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i 1 Tim omaiia Daily Bee E. RG8K WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY M0RKINO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Bee (without Sunday), One Year. 14 00 I'ally We and Munday, On Year () Illustrated ile. One Vear J"1 Sunday lte. One Year iOO Saturday Be. One leaf 1 oO Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year., lw DELIVERED BY CARRIER. pUy Bee (without Sunday), per copy., lo laf)y Bee (without Sunday), per weeK..12c Dally Bee (Including Sunday), per wek.l7c Bunuay He, per cop c livening Bee twlthoui Sunday), per week.luc bvenlng Bee (Including Sunday, per week, le Complaints of Irregularities In delivery snouiu do auareaeea lo city circulation u paxtmenu OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hali jJuildlng, Twen-ty-nith and M streets. Council Bluffs 10 pearl Street. Chicago lw Unity Building. New York Temple Court. Washington 6ol Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to newa and aitnriAi matter ahould te aaaressea: Lm aha Bee, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and remittance ahould addressed: The Bee publishing com' pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only l-cent stamps accepted In payment of man accounts, personal cneciu. except on UDMLhe, or eastern exchange, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska. Douglas County, as. Oeorge B. Txachjck, secretary of the Bee I'ubllanlng Company, being duly sworn, says thai the actual number ot full and oomplete copies of The Dully, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of March, Mu2, waa as follows: 1 Ut,DTU 17 110,630 I a, too u at,;o t V9.42U 18 HU.tWO itu.TTo , a a,6tM) t XtMOO 21 2U,B10 ( awsoo 22 auVtto 7 3W.S20 23 BO.VSO 2U.400 24 S9,1U I SW.700 25 2U,DUW 10 Xtt.eSO 26 SW.BOO 11 JW.ftOO XI IW.BNO 12 S,8TO 2: 1W.B40 It ,...89,tt40 29 2,B40 U ItU.OJO 30 20,000 IS XO,6TO U 20,040 M 8,00 . Total 817,420 Lets unsold and returned copies..,. tt.UOT Net total sales H7,01S Net dally average KD.KTT GEO. B. TZSCIIUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 31at day of March, A. D. 11)02. OEORGE RA8MUSSEN, (Seal.) Notary Public. Governor Cummins may now store way his veto pen against future use. Iowa's 1002 legislative grist consists of 225 bills put in the way of becoming laws. The quantity is there as to qual ity, experience alone will tell. Wise federal officeholders will take the hint from the Powderly Incident and travel the straight road If they want to keep In good grace with resi dent Roosevelt. Minister Wu Tlngfang has scored another triumph. lie has managed to focus the discussion of the Chinese ex clusion bill In the senate entirely on himself. t : . . Up to the hour of going to press no anthpntli Innrmutlnn la i. i,n.i e ; any part of the money for whose em bezzlement Bat-tley wag convicted being ! turned back Into the state treasury. And now a new American company has secured exclusive privileges to handle the rubler output of one of the most productive districts of Bolivia. No wonder Americans lead in rubber ing. The British leaders have thought leaoe was at band In South Africa sev--ral times before, but only to find they tad been fooling themselves. It is to be hoped they are nearer right this time. . Omaha's clearing bouse record for the past week U eminently satisfactory. Out of 103 clearing house cities of the United States and Canada, Omaha ranks twenty-second, which certainly Is not a bad showing. be smallpox contagion is fast abat ing In these parts, but that Is no reason why people should not continue to nse the ordinary precautions against Its re vival An ounce of prevention Is worth a pound of cure. The managers of the St Lols expo sition want the time set for opening the gates postponed a year, but they prefer not to do the postponing. The only way out is for the exposition to follow Top ay'a example and Just pusfcpoue itaelf. Tha most effective way of advertising Nebraska Is to advertise the resources of Nebraska in Nebraska newspapers and assist Nebraska newspapers in ad vertising Nebraska. The newspapers are the advance agents that speak for the state. The benign countenance of the grand exalted ruler of the Elks has beamed upon Omaha and the mllllon-dollar-a-jear steel trust magnate will devote alxty minutes, equal to f 115. of his time this week to a blrdseye view of the prairie city. The president of the General Feder ation of Woman's Clubs predicts har mony at their coming national conven tion. The women have an opportunity to shine by cuutrast with the United States senate, for example, that they should not let slip by. Senator Depew has recorded himself against the proponed amendment to the federal constitution providing for the election of United States senators by direct, popular vote. But the demand for this reform cannot be sidetracked. It la too serious for Chauucey'a Joking. The local popocratlc organ professes to be shocked over the suggestion that the most effective means , for beating the beef trust Is for American consumers to est less beef. Perhaps the sham re formers may be mollified by the Intlma tlon that American meat eaters might bw prevailed upon to take to chicken, 4 turkey and diwk aa variation. . . . JaT.yT RAtSK TRt STAKDARD. Republicans of Nebraska hste a very Important campaign before them. Al though the cleavage between the parties will be more on state than on national Issnea, the general outcome cannot fall to have serious bearing upon the next great national contest. In the impending state campaign more than in any previous campaign, the makeup of the tickets will exert a de termining Influence on the popular choice. Nebraska republicans have an abundance of material to pick from but only men of high character and proved capacity should be considered. The tendency for many years has been to assume that anybody, or every body, who has the nerve to push him self Is good enough to run for any office to which he may aspire. As. a result the party has met with disaster In trying to put round pegs Into square boles. In the Impending campaign the party cannot afford to Invite defeat by repeating the blunders of the past. Tattooed candidates must be given a wide berth and only clean and reputa ble men encouraged to enter the lists. The rank and file of Nebraska repub licans are not in a frame of mind this year to rally to tho support of a ticket loaded down with either dead weights or lightweights. Public sentiment as reflected through the republican state press favors a higher standard of pub lic men and a more efficient public service. Above all things it is opposed to any course that would put the purty on the defensive and make the task of holding the state In the republican col umn more difficult and laborious. THK rtACE CUbFCHtNCt:.. . The latest information lu regard to the conference at Klerksdorp, while holding out a promise of peace, is less reassuring than could be wished. What is lacking is an authoritative statement of the terms upon which restoration, of peace is possible. There Is no doubt that both British and Boers very earn estly desire to end the conflict. The British government Is confronted with the necessity of increasing taxation, already burdensome. It must do this in any event, but should peace be made the country would accept the added taxation with little complaint, expecting that In the not remote futnre the gov ernment would find it practicable to reduce the burden. Therefore it seems reasonable to assume that there will be a disposition to offer liberal terms for peace. As to the Boers, they prob ably realize that they cannot succeed against the powerful foe aud that there will never be a better opportunity than the present situation offers for obtain ing reasonable terms. They might be able to continue guerrilla warfare for a year Ipuger, but the outcome is In evitable and something can be saved if an honorable peace can now be se cured. It Is easy to see, however, that there are difficulties In the way which may not readily be overcome.. ! Some of the conditions which it is reported the Boers will demand It Is safe to say the Brit ish government will hesitate to grant, as for instance' that of absolute In dependence. That would require the complete abandonment of Great Brit ain's declared policy and It appears highly Improbable that the Boers will propose such a condition, or at any rate Insist upon it. Another reported demand which the British will not be disposed to concede Is that of amnesty for the colonists who Joined the Boers and thus became rebels. It will be urB?d against granting this demand that it would create a bad precedent. Yet the British government can well afford to do this if it is necessary to peace, for undoubtedly such magnanim ity would have a good Influence upon the loyalty of the colonists. A favorable circumstance In the sit uation Is the reported fact that Lord Kitchener is very desirous for peace and will exert hla Influence with the British government to secure liberal terms. ; Ills Judgment should have great weight with the government. Another statement la to the effect that King Ed ward Is favorable to the granting of liberal peace terms, aud if such is the fact there is reason to expect that the British government will materially de part from Its heretofore declared pol icy. WPHUVCU units TAL THaDE. Treasury statistics of foreign com merce show a great improvement in our trade with the Orient There has been within the current fiscal year a very marked Increase lu the exports of cot ton goods to China. When that market was closed by the disturbance In the empire the effect upon the cotton manu facturing industry of this country was very serious, particularly lu the south. When the China demand was renewed, a little over a yeur ago, the cotton In dustry was on the verge of demoraliza tion. The difference between the open and the closed door In China for the United States Is, In cotton fabrics alone, a difference between an export of S0, 800 a month and one of f 1,108,000 a mouth. In other respects our trade with that empire Is Improving and Is likely to continue to do so if no unfavorable conditions are Interposed. However secure the open door In China may now be, there la some doubt as to whether we can retain our trade there If the proposed policy In regard to that country now belug considered in congress shall be put Into effect. In the senate on Saturday Mr. Frye aud Mr. Hanna read dlspatchea from mercbauts In San Francisco in opposition to the uendlna exclusion bill, on the ground that It la too drastic and will Interfere with our trade with China. These merchants urged the re-eoactnient of the existing law as being ample for the protection of American Interests and American labor. It Is polnuad out that the objectionable featura of this meas ure la in providing for the exclusion of merchants, student and travelers, who would come here merely to acquaint themselves with the country and not to rautala permanently. When prominent THE OMAHA business men of Fan Francisco oppose tho bill as too drastic and likely to In terefere with our trade there is cer tainly reason to doubt the wisdom of the proposed legislation. There Is probably no great danger of the Chinese government taking any ac tlon in the way of retaliation or re prisal. It Is very friendly toward the United States, to which It really owes Its present security and the preserve tlon of Its empire. But on the other hand. It could hardly be expected to do anything to encourage trade with this country. What Is to be apprehended Is that Chinese merchants will manifest their resentment at legislation excluding them from the United States by refus ing to buy our goods, and It Is alto gether likely that our commercial rivals will encourage them to take tbik method of showing their displeasure. This is apparently the view of the merchants of Ran Francisco, who do not object to the exclusion of Chinese laborers, but reicard as unwise and quite unneces sary the shutting out of Chinese mer chants. JtST USE TKAH SiORK. 7heo the first term of Carroll G. Peii'se as superintendent of schools ex pired, three years ago, there was a well delljed popular demand for a change. K. majority of the members of the school bourd made no bones about expressing their conviction that a regeneration of Omaha's public schools by the appoint ment of a competent educator who would command the confidence and re spect of the teaching force had become an Imperative necessity. Realizing the precarious condition of his foothold, Su perintendent Pearse made the plea for "Just one year more," even If he had to accept a material reduction in his salary. When the time came for action the- cominunlty experienced a genuine sur prise over the re-election of Mr. Pearse for a term of three years at an in creased salary. What agencies had been employed In bringing about a change of front on the part of three or four of the members who had been most outsiwken against Pearse has always remained a matter of conjecture. A well-defined rumor had It that the poten tial argument used came from the School Book trust Whether or not this rumor had any foundation, there cer tainly must have been something more than the planting of a few relatives on the school payroll to effect a three years' extension of tenure when "Just one year more" was asked for. Now that the second three-year term is about to expire, the same peculiar aud adroit tactics are being employed. Although members of the school board know and feel that the Bchools of Omaha need above all things competent and energetic supervision by an edu cated educator who will devote his en tire time and talents to the task of ele vating the standard of our school sys tem, they are again being Importuned to defer action. "Give Mr. Pearse Just one year more and by that time be will be ready to retire of his own accord," they are told. To people who lack the courage of their convictions this would offer an easy way for shirking a disagreeable duty. But the patrons of the public schools and the children who have only one opportunity to secure an education have a right to demand that their rep resentatives on the school board meet the Issue squarely this year and not next year. If Mr. Tearse Is the right man in the right place be is entitled to the longest term that the law will allow the board to give him. If he is not the right man, if he lacks the essential qual ifications that would enable him to direct aud inspire the teachers from the lowest to the highest grades. If be Is known to have outside entanglements that Impair his usefulness. It Is the duty of the board to declare Itself In favor of a change. In so doing It would open the way for competent and worthy men to present themselves aa candidates for the position. No reputable self -respecting educator will project himself Into the arena before public notice Is given that a vacancy Is In prospect. It would also only be fair to Mr. Pearse that If a change la contemplated be be given ample time to look for another position. And now It transpires that the Jack- sonians who were to be arraigned for fighting the democratic nominee in the late South Omaha mayoralty fight Justify themselves not on the ground that the objectionable candidate bad a shady reputation, but that he had re fused to supitort Bryan in 181K1. Had he only been loyal to silver, of course no mount of black spots on his record would have queered him with the local democracy. Not many years ago The Bee was com pelled to pay a $500 fine on a charge of Impeding Justice for discussing a case which the supreme court subsequently declared bad been closed. The World- Herald, however. Is entirely free to dis cuss the tax mandamus case now pend ing before the supreme court, whether It Impedes Justice or not. It makes all the difference in the world whose ox is gored. Omaha achoolma'ams who were some what warm behind the collar over the forced contributions to the educa tional lecture coarse Improvised by Su perintendent Pearse are gradually cool ing down. After they have listened to the closing lecture ou liquid air their temperature will be way below zero. Officers of the state association of real estate dealers intimate that Nebraska's notoriety In the political firmament gained by furnishing a presidential can didate In two successive national cam paigns does not redound to the state's advantage In a business way. More treason, b'gosh! The temperance crusade Is now fairly launched. The Douglas County Democ racy opened the entertainment with two dry humorists Imported from Lincoln and tb Jacksoalana may now be ex- DAILY HEK; MONDAY, pected to trump the card by recalling .rj, arne nation inu nrgnuimiis; n hatchet brigade to knock the corks off a . i , . . . . . i of t iue Domes mat repose wmirij in the ciuu s cold storage parlors. Will Nebraska populists go through the farce again of apportioning repre sentation In their coming state conven- tlon on votes cast by democrats? Will they again give Douglas county so many unearned delegates that it will be lui possible to find enough populists to serve? Will they exemplify reform by refusing to reform themselves? Omaha republicans will not tamely submit to being disfranchised In party conventions and committee representa tlon. To command the full support of the party the rank and file must be sat Isfled that In the choice of candidates and leaders the voice of the majority counts for more than that of the minority. Takesi Oat ! the Rla. . Philadelphia Ledger. The senate of the United States has sew been added to the list of places where prize fights are Dot permitted. A Cruel Give-Away. Washington Post. A Berlin newspaper declares that the Chicago people wore pasts Jewels on the occasion of Prince HenT's visit to that city. Germany appears to have It In for Chicago on account of the meat question. Qaallty, Not aaatlty. Boston Transcript. Felix Adler takes Cecil Rhodes' measure quit accurately when ho says: "Ho was big, large, vast, but not great. Greatness depends upon quality and not quantity. It Is a provincialism to believe your family better than any other family, and equally so to believe one race better than any other race." SallTatlnar a Sore Spot.' St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Governor Jeff Davis of Arkansas writes to a correspondent: "I know you were never my friend, although you pretended to be. I could see It from your snaky eyes on the bench and felt It In the clammy clasp of your Casalus-llke hand." It Is not every state Is which politics Is enlivened with these little studies In physiognomy. Tbrlft la Loatslaaa. Hartford Times. The outcry about the British army supply camp In Louisiana comes when the war in South Africa la nearly ended, and It makes little difference to the British government whether the arrangement Is continued or not. It was very thoughtful on the part of the Louisiana people to take In several millions of English money before discover ing the wloked character of the trafflo !n which they had ao profitably engaged. The President la the "oath. New Tork Bun. Tha welcome which Mr. Roosevelt has received at Charleston and the Impression croduced bv his Dresence and nis nneiy conceived remarks there will remain among thA notable events In the History ot the present administration. There Is no more doubt of tha sincerity of tne president s welcome by the South Carolinians than there Is of the sincerity of his utterances to mem. It was an occasion which brought the heart of tho north and the heart oi tne souia nearer together, , . The Gospel of Beauty. Boston Transcript. Anrnnna this "voanel of beauty" which Is so much In the mouths and minds of women nowadays, a mere man wishes to offer a comment or two. He eaya he has read at various times and has also heard at anrh times as he. has been an Involuntary eavesdropper that a sure eradlcator for ugliness, wrinkles, old age and all tne de tail of the "shelf stage" Is to look pleasant no matte what happens to look pleasant. But the strict observance of this prescript tlon for this purpose, he declares, Is worse in. its effect on the face of woman than is that which follows tho practice of honesty only because It is the best policy upon the moral outfit or a man. Study la l.arcc Flcarea. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. Taklna- into account our insular posses sions ot uncertain political status the fed eral census bureau figures out for the American empire a total area of 3,90,822 square miles, of which 2.970,230 belongs to tha continental United States. 690.884 to Alaska, and 119,542 to the Philippine islands. This makes the United States stand fifth among the nations in point of terri torial size. Great Britain leading with it 88 277 aouara miles of territory, Rus- ia coming next with 8,844,100 miles, China third with 4,234,910, and Francs tourtn witn 844.092. According to some authorities Prance atanda below the United States In thia particular, having an area of 2,673, 464 miles. PERSONAL NOTES. The Rush Medical college in Chicago baa decided to admit women on equal terms and forty young women have Rushed to Improve the opportunity. Governor General Leonard Wood, soon after the evacuation of Cuba, will be granted a long leave of absence, which be Is to spend abroad with bis family. Tho families of Denver millionaires who made their fortunes fifteen years or more ago, and retired, refuse to let the mil lionaires of a later date play In their back yards. The Ualdlve Islands, la the Indian ocean, where Prof. Alexander Agassis now Is with . aa exhibition in the Interest ot tha Harvard museum, art the only islands which the professor has not explored In tha study of coral. The late Senator John Sherman's grave, on the Sherman lot In the Mansfield (O.) cemetery, will be marked by a masslvs sarcophagus. It will be of Rhode Island granite, 18x8 feat at the baas and will weigh thirty tons. A woman examined In a New York bank ruptcy court last week said she had failed In her livery business because, while In a taablouable (or, as she said, "swell.") neighborhood, her patrons didn't pay her. She said she had lost 175,000. Rear Admiral W. K. Van Reypen, Dr. Nicholas Benn, B. F. Tllltnghaat, Mrs. J. Ellen Foster and Miss Clara Barton have been appointed American delegates to the seventh international conference of tha Red Cross, to be held In St. Petersburg, Russia, May 16-29. The gradual approach of warm weather stimulates the aoul of tha ice man, causing him to take the dear public Into hla con fidence. And this is what he confides: The severity of the winter caused unusual hard ship la gathering a plentiful crop, and a slight advance on former prices Is rendered necessary. The geographical center ot tho United States oa a high point of land oa the pub lic reservation at Fort RUey, Kan., s marked by a large monument erected over the grave of Major Edmund Ogden of .He United States arm? who died at Fort Riley in 186. by Joseph O. Sawyer, formerly of Cincinnati, AfKIL 11, 1002. Live Nebraska Towns York A Qty The city of Tork cootstns 8,600 people, and this will be Increased by 1,000 "before snow files." This statement may be read with suspicion by those who know that only two years ago tha census gave the popula tion as 6.182, but It Is upon these figures the estimate hi based. When the fact Is known that 100 houses havo been built In this city within the lsst twelve months and that 200 more are under contract and In contemplation for this season. It will bo superfluous to say more. The city Is beautifully situated, the real- iZTLT. ,urro"nd n" vhl,, "0 tD bu"- 1 While York Is pre-eminently an educa , Z m,?r,,r.l th "clrcl,1 tlonal towa and la noted for Its churches, . . rk th' pe0p,e W"6 wheels, music, art and refinement. It Is not In? T ! 'mpvr"d w,lh ,n ' trees ' the less a business city on that account and planted them everywhere. The streets! Hero are larger and finer stocks In all lines are now 'lined with stately elms, maplea and and more prosperous merchants than In any otner shade trees and the lots are adorned except the two metropolitan cltlee In the with rrutt trees and flowering shrubbery.r state. Our two banks have today de " otner c,ly ,n ,h tat Is so hand- noelta of mora than 11.200 000. There two somely adorned nor so beautifully shaded. There are In York three colleges and an excellent system of public schools In which about twenty-five teachers are employed. A diploma from the High school admits Its owner to the State university. York col lege Is a classical and literary school of high attainments and haa 300 students. The School of the Holy Family Is conducted by the Ursullne Sisters and has large build ings and is liberally patronised. Tho York Business college and Normal school Is what Its name Implies, Is well equipped and that an excellent faculty. Almost every religious denomination In the west has aa organization and a house of worship in this city. All of them are neat and comfortable and many are elegant Roosevelt Denver Post Weeks have passed and the government at Washington still lives. It Is nearly a month now sine Colonel Henry Watterson of the Louisville Courier-Journal Indulged in hla alarming yet brilliant declaration anent the president of the United States. The star-eyed goddess of reform which keeps careful watch over the deattnles of our land, and which, like "the three tailors of Tooley street." alta un nlehta uritinv th constitution, sees In Mr. Roosevelt, tne man on horseback," the dangerous person, who, "affecting the simplicity of the cowboy, conceala beneath th. dence and queer manner of the broncho ouster the sentiment and ambitions, if not the talents, of a Dlas." These expressions hava thrillml Kentncbv vivified the east and astonished the west. A Mexicanlzed military despotism waa the fate of the United Btatea under "T,Mv h Terrible." But the expected, according to coionei watterson, has thus far failed to happen. We are no nearer ruin today than we were when this philippic was written. nir. itooeevelt sits placidly In the chair In the White House and doesn't try very much to assume the attitude of a Russian, TIMBER FOIl THE STATE TICKET. Crete Vldetts: The friends of Mr. J. P. A. Black of Franklin county are booming him for governor. O'Neill Frontier: Hon. H. C. Russell of Colfax county la apcv.en of aa a candidate for the republican nomination for governor. There are better qualified men In the ranks. Ponra Journal: John D. Haskell of Wake field is aatd to be an aspirant for the re publican nomination for governor. Mr. Has kell would surely make a strong csndidate. Lyons Sun: Hon. W. D. Holbrook of Dodge county for lieutenant governor would bring great strength to the ticket. Mr. Holbrook Is an able statesman and his Integrity la unquestioned. Nellgh Yeoman: Governor (anticipatory) Robertson of Ngrfolk waa looking over the Nebraska field Tueeday morning. Says he hstn't yet received from, nor made to the Bartley-Savage combination, any overtures in reference to pooling their Interests. Platnvtew Republican: If northeast Ne braska la expected to furnish a successor to William Stuefer, Pierce county has a man who would fill the bill. Hon. II. S. Beck of Pierce would be a strong candi date if he would oonaent to make the race. Nelson Gazette: J. P. A. Black of Bloom- lngton, is named aa a atrong candidate for governor In tho coming race. Mr. Black waa a delegate to the republican national convention in 1898, and he Is one ot the able lawyers of the Fifth congressional dis trict. Columbus Journal: Prospective candidates for the nomination for governor on tho re publican ticket are becoming quite num erous. The friends of Judge Paul Jeasen say he would make a winning fight for that office and give tho people a good, clean ad ministration of affairs. Mlnden Gszette: The candidacy of J. P. A. Black for tha republican nomination for governor la meeting with considerable en couragement In different parts of the state and if h can go Into the convention with the Fifth congressional district solidly behind him, he will be a atrong candidate. Hayes County Times: Nearly every re publican paper In thia part of the state has come out for Hon. J. P. A. Black for gov ernor. If the boya wilt only stand together wo will hava a governor to whom the boys from the western pert of the state will need no introduction every time tbsy visit the capital. Wayne Herald: J. P. A. Black, a stal wart and active republican of Bloomlngton, In tho Fifth congressional district. Is a can didate for governor. Mr. Black la an able man and was delegate to tho republican na tional convention in 1898. Should ha be chosen he will make the state an excellent executive. Wausa Gazette: We are reliably In formed that Sherman Saunders Is not ad verse to maklDg a race for the state treas urershlp this fall. Let northern Nebraska get together and atand firm for her gallant son. A mora worthy or better qualified mas for that responsible position cannot be found In tha atate. York Times: Judge Jessen of Nebraska City, Is holding court la Hamilton county for hla brother-in-law, Judge Good, of this district. Mr. Jessen la a republican and would aocept the nomination for governor if it ahould be tendered him. Ho was la York between trains and called on several republicans In the Interest of his candi dacy. Kearney County Newa: J. P. A. Black of Bloomlngton, was In Mlnden last Saturday shaking banda and getting acquainted. Ha la a man who leaves a very favorable lm prtsslon with the people he meets. He Is genial, a good financier and is possessed of great executive ability. It nominated he will be elected. If elected he will make a good governor. Rushvlllo Recorder: Tbs Interest In state and national politics la receiving fresh Impetus, since the stats convention haa bees called, and from now on till June candidate will be made and unmade. Sheridan county baa In tha past producsd good timber for candidate for responsible state positions, and w rmmbr with pleasure th clean and able record of Hon. of Contentment sod coetly. Music, art and literaturo flour ish here and tho people are refined and cul tured. Our educational advantages and social opportunities are constantly attract ing to the city the beat families In the state. There are no saloons hero nor have there been any for twenty-five years. We have a fine system of water works, electric lights, a daily paper, an elegant theater which seats 1.200 comfortably, the Mother's Jewels Home, a national orphan age, and all the manufactorlea and enter prises usual in a city of this sire. Free mall delivery has been established. Institutions are an Index ot the substantial and thrifty business of the city. One has deposits ot more than $760,000, and the other enjoys the distinction of being United Btatea depository, the only one In the state outaids ot Omaha and Lincoln. York Is not asking for anything. It does not need anybody who does not need York. Its people extend a cordial wel come to every one who desires to live In such a community and to every worthy and useful enterprise. It Is surrounded by the most beautiful country In the west and tho most thrifty and enterprising farmera. There Is aa atmosphere of contentment, prosperity and good will In city and coun try seldom equaled and nowhere surpassed T. B. BBDGWICK. All Right (ind. dem.) a Mexican or any other kind of a czar. He Is becoming a mild-mannered man. In fact He has an extremely good opinion of him self, and he haa a very shabby way of In sulting pretty big men, the admiral of the navy and the general of the army, for ex amole. But after all, this is temperamental; It Is an almost harmless egotism, and It doesn't hurt anybody particularly except the Indi viduals immediately concerned. Mr. Rooaevelt Is not at all dangerous. He is a very good sort ot a chap, taking him all In all. He doesn't want to Mexicanize this country. Deep dowa In his heart he wants It to thrive and prosper and blossom like the green bay tree. He lacks a little In conservatism and In good, common, quiet sense, but ho Is an honest, upright, God fearing man. After all is aald and done, Mr. Watterson we might be worse off under the presidency of a man less democratic than this eiecu tlve, whose only offense Is an overweening desire to succeed the present president and get the nomination from the republican party In the year of our Lord 1904. And why should he not make an effort for ao exalted and splendid a prize? Charles Weston, who served one term aa regent of the State university, and Is now filling the position of state auditor with distinguished ability and general satisfac tion. No doubt the approval of th pub lic will be shown by unanimously renomi nating bim at the next state convention. rremont Tribune: John D. Haakell ot Wakefield has been added by tho Wakefield Republican to the list of gubernatorial possiDiutle. Mr. Haskell Is a polished gentleman, a good republican and success ful business man. With Robertson, Haskell and Sears, all from the Third district, this part of tho state will show up at the con ventlon with a goodly quantity of am bition on tap. But the Third district is full of good men. It ahould not be forgotten. North Platte Eagle: State Treasurer Wil liam Stuefer has concluded to be a can didate again for nomination before the coming republican state convention In spite of his Infamous record In bond purchasing deals. He Is also doing everything he can for his silent partner, Ezra P. Savage. This ia a pair ot Invlnolblea that It would be hard to fill on, but one on which a great bluff could be made. Perhaps their play is only a bluff. They will realize that It will be so taken. Lyons Sun: Good men in various parts of the state are being brought forward to carry the republican banner this fall, sub ject to the approval of th state conven tion. If Speaker W. G. Bears should de cide to permit his name to be uaed ia connection with the gubernatorial nomina tion his chances for success appears very favorable, and as a candidal before the people he would bring great strength to the ticket. He is able, clean and fearless and would make a good governor. Tekamah Journal: Speaking ot the can didacy of John D. Haskell for governor, the Pender Republic glvea some reasons why republicans In this psrt of the state cannot support htm, but will support W. O. Seara. The Republic says: "W. G. Seara of Te kamah, the speaker of the . last house of representatives, la the man who fills tb bill exactly and he 1 ao well known In eastern Nebraska and the city of Omaha, wher he will poll an Immense vote and prove a surs winner, that this part of the state should unit on 8 cars and Insure his nomination beyond question." Bradshaw Republican: "Banker Mickey of Osceola Is said to be aspiring to the re publican nomination for governor." David City Record. Let Banker Mickey aspire. Who haa a better right? There is much be ing said In veteran circles In regard to the old soldier being allowed to name the head of the republican ticket, and Captain Rus sell of Schuyler haa been mentioned. While Comrade Russell Is a good man, and one this editor could support gladly, he has, un fortunately, been connected with the old atatebouae gang too long to be a sare man to nominate. It Is different with Comrade Mickey. He la perfectly free from any en tanglement with atatehoua matter during the lamented ' Bartley administration, be side being a worthy old soldier. Mr. Mickey Is In every way competent and well qualified and would be a safe man to nom inate. Let him aeplre he's all right. Rlverton Review: y Last week's Issue of th Bloomlngtoa Advocat announced th nam of J. P. A. Black, as a candidal for th office ot governor. Sine then we have talked with many ot the people of th state and find that tha candidacy of Mr. Black meets with general approval. No on ques tions bis ability or fitness for this Impor tant Offic and If elected, few governors would enter the office with a better under standing and a more comprehsnsiv grasp of tb duties and responsibilities of th offic than ha. While a young man he took tb advlc of Horace Oreeley and cam -rt to grow up with tb country. He la a suc cessful business man and ene of tb ablest lawysrs of the atate. Hla long residence In th west and large acquaintance over the state especially fits him for a people's governor. He Is populsr at bom, assy of approach and hla comprehension of human nature admirably adapt him to mingle with the masse with equal dignity. Being from tb central part of tb state, east and west, his candidacy should, and, we believe, will meet with a hearty approvaL ?tllH tK IS I'HOSI'KHOtS. Grand Islam! Independent: From present sppesrancea there need be no l.lle men In Grand Island this summer and fall. With the court bouae building and more activity In the beet fields and at the factory, many will find atrady employment who hitherto were compelled from time to time, to be without work. Reatrlce Express: This la evidently go Ing to be a great wheat year in Nebraska, and another season of prosperity I there fore assured. If the wheat crop Is followed by a generotia corn ernn anrt ih rn,its. Ilcsns win the fall election, there will be so much prosperity that there lll scarcely be storage room for all of It. Alliance Tlmea: Stratige as It may seem bsnk robberies are a sure sign of pros perity. Bursting coffers sre a great terapts tlon to the festive bandits. The bank in the little town of Ruskln, Neb., as robbNl Frldsy night of $18,000. Some years ago. when O. Cleveland was financing this coun try, robbers could npt have declared a divi dend of more than 10 per cent of that amount. Democrats can truthfully claim lhat they greatly reduced the number ef bank robberies, but they did It by first re ducing the circulating medium to such a low ebb that there was little left to Induce robberies. PROPOSED PO!tT CHEC K. Method of Facllttatla P.irhinge af Moaey. Washington Star. The post check bills, now pending In both houses of congress, are receiving the favor, able endorsement of the people and press of the country. Th plan haa apparently eolved satisfactorily on of th most putzltng problems In modern business life, how to safely transmit small sums through the malls when the sender has no bank account upon which to draw checks. Th amount of caah lost In mall transmission during a single year can, of course, not be computed, as for every dollar whose loss Is reported to the postal authorities there ar probably many more never mentioned. The skill and watchfulness of the postal authorities cannot wholly circumvent the thief, who Is clever lit detecting the pres ence of a bank note In a letter and who does not hesitate tr purloin the entire package for the aake of th enclosure. While the money order and th postal note have afforded a safe means ot sending money, those device require trips to the nearest postofT.ee or postal station. This Inconvenience Is often . the caua of a change In plans, the neglect of an oppor tunity or a duty, with consequent losi either to the would-be sender or the other party. The proposed poat check la nothing more than an ordinary government note so printed as to permit Its transformation quickly Into a veritable check. By affixing a atamp and writing upon provided spaces tho name and address of the payee this note becomes a money order, payable onlv to the payee. Thus the substitution of the post check for the present form ob viates the necessity of a special Journey to the postoffic on the part of tho sender. He merely tskes a bill from his pocket book, properly Inscribes It, stamps It and cancel the stamp with his Initials and the transaction Is complete at his end of the line. Th requirement that a signature bs given by the payee la a protection agalnat fraud and theft. Until so used the not circulates as at present as money. When used and cashed as a post check It ceases to exist for circulating purpose and Is re placed Immediately by a new note. One result of tbla system. Incidentally, will be to keep th circulating notes In a fresher, cleaner condition. Th plan la effectively supplemented by a proposed .series of frac tional post checks, which will remedy on of th petty nuisances now afflicting th business world, namely, the payment of mall bills In postage stamps. SMILING LINES. Washington Star: "Don't kick." said Uncle Eben, "onless you Is In a position to have yon own way.. An' If dat a da ens dar Bin' no 'scuse fob. klckln'." Chicago Post: "Ar the native civilised ?' "Well, I should say so." "Have you seen any real evidence of It?" "Y's. Indeed. Why. they've passed tho straight whisky stage and now know what a cocktail Is." Boston Transcript: WhlfTler Women are so inconsistent. Snyder For example? Whlffler My wife when she was down town yesterday bought three or four books of fairy stories for our little girl, and yet It always puts my wife quite out of temper when 1 tell her fairy tales. Chicaa-o Tribune: Impassioned I -over Tell me, my angel, what to do to prove my love. Oh. that 1 mlsht. like some knlsht of old. battle tor you, suffer for you, die for you! Hweet Ulri I wisn you would give up smoking. Impassioned Lover Oh, come, now, that's asking too much. Washington Star: "Do vou mean to tell mm that the country's aafety denenda on your having your way in politics?" "wen, t woman i go quite so tar as mar. - said th financier. "The country narety may not be linked up with my destiny, but aome of Ita leading securities are." Philadelphia Press: Subbubs Walt tltl T drop In here for a dollar's worth of cigars. I'm expecting 'a couple of friend at the bouse tonight. C'ttlman Do you give mem your regular brand? Hubbubs Hure. Cltlman Gee whlzx! they won't Use forty cigars, will they? "VOICES OF THK SPRING." Jamea Barton Adams In Denver Post. Again the volcea of th spring ar heard on everv hand. Some scarcely worth a scratch of pen, some beautiruuy grana; They come to tell us thst we're free from winter's Icy grip, And from the stinging cuttings of the frost king's painful whip. The bret-sea whisper soft and low and In their ffentl wav Congratulate us on th fact that they have come to stay. And little songbirds seek for flats up in th budding tree To go housekeeping one again and raise tneir famines. Again the voire the ragman brought from some far distant shore Comes from his soiled and whiskered face In half-appealing roar A pounda he at the bony back of what was once a steed. But now seams but a phantom shape that s hungering for feed. Again the muffled thudding of the carpet beater's stick ..,. Is heard upon tho vacant lots, and all the air ia thick A. . A With flying, suffocating dust that to the And fills th lungs with vile microbe, bac. terla ana tninga. Again we hear the fakir's vole upon th corner, where ...... He cures th many 111 to which th human fleah Is heir. And rakes th sllv'ry dollars In from suf fering auckers. who Will blto at any tempting bait a scaly suckers do. , , Again within the once glad horn w hear the sospy slush As she whom we have vowed to lov bends o'er th scrubbing brush. And hear her sweet voice when w from the table rls to spit And hint that all tho victuals have a aharp saponan gnu Again we hear our Inward thoughts, which vigor never lack, As bend w oer the garden spado with toothache in the back And haar the madam telling us quit sharply we'd bend o'er A billiard Uble half the day and never make a roar. . And as the many voices w hsve thus re- .nnni fA here Fall In conglomerated mass upon our weary We're led to think that those of which the nn. r tnv tit alnar Are not the only voices of th spring, sweet. genue spring.. : i v 1 1 www Muvvra tnou ta sa put of lty .1