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aye that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally. Morning,
Evening and Bunday Bee printed during
the month of December, 1908, was as fol-
lowa:
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U 81,160 .
Total 47.3B5
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Ne total sales., .3l,t8
Nat average aalea 80,2X0
GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me this 31st day of December, A. D.
U0. if. B. mTNQATB,
(Seal.) Notary Public.
Monumental
pant
demogogy is still rau-
For the present the headquarter of
General Manager Bancroft will remain
on wheels.
In the impending South Omnba mir
nicipal campaign the voters will appre
ciate more light and less heat.
Judge Klnkaid's positive declination
of a nomination for United States sena
tor leaves the track clear for Alonzo
Cruzen.
Elghteen-cent cotton and 90-cent wheat
make the octopl of Wall street looi like
purring kittens to the planters and
farmers.
' Iowa democrats have the satisfaction
of knowing that the fate of the nation
does not depend upon the result of their
factional fights.
With all of its graft Philadelphia is
' Improving. A hundred years ago
churches advertised lotteries in the town
f William Fenn.'
Russia evidently object to the British
Hon playing feline tricks on the roof of
the world, and therefore will put a stop
to the expedition to Thibet if possible.
If the talk .does not result In war
there will be grounds for suspecting
that the czar and mikado are subsidized
by the telegraph and cable companies.
Mr. Olney says that if the democrats
nominate Grover Cleveland they can
elect him. The Massachusetts prophet
evidently has a desire to be safe In
hit predictions.
Doubt the negro's patriotism now, if
you may. Dr. Cruni is" holding the office
of collector of the port of Charleston,
K. C, although there has been no salary
attached to the position for months.
Governor Wright will be showing that
he is a .worthy follower of Governor
Taft while the former governor is prov
lng bis ability to hold down a higher
place. Both have high marks set for
them. '
Many eastern democrats are pleased
to think that Bryan will conduct a dally
newspaper during the democratic con
ventlou at St. Louis, evidently thinking
that he will not be able to give his un
divided attention toy the national gather
ing. .
The most important mcaaure passed
by the lower house of congress after an
exciting debate Monday was the bill to
prevent the docking of homes' tails in
the District of Columbia. There will be
no ties ou the Washington trotter here
after.
Before the commissioners of Douglas
county undertake to do any rip-rapping
around East Ouiuba they should en
deavor to secure co-operation on the part
of the suirvlnor8 of Pottawattamie
County, Iowa. If the assessors' returns
are any index Iowa has much the best
of It In Eat Omaha.
Europo having dlax-overed radium, it
ixwiuuus for the I nitcd Ftates to
nake it a commercial commodity. The
electric light was long a laboratory ex
perl men t acrocs the water, but Awer
lean genius found the dollars and cents
In the proposition and scut it back
Lome as a llvjng power.
- The Omaha Woman's club bat been
Screstllng with the awfully perplexing
problem whether the .Board of Educa
tton shall prescribe a suitable unlforui
dress for the girls who attend the high
school. Thla brings up the question
Abet her the Board of Education cau bar
any high schooi girl from school t b
parents or guardians aee fit to provide
ter with, a dress that la not patterned
after a theatrical or military wardrobe.
WHAT MADM TBK OVMRtAP MAST.
Section 1, of article xlv, of the, state
constitution, rends as follows:
The state may, to meet casual deficits or
failures In the revenues, contract debts
nevet to exceed In the aggregate fKXMTO,
and no greater Indebtedness shall be In
curred except for the purpose of repelling
Invasion, suppressing Insurrection or de
fending the atate In war; and provision
shall be made for the payment of the In
terest annually as It shall accrue, by a
tax levied for the purpose, or from other
sources of revenue, which law, providing
for the payment of such Interest by such
act, shall be Irrepealable until such debt
Is paid.
In the face of this specific provision
engrafted upon Its organic law, Ne
braska's state debt now exceeds $2,200,
000, and ho far as we are aware, thero
has never been any law passed provid
ing for the levying of a tax for the pur
pose of paying the Interest upon this
debt nor has any source of revenue ever
been designated and reserved for the
payment of such interest The creation
of this colossal overlap was made possi
ble only by the continuous drain of the
permanent school fund, in spit of the
limitation of tie constitution for its In
vestment. Section 9, article viil, entitled
Education, reads as follows:
All funds belonging to the state for edu
cational purposes, the Interest and Income
whereof only are to be used, shall be
deemed trust funds held by the state, and
the state shall rupply all losses thereof
that may In any manner accrue, so that
the same shall remain forever Inviolate
and undiminished; and shall not be In
vested or ' loaned except en United States
or state securities, or registered county
bonds of this state; and such funds, with
the Interest and Income thereof, are hereby
solmemnly pledged for the purposes for
which they are granted and set apart, and
shall not be transferred to any other fund
for other uses. ,
The framers of the constitution, doubt
less, had In their mind's eye the loaning
out of the, school funds under the first
state administration that scandalized
Nebraska by the loaning of school funds
to state officers and their favorites on
farm and town lot mortgages, some of
which turned out to be worth less than
50 cents on the dollar.
The Ironclad restrictions upon the in
vestment andXloanlng of school , money
have, however, been recklessly disre
garded. The original Intent of the con
stitution was to limit the Investment or
loan, of school funds to United States
bonds and state and county bondo, but
by a stretch of the constitution the pol
icy was adopted to invest the permanent
school fund Instate warrants, under
pretense that they constituted state
securities when. In fact, they are noth
ing but state due bills. Instead of being
an asset, they are simply an I. O. U.
As a result of this extraordinary In
terpretation of the constitution, the bulk
of the excessive debt created by suc
ceeding legislatures has been converted
first into I. O. TJ. warrants and then
turned into the state treasury in ex
change for moneys on deposit to the
credit of the state school fund. The
plea on which this financial policy has
been justified Is that it gives the state
the benefit of the higher rate of Interest
which warrants draw, as compared with
the interest that the permanent school
fund could get from United States, state
or county bonds. It Is also argued that
the redemption' of state warrants with
money out of the permanent school fund
enables the state to keep Its warrants
at par, whereas they would be at a dis
count if their redemption depended upon
the tax levy and the payment of the
taxes by the various counties,
This plea is as plausible as it is per
nicious. The policy of exchanging the
money presumed to be Invested lrt
bonded securities for I. O. Us. has made
overlaps asy. If pursued for any great
length of time It is certain to result In
the almost complete drainage of the per
manent school fund. It is tantamount
to a transfer of the permanent school
fund to the general fund, which cer
tainly would constitute an arbitrary vio
lation of the constitution and statutes
that prohibit such transfers. The
knowledge that the school fund can be
drawn upon at any time to take up
O. Us. is an incentive to reckless and
excessive appropriations that swell the
aggregate of the debt from year to year
and will continue to absorb the bulk of
the funds dedicated to perpetuate Ne
braska's educational Institutions.
By lights the state should have levied
special tax for every dollar of overlap
created by the various legislatures. This,
however, is no longer possible without
trebling the state tax, which is suffi
ciently burdensome already. The only
conceivable remedy is a . constitutional
amendment that wilk provide for the
refunding of the entire state debt, pro
hlblt future investments of school fluids
In state warrants and enlarge the scope
of Investment so as to Include school
til strict bonds and municipal bonds of
metropolitan cities of the first and sec
ond class, whose debts do not exceed 10
per cent of their assessed real estate
valuation.
AOAISST CDRRKUCT LMQlSLATloy.
According to Washington advices it
has been determined that no financial
legislation will be enacted at the present
session of congress. Peveral measures
have' been Introduced and It is said that
at least one has strength enough behind
It to insure Its passage by one branch
of congress, but It ia unlikely that both
the senate and , the house could be
brought In line for It A recent dispatch
says that Speaker Cannon had an Inter
view with the president and that they
agreed that it Is Inadvisable at this time
to enter upon the revision of even the
amendment of the present financial
laws and so far as the speaker of the
house Is concerned It appears to be well
understood that his Influence will be
thrown against any proposition for new
currency legislation. He has very
cienny expressed me opinion that no
radical action of a financial character
should be taken during the present sea-
awn. ', .
tlnquestlonably this is in accord with
the practically unanimous sentiment of
the huaudal and business Interests ef
the country. Here and there, It la true,
are to be found advocates of wfint they
are pleased to call' "currency, reform,"
but the number of such Is very small
and when called upon for reasons for
their demand these are found to be
wholly Inadequate and unsatisfactory.
They are unable to show that the cur
rency system is not working well and
that under its operations there is not
ample provision for the requirements
of the legitimate business of the coun
try We have passed through a period
of financial stress that severely tested
our monetary system and it was found
equal to the emergency At no time
during that period of trial, when the
prices of securities were tumbling and
there wos apprehension of panic,,dld the
legitimate commercial Interests of the
country experience any serious diffi
culty In obtaining what money they
needed. The enterprises of whatever
nature that were on a sound basis were
able to get whatever assistance in the
money market that they required and
without any material advance in the
Interest rate. It was feared that there
would be a lack of money to move the
crops, but this also has proved to be
groundless and today there is more
money available for this purpose, as
shown by t!he financial reports, than
ever before.. Not only Is there an abun
dance of currency In the eastern finan
cial centers, but In nearly every portion
of the west the supply Is In excess of
the demand.
In view of this there Is manifestly no
necessity for new currency legislation,
so far as the substantial business in
terests of the country are concerned.
The call for legislation to increase the
supply of bank note currency comes
not from the solid commercial inter
ests, but from speculators and the pro
moters of speculative enterprises and
these should receive no consideration
from congress and there is good reason
to believe will not
AIT IMIK'RTAUT PARLIAMENT.
The reassembling of the British' Par
liament means a great deal not only for
Great Britain but for the entire world
with which that great empire Is indis
solubly associated. At the present time
British Influence in the world Is perhaps
greater than it has been at any previous
time for half a century. The empire is
stronger today than ever before in. the
extent of its territory and therefore In
its material power and it has been also
strengthened in the loyalty of Its people.
It Is not to be doubted that the success
of British arms In the Boer wnr has
been powerfully effective in stimulating
the patriotism of the people and con
firming their devotion to the govern
ment. That great ronflict nfforded a
test of British persistence and endur
ance, and also of British resources,
which has naturally contributed to In
crease the pride of the people of that
country in their government and in their
own prowess. They realize now that
the world recognizes more completely
than before the real relation which the
British empire bears to the rest of the
great powers.
Now a new problem confronts the Brit
ish people an economic problem which
Involves a radical change from a policy
that has been followed by the nation
for "nearly three-quarters of a century.
There is in this a matter of even
greater concern thnn that of war, for
contemplates a fiscal revolution of
the most far-reaching effect. It means
departure that would effect such a
change in the financial and commercial
relations of Great Britain with the rest
of the world that the wisest man Is
unable Jo foresee what the result would
be. The advocates of the change ear
nestly insist that it is necessary In order
to protect British Interest n gainst a
competition from which they are, now
suffering. They contend that Great
Britain has been steadily losing ground
under existing conditions and that its
only hope for the future is to clmnge
these conditions. On the other hand it
is contended that no greater mistake
could be made than to abandon the
policy that has prevailed for the last
sixty years and under which Great
Britain has attained its commanding
position among the Industrial and com
mercial nations of the world.
The campaign started by Mr. Chamber
lain will be transferred from the hust
ings to the floor of the House of Com
mons and there is every promise thnt
there will be a most interesting contest
In that arena. This will be the great
Issue before Parliament and the one
which will give to the present session
Its chief importance. The address of
the king at the opening of Parliament
is of little consequence In comparison
with what will come when the govern
ment Is called upon to state Its posi
tion in regard to the question of fiscal
reform, which undoubtedly will " be pre
sented very early In the session. In
the consideration of this question not
only the British people but those of
every other country, and none more than
the United States, will take a most
lively Interest.
The periodic outburst of sympathy
for Mrs. Florence Maybrick Is on a par
with the emotlonul insunlty that
prompts women to shower bouquets
upon homicide who are under sentence
to be banged. Mrs. Maybrick, was
charged and convicted of poisoning her
husband and saved from the gallows
only because of her sex. Had the case
been reversed and bad Mr. Maybrick
been serving a life sentence for poison
lng his wife nobody In America or
Great Britain would have manifested
any interest in him or anxiety for his
liberation.
According to advices from the state
capital. It la now conceded that William
J. Bryan will be allowed to bead the
Nebraska delegation to the democratic
national convention without opposition
even 'though a majority of the party
does not agree with him on reaffirming
the Kansas City platform. Bryan'
prospective unanimous endorsement by
the state convention 1 not to be in the
ndture of a concession, but a matter of
precaution. The anti-Bryan wing of the
Nebraska democracy feels confident that
he has, not a ghost of a show to win out
on his platform Ideas, but if he be a
part of the convention he is less liable
to Imlt the ticket. This is sound logic,
but we doubt whether any bond com
pany would be willing to assume the
risk of a bolt
It is to be hoped that the council will
see its way clear toward providing ,each
member of the fire department with an
accident llfo lnsurancepollcy, and it
would not be unieasonable for the
Board of Fire and Tollce Commissioners
to require every memler of the depart
ment to contribute 75 cents per month
out of his own salary to pay for a dupli
cate thousand-dollar policy. Whorl a
fireman carries $2,000 of accident poli
cies the (tppcals for popular relief sub
scriptions for the benefit of his family
would become unnecessary.
The Board of Education Is to be com
mended for declining to appropriate f500
for an exhibit of the Omaha schools at
the St Louis exposition. In view of the
fact that the state educational exhibit
will include the Omaha schools, there
is no good reason why Omaha should
borrow $500 to make a special exhibit
which would be In evidence like a needle
In a haystack.
Attacking: the War Pever.
Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Japan has doubled some of the taxes and
It . will be Interesting to note whether the
public temperature goes up or down. Taxa
tion has been known to break up a war
fever.
Put on the Drakes.
Boston Transcript.
Eleven defalcations within a year,
amounting to more than $1,000,000, all In
New England, Indicates that good men are
going wrong at altogether too rapid a rate.'
It is time to look over again our "tenden
cies" and their teachings.
Pure Pood Legislation.
Chicago Tribune. .
"Nothing sold for food shall be harm
ful. Nothing sold for food shall seem to
be that wblch It Is not."' These are the
two fundamental principles of pure food
legislation. The conscientious manufac
turer need not feel apprehensive.
Greatest of War Clonds.
Baltimore American.
The war cloud which thinks nothing of
hovering over two great nations and of
embroiling continents has just had a bad
scare In New York. Notice has been served
on It to go to New York and attend a differ
ence of opinion between the Daughters of
the American Revolution and, the Colonial
Dames over the Jumel mansion. There Is
no fun In this for the war cloud. It means
real work. ,
Bound to Come Down.
New Tor Tribune. -Giants
of speculation In cotton and In
wheat are so adventurous and resolute
that they conduct their big dealings as if
they thought reactions on a huge scale ab
solutely Inconceivable. Yet the best laid
schemes of mice and men gang aft agley,
and eveiy balloon In the history of ) the
world 'which soared fur up In the elbuds
came down, sooner. ot later.
False Prophets of War.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The sensational calamity prophets who.
during the past year or more, have been
predicting the early declaration of war In
the Orient, which has stubbornly refused
to materialize, are now telling the world
that it la only a question of a day or two
when it will surely occur. Their . past
prophecies have been so uniformly false
that we can well afford to discredit this
one. Both Japan and Russia will avoid war
as long as there Is a chance for a peaceful
settlement of their contention, and while
negotiations for peace are pending that
chance continues to exist.
COMPETITION IX KHEICHT RATES.
Kb Effect fa the Transportation World
Striking Shown.
Chicago Record-Herald.
In the struggle which Is now going on
among western railroads for the grain traf
fic the country Is receiving an' Instructive
lesson on the results of the ' operation of
competition In the transportation world
The value of the lesson Is not diminished
by the fact that traffic officials disguise the
situation by calling It a "war of rates" In
stead of a competition In rates. That the
Immense grain tonnage of the territory
west of the Missouri river and east of the
Rockies Is being competed for Instead of
being carried on rates which are the re
sult of general agreement Is due largely to
President A. B. Stlckney of the Chicago
Great Western railroad. Recently Mr.
Btlckney completed a line into Omaha,
through which the grain rates had been
so' adjusted that the grain was rarely if
ever stopped In that city, but was carried
through by roads having lines both east
and west of the Mlesourl river.
In order to enjoy some of this business
Mr. Stlcknty put In proportional rates
through Omaha, which enabled grain to 'be
warehoused there and dealt In. In other
words, his rates threw all the grain Into
Omaha, there to be competed for by the
roads eaatbound. Competition was there
by created, and the next move In the game
was a reduction of ! cents frdm Nebraska
points to Chicago made by the Northwest
ern to prevent the stoppage of grain In
Omaha and thereby continue in the enjoy
ment of the through haul from the terri
tory beyond the Missouri river. The law
of competition again forced President
Btlckney to further reduce his propor
tional rates, which he did by 5 cents per
100 pounds. In order to protect his Interests
and maintain the grain market which he
had made It possible to establish at Omaha
This reduction has been met by reduc
tlons on grain through Kansas City,
caused by the competition between local I
tics and cities, which In turn has affected
the roads from tho Missouri river territory
to the gulf. Forced byhe competition
of the lines extending east from the river,
and unwilling to haul grain Into Kansas
City, there to be competed for at low rates,
the Santa Fe haa reduced the rate on
grain from Interior Kansas points direct
to the gulf S cents per 100 pounds In order
to enjoy a long .haul of over 900 miles.
The Irony of the situation Is further dis
closed by the fct that very recently the
railroads successfully defended before the
Interstate Commerce commission the rea
sonableness of a 28-cent rate on grain from
the Wichita territory to the gulf and then
raised the rate cents. Having done
so they now voluntarily, but owing to
competition, reduce the rate I cents below
the figure held by the commission to be a
reasonable one. Traffio men declare that
competition such as now exist with re
spect to western grain Is rulnouawar. aa It
results In rates which leave noTrofir, are
this the railroad commission has always r
plled that when a rate on a commodity
approaches the snargla between profit and
loxa competition Is bound to eease at about
the point of equitable and Just rates.
ARMY GOSSIP in WASHINGTON.
Cnrrent Events Gleaned from the
Army and Ilavy Register.
An Interesting and' attractive report
prevaila to the effect that the president
may withdraw the nomination of Captain
A. I.. Mills, United States Army, to be
a brigadier general. It appears that con
siderable opposition exists In the senate
to the cc.nflrmation of Captain Mills' ap
pointment and the Injustice of the selection
is quite apparent to those who must now
establish Its permanent validity. It Is ex
pected that the new secretary of war will
approve of the withdrawal and that the
president may be Induced to take this
action In view of the growing opposition
to tke appointment and In recognition of
the sentiment in the army which will bo
anything but friendly should Captain Mills
be promoted finally. It Is known 'that a
proposition of this kind has been ' or will
be made to the president.
Army regulations will be amended so
as to make It possible for company com
manders to regulate the allotment of an
extra month's pay to enlisted men who are
en route to the Philippines. It has been
found necessary to regulate this matter
to a greater degree than is now the case
so that soldiers may be protected from
those who are anxious to take advantage
of the willingness of some of the enlisted
men to raise money on the strength of this
provision, which was made originally to the
end that soldiers might not be embarrassed
by an assignment to the Philippines and
that their extra needs might be met by the
advance of a month's pay. The recom
mendation for the provision of the new
paragraph whloh will give this protection
to the soldier comes from the Judge advo
cate general of the army.
Among the other interesting information
contained In the new army register will
be the Increased list of retired officers.
The number of officers on the unlimited
and limited retired lists Is 54, more than
ever before In the history of the army.
The one important novelty of the new
volume is the date which now appears as
a part of the record of each officer of the
active Hat. Secretary Root was desirous
of having the date of statutory retirement
In each case, but that would have necessi
tated an additional column on each page,
whereas the date of birth could be put
In the column which Is now devoted to the
name of the native state and of course
It Is easy enough to figure out when an
officer retires for age.
Much Interest attaches to the result of
the examination, . now Just concluding at
various places, of the thirty-one candidates
for appointment as second lieutenant In the
army. Each of these candidates has signed
a paper to the effect that he understands
that should he be of the fifteen who stand
at the head of the list of competitors no
appointment ts to be made until after the
commissioning of all the"" graduates of the
Military academy next June. None of the
civilian candidates was permitted to take
the examination until they thoroughly un
derstood thlE incident of appointment and
the signed acknowledgment of and agree
ment to that provision was exacted to the
end that none of the candidates might later
on raise tho question that Inasmuch as the
fifteen vacancies to which they are to be
appointed really existed on July .1, 1903,
they should be commissioned following the
members of the enlisted men's class who
were examined at Fort Leavenworth last
September. " The fifteen who are to be
appointed next June succeed the West
Point class of 1904 on the army register
and after these fifteen will come the candi
dates from the army of this year. There
will" be some vacancies for the latter after
the West Pointers are commissioned. It
Is probable that the four civilian candidates
designated last week for examination in
February will come in for the fifteen va
cancies of last Jply, and in this case there
will be thirty-five candidates for less than
half as many vacancies. Several of the
civilian candidates happen to be enlisted
men of the army, but did not come before
the examining board in that capacity. They
were permitted to obtain their discharge
by way of favor in order to assume the
status of civilians. .
General Alexander Mackenzie, U. S. A.,
this week assumed his duties as chief of
engineers of the army, succeeding General
O. I Gillespie, who becomes principal as
sistant to the chief of staff. One of the
subjects under consideration by General
Mackensle is that of increasing the com
missioned personnel of his corps, a sub
ject In which both he and his predecessor
take a keen interest In full appreciation of
the necessity of obtaining more officers to
discharge 'the responsible duties devolving
upon the engineers of the army. Of course
the matter will go to the general staff and
there Is some doubt If anything in the di
rection desired can be obtained In the way
of legislation during, the present session of
congress. Those best qualified to know the
needs of the corps believe that the increase
should comprise at least twenty-five 1 offi
cers, distributed in the different grades.
This would bring the number of commis
sioned officers up to 185, and while this In
crease does not supply all the officers that
might profitably be used, it will at least
meet the present demands upon the corps.
There are now seven vacancies in the
grade of second lieutenant of engineers
and It is expected that these will be filled
from among the graduates of West Point
In June. Within the next fourteen or six
teen months, however, there will be, by
virtue of anticipated casualties, at least
that many vacancies still In existence.
Army officers and enlisted men who ap
pear before state and territorial courts and
congressional committees as witnesses
must look to the courts or to congress for
reimbursement of expenses Incurred. A
statement to this effect has been' prepared
by the general staff of the army and will
be Incorporated In due time In army regu
lations. BIO PAY FOR PRESIDENTS.
Heads of Ten Railroads Get Nearly
Half a Million In Salaries. '
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Ten railroad presidents In the United
States draw salaries aggregating 1185,000
a year, an average of $48,fiO0 for each In
dividual. Few of these men are capitalists,
but each one wields a laboring oar In rail
way management and takes great responsi
bilities off the shoulders of the capitalists
who employ him. The list is as follows:
A, J. Cassatt. Pennsylvania R. R.... 175.000
George V. llaer. Rewdtng Co.... So.fiiO
L. F. Loree, Rock Ishind '. 60O)
James J. Hill. Great Northern 6u,00)
William H. Newman, New York Cen
tral system 50.000
Samuel rSpenrer, Southern Ry 60.001
V. D. t'nderwood, Krle system i,'i0
E. B. Thomas. Lehigh Valley 40.OM
Marvin HuKhltt of the Cirlcago and
Northwestern 4'.wn
E. P. Ripley. Atchison system 40.UM
Total t
In most cases these Urge salaries Include
oompensLtion for services rendered as the
executive head of several different com
paniea, aU, however, belonging to ons
system.
Where the Tronhle Bestaa.
Detroit Free Pre s.
Mr. Bryan says the Kansas CUy platform
was "a model of clearness and concise
ness." It was; everybody understood the
platform so well that Mr. McKinley's ma
jority was unprecedented,
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STOP LAJVD STEALING.
Laws that Permit Theft .May at Least
lie Repealed.
Brooklyn Eagle. .
There may be action on the bill to repeal
the timber and stone act, the desert land
act and the commutation clause In the
homestead act In tho present session of
congress. Such action will be strenuously
opposed by those who have their own and
not the people's Interest at heart, since It
Involves the forfeiture of thousands of
miles of lands wrongfully acquired, wrong
fully used and wrongfully withheld from
general settlement. The railroad kings, to
whom the country owes much, and the cat
tle kings, and the timber kings, and sundry
other monarchs of our happy democracy,
have obtained, and are still obtaining, con
trol over western properties that should
be for the use of farmers and settlers. The
present holders are mere exploiters and
speculators, selling cheap and holding for
a rise that they know Is bound to come
If other schemes for Irrigation, railroad e
tension, development of water power and
destruction of the woods prosper, aa they
believe they will.
It Is not alleged that the people of this
country are pinched for room, as yet. The
whole population could be moved to this
city of New York. If it was content to live
as most New Yorkers are content to live,
which, pray heaven, may never be. But
It Is a fact that In the west the little
farmer, who has not gone there so much
with the expectation of making a fortune
as of securing a comfortable home, often
finds himself In conflict with larger land
owners, who will Injure him by obtaining
railroad discriminations, or diverting the
water supply, or refusing to make good
road connections with his district. In the
hope that they may acquire his homestead,
after he hes labored to develop It and res
cue his acres from a wilderness condition.
The menace from the sales of timber
land to rich corporations is larger, 'how
ever, than that against the farmer, for It
affects whole states Instead of Individuals.
The secret hand 4s at work In congress, re
straining action and Juggling with desti
nies, and because of the delays the cor
porations are rapidly acquiring the forests
that are needed If irrigation is to become
effective. In the past two years they have
taken up more than 40,000,000 acres of the
public domain, which Is given to them at
a nominal figure of $2.50 an acre. There
has been a steady Increase In this grabbing
from 1S9S, when lesa than 8.500,000 acres
were taken from the public lands, - to last
year, when the figure was nearly 23,000,000
acres. Recent reports have been submitted
to the authorities showing that some of
the acquisitions were simple thefts and
were obtained by means of perjury and
forgery, but most of the authorities draw
their salaries and are political and silent.
The stolen properties are believed by the
thlejres to be beyond our recovery, but the
laws that permit theft may at least be re
pealed. PERSONAL HOTES.
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1 Former Governor George K. Nash has
Just made his appearance as an attorney
in the Columbus courts, for the first time
In four years.
Jules Verne, the venerable author, says
It Is untrue that he has been stricken
with blindness nor Is he spending his old
age In poverty, but Is still In receipt of
a comfortable Income from the sale of
his books.
Judge George W. PeCamp, at one time
the most celebrated criminal lawyer In
Pennsylvania, his home being at Pittsburg,
Is still living at Emporia, Kan., and Is one
of the wealthiest men in that state. He
acted aa "best man" at the wedding of
James G. Blaine.
The crowning blow has been struck at
the American Janitor. William Feather,
president of the Chicago Janitors union,
says feelingly on the occasion of retiring
from the presidency of the union: "I
could get along with 1,000 women better
than half that number of Janitors."
Some members of congreas were dis
cussing Senator Gorman's presidential boom '
when one of them recalled the fact that
the Maryland man In his youth had been
a crack base ball player. "Yes, and his
Jellvery Is still good," said another, "and
his curves keep most of them guessing
H. C Corbln doea not often
trouble his chef on Oovrnor's Island. New,
York bay, to provide him with a dinner.
"The officer Is one of the most popular
publlo men In New York and In great de
mand for banquets, military reviews, so
ciety reunions and other affairs of a pub
lic nature. He accepts when he can, which
is usually at least once each day.
A convention of American press humor
ists will be held in St. Louis the week be
ginning May 29. They will attend a ban
quet June S, on which occasion there will
be a good deal of oratory. The program,
which already haa been practically ar
ranged, says that among the speakers will
be Eugene F. Ware, "one of the things
that are the matter with Kansas;" Rev.
Robert J. Burdette. "perpetual parson and
pastor emeritus of the American humor
ists," and Ell Perkins, "celebrated as two
of the biggest liars in America." A pil
grimage will be made to Hannibal, the
early home of Mark Twain.
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Ask a woman If she wouldn't rnthor be
a man, and she will say "no" rlRht away
Woman, you see, can keep a secret, afivr
all. Somervllle Journal.
"Some men," said Uncle Ebon, "talks
so much 'bout whut dey's gwlne to do lnt
dey gits discouraged over de 'mount of
work dey's piled up ahead of 'em an' don'
do nuffln'." Washington Star.
The Maid Just think. Norah. it took the
hairdresser an hour and a half to put mv
hair In this style.
The Cook Indade! An" did vez call for
It or did she Slnd It home? Puck.
Judge (sternly) Didn't I tell you h
wf-n i never wnjiiea 10 see you h
again?
Prisoner Oh, yer honor, I hates th rWifi'
r you wumer'n you hates th" sight o" nfl?.
i-'cirou ree Jfress.
"So he brought back a fortune from the
gold fields? He must have staked out n
good claim."
"You bet he did. Why, he staked out tho
best saloon location In the district the very
first thing. Chicago Post.
"Yes," said the letter B, "I'm greatly in
favor of this movement for phonotlc spell
ing. I'd like to see It generally adopted."
' Why?" queried the Interrogation point.
"I'd have some chance then of gcttln?'
out of debt." Philadelphia Ledger.
Good old-fnshloned winter:
Good old-fashioned freeze;
Good old-fashioned shiver;
Good old-fashioned sneeze;
Good old-fashioned hoarseness;
Good old-fashioned chill;
Good old-fashioned doctor;
Good old-fashioned bill.
Washington Star.
BALLADE TO SHAKESPEARE.
W. F. Kirk in Milwaukee Sentinel.
Master of all the bards that be
Or were, or will be. answer, pray.
This question fully, faithfully;
(True, you have long been laid away,
But from your eepuicher you may
Give me the tip. If you but will)
Before you sold your maiden Jlay
Did you consult a loan shark. Bill?
Of course.'tls rather" fresh of me
To quia you thus perhaps you'll say
That 1 am Just a bit to free
For an untutored, unknown Jay; .
"Tis not a lack of reverence nayl
I mean no disrespect, but still
I ask: Before things camo your way
Did you consult a loan shark, BUI?
I'm thinking now of Shylock see?
The Ylddlsher who wished to flay
His friend Antonio, so that he
Might get his pound of flesh, his pay.
How well you Tnanaged to portrav
That character 'twos more than skill.
You must have been there In your day
Did you consult a loan shark. Bill?
ENVOY.
Prince, pardon me If I'm too gay;
I prithee, do not take it 111
If thus I terminate this lay;
Did you consult a loan shark. Bill?
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