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lill HhK: OMAHA. THURSDAY. A TOIL 20, 1911.
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rhanged aa oflea aa reqaeated.
France may have her champagne
riots, but Germany never.
"Can Hearst coma back?" ask the
Providence Journal. Where has be
been?
We do not hear much of an outcry
just now against bull fighting in
Mexico.
One thing Infavor of thla year's
Raster hat tho distance around It la
not so great!
Mayor "Jim" Is knocking on the
rock pile, but the city council has the
biggest hammer.
The opera neck for atreet wear, of
course, Is necessary during thai ei
ceslvely hot days.
Dlas loves. Mexico and peace, but
ni lifeatly not enough to let Mexico
have peace by resigning.
Under the spell of the D. A. R. In
fluence the Washington base ball team
got Into first place for on day.
"Stand back." says the big police
man, Uncle 8am, to the crowd press
ing on the border to see the parade.
If a dog has been found that can
talk, it would be Interesting to hear
him express his opinion of the dog
catcher".
Red Lopez, who fights with a rope
around his neck, shows great fore
thought for the time and trouble of
the enemy.
The membership roll of tbe Omaha
Commercial club has passed the 1,000
mark. The census of 1920 should
find it double again.
The British House of Lords haa de
cided that a taxlcab driver is not a
working man. No, but-he works
many a man, all right.
Senator Hitchcock will be thor
oughly examined and inventoried by
medical experts. Another recruit to
the agitation for physical valuation ?
Some of those protectionist soeth
erners look at the proposed democratic
"free list" a goodeal as a boy looks
at the business end of a giant fire
cracker. Olva R time enough and eventually the
clinging vlna will get the goat of the giant
oak Calveston Newa.
Sounds suspiciously like a left
handed Jab at Texas' Joeballey.
Omaha's dally pictorial police ga
tetta has ceased Its denunciation of
crime-producing moving picture
shows. Can It have realised the Im
propriety of pot calling kettle black?
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Now and then the caaa ot Harry Thaw
ahowa tlgns of coming te the front and
making some mora lawyers famous.
Washington Star.
Who ran name off-hand those it has
made famoua?
wt v vu think of a man who haa
Keen raining hell all his Ufa and still de
clares ha does not believe la It? Lincoln
Journal.
Think there la a hot time lu the old
town ahead of him. .
The west may be slow, but .we
would like to see the east that can
beat Reno, where a woman la divorced
from one man at 11 a. m. and married
to another at 1 p. m.
No need of that assurance that our
precloua (IS, 150, 000) Water board
"intends to proceed slowly." It has
been engaged In the work of "Imme
diate and compuUory" purchase of
the water plant now Just a little more
than eight yeara.
The Civil Service commission at
Washington wanta mora Information
bout the Omaha poatofflce shake
down. If a complete new hearing
were Inetltuted It would get a whole
lot of additional evidence that did not
come out In tbe first round.
The Chinese Loan.
Neither Japan nor Russia haa any
good reason for criticizing the I'nltcd
1VT HB III ll'HUUIl ID wie ov,
ooo.ooo Chinese loan. On the other
hand, there is ample reason for com
mending tbe course of our financiers
throughout the whole process of iie
j gotlallons, for originally thta loan was
within the exclusive power of the
American government and might have
been closed up in that form. But, of
course, this would not have been wise
diplomacy or good business, for It Is
I not merely the Immediate money aide
i of this transaction that Invited our
participation In It, and our nation
readily perceived that fact. Therefore
Jt let down the bara and bade Ger
many, France and England to come in
and share in the loan.
Why and where, then, is the United
! States to be criticized even by Japan
or Russia? As a matter of fact it
required a nice bit of diplomacy to
enable this government to effect an
entrance into the financial dominion
of China, and, having effected It, cer
tainly It could not be expected to yield
its vantage ground. The United States
needed the advantage which participa
tion in this loan offered. It needed
closer relations with tbe enst and it
proposes to establish them. It haa
been taught a convincing lesson by
tbe investment of British capital over
there. It could not afford to omit any
legitimate effort to improve its own
position. This transaction is of a piece
with Secretary Knox's excellent dollar
diplomacy Idea and we propose to
follow It up, whether it happens to
suit the selfish fancies of one or two
ambitious or envloua powers or not.
Had' the United States gone ahead
with the opportunity it had of closing
up this loan without admitting any
other nation then there might have
been room for criticism, but as It Is
no fault Is to be justly found, espe
cially since we have not even now the
footing in China that one or two of
the other active powers have.
Up from the Ranks.
Aside from the victory of the Gould
Interests in the contest with the Kuhn
Loeb forces for control of the Missouri
Pacific the choice of Benjamin F. Bush
aa the new president of that system
over David R. Francis is a triumph
for the Idea of promotion up from the
ranks. Mr. Bush comes within the
category of the operating man, 'while
ex-Governor Francis is - recognized
chiefly as a financier, successful in
various lines of business. The new
president of tbe Missouri Pacific began
his career as rodman on the Northern
Pacific, rising rapidly with stops at
various stations of service along the
route to the position of executive head
of the Western Maryland, another of
the Gould properties. One of the domi
nant characteristics of President Bush
Is said to be a faculty for hard work,
and by dint of patient Insistence he
haa mastered the details of railroad
operation,, being deficient, if at all,
by lack of experience In the financial
field, where ex-Governor Francis would
have been strong.
The election of Mr. Bush, brought
about as it haa been by George Gould,
who was supposed to have been com
pletely shorn of his power to dominate
the road longer, "Is naturally a surprise.
It merely shows that Mr. Gould, al
though unable to hold the place him
self, has sufficient influence to control
the choice of his successor, and at
least prevent the Kuhn-Loebpeople
from naming anyone not satisfactory
to him. The Missouri Pacific as a rail
road property Is awaiting regeneration
and development, and the states of the
middle west, Including Nebraska, fa
which It operates, are vitally con
cerned In having a management that
will push It forward instead of letting
It lag or fall behind.'
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Asking Bryan to Stand Aside.
Mr. Bryan now has a chance to do
what he asked Governor Harmon to
do "prepare to stand aside" for the
demand has been made upon him from
within bla own party in so many
words. It comes from the Waco
(Tex.) Tribune, one of Uhe demo
cratic papers of the south, which adds
Its voice to that of other southern
newspapers, whose editors believe tte
Nebraakan should get out of tbe way
if his party Is to advance. The Mont
gomery Advertiser, one of the oldest
papers of the south, not only demands
Bryan's self-abnegation, but declares
that he Is "today the greatest menace
of th militant democracy."
Both the Waco Tribune and the
Houston Post republish this approv
ingly and the Waco paper, In com
menting on It, says:
If ha should succeed In dominating hie
Influence would ba baneful. Few demo
crats, especially in Texas, want to say any
thing captloua or severely critical of the
Nebraakan. But it la a fact that even
thos eelf-eonetraJned and aelf-reatralned
democrata feel that the graceful and Bar
trtotie course for Mr. Bryan would be to
abate hia seal and give his party a cha.no.
It demonstrated In the November elections
last year what It could do without hla help
or advice. If he will give It mora freedom
of action during the next year and a half
It mar not only surprise, but delight, him
assuming, as we do. that he would be de
lighted to see a democratic president In the
White House, backed by another demo
eratlo house of representative!!. even
though the president ahall be Woodrow
VJ I eon or Judaon Harmon.
"Assuming, as we do. that he would
be delighted to see a democratic pres
ident In the White House." A certain
skepticism lurks In the hidden mean
ing of that. What dlatresses the
democrats most at this time Is tbe old
tear that Mr. Bryan long ago decided
that if he could not be president no
other democrat should in hla day.
This la why his apparent champion
ship of Chsmp Clark at thla time ex
cites only partial credulity among the
democrats. Mr. Rrjan In to the dem
ocratic party what the poor Is to the
world ever-present. Anil there Is
not one chance In one thousand of the
Peerless Leader's heeding the demand
for hlni to "prepare to stand aside."
If he proposed to stand aside he would
not have taken the trouble to go to
Washington and Issue- a new set of
orders to the democrats In congress.
Milady's Dreis.
So long as' there are extant por
traitures of the dresses women have
worn In the various periods of 'our
brief national history It la idle for
complaining man to mouth about the
hobble or harem or any sort of skirt
or even the fantastic extremes to which
styles In hata may run. In spite of all
the fun that has been made of the
latter-day creations and hrtiven
knows they are subject to criticism
tbe extremest of them are almply not
to be compared with some of those
that tiave rome and gone. For Instance.
as the pictures disclose, take the
bodice and cap and the rest of the
fashionable attire of the colonial
period and then the affairs of the ante
bellum days, tightly drawn around the"
waist, or rather up under the arms,
then civil war fashions, with skirts
inflated beyond all reason by the
hideous hoops, down to the advent of
the bustle, and who will Bay that the
hobble or the harem la extreme?
Then, as now, styles .went to ex
tremes. The difference is that where
today the tendency Is toward contrac
tion In the olden times it was towsrd
expansion. Today the idea seems to
be to emphasize the grace and beauty
of the feminine figure, whereas yes
terday it was to bury or lose the figure
In a mass of fluffs and puffs, until, of
course, the dawn of the bustle days,
which, many think, was the acme of
all absurdity in fashions. Even the
waist line was as transitory and ca
pricious years ago as It has been of
late. One thing must be said for the
present tendency, and that Is that,
while It may not meet all the demands
of modesty, It Is more In keeping with
the spirit of brevity and convenience
which forms such a conspicuous part
in our present day life. Above every
thing else that woman's dress seems to
teach, however, is the fact that milady
will wear what she pleases and mere
man may like it or not, as he pleases,
he cannot change or affect her Im
perious decrees by one finger's weight.
Log-Rolling.
Tbe Lincoln Journal has been ques
tioning members of tbe legislature as
to changes In procedure suggested by
their . experience In the late session,
and the consensus of replies made
public is that log-rolling is the worst
abuse. The complaint is that bills
are' put through or beaten by votes
recorded, not on the merits of the
measure, but in consideration : of
trades between legislative ' members
for or against other bills.
-The log-rolling Is not confined to
the voting in the two houses, but is
even more effective In committees,
and particularly in sifting committees,
where the fate of a measure is traded
up or down as a regular thing on the
same principle as a swap at a horse
market. Log-rolling is perhaps more
In evidence on appropriations whereby
a concerted raid on the public treasury
proves more effective than a separate
attack by each single-handed. Log
rolling for appropriations, however.
fit an additional danger-point to en
counter, because the governor may
veto individual items, whereas for
other bills he must approve or reject
as a whole.
But the remedy for log-rolling Is
not so easy. It is urged that relief
may be bad by the adoption of . the
proposed constitutional amendment
cutting down the time for lntrbduclng
general bills from forty days to twenty
days, especially if it does away with
the necessity of resorting to sifting
committees. Out In Oregon an at
tempt was made to solve the problem
by Incorporating Into the legislative
oath a promise not to be governed In
any vote by the consideration of sup
port or opposition of any other mem
ber to any other bill, but nothing has
yet come of it. If Nebraska can de
vise some means of putting an end to
log-rolling it will set an example
wnich other statea will gladly follow.
Wanted More Policemen.
The indignation aroused In the
community by the recent murders and
hold-ups should not be allowed to die
down like previous similar spasms
without bringing about something in
the way of preventive measures for
the future. The police board haa nut
up to the city council a feaaible and
practical proposition whereby the
police force may be strengthened at
once by the addition of twelve men to
make possible the patrolling of the
residence district at night.
The council ia asked to relieve the
police fund of charges that have here
tofore been made upon it for the
maintenance of the city Jail and police
court, including heating, lighting and
Janitor service. These Items, together
with a few other minor ones, aggre
gate about $7,000, and are properly
chargeable aa much, if not more, to
the city's general fund as to tbe police
fund. At any rate, there is nothing
in the charter to prohibit or make
such an arrangement illegal, nor la
there anyone likely to raise a technical
objection If the council undertakea to
respond. If It manifested the usual
disposition the council would doubt
less merely retort with the question.
Where Is the money t come from?
But there will be no serious trouble
in finding the money If the council
really wants to do It. It simply calls
for a decision whether a larger police
force la more or less vital than some
thing else.
In a word, we can strengthen our
police department and secure more
adequate ' police protection, not next
month, nor next year, but right now,
If the council will do Its part.
Some of our cily councilnien seem
to be very much afraid that In fixing
the closing hour for the pool halls
they may do something to which tbe
pool hall proprietors object. If the
pool hall proprietors have It their way
there will be no closing hour fixed.
No one patronising these resorts
purely for amusement and recreation
will complain about being invited to
go home in decent hours.
Our amiable democratic contem
porary waxes ironical about La Fol
lette ahd refers to Jonathan Bourne,
Rudolph Spreckels. GIfford Pinchot,
William Kent, Charles R. Crane and
William R. Hearst as "distinguished
plutocrats." In Its lexicon . no . re
former goes unless he puts on the
democratic uniform and runs with the
democratic machine.
Writing from Mission, Tex., Wil
liam E. Curtis says: "William J.
Bryan la. the best advertisement this
section of the country ever had." A
thought which, no doubt, occurred to
the shrewd land boomers from whom
Mr. Bryan got his Texas "ranch."
St. Louis papers contain photO'
graphs of large numbers of people go
ing and coming from church on Easter
Sunday. They doubtless hope to
prove that St. Louis people do some
times go to church.
Omaha owners of water bonds are
meeting to protect their Intarnata Bn
then, a few local investors got in on
tne ground noor to profit by the Water
Doara s mismanagement of the pur
chase proceedings.
Beating- a fiold Mine.
Chicago Record-Herald.
An original investment of 11.000 In the
Funman company Is today worth 1100.000.
In addition to all the dividends that It has
paid. Some people have fortune thrust
upon tnem.
Escaped Without Damage.
, Kansas City Times.
A British gunboat landed marines at
San Quentin. Mexico, last week and raised
the British flag to protect aubjecti of King
George. In the absence of any frenxied
yelping It la Inferred that the Monroe doe-
trine came through the ordeal without
scratch.
Interpreting- Battle Prophecies.
Kansas Citv Timed
The Mexican war newa is becoming more
reliable. Nowadays the reader knows that
when a battle is prdicted at Juarez thst
the next day will bring- tidings of fightlng
at cninuahua, and when a battle la pre
dicted at Chihuahua there will be brisk
righting at Agua Prleta.
An Achievement In Klylag.
New York Sun.
Tbe aeroplane flight of the Frenchman
Prler from Harndon, near London, to Parts,
190 miles, without alighting. Is the first
really great achievement of the year, and
it Is especially remarkable because Prler
la a comparative novice and dared the
channel passage without an attending boat,
With the Improvements In aeroplanes re
ported from both England and France
the presumption Is that this record will
soon be surpassed.
ASTONISHINO REVELATION.
Iowa Watchdog; Discovers a Kefarl-
Contribution.
New York, Evening Post.
So long as there "are In congress men
who are faithful to the teaching that eter
nal vigilance Is the price of liberty, there
need be no fear as to the safety of Amer
ican Institutions. Such a man la Mr. Oood
of Iowa. Concealed under the undistin
guished name of Beer W. C. Beer Mr.
Oood discovered the nefarious work of tba
most formidable enemy of the nation, in
the shape of a contribution to the demo
cratic national congressional committee
which was of "double the amount of that
made by any other democrat In the United
States." Having stated the portentous
fact of Mr. Beer's great contribution, Mr.
Oood wound up In this dramatlo faahlon:
"That contribution was made the day be
fore election, and at that time W. C.
Beer was the confidential man of J. Pler-
Pont Moraan dt Co." The "ajla.iiM on
the republican alde'V with which this rev
elation waa greeted will ever remain. In
tba pag-ea of the Congressional Record, a
proof to the future historian of the sound
ness of the great heart of America In the
year 11)11.. He may afterwards, Indeed, be
little pu ruled when- he finds that the
amount of the contribution was only 11,000.
But he will still ba bound to feel that the
traditions of the raubllo were In fine
shape, though ha may conclude that the
particular tradition Uluatrated In the case
was not that of eternal vigilance, but the
ancient and honorable tradition of bun
combe.
People Talked About
Ambaaaador David Jajne Hill ia now
open to engagements as a college presi
dent. He waa formerly at the head of
Bucknell unlveralty and the t'nlveralty of
Rocheater. There are at preaent aeveral
Important vacanclea In higher Institutions
of learning. Including Princeton and one
or two state unlvertltlea In the west.
Reduction In the coat of electric light
from 12 to 11 cents per kilowatt, hour and
a promised cut In gaa from So to 77 cents
per 1,000, puts Chicago conaumera perll
oualy near speechlessnes. Should the cut
ting fever become epidemic, living In
Chicago will be worth while presently.
Congreaaman Victor Murdo. k, the torch
light procesaion of Wichita and Kansas,
won't bo happy until he becomes manag
ing editor of the Congressional Record.
Several important reforms are needed
there, particularly the featuring of Inaur-
gent apeechea and shunting democratic
hot air to the rear pages. The Wichita
Eagle doesn't soar hih enough for the
talenta of the Kanaan. I
Mlaa Ixiuiae Trott has been elected
clerk of the circuit court by the I'nlted
States Judges In the Eighth circuit st Bt.
Paul. Miss Trott haa , been deputy clerk
of the court for mora than twenty-two
yeara. She ia the third woman In this
county to be elected clerk of a United
States court. Id Kansaa City the office
ia' held by Miss Adelaide Utter, and Miss
Carrie TJavldaon Is clerk of the United
States district court In Detroit.
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Around New York
Mpplee oa the Current of Life
aa Been la the Great Amerloaa
Metropolis from Day to Bay
New York blew Hell date off the hinges
some years ago to make the connection be
tween the Kast river and Iong Island
sound safely navigable. Now a railroad
bridge is to he thrown ever the blasted
spot, connecting I-ong Inland with the
mainland. It Is to form the coupling for
the New Haven railroad system and thst
of Ixmg Island, and supplements the Penn
xlvsnla's entrance Into New' York and
Brooklyn. The three systems are under
one control, . practically dominating the
railroad situation locally as well as north,
south and west from the meropolls. The
Hell Gate bridge and approaches will cost
t.'O.OiiO.OoO. On the New York side the struc
ture begins In the yard of the New Haven
road at One Hundred and Forty-second
rtreet and proceeds by viaduct to the
shores, of the Rronx Kill. The Kill Is
crossed by a bridge of the lift type 300
feet long, to a viaduct that runs south
ward along the eastern shore of Randall a
Inland to Little Hell Gate. This viaduct
Is about J.aoo feet long.
A second bridge 1,000 feet long crosses
to Ward's Island. A viaduct traverses
Ward's Islnnd 2,S00 feet to the shores of
Hell Gate. Hell Gats Itself Is spanned by
a bridge 1.000 feet long. When the I-ong
island ahore Is reached the four tracks
which have crossed from the New Haven
road's yards run southward to the Sunny
side yards on a viaduct. Here connection
may be made to th Pennsylvania st Ion
In Seventh avenue, Manhattan, or with the
lines running out Into Long island.
As passenger1 tralna Will go direct f?j the
entrance of the Pennsylvania tunner In the
Punnyslde. yards It will be possible to
transport passengers without change of
cars from Quebec to Florida.
A most interesting example of the use
of finger prints In the detection of crim
inals has occurred In New York. A safe
waa robbed and finger prints were found
upon the Inner surface of the door. The
police believed that the robbery had been
committed by some one In the establish
ment, and they took the finger prints of
every one of the 200 employes and com
pared them with a photograph of the
marks on the safe door. One, and one
only, waa found to correspond, and though
the negro porter thus Identified was Im
plicitly trusted by his employer, he was
Immediately put under arrest. If other
evidence be found to convict him this will
be really a great triumph for a system that
haa not yet been taken quite as seriously
In thla country, In spite of. Or perhaps bet
cause of its Ingenious - applications In
romance.
Activity In . road making all ever the
country, for which great sums were e
pended last year, is summed up in a con
denaatlon of state highway reports juat
given out at Albany.
New York spent about ts.000,000 and
plans to spend nearer (9,000,000 the coming
year. New "Jersey built at a oost of more
than 1825,000 with contracta of about Stfe,-
000 not yet completed. Repairs and mainte
nance amounted to more than $1,400,000.
Pennsylvania spent considerably mora than
$1,000,000 on roads, with contracts of $700.
000 not completed. Ohio had construction
and repair bills of nearly $600,000, with
work aggregating $620,000 still to be fin
ished.
The total expenditures of otlter states
were as follows: Arlsona. $300,000; Call
fornla, besides completing three out of
seven state roads, voted $18,000,000 for a
state highway system; Colorado, $1.29,000;
Connecticut, $1,800,000; Delaware, $304,000;
Georgia, $3,000,000; KanSis, $00,000; Maine.
$420,000; Maryland. $1.477.00; Massachusetts,
1350,000; Minnesota, $80,000; Missouri, $100.
000; New Hampshire. $800,000;. North Caro
lina. $800,000; Rhode Island, $400,000; Texas.
$7,000,000, with estimates for about $2S,000,000
In 1911; Utah. $126,000; Vermont. $260,000;
Virginia, $S50.000; Washington, $300,000; West
Virginia, $1,160,000; Wisconsin, $2,000,000.
Rebellion has broken out in the Jones
family. It has become so numerous In
New York City at least that the aupply
of given names long since gave out, and
so many have come to bear the same name
throughout that great confusion results.
One of the many William Alfred Joneses
has accordingly gone to the courta for re
lief from the name Jones altogether. He
has been allowed by Juatlce Greenbaum
to take the name of William Alfred Far
mlngton on such representations aa the
following: "Your petitioner has also suf
fered many handicaps In business by rea
son of the fact that hig name la a very
common one, and It would be to his fi
nancial advantage to change It to one not
so universal. For Some years past, es
pecially since residing In New York City,
he has been greatly embarrassed and In
convenienced by reason of the fact that
there are so many persons bearing the
same full name, and as a result of this
your petitioner haa been greatly troubled
and inconvenienced In a great many ways,
particularly In that his mall la constantly
mixed up- and delivered fo other persons
of the same name, and that he Is con
stantly receiving other persons' letters.
The delay and miscarriage of mall has
rauaed your petitioner to sustain consider
able financial loss."
Practically every box .of lemons brought
Into the United States now carries to Its
consumers a protest against the high rates
In the Payne-Aldrlch tariff on lemona. Be
ginning this week, the fruit Importers
stationed men with stencils on all the plera
where shipments of lemons arrive and they
will print on each box a pithy proteat
againat the tariff rate.
"If lemons were free this box would cost
you $1.26 less" Is a favorite stencil. Others
are: "The tariff la Squeeslng me." "Revise
the tariff and get me cheaper." "if tha tariff
squeezes me much more I won't come
here." and "The tariff Is msklng us sour
on the I'nlted Statea. '
A 34-year-old son of American parents,
with a good Irish name, but speaking only
German, Is Ellm O'Shaughnesay, son of
Nelson 0'8haughnessy, former secretary
of the American legation In Vienna. Lit
tle Ellm was born In Berlin, and on the
theory that he would learn hla own lan
guage when he returned to America his
parants have taught him only German.
And now F.llm'a father la going to the
American embassy In Mexico, where the
boy will supplement his German education
with Spanish. Perhaps some day If the
father becomea attached to the American
ftaie department at Washington Ellm'
msy learn a few English words.
The Pace that Kills.
Baltimore American.
The famoua auto expert who broke hla
neck In an effort to establish new speed
records might have given hia life In a bet
ter cause. A man, it Is true, ran eaally
find out if human manufacture ran atand
the terrific strain put upon it by these
speed experiments, but If he finds to the
contrary the knowledge ia seldom of any
use to him, nor doea Ita acquisition serve
even the minor purpose of being a warning
to othera. The need of the age la to learn
more how to enjoy life, rather than faster
ways of rushing through it.
STATE TRESS COMMENT.
Nebraska City Press: It will be noticed
that the Nebraska legtalsture did not adopt
the recall, for the reason, perhaps. lht In
most states where It Is used the recsll
'applies to the members nf the legislature.
Stanton Ticket: The hsrem skirt baa not
I made Its appearance on the afreets of
Stanton yet. Stanton Is generally P to
snuff and we can see no reason why some
fair damsel has not ventured to 'spring
It" on us. Aa an inducement tha Picket
editor will give a yea fs subscription to
the first lady who will adorn a "harem"
anil strut down Nebraska avenue.
Madison Chronicle: The Madison State
bank haa made application to nationalise,
and If the charter Is granted, which will
undoubtedly be. It will be the Madison
National bank. This Step Is being taken
by banks all over the state and the biggest
Joke cornea on Senstor Volpp who helped
make the law. He Is nationalising Ms
bsnk on account of the unjust law which
he helped to mske.
Ord Quls: The best legislature Nebraska
ever had was the one four yeara ago. which
was overwhelmingly republican. The
worst was the one of two years ago,
which was overwhelmingly democratic. The
legislature lust ended la conceded to be
an Improvement on the legislature of 1,
but ) au see that It was not so overwhelm
ingly democratic. From these three prem
ises It ought to be easy to figure out the
relative value of democrats and repub
licans In office.
O'Neill Frontier. Colonel Bryan received
his worst snub since the Grand Island
convention when" he went to Washington
and undertook to dictate the house and
senate organizations. The democrats In
congress turned him down In a way that
would Indicate they desired the thrice
beaten candidate to go hack and sit down.
The colonel has undoubtedly been enter
taining further political artibltlons and be
lieved If he could dictate affairs In con
gress it would give him an advantage over
other presidential possibilities now loom
Ing on the horizon.
Wayne Herald: The late legislature fol
lowed the usual custom of stopping the
clock. The session adjourned Monday,
whereas the record will show thst It ad
journed last Thursday. The members de
cided on a time for adjournment, and not
having finished their work, prolonged the
session beyond the hour fixed for quitting.
They stop the clock to make a technical
show of adjournment on time. The record
presents an Immense lot of business ac
complished the last. day. It Is really an
absurd custom, with no reason for It.
Rach legislature does It because the previ
ous legislature did It.
Beatrice Express: The latest for Ne
braska Is an ostrich farm. California par
ties are planning to Install such an In
stitution near Sidney, thla state. They
say that the climate of Nebraska la even
better for raining this necessary bird than
that of California or Arlsona, where the
business has heretofore had a monopoly.
Nebraska ha bean competing with Cali
fornia In tha matter of climate for aome
time, and to have It thua officially recog
nized is a aource of gratification to resi
dents of tbe state. We hope no disloyal
citizen will hint that tba ostrich la sup
posed to thrive best in a desert, and throw
brickbats at Sidney and vicinity on that
account.
Central City Nonpareil: E-Oovernor
StlaJlenberger Is allowing no grass to
grow under his feet, In manufacturing po
litical capital out of tba location of the
new agricultural college In the southwest
ern part of the state. Ha ia making a tour
of that section and st each town, delivers
a apeech en tha "value of an agricultural
college to southwestern Nebraska." - At tha
close of his address the prominent Men of
tha community are organized Into a boost'
Ing committee to secure the school ' for
their town. Everybody Is enthusiastic be
cause everybody feela that their town la
sure to land the plum. Incidentally every
body Is Just now whooping It up for Mr.
Shellenberger. The enthusiasm will soon
ba so uproarous after the school has boon
located and a number of the little towns
like Oxford. Beaver City and Alma find
that they were never In the race and were
only used as pawns by a designing poli
tician. Political snapshots.
Pittsburg Dispatch: Senator Kenyon'a
declaration for backbone rather than wish
bone aa tba need of tha hour promises a
sturdy addition to the senate.
Cleaveland Leader: Looking at Larimer
from all angles, on is forced to tha opinion
that tba donors of that $100,000 slush didn't
get their money's worth.
Boston Transcript: There are now three
United States senatora who own the State
Unlveralty of Iowa aa their Alma Mater,
Brown of Nebraska. Clark of Wyoming
and Kenyon of Iowa. This ia a rather
large proportion for a comparatively small
institution.
Mouaton Post: Omaha has Informed Mem
phis that Jim Dahlman might entertain a
proposition to move for $1,800,000. Jim, you
remember, waa tha democratic candidate
for governor of Nebraska last year, who
failed of election because he wan stabbed
In the back by his supposed friend, who
lived In Lincoln.
Chicago Poat: The Wisconsin legislature
deplores the election of Lorlmer by shady
means; frut It is pertinently suggested that
It might do aoma deploring over a case
naarer home. Rumor haa Intimated that
tha election of one senator from that state
also not wholly unconnected with (he
lumber interests deserves aome Investiga
tion. I.Iatea for th Veils.
New York World.
General Wood's theory that the two
Americana' who were killed at Douglas.
Aria., during tha fighting acroaa tbe Mexi
can border were th victims of bullets
fired by Americana la quite plausible. There
Is a considerable contingent of Americana
with th Insurgent forces and they have
taken a pretty part in th fighting. If
some of them were caught by the federals
and in danger of being stood up against
a wall and shot, frantic appeals no doubt
would be addressed to the government at
Washington to aave their Uvea.
"Eeaaoasr as Is."
Houston Post
By cutting out tha free seed graft, the
democratic house may run up tbe amount
already saved to three-fourtha of a cent
per capita. It la worth doing. Prudent
peoplegdon't sneese at seeming trifles.
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CHEERY CHAFF.
Mr. Jawt.ack My dear. I was en of the
first to leave.
Mrs. Jawbiick Oh. you always say thst.
Mr. Jawback I can prove it this time
look out In th hall and see the beautiful
umbrella I brought home. Toledo Blade.
"Jaggsby certainly does have all kinds
of trouble."
"What hi the matter with him?"
"He got himself an automobile and It
blew up. Then he got an aeroplane."
"What happened to that?"
"It blew down." Hnltlmore American.
Mrs. Gnaggs I'll never forget th night
you proposed to me. You acted a perfect
fool. '
Mr. Gnaggs That wasn't anting Phila
delphia Renord.
"1 hear there was an election at your
club yesterday."
"There waa. and I am going to contest it
and demand a recount."
"You are? Whv, who was declared
elected?"
"I was." Chicago Tribune.
"Pa." said Freddy, "What Is a social
scale?"
"Generally speaking," replied pa. "it's
a place where they weigh monev. Bo
hemian Magazine.
Miss Newly Rich (who haa lust returned
from a trip to Egypt) Oh, the Pyramids
were wonderful, and Just covered with
hieroglyphics.
Grandma Sakes alive! Did ve git any of
'em on ye? Harper's Weekly.
"I have rejected a dozen offers of mar
riage In my time."
"Well?"
"Well, aren't you surprised?"
"Yes, I didn't think you had near that
much money." Houston Post.
FORTY YEARS HENCE.
Arthur Chapman in Denver Republican.
It was an aged pensioner who stopped me
on the street;
"See here." he says, "my teeth ar gone
It's hurd for me to cat;
I lost them breakln' hardtack 'twas no Job
that I choose
In the year of nineteen 'leven, wher th
Rio Grand flow a.
"My digestion waa plumb ruined in that'
long and hard campaign:
I et atrawberry shortcake till all doct'rin
was In vain;
It was tough to be a soldier, you c'n take
my Word or no.
In the year of nineteen 'leven, on th edge
oi jiiexico.
"This arm of mine was Injured it has
never been the same
A-wrltln' endless postcards to th home
folks and I claim
There never waa campalgnin' that waa
half ao rough on men
Aa the row of nineteen 'leven, jest a tol
lerln' nineteen ten."
It waa an aged pensioner, who wept the
while he talked.
And limped like Rip Van Winkle when
finally he walked;
For he'd Injured both hla ankles thev
had rusted from disuse
In the war of nineteen ieven, when the
Dlas cinch cam loose.
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