THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1905.
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. WHF.K Ol'T OF TOWS.
Babscrlbers leaving the city 1 r 111 -porarlly
shoald have The Bee
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dally letter from home. Ad
dress will be changed as often as
requested.
Now prepare for the president's
'quare deal" lueHaitge.
It looks as If the insurance debate had
now been transplanted to Nebraska.
The "borne rule" Issue In Great Brit
ain seems to please the opponents of the
Idea better than Its friends this your.
' The. extent of tlw luud frauds iu
Oregon1: Is not Itnowiu, Neither hi the
extent of the land frauds in Nebraska.
Heal estate values in Onuihu are not
yet souring, but their gradual and steady
rise Is indicated by the record of trans-
No wonder that the jwwers of Europe
fear to involve Turkey in war since an
American is In active command of the
sultan's fleet.
People who want' to read the presi
dent's message iu comprehensive yet
convenient reference form will look to
The Bee for It. "
. With federal inspection of oyster
lniata the price of the bivalve may be
higher If h effect of government In
vestigation holds true of flsh as well as
flesh.
The decision of Judge Philips at Kan
ns City comes Just In time to emphasize
Attorney General Moody's remark that
it is difficult under present laws to stop
discrimination by railroads.
Now that congress is in session Sen
ator, Fulton of Oregon can see how It
fel for one man to bear the entire
weight of political and legislative Inter
ests of an entire state on his shoulders.
Since the subject has been brought
up. Postmaster General Cortelyou may
Insist upon going befoiethe New York
insurance committee. The easiest way
to stop a Herniation U to make public all
the facts.
Now that the first day of the s"k-day
tricycle race in New York has resulted
in serious injury to one of the partici
pant those who were not satiated with
the foot ball games know where to look
for "amusement."
The majority of the members of the
county board appear to be in favor of
putting an end to and lopping off the
county Jail graft, but It seems to lm too
piucli question of etiquette as to who
' ahull 'wove first.
iSrftud Jury Investigations are becom
ing the order of the day In nearly every
section of the country and it would not
'. lie out of order, to convene a grand Jury
here In Ikugua county Mist to keep up
,wlth the procession.
Great Britain proposes to Increase its
navy by four armored ships and at the
ame time' reduce Its naval appropria
tion $T.$00.0. British naval boards
must have heretofore included some in
cipient life insurance managers.
A live stock show for Omaha would be
iery desirable acquisition. Just aa hai
betn the horse .khow and will be the
flayer show. To take care of the peo
ple attracted by these shows, however,
Omaha needs at least cue uew first-class
fireproof hotel.
lieutenant Governor McGilton gives
owe cinching reasons for an extra ses
sion of the legislature to submit con
stitutional amendmeuta. Mr. McGll
ton's answer to those who pretend to
fear that such an extra session would
t fruitless of results leave them 110th
lug further to aay.
Cit.VjroA oy BATt REFORM
There will be no more potent Influence
In congress In behalf of the president's
policy of railway rate regulation than
Speaker Cannon. There had been some
doubt In regard to his iosltlon on this
paramount question, but this Is removed
by what he said In his speech to the
republican caucus which renominated
him. "The consensus of opinion among
the people," said Mr. Cannon, "Is that
congress has the iower by amendment
to the law to provide belter remedies
for real abuses existing, so that the pro
ducer and consumer can tlnd a more
speedy and less expensive remedy than
we now have. In this opinion I for one
concur. The burden is upon congress,
and our party, having power, is prl
mcrlly responsible." Tie urged that leg
islation should be just alike to the cor
poration and to the people, saying that
"we canuot oppress one by foolish or
unjust legislation without iu the end
bringing disaster upon all."
This is entirely In accord with the
view of President Roosevelt, who has
repeatedly said that there is no desire or
disposition to do nny injustice to the rall
rondi', the purpose le!ng simply to re
quire them to deal fairly and justly to
ward the public and, to comply honestly
and faithfully with the laws. There will
be no dissent from the opinion ex
pressed by Speaker Cannon that oppres
sion of the corporations by unjust legis
lation would In the end bring disaster
upon all. Except n class of political
demagogues, whose aims are distinctly
revolutionary, no one wishes to oppress
the corporations or to deal unjustly with
them. But the corporations, on the other
hand, cannot be allowed to deal unfairly
and oppressively with the public and It
is because they have persisted In doing
so that there Is n demand for their regu
lation and supervision by the govern
ment. The prospect is most favorable
for the success of this demand nnd
Speaker Cannon will exert r large Influ
ence In bringing this about.
THE BANKRUPTCY LAW.
There Is to be another effort in con
gress to secure the repeal of the bank
ruptcy law and it will perhaps be
pressed somewhat more earnestly than
hitherto. The Influences which are fight
ing the law have' been pretty active
since the close of the last congress nnd
It Is not unlikely timt it will be shown
that they have gained some strength
and will be able to present hetter rea
sons than heretofore In support of their
demand for repeal. It Is noted that the
legal fraternity Is to a large extent in
clined to support repeal, due to the fact
that the national law has diminished
largely Jhe official fees and legal ex
penses that' ate Int the! estates of debt
ors, as well as reducing the general ex
penses of the settlement of such estateg
as were under assignment. It Is further
suggested that the proposition of repeal
has gecured the support of certain inter
ests In various parrs writhe country,
such as local bankers, as had It In their
power to become preferred creditors.
It seems improbable that such mani
festly selfish Interests can have nny In
fluence with congress, especially In view
of the fact that repeal Is not being
urged by the substantial business Inter
ests or that class of- merchants who
wnnt fair and Just dealing between
debtor and creditor. Such merchants not
only do not favor repeal of the law, but
feel that to revert to the conditions pre
ceding the enactment of the law would
he most hurtful, since the effect would
undoubtedly be to Impair confidence in
the credit system of the country and
check Its extension. It Is not claimed
by the supporters of the bankruptcy law
Hint it Is without defects, but they do
assert that on the whole It has worked
well and for this there Is ample Traimnt.
Such defects as experience tins shown to
exist can easily be remedied. The bank
ruptcy law was enacted In response to a
practically unanimous demand of the
business Interests of the country and
there Is no evidence that these Interests
are dissatisfied with It.
TUK TREASURY SITUATION
It is not probable that there will be
any revenue legislation at the present
session of congress. If there shall be a
curtailment of expenditures, as Is now
promised, there will be no necessity for
making provision for more revenue. The
November returns were very satisfac
tory. The close of that month found the
deficit for the current fiscal year stand
ing at less thau half that which existed
at the end of the corresponding month a
year ago. This improvement iu the sit
uation is due to continued heavy cus
toms receipts, often running more thau
a million dollars a day for days at a
time. It Is also shown that Internal
revenue, under the tufliience of the
greatly Increased consumption of to
bacco and liquors due to abundalit pros
perity, has taken a very high level. Ex
penditures have 1hhu heavy, though
slightly nnder those of last year, but
there has leen n very distinct margin
for the improvement of deficit condi
tions. It is now thought by treasury officials
that the deficit for the whole fiscal year
will not much exceed $12,000,000 and
may be less. Of course there is to be
considered the necessity of making
prompt provision for meeting Panama
canal obligations, which require $18,
000.(K)0, but If there Is the necessary leg
islation for Issuing canal bonds the ap
propriation asked for Immediately could
W covered back Into the treasury and
thus would uot make an addition to the
deficit. It Is said to be the view of Sec
retary Tuft that this will be done.
Economy seems to be the watchword
in congress and a very general paring
down of expenses Is to le expected. In
his speech to the republican caucus
which uoinlnated him Speaker Cannon
said: "Clothed with full power, it is our
duty to ace to it that by wise appropria
tion the vast revenues gathered from a
willing people are applied to the public
service to make the same efficient,
avoiding parsimony on the one hand and
extravagance on the other." Always op
posed to extravagance In public expendi
tures. Speaker Cannon can be relied
upon to exert his Influence In the pres
ent congress to keep down expenses
without Impairing the efficiency of the
public service.
The question of revenue, therefore, is
not likely to engage the attention of the
fifty-ninth congress. It Is probable that
the minority party will endeavor to
raise the question and will propose tariff
reductions as a means of Increasing the
government's receipts. There nre intima
tions to this effect. It can be very con
fidently predicted, however, that such ef
fort will receive no consideration from
the republicans. "It would be a bold
man. or party," said Speaker Cannon,
"that would do anything by legislation
or threat thereof that would tend to de
stroy or check the progress of the people
In the universal nnd successful achieve
ment In all branches of Industry In the
country." This reflects the sentiment
nmong republicans generally, so that It
Is safe to say there will be no revenue
legislation by the present congress.
TAX SHIRKING Br MVJX '( TO.V
One of the most pernicious abuses of
Judicial injunction is the assistance given
by the federal courts to tax shirking
railroads on the pica that they have
leeu assessed above the Just propor
tion of their true value, as compared
with the assessed valuation of other
tnxnble property. Nowhere In the
United States has this abuse been more
flagrant and Inexcusable than In Ne
braska. The ordinary taxpayer In Nebraska
has no alternative but either to pay the
tax levied upon his property or to sub
mit to n seizure ef his chattel property
and delinquent tax sale of his real es
tate. The l)est he can do, if he deems
his taxes to have been Illegally levied,
is to pay under protest, nnd take his
chancep. of recovery of the overcharge
after due process of law. But the rail
roads of Nebraska, or rather two of its
railway systems, have deliberately con
spired to starve the government into
submission. They have figured out how
much taxes they are willing to stand
and tendered the nmount to the respec
tive treasurers, nnd have used the In
junction club to hammer the counties,
school districts nnd municipalities Into
compromises on their own terms In vio
lation of the constitution and laws of
Nebraska, that prohibit the remission of
taxes even by legislative act. Knowing
that the state courts could not and would
not Issue restraining orders to prevent
the collection of taxes, they have In
voked the power of the federal courts
and left the county and munlclpnlltles
of Nebraska without the necessary
means to carry on their respective gov
ernments without embarrassment.
It is easy,' of course, to Und single
Instances, here and there,- where lands
or chattels have been undervalued by
county assessors nnd to make It appear
that these Individual instances of under
valuation constitute the general prac
tice. It Is easy also for the railway
lawyers to Juggle with figures and make
It appear that the valuation of the rail
roads by the state board Is way out of
proportion to Its valuation In the stock
nnd bond markets, and it is much more
easy even to Juggle with figures about
their earnings In a particular state, when
n very large proportion of the traffic is
interstate; nnd It Is very difficult to as
certain the exact proportion to be cred
ited to each of the vnrlous states
traversed- by the rnllronds.
Tax shirking by Injunction is becom
ing nn art, with procrastination as the
great lever for bringing the state, coun
ties nnd cities to terms. The Iden that
nny class of property owners had It
within their power to stave off the pay
ment of taxes for years v Injunction
was never dreamed of by (Tie framers
of the constitution or our national leg
islature. It certainly was never con
templated that any single taxpayer or
class of taxpayers should ' enjoy the
privilege of shirking his burden of taxa
tion for years under the plea that fiis
property has been assessed out of pro
portion .with other classes of property.
What would lecoine of the govern
ment If all property owners should re
sort to the same method of tax evasion.
How could we maintain our courts,
even, let alone the various departments
of county and municipal goverupient,
and the public schools, if any consider
able portion of the taxpayers so bauded
together for the purpose of forcing re
duction of their assessments? AVhy
should not the railroads 1h compelled to
pay their taxes the same as other prop
erty owners pay them In full, under
protest if they lx-lleve that their prop
erty has leeu overvalued by the State
Board of Equalization?
The Inevitable effect of tax shirking
by injunction must be to cripple the
local government. This has already
been demonstrated by deficits in city
and county treasuries, notwithstanding
the enormous amount of back taxes col
lected under the scavenger act. This
scavenger tax Income was derived from
the forced sale of real estate delinquent
for taxes, excepting alone the property
of railroads. With the machinery of
lnjunctfon at their disposal the railroads
would be able to stave off their taxeg
for an Indefinite period. Such a con
dition is intolerable.
The main object of Governor I.aFol
lette'a call for a special sessiou of the
Wisconsin legislature is said to be to
recover $."OO,0lO of taxes ' evaded
by the railroad through reliate
to favored shippers, which rebate were
omitted from their regular annual re
port of gross earning. The total
amount of rebate aud unreported gross
earning of the Wisconsin railroad lis
been computed at SW,2M.'W.62. t'nder
the old license fee system cf taxation
that prevailed in Wisconsin np to last
year the state was entitled to 4 per cent
of the gross earnings of every railroad.
Manifestly Governor I.aFollette does
not propose to exchange the governor's
chair for a cushioned seat in the senate
until he has carried out his original pro
gram of railway regulation and taxation.
Chief of Police I)onahne appenrs to be
very reluctant to recommend the perma
nent closing of saloons in the proscribed
district. The chief Insists that these re
sorts serve as mouse traps for predatory
criminals, who can more readily be
trapped iu their regular trysting places
thnn if allowed to roam about towu.
But why should the police board license
vicious and lawless resorts In order to
provide the police with mouse traps?
The World-Herald's game of black
mail upon liquor dealers goes merrily
on. Those liquor dealers who are coin
ing down to Its demand for n $10 con
tribution are doing so not because they
have to advertise In that sheet, but be
cause they are afraid not to do so for
fear of incurring Its editorial hostility.
Liquor dealers and druggists who wnnt
merely to comply with the law nre ad
vertising their notices In The Bee.
Memliers of the county Iward who
agree with The Bee that the county pris
oner feed graft Is nn outrageous Imposi
tion upon the taxpayers should not stand
upon the order of their moving, but
move at once. The tnxpayers of Pousc
lns county do not care which of the com
missioners gets the credit for doing the
right thing at the right thai, .provided
the right thing is done at the, right time.
Aud the right time Is right nw.
According to certain rallwey maga
zines, the railronde are willing to sup
port part of the president's rate pro-1
gram provided he will hare questions
referred to a board composed of men
having had previous experience In rail
road offices, but experience proves that
the experience of the average man in a
railroad office does not necessarily fit
hi 111 for unprejudiced decisions.
It is hardly probable that anyone se
cured an advance report of the cotton
crop bulletin for November, ns the gov
ernment was not able to issue it on time,
but action at New York would Indicate
that a number of speculators were doing
some active guessing.
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman may
become premier of Great Britain until
after the next -general election. Sir
Henry has an. opportunity to appreciate
the position of Uosebery during the lat
ter days of Gladstone's life.
Marly Bird Uets the Pick.
Springfield Republican.
The organized and most praiseworthy at
tempt that is-betitg-inade' to persuade people
to do their Christmas shopping early, and
so mitigate the nerve-wearing crush during
the days before the holiday, appear to be
making real heudway. Such forehnnded
ness Is In the Interest of the buyers as well
ns the clerks who handle the goods. It
conduces to the peace and comfort of the
household quite as much as the shops.
Basis of Statesmanship.
Washington Post.
It Is announced with some show of au
thority that Sereno K. Payne of New York
will not be the .floor leader of the house
this session. We sincerely hope that no ac
tion will be taken which will deprive Mr.
Payne of his time-honored privilege of per
sonally conducting the motion that "this
house do now adjourn." The loss of that
right would be a blow to Mr. Payne and a
severe disappointment to the spectators.
The Tnrblne Herolntlun.
Philadelphia Ledger.
It Is remarkable that within little more
than four years of Its commercial
Introduction so revolutionary a type of
engine bhould be adopted so largely that
the present horsepower, built and building.
now amounts to about 700.000. The fact
which accounts for the willingness of en
gineers and Investors to experiment In so
costly a direction Is that the old type of
marine engine had about reached the limit
of its economical development, and If the
modern demand for Increased speed and
power was to b attained research in other
lines became imperative. Thus far the de
velopment of the 'marine turbine has been
confined almost solely to England, but the
results of the work there will without
doubt stimulate active Intercut In the prob
lem in this country and In Europe.
FRIENDS rOH THE 1MOMEXT.
m Born Zeal of Corporations for
"Right of iJlber."
San Francisco Chronicle.
The railroads are giving a wide circula
tion to the statement submitted to Presi
dent Roosevelt by the delegation of railway
employes who vlnlted him for the purpose
of urging that no course be taken lit deal
ing with the corporations which would
compel theni to reduce the wages of labor.
The railroads would not be so swift to cir
culate a protest of their employes against
the retention In service of cars not equipped
with the automatic coupler. Whenever the
transportation companies seek to pose us
the particular friends of labor they ought
to be reminded of their long resistance to
the legislation designed to save railroad
employes from being needlessly ' maimed
and slaughtered. The Interests which
fought the automatic coupler are pretty
certain to not be governed by sentimental
considerations in dealing with their em
ploye, and if the latter fancy that they
are putting them under an obligation by
helping them oppose the president' plans
they had better get rid of the hallucination.
0LIVD Oily
Try it in your
next, salad.
Compare with other
braadi and judge tot
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ARMY ROSSIP It W ASHINGTON.
t'arrent Events Uleaned from the
Army and Navy Register.
The army Is to have three new balloon,
under authority granted by Secretary Taft,
upon the recommendation of the chief sig
nal officer' of the service. The baloons
are of the new type made In France,
and represent the latest and most efficient
of such aerial vehicles. Hitherto the
military balloon tins been a mst expensive
equipment, on account of its covering,
which in some cases was of gold-beater'
cloth. Now, with the latest improvement
made In that direction, the covering will
be of a new weave of silk with a leaf made
of aluminum, a feature which contribute
to the durability as well as the lightness
In weight and cheapness In cost of the bal
loon. It has the additional advantage of
protecting the contents of the bag, the
covering being Impervious to the passage
of the gas. The new balloon will be or
dered at once and shipped to Omaha, the
location of the new signal corps, and to Ben
lcla, Cal., where some of the experiment
with military ballooning will be conducted.
It Is proposed to carry out a thorough plan
of obcsrvatlon with the balloon, and this
will be possible beyond anything of the
sort hitherto attempted by reason of the
acquisition of the new balloons and the
adoption of a new system of manufactur
ing hydrogen and storing it for transporta
tion. An Important step was recently
taken by the army signal office In this lat
ter respect and It will not be long before
the balloon trains of the corps are hard
at work along very practical lines. Of
course. It may not be possible to do a
much a some of the foreign armies ac
complish with military balloons, because
some of the European establishments pos
sess well nigh unlimited means for carry
ing on experiments af all sorts and this Is
out of the question In this country. Con
gress has always been discreet, to say the
least. In making appropriations for balloon
work and during the coming season Is not
likely to show greater liberality. At tho
same time, every effort will be made to
keet up with the times and a demonstra
tion to that effect Is made In the adoption
of the process of making hydrogen and In
purchasing the latest type of balloon for
military purposes.
The army signal office has awarded con
tracts tor 760 miles of various types of
field telegraph wire. The American Steel
and Wire company will furnish a quantity
of buzzer wire. The Roehllng company
will deliver the Insulated stranded field
wlv. of which there was a recent practical
field telegraph wire. The American Elec
tric works will furnish the galvanized
Iron wire for senil-nermnnent field work.
The wire will be delivered nt the signal
corps depots at Omaha, Neb., Benlcla, Cal.,
and Fort Wood. N. T. The amount of the
purchase is about $.",000.
Khaki uniforms will be Issued for sum
mer wear by troops In the T'nlted Stntes.
This Is a decision of General Bates, the
acting chief of staff, nn the recommendation
of Quartermaster General Humphrey and
changes the existing order of things which
requires the Issue of khaki uniforms to
troops In the t'nlted States until the supply
Is exhausted. The supply of some sizes
is now running low and It is In the Interest
of economy that the department prescribes
the khaki for summer wear In the t'nlted
States. This economy was rendered neces
sary by the action of the secretary of war
In cutting down the estimates for the
next fiscal year by $1,000,000 below the ap
propriations for the current year. The
light-weight woolen ollve-drab uniform
prescribed for summer wear in this country
has never been supplied to the army, so
the question as to which Is preferable
ha not been determined practicably. The
necessity for reduction In the expenditure
of the quartermaster's department leave
out of consideration the other elements.
The president referred to the war de
partment the letter of a member of con
gress who said that he had heard that
soldiers were required by army officers to
perforin menial service, such as driving
the carriages of officers, blacking their
boots, etc., and Mr. Roosevelt called for a
report describing the exact situation. This
report was prepared In the general staff
and stated that soldiers were not required
to perform such work; that the law for
bids an officer to use an enlisted man as
a servant: that officers do sometimes em
ploy enlisted men to work for them, but
this is by mutual agreement and the
men are entirely free to work or not a
they see fit; that some men are glad of 1
the opportunity to thus earn a few dollars
In addition to- their pay, the work being
done In addition to their military duties.
This information ought to satisfy the in
quisitive member of congress who has
probably been In receipt of inquiries from
an Incensed constituent who is all pre
pared to suffer the sense of a national
outrage. It Is a shame to deprive him of
the emotions which ought to overwhelm
him but, cruel or not. It is well to give
full publicity to the unsenLatlonal facts.
The commanding officer at Fort Riley,
Kan., recently presented the question to
the War department whether a company
which Joins a post exchange and has suf
ficient unencumbered funds on hand to
pay Its assessments may be required to
pay In cash and not to leave the assess
ment as a debt against the company. It
has been decided that under such circum
stances a company can and should (he
required to pay In cash. It is pointed out
that the exchange regulations only au
thorize the assesment to be charged and
carried by the exchange when the company
Is unable to pay In cush.
PKHSOVll, MITES.
John R. McLean's Washington Po.st auks:
"Is the democracy a hobo?"
A Mrs. Gall predicts the early destruction
of Chicago, but she has done this sort of
blowing before.
If the first dose Is a nam pie of what I
coming, Medicine Hat must huve a fine
stock of winter goods on hand.
Senator Patterson of Colorado lias been
fined $1,000 for contempt of court, but the
quality of his contempt mude it worth the
price.
James N. Hill, a son of James J. Hill,
president of the Great Northern railway,
will. It Is reported, become president of
the Northern Pacific, and George T. Slade,
son-in-law of Mr. Hill, general superin
tendent of the same road, on January 1.
Prof. F. do Martens, who formerly held
the chair of International law la the Uni
versity of St. Petersburg and who was a
member of the Russian peace cohimlsslon,
lias been Invited to deliver a course of
twenty lectures at Columbia university.
New York City.
Sylvester Lamb, recently elected to the
Ohio state senate from Toledo as an Inde
pendent, Is the envy of the entire legisla
ture. The senate Is composed of demo
crats and' republican In equul number
and Mr. Iamb, holding the deciding vote,
ran get anything he want.
William Waldorf Astor is soon to erect
a model apartment house in Rroadway,
New York, near Central park. It will be
the biggest thing of Its kind any m here on
earth, but It will not be the tallest. Wil
liam Waldorf, unlike hi cousin. John
Jacob, does not believe in tall buildings
for residential purpose. The new building
will cover almost a it block, but will be
only lel stories liigl
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STATE PRESS COMMENT.
Norfolk Press: The supreme court could
very easily make a short cut to revision
of the state constitution by declaring all
the laws creating state boards of this.
that and the other unconstitutional which
they really are. The letting of such a
grand army of statesmen out of Jobs would
create an agitation equal to n Chinese
earthquake, and something would have to
be did.
Kearney Hub: Governor Mickey Is right
about the Nebraska constitution. It has
grown too small for the needs of the state.
But what are we going to do about It?
t'nless the people should be thoroughly
wide awnkc we might lose some of the
most desirable provisions of the old con
stitution In building a new one. The peo
ple seem .to be sufficiently awake. But
are they?
Kearney Huh: The Omaha Bee remarks
that "If the report that tho Board of Re
gents of the State university proposes to
persist In conducting business In a star
chamber it Is to be hoped that It will re
consider and throw its doors wide open
to publicity." The "star chamber" policy
should certainly be abandoned, for It Is
true as The Bee further say that the af
fairs of a public Institution maintained at
the expense of the taxpayer should be
administered bo that the people may be
fully Informed regarding them. It is time
to turn over a new leaf.
Albion News: A large assembly of Butler
county people passed resolutions denoun
cing the Union Pacific and Burlington rail
roads for refusing to pay their taxe. and
promised to give their business to the
Northwestern, which ha paid its taxes like
other people. If every county in the state
would do the same, those taxes would aoon
be In the county treasuries. However, there
Is something about boycotting that Is re
pugnant to the American people. If the
roads continue their present tactics, they
may consider themselves lucky to escape
with a boycott. T"'hen the people become
really angry they are apt to be governed
more by a spirit of retaliation than of
Justice. '
York Times: At firt flush It eems
strange that republican papers should Ide
light In criticising republican officials.
Democrats do not denounce and belabor
democratic official and why should re
publicans be so vicious toward their par
tisans? The fact is the democrat are not
In the fight. They are effectually put to
sleep. The battle now In Nebraska and
In the nation Is not to decide which politi
cal party shall control, but which faction
of the republican party. Republicans who
have aspirations and who are not in the
swlin In the party know It Is not worth
while to go after the democrats and so they
get after the men who really are in control
and try to unhorse them. They really Join
the democrats in an effort to defeat the
controlling faction In the party In the hope
that they can obtain control and that the
other faction will be more loyal and hon
orable than they and will help them Into
power.
Norfolk Press: The tax agent of t'.ie
Union Pacific and Burlington railway are
going about the state tendering to county
treasurer such portions of the taxes levied
against their companies a they think they
ought to pay. At the same time the com
panies have gone into court asking for an
order restraining the county treasurer
from collecting any more than the amount
tendered. It' a mighty poor game that
two can't play at. It 1 now In order for
every shipper who ha goods carried over
either of these roads to tender the agent
such portion of the freight charges as he
thinks he ought to pay, and if the agent,
refuses to accept the tender, replevin the
good and ask for an order restraining the
company from ever charging a greater rate
than tho amount tendered. Thl la the
exact counterpart of the game the rail
road are playing on the tax business and,
of course, tho companies wouldn't kick on
taking a little of their own medicine.
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LIGHT AND BRIGHT.
"The Blanks are very proud of their an
cestors." "They ought to be. They're the only
members of the family that ever amounted
to anything." Detroit Free Press.
"How do you know that that couple 1
married?"
"They ride on my car every day."
"Oh, then you are acquainted with them?"
"No; but she always pay the car fare."
Houston Post.
"A reformer ha many difficulties to
face."
"Yes." answered Senator Sorghum. "As
soon as the public discovers a reformer It
makes so much of him that his personul
vanity Is In danger of being developed until
It destroy his usefulness." Washington
Star.
"Judge Gnodllven Just went down th
street; I thought you said he was attending
a big banquet to him this evening."
"Not at all. I saw him coming out of
Del's and I merely remarked there was a
big dinner In his Honor thl evening."
Philadelphia Ledger.
"Where is our guide?"
"Over In the bunkhouse, drunk. Why?"
"I wanted to make sure. I'm Just going
to fire at a deer." Louisville Courier Jour
nal. Mr. DeBrush What Is there about mv
portrait of you that you don't like, madam?
Mrs. Dobhdon I don't like the coloring In
the face. It doesn't look natural.
Mr. DeBrush I didn't try to make It look
natural. You raid you wanted It true to
life. Cleveland Leader.
SMII.F.9.
Detroit Free Press.
He preached the smllln' doctrine,
'Lowed a smile would cure all 111;
An' said a laughln' feller
Cud alius meet his bill.
Never met him thet he didn't
Cry out, "Cheer up, Bill, an smile;
Life ain't uch a dreary burden.
Something' surely wuth the while."
Said a smile wuz real, an' trouble
Didn't hev no plare In life;
An' recommended smllln'
To appease an angry wife;
Said there wern't 110 use In werln'.
Said the hull world woidd be gay; -If
a man wotfid Jes laaglne V
Thet the sun shone every day.
He preached the smllln' doctrine,
Thet wuz all he had to do:
An' I've noticed thet It's easy.
From the proper point of view:
But one day this laughln' preacher
Stubbed his toe real hard, an' then
He forgot hi laughln' preachln'.
Joined the ranks of swearln' men.
Oh, the preachln' part I easy.
But the practlrin' Is tough;
And when you're likely to be called.
Don't try to work a bluff.
If you're teachin' smllln' lesson
Which are worthy lessons, too
When trouble hit your wagon.
Folk will want a smile from you.
The most powerful money
king in all this world, working
for himself, has not the power '
of a handful of weak, ignorant y
and despairing men, . when i
they begin to work for each
other. What man has built up
47,000 stores, with a capital,
of $ 1 40,000,000.00, without in-; '
jury to his fellow-men ?
This is the poorest half of
the news in Russell's "Soldiers
of the Common Good," in
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