
mendable, but his explanation and endeav
ors to ahlft odium onto another parly only
serves to cast suspicion upon his motives.
Nehrsska City Prss: New. won't Omaha
be mad; Governor Aldrlch tells the peoplo
of that benighted town that they are psv
Ing too much taxes and that their charter
bill Is N. O.
Grand Island Independent: Governor
Aldrlch will he sustained In the matter -'
the veto of the so-calied nnn-imrtlsan liidl
dary bill to this extent, at least, that In
the history of events very little that Is
reslly non-psrtlan has even sorting from
a very parllsar source. IT Nebraska ever
secures a non-partisan Judiciary .It will be
wi.en sucn a judiciary shall have boon
framed by . ntn-pattlssn commission snd
when, b.ith as to nominations and elections,
the candidates cannot secretly, or other
wise, be Involved with partisan affairs.
Perhaps It may come high In price, but
It may be worth tha cost, especially j
school elections are coupled right up with
the JudUlary election.
-' - a . . . m , !
Democrats In Congress Posh llryanlsn
o the ' Rear.
Washington Post.
Mr. Bryan's poor success in organising
the Sixty -second congress heightens his
distinction as the great organizer of de
feat. While his personal qualities still
make his presence felt wherever his ac
tivities may take him-Washington. Chau
tauqua, or Lincoln hla limitations as a
safe guide In politic have been signally
demonstrated o often that the bulk of
his democratic followers In yeara gone by
are come to rely more on their own Judg
ment than on his. Besides, he had no part
In bringing about the democratic victory
last fall. On the contrary, his genius for
misdirection lost his own state to the op
position, an act of disloyalty that leaves
him today without a claim on the consid
eration of the Nebraska democracy. Tho"
attitude of Nebraska democrat In con
gress toward Bryan faithfully reflect tho
feeling toward him out there. And as ho
has forfeited every right to enter party
councils at home, by what process of rea
soning Is he privileged to have any part, o
a democrat. In tile Organization of the.
Sixty-second congress?
By refusing to stultify themselves by do
ing Bryan's bidding, the senate democrats)
have done their party the most signal serv
ice they are likely to have opportunity
to perform. Ills gratuitous attack upon
Senator Martin further testifies to the wis
dom and prudence of the caucus In turning
Its back upon the man who for sixteen
years has vainly endeavored to convince
the conservative democrry that he hag
the head and lieart of a democrat.
Bryan goes back to Nebraska as tniicli
a negligible quantity nationally as he Is
locally.
1 If Mil 1 (1 B, K TUB. Ikrnat).
MERRY JINGLES.
Inspiration.
When the sparrows build and the leaves
break forth,
My old sorrow , wakes and cries;
For the Easter hat costs far more than It s
worth,
s And 1 don't like rhubarb pies
St. Louis Republic.
In 4tnnndary.
Should women wear the harem skirl?
1 m really not decided.
For how ran I what right axsert
On a question so divided?
New York Telegram.
Jaar Hals.
Mother has a new spring hat.
So has Sister Jo;
While father wears the same old til
He bought five years ago.
Every l.lttlo Helps.
If you haven't learned lo sing
You can hum;
Lift your song nn modest wing
Oon't be dumb.
While the others soar and trill
Uiud and long.
You can hum and with a will
I'lug along.
Cleveland Main Dealer.
Merely a Snageatlon.
While In-the speaker's chair,
I'ncle Champ,
Hanute ynursclr with care.
I tide Champ-.
'Mid statesmen's raucous din
Sit tight, and you will win;
Don't overwork your chin.
I'ncle Champ.
Chicago Tribune
Sprlog.
The furnace ftie alill brightly burns.
The milk Is frozen in the morn,
I'm weurlng, still, my winter clothe
And mow birds hop upon the lawn.
The fciasK Is slowing In the fields,
. ul here, hut wheie the orange grows.)
And this ma he a sign of spring!
i'aidon while 1 "blow by duae.'
--Huston Transcript.
BALLADE OF POOR TOURIST.
Tom Daly in Catholic Standsid.
At home or in tar-away clime.
Wheievrr too tourist may Mrav.
He must look to his (uarlr and dimes
To keep thrill from melting away,
line luitos to appear like a jay.
So Into Ills pocket he dips:
Such scoin lo the servants display
For the feltow who never glvea lIpK.
Tli maunatp. the tusker of ihvme.
The "poor devil author," and thov
S hoa money -bags Jingle like t hlmeg.
Are marked aa legitimate prey.
Have little or much as von inav.
The food and drink passing your' Hps
Claim tribute! The outlook la gray
For the fellow who never gives tips.
We need a reformer at times.
A man of true courage, to stay
Society s foibles and rr'mis,
And keep us from getting too Kay;
.. . -. iu n . a y
To V.w porter who handles his grip
So there really Is something to aay
For the fellow who never gives tips.
F.nvoy.
We pikers! We grumble but pay
I.Ike loitis, for our holiday trip
But come, let us twine a bomjuel
For the fellow who never gives tins,
i