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ii're3, mfmummmmtm . V i I ic L . ;.. - I -s. .r 5 - . Columbus gouruaL Oo trasu flfotor. Ciwiiinm trith tka roi TUmAvcQ 1. MM; villi tk Ftotte Coutr Aim ov Mt KDMR8DAt. DECEMBER 22, II TBOTiEB'STOCKWKLL. .Ptoprieton. ormumm ihowito to paid. TbM Jm how tkat Bwa noetad sp to Jm. 1,1885. rMSteFefa.l,llSSaadaa. Whaimt to MritlM date, wait Mnran w iMsipt, DidOOMTDfUAllCEtt-ltojpeMiUe Mb Hh. mi wUl caatism to neato tfcto JmimI aatfl tk irtMw in aotiSad toy latter to dlawttesa. iiUnmnNnitbtiid.UmdoMt il caaHanart tor otaar wm af ter tkadaa paid tot baa azplnd, worn ahoald rafkMKf mUj UdtoeoKiMMlt. CHAMGK IN AODBX8B-Wm ordarfac teghw UaawaUaathatr It is now up to Governor Shallen berger to decide the qaestion wheth er or not Jim Dahlman is a law abid ing mayor. Mr. Bryan's friend find it a diffi cult task to properly classify him on the prohibition question. The Peer less Trimmer hardly knows which side of the fence he is on himself. It's all right to expose the sugar frauds and compel the guilty parties to return the loot, but the government should not stop there. The men who are criminally guilty should be sent to prison. The little country organs of the Bryan brand continue' to devote con siderable space in the effort to dis credit Senator Burkett The more Burkett is abused the stronger he ap pears to grow. Two more "wild cat" banks have closed their doors in Oklahoma. One of them contained state funds and the dispatches say that the state will not lose anything, as the bank had'put up a bond for security. What has be come of the state law guaranteeing the safety of deposits. Has the state no faith in that much exploited law? Democratic conventions and demo cratic organs are always "pointing with pride" and "viewing with alarm." The latest object W "alarm" among the local democrats was the screens in Columbus saloons, and the democratic city administration ordered them re moved, thus giving the local democrat ic organ an opportunity to "point with pride." The fight between the Latta and Howard factions in the Third congres sional district will have a tendency to weaken the successful candidate at the polls. Latta owed his success two years ago to the free use of money and the friction caused in the republican party on account of the Boyd McCar thy fight at the Fremont convention two years previous. Both Boyd and McCarthy are not now considered possibilities as candidates. There'are several strong republicans any one of whoa would make it interesting for Jim' Latta or Judge Howard.. The namesofjJobn-R. Hays of Madison coMty,; J.'"C. Martin of Merrick coanty; "J.v A Williams of Pierce county, George Brooks of Knox coun ty, Judge Welch of Wayne county and Editor Elliott of Cumming county are all ven of recognized ability whose names are worthy of consideration in choosing a candidate. rhnw waste PIANO 01 THE i . ; STEINWAY, McPHAIL, and Te most beautiful and. at the same time the most welcome Christmas gift for any ';-iome is a real good piano. Let us show you the fine' instruments in our -. salesroom. They please the most fastidious who knowthe essen tials in real good pianos. The line embraces: All guaranteed for twenty-five years. Our guarantee is endorsed by the reliable piano firm of Schmoller & Mueller in Omaha. BBrnPsaBBm Bnhw Hk H flHHH pkaBBBBBBBBsl B HLKMssf r jim i c-1 iv -THE T-cJ Hotel Building SfitS !! -"i - THE FIGHT IS ON. - That there will be a. saltry .oatest beUraau ffdgar Howard andoav J. P. Latta in, the primary caaanign, is apparent from the gan which Mr. Latta's home " organ, the-Tekamah Journal, has fired at the Platte county candidate for congressional honors. The Tekamah Journal Jwldly asserts that Mr. Howard is ''a lusher of the first water' a "barnacle" to his own party, a breeder of trouble and discord. ' Of Mxwrse, this is a democratic row; "troible and discord" between two die . tinguuhed members of the same party, and republicans are supposed to look cheerful and encourage the contestants to carry the fight to the ditch. ' Really Mr. Howard is not as bad a man as Mr. Latta's intemperate organ naiats him." The Colambos editor stands high in the profession and has the respect of , the publishers of the Third congressional district! Those who are acquainted with Mr.'Heward know that be is temperate in his habits. Two years ago, in the prelissinary campaign, Mr. Howard made an hon orable but unsuccessful fight against Mr. Latta for the noniination for con gress on the democratic ticket Al though Mr. Howard has not made a formal announcement! that he would be a candidate, against Mr. Latta thy year, yet it was generally understood, when Mr. Lattaannounced in a speech at the North opera house in Columbus, during, the campaign, that he would not be a candidate for renoaination, but would gladly support Mr. How ard, that he meant what he said. Evidently Mr. Latta- has changed his mind and decided, like young Oliver Twist, to ask for more. And the fight is now on, and Mr. Howard has served notice on Mr. Latta that he "revise his program for renomination . and revise it pretty quick." Just what Latta will do in revising his1: present plans is problematical. The demand of Mr. Howard will probably be re ferred to Dan V.Stephenaof -.Fremont, for consideration, and if Dan says "revise!" the wishes of the Platte county candidate will be complied with. The action of Mr. Stephens is anx iously awaited by the democrats of Platte county who are back of Mr. Howard in his fight against the Teka mah check writer. AN EXCELLENT RECOMMEND ATION. The recommendation of the Wis consin Conference on Criminal Law and Criminology that a professorship be established at the University of Wisconsin for the comparative and critical study of remedial law is a good one. Thinking men and women all over the country are agreed that there should be radical change in our methods of administering justice. De lays in trial procedure and apparent miscarriages of iustice have been so flagrant under our present stystem that people have been coming to ay yes, and to believe that "There is one law for the rich and another for the poor." President Taft, himself train ed in law, voiced the popular feeling when he said, "It is not too much to ay that the administration of crimin al law in this country is a disgrace to civilization." And only this week in his message he referred to the subject again, saying "I do not doubt for one moment mat mucn oi tne lawieaness, violence and cruelty exhibited in lyn cbings is directly due to the uncertain ties and injustices growing out of the delay in trials, judgments and execu tions thereof by our courts." - It goes without aying that any re forms along this line should be made only-after the most careful study and HARDMANN, MEHLIN. EMERSON, STEGER 23 other makes U51 1- , hZU-j vi.uX ? i,iytrl- HOUSE OF QUALITY- i- rn ace ;?. .,. fcJ 'sr thorough i consideration. .What better way, to bring together statistics -aid Ufbaaationtabout the causes of delay in trials, the faults of the jury system, Effects of punishing juvenile offenders, and the multitude of other questions that must enter into any comprehen sive exaaination of our judical systea than to set a department of the state university at work upon it? We have our chairs in educational administra tion, in hnsinca administration,- in public admiaistration. As la result we find old and outworn methods and fbras cast aside and replaced by others acre adapted to the needs of the time, built up, through years of comparative and constructive study. But no effort has ever been made to treat judicial administration in the ame advanced way. The university that establishes soeha chair now will be a pioneer. Wisconsin's university has led the way m aany fields of research and educa tion; it is to be hoped that the regents will JMt upon the request of the Con ference and make it the leader in this important movement LaFoUette's Magazine. . A BLOW. TO REFORM. The exalted in station must ever ex pect to be victims of the shafts of envy and hatred from those beneath them. Think of an Iowa district judge de claring unconstitutional a law provid ing for inspection of hotels to 'insure sanitary rand fire protection for the guests! It is a stab at our good friend, Will Maupin. It is an im peachment of the prerogatives of the annointed. This .Iowa judge insists that such a law is claw legislation, concocted in the interest of fire proof hotels, and is calculated to injure the business of hostelries that are of. inflammable material. He evidently, believes that the country hotel that has arisen out of a converted livery barn is entitled to a show for its white alley. -Let us hope that the urbaeMr. Maupin will not allow this thunder- b ilt of condemnation from far-off Dec Moines to interfere with the serenity of hjs official skies or dampen his zeal is urging the necessity of an increased appropriation. ' Virtue can always aff ird to.be disdainful of the as aulte of the 'envious and spiteful, and the malady that animates the latter has not yet penetrated to this proud state Let Mr. Maupin goon unflinchingly, demanding fire escapes for hotel guests, nine foot bed 'sheets and careful train ing and discipline for the pinkish den izens of the hotel couch that wage their carousals by night when the sleeping traveling man is dead to his surround ings and in sore need of official pro tection. Lincoln Star. Leslie M. Shaw's conviction that any central bank congress can devise will fall into the control of the Stand ard Oil crowd is a hard thrust at the central bank project Mr. Shaw is a man not easily frightened at the "money power." He was willing to trust the railroads to run themselves for public profit with no compulsion of government regulation. He has been willing to trust the trusts to deal fairly with us, no matter how great their power to do otherwise. He has such confidence in the wisdom and un selfishness of those who hold political power that he steadfastly opposes measures, like the initiative and re ferendum, which gives the public a chance to exact its dues, when they are nut otherwise forthcoming. If Leslie M. Shaw is alarmed at the pros pect of Standard Oil domination of a central bank, there is no word to ex press the terror justified in the more timid rest of us. Lincoln Journal. TREE " - - . x : BROS 13th Street; Columbus - - . ENATR i&UBKETT -j .u Mi i-'-j, i 'c w ",lm u m m' 'lH h '"ig 8swll Senator Burkett be returned to his seat in tne -upper branch of Congress? Next year the voters of Nebraska will answer this qaestion and for tne first time tkey and not the kgitlatare will say whom the senator snail be, for the Oregon plan of making popular choice will then be invoked, under the new law. Mr. Barkett will at taat.tiste have fiaished a service of-twelve years, in Washington, six years in the lower house and six years in the senate. During this time the people of this state have had an opportunity to take his measure. It is not forgotten that in 19045, when a senator was to be chosen the republicans 'of Nebraska turned with practical unanimity to Mr. Burkett. He was then complet ing his third ternr in the house. In that body he had gained a position of prominence and power. He had ad vanced to membership of the Com mittee on Appropriations. He had demonstrated a genius for hard and systematic work. He was- a digger and delver and this propensity counted greatly in his favor as a really useful member. The people of this state saw this. They saw in him the elements they thought would be even more useful in the upper house. To make sure of his selectiomthey inaugurated a new meth od of selecting the nominee for senator They declared in favor of a convention nomination, so that the choice might be brought as nearly as possible to the people. At the caucuses and in coun ty conventions the issue was made, with the result that Mr. Burkett was nominated in the state convention on the first ballot by a four-fifths major ity. In this and in the convention of the following year when political passes were declared against for the first time in a republican platform and when railroad domination was ended by the defeat of their preferred candidates fiir.j judge of the supreme court, Mr. Bur kett plaved a strong and conspicuous part. He was one of the first "pro gresaives" in Nebraska and has been identified with the movement' since it began. While he hasn't always pleas ed all who call themselves "progress ives" he has won the approval of the leader of the movement, Senator LaFollette, of Wisconsin, who says he THE REFORMER'S STATISTICS. On the theory that figures won't lie, statistics make a pretentious and fre quently convincing argument. They are also available on the theory that other people, won't know the differ ence, be they right or wrong, which must have been prompting influence with a woman who lately sought to sa ve Pennsylvania from the grasp of Demon Bum. She started out by saying that 580,000 boys became ad dicted to alcohol in 1908. Assuming that was an average year in the booze business, this would include about two thirda of the year's output of boys ar riving at the age of meanness. Everyone knows that no such pro portion become drunkards, or even drinking men, although they might thoughtlessly accept the bare figures. She declared that the same year 200, 00 babies were smothered by drunken mothers. The census show that deaths of this kind numbered 1,928, and of, course not.all of these could be at tributed to intoxication. She said a million deaths a year were caused by drunken chauffeurs and cab-drivers. There were only 57,513 deaths from accidents, and mst of these occurred on railways. She said 100,000 men and women went to prison in one year, as the result of strong drink. Still, that is more than the total prison po pulation of the country. Such gross exaggeration can hardly be expected to help a worthy cause. There should be temperance in other things than the guzzling of strong drink, including the inflttion ofstatis tics. Atchison Globe. Old Days en the Stags. t 1 have known a uress coat banded from one to another in the wings sev eral times during a performance. It was a current Idea that white cotton stockings assumed tbe appearance of silk from tbe front by making a heavy line of white chalk on tbe sbid7Done.J A white tie was easily aiaderom a strip of note paper, and even a sbirt front con Id- be managed from highly glazed note paper: White cotton gloves were de rigueur in place" of tbe more expensive kid ones. A comedian, bav ins no black stockings, once blacked bis legs. 3 After tbe show be asked the stage manager. "Do we ' play this piece ..again?" ' "Yes: next week." "Ob. the. 1 need not wasb my legs!" From "Ramblings of an Old Mum mer." by Itusseil Craufurd. A Good Reason. Wantanno Why do you call that boy of yours.FIannef? ' Duzno Because be "fust naturally shrinks from washing. London Tit-Bits. " ,Tbe nobleness "of life depends on Hs consistency, clearness of pnrpose, quiet and ceaseless energy-Buskin. ira;,prograniive ncngmsiag." ' In the senate Mr. Burkett 'has aa faithfully and intelligently represented his constituency at he did in the honse. Ha ana bean responsive to the-needs and wishes of, the people, though tak ing no narrow or restricted view of national interests No constituent has appealed to hiss in vain. He has been active in proatotiag better postal facil ities. He hat never overlooked the claims or the deserts of the old soldier and no senator baa been more efficient or prompt than he in serving his con stituents in pension matters. On pub lie lands and irrigation, in revkuoricf the tariff as well as all other interests peculiar to the welfare of a western state, he has taken practical ground. His work in the extra session of congress to compel the redemption of platform - pledges was arduous and effective. He was one of the force of insurgents in the senate who succeeded in bringing that body to "a stricter compliance with "party obligations. He stood for tariff revision downward, and what he and his associates failed .a. to gei incorporated into Jaw was in part obtained by the President in con ference on the bill, after which Senator Burkett voted for its pasaage. He stands shoulder to shoulder with the President in favor of the demands of the west and of the masses with respect to tariff legislation. During his ten years in Washington there has been no breath of suspicion concerning a single act of Mr. Burkett, and there never will be. He is abso lutely clean in his public and private life. He is morally what the most exacting could wish him to be. He measures up in nts standard of man hood to what an enlightened, God fear ing citizenship bf a great state may expect of its representatives in high places. Notwithstanding hu long ser vice he is still young, energetic and ambitious. He is growing every day and is more capable of rendering bet ter service in the future than he. has given in the past. - Influence comes with knowledge and experience. This is especially true in the-Uoited States senate, where seni ority gives prestige. There are many good reasons why Mr. Burkett should be retained in his present position, and the indications are that a majority of the people of .Nebraska are so minded. Blair Pilot Daniel and th Lions. - An old negro preacher In Kentucky was dilating upon events in the Bible which bad a zoological trend. He de scribed the deluge and bow all tne ani mals, two by two. went into the ark and were saved. Then be discussed the Incident of Jonah and toe whale. Balaam's ass and finally the exploit of Daniel, who entered the den of raven-, tag lions ana emerged unharmed. His auditors listened with interest, and some of them seemed to have their doubts aa to tne authenticity of the tales. Finally one of the younger negroes -ose up and inquired. "Say. pnbson, wuz dem lions Jest like the kind we has now?" "Cose not. cose not." retorted the preacher, irritated at baring bis dis course Interrupted. "Dey was B. C meaning befo' cirenses." The explanation was sufficient and satisfactory. Buffalo Commercial. Ufa at th Pole Life at the pole Is a perpetual battle with nature, in which man Is often worsted. "He was frozen to death" Is the end of many biographies. While a ?il!l otiuufipi iiuiu uraiu un 11 uraiu dc a watchful enemy always waiting for his chance. But life Is on a large scale up there. Instead of the petty alterna tions of eight and day they have the great seasonal succession, and. wheth er they are waiting for the long light of summer or the long dark of winter, they enjoy a keen delight Jn the pros pect of a change such as' we can never know in the tamer arrangements of our climate. The long dark does not keep them wholly inactive. We read of expeditions after bear and bunting on the Ice by torchlight, but in the main their winter Is given up to story tell ing, conversation and contemplation. Bjornson's Advice. There Is a story told of Bjorostjerne BJornson that arriving at a late bom at tbe town of Bergen, which was en fete to receive bim. be vouchsafed to the expectant -people no finer words of wisdom than a general recommen dation to go to bed. In vain tbey appealed to him for "song or sentiment" Tbe great Bis marck, said be. gave tbe same advice under conditions all similar, and what was good enough for Berlin must suf fice for Bergen. Three years later, on visiting the town for the second time, tbe master novelist found a deserted city. Not a light, burned In tbe dismal railway station, no banners waved, no address es were. read by portly burgomasters, fn vaia BJornson asked for.a cab. .. They Lave all gone to bed." was the reply. And so Bergen remembered. 'Tarring and Feathering. The- first recorded instance ot tarring and feathering a human being was in 11ML dariag tne time ot tne crusades. In that jrear.'tae first ot tne reign, ot Richard I., a law was passed that -aay robber voyaging with the cm waders shall be first shaved, then not pitch shall be poured upon bim and a cashloa of feathers snook over bim." After this tbe crimlaal was to be put ashore at tbe first landing place tbe ship reached. FURNITURE TALK . N About Our New Fall Line We aretbowinf on the Uoorat the present time our wiwlineofBed Jtoom Fwmitmn m Circassian walnut, mahogany, bird'a eye maple, goWen oak and the good ; imitation quartered oak. In beds we have something new in wood in the Ver- ntf Martin and enamel finishes. The first time these goods were shown was in Grand Rapids last July. We can truthfully say that at the present time we can show you a larger line of bedroom goods than we ever carried before. V In kitchen cabinets we have joat received a line of the Springfield make, the best we know of, in prices ranging from $18.50 tp $40.00. We also show the Mc Dougalline of sifter bin cabinets. Pedestal extension tables, 42 inch round tops, we are selling now for $11.00. These are first class tables in oak and ash, solid woods, golden oak finishes. Genuine quarter sawed oak tops on these tables at $14.50 and $16. HENRY GASS 219-21-28 West Eleventh Street Columbus, Nebraska CHRISTMAS .nwjwssBwswMnnenwjwsswsnwawsws For a good XmtJi dinner, order your Groceries of us. We can supply you with . . Xmas Trees, Candies, Nuts, Vegetables, Produce, BRUNKEN & HANEY Let Us Prove To YOU That You Want This Minneapolis Heat Regulator We can provide it and prove, that if you have it installed, you won't sell it for what it cost you. Let Ua Take the Riak If you are not satisfied, and it doea not do all we claim, we will .take it out and give" your money back. We Handle the " m Thin Gty We know this is'the best Heat Reguk later made regardless of price, and we know the price puts it within the reach of every household. Furnace or Boiler-All Kindt of Fad. "Save its Coat in a A. DUSSELL & SON Columbus, Nebraska ffiapne Old Books Rebound In fact, for anything in tbe book binding line bring .your work to Journal Office i Phone 160 HE MM 1 "V IK" c aKA fMM xS . HnasnPL gab) I pjl ft i Iff sfFWiliU nTlLni9Afl spval sS bbbiT nSBBBBBBBfeBnBBBBV&nsnnBW' Binding - mm w 1 V ( . . t w M V n v S 3 .- 'Aiffifk. Js -. rf A-1. .-fc . WIBaB49fViaal"aaM,a ,-T -r iw ii nil 'ilinKwiww - I.II..V", !-! t ...' ZTji v, ?.
