THE OliATTA PAILT TIEE: FATTJIWAT, MAY 2, 1003.
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Tiie Omaha Daily Dee
E. ROSE WATER, EDITOR.
PUBLISHED EVERT MORNINO.
TERMS OF BURSCRITTIOS
PHy Rf (without 8'indsy). Cnp Year.
Ttcllv Km anil HunilAV. line irar v
Illustrated )", ime irar....
I,gT C maixtaIZ uKDCBv I matter that should certainly have the I to the taxpayers of Omaha when It is
With more than two Uiousand wage I serious consideration of railroad men. borne la mind that the provision by
workers on a strike there la ground tor m - , -u which the railroads hare been awe to
serious apprehension In the community AH IAD To vsiRPATtox. heat their taxes was Inserted in tne
of disturbance and disorder that may . Now that the supreme court hns af- charter by Howell and kept . In there
culmlnnte In mob violence. In such a Armed the validity of the Savage police ever since uy the corporation innuence.
critical period It behoovea everybody and flre commission It becomes the
Lo U,,,,! m the controversy between ,ltr nf Mavor Moores to participate e f"eo game whlcii me corpora-
Sunday nee. on- Yesr .g ,abor fln(1 capUal t0 korp Wo and re- k ith the board In Its deliberations and tlon magnates have been playing upon
Twentieth "ntu?Nrmer: on-Ti.r:: too fran fron, all talk and action that Is assume his rightful and legal position Booson and the sincere Bensoulana Is
DELIVERED UY CARRibif. Intensify excitement or provoke as chief conservator of law and order rapwiy coming to a heau. J ne cor-
S3 Et ZZtiti SS lawlessness. , within the city of Omaha. Po-Uon democrat. beaded by William
Daily Hee (including Hunday). t week..ic ...,. .,, rnr.r.nM on hoth ' a. M.oim.nn f hoard It will be A. Taxton have commenced flopping
EvenrnK" (Without sundayiljpV-rwep'it sc w,n ,(nd to ft rpncefui adjustment his duty and privilege to preside over from Benson to Howell, but they want
Evening ue (including oun.i..y;. fai .k- mi. e iv, nrt .nforcn the credulous republicans to die with
Complaints of Irregularities In rtellvery . . .,, thp , !,. f tho Iwmrrt n far no thev Benson and elect Howell.
ehould t sddressed to City Circulation ue- ."""uui... . .. . w.v. - .
partmenu hrenoh nnu put oil a peacerui seme-1 relate to us legitimate iuncuons. iu n-
Omaha-Th Bo null. ling. niont for an Indefinite period. As a true lievlng W. J. Broatch of the acUng
south Omaha-city naii nuiioing, in- friend of labor The Ilee would above chairmanship or the Doara Mayor
tv-flfth unrt M Rtrveta
Council Bluff 10 I'earl Street
Chicago 1S4 Unity Building.
New York 2328 I'ark How HulMlng.
W ashington G1 Fourteenth -Street.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Communications relating to nci and edi
torial matter should addressed: Omaha
lies, Editorial Department.
REMITTANCES.
Although the government transports
are feeding the marines with tinned
meats and other canned delicacies, 150
men who had enlisted In the marine
all caution the striking wage workers! Moores will put an end to the arrogant
4. Knfpnln fmtn nnv nation tfint wnnld I tianmntlfin nf nrtB-pr liv whlrh Rrontoh
load to a breach of the ieftce and place baa sought to terrorize people with the Bcrvlce In a body as soon as
them in the attitude of law breakers. police club and has even attempted to
Whatever the provocation may be, the Interfere with the election machinery,
men who have gone out on a strike which under the law Is exclusively en-
they struck the Pacific coast Califor
nia strawberries and cream had alto
gether too much attraction.
Remit by draft express or postal order, should refrain from pefsonal violence trusted to election officers.
.v.hia tn Th tt Pnhiuhlnc Company
Only t-cent Stamps accepted In payment of
mall accounts. Personal checks, except "
Omaha or eastern exchanges, riot accepted.
TUB BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY.
STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION.
State of Nehraska. Douglas County, ss.
Slighting- His Favorite Child.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
strange
that Nicholas has not
and from damaging or destroying j The usurpations of Broatch and his
property. In every connict Detween or-1 associates or me ponce Doara axe bcu- i It j8
ganlzed labor and organized capital, I confessed and matters of court record. I thought of submitting the Manchurlan bust
where watte workers have resorted to I In the appeal to the district court for a ness to the court he created for the set
violence they have not only suffered the writ of mandamus ordering the Board ,t3enien,t. of L "uc H" een
oeor b. Tzachuck. eecretary of The Bee 0ss of public sympathy, but were gen- of Fire and Tollce Commissioners to en
VylUmll mrmrdoUfyfunWannd" erally unsuccessful la securing the con- force the Slocumb law W. J.. Broatch.
the author of The Hague tribunal decided
to Ignore ltT
Relief la Pobllo Ownerahlp.
Chicago Post.
T.l. f 1 V M t
.'ia.M. for mntorpr. to BhstAln from "Said resnondents further show the v' "
31J(40l ' puEiness uiau, dui ne is certainly enori-
i8!!!!"!!!!!!!!ai,Baony attempt that would Insult and hu- court that they have no authority by sighted If he falls to see the logical out
19.1!!!!!.!.!1..2.ibo mlltate their former emDlovea and pro-1 law and It la not made their duty to come of his present position, it Is such
2 - 8i,Bo yoke ayrnpathetlc 6trlkes by working-1 take any action or steps whatever In re-1 statements as he is making that are swell
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80 si.i.'to I negroes under the new constitution of
sions of the law set forth In the said
writ, except to hear and determine com-
I ing the tide of public ownership and man
I sgement.
a political oVEsriorr.
The decision of the supreme- court of P,a,n,ts hIcLn m? b mftdf befor ea'd
th rnlt.d States In the Alabama case. " " r-
Working; the Claim Department.
Kansas City Star.
Statistics prepared by the Interstate Com
merce commission Bbow that during the
... .. . ... tens are purely Judicial and not subject .... . ..,.
ni rino I involving . tne aisirancnisemeni. oi i ...... 1 "i year bob persona were aiuea in ran-
w ..uc ivuuvi v. luio vuuii. i roaa wrecks in tna i nited Htatea. anil ii.S73
This plea of the police commission was I were Injured. The claim department is be-
sustained by the' court as eminently I coming on of the most important features
Total:......'. Dfto,o that state, Is of very great Importance.
Less unsold snd returned copies.... io,423 Ta the opinion Of the court the question . " ' 7 the railway Bervice
L - L.... YA.. .i-,f . minJ,OTnd- The flre and police commission railway service.
nvt loui-saies w.iw.if.w i ' wio
Net average afi"iHil citizen to register as a voter, in entirely
Bubacrlbed In my presence and sworn to ponucai anu men-Lore uu. w iuiiu me
Is the creature of the charter, and under Room in the wt
the provisions of the charter Its func- Philadelphia Record.
M. B. HfJWaATr TT 7 ,1 al and discipline of members of the ,nto th8 unprecedented number
(BeaL)
Notary Public.
of the government, but one to be dealt
with only by the political branch that
Can Ilowell be trusted? Can a man I Is by congress. The meaning or prac-
who betrayed the people as councilman I tlcal effect of this decision Is, as the
and state senator be trusted as mayor? I New York Evening Tost points out, to
extinguish, the Lope of colored men In
the mines and the mills.
Fifty Chicago laundries have been the south that their electoral wrongs
tied up with the strike and boiled shirts might be righted by the supreme court
will comi
Sunday.
fire and police departments and to the l" rutcry J;or more V.1" on
r . the western farms. Too many of the new-
granting of liquor licenses. Beyond this comers loiter In the cities or hang about
the board Has no control. But in defi
ance of the law members of the board
have not only opened and closed saloons
at pleasure, but ordered liquor dealers
to patronize favored breweries.
Gleam of Hope In Sight.
San Francisco Call
The world's production of gold during the
last ten years Is estimated to have a weight
Tl,. r.n. . - V,I .1 . I r., .... A UM .... ..4 . ..1... . . .1..-
will command a high premium for next of the United States, exercising Its . o . ... . . . 12.291.000.000. and if imnrovement m min.
. . vuaigcu niui 111c culuilcuicui Ui tun ' '
powers of equity. No such relief can ,aws ordlnance9 relatlng to the Ing methods progresses at the same .te
be granted, says the majority of the ., " . , . ss In recent years we may In future have
court The remedy for such wrongs 1uor .traffi.c- e mayor alone as chief rold enougn and cheap enougn to pleMe an
. 1 executive is ciotnea witn power ana 1 old-time roDulist.
vmatv hA niiiriADi iinnin Aai rna rtmwr 1
,V " : I; 4 ; charged with the responsibility of the
That points the way to the next step," rnntf,tinon f , an, Aar T
says the Post "Congress must act. It
has full legal power to enforce a po
litical remedy, under the fourteenth
Brastus Benson prides himself on his
descent from Puritan stock, but he Is
trying to palm himself off as a Swede
Just to catch the Swede rote.
South Omaha Is still patiently waiting
for the laying - of the cornerstone of
that magnificent Mercer bridge that was
to spaa the Missouri and terminate at
Lake Manawa.
maintenance of law and order. In that .
, ... . . .1 Philadelphia Press.
DimcrC mo yuuv:e cumuiissiou cannoi Surgeon General O'Reilly says that the
legally intervene, ana any attempt to prevalence of alcoholism In the army la
iimirn eTtxmttv fnnetlnnu li Tnomhoes 1 much areater In the United fitatna than In
amendment it can reduce the repre- of the board Js unwttrranted and ln yIo. the Philippine islands. The different Is
iotl .v ,,,f ..j ,... . , greaier ai present owing to tne cholera in
lation of the spirit and letter of the law. tno ,8jan(Jl than at other tlm but theM
always has been a difference In favor of
TAXMQ SPECIAL FRASCHlStS. the Philippines. The comparative immunity
sentatlon of those states which dis
franchise large classes of their citizens,"
Then there is the constitutional pro-
Chicago Is still sticking pins into St which makes each house the Judge AmnMnn v Vsrlr Mnrt 0f the troops in the Philippines from the
Louis. A Chicago newspaper declares of the election, returns and qualifications . aTOeala. sustaining the special fran-1 cho,er' Dr' 'Be,1,y du to the
that St Louis has discovered that cots of Its members. "In any case and in sil l . J1 . . atot. Af F?! c" ther ke .of themselves. A
Shallow Reaaoalng- ot the Magnate.
new hotels or new stories on the old must be given to understand that there I eaUh Jg ,lke,y to haye a
hotels.
Is a' national conscience which will not
erable Influence elsewhere. The law
. . 'is; sleep ln the presence of Injustice to the . ... . . . , . .... San Francisco Chronicle.
The Michigan apple crop has been negro, ne Is entitled to the full and t tTUBnot c5,on?1 ?" """ad magnate, who have a tend
Ipped by the blizzard but the New Jer- equal protection of' the laws? The ,0ylDS "P,al Pfvlleee n uthe hSh- f to talkatiTimess have recently been
nippea oy tne biizzara but the New Jer- equal protection
ey peach orchards are still full of suffrage can not be taken away from
promise unless the fruit dealers lm-1 tim nnfotri. "
ways, such as those which are bos-1 reminded that their present attitude to
sessed by the street railways, the tele-w.u "Jo'wly Impair, the force
proviso a cold blast in order to bull the now great this injustice is ln Ala- ?hne P1118; the "P11 ,iDe8- system, through competition, must neces-
market
bama a few facts will show. The reg
istered vote of that state is about 181,
000, out of a population of the voting
Colonel 'William Jennings Bryan
wants it distinctly understood that the
TYinnrtH nnnnAntln htm -1 . K 1
w . .. 7 . of tlng age have to the number of
"""'.ri..rym been Illegally and unjustly de-
tlons are pure fabrications. Mr. Bryan
will continue to sink his money ln the
Nebraska newspaper field.
the gas companies, etc. The New York sarily result in a mors rapid Improvement
Times says that pending the litigation I of facilities than could possibly occur
which has resulted in this decision, nnaer oe"ment ownersnip. inqutsitlvs
7i,. i T more than $18,000,000 of taxes have been :.vTn 7 , ,
age of 413.705. Thus Alabama citizens . t . - "w wh.at .Tlrtoe iU be. ,eft c,,m
cuovuee ovuiii. iu i'cit I ior inaiviauaiism u tne policy or combln
Tork City the taxes levied for the last I lag remains unassalled, for la that event
three years now payable under the de-1 there win be no competition.
clslon amount to nearly $15,000,000.
Every municipality ln the state will be
OTHER I.ASD9 THA3 OVR.
The vital statistics report of the reals-
far general for Ireland, for the year end
ing December JI. 1802, recently laid before
Parliament, shows the volume of emigra
tion from that county during the year.
The total number of emigrants was 40,401,
or 9.1 per thousand of the oountry's popu
lation, ss estlrrlated In the month of June.
These emigrants comprised 18,893 males
snd S1.S0S females, an Increase ot 631 over
the number emigrating during the pre
ceding year, 1901.
The province ot Connaught furnished the
largest portion ot this outflow, compared
with Its population, the number being 11,
633, or 17.8 per thousand; next came Mun
ster with 16,872, or 14.7 per thousand; then
Ulster, with 9.091, or 6.7 per thousand, snd
Lelnster, which contains Dublin, with
3,694, or 3.3 per thousand ot the people.
Compared with the year 1901, these figures
show sn Increase of 294 emigrants from
Lelnster, a decrease of 609 from Munster,
an Increase of SSI from Ulster and an in
crease of 441 from Connaught. The por
tions of the report taken up with the
tables and the analysis of the emigration
figures since May 1, 1851 the date on
which the collection of these returns com
menced show the enormous drain of pop
ulation that has taken place. Between
May 1, 1851 and January 1 of the present
year the emigrants from Ireland make up
the enormous total of 3,921.222, comprising
1,040,238 msles snd 1, ISO. 986 females. The
largest number In any oae year was 190,
322 In 1852, snd the smallest 32,241 In 1898.
If to the total by emigration Is added those
who died of famine and of typhus fever,
superinduced by Insufficient food during
1846-49, who numbered, according to Mr.
Mulhall, ln round numbers about 1,250,000
we get the enormous depletion ot 6,250,000
of the population, without reckoning the
large emigration of which there Is no com
plete return, that occurred between 1846
and May 1, 1851. The Irish reglHjrar gen
eral's record contains all the elements of
a ghastly national tragedr.
London Is growing tired of being the com
mon refuge of foreign 'criminals of every
nationality and Sir Howard Vincent has In
troduced a bill Into the House of Commons
which proposes the compulsory expulsion
f all such gontry as soon as the law shall be
able to lay Its hands upon them. In Par
liament the other day the home secretary
said that he estimated the annual cost to
the nation of maintaining ln prison the 625
aliens In custody at 30,000, Independently
of the value of the property stolen. These
aliens formed 8 per cent of the prison pop
ulation. It the census returns were trust'
worthy, foreigners constitute less than one
half per cent of the total population of
the country, but are responsible for 3 per
cent of the crime. Hence their criminals
sre In the proportion of 6 to 1, as compared
with native-born residents. These figures
only refer to graver offences, and do not
lnoluds foreign misdemeanants and others
against whom proceedings are taken by
summons to the police courts. The 30,000
spent on these alien criminals represents
the Interest on 1,000,000, which, manl
festly, might be more profitably expended.
One ot the prominent European reviews,
devoted to naval and military affairs, not
ing the rapid Increase in the number ot
ships In the Germsn navy, raises the ques
tlon whether a sufficient number of trained
men will be forthcoming to man them, and
answers it own query in the affirmative. It
points out that the number ot men In
corporated in the German navy during the
period 1879-1908 was 147,000. Of these 13,000
were one-year volunteers, 38,127 were ordi
nary volunteers and 98,780 were conscripts.
There were also 16,731 men who passed
tralght into the reserve. Allowing for
decrease ot 25 per cent from various
causes, there are still left .111,000 trained
men, a force sufficient to man all the ships
In the German navy twice over. The nvm
ber of men required when the navy Is on
a peace footing is only 86,000. In addition
It Is calculated that up to the end of 1906
the number of untrained men who will have
passed direct into the reserve, including the
16,731 mentioned above, will .be 67,383, and
out of this number there ought to be at
least 36,000 men who, after a short training,
would be available for service.
class which has suffered that which
ewes Its rank to the numerous deposed and
fugitive sovereigns of ths Pourboa family
whoe titles are now legally extinct. It
seems that ths king of the Two Sicilies,
the grand duke of Tuscany, the four sov
ereign dukes of Parma, Modena, Cslahrla
and Kete, the prlnre of Benevrnto- and
others hsve thought that Ihcy could st
least create nobles. Henrtforth it will bs
ail ths more necessary to examine care
fully the titles of our distinguished Italian
visitors.
rOMTICAI, Dm FT.
Fif y Years the Standard
prived of suffrage. Of registered negro
voters there are not 8,000, yet there are
fully 1,000 negro male teachers engaged
THE PUBLIC TAKES HOLD..
The democratic Dlatfnrm nlprima In
favor of municipal ownership, a reduc- Btate whUe nnmber of colored cl
mntArtnllv TtenpfltaI riv iha jwit-tnn tVi. 1 .. .
In th THihllr. and nrlrsti. sphnnl. nt th - uo.opoiies ua sierg-ers Broagfet
. . "... .. . soundness ana Justice of which is not
tlon of telephone tolls and greater
economy in municipal government are
on a par with the democratic pledge for
borne rule and remind us forcibly of
sens ln various businesses is not less
Within the Scop of Uw,
. United States Investor. -
qnestioned by any one outside the cor-
TMirnttnna that rA nffnMaA Tf t.
than 5.000. These and the manv thou- r " V" . . . """7" " " .VH whatever may been the me
. . . .. , marseo tnai me law win enaDie the ployed the principle underlying a vast num-
"""" ? , , V ""V People of New York to recover from the ber of "U11-0"1 industrial smalgama.
uumro euuuiu uove mine up 10 uie re- fr.nv,io , lions ot tne last few years is the same as
th Hrl that lost hor v,,.i.ji quireiBents of good citizenship and of . i ,. . . i . .... tn,t bac of tha Northern Securities com
the girl that lost her karacter over- ? a part, at east, of the rental for public pany. and all these project, fall construe
OQam. - utilities WUlcn OUCht to have been ex. tlve v under tha ban of tha court. It 4om
no white citizen was excluded by the th. flrilf af ..I.-. f0H0W that lerai m-oceedinas win b.
The city democratic central committee board of registrars ln 1902. th ,. ffHnfl , instituted against all or any of them; but
warns , all democrats that opponent, of S.i decision will exert an Influence beyond rTcTi'K
uoweu are preparing a number of cam- """" """""" l"c "" tne Umlt8 of Empire state Is very find themselves under the same pressure as
paign lies to be published a day or two of 016 "outn' 80 rar 89 tne Buffrage is probal,e the Northern Securities company. The out-
before election, when It will be too late concerned, hopeless, but the representa- .. corns very likely will depend on how thest
for them to be answered. This is 0on ,n "onSr8 and in the electoral The well-meaning people who have V8rl0U ? "rprises conduct t hem selves; if
supremely ridiculous. The truth about colleKe of tbe "tates disfranchise been roped Into the Bensonian follow- "I1" " .1 .ArVnr.hiT
... . ii n a. i - 1 ,ii j. ... I ' - -
Howell Is bad enough. tuUBO uuub w u newiuu ana ing are oegmning to realize that there tagonlzed by the public who are likely to
that it will constitute an Issue ln our is absolutely no nrosriect of Benson's I wink at their infringement of the law so
A redaction ln grain rates from Chi- politics at no distant time can be con- election and that they must decide for I ,onc " u,ey worE . M narasnip.
cago and polata on the Mississippi and fluently predicted. themselves whether they prefer Howell : Xr
to Moores ln other words, whether they been put on its good behavior even if it
prefer to torn over the city government ha not incurred the likelihood of drastie
tA th aiiiot nrnr.nnn. v.i, . treatment at the hands of the law. In
Missouri rivers to the Atlantic seaboard
will be agreeable to. the farmers this
aide of the river, providing always that
the reduction on the east of the river
A BAD RECORD.
rrl, t.,,ll.,Hn Hnuf laailo1 rr tha In. I u.nu.cu wl . . . .h .....lM.n.n mnvamnnt
. i i..i whether they will prefer to have a mayor Lflr-d bv the events of the last few year.
u iuuunru uj ou cijuiu vi turgur i ..... , . , i I ijcitc iu niaiiu up ana veto I nas Deen given a tinging piow ia me race;
The supreme court decision on the 1 11 verT
,lK7,1' '-- Jobs and schemes to plunder the tax- th eommunltyte-lnUrest pro-
the last three mouths of 1902, makes . . , ject. has been driven out of court with
a very bad record. Indicating a laxity P.nyer9' by dolf be ,ncnr scourges; it exist, now only on suffrance;
rollce board wllL have one good effect, somewhere which calls loudly for rem
it will put an end to the lawlessness dy. The bulletin opens with the state-
It is a pariah (so to .peak). The prestige
of every such scheme, Including tbe United
Tlion la crrpflt relntilnir In t,a damn. I States Steel CorDoratlon. Is. by reason of
of William J. nroatch and his usurpa- ment ",at tne numl,r or persons KUieu I cratlc camp oveP tne deCiBion of the the ruUn of the court ,n th Noner
tion of the functions of the mayor Just u ' - supreme court that co.firm. the tlUe of "t "rt" n.
because be was -elected ln the absence ered wa" G0 Rna -or lnJiea ac tfae Kroatcn commifision, The 6t tbcm wl reg,ln tnelr former voaltlon
of Mayor Moores as temporary chair- cldents of other kinds. Including those Qemocratic Dlatforin declares for home In speculation. To be sure the state of the
man of the police board. sustaiuea ny employes uub .i ru,e The declB,on of tte popocratlc mone3r marel "oma De iltt,r xo, P"
i- i and by passenger, m get mg on or on: court degt hQme , wfa m 'an7J cndTtn. have be"
Unlike it. local contemporaries. The the cars, bring the total number of ' 1llhllfltIont LnUoutW 2L nT.t!r.
bvd uoea noi aouuu me aiarm against casualties up to i,u-vj kiiuhi riiu deniocratg .re bankln on ths nolle terest projects-being discredited at law-
A comparlsoa of this I . ,,., , K ... I can hardly expect to regain their former
ame nuarter of last I .... ..... 1 position ln the estimation of the speculative
campaign lies a day or two before elec-1 11,873 Injured.
tlon. The campaign waged bv the nn- murtpr with the same nuarter of last I ... . .. lposltlo
. m. - 1 . I iue liquor ueaiers iuio nue ior uoweil, I ...kii.
.r. n..n,a . If..,. If..... ...t . 1. - I -1 . Ins.... I. ...-... I I PUDHC.
yv.. -i aim iu re- year uu .u Wrlght and the rest of the democratic The chief Importance of ths Northern Se.
publican ticket has btvn not only a Items, except pHHSngers and employes Ucket J eurltles decision has. however, still to be
tissue of falsehoods repeated from dav klUod ln train accidents. There were I noted. It is found In the fsct that the
to,rtv. biitammiialirii of .l.-.-ontl,,,, in.l Utmi v.iiuIai and ilornllnienta in the I rvrnnrurl,,ii rcoiildli-ana nf VUivnln I people are still la control of this republic,
defamation from the outset and a per- three mouths, tunny of which were due who wear the label of "Stalwarts," are J',', orUt,eb
feet avalanche of prevarication, for to gross carelessness and others to a I said to have formed a plan to turn the their wishes. The power of the great flaaa
which the yellow iournal is noted. defective system In the method of recu-1 state over to tbe democrats at tbe nextlclers in controlling administrstlons. In
latlng the movement of railroad trains, general election in order to oust Cover- ,"p,n8.tn V. poncy or me tnnea
TV. .annlil.A.l ..,m.nl,.n. X' I rtl.. ..,.,lc.l..n nff.ipa t.iiiin III ,.... I . T . 1 1.., i nli 1 . I
" .u.tuuuus vi I iue t-uiuiii.j.o.wu "i - uui '""tri " uucuDiic iw. enacted by conare.s. baa been so
Torlc have ben hit very bard by the I tlons which ought to have the cureful I partisan In the eyes of the railroad cor-1 marked In the past, that many had begun
decision of the court of appeals which attention of railroad managers, but ex- poratloua and other community of In- to. predict the extinction of real democratic
has recently sustained the constltu- perlenee does not warrnut exjetatlon terest combines. That Is precisely the sernmfnt , m,on ,tb' 'H?10? ,???'
' The centraltiatlon of capital ana the rwe
tlonallty of the statute taxing the fran- that they will receive It. This report course corporation republicans have pur- of tne industrial trust In recent years have
chlsea of the street railways, gas and fully Justifies the claim that In the mat-1 sued ln Nebraska and are now pursuing I done much to accentuate these fears. Now,
electric liirht' comoault-s ' and otln-r cor-1 tr of anfetv on our railroads we are I in tha Omaha niunlt-loal camnalern. I however, a high court of Justice waives
poradon. operating public utilities. The far surpassed by European countries r
Talue of the taxable franchises Is es- and while It may not be practicable to According to skyscraper I. J. Dunn, the,r ,cheme, aB4 iUmmariiy brings these
timated at more than I1.WW,000,000 and attain here that degree of safety which Edward Howell Is principally respon- enemies ot the publle. peace and prosperity
ymrur Vnrlr roal sar n t a nu'fiorsi ara twin. I la saAiif.a.1 i irt n i rui rt lsnln rl v 1 n i'n. I uIIiIa for the nresent citv charter. This I within the scope of a broad law. under
cratulatlng themselves on the pros pec- laud, there Is no doubt that a very great will not be denied by anybody, but that wac" lf ? T . , '"TJi 7.
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This programme of ths French socialist
party, which has the sympathy of a good
many Frenchmen who are not professedly
socialistic, is of course meeting wlt,h the
solid and intense opposition of the mili
tary classes. It is viewed askance also by
many others who are as yet unable to rlss
above the traditional ideas which have
heretofore ruled them. They say: Let Ger
many begin disarmament and all will be
well. She has nothing to fear from France,
who would Immediately follow her example,
But as yet they do not seem to bo able
to follow out their reasoning far enough
to assure themselves that If Germany, dis
armed, would, as they assert, be entirely
without danger from France, so would
Francs, disarmed, have no occasion to fear
Injury from over the border, Ths social
ists in France, under the lead of Jaures
and MUleraod, are carrying these princi
ples to their logical conclusions. They ln
slst that the way to begin what ought to
be done Is to begin, and to begin at bna.
If they continue to gain in power ln the
national councils as they have dons, to
carry larger and larger sections of ths
population with them ln their antl-mlll-
tarism as now seems certain, and if they
have the faith and stability steadily to go
on and meet the crucial test when ths
moment of execution comes, it is not un
reasonable to believe that we may at an
early day see a practical beginning of the
solution of tbe problem ot disarmament.
Such a slaughter ot nobility as has lately
taken plae in Italy has not happened
since the bloody days of tbe French revo
lution. Fortunately this last massacre was
bloodless. The heraldic office of the king
dom of Italy has been overhauling tbe rolls
of the nobility and every claim to hered
itary rank has been scrutinized by experts,
historians, genealogists and Jurists, with
the result that a large number of mar
quises, counts and even princes, have re
ceived notice that they are merely com
moners. The entire "Black" nobility
(those which owe their rank to ths popes)
have been struck off the list; likewise the
great (meaning numerous) nobility created
by the kings of Naples. Another large
Senator Allison ha. been asked to de
sign the platform for the republican convention.
Lieutenant Governor Lee of Missouri gave
up his ob, though the sacrifice was greet.
He needed the money, too.
Major Blttlnger of St. Joseph, Mo., who
didn't like the Montreal hotels snd csme
horns to make a place for our old friend
Major Edwsrds, Is going to run for mayor
of his home town by way ot vindication,
and so forth.
A lively municipal contest is predicted
la Baltimore, where Congressman Frank
C. W'achter has been nominated for mayor
by the republicans. Robert M. McLane,
state's attorney, is the democratic nominee.
The election will take place on May 6.
District Attorney Jerome of New York
may be expected to have something to say
about Rev. Dr. Psrkhurst ere long. The
preacher was asked If he thought Mr. Jer
ome could be Induced to run for mayor.
Would he run?" said the reverend gentle
man. "Why, he would not hestltsts to run
for czar of all the Russlas If such a thing
were possible."
In the presidents! contest of 1904 there
will be 476 electors, the number of senators
(ninety) added to the number of represen
tatives, 386. In he two previous presi
dential elections, 1806 and 1?00, the number
or electors wss 447. In 1892 It wss 444,
the addition being made by the admission
of Utah as a state. In 1884 and 1888 there
were 401 electors. In 1876 and 1880 there
were 369.
The socialists of Cincinnati mads exten
sive efforts before this year's municipal
election to poll a vote so large as to com
pel their recognition as sn Important fac
tor In the politics of the city In the future.
They made a protracted canvass, and the
outcome of the election was that they
polled for their mayoralty candidate 3,775
votes, an unimportant total ln an election
at which the successful csndldate had 16,000
majority.
While on his way to St. Louis ex -Presi
dent Grover Cleveland was greeted by a
bunch of Hoosler democrsts at Vincennes,
Ind. A veracious chronicler of the scene
ssys: "Ex-Prosecuting . Attorney John T.
Goodman was the spokesman of the party.
Mr. Cleveland was closely questioned about
the presidential contest next year, but he
was far from confidential. He earnestly In
quired about the natural resources of the
country about Vincennes, and asked If
natural gas or oil had been discovered here.
Mr. Goodman replied ln the negative and
said oil and coal had been discovered, but
that gas, artificial as well as natural, was
found further west Nebraska, for Instance.
At this sally Cleveland laughed hilariously
ana pattea Mr. oooaman on the back.
declare that's a good one, isn't It T' he said."
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Exorbitant Frelgrht Rates.
Philadelphia North American.
The coal trust succeeded in keeping the
question or freight rates out ot tbe strike
hearing, although it was tbe key to the
whole subject of. the .inquiry, and now the
power of the Interstate Commerce commis
sion and the courts to compel disclosure of
the terms of the conspiracy to strangle
competition and plunder the tubllc will
be resisted snd defied to the very limit.
Unfortunately the case against the coal
trust Is being heard by a body lacking
tbe power to enforce its orders by sum
mary commitment for contempt.
FLASHES OK Fl.
"There must be a great dent of admira
tion for that author." SRld Miss Cayenne.
"Yen," answered the literary man. "bul
his books don't sell."
'I eee. Admired, but not envied." Wssh
lngton Star.
Crawford In what wsy does Newrleh
show he has traveled all over the country!
I'rabshaw He has named his diiughteri
after the Pullman cars be has ridden In.
New York Sun.,
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Prhwartzmann Vot Ish dot plamed
nolne?"
MacOregor Noise? Iloot, monl Thot's
a baeftlDe!
(At which point they clinch.) Chicago
Tribune.
"Mandy, whar's Innocence JlnklnsT"
"Well she's been so good an' sweet this
mornln' I give her lief to go out a while
an kill rattlesnakes." Atlanta Constitution,
Bhskewpeare wss reading the latest news.
"Here's a fellow getting tl a word!" he
exclaimed.
'Too b&d!" returned Johnson. Just think
of what I'd have got at that rats."
Determined to have the laat wora any
way, he returned to his dictionary. Judge.
I dare say." she remarked acridly, sit
ting up In bed, when he stumbled in at
2:30 In the morning, "that you hsve- been
sitting up with a sick friend or attending
a lodge meeting!
"Neither one," he replied. "I've been'
playing poker, and I sloughed off thirty-
five good bones. Where's my nightshirt?"
Washington post.
THIS BAHEFOOT BOT.
J, C. Stewart In St. Joseph Qarette.
The barefoot boy Is coming and right now
he has the blues,
Berause his cautious mother will not let
him shed his shoes.
He's anxious for the freedom of the bare
foot boy at dawn,
Who does not have to bother with the foot
wear girls put on.
He wants to wade In water every morning
when he goes
Td school with other youngsters, and get
mud between his toes.
The barefoot boy Is coming, and, ere long,
he will be here,
With feet as tough and dirty as they could
be made, I fear..
He'll have stone bruises on them and will
oft be walking lame.
And yet you may be certain he'll be happy
Just tne same.
He'll stub a toe quite often, yet a little
thing like that
Won't phase hlrn for a minute! He'll be
Johnny at the bat!
The barefeot boy Is coming, and If you
were once a boy, . ...
Tou know that when -we see him we will
find him full ot Joy.
He will not mind the bruises! Has not
every youngster paid
in Injured feet full value for the chance he
got to wade?
He will not mind mosquitoes, nor for brier
scratches care;
And he will sneer at stockings when his
sunburned feet are bare!
If I had a cap like. that
I'd run for Mayor'
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Get one for a Dollar find a halt
of
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This fits our clothing as well as it fits you and there are
very few men we have found that we failed to fit. The
custom tailors say that ready-made clothes are cheap
clothes they are when you consider his price. We don't
know of any clothing at 10, $15 or up to $20 so chuck full
of goodness for bo little money as our kind. Made by us,
in our own factory and guaranteed to wear and keep its
shape. What more could the tailor promise at double
our price.
No Clothing Fits Like Ours.
BroWriis?Cin2
R. S. WILCOX. Manager.
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