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STATEMENT OK CIRCULATION.
Btato of Ncbr'uskn, Douglas County, hs.:
lleorgu U.'Tzsrhuck, secretary of Tho Hce
l'ubllshlng compiiuy, being duly sworn,
snys that the actual number of full unu
complete copies of Tho Dally, Morning,
Evening ami Sunday Ileo printed during the
inonin or February, jaui, wus ns iohows
1 aii.'.'Ki is M.uau
2 ail, I HO 16 Itl'.OUO
3 17 IMI.KIO
i all, I nil 18 U.-..U70
c v:.-,,mi is un,ito
C 211,010 20 'J5,H70
7..... 20J70 21 15,840
8 sr.jr.o 22 a.1,770
0 Vd.IIIKI 23 20,110
io uo.oin 21 iio.iKi.-
11 ,.25,700 25 ao,:t:io
12 '5,010 26 20,i:iO
13 25,770 27 20,200
M 25,700 28 20,nS0
Total 7:il,IOI)
Less unsold nnd returned copies.... 12,121
Not total sales..; 7lt,0:itl
Net dally average 25,070
GEO. II. TZSC11UCK.
Subscribed In my presence nnd sworn to
beforo mo this Ith day of Murch. A. D., 1901.
(Seal.) M. U. HUNUATE,
Notary Public.
If 11 littlo fttnto like; Montana can
break a nonatorlal iloutlloel:, ho can a
big state like Nohrimka.
AVIicro will tin iiowHpnpcr fakirs
transplant their Hold of operations when
tho loglHluturc Hliall hnvo adjourned?
Wo fear our old friend, l'at Crowe,
will bo In (lunger of IohIiik his letter
writing habit If wo ilo not hear from
hlin soon ngnln.
Oiuahit taxpayera arc not In tho mood
for Increasing city hall salaries. Morn
born of the legislature should take duo
nolo of this fact.
Tho llco Is not a give-away news
paper. It does not bavo to glvo away
prlzo packages as premiums on give
away advertising space.
Dreyfus is the latest celebrity sched
uled to Inillet the public with u book.
It is unfortunate that ho delayed pub
lication until after his sentence was
ubtogated.
"Tho democrats of Nebraska need a
dajly paper aud need It very badly,"
sagely remarks the otllclul organ of the
'Nebraska populists. Now for the pot
to call tho kettle blade.
As tho legislative session ucars Its
close the Imaginations of the yellow
Journal correspondents are sure to soar
till higher. Keep your eye out for
weird, wild fakes under Lincoln date
Hues.
Oovenfor Dietrich can Hud good use
tor bis veto pen on, more bills than one
that are on tho chute to tho executive
olllce. And he will not be doing his
full duty if ho lets ono guilty measure
scape.
Forcing n fourth deputy county at
torney on tho taxpayers of Douglas
county, Just to furnish a salary to a
popocratle politician, Is about as sensi
ble, as would be adding a fifth wheel to
a wngon.
Uoth candidates for mayor In Chicago
want It distinctly understood that they
nro not In favor of enforcing any blue
laws In the World's fair city. This
looks decidedly blue for the blue law
crusaders.
Governor Dietrich has changed his
mind about penitentiary removal, but
that Is no' reason why tho legislature
should change Us mind. The state will
bo money in pocket by locating the
new prison on some alto better ndapted
for this purpose.
Tho architect's estimate for. building
tho burned Nebraska penitentiary Is
$10T,00). When the contracts come to
be lot tho estimate will have under
gone a decided course of expansion if
they hear any resemblance to those
usually made for public buildings.
Talk about a short Ice crop Is re
markably shy Just now, but wo may
hear some of it when the warm season
is on. If it comes to a pinch, perhaps
n few leo houses will conveniently
yield to spontaneous combustion to re
duco the supply to the point that will
warrant high prices.
llrynn explains the Nebraska sena
torlal deadlock on the ground that
thcro are only two senatorshlps and
more than two railroads, with not
enough senatorshlps to give one apiece.
Whether It would be any different If
tho fuslonlsts were In control Mr.
llrynu does not venture to say.
Senator Allen will pay a visit to the
legislature to extend thanks to his
friends who have been castlmj com
plliueutary votes for him in the sena
torlal ballot. Senator Allen Inaugu
rated this practice two years ago anil
Is in a fair way to have 11 clinnce to
lndulgo it again four years from now.
Why "would not this spring bo a
good time to rovlvo tho project to re
placo Iho graulto pavement on lower
Kurnutn street with usphalt? Knrnain
street Is tho natural business thorough
fare of tho city, but sulVera tllsciimlna
tloti on account of the rough and noisy
pavement. An asphalt surfaeo would
repay tho cost lu short meter.
au .v.oir with auVTit omaha's
niAnrr.n.
An effort Is being mode to railroad
the South Omaha charter through the
legislature In defiance of all law and
precedent, without giving any oppor
tunity to the taxpayers of South Omaha
to look luto Its provisions and protect
their Interests.
The bill as introduced has been al
most completely transformed by amend
ments tacked on during its passage
through tho house, while In the senate
tho ordinary forms of reference to
committee and consideration In com
mittee of tho whole have been sus
pended to rush the bill to tlnal passage.
In the llrst place, the South Omaha
charter as drawu contemplates ft gar
ment several sizes too large. It Is
built on the theory of fitting a com
munity of 75,000 to 100,000 people,
when It Is well known that South
Omaha had to stretch Itself to measure
up to Its census population of l!t',000.
Not only are the taxpayers to be
loaded up with new additions to the
olllce-lioldlug class, but the salaries art)
raised all along tlio line and the ex-
lenses piled mountain high.
Tho amendments that have been
smuggled luto the charter, for tho
most part dictated by tho corporations,
lestroy tin: safeguards that should bo
maintained for the bcuellt. of tho tax
payers. The period for which munici
pal franchises can bo granted, without
submission to a vote of tho people, Is
lengthened from flvs to ten years, and
tho requirements of publicity are nul
lified; the limits of taxation to all the
funds out of which tho corporations
draw their revenue have been raised.
In fact, a chatter could hardly have
been drawn more loose and reckless
u dealing with matters vital to the
axpayers and public.
Omaha as well as South Omaha Is
Interested lu tho character of the gov-
ument organized for that city be
cause, eventually, the two cities will
ic consolidated aud tho burden of debt
ncipilrcd by South Omaha become a
charge upon the property of the consoli
dated community.
The state senate will do well to re
commit tho South Omaha charter aud
send it to u committee which will give
tho taxpayers a hearing nnd nn oppor
tunity to revise it lu Its most objec
tionable provisions.
CRITICISM OF QENFMAL WOOD.
General Leonard Wood Is being
rather sharply criticised for his recent
management of a flairs In Cuba and It
Is alleged thnt he no longer enjoys
the confidence of tho Cubans generally.
Tho Havana correspondent of tho New
York Evening Post, au Intelligent ob
server, says It Is wholly evident that
General Wood has neither tho confi
dence of Cuban leaders nor u clear coin-
prehension of the uctunl conditions. He
states that General Wood has lost the
confidence of Cubans by what they
construe as unwarranted meddling,
while lu support of the charge that
ho does uot comprehend actual condl
tlouo tho correspondent cites expres
sions of opinion in Havana contrary
to statements reported to have been
sent to Washington by General Wood.
Tho Philadelphia North American
charges Wood with numerous blunders
and with misleading the Washington
authorities. It declares that "as 11 ne
gotiator aud manager of men he is
lamentably lacking In tact and Judg
ment" aud that "sued mismanagement
of a delicate though simple situation,
such inexcusable blundering au General
Wood's, would bo Incredible If It were
not so glaringly apparent in results
and proved by documentary evidence."
Tho North American further says:
"Hesposlblllty for tho wretched muddle,
the humiliation of honorable Americans
and the alienation of self-respecting nnd
patriotic Cubans rests largely upon
General Wood, who has demonstrated
that ho possesses noue of tho qualities
of a diplomat."
Unquestionably General Wood has
made mistakes. No man In his position,
with a most dltllctilt and delicate situ
ation to manage, could have avoided
committing some errors. Hut we do not
doubt that the outcome will show that
his management has been on tho whole
sagacious and tnctful, as well as hon
orable and straightforward. Nor aro
we disposed to belljivo that ho has lost
the confidence of all tho Cuban leaders,
for there Is very recent evidence that
such Is not tho case. Tho radicals, un
doubtedly, have no confidence In Wood
and probably never have had, but there
aro conservatives who still have faith
In him nnd give attention to his sug
gestions.
Conditions In Cuba nro certainly not
altogether satisfactory, but It is not
Just to place responsibility for this
wholly or chiefly upoti General Wood,
A C AVitH OF DISSATISFACTION.
It Is not at all surprising to learn
that the neglect by tho I'ntted States
senate of tho reciprocity treaties has
cieated considerable dissatisfaction
among the representatives of other nn
tlous, who have at the Invitation of
our own government expended a great
deal of time In negotiating reciprocity
treaties. Ouo Waslilugton correspond
ent says that the contemptuous man
ner lu which the .senate' treats these
conventions Is not regarded as by any
means creditable to that body. T,he
senate, It Is pointed out, was more
responsible for the provislous in the
Dlugley law under which tho treaties
were negotiated, than was the house of
representatives. It was largely on the
strength of tho approval given by con
gress lu that law that foreign nations
entered Into negotiations with the
United States in regard to such treaties.
Tho invitation came from tills couu
try and was practically from congress
Itself.
It appears that one of tho complaints
made In the senate aaglust tho treaties
Is that Mr. Kasson, tho special com
missioner to conduct the negotiations,
acted wholly on his own Ideas and
failed to consult with members of tho
somite aud Jn that way erred. It Is
hardly conceivable that any senator
would mako this a reason for neglectlug
tho treaties, but It Is possible them
Is bouic foundation for the stateiueut
THE OMAnA DAILY UEE: MONDAY,
Korelgn governments, however, hnve
nothing to do with any consideration
of that kind. Congress authorized such
negotiations anil the foreign govern- J
ments- accepted the Invitation in good
faith. If the reciprocity commissioner
has made mistakes It was tho "fluty of
the senate to point them out, Instead
of treating the whole work done as
unworthy of any consideration.
Of course the attitude of the senate
hns led to tho suspension of negotia
tions for other agreements and has
given the reciprocity policy a decided
setback. Negotiations wore carried on
by Mr. Kasson with ltussla, but Had
ing the senate hostile or Indifferent to
treaties already negotiated, tho negotia
tions with Hussla were dropped with
out reaching any conclusion. There Is
some reason to think thnt this was
not without Influence In determining
the action of tho Itusshin minister of
finance regarding Imports of Amerlciln
manufactures. A treaty with Italy was
also nearly concluded and then dropped.
The treaties with tho South American
countries have not received any better
treatment by tho senate than those
with European countries.
There Is no question that American
trade will be unfavorably affected by
the senate's course. It must also have
the effect to create abroad a feeling
of distrust respecting our professed de
sire for reciprocity In trade aud lead
foreign governments to decline our In
vitation to enter upon negotiations.
DOUGLAS COUXTV IIEVIIKSKNTATIOX.
Tho legislature now has beforo It
bills reported from committee for rep
resentative aud senatorial redisricting
which, so far as they affect Douglas
county, aro substantially acceptable and
are not likely to bo changed. These
bills give Douglas county the full bene
fit of Its population ratio, which it has
not enjoyed for many years, even prior
to the hug: apportionment.
For the senate, Douglas county will
be accorded four senators to bo chosen
by the voters of this county, be
ing an Increase of ouo over Its
preseut status. lu addition to
this It Is to form part of a larger sena
torial district, comprising Douglas,
Sarpy, Cass and Otoe counties. As
Cass and Otoo aro to form together an
other senatorial district, the Idea Is ad
vanced that when the senatorial candi
date Is taken from ono of these two
counties lu their lloat district, tho candi
date for the larger district will be taken
from the other, assuring Cass and Otoe
each ouo senatorial candidate on every
ticket, leaving Douglns county to bo
content with tho four elected by Itself.
On ordinary occasions, wo have no
doubt that this will bo tho course pur
sued, becnuse It would be practical poll-
tics from a party standpoint, the only
chance for a slip being at the polls,
where tho vngarles of the vote might
elect live senators from Douglas or two
from either Cass or Otoe.
Tho representative apportionment Is
more simple, by allotting thirteen mem
bers of tlnv house to Douglus county
aud ono member to a dlatrict mado up
of Douglas and Sarpy. This Increase
Is simply a recognition of population
claims and is based on mere methe
mntlcal computation. It leaves Sarpy
county nt the mercy of Douglas, so far
us the nomination of candidates goes,
but the votes contributed by Sarpy are
sure to demand attention In nominating
conventions.
With such 11 redisricting Douglas
county will have a legislative delega
tion of uot less than four senators aud
thirteen representatives, or seventeen
In all, which may by possibility be ex
panded by the addition of one lloat
senator and one lloat representative, one
or both. Tho representation and In
fluence of Douglas county lu the next
legislature, therefore, so far, ns It de
pends upon numbers, ought to bring It
for the llrst tltno uearer tho position It
really holds lu tho state on tho scale of
wealth, Industry, population and taxes
contributed to the support of state gov
ernment. The Missouri legislature hns appro
priated ?,10,000 for the Missouri ex
hibit at tho Buffalo exposition. With
Its Louisiana Purchase fair In prospect
Missouri is ready to cultivate the favor
of New York. When the Omaha ex
position was on the bonrds, llowover,
the great state of Missouri refused to
appropriate a dollar for participation.
It evidently makes a great deal of dif
ference whether returns on the reci
procity plan aro lu sight.
The dlvlslou of tho Internal revenue
district for Nebraska by taking out
North and South Dakota for a now
district will lessen the Importance nud
the revenue of the olllco administered
from this city, which up to tlds time
has handled tho business for the three
stales. What reason there should be
for this change Is not yet disclosed,
and If It can bo prevented It would
be to Omaha's advantage to do so.
The census report on the manufacturo
of beet sugar shows that there are
now thirty-one factories in the United
States, Michigan leading with nine,
California with eight, and Nebraska,
which was the pioneer, having only
three, llofnro tho next census Is taken
tho beet sugar Industry will show
still further growth than during tho
last decade, and Nebraska should lead
the list.
An Eiiiliu-nt I'n 1 1 11 r-.
Washington Post,
There are some who Incline to tho opinion
ii.ni Mm linn. .lames K. Jones Is every bit
as good "at handling senatorial minorities
as ho U In tho management of presidential
campaigns,
tiftthiK llm-U In Work.
Washington Star.
It unit lifipnmes tlm dutv of tho admin
Utratlon to turn from pomp and ceremonial
nml clvn Its attention onco mnro to the
perpetuity of that desirable Institution, the
full dinner pall.
ICii-kliiK oil tin- tilllt't.
Indianapolis Press.
An Interesting feature of the rivers und
harbors bunco came, perpetrated by tho
republicans and consummated by Senator
Carter, Is that none or tho victims Is In
n position to complain ubnut tho affair,
Their own connection with the proposed
steal was too questionable In Its character
to admit or the loud walling and enashlne
of teeth which might havo otherwise taken
placo In public, t'niler the circumstances the
victims are obliged to "grin nnd bear It."
" ii f i n titl I iimt tli- Prophet.
Phllndelphln. Inquirer.
Remembering tho fact thnt "the Poors
wero hemmed In on all sides" not less thnn
a week or two ago, It docs seem a bit.
surprising that tho Doers should again bo
reported as moving In any direction.
llcnrltiic Morrow Itrmoly.
Kansas City Star.
Tho Spartan stolldnoss of the American
pcoplo Is shown In the fact that not a
slnglo agonized wall has come from I hem
slnco Waldorf Astor announced that his
book should not be published or sold In
this beastly country.
Ilr Wim n It 11 re lllril.
Minneapolis Times.
Au Omaha woninn linn fnllnn heir In $1(1.-
000 by taking In a tramp and giving him
seat by the llr.o while sho prepared n
Ico warm brciikfnut fur him. Trnmns
with $10,000 me so rnre, however, that any
favors extended nhnnlit ho nrnnintcd liv
pure bencvolonco and then the donor will
not bo grievously disappointed unless tho
tourist Happens to bo one of the Insolent
sort,
Dentil Pi-unity for Kldim-ilux.
New' York Tribune,
Some, of tho 8tfltr think nf Imnnalnir I tin
death penalty for kidnaping. The crime
la hideous, but all over tho country Juries
hcstltnto to llnd verdicts of murder In the
first degree where tho taking of life Is tho
legal punishment and there Is danger that
kidnapers will be let off lightly by soft
hearted and unft-lipiiilnl lllrlcn. nn mur
derers arc, If kidnaping Is made a capital
offense.
IniportN of Clilnn Loot.
Springlleld llepubllcaii,
Tho loot Is still coming In from China.
Uut ,tho poor, disabused looters alas and
nlackl that such things should be aro ac
tually made to pay customs duties, even
whore they take the pains to send homo
their pickings by a government, hospital
ship. Last September 144 cases of duti
able Oriental goods were smuggled Into Snn
tranclsco on tho hospital ship Solace. Slnco
then tho customs ofricers hnvo had tho good
Solaco on tholr "list." Hccontly It io
turned to San Kranclsco and when they
tried to board tho vessel for Inspection Its
gallnut captain would not permit It, claim
ing tnat as n naval vessul It was exempt
from Inspection. Tho matter was referred
to Washington and tho captain was over
ruled. It Is common talk In Snn Francisco
that every transport coming from tho
Orient violates the revenue, laws.
I.oml 'I' 11 Hi or n Prophet. -
New Vork Sun.
Mr. P. Adklnsou, an Illustrious the-
osophlst, Is speaking. Henr his clear,
triumphant note:
"Tho great law of cycles Is nt work on
nil planes, from the building of the Cosmos
to tho blooming of a rose; Karmn, tho
great law of Justice, works by tho law of
cycles: tho Ego visits this system of worlds
for experience nnd It gains this experlenco
whllo In the cycle of rebirth."
Surely hero Is wisdom from tho gods
nnd It takes tho gods to understand It.
Now learn from Mr. Adklnson what the
osophy would do If a wicked generation
would glvo It the chance:
' Theosophy would dry every tear, bind
up every broken heart, mako earth blos
som ns the rose arid righteousness abound
as tho waves of 'the sea."
Which Is substantially what the Hon.
John Pardon Altgeld says of tho Initiative
nnd referendum.
A HHMAItlCAIU.H SHOWI.VtJ.
Condition of ttir Nntlon'a Klnanrri
Aliovtt I'rtr nml ninlnir.
Minneapolis Tribune.
Tho March statement nf thn m.Mir. ,),(
embodies the Interesting Information that
iit-uny nan or too interest-bearing obliga
tions of the United States havo been re
funded nt 2 per cent Interest. Thn lnu-
tho gold standard law under which tho rc-
ninciing operation has been conducted, Is
only a year old, but In that short tlmo
wonders havo been nceamnllnheii. Tho
figures show a total Interest-bearing debt
of $1,001,600,510, of which $4 '5,910,750 Js In
the now gold 2 per cents, $432,000,000 In the
old nnd new 4 per cents, $100,000,000 In the
opanisn wnr 3 per cents nnd $23,000,000, tho
remnnnt of Secretary Cnrlislo's 5 per cents
Issued to maintain the gold reserve.
J ho United States government In Hum
carrying about one-half of Its funded debt
at a lower rato of interest thnn any other
country on earth. Its 2 Per cent bonds bp it
at a premium and the wholo debt could
easuy ana quickly bo refunded ut 2 por
cent if mnturcd. Thnt Is to sny, tho gov
ernment could sell enough 2 ner renin nt
par to realise sufficient money to pay off
an its obligations,
This record Is remarkable. rnnqtiWIm-
tho extraordinary exnenses to which thn
United States has been subjected In the
last, uiree or four years by the Spanish war
and "the cost of maintaining order and
American authority In Cuba, Porto Itlco
and tho Philippines. Appropriations for
Internal Improvements and other Items
have nlso been unusually largo. But It Is
with tho government as with n prlvnto con
cern It doesn't matter so much what you
pay out ns what you tako In. With
abounding prosperity tho Incomn of thn
general government hns been largo .enough
to meet au obligations and maintain Its
credit at tho highest notch.
PIltXiltlSSM W l'ltOKIT-SIIAHIMi,
Stoek In Corporation Nolil In Km.
ployes 011 Oooil Term.
Chicago Chronicle,
A substantial method of profit-sharing
between employers nnd employes (H pro
vided for when corporations in ratine for
tho enlo of their slock to those In their
employ on advantageous terms. Corpo
ration stork Is the amn as capital In a
manufacturing establishment. The employe
who becomes n stockowner Is a sharer In
tho profits of tho corporation. Ho draws
dividends as they accrue.
Tho National Discult company has
adopted rules for tho sale of Its stock to
employes, A share of stock of the par
value of $100 and now selling In tho mar
ket for about $92.50 will bo sold on tho In
stallment plan with $3 payments to auy
employe of tho company. Tho stock now
Is "earning 7 per cent and dividends nro
paid at that rate.
Soma tlmo ngo the Illinois Central Rail
road company adopted this form of profit
sharing with Its employes. Other corpo
rations and many manufacturing estab
lishments are managed financially on t'10
fame plan, It Is an admirable method to
create a community of Interest between
Iho men who pay wages nnd the men who
earn wages. Hccelvlng n share nf the
profits In addition tfi the salaries of labor
establishes a sense and tho fact of pro
prietorship In employes. They become
partners with cmployors,
Profit-sharing Is the bes,t preventive of
labor troubles. An employe drawing a
sharo of the profits of his establishment
will not strike against himself or against
bin employer, which Is tho same thing.
It Is u plan by which nn 'employe ns re
gards his employer obeys the rule, "Put
yourself in his place." Under n system
f.t universal profit-sharing there would he
no strikes,
Tho system promotes prudence, economy
ond thrift on the part of employes. As
soon ns they obtain a fow shares' of stock
or a Miluable Interest In the corporation or
establishment of which they are employes
they acquire a laudable ambition to pre
serve and. Increaso their holdings. They
start on the road to fortuno and they reach
a more or Ices ample Independence,
II, 1901.
run .i:.atoiuaii srrt atio.v.
Niobrara Honeer. Governor Dietrich
says that If tho legislature falls to elect
two senators he will Immediately cntl them
In extra session and keep them (hero until
they do. This would bo n burden to 11
large number of legislators nnd an expense
to the state liable to work a hnrdshtp. nut
It Is not probable thnt the governor will
bo compelled to go to that extreme. He
is not very ca ttlous In his remarks nn the
affairs of stale.
Kearney Hub; A wise newspaper cor
respondent nt Lincoln usscrts that It Is
only through nn nlllanco with tho fuslonlsts
that two senators will bo elected. The
Hub docs not believe It. It Is not ready to
admit that tho republican members of the
Nebraska legislature have gone daft en
tirely and that any considerable number
of them will enter into such nn illlnnce.
Tho temper of republicans will uot tolerate
a failure to elect two republicans.
Mlnden Gazette: It Is Intimated that
tho governor 'will call a special session of
tho leglslnturc to elect two senators In the
event of their failure to do so before the
adjournment of the regulnr session. Whllo
the Gazette wants to sen two republican
senators elected, irdoesn't believe In nny
speclnl session nonsense. If they cannot
agree upon candidates during this session
they will not come any nearer doing It In
a special session, and thcro Is no necessity
for the cxpcnsQ of nn extra session.
Hlnlr Pilot: As long ns Ciirrle, Dietrich,
Crounsc, Halncr, Harlan, Hlnshaw, Kln
kald, Martin, Mclklojohn, Morlan, Hose
wntcr, Thompson nnd Wethorcld remain la
tho rncn nnd each ablo to .hold from two
to thirty-eight votes, thero will bo no
election of senators. Thirty-eight ballots
have been taken In Joint session and It
would seem that those who never havo had
votes enough to make them even n pos
sibility should withdraw nnd Insist that
their votes bo rnst where good can result.
Central City Nonpareil: Kvery man you
run across will tell you how he could settle
tho senatorial question In n very short time.
No doubt ho could if It wns left to him. So
could nny member of tho legislature If ho
could hnve full swny in tho matter. The
difficulty lies In getting tho members to tho
placo whore they nil want to scttlo It tho
same way. This harmonizing of so many
different opinions Is no easy tnsk. It looks
easy nt n dlstnnco, but If they would get
on tho ground nnd size thn sltuntlon up nt
short rnngo our local political strategists
would find it a bigger undcrtnking than
they bargained for.
Allianco Times: Who will represent Ne
braska In tho United States house of lords
In plnco of tho Hon. John M. Thurston?
That Is tho question, nnd Indications nro
that It will remain unanswered until an
other legislature is elected. And that
would bo doing Nebraska and tho repub
lican party a gross Injustice. Tho pcoplo
hnvo a right to cxptct an election at tho
hands of tho present legislature. Every
member has his preference or first choice
among the several aspirants, and It Is per
fectly right und proper that ho should have,
but wo don't bcllovo nny member Is ex
pected by his constituents to die in tho
ditch with thnt first choice.
Hayc3 County llepubllcan: Thcro nro
many able nnd deserving men named for
United States senator, nny one of whom
would bo n credit to tho republican party
and tho state of Nebraska. Put In tho flush
of a great victory tho leaders should con
sider tho future and strengthen their po
sition while at tho helm of state. Plans
nro now being perfected by tho opposition
to again wrest Nebraska from tho repub
lican party, and theso plans may succeed.
unless tho legislature Is wise, we bcllovo
tho socrct of success for tho future lies In
ths election of Hon. Edward Ilosewatcr to
the senate. There aro many and potent
reasons for this belief, which will develop
beforo two years expire, and now is tho
tlmo to guard against mistakes that may
provo disastrous to tho party.
.MKIKl.KJOIIN'.N MUCCKMSOn.
Uuffnlo Express: Colonel Sanger has
long been connected with tho Now York
Stato National guard and Is especially
fitted In many wnys for his new office. Ho
was lieutenant colonel of tho Two Hundred
and' Third regiment. Ho spent Inst year In
England studying the British system of
nuxlllary forces under Instructions from
Governor Roosevelt nnd Secretary Root.
Colonel Sanger Is an ardent supporter of
tho civil scrvico reform movement. Ho
was so Independent whllo In tho Now Vork
assembly that Senator Piatt Is said to hnve
protested ngnlnst his preferment at this
time. Sanger was ono of the four repub
lican members of tho legislature who would
not vote for Piatt for United States sen
ator. Plntt thren'tens to oppose confirma
tion of tho nomination if it Is made, but
he Is not likely to havo tho ncrvo to go so
far. Possibly President McKlnley will not
forget that Colonel Sanger wns nn original
McKlnley man.
Now York Times: Colonel Sanger would
seem by his experlenco, as well as by his
chnracter nnd talents, to bo well fitted for
the second place In tho Wnr department.
Ho hns always taken an nctlvo part In mil
itary matters lu this state, where he wan
for a, long tlmo Inspector general of tho
National guard. Ilo performed excellent
servlco In tho Inspection service during tho
Into war nnd ho has been abroad slnco last
year studying the Ilrltlsh system of aux
iliary troops. Ho Is a gentleman of means,
who has dovotod much of his time to dis
interested public service. Ho has been a
member of tho assembly for several terms.
Ho hns always been nn Intelligent nnd
earnest ndvocato of tho merit system In tho
civil service nnd hns tho sanest nnd most
practical Ideas of tho ovlls of political pat
ronage. We should say that Mr. Hoot
would lltid in him n most efilclent nnd
trusty assistant nnd nssoelute, Their stnnd
ard of public life nnd their views of affairs
nro In closo general sympathy.
PKItSO.VAI, NOTI5S.
Of whisky nnd qulntno for tbo grip Sen
ator Clapp of Minnesota says: "Tho ntlx
tliro spoils I'ne one Ingredient and doesn't
hoi? tho other."
Congressman Cyrus A. Sulloway'of New
Hampsblro, tho tallest man in the house
he. Is nearly spven feet high was onco 11
member of the Salvation Army.
Senator Vest Is In bad health and when
told the other day that appearances wont
for little In such mutters, replied: "Well,
1 don't know. There wus Morrill. I used
10 say ho wus set for eternity and that
thsy'd have to shoot him nn tho Judgment
die."
Somebody the other day In tho hearing
"of Senator Hoar was lavishing praise on
Sonntor Woloott of Colorado. Thn Massa
chusetts man dors not think such a great
deal of thn western man nnd after listen
ing for u time ho vonturcd the opinion
that "Mr. Wolcott explodes like Vesuvius,
only, with' nil the gas and none of the lava."
The Inauguration caused a general change
of neck upparel amongst congressmen nnd
senntors. Senator llalley has discarded
his whltu lawn for purplo and, according
to tho National Magazine, although Sen
ator Spooner clings to his flowing scarf
and Ilyron collar Patrick Henry of Mis
sissippi appeared with a tic of Jasmine
hue.
Congressman Eddy of Minnesota claims
to ho the homeliest man In the house, but
tears that the championship Is about to be
rested from him by 'Marshalt of North
Dakota. "I havo been awarded the belt
without a dissenting vote," says Eddy,
"but I fear that the honor will bo ruth
Ipssly swiped by this man from tho Jack
rabbit state. Say, lie must be a terror If he
beats mo, though."
liutM.NO oi tiii: sTirn ritisox.
Dixon Tribune: It seems strange In
thcao days of building Improvements to
read of the Nebraska st.tto penitentiary,
nn Isolated building that cost closo to $400,
000, being consumed by fire. Tho state
should sco to It thnt tho new one cannot
bo burned. A fireproof building for nil
tlmo Is certainly cheaper In the long run
than nnother flro trap like the old one.
broken How llepubllcan: Governor Diet
rich favors rebuilding tho state peniten
tiary In n new location whetb n section of
good fnrm land can bo had cm whjch the
convicts can ralso sugar beets. That sounds
very nice, but the plnn Is not feasible at
the present time. Wo predict tho building
will bo rebuilt oa the present site, whero
tho shops, walls and the new cell house nr
In perfect state.
Grand Island mdependent: Tho rebuild
ing of the penitentiary or tho building of h
now ono should be doao on pretty broad
lines and with nn eyo to tho needs of the
stato lu tho distant future. It will be ccon
omy In the lotisr run. The suggestion by
Governor Dietrich thnt such plans Includw
provision for working nnd training tho con
victs In agricultural pursuits has boiiib
good points nbout It.
Central City Republican: Tho burning ot
tho stato penitentiary would be a blessing
If Its history could be destroyed with It.
As It is but littlo regret is felt, ns tho
great stone pile was of primitive design, un
sanitary mid required nn Immenso annual
cxponBc to keep It In a habitable condi
tion. Thcro Is nothing like commencing
with a clenn sheet nnd ns wo havo a new
state administration let us hnvo n now peni
tentiary and then let each sco how far they
con keep apart.
Grecloy Leader: Thero nro a good many
pcoplo In tho stnto who have wished tho
flro nt tho old cell houso of tho penitentiary
tho other day had made a clean sweep
so that there would bo no temptation to
rebuild nny portion of It on tho lnsnnltary
slto whero It has been situated so long.
Whllo It is not an Institution that nny com?
tuunlty can covet, it should ho located
somowhoro that decent dralnago and com
fortable surroundings can bo secured for
both keepers and Inmates.
Weeping Wntcr Republican: Governor
Dietrich recommends that tho stnto pur
chaso throe or four sections of land for a
new slto for tho penitentiary so that tho
prisoners may work at farming ns well ns
In the manufacturing Industries. This 1b
a good idea, nnd If tho slto wns to be
bought near Weeping Wntcr It might In
cludo flno Bton'o quarries which would
nffonl an unlimited amount of work for tho
convicts who could not bo trusted In tho
opon field. This matter may bo worth the
attention of our board of trade.
Kearney Hub: Governor Dietrich's po
sition on tho rebuilding ot tho penitentiary
will glvo general satisfaction. Ho Is op
posed to rebuilding In tho present loca
tion, which has always been objectionable,
n real "hole" in fact, and suggests thnt
the penitentiary bo rebuilt whero tbcro can
be plenty of good farming land to go with
it and that tho tlmo ot tho convicts bo em
ployed in raining sugar beets. Tho loss of
tho old penitentiary Is n fitting end of a
corrupt "Job" that has always surrounded
the institution with a disngrccablo odor.
Tcknniali Herald: Thn burning ot tjic
penitentiary nt Lincoln lnst Friday night
Is not such a calamity to tbo atato as some
might believe. It wns an antiquated affair
badly located, without nny of tho modern
conveniences that an Institution ot that
kind should possess. A now location
should bo selected and so arranged that tho
better class of theso unfortunates could be
kept entirely scparuto from tho vicious
criminals. Tho suggestion of Governor
Dietrich should bo heeded regarding suffi
cient quantity of land being connoctcd with
the now location to keep tho prisoners em
ployed; Tho "prcsorit slto ,1s In the Salt
Creek bottoms, without adequate wator
supply or sewerage facilities, and never
could be mado u sulfablo location.
IIOOMKV12LT IX TUB ClIAirt.
The NVvr Vice I'realdcnt n lie Ap
pear no I'rrmldtnK Officer,
Brooklyn Eagle.
Vice President Roosevelt addressed the
senato In a voice keyed to the modcrato
dimensions' ot tho chamber, made an ad
dress as brief ns tho occasion a'nd as tho
precedents alike prescribe, touched on a
thought both Imprcsslvo nnd appropriate,
administered the oath to tho newly elected
senators with clearness, dignity nnd sim
plicity and In every way Illustrated the
easy adequacy of an American to novel
responsibilities. Adlnl E. Stevenson and
Garret V. Hobart did tho same In their
time.
Thero was less surprise that they did so
than that Colonel Roosevelt did. Yet his
parliamentary experlenco In the assembly
of New York equaled thnt of Mr. Stevenson
In the house of representatives nnd that of
Mr. Hobart in tho New Jersey senate.
Thero was no reason for the surprise which
was duo to tho virile variety of tho ex
perience ot Colonel Roosevelt in other fields.
Those who thought of the colonel feared
that ho might Import military tactics luto
tho chair nnd mistake the gavel tor a
pistol. Those who thought of him as gov
ernor apprehended that ho might veto some
ot tho proprieties. Those who thought ot
him as a hunter queried whether ho would
mistake Jones of Nevada for a mountain
Hon nnd bring him down. The colonel him
self In part has contributed to these pic
tures of himself on the mind. The
Ananlases ot the pen and the Korahs of tho
cartoons have In greater part contributed
to It, Hut tho colonel's very proper debut
as vice president has dissipated alarms.
He will enjoy a reparation equal to the
misrepresentation ho ha3 received.
Ho Is tho first vice president of original
ity slnco John C. Breckenrldge. Hamlin
was a conventional war horse, with state
of Maine IdeaB about bathB and clothes.
Colfax was it politician within tho mold
and manner of a smug clergyman, with a
proporty smile. Wilson was an earnest,
upright man, who ran to length of balr,
rigidity of manner and Sunday-go-to-racet-Ing
dress on week days. Wheeler was
a bucolic up-state man, who never mado a
mistake or a hit. Arthur became president
too soon to disclose parliamentary quali
ties. Hendricks was a politician of the
middle west of only average parts. Mor
ton brought a club man's courtesy and u
banker's dignity to an office Jn which ho
respected all tho traditions. Stevenson
modeled his course on that ot a county
Judge, Hobart was in all things honor
able, fine and kind, but again It was "the
butlness man."
Tbo colonel is npt, ready, Incisive, sug
gestive, Inspirational, resolute. None nf
theso qualities is essential to (he vice
presidency, but even tho vice presidency
can be made better by them. A man of
genius, Initiative and prevision can do any
thing better than ono without them.
Goethe excelled his peasant servitor In.
making fires and "shining" shoes, for he
mixed his work with brains, No men of
Inferior capacity have been vlco presidents,
but In a long time no man with anything
like Colonel Roosevelt's assemblage of
qualities has filled the chair, Hu can cre
ate moro reputation by performing well the
conventional duties of the pott than others
could acquire in tho place to whom It
came easier. The post Itself can draw
moro distinction from him than from any
Incumbent Jn a long whl'J. We predict
that tbo senators and tho colonel will get
on well together. They should bo to him
a salutary anodyne. Hu should be to
them a salutary tonic. And when the
dullards have the floor ho can put his most
Intimate antipathy Into the chair and en
joy a good time with the other Harvard
man who Is In charge of tho library ot
coogresi.
A hit nisQirniTixn."
Snll I.nkrrn Vleiv ultli Alnrtn the
Hnllriinil "Coiiiiinuillj- of li'terenl."
Ball Lnke Tribune.
Thn presence hero of some of tho hcay
executive officers of tho great railroad com
blnatlon Is a matter of apprehension lu thn
minds of a grcnt many men. If tho com
btnntlon succeeds In purchasing tho Rio
Grnndo Western, or If it hns succeeded
which is moro likely, ot course, It places
Snlt Lake for tho tltno being In thn hands
of ono monopoly nnd It can fix about whai
over chargos It pleases to. Of course, good
policy would dlctnte moderntlon on the
part of such n monopoly, but it Is not tho
rule. Tho rule Is to exact nil that the
community enn stand, nnd tho higher
thought that modified charges would glvo
a sufficient Increase ot business to make
the real profits moro than they would bo
If they wero ndvnnccd Is geuernlly beaten
down by the other thought that "while wn
hnve a monopoly wo ought to mako It pay
nil that we can." If tho Rio Orando West
ern Is sold to the combination there is no
prospect of relief from nny other sourco
for two or threo years to come, nt least, be
cause, If tho Los Angeles & Salt Lako road
Is eventually built, It wilt conic from tbo
other way, and It will bo perhaps flvo years
dragging its trncks Into this city. No ono
knows what five yenrn may develop. The
bent hope Is tho llurllngton coming from
thn cast and that hopo Is clouded by tbo
fact that this railroad combination Is for
the purpose ot shutting out opposition nnd
buying up whatovcr is in Its path. It was
nil right when tho old Central Pacific was
purchased, becauso that has always been, In
connection with tho Union Pacific, the great
through lino across thn continent nnd it
did not matter much who owned It. Rut
the Rio Grnndo Western, with Its eastern
connections, has always been a brako nn
thn posslblo rapacity of tho old through
line, and, If It Is to be absorbed by thn
same comblnntlon, then wo nil know In
ndvnnco thnt wo aro In the hands ot n
transportation company that can do what
It pleases, nnd enn, If it pleases, snap Its
fingers In tho fnco ot Snlt Lako.
I.AlHilllXn OAS.
Philadelphia Record: ltcecher Whntt You
don't npprovo of the free school systom7
Teacher No; I favor hlro education.
Chicago Record: "Whut kind of man Is
Jlpos?"
"llo's this kind: U you Invited lilm to
dliio with you and ho lost his umbrella nt
your houso he'd make you pay for It."
Dotrolt Journal: "Yes," mused tho colonel,
nfter wo lind sung another stnvo of thn fa
mous old song, "tbo sunshine's bright In
the old Kentucky homo, to bo sure, hut
nfter nil, tho moonshine's tho goods, If I
do sny It myself!"
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "I see that somo
astronomer snys thut thn now star Isn't a
new star ut nil. It Is Just nn old star that
lias got n now shlno on It."
"Sny, 1 wonder what brand of polish
thoy uso up thero?"
Chicago Tribune: "Spring seems to como
earlier In tho suburbs, doesn't It?"
"Yef: ono of tho neighbors borrowed cur
tnck-llfter six weeks ago."
Philadelphia Press: "Whnt would you
sny," began tho voltiblo prophet of woe, "If
I wero to tell you thnt In a very short
space of tlmo nil tho rivers In this coun-
iry woiiin, ury upr
.. Vi would Hny,' replied tho patient
" 'Go thou and do likewise. "
man,
Detroit Journnl: "If I could but digest'"
Implored tho Dyspeptic.
Kate wns quite ilenf to hl.i entreaty.
. "Well. then. If I could Jest dlel" tho hap
less mortnl exclaimed.
Now this, wns genulno. Anglican liumor
nnd Fnto laughed immoderately, but yielded
nothing.
Indianapolis Press: "How are von getting
along ns nn actor?'' usked the old-tlmo nr
quniutunce. "Dunno," nuld the prizo fighter. "You nee,
cull, I nln't plnyeil no one-night Htiuuls
yet, whero de nowsp'apcr boys known I'll
be forty miles away before the write-up
come out."
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Say. "Wcnry. I
wuz Just rendln' that Mark Twain Hnys
thero's nothln' like a pint o' whisky for
ciirln' colds. Whnt do you think of thnt?
.J'v,,int.,I 1 ,lllnlc of 117 Why. I. think
that Jtnrk must hnvo unusually mild colds."
WlfKX T1IK I'.Ml'lllIO HAYS PI.AY I1AI.1.
Pretty soon tho flowers will bloom upon
tho hills,
And tho leaves will blossom on tho forest
trees;
Sleeping things will wako to life. nnd rip
pling rills
Will murmur 'neath tho fanning of the
breeze;
In Imlmy spring nil nature will be gay,
Tho tuneful birds will hold us In their
thrnll:
Hut best of nil will bo tho gladsome day,
When tho mighty umplro loudly Bays:
"Play bull!"
When thn nun Is shining brightly overhead,
On the bleachers thcro will gather by tho
scoro
Fans with happiness nil o'er their features
spread,
Revelling In happy memories of yore;
Kvery heart with glad expectancy will beat
At tho long-awaited. Jov-lnsnlrlnir call.
-To tho hungry fnns melodiously sweet,
wiK'ii iiiu iniguiy umpiru louuiy says:
"Play bnll!"
Every tree or polo from which the battle
ground Cnn bo viewed by youngsters who are two
bits shy,
Peopled by theso hnppy nrabs will bo
found,
When agiiln Is hoard tho old familiar cry;
Aud tho urchin at tho kuothola In tho
fence
And tho banker In the stnnd will gaily call
On tho homo team to display Just common
sense.
When tho mighty umpire loudly says;
"Play bnll!"
Every hero of tho pnst will quickly fade,
Martyrs dying for their blessed country's
cause, ,
And tho homo-run hitter places In the shade
Fumous men who hulp to mako tho na
tion's laws;
Wo will laud tho heroes of the grnsHy
sward,
Drop our business cares, cast trouble to
thn wall,
Joining In the rooter's yell with one accord.
When tho mighty umpire loudly snys:
"Pluy bnll!'7
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