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TITE OMATTA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, OCTOHER 20. 1903.
Tim Omaiia Daily Bee
. ROSEWATER. EDITOR.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, .:
George B. Tsschuck, secretary of The Bee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
ays that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month of September. 1803, was as fol
lows:
1 30,120
S 89.270
i SD.3TO
4 89JS70
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....28.800
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...XU,-M0
...27,840
...28.7UO
...2N,WM
...2U.U40
Total souao
lm unsold and returned coploa.... t,4HO
Net total sales 852.74a
Net average sales 2M.424
GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed In my presence and eworn to
before me this xh day of .September. A.
D. laos.
M. B. HUNGATE,
(Seal.)
Notary Public.
The Omaha Bryanlte organist rarely
opens his mouth without putting his
foot ln.
The sheriffs office, like the treasurer's
office, is a good one to turn over to a
new incumbent after two terms.
The Fowler bill la the straw man
that now has to be set n and kn.irt
down by the Bryanlte organ Just to keen
1
in pracUce. I
The French Parliament reopens today,
The French legislators, however, win
ftot get much the start Pf Our American
..i 1
wwiuaaers. I
Nebraska farmers are not complaining
enousiy about crops or prices. Prosper-
a?Fd. .Pr 'Ub3eCt' f0r
w. m"-? p"r7- -I.'. :
XJTi. , ..... . .
u uosa c .v uu une. armrraDDra" i
decision in the boundary dispote. The
root bail players. who fail to .core lX'Z:'-.- JJ:
ways blame it on the umpire.
Another big railroad syBtem ls nmmla.
lng to install block signals on all Its
lines. The daya of the old flagman and
lantern swinger are surely numbered.
The name of the papal secretary of
tate a. announced 1. Mgr. Merry del
.... xuv uugui u aeep rope nus in
a Jovial mood for a little while at least I
The ruthless turning down of that
a i l. t-.H . . i
duuiu uwaua ueatuea .tninee XOmmy I
Toy-is bemoaned and bewailed by the
democrats, but the country will survive
StlOClta
t.l- J . iB A I
vur urnmuie uemocrauc contemporary
. .u.. wcr.utf uuuuem wuenever puDllc
attention is directed to those rotten
county bridge deals and court bouse
Vault steals.
While the trooDs from this section are
all moblliaed at Fort Riley the time
ahould te propitious for the launching
of a few new Indian war scares from
aelghborlng reservations.
America has Drovlded asvltim for the
oppressed of all countries in the past
If the Macedonian -.rofvgoes want to
come to, tbe" United States and behave
themselves there is nplhliig to hinder,
The west is not worrying - over stock
market conditions half, as much as tbe
fast. The crop of western suckers gath
ered In by the get-rlch-qulck watered
Utixk coiMrns was considerably below
the average,
The Judges and clerks of election have
all been appointed for Douglas county-r
nearly 700 of them altogether. What
the people want is slmulv a fair oonnt
and an honest enforcement of, the elec -
Lion laws and this thev will insist on
"Coin' Harvey has. been heard from
agaln with an endorsement of Attorney
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oik CI, Aimiwun. lor a presidential
Domination. He is remarkably silent on
the burning question;' when Coin's
Financial School wl)l Reopen for pupils.
The sham reform mud batteries are
concentrating their fire on Sears and
Sutton, .who are represented as being
a mi la ted wun tne republican faction
tht ant O. t. Hltehoot to comrroaii
v . AntA.n vamIIw
11 UltTVtT KCUUCIUm ' 1 OH, KU1KJ
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they cava dououess oy tnia um re -
pented. .
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Jobbers and wholesalera would have
lu tpnnl, !. aerardlnr to tbe real estate
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men. to vget sultabla; warehouses and
l,ulna LUu'ka erftek for them. If thev
mjmmm, il!inv a nvhetter returns on
. . . . m n'L.. 1.' Ja,,UU.. a
IAS inveauueuu
tnllk in the coooanut, as investors are
usually ready ' to put in their money
wherever they gee 'a guod profit coming
back. It laouly a qnof percent
f proflt-that Is, where there U rooinlwben the revenues of tha government
ear dU)lvjmacr and couiliromloe,
Canadian DisrLKABVR. I
It was to be eipectfd that the Cnna-
dlnng would be dlRplensed with any of exerting his influence for the preven
dm lNion of the boundary coronjlsnlon I tlon of extravagance In public expendl-
whldi did not recoKiilse all their claims J
in Alaska, yet some men of prominence I
In that country expressed a fear at the!
outaet of the deliberation" of the com-
mission that th result would be uu-
favorable to Canada's contention. Tills
apprehension they based npon the Tlew
that the anxiefY of the British repre-
sentatlvc to do nothing that might dls-
turb friendly relations between England
and the United States would lead him
to side with the American position. In
reality, however, the Canadian fear was
an acknowledgment of the weakness,
not to say the utterly preposterous char
acter of that country's claims.
As has frequently been pointed out.
the Canadian contention In regard to excessive, and furthermore that the con
the .Alaskan boundnry Is of comparn- tractors have failed to comply with' the
tively recent date. It was trumped up conditions of the contract as embodied
shortly af'er the discovery of gold. By ln lhe P'nn" nl specifications,
our treaty of 1N7 with Russia the than flvo Xeara ago the Canton
possession of Alaska was formally Bridge company built the bridge that
turned over In that year to the United linns tne Elkhorn south of Waterloo
States. For seventeen years after for $4,600, while the county was com
Alnska became American territory there PelIed to Pay'for the bridge near Elk
was not so much as a hint from any horn c,ty. b"11 w year ,8-ter.
British or Canadian source that any $13,808.18. The Elkhorn bridge Is ten
question was or ever would be raised feet "borter than the Waterloo bridge
as to the eastern boundary of that terrl-
tory. Then, ln 1884. and since that time,
British Columbia has advanced claims
i...m, otirna f ti,.' a r,ir.i?,iQion I
va lutLi uit.(iiivuo v a a-av iiuaiv I
treaty of 1825-which.-If allowed, would
curtail American and swell British terrl-
Tf . ,,. M , ,it it.
ami sufficient to say that what Canada
Bought was an outlet through Lynn
canal, an impossible proposition which
under no circumstances could the
United States have acceded to. The L
obvious fact Is that the American posi
tion appealed with such convincing force
to the judicial Judgment of Lord Alver-
stone, the British representative on the
commission, that ho was compelled to
side with that view, albeit he mav at
ti. hetrlnnlnir hnva heen Inclined tn
",e tanning have been inclined to
ravor uanaaa. wnatever patriotic con-
cern he may have felt for the Interests
of a colony of Great Britain yielded
before the clear and invulnerable Ameri-
can contention.
Canadian displeasure at the outcome
!" bolly useless. The decision of the
commission, it Is not to be doubted, will
"tanl bat has been an irritating
and somewhat dangerous issue will be
removed from further controversy. In
securing the Portland canal and the two
small islands at Its mouth Canada gets
. . . I
ail that she had any reason to expect
The concession may not be of very great
value, but at "any rate it Is not alto-
gether -worthless. A leading Canadian
paper In' commenting on;' the decision,
remarks! "Theaft un tHnmnhi tn.r I
American diplomacy in the settlement
of boundary disputes are full of dan-
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frontier between Canada and the United
Stat' If. faUln bobhdarv .claim ik
.Ito make subseauent acknowledgment
.
fZ !r'
wuuuai; joonco istriuac ununua in jxiuuii i
older" The ntterlv irratiiitAns nnt,,ro
ot thla 1 shown in the fact that Canada,
not the trn,ted States, raised the
Ata8Kan, boundary issue.
AN ECONOMICAL VUNQRKSS.
According to Washington reports it Is
the intention of Mr. Cannon, the
pecuve speaKer or xne nouse oi repre-
sentatlves, to insist upon economy 1n ap I
Dronrlationa. It is easy to believe the
statement, for Mr. Cannon bas always
-
lwwm tn favor nt m posannahlo mnnmt
and it. is to be expected that in making
up the house committee on appropria-
f f nn m Via will m An Txrhrft a ta IrnAttPti
tn ha in ivmrmthT with his t1av In rk
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Mrrt tA nilhl.p ATnnditrA Th. ma
tp, however.. Is one which cannot he
wholly controlled by the house of repre
sentatives. As one Washington corre
spondent points out, the house commit
tee on appropriations has for years had
" UB neaa Tma economists, yet tney
we unable to keep down expenditures
aB they de8lred- because the senate has
invariably Increased the appropriations
as tney came from tne house. That this
experience will be repeated ln the Fifty-
eISLth congress is altogether probable.
Aa now understood, it will be the gen -
eral policy of the house to make no an-
proprlatlons for new objects. No new
publlcbulldlngs are to be authorised.
the conjmlttee on rivers and harbors will
not be allowed to report a bill and other
propositions for. undertaking new work
are to be shut off mercilessly. The re-
ported plan of Mr. Cannon is to confine
the appropriations to meeting the run -
nlng expenses of the government and
I carrying on work already nnder way. It
1 l" th opinion that this policy will have
I the support or the administration, ex-
cept that President Roosevelt is ex-
1 Pted to urge liberal appropriations for
Increasing the navy. This is one par-
ticular as to which the president very
I earnestly believes that it is the part of
I wisdom and sound policy to make liberal
I . a . ... a . . a ,
I expenuuurcs ana ne win unaouDieaiy
urge doing so. In regard to this It will
not be difficult to effect a compromise
I and it is. safe to say that Mr. Cannon
ana 01 tiers in congress aisposea lowara
I economy will yet be willing to make
"orne concession to tbe administration ln
the matter of naval increase. It is not
1 1 ue uoumeu ujhi iue ikisiuuu vi no
president lu favor of a larger navy bas I
vrv tTi'iipsl rtnniilnF innmvil. While I
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I t- .. i jt i i
1 ur p'pio u um. uir iu CUirr uiw
naval rivalry with other nations, those
i wuu uave givisa urn uijrvv inuuguii ui
consideration realise that our sea power
I la not now as strong aa it should be and
i
I that its Increase Is manifestly desirable
I and exrjedlent
I A tk.Hct of economy and retrenchment.
I
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lout so as not to impair the efficiency of
I the public service, should certainly be
observed. This is the wise course under
all circumstanc. and It i. especially so
are railing, as U now tua air.
Cannon will have no morn Important
duty as speaker of the house than that
tures and nothing: he might do would be
so sure to enhance his claims to popular
regard and confidence.
TVRH ON THK LIMELIGHT.
WUDV commissioner u Keene, wno
known to possess the courage of his
convictions, ami insists mat tne tax-
P" ot Douglas county have been
Plundered and swindled out of thousands
ot dollars by favored contractors who,
hare been allowed to take advantage of
lne county. M)mmissioner u iveene
asserts mat ne is in possession or m-
disputable proof that the contract prices
for bridges In this county, and notably
the Elkhorn bridge, were outrageously
ana 1110 Waterloo bridge is constructed
entirely of Iron where wooden Joists ore
usea a tne Elkhorn bridge. This would
indicate a discrepancy of $9,000. bnt
that; is . not all. The county paid out
w
u-k tor tuning on tne Hiisnorn m-iage
which the contractor failed to put in
and whlch caused the bridge to sag so
tha would bave collapsed during the
foods this summer had. It not been
strengthened by Umbers. The tubing
om,tted by the bridge contractor was
charged for at the rate of $25 per
vertical foot Just double the price
which the same contractor accepted the
following year for the same kind of
work- 14 now transpires also that as
tooa a8 tommlssloner O Keeffe com-
menced to pry into this palpable Job
v th
imura. v. i..
born bridge were spirited away and can-
not feo found in the court house. ,
An equal'? scandalous piece of Jobbery
bas been uncovered by . Commissioner
O'Keeffe jn the county vault work. The
ut J"1" f5 'UCh WOTtk
" ...n.D, .rK.ls
at lea8t $7-000 88 overcharge. A con-
iraci ,or VBU11 nxiures n orac" oi
lne ""y ctk was awaroea in iwj
,or the 8Um t $4'788 ana payment wns
made for th,s lob Jn,y 1903 1x1 the
A Kunn Aa i PntvimlaalAnnil A'lTAArfa am1
v "'""J'c"',"'"rl uu
a warrant was ordered issued witnout
ven relferrlnK the bill to the appropriate
committee. Duplicate drawing- and
etchea were submitted by . Mr.
rjr nr ..j.. . -
"""" wi,nuuo uiuumauuicu yu
tne Bame cla88 or worfc,. and, while the
h,gne8t b,d was Z the lowest bid-
der. the Berger Manufacturing company
Canton- " offerea to auP,,?at
? -Which the county, had .paid
w -m-.
Wnere there is so much amoke there
be some lire and that fire should
Investigation. Manifestly there Is some-
thing rotten ln Denmark in bridge and
vault contracts upon which the lime
light of publicity should be turned.
Mr. Rosewater Is now supporting - for
Judge of the supreme court John B. Barnes.
"8 ,8 supporting a number of the
mrWK
j, t not pertinent to Inquire as to the
particular character of the pledge which
Mr. Rosewater has exacted from Mr.
?a.' ndfi-m Messrs Button. Bears.
i HeaieK ana itoudi woriQ-neraia.
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The character of the pledges exacted
from Messrs. Barnes, Sutton, Sears,
Redlck and Troup is the same as the
pledges that have been exacted from
Judges Day, Estelle and Baxter, who
have been endorsed by the democratic
convention and are being supported by
the demo-rep. organ.
It is intimated that Senator Gorman
wouid like to have a political Joust with
President Roosevelt by drawing the
personality of the president into the
Maryland state campaign. The presl-
aent, w may depend on it, will not
dignify the Maryland senator's attacks
wlth attention. No matter what Gorman
may ao be cannot make people twist
1 the result in Maryland into an endorse-
nient or repudiation' of RooseevlL
I The assertion that the republicans are
slugging Judge Sullivan because be ruled
that the Nebraska constitution does not
bar the bible out of the public schools
Is absolutely baseless. Judge Sullivan
is not being criticised because be ruled
1 on the blble-ln-the-puUUc-schools que
I tion, but because his so-called ruling was
a straddle that wouid best be described
I by "now you see it and now you don't'
If the janitor oi tne scnooi Doara
I rooms in the city ball has nothing to
do but alt around in tne secretary s
I chair and give pouucai directions to
I school Janitors, it is high time for some-
I thing to be done to keep him busy at
I . !. ab n.litVi li A 1 m weliY Ant r
i me wui mi "
1 the school treasury,
Wktrt laflatloai Falls.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Men who bave lost ln prodigious capital!
Nation and speculation probably feel that
I the whole commercial fabric is ripping with
T"r" " ' .
I the rcots.
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I ummvviici-.uu.ii,
Tiuman has been acquitted In Bouth
Carolina, but before the American peopl
i ne aianoa mm iw m umi n mm
"P th ,",17,.!(1.fVeryi.m"lnber.Kfi,th
I 'ur' " . T . .
i public conaemnaiion ana contempu
I
I Babblaa Alaaaia'a Lasap.
I New ior i noune.
I m . 1 lnu n mm a n r.r-m m 1 mwmmminm
I Upon l"
. . ,,, ..iiroada mora than Una
.000 have been spent upon Improvement
I within thre years. Was not such an out
I lay a notable rubbing of Aladdin's lampT
- ViV.:
I pcrnaon lines In order to bring them
nearer to perfection, u perfecuoa la su-
matters la attainable by any Imaginable
expenditure of enterprise, of effort and of
riches 7
Pleelagr from Military Servlee.
New York Times.
Ten thousand young men eligible for mili
tary service In the German army have not
reported for the enlistment this year. This
la double the number of previous years,
evidently the kaiser s subjects are becom
ing weary of furnishing amusement for
him. It Is all very well for Germany's
young "war lord" to exhibit the soldiers to
admiring foreigners as his playthings, but
there are more desirable vocations than
that of wearing a uniform and becoming an
automaton obedient to the slightest pull on
the Imperial string, arid since one must not
act of Ms own volition In the fatherland
the young Germans with tendencies to In
dependence are leaving the kaiser's do
minions. Oecapatlons for Retired Mea.
Kansas City Journal.
There are many ways , besides reading
and traveling In which the retired profes
sional or other business man may get en
joyment for himself and make himself
useful to others. Ha may advise and aid
his sons and daughters and other young
people who are starting along the thorny
paths which he has trod with success. He
may also exert his influence for decency
nd progress In politics. What a boon
It would be to a nation If It should be
come the practice for Its successful pro
fessional and business men to retire as
soon as they acquired a competency and
devote their remaining energy and ability
and their extensive experience to pro
moting the publlo welfare.
The Real Thiaa; In a Salatatary.
Custer County Clarion.
Our main object ln coming to Arapaho Is
to make some money. Wo have been In the
newspaper business for a number of years,
and while we have bad lots of fun we
haven't laid up many treasures on earth.
and have been too busy to pay a great deal
of attention to our account in the other
world, so we may say to you confidentially
that we are confounded poor. We want to
make a living and lay up a little money.
and that Is why we are here.
Now as to the kind of newspaper we will
run, our first aim always will be to print
the news, and, In doing so wa shall aim to
tell the truth es near as Is consistent with
good health, except ln wedding and funeral
notices. When a couple get married, no
matter how homely or frowsy the bride
may be, she will nppear In these columns
aa a model of beauty, style and female
loveliness and a general social favorite, and
the groomf who really cuts mighty little
ft pure at a wedding anyway, will be men
tioned as a capable and promising young
man. etc.. atthoiia-h he mav not have
money or credit enough to buy the neces
sary flannels for the first baby. When a
man dies he will always have been a good
father and kind husband unless he happens
to be a bachelor a pillar of the community
and one whose loss will bo Irreparable.
LKVITY IN TUB BOB-TAILED COAT.
Unorthodox Girneati Takaoeel by at
West Tlrglala Presbrterr.
Washington Poat ...
Something moves us to wrestle tor a spell
with the Greenbrier, Presbytery of West
Virginia on, the following proposition Just
enunciated by that v eminent and worthy
body: ., r. ,
"Resolved, That It Is the solemn and pain
ful conviction of this Greenbrier Presbytery
that some of the ministerial brethren are
departing from the tune-honored custom of
the fathers In wearing bobtalled coata, and
ths ' presbyter- woe. Id hereby warn -the
brethren against conformity to this custom
of tho dudes." ... . .
Wa do not deny that there la a certain
levity of suggestion. If not of . actual
thought and purpose, tn the bobtalled coat
In combination with a silk hat patent
leather skates and gaudy neckties as fre
quently occurs It Is. wa unhesitatingly ad
mit an agency of grief and apprehension.
It la not at all difficult to believe that the
bobtalled coat projected to Us ultimate de
velopment, may lead to violence, especially
In such a serious and right-minded region
aa West Mrginla. Even In large cities.
where the golf and tennis regalia, tha white
canvas shoes and the mutilated Panama
hats of the aristocracy have taught us self-
restraint, and Inured us to abstinence from
homicide, we still retain the fierce yearning
for a gun at moments of especial provoca
tion. Up to this point In fact we are with
the Greenbrier Presbytery, tooth and nail.
But Is it well and fruitful that wa should
put behind us the turpitude of the bob
tailed dude, only to surrender ourselves to
the wild dissipations of the opposite ex
treme? There may be as great extrava
gance, albeit of a different kind. In the ves
tures and habiliments of Brother Blttinger
tirotner Price as ln the high-water
sacks and unveiled legs of the unre gen
erate, -mere is tha vanity of ugliness as
well as the vanity of grace. Clothes cut
out with a knife and fork; trousers that
bag villainously at the knee; waistcoats
too tight across the stomach, and coats
with balloon effects between the shoulders
these are no better evidences of a pure
mina ana a contrite heart than the verv
briefest roundabout or tha most prismatic
front. Let us be temperate In all things
It will pay.
PERSONAL ROTES.
A Pittsburg astronomer claims the dis
covery of a new, spot on the sun or Is It
the place where Boston knocked tha ball
through T -
It is announced ' that President Plaxa of
Ecuador .will , come to tha United States
soon. lie will remain long enough to visit
the 81 Louis exposition.
The celebrated German weather prophet
Dr. Rudolph Falb, has Just died near Ber
lin at the age of 65. He first studied the
ology, which he abandoned for the study
of meterorology.
The , results of Prof. Langley's expert
mentation on flying machines illustrates
the truth of the saying that riches have
wings the appropriation for tha expert
ments lo exhausted.
A dispatch from Indianapolis announces
that Benator Fairbanks Is "in the bands of
his friends" with respect to the vice presi
dential nomlnatkm. But he wants It under
stood that he la not seeking tha honor.
Mrs. Dowle, wife ot tba aJleged prophet
had a ILKD diamond pin stolen from her tn
New York last Friday. It la a striking
commentary oa the Dowle movement that
the wlf of Its prophet is able and willing
to sport a $.1,500 pin.
Jt seems that el no Hamlet's day the
Di-n has grown f&stMtoua, considering
quality as well aa quantity la his carouse.
At any rate brewers from Copenhagen are
now in Chicago studying American methods
ot beenuaktng.
Tha Philippine government Ilka every
thing else, baa to advertise. Men ttiachers
are wanted at jvod ualartes, and few tak
ers. Tbe opportunity la an excellent one
for college graduate who cannot find any
thing else to do to gain experience a great
deal of experience crowded Into a short
time.
A party of ulna representative British
Journalists Is making a tour of Canada for
tba purpose of collecting material for a
series of articles ln their respective papers,
th aim being to acquaint their readers
with the vast resources of th dominion.
Befora returning to Europe they will visit
New York. Boston. Ban Francisco and
other of th larger Americas clUe.
DOINGS I THE) ARM V,
Matters af latere Gleamed! freaa the
A twit aad Navy Register.
Tha comptroller of the treasury has bad
under consideration the question submitted
to him by th War department, whether
officers of the state mllltla, with the rank
of captain, belonging to organisations not
attending maneuvers at Fort Rilry, mivy be
assigned to duty as first or second lieu
tenants to All vacancies In companies of
mllltla of the state to which they belong
and attending the maneuvers and draw pay
for such temporary rank. Th comptroller
says that these officers do not belong to
the part of the organised mllltla of th
stat that Is to participate as an organisa
tion ln th maneuvers, although they are
part of th organised mllltla of ' the
state. Th law makes no provision for
filling vacancies In that part of th organ
ised mllltla that Is to participate In the
maneuvers by detail from other organisa
tions of the state mllltla or otherwise, and
a captain of an organisation not partici
pating would not by virtue of an assign
ment to duty as a first or second lieutenant
in sn organisation participating become an
officer or part of the organisation for the
purposes of pay as of the rank to which
he was assigned to duty. Not being a
part of th organised mllltla that was
authorised to participate In th maneuvers
he would not be entitled to pay under the
mllltla act
Nothing more has been heard of th prop-
oaltlon to create a "military" assistant
secretary of th navy. It may be positively
stated that any such plan will be opposed
with uncompromising emphasis by Mr.
Moody, and It ts certain th Idea will b
rejected with equal promptness and vigor
If It found Its way to a house or senate
naval committee. It would be possible, ot
course, to Introduce a bill providing for
another assistant secretary of the navy
who should be a naval officer, but such a
bill wilt never be approved by th civilian
head of the" Navy department and would
probably never emerge from th committee.
Th asumptlon of th command of th
Department of the East by General H. C.
Corbln revives the suggestion of the di
vision of that command, which Is deemed
geographically out of proportion to other
military departments. The general staff,
among other matters In connection with
the rearrangement of the department. Is
now considering the establishment of a
Department of the Bouth, on that shall
embrace th southern states, with head
quarters at Atlanta. Ga.
The first year's Institution at th School
for Farriers and Horseshoers at Fort Riley,
Kan., has Justified th anticipations, and
as soon as th building authorized for the
school can be completed the service will
derive a continuous benefit from this
establishment Battery and troop com
manders should not send experienced horse
shoers and farriers to the school, but men
of excellent character and aptitude for the
work. The results of Instruction so far
tend to show that a flrst-claas man with
out previous experience can be trained
quit as 'rapidly as on who has been im
properly taught heretofore. The army has
suffered much In the past from Ignorant
horseshoers and a supply of trained men
from this establishment will be' bf great
benefit to -the .service In the'future. The
two veterinarians assigned to duty at tha
school have complied a pamphlet for In
structlon entitled, "The Army Horse in
Accident and Disease." The secretary 'of
war has authorised the publication of this
pamphlet and It will be ready soon.
As the time . approaches for tha arrival
Iri Washington of Mr. Root's :success6r as
secretary of war interest Is aroused in ths
prospective attitude of Governor Tart
Those who know him are inclined to think
that he will not be profoundly interested
In administrative matters or that he will
enjoy the routine tasks which ara Imposed
upon the head of the War department.
Governor Taft has a legal mind, and Is
known to still entertain ambitions for the
bench for which he Is professionally In
clined and equipped. There Is a possibility,
of course, that Governor Taft, who has had
so much to do with insular affairs, will be
glad to take up th novelty of military
administration. Mr. Root rather took to
Insular management, and although he ac
compllshed a good deal in the way of army
legislation, ne gave more of his time and
thought to colonial affairs than to purely
army matters. The Inclination of a man to
take up something new leads some people
to think that Governor Taft may tackle
the military part of his duties In the War
department and give less attention to th
Insular subjects matters which he can at
tend to properly with facility. It Is ex
pected that Mr. Root will leave London for
horn about November L This should bring
mm 10 vvasnington anout November 7.
Th annual report of General F. C. Alns
worth. United States army, chief of the
record and pension office, contains an at
tack upon the practice of legislation which
constitutes on of th most absurd fictions
of this government. General Alnsworth
seeks to render It Impossible to change
official record by the enactment of law. H
points out very clearly ln a logical way.
which does not omit tho quotations from
the legal literature on the subject the un
constitutionality and th Impropriety of
that class of legislation In which congress
undertakes to nullify the proceedings, find
ings or sentences of' courts-martial, to re
voke executed orders of dismissal or dis
honorable discharge, to remove charges of
desertion ' or to substitute honorable for
dishonorable discharges. It amounts In the
end to a falsification of record, and Gen
oral Alnsworth puts It right "by declaring
by legal enactment that things that were
dona were not done, and that things not
done were. In fact, done." General Alns
worth does not regard the situation as being
entitled to much of a remedy, and he points
how, by means of law, the effect of dis
missal, honorable discharge and desertion,
for instance, might be removed In a class
of cases, or In an Individual case, If con
gress saw fit to do this, but ln either event
there la no gettlpg away from th fact
that such laws form objectionable legisla
tion. General Alnsworth says:
"A fact In the military history of a sol
dier is beyond th power of. recall, and can
no mora be obliterated than can the fact of
th conviction of a man In a civil court of
a felony be obliterated from the record of
his life. If any disability remains, this may
be removed by pardon, or by legislative act
If It cannot be reached by pardon, but th
fact of his conviction remains. If It were
practicable to set aside the fact that a sol
dier deserted or was dishonorably dis
charged and maka It non-existent. It would
be equally possible to obliterate any other
or all other actual facta from his military
history. It might thus be mad to appear
that A and B and C, or a whole organlsa
tlon, never were tn th military service at
all, although there b conclusive record
proof that they were. And If any on thing
can be set up as an existent fact In th
past military record of a soldier, although
no such thing actually occurred, so might
any number of things, and a new and ficti
tious record thus be given the soldier cover,
lng th whole term of his military service.
Tha exercise of suoh a power as this would
easly lead to th moat preposterous and
absurd results."
Eaters th Stack.
St. Louis Olobe-DemocraL
At Omaha a man has been aent to prison
for shooting another for rocking a boat W
always used to have a great deal of r-
tct (of Omaha,
WEQLD
Absolutely Puro
WERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE
TALK OP THE STATE PRESS.
Mind en News: Th new revenue law ts a
republican law, and to give It a fair trial
we should have a republican assessor. A
fusion assessor will, of course, do all In his
power to make the law a failure.
York Republican: Criminals In Nebraska
are rapidly ' learning to look to God for
their pardons since th close of the Savage
era. Governor Mickey evidently has no
Intention of encroaching upon the pre
rogative of Deity in this particular.
Fremont Tribune: The republican state
ticket will have somewhere between 15.000
and 20,000 majority. W are getting back
to oldtlme figures, which means the party
must disavow every crooked act and keep
in th middle of the straight and narrow
path.
Norfolk Press: It Is to be hoped the El
kins law will eventually compel the rail
roads to stop Issuing passes to anybody.
Of course such a course will make It In
convenient for the people who have been
riding free, but It will make both the rail
roads and business men more Independent.
The politicians who have been riding on
passes while loving the dear people. will get
no sympathy.
David City Banner: If you ar for
Roosevelt prove your faith by your works
this year and. help roll up a big majority
for th entire republican ticket. Don't
sulk ln your tent and oppose the ticket
because soma personal friend failed, to re
ceive a. nomination for some petty .office.
Next tlm you may be successful In secur
ing, the nomination, for your friend and
you !,wlll want ..the support of the ..other
fellows. Place party Interests above per
sonal interests and line up like men. Don't
play the schoolboy.
Norfolk News: Perhaps the people of Ne
braska will, enter, an energetic, campaign
next year with tiatlonai campaign on, but
so far this year, except Jn county Sights and
remote localities,' It appears that this 6am
palgn will go down Into history as, one bf
th calmest, quietest most . peaceful and
good natured of any campaign during re
cent years. The people generally are pleased
to notice the absence of bitterness and mud
sllnglng, which should never again be re
vived. Tbey can approximate a decision Just
as well and effectually without It and really
It is no Inspiration to see the characters of
men torn from them merely because they
ar candidates for office.
Wayne Herald: A committee of Norfolk
cltlxens appeared before the State Board of
Publlo Lands and Buildings In Lincoln
Tuesday to urge action looking to . the re
construction of the Insane asylum at Nor
folk. The delegation was Informed that an
architect was working on the plans of the
proposed buildings and would have them
ready by November. Th asylum was de
stroyed by Are several years ago and there
has been delay In having the Institution re
built Th last legislature, however, made
an appropriation for that purpose, and It
looks as though there had been ample time
since then to prepare plans and start the
work. Not only Norfolk, but all northeast
Nebraska Is Interested ln seeing the asylum
rebuilt on the old site.
Wayna Herald: Peopl well remember
the many sheriffs sales of real estate,
under foreclosure, previous to th good
times ushered In by the McKinley adminis
tration. Every sheriff In the stat usually
had plenty to do ln selling land to satisfy
mortgages. Now that official can figure on
no business In that line. This condition
speaks well for the prosperity and financial
stability of the country. It shows that the
Increase of wealth has not been confined to
a minority of th people, but has been en
Joyed by alL In reflecting and comparing
the number of sheriff's sales prior to in
stalling corrective republican policies, with
none now, voters ar not likely to turn
against th principles of that party, nor
oppose Its nominees, If they are men of in
tegrity and well qualified for tha offices to
which they aspire, as they assuredly are In
Wayne county from th top to th bottom
of th ticket.
Just the Weather
To wear one of those new broad 'shouldered $15.00 saita
that you hear so much about some at f 18.00 aud $20.00
and $25.00. You don't need to cover it up with n top coat
either for some time to come because warmth goe with
other details of excellence in the Browning, Kiug & Co'
clothes. We have a certain pride ln seeing our customer?
well dressed, and undertake to give them just cause for.
pride in the clothes of our manufacture that thej wear.
Ask to see the special clubman.
NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OURS. '
BroWiiig- W (1
It. B, WILCOX, Manager. ' ; -V . J
HEIMBLE
FLOAT-ISO FUN.
"You ought not to kill your neighbors,'
satil the missionary.
"How elue enn we properly acslmllata
them?" asked th cannibal king. Chicago
Post. .
"Does your daughter play Mozart?" in
quired the young man with gold glasses.
"I think she i.oes," anpwered Mrs. Cum
rox. . affably. "Hut 1 think she prefers
bridge whist." Washington Star.
Mrs. Upjohn How did your garden party
come out? 1
Mrs. lllghmore Hadn't you heard? It
turned out to be a warm, beautiful evening,
and everybody came that I had Invited. I
never was so provoked ln my life. Chicago
Tribune. .
' "The Idea of her pretending that aha
thought my ha'r was gray," exclaimed Mlsa
Pnexay.
"Ridiculous!" agreed Miss" Pepprey.
"Wasn't it, the ugh?"
"Yes," Just as if you'd buy gray hair."-
Philadelphia Press. "...
"Tell me, Angelina," her lover exclaimed,
"do you ever hav a yearning for something
you cannot exactly define an Irresistible
longing of the heart for that which Is not
yours? Can you guess the object. of your
dexlre ?"
"Yes," replied the young woman from
Boston, coyly, "when 1 get that way I
always eat pie." New York Tribune..
"I declar'." said Brother Dickey. 'I got
ter be mo" keerful ln future I sho has!
"What's the trouble now?"
. "Well, suh, I whirled ln en prayed for
rain des two hours en a half, en day come a
regular deluge dat come mighty nigh
drownln' de bes' mule I had. Providence
is so partial ter me!" Atlanta Constitution.
I know that I may strive for wealth In
I knowmy dearest joy may turn to palri:
I know my pet ambition may be oleerrd
Aa here and there my frail life bark Is
veerW.
But yet, when to th end my race draws
near,
I'll thank my lucky stars if I may hear
(Though nothing else of good a friend
might speak
These words: "He never showed a yellow
.. Baltimore American,.,,
THAT'S DIFFERENT.
' James Barton Adams In Denver Post.
When a man in nobby clothes spends his
money through a hose
He's the biggest tuin.p tn the social bag;
Men his praises loudly sing, tell Um he is
Just the thing.
As they work tn pulling process, on his
But if 'he should meet a hitch In his flight
and hit the ditch
And the cash from out his blower cease
to blow,
They'll desert him In a Jump, say he was
a reckless chump
That's a different proposition, don t y
know? ( J
Take a man who la a saint on his honor
not a taint . -
With a reputation any on would prise;
How the people and the press will nls
moral instincts bless
While they laud his many virtues to tha
If for office he ahould run and be stingy
with his mon.
They will paint him black as Beelsebub
below,
And will say the scheming scamp needs
some neckwear made of hemp
That's a different proposition, don't y
know?
In the ranks of glided life should a maldeir?.
or a wife
At the fount of fortune sip tha waters
sweet.
If her bank account Is great and her gown
ing up to date
All society will worship at her feet.
Should misfortune make a play and her
riches melt away
Every friend will vanish as th sunklssed
snow.
And in snobdom everywhere she will get
the frosen stare
That's a different proposition, don't 7
know?
Thus we see It every day; things that
smoothly come our way
We are ever prone to greet with smiling
face;
Wa have wealth of golden words to dis
tribute to the birds
When our selfish nature figures In the
case;
Everything that adds a bite to our selfish
appetite
We will praise ln terms Of eloquence
aglow.
But will Jump ft in a minute if for us
there's nothing In It
That's s different proposition, don't y
know?