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PAHTIR8 URAVIStS THK.riTY.
Parties -leaving: the. Pity at
ar time mar hare The Bee
seat tat them rrgtalarly fcy
tlfylaa The Bee Business
Office, In peraoa or by mail.
The Address will be changed
aa often aa desired.
Lord Milner sagaciously prefers not to
hitch Ills political stood to 11 fulling star.
Isn't It about time to revive n few
rumors about nn I mm Incut invasion by
the Platte rlrpr1 c-uunlT
King A.g-Sar-Bon IX i now keeping
open house. ' Let nil be assured that
they will be welcome guests.
It is needless to. point out that .the
Wagner festival that ha Just scored
aut'h a biff success was pulled off In
Germany.
It aeema that the protulse of the popo
cratie papers of a clean campaign against
Judge Barnes wag one of those prom
ises never intended to be kept.
Massachusetts democrats are en
deavorlng to reaurret't the issue of ini
perialiain. Manaachusettg democrats
ahould atlt'k themaelvea with a pin and
wake up. ' '
'. The time for voluntary wlthdrawala of
candidates for nominations tin the re
publican county ticket la over. The
republican votera will designate those
who are to be t-ompulKorily retired next
week.
'' L Ht
tJreat Britain haa had an iinurtually
hard run of bad luck with Its ainbnatta
tlora to thla country of late years. The
difficulty? however, la not In aecuring
the man for the place, but In keeping
lilm in the aervice.
Really. It would not make inch dif
ference If that vacancy on the supreme
court commission were left uuttlled for
a while andTthe salary allowed to ac
cumulate in the state treasury to the
credit of the taxpayer of Nebraska.
' a the selection of party candidates it
la always a wise plan to look ahead to
the election, when the final test muat be
made. To nominate men whose success
at the polls la doubtful Is only playing
into the bands of the political enemy.
Two national banks Just failed are
located one lu Massachusetts and the
other in Pennsylvania. The national
baaks In the western states are safe
and steady, backed up with good crop
prospects and conservative administra
tion. Tha Great Western Is entitled to nil
the privileges at the hands of the city
that are accorded to any other railroad
serving Omaha, but to no more. The
asaurance given by Mayor Moores to
rretddent Htlckney of equal treatment
and no discrimination will bo readily
seconded by the whole community- ,
Governor Mickey has denied another
application for pardon presented by the
friends of an imprisoned murderer. The
inmates of the penitentiary ought to
have learned by Jbls time that they
missed the chance of a lifetime when
they failed to get In their work with (he
pardon dispenser who vacated the ex
ecutive office to make way for Governor
Mickey.
' If the people of Omaha want a mu
ulcipal lighting plant they ahould have
a chance to order it. They need not
expect to achieve the object, however,
except over the streuuous opposition of
both the gas and the electric lighting
companies. When it comes to fighting
off a municipal plant the two. rival
fraik-hised corporations will be found
. Ua4 solidly togthc'
TH MIT A LAMPAtatt.
The campaign In Iowa will not be
marked by any tin 11 -tin I Interest this
year. Owing to the jte.-tillar position of
the democrat they cannot make a very
aggressive campaign and there la no
ned of the republicans making ex
traordinary efforts, since they are reii
aonnbly certain of maintaining their
majority and possibly of increasing II.
The people of Iowa have no cause to
complain of results of republican policy.
The farmers and the manufacturers of
the state have tloue well and are pros
perous. Neither Is there any reason to
complain of the administration of slate'
affairs, which has been, judicious, and
prudent. , ' '
Quite naturally the speech of ov
ernor Cummins oenlng the republican
campaign, or so much of, it as relates'to
the tariff (ti'Rtlon, has 'received very
general attention and comment." Mr.
Cummins Is credited with Itelng the au
thor of the "Iowa Idea" and therefore
his reference to It 1h interesting. It is
perhaps needless to say that It offers
no emiinracement to those who assail
the principle of protection. He declared
himself to be a most earnest believer
In that principle, asserting that the safe
guarding of our home market Is right
on both economic and moral around a.
He. denied and repudiated the Idea ad
vanced by some that protection, though
practically sound, is theoretically un
sound, declaring that the principle Is as
sound theoretically as It is efficient prac
tically. The governor made an earnest
argument In advocacy of reciprocity,
particularly with Canada and France.
In regard to the former he said that we
ought to obtain better terms there than
Knglnnd. "but if we could enter upon
the same terms the volume of our ex
ports to that country would bo mightily
Increased and thereby the work done In
the republic would le corresondinly
multiplied." Of course when this was
uttered. Mi. Cummins was not aware of
the fact, stated upon the authority of
the Canadian premier,' that Canada no
longer desires reciprocity with this
country and that public sentiment there
would not tolerate It. Thla statement la
made by a paper understood to be the
organ of Premier I.aurler and there Is
very good reason to believe that It Is
well founded. Agitation lu Canada for
reciprocity has ceased. The subject is
no longer discussed by public men and
IHipuhu Interest In It appenrs to have
quite diet! on. Kven should ouv gov
ernment now propose reciprocity on the
most lTleral terms It Is safe to say that
Canada would not give It serious con
sideration. tJovernor Cummin may
therefore eliminate from his future ad
dresses any- reference to reciprocity so
far as the Dominion is concerned. -
The Important isiint ia that the re
publican leaders In Iowa are standing
together In support of the principle of
protection and undoubtedly the election
will show that the rank and flle of the
party Is in accord with them. In that
state as elsewhere there are republicans
who believe that some duties might
safely be redniid. but not below the
point of protection. That principle re
publicans everywhere Insist shall be
maintained in the Interest of American
labor and for the continuance of na
tional prosperity.
THE rRCSWtNT ASD VAX A MA.
There appears to bo no doubt .lhat
President Roosevelt regards the Panama
route as the only practicable one for an
Interoceanic canal and that therefore he
is not likely to open negotiations w!tn
Nicaragua and Costn Klca as long as
there appears to be any prospect of
unking a treaty with Colombia. unles
congress should take action favorable to
t!-e Nicaragua route. This it Is not likely
to do. The long struggle in congress
over the two routes, which was termi
nated by the passage of the Rpooner
bill, convinced the public that the
Panama is the more practicable and in
every way advantageous route and It la
uot to lo doubted that this conviction Is
more general now than when the nego
tiations with Colombia were begun. There
are still advocates of the Nicaragua
route, who are hoping thnt negotiations
for the Panama route will fall. Quite
likely some of these, under the leader
ship of Kenator Morgan, will be heard
from at the coming session of congress
In efforts to have the Panama negotia
tions abandoned. If they should then be
pending. But they constitute a small
minority and can l successful only In
the event of Colombia deciding that the
1'nlted States shall not have the
Panama canal upon fair and reasonable
terms.
As the New York Journal of Com
merce remarks, the argument In favor of
Panama on tho score of good natural
luirlstrs. a land route less than a quarter
as long as the other, a summit level of
only alsuit half1 the height, involving
only about half the nutnU-r of locks, and
curvatures far more gentle than any
which are laissible on the San Juan
route, remains unaffected by the unsatis
factory attitude of the Colombian gov
ernment, and legislature, lu regard to
that attitude there appears to be reason
to expect that If will undergo a change
wllhlu a short time. The election of a
president of Colombia will take place
this month and according to the latest
advices the choice is likely to l Gen
eral Reyes, who Is said to be an earnest
advocate or the construction of the
canal hy the I nlted Slates. In the event
of his election it Is believed tliat It would
Ik followed by the speedy negotiation of
a canal treaty which would be at least
as acceptable to the 1'iiKed State as
the convention that the Colombian
senate refused to ratify. It. Is thought
thiit with a strong mau like Reyes in
the presidential chair at Bogota there
would Ite little doubt of the ratification
of any treaty that he mluht send to the
CAilouihia 11 congress.
' The waiting sillcy of our governnfent
In thla matter is unquestionably well
advised. The presldeut has full au
thority, under the Sponger act. to enter
tuto negotiations with Nicaragua and
Costa 'Rica, but he Judiciously decided
to give Colombia ample time in wh(b
to reconsider the mistake made in re
jecting the Ilay-Herran treaty. It is
needless to say that our government
will accept no such terms as have since
leen rrxosed In the Colombian con
gress. .
AMCstMtyr i.v the rocAir mtsr.
' Considerable amusement prevailed In the
coisnty court this morning over a published
attack by Edward Rosewater against
Judge Vinsonhaler.
Among . other heinous offenses which
Rosewaier alleged was that Judge Vinson
haler was often called upon to hundle large
urns of money while estates were pending
In court. In one Instance he had $1,700 In
hla care for four year and when ques
tioned concerning Its whereabouts Judge
Vinsonhaler had made the astounding
statement that' the money was deposited
in the bank until the case should be dis
posed of.
Mr. Rose water also raised a cry about 1
unclaimed 'witness fees and Intimated that
the present Incumbent of the county Judge's
office was concealing a large zt" fortune
composed of fees which wltnese failed
to claim. As a matter of fact It was
stated that the unclaimed witness fees
amount to about tM annually and ire all
accounted for. The Junior Kvenlng
Tellow.
The county court, as everybody know s,
Is a merry, merry place where bridal
couples giggle and trained funny men
are employed to humor bridegrooms into
buying illuminated marriage certificates
at fancy price that make the comity
Judge smile In his sleeve. It is per
fectly natural for the merry coterie In
the. county judge's office to feel Jiugely
amused over the intimation that Judge
Vinsonhaler should account for money
which the law requires him to pay over
into the county treasury, and it Is per
fectly natural for Judge Vinsonhaler to
give the horse laugh to the representa
tive of the press who would politely
request the Information concerning the
amount of trust funds that h has In his
hands and whether these trust funds
are farmed out to banks for private
gain.
To.be sure, such questions strike the
honorable judge as exceedingly amus
Inir, but the general public may take
them more seriously. People not en
dowed with the gift of humor may be
inclined to ask w hy the judge has failed
to pay Into the county treHStiry the wit
ness fees that were turned over to him
nearly four years ago by Judge Baxter,
whether the amount was one dol
Inr, ten dollars or fifty dollars.
They may wonder If the banks that
always pay interest to officers who have
money on dejwsit in considerable sums
are n I lowed by Judge Vinsonhaler to
handle the money without paying in
terest. The salaried humorists in the
county Judge's office doubtless regard
$1,700 a trifling sum to keep for three
years and one-half without accounting
for Interest, but would they still nuile
If their attention was called to another
little Item of fl.'.lut that was paid over
by Judge Baxter to Judge Vinsonhaler
three years and a half ago and
of"1
which Judge Vinsonhaler has had the
use all that time? Why Is It that Judge
Vinsonhaler should give the horse Inuich
to The Bee and refuse to tell what he
has done with that money or whether
It has drawn any Interest for him or for
the Union Pacific Railroad company,
which paid It over to County Judec
Baxter?
8uch little Inquiries, of course, "are
fun for the boys, but they may be
death to the frogs."
I '
Whatever may be thought of the new
departure in conducting the republicau
primaries, their manifest weakness is
in the lack of foresight lit the distribu
tion of the candidates to the various
sections of the county. It la absolutely
certain that the democrats will re
nominate Frank llroadwell of South
Omaha for the office of clerk of the
court, and It ia more than probable that
they will nominate another candidate
for the ticket from South Omaha. Last
year the republicans ignored .South
Omaha altogether, leaving that city
without representation on the legislative
ticket, thus giving the democrats a club
to wield on the line of local pride. Such
a course should, if possible, be avoided
by republicans this year. Inasmuch as
the entire available list of candidates
contains only one name from South
Omaha, it will la not only good politics
but fair play for the republican voters
In Omaha to give the South Omaha
candidate their support.
Organization Is the order of the day.
The latest Is a movement among the
students at the I'nlversity of Nelnasu.i
to organize themselves into squad of
"rooters" to spur on the spirits ot riie
'varsity foot ball team when It engages
in combat with representatives of other
Institutions of higher education. Only
one thing remains now, and that Is to
employ a professional "rooter" to giv
Instruction In the most effective way to
yell and the proper place to hoot.
Colonel Bryan's contribution to Tom
Johnson's Ohio campaign will consist of
three speaking engagements on one day
lu the Interest of the democratic' ticket.
Colonel Bryan started out by declaring
that he would spend a week In Ohio,
then cut the time down to three days,
and has finally condensed It into a single
day. l'he next thing republicans will
Im charged with having persuaded him
to cut It short.
State Treasurer Mortenseu continues
to make his regular monthly statements
showing exactly where every cent of the
public money tu his custody is kept, in
cluding the. trust funds In the various
school and university accounts. Nolssly
has ventured to prosecute Mr. Murtenscn
for embegzllng state money by putting
it lu approved state depositories, but oil
the contrary his course is . universally
endorsed.
It Is to be noted that the t.t of 1 he
sham reformers for 'a nonpartisan
Judiciary does not extend to the posi
tions of county judge. sillce judge a'U
justices of the peace. The nonpartisan
Judiciary scheme looks only to absorbing
a place on the district bench for a
democrat and getting a few votes under
false pretenses for the democratic can
didate for supreme Judge.
A Datr Remalalng tadeae.
Chicago Tribune.
Nebraska owea the duty to Itself of tak
ing active steps to prevent the kidnaping
of children from becoming a fad In that
state.,
"1
Modern Methods of eed.
. Baltimore American.
The ghosts of Maud 8. Bunol and the rest
of the turf queens and kings of bygone
days are no doubt stamping their spectral
fret and champing their spooky bits In Im
patience to get themselves hltchefl to one
of those new-fangled bike sulkeys with
wind shields attached and with a steam
motor to pace them.
KSert of Sobering; I l.
Chicago News.
The cropa are good and buainesa la good.
Because stocks fall the public ahould feel
relieved, since this proves that the country
ia sobering up. It may have a headache
after ita debauili. but It Is physically sound.
WhaV It particularly requires now la serlouh
reflection on the enormity of Its financial
excesses and a Arm determination to stop
Its foolishness and run Its business right
A Splendid Trlhate.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Within the two years that have elapsed
since the death of President McKlnley
more than KsW.ooo has been contributed to
the fund which la to be used in erecting a
suitable memorial at his hom.town. Of
the total of HSO.000 asked by the trustees
all but $100,000 ia now In hand.- The re
markable feature about this collection has
been that It Includes no Individual subscrip
tion of more than 15.000. 'i i
C ommendable t oaroae.
Springfield Republican.
It Is likely that a secret chapter of his
tory highly creditable to Mr. Rooevelt
relates to tho recent arrest of State Senator
Green of New York In connection with the
postal frauds. Political Influence whose
strength and extent correspond to Mr.
Green's position in New Tork republican
politics was probably called Into play to
choke off thi prosecution. The president
was probably appealed to by leading re
publican politicians to aave the state sen
ator from disgrace and political ruin. His
stern answer to those appeals. If the faots
be us herein outlined, can excite only ad
miration. Tlnno and Children's Serves.
Boston Herald.
H is a Berlin physician, who must be a
sufferer from such "practice," who has Just
started a campaign against the widely
spread custom of giving pianoforte lessons
to children. He assert that this instru
ment Is largely responsible for the alarm
ing development of nervous affections,
which are steadily Increasing. In his opin
ion a girl ought not to begin the study of
music before the age of M years, and even
after that age not more than two hours a
day ought to be devoted to practice. Out
of 2,000 girls who were put to the torture
of scale exercise before the age of ;2600 are
doomed to some form of nervous dlsesse,
whereas out of the same number of girls
whose musical education was neglected only
100 turned out neuropathic.
Money la Kansas Wheat.
Review of Rertews.
Some of the accounts of money made by
raising wheat lni Pawnee and other of the
thinly settled counties where land It to be
had for flO an ton put to shams the most
enticing announcements of the "get-rich-
quick" concerns, i T'or Instance, a man who
worked through the season ss a, harvester,
then . at threshing and fall plowing and
planting, earning about $1M, bought a team
of horses and arranged to plant a quarter,
of section of land, 1(0 acres, to wheat and
take as his share two-thirds of Ihe crop.
When the crop was threshed his
share, on a ye lid of twenty bushels
an acre and a market value of 60
cents, was over 11.200. With this a payment
was made on a quarter section and Ms own
crop planted. Another as good a yesr and
the land Is paid for.
Saved Money on Hla Fnaeral.
) Detroit Tribune.
Simple and 'inexpensive was the funeral
of the late Lord Salisbury, England's late
great premier. Some f70 all told waa the
cost of the obsequies. This was In ac
cordance with the statesman's wish. He
was rich, but abhorred ostentatious snd
vulgar display In rltea to the dead and the
burden Imposed on the poor In attempting
what Is called "a respectable funeral."
The dead premier's example la wholesome
and In keeping with his great life; but if
his were to be the limit In American
funeral, which are strictly up to date as a
rule and sometimes very "nobby," many
undertaker would have to be buried at
public expense. The man who was "Just
walking around to save funeral expenses"
was unsentimental, but built a monument
to his own memory more enduring than
the fame of a congressman.
HOW WUMtiM ( AHHIKD K ANSAS.
Tyranny of Horrid Men Ylgoronsly
Itesented at the Polls.
Chicago Record-Herald.
What women with the elective franchise
can do when they make up their mlnda to
get control of the schools ia well Illustrated
by the returns from thf school district elec
tions In Kansas.
The returns also tend to destroy the ven
erable, time-worn tradition to the effect
that women cannot keep a aecret. and "hence
are unfitted for politics. The issues ot the
campaign in Kansas upon which the women
achieved their victory were kept a aecret
in each district until the day of balloting.
Incredible aa this may seem, it appears 10
be abundantly afhrmed by the dispatches
from the Sunflower state.
The platform on which the women quietly
conducted a winning fight declared In favor
of wiping out the objectionable provisions
of the state teachers' contracts, which pro
hibited teachera from receiving alia from
their adinliir.g male friends during the
school term and provided for forfeiture of
a portion of their salaries If the women
married before the end of the school terms.
Tl)o.t' uch provisions could be Incorpo
rated in teachers' contracts In such an ad
vanced commonwealth a Kansaa taxes the
rredulity of ordinary mlnda, but there ap
pears to be no doubt that school boards,
where the men were In control., were dla
poaed to enforce Ihem to the letter. When
It became evident that theae boards Intended
Incorporating these senseless provisions In
the teachers' contracts for the new school
year the women of the state prepared for a
fight. They "went after" their husbands,
brothers and sweethearts In the most ap
proved style of the smooth politician. A
campaign was organised whMi aroused the
women of the stale in every district where
"their llbertlee were menaced." Every
woman waa urged to go to the polls on the
day of election and vote for three women
for members of the district board.
And like clever politicians they swooped
down on the polls in the afternoon of elec
tion day before the men could marshal their
scattered forces. And they saved the day
for the Kanaaa sohoolma'am. For many
yesrs to come It is not likely that any
school board will attempt to "use the schools
as so agency fur discouraging matrimony.
ROIXD ABOIT KRW lORK.
Ripples on the Torrent of life In
the Metropolis.
Street Cleaning Commissioner John Me
Oaw Woodbury describes In Scrtbnrr's
Magaslne how the waste of a great city Is
handled snd made to pay a portion of the
cost of collection and disposal. He says:
"There has been devised and built by the
department a rubbish Inclnerstor on the
pier at the foot of Forty-seventh street and
the North River, where those materials
that are not separated and readily sold
are burned, and from their burning make
power which runs the plant and lights the
dumping board, and In addition a portion
of the power Is sold to a contractor in the
Immediate neighborhood. The Incinerator
consists of three retorts which sre fed
alternately by a traveling belt conveyor.
The material carted there la emptied from
the paper cart directly onto this traveling
belt, which Is 104 feet In length. On either
side of this traveling table stand the pick
ers who sort from the belt Into boppeis ar
their sides the varying substances that arc
desired, vis.: fine man picks only manlla
papers, another omy spruce pulp papers,
another the shoe, another the cloths and
rags, another tiie bottles and cans and all
metal substances. These are turned through
the hoppers into large presses, where tha
papers sre baled, the shoes are sorted and
sold, many of them doing duty, after re
pair, on the feet of our poorer cltlsens.
But all' old mattresses, beds snd bedding
are not delivered on this table. They are Im
mediately burned. This In a sanitary pre
caution rendered necesssry by the diseases
which they so frequently carried back to
the Italian quarter.
"The residue that is not of value Is fed
by this trsvellng table directly Into the
furnace, so that the furnace Is self-fueled.
The plant was erected by the department
at a cost of jao.flnn, and was designed by If.
de Berkeley Pnrson. professor of steam
engineering at the Troy PolytechnicInsti
tute. The privilege of handling the mate
rial brought to thl point Is sold at t-V) per
week, making I12.4SO per annum, which is
s rather good rate per cent on the amount
of money invested. The second of tlieso
Incinerators tor the purpose of handling
the waste In the portion of the city below
Canal street Is already tinder construction."
"Al" Adams, the millionaire policy king
of New York, now serving sentence in
Sing Sing, is reported to have had a clvinge
of heart. His friends were, surprised to
learn that he had recently refused :0M.0M
for the big double house west of Sixth
svenue snd running from Thirty-third to
Thirty-fourth street, once notorious as the
"House of All Nations." an Immoral resort,
but unoccupied for years, and has leased it
at an Insignificant figure to the "Mttlo
Order of Nuns." Tt Is now being used us a
home for poor working girls.
"Although I have had no personal deal
ings with Mr. Adams," said Sister Francis,
head of the order, "I know that tho spirit
of restitution for the wrongs he has done
actuated him in letting us have this great
building for a humble renting. Whatever
his business methods have been In the past
he must have some good In his heart to be
so kind.
"Since we have' been here we have had
some strange experiences. Kvery evening
when we answer the ring of the doorbell
we encounter some flashy dressed stranger,
who, when he sees the uniform pf our
order, stsggera back as If he had received
a tremendous shock. Iat Sunday night
there came ten of these men, and as their
glances fell upon the pictures of the saints
In the hallway I really thought soma of
them would faint.
"In fact, they were so shocked that they
did not open their mouths in question of
the change. White and scared-looking they
slink away In the shadows of the night. It
did my heart good to note the surprise of
these men. and I do not doubt that the
shock will live long In their memories, and
perhaps make better men of them. I am
sure thst when Mr. Adams knows of the
good his benevolence Is doing a great glad
ness will spring up In his heart, which will
foster other good Impulses that will atone
for all the evil he haa done."
Another general shutdown of all building
operations In New York City, directly in
volving more than 100,000 employes. Is be
lieved to be a possibility, owing' to the re
fusal of the Journeymen Stonecutters to
either sign the arbitration plan of the
Building Trades Employers' association or
to work with members of the new- unions
formed under the auspices of that associa
tion. As a consequence of this action the
contractors are unable to finish buildings
now under construction and, after a long
discussion, have referred the entire matter
to the mason builders board of governors.
Sailors 'sre being employed on several big
buildings to take the places of atrlking
structural Iron workers.
When the coroner's physician performed
an autopsy on the body of Annie Jedllcka,
g years old, who died from Injuries received
when she was crushed by a wagon on last
Friday, he found tightly clutched In one
hand a quarter. The doctora told him the
atory of the coin. As she lay on the side
walk after the accident the little girl smiled
Into the anxious faces of the persons about
her, awaiting the arrival of the ambulance.
"You're a brave little girl." one man said.
"Here Is a quarter to buy a doll with when
the doctor mends you up." The man bent
over the child and pressed Into her hand
a silver quarter. Her little lingers closed
over the coin and her eyca lighted up. "Ia
It really for a doll?" ahe murmured, and
the strange man said. "Sure." and walked
away. At the hospital the child waa placed
Immediately on the operating table. The
doctors found they could not remove the
quarter from the little fist. The work was
ended and the child was taken to a ward,
where, lingering on the verge of conscious
ness, she talked of "Dolly" and when it
would be bought. In the evening she died.
The unarter is still in the child's hand
Captain Dooley of the Coney Island po
lice station led "his reserves and a half
doxen animal trainers In an .exciting lion
hunt through the streets of Coney Island
Sunday afternoon while the entire town
eagerly looked on from behind closd doors.
The Hon was at large several hours before
he waa captured, and scores .of women
and children had narrow escape from
encountering the animal, whose ro-cis could
be heard for blocks.
The lion called Duke was performing at
Luna I'ark with the big elephant Colombo.
A crowd of several tbouaand watched the
performance. Without warning the Hon
became savage and sank his rlawa deep
Into the elephant's neck. The two !eai
were at once engaged In a furious fight.
The Hon was finally put to rout and mude
toward a crowd of women and children who
had become congested In a little alleyway
between two buildings In their haste to
escape. He was thoroughly frightened by
the screams, and made a mad dash from
the tncloaure of t.una Park and gained the
open streets of Coney Island.
Tempter and Tempted. ,
Springfield Republican.
Judge Oroaarup of the I'nlted States cir
cuit court has happily sirred the country
from the spectacle of resigning to go to
the defenae of the unlaaful Northern rail
road combination for a huge fee. It la t.
be hoped the lime will never come when
syndicated capital can at Ita pleksure drag
Judges down from the highest tribunals In
the land to lake up Its cause before the
very rouria which have been raided.
iRAFT M KW IV
Kraa of Roodllna In Former Admin
istrations. Minneapolis Journal.
Attempts are ronietlnies mnuc to prove
the degeneracy of this age by clilna the
prevalence of graft. There Is more graft
now, biM'.iusn thro a re more opportunities
tlian there were end greater temptations,
but from the earliest limes we have had
grafters lu this republic.
The greatest grafter !n the hr--t half of
the last century mas Samuel Swattout, ap
pointed by Andiew Jackson to the post "f
collector of the pot t of New York, but
Washington and Ad:cnis each lemnved a
defaulter aim Madison turned out tlitee.
Swartotit's graft" amounted 10 Hhout one
thlttleth of the entire revenue of the gov
ernment In his time and would be equiva
lent to a steal of e!.oi).iM in our time.
He took ll,.iV.
That Swartotit was as bad as any po
litical rascal of these days Is shown by the
letter he wrote to a friend Immediately
after Jackson was Inaugurated. "No damned
rascal," ho wrote, "who made use of his
ofllce or Its profits for the purpose of keep
ing Mr. Ad. mis in and (Jeneral Jackson
out of power is entltl-d to the least lenity
or mercy save that o' hanging. Whether
or not I shall get anything In the general
scramble for plunder remhiu to be proven,
but I rather guess 1 will." He made a
good guess. His steal was the great po
litical sensation of the time and was
largely responsible for Van Buren's defeat
for re-election, though the president had
opposed Swartout when Jackson appointed
him.
After the civil war there came the whisky
conspiracy and the Relknap post trader
ship scandals. In the whisky cases Internal
revenue officials were defrauding the gov
ernment in collusion with manufacturers.
In all ISO persons were Indicted snd a num
ber of convictions were secured. It was In
connection with these cases that President
Orant made his historic comment, "Let no
guilty man escape."
The post tradership scandal resulted from
the fact that General William W. Belknap,
secretary of war, had received $24.CO for
the appointment and retention of the post
trader at Fort SHI, Indian Territory. He
resigned snd was tried before the senate In
Impeachment proceedings, but a two-thirds
vote for his conviction could not be se
cured. In President Arthur's administration oc
curred the star route frauds. Involving
frauds nn the government In connection
with contract for ma lip carried in wagon
or on horsebnek. Those most prominently
Involved In the scandal were Thomas J.
Brnily, second assistant postmaster gen
eral, and Senator Stephen W. Dorsey of
Arkansas. Neither was convicted.
Although It has been twenty years since
there have been any serious frauds In the
government service, the present Postoffice
department scandal I not indicative of any
general corruption. A gang of rascals hap
pened to get Into power and having a
chance to steal stole, a rascals always
will.
BKV4TOR IIAA WILL IK All.
Ohio's, Saeeeasfnl Warrior Rooked for
Another Term.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Marcus A. Hanna's assertion that he will
contlnua at the head of the republican na
tional committee until next year means
that he will retain that position through
the next canvass. The committee, at the
national convention of 1904, will select a
chairman for the ensuing four years, and
there Is no reason to doubt that Senator
Hanna will be the man. The senator has
managed the canvas In two successive
campaigns already. The post will un
doubtedly be tendered to him for another
term, and there Is no reason to suppose
that he will refuse It.
It was said that In 1900 Mr. Hanna was
anxious to step down from the head of
the national committee, but that Mr. Mc
Klnley Induced him to stay in office.
Colonel Roosevelt I also anxious to have
him stick to the post. The president has
asked him to do this, and although he
could not answer for any time later than
the meeting of the convention next year,
when the committee will elect a chairman,
the chances are that he will remain In
control through the canvass of 1904. Mr.
Hanna haa had a good deal ot experience
lu managing campaigns, state and na
tional, and this skill will be utilized by his
party in at least one mors national con
test. The senator, of course, is getting on In
years. His campaign in 190:1 In hla own
state will take up some of hit time and
tax a little of his strength, but his health,
on the whole, has been good, notwith
standing Ids recent indisposition. From
present Indications the successful manage
ment of the republican campaign of If it
will not call for any great amount of
skill, but the party would feel safer if the
canvass was under the direction of the
Ohio senator than If any other man wa
In control. The senator Is one of the
most popular men In the country, notwith
standing the brutal caricatures of him by
the democratic press. He Is sure of sn
overwhelming victory In the contest for
the senate In his slate this yeut, and this
will add to his prestige as a national
leader. Mr. Hanna la the man to manage
the republican canvass in 19ul.
I'tOHSOMI. Oi KS.
The English Ancient and Honorable Ar
tillery' company arrived In this country
too late to attend the Irrigation congress.
Sir Tliomaa l.lpton's stomtuii trouble
haa apiarenty stiffened his backbone and
fired hira with fresh ambition to lift the
cup.
Benjamin F. M. Marshall has the largest
watermelon patch In the world. H con
tains ten acres, yielded this year 1,000.(00
melons, and Is lucalod in Scott county, Mis
souri. "Mysterious Biily Smith," who stquired
some reputation as a prize fighter several
years ago, has Joined the Salvation army
and la ifolng slum work in the New York
Bowery.
The St. Ixiuls Law school, a branch of
the Washington university, has refused
to receive as a fctudent Charles F. Kelly, a
former speaker of ir.e holism of delegates,
convicted of brib'Ty.
Heir Hcbcl's ferocious speech In Ihe
Reichstag last spring on the brutal treat
ment of private soldiers haa borne r.ch
fruit. In the past three months there have
been eighty convictions of sergeants for
Decatur eboes for men
tnnrhiiift wtwnrl flirt
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are smooth inner eole welts and tho J5. 00
one? are hand-sewed hand-mado a reguUr
made to-order shoe not $ and 1 but 5
The store Belling direct from maker tc
wearer.
R
such crlms snd about eotirts-msrtla:
are pending. General v. 01 Gosslcr st
tempted t' answer Hcbul, but the wcaknes
of his reply Is believed to have cost hi'
his place as minister of war.
Leslie Cahlll, II ca's eld. ..f Waltham
Mass , has boen appointed iuuio a.uoi-
nt Grace church, the most :iiKfocr:iH.
house of worship In New York. 1 ha lad i
Nald to possess .1 voice of remarkable sweet
nof and range.
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.in- ie iioni .Minnesota inai a SumKirE9
machine has bet n Introduced into one :!
the slaie normal schools, experimentally!
..-. n mr-niiz. i-i 11 f; II 1 1' Tl I llg in-' Rl'IIOI1! HMVU-
er s labor, is another striking i:iii"ir.uio
cf the ext'tit to which the machice !. s-.ip-p'antlng
the hand !c. modern Industry.
SMU.IXJ .F..
"How are you. Rugglcs? Art you getting
on In the world?"
'Ves-MUii no. I'm boring for oil, but I
Haven i sirui K It yet." Chicago Tribune.
C hO M 1 Hill Hill.- 1 IfA Is h II, In. I
down In my t.tllce now . l ve got. one of i
those visible tvpewrlter I
Wallle Ketchon-Ah: The kind that wears ?
those lacy shirtwaists? .iuilgf
"I am satisfied. ' s;i!(t the angrv tailor, J
"too t you intend to bent me out' of this 1
money."
"AH right," chuckled the happy debtor.
ir you're sutisll-d, 1 am ' -ilnltimot e
N ews
-I
"Many a man." said I ncle F.ben, "Is so'
busy tellln' what he'd do U he had do
chance, clnt he doesn't Hike mule ()f ,1.,
chance w hen It comes along " -WashlnK-ton
Star.
Tess Of course, it's a prettv suit, bull
It so cheap I'm afraid to lake it.
Jess-Why?
Teas-I'm afraid before I've worn It vervl
long It will lose its shape. '
Jess or course, but you could pad It gen-i
erously. Philadelphia Press
"Didn't you have a pleasant vovaga?"
asked. .
"Oh. yes." replied Miss Grealblocid. "ex
cept for the vulgar trade winds we rn
countered." Detroit Free Pies V
The old farmer wns telling- a stirv tliM4
was very hard to believe. The iflghhor
who had been In several horse trsnlos wtih,
him. listened In silence' for a while. Thrnl
he spoke. .
"Look-s-hrre!" he said. "Are vou lalkin'f,
horse or truth?" Chicago Post.
"I see that the New York piano makers 4
are going to striVe " ,
"By George: 1 wish the girl who takes '
lessons In the apartment next door would
show her aympathv bv Joining them." -Cleveland
Plain Dealer. '
"Why, F.snieralila. are you crnzv? You ?
turned your back on Colonel Wc'lierdon" V
And he was lust beginning to be interested i
in you: J
"Why should encourage him.' mamma? ,
I hnurri vmi an - Ihn ,,t 1.., ,u . .. .
worth only a million" i
"A year, child: A yearV'Chtcago Trio- I
A I.ATTKR HAY I I M ART,
Cincinnati Commercial -Tribune.
Hushaby, lullaby, po to sii ep now'
There Is jour patent self-rocking crib,
dear!
You've had jour milk from a sterilized
cow,
From microbes and germs vou have noth
ing to fear.
i'ushaby, lulli.by,
Sjc.ut your blue eyes,
A I ahe of loci a y
Never whir-pcra ,.r cries:
Hushaby, lullaby, lb' bud tl at you ha.
Came straight from li e chei.i'.at '-prepHi ed
Just for joii.
Fed r y machinery, are ou not glad
That rcienca has taught all ihrso methods
so r.cw?
J'ushahy, lullaby,'
Paby so fWeet.
( ing is out ot dale,
I t ir.st repea t : )
Hushaby,' lullaby: 'f vou :re good
Mother will call i n u e e.- .tv daf
So you may recogultc vou shonlrt-
Ah, she Is rearing ven n lie right way.
Hushaby, i ;.!,,) v.
Dear ie -n:'p
I l ope .vou ,!inr 'i iulo
This splcivliil i.i;,ir:
Florence has a new weekly newspaper, the
fl-st one published there lu 'ifiy years.
Florence Items was (Irst published .on June
6th, this year. Mr. F. M. Nichols, a weli
known Omaha printer and it newspaper
man of exiierletue for the mist twcpty-flve
years, ia the editor ami publisher, and ho
Is meeting with gre.it success lu the new
venture. The paper has already a circu
lation of l.nno copies every week, and it
goes Into the homes of the best fanning
community In the state of Nebraska. The
advertising patronage Is Increasing with
every Issue, and, a one big advertiser said
to the manager the other day, "f have re
ceived more returns for the' amount cf
money Invested In Florence Hems than In
any other paper In this state for the samo
amount of space and money."! Mr. Nich
ols has a large anil increasing Job printing
business at 813 North Fifteenth street.
Omaha, where all Ihe line mechanical
work on the paper is dune. His firm
makea a specially of rommerclal printing.
books, pamphlets and catalogues, and t It "g
haver published several newspapers an i j
books of well known reputation, among
them being "Stories of Omaha." of which
set era! adlUons have been published and
sold.
EYE DEFECTS
May seem small yet if loft to themselves
will grow and the only thing thai will stop
them Is properly fitted glasses l'ROPKK
GLASS KB. That's ouv kind,
HUTESON OPTICAL CO.,
2IJ South lath Street,
Pattea Bloc
BR0WNELL HALL,
OMAHA.
A Hoarding and Day Schorl for young
women and girls. Special course if,u.i
ug two vear tor i ocli achool ;racu.ii
nlso prepares for any college open
to women. Vass.ir. Weliesloy, lit.
Ilolycike, Western Kescrve I nlverntv, lle
I 'nlversity ol Nebraska and Ihe t'niversiiy
of Chicago iilniil u i ills w ithout exe.nu ie
tinn on the certllicates of the principcl ami
faculty. Kx.pilonal aivantAKes in Musi '.
Art faiid Khx.ution. Well equipped gym
nasium Ko feel by 40 feet. Ample provision
for coitdoor spoil, iie'linlina private skat
ing groui,d. lieopens September 14. fc'en 1
for lllustiated catalogue. Address In-
Principal. Omaha. Nib
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