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It looks as If thore were only one
"standpatter" lu the contest for Mickey's
shoes.
China cannot be wholly Inert. No one
Insisted upon it denouncing the present
treaty with the United States.
Illinois and Ohio rcpiilillciins should
remember that this Is the year Husslu
and Japan have pre-empted the military
arena. 1
The next time Sully noes Into partner
ship with the boll weevil he should have
an understanding as to the division of
liabilities.
The scene of Colorado's war has
Shifted from Telhnide to Trinidad, but
the casualty list is still confined to the
tate treasury.
Having satisfied Itself that the ameer
ef Afghanistan Is still alive, Loudon
taay turn it attention again to the
tJama at Lhassa.
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Honduras hn found one solution to
Ihe problem of -what -to do with Its ex
presidents. Down there they are tried
by court-martial and shot.
If the warring paving contractors
would only consent Omaha might in
dulge itself something In the way of
ttreet improvements this season.
The Nebraska vice presidential candi
date has two more Instructed delegates
to the Chicago convention. That is a
start In the direction of expansion.
In the meanwhile Omaha is not suffer
ing any very excruciating agony for
ftvant of the fire engine upon whose pur
chase the mayor and council cannot
agree.
The transformation of the business
tenter of Omaha is in progress. In five
J-tiars this district will not be recog
nisable from its present-day photo
graphs. The radium treatment for cancer
teems to have gone a long way on the
Journey taken by the Krown-equard
elixir of life and various other cure-all
predecessors.
Pneumonia is said to be more deadly
than war, but this must be n mistake
fcr some society would have been formed
by this time to suppress it and give the
member a chance to wear a button.
Salonlca threatens to enter the lists
against 8t Petersburg and Tokio as the
source of war news. Some of the cor
respondents must have missed out when
transportation was distributed.
The through railroad under one man
fcfenient from Omaha to the Pacific
roast is bound to come. When it comes,
liowever, Omaha will want to insist that
.ha headquarters and seat of govern
ment be kept at this point.
After the Protestant ministers shall
have decided to perform uo marriage
:eremony for persons who are divorced
It will be in order for the justices of the
eace to get together on a special rate
ard for second and third marriages.
Politics In South Omaha are beginning
:o warm up as the municipal election
ipproacbes. The administration of
Major Koutsky has witnessed a period
f material progress In the Magic City.
His continuance in office for another
term would make sure of the contlnu-
tnca of the conditions on which proa
Krlty has been built.
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Nebraska proposes to ! promptly on
and with its exhlbiu for the St. IxuU
txposltloa irrespective of what other
states may do, or how far retarded the
feneral makeup of tbe fair, may be on
Via day set for formal . opening. Ne
braska enjoys one advantage -in having
bo itata building to complete and equip
and la cen taring n Jx e aorta a th es-
TH CANAL COMMISSION.
President Roosevelt's instructions to
the niemlerB of the Panama Canal com
mission are of a nature to impress those
gentlemen with the necessity of a strict
performance of the duties devolved upon
them. The letter Is characteristic in the
plain and straightforward manner in
which it states what is expected of the
commission In the matter of faithful de
otion to the work It has to do.- It tells
the members that if at any time the
president feels that any one of them Is
not rendering the best service which It
Is possible to procure such member will
be replaced. But they were at the same
time given the assurance that so long
as they render efficient service they will
have the president's hearty support and
backing in every way.
The commission is composed of the
most capable men among those who
were found available and it is not to be
doubted that they will perform their
duties with fidelity and efficiency. It Is
hardly necessary to say that these will
be arduous and exacting, and Inasmuch
ns the commission will be most of the
time on the Isthmus It is not unlikely
that some of the members will find the
work rather harder and more trying
than they now expect It is a highly
honorable position, however, to be con
nected with what Mr. Roosevelt de
scribes as the most important and for
midable engineering feat that has ever
been attempted, and undoubtedly no
member of the commission will with
draw from the work merely because of
Its exactions.
It is understood that the commission
will In n short time go to the Isthmus
and that there Is to be no avoidable
delay In entering upon Its work. The
problem of sanitation must first engage
its attention and In connection with this
It lias authority to secure the best med-i-'al
e.iK-rts that can be obtained. The
powrrs of the commission are compre
hensive and there appears to be no rea
son to apprehend any serious difficulties
after the plans for the carrying on of
tlu work have been settled upon. While
this Is by no means a simple task, yet It
does not seem that it ought to consume
a great deal of time. At all events It
out be confidently assumed that the
great undertaking will be pushed with
all possible energy and expedition.
D ISFHA SCI1 IS K M t N T lit MARYLAND.
Senator Gorman, who is chiefly re
sponsible for the movement in Maryland
for negro disfranchisement, is said to be
persistently urging legislation for this
purpose and according to the Baltimore
correspondent of the Philadelphia Press
the decent citizens of Maryland, demo
crats as well as republicans, are in a
state of alarm over the desperate efforts
of Gorman and his followers to re-enact
an election law that will revive the
Iniquities of the past There are three
bills before the legislature which, should
they become laws, it is declared would
bring back the days of thuggery and
murder, when hoodlums were potent fac
tors In driving respectable men from
the polls. A bill disfranchising the
negro voter has passed both houses of
the legislature and will undoubtedly be
come a law, but this seems not to satisfy
the Gorman element as sufficient to as
sure It future control of the slate.
It is noteworthy that Senator Gorman
as a possible presidential candidate Is
not so much talked of as be was a couple
of months ago. It Is evident that he has
been losing prestige. This may be chiefly
due to his mistakes as the leader of the
minority in the senate, but it is quite
possible that his course In Maryland in
regard to- negro disfranchisement also
has something to do with it That course
waa adopted by Mr. Gorman with the
manifest purpose of securing southern
support and it had its effect upon the
negro-hating people of the south, but it
injured Gorman elsewhere. The demo
crats of rennsylvnnla and New York
do not want a candidate for the presi
dency who favors disfranchising mil
lions of citizens on account of race and
color, knowing, as do democrats gen
erally In the north, that such a man can
never be elected president. Two months
ago Arthur Pue Gorman seemed the
most likely man to win the democratic
nomination. Now he may be regarded
as practically out of the list of possibili
ties. .
SCirS UNDER ANTI-TRUST LA IV
Those who urge that the Department
of Justice has not been sufficiently ac
tive in instituting suits under the anti
trust law and are prodding tbe depart
ment to multiply ' prosecutions, have
perhaps forgotten the report made last
month by the acting attorney general,
In response to a house resolution asking
for Information respecting pending suits
under the act of IKK). That report
showed that no less than twenty-three
actions had been begun, all of which
have been expedited under the author
ity given the Department of Justice by
act of the last congress.
Three of these cases those against
the Beef trust, the Nashville, Chatta
nooga & St. Iiouis Railway company
and against Balrd and others are pond
Ing In the supreme court of the United
States. Fourteen railroad injunction
cases were before the circuit courts at
Chicago aud Kansas City. The case of
the Jacksonville Wholesale Grocers' as
sociation is pending In the circuit court
for the southern district of Florida.
These and other cases mentioned in the
report certainly show that the depart
ment has not been lacking In diligence
in this direction.
As the New Vork Mail and Express
olwerves, unfortunately for those who
would plaster the dockets with all man
ner of anti trust litigation, and who
would have the proceedings as summary
as those of an Oriental despot, the at
tomey general, both as a lawyer and as
an official, is under obligation to respect
the law. "He can only proceed on evl
demv and in accordance with the man
mr laid down by tbe statutes aud tbe
rules of judicial procedure. He would
oolJC BUta lUmjfiU; ElfllcnlftHB EAfl kill
the present hope of rational trust regu
lation and control if he permitted him
self to be 'sicked on' wherever some
nonexpert and usually partisan news
paper pointed." There Is no just ground
of complaint that the department of
Justice has been derelict in duty respect
ing the enforcement of the anti-trust
law, nor is there any just reason to
doubt that Attorney General Knox, with
the full approval of the president will
continue to proceed against corporations
thst are found to be violating the law.
He will not make a sweeping and reck
less sssault upon the so-called trusts
and no one who has regard for the finan
cial and business interests and welfare
of the country will desire him to do so.
What has already been accomplished
cannot fall to exert a salutary influence.
Further action may be necessary, but It
should be taleen with proper caution and
not rashly and recklessly, without re
gard to the possible effect upon the busi
ness affairs of the country. President
Roosevelt and Mr. Knox are as ear
nestly opposed to monopolistic combina
tions as anyone. Both are unquestion
ably sincere In the declared purpose to
enforce the laws against such combina
tions. But with a proper sense of their
responsibility in respect to the vast
financial and industrial Interests of the
country they are not disposed to heed
the demand of those who would have
the government "run amuck," regardless
of consequences.
CONOHtSSMAN BURKXTTS tNDURSB-
The republicans of the First congres
sional district in their convention have
come handsomely to the front with an
endorsement of Congressmen E. J.
Burkett as evidence of complete satis
faction with his services as their rep
resentative In Washington. The en
dorsement takes ou the form of a unani
mous renomlnatlon for a fourth term
and a recital In the resolutions of the
reasons why he is entitled to popular
support. "He has been," they declare,
the friend and champion of the soldier
veterans; he has procured and extended
in every county the benefit of rural
free delivery; he has looked after the
welfare and interests of all having busi
ness interests with the government,"
and they express pride that "today he
Is recognized as among the able and
distinguished leaders In the national
congress." Mr. Burkett's re-election as
a member of the lower house from
the First district is assured in advance.
The district is overwhelmingly repub
lican and seems to have become more
strongly so every time Mr. Burkett has
run on the ticket
The congressional convention very
properly refrained from mixing into the
question of nominating a candidate for
the United States senate In the state
convention, notwithstanding the fact
that Mr. Burkett is himself the most
likely favorite for the nomination,
should it be made. How the fact that
he is already the nominee for congress
will affect a simultaneous senatorial
candidacy is not readily foreseen, but
it ought to be taken into consideration
before action is had by the state con
vention.
The Bee is still of the opinion that
the nomination of a senator in conven
tion would involve the party In an un
necessary hazard in its legislative dis
tricts. The plan to make a nomination
for senator in convention seems to have
been concocted for the particular pur
pose of blocking the aspirations of D.
E. Thompson. That purpose has already,
been accomplished, if there were any
possibility of, Mr. Thompson becoming
a candidate, by the instruction of the
legislative nominees In Lancaster county
already made for Mr. Burkett In view
of that fact republicans who have party
success thoroughly at heart, should con
sider still more seriously whether any
thing is to be gained now by pursuing
further a plan which all agree Is liable
to Jeopardize legislative control. It will
devolve upon Mr. Burkett also to de
cide whether his prospects of promotion
to the senate would be Improved or
Impaired by a state convention nomina
tion. A franchise has been granted by the
city of Lincoln for another electric sub
urban railroad to connect Omaha, Lin
coln and Beatrice, which evidently
means that the project Is taking on
more tangible form. The time is ripe
for the development of suburban electric
traffic In Nebraska, which seems behind
neighboring states to the east in this
development. If Omaha can do any
thing to push the good work along It
should take a hand at the first oppor
tunity. Even if it be a mere bluff, the course
New York is pursuing in causing the
arrest for manslaughter of owners and
constructors of collapsed buildings
through whose defects people may be
killed, should bring about a better ob
servance of the building laws. Modern
sky scraper construction requires more
thau ordinary building precautions.
The Missouri supreme court has rec
orded itself in one day to the effect that
an unverified Information Is sufficient
to give a new trial to a boodler with a
pull, but not sufficient to give a new
trial to a man sentenced to death. No
wonder Missouri's Judicial opinions are
below par.
Every public school teacher in Omaha
ought to be willing to chip Into a pot to
buy Mr. Tearse a watch, if only to mark
time for his departure. By the way,
what has become of the rule of the
school board agalust soliciting contribu
tions aud subscriptions in the public
schools?
Par Vala Patriotism.
Bt. Louis Republic.
The financial patriotism of Japan In bear
ing the war expense Itself is more fully
realised when It la known that there are
only two men in the empire paying an In
come tax on ever $125, Ouu a year. Out of
vary 1.000 peapl n4j( sovut lyj iA&ual
lAGPBfl 9t WO, ' v
ROISD ABOIT RBW TORK.
Ripples the Vmrmt I lAtm tat
the Metropolis.
Tour true New Yorker shakes bands
with himself on every suitable occasion as
a necessary Incident to his overflowing
pride In his home town. Residents of
Jersey City, Hoboken, Outtenberg and
Coney Island are content to exclaim, "Do
we progress? Lcok around you." But the
"big dub" on Manhattan Island Is not
satisfied with what the optlo may grasp.
He must exclaim In megaphone accents
that his brand of progress occupies the
band wagon and stretches from curb to
curb. Still, with all the blowing, taere
are forty miles of street car lines in the
big town on which hay burning mules are
the locomotives. The promise la made,
however, that by the end of this year
mule motors will have disappeared from
the island and the progressive spirit of
the city will be right In line with the rest
of the country,
"Great bodies move slowly." New York
Is a trifle behind the times, but it moves.
The new wind tower In Long Acre
Square (the Times building) is now half
sheathed, but even In the present state
It la furnishing a fine article of breese.
When all the brick and terra cottA Is
fitted over the tall frame there will be a
big rivalry on between the Flatlron and
Times over the question of which furnishes
the swlfeat winds. The plasa in front of
the Times building does iTot afford quite
such a sweep for the winds as that be
fore the Flatlron, but the Times makes
up the difference by being taller. If the
Times meets all expectations In this mat
ter the new Astor hotel across the way
should be a fine summer resort, as It will
have breezes even on the stillest and most
sultry days. What the new hotel will
be In the winter for the same reason Is
another question. They say an adver
tising firm wants to have the privilege of
flying kites from the roof of the Times
building, and those who have seen how
fine and clear the bunting streamers may
be read will see that such an advertise
ment would he worth paying for.
An Italian who had been In this coun
try only forty-eight hours went to Belle
vue hospital last week to visit a patient.
An obliging fellow countryman In the re
ception room Instructed the stranger in
the mysteries of the main office, and
presently he was whisked upstairs In an
elevator. When the elevator stopped the
Italian walked Into a ward and sat down.
The first nurse who spied him there
took It for granted that he was a new
patient. In less time than it takes to
tell It he had been thoroughly scrubbed
and put to bed. Then the doctor In
Charge of the ward came alonir and marin
an examination.
The unwilling patient seemed to be rest
ing comfortnblv tint .v..
. .. , uu. nuaciao ui Ally
pronounced symptoms was alarming. A
secona aoctor was sent for. The two
made a second examination, and then
called In a third. Rv that tim .k. w.
Wildered Italian had yielded to the in
evitable and was sleeping peacefully.
The third doctor prescribed an inter.
preter, and finally a guide took the smil
ing visitor to the bedside of his sick
friend.
A consulting engineer for one of the big
corporations In New York has a Japanese
servant In his home out "In New Jersey,
and he tolls a story Illustrative of the na
tive Japanese loyalty to emperor and coun
try. The servant came Into town the other
day for the first time since the war began,
and went back to Jersey flred with enthu
siasm. From his master he secured a
month's wages In advance. He added to
this Ms sltadas.savingB. and caught the
first train for the city, carrying $100 as his
contribution to the war fund, whioh h.
local Japanese residents are now raising.
The demand for Titian hair in New York
has again started the Industry 6f clipping.
Last Thursday a young girl of 16 was
knocked down In Brooklyn and her long and
beautiful braid of deep red was cut off
close to the scalp. The miscreant escaped
and the police are searching the city for
him. This is the second successful hair
clipping of the week. In both cases the
hair clipped was red. The police Incline to
the belief that some hair dresser has been
offered a large sum of money for live red
hair of a certain shade, and that some pro
fessional thug has been employed to de
liver the goods. One day last week an ad
vertisement appeared In a local paper offer
ing $100 for a braid, and It Is believed that
some rich woman will be found at the bot
tom of today's assault and probably that of
last week. It is said by experts that it Is
Important to have hair dipped off the head
of a living person. No other kind keeps Its
crlspness and brilliancy.
A young man who had compounded a
mineral paint which was guaranteed to
fireproof scenery had a rather disappoint
ing experience In Thirty-eighth street Sat
urday afternoon. He was so sure that his
paint afforded protection against flames
that he erected two skeleton structures In
the street, one marked "fireproof and the
other "non-fireproof." He Invited a number
of managers to call around to witness the
test. A lot of actors also gathered on the
sidewalk to see how the thing worked.
When a sufficiently representative crowd
had been assembled the young inventor
made a few preliminary flourishes and then
poured kerosene over both structures. Then
he lit them both. Flames sprung up and
the frames burned with equal enthusiasm
Finally, when the fires burned themselves
out. he rushed up to examine his "fireproof
scenery. Not a sign of It was visible. Both
exhibits had been burned to a powder. The
actors and managers dispersed with grins
on their faces, and one of them remarked:
"Well, that boy's pipe Is out."
When Wall street was on edge over the
reported settlement of trouble between
Gould and the Pennsylvania railroad a
New York reporter asked John W. Gates
whether he believed a settlement was likely.
"When I waa In Saratoga a couple of
years 8go," answered Mr. Gates, "I heard
of an Englishman who went driving one
day in an open carriage. It began to rain
and the Englishman feared that his swell
white clothes would be spoiled If he kept
on. So he hailed a countryman by the road,
side: 'I say, my man, can you tell me 1f
It la likely to stop raining?' The country
man reflected for a minute and then said:
Well. It always has.' That's all I have to
say."
Just at present It Is quite the thing
among faddy New York society women to
affect deafness. Over a dosen prominent
matrons are afflicted with the malady, and
as the duchess of Marlborough and several
other notables have lost their hearing
lately the earning of an ear trumpet Is
regarded as a desirable mark of distinction,
and It is the fashion to parade the ailment
whenever possible. It is extremely bad
form to exhibit any sensitiveness on the
subject.
Vollag by Revelatloa.
Washington Post.
Political managers In large cities would
be delighted to have the voters east their
ballots In response to a "revelation," as
they do In Salt Lake City, Instead of In
sisting Uv4 lKlrtl tU Wfciit SftS U
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HEADQUARTERS AT PANAMA
Oanal Oommisslon Decidei thst Msmeen
Hut Work in Oanal Zone.
PRESIDENT GIVES ADVICE TO INDIANS
Telle Deleaatloa Preseated by Con-a-rosssBaa
Bark that They Should
Work Rather Thaa Halle
Rsrlsg Horses.
WASHINGTON, March 23-Two Impor
tant points have been developed in connec
tion with the work of the Isthmian Canal
commission. One Is that the headquarters
of the commission probably will be on the
Isthmus of Panama, Instead of at Washing
ton, although an office probably will be
maintained. The other Is that part of the
time, at least, of Ave of the commissioners
will not be devoted to their private Inter
eats. Admiral Walker and General Davis
will devote their entire time to the canal
work.
Legislation now pending before congress
provides for the appointment of a gov
ernor of the American gone In Panama.
Should It be enacted Into law. It Is quite
probable that the president may desig
nate General Davis as the governor of
the canal strip.
President I-eetores lodlans.
President Roosevelt soundly lectured a
party of his callers today. They were
Ogalalla Bloux Indians, who, it Is said,
are more addicted to horse racing and
gambling than they are to the pursuit of
agriculture. The president endeavored to
Impress upon his visitors Ideas of Industry
and thrift. While the lecture was being
Interpreted the Indiana listened In solemn
silence. As they emerged from the execu
tive offices their faces bemed with smiles.
The callers, who were presented to the
president by Representative Burke of South
Dakota, included several chiefs, among
them American Horse, Toung-Man-Afraid
and Red Hawk. They Informed the presi
dent that they owned 40,000 ponies and the
same number of cattle. The president told
them they ought to dispose of at least half
of their horses and Increase thplr holdings
of cattle to 100.000. He told them that If
they would stop horse racing and gambling
and devote their energies to cattle raising
and agriculture, they soon might become
valuable citizens. The policy of tbe gov
ernment, he said, was to take care of the
older Indians, but that the younger mem
bers of all the tribes soon would have to
look out for themselves. Idleness and lazi
ness would not be tolerated.
May Extend French Treaties,
The senate committee on foreign relations
today authorized a favorable report on the
treaty between the United Slates and
France extending all existing treaties with
France to Tunis and all other French pos
sessions and protectorates.
Closes Territory Bank.
The National Bank of Holdenvllle, I. T.
has been closed by order of the comptroller
of the currency and a receiver appointed.
Democrats to Be Aggressive.
Aggressive tactics have been decided on
by the democrats of the senate to air their
demands for an Investigation by congress
of the Postoffice department. Notice to
that effect was served on the senate com
mittee on postofflces and postroads today
by the democratic members, when the com
mittee again put off the requests of Sen
ators Gorman and Clay that one of the
resolutions now pending In the committee
looking to a congressional Investigation be
reported to the senate. The plan of the
democratic senators is now to offer a reso
lution calling attention to the former reso
lutions and to the fact that they have
been permitted to sleep In the committee.
This would bring the entire question before
the senate.
Plague Bereaves Consul.
A pathetic message came today to the
State department from United States Con
sul Fee at Bombay, India, dated today and
addressed to Assistant Secretary Loomls,
as follows: "Daughter dead: plague; wife
attacked."
Mr. Fee Is a native of Ohio and was
appointed In 1899. Henry Dodge of New
York is vice consul at Bombay.
CHINA DENOUNCES THE TREATY.
United States Will Proceed to Discuss
Matter with Flowery Kingdom.
WASHINGTON, March ffl.-The State de
partment has received formal notice from
th Chinese government denouncing the
Chinese exclusion treaty, so this convention
will expire December Zt next, unless re
placed by another treaty by that date.
Under its terms six months before the ex
piration of a period of ten years from De
cember 27, 1894, if either power be dissatis
fied with the treaty It Is required to de
nounce it. This Is the action which China
has taken In spite of the strongest efforts
to the contrary on the part of the State
department. Had the notice not been
served the treaty would have continued In
force for another term of ten years from
December 27, 1904. The department pointed
out to the Pekln authorities, through Mr.
Conger, that it was very probable that so
far from bettering the conditions relating
to the admission of Chinese into the United
States, any new treaty would fail of ap
proval by the senate. The Chinese would
thus be exposed, In the absence of the shel
tering treaty, to the full rigor of the Geary
and Heinz law, and the exclusion would be
much more complete than at present.
However, the treaty having been de
nounced, there is nothing for It to do now
but to proceed with the formulation of a
new treaty, which already has been ini
tiated In a way, although with very little
hope of senatorial approval.
Keep Tariff Duty on Halt.
WASHINGTON. March 23-By a party
vote the house committee on ways and
means voted down the motions made re
spectively by Williams fMles.l end Clark
(Mo.) to favorably report bills placing
salt. coal, hides, wood pulp, agricultural
Implements and other articles on the free
list.
Nominations by President.
WASHINGTON. March 13 The president
today sent the following nomination to the
senate: United 8tates attorney. Horace
Speed, for the territory of Oklahoma. Also
promotions In the army and navy.
Print Smoot Testimony.
WASHINGTON. March 3 The testi
mony In the hearings against Senator Rped
Smoot has been printed and bound In one
volume, of more than 700 pages.
KILL AN ALLEGED PRESIDENT
A merles n Soldiers Meet Leader of
Filipino Ropnblle and
Captors His Band.
MANILA. March 23 Captain Dewitt.
with a detachment of constabulary, an1
Lieutenant Pitney, with a detachment of
scouts, have just encountered Macarlo
Sakay. the so-called president of tht
Filipino republic. Sakay, with fifteen of
his followers, were killed, and the remain
der ot ths band was captured. There
were no casualties on the part of the Amer
icans Plaa-no la ths Transvaal.
PRETORIA. March U. The plagus has
appeared hern, OaC tfaaijl fchaiaftitia 00
eurmd todn.
THERE IS UO SUBSTITUTE FOR
MRS
Absolutely Pure
IT IS A MATTER OF HEALTH
SENATORIAL SENTIMENTS.
Trenton Republican: The consensus of
opinion is against the state convention tak
ing any action regarding the United States
spnatofshlprns that Is the particular pre
rogative of the legislature.
Kimball Observer: From the state papers
we leurn that the county central committee
of Scott's Uluff county at Its recent meet
ing joined heartily tn recommending the
nomination of a United 8tates senator in
the state convention and Indorsed Con
gressman Hurkett for that position. The
dispatch failed to state which faction in
dorsed Burkett. Was it the Gcring crowd
or the Scott's Bluff fellows?
Beatrice Sun: Mr. Rosewater Is opposed
to the nomination of a United States sena
tor by the republican state convention for
the reason that such a nomination would
embitter all the opponents of the success
ful candidate and might defeat the election
of a republican legislature. Mr. Rosewater
Is right. While the election of senator by
a direct vote of the people would be a pop
ular thing, a nomination is but the expres
sion of a small faction of a party selected
without reference to the Issue.
Auburn Tost: The Tost does not believe
that it is good policy or politics for cur
state convention to name a United States
senator, as such action will not be binding
on any one. Let the republicans take care
of the next legislature and then let them
elect Mr. Burkett United States senator in
the regular way. The Post was the first
paper In the state to advocate the promo
tion of Congressman Burkett to the senate
and it still wants to see this done, but It
doesn't want the state convention to nomi
nate him.
Grand Island Independent: In some quar
ters there is a disposition to object to Con
gressman Burkett's nomination for. con
gress provided that he is selected by the
state convention as the republican candi
date for senator, subject to the result of
the election of the legislature. The recom
mendation of the congressman by the state
convention is an affair that does not. nron-
erly, concern the district so much as it does
the entire state. Nor would his renomlna
tlon for congress be a matter that ought to
concern Douglas county. Hall county or
box Butte. That Is a matter for the re
publicans of Mr. Burkett's district to settle
and if they settle It wisely they will take
no chances and retain his services if, by
chance, the next legislature should not be
republican. But unquestionably the First
district will know how to take care of It
self. Kearney Hub: All that the republicans
of the state desire, In case a republican be
elected, which Is probable, is that he be
creditable to both party and people, there
fore it should not be the part or policy of
any republican to create false issues or
draw lines of personal cleavage. There are
several possible and actual candidates and
every one of them Is entitled to a fair
chance In the matter of his senatorial as
pirations. By common consent the succes
sor of Senator Dietrich will be a South
Platte man: and while he will, of course,
be a senator of the state, the republicans
of the section south of the Platte will have
the greater Interest and the most to say In
the matter of making a choice. It may,
therefore, occur to republicans north of ths
Platte, who will be Interested in the Mil
lard succession two years later, that this Is
really not their "funeral," and that the
moat that Is required of them Is to pre
serve a healthy balance of power and let
the South Platters fight it out among them
selves. PERSONA!, NOTES.
According to one statistician, there are
65.116 Indians In the United 8tates who can
speak Enellsh.
Senator Aldtich of Rhode Island, claims
to be the ehnmpion golf player In congress.
He Is an nil-round athlete and spends most
of his leisure time nut of doors.
A coast defense gun that will fire a shot
twenty-five miles Is to be tested at Sandy
Hook. Passing vessels out of sight will
need wireless messages of warning
Mr. Carnegie says that young men who
speculate "will get Sullyed." This fable
teaches us that a man may disgrace him
self in other ways than by dying ric h.
The city fathers of Bilbao, Spain, have
passed ordinances forbidding the tinging
of bells as a practice out of plnce In a mod
em city. Reforms are sometimes started
In queer places.
Henry Perrotln, the eminent French as
tronomer and director of the Nice observa
tory, who died at Paris recently, at the
age of 68, began as a simple workman la
the employ of the Toulouse observatory.
George F. Phillips, late chief machinist
In the United States navy, and a member
of Hobson's crew that took the Merrlmao
Into Santiago harbor, is dying In Galvrston,
Tex., from Brlght's disease, contracted In
the Philippines.
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What was the matter with this man ? Ask your
doctor. He will tell you that the man's blood
was impure. Just as soon as the Sarsaparilla
purified and enriched his blood he was en
tirely cured. See that your blood is pureA
Consult your own doctor about this.
ketU. Aitrsgisl.
A BIT Or INSIDE HISTORY.
Why Mr. BlaJno Took a Hand Against
President Harrison.
Joseph M. Rogers In Booklovers' Magaslns.
The story of the Minneapolis convention
of 1K2 can best be understood by narrating
an Incident as It fell from the mouth of
General Benjamin Harrison soon after h
left the presidency. It has an Important
lMaring on the course of the convention
Itself, and Is as follows:
Early in 1R93 Mrs. Blaine was anxious
that her son-ln-law. Colonel Copplnger,
should be made a brigadier general. IM
had been a colonel only a year and there
was a long list of ellglbles ahead of him.
Mr. Blaine talked over the matter with thn
president, and the latter clearly showed
not only that it would be a wrong to ths
men ahead of him, but that practically It
would be objectionable. To this Mr. Blaine
agreed. Some days later, while busily en-
gaged, the president was asked to receti-'
Mrs. Blaine, which he did. to the excios'lon
of other visitors. The moment she entered
the storm-cloud appeared. In terms not to
be misunderstood she demanded Colonel
Copplnger's unmerited promotion. The
president explained the situation. In vain.
Neither questions of principle or policy af
fected Mrs. Blaine's position In this mat
ter. "When she swept out of the room
with an ominous swish of her skirts," said
General Harrison, "I knew there was to be
trouble."
It came soon enough. Mr. Blaine re
signed from the cabinet on the eve of the
convention, but did not get the nomination.
Neither was General Harrison re-elected.
MIRTHFUL, REMARKS,
"Any signs of spring out your way?"
"My wife has said five times that we
need a new step ladder." Indianapolis
Journal.
"What music most appeals to you?" he
asked.
"A wedding march," she replied, blush
ing. Chicago Post.
"What does Wlndem do?"
"He's a safe blower."
"Kh?"
"Always telling tall stories about him
self that nobody can show are not true."
Puck.
"Did you say that man In the kitchen
with you last night is a relative, Norah?"
"Yes, mum."
"He didn't look like a close one, Norah."
"Oh, well, mum, you should have seen
him before you opened the door!" Youkers
Statesman.
"I suppose you will be glad when con
gress adjourns."
"Yes," answered Senator Sorghum. "I'm
naturally an active man. I'll be glad when
the conventions start so that I can settle
down to real work." Washington Star.
The flowers that bloom In the spring.
tra lat V
Had better hold off for a while;
The birdies that merrily sing,
tra lal
The lcemnn, whom spring doth bring,
tra lal
The summer girl, foolish youug thing,
tra lal
Had better lie low for a while.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
t'NPl'BLISHED VERSES BV MOORE.
H. J. H. Petry of Trinity College school.
Port Hope, has sent to the Toronto Globe
a copy of some verses by Thomas Moore
hitherto unpublished.
"I found them," he says, "some little
time ago among the paper of msr. uncle,
--. ..... . . VI, VI. X C LI JT l LJUFT T
together with a memorandum to the effect f
- j ju bwpuu lur III y 1 I J j ft ,j
by Major Johnston, to whom they' had been
given by Moore. Major Johnston waa a
British officer who lived for some time In
Quebec, and who. after he left the army, ,
was appointed stipendiary magistrate In
that city. He was a nephew of Lord
Palmerston."
When Time, who steals our years away
Shull steal our pleasures, too;
The memory of the past will stay
And half our Joys renew.
T!i?n',,c,nl'y. when tnr hutys flower
Khali feel the wintrv air.
Remembrance shall recall the hour
VHien thou alone wert fair.
Then talk no more of future gloom.
Our Joys shall always last;
For hope shall brighten davs to coma.
And memory gild the past.
Com. Chloe, fill the genlsl bowl;
I drink to love and thpe!
Thou never canst decay In soul,
Thou'lt still he young to me.
And as my Hps the dear drops chase
Which on your checks they find.
So hope shall steal away the trace i
Which sorrow leaves behind. (
Then fill the howl, sway with gloom: i
Our Joys shall always IhsI;
For hone will brighten d.iys to coma, '
Whilst niPrnory gllila the past.
But mnrk. at thoupht oT future years
When love shall lose Its soul; '
Mv t'hloe drops Iter tlmbl tears.
They mlnele with mv bowl.
How like this howl of wine, my fair
Our loving llfo shall fleet,
Tho' tears niny sometimes mingle thers
The riratirht shall still l swtft.
Then fill the bowl, away wltb. glnomi
Our Joys shall always last;
For hepe will brighten davs to const.
Whilst memory gilds the past.
Sarsaparilla
" I had a breaking out on my body and I
t"fferent remedies without relief. I
theu tried Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and before
I bad taken half a bottle 1 was entirely
cured." M. A. Wall, Bentley Creek, Pa,
9. a Am Os lMrsa.
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