THE NORFOLK NEWfi : FRIDAY , MARCH 27 , 1003 The city campaign IB now fully open and Intercut in municipal politics will hold the boards for about two wctikn , Tiio earth has shifted itn bolt to tin outhoftha sun mid spring IB hero whether the weather affirms the fact 01 not , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Grover Cleveland IN 00 years of ngi today old enough to know thnt hit ro tlrtmiont from \ > olttlcs in the part ol wisdom. _ If you have any doubt nbont the nowi orvlco of Tint NKWB being of the bofll compare It with the service of the othei ntato dallies. The American hen is nobly mooting the demands of the mmROii and bj Most IT time the people will undoubtedly bo able to upply all requirements of jin egg appetite , It may bo all right for Mnroh tc furnish April weather If April does not undertake to supply the dolinquoiicief of March by breeding n few bllzznrdt nud other wlntorish demonstrations. Boodlors will find it moro difficult now than ovnr to ovndo the laws of ( .hi : country , the now treaty with Mexlot making it impossible for such people tc o cnpo n penalty by going to that country , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The fellow who predicted an early spring last fall IB not readily discover- nblo but ho IB probably out behind thu woodshed consulting the goosobono for a forecast as to whether the Hummer will bo wet or dry , The man or men who build bridges will probably not lack for a job this summer. The Elkhorn had done its full ohnto to provide them with work. To pharaphrnso n popular quotation , "It id nn evil Hood tlmt brings no ono a benefit. " It is evident from the troubles result ing in the Western Passenger as- flooiation that the Elkins law IB not con sidered by the magnates purely a statute for ornamental purposes , and there IB considerable energy manifested in meet ing itH requirements. Thou don't buy gold bricks at Detroit they take them , and it turns out that they are the real thing. Thu fellow who fihould knpw whore the wealth is ooucealod is really the ono who has boon gold-brlolcod according to the popular understanding of the term. If Senator Morgan but had the as sistance of Ex-Senator Allen ho might bo able to hold off that Isthmian canal matter until the ocean had out its way through the Isthnmus by natural pro * cesses that would dissolve the moun tains and the rooks iu the way. Tlmt Omaha company may yet ac complish that which many other com panies have boon attempting to do iu Nebraska and locate n paying vein of coal of desirable quality. It would bo a fine thing for Omaha and Nebraska if n good coal mine should bo disclosed. The race question is really paramount in some sections of the country , and Mr. Bryan or any ouo olso.can not replace it with "nntl'lmporlnltsm , " as those who are agitating the question need nothing ao much as a good strong brand of im perialism , to bo enforced without the onsout of the governed. President Roosevelt has to-appointed Dr. W. D. Oruui , colored , to bw collec tor of customs nt S. 0. The president la evidently convinced that to give n certain people the rights of franchise sud then withhold the offices is some thing of n farce and proposes to stand by his views on a loading question of the country. Springtime , Gentle Annie , is duo Sat urday. If the weather will but do something different , though bettor , than it has bui-u doing for nbout a week past , the people will hail the vernal equinox with something akin to joy. There has b3on plenty , and then some , during the p ist several days. It has been decided that Philadelphia IB altogether too guy on Sundays and the Sabbath Observance association has de cided to enforce BOUIO laws of the vintage of 1701 , Suuday newspapers , locomo tive works , ice cream vendors , etc. , are under the ban and will not be permitted to do business. The woman suffragists have n four- fit arred ( lag on display at Now Orleans which would indicate a belief thnt there nro bnt four states really iu the union according to the declaration of inde pendence adopted by thorn , They are : Wyoming , Colorado , Utah and Idaho , each of which have grautod complete noffrago to women , Perhaps Mr. Rosowater's rooout visits to Omaha muy account for the fact that Dave Mercer failed to win that appoint ment to the head of the census bureau. The ex-congressman now proposes to establish his residence iu Nqbraskn bo- youi a reasonable doubt , and square accounts with n few people , which may glvo promise of some Interesting cam paigns in the future. The hardest slap administered recent- ly in Hint of Mr. Urynn who alleges thnt onwloiii democrat ! ) know llttlo nbout politic ) ) anyway. They do noom to liuvu loflt tlintr grip since Mr , Hrynn bos been In tlio fiaddlo niul nro probably not Horry if they havu forgotten the art , Tlioy Imvo boi-u enjoying i * very good | tiiillty of government under Iliu republicans mid many nro content to let it go llt tlmt. If tlio legislature coiiHoiontloiiNly does what it hcliovcH to bo right for mill againnt tlio corporations tlio people will fliintaln It in uplto of tlio protests of tlio opposition , but it cannot afford to glvo tlio oppOHltton u leverage tlmt can bo lined by It advantageously. Corpora- tloiiH Imvo Homo rights as well an tlio oommon people niul nil tlmt can bo asked IN fair mid equitable troutinunt on both Hldofl. In replacing bridges that Imvo boon removed by the high water the tax- payorB in many of the countiuH of No- braflka will iiavo tin extra expense to moot thin year , and Madison county IH no oxooptlon to the rulo. Tlio fact that the Thirteenth ntroot brldgo has with- ntood thonNsnulta of the raging element would seem to urgtio that though per haps nuiro oxpotiHlvo than othorH , it in the cheapest In the long run. It IB one of the few tlmt 1ms proven HubBtuntlnl. MiHHonrl has outstanding oortiflcntos of indebtedness amounting to $1,1)00- ) 000 and the people nro paying interest nt the rnto of $ ' 450,000 iv year. It in ap parent that MlsKonri should go republi can n few tlmcH to oimblo the h < glMa- tnro tonndortnko Homo rovunuo legisla tion tlmt will do for tlmt Btnto what the revenue law planned for Nebraska in ex- pouted to do and remove the indebted ness mid wave thnt magnificent payment of interest to the treasury , I3y tlio Invention of ooiuout railroad tioH it is bcliovnd tlmt a niomiH hns boon found for substituting for ouo of the most oxlmunth'0 and persistent demamlH on the forests of the country. It IH olnlinod for the now tlo tlmt it is prac tically Indoritruotablo and will answer all the purposed of n wood tie , with a much longer Hfo and greater safety. Tlio now tie mny cost moro bnt because it in long lived and safe it maybe bo believed tlmt the railroad people will not hosltute to put it in. Eastern democrats may bo inclined to leave Cleveland go it nlono in hi objoo- tioim to Bryuu , bnt it is quite ovidoiit tlmt Nebraska domocrntB , at least , will 80 support Mr. Bryan that Grover , single haudod , will have uo advantage over him. Meanwhile the republicans arc proceeding unitedly to carry out the ili'stliiy of the pountry and afford the [ > ooplo the best government under the sun. Even the "free silver" republican IB now heard of no more except in rare md isolate instances. Mr. Brynn is111 yoara of ago today , Micl "tho boy orator of the Platto" phrase has good and sufficient reason for retirement. Grover Cleveland's ulrthday was yesterday , which should 1)0 Bufllclent basis for n bettor under- landing between the diverse demo cratic interests. There is a series of XluoldontB , however , tlmt may not bo ignored in this connection. Mr. Clove- laud entered the world 23 years ahead 3f Mr. Bryan , his day of nativity is 24 lionrs earlier , ho was ahoaa of him as a iomocratio candidate , his policies re solved a trial by the people , all of which la proof that Mr. Cleveland is the leader md Mr. Bryan must bo considered a follower whether ho will or no. Wrecks are strictly the order in the realms of accident and disaster. Not a Jay has passed for probably two weeks that THE NKWB has not chronicled ouo or moro disastrous wrecks , and several of them Imvo been on Nebraska rail roads. Humanitarians who are opposed to war and bloodshed might well devote their attention to HO perfecting railroad systems and management that wrecks would bo impossible. It may appear an Impossible tack , but the time is un doubtedly coming when swift travel will bo possible without danger of dis astrous wrecks. Suoh n time will be cheerfully welcomed by the people who rocoguizo in railroading one of the most dangerous occupations of modern times. The recent death of James II. Blonut call to mind an important ovout in American growth , or rather in stunting American growth. Ho it was who under orders of the Cleveland adminis tration pulled down the American flag on the Hawaiian islands. For that act his name is not likely to bo revered as that of a great statesman by the people his country , who acknowledged thnt ho and his chief made a great mistake by at once choosing an administration making it possible for the flag to bo again raised to Its proper place , and not only thnt but raised it at points where it had never before boon known. The people like the method employed and have several times indicated that they will approve no other when it comes to expansion. Governor Mickey has issued his Arbor day proclamation , causing April 23 to bo sot aside as a day to bo devoted to tree culture and thought along that line. Ho holds that this is one of the holidays not actuated by sentiment bnt "in commemorated because of the prao- tlonl value and utility of the nets which oimto" from it , The importation of oh * nerving the day is well net forth by the governor , and ho , with other public spirited cltly.oim , hopes for Its general observance in Nebraska , whore it moans moro than in any other fitnto. It had been proven that forestry can bo de veloped in thin Htato and it is hoped tlmt the time will como when Nebraska will bo moro abundantly blessed in this regard than statoH which hnvo had natural forest advantages but have abused them woefully. With only live votes registered against the isthmian canal treaty it would noum nB though the long winded talks and the extra session of the senate were entirely needless and an expennlvo luxury. Per haps Mr. Morgan and Ills co-laborers in the democratic vineyard will llnttor thoinsolvor that they Imvo accomplished considerable for the country and their constituents bnt there are many people who will believe thnt the sumo result could have boon Just IIB cheaply and readily attained in regular Bosslon. It IB evident thntsomo Hort of rnlo or government is needed BO thnt if the people will persist in Bonding democrats to the senate it will bo impossible for ono or ilvo of them to tie the hands of the majority and prevent legislation on important matters. Tlio students of the Iowa B ate law school have jnflt completed the trial of SlmkoHpoaro's- Hamlet , and find him guilty of manslaughter under the Iowa laws. The prisoner has not yet boon sentenced. The jury was out 18 hours standing , until near the end , six for murder in the first degree , three for ac quittal and ono for manslaughter. The nine pay that the manHlaughtir juror was particularly stubborn. A plea qf insanity was entered by the defense but it waB not given much weight. Headers of Shakespeare have been much divided over this question and there was deep Interest in the outcome of the trial. Tlio decision of the lown uni versity court may assist people who Imvo followed the trial to a now under standing of the trngody , and certainly it linn tended to arouse new interest in high clans literature. That there is "honor among thieves' receives now proof from Walnut Illdgo , Ark. , where the shoiiff has had in 3hargo men though lawbreakers. The prisoners , with the sheriff's family , were threatened by Hood and in attempt ing to cross the swollen Black river the Dent containing the sheriff's family and : wo prisouorB was overturned. The moiff's baby was drowned , but by the tild of the prisoners the lives of the ihrlff and his wife wore saved. After-- yards the prisoners wont , unattended , ; o the county jail and knocked for ad nlttance. Circumstances uiado the irisouors the keepers and they did as nou would do and fulfilled their self mposod obligations with right good jraoo. Such actions on the part of ualof actors , while it should not condone jrlmo , servos to elevate the standard of ; hose accused of crime and emphasizes ; ho fact that all men are kin. It is to bo expected that western dom- > omtio editors and politicians will join with the Wall street magnates who are Unsatisfied with the anti-trust program 3f the present administration in an on- leaver to defeat Roosevelt , but it IB loubtful If they will bo able to swing jveu their party vote in that direction. Many of the democrats are conscien tiously opposed to trusts and would ? lvo their support to n republican [ who will support their views rather than to \ democrat openly put up and supported l > y Wall street to change the program to one in favor of the magnates and those Interested in trusts. The belief is general that it will bo impossible to de feat Roosevelt in convention and the inly opening for Wall street is to take n interest iu the democratic national Donveutlon , see that an "easy" man Is nominated and then work and spend money for his election. The fact that the World-Herald is quoting from the Wall Street Journal is significant of the trend of events. A pretty story oem 8 from Omaha. Thursday's News published nn account of a bright looking little chap who ap plied at the library of ono of the schools to borrow certain books. When told that n deposit of $1.20 was required before - fore he could take out the desired vol umes , he sighed regretfully , east a long ing look at the coveted treasures , and saying that ho had no moniy and had been unable to save any out of meagre earnings , ho went slowly away , says the York Republican. When the secre tary of the board of education wont to his ofllco Friday morning ho found the same little chap waiting at the locked door with a obeck signed by an Omaha citizen for § 1.20. He took his books and went away rejoicing. Ten minutes later another citizen called and placed $1.20 on the counter , telling the secre tary to give the boy the books ho wanted. In a few minutes a good lady well known to the secretary , telephoned fo them to give the boy all the books h wanted and she would bo responsible for them. And BO it continued tile day and the secretary says that fully a hundred people called with money or stood sponsor for the boy by telephone. Surely there is salt in that city enough to save it. nro talking bane ball , but the weather IB taking euro to BOO that it ends in talk. March was welcomed IM nn advance toward the spring nnd summer BOIIHOU , but there its value ends. It has Htood In with winter to the disadvantage of humanity , energetically and continu ously. The people of Nebraska nro too ex perienced in the right quality of spring weather for the weather clerk to hope to delude them with the spurious , foully adulterated mixture ho is at present furniHhing. The people insist on the real thing and the sooner it IB furnished the better it will bo for the bureau. There is something to bo said in favor of extra sessions of the United States senate when promptly executed , bust- noss-liko proceedings are required. Per- Imps the people would favor extra , rather than regular sessions if it was put to a vote , in view of the record made. Could it b < 3 possible that the mix-up in the Cuban treaty was deliberately planned to defeat the wishes of the president in the matter ? If BO it maybe bo expected that ho will again take congress iu hand at nn early date. It IB probable that the beet sugar interests will not bo sorry that the treaty is "twiHted. " The Venezuelans have no sooner re covered the remains of their navy from the Germans than the English seize their vessels on the charge that they are piratical in their actions. It may bo moro difficult to release them from the latter seizure than the first. If the British case is well founded there will bo no criticism to make. The Mississippi and its levees combine to form a question easily of paramount importance to the people living and owning property iu the valley of the Father of Waters , Either large areas of laud should be permanently „ vacated or some way of confining the floods within bounds should bo attempted. The loss of life and pioporty and the immense expense of rush work each spring are deplorable features. With the people of St. Joseph , Mo. , wading through the deepest snow of the season , the people in this part of the country probably should have uo com plaint to make because it is chilly enough in this section to precipitate an occasional fiurry over the fair face of Nebraska. The largest complaint pos-J siblo is that when the wind is from Missouri nud should bo soft and balmy with the fragrance of spring wo will begetting getting it chill from those fields of snow and will fool like continuing our loyalty to the hard coal fire and fur lined over coat. If Mrs. Maybriok is to bo released it Is nbout time that the event took place. She has boon before the American pub lic through the newspapers so frequently during her imprisonment , that many of the people no doubt believe that they have sustained punishment1 almost equal to hor'a. They will be glad that she is released , if for no other reason. If Mrs. Maybrick will refrain from go ing on the stage or doing n lecture course the people will not have cause to regret the interest they have taken in tier case. The French chamber of deputies has passed a measure to terminate religions teachings in that country and contem plate that hereafter the education of the people shall bo by the stare. The representatives of that country must have heard of that decision by the supreme premo court of Nebraska ruling the Bible out of the public schools , and hastened to get in line. They will probably - ably bo chagrined when it is learned that the Nebraska court has modified its decision to a considerable extent , bnt may find It too late to back np as grace fully as did Nebraska. A bill hns boon introduced in the legislature to prohibit the trap shooting of live pigeons and it should certainly pass. The invention of clay pigeons has made it absolutely unnecessary to use live birds as targets by gun clubs desiring sport , and if that does not answer all requirements Yankee genius should be invited to perfect a target that will assume the characteristics of a pigeon iu flight. If the live birds woru killed outright'there would bo less ob jection , but many of them , especially with amateurs , are permitted to suffer through the Inflicting of wounds , that are decidedly cruel though not neces sarily fatal. Suppose the democrats wore placed in control of the national government , with their practiced opposition would they know enough to originate and push measures ? They were clearly out of their element when they wore in power during the administration of 1892-180(5 ( and they have not taken advantage of their opportunities to learn anything different since. Therefore it is to bo believed that they would provo more than awkward if they should suddenly bo given n majority and compelled to change from objectors to originators. They have always proven moro apt in their natural element where nothing is expected of them but remonstrencos against the policies of the majority. Even nt that there are some to believe that they Imvo not earned the salaries paid. The democrats of Now York favoring the Bryan view of domocraoy , are plan ning iho formation of clubs in all the assembly districts of the metropolis for the purpose of keeping allvo the Bryan theork'H. If the plan indicates that this branch of domocraoy will bo suc cessful in controlling the coming nation al convention , it id intimated that it will not be dllllcult to secure the consent of W. R , Hearst , the newspaper trust man , to stand for the nomination. If the clubs nro successful iu their under taking , it may also bo possible that Mr. Brynn will qualify his statement thnt the people of the east know nothing nbout politics. For of course their present ignorance of politics is assumed to bo an indifference to the Nebraska loader. The Chicago health department has declared against the ordinary house cleaning process as a disease breeding , microbe increasing operation. In the good old times tbo house wife considered that the moro dust she was enabled to make ily , the better work she was do ing , but thin has boon overruled by a body of moil who should know. They favor the vacuum renovator process , which would certainly bo an improve ment , but is not within the roach of all not yet. With this process the dust and dirt is literally pumped out of the rooms and it is Bald that after the pro cess has been completed it is next to impossible to raise n cloud of dust or oven a suggestion of a dust cloud by the ordinary method. Men who have their homos torn up on the average of about twioo a year would undoubtedly wel come this sort of a mechanical inno vation. The govornmout reports that the Pawnee tribe of Indians , which , when removed from Nebraska to Oklahoma , numbered 2,500 souls , now numbers less than 500 , a result that has taken less than 80 years to develop. . No stronger argument should bo necessary to prevent - vent the people who are favored with homes in Nebraska from leaving it for Oklahoma. The mortality among these Indians has boon growing steadily greater year by year , and ie is believed that the tribe will soon bo extinct un less the government can manage to re turn them to healthy Nebraska. In six years following their change of res idence the tribe was reduced to 940 , meaning a loss in that time of GGO per sons. If this is the result to Indians who have inhabited all parts of the country and are used to all the Ameri can climatic changes , the whites who have followed the red men to Oklahoma may not expect complete immunity. Stand up for Nebraska. The Boo urges that § 25,000 would be as much as should bo expended to rep resent Nebraska at the St. Louis expo sition , in the present state of the com monwealth's finances. The state no doubt deserves a better representation than this amount would give , but with the present condition of the treasury this is all that should bo expected. The Bee has it sorreotly figured out that in the way of omigratiou Nebraska can expect little of those who will the most largely attend this exposition. Nebraska's immigrants will como from the cast , and it is not anticipated that there will be a largo at tendance of easterners at the exposition , and to interest the people of the east it would bo preferable to expend the money for advertising purposes where they may bo reached. As an important part of the Louisiana purchase Nebraska can not afford not to be represented , bnt the money appropriated should be used to the best advantage and no large sum provided. Norfolk is either fortunate in the possession of nn extra efficient fire de partment , a very excellent waterworks system , or has an unusual amount of good luck or perhaps it is a combina tion of all three. It was certainly a re markable piece of work for the firemen to bo able to save a row of frame build- Ings , with but little space between when one was completely destroyed and from the further fact that there was n strong breeze carrying the flames and the sparks and cinders directly over the other buildings of the row , and when the heat and flumes were fierce enough to shatter the plate glass iu buildings across the street and sot them on fire in places. Tho.credit is largely given the firemen and they are fully deserving of it. They are never summoned in vain and they wore neyor known to shirk a duty , and , furthermore , they were never known to be called to a fire with water facilities in roach , but that they have been successful in accomplishing all that could be asked of them. Dur ing the post winter there have been three frame business houses destroyed iu a nest of other frame buildings , and with the exception of the last , none of the neighboring frame buildings were oven scorched. Argument for and against capital punishment has become quiet prominent in Nebraska since the execution of Gott lieb Niegenfind. It must be admitted that those opposed to the present law have rather the best of the argument from a theoretical standpoint. No ono takes particular delight in presenting WEEDS Consumption is a human * weed flourishing best in weak lungs. Like other weeds it's- easily destroyed while young ; . when old , sometimes im- Strengthen the lungs as youj vould weak land and the' ' /cccls will disappear. The best lung fertilizer is Scott's Emulsion. Salt pork good too , but it is very hard o digest. The time to treat consump- ion is when you begin trying ) hide it from yourselL Xlicrs sec it , you won't. 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Y , irgumont that mon should suffer death. ! cr the crimes they have committed , md if the Nebraska courts were accus- oined to giving the preference to this- lort of a Beutonco their case would bo itronger , but the infreqaency with vhioh the death penalty is imposed vould seem to argue that none are' punished unless they deserve it be- rpnd the shadow of a doubt. It is cer- ; ainly preferable that a man should be jxecnted by process of law in an orderly md quiet manner than that mobs- mould take it in their hands to punish criminals because they believe the man. lesorves it , and if the law should stand for no other reason , this should be suffi- 3ient justification. The theorists do not tiesitate to go beyond reason in their ar guments against the law. If they have nothing else to fall back ou the guilty man is declared a "moral degenerate , " is though that wore a substantial reason why his life should be spared. They ilso freely quote from the Bible , which likewise contains substantial argument for punishment by death , especially in the old testament. The same people who are opposed to capital punishment would undoubtedly go to the other ex treme when it came to a question of killing men in battle with a government policy at stake. In other words these mon would protect a man from death who had transgressed every moral and human law , and urge the killing of thousands of their fellow creatures for the purpose of maintaining govern mental supremacy. These same men who have been given the moral shivers by the hanging of Niegenfind , no doubt took off their hats and cheered with the lustiest when the news was received that Dewey had killed hundreds at. Manila , also when Sampson and Schlny md Shatter and Roosevelt had won rictories by killing large numbers of the snemy in the late war with Spaiu. Was Niegonflnd better than these men ? Was his worthless life more worthy of preservation ? 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