THE OMAHA DAILY HEE: MONDAY, OCTOHER 13, 1002.
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saya that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally, Morning,
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t 80,740
S 80,650
30,310
t 81.BTO
80,420
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13 81JWO
14 2t,09O
U 81,050
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23 ....... ,80
24 85M40
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2S..............80.TT0
27.... 80,950
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29 80,800
8) .81,100
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Advance ps on the condition of the
turkey crop will soon be In order.
The South Omaha school board graft
erg are altogether too coarse In their
work. r
Nebraska Is not ambitious to compete
with Mtesocr! ea a train robb stamp
tag ground.
With the spellbinders abroad in the
land Nebraska farmers' will do well to
; watch out for prairie fires.
With seven millions and a half of
bank clearings, Omaha makes a very
respectable ) showing In the clearing
house record for the past week.
Ex-Governor Boies, having discovered
that democratic tariff tinkering is the
sole cure for trust evils, seems to have
dropped the matter right there.
Senator dark has plans for a 3,000
(XX) residence in Washington, notwith
standing the fact that be Is In the midst
of another political campaign In Mon-
tana. ,
Oom Paul. Kruger. no w threatens to
publish a book.1 But as long as be keeps
off the lecture platform we will try to
bear with . him patiently and syrup
thetieally. "
The club Women failed to show up at
the republican school board primaries,
Are they beginning to realize bow they
were used as catspawa at the last school
board election?
Governor vCumm!ns has now' Inter
preted his Interpretation of "the Iowa
Idea" of the tariff, and It appears to be
simply the Idea of the national plat
forma of 1806 and 1000.
Edgar Howard projects Congressman
lloblnson of the Third Nebraska district
as a candidate for speaker In the event
the house should go democratic. Edgar
Howard la a great Joker.
The coal barons declare that all the
talk about a coal famine is mere bosh.
They Insist, that in all their lives It
never was warmer In their housesand
ornces than It Is tbk season.
The full force of the national guard
of Pennsylvania is now encamped
the anthracite coal region, and it la time
for the mine operators to "make good
their pronilne to supply the demand for
bard coaL
Candidates for the legislature should
not be backward in coming forward with
positive declarations and pledges on local
Usuea that vitally concern the taxpayers
of Omaha and Douglas county and citl-
yns generally.
i'hiiaaeiphia people .. have taken to
burning bricks soaked in coal oil. The
dangerous feature of this substitute for
anthracite la not the- liability to explo
sion, but the temptation .to throw the
brick after the oil is burned out
Hastings' street- fair, which haa Just
closed, is reported to have been a very
warm affair. If It was, any hotter than
the street fair which closed in Omaha
a week ago the temperature must have
been J!0 degrees above Fahrenheit
ioe usual auneuity . is being en
countered to secure competent men to
serve as Judges and clerks ot election,
With incompetent election officers the
same risk is run of overturning the real
will of the people as with outright
crooks in the election booths. When w
get to the voting machine stage, incom
petency of Judgea and clerks will not
cut so much figure.
ARRAIOytD AS LAW BRKAKERS.
Hon. Richard Olnev, attorney general
and secretary of state In the second
Cleveland administration, Is one of the
eminent lawyers of the country. He Is
runn whose opinions and Judgment, es-
peclnlly as to lepal questions, ore en
titled to grent consideration, and his
hnldt Is to express Ills views fearlessly
and explicitly. Mr. Olney's arraignment
f the anthracite coal operators as "tne
most unblushing and persistent of law
breakers" Is by far the strongest that
as been made and cannot fall to make
decided Impression upon the public
mind.
He asserted that for years these coal
operators have defied the organic law
of Pennsylvania, which forbids common
carriers engaging in the business of min
ing. We have heretofore referred to
this provision of the state constitution,
the terms of which1 are clear and ex
plicit He further declared that.tne
coal-carrying railroads have for years
Mated the interstate commerce law by
discriminating against customers In
freight charges, and that they have also
violated the Sherman anti-trust Jaw by
unlawfully monopolising interstate com
merce. .
These declarations from so distin
guished a lawyer, publicly made after
careful consideration, must command at
tention. It is the understanding that the
legal advisers of President Roosevelt
have thoroughly discussed the Question
of the amenability of the coal-carrying
railroads to the federal statutes and de
cided that these laws are not applicable
to the ' situation, but the opinion ex
pressed by Mr. Olney suggests whether
it is not desirable that the authorities
at Washington give the question fur
ther consideration. That there Is a com
bination between the coal-carrying rail
roads in Pennsylvania is unquestion
able. Can there be a reasonable doubt
that they are now violating the anti
trust law by monopolizing interstate
commerce, as Mr. Olney charges they
have been doing for years? There is un
deniably a monopoly of anthracite coal,
maintained by an agreement or combi
nation of Lair a dozen railroads. ' It
would seem that It Is Just such a mo
nopolistic conspiracy as this that the
Sherman law was intended to apply to,
for if not it can give but little protec
tion to tho public against monopoly.
President Roosevelt it is reported, is
still taking a deep Interest in this mat
ter and endeavoring o find a way for
taking federal action. It appears ut
terly Idle to talk further of arbitration,
because the coal operators are firmly
determined not to accept that method of
settlement. There is no reason to hope
for any action on the part of the au
thorities of Pennsylvania looking to en
forcement of the law which the railroad
coal operators are, violating.. What
Governor Odell of Mew York has In view
is yet to-be disclosed. Meanwhile It
cannot be admitted that this auuiruclio
coal combine) la beyond the reach of law
and that the American people must
tamely submit to the most arbitrary, au
dacious and dangerous, monopoly this
0M4BA'H KVBSTAtiTiAL.eROUBMBS.
There never was a time In the history
of Omaha when our commercial and In
dustrial affairs were on such a sound
and substantial basis as they are today
The volume of business transacted by
our Jobbing houses was never so large,
our mills and factories were never more
busy and our retail trade. was never
more prosperous.
While the wild speculation that char
acterized the real estate boom of fifteen
years ago has not been revived and real
estate prices are not restored to the
boom day figures, there is a healthy de
mand for realty not only for improve
ment but also for permanent Invest
ment
The building record for this season
registers substantial growth and devel
opment in the construction of buildings
of all classes, but the striking proof of
Omaha's progress Is In the fact that Its
office buildings have more tenants than
at any previous period, its store build
ings are practically all occupied and the
demand for dwellings exceeds by far the
supply of rentable houses.
These proofs and evidences of pros
perity foreshadow the advent of an nu
precedented era of expansion in every
branch of commerce and Industry ant, a
marked increase of population in the
very near future as a result of the ex
tension of Ita manufacturing and dis
tributing facilities and the enlargement
of Its traffic territory.
MSTUHBtD ABOUT CCBA.
Washington advices state that the ad
ministration is growing restless over a
seeming disposition on the part of the
Cuban government to evade the obliga
tions It assumed by the incorporation of
the Piatt amendment Into the constitu
tion of the new republic. There appears
to be more or less prevalent in the is
land a feeling that because the United
States did not give Cuba the reciprocity
she desired the Cuban government
should grant no favors to this country,
It I said that the idea that Cuba is
showing ingratitude and suspicion
toward the United States is prevalent
in administration circles, and it is be
lieved by the president's advisers that a
vigorous protest against the republic's
failure to redeem its solemn pledges
should be made unless there is a change
for the better.-
The Cuban authorities are represented
as manifesting indifference In regard to
a general treaty, understood to have
been negotiated on the lines of the ob
ligations imposed on Cuba by the Piatt
amendment A recent dispatch from
Havana stated that j;o far as the pro
visions of this convention had been
made known its commercial features
are satisfactory, but there is strong ob
jection to carrying out the condition as
to coaling stations. A member of the
Cuban house of representatives de-
ciarea mat ne represented g group
sworn never to accept the Piatt amend
ment while another member expressed
the belief the revision of the amendment
could be brought about In the course of
time by means of a mutual understand-
ng between the United States and Cuba,
but never by force.
No one ought to be greatly surprised
that there Is opposition In Cuba to the
Flatt amendment, or at any rate to some
features of It. There was opposition to
ncorporatlng it In the constitution, but
the pressure was too great to be re
sisted, and besides a majority of Cu
bans realized that unless the amendment
was accepted there would probably be
no Cuban republic. Now that an Inde
pendent government is established and
recognized many Cubans feel that the
riatt amendment place their country
In a humiliating position. This was
foreseen, and It Is very probable that
opposition to the amendment will con
tinue to grow and may become a source
of friction between the two govern
ments. We are by no means through with
perplexlug questions regarding future
relations with Cuba, In the determina
tion of which little" need be expected
from Cuban gratitude.
arrooaxci: of MoyopoLT.
The assumption of the Pennsylvania
coal barons that the supply of anthra
cite In this country Is private property,
In which nothing but the selfish interest
of the monopoly . itself Is to be consid
ered, is simply preposterous. " That it Is
practically. a monopoly no one doubts
or denies. That It excludes considera
tion of all other Interests than its own
Is now a matter of record and common
notoriety.
No new or revolutionary procedure Is
required for governmental treatment of
this Intolerable situation nothing but
the application of a principle as old as
the history of civilization, and especially
of the people of the north of Europe,
whose Institutions and laws we largely
inherit v That principle was - clearly
stated by Chief Justice Hale more than
two centuries ago, when he said: "When
private property Is affected with a pub
lic interest, it ceases to be the subject
of private rights." Private rights must
then yield to public rights. This Is the
settled rule of the common law, adju
dicated In ten thousand cases and . em
bodied in various forms in constitutions
and statutory enactments.
If under existing conditions the sup
ply of anthracite in the United States is
not "affected with a public interest,"
then nothing can be. Practically It is a
necessity for many indispensable pur
poses, in extensive districts ana espe
cially In the larce cities it is the fuel re
source for household heating, while the
plants of innumerable large establish
ments, lighting, water, schools, manu
facturing, etc., are exclusively adjusted
to it . For some of these anthracite is in
dispensable while others could be
adapted to other fuel only at enormous
expense and after a long period of time.
So fixed are these conditions tht when
the confederated transportation and op
erating corporations monopolized the an
thracite supply they thereby took upon
themselves the implied obligation to the
public to maintain the supply, and pre
cisely at that point their Interest as pri
vate owners became "affected with a
public Interest"
So long as the hard coal supply was
In any measure left to competition
among private owners and operators,
and the laws of production were left to
their natural courses, there was no dis
position to Interfere with them. Even
after they had combined years ago, and
after they had passed under the domi
nation of the railroad corporations, the
public was reluctant to use it Indubit
able right to protect its interests, even
though it was often subjected to. out
rageous extortions. But it is different
now that -anthracite monopoly, through
quarrels with the miners, permit the
supply to be substantially denied to the
public. It la an Intolerable situation, as
President Roosevelt . characterized It
and the time has come when in the to
tal default of the monopoly for the
American people to apply the remedy,
The west half of the Union Pacific
bridge is worth at least half a million
dollars, but it was returned for assess
ment for $1,560. This Iniquity will be
repeated for years to come unless the
coming legislature repeals the provision
of the city charter that authorizes the
assessment of the bridge as part of the
main line at a mileage rate, which was
fixed by the state board this year at
$9,800 per mile, ti though as a matter
of fact the Union Pacific railroad is
capitalized for and pays interest on
$130,000 a mile, and in spite of the fact
that special tolls are charged over the
bridge that enables the company to col
lect $1,000 a day for every day In the
year In freight and passenger tolls and
fixed rentals to other railroads that
terminate at Council Bluffs and Omaha.
Manifestly it is of vital concern to every
citizen of Omaha that the Union Pacific
bridge should be taxed In proportion to
its value as an income-producing prop
erty, or at any rate in proportion to its
market value, which also is the stand
ard of taxation for all other classes of
property.
Mayor Low of Greater New York has
put himself on record in favor of the
assessment of property for taxation pur
poses at its true value as the only way
to put an end to the flagrant abuses of
undervaluation and evasion. He points
out that the principal hardship connected
with taxation In any form comes from
inequality, and that there would be little
cause for complaint it there were rea
sonable uniformity in the work of us
sessment The question of tax reform Is
not local, but a burning issue in nearly
every Important city and state In the
union. What we are fighting for here
in Omaha must be fought for also by all
our progressive cities.
In the announcement that the Union
Pacific, or, to be more exact, the Oregon
Short Line, Is planning to add ex ten
sive ocean carrying facilities to connect
with ita Pacific coast terminals and pro
vide for Oriental trafflo is doubtless to
be found the true explanation of Mr,
Harriman's cross continent trip 'and
long sojourn on the coast early Inst
spring. The time spent in the west by
Mr. Uarriman must have been devoted
to a close Investigation Into the ques
tion of a steamship annex to tho Union
Pacific that would place It on more
equal footing with the Great Northern
and Northern Taclflc with respect to
the over-sea business. Six weeks of
Mr. Harriman's time put in outside of
Wall street would have to be produc
tive of Important enterprises.'
1 3
The Retail Grocefs' association has de
clared In favor of the early completion
of the auditorium building and pledged
Itself to extend to the enterprise sub
stantial support. If the- wholesale
grocers, the wholesale dry goods men,
the wholesale boot and shoe men snd
all other dealers In merchandise and
money will fall Into line the new
Board of Directors will have no difficulty
in completing the structure before Ak-Sar-Ben
IX knocks at the gates of
Omaha. "A long ' pull, a strong pull
and a pull all together," as they say at
sea, will win out
That persistence Is one of the marked
characteristics of President Roosevelt Is
shown by his refusal to discontinue his
efforts to bring about an amicable ad
justment of the differences between the
coal operators and striking miners, not
withstanding the rebuff encountered at
the first White House conference which
would have discouraged a less deter
mined man.. The president believes that
where there's a will there's a way, and
intends to find the way If it can be
found. '
The republican city committee has
been reorganized on the Mercer-Broatch
model. The . new committeemen care
fully selected from the faction that
bolted the republican legislative ticket
when there were two United States
senators to be elected waa named In a
body by resolution regardless of com
mon usage or common decency. An
army commanded by deserters, like a
ship manned by mutineers, is liable to
meet With disaster.
The government bulletin under date
Of October 1 fixes the condition of Ne
braska corn at 86, as against a rating
of 35 for tbe same period a, year ago
and an average of 64 for ten years past
Iowa's rating at 87 is decidedly better
than a year ago, when It was only 21,
and better also than its average for ten
years, which Is 62. The corn belt
farmer ought to be in clover when he
markets his this year's crop.
Having assimilated the Omaha police
department through tbe Mercer-Baldwin
police board bargain, the Union Pacific
baa now annexed the police force of
North Platte. The road, however, still
thoughtfully allows the various cities
along , the road to pay the salaries of
the policemen while it beats them out
of tbe taxes that should by rights be
paid on the railroad property.
The transcontinental railroads have
won another bloodless victory. The
next reunion of the Grand Army of the
Republic Is to be held in San Francisco.
Hoet, Moat
Boston Globe.
Carnegie yesterday began to receive the
freedom of five cities In Scotland. Tbe
freedom of one city In this country is about
all tbe ordinary Individual can stand, eipe
dally it he isn't wed te It
Heroea and Royalty Hobaeh. .
Chicago Tribune.
Generals Corbln, Young, and Wood are to
lunch with King Edward at Buckingham
pal ocs on Monday aext. As Edward la a
plain man himself, be will appreciate the
courtesy of our officers in appearing In their
plain olive mix uniforms.
Lsiih oa Massachaaetts.
Boston Transcript
la honoring tbe victims of the wlUbxraft
craxe. In tbe latter part of the seventeenth
century, we seem to be borrowing a sug
gestion from the 'members ef a western
mob, who, discovering that they had banged
tho wrong man, called on tha wlJow and
acknowledged that, the laugh was on tbera,
Radicals psat la Vala. . '
LoulsvUle Courier-Journal.
This country Is - not ' going into either
despotism on -the one' hand' or socialism
and communism oa tbe other because some
Pennsylvania operators and miners can't
or won't agree on the terms on which they
will mine coal. Let tbe extremists on both
sides make a not of that while they wrap
their heads in wet towels.
Win the Bills Dome la.
. Indianapolis News.
Pennsylvania must enjoy paying the bills
for keeping several thousand militia In the
coal district for months. Tbe coal roads
are known to be guilty of violating the
constitution and the Jaw; and nothing Is
done to bring them to justice. Whereas,
It they had been forced to obey the law,
preaent conditions eould never have arisen.
New Collcc Classes.
PhlladelDhia Presa,
Information coming from nearly every
college and university la the country is to
tbe effect that the classes entering this year
are largtir than ever before. Definite num
bers are not mentioned, as it la too early to
tell what tbe exact U of the freshmen
olaasea will be, but enough is known to
make sure that all previous records In this
respect will be surpassed.
Gates Veaches for Moraaa.
. Kansas City Star. .
Coming from John W. Gates, the Chicago
multimillionaire. tb,s testimony that J. Pier
pont Morgan la one of the kindest-hearted
men In tbe world, that be cares nothing rot
money excepting for the power It gives him
and that whenever he forms a syndicate be
gives Ss per cent of the profits to bis friends
Is entitled to absolute credence, for every
body knows that Gates has no use for any
body wbo is not a real gentleman and a
philanthropist.
Tho Hlllealasa a lat.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
We violate no confidence when we rise to
remark that there won't be a tidal wave of
protests against the suggestion that there
shall be no more tips for Pullman porters
nor for bell boys, nor waiters, nor barbers,
nor bootblacks, nor all the rest who come
within tbe tip range now. The average
American Is generous to a fault He wishes
at least alt Americans well. And soma
others, too. But as that eloquent Irish
Englishman. Edmund Burke, once observed
there Is a limit at which (orbearaace ceaies
A Rank
The Independent bas
meated upon the fact that la the cities ef
Omaha, South Omaha and Lincoln the rail
roads pay but a mcrs bagatelle In the way
of city taxes. No matter what was the
motive of those wbo wished to separate
the taxing jurisdiction, the discrimination
la favor of the railroads Is so rank that It
smells to bsaven. Primarily, there is so
doubt that the new charters for these cities
were prompted by the desire of tbe tax
payers therein to escape paying state and
county taxes upon tbe Increased valuations
which were Inevitable It tbe cities were to
raise sufficient municipal taxes upon the
same valuations as those made by tbe
precinct assessors for state and county
purposes. Omaha property could be as
sessed for county purposes at one-seventh
of ita true value, and at 40 per cent for
city purposes, by having two taxing Juris
dictions. So the charters were enacted.
But the- railroad lobby saw an oppor
tunity, of gaining a great advantage in the
separation Into two taxing Jursdlctlons. It
was certain that if the city valuations
were raised to 40 or 80 or 100 per cent of
true value, tbe city levy would be reduced
TtEPl BLICAV ST 1TE TICKET.
Hastings Tribune! It Is the consensus of
public opinion that J. H. Mickey will be the
next governor ot Nebraska. That is the
political trend at present.
Rushvllle Recorder: Mickey's greatest
crime seems to be he does not' get drunk.
We can remember the time when a candi
date for governor was defeated simply c be
cause he did drink; but you can never be
sure ot how an election may turn out.
Loup City Northwestern: The young men
of Sherman county are, in many Instances,
rallying to the support of the republican
ticket. Tbe progressive youUg men are the
ones to carry the grand old party to suc
cess. There will be quite a number of young
men who will cast tbelr first vote this fall
snd It is not surprising to And the majority
of them in the republican column.
Beatrice Express: People are urged, to
support Thompson for governor because he
is a little giant and a good 'fellow. No
body has offered sny statistics, calculated
to show that he la specially qualified to
distinguish himself In the office he seeks.
While admitting that he Is a good fellow
and a little, giant a very Httle one It is
still obvious that he Is not In the same
class with J. H. Mickey, the' republican
candidate. ' '
Beatrice ' Express: The liquor dealers
wbo have vociferously announced their hos
tility to J. H. Mickey because tbe latter bas
been represented as a prohibitionist In senti
ment by the opposition, are not causing
much alarm In the republican camp. No
effort will be made to coothe tbelr savage
breasts, and if they are determined to do
their worst they may go ahead and do It.
Their avowed hostility will probably result
in increasing the republican majority next
month.
Holdrege Citizen: It is now given out
that Mickey must be defeated because he
Is not in sympathy with tbe liquor Inter
ests, In this state. It has coma to a pretty
pass when an . honorable man who haa
spent the best years of his lite for tbe
UituulIUlsg of tho state must be turned
down because he lives a life et sotrlety
and teaches other people to do so. The
people of tbe county ewe It to themselves
to sea. that a large majority la rolled up
for J. H. Mickey for governor.
David City Banner: The fusion press of
the state Is' endeavoring to make a fight
on the republican candidate tor governor.
John H. Mickey, because be is temperate
and does not drink Intoxicating liquors.
This should be a commendable habit for
a governor, as the fnsionlats themselves
would reject a drunkard. This argument
taken negatively would reflect on tho
fusion candidate for governor as an unde
sirable man for the high state executive
position on account' of his debauched
habits. A man can be temperate and not
necessarily be a prohibition fanatic.
Madison Chronicle: The men elected in
Nebraska this tall are to run the business
of the stats for two years. State Institu
tions are to be managed, trust funds cared
for, law and order preserved and the will
of the people carried out in hundreds of
undertakings. When such Interests are at
stake It is not a question ot a man's par
ticular religious faith. It Is a question
of Integrity, ability and experience. All
of these essential qualities Mr. Mickey,
the republican candidate for governor, pos
sesses In a marked degree. A fairly pros
perous cltlsen, his accumulations have not
come through some special favor, but are
the result of Industry and good manage
ment oa the farm. In the raising of stock
and In business enterprises in his home
town. In all these undertakings be bas
manifested those traits ot character which
are building up Nebraska to a commanding
prominence. ,
Butte Gasette: The fusion press went
wild over the "interviews with prominent
men In Mickey's home town" a few weeks
ago, but now they are keeping very quiet.
It appears that the men "Interviewed"
are a lot ot deadbeats who had borrowed
money of Candidate Mickey and had never
paid him back. One fellow tried to "touch"
the candidate for governor for a loan the
day be was nominated, and because Mickey
did not respond the fellow rushes into
print to say that Mickey is an unsafe man
for governor, when this very action in
refuaing to be held up at a moment wbea
lots of men would have went against their
judgment and loaned irresponsible men
money goes to show that Mickey Is level
beaded at all times. Another high-minded
patriot of Osceola Is having night sweats
for fear Mickey will be elected. The trou
ble with the perspiring cltlsen is that he
owes Mickey some $600, that is outlawed,
and with tbe dislike that men of bis ilk
have for men wbo have shown them favors
he does not wsnt Mickey elected.
Kearney Hub: An Important meeting ot
the republican state central committee was
held on Tuesday to consider the attitude ot
the Nebraska retail liquor dealers toward
J. H. Mickey, the republican candidate for
governor. For some time It haa been sus
pected that the liquor dealers' organization
In the state was. secretly working against
Mr. Mickey, and finally this belief haa b
come certain knowledge. It is said that
the committee canvassed the situation very
thoroughly and ovary committeeman had
knowledge of tbe work that was being done
by tbe liquor dealers on this line. The com
mittee finally concluded to do ths only
right and proper thing, and that was to
give the liquor dealers all tbe rope they
wanted. It appears that Mr. Mickey's hab
its, personal sobriety and Christian living
are not alone the grounds ot opposition. He
was In the Nebraska legislature In the ses
slon of 1881 snd introduced a prohibition
measure in the bouse. That was defeated
and he afterward gave his support to tbe
Blocumb license law, under which the llquqr
dealers of tbe atats are now doing business.
tiettlng on the inside among the fuslonists
there la evidence that they are becoming
alarmed st tbe exposure of the liquor deal
era' scheme. It was a good thing as long as
it could b kept quiet, but now that the
facts are leaking out ty aro afraid of
ths boomerang.
Injustice
Nebraska Independent.
heretofore com- very much. And the lobby politely threat
ened to kill the bills unless It were pro
vided that the city assessor must accept
the valuations placed upon railroad prop
erty by the State Board of Equalisation.
This simply meant that railroad prop
erty would be taxed for city purposes on
ths old-time valuation of about t per cent
of true value, while other taxpayers would
pay on a valuation of 40 per rent in Omaha
and 80 to 100 per cent in Lincoln. The
rate of levy Vould be lowered, of course,
and the railroads would be the direct bene
ficiaries. Up In Omaha the total city taxes
for 1!)02 will amount to about 11,100,000, and
the railroads will pay about $27,000 of this
amount. In Lincoln the railroad taxes are
so Insignificant that, notwithstanding thrtr
valuable property, many business men pay
more city taxes than one or two of the
railroads, and some business houses pay
more than all the roads combined.
Taxpayers In these cities should see to
It that the men they elect to the legis
lature make some positive, public declara
tion on this question. It is not enough to
know that your candidate Is a good fellow.
The question Is: Can the railroads control
his vote and perpetuate this Injustice?
BITS OP WASHISGTO I.IFK.
Mlaor Scenes and Ineldenti Sketched
oa the Spot.
President Roosevelt's Independence and
sincerity is Illustrated by an incident re
lated by a correspondent of the Chicago
Journal, which took placo while he was
preparing his speeches for the abandoned
western trip. He received a call from a
prominent politician, who came to offer a
little advice. The politician waa one ot
the "gum-shoe" school, believing In step
ping cautiously, and speaking with dis
cretion rather than truth. Mr. Politician
took the president Into a corner and un
folded a map ot bis proposed trip and be
gan checking off the various places where
speeches were due.
"Now," he said, "you want to be a little
careful at this point not to mention trtwu.
Thst is the home of some of our staunchest
and most respected supporters; better give
them something there on the imperialistic
Issue or a Httle patriotic guff about pros
perity. The next place tbe politician suggested
that the tariff might be touched, as the in
terests wers rural and no barm would be
done; and so he went through the list with
his suggestions for trimming snd hedging.
With difficulty the president restrained
himself until the gum-shoe gentleman had
departed. Then, It Is said, that he called
Mr. Cortelyou to htm and began to explode
politely. Then he bad him bring the man
uscript of bis speeches and at every point
where the politician bad advised caution
the president inserted an extra dose ot to
baaco sauce. "That's what the people
there are Intcreated in," said he. "And
that's what je are going to talk about."
And he made it hot.
The Washington correspondent of the In
dianapolU News says that there are men
In the senate who might have been red
headed In their day, but that day has long
passed.
The nearest approach to red in hirsute
adornment Is the Tuscan tbateh of tbe im
passioned Carsick of Tennessee. His fesir
would have been red if it had waited, for
his moustache borrows the glint of sunset,
and in the hsat of debate ia actually red.
Another head ot hair that verges on tho
poetical Is that of McLaurln of South Caro
lina, Tillman's Implacable foe. -McLaurin's
hair is wavy, with strands that hint of a
summer dawn. It is tempestuous in sctlon,
bu no one has ever seen It rise on end
not even when Tillman performed bis justly
celebrated leap. ,
When Secretary Shaw appeared at ths
Fifth Avenue hotel in New York tbe other
day in the midst of tho money crisis he
was met by a score or more of financiers,
who ssked him point-blank what he was
going to do. One of the questions was:
"Are you going to buy bonds in tbe open
market?" "Now that reminds me," re
plied the secretary "and you know we
always have an Iowa story to Illustrate-
that reminds me. of a fellow out In our
town who is going to put up a $750,000
building. He bad a dozen or more sites
on which It could be erected, and every
body was curious to know where It was
going up. On sfter another of his neigh
bors and friends approached him with the
question. Finally he said to one of them:
'Now when anybody cornea to you to ask
you where I am going to put that $750,000
building you tell them you have seen me,
and then - you tell than that you don't
know.' " And the financiers slowly walked
out of 'ths Fifth Avenue and looked wist
fully iWall.- street-way-
George T. Baer, president of tho Reading
railroad, who was, fjerhaps, tbe most bel
ligerent ot the coal proprietors st ths con
ference with -President Roosevelt, has s
war record of which be Is somewhat proud.
During Sidlacussion as to fighting qualities.
which took place 4a the special train of
tbs anthracite presidents ss It stood on the
track In ths Baltimore ft Ohio railroad
station, Mr. Baer took occasion to Impress
his staying qualities in a fight by remark
ing that be was the youngest captain and
later the youngest major in the Army of
ths Potomac during the civil war. Presi
dent Baer was commissioned a captain a
tew days before his 20th birthday, and
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major, he was the youngest man In th
army to reach that rank.
Mr. Bner is now the youngest appearing
of tbe "Mg six" anthracite owners win
responded to the invitation of Tresldenl
Roosevelt. He Is just as active physical!)
an his appearance denotes In years. Il
rises at o'clock-every morning, and everj
day he wslks many miles. It was his de
sire to wslk to tbe White House at tbe 11
o'clock conference, but he wss overruled
ty the othfr members of ths party, vbf
Insisted on rsrrlsges.
According to a ruling of the Interior depart
ment, rendered with all ths solemn dignit?
befitting the problem, the fact is proclaimed
that corns do not constitute a pensionable
affliction. The question came up on a claim
appealed from Ihe pension bureau. "Ths
decision," says the Washington Post, "is
not phrased In gems of word painting thai
soar into the Parnassian heights of fervid
English, nor does it delve Into the' patboloz?
ot corns, but it is a brief, plain, official
treatise on a relation between corns snd
the t'ntted States government snd an In
dex to what Is the next best thing to a
ponxlon in the way of salve for the vic
tim. "The Issue was raised by a New Tork
man who served his country ia ths Span-
i lh-Araerlcan war
He acquired several
disabilities, including several full-fledged
corns. He was allowed a rating on tho
other disabilities, but his claim on ac
count of the corns Iras rejected after duo
i deliberation by both the. pension bureau
and ths members of the board of pension
appeals who writs opinions for tbe Interior
department for such cases.
"The New York claimant swore that be
had 'callouses on both feet.' Assistant
Secretary Campbell, in his decision, which
will serve for years to come as ths first
and only standard official authority oa the
weighty subject, says:
" 'The callouses complained appear la
be inflamed corns, at the base of each
great toe, planter surfsce, each being the
size of a silver half dime. This ia not a
pensionable disability. -Corns are incon
venient, but are seldom incapacitating,
and when they are tho remedy is simple
and within the easy reach of sny one.
Congress never Intended to grant a man
a pension on so trivial an ailment that
can easily be removed. A soldier's patri
otism ought not to terminate with his mil
itary service. It should prompt him to go
to a chiropodist rather than to the pen
slou bureau. It his alleged disability H
Caused by corns, they can be cured. A
simple operation, not a pension, is what
tbe-claimant needs for his corns. Tkey
cannot be regarded as constituting a pen
sionable disability, and the action appealed
from Is affirmed.' "
SAID IN FIN.
Chicago Tribune: "I notice," remarked
the doctor, "you chew your victuals a long
time."
"Yes," said the professor, "I grind slowly,
but I grind exceedingly small."
Chicago Post: "How rich Is he?"
"Well, he's a good deal richer than he
would be If he gave proper consideration to
the existence of a conscience fund."
Indianapolis News: "fine's not as pensive
as she was before you married her.
"No; she's enr!iv now
Washington Star: "I suppose you regard
Kve as to blame for tempting Adam to eat
the apple?"
"Not at all," answered Miss Cayenne.
"Kve waa too generous to want the apple
all for herself, and Adam was not gentle
man enough to let her have It." -
Brooklyn Eaale: "Of coutse. you're seek
ing fame," they said to the literary man.
"Yes." he replied, with unxpected wis
dom, but only as an entree.. I'm wise
enough to knew that there's not a full meal
in it. altrtuugh It Is palatable
as a slils
awn. . ...
Philadelphia Press : "Mary' said the
corner grocer, "we'll have to get soothes
pint measure."
"What'a the matter with the one we've
got?" demanded his wife.
"We're using that one to measure mo
lasses and coal, and the people are begin
ning to kick."
Philadelphia Inquirer: "I am at a loss
for the proper word." wails the novelist.
I "To express what?" '
"To indicate th splendor of the heiress'
eyes to express their richness."
"Why not say "coal blat-k' eyes the word
'coal' will express costliness personified."
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Oliver Wendell Holmes.
What flower Is this that greets the morn,
Its hues from heaven so freshly born?
With burning star and flaming band
It kindles all the sunset land:
Oh, tell us what Its name may be
Is this the flower of liberty?
It is the banner of the free.
The starry Flower ot Liberty!
Tn savage Nature's far abode -
Its tender seed our father's sowed;
The storm winds rocked Its swelling bud.
Its opening leaves are streaked with blood.
Till, lo! earth's tyrants shook to ses
Tho full blown Flower of Liberty!
Then hall the banner of the free,
x The starry Flower of Liberty!
Behold Its streaming rays unite,
One mingled flood of braided light
Trie red that fires the southern rose,
With spotless Mfhlte from northern snows.
And, spangld o'er wllh asure, sea
The sister stars of Liberty.
Then hall the banner of the free,
The starry Flower of liberty!
The blades of heroes fence It round;
Wber'er It springs Is holy ground;
From tower and dome Its glories spread:
It waves where lonely sentries tread,
It makes the land aa ocean fre,
And plants an empire on the seal
Then hail the banner of the free,
The starry Flower ef Liberty!
Thy sacred leaves, fair Freedom's flower
Shall ever float on dome and tower,
To all their heavenly colors true.
In blackening frost or crimson dew
And Uod love us aa we love thee.
Thrice holy Flower of Liberty:
Then hall the banner of the free,
The starry Flower of Liberty!
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