THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13. 1005.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas Countv. is:
C. C. Rosewater, secretary of The Bee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
nays that the actual number of full and
complete conies of The Dally. Morning,
Evening and Punday Bee printed during
the month of November, 1906, waa aa fol
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Less unsold copies.:......: 10,312
Met total sales 0at,23H
Dally average 81,207
C. C. ROSEWATER,
Secretary.
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(Meal) M. B. HUNGATE,
Notary Public.
WHEH OIT OF TOW!t,
Subscriber, leaving the city tem
porarily should hate The Bee
mailed to them. It la better than
dally letter from home. Ad
dress will be changed as oftea aa
requested.
The end of the year Is gradually ap
proaching, and so Is the eud of the
water works appraisement.
Edward "Atkinson is dead. Congress
man Grosvenor now reigns supreme In
the realm of statistical forecasts.
There arc now more than a dozen ap
plicants for register and receiver of the
Valentine land office and the cry is "still
they come!"
After all, Mr. Ityau has shown a bet
ter right to be considered a philanthro
pist than some of the life Insurance men
who lay 'claim to the title. '.
Midshipman Mcrlwetltcr may thank
his stars that the majority of the hien
who tried hlni had paswed under the
"code" at the naval academy.
. Lord Rosebory says that he will
serve In a "home rule" cabinet, but bo
far from all public Information he hits
not been given nn opportunity.
Senotors who express a desire to fix
the salaries of Panama canal employes
should take a trip to the zone next sum
mer before reaching a definite conclu
sion. . ,
With Senator Millard at the head of
the Interoceanlc canal committee, Ne
braska Is now in the canal zone for
politicians who hanker after sinecures
In Panama.
The day after the emperor thauked
the Cossacks for their faithfulness a
number of them Joined the mutiny. It
does not always pay to scratch the back
vt a Tartar.
What Mr. Harrlman mild to Mr. Ryan
was sufficient to show that he consid
ered control of a life Insurance com
pany an important adjunct to a rail
road In these days.
In its decision to limit suffrage iu
i Russia the government must have been
actuated by the way in which the revo
lutionists took advantage of liberties
heretofore accorded.
. In rutting down the county Jail grub
bill the county board has demonstrated
In Its wisdom that it is easier to cut
the dog's tail off by Inches than to lop
it off behind the ears ut one stroke.
Now that It has been Judicially de
termined In New York that the "Tobacco
trust" can refuse to sell to certain re-
tall dealers the New York legislature
baa one valid excuse for holding a spe
cial session.
Since the cuse against McRoherts of
the Armour company has been dls
missed it is possible that some of the
Indicted packers are sorry that they
dodged the order citing them to appear
before the federal grand Jury.
According to Washington advices the
land office people are fern Inst United
States Attorney Baxter and the Depart
went of Justice Is standing behind him
and President Roosevelt stands In front
winging the big stick. This is a very
uncomfortable position.
In spite of Its failure to act the house
of representatives bad two members
competent to represent it at the funeral
of Senator Mitchell and Herman and
.Williamson perhaps needed the lesson
taught by their sssoclate whose appeal
t as f one to the highest court
FEDERAL 1XSURASCE nr.aVLATIOX-
1'rcsldcnt Roosevelt, in his annual
message urged that there is need of a
far stricter and more uniform regula
tion of the vast Insurance Interests of
the country, and said the United States
should In this respect follow the policy
of other nations by providing adequate
natlonnl supervision of commercial In
terests which are clearly national In
character. The president jointed out
that state supervision has proved Inade
quate; that the Inability of a state to
regulate effectively insurance corpora
tions created under the laws of other
states and transacting the larger part
of their business elsewhere Is clear. He
repeated his previous recommendation
that the congress should consider
whether the federal government has any
lower or owes any duty with respect
to domestic transactions In insurance
of nn Interstate character.
Undoubtedly this question will receive
consideration during the present session
of congress. Senator Dryden of New
Jersey, who. In the last congress intro
duced a bill providing for federal super
vision and regulation of Insurance, will
endeavor to have tills measure consid
ered. In the house a bill has been In
troduced to give authority to the De
partment of Commerce and Iabor to
require full statements from all In
surance companies doing business In
the territories and insular possessions
of the United States; also creating the
offices of superintendent of Insurance
and national actuary, who shall frame
regulations for annual reports from life
Insurance companies doing business In
the territory specified. Other provisions
of a regulatory character are contained
In the measure.
While consideration of the subject by
congress seems assured, no confident
prediction can be made as to the result
The chairman of the house Judiciary
committee. Representative Jenkins of
Wisconsin, has declared opposition to
the view of President Roosevelt. He
Is of the opinion that no kind of In
surance Is a form of Interstate com
merce and that congress cannot declare
w'aat shall be or shall not Ik articles
of Interstate commerce. He cites de
clslons of the supreme court of the
United States to sustain this view. Mr
Jenkins has In an Interview expressed
the opinion that after the snpreme court
has so frequently decided that Insurance
is not Interstate commerce a declara
tion by congress subjecting insurance
to regulation under the Interstate com
merce clause of the constitution would
be futile. The chairman of the bouso
Judiciary committee Is therefore to be
counted upon to oppose any measure
for federal regulation of Insurance.
Those, however, who advocate federal
regulation of insurance urge that the
decisions of the supreme court appli
cable' to the question are not conclu
sive and believe It to be quite possible
ihat if congress were to enact a law
for federal regulation, not dpprivlng the
states of any of the authority they now
possess regarding Insurance companies,
such legislation would le sustained by
the supreme court. The great impor
tance of the subject Is very generally
recognized and there Is a nearly uni
versal desire for action by congress that
will result In conclusively determining
whether or not insurance is commerce
and can be subjected to federal super
vision and regulation.
A UROWISO COMPETITOR.
One of (the most progressive of the
South American countries Is Argentina,
whose climate and resources are very
much like our own and which Is looking
forward to competing actively with us
In the exportation of foodstuffs. It is
said that in proportion to the number
of inhabitants Argentina beats tho
Uulted . States in the extent of foreign
commerce, the surplus of exports over
Imports, the growth of foreign trade, the
Increase in the stock of gold In the conn-
try, tho revenues of the general govern
ment, the volume of Immigration, the
number of domestic animals, especially
sheep and cattle, tho wheat crop, the
corn crop, the exports of both grains.
the size and growth of the largest city,
the increase in railroad mileage, the
reduction of the national debt and the
rise In the credit of the country.
That southern republic has made won
derful progress within the last few
years and Is still forging ahead, giving
to tho other southern countries a splen
did example of energy aud enterprise
aud of what can be accomplished by a
people Mho maintain peace and order.
Now Argentina is preparing to further
enlarge Lev foreign commerce by es
tablishing fast steamship service with
Euroe. It is proposed to establish a
line of steamers under the Argentine
flag aud to pay a generous subsidy for
a period of ten years. According to
the American minister to that country.
It Is apparent that the Argentine govern
ment believes it of prime Importance
to the commercial interests of the coun
try to seenre quicker and better com
munication with the markets of Europe
and that It Is determined to secure the
benefits thereof at once. It is interest
ing to note that ports of the United
States are not Included in this Argen
tine plan for enlarging Its commerce.
Here is a growing competitor which
In time must be reckoned with, so far
as the exportation of breadstuff! and
meats Is concerned. The producing
capacity of Argentina is very great- It
is one of the most extensive of the
South American countries and has a
fertile soil and a flue climate. The
wheat aud corn growu there are of ex
cellent quality and there Is no better
region anywhere for stock raising. The
population is Industrious and thrifty
and Is being rapidly increased by Immi
gration. Foreign capital Is also flow
ing Into the country and It appears that
there Is uo lack of uiouey for carrying
on the enterprises that are projected.
Perhaps with more friendly commercial
relations arranged between the United
States and continental Kurope we
should be in position to maintain our
present advantage as a food purveyor,
but otherwise we tuny expect to have
to yield something to the Increasing
competition from Argentina atul other
countries.
VBLIQVE R1ERTATWS.
The redoubtable ex-United States at
torney is getting In his work through
the gullfble Omaha correspondent of the
Boston Transcript, who has referred to
him as a model prosecutor, when, as a
matter of fact, he was one of the most
rotten public officials that ever held an
office in this section of the country.
Ry the same sign, the gullible letter
writer paints the former assistant
United States attorney In glowing col
ors, as a man of t-ansceudent integrity
and unflinching determination in the
enforcement of federal laws against the
laud grabbers and public thieves gener
ally, when, as matter of fact, his re
tention as an assistant prosecutor was
engineered from behind the screen by
the potential forces that backed the
land grabbers and grafters
rerhaps the Boston transcriber is not 1
aware of the fact that this vigilant
prosecutor has had for his client a man
Indicted for violating the revenue laws,
for whose defense he was retained In
another tribunal. An attorney who can
prosecute a man in one court and de
fend him In another Is Indeed a jewel.
Parties who are familiar with the ma
chinery of the federal court and par
ticularly with the machinations of the
former prosecuting attorney, will be
scarcely able to comprehend how auy
Intelligent observer who is disposed to
tell the truth, can allow himself to be
buncoed In that fashion, presuming that
he Is honest.
TRYjyo TO DO TOO MUCH.
Attorneys of the Civic Federation are
again endeavoring to negotiate a treaty
of peace and good will with the Omahn
brewers and saloon keepers, if they will
agree and promise to live up to certain
specific provisions of the license laws
for the coming year. It would seem
that the last treaty of peace, negotiated
a year ago, would not warraut a repeti
tion of the farce. .
The attorneys of the Civic Federation
must know by this time It Is Impossible
for saloon keepers located In the pro
scribed district to live up to the condi
tions of the treaty and make a living.
Their profitable business is chiefly done
after midnight. In fact, most of their
business comes from the gangs of sports
that patronize Council Bluffs gambling
resorts and return to Omaha by the
last car early In the morning.
The trouble with the Civic Federation
is that it, attempts too much reform tit
one time. . Any rational person must
conclude at a moment's reflection that
the only effective war upon lawlessness
and vice Is to draw the line between
resorts that are orderly most of the
time and resorts that are disorderly all
of the time; in other words, saloons
that can never be orderly because of
their environment
It is known to all men and admitted
on all hands that a strict and technical
enforcement of tho license laws would
close every saloon in Omaha, and, for
that matter. In the whole state of Ne
braska. Such a radical enforcement
would not suppress the liquor traffic
any more than It has been suppressed
In Iowa and Kausas by prohibition.
What the Civic Federation should aim
at Is to curtail or suppress the liquor
traffic where It does the greatest barm
to the community, by fostering crime
and vice. Any other course simply
means shooting In the air.
The county board la to be commended
for reducing the price of the feed of
prisoners In the county Jail from 45 to
30 cents per day. This is a reduction of
33 per cent, but the price which the
county will pay hereafter for feeding
prisoners Is still 90 per cent higher
than the price paid by the city for feed
ing the prisoners In the city Jail. Now
that a beginning has been 'made the
work of retrenchment Khould continue
until the county Jail graft is entirely
eliminated.
Kansas City is forging to the front
as o city of civic virtue. An ordinance
has Just been passed by its city council
prohibiting public dances and any per
son of either sex found to be waltzing
In a circle or promenading In the square
will be transported by patrol wagon to
the police station, but the ordinance ex
pressly makes an exception in favor of
private dances and dances held In pub
lic halls by permission of the mayor.
If the paving contractors who are
studying and concocting schemes to
dump the municipal repair plant, know
what Is good for them, they will let well
enough alone. The experiment of pav
ing repairs with Its own machinery has
teen tried by the city and proved a sue
cess and the taxpayers of Omaha will
Insist that the city shall do Its own
asphalt repairing without the aid or con
sent of any contractor.
No wonder Pat Crowe Is Indignant
over Governor Cummins' chain lightning
requisition, while Shercliffe Is allowed
the freedom of Iowa, notwithstanding
he has been requisitioned by several
states snd some territories.
With Congressman Pollard on the ex
position committee of the house James
town will probably be compelled to
make suitable arrangements for the
horticultural display before Its appro
priation Is approved.
With IU Powers' esse before the
supreme court at Washington the real
responsibility of Kentucky In the matter
may Ih determined and former Gov
ernor Taylor shows no signs of moving
from Indiana. -
Hard to Let Cio.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Not even his worst enemies are denying
that the recent prime minister of Oreat
Britain was a fine stayet.
Heads Turned by Fanny Flssuree.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
It Is possible that the trouble lies In
the fact that the different presidents of
the United States Steel corporation are
made dlixy by contemplating the capital
stock.
Easing; OS the Strain.
Washington Post.
The New York Central has followed the
lead of the Pennsylvania and abolished
Its deadhead list. If this keeps up, some
eminent attorneys In congress will have
more time to attend to federal business.
Something: Just as Coed.
Baltimore American.
The alleged discovery of the northwest
passage at last, calls to mind the fuct that
If Columbus failed In his original purpose
he found a very good substitute, for which
the world has had cause to be thankful.
First In Charity.
Atlanta Constitution.
The figures show that the United State
has contributed more to the relief of the
""J" Jw 0 f Rut8M .V1'" r!n
blned. The United States Is first In peace
and first In charity.
Resigning; luder Fire.
Boston Transcript.
Who will take the places of the promi
nent men now resigning under fire? They
can't, as they go, take with them the op
portunities that lurk in their vacated places
for the men who come after them. Time
was when soma of these men departing to
a retreat for a period of meditation and
quiet thought were considered aa the flower
of generation. They have disappointed
the faith reposed in them most grievously.
Their disregard of the rights of those abso
lutely dependent upon them for the "square
deal" was so dishonorable that it fairly
stunned us. Still, wc recovered from It, as
we do from most things tuat shock us, and
now sit up to ask how we can be sure their
successors In office will conduct themselves
more honorably? Opportunity has made
sinners of so many men, ho, without It,
might have died unknown but respectable
that we must not rest till conditions are
changed In life insurance before new ones
are exposed to them.
TIME FOR A C1IAXGE.
Ode l.asv for the Hleh, Another for
the Poor.
Wall Street Journal.
If there Is any one thing more than an
other In this country that would make for
social and political revolution. It would be
the feeling that there Is one law for the
rich and another for the poor.
There Is nothing more sure than the
destiny of the $8 a week clerk who steals a
few dollars from his employer. The law
deals with Mm sternly. He is arrested and
sent to prison. When his term expires
every door of reputable employment Is
closed against him. He bears the stamp of
a felon. There Is the smell of the prison
upon him. He Is shunned by his fellows.
There is no hope and no opportunity for
him.
But how about the rich man who uses his
power to make profit at the expense of
others, who steals '10 a. lordly way by hold
Ing up multitudes and forcing them to pay
tribute to him, who mismanages trust
funds, who speculates with the money of
others, who votes himself a thieving salary,
who violates the law, who Juggles with fig
ures, who doctors books and who makes
false statements to the government depart
ments having the power of supervision? Are
such men as these punished? Are they ar
rested and tried for violation of law? Are
they expelled from the Chamber of Com
merce and other reputable associations of
business men? Are they ostracised by so
ciety? MtXlCir.1, CO-OPEHATIOS.
Conspicuous Defects Dne to Political
Mismanagement.
Chicago Post.
Chicago is benumbed today, surprised
to the gasping point, shocked into Iner
tia. Grave suspicion has become stern
reality. Vague rumor has developed Into
relentless fact.
Painfully the admission Anally has been
dragged from the responsible authorities
that the city's water works system sole
mat tne city s water worxs system, sole
enterprise to which the municipal owner-
shlni.ea h.v. "minted with -rM. h..
reached such a sTage of decay that nothing
short of I10.OCO.000 will bring it to a point
of real efficiency.
How cculd this dire thing have hap-
pened? When a few month, ago w. elected
u u 7
m m n h Ahmit miinfninul nwnAru 1 in that hss
.. .r-. r ..-
could get It Immediately, w. said prac
i.v... ,ur ui.....e
municipal management was away ahead of
private management.
Many voted the municipal ownership
ticket last spring because Mayor Dunne
took them up Into a high mountain and
showed them the city water works and
told them that all of the unsurpassed
beauties of its management would be added
n thn ruKKnn ..titm. If thou amiM hut
v" " -j--w ..
bow down and worship hi. Idol of Im
mediacy. And enough bowed down and worshiped
to give the mayor a chance to spread
the bcneficlent public management of the
water work, system throughout the length
and breadth of the municipality.
Now we are told that the water plant has
fallen till there Is none so poor aa to do
It reverence. Instead of being a virile.
aggressive argument for more municipal
ownership it creak, and rattle, out It.
plaintive protest against such folly.
Itowntown the people cry for "high pre.-
aure. In some or the residence district,
they listen to the wheeling and occasional
spluttering of open faucet, and yell for
Just pressure enough to give them the
Indispensable Saturday evening bath.
And this 1. municipal ownership in Chi
cagonot according to Mayor Dunne',
roseate dream., but according to plain, un
varnished. Indisputable fcts. It 1. the
same sort of public management that has
put the city at a disadvantage In Ha
negotiations with the gas companies; the
sort of management that play, politics
while machinery is wearing out and
precious record, are being .wept Into the
dust heap; the sort of management that
Mayor Dunne would extend to the street
railway.
How do the public like it? How do those
feel who voted for public ownership and
management of the street railways simply
because the city owns and openttea Its own
water system?
IjisI spring the water work, made many
votes for Mayor Dunne and hi. pet scheme.
Next spring tbe Issue In the aldermanlo
election, will be the same, only more
definitely presented. How will the water
work, influence the voters then. In view
ct the glaring evidence vt iiiismaiiMemcr.t
end waste and Inadequacy the system I.
piling up for th luruvtiou wf U tax-
J payers?
BITS OF W1HMT01 LIFE.
Minor Krenea and Incidents Sketched
on the Spot.
Captain Charles Lynch of the medical
staff of the army. Is back In Washington
and busily engaged In preparing the report
of his observations of the medical servlee of
the Japanese army during tho war with
Russia. Captain Lynch was an attache of
General Oku's army. A feature of his
observations, discussed with newspaper
men, is the revolution wrought by that war
In the standing of war correspondents re
specting their activity and Importance at
the front. "The correspondents had a hard
time of It." he said. "For Instance, at the
battle of Mukden, where I was stationed
on an eminence, so that I could see ovr
the plain for a considerable distance, the
line of battle was so long extending for
100 miles or more that It would have been
Impossible for the representatives of the
press of the world to cover the entire
ground. Rome of them did cover It prob
ably during the ten days of the battle, but
It was not possible to survey the entire
conflict from some commanding position aa
In others wars. If the fight is concentrated,
the correspondent may have his old-time
advantage, but this Is not likely, because
battles are fought on a far greater scale
than they used to be. Correspondents now
adays have to keep close to the command
ing general if they wish to get the news
from the whole line of action."
Andrew Jackson Houston Is contesting
with Moses Pycurgus Brooks for the seat
from the Second congressional district of
Texas, occupied by the latter. There is
something more than the names In this
case. Houston is a son of the first presi
dent of Texas and United States marshal
for his district. But there is something still
more In the rase the same being a bundle
of valuable historical papers bequeathed to
Houston by his distinguished father. Eut
there is still more than that in the case.
Theodore Roosevelt is said to have cast
covetous eyes at that bundle of papers, It
being In his mind to write the history of
Texas. Texas Is of a different mind. There
fore Texas fears that a bargain may be
made between Roosevelt and Houston
whereby the former uses his good offices In
behalf of Houston anJ the" latter turns tho
papers over to the president for such use as
he may care to make of them. Therefore,
the Texas congressmen are doing every
thing they can to show that Houston has
no more right to the seat than he has to
water rights In the Martian canals.
Some day soon former Speaker Kelfer and
Senator I.odge will foregather In the cloak
room to discuss the question of slang.' Both
are connoisseurs In that form of speech.
Both delight to discover the fact that what
often passes for the last work in the lexicon
of slang Is older than the Christian era. Tho
expression. "Not In it," according to the
reading of the former speaker, is so old that
the man who uses it as slang ought to be
punished for disrespect to old age. "That
expression is 2.00S years old nt least," said
the former speaker. "Kplctetus uses It In
talking about the coward in battle. He used
it In exactly the same sense that It Is used
today. He said that the coward Is there In
the sense that his body Is in the fray, but
that really he is not In It. That is. he is no
more In It than the man -who makes a poor
run for an office, and who is doing some
thing his heart does not approve."
One of the liveliest of the lesser contests
before congress will occur in connection
with pure food bills. Pnator MeCumberof
North Dakota, who has championed the bill
In the senate for two sessions, Is preparing
to push it with more vigor than ever be
fore. The house of representatives hta twice
passed such a bill, and the Indications are
that it will not hesitate to do so this winter.
The present plan Is to get the bill through
the house by the middle of January, and. if
possible, to secure a place for It in the
senate, while the session is yet young. law
makers carrying tho burden of the fight
realise that it will not be easy to get this
legislation through the senate.
The forces demanding a federal food law
are stronger than ever before, and there
Is some expectation that they will have
the support of the "new blood" in the
senate. Since the subject was first brought
to the attention of congress many states
have enacted laws on the subject, and there
Is noticeable a general awakening through
out the country. All state laws, It Is
averred, strengthen the campaign for a
national law by educating the public. State
laws help, It is pointed out, but it has been
demonstrated that they do not accomplish
the desired result.
Some states that have enacted drastic
ws governing the sale hv thai.. I
wholesale merchants f .,,.-. , T
.1 1 a, .!..!!. du,terte 'oods .
are finding that the local laws are evaded
by shipments Into the .tt. i " I I
iL-T "1" i" h ' unbroken !
d"food. t is alleged ar. -o toth T
ame That was word by the Hnu
I e In suno.XTh demand ' ML
i prohibition states. This dlaevTXTJ.
ever, strengthen, the sentiment r"
"onaiiaw. wnoieaale grocers, who f-llmei-
a i i . - T v
lr w-ro noi incunea to oeeome iptctegtod
, , the subject, now see that their busjness J
( , ,nJured by tne entrance of food p part-
tlons In unbroken packages, and
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romm anxious ior national legislation iha
will discourage these shipments.
i iicbs cuuaignmeni. in unorouen pack
ages, It is said, are made direct to iner
chants in the smaller cities and towns, and
In this way the wholesale grocers In the
larger cities are deprived of business. Unl-
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luiiiuijr in iuuu iraiBiaiiun is also noeaea.
The enactment of food laws by so many
state, has helped the cause of federal leg
islation by making It next to Impossible for
, manufacturer, of certain food product, to
comply
vlth the conflicting state requl ra
ments.
In the opinion of Congressman John Sharp
Williams the abuse of the leave to print
privilege given to member, of the house
who have not been able to utter the burn
ing thought, they may have on the ub
Ject. under consideration ha. reached more
than the limit. Had he his way he would
have the Record a real record of thing,
that were said and done In the house, not
a burying ground for verbose academic
these.. The Mls.laslppian believe, that the
abuse can be reduced to a minimum by
cutting down the time during which mem
ber, who did not really make speeches
can get them ready for the public printer.
He ha. offered a resolution, referred to the
committee on rules, providing that when
a general leave to print ha. been given
for a certain number of days the word
dcys shall be construed to mean calendar
day. and not the legislative kind.
Current American Style.
Chicago Chronicle.
Poon Chew, editor of a San Francisco
Chinese newspaper, made a speech in
English before the National Civic Federa
tion on Saturday. If we may accept a.
correct what purports to be a verbatim
report of his remarks Mr. Poon Chew has
become pretty well Americanised in both
thought and expression. Take this for a
sample: "It Is almost as Impossible for
a Chinaman to enter the I'nlted States as
It is for a rich, fat American millionaire,
with all hut money on his back, to climb to
heaven through a fire escape." That 1. a
pretty fair specimen ut current American
li le.
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TALKING ABOl'T THE SEXATORS1IIP
Alnsworth Star-Journal: Speaking of
I'nlted States senators, why not northwest
Nebraska erect a lightning rod? We have
good material material that would be a
credit to the state. Let's see a show of
hands.
Friend Telegraph: The man who fills the
shoes that Senator Mlll .ru s row filling
In the United States aer ate from this state
will have to come bef jre the people qulto
squarely not only on the trUBt, but upon
the rate questions. The peoplo of Ne
braska are going to be a little more careful
in the future In regard to what kind of
timber they send to congress.
Norfolk Press: The first step toward the
election of a republican legislature next
fall must be the selection by the state
convention of a man for United States
senator who will be the servant of the
people and not of the. railroads and cor
porations. There will be trouble enough
for the men who believe In taking the re
publican party out from under rallicid
control to have that first step token.
Alliance Times: Senator Millard is stated
as the probable successor of Senator Mit
chell for the important position of chair
man of the committee on Interoceanlc
canals. Senator Millard has visited the
canal sone and spent much time familiar
ising himself with the various details. He
certainly is fully qualified for the duties
of the place, is deserving, and, we believe,
his selection would be generally desired
by the people of Nebraska. People at home
regard Senator Millard as, much more a
man than a politician, and there is a great
deal in that to his credit, too.
Fremont Herald: While professing un
dying personal friendship for Rosa Ham
mond, the editor of the Wayne Herald
says he cannot support Ross for the United
States senate for the reason that he Is
tied up with tho Northwestern and Union
Paclfio railroads. The Wayne editor de
mands a republican who shall be wholly
free from railroad strings. That is a
strange request for a republican editor to
make in Nebraska a request which he
knows In advance cannot be granted. We
believe Bditor Cunningham Is not alto
gether fair In picking out Hammond as a
railroad candidate, in view of the fact thai
of all the republican editors In the state
Hammond has shown tho most courage In
discussing railroad problems of legislation.
We grant that he may not safely be re
garded as unfriendly to the railroad cause,
generally speaking, but tho Wayne editor
must admit that In the Fremont Tribune
Ross Hammond has published criticisms of
railroad politicians so warm that half the
republican newspapers In the state would
not dare reproduce them In their own
columns. And among the avowed repub
lican candidates for the Millard succession
where could Editor Cunningham find a
man to his liking? Surely he docs not re
gard Millard as free from railroad Influence.
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W0 COU' " a,Yorc" ra '
Kock Island machine with a crowbar,
Mirltev well we all know who made
Mlckey-we"' w " t " . T ?
MlcUey. Wattles Is the handmaid of the
' ra"r" 1 T Ctn'Tmr
Norrl. was raised on the Burlington nursing
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5L7 7 Lbta. hi. to. will lead dlrectlv
mt he sanctum of The Omaha Bee. where
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Edward Ro.ewater reign., or Into the gilded
hall wherein Ross Hammond sit. and
'rnts it random for the Fremont Tribune,
!lr . a h. n.r.iH in.l.t. th.t
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the. republican aspirants to the Millard
shoes only two can lay any manner of
claim 'to the support of antl-rallroad re
publicans Hammond and Rosewater, and
we leave the choice to the republican
brethren. But, after all, what I. the use
discussing anti-monopoly senatorial favor
ites? Alf Sorenson say. they don't elect
that kind In Nebraska.
Wake
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OF HEALTH
POUTED . PLEASANTRIES.
'What?" demanded her mother, "you
haven't left yo-.ir husband?"
"Yes, sobbed the wretched young wife,
"he Insulted me Insulted ino horribly."
"How? What?"
"We were lust havlnr a little scat nud all
of a sudden he said, 'Oh. you women)
You're all alike' "Philadelphia Ledger.
Adam What is it now. for goodness'
rnke?
Eve I need $.10 more to do my Christinas
shopping.
Adam -Grent serpent! You appear to cling
to that old Idea thil I'm made of dust.
Cleveland Ie&der. '
"Thnt man Grafton Is always mlln?nnd
happy," remarked the observant man. "Ho
can't have anything to trouble h'.s con
science." "No." answered Senator foruhtnn. "It
Isn't that. He has no conscleho to lie
doubled by anything." Waohi.igto.i Hmr.
"No, I have no dinner for you,"Va!d the
housekeeper, sternlv, "and don t you tnme
here after dinner again "
"Beg pardon, lady, replied the trami-.
"but I dldn' spose you'd have dinnr over
il!s early in de day. Y' sln't very stylish,
are yer?" Philadelphia Press.
Caesar's attention hnl leen attracted ly
the soothsayer In the crowd.
Then he passed sng, augh'.ng heartly.
"That's another i vt llii- (Imlilcrlng
old goosebone sr.-'ather prophets," he
chuckled to Mark Antony. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
"Senator." asked the inquisitive girl,
"would you accept a railroad pass?"
"No. I always insist on having mltoHgc
books. They make it so much easier for
me to figure up the mileage I charge
against the government." Washington
Star.
"I must warn you. Brldgit." said Mrs. Nu.
ritch, "to see that the teas are thoroughly
mashed."
"Mashed, Is It?" remarked the new cook,
in surprise.
"Yes; Mr. Nurltch Is so high strung, you
know, they make him nervous when they
roll off his knife." Philadelphia Ledger.
Uncle Allen Sparks waa much Interested
In the case of the woman In the palace car
at Glrard, Kan., who had successfully held
It for five days In spits of all attempts to
dislodge her.
. "Why didn't the ne.legers," he said, "get
a handbill printed announcing a bargain
sale of remnants at the principal dry goods
store In the town and post it up where she
could see It?" Chicago Tribune.
CT1T OF TUB POPPYCOCK.
Burses 'Johnson, In Harper's Magaslne.
A pale Ahmee and a Poppycock
They gat themselves to a bosky rock.
Bald he, "There's a stated hour, I find.
For each pursuit of the human mind;
As the tea-hour tolls for buttered rolls,
So now Is a time for swapping souls."
And the Ahmee sighed, a. she smoothed
her frock,
'"TIs a purple thought, dear Poppycock!"
"My mind, I find," said the Poppycock,
"Is a crucial key to the cosmic Lock;
'TIs largely due, I would fain aver.
To the astral Is of the As It Were
With the tensive strain on my llmnal brain,
As I grope for the scope of the It, In
vain."
'"TIs a passioned truth, but It brings a
hock!"
Purred the pale Ahmee to the Poppycock.
"Now as for me," mused the lithe Ahmee,
"I sigh the most for the more I see.
Though I yearn and yearn, as you well
may wot.
None heeded my need of the Basic What
Till you scented truth In my color tones,
And caught the thought of our mingled
sor.es!"
"How wonder-deep Is the blend!" cried he.
"Of our atmospheres, dear twin Ahmee!"
Said the Poppycock to the pale Ahmee,
"This rock shall live In history;
For while our thoughts so swiftly throng,
Iet's plan for a most select salon,
Where kindred soul, may meet to woo
The vague Perhaps of the mystic Who."
"How sweet a thought, yet how fond and
free !
'TIs a pale-pink plan!" cried the fair Ah
mee. The svelt Ahmee and the Poppycock, '
In evening dies, and a lissome froci.
And under a blood-red cbandeliei
Spake jewel-words, now there, now here
of Art. and Truth, and the End of More
And the Boundless Since of the vast
Before,
And of those who came In motley flock.
Some cried Ahmee! and some Poppycock!
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