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If w are to bave a' new city charter,
It Is about tlma for lt to make Ita ap-
' pearanco at Lincoln. I
Having demonstrated the accuracy of
his weather predictions, the grounanog
Is willing to be lenient
. The legislative . redlstricting bill has
duly made ita appearance. The Judicial
redlstrictlng bill ahould follow quickly.
Whatever may be thought of Mr. Ad
dicks and his methods, the staying qual
ities of his supporters cannot fall to
command admiration.
Nobody has as yet explained why the I
school board wants to set apart $11,000
trom the school tax levy for 1903 fori
the purchase of text books. I
At the Tllden banquet In New Tork,
Charles Q. Hamlin talked Just as If be
had, run for governor of Massachusetts
and been elected Instead of defeated. I
It will be remembered how Governor
Savage sub-let' tho ' selection of his
Omaha police board to John N. Baldwin I
and Dava Mercer and. what a mess tney
made of It.
No need of ; worrying about what
Speaker Henderson will do after he lays
down tha gavel March 4 next The
speaker may be .depended on 'to take
care of himself.
Wer rim a a nrooertv owner In
Omaha pays $5 In city taxes he pays $1
which the railroads ought to pay. Will
anv member of the legislature contend
that this Is jUBt?
The Philippine extradition bill having tnat lf h,B nomination cannot be pre
become a law, people contemplating en- vented they will even go to the extreme
forced trips abroad will observe the length of backing a "conservative" dem
precautlon of marking our new Insular oret to beat him for election. No In-
possesslons oft their list of countries
to be visited.
It la Intimated from Washington that
Our Dave might accept a federal ap -
polntment if lt should be offered to him.
His anxiety to hasten back home (?) as
soon ss bis term in congress is ended
seems to have singularly abated.
8enator Carmack evidently holds See-
retary Root in mighty small esteem,
But Mr. Root will manage to worry
along If the Tennessee senator will only
confine himself to letting off exhaust
steam on the floor of the senate.
,In view of recent incidents we believe
the public might be easily stirred up to
exhlblt a lively Interest In the discussion
of that time, worn proposition regularly
threshed out by every up-to-date college
debaUngJwJvtV,:"m'aiiiV,r.'I- It safei; o
tratW1;'. Wwd? A
tjt ''iv', JiU'Vl' JlL-
Th atteh' )hicusloa' in the'senate
seems to have reached the stage of com-
petition between the two opposing pollt -
leal parties to prove that the other has
promised more and doue less for 'the
people of the territories now seeking ad-
mission Into the Union as states.
President Baers Interest In the non-
, union miners Is Intense when it happens
' that the noauulon miners are contending
. for the same thing that the coal barons
1 want Let the nonunion men organise
i or even ask for some concession with-
out concerted actlou aud watch rresl
dent Baer become decidedly less svmna
thetic
The solicitude of the railroad lobby-
Ista for the Interior cities and towns of
Nebraska in pretended efforts to save
them from the avarice of the Omaha tax
scheme strangely stops short of afford
lna- them relk-f from excessive transpor-
tatioa charge. Let the shippers of the
state ask for rate reductions and ftve
how quickly the fawning lobbyists and
tax acenU ton against then.
BKBRA8KA ASD WISCOXSIS.
The batUejrround of tax reform Is by
no means confined to Nebraska. The
conflict with corporate taxshlrkers Is
raffing- In other states, rtotsWy In Wis
consin, more furlonsly If anything thnn
It Is In Nebraska. But there Is a
marked contrast between the attitude of
the Wisconsin law makers and the Ne
braska law makers as regards railroads
and their interference with legislation.
In Wisconsin legislative bulldozers of
the stamp of Baldwin lire not tolerated.
The contrast between the legislature of
-
Wisconsin and that of Nebraska Is rorcl-
LI. (It..-,--...! U. 9- - t.n
mj iiiuumi ij iuc ion
peal of the railroads against increased
taxation Is to be made before the legis
lature by the presidents of the various
railroads during the present week and
not by a paid gang of legislative cor
ruptlonlsts. Ppeekg of the situation
In Wisconsin, the Chicago Record-IIer-ald
says:
The time has come when the railroads
will have to place their cards face up on
. 1 i.kU mA " - taint. Hw ak.n.
force of argument. They will hare to show
tnetr portion to ths people of Wisconsin
and in the manner that the man who earns
$L60 can understand. The day ot the lobby
ist with his peculiar methods Is passed.
Ha has no place in dealing with the tax
ation problems. ', Whether the railroads
W increased tax or whether they
are now $1,000,00 short of what they ought
t0 p4y M clalsoea by Governor Laroiiette,
something. .that will have to hs decided
IB IDO llgoi. iot nmi ' yoiu IBUIB. M.L IUP ien-
road, eah-ahow people that they are
doing their share as' It Is, the chances are
against any increase being made. On the
other hand, If they cannot do this, if is
absolutely certain, public sentiment being
wnat lt lg tnat they win naVe t0 draw
bigger checks for the next two years and
thereafter.
Tlie contrast between the Wisconsin
and the Nebraska legislatures Is also
manifest by the vigor with which the
Kill
for the abolition of the lobby In
being pressed in Wisconsin. The first
Bection of that bill provides that lt shall
be unlawful for any lobbyist or any
agent of any lobbyist to aolldt the vote
of any member of the legislature for or
against any bill or measure before that
1 1 . . .V. 1 1 1 n A .A (..Anfln.A
or to attempt to Influence any member
of such iegiBlaturo to vote for or against
uy Buch bjn or. measure. While this
does not prevent anyone from appearing
before a committee when a bill is iid for
ronBirtr-tiOI, tt means the death knell
if th,rd honie ,f ,t Yeomen a law.
and there Is every Indication that lt will
become a law.
Why should not the Nebraska Ieglsla
ture emulate the example of the Wis
cousin legislature . and legislatures of
other states that are cursed with organ
ised gangs of hireling bribe-givers?
fits FRCSWtlKT AlfD THE TBVSTS.
It Is stated that President Roosevelt
caused the public announcement to be
made that the Standard Oil company
was endeavoring ' to prevent anti-trust
legislation ,and that telegrams had been
received by United States senators,
gigned by the head of the oil trust, urg
ing- that such legislation' be stopped.
Washington dispatch says that If this
be the fact, or If lt should be generally
believed to be the fact, by trust mag-
nate. th political significance of such
a development would bo very great and
might have a very Important bearing
on tha action of the next national re
nubllcan convention."
The obvious meaning of this Is that
the trusts may endeavor to defeat
the nomination of President Roosevelt
next year. It Is by no means Improb
able ,that they will do so. It Is not to
be doubted that the men generally who
,n control of the great combinations
ar ho8tlle to th president A New
Tork republican paper, recently said
that.lt is a matter of common notoriety
iuai un irusi innuencea are so deter
mined to make an end of Mr. Roosevelt
tenigent man will underrate the power
ftna influence of the great combinations.
They are vast and far-reaching and if
exerted in the political .field will not be
1 without effect. But we do not believe
that the trusts can compass the defeat
of President Roosevelt in the next re-
publican national convention and we
I think his election would be made the
more certain by their opposition. A
very large majority of the American
peoplo are well satisfied with the course
of Mr. Roosevelt in regard to the trusts,
The policy of dealing with them which
he n8 recommended is moderate and
conservative. It does not propose to
revolutionize but simply to regulate. It
not designed to destroy but rather to
preserve that which is worthy of preser-
".tlon and eliminate thnt which Is not.
11 contemplates no injury to whatever
,s lawful and fair and honest. No cor-
PrHllon thflt l complying with the
Jnw-and dealing in a straightforward
was iwlth the public has anything" to
f far from the Roosevelt policy,
'rhe earnest determination of the
l President to secure legislation which he
relieves to be necessary to check the
I growth .of i monopolistic combinations
n(1 t0 Protect the public against their
evl19 na tne practically unanimous
approval of the people. They know him
to ' absolutely sincere and they feel
nfldent . that whatever legislation is
enacted he, will make all possible effort
lo enforce. They want such a man In
I tne executive office aud they have the
Pwer to place him there In spite of the
- hostility and the .machinations of the
- trU8t- Let the people clearly under-
BMna lnal ,ne combinations are bent
upon making, an end of President
Roosevelt and they will rally to hi
J uPPort with aa enthusiasm that .will
overwneim all opposition. There are
Intimations of schemes and intrigues In
- 1 behalf of others. If there be such they
wlu prove futile. Theodore Roosevelt
today stronger than ever before In the
confidence and esteem of a majority of
th" American people and there is every
reason to tHjlara thai be win a
lews seenre la this rwrpect when the I
next republican national convention I
meets.
lM'BtiStll Fttr.lVHT HATtt.
A protest ngnlnst the recent general In
rrnnRea in freleht liuiffs on itruln and
grain products, dressed meats and other
commodities mis been filed with the
Interstate Commerce commission In be-
half of the producers and shippers of
Iowa and the west generally. The pro-
test sets forth that the railways have
partaken more largely of . the general
prosperity than any other clnss of prop-
erty In the United Stntps; that their
earnings are largely increased over pre-
vlous years, net profits and dividends
Immense, surplus unprecedented; that
their stocks doubled In value in the Inst
Are venrs as a result. It Is further
tireed that freleht enn be handled and
Is being handled by the railroads one-
hnlf chcaner than ten years aco on
account of Improvements In methods
of transportation. The protest adds:
The railroads have already, by a 22
nor rent Incrense In the 1900 classlflca-
tlon. more than recouped themselves for
the claimed Increase in expenses on ac
count of advance in material, wages,
etc., and the Increased tonnage of the
country, on account of the Increase and
development of the shipping commodi
ties of the country, promises still larger
earnings and dividends." The commis
sion is asked to require the corporations
to open their books to inspection by that
body.
That the statements in the protest are
true the recent statistics of railroad
business and earnings conclusively show.
The traffic of the pnst year and partic
ularly since the beginning of the move
ment of the last crop has been unpre
cedented. For months the railroads,
especially .the eastern lines, have had
their facilities greatly overtaxed npd
necessarily their earnings have been -
larger than ever before. The last num-
ber of the Financier gives figures of the . , Washington Poet.
earnlnes of the lines east and west of , AM',cn M Introducing the quick
earnings or me lines east ana west or nch ,yBtem t London, and the editors
rutsnurg ana une ror snowing a
great Increase over the preceding year,
It appears that In four years the gross
earnings of these lines have Increased
over $80,000,000, The balance applicable
to dividends was $10,041,000 in 1899 and
$21,682,000 at the close of 1901. For
1902 the surplus over charges amounts
to all of $25,000,000, or over 12 per
cent on the stock without taking Into
account expenditures for Improvements.
The earnings for 1901 were equal to 11
it cruv ou uib enure outstanding stock,
'ine western railroads nave been rela
tively prosperous and as the protest
states have more than recouped them
selves for the claimed Increase In ex
penses.
In December last the Interstate Com- tnere lulte crowd collected on the side
meree commission called on the rail- walk "na when he CBln 0ut he w" en-
roads to give their reasons for advancing
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freight rates and most of them have
replied, but It Is stated that the replies
are not satisfactory to the commission,
Therefore It proposes to pursue the in
wuirj mk a Hearing oas neen arrangea
i ., , .
for the 20th of this month, when rep-
resentatlves of the leading railroads will
go to Washington to answer such ques-
.!. , . '
t.on. m ine commission may desire to
put to them. W hether the Inquiry will
have any practical result Is problemat-
leal. The fact Is that the advance In men " ,lves can narllT he utterly and irre
ratea in tha neural nnfth e trlevably false. There must be some re-
-.w v - m vua a a ill I lit"
merger system, by which Immense
blocks of largely watered stocks have
been thrown upon the market with the
promise of paying profitable returns in
the future.
In trying to Justify the violation of
home rule principles In the proposed ap-1
polntment of a water commission by
the governor Instead of a commission
. . . . . . , , . , .
elected by the people, or appointed by
me mayor anu council, tne cnamp'ons or
that extraordinary measure declared
their main object to be the complete ex
clusion of the commission from politics.
The commission, they said, was to be
strictly nonpartisan and must always
so remain." But this feature of the bill
does not seem to have Impressed itself
very strongly upon the politicians.
The first thing out of the box is a per-
sonal appeal to the governor by that
stanch nounnrtlsnn. Churl. A .
.b.rmo e '
" v' l"D ,ri,",au vuuiujr i-,-
romee, to anow tne executive committee
of the republican county committee to
name the members of the commission.
tlwv . , ...
j .ri.uu.n-au cuumjr tommuiee.
a majority or wnose memners live in
South Omaha and tu the country pre -
Clncts. should rush into the breach la
Inexplicable.
If the water commission is really to
become political spoils the republican
city committee should, by all means,
hnv nnUni i a
, l"""""":
the republican county machine or city
machine to name the members of the
water works lxiunl Is conceded, why not
also concede the right to name the three
democratic members of the water com-
mission to tne (iemocratic county or city
machine? We feel sure thev would
name slnion pure democrats Instead of
half-breeds or republican democrats.
We note that a bill has been intro
duced into the legislature to reduce the
Interest rate on .registered warrants
Isiinwt V.T h nt r,f nm.h. t .
,j .
5 per cent. This bill ought to pass. The
city receives oniy z per cent on the de-
posit balances of Its treasury, and the
i... . i. .
.Ulr,rel ,t uow ,,UB '
too great. Five percent warrants ought
to command par right along without en -
tailing any loss whatever upon tbe city's
creditors. The reduction in warrant in
terest rate would only be recognition of
the reduction In current Interest rates
on commercial loans that bas taken
place In the last few years.
At the celebration over the Brazlliaa
Argentine boundary arbitration In Rio
Janeiro, enthusiastic admirers of the
part played by tbe United States In tbe
bejawafd. art said U aars cri4 out, "XtafJ
live derriand sad. Booarvelt" lr any
further proof were needed to convince
Colonel Kryan that Orover Cleveland
was not a democrat this would be con
clusive. In 1SKJ the assessment of 1.944 miles
of railroad in Nebraska aggregated $12.'
0SO.C0, or fl,319.70 per mile. In
5,7(l miles of railroad In Nebraska were
assessed for f2o.422.732, or $4,030.92 per
mile. At the mileage rate or the
assessment for 1902 would have been
$37.19T,WO, or $10,775,148 more than the
roads have been assessed for last year,
And yet John N. Knldwln insists that
the railroads are paying more than their
share of taxes now when every mile of
railroad In Nebraska Is worth fully
double its value of twenty years ago.
The next mov promised at Lincoln Is
the Imposition of a governor-appointed
nu P,lce commission upon eoutu
Omaha. Of course the proposal which
Purports to take the departments out of
PoUUct comes from a ounch or discred-
,u'u who uuo vo cuico on oy
thI circuitous route.
If lt Is true that the exposure of the
Rockefeller Intrusion Into the anti-trust
legislation Is to be credited to the occu
pant of the White House, whatever
President Roosevelt may lose In popu
larity with the trust magnates will be
made up by gains in popularity with the
masses.' "
Shadowa of Coming; Trooble.
Baltimore American.
There are faint signs that the twentieth
century Is going to see a rebellion against
the sardine system of street car traveling.
Somevrhat llehtnd the Times.
Somervllle Journal.
In these fays of skillful modern surgery
the man who has never bad an operation
nerfnrmed taalm . t v
whonr np date
l nmm
over that way are warning their readen
against it and declare It Is wicked. The
arPP mm usually follows the
" 1UUVU.
Paper rrom Ceraatalka,
Minneapolis Journal,
If the Department of Agriculture sue
eeeds in producing good paper from corn
stalks It will have done the country a great
service. Spruce trees that take thirty
years to grow will be too expensive to com-
pete w,tn the "talks, and we shall not need
to.worjr mbout r Vpw supply or about
ntll for PUT an mnrh O at aA An. A rA
perhaps we will get better paper.
Join the Don't Worry Clob.
Washington Post.
Mr. Cleveland went to a photographing
establishment In Philadelphia the other day
to have his picture taken. While he was
Z, . I Pm , '
two facts together and considering what
has happened In the past, some people will
he able to make themselves extremely un-
happy,
Some Redeeming; Traits.
Chicago Chronicle.
" With all due' deference to the shocked
statesmen of the senate, lt may be said that
" the Mormon religion really constitutes
the dominant' and impelling Influence In
tne of ltg profesBori
the fact hardly
constitutes an argument against It. A
creed which exercises so much power over
deeming traits' in It.
Afa Inflated Estimate,
Philadelphia Press.
The talk about there being 10,853,396 men
in this country available for the militia
may sound big, but it does not mean much
-utte a Bmber are foreigners and not much
over 100.000 are armed, and they have for
the most part ancient arms. It would take
co,deraDl time and money to organize
and drill a modest army out of that raw
m.terlaL But provU,OIf .hould b6 mada
for that purpose.
DEFECTIVE TRAIN DISPATCHING.
Fallor to Deliver am Order
Re.
sponsible (or a Wreck.
New Tork' Bun.
Details now at hand concerning tha cause
of the frightful head-on collision between
two passenger trains on the Southern Pa
ciflc railway near Vails, in Arizona, which
I occurred only a few hour after the wreck
n IN"r Jersey, bring up ror rresn eon
slderation the existing method of running
trains by telegraph
It appears that Operator Clough, at Vails,
I had received two separate orders for the
8un,et Limited, bound west, which was
i twelve noura late, una oi meae oraers
d,re,,.d ,h.t ,, .houid OP ..,ro,.
freight at Esmond, a station four mllei
1 sway, while the other order specified where
tn limited should meet through paasen
f er ra,n N- 1 M , 7
I . . . .
ered to the conductor and engineer of the
I limited; but the second and more important
order, concerning the meeting of the two
passenger trains, was not aeuverea bi an
Thl. .k. th. .n.tne.r nf th.
-westbound train drew out ot Valla with the
I understanding that, except for the freight
' Esmond, he had a clear track. The
ora9T wer" Probably sent several m nutes
Jxer they wer, r,ceWed at Valls before the
limited arrived there. At any rate, Opera
tor Clough forg t that he had more than
one order, and did not discover his mis
take until the train had gone.
Practically, this wreck on the Southern
Pacific was of tbe same nature at the one
of s few weeks ago on tbe Grand Trunk
railway, tn Canada, wherein twenty-eight
persons were killed and as many more In
lured. In the ewe ot the Grand Trunk dls-
.v . ...i
Vlhi di.pltch.r. Uk.ng It a. a
command, and allowed a train for which he
I had orders to proceed without them.
I Can train dispatchinc t called aafe
I which leaves wide open the door tor blun
I ders like these? After the Vails operator
tad repeated one of his orders to the dis.
' natcher and received the "O. K." thereon.
why did not the dispatcher, knowing that
another order was In dough's hands and
that the conductor and engineer for whom
lt was intended vre ready la sign it, insist
upon the repetition of that order at once?
It will be said that the dispatcher obeyed
the rules of ta road, wliertaa the operator
did not. Very true; bat sack arguments
offer no satisfactory defense at ths charge
that tha system of train dtapatcklag la use
today is defective. Tha mar tact that
accidents occur, aad aceur freqpeally, under
tha present aystem. Is la ftaaU ahaolota
u Mt waas tt atuoU ka
proaf mat, at lceu u ansa svumm,
HOCSO ABOCT SEW TORK.
Rival on tbe Cwrmt Lite tke
Metro nolla.
Tha strenuous life among the wealthy
has Its pathetic side. "Testerday morn
ing," relates the New Tork Sun, "an auto
mobile rolled up Fifth avenue. A very
young child and his nurse were the occu
pants. The fur-covered chauffeur kept the
vehicle moving at a moderate -tile. Only
a short distance behind the Brvt vehicle
there rolled another private automobile.
It proceeded with the satne deliberation
and It contained a child not more than 3
years old and her nurse. The two vehicles
continued on their way to the park and an
hour later were making down the avenue
again.
Both of the children were born to wealth
and position. The mother of the sable
decked youngster in one automobile is new
In Europe living with her second husband,
who Is no relation to the child. He re
mains with the father when the father bap
pens to be in New Tork. The father of the
child In the second automobile has a second
wife end this child lives with her mother
that Is to say, Bhe lives with her when
the mother Is not at Aiken or In Florida In
the winter and in Europe or at Newport In
the summer. In spite of the servants, the
furs and the automobiles there was an un
deniable pathos about the little procession
of orphans orphans of a new kind, but
none the less bereft for that reason.
Sixty gay, laughing, giggling, garish
school girls scrambled into the last car of
a Ninth avenue elevated train at One Hun
dred and Sixteenth street on Tuesday aft
ernoon. Their ages were ' from 12 to 17.
Many were well dressed. Many were
pretty. They owned the car, which might
have been reserved for them, aa only two
men were In it when it reacned their sta
tion. At Ninety-third street an old woman
entered, looking feeble and tired, but not
one of all these maidens offered her a seat.
She supported herself by leaning on tbe
back of a croes-bench until the car arrived
at Warren street, where many of the girls
got out. Surely tbe home training of those
girls has been sadly neglected.
Ths New Tork Central's plans for the
expenditure of about $20,000,000 in recon
structing its terminals In New York City,
Including the abolition of grade crossings
In outlying districts and the substitution
ot electricity for steam as the motive
power for trains within the city, were con
sidered by the board of estimate last
week, in the form of bills that have been
drafted for introduction in the legislature.
The Interesting fact wss disclosed that
the officers of the company are considering
the erection of a station on Forty-second
street, which will Include a twenty-story
hotel and possibly a large department store,
after the manner of the large terminal
hotels and stations often seen In England.
While It cannot be stated definitely that
such a station will be erected, the English
plan is finding much favor In New York.
A large modern hotel, a department store
and two or three theaters may be built at
the Pennsylvania station, and, whether or
not the Central constructs a combined hotel
and terminal, one or more large hotels will
be built near the station on Forty-second
street. The Central plans include a con
nection with the subway. It Is said that
work will begin in thirty days after the
necessary bills are passed snd that all of
the Improvements will be completed within
Ave years. The agreement between the
city and the company will probably be en
tered into this week.
A compromise payment of $115,000 to
David C. Johnson, a well known sporting
man In New Tork City, has revealed the
fact that young Theodore Hostetter, the
New York and Pittsburg millionaire, had
lost $1,000,000 in the year preceding his
death In New Tork gambling houses. Mr.
Hostetter died last August. Johnson denied
that the $115,000 was entirely a gambling
debt. Its payment In part, he said, was
for borrowed money. He said that fre
quently when Hostetter wanted money in a
hurry he had loaned him from $5,000 to
$30,000. He says he also gambled with
Hostetter when the latter wished tt, and
that Hostetter had wOn $30,000 from him
on the last presidential election. Ho had
also matched pennies with him at $1,000 a
toss. "I did not Intend to sue; lt was
merely for my own protection, and with no
idea lt would get into the courts, that I
put my claim Into the hands of Howe ft
Hummel," said Mr. Johnson. "Mrs. Hos
tetter will say, I am sure, that I always
treated her husband as a sincere friend
and that I was more service than loss to
him when it is considered what a plunger
he was. I helped htm to win many thou
sands by advising him in his bets. If
Theodore Hosetter lost $1,000,000 here I do
not know anything about It. I want to say
light now that he was the nerviest gentle
man plunger that I ever saw, and you may
say the luckiest as well."
A suit against the Hosetter estates was
brought In Allegheny county, Pennsylvania,
several weeks ago. The court records show
that the papers were marked "compromised
and settled."
There Is so city In the world where a
woman, during a day's shopping, can get
so many things for nothing as she can In
New York, according to the Times, 'Mob
and women are employed especially to
make her comfortable. In any one of a
dozen large department stores there Is s
parlor where she can write all the letters
she wishes to, make appointments with her
friends by telephone, find a maid to wait
upon her, a compartment to put away any
purchases she may make and bave them
all tied up until she is ready to take the
train for home.
She need not leave any one store all day
if the weather happens to be bad. She
can get an excellent meal there at a rea
sonable price. As she wanders around
demonstrators are constantly tempting her
to try a cup of chocolate or some kind of
breskfast food, served with cream on
dainty little dishes. She may collect no
end of artistically Illustrated booklets and
samples of special foods to take home with
her. In at least two stores she may hear
a really good concert by well-paid musi
cians, either In the morning or afternoon.
If she Is accustomed to buying one par
ticular brand of coffee or tea she gets a
premium card with every pound that tn
time enables ber to get for nothing a hand
some piece of furniture or a set of books.
Magistrate Crane of the police court In
Harlem. N. Y., thtnks that when the sani
tary code comes In to collision with com
mon sense it Is the former that must give
way. A negro was brought before him
charged with violating section 119 of the
code, which refers to the beating ot carpets,
rugs, etc. The magistrate discharged the
prisoner, saying tt was absurd to arrest
anyone on such a charge. "I bave my own
rngs beaten almost every week, and where
can ths work be done better than la the
yard?" y
District Attorney Jerome of New Tork
is disposed to look with some degiee of
prfds oa tbe result ot his last year's work
in helping reform the police department
of that city. Captain Gannon has Just been
convicted of irregular practices snd fined
$330; Captain Moynthaa and Acting Cap
tain Churchill have alvo beea "broken;
Captain Foody has been reprimanded; Cap
tains Pclaaey, Price, Creeden, Chapsnaa,
a has aad IniptUt Baclay have retired
TALK. Or THE STATU nifTSS.
Fafrtrary Ossefte: The legMattrre sxun
to be getting right down , to baalness.
Thai's good politics, and it Is the best way
to insure a republican legislature two
years hence whn a United States senator
la to be elected.
Nellgh Teoman: There seems to be a pre
vailing sentiment In Nebraska In favor ef
a larger homestead tn the Sand Hill sec
tions. Put unless the right to commute Is
rescinded the change might simply make
tt all the essler for the stockmen to gobble
up large tracts.
Falrbury Gazette: The proposed plan to
divide Nebraska into two federal judicial
districts, making the dead line, as usual,
the Platte river, hangs fire, lt may be In
time there will be sufficient business for
two districts, but such does not seem to
be the rase at present. But tt looks like
the question might be decided from a po
litical and not a business point of view.
As It Is now, the federal court, bag and
baggage. Is put on wheels and becomes a
traveling caravan twice a year to points
where there Is nothing to do but open court
and adjourn.
Norfolk Press: The best way for a pub
lic official to retain his Job Is by giving
good and faithful service. That is what
the Press asks of any of them, because lt
is their duty to the public. The acts of
a public offirer are legitimate subjects ot
criticism, and because a newspaper points
out that m officer has done wrong tt ts
not vilifying or abusing him. Tet It is
ths common cry of the wrong official and
his friends that he Is being vilified when
his wrongful acts are pointed out. It Is
the duty of every newspaper to do Just that
very thing and the Press proposes to live
up to Its duty' In that line, no matter whom
tt may hurt. '
Aurora Republican: What will be done
with the supreme court commission Is the j
question uppermost tn the minds of the at-
.... ' . . , ,
unsatisfactory. We have the spectacle of
one set of commissioners handing down one
kind of decision and another set making a
directly opposite decision on the same j
nneaHnna of lnw. The snnremn court
stands as supporting all decisions and the
decision, from Nebraska are so mixed up
as to be of little value as precedents to
follow. Nebraska decisions have been
none too widely accepted In other courts
and they may. under the present condltlbns.
lose their their value alogether. A change
is due at once.
Nelson Gazette: The state of Nebraska i
and every country comprising tt ts not so
much In need of a drastic revenue measure
for the purpose of getting more money
from the taxpayers into the public till as
lt Is of an economical disbursement ot pub
lic funds. When the men elected to office
guard the state or county money as
sacredly as they do their own private
pocket books (and we might say a little
more so than many individuals) then, snd
not until then, will we get the desired re
lief. It's one thing to cry economy every
time a legislative body comes together
and preach the need of more revenue, but
it's an entirely different matter to so con
duct public affairs as to be on a cash bails
as well as one In keeping with our ability
to pay without actually becoming burden
some.
Ord Quiz: The movement among the dis
trict Judges of the state to reduce the num
ber of Judicial districts and the number of
Judges is taking definite shape, and lt Is
probable that a bill to reapportion the dis
tricts will soon be In the hands of ap
portionment committees. Lawyers agree
that there ts a gradual reduction tn tbe
amount of litigation, and that fewer Judges
can do the vark, with a consequent saving
to the state. There Is also much sentiment
tn favor of a return to the district attor
ney system and a bill to that effect has
already been Introduced. Tbe argument Is
made that counties are unable to elect at
torneys who are capable ot coping with
the stronger members ot the bar tn crim
inal cases, and that in smaller counties
the salaries are so small as to furnish no
attraction to good lawyers. It Is claimed
that district attorneys may be elected,
with reasonable salaries, resulting In
stronger legal talent and better service id
the prosecutton of criminals. Many dis
trict Judges favor the plan.
I"I;ilSO.AL. NOTES.
Cole Younger Is not to be permitted to
place himself exhibition, y This will
greatly Intensify the desire to see h,lm.
Mr. Uttlefleld has demonstrated that
combines have existed since 2,000 years
B. C, which is as far back as congress
will care to go.
Senator Lodge has Introduced a bill Into
the United States senste authorizing the
erection of a monument In Washington
to John Paul Jones at a cost of $50,000.
If the base ball belligerents would emu
late the diplomats and throw a few ulti
matums at each other, the exercise would
lend a ray of gaiety to a tiresome situa
tion. Abe Slupsky. whose name is almost as
familiar to the reading public as that of
the Honorable Dink Botts, has resigned
the office of collector of rates In the 8L
Louts water commissioner's office.
A' bill prohibiting the eating of snakes is
ss good as passed by the Kansas legisla
ture. The wisdom of confining the reptiles
to the visual organs of Kansans ought to
raise the lawmakers several pegs in public
esteem.
It Is said that John Edward Addlcks,
who ever since 1888 has been trying to get
himself elected United States senator from
Delaware, has spent close to $1,000,000 in
the vain effort. As a result ot bis fight
the state had but one senator for four
years and for two years it has had none
at all.
Representative Bankhead of Alabama was
waking his annual speech for the appro
priation for the southern fast mall. "All
It will cost," he said, "Is the sum of $143,
787.75." "You seem to know all about
lt," Interrupted Representative Hsnk
Smith of Michigan. "I do," replied Rep
resentative Bankhead. "Well, then, what
Is that 73 cents for?" "Axle grease," said
Eankhead, promptly.
This Is by no moans a "Bargain ' Bale" in the
"cheap" sense, but it is a time of tine opportunities
for clothing buyers. We have some short line of
suits prreatly reduced in price, and some over
coats nof every size in every pattern but we've
probably got YOUlt size at a good, big saving.
NO CI.OTUIKO FITS 1. 1KB Ol'RS.
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WORDRRFtli ISVKXTIOW.
Wliard F.dlaoa Thrown Oat Another
Bnnrh of Propheelea.
Philadelphia North American.
Bdlson announces In specific terms that
he has perfected hts storage battery and
that the days of the horse are numbered.
These are his words:
"The new battery will settle ths horse
not at once, but by degrees. The price of
I automobiles will be reduced so that almost
every family may have one and run it
! without the aid of an cxr?rt. In fact, I
I hope that the time has nearly arrived when
every man may not only have his own
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"tomnblle. but slso be able to light his
?wn nnue- char' machine, heat
may not only have his own
his rooms, cook his food, etc., by elec
tricity, without dopt-ndlng on anyone else
,0 tnM" wl "
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Edison Is not In the habit of boasting idly
achievements snd the invention of
! to"e Dntt"y "Pted to vehicle trac-
on 00,, not sppesr se wonderful as many
n' ,hl'1" he nH flone- Vl , , , .
riui E,aion musi idus iu uib iauici9, ,co,
the man who claims to have found a way
to make fuel of water wrest them away
from him. Banishment of the horse from
city streets would be a small matter com
pared with the rescue of the world from
all danger of fuel famine and ths Instant
collapse of the Coal trust. If the water
burner will only make haste to put his
device on the market, the family automobile
can wait awhile.
SMILING REMARKS.
"What a luxury a clear . conscience Is,"
exclaimed the high-minded statesman.
"Yes," answered Senator Borghum, It S
a luxury. But It Isn't a necessity." Wash
ington Star.
"Ho save he offered his heart and hand,
to Miss Qoldrox, but she made light of
them.". . ,
"Yes; and I understand her father fired
the rest of him." Philadelphia Press.
Mrs. Von Blumer We must have the
Blggby to dinner. We owe them one.
Von Hlumer Of course. We passed nil
awful dull evening there, and It Is nothing
more than rlKht that they should pass one
here. Brooklyn Ufe.
"Astigmatism," explained the doctor, "Is
an abnormal condition of the eyes. In which
they appear to have different planes of
vlalon. snd you ran see better with ono
than with the other."
"I see," observed the professor. "Ono
pupil Is more apt than the other." Chl
cago Tribune.
A man never means mora than hnlf of
what he says to a woman. And a woman,
never means more than a quarter of what
she says to a man. Somervllle Journal.
"What Is meant by the phrase prlra
war has smoothed his ruflled front?' "
"I don't know," answered the student
who cares more for the newspaper than,
for the classics, "unl.-KB some fastidious
and elaborately drossod general had Just
sent his clothes to the laundry." Wash
ington Star.
Caller Well, the nerve of thatt
Merchant What's that?
Culler Why, rlldn't you hear thnt Snip)
of a boy referring to you as "Bill?"
Merchant Sh! That's our office boy. Bo)
long ii m I can protend I didn't hear him
It's all right. Philadelphia, Cathulio
Standard.
KAfl ABOVE ItUBIF.9.
Thomas Compton.
What Is It all that men posses
among
themselves conversing.'
Wealth, or fame, or sorno such boast,
scarno worthy the rehearsing;
Women only are men's good, with them. In
love conversing. f
If weary, they prepare us rest; If sick,
their hand attends um;
When with Krlf our hearts are pressed,
their comfort best befriends us;
Sweet or sour, they willing go to sharo
what fortune senda us.
What pretty babes with pains they bear,
our name and form presenting!
What we got how wine they keep, by spar-"
Ing wants preventing!
Sorting all their household cares to our ob
served contenting!
All this, of whose large uso I sing, In two
words Is expressed;
Oood Wife Is the pnoA 1 praise. If by good
men possessed,
Bad with bad In ill suit well, but good with
good live blessed.
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