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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, AFRIIi 20, 1003. Tire Omaiia Daily Bee E. HOdEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORKINQ. TERMS OF SUnSCRIPTION. pally He (without Sunday). One Yfar..M01 Dally 1-lee and Hunrisv, one Year " Illustrated Hie. One Year j 00 Kundny Uee, One Year "J Saturday Hen, One Year jj"' Twentieth Ontury Farmer, One Year.. LW I'KLl VERED BY CARRIES. Pally He (without Bundayj, per copy.... I5 Dally He (wtlhout Btnulay), per week. ..12a Dallir bee (Including Sunday), per week..lic Hunday Hee, per ropy Evening ee (without Sunday), per week o Evening Dee (Including Sunday), Pr week 100 Complaint of Irregularities In delivery hould be addressed ta City Circulation De partment OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Hulldlng. Bouth Omaha City Wall Hulldlng. Twenty-fifth and M Htreetft. Counrll Hlnffs 10 Pearl Street. Chicago 16M Unity Hulldlng. , New York Zi2S I'nrk Row Hulldlng. Washington Wl Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating- to newa and edi torial matter should te addressed: Omaha llee. Editorial Department. ;. REMITTANCES. , Remit by draft, express or postal order, Bayable to The Bee pubhlng Company, nly 2-cent aUropa accepted In payment of mall accounts. Personal check-, except on Omaha or eastern exchangee, not accepted. TUB BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. tats or NtraKa, Dongma wuin;. George B. Tzechuck, secretary of Th T, ilill.lils h. I n ft dulV 9 as.! of The Be eworn. aava that the actual number of full and complete coplea of The Dally. Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month, of March. 1VU3. waa aa iimiuw.. 1.. ........... .20,315 17 S1.7W 18... 81.7BO !..., 81.8SO SO t Sl,4tK 21 81,600 22 211,210 2J 8'50 24 81,40 25 81,510 2 31,740 27 31,770 28 31,070 23 ZO.OOO 10 31,020 ft 31,700 i.. ........ ....si.nio I.. ........... .81, TIM) 4.......m..81,4110 t.. ...... Bl.OiiO 81,UOO 7 81.US0 1 KO.ITO i m,tso 10 ...81.O0O 11 31.TBO 12 81,720 U.-. 31,780 14 81.700 u so,5ao M"ui".V.. tieaa untold and returned coplea... 1Q.4S1 Net total sale B,ei4 Net average aalea 80,960 UEORQB B. TZSCHUC1C. Subscribed In my presence and aworn to before ma this ilst day of March. A. D., UW3. M. B. H UNGATE, (Seal.) Notary Public American dentists seem to bare the biggest pull with present-day European royalty. If President Roosevelt and bis party bar good luck they will reach St Louis before the bock beer season is closed. A man may be honest In business and dishonest In politics but as a general proposition a double standard politician cannot be trusted. People who have not gotten the Ben- onlan contagion "would rather bear the Ills they bare than fly to those they know not of." The taxpayers of Omaha have more at stake In the outcome of the Impend ing city election tian they have bad at any former : municipal contest ... , , By devising 1 eomo way of producing the abstract of the census first, the cen sus office might do away with the work of getting out those ponderous volumes altogether. Governor Mickey will do the honors of the state as host to President Roosc ,velt while within the boundaries of Ne braska. A eafe conduct through Ne braska Is not necessary. ' The popocratlc organ, which is trying to make out that City Treasurer Hen Dings' tax van Is a funeral car, will be disillusioned on election day when it will prove to be a triumphal chariot. 'All the affidavits in Christendom will not alter the fact that at the republican city primaries seventy-three delegates were elected fairly and squarely pledged to Frank K. Moorea for mayor and only seventy delegates against him. The manager of the Chicago, Milwau kee & St Paul railroad and president of the Thomson-Houston Electric Light company is laying low, but he is not an Indifferent spectator of the fight lie la ahoutlng for Benson and working for Howell. Should a stray ccat be found lying around loose it should be returned to C. C. Wright It is reported that Mr. Wright has returned from Excelsior Springs and taken his coat off. A fusil lade on City Attorney Connell may now ba anticipated. If the officers detailed to Investigate alleged crookedness In the FoatorHce de partment would not devote so much time to telling the public through the newspapers what terrible things they expect to uncover they might get along faster In striking a tight lead. One of TJnclb Sam's new battleships alone will require a half million dollars worth of repairs to make good the dam age done by a recent accident. Acci dents may be necessary in the best reg ulated navy, trot the people who foot the bills would prefer not to have them ao expensive. In view of the decision in the Northern Securities case, it Was perhaps as well that the bill Introduced Into the late Ne braska legislature to make way for the Incorporation In this state of holding and operating companies with unlimited borrowing capacity was dropped. The removal of the debt limit from corpora tlons organized uuder our laws would not do them any good uuder preseut condltious. ' There is nothing new uuder the sun. This Is not the first time corporation republicans weariug the mask of antl monopoll.sta have carried on a campaign of deception in Omaha. Years ago a so-called citizens' movement was pro jected by the late Paul Vandevoort and supported with might and main from behind the screen by the confederated corporations in opposition to a repub lican candidate for mayor, who hap pened to be an ordinary mechanic. BKKaoxs Jack a ss batterf. Old veterans who were on the firing line in the Ws doubtless remember the mountain howitzers loaded upon the backs of mules, that were commonly known as Jackass batteries. These bat teries very often were more dangerous at the breech than they were at the muszlo and more disastrous to the Jnck- sses than they were to the rebels. The Benson Jnckass battery that sput ters and splutters red Ink and yellow fakes belongs to the same category. The roar of its red ink shells might frighten some people were It not for the ludi crous braying of those lonfc-eared ani mals. The heaviest shell fired by the J. A. battery is the Haarmann affidavit which was ingeniously worded to ore ate the Impression that Mr. Haarmann's vote was cast for Frank E. Moores gainst his protest, and that Haar- ninnn's demand for a poll of the Second ward delegation, of which he was a member, was disregarded. That part of the Haarmnnn affidavit is cited by the Benson boomers as Justification of their course. As a matter of fact, the Haarmann affidavit as published is a piece of rank Imposture. The affidavit was drawn up by the bolters and when presented for bis signature Mr. Haarmann made re monstrance against that part of the document that represented hlrn voting under protest and having his vote re corded for Moores In spite of his de mand for a poll of the delegation. It was agreed then and there that that part of the affidavit would be omitted, but the conscienceless bolters published their own version over his name. ' In other words, the Haarmaun affidavit ns published is true, except In the most Im portant part and that "part Mr. Haar mann emphatically repudiates and de nounces as absolutely false. Above the roar and rattle of the jack ass battery these facts are Indisput able: Mr. Haarmann was elected delegate from the Second ward by a large ma jority on a ticket headed with the name of Frank E. Moores and In opposition to a ticket headed by W. W. Bingham. Had Mr. Haarmann's name been on the Bingham ticket Instead of the Moores ticket Haarmann would not have been elected. Mr. Haarmann voted with the Moores delegation from the Second ward onl every motion In the organization of the convention. Mr. Haarmann remained In his seat and did not protest when the full vote of the Second ward was cast for Frank E. Moores. Mr. Haarmann did not ask for a poll of the delegation. Mr. Haarmann remained In the con vention after the bolters had left the- hall and continued to vete with his del egation from the beginning to the end. Last nnd not least, Mr. Haarmann gays he will vote for, Frank I?., Moores nun iuu mruiui rvrmnuenn uret on the Stli'dny of May and does not care who knows It Mr. Haarmann cannot be swerved from bis purpose by the roar and bray of the Jackass battery. FUTURE Vr THE AMCRWaS. The address of Senator Cullom before the American Academy of Social Sci ence, In which he discussed the com munity of interests of the United States and Latin America, voiced sentiments which are very generally entertained in this country and which It would seem must inevitably In time have practical realization. Mr Cullom expressed the opinion that the movement for closer relations between the American repub lics will increase from year to year. There can be no doubt of this If a wise statesmanship shall control the affairs of the republics and their people can free themselves of unwarranted preju dice. Senator Cullom said be hoped to see the day soon when the three Amer icas will be bound together with lines of ships and by railroad and telegraph lines, "So that the people of all these nations. North, Central and South, can conveniently mingle and trade together." He thought the ratification of the canal treaty will mark the beginning of a new era of the greatest, prosperity for all the republics of Central and South America, while the completion of that enterprise will be of world-wide benefit. The establishing of closer relations, in a commercial way, between the Unltd States and the southern coun tries has not made progress In recent years. While other nations competing for the trade of those countries have Increased their business with them, our export trade with them has not. ad vanced. Whutever the explanation of this, it la n-.auifebilr an unpaUofuL-lory condition and it is hardly possible that It can continue Indefinitely. American manufacturers and merchants may have felt during the last few years that the southern markets were less desirable th.in some others, but the time will come when these markets will be wanted and they should be cultivated now. Although there is no little prejudice ugnmst the United States In the south ern republics, with a few exceptions. stll. It is doubtless a fact this feeling is declining, as a result of the repeated as surances and manifestations of this ua tlun's filtndshlp and earnest concern for tjie welfare of the sister republics, When the United States shall have con strueted an Istliuilun canal closer rein tlons will certainly follow and if the projected Intercontinental railway should be built there will be created a bond between this country and the southern republics the value of which could scarcely be overestimated. With an Isthmian ennnl and a railway con necting the systems of this couutry with those of the countries south of us, the problem of commercial relations be tween the United States and the south ern contiueut would be solved and a unity of Interest and cordiality of friendship be firmly established. The southern republics should have a future of steady progress and they will have If their governments are conducted on sound principles and observe In good faith their international obligations. There are possibilities of great growth and development for nearly all those countries, which are behind in the march of progress chiefly because of bad gov ernment Their greatest need Is sbch statesmanship ns Diss has shown In Mexico. r A DICFEIIDER OF COMBMATtOSS. Mr. Merrlam, until recently director of the census and who was a candidate for secretary of the new Department of Commerce and Labor, has arrayed him self among defenders of the industrial combinations. A speech he made a few days ago has attracted some attention and it suggests that had be been ap pointed to a cabinet position, as the head of a department one of the duties of which will be to Investigate the com binations, he would have been entirely out of place. Mr. Merriam believes that "the concentration In a few hands of so large a number of the Industrial concerns throughout the country must have the effect to steady the situation." He thought that certain Industries, like the Iron nnd steel, controlled by a com paratively few men owning the raw ma terial and the transportation facilities, and finally producing the manufactured article, "must be In a better situation to restrict the output and adjust supply to demand with less of loss than could possibly be expected were their consti tuent companies resolved Into original ownership, with copaequent competition and cost bf administration." Cirnnt the plausibility of this, yet the fact remains that combination of this kind leads Inevitably to monopoly nnd with that effected the men in control take no account of the public Interests, The steel corporation Is assumed to have lessened the Cost of administration In that Industry, but In what way has this benefited the public? Enormous divi dends have been paid to the stockhold ers In that corporation, but the lessened cost of administration has not cheap ened the products of Iron and steel. That corporation is steadily moving toward a monopoly of the Industry and perhaps no one will suppose that if It I shall attain that the consumers of Its products will be benefited. It Is not absorbing competitors and getting con trol of the raw material with a view to lessening the cost of its goods to Amer ican consumers. As the New York Journal of Commerce suys, "the power to restrict output and adjust supply to demand in any industry cannot be safely trusted to a few men, however aula, ex perienced and financially strong. In fact the fewer, more experienced and stronger, the greater Is the danger of the abuse of power, which may be used, and Inevitably will be used, to keep up prices for the profit of those shoring in the monopoly at the expense of con sumers." It la against the .monopolistic tcbdency that the people are'' arrayed ami they will continue to Insist that this shall be checked and that industrial combinations shall be placed under such governmental regulation and super vision as will prevent their becoming monopolies. Mr. Merrlam admits there are evils. These must be remedied and there seems to be no longer any doubt that the government has the power to remedy them. The most plausible and Ingenious arguments will fail to per suade the American people to accept and tolerate Industrial monopolies. V IV IDE AXD RULE. In the three-cornered mayoralty con test the allied corporations are playing their old tactics of divide and rule. At the outset their plan of campaign was to capture both the democratic and re publican primaries, dictate the candi dates of both parties and let the people have their choice between them. But the unexpected often happens. The re pulse of the corporation mercenaries at the republican primaries and the fail ure of the conspiracy to purchase a nomination for the preferred corpora tion candidate compelled a change of program. , . The bolt of the defeated minority, pre cipitated under pretense of foul play by the corporate bellwethers, opened the way for a Wedge by which the corpora tion bosses hope to divide the people, and rivet the corporation yoke upon their necks for the next three years. But the people of Omaha are waking up. They know that the railroads and the frrnchlsed corporations have pooled Issues for the election of a mayor and council that will do their bidding even at the sacrifice of the public Interest The paramount issue of the campaign Is equitable taxation. The people know that a corporation tool in tho mayor's chuir and corporation stool pigeons In the council will make equitable taxa tion Impossible. They know that they cannot hope for equitable assessment with a purchaseable or pliant Board of Iaeview. They know that the Board of Review can raise or lower assess ments and has It within Its power to decrease the assessments of corpora' tlons by millions, and correspondingly increase the burdens of the small home owner, the merchant and manufacturer. They know that the mayor appoints the Board of Review subject to confirma tion by the council and they know fur thermore that a corporation owned council can nullify the work of the Board of Review by lowering Its as sessments of corporate property and raising the assessment of property owned by Individuals and firms. It Is patent to all men who know any thing of politics that Edward E. Howell Is the choice of the corporations for mayor. It in a matter of record that Howell inserted the clause In the pres ent city charter under which the rail roads have evaded their city taxes when he was a member of the state senate. It Is patent to all Intelligent men that the candidacy of Benson Is In the In terest of Howell and the corporations. It Is ro regarded and treated by the democratic organ, the World Herald, which Is at great pains to magnify the Benson movement In the Interest of Howell. The candidacy of Benson would be supremely ridiculous were it not for the fact that men who have been arrayed against the corporation taxshlrkers have been duped in their factional zeal to espouse the cause of Benson and play Into the hands of the corporations that have pooled issues for Howell. While these credulous people aro shouting themselves hoarse for Ben son the corporation managers are clap ping their bands over the prospect that they will regain control of the city hall by dividing the people. The Lincoln Independent speaking for the populists, does not take at all kindly to the offer of John D. Rockefeller to furnish two-thlrda of a fund of $100,000 to be donated to the University of Ne braska for the erection of a building to be devoted to the religious and social activity of the students. Its chief ob jections are, first, that such a building Is not needed, nnd, second, that If nettded It should not be accepted from that source. The more serious consid eration that the cost of maintenance of the building when erected will be a drain upon the university's resources that could be devoted better to more practi cal purposes Is, however, entirely over looked. If the university authorities had $100,000 given unconditionally to Its building fund it would hardly devote the sum to this particular purpose at this time. His political organ suggests that C. C. Wright was hired by the Thomson Houston Electric Lighting company be cause of his overshadowing legal abili ties. Is it not more probable that Mr. Wright was hired by the electric light ing monopoly because of his position on the police commission, whose favors might be wanted any time by, that cor poration in case of trouble with Its em ployes? Terbaps it, was not so much Mr. Wright's legal services that the electric lighting company was buying as Police Commissioner Wright's official Influence. The question is. Do the peo ple of Omaha want, to moke the paid lawyer of the Thomson-Houston Elec tric Lighting company their city at torney? Nebraska's new revenue law does not go Into effect until next year, but that s no reason why the State Board of Oquollzatlon should not try to give us n assessment of railroad property for this year that will make the tax-shirking railroads pay on' a- valuation some where near equitable as compared with their selling value on the current stock markets. , , ijliil PI i m The people should btlck to those who stick to them. As a, member of the last Board of Review. Vllliani J. Hnnter stood up for the i small taxnnver a a against the ?orpora iaxehirker despite ill Influence and 'measure exerted bv the ' corporation agents. As candidate for comptroller Mr. Hunter should have the vote of every taxpayer In Omaha. Where Light la Needed. Chicago Post. The Interstate Commerce rommlulnn nnw purposes to Inquire to what extent the coal carrying railroads are merged. And when they have fcenn properly clipped and shaved who will anawer to the call of "Nextf" Deserved Rebuke. Cincinnati Enquirer. N Judge Adams Of the United Rtatea at St. Louis rebuked a lawyer for using the phrase. "Any stage of the nnm." In the presence of the court. The rebuke was a Just one. The lawyer who cannot em ploy better language who la obliged to descend to common slang In his argument mould be ringing front-door bells in the endeavor to collect bad debts, or attend ing to "cow cases" for a jerkwater railroad. Beaeflrlal Restrictions. New York Tribune. Still more stringent regulations ought to be adopted in almost every state of the union for the protection of game beasts, birds and fishes. Such restrictions are In the long run for the advantage of the masses and not for the enjoyment of any privileged class. In fact, under the Stars and Stripes there are no privileged classes. Americans everywhere have ample reaaon for advocating the enactment of wise and Judicious game lawa. Much good has been done and more la In store. DEMOCRACY A FAILURE. Charaeterlatlea Kmemplliled la the Serlona Affairs of Life, Kansas City Star. Everyone knows the man who Is quick to take offense and when he gets a quarrel under way backs down. He ts the sort described In slang phrase as "not there with the goods." He Is a most uncom fortable person to go out with. The Injunc tion of Polonius, "Beware of entrance to i quarrel, but, being in, bear It .that the op posed may beware of thee," falls dead to his ears. Having no determination to go through with what be undertakes be feels no responsibility rod usually leads his more resolute companion Into difficulties. It waa probably he who gave occasion for the saying that one can always find trouble when he looks for It. In a homely way the fellow described Illustrates a characteristic which Is often exemplified by men of en tirely different caliber and in more serious affairs of life. Those who start things and have not the energy to go on with them to completion are sometimes men of great natural abilities. "Start things" Is the correct expression, because frequently such persona do not even begin what they have had an Impulse to perform. Failure, like success, is democratic. It Is exemplified In persons of most Inferior quality aa well as In those of moat catholic po8slbilltls. It la manifested In the ordinary walks of life the same as in those reserved for the elect. The habit of mentality connoted In a physical way by a chin which melts im perceptibly Into the "Adam's apple" and by a tone of voice ending laterrogatlveiy may be incident alike to him who would be a fighter If he had the grit and to him whose success, if he could attain it, would be at a philosopher. Whether one has rourage and fixity of purpose Is the point of excellence 1 any line of endeavor, Whether the object to be attained Is worthy or not ii another matter. The quality which makes a good showing In a street light is the same at that which gives heart to ambition In a great enterprise. The rude epitaph of the cowNy, "He done his damnedest angels could do no more, ex pressed the tame sentiment as that won derful plea of the heavy laden Paul, " have fought the good fight, I have finished oif course, I av kept U faith. TALK OF TUB BTATB JI1K9. Falls City Journal: The legislature tried to pass a law making the stealing of chickens a felony. It the price continues to rise as it has been doing It will be a felony under the old law before long. Ashland Gazette: Great credit it due to Congressman Htnahaw tor hit tealoui ef forts In behalf of rural mall service In this locality. They have already borne fruit In the definite arrangements to start the two Ashland routes. Mr. Hinsbaw has demonstrated hie Interest la the welfare and convenience of hit constituents. Wausa Gtsettei The state legislature hat adjourned and its record Is a part of his tory. At the smoke clears away and the people of the state become more acquainted with the work accomplished they will more fully appreciate the earnest efforts of the members. One thing Is certain, the fusion party finds little comfort In the record of the late legislature and will find lest at the months pass by. Alnsworth Star-Journal: The house of representatives did Itself much credit when It passed a bill giving the wife halt-Inter est in her husband's estate after hit death. The senate had leas broad-minded men In this matter and defeated the bill much to the discredit of men who know better. J. Douglas deserves much praise for his gallant fight in the house In behalf of the measure. Valentine Republican: Surely it it to be hoped that Oovernor Mickey hat established precedent in the firm stand he took against Sunday legislative Jamborees which will be followed by future governors. While tome contend he It taking hit Metho dism into the office too freely the Repub lican believes lnttead he it directed by a sense of high moral conscience and thereby it setting a good example for the thought less. Circumstances and conditions indi cate It it time tome one had backbone enough to item the tide of disregard for Sunday observance. Auburn Post: In the Judgment of the Post the late legislature passed two of the most Important bills that have been passed by a Nebraska legislature for years the revenue bill and the Joint resolution calling for a constitutional convention. Governor Mickey preferred to amend our present constitution rather than making a new one. The Post believes that amend ing our present constitution would be like patching an old coat, when you are through you have a rotten foundation covered with patches. A new constitution need not radically change the present one, but It can eliminate Its defects much better than amendments. Rushville Standard: The legislature passed a bill granting the state the right to build another normal school. The place hat not been designated, the bill leaving the selection of the place to the State Board of Education. Being a citizen of Sheridan county it would be natural tor us to wish to have the formal located at Rushville if it would be practical, but realizing the impracticableness of such a proposition we shall do that which we con sider the best for the west part of the state and Join with those who are endeavoring to locate the building at Alliance. That Is tho proper place for It and the Board of Edu cation should consider the matter seri ously before crowding any more schools east of the 100th meridian. Rushville Recorder: The legislature ad journed after ltt protracted labor. The revenue law la easily the foremost measure passed, and If it la at successful in raising the revenue demanded and needed by the state aa it friends predict it will be a measure that will reflect considerable credit on ltt authors. The amount of money that Is expected to fall Into the state cof fers It variously estimated at from $3,000,- 000 to $5,000,000. The prairie dog law is another far-reaching measure which la needed, and if it works all right, will go a long way to aettle this vexed question. These two measures, and the elevator bill, are the roost important pasted, though several others,, tuch at the Junior normal bill, are worthy of notice, though we doubt the usefulness of the latter. At usual there had to be a surplus of un finished business. Syracuse Journal: - The Nebraska legisla ture has adjourned. While this legislature did tome things they ought not to have done and left undone some thing they ought to have done, yet taking tte ses sion at a whole. It was one' of the most businesslike ever convened In the state. The 'revenue bill waa passed in response to a general demand of the people, al though powerful lobbies labored day and night to defeat It. The appropriation bills were kept within res son and at the same time were of sufficient amounts to carry on the business of the state. While the railroads were given to understand that they could not run the state they were given equal treatment with the people. In point of Intelligence, honesty and ability, the members of the legislature just closed compare favorably with any past legisla ture. Holdrege Progress: The fact that Hast ings. Grand Island and Kearney each al ready has good atate Institutions should have weight with tho State Board of Edu cation' In locating the new state normal school. It It a patent fact that the south western part of the state has been "left out in the cold" whenever conaideratlon baa been asked. The educational Interests of this section certainly appeal to the ear nest attention of the State Board of Edu cation at this time. Because the central and eastern portions of Nebraska now con tain the larger portion of the population doet not entitle those tectiont to all state institutions. Moreover, western Nebraska is only partly developed at yet and It will be but a few years when Ita people will demand an audience In the shaping of state government, and we are entitled to consid eration now. The press of western Ne braska can do a very great deal In com manding the respect and attention of the balance of the state if the publishers will realize our educational, agricultural and commercial Importance and prospects of fu ture greatness. I, ark of Kaorkrr, Indianapolis News. After falling heir to $300,000 the woman who Is striving in the courts to obtain re instatement in a War department clerk ship, from which she was dismissed hy Secretary Root, ought to be In a position not only to forget and forgive, tut to turn up her nose at the whole departmental push. Wlrelena Telegraphy at m 8tmUt 111. New York Tribune. Months have elapaed since Marconi sent messages across the ocean from Cape Bre ton and Cape Cod to Poldliu, and many weeks have passed since he went back from this country to England. In all the inter vening time It doea not appear to bav been possible to transmit messages In the opposite direction. Th courteous repllee which royalty made to the communication of the governor general of Canada and the president of the United States came by the unpoetlc cable, aud other dispatches which have since been filed at tbe English end of the line have remained unsent. Just what the trouble It one cannot easily guess Now that a connection has been granted with tbe British land llnet no official ob stacle remalna, apparently. If there was a lack of ateam power at Poldbu It ought not to have taken many daya to supply that want. Can It be that there la any serious Inherent difficulty in transmitting to tha westward! Waltham Watches Made at the oldest, the largest, the perfectest factory. "The Ptrftcied Amtrlcm Watch An Mastrtled book of interesting Informxtlon about witches, HfUl It sent fret upon request, , AmerlcM Wktthm Watch Company, Wattfum, Mass, Till! OMAHA CITT CAMPAIGN. Waterloo Oazette: The populists of Omaha have Joined the bolters of the re publican convention and nominated E. A. Benson as their candidate for mayor. Tho fight promises to be warm In the extreme before the end of the campaign. The Dally Newt Is championing the cause Of the bolters. Tender Times: Of all the slim excuses ever Invented to bolt a convention, the antl-Rotewaterltet of Omaha have con cocted the gauslest of them all. After being defeated in primaries and convention as well at the popular vote, they proceed to put up another candidate tinder the wornout banner of reform. Syracuse Journal: Mayor Moorea waa renominated for mayor of Omaha after one of the most aensatlonal political fights la the history of the city. It Omaha never electa a worse man than Frank Moores to the office of mayor it may rett assured that the people will always have a friend In that office. Frank Moores never did, nor never will wear a brass collar. Stanton Ticket: Frank E. Mooret hat been triumphantly renominated for a third term aa mayor of the great city of Omaha. It it now up to republicans who opposed hit nomination to say what they are going to do about his election. Of coune Dave Mercer will throw up his hat and get in line for the nominee. At a loyal repub lican who alwayt supports the nomine and despises a bolter David can never give a thought to doing anything else. Wayne Herald: Political llnet ar red hot down In the city of Omaha. Last week, assisted by The Bee, Mayor Mooret tucceeded in securing a majority of the delegatei in the primaries and wat there fore renominated for mayor. This aroused the ire of the Broatch-Mercer faction and there is war on, as thlt faction bolted the convention, held a matt meeting and by petition placed in nomination Eraatus Benson. Weeping Water Herald: It appears that while Rosewater't friends (T) were in Lin coln looking after bills that would be a cure-all in primaries and elections, the editor of The Bee was at home shaping things to suit tald laws, and as a conse quence cam out of the primaries a long winner. Now those visiting delegates are wishing they had stuck closer to the seat of trouble. Mayor Mooret It the repub lican candidate for mayor of Omaha an other term, but of course he needs votea election time. It doesn't mean that a nomination la an election, but the tame fighters that control . primaries generally control elections in Omaha. Hastings Tribune: The Moores faction won out in the primaries In Omaha, and the trouble should have ended then and there, but It did not, in fact, that wat merely , the signal for the big fight to begin. Now . the anti-Moorea men have brought out Erastut Benson to run for mayor by petition and the people's inde pendent party endorted him and thut fused with the bolting republican!. Such politics smacks of bosslsm and boodle, and no good can come of it. It the republicans of Omaha have any love for their party prin ciples they will stand by the ticket at nom inated at the primaries, and will also use all honorable meant to defeat the bolters. Roar of the Old Maids. Kansas City Star. The old maids' convention now being held at Rochester, N. T., hat severely criticized President Roosevelt's "anti-race suicide" speech and bat practically told the chief executive to mind hit own buslnoet. Miss Amelia Higglnson, president of the conven tion, tald: "He can safely leave the ques tion of babiet in the handa of the patient, self-sacrificing women of this republic." Perhapa thla spinster It right, but it would be obviously unsafe to leave it to the old maids' convention. Importance of Irrigation. . Gunton'a Magazine. The forettt should bepreserved to pro tect the water sources and the lumber sup ply of the future; the mining laws should be Improved to give greater enoouragement and protection to prospectors and mining operators and greater revenue to the recla mation fund; the grazing district! should be put under control In order that the remaining grasses may not be destroyed and that barren rangea may be restored. The present situation la a teriout menace to the meat supply of tha nation. In the reclamation fund, created by the national Irrigation act, there It now about $10,000,000, which it being drawn upon to meet the coat of surveyt and inveetigatlons now being conducted. In some districts of Utah, Colorado, California, Arizona anil other states, where iavorable reservoir lo cations are found, the people are plaiinl'.is to shape local laws and conditions to meet the demands of government Irrigation offi cials. npAprtc fnr If nrvfntci. tw' I?" 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He has come back her after telling the Vienna papers that American women cannot cook. An Iowa man wanta to start a coffin fao tory In Moberly, Mo., and atks tbe assist ance of the people of the town on the ground that be can give employment to fifty people "It the death rate hohlo." The value of the human whistle may toon be determined by a Chicago court In a tult for $20,000 damagea against a street railway company, brought by a policeman who wat injured in a trolley accident. The chief result of the accident was Inability to whistle, and on bit whittle the poll co man tets a great value. LAuanraa remarks. Toung men have the advantage, anyway. The girl with a homely mouth can't cover it up by growing a moustache. Somervllle Journal. "You tee," he exclaimed, "the market la overstocked with tbe only thing I've been able to acquire." "What Is thutT" "Advice." Chicago Pott. "So the Count Fuacadt wants your hand in marring I'' "I don't know," tald Miss Curarox, thoughtfully, "whether It 1 my hand he wants to much aa father's signature." Washington Star. Mies Ann Teek One of my greatest treas urea la a 6-cent piece which was given to me brand new from the mint on my 6th birthday. Mien "fltn I stippoee rare old colna like that do oectfiery valuable Philadelphia Press. "The people of your country, I Infer," aid the passenger with the foreign ac cent, "are confronted with a race prob- "We don't call it a problem," the man with the loud waistcoat responded. "Racln' nowaday! is a game." Chicago Tribune. "Angelica's father? He It an old pirate!" exclaimed George, bitterly. "Are you justified In eaying that? asked bis mother, gently. ' "Of course I am. I had evidence only last night that he It a free-booter. ' Somervllle Journal. "Don't Vou think you Had bftter try to keep these people from circulating un truths about you?" "No," answered Senator Sorghum; "If I can create the ImpresHton that I am habit ually slandered 1 reckon 1 will be bettei' oft.' Washington Star. "I hear," said the boss, "that you've b?n kicking because you've got so much to do." "Well er yes," replied the clerk, "I did think " "Well, we'll have to give you ao much more to do that you won't have time to kick." Philadelphia Press. VI LIKE HIS 8TYLK. James Barton Adams In Denver Poet. When Theodore Is in our midst we'll load htm with applause, Hit welcome will be honest goods devoid of warps and flaws; We'll greet him with a grip of band more eloquent than speech And chow blm that we think he is a presl- presldentlal peach. There'll be no bending of the knee, no fawning at hla tect. No maids of matchless beauty atrewlng flowers In the street. But every face will flash on him an honet western smile In honest western way beceuse we like his western atyle. He once was reckoned one of us before he ' fell from grace. 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