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pre to of Nebraska, Douglas County, as.:
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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
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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?
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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
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