TIIE OMAIIA DAILY KKE: WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 29, 1905.
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C. C. ROSEWATER.
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(Seal) M. B. HUNOATB,
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. WBRH Ol'T OF TOWll.
afcserlaers leavta the city tem
porarily ahoatld hava The Bea
MUcI ( tkem. It la better thaa
a tally latter from boat, Ad
dress will ba ehaaa-ed aa oftea as
reaaested.
The first blizzard of the season
vettlne.
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Having succeeded in passing a valid
anti-compact insurance law Iowa might
lend the pattern to Its sister states.
Treasurer Edmund D. Randolph could
never be a "financier" of the first class,
as he does not remember to forget at
the right time.
In the light of rooeut testimony at
New York it may he hp to the Treasury
department to look hito the ownership
of bonds deposited as security for gov
ernment bank deitosit.
t
l'erhups the report thnt President Mc
Cuidy of the Mutual, IJfe had resigned
originated In the brain of the man who
first hnlled Judge rnrker as the "Moses"
of a uuited democracy.
Congressman Tollard Is beginning to
learn the difference between being con
Kressman in the First district of Ne
braska and being congressman from the
First district of Nebraska.
The Board of Fire and Tolice Com
missioners should draw the line between
decent and orderly saloons and resorts
that are exclusively patronized by the
vicious and lawless elements.
Governor Davis of Arkansas evidently
believes the road to the United States
senate la as rough as that which sen
ators from Oregon and Kansas are fol
lowing; on their way to retirement
If Austro-IIungary would grant uni
versal suffrage to the people many of
our immigrants might take primary
studies at home In the duties of clti
cunshtp before coming to America.
8011th Omaha la still wrestling with
the sewer problem and Its level-beaded
business men are becoming more and
more convinced that the only sane and
sensible solution la annexation.
Butler county farmers propose to test
Ihe efficiency of the boycott as a tax col
lector on the recalcitrant railroads. The
labor onions should get out an Injunc
tion to preveut Infringement of their
patent.
If the New York plan of shifting pos
session of taxable securities when the
assessor arrives should generally ob
tain there would bo fewer obstacles In
the way of adopting Henry George's
single tax idea.
Predictions that liberals of Ureat
Britain will "get together" probably
mean, when translated Into good United
States, that a number of "paramount
issues" will be trampled under foot In
the rush to the pie counter.
Mrs. Chadwlck now threateuts to "ex
pose" persons Interested with her In her
financial transactions. She may .here
tofore have believed that silence would
help, Out It is more probable she is
simply plulug to get into the news col
uinns again.
The Woman's club has formally eu
dorsed the petition of the public school
teachers for a revision of the teachers'
salary schedule. If the women stand
by cue another from .beginning to eud
the school board may as well commence
AcTurlug on concession.
With the oo-operatlon of the live stock
breeders In the territory tributary to
this market Omaha could easily put up
an annual fat stock show which would
soon stand favorable comparison wiib
sox of lb big rattle shows that have
lu established or years.
a Ltssny ron rvnuc rrn ials.
The dismissal by President Roosevelt
of the assistant I'nited States treasurer
at Philadelphia, for perslsteut evasion
of the civil service law and other acts
in coutra vent Ion of that law, Is a les
son to those In public office which will
undoubtedly be very generally heeded
by them. The case of I-elb appears to
have been quite exceptional In Its fla
grant 'disregard of the plain require
ments of the civil service regulations.
One of the charges was that of perni
cious political activity, which Is pro
hibited to public officials, but this was
a far less serious matter than the other
counts against him and which deter
mined the president's action.
He seems to have been remarkably
resourceful in devices for violating the
civil service law, while all tlie time
maintaining a scrupulous observance of
its letter. It is said that be kept the
Civil Service commission constantly on
the go to meet his new devices. His
skill In this respect was especially shown
In the use of temporary appointments.
Upon the occurrence of a vacancy in
any part of his office he would tem
porarily appoint some friend or po
litical henchman to fill the place. At
the last possible legal moment he would
report this appointment and ask for
certification of cligibles for permanent
selection. On every possible pretext the
correspondence with the commission was
dragged out and always Lelb took the
full limit of time allowed in making bis
replies. It became necessary for the
commission to resort to heroic measures
to Induce response to some of its com
munications. It was not for any distinct violation
of the civil service law that Lcib was
dismissed, but It was because, as stated
in the letter of the president, of a con
stant and consistent effort to evade the
provisions of the law, to hamper Its
workings as far as possible and to ob
struct In every way the action of the
commission. Fubllc' officials will be in
terested in this sentence of Mr. Roose
velt's letter to Lelb: "I expect on the
one band that the commission shall en
deavor not to hamper, but to aid, the
other public servants of the government
in doing their work successfully, and
on the other band I expect in return
that the other public servants shall co
operate with the commission and aid
them In their efforts to carry out the
civil service law." This muy have been
the understanding of the commission
and of the public officials generally, but
it has never before loen presented as
now and the president's statement of
wtlat Is expected Is Important. Proper
co-operation between 'the Citil Service
commission and other public servants
will Insure the carrying out of the civil
service law.
The Lelb incident can hardly fall to
have a good effect. It gives renewed
assurance of the purpose of the admin
latratlon to see that the civil service.
law Is observed In letter an4 in spirit
and it warns public officials that failure
to do this will mean dismissal from
the government service. -
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TA A l!fG CARE OF CORE A
Marquis Ito has taken occasion
to
reassure the nations thntniay be ln
tcroBted In the future of Corea that It
Is not the purpose of Japan to do any
thing in that country which will not be
entirely fair and just to the Coreau
people. He explains that while Japan
will exercise control over the foreign
relntlons of the Hermit kingdom, It
will still have control of its internal ad
ministration, though it may receive as
to this some advice from Toklo. It ap
pears fro in Ito s statement that our
government has warned Japan not to
abUKo the natives, but this seems im
probable. The United States is Inter
ested in Corea only commercially and
as the principle of the open door is to
Ihj observed there we shall have nothing
to say or suggest about any other mat
ter. There la no reason to apprehend that
Jhphu will do any Injustice to the Co
reans. It would manifestly be very bad
policy fir her to do so, since It could
only result In creating difficulties of a
more or less serious nature. As Ito
said, the has accepted a great trust and
a heavy responsibility and hpr obviously
wise course will be to win the coufi
donee of the Coreans, which at present
she has not got. What Japan will do,
because It Is In her Interest, Is to do
nil that Is possible to Improve coiull
tlons In all respects lu Corea, but cspe.
dally In an Industrial and commercli
war. and of her ability to do this there
cm 11 be no doubt. Corea is In need vf
el nl'.rinir Intlnenoe and no other country
could exert this so well as Japan, which
iindCTHtanda most thoroughly the char
acter of the people she has to deal with
THE TARIFF OA ART.
Auother effort Is to be made to Induce
congress to remove the duty of 20 per
cent on works of art. The Free Art
league, whose members include ruowt
of the artists of the country, has re
newed Its campaign to have the duty
removed and intends to press the, matter
with all possible vigor. At a meeting
held in New York a few days ago sev
eral prominent artists made addresses,
all of them declaring that the duty is of
no beuefit to them. One of them said:
"I sin gettlug tired of making argu
ment which are unanswerable and
which no one ever answers. This 'tax
is the greatest handicap the government
cuu put on the progress of art In this
country. All we have ever asked of the
goverumeut Is for heaven's sake to stop
protecting us." He declared .that there
are artists In this country today who
are usl to artlsta anywhere lu the
world, but unless there Is education of
the public In art the artlsta might as
well give up being artlsta and trying to
nu.ke a living. Others spoke lu a like
vein.
VpeaU to congress to remote the
duty on art have been made at every
pcsloii since the present tariff law went
Into effect It has been repeatedly urged
tliut the duty Is of little Importance
to the government from a revenue point
of view, that It is entirely useless as a
protection to home artists and that It is
a hindrance to public educatlonaln ait
matters. There is no question as to the
soundness of these arguments, but they
have thus far failed to maka much of
an Impression upon congress and It Is
not probable lhat the advocates of a re
moval of the duty will be more success
ful with the present than with preceding
congresses. It should be understood that
works of art which come In for public
exhibition are not taxed. The United
States occupies a somewhat unique po
sition in this matter, but It Is doubtful
If the artists and those who sympathize
with their desire to have the duty on
works of art removed will bo able to
persiudc congress that this should be
done.
A COMUEXDABLE PRECEDENT
Free passes to state and city officials.
members of the legislature and their
friends no longer will be issued by the New
York Central Railroad company. They
were cut ofT by an order of the board of
directors adopted at a special meeting
called for the purpose of considering the
free pass evil. . The order went Into effect '
today. No passes hereafter will be Issued
except to employes actually engaged On the
road or Its branches.
Heretofore state and city officials, mem
bers of the legislature and their friends
enjoyed the pass privileges for the mere
asking. Despite the law on the question.
the New York Central always has been ex
ceedingly generous In the matter of fur
nishing free transportation and favors to
men of official standing anywhere in the
state.
Senators and assemblymen were dally
visitors at the office of the company In the
Grand Central depot. It Is likely the ques
tions asked Senator Depew on this subject
In the Insurance Inquiry had something to
do with the order. New York dispatch to
the Chicago Tribune.
The New York insurance Inquiry has
developed nothing new with regard to
the pernicious Influence of railroad
passes upon public officials and es
pecially upon law makers, but If the
precedent established by the New York
Central is followed out by the other rail
roads of the country, or most of the
other railroads, It will go far toward al
laying the popular resentment over cor
porate domination.
In New Y'ork, as in Nebraska and al
most every other state, public officials
have been demoralized by pass bribery
and the evil has been growing from
year to year in spite of statutory prohi
bitions In many of the states.
CBEAP POWER AKD CHEAP TV Eh
The inquiry now being made by the
Real Estate exchange into the practica
bility of piping liquid fuel from the oil
fields of Kansas Is a move in the right
direction. The future growth of Omaha
depends upon the enlargement ' of Its
manufacturing facilities and the In
crease in the number and capacity of
mills and factories that will give perma
nent employment to wage workers.
It goes without saying that no ma
terial increase in our manufacturing fa
cilities is possible without cheaper power
and cheaper fuel. The main object of
the Platte river power canal project
was to supply Omaha with .cheaper
power and light, but the power canal
could not possibly have supplied Omaha
with cheaper fuel. A pipe line from the
Kansas oil fields would enable Omaha
to secure cheaper ffiel, cheaper power
and Incidentally cheaper light.
The feasibility of a pipe line is not
disputed. The only question is whether
the requisite capital can be secured to
embark in the enterprise. That of
course, would doubtless depend upon
distance of the point where the Kansas
pipe lines can be tapped and the condi
tions under which connections can be
secured with the Kansas oil fields. It
should not require very much expense
or very much time to ascertain definitely
what can be done In that direction, and
if no serious obstacles are encountered
It ought not to be very difficult to secure
capital for financing the project
The decision of the United States su
preme court affirming the constitution
ality of the Iowa anti-compact Insurance
law that prohibits fire Insurance com
panies from entering Into agreement to
fix rates of insurance or amounts of
commissions to be paid to agents cannot
fall to have a market! effect upon the
fire insurance business in Nebraska as
well as In Iowa. It will he remembered
that the Nebraska anti-compact law was
suspended by injunction and has re
mained a dead letter ever since. While
the supreme court' decision does not dis
solve that injunction, It should enable
the attorney general of Nebraska to
take steps toward the enforcement of
the law, which the federal and state
courts can no longer subvert or set aside,
Whether this would result In a material
reduction of insurance rates is prob
lematic, but It could uot fall Inevitably
to bring about greater competition
among underwriters and more liberal
treatment of policy holders.
To a man up a tree It looks very much
as If the Texan who rolled cigarettes in
the streets of Omaha and gave them
away to bandy boys was like the man
who came from Virginia City many
years ago to draw the capital prize ba
Pattee's noble charity lottery under a
prearrangement that he was to spend a
few hundred dollars In Jollification over
bis lucky star. There Is a grave suspi
cion that It was all foreordained for the
Ixne Star ranger to become a victim of
the Nebraska anti-cigarette law Just In
order to give the court a hard nut to
crack.
The announcement that a searching
Investigation Into the merits of mu
nicipal ownership of public utilities Is
to be made by a committee of experts at
the instance ox the Satlpnal Civic Fed
eration need uot be taken seriously. At
least two-thirds of the committee are di
rectly and indirectly connected with
public utility corporations August
Belmont president of the New York
$.r0,a0.tKX snbway. Is pledged to defray
the expenses of the Junket to American
and European cities. It does not stand
to reason that Mr. Belmont would con
tribute $."0,000 or more for an investiga
tion designed to favor public ownership
of municipal utilities.
The threat of the Nebraska Fire In
surance Inspection Bureau to remove
Itself from Omaha to Council Bluffs in
case the Nebraska anti-compact law
was to be enforced Is not likely to be
repeated hereafter, since compact Insur
ance business in Iowa has been out
lawed by the United States supreme
court.
Reports from Constantinople prove
conclusively that the sultan has con
ceded the demands of the powers and
that he will never concede them with
out modification which Is probably the
real situation no matter how irrecon
cilable it may seem to occidental minds.
The statement that the big life In
surance companies wanted to keep down
the expenses of Andrew Hamilton would
le more generally accepted had one of
them suggested that he go on a vaca
tion without pay before the legislative
committee was orgaulzed.
The I.lmlt.
Chicago Tribune.
The trouble with Trof. Loeb's Investiga
tions Into the secret of life Is that, after
going Just so far In any given direction, he
brings up Invariably against a deadwall.
Tarred irlth the Same Stick.
Indianapolis News.
In the great New York Insurance com
panies all the officers In responsible posi
tions seem to hava been tarred with the
same stick and there seems to have been
plenty of tar. No wonder foreign observers
are wondering whether all our great Amer
ican corporations In which men that were
directors of the Insurance companies are
concerned, are suffering from similar fren
sled finance gangrene.
Ideal Thanksgiving;.
Baltimore American.
No man, woman or child should be left
without cause to celebrate Thanksgiving
day. The best possible way of returning
thanks for the good things of life Is for
those who possess them to share with their
less fortunate brothers and sisters, espe
cially the aged, the sick and the children
In the various charitable Institutions, pub
lic and private. No appeal In behalf of
these should go unheeded.
Cilasa Hntoae Teaantrf.
Philadelphia Record.
The enraged Natlvlst, Commissioner of
Immigration McArthur, might do well to
observe that no hated foreigners are mixed
up In the latest municipal and financial
scandals. The chief participants are "na
tive and to the manner born." Chauncey
M. Depcw and Thomas C. Piatt, who repre
sent the Empire state In the United States
Senate, both boast of several generations of
native ancestors. " '
IinprarediAftirela of Peace."
, . Chlqagir Chronicle.
Just at the timi when a French writer
quotes President Roosevelt as a prophet of
a peace millennium a new bullet Is served
to the French army which at a distance of
too meters will pierce six four-Inch oaken
planks placed four Inches apart, and then
bury Itself a yard deep in a clay target.
Should this angel of peace fail, the French
hava their submarine engines of destruction
and are beginning to count on an airship
wnich will drop peace from tha skies In the
shape of shells charged with lilgh explo
sives. ,
Call Off the Flag a era.
Washington Post.
If our esteemed contemnorarlns.. the mil.
way corporations, would be wise In their
generation, they will lose no time In calling
Off the lobbyists, amissarlea nnl naanHcH
agents who are now Infesting Washington,
annoying everybody, including the newspa
pers, with their untimely and nnVmlve lm.
portunltles. Nobody wants to hear what
mey say. They have their little lesson to
repeat, and ws know Jt alt beforehand.
They convince none. Influence none and
serve no useful purpose for their employers.
The newspapers of this city understand the
question perfectly and neef no advice or
light from salaried advocates. What the
country wants Is to have the battle fought
to a finish on Its merits. These volunteer
advisers do no good for their cause. They
merely persecute innocent third parties.
Call 'em in, and do It without the smallest
loss of time. They have no function in this
problem save that of general Irritation.
THOSE "GOOD OLD TIMES."
Contrasts Brtwrea Present aad
Former Thanksgl vlnar Days.
- Kansas City Star.
Thanksgiving week naturally recalls the
"good old timea" mrhn sornrHlMo. ts, tra
dition, every family could afford a turkey !
for Its autumn feast. Well, some of them
could. But after all the contrast between
the plenty of those old days and ths poverty
that overshadows so many unhappy thou
sands In this present year, is probably
heightened by the kindly lapse of memory
by which unpleasant experiences rapidly
fade from the average man's mind.
For life was aot all roses to the early
nineteenth century family. By 1S15, ac
cording to Prof. MeMaster, the over
crowded lubor market, the housing of the
poor, the rise of tenements, the conges
tion of population and the destitution pro
duced by low wages and irregular em
ployment had already become matters for
serious consideration. An unskilled laborer,
a hod-carrier or a wood sawer, was "for
tunate if he received 73 cents for twelve
hours' work and found employment for 300
days in the year."
Many men worked for from 27 to 17 cents
a day lu winter and for j to S7 cents
dally in summer by toiling fourteen hours.
Sewing women earned 60 cents a wek.
Wages were not paid weekly or monthly,
but at long and Irregular Intervals, and
the prevalence of wildcat bank notes mads
them still more uncertain. Men were still
liable to Imprisonment for debt. In IKS
about 10,0ft) debtors were in prison In New
York, about 7,0u0 In Pennsylvania and 1.000
each in Massachusetts and Maryland. When
an employer failed, no Ilea law gave tha
worker claim on the product of his labor.
In many states the poor man could not vote.
In all, he was liable to be punished as a
conspirator If he took part In a strike or
lockout. '
Things are rather better than they wera
then. They aren't perfect by any means
and as the population Is enormously larger
than it was wventy-flva years go, tha
problems have correspondingly grown.
But In spite of the persisting evils tha ma
terial comfort of the country lias been
making progress, for which ther Is abund
ant reason for Thanksgiving day felebra-Uuu.
ROISD ABOIT MEW YORK.
Life on Pettlat Use, Better Kaowa
aa Fifth Aveaae.
Fifth avenue presents a morning picture
of beauty, fashion and wealth on every
fins fall day. It Is the swell shopping street
ss well as the habitat of the ultra rich.
That part of the avenue stretching from
Madison square to Central park Is sn ani
mated spectacle of metropolitan life on foot
and In vehicles, reflected by alluring shop
windows. All the beautiful women In tha
city, says the Now Tork Press, take their
exercises In Fifth avenue. No other street
can show so many in such smart attire and
of such obvious breeding at any time of
day. Gowned In the richest of silks and
velvets, they lean back luxuriously In their
handsomely appointed victorias; wrapped
In costly furs and swathed In veils they
dash by In their swift-going motors; In ths
smartest of tailored suits, with every hair
of their heads brushed and waved to per
fection, they parade on the sidewalks with
a smart looking Boston terrier or a fluffy
Pomeranian on a string. They are all alert,
busy and Intent on something, whether It
be attendance at a charity meeting or an
appointment at tha dressmaker's.
Now and then comes a group of girls,
safely chaperoned, from somo school. They
swing along In twos, full of delight at all
that Is going on and not missing anything.
In contrast to them are the little errand
girls with whom Fifth avenuo habitues are
familiar. They climb In and out of the
stages or trudge along carrying big boxes
from the dressmakers' to the homes of
wealthy patrons. There Is not much Joy
In their faces, and little wonder, for they
know that their burdens contain more
money represented in a dress than they cun
earn by a year of hard work.
Then there is the 'clubman, well fed,
well groomed, wearing the very latest
thing In neckwear, with hose to match, his
eye alert for any woman of his acquaint
ance, so that he may make a sweeping
bow with that Impressment for wlilch the
Fifth avenue man Is noted. The horses are
of the handsomest and are probably as
wretched as any living creatures on the
long avenue. Finely bred, sensitive and
high strung, they are harnessed within an
Inch of their lives, the cruel check rein
holding their heads In a torturing position,
and most of them have docked tails. They
have to endure the snorting automobiles,
the lash of the smart driver's whip and
are obliged to stand waiting in the cold
for hours at a time while their capricious
mistress decides whether her next hat
shall be pink or blue, or while she wearies
l.ersclf and the patience of others over the
fit of another new dress.
The show windows olter a little of every
thing. Here Is a little shop devoted ex
clusively to hosiery. Unusual designs are
to be found here, and nothing but stock
ings is for sale. Another shop makes a
specialty of Its Imitation pearls, and so
cleverly is the work done that only an
expert could tell the difference. The smart
haberdashery shops show the most gor
geous silks, which they make up Into ties
in any stylo to suit the customer. Color
symphonies of shirt, tie and waistcoat are '
arranged with utmost art to catch the eye
of the fastidious masculine dresser.
In the Jeweler's window such marvels of
diamonds and other stones greet the eye
that one stands and wonders at the wealth
that can purchase them. Silversmiths ex
hibit heavy plate in the English style, sure
of many customers for the mere reason
that It Is English. Oriental shops offer
gorgeous necklaces and big topases. Rich
ruga hang In one window and line laoe
curtains In the next Artistic furniture of
many periods is shown and wall paper of
exclusive design. In the china store win
dow you muy see plates handpalnted by a
master and valued at $300 or ttOO apiece.
Gorgeous chrysanthemums and rich, pur
ple orchids shine forth at the florist's along
side of modest violets at 115 a bunch. Au
tumn leaves and field flowers are shown In
the next window for a contrast. Bonbons
of exquisite delicacy and flavor, arranged
In fanciful boxes and baskets, attract the
feminine passerby.
In the fruit shops and high class grocery
store windows nre massed the finest of
oranges, grape fruit, persimmons, prickly
pears, hothouse grapes from England,
white mushrooms, fresh chestnuts in the
burr and enormous pineapples, as well as
the best Imported novelties In cans and
glass Jars. From a window full of cut
glass a million sunbeams glisten, fine linens
attract at the next window, and brass can
dlesticks and copper Jugs still farther on.
Hats that are dreams of loveliness and
cost, gowns of fabulous prlcf . furs worth
a king's ransom, beckon women with their
rlchaeas and beauty, and smart shoes and
slippers fascinate the masculine looker-on
as well. The srt shops offer a wealth of
attractions In the way of paintings by emi
nent artists, fine photogravure reproduc
tions of the world's masterpieces and dainty
water colors. In the book windows one
may see artistic bindings, early folios, the
best sellers, the newest magaslm-s, the
latest Ideas in engraved cards and station
ery and beautiful desk sets.
The new public library arrests attention
and the new marble and brick palaces that
are being erected for business purposes.
Then you note the towering hostelries of
ths rich, their massive homes, the clubs,
the churches with their open doors, and
beyond It all the park with Its broad drives
and arching elms Fifth avenue may be
the abode of the rich and mighty, but Its
beauties are wide open to him who would
look and see. It Is the heart of the
metropolis, and anyone who Is go minded
may go and partake of its Joyous life.
PEHSOX l, K OTE S.
They d i say that every time I'ncle Russel
Pipe breaks a $fi bill he looks as if he had
broken a leg.
"Judge" Hamilton over In F.uro-e, as. he
reads of the Insurance Investigation, must
really enjoy his 111 health.
When Pr. Nansen goes to London a
Norwegian minister he will take with him
the material for a new book he Is to write
on antarctic exploration.
Navy department reports will be edited
hereafter with a blue pencil by Secretary
Bonaparte and reports of the chiefs of
bureaus will not be Inade public until
edited.
Dr. John War Eagle, a half-breed Chicka
saw Indian, is one of the wealthiest mem
bers of that tribe, having made a deal of
money in real estate Investments. He was
educated In Scotland, where his father, a
Hudson bay trader, was born. He and his
wife, an Intelligent member of the Caddo
tribe, own about lOO western store in which
Indian relics and beadwork are sold.
Memphis citizens showed their gratitude
to Dr. Heber Jones for bis care of tha
. quarantine, this year, to which is ascribed
the escape of tho Tennessee city without
a case of the scourge, by a purse of flu.
I 000. H has weathered five epidemics in
the city, and yet It if recorded that he was
"greatly embarrassed" when the leading
woman who presented the check kissed him
full anon the lips. Ths bravest ara tha
shytst.
I
Little SarBrlalna-.
Washington Post.
Senator Foraker expresses fear that the
enlargement of the powers of tha Interstate
Commerce commission would result In so
many legal complications that ths rail
roads might never be brought to time. It
Is a llttls surprising. In that view of It
that the railroads are not in favor of the
I piopoacd law.
Royal
Saves "Health
aiidl
aves
ovi. aAKiNQ sowota eo new voas
state rnr.ss orixio.
Kearney Hub: If Fnlted States Attorney
Baxter prosecutes the Grain trust as
fiercely as he did the cattle barons but
why speculate?
Pender Republic: Senator Millard should
place himself squarely In line with the
president on the question of railroad rate
regulation If he wants to be re-elected to
the I'nited States senate next year.
Fremont Tribune: The granting of a di
vorce to the wife of former United States
Attorney Summers on the charge of ex
treme cruelty may furnish an Intimation of
why that formerly distinguished gentleman
remained so silent under the lushing of
The Omaha Bee when he retired from his
public place.
Bancroft Blade: Edward Rosewater's en
emies may keep him from ever becoming
inited States senator, but if he repre
sented Nebraska on the interstate com
merce committee we would not be guessing
how he would vote, He would be found on
the side of ths people and not advocating
"conservative" railroad rate legislation.
Bancroft Blade: Why not have an extra
session of the Nebraska legislature. There
are a great many needed changes, not
the least In the list Is the liquor question
In border towns on Indian reservations.
The legislature last winter refused to al
low any extra liberties to liquor dealers
and it might be possible that they would
find some way out of the present difficulty
which has added another victim to Its
list In Thurston county the last week.
Wayne Herald: Sometime last spring the
Herald was Indiscreet enough to Intimate
that Congressman McCarthy was liable to
have opposition for the renomtnatlon next
summer, and for daring to say so the
Wakefield Republican, Emerson Enter
prise, Pender Republic and one or two
others affected with McCarthy microbes
Jumped onto us all spread out. Wonder If
they have heard anything lately that would
tend to convince these papers that ws had
some slight grounds for our assertion.
WIsner Chronicle: Ths World-Herald la In
a sorry condition to consign anyone or any
one's advice to the waste basket, since the
people of the state have consigned It and
Its advice to the vaults In the alley by
rolling up larger majorities for the repub
lican candidates for regent 'than for the
head of the ticket, a result never before
heard of In election returns and only to be
accounted for by the World-Herald's' rl
dlculous attacks on Chancellor Andrews
and the nonpartisan board of regents.
Butler County Press: The railways are
making a big mistake in coaching their em
ployes to oppose the priident's plan of
rate regulation. Their talk to farmers
and business men Is to the effect all these
employes, controlled by politicians, would
be a menace to liberty. As they control
their employes in the interest of politicians
now. It Is pretty hard to understand that
liberty has much show as It Is. It Is
bosslsm that people are now rebelling
against. A few years ago the saloon
men of this county could defeat any one
they chose to defeat. Now, when they
have a state organization, their friendship
means defeat to most any one they favor.
It is all because people do not like to
be bossed. They like to do things because
it suits their fancy to do them.
Hastings Tribune: Ordinarily a divorce is
of interest, or should be, only to fhe
friends and acquaintances of the persons
Involved, but a legal separation of matri
monial ties has Just taken place in Omaha
which la of more than usual moment. It is
of general Importance, not because of its
sensational features, but on account of ths
personality of the individual against whom
the decree Is issued. Former United States
Attorney W. 8 Summers appeared volun
tarily In court and waived defense on all
of the issues in the case Instituted against
him by his wife, Mrs. Nellie Lane Sum
mers, even to the custody of their one
child, a boy of 16 years. Nineteen years of
wedded life were ended with a legal for
mality of a few momenta. Mr. Summers Is
a man of many failures, politically and so-
daily. Once prominent and influential,
facing an opportunity for desirable public
service and personal advancement, he is
now in the ranks of the obscure, notabk
only for the things of his past.
6prlngfteld Monitor: There Is no question
but what Nebruska needs a new consti
tution to take tne place of the one adopted
thirty years ago when the country was
sparsely settled and conditions were en
Fifteenth and
Douglas Sts.
Broad war at 1 2nd Streat NITIV
L
The Man
Who wears correct clothes Is alwsye admired.
HL'T, it matters not how well your clothes
fit or how fine they are, If your tie is a back
number, your shirt ill-fitting or your collar
wrong, your entire appearance is hoodooed
and you're all wrong. We give great care to
our haberdashery, and the man who comes
here for his"furnishing8" can rest assured
that he will wear only correct things. The
best and newest Ideas are always seen here
first.
Browning, King & Co
originators and sole makeis or half size w ciotmino.
Powder
Moaaeyo
tirely different. Several propositions for a
constitutional convention hsve been de
feated at the polls, Just because people did
pot take enough Interest In the motter to
vote for It. Ao Tho Omaha Bee says. It
would be a splendid Idea for our legislature
to convene In extra session this winter for
the purpose of submitting a call for a con
stitutional convention or amendments to
be voted on at the general election in ltos.
If it Is put off until the next session of
the legislature a year hence the proposition
will nKain come before the people at a pres
idential election, when there will be no
earthly show of Its carrying. There Is no
reason why this should be delayed any
longer and If an extra session of the legis
lature will do the business then let's have
tho extra session.
MimUKtl, REMARKS.
People who wonder why the girls ars sv
eager to go to foot hall games forget how
many prnctlral ideas ihey get there for
use in the rushes at the bargain sales.
Somervlllc Journal.
Mr. Ilngerlong You may have noticed
that I limied when I came In. I gave my
ankle a severe sprain the ether day.
Miss Tartun That's too bad. It hinders
your walking, doesn't It? Chicago Tribune.
"Pon't you think. Miss Sharp," said the
clergyman, 'that since marrhige is such a
holy thing It Is singular marriages are not
made In heaven?"
"Perhaps, sir," replied the young woman,
"If Is difficult to find a clergyman there."
Boston Transcript.
"Pld you marry your Ideal, Mrs. Penning
ton'" "No, thank heaven. He's In the peni
tentiary now. I believe It was forgery for
the purpose of keeping up appearances, or
something of that kind." Chicago Record
Herald. Stranger In New York For heaven's
sake, who are those ridiculous kids?
Elevator Starter (in Insurance office
Bh-h-h! That's the eighth vice president
and the tenth attestant actuary going in
to draw their salaries. Puck.
"That man Is a great campaign orator."
"Yes," answered Senator Sorghum. "But
the question isn't so much getting people
to vote your wsy In tho community. The
thing Is to get the votes counted." Wash
ington Star.
"But you haven't said a word about the
play."
"O" It was a society drama, and Just the
right kind. You could listen to the people
In the box party any time you felt like It,
and not miss anything wort 1 mentioning."
Chicago Tribune.
"You seem nervous and restless '.'this
morning," said the merchant. " '
"Yes, replied his partner. "I asked Bor
roughs to drop in today and pay me what
be owes me."
"Ah! And you're afraid he won't come?"
"I'm afraia he will come and borrow
more." Philadelphia Ledger.
THANKSGIVING.
James Whltcomb Riley in The Reader.
Let us be thankful for the royal hand
That love held out In welcome to our own.
When love and only love could understand
The need of touches we had never knowa.
Let us be thankful for the longing eyes
That gave their secret to us as they wept.
Yet In return found, with a sweet surprise.
Love's kiss upon their lids, and, smiling,
sle;it.
And let us, too, be thankful that the tears
Of sorrow have not all been drained away.
That through them still, for all the coming
years.
We may look on the dead face of Todsy.
The Courtship of
the Boss
CA most timely story by
Astine O'Hagan In Ds
cember McClure'a Tha
boa in fiction, as given in
this story, is certainly mors)
ttraotive than tha boss in
real life.
Ten oents. $1.00 a year.
All news stands.
S. S. McCU'RR COM PANT.
44-60 Enst 2-ld Street,
NEW YORK.
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Factory, Cooaer Sa; autre
"7'n frst step
(oifaidj success
in lijt", (aid
litau Brunr
met, "14 fo be
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