TITE OMAITA DAILY IiEE: MONDAY, AriilL 4. 1004.
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(Heal) M. B. Hl-'NOATE;
' Notary Public.
Another evidence of Amorlcnn In
fluence. . The railroad employes at
Panama bare jrone on a strike.
The Saturday half holiday has reap
peared in the jobbing district for the
cummer son son. It's a good thing.
Just where p in aim is' located on the
revised Union raelflc map is a mystery
which only Geographer Ilnrrlman can
olve.
Joseph Cuaniberlulu may be in a bad
Itate of physical health, but that will
Dot make tho ministry which he left
any less decrepit.
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Colonel Bryan will carry up his Ben
nett will caso to the supreme court.
Having gone through with the mess this
far he may as well finish it.
House rents are soaring upward, but
It is to be hoped that they will not soar
o blgh as to bar people who are earning
moderate wages from living in Omaha.
HI nee Kouropatkin has saUl be wants
the Japanese army to move on Harbin
It I probable that the scouts of tho
mikado are surveying the road to Vladi
vostok. The London correspondent who said
that no one but the king can wear the
wtylo of bat made especially for him
does not appreciate the resourcesof the
American anglomanlac.
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, The appeal of the rural free delivery
carriers for living wages is now up to
the senate. It 'is to be hoped the sena
tors will look upon the carriers case
With more favor than did the house.
The construction and maintenance of
Streets are much moro difficult problems
than the selection of materials," sayg
the Bt Louis Republic. This may be
true in St. Louis, but not In Omaha.
At the last report the cotton spinners
of England, who have lot over $0,000,
000 in wages because of short hours in
the mills, have not tendered a vote of
thanks cither to Sully or the boll-weevil.
Three months ago the city of Omaha
issued of refunding bonds. Why
Should not the county do the same thing.
If by so doing it can reduce the Interest
on Its debt from 7 per cent to 3 ior
centt
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It is emphatically denied that Ed
Johnxtou Is to. be, the private secretary
of Tom Hot-tor, If Hoctor is elected
mayor of South Omaha. Mr. Johnston
must be slated for the position of acting
mayor. ;
Tho Commercial club is about to
tender a -hamjuet to the new commander
of the department of the Missouri, at
which every speaker on the toast list,
with the txceptlon of the guest of honor.
U a lawyer.
The opposition to the county funding
bond lssu seems to have developed into
an arraignment of the Board of County
Commissioners. It should be reuiem
bcred that the tMiard has been a dem
ocratlc bourd for the last eight years.
A loujr pull, a strong pull and a pull
ail togtiier on the Auditorium tow line
will bring' the subscriptions up to the
$20,000 mark within the next ten days
and Insure the completion of that struc
ture sufficient for occupancy before the
lit of Jury.
Considering tlut it bus bud nothing in
the shape of a- senatorial election to
distract its attention, the Iowa legis
lature (a hanging on longer than was
to have be?u expected, A legislative
body never baa a ivy trouble finding an
excuse to continue in active bualneas.
JThit is wby so many states limit the
length of their legislative sessions by
Constitutional provision cutting off the
lawmakers' per dleu after a specified
dumber of days '
mat balk kablt amovhsukst.
It Is the desire of the republicans In
congress to have an early adjournment
and those of the house have been work
ing diligently with this In view. There
seems to be no good reason why con
gress should not adjourn by the middle
of May, completing within the next
six weeks all the Important business
that Is before It. The ' appropriation
bills are well advanced and ought
easily to bo tllsposetl of within the next
three or four weeks. With these out
of the way the chief duty of the na
tional legislature will be performed and
Its continuance In session would te a
source of uneasiness to the country and
so far as can be seen would accomplish
no good purpose.
It is manifestly the purpose of the
democrats,' however, to balk, if possible,
an early adjournment. Their planning
to do this is obvious. Mr. Gorman, as
the leader of the senate democrats, has
urged that an early adjournment would
not be In the public interest, but he
quite failed to show why. Mr, Williams
of Mississippi, the minority leader in
the house. Is also endeavoring to put
obstacles in the way of an early ad
journment.. It . is thus apparent that
there is a perfect understanding in re
gard to this between the democrats of
the two houses and it is to be expected
that they will resort to every available
device for the purpose of defeating the
desire of the repuljllcas to end the
session early next month.
As was pointed out by Senator Lodge
the democrats found fault with the as
sembling of congress in extra session,
alleging that it was unnecessary. Now
they oppose an early adjournment on
the plea that it would be against the
public Interests, though they' offer no
reason fpr such an assumption. "The
truth Is,", said Mr. Lodge, "the demo
cratic attitude of dislike to the meeting
of congress, followed now by an equal
dislike of the adjournment of congress,
results- from unhappy restlessness like
that of a fever-stricken patient tossing
and tuir.Ing in the vain hope of finding
a more comfortable place. I 'suppose
that the idea Is that we ought to re
main here in order to give onr friends
on the other side further opportunity
io seek an Issue." The hope of making
campaign capital is what prompts the
democrats to oppose an early adjourn
ment and not concern for the Interests
of the public. Gorman and Williams,
wjth those they represent, are not
troubling themselves a little bit about
the public Interests. Their only con
cern Is about the party, whose pros
pects they doubtless renllr.e are as un
promising as they possibly could be.
ALIO KXCLVSlOn IS KltOLAND.
It appears that England has become I
seriously alarmed over the effect of
alien Immigration, as shown by the in
troduction of a bill in Tarllanient pro
viding for the subjection to state con
trol of certain undesirable classes whlca
have had unrestricted access to' the
United Kingdom. In presenting the bljl
the home secretary spoke of the steady
Increase of crime in he country, which
be attributed to the fact, that the Brit
ish isles have become the dumping
ground for that class of aliens which
are excluded from this country. The
secretary made. the statement that since
paupers and criminals have been ex
cluded from the United States they
have flocked to Eugland from all parts
of the continent, filling the shuns of
I-ondou with this element and thus in
creasing the distress of the poorer
classes and endangering the security of
society in general.
It has been the policy of England to
give asylum to the oppressed of all na
tions, drawing the line neither as to
color or condition." This generosity has
been taken advantage of by the crimi
nals and paupers of the continent, all
Europe encouraging the emigration
thither of these classes. This has finally
become intolerable and the example of
the United States in regard to unde
sirable Immigrants is to be followed.
The influx of foreigners into a country
the population of which is more than
345 to the square mile, which is the
condition of the United Kingdom, is a
much more serious matter than in the
case of the United States, which baa
only 2tf.!W persons to the square mile.
A comparison of the immigration sta
tistics of the two countries is a striking
one. In 1002 00,471 forelen immigrants
landed at the ports of the United King
dom, or only about one-tenth of tho
total for the same year in the United
States, and about one-thirteenth of the
arrivals In this country in 1903. In the
case of the United States, however,
nearly all the Immfgrants were people
to whom no reasonable objection could
be made, while a very large proportion
of those who entered the United King
dom were of undesirable classes, such
as are excluded by our laws. England
will continue to be nn asylum for the
oppressed, but they must be people who
are worthy to be received there and pro
tected.
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JUSTICE TO POSTAL MMPLUTES.
There Is one class of postal employes
with whom the government baa cer
tainly not dealt generously. These are
the men in the railway luuii service
who do more arduous work than any
other class of postal employee, besides
the peril which their service Involves.
In a recent speech lu the bouse Repre
sentative Emerlch of Illinois made an
earnest plea in behalf of those em
ployed in the railway mall service,
pointing out the exacting nature of their
duties, the physlcul strain of their work
and the du'nger attending their employ
ment He said tho railway postal clerk
leads the life of a nomad. "HI waking
and sleeping hours are spent in the un
comfortable and nerve racking environ
ment of the United States mall coach
and bis waking far exceed la number
bis sleeping hours. His duties demand
bis entire attention. Tbe minuteness of
detail that be must attend .to is tremen
dous. He must be a man of good edu
catlnv ulck, alert and indefatigable.
He must si and a frightful strain, which
inevitably nndcnnlnes his constitution.
His responsibilities nre enormous. His
lnlmr highly essential. He Is in con
stant danger of his life."
The description Is not in the least
overdrawn. Only those who know ;
something of the arduous nature, the
Incessant strain and the great responsi
bility of this service can appreciate how
hard and exacting It is, though every
one can understand the danger incident
to it. The men in the railway mail
service should be better comiensated
than they are and it would not Inrnmlss
to make some provision for those who
are disabled In the performance of duty.
thk latest n ickidkst citi:
Traveling evangelists and sensational
preachers have frequently advertised
Omaha as the wickedest city in Amer
ica, if not in all this wide, wide world,
but in tills year of our Lord 1904,
Omaha has lost its prestige as the wick
edest city and St. Louis will hold the
champion belt against all comers for at
least nine months.
An appeal has Just been Issued by the
St. Louis Ministerial association to the
Christian people of Missouri to rally in
defense of the exposition city, whose
sore plight is vigorously described in
letters that sizzle and burn deep into
the flesh. A few extracts from the St.
Louis exhortation will convince; the
good people of these parts, who have
felt keenly grieved over the disrepute
in which O inn ha has fallen as tbe al
leged wickedest city, that there are
others:
New Tork. Philadelphia, Chicago, Pitts
burg have their plug-uglies and repeaters,
but not organised Into a provost marshal
ship of anarchy that turns ballot boxes'and
city treasuries over to their rule and com
mands their assault upon honest citizenship
that will not brook their reign of political
terror.' It Is no exaggeration to say that
elections tn 'St. Louis do not Indicate the
will of the people. The citizen is either
frightened from the polls or goes to them
with the certainty that his vote will not
count against the purpose of the terror
reign to keep Itself In power and to use Its
power for the robbery of the city's wealth.
No side of our city government Is better
supported than that of our police depart
ment. ' The citizens, therefore, are entitled
to protection. The Institutions that are
neglected are the city's Institutions of char
ity, which resemble hovels mora than
homes. Cramped and makeshift hospitals,
insane asylums that are themselves half
Insane for want of proper room and serv
ice, almshouses that mingle the poor with
the mad, aa if to make the poor mad and
the mad madder with neglect attest the
extent of the robbery that - rewards the
chartered boodler and thug.
The excise commlsaloner has almost un
limited power In the withholding or Issuing
of license. There are now over 2,600 saloons
In our city. No nook of social life Is safe
from their peril. They laugh at all laws
enacted for their restraint. They not only
entrap the youth who enter them, but lure
reluctant entrance with song and dance.
Girls no less than boys are their victims,
and when passion is hot and reason reck
less with wine, there are In many of them
secret rooms ready for the consummation
of the ruin the wlnecup begins. Their vic
tim count by the thousand every year.
Every saloon In the city must do partisan
work In exchange for the privilege of cor
ruption it enjoys. The saloon keeper as a
rule, must himself be a party boss of some
degree and get about him a gang of bum
mers for election uses.
With 2,000 ward and precinct bosses, ready
to do the bidding, however criminal, of
those above them, you can see what an ar
ray of brute-might threatens the order and
liberty of the city. Brute-might without
curb of fear! Brute-might assured of Im
munity!
With this startling indictment Omaha
gracefully yields th palm to the very
latest "wickedest city of America, for
Omaha conuot hold a candle to St.
Louis, not even a tallow dtp.
The introduction by Congressman
Williams of Mississippi of a blll'llmltlng
the tariff duties on any article not to
exceed 500 per cent ad valorem Is
doubtless designed solely for political
effect If the author were in earnest
the bill would specify tbe particular
duties to which objection is had and fix
the amount of duty each Is to pay. The
chances are that if the present tariff
figures out more than 500 per cent on
any dutiable article it is a rarity and
of no special importance. It sounds big,
however, to intimate that some imported
goods are subject to taxation at more
than 500 per cent
Chicago merchants are very indignant
over the decision of the Department of
the Interior to require all bids for hard
ware, boots, shoes and medical supplies
for the Indian service to be opened in
St. Louis instead of Chicago. Omaha
has antven greater grievance by reason
of the fact that bids for supplies that
are purchased in this immediate vicinity
have to be opened in Chicago so that
our Indian supply depot Is nothing more
than a warehouse for the storage of
goods to be re-bllled and re-shipped over
the railroads that converge here.
The public school teachers throughout
Nebraska have been utilizing their
weekly spring vacation in attending dis
trict association meetings. With the
national association meeting during the
summer vacation, the state association
during the Christmas holidays and the
district association during the Easter
holidays, the up-to-dute teacher has no
trouble lit keeping busy the whole year.
There la no danger that Mr. Davidson
will decline to serve Omaha as superin
tendent at $3,ti00 a year Just because
TopekA is willing to raise his salary
from $2,500 to $3,000. We feel sure tba,t
a raise of $1,100, or even t()0 a year,
and promotion from a 30,000 population
town to a 115,000 population town la
sufficient Inducement.
- Every time the Russians and Japa
nese have a little brush tbe versions
that come from Toklo and St Peters
burg are alout as different as concur
ring and dissenting oplnlous of a court
of last resort. A few neutral observers
Plight give us the facts more promptly
and with less coloring.
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The school board a pi tears to have
money to burn, but if that constitutional
convention is 'held there will be a $'-'00.-000
drop in its income within the next
eighteen Bioutha, which Omaha Uxpay.
era are not likely to make up without a
very loud roar.
The Nebraska democratic re-orga nlacM
want to send a delegation to St. I-ouls
opposed to the reaffirmation of the silver
plank, yet lound to Inject Mr. Bryan
Into the resolutions committee as their
representative to fight against their own
demands. Is this a paradox?
Dlsroanted Bills.
Mr. Bryan Is so busy persecuting the
widow Bennett of Connecticut that he
prooaoiy naa not yet heard now tne demo
crats of New York walloped his silly little
understudy, Billy Hearst.
Russia's War Chest.
St. Louis Republic.
Evidently reports of the financial strln-
ffHIIPV rtt t? II.. In An . ... .nnlw r t VlA DOV-
emment's cash. The Bank of Russia has
$10,000,0000 more gold than a year ago, and
of both gold and silver $40,000,000 more.
Asklnar Too Mirk.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Justice Brewer urges respect for the law.
It Is pretty hard to work up much re
spect for the law on the part of the public
while so many of the lawyers and Judges
put in most of their time showing that
It Isn't worth obeying.
All Tastes Catered To.
Chicago Record-Herald.
One good thing about the present war
Is that the person who sympathises with
Russia can find full satisfaction In the
dispatches from St. Petersburg, while the
one who sides with Japan can get a wholly
satisfactory version in the news from
Toklo.
The Worst Yet to Come.
Brooklyn Eagle.
An American physician has discovered
that the blues are only a form of splanch
nic neurasthenia due to Intra-abdominal
venous congestion. . Now If that doesn't
make a patient with the blues bluer than
he was before he could be Jolly with hyper
pyrexia, or with metaplasia of the epi
thelium. Liberal Pay for letter Carriers,
New Tork Tribune.
The arguments In favor of mors liberal
pay for letter carriers have not been
answered convincingly as yet. -The day
must surely come when congress will do
Justice to these patient, hard working pub'
lie servants, whose salaries are small,
whose pay Is cut off for every day of sick
ness, by granting a scale of remuneration
fairly proportioned to their hardships. It
ought not to be forgotten that, too, there
Is no system of pensions for letter car
riers.
PIBLIO LAND FHAID.
Some I.lcckt Let in on Grabs Here
and There. ,
, Philadelphia Record. '
Paris Gibson, a democratic senator from
Montana, Is the only man In either branch
of congress, now or within many years,
who has frankly denounced public land
frauds and demanded the repeal of legisla
tion that facilitates them. The attitude of
practically all other Senators, representa
tives and delegates from the publlo land
states and territories is that of Senator
Dubois of Idaho, who said lately that ha
knew of no land frauds and that a lobby
of railroad men and speculators were push
ing the bills for repeal of the desert land
act, the commutation clause of the home
stead act and the limber and stone act.
After Mr. Gibson was elected, and before
be took his seat, he denounced the land
frauds and promised , to do his best to se
cure the repeal of the laws under which
they were committed. He addressed ' the
senate on this subject a few days ago and
declared that the measures he was de
nouncing had made possible the acquisition
of public land on an Immense scale, and
by means of them much of the habitable
transmlsslsslppt domain had become the
property of landlords Instead of home
makers. Among the Instances of fraud that
he cited were fifty-seven entries upon 8,000
acres of coal land Tn Colorado, thirty en
tries covering 4,800 acres of grazing land
along watercourses, and forty-five entries
upon 7,ouo acres or land running fifteen or
twenty miles along a river In New Mexico,
and eighty-four entries of ISO acres each.
controlling all the water In a large district
In New Mexico. Vast fortunes have been
made by the acquisition of pine lands at
$1 25 an acre. The desert land act had
hardly been In force a year when the In
terior department recommended Its repeal,
but It has stood for twenty-seven years.
Within a month after Its enactment 151
entries covering 84,958 acres were made In
tbe Vlsalla, Cal., land office for the benefit
of J. B. Haggtn, and the senator said he
and his associates had got altogether 800,000
acres by this process. In the Cheyenne,
(Wyo.), district 48,000 acres were acquired
and Immediately transferred to a land and
ditch company. The cattle Interests have
kept Immigration out of Montana and ad
jacent states. Eight or ten states are being
given up to cattle ranges nWBed by a few
men ana companies, ana thus far the inter
ests so Venented have succeeded In block'
Ing legislation In favor of settlers.
THE 8 MOOT INVESTIGATION.
Chances Favor the I'tah Senator Re-
tninlaa- Ills Beat.
St. IiOiils Globe-Democrat.
The resumption of the investigation In
the Smoot case has been postponed several
days from the time aet three weeks ago.
April 13 is the day now named for taking
Up the Inquiry. One of the reasons as
signed for the postponement Is the difficulty
of getting the witnesses who are sought
Probably another reason Is that the com
mittee on privileges and elections, which
la conducting the Inquiry, la beginning to
tire of It. larger Issues are before the
senate than the question which Is being
Investigated by the committee, especially
as not the slightest evidence to sustain the
charge against the senator has been ob
talned.
Many prominent officials of the Mormon
church, It la understood, will testify when
the hearings are resumed two weeks hence.
It Is pretty safe to predict, however, that
the evidence wlh show nothing which has
not already been revealed. The head of
the church has testified that ha Is a prac
ticing polygamlst. Other officials of the
church have made the same sort of a con
fesaion They are thus, as they concede.
violating the law of the state. This Is a
matter for the men In I'tah who are
charged with the execution of the law.
Let them move e gainst the offenders. The
offenders say that their, acts are well
known to the community In which they
live. This proves that the authorities of
I'tah are las In their execution of the law.
The senate has nothing to do with this
aspect of the case.
Ostensibly the Inquiry was started to
obtain evidence." If possible, to show that
Bens tor Bmoot'a oath as an apostle of the
church put his allegiance to tbe church,
above that which he hears to the United
States. In the Invtstlgatlon this ronsld
erst Ion seems to have been lost sight of.
The senator's own rase hns scarcely been
touched In the Inquiry. What the genera
public would like tn know la whether the
senator Is guilty or not guilty on the charge
brought against him. An Investigation Into
the beliefs and arts of the Mormon church
has no bearing on the case for which the
Inquiry was started. It la, moreover, too
big an taaua for the senate to take up at
this end of the session. The chances are
that Senator 8 moot wUi be allowed to re
Ula bis seat.
THE CALM BEFOItR THE STORM.
Army Officer Reviews the War ltoa
tlon In the Ear East.
Captain Hugh J. Uallaghoy member of
the general staff. 1'nlted Stafes army, an
officer well known In Omaha and Council
Bluffs, contributes to . the Philadelphia
Press a review of the war situation In tho
far east, and the conditions which retard
army operations. lie writes as follows:
The difficulties of the climate prevent
active opriatlona, and the Intervening time
Is, no doubt, welcome to both belligerents,
as It gives them an opportunity to gather
their forces and have at hand the vast
quantities of supplies that are required In
the operations of a modern army. Few
people outside of the military profession
realise what It means to assemble an army
and provide It with the means to move,
to live and to fight
In our own land, so thoroughly covered
with a network of splendidly constructed
and splendidly equipped railways, sn army
of 100.000 men can be promptly assembled,
readily moved and easily supplied. In the
country which Is soon to be the field of
operations of large armies In the Orient
but one railway exists, which will be
utilized by the power through whose terri
tory It passes to bring troops and supplies
to the field of active work. Then the cars
must be abandoned and the men must ex
ert their strength and power of endurance
In weary marching.
Tbe great quantities of supplies must
be taken up by wagons and carta to be
hauled along to meet the needs of the ad
vancing men and animals. Consider the
number of wagons It would require to
carry the food for 100,000 men, the forage
for the 20.000 animals that must accompany
them. Every man will consume at least
three pounds of food each day, and every
animal at least fifteen pounds of forage,
a total of 800,000 pounds 300 wagon loads.
This means a wagon train nearly two miles
long.
At the end of the first day's march these
800 empty wagons may start back to the
base, panning another train of 300 wagons,
hauling the food and forage for the second
day. When the first 300 wagons reach the
base the army has advanced two days, con
sequently another 800 wagons must have
left the base the same day that the first
800 arrived there. In this way the chain
of waggons Increases day by day as the
army moves farther from its starting
point
This refers only to food and forage that
are consumed each day. There must also
be considered the" cooking utensils, the
tentbge, the field hospitals, the extra cloth
ing, the bridge trains, the signal and map
making outfits and the ammunition that
must accompany the army. Again the
records of all the men must be kept, and
accounts and returns of money expended,
stores and property Issued must be ren
dered. It is as though all the Inhabitants of a
great city would take up the march, car
rying with them what they require for
their comfort and health. One hundred
thousand has been assumed for the purpose
of Illustration only; in fact, each nation
will probably have three times that number
In the Meld before the war Is over.
From all this It Is possible to acquire a
conception of the Immense task that is
now' being worked out lh the Orient by
the belligerents, while we wait Impatiently
for news of strife. All these men must
be brought to the field; ill these supplies
must be gathered together, all these
wagons and carts assembled before the
advance begins. .
The Illustration applies' especially to the
Russian army because their system of
transportation and supply Is the same as
that of other European nations and our
own. The Japanese, owing to the limited
number of draft animals raised in Japan,
are not able to provide trains such as
other nations have and use Instead light
carts hauled and pushed along by coolies.
who are assigned to the army as part of
Its make-up for this and other work. In
northern Cores this method of transporta
tlon will be found quite satisfactory be
cause the roads are bad and pass through
a mountainous region. In many placet'
they would be Impassable for wagons and
carts such as are used In other armies.
The question relative to the war that la
now uppermost in the minds of men is
what will be the outcome of tbe first great
conflict on land. The Japanese have not
yet been put to the test against a power
whose army Is organized, equipped, drilled.
trainea ana armed as is that of Russia
iiie advance in military matters that
Japan has made In the past thirty years is
truly wonderful, but 'to assume that she
has surpassed or even reached the same
stage of development that has been at
tauied by Russia, a nation which slnoe
the days of Napoleon has devoted untold
energy and wealth to the creation of her
army, would be unreasonable.
Owing to Its resources Russia has cer
tain positive advantages In organization
Conspicuous among these la the mn..
lorlty In numbers of Its mounted troops
and In the quality of the horses they
possess. In this respect, Japan is weak
weaker than any nation that maintains a
great standing army. That Russia will
make, use of thla great advantage cannot
be doubted. It will enable It to threaten,
harass, observe and outflank its enemy
witnout subjecting Itself to the same disad
vantages. Jaoan mav be ahU tn ,mr,...
sate for this Inferiority In mounted forces
by placing more men in the field than Its
adversary. This it is in a position to ac
complish, due to the comparatively short
Distance or tne army In the field from iti
own shores.
Another element that will
aewvv Ul lAJIJ-
iderable Importance In determining the
outcome is me relative physical vigor o
the Individuals of the two races. T-h
durance of the men will be put to the
severest test. The strength of body, the
nardlhood and energy of the men of i
army always Drove of verv orout mnm
In warfare. However, ahen the belliger
ents are of the same race th Aisamno
In this respect between the two will not
do accentuated, but when they are of dif
ferent races, different temperament, have
ainerem customs, lead different Uvea an
are different In physical development gen
erally. It is possible that tho imant
physical vigor may prove a determining
lacior oi great importance.
PEHSO.AU .NOTES.
Jasper Ogleaby, youngest son of the late
Richard J. Oglesby, the only man ever
elected three times governor of Illinois, has
surprised his friends by taking a position
as locomotive fireman on the' Chicago A
Alton railway.
.It baa been said of Lord Rosebery that he
never made a speech without being com
pelled to deliver two mora, In one of which
he explained that he had not said what he
meant, and in the other that he bad not
meant what he said.
A friend sized up the huge bulk of Sec
retary Taft and asked: "Mr. Taft, how
much do you weigh T" "You remember,"
answered the secretary, "that Tom Heed,
In answer to a similar Inquiry, said: 'No
gentleman weighs more than 100 pounds.'
Well, I have revised that dictum. No grn
tleman weighs over 800 pounds nowadays."
William F. Byron, a pioneer of Oregon
and Washington, la deed at bis home In
Garfield, Wash., aged 81 years. Mr. Byron
and his young wife left Iowa In lftJ with a
party and crossed the plains with ox teams.
When the Byrons arrived in Oregon they
bad one ox, the usual prairie schooner out
fit and W cents cash. In 1877 tbey moved
from Oregon to Wsshingtea.
state rnr.M comment.
VeMlgre Citizen: Frank J. Ilurkley of
Omaha, for governor, Is the best piece of
democratic timber In Nebraska. He could
beat Mickey too.
Broken now Republican: County conven
tions that have not yet been held should
withhold their endorsement of the present
state officials until the state board has
passed upon the valuntlnn of railroad prop
erty for assessment purposes. If all other
property Is to be listed at Its cash value
It Is but Justice that property of corpora
tions should be assessed on the same basis.
The republican party can not afford to
renominate any state officer from governor
down that Is not for the enforcement of
the new revenue law against corporations
the same as against Individuals.
Broken Bow Republican: E. Rose water
In his suit last year against the State Board
to, compel them to raise the assessed valu
ation 1 of railroad property In this state
produced evidence that the railroads of
Nebraska were worth 850,000 per mile. The
supreme court did not -order an Increase
In the assessed valuation because all other
property was assessed below Its true value.
This year that condition does not exist.
Let every dollar's worth of property In the
state be assessed at its full value and the
levies reduced accordingly.
Kearney Hub: It Is now up to the su
preme court of Nebraska to do the right
thing In appointing a clerk of ffiat body.
If the Hub understands the matter aright,
each of the Judges has a personal prefer
ence. The proper thing for the two repub
lican Judges to do Is to-agree on Harry
Lindsay, now that the United States at
torneyship has been disposed Of and he has
been cut out on that score. The repub
lican party of this state owes that much
to Harry Lindsay, and those who repre
sent the party In positions of trust, and
to whose political success Chairman Lind
say of tbe state committee bas contributed
so much, aro the ones to "muke good."
Bt. Paul Republican: Governor Mickey
was too strongly entrenched to be dfeated
for a renomlnatlon. Recognizing this fact,
all contestants have withdrawn from the
race, leaving him a clear field. The Repub
lican Is not a band-wngon newspaper. Con
sequently It has nothing to retract, and
no apologies to offer for Its courie In this
matter. We honestly believed that an
other man could make a better race than
Mr. Mickey and we said so, endeavoring to
give our reasons therefor. The situation
has assumed such shape that the state
convention Is mre to rule otherwise, and
we humbly accept that decision. We nil
have our faults, and while Governor
Mickey is not Immune be has given the
state a good, clean administration and Is
certain to be a much better candidate than
any other man the opposition can name.
Beatrice Bun: The New York Times Is
the first republican paper that bas come
out in good plain language and opposed
the nomination of a United States senator
by the state convention. If the nomination
carried with it the right to vote for the
nominee at the polls in November, there
would be some sense In the move. But
the average delegate to the state conven
tion Is selected because he managed to
get Into the county convention, and In
many Instances the primary caucus at
which he was selected was poorly attended,
possibly not cne-tenth of the party vote
being present The members of the legis
lature are elected by the people, although
It often happens that they are a poor lot.
At any rate, they are nearer the people
than the politicians who manipulate state
conventions. ,'
Holdrege Citizen. Senator Harrison has
followed the example of W. H. Robertson
of Norfolk and will withdraw from the
race for governor. It Is now likely that
Governor Mickey will be renominated by
acclamation. This has been a curious cam
paign. Three men, who were supposed to
have a strong personal following, have
entered the race. Then after looking the
field over have voluntarily withdrawn. The
precedent of years In giving a satisfactory
state official a second term was too strong
to be overcome. Governor Mickey may
have done some acts that were not popu
lar, may have made some appointments
that were not satisfactory to some of the
politicians, still he hay given us a clean
administration and there is no taint of
official corruption connected with his ad
ministration. There is no reason why he
should not be triumphantly elected for a
second term.
Minden News: We are opposed to the
nomination of a United States senator at
the state convention and have given a
plan which we think much better, which
has been taken up by several papers of the
state, among them the Lincoln Dally Star
of March 28. However, If on May 18 they
are still determined to nominate at the
state convention, we believe It would be
better to nominate a man from each con
gressional district, to be voted upon aa we
suggested two weeks ago, than put up one
man. There should be no district prefer
ment shown, as the senator represents the
state and not the district. Therefore, give
each district a voice In the selection of a
senator. While, of course, we would nat
urally like to liave the candidate from the
Fifth, yet we realize that the big Sixth
or any other dlatrlct la equally entitled lo
the man. Let us take a broad view and
help the legislative and senatorial ticket
rather than to follow the dictates of the
piomoters of this scheme.
t!IT-EI STATES DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Grand Island Independent: Those of the
republicans who will remember the part
Mr. Summers played in the Hartley pardon
matter will have no :egret that his suc
cessor has finally been appointed.
York Times: At last the long contest be
tween Summers and I.'ndsay for the posi
tion of United Status district attorney has
been settled. Judge Baxter of Omaha is
the lucky man. We apeak advisedly when
we aay "lucky." It Is purely a matter of
luck. Judge Baxter Is a good lawyer and
stands high In Omaha, where he has beon
elected to the bench three succesnlve times.
Still, hi Is not known In state politics and
has done nothing for the party to entitle
him to the plum. He had a good position
and one that he Is known to be well
adapted to. He will make a good district
attorney, no doubt. .
Fremont Tribune: The muddle over the
United States district attorneyship for Ne
braska, which has occupied the boards for
so long and which had developed Into a
subject of national Interest, has at last
been settled. The result of It Is that an
entirely new man has been chosen In the
person of Judge Baxter of Omaha. The
two senators and their maker, D. E.
Thompson, agreed on Baxter and the presi
dent was relieved of the necessity of bump
ing their heads together to get a decision
In the matter. Baxter la a good, clean man
and will undoubtedly give an administra
tion that will be creditable.
Satisfaction is a silent salesman.
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$0.50 for grates, furnaces and heaters generally. Clean as liartl
coal.
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RESTRICTING MARRIAGE.
A Pro I em IHfftenlt to Solve tarter
Ezlallna Una,
Philadelphia Record.
The supreme remedy for most hnmsn
Illsfor weak bodies and defective minds
and tho lung list of hereditary evils Is
held by many men of science to be In the
regulation of marriage so as to prevent
the union of the morally and physically
unfit. It In affirmed that could science
Interpose a veto on such marriage ss do
not commend themselves to Its Judgment,
criminal and Insane tendencies might be
eradicated hnrt a higher typo Of man
assured. Repeatedly there bas been
Introduced In different state legislatures
a bill to establish a commlslon from
which the applicants for marriage must
have a permit. For many reasons this
measure has had little support, even from
those who admit the grout possibilities
of a severe limitation of marriage. There
Is no reason to think the legal restriction
will be multiplied in this age.
The clergymen at Omaha, having failed
to obtain for a similar Mil any serious
consideration from the lawmakers, have
agreed on a scheme to Inaugurate a cen
sorship over marriages. Their Immediate
aim Is to prevent the union of the morally
unfit, presumably to. protect society from
the offspring of vice. It Is not apparent,
however, that this Is In their power.. They
con, of course, refuse to marry persons
who cannot present evidence of a good
moral character, but thla will not neces
sarily achtrve their object. The morally
unfit are of all persons those who can dis
pense with the legal ceremony without
scruple, and It may be In the Interest of
public morals that their disposition to
have a legal sanction to their relations
should be encouraged.
It Is a matter of experience that mar
riage mny be made too difficult for
people. In different Countries of Europe
there have been severe regulations aimed
at pArtlcular classes. At one time a
state required a certain amount of prop
erty as a qualification, and as the value
waa greater than could be obtained easily
the number of leiral marriages declined,
but there was no fulling off of '.he birth
rate. Also, where the authorities permitted
but a small percentage of marriages among
the Jews, tbe rabbis Justly instructed their
people to dispense with the civil ceremony,
So In every case the result at which the
state aimed was not achieved. As love Is
not bound by the dictates of science or et
legislators, laws vhlch prohibit the mar
riage of persons who luck moral rtandlng
or property are liable to be regarded with
contempt. There Is room for more care on
the part of ministers In the marriage ef
strangers and minors. Too often no la
qulry Is made into the antecedents ef
persons who present themselves.
LAYS FOR A LAUGH.
De Style He said bis wife's Caster bonnet
was a dream.
Ounbusta He did?
De Style Yes; but when he got the bKl
it opened his eyes Judwe.
"This ring." says tbe Jeweler, "will cent
you 8U, wtih our extra eervlee gratis."
''What la your 'extra service?' " asked tnje
young man who was looking at engagement
rings. "When the young lady calls to make
Inquiries we'll tell her it's Worth IIjO."
Philadelphia Ledger.
"Yes. she asked for a divorce on the
ground that her husband beat her."
"Beat her?"
"Yes. But the Judge made her explain
that she meant he beat her down to break
fast In the morning and gobbled all the
hot cakes." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Porter Mlstah 8mlth, yo wife has Jes'
rung up and says It's about time fo' yo
to be gettln' In, soh!
Smith (In desperation) Well, I'm already
In 84(0. That ought to satisfy her for one
night! New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Her Mother Mr. Bloman has been com
ing to e you for quite a long while,
Maude. What are his Intentions, do you
know? ... j
She Well, I think he Intends to keep on
coming. Philadelphia Press.
Womanlike, she kept him puzzled sad
worried.
"I don't know how to take her," he com
plained. "Oh. ss to that." returned the wise old
gentleman, "perhans It would be Just as
well to take her In your arms." Chicago,
Poat
"So you think you could read my future
If I would let you hold my hand?" asked
the maiden.
"Well, don't you think It shows moreffoa
slderatlun for you than to go out and.ilgure
on the stars? he asked.
Tert minutes later he was holding her
hand and hlB own future had been settled.
Judge. , . .
Bob Oosh, Rob. where'd you rake up
those seedy old shoes? . ,i
Rob Why, man, those are . my patent
leathers.
Bob But the patent has expired, eh?
Yale Record.
BALLAD OP EASTERTIDE.
Clinton Scollard In the Housekeeper.
'Twas Rosullne, the austere Prince's
daughter,
The fairest of the land's fair rr.nlden
flowers,
In that old town beside the-Nc.cak water,
Whose walla are tlaraed with a score of
towers.
Beloved she wus throughout the great
grim castle
Wherein her anille was like a golden ray;
Worshiped she wn by. varlct and by vas
sal, i
When through the rarrow streets she took
l.er way.
. '
It chanced that famine lore bud gripped
tbe people,
And though bright' vernal light touched
heights and dells, ;
The chimes that rang reverberant from
each steeple i
Seemed like the motkery of Easter bells.
For scarce a crust had many for the mor
row. And to -nuke still more piteous th-lr pain.
We Prlno decreed u Uocdy hand should
borrow
Fmm the slate gratiarie the .(customed
grain.
Yet illd the daughter pf this heartless mas
ter Creep In where bluB gleamed amber to
thH view, . ,
At soul Jctermined to avrt disister,
If it be but, from tba must wretched few.
i . '
As forth she Mole, and (ought a shadowed
byway,
learlng her lasket with Us covered
grain.
Back from- his worship up the crowded
highway
Tf.e Prince came w inding with Ms Easter
Iraln.
Ere she could speed his peanhlug fc.Rae
hail caught ber.
Suspicion kindling as "ho turned to fl.ee:
Although 'twas char the dumsei waa tils
daughter, ... " . .
Should he evade his duty?. Nay. not he!
With all the majesty that rank Imposes.
He bnde her bere lier burden to the view;
The basket lid she llfu-d. and lo. roses!
' Ruses Irradlant. fresh as dawn with dew!
Shamed by the wondrous sign, the Prince
btsjught her ,
To xny that none henceforth through
want should pine; .
And lo this day the rigorous ruler's daugh
ter In praise and prayer Is called Bulnt
Rosaline.