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abacrlbera leaving Y"e ' tem
porarllr hould hay The
balled i them. Adureaa will be
changed aa oftea aa ruuatd.
Now we shall see If our amiable
Irlentl, Air. Wu, tan come back.
Still, Lau&or una ui example of the'
rebuilt Sail fraticlsco to inspire It.
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That sure cure for dandelions Is yet
waiting to make some one's fortune.
The first photograph of President
Diaz retiring will be a scoop worth
while.
j
Mayor Gaynor probably Is not griev
ing becauao his Hyde has been taken
off him.
And now a Missourian thinks he has
found the long lost Charley Ross.
Show ub.
It Is gratifying to know that no one
was scalped iu ' that whiskers-bald
head debate. -
When at bat Diaz has always been
a bard hitter, never taking much to
the sacrifice.
1 "What" k merry, race to the chautau'
qua platforrja twa shall see when con
gress does adjourn.
"The democratic party is march
ing," exclaims Mr. Bryan. Marching
forward or Just marking time?
Omaha Is uouoieq by uuigiaries aa Lin
coln was' pestered by hold-ups. Lincoln
Journal.
Then It Isn't Just an Omaha disease.
Having failed of fame as the roar
ing lion of the Benate, "Jeff" Davis
now seems to be trying the syhynx
game. '..
The multiplicity of mine explosions
might suggest' that new bureau of
mine Inspection has not gotten fully
started. ".
The editor of a London periodical
says he shivers every time he reads an
American newspaper. What has the
poor man done? '
What a great oversight not to have'
Invited Generals Dlas and Madero to
a joint debate at that peace confer
ence In Baltimore. ' ;
If that Gutenberg Bible brought
$50,000, how much would the one
bring which Lee O'N'et Browne read
from "lid to lid?"
Lillian Russell denies she Is to be
married . again. How strange, Nat
Goodwin made the very same sort of
statement recently.
"God bless the country newspaper,"
beseeches "Uncle Joe" Catiuou. He evi
dently believes It, is superfluous to ask
God to bless the others.
The army must remain In Texas un
til July 1. Which shows the presi
dent is no longer aa partial to the
military as when he waa secretary of
war. "
From the contiuued delay in hand
ing down decisions In the tobacco and
oil cases, the supreme court doctors
must be finding It hard to agree on
the diagnosis.
Prospects at Lincoln are for a brisk
competition for those twenty-gve sa
loon licenses at $2,000 apiece. Some
folks who expect to get rich quick by
that route are going to be badly
fooled.
Some day our people will realize
how much time and money is wasted
In paying county and city taxes sepa
rately and at different times Instead
of having the whole tax bill rendered
together and payable at once.
New paving already petitioned for
will more than exhaust the available.
Intersection fund and late petitioners
are sure to be left. But, then, there
Is no good reason whatever why tha
preliminaries for all tbe street im
provements projected for the season
should not be completed by the Uib
frost Is out of the ground.
Fighting Fakers.
A new element of danger in con
nection with the Mexican war has
arisen In the fake reports that are fly
ing thick and fast. Evidently It will
require the forces at Washington as
well as In Mexico to combat them. All
sorts of unauthorized reports seem to
be abroad and some of them are find
ing their way Into wide circulation.
This rannot fall seriously to compli
cate a situation already delicate
enough for both countries.
It is too bad that the rumor of In
tervention should have gained such
headway in Mexico in face) of the fact
as reiterated by the president that he
was opposed to such a step and would
oppose it to the very last; that he
never would favor it so long as any
other way around presented itself. So
far as that Is concerned. It docs not
He within the province of the presi
dent to order Intervention. That is a
prerogative of congress. All the presi
dent can do la to call upon congress
for advice or authority to act and he
has thus far given no intimation of a
desire or purpose to do that. , '
Undoubtedly Mexicans and Ameri
cana In Mexico have been Influenced
by many of these reports. They must
tend to Inflame feeling In Mexico
against Americans on the scene and
the Americans are deeply enough Im
pressed with what this means to their
physical safety to hasten to get out of
the country. The heavy exodua from
Mexico City and other places is proof
sufficient of the pernicious effect of
these reports.
Those with the best interests of
Mexico and the United States at heart
will continue to hope, that whatever
turn affairs take, they will not neces
sitate aggressive action on our part.
Of course, It Is becoming plainer every
day that unless Diaz makes acceptable
concessions, the revolution is not likely
to end, but spread In volume and In
fluence. If its termination depends
upon the sole Issue of Diaz's resigna
tion and it seems that It does it
wil) devolve upon the sane patriotism
In Mexico to meet the issue. But In
the meantime It is extremely unfortu
nate for anybody In the United States
to create embarrassment by manufac
turing canards that tend to Involve our
government In troubles it Is skillfully
avoiding.
A Dull Debate.
Few people can fail to have been
struck by the dullness so far of the
debate in congress on the reciprocity
and tariff revision bills. The discus
sion for the most part has been per
functory for home consumption
through the medium of extracts from
the Congressional Record with noth
ing either brilliant or Btartling. . Tbe
game la being played strictly .wlfhln
the rules, the deck' having .been
stacked in democratic caucus, making
practically certain the passage of all
the bills reported from the ways and
means committee under party whip
and spur without change.
It may be inherent In house pro
cedure that the debate should be gen
erally commonplace, for that was true
also of the Payne-Aldrlch bill which
had to wait untlltt got Into the senate
to arouse a really enlivening contest.
Not that there are no speeches being
delivered in the house worth bearing
or reading, but that the debate has
brought out no great orators entitled
to command national attention for
their speeches. Unless there la an
awakening the tariff debate of the ex
tra session of 1911 will go down aa
one of the dullest In history.
Bryan to the Rescue.
Why Mr. Bryan has Insisted on pro
jecting himself into the organization
of the democratic membership of the
two houses of congress and then re
fusing, to accept the decision of the
democratic; senators to make Senator
Martin their leader has not been Quite
clear, but Is being gradually illumined.
Mr. Bryan now raises his new slogan,
"Shall the democratic party be Al
drichtzed?" and loudly . proclaims,
"The fight is on."
If the fight Is on, of ' course, Mr.
Bryan will be in the thick of It, and
In his Commoner he has already . Is
sued his call to arms. "If you believe
the democratic party should be true
to its name," he declares, "you may
help win the fight to protect its na
tional convention from the Invading
forces of those who would make the
party the laughing stock of real dem
ocrats," and then confidentially im
parts this bit of startling information:
Mr. Bryan will do his part In an effort
to protect the democratic party from
"Aldrlchlam." On the stump and through
tha Commoner ha will insist that ths spe
cial Interests shall not control the conven
tion. In a word, Mr. Bryan Is rushing to
the breach, and coming bravely to the
rescue. Incidentally, .we are further
told that "Mr. Bryan has given in
structions that his paper; the' Com
moner, be sent to every new sub
scriber for a period of two years for
the regular price of one year," and
"you are invited to Join Mr. Bryan in
this great fight."
N. B. No charge for this free ad.
State Deposits and Depositories,
The newly amended Nebraska hank
ing law provides that state banks may
become state depositories without the
special bond heretofore exacted to in
sure repayment. Tbe idea is that the
guaranty ftlnd, which Is to safeguard
other depositors, will be sufficient to
safeguard the deposits of state money
as well. But the new order of thinas
will either force the treasurer to put
all state deposits Into state banks or
it will penalise national banks that
may wish to be state depositories in
the sum that they would have o pay
for a depository bond. The chvrge
on these bonds is supposed to be olc
half cf 1 per cent, so that stste de
posits will cost a national bank one
half of 1 per cent from now on mote
than- they will cost a state bank.
With so many of the stronger bunks
nationalizing to get away from the
burdens of the state depository law,
this will mean that the bulk of the
state money will be In the smaller or
weaker banks. Omaha and South
Omaha, for example, have not at
present a single state bank, and the
big banks at Lincoln are likewise all
national banks. If the national banks
refuse to compete for state money on
these unequal terms the state treas
urer will be at a decided disadvantage.
Only If the national banks can be
brought to conclude that the cost cf
the depository bond is less than the
burden of maintaining the guaranty
fund will serious complication be
avoided. If the state treasurer is
compelled to deposit only In state
banks, located in scattered cities and
towns at a distance from the capital,
another readjustment of the law will
become Imperative.
Colorado Alone Fails.
Colorado ia the only one of the four
states that were deadlocked on the
election of a United States senator
whose legislature has failed to elect.
New York, Iowa and Montana all
finally found their way out of the
labyrinth of discord and confusion and
rescued their constitutional right to
have two senators in Washlngton.
Colorado will be represented by only
one for the next two years, and that
one a republican, though the state ia
otherwise in the hands of the demo
crats and its legislature overwhelm
ingly democratic.
The "interests" seem to have been
strong enough in Colorado to the last
to prevent a choice unsatisfactory to
them. Evidently they had agreed on
Mayor Speer of Denver and when his
election was' blocked his backers de
cided the state should have none other,
so the legislature adjourned without
action. When the lieutenant governor
dropped his gavel in token of final ad
journment he said: "I am ringing
down the curtain on the greatest farce
comedy In the political history of
Colorado."
This probably is an accurate de
scription, though Colorado has wit
nessed many farce comedies in poli
tics. The democrats come out of this
one with little to their credit. It was
due to a minority, not a majority, that
"the interests" did not get their man,
but the minority was not strong
enough to complete a victory against
the Interests. Colorado may feel that
It is at least no worse off with a va
cancy than with the kind of a demo
cratic senator It so narrowly escaped.
! ' Money in Politics.
Prof. Merrlam unsuccessful race
for mayor of Chicago against Carter
Harrison cost $133,000, according to
the report tiled. That is an enormous
expenditure and discouraging to the
man without money or some way of
getting it who may aspire to public
office. No one has questioned the
legitimacy of Prof. Merrlam's collec
tions nor outlay. He ran as the nom
inee of the good, government organ
izations, which undoubtedly financed
his campaign, obtaining the money by
contributions. That fact does not
lessen the discouragement which nat
urally arUes from such a showing.
Carter Harrison ran on the oppos
ing platform and was supported,
among others, by the corrupt powers,
whether by Collusion or not makes no
difference so far as the results are
concerned. It might logically be
argued that he, or his force, was able
to command even greater sums of
money than the Merrlam crowd. Who
put up the Harrison funds has not
been authoritatively announced,
though the anti-Harrison newspapers
sought by every means to find out dur
ing the campaign.. Since his sup
porters included the machine cohorts
in Chicago politics, his financial back
ers could scarcely have been opposed
to these machine agencies.
The effect of the disclosure is to dis
courage men who would enter politics
purely upon the basis of merlt and
absolutely to ignore from all consid
eration the old principle of the office
seeking the man. When a man of
high character, coming before tho peo
ple as the chosen representative of
the good government forces, has to
spend $133,000 to lose, it is time to
wonder where we are heading In our
political reforms.
A local exposition of "made-in-Omaha"
goods is said to be In con
templation. We have had such exhi
bitions before, but not in recent years.
It would not be a bad idea to remind
our own people every little while how
varied and extensive Omaha's manu
facturing Industries are and follow up
with a patronize-home-Industry propa
ganda. And now Havelock is taking steps
to lift the lid. Havelock went dry last
year simply to help Lincoln to go wet,
and having accomplished the purpose,
sees nothing to be gained by continu
ing to be a self-immolated victim of
neighborly generosity. It's a safe bet
that Havelock goes wet at the first
opportunity.
If it will be any additional Induce
ment to Attorney General Wirkersham
to attend the National Prison congress
meeting In Omaha. King Ak-Sar-Ben
will agree to give him an Immunity
bath when it Is his turn at the den to
be Initiated into the mysteries of the
realm.
The census of the Nebraska state
penitentiary shows the number of in
mates to be 443, which, la cobaldarabl
larger than usual. Kven at that this
is only one for about every 2,700 of
the population, which is not putting
Nebraska In very 'bad.
And now llavelock Is taking steps
to lift the Ud. llavelock went dry last
year simply to help Lincoln to go wet,
and having accomplished the purpose,
sees nothing to be gained by continu
ing to be a self-immolated victim of
neighborly generosity. It's a safe bet
that Havelock goes wet at the first
opportunity.
Mr. Bryan will not he a candidate next
year, but Jie will be best man at the cere
mony. Detroit New. f
From the way he fs already flirt
ing with the bride-to-be. It is not cer
tain he is unwilling to slip ahead of
the best man.
It is reassuring, at any rate, to
know that the umpire Is coming into
his rightful unpopularity while the
ball season is yet young.
Who Knona the Answerf
Indianapolis News.
With 150 deserters fcom the troops at
Pan Antonio, it ia clear that some scheme
has got to be devised to make army Ufa
more attractive. But how to do this with
out actual bloodshed Is tha question.
I narrmly Activity.
Houston Post
Governor Woodrow Wilson will soon hit
the grit for the coast, making numerous
stops for the purpose of dropping a few
views on public questions. Thin sort of
activity Is sure to call the deprecating de
partment of the Commoner Into activity.
no More laaeiatlon.
St. I.oui8 Globe-Democrat.
The president has just declared that no
government of t the United States would
be allowed, by public opinion, to annex tha
territory of another republic. Right. .And
In defending their rights under the Mon
roe doctrine. It In not at all necessary for
us to compel any of them to submit to
wrongs at the hands of powers forcing
tha claims of dishonest credltora.
Confidence. Well Placed.
New York Tribune.
The bill passed by the Colorado state
senate, providing that stenographers shall
not be compelled to reveal the secrets of
their employers on ths witness atand,
setve to draw renewed attention to the
confidence reposed by the American busi
ness world In the trustworthiness of a
large clasa of workers, and to the rarity
of tha cases In which his confidence Ia
found to have been misplaced.
THE RECALL IX ACTIO.
Tacoma's Mreaaoaa I'are on
the
Political Kace Track. .
New York World.
Tacoma Is showing an expectant world
how much fun van be got out of tha recall
when practised with assiduity.
On April 6. the women, ths aaloonkeepers
and other cltisens of Tacoma held a spe
cial election to recall Mayor Faweett. They
voted with such vigor that none of tha
three candidates got tha . requisite majority,
and had -it not been aucb rare sport tha
day might hav been considered wasted.
They . held anotbar special election ten
days -later, and fthla time tha panacea
panned out and Matyor fawcett made way
for Mayor Pcymoui". -
Time passed and politics became dull In
Tacoma. But on May I tha clouds lifted
and another special election blossomed
forth to recall the four city commissioners.
Alas) The new weapon had become rusty
from a fortnight's long disuse and It failed
to decapitate the4e officials at one swift
and deadly blow. But Tacoma never
wavered. No sooner did It find that this
aleotton was "npt decisive" than It bravely
called for another to be held on May It.
Four elections In six weeks with a waste
of only a mayor and possibly four com
missioners, and all the rest of the city
administration still untapped 1 What a radi
ant spectacle of people revelling In Its
new-found might! Let us take our hats
off to Tacoma and Tacomanla.
People Talked About
BELA3CO
If you read tha billboards you will notice
occasionally tbe classy theater announce
ment, "Mr. Pavld Belasco presents" a atar
of more or less brllllancey. lie Is ths
owner of many theut ra and manages sev
eral companies on the road. Mr. Belasco
does not care for money for personal
use. rarely draws from tha till mora than
a fiver, yet he has ao much of It rolling
into hla coffers that tbe thinking of what
to do with It curia his hair.
Miss Emily Randolph of Philadelphia
la a champion polo player. When she
goea on tha field' aha wears regulation
masculine trousers and long-tailed coat.
She rides astride and playa tha man's
game with a man's ekill. .
One hundred thousand dollars for one
season's crop of onions la the amount of
money that Mrs. Kd warts C. lodd. who
la known aa the Bermuda onion queen,
will receive from the yield on -Co acres of
her land near Laredo, Tex., this year,
George 8. Dougherty, who haa succeeded
W. J. Flynn as deputy police commis
sioner of New York City, has a long
record as a aucceusful yegg-hunter. Hla
connection with tha American Bankers'
association gave Mm a special knowledge
of this type of criminal.
Because be likea tha brand of baae ball
put up In Detroit belter than that in Ht.
Louis. Rev. Dr. Homer D. Henderson an
nounced hla resignation from the pastorate
of the Wagoner Place United Presbyter
ian church, ona of the leading congrega
tions of Bt. Louis, to accept a call from
the First United Presbyterian church of
Detroit.
When Wilheim II, kaiser of Germany,
waa In Vienna the other day, the Aua
traln court barber was 111, and an out
side tonsorlaJ artist waa summoned to
cut tha Imperial's hair. The barbor after
ward told bow two valata held the Kaiser a
combs aad bruahea. "They bowed
solemnly," suld be, 'ever time they
kaeded. ma a comb,"
Around New York
SUpplea on tha Current of Life
aa Sean la tha Greet American
Metropolis from Day to Day.
The formal opening of the new public
library of the metropolis Is promised this
month, though the date has not been set.
The building has been under way for ten
years and ia regarded as the most beauti
ful structure In the city. It stands on
a plot ground running from Fortieth
to Forty-second streets and from Fifth
venue to Bryant park. This site is prob
ably worth llO.noo.ono. The library has cost
more than l.O0O.ono, making a tfttal Invest
ment of approximately IJl.OoO.OOO; which
ehows that even Kitting down to read a
book conies awfully high In New York.
The library la 390 feet long on Fifth
avenue, and 270 feet deep from Fifth
avenue. The reading room on Bryant Tark
side of the building la the largest apart
ment tit the kind In the world. It Is 206
feet long, seventy-seven feet wide and fifty
feet high. Beneath this reading room Is the
main stack room, divided into seven stories
The stack room Is fitted with alxty-three
miles of shelves, capable of holding J.7O0,
000 volumes. Other rooms for books are
capable of holding annut SOO.ono volumes.
In addition to the main reading room, there
are 300 smaller rooms. The new building Is
naturally fire proof. The book shelves are
of bronxa, and that material, with marble,
practically makes up the whole building.
There are 0,000 cubic feet of marble In
the library, and wood Is used only In the
walnscoating of certain rooms.
Library la epitomized In the inscriptions
that occupy the three spaces on the attlo.
On tha, left are the. words, "The Astor
Library', founded by John Jacob .Astor for
the advancement of useful knowledge, 1S48."
On the canter apace, "The Lenox Library,
founded by James Lenox, dedicated to
history, literature and the fine arts." On
the right plaque: "The Tllden Trust,
founded by Samuel Jonea Tllden to serve
the Interests of science and popular edu
cation, 18SS." Thee are two niches on
each side of the entrance, Intended for
fountains. Within them are to stand
statues by Frederick Macmonnles. One Is
described as "Beauty Overwhelming Ugli
ness," and the other as "Truth Overcom
ing Falsehood." The main hallway, which
all visitors from Fifth avenue first enter,
la entirely of white marble, the celling be
ing of the same material. White marble
staircases at either end of this entrance
hall lead to tho upper floors. On the south,
half of the front of the building and ex
tending around the Fortieth street side are
the administration offices of the library.
On the part of the front of the library
running toward the . Forty-second street
pavilion there are small reading ' rooms.
On Forty-second street there Is the en
trance for those who use the circulating
library. This library Is' to be situated In
the basement on the north side. At a cor
responding point on ths Fortieth street
side there is the service entrance. The
reading room la 385 feet long, the whole
length of the building at the rear; It Is
fifty feet high and over seventy-five feet
wide. It is lighted naturally by fifteen
long windows, and at night by eighteen
Renaissance electroliers. Booka of refer
ence are to be had In this room.. A wooden
screen elaborately carved In the . Renais
sance style conceals the desks of the . li
brarians, and the lifts that bring the books
up from the stack rooms; A gallery run
ning about the room supplies additional
space for booka. The vaulted celling of
this room la In green, blue and red.
A new danger to women's hats was dis
covered when a horse tried to eat the trim
ming on. one spring creation, causing a
great deal of embarrassment to the wearer.
It was aboard a Long Island railroad
ferryboat, and the boat was crowded. Talk
ing with friends forward was' a well
dressed young woman, whose hat was of
the latest style, trimmed with . something
resembling- ribbon grass.
A hora saw the hat trimming as It
swayed in front of his nostrils, sniffed a
bit, and then craned his neck to get
nearer. Then he suddenly nibbled the ma
terial he thought was grass and held It
firmly In his Jawa.
Greatly frightened, the woman did not
move, but uttered a few shrieks, which
brought several men to her aide. They
ware cruel enough to laugh. Drivers gath
ered around the horse and tried vainly to
coax him to releaae the trimming. Others
aqueezed hla nostrils, but the horse paid no
attention. Finally a garden truck vender
placed a bunch of carrota in front of the
horse, and the trick waa done. He opened
hla jaws for the tempting vegetable, and
the Imprisoned trimming was liberated.
When an Immigration inspector sitting
In the big examination room at Ellis Island
called for George Schneider and family,
who had Just arrived on the George Wash
ington, saya the New York World, a man,
his wife and their fourteen children re
sponded. To the trained eye of the Inspector It
looked like a "cinch" case of deportation,
and his first question was "How much
money have you?"
Schneider said he didn't know, ao the
inspector told him to empty hla pockets.
The man dug down Into bis right trouaera
pocket and drew up 1510. From hla left
trousers pocket he pulled (473. In his left
hip pocket he found 12, and in the right
was ItfTO. (
"That's enough," the inspector said, with
a gasp.
"I have more as that yet," the immigrant
said. "Walt!"
Putting his hand into an Inside coat
pocket, he produced 1132. Then he found
IjuO in his vest. In an inside vest pocket
waa .'18, and to add to the inspector's
agony 143 was drawn from his watch
pocket. Herman Schneider's S-year-old son,
seeing his father fill up the table with
currency, thought that It was up to him to
contribute, ao he hauled out 11.35.
Bchnelder said that he got the money as
the rcault of a sale of bis S00 acres of land
In Garsonskl, Russia. The family left fop
Ulen Ullen, N. D., where a farm will be
purchased.
Twenty children wer killed In the
streets of Manhattan during the month of
AprU, the largest number of any month
yet recorded, and forty five, children were
klUed in Greater New York. Suoiee mora
were Injured. Secretary Cornell of the Na
tional Highways Protective association says
that ths drlveia of wagons and heavy
trucks In ths congested districts are mainly
responsible for Uila mortality of children.
It la twice that recorded for Aiiill a year
ago, and tha Indifference of the drivers Is
Increasing. Only one-fourth of street acci
dents are now chargeable against auto
mobiles. ' Caaaaala-a Yehielea Ultabed.
J Minneapolis Journal.
Nebraska haa bean annoyed by automo
bile activity at elections. After July 1.
by grace of an act of the late legislature,
it will be a misdemeanor to go out to the
highways and hedges and bring the vot
ers In. If they don't love their city and
state enough to transport themeelvae to
the polls, their city and atata will try to
exist without their advice and consent.
Tha legislature figured that a tide to the
puila 4wtlMJie4 tqamitaJte a bribe.
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.
West Point Democrat: Governor Aldrlch
la amd to have lost thousands of votes in
Nebraska by vetoing the 5undav has hall
Mil. It so, be gained as many by vetoing
the telephone trust measure.
Hebron Register: The main trouble with
the majority party In the late Nebraska
legislators was its lack of a real live
leader, one who could have shown that he
had force enough behind him to accompllali
thinas. Too much boys' play never ac
complle'hea real good work.
Hushvllte Recorder: Governor Aldilch
has been criticised for vetoing more bills
than any ether governor for some years.
Hut no Impartial Judge ran pass on
his vetoes without giving hlin credit
for good and sufficient reasons. Gov
ernor Aldrlch was not elefted as a political
governor, but rather as a governor for a
square deal all round. Of course It Is im
possible to please everybody, hence the
wail of the kickers,
Beatrice Express: Representative Sloan
of the Fourth diatrict haa been a congress
man leas than a month, but already he has
been listened to attentively while making
a speech on the floor of the honae, and al
ready he Is taking an active part In tariff
legislation by the introduction of a number
of bills looking toward tariff reduction.
It is the prediction of the friends of Mr.
Hloan that he will make an Important and
useful member of congress before his first
term expires.
Central City Republican. Sentence has
already been pronounced against Burkctl.
The case of Brown Is parallel In most of
the details. When his bearing comes on
before the public bar at the general elec
tion In IRIX sentence will be pronounced
against him Just aa effectively as It was
pronounced aaalnat Rurkett at the reneral
election of It10. For the good of the repub
lican party which facea almost certain de
feat under his leadership, for the advance
ment of progresaive policies and for the
sake of decency In politics, we demand the
elimination of Norrls Brown.
Central Cltv Nonnaretl: Judorlnv from the
drift and tone of Its comments the Omaha
Examiner la disappointed in Governor Ald
rlch. The Examiner la one of those stal
wart republican papers that supported Jim
Dahlman and It flnda It Increaalnalv ilirrt.
cult to be satisfied with the man who de
feated him. Editor Porenson cheerfully ad
mits that Governor Aldrlch haa already
developed amDle ouallricatinna m a nm.
termer. One of tha reasons for believing
that this isn't true Is the fact that the Ex
aminer has found nothing In his adminis
tration to commend. If ths present execu
tive goes ahead earning the cordial ill will
of such papers ss the Examiner he can
quit worrying about his political future. It
win take care of Itself.
Crelghton Liberal: Tha Wnrld-HeraM Al.
torlal column Is one of the live wlrea of
the national progressive movement. Ever
since senator La Foliette began to read
the record of his fellow renuhltnan .
tors It haa been heralded as the loftiest
Patriotism on the Dart of tha Wiaonnaln
senator. Now. However, when Mr. Bryan
cltea the record and shows where some of
the southern democratslo senators voted
more frequently with Aldrlch of Rhode
Island than a large number of the republi
can senatora did, why It's destroying party
harmony. That plow won't acour In this
land and the further one u tntn th
political vista of the future the more gumbo
mere seems to be In the ground. Party
regularity la a aood thin hut r
deeds faithfully performed counts a great
aeai more with the people at this hour.
No one wishes to take any credit away
from Senator La Foliette. but others doing
the same things are entitled to a fair In
terpretation of their motives also.
EDIT0SIAL SNAPSHOTS.
Boston Herald: Oddly enough the mem
bers of Ohio's bribed legislature da not ail
come from the notorious Adams county.
St. Louis Republic: The whisker-bald-headed
debate at Washington waa pulled
off significantly close, to the time for a
decision on the tariff on wool.
Houston Post; The lone aooialiat memhar
of the house pf representatives wants to
aoonsn tne united states senate, but It
Is likely he will be abolished long before
the old senate goes.
Sacramento Union: A new congressman
from Arkanaas has shocked Washing-tort
by putting his feet on hla desk In tha
house. As long as he kept his shoes on.
there should be no undue excitement.
New York World. The trite old adage
about honesty aa a business nollcv rereiv.
striking confirmation In ths payment to the
government or luro.ooo by a firm of New
York art importera accused of custom
frauds.
Washington Post: With Baltimore hav
ing elected a democratic mayor, and lay
ing plans to nab the 1912 national conven
tion, Just why Mr. Taft should go to that
city to talk about peace s more than the
average man can comprehend.
Baltimore American: Tha aanata will
doubtleaa look upon the reaolutlon offered
In tne houae of representative for Its
abolition as a very rude proceedlna amonn
gentlemen, to say nothing of being pained
py tne unkind assertion that Its days of
usefulness are over.
A Great Difference la Mea.
Sioux City Tribune.
There ia a great difference in men.
John F. Sbafroth, now governor of Colo
rado, once refuaed to accept a Certificate
of election to congress on the bare suspi
cion that some of his supporters hid en
gaged in fradulent practices. Senator
Lorlmer of llllnola. knows his seat waa
purchased outright, but he is hanging to
It like grim death..
EFOSITS made on or befort
May 10th in tW 8A VINOS
DEPARTMENT of th UNITED
STATES NATIONAL BANK
will draw interest from May
lt.
2
THREE PER CENT interest is paid on
savings deposits and COMPOUNDED
SEMI-ANNUALLY. Funds may be with,
drawn at any time without notice.
The combined capital and surplus Is f 1,3 J 0,000.09.
It U to oldest bank la Nebraska.
Established la U5.
United States National Dank
of Omaha, Nebraska
tft. T. Barlow, fresldeat. a. M. XaTerstlck, Asst. Caa
W. Wattles, TUa-rrea. Kersmaa, Asst. Oaaa,
T. a. OaldweU, Ytoe-rres. taeOlase, Asst. Cask.
W. a. maoaaea, Caaa, 9. at. TaUa. Aaat. Caaa,
Open oat Baiurdajs t'atii BiOO F. U.
JUDGE HOPEWELL,
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Beatrice Express: Nebraska mosrns ff
her dead lieutenant governor. The State
can 111 afford tha loaa of euch character
as Ms.
Dakota City Kagle: Lieutenant Governor
M. Ft. Hopewell aervtd three terms as
lieutenant governor and filled many other
positions nf responsibility In the state..
He was ens of the state's best builders.
Kearney Hub: Thr was no better man.
gauged by the common testa than the late
lieutenant governor of Nebraska, M. R.
Hopewell. Many eulogies will be pro
nounced and not one one will be exaggar
std. . .
Columbus Telegram: Melville Hopewell
was one of ths high type men of the weet.
To know him was to love hint. To stand
within the sons of his presence was to
bask In the sunshine of a manhood pur
and clean.
O'Neill Frontier: Lleutensnt Governor
M. R. Hopewell was one of the sblest
men In the republican party In thla state
and hla death will be elnoerely mourned
by a targe clrcleNof intimate, friends and
acquaintances. -
Wayne Herald: lieutenant Governor
M. R. Hopewell, whose death occurred In
Tekamah this week, cast the deciding vote
two years ago In the legislature giving
Wayne a atate normal school. Thus, It
waa very appropriate, . Indeed, for the
ths Wayne Commercial club to ehow the
city's respect for the deceased officer by
paaaing reaolutions and sending s copyMf
them to the .surviving family. Wayne has
specially aood reason to remember hlin
with esteem. ( '
Plattsmouth Journal: The passing of
Lieutenant Governor . Hopewell , will be
sadly regretted by everyone who knew hlin.
A man of sterling qualities and a polished
gentleman In all hla business tranaethn.
The writer became acquainted with Mr.
Hopewell In ltMti, and during the aoaaion (
of the legislature two years ao we were
associated with him considerably, and had
an opportunity to know the ' man . better
than ever. .Everybody had the grcatiei
ccnfldenoe and respect f6r him.
Ainsworth Star Journal: Lieutcnaut
Governor Hopewell wss burled with the
high honors he had earned by an upright
and conscientious life. He was singularly
Just In all his dealings with his tellow
man, both In private and public life a
man of much more than ordinary ability,
and a delightfully companionable man one
that you could soon learn to give full confi
dence and respect. His home life was
Ideal.' The slate as -well as the bereaved
members of his family mourn his lose.
PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
"What's become ot your friend, the trage
dian? '
"ne haa gone into moving pictures."
"Posing?" t
"No, taking tickets." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
"Walter, here's a broken button in the
soup." ,
"One moment, air, end I'll bring you a
whole one. "Houston I'ost.
"Is he absolutely honest."
"Yea, indeed. He wouldn't even steal
lumber from the new house that Is being
built next door to his." Detroit t ree Press.
"Johnny, do you know, why 1 am going
to whip you?"
"Why, father?"
"Because you struck a boy smaller than
yourself."
"1 thought perhaps it waa because 1 am
smaller than you axe." Milwaukee Senti
nel. "Do you use anecdotes to givs point to
your arguments?"
"No," replied 'Senator BbrghUiri: "T use
them to keep my audience amused with
out committing myeelt to any particular
policy." Washington Star.
. Customer See here! I thought you said
these things would grow in any climate.
Dealer They will. But It you want to
grow them In this climate you've got to
have a hothouse for them, of course.
Puck.
Btrombue Your face er seems familiar.
We've met before some where, have
not?
Hallotis Yes; before you Inherited your
fortune, you know, you used to deliver
groceries at my house. Chicago Tribune.
"When you atari In to make a monkey
of that conceited fellow, do It according
to all the rules of the game. You know the
ropee?"
."Naturally, I suppose they are guy
ropes." Baltimore American.
IS IT W0BTH WHILE t
i Joaquin Miller,
la it worth while that we Jostle a brother,
Bearing hla load on the rough side of
life?
Is It worth while. that we Jeer at each
other,
In blackness of heart that we war to
the knife?
God pity ua all In our pitiful strife!
God pity us all as we Jostle each other;
Ooii pardon us all for the triumphs we
leaf
When a fellow goes down; poor, heart- .
broken brother,
Pltrccd to the heart words are keener
than steel,
And mlgutier far for woe or for weal.
Were It not well In thla Ml.- I.ttle Journey,
On over the isthmus, down into the tide.
We give hlin a fish Instead ut a serpent.
Ere folding the hands, to be and abide,
For ever and aye, In dust at his side!
Look at the roses saluting each other;
Look at the berda all at peace on the
plain;
Man, and man only, makes war on bin
brother.
And does in his heart on his peril and
pain.
Shamed by the brutes that go down on
the plain.
Is It worth while that we battle to humble
Some poor fellow traveler down Into the
dust?
God pity ua all! Time too soon will us
tumble.
All men together, like leaves In a gust:
All of Us humbled down Into the uust.
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