TieOmaiia Daily Bee: I
THE OMAIIA PAIIr BEE; TUESDAY, MAKCII 31 , 100.1.
E. KOdE WATER, EDITOR
PUBLISHED EVERT MORN
r.- TKRM VP SUBSCRIPTION.
Tbe Pooot fggtil! 5f tMat to th democratic
RUOoai cuurruntiu vi
will have with them a
' ,nK city cli . 10 """.Hn.l rnnventlnn of 1904. These
vuif r an r
loftily Ha .n(i HtlM,r.. r..w.? M cftlftpn. 4 . - i
wrniimn century Firmer, On. Tear . L Un.l 1 P0""
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whether . . .. rrn
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the tn .!,.. h
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meroua body of representative from
middle states and from the went
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CVBA'S PROMPT ACTION.
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SK the peoTZ'" prompY action o, The Cuban con-
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. OFFICES
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ty-nn'hh .0'AVr.H'Uulldta' Tw-
Council Bluffs-,0 Pearl Street
fcn-;lw" Unly Building.
vv.hi . "rlt Row Building.
Waahlngton-uOl Fourteenth Street.
CORRESPONDENCE.
toriJ 1. . " 10J relatJn to news and edl-
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Bee, Editorial Department.
REMITTANCES.
n.v.T," '"t, or PO" order.
tni;
tnal
umifc.... "onal cnecn-. except on
ruouioni.MU tUMrANi.
STATEMENT OF- rmctii.iTtnM
B,iJ.' ebraka. Douglas Cevnty, a.:
p-ThM.f.f--- "cnuca, aecretkry of The Bee
sworn.
W this 1,
1 the rww.lL .
an elecOvel . 'r7 CM!IV(W n ratifying the reciprocity, and
tiiman l fact that an excnange or raiiuc-
elf either rth decIar s will be made today by cable. In
Bonth Omaha whool bill with the pro
poaed police cotnmlalon amendment Is
Inconceivable. The two measures are
as much at variance as are the two
characters of Van Punen In his favorite
role of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Ills
dlFlntereatedneiis In trying to force the
police commlwioo amendment upon
South Omaha Is at par with his un
selQsb effort two years ago to pull
through the South Omaha charter, for
which, according to well-defined rumor,
the sum of $2,500 was raised to lubri
cate the legislative machinery.
against corrj Ipaer W to comply with the requirement
Derations LiaJ 'or the treaty In this particular, very
the allied kt0na taxpiicluslvely shows the great Interest
reat dlfflcuf Woo,(I Ik Cuba takes in this arrangement
willing to stL ' .? closer trade relaOons with the
way the taxL j CI'on- The lted States. It had been said thafj
corporations i nd "If-aeek , amendments made by the American
of Omaha's 1, obtaln n t were very Ukeiy to increase the
.nfb'e to The Bee Pubij.wnV company: luenext tiree,V -"----ut ltJment In Cuba against the conven
PW W"P d Jeopardize Its ratlncatlon. but
ra,8e ,BV T ' 'nad no such effect, the second voie
bribery. ) f wholesa treaty being about the" same as
The effort,to mi en lt was first ratified. The opposl-
Frank E. Koores t? cnnJ,lacT c. 1- it efforts, but
i 1 ' . U TlRVIVum; - " '
Pubii.ln:- coTinv' 100 Publican prin" "ue bef0ri nltpPi unavallinir.
ff-L"-,'.11 ,h8 actual number of full and' well-planned schema8 Prt of th... -,nf n vn into effect
uinni copies of The Dallv Mnrnlne I . -no vicbij " -
t&a?&JrtP""&pl teom the true rPeo.,! lt ls approved by the congress of
" ZZSZ; " rlga- There ,B nLt,,e Unit 'd SUte. and President Roose-
..8i.aao ""'nio wna wuyjt haB given the uuhan government
..ai,B40 Par on the repuWlca?6 will ap- assurance that congress will be
ixt bn"0t "hUld raD hV pr,QJary ed together before the regular time
liailwio 0P aalnst Moorcs thn'r Moores meeting, probably In November. It
..hi,Jo ny other candidate ftT "gainst Ud to be the confident expectation
..sit,a5 g no more reason nhtt Them k. ti. Yu,
81.930 1, . line iiuuu
l um oomptroller or city attoPate for L u iinnhtleas eood
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le"lund for this.. The senate, lt seems
n. I ' ... ..a . A. U. I
w its yui-
more tban
tit a naiv
L" ""old and returned ,De.... u.a4 I UO more ason why each Is hL nreentative will be fouud
Kt total .uea IZmh cfndl(ltM 'or the fl"-1 faorable to the treaty. The course of
Nat aver, ....;".;"; snould declare blmelf;0r thjctibao congress and administration
in'y prnc. Vna .woVnto ham a. h ' "go'nst j-woat hardly fall to niase a gooa impres-
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. SJmS n"r " r t',ty' HSpcc- Pbable that a majority of
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. HUNOATE, petltors With Monro. fnr k-W . .,.
Notary Public.
The demecratlc tramlng suuie scema
ta be filled chiefly, with dark i,orscs. I
UU AlOOres for tha Ul ..!.... in hinr nf flnaor tmrta rain.
t..i t . 1 I I ""'uuiiirui
ui u nns neon so ordered by tlons with the Island republic,
tive committee of the Gopherm mj -
mnnaffinK the cornrirtin J HKBVKlTiO VKWtT.
v-va UV
on mnntfrn i.. f-
It should be distinctly understood
that the church Janitor In Omaha Is an
important personage.
down to business.
cnmpnlgn disguised as ri Th recnt expressions of Admiral
purifiers. Dewey, In an Interview with a news-
By forcing Frank E ArnneWper reporter, regarding the German
main Issue the bavy, has given offense to German-
- j'.uiiuu Cl
hopes to be able to null tllrn1l,ner,can8, notwithstanding the fact
sorts of hnnrilora ..i, . . Miat the admiral disclaimed any lnten-
- s - u TV llir I'll ll imb smwt
The city council has been nlnrimr I upon to atav u..., ' .Tn to offend. The delegates to the
ill " i f "vuui uiiu crooks
uorae with the power, canal tuoWt could not a-n ofii, t . . Astern branch of the Gernian-Ameri-
long enough. It Is high time to get ""mains to be seen whether rh t ""lance of Pennsylvania pussed a
gent taxpaylng cltlens rf rmoi, plutlon declaring that. the remarks
allow themselves to be thn Hi.t jbuted to Admiral Dewey "were un.
The only way for Germany "to t an(1 bn)ed. While it Is nf tti nT of a naval officer of his rank"
even with Admiral Dewey Is to say 1,,ent 9mt tbe next ' mayor of Omar87'11 that ",t would 8eem tl,at
something disparaging of his achieve- houl1 not 1e . : mere cafspaw .Jmlrars discourtesy to Germany
menta at Manila bay. implng-Jack' of the .corporations, ir PromPte1 rather by social preju-
or even greater Importance h.f )than by true patriotism."
Tlie suicide of a Yale student la . "Mt dty council should .be" mrto y thought that, the German-
plained by worry over business matters mn Who cnnnot be swerved from than8' who p888ed th,s feg0,ut,on
Cheap power for mills and factories
would do more to give Omaha the In
side track In the race for commercial
supremacy than any other thing. The
power canal project has reached the
point where Omaha can secure cheap
electrical power by simply opening the
door to Its distribution through Its
streets on terms of adequate compensa
tion for the franchise rights. If the
people let this opportunity go by they
will not only have to continue to pay
tribute to the present electric lighting
monopoly, but will be putting up a
high board fene against a host of en
terprises sure to be Inaugurated giving
employment to hundreds and thousands
of wage worker
Wanted, av Hammer.
- Clnclrlatl Inquirer.
No two of that Blstlngulshed triumvirate
Watterson, Bryeb and Cleveland are In
agreement. The democratic party may be
obliged to eoncenVate on somebody who
Is not talking
;en-ate oi
mtch.'
Another Change for the Better.
Baltlmrfe American.
Two western railroads have agreed with
their employes to discontinue the use of
double-hbaders. ?fow If they would only
agree with the pu'Jlc to discontinue bead
enders all would be lovely.
BITS Or WASHIaTO! tlFK.
Minor Seenee and Incidents Sketched
On the Spot.
Secretary Hitchcock of the Interior de
partment has given land grabbers In Cali
fornia a Jolt by sending Inspectors to In
vestigate filings on the land with the local
land officer In that state. Every applica
tion for entry will be held up pending the
investigation. Officials of the department
are convinced that this sudden runh Is due
to the work of a land syndicate that Is
seeking control of Indian allotments and
land that may be secured under the timber
and stone act for speculative purposes.
There Is nothing to warrant the rush for
lands at this time and the department has
discovered the employment of the same
methods used by speculators to secure con
trol of public lands In Nebraska, Washing
ton and other states. Officials of the de
partment feel justified In warning home
seekers against being misled by repre
sentations regarding this or any other land
now belonging to the public.
Among office holders In Washington
Comptroller Tracewell of the treasury Is
regarded as a most extraordinary person.
Mr. Tracewell's salary Is $5,500 and he
thinks he Is overpaid. Worse than enter
taining such a heterodox opinion, however.
Is the fact that he has not hesitated to glvo
expression thereto. During the recent ses
sion of congress be was giving a sub
committee some Information regarding his
office. The chairman complimented him by
saying: "You are the first man govern
ment officer who has appeared before us
who did not aak for an Increase of salary."
Tracewell replied bluntly: "I'm getting a
blank sight too much now." In private
conversation later he said: "Considering
the hours of labor and their responsibili
ties government employes are paid more
than any other class of men in the world."
All of which is regarded In bureaucratic
circles as little short of revolutionary.
It is noticeable that no one thoueht of pam of dut' coundlmen a, .m-
overstuay as- the moving I - , aereat any-ood .measure
' , - "mn n rrjdf the
i. 1 : . vi Bieaia !. with
wJ; tu uew unmese minister to the "c un rule In politics is to let
. aireUuy learning what " " Bmu on its own bottom
a big Job wa en. n vi u t. Every candJdnto . : M"LIUUJ
nrrfwHu. " "" "'"L-i,. " uu,re 8U0"W stand
r-v.v, , i jt u merit a ni j.
. . - - KauB-ca nnrt
WA 0hnH . I I '-
vy uis record na a m
The emergency contemDlate.1 hv ,f taxpayer as well as hv hi.
of h. wii. ' 7 7 " rm!i!l m . . ru as a
Zr tl"xnga Iegl8,a- omZ 11 "e nas 0CCUP'ed Public
j ..c auKiaa aniegation will ma
teriallze only when the republican city
primaries are pulled off.
Having been unable to find a com
petent man to take his place. President
Dlaa has reluctantly consented to allow
himself to be re-elected without opposi
tion for another term as head of the
Mexican republic.
office.
DEMOCRATIC RKORQAXiZATW1,;
There Is a very earnest effort being
made to bring about demnoraHn J
organization, but the prospect of ac
EJP"m I,"g.,t not t resent bright
.cuuerB eem to have little' In
fluence with the rank and file The
course they urge appears not to. take
vt.coe minos generally of the men
The new Gilbert prlmarv law L . .',0Wea. tte standard to
quires all transfers to be taken out at Zi . ,net two presidential cam-
the office of the c.ty clrk ten daJs iT BtUI
Prior to the primary election If vou T , , p,atforiM d the ,arty
have moved freui one wart to alL" f 1890 d
be sure to get your transfer. 7 flnd 8edu," influence
e.ral many oemocrats cannot
resist, it i8 quUe impiB8lbje to
mine how many there are who are still
under this influencebut It I. v.
doubted that the number Is very lanre
and that they will be verr .t.i. T
evidence In the next democratic national
There Is still one bill before the sen
ate providing for equitable taxation of
railroad property In cities. Will mem
bers of the state senate from this dis
trict allow it to remain burled or make
determined effort to have lt passed?
kewhat supersensitive, yet It can
t be admitted that Admiral
was Indiscreet la his remarks,
jthe things he was Quoted, n's
j-iras that the efficiency of ''the
navy In "possible actlin jls
Verestl mated and . that "the
tl ot beK'a to compare In educa
intelllsence with the Ameri
can!
nnt the truth of these state-
in thf art ' the for'nl08t man
Vi?n navy to publicly make
'Una nn rlnnhr that had nn
nav1.!!11' fflCer f tbe Germnn
navy t.-lt- 1.p1nrnflnn. in forra r1
to our.tey wouid have (,5 ft
("ntmMit.' Thr tnnt uuma
to be . ... ...,. ',
cr siu.-e me jnaniia epi-
s been manifested in a
al officers a prejudice
rman navy, which has
hApn mnnlfcBtod In a
rather ni ' .
believe that Admiral
Is feeling, but at' any
discouraged as detrl-
Kxploden Kaval stories.
Bpringflcjd Republican.
The Navy department's decision not to
have the battle feet practice tbe coming
summer on the European coast comes Just
In time to save many embarrassing ques
tions concerning that remarkable story that
the American war ships would work out a
problem by blockading Lisbon, the capital
of Portugal. The . story never seemed to
have a shred of .probability about lt.
Did Yon Hear the "Holler T"
Harper's Weekly.
But It may bo reasonably asked If the
day has not now come for a quieter place,
and a less feverish sense of duty. The
country Is oolossally rich and prosperous,
even if , it . be not rich and prosperous
enough. May not the individual begin to
put forth his claim? May he not ask for
time to breathe a little, to think a little,
to live a little? May he not be permitted
to remember that , in the Pantheon there
are other gods besides the great Idol
Hustle? While doing jhls dally work and
treading his common tound. has he not a
right to some measure of that tranquility
whloh now he can Jock for only In the
tomb? or In flinging 4 change of raiment
Into a valise and eaUlag out mto that big,
unsatisfactory void, which we call Abroad?
In these days of co-operating energies we
might (venture' to3 sfgest.,
' A, Society ' f6 Eriaillhg Americans,
..Who want ta doSo,
To Stay Quietly, at Home, -'. '
' Without being Rutthed to Dath.
sodo t
Amerlcj
against try
several
many
r
re,
rate it L
mental
nnfllv fianttmnnt 1a
tVAAn I
.. .7 j Entries which lt Is de-
Lit
K$ Andersor4 wb ii
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Accoraito Di
""""CVI WPire K r-.r.oi. r,imml.
Blonershlider tbnew South Omaha
charter. iMagichi
convention. If Indeed, they are not able ZuAl BtF, Vw-"t In the
to control that convention. Biaturjnd mlepresentatlon In
The old-time democrat i,. t the repuhn couni committee. Mr.
shaped the policy of the Jrir i Z . rf0"' t,tUde Vdbly recalls an
nast. .r a,i. . tarty ,a the incident ole womA-- ...fr..
ll 'ucir.uegt to divorce ltUu . . 1 '
8t. Louis might ask for . " to Young anl a
-" v ,uc ii, 8t two national ram. e T....r "i "l
Palgus. They want tn 7. " V nrl V'e editor of The
con-
at a
St Ixmls objects strenuously to the
vu' urainage caual pouring its
"tuu, inio me Jllsolssippi riVer
point wnicn may affect Its water
St. Louis might ask for a
to make th
"w lue 0lner way
and cite as a precedent the pope's bull
against the comet.
Havo ou' moved into another ward
nco you registered for th
ir so. do not fall to secure
transfer from the citv cWt
Failure to secure a transfer ten day
- pnmary election will prevent
--,vW WUo uhs moved from one ward
to another frbtn rirtlclpatlng in his
nioi-racy restored to Its traditional Z!l w. "1 xbem V carrying the
i"s sUte con4tlo
Its J the womenj u
its Alleles everr nhaM t rS.u" lae r,f' auffrage, did not abol-
. , ,. - fvmjHu, ana i isn Dolva-a
Vl lue nw,a of the Swift
packing company wrre. to emphasize
..rmruuwu strides that have been
in the business of supplyInr the
Weat consumption of the country. It Is
rr, . Be K'r a alns' 1dtry can
rTi.h 7- . r th6 r"o't'on acwu
Pllshed within the last two or three
aK'a4e has l-n more complete. The
wuir uuu-ucr who used to slaughter
. UUlmaW a wwk tot his own
ua. uecume almost extluct
Threatened
, .V ut lIle insurance
enmnAn u n.. .. .
, """ug ioiicles on the lift.
i-eruieii give ground for the
T?'1 " Jot of the inquest
in the Burdiek case, which has outraged
common d-crnoy. w. more to enable
cuueerns to avol.t iayinent of ln
aurance clalma ,han to locate responsi
bility for the crime or to promote the
enforcement of Justice, if jt 8houlJ rte.
velop that such is the case there will
wt i.iuv TaiiatnT for i
wuiijuu. lUat bar been caught
ce
as the representative of the princlnles T 8meVU
of the men who created ,t
I -. u, I. m ll. w i
uient to the
asked why
at that tlmo
battlea. Thev det ! -", u
. w unuui rrom nad the rlriof
s every Dhaae nf rwr...ii. ... . T1
of socialism. That veteran c - nthe twin relie of barbar
Senator Morgan of Alabama. L" A ' D8e . wa8! "We dou't
recent Interview: "If I were drawIn.7i,Z f.T TT P'aniT- We t.
next democratic pl.i0TnT wd PUt L Jl.f rmU,,n "
in lt tbe nmvuil. .Z;l put th ed,tor- V may be satisfied with
. . " utHoocratic one-seventh
Platform, drawn before the civil war Instead of .
na leave out those hU v... . r "
put In the Bi.ff,.m' " rory muca We the Utah Idea will
k 7, iuat to strike the vie
say; he would exclude riri- . .. Tei
- nu.i laroraoiy." I
ied In theOhlcairo and Kin... t no 1
one-tenth of a huuband
kle husband, but I doubt
vtien of Nebraska very
la contained
City declaratinnit m i,i .k a ir n of the population of
t.iys rtaU. 1' OmahaWnt In EL chastised
of democrat. T Su ! ClZand th '-.
d. Gorman and Il'iuSTS 2!L" ! H they nt -W'tll0Ut
act oi-d with the position of th. 4ik. """y payroll. All they
. " ...r. uoa ortne Alabama have to do Is tUt .nni nm.h.
. . ' .
in
fltitn r. L- I . . . .
ventlon renouncing the attitude of 7 Zl I. Tne P0"" -o
party In lRixi ni imin i " gne.que as was nis con-
I rtyjn 1806 wdi,W tarer, doubt- cept.on of pubi nUment in Bouth
There are enua.l, . .nfluenl. w dte Blnln ,trike'
crat. who lniuV .h.. v : 1 w euuorst the aelnsn, heartless
forma. sn-r-...,... .r ,. . ' -.- nun aaounceo the wretched
rern.i Itnue8se mIne anarchist, and
7 . T" uo man will be laws who ourht
eilon with police clubs
say that carries i-ii. i I . . i . .
tlw nlatr.,,,.,- " r. Anaert.n then claimed to
I ' . ,UUI yars. There speak for th m
re otner conspicuous Muthern demo- Omaha cltixena. w
1
r FmnaLAtl? aisLf a l.n..e,.l Ad u
uullkeir that thA mi I .,,..,1 , 1
chang. between now and th. rML 1
out-
nomluated next rear hi uuul P De inaiscnminateiy
" -v uiti uiil ai 1 1 rh i rnrntvi mtA k
s netaiess to say that carries .ik i. I .. . . 1
majority of South
i SJna-laad'a' Naval Power.
y ' Bai'timore Bun.
Even some liberals In the British Parlia
ment seem to approve the enormous out
lay of 1179,184,205 : upon the navy In tbe
fiscal year 1903-4, though few approve tbe
expenditure 'of $170,000,000 a year on the
army.. What Is remarkable in the situa
tion is the eagerness of tbe British people
for aa incresse In the navy In spite of the
high taxes It entails. There will, after
April 1 next, be seventy-one warships un
der construction. Including eleven battle
ships . and nineteen armored cruisers al
most equal to battleships in strength. This
year six battleships and eleven armored
cruisers will be completed. A new feature
of the navy list Is the "scout," a class
which Is to be marked by extraordinary
speed rather than' . fighting power. Sub
marines are being built In Increased num
bers. The secret of the feverish activity
In the British navy Is the keener apprecia
tion by the masses of the fact that the navy
Is not only the first line of defense of the
United Kingdom, but the second line also
and the third. It Control of the sea Is 'lost
England can be Invaded, plundered and
subdued.
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.
AnsiaT Aiitmnta ta Give National
Bear In a; to Hnnlclr.nl Coatcata.
Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat,
The business of making presidential can
didates to order la proceeding rapidly
Senator Poraker .tells the country that if
Ingalls, the railroad man whom the demo
crats are running for mayor of Cincinnati,
should be elected . in the canvass a few
weeks hence, he will be a big personage in
the democratic convention of 1904, and
probably carry off tbe prise. If Ingalls
should carry Cincinnati now he would be
put up- for governor by the democrats for
the election this year, and If he carried the
state he would get a boom which would
make him invincible In the convention next
year. Borne of the republican leaders at
the other end of Ohio are saying the same
things about Tom U Johnson, who Is run
ning for a second election for mayor of
Cleveland. Then, too, some of the repub
licans In Chicago are telling that If Carter
Harrison carries that city this time he will
get a prestige which will send him to the
head of the national democratic ticket la
1904. In each one of theae rases, too, many
democrats coincide. !n this republican view.
It Is an old trick of republican and demo
cratic leaders to try to give a national Im
portance to municipal or state elections in
which -they have a direct interest. Fora
ker"s j fortunes are not as Intimately as
sociated' with the , election In his home
town bf Cincinnati as are those of Senator
Hanna In the municipal contest in his resi
dence city of Cleveland, for the tora.nr has
recently been chosen for another six years,
while the latter, term will end with the
present congress. Bach of theae mea has
some powerful foes at home on his own
side. In this respect they do not differ
from their democratic enemies. Tom John
son, declared after the close of his circus
campaign la support of . the democratic
nominees for minor state offices last fall
that he had to fight John B. McLean as
well as the republican party. Johnson
kuow. that he will be asaalled by McLean's
Influence in the municipal contest In Clave
land next month, so far as the Cincinnati
democratic boes can sway things In his
party so fsr away from his home base.
Senator Hanna overthrew some of his re
publican enemies In the recent primaries
in Cleveland, but they are not entirely con
quered yet. All of Ohio's 81mon Glrtys
did not die with the old renegade of revo
lutionary days.
' The Cincinnati, Cleveland and Chicago
cases are another Illustration of the fact
that the making of prealdenttal poaalbtlltles
U on. of Amur lot's leading industries.
An observing policeman explains In the
Washington Post why so many Washington
people regularly travel over a roundabout
path In the White House grounds. The
psth is not a crosscut to save time and
distance, and Its frequenters are not
strangers. "Standing or walking on Penu
slyvanla avenue, either on the north or
south side of the street," says the police
man, "all that one can see of the new of
fice building Is a small portion of the roof.
The office entrance and, In fact, the entire
area In front of that building Is shut off
from view by a swell In the grouud, so
that the person entering at the office, pass
ing under the White House veranda or por
tico, and leaving by way of the northeast
exit, looks to those on the avenue as
though he had Just come out of th? White
House. To one unacquainted with the
Jt I. 1 ImnA.olWI. ' Knm
i. re-election to . the senate, and that Hon.
the executive mansion and this fact affords ! D- B. Thompson will also return In time lo
a key to the mystery. I take a hand in the natorlal campaign
"It is only now and then that a person nt year In his own behalf The nex
wakes up to the utter smallness and mean- I campaign promise, to develop a vely fight
nes. of human nature. The object which I and to make some strange political bed
so many people have of going blocks' out fellow If there Is a break between Sea
of their way 1. simply to fool others, whom ator Dietrich and Mr. Thompson as U
TALK OP THF) STATU PRKSS.
Norfolk News: The Nebraska legislature
seems Inclined to leave It to other like
bodies to wrestle with freak measures. If
any have appeared they have been promptly
floored by the committees or sidetracked
before they reached the committees.
Bayard Transcript: Having failed to land
that good federal appointment, ex-Con-gresatuan
Mercer Is again a resident of
Omaha, and announces his Intention of
flfthtlng Editor Rosewater to a finish. The
Jtee editor will probably give Dave plenty
to do.
Geneva Oasette: Arbor day Is t'.use at
hand and every loyal cltlsen of Fillmore
county ought to celebrate It by planting
a tree or more. And It might be well to
go farther and add a little variety to the
occasion by hanging a few of those human
hogs who have cut down trees planted by
better men to get the use of a few feet
more land.
Ho wells Journal: Up to date Dave Mer
cer, ex-congressman from the Omaha dis
trict, ha. not succeeded in landing a gov
ernment Job, and lt Is beginning to dawn
upon the people of Nebraska that "Our
Dave" Is not aa popular at the national
capital as the republican press of thn state
has reported, After all, no one has much
use for a defunct political leader, and some
of the hearties, ones are saying that Mer
cer ought to be made to work for a living.
It doe. seem as though twelve years' feed
at the public crib ought to be about enough
for one man.
Kearney Hub: A. the Hub view, the
record of Senator Dietrich during the last
session of congress, his connection with
federal appointment, and recommendations,
and the measure of hi. personal standing
with the administration, the whole 1. en
tirely creditable. He may not hsve the
"knack" of making hlmseli generally popu
lar, cither as a windjammer. or a hale fel
low well met, but surely no one holds him
to blame for that. He has evidently sought
to perform all essential things required of
him and he has done quite well for the
short time he ha. been In the senate.
Fremont Tribune: It Is pretty clear that
the appropriations made by the present
session of the legislature are going to ex
ceed any ever before made. It may be
truthfully stated that there Is larger ne
cessity than ever before. The debts keep
accumulating end lt becomes necessary
some time to put an end to lt by paying
them off. But unquestionably the passage
of a new revenue bill ha. served to make
the legislature feel freer to take off the
"brakes and spend money. The senate will
serve a good end If It prune, down .ome
of the Items agreed to by the house. There
Is an apparent disposition on Its part to
do so.
Falrbury Gaiette: It Is claimed that
8enator Dietrich will be a candidate for
THE OLD RELIABLE
V
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Absolutely Pure
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE
they know, or expect will be on the avenue
about that time, into thinking that they
are lust leaving the White House, where
they have been on Important business either
with the president or his family or im
portant member, of hlrTiousehold. Women
are a. much given to this specie, or petty
deceit a. men.
"Young men fool their girls In this way,
resident, their country visitors, politician,
their constituents, women their neigh
bors, business men their competitors. In
short. It 1. the most popular road to cheap
notoriety that I know of."
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When the president Is passing people
down the line after a handshake at a re
ception In the White House he does not
expect any one to .top In reply to anything
he may say, nor 1. he. expected to cause
any delay. There was an exception to
thtl custom at a recent reception, and the
president, it 1. said, admitted afterward
that lt was hi. fault.
The day of the reception referred to was
stormy. The downpour was deluging the
capital. A. the president grasped the hand
of a Daughter of the American Revolution
from Wisconsin for the reception was to
the congress of the Daughters he .aid:
"Very pleasant day."
The D. A. R. wa. partially drenched by
reason of a delay at the White House and
she was in no mood to agree with the
president in hi. remark.
"If you don't care what you say, yes,
Mr. President," said the D. A. R,
The president had not at that moment
passed the lady on. He held to her hand
and looking at her steadfastly a moment he
said:
"Madame, I stand corrected. Thank you.
I meant 'beastly when I .aid 'pleasant.' "
The remark caused a stoppage In the
line that wa. momentary, but lt was long
enough to cause a number of people to
nnrt.r what the president was saying.
The D. A. R. sent an apology to that
president afterward for unintentionally
causing a hold-up of the line,, and, he, lt
I. said, .ent back word:
Served me right."
After a ' long sesrch Colonel W. H.
Michael, chief clerk of the State depart
ment, ha. discovered that the original
emancipation proclamation by which Abra
ham Lincoln set free the slaves was de
stroyed, in the great Chicago fire In 1171.
A tew year, after the proclamation was
issued a society of women In Chicago re
quested the president to place the original
of the emancipation proclamation tempo
rarily In their possession that they might
exhibit lt and devote the proceeds to a
patlanthroplo work. Offloials In Waah
Ington were loath to permit the famous
instrument to leave the capltol, but in view
of the charitable purpose for which It waa
requested lt was nnany vo uitBu.
Colonel Michael now believes that he has
proof absolute that it was destroyed In the
great fire. .
Lloyd C. uriscom, unnea onii uuui.wr
to Japan, recently presented to the State
department two lithographic copies of the
original proclamation. Five such copies
were made by order of his father, C. ' A.
Grlsoom ol Philadelphia, while tne original
was on exhibition. In Chicago. In the ab
sence of other authentio facsimiles they are
very valuable and highly treasured by tb
Stat depatment.
it has hist com to light that during the
,.nt remodeling of the Interior of the
Whit House at Waahlngton some oi me
old Bugllsh oak beams formerly support
ing th roof of the hlstorlo Old South
Church. Boston. wr used to make the
framework of th elevator. A sew year,
ago tbes beams were taken out of the
famous edlflc after supporting It. roof for
170 yearm, and .teel trusses were substi
tuted tolnsure greater safety. They were
found to b as bard a. Iron and were care
fully .tored tt Worcester, wbenc enough
were secured for th Whit Hqus ele
v.tor. A Plea for Less Haata.
Philadelphia Record (dem.)
Whenever som indiscreet person hap
pen, to mention the name of a good demo
crat for next preaident a great howl al
once arises from ths neighborhood of Lin
coln. Neb., that such a nomination would
b inconsistent with "the everlasting prin
ciples of the Kansas City platform." But
as to the eminent fitness of William J.
Bryan for next chairman of th democratic
national commute ther appeara to b
great unanimity of opinion la that quarter.
flnlmed. It mean, a new alignment on
senatorial matter.. Neither of these gen
tlemen ar In touch, lt Is claimed, with the
new antl-machlne organisation In Douglas
county, which Is now. In . control, and will
undoubtedly name the entire seventeen
members In the next legislature from that
county. In the language of the boys,
"There'll be something doing" in about a
year from this time on senatorial matter.
. PERSONAL. NOTES..
President Jordan at Stanford university
worked hi. way through Cornell by waiting
on the table, husking corn and digging
ditches, .v t
One of the greatest achievementa of the
Pennsylvania legislature promise, to be the
bill making it a misdemeanor for a saloon
keeper to give a free Junch of cold pig.'
feet to a thirsty cuutoiuer.
Prof. Dyar of the. department of biology
of the Smithsonian institution at Washing
ton reports tbat 768 butterflies will be
needed to complete the government exhibit
of lepldoptera at the World', fair, St
Louis.
The shortest biography In the new con
gressional directory Is that of Congressman
Byrd of the Fifth Mississippi district. It
is as follows: "Adam Byrd, democrat, wa.
elected to the Fifty-eighth congress, re
ceiving 3,081 votes." '
Miss Roosevelt's triumphant progress
through Porto Rico conveys a graceful com
pliment to a charming young woman. But
lt also show, that the Islanders have not
outgrown the Impression that they are gov
erned by a royal family.
' Senator Alger of Michigan has announced
that he will give $75 a year until further
notice for the purpose of providing medal,
for the six honor men who represent the
University of Michigan In the annual inter
collegiate debating contests.
Tbe Quivlra Historical society of Leavea-
I, worth, Kan., will shortly erect a monument
to Friar Juan de Padllla of the Coronado
expedition of 1541, who was the first reli
gious martyr in the United State, and the
first white man murdered by Indiana a
Kansas soil.
Perhaps th moat Interesting gift to th
pope on his pontifical Jubilee was an an
cient clock In the form of a planisphere,
dating from 1725. It was constructed at
Plalsanoe by the mathematician Barnardo
Facial, whcT presented lt to the wife of
Philip II of Spain.
Secretary Root has received a telegram
from Los Angeles warning him tbat the
preaident should not travel before March
31, as the stars Indicate danger. The tele
gram Is signed "Professor Pfuhl." Th
professor may be a fairly good astrologer,
but he Is a bad speller.
The Missouri house of representatives has
rejected a proposition looking to th erec
tion of a new capltol to cost $4,000,000 at
Jefferson City, tbe present state .capital.
The vote was 64 nsys to 61 yeas, but an
other proposition, that the capital be re
moved to St. Louis on condition that the
city contribute $1,000,000 toward the erec
tion of a new building, was rejected. by aa
overwhelming vote, only tbe St. Louis
members of the Louse supporting It.
STILL. LKAVINO TUB FARM.
Sertaaa Comment on an Exaaa-erateil
Statement.
Minneapolis Time.
From Nebraska and Kansas comes tbe .
wall that the boys who ar reared on tbe
farm won't stay there and the boys who
live elsewhere will not work on tbe farm.
A stipend of $20 to $25 a month, with board,
Sundays off and the use of a home and
buggy with the possibility of charming com
panionship, In the person of a rich farmer s
daughter, fails to tempt boys to the farm.
It Is alleged that rural free delivery has
had something to do with this because by
making dally papers visitors to the farm
lt has caused the boys to be seiisd with a
yearning to enjoy the metropolitan experi
ences described In those papers. Tbe trol
ley line and the telephone also have had
something fo do with lt, they say. This
1. a direct contradiction of what wo have
been taught. Philosophers have told us
that th advantages above named would
make country life so much like metropoli
tan existence as to cause the country boy
to be more contented with his lot.
What's to be done.? 8hall the trolley
line be .topped at the city limits, the tele
phone at the lime place and rural free
delivery abolished at once? It Is possible,
however, that the theorists are all wrong.
There Is a good deal of railway building, a
fair demand for husky young men In the
cities at good wages, a visible Increase In
the number of avenues of employment for
young men. It is not a case of telephone,
free delivery and trolley car, but one of
supply and demand. When times get a
little dull In town and along the right of
way the boys will come back. This com
plaint, by the way, has been heard for
many years, but the greater part of the
arable land seem, to be well cultivated.
POINTED REMARKS.
"That antique Mia. Parsley told me yes
terday that Dr. EUson says grip is caught
through klnslng."
"She's safe." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Jlmaon I'm going to run over to the club
for an hour, my dear.
Mrs. Jlmaon It is not necessary for you
to go anywhere for an hour. I can Rive
you all the hour, you want right hero at
home. Kansas City Journal.
' " "Tis a sad tale which I am about to un
fold," chsttered the monkey as he endeav
ored to straighten the kinks out of hi.
posterior appendage after a painful attempt
to awing by It from a live trolley wire,
New York Sun.
Lawyer (cross-examining) Where wa.
your maid at the time?
Witness In my boudoir arranging my
hair. .
Lawyer And where were youT
Witness Sir! Cincinnati Enquirer.
"What are the hour.?" asked the man at
the pearly gates.
"There are no regular hours," answered
Bt. Peter. "No one thinks of that here."
"Then I'll not come in," was the reply.
"I'm a union man. 'Chicago Post.
"Josiah." said Mrs. Chugwater, looking
up from her paper again, "what Is a 'steel
plant?' " . .
"You've heard of wire grass,' haven't
you?" said Mr. Chugwater.
"Yes."
"Well, that's lt. "-Chicago Tribune.
"Murphy's got a Job as a park policeman,
I hear tell, and him only landed a few
months."
"Ay, and ye should see him these days
chaKln' the robins off the grass."
"What's he doin' that fur?"
"Bhure, he can't stand the sight of the
red above the green." Philadelphia Pros.
MORE WORK FOR INVENTORS.
Nixon
Waterman In Saturday
Post
Evening
With wireless telegraphy to stimulate the
mind
We ought to set to work at once, ijor rest
until we flnd
A lot of undiscovered things to amplify our
And do away with many care, that bother
and annoy.
A tracklees railway route would aave a
mountain of expense,
A boatless line of steamships, too, would
surely prove Immense;
And let some mind evolve for us a go-less
kind of go
Bo we can travel "round the world yet stay
at home, you know.
And since it costs so much to live we scare
can save a cent,
A foodlem dinner is the thing some gonlus
should Invent;
And after that, if we would have existence
truly cheap,
Bomo grand philanthropist should make a
bedleas kind of aleep.
Today the trouble Is that thing, are as they
have to be,
Whereas we'd rather have them aa we d
rather have them; see?
(These vernea seem so tangled that th
author here explains
It's all beot,UH they're fashioned from a
brainless kind of brains.)
MAKES GOOD LIVING EASY
B. K. & Co.
Th. .igniflcanc of B. E. A Co. has long since come to
b. recognised aa meaning th. BEJT kLad of CLOTHING.
Haven't you found it so f
SUITS, $10.00 TO $25.00.
OVERCOAT5, $10.00 TO $33.00.
TROUSERS, $3.50 TO $9.00
XO CLOTHING F1T8 LIKE OUIIS.
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