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8 THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT. May 9, 1901 Summer Corsets 25c We are Htlllsg summer nt corts t Z'-r, Wm am iwllir.j; tiictr c-t corsets thtt ar well cd and -correct in ahape St CTjc W ar a llir.gr iubbm net corU cl ftotllttil qualitj, neatly trimmed At I LOO each we bare all the lad in tsAke acd thap is cotsmer net t ' Women's Gloves 25 c Woeaa Ul thrd and tilk gloe are ih correct thing for summer er. TL7 are a bttUr protection for the hand t&an tutu acd the are teuch euore roccforlable than kid g'ores; they wear well and are comfortable. We hate a fecial talue in Lisle thread piore in black, tan, mode and !e at "Sjc a pair. Choice atjrk in extra French Lisle tiread glore acd pare ailk gloe, black soi color, at 50c a pair. Women's Shirt Waist 3 faOc Each We are selling a jrrat number of yercae hirt wait. light acd tx.edium color, at iCe each- We are telling white lawn birt wait trirs5i4 with lace, at LOc each. We hare other choicer tyiea in white and colored ahirt waita at Toe, tLOQ, and f 1X0 each. WAYS AK3 MEANS COMMITTEE F4 rrlc tb Half-way Mark- Ea-pa-.tia.- bat With Co- Some t&Us&deretanding sems to exist regarding the table printed In The !ndp-nd3t of April IS, and we d-ri It proper itt x?xt The pjp alift debt, at the time the "a3 and means committee began work, was 12.2-5 T. At that time a contribution of two cents from each man who voted for Governor Poynter. !f it could have fcfn collected without expanse, would have liquidated tue indobtineiis. But. as will be e-ea at a lance, it would be prvtlcaiiy an l23;-lbility to gtt rtfii half cf the? voter to give any thing; Lnce. it follows, that those who cox: tribute, must give consider ably more than what might be termed tfceir share. if the debt Is to be pid. Then. tco. the expense of reaching a large number of voters is an item that must r-ot be overlooked! la the calcula tion. Postage ttaraps cost money; ynrairg cost coay. So the schedule t.t-d in The 1 ad pendent of April 'Jt was based 62 S cents for each Poyn ter vote. If erery taaa paid, the col lection would amount to J5.C51. and thrt would pay the debt and leave a 'iri !as with which to begin the campaign. Wherever any county has rt?ritutM oise-half cf the amount et opposite iis name In that schedule, it haj contributed its share of an amount ftiScirct to pay off the debt. Hut. Jt thould rt -membered. that a rood esbt cf tne smaller counties az.d eviral cf the larger ones will not pay tbir "khare;" the smaller ones, berauw of short crops last year; and tfc larger one well, simply Ie-c2-jse they have few workers who will take hold and work with a will. Hence, w:!l be found by practical experience Vt a rood TLzny of the counties will. jf necessity, pay more than their just pj portion or the debt will never be paid. That's the situation. It is a 'condition and not a theory." as Grav er C. would say. But there's your schedule. Just divide the amount In the f rst column by 2. and you can as certain bow much your "share" is. CORRECTIONS. In report of May 2. deduct 50 cents from Franklin county on account of II. Pool subscription. Mr. Pool being an ""old" subscriber. Same report, add fc to Sherman county for W. C. Iieterichs subscrip tkta. Mr. D. beins a new subscriber. NOTICE. J!y contract with Col- Eager In re yard to the special campaign fund of fer I this: I am to receire. for the benefit of the campaign. f0 cents out cf every dollar I receive from NEW ulriber to The Independent. This oujrht to be plain enough. Yet many old subscribers misunderstand it and send in renewals, expecting that one half the amount will go to the cam paign fend. If you are not now a sub scriber you may become a NEW one by sending me a dollar. You will re icive The Independent one year, and SO en?s of the dollar you send will be come part of the campaign fund and tused to pay off the party debt. But if joa are cow taking The Independent, you are an OLD subscriber, according to newspaper definition, no matter whether you have taken the paper thrt-e months or tn years; and I can cot receive any campaign money out of the dollar you send in to pay for a rotter year. In a Bctahell. Col. Eager will con tribute one-half of all money received from rsbscribers wtrre such subscrip tions increase his listand a renewal CAMOf CATHARTIC Si.. Genuine tmpd CCC Never sold bi bulk. Gcwtr of th ccakr vbc tries to scQ "seeicthtt fttst as $ood- BEE-KEEPERS SUPPLIES. Se4 m TwrordT for Hlr. myf Swell. aCatrfertor. hnok- :io Ivr Hook, etc Lftfekmrr'c lm m4 rim t4 trtrkt. BEES WAX TB ESTER SUPPLY CO. J CI ttmtk f ft Stntt, LLSCOUf, Mil if. I . ' t v - LL- 1 mania. Women's Vests 5c Each Women's fancy ribbed cotton vests, taped at neck, cream color, 5c each. Other excellent values in cotton rests 8J, 12t and 15c each. Fine Lisle thread vests 25c each Bilk vests 50c each. Medium weight vests with long sleeves 15c each Good quality jersey ribbed vests 25c a pair. Union suits 25c each Union suits of special quality 50c each Japanese Fans 5c Each We have special values in Japanese decorated folding fans at 5c, 8, 10, 15, 20 and 25c each. Silk finished decorated French fans in black or white at 25, 35, 50, 75c and U.00 each. Printed Dimities 10c Yard We hare a line of printed dimities of good quality at 10c a yard. Printed dimities of fine quality in very choice patterns 12 and 15c a yd. Stylish Summer Hats If you want to buy a ready-to-wear summer hat or if you want a summer hat made to order that is correct in style and moderate in cost you can be pleased in our millinery department. er & raine Lincoln. Nebraska. does not increase the number of sub scribers. Only those who are not now taking the paper can take advantage of the offer for themselves but there is nothing to prevent an old subscriber from sending The Independent to a friend who docs not now take it. Is this plain enough? CHARLES Q. DE FRANCE. Sec'y Ways and Means Com. RECEIPTS. Previously acknowledged $1,107 61 To Tuesday noon 46 50 Total $1,154 11 BY COUNTIES. CLAY Previously acknowledged. J26.S3: G. M. White, Sutton, $1 for In dependent collection. Total, $27.43. CUMING Previously acknowledged, $44.50; collection of $21 by Louis De wald. Wisner. ($2.50 each from Louis Dewald, J. II. Emley. Albert Emley, Fred Wiggers. John Emley, Sylvester Emley. Geo. F. Kenower and C. L. Siecke, all of Wisner, and $1 from J. E. Spencer, Beemer). Total, $65.50. Hurrah for Cuming county! She has now paid more than her share of the debt. DUNDY Previously acknowledged, $1.50; M. N. Palmer and W. H. Grif fith. Haigler. Total, $2. FILLMORE Previously acknowl edged. $17.23; collection of $3.50 by W. J. Waite. president of the Enterprise Printing Co., publishers of the Exeter Enterprise and Geneva Gazette, (John Redfern. $1: O. T. Wheeler, $1; J. Sul livan. J0e; W. J. Walte, $1) all Exeter. Total. $20.75. FRANKLIN $12.25; deduct 50c; to tal. $11.75. KAMI LTON Previously acknowl edged. $17.75; S. A. Pollard. $1. Auro ra; collection of $1.75 by D. E. Burkey, Gilmer. (C. B. Huffman; F. McDan iels. 50c; Jos. Talich. 50c; D. E. Bur key. 50c). Total, $20.50. KNOX Previously acknowledged, $11.55; F. Birdsell, Weigand. Total, $ll.S0. LANCASTER Previously acknowl edged. $36.05; collection of $4 by W. B. Albertson, Bethany, for Lancaster pre cinct. (R. Dailey, $1; M. Colwell, T. J. Bechelhamer. G. T. Illif, B. Q. Cham bers. Chas. Heznpel. H. H. Corey, H. E. Wells, 50c; E. Munn, $1). Total, $40.05. MERRICK Previously acknowl edged, $4.60; J. B. Branaman, Chap man. $1 for Independent collection. Total. $5.10. NUCKOLLS Previously acknowl edged, $4; Wm. M. Peebler. county judge, $5, Nelson; A. A. Hiatt, Nora, $1 for Independent collection, paper to be sent John Bauman. Total, $9.50. OTOE Previously acknowledged, $19.35; J. A. Graves, $1, Palmyra. To tal. $20.35. RICHARDSON Previously ac knowledged. $9.85; Edward T. Lambert and W. J. McCray, $1, Stella. Total, $10.5. SALINE Previously acknowledged. $24.40; collection of $1.25 by James Miner, Friend, for Turkey Creek pre cinct. (James Miner, of the 33rd Iowa volunteers, civil war, $1; Wm. Trench- ard). T otal. $25.65. SAUNDERS Previously acknowl edged. $05.95; Ira Mower, 50c, Colon; Arthur WInget, Valparaiso. Total, $65.70. SEWARD Previously acknowl edged. $20.25; F. E. Cross: H. Wolvin, 50c. both Utlca. Total, $1. SHERMAN Previously acknowl edged. $10.50; collection of $3.50 by John A. Thompson. Loup City. (John A. Thompson, $1; Hans Johnson, $1, Arcadia, both for Independent collec tion; and Chas. Quartz. Geo. Peter son, J. W. Johnson, E. H. Rogers, F. Thode, N. M. Cruikshank, all of Loup City). E. H. Kltell, Rockville, $1 for Independent collection. Add Dieter- ichs 50c. Total, $14. THAYER Previously acknowledged $103.40; Geo. Eckstein, Davenport. To tal. $103.65. And still old Thayer leads. (All contributions are 25c, unless otherwise specined. Counties not named above have contributed nothing the past week.) CHAT WITH CONTRIBUTORS. Louis Dewald. Wisner. in sendintr n his collection, making a total of $61 as the result of his efforts, says: "II seems that, according to Mr. France who may be good authority on some things, there are no pops in Cnming county. Nevertheless, there are a few of ua. no matter what we may he caiiea, who believe la the people cause, even after a temporary defeat, and are willing to stand up for the good name and credit of the people's party. I enclose another draft (for $21), together with names of contri butors. It is encouraging to see men like Mr. Lamb and M. F. Harrington come to the rescue; but why men who have held office for the last five or six years do not do something is "some thing no pop can find out," as Mr. Tibbies says, unless he has had ex perience. If all those who would have been willing to accept office had we been successful last fall, would do their share now, that debt would soon be paid. I feel that this is all that I can conscientiously ask our people in this part of the county to do; still I would lite to see Cuming county give some moi and if you would write to Charles aff at Bancroft, who is chairman of our county committee' and a rustler, I think he would help out." i M. N. Palmer, committeeman for Harrison precinct, Dundy, (Haigler) says that the fusionists polled only 10 votes for Poynter and 8 for Bryan in his precinct last fall. "We believed we could cast 13 votes, but some of our party were heavily mortgaged to banks and commission companies for cattle and were told by these that if McKinley was elected they would get more for their cattle it worked all along the line from president down." He believes that "if the three state committees could be called together in a month and agree to so act in calling a joint convention (to meet in August next) and make the call so all three parties can act together in the pri maries and county conventions; send men to the state convention who have the interests cf the people at heart; and nominate men for office who are above reproach and who are not chron ic office-seekers" that we could win out hands down. Editor Waite of the Exeter Enter prise and Geneva Gazette remarks that neither Mr. Redferu nor myself have time to neglect our own business to make any extended canvass, but will remit anything paid in." Which is a good, sensible view of the matter and an excellent opportunity for Fillmore county populists to swell the credit of that county. Back in March W. B. Albertson, Bethany, committeeman for Lancaster precinct, said: "I am trying to raise $10 in this precinct and will feel guilty if I fail to do it." The good brother must 'fess up now that he feels guilty, for the contribution he sent in the other day (See Lancaster) was only $4. A. A. Hiatt, Nora, Nuckolls, re marking that money is very scarce in there (What about that McK. pros perity?), says: "While all fusionists believe that the debt should be paid, they think as I do that the twenty-five ex-county officers in this county should take the lead and contribute some thing." Well, County Judge Peebler has broken the ice with a $5 note. Who will be the next? A prominent democrat says: "I am free to say to you that I am rather pessimistic about our cause. The rank and file of our people seem very in different. The opposition have shouted prosperity so long and loud that our people seem to have come to the con clusion that all they have said is ab solutely true. Yet when you go to them and ask for a quarter or half dol lar for the cause which they profess to believe in, they make a wry face and protest that they are so blamed hard up that they can't give a cent." An other example of the effect of repub lican strategy. James Miner, Friend, is enthusiastic and self-sacrificing. He says: "Yes, yes; I am one that will donate a dol lar, even if have to do without coffee and live on hog and hominy. I am the man who called up the 101 old sol diers at the convention in Lincoln, March 23, 1900. Let. us old comrades be free! Quickstep; right and left; 'bout face! James Miner, 33rd Iowa." C. A. Whitford, Arlington, calls at tention to the fact that he paid Treas urer Mahn $8 a day or two before the ways and means committee began work. Really, Washington county is thus entitled to credit for $8 more than shows on the report; but Secre tary De France, of course, cannot un dertake to charge himself with some; thing he did not receive; cannot un dertake any "postmortems" at this time. Washington, along with a num ber of other counties, has always come up to the scratch smiling, and this is due in no small degree to the energy of Mr. Whitford. W. J. Burger, Doniphan, (General merchandise and live stock) asks how much is the balance due from Hall county and says: "I will arrange for settlement cf the same." Fourteen dollars and seventy-five cents more will bring Hall up to the 2 cent mark, completing her share of the debt. James Smith, Friend, state commit teeman for Saline, says: "I do not see any collections from DeWitt. The precinct chairman does not act or try to collect. I wish you would write to James Norton, DeWitt, asking him to make collections in that precinct. I appointed him committeeman. Am surprised that the debt is not paid be fore this." A few additional letters will be sent out this week to workers whose names were overlooked before. If there should happen to be any duplications in this list, and you should receive a second letter don't fly off the handle and be angry; just hand the letter to your populist neighbor who has given nothing and tell him that "the Lord loveth a cheerful giver." PETER COOPER CLUB A Dollar Sapper and Knthuslastle Speeches at Washington Hall Omaha The third annual banquet of the Peter Cooper club was held last Tues day night in " Omaha. There were nearly as many present as there were last year when the .event occurred'just at the beginning of the national Jcam- paign and many stopped over on itheir ray to the Sioux Falls conventiot The following account of : the function is condensed from the Omaha daily pa pers: Places were prepared for 250 and neaily every one was occupied. There were several guests from various points in' other parts of the state and an unusually large number of ladies were present. As on the , occasions of the former dinners of the club, the spread was not made the feature of the evening, the guests being attracted to hear the prominent speakers whose names ap peared on the toast card. Those from outside who made responses were ex Governor Poynter, T. H. Tibbies, ex Senator W. V. Allen and William J. Bryan. Jerry Simpson of Kansas was unable to comr .owing to an attack of rheumatism tnat confines him to his room, although he had accepted the in vitation to be present and express his opinions on "any old thing." General J. B. Weaver of Iowa, was also ex pected and his failure to arrive was not explained, as a letter written the preceding day stated that he would leave home at 7 o'clock yesterday morning for Omaha. The guests were very largely mem bers of the populist party, yet there were a number of prominent demo crats and members of the silver repub lican party among them. President L. J. Quinby of the club, officiated as toastmaster. In comment ing on the occasion and in referring to the club, the toastmaster said the peo ple's party was not at war with those who had acquired an honest compe tence, but rather was making war upon those whose policies and prac tices made it impossible to live ac cording to the golden rule. J. J. Points responded to "The Peter Cooper Club." He eulogized the pat ron saint of the club and reviewed the principles he stood for. He said the populists did not demand that the re public be saved by the people's inde pendent party, but simply that the re public be saved, placing patriotism above partisanship. He avowed the independence of the populists, asserting that most of them had left one or two parties. He said they had not joined the democratic party and whether or not they would do so depended on future events. He asserted that the populists were "will ing to follow the free man, the fear less man, but not the fat man." Letters of regret were read from George F. Washburn of Boston, Mar ion Butler, chairman of the national committee, and from Congressman Ne ville. T. H. Tibbies in responding to "The Reform Press," spoke of his exper iences as a reform press editor and said it was making him younger, bet-ter-natured and holier every day. He touched on the tendency toward a press censorship and the systematic coloring of news at the national capital. He said the Philippine war would never have occurred but for the military censorship. He declared that the republican administration had tak en up the populist idea of expanding the money supply and spoke of the coinage during the last fiscal year of $109,000,000 in gold, $105,000,000 in pa per and $32,000,000 in silver, the silver coinage being $8,000,000 greater than in any year under the Sherman law. Former Governor W. A. Poynter spoke of "The Future of the People's Independent Party." He said its mem bers are steadily growing stronger in their faith In the trinity of the plat form promulgated in Omaha in 1892 land, transportation and money. He briefly reviewed the history of the party and declared that it had been a profound success, although never suc cessful in a national election. He said the principles it advocates are strong er today than they have ever been be fore and that some of them that were met with derision at first have now been accepted by all the parties. He spoke of the talk about reorganizing the democratic party and said that the organization of the populists must be maintained In order that, if the now minority wing of the democrats should secure control the reform democrats might have a place to go, in order to co-operate with the populists, just as the populists have co-operated with the democrats toward a common end. In case the democrats continue as now, he thought the organization should be maintained in order to aid in the work of co-operation. Former Senator W. V. Allen spoke on "Our Relations With the Filipinos." He stated incidentally that he did not believe that the principles known as populism would ever cease to live in this country under some name or other and said there had never been a mo ment when he was in favor of giving up the party organization to any other party.- He regretted the term fusion as a misnomer. He said there had nev er been fusion, which meant a loss of identity, but there hr.d been co-operation and. he still favored it. He said this country is holding the Filipinos with no title except the constitutional power to make war. He expressed the conviction that congress will make no effort to dispose of the question un til the people, with senses blunted by the continuance of a great wrong, have become indifferent to it. The last speaker was Mr. Bryan, who responded to "Fusion." He re called tlint this was the third time that he had met with the club on such an occasion. He said: "Fusion as we have had it in Ne braska is co-operation between the re lorm forces without the loss of party identity on the surrender of party or ganization. Fusion between demo crats and populists was advocated in 1890 by the Hon. J. Sterling Morton, but it was net attempted until four years later. "In 1892 most of the democrats, fol lowing the advice of the democratic national committee, voted for the pop ulist electors to help defeat the repub licans. In- 1894 the democratic state convention indorsed the populist can didate for governor, Ju'lge Holcomb, and the gold corporation element ran a middle-of-the-rcad ticket to deceive democrats; but the leaders of the belt did what they could to help the re publican party just as the gold cor poration element did in t-3 nation two years later. , " "In 1900 the populists following the example set by the democrats of Ne braska and other western states, in dorsed the democratic ticket, but the middle-of-the-road populists, follow ing the example of the gold corpora tion democrats, ran a separate ticket, but gavo their aid to the republicans. "Fusion is the open and honest plan of co-operation. The middle-of-the-road policy has been the secret and dishonest method of co-operation. "I believe in . the hqnest and open method and shall continue to advocate it so long as the allies agree upon the paramount issues. "The republican party has settled no issues; every year carries it fur ther from right principles and ;nto more dangerous paths. All friei Y.-5 of free government and equal rights must fight together against the common enemy until the country is rescued from plutocratic tendencies and pos terity is saved from the retribution which always follows wrong doing whether - committed by individuals, parties or nation."' Mr. Bryan said it was not strange that those who acted together in 1S96 should act together in 1900, as consis tency in the human mind applied the same principles to all things. He said the republicans won both campaigns under false colors and behind a mask. He spoke of the increase in the stand ing army, which was denied during the campaign only to become an ac complished fact es soon as the election was out of the way. He said the only reason the army today is not raised to the maximum of 100,000 men is be cause of the difficulty found in get ting men to enlist. He spoke of the Philippine situa tion as it is today and of the great change that has come over the repub lican estimates of Aguinaldo. He said he regarded the surrender of Aguin aldo as but a small Issue in this fight, and that our most serious concern should be as to the effect of the policy of imperialism on the American peo ple, rather than its effect on the Fili pinos. He said he was not surprised at embezzlements ' in Cuba and thefts in Manila, as it was not strange when we started out to steal 1,200 islands to find that those sent to do the stealing were doing a little for themselves. He declared that we could not as a nation indorse grand larceny and expect those with limited opportunities to abstain from petit larceny. The speaker's statement that he is as much opposed to imperialism today as he was in November was the occa sion for an outburst of applause. He said the fight must go on, and ex pressed confidence in the outcome, but said it must continue whether it was a winning or losing fight. As to Mr. Depew's statement that an organiza tion of the billion dollar trust in Octo ber might have changed - the election and his further statement that times are so good that everybody is happy and contented, the speaker said it was like the enjoyment in the evening before the headache comes on. He declared retribution would cer tainly follow the violation of certain fixed laws, and spoke of the distress that must ensue when watered stocks will not pay expected dividends and production is limited and employes forced into idleness. He said the fail ure of one of these big trusts will be more disastrous than the failure of a thousand small corporations. Mr. Bry an said he was not one of those who believed it necessary for the populists to disband to accomplish desired good. As to the proposed reorganization of the democratic party he said it was also suggested in 1896 and referred to the famous dinner at the Waldorf. He said the party did not take kindly to the suggestions of the would-be re organizers and did not believe that their efforts would be more welcome now after having the second time helped the republicans to w-in their sWBBSLl'llKa.JSCtr.-;---j,-r ALL THIS FOR 10 fa TWENTY NOVELS by the best modern writers of all nations: A Mysterious Death By a Detective (W. F.) For a Bunch of Carnations F. Pascal Ayesha Baby's Love Story Sil Vara A Gentleman Maud Blind Chinitas Jose Echegaray Recollections of a Dunce Albert Roderich Afterwards Gustave Guicbes The Last of the Black Snakes Henryk Sienkiewicr A Local Election I,iddie Curtis Hans' First Love H. Erlin The Second Shot A. Puschkin Monsieur Sans Gene A. Krugloff 71 and 72 J. W. 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SMART ALECK MAYOR Omaha Under the Course of Republican Rule Gamblers Protected and Boot Blacks Arrested Omaha got so unbearably . foul un der their republican mayor who es caped the penitentiary after the su preme court had declared that he was guilty of embezzlement of public funds by a mere technicality. But he is the darling of the republican party down there. The citizens endured his cpen town policy as long as they could and thee they petitioned him to exe cute the laws. In answer to this he said: "You and all of the other people of Omaha know that I favor a wide-open town. However, there seem to be certain- people who are opposed to this policy, and having the law back of me, I propose to make it just as obnoxious as possible for these people. "Sunday every saloon, every drug store, every theatre and every other place of public amusement will be closed." Then he went at it witha vengeance. Milk wagons, baker shops, news stands and everything was ordered closed. He even went so far as to order the police to arrest the boot -blacks. At this the people revolted. A great crowd as sembled and told the boot-blacks to go ahead. As fast as they were arrested and carted off to jail others took their places. Men were at the jail to put up bail for the little fellows and they came back and went to blacking boots again. Gentlemen stood around and had their boots blacked every ten min utes until the police gave it up. Moores wants an open town and this is the way he took to get it. The re publican party backs him up. He did not interfere with any of Denison's policy shops. He did not clear out any of the fallen women who have in vaded the residence districts of the city. This sort of a mayor Is what a great part of the membership of the churches voted for simply because he had his name on a ticket labelled "re publican" and they would do it again. This smart aleck of a mayor is at tracting attention all over the country and the city of Omaha is becoming a bye-word among decent men in this country and Europe. One of the Chi cago dailies had an editorial on this "smart aleck mayor" the other day. Other eastern papers have been com menting on his "smartness." The Record-Herald said: "The accidents of our political sys tem occasionally burden a city with a mayor who, upon assuming the duties of the executive office, immediately proceeds to relieve himself of all sus picion of having ordinary horse sense and throws the entire energy of his being into the work of developing as large a variety of municipal idiocy as can possibly be crowded into the first few weeks of his administration. "In the management of his own bus iness he is known to exercise uncom mon judgment and good sense. He handles men and business tactfully and discretely. 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Searles & Searles I mXrz;: UlSCOLN NEBRASKA of business propositions. In his own business no inducement could per suade him to make an ass of himself. "But when he gets to be mayor it's different. He throws tact and horse sense out of the window and becomes a "smart aJeck" mayor. Because the people who elected him want him to enforce the ordinances he says: "I will give them a taste of blue laws; I will show them what a Puritan Sab bath is.' He then proceeds to close up the theatres and soda fountains on Sunday. Druggists who sell anything but medicines on Sunday are arrested and all meat shops and bakeries are closed tight as a drum. The milkman is also classed as a lawbreaker, and the Sundy morning famine in lacteal fluid excites popular indignation against the 'reformers' who wanted the laws enforced. "Omaha has one of this kind on her hands just now. She has suffered heavily at the hands of the census enumerators, and now comes the blight of a smart aleck mayor who de clares he will give the good people a tight town. He desires to make de cency odious. He would arouse pop ular antagonism to law and order by giving the towr.a dose of 'blue laws.' Instead of using the same common sense and tact he would use In his own business he is going to turn the town clock back a hundred years. "Poor Omaha! It takes a long time to recover from the blight of a smart aleck mayor." The Steal Trust The sum of the common preferred stock of Mr. Morgan's one billion, one hundred million dollar trust exceeds by a million dollars in round num bers the total interest-bearing debt of the United States. As the steel trust liabilities also include three hundred million dollars of 5 per cent bonds and it pays 4 cents on its stock, Its expenditures on account of intertst will be larger than those of the Unitsd States government. 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