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TIIE OMATIA DAILY BEE: TTJE8DAT, FEBRUARY 17, 1903. The Omaha Daily Bee. E. ROBE WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. Daily Bee (without Sundayi, One tear..$4. Uaily Bee and Sunday, One Year Illustrated lire. One Year Hunday Bee. one year Saturday bee. One Year Twentieth Century Farmer, One Tear. DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Dally Bee (without Sunday), per copy. I 1. 1 lu ithniit honflilV). DeT Week 6 no i.nu 3.(10 l.W 1.00 . la 12o Dally Bee (Including Sunday), per weea..Jic 'ixny iJee, per copy J Kvenlng Uee (without Sunday), per eK tc Evening Bee (Including Sunday), P" Wek 'OC Complaint's "of' Irregularities In delivery hould be addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omana-Clty Hall Building, Twen-ty-llfth and M Streets. Council Bluffs 10 pearl Street. Chicago 1640 Unity Building. New York &28 Bark Row Building. Washington Ml Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and ed itorial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps accepted In payment or mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepteo. THE BEB PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County. s.: George B. Tischuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing company, being duly "wo' that the actual number of full and rap lets copies of The Dally. Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the montn or .TanttiLPV lfiflX whi KB follOWS; 1 80,420 ' 1 80,200 1 80.TD0 4. 3I8.ROS E SO.BOO 4 30,1120 7 80,020 , 1 80,4110 30,480 10 SO.BOO 11 SK.7UO 12 80,000 IS 80,600 14 80,490 15 80,570 17 18 88,930 If 80,540 )'". 8O.030 21 31,510 tl. 30.-M0 J3 ..3O430 24 !HI,750 25 8,H 2 R0.B70 -..80.5T0 2s! :.; 80,840 29 ao,:io ! 80,670 JJ, 80,H a.jv AAA 16 30,470 Total 4 1,483 Less unsold and returned copies.... 0,8" Net total sales 2,Voi Net average sale 80,081 GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me thl 31st day of January, A. D. 1903. M, B. H UNGATE, (Seal.) Notary Public m' That compromise statehood bill seems to hare been unable to get the door of the omnibus open. Reports from passing steamships are to the effect that Mount Telee is still smoking. What a waste of good fuel! ' While they are remembering the Maine in ilavana, we In this country could not forget the consequences of Its ill fate if we would. . The story of the municipal campaign at Lincoln does not fit in very well with the assertion that the railroads of Ne braska have gone out of politics. The minister who preached a sermon on ' "The Foolishness of rrcachlng" rhould have addressed himself to his fellows of the cloth rather than to his congregation. The new revenue bill Is to contain 240 sections. Perhaps the legislature had better take another week's adjourn ment In order to enable members to read the bill through. Henry Watterson is talking again, but his vision of the man on Jiorseback has disappeared. He now sees all the crowned heads of Europe succumbing to the growing strength of democracy tis exemplified in the American re public. The reports of the weather bureau stations for western Nebraska Indicate that the rainfall in that section has been steadily Increasing from yenr. to year. If the weather jburenu- and the Irrigation bureau will only work to- gether, seml-arld 'Nebraska will even tually disappear from the map. It is to be noted that during the ab sence of General Miles from the coun try the general staff bill, to which he was vigorously opposed, passed con gress. Whether this was taking a mean advantage of General Miles or whether It was understood as a condi tion of his foreign tour is open to speculation. One of tbo members of the Omaha school board wants to make the kinder garten age from 4 to 0 years. The principal difficulty in front of such a proposition is that the constitution of Nebraska makes th school age from 5 to SI. and the chances of amending that provision of the constitution are de cidedly remote. Governor Mickey's inaugural address contains several Important recommenda tions on which the legislature has as yet shown no disposition to take action. At the time of its delivery "the recom mendations In the message were re ferred to tbo appropriate committees. It would not be a bad Idea for the com mittees to make this reference more than a mere formality. County Attorney English has rendered an opinion to the effect that the orders for bridge construction placed by the county board under last year's contract do not bold good when tbe work has not been commenced before the expira tion of the contract. Douglas county has built more bridges In the last fire years than in all the period before that, Why not. give the bridge builders a rest for a little while? Members of tbe Douglas delegation see ui to tbluk they are handicapped b- ca . ttie complaint agulnst their in difference to the most vital issue before the legislature namely, the taxation of railroad property In titles on tbe same basis a other property. The best way for our legislators to stop these com plaints Is to pitch In in earnest and Justify themselvea with their constitu ent. The only way to Inspire confi dence la to deserve it - - TUB ADMINISTRATION B AT 1STIXD. The administration, according: to At torney General Knox, la well satisfied with what has been done by the pres ent congYess affecting the trusts and no doubt conservative men generally are, but this does not necessarily mean that something further will not have to be done for the regulation and supervision of the combinations. In bis first mes sage to congress President Roosevelt said that "the first essential In de termining how to deal with the great Industrial combinations is knowledge of the facts publicity." Further rem edies, he urged, could only , be de ermlned after publicity had been ob tained by process of law and In the course of administration. This Is conditionally provided .for In the new legislation. That is, the presi dent may in his discretion make public any inforn ation obtained by the bureau of eonwrations of the Department of Commerce and Labor In regard to the organization and business methods of corporations engaged In Interstate and foreign commerce. There are some who doubt whether this will be en tirely satisfactory, but we think there are very few who will fear failure on the part of the president to give pub licity to any facts which he shall deem to be of value to the public. Mr. Roose velt has been most earnest In urging this legislation and It can be confidently assumed that be will be no less earnest In enforcing It. The corporations that can be reached under the new legisla tion will be required to conform fully to the terms of the law and the public will be given whatever facts are of Interest to it. What has been done Is unquestion ably In the right direction and there can be no doubt will have good results. But as we have heretofore pointed out, it will undoubtedly be found necessary to adopt a policy of supervision and regulation in order to effectively check the tendency toward Industrial monop oly. We do not underestimate the value of publicity, but it Is only a par tial remedy, as both the president and the attorney general agree. It Is ac ceptable as a beginning. It will not, however, halt the movement toward monopoly and the next congress will be called upon to supplement it with leg islation providing for thorough super vision of the combinations. Meanwhile the country will expect aggressive action by the federal author ities for the enforcement of the anti trust laws. They will have ample means with which to do this and the attorney general has been given author ity to expedite cases. He has been zealous in promoting the new legisla tion, earnestly supporting the president In his efforts to secure it, and it Is safe to soy that he will be energetic and diligent In enforcing It "A long stride in advance has been accomplished," says Mr. Knox, "and the promises of last fall have been made good." ' The republican party has Judiciously and conservatively responded to the public demand in the enactment of legislation that will not disturb business or Impair prosperity while correcting evils and abuses that are the chief cause of popu lar complaint DISCRIMINATIONS UVST STOP. Referring to the Elklns anti-rebate law the Springfield Republican says: "One thing Is certain he discrimina tions must stop. The American public is thoroughly determined on this point and railroad managers will do well to make no mistake about it If this en actment does not end the process of building np monopoly in manufacturing and trade through the special discrimi nating rato, decidedly more drastic measures will be applied than have yet been generally considered." It is very probable that railroad managers gener ally understand this and therefcre will comply with the new law. They did not, so far asthppeared. oppose Its en actment and as It makes the shipper wno accepts a rebate or other special ravor punishable along with the rail u uiimuy wno gives it there Is little likelihood of the law being vio lated. It Is a pretty thorough measure for doing away with discriminations, the chief objection made regarding it being the removal from the original law of punishment by imprisonment though the general opinion is that it was ex pedient to do this. A very Important provision Is that making any deviation rrom the published rates a mis demeanor. With due vigilance on the part of the commission the anti-rebate law should prove an adequate remedy tor bucu aisoritninatlon. ASK rVHTHIOR JltriCiiTlGATtUX. A numerously signed petition was pre sented in the United States senate few days ago asking that the committee fii.ni . . vu i uiiipiune arrairs mnke a further investigation of conditions In the archi pelago. It is urged that when tills com mittee made an investigation It did not near many important American wit nesses who were ready to be summoned ana no Important Filipino witnesses, Tha ntUI . i , . i' u.iuu,-i turns: , ine time- most ravorahje 'for securing national eullght enment upon the whole problem of our rule In the Islands and the attitude toward us of those whom we wish to benefit." The request is made that the senate empower its committee to take testimony on Philippine conditions dur ing the recess of congress. The further investigation of Phlllp- inuw conditions may be desirable not ,.Qsy to see that it would have any beneficial result and very likely this will be the view of the senate. There Is a most capable com minion lu the Islands that can he i. landed iiinm to keep the government fully Informed regarding affairs there ana we canuot understand what tutui ble good would result from obtaining vi mm parties m bom the signer of the petition desire shall be heard. It Is very questionable If they would add anything of material conse quence to what is already known. The fact Is that Philippine conditions are far from being satisfactory, particu larly In regard to financial and Indus trial affairs, and unless the present con gress does something to relieve the situation there is pretty certain to be serious trouble. Governor Taft has stated that failure to furnish relief at this session of congrrss would create consternation throughout the Islands and render the political situation more difficult. This and the manifestations of discontent should be sufficient to in duce congress to adopt such measures as are obviously necessary to remedy the unfavorable conditions and restore confidence in the government. This Is the urgent requirement and no further investigation is necessary to Impress the Importance of meeting It. If this Is not done another insurrection in the Philippines will be more than probable. . n NOT AN ADVERTISING DODGE. The Omaha Bee says: "Bartley has been out of prison now for more than a year. He Is reputed to have Investments in min ing properties in Colorado and real estate of considerable value. There is a well defined rumor that moat of his time and talents have been devoted to speculation in grain options with funds recovered from tbe wreck of the state treasury. How much Mr. Bartley has been able to collect and bow much he will eventually be able 4o recover is as profound a mystery as are the contents of that historic cigar box." A demand Is made for an investigation of tbe whole matter of tbo pardon, as well as the absorption of interest by Treasurer Meserve. It Is believed here in Lincoln 'that a complete exposure of the Bartley matter would cause a shaking in places of high Influence in both parties and that it could not proceed far without being quietly smothered because it might prove too much. The editor of Tbe Bee probably knows this, and is beginning to shout for the investigation as an advertising dodge. Lincoln Journal. The Bee's demand for a legislative Investigation Into the questionable treasury transactions of Bartley, Me serve and Stuefer is not an advertising dodge. It is made without regard to any, belief that complete exposure of treasury crookedness would cause a shaking in places of high Influence in both pnrties and would be smothered because It might prove too much. The demand of The Bee Is for a thorough Inquiry into the whereabouts of the money embezzled by Bartley and the possibility of the state recovering what waa represented by the I-O-U's in the much-mooted cigar box. If Bartley's assertion that he would pay bock every dollar he owed the state as soon as he could collect In the money owing to him ever had any foundation, it is the duty of the legislature to follow up the stolen money and have It brought back. The same Is true with respect to the state's losses under Bartley's successors In office. Treasurer Meserve Is charged with pocketing Interest on school fund deposits that should be paid back into the state treasury and Treasurer Stuefer with peculiar bond purchases by which favored middlemen were en abled to cutoff Interest coupons amount ing to thousands of dollars from bonds bought with public money, while the bonds were In transit from the county issuing them to the state house. If the facts are as they have been rep resented, the money thus diverted from the school fund can and should be re covered. The legislature will not discharge Its full obligation to the people If It shrinks from this duty because of fear that an investigation will uncover beneficiaries of treasury looting In high places of In fluence. The pretense that only the democratic newspapers tnrougnout iseorasxa are standing up for the equal taxation of railroad property is not founded on fact The democratic papers are not entirely unanimous for the bill granting munlci pnllties the tight to assess railroad property the same as property of In dividual, nor is the republican press generally opposed to the measure or significantly silent upon It A large number of republican papers in all parts of the state recognize the justice of the demand for a change in the law that exempts railroad property from city taxation, and are expressing themselves forcibly on that subject. Under condl tlons that exist In the legislature, which Is controlled by an overwhelming re publican majority, it Is natural that the railroad influence should be exerted on the republican papers wherever possi we, wnue tne aemocratic papers are Ignored because they could affect only a few members of the hopeless minority. The fact that so many republican edi tors are withstanding the pressure and blandishments of the railroad lobby and Its literary bureau, to say nothing of Its cash offers for editorial space, speaks a great deal for their Independence and sense of obligation to the public. The annual statement of the county treasurer shows that while the county has had balances in excess of $100,000 constantly 'in the banks, but drawing no luterest. It has been paying 7 per cent on outstanding warrant Indebtedness in excess of this amount. What would be thought of a private business Institution that borrowed money at interest while It carried a bank credit of nearly equal proportions on which It was getting nothing? If this losing game Is forced on the taxpayers by the laws governing the county's finances, the laws are cer tainly defective and should be remedied. The success attending Senator Mil lard's efforts to have tbe appropriation for tbe Omaha Indian supply warehouse restored to the bill from which it had been struck out in committee will be gratifying to the people of this city Tbe recommendation of the Indian com missioner for tbe discontinuance of this warehouse was on tbe ground that it was not giving commensurate returns to the government but there is no good reason why it cannot be built up to Im portance eu1 usefulness IX tbe Indian bureau will only co-operate. It was not to be expected that the Indian sup ply business at Omaha would within two years equal that of Chicago or St Louis, which have been established for many years. The position of the In dian commissioner, however, should be notice to our business men that they must take advantage of the opportuni ties afforded by Its location here If they do not wish to lose the warehouse alto gether. II -LIST Russian newspapers have been offi cially advised to refrain from publish ing articles hostile to Turkey In con nection with the Macedonian troubles. Imagine what would follow an attempt on the part of any Representative of the government at Washington to tell the newspapers of this country what subjects they should discuss or how they should discuss them. Is It any wonder that the franiers of our con stitution Insisted on Inserting into the fundamental law guaranties of the freedom of the press? Iowa Bryan democrats must be wak ing up from their lethargy Induced by tbe knockout received at the last state convention. No other construction can be put on their proposed banquet of the Kansas City Democracy at which William Jennings Bryan ' Is to be the star orator. Another tug of war at the next nominating convention for the possession of the machinery of the state organization Is plainly In prepara tion. Seventeen letter carriers have been suspended from the San Francisco postoffice for alleged political activity during the campaign last November. Letter carriers in 8an Francisco must have taken the wrong end of It. nad they only exerted themselves on behalf of Congressman Loud Instead of against him, their offense would not have brought trouble on them, even though ho was defeated. A few repetitions of the Indiana grave robbers' trials with Jurymen reinforc ing their arguments with blows and the dissecting rooms , will be replenished without calling on the cemeteries. Sagrireatlon for a Hew Society. Philadelphia Record. Since a great many society women find that they cannot belong to the order of Daughters of the Revolution, let them get up a new organization of "Mothers of the Next War." The Lord Fights with the Battalions. Indianapolis Journal (rep.). As long as William Jennings Bryan con tinues to light for leadership in the dem ocratic party with a considerable following the Lord will be on the republican side. Blind te 4he Beam. Detroit Free Press. If Mr. Baer is so anxious about the en forcement of law, ha might begin with the provision of Pennsylvania's constitution which prohibits railroad companies from engaging In the ' business of mining and selling coal. Slow 'bat Bare. Chicago News. ' Those of us who have made money by hard knocks and by keeping out a few cents each week from our salaries now have more to show for It than those wbo were raking In wealth at the rate of 10 percent a month in tbelr minds with the get-ricb-qulck companies. , Sinister Work of the Lobby.' Indianapolis News. Tha lobby has its uses and the. odium ought not to attach to the very name, as it does. But it does, and because the uses of a lobby have long ago been driven out in practice by- the abuses. In the present leg islature the lobby Is becoming disgustingly bold and brutal. If legislators only realized how much tbey themselves lose In the re spect and honor of their constituents by tbe familiarity they permit from lobbyists wbo crowd the legislative precincts and swarm on the floor, while they push tbelr schemes, they would surely make an ending of ap pearances that wear an evil look and raise a doubt as to who are the real legislators. Peace la Ireland's Affairs. . Philadelphia Record. By way of Introduction to the Parlla mentary debate on the new Irish land purchase bill, which is to be the principal government measure to be discussed at tbe ensuing session, both sides to the contro versy have begun an exchange of amenities Imprisoned Irish members of Parliament are being released from jaft as fast as tbe warrants can be drawn, the procta matlon of the crimes act bas been annulled and nationalists and unionists seem to be vying with one another in the creation of mutual good feeling. When such oppo sltes as Lord Dunraven and William O'Brien have resolved to come together one is Justified In the hope that the com ing session will bear fruit and that the 500 years' war between Celt and Saxon is Bearing its end. WHO GOT TUB SNIFF f Pathos and Sneeaea Mingle In a Senate Report. New York Bun. Tbe annual report nf the secretary of the senate contains the itemized statement of expenditures from the contingent fund, and, aa usual, this document is a reposi tory of curious and useful information. Its Jumbled pages likewise enshrine some mysteries. The most pathetic entry la this, in tbe statement of unexpended appropriations: Expenses of senate committee, funeral Wniiam McKlnley tOO.Ol One cent left! The vast extent of tha legislative opera tions of our government is reflected In these specified disbursements, " which have an extraordinary range. While it appears that only twelve packs of playing cards and three packages of tbe game of dominoes were ordered during the fiscal year on account of tbe senators, they con sumed not less than a dozen quarta of hair tonic, costing $29.70 at wholesale; and tbe generally prevailing conditions of pros perity are indicated by their requisitions for not less than 162 pocketbooks and purses, varying to price from 4a cents up to $28, besides eleven of tbe so-called mesh bags of gun metal or sterling allver which are hung at the waist, four "beaded bags" and three "wrist bag-" Three senators Indulged In manicure sets, and one In a copy of Bowley's "Elements of Statistics." Charged also to the contingent fund Is the remarkable total of ,1U0 grains of quinine, purchased at different times oa tbe sanitary account of the senate. But tbe ataggerlng entry la Ibis: April S-F1va pounds Copenhagen snuff W TS For ebicu seuatorlel boss! BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE. Mlaov Scenes and Inetdeala Sketched . oa the Spot. One of tbe unsuccessful candidates for congress at the last election wss George C. R. Waggoner of St. Louis, an under taker whose remarkable smile slivered the clouds of gloom at many a funeral. Even at bis own political funeral be smiled and smiled and Invited the mourn ers to smile with him. Now he proposes to throw a few melancholy clouds around his successful opponent by instituting a contest. Mr. Waggoner's testimony ar rived at Washington in six large boxes. As these boxes were not eaBlly carried Mr. Waggoner had them equipped with regulation coffin handles. With that fash ion of attachment they were lifted from the house of representatives mail wagon and borne to the room of the election com mittee, where the contest is to be consid ered. ' "I was in the senate gallery recently, listening to the oratory of Senator Dopew," said George M. Pnead of San Francisco, quoted by the Washington Post. "In the course of his remarks' the brilliant New York statesman got off a witticism about pressing the band of a fair Mormon widow seventeen of them, and the sally evoked a good bit of merriment. "All of a sudden it flashed across me that I had heard or read the Bame thing before, and after a while It came to me that my notion was correct Tbe senator bad borrowed from one of Artcmua Ward's jokes, perpetrated forty or fifty years ago. He might have changed tha phraseology a bit, but here was the same old Ward Jest. Verily, there is nothing new under the sun." Congress was visited the other day by one of Representative Shattuck'a constitu ents, relates the New York Tribune. Mr. Shattuck, although from Cincinnati, makes claim to being the representative of the farmer. His visitor was a farmer, and after he had visited many of the sights In the capltol, Mr. Shattuck was suddenly called into the house to record a vote. The farmer wandered down to tbe basement and found the house restaurant. He went In and ordered a piece of pumpkin pie and glass of milk. Finishing that, and still feeling hungry, he called in a loud voice for a waiter. The place was filled with customers, and attention was called to the loud call. "Here, you," shouted the bold Ohioan, "bring me 6 cents' worth of sausage!" "We don't sell sausage that way!" ex plained tbe waiter; "an order of sausage will cost you 40 cents." The farmer dropped his knife. "Well, I'll be " Then, restraining himself, he called the waiter near to hlra and declared, Just as General Shattuck entered tbe door: "I can buy a whole hog for that money in Sbattuck's district." The new members of congress who will make their debut next December unless an extra session should summon them here sooner are beginning to logroll for com mittee positions. A new Michigan mem ber, who is said to be one of the best known lawyers of that commonwealth, has been trying, through an old friend, now a member of tbe house, to get himself "fixed" for the work of the next session. The old member received a letter from the member-elect today, relating to committee assignments and suggesting the disposition he wished to be made of his own talents. "I prefer," said the member-elect, "that first you would present my claims to recognition as a member of Ways and Means. If by any fact of previous allotment of placea on that committee to others' It should become necessary to ask for some thing equally as good, please see to it that I go on Appropriations. After that I would like to get on Rivers and Harbors. I shall rely on your kindly offices to land some one of the three places I have men tioned." The old member In reply sent the fol lowing telegram: "Letter here and contents noted. You will be lucky if you get on Ventilation and Acoustics." In the days when "Czar" Reed was speaker of the house, writes a correspond ent of the Boston Herald, the members used to grumble quite a bit about tbe sim plicity of the furnishings of their commit tee rooms and other accommodations, as compared with those in the senate, -"the most exclusive club in the United States." But those days are gone by now, and one of the things which has made this a $1,000,000,000 congress Is the new furnish ings which were Installed In the south wing of the capltol. Representatives have their shoes shined while sitting on solid mahogany, leather upholstered chairs that cost $55 each. "Uncle Joe" Cannon did not allow this kind of thing in the 'days when he first earned, as chairman of the appropriations committee, the sobriquet of "watchdog of the treasury." Luxury has invaded his own commltttee room, where $5,000 was spent In refurnishing. "Uncle Joe" sits in a $30 chair, at a $120 mahogany desk, when be writes letters to his constituents out in Illinois. The fire screen which adorns the room cost a mere bagatelle $29 and when the caretaker of this room comes around in the morning he brushes the dust from a $28 water cooler, and. If it Is empty, be fills It up with $17 worth of mineral water. Incidentally, tbe mural decorations In this room are whales sporting in a blue ocean.' Some one asked "Uncle Joe" what they were symbolical of, and he replied, "Oh, the size of the appropriation bills, I guess." Speaker Henderson bas to do the best he can In his ofnee, which Is shabbily fur nished with silver Inkstands, which made a bole about the size of $115 in tbe treas ury; maboganx desks, Cordova leather chairs, silver trays, Ice spoons and ice tubs. Just what "one can of superior cream," which Is credited to the speaker's room, was for, no one knows. It may be that tbe committee on rivers and harbors has money to burn. At any rate, 336 boxes of matches were furnished this committee room last year. PKHSOMAL SOIES. Mr. Baer bas at last apparently con ceded that there was something to arbi trate, "Five Hundred Per Cent" Miller must feel 30 cents-like when be reads of that St. Louis "killing." General M. W. Ransom, a former United States senator from North Carolina, is de voting his time to farming and this year will run about 250 plows. Captain Harry Webster, a aurvivor of the Samoan hurricane of 1889, bas been placed on the retired list of the navy with the rank of rear admiral. James H. Wolff. colored man, has been elected Junior vice commander of the G. A. R. of Masssrhusetta, the first time a negro bas been so honored in that atate. Colonel William Penn Clarke, who died in Washington several days ago, was one of tbe founders of the republican party and was appointed paymaster in tbe army by President Lincoln In 1863. Ex-Lieutenant Governor Timothy L. Woodruff of New York baa accepted the presidency of a typewriting company at a salary or $25,000 a year. This ought to keep htm In efflorescent waistcoats all right I firs FOn TUB LEGI9LATITRJC. , """"""" Callaway Queen: If tbe legislators would go down to Lincoln and run a bluri pencil through some of the fool laws enacted by former legislatures, then return to their homes, they would have filled a long felt want and would stand a much better show for re-election. Ord Journal: Tbe Mil making appro priation for the establishment of not less than three nor more than Ave Junior nor mal schools in the state has passed the lower house of the legislature. It fixes one at Alliance, one at Valentine and one at McCook. The schools are all to be under the direction of tbe state superin tendent. El wood Bulletin: Representative Cun ningham of Hamilton county, has prepared a bill which will legislate foot ball out of existence so far as Nebraska Is concerned. Mr. Cunningham says he has received pledges of support from every member he has approached on tbe subject and he finds sentiment opposed to the brutal sport, which, be says, makes brutes out of young men. Beatrice Democrat: Laura Gregg and other women are trying to have a bill passed In the legislature giving a wife one half instead of one-third of the property of her husband at his death. It Is time that men assert themselves and have a lit tle legislation In their own behalf. The real estate of the country is generally in the wife's name now, and If she dies or fires the old fellow out, what will become of him then, poor thlngT David City Record: Senator Hastings has introduced a bill for primary nom inating election, in order to do away with the old-fashioned nominating conventions. In states working under the nominating election system the law is popular, as It leaves the choice of candidates with the rank and file of the party Instead of hav ing delegates manipulated at nominating conventions, where so often the real choice of the people is defeated by unfair means. Friend Telegram: Speaker Mockett's bill to take Nebraska school boards out of poli tics is the last straw which will break the back of the educational institutions of our state. The supreme court may deprive us of the divine -ight to read the bible or to sing hymns in the common schools of Ne braska, but let not the legislature deprive the districts the privilege of holding the annual district scrap and during which sufficient bad blood Is gotten up to laat for the next ten years. Lyons Mirror: One of the biggest farces and downright foolish acts ever known in the affairs of the state was enacted when the Nebraska legislature deliberately ad journed and the members went home while the corporations drafted a revenue bill to their own liking. Who will deny but what the state and legislative officers are bound down beneath the iron grasp of the tools of corporate wealth. And tbe people will "pay the freight." Our taxes will go higher and the corporation taxes will go lower. El wood Bulletin: The threshing machine men of the state are up In arms over tbe Introduction of House Roll 237, which provides that all engineers must have a license to run and operate an engine and also have boilers Inspected by the state boiler Inspector. It is claimed It will cost them $50,000 a year, as it requires each man to pay $5 for a license and $5 to have the boiler inspected. They are emphatically against treating an office with a fat sal ary for some fellow and pulling tbelr leg to pay him. Lyons Sun: Many worthy state enter prises are knocking r the door of the Ne braska legislature scrVdtlng a "hand out" In the way of an appropriation. Private enterprises in tbe state and publlo enter prises In neighboring states have made mar velous strides in the last five years, and Nebraska, because of its depleted treasury has scarcely held its own. It will be seen by this that the revenue bill Is the feature of the session and whatever else is left un done a revenue bill ample and Just should be passed without fall. St. Paul Phonograph Press: The state legislature Is being asked to make an ap propriation for an exhibit at the Louisiana exposition at St. louls for next year. We think that our state should be represented and a liberal appropriation should be made for the aame. The people of this state should remember that other states made liberal provisions for representation at tbe Transmisslssippl exposition at Omaha. True, our state is In debt and our Iscome Is not equal to our legitimate expenses, but If our legislature does its duty In fram ing a revenue bill, then it will be an easy matter for us to make a showing that will be a credit to our state in 1904 at the exposition. Callaway Queen: If tbe present legisla ture would enact a law compelling the rail roads to take but a certain time to deliver their freight, according to tbe distance it must travel, there would be a great many more people live up to the Lord's com mandments than there are at this time. When It takes three weeks to get a bill of goods over tbe road a distance of 200 miles. It is high time for some action to be taken compelling the railroads to do a little oulcker work in the way of delivering freight entrusted to their care. As it now stands, important orders are sidetracked, where they remain until the road get ready to remove them, while the merchant or business man is losing good profits. The roads should be compelled to either get the goods to their destination or pay the profits the. business men lose by their carelessness. Columbus Telegram: Nebraska is a progressive state and Its people always try to look after the Interests of Ihe poor. But there Is one class of citizens for which the state does not properly provide. We refer -to the aged men and women. It Is true that' In every county there Is a poor house where old people may find shelter, but It does not look right to send tbe old people to such a place. The Telegram re cently received from Mr. A. Hanson, a Platte county farmer, a suggestion in favor of a state pension for the aged, and we are Inclined to favor a movement In that direction. Men and women might grow old more gracefully If they could feel and know that in their declining days they should be spared the suffering and Ihe shame of extreme poverty. A small tax The Inside Of one of our ulsters would be about an pleasant a place an one could find tsuch weather as this. Hoft, warm materials, luxuriously lined, high storm eollar and good length of garment, a great protection from the cold and also for the potketbook. $20.00, 22.50 and $25 values for $15.00. yo CLOTHING FITS LIKE OURS. Browning, King & Co li. H. IVtkox, Mjr. THE OLD nnUADLE V t J.0Y4i Absolutely Puro THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE levied upon the young men and women of the state would provide every comfort for such of the old as do not have money of their , owe to buy the necessities of life. Some of the European countries are now paying old-age pensions. It is strange that America should lag behind Europe in this matter. Norfolk News: There Is a bill before the legislature providing for an appropriation to erect In Llnooin a fireproof building to be used as a museum and library by the Nebraska State Historical society for tho safe preservation and exhibition of its his torical documents, books, relics, etc. The bill contemplates the expenditure of $85,000, not otherwise appropriated, for this pur pose. This Is an Instltutlou of much ad vantage to Nebraska In recordi.:; historical data and some assistance from tho state would be a deserving recognl 'on of its value. It Is the opinion of man; .hat if It came to a choice between providing for a stats exhibition at the St. Lou In fair and an appropriation for the erection of this building the legislators would show a wise discretion in favoring the appropriation for the historical society. This is something of permanent Importance to the state, and as a matter of advertising would accom plish far more In the long run than a sim ilar Investment In the exposition at St. Louis. POINTED REMARKS. Assistant Here's a book on pyrography. Want anything written about It? Literary Editor Yes; you might give It one or two ehort pyrographs. Chicago Tribune. Temperance Lecturer Oh, my friends, there are some spectacles which one never forgets. Old Lady's Voice (In iear)-I'd :ike to know, sir, where they sell L-m, if you don't mind. New York Times. "A good name Is to be chosen rather than great riches." "Oh, no doubt. Hut I'll go after the riches first and strive for the good name afterward." Chicago Post "Isn't that mrely Idle gossip?" "Gossip, my dear." answered Miss Cay enne, "Is never Idle. It la the most in duotrlous tiling on earth." Washington Star. "Dusty makes me tired with his old proverbs. Yesterday he turns to me and saya: 'Don't cross a stream till you come to it.'" "Well?" "Well, when he came to the stream he fell ln."-:ieveland Plain Dealer. r .,.,- Rev. Goodman Really, It'e J'.iat easy1 to tell the truth as a He. Gayman But It ten't ao restful. If I had told my wife the truth last night' when she a'feked tne what kept me out ao lute I wouldn't have got a wink of sleep. Phila delphia Press. Mrs. Ferguson had concocted a cough 0iuii tvr urr iiuminiiii. ii vvilMBiei) u a certain Jamaica beverage, with various sweetening and aromatic Ingredients, and he was testing It with much fervor. "Your medicines, Laura," he said, hold ing out his glass for another dose, "are so much better than the medicines mother used to make'." Chicago Tribune. TIIE RED-HE A DEI) G I It La James Barton Adams In Denver Poet. The poets fire rhymes at the tint ef her tresses. The paragraph fiends give her many a shot, - 'l ' H & mairflilna wit In attorn lflnffnttffA v presses His views of her hair in grammatical rot. But, though he be outlawed by all of his fellows. Be sneered at and guyed till his hair Is in curl. This writer will dare all the wind from their bellows And take off tils hat to the red-headed girl. Her radiant top Is the golden reflection Of soul that is rife with nuuankeroug love A furious flame that will know no sub jection, Though outward the maid seems as meelc aa the dove. The lellow who wins her secures a lU'rten ant - ' Who'll prove aa true as steel In this life's warring whirl He'll battle with vim.'neath the glorious pennant Worn upon the dome of his red-beaded girl. We read in the Book of the bright crowns of glory. The golden top-pieces the angel ones wear, We hang with delight o'er tho wonderful story Of hen ut y a.id grace of the pinioned ones there, And here on this globe we've their beau tiful sisters, Each one In the earth's crown a Eery rapped pearl. In spite of tha slurs of the addle-brained Jesters Who aim paper darts at the red-headed girl. Then here's to the maid of the golden thread summit. The strenuous maid of the bonflery locks; Our song la to her and we fearlessly hum xta. '..a,. .Via .aaaulta nf thA rAatara ff rocks. Tes, here's to her Psyche, her bangs and, her frizzes, A song for each lock and each cute little ciirl May they scatter their warmth till the sir fairly sizzes Around the bright top of the red-headed Klrl.