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GEO. B. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me this 1st day of September, A. D.,
1802. U. B. HUNOATK.
(Seal.) Notary Public
The paramount Issues In Omaha and
Dou?ls county are home rule and tax
reform.
The only way to settle a strike la for
the discordant strikers and employers
to get together.
The man without a country is not In
It with the Isle of Tines In the role of
is Island without aa ov.ncr.
Unanimous verdict of the western
press on the abandonment of the presi
dent's trip a great disappointment.
America has carried coals to Newcas
tle in years past, but this year it will
hare to go to Newcastle to get them
back. ,
New York democrats who pin their
only hope on republican dissensions
show what little real ground they have
to stand on. .
It is noticeable that the man who
never did anything to build up Omaha
ia always the loudest In decrying others
aa knockers.
Washington hotel keepers will here
after take out tornado Insurance by re
quiring all guests to leave their dyna
mite in the office for safe keeping.
When one of the local yellow Journals
begins to denounce the other local yel
low journal as a fakery, the climax of
yellowness must be nearly reached.
We violate no confidence In announc
ing that the pressure on city council
men for seats on the official reviewing
stand has been appreciably relieved.
Mexican railroads seem to be becom
lng Infected with the merger fever. The
tendency to Industrial consolidation
knows no race, creed or nationality.
Rain may Impede the military ma
neuvers at Fort Riley, but It cannot pre
Tent their consummation. The Auierl
can army 1a not ' 'composed of fair-
weather soldiers.
The emperor of Oorea would have eon-
f erred a favor on the public by making
better advance arrangements for con
firming his death when the time came
for him to shuffle off.
-i
. Tba order transferring Ambassador
Tower from the court of St. Tetersburg
to that of Rerlln having been officially
Issued by President Roosevelt, further
speculation as to the succession to Am
bassador White may be called off.
It transpires that the abandonment of
the president's western trip was against
bis will and acquiesced la only after
strenuous protest to the physicians
President Roosevelt is not the man to
break engagements In willful wanton
nesa.
Predictions of the weather forecaster
bare been slightly off for several weeks.
So have the prophecies of the astrologers
who came near alarming the country by
predictions of a hot blast between the
latter part of July and the 17th day u
August-
Witb hard coal selling at $20 per ton
the strike of the anthracite coal miners
bas proved a great blessing In disguise
for the coal barons who are coining
millions out of the distress and destltu
tlon of the anthracite coal miners and
their families.
Minneapolis' mayor has Just shut
down oa the unauthorized transfer of
liquor licenses from one dealer to a
successor who may buy him out. He
Insists that all the precautious sur
rounding the original grant of the 11
cense to sell liquor shall also surround
each transfer ot the license. The abuses
of license transfers are not confined to
Minneapolis and the remedy Invoked
then Is capable of wider application.
PROSPEMTT AHD POLITICS.
"The gresteot national lsene is the
maintenance of prosperity." declsrrs the
New York republican platform. This
apiteals to all classes of our people.
Everybody desires that-prosperity shall
l maintained. The manufacturer
whose plnnt is running full time, the
merchant whose trade is active, the
farmer who finds a ready and profitable
market for his products, the working
man who has constant employment all
favor the maintenance of prosperity.
With every one of these interests it Is
the paramount consideration. They
have not forgotten that only a few
years ago the country was not prosper
ous, that hundreds of mills and fac
tories and workshops were Idle, that
millions of people were unemployed,
that business was stagnant and that
the farmers of the country had a poor
market at unprofitable prices. No one
wants a return of those conditions. For
the last five years the American people
have been having a higher measure of
prosperity than they had ever before
known and without distinction of class
or party they wish It to continue.
How shall this prosperity be main
tained. Manifestly by adhering to the
policy which has been largely Instru
mental In producing It To quote again
from tho New York republican plut
form: "The pledge given by, William
McKinley of abundant work and good
wages, based on the passage of a pro
tective tariff, has been fulfilled." There
has been realized very much more than
was expected when that pledge of the
great champion of protection was given.
The great industrial and commercial
progress since made was then hardly
dreamed of, the general expectation be
ing that we should simply recover what
had been lost under the operation of
democratic policy hostile to protection.
The large gains of labor In the last five
years, as disclosed in the statistics of
savings bank deposits and building and
loan associations, are far beyond what
the most sanguine would have pre
dicted when the republican party was
restored to power less than six years
ago. Even more remarkable Is the
prosperity realized by the farmers of
the country In this brief period. In his
memorable Buffalo speech President
McKinley said: "Statistics indicate that
this country Is in a state of unexampled
prosperity. The figures are almost ap
palling.. They show that we are utiliz
ing our fields and forests and mines and
that we are furnishing profitable em
ployment to the millions of worktngmen
throughout the United States, bringing
comfort alid happiness to their homes
nd making It possible to lay by savings
for old age and disability. That all the
people are participating In this great
prosperity is seen In every American
community and shown by the enormous
and unprecedented deposits in our sav
ings banks." This, uttered a little more
taan a year ago, is applicable today.
What Is obviously necessary, then, for
the maintenance of prosperity Is to up
hold the policy which brought prosper
ity. This does not require that the pol
icy shall undergo no modifications, but
It does require that the principle of pro
tection, which the democratic party Is
again assailing, shall not be abandoned.
That principle must be preserved, as
the New York republicans said. In order
to maintain the highest scale of Ameri
can wages and the supremacy of the
American workshop.
G CRM AM-$ TARltt' PROBLEM.
American agricultural Interests seem
to be In no Immediate danger from the
German tariff. According to Berlin ad
vices there Is likely to be a protracted
struggle over the pending measure,
with the chances favorable to the final
rejection of the agrarian demands for
higher duties on agricultural products.
This demand is stoutly opposed by the
government, which realizes what the
agrarians seem to be quite indifferent
to, that compliance with it would be
fatal to the renewal of commercial
treaties. Germany has already been as
sured that If the agrarian program is
carried out she may expect reprisals on
the part of Russia and some of the other
countries with which she has commer
cial treaties more or less advantageous
to her, while It Is highly probable that
the United States would In some prac
tical way manifest its dissatisfaction.
There is some opposition being shown
in Germany to the exclusion of Amer
ican canned meats and sausages which
will go Into effect October 1, but this
policy will undoubtedly be adhered to.
Industrial conditions In Germany are
not such as to warrant a course that
must result in Increasing the cost of
living for millions of people In that
country the proposed Increase lu duties
on agricultural products Is a very
serious mutter.
THK WOAgr STftlACCVCr.
The stringency In the eastern money
market has undoubtedly caused some
anxiety in financial Circles there, but so
far as observed there, have been no
expressions of alarm. It is quite nat
ural that the fact of largely Inflated
credits, particularly In the case of some
of the Industrial combinations, should
cause a feellug of apprehension which
has shown itself In the decline of prices.
Yet there Is nothing In the situation
that can properly be described as pan
icky and there does not seem likely to
be. There appears to be a sentiment
among eastern financiers that no great
harm would be done and perhaps some
good ultimately If a few of the corpora
tlons were forced into liquidation, but It
would seem tiiat this might prove rather
hazardous In existing circumstances.
Meanwhile the secretary of the treas
ury has announced his Intention to do
whatever he can to relieve the situs
tlon, and this will lie done without de
lay. The deposits of public money with
the banks will tie Increased to the ex
tent of receipts from Internal revenue
snd miscellaneous sources, amounting to
about hslf a million dollars a day, and
this relief will be continued ss long ss
necessary. It Is also proposed to an
ticipate Interest up to the end of the
THE OMAHA DAILY BEEj MID AY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1902.
Current fiscal year, of course, with a
rehate to the treasury. Secretary Shaw
stats that no experiments will be
tried, which will reassure those who
have been apprehensive that he con
templated departures by way of experi
ment. It Is possible, of course, that the
stringency will liecome more severe, but
the probability Is that with the certainty
of all practicable assistance from the
treasury the market will soon right It
self and confidence be fully restored.
n flV TAX REFORM IS TUB IHSCE.
Tax Commissioner Fleming has dis
tributed the blanks for the city assess
ment to be made for the year 11)03, with
a specific instruction that all returns of
taxable property shall represent actual
market values. Inasmuch as the as
sessment for 1902 was at 40 per cent
of actual value and the total valuation
a fraction over $37.1 x KM Km. tlie aggre
gate valuation for 11MI3 on a full value
basis will range somewhere between
$!2,(KJ0,tKKi and $!3,0OO,00O even If there
are no additions for new Improvements
and personal property not heretofore
listed.
The question that confronts Omaha
taxpayers under the changed conditions
Is, Shall they continue to pay the taxes
which by right should be paid into the
city treasury by the railroads that con
verge In this city? For the year 1902
the totul amount of taxes paid by the
railroads was $2t),5-19.UO out of an aggre
gate city levy of $1,110,000 against all
property. The sums paid Into the city
treasury by the respective roads lu 1002
are as follows:
tnlon PaelHo SI3,9i4.8.1
Barllnaton .
Missouri Pacific,
3. 423. HO
1.H27.75
4MJ5.10
uaa so
447.75
3O.0O
io.no
Omaha Bridge A Terminal..
Rock Island
Minneapolis A Omaha.
Elkhorn
Northwestern
Milwaukee
Total a(,!5 4.4
This Includes not merely the trackage,
rights of way, terminal facilities, depot
grounds and depot buildings, freight and
passenger, but also the west halves of
the two railroad bridges, nine miles of
the Belt line, the Union Pacific machine
shops, roundhouses of the various roads,
Union Pacific and Burlington headquar
ters buildings, town lots and improve
ments outside of the rights of way, fur
niture, fixtures and nil the personal prop
erty and, moneys belonging to all the
various roads held In Omaha.
A most conservative estimate of the
actual value of railroad property lu
Omaha Is $15,ixmj,000, which ossessed
at 40 per cent and subjected to this
year's 30-mlIl levy should have contrib
uted toward the expense of city govern
ment $180,000. In other words, the rail
roads by the present unrighteous mode
of assessment have unloaded $153,450.40
of city taxes they should have paid upon
the other taxpayers.. Put luto plain
English It means this: Every six dol
lars collected from Omaha taxpayers
represents a donation of one dollar to
the railroads.
The monstrous Injustice perpetrated
on the taxpayers of Omaha by railroad
tax evasion is simply indefensible. It
affects alike the smallest home owner
to the heaviest property holder. The
home-owning wage worker is forced to
contribute the earnings of from one to
three days each year to the coffers of
the jiiulti-millionaires who own the rail-
oads. The investor in store buildings
and office buildings must contribute to
the railroads a large share of his rental
Income, which often does not yield suf
ficlent to cover more than taxes, repairs
and Insurance. Take for example the
most tobtly office building In Omaha, the
New York Life, which pays city taxes
on a valuation of $205,000, as agalust
$103,000 for all the railroad property In
the city as assessed by the state board
IU forced contribution to the rallrouds
for the year 1002 amounts to $1,325.
If Tax Commissioner Fleming's plan,
which complies strictly with the law, Is
carried out, the city tax rate will be re
duced from 30 mills to 12Vi, but
while the amount of taxes levied agalust
any ordinary taxpayer will remain the
suine, the rallrouds will actually pay
less thun they paid for 11X12. Ibstead of
paying $2ti,54y.00 they would pay, com
puted on the new basis, only $23,170.35,
making the other taxpayers pay $156,
828.40, which under an equitable law
should be puld by the railroads and de
ducted from the amount Imposed on
other taxpayers.
With these stubborn facts and figures
before them the taxpaylug citizens o
Otnuba will want to know whether the
coming legislature will give them relie
or leave them subject to a continuation
of this legalized robbery.
The merger of the meat packers and
stock yards has been postponed for an
Indefinite period on account of Presi
dent Roosevelt's antitrust siieeches,
There Is ground for suspicion, how
ever, that the stoppage of Inventory
taking Is simply a ruse to avert adverse
Judicial action in the proceedings insti
tuted by the government against the
beef combine.
For once the outside counties that help
muke up this judicial district seem to
be in position to decide who shall be
the republican candidate for district
Judge. If they do not take full ad
vantage of the situation their political
astuteness will be subject to question.
Dave Mercer has not paid a duller of
persotml tax either lu the city ot Omaha
or the county of ltouglas in the last five
years. And yet the railroad magnates
insist that he should represent the tax
payers ot this city and district for an
other term in congress.
rase t Istescwsable Neglect.
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
The kaiser neglected to send a few srmy
attache to Inspect the Fort Riley ma
neuvers. That UcTfrsnirit took Beok.
Baltimore American.
Housewives will be Interested to know
that the Navy department bas compiled a
new cook book. This official poaching on
feminine preserves may maks soms ap-
prehenslve that the Treasury department
will next undertake to regulate the styles
in Imported millinery.
Real Trouble fop the Money Market.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Not assuming even for an Instant the
character of either a financier or a seer, we
don't mind saying that the only trouble
Itb the money market which we can dis
cover Is that everybody hasn't all the money
he wants.
, The Farthest North.
Minneapolis Times.
In view of Lieutenant Peary's return, the
record of high latitudes reached by his and
other arctic expeditions of note are inter
esting. The appended table shows the beet
results attained since and Including
Hendrlck Hudson's achievement:
Captain Gagnl of the Duke
d'Abruisl's expedition 86 deg. S3 m.
Nanwn, 1M M dee-. 14 m.
Peary, last expedition M deg. 17 m.
eary s second expedition deg. Z7 m.
.ock wood, 18X2 83 deg. 24 m.
eary, ttrst expedition, 1892.... 82 deg. 34 m.
Hendrlk Hudson, ln7 SO deg. 23 m.
Thoasthtfnlneae of Galasba.
Philadelphia Press.
Ex'speaker Galusha A. Grow says that be
not going to write a book, nor is he
going to write for the magazines. He thinks
that enough has been written about the
period he has served In congress and that
be could not add much of Interest, He re
grets that he Is to leave congress, but says
that it Is not his choice. He represents the
state at large, but as the next congress will
have no representatlve-at-lsrge from Penn-
ylvanla and he has no district he Is forced
out.
In the Role ef Vicegerent.
Bprlngfleld Republican.
President Baer of the Reading railroad, in
his self-assumed capacity of vicegerent of
God on earth, evidently feels In duty bound
to look after the public schools. He baa
offered coal to the Philadelphia and alao
to the Baltimore authorities for the beat
ing of public school houses at reduced
rates and apparently Intends to look out
for other nearby school buildings. But If
the children are to freeze at home during
eighteen or nineteen hours of the day,
of what avail to keep them warm during
school hours? The first cold snap would
leave few children with life enough to go
to school. Providence, acting through Mr.
Baer, certainly moves in s mysterious way.
In this case.
The Trusts and President Roosevelt.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
It anything were needed to add to Presi-
ont Roosevelt's strength with the people
the declared opposition of J. Plerpont Mor
gan would have that effect to an exceptional
degree. Mr. Morgan Is singularly obtuse
not to know that his Influence In general
politics Is decidedly negative. He controls
an Immense amount of capital, but his sup
port of a political measure or a candidate
for office has no weight with the people of
the United States. As a money breeder
Mr. Morgan Is a phenomenon. As a politi
cian he would be a Jonah in any cause. Mr.
Morgan's outbreak against Roosevelt, and
fiuaacotlon that the druiutiatji should nom
inate a safe man like Grover Cleveland,
strengthens the report that the trusts are
putting up demoo 'tic campaign money for
the present year and for 1904.
SEEKIXG HOMES IK THE WEST.
Advice for Colorado that 1 Jnst as
Good for Nebraska.
Denver Republican.
The annual excursions of homeseekers
have begun, and reports from Chicago snd
other points in the middle west indicate
that all records will be broken by the
transcontinental railroads In this form of
travel. ' 1 '
Crowds of well-to-do people are now pass
ing through the gateways of the middle
west, and are turning to the new lands
beyond the Missouri river. The railroads
are now selling this class of tickets to a
wider range than ever before, so s home
seeker may visit, at very low rates, Ne
braska, Kansas, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado,
Idaho, Washington, Oregon, British Colum
bia, South Dakota, Texas, Oklahoma and the
great southwest. The railroad officials who
have charge of this business report that
people seem to have plenty of money and
are going farther away from home than
ever, and that they are prepared to buy
land that is already partly improved, in
stead of taking up utterly unimproved
claims.
In the next few months Colorado should
benefit largely from this class of home
seekers. There is much farming land In
this state that will require but little im
proving to make it as rich as the richest.
Irrigated lands are in great demand among
homeseekers, particularly In view of the
fact that the national government has taken
up a large part of the work of redeeming
the arid lands of the west.
Coloradoans should do their utmost to
show these homeseekers that they can find
no richer land or more glowing opportuni
ties than await them in this state. Colo
rado's agricultural resources should be ad
vertleed in such s way that the attention
ot eastern homeseekers will be attracted.
Every Inducement should be held out to
encourage such a desirable class of citizens
to settle in this state.
PERSONAL, NOTES.
Helen Gladstone, daughter of England's
great prime minister, is devoting ber life
to charitable work among the poor of Los
don. The duke of Cambridge bas lived under
five sovereigns of England. He was bora
Just In time to see the end of the reign of
George VIII, was a boy of 11 when his
uncle, George IV, died, and was one of the
princes who carried the coffin of the last
king to his grave.
The per capita debt of Boston Is 130 more
than that of New York City. After New
York, with a per capita debt ot $115, corns
Cincinnati with $82, Baltimore with $78,
Pittsburg with $68, Buffalo with $45, Phila
delphia with $18, Cleveland with $34. St.
Louis with $33 snd Chicago with $10.
The estate of a Long Island miser, re
cently deceased, shows up $40,000 in cash.
During his later years he denied himself
many of the necessaries of life In order
that his heirs might enjoy the usufruct
So deep Is the reverence for his memory
that the heirs are squabbling over psylng
for s $38 headstone.
The fact that the widow of th famous
"Parson" Brownlow of Tennessee la still
living at the age of 89 has been brought out
by the erroneous report of s pension having
been granted her. "Parson" Brownlow was
one of the characters of the war for the
union and his unswerving loyalty and serv
ices to the government entitle his widow
to recognition. When be waa asked to Join
the rebellion hs replied: "When I go to
hell I II go there direct. I won't go around
by the way of the southern confederacy.
While th lat Brat Hart waa editor of
the Overland Monthly in San Francisco
there was s rather severe earthquake shock
The correspondent of eastern papers were
requested to "draw It mild," for fear ot
driving away newcomers, but th notifica
tion failed to reach Hart, who wrote an
amusing skit by way of editorial In bis
magazine. It gave such dire offense that
when bis nam afterward came up for auc
tion to a cbalr In th stat university he
lost th vol snd support of th most In
fluentlal trusts, th banker. William C.
Ralaioa.
President
A Democratic Tribute.
Detroit free
When Andrew Johnson was "swinging
around the circle" In 18!6, Petroleum V.
Nashby, the Mr. Dooley of, his day, said
that wherever the president appeared, he
was most cordially received with enthusi
astic cheers for Grant. Until Mr. Roce
velt't time, all the vice-presidents who
succeeded to the presidency had their
Grant, and some of them had many Grants.
Even the chaivalrous, courteous Arthur
could never persuade the rank and file of
his party to consider him as anything more
than a pleasant, well-meaning gentleman
whom . great national tragedy -ad thrust
into s position for which he had no pecul-
lar qualifications.
Mr. Roosevelt, alone of the vlce-presl-
dents that became president, has sue-
ceeded in dominating his party snd ap-
peallng to the popular Imagination. What
Is more, he seems to have established him-
self so firmly in this unique position that
the hostile politicians of his councils have
come to despair of dislodging him. He
has no Grant. There la no man In the Re-
publican party, or out of the party for
that matter, towards whom Mr. Roosevelt
could feel the slightest pang of Jealousy.
If all the political snd military leaders In
the county were to accompany him on his
western trip, he would remain the con.
splcuous figure In the assembly, the cynos
ure of all eyes.
A year's service in the presidency has
established Mr. Roosevelt's title to the of
fice, not by the grace of a deplorable acci
dent, but by the force of ability and power.
It was a popular superstition at the
time Mr. Roosevelt succeeded Mr. Mc
Kinley that he was s raw, unllcked cub
that "pawed at everything like a young
bound." ss the contemptuous Bismarck
described the activities of his youthful
kaiser; that he was another Hotspur "that
kills me some six or eeven dozens of Scots
st s breakfast, washes bis hands, and says
to his wife, Tie upon this quiet life! I
want work!' " Mr. Roosevelt, with all
his exuberant vitality, was neither cub nor
Hotspur, although one might say of him
as Plutarch said of Marcellus, "There was
no kind of fighting in which he was not ad
mirably well skilled." But In contemplat
ing the combative side of Mr. Roosevelt's
nature, the public disregarded the more
substantial though less picturesque quali
ties of the man. Instead of being a veri
table Kmlta, or even a Pan Michael Volo-
dyovskl, pitch-forked Into the presidency
. . ... . . . ..
of s great republic, he brought to the
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White House an Intellectual training, a
wealth of experience, an equipment of
scholarship and a cathollcy of sympathy
such as few presidents of the United States
have possessed. He might have had a
weaanees tor ine unconventional cowDoy
v.. v ... v.. ,,..,'
n the original. He was widely Intelligent
In all that relate to the history of his own
country, the history of Its Institutions and
tne pnnosopny or us government, as ne
knew his Jefferson, his Hamilton and his
1JB iocu.ut.viut,. .ui u. irnow-
Americans not s little coterie of them, or
a little community of them, but all of them
as men are known in the aggregate the
uranmin caste or oosion ana new cngiaaa,
ROl'KD ABOUT NEW YORK.
Ripples an tha Cwrrent of Life 1st the
Metropolis.
In the largest private market in New
York nearly every woman who buys meat
has her favorite butcher, whom she tips
with a dime at each order, thereby com
pounding a felony, for the fee Invariably
obtains for her an overweight of the pur
chase. Recently tour of the twenty-six
butchers employed left their places and
opened an opposition market three blocks
away. Thts'sroused the suspicion of their
former employer, who proceeded to investi
gate. He learned that twenty of his butch
ers had been systematically robbing him
for the sake of tips. If s woman ordered
three pounds of steak she would get three
and a half pounds in consideration for her
dime. On a single order of meat, worth $7,
was found billed st $3.12. The day before
the proprietor detected a butcher in the
act of giving sway a four-pound chicken
to s woman who had tipped him regularly
for years.
A police captain who was dismissed from
the New York force this week, was respon
sible for many amusing stories based on bis
use or misuse of words, reporta the
Evening Post. Once be asserted that he
"never paid any attention to unanimous
letters." On another occasion he Is said
to have referred to his possession of a
"veracious" appetite. Third svenue, he told
s man one day, "runs paralyzed to Lexing
ton svenue." At another time, one story
goes, be was reading to an outgoing pla
toon a list ot some clothing that had been
reported stolen. One Item was a kersey
coat. "Next on the list, men," he an
nounced, in bis rich brogue, "Is s kero
sene coat." - It was this captain who di
rected s patro)man to open s window In th
station house and "putrefy the air."
It was not this captain, but s sergeant
now dead, who, while testifying in a trial
at police headquarters, asked permission
of the commissioner to correct his testi
mony, saying:
'Mr. Commissioner, I wish to retract
th veracity of my former statement."
The Salvation Army in New York City
has resorted to a curious trick to entrap
the unregenerat Into ways of righteous
ness. At many points In the city In the
lowlier quarters the Army bas established
stands where books are sold for 2 cents
apiece or three for a nickel. The work
are bound in flaming colors of red, yellow
and green, and bear tha most alluring
titles. Th books prove s distinct dlsap
polntment when opened. Instead of Im
passioned love scenes the readers And long
homilies on the dangers that lurk in tha
society of glided youths and the glories
that cluster around the brow of virtue.
The Army appears to be working on th
theory that the devil's own weapons ar
th best to fight him with.
It is s sight for gods snd men, says s
New York letter, to stand, say, in front ot
the Knickerbocker theater snd notice th
dresses soma women wear, A man named
Soloman once remarked that there Is noth
ing new under the sun, but this expe
rience would make him revise hi Judg
ment. Th claim has been put forth with
out contradiction that Parislenne are the
only women in the world who know how to
dress their head and feet, but a man who
bas been both s boulevard loafer and s
Broadway idler will have to be "shown."
The Broadway girl is th large first person
of th neuter gender. Cutting out stage
"golls" entirely, there Is another type which
always attracts th amazed and admiring
eye. Tbts la th horn girl ot New York.
She is to be seen In ber glory only here.
Like the exotic she withers snd change
when transplanted. She Is the girl who
knowa how to drea right to taw. 8 be Is aa
various In her raiment as the flower-decked
hillsides of West Virginia. 8h is not
cheap, tawdry or bedizened. She does not
glv th Impression of being dressed mlthls
sa Inch of her lit. Ths visual affects
A
Roosevelt
Tress (dem.).
the plutocracy and mobocracy
of New
Nork
the aristocracy of tne souin. m.
Independent democracy of tne miaaio
states, and the boisterous Individualism of
the far west. He had not studied them
from the standpoint of the managing poli
tician, curious to see how long all tho
people could be fooled all the time; but
he might have said of his fellow-Americans,
from whatever section of the country
they hailed, as Kipling said of the people
of India:
I have eaten your bread and snlt.
Thed'aths VedTed I ha veF watched" beside,
An(j tne n;.eB ye id were mine,
Because he had never served In congress,
and had never been voted by s steering
committee, and had never deviled s presi-
dent about the appointment of s postmas-
ter, the politicians of his party felt that
he could not know much about the prac-
tlcal affairs of government. But he knew
many things that were not dreamed of in
their philosophy. For one thing, he knew
how the armr retarded the army. The
long nights on the plains In company with
American soldiers had not been spent to so
purpose, and neither bad his own brief but
honorable career as a volunteer officer dur
ing the Cuban war. But his administra
tive vision was not bounded by the War
department. As ssslstant secretary of the
navy, he had come to know its personnel
snd understand Its esprit du corps as well
aa he knew. the army. HU experience as a
civil service commissioner had enabled him
to know how the office seeker and the prac
tical politician look upon the government,
while bia political career in New York had
made him familiar with the most sordid,
self-seeking political system that this coun
try or any other country ever knew. Jus-
lln canny saia ot Btr varies j.iikb mat.
"No .uesU" ' foreign or colonial policy
cou,d weU come UD ,n th hou"9 of com"
m,nS 'bo"t Whlch b WM not ab,e t0 ay'
a muuot inn pmce; a Know toe conditions;
I know the men.' " So far as the affairs
of the I'nlted States, were concerned, this
description, If transferred to Theodore
Roosevelt at the time of his accession to
the presidency, would not have been grossly
extravagant.
With this previous preparation It would
have been strange If Mr. Roosevelt had
been found seriously wanting when called
upon to assume the duties of president of
the United States, notwithstanding that
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deplored by persons steeped In the Tom
r,,, . ' ... .v , .
Corwln dogma that the way to succeed in
quality of "cockiness" which Is so greatly
politics la to be "a solemn ass." "It Is
not every man that can bear much wine."
said Plutarch of Lucullus, "nor can the or
dinary mind bear great prosperity without
staggering." Mr. Roosevelt has not stag-
verai! uu i ,i. , . .
Kerea HlB yar ,n the Presidency baa
,he countryi and ,trenKthened popula con.
ndence , the man He has hm
an experiment. In the element of nolitl-
cai leadership he I. .n .mnti.kJ
Whatever the future may hold In store
Ior nIm ,odajr he ,g the uncnailened caD.
tain of his nartv with th .,..
eonal following in point of numbers that
any president of the United States has ever
known.
she radiates Is pleasing snd satisfying.
You feel that she Is s Is mode and sccordf
lng to Hoyle. She Is wholesome, healthy
snd happy; she exudes that Indefinable
atmosphere which goes by . the name of
Dreeamg. she shows through her clothes
that she Is s thoroughbred. But to return
to the original remark about the "dresses
some women wear." The effective snd sin
gular thing about It all Is that no two are
alike. When you see s dozen of them
together they do not give tho effect of
having participated In a lob-lot rush for
hats or shoes or dresses. The whole. In
finite, kaleidoscopic whirl of the milliner's
and modiste' illimitable fancies may be
seen In a half hour at. say, the Knicker
bocker, along Broadway. For sn animated
group picture the New York girls have
'em all beaten to s chow-cbow.
Mrs. J. P. Mitchell, sister of the new
srehbishop of New York, Monsignor Fsrley.
throws aome amualng light upon the early
life of the personage who is now the prin
cipal Roman Cat hollo dignitary of New
York. She said; "We cam from County
Monagban and of good old Irish stock, and
save for my brother's seriousness in all
matters he was not unlike other boys.
Fond of athletics, he was always outdoors
playing band ball, wrestling and Indulging
in all sports, and In all, I must say, he
excelled. Even In playing marbles, he
would come home with his pockets full.
I remember when be was about 15 years old
he came home with his clothing torn and
bespattered with blood and hi nose bleed
ing. He had been playing marbles and
had won, as usual. The other boy was
angry over his losses and John's good
nature, and when John was about to shoot
his marble the other lad said: 'Knuckle
down, now,' and st the same moment
put bis hand in his pocket. My brother
said it was s mean trick, and the lad
knocked off John's cap snd s fist fight
resulted. Each boy was cheered, snd for
fully ten minutes it was anyone's fight,
when a punch in the stomach made the
other lad quit. John aaid he then emptied
his pockets of marbles, saying, 'These mad
you fight; probably they will heal your
wounds,' and ran home."
Our Clothing for
Men, Boys and Children
Is not only a little bit better than that of borne manu
facturers, but a great deal better than most of them can
make. We have the advantage of making it ourselves,
and can guarantee the quality. That Is why you can get
it for no more than is charged for inferior kinds. Our
clothing is, in fact, made to order, but we are obliged to
anticipate the order in order to be ready for you.
Out of town visitors are cordially invited to call and
see the extra good values we are showing. '
Suits and Top Goafs $10 to $30
No Clothing Fits Like Ours.
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers.
R S. Wilcox, Manager.
S.W.Cor. 15th & Douglas Sts., Omaha, Neb.
POl-lTICAl. SSAP SHOT.
Milwaukee Sentinel: After all. Mr. Brysn
may conclude to make a third dash for the
pole.
Cincinnati Tribune: The one-night Jumps
the Johnron circus Is making are merely
preparatory to the final Jump-off.
Chicago Tribune: In this emergency the
democratic party sorely misses the guiding
hand of Statesman J. Ham. JLcwls.
Washington Poet: Of course Hon. George
Fred can depend upon the Commoner to
give the Massachusetts democrat merry
fits.
Philadelphia Press: Ths diplay of poli
ticians at the county fairs this year is
more than ordlnsrlly complete snd bril
liant. Atlants Constitution: One democrat was
elected to the Vermont senate. That, at
least, assures harmony in the party caucus
In that body.
Indianapolis News: Hon. Horace Boles
need not feel so confident. Just because
Speaker Henderson encountered s bunker
snd threw up the game. This Is only the
semi-finals.
Baltimore American: Suppose Mr. Bryan
had the power to put "Just one trust mag
nate In prison," as he so vehemently sug
gests. Would he favor hts friend Towne, or
Hogg, or Pet U grew, with this dlstiactlon
st his hsndsT
Denver Republican: Marion Butler has
been talking about the glowing future of
the populist party. The party has had a
very warm past sad It is believed Mr.
Butler has simply looked the wrong way
along ths pike. x
POINTED REMARKS.
Judge: "There's one thing about the law's
delays."
What?"
"They discourage lots of foolish people
from going to law."
New York Weekly: "I hope there will
be no mistake in administering these medi
cines." "Have no fenr, doctor. I am a profes
sional nurse and madam Is a professional
invalid."
Detroit Free Press: "You claim to know
so much about women and yet you're a
bachelor."
"That's the reason I'm a bachelor."
Philadelphia Press: "By the way, dear,"
she remarked at the breakfast table, "Bon
nets & Hats are going to have their fall
opening today."
"Is that so?" replied Mr. Kloseman:
"that's the difference between them and
my pocketbook."
Indianapolis News: "A couple were mar
ried In 8t. Ixnit the other day who couldn't
understand each other's lunguage," said
Mrs. QUIey.
"And I suppose that they are unspeak
ably happy, commented Mr. Gilley.
Philadelphia Record: "Children, why
does that flag hmig there?" orntorlcally
asked a school room patriot, pointing to a
nag orapea nenina mm.
Please
sir," piped up a voice from tha
rear, "it Is to
tilde a dirty spot on tha
wall."
I)S Angeles Herald: Naggshy I tinder
stand Grubber is Recused of rank plagiar
ism In the writings heJia been passing
off as original.
Waganby Yet one would hardly call him
a thief. He is only a cliptomanlac.
Smart Bet: "Honesty Is the best policy,"
asseverated the stubborn-chinned man on
the night train.
"It Isn't the best policy In my business,"
observed the man with the open counte
nance. "And why not In yours?" blustered the
stubborn-chinned man, aggressively.
"Because," replied the man with tha
open countenance, "I am a manufacturer
of antique furniture."
Chicago Tribune: The hands of the clock
fiolnted to 11:30, but the young man, deeply
nterested In hearing himself talk, etlll
lingered.
"Have you ever read that last novel,"
he was saying, "by by there, I've for
gotten his name again.
It Isn't that. I
nave
lessr
e a poor memory, for It a merely care
lessness, and I And it dlfllcult to excuse
myself"
yseir
'I have noticed that." the younc woman
said, with a sigh of weariness.
A SEMI-HISTORICAL POEM.
Brooklyn Life.
Oh! A lady caged up In an old castle gray
Looked off from the battlements every
day
(I know that the books tell the tale that
way.
But I've no other plan to go on)
For a bold, brave knight In a suit of mall
That phone with the sheen of a new tin
rail
Would come to her rescue ere long, with
out fall.
And so on and so on and so on.
Now, the knlht of the castle, the mis
creant who
Had 'prisoned the lady (a rough way to
woo).
Ah! he was a wicked, bad lot through and
through,
Not mortal nor even religious:
While the good White Knight through his
virtue won fame
And played to the limit the chivalrous
game.
So the lady of most unpronounceable
name
Expected a battle prodigious.
And here, lest y think that fh writer
hath taken
HI tale from some tomb long by readers
forsaken.
All oldtlme conventions the follow hath,
shaken
You see modern fashions outcropping;
For the lady looked long from the battle
ments high,
And ever she prayed that her knight would
draw nigh.
But nary a knight met her dewdroppy eye
Save the night that sets all the dews
dropping.
Meanwhile the bad knight made his casa
very strong;
He wooed her with sonnet, be wooed her
with song.
And, somehow, he let her And out before
long
What a big life Insurance he carried.
He'd a right pleasant way when the way
waa hie own;
He'd money the virtuous duffer had nonet
And well, the poor lady had no chaperon.
So they called In the priest and were
married.
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