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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 100.).
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complete copies of The Dally, Morning,
Evening and Hunday Bee printed during
the month of November, 1906, was aa fol
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C. C. ROSE WATER,
Secretary.
Subnc-rilwd In my presence and aworn to
before me this 1st day of December. 1906.
(Seal) M. B. HUNGATH,
Koliirv Puhlin.
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WIIE,1 OCT OF TOWR,
Snhacribers leaving; the city tem
porarily should have) The Bee
mailed to them. It la "better than
a daily letter from home. Ad
draaa will be changed aa of tea aa
requested.
Omaha architects Luve no ground for
fouirjjluint of a lack of patronage this
winter
t :
Nebraska politicians wli5 have been
waltftig for an opportunity may get a
windfall at last
t
Hajipy is the federal ottjoe holder who
can contemplate his record with no fear
of the "big stick."
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We) always did know that the new
federal building In Omaha stood on a
volcanic foundation.
Dreams of the rise of another Dutch
republic are doubtless nightmares in the
neighborhood of Berlin.
a suit against stockholders of
the fcluclnnatlf ' llatajlton , ' Dayton,"
'high, finance" 'may Tvcx-lve a, setback In
Ohio, ,Af V
That Isconsln ,juan wh6 invested
$100,000 in forged deeds to Oregon land
must be a convert to the "Torrey" regis
tration plan.
Japan is breaking another precedent
set by Kusslu by refusing to permit an
appeal to other nations to assist its fam
ishing people. . .
South Omaha barbers threaten to dls
solvc( their union and the prospect is
that South Omahogs niajr soon get two
shaves for a nickel: '
That show girl might find Mr. Corey
hardly ','werUi whUe'' afcr he shall have
severed relations with both his wife and
his source of income.
Italy with its purchase of the rail
roads reports a surplus in its treasury
but Italy ;1i.is t)it f yet invested in an
InterorrankVaniil proVct.
With twenty-two "cattle barons" of
Kansas under iudictuiunt, ' the United
States marshal of that district -may be
thankful for the "tip" rom Nebraska
llout wlt till the last minute with
your Christ ma shopping. Have some
consideration for the rusbed-to-death
store clerks' if you nave 'none for your
Aflmlral Itojestveusky is convinced
that the navies of the world must be
equipped with heavier guns but the
result of the battle will still depend upon
the man who pulls the trigger.
, If the merger of the city and county
treasuries were invalid the merger of
the city and county tax -commissioners
department would also be Invalid and
we would have confusion worse con
founded. ,. -
The couuty commissioners persist
ently ignore the popular demand for the
immediate abolition, of the county Ja
feeding graft and nobody has yet been
able to explain why the board hesltt'tes
or why it shirks Its duty.
Under rigid police surveillance the
tough Joints In the east end will be very
quiet between now and New Year's, and
then the orgies will bo resumed. It Is
one' tiring Just before taking a license
and another thing after taking. .
From, the fact that the conservative
are responsible for the Irish land laws
and that even Gladstone was powerless
to force the borne rule Issue on the
Vberals, Mr, paLfom; will, have a bard
tm to '.convince": British electors that
tbVhope of" the "uufou"lles in his party.
TlELrrXO SISTER UEPL'BLICS,
With President Roosevelt's statement
of the obligations of the United States
under the Monroe doctrine there will be
very general concurrence. He rightly
regards the doctrine, ns oue of the most
effective instruments for peace and also
as an efficient policy In giving to ench
nation In the western ' hemisphere the
chance to develop along Its own lines.
But In order to maintain It and continue
its usefulness the doctrine must apply to
changing conditions. This necessarily
pieans that there will have to be new
Interpretations as new conditions are
presented and soui3 departure from the
earlier vlewg respecting the scope of the
doctrine. As to the vital principle, that
will remain unimpaired. Foreign na
tions must keep thPlr hands off the terri
tory and not interfere with the political
institutions of the American republics.
But the United States, while making it
understood that under no circumstances
will it use the Monroe doctrine as a
cloak for territorial aggression, may
under certain circumstances assume the
duty of disciplining other republics and
requiring them to deal in good faith with
foreign nations. It Is declared that "we
must make it evident that we do not In
tend to permit the Monroe doctrine to be
used by any nation on this continent
as a shield to protect it from the conse
quences of its own misdeeds against for
eign nations."
The president states as oue of the
fundamental objects of the doctrine that
'we must ourselves In good, faith try to
help upward toward peace and order
those of our sister republics which need
such help." This is a proposition to
which no reasonable objection can be
made. It is n duty dictated by our own
interests, as well as by a proper con
sideration for the welare and progress
of the people who to a very large extent
owe their independence to this country.
The difficulty is to determine in what
way we can be helpful without seeming
to unduly meddle In the affairs if the
other republics. Who shall decide when
any. of them is in. need, of our. help?
Shall we ourselves be the judge of such
need and proffer help, or should we wait
to be asked for it? If the former there
would be the danger of giving offense;
if the latter the help might be too late
to be of the desired benefit. It Is easy to
see that to carry out the president's
suggestion to its logical conclusion might
involve the United States in responsi
bilities and obligations that would prove
troublesome burden. .
This whole question of our relations
and duties, under the Monroe doctrine,
toward the republics of this hemisphere
is manifestly of the greatest importance.
It is most desirable that we 6hall do
everything proper and practicable to
maintain friendship with the sister re
publics and to promote their progress
and welfare, but we' must bft careful not
to take upon ourselves duties and re
sponsibilities that might involve us in
endless difficulties. -
Bark examination.
Congress fbould certainly give atten
tion to the suggestions made in tbe an
nual 'report of the -comptroller of the
currency, in regard to bank exiiuinai-
tlous. The Tiew of Comptroller Ridgely
that the bank examiner can do nothing
to prevent fraudulent failures, that he
can do nothing, where bank officers are
dishonest, until nearly if not all, the
harm is done, is not reassuring and it Is
possible may disturb public confidence,
since the public relies largely upon the
system of examinations to insure the
soundness and safety of the banks. To
be told by tbe official in control of bank
supervision that the examinations are
practically worthless as a means of pre
venting fraudulent bank failures is well
calculated to Impair faith iu the exist
ing practice; "
If the present system of examination
is of so little value as appears from the
statement of the comptroller, the ques
tion that naturally suggests itself Is
whether some better plan cannot be de
vised. The report suggests none, but
manifestly the matter is one which
merits the attention of congress. This
fact is shown, that the number of bank
examiners is uot sufficient, which nec
essarily results in some of them per
forming their duty more or less per
functorily. They have not time to make
their examinations as thorough as they
should be. Another thing is that they
are paid by fees Instead of salaries,
which the comptroller says Is the weak
est feature of the preseut system. These
defects congress can correct and should
not hesitate to do so. It Is obvious that
seventy-eight examiners are not a suf
ficient number to properly examine
nearly 6,000 banks, and it Is equally
clear that the fee system Is a mistake.
Undoubtedly bank examiners gener
ally perform their duties the best they
can under the circumstances. But the
results are manifestly not wholly satis
factory and a way should bo found
to improve the system. This Is required
In the interest of both the banks and
the business public.
In the very nature of things there
have always been and will always be
political deadheads climbing into office
who want others to put up the sinews
of war to land 'them Iu lucrative offices,
so the defiance of the republican organ
ization by the republican state super
intendent is neither novel nor startling.
State insurance commissioners are
said to be opposed to federal regulation
of lusurauce and this is but natural
when It la remembered that iusiyance
companies court "Investigation" such as
they receive at the hands of the average
state commissioner and willingly pay
the price for it.
Dr. , nipple's enutuerutlou of tbe
achievements accomplished by the
water toard omits the really vital point
He neglected to tell the Commercial
club that the water board had been
drawing salaries for more than two
years and paid out thousands of dollars
for attorneys' fees and expert advice
and still hng no water works to admlu-ister.
ABOLISH tBt CITY PRUSKCVTUK.
The office of city prosecutor was
created for the purpose of the efficient
enforcement of municipal ordinances by
the prosecution of all persons charged
with their violation. Under the present
regime prosecutions in the police court
have become a farce upon one hand and
a travesty of Justice on the other. Vio
lators of the city ordinances, who are
able to pay for a lawyer and a straw
bond, only have to appeal from the de
cision of tiie police Judge or a Jury em
paneled by the police court to escape
the penalties imposed upon them.
It was publicly stated by oue of the
assistants of tbe county attorney a few
days ago that not a single case appealed
from the police court to the district
court has leen prosecuted by' the city
prosecutor within the last two years.
As a natural result it Is known to all
habitual violators of the city ordinances
that they need only appeal from the
police court judgments by filing a bond
to be sure of going scot free. I
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means difficult for any lawbreaker to
secure the required ball bond. There
are men who derive lucrative Incomes
from giving such bonds. Inasmuch as
neither the city prosecutor nor any other
law officer has ever attempted to com
pel them to make good In case the party
for whom they have gone surety leaves
the state for good, they can with Im
punity assume the risk. It Is only the
poor wretch who has not the means to
pay for a bond who Is thrown Into Jail
and made to serve out a sentence for a
breach of the peace ht vagrancy. Iu
either case, however, the city prosecutor
frequently orders a release for frivolous
reasons and lu many Instances refuses
point, blank to prosecute where charges
are well grounded. Under such condi
tions an effective enforcement of mu
nicipal ordinances Is impossible.
The course that suggests itself Is the
abolition of the city prosecutor and the
concentration of all the legal machinery
for prosecuting misdemeanors as well
as crimes committed In the city of
Omaha, upon the county attorney. It Is
the duty of the county attorney to prose
cute all violations of the criminal code
and It should also be made his duty to
prosecute all misdemeanors against the
city.
It would be the privilege of the county
attorney to detail one of his deputies
for all police court cases and to require
him to prosecute all parties convicted
of misdemeanors in the police court who
appeal to the fllstriet court, just .as he
does all parties bound over for viola
tions of the state criminal code. When
It becomes known to all municipal law
breakers that they will be prosecuted to
a finish If they go from the police court
to the district court, the systematic Jug
glery with Justice by appeals backed by
straw bonds will cease. ...
By lopping off the county Jail feeding
graft the Board of County Commission
ers could effect a saving to. the tax
payers of over $7,0(H) a year, or nearly
as much as the combined salaries of its
members for one year. If there Is any
good reaso 1 why the board should delay
decisive action In effecting this saving
It has not been divulged.
Bad Business All Around.
Philadelphia Record.
The Insurance business Is bad, report all
of the agents. It has been bad for many
years, according to all of the information
being brought out by the New Tork In
vestigating committee.
Their Busy Iay.
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Notwithstanding the trifling Inconven
ience of having the wires down, the St.
Petersburg correspondents don't seem to
have much difficulty In prognosticating
events, past, present or to come.
Free-Footed in Theory.
Chicago Record-Herald.
"Uncle Joe" Cannon says the national
house of representatives never takes or
ders from political bosses. "Uncle Joe's"
cheerfulness Is one thing about him that
can always be safely recommended.
Fear of Being; Foand Out.
Springfield Republican.
It is being generally conceded that At
torney General Moody has given the presi
dent's maximum reasonuble rate policy
great additional strength by his argument
that It would operate most effectively
against rebating. There can hardly be any
question that railroads will much less read
ily concede a special low rate to some fa
vored shipper when there la danger that
the government may find it out, and make
It a maximum reaaonable rate tor
ill other
shippers.
Compulsory Glory.
Baltimore American.
The Russian ambassador says that the
opening fo the gates of freedom to his
people will make the name of the Czar
Nicholas Immortal In history. -It in, per
haps, more the misfortune of the ciar
than his fault that he was not born with
a character to cope with the greatest
crisis In the history of his nation, but
history, to be Impartial, must record that
so far from being a public benefactor or
the man of the hour, Nicholas had not
even the courage or decision to make a
virtue of necessity. What measure of
freedom the Russian people eventually
gain from him will be forced, not granted.
"In Times of Peeee Talk
War.'
New Tork Tribune.
General Adna R. Chaffee, chief of staff of
the United States army, at a reception to
patriotic, orders at Los Angeles la quoted as
saying: v
"There are plenty of men In this room
who will see our country at war again. Per
haps the conflict will not be on our own
eoil. Tou must remember that we have
now become one of the greatest nations.
We have extensive Interests to defend.1'
General Chaffee may be right, but It Is
well to remember that military men are
prone to continual speculation as to where
fesslona! trait, aa It wore, and Is not to be
taken too seriously. Soldiers are usually
better fighters than prophets,
the next war will break out. It la a pro-
A GREAT CtHmiSMO.
Inquiry lata the claims and Sta
of Maalrlpal Ownership.
Boston Transcript.
An Important era In the history of muni
cipal ownership development In this country
la ht raided, probably, by the assembly In
New York City, last week, of the National
Civic Federation's commission, which is
about to undertake a noteworthy Investiga
tion of the real claims and status of muni
cipal ownership.
Nearly four-score of men of affairs from
the various large cities of the United
States, representing banking, labor, educa
tional, commercial, trade. Industrial, rail
way and other Interests form the Public
Ownership commission.
The plan for the general work of in
vestigation Appears to bo most comprehen
sive The scheme of prodecedure Involves,
It seems, original Investigations by expert
accountants and engineers Into the man
agement of existing Industrial plants In
this country, and In England and Europe.
Special topics. It Is to be noted, will be re
ferred to special committees of Individual
experts, such as the French system of
granting franchises; the Italian and Ger
man plan of leasing municlpally-owned
works to private, management; the English
method of taxing both public and private
plants; the Scotch Idea of limiting charges
of service to actual cost; the sale of public
franchises by auction; and popular control
or grants through the Initiative and refer
endum methods of settling labor questions.
The extent of the field to be covered Is
realized when It is apprehended that the
proposed Investigation Involves, besides the
Inspection of Industrial plants, expert study
on affiliated problems, including the effect
of private and municipal ownership upon ,
municipal politics, officials, political ' cor- I
ruptlon, wages, hours, and conditions of 1 buncoed. Not until then was the ball set
labor, strikes, collective bargaining, organl- ! rolling for an Investigation. Mr. Cortelyou,
zatlon of labor, character of service rend- ! however, had more strenuous notions. That
ered, tost of service, method of assessing "' corps of detectives known as postofflce
charges, economy of management, rapidity ! Inspectors had been Intely transferred to
with which Improvements In service and ! 'h immediate office of the postmaster gen
methods has been mnde, financial results ! He ordered these sleuths to search a
and effect of municipal ownership upon city j certain class of Journals for suspicious ad
debt and taxation. I vertlsements. Ostensibly as private citliens
It Is auspicious to note that the work of tne Inspectors now answer these seductive
investigation Is to be undertaken by the I ners and Uncle Sam returns the amount
Commsslon of Inquiry entirely without ! to which they allow themselves to be bun
bias and with a comnienrtr.ole determination coeA fo" the sake of gleaning evidence. The
to frankly record everything for and
against the Idea of public ownership. The
conclusions. It Is promised, will be entirely
Impartial and based wholly -on the pre
dominating merits or demerits of the exist
ing examples. Judging from the character
and spirit of the men concerned In the !
ln-estla-atlon It l n.t.,rii th h ,..i- !
can public should look. If not for a con
elusive verdict, at least for an Illuminating
review of the best principles and practice
of the administration of public utilities up
to the present time.:
GREEKS I1EAHINO GIFTS.
Knsplrlona Zeal of -Senators for Rate
Rtsrntatlon.
Chicago News. .
While Elkins and Foraker.are busy de
vising plans for government regulation of
railway rates the American people will
not forget the ancient warning against
Oreeks bearing gifts., . The people, under
the leadership of President Roosevelt, have
won their fight for government regulation
of rates. It now remains for them to aruard 1
against the wiles of leaders of the United
States senate, who will euchre them out of
their victory if possible.'
Government regulation of rates Is com
ing because the demand for it Is over
whelming. But the profound distaste of
I the little handful of jneh who control the
great railway systems of the country for
any Interference with their enormous
power will hatijh plots In the senate that
must bo thwarted If rUil benefit Is to como
from the regulation fc be provided. . Per
sonal Interest of stockholders who merely
want -fair dividends should place them on
the side of honest rate regulation. Not
lower rate, but equality of rates. Is de
sired by the people. .-The public generally
should bear In mind that the criminal
branch of ie railway, business, which in
cludes the granting of rebates. Is still
In full swing, notwithstanding the ve
hement denials of railway officials. Rate
regulation under present conditions Is not
a mere matter of expert judgment. It Is
also a matter of plain honesty. It is a
question of life or death to the small
shipper, of life or death to the community
which has to compete with favored rivals.
In a remarkable article on "Railroad Re
bates," In the December number of Mo
Clure's Magazine, Ray Stannard Baker pre
sents a great deal of evidence to show that
the unlawful rebate still flourishes. He
concludes that It will continue to exist as
long as the traffic agent, sent out to get
business by any means In his power, flndj
It reasonably safe to- give rebates and hide
them by cunning devices. The Elkins law
may threaten, but railway officials required
to get traffic by cutthroat competition fear
discharge for failure to produce results
far more than' they fear federal prosecu
tion. As the railways continue to play the
traffic game with loaded dice their pro
tests that only experts should lie permit
ted to change traffic rates are not very
convincing. "Any fool can cut a rate,"
says Mr. Baker, and rate-cutting by means
of the secret rebate, which Is the hand
maiden of monopoly, still goes merrily on.
ABOI.ISHINU THE I'ASM.
Washington Post: It Is going to be cold
sledding for many congressmen If the
railroads adopt the no-pass Idea. Some
of them may be compelled to make proper
uhc of their mileage allowance.
Detroit Free Preas:; What we would like
to know Is whether the Pennsylvania
management Includes congressmen among
those who will be subjected to the de
privation promised when the new order !
becomes effective.
Brooklyn t-atfie: why xhould every
, politician in the land be carried from place
to place without paying his fare? He
comes after a little to regard a pass as a
right and to vent his grievance in under
hand attacks on the company If It Is
refused to him.
Philadelphia Record: The abolition of
free passes will undoubtedly make it pos
sible to transact business at the forthcom
ing special session of the legislature In
half the time it would require should the
senators and representatives go to Harris
burg next January with freo passes on
which they could travel without any ex
penditure of cash.
Wall Street Journal: The giving of
passes to senators, legislators, politicians
of all kinds, newspaper men and favored
shippers has grown to be a grave abuse
In this country; and It Is In full accord
with the new spirit of reform that the
Pennsylvania railroad voluntarily an
nounces its determination to cut off the
abuse. Let everybody pay his own way,
no more, no Icua than anybody else that
Is the kind of a rule that ought to pre
vail in a country like this.
Baltimore American: With free trans
portation abolished, the Interesting prob
lem now remains It congressmen, in deal
ing with the rate queatlor, will have not
only the courage, but also the resolution,
to pay the expense of their convictions.
Kanaaa City Star: The announcement
that several . eastern railway companies
have decided to cease the Issuance of free
paaaes will at least serve aa a convenient
pretext with railway officials to refune to
give passes to persons whom they do not
wish to accommodate.
BITS OF WASHISGTOX LIFE.
Minor Seeaes aad Incident Sketched
on the iet.
Fostmaster General Cortelyou Is giving
mighty hard knocks to the grafters these
days. lie Is not making much noise about
it, but his mailed flxt lands every time.
He Is exterminating gct-rlch-qulck pro
moters, gamblers, cheap Jewelry vendors,
bunco steerers, patent medicine quacka
and other fakirs who employ the mall
service as a means of reaching their vic
tims. What worse fate can befall a business
man than to be forbidden the privilege of
receiving letters and to know, besides, that
all such communications addressed to him
(.re returned to the sender with the awful
brnnd "fraudulent" stamped across his
name in damning scarlet letters. Such Is
the penalty of the "fraud order" given
only to the postmaster general to Inflict.
The first fraud order was Issued In 1ST",
against the promoter of the famous New
Orleans lottery. During the few months
that Mr. Cortelyou has been In office he
has Issued more of these Judgments than
were signed In the first seven years of the
fraud order law's existence. He has run
out of business more than double the num
ber of grafters who fell a prey to the
most energetic of his predecessors during
the same months of any year. Promoters
Of fraudulent enterprises have been ex
cluded from the malls at the rate of more
than one per day since the former secre
tary to President McKlnley took the reins
of the largest of our executive depart
ments. An - anti-graft Innovation was put Into
effect almost as soon aa he took up his new
duties. Former postmasters general had
bn content to simply wait upon the com
Plaints of outraged citizens who had been
bunco shop Is then visited, and If affairs
there are down to the Inspector's suspicions
action is Immediately taken.
Twenty years ago "Private" John Allen,
a cheerful and versatile young man from
1 UPC,0 MlBS- "too1 UP ,n rront or Speaker
John O. Carlisle and took the oath of office
as representative from the First Mississippi
district for the first time. Then he stepped
over to the box at the right of the speakor's
chair and dropped in a bill providing for
the erection of a public building at Tupelo.
Tears passed on and congresses came and
went. But Private Allen continued. Seven
times he stood in front of the speaker and
swore to uphold the constitution, and each
time he dropped In the box that bill for the
public building at Tupelo. Fame and honor
came to Private Allen, but no public build
ing reared Its stately walls on the vacant
Uots of Tupelo. ,
vtirn wit ana story, argument ana piea.
Private Allen strove for this monument to
the glory of his residential city, hut all In
vain. Convinced at last of the futility of
his endeavors. Private Allen sadly and re
gretfully relinquished the struggle, and the
Hon. Ezeklal Samuel Candler, jr., took
It up.
Last Monday, for the third time. Mr.
Candler took the oath as representative for
the First district of Mississippi, which In
eludes within its domain the city of Tupelo,
and for the third time he Introduced the
bill providing for the erection of that long
delayed public building at Tupelo. Con
gresses come and congresses go, they say
In Washington, but the Tupelo public build
ing bill Is eternal.
The passing away of the old leaders In
the senate was strikingly emphasized In
a little Incident that happened on the open- i
Ing day, Just before the upper house was
called to order. Senator Telle:- iet Sen
ator Allison In the corridor and said:
"Mr. Allison, twenty-nine years ago today
I was sworn In as a senator of the United
State. You're the only member of the
body besides myself who was here then.
I also learned today that there Is not a
single employe of the senate who was'
here at that time. We ore getting old,
Senator, we are getting old."
Tears sprang to the eyes of both of
these gray-headed veterans, and as Mr.
Teller moved away Senator Allison said
to the friend with whom he was talking:
"Senator Teller Is right; we are getting
old. It won't be long before there will be
other boys here to take our places."
During the last year five of the old
leaders passed away, namely, Piatt and
Hawley of Connecticut, Hoar of Massa
chusetts, Bates of Tennessee and Quay of
Pennsylvania.
Federal control Is becoming so popular
that Representative Morrell of Pennsyl
vania wants to put autos and other motor
vehicles traveling between the states under
the Interstate Commerce commission. He
wants the Interstate Commerce commission
to appoint a technical expert at t1."!00 a
year to examine the "perirenal fitness,
practicability and mechanical knowledge
of any owner or operator.". This expert Is
to grant certificates upon the applicant's
qualifying and paying liO. The certificates
are to continue In force for three years.
L'pon three convictions of violation of any
state or federal law the license is to be re
voked and will not be reissued. If this
bill becomes a law any owner or operator
running a motor vehicle without such a
government license will be punished by
a fine of not less than $fi00 nor more than
H.Ort). Even Mr. Morrell does not expect
this bill to puss.
For many years Senators Chandler and
Blair of New Hampshire were on bad
terms, refusing to recognize each other on
the street. At length they became recon
ciled after a fashion. One day they were
chatting with nome colleagues when Mr.
Chandler complained of suffering from luni-
baao. "The pain began." he said, with a
twinkle In his eye, "JuKt when I knelt down
to say my prayers last night." Mr. Blair
said gravely: "That's too bad. And the
first time you ever did such a thing, too."
HUtorlu "Old Ironsldea."
Philadelphia Record. -
The proposition of Secretary Bonaparte
to make a target of the frigate Constitu
tion, "Old Ironsldea," now stationed at Boa
ton navy yard, has aroused deep Indignation
In New England. There is a feeling of ven
eration for the old aea-flghter aomething
akin to that entertained for Independence
hall.
The proposition of destruction has been
made before. The Bpiinvfleld Republican
says that In 1838 Dr. Holmes saved the old
craft by his fine poetic protest, a part of
which follows:
Aye. tear that tattered ensign down;
Long haa it waved on high.
And many an eye has danced to see
That banner In the sky.
RereHth 4t rana the bnltle shout
And burst the cannun'a roar,
The meteor of the ocean air
Shall sweep the clouds no more.
Her deck, once red with heroes' hlood.
Where Vn-lt the vanquished foe.
When winds were hurrvlna o'er the flood
And waves were white below.
No more shall feel the victor'a tread
Or know the conquered knf-e,
Th" hart'lea of the shore shall pluck
The eagle of the sea,
For Coughs
and Colds
There is a remedy over sixty years
old Ayers Cherry Pectoral. Of
course you have heard of it, probably
have used it. Once in the family, it
stays; the one household remedy for
coughs and colds. Ask your own
doctor about it. Do as he says.
We have no secrets! We publish
the formulas of all our medicines.
Had by M . O. Ayr Co., Lowell, !.
ill Maauftoturers of
ATTH'S Hint TIOOR Far tb bair. AVER'S PILLS-For cooitlpatloa.
ATBR'S SARSAPARIIXA Fof t blood.
BARTI.F.V BOMISMRN FREE.
Nebraska City Tribune: The Supreme
court has just decided that the stale of
Nebraska Is to Iobo over $000,000 of the
Bartley defalcation because of a technical
error In the certification of the documents
In the suit against the Bartley bonds
men. Judge Prout appearing for the state
in his official capacity as attorney general
at the time the suits were brought to the
supreme 'court. It seems a little tough
that the people of Nebraska must stand so
hard a soaking for so trivial an error on
the part of the servant of the people, but
the court has so decreed.
Nebraska City News: Cadet Taylor of
Omaha Is an original thinker and a man
who is evidently disposed to look upon the
bright side of life. He was one of Joe
Bartley's bondsmen, and In a recent Inter
view raid that the decision of the supreme
court dismissing the case against Bartley
and his bondsmen would give general satis
faction "because It will distribute the loss
among a great many people, while had It
been otherwise the loss would have been
sustained by Just a few of us." Perhaps Mr.
Taylor is right, but so far the News has not
heard any large number of people standing
up and shouting on account of the court's
decision nor congratulating one another
that they are privileged to bear a portion of
the loss sustained by the embezzlement of
Bartley. Bonds seem to be given, not to
protect the people, but to enable them to
stand a portion of the loss caused by dis
honest office holders. As a reasoner Taylor
Is a success.
Grand Island Independent: In a way It is
to be hoped that the decision of the su
preme court, upon a technicality, that the
bondsmen for former Treasurer Bartley
have not to be held responsible in any sum,
in the final curtain upon this unfortunate
act in the record of the republican party in
this state. The defalcation in an amount
of over $500,000 of the people's money, and
somo of the attending acta, among them
the pardon of Bartley, after a ahort Im
prisonment, have long been a stench In the
nostrils of many Nebraskans. It Is true
that fuslonlst officials are not entirely clear
of all blame as to the loss the Governor
Holcomb cigar box incident needs only to
be cited but the brunt of the criticism has
fallen upon the republicans because the
principal criminal was a republican office
holder and there has been a disposition at
times to continue in power men connected
with the affair, or men who, though Inno
cent, were interested In not having the
state recover as much as It might from the
loss. And to our mind It Is In this respect
that the party is really more censurable
than as Mo the Individual act of Bartley.
The decision itself, by the judges sitting,
Indicates that disposition, which, fortu
nately, In the last convention was emphatic
ally turned down by a majority of the re
publicans. Fremont Herald: The average citizen has
always looked with suspicion upon many
of the court proceedings In this Bartley
matter, and there has been foundation for
that suspicion at many stages In the great
farce. But In this final decision the Her
ald finds no occasion for throwing clubs at
the supreme court. It rendered the only
decision that could have been rendered In
loyalty to the law. We have a Nebraska
statute which commands that when a case
Is taken Into the supreme court the at
torney must follow the rule laid down In
the statute. If he shall tail to be guided
by the statute his case must be thrown
out of court. In this cose Mr. Prout, the
duly electej adviser of the state, defied
the plain mandate of the statute and tried
to take his case to the supreme court in
school boy fashion. Many will say that
the whole people of the state should not be
made to Buffer because of the Prout blun
der. At first glance there would appear
to be some ground for such an argument,
but when'we run It down to a legitimate
conclusion It assumes a different light. Mr.
Prout was the lawful servant of the state.
A majority of the people elected him as
attorney general and thereby gave him
power to plead for them In the courts. A
private individual is bound by the plead
ings of his attorney. The state of Ne
braska must take a place in court no bet
ter than that occupied by the individual.
Ancient nnd Modern Kicks.
New Vjrk Tribune.
Lemnos, seized by the powers to put pres
sure on the sultan, is celebrated In legend
aa the island on which Vulcan fell when
1 kicked off Olympus by Jupiter. Tho pow
ers seem to be contemplating a kick that
eventually may land the sultan on the trim
side of the Bosporus-. Lemnos, command
ing the Dardanelles, would be a good point
of projection.
A Shining Example.
Springfield Republican.
Attorney General Moody sets a good ex
ample for effecting large economies In the
government service. His current report to
congress has been reduced In volume by
309 pagea through the omission of needless
matter. He doea this "In conformity with
the common desire to tedjee unnecessary
printing."
Coal. Wood. Coke, Kindling.
We s.ll th b-t Ohio and Colorado Coals -cl.an, hot, lasting:
Also til. Illinois, Hsnns, Shsrldan, Wslnut Block, Stsam Coal, Ete.
For gjnsrsl purposes, uso Chsrokos Lump, fS.SO: Nut, $5.00 psr ton.
Missouri tump, $4.79; Largs Nut, $4.50 -makes s hot, quick fir'.
Our hsrd oosl Is th SCftANTON, th bsst Pennsylvania anthrselts.
W also ssll Spsdrs, th hsirdst, snd dssnsst Arksnsss hard oosl
All our coal hand scrssnsd and wslghsd ovsr any city scales dsslrsd.
COUTANT Cl SQUIRES ",0,3.:;".SiM
AVER'S AGUE CURE For nularU and an.
PERSONAL MITE".
Governor Higglns of New York Is mors
radical than had been suspected. He has
appointed as railroad commissioner a man
who knows something about the railroad
business.
A wealthy Norwegian presented his new
King Haakon with a fine estate at Orke
dalen. The donor's name Is Thans ami
ho Is the richest man In Norway.
Edward De Mlllo Campbell, professor of
chemical engineering and analytlcaf chem
istry In the University of Michigan, Is
totally blind, yet In his line ho Is con
sidered one of the best authorities In the
country.
Henry F. Shaw of Boston, well known
In railway circles for his devotion to the
problem of balancing the reciprocating
parts of locomotives, has presented to
Purdue university a model locomotive
embodying his latest design.
Captain Joseph E. Bernler of Canada has
just announced at a dinner of the Arctic
club, In New York City, that he expects
to be off again for the north pole next
summer by way of Bering strait and may
be gone half a dozen years or so.
Francis Murphy, who for thirty-four
years has pleaded throughout the English
speaking world for the cause of temper
ance, Is dying in Southern California. He
Is 69 years of age, was born in Ireland,
and came to America when he was 1
years old..
Captain R. C. Davis, Seventeenth United
States Infantry, Is mentioned as the officer
to succeed General Miles on the staff of
Governor-elect Guild of Massachusetts.
Captain Davis was born In Pennsylvania
,ln 1S76 and was graduated from West
Point in the class of '93.
Marcus A. Smith, who again represents
Arizona In congress after two years' ab
sence, will be dean of the territorial dele
gates, this being his eighth term. There
Is probably no man In all Arizona who
could have been elected on a democratio
ticket last year except Maro Smith. The
territory is now atrongly republican.
A Norwegian writes that the genuine old
form of the name of the new king of
his country Is Hakon. The name la made
up of two roots, ha, the root of har, high,
and kon or konr, ,of tho kin, family or
race. Thus Hakon means the "high one
of the kin." The modern Norwegian spell
ing Is Haakon. The "aa" eourd like "aw"
In hawk and the "on" like the English
word on. The accent Is on tho first syl
lable. IIIITI1FIL REMARKS.
"You must admit," remarked the pessu
mist, "that old Richley never gave a cent's
worth to help the poor."
"Hut, I don't admit it," replied the opti
mist, "didn't he give his 2,0u0.0u0 daughtor
to a foreign count the other day?" Phila
delphia Ledger. N
Gloomy What would you do If hard luck
should strike you?
I'ractlcul Man (suddenly) I'd hump! De
troit Free Press.
The eminent foot hi II magnate had de
manded a fifth cup of coffee.
, "1 know now," u;ill his wife, passing It to
him, "why thev rail you a coach."
"Well, why?" he asked.
"Because there Is always room In you for
ojio. more. " Chicago Tribune.
"A prominent oculist says he never saw a
pair of perfect eyes," said the woman who
reads the newspapers.
"That," replied Miss Cayenne, "merely
proves that the prominent oculist was never
in love." Washington Star.
Tess She acts as If she were the only girl
he ever loved.
Jess Yes, she certainly Is infatuated with
him. She snys lie's just a perfect lover.
Tcrs That'a Just it. She culls him a per
fect lover nnd she forgets that lis on!y
practice that makes perfect. Phtludelpl.la
Press.
Clubberly Did you get home before the
storm broke last night?
Liisliawa Of course; the storm never
breaks at my house until X get home, In
dianapolis News.
"Tell me," she ,tt.ked, after she had ao
ceptil him, "am I really jour first and only
love?"
"Well er no, dear," replied the drug
clerk, "but you are something Just as
good." Philadelphia Ledger.
"Tho successful people nowadays are tho
reformers," remarked the patriotic citizen.
"Yes," answered Senator Sorghum, "I be
lieve that reform is actually getting a ion rut
to a basis where it can be made to pay."
Washington Star.
"You can't buy happiness with money."
"Perhaps not, but there aro some excel
lent linitat'ons of it in the market." Ciil
cuko Record-Herald.
A SO.Xi OF wi.vricR.
Somervlllc Journal.
The Frost King now Is on his throne.
The mercury owns his sway.
The trees are bare, but the sun la bright
This clear November day,
The morning is fresh with the frosty air
That sets our blood aglow.
Aw-iy with the summer's sickening heat!
Hurrah for the Ice and snow!
Hurrah for the Hleighbells' merry ching,
And the ring of the skaters' steel!
A welcome clmnne from the lightning
And the thunder's roaring peal.
Hurrah for the whirling drifts of snow
Swift riling, far and near
And the snow sho,vel, too? Sny. we forgoti
iiow soon will spring be here?