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f THE OMAHA DAILY 11EK: MONDAY, OCTOHHlt fi, 1002. 11 ie umaiia Daily Dee. E. HU8KWATt.lt. KDITOR. l'UBLItiUKO KVKHY MORNING. TEK.M8 OK BLBSCKII'TION. Jjally hi' (w.thoul buna)'), Una iear..H.0u lliy fce and buihiuj. on Year. ....... w J n.miraiea iee, oiio .ear riuiHiuy uce, one Irvr i.w. tiaiuruay tfr, ne tmr Is" 'IwenUeih Century farmer. One Year...l.w Dally bee (without Sunday), per copy.... c lliy i (wimout biimiuyj. per ve...Lt Lany del iinciuuina Buiiuayi, per wetH .iic tourmay Hie, per copy oc iiveniiis ee twunoul nunoiy , " wrn Uw (".eluding ndy;. Pr1(fc WMK Complaint of Irregularities In deliver houm be addressed lu City circulation De par linen L OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Uuliuiiig. bouin Omaiia City Wan Building, Twenty-nun anu M Streets. Council tluna lu t-earl Street. C hicaao liu L'uity ilulluliig. New ork l'ra How tiulWllng. Washington uul Fuurteentn Bureet. CORKKSPONDKNCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial mullet should oe addressed: Omaha iiee, iultorial Department. tl-XIMk'H9 I.KTT1CHS. Bui-inos letters and remittancea should be addressed; Ihu Bee i'ubllsning com- puny, omuna. REMITTANCE. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable ta The Bee Publishing Company. Only it-veut stamps aocepled In payment of mall accounts, personal checks, except on Omnha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. 1HU liEfci PUBLJdtiiNG COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Slate of NrbrnHka. Doualas County, ss: Uenrgfi H. Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, nays that tho actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Kvemng and Sunday Bee printed during ihe month of September, V?i, waa as fol lows: 1 30,130 2 S0.T40 3 80,050 4 30.810 i 31.BTO SO.oBO 7 2,8T0 8 SO,IMK 30,TK 1U 31,OffO Jl 30,N0 32 31,250 13 31.20O 14 20,BM IS 31,060 18...... 31, ISO 17.... 1.... 19... . 20.... 21.... 22.... 23.... 24.... .... 2.... ...81,020 .. .31,140 ...Sl.lttO ...B1,4.V ...39.670 ...31,000 ...S-t.BOO ...32,240 ...SleVOO ...8O.T70 27 80.9B0 28 ,o 29 3O,N40 30. ....81,100 ,.. 928,1128 .. 10,144 Total Iess unsold and returned copies. Net total sales 91M.081 Net dally . averaxe ao.ttoil GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and aworn to Iiefore me this iWtn aay or Bepierooer, A. .. 1WZ. M. B. HUNUATB. (Seal.) Notary Public. Query: Is the dullness of the political campaign due to general apathy or to general satisfaction? Renewed activity on the gridiron may be taken as notice that references to the foot ball of politics are again In order., The Zola monument fund is already under way. It is to be hoped' it will inako faster progress than the usual monument fund. - Drawing peace plans on paper is easy but to persuade both coal miners and coal operators to accept them is de cidedly different. Marconi's latest Invention Is a long' distance automobile. The step from wireless communication to horseless transportation ought not to be great for Marconi's genius. The selfish standpoint from which the London press comments on the hard coal situation is hardly surprising. Indeed, It would have been strange If an unselfish attitude had beeu assumed. The financial world may be In a spas modic condition, but the weekly clear ings of the Omaha banks show up with even & better per cent of increase than they have shown for the same period in the preceding year. New York democrats declare in favor of nationalizing anthracite coal mines. And It is understood that J. Plerpout Morgan Is supporting their ticket Their sincerity, therefore, Is beyond the point of fructifying debate. The month of October has been with us nearly a week but Colonel Bryan has not yet turned loose In Nebraska not withstanding earlier announcements to the effect that he would put In the whole month In his home state. Colonel Bryan and bis advance agent will have to get together. . Secretary Shaw Is learning to restrict his newspaper Interviews, to written statements and even then finds it neces sary to follow each up with a succession of other statements explanatory of the first A man handling a big financial institution like the United States treas ury has to be explicit We are now ready once more to watch the fantastic ebullitions of heated rl- valry between the Jacksonlans and the County Democracy as to which of them will first devise the most startling cam palgn Innovation. Picnics, barbecues and piano christenings are back nam- bers. Give us something new and novel, The demurrage system now enforced by the western railroads upon shippers la a jug-handled affair. The roads com pel the shipper to unload the cars within a specified time under severe penalties. but refuse to Include In the contract notice of when the cars will be delivered. There ought 'to be some mutuality of duties.' If the president and his advisers find themselves baffled In their attempt to ar range terms between the striking miners and the coal barons, the proposed De troit conference cannot be expected to do much In the way of relieving the situation. The Intentions behind the promoters Of tho Detroit conference are good but their prospects rather poor. The public will be curious to know just why J. Fierpont Morgan thought or why he should say he thought the president's plan of a conference on the coal strike was "excellent." He at the time knew of course what position the transportation companies would take, and that It would render the conference abortive. by then should he have called tha plan, :tacvilvntr., . riRTiitn tr forts run settlement. Efforts to find some practicable way for the settlement of the anthracite coal strike will be continued and although the conditions are wont unpromising, owing to the obstinately uncouipromls- liif attitude of the operators. It l still to be hoped that a plan will be evolved which will bring about the desired re sult. Ho far a the general government In concerned, It seem to be practically powerless to deal with the situation. It is understood to be the opinion of the lawyer of the cabinet that this Is the ra!1Pi aiibough it l ug?ef.te.I that the Interstate commerce commission might find ground for proceeding against the conl-cnrrjing railroads. There is no doubt a a to a combination between the railroads that operate tnoet of the. an thracite mines, which would seem to make theui subject to the federal anti trust law, but apparently the president and his advisers do not take this view. At all events. It is pointed out that any proceedings Instituted tinder either of these laws could be Drolonrod lndefl nltely and the public appeal Is for speedy relief. It Is clearly the duty of the state au thorities of Pennsylvania to make an earnest effort to deal with the deplorable situation, and the neglect of Governor Stone to take any action is very gener ally regarded as Indefensible. It is as serted that the railroad companies are violating a provision of the state con stitution which prohibits a common car rier to prosecute or engage in mining, directly or indirectly, for transportation over its works. . This provision further prohibits a railroad compnny from di rectly engaging in any other business than that of a common carrier, or hold ing or acquiring lands, except such as shall be necessary for carrying on its business. The reply to the charge that the railroads are violating the constitu tion of Pennsylvania is that the coal companies are one thing and the rail roads another. This is a question for the determination of the courts and the state authorities should take it to the courts. Another provision of the Penn sylvania constitution Is that "the exer cise of the right of eminent domain shall never be abridged, or so construed as to prevent the general assembly from tak ing the property and franchises of In corporated companies and subjecting them to public use, the same as the property of Individuals." Were Gov ernor Stone to call an extra session of the legislature with a view to putting Into effect this constitutional provision it is more than probable that the result would be salutary, Most of the plans proposed for settling the anthracite contest are obviously Im practicable. For example, the move ment proposing the appointment of a receiver for the anthracite railroads is not at ail likely to amount to anything. because there Is nothing in the condition of those companies to justify such a course respecting them. But the plans and suggestions that are ma'do show the general and profound public interest In the situation, which not only threatens widespread hardship and suffering, hut is also pregnant with danger to the public peace. AMtyDlbG Til CUnSTITUTIOX. The'letter from Judge Letton printed In The Bee with reference to the pend ing proposition to amend the amending clause of the Nebraska state constitu tion, to be submitted to the voters at the coming election, calls attention to the Importance of constitutional re vision and more particularly to the ob stacles that have beset the path In for mer years, which the" proposed amend ment Is designed to remove. Judge Letton, however, overlooks what seems to us to be an almost Insurmount able obstacle raised by the new ballot law enacted by the last legislature which, unless declared invalid so far as It relates to the submission of constitu tional amendments, is sure to defeat the present proposition. The new ballot law undertakes to provide for the registra tion of a straight party vote in favor of, or against the constitutional amend ment according as it is endorsed or dis approved by the conventions of the re spective parties making nominations. Inasmuch as none of the state conven tions in Nebraska took any action for or against the pending amendment the straight party vote contemplated by the ballot law could not be counted at all as a vote on the amendment and under the ruling of the supremo court failure of the voter Jo express himself on the proposition is the same as a vote agalust it In our judgment this entire provision of the new ballot law is unconstitutional and invalid because it endeavors to re cord the voter by a sort of constructive process, or rather to let the party eon vention cast his vote for blm by reso lutlon. We believe the letter and snirit of the constitution requires the positive expression of the iudlvidual voter and that If properly brought before the courts a decision would be had nullify ing that part of the ballot law and re storing to us the former provision for a separate ballot for constitutional amend uienta. With a separate ballot enabling each voter to express himself according to his own conclusions, it may be possible to secure . the adoption of the pending amendment but without it constitutional revision by the amendment process will be hopeless. THC IHR1UAT1UX COMJHLSS. The tenth annual session of the na tlonal Irrigation congress begins at Colo rado Springs today and will continue four days. This congress bas been potent agency In creating the sentiment which resulted In the passage of the Irrigation law at the last session of con gress and Its members can congratulate each other upon the triumph of the long and patient effort in behalf of national legislation for the reclamation of the arid landa This session of the Irriga tion congress will not be without Inter est for those concerned In the great work of irrigation. While there Is noth lug mote to bs asked of the geaeral gov era men t at present It la expected that the congress will formulate an aggress ive policy of some kind. It is suggested thst if It can address Itself to the de vising of some practical plan by which the conflicts between appropriations and riparian owners may be brought to an end, and be successful In Its efforts It will accomplish something of the high est Importance. It Is expected that the congress will be well attended and that there will be present not only those directly and personally Interested In Ir rigation, but a number of bankers and lawyers from the entire west. Of course the national Irrigation law will be the leading subject of discussion and sug gestions are likely to be made looking to the Improvement of that act ADMISSION or TERRITORIES. One of the resolutions adopted by the National League of Republican (Jlubs declares In favor of the admission to statehood of the territories of New Mexico, Oklahoma and Arizona and the extension of a territorial form of gov ernment to the Indian territory at the earliest practicable date, "having due regard for the interests of tho people of the states and territories and of the United States." My arrangement the bill for the ad mission of the territories seeking state hood will be taken up for consideration In the United States senate early in the coming session and there is every reason to expect that It will be passed. The conditions in all these territories are such as to justify giving them state hood and the promise of admission long held out to them should not be longer deferred. It has been assumed that political considerations had much to do with delaying the necessary legisla tion and if so they should not be per mitted to exert further influence. The latest statistics from the territories show them to be prosperous and pro gressing, so that there cannot be a rea sonable doubt as to their fitness to be come states and this should be tho only matter for the consideration of con gress. OMAHA'S RETAIL TRADE. The fall season of retail trade Is now fully under way and ought to continue brisk until well into the new year. Omaha' prides itself with good reason over the energetic and enterprising char acter of Its retail merchants and the at tractive and inviting appearance of Its retail establishments. It Is becoming more and more a great shopping mart, not alone for the people of this city and adjoining suburbs, Including Council Bluffs and South Omaha,, but also for those of all the cities and towns within easy reach by railway connection. While Omaha retailers have not had the advantage of great . and constant treams of tourists stopping over for a few days or a few weeks, as in Denver and In a lesser degree in St. Paul and Minneapolis and in Kansas City, yet they have the steady support to draw upon of a large body of people of the wageworklng and middle classes, and the substantial agricultural population, that furnishes the firmest foundation of trade. WTe believe our retail merchants In all the various lines have a fair con ception of the conditions upon which their business rests, but they should tudy more carefully their relations with the public and the relations of the city to the surrounding cities and towns. Omaha's retail trade has a field for ex pansion which should be more carefully cultivated. The city with flourishing re- tall establishments is the city that makes the most metropolitan appearance and the best Impression upon the stranger who may be persuaded to lo cate with us or make investments here. The indignation of General Perrln at the Intimation that he shook hands with Dreyfus furnishes another apt illustra tion of the volatility of French charac ter. To shake hands with Dreyfus would be an unpardonable offence in the present state of French prejudice and bigotry. It would be In order now for Dreyfus to repudiate with equal show of Indignation the suspicion that he would have shaken bands with a man of such narrow calibre as General Perrln. The committees in charge of the com ing Christian church convention are not going to let our clerical visitors get rusty during their stay here for lack of an opportunity to fill a pulpit The only complaint that could be made against the assignment list la that It Is so ex tensive and bewildering that church goers who wish to pay special attention to the stellar attractions will find it hard to make a choice. Nebraska bankers are against tile Fowler bill and have so declared by resolution of their state organization. The popocrats who have been making so much ado over the menace of the Fowler bill may now be expected to veer around Into its support otherwise they might be found in company with the avaricious bankers who bave not yet been purged of the crime of 13. The 120.000,000 of 5 per cent United States bonds due In 1004, which the treasury can now buy before maturity If the holders will part with them, are the remnants of issues made uuder Cleveland when the government was hard up and suspension of gold payments Imminent. It makes a big difference, in time of financial stress, whether there Is a surplus or a deficit of revenue. A whole lot of people would like to hear from our nonresident congressman in reply to those unanswered questions before the campaign progresses much further. Although, like Gurley, all of us disclaim ability as mind resdersj con tinued silence can only be taken to mean that no satisfactory answer can be given. President Baer, who believes In trust domination by divine right constantly displays decided aversion if not antip athy to the newspaper men who seek to secure - Information fcou him. The newspapers are undoubtedly a great thorn in the flesh of the trust magnates, who feel thnt but for the formulation of public opinion and Its expression through the press they could do as they please without Wing railed to account before the bar of public opinion. The very fact that the men behind the trusts strive so hard to avoid publicity is one of the strongest arguments In favor of more complete publicity of all trust transactions. Statistics of the Board of Public Works show that during the past season Omaha has added ten miles to its per manent sidewalk mileage. This is pleas ing progress. The day of the wooden walk, which always has a few planks loose and always needs repairing, will be a thing of the past In Omaha In the course of a very few years. With considerate thoughtfuluess the city inspector of weights and measures cautions people when buying coal In small quantities to specify so many bushels or so many pounds instead of buying merely by the basket. If he can tell how people without credit can buy coal at all the suggestions would be more appreciated. By a peculiar coincidence the tenth an niversary of the founding of Ak-8ar-Ben will be the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the city of Omaha. Ak-Sar-Ben will be expected to do some thing great in celebration of these twin anniversaries. A Contiaaoma Ferforaaace. Portland Oregonlan. At lone as speculation Is rampant tha "relief of the money market" will ba continuous performance. No lasae for Alarm. Indianapolis News. The world's hop crop Is said to be short 41,000,000 pounds, but it Is a good safe bet that the beer output will be fully up to tho average. It Is a wise beer that knows its own hops. Effect of Republican Policies. Indianapolis Journal. The national debt Is now below the thou sand million point, the statement of Sep tember 30 giving It, less cash in tho treas ury, as $967,415,887. July 1, 186, It was 12,773,286,173. Nearly all of the reduction has been mads by republican administra tions. Novel Chaoses la Csba. Baltimore American. It la one of the ironies of fata that the Spaniards in Cuba do not want the Ameri can troops withdrawn, as they feel safer with Uncle Sam represented. Tha Spanish j looking lor protection from the Cubans to tho United States is a striking reversal of attitudes all around. Not Charity, bat Jaatlce. St. Louie Globc-Demoorat. The coal barons say they bave a plan by which "the poor people of New York City will be supplied wllll coal in auudl quantities at low prices." Very kind of the barons, but the people of the United States are not asking charity. They de mand justice and are determined to have It. Graft of the Proaaotera. Buffalo Express. Another dividend of $10,000,000 has been distributed to the members of the under writing syndicate of the United States Steel corporation. This brings the total dividends of the syndicate to $40,poo,ooo. Tne syndi cate guaranteed the success of the merger by subscribing $200,000,000. Of this amount only 11H per cent, or $25,000,000 was called. The Investment certainly was a most profit able one for the underwriters snd the end Is not yet. How Coal Baroaa Start Troable. Philadelphia North American. The surest way to provoke disorder In the mining districts, when an excuse for de manding the military aid Is wanted. Is to evict the families of the miners from their homes. Eviction notices are being served In the Haxleton district, and a demand for more troops may be looked for at an early date. The corporation which resorts to that method of combating a strike cannot pretend with any show of plausibility that It Is s preserver of the public peace. A Storr aad a Moral. Minneapolis Journal. A little over four years ago Fred Ames, then lieutenant colonel of the Thirteenth Mlnnesots Volunteer infantry, departed with hla command for the Philippines. He had many friends, was regarded as a model na tional guard officer, was known to have eachewed tha vlcea that entangled his brother, and enjoyed the respect of the community. Today he stands couvlcted of having accepted the vilest of bribes, the soiled money derived from woman's dis honor and paid for police "protection" In prosecuting that sort of dirty trade. Think of the downfall! Lieutenant colouol, then eolonel of a splendid regiment military chief, of police of Manila, chief of police of Minneapolis, and now a convict, vita the grim and grimy walls of Stillwater looming high before him. It is a career of splen did opportunities neglected, of bad oppor tunities utilised. ' PERSONA! NOTES. General Dewet, the Boer leader, has sold his English and American rights to hla forthcoming hook to a New York publisher for $50,000. .; New gold, discoveries bsvs been reported in the Transvaal. It's a good thing for the Inhabitants that the British already have the territory. 1 According to his own computation, Mr. Carnegie has given away nearly- $45,000,000 per annum. He averages about eight libraries S day, giving an average of $15,000 to each. J. C. Pelton, aged 78. the Brat public school teacher la California, la a great grandson of Joel Pelton, who fired the first shot at Bunker Hill snd was killed by the first British cannon shot. In soma parts of the country they are using chestnuts ss s substitute for anthra cite. What an opportunity for the vaude ville monologlst to dispose of his surplus stock st paying rates! Charles V. McDonald, late United States consul at Hamilton Ont., left In bis will $2,000 to the United States government to be used In experimenting for tha Improve ment of the postal money order system. Pixley Ka Isaaka Seme, tho first Zulu to enter as American university, haa succeeded in passing the severe entrance examinations at Columbia and has matriculated for an eight years' course In medicine and surgery. He has been In this country alncs 1S98 and la 21 years old. Hla purpose is to practice medietas la his native land. Albert Cbaae, who died at tha Soldiers' Homo In Togus, Me, at the end of laat week, waa In charge of the Navy yard bridge in Washington on tha night John Wilkes Booth made his escape after shoot lag President Lincoln. Cbaae detained Booth several minutes, but aa be gave a good avceuat of himself ba let him go. Public Claims on Coal Ths coal sharks are about that they havs public obligations to ful fill. Tbey bave been proceeding on tba supposition tbat the ownership and conduct of their business are entirely and uncondi tionally their own affair. This opinion shows Ignorance of existing laws relating to quaat-publlo service. Even in a more limited and leas vitally necessary business like that of running grain elevators tha United States supreme court sustained the validity of an Illinois statuts regulating the service given and fixing tho prices. The supreme court stated tha main principle aa follows: "Property does become clothed with a public Interest when used in a man ner to make it of public consequence and affect the community at large. When, there fore, one devotes his property to a use in which the public has an Interest he In effect grants to the public an interest In that use and must submit to be controlled by the public for the common good to tha extent of the Interest he has thus created." The court said that the statute simply ex tended a well known principle of law to meet a new development of commercial progress. Winter Is near at hand. An arctic wave may sweep down upon the country before ROIND A BOLT NEW YORK. Ripples oa the Carreat of Life la the Metropolis. Twenty thousand barkeepers, mostly young men, are required to keep the Ir rigation Joints of New York City In proper running order. "Barkeepers differ tmai Ingly in different parts of town," reports the New York Sun. "The suburban bar keeper can scarcely earn his salt on the Bowery, snd the easy, familiar and some what cynical style of the Bowery barkeeper would scarcely do In the great Broadway and Fifth avenue hotels. The Bowery bar keeper is suspicious of human nature and quick to make his suspicions known to the object He sees much of the seamy side of life. Something of the reserve that used to be ascribed to the hotel clerk is characteristic of the barkeepers in the great hotels. They are not so busy ss the Bowery barkeeper, but better paid. They wear a good many more white jackets a week than the moat fastidious of their Bowery brethren. It would not be hard to detect a Bowery barkeeper In his Sun day best off duty, but the barkeeper of a big hotel off duty might pass for a Sun day school superintendent or anything else that Is respectable. Even the humble per son who moves sbout sll day slowly sweep ing up tho marble floor with a long-handled brush often looks like a scholar In un usually hard luck. The barkeepers of the flash places in the Tenderloin and else where represent one striking extreme of the trade. They are In dally and nightly con tact with the froth of New York society. They know thieves and thugs by sight. If not mors Intimately. They know, too, that portion of the glided youth of New York that takes Joy In the ugliest side of bo hemlan life. They could direct a discreet person to the likeliest place to see a dog fight or find a rat pit. "Barkeepers in the downtown district catch a businesslike dispatch from the cus tomers that come before them. The affec tation of a sideboard Instead of a bar, characteristic of a few downtown saloons, seems to breed a special kind of barkeeper usually a well-appearing, busy and pre occupied man, who' concocts mixod drinks with marvelous speed and hands out the full glass, the tiny napkin and the check carefully turned upside down, all with the easy grace of a practiced band. "Then there is the downtown barkeeper, who stands all day with four or five others of his own trade within a sort of cage, the continuous bar, facing three or four ways or perhaps making a complete circle. Such saloons snd such barkeepers are designed to answer the needs of those who gulp their liquor snd hurry out to their daily work. "Peaceful Is the life of the barkeeper of the German quarter. Drinking Is here a fine art, a thing not to be Indulged In with out the company of friends. The Germans drink slowly, and there sre enough saloons and wetn stuben for all, so that none Is crowded. The untidy floor and sloppy bar of the Bowery are unknown In the Ger man quarter. Sand or sawdust always looks fresh on the floor, and the bar Is neat with bright brasa decorations snd a polished dry top. The barkeeper Is tho friend snd companion of half of those who come In. Even In the larger weln stuben the lively boys that serve wlno are on easy terms with the patrons. Waxed mustaches snd solitaire diamonds do not decorate the barkeepers of the German quarter. If by chance such a barkeeper wears a gaudy decoration It is usually a trophy won at the Schuetzenfeet. Barmaids have not been popular in this city, hut there are women tending bar in various parts of Greater New York. As often ss not these women sre the widows of saloonkeepers who bave undertaken, in the absence of any other means of liveli hood, to carry on the business of their dead husbands. A large and lively Irish widow used to conduct a beer saloon for Iongenoremen well uptown near the North river front. The gleam In her eye. In merry contrast to the hue of her crepe, gave promise tnai ner widowed atate would pot be permanent, and there were indications that the business Im proved rather than declined under her ad ministration. A little German widow keeps the tiniest and neatest possible beer saloon In the old German settlement of Long Island City and la a recognized Institution of the quarter. In some of the weln stuben of the Germau quarter sny member of the family, male or female, young or old, may be seen serving behind the bar. Tbo grandmother will leave her knitting by ths stove to serve a thirsty customer, or the schoolgirl her book." Nathan Strauss, who for several yeara has been providing Pasteurized milk for the poor of New York City In the summer months, announces tbat next year be win bavo In operation a new and larger labora tory, the demands on his unique charity having vastly Increaaed. The milk la given free to all who on examination' are found unable to pay, a nominal charge being made to othera. Dr. J. Corwin Mabey, who was delegated by the health department to Investigate the results from the use of Pas teurized milk snd milk foods, said that be believed the low death rate among child ren under 5 years of age lu the borough of Manhattan la directly attributable to the distribution .of Pasteurized milk from the stations maintained by Mr. Strauss. An original philanthropist dropped a $10 gold piece in Hester street, with a strip of white paper wrapped about it. Upon tha paper was a auggeatlon that if tba finder had anything to cook and needed coal, he could go and buy it. "If you need not coal or gold," he added, "I conjure you to con vey this gold to soma colnlesa snd coalless cuss to console, cheer snd comfort." Tho money was picked up by a small boy, whose parents purchased him a new pair of shoes aad put the remainder la ths sav ings haak. Bt, louls Glob-Pemocrat. to discover the close of the present month. Coal la a publics and private necessity. It Is essen tial to life and Ita lark for a single day might be murderous. - The coal operators. In order to pilo up huge profits, have al lowed the season to drift by without action. They have not' viewed the altuatton as in volving a public responsibility or calamity. They have merely looked forward to mark ing up the price of all fuel to any figure they choose to exact. It la not yet clear how the rights of tha public will be en forced, but their vigorous assertion Is now unavoidable. A conspiracy to fill the land with suffering for the sake of obtaining a fivefold or tenfold profit Is a terribly grave offense against society. Tho people must protect themselves and those In authority must guide their steps within the law. Nothing mors outrageous bas ever been seen In any form of public business than the cold-blooded Indifference with which the coal operators have planned and waited for the existing conditions. They knew what would happen and hoped that It would mean a vast store of gold for them, though entailing misery and want on millions. It the remedy applied should be a severs and permanent warning to the organized sharks the people of tha United States will be thankful in a high degree. RKPl'BMCAN STATE TICKET. Ponca Journal: The principal argument hurled against J. H. Mickey, republican candidate for governor, Is that be bas been successful In business. This is a crime that no true calamltylte can see go unrebuked. Lyons Sun: The entire life and environ ment of J. H. Mickey has been such as to place him In touch with the agricultural and laboring interests of the state. He Is a man of broad culture and marked execu tive ability. The tusionlsts with all their straining have not been able to bring out anything derogatory to bis character or In tegrity. Each day brings added assurance that the Hon. J. H. Mickey la the right man for governor of Nebraska. Geneva Signal: State Superintendent Fowler la by all odde the most able man who ever filled tbat position during all the history of the state. The newspapers of the state can do no better thing for the state than to give Mr. Fowler's candidacy help. Mr. Fowler is doing for the common schools of the s ate what Chancellor An drews is doing for the University of Ne braska perhaps more. He Is a successful worker and a man of tireless energy. Stanton Picket: Is temperance a crime? One would think so to read the rsntlngs of the fusion press against J. H. Mickey, republican candidate for governor. But such is not the case. Neither is it so re garded by a very large majority of tho voters of Nebraska at the present time. A sober, upright, conscientious man, who goes about doing what he believes to be right, pursuing a straightforward course without beat of drum or blast of trumpet. Is entitled only to the highest esteem, and will receive such from consistent, thinking people. Norfolk News: A great many fusion papers are finding tbat the worst thing they can oay against J. H. Mickey, the re publican candidate for governor, is tbat he does not drink. In the last campaign they were putting up just the contrary kind of argument aa to why Mr. Dietrich should not be supported, which Is to show that they are difficult to suit when it comes to republican candidates. Their work against, Mr. Mickey may count with a few who cannot' believe that a man" can be a gentleman and not punish booze, but there are many fuaionlsts who will support Mickey for no other reason than that his, sobriety is being used against him. Ainsworth Star-Journal: Before J. H Mickey received the republican nomination for governor he was considered by demo crats, popullBts and all breeds of politics aa one of the purest men in Nebraska, a philanthropist and business man of best repute. Since receiving the nomination all the mongrel curs of populist Journalism have discovered that be la simply awful; that he Is sober. Industrious, well off, a Methodist, a Christian, and tbat he Is not a member of any hum element, etc. Hence, he will not do for governor at all. Too bad. Had he been an everlasting politician and a disappointed one at that, a little (?) giant very little and a friend of bum politics, then, Indeed, might he have found grace In the eyes of the dying populistio what-is-lt. Kearney Hub: There is not a citizen of Nebraska who meets all the higher re sponsibilities of citizenship more fully than John II. Mickey, the plain man from Osce ola, who aspires to the governorship of Nebraska. His life has abounded in good deeds and honest endeavor. He la both a clean man and a good citizen. He Is not a trickster In politics and la not a trafficker for votea. He Is recommended solely by hla Integrity, his good business sense, snd those other characteristics which count for most in our Ideals of good citizenship. That the low personal attacks that bave been ' made on him will fall flat there Is not a doubt, and tbat be will bo elected is one of those reasonable certainties that can be contemplated with pleasure. David City Banner: One of the most ridiculous charges being made by the fu aionlsts against Mickey for governor la that he Is a temperance man. The editor of this paper has Interviewed Mr. Mickey on tho temperance question and other ques tions of Interest to various factions la the state and. we believe him to be a man of A little red, a little white, delicately blended. That's one way. Here's a better : .Take Ayer's Sarsaparilla. It makes, the blood pure and rich. You know the rest : red cheeks, steady nerves, good digestion, restful sleep, power to endure. Keep the bowels regular with Ayer's Pills; this will greatly aid the Sarsaparilla. Two grand family medicines. Keep them on broad and liberal views on publlo questions, and tbat If he Is elected governor of Ne braska he will be a governor of alt tha people and all Interests, and will not rep resent sny ring, 'clique or Taction or sny factional Interests. On lbs question of temperance we wish to slate that no In dividual who is Intemperate ran procure a position with sny railroad rsmsMy, bank, ing Institution or other Incorporation, nei ther can he procure sny position of re sponsibility or trust with sny reliable business firm. Do our citizens want a less responsible man to govern the great stats of Nebraska than they would have to look after their Individual interests? Ws think not. H4KINO AGREEMENTS BISDIfrG. Calrao I aloa Seta a Rrw Pace ay laeorporatlna. Chicago News. That the Increasing power snd Influence of labor unions should be accompanied by a growing appreciation of the responsibil ity which the possession of such power entails seems a logical snd natural de velopment. The enormous strides which have been taken by union labor recently make It appear probable that Its leaders will recognize soon the expediency of sc ceptlng full responsibility ss a necessary consequence of labor's honorable statu in the industrial world. Carroll D. Wright, United States com missioner of labor. In accounting for the peremptory refusal of the anthracite ulna operators to come to a settlement with their striking miners ascribes their sctlon to an alleged belief that such a settlement would lack binding force. . The operators, he says, argue that just as there were strikes in 1W0 snd 1902, when political pressure could be expected to force a set. tlemant, there would be a strike again In 1904, when a presidential election anight lead to political Intervention. This pies, of course, does not in sny way Justify the operators in their present refusal to listen to tho grievances urged by President Mitchell and the United Mine Workers in good faith and on the grounds of common humanity. However, the lack of a means of binding the men to their bargains glvea the operators an excuse for evading a set tlement. The Incorporation of a union must have the effect of making Its agree ments binding. But such Incorporation would also give It a stronger position and an additional argument with which to con fute ths employer who presumed to deny its right to demsnd the making of an quit able bargain. Ths action of the Wholesale . Grocers' Employes' union of this city In deciding to become incorporated is of timely Inter est ss pointing to sdvantages which labor may expect to gain In this way. ' Evidently tho members of thst union feel that it Is worth while to become Incorporated, slnoe by so doing tbey can effect a 'satisfactory agreement which shall be binding on both sides. There sre numerous strong and honorable labor unions which now live up to their agreements carefully and faith fully. Such unions have everything to gain and nothing to lose by. taking ths one additional step of becoming Incorpo rated and therefore responsible In Isw si well as In fact. RRIGHT ADD BREEZY. Washington Star: "Did you ssy that my face would stop a clock?" "Mot .vactlv; I Inlltnataut that It Would tempt Father "Time himself o pause In ad miration." Chicago Tribune: Mrs. ChugwaJer (over the morning paperVi-Here'B the worst piece of news yet. The crop of Thanksgiving turkeys will be almost a total failure, this fMr! Chugwater I don't see anything bad about that. There would be no coal to cook 'cm with, anyhow. Brooklyn Life: ''"ThinVor' the opportuni ties that girl has had presentation , at court, European travel, a long residence In London and a wide acqualntancu with the nobility." "And all for nothing. ' "Yes. Poor thing! She Is to marry an American, after all." Philadelphia Press: "Better make this trade on my terms, 8L" the first farmer urged. "It's a bargain. "No, slree," replied the other. "I wsnt somethln' to boot." .... "Waal, b' gosh, you'll have somethln to boot ef ye don't make the trade. Ye'll want ter kick yerself." Cleveland Plain Dealer: "And when you marrv," she softly said, "I hope you'll re member to invite me to the ceremony." He looked thoughtful. "It will be awfully crowded, no doubt," he said, "but 1 think I can ring you In somehow." . . And a moment or two later she declared the ring was an astonishingly good fit. THE SONU OK LABOR. W. D. Neablt In Baltimore American. You have sung of the sea and tho fountain; Of love and of envy and hate; You have babbled of brook and of moun tain. Of sorrow and hunger snd fate: You have sung us the song of th caber, And chanted of hunt and of hall. Come, sing us the glory of liibor Of labor the muslor of all! ' A ballad of muscle and sinew: v A measure of muscle and might Twill call for the best there Is In you. And ring through the day and the night A song of the rails and the furnace A song that will clang In Its strength, And steadily hold us and turn us To gaclng at labor, at length, - A chant of the field and the stubble. With meter to scythe swinging sot;, -A sonnet built up from the rubble. And gleaming with Jewels of sweat; A murmur of forge and of bellows; A lyric of compass and tools. To bring us in touch with our fellows And show to us labor, that rules. Ho. cease from the pipe and the tabor, You dullvlng singers of sung. And ti '-n to the telling of labor. In ringing and strong. The sons; that you aing will not perish,. But live In the ages to come; . . Its lilting forever we'll cherish, ., Bo, aing it! For why are you dumb? hand. j. a atxb co xxnrau.
