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4 ao.tuw
6 80.4IMI
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7 ao.nso
t ao.soo
t au.mu
10 30,500
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11 80,040
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31.H2U
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81,100
31,4!tO
31.010
31.07O
22 2t,21.1
23! 31,130
24 31.NSO
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2t 31,B2
27 31,080
28 81.7MO
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Net average sales 30,145
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Delaware holds the long-distance rec
ord for senatorial deadlocks.
Pope Leo XIII Is certainly the grand
old man of the twentieth century.
Legislative, proceedings at Lincoln
fall to show that the deficiency In the
gas supply at Omaha reached to the
state capital.
That American dentist expelled from
Saxony because of too Intimate ac
quaintance with the former crown prln
cess must have lost his pull.
Notice how all the congressmen are
preparing to go home as soon as possl
ble after the congressional adjourn
uient that is all but Dave Mercer.
Spring house cleaning has commenced
In dead earnest InJhe federal building
The passing of Gadet Taylor Is only the
forerunner of several other passings. '
Nebraska's six new congressmen will
now raise up their hands and take the
solemn oath that will entitle them to
$100 a week and free passes from now
until March 4, 1005. ,
The deadlock lu Delaware Is broken
and the deadlock on the United States
attorneyship Is rapidly approaching a
crisis. The ' man with the long pole
will knock the persimmons.
The Postofflce department Is about to
adopt a flag emblematic of the postal
department. If something simple and
unmistakable Is wanted a few mall
sacks might be cut up Into squares.
If the legislature will turn the search'
light on the corporation lobby it will en
counter much less trouble in carrying
out the pledges made to its constituents
in promoting the lntorests of the state.
Merger is the order of the day. The
consolidation of the county and city of
Denver Is only a forerunner of the con
aolidatlon of the county of Douglas and
the city of Omaha. It may take' time,
but it la bound to come.
Bakers who conduct their Industries
In Omaha ou a small scale are protest
lng against the annual fee for the per
mit to engage In such business. Bakers
who put their.. loaves on a small scale
should know-enough to keep mum.
Queen Lit evidently has more friends
among the senators than among the
representatives In congress. Terhaps'
this Is explainable, however, ffor the
reason that the American House of
Lords thinks it Is nearer to royalty than
the lower house of the national legisla
ture. It ought not to take much persuasion
to Induce the city treasurer of South
Omaha to act as custodian of the special
library endowment fund. The library
fund promises to have some money in It,
while the other funds' entrusted to him
are too ofteu ou the red ink side of the
ledger. '
If we hud been compelled to go back
to candlelight under a regime of munici
pal gas works, what an outcry against
municipal ownershli would have been
evoked. But accidents will happen in
the best regulated gas manufacturing
plants, without respect to who owns or
operates them. , s
Inforuiuttou, Is . wired from Han Fran
Cisco to the effect4 that the San Fran
clseo Railroad. Terminal . and Ferrjr
company lias Just secured , a freight
terminal In Hun Kraut-loco at a cost of
l.l(00,0(s for the site alone,' to which
will be added, an fxpeune oT ;. KI.000
lu Improvements. If this valuable prop
erty could, only have the benefit of Ne
braska revenue laws Instead of paying
taxes on 13.000,000 it would be as
eased for about 130,000. '
A CASH iy PVIXT.
A sample lirlck tf uniformity In rail-
n ml tiixuilcii luia j ii-t Ixe.i lnbriciti'd
liy 11 Xi'brnsku district Jnt'.uo I" a very
unique opinion. It ni)nr Hint the
KniiHMM t'lty & Oninlin. Uailrond coin
nny snim yenrs nco'gnve a permit, or
lonse to nn elevator company to erect
elevators on llie rljrht of vvay at tv o of
its stations In Ailunis county. The ele-
ators were assessed for pnriMiscs of
taxation liy the township assessors, but
the claim was made that this was
double taxation on the plea that the
railroad right of way was assessed by
the state board. , The railroad company
paid the taxes levied on the elevators
nder protest and liroopht suit against
the treasurer of Adams county for the
recovery of this tax on the claim. that
when the elevators were erected the
foundations were made of brick and
stone, hence were a part of the rail
road rtftht of way and could not be as
sessed as chattels. This position , was
upheld by the learned Judge looking
through railroad spectacles and the
county treasurer has been ordered to
pay over the n mount of taxes levied to
the railroad company.
This decision is on a par with the rul
ing of the federal Judge who recently
decided that the east half of the Union
Pacific bridge was not taxable for mu
nicipal purposes In Council Bluffs be
cause it did not enjoy the. benefits of
police and water works protection. If
levators erected Upon the right of way
of a railroad, owned by private Individ
uals or corporations, are exempt from
taxation, a factory, a mill or a store
house erected on the riffht of way of a
railroad , would also be exempt from
taxes, always providing that the under
pinning of the structures was of brick
and stone Instead of timber.
The sophistry of the latter proposition
Is transparept, but It is about on a par
with all the arguments recently nd-
vaneed by the railroad tax bureaus
and, corporation lobbyists. In the first
place, elevators are not included among
the fixtures appertaining to a railroad
or necessary to the operation of a rail- ' t
road. They are never returned to the Alaska homkhtkad law.
state board among the rolling stock. The enactment of the Alaska home
depots and other tangible improvements stead law will undoubtedly ; prove of
on the right of way and are not even great benefit to that territory. It Is
returned as property of the road, and reasonably expected to stimulate the in
therefore their assessment would not be crease of population, those familiar
double taxation. with the country asserting that the
In the next place, the law does not
contemplate the omission from the tax
list of improvements erected on the
right of way, or depot grounds leased
for private speculation." If such dls-
crlmlnatlon were permissible under the
law, the Omaha Smelting works, which
stand upon Union Pacific grounds, now
assessed for three-quarters of a million,
would be exempt from taxation, and
warehouses, elevators and coal yards
established within the railroad right of
way could claim exemption from taxa-
tlon, providing they were fastened to
the earth by , piers Instead of -being
chained down by solid masonry. ... . .
But the decision In Adams county Is
the natural sequence of the uniformity
witn which the railroads are trjing to
avoid their Just burdens of local taxa-
tlon by court-made law.
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PU8H TRUST LEUISLATWX.
Under the authority given by recent
legislation the attorney general of the favorable as In some of our northwest
Uulted States has taken the necessary em states. The false impressions which
action to ootam precedence ana an I
early argument for the case of the
Lnlted States against the Noitheru Se-
curltles company. The new law pro-
vides that the attorney general niay
file a certificate that, in his oplulou,
"tne case is or general public import-
ance," and upou such filing the "case
shall be giveu precedence over others
and in every way expedited, and lie as-
signed for hearing r.t the earliest prac-
t lea Die day, berore not less than three
of the circuit Judges of said circuit."
In promptly availing himself of the au-
thority conferred by this act. Attorney
General Knox has given assurance of
his purpose to push proceedings against
the combinations which he may believe
to le violating the law.
This . the public expects him to do.
The legislation of congress, if less com-
plete for trust regulation than could
have been wished, is yet sufficient to
enable the attorney general to press the evade paying city taxes on all of their
enforcement of the laws. . For this pur- valuable terminal property that re
pose he has been supplied with ample ce'ves the benefits of costly city gov-
funds. a necessary Drovislon which nn.
til now congress had failed to make.
The anti-trust .act of 18!) Is In full
force and It Is the-common belief that
most of the combinations exist In con
travention of that taw. - They cannot
all be reached at once. The attorney
general may Institute proceedings
against the more conspicuous among
them, but he will be careful to know
his ground and not. act with undue
haste. The decision of the supreme
court of the United States seems to
warrant the opinion that there Is not
an exhitlnit combination. Pn-oH in
, - - r-r- ' ,u
terstate or foreign commerce, that does
not ' Violate 1 the ' law by in ' some way
operating in rcHtrniut of trade. The
Iepartment of Jnstlce, however, can
not wisely or safety act upon this the
ory. It will not proceed blindly, but
must have substantial grounds upon
which to base Its cases. It must have
Information that win jiiKtify action and
this cannot te obtained in a day. When
the bureau of corporations hall have
tceu organised, it may be able to sup
ply much necessary Information to the
legal department of the government.
Attorney general Knox haa been to
no small extent instrumental in secur-
lng the new anti-trust legislation. He
has shown an earnest sympathy with
President Roosevelt In the matter and
his recommendations, were in the main
aecepteu t.y congress. There Is every
reason, therefore, to expect that he will
make every effort to enforce the aqtl-
trust laws, ana tnat he will act as
promptly and vigorously as elrcum -
stances will admit of. It Is not an easy
and simple- task. Tbe great corpora
tlons will not surrender at the first at
ti.k. l.:t will fjiht lui'l. 'iu;it ll.e.V
must uKiu iil' ly yield Is not to be
(htibted. l,r the pci pie have the power
through their rcpieM iitntives to compel
Mihinissioif. The highest tribunal has
suid that the authority of coiinret. over
forTX'riitl'jnn engaged In commerce
Hinojig the states and with foreign na
tions is practically unlimited.
PASAMA I'AXAL ItTMX.
It has becu apprehended that the
option of the Krvmh company to sell
the Panama canal would die today un
less the treaty with Colombia was rati
fied. It had been agreed that the
option should run until March 4, 1IMI3,
and It was thought possible that In the
event of the treaty not being ratified
by that date the French company
would refuse to extend the option and
demand more than tire $40,IO(),000
agreed upou as the price to be paid by
the United States for the cunal.
This led the Washington authorities,
when It became apparent that the treaty
would not be ratified at thin session, to
ask for an extension of the option. At
torney General Knox yesterday an
nounced that the request had been ac
ceded to and the report Indicates that
the French company has ' placed no
limitation upon the extension and Is
willing to wait until the canal treaty
Is ratified, whenever that may le. It
being ussured, of course, that the time
will not be remote. That the Panama
company Is very anxious to dispose of
its property Is well understood, but
It would have been quite justified in
declining to extend the option unless
the price to be paid was Increased. It
would seein that Senator Morgan
would now realize the absolute hope
lessness of further opposition to the
canal treaty and terminate the effort
to defeat its ratification. There Is no
question that he most earnestly and
profoundly believes all that he has sold
against the Panama route, but he is In
a very small minority and ought to give
up the useless fight.
want of such a law has. preventajd
people going to Alaska for permanent
settlement. It is a quite general notion,
particularly in the east, that there is
little in that territory to Invite popula-
tion and that -there Is small chance of
it ever being much better settled than
at present.
It is needless to say that this is an
entirely mistaken idea, as the result of
investigations by government officials
conclusively shows. The fact Is that
there is a very large area of Alaska
that Is available for agriculture and
it Is highly probable that most of this
will be taken up tinder the homestead
law within a comparatively few years
and a prosperous community estab-
llshed where novr there are few people
According to government report there
is a region suitable for airriciiltiirp
capable of sustaining a very consld-
erable population and where the cli-
mate during most of the year is as
have widely obtained in regard to
Alaska are of course largely responsible
for the past neglect of congress to make
proper provision for the territory, but
now that the value of the resources
of that country Is better
It will receive the consideration It
merits. It Is a rich nossesslon. which
has already repaid many times what
our government paid Russia for it and
will continue to contribute liberally to
the national wealth,
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Speaking of the stock and bond basis
of valuing railway franchises, Repre-
sentatlve Loomls Is quoted as saying
tnat "neither this nor any other plan
ror assessing their franchises will be
satisfactory to the railroads." The only
Plan tnat W'U. l sotlsfactory to the
railroads is the present plan, whereby
tDpy not only escape paying taxes on
their franchises altogether, but also
eminent.
It is not explained whether Presi
dent Roosevelt's, call -for au extra ses
sion immediately on the heels of the
dead congress was planned to give the
venerable members of the senate the
benefit of mileage from their respective
homes to the capital without , wearing
off any of their shoe leather or whether
It was intended as a temporary relief to
the various railroads and sleeping car
companies that are expected to curry
to from thpr honu8 on presen
r Pce or pasteboard.
The mayor of Council Itluffs declares
that because the proceeds of the mu
nicipal tax levy Is Insufficient It Is ab
solutely necessary to flue fnllii women
periodically to raise the funds needed
to maintain several city departments.
The reason the proceeds of the mu
nicipal tax levy are Insufficient Is be
cause the lu!ou Pacific railroad refuses
to pay city taxes on its valuable bridge
and terminal facilities that ure within
the city limits.
City 1 Treasurer llennlngs estimates
that the enactment of the so-called acav
enger law to expedite the collection of
drilnnnent taxes would about hold the
Clty even with the loss of railway taxes
held up by Injunction. Whether the
scavenger law would put the county
fnds on a stable basis has not been
figured out. The county finances arc
KUOwn to be in fur worse hape than the
clty finances,
l
I Aceordlug to the exhibit made by the
- 1 Bureau of Insular Affairs the exports
from the Philippines now exceed the
InitxiriH Into the Mmul. Unfortunately
the table fa!!- to show what part U
played by the Importation of American
bottled g(ods and whether the' reduc
tion In the military forces there Is re
flects In the reduction of these Im
putations. Truant Oillcer Parker has reported to
the Board of Education that he has put
up 100 copies of the autl-clgarette and
tobacco laws, but up to date the cigar
ette and tobacco dealers have discovered
110 perceptible drop "in their cash reg
isters. Taking down the sign of a sa
loon does not seriously impair the drink
habit.
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Short and Pointed.
Chicago Tribune.
Few of the eulogies uo the Father of his
Country ran be compared with the late
Artemus Ward's. "O. Washington," said
Artemus, "wus a roan who never slopped
over."
Passing 1 B a Possle.
Detroit Free Press.
If anyone can Secretary Cortelyou can.
The puzzle Is to stop billion dollar abuses
with a 1200,000 'appropriation. The major
ity In the house evidently wanted to pass
him a hard one'.
Melancholy Record Unchanged.
' Washington Star.
Not a year passes that does not bring
forth announcements of the discovery of a
remedy for some disease hitherto consid
ered Incurable. And yet the health office
reports continue to read about as usual.
Presumption of the Defunct.
Cincinnati . Enquirer.
Colonel Bryan Is- asking Judge Parker
questions, but the Nebraskan may not be
accepted as the.nfflclal examiner. When
the right time comes the Judge might not
be found to be "slow" on questions him
self. Sky-STreeplns; Orators-,
. Louisville Times.
The Missouri legislator who referred to
his opponent In debate as "a noise with
hair on it," must take off his hat to Senator
Klttlnger of the Indiana senate for his
eloquent description of Senator Park as
a whining old whiskered sanctuary."
Verily, it is only to the shorn Iamb that the
legislative wind is tempered.
Alt la the Climate.
Boston Transcript.
For longevity of. Its pioneers and states
men, commend us to Nebraska. That state
has had thirteen governors since it was
admitted to the union In 1867, and eleven
of them are living. . Politics is apparently
a more healthful occupation In Nebraska
than in any other state in the union. Cer
tainly Massachusetts cannot begin to mar
shal any such array of ex-governors.
HI 1st era for dad Hands.
New' Tork Bun.
One of the sweetest sights In this world
of Joy Is the candidate patronising agrl- 1
culture. The candidate lovea everybody
that has a vote, but If you believe him he
Is happiest when he is among the farmers.
This Is especially the case if he is unifor-
tunate enough 6 live, In a city. He likes
to "get down 'to' mother earth;" to look
Into ' the tanned: and ' manly faces of the
tillers of the soll;"to grasp, the sinewy
hands bf those" 'who wrest wealth from the
around! the feeders of the world, the mot
Intelligent, fhe'jfjost Independent, the most
indispensable of 'all our noble army of
freemen. ' :"
.Inllaeinr, that, De
"' Detroit - Free Pr
ebanch.
lress.
Fully 90 per 'cent of all that is dis
honest, all that, Is corrupt and all that Is
menacing to free Institutions In municipal
and state government can be traced di
rectly to the' Influence of these quasi
public corporations upon local politics.
They not only debauch city and state gov
ernments, but It is their consistent policy
to maintain these governments In a state
of prostitution their influence is cast hab
itually against all decency and efficiency
and Integrity in public affairs. The sen
timent In favor of municipal ownership Is
grounded almost wholly In the belief that
the people have no other mean of pro
tecting themselves against the rapacity
and criminal greed of quasi public cor
porations. They are not flying to municipal
ownership, but) are being driven to It
as a last desperate measure.
The Woman . with Hnmor.
T.IIUan 'Belle In Harper's Baiarj
If you consider the list of your friends
It will not take you long to dlacover that
the woman you like best la the woman
with a sense of humor. She is the only
one you 'think of first if you are getting
up a picnic or a card party. You do not,
perhaps, formulate It even to yourself, but
In your mind she stands for the utmost
good humor. If .It rains or If it shines, lf
anybody else is cross or grumpy, the
woman with a venae of humor can extract
fun out of the dreariest proposition, and
the first thing you know she has set every
body to laughing at her droll aaylngs, and
turned defeat Into triumph, for who cares
whither your original plan was carried out
or not, Just so everybody has a good time?
A sense of humor Is said to be lacking In
most women. Aas! I have found thia only
too true, but I have noticed that when a
woman dors have It, the men are the first
o find it out. and all she has to do to
acquire a husband is to pick and choose.
The day of the girl with the do.l face Is
going out and tie day of the girl with a
sense of humor Is coming in.
ELIMINATING TUB WATER.
Public Distrust of Watcr-Loaaed In
dustrial Storks.
United States' Investor.
The inflation Injected Into the capitaliza
tion of our Industries In recent years, to
gether with that Injected Into commodity
prices, has all got to be eliminated event
ually. That Is Inevitable. But Jt will Lot
be eliminated until those who have in
jected It are compelled by stern necessity 1
to let go their' grip. And they will uot
let go their grip until the banks refuse any
longer to furnish them the means to hold
on. The banks, of course, do not wxnt
to withdraw assistance so long as lh-r
Is any hope that the boomers of stores
and of commodity prices may work out
their plans successfully. ' But the banks
baVe got to do one thing or the other
they must either call in their loans or
Increase them. Now the present policy
may be kept up for a considerable period
longer, but eventually one of two things
must bsppen: Either the general public
must consent to buy some hundreds of
millions of Inflated capataltzatlon at fancy
figures, and to continue Indefinitely to
pay Inflated commodity prices, or there
must be a wholesale contractlot of capital
izations and of commodity prices. Evi
dently the public baa no Intention of ever
buying the Inflated capitalization at the
prices demanded (or It; and evidently they
cannot much longer afford to pay tne pres
rot Inflated commodity prices. What then
will happen?. Tbe answer ought to be
obvious. Meanwhile such - bank state.
ments as that of last Saturday, it re
peated very ofup, will have a tendency to
make us think that, arter axi, id id
evluble result 1 not far off.
OFFICIAL SII.I.Y 9KA80.
It la In Foil n;i.ni at Varlona tste
I'anHota.
New Tork Mull and Express.
In England "the silly seasons." so-calleC,
(s due about midsummer. It afflicts Lon
don snd spares the provinces. The Ameri
can silly season comes earlier. Through
gracious dispensation of Providence It sel
dom Invades Washington. It spends Its
force In the minor capitals, where the law
makers of the several states are gathered
In solemn session. These are the days
when It s al Its height. It begins about
the second week in February and lasts
through the third week In March. Al
though distinctly a state phenomenon, Its
features are substantially Identical every
where. It can be recognized by an Irre
alstlble tendency to Introduce measures
wearing the hallmark of Intended humor.
Why all the Illustrations of freak legis
lation should be 'crowded into the second
half of a session Is a problem for the anato
mist of melancholy, or perhaps for the po
litical pathologist. There are those who
maintain that the untrained intellects, pos
sessed by the class of men which Is be
coming prevalent at the state capitals, give
way after about six weeks of unaccus
tomed celebration. From February 10 on,
according to this school of opinion, they
are unable to attend to their duties. The
waggish bills they Introduce thenceforth
are symptomt of a double hallucination
that should invite the attention of alien
ists. They are supposed to be proper legis
lation and they are supposed to be real
humor.
For a variety of reasons which will sug
gest themselves, and which it would be
Impolite to specify, the southwest offers
the most congenial soil for this species of
Intellectual fungUB. But. no region Is ex
empt. The venerable bill taxing bachelors
and spinsters has just been Introduced at
Albany. Illinois Is discussing the prohi
bition of foot ball. Utah has been asked
to establish an annual "washday" Its ad
vocates maintain that such an Institution
would put the Mormon commonwealth "one
ahead" of its present practices. The
northwestern states are wrestling with that
veteran of sumptuary legislation, the bill
to do away with "Mother Hubbards" In
their subtler jnodern guise of tea gowns.
In the border states the sanitary aspect of
kissing has come under the purview of the
lawmakers.
The southwestern states, as usual, are
pioneers In aggression. They have usurped
the exclusive control of International mat
ters which the constitution vests In the
federal government. Texas wants to tax
lords; Missouri wants to brand and li
cense them. Texas has another pet meas
ure. It Is thinking of framing the cotton
handkerchief which Mrs. Roosevelt sent to
some Dallas women, and filing It solemnly
away In the archives of the commonwealth,
as a specimen of "Its leading output"
whether this Is baled cotton or baled humor
Is not clearly Indicated In the text of the
resolution.
The proper attitude of mind for the na
tion to assume toward the merry men of
the legislatures is not one . of indignation.
If It cannot share their guffaws, at least It
can exprets its sympathy and cut the legis
latlve sessions in two. The argument of a
Utah newspaper that the state would be
better served If it eleoted jackrabblts in
stead of men to its councils Is stimulating
rather than useful.
FOLLOWING THB 8TAH OF EMPIRE.
Trend of the World's Commerce Dis
tinctly Westward.
Engineering Magazine.
The European malls snd passengers al
ready o from London to eastern Asia by
way . of Canada,' because ft Is shorter and
there Is a saving of ten days in time.' The
limits Imposed on cheap freight traffic
from Europe to Asia are: The tolls through
the Sues canal, the size of ships that can
pass the Suez canal, the cost of coaling
along the route and the distance.
-Tolls may be abolished, but this Is not
likely. It will take years to deepen the
canal even it this project should be advo
cated.. The cost of coal along the route,
as well as the distance, will always be a
serious drawback. There is abundant and
cheap coal In Great Britain, on the At
lantic seaboard, on Puget Sound and all
along the line of the northern roads, snd
there are an unlimited number of empty
freight cars westbound. By building the
largest shlpa In the world, even though
they run under the most expensive Amer
ican register, by filling the westbound rnrs
at a rate a little more than the cost of band
ling, Mr. Hill knows that he can turn the
export trade with western Asia from its
300-year-old way past India to the direst
Pacific sea route past Alaska.
' PERSONAL SOTES.
The sultan of Turkey has given another
reform pledge. In some ways be is a
promising sovereign.
Count Boni de Castellans favors a Franco
American alliance. No wonder. The one
he arranged for himself was advantageous.
Students at Stanford university have
been forbidden to flirt. The faculty does
not believe a love of study should lead to
a study of love.
Many a much younger statesman marvels
at the remarkable vitality of Senator Mor
gan, who during tho present session has
contributed over 200,000 words to the Isth
mian canal discussion.
Representative Grosvenor has Introduced
a hill to reimburse Jacob Rltterbsch, a
stage carpenter at Ford's theater. Wash
Ington, when Lincoln was shot, for a bag
of tools he lost in the confusion.
8enator "Joe" Blackburn of Kentucky
was caught recently smoking a big black
hri.r nlDe In the senate lobby. "Is this
senatorial dignity V asked a friend. "No,
senatorial comfort." was the reply.
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania is tem
porary custodian at Waahlngton of three
bullets csrefully preserved in a piusn-cov-ered
box. They were phot Into various por
tions of the anatomy of Captain Joe Rels-
Inger of Franklin, Pa., during the civil war
and they back up the captain's claim to a
medal of honor.
English editors take such delight in pit
lng up accounts of American catastrophes
whilst they slight every other torm oi
American news that It will doubtless afford
a arlm eatlsfactlon to many an editor on
hU side to be able to "tnrow up tne
story of railroad snd other horrors caused
by the recent cyclonic disturbances in me
British Isles.
Henry Rice Adams of Minneapolis ha
been chosen grand master of Masons In
his state, but that is not the only distinc
tion of which be can boast. In early days
hla father lived In Monticello, Minn., where
he erected a store with a lodgeronm on
the upper floor. While waiting for his
residence to be remodeled Mr. Adams and
family lived In the lodgeroom, which is how
his son csme to be a real native Mason,
tbe only one of his kind so far as la
known.
Colonel J. D. Shires of Marlon county,
Kentucky seems to be rather radical In his
ldess. "I am In favor," he ssys, "of put
ting up all county offices for sale to tha
highest bidder. Let the auctioneer run
each office to the highest notch, then knock
It off Tbe money thus obtslned should bo
used for building and bettering roads. As
It is worked now csndldates with money
behind them buy the offices from floaters,
who spend money In riotous living before
they get home and leave their families
breadlcss."
MONROE DOCTRINE SCORED
German Economic, Professor Dabs it Mere
Empty Pretention.
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RIDICULES AMERICAN BOASTFUL CLAIMS
Says I nlted States Haa Ma Interest la
Sontliern Hepnbtlca aaal Claims
New Western Xatloa Haa Not
Vet Benefited World.
- BERLIN, March S. "The Monroe doe
trine," says Prof. Adolph Wagner, "is an
empty pretension -behind which there is
neither enerreilc will nor actual power."
, Herr Wagner is prtfessor of political
economy at Berlin university and was re
cently asked whether the Monroe doctrine
was, in a moral sense, as binding as Inter
national law. His lengthy reply brings
forth the above flat-footed statement.
Example ol American Impertinence.
'La'ter'ae goes on:
. 8c a real y oouid uch a doctrine be forced
Upon- a .Conquered people after extraordi
nary victories. No people and no great
ruleiv ever . proclaimed such a doctrine.
KeltheriKiifrland nor Huasla, nor Napoleon
at the helgal of bis power, ever made a
similar pretension.
VNot-even the United States' predominant
Interests are behind this unheard-of as
sumption. South America Is neither geo
graphically nor historically so allied with
Nofth -America and the United States as
to justify eucli a pretension even from a
North American standpoint.
The divisions of Kuropean politic and
lai k of Insight Into and recognition of the
solidarity of the Interests of middle, west
ern anil southern Europe, whtch will re
main the chief theme of human civilisa
tion, explains why Europe, why Germany
even, takes this empty pretension Into con
sideration. From the standpoint of the wider Oer
nianlc races, a political recognition of the
Monroe doctrine would be a false step,
even If it were settling the world ques
tion . whether the Germanic or Romanic
elements should dominate the world. As a
member of the Germanlo race, I do not
want to see the Komanlo element pressed
to the wall, because It Is Indispensable to
the world's civilization and Is a necessary
complement to Germanic civilisation. This
applies to Italy and France, and even to ,
Spain. What do we Germans owe to '
them? w nat would our civilisation re
without Italy or without France? They
are as Indispensable' to us as the eloeslc
peoples were. No objective member of the
Germanic race can wlrh to see the world
exclusively Germanic, but if we once con
cede to the United States predominance
In South America, according to the Mon
roe pretension, would German Interests be
promoted; tnereny; wouia noi we uer
mans be completely pressed to the wall
by the English element on both aide of
the sea?
We really have no Interest In furthering
the preponderance of the United Slates or
England, or both. The world'a civiliza
tion wou'd hardly be advanced thereby.
Aside from some technical and business
snhcres. what have the United States done
of Importance for the civilisation of the
world'.' What have tney done that de
serves to be named In the same breath
with the achievements of Italy and France?
Middle, western and southern Europeans,
hold yourselves together against the east
as well as the far west.
That seems to me to be the only right
answer to the Monroe pretensions. The
Germanic people should not act against,
but should act with the Romanic, peoples.
That would serve tbe true Internets of
the civilization of the world.
Thinks Silence is Beat.
Prof. Eduard von Hartman, tha philoso
pher, declined to discuss the. question, be
cause, he said, it was "Inexpedient, since
the Americans make capital out of both
affirmative and negative answers."
He added:
An anrlnrRmnpn t of the Monroe doctrine.
however, hedged with qualifications, would
be accepted as a recognition of their pro
gram, while the merest theoretlcai criti
cism would be Interpreted aa expressing
Germany's plans for conquest, and the
American people would bo called on to
resla the same, i Silence Is best;.
Baron von Zedlltz una Neukircn, a mem
ber of the. Prussian Diet, and editor of the
Berlin Post, wrote:
The Monroe doctrine Is, from the stand
point of International law, a nonblnding
monologue, whose enforcement Is purely
a question of force. German Interests,
however, are so little touched by the doc
trine, at least as Interpreted In the Venez
uela Incident, that we have no practical
need for opening the question. ,
Prof. Hans von Delbruck of Berlin uni
versity, discussing Venezuela in me
Preusslsche Jahrbuecher, alludes to tne
perfidious nature" of the American policy
and advocates an alliance tetween Great
Britain and Germany. "Then," he says.
we should see the strongest coalition In
the world, as "while Germany covered Great
Britain's rear against Russia and France,
It could develop an overwhelming supe
riority toward the United States. Germany
would have no need to fear the Franco-
Russian alliance, because with Great Brit
ain It would be sure of Italy's support,
while Austria In Its own Interests would
bring iUelf alongside of Germany."
NEBRASKANS ARE CONFIRMED
Reese Becomes Broken Bow Receiver
and EmmUitos Pender
Postmaster.
WASHINGTON, March 8. Conflrmatlans
by the senate:
O. c. Holt, United States district Judge
for the Southern district of New York; E.
8. Cunningham of Tennessee, consul at
Bergen; John T. Vivian, surveyor sjsneral
of Colorado.
Registers of land offices: Lee Fairbanks,
pel Norte, Colo.; 8. A. Abbey, Pueblo,
Colo.; D. H. Budlohg. Coeur d'Alene, Ida.
Receivers of land offices: John J. Lam
bert, Pueblo, Colo.; John B. Reese, Broken
Bow, Neb. . .
Postmasters: Nebraska A. Emmlngton,
Pender.
Colorado E. Tague, Las Animas.
Kansas J. H. Buckman, Lyndon.
Utah B. F. Boothe, Brlgham.
Steamer Merlon Still Aareond.
oiternstown. March i. The Dominion
line steamer Morion, from Boston for Liv
emool. which went aground near Kocques
Point last Sunday, is still fast. Tbe weather
httu moderated, hut three tugs, which made I
another attempt today to release tne ves
sel, failed to do so, ana more powerful tugs
have been ordered to the scene from Liv
erpool. The officers of Merlon believe there
is every possibility of the alilp being saved,
although It is feared the rock has pierced
the bottom forward. All the passengers
have been removed and have proceeded to
Liverpool by the way of Dublin.
IT IS OUR
to put the finest of garments for men and bojn
within the reach even of the humblest purse, and
one may be as well dressed in our store in ten min
utes' time as in the custom tailors, where it's neces
sary to wait two weeks and pay twice as much.
,VO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OUKS.
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Flfjr Years the Standard
Awi'dsd . .
Klghest Honors World' Fair
Klj-hnt tetts U.S. Gov't Chtmlsts
snoa aaiMO rowotft oo.
ONioaoo
WHITTLED TO A POINT.
"Is it true that the elder Miss Bullion Is
to marry her father's- clerk?"
"Oh, yea. I understand he waa threat
ened with discharge If ha didn't aocept,"
Puck.
Jim Has that candidate for mayor any
platform on which to ask-the nomination?
Jam Sure; he needs the money and he
wnnts the Job! Ain't that reason enoukh?
Baltimore Herald.
Kwoter Well, after all, you know, beauty
Is only skin deep. ' t
Newltt Tea and the people who refer to
that fact most are usually extremely thin
skinned about It. Philadelphia Press.
"Have you got a gasometer, pa?".
"No, Willie. Why 7"
' 'Cause you ought to have one an leave
It In the parlor. I tell you the way young
Dobsley u givln" Sis gas last night was
wome'n a high wind." Chicago Post. .
"Let the fight go on," said the trust mag
nate, determinedly, "we'll nail our colors
to the mast I"
"But," protested the plain citizen, "black
Is really not a color." Philadelphia Catho
Uo Standard.
Kitty What did you say when Harry
told you that he loved you with an undying
kve?
Constance Oh, I fllnn t mind it. Marry,
you know, used to do the press work for a
traveling theatrical compeny. Boston
Transcript,
"Say!" the man who had never before at
tended a concert remarked as the cornet
soloist began his number, "who's the feller
wavln' the little stick?"
"'8h!" replied his neighbor, "that's tho
Conductor or music." i
"Oh! and la the feller with the horn the
motorman?" Philadelphia Press.
"Tea, all he docs Is to sit In a saloon nml
growl about the wrongs of the working
man." "Well, that's all right. Isn't It? He has
three sons and a aon-ln-Iaw who are all
hard workers." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Suppose.' said the Imaginative philoso
pher, that a fairy were to appear to you
and promise to grant you three wishes.
What would you ask for?"
"If anything like that happened to me,"
responded Colonel Stllwell of Kentucky,
"I'd ask for a pledge and sign It then and
there." Washington Star.
CROWN JEWELS.
Jamee Barton Adams in Denver Post.
In passing through this busy world, my
friend, think not of self alone,
And turn to other wayfarers a heart as
cold au pulseless stone;
Wear not upon your face the brand of cold,
unfeeling s. flnhness.
Nor turn a deafened easj to those who feet
the talons of distress.
With true nobility of mind endeavor to do
all you oan ...
To cast some sunshine o'er the clouds that
hover 'round your fellow man.
And you will reap a rich reward from out,
the Master's fount of love,
And every smile on earth will be a Jewel
In your crown above.
A cheery word when spoken to a man on
brink of dark despair t
May give him courage to again take up the
load he has to bear.
May blow to life and active flame the
Give him the courage and the will to rise
and make another start.
A smiling face may prove a sun to tinge
with gold the clouds of wrath i
That pile themselves In threatening banks
along some weary plodder's path
A smile that twinkles from a heart 'that
overflows with brother love, '
And It will prove a jewel In the crown that
waits for you above.
Do well yeur Christian duty in the glorious
brotherhood of man ,
Remember as you pass along that life on
earth Is but a span, '
That days and months and years fly by
and from the cradle to the grave .
Is but a brief, death-ending march along
life's old and footworn pave.
Do unto others as you'd hava them do to
you were they the strong
And you the wesk one Jostled by the ever
restless human throng. u
And scatter smiles and cheery words as
down the tortuous trail you more,
And every smile will flash again a Jewels
In your crown above.
CLOSING OUT
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