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4 THE OMAITA DAILY JmV: 31 ON DAY, JULY 20, 11)03. Tim Omaha Daily Bee E. ROSE WATER. EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. tkhmh np Hi-natTRiPTlON. I RMl" y iuhout SundBV). one xear..M-OT Illustrated Hi-p. una Year ? ? Euuday lire. One Year M1 Saturday Hie, One Year i.f Iwenueth Century farmer, One l car.. i.w DKLIV KHKD BY CARRIER. rally Hee (without Sunday), per copy.... lo im y no. iwitnout humwyj. per Dally Bee (Including Sunday), per weeK..Jio riiimlay be, per copy " S" Evet.ing lien (without Sunday) ), per w ee k . c mday), per Uvei.lng Bee (Including bun n-e k JUO Complaints of irr"g'Jl':r!tes In delivery should lie addressed to City Circulation De piirtment. OFFICES. fimaha-The Bee Huilding. HoutU Omaha-City Hall Building, Twen-ty-lii'th nm! M Btrrots. Council Bluffs 10 Pearl Ftreet. 1'hlcna-o in) T'nltv Bullrtlnfc. New York Lf.JS Park How Building. Washington !1 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. 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Subscribed In my preaence and sworn to k.r,.r. m thi. xoth dv of June. A. D. 1903, (Seal) Notary Public. PAIITIKS LEAVIKQ FOR St'MMER. Parties learlnar the ettr ( the rammer mar aa-r The Ba eat to tkem recalarly ay nottfylna: Tle Dee Baalaeaa ofTlce, la person or by mall. The address will be eksagsa Omaha stays right up on the front seat In the weekly table of comparative bank clearinps. That is where Omaha gets the best of the eastern cities with stock exchanges that suffer from market lumps. , All western Iowa ought to look to Omaha as Its trade distributing point The Commercial club will make no mis- tnke in turning its attention toward the penecuon or our ousmess reinuons wim Iowa populists are having a hard time getting enough people together even to call a state convention. Thcy mltht as well do without this little formality this year, as the result off the election will be the same anyway. . Tax Commissioner Fleming declares that he would rather not Institute the Inquisitorial features of the new revenue law in Omaha in advance of its appllea tlon to the rest of 'the state. Then why does be Insist upon doing it? Colonel Bryan puts all the blame for the disasters thnt have overtaken tho democratic party upon Grover Cleve- land. It would not be hard to guess tne las rew ihe beginning or where Mr. Cleveland would place the our Pe',od of prosperity, says that pa blame If his opinion were asked. Per was Iulte normal and healthy. The State Board of Equalization i8 about to meet to adjust the assessments betrreen the different counties of the state. It is to be hoped that the board does a bettor Job than It did when it fixed the assessment of railroad prop- erty ln Nebraska.' Ji-st to show that they are not behind the white people ln keeping up with the spWt of the times, a mob of Florida Dlni ana consouaaxea ana weni on. ex uegroes has lynched a man of their own Pending the stocks y and bonds upon color. It remains now only for a negro whlcn toe future was t0 make returns, mob to lynch a white man to awaken and wlth tDese Promoters and syn the south to the danger set by the fre- dlcates gathered in the scattered cap- qucnt examples of lynch law. James J. mil gives It out cold as his unbiased opinion that be has no reason to believe that the present prosperity particularly ln the west will - not con tinue. Good people with money to In vest are, therefore, cordially Invited to step up to the couuter and buy securi ties Issued by the Hill combinations. The annual car famine which over takes the railroads each year when the time for moving grain arrives seems to bo putting ln an appearance . earlier than usual. A railroad with cars enough to accommodate all the traffic that is offered to it would be an anomaly en titled to a place among the wonders of the world. The real objection to the proposed or- dlnance creating the position of Inspector of explosives is not that It Is designed to make a position for a particular person, but that it was not passed long- ago. Such an officer by attention to his duties could easily save many times his salary by enforcing precautions sure to pre- vent loss of life and property. . t For tricks that are vain and ways that are dark the heathen Chinee may be pe- culiar. but not half so peculiar as the enterprising white man who has Just been convicted of smuggling yellow lin- migrants across the Canadian border lu de Dance of our Chinese exclusion act The only May for the Chinese to get evou is to kidnap the culprit after he has served his term and inflict an addi- tional punishment upon Lim for falling to carry out his contract ' CUMIXQ ARMY FnOMOTIUXS. In Array circles great Interest Is felt regarding the promotions to be muds on the retirement next month of Lieu tenant General Miles and Mnjor Gen ernl Geortte W. Dnvls. The expectation ,8 t)jat nrigndler jenr.ral Wood will be nromoted to innior ceneral and this is . - i.n. wunng eipremiuns ui uitruusnuiuu wi,jcb iajr possibly have Some influence , , . m v.w with the preHldent The New xork Evening Tost states that it fins recently rcccivea loiters iroin two reunii unij adler generals of the army calling at tention to "the evils resulting from the policy of making men generals because of their political services, their news paper reputations, or their family re lationships." One of these officers makes the statement that "nearly all of our present generals were manufac tured at the War department and out of poor material," while the other re marks that "as a civilian Secretary l)nnt Anaa nif annoar 4a rpnltzA thp rlla- m. i ubixous eueci upon mc iiiuiHie ui uio ,. nf nnnnlntnionts to bile. adler genera lclns of comparatively young B8 mmtary leaders, or wllho'ut service . the front worth mentioning The Evening Post suggests thnt the presider.t and secretary of war have an unusual opportunity to do the array "n genuine service in promoting officers to fill the vacancies about to occur. It wlth Spnln nd tlle FH'Ptoos have been settled and that there are no politicians of President Roosevelt that "Evf ry pro motion and every detail under the War department must be made solely with re- carci to tne gooa 01 me service ana ic tjje capacity and merit of the man lilm self," and expresses the hope that , he will live up to this, It is a matter of concern to every citizen that the morale of the army shall not be impaired and It is safe to assume thnt no one is more solicitous In regard to this than Mr, Roosevelt Bo far as General Wood is concerned his advancement is due to President McKinley, who believed that he had earned It. Wood had performed work in Cuba whjch the late president thought entitled him to generous reward and he gave it. Perhaps it is not ad visable to make him a major general at this time and it certainly would be un wise to do so If there Is danger that the promotion would cause serious dlssatls- faction among the officers of the army Undoubtedly the president will give due consideration to this, however well dis- posed he may be to advance General Wood, for whom it is well understood Mf. Roosevelt has high esteem and warm friendship. What can confidently be Dredicted Is that the president will ln the matter of promotion8 do what he bclleve8 to be falr Rnd Just aud ,or tne good of the 8ervlce. He ha8 Bald that .D0 pre88ure, political, social or per least effect in any question of promo tion or . detail," and. It is not to be doubted that h will strictly .adhere, to this." '' ' The belief appears to be very general that the liquidation which has taken place in the stock markets will prove of real benefit to the country. A leading financial paper observes that the very state of the stock market, working out the penalty of past excesses and beget ting caution for the future, is one of the "Peful signs. The liquidation, it is P""ea out is we natural penalty or the "booming" that has characterized With renewed activity there came naturally an advance in prices, which Incited the desire to enlarge produc- tlon and make great profits. Then be- Gn Le booming process. "Men were Dot content to niako use of available capital and advance on solid ground, They must needs borrow and mortgage and capitalize their hopes to soar through the air and grasp great for- I a. mi a a-.a a lunes- 1 ue ""-urpumuM aim coui- Ital that was to give substance to their diluted capitalizations. They absorbed the actual capital for which there wus so much use and mingled it with water to float their many schemes. The bar vest of this process was the great vol ume of 'securities' with which the mar ket was gorged and Into whldi so much actual capital had been drawn that might have found better employment." When the limit to this process was renched, when the public could no longer be induced to buy the "securl ties" and banks would not loan on them, the trouble began for those who were carrying great loads of Inflated stocks with borrowed money. In order to meet their obligations they had to dispose of their marketable securities and when the break ln prices started it swept along with almost panic-like swiftness. Perhaps it has been somewhat too weeping, but the lesson is made more Impressive thereby. That It has not resulted in any serious Injury to the Keneral business or tne country is con elusive evidence of the soundness of business conditions and fully warrants DeIler 10 a continuance or prosperity, 1 I The World-Herald appears to be very I apprehensive that the railroads will forco Judge Barnes on the republicans of Nebraska as a candidate, far supreme Judge. The World-Herald overlooks the fact that Judge Barnes has been, twice appointed to the supreme court com- mission by the unanimous vote of the present supreme court which has two members constituting the majority who are fusionlsU. The railroads will no more force Judge Barnes as the republt- caa nominee for supreme Judge than they forced Judge Barnes as a member of the supreme court commission. As supreme court commissioner, Judge Barnes hns the unqualified endorsement of Judge Sullivan and, of course, no one would for a moment imagine that Judge Hulllvan was coerced by the railroads Into selecting Judge Barnes for a col league. MuaiciPAL noma nvLt. Of all the Issues that retain vital Interest ln large cities the acquirement of workable home rule Is one of the most important. Probably no municipality has the authority and freedom which It desires, or should have; but a few, more than others, have made progress ln this direction and are striving to secure greater liberty. St, Louis was one of the pioneers ln fixing the principle of municipal home rule, and, although It has not revised Its charter and extended the principle, It la still prominent as a free cUy. It la as far ahead in this respect as any city. The tendency toward home rule for cities Is the correct tendency. Many of the large cities have larger and more Intricate busi ness than many commonwealths. Their af fairs are so Immense, so complicated and so changeable as to require separate and distinct administration. All of the large cities should have home rule, as complete ae the state can permit. They' need It for development, to meet the requirements of the people, to manage their business affairs. The city government Is close to the people, and It should be sub ject, 'as much as practicable, only to the decrees 6f Its own citizens. It Is safe to aver that the average mu nicipality may be trusted to do what is right, even what Is best, and state need not be jealous ln enlarging municipal privi leges. The rapid growth of cities that are already lnrge. their large and diversified and complicated business, local conditions, vicissitudes of development and a hundred other facta warrant the spreading of the principle of complete home rule for mu nicipalities. St. Louis Republic. What the Republic says of municipal home rule with reference to the experi ence of St Louis applies directly to every other large ity ln the country which has been more or less hampered ln Its growth and development by the interference of outside authorities ln the management of purely local affairs. The trend throughout the country is toward greater latitude for people living in cities in framing and enforcing the legislation which affects them alone. Here in Nebraska we are having sev eral contemporaneous examples of the confusion and friction created by di vided authority and conflicting sources of authority between different branches of municipal government ln one and the same city. The contention that better government results when the people are deprived of their right to select their own municipal officers has been refuted whenever the experiment has been tried ln this state and ln fact it constitutes a denial of the ability of the people to carry on aelf-government Tho agitation for complete municipal home rule will continue until 0D ject is consummated, although it may be reached only by gradual steps. Municl pal home rule is the goal and every backward movement a mistake that will have to be corrected at the first oppor tunlty. All this talk about doubt whether the city of Omaha could legally furnish the city of South Omaha with water ln the event of purchasing the present water works system that supplies both cities is purely academic. If the water works should change ownership and the new owners should undertake to cut off the water supply from South Omaha anyone could effectively Intervene to compel by court order the continuance of the serv ice without respect to whether the new owner were a private or a public cor poration. Omaha could not force South Omaha to take water from It but so long as the service was satisfactory and South Omaha people accepted the bene fits there would be no difficulty ln col lectlng regular rates from the con Burners. It seems to be the supreme court's fate to have some kind of litigation con stantly on its docket affecting the con stltutlonallty of a police commission law, Tho only way to relieve the supreme court is to abolish the governor-ap pointed police boards and leave the man agement of the fire and police depart ments of all our Nebraska cities and towns wltjj the local authorities along with the management of their purely local affairs. The editors who attended the recent National Editorial convention ln Omaha are already sending ln marked copies of their papers containing commendutory notices of the city and the reception and entertainment accorded them. The vis itors ench and all found hospitality ex tended to them beyond what they had been led to expect and It is safe to say none of them will have any but good words for the Omaha meeting. That German military officer who in slsts that the strictly temperance sol dler is the best fighter is likely to make himself unpopular not only with the cauteen conductors but also with the men in the ranks. There has, however. unquestionably been great improvement ln the behavior of the soldiers of all the great armies of the world which are far ahead ln discipline of the armies of long ago. Word from our consular agents is to the effect that German sausage makers are the chief sufferers from the new Germun meat inspection law which In terferes seriously with their export business to the United States. Tho German law may be a blessing ln dis guise for us. There is no good reason why we cannot manufacture German sausage- ln -this country Just as well a we make Swiss cheese. With the chairman of the Board of County Commissioners rusticating in Europe for two months leaving the mem bership of the board equally dlvldud on political lines, we . ought to have chance for several Interesting deadlocks over ln the county building before the prodigal's return. ' After the Feast the Famloe. Washington Tost After gorging themselves at the royal sideboards, It will require some time for the members of the American squadron to become accustomed again to bacon and Boston berries. Soothing- InHnenee ot Time. Chicago News. History is being made rapidly. Bis years go a report that Uncle Bam had just taken formal possession of fourteen Islands In the south Pacific would have made quite a stir In this country. Soaar 1'leaaanter than Ylnea-ar. Baltimore American, In spite of the sarcasm lavished upon the tendency of modern nations to say nice things to each other, it must be admitted that pleasant neighborly relations are pro moted thereby and that It beats scrapping. Statnes Oat ot Flare. Chicago Chronicle. That George Washington statue wlU feel about as uncomfortable and out of place ln St Paul's as the Frederick the Great coun terfeit presentment would be ln the city of Washington. Statues, like plants, have certain regions of their own. The exotic does not do welL Dixie Gives a Hint. Chicago Inter Ocean. The lynching of a white man by a white mob In the south may possibly be Intended to show us that the generous but Impulsive people of Dixie are not Influenced by race prejudice, but it would be much the better plan If they would overcome the lynching habit altogether. GlTe the Old Men a Chance. Kansas City Star, A great wave of gratitude will go up to President Roosevelt from a vast concourse of elders for the order Issued by him elimin ating old age as a disqualification for tim ployment as laborers in the government service. Give the old men a chance: the young men will take care of themselves. Triumph ot American Skill. Philadelphia Press. Havana can well oongratulate herself on the fact that only three cases of yellow fever entered her harbor this year, and one of those came because his word was ac cepted by a Cuban physician without mak ing an investigation. Cuba, so far as Its health Is concerned, is now on a par with northern countries. It will be fortunate if the good record Is maintained. lit TUB FOIRTII JIUKIAL. DISTRICT, Wausa Gazette: Ex-Speaker Sears was nominated for district judge at the judicial convention of his district held at Omaha last Saturday. His election Is assured. Blair Pilot: W. G. Sears of Burt county won the nomination to the Judicial bench and why notf He was the strong man from the outside and one who had the people back of him rather than the rail roads. Lincoln Star: Hon. W. G. Sears of Te- kamah, who has been nominated on the republican Judicial ticket In the Fourth district will be a strong candidate be cause he will be a strong Judge. One of the ablest lawyers ln the state, of Inde pendent spirit and of wide experience In public affairs, Mr. Sears Is of the type of man to strengthen, the bench ln the respect of the people. Fender Republic 1 George A. Day of Omaha, brother of Curtis I Day, and W. G. Sears of Tekamah,,- each of whom Is well known In Thurston county, were of the seven candidates nominated for judges of the district court at Omaha last Satur day. It Is a pleasure to the many friends f these gentlemen to know of the recogni tion of their eminent fitness for the posi tion by the convention. Mr. Sears has not had a judicial experience, but his legal attainments are well known. Judge Day has served as deputy attorney general, as supreme court commissioner and aa dis trict Judge and has already established a reputation as a competent and faithful Judicial officer. Boutn umana Republican: After a well fought, but good natured fight In three wards in Omaha on Friday of last week It only took the Judicial convention last Saturday a short time to select seven can didates for Judges ln the Fourth Judicial district Judges Estelle. Baxter and nv were renominated on the first formal bal lot and on the same ballot the convention selected as their running mates Messrs. Sutton, Troup, Redlck and Bears. These gentlemen are all well known citizens and capable lawyers, and It would have been a difficult task for any convention to have selected seven men who would have been as desirable candidates, from every point of view, as those named. The republicans of this city are highly pleased at having been given a place In the list of nominees ror one of the leading lawyers, and will be active in behalf of the ticket and Judge Sutton's nomination will aid them ln doing euecuve worn. riSRSOXAL NOTES. Rear Admiral Cotton Is coming to the front Just In the nick of time. The country is soreiy in neea or some more naval heroes, Daniel B. Hubbard, who has been ln his time, educator, lawyer, consul general and acting commissioner of education for Porto Rico, is ln the Grafton, Mass., almshouse. The youngest professor ln the world Is probably Alberto Spalding, who Is 13, and was recently made professor of tnuslo at the Conservatorlum In Bologna. Assistant Surgeon E. K. Spragae of the Marine hospital, Washington, and Assistant Burgeon Hume have been assigned to Cal cutta and Bombay, respectively, to study the plague situation In India. Mr. McMaster of Montreal, a leading Canadian lawyer, will represent the United States before the privy council of England on the application for leave to appeal from the decision of Justice C'oran of Quebec ln the Greene and Gaynor cases. Rev. William E. Hlnahaw, the Methodist minister convicted ln Indiana a few years ago Of murdering his wife, and now serr. Jng a sentence In the penitentiary at Michigan City, has developed a decided artistic tendency since his Incarceration and baa executed some admirable paintings one of which Is a bird's-eye view of the prison In which he at present re.sldes. A strange coincidence Is noted In the death of Dr. D. M. Dunn at Minneapoll and of 1 J. Dunn at Topeka. These were brothers and both were aged men. The died on the same day of the same disease and were burled together at Minneapolis Dr. Dunn was a pioneer ln central Kansas, He was the first physician ln Minneapoll and later he became editor and proprietor of the Minneapolis Messenger, which was sold to Governor Riddle In liitt. When Senator Hanna was at the Waldorf. Astoria In New York the other evening the manager happened to mention the fact to a woman, who was Immediately elxed with an unconquerable denlre to get gUmpse of him. She found him In the long corridor, studied him closely from a re spectful distance and reported the result ln tones audible throughout the room "Good style. Fine eyes. Not a bit like the leartoooa. fifrer so much better looking. ROt STI AtlOl'T HEW TOllK, Ripples en the ( arrent of Life In the Metropolis. t'nele Sam has a real elephant on his ands and the animal Is running up an larmlng board hill which the government will have to pay. When Tommy that Is the elephant's name arrived at Coney Island from abroad the consignee and the custom house officials disagreed s to his value as a bnsts for the duty. Even tually he was put ln a stable pending re- ppralsal by a commission. That commls lon put the value at 1750, which, It was thought, would be satisfactory to the wner and Tommy was sent back to Coney Island. But It wasn't satisfactory, and the owner now holds the customs peoplo for $1T for provender for the animal. The dilemma Is comical to everybody except the customs officials, and It looks as though they will have to give in. A bunch ot New Tork policemen gave their wives, sisters and sweethearts an out ing one day last week. Prises were of fered for the bravest woman In the crowd, nd a novel scheme was adopted to deter mine who had tho most courage. The scheme was to turn a live mouse not less than three Inches nor more than three and half Inches long Into a room from which all possible egress had been barred. Then the contestants, six at a time, entered nd walked around a table on which sat an Incorruptible male Judge. The woman who screamed was at once to be adjudged loser. If the mouse remained Inactive the judge was empowered to poke It up bit with a long pole. The woman showing the best average of calm during the ordeal received the prise. Rubber boots were barred. There were forty-three entries, but only three entered the room, and they did not stay long enough to give the Judge show. Pride and poverty make a poorly assorted pair In New Tork, says a letter to tne Pittsburg Dispatch. Today a woman starved to death In a vacant lot In the heart of the upper part of the city while her husband, himself weak from hunger and sickness, looked on, holding her In his arms. When the woman's body was taken to the morgue and the man was sent to the hospital tho pitiful story came out. The man's name was John Brown. Six years ago he had married the daughter of a prosperous merchant whose name ne refused to give, because, he said, he had once sought aid from the father and was turned away. The latter .had disapproved of the mritch from the first. Brown had no trado or profession and was compelled to do such work as he could get. The couple became very poor, and the wife, who was noorly fitted for hard work, was forced to do scrubbing. Both were sick most 01 the time, and their four children died for lack of the Care which money might have riven them. In all this time the woman's pride prevented them from seeking aid for which they could not give an equivalent in work. For weeks they had no nome, me woman sleeping In an old barn and the man wandering about the city. When the end came they had not eaten for four days, and the woman, worn out with hardship, sank down and died near Broadway and One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street, when the two were walking ln the direction of a place where work had been promised them. In a decision that contained a rebuke for William West Durant, yachtsman, member of several clubs and sportsman generally, the appellate division of the supreme court has declared that he has been for years withholding from his sister, Mrs. Helen Du rant Rose, nearly $751,000, her share of her father's estate. It alao declared he allowed his mother, now dead, to become dependent while he "reveled ln luxury," although she, too, was entitled to a portion of the mil lions left by her husband. This decision Is another step In litigation that has been going on for ten years, ln which different phases of the case have been fought up to the highest court and back again. In this litigation Mr. Durant has been before criticised ln unmeasured terms by other judges, and onco he was or dered under arrest for refusal to obey court order to produce his books. W. W. Durant and Mrs. Rose are the son and daughter of the late Dr. Thomas C. Durant who was one of the builders of the Union Pacific railroad and other great lines. In the latter part of his life he de voted his time to developing the Adlron- dacks, building there the Adirondack rail road and acquiring large tracts of land. After his death, according to a referee's report, Mrs. Durant the mother, and Mrs. Rose, the sister, gave W. W. Durant power of attorney to conduct the estate for thern. That he has done this well Is unques tioned, but ten years ago -the sister brought an action asking for her share on the ground that the brother was withholding it from her. The mother herself was at one time joined In the daughter's petition, but she died several years ago, and, aided by friends, Mrs. Rose has continued the fight alone. Recently k referee awarded her f754.O00, which was confirmed by the lower court Judge Hatch, In giving the opinion of the appellate division, said: "This property came Into the hands of the defendant as the trustee for his mother and sister. He evidently applied to Its man agement business skill and Judgment, and he produced, as doubtless Dr. Durant would have done, had he lived, from these Inter ests a large property, and by adroit manip ulation, under power of attorney given by his mother and sister, succeeded without cost to himself In money, outside of what the property produced, In vesting title to the whole of this large estate ln himself. "His mother became dependent, and his sister languished ln want while he reveled In luxury. The defendant resisted every attempt to compel an accounting of his stewardship, and the bars of a Jail con fronted him before he could be Induced to render an account of his proceedings." Recent reports of the state banking de partment showed that more than 2.26O.C0O people in the state are depositors ln savings banks, the number In New Tork city alone being 1,600,000. Since July 1, however, there has been a considerable withdrawal of de posits, and also a decrease In the average deposits. Bankers ascribe the decrease In part to Ihe strikes. Another reason for withdrawals Is that the low price of stocks has tempted many depositors to take their money from savings banks, where they can get only 3 or 3H per cent, and put it into dividend paying securities. The Editor and the Preacher. Tellow Jacket A preacher came at a newspaper man In this way; "Tou editors do not tell the truth. If you did you could not live; your newspaper would be a failure." The editor replied: "Tou are right, and the mlnlute who will at all times and under all cir cumstances tell the whole truth about his members, alive or dead, will not occupy his pulpit more than one Sunday, and then he will find It necessary to leave town In a hurry. The press and the pulpit go hand ln hand, with whitewash brushes an pleasant words magnifying little virtues Into big ones. The pulpit, the pen and th gravestone are the great salnt-maklng triumvirate." And the great minister went away looking very thoughtful, while the editor turned to his work and told of the surpassing beauty of the bride, while In fact sha was aa homely aa a mud fenoa, TALK OF TIIK STATE PRF.. S Red Cloud Argus: Hands up when you ap proach a ofcrnfield! Corn Is shooting wildly. Fremont Tribune: The Bee suggests to the temporary chairman of the republican tate convention to "cut It short" and the uggestlon Is a good one. Half the success of public ipeaklng Is stopping at the right time. Norfolk Press: If Nebraska comes out with something near a record crop this ear what will her soil do when the weather fivorahle? There certainly has never been a sear in the history of the state when there has been so much In the weather line to retard the planting and growth of cereals as this. Franklin Sentinel: .In spite of the fact that railroad earnings have doubled within the last five -years railroad assessments have been lowered by a republican State Board of Equallxation In Nebraska, while taxes on nearly all other forms of property have been materially Increased and that, too. In face of the fact that the railroads never have been assessed high enough In this state. Fairfield News-Herald: The city of Lin coln stands fifth In the United States In the volume of second-class 'mall matter issued from its postoffice, and Is therefore one of the chief publishing centers of this country and rapidly growing. The fact Is the seat of empire has moved west. It has crossed the Mississippi and Is destined to perma nently remain on the banks of the mlhtr Missouri. Here will always be the balance of power In this nation. And In the galaxy or states none will shine brighter than our own Imperial Nebraska. Schuyler Free Lance: The editor ot the Free Lance Is opposed to the railroad pass because he knows that It Is an evil In pub lic and official lines. He would like to say that he would not support any man who rode on a pass, but It Is out of the question, because It is a general thing for all public men and officials, regardless of party. While he cannot use that as a reason for not sup porting a candidate yet some time possibly he can support some candidate who does not use the pass and that will be some pleasure. Auburn Post:. The Post would like to make a suggestion for the ministerial asso ciation of the city to consider during these hot months, and that Is, when the revival season arrives, let all the churches unite and hold one grand union revival Instead of five or six little denominational side shows. AH of our churches have able pas tors at present and by all working together at the same time much more good can be accomplished. Is not the experiment worth trying for onceT Norfolk News: The ministers of Grand Island object to 8unday ball games, but In stead of setting down flatfooted on the whole business, as they have done In other towns, they started out with a petition, the object of which will be to give additional Interest and meaning to weekday games. They not only made It possible to have bet ter receipts at the weekday games, but are endeavoring to Interest the merchants In closing their stores when a game Is on With this sort of counter co-operation the ball players and those who attend the games can well afford to pass up the Sun day playing. HlWreth Telescope: The new revenue law Is pretty much an experiment and care should be taken that only men of good. sound Judgment men honest and capable, should be nominated for the office of county assessor. The simple fact that only one or two men announce themselves as candl dates for the position Is no Indication of a cinch on the nomination. While the office Is not a lucrative one still the compensation Is very good for the actual time thnt will have to be devoted to the duties of the office. The Telescope would like to hear of more candidates over the county for this office, so that the convention may have a larger field to select from. Rushvllle Recorder: One of the things the last legislature failed to do was to make provision by amendment for the state treasurer to Invest all the school funds on hand. Our state treasurer Is again wor ried over having more money on hand than he can invest under the present deficient state of the law, and future legislators should lose no opportunity of placing the law In line with the times at least. The subject of constitutional amendments was miserably bungled by the last legislature, who were more concerned about cutting down the fees of the newspaper men than looking strictly after the interests of the state. Such a peanut policy will rebound to their discredit as time flows on. Nellgh Teoman: The Omaha Bee hits the nail squarely on the head and gives the op ponents of government ownership a few nuts to crack In the following: "The op ponents of government ownership are tak ing a great deal of comfort from the Post office department roundup, which Is pointed out as a terrible example of loose manage ment. Just imagine, if you please, what scandal would have been developed In the postal service had it been under private ownership and control. How many millions annually would have been expended bv postal service corporations ln corruDtins legislatures, congresses and courts, and how many millions would have been aoueezetl out of Uncle Sam by postal contractors and comDines, ana what kind of service would the people have had If all the mall agents, letter rarrlers and poetmaaters were cor poration employes'" Schuyler Free Lance: The hanging of Knea at tne penitentiary has stirred up the people of Lincoln and they are protesting against the executions of the state being made at the penitentiary. The next legis lative session will be called upon to amend the law which makes that provision, rut It should not be changed. As long as r lin ing Is ln order, all executions should he quietly made at the penitentiary. It Is the proper place, where It can I done quietly and systematically. Further, the peniten tiary la a safe place for condemned murder ers to be held while waiting their time of execution, as escape is not probable. The old plan of local public hanging wai a bar barism. The plan now is a proper one and we fail to aee how Lincoln people can pro test against the executions being mads pri vately nut at the penitentiary. Wood River Interests: In this day and agi of cheap dollar dallies, some of the country newspaper publishers have fears that they will make Inroads on their sub scription lists. We have no such fears. T'.ie bright, clean, up-to-date home paper la too close to the hearts of the people to ever get lost In the shuffle. As long as the home paper tells about the birth of John nie, the marriage of Sallle, the alckness and perhapa the passing away of dear old grandma, of the likely qualities of Far mer Brown's filly or neighbor Jones' prise hog; aa long as the home paper Joins sin cerely with the community In Its Joya and sorrows. Its sunshine and shadow, and en ters Into and becomes a part of the life and 'veil being of the people. Just so long will It continue to have a welcome abiding place In the community, no matter how often the paper may come from the big city or how many pages It may have. TH AWGISQ THE NATIONAL DRINK. Marked Improvement la National Morale and Sobriety. , Cleveland Plain Dealer. Th at elements published by the Treasury department's bureau of statistics showed long ago that whisky waa not the national drink and that beer had displaced It. The latent official figures show that the per capita consumption of alcoholic liquors has Increased from 4 OS gallons In 160 to It 48 gallons In ISO. On Its face this recalls tha familiar saying that statistics vOI prove anything, for while the consumption of liquor of all kind Is far greater than fifty years ago it Is well known that Intemper ance Is fur less prevalent. This year's statement simply emphasises the fact that we are becoming a nation of beer drinkers. In 1K") Americans drank little or no beer. Hard liquor of one kind or another was the almost universal tipple, though ale was not unknown. The genera tion since the civil war has changed all that. In 1K50 the American people con sumed an average of 2.3 gallons of bard liquor whisky, brandy and gin per head In 1i2 this per capita rate had fallen ts 1.36 gallons. The Increase In the consump tion of mnlt liquors, on the other hand, has been remarkable from 1.68 gallons In MM to no less thnn 17.49 gallons In ISOt What effect. If any, this change Is having upon the public health Is for the doctors to decide. Its effect upon national morals has certainly been good, for there Is undeniably less drunkenness among the people as a wliole than ln the "good old days" before the war. It may be said that the Improve ment la due less to s change of drinks than to a change of sentiment, which now frowns upon Intoxication which woutd have been taken as a matter of course ln our grand fathers' days. Whatever the cause the re sult Is encouraging. r.x ijt unrsTnT. Tarloae AetlTltlea of Women In State of Massnehnsetts. Boston Globe. The special rcDort of the M.ntt. bureau of statistics of labor on "Sea In Industry" exhibits some facta that ara well worth pondering. It used to be thought that It was the dutv of the mala element to take care of the women; but mis report shows that the women are al ready well nigh Independent of thm men and that the woman's rights Ideal Is being Bycruiiy reauzea. Tho report shows that women no longer need to depend on the men for a living. If female Independence Is the highest Ideal of the sex, then woman's emancipation Is about complete. According to this report more than 88 per cent of the women work ers of Massachusetts are unmarried. They prefer freedom, work and Income of their own, and care nothing for romance. IX voroea, too, have Increased, being about one to every eighteen marriages. The report does not tell what Is finally to become of the poor men, for If this order of things should become permanent the whole social economy, as It formerly ex isted, will have to be changed. The trunk farmers are already having women as laborers. Men are becoming bouse serv ants, and a general revolution in Industrial affairs would seem to be taking place. Following are the answers to the ques tions put by these special census takers ln their rounds: One table shows 44 women engaged as hack drivers, teamsters, etc.; 727 messengers and errand girls. S butchers, 7 marble cutters. 10 brick masons, 245 photo graphers and 6 steamfltters, besides numer ous other occupations usually filled by men. More than 100,000 are In factories, 79,000 are servants and 20,000 practice pro fessions. If the women continue. to absorb msny more occupations the men will have to organise societies to find out what they were made for anyway. TART TRIFLKS. Amy Is she really old Ann She's so old she brags about It New York Sun. Anxious wife Doctor, do you think my husband is any eablor? Doctor (ualnit nis pockut 1 should say so. he hiu Jut pmj me twice as inucu as ne usually pays me tor a visit. Baltimore American. "What is the difference betwoen a woman's whist club and a man's poker club?" "Why, In dne you get home to dinner and ln the bther to breakfast." Detroit Free Press. "He s quite wealthy and prominent now," said Mrs. Starvem, "and they say he rose from practically nothing." "Well, well,' remarked Mr. Starbord. "that's Just what 1 rose trom at the breakfast table this morning." Philadel phia Press. Dugan Casey, yer clock Is broke. If struck foive for r.lx. Casey Faith, it's more luck than mesilf, thin. VlHllUdy whin Ooi wor broke ol hod to stroike toivo for wan. Kutis;u Cky Journal. "Father." said the little boy, "what is a mathematician?" "A mathematician, my son, Is a man who can calculate the (lint 1 nee between the most remote stars and w.u Is liable to ba fllm-Mammed in changing a J bill."-. Kantian City Journal. "What of my future?" a?ked the fair maid. "You will never know what grief or sorrow is," answered tne fortune teller. "And will I mtirry?" queried the fair one. anxiously. "Sure," replied the visionary prophetess. "Four times." Chicago News. Lift her up tenderly, 80 young anil so fair; Fashioned so slemlrrly. Oh, why Is she there? Come, gather 'round her And murmur a prayer; A banana peel downed her . But she can't swear. Philadelphia Inquirer. THE LITTLE HKHOINE. S. E. Klser In the Record-: 'era Id. By a schoolyard where the children played I pHUtjed a while to see; Among them was a little maid Who sweetly glanced at me. While others laughed and raced and danced With many a graceful air. She stood aside alone and glanced With glnd eyes at them there. Her face waa beautiful and sweet Hut, haplesa little one. She stood on twisted, withered feet That ne'er were made to run. I thought of God's mysterious ways, And watched her where I stood, I wondered If she gave Him praise And deemed Hlra wise and good. Her playmates joined their hands ere long. And. hedging her about, Dam id 'reund her with a merry song And many a happy shout. I siw her clasp her hands, her voice In gleeful accents rang; She had the courage to rejoice 1 With those who danced and sang. I left them whera they gladly played A wiveet voice seemed to ory: "While she can laugh, poor little maid. Why should yoa ever slghT" Cherry Pectoral: Ask your doctor about Ayer's Cherry Pectoral for colds, coughs, croup, asth ma, bronchitis, con sumption. He knows. Trust him. i ES Avers