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Perhaps Dowie was another one
"ahead of his time.”
Zionists have come to the same con
clusion the public long ago arrived at
respecting “Prophet” Dowie.
The coal operators discovered that
the miners meant business. Now the
public will discover that it “pays the
freight.”
If the ordinary voter were one-half
as vigilant as the political wire-puller
i„ wouldn’t take long to settle most
of the “vexing questions.”
It doesn’t take long to run up bills
for the taxpayers to pay. If they get
off with $3,000 extra expense in this
county the past two weeks they will
be lucky. _
Chicago is going to tax the saloons
a million dollars more to maintain a
police force to keep the admitted
product of the saloon under control.
The saloon men ought not kick on
that. _
Senator Tillman of South Carolina
comes frankly forward and tells his
constituents that he wants to be
re-elected. Tillman, while of the
rapical, sky-rocket type, serves a good
purpose In politics.
There appears to be a newspaper
uprising in the Third congressional
district that bodes no good to Con
gressman McCarthy’s political future.
It pays congressmen as well as others
to be onthesquare with the editors.
Agriculture is to be added to the
list of studies for the summer junior
normals. Educators are beginning to
realize that the student needs to
learn the practical things of the pres
ent rather than fill their minds with
the dead records of the past.
The Ohio legislature have not nec
essarily directed a blow at the liquor
business in raising the license from
$350 to $1,000. The liquor men claim
themselves to be in favor of high
license. And then, as much liquor
may be dispensed with half the num
ber of saloons.
Our esteemed contemporary can
see plenty of graft a thousand miles
away but none under its nose. It
should brush the political cobwebs
from Its spectacles. An editor who
has shielded grafters and defaulters
of his own political stripe has no
sense of consistency when he jumps on
to others.
You don’t have to do any guess
work respecting the administration’s
policy toward those placed in posi
tions of trust in the government. Mr.
Roosevelt expects every man to do his
best, and above all will not stand for
degrading and immoral acts such as
have come to light under the investi
gations into our consular affairs.
Several consuls who had been enamored
of the dark-eyed beauties of the Orient
and tarried long at the wine flasks
have been removed and their places
filled with others.
Another measure has come before
congress for the leasing of public
lands for grazing purposes. The pro
posed bill authorizes the secretary of
the interior to withdraw from entry
and lease for grazing purposes upon
terms of payment to be fixed by him
any unoccupied lands in any state or
territory wherein he deems it for the
public interest so to do, preference
being given to owners of stock who
are settlers or residents in the vicin
ity. The bill embodying this plan
was drawn by the director of the
geological survey and has the approval
of the commissioner of the general
land office.
Mr. Meikleiohn certainly mistakes
the temper of Nebraska republicans if
he thinks his millions can secure him
a seat in the senate.
An exchange objects to woman’s
suffrage on the grounds that its bad
enough to have padded ballot boxes
without having padded voters.
If a socalled press bureau selects a
good man as its candidate, one who is
acceptable and accessible to the
majority of the party, why that’s no
excuse for a minority to try to create
a ruction.
Hundreds of thousands of dollars
are expended annually by the govern
ment on rivers and harbors. In all
fairness, are not the land lubbers en
titled to equal consideration in the
matter of good roads?
An O’Neill dame has a new Easter
bonnet bought with money won by
her husband on a bet with a man who
lost what he had saved for his wife’s
bonnet. Mrs. Newbonnet is awaiting
an opportunity to show her new
adornment to Mrs. Oldbonnet and ask
her how she likes it.
It is Governor Folk’s opinion, or at
least he talks that way away from
home, that the free pass “is the most
insidious specie of bribery, and the
sooner the practice of giving passes to
public officials is stopped the better it
will be for the public welfare.” The
governor’s position is pretty generally
conceded to be correct and it would be
interesting to know If lie faithfully
practices what he preaches.
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After all the rebate system is in
effect only the same as that in nearly
every line of business all over the
country, from the wholesaler down to
the smallest retailer. It is human
nature as well as good business to
look after the good customers first and
if any favors are extended they go to
those who always have the price and
are large buyers. Railroads make bet
ter rates to the large shipper just as
the merchant makes a special rate on
a large bill of goods.
The small bore after which Yellow
Journal Hearst Is patterned is vividly
revealed in that gentleman’s orders
excluding the name of W. J. Bryan
irom the columns of the Hearst news
papers. Whatever admiration demo
crats may have had for Hearst must
vanish on account of his treatment of
Col. Bryan. Its a political stroke
designed to obliterate the memory of
the democratic idol of Nebraska but
which will fire with new zeal the
Bryanlzed democracy all over the
country. In fact, It is not improbable
that Mr. Bryan will again be a pres
idential candidate.
John D. Rockefeller, jr., son of the
richest man in the world, is an active
worker in religious matters and says
some good things. Addressing a bible
class on a recent Sunday he said: “To
day many people worship the god of
pleasure, the god of ambition or the
god of wealth. Anything that comes
between a man and the true God
takes the place of that God and usurps
the thought and actions of the man.
The man who continually tries to
accumulate vast riches—who devotes
the best part of his life and energy to
it—Is worshiping a false god.” Mr.
Rockefeller’s invironments are such
that his observations in this line are
trustworthy and coming from a man
with his family connections are noted
with significant interest.
It has come at last. A Kansas City
preacher has had the courage to speak
and he lets fly this way: “A great cry
went up because the polygamous
Roberts was elected to congress. But
protesting should not end with Rob
erts for there are other polygamists in
congress. The senator from one of
our middle states, the chairman of
one of the most important committees,
is just as much a polygamist as
Roberts. It is known that simply be
cause he took a fancy to another
woman his first wife was forced tc
seek a divorce. It seems to make a
vast difference whether the people
who figure in these disgraceful epi
sodes are members of the New York
‘four hundred’ or the followers ol
Brigham Ybung.” Between’ the
avowed polygamist and the sly old
adulter the former is preferable.
CONTEMPORARY COMMENT.
‘ Those populist papers that’ were
crowing so slowly about the Bartley
bond case,” says the Rushville Re
conder, “must now toot on a lower
key. Attorney-General Brown has
been sawing some more wood, and has
got the surpreme court to grant a re
hearing.”
The Ilumbolt Leader gives this ad
vise: “Advertise your own business
and let the mail order houses alone.
Some communities would never know
of ttie existance of the mail order con
cerns if their home dealer was not cri
ticising them all the time. Too often a
kick is a boost.”
Kearney Democrat: The Burkett
bill making two judicial districts has
been accepted by the senate, which
indicates that the senate has listened
to the voice of the politician rather
than to the voice of the people. Vox
Del, vox populi, never goes far enough
to be understood by the senate, and
our state will be divided by the Platte
river.
According to the Alliance Times,
the merchants of Lincoln and the
Commercial club nave mutually agreed
to refuse all forms of adveitising ex
cept that offered by legitimate news
papers, which they rightly characterize
the best, and further take the stand
that as the newspapers ever work for
the advancement of the community
they are entitled to all the patronage
the business men can afford for adver
tising, Every city and town ought to
do likewise.
“Tom Majors of Peru has a habit of
lighting on his feet that is refresh
ing,” observed the Waterloo Gazette.
“The vein of bitummous coal over
three feet thick found at Peru recent
ly seems to be located on Tom’s broad
acres, and lie has accordingly laid
claim to the state reward of $5000 of
fered for the discovery of a vain of
coal measuring thirty-six inches
through. The coal has been tested
and found to burn quite freely and to
give out a good heat.”
The Fremont Tribune says: "It is
reported from Goldfield, Nev., that
‘Gentleman George’ Meiklejohn has
struck it rich in his mining operations
there and that he has started for Ne
braska open to a sensatorial campaign.
It is said that he is now a millionaire.
It is more likely that the re
port has been sent out for the purpose
of selling stock than for capturing de
legations to the state convention.
Anyway, a million dollars Is not
enough to buy a senatorial nomina
tion in Nebraska this year. Mr. Wat
tles has that much money.”
The Gothenburg Independent comes
to the defense of Senator Millard. It
says: “Senator Millard has done more
for securing appropriations for the de
velopment of Nebraska than any other
senator Nebraska has ever had. A
number of Nebraska papers are calling
him the railroad senator, but his re.
cord has been a good one from a con
servative standpoint, and the croakers
over the state will find that when
election time comes the people will
conclude to honor Mr. Millard for an
other term for the good work he has
done for the state.”
A young lawyer received a call, the
Washington Register says, from a
farmer who was in need of legal ad
vice. The lawyer looked up the sta
tutes and told the farmer what he
should do. “How much?” said the
farmer. “Well let’s call it $3.” said
the lawyer. The farmer handed over
a $5 bill. The lawyer seemed embar
rassed. After searching his pockets
and the drawers of his desk, he arose
to the occasion, and pocketed the bill
as he reached for a digest. “1 guess,
neighbor,” he remarked, as he resum
ed his seat. “I shall have to give you
$2 worth more.”
“Attorney General Brown coniinues
to attend strictly to his official busi
ness,” observes the Fremont Tribune.
“The while his friends are looking aft
er his campaign for United States
senator. The democratic press of the
state, which is working in conjunction
with the railroads to discredit him be
fore the people, is constantly calling
upon him to bring suit against this
alleged trust and that one, thus en
deavoring to break down the force of
his undertakings along the lines he
has been at work and doing effective
service. He has won a battle against
the railroads that have refused to pay
their taxes and has secured an early
date for a hearing in the supreme
court of the United States. He has
expedited the adjudication of the case
against the grain dealers and has now
had a referee appointed to take testi
mony. He has just secured a rehear
ing of the suit aagainst the State
Journal company for $86,000 damages
it is claimed have been done by a vio
lation of the copyright on reports of
the supreme court. He has also been
granted a new hearing in the Bartley
bond case and that litigation will be
brought back into the courts to be
tried again with the hope of reim
bursing the state for the state for the
defalcation of Former Treasurer Bart
ley to the extent of $600,000. These
things all furnish evidence of Mr.
Brown’s activity and of his determina
tion to enforce the laws of Nebraska
without fear or favor. Mr. Brown
has held the office of attorney general
a little more than a year. He has not
abolished every evil or throttled every
violator of the law. But it will be ac
knowledge by every fair-minded man
in Nebraska that he has done remark
ably well during this short time in the
office of attorney general. What did
the fusion attorney general do during
the four years that party had control
of the state machinery?”
[the W. C. T. u. corner*!
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MRS. EMMA KELLEY, 8UPT.
On February 19, Mr. Littlefield’s
Anti-gambling bill for Arizona and
New Mexico passed the house with
only three votes recorded against it.
It has been stated as an interesting
historical fact that “the first woman
suffragist” was Margaret Brent of
Baltimore, who in early Colonial days
demanded “a part and voyce” in pub
lic matters as representative of the
estate of her kinsman Lord Baltimore.
The Senate has passed the Pure
Food bill by a vote of 63 to 4. It is a
step in the right direction. We trust
it may become a law. The bill makes
it unlawful for any person or corpora
tion to manufacture, sell, etc , “any
article of food, drugs, medicine, or
liquors, which is adulterated or mis
branded, or which contains any poi
sonous or deiuterous substance.”
In a town, of about five thousand
inhabitants, the saloons were recently
taken out by a vote of the people. As
if to add insult to injury the city
council of that town has enacted an
ordinance against spitting, “why,”
said a citizen of that town, “We are
all so dry we can’t spit.” It is well
they are.
Mayor David P. Jones of Minneapo
lis, who has put the lid on the Sunday
saloon and brazed it fast, stated in an
address recently before the prohibi
tion convention of Minnesota, that
prohibition for one day had reduced
the Sunday arrests from 129 before, to
30 after, for the same length of time.
If prohibition has such a good effect
for one day in the week, why not have
it for the whole seven. •
Susan B. Anthony, that great cham
pion of equal liberty, has been called
to her rest. She began her public
life as an advocate of total obstinence
and although the object for which she
struggled so long and faithfully was
accomplished only in part, “who can
say that her work was in vain?” The
women of today can hardly realize the
change that has taken place in public
opinion during the last fifty-three
years. When, in 1852, Miss Anthony
went as a delegate to a temperance
convention at Albany, N. Y., and rose
to speak, she was told by the presiding
officer that, “the sisters were not in
vited there to speak but to listen and
learn.”
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