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State of Nebraska, Douglas County, St.:
Ui-orge B. Tsschuck, secretary of Tha Baa
Publishing company, being duly sworn, lays
that the actual number of full and, com
plete copies of The Dally. Morning, Even
ing and Sunday Bee Drlnted during tha
month of December, 1904, was as follows:
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2 31, ISM
8 81,470
1 31,(Xk)
& 31,040
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7 3tM,600
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12 8,t70
13 80,B40
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.3o,ar,o
..8,M30
..80,870
..80,700
81 ao70
1( 80,910
Total
ICss unsold and returned copies
.Ba,e4S
. 10,181
Net total sales ,
Net average sales
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112. - L B. HUNUATE,
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Lincoln's birthday has the next call on
the national oratorical calendar.
At all events, we need not worry for
the present about an Ice famine next
summer. .
Ex-Governor Savage declares publicly
that he Is glad be Is again a private
citizen. Bo are the people of Nebraska.
Speaker Mockett has an unenviable
Job In; arranging his house committee
assignments. " But then, he has to tackle
It only once.
If we would believe the coal operators
the coal miners are afflicted with noth
ing more than a disturbed state of the
Imagination.
After listening to a scholarly address
upon socialism, the Individual members
of the Nebraska Bar association pro
ceeded to get social.
If new blood wlU insure more vigorous
life, by all means let the new blood
have the right of ..way In the organiza
tion of the .Commercial club.
Car famine or coal strike 'or any other
old pretext Is frood enough, excuse for
the coal men to keep coal prices, up to
the very top notch that the traffic will
bear.
L . ' iigsawBta
If they can work up all this excite
ment over the senatorshlp in Colorado
before the formalities of voting In Joint
session are begun, what may we not ex
pect when the deadlock is on In real
earnest?
Anyone who wants to make 'sure
Henry Watterson is not off watch has
only to propose a new name for the
democratic presidential nomination and
watch for the fireworks n the vicinity
of the Keutucky border.
The American people have always
been In favor of liberal treatment of
those entitled to pensions as evidence
of the nation's gratitude, but it does nut
require congress to pass 144 private pen
sion bills at one sitting to make good
their Intentions.
If the work of our election officers Is
as bad as would appear from the dls
closures made In the recount of ballots
cast for county commissioner, It might
be well to safeguard (be futureiby in
stituting a few prosecutions for vio
lating the election laws which each
derelict took oath to observe.
For once the minority in the Nebraska
legislature baa been deprived of the
chairmanship of the senate committee
on mines and mining, to which it had a
tight to imagine itself entitled by time
honored custom. An appeal should be
taken to the courts at once for a Judicial
writ to night this almost lrreuiedlal In
Jury.
All the lawyers of Nebraska have put
themselves on record in favor of contin
uing the supreme court commission ad
infinitum by re-enacting the law by
which It was created. It would hardly
be polite, for any lawyer to do differ
ently while he has cases pending before
the comiulsston or a chauce of having a
case appealed to It
Governor Durbln of Indiana has asked
the legislature to create a board of par
Uous to relieve bliu of the burdensome
'work of examlalng applications for ex
ecutive clemency and investigating tut
their merit. In other words, a board
of pardous is recommended In Indiana
as a protection to the governor and in
Nebraska as a protection to the iieople,
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After all the unsuccessful efforts to
locate the responsibility for the injec
tion of new names into the contest for
Uulted States district attorney for Ne
braska, it is Just possible a clue might
le found near the door of the present
lucurubebt, who would doubtless be
pleased to continue to draw the euiolu
meuta indefinitely while others fight for
precedence.
THt rVSIOMSTLtOIMA TIVK MUGHA.V
Whnt the program of the fusion mem
bers of the popdlng Nebraska legista
ture Is to be may be gathered with fair
approximation from tlie advise offered
to them by the official populist organ,
the Nebraska Independent In Its cur
rent Issue It declares:
With your four members in the senate
snd ,twenty-four In the Bouse you cannot
hope to accomplish anything except as a
portion of the majority chooses to aid you.
8ee to it that bills are introduced covering
every promised reform In the populist and
democratic platforms. Pat the so-called
anti-monopoly republicans to the test. If
they sre sincere, they will And a way to
Id you. It they are not, then put them
on record.
Place no obstructions In the wsy of any
republican bills which have the right ring
to them. But on every measure of doubtful
merit or unquestionably bad, see to It that
the record Is made so that the republicans
cannot shirk the responsibility.
Introduce a bill to reduce local freight
rates 13 per cent on live stock, hay, grain
and mill products.
A bill to reduce passenger rates to 2V4
sents per mile of better still, one making
a flat rate for any distance within the
state.
A bill which will provide means of ac
curately ascertaining the value of property
and franchises of railroad, telegraph, tele
phone, express, and sleeping car, dining
car and freight dispatch companies, snd
for equitable assessment and taxation of
such companies.
A bill to amend the Yelser referendum
law, making It more easy of application.
A hill "making railway corporations and
others engaged in the operation of danger
ous machinery liable (pr all injuries sus
tained by their employes In the faithful
discharge of their duties, whether occa-
loned by the negligence of the employer
or of any other employe."
A hill to correct the "Burlington vol
untary relief" abuses. And, while on this
head, a resolution requiring the auditor to
show cause why he has permitted this con
cern to solicit and write life and accident
nsurance without complying with the In
surance laws of Nebraska.
An anti-blacklist bill.
An anti-pass bill.
A bill to establish a binding twine fac
tory at the penitentiary.
Stand for liberal appropriations for the
causa of education, and for all legltlmtte
departments of state government- Try to
cut off the oil inspection farce." Help to
settle that mooted question about supreme
court fees. Help get a constitutional con
vention. '
The majority will doubtless present an
elaborate revenue law. It will be safe to
vote against it. Our present law Is as good
as any new mushroom which" sprouts in a
night But Insist upon Increasing the limit
for general fund state purposes, so the
state board can levy as much In two years
as you permit to be expended. Express
property and telephones should be assessed
as railroads are. But don't be fooled into
voting extravagant penalties for the pun
ishment of assessors who Imitate the state
board In crowding dawn assessments.
While there is much in this program
to be commended and much also that Is
of questionable public policy, It gives
the republicans who are Intent upon
working substantial reforms in different
departments of the state government an
idea how far they can count on support
from the fusion side In case it comes to
a point where the majority party is di
vided in opinion. So far as the people
of Nebraska are concerned, with rela
tion to the legislation most vitally de
manded, it is not a matter of politics,
but of business, and utembers who are
for reform In fact rather than merely
In name will be expected to stand up
and be counted at the light' time, ir
respective of party label.
TO CXPf DTC SUITS AGA1XST TRUSTS.
The bill introduced In congress for ex
pediting proceedings in the courts under
the present anti-trust law should be
promptly enacted. It authorizes the at
torney general of the United States to
file a certificate in any such case pend
ing in any circuit court of the United
States to the effect that the case is of
general public Importance. A copy of
the papers In the case is then to be
given to each of the circuit Judges' of
the court and it is thereupon to be given
precedence over other cases and to be
assigned for bearing at the earliest prac
ticable date. The hearing is to be before
not fewer than three circuit Judges, or.
if there ore not so many in the circuit
one district Judge may be substituted.
In case the Judges disagree the case is
to ba certified to the supreme court of
the United State for review. Appeals
to tha supreme court in the ordinary
manner also are allowed. , -
Legislation of this kind is urgently re
quired. There Is a disposition to criti
cise and blame the Department Of Jus
tice for not making more vigorous ef
forts to enforce the anti-trust act This
was shown at the conference in Chicago
In regard to the coal situation, at which
speeches were made censuring Attorney
General Knox, and It is stated that the
proposed national convention at Wash
ington is likely to be largely devoted ta
arraigning the attorney general for al
leged dereliction. It doubtless seems to
many a very simple thing for that offl
clal to institute and "prosecute proceed
ings against the combinations, but
thoughtful persons will reflect that it is
an expensive process and one not free
from difficulties. The attorney general,
however anxious he may be to enforce
the law, cannot now require that cases
against the trusts shall be given prece
dence In the courts. They must take
the regular course. Another fact that
appears 'not to be generally understood
Is that congress has not provided the
Department of Justice with the money
necessary to the prosecuticn of suits un
der the anti-trust law. Such proceed
lugs are costly, necessitating the em
ployment by the department of the best
legal talent to be secured and which
must be well paid for, and Involving
other expenses.
So far as Attorney General Knox is
concerned, we think there is not a reas
onable doubt that he is as earnestly de
sirous as auy one for the enforcement
of the anti-trust law. President Koose
velt has shown that he has complete
confidence In him and we think no fair-
uiluded man will question that the pres
ident wishes the enforcement of the law
and would not retain at the head of the
legal department of the government one
I not in full accord with him in this mat
ter. IX. congress shall give the attorney
penornl the authority which the pro
posed bill contemplates and provide the
money necessary to carry It out it can
be confidently assumed that there will
Ik- no faltering; or delay In bringing pro
ceedings under thp antl trust law. Those
w ho at Chicago censured Mr. Knox also
enst a reflection upon the president,
which was wholly unwarranted and un
just. ruSTPVM.fU 1HK UTT ELtVTlOX.
According to a well-defined rumor the
Oninha delegation to the legislature has
Instructed one of Us members to draw
a bill providing for the postponement of
the city election from the first Tuesday
In March to the first Tuesday or second
Tuesday In May.
On general principles, a proposition to
extend the tenure of public officials be
yond the time for which- they have been
elected and qualified does not commend
Itself to the public favor. It Is a seri
ous question whether the bonds fur
nished fcy guaranty companies to the
city treasurer and other city officials
would hold good beyond the time for
which they were issued, lnnsmuch as the
ossumptlon of responsibility on the part
of thu guaranty companies Is limited
within specific periods. Assuming, how
ever, that these bonds would be ex
tended either voluntarily or by mutual
agreement, the question presents itself
whether the proposed postponement of
the city election is designed in the pub
lic Interest or whether It is simply a
scheme to promote factional or personal
Interests and political ambitions.
If the move for postponement Is
prompted by a fear that the weather
conditions in March are liable to keep
a great many voters from taking part
in the election and would thereby en
danger or Jeopardize the city's Interest
public sentiment would perhaps be
favorable to the scheme. If, however,
the main object of the movement Is to
put the election off until after the close
of the session In order that certain
members of the delegation who are am
bitious to fill municipal offices may re
turn to Omaha to take part in the pri
mary election battle, public sentiment
will not applaud the move. On the con
trary, it will be regarded as purely
selfish, factional and without merit or
Justification.
The original object of holding city
elections in the month of March instead
of April or May was to give the mayor
and council sufficient time for formu
lating and perfecting all arrangements
for public works such as paving, grad
ing and sewer building in time for the
spring season, thus counteracting the
evils of delay incident to the circula
tion of petitions for' paving, advertising
for proposals for paving and grading
and the letting of the contracts,-which
usually consume from two to four
months and often prevents the begin
nlng of active operation on public
works before the middle of July or first
of August
If these reasons for holding the elec
tions in ine eany part or March no
longer exist, a shifting of the election
from March to May would not seriously
Interfere with the prosecution of public
works. If they do, there will be no ex
cuse for the proposed change. On the
contrary, the postponement of the city
election would be detrimental to public
Interest and therefore Inexcusable.
A CUSTOMS CUNURESS.
There will meet In New York this
week a customs congress of American
countries, the primary object of which is
to consider the commercial systems and
trade regulations of the various coun
tries with a view to removing all un
reasonable charges and unnecessary re
strictions upon trade and adapting all
laws affecting vessels and the handling
of merchandise to the greatest conven
ience of intercourse. Representatives
from most of the southern countries
will attend the congress and It is ex
pected that the deliberations will result
In greatly Improving the conditions of
commercial intercourse between the va
rious countries.
American manufacturers and mer
chants should obtain some valuable sug
gestions from "this conference in the in
terest of an enlarged trade with the
countries south of us, for which there is
perhaps better opportunity now than
ever before. "Our people have been
proverbially slow, remarks the New
York Tribune, "In meeting the peculiar
demands of foreign consumers and all
over Spanish America the Germans and
the English have established themselves
by supplying the wants of the lnhabi
tants In the way they wanted them sup
plied." This drawback to the growth of
trade between the United States and
countries of South and Central America
has been for years repeatedly pointed
out but without much effect, and what
is -true In regard to the southern coun
tries also applies to those t the Orient.
Our manufacturers for the most part
give little heed to the peculiar require
ments of these foreign markets and they
are therefore necessarily at somewhat of
a disadvantage in coinpet'tlon with
European manufacturers who do care
fully consult the social wants of those
markets. That this fault on the part of
American manufacturers will in time be
corrected there is no doubt and such a
conference as that to be held in New
York may have a tendency to hasten
this. At all events, its object is one
that can hardly fall to have results ben
eficial to all the countries concerned,
and perhaps to none In larger measure
than to the United States.
The economic Idea of the state senate
is strikingly illustrated In the decision
reached by the caucas that each senator
was to le entitled to two employes on
the payroll. In other words, the thirty-
three members of the state senate pro
pose to put sixty-six men, women and
boys on the payroll at from $.1 to (4 a
day, or an aggregate of $1,00( for the
session, when half that number of em
ployes would be more than suiwrfluous
To be sure, loruier legislatures were
usi as recklessly wasteful, but that af
fords no excuse for a legislature that
faces an overlap of nearly two millions
In the state treasury.
Not many years ago William Altstadt,
better known as Little Bismarck, had
the distinction of overruling the su
preme court of Nebraska while per
forming the functions and duties of
Justice of the peace at North Platte.
But Mr. Altstadt Is no longer the only
Judge In the lower stratum that has
overruled the supreme court. County
Judge Vinsonhaler has evidently emu
lated his example In his peculiar rulings
on counting out ballots duly cost and
canvassed for candidates at the regular
election because of defective certificates
on the part of election officers The
principle laid down by the npreme
court of Nebraska, and in fact by ail
other supreme courts, is that the neg
ligence or rascality of election officers
cannot deprive the people of their choice
of public servants as expressed through
the ballot. In all election contests the
great and paramount issue is the Intent
of the voter. When a ballot shoWi
clearly that a voter intended to express
his preference for a particular candidate
It has been held that that preference
must be counted and declared in the
final result no matter what may be the
consequences. It is not for Judges to
carry elections by willful or capricious
rejection of votes given by electors. On
the contrary. It Is the sworn duty of
Judges to credit every vote honestly cast
for a candidate whenever his Intention
can be ascertained. That has been the
trend of Judicial decisions for the past
twenty-five years and that will continue
to be the ruling of the supreme courts
in the future. While it is not clear
whether counting the votes thrown out
by Judge Vinsonhaler would change the
result In the present county commis
sioner contest, the precedent established
would if applied to all future cases tend
to defeat the ends sought by popular
suffrage.
It is being pointed out that examina
tion of the record shows the price of oil
to be greater now than it wns twenty
years ago, notwithstanding all economies
in production and reductions in trans
portation rates. The gist of the matter
Is a direct contradiction of the oft-re
peated citation of the Standard Oil com
pany as an illustration of a monopoly
from which the public has reaped the
principal benefits through steadily low
ered prices. The tendency of monopoly
everywhere, no matter what field it oc
cupies, is to exact the very highest
prices for its commodities or services
consistent with a maximum net revenue,
and no opportunity is allowed to escape
that will permit of an increase In prices
without a diminution, of consumption.
For the oil business this opportunity has
oeen presented by the influence of the
shortened supply) of coal upon the de
mand for oil for fuel purposes, with a
prompt response from the oil magnates
in the shnpe of nTboost in their market
price. If the prjee, is later reduced it
will not be out of philanthropic motives
or to accord the public a share in econ
omies of production, but simply out of
necessity to keep up consumption.
The most stupendous task devolving
on Mr.' "Two Spot" as representative
from Douglas county will be the intro
duction of an amendment to the charter
to put off the city election from March
to May. Upon the majority of men who
occupy places in the city hall this threat
to extend their term of office two
months has about the same effect as the
threat of the schoolma'am to punish
the naughty school boy by making him
occupy a seat between two girls.
Nebraska has a debt of approximately
$2,000,000, according to the exhibit of
the state auditor, although the constitu
tion limits the debt in time of peace to
$100,000. This part of the constitution.
however, has been so long honored In
the breach that a little discrepancy of
tnnt magnitude has no serious effect
upon the lawmakers.
Wot It They Are Awake.
St. Louts Globe-Democrat.
Freight rates are to be advanced aaaln.
The railroads are not likely to lose any
thing oy increasing the wages of their em
ployes. The Roar of the Kicked.
Chicago Chronicle.
A notorious mouthpiece of mononolv hints
that Senator Hoar's antitrust bill suggests
-a weakening or the rigidly logical faculty
hitherto enjoyed by the senator." In other
words, the monopolists regard as crazy any
body who entertains the Idea of Interfering
with their operations.
Paae It I p.
Minneapolis Journal.
Give the devil his due. Mr. Baer declares
that his company will continue to see hard
coal at tide water at $5 per ton, no matter
if the Independent operators raise the price
sky-high. Divine right rulers even have
their good sides.
Old News In New Tones.
Baltimore American.
John Wolfe Barry, president of the As
sociation of Technical Institutions in Lon
don, admits that England lacks the "mental
equipment" of America. Thanks, awfully.
Nothing but the overweening modesty of
the Americans had prevented their telling
blm so long since.
Shivers Instead of Shock.
Indianapolis News.
Three coal companies, located In Mary
land, West Virginia and Pennsylvania,
have formed a combination with a total
capital stock of $31,7:0,000. The purpose of
tha organisation Is not stated, but It is
supposed that it is tha usual one, i. e., en
tirely tor economy of production and is not
at all for the raising of prices. Still, if
the price of coal goes up another notch. It
will only give us a shiver, not a shock.
Hesvutles of Simplicity.
Brooklyn Eale.
The receqt spectacle In India beat an in
augurallon of president of the failed 8tates
out oi sight. Terbaps such an exhibition
has its uses In emphasizing the simplicity
of the republic. The more euligbtened peo
pla become, the less tendency Is there to
display. We may be able some day to In
augurate a president of the United States
without the long and tiresome line of Pena
sylvania trooja.
'ROISD ABOVT SEW TORK.
Ripples on the Carrent of Life la the
Metropolis.
The sneer which New Yorkers usually
hurl at "the provinces" and the provlnclsla
who gravitate to the big city are In soak
for the present. A young Jay from the
country who was not as green as he looked
blew In a few days ago, stationed himself
near one ef the ferries ani plucked scores
of native youngsters with the skill of a
professional. They wers "dead easy." The
country grafter would fasten en some
youngster going to or from his work or on
some errand, and In a little time would
find out all about him. Then the conver
sation would run something like this:
"How much are you getting?"
"Three dollars a week."
"Oh, heaven! And 1 can put you on to a
place where you can get $6. All the boys
are raised to $3 In a couple of weeks."
The other boy was Interested. Then the
country youngster would say: "How much
money you got with you?"
"Eighty cen,ts."
"Give me that. There, now you go to the
Erie railroad office. Mention me and you'll
get a good job right off. So long."
A dozen or more hoys applied at tha Erlo
offices and all told the same story. One of
them paid $1 and another a S2.50 gold piece
his employer had given him.
The wis ones In Wall street who think
they know a gold brick when they see It
took passing kicks the other day at a
shining bar of metal In lower Broadway.
This brick of real 22-carat gold, worth hun
dreds of dollars, was kicked about the finan
cial district by messenger boys. Jocular
brokers and knowing financiers for an hour
or so, when a stupid youngster who had
never heard a Joke In his life came along
and picked It up. The owners were found
to be assayers on John street snd the boy
was handsomely rewarded.
No sooner did this fact appear In the
newspapers than several of those shadowy
gentlemen who sell gold bricks to farmers
labeled a number of their brass bricks and
were offering them for sale. In each case
the article was offered at a price much lese
than 1267.07, with the suggestion that the
purchaser eould have It remelted and make
a good thing out of it.
Greater than in any year previous in
the history of the port of New York, the
number of cabin passengers landed dur
ing 1902 by the steamship lines reached
the grand total of 139,848. This Is 11,705
more than the preceding year and almost
2.000 more than In 1901, when the Paris ex
position was the magnet that drew many
to the other side. To transport the great
army of travelers 922 trips were made by
the ocean liners and more than twenty-
three routes of travel were traversed by
the Incoming people. Together with the
large cabin lists came 674,276 in the
steerage, or a greater number by 135,408
than the year before, and only approached
In size by the figures of 1882, when 520,355
were landed at Castle Garden.
A surging crowd besieged a wagon on the
corner of Broadway and Ann street the
other day, relates the Post. In the wagon
was a tall, cadaverous gentleman with a
swollen face, watery eyes and mustache
stained with tobacco. His voice was rasp
ing, nor did he look or sound like an orator,
and vet he held the crowd spellbound, stir
ring it to frequent enthusiasm In which
men fought to get near enough to take
what he offered them. His only speech
was this:
"Here yarl Here yar! Balzac complete, 5
cents! Balzac's complete works In ten vol
umes fer 5 cents!"
His wagon, which was filled with great
stacks of pasteboard envelopes about as
large as an ordinary novel, was emptied
in forty minutes. He must have sold more
than 2,000 during the morning, if he had
them to sell. A curious person wishing
to save his nickel, looked over the shoulder
of one of the buyers as he hastily opened
his envelope. There were ten thin pamph
lets inside, one of them bearing this title:
"The Next Pope."
"There is not much Balzac In the en
velope," commented the curious one.
"No," replied the other, "I didn't expect
it But they are worth a nickel, I guess."
Those who roll out FTth avenue as far
as Seventy-seventh street on the padded
cushions of their automobiles, as well as
those who are junketed on the top of the
quaint but ever-popular old Fifth avenue
stage, now look with renewed Interest at
Senator Clark's great white palace, which
may ultimately become the home of the
billion-dollar baby for which a mother
gave her life, says a New York letter. This
palace for it cannot be called a house
is a pocket edition of the world. From
garret to cellar it contains every variety,
every beauty, every convenience, every lux
ury and every sensation that the heart
could desire. It Is so complete that Sen
ator Clark might shut himself up within
Its walls and never come out, yet lead a
normal, active and even exciting life. The
house contains three separate dwellings,
each complete as to drawing rooms, bed
rooms, libraries, dining rooms and even
private roof gardens; great art galleries,
a sculpture hall, a musio room twice the
size of the ordinary ball room, a grand
salon of the size snd style of a French
throne room, a conservatory, an observa
tory,, a theater complete In every detail.
an old Roman nam in pina maroie, a iurs-
Ish bath, a -swimming pool, a gymnasium,
a billiard room, an automobile room, two
running fountains, both the works of fa
mous sculptors: a great banquet hall, an
elevator, furnished, lighted and hung like
an ordinary drawing room; an electrle Tight
plant, a cold storage room for furs, a grand
marble stairway like those of the French
court, a secret passage with a secret stair
way winding down to a secret door and
hundreds of other modern and medieval
wonders.
An interesting bit of history was recalled
when the United States Realty and Con
struction company, the new real estate
trust, purchased the house at the northeast
corner of Fifth avenue, and Fifty-second
street, for $1,309,000. The place was owned
by Madame Rested many years ago and It
was there that that woman killed herself
In 1878 rather than stand trial after 'her
arrest by Anthony Comstock. When her
case was called her lawyer created a sensa
tion by declaring she had cut her throat
to avoid appearance in court. The place,
which was maintained In palatial style In
the time of Madame ResUII, is now occu
pied by four of her nephews, among whom
the money for the property will be divided.
Kvlls of Trnata Eaasaerated,
Senator Hoar's Speech.
First, destruction of competition; second,
the management, of local Industries by
absentees in the Interest of absentee cap
ital; third, destruction of public spirit;
fourth fraudulent capitalization; fifth.
secrecy; sixth, management for the private
benefit of the officials; seventh, the power
to corrupt elections and in soma cases to
corrupt the courts; eighth, the want of per
sonal responsibility to public sentiment;
ninth, the absence of personal liability for
contracts or wrong-doing; tenth, the bold
ing of vast properties in mortmain In the
"dead hand," It we use the ancient phrase
ot the English law. But It has life enough
for all purposes of power to serve the will
that wields It. It Is dead only to the Influ
ence of any nerve which comes from the
train or heart of the people.
TALK OF THR STATE PRESS.
Ponca Journal: It Is Governor Mickey
now. Ex-Governor Savage will retire to the
Pacific coast, where he will try to forget all
about It.
Ponca Journal: It seems to an observer
from a distance that i; is about time the
Thompson-antl-Thonipson scrap at Lincoln
Is called off. It has had a pretty thorough
hearing. Thompson has been well provided
for, so have the anti-Thompson men.
Beatrice Express: Governor Savsge doubt
less shed tears when he discharged the
heroic colonels who composed his military
staff and reflected upon the fact that he
would never again lead those Intrepid men
where the bullets were thickest. There Is
comfort In the thought that when one set
of colonels step down and out another set
is appointed so the commonwealth really
doesn't, suffer from a colonel famine.
Kearney Hub: The thrilling event of the
week has been the discharge of Governor
Savage's military staff upon the occasion
of his retirement from office, with several
encomiums on their gallantry, bravery and
services performed for the state. Governor
Savage's staff and that of Governor Diet
rich before him, has been nothing If not
magnificent, and has constituted the most
spectacular military collection ever seen In
Nebraska.
Bradshaw Republican: The Inauguration
of Comrade John H. Mickey as governor of
this commonwealth brings to our mind the
fact that Comrade Mickey Is the second
governor furnished out of the remnant of
that noble regiment, the Eighth Iowa cav
alry the late Governor Walden of Iowa
and the present Governor Mickey of Ne
braska. Few regiments of the late war of
the rebellion can boast of more and what
Is best of all, republican principles were
then, as now, the guiding star of both.
LIBEL OF MARY MAGDALESE.
History, Drama and Agencies of Phil
anthropy at Fanlt.
Rev. James II. Ross in Leslie's Weekly.
The production of Tsui Heyse's drama,
"Mary of Magdala," by Mrs. Flske, at the
Manhattan theater, New York City, which
is to be reproduced throughout the country,
gives color and form to an Inveterate his
torical error, which never has been suc
cessfully eliminated from the popular mind
and probably never will be, although Mary
Magdalene is one of the Marys of the New
Testament. Magdala was the city or town
In which she lived. ' If she were a woman
of today, conspicuous In the place of her
residence, she might be designated "Mary
the Albanian," or "Trojan," according to
the name of the city. Obviously, there la
no designation of character In such a term.
And yet "a Magdalene" is the acquired
name of an abandoned woman, and the
derivative Is supposed to have Its historic
origin in the name, place of residence and
moral character of the primitive Christian
woman out of whom seven devils (or de
mons) went, who stdod under the cross
and over against the tomb of Jesus, who
saw the empty tomb of the risen Jesus, and
told Pbter and John what He had said unto
her. The libel on her fair name Is due
to the misinterpretation of her malady,
demon or devil possession. Whatever it
was, It was not vice. The deliverance was
In accordance with the case. She was a
victim of that, the cure of which was a
physical, mental And spiritual experience.
She was de-demonlzed. Whatever the de
monized state was, deliverance from It was
curative.
The subject In the gospels of the New
Testament is characterized in the terms
of materia medlca, not of vice and crime.
The consideration of the subject leads us
Into the realm of Jewish beliefs about
demonology, but not Into the realm covered
by the history of sexual vice. The dlfll
culty has been that the phrase "seven
devils" has been taken as a Hebraism for
peculiar sinfulness. If correct, Mary Mag
dalene would need to be considered as the
incarnation of numerous vices and crimes,
not merely as the embodiment of a single
sin. Gelke, In his "Life and Words ot
Christ" (Vol. II, page 624), says: "It la
contrary to the whole tenor of the New
Testament to understand the seven devils
as a mere figure of speech. The
great body of scholars reject the idea of
Mary having been a Magdalene." The
correct historic method would have been
to attach her name to medical Institutions,
to hospitals, sanitariums, and the Ilka.
But H has been given, wittingly and un
wittingly, to the malodorous haunts of vice
and the institutions for rescue and reform.
History, art, the drama, the haunts of evil.
anil the agencies of philanthropy, alike
have libeled the character of Mary Mag
dalene, and there is little or no hope that
this great historic Injustice will b) cor
rected. The Twentieth centuiy and the
metropolis of this country and great popu
lar audiences persist In perpetuating an
accusation which, If Mary Magdalene were
living, would give her right of action m
the courts, the verdict ot a judge or jury,
and heavy damages. The utmost that could
be claimed In defense would be- circum
stantial evidence.
In the case In mind, It la the author vho
Is primarily to blame. The actress ac
cepts what Is given to her and uses it.
Fiction is conceded a liberty amounting to
license, yet It is to be remembered that In
our own country and time the authors who
have used the names of living persons In
works of fiction have been legally and suc
cessfully prosecuted. The period beyond
which some esses are outlawed Is short,
very short. Nevertheless, there will never
be a time when It will not be becoming
to restore to Mary Magdalene her good
name, and to appeal to authors and actors
to have some regard for their own reputa
tion as scholars.
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Some people In northern Indiana art
burning beans for fuel. Carry tha treas
onable news to Boston!
Boston Is no longer the literary center,
and, alas! It was a Chicago woman wh
patented the army ration of condensed
baked beans.
If the legislative war in Colorado shall
continue st the present pace. General
Funston will btve work to do that ha never
dreamed of In the Fhlllpptnea.
Sir Frederick Treves, the famous English
surgeon, says that he was very lazy as a
student, lie never won a prize; indeed, ac
cording to his own account, he never hal
the audacity to try for any.
A 10-year-old girl la Tarls writes
"poems" during breathing spells at jump
Ing the rope'wlth her playmates. Instead
of consulting a speclallet on cerebral trou
bles, her parents have Issued a volume ol
hr verses.
The late "Brick Pomeroy" Is to be Im
mortalized by having his same and cogno
men given to a tunnel in the Rocky moun
tains. Most men, however, would choose
some other form of distinction than asso
ciation with a big bore.
Teter Vleau, tho oldest native born Mil
waukeean, will celebrate his 83d birthday on
January 10. He Is the only survivor of a
family of twelve children. His father was
an Indian trader snd Teter was the sixth of
a family of twelve children.
Chicago sorrowfully accepts as true tha.
remark of Dr. Lorcnz that "Its atmosphere
Is not inspiring," and also that there is
about the people "a provincial air." The
only retort defenders of the windy city
make Is, "Too much Harrison."
' By a swift, heroic movement the Milwau
kee railroad rescued itself from a perilous
situation by restoring Its new transcon
tinental route. In this instance Young
energy turned the angry roar of the town
into a foaming stein of goodwill.
There appears to be several sound grains
of truth in the assertion that married life
promotes longevity. For Instance, Rev. Dr.
James Nicholas Lann ot Goshen, N. Y.,
cleaved unto thirteen wives during his
ninety-three years. The superstitious fig
ure might claim a knock here, but It is dis
allowed. The secret of the popularity of one of
Chicago's local statesmen Is revealed by
the report that during the hours he has
devoted to his business In the last five
years be has sold 35,000 barrels ot beer at
an estimated profit of $310,000. In private
life the eminent statesman answers to the
name Alderman Michael Kenna, but the en
vious snecrlngly dub him "Hlnky Dink."
LAlGlllG GAS.
Kdltor You must try and cultivate a vein
Ofeatlre.
Contributor How can that be done?
."Well, study yourself." Brooklyn Life.
Gertrude Isn't that fur boa very uncom
fortable around your neck?
Kvallno Terribly uncomfortable; but It
is very expensive fur, don't you know.
Boston Transcript.
"I wonder," Raid the new benedict,
dreamily, "If there Is anything warmer
than a woman's love?"
"Sure!" replied Oldbarhe; "two women's
love. I heard of a bigamist once who
found that out." Philadelphia Press.
"I cannot understand, sir, why you per
mit your daughter to sue me for breach of
promise. You remember that you were
bitterly opposed to our engagement, be
cause I wasn't cood enough for her and
would disgrace the family."
"Young man, that was sentiment; this is
business. "Judge.
"Do you have any highwaymen
out
nerer- aeaea me iimui tourist.
"Yes," answered Hroncho Bob, who was
reading the papers that had come In by tha
weekly mail. "But cheer up. They're Jjst
amateurs. We haven't 'any trusts yet."
Washington Star.
"I wish I could remember what It was
my wife told me to bring home this even
ing." 'Why didn't you make a memorandum
oflt?"
"Confound it, I did! I wrote it on mi
cuff when 1 started from home, but the ctm
la all one color, now." Chicago Tribune.
First Stork I .lust left a baby at that
millionaire's hmi."v.
Second Stork Funny things, these human
beings! I've Just delivered three to one
woman In a tenement, and her husband's
out of work and they haven't a cent.
Brooklyn Life.
He watcned trio love scene enacted on the
stage and thook his head regretfully.
"i wleh I could do It l'ke that," he said.
"There's nothing like trying, Harry," sug
gested the Klrl at his side.
Bhortly thereafter they went Into ex
ecutive session. Chicago Post.
THE COUNTRY DOCTOR.
H. F. Day, in "line Tree Ballads."
In his big fur coat and with mittens big
as hums.
With his string of bells a-jlngllng, through
the countryside he slams.
There are lots of calls to make, and he's
always on the tear,
A-loomlng in his cutter like an amiable
bear.
And It's hl-l-l, there,
Johnny, don't ye care,
Though 'tis aching something awful and Is
most too much to bear.
Juflt be guy !
As soon as It Is day.
The pain will go a-flyin', for the doctor's
on the way.
There are real, true saints, there are
angels all around.
But there isn't one that's welcomer than
he Is, I'll be bound.
When he bustles in the bedroom and he
dumps IiIm Imff'ler coat.
And stli'ks a glass thermometer a-down the
suit riii' throat.
And It's chirk, cheer up!
Mother, bring a cup!
You're koIii to like this bully when you
take a llttlu sup.
There there why.
There's a twinkle In your eye!
You'll be out again tomorrow, bub; gtd-dap.
Kid-dap, goodby!
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