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THE OMAITA DAILY DEE: FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 10, 1004. Tiie Omaha Daily Dee E. IIOSEWATEU, KDtTOR. PUBLISHED KVERY MORNING. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. rx.IIy Bee (without Sunday), One Yeartl CO J nlly Br nnd Sunday, Otis Year Illustrated Br One t ear 'I " Sunday Hoc, One Year '! Saturday Bee, One Year I ' Twentieth Century Farmer. One Year.. l.W DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Pally Bee (without Sunday), per copy.. 2c Pally Bee (without Sunday i. per week. ..He iir Bee (Including- Sunday), per week.lic Sunday Bee, per ropy c Kveulng Bee (without Sundnyi. per week 6c Evening Bee (Including Sunday), Per week 10c Complaint of irregularity In delivery should be addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. Booth Omaha City Hall Building, Twen-ty-flfth and M streets. Cfiimril Bluffs 10 I'enrl Street. Chltago lf.io Unity Building. New York ZKS Park Row Building. Washington Ml Fourteenth street. COKRESIt )NDENCE. Communication relating to news and edi torial mntt.r should h addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial 1 irpnrlmont. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft. xpr-?n r.r postal order pavablo to The Bee 1'uulishlng Company. Onlv k'-rrnt stamps recetv.u In payment nt mail arrouoli". IVr-mia cImckb. incept on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not aceptea. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Itate of Nebraska, Itouglaa County, as.: Oecrge B. Tzschurk. secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly worn. ay that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Daily. Morning, Evening and Sunday Pe printed during the month of January. 14, waa aa foMows: 1 2t.'.'Hi 17 2M" I -.Ut.HJit IS h.7I0 t 27.IIIM 19 M.M.V 4 .!!. 20 1.4M i a.TM n a.7.T iS!i..-.H Si 2H.TTO j a.7H 23 i.o.v KK.l.to 24 ad.aait I W.2t 2 l) ai.Ts 2 ai.'H 11 UN.1I7U 27 !il.l" 12 as.r-jn 2t !." !1 28 a.T 1 1 UM.1H) 30 ati.otn :io.:tt ai au.iro.-, .11 2K,17 Total Nttt.l.VS Ls unsold and returned roplca.... U.H47 Vet total dale 8H.1..1o Wet average rales 2H.4H3 GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed in my presence and aworn to 'Wore me this 3d day of Febrvnry. A. D. .104. M. B. HITNOATE. (Seal.) Notary Public. Grain rates are domornllzbd Hnd grain peculators arc ftt sea. It the Imperial army of China does not more to the frontier rapidly tho frontier tt Chinese Influence, may come to the army. Governor Mickey assures his friends that he Is not Inning any Bleep. But he '.md better keep one eye open Just as a matter of precaution. Now that the South Omaha Tire and Police Commission can read Its title clear citizens of the Majflc City will know where to locate the responsibility. The offlcl.il announcement that D. E. Thompson is not a candidate for the Dietrich ouccesxlon will enable antl Burllngton politicians to heave a sigh of relief. If thero Is any politician of promi nence in the First district who does not want to wear Burkett's congressional , brognns we would .like to have his While Kussla is calling for volunteers tt has the eatlsfdctlon of knowing that none of them will return and run for office on the strength of his military record. Oom Tnul may be forgiven a sardonic smile when he reads thut Dr. Jameson, who headed the raid into the Transvaal, has been called to form a cublnet for Cape Colony. Advocates of female suffrage will not point with pride to the Sho froth case, wherein It was shown that Colorado women are past musters of the art of padding election returns. That Chicago is recovering from its theater panic is shown by the fact that the city council has just granted a per mit to one house to open wit limit com plying with the building ordinances. The United States government an nounces that It does not want San Do mingo as a gift and seems to be real angry with the Morales administration for apparently trying to force the repub lic upou us. By Issuing orders forbidding the sing ing of songs In imule hulls which will reflect upon either KuhhIu oi Japan, the lord chamberlain of Great Hrititln has delivered the public from much wrath provoking doggrel. After an experience which will cost the state nearly fVK,(Kk), Governor IVa body has given up the task of driving the Cripple Creek miners to work and now advises the mine owners to make terms with the men. Turkey expresses sympathy with Kussla in the present war. The sultan evidently thinks thut a ItuKsluu irt free from Ice on tin Pad He will act as a safety valve and insure his posses sion of Constant luople. G,rover Cleveland ultvnys wns optimis tic. He has. seen fate lead him from ome bud predicaments, but this thing of clulining to see reasons for hope of democratic hikvcsh this full really passes the border of optimism. The sergeant-at-ui-ms of the democratic national couveutloii doc well to provide for the accommodation of crowds. From ull appeurauces the performance to lie irought off will he more auuisiug than a three-ringed circus with a dozeu clowns. From the way the lirltUU colonics are responding to the luvitation to adopt reciprocal trade urrangemenls it would seem that Joseph ChamlM-rlHin Is not so far ahead of the times on his Greater Itritalu proKltlon. The last to get into '.ln la British Uulana, which offers a 10 per rent discount from It tariff ou good from Great Britain and Casad. TB POLITICAL rtLD. What is there in the political field which either party can rely upon for success? That question Is one to which all politicians are addressing themselves today. So far as the republican party Is con cerned. It has a record of things ac complished that It can snfely rely upon for another campaign. It can point to the attainment of Its objects In build ing up the industries and the commerce of the nation that are beyond precedent. It can point to the fact that after demo cratic policy had brought the nation to bankruptcy the Introduction of repub lican principles had changed the whole current of events and given to the na tion a period of prosperity which even today it is experiencing. Another fact is that republican policy gave to this country an absolutely sound currency, the effect of which has teen to place the United Slates first among the nations of the earth as the representative of the gold standard nnd therefore the greatest among the powers that stand for a policy of nn unquestionable stand ard of currency between the nations. All that the republican party has done in these directions ought to commend it to the earnest support of the American people, but these are only a part of Its great work in building up the rant In dustrial resources of the nation and aug menting Its wealth. Whoever will read the statistics of the last ten years can not fall to he convinced of the wonder ful Influence that republican policy has exercised upon the general welfare of Hie country. We are approaching another national The time is near at hand 1 campaign when we will be engaged In a most ear nest discussion of tho relative merits of political pollcl8. In the meantime It will be well to consider, the relative capacity of tho two parties to administer the affairs of the government, and In order to do this it Is necessary to refer to the policy of the democratic party in the brief period during which it hnd possession of the government. In that period what was the result of demo cratic administration? It wns industrial disaster, financial unsrttlement, business demoralization and an almost unpreee dented suffering of labor. Will anybody deny this? It is a fact of history that is indisputable. What is the democratic party offering today? No change in its policy. It says through its leaders in congress that the principle of protection to American In dustries and labor roust be abandoned and that the country must adopt a policy that will Inevitably contribute to the interests and welfare of European manufacturers and European labor. It says that we shall do nothing to ex tend our foreign commerce by building up a merchant marine Intended for the expansion of that commerce. It-says, in the opinion of the democratic leader In the United States senate, that ' we should not do any more to build up the navy of the United -.States, although events clearly point to: the necessity of having a larger navy than, we now have. It declares that the policy of our government In regard 'to Panama, rec ognized and approved by all 'the great nations of the world, is wrong and would have our government recede from the position tt has taken in regard to the Isthmian canal and acknowledge that tt had committed a great .wrong In taking the course it did respecting the seces sion of Panama. In short, the democratic party so far as that party can be said to have an existence stands simply In opposition to every policy and principle which has been endorsed by the American people and there is every reason to expect that It will be found In tills attitude when Its representatives meet in St Louis In July. At the present time the democratic party has no specific line of policy, ex cept opposition to whatever Is repub' llcan, and It has no candidate for the presidency upon which it is united. With hardly an exception there has never been a time in the history of the demo cracy when that party was more com pletely at sea in respect both to prin clples and a candidate than it is at present. On the other hand Mr. Cleve land suggests a course to be pursued, which Involves adherence to the policies and principles for which he particularly stands. On the other band Is Mr. Bryan representing views wholly antagonistic to those of the ex-president. How are these hostile elements of the democracy to be harmonized? Is It not a foregone conclusion that they cannot be and that consequently the St. Louts convention will be one of the most bitter arenas In the history of American politics? Mean while the republican party, with no Issue or quarrel In Its ranks with Ms candi date already settled upon and Its plat form prescribed by Its record can look to the future with absolute confidence of Councilman Hnntlngton, chairman of t tie city finance committee has made a IM'i-Honul appearance before the Ileal Es tate exchange, in company with Super intendent Pearse, to explain and justify the 14 mill tax levy. Whether thut ex planation is explained 'to the satisfac tion of the Keul Kstate exchange bus not transpired. Hut one thing tUat Mr. Huntington has not explained throws a light upon the peculiar methods of financing thut obtain in the cltx council, as they do In the school board. Under the charter, the amount of tax author ised to be levied for public lighting la limited to $70,000 a year, and the 14-mlll levy goes within $5,000 of the limit for public lighting. Instead of keeping within the limit the council propose to expend over $85,000 for lighting tbla year, and for this purpose It baa damped the royalty paid by the gas company for 100.1, amounting to $15,406. and the roy alty paid by the electric light company, amounting to $1,224. or a total of $21.- twto, Into the lighting fund. To make sure that the whole royalty ahoold be consumed It ha already ordered aa In crease In the number of electric lights and gas lamps, and thereby created a permanent Increase In the cost of pub lic lighting by more than $2h,i nlove the charter limit, when by rights it should have placed the $21,0 royalty money Into the lighting fund and cut down the levy correspondingly. This is only one item among n score that cannot le explained satisfactorily to any tax payer,.cxcepting possibly some members of the Ileal Estate exchange. jcsTirTino thk man tax lkvt. Councilman Huntington, chairman of the council finance committee; Mr. John son, chairman of the school board finance committee, and C. (5. Pearse. superin tendent of public schools, have endeav ored to Justify the enormous tax levy for 1904 before the Real Estate exchange with verbal arguments, which they sup ported with tabulated exhibits. It mar have lcen eminently proper for the chairman of the respective finance com mittees to make these explanations, but why the superintendent of public In struction should appear in defense of tho excessive school tax levy Is incompre hensible. The duties of the school su perintendent are to supervise the teach ers and lay out the course of study for the various grades. He Is not expected to manage the finances or to regulate the disbursement for the public schools. That function devolves solely upon the school board. An analysis of the tabulated exhibits submitted by the respective chairmen falls to afford convincing proof that the 14-mlll levy hnd become imperative or could be justified on any rational ground. 'Hie charter limits the amount of taxes to be levied in any one year for all pur poses, including $200,000 sinking fund and $100,000 water rent, to $1,040,000. This was based upon the idea that 10 per cent of the amount would remain delinquent, which would leave ?!:((i,OfiO for actual expenditure. The council levied $1,0(1,1.11)1 .0.", ex clusive of a school tax of $.1.-4,307.01. Wlrlle it Is presumed that 10 per cent of this amount will remain delinquent, it Is confidently asserted that the scavenger law alone will add $.100,000 to the gen eral Income and bring up the total. to over $1,400,000. This Is not including the royalties from the gas and electric lighting companies and Incidental re ceipts from all other sources. Whether the $100,475 that Is levied by the city and the $100,000 levied by the school board for sinking fund and bond redemp tion will be applied to the purpose of re ducing the city and school district debt is problematic, Judging from previous experience. In any event, the estimates upon which the levy was made are far beyond the charter limitation. For example, the ex penditures for the fire department for the coming yenr, exclusive of engine houses and new apparatus, are estimated at $154,000, whereas the charter limit la $125,000. The estimate of the cost of policing the city Is $125,000, when tho charter limit Is $115,000, and the esti: mated general fund expenditures Include a number of Items that are of question able validity. The objection to the 14 mlll levy Is not simply because It im pose an unwarranted burden, but .be cause It establishes a precedent for the future that will seriously hamper the growth of the city. A federal Judge, twelve Jurymen and a federal district attorney devoted half a day to the trial of an Indian who was charged with giving away two or three drinks of liquor on or about the Santee Sioux reservation and the United States government . has been put to the ex pense of paying twelve Jurymen and one deputy United States marshal, who brought the Indian to Omaha, mileage and fees while probably traveling on a pass, and to pay mileage and witness fees to two or three Indians, and incidentally an allowance to the United States attorney for bring ing about a conviction. If these periodic arrests were Inspired by an honest desire to repress intemperance among the Indians it would be com mendable, but, as a matter of fact, it is a scandalous perversion of Justice. Scores of Indians are brought to Omaha at every session of the federal court for no other purpose than to make mileage for deputy marshals who carry passes, and fees for the district attor ney, while the poor' Indians who are dragged down as principal or witnesses are debauched worse in Omaha than they ever could be about the reserva tion. The deficit in the school fund on Feb ruary 1, 1004. was $24,011.21; on Feb mary 1. 100.1, it was $t'.,200. We are told, however, that "it Is no more than fair to say that consideration of this item is worthless unless taken in con slderatlon with other figures." The other figures may be found in the summary of expenditures for the first seven months of 1002-3, as compared with the expenditures for the first seven months of the present fiscal year. During the first seven months of the fiscal year 1002-3. the total expenditures amounted to $2rt7,G4S.44; during the first seven months of the fiscal year 100.1-4, they aggregated $.121,056.73, an excess of $53,408.29 for the present year over last vear. For this 20 per cent increase no rational explanation can be made even by the adroit secretary or smooth super intendent of the school board. The emperor of Corea Is taking no chances. While throwing his country open to the advance of the Japanese armies he sent a message to the Rus stans Inviting them to come and drive the Japanese out Just what measure he has In store for getting rid of the Russians the dispatches do not state. The only point scored by Mr. Tearse in hit attempted explanation of school board extravagance was furnished by a typo error, which charged the board with ex pending $7,000 for globes, map and chaxta, vfecn tlu lfurca should have been $700. But that doe not ex plain away the 20 per cent Increase of expenses, aggregating efver $,"3.U00, for the first seven months of the present fiscal year, as compared with the first seven months of the preceding fiscal year, which was sufficiently extrava gant. In these fieures there Is no typo error. Taxpayers of South Omaha may be able to persuade themselves lefore long that two separate municipal machines for one community are a costly luxury. Omaha and South Omaha are practically one town with every Interest in com mon. Not a solitary sound argument can be advanced why they should have two mayors, two treasurers, two sets of tax collectors, two tax coinniisssloners, two police commissions and two school Istards, than there Is for a man and his wife to run two separate households. And the Morning After. Bill Barlow's Budget. Bliss always Iih Its alloy the bill al ways follows the cold bottle and hot bird. Frre of Orntlty. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Little Japan has to fight an influence that It hBRn't taken into account the forca of gravity. Runala is pressing toward a warmer climate by sheer weight. Exaggeration m Nat ire Art. Chicago Chronicle. The American propensity for exaggera tion has received another Illustration In the first Imprcwtons of the losses in the Baltimore tlrr. For several days the nggre giite was put at ICW.nnn.onn and the Insur ance t.ign nt nearly ll'in.nno.non. Now, how ever, the HRgregate hns dwindled to $70,000, 000 and the Insurance to 75 per cent of that amount. Still if there were another great fire today tho Kame shrinkage would occur In the first estimates. Kicking; on NhtbI Itllls. Boston Transcript. We have nlwnjs been In favor of the steady upbuilding; of our navy, but In the present Instance we feel that the leal of the naval committee hns decidedly outrun Its Judgment. Klghty millions a year Is a sufficient sum. in ordinary times, to ex pend on the navy, and If there Is any evi dence that these are extraordinary times Justifying an Increase of $15,000,000 at one leap. It Is not forthcoming. Nor does It need the gift of prophecy to see that exces slve appropriations lead to reaction in which it Is difficult to ohtnln funds for the most legitimate needs of the service. We have lived through tho era of naval starva tion once, and may again If extravagance provokes popular protest. Doped Wlnea from Abroad. Baltimore Sun. In the report of Prof. Allen of the Na tional Pure Food, association It Is stated, as the result of Investigations made in Kurope, that BO per cent of French wines and SO per cent of French champagnes are adulterations or Imitations. Many of the wines Included In the 60 per cent never saw a vineyard, the professor states, and grapes had no part In their composition. These wines are concocted of new alcohol dyes and acids injurious to the health. The result of studies made by official com missions on the continent and In England Is to secure pretty general agreement to tha effect that antiseptics cannot he safely permitted In' foodstuffs and that artificial coloring Is generally evidence of fraud. The line begins . to be drawn against so phisticated food of all kinds. COST OF COI.OSIES. What Germany Has to Show for Millions Spent. Cleveland Plain Dealer. On the map the German colonial empire Is about five times as large as Germany Itself. This enormous area of more than 1.000,000 square miles contained, at the last census, Just 5.125 Germans, Includ ing women and .children and only 7,788 white people of all nationalities combined. This handful of whites Is surrounded by a native population pf something like 14,- 000,000. Moreover, " more than a third of the adult Germans In this colonial empire are either civil or military officials or em ployes and ar paid by the Imperial gov ernment. Thus, less than two-thirds of all the Germans located there, expect to be come permanent settlers and this Is all there; Is to show, for an expenditure of $75,000,000. Nor ar the commercial situa tion and prospect more cheering. In the year 1902 the total export and Import trade credited to those colonies amounted to $16,- 037,000, of which only one-third was tran sacted with the German customs union. For the year 1904 the cost of theso colonies to the Imperial government Is estimated at $5,730,000. Thus the colonial empire not only falls to pay dividends, but costs more than It turns In. The Immediate result of tha war In the German African possessions la certain to be twofold. It will discourage immigra tion for some years to come and add large Item to the enormous expense al ready Incurred by the imperial government on account of Its expansion policy. Clearly tha Investment Is a hopelessly bad one. and It Is no wonder that Germany's eyes are turned to China as a more promising field. rKniONAI. RiOTES. Sir Henry Irving's Ire over Chicago's new and stringent rules for theaters arouses the suspicion that Blr Henry has played "Bhy- ock" too often. Miss Ida Tarbell carried off the honors as chief speaker of the evening at tho dinner of the Chicago Society of New York In honor of Lincoln. The World's fair is to have a searchlight of about &,2jO,O0O candle power. Consider ing "how far a little candle throws Its beams" this ought to be sen all over the country. Careful examination of tha dally press re sults In the following list of spellings: Che. mulpo, Chempulo, Chepmupho, Chelumpho, Chulmepo, Chumplo, Chumulpho and the end Is not yet. . 'Woody Creat," 1 the home for crippled children, maintained by Miss Helen M. Gould near her mansion at Irvlngston-on-the-Hudson, will be reopened soon greatly enlarged and Improved. It Is estimated that tha weather bureau costs the people t cents per head per annum, yet the bureau furnishes some brands of weather that would not sell at half tha sum on a bargain counter. Three or four member of the federal hous4 of representatives are fond of munching the old-fashioned stick candy so popular among small children. Con greesman Grosvenor of Ohio keeps a box of these dainties In a corner of his desk, get ting his supplies from Colonel French, tha file clerk. When Fred 8torm was chairman of the republican committee In Queens county. New York, be fussed a great deal about many things and called on Senator Piatt frequently with little disputes to aettle and a lot of other minor details. One day the senator was In his office at tt Broadway. Storm's card was brought In. "Heaven!" said Senator Flat, "thai soaa Basra i war tfcaa a feUaaaraV ROISD A BO IT J.KW YORK. RlaalM oa tho rirmt of Mfe la the Metropolis. The largest class of professional grafters In New York City are the fortune tellers. Their number Is legion. TJiough their methods and Incantations are as varied as a blooming midway, hope nnd. ambition In linked arms moves along the common groove that leads to the nimble dollar. Why should these fakirs ply their game unmo lested while your professional sport dare not shuffle the deck or back a favorite horse? The question was passed up to Police Commissioner McAdoo, and It looked good to him. A move against them Is projected. A list of the witches and oracles who are Imposing upon the public has been handed to the police commissioner and hn will assign two plain clothes men to the wo-k of driving them from their present abides. t'nder the law thry are classed as disorderly persons. It Is said there are In New York City not fewer than 300 fortune tellers who have developed sev eral degrees of imposition. When the Artor house Is finished. In a few months, It will employ 1.4f0 servant to look after Its possible 3,100 gucetti. In point of slse the new hotel Is another rival of the Waldorf. The proprietor. W. R. D. Stokes-, Is a mtiltl-mlllloruiiro and probs-bly tho only man In the) world of very great wealth who directly manages a hotel. Mr. Boldt of the Waldorf Is a rich man, but his personal fortune does not compare with that of Mr. Stokes. The amount of labor Involved In the supervision of suoh an es tablishment as the Anaonla Is simply enormous. The average tenant In the building knows little about It and the gen eral public knows a great deal lesa. Mr. Btokea Is tho most enthusiastic house keeper In New York. He audits all the bills, knows tho personnel of his working staff, keeps posted on market prices and plans all the Improvements. With the new Astor and the Imperial Annex open for business, there will bo five hotels in New York which havb a market basket quite ns big, If not bigger, than the Waldorf. The Ansonla Is already giving the Waldorf a close raco for the first place In this matter. A single detail will Indi cate the size of the orders. Seventy-five barrels of potatoes are used dally. An ordinary day's order from this hotel will Include soventy-flve short loins of beef and mutton, fifty ribs of beef and.. mutton. eighty pairs of chicken broilers, sixty pairs of chickens for roasting, largo hamper of game, according to the season; fifty turkeys and twenty ducks, twenty barrels of cab bage and cauliflower, eighty bunches of celery, twelve crates of tomatoes, six bar rels of apples, twenty-five boxes of oranges. ten boxes of grapes, seven bunches of bananas. "The enormous volume of "female help wanted' ads In New York newspapers should not be mistaken for a great and genuine demand for this kind of labor," write the correspondent of the Pittsburg Dispatch. "Of course, there ia a constant demand for women workers In legitimate linen, but it is a fact that many unscrup ulous men seek this medium for becoming acquainted with unsophisticated girls. The 'personal' columns are rightly regarded with suspicion by most young women, but they fall In readily enough when an at tractive advertisement appears In the reg ular 'want' column. The execrable crea tures who seek the acquaintance of young women for no good purpose have lately dis covered this fact. They advertise for cashiers, bookkeepers, stenographers, de partment store detectives and all manner of things, sometime adding 'no previous ex perience required.' When the Innocent vic tim replies In good faith she usually has a personal call from the advertiser, who sizes up the situation from his own standpoint. Complaints have" recently been numerous, but It Is next to Impossible for the news paper to verify the character and purposes of their advertisers. Theso human vam pires, who prey upon the needy young women out of employment, are a species by themselves." It Is estimated that there are between 15,000 and 20,000 boys who sell newspapers In the street of New York. Hundred of these have no home In the city. They have run away from parent In other cities, or their parent are dead, or frequently these boy of the street are the children of Irresponsible or criminal men and women. So the night newsboy when his work Is done goes to some lodging house on or near the Bowery not far from Newspaper Row and gets a bed for a dime or 16 cent. And he sleeps In ths lodging house "until after noon. Then he goes out into the streets again, taking a bite at one of the many cheap restaurants which newsboy fre quent; and pretty soon hi hoarse and resonant "fog-horn" voice Is telling again the startling tale of a day in the world. To the strain of music they could not hear 400 dancer belonging to the Deaf Mutes' club of Brooklyn, tripped the light fantastic In Llederkranz hall, Brooklyn, one evening last week with a much enjoy ment as their more favored brethren who depend on hearing the music of the dance rather than feel It vibration. The occasion was the second annual mas querade and ball of the club, which I made up exclusively of deaf mutes. Of course there were many present who were both able to hear and to talk audibly. Just how the unfortunate onea were able to dance was a puzzle to many, until one of the club member explained by writing that the mute could reel the vlbrvtlons of the music with the same sense of Ireennesa that a good musician could detect a wrong note In a bar of music. , The greater part of the gathering was noticeably quiet, ao far aa a demonstration goea, and whatever flirting went on It waa not audible. Aa the different dance were called off by the leader of the orchestra the floor manager would gather the mutes about him and explain In the sign lan- guarge what the dance would be, and the deaf onea would at once begin to feel for the vibrations, and these observed, the rest waa eaay. The affair was, as It was In tended It should be, a quiet, Instead of a howling, aucceaj. The Real Danger la New York. Leslie's Weekly. Danger to the success of the republican party In New York atate will not come from the nomination of Theodore Roose velt, but rather from hi defeat, at the ap proachlng national convention. If he can not carry his own state, who can? In our Judgment, no one else. It Is therefore, so far a New York Is concerned, Roosevelt or nothing! Did It ever occur to the noisy little crowd which Is spending Its time In a vain effort to create dissatisfaction with Roosevelt's administration, that If he should b de feated at Chicago the blame would belong to the tremendous corporate and financial Interests centering In Wall street? And ths people would know where to put It. The strongest friends that the president has, and tbs greatest number of them, ars to be found among ths thoughtful masses. many of them sufferers from the recent flnanrlal debauch to tbs stock market, and all of them ready to resent a Wall street assault upon ths administration of Roose elt. If ths president Is defeated at Chi cago the pcopt who do act bellsvs la Wall street, sad who beJUi tn It leas today thaa rrer before, will tarn and rend any caorfV data wham Wan stress, asstr Pi Kaka as sUatafc aWut UUk Do you know what Ayer's Sarsaparilla will do for you ? It will invigorate, refresh, strengthen. Just what you need if overworked. Sftdt by J. C. Ay.r Co . LawoU, Mui. AIM m.nuftotur.r. of ATBR'8 HATO VIGOR -Pot the hair. ATBR'S PII IS-For eeimtipatioi. ATBB'S CHBRRT PECTQRAI-Por eourbt. AVER'S AGDB CURB-For maUrla aid aru. Sarsaparilla MARCH AI,0ZO IIAV. Cincinnati Knqulrer: If there bo one trait which above all others characterized him, It was broad-minded, generous, kindly sagacity. Kansas City Times: It Is no reflection on tho memory of Mr. llaiinn, but rather a distinct tribute to his attractive Individual ity, to say that he was ablo to do, without popular censure, things which a different sort of a men would not have been permlt- el to do without strenuous protest. Pt. Louia Globe Democrat: He was personally one of the most lovable and popular of men. To the end of his days he constantly brnHdened to moet tho new duties and responsibilities as they presented themselves, Aa a statesman, a party director and a political counselor Marcus A. Hanna made a deep Impress on the history of his country during his public service. Chicago Chronicle: In him everyone will recognize a striking type of American citizenship. That Is, ho waa a man who without early advantages and solely by virtue of his own' resource achieved great business success and princely wealth; who, unspoiled by prosperity, made his rlchea tell In a vast usefulness In national affairs, and who In spite of success and prosperity retained through life a democratic simpli city of character and an unfailing sym pathy with the poor. Detroit Free Press: Mr. Hanna waa more like Zacharluh Chandler, perhaps, than like any of his other predecessors In public life. Ths two men singularly resembled each other in their blunt com mon sense, their fearlessness, their devotion to duty, their masterful grasp of detail and their broadners of vision. Their Instincts, their tastes and their method were singularly alike, and they hold even their faults In common. Both were rugged sons of the west, either by adoption or birth, who performed monumental services In great political crises, and earned alike the respect of friend and foe. Cleveland Plain Dealer: When ths life of Senator Hanna is written it will stand as an example for temperance. Integrity, honesty, industry, capability and In domitable courage. Few men have ever lived in such a large circle in social, busi ness and political life so temperato and clean as Mark Hanna. What he won wa by work. He never stooped to conquer. He was not a great student. He was In no sense a literary man, he was endowed with Indefinite hard sense. Life to him was practical, he was no Idealist. There were few more strenuous lives than that of Mark Hanna. He never knew the word fail, and difficulties were stepping stones to victory, they were the orders for mors resources, for more work, for a mora In tense battle. OPIMO9 OK STATE PRESS. Norfolk Press: The republican state con vention cannot afford to name a weak ticket. It must put Its best men forward in order to" win. Fremont Herald-Leader: Up to date we have neA-er heard of union labor killing men and women by compelling them to work In sweat shops or murdering inno cent children by working them thirteen hours a day tn coal breakers and cotton mills. That sort of thing has been left for the "trustees of providence" and ths pure and holy and "captains of industry" to do. Beatrice Express: It la strange that at this crisis the nihilists of Ruada have not been heard from. Can It be that they have too much patriotism to take advantage of their government when it is In trouble? Is It possible that these barbarians of the east have more humanity and civilization than the free silver democrats of America, who Jumped on the' administration during the progress of the Spanish-American war? Friend Telegraph: Members of congress who after their election seem to have greatly Ignored the veteran should not for moment forget that the old soldier is to day holding the balance of power In the Fourth congressional district of Nebraska; that while they do not appear to be so numerous, yet there Is hurdly a man of them who hasn't from one to a half dozen sons who are voters and who with their fathers are touching elbows as completely ss one comrade Is supporting another. Members of congrees who are and havs been Ignoring the old soldier may possibly awaken to the fact that something has dropped and dropped very hard, too. Sterling Record: Iowa legislation will be taking a step in the right direction If they consider seriously the law recently Intro duced Into the houae of representatives which has for the purpose the restriction of marriages to persons who have shown some knowledge of the theory of matri mony. In the bill a "state director of mar riage Instruction ' is provided ror, to be appointed by the State Hoard of Health for a period of five yeara 'i ne Amemjiu people cannot too soon recognize the fact that more crime, Insanity and drunken- 1 life i in your bajeburner Clean at -hard coal .fineforccokicj rTMtCcaIGol6jJ5Bni2in5i!i yer s ai .oo bottle, oia ror 00 r nesa I caused by an unfortunato herldltarj Influence than by all other cause com bined. To prevent this Influence the most effective step will be to restrict m;inlip to those who show themselves to be freo from this taint of herldlty. Kimball Observer: The Sidney Telegraph brings out Dr. Harris of that place ns nn available candidate for lieutenant governor on tho republican ticket. The doctor Is In every way qualified for tho position and would add grace and strength to tko ticket, but he has had a nlco soft berth in thn United States land office lo, these many years, and would be foolish to relinquish the Job for thn great honor of becomliiK lieutenant governor. WHITTLED TO A POINT. Brown The ltttla Japs show regular American grit. Jones I think so; say, we ought to annex Japan. Indianapolis Journal. "After all, it's a true saying that 'lie laughs best who laughs lnt. " "Not at all. The really true saying la 'he laughs best whoso laugh lasts. " Philadelphia Press. "Ton are sure then that ths plaintiff's husband Is dead?" "Of course I'm sure. I was his only phy sician." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Where's der free publlo tfbrary In dls town?" "Are you looking for knowledge?" "Naw. I'm looking fer a hobo dat stole an ovoreont In de next town yesterday. I'm a detective." Puck. "How Is your experiment of sleeping In the open air for the cure of your asthma succeeding?" "Well, It has hnd one good result. I've frozen my n'oe and a part of one ear, and they have made mo forgot my asthma." Chicago Trlbur.e. "Wetmere's mother-in-law has been at his home all winter." "How dors he like U.xt?" "He doesn't ohloct. He says she Js lust splendid at tending his furnace." Cleve land Plain Denier. First Chorus Girl Mamie Is laid up with rheumatism of the heart. Second Girl Oh, my! Ain't she worried? "Yep. She's afraid it will go to her legs." Town Topics. King Arthur had Invented the Round Table. "Yes." they cried, "but think what a boon If you had Invented enough elevate.', car seats to go around!" Hero we see why he merely lived in poetry Instead of In the hearts of Uj people. New York Sun. "Harold, you canont deny It there Is a coldnes between us." "Well, whv don't you speak to the Jani tor about It?"--Cleveland Plain Dealer. Johnson Old Simpson never talks murh. but he's a splendid friend. .Tenkvns How's that? Johnson When trouble comes hn turns right up and wants to lend you money. Indianapolis Journal. ins MONVMEXT. W. D. Neshit In Chicago Tribune. "Know ye not that a prince and a great nan has fallen this day In Israel." And there shall be the trappings of our grief; The drooping flag; the throb of muffljd drum; The t-uiogy from those who hailed him chief; Tho tribute rloh from heart now sorJry numb. And then shall come the ailenos sorrow sends The balm that blesses loving one and friend. But as today the whisper rounds the earth To carry word that ho has c!ed hi eyes. So shall the fullest measure of his worth Into a tribute splendid yet arise. Some day wh may look on the way he '""'d ... . And know of all the good he dreamed and dared. When minds are bruised with grief, we may but muae Upon tho hearty smile and cheery word And helpful work that Is ours to lose Wlmt wonder that our vision should o blurred And that we only see the fcldod hand." That turn no more llfu's hourgl.uiM w!:h Its sands? Yet he has built a noble monument Not crumbling atone nor metal doomed to rust. For memory today has deftly blent The thought and word and action win and Just. . ,. And so It stands, full fair in all It parta, A monument he built In all our hearts. SOLID GOLD GLASSES This Wetk Only $2.50 Hutesoa Optical Co. m South IStb St. FACTOR T ON THE tKMIHK8. M HUT f V