fnn OMATTA' DAILY BEE: SCXDAY. JULY 10, 1!0
BREEZY COLIECE HUMORISTS
Young Bloods at School Giro Eein to
Eniling Fane.
MIRTH JN QUIP AND CARTOON
Colle Papers Drlatle with Mia
fthlevoua lt, bat Kntlrely Above
, Reproach Frolicsome Poo
from Pointed ni,
v-'ollege humor, ai seen In the columna of
the undergraduate comic papers, differs bo
rauicauy irom that found In the pages of
Judge, Life and othpr periodicals of a lika
nature that It might almost be aald to be
in a clasi by Itself. There Is something
peculiarly distinctive about it-a something
wiuua aavora ot reckless irresponsibility and
unconventlonallty, and teema with irrepive
alble mischief. This feeling may best be
i.uiraiea py Farraguta motto: "D the
lorpeaoea; go ahead:" which the Punch
Bowl, the undergraduate comic paper of
me university of Pennsylvania, has adopted
as a caption to adorn ita editorial page. No
aount It is this very clement of uncom-ern
for the conventionalities that gives to these
oollrge comlca their delightful distinctive
ness and makes them seem so refreshing
and entertaining to the cusual reader; for
ne icoia tor mo time being that one la
orowsing in new fields, untrodden by Mr.
nriinrtv a rA UA n ...
, ... , luimweri, ana tne aensa-
uon la extremely pleasant. Amnni? th.
best known college perlodleala of thia class
may be mentioned the Cornell Widow, the
Harvard Lampoon, the Columbia Jester, the
Princeton Tiger, the Tale Itecord, the Penn
sylvania Punch Howl, the Michigan
Wrinkle, the Leland Stanford Chaparral
anu tne California Pelican.
Clean and I restricted.
As a rule the humor In a college paper Is
unrestricted. For that reason Its field Is
large, and the themes are at times sonic
what daring, but everything la clean an.l
clear cut and entirely above reproach. One
must have the finest sense of humor and a
keen taste for the ridiculous to appreciate
some or tne things that appear In their col
umns. Impossible niRhte of fancy that
would be excluded without hesitation from
me pages of a staid humorous Derlodic!.
whose editor would have to be responsible
to a hydra-headed public for the sentiments
expressed therein, readily find their way
into tne ooiumns of the undergraduate pa
per and are seised upon with glee; for Its
editor cares not a Jot whether the outside
world Is grieved or pleased, so long as the
students like that particular brand of
humor. In fact, the object of most of these
papers seems to be to present the weirdest
thought obtainable In the weirdest possible
manner, witness, for Instance, thia gem
of idlotlo nonaenae from one of tbo leading
couege comica:
Papa likes tila chops on sine,
Brother likes hla eerved with Ink,
Sister likes hers shaped conlcular.
Mamma's dead and not particular.
Or could anything be more absurd than
cms irom the Princeton Tiger:
That the flesh of beasts Is wholesome.
There are those who argue still,
Howbelt beef and bacon
Have made Chicago, 111.
Little Johnny Rhymes.
Almost every college paper of note boasts
or us "Little Johnny" rhymes, first made
famous by the Cornell Widow. It Is Im
material what the name Is whether It Is
Willie, Tommy, Freddie or Jimmy who Is
lolng the mischief; the doggerels are ap
plicable to any of the family, and the fun
loes on Just the same. There Is noticeable
In these bits of verse a phase of American
humor which is purely collegiate. Here are
ve choice ones which are typical ot this
kind:
Willie and two other brats
Licked up all the rough-on-rats.
Papa said when mamma cried,
' Uon t you care, they'll die outside."
Johnny was the favorite child.
His temper as a rule was mild.
One day he led for papa's eye;
Now they don't speak as they pass by.
Tommy pushed his Aunt Ellser '
Off a rock Into a geysr;
Now he's feeling quite dejected.
Didn't get the rise expected.
Little Jimmy was peculiar,
Stuck a pin In Sister Julia;
Bister yelled like bloody murder.
Gee!" said he, "I must have stirred her."
Freddie had a red-hot poker.
And he laid It on his ma.
Whan she smelled the burn It woke her,
"Dear," she said, "thia goes too far.'1
The dally papers and weeklies never tit
quoting these limericks, and often da
ote speoial space to them In "their columns
under such caption as "Fun of the College
Boys," "College Comicalities," eto. Under
graduate funny papers are always very
popular with the students, for they serve as
a medium through which they may attack
kny unpopular professor or student without
ringing aown severe censure on their
heads. The A. B. C. Freshman Primer nro
vldea a very effective means, for It enables
the student to make the victim appear
riuiouioua at tne very Btart. For Instance,
It would begin: "This, ln-dul-gent read-er,
Is sup-posed to be a Man. It la not ver-y
rood look-lng. for It Is Pro-fess-or Jor-dan
it the Aea-thet-la de-part-ment," eto. These
articles oome under auch -headlnga as
"Talks We Have Not Had," "Who's Why
and Why Not at College," "Wild Animals
I Have Known." "Imaginary Lectures.
ind other ridiculous titles. Absurd Illustra
tions generally go with the text and help to
make the article more scathing than everi
the cartoon, too, comes In for Ita share of
use, and la quite a power at times.
Calico Roasts.
At Institutions where thorn Is co-education
the fair Ones form the butt of endless
comments and wlttli-lsms. and their peace
of mind Is constantly disturbed by these
attacks, which are generally harmless
enough In their way, but wry caustic m hen
occasion demands. An example may be
cited which has to do with Columbia uni
versity and Barnard college. A few years
ago the authorities grnnled to the girls the
right to swim In the Columbia tank on
Wednesday nights. Of course the natatorial
affair was exclusively for women and pry
ing male students were not allowed within
a mile of the place. This piqued the male
ftudents' sense of Justice. so they set to
otk to drive out the girls by making them
appear ridiculous in the situation. Within
a short time after the Incident the Columbia
Jester came out with- an Issue devoted en
tirely to the swimming affair. The poor
glrla were roasted In prose. In rhyme and
In picture with llttlo regard for their feel
Inge, and not a single phase of the affair
that might be turned Into ridicule was
overlooked To cap the climax the two
center pages of the Issue were devoted to a
pseudo-reproduction of a page from the
New York Journal, concerning a sensational
"Barnard Murder Mystery," and therein
was set forth glowing accounts of how a
young Barnard maiden waa In some way
"dastardly done to death." Suspicions of
foul play were aroused, it seems, when a
single lock of hair, a hairpin and one or
two other feminine articles were found at
the bottom of the tank one morning when
the Janltora were cleaning It out. Of course
the Issue sold like hot cakes, and, within
an hour or so after the number had ap
peared on the campus, the edition of over
1,000 copies waa exhausted completely. Suf
fice It to aay after that the girla with
swln n lng aspirations turned their atten
tions elsewhere.
Batteries Turned on the Elders
POLITICAL SIGNS OF PROMISE
i
William Alien White Refunei to Join in
Be form Pusimiitn.
HIGHER MORALS NOW IN SPITE OF GRAFT
m In i
ffl LAW FtJffi
TIM SAL
i
Thievery In Government, He Declares,
Is "tradlly Growing; Less Instead
of Greater Proportionately
to Opportunities.
That there Is a bow of promise on the
political horizon In spite of all the grart
exposures and a steady advancement In
political morals, notwithstanding exaa-
gerated lamentatlona over the deaeneracv
of the times la the text of an Interesting
comnoution to the current outlook from
tne pen of Wm. Allen White. On the sub
ject he says:
It Is Important that the stockholders In
any concern should know Just why things
are going wrong, and Just how they are
going wrong. No matter how prosperous
me concern may be, the man who points
the way that leads honestly to better pros
perity is aoing the stockholders a service.
In this country we are all stockholders In
tne local, state and federal branches of
tne government, and he who shows us
where there are leakages In the expendi
tures or estoppages in the Income of our
various governmental Institutions has done
us a real service. As a people, during the
iour years last past, we have become In.
terested in the disclosures of the men and
women who have been enlightening ua
about the frauda and awlnd'lea and tHl
tapplnga In the public eervloe. But we
nave Deen aomethlng more than Interested
In our critics. We have given them our
respect and confidence, whether they
were serving the state through i,ii
office or through the public press. One
lied a
Our buyers are now in the market ami we have Just ree'eived Instructions from them to cloao out evry piece of our
gummer lurniture at cost or below, to make room for the big stock they have purchased for the fall busli
lhn mcajs a. good lhingfor all prospective buyen. Monday morning we Urt the cutting of prices.
PORCH SUITS Thi9Btock i8,notalotof odds and ends,
but the best styles in the market and a
selection superior to any ever shown in the city. Look &t these prices.
$2.7R natural finished arm chair
splint seat and bark, 1 t 4
for I.04
13.00 natural finished arm rocker
"pllnt seat and back. -5 tf
tnr
I4.R0 natural finished arm settees
splint seat and back, Q qq
tft.Su green arm set tee," fiber I 1 4
seat and hark, for O'
$9.SS forest green settee. 17
with slat seat, for
$4.R0 green arm chair, fiber ft f( $4.ri green arm rocker, (ilWI nfi
seat and bark. fr -. UU BP(U Rn(, back for ,J IJIJ
$2.60 forest green chair, f fL .$3.50 forest green rocker, O 4
with slat seat, for tU wUh Blllt pat for... ..
PORCH SU17IIMGS IIere is 8oraetMng for the whole
family, and you want to get right
in now. Just the thing for comfort Look at these prices:
(13 50 natural finish
ed swing, 7 ft.
long, bolleil, very
strung with four
for'?r...9.00
113 50 w e a t h ered
oak swing, 7 ft.
long, all bolted,
very strong with
$9.?5 weathered oak
swing, slat bark
with four chains
snd strongly bolt
d. 4 ft. r 17
long, for ..J'
W 26 forest green
swing, slat back
with four -hslns,
and strongly bolt
ed, 4 rest ft 17
, vr a
long, for
111.50 weathered oak
and green swings,
that swing In
frame, made ad-
for,".b!?:..H.34
CHAIRS, ROCKERS AND SETTEES ,?thr; f 7 r? dU:
played the best of taste and
judgment. No one can leave our store disappointed. You can get anything
here in this line that is made and at price3 no one can afford to go without.
Look at these prices:
Not onlv rto th i,i,i.r,i. att. ok t.i I DO 'nger loses caste by belne en
subjects, but also matters of general Inter- refo""n,e''- Jle Is not, charged with being
est. The daily press and weeklies come In Pharisee, nor Is he hustled Into the'hald-
for their hare of good-natured criticism, ver ' Pub"o suspicion and searched for
and often some very clever parodies are I ulterior motive. The wide swing of
written on them. The following, from the penauium of popular favor may be
Princeton Tiger, purports to be an extract meured by comparing McKlnley, Hanna.
from a descrlDtlon of a Drofesslonal base I Sherman, Reed the conservative leaders
ball game printed In the Bin: I of tne dominant party eifTht years ago
The yard of willow cleft the ether' .harply w,lu toilette, Roosevelt, Folk, Deneen,
with no tangible result. As the, man of Jerome, radical leaders of a type doml-
Steel was again uumaaklng bis batterioit, natln i,.,i., . T . , '
the laggard on first made a desperate nftln American politics today. Looking
loray, only to dlo an awful death with I mese men, who mirror the popular
his head resting on the middle pillow. A I mind, the people see their own aaiiratlona
lic-ht rnnniuinn nrcaontt., I . iiicir own asisrauons
. . " . r . - I in cmirm hAn..iu . .
f i v amid I ' ' vuiiuiiuB sense.
$2 60 rattan rocker, natural
finish, for
t3 75 rattan rockrr, natural
finish, for
G.(i0 rattan rocker, natural
finish, for
$6. S6 rattan rocker, natural
finish, for
.1.67
2.50
4.00
4.57
5.84
is.75 rattan rocker, natural
finish, for
ii.tn funjab arm rhalr, cane A t7
seat & hack, fln'd forest green Ui
. Punjab arm rocker, cane IE kA
seat back, fln'd forest green
112.50 Pun.tab arm settee, cane Q 'll
seat & back, ftn'd forest green0-
ITM Bungalow chair, W. O.
finish, green cushion seat.
$9.25 Pungalow rocker, W. O.
finish, green cushion seat.
bungalow settee, W. O. 4 ff
finish, green cushion seat""
$2.60 W. O. arm chair, alat
aeat and back, for
5.00
6 17
1.67
$.-..00 W. O. rorker, alat 0 s4
seat and back, for J.
$3.2fi green settee, slat O J
sent and bark, for
H 5 W. O. ro.-ker. double O fAA
rune sent, for '-'
$3 35 V o. arm chnlr, double OA
aeat and buck, for ""
the plate, and after romping merrllv amid
the buttercupa for a time, Cente'rflelder
awDy returned, holding the spheroid that
aus
T77S
)oanuBinL
Not All Are Tblerea.
snnnrnlrl t hftf I ti-- .i .... ...
had Ait.t.rf tho .ir. T.t .V,. i" " " ciuaens oi tms republlo are thbr
Bkinner recalled Mr. Riley's "Seeln" Things 0u8hly awake to the evils that threaten
fu J",1?1'". andl declared an armistice until and beset us. But In our eagerness to
' And'&tetrt0nth8 at natton,, co, nu vigilance to pay the price
game Is degenerating! or liberty there Is Just a llttlo danger
ii.o .uujuci. oi cnnDing- at examina- i " up ioo mie. oecome in-1 grown, and with It their .mni.M. rf
nons is aiwaya a popular topjo for Jokes na consequently augntly over- rlghteousnesa. Public sentiment has practl
"" mi mjiio, wiu urouna mia-i uu vne ouuject ot i cany barred the drunkard from politics.
years ana at tne end or the college term ln tnieves that break In and steal. Of 1 The bribe taker hides his Ill-gotten gains
the student papers usually print a col- course there are thieves . In politics, and !Twentv-flv veHr h ir
leotton of choice thoughts on the theme. I they do have opportunities to steal. There not ashamed. "Perquisites of office" are
From the Columbia Jester comes the fol- are alwaye thieves In business, and the disappearing. Honest men are scornful of
uw.ng tiever parapnraae ot tmakespeare's esi system ot checks and audits In the the congressman who takes unearned mile
llno'l I land cannot prevent a thief from robblne lo- i,,, ..i i
A Twr ,- . " ....... j. alIU unilotuSBiirjr
iiiuulu nuuiujyu x. lino casn-arawer wno will take the risk cleric him Th ino-iMinn, tv. t,.
Ta. ..Ik . . , .t- I - .. I " .
Hon- criB-iii la tne ques- oi oeing caugnt. wnerever mere is money been reformed considerably, and Is now
Whether 'tis nobler In the mind .fr "ler" w'u ln8 ,OVB OI notify, ana wnere given only upon extraordinary occasions.
The stlnsrs and sorrows I greed becomes a passion laws will not I while th "bio- iin.nir Hr.ff t
w otiubo great nooda of curD n any more surely than they will torial funeral haa been nraetirallv aband-
UUTBUOI1I. I . . . ... ..1 w
And by answering pass them. To pass- and passions, out or late tne writ- oned. In the national house of repre
this ' u ers on municipal corruption, the writers sentatives. the nlaca In our federal rnv.
yK?0"8. "8 ?f Ponies, cribs, or trots on federal and state corruption, and the ernment most responsive to oubllo feelln.
carpet ytsd Furniture com pan y-
'tis
consumma- writers on business corruption, as well aa the membera who have any eubstantlal
me omciaia wno nave exposed ana pun- tenure of office are divided Into two classes;
That we are prone to.
Uon
Pevoutly to be wished. Mavhan to flunk; tn" offlclali
th ? ih T' oPPed1 aye, DriDe-takera and unfaithful aervants. those who are making reputations aa
The thought ot being dropped makes cow- I""" 8hWn th9 .dafk 8'd8 f th6 PltU "bard-worklng and efficient congressmen"
ardB of us all. vv ea cow l from so many viewpoints that the whole and those who are mkin. rennttir.n.
And thus the noble resolution to abstain political system seems to be shady. This "friends of the people." The fashions in
Fronl "fiSf """ ia truth romes soon to Is the veriest delusion. American politics ooneressmen chnK with th ld.
11. juniet. 'OH i i. .1.. I. - . . oo
The lllustraUon. In the college comica "7. r.Y.J.-.t?: I 01 U'9 naUou- The "Wobdy-ghlrf
are. as a rule, of a hlh n, x.- r . .t"l", uu" '" "'v. congressman and the "friend of the sol-
are In the front ranks of Illustrator, and aits 7T ma,cmne" are tcloggfea w"h aler" congressman and the grand old fraud
artists today served their apntlceshn k 5 ' " 1"-V t0D who used to lord It around his district
while student, on these Larn SSSSf L l? overba' nd dead-beating his constituent, and making
and were glad to get theHrawIng ? " i"!" Z'T'Jl SMliS. "V . ? belleV that he coM PreBldent "
llshed In them even without remuneration .n Z .r.V .7 L Z V :. no woula let wn,SKy lone- httv vanished.
Student support of collg, paS, ,. .?! anU t0. the ",!c"Uv1a bra.nCh th! B.V' In the "enate tho drone Ilve". Po
ways. hearty, and the Jlto ever hav. !"TnV." 7 "J"1 ,n th ple havo not had ,"'e t0 "nge the com-
any difficulty in maklna- th vni. . piexion or the senate.
A- mTh- .k I -V-e"tUre"- t"n of mixing philanthropy and voting elected wlthln tna ts
the advertisement, pay for the iost of 1"'' "T"' ..'w m6tl, hBVe been of a new cast of countenance,
printing, and very often there 1. left a TCb, '! kicked- Unless the present public temper passes,
very neat retunTfor the Utrl' ertt Sjl . o! if 'e"8 a oth .
GOOD
THINGS
ON TEE
at th end of the year.
efforts I people grow shrewder and better. The evils
of bribery and corruption may seem great j
But Isolated and compared with an Ideal
nfilBlglUur. t
M3 Jocli Tar.
"Jolly" la th word generally
Voted with the jack tar. He ia the
picture ot health, and the heuHh trab
Ue ovsr In talrUi and merriment. When
people are sick,
especially whs a
sickness attacks the
lungs the doctor
often advises a aea
I voyage. But In the
'Urge majority .of,
cases the sea voyage
la Impossible.
It ta to tho men
and women of the
workaday world to
whom sea voyages
or change of climate
are Impossible, that
Dr. Pierces Golden
Medical Discovery
cornea aa the great
est earthly Doon.
1 The eflect of thia
medicine npon
those whose lungs
are "weak" la re-
tnarkable. Even
where there la broa
chitia, spitting of
blood, emaciation,
weakness, condi
tions which if un
checked or unskill fully treated lead to
consumption, "Golden Medical Discov
ery in ninety-eight casta out of a hun
dred works a perfect and permanent
cure. It strengthens the stomach and
other organ of digestion and nutrition,
so that the body ta all its parts ta not
merely fed bat nourished. And it ia hy
nourishment that Nature builda op the
body to resist or throw oS disease.
I had a terrible eonrk something over s year
ago aua eovia na ajutnina
Co at a prtui of
I
ahlng to stop it, er evn l
goua,- wru I. M. rarr.
esq . n dans, term Co., oa. Icbaoccd
to m aa advcrtueiocui of yooia, and font
with bow hi a botila of your laraluaUl ' Coldca
Mrdioai UacovOTT.1 Wwe I out takes kail a
twtOa I waa aatualy well.
. b Pkrca't IMleU car conarinarlnat.
his kind to keep trim company In a few
years.
Higher Moral Tone N"ovr.
I state government there has been
a distinct manifestation of the growth of
I iiniin Tur 1 1 nil r- n , , , . ""' ""u conipu.rou wnn an meai
AMUNU THb HOME BUILDERS ot decency that has taken possessioa of
the American heart, these evils are found
iJelegatlon of Ktbraikui a A to be anoradla and trivial. Th
th Convention of tbo United ruPl c!ty oouncll or state legUIature passes "IO,rtu lreepon in tne people. ihe
mt t I more gooa laws than bad laws, and In the I , vCBo m mo ou
-a.i i ovat-aa-a la. eloi.ia tl.A at I iu W Wal Tamer SL USniPHA ftnnAndnifA nf
measures passed Is Infinitesimal compared the Poltical organlaation. He did the orn-
What promises to be the largest oonven- I with the groaa amount of good work done. amentl1 standing around, delivered the ad-
tlon In the" history of the United States Even a corrupt Judge, the moat un- dres" of welcome, wore a high hat at the
League of Local Building and. Loan as- h"ul thln" In American politics, die- christening of'th'j battleship that bore the
soclatlons, will be held In New York City plays his venality only In certain I 8tate name, and signed the requisition pa
July 28 and 27. This wilt be the thirteenth lines, and his work Is soon undone. pr t0 earn hls salary. It was the unusual
annual meeting of the league, and It has H it Is hard for a poor- man to tIl,n for a governor to take an aggressive
grown steadily since Its organlaation In Justice In the courts. It Is hot due to P" ,n the government of the state. Often
Chicago In 18S1 Its membership Is made I corruption there, but rather to red tape ne wa on,y a constitutional figurehead
up of delegates from the various statu and the high price of good lawyers. I with a aenatorlal ambition. And the party
leagues, of which there are seventeen. Both itm at h.,i ri.ii, nm... DO"' 1,ncr ln or o' the state central
the national body and state leagues renra- I t h...ni i . . committee of the dominant party, had more
sent more than 5.000 mutual association, area ot corruption In pub lo 11 . I !? "a,y about the ot the tate "
engaged In promoting thrift and home own- , J.... rr:" '. the Plaater-of-parl. governor. He was sup-
rBlllP- I h- hKm mm i .k. .v... ". T posed to look particularly after those
The following table, compiled from re- th. let..- i th. m.n.K .h.. ... Phases of government pertaining especially
porta of atate banking department. .hw I . .v.. .... . L '
the number, membership
associations by
and in the clock that recorded his time L r '"reatening to muKe laws to em
and the typewriter that kept his accounts. " 11 ul ln B
Yet of all th. thousand, nf mon of ,,!. cimcu i.w nave Deen gov
In the department less than a hundred T lrul. 1 "ey "aVe presented the
taoie. compiled from re- the letter, ln the mall-box that received It , 01 government pertaining especially
banking departments show the train that carried It. In the pouch l corVrie interests, and to use the pat-
mbershlp and assets of the that held It, ln the strap that tied It ln ronage of tna eleemosynary Institutions to
the apparel of the man who delivered It, ,re,8traln fortunate gentlemen of the leg-
States.
Pennsylvania ...
Ohio
Jsew Jersey
Illinois
New York
Massachusetts ..
Indiana ;.
California
Michigan
Missouri
Louisiana
Iowa
Nebraska
Connecticut
Wisconsin
Kansas
Maine
Tennessee
New Hampshire.
Minnesota
Other statea
Totale
Number tnt.t
of Associa- Member
tions. shl
1,196
Ul
b3
6"0
S00
130
7
144
58
134
8
71
60
1
l
40
S5
21
15
13
1.01S
Tin.
11S.1M
1.40
112,6.(9
S3,0
to. 429
M.627
7.I1S
6S.X
82. Sill
ttot
lO.lW
',0u0
23.4H9
S.nufi
11260
11.1X4
S.444
1,417
5.175
1.200
278, 2J0
Total
Asset.
17,8.,1.779
101,221,443
61.4oO,0-H
89.43 2.M
U.H247J
Auburn, Neb.9
July 22d to 29th.
Hot Springs, Ark.,
On sale daily.
Portland, Ore.,
On sale daily.
Homeseekers' Excursions
First and third Tuesdays.
Dunbar, Neb.,
August 10th. .
Union, Neb.,
August 18th and 19th.
Pittsburg, Pa.,
August 10th and 19th.
Kansas City, Twlo.,
August 28th to 31st.
FULL INFORMATION AT
CITY TICKET OFFICES, S. E. COR. 15TH AND FARIIAM, OMAHA, IIEB.
S.fc 1.566.7U0
were stealing and the peculations amounted t0Ple- aB sainst the Interests conspiring
to a mere fraction of a mill on the dollars K l"e P"P,e' Bna consequently tho
82.W9.73 that they handled. More than that. .v. gvernor' ot manr Btates-republlcans as
ery guilty man is now ln the oenltentisrv w" a Omocrats-have apparently decided
l.MJ,S6i , , ., . ... . I to keen tab on the niarl.lnmlnn. th.
10,74,2S'8 ur Su' mere as last aa auatory I , . J. -..-.
T.77L790 but lnexorabe law can send him. The i"uuy. ana nave oireciea much
ZTZZi political system behind which they seek UD'""oriai energy toward those meas-5'i??.-"
to hide will not shield them from ure" Rn1 Policies which would benefit the
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8.8&1.639 the wrath Of the people. Instead of ""'! lMllr coniesi wun tne aggrandle-
;5J; ,'V? being an example of the Inefficiency of ment 01 weu'th, where it encroaches upon
iiwina our aystem of govarnmeut, the fate of lne llre"le of cltlaens. The people have
8.sa.Rj the postal thieves should be a most mitd ,ne aovernor a part of their real
60 I Hicaurailnir slim nf th. ttraium 1 government. Governor Deneen of Illinois
la'uoo tlon of Ajnerlc' political lnstltutlona One Governor Folk of Missouri, Governor Hoeh
L horrible example Is worth a doxen pre- I of Kansas, Governor Cummins of Iowa and
tj7,50o,na cepts. The exposure and disgrace ef the
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- ucieaaiion to tne mnn.n. 1 a. t .,
, . . , - . .. uwutoi in v. uuuii situ i no utvnuruw
o.h, .Ge0rB Nat,"'f" of of their defenders In Missouri, spelled In
-PIre,ldnt f th Nebraska State large letters the fact that ln politics now It
i.a5' J B"tley of Grand pays to be honest. Recent developments
island, vice president of the United States and recent tendenclea in our public life
ri. . 1 JrT'Un' Bryon T- J- ntsmor- have proved the Instability of crooked suc-
ns ana a. F. GUmore of Omaha. Mr. Gil- cess. When a few score of rogues are
more win present a paper to the oonven- caught pilfering publlo money, the thou-
wnui ui men ana women in America serv
Inap th mvnrnm.nl In Imnnrtant
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tneater this afternoon. It seems evident that but the very vigilance and suspicion of
the management have solved the heat auea
uon d- artltlclal meana. Blocka of tea are
plaoed In front of the stage, and the cold
air Is fanned toward the rear of the house
by electric rotary fans. The Clayson Fam
ily orchestra, engaged for the remainder of
the season, will have new offerlnas which
are eaual to last week s selections. Other
musical numbers will be furnished by the
talented Sue Blanchard, the possessor of
two distinct voices. Miss Jennie Clayson
will sing "Dear Old Ireland." with Illustra
tions. Comedy Is provided for by Flinn at
FUnn, and Heddendorf & Krauae. Fllnn A
FUnn will present refined comedy sketches,
filled with new features, while Heddendorf
4k Krauae are lelkd on to extract laughs
from anyone having a spark of life la his
system. The moving picture attraction will
be a hurry-up run by a metropolitan fire
department. The' performances are ot 1:10,
I JO, I.W and I.W o'clock, p. m.
the people proves the honesty of the mass
of the publlo officials, and should make us
as American eltlxena proud of the general
Integrity of our publlo servants. There Is
really no need to count the silver ln the
middle of the night, as some of our states
men and writers seem to think. Eternal
vigilance and the eternal fidgets should
not be minted as the interchangeable prices
ot liberty.
Mar trunk! ta the Good Old Days.
And the admirable part of all this ten
dency toward honesty ln politics Is that It
la growing ateadily and naturally. The
good old days of the fathers presented
fewer opportunities for crookedness and
more crooks tn proportion to the number of
men In public service. For the things
which statesmen did fifty years ago in
their private and publlo lives even politi
cians would not be permitted to do now.
The tnoral peroepUou of the people haa
former Governor L Follette of Wisconsin
are men of this type whose names are fa
miliar to most newspaper readers. The
type is multiplying rapidly.
Money .Vot the Whole Th I a Br
it happens that each of these governors
has had a contest with the crass power of
money in polities. That contest is bound to
come when a governor ceases to be a figure
head, and refuses to allow the party ma
chine, oiled aith the dirty grease of im
proper campaign contributions, to control
his actions.
When money cannot direct the state's
action along certain selfish lines by the
covert use of the party. It fights ln the
open. And the governor who stands for
the people must expect to fight. Last
spring the brewers of Bt. Louis were re
sisting the enforcement of the law against
Sunday closing. They gave It out that
they had raised a, "million dolkirs" with
which to push the fight "A million dol
lars," ln polities. Is considerable money.
But it doesn't frighten the people of Mis
souri as much as ten thousand would have
frightened them ten years ago. Once the
talk of a million dollar campaign fund
made the friends of a presidential candi
date throw up their hands In despair; but
the million dollar fund ln Missouri excites
only ths merriment of those who are In
sisting upon the enforcement of the law.
The people are no longer afraid of the
use of money grossly in politics. That Is
largely because the events of the past Ave
years have taught the people that wealth
la not success, and that money does not
prove that Its possessor Is either a good
or a great man. The newspaper and the
magazine have done much to shatter the
golden calf, and because everyone reads
these mediums of publicity, the work has
been accomplished quickly. The populist
envy of wealth as such has given place
to a wholesome American scorn of wealth
ill gotten, and with this scorn has coma
a cheerful Indifference to the power of
boodle. The Standard Oil with Its millions
could not prevent the measures aimed at
Ita evil practices from passing the Kansas
legislature by overwhelming majorities.
In the average American community. It
is the amount paid for direct taxea. At
$10 a head, the direct taxea collected In
thia nation would amount to ISuO.Ooo.OuO.
The expenditures of the federal govern
ment last year were over 5S8,000,OuO, and
this year will probably run over $600,oo,fjO.
This represents the Indirect taxes of the
people. Adding tho direct to the Indirect
taxea there arises a sum of nearly 1,5X,
000,000. This sum Is handled by the publlo
servants of America every yar. And the
number of men who spend It for us is
comparatively small. Every cltlxen knows
personally some public servant, and gen-
erally that public servant la ' poor. It Is
The money of the railroads could not kill notorious that office holding does not pay,
the maximum rate bill In Missouri the
first bill of its kind that has passed the
legislature since the granger days of '71.
Money Is losing Its political power. And
as the power of money in politics goes
down respect for the law comes up. There
have been times ln the history of the world
when the law was more of a terror than
It ta today to tho poor And the Ignorant;
but In this country there has never been a
time before this when the law has reached
Into the high places with such a stern
hand as It Is reaching today. Not
merely have United States senators been
Indicted for common crimes, but the men
who make United States senators men
from the class that has been holding law
makers, state and national. In fee simple
the trust magnates and their serving
men, are bcjng haled Into court for al
leged violations of law. Bualneaa method
and motive are probably no more greedy
and dishonorable now than they have been
since the organization of commerce. But
the people are acquiring moral sense and
moral courage to rus train the greed and
punish the dishonor of business, without
respect to worldly station of the bualnesa
offenders; and all this, too, without anger,
without vicious envy, without malicious
class feeling, but with a fine spirit of
American fair play and love of equity that
proves the stability o't the movement.
Fairly Kceaonslcal tieverasaeat.
In the country wherein these lines are
written. It costs the people $10 a head to
run their cly, county and state govern
ments. This cost does not vary one year
with another, and it Is about the same
Not one officeholder ln a thousand haa
made much money while ln office. And yet
the little' group of officials that run
this country In the various local,
state and federal governments han
dle nearly a billion and a half
of dollars every year! The losa from
defaulting treasurers yearly la ao small
that It can hardly be reckoned. Padded
payrolls are almost Impossible under mod
ern methods of bookkeeping, and the com
petitive system makes It Impossible to get
away with any appreciable fraction of this
treasure without detection from the unsuc
cessful bidders. It may be contended that
much of the public money Is spent unwisely
and without well-directed purpose, but It
may not be proved that much of it Is stolen
or spent dishonestly.
Glat of It All.
And tho gist of It all Is: Thst as .the
people grow honest their government will
grow honrat. If civilization In the United
Statea meana anything, If popular educa
tion generates moral energy, If freedom of
speech and of the press makes a people
brave and wise, If an open Bible Improves
the actual conduct of a people Instead of
teaching them mere creeda and cateehlsma,
then the American people should be grow
ing more nearly honest and shrewder In
their Judgments. The effect of this moral
and spiritual growth upon the public service
Is Inevitable. Mke master, like man. And
If one haa any confidence In hia country. If
he believes ln the development of the rare
and ln the progreaa of mankind, he must
know, with all that faith that la In him,
that, however black the spot tf ffllciaj ,
corruption may bo, however dlscouraglnai
the environment from certutn restricted
viewpoints, the outlook In the wider horizon
is clear. We have. Indeed, not yet at
tained perfection. We have not appre
hended the whole truth; but we are surely
moving forward and not buckN We are not
living under the best possible government,
bat we are living under the best possible
government for the men of today, and are
making ready a better government for the
men of tomorrow. But, "forgetting those
things which are behind, we are reaching
forth unto those things which are before,"
"pressing toward the prize" of the upward
calling. And that Is aomethlng something
well worth the while.
KRUG PARK'S SUNDAY BILL-
Mauaaer ul users a Sensatloa sal
tbe Isual Attraction at tke
Hill Toy Ncaort.
Krug park offers today some special fea
tures, not the least of which la the third'
attempt to shoot a woman from a cannon
atlachtd to a balloon. Miss Madeline Wal
demur will again be the heroine of the
ascension, and it will be carried out under
the personal direction of I'rof. J. Waldorf
Hall.
Manager W. W. Cole haa under prepara
tion for an early date a wedding ln a bat.
loun. The license will be taken out through
the regular channels und Judge Vinsonhaler
haa been secured to perform the ceremony.
Manager Cule haa ordered from Chicago a
brand new bulloon and basket for the wed
ding Journey, built especially to carry
heavy welghta a long distance. The Royal
Canadian band will play a new wedding
inarch, especially written for tbe occasion
by Bandmaster J. M. Finn, entitled "A Trip
to the Clouds." ln addition to a program of
unusual musical merit, and aa a apeclal
feature Manager Cole has engaged the
Boprano aololst. Mlsa Mae Mel-Balne. for
the coming wev-k. She will appear In a
repertoire of songs twice each day. Harry
4elis has also bet i, re-engaged for another
week, hla "slldtt fr life" being a 4;wUA
card.
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