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' A person unfamiliar with the case,
reading the reported evidence, will have
difficulty In determining whether Smith
or Muioot Is on trlnl.
The deadlock over the Iowa federal
district Judgeship has at last been
broken. It sooms the; combination wan
Anally picked with a Reed.
With bo many "Civic Federations' on
the boards In Omaha, there is liable to
be a confusion of names and several
cases of mistaken Identity.
.; The police force is no place for either
men who indulge a - reckless brutality
or for men who lose their heads when
they need discretion and sober Judg
ment Reports from Vladivostok are to the
effect that there are no signs of spring
there. It will warm up quickly enough,
however, If the Japs once get within
gunshot
Secretary Shaw is getting ready with
the cash to pay up Uncle Sam's newly
contracted canal obligations. lie is not
figuring on any one concerned refusing
the money when it is offered to him.
The most unsightly thing about Omaha
Is Its forest of telegraph and telephone
poles. Is it not high time that these
wires should go underground, at least
On the principal business thoroughfares?
No sensation can be made out of the
discovery that the franking privilege of
members of congress is abused. The
franking privilege Is one big graft, but
there seems to be no way of heading
It off.
, It's a trifle early for prairie fires, but
the fire fiend who has been so busy in
our big cities seems disposed to play
no favorites and to grant Immunity to
the farmers as against the merchants
and manufacturers.
Wallbrldge of Missouri gets the first
delegates to the Chicago convention in
structed for vice president. The first
Nebraska delegates will be chosen March
17, when the Nebraska candidate will
Lave his first Inning.
South Omaha democrats are planning
an aggressive campaign under the lead
ership of the major donio of the county
Jail, who has proven himself Invincible
In drilling and maneuvering men behind
, the bars and Is Just as efficient in hand
ling men in front of the bars.
.As long as the United States observes
trlctly the obligations of neutrality it
tea assumed In the war between Russia
and Japan the question of popular sym
pathy among our people should not
worry the press of either of Uie bellig
erent countries. This republic is a land
4f free thought and everyone is at per
fect liberty to wish success to either
aide so long as Its expression Is fol
lowed by no overt act of assistance.
The annual fight for the Indian supply
depot at Omaha is to be fought over In
the present session of congress, but it is
a serious question whether the Indian
supply depot is worth fighting for, un
less discrimination agnlut Omaha and
in favor of Chicago and St. Louis as
Indian supply distribution centers is
stopped. Putting up a supply dejtot in
Omaha and purchasing all the supplies
away from Oiuuha does not help Omuha
ery much.
i j
Major Chittenden, the army engineer
lu charge of the Missouri river Improve-
-uieut Is to deliver iiu address in Omaha
before the Society of the Sous of the
American Revolution on "The Fur Trade
and Its Importance in the development
of the IxHiUIitnn' Purchase." That is a
Tery interesting subject, but If Major
Chittenden could be induced to deliver
another lecture on the projected iiu
proveuient of the Missouri river iu front
of Omaha a great mauy people in these
parts would be more deeply Interested.
rcAtixa for wjt.L street.
It Is quite possible that Judge Parker
of New York will be the democratic
candidate for president. Recent ex
pression of southern senators and rep
resentatives show that his nomination
would lx satixfaetory to the democracy
of that section. It being evident thai
Senator tJoriuan has lost ground there.
If the democrats' of New York should
decide to support Parker for the noMil
natlon there seemM to le no doubt that
he could command the vote of the south
ern delegations, or a large part of It.
It appears that the New Y6rk friends
of Parker are now engaged In making
n play for the supjwrt of Wo II street,
or that portion of It which lias been
understood to be opjKtsed to President
Roosevelt. The statement Is made that
Wall street has been tempted to accept
the proposed candidacy of Judge Par
ker, since it is the conviction in the
financial district that Mr. Cleveland
cannot be persuaded even tacitly to ad
mit that he might accept the nomina
tion, or else If he were so persuaded
nevertheless It would le Impossible to
nominate him, except by one division of
the party. Of course In the play thus
being made by the Parker element of
the Empire state democracy, assuming
the report to be true, the essential
thing Is to give assurance to the Wall
street element hostile to Mr. Roosevelt
that In the event of the election of Par
ker he would not undertake to enforce
the laws against the combinations or
to do anything which could In the
slightest degree Interfere with the op
erations of trusts. It Is only upon such
conditions that the anti-Roosevelt ele
ment In Wall street can be persuaded
to support Parker. What that element
wants Is a "conservative" man for
president, which simply means one that
will steer clear of the course pursued
by the present administration In prose
cuting those who are' believed to be
violating the anti-trust laws. These
Wall street financiers and promoters
desire to have at the head of the gov
ernment a man who will not call into
the courts such an organization as the
Northern Securities company, one who
will tolerate mergers and combinations
however flagrantly they disregard tho
laws nud however injurious they may
be to the public interests and welfare.
They want a man for president who
will not Insist upon publicity for the
combinations, but will leave them free
to carry on their operations without
any governmental investigation or su
pervision of their affairs.
For such a man as'a presidential can
didate there Is no doubt that this Wall
street element would be willing to con
tribute liberally to the campaign fund
and If Judge Parker can persuade this
element that he is the sort of "con
servative" they want he may be for
midable in the St. Louis convention,
for the democratic party realises that
this year it will have need for all the
money it can raise and it has never in
the past and will not now object to get
ting it from Wall street If Tarker
suits the trust magnates and merger
promoters he is very likely to get the
New York delegation to the democratic
national convention and that would go
a very long way toward winning the
nomination.
dealwq with ran be ef combiss.
Representative Martin of South Da
kota has asked the house to direct Sec
retary Cortelyou to Investigate the al
leged meatpackers' combine and its ef
fect upon prices of cattle and meat
products. It is to be hoped Mr. Mar
tin's efforts will be seconded and carried
out
Farmers and ranchmen west of the
Missouri river complain that there is
no competition In the cattle markets be
cause tho packers have combined to keep
down the price of cattle on the hoof.
On tho other hand, the consumers com
plain that In spite of the decline in
price of live stock the price of trust beef
Is about what it was three years ago.
They furthermore rolnt to the fact that
the packers are now enjoying as good
a market at home and abroad as they
ever have. Very naturally the query
presents Itself, who profited by the addi
tion of $1 per 100 pounds between
actual prices of 1901 and 1004. The
packers Insist that the shrinkage in
price of live stock has not benefited
them, and the retail butchers insist that
they are getting no share of the profits.
A congressional Inquiry may possibly
help to solve the mystery.
It Is argued in some quarters that the
proposed Investigation Is an attempt to
hit the Beef trust with a feather duster
and the question is asked why the
president does not institute criminal
proceedings against the members and
managers of the trust under the Sher
man act. The same question has been
ssked with regard to the prosecution of
the Steel trust magnates and the cap
tains of Industry who have organized
trusts to control various enterprises.
One reason, perhaps the most poten
tial, is that the power to secure con
victions under the criminal section of
the Sherman act is questionable, If not
Impossible, and failure of criminal
prosecution would seriously weaken the
position of the government In the en
forcement of anti-trust legislation.
Under the constitution, treason, namely,
levying war against the government and
aiding Its enemies, Is the highest crime
any American can be guilty of, and yet
Jefferson Iavls, the arch trultor, who
marshalled whole armies to destroy the
government, could not be prosecuted for
the high crime of treason because the
Department of Justice entertained fears
that no Jury of twelve men could be
found In Virginia to render a verdict
a gul uk t him.
Then Is. moreover, no actual proof st
hand that there Is such a thing as a Beef
trust under the dehnltlou of the Slier
until act. All we know Is that half a
dozen concerns operating packing
house plants In various cities maintain
a community of Interest understanding
by which the market is controlled. The
ownership of thee concerns Is separate
and so is the management consequently
no direct, or even Indirect profit shar
ing, such as Is presumed to be funda
mental with a trust. If it shall be
established by the proposed inquiry that
there Is a mutual compact in the nature
of a trust, it will devolve upon the gov
ernment to break tip the combine and
enforce the anti-trust law, so far as It
can be done nnder existing conditions.
HTML TfiVST COMPETITOR.
The organization in Germany of a
steel syndicate somewhat similar In
character to the United States Steel
coriKiratlon promises a most vigorous
competition with (he American trust lu
neutral markets and perhaps its prac
tical exclusion from the German mar
ket The foreign organization embraces
twenty-six establishments and is the re
sult of negotiations which have been
In progress for nearly two ytfors. The
Incentive to it was American competi
tion, which became more active after
the creation of the United States Steel
corporation and was undoubtedly crip
pling the iron and steel Industry of
Germa ny.
So far as our home market Is con
cerned the business of the American
corporation will of course not be af
fected by the merging of the German
steel companies, but undoubtedly its
tendency will be to cause more com
petition between German and American
steel in neutral markets, such as Eng
land, the Orient and Africa. It is quite
possible that the German syndicate will
slaughter prices In the neutral markets,
the understood purpose being to keep
up prices In Germany rather than in the
outside markets. However, it is to be
expected that a vigorous effort will be
made to exclude the steel products of
this country from tho German market
and In order to do this the syndicate
may lower prices there. At all events
the American corporation may look for
a sharper competition on the part of the
German manufacturers than It has yet
experienced, but there is no doubt of
Its ability to meet this, though In doing
so it may have to make concessions
that will sacrifice profits. This move
ment of German steel manufacturers is
very likely to cause the creation of sim
ilar organizations in other European
countries wherever it is practicable to
do so.
IN A BETTER FHAMS OF MIND.
The latest advices from St. Petersburg
report a better feeling toward the
United States. Almost since the begin
ning of the far eastern war the Russian
press has been manifesting more or less
bitterness toward this country, be
cause of the fact that American news
papers have expressed sympathy with
Japan and pointed out vigorously
wherein Russia's course and policy were
objectionable . to the American people.
The impression obtained at St. Peters
burg that the popular sentiment here
necessarily reflected the position of our
government and Secretary Hay, so it
appears, was especially regarded as an
uncompromising enemy of Russia. This
view of the attitude of the secretary of
state could have been due only to the
vigilance and vigor which he exercised
in safeguarding American interests in
the for east particularly in the matter
of securing the treaty with China under
which two ports are to be opened in
Manchuria to the trade' of the world.
That treaty is admittedly not in the in
terest of Russia and the way in which
its ratification was effected was some
what startling to the czar's government
The negotiation of the treaty, however,
implied no hostility to Russia. Secre
tary nay was simply conserving the
rights and Interests of the United States
and in doing so was faithfully perform
ing his duty. His later action in regard
to the neutrality and Integrity of China
was not hostile to Russia, but was
taken in the Interest of the world's
peace and has been universally com
mended as a most wise and sagacious
move. In no respect, then, has the sec
retary of state, by act or utterance,
shown any unfriendliness toward Rus
sia. Whatever his sentiments may be
he has kept them to himself and noth
ing is more certain than that he will
observe absolute impartiality between
the belligerents while the war lasts.
So far as the American press and peo
ple are concerned they have not hesi
tated to let Russia know where their
sympathies are and their reasons for
siding with Japan. Our people have no
confidence in Russian promises, which
they hare found are made only to be
broken. This opinion will net be easily
changed, but It will not exert the least
Influence upon the policy and conduct
of the government
It begins to look as if the successor
to "Our Dave" In congress were trying
to Imitate the tactics of that defunct
statesman. It will be remembered that
the item In which Omaha was supposed
to be most Interested was always left
out of tho appropriation bill so that at
the critical moment the valiant con
gressman from this district might pro
ject himself Into the breach in the most
spectacular manner and have it restored
out of purely personal regard for hint
by his associates. The wires to Omaha
would then become hot forthwith bear
ing messages announcing the hard
fought victory und Inviting bouquets
for the courageous champion of the flag
and an appropriation. It's a great
game.
Building Inspector Withuell has been
given permission by the court to amend
his petition asking that the council com
mittee charged with the conduct of the
investigation into the methods pursued
by the majority of the Board of Public
Works in preparing paving specifica
tions le restrained from compelling him
to answer questions within closed doors.
The best thing Mr. Withuell can do to
clear himself of all Mispidou of manipu
lation is to withdraw his petition and
tell all be knows about the matter with-
Jout padlocks or restraining orders, and
the first thing he should explain con
fidentially Is who Is paying the lawyers
that are fighting In his name against
the Inquiry within closed doors.
It is a pity the democratic national
convention did not go to Chicago instead
of St. Louis. A scene of the political
farce comedy In progress for the mas
tery of the party machinery of the
Cook county democracy, for which op
posing factions are contending, with
the aid of court writs, would be more
of a spectacle for the entertainment of
the delegates than all the sideshows of
the Louisiana Purchase exposition mid
way. Taxpayers of Lincoln who are com
plaining of a top-heavy public school
system, imposing excessive tax burdens,
should look into the school system at
Omaha. They cannot know what a
top-heavy school organization is until
they study an exhibit of the finances
of the school district of this city.
One span of the Elkhorn bridge, con
structed only a year ago near Valley, has
been carried away and Douglas couuty
taxpayers will have to foot the bill for
reconstruction. Had the bridge been of
stone arch construction it would not
have been carried away by the wind or
lifted by the ice.
BUI of the Manila. Breakfast.
Indianapolis Journal.
Admiral Dewey and his brave comrades
get 1830.000 for their part In the May Cay
festivities at Manila bay six years ago.
And who denies that It was worth every
cent of It?
Chronic Kickers.
Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Because the White House needs a new
stable the president Is accused of ex
travagance. But the plnheads have got to
find some fault with Mm. Perhaps his
clothes don't fit.
No S-qntntlnar Westward.
Philadelphia Record.
Former President Cleveland says that In
choosing a democratic candidate for the
presidency the place where he lives should
not be taken Into consideration. Tet a pru
dent party would hardly go a third time to
Nebraska for a candidate who has been
twice defeated.
Sticking; to Old Methods.
Indianapolis News.
Notwithstanding the fact that the house
of representatives has authorized the print
ing of 10,500 copies of "A Few Directions
for Destroying Mosquitoes," most of us
will no doubt persistently stick to the
slap - and - miss - and - swear-and-try-agalo
method when the time comes.
Too Blar a Job for Congress.
Philadelphia Press.
The effort to Involve' the government In
the work of constructing good roads In
the various states does not promise suc
cess. The bill on the subject sent to a
house committee has no apparent pros
pect of favorable consideration. It Is not
a subject for congress, but for the state
legislatures.
Good Riddance!
Philadelphia Record (dem.).
Brother Bryan is beginning to show that
he is not 'altogether wanting in the pres
cience of a political wetUher prophet. He
predicts a political earthquake In case of
the nomination of Cleveland for presi
dent. Yet, after alt V' Would not require
much of an upheaval to destroy what
remains of Bryanlsm and populism In the
democratic party.
A Pathetlo Figure.
Indianapolis Journal.
It Is reported that former President Kru
ger of the Boer Republic is slowly dying,
mind and body, an' exile at Mentone
Prance. The loss of bis country, his wife
and his son have proved too much even for
his sturdy constitution, and it Is when men
come to such a pass as this that they are
said to be dying of broken hearts. Poor old
"Oom Paul" is one of the most pathetlo
figures of present-day history.
Athletics la the Army.
Lieutenant General Chaffee In Outing.
A soldier should be physically prepared
as well as mentally educated to perform
his duties. A regular course of physical
culture, now recognised as highly benefi
cial to men In any walk of life, Is of still
greater Importance to the soldier on whose
physical constitution depends the success
of a campaign. Military training Is wasted
If it cannot be present at the light; a good
sound physique will talte It there: to ac
quire this necessitates a well-arranged
course of call sthenic and athletic Instruc
tion, Intelligently applied. Athletics should
be a feature of the military training of a
soldier, and persuasive policies to Induce
him to participate In athletics has no place
In the relations of officers and men, and
should give way to orders prescribing
proper instruction. Athletics will make the
servloe more attractive to the men, will In
crease the number of re-enllstmenta and
will make the army more efficient.
EFFECTIVE CENSORSHIP.
Japan's Control of War News One of
the Wonders of the Day.
v Chicago Record-Herald.
The success with which Japan has pre
vented news of Its military and naval
movements from reaching the outside
world, and even In great part from reach
ing Its own citizens, may truly be called
one of the wonders of the war. The cen
sorship has been beyond doubt, as Baron
Hayashl states, thoroughly Justified by
the exigencies of the war. Other nations,
under similar circumstances, attempt the
same thing, but It Is doubtful whether any
other nation In modern warfare has suo
ceded a tithe as well. It Is true that the
whereabouts of some of Napoleon s armies
were often unknown for weeks at a time.
But that was due to the lack of communi
cations. Napoleon himself was as ignorant
at such times as the rest of the world.
Japan Is, of course, exceptionally fa
vored In being an Island empire. She can
control every cable perfectly, and she can
control messages from Corea fully as' well,
since ths only land wire from that pe
ninsula Is the interrupted one running Into
the Russian lines. But with passenger
boats running to Chinese ports this gives
Jupan only a couple of days of leeway at
the most.
The real foundation of Japan's success
ful secrecy must be looked for In the great
self-restraint of the people themselves.
The whole nation, from the mikado down
to his humblest subject. Is centered uron
the one task of winning the victory over
Russia. Each man Is doing his duty, If It
be only to keep his silence. The nation la
satisfied to live In temporary ignorance of
the progress of the war, If that Ignorance
helps the cause.
When the preliminary movements of
ships and troops cease and when the armies
n face to fuce', the censorship will be In
part at least relaxed. Not only tbs small
army of newspaper correspondents In the
east, but newspaper readers all over the
world, are hoping that that time may soon
coma,
OTHER LAKDS THAS Ol RS.
What are the BalkansT They are prob
ably the most varied conglomeration of
warring and Jangling races, creeds and
tongues to be found In ths ssme area of
territory on earth. They consist, brondly
of the kingdoms and principalities more
or less Independent of Roumanla, Bui
garla, Servla and Montenegro, and of the
provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina, be
longing to Austria, and of Macedonia and
Albania, belonging to Turkey. Their In
habitants consist of Bulgars, Jews, Blavs,
Turks, Greeks, Gypsies, Serbs and what
not, most of whom "would rather fight
than eat" These different races are scat
tered pretty much all over the Balkans.
The people of the Balkans, however, are
not wholly to blame for their fighting pro
pensities. They have felt the cruel effects
of the abominable rule of Turkey and they
have been taught by stern experience that
their chief means of relief Is a vigorous
assertion of their rights by force of arms,
Such of them as have measurably escaped
from Turkish rule are in open sympathy
with ruch as have not, and are ready to go
to their aid.
Macedonia and Albania, which are largely
populated by Bulgars, are the scene of the
present threatened uprising, snd the indl
cations are that Bulgaria Is merely waiting
for the signal to spring to their assistance,
see
One of the most influential promoters of
the complications between Great Britain
and Tibet, which have led to Colonel
Tounghusband's expedition, has been the
Chinese viceroy of Sse-chwan, The long
and difficult trade ronte from Lhassa to ths
east through China lay through his prov
ince, and the tolls he exacted from the
Tibetan caravans gave him a large annual
revenue. As the viceroy of the province
to which Tibet was directly, If only nom
inally, a vassal, he exercised great influ
ence at Lhsssa, and did his best to prevent
the establishment of trade relations be
tween the Tibetans and the British. He
Is said to have been chiefly responsible for
the treaty which was signed by the gov
ernments of the czar and the lama about
eighteen months ago, and which provided
for the protection of Tibet and religious
tolerance, but left little room for Tibetan
autonomy. Tho existence of this treaty
was formally denied by the Russians, but
the original document fell Into the hands
of the Indian authorities some time ago.
A French engineer, who recently arrived
at Kleff from Vladivostok says that the
pressure of traffic upon the Siberian rall
roud threatens to result in an Inextrica
ble blockade. He says that between each
of the ordinary mall and passenger trains
dispatched eastwards from Tchellablnsk,
there are seven or eight departures of
troop trains. The soldiers are herded to
the number of forty In each fourth-class
car, and suffer great hardship through
the lack of adequate messing arrangements.
Owing to this general congestion of trafflo
along the permanent way, and the in
creasing blockade of the sidetrack accom
modation at the intermediate stations, the
troop trains occupy from twenty-one to
twenty-six days in reaching their various
destinations, and the troops are In no con
dition to make long marches to reach their
different point of concentration. The same
authority, speaking from his professional
knowledge, says that the single track
Siberian line Is In many places beginning
to show the wearing effeots of the heavy
trafflo, and more especially of the heavily
laden commissariat and munltlonary
trains drawn by two or three locomotives.
Over some sections trains must be slowed
down to six or eight miles an hour. The
breakdown gangs are Insufficient, and re
pairing operations are rendered extremely
difficult by the constan transit of the mil
itary trains. The peril of a dead block
with all its significant to the Russian
forces at the front Is constant.,
The Ethiopians are a people ox long and
distinguished descent. Their emperor,
Menellk, claims lineal descent from an
earlier Menellk, who was the son of Sol
omon, and Makeda, or Balkls, queen of
Sheba. If so, there is no other royal
dynasty In the world so old or so Illustri
ous In origin. Whether or not that claim
Is well founded, we know that Ethiopia
was a great empire long before the Chris
tian era, and that In the early centuries
of that era Its capital, Axum, was a large
and splendid city. It held ,sway over
Yemen and Sheba, and thus commanded
both shores of the Red sea, and was the
one great bulwark of Christianity against
Mahometanlsm In that quarter of the
globe. Against It the whole power of
the Mahometan world was directed, and
Its Isolation prevented It from getting aid
from Europe, so that It had to maintain
the struggle alone". The odds against It
were too much, and the splendor of Axum
was destroyed. But a considerable part
of the empire never was conquered by
Islam, but has remained Christian and
Independent to this day, triumphant alike
over Caliph of old and Mahdl of later
days.
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The announced determination of Sir Wil
liam Vernon Harcourt to retire from
Parliament at the end of this session marks
the formal end of a long career that al
ready has been completed. Sir William has
been In Parliament sine 1866, though with
some Interruptions, and for a considerable
period was among the most Influential of
liberal leaders. Since the' breaoh In the
ranks he has remained an Individual figure
with no large following, and his unsuccess
ful attempt to rally his party on a religious
Issue of "anti-ritualism" proved him a lolI
tlclan of so antiquated a type that little at.
tentlon has been paid to him since. If the
liberal party expects to recover power It
must have the Inspiration of new men, and
to this end It Is desirable that the old
timers shall pass into retirement. Some
thing to the same effect might be said con
cerning the opposition party In the United
States.
Bouth African gold fields have nearly re
covered from the Boer war. The maximum
productions of the Wltwatersrand were
IT5.00D.0tX) In round figures In each of the
years 1898 and 1890. In October of the lat
ter year the war broke out, and but for
that the production of the year would have
run well over that of 1898. In 1900 and 1901,
of course; the production was very small,
but in 1902 It ran up to i3J.000.000 and In
1903 to 100.000,000, or four-fifths of the
amount before the war. There was a gen
eral Increase (n the gold output last year
month by month, but In ths last five
months the variations were slight. Ths
Rhodesian output, which exceeded $4,000,000
last year, is also a marked Increase over
previous years.
Paaleky Feellna; la Men.
New York Sun.
When the Iroquois theater was burned
with a loss of tOO lives. It was explained
that most of the deaths were dus to the
senseless panic that seized the women snd
children in the audience, causing them to
lose their heads and crush ons another at
the exits and on ths stairways. There were
no children at the Strollers' club on Satur
day evening, and the women present seemed
to keep their heads at least as well as the
audience of men, but there was a panic
all the same. One man Is credited with
having stopped the Jam Just In time to pre
vent a disaster, but the Incident proved
that an sudlence of grown men can by no
means bs depended upon to keep cool In
time of danger, any more than can an
audience of women and children.
THERE IS HO SUBSTITUTE FUR
mm.
Absolute! Puro
IT IS A MATTER OF HEALTH
POLITICAL. DRIFT.
Henry Wattersnn has backed out of the
Kentucky political fight, and declares that
there is no going against the Hearst bar
rel. Jeff Davis of Arkansas thinks the demo
cratic nomination for vice president is Just
his size. There's nothing the matter with
Jeff's nerve.
Bourke Cockran declares that thn demo
crats can win with Cleveland as their can
didate. It would be unkind to print what
he said about Mr. Cleveland on another
occasion.
Although it was stated at the time that
Mr. Bryan did not talk politics during his
call upon Mayor McClellan, later reports
show that the New York official Inquired
as to the time when navigation opens on
Salt Creek.
One candidate for state office in Texas
has taken a solemn pledge that he will not,
If elected, appoint any of his kinsfolk to
office, nor levy contributions from hi clerks
In order to defray the expenses of his sec
ond campaign.
Congressman Klutts of North Carolina,
who refuses to stand for an assured re
election, comes from the same district In
which, hi 1815, a United States senator-elect
refused to serve because he "did not pro
pose to ride to Washington In the mud."
The first convention held In the country
to choose delegates to the national demo
cratic convention was held at Warren, O.,
and resulted in a victory for the adherents
of William R. Hearst. His opponents were
thrown bodily 'out of the hall and chose
a contesting delegation.
Some presumptuous people got together
In a suburb of St. Louis for the purpose of
booming Joe Folk for governor of Missouri.
A bunch of Jim Butler's Indiana jumped
in at a critical stage of the proceedings,
punched the beads of the leaders and
chased the reformers out of town. Reform
In Missouri is a thing of few days and
much trouble.
Campaign buttons were never before so
widely used In the canvass of "Joe" Folk
for governor of Missouri. At the St. Louis
Folk headquarters alone the first order
filled was for 200,000, and nearly 2,000,0 0
have been distributed throughout the state.
The official button for the general public
to wear Is a plain enameled disk, an Inch
In diameter, bearing an excellent likeness
of the candidate and the inscription, "Folk
and Good Government." A finer button for
officers and members of campaign clubs Is
seven-eighths of an inch in diameter, with
the name of the club thereon.
ETHICS OF THE PASS.
A RaJIroao Oovrtesy with a Strona
Strlnar to It.
Chicago Chronicle.
Now that it has been held In the court
of last resort that a person who accepts
and uses a railroad pass Is bound by the
contract which he thereby makes with the
company to hold it blameless In case of ac
cident the question arises: Will there be
any decrease In ths demand for thee evi
dences of railroad favor T
Probably not. Serious railway disas
ters are not so numerous and the man
whose hat is chalked has at least as good
a chan oe of escaping Injury as the one
who pays full fare and all the extras. Be
sides, there are accident Insurance com
panies which take the risks of travel for
comparatively small sums and In case of
disaster settle without litigation.
It Is a curious fact In conection with
the law of the roil that It has taken more
than fifty years to determine this ques
tion. While there has been no settled
practice In tho matter, the opinion seems
generally to have prevailed that In spite
of tho stipulation usually printed upon a
pass that Its uss relieved tho railroad of
responsibility In esse of accident 'an action
could bo maintained against ths company.
Many such suits have been settled out
of court and the lower courts In numerous
Instances have held such contracts void as
against public policy. Ths present de
cision will govern hereafter.
Wholly aside from the legal questions
Involved it might be asked why such a
We have recently purchased a large stock of Oriental Rugs at very
low prices. By taking entire lot from Importer we were enabled to buy
tham at much below their regular value. This meant double our usual
purchase too many to carry. We shall sell them very low.
Fine Khlvas In carpet sizes, $93, $45 and $75, which la about I'M less than
regular value. Belouchlstana,13. 115 and 118, that would usually have te
sell for HO more apiece.
We also.havs about twenty very fine large sized Indian rugs that ws
have reduced very much in price. These goods are too tine and too ex
pensive for our regular trade. Prices reduced on an average of 23 per
cent.
W'e would be pleased to have you call and Inspect this Una, now whlls
the assortment is large.
jyyyuLS & 1 L 11 E L M
CARPET CO.
contract should be forced upon the reel pi
ent of a pass by a railroad company. Com)
paratlvoly tew pcoplo ride on passes at
a matter of charity. These favors are cx
tended In most cases, we suppose, in con
sideration of services received or expected
A courtesy with a string tied to it Is not
much of a courtesy. The great majority
of people who receive passew render Bom
valuable equivalent for them, no doubt.
Among such may bo mentioned extenrlve
shippers of freight and tho whole body of
officialdom.
Kullroud companies which solicit business
by distributing passes and which seek leg
islative or other official favor or Immunity
by putting passes where they will do the
most good would be highly Indignant if
tho returns made for such courtesies were
found to be equivalent in any degree. Why,
then, should the pass when not plainly
extended as a matter of charity be any
less valuable thnn a first class ticket?
LAIUHIXG MSKS.
Magistrate (sternly) Didn't I tell you the
last time you were here I never wanted you
to come before me again?
PrlHoner-Yes, sir; but I couldn't moke
the policeman believe it. New Yorker.
Jean Valjean had stolen the candlesticks.
"I couldn't help It," he faltered, "the ens
Is so bad In my house I had to have some
thing to see with."
Thus we can easily understand whv the
bishops so readily forgave him. New 'York
Sun.
"That cat you Insisted upon having
around the house," unid Mr. Cooley, "Is
around your canary bird now."
"What!" cried his wife. "O! drive her
away I"
"Too late. I say she's already around
your canary bird.' Philadelphia Press.
"What was It your husband wanted to
sen me about?" inquired Mrs. Newllwed's
papa.
"I think he wanted to borrow a couple of
hundredednllars from you," she said. ''He'i
so anxious to get out of debt." Philadel
phia Ledger.
"Your grandfather Is nearly a hundred
years old. How has he managed to live so
long?"
"Pure contrariness."
"Contrariness? How's that?"
"You know there are rules prescribed for
people who want to lve to be old. Well,
be never follows any 'of themi" Chicago
Tribune. i
Hungry Hawkins Do yer mean ter say
yer got a square meal out o' dat sour
woman?
Diplomatic Mike Sure!
Hungry Hawkins Well, yer a wonderl
How'd yer do It?
Diplomatic Mike When she opened de
door I sez: "Is yer mother at home.
Miss?" Philadelphia Press.
IF BILL, WAS THERE!
W. D. Neeblt In Chicago Tribune.
If Bill was there
There where the Jap and Iiu as
Are raisin' such a fuss
The cables would be slailn hot
A-tellln' of the fights they fought.
For BUI he's got the whole thing planned;
How each one ought to make a stand.
And Just how either could begin
And, with no trick at all, could win.
There would be trouble In the air
If BUI was there.
If Bill was There
He'd take his submarines
And rapid Are machines
And tow 'em slowly, after dark,
Right up to where he's put a mark,'
Near that there town It's name, b'geel
Runs out some fifteen miles to sea
And then you bet there'd something droo.
He'd fight below 'em and on top,
And someone sure would get a soar
If BUI was there.
If BUI was there
He's stuck a dozen pins
To mark the outs and Ins
Of how he'd mHrch a million men
Across the land and back again
And put the foemen in the dltcli
Whose men? What side? He don't car
which!
He says sometimes he fairly aches
To see how both sides make mistakes.
There would be nnhtln' everywhere
If BUI was there.
If Bill was there
Put he's at Miller's store
Him and a dozen more
Of our town's keenest strategists,
With stubby pencils In their tints.
Cnnc.ortln' battles and campaigns
That take In all the seas and plains.
If either one the Russ or Jap
Is lonkln' for a likely chap
To run the war with tact and skill.
They'll send for BUI.