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TITT3 OMAHA DAILY TIKK: TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1002. The omaha Daily Bee.' E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, pally Be (without Sundsy), One Year. .(4 00 L-slly Bee snd Sunday. one Year Illustrated Bee, one Year ino Sunday IW, One Year 2 00 Saturday Bee, one Year I So Twentieth c entury Farmer, One Year.. X.00 DELIVERED- BY CARRIER. pally Bee (without Sunday), per copy 2c pally Hee (without 8unday, per week. ...12c Dally Bee (Including Sunday), per week. .17c Sunnay Bee, per copy 6c fcvenltig itee (without Sunday), per week. 10c Evening Bee (Including Sunday), per week 16c Complaint of Irregularities In delivery Should be addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall Building, Twenty-fifth and M Street. Council Bluffs 10 Pearl Street Chicago 164" Unity Building. New York Temple Court. Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to news and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha bee. Editorial Department, BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letter and remittances should be addressed: The Bee Publishing Com pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps accepted In payment of mall account, personal checks, except on (Jmnha or eastern exchange, nut accepted. THii BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION, pre to of Nebraska, Douglas County, as.: George B. Tsschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly, sworn. ays that the actual number of full and Complete copies of The Daily, Morning, fcvenlng and Sunday Bee printed during the month of February, 19U2, was as follows: 1 80,100 U 80,040 1 30,3MO 1 30,840 80,1120 n BO.lttO 4 aO.TKO It 80,370 80,480 1 30.H80 80,B40 20 80,310 1 80,210 a S0.180 30,800 22 80,120 ' 80.2BO 23 80,100 0 80,100 U 80,470 U 80.84C 25 80,800 U 30,230 24 80,070 U 80,140 J7 2,t)SO U 80,420 U Utt.OOO Total .847,40 Leas unsold and returned copies.... 10,124 Net total sales , .837,810 Net dally average 20,922 GEORGE B. TZ8CHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 28th day of February, A. D-, , M. B. HUNOATE, sl.) Notary Public. That March lion must be playing us nil for April fools. If you ere a tempting old hat on the tldewalk, don't fall to kick It. There In no question but that the cal endar maker made a serious mistake In putting Easter In so early. Three out of four of all the candidates ror municipal office In South Omaha re bound to be April fooled by the jroters. The Kansas preacher convicted of heresy has not yet Indicated whether he will lecture or write a book, but he Will hardly remain quiet very long. The fishing season has legally com menced, but it is a wise flsliermon who allows the bank to warm up a little be fore he picks out a place to sit down fend watch for a bite. An American manufacturer has se cured the contract for furnishing souve nir buttons for King Edward's corona tion. American contractors are not overlooking anything at present. Fortunately the destinies of the na tion' ore again being re-shaped In the an nual spring oratorical contests between representatives of the various high schools, colleges and universities. The indications are that the round bale cotton trust has been run through the compress in the Arkansas primaries. Too many of Senator Jones' constituents are forced to pay tribute to allow them to forget Chinese students have been forbidden from entering Japanese schools, for fear they will absorb revolutionary ideas. It might be a good thing for China If all pf Ita people could be Impregnated with Japanese ideas. . . The sundry civil appropriation bill, as teported to congress, carries $12,000,000 less than the one passed at the last con gress. But the measure Is likely to grow more corpulent on its Journey through the house and senate. The Transvaal delegates who. went through the British lines to see Gen erals Delarey and Dewet have been un able to locate them. If they had only gone with Metbuen'g expedition no such difficulty would have been encountered. . The late Cecil Rhodes began life as a water pumper In a diamond mine. The rest fortunes accumulated by water pumpers in this country have come from pumping water into the stocks of cor porations aud unloading them on an un auspectlng public. The experiments of the club women la municipal emlx-UUnmeut should not tand in tho way of the embellishment f private premises by their owners. With half an effort Omaha can be made to look like a beautiful garden in all Its residence districts during the com ing summer. For once the New Jersey legislature overlooked something iu the way of rev enue iu passing the bill allowing the steel combine to convert its preferred stock into bonds. Jersey corporations pay a yearly tax ou their capital stock and this retirement knocks off f 12.500 a year In taxes. The steel combine U thrifty. A trip all the way to St Joseph has convinced the Omaha claimant that the bigamist In jail there is not the vau Ished husband whom she thought she recognlred by tho photograph. But tho Omaha yellers who went Into pictorial pa em over this made-to-order seusa- tiou will touch very lightly the burst Sag of their soap bubble. ' ' rmvATK rA-.oj bills. There has leeu an unusual flood of private perisinn bills at this session of congress. Last Friday the number of these bills passed by the house was 215, with out exception, the largest number of such Mils passed at a single session the greatest number of private pension bills having been, passed two weeks before, 220. Moat of these bills were for an iucrease of pension, in cases where an Increase bad been disallowed by the commissioner of' pensions: The total amount of pension to he allowed In each case was stated In the bill, but the amount that the pensioner was pre viously receiving was not stated, nor was any mention made of the reason for the Increase. Referring to this leg islation in a speech a short time ago, Representative Sims of Tennessee, a member of the pension committee), said that the average increase in these bills was 2tNj per cent over and above what the bureau allows. The meaning of this is obvious. Having established a bu reau a ml provided a large and expensive force to administer the liberal laws re lating to the subject, congress tnkes the business out of the hands of the com missioner and those which the law pro vides to assist him and Increases the pensions by passing bills which are as a rule given little consideration either In committee or in the house. In this way Injustice is done not only to the government In other words to the tax payers generally but to the barge num ber of pensioners who do not in this way seek to obtain more from the gov ernment. In regard to this Mr. Sims said: "This house ought to be able to estab lish some rule by which Injustice shall not be done to that great body of pen sioners who have received consideration at the pension bureau and who are not knocking at the doors of congress for In crease by private acts, by refusing to give others who had either no title or one so defective that the bureau refused to give any pension even greater pen sions by private acts than If they had perfect and Indefeasible title under gen eral law." This seems to be a perfectly reasonable proposition. We have a bu reau whose duty It Is, under laws clearly defined, to ascertain and deter mine the claims of pensioners. When this bureau has acted In accordance with the law, why should congress step In and say that the authorized tribunal for determining pensions had erred and double or treble the pensions given by that tribunal by passing bills which go through without proper consideration and which not one member In a hundred knows anything about The 215 private pension bills that were passed by the house last Friday received practically no consideration. There was no In quiry as to their merits, no effort made to ascertain whether there was Justifica tion for the passage of a single one of them. That Is the rule in regard to these bills. They, are presented and put through without deliberation or discus sion and thus thousands of dollars of public money Is annually voted away without proper and adequate inquiry as to whether those to whom It Is given are entitled to receive it This Is a matter which Is very natur ally attracting attention. Public men are asking what Is the use of keeping up an expensive pension bureau If con gress Is to annul the work of the bureau and turn down the commissioner. There Is a growing sentiment against the mul titude of private pension bills. A PROMPT APVLUOT. Exception has been taken to the com ment made by The Bee concerning the political summersault of W. Kelly, who was quoted In a democratic paper of South Omaha as a leading republican who proposes to vote the democratic city ticket. Mr. Kelly was quoted as saying: I am not a politician, have nothing to fear in expressing my views, am not paid for it and no promises of any kind have been made. The Intimation indulged In by The Bee that the flop of W. Kelly was pre cipitated by the defeat of A. It. Kelly for a reuomlnatlon for mayor seems to have given serious offense. The Bee hastens to make humble apology aud pleads In Justification the following ex tract from a letter received at tnis or fice from South Omaha; The Mr. W. Kelly mentioned In the dem ocratic sheet is a brother ot A. R. Kelly, the disgruntled and soon to be defunct nuror of South Omaha. He baa been car ried on the payroll of the. city for over eighteen months at the rate ot 170 a month. He is supposed to be special agent ot the legal department of the city. City attor ney Lambert aays that during all tnis time Kellv did nothing but watch the bucket shops in Omaha and play the markets for A. R. Kelly. Citizens of South Omaha will sympa thize deeply with both the Kellys over their prospective divorce from the pie counter, but we doubt whether they will be Influenced In their choice of Mayor Kelly's successor by . the un bought convert to the democratic city candidates. They are not likely to go so far as to sacrifice their hope of good government in order to avenge the grievances of the Kellys. A POLICY OF RETALIATION. Statements are made which seem to have authority that the secretary of agriculture Is not content to permit Ger many to continue her tariff discrimina tions against the food products of the United States without making an effort to set this country right The matter was presented before the cabinet at a recent session and the action of the German government was discussed, tho opinion expressed by the secretary of agriculture being that the policy con templated by the German government 1 not justified by the facts. The view of the secretary of agricul ture is, and it will doubtless meet with the geueral approval of the business in terests of the country, that It is about time the United States had takeu some means of defending its interests. It is pointed out that the allegations of Ger many that Injurious preservatives and chemicals arc used in American meats and other food product could be made to apply Just as well to products com ing to this country from Germany, and it Is stated that the secretary of agricul ture Is now conducting an examination of foodstuffs Imported Into this country from Germany. It Is pointed out that it does not require any new legislation by congress to protect us against dis crimination abroad, as the president is authorized by existing law to apply the same tests to German products coming to the United States as Germany applies to imports Into that country from the United States. Washington advices say that the cabi net Is in full sympathy with the secre tary of agriculture In this matter, which simply means that the administration Is favorable to a policy of retaliation In the event of the German government carry ing out its recently declared policy of shutting out American meats that are preserved with bornclc acid. It has already been shown that if the German government pursues thin course with reference to American meats we shall have an equally good claim for exclud ing German products and there Is no doubt that our government would act upon the German example. However unfortunate any policy of retaliation In trade may be. In this particular Instance the United States has the better side of the Issue, The policy of Germany In this latest action looking to the ex clusion of American meats la unmis takably without Justification. The ex planation of that action Is wholly unsat isfactory. This being the case, If the German government adheres to Its posi tion It will be clearly the duty of our government to adopt a retaliatory policy. No serious objection can be raised to the proposition to give the work of school census enumeration for Omaha to members of the teaching force, pro vided It can be done efficiently within the allotted time and without Impos ing Involuntary labor upon any teacher. The law limits the period for census taking to thirty days and requires the census to be completed before July 1 of each year. As the school sessions will continue well Into June, this would curtail the' available time for teachers to act aa census enumerators. What ever they would earn In this capacity would of course belong to them, to do with it as they please, and whether they chose to turn it into the treasury of the local annuity association or keep It themselves would concern them alone. Judging from the discussion now going on In South Omaha, Mr. Rosewater, not content with being mayor of Omaha, as pires to become mayor ot the Maglo City. Fortunately for Mr. Rosewater, there is no limit to the number of offices one man may hold by proxy. World Herald. Yes, and there is no limit to the lib erties which despicable demagogues take in the midst of a campaign to gain their ends, and there Is no law, either, to protect people from unscrup ulous liars who Imagine they can make political capital by dragging in men who are not running for office and have no other connection with the campaign than being on the opposite side in pol itics. With the advent of April tree planting will be in order, but planting trees that arc not adapted to our soil and climate is a waste of energy and money. This also applies to the proposition to plant soft maples on the streets of Omaha that need shade trees. Experience with soft maples has been that they groy too rapidly and In a few years be come a nuisance. Hard maples, though of slower growth, have proved more satisfactory In every respect Deputy Labor Commissioner Watson threatens to mandamus the precinct as sessors in every county In Nebraska to compel them to make manufacturing and Industrial returns according to law. The law enjoins several other too often neglected duties upon the assessors which mleht be Included without detri ment in the proposed mandamus fixing assessed valuations upon a just and equal basis, for example. A damage suit for $250,000 has been brought by a French wine company be cause a German company has adver tised that Its wine was used in christen ing the emperor's yacht Meteor. If it finally develops that a French wine was used for this purpose there will un doubtedly be trouble In store for the German official responsible for Its use. Perhaps it's nothing but a free advertis ing dodge after all. Between floods and winds the east and south are having more than their share of trouble, while Nebraska gets out with nothing more serious than a little ruffling of the Easter bonnet People in this section inclined to complain can congratulate themselves after reading the telegraphic news. Both Look Alike. Washington Post. Then, Colonel Watterson must bear In mind the fact that there are people who cannot see much difference between Mexi caalslng and Goebellzing. SlgBiacaae of the lultlaJ. Memphis Commercial-Appeal. The names of both of the great Boer gen erals begin with a D. The word which ex presses British sentiment regarding their exploits begins with the same letter. Herora of lb Searoaat. New York Tribune. The recent deaths of life savers on the Atlantic coast in heroic endeavors to save the Uvea of shipwrecked sailors suggest the question whether there is any class of men employed by the federal government so poorly paid and so ungenerously treated for services of the greatest difficulty and danger. Our life savers ought to fare bet ter. The Araay'a Greatest Iclery. New York World. Of all the victories won la the field by the army oreated for the war of 18H8 none re flects upon It such credit as its triumph la the campaign agalnat disease. Of that triumph the War department reports par ticulars which almost stagger belief. The army took charge ot Havana wba deaths were occurring at the rate of 21,252 per year. Now, with a larger population, they are but 6.720 per year. Smallpox, which had been for years epidemic. Is entirely stamped out, yellow fever practically so. Shoallna; to Keep I at t orae. Portland Oregonlan. It is easy for the democrats to demand abandonment of the Philippines or any old thing while they are out of power. If they were In they would have to keep them Just as has been done. Preserving the Roll of Honor. Chicago Post. There la no reason why congress, even though it have the right, should seek to clear the record of any soldier except where it la shown beyond doubt that the odium In this record has been placed unjustly. The people are overwhelmingly with the president In his efforts to protect the honor list of veteran soldiers, not only from the Insidious assaults of unworthy men, but from the acts of congress. Check Rein on Traffic Managers. Indianapolis Journal. United States Judge Grosscup of Chicago threw out a fine idea the other day when, in issuing a temporary order against rate rutting, he said: "Personally, I believe that the railroad rates ought to be as stable as postage rates, so that every shipper would know, aa certainly as the sender of a letter how much the shipment will cost, and the fact that no one else could send it for less." That would be an Ideal state of things, but It can never exist without government control of railroads. Will the Rate Makers Bo Good? m Minneapolis Times. The restraining orders Issued under the federal government's contention against ao many railways centering la Chicago will have this immediate effect. John Smith, whose shipments amount to a few hundreds a year, will get the same rates that Wil liam Jones, whose shipments amount to thousands of dollars a year, can command. Beyond all question the traffic departments of the railways are frightened and are more than anxious to obey the laws providing for equality of rates and publicity of tariff sheets. Ki perls on the Wltnese Stand. Brooklyn Eagle. There are scientific experts whose testi mony is to be taken with respect. They deal in facts. For example, a chemist will And what proportion of poison is contained in a certain substance that may have been administered with mischievous Intent A physician will describe an Injury and tell of results and causes where shot or stab wounds are involved. An architect will be able to explain how a bridge or building has fallen. But the too usual expert la none of these. He is a man who for a great price offers a personal opinion aa to hand writing. A trial, especially one in which human life or liberty la Involved, should be conducted solely on evidence. Opinion is not evidence. flow Harrlmaa Was Outgeneraled. Louisville Courier-Journal. From the evidence brought out la the Northern Paclfio litigation the fact is dis closed that Eugene Harrlman and Kuhn, Loeb & Co. were outgeneraled in the great contest over the control of the Northern Pacific. Kuhn. Loeb t. Co. bought $78,000, 000, chiefly of the preferred shares, but Messrs. Morgan and Hill, with the purchase of $20,000,000 pf common stock, were en abled to retain the control and retire the preferred at par. This quarrel of million aires was a. tremendous affair and has not been fully exposed as yet, but the Morgan Hill party has i carried off what honors there were in the matter. The chief char acteristic of the Union Pacific crowd ap. pears to have been the unreasoning cour age in the use of vast amounts of money. CI B A THEN AND NOW. Marvelous Changes Wrought In Four Short Years. Baltimore American. To appreciate the meaning of the plans laid for May 20 one must call to mind the conditions and circumstances which have existed in Cuba for the last four or five years. Five years ago Cuba waa devas tated through a protracted guerrilla war fare waged In liberty's name by a modest army of dauntless patriots. The United States assumed the burden of freeing the Island from Spanish tyranny, and la three months we accomplished more than had Cuba in a century of sporadic war and rebellion. We made freedom 'a fact, and guaranteed the early attainment of na tional Independence. Here our original duty ended, but to have withdrawn would have been criminal. There was at that time neither order nor government In the island. All was chaos, with the ultra radicals in control and Inviting to extreme measures and policies. To have turned the reins of government over to this element and gone away leaving it to work out the island's salvation would have been an act more heartless and cruel than failure to interfere, since it would have invoked the ruin of Cuba at the hands ot her owa loyal but inexperienced people. PASSING OP THE WAR TAXES. Slgaiaraure of the Measure Substan tially Agreed To by Congress. Philadelphia Record. Aa passed by the federal senate, the war tax repeal bill substantially re-enacts the schedules of Internal taxation In force be fore July, 1898, when congress was called upon to provide for an enormous war ex pense account. Nothing Is left of the special sad stamp taxes, save only the ex cise en "bucket shops" and this, too, might aa well have been swept away, so far aa government necessity Is concerned. It remains, however, like the "mixed flour" provision of the revenue reduction act, as a sort of statutory protest against specula tive and industrial thimblerigging. It Is sot likely that the modifications made la the law by the senate will en counter sufficient opposition In the house to lead to the appointment of a conference committee. The lower branch will accept the aenate's changes, and thereafter, fol lowing the executive signature, federal tax ation will be levied upon a peace basis. So enormous baa been the increase is recent years of the tax-bearing capacity of the people that enly In a comparatively few excise-ridden branches of Industry will the change In the law operate distinctively as a measure of relief. Increasing dutiable Imports are yielding ever larger revenues to the public. treasury, while a few articles, the use of which la largely voluntary, will after June 30 next afford a basis for a rate of internal taxation lower than that in force in any other civilised nation. The money not needed for expenses of government will remain in the pockets of the people, adding vitality to national commerce and power to Industrial enterprise. The beneficent results of this cessation of a constant public drain should be imme diate and noteworthy. Freedom from taxa tion means expansion In every branch of material advancement. In the close and exacting economies of modern competition a stamp tax very often represents so much loss and curtailment of production. But with the Inexorable tax collector banished, enterprise may be given free rein, products Improved to the censumer's advantage and new Industrial operations brought Into ex istence la entire commercial freedom, Col. WattersorTs Wails New ' When Colonel Henry Watterson sqtieexe out a tear and sees In the White House a republican congress visions of the man on horseback and Mexlcanlzatlon, sympathetic persons don't lauith, no mut ter how much they want to. They respect a great grief. They know that the worlj looks dark to the colonel whenever ho muses upon his . lost Lenore, the star eyed goddess. He stsnds upon the lone Kentucky shore aDd blubbers as he re calls that angel form and face: Oh, my darling Nelly Gray, thev have taken yon away. And I ne'er shall see my darling any more! The nerves are affected by these do'.or- oua meditations. It is no wonder that the man on horseback canters Into the colonel's waking dreams. Regret for so dear a head aa the star-eyed Is sharp enough to fill a sensitive spirit with forebodings of hlppo grtffs and rrlosphlnxes. The colonel Is do ing as well as can be expected and these occasional moping fits serve so bring Into more salient relief the essential gayety of his nature. As a faithful democrat he has to be In doleful dumps pretty often. The country must go to the devil before It can go to the democracy. In unleaded agate tvpe the colonel's lamentations, general and special, would make a book about ten times as large as the Louisville Democracy, but his Jubilations, his poems, his whoops and hullabaloos, his grand triumphal odes, rattling lyric charges, orations at the head of his troops, salutatorles to the boys in the trenches, cheerful remarks on the bright side and chapter of Joy would make a library of about half the size of the Capitol at Washington. He grieves occasionally, but he rejoices much. He may have slight attacks of waterbrash. but his general digestion, physical, mental MOVE IS RIGHT DIRECTION. Effort Making to Increase Pasturage In the West. Portland Oregonlan. The question of securing better or more nearly adequate paBturage for the Increasing Docks and herds of the middle weBt is at tracting serious consideration and engaging careful experts In experiment. The federal government has taken it up and experiments looking to this end are now being carried on in Harper county, Kansas, for the pur pose of determining what can be done to ward making buffalo grass grow thicker on the pasture land of the state. Buffalo grass la the most nutritious of the native grasses of the western plains, but it does not sod like blue grass, growing Instead In bunches and spots. In the culture of alfalfa it has been discovered that the use of disks, which cut and stir the top of the soil separate the roots and bring out the alfalfa thick and strong where It had before been thin and weak. A suggestion that this method be applied to buffalo grass was made to the government, and upon it a number of ex perts are now working. Tt Is stated that these experiments have proceeded far enough to demonstrate the feasabllity of the plan, the success of which, if It is successful, will be of Immense value to cattle owners throughout the prairie regions of the west. Deterioration of the ranges from wasteful and carelesa grazing during the last twenty-five years has become a menace to the stock interests of the coun try. It has set the cattle and sheepmen at war, and Inaugurated a crusade of ex termination agalnBt range horses that, dur ing the period of depression In the horse market, Incident to the boom with which the electrical age came In, were allowed to breed and roam at will over the country. It now requires a much larger area to pas ture a given number of cattle or sheep than formerly. To restore nature's bounty in re spect to the native grasses is greatly de sired, since in many of the more arid re gions these grasses only can be depended upon to furnish pasturage. Irrigation and cultivation insure enormous yields of al falfa and other forage plants, but as far as the pasturage of the great ranges is con cerned, the native grasses are those upon which the stockman depends for grazing. Man, when he comes In touch with na ture's bounty. Is proverbially a wastrel. The denuded pine forest areas of the coun try; the practical extermination of black walnut and hickory timber; extinction of the buffalo and the impoverishment of na tive pasture lands all tell the same story that of carelessness and greed in handling this bounty. It is encouraging, therefore, to sote that the spirit of reparation Is abroad, seeking to make good as far as possible, on a commercial basis, the losses induced by this willful waste, before it leads to "woeful want." PERSONAL NOTES. One of the worst things about that Dan ish bribery scandal is the flood of puns on "Christmas gifts" to which It will give rise. Perhaps the expression that Cecil Rhodes will be beet remembered by Is that in which he referred to the British flag as his "chief commercial asset." Captain Samuel C. Wright, inspector of customs at Boston, was in twenty-one pitched battles during the rebellion and was three times reported dead. Prof. W. H. Neare, who died last week at Salisbury, N. C, was chief bandmaster in the confederate army and since the war baa been distinguished as a composer. Colonel Joseph A. Lubllner, who died last week in Sterling, 111., was an aide on the staff of General Kossuth, served several years In the Russian army and was detailed aa imperial guard to Czar Nicholas. Henry Norman, the English member of Parliament, was born and first went to school In England, then studied under a tutor in France, graduated at Harvard and afterward spent two years on a post-gradu ate course at Leipzig university. For a number of years Mr. Chamberlain, the English statesman, was never seen without an orchid la his buttonhole, but now he has stopped wearing tbem. It is hinted that be made the change becautie of this clever line in Watson's "Spontaneous Tribute:" "You shall know him by the orchid In the coat that be has turned." It is reported that Frederick Harrison. the English posltlvlst and author, will soon retire from the .public activities with which be haa been identified for many years. Mr. Harrison is now over 70 years old and for twenty-two years haa been president ot the London posltivlst commit tee and at the present time Is vice presi dent of the Roval Hlstorlcsl society. The movement to vitalize corporal punish ment in the schools receives a backset in Illinois. In one of the country schools a pretty maid had a whipping coming. The principal was about to execute the Job, when bla gaze met the appealing eyes pf the culprit. That settled It. The teacher threw the lash over the fence and eloped with his pretty pupil. Wasn't that lovely? Robert Storey of Irwin, Pa., haa received a letter from Andrew Carnegie Informing blm that he had been placed on the pension list of the old railroaders who were em ployed on the Pennsylvania railroad under Mr. Carnegie. Mr. t-torey was a freight conductor in the early '60s. Two men, un known to him, one day boarded the tender of his train and nhen Storey discovered them ha ordered them off. Afterward Storey learned that one of tb men was Andrew Carnegie. j York Pun. and moral Is admirable. Except when he dwells upon the memory of the star-eyed, he Is Just as happy as a big sunflower, Neither be nor anybody else knows where the democratic party Is at or what strange "bug" will bite It next. The colonel can only hope that the sheep will straggle home somehow. Meanwhile he considers It the duty of a shepherd who knows his business to yell "Wolf!" from lime to time In playlrg a medley on the pastoral pipe or searching for the bank whereon the green mint grows. Colonel Watterson cannot get one mil llonth of an inch of goose flesh out ot his after-dinner dismal divinations. The man on horseback Is one of his old wax Aggers A horse on manback would be more novel but we have no right to interfere in the musings of the Colonel's museum. It Is enough to remind him that we are glad to know that he Is welt and still engaged In stirring up the brethren, rebuking the backsliders and lambasting the sinners The star-eyed has gone out but still there Is a right smart lot of things lo live for; and in the words ot Colonel Mulligan: "The dove's notes are the saddest In Kentucky; The streams dance on the gladdest In Kentucky; Hip pocket are the thickest Pistol hands the slickest. Cylinders turn quickest In Kentucky. "Bong birds are the sweetest In Kentucky; Thoroughbreds are fleetest In Kentucky: The mountains tower proudest, Thunder peaJa the loudeet. The landscape is the grandest and Politics the d deet In Kentucky." To the Hon. Henry Wattersos, hall and good dayl RETl BMCAVS LIX1XG IP FOR FRAY Wausa Herald: It is Intimated that Judge Boyd la making goo-goo eyes at the republican nomination for congressman from this district. Mr. Boyd Is s politician a gentleman and a vote-getter. In s race with John Robinson he would be an easy winner. While we should regret to lose Mr. Boyd from the Judicial bench of this district we feel satisfied that the repub licans could do no better than make him their candidate for congress. The Oazette should be pleased to support Judge Boyd through a congressional campaign. Holdrege Citizen: There is a strong feeling throughout the state that the re publicans must put up a candidate that will not have to be apologized for. It may be Bet down aa a fact that It the repub licans will come out to Holdrege for their candidate they will get that kind of a can didate. It the state convention would come this far west and get our mayor, Frank A. Dean, to head the ticket, we firmly believe that Mayor Dean would give the state as good aa administration as he has given the city of Holdrege the last year. Ord Quiz: When th-s name of H. H. Wil son of Lincoln was announced as a suitable man for the nomination of the republican party for governor our thought at once ran back to the time of Mr. Wilson's graduation from the State university. We were a stu dent of the university at tbe time and, of course, knew him well then and have had our eye on blm ever elnco in a manner. Mr. Wileon was a good student and developed into a very good lawyer. He Is a ready speaker, s loyal republican, a respected cit izen and a good all-around man. Put him down as one of the suitable men for the placo. Alnsworth Star-Journal: Hon. Frank Beetnan of Kearney was tn Alnsworth Mon day looking up his chances for tbe repub lican congressional nomination in the Big Sixth. Mr. Beeman is one of the brightest young lawyers In the south part ot the dis trict and if tbe lightning should strike him the republicans will not have cause to re gret it. However, aa Judge Klnkald is the logical candidate for the honor and entitled to it from every Just standpoint, Mr. Bee man should, and undoubtedly will, be obliged to give way to the Moses of the dis trict, who will receive, as he should, both nomination and election. Let it be Con gressman Moees P. Klnkald. Mlnden News: Since the state committee fixed the time for holding the republican state convention, tbe political bee has been buzzing and working very Industriously in different parts of the state, especially around the gubernatorial chair. It is quite generally believed that Governor Savage will not be renominated and politicians are on tbe alert "looking for the most available man." Tbe western part of tbe state must not be overlooked In this matter and al ready the came of J. P. A. Black ot Bloom -lngton Is being considered by many promi nent republicans. It Mr. Black Is really In the race and should be successful, no mis take would be made by the party. He is a pioneer In this part of the state, a man of fine ability, successful in business, genial in manner, positive and firm in conviction and absolutely loyal In support of principals which he believes to be right. He would make a good governor. Alma Journal: While it Is true that the Held is full of brainy and good men seeking the republican nomination for congTess In the Fifth district, among whom should be mentioned Captain Adams of Nuckolls, Judge Norrls of Furnas, McCreary of Ad ams, yet in point of ability to make a good canvass and a successful run, the candidacy of E. Lowe of Harlan Is by no means aecond. As a vote-getter Lowe beats tbem all. His record in the legislature is a good one, and as a committee worker and a successful diplomat Mr. Lowe baa proved himself a success. To Mr. Lowe, more than any otber man in Nebraska, is due the credit that the last legislature did not ad journ without electing two United States senators. All over tbe state the impression was prevalent that there would be ao elec tion and republicans were despondent, while the opposition were Jubilant. Mr. Lowe was tbe chairman of the republican caucus of senators and representatives, and a determined effort waa made to force as adjournment, after having been up all night and about a quarter of an hour before tbe election occurred, and it was only by the firmness of Representative Lowe that the attempt was frustrated, and the credit of the party was saved. We mention this simply to show tbe kind of stuff he is made of. liartlngton Herald: A cumber of tbe re publican papers of this part of the state are urging the candidacy of Judge Robert son of Norfolk for governor. What we have heard of Mr. Robertson has been of s very complimentary nature and we have every reason to believe that be is a strong, clean man and in every way worthy. It is ex tremely doubtful, however, a to whether northeast Nebraska ran unite upon a Madi son county man. however worthy. There is a strong feeling among the politicians that Madison couctv should keen well back toward the rear for awhile, at least until the republican party of that county can make up its mind to treat a home candidate with due courtesy. Madison county bat never been known to have a desrth of candidates and she seldom If ever his bees known to give a home candidate tbe full party vote. The defeat ot John R Hays two years ago is directly chargeable to Norfolk and Madison county and tbe repub licans of tbe Third district believed they had honored one of Madison's strongest and best men with the nomination. In Tlw of these circumstances, the Herald desires to propose the same of another northeast Ne braska man whom all who know him will tiree Is fitted to mske aa ideal candidate for governor. We refer to Hon. John D Haskell of Wakefield. He Is dlgnlfind, affable, clean, honorable and able and would grace tbe executive chair In a way that would be creditable to himself and an bshor to the state. Randolph Times; The Tlmea hereby an nounces Jute F. Jenal ot liartlngton a( re publican candidate for the congress tonal nomination In the Third district, Mr. .hoal la aa avowed candidate, the only othet one In northern Nebraska Is O. E. Broo i ot Pullle Mills. Mr. Jenel was before the convention two years ago and withdre r la favor of John R. Haya of Norfolk. H! has a wide acquaintance over tbe big Third district. Is capable, is a good campalflaer, has the endorsement of his party at ham. Is a vote-getter having carried Cedar coun ty against overwhelming fusion opposition nd Is a man who will land the election If he ran secure the nomination. Mr. Jen el has been urged to make this announceraeat by s number of Influential friends In the district, and has consented to run, even though It entails considerable expense. He has been honored by hta party and his friends at tbe polls in county elections and In each rase has given no cause for them to regret having supported him. POLITICS OF THE FISION TIBAKD. Stanton Pickett (rep.): Mr. Allen, who once upon a time was senator from Ne braska, now knows how the anti-fusion populists felt when hs was helplsg to weld the links to form the chain which bound that party Irretrievably to democracy. Ord Journal (pop.): The Trenton Leader launches the name ot R. O. Adams ot the Grand Island Democrat ss a candldats for lieutenant governor. Adams Is all right and the Journal Is not only willing but would be pleased to support Mr. Adams for that' office. Wayue Herald (rep.): According -to th- recent decision of the Judge In the Meaerve trial at Omaha, state treasurers can loan school funds to banks on the side snd pocket the Interest or perform most any old act and crawl out through a small knot hole. There is evidence on every hand that the laws of Nebraska need fixing almost as much as the ex-state treasurers. Wlnslde Tribune (dem.): We are calmly and patiently watting for ex-Senator Allen to express bis views In regard to tbe re nomination of his fellow townsman, genial John Robinson, for congress. It has been darkly hinted that Wm. V. would accepAt that nomination, but we would never belieW, it if it were not for the remembrance ot that old appointment deal when he so coolly knocked out all democratic aspirants for the senate. Stanton Register (pop.): Taking; the press as a criterion, then there Is ao oppo sition among the fusionlsts to the nomina tion of John Sprecher for governor la the Third district. His ability, sound Judgment snd absolute fairness Is known to all, while his anti-monopoly record has made him a strong candidate with the rank and file. To nominate John C. Sprecher for governor means to place la the executive chair an energetic, fearless young man, who would not deviate one iota from the path ot right. RuBhvllle Recorder . (rep.):. The recent revelations in the Meserye trial la only an other Indication that our constitution needs revising and something ought to lie done to more effectively stamp out tbe rogues and thieves that seem to be bred In all political parties in this state. The pres ent condition of things U intolerable and only subjects right-minded citizens to hu miliation on one hand, and . contempt tor state institutions on the other. ..In our opinion the Meserve trial discloacs the most absurd state of affairs ,we have say conception of in a well-governed State,." WHITTLED TO A POIST. , . V 1 . CJ . wH TJi.nnJn. tTnnl, FSftW IITK PUII. .Win. j.t.u...,. VJIn savs that you entertained him delightfully. J. , - . I v. i 1 1. , 1,1.,, .. J.I-1, and then let him tell mo the snd story of III- fllB U1C. nvihim.' ''If vnii rinn't Iiwjk tha young man, my dear," said Mrs. Lapsling, CI1II11IIK I y . HI lll-l linrwi, .v if ..v aif..v " K.n, iKInl .-nil ill! If .111,11. a. pectoratioiiB that cn never be fulfilled." Washington Stnr: "De man dat plays da hosees reg-lar," eiild V'ncle Kbcn. "Is liable to do some great guessln' at de track. But dat aln' niiflln' to de guensln' he's ll'ble to do when de laniord comes roun'. fob, de rent.'" Mrmton Transcript: Barnes But you think the fellow is honest, don't ou7 Howes I hop he is, hut he is no particu lar to return a lead pencil ho has borrowed that really, you know, you can't help sua- pecting him JUBt a little. . i, Philadelphia Press: "My friends," eaJC he orator, as he atood before the attentive audience, "I am full of uncertainty." Here a number of boarding house people tn the front rows looked at each other els-. nltlcantly and hoarsely whispered: . He has been eating naun: ... Chlcazo Tribune: "I often regret that did not attend some good college," sal the tvert young man. "and acquire a llttl more polish. " "well, auggesiea me urea young womai 'why don't you hire some gastttter to ru you up a trine now.' r,ulaA DdI I'll vn.t vpn T " ah, ,.l i.HS" v," . . . - " ' ..w to her dearest friend, "would you be ma Ilea in ine tpnni or mni "If I were you, was the unhesitating ! ply, "and had actually socured a man would set the wedding for the earliest d. pooBible." tijltlmnm American: "My dear bor. v should study self-repression. Don't let yc motions oeptct iiiemseivra ma piainiy our face." .., "Why not, uncle?" "Because It iHn't artistic to give aw our story In the headlines." Philadelphia Press: "How devout M i I k..Mln," i n 1 .4 T w.k . ijrrn in un-uiiinn, -." . - i a ,'H in r-hurrh todav for some time aJ the services ended." i'V ii ..nll.rf tita m'ttV "m n,r nMmr near the door hr only opportunity to sh orr ner new puuuut hiim uif tcu i filed out." , HER I.OVER IS TIIK WEST. 8. B. Klser in the Hecord-H The girt he left behind Mm. ah ha looked that day; He saw her wipe her brown eyesl tram wnji wniriea aay. r He turned to watch her standing Joy wae in rua Dream. Whose course lay o'er the prali the sun sinks in me wcai. - He aaw the girlish form grow nB at laiit from view, -He thought of her Iwt words toU or her lam iook, ion: "The way is long," he said, tbe "That stretches out ahead, W But I shall win where glories ofe prlng tnem oac 10 you. . Ii t The girl he left behind him, ah, r' turned that day And went to alt aJone ana weep p learned grief away; tl She felt lus kiss upon her Hps th dared to claim And every sound she heard era. somehow, to form nis name. 4 feeling that waa strange and ne riff o within her breast. Her fancies all want winging to the f tinted west: That night she watched the sa Oo down, and prayed for one Whose plea she might but yesterday answereo wiin a jesu. The girl he left behind him, ab, sMfH And later blushsd to hear the wol other hitrt to aavt The golden-tinted, glorious 'West lot 1 former cnarnis; She leaned asalnat another's bresj hv another's arms. And he that Journeyed brsvely wh world waa ru-n ana new Found one who waited for hjra the soulful eves were Dlue Prior rlrl!" he sighed. "I knot Tou wait back there, but. c.hl The lover vnom you. aaw aLn c 1 ..1 .1 4a fll J 1 r V V