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The Omaha Daily Bee
E RufiKWATER, EDITOR.
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C. C. ROSEWATER.
Secretary.
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before me this lit day of December, 1906.
(Seal) M. B. HUNOATE,
Notary Tubllc.
WHEN Ol"P OF TOW,
fabserlber leaving th city tem
porarily should hai The Be
mailed to tbem. It la belter than
dally letter from borne. Ail.
freaa will bo chaaared aa oftem a
reejnoeted.
If December goes out like a lamh
January will come In like n lion.
Where does Mr. Baxter's deputy, Mr.
Lane, come In. Is he slinply n wall
flower, or a sinecure?
Sarah Bernhardt will know what real
work Dion ns If she hns decided to enter
the lists against the Theatrical "trust."
With a "state of wnr" exlstltnj in Ten
nessee It need surprise ho one If the St
Petersburg dnte line la rrowded from
the first page.
Tim success of the new merger of
steel manufacturers cannot be known
until tho number of reKiiltaut free libra
ries Ih determined.
The newer question Ih still uppermost
In South Omaha and It will not down
until It In settled, but the question la,
t. Ill it be settled rlRlit?
Wall street needs another lesson like
that given by I'eter Cooper to one of the
speculators who desired (o borrow
money at 12." ier cent.
Andrew Hamilton's statement that be
had paid representatives at all state cap
itals naturally suggests the query: Who
was the man at Lincoln?
Tho proposed long trip of the dry dock
Dewey may break a record, but It Is
more likely to break a number of cables
before the craft reaches Sublg bay.
The report that the Balkan states are
drawing closer together Is proof con
clusive that the diplomats of Russia are
confining their attention to domestic af
fairs. Tb general agent of the Milwaukee
has told the Nebraska Grain exchange
where his road stands, but where does
the general agent stand on the pivotal
Hlnt?
The Kentucky senator who complains
that his mall was tampered with at the
state capital showed discretion In going
to Washington before making his
troubles known.
Governor Hanly of Indiana 1 appar
ently of the opinion that the big stick
should not be confined to national affairs
and that graft should know no conces
sion for political reasons.
Ia tendering Tangier for the use of
the Moroccau conference the sultan of
that country probably desires to show
the native chiefs Just what they will be
"up against" If they do not behave.
The land grabbers are not very scared,
over the announcement that they are
to be prosecuted by Special Attorney
Rush, unless, indeed, they happen to be
little grabbers, with, only a mile or two
of offense.
The report of rnlsalonarles on the state
of the work In Turkey makes the recent
visit of a Kansas mob to a self-styled
"prophet" look like a Mohammedan
propaganda In the United States would
uot be entirely without excuse.
And now it Is given oat that the lack
of Jail facilities In the present city hall
building of South Omaha is the princi
pal Incentive for the Irrepressible move
ircut In favor of bonding the town for a
city ball building. Most people in these
parts suspected that It waa the desire
to unload some real estate at two prices
that was the Incentive.
Fxijrr; a MAt.vr.M bate.
In his annual report Attorney General
Moody said that tf the power, upon com
print, to fix a future maximum rate and
put It Into effect within a reasonable
time, subject to appeal to the courts,
should be given to some administrative
body created by congress, a weapon
against discriminatory practices, much
more potent than any now available,
would be put Into the hand's of the gov
ernment. He urged that ujhmi proof that
a lower rate had been given to some pre
ferred shipper, the body clothed with the
power to fix a future maximum rate
might well determine that the rate
which the railroad could afford to give to
the preferred shipper It could afford to
give to all shippers In like situation.
The attorney general expressed the opin
ion that such a finding the courts upon
appeal would not reverse, "for no better
evidence of the legality and Justice of
the rate thtis fixed could be found than
In the action of the carrier Itself. It
would be difficult for the carrier to nialu
taln that a rate actually charged by It
was confiscatory or unjust."
Mr. Moody pointed out that instead of
long drawn-out proceedings n speedy
remedy, with few delays and no embar-1
rasslng constitutional questions, would
lie available. "Such a remedy would not
only be speedy, but its very existence
would act as a powerful restraint upon
all discrimination between shippers.
The fear of the carrier of Injunctions
and criminal prosecutions would be
slight In comparison with the fear that
whenever It was discovered that one
shipper had been given a lower rate than
bis fellows the same rate might lie by
law at once extended to all." Moreover,
the incentive, to the shipper to struggle
for an unlawful advantage would lie les
sened If It became apparent that the
lower rate which be might secure would
be spedlly extended to his competitors,
since it Is the advantage over Ids com
petitors, rnther than the mere saving In
freight money, for which he is most
eager. "Thus," said the attorney gen
eral, "the mere existence of the power to
fix a future maximum rate, with the
strong probability that It would be ex
ercised In the manner indicated, would
effectively discourage both the shipper
and the carrier, the two parties to the
unlawful practice."
The principal objection urged to this
U thai U make the low rate given to a
shipper the maximum rate for all on the
offending line would have the effect to
compel unoffending lines to come down
to It or lose the competitive business.
This objection, however, will not have
much weight with those who demand
that the public shall be adequately pro
tected against rate discrimination. The
railroads must take care of themselves.
They can. if they will, put a stop to
rate and every other form of discrimina
tion and If they do not do so they will
have to take the consequences. The evil
doer must be punished In order to deter
others from doing evil. The view of
Attorney General Moody, that If the
power to fix a 'future maximum rate
should be exercised In the manner he In-
1 dicates It would prove effective In pre
venting rate discrimination, appears to
be entirely sound and reasonable. A
bill has already been Introduced In con
gress which provides that when a road
gives a rebate the net rate so produced
shall become the maximum tariff rate,
and competing roads. Innocent of rebat
ing, shall have an action for damages for
all losses so incurred against the cutting
road.
PLATISO THE GAME OF PVAHAOH.
Once upon a time, about 3,(t0 years
ago. an Egyptian monarch by the name
of Pharaoh was admonished to emanci
pate his slaves, but he would not heed
the warning, and, as a consequence of
the stony heart, he perished miserably
in tho Red sea. It is beginning to dawn
upon the people of Nebraska that the
railroad managers are playing the game
of Pharaoh and will not heed the warn
lug until they are submerged by the
tidal wave of popular resentment, horse,
foot and dragoons.
These thoughts suggest themselves by
the announcement that the federal dis
trict court Is on the eve of granting a
permanent Injunction against the col
lection of taxes for the years llsM and
190S from the Union Pacific and Burl
ington railroads in the various coun
ties of Nebraska. Suppose Judge Mun
ger should grant this injunction. How
many years will it take lefore the dual
decision Is rendered by the United
States supreme court? Will the people
of Nebraska remain dormant aud in
different during all these years of the
suspension of tax collections when they
have within their reach the right to ex
ercise the power conferred upon them
by section 7, article xl, of the state con
stitution, which reads as follows:
Th legislature shall pas law to correct
abuse and prevent unjuat discrimination
and extortion In all charge of express,
telegraph and railroad companies in this
state, and enforce such law by adequate
penalties to tha extent. If necessary to
that purpose, of forfeiture of their property
and franchises.
Incidentally another provision of the
constitution suggests Itself, namely, sec
tion 2 of article 11, which reads as fol
lows: Th rolling stock and all other movable
property belonging to any railroad com
pany or corporation in this state shall be
llabl to execution and (ale In the asm
manner as th personal property of Indi
vidual, and th legislature shall pass no
law exempting any such property from ex
ecution and sal.
Query If the legislature cannot
exempt Nebraska railroads from the
seizure of their rolling stock and other
personal property for delinquent taxes,
can the federal court suspend the con
stitution of Nebraska by enjoining the
collectiou of taxes? Whither are we
drifting? Are we drifting out of a con
stitutional government Into auarchy?
Will the railroads, by the lesson of the
past, fori-e Nebraska to emulate
the example of the embattled farmers
of Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa, who lu
the seventies enacted the Granger laws
by which arbitrary taxation levied upon
producers by public carriers was
curbed? Manifestly the railroad man
alters are playing the game of Pharaoh
with the people of Nebraska. It does
not take a prophet or son of a prophet
to foresee that they are sowing the
wind to reap the whirlwind.
SKJT ATAO A SOLUTW
It appears that Secretary Moot Is still
earnestly seeking a solution of the ques
tion of future trade relations between
the United States and Germany, but at
present the outlook is not as favorable
as could be wished. It is stated that the
president and secretary of state are
heartily In favor of some arrangement
or agreement that will serve to continue
the trade relations between the two
countries, but there are difficulties lu the
way not to be easily overcome. The
German ambassador appears to be
equally anxious to And a satisfactory so
lution. He Is reported as saying that It
would be a matter of great regret to the
business men of Germany If the negotia
tions which have been Instituted should
fail of accomplishing an agreement
whlch shall Insure the perpetuation of '
existing relations.
The New York Tribune expresses the
belief that the diplomacy of Secretary
Root and the German ambassador will
prove gratifyincly successful and the
numerous Interests in the United 8tates
that are deeply concerned will very earn
estly hope that such may be the case.
Every effort should be made to avert a
tariff war between the United States
and Germany.
IXCBKASISO P1ULIPPISB FORCE-
The military force in the Philippines
Is to be Increased by two regiments of
infantry and two batteries of artillery.
It Is stated that this is due to a belief at
Washington that it may soon be neces
sary to land troops at one or more points
on the China coast as the result of the
growth of boycott conditions and anti
American agitation. It Is probable that
this is merely conjecture, since it Is
scarcely conceivable that our govern
ment has any idea of a military invasion
of China because there Is a feeling In
that country hostile to American trade.
Undoubtedly that feeling Is very strong
and seems to be growing. The most
trustworthy reports show this. But how
ever active and general the boycott of
American goods may become It would
not Justify sending troopa Into China.
It la understood that the Chinese gov
ernment Is doing the very best it can to
suppress the anti-American movement
and this Is all our government can rea
sonably ask. The Chinese have an un
questionable right to refuse to buy our
goods and If we cannot Induce them to
buy by peaceful and diplomatic means
we shall simply have to put up with tho
boycott and patiently wait the rime
when it shall have run Its course. The
cause of the existing conditions Is well
understood and It Is with our govern
ment to effect a change by simply mak
ing such reasonable concessions as the
Chinese government asks and which are
no more than are accorded to other na
tions. As to the sending of additional troops
to the Philippines, it will probobly be
found that there Is some other reason
for It than that given in the dispatches.
The executive committee of the Civic
federation has explained once more, al
thouirh no explanation was necessary.
Everybody understands that the exeeu-
tlve committee means well, but the re
sults of its labors have not been com
mensurate with Its program. It has
furnished fees aud free advertising for
Its lawyers, who have negotiated reci
procity treaties with the brewers and
saloon keepers which could not possibly
have been observed by the party of the
second part, at any rate, in the district
where saloons are patronized only by
the lawlesa and the vicious elements.
The deputy state superintendent of
public Instruction Is still carried on the
pay roll, although the constitution not
only prohibits the creation of new otti
cea and substitutes for executive offi
cers, but eveu prohibits the allowance
of clerk hire in the office of superinten
dent of public instruction. The jues
tiou is. have we a constitution, or, if we
ever had one. since when has It leeu
suspended?
The New York MUce department dis
covers thut there Is no treaty between
the United States and France covering
the extradition of persons accused of
grand larceny, showing that the New
York police department can discover
some things after all.
By the way. has Mr. Rush been espe
cially delegated to prosecute Walter
Moles, or is he to leave that Job to an
other special attorney who does nut
have a client In one court whom he Is
prosecuting In another?
Louis Payu says he entered the office
of insurance commissioner of New York
knowing little about insurance aud left
knowing but little more. He must have
been an Ideal commissioner from the
companies' standpoint
I jut Tim Barred.
Philadelphia Ledger.
All that can reasonably be asked of winter
la that It shall not com fooling around here
later trying to make up for lost time.
Th Mold of r'orm.
Chicago Raoord-Herald.
Uranoe seem to be bound to hav a
president with chin whisker. 1'erhapa
thlj is France ruund-about way of en
deavoring to pattern after Unci Bam.
four Hevelatloa 4'oralaa.
Washington Post.
8om of th western railroads hav
a m (red te Ull th lolcrstal Coui.wce
t
Commission about violations of the law.
Iook out for some more claims of immunity
from prosecution on the old state's evidence
dodge.
I sefnlness of Minorities.
Chicago Tribune.
Poswlbly there may be enough of those
Roosevelt democrats In congress to inter
fere materially with that little scheme for
sitting down on the president and hi re
form policies.
ow You're Shontltia.
Portland Oregonlan.
There are a few people. In Oregon and
elsewhere, who can give ex-Oovernor Odell
a few pointers on what happens :.o a po
litical boss when he gets Into a quarrel
with tha president of the I'nlted States.
Folly of Worrying A boot Money.
New York Hun.
Mr. John D. Rockefeller's money makes
countless thousands mourn. So difficult I
It to mind one's own business. A young
man In Sioux City, la., has gone mud by
worrying over the Rockefellerlnn riches.
He was a student of sociology. Soon he
began to worry over a plan to make John
fork over and go to work. We trust the
youth will soon recover. If he doesn't. It
will be a consolation to reflect that a HtU
Insanity will rather help his standing ns a
sociologist.
American Wny the Beat.
Springfield Republican.
An English speaker Ht a meeting of the
FYlend's Educational Association In Phila
delphia gives us a Mt of needed enoour-
agement. This observer. Prof. John lis
ter, says that the manner of boys In
the United States are better than those .if
English lads. He say that the Influence
of our mothers and women teachers In the
schools Is responsible for this. This point
of view he place picturesquely b' declar
ing that "American boy learn their first
lesson of morality at their mother's knee.
English boy generally learn theirs acrm,
their father's."
ltala'a I'lnnnclnl trl.
Chicago Chronicle.
The public debt of Russia was H.4:7.ik
a year ago and the annual Interest charge
was something over Ilati.onn.ooo. That
ought not to be a great burden for over
110.000,000 people not much more than 11 a
head. But the fact that three-fifth of the
Interest Is payable abroad tells the story
of popular poverty and official profligacy.
So populous a country' ought to be able
to borrow more than that at home and at
a rata of interest not exceeding 3 per cent,
whereas the average rate Is nearly H per
cent. Even though they bear that average
rate the securities now command an aver
age of only about 81 on the markets, thanks
to domestic troubles.
XATIKAL.IZATIO'V SAFKtil'ARDS.
Recoil
meailstlima $ent to
Congress
by a Commission.
St. Iouls Globe-Democrat.
No city knows better than St. Ixitils
that naturalization methods may degen
erate into gross corruption and careless
ness. Several offenders In this respect
have been convicted here In the United
States courts and are serving terms In
the penitentiary. In some Instances for
eigners are schooled In perjury aa soon
as they land, and In thlB crime court offi- ,
clals as well as politicians have been
found Implicated. Naturalization Is held
too cheaply and administered too loosely.
Tho president referred to this Important
subject in his latest message. A report
upon it has just been submitted to con
gress by the Naturalization commission.
Among the recommendations made by
the commission Is that only permanent
residents who speak ythe Kngllsh language
bo admitted to citizenship; that a fee of
at least $7 be collected in each case, nnd
that no naturalization papers be issued for
at least thirty days next preceding a con
gressional or presidential election. A uni
form certificate to be Issued by a naturali
sation bureau Is proposed; also that the
declaration of Intention two years before
naturalization be abolished. The commis
sion consists of the assistant to the at
torney general, the chief of the passport
bureau of tho Slate department, and the
law officer of the bureau of immigration,
Department of Commerce and labor.
Congressmen and the people who elect
them will bear in mind that over 1.000,000
Immigrants a year are arriving in the
United States. For the year ending June
80 Inst the number was 1.026.499. Of this
multitude more than two-thirds were men.
The arrivals from Austria-Hungary were
275.083. Italy 23.479, and the Russian em-
plre 184.&97. Nearly two-third of the total
came from these countries. From Asia
arrived 3.925 and from Turkey 10.699. The
Increase Jn Immigration over the year 1904
was 213. C29. of which Px.476 was from Austria-Hungary,
Russia and Italy. The ur
gent need of naturalization reforms Is
clear. When to absurdly Insufficient re
quirements are added frauds the present
system of naturalization must be pro
nounced disgraceful In Its laxnes and nils
fit provision generally.
I'Knil.S OF PHOSI'KHITY.
Thooahta for People Taklna- Flyer
oa Wall Street.
Jasper, In Leslie's Weekly.
It Is well at this time, while I wish my
quarter of a million readers a happy new
year, to remember that prosperity ha its
perils. It tends to extravagance, prodi
gality and luxurious habits, with all tha't
that Implies to the pleasure-seeking man
or woman. Concrete examples of this have
been disclosed more than once of late,
and twice have Involved the head of th
greatest Industrial corporation In the
world. A a rule, prosperity turns the
head of anyone w ho enjoys It unexpectedly.
The man who, from humble beginnings,
lines to the possession of millions finds it
difficult to spend his income In the ordi
nary mode of llvimt. He seeks extraor
dinary methods. After lie has exhausted
all the legitimate pleasure by the pur
chase of yachtx, jewels, and great houses,
and the giving of costly dinners, he turns
to the primrose paths of dalliance, and
concludes with "wine, woman and song."
But there are men in Wull street and a
lot of them who do not lose their heads,
who endow theological seminaries, as the
late Daniel Drew did. or hospitals, as the
late trcorife I. Scney did. or who spend
prodigal amounts in the adornment of
their native towns, as Hinry II. Rogers
ha done. Kven Russell Sage, to whom the
public has not always done credit, is a
moist liberal supporter of at least one
trupgllng church, and Jay Gould's money,
ss far aa It has gone to Ms famous daugh
ter Helen, has erected substantia! monu
ment to his memory In many a Young
Men' Christian association building.
The steel trust hua produced a lot of
millionaires, but all of them have not lost
their heads. Witness the Carnegie libraries
and Phipps' tenements for the poor. Nor
should we forget that beautiful benettcence
of Philadelphia'' most noted self-made
millionaire, P. A. B. Widener, in the mag
nificent liume for crippled children Just
fi rush (!. John I . Rockefeller, C. W.
Schwab, and. by no means last, my emi
nent friend. Jacob H. gchiff, hav been
pmdlfal In the moneys they have contrib
uted for various benevolence, and one
of the stunchest upporter of that rapidly
growing Methodist institution, the Syra
cuse university, in John B. Archlhold of
the Htspdinl l coterie. go prosperity
does n-'t spoil ill. tboiirTh the truly good
spl'c.i. it uv i" U.t nuiiority.
ROlXn ABOTT BW YORK
Rlpplea oa the Current of Life In th
Metropolis.
Stenographers and typewriters engaged
In taking down and printing th testimony
given at th life Insurance Investigation
have nearly completed as large a task as
the craft hns undertaken for many ft year, j
The Investigating committee expects to
close public sessions on Saturday. Then
will follow sifting of testimony, the review
aftd the recommendations. Some Idea of
the Job may bo gained from the statement
that the testimony fill over lo.nnn pnges.
The Investigation ha yielded longer rec
ords, It Is said, than any similar proceed
ing ever held In the country. The official
stenographers, who average from 2H0 to
T.h pages a day. each of typewritten page
containing 2TO words, have filled more than
l.Oo pug's altogether In the llfty-three
sessions held thus fur. The lOAH) mark
was reached last Tuesday afternoon.
A the bid of the state was T3 cents a
sheet, the cost of the stenographic work
to the committee will le In the neighbor
hood of VSW or 110,'M before the Investi
gation ends next Pnturdaj. After that
there will he further expenses In connec
tion with th preparation of the report for
th legislature, and the total outlay may
not fall f ir below the original estimate of
i?.5no.
The testimony, as It Is now bound up
In typewritten pages, makes a pile as high t
as a man's waist when It Is stacked up as
compactly as possible on the floor. In !
printed form It will fill ten or more vol
umes. Home facts about the capltallxation and
the Immensity of the traffic of the .three
Manhattan railroads (the "IV subway and
surface lines that are now under control
of the Itrlmont syndicate may be of In
terest Just now.
Though these roads, placed end to end,
would reach only a little over 6"0 miles, yet
altogether. In a year, they carried l.nai,
34,770 passengers, whereas all the pussen
gers carried on all the steam roads of the
I'nlted States numbered only 715.419.fc2 for
the lust year reported by the Interstate
Commerce commission. I'aeeenger per
mile were 1O4.10S on the steam roads and
about 1 (100,000 per mile on the nickel-collecting
machine, which may soon be under
one man's control, aa the larger part of it
Is already.
It I within truth to say that the dividend-paying
stock and bonded Indebtedness
of the companies now combined falls little
short of the $400,000,000 of New York City's
net futided debt. The average capital per
mile of the three combined roads Is about
tenfold the per mile for the I'nlted
StaW.
Just off Wall atreet on Broadway there
Is a restaurant which serves 1.500 women
dally within two hours. On Tark Row an
all-night lunch room of invincible respecta
bility has a dally average of 3.UO women
patrons, aome 1,000 of whom are served
any time from 6 p. m. to 1 a. m., without
being subjected to comment, criticism or
yndue observation. An exceptionally at
tractive young woman, whose home la on
Staten Island and who works on ono of
the Park Row morning papers, has taken
her midnight luncheon at this place on her
way to the 1 o'clock boat for months with
out meeting the least difficulty or Incivility.
Farther up Park Row, at the corner of
Chambers street, there Is another restaur
ant which feed Its cores of women nightly
as well as It hundreds of women dally.
Over on Broadway Is a place which crowds
an average of 2,ono luncheons for business
woman between the hour of 12 and 4.
The price of seats on the New York
Stock exchange has made a new record
with every successive sale In the last fort- '
night. .In November the high price was
N6.0uo; two weeks ago 88,ono was reached,
and since then prices have climbed In j
$1,000 Jumps In response to an unpreoe- '
dented demand up to $K3,000. At this rate '
the privilege of trading on the floor of the
big marble building In Broad street Is
worth to the 11,000 men who compose the
exchange membership the enormous totui
of $102,300,000.
. Broker are now predicting that the prlco
will reach $100,0u0 before It goes any lower
and the hope seems reasonable. This year
on 'change Is well under way to break all
records. Already tho bond transactions
have passed the billion mark, totaling up
to the close of business Saturday $1,012,
t26,42o. In 1H01, tho great boom year, the
bond transactions were, in round numbers,
$M!, 000,000. The total shares of Mock sold
in that year were 265,6oO,uiiO. To date In
10 the total Is 6.7Z7,lu4.
Going down town on the rear platform of
a Fourth uvenuo car the other day were
two sight-seeing ICngllshmen, and wedded
In behind them a laborer whose features
bore th cast of tho Celt.
"It Is striking," drawled one of the Brit
ishers to Ui other, "how many of these
fireproof buildings ono sees In America
that are not fireproof ut all," to which hia
companion readily agreed and went hlui
one better by declaring that not a slugli)
fireproof building existed in the city.
"And that where you are wrong," vol
unteered the Irishman, aggressively. "Surj
I know one meaelf, 'cause 1 worked on It."
"Ah, my line fellow." said the English
man, turning around, "maybe you can ulve
us the name of this remarkable building?" '
"Tho Jerome l'ark Reservoir," said the
Irish man.
Ill the hearing In the Harlem police court
of William Hays, chauffeur for Mrs. Mar
cus A. Hanna, on the charge of speeding
her automobile too fast, the fact was
brought out that the police on the upper
West Hkie have evolved an original and
unique method of timing machines that at
tempt to "do" inure than the law allows.
Bicycle Policeman Hickey, who made the
arrest, swore that the machine in which
Mrs. lluimu and Mrs. Mary Phelps wero
riding was going down Iifayctte boule
vard at the rate of twenty-two and one
half milia an hour ami that it ran from
Ono Hundred and liighty-fourth street to
On? Hundred and Kiglity-flf th street in
eight -ecoiid8. When asked how he got
the tune down to a half mile's exactness
in an hour, Hickey said that they had u
system of proof that could not fail.
"But tell us what ll is," said Police Mag
istrate Whitman, who was on the bench.
"You ate, It I this way," the ofiicer ex
plained. "The men on duty on lafayetta
boulevard and Riverside drive, where thea
'shovers' arc templed to shove the ma
chine ahead too fast, have called the dis
tances off in hulf miles and quarter miles
ani at the end of aoh quarter we drop
a newspaper that la held down by a
stone. When an officer has passed four
of these papers he knows he lias dono a
mile. See, your honor?"
"I see," said the magistrate.
Prof. Felix Adler. speaking before tho
Society for Ethical Culture, aald among
other things: "A new kind of slavery
which has grown up In the last few years
la the employment of young children, in
southern mills there are 60.000 children
under the age of 14 working from ten to
fourteen hours a day, beside being com
pelled to work alternate nights. Four or
five years ago there were only 24.0UO. There
are also 8,XK) children working In and
about mine and thousands employed In
clothe factories when tliey should be at
l.on.e and thl ten Ibl form of siaveiy Is
liieaili4t
AH KASTKItH V1KW.
Comment on the Pall of Federal
Offlprro la Nebraska.
Pittsburg Dls;i'. .-h.
The president's summary dismissal of
United States District Attorney Itaxter In
Nebraska, growing out of the lenlen.'y
shown to two wealthy cattlemen who
pleaded guilty to fencing the public lands,
directs attention to the remarkable condi
tion of public opinion In the rattle coun
try. Richards and Cotnstock were Indicted
for lmlcsinK a quarter of a million acres
of public land. Kntering s plea of guilty,
they were sentenced to pay a fine of jaoo
and spend six hours In the custody of the
United States marshal, who promptly
turned them over to their attorneys, the six
hours being spent In a Jollification over the
punishment (V) Inflicted. lYesldent Roose
velt dismissed the marshal and has now re
moved the district attorney upon his re
fusal to resign.
Although It Is comparatively easy to pro
cure evidence to convict those who steal
public lands, it is next to Impossible to se
cure conviction and punishment. Of some
600 Indictments returned in twenty states
convictions were obtained in but thirty
cases. The reason is the public attitude In
the west toward the robbing of the govern
ment. It Is looked upon In much the same
way as the east does beating a railroad or
other corporation, or as politicians regard
graft in office something more in the nature
of a Joke than serious offense against tho
law and the public. Thl popular sentiment
I teflected in the reluctance of Juries to
convict and of Judges to Impose sentences
that are not cause for congratulation amon
the defendants.
The president's anger at the Nebraska in
cident is Justifiable, but it I evident that
the federal officials were simply swayed by
tho same, sentiment as their neighbors. So
little is thought of stealing the public lands
that tho fencing Is done openly In many
places. Tho dismissal of the, Nebraska of
ficers and the stern measures taken by Sec
retary Hitchcock in prosecuting all cases
with rigor may in time bring about a revul
sion of opinion, but it is going to be an up
hill light.
t'tSTEEX OR DIVK.
Vital l'liaae of the Problem of Army
Improvement.
New York Times.
Discussing the army canteen and the
prospect which It considers small that It
will soon be re-established, tho Medical
News puts aside entirely the abstract "tem
perance question" and appeals for a sensi
ble decision as to whether the private sol
dier is to drink moderately In the canteen
or immoderately In the dive. "Tommy At
kins and the boy In blue," it says, "are
very much the ame article of war, par
ticularly when they are impregnated with
a dash of 'Mulvany,' as, Indeed, are all tha
units of the fighting machine the world
over, and the only way to prevent the mod
ern soldier, with his polyglot admixture of
brains, dash and ingenuity, from obtaining
liquor Is to abolish not only its manufac
ture, but the production of the th'lngs from
which It Is made." In other words, the sit
uation to bo faced is that while there are
Intoxicants to be had the enlisted man will
have them, and what Is needed Is not a
compromise with evil, but a recognition of
facts. This Is almost certainly an exact
presentation of the case. The enlisted man
on leave is a free American citizen, with
an entirely comprehensible Inclination to
react against the many and harsh restric
tions incidental to the professional part of
his life. His resources for amusement are
not many, and almost Inevitably he goes to
tho place where he la surest of the warm
est welcome. The day may come, perhaps,
when the army, like a business corpora
tion, ran afford to punish indulgence In In
toxicants by the culprit's discharge from
the service, but that dny has not come
yet. and it Is not likely to come until army
life Is a very different thing from what it
Is now until It attracts a different sort of
men and treats them In a different way.
By that time, however, there will b no
army and no canteen problem.
PERSONAI, SOTSS.
On Monday John T. Clancey celebrated
his fiftieth Christmas as sn employe of
the national house of representatives. He
Is an assistant doorkeeper.
All Pari la reading and discussing the
memoirs of a Philadelphia dentist. Dr.
Kvans. the friend of Napoleon III, which
have Just been published, and which con
tain a moat excellent description of the
last days of the second empire.
Richard Wltterstater of Cincinnati has
Just sold to the Chicago Carnation asso
ciation of Jollet, 111., the carnation "Aris
tocrat" for $36,000. It la a deep pink, and
whs produced at tho Wltterstater green
house. This Is the highest pric ever paid
for such a plant.
Dr. Simeon S. French of Rattle Creek,
Mich., claims to be the oldest Odd Fellow
in Michigan. He was one of the organis
ers of the republican party. Of the men
who attended the first meeting of the
party In Battle Creek, Dr. French la now
the only one living, hence his claim to
being the oldest republican In the I'nlted
States.
Jose Estrada Palma, son of the president
of Cuba. Is a railroad office clerk In the
City of Mexico, where he Is expected to
remain until he attains the promotion for
which his ability and trustworthiness Jus
tify him In looking. The young man
passed nearly all his life In this country.
Shortly after his father was elected presi
dent young Palma went to Mexico and
managed to conceal his identity until- a
few weeks ago.
The Question Before the House
Where Shall I Buy the Piano?
Of the dealer who has a sliding price scale, thereby forc
ing on me the necessity of puessing what the piano is
worth T
Or Shall 1 Buy
Of the dealer that lias the one lowest fixed price marked
in plain figures on not only one, but every piano in the
house?
Shall I Bu
Of the house that pays commissions to people who send or
bring customers to them? Or shall I buy of the houso
that says to such people:
"If you have the interest of your friend at heart you will rec
ommend him to buy at the Ilospe house, the only one-price,
noneommispion piano house in Omaha."
Search the piano market with the greatest diligence, compare prlc
with price and piano with piano; alter all discounts are made we will
abido by your decision.
We save you $60 to 1150 on a piano.
A. HOSPE COMPANY
1513 Douglas Street
Belters of the Wonderful Angelus. The best place to buy ft plaaa.
I l i.K JOFV. OPTIMISM.
Speaker Cannon Works the Smile that
Won't Come Off.
Kansas City Journal.
H Is cheering to find Speaker Cannon
preaching an optimistic sermon to tlis
newspaper boys In Washington. It was
thn day after Christmas, too. "Cnrle
Joe" thinks that the world la better, or, nt
least this country Is better, than ever be
fore, lie la not for "the good old days "
mid that Is rather unusual In a man of bin
yeurs. Mr. Cannon regards the house of
representatives as quite ns representative
of the people t It was In times psst -even
more so. lie protests against the
talk about Imperialism, aristocracy,
monarchy and all that sort of -thing. And
wisely, too. There is no danger of s
monarchy, or an attempt to establish s
monarchy. In this country, and only dema
gogues or llght-honded people thing shout
such things seriously.
But really there Is not much cause for
men like Speaker Cannon, and there Is 1es
reason for persons In the ordinary walk of
j life to refute the "good old days" argM
ment. There I about as much reason for
, making comparisons unfavorable to ttis
present ss there Is for upholding the pres
ent a against the past. The great point
is that conditions sr not what they ought
to lie, nnd even Mr. Chnnon sdmlts ss
much. The object should be to ascertain
the evils that exist, to do all that can b
done to remedy them and to secure the
, country against their recurrence and so far
aa possible nmxlnst the growth of new evil
There should lie no quarrel with those rest
less spirits that hold their pessimism
within reason, if nobody was dissatisfied
there would be mighty little pros-ress In
moral or anything else. And dissatisfac
tion with national tendencies Is sure t
throw strong light on the men In hls'i
places, especially on members of congress
Whenever the people feel the least In
security, whenever they bellev they nr
menaced by graft or favoritism or plun
dering or betrayals of any kind, they ln
atlnctlvely scrutinize those who represent
them as lawmakers and executives of the
law. That Is Inevitable. If Speaker Can
non' has observed the steady gaze snd the
frequent distrust of the people from Tils
high view point, there Is some reason for
It somewhere.
However. It la encouraging to know that
Speaker "Uncle Joe" Is cheerful In spite of
the fact that his official residence Is und-T
the same roof with the United States
senate.
TART TRIFI.KS.
"Officer, what Is this man charged with.'"
"Oarryln' congealed weapons, yer anner."
"Carryin" what?"
"Congealed weapons. He soaked Mnrphv
In the eye wld a chunk av Ice." Cleveland
Leader.
"You can say what you please, but I tell
you there's good stuff In that young fellow."
"You bet there Is. I saw htm putting
some of It down. In tha barroom just now."
Philadelphia Press.
"Mr. Speaker." said the congressman, "i
have tried vainly to catch your eye and''
"Bit down!" thundered the speaker. "I
have tried vainly to catch your 'uye' e -eral
times when It was needed." Philadel
phia ledger.
"We have no such statesmanship as flour
ished In olden time."
"No," answered Senator Sorghum; "wo
have something to do now besides writing
pieces for sordid publishers to put Into
llfth readers." Washington 8tar.
Griggs Borely has got a Job at last. He's
working now In Hicks' livery stable.
Brlggs What doing?
Griggs Hicks has some horse that won t
take the bit, no Borely lift to talk to them
till they yawn. Boston Tranacrlpt.
"If you think talk Is cheap," said t'niie
Allen Sparks, "do a little of it recklessly,
let somebody sue you for slander, and then
hire a lawyer to defend you, and you'll
change your mind." Chicago Tribune.
"I bellev that In an election the best
man should win," said Senator Sorghum.
"That is a proper and patriotic senti
ment." "yes, air. And I hav my own Ideas
about who the best man Is, and I'm goIiiR
to see that he doe win, no matter how
many votes are cast against him." Wash
ington Star.
THE GLOOMY IRISH BACHElOn.
T. A. DaJy in Catholic Standard and Times
Here, fur yer pity or scorn, I'm presentln'
e
Jerry McOlone.
Trustin' the life of blm will be preventln' e
Marin' yer own.
Think of a face wid a permanent fixture of
I,ooks that are olwus suggiatln' a mixture
of
Llmons and vinegar. There! ye've a pixture
of
Jerry McGlone.
Falx. there Is nothin' but sourest gloom in
this
Jerry McGlone.
Christmas Joy, anny Joy, nlver finds room in
this
Craytura of atone.
Cynical gloom la the boast an' th pride
of him,
An if a laugh Iver did pierce th hid of
him,
Falx. i oelave 'twould Immajlate, Inside of
him,
Change to a groan.
Whisht! now an' listen, I'll tell y the
throuble wld
Jerry McGlone.
Ho preferred single life rather than double
wld
Mollv Malone.
Think of It! Think of an Irlahman tarryln'
While there's a purty gurl wishful fur
marryln' !
Arrah! no wonder th devils are harryln'
Jerry McGlone.
Ah! but there'a few of the race but would
scorn to be
Jerry McOlone.
Shore, we all know that a Celt is not born
to be
l.lvln' alone.
O! but we're grateful fl speak fo- the laity).
Groeful fur women of the bountiful Deity
Dowers wld beauty an' virtue an' gayety.
All for our own!