THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 12. 1904.
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Notary Publia.
Another red letter water primer Is
over-due.
Omaha still maintains Its high rank
among clearing house cities.
Parents should hang the skates out
of tho reach of children until the ice is
thick enough for use.
It Is to be hoped that Mrs. Cbad
wltk's performances will not change Mr.
Carnegie's idea on the subject of dying
rich.
The fire fund limit prescribed by the
charter was boosted $25,000 by the last
legislature. That ought to do for a
few years to come.
The council is not the only public
body that finds op difficulty in spending
all and more money than comes regu
larly into its control.
Now that we know how Mrs. Chad
wick buueoed the bankers, it would be
interesting to have a diagram to show
where the niouey went.
General toessel'S bulletins as to the
progress of the siege at Port Arthur
come in form of demands upon Toklo
for more troops to help General Nogi
And now it is rumored that Mrs. Chad
wick is insane. st this proves true the
men who have advanced her more than
(500,000 must have been on the border
land. Andrew I). White will have to present
a' type of that "race of tougher fiber"
l.pfort- Americans will show much fear
of being superseded at the head of the
procession.
Victims of professional gamblers are
not the only ones to'play the long odds
if one is to judge by the "confessions"
of President Beckwlth of the defunct
Oberlln bank. '
The state labor commissioner wants
the fire escape law amended so as to
provide for the, compulsory erection of
fire escapes on all two-story business
houses as well as those of .greater height.
The makers of fire escape equipment
Would gladly make it worth while to
get suiiu a law enacted.
The present problem of the Audi
torium board is to finish the building
and mske current revenue pay interest
oa indebtedness and defray running ex
panses. The stockholders will be quite
willing to wait for their dividends if
they only know that the institution Is
not falling deeper into debt
The road between South Omaha and
Fort Crook is again to be paved by reso
lution. A place somewhere in the cen
ter of the earth is presumed to, be paved
with good Intentions. People who have
been patiently waiting for the building
of that road hope to see It macadamised
or paved with more durable material.
President Harper of the University of
Chicago has expressed himself in favor
of college games without any admit
tance fee. The abandonment of the
gate receipts, however, would also have
to be followed by the abolition of the
professional trainers and coachers, and
us most of the college athletes look for
ward to serving as coachers later, the
plan would be sure to meet with opposi
tion from the student body.
Adjutant General Culver bat It all
figured out that there are Just 110,753
men In the state of Nebraska who are
eligible to service in the militia, of which
Douglas county furnishes 0,234, and the
percentage of military eligibilities in
Douglas county Is more than twice the
average throughout the stste. It would
be tnteresttng to know, if possible. Just
bow these figures were complied and
what makes the standard in this rlty
and county so much higher than the
standard outside ol It
1XSURASCE SVrERTISlOX
The recommendation in the president's
mesaage that congress carefully consider
whether the power of the bureau of cor
porations cannot constitutionally be ex
tended to cover interstate transactions
in Insurance Is commanding attention In
Interested quarters. The president said
that the business of Insurance is na
tional and not local in its application
and Involves a multitude of transac
tions among the people of the different
states and between American companies
and foreign governments.
How vast this business is the fact that
policies In force in the United States
approximate $50,000,000,000 shows. This
Is a sum fifty times ss large as the
capitalization of the national banks and
twenty times the total money circula
tion of the country. The immense re
sources of the insurance companies,
which are steadily increasing, enable
them to exert a great influence in finan
cial, commercial and Industrial affairs.
They own banks and trout conorairons
and make Investments In all directions
where capital may be securely and prof
itably employed. In view of this wide
spread activity of the Insurance com
panies there seems to be warrant for
the suggestion of federal supervision
and It Is said that some of Jhe larger
companies would not object to this.
It Is pointed out that the great com
panies which do what is called an Inter
state business are subjected to many
vexations and :mist live consistently
within what are inconsistent laws In
the sense that they differ in different
states. If they were brought directly
under federal regulative authority it is
thought their business wonld be simpli
fied and probably greater confidence
would be gtven to them. At all events
the president's suggestion merits the
careful consideration of congress as a
matter whfeh concerns a very targe por
tion of our people.
WHERE THE LIXE MUST BE DRAWS.
There is a broad line of demarcation
between the powers and duties of the
mayor and the police commission in the
enforcement of law and order. As chief
magistrate of the city the mayor ,1s ex
pressly clothed with clearly defined pow
ers of supervision of all departments of
municipal government. In times of riot
and public disturbance the chief of po
lice and bis subordinates are placed by
the charter under the direct . orders of
the mayor. In ordinary times, however,
the mayor has no authority to instruct
or discipline police officers or members
of the police force without the concur
rence of the fire and police commission,
although the mayor is , ex -officio chair
man of that body.
Having the power to make and en
force regulations foe the conduct and
discipline of the police, and being fur
thermore expressly empowered to make
all appointments and removals of police
officers the police board as a co-ordinate
branch of municipal government is
placed In position to set in motion and
control the machinery by which order is
maintained within the city limits. Very
properly It devolves upon, the police com
mission to adopt and enforce such regu
lations as will insure not only efficiency
In police government, but will maintain
a high standard of integrity among the
rank and file of the police force.
While our police force may be inade
quate in numbers to afford protection to
every man, woman and child in this com
munity wherever they reside, there Is a
wide field for police reform without Im
posing serious hardships upon any mem
ber of the force. There is also an oppor
tunity for the Board of Fire and Police
Commissioners to lighten the task of po
licing Omaha by the closing of all dis
reputable and disorderly saloons and es
pecially those located within the pro
scribed district On that score there can
be no, two legal opinions.
The law leaves the. police commission
in absolute power to refuse license to
any notorious resort without remon
strance or protest from any quarter, and
this Is not merely a privilege, but a duty
that should be discharged fearlessly.
Public sentiment In Omaha demands
this reform and public sentiment should
be heeded when It is right
MERIT SYSTEM DISCUSSED.
There was an interesting debate in
the house of representatives last Thurs
day on the merit system, the effect of
which was to show that the civil service
reform policy is stronger than ever be
fore. Not the least important feature
of the discussion was the statement by
the democratic leader of the bouse, Mr.
Williams of Mississippi, that the civil
service experiment had shown defects
in the old spoils system, which he be
lieved the people were not prepared to
restore. He favored tests to determine
whether men were competent, instead of
competitive examinations, and wanted
wider discretion in the power of selec
tion given to the appointing power. He
also had a strong preference for repub
licans in a republican administration
and democrats in a democratic admin
istration. This position of a democratic
leader Is noteworthy in view of the
confusing course which the party has
followed in the last twelve years. In
the Bryan campaigns it demonstrated
the abrogation of the present system and
the subject was omitted in the original
draft of the St. Louis platform, but in
the final round up It was declared that
the party stood committed to civil serv
ice reform.
Mr. Glllett of Massachusetts, chair
man of the committee on reform in the
civil service, stated his belief that the
present system is infinitely better than
the old "splls system" in the service
It gets for the country, in the men it
brings In as clerks, and In the effect It
has upon members of congress. He be
lieved It bad Improved and will improve
from year to year and be thought it
will 1ms free from much of the criti
cism which naed to be made about .the
examination. These are better, he
said, and the effect on the sen-Ice Is
beneficial. While the system la not per
fect, it Is greatly superior to the one
which It displaced.
It is remarked that the prestige of
Mr. Roosevelt's victory has evidently
stiffened the backbone of the civil serv
ice reformers in congress and it Is ex
pected that the increase In the direct
appropriations for this bureau, which In
the past has been operated largely by
detailed clerks, VIII go through con
gress. At sll events It can be- Very con
fdently assured that the merit system
will not be Interfered with so long as
the republican rsrty remains In power.
President Roosevelt Is an earnest fnlend
of the system, so that the Influence of
the administration In Its behalf Is as
sured and there are only a few repub
licans In congress who are not favorable
to It There Is on the calendar of the
house of representatives a bill which
provides that when a man gets to be
70 years of age he shall leave the serv
Ice, the passage of which would do away
with the objection to the present system
that it tends to superannuation.
PROBIXO THE TOBACCO TRUST.
By direction of the president the De
partment of Justice is to make a search
ing investigation of the Tobacco trust
the operations of which are believed to
be In flagrant violation of the anti-trust
law. .It appears that frequent com
plaints have been made to the depart
ment in regard to the alleged oppres
sive methods pursued by the combina
tion of tobacco asd cigar manufacturers,
these complaints being especially strong
from the tobacco growers of Virginia,
Kentucky, Tennessee and other tobacco
producing states, the growers declaring
that they are absolutely at the mercy
of a combination of manufacturers.
They assert that thqy have been re
duced almost to poverty by the alleged
action of the trust in driving from the
field all competitors and compelling the
growers to accept any price which the
combination may choose to offer. ,
The association of American Tobacco
Growers has been working earnestly to
secure the investigation which has been
ordered and if its charges are well
founded the so-called Tobacco trust is
one of the most rapacious and oppres
sive combinations ever organized. Its
operations, if the allegations regarding
it be true, have been hurtful not only
to the tobacco growers, but also to deal
ers and consumers. It has laid all under
tribute. The country will see In this
investigation assurance that the admin
istration has in no wise abandoned its
program of trust Inquiry.
FURTHER DELAY DANGEROUS.
The most Important and delicate task
that will devolve upon the legislative
delegation to the coming legislature Is
the revision of the charter for cities of
the metropolitan class. The Real Estate
exchange has appointed a committee to
present and suggest charter amendments
to the delegation. This is eminently
proper, and it is to be hoped other com
mercial organizations will emulate the
example of the Real Estate exchange
by formulating such amendments as
they deem essential for the more eco
nomical and efficient government of the
city. Eqch of the departments of the
municipal government should also be
notified to make recommendations of
charter amendments based upon their
practical experience. When all these
suggestions have been discussed and de
liberated upon a new charter should be
formulated on lines in consonance with
the conclusions reached by a majority of
the delegation.
As only three weeks remain now until
the opening of the legislature, there is
no time to be lost A beginning should
be made during the coming week and an
agreement should be reached upon all
the salient points of the new charter be
fore New Years. Unless this Is done we
will have another patched quilt mu
nicipal law, Jll-dlgested and poorly
framed, leaving the door wide open to
endless litigation in the courts.
The Ak-Sar-Ben Board of Governors
says they welcome criticism, but they
object to criticism through the news
papers, and especially that whose
authorship is not disclosed by the sig
nature. It often happens, however, that
people who have criticisms to offer do
not want to put themselves up as targets
for reprisals and almost every news
paper in the country withholds the
names of contributors when requested
to do so, so long as they know who they
are and that they are acting in good
faith. If a criticism is well founded the
source is not important; if it Is not well
founded no influential signature at the
bottom should entitle it to better con
sideration. The removal of the beet sugar factory
from Norfolk is explained upon the
grounds that the neighboring farmers
find other crops more profitable than
growing beets for the sugar factory. It
la easy to find excuse for such a move
as is contemplated, but the fact that the
sugar people received a big bonus for
locating their factory at Norfolk, to say
nothing of the bounty paid by the state
during the first few years, would Indi
cate that there are other obligations
that should be considered. The truth
Is that the beet sugar factories have all
come under control of the Sugar trust,
and the trust is looking for profits un
tinged by local sentiment or past favors.
An effort Is brewing all along the line
to prevail upon the legislature to in
crease the salaries "6f state employes
in nearly every department of the state
government and each one will have a
plausible story to tell of weighty re
sponsibility and Increased work. It Is
to be noted, however, that should any
of these appointees resign, no difficulty
would be encountered in securing com
petent men to fill their places at the old
salaries.
I'aaalatltr la a Lockap.
Chicago Chronicle.
It is noticeable tbit every on of the
democrats now la Jail In Colorado for
fraud) at the recent election Is firmly of
the opinion that there la "a conspiracy on
the part of the republicans to detest the
will of the people," as expres?ol at th
tuned oanot boxes.
rrt ( Haalt.
Washington Star.
Those bankers who have been staking
Mrs. Chadwlck to her millions probably
continue to sneer at the Rubes who loan
money to strangers on a train.
Eaitritsry Tools.
Chicago Inter Ccean.
Contrary to the unselfish advice which Is
constantly reaching us from the mother
country, we continue to build up a navy
that may be used in case of aciident.
Aaother Theory Shattered.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Those who contend that women have no
business ability will find an exception In
the case of Mrs. Chadwlrk, who has de-
veloped all the shrewdness of a Wall stress
magnate.
Light oa a Kaotty Word.
Boston Transcript.
That kinky little word, "semstvo," which
appears so frequently in news from Ru sta
these days, is derived from the noun "gem-
lla," meaning land, and the verb "vopeet,'
to clamor. Thus it signifies '"the voice of
the land" and Is a council of landed pro-
prletors appointed to deliberate and re,ort
to the central executive the wants of the
rural population. It Is something like an
English county council without the latter 8
authority, yet that authority la what It
now pleads for. The xemstvo was founded
In 1864 and Alexander It Intended tt as One
of the most Important of his reforms.
Wasting- Time).
Kansas City Star.
Representative Norrls of NebraskiJ for
some reason, would make a vice pre.-Uent,
succeeding to the office of president through
the death or Incapacity of his predecessor.
Ineligible to election to thst post This
feature la embodied In a resolution Intro
duced by Mr. Norrls and which also p o
vided for an eight-year presidential term.
the same period for a senatorial term, and
four years for representatives. Just now,
when the country has elected Mr. Ruote
velt by an unprecedented major ty on the
record he made in filling the unexpired Mc
Kinley term, there would seem to be the
least possible chance for the first of these
provisions to receive serious considera'Ion,
It Is the People's Baslaess.
Cleveland Leader.
It Is preposterous to pretend, as hag been
done In certain quarters, that transactions
which Involve the solvency of banks are
nobody's business but that of the persons
to whom loans are made and the officials
who Jeopardise the deposit of their clients
and the welfare of the communities In
which they live. Everybody Is Interested,
and hss a right to act accordingly, when
dealings of a mysterious and questionable
nature Involve the security and strength of
banking Institutions. Publicity, when, shady
financial deals are In progress; is like the
use of the surgeon's knife, which may cause
Immediate suffering, but is Imperatively
demanded to prevent the spread of gan
grene sure to be fatal If left alone.
LIVING IP TO IDEALS.
Mora Geanlne Christianity the Need
of the World Today.
Century Magazine.
It la mora, and not less, Christianity that
the world needs as between peoples and be
tween people, In diplomacy, in public and
private business, in all affairs of tho state,
the family and the Individual. Unselfish
kindness, helpfulness- courtesy, gentleman
llness, honorable dealing among men
these are all practical versions of the
golden rule and genuine products of the
sermon on the mount
In the secret soul there are apprehensions
and appreciations of the hidden, truth, the
deep humanity, of even the dogmas which
are so often spoken of, nowadays, with
scornful and superior criticism by those
who have not studied their philosophical
significance or felt their meaning In spirit
ual experience. The doctrine of atonement,
by so many deemed outworn how many
souls It has helped to cast off Impairing
and degrading past, some encumbering sin
of the Inherited flesh!, How many, In dash
ing aside the shell of form and tradition,
despoil themselves of soma. Inner treasure,
fit and needful for the spirit's food!
More, and not less, of genuine Christian
ity Is the need of this world. Every Intelli
gent religion may have something to Im
part to those born, to Christianity; but
those so born, and the nations thus cra
dled, will arrive at nobler destinies In the
increasing endeavor to follow the spirit of
the teachings of the world's one inimitable
Prophet
SHIPPERS' LACK OP REMEDY.
Need of Legal Defease Agaiast Rail
road Rapacity.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Railroad lawyers are Insisting that the
proposition to clothe the Interstate Com
merce commission with the power to sub
stitute a Just for an unjust rate, subject
only to the revision of the courts, Is revo
lutionary In that It is an execution of Judg
ment Irrespective of the right of appetaj.
The answer to this might be that when
ever the commission saw fit to order a rate
substitution the courts are still open to the
carrier and the injunction remedy still ap
plies. However, if the position be taken
that the measure proposed by the president
be revolutionary, may it not be more truth
fully said that the conditions surrounding
the transportation industry of the entire
country are revolutionary and unprece
dented in history?
Years ago railroads competed in the true
sense of that term. Now there has been
accomplished such a community of stock
ownership that competition as to the freight
rate, at least, has all but entirely disap
peared. Furthermore, the legal and trans
portation conditions are such that the rail
road Itself is the final court of appeal whan
the Justness of Its own freight rate is called
into question. Commercial lawyera might
argue that a revolutionary condition has
been reached when a party In interest be
comes the final arbiter. Be this as it may,
the snipper who today appeals to the com
mission for relief against an excessive or
unjust freight rate Is practically without
remedy unless the railroads see fit volun
tarily to obey the orders of the commission.
All the commission can do is to point out
the abuse, and then the shipper must rely
upon public opinion to compel its correc
tion. The virtual futility of appealing to
the commission for relief from burdensome
charges Is being demonstrated today In
Chicago, where the commission Is taking
evidence In the terminal charge case, which
has been nearly a decade on Its Journey
through that body to the United States
supreme court and back. And should the
commission finally decide that the terminal
charge la excessive It is possible for the
railroads to reduce that charge so little
as to make the ruling of the commission
and the courts abortive.
With rate competition eliminated and
human nature unchanged it Is certain that
the excessive or unjust rate will be more
common than it has been In the past. Ac
cordingly those In favor of Increased power
for the commission urge that It Is not
revolutionary, but simple Justice that the
shipper have an Impartial and effective
tribunal to which he may appeal. And they
might add that the "revolution" had be
gun before the president's message was
written, for ths method of correction that
Is advocated Is already on trial In the states
of Alabama, Texas, North lakot and
North Carolina.
BITS OF WA9HUGTO LIFE.
Mlaor mmt Brleats Shetehed
a the Spot.
Short as the session of congress will be,
It promises to develop two of the liveliest
contests witnessed In recent yeers. very
little oratorical fireworks will be displayed
In the open, but the oratory will be there
and orators will be heard In a way that
will make statesmen wish the Ashing sea
son was ripe. The orators will be women,
and when women orate, who will dare fold
their ears and refuse to listen?
The agitation for restoration of the army
canteen brings to the fore an organixa
tlon of the wives of srmy officers, who are
championing the cause of the canteen.
This announcement aroused a war cry
among the members of the Women's Chris
tian Temperance union, and they are pre
paring to descend upon congress the mo
ment there Is a sign favorable o the can
teen. The odds are In favor of the latter,
for having once excluded the canteen. Its
restoration Is fraught with political trouble.
and wise statesmen are not looking for that
article.
Fiercer than this prospective contest Is
the war declared against the suffrage clause
In the Oklahoma statehood bill. A deluge
of protests Is pouring in on the senate
committee, which has the bill In charge,
and the expressions employed by the pro
testants are not exactly fit to be classed as
endearing terms. The trouble comes from
the one word "sex." It Is a little word,
but its possibilities are Immense. It Is used
In the provision reciting that suffrage shall
not be withheld on account of race, color
or previous condition of servitude, or on
any account other than "Illiteracy, minor
ity, sex, conviction of a felony, mental
condition or of residence." The connection
In which the word is used is held to be
Insulting and humiliating to the wives and
daughters of the land.
Among the warm protests already on
hand there is not a word about any other
feature of the bill. All pounce upon the
passage quoted, denouncing It as "out
rageous." One writer says: "Injustice
Is therein threatened to our sisters."
She continues: "This would allow these
states to disfranchise minors, criminals,
nonresidents. Ignoramuses and women."
Further, she argues that the pioneer
women who suffered and tolled as earnestly
and as successfully as their husbands In
behalf of the country's progress, ought
not to be treated In this more than dis
courteous manner.
A prominent Michigan club woman uses
a somewhat hysterical style. "Do unto
others," she quotes, "as you would they
should do unto you. Substitute the word
male' before the word 'sex' and see how
you like It. The deafening clamor that
would then arise would simply raise the
earth. Hoping that the honorable body of
which you are the honorable chairman
will never report such a travesty on hu
man rights, bellevelng that the senate of
the United States will not thereby lower
the status of the sex, I am, etc."
Some of the committee have been Im
pressed and are striving to eliminate or
soften the expression.
Several young men thlnkthey would like
to be secretary to Senator Fairbanks after
he la sworn In as vice president.
There was a question today as to what
are the duties of a secretary to a vk
president.
'I'll tell you," said a man who has been
In the capitol for many years. "The sec
retary of the vice president Is required to
sit in the vice president's gorgeous room
and when a party of 'rube' sightseers stick
their heads in the door say to themi
'Come right In and I'll show you the mir
ror John Quincy Adams bought for $30.' "
There Is to be a decided Invasion of
the senate by men of short stature, which
greatly pleases Senator Allee of Delaware.
Hs was talking proudly recently of two
things. One was that his son, who has
come here as his secretary, Is nearly a
head taller than the father. The other
was that Senator Knox of Pennsylvania
Is In the same short class with the Del
aware senator, and, although being a short
man, is recognized as having distinguished
ability.
But the prospective senator from Ne
vada, George S. Nixon, will probably be
the shortest in stature of all that branch
of congress. He is described as nearly a
head shorter than Senator Knox, although,
like nearly all the short men of the senate,
possessed of much ability.
Senator Stewart of Nevada, with his
flowing white beard looks the part of
old Father Time. He la 77 years of age,
although resenting insinuations that he la
an old man, Yesterday he was speaking
of Tonapah and the rapid growth of that
section of the state. "I know of no finer
place for a young man," said he. "I am
going right out there to practice law."
When Mr. Stewart becomes a lawyer of
Tonapah George 8. Nixon of Wlnnemucca
will become senator. One has changed
his political coat quite as often as the
other. Mr. Stewart was for years a re
publican, then a sllverlte, a democrat, and
then a republican. Mr. Nixon was originally
a republican, next a sllverlte, a populist,
a gold democrat, and now a republican.
He is accounted a very estimable citizen
among the Nevada voters, who have a
fondness for political variety and do not
object to candidates for public office who
have the same kind of Inclination. Mr.
Nixon has been a banker, rancher, cattle
man, politician and all-around hustler. He
Is Just as versatile In business as he Is in
politics.
"Borne of these republicans are pretty
fierce for tariff revision," said Representa
tive Jacob Beldler of Ohio to Speaker
Cannon.
"Reminds me of a lady out In my town
who met a little boy on the street one
day," said the speaker. "The boy waa
leading an onery looking pup. The lady
stopped and looked at the pup.
" 'Is he fierce?" she asked.
" 'He's the blankety-blankest fiercest
pup you ever seen,' said the boy.
" 'Oh,' said the lady. 'I didn't want a
fierce dog.'
'Well,' replied the boy, 'he ain't
so blankety-blaJiked blank-blank-blank
fierce.' "
George A. Post, at one time a member
of congress from Pennsylvania, Is In Wash
ington trying to arrange for an exhibit
there of railway appliances. He called on
Speaker Cannon In relation to the matter,
saying he hoped congress would allow him
and his associates to use vacant ground
adjacent to the Washington monument.
"Glad, to see you," suid the speaker. "You
are here asking for legislation that does
not Involve any expenditure of public
money. I'm sure that Is so rare as to b
worthy of notice. Verily, your scheme
seems worth pushing along. A patriot who
la for the old flag, and without an appro
priation! The day of miracles Is not
past."
Inglorious Destrartloa.
v New York Tribune.
The spectacle of ths Russian, squadron
lying helplessly at Port, Arthur under Jap.
anese guns Instead of bodily tallying forth
and doing battle with Togo's fleet, thus
courting glorious death rather than inglori
ous destruction, is not an heroic one.
Cervera's example at Santiago Is an In
stance of the choice of a brave man. and,
although not successful, history will ac
cord him a higher place tian It would had
he remained In the harbor and permitted
bis vesel to be sunk by Aoieilcut gun.
TALKIXQ OF IDIA9.
Grand Island Independent: The report of
the federal grand Jury at Omaha. Into th
charges brought by Father Schell of th
Indian reservation, of the exploitations
of ths Winnebago Indiana, and ths con
ditions surrounding these aborigines and
wards of ths government, are startling anl
certainly demand the prosecution of those
accused, and It found guilty, they should
be severely punished.
Tekamah Journal: The Omaha Bee's
suggestion that the forthcoming legislature
establish a no-llcense tone ton miles wide
around the Indian reservation Is not meet
ing the wholesonled support of some of
the whits brethren who would have their
bug Juice dispensaries closed up. The
Pender Republic terms It "the rrstlest
proposition we have yet encountered."
The Republic also Informs us thst "what
Rosr water and Father Schell don't know
about affairs on the reservation would
make; a monument of Ignorance as big as
the Palace hotel."
Wahoo Wasp: Father Schc-ll has been
able to attract the attention of the gov
ernment to ths lawlessness and demorali
sation that has existed for some time at
the Winnebago Indian reservation. The
grand Jury after Investigating the mutter
thoroughly urges the necessity for prompt
action on the part of the state and mttl.mal
authorities to wipe out the Influence which
causrs such a deplorable condition. Mr.
Rosewater editor of the Omaha Bee has
been of great assistance to Father Schell
In getting the condition of affairs at Win
nebago agency before the public and
especially before President Roosevelt.
Verdlgre Cltlien: Isn't It a strange coin-
i-iuoni mat me guardians or the heirs of
the deceased Indians is generally chosen
from among the people who are most
interested In purchasing the'lr land? Per
haps the Winnebago agency Is not the
only reservation that would be benefited
by the appearance therein of a man like
Father ScheJI. The action of Father
Schell In uncovering the rottenness at tho
Winnebago agency was strongly com
mended by the federal grand Jury at
Omaha last week. This will be a revela
tion of tha Homer grafters, for this act
the doors of the penitentiary Is In plain
sight of many of them.
Columbus Telegram: A grand Jury In
Omaha has reported to the Judge of the
United States court the alarming fact that
ths Winnebago Indians on their reservation
In Nebraska are utterly neglecting to pay
any attention to the usual marriage cus
toms. The report says that It Is a com
mon practice among the Indians to live
with one woman until they get tired of her,
and then take another one. Well, that's
not far different from the white man's way.
The only difference Is In the manner of
quitting. When the Indian gets ready to
quit his squaw he calls a witness, and in
the presence of ths witness he breaks a
stick Into two pieces. He Is then free to
take another wife. The white man, when
he gets tired of a wife, colls a lawyer,
pays him a fee, and then the lawyer In
duces some Omaha Judge to write his name
on a sheet of paper, and the white man Is
free to choose another wife. The Indian
way is the simplest and the cheapest. The
only one who suffers by the Indian method
la the lawyer, who loses his fee.
PERSONAL NOTES.
m '
General Cronje, the Boer officer, will re
main In this country at least another year,
He expects to spend the winter in Florida,
All's quiet along ths Shakhe river. Bjt
there's noise enough In ths vicinity of 2U3
Meter hill to supply the whole field of
operations.
Servla's new cabinet consists of General
Gruics, M. Tastes, M. Pacsu, General Put
nlk, M. Radoranovlcs, M. Nlkollos and
M. Stojanovlcs.
Reports of snow storms down east will
excite profound sympathy for the unfor
tunate people who neglect to act on the
advice of Horace Greeley. Only the brave
deserve fair weather.
Prtoldent Francis of ths Louisiana Pur
chase exposition will make a thanksgiving
tour of the world, calling on the various
crowned heads to express to them Uncle
Sam's appreciation of their exhibits.
Richard Canfleld, the New York gambler,
has pleaded guilty and been fined 11,000,
thus permitting Reggie Vanderbllt et al.
to return to New York without the em
barrassment of an -appearance In court.
The Louisville Courier-Journal gives this
luminous explanation of the Mississippi
evil: "The conditions that are responsible
for Vardaman are simply the conditions
responsible for asses in every part of the
country."
The good will of Chicago toward St.
Louis Is not limited to regular donations
of Chicago river water. It Is even more
substantial. A Chicago concern offers to
pay $300,000 for fair buildings which cost
u,ooo,ooo.
An interesting presentation will bo made
to the president the last of this week by
soma scientific men of Prussia. It is a
map made In 1704, and it Is the first one
known upon which the name "America"
waa used.
Governor-elect Douglas of Massachusetts
announces that he Is not a speechmaker
and will not sacrifice himself on tha altar
of wind. Some other means will have
to be employed to blow the dust off the
sacred codfish.
In a few days General O. O. Howard will
receive at his horns in Burlington, Vt., a
letter written to him nearly forty years
ago by General W, T. Sherman. The letter
is hanging in a frame in the home or
Horace B. Austin, in Hartford, Conn., and
General Howard saw It for ths first time
several days ago when he went to Hart
ford to lecture at Trinity college.
When your child
dislike to make it take
tasting medicine. Hence
well to know that
Cherry Pectoral is
pleasant. But it is
medicine, a strong
medicine.
Time and time again we have published the
formula of this cough medicine in the principal
Medical Journals of this country and Europe,
and have mailed it to nearly every physician in
the United States.
So it follows that when your doctor orders it
for coughs, colds, bronchitis, or consumption,
he knows precisely what he is giving.
Physicians recommend their families to keep
it on hand.
Mass T ths '. O. Aye OS., LewaU. Mass.
w swuMiftrsi or
sTII's tut TtOOR-tsr tha hair.
alSK'g aAkaAPsjaLLA-Vst tbs skws.
THE TAT SHIRKINft RAIt-ROAn.
Schuyler Free Lance: And now comes a
few editors who have been bucking ths
new revenue lsw and my that because the
railroad companies are refusing to pny their
full taxes under the Inst nsscssment that
the law wss sure of corporation origin and
dictation. To us It looks the other way
and that thu tax refusal Is but a step t1
force the matter Into the courts for ths,
purpose of knocking out the law.
Putler County Press (dem): When ths
maximum freight rate law was passed ths
railroads went to the federal courts to
prove the value of their roads. Now they
are In the federal court to prove that a
mistake was made. It Is now up to ths
federal courts to rule that the railroads
have a dividend-earning value entirely
separate from taxpaylng value. No doubt
the federal courts are expert In finding a
wsy to do this, but such decisions do not
add to public reverence for the courts.
Beatrice Express: If the railroads are
successful In compelling the counties in
Nebraska to aivopt less thnn the amount
of tsxes due, what a merry time there
would be. John Ioe, who pays $1,000 taxes
In Gage county, wonld offer to pay $w,
Richard Roe, who pays $500 taxes, would
offer to pay $Ho, and then would come
farmers, doctors, lawyers, merchants, la
borers and hist and least, editors, esch
offering to pay his taxes If the poor, scared
treasurer would accept what wss ofjered.
And why not? What Is the law for one,
should and would be the law for all.
Butler County Tress (dem.): The action
of the railroads since election In resisting
their tax has exonerated the republican
party from the charge that the new re-venue
law was passed In the Interest of
the railroads. If the next legislature will
go Into the freight rate question and will
express themselves In no uncertain wax
on the political pass system, they will not
only perform a service due the people ot
Nebraska, but they will forever still that
false charge that the republican party In
Nebraska Ih a "railroad tool." And what
ever this legislature may do they shoulo
not forget that the Interest of the produc
ers and the railroads are Identical and
they should be friendly.
Valentine Republican: The Burlington and
Union Pacific railroads have secured a tem
porary restraining order against county
treasurers from attempting In any way or
manner to collect taxes levied against them
under the new revenue law. This action oa
the part of the railroads is an outrage and
will In the end work no gain to these roads.
By this and similar action of the railroads
and monopolistic concerns, the great cor
porations are surely weaving a net that Is
certain to bring them destruction. They
are forcing an issue that the people will
not patiently and silently endure without
resentment ere long, and which, if pressed
to the limit, is sure to result In their over
throw. L1SE9 TO A LAUGH.
"They say old Colonel Hankthunder is as
proud as Lucifer."
"He Is and with about the same kind of
a personal record to be proud of." Chiuagu
Tribune.
He (the Pessimist I believe you ara
sorry we are engaged?
Sho (the OptlmiBt) Oh, no. Just think
how much worse it might bo we might be
married! Cleveland Leader.
"You any Smith has Joined ths Peace
congress?"
"Yes, he is determined to remain a bach
elor." New York Herold.
"I wonder why Mrs. Newly Is giving so
many crushing receptions."
"She's bought a lot of new Turkish rugs
and la trying to give them an antique look."
Detroit Fre Press.
The Senator Why mustn't I vote for that
bill?
Constituent Because the people ,, don't
Want It. ee-nator.
The Senator What have the people got
to do with it? Ain't election over, hey?
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Gausslp They're all saying that your
wife asked you to marry her.
Menpeck How ridiculous!
GauMBip la It?
Henpeck Of course. She never asks ma
to do unytlilug; she told me. Philadelphia
Press.
THE IMPERIAL POEMS.
By Mutsuhito, Kmperor of Japan.
I.
My heart's at peace with all, and fans
would I
Live, as I love. In life-long amity;
And yet the storm-clouds lower, the rising
wind
Stirs up the waves: the elemental strife
Rages around. I do not understand
Why this should be.
II.
"1'ls surely not our fault.
We've sought to be sincere in deed and
word;
We have exhausted every means to press
A clear and truthful cjumj, but all in vain.
Now may the God that sees the hearts of
men
Approve of what we do!
III.
They're at the front,
Our brave young men; and now the middle-aged
Are shouldering their arms; and in ths
fields
The old men gather In the abundant rice.
Low stooping o'er the sheaves; all ages vie
In cheerful self-devotion to tha Laud.
Kyoto, Japan.
(The above translation of poems by Ms
majesty, the originals ot which uppe-ared
in the Kokumln Bilirubin! for November 7.
1904, seem to have been coinpe,sed at dif
ferent periods. No. i evidently was writ
ten before the war. when the emoeror
saw himself surrounded by ominous signs
of a coming conflict. No. II dates from
the actual commencement of the war,
when all peaceable means had been ex
hausted and the declaration of war had
become Inevitable- No. HI Ih what wo
see In Japan today. Only this afternoon
I passed a gang of women taking their
husbands' and brothers' places In the
building of a bridge. His majesty hns
every reason to be proud of the ready self
sacrificing spirit of his people. Arthur
uioya, in tne inaepenaenij.
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