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(SeaU M. IS. HUNOATE,
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A contract lins been let to re-gild the
dome of the state house at Ues Moines
Now Is the time for the free sllverltes
to protest.
Denver police have placed a bnn on
the toy cannon. Nothing but the real
thing, apparently, Is permitted in the
Centennial stnte.
Crab grass Is rampant this year In
Georgia, boll weevil Is advancing from
Texan cud the Hessian fly has invaded
Nebraska. Call out the militia :
; From late reports Kitchener at Cnl
cutta may have cause to envy his life
In Africa, where ho at least did not
bave to meet ltrltish opposition.
Those Russians who consider the
Japanese-French affair a tempest in a
teapot should remember that even a tea-
pot may sculd when it ltollH,over.
It look very mucb as If some people
were trying their best to make the
Hessian fly play the role this year that
was taken last year by tlio boll weevil,
If this thing keeps on railroad ticket
agents will be required to supply every
tourist with an accident policy, a bomb
proof coat of mull and an asbestos night
shirt
HAl.DniN ON It ATE REGULATION
At the banquet given by tho American
Hallway association to delegates to the
International Railway congress John N.
Haldwln, the political attorney of the
.nlfui Pacific railroad, mode this dec
laration:
Ther Is no deep seated demand for a red
uction of freight rates nor Is there a
demand fir nny mollification of railroad
ratea In the country from which I come.
At the lust session of the Nebraska, legisla
ture the committee charged with the prepa
ration of a maximum freight rate bill, tho
halrinan of which Is a young dentist from
Omaha, and another member a miner rrom
Kearney, reported buck In two days a bill to
the house which made a horizontal cut in
wenty-soven commodities affecting 75 per
cent of the freight handled by the railroads
f that state. The young dentist chairman
f the committee when questioned said that
rates were higher In Nebraska than In
owa. He did not know that Iowa had forty
people to the square mile, while Nebraska
has but thirteen. lie did not know that
Iowa mined thousands of tons of coal per
year, while Nebraska did not mine a pound.
In did not know that tho volume and
density of the haul were vital subjects
that entered into the making of rates.
Mr. Baldwin's declaration that there
Is no deep-seated demand for a reduc
tion or luodincntlon of railroad rates in
his section of the country Is as violently
u collision with public sentiment as his
ompurisons between prevailing rates
and conditions in Iowa and Nebraska
are invidious.
Concede, if you please, that the
Omaha dentist and Kearney miller are
as Ignorant about rate making as ho
would make tliem out to be, it is by no
moans presumptuous on their part to
frame a commodity rate bill that would
have made u horizontal cut of 1ft per
cent on local freight rates In Nebraska.
As a matter of fact, a cut of 23 per cent
would still have loft the rates from 10
to 20 per cent higher in Nebraska than
they are In Iown and other states east
of tho Missouri river.
Mr. I5altlwln dwells with great mic
tion on the fact. that Iowa has throe
times as many people to the square mile
as Nebraska and that the volume of
traffic In Iowa Is so much greater nnd
more dense who to ver that may mean
than in Nebraska, rerhaps Mr. Raid-
win did not know that the net earnings
of the railroads In the state of Nebraska
on a mileage of 5,(197 miles aggregated
for 1004 tho stun of $10,41(1,410.17, while
the net earnings of the railroads in the
state of Iown with a mileage of 0.710
mllos left the railroads a net Income of
only $ir,076,l(i3..V5. In other words the
average not profit per capita paid to the
railroads in Iowa was $0,75, while the
average net profit per coplta paid to the
railroads in Nebraska was $!.". 40. In
proportion to population the people of
Nebraska paid the railroads 250 per cent
more per capita than the people of Iowa
Reduced to a mileage form the not
earnings of the railroads of Iown were
$l,rr2.13 per mile, while the net earn
ings of the railroads In Nebraska were
52.8.S3.17 per mile.
With these figures before them the
Omoha dentist nnd the Kearney miller
were certainly Justified in recommend
Ing a reduction of 10 per cent on the ex
isting local commodity rates, nnd the
legislature was derelict in its duty to
the people of this state in defeating n
measure calculated to nfford the pro
ducers and shippers of Nebraska a meas
ure of the relief which they have been
praying for these many years.
to It constant nnd careful attention and
keeping himself familiar with every es
sential detail of what Is being done by
the bonk. , Undoubtedly if this wore
done bank failures, as the comptroller
of the currency said, would almost come
to nn end. Iotibtli'ss the great majority
of bank otliclnls do faithfully fulfill "their
duties and are properly vigilant and
careful, but enough are not so to Justify
the admonition of tho comptroller of the
currency.
niril.AR ELECTION OF SENATORS
The address oil "James Wilson and
His Influence In the Making of the Con
stitution," delivered by Judge Lfttou, as
president of the Nebraska State Bar
association, and now being circulated In
pamphlet form, brings out something
that has boon generally overlooked thut
the demand for the election of United
States senators by direct vote of the
people dates back to the very convention
in which the federal constitution was
framed. This demand was voiced by no
less a personage than James Wilson,
whose port In the establishment of the
republic ranks him subordinate only to
Washington, Hamilton and Franklin.
Wilson was outspoken In faror of the
election of United States seuators by
the people and was not satisfied tolther
with the plan which gave an equal vote
to each state In the senate. When tite
constitution was submitted for ratifica
tion he, with the others, championed It
s a whole, but the best that could be
said for the peculiar makeup of the pro
posed upper house of the uatlonul legis
lature was that it was a result of those
compromises without which no ogree-
mont could have boon reached.
The fact that direct popular election
of senators was seriously advocated by
one of the leading framers of the consti
tution should be conclusive refutation
of the charge that the demand for such
a change now Is new and revolutionary.
It Is now only in the sense that it Is
more strongly reinforced nnd steadily
gaining new odhorentH. It is revolu
tionary only to the extent 4,mt tho rea
sons that once seemed to require Indirect
election have nil disappeared or lost
their application and all tho valid ob
jections to election by direct vote of tho
people have been removed by the
changed conditions of the nation.
The question of amending the con
stitution to provide for the choice of
United States senators by direct vote is
a growing question. Should the senate
become the stumbling block In the way
of, legislation demanded for tho people
by the president and the popular branch
of, the national legislature the Issue Is
llkelv to culminate on n constitutional
convention to give us the necessary
nmondmcnt without waiting for the old
or consent of the seuators or their, cor
porate masters.
the people of the country to which he
was accredited.
It Is suggested as one explanation of
the removal of Casslnl that It may have
some bearing on the question of peace
or war In the far east. It lelug under
stood that Tresldent Roosevelt Is making
efforts In lehalf of pence manifestly so
uncompromising an advocate of war as
the present Russian ambassador would
be letter somewhere else than Washing
ton, and it is not altogether improbable
that tills consideration may have Influ
enced his government to send him to
Madrid nnd appoint a successor who Is
said to be affiliated with those who
urge peace rather than war to the bitter
end. At all events the change will not
be unwelcome to our government.
Now that Japan has concluded not to
snforce its Itoycott on French merchants
the anti-boycott association is saved
from taking purt in the present wur In
tho east.
Now that the last survivor of tho war
of 1S12 Is dead It may be In order to
tnovo again for the suppression of that
antl-Brltlsh verse in tho "Star-Spangled
Banner."
The inscrutability of fate is seldom
better shown thau in the case of the
New York sport who traveled to Kansas
City to die us a result of smoking too
much opium.
As one result of Folk's campaign in
Missouri the papers published at Leav
enworth, In the prohibition state of Kuu-
saa, are demanding that Joints of that
pluce be closed on Sunday.
The Iowa State Federation of
Women's Clubs held a three-day session
without a single discordant feature.
Verily the club women aro setting ex
amples for their husbands and brothers.
Its prevention of land frauds. This In
dicates that the government will here
after insist upon compliance with the
spirit as well as" the letter of the law on
the part of government officials.
Those clerks arrested for making too
free with a well known Insurance com
pany's funds should have rememlKTed
that there Is reolly a wide difference
between men employed at a mere salary
and those who are elected to responsible
otrlce by stockholders.
Cut It nm.
Lincoln Star.
Omaha Is menaced with all sorts of "cut
fifTs." Even the president's train took a cut
off route.
The discharge of Nnn Tatterson from
further attendance In court nnd from
further appearance on the front page of
dally papers will afford great relief to
a much-atlilcted and long-suffering
American public.
Rumors that the triple alliance would
be broken may bo considered at lenst
premature, since Emperor William will
have difficulty in Interesting other first
class powers until after ho ends his
present survey of undeveloped laud.
Having decided that tho eight-hour
law applies to the canal zone, it may be
the attorney general will find that th
laws against contract labor also extend
to that territory; then the problem of
liow to build the cauul will be more
difficult.
The only railroad president who is in
accord with l'residout Roosevelt on rail
roud rate regulation is A. R. Stickuey
of the Chicago tireat Western, and it
may 1h safely predicted that he will soon
bo expurgated from the sacred college of
railroad cnrdluuls.
Hon. Peter Jensen has entered a per
sonal remonstrance against congres
sional rate regulation mid assured the
l: trrM.'Ui commerce committee of the
KMtJ that the rallroods of Nebraska
have always regulated their rates to his
satisfaction. There may ho others, but
they ur uot awfully numerous.
HANKERS AND SPECULATION.
In an address delivered a few days
ago beforo the National Bank Cashiers
association, in session at Boston, Mr
Rldgely, the comptroller of the currency,
spoko in plnin terms of the lax methods
of banking which have appeared in re
cent years. He said that the greatest
number of bank failures was due to out
side speculation, which he declared to
be the greatest financial evil of tho day,
He expressed the opinion that no man
should be allowed to hold a managerial
place in a national bonk who engaged In
outside enterprises for profit to himself
rather than to the bank. In regard to
bank directors the comptroller sold that
too often they shirked their duty In
passing upon loans, leaving their sworn
duties to presldeut or cashier. He urged
the necessity of directors performing
their full duty.
One of the strong points in the ad
dress, which will certainly have public
approval and should also havo that of
the hanking community is this: "No
man should be made president or cashier
or managing officer of a bank who does
not expect to make It his sole business.
He should have no connection with out
side enterprises. Above nil, he should
under no circumstances be allowed to
use his place or its credit to finance out-
sldo enterprises from which he is to de
rive a profit personally instead of tho
bank. You should never lose sight of
the fact for one moment that it is not
your money. No innn Is ful
filling the obligations of Ms oath who
accepts an election as director of a bank
nnd then allows the officers to manage
all its affairs without really letting him
know what is going on in the bank at
all, as is too often tho case." He
thought that if all lxmrds of bank di
rectors would do their full duty bank
failures would come to an end. "We
would seldom have such sudden and
sensational failures of banks, looted
from the Inside. By accepting a place
on n bank loord and taking the oath of
office, a man is unden- every moral and
legal obligation to perform this duty
fully and completely."
It may be objected that Comptroller
Rldgely goes too far In saying that no
bank official should have any connection
with outside enterprises, since It might
Sometimes be difficult to find men to ac
cept such positions If required to sacri
fice other interests. Besides, the fact
that a man has a well-estubllshed repu
tation In business tends to yteate public
confidence in the banking institution
with which he is otliclnlly connected.
But what may proper! be required Is
that when a man accepts the office of
president or director ( a bank he shall
make the duties and obligations of the
position a matter of ort coucern, flying
THE "STORY OF THE DECLARATION.
Among the most valuable contribu
tions to American revolutionary history
is tho illustrated "Story of the Declara
tion of Independence," compiled by Colo
nel William H. Michael, chief clerk of
the Department of State, The volume
was prepared primarily ns an aid to tho
representatives of the United States gov
ernment In charge of the exhibit of the
Department of State at the expositions
In explaining thut part of the exhibit re
luting to the Declaration of Indepen
dence. The panel of the exhibit devoted to
this Interesting document contains a like
ness of Jefferson, who wrote the Immor
tal document, a picture of the house In
which he wrote It. the desk on which he
wrote It, the picture of Independence
hall In which It was debated and
adopted, portraits of the committee
chorged with preparing the draft and
portraits of all of the signers. All the
illustrations in tho panel are given In
this book ns well, as a fac simile of tho
broadside copy signed by John Hancock,
president of the congress, for nnd on be
half of the members of congress. The
series of portraits of the signers of the
declaration is complete and artistically
perfect.
The story of the declaration, as well
as the biography of Its framers, shows
painstaking reseorch among the archives
of the State department nnd a most Ju
dicious selection of citations from rare
books and letters written by participants
In the greot struggle for notional Inde
pendence. From every point of view the
work of Colonel Mlohnol will commend
itself to students of Amerlcnn history.
A URITISII NAVAL OPINION-
One of the most distinguished find
widely known officers of the British navy
is Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, who
a few days ngo left this country for
England. Interviewed just liefore his
departure, he expressed the opinion In
regard to the Impending naval bnttle in
the far east that the Japanese will win
because of the superior marksmanship of
their gunners and their ability to out-
maneuver the Russians. He said that
there is nothing in numerical strength,
thot the secret of success In a naval bat
tle lies In placing one's ships to advan
tage and letting the gunners do the rest.
He lelleved Japan will win the fight by
getting the superior position and firing
the greater number of tolling shots, even
though Russia has the greater number
of ships.
The British admiral remarked that the
slaughter of men in the coming naval
battle will be so great as to startle the
civilized world and that the only redeem
ing feature of the fight will be the fact
that there will be no more wars for
years. "We are not likely to have any
great war for many years after this,"
he sold. "England and America hold
the secret of peace. If those two nations
should mnss their fleets no other country
or group of countries would dare fight
them." It will not unnaturally be as
sumed by some that in predicting victory
for the Japanese the Judgment of Ad
miral Beresford was Influenced by Ms
partiality as an Englishman for the
power which Is (irent Britain's ally, but
he Is In accord with mony other naval
exports, some of whom are certainly not
portlal to Japan. ' There are European
naval officers who think the Japanese
will win for the same reasons set forth
by Beresford. It Is the admittedly su
perior skill of the Japanese gunners that
Is generally recognized ns giving Togo
a very decided nd vantage, while the ex
traordinary daring of the sailors of
Japan Is a factor of no inconsiderable
consequence. As to numerical strength
the difference In the fleets Is not very
great, the fact that the Russians hav'e
more ships and guns being offset by the
undoubted superiority In skill and effi
ciency of the Japanese.
Undoubtedly the British admiral Is
quite correct in the opinion that the
naval battle will be Characterized by
great slaughter, but it may be doubted
If it will make so great on Inipresslon
upon the civilized world as he believes.,
It Is quite true that war with all Its
shocking loss of life has liegun to make
thinking people ponder, yet the time
when wars will cease is still far In the
future.
Millions Comlnn In.
Boston Transcript.
The late James O. Blaine used to estimate
the value of each immigrant as $1,.VK. At
that rate we are richer by nearly $a)am,noo
through tho arrival In New York of 12,033
newcomers In a single day.
A nisaKreeable Frnat.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Personal Interest In the proposed Philip
pine Junket has waned perceptibly since
Secretary Taft announced that the guests
would be expected to defray their own expenses.
KRMoss noiLF.n DOW.
Life Is the best language.
You cannot win with a whine.
Hope keeps the heart wholesome.
Your goods have little to do with your
good.
There are always plenty of pilots on a
pond
Cupidity easily overcomes the easy con
science. Men must be lifted; they cannot be
pushed up.
A man's happiness docs not depend on
his harness.
The narrow mind Is not essential to
the narrow wav.
My own sins nre but failings; tho other
man's are crimes.
As soon ns you cease to grow up you
begin to go down.
A ralTlo Is not made righteous by a re
ligious atmosphere.
U you are put In a place of trial count
It a mark of trust.
Prosperity may be heaven's way of pun
ishing some peoplo.
You cannot make tracks for heaven by
trampling on others.
There's no virtue In being patient with
the pain you do not feel.
The people who manage to live without
ever getting Into hot water have little to
do with the engines of life.
SF.CII.AR SHOTS AT THE l'IMMT.
Incentive to Mnnghter.
New York Tribune.
The Russian decree of religious liberty i cou)lJ liaruly g,,t out lhe WPekiy pu,1er in
would command greater respect if It were . Bome vlllnces
Brooklyn Eagle: "Boss Holy Ohoster
Sanford" has fled fronvhls colony In Maine,
and life In that state Is duller, but safer.
If It were not for tho religious rranks you
not followed with murders of Roman Cath
olics by Imperial soldiery and massacrees of
Jews under official toleration.
C'heerlnd the Melt Mnn,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Mr. Morgan h.13 called upon the sultan of
Turkey, and that sick man seems to have
been able to sit up and look pleasant. As
far as known, however, the great American
buyer invested In neither mosques nor minarets.
Happiness for Poor Lo,
Washington Post.
California courts have decided that the
Indian cannot be compelled to have hin hair
cut, and the supreme court has decided
that he may line up at the bar and drink
his boose like a white man, so there seems
to be nothing more necessary to insure his
happiness.
Are Yonf
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Are you a time killer? Do you stand about
talking when you should be disposing of
duties thaU press upon you?
Do you hang around home when you
should be at your office?
Do you put off until 9:30 o'clock the things
that might Just as well be done at 9?
Do you lag through a task instead of at
tacking It with all the steam on and push
ing It through briskly?
Do you fritter away a single hour of the
day that might bo made useful In benefiting
your health, Improving your mind or help-
ng your business?
Do you squader In selfish Idleness mo
menta that you could use lr. bestowing com
forts upon others?
If so, stir yourself. Y'ou are out of the
American spirit. You are not even stand
ing still. You are going backward. If you
do not look out the rest of America will
leave you far behind.
Private car lines in Arkansas have
been called upon by the attorney general
of that state for delinquent taxes and
tho representatives of the refrigerator
concerns' have gracefully capitulated by
making payment in full of three years'
taxes. In Nebrnskn the private car lines
have not yet signified a willingness to
pay front taxes, let alone back taxes.
From now on we may look for an
upward tendency in Omaha's mutrl
nionlal murkct. A very material reduc
tion in the freight rate on rice from the
rice ileitis has Just been mude by the
railroad traffic mpnagers, thanks to
Commissioner McVanu, who is waging
a most successful campaign for home
Industry.
' A cursory investigation of the ante
cedents und business connections of the
Nebraska shippers summoned to Wash
ington to protest against railway rate
legislation would quickly disclose why
these particular witnesses happened to
be chosen to ussist the paid railroad
attorneys.
A DIPLOMATIC CHANGE.
The announcement that the present
Russian ambassador to the United
States, Count Casslnl, is to bo relieved
and sent to Spain is said to have caused
a great deul of surprise lu diplomatic
circles at Washington, where he has been
for seven years. It will not bo regretted
by Americans who are familiar with the
course of the ambassador, particularly
since tho beginning of the wnr In the far
east. According to reports from Wash
ington the transfer of Count Casslnl Is
taken to mean that his usefulness in this
country has passed and that an ambas
sador whose utterances are less pro
nounce 1 as a men ber of the Russian war
party would be regarded as better fitted
to deal with the questions that may arise
In connection wltb the close of the east
ern war. It Is noted that from the first
Casslnl has been nn unequivocal advo
cate of war to the end and has always
consistently urged that Russia could not
nfford to consider peace until her pros
tlge had been restored by a series of
great successes and the ultimate con
quest of Japan as an invader of Man
churlo.
It is pointed out that Casslnl has
failed utterly to conciliate the American
press or to create the slightest sentiment
In any pnrt of lhe country or among any
class of citizens for Russia in the strug
gle with Japan. It was hardly possible
that he could do so after apologizing for
the Klchlnef massacre nnd otherwise
manifesting n spirit hostile to the sent!
mont of the civilized world. No one will
find fault with the ambassador for being
loyal to his government, but that did not
re auks bim to offend the suutinieut of
A New York paper is printing com
munications signed "A Democrat Who
Regrets He Voted for Roosevelt." In
the west plenty of democrats can be
found who have no regrets that they
voted for Roosevelt and plenty more
who regret that they did not vote for
him.
By a vote of IS to 14 the transports
tlou committee of the St, Louis Chamber
of Commerce has decided to advise con
gross to let well enough alone on the
railroad question. Manifestly there are
Just eighteen rebate and pass men on
the St. Louis transportation committee
Schiller's Ilnrlal Place.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The celebrations now In progress through
out this country and In Europe In connec
tion with the centennial of tho death of
Schiller serve to recall the fact that his re
mains, like those of Goethe., He in the so
called "Furstengrupt," or mausoleum, of.
the reigning house of Saxe-Welmar. In the
cemetery Just outside the town of Weimar.
The two poots are the only dead of non
royal rank whose bodies are entombed in
this mausoleum, and it was by the desire of
their friend and patron, the Grand Duke
Charles, that they were accorded this
unique species of post-mortem distinction
on the part of the reigning house of Saxe
Welmar. The mausoleum Is well lighted
and locateM In grounds that convey more
the Impression of a beautiful garden than
of a cemetery. Indeed, It Is the many cof
fins, with their sloping roof, ranged In lines
In the mausoleum, that alone recalls to the
mind of the visitor the real character of
the building.
Baltimore American: Dr. Washington
Gludden's arguments und demands amount
simply to the theory that the Ten Com
mandments must be used as the basis of
modern business methods. And such a
course would simply ruin or revolutionize
modern business.
Boston Transcript: A New Jersey clergy
man says that tho young men are respon
sible for the decrease In marriages. Many
a man. he continues, puts off marriage
until he's so old he would otherwise huve
to hire a trained nurse to take care of
him during his declining years.
Kansas City Star: A Methodist and a
Seventh Day Adventist in Pratt county,
Kansas, have an arrangement whereby
their farms arc cultivated S'vcn days each
week without either of them violating
their pious scruples. The Methodist brother
looks after the Adventist's farm on Sat
urdays ami on Sundays the Adventist plows
for the Methodist brother.
Chicago Post: In warning his church
against the danger of yielding to selfish
ness and greed In business transactions the
pope touches the keynote of the dangers
to modern commercial peace and pros
perity. By throwing his great Influence
Upon tho side of fair dealing between man
and man the head of the Catholic church
takes a step worthy of imitation by all
teachers and spiritual advisers.
New York Sun: A despatch from Pitts
burg, erstwhile the fountain of charity,
States that tho local branch of the Young
Men's Christian association has refused ad
mittance to three actors solely on account
of their profession. The question of the
personal, social and moral fitness of the
particular applicants seems not to have
been considered, the prnnunclatnento being
directed without exception to a whole class.
Thus do church and stage part company.
The Pittsburg enthusiasts must surely have
forgotten the origin of tho modern English
drama. Alas for the nun Roswitha, ab
bess of Gandershelm In tho tenth century,
and the other ecclesiastical writers of the
early miracle, mystery and morality plays!
One lesson a,t least has been taught by
the Interstate Commerce commlsslou in
qulsitiou at Chicago into refrigerator Hue
rebates. Hereafter stenographers -who
ure entrusted with the cipher key will be
guaranteed permanent positions and old
uge retirement pensions.
The hearing of the senate Interstate
commerce comiulttiH) has developed the
fact that there are a uumlwr of shippers
in this country who would rather keep
the rebates that they have than fly to
tariff reductions that they know not of.
If Presldeut Roosevelt will only plant
that circuit court Judgeship vacancy In
Nebraska the disappointment felt at his
failure to visit Omaha on his return
from his vacation In Colorado may be
partlully alloyed.
The United States marshal of Oregon
has been removed for uot showing suffi
cient syuiputhj' wldi tb gtiverunieut In
civic pride: and salaries.
Liberal Compensation for Public
Service tbe Best Policy.
St. Louis Republic.
The matter of compensation or no com
pensation In public office offers a practical
basis to show that municipal affairs cannot
be regulated in American cities as they are
In European cities. While officials in Brit
ish cities do willingly serve without re
muneration, American city officials are con
stantly endeavoring to secure higher sala
ries, i
In England and Scotland all Interests may
prosper through extra honorable standards,
which elevate the pettiest department to
Borne dignity and at tho same time culti
vate a pure civic pride. But the more
commercial policy la not only preferable
throughout the United States, but neces
sary. Although It were possible to cause
the best type of business administration by
dispensing wun compunsation, such a
change could not be Indorsed, as It would.
in effect, close public office to citizens not
possessed or means. The no-salary Idea Is
contrary to democratic Ideals,
St. Louis has tried the honor policy. The
present city charter was formulated with
the view of stimulating local clvlo pride and
of exalting the character of the city gov
ernment. The salary of each member of
the municipal assembly was advisedly sped
fled at fctuO a year. It was supposed that,
with a merely nominal salary only the best
cltlsena would become nominees for the
legislature. Instead of realising the In
tended purpose the arrangement developed
Into an excuse. If not an Incentive, for
corruption. Here are strong suggestions
for liberal compensation.
There are, however, even better reasons
why compensation in publlo office should
be commensurate with the duties, obliga
tions and special requirements. In most
departments the work demands special
qualifications and experience, and adequate
salaries must be offered as an inducement
to the most trustworthy and efficient men.
The public service ought to be open to all
cltisens; in fact, it has to be If American
principles are to maintain. No compensa
tion, or low compensation, would consti
tute a bar to poor and qualified citizens.
The result of such exclusion would be a
steadily expanding lethargy and, ultimately,
debasement.
Men continue to be active In business
until late in life, and their business la ex
acting. Even men of some means could
not afford to neglect their own affairs to
act for the public- without remuneration.
Every reason and all experience seem to
be contrary to the no-salary policy.
The present tendency for Increase In
compensation looks to the safest condi
tions in municipal administration. When
an official is well paid he la compelled to
give SdlMf action. When the compensation
Is reasonable there Is opportunity In public
office fur cltlsena who have no money of
their own. And when the remuneration Is
adequate the temptations toward corrup
tion are reduced. Rather than approve of
the foreign plan of giving ho compensation
It la better to ratify the American Idea
of being liberal.
PERSONAL AXD OTHERWISE.
The supreme court of Kansas rules that
whisky Is not property. Tills Is mild repro
bation for the Kansas article.
An Ohio woman petitions the governor of
tho state for permission to wear trousers.
The governor advised her to marry.
Bankers' row In the Ohio penitentiary has
nine inmates. The wickets are much
heavier than they have been accustomed to.
Liquid sunshine may be all the doctors
claim for It, but It will never attain the
popularity of liquid moonshine in certain
sections of the republic.
Callfornlans who are paying good money
to a ralnmoker can get their fill without
cost right here in Nebraska. Besides being
free and abundant it is absolutely pure.
A black cat sneaked into the organ of a
church In Lexington, Kjr., and shattered for
a straight hour the peace and harmony of
the choir. That cat will never come back.
People who may hereafter drop their rolls
In the Chicago grain pits will have the con
solation of knowing the game is square.
The supreme court says so, and the court
Is presumed to know.
A public funeral with bands of music for
the victim of a legal hanging was one of
the spectacles Portland pulled off last Sun
duy, Portland Is about to open an exposi
tion and everything goes.
What aggravates the situation In Chicago
is the discovery that apple and lemon pies
contain neither apples nor lemon Juice. Is
It any wonder that mobs gather and pelt
the atmosphere with their wrath?
Some Mlsaourlans are mighty particular.
One of them Is suing for divorce on the
ground that his wife chews tobacco and the
rag alten 'ely. If sho could chew both at
the same time perliaps he would be happy.
W. J. Arkell, once publisher of Judge, is
giving San Francisco people samples of
frenzied finance. At last accounts he was
$40,000 In the hole and unable to draw him
self out. His victims no longer regard him
as a Joker.
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DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
"He said he felt greatly encouraged be
cause you turned the gas down low when
he was calling on you.''
"Well, he needn't feel encouraged. It
takes a dark room to develop a negative,
you know." Philadelphia Press.
Cholly Is she unmarried?
Willy Sure! She's been unmarried four
times. Judgo.
When a woman lias to remind her hus
band that the anniversary of their mar
riage Is due next week, it takes away all
the romance o the celebration bonier-
vllle Journal.
Nell lAst night was the happiest In my
life. It brought me one round of pleas
ure. Belle What do you consider "one round
of pleasure?"
Nell An engagement ring. Philadelphia
Ledger.
"George," said Mrs. Ferguson, hurrying
out, "can't you put up thoso window
screens without using the kind of language
you have been using for the last ton min
utes?" "No!" snapped Mr. Ferguson.
"Then quit working at them till I get
the children oft to school!" Chicago Trib
une. They had not met for years. "Do you
remember," ho asked, "the little sapling
we planted together as boy and girl?"
Her eyes softened at tho recollection.
"Yes," she answered, "1 remember it well."
"That sapling," he continued, dreamily,
"miiKt he h. stout and sturdy oak now!'!
The softness all died out of her eyes, and
conversation coased. Boston Transcript
Related lly Mnrrlnice,
As my wife and I at tho window one day
Htood watching a man wun a monsey,
A cart came by with a "broth of a boy
Who was driving a stout llttlo donkey.
To my wife I spoke by way of a Joke,
"There's u relation of yours In that car
riage," To which she repllud, as tho donkey she
spied,
"Ah, yes, a relation bv marriage."
New York Tattler.
THE WEST.
Chicago Chronicle.
I pine for the boundless open,
For the western, waving sea,
Where all day long the birds are a-song
And the winds dance merrily,
And the trulls all end In the sky's blue bend
As far as the eye may sou.
I sigh for the level prairies,
Afar lu the boundless west.
Where bones bleach white in light and In
night.
Mark well where buffalo rest,
And bulrushes screen tho place with their
green,
Where the crane has built her nest.
I long for the windswept levels.
Where tho low sod houses are
Where the cattle give chase to the winds la
a race
And roam through the wilds nfar.
And the cowboy at night must, guide him
iw.ight
By light of a gleaming star.
I pine for the boundless open,
Where the nlr retains no mint,
Where freedom holds sway and the atorm
demons piny,
That have never known restraint.
Ard the winds as they sigh but echo a cry.
The redman's sorrowful plaint.
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it occurs that your proper sends you lifeless, soppry bread,
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that is reeking with foul air and gemis. You don't know
where it comes from it's "Just bread.'" (iuard apainst
the questionable loaf by petting from your procer
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