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WHE.1 OUT OF TOWS,
abeerlbers leavlaa: that elty tem.
porarlly ahomld Wave The Bee
mailed to tkens.i Address will s
Omaha needs a workhouse for po
lice court prisoners, and needs It badly.
Advices from Ziou City would Indi
cate that lilljiih may again find it neces
sary to call upon the ravens.
It is to be hoped Queen Victoria Eu-
genie will have all the glory of one of
her namesakes and none of the misfor
tune of the other.
Roman newspaper correspondents
must be on a vacation since J. P. Mor
gran has seen the pope without any of
them springing a plan to fund the papal
debt
Omaha church congregations must
stand In high favor on high or they
would not succeed so Invariably In turn.
ing a neat profit on the exchange of I
their church sites.
The Fontanelle club was organized
three years ago upon the foundation
tone of bolting. Is it any wonder then
that half the Fontanelle braves should
now have bolted their own nominees 1
In deciding that 'Taper trust" wit
nesses must answer nnestlana. ' the
United BUtes supreme court has given
H. II, Rogers a hunch to speak up in
response, to Attorney General Iladley.
Befors Andrew Carnegie undertakes
to finance a reconstruction of our spell
ing, he might set the example by adopt
ing a phonetic writing of his own name.
How would his signature look spelled
"Andru KarnagiT"
The acquisition by the railroads of
additional terminal facilities In Omaha
U a pretty good sign that the shrewd
railroad managers are confident
Omaha s commercial and Industrial
growth is but beginning.
Mayor Dunne of Chicago may be ex
pected to give the United States su
preme court a rote of thanks for mak
ing It practically Impossible for him to
fuflll his pre-election promises. Jle can
now iom as foil but uncouquered.
Since the Philippine commission has
decided that, of all the residents of the
Islands, the Chinese alone can legally
smoke opium, the celestials should rec
ognise the fact that the United States Is
uot ttntlrely prejudiced against them.
That director of the Missouri School
.vf Mines recommended for dismissal
for playing billiards with pupils de
serves his fate. lie should have fol-
lowed the precedeut Of studying prac-
tlctd astronomy with pupils of the other
ex.
With the census of the Isle of Il.iea
showing an American population of
about 700 out of r. total of 2,000 people
the Americans should have no trouble
In running things to suit themselves un
less the virus of "manana" has entered
' their veins.
Russians who allege that Father Us-
pon was arrested to prerent his con
nection with the government becoming
public may know more of Russian char-
acter than people In the United States.
Over here it seems strauge that any
person should voluntarily seek a Kits-
f fclun prison
The signs of distress exhibited by our
auilaWo popocrstlc contemporary over
tne ponslnlllty of a republican taudi-
date for United States senator free from
railroad mnuences are indeed alarmlug.
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That organ of sham reform would
j rather have the republicans put up a
; man carrying a railroad headlight Just
, Mt mat it might make political capital
v tor some aeiuorrat who das nla railroad
label half concealed. IVm.icratie politics
corssna have t-en tvw thus .
DEADLOCK IN THE COAL DISPUTK-
Tbe reinnse of the ass isted anthrs-
clte operators through President Finer
of the Philadelphia & Reading. Coal and
Iron company to the demands of the
United Mine Worker" Is a blunt re
fusal to accede to them. It brings the
controversy, which has been In pro
rc many months, to a crisis which will
require both Rood Judpnent and good
fortune to pass with safety to the public
Interests Involved.
Tho operators do not stop with re
fusal to bud if e a hair's breadth from the
position they hare held from the first,
which Is a proposal to extend for an
other period of three years from April 1
the terms of the settlement effected by
the famous Uooserelt Arbitration com
mission, , bist they explicitly traverse
erery one of the demands 'of the mine
workers, unionizing of the mines, eight
hour day, 10 per cent Increase of wages,
payment to labor by weight Instead of
measure of mined coal and reconstruct
.in.i- i.
tlon of the board of conciliation. As
these demand were evolved out of a
long agitation among the memlwrs of
the miners' nnlon and deliberately put
forth as an ultimatum to the operators,
the action of the latter, being also not
less in the form of an ultimatum, would
appear on its face to precipitate the
calamity of a general strike. This is
more especially Imminent as only a few
weeks remain of the term of the ar
rangement .under which tie operation
of the mines in the anthracite region
have been carried on, the labor situa
tion there also being Intimately con
nected with that of the bituminous re
gions. And in any view the conditions
certainly Involve grave danger of a final
break.
Nevertheless the chances for an' ad
justment are not altogether desperate.
This would not be the first time that the
parties to a labor dispute have pressed
the issue In their negotiations beyond
the point apparently of reconciliation,
the object of each side being to make a
front favorable to its Interests in tlje
final compromise which both sides may
really have in contemplation all the
time. In this case the losses Insepa
rable from a general strike are so in
evitable, and Irremediable to each that
It seems incredible either should in
real purpose to be dead set against any
concession to the other. But tbe danger
In such a situation, although In the
minds of the leaders of both sides there
may be reservations for an accommoda-
non 18 tDa the passions of the large
mfl""e of men directly concerned may
become overstrained and that excite'
ment or some untoward accident may at
any rime precipitate conflict In spite of
all cooler Judgments can do.
The most hopeful reflectlou is that
the Influence of the great third party,
the general public, whose Interests In
the aggregate would suffer from a gen
era I war Incalculably more even than
those of the operators and the mine
workers, has not yet been fully brought
Into play to avert that disaster. As It
proved equal three rears "ago to the
task of stopping a fierce war which had
broken out between the same parties
and which had already gone to great
lengths. It ought to be able how to do
much towards keeping the peace.
PUBLIC BVILDINQ APPROPRIATION.
The brightening prospect for a good
treasury balance for the current fiscal
Xear ha! distinctly stimulated the actlv-
lty and clamor of members of the
house and senate for a big public build
Ing bill. The number of the members
urging specific Items of appropriation is
so great and their direct personal and
political Interest so pressing that they
constitute a formidable force.
It has come to be almost impossible
to pass a small public building bill or
one whose provisions are confined to the
proper purposes of such appropriations
Congress will be fortunate If it shall be
able at this session to repress the public
building raid ou the treasury or to keep
it within any sort of bounds. What
makes the pressure more severe Is the
fact that for a series of years last passed
general bills of this character have
failed of enactment, thus whetting the
eagerness of a myriad of small towns
for a largesse and stimulating the dis
position of ambitious statesmen, with
an eye on nominating conventions rather
than substantial public policy, to curry
favor with them
The state of the national expendt
tures, having been in excess of the
current revenues, has been the conven
lent excuse for squelching extravagant
appropriations for public buildings, al
though not the most substantial ground
of objection to them. This experience,
while It falls to impress a class of ioll
ticians unfortunately too largely repre
sented at Washington, forcibly illus
trates the fact that there may be worse
things than a deficiency of revenue, iind
that about the only way to prevent a
distribution of the "pork" Is to have no
'pork" to distribute.
RATH 0KB A TK IN THE SENATE.
Though tho railroad rule bill now se
curely has the rlsht-of-way as unfinished
business on the senate calendar,
sM-ely conclusion is not to !. autk
pated in that body, to say nothing of tho
adjustment In conference of any differ
ences which may arise ltetween the tw
branches of congress. It has taken the
three full mouths since congress con
veued to advance this measure to
jMlnt at which debate on the floor of the
senate could fairly begin. The ad
dresses which have tieeu ho far delivered
hy Senators Uolllver, Foruker, t'lsnii
and one or two other senators who have
I spoken have leen only of a preliminary
character, opening the way for the more
elaborate discussion which, unless a
signs fail, will follow
Differences of opinion as to questions
of constitutional construction and pub
lie policy, or at least differences of nur
ihmu and interest, have developed anion
1 the senators, which make sure of a b re
longed and stubliorn opposition. The
powerful Interests enlisted In opposition
to the rate bill in the form in which it
passed the house being reduced to the
note as the kst opportunity for re
sistance, will certainly exhaust every
resource at their command. Under ex-
tlng condition, thelr tactlcs will neces
sarily be directed to modify the meas-
re by amendments, of which many of
the chief ones will Involve lengthy dls
cusslon after the general debate shall
have ceased. As debate In the senate
s not subject to closure, It Is Inipossl-
le now to predict when agreement will
be finally reached, save that It will
hardly le at any very early date.
It is not likely that the debate In
the senate, however protracted it may
be, will have the effect to weaken the
well nigh universal demand that the
bill be passed without emasculation. On
the contrary, although thorough con
sideration by the senate' will not be
criticised by tbe public, opposition In
the guise of discussion might bo car
ried to an extreme, of obvious procras
tination that would be profoundly re
sented.
KEEP SHT OF REALTY SPECULATION
There are danger signs in Omaha real
estate activity of renewed Infection of
the speculation mania. Thus far the
gradual rise of real estate values In
Omaha has been founded upon the most
substantial basis, nearly all the trans
fers being for actual buildiug improve
ments or for bona fide Investment. That
this is the sort of real estate activity
that conduces most to the city's growth
nd prosperity goes without saying, and
that its continuance on the same sub
stantial basis Is highly desirable also
goes without saying.
It Is doubtless to le expected that this
very hcnlthy condition or traae in
Omaha realty would constitute a great
temptation for those who see the up
ward trend to speculate on the possibil
ity of future profits by the purchase and
sale of options. The option business In
real estate, however, Is identical with
the margin business on the stock market
or in the grain exchange and bodes no
particular good to the community. By
tying up desirable property and keeping
It off the market, even temporarily, le
gitimate enterprises that would erect im
provements under favorable conditions
are blocked or driven away to great det
riment of the city. While we are doing
everything In our power on one side to
attract new people and new business
ventures to Omaha, we surely want to
do nothing on the other side to neutral
ize our efforts.
It is a matter of history that the worst
calamity that ever happened to Omaha
came out of the era of wild real estate
speculation during which corner lots
were marked up and down on the black
board over night and corn fields divided
on the map into building lots were un
loaded upon unsuspecting people. As a
result of that misfortune Omaha was
prematurely spread out over a vast area
for which street improvements had to
be prorlded at huge cost, and for the
paving, cleaning, lighting, policing and
protecting against fire we have been for
years and are still paying bills far in
excess of what they should be and would
have been had the city been allowed to
expand naturally and normally from fhe
first.
Omaha will do well If it will steer
clear of real estate speculation whether
in business property or residence sites.
A period of speculation always invites
reaction, and there is plenty doing now
in real estate circles of bona fide and
legitimate character to keep all the real
estate brokers busy without assuming
the risks of inflation and subsequent col
lapse.
The decision handed down last week
by Judge Sutton, after consultation
with other Judges on the district bench,
denying a motion iu connection with
the liquor license appeals, on the
ground that the machinery of the court
Is not to be used to enforce compromise
agreements made outside of court, has
not attracted as much attention as it
deserves. The conclusion reached "by
the district Judges should apply
qually to the police commission In its
csnacltv as a licensing board, where
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the mischief started, by the lending of
Its authority for the execution of black
mailing schemes and other private
greements. The annual holdup of ap-.
pllcauts for liquor licenses on protests
made for mercenary purposes could
never succeed except for the connivance
or Indifference of the police board.
The supreme court decision declaring
the exaction of filing fees under the
Dodge primary law to be unconstitu
tioual is proving to be a windfall for
the Klutemakers of the Fontanelle. club,
who are Imposing an assessment upon
tho candidates practicully equal to the
filing fees that was remitted. This is
only another way in which pretended
friends of primary reform seek to
nullify the intent and purpose of the
direct primary law.
The tight of outlaws at Viulta gives
Oklahoma au opportunity to realize Just
what kind of a running mate it is to be
harnessed with Itefore the final buckles
are fastened. While it is not too lata to
back out Oklahoma should speak or for
ever hold Its peace.
Russian workmen who are boycot
ting the ballot boxes may congratulate
themselves that they will have no re-
sHuihillty for what follows, but from
this distance It looks as if they will be
to blame for uot doing all they can to
change conditions.
It ill behooves any democratic news
paper to berate Nebraska republicans
for insincerity on the subject of direct
primary elections. The fusion bum
had control of succesxlve legislatures
and hnvo repeatedly pixxlainied pla
form fealty to primary election reform,
but they never came within reach f It
t any point until a republican legisla
ture forced It on them by a law apply
ing to this county. The last democratic
state platform declares in fsvor of di
rect primary nominations, but not a
move as yet has been made on the
democratic side of the fence to ln-
ugurate a direct primary system for
the nomination of candidates for state
offices this fall.
President Baer says that he does
not want to advance miners' wages be
cause he would be compelled to advance
the price of anthracite. In other words,
the price must have reached the point
where, in his opinion, it hits all that the
traffic will bear.
While standing on his platform of
strict law enforcement it would not be
a bad Idea for Candidate Benson to
begin with an enforcement of the cor
rupt practices law, not only for him
self, but for all bis associates on the
Fontanelle slate.
Now that the Interstate Commerce
commission has begun- a hearing at
Kansas City the list of Missouri 1m-
munes may be Increased. At the present
time the chief Missouri Immune Is
rank James, and he must be getting
lonesome.
Right on the Spot.
Indianapolis News.
Incidentally, Major General Wood calls at
tention to the fact that he is still serving
his country to the best of his remarkable
bllity, and hopes that those statesmen who
contemplate the abolition of the grade of
lieutenant general will not overlook the
fact.
Should) Be la the Center.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Secretary Taft will, it Is reported from
Washington, succeed Justice Brown on the
supreme bench, and he may in the near
future become chief Justice. Well, if he
were chief justice there wouldn't be so
much danger of a tipping up at one end
of the bench.
There Are Limits.
New York Evening Post.
So long as the newspapers merely alleged
that members of congress franked pianos,
beds, dining room furniture and carriages
through the malls, there was no protest.
but when one said that a cow had been sent
In that way the house committee on post
offices caled the editor up to explain that
there are limits.
Clearing; the Atmosphere.
Wall Street Journal.
The wholesale exposure of graft and law
lessness in high places In politics and
finance has been a good thing. It has
cleared the air of much malaria and dis
ease. But there is danger of carrying it
too far.
There are some honest men left. In fact,
the country is full of them. It there were
no honest men there wouldn't have been
anybody to be shocked by the scandals
that have developed and tbe wrongs that
have been committed. .
Won't some kind editor, for pity's sake.
print something nice about something-
even if It has to be a bit of history?
Boaraa Reformers to the Rear.
Henry WatrersWn in Courier-Journal.
Whatever outcome the political weather,
which clothes, the politicians round Ilk a
fog, may portend and ultimately produce.
It is easy to see that the old things bava
passed away and that new things are at
hand. The spirit of commercialised politics
has struck a snag. The Insurance revela
tions, which have given such a black eye
to high finance, are likely to prove still
more far-reaching. The railways will have
to draw in their horns a bit. Assuredly,
the gray wolves of the senate are coming
to grief. Boodle and bosslsm In the great
centers of populatipn will have to go. The
arousing of the municipal spirit la one of
the most salutary signs of the times. Free
elections and a fair count of votes will
everywhere become the shibboleth of good
citizens and patriotic men. The bogus
reformer In particular needs to be sent to
the rear. The malignant speculator In
civic righteousness, who prances round on
the high horse' -of morality and virtue In
public, whilst hand-ln-glova with the
grafter behind the scenes, needs to be ua
masked.
TAKE BACK YOIR SILVER.
Car ad a Decides to. Banish American
Coin.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
At the beginning of the present month
an arrangement for the banishment of
American silver coin from Canada went
into operation. It Is estimated that not
leas than 11,000,000 In United States silver
dollars, half dollars, quarters and dimes
are in circulation in Canada, to the exclu
sion of so much Canadian corresponding
coins. Tho complaint against tho "Amert
can silver nuisance" has grown ao great
that at last steps were taken to abolish It
An arrangement was made between the
flnasce department of the Dominion gov
ernment and the banks by which ail Amer
ican silver coins that come Into the banks
are assorted and shipped to the agency of
the Bank cf Montreal and New Tork,
which puta them them Into circulation In
the country where they belong and credits
the Canadian banks with their face value
It Is expected that business men In Canada
will discourage- the circulation of the sil
ver coins, and that this, with the action
of the banks In receiving them for shlpj
ment out of Canada, will soon result li
the complete disappearance of American
sliver from that side of the lakes.
One of the reasons given for this pro
scrlptlon of American silver coins Is the
alleged hostility to Canadian silver on this
side. It Is gravely asserted that the
American people will not take Canadian
silver coins, although their own coins clr
culate freely in Canada on equal terms
with Dominion coins of the same denoml
nation. That Is not stnetly true. Cans
dlan half dollars, quarters and dimea clr
rulate freely to a considerable amount in
Cleveland on the same basis as our own
money, and the same is true all along
the lakes. The alien coins are not taken
as freely In the Interior, it is true, bu
the charge that they are everywhere pro.
scribed is without foundation.
It would not he surprising were the Can
adian crusade against American silver to
provoke retaliation. Many years ago, when
Canada pursued a similar policy to that
now revived, and the attempt waa made
to drive American silver out ef the Do
minion as a nuisance, one of the steps to
that end was the rating of the American
quarter aa 20 cents on the Canadian street
cars snd in the stores. Retaliatory action
waa promptly taken on thla side, and be
fore long Canadian coined silver became
uncurrent In Cleveland and practically dla
appeared. When It become generally
known that American silver coins are dis
credited in Canada there will b closer
scrutiny r silver coins here, and those
with the Canadian stamp will be objected
to In 'plates whero they are now unhesi
tatingly accepted.
ARM V UOS9IP IX WASHIXUTOI.
Cnrrrat F.tfali fileaaed front the
Army and Navy Healsfer.
The army signal office Is Industriously
engaged In completing Its general stock of
signal apparatus and equipment, especially
hat part of the material which Is in
tended for use by the corps In the field.
The supply on hand has been diminished
by the liberal drafts made upon It by the
organised militia. The corps has received
recently some 500 field telephones and 150
butters, an order being placed for 100
more of the latter devices. Twenty of
the new portable switchboards have been
delivered and a contract also awarded for
twenty additional, to be stored at Omaha
and Benlcla and Fort Wood. It Is pro
posed to keep the equipment In serviceable
condition for Issue to the regular corps,
and to have on hand as well the wagona
which are to form part of the field train.
Including three automobile repair vehicles,
two lance trucks and two Instrument
wagons, adopted as types and Intended for
practical trial In anticipation of orders for
addtlonal vehicles.
General Camlllo C. C. Carr. while In
command of the Department of Dakota,
recommended an Important change In the
method of Issuing fur and blanket-lined
nvercoata to the enlisted men of the army.
Thla is a matter controlled by paragraph
178 of the army regulations, which author-
sea the issue of such overcoats to men
performing guard duty or field service
when exposure to weather would jeopardize
life or limb by freezing. General Carr
urge! that the provisions of the paragraph
be extended so as to authorize the Issue to
teamsters, overseers, mechanics, etc..
whose work exposes them, to severe
weather, and also to all troops serving at
posts where the temperature goes from 20
to 60 degrees below zero. The general staff
has had consideration of the proposition
this week, with the result that the first
part of the recommendation of General
Carr has been concurred In and approved
by Lieutenant General Bates.
During the month of January recruits
for the army were enlisted In cities and
towns to the number of 1.660 and at mili
tary posts and In the field to the number
of SSI. a total of 2.M1. They were classified
as follows: Infantry (white), 1,636; coast
artillery, 407; engineer battalions, 27; cav
alry (white), 84; field artillery, 270; United
States Military academy detachments, 2;
Infantry (colored), 44; cavalry (colored),
28; Porto Rico provisional regiment of in
fantry, 6; Philippine scouts, 89.
Much newspaper speculation last week
has been applied to the appointment of a
new brigadier general, who shall occupy
that position permanently in place of Gen
eral C. C. C. Carr. It was stated that Cap
tain John J. Pershing, Fifteenth cavalry,
of the general staff, on duty as military
attache of Toklo, would be appointed. In
stead announcement Is made at the War
department of the selection of Colonel J.
W. Bubb, Twelfth Infantry, on duty in tho
Philippines, and the second officer on the
list of Infantry colonels. This appointment
meets with hearty approval and Is a re
freshing example of transient sanity in the
method of selecting brigadiers. It la to be
regretted that the policy of confining ap
pointments to senior colonels is not to en
dure without conspicuous exceptions cal
culated to arouse criticism and create de
moralization In the military personnel. The
next appointment to a brlgadiershlp will
undoubtedly be Captain Pershing. That
officer's friends. Indeed, are already impa
tient at the executive delay In recognising
the Influences which are described aa hav
ing obtained from Mr. Roosevelt a definite
and positive 'promise of Captain Pershing's
tremendous jump, ft seems the army is
not to entirely escape acrobatic favoritism.
An Interesting question raised by an army
officer this week has been officially deter
mined by the judge advocate general as to
whether a colonel commanding a separate
department may now convene a general
court-martial under the authority conferred
by the 72d Article of War. General Davis
says: "The arrangement of the territorial
department Into divisions in no way dimin
ishes the authority conferred In the "2d
article upon colonels to convene general
courts-martial; the power to convene, being
conferred by statute, cannot be diminished
by an act of the executive in grouping the
departments into territorial divisions. In
deed, the practice of the department has
always been to recognize the department
commander aa the normal convening au
thority, and to permit a colonel who, for
the time being, succeeds to the command
of a territorial department, the power to
convene which Is carried by the 72d Article
of War."
Secretary Taft still has under considers-
tlon the applications from a number of
chaplains for advancement to the grade of
major In their corps. These have had the
report of the Judge advocate general of the
army as to Individual eligibility to the de
sired promotion. Of course, there are sev
eral chaplains who fulfill the requirement
of law so far as the length of service, ten
years In duration, makes those claimants
eligible, but under the wording of the law
calling for "extraordinary" service aa an
other condition of advancement, it becomes
a difficult matter to determine whether the
full requirements of the statute are met In
each case.
PERSONAL KOTKS.
G. IS. Roosevelt, a nephew of the presi
dent and classmate of his son in Harvard,
is to contest in the New York Athletic club
games In Madison Square garden, New
York, next week. He will be one of the
high jumpers. Young Roosevelt stands 6
feet S inches In his shoes.
Mayor George W. Mattern of Dea Moines,
la., is in tha east inspecting the police
systems of the various cities. Mayor Mat
tern has Just been renominated on the re
publican municipal ticket for a second term
upon a platform of police reform, and ha
will undertake to carry out the platform,
The German emperor s salary comes
wholly from the hereditary kingdom of
Prussia and amounta to $3,862,770 a year.
He also haa an immense private fortune of
money and .landed estates from which he
derives a largi Income for the support of
the royal family and the expenses of the
court.
Prof. I Gaurrlgue, a prominent French
physician, who haa made recently some
Important discoveries In the treatment of
tuberculosis, will shortly visit New York
to demonstrate the . tffectiveneas of hla
cure. One of the odd Ingredients of th
physician's snti-toxin is the Juice of i
certain kind of ant. .
Geronlmo, tho moat famous of living
American Indians, Is going to be a Coney
Island "sight" thla summer. With him will
be the great Boer general, Cronje, and per
haps Santos-Dumont, the balloonist. The
Coney Island promoters have gone ao far
aa to offer Inducements to a certain western
senator to act aa "barker" fur Geronlmo.
Judge J. T. Fleming of Oklahoma is one
of the unique characters of that territory
He served for several years In the confed
arate army and voted tha lirat time In hla
Ufa for Orant and the last time for Har
rison. He is proud of his record as a con
federate soldier, but at the same time ha
believes that every union aoldier should be
paid a penalon of ISO a month, for the
reason that they saved tha greatest unlou
of states on earth,
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NEBRASKA POLITICAL DRIFT.
Emerson Enterprise: Chairman William
P. Warner favors a late republican state
convention and a short snappy campaign.
Chairman Warner's head Is level.
Chappell Register: The state committee
Is being importuned by some to call an
early convention and by others a late one.
Two years ago the state convention was
called In May and as a result we had con
vention from May until September. After
the state came the senatorial and repre
sentative and then the county and every
body, was tired of conventions and politics.
If we have a late convention delegates can
be selected to all the different conventions
at the same time and a short, crisp cam
paign would be more satisfactory to every
body except a few who would like to pull
the candidate's leg more than once.
Crete Vldette-Herald: It looks as though
there would be no dearth of republican
candidates for governor this fall. And the
beauty of the thing Is the excellence of
the timber from which the state convention
will make a choice. Among the possibili
ties are Mickey, Mortenson, Dempster,
Steele, Rouse, Sheldon and Weston. If the
convention will delegate the power of selec
tion to the Vldette-Herald It will accept
the responsibility and unhesitatingly pre
sent the name of Senator Sheldon of Cass
county. Wo have not the pleasure of his
personal acquaintance, h,ut through his
service as state senator we became very
favorably Impressed with his straight
forward frankness, his energy and ability
and his desire to do the right thing at the
right time. The state would be honored
with such an executive.
Albion News (A. W. Ladd): The editor
of this paper appreciates the compliment
(or Joke) perpetrated by several news
papers in Nebraska in mentioning htm as
a candidate for governor. For fear that
silence on our part might lead some to
think that we had a political bee In our
bonnet, we run the risk of being con
sidered presumptuous In referring to the
matter. We have no political aspirations
whatever. We know, as do those who are
acquainted with us, that we are severa
slies too small to fill the office of gover
nor of a great state like Nebraska. Such
presumptuous idea never found lodjtment
In our mind. In making this statement, i
however, we do not desire to be considered
so lacking in self esteem as to admit that
In comparison with some men who have
held this high office we would be a total
eclipse. We hope the day of small calibre
governors in Nebraska has passed, as we
have so many brainy, broad-minded men
within our borders.
McCook Republican l Since the announce
ment of Attorney General Norrls Brown
that he will not be a candidate for re
nomtnatlon for that office there has been
suggestions of a candidate for that place,
but none seem to be better qualified for or
so deserving of the office as the present
assistant, W. B. Rose, who has been
recognised for years by attorneya and
Judges as one of the best Informed men In
the state on the laws of Nebraska. He
has been in close touch for years with this
department of the state. His training has
been entirely along this line and as assist
ant In the attorney general's office for the
last two terms he has rendered Invaluable
service to heads of that department, and
previously as deputy clerk of the supreme
court and state librarian he practically
compiled and Indexed the reports of the
supreme court from the volumes In the
teens to the time of the predecessor of
Harry Lindsay. His work has the en
dorsement of every one of his superior
officers and they have always deferred
much to his knowledge and sound, well
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or aay poiaoa waaiavar.
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balanced Judgment. He has never held sn
elective office In the state and Is deserving,
not only for his faithful and untiring
service, but more for his sterling qualities
and ability to be named by the republican
party for attorney general.
Columbus Journal: We believe that a
large majority of the people of Nebraska
would bo glad to have Governor Mickey
call a speclul session of the legislature at
once to propose needed amendments to tha
constitution. The first amendment to be
considered should be one providing for an
exectlve railroad commission with powers
In tho state co-ordinate with those vested
in the Interstate Commerce commission by
the Hepburn bill. The time never was
more ripe and never will be for the people
of this state to make the necessary amend
ments to our grasshonper constitution.
WHITTLED TO A POINT.
A month from now the whole great
American nntlon will be asking: What's
the score? " Somervtlle Journal.
"The Judge let you off on account of
your youth and because It was your first
offense, hey? Told you to go and sin no
more, did he?"
"I reckon so. When I heard liim say
go' I dldn t wait to hear any mors. "-
Chicago Tribune.
The editor looked over the manuscript
submitted by the village poet and frowned.
"Here Is one line," he said, "In which
you speak of 'the music of the cider press.'
How would you undertake to Imitate tho
'musio' of a elder press,?"
"I should think it might be done with a
juice harp," answered tlte poet. Chicago
Tribune.
"That whisky," said the host,-"Is over
fifty years old."
"You don't say?" exclaimed the guest,
surveying the mere thimbleful that had
been given him to taste. "I-er-suppose
keeping it In the battle so long stunted
It." Philadelphia Press.
The caller stepped up to the desk of the
Information editor and looked over his
shoulder.
"You write for the paper, hey?" he said.
"What do you do?"
"I answer the fool questions," responded
the man at the desk. Chicago Tribune.
New Walter Let me wait on this party
of wealthy business men. will you?
Old Walter You're on. I'll take this
bunch of (10-n-week clerks for mine, and
I'll bet I beat you on tips. Cleveland
Leader.
"Why don't you write your prescriptions
In plain English?"
"What's the uxe?" rejoined the physician.
"I write my bills In plain English and a
lot of people don't seem to make any sense
of them." Washington Star.
YES OR NO.
David Bremner Henderson.
Is there a mentor strong and good.
That always Indicates the road
Where we should go?
That tells us with unerring voice
Which of the words should be our choice.
The "yes" or "no?"
We have the bibles of the earth.
With all their holy power and worth.
And yet we know
The world Is wild with disputation
As to the "true road to salvation;"
The "yea" and "no."
When seeking virtue's truest-path.
And all the purest gems she hath, -
la there no woe?
Ts there no doubt in noblest mind.
Who, In the word from heaven, would find
"The "yea" or "noy
Our hearts will whisper "This Is right.
Here live and love and drink delight
Nor dream of woe,"
When reason suddenly cries out,
In tones that fill the heart with doubt.
And thunders, "No."
And even thus we rise and fall,
We hope, and fear, and tremble, all.
Until we go.
Then we shall have a sweet repose.
There Is a light that melts our woeaj
Lost Is the "no."
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