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WHEW, OCT OP TOWS.
Subscribers leaving the city tern
aorarllr should have The Be
mailed t them. It ia better than
dally letter from home. Ad
dress Trill be chanced as often as
requested.
A Dew Uiarle floor 1 being laid in the
Auditorium as a substitute for the new
tile roof.
The riatte river power caunl is once
more financed, but we are from Mis
souri and want to be shown.
When it conies to the, weekly clearing
house record Omaha stays right at the
front in figures of comparative increase.
Great Britain should watch the boy
tott of American goods in China before
devising a plan for solving the -oolle
question la South Africa.
The business women of the Omaha
trrd.es unions and the business men of
Omaha see;ii to have come pretty nearly
to an ctiuicable understanding.
"Itegvjlar; and "Irregular" grain may
be Indistinguishable hereafter, but it is
well to see bow the market moves
before becoming too', well pleased.
Italy is beginning to, wonder what the
triple alliance will amount to in case
of war." Japan might answer by point
ing to the alliance with Oreat Britain.
Xow that" Emperor 'William is pleased
with the action of the Norwegians,
royal families of Europe can turn their
undivided attention to the woes of the
The Krupp gun works are erecting
additional machinery Just as though The
Hague peace tribunal had never been
organized a tid yet capital Is said to
be timid.
Strange' that none of the various
proclamations bnve touched upon the
real meaning of Thanksgiving day to
the majority of mothers of college
boys the end of the foot ball season.
If petroleum is the real panacea for
disease propogated by the mosquito,
John D. Rockefeller has a chance to
shine. as the greatest philanthropist of
I he age by a simple turn of the oil
faucet.
With ccuncilmanlc salaries at f 1,500
a year and no entrance fee to be paid
for the spring races, the number of men
who, aspire to seats in the council cham
ber will be almost as countless aa the
sanfls in the sea.
(aynor and Ureeue can nour see
what they missed by their voluntary
exile to Canada. If they had stayed at
borne they might have pleaded the
statute ef limitations against the -indictments
Just returned e-lnst them.
Judge Thilips of Kuusus City ia
taking some time to decide If a railroad
company really showed contempt of his
rder which seems strange when It Is
generally believed that contempt of
court Is one of those things so evident
as to raise no question of fact.
The eounty commissioners should not
heaitate about beginning their house
cleaning before New Years. They
should make a beginning with the
county Jail graft and follow it up with
the- pruning kuife In every department
by lopping off grafters and sinecures.
Omaha's new city charter seems to
have managed to hold water for nearly
a year, but as the time draws near for
the Incumbents of municipal joba legla
laitd off the payroll by it to be retired
tot private life, its unconstitutional de
tect 'are becoming glaringly manifest.
AS TO fi A YA h EXTT.Hf.lnS.
It la said that a difference of opinion
apparently exists between tire president
and the secretary of the navy on the
subject of naval extension. According
to reports from 'Washington. Secretary
Bonaparte is opposed to a big navy and
has decided t reject the recommenda
tion of the general board for the con
struction of three new battleships of
18,000 tons and the increase to the same
displacement of some of the battleship
already authorized. It is uiulerstood
that this plan w as adopted by the board
In support of the president's desire for
a strong naval program. It was ex
pected to meet with opposition In con
gress and if the attitude of the secre
tary of the navy Is as stated the con
gressional opposition is very likely to
be Increased.
The report is that Secretary Bona
parte believes that the navy is strong
enough for the present and that it is
sufficient to add a new ship when one
of the old ones goes out of date or be
comes Inefficient. If this correctly
states the attitude of the secretary he
will find a great hiany in" accord with
him. When the warships already au
thorized' are completed and put in com
mission the United States will be third
In rank among the naval powers, which
is a better position than It was thought
twenty years ago It would ever attain
to. When the work of naval upbuilding
was entered upon there was no inten
tion to construct so large a nary as
we now have. There was no idea of
expending so great a sum in the crea
tion of a navy as has been put into war
vessels. All that was contemplated was
a naval establishment adequate for do
mestic defense. Of course conditions
since then have changed. There has
been territorial expansion and an en
largement of our Interests which require
a greater naval force than lx-fore.
Moreover, other nations ' ha vo iu the
meantime Ix-on increasing their sea
power and are still adding to it. These
conditions have made necessary a
greater Increase of the American navy
than was contemplated when the work
of creating a navy was started. We
have done well in this respect and,
having accomplished so much the ques
tion is whether we should not now cull
a halt, or' at least materially modify
the policy of naval construction which
has been pursued for the pust quarter
of a century.
Few will question the wisdom of
having a strong navy and that we al
ready possess. The point is whether
there Is any sound reason for continuing
to add to It. It would seem to be quite
sufficient to have reached the position
of third In rank among the naval
powers, especially In view of the fact
that those powers which are superior
to us In this respect are upon the- most
friendly relations with the United
States and are not likely ever to have
a serious quarrel with this country. The
views of Secretary Bonaparte lu this
matter. If as represented, will exert a
great deal of influence upon public
opinion.
OMAHA AKD KANSAS C1TT
In a series of articles reviewing the
fight for fair railroad rates, contributed
by Cbester Arthur Legg to the Boston
Evening Transcript, nearly a whole page
of that paper is devoted to Omaha and
Kansas City. These two cities are
highly complimented as the commercial
emporiums of the "vast Inland commer
cial empire extending from northern Ne
braska to Texas and from the Missouri
river to the Rocky mountains," but their
growth and their grip on the commerce
of the transmlssourl region is ascribed
to unfair discrimination on the part of
railway traffic managers In order to
build them up as basic points for job
bers and manufacturers. Aa a matter
of fact they owe their commercial and
Industrial growth chiefly to the pluck,
push, enterprise and public spirit of
their business men, and Incidentally to
the marvelous resources of the region
tributary to them.
Like all superficial observers whose
opinions are formed by surface Indica
tions, Mr. Legg represents Kansas City
as "the one city where all the commer
cial organizations are against the. presi
dent's policy," while public opinion
among the business men of Omaha Is
represented as very nearly unanimous.
This false impression concerning the al
leged opposition to national rate regula
tion was created by interviews with half
a dozen extra heavy favored shippers
who happen, aa it were, to be officers in
the commercial bodies of Kansas City,
while the rank and file Is absolutely at
variance with those officials. The same
Is true with the rank and tile of the com
mercial bodies of Omaha.
The most striking proof of the . real
sentiment of the business men of Kan
sas City on government regulation of
railroads was furnished by the bound
less enthusiasm In favor of the presi
dent's policy exhibited by 275 members
of the Knife and Fork club. ,yvho are
nearly all prominently identified with
the commercial bodies of Kansas City,
and their emphatic repudiation of their
alleged antagonism to ihe supervision
and regulation of railways as repre
sented in the Boston Transcript.
It goes without saying that the busi
ness men of Kansas City, like the busi
ness men of Omaha, kuow that they
have had to flgbt for neatly all the
favors and concessions they have ever
received at the bauds of transportation
companies. While rei'Ognizlng and ac
knowledging that the railways have
been great factors in the upbuilding ot
the two gate cities of the Missouri val
ley, it is a matter of history that they
have frequently had to overcome serious
obstacles placed in their way by prefer
ential rates and uujust differentials. In
Kansas City, as in Oruaba, there is a
very pronounced public sentiment in
favor of the square deal, let the chips
fall where they may.
.4 A.7.VO F(H SHWAr.
By a very largo majority the people
of Norway decided that they preferred
a monarchy to a rejn, u: and this
popular verdict has been rati tied by the
Norwegian parliament, which on Satur
day last unanimously chose Trlnce
Charles of Iienmark to to king of Nor
way. This is a return to old ties, Nor
way having, for more than four cen
turies prior to the union with Sweden,
been united with Ieumark under the
same sovereign. Thus the election of
iTlnce Charles brings Norway back to
Denmark as Its closest friend and neigh
bor among the nations.
The man who has been chosen ns the
head of the new kingdom Is spoken of
as an amiable sort of person, who will
not interfere in the laws that Norway
may find it necessary to enact. It Is
also pointed out that It Is a very limited
kind of monarchy to which the Danish
prince has leen elected. He will prac
tically be not much more than a perma
nent president, with a very independent
parliament to carry on the government
and a very democratic nation to Insist
that it shall be carried on to the popu
lar acceptance. In other words the Nor
wegian king will be little more than a
figurehead, receiving from the people
the respect due to his station, but ex
ercising no particular Influence upon
affairs. Alout all that will be asked or
expected of him Is that he wear his
crown gracefully and deport himself
with becoming dignity.
The friends of republican government
everywhere will regret that the Nor
wegian people preferred a monarchy to
a republic, but there is reason to doubt
if Norway Is In a position to undertake
iho risks that would be Involved in the
establishment at this time of a separate
republic. It has been said that neither
Russia nor Germany would look on such
an experiment with favor, and Norway
as a republic would be without natural
allies to protect her independence. As
It is. the new king will have the support
not only of Denmark, but also of Eng
land, lu u family alliance that will
strengthen the more important relations
on which Norway must rely. As a mat
ter of practical policy, therefore, the
election of Prince Charles must be re
garded as judicious and there appears
to 1m no reason to apprehend that it
will result in any curtailment of the
liberties of the Norwegian people.
During the last few hours of its ses
sion the American Federation of Lalxr
convention declared itself iu favor of
womau's suffrage as a necessary step
toward securing the proper scale of
wages for women. How woman's suf
frage would raise the scale of wages for
women workers has not yet lceu demon
strated. Practical experience with
woman suffrage lu Utah, Wyoming and
Colorado does not Justify the' expecta
tion. In these states women have not
even been able to raise the price of
votes, but on the contrary have only
beared the market by an increase in the
number of merchantable voters.
While Omaha jobliers and manufac
turers are aonfldently looking forward
to a profitable extension of their trade In
the North Platte country that is to be
opened by the extension of the Union
Pacific and Burlington, and the Big
norn region to be Invaded by the North
western, they appear to be oblivious of
the fact that a large section in southern
Nebraska, nearer Omaha than Kansas
City, pnd a large section in northeastern
Nebraska nearer to Omaha than to
Sioux City and St. Faul, are being sup
plied from rival commercial centers be
cause of discriminating differentials in
transportation rates.
The Washington correspondents have
an unusually easy task this year to
guess at the contents of the president's
forthcoming message. The president
has been himself freely outlining his
views on current legislative topics In
the speeches he delivered at various
points of his southern tour and it is
therefore safe to predict that In his mes
sage he will take the same position in
the same forceful way. The only open
question is how many subjects he will
cover and to what degree of detail he
will discuss them.
The market house should either be
improved, enlarged and made what It
was designed to le a place where peo
ple can purchase their meats, vegetables
aud dairy products from first hands or
it should le demolished. The proposed
leasing of the market house for sport or
storage is utterly inexcusable, in view
of the fact that the building occupies
the center of a public thoroughfare and
could not have been legally placed there
except with the idea that it was dedi
cated to a public pui-(ose.
The extension of railway tracks on
Nlufh street as far north as Capitol ave
nue blazes the way for the extension of
the jobbing district, the erection of
mammoth wholesale storehouses und
warehouses on lower Farnaiu, Douclas
and Podge streets and the compulsory
evacuation of Ninth street south of Cap
itol avenue by bouses of ill-repute as
well as the resorts that have too long
been the trystlng place for crookR. foot
pads and toughs in that nart of the city.
The wife of the missiug former audi
tor of the Equitable Liftrls iu Canada,
but as she says nothing of her husband,
it is probable that be has not recovered
from the modesty which assailed him
wheu aked to tell w hat he knew about
the affairs of the company.
Tom Ijiwou promises to wind up bis
fusilade of frenzied finauce iu one more
tnstnllmwrt. - Iu tb iubH'vnl the System
seems to have fortified Itself against the
Remedy, while I.awson himself Is not
out of pocket lecause of his magazine
acquired publicity.
The editor of the Nebraska lndeieud
ent has made the startling discovery
that the elections this month throughout
the country have worked a succession
of victories for independent voters, but
it would take the seventh son of a sev
enth sou to discover the family relation
ship between the "Independents" who
scored in Pennsylvania, Ohio and New
York and the "People's Independents"
for which the Nebraska populist organ
Is the professed mouthpiece.
I'p to the hour of going to press our
local contemporaries have maintained
a studied silence and neutrality concern
ing the county Jail graft, the county
court graft and all the big and little
grafts under the dome surmounted by
the blindfolded Goddess of Justice; but
they are awfully shocked over the
stories of graft in towns l.fion miles
away.
The Capitol avenue market house
could be made to pay' as a market if the
city authorities Would handle it as
w-ould any business corporation that had
made such an investment and had the
same authority in the matter. Omaha
needs a public market where Its wage
workers can buy foodstuff w ith the full
benefit of free competition at first band.
The Iowa supreme court has defined
a pauper 'aa a person "w ho has no prop
erty and is uuable because of mental or
physical disability to earn a living by
labor." The person who Is able to earn
a living by labor, but Is too proud to
work, will have to he put In a cl.tss by
himself.
From the howl going up in New Zea
land regarding the operation of the
American harvester "trust" someone
must have been mistaken when they
told how much cheaper American ma
chinery Is sold abroad than in the
United States.
Nebraska's r.Hr com yield proves to
be better eveu than credited lu the pub
lished tables as compared with Its aver
age. The Nebraska farmer is riding on
the front seat of the prosperity baud
wagon.
Mark Well the KnmhltnK.
Harper's Weekly.
That greatest boss of all, the senate la
Its car to the ground?
Penalty of Victory.
Minneapolis Journal.
If Nebraska bents us we shall be In
clined to Join with various professors in
the thought that foot ball Is brutal.
Alloy of Patriotism.
Chicago News.
There seems to bo a decidedly commer
cial tinge to the pusslonate patriotism of
those derated ' American citizens In the
Isle of Pines, t
Morklaac a finch.
Detroit Free Press.
It shows how unfitted Norway is for
self-government when It puts up a single
candidate for king and then fooks sur
prise 3 that he was elected.
An Old Trick.
Kansas City Times.
Having utterly failed to check public
sentiment In favor of government rate ad
justment, the railroads have resorted to an
old device that of enlisting employes to
plead for them. This Is a familiar trick of
he corporations.
Some Value In Ancestry.
Washington Star.
Mr. James II. Hyde is less than 30 years
of age, and has been receiving an annual
salary of $100,000. There Is no limit to
what a bright young man can do In this
country, particularly if ha happens to have
a shrewd ancestry.
So Reajrete to Report.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The emperor of Japan has summoned
Field Marshal Oyama to report concern
ing bis campaign against the Russians.
Owing to the fact that Oyama didn't once
regret to report, the emperor has prob
ably bad no means of rinding out what
happened.
Xow Watch Out.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
It is stated that the railroad press bureaus
have been closed, public sentiment having
been Influenced to the extent desired by
the opponents of tho president's rate-regulation
policy. If the story as to the closing
Is true, R might be well to carefully exam
ine the woodpUu.
TIIE KIUIIT IN TIIH Kt'l'E.
Lat Dlteh la the t'onleat for Railroad
Rate Iteiculat ton.
Kansas City Times.
In spite of the belief, lately grown rather
general, that congress will enact a railway
measure, and a good one, too, It Is an
nounced from authoritative sources that
the railway Interests are preparing to make
a hard fight In the senate for the perpetu
ation of their social privileges. Neverthe
less, the chances are that when the time
crimes there will be a submission, even on
the part of some of the railway representa
tives, to tho Inevitable.
It would be remarkable, for example, If
such men as Samuel Spencer, James J.
Hill, Lucius Tuttle and other railway lead
ers who are accredited with fine man
agerial capacity, haa not also a pretty clear
comprehension of the political significance
of the times. From the purely selfish stand
point that such men view political and ad
ministrative life, their policy should -be
something like this: Fool the people as
long as you can, but when they will no
longer be fooled, give them anything In
reason lest they demand and ultimately se.
cure that which is unreasonable.
It ought to he apparent right now that
the railroads hav utterly failed to fool
the people. The masses are determined to
have a better regulation of railway rates,
a fairer distribution oX the benefits of the
corporations they have created. There are
various degrees to which this clamor,
should it spread in scope and grow In
strength, might run. These degrees range
all the way from the reasonable policy ad
vocated by the president to the experi
mental and unsafe scheme of government
ownership. Public aentlment is so far
against the stand of the railroads and
those shippers who have benefited by dl
crlnilnatton that when the fight is on In
the senate the leaders of the opposition
will realize, us they have not yet realized,
that even their representatives In the up
per bouse must npenty choose between
( honor and dishonor.
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entering 111 oi Weakaess, He
Soaaeafa There Are Othera.
Philosopher Iooley of Archey road has
his pen and his brogue In action again,
illuminating some features ' of current
events with a searchlight of wit and sar
casm. In Collier's Mr. Dooley discusses
business and political honesty, showing
how some people with a weakness for
throwing stones manage to live comfortably
In glass houses. Among other things he
ays:
"It's sthrange people can't see It th'
way I do. There's Jawn Cassldy. Ye know
him. He's a pollytlclan or grarter. Th'
same thing. His graft Is to walk down
town to th' city hall at I o'clock Ivry
mornln' an' set on a high stool ontil S
In th' afthernoon addln' up figures. Ivry
week twlnty dollars Iv th" taxpayers'
money, twlnty dollars wrung fr'm you an'
me, Hlnnlssy, la handed to this boodler.
He used to get twlnty-five in a clothln'
store, but he Is a romantic young fellow
an' he thought 'twud be a fine thing to be
a statesman. Th' diff'renee between a
clothln' clerk an' a statesman, clerk ia
that th' statesman clerk gels less money,
an' haa th' privilege Iv wurrukln' out iv
office hours. Well. Cassldy come In van
night with his thumbs stained fr'm his
unholy callln'. 'Well,' says I, 'ye grafters
ar-re gnln' to be hurled out,' I says. 'I
suppose so,' says he. 'Weil have a busi
ness administration,' says I. 'Welt,' says
he, 'I wondher what kind iv a business
will It be,' he says. 'Will It be th' Insur
ance business? I tell ye If they iver In
thrajooce life Insurance methods In our
little boodle office there'll tie a rlvolutlon
In this here city. Will It bo a railroad
admlnlsthratlon, with th' office chargin' ye
twice as much f'r wather as Armour pays?
Wilt It be th' nankin business, with th'
superintindent tnkln' th' money out iv th"
dhrawer Ivry night an' puttin In a few
kind wurruds on a slip Iv paper?
" 'What kind Iv a business ar-re ye goln'
to use to purify our corrupt governmint?
Look here,' says he. 'I'm goln' out iv
pollyticks," he says. 'Me wlfo can't stand
th' sthrain Iv seeln' th' newspapers always
referrln' t me be a nickname in quota
tion marks. I'vo got me ol" Job back, un'
I've quit beln' a statesman,' he says. 'But
let me tell ye somethln.' I've been a
boodler an' a grnfter an' a public leech
f'r five years, but I used to be a squure
business man, an' I'm glvin' ye th' thruth
whin I say that business ain't got a shade
on pollytics In th' matther iv honesty.
Th' bankers was sthrong against Mul
cahy. But I know all about til' banks.
Whin I was In th' clothln' business Min
eenheimer used to have th' banks over
certify his checks Ivry night. That wud
mean two years In th' stlr-bln f'r a polly
tlclan, but I don't see no bnnkers doin"
th wan-two In th" Iron gall'rles at Joliet.
I knew a young fellow that wurruked In a
bank, an' he tol' me th' prlsidint sold th'
United States statutes to an ol' book
dealer to make room f'r a ticker in his
office. We may be a tough gang over at
th' city hall. A foreign name always looks
tough whin it's printed In a rayform Idl
toryal. But, thank th' Lord, no man iver
accused us Iv bein' life insurance prisl
dints. We ain't buncoin' an' acarln' peo
ple with th' fear Iv death Into morgedgin'
their furniture -to buy booze an' cigars f'r
us,' he says. 'We may take bribes, be
cause we need th' money, but we don't
give thlm because we want more thin we
need. We're grafters, ye say, but there's
manny a dollar pushed over th' counter
Iv a bank that Mulcnhy wud fling In th'
eye iv th' man that offered it to him.
" 'Th' pollytlclan grafts on th' public an'
Ms mimics. It don't seem anny worse to
him thin wlnnln' money on a horse race.
He doesn't see th' writing Iv th' man he
takes th' coin fr'm. But these here high
fi-nanceers grafts on th' public an' their
inlmles, but principal' on their frlnds.
Dump ye'er pardner Is th' quickest way to
th' money. Mulcahy wud tuther die thin
skin a frlnd that had sthrung a bet with
him. But If Mulcahy was a nv'-nad boss
Instead lv a pollytlcal boss, he v.ud first
wurruk up th' con-fidence iv his frlnds in
Mm, thin he wud sell thim his stock, thin
he wud tell thim th" road was goin' to th"
dogs an' make thlm give It back to him
f'r nawthln, thin he wud get out a fav-ra-ble
rayport an' sell th' stock to thlm again.
An' he'd go on doln' this till he'd made
enough to be dieted prlsidint Iv a good
governmint club. Some lv th' boys down
at our office are owners lv stock. Whin do
they first lnrn that things ar're goln' wrong
with th' comp'ny? Afther th' prlsidint and
boord lv dl-rectors have sold out. Don't
ye get off anny gas at me about business
men an' politicians. I nlver knew a polly
tlclan to go wrong ontil he'd been contam
inated by contact with a business man. I've
been five years In th' wather office, ail' in
all that time not a postage sjamp baa been
missed. An' we're put down as grafters.
What Is pollytlcal graft annyhow? It ain't
stealln money out iv a dhrawer. It ain't
robbln' th' taxpayer direct th" wa th' gas
comp'ny does. All there's to it Is a busi
ness man payln' less money to a pollytlc
lan thin he wud have to pay to th' city if
he bought a sthreet or a dock direct. Iv
coorse. there ar-ro petty larceny grabs be
pollsmen.' "
PKKNOXAl. XOTKS.
James TIazen Hyde appears to have cul
tivated the faculty of forgetting.
"Omaha," says the Philadelphia ledger,
"sends a million dollars of Its loose change
to New York Just to show that Nebraska
raises other crops than statesmen."
Twenty tons of General Wood's Cuban
reports have been sold as old paper. And
they were as Interesting and readable as
many other reports the government prints.
Senator Dc pew's remarks at the Insur-
' ance Inquisition lacked the abounding
mirth of his after-dinner reputation. It
wa? one of those rare occasions when our
Chauncey was extra dry.
Dr. Nicholas Senn, recognized in the med
ical profession as one of the foremost sur
geons In the world, was given a testlrronal
banquet In Chicago recently which was
attended by about 1.0"0 physicians.
Judge Dempsey, mayor-elect of Cincin
nati, whose success meant the overthrow
In that city of George B. Cox, the repub.
llcan bosa. lived next door to the latter In
their early boyhood and went to school
with him.
John B. Mcall, a member nf the Aus
tralian Parliament, has been In Colorado
lately Investigating the subject of Irriga
tion. He came as the official representative
of Australia, where the subject Is to be
taken up.
According to Dr. Jarrett of the New York
Board of Education, 7 per cent of the candi
dates who come from female colleges to
obtain teaching positions are unable to
pass tha necessary physical test Too much
candy Is said to be on of the reasons.
Borne time between now and January 1
Mr. 8. B. Knight will take the position ot
Industrial commUsloQer of the Wabash
railroad. This company, up to the present
time, has not had an industrial bureau,
and the department is going to be one ot
the most important In the middle west.
Led by Mrs. Roosevelt, the wives of cab
inet officers have decided to raise the stand
ard of the culinary art in Washington.
With this end In view, cooking schools will
be conducted in private homes for busy
wonten In official life, so that, as in days
of yore, hostesses may have- the pleasure
of preparing, with their own hands, dishes
for their gniesta,
The United States
National Bank
of Omaha
credits at par checks ind drafts
drawn on out-of-town banks,
charging the depositors only the
actual cost of collection; allows
interest upon Certificates of De
posit; issues Foreign Exchange
and Letters of Credit and invites
accounts of bankers and individ
uals, firms and corporations.
XERHA9KA I THB M5VATE.
Beatrice Sun: Senator Millard seems to
be hesitating between the railroads and
the people. He may hesitate for a time,
but the railroads will land him In the
end.
Norfolk Press: There Is one satisfactory
thing in view: Senator Millard will have to
get off the railroad rate fence before h!r
castor gets shied very far Into tho ring
for re-election.
McCook Tribune: 1. us Hamtnor.! of
Fremont Is not nTraid that tin whele
world shall know t'.ie fat that he wot. id
like to succeed Senator Millard. Wouldn't
he make a lively mnnlng mate; fcr Senator
Burkett? Glmmlne!
Beatrice Times: The cm!v apparently
possible way for Snatir Millard to tuc
ceed himself In 1W7 s to fall It llni v- Ith
Senator Burkett and tin rest of the Ne
braska delegation ,n cong.'esf in helping
to pass a bill to jive to the lnterlr,te
Commerce commission the imjwit to cor
rect abuses In railroad freight rates.
Beatrice Sun: There is talk nf getting
up a petition asking Senator Millard to
stand by the president in what he wants
in the way of railroad legislation. Wc quite
agree with the Lincoln News, that trre
is no demand for such petition. Senator
Millard knows the sentiment upon this
point in Nebraska, or. If he does not, he
is Incompetent to represent the people of
this state. There is a demand for law
that will make It possible for the people
to get a square deal.
Wayne Herald: Sena'or Millard W in
clined to side step a Tl'tle on il e railroad
rate Issue. Better line up old nt.n or
else get ready to step ,owi hihI out. Ni -braska
has no use u.idc present condi
tions for one that vill not toe the incrk.
Tho people of the it.it? bolievo Presiden
Roosevelt has tho rl&ht Idea tbout -re
matter and If you truiy represent jrur
state you will be found support li,r u un
that einbodiea the prj4l le.ii's views. 'Jh.'.t
is the way It looks to most Nobvasta re
publicans just at rreae it.
St. Paul Republican: A very large ma
jority of Senator Millard's constituents In
all parties will be disappointed to know
that he has declined to place himself on
record favorably to President Roosevelt's
policy for the regulation of railroad rates.
As a member of the committee on Inter
state commerce, tho senator Is In a position
to assist the administration very materially;
on the other hand. If so disposed, his power
for obstruction Is equally great. His re
luctance to express an opinion on account
of his connection with this committee Is
not well founded. Other members of longer
senatorial experience than Mr. Millard have
not hesitated to array themselves on one
side or the other.
Valentine Republican: Senator AMIatd
is said to have declined to s.iy wh.,t sort
of railway regulation lie fivors, m-l,, v'ng
that It would be .iut jf place ti fay what
he would do regarding a Mil that l as not
been proposed or considered by the inter
state commerce committee, uf which Y.t. Is
a member. It is also aid th it hn henatrr
denies the statement tint ho ii opposed
to the president's ideas, and says tint
personally he hopes his comm.-vv 'can
frame a bill which will mere his rn.ire
approval." The senator ' a c.'.ndi.l.-.'.c for
re-election, therefore iho pioule cisire and
have a right to know where ne t-'ords
on all public questions and ie cannot make
his position known any too soon.
Fremont Tribune: Lee Herdman, v ho for
long has been a prominent democratic
oracle, is quoted by a Lincoln paper as say
ing that unquestionably G. W. Wattles of
Omaha will bo a formidable candidate for
Vnlted States senator on the republican
side. Mr. Wattles will, according ( Mr.
Herdman. contribute freely of his financial
Increment, and aa he is a rich man it is
thought by many this will aid hlin very ma
terially In his quest of the senatorial toa.
It may tie taken for granted that there
will be some lively campaigning in Douglas
The Song
of the Hair
There are four verses. Verse i. Ayer's
Hair Vigor makes the hair grow. Verse 2.
Ayer's Hair, Vigor stops falling hair.
Verse 3. Ayer's Hair Vigor cures dan
druff. Verse 4. Ayer's Hair Vigor al
ways restores color to gray hair. The
chorus is sung by millions, in all lands.
The best kind of a testimonial
" Sold for over sixty years."
ataae br the J O. Am re., Lowell, Mm.
Alaa stjnaoturr frf
ATM 8 BARSAPARILLA Far ths blooa. ATEB'S PILL-For eomtipatlea.
ATKB 8 CURRY FfcCTOftAJU F MtsfaA. ATBB'8 A0U8 C0R8 FH sialaiu Aa4 afas.
county. Senator Millard has been at work
I there and elsewhere for a long time. He,
too, has money; and then thero Is Rose
water, who has a newspaper. Whit will
come out of the conflict between these thrfu
forces can not be prcdlcied with accuracy.
Thus the Omaha candidate is likely to mi iter
' a handicap, even with a hordo cf gold a(
liis command, fo- his Identity will not be
known until late In tho campaign. Mr.
Wattles Is said to be opposed to a conven-
( Hon nomination, though he will not offer
opposition openly and publicly, not at this
time. Mr. Millard has served notice that
he has accepted the situation and, bowing
to the will of his party, will favor one next
i year. In this he evidently has the advan
tage of Mr. Wattles, for It might us well
j be known now that the republicans of Ne
braska are in !'. going to renea. ti,u
Burkett experiment. Under the new method
of popular nominations senatorships are
not palpably open to tbe highest bidders
and the fact that a few rich men are
looking longingly on the Senatorial seat
may not mar other aspirants. Senator
Burkett did not expend a hundred dollars
to get a practically unanimous nomination.
MILISU LIXES.
"That cat you Insisted upon havlna.
around the house." ho Id Mr. Cooley, "Is
.... ..i, ,iiui ritrmry uini now.
v mur' crletl his wife,
away!"
"Oh, drive her
"Too lato. I say she's already around
your canary bird."
Miss Gnseh remarked to me that 1t
must be splendid to be married to a clever
man," said young Proudlv's wife.
"And what did you say?" asked Proudlv
Told her. of course, that I dldn know,
since I had only been married once."
Philadelphia Press.
"Now. Lester." said the Old Codger, ad
dressing his callow nephew In an admnnl-
. wry time, it ih as proper tliat vou should
pay the fiddler hs it is to liquidate anv
I other debt, hut it's a dum fine exhibition
of extry w idth betwixt tho eyes to Inquire
, the fiddler's price before the dance begins."
ui n.
"My!" exclaimed the snctubln old lady
on the street. "What a cunning littie
baby. Your littl" brother or sister?"
"We ain't decided yet ma'am." replied
tho little nurse. "Pop and mom's still
scrappin' over a name fur It." Detroit
Kree Press.
Mrs. Oldhlood Thev nut "Hie Jacet" n
, his tomb.
1 Mrs. Newhlond The idea! Kven If ho
did drink, there wan no need of hinting It
so plainly. New York Sun.
I Drill (Sergeant (to raw recruit, who In
I Hluw In graHping the tactical details).
Now. Murphy, Imw would ynu use your
sword If your opponent feinted?
Murphy-Hegorra, I'd just tickle him with
the pint of it to see if he was ahftcr
takln .-Harpers Weekly.
mi. i. aim: to tub wombs.
T.
. Daly In Philadelphia Catholio
Kiaudard.
The poets, extolling the Kinoes
Cr sweet temlnumy, pay
Particular court. In most cases.
To Phyllis or Phoebe or Fay.
"A toast to tlio ladles!" they say
As "'n,iinS" they tiluas address them
And hid us bow down to theni. Nav'
!Ye sIiik the plain "women," God 'bice
them!
Thniih llt'lit-o'-loves. frail as the laces
And satins in which they array
Tlie Cham s of their forms and their faces,
Are ' ladies'' for their little day.
The feet of such Idols are clay.
Our wives, when we come to possess them,
Must loom to us larger than they.
We sing to the plain "women," God bless
thuni!
Sweet creatures w ho make the honie-places
As cheerful and bright us they may,
Whose feminine beauty embraces
A heart to Illumine the way,
Though skies may be ever so gray;
Good mothers, whose children caress therti
And hall them as chums nt their pla -
We sing the plain "women," God bless
them!
L'KNVOi.
O! Queen, teach the "ladies." we pray.
Whenever vain notions ,,ppress them,'
Though Idly their charms we survey.
We sing the plain "women," God bless
them!