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    TFTE OMAHA DATLY BEE: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1903.
Tiie Omaha Daily Bee.
E. ROBE WATER, EDITOR.
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Secretary.
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(Seal) M. B. HUNQATE.
Notary Public.
WHEX Ot'T OF TOWS.
Subscriber leaving; tha city tem
porarily shoald have Tha Bee
mallea to then. It la better than
dally letter from borne. Ad
dress will be changed aa often as
requested.
Politics! affair in the NetherUnds
show that no independent nation ' i too
mal! to have party linen.
Ilesults in Ohio would Indicate that
the voters believed "Box" Cox to have
left the convention after Uerrlck vas
renominated.
The prince of Wales may have a
larger reception In India than Prince
Louis haa had In America, but he citu
not have a livelier one.
Now that Prince Loula has seen a rt al
American foot ball game he may better
understand the cause of American su
periority over Great Britain.
With a possible cabinet crisis and the
prospect of a duel between generals of
the army life in Pa rig promises to be
lively during the coming week.
The primary law has come to stay
and prospective candidates con center
their fire and cash on the voters, as the
public must hereafter pay the bills.
The editor of the local popocratlc
organ admits that be is afflicted with
rrleecoplc lenses In bis eyes, but few of
his fellow democrats are equally un
fortunate. Midshipman Meriwether should now
realize that while the object of naval
training is to teach people to kill, they
are expected to select their victims with
greater care.
John Redmond says there can be no
compromise on the "home rule" ques
tion. Irish-Americans may prepare to
go down In their pockets for another
contribution.
The Omaha police Is taking a lively
interest In the finger print system of
Identification and the light fingered gen
try may hereafter bare to wear mittens
to escape detection.
Applicants for consular positions
when examined might be requested to
tell what form of speculation they In
tend to enter in the place where they
wish to represent Uncle Sam.
Candidates for the job of supreme
court commissioner, to be vacated by
Judge- Letton upon his promotion to a
supreme court Judgeship next January,
are due to come out in the open.
Depositor of the Enterprise National
bask who threaten to bring criminal
proceedings against officials of that in
stitution evidently do not believe in the
force of vicarious atouement throiuh
the death of the cashier.
Omaha now has all the grain elevators
completed and under construction that
will be required for its grain traffic for
the next few years, but there is a very
promising field now open In Omaha for
flooring and cereal mills.
A Board of Trade membership in Chi
cago sold last week at $31,750 net to the
buyer. Memberships in the Omaha
GrMn exchange may never reach that
figure, but they are bound to double
and even quintuple in value within the
next ten years.
When the queen of England ottered to
defray the expenses of better quarters
for army nurses the War department
ahould have permitted the change to be
made out of gallantry if nothing else
and the Balfour government Is In n
position to bring upon Itself the fury of
M woman scorned.
RATE LKtilSLATlUX
? ixt veek the genate Interstate - i n
ncrre roinnnttee, f which Suiitr
K'Um Is chairman, will meet in Wash
ington to consider the railway rate ques
ticn and perhaps frame a bill for intro
duction In the senate Mr. Elkini is ro
itied as snjing that congress will p.irs
a n-nsure for the regulation of rnilwny
rate, but he did not express an opiuiin
as to what Its character will be.
The present Indications are that t'.
old polity of delay iu the senate Is t bo
pursued so long ns It may prove effec
tive in preventing legislation. This is
inVm-d from the statement that the
aenatt) committee will be unable o re
port upon the date set at the last session
and will bo compelled to ask for an x
touftion of time. The chairman of that
committee is quoted as saying that vMe
greet mass of testimony submitted dur
ing the hearings last summer and the in
tricate pioMenis connected with the i'tf
ulatiou of railroad rates make longer
consideration of the subject by the com
mittee an imperative necessity. This Is
naturally construed to mean that the
railroad senators In the committee have
no Intention of reporting any sort of a
bill until after the house has passed a
measure. In this way, It Is pointed out.
they will be able to cut out every para
graph agreed upon In the house, leaving
only the title, to which tliey will attach
their own measure.
The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia North American says of
the situation: "In the coining fight much
filibustering on the part of the railroads
was to be expected and for that reason
It will cause no alarm to the president
and his supporters. It will merely be
productive of delay and that will not af
fect materially the flnai results. The
president Is now more than ever con
vinced that the opposition of Elkins,
AlJilili aiid those other senate leaders
who stand for railroad interests against
every proposition for" the public welfare
will te overborne by the irresistible
force of aroused public sentiment in
favor of the policy he has urged." It Is
not to be doubted that the results of the
late elections. In the protest they carried
agalns.t the political influence and dicta
tion of corporations, have strengthened
the president's position. Ferhaps this
will have no effect upon senators who
are in one way or another identified
with the railroads, like Mr. Elkins and
Mr. Foraker, but It Is pretty sure to
exert an Influence with others who are
not so bound up with the railroads.
The expectation Is that a measure,
meeting the views and recommendations
of President Roosevelt, will be passed
by the house early In the session, pos
sibly before the holiday recess, so that
the senate can enter upon its considera
tion Immediately after the recess, If no
obstruction Is placed In Its way by the
railroad senators. Of course they -will
seek to do this, but they may be less sue
cessful than they now expect If the
senators who are favorable to rate legis
lation will do their duty In vigorously
combatting obstructive tactics.
. WAKT MORS PROTKCTIOX.
As we have more thau once iiolnted
out, the' Canadian manufacturers want
more protection against the competition
of American manufacturers and they
are very likely to get It. The tariff com
mission, at its recent meeting in Mont
real, received numerous petitions all
urging more protection. Tbere are, of
course, certain things which the Cana
dian Industries must import and upou
these they do not ask any change from
the existing tariff, but in the main they
demand that the rates be advanced, with
a view to putting a check upon the com
petition of our manufacturers. There, is
something said by a few interests in re
gard to German competition, but the
chief plea for more protection is directed
against the manufacturers of this coun
try, who sell as much," If not more, In
the Canadian market than Is sold by the
Dominion industries. It is needless to
say that the manufacturing interests of
our northern neighbor are able to pre
sent, from their point of view, good ar
guments for what they ask. They urge
that It Is essential to Industrial develop
ment, to the advance of the country In
population,, to keeping labor well em
ployed and to the promotion of Indus
trial aud commercial Independence.
These views, supported by the example
of the L'ulted States, make au impres
sion on the Canadian people and there
Is reasou to believe that protection sen
timent is growing among them.
What recommendations the tariff com
mission will make probably cannot be
known until the meeting of Parliament.
but It seems safe to assume that it will
recommend higher duties, especially on
American manufacturers and perhaps
also German. It seems that the Domin
ion manufacturing interests make no
complaint respecting British competi
tion, for notwithstanding the tariff pre
ference accorded the British manufac
turers their trade with Cauada has not
been very much Increased. This prefer
ence will In any event lie maintained.
It Is American competition that they are
principally concerned about and If their.
demands are complied with the effect
will certainly be damaging to our Cana
dian tratle. There appears to lie no
longer any considerable sentiment In
favor of a reciprocity treaty with the
United States and if our government
were to propose the negotiation of one
the proKsal would doubtless not 1k
accepted.
ltatlway managers and railway at
torneys never tire of making invidious
comparisons between American rail
roads aud Kuropeau railroads, eH
clally with regard to taxation. Poni
bly they will ) surprised to learn that
for the year 1! the railroads of Great
Britain were taxed ijrt.tLSii.tHit), or more
than 4 per c-nt of tli-lr irro earnings
for the year, and according to the re-
port of the British Board of Trade, there
Is no sign of any diminution of this
burden, which in nine years has risen
from 3.0I1,0J toX4,?aO,Uii an increase
of over 60 per cent. What would the
railway tax fighters think of an assess
ment that would make the roads pay 4
per cent of their gross earnings In Ne
braska for the year l!5?
11 K VISE THE BVILDISQ ORDIXASCK.
Revision of Omaha's building ordi
nance on modern lines and with special
reference to modern methods of fire
proof construction should by all means
be enacted by the city council at an
early day.
Acting upon the recommendations of
the National Board of Fire Underwrit
ers as to what should constitute a gen
eral building ordinance, bo far as it con
cerns fire prevention, the International
Association "of Building Commissioners
have endorsed and urged the use of the
Cleveland building ordiuance as a
model. Its influence in all cities, which
have organized building departments
has already been felt.
It is to the credit of the owners of
several mercantile buildings now under
way that they have shown faith in the
value aud expediency of thorough fire
resisting construction, but Individual en
terprise and public spirit should not be
allowed free scope as to architectural
plans and building materials to be
used In the erection of mercantile build
ings, office buildings, hotels, aud, for
that matter, buildings of every descrip
tion within the area covered by the fire
limit.
The revised buildiug ordinance
should also set apart a small area for
strictly fireproof buildings, beginning
with the city hall and court house
squares, which area Is to be gradually
extended from this center to a circum
ference of at least live blocks. While
the principal Rtreets of Omaha are wider
than those of the average American
city and the risk from destructive con
flagrations Is correspondingly loss, there
Is nevertheless a long felt want for
more strict supervision of building con
struction and the enforcement of more
stringent regulations.
The new Omaha, or rather the Greater
Omaha, should strive to keep up with
other large cities that are now rapidly
undergoing complete reconstruction. An
authority has recently compiled a set
of figures to show that New York pos
sesses by all odds the greatest number
of fireproof buildings of any city iu this
country, the approximate number being
1,389 for New York. 208 for Chicago
and 2G5 for Boston. While It is not to
be expected that Omaha could match
these great cities It should emulate their
example.
The work of canvassing election re
turns has been somewhat simplified by
the voting machine. The tedious work
of scannlug tally sheets with magnify
ing glasses and comparing the tallies
with the returns is a thing of the past,
since there are no tally sheets. The
work of canvassing Is simply confined
to adding up figures from the. different
voting precincts and declaring the re-1
suit. There Is, however, one problem
which the voting machines have not
solved, and that is to ascertain who of
the candidates are entitled to the sur
plus of the votes In case the machine
registers a surplus over the number of
voters whose names appear on the poll
list, or to ascertain how many votes are
to be taken away from any particular
candidate or all the candidates, in case
the machine registers more votes than
appear on the tally books. Under the old
system, the election officers would draw
out of the ballot box the number of bal
lots that appeared to be in excess of the
actual number of votes of record, but
under the new system there can be no
such reduction made. The discrepancy
Is all charged up to the clerks, who are
assumed to have either omitted to reg
ister the name of some voters or regis
tered more than actually participated In
the election.
South Omaha democrats have recov
ered sutliclently from the stunning set
back of last Tuesday to talk about the
spring campaign, and we are told that
all agree that it will be the most Inter
esting fight In the city's history. The
next campaign Is always the most in
teresting, just as the last council Is al
ways the worst council we ever had, ex
cept the next one.
It is difficult to say exactly which Is
the most notable achievement of the
republican state committee to have
carried Nebraska by such a stunning
republican majority, or to have wiped
out the incubus of debt Inherited from
the last bunch of campaign managers.
This season's building operations In
Omaha have been eminently satisfac
tory. But the prospects for next year
foreshadow a record breaker In the con
struction of high grade business blocks
and elegant residence buildlugs.
Hloody Tod of Honor."
Philadelphia Ledger.
Annapolis cadets are too valuable to be
permitted to kill each other.
oir tiet Hus.
Cleveland Leader.
Tiioeie who have to jt-at crow expect to
have it thoroughly digested in time to
give proper attention to the turkey.
Hlaht Thluklug and Acting.
Chicago Reeoid-Herald.
A change of sno.uoo votes lit one year in
Uicales pretty strongly that the grownup
citixena of Pennsylvania have all the quail
Ilea norm necesaary f'r doing their own
thinking
Hint to tha Medlrat Profession.
Boston Transcript.
The tase of the Iowa physicUn who
committed suli-ida because the community
in which lie settled Is so distressingly
healthy that no one ever has to call In
the doctor contains an admonition to thu
medical profession that either the physl
clans will have to combine to combat
present tendencies to lira aright and keep
well or must henceforth seek to be paid
for prerentlng diseases rather than for
curing them.
Making; game progress.
Philadelphia Record.
One of the reforms promised In Russia
Is the submission of the Oregorlan for
the Julian calendar. The empifc of the
ciar is thirteen days behind the test of
the civilised world In dates. In Institu
tions Russia is much further in the
rear, hut she Is now making efforts to
catch up.
Hn Barbs of Satire.
Springfield Republican.
The latest topical song, "Everybody
Works but Father," appears to have been
given an appropriate new wording for the
New York campaign, "Everybody Works
but Murphy." After four more fat years
the Tammany boss should Indeed be In
such comfortable circumstances as to make
work absurdly unnecessary. But the cry,
"Where did he get It?" having been once
raised, Is likely to be continued to his dls-
com fort.
American Capital la Mexico.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The latest estimate of American capital
Invested Jn Mexico Is $700,000,000. It ts less
than twenty-five years since Americans be-
gan to put money Into Mexican properties
and more than half the Investments have
been made within the Ust seven years.
The movement has proceeded jiietly and
without the sensational features of a boom.
Large business chances In Mexico have
been Investigated from time to time by our
capitalists and before many years their
holdings In that country will pass the
11,000.000,000 mark.
I'nlqoe taheavat In Salt Lake.
Chicago Chronicle.
The election of the American or anti
mormon candidate as mayor of Salt Lake
City seems to mean a revolt of Mormon
voters against church dictation in poll
tics. Smoot passed the word that the
church wanted the Mormons to concen
trate on Lynch, republican, to beat Thomp
son, anti-mormon. The result was that
Thompson beat Lynch by about 3,000 votes
and Morris, democrat, by some 500. If the
"saints" are getting Independent enough
to rebel against church dictation in poli
tics Mormontsm will not give us much
more political trouble.
Const Wltte'a Stupendous Task.
New York Tribuje.
Of how little worth in these days is an
empire based upon nothing but an Imperial
or an imperious personality was shown by
France in the terrlblo year and again by
Russia herself In these last eighteen
months. Stupendous as the Hyperborean
Colossus seemed, the impact of the once
despised Japan and the uprising of the op
pressed at home alike revealed In crumb
ling ruin the fatal feet of clay. Count
Wltte's task Is to replace the feet of clay
with feet of adamant, or, to change the
figure, to transform the Incongruously com
posite effigy into a living being of har
monious and effective parts. There is
sccrcely a member or an organ that must
not be remade, created from the beginning.
The whole "Russia a system," political. In
dustrial, military, social, must be trans
formed. It is one of the most stupendous
tasks ever undertaken by mortal man.
Yalae) of a Character.
Providence (R. I.) Journal.
The unvellng of a statue of the late J.
Sterling Morton at Nebraska City gave
Mr Cleveland an opportunity to add his
warning against the materialists tenden
cies of the time to that of President Roose
velt. The similarity of the opinions of the
two men on this subject is not surprising;
for despite very radical differences of tem
perament, there la a fundamental resemb
lance between them In moral character.
The former president paid a high tribute to
his secretary of agriculture and justly
Pulsed him for his adherence to the best
ideals. "We should learn," Mr. Cleveland
added, "that character, uncorrupted by the
contagion of Ignoble things and unweakened
by the corrosion of soridness and money
madness, is the cornerstone of every truly
useful life and of every genuinely noble
achievement." It Is an old lesson as old
as the Ten Commandments. But there
never was a time when it seemed to be
more Important than It is now.
Presidential Traveling: Expenses.
Spring-field Republican.
The statement is in circulation that Pres
ident Roosevelt's southern trip cost him
personally 115,000, and this is being used
as a text for articles favoring public pro
vision for the president's traveling ex
penses during his term of office. Such a
discussion is In order, but It will proba
bly have to be said that the southern trip
cost Mr. Roosevelt no such figure as that
mentioned. The statement recently found
publication that the president, before he
began to pay his own way, was offered a
whole special train, fully provisioned, for
$50 a day, which was said. to be consider
ably below cost. In that case we may sup
pose that the president secured a single
private car for the southern trip at say
$100 a day, and he used it for less than
ten days. It is doubtful if the trip cost
hlni over $1,000, but It Is a question whether
the nation should compel a president to
salary or income for a more or less non
pay so much as that from his present
partisan visit out among the people.
SEW 8PIHIT OF POLITICS.
Sigrniflrant Revolt Aaaluat Blind Par
tisanship.
New York Tribune.
One of the most significant facts during
the recent mayoralty campaign in this city
waa that wherever and whenever President
Roosevelt's name wus mentioned, whether
In MoClellan, Hearst or Ivins meetings, it
was the signal for tumultuous applause.
Perhaps not since the Monroe "era of good
feeling" has there ever been a period In
American history when a living president
was thus acclaimed by representatives of
all parties, especially at campaign meetings.
This popularity of Theodore Roosevelt is
made up of many elements, some personal,
some partisan; but for the most part It
rests upon the general belief of the people
in the president s possession of certain vir
tues which they admire, and among those.
and one of the chief, is his known readiness
and courage In denouncing wrong, whether
In his own party or among his political op
ponents, and in standing for what he be
lieves to be the right, even though It con
travene party precedent.
This Independence of the old bitter parti
sun spirit, with its evasive and apologetic
attitude for its own scoundrels and right
eous indignation at the scoundrels of other
parties, is something unfortunately rather
novel in American politics; but nothing in
recent years has done more to purify our
political atmosphere and to strike at the
power of selfish and sinister leaderghlD
thun the spirit of which President Roose
velt may be regarded as a personification.
Its effects are seen today in M.-rvland.
Ohio. Philadelphia. New York and New
Jersey, and not there alone. The most
popular American, in short, hi the man who
ia strong enough, honest enough, brave
enough and wise" enough to stand for polit
ical Integrity, to hew to the linn of honest
and good government and let the chips In
the shape of elections fall as they may. In
other words, the president is himself the
hero of the new revolt against blind parti
sanship, which is th most distinctive and
hopeful feature and political Indication of
our time.
EPIDEMIC Or GRAFT.
Some
Means of Stasaalasr Omt a
rirsals national KtII.
The Outlook.
Graft may not be worse In American
democracy than In Russian bureaucracy:
not worse in the republic In the twentieth
century than In the French empire In the
nineteenth. But it Is more widespread. In
a democracy both virtues and vices mora
easily become epidemic. Graft Is confined
to no department, to no party, to no lo
cality. It appears In the federal government
and In the city governments, In the Post
office department at home and In the con
sular service abroad. In democratic New
York and republican Philadelphia, In east
ern Boston and In western Cincinnati and
St. Louis. Nor Is it cohflned to govern
mental circles. It is quite as gross and
quite as criminal In commercial circles
the little shops and the great corporations.
Nor is any class immune. It is In the in
surance official who buys bonds at par and
sells them to himself as the finance com
mittee of his company at an advance, and
in his coachman who takes a commission
on every purchase he makes for his em
ployer. Not all men are dishonest; only a
minority are dishonest. But dishonesty ts
so widespread that it is difficult for the
honest man to do his business honestly. The
would-be honest politician acquiesces In
graft to get his nomination. The would-be
honest manufacturer participates in graft
to get his share of business. The would-be
honest employer winks at graft because it
costs too mucn to resist it. And In every
organisation men combine to cover up graft
lest exposure injure "the cause."
What are we going to do about it?
1. Refuse to participate, either as payer or
as recipient. Go without the nomination if
It must be purchased by silence; without
the business if it must be purchased by
corruption. Honesty is an individual virtue.
There Is no way to make the community
honetit except by Individual honesty. And
no honesty Is worth anything if the honest
man is not willing to pay something to
maintain his honesty. The honesty which ts
only a best policy is not honesty at all.
Rut the American conscience is not dead;
It only sleeps. What individuals who abhor
what is evil can do to awaken the Bleeping
conscience, and how the conscience will re
spond when a man who ts fighting honestly
appeals to it, Folk in Missouri, Taft in
Ohio, Weaver In Philadelphia and Jerome
In New York have demonstrated.
2. Probe and punish. "Every one that
doeth evil hateth the light; neither cometh
to the light lest his deeds should be re
proved." Let the light In on evildoers
that they may be reproved. The man who
dread Investigation confesses Judgment.
The more investigation is evaded the more
it should be pushed. The lighter a clue
the more it should be followed. Much
Is said against washing dirty linen In pub
lic. Better so than leave it dirty. Jehovah,
it Is said, will bring to light the hidden
things of darkness. We need not wait for
the day of judgment for Him to do so.
He who Is doing this service now is doing
God's service. It Is better to know the
truth and suffer the shame than to live
in a lie. Christ had something to say
about men In His time who were like
whited sepulchers, which appeared beauti
ful outwardly, but within were full of dead
men's bones and all uncleanliness. Their
successors are living In America today.
To show them for what they are and bring
them to the punishment they deserve is a
first need of our American life. The more
respectable the sinner, the greater the sin.
Therefore, provide for publicity. Publish
the political contributions; require the
great corporations to keep books which can
be understood and to open their books to
Inspection by properly authenticated offi
cers, for the information of the public.
Dishonesty burrows and hides. Drive it
from Its hiding-places.
S. In politics put moral principle above
political principle. "Principles, not men,"
la a It-lnar tyintto Behind this mMMk mnnv
j k nM hldden tt ,hameful V.ag. a
principle is an idle and useless thing if
It be not incarnated In a living man. A
man ts a nefarious and pernicious per
sonality if he does not incarnate true prin
ciples. A party Is no more to be judged
by Its platform than a church la by Its
creed. The religion of profession and the
patriotism of profession are different
phases to the same hypocrisy. So long as
men care more for regularity than for
righteousness in the men they vote for,
political righteousness will be Irregular
nnd political regularity will be unright
eous. 4. Discourage partnerships between the
government and Individual enterprise. We
cannot be wholly rid of such partnerships;
but the fewer the better. There Is some
thing to be Bald for the philosophy that
government should confine Itself to govern
ing and should leave all industries to pri
vate enterprise. There is much to be said
for the doctrine that the people should
engage in those Industries on which the
well-being of the whole commuulty de
pends, whenever they can do the work
better and cheaper for themselves than
it will be done for them by private en-
i.pnriM. But In the transition for the
individualism of the past to the modified
socialism of the future we have entered
upon an era of extensive partnership be
tween government ana pnvaie enterprise;
and they are morally perilous. This is the
peril in the protective system. It Involves
a. Dartnershlp, ratner a series or partner
ships, between the manufacturers and the
aovernment. It may be economically ad
vantageous, but it Is morally Jlsadvan-
Ktther socialism or individualism
1b more likely to be honest than socialistic
partnerships. The American government s
combination with the Pacific railroads
alive us a Credit Moblller; the French
1 government's combination with the Pan
ama Canal company gave Dirin 10 a sun
greater scandal. New York was wise to
dig and own the Erie canal; the United
States is wise to dig and own the Panama
canal.
5. These are but palliatives and re
straints. They may check the fever; they
may prevent the fever-stricken patient
from inflicting irremediable Injury on him
self and others. But the fever is In the
blood; and the only true remedy Is to
eradicate it. We must convert the Ameri
can passion for acquisition Into a passion
for service; we must substitute for t
a better Insignia of honor; we must mea
sure men by what they do and what they
are, not by what they possess. Here Is a
call to the Christian clergy which too few
of them have yet heard. No teaching of
the Master more needs emphasis today
from the American pulpit than tlTs: "A
man's life conslstelh not In the abundance
of the things which he possesseth."
Perfection of Pablie Ownership.
Leslie's Weekly.
The municipality of Freiburg, Germany,
ia the grandduddy of the public ownership
idea, for it owns and runs about every
thing in town, from the usual public utili
ties to the pawnshop, Insurance business,
cemetery, theater, restaurants and the daily
paper. The best part of this unique plan is
that every department turns over a profit
yearly to the city treasury. Only the
schools and the theater are non-supporting
both educational institutions. You can
hear the opera for cents and can get a
supper afterward for cents. The people
are happy, and can you blame them? Wish
New York was a Freiburg. The words
"graft" and "politician" are unknown.
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STATE PRESS COMMENT.
North Platte Tribune: The railroad com
panies refuse to pay their taxes In full on
account of what they term exorbitant as
sessment, while the man who earns 112 or
115 a week pays promptly and in full with
out questioning the legality of the assess
ment. And it is Just such Instances as
this that has created the widespread belief
that railroads should be to a certain extent,
at least, under the control of the govern
ment Fremont Tribune: Republican State
Chairman Warner has announced that he
favors the plan of railroad regulation pro
posed by the president and is of the opinion
that Nebraska republicans should take a
hand In seeing that plan win. All the
members of the lower houso have sup
ported the plan and the legislature com
mitted' Mr. Burkelt specifically to tt when
It elected him senator, though that was
his position already, so It will be seen that
there only remains the uncertainty of
Senator Millard's attitude. Perhaps Chair
man Warner will drop the latter a card
office of the Ashtabula (0.) Sentinel, rolls
certainly will help some.
Central City Nonpareil: Never In the
history of this country have the railroads
so persistently, so systematically and so
extensively endeavored to mould public
opinion as they have in their campaign
against rate regulation. All that brllllRnt
writers, subsidised news agencies and cor
poration controlled newspapers could do
toward convincing the people that the pro
posed legislation Is pernicious and unneces
sary has been done, but to present Indica
tions without avail". The people have an
abiding faith in the ability and Integrity
of President Roosevelt, and he says rate
regulation is necessary and imperative.
That's enough. The people think as he
does and are not to be tricked into oppos
ing him by specious logic or the Impor
tunities of the special Interests.
NEW IN91RASCH SCHEME.
Why Shonld ot the Natloa or the
State Do the Business f
Washington Post.
Indeed, since we are going Into paternal
Ism, why should not the state itself or
the federal government undertake the bus
iness of insuring the people against the
vicissitudes of life and the losses Incident
to death? It can and does Issue financial
bonds, payable upon such terms as con
gress may see fit to authorize. Wrhy not
life insurance bonds, purchasable by the
people In such Installments, under such
restrictions as to age, etc., etc., an may
be deemed wise, proper and expedient?
Those who have followed the insurance
revelations In New York will readily real
Ue that the government could do the busi
ness better, and do it at least GO per cent
cheaper than it is done, or can ever be
done, by any private association or cor
poration whatever.
The fact that the government could
utilize the postofflce service and other fed
eral agencies, coupled with the fact that
Its guarantees would not have to be backed
up by colossal surpluses cannot be over
estimated in this connection.
What would be the ultimate effect, polit
ically considered, on the one hand of thus
tying the people by such cords of direct
personal Interest to the state, or, on the
other hand, of withdrawing such vast
amounts from private enterprises by the
federalization of the field which has here
tofore been free to all who desired to
cultivate it? That Is a"()uestlon, should it
ever come to the front, for statesmen to
answer.
As an alternative to federal regulation
the federalization of .insurance may have
to be taken Into account by all whom It
may concern. The fact that there may
not now be constitutional warrant for
either proposition does not conclude a con
troversy which a constitutional amendment
might settle should the people, by unmis
takable majority, demand it.
A Jarrlaa note.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Army officers are said to be at work
secretly on designs of fortifications for
the protection of Chicago. And this, too,
at a time when we are engaged, or, rather,
when we are supposed to be engaged, in
the uplifting task of cementing those ties.
Help! Help!
Ym Falling
Thus cried the hair. And a kind neigh
bor came to the rescue with a bottle of
Ayer's Hair Vigor. The hair was saved!
In gratitude, it grew long and heavy, and
with all the deep, rich color of early life.
Druggists have sold it in all parts of
the world for over sixty years.
The best kind of a testimonial -"Sold
for over sixty years."
KtU fcy tk J. O.
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AT&a'l CMfckUl facTOKAL-Vw cesc.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Jan Kubelik, he violinist, will make a
short tour of the United States this winter
and will be accompanied by Mrs. Kubelik
and the much-t&lkcd-about twins.
Management of Norway goes to the young
Dane. He lives near the plaiit and Ills
family evidently has some pull. These are
days when, if a man wants anything, he
must put on his hat and coat and go get It.
Emperor William has ordered that his
chauffeurs must be total abstainers. When
driving in an automobile he insists on a
speed of not less than forty miles an hour,
and therefore wants chauffeurs on whom
he can rely absolutely.
Two plumbers were la a bank building
the other day when an explosion of gas
WTecked tho structure. Several people
were killed, but the plumbers simply were
blown out of the window and picked them
selves up unhurt. Merely a chso of the
survival of the fitter.
Curtis Guild. Jr., who has been elected
governor of Massachusetts, is a man of
many accomplishments, and should he
have turned his attention to music he could
have become noted In the musical world.
Me Is also remarkably clever as an actor,
and has won no end of applause In the
many amateur productions In which he has
taken part.
Once a year or so William Dean Howelrs,
the distinguished novelist, drops Into the
office of the Ashtabula (O.) Sentinel, rolls
up his sleeves and sets type for half an
hour. Mr. Howells began his career as a
printer's apprentice In the Sentinel office,
which waa then owned by his father. His
knowledge of typesetting has been of im
mense value to him in his literary career.
MIRTIIFVL. REMARK..
"Of course, Toni.ny," said the Sunday
school teacher, "you'd like to be an angul,
wouldn't you?
" ell er yes'm," replied Tommy, '"but
I'd like to wait till I can be a full-grown
angel with gray whisker." 1'hilaUelpliiu
Press.
"I don't stand up foil de trusts," said
I'ncle Eben. "but 1 kin say fur 'em dat
dey aln' nuulo as much trouble in my
fam'ly as trap games an" hoss races."
Washington Stur.
"Do you think one meal a day Is enough?"
"Enough for what?"
"Enough for the average man?"
"Go and ask the average man and find
out." Clevelund Plain Dealer. .,.
'Well, I guess old flyman Is beginning
to make his pile."
"Why do you think s?"
"He s going around blowing about how
much happier a man is when he's poor."
Philadelphia Ledger.
Dolly Every time you call, you irmke
love to me. I'm getting tired of it. How
can I induce you to stop it?
Cholly Marry me and I'll promise never
to make love to you again. Cleveland
Leader.
"Why don't you Insist on abolishing tha
trusts?" inquired the precipitate person.
"My friend." answered Senator Horghum,
"political history is already loo full of sad
cases of the abollsher abolished." Wash
ington Star.
"Well, well!" exclaimed the city mer
chant, who had gone back to visit the
farm of his boyhood days. "Here's the old
feed chopper. I wish I had a cent for
every cornstalk I've run through that ma
chine." "Kind o' seems to bring everything back
to you, does it?" aald the farmer.
"Everythlnir." said the merchant, "ex
cept the forefinger and part of the thumb
I fed Into it one day." Chicago Tribune.
A CHEERING THOVOIIT.
Washington Star.
I have read with dismay how the trusts
day by day
Have reached for the cash 1 am earning;
And they say that ere long there'll be pres
sure so strong
That the funds they will straight be re
turning. Sometimes I am blue for a minute or two,
But one thought makes existence seem
sunny.
My s-ints can't sink as I'm pausing to
think
Of the men who are owing me money.
There's the total that comes from the
various sums
I have pajd tho Insurance director;
And tho taxes I'm told are unjustly con
trolled. ' "
But some time we will get a co'lector
To figure It out beyend question ' r doubt
An-' r-ry each man's share. 'Twill be
funny!
I'm '-overty's brink, but it's Jolly to
think
Of the men who are owing me money!
Atot 0t. Lswil, BUM.
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saisras.