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'Seal; M. B. HL'NOATE,
Notary Public.
To the Implement dealers: Make
j-oiirwlvps perfectly at home during
your, stay in Omahu. .'
Those Illinois thieve who sold silver
huts for lead would nmke Ideal rlctlm
fur a gold brink confidence sharp.
Vhlle tho charter U undergoing re-
Mini the question of gurbage dUpoHal
that perplexes : us every little while
vhoitld, not be overlooked.
The new county broom has made It
nplteuraiice In the court house and a
cenentl house-cleaniug may ' be looked
for within the next ten days. '
The city tnx rate for 11X15 can be kept
down to mills If the different mu
nicipal department are required to cut
their garments according to the cloth.
That, Indian supply depot bas been
Kavcd to Ouiuha once more, and may
now I coiiMdeivd Urtnly anchored until
it becomes necessary to save It again
next year.
M. Wltte in said to be posing as a
reactionary In Itugsla, but perhaps he Is
only playing the hand of a politician
out of an office who wants to return to
public life.
ItUHKiaus promise to make the capture
f Vladivostok more difficult than that
of Tort Arthur, but Japan has shown
no disposition so far to trench on recog
nised KubjjIhu soil.
. After all Hojestvensky may be given
:ui .opportunity to ascertain if he will
bo attacked a second time in the North
sea before the board passes on the mer
its of the former shooting.
Judging from his address. President
Ilagenbartb of the National Live Mock
association thinks the alleged combina
tions of packers and of railroads should
be pounded to death with eiderdown.
, The International recognition of do
minion within the three-mile limit of a
-oust will have a hard time to maiutain
itself In light of the fact that Port Ar
tliur water were mined for forty miles
from the coast.
The act of (ioveruor Pen I tody and
i iovernor-elect Adam In locking arms
on the way to the capital to the latter'
Inaugural must be the Colorado equiva
lent of pugilists shaking hands before
the referee culls time.
. Tint irttoruey for the Heef trust de
clare the action brought by the United
States against that combination to be
withQUt preivdent, but the attorney
should remember that unprecedented
iniquity may call for novel remedies.
. . e
Kverythlug that helps to build up
South Omaha helps also to build tip
Omaha. That I why Omaha rejoices
with South Omaha at the tine promiite
of new enterprise and Improvements In
the 11X15 prospecUis of the Magle City.
One of the article of Impeachment
Hgaliittt Judge Swayue Is that he set)
fenced men arbitrarily for contempt of
court. !( It possible any one has the
temerity to question the right of a fed
eral Judge to decide when any person
on earth is In contempt?
Kdilur Urown of the Kearney Hub
will cany to Washington the official
document declaring that Nebraska's
eight 'electoral votes have been duly re
oiViM for Theodore Uoosevclt for presi
dent and for Charles W. Falrbunk for
vice' president. The ' honor could not
lune becii more worthily liestowed.
I'i'''iicr Indian Commissioner Jones
i:itne ,vcrv near beiui; right when he
ic'viiiinciidod tluit ludiau agents, who
I'kiiiilly hcciire their position by polit
ic;! I pull, be dIM'iicd with at the In
dian rtervutious uud their places taken
by bonded suiierliitendeuu, who ure di
rectly under the control of the Indian
bulwaU.
J
fVOOF.STKD TAOJFr COSHriTTtt.
While no definite conclusions were
reached nt the conference last Katurda
Itetwecn the president and uiemlxTS o
cougrcss. It appears that the suggestion
of a joint committee of the senate and
Iioump to Investigate the" question of
tariff revision met with - jrood deal of
favor. The proposition was that such
a committee should make the Invcotlga
tion after the adjournment of the present
congress and secure, through bearings,
such Information as would permit nn
Intelligent discussion of the matter at
the scsnIou of next winter.
If this course should be pursued it of
course would dispose of the question of
an extra session of the Fifty-ninth con
gress, and as many members are op
IMtsed to an extra session It seem not
Improbable that the suggestion will be
u dop ted. Moreover, it would undoubt
edly be satisfactory to the Industrial
interests of the country, which It Is safe
to say do not generally want an extra
session of the new congress for the spe
cltlc pnriwse of considering a revision of
the tariff, whether It should be called In
the spring or later In the year. Although
revision would lx In tlie hands of the
friends of protection and thpre would be
assurance of the maintenance of that
principle, still more or less, uncertainty
ns to the treatment of the varlous'sched
tiles would be Inevitable and this would
be lo some extent detrimental to busl
ness. The proposed Joint committee
would have abundant time In which to
make the Investigation thorough and ob
tain the sentiment of all the Industrial
Interest and also of merchant and oth
ers whose opinions It might be deemed
desirable to have. The tariff policy was
pretty strongly Indorsed at the presi
dential election and It would be well to
ascertain if public sentiment Is still as
overwhelmingly In this direction as It
was" In November last.
A joint committee of the two bouses
of congress on the tariff would probably
1e entirely acceptable to the president,
There appears to lie no doubt, that Mr,
Roosevelt believe there should be revi
sion, but it Is not likely that he desire
any great haste In the matter. lie once
said that In dealing with the tariff there
ought to be the utmost deliberation and
It Is safe to say that this I his present
view. The suggestion of a joint con
gresslonal committee has ever sound
consideration lu It favor. :
St)VTliERy APPOlXfMKU'lS.
A leading southern puper remarks, that
President Itoosevelt Is dealing with the
difficult question of appointments In
tUat section in a direct and manly
fashion. Ignoring the Intervention of
the ofticeholdlug or office-hungry co
terie who make up the so-called
"organisation" In most of the south
ern states and whose advice has
heretofore been with an eye single to
their own emolument. A Washington
dispatch state that tlie referee system,
which has prevailed In the onth and
under which republican leaders were
consulted in the se taction- o( federal .of
Ocers, bas become "distasteful td the
president and, he has let It be under
stood that he Is tired of the squabbles
that arise whenever a place la to be
tilled. He wants good men for the pub
lic offices and will go outside of the re
publican lines If that shall be necessary
to get the kind of men desired.
Mr. Roosevelt has already shown a
good deal of Independence In the matter
of appointment and will doubtless con
tinue to do so. Aa to bis attitude re
garding appointment In the" southern
states. It will not be surprising to any
one at all familiar with the general
haracter of the republican politicians
In that section. They are for the most
part untrustworthy and It could not
reasonably be expected that the presi
dent, with hi high sense of responsi
bility, would permit such, politician to
dictate Appointments. There is no doubt
ns to the Intention of the president to
appoint a republican In every Instance
where a man of the proper character
and fitness 1 found. He prefer men of
bis own party when they are fitted to
hold public office, but when such men
are not to be secured In the south, he
wlil appoint democrats who have the
required qualification.
While extreme partisans may not ap
prove of this, whlcji is a departure from
long-established custom, It is to be borne
In mind that the president Is responsible
for the proper conduct of the public ser
vice and In order to secure this It is
his right and duty to appoint only men
whom he know to be capable and hon
est. It can In? safely assumed that Mr.
Roosevelt will Co nothing lu this matter
that ran Injure big party or to which any
one desiring a rightly-conducted public
service ran object.'
XMJVGER TO THK THCATItS
If the arbitration treaties pending in
the senate are amended as proposed It
will render thetu practically meaning
less. The proposition of some of the
senators is to amend the treaties in uch
a way as to require the approval of the
senate before any matter ran be sub
mitted to arbitration under them. It Is
pointed out that nuder the treaties as
negotiated, both nations having agreed
to arbitrate, either can plead the gen
erous exemptions which the treaty spe
cifies, upon any Issue which It does not
care to take to the International 'court.
Certain of the senator, however, seem
to think it unsafe In let an administra
tion In power le the Judge of this and
accordingly they wanf this provision In
sertetl giving them control of the situa
tion. The amendment would put the
I'nited States In the awkward position
of asking other nations to agree to sub
mit questions, within the ecope outlined
In the treaty, whenever an American
president could get two-tbirds of the
American senate to agree with hlui In
doing so. i
The Wasuiugtou corretqHiudeui of the
New York Evening Post says that If the
senate lusUts oil ' this auieudujeut. It
will he due not to a dislike of arbitra
tion but to its well-settled luteuUuu to
run the entire federal government. "The
senate," be adds; "has for many year
ben gradually absorbing the preroga
tives of the house on one band and the
presidency on the other, and this amend
ment Is in .keeping with that movement.
Fully carried out, the secretary of state
would become the -clerk of the senate
committee on foreign relations, with no
authority except that conferred upon
him' by the directions of the committee
standing for the senate Itself." Of course
a body a considerable number of
whose members are actuated by such
a purpose tan hardly be expected
to pay much attention to public
opinion. If It did there would be no
hesitation or delay In ratifying the
treaties as negotiated, for popular sentl
ment is practically unanimous in favor
of this. The adoption of the proposed
amendment would put this country In
an embarrassing position before the
world and would be. a severe If not fatal
blow to American efforts In the cause of
International arbitration. It Is hardly
conceivable that a majority of senators
will be found willing to place the coun
try In such a stultifying position.
n-AM KD-A COMMISSIONER OF PCBLIC
WORKS.
Among the questions that have per
plexed the charter revision committee Is
the proposed reconstruction or abolition
of the Board of -Public Works. It Is
conceded on all hands, with the excep
tion possibly of the member of the
board, that the creation of a board made
up of the city engineer, building in
spector and city comptroller was n mis
take even as a measure of economy.
While the engineer and building In
spector are presumed to have the requi
site qualifications, the comptroller, who
by the charter Is required to be an ex
pert accountant, Is like a fish out, of
water In a board that deal exclusively
with public improvements. The comp
troller cannot, moreover,' devote any
considerable amount of time to public
works without neglecting bis own Im
portant duties, or leaving to other the
performance of duties which by the
charter devolve upon him.
The same Is also true regarding the
building inspector, who, a a matter of
fact, lacks sufficient time to perform his
own duties efficiently, even were all of
his time devoted to their performance.
On the other hand, thin also applies In
many respect to the city engineer, who
should by right devote his entire time
to the planning and supervision of new
public work and such other duties as
are directly within the scope of the en
gineering department.
In remodeling Its charter. Omaha
should profit by its own experience as
well a by that of other cities. The
triple-headed Board of Public Works
should be abolished and the engineer's
department should lie divorced from the
supervision of street cleaning and street
repairs. This change could be effected
most economically and to the best ad
vantage by the creation of a commis
sioner of public works, who should lie
made responsible for the maintenance
of viaducts, culverts, bridges, roadways,
streets and alleys, the repairing of side
walks and street pavement and the
cleaning of streets. ,
The commissioner of public work
should, of course, be a civil engineer of
several years' experience In municipal
work. The creation of this office would
not supersede the engineer In making
plans and specification for pavements,
bridges, sewers and all other, public
works, uor In the acceptance of all pub
lic works executed under contract;
neither would It supersede the street
commissioner, who would, however, be
subject directly to the commissioner of
public works, but the responsibility for
keeping public buildings and public
thoroughfares in repair and keeping
them clean would be upon the commis
sioner, while the city engineer would
e relieved from a branch of service
hat does not properly pertain to his
calling.
In the letting of contracts for public
works the engineer would prepare the
plans and specifications, the commis
sioner of public works wouM advertise
for proposals and open the bids, and the
mayor nud council would let the con-
rarts. All this could lie done with less
friction and greater advantage to the
public service than any plan or scheme
that has yet been suggested so far as
we know. .
The election of (luy ( Barton as
president of the Otriaha & Council Bluffs
Street Railway company means that the
active management of those properties
will continue in the hand of people
Identified with the city by other busl
uess Interests ns well and as much. If
not more, concerned In the continued
development and growth of Omaha as
ny other of our citir.ens. The manage
ment of the rapid' transit facilities can
promote or retard a city's advance
mentand the assurance of a contlnu-
nce of a broad and liberal policy on
the part of this big corporation means a
great deal to the people who are served
by It
t
The house of representatives has
asked for an Investigation into the
ffalrs of the Panama Railroad com
pany, of which concern the government
owns more than 00 per cent of the stock.
If tint precedent established in one of
the Rock Island cases is followed, it
may be decided that the stockholder has
no right to examine the books, except
with conseut of tile directors, and as
there has be;n no election of directors
since the government secured the stock.
Uncle Hum may have to wait until the
next annual meeting to learn just what
he bus lsiught.
What do the passes given by the rail
road to the member of the legislature
cost the taxpayers of Nebraska? That
question will auswer itself by the tluie
the session Is over. The tJrt. ami per
haps the least costly, effect of tin rail
road passe alwiyi manifests Itself lu
the frequent adJouruuieuU of that body.
through which the legislative session
drag along for more than three months
when they are expected to last only
from nine to ten week at most.
C herloh the Tre-ea.
Springfield Kepubllcan.
The president pok a atrong. true word
for American forests In his lateat speech.
Cherish the trees; cultivate the woodlands.
They are priceless, like water and sir.
The Better Parr ml Yulor.
Washington Post.
Lord Roberts declares that the Brltleli
army would be defeated in a war with a
first-class power. History shows, however,
that the Urltlsh always overlook first-class
powers when engaging partners for tha
war dance.
Chicago Tribune.
Vncle Sam s experiments In the matter
of World' fair postage stamps have con
vinced him that a busy people does not
take kindly to the Idea of licking nn un
necessary area of mucilage when about to
mall a letter.
Aatles of Wail-n Csars.
New York Tribune.
Governor Pennypnckor probably envlea
the csar his power In some respect. Th
Russian autocrat can suppress publications
that dare to rrltlclne the government, while
at the Pennsylvania capital the worst that
can be done to reporters is to banish them
to the sky parlor cage known as the press
gallery.
Not aa Bad a Painted.
Chicago Chronicle.
Recent account of the condition of
things in Port Arthur do not add much to
the credit of either Nogi or Stoeaael. It
appears that the town Is not much Injured;
that thousands of cltliene nre walking
around well fed and well clothed and that
the Jlnrlklsha I gliding merrily back and
forth. Just as if nothing had happened.
Herotam and Humiliation.
Chicago Chronicle.
After the heroic defense that General
Stoesael made at Port Arthur It affects the
American mind somewhat painfully to find
him announcing his surrender In such lan
guage as this: "ureal sovereign, paiuun
us. We have done everything humanly
possible. Judge us. but be merciful." There
mmt hn antnothlna- fearfully wrong In a
government In which a man entitled to the
highest honors feels compelled to lick the
dust and sue for mercy, when the blame,
if there Is any. rests with that same "great
aovernlen" whose feet he kisaes. No won
der Russia la In the throes of revolution.
A Reeord Breaker, Truly.
Philadelphia Press.
Major Charles E. Woodruff, an army sur
geon, says that he has been studying the
effects of drink on the soldiers In the Phil
ippine islands, and he finds that 68 per cent
of the men who drink liquor to excels re
tain their heulth. 86 per cent of the moder
ate drinkers accomplish, the tame, and only
46 per cent of the total abstainers. Major
Woodruff's testimony would need aclentllla
Inquiry before it would be accepted. That
persons who drink excessively of Intoxi
cating liquors are the most healthy In the
Philippine island or anywhere else I ab
surd. The Investigations and records of all
time are to the contrary.
COI.OEl, BRYAN St RRENDKB.
Potent laBanf ol Babf'i (o-Goo
aa VriuBkr.
Minneapolis Journal.
When Ruth Bryan married the Boston
portrait painted. Milton Homer Deavltt,
the militant leader of unbathed democracy
kicked and refused to bo comforted. He
declined to attend the wedding and
brought in a minority report that sounded
like an assault on Port Arthur. His
daughter, having a clear majority of the
convention, went on calmly with the regu
lar order and let 'th colonel ulk to his
heart's content.
In due time an event happened In the
Leavltt household, but till the colonel
made no sign. This was two months ago
and the colonel has been fretting and
fuming ever since. The plan of the melo
drama would have been for the Ioavitts
pere nd mere to put on their oldest
clothes, cover thenifelvea with stage snow,
visit the old homestead and cunningly per
mit grandfather to stumble over the baby
aa he went out to milk the cows. But
the Leavltts didn't do it that way. They
stayed at home nnd Grandfather Bryan
had1 to go to them.
The colonel has Just made a pilgrimage
to New Orleans, carrying his flag of sur
render. A complete and permanent recon
ciliation has been effected In the Bryan
family. The colonel la a man who can
stand off a resolution with sixteen hours
of uninterrupted argument, but he could
not stand off one goo-goo of the baby.
The whole country will rejoice over this
event, as Colonel Bryan, whatever hla
vagaries In economics, la one of those
family men In whom the country takes an
Immense pride,
THE NATIOVS Fl.N'AM ES.
Look at the Balance Sheet
for the
Last Half Year.
New Tork Tribune.
The treasury's balance sheet for the first
half of Ihe fiscal year ended December 31
discredits utterly the prophecies of ap
proaching bankruptcy so recklessly made
last summer by the democratic candidates
for president and vies president. The de
ficit for the half year Is not "over 170.009.
000," as It ahould be, according to their In
fantile calculations. The actual shortage la
i22,37sR94 a million and half less than
the deficiency reported on August 31. In
stead of running deeper Into debt the treas
ury has in the laat four months mors than
paid Its current expenses from current re
ceipts, and there is every prospect thut In
the next six months the losing balance of
the first two months will be still further re
duced. For December a surplus Is shown of ti.
63l,9n6. This favorable balance has been
achieved, too, in spite of unusually heavy
December disbursements. Last year the ex
penditures for the month wtr only W2.248,
(. This year they rose to $41,487.000 a dif
ference of over 19.000,000. But receipts also
ran ahead this year, reaching H5.047.8ufr
aRalnst 142.747.592 In December. 1903. This
gain quite reverse the process which led
to the heavy deficits of July and August.
Thm expenses were mounting while re
cetpis were shrinking. For tho two
months disbursements ruse I16.0O0.O00 above
the level of 1903-4. and receipts decreased
about 17.0(0,000. In th succeeding four
months some of this lost ground has been
regained. For. while disbursements are sUll
running ahead of laat year, showing an ex
cess for the half year of a little over IJ0,
UOO.OUU, the treasury's Income since August
31 has shown a gain of over $7,Ou0,000. and
receipts for the half year are now fully up
to lust year' figure. This gain Is expected
to hold for the ret of the yar. If It does,
lit tieasury's adverse balance will bo di
minished materially. The expenditures for
the first six months was a disproportionate
one. muny dt licit rhargu having been met
which will not rwur between now and mil
July, tndinsry disbursements from now on
will hardly exceed those of lust year, and
Willi a further Improvement in Ihe rvnue
th year' dilicl ought lurrly to fall below
ijv.KO.ouy,
ROt'ND ABOIT SEW VORK.
Rlales the t arrenl of Life la the
Metropolis.
A peculiar racial characteristic Is noted
by the New York Sun among the Immi
grants from Russia and the adjacent re
gions of eastern Europe who settle In the
ao-rslled Bast Side of New York City.
There is among them an unwritten law
that a man may change his name if he
thinks It Is too long, cumbersome and In
convenient to carry through life in Amer
ica. Sometimes the changes produce sur
prise and amusement.
Thua under the name of Charles Con
nor on the card of an East Side business
man appears an announcement in Hebrew
characters. Thre is. In fact, nothing
Irish about this Mr. Connor s.ive the
name. '
In Essex street and the neighboring
streets one sees on the shop window
among such names ss Rosinky, Kollovlt.
Bchulurnxki, Levy and Cohrn, the name
of riurk.-, McCarthy, Roberts, Jones,
Smith, Baldwin. Ore. n, White, Black.
O'Brien and Prenn. The bearers of all
these names are of the same race.
McCarthy has been for a long time a
popular choice on the East Side among
Hebrew immigrants who abandon names
difficult to spell or pronounce. lately
O'Brien has come into use. There are
ny number of Sulllvans and Fitzgcralds.
Last year's record of octan travel Into
New York has been made public. During
the year B72.7W steerage and 1S2.3S9 cabin
passengers landed at this port. In the
European-Atlantic coast trade the Hamburg-American
line It ads In the numlior
of steerage passengers carried. Its total
was 82,i4. In cabin transportation the
North German Lloyd Is ahead in both the
Atlantic and the Mediterranean trades. In
the former tradu this line landed at New
York Sl,40 people, and in the latter 6.S92.
The Hamburg-American 'brought 23,175
cabin passengers from European-Atlantic
ports, and 1,008 from the Mediterranean.
The four lines comprising the Interna
tional Mercantile Marine the White Star,
Red 8tar, American and Atlantic Trans
portlanded at New York In the past year
125.417 steerage and 45.938 cabin passenger,
the White Star service leading with 23.M
cabin and 57.SB3 steerage passengers. The
Red Star. American and Atlantic Trans
port service follow In the order named.
A handsome young police officer sat on
his horse whore Fifth avenue crosses
Fotty-scond street, regulating the oppos
ing tides of carriages and other vehicles
forever flowing at that point, relates a
correspondent of the Cleveland Plain
Dealer. The animal was a Kentucky thor
oughbred, and one nobler In appearance
could not be found. The officer was In a
spotless uniform, and the? housings of the
horse were of the best.
Suddenly there was a sliout, and away
down Fifth avenue a hansom cab was
seen coming on the run. The driver had
lost control, and u broken shaft was strik
ing the horse at every Jump. A man and
woman were In the cab; she struggling
desperately to Jump out, and her com
panion holding her with all his strength.
Two policemen on foot began to yell
to the drivers to get out of the way.
Those who could turned Into side streets
and the test forced their horses onto the
sidewalk.
Hardly had the first shout bein heard
before the mounted policeman was on a
run down the avenue. Hs met the run
away at Fortieth street, wheeled and
started In pursuit. I never saw a prettier
race in my life and one could not help
admiring the life and tgrac of that noblo
racer, and the courage and skill of his
rider, even at the moment when three
llvts and more were in peril of sudden
death.
The runaway was wild with terror, but
the police horse seemed to make play of
the episode. He gained on the other horse,
and when opposite to him veered In, and
the two were running nose to noae. The
policeman reached out and grasped the
bridle. As they passed Forty-ecoml street
they sounded like a troop of cavalry, but
the pace was slowing down. On the next
block the runaway gave up and was
brought to a stop.
The woman had fainted, and the man
who was holding her was not much better
off. The driver did not get down from his
seat, but fell off. He was not white In
the face, but. an ashy green. The police
man was ready to drop, and his horse was
a magnificent sight, with his eyes on fire
and distended nostrils. I was so moved
by the rescue that I cried. "Well done,
officer!" The crowd took It up and cheered.
A peripatetic goat became angered at the
Little Red Riding Hood uit worn by Mil
llcent Adams, aged . The goat charged,
head down, at the little girl when she was
standing near the brink of a rocky Incline
In Harlem.
Simultaneously with the rush of the goat
a magnificent St. Bernard, held In leash by
a young woman, started In pursuit of tho
other animal. Her escort brought up the
procession, also moving rapidly.
The goat struck little Milliceut squarely
In the back. She would have betn knocked
over the cliff If the goat's horns had not be
come entangled In her dress. She would
have been dashed to pieces, anyway, if the
sV. Bernard had not grabbed the gout by the
hindquarters, and It Is not unlikely the two
animals and the child would hav gone over
but for the fact that the young woman re
tained hor hold on the leash, and her resist
ance was Intensified by the young man, who
ground his heels In tha snow, threw hi arms
around the young woman, and pulled back
for dear life,
When the human-child chain was disen
tangled It was found the only serious dam
age was to the goat's aftermath.
They are telling a new story about I.croy
B. Crane, the New York magistrate who
apparently never forgets a face or an of
fender's record. A day or two after
Christmas a wary-louking and tramplsh
fellow was brought before him. charged
with having been found drunk the night be
fore. Justice Crane looked at him once and
said severely: "You have been hero before
on this charge, have you not?" "Oh, yes,
your honor." waa the cheerful reply, "and
I'm glad you don't turn your back on on
old friend. 'But how stout you've grown!
How's the missus?" The court officer
nearly had a fit, and Judge Crane retired
to his private room for on short laugh.
The Sixteenth assembly district block hus
a density of 900 people to an acre, and
while It ha.'i the largest population within
four street In New York, It Is by no means
the densest block In population. Tho block
bounded by Rivlngton, Stsntqn, Allen, and
Orchard streets, with a population of l.t.
gives each person In the block thirty-four
square feet of space on the ground. Each
person Is. according to mathematical cal
culation', "cabined, cribbed, confined" in a
spscs leu than 'x feet square.
Hallroad Ideals Analsed.
Springfield Republican.
President Ripley of the Santa Fe road I
telegraphing to New York papers that
great Injustice, is being done "Morton and
myself" In that rebate matter. Whut hi
road haa done, he says, la "legally and mor
ally right." Well, trit re la iu evidence" a
rale ahect Issued by his company "for Ihe
in formation of employes only, and copies
must not be given lo Ihe public" and tha
law prohibits secret rate-muklng. Was that
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OVERCOATS and
W1MTER SUITS
All $30, $27.50, $25, S2J, $20 Suits, $15
All $23 lo $35 Overcoats : $20
All Odd Trousers 33 Per Cent Discount
THIS SALE ABSOLUTELY CASH.
1I7 FARNAM STRLtT
THK l WHO SKI. IS HI OTi:.
Shocking Condition of rolltleal
' lorala In Indiana.
Chicago Inter Occiiifc
Governor Durbln lu Ids retiring message
to tho Indiana legislature declares tli:it
"tho statistics of political debauchery In
this state In 1!M, if it were posi-iblo to
present them, would bo astounding."
He asserts thnt there N an Indian
county, canting 6.(M) voles, in which 1JnO
voters are "regularly listed as purchas
able," and iiys: "Our present need Is
legislation framed In the light of a clearer
conception of the enormity of the offense
Involved in the purchase or salf of a
vote."
Indiana has been for years a political
battle ground, with the great parties so
nearly equal In strength that contests for
power the unusually close. Cndcr such cir
cumstances the temptation to use Illegiti
mate methods is great, and the venal
voter becomes of undue Importance.
Every community l more or less tainted
with the man who sells his vote, hut the
commonness of the offense dots not lessen
its enormity. Governor Durbln has done
well to speak out boldly agnlnst it. and
to point nut to the people of Indiana tho
public dangers they tolerate In falling
resolutely to drain the marshes of public
corruption.
Of the enormity of the offense there
can bs no question. The man who sells
his vote Is unworthy of the name of Amer
ican citizen. He sells his birthright his
privilege of decision of public questions
for himself as one of the body of turn In
whom is the ultimate sovereign power of
this nation.
Instead of deciding f6r himself, accord
ing to the best Intelligence II has pleased
God to give him, he hands over that light,
to another for a price. He barters his
manhood for money and betrays his coun
try. He becomes the poisoned spring of
every ;nb!lc evil.
Every power of public opinion, of social
pressuro and of statute law should be
exerted to restrain and punish and drive
out of the body politic the man so lost to
American decency and manly honor as to
sell h'.s vote.
PERSONAL SOTK".
When the German emperor travels on
home railways h detailed bill Is made out
for every engine and car used and for the
distance traversed. It Is estimated that he
pays the Prussian railways alone about
$25,000 a year.
It may or may not be an ominous circum
stance that of late a number of persons In
London have been taking out insurance on
the life of Csar Nicholas, though, the com
panies demand heavy premiums. Fifteen
guineas (about $77.75) per $1,000 la the ruling
figure. '
Andrew Carnegie commissioned his Lou
don agent to bid up to $6,000 fur the Burns'
Pdhle, which was sold there recently. It Is
an authentic volume, containing entries re
garding the birth of tho poet's children. It
sold for $7,m, Mr. Quaritch, the london
dealer, being the purchaser.
Robert Walker Tayler, who ha been ap
pointed to succeed Judgo Wing In the
northern district of Ohio, was formerly a
representative in congress from the Eigh
teenth district represented so long by Wil
liam McKlnley. For a time he was odltor
of the "Buckeye State," publishtd nt LIs-
j bon. O., and later studied law.
, Poulett Weatherley, tho English explorer,
who has lately relumed from the heart or
Africa, where he'has been burled for eleven
veais, often not Beelng a whlto mini for
two years at a stretch, rediscovered I he
spot where the heart of Livingstone Ib
buried, and raised a permanent memoiiul
In place of the decaying tree that markud
the site.
"Mr. A- 8- Spalding's Investigation Into the
history of the origin of base ball," says the
Boston Transcript, "soems to prove prelly
conclusively that the national game was
evolved entirely on this side of the Atlan
tic, starting with the colonial game of One
Old Cat, and developing through Two,
Three and Four Old Cats. Thut It should
finally have been determined to risk the
lives of nine players in the i-porl appears
only a logical outcome of the One Cat
Idea."
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reason, why Ayer's Hair Vigor makes the hair
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Healthy hair grows, keeps soft 'and smooth,
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Philadelphia ledger.
Probably Nebraska Is not more seriously
afflicted by paid lobbyists professional
pushers of any measure which Interested
persons will pay them to sdvocate than
are other states; but apparently Oovernor
Mickey lias a personal knowledge of ths
evil which inspires him to make war on It.
"Bar Hie lobby the bane of every legisla
tive body!" he exclaims In his mesaage.
The arts of good fellow ship are never
worked with more f!;II1 than by the pro
fessional lobbyist. Whatever Influence he
niny guln among legislators, through ready
personal service, through political activity
mill a professed regard for the party's
welfare, he will well In behalf of n bill
in which he can have no other Interest
than his commission. Often corporation
keep lobbyists on regular salary to serv
their lrgl.sliitlvc purposes. legislators ar
waylaid and served with promises or
threats of with misrepresentations of fact
by the lobbyist, and where outright bribery
is practicable in does not scruple to em
ploy it. There is no need of the swarm
of hired advocates at the capital, and tha
i business Is nowhere regarded as legitimate.
The legislator can gain full knowledge of
any bill without an appeal to the pro
fessional -obhvlst.
Guvernor Mickey distinguishes between
the men who advocate a measure, for pay
ami citizens who have a direct Interest In
urging or opposing it. Everybody knows
the difference. The hired lobbyist Is known
to all. He should lie barred rxcluded
from the eapitol us s menace to legislative
Integrity. Ho is, in fai t, the bane of every
legislative body and a breeder of scandals.
PASNIMi PLEASANTRIES.
"Money," said the Wise Man, "does not
bring happiness."
"Ii, yes. It does," said the Still Wiser
Man, "If you have Just enough of It. "--Chicago
Tribune.
"Do you think that statesmanship la on
the decline in this country?"
"I don't know." amrwered Senator Sor
ghum. "I never declined anything worth
mentioning." Washington Star.
"Tnere s a man that's interested in a
great many things."
"Is that so?"
"Yes. he makes mince meat." Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Mike Sure ,th' doctor said Ol hod 'to
baeey heart.
Pat-Ye re safe. thin. Mike. If ut s annv
tnlng loike th' tohaccy y smoke tit's strong
enough to shtand annythlng. Puck.
"Oil, Mrs. Malaprop. I must congratulate
foil. Your dinner was a complete success,
low do you manage?"
"Well, my dear, IJuet leavs everything to
Messrs. Tygcrs and give them bete noli !"
fatler.
The
Joke.
Gas Pipe This weather is a fine
..lh" Wator Pipe Yes. I laughed till I
thought I would burst. New York Sun.
"Gei-! but that girl makes ma hot!"
Why?"
'Aw;, giving me the frosty face thut way."
It la an awful roast, ain't It?"
Yes, she thinks she cuts a. lot of Ic."
Cleveland Leader.
TIIE BENT OK ALL,
J. W. Foley m New York Times.
"Boyhood Is tho best of all;"
'At'a w'at t'ncle Henry muvt;
Summer, winter, spring, and full
All so happy an' he lays
Down his pipe air 'en he'll smile
V en I'm wlshln' I win tail,
Says I II find out after w'lle
Itoytlme Is the best of all.
"Hoytime la the best of all;"
'At's w'at grampa alwus said
W'cn he met me In the hall
Goln' out to get my sled.
"Let your heart be. light as snow
Wen tho flukes it fall an' fall,
After w'llu you'll come to know
Boytlmo is the best of all."
"Boylime is the best of all;"
'At' w'at pa 'ud alwus say
W en we're startin' to play ball;
An' he'd come to watch ua play
For a little wile, an' 'en
Wen he heard us youngsters caUt
"Two strikes!" he 'ud say to Beat
' Hoy! line is the best of all."
"Boylime. Is the best of all;"
Urimpa. he lays down his pipe,,
Hays he almoa' can recall
w'en the apples gettln' ripe
Made his heart 1st thump with joy;
Hummer, winter, apting. an' fall
All 1st splendid for a boy
Iloytiinc is the best of all. '
MAYER
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