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10 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1DX. The Omaha Daily Bee. E. ROBE WATER. EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OF HCF-SCRIPTION. rl!r Fee (without Kiind.T), one year. Pally Hee and Sunday, one year lllnimt"1 Be, an rear Sunday Bee, on year Saturday B, one year . 00 . 1 M . 2 VI . l.M DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Dally Fee (Including Sunday), per wek..lio pally Bee (without Sunday!, per week...l Kvenlng Pe (wtthaut Sunday I. per week Jo F-van.ru Hen (with Punoay). per week.. ..10e Bun'lav Bee, per copv V". Artrtrese complaints of lrrsnilrltlee In de livery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. Mouth Omaha City Hall Building- Cnunell liluffn 10 Pearl Street. CMcagol40 Unity Building. .Vew York l.V Home. Llfa Ins. Building. Wsshlngton 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRE8PONDENCF.. Cornmunlcatlona relating to newa and edi torial matter ahould be addressed: Omaha Be. Editorial repartment. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, expresa or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only l-rent atampa received aa payment of mail accounts. Peritonei rhecka. except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. IHKBEE PUBLISHING COMPANY STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Donglaa County, aa.: C. r. Roeewater, aocretaty of The Baa Publishing Company, being duly aworn, ssys that the actual number of full and complete rnpirs of The Dally, Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of February, 190b, was aa fol- lowa l si.eao fliuio 13 81.IMO It a.1,040 17..... ....... MAM it au.arvo II S1.300 10 81,870 ;i 81320 U 81.850 U 81,430 34 83,OM a sto.aao ai,aJo n 81.43 18 S1.8SO 1 X2.300 4 SO.S20 i Sl.TaO Sl.TIO 7 l,fWK 1 81.40O S.. 31.400 ID 82.T20 U so.ao 12 31.S.B0 !J..... SlJtftO 14 S1,VM T6U1 8T8.S10 Leas unsold copies IMU3 Xet total sales wio,t4 Daily average 81.3T4 C. C. ROSE WATER, Secretary. Subscribed In niy presence and sworn to before mo this 28th day of February, 1M6. i Seal) M. B. H UNGATE, Notary Public WHF-H OIT OF TOWJI. . sabaerlfee-ra learta tha city tem porarily abaatd har Tha Bea mailed te thesa. Addreaa will I'lianae-al as allasi a reqaeste-4. Servian regicides are to be retired unless they beat tbe king to the chop ping block. It remains to be seen who will mix the "immunity bnth" for the life in surance officials. Iowa operators and miners hope for iudustrlal peace and Nebraska sincerely hopes they will have It without fighting for It With thousands of tons of coal iu rrwrve, tutbracite mine owners promise to show the public the latest method of turning defeat into victory. Congressman Kennedy washes his hands of the Blair postoffice appoint ment. It remains to be seen whether the people of Blnlr will let it go at that. fuless President Mitchell Is deceived by both friends and enemies. It la safe to say that the cool strike will produce no aftermath like the proceedings In Idnho. i If all dangerous billboards were to be torn down there would be uo bill boards left in Omaha. And the beauty of tbe city would uot be marred, tlther. The suggestion that M. I gnat left is to succeed Count Wltte as premier o Russia would, indicate that the black hundred will have a prolongation of its term of activity. Ohio Is to have a rnllroad commission and it will be Interestlug to note If a 'J-cent passenger rate produces sufficient rercnue to warrant the rallronds trying to control tbe rate-makers. Tbe report that democratic members of congress are to make political medi cine In hope of catching tbe labor voto this fall is uot so incredible as would be the success of the scheme. French miners who lived on hay for two week while entombed owe a vote if thanks to tbe medieval landlords, who forced the French stomach to adapt Itself to almost any form of food. Chauiplous of free alcohol for fuel would brighten the pnxtpects of their measure if they could get all the mem bers of congress to attend an autonio bile aliow in full blast and perfume. The time et for the Young Women's Christian association to raise Its build Ing fund. Is half gone, but tbe headway made will inspire to redoubled efforts for the remaining time. Let everybody bdp. One optimistic democratic newspaper says nothing but tbe mistakes of the democratic party can keep Nebraska from going democratic this year. A few republican ' mistake, however, might help out. - A. II. Ilenclngs has been twice elected city treasurer by unprecedented majori ties. If tbe republicans want a candi date for mayor who will be ure to wlu out at the election they will unite on 1 Ironings, Brigadier yeuerals con)N-llcd to uwult developments before going on the retired )n-t as major generals have tbe satis faction of knowing that under ordinary - irv'umstancee they will still draw sal ..ry after those now on the list have iuit. Iu tbe whole gamut of the campaign not a word has been said by anybody reflecting uioii W. Ernest Johnson, who Is asking the republican nomination for city comptroller. The candidate who can seek office without drawing fire luutt U; a pretty good wu. OHIO TO COSTROL RATES Th noteworthy feature of tlie rail road control measure which, after pass ing the Ohio aennte by unanimous vota, lias now passed the bonne, I that It applies to tbe stats the principle, and larjrely the forms, which the Ikilllver Hopburn bill applies to Interstate com merce. Under It a atate railroad com mission of three members will have over state hauls not only all the powers which the Interstate Commerce commis sion would hate over haul crossing state boundaries, but also many other powers, for Ita Jurisdiction la to extend over sleeping cars, Interurban and elec tric railways of all kinds, wbile the measure Includes also prohibition under most drastic penalties of free transpor tation to all public officers. But the vital point Is the complete control which t ia Intended the public authority In Ohio shall henceforth have through this system over all charges on freight moved from one point to any other within the stnte under prohibitions of unfair charges aud discriminations or conspiracies against trade in any way Involving railroad transportation. Ample power is conferred on the commission where a local rate Is found by the state commission, after investigation, to be excessive or unfairly discriminatory, Hot only to annul It, but also to compel the railroad to put in force a reasonable rate in Its stead, and that, too, in case of a joint rate. Ohio thus Is tbe first state siuce the subject of effectively controlling Inter state rates has come up decisively In congress to extend logically the same principle to state rates through state au thority. The bitter Is the complement of the former. The people, after pro tecting their Interests from railroad abuses In Interstate commerce, will never again consent to leave unprotected their interests in commerce within tbe state. One state after another, as tbe legislatures meet, may be now confi dently expected to take up this work as Ohio ban done. A state like Iowa, which for twenty years has led the way In restricting local freight rates, will have only to ad just public authority. In Nebraska, where excessive charges and the great est discriminations exist In local freight tariffs and where the railroads hare al ways been able to defeat the efforts of tbe people for relief therefrom, the emergency Is more serious aud the dif ficulties in meeting it greater, but the public is now so aroused that nothing can prevent control here also of local freight rates. BROATCKS REAL RECORD. An anonymous circular distributed iu the interest of Broatch's candidacy for mayor pretends to refresh the memory of republican voters on bis record. "Promises as to the future," It declares, "are generally of lib value. You must Judge Captain Broatch by his past rec ord and life among us." In order that the people of Omaha may be refreshed with the real record of William J. Broatch The Bee reproduces a few chapters that have already appeared In these columns: When William J. Broatch Inhume mayor of Omaha for the first time -In 1887 he was also a member of. the Mis souri River commission at a salary of $2,50C. a year. It was expected that he would make way to some worthy republican as soon as be was placed on the payroll of the city, but if that Idea had ever entered his bead he did not manifest a disposition to carry it out, but continued to draw two salaries of 12,300 a year and conduct his owu private business durlug his entire term as mayor. . As mayor of Omaha, - Broatch rode rough-shod over subordinates, pluyed fast and loose with the taxpayers aud played Into the hands of the public utility corporations. A sample brick of Broatchlsni was the signing of nn order to the city attorney to confess Judg ment for a $45,000 gas claim theu pend ing in tbe courts, to which, according to eminent attorneys, no jury would have awarded $5,000. Tbe order to pay this bogus claim was signed only a few minutes before midnight, as tbe last official act of Broatch as mayor during his first term. Professing hostility to eoriora lions, Broatch and the twenty-elgbters sup ported and helped to elect R. C. Cush Ing, a democratic Burlington railroad contractor, as mayor of Omaha. Pro fessing deadly enmity to tbe liquor dealers, Broatch made a personal ap peal to tbe Omaha Ministerial associa tion to protect Omaha against saloon rule and professed grave fears that Llu tnger, the republican nominee, would pot enforce the Plocumb luw in all Its rljrur. The third time Broatch lecame a can didate It was as the champion of the American Protective association antl Cathollc movement, and he was elected with the ai8itauce of the World-Herald, which bolted the democratic candidate. the late Charles H. Brown, one of" pioneers. Broatch Immediately resum his odious methods and his last acti mayor for the second time M as the si ing of a midnight contract with electric lighting company for arc 11 at an extravagant price. Like the U) gas claim order, the electric IU contract was rnilroedcd through the last hnlf hour of an explrb ell and a dismantled mayor. A fourth effort was made when he sought another re-c wgs beaten for the noui Frank K. Moores. Instead o he tried bis bent to scuttle licnu nominee, aud when out at tbe election, Broatch turn over the office, althoug lthoug ! Iu I on bad i had not been a candid and not a single person to continue Broatrh as may efforts to pull biinelf back office he instituted the most Tlndlctlve and relentless persecution of Moores. The most rank and Indefensible ac tion of William J. Broatch, acting in an ofliolal capacity, was the appraisement of the chattels of the lessee of the state penitentiary. A bill appropriating $33 OH for this purpose was log-rolled llirpneh the legislature by the peniten tiary gang and Broatch was appointed as out of three appraisers. Tbe chat tels consisted of several pair of spavined old tnnle. four or five old wagonr, a Job lot of convict clothing aud supplies, and some worn out machinery and tools. A most extravagant estimate of the value of this aggregation of bric-a-brac was but Broatch and his two associates appraised the chattels at $3.Oor, voting themselves $500 each for one day's inspection, and leaving $."i00 In the treasury as a balance. It took several years for Broatch to outlive this scandal, but It can never be atoned for. The santo treachery and perfidy that has characterized Broatch through oil his political life is now again mani fested. As a member of the Fontanelle club he presented his name for endorse ment to Its board of governors and ex ecutive committee. Under tbe pledge made to the club be was in honor bound to abide Its choice, but the word "honor" is not to be found In the dic tionary of the man who allows uothlng to stand In tbe way of his ambition and will stoop to anything In the politic' calendar to gratify his insane desire for domination. The career of Mr. Broatch as a mem ber of several police commissions Is so well knowu that comment would be superfluous. It remains to be seen now whether the republicans of Omaha will endorse Broatch and all the odious and dishonorable methods for which Broatch stands. . IXSVRAXCK REWRM LAWS. There seems now to be little doubt that the substance of tbe reform bills emljodylng the results of tbe Insurance investigation will be enacted into law by tbe New York legislature. Those bills, In the corrected form In which they have been put since the Armstrong Investigation dosed, have now gone to the legislature, wliose action In passing a preliminary act to secure a fair elec tion In the big life companies shows a' disposition to abolish all abuses. The strong effort of Insurance officials and agents to secure changes in the in vestigating committee's recommenda tions of reform hns failed. Pome abuses like lobbying, political contributions, re bates, falsification of records, etc., are of so gross a character that no one has appeared to defend them or to ask mod ification of the stringent measures drawn by the committee to eradicate them. The limitations on investments ef Insurance funds and expenses of management have been altered some what to make them more practical, but not to weaken them. Upon the whole, the assurauce is good, not merely that abuses have been dis covered, but also that honest and ef fective remedies have been devised and will be applied. pxcussiVE XArr demaxds. The construction of the swiftest bat tleship afloat having been Just com pleted, many of our sea fighters are now clamoring for authority to build tbe big gest battleship, one of 20,000 or 22,000 tons displacement, to exceed the famous new battleship Dreadnaught, which leads tbe British navy. The keen spirit which has always characterized the American fighting force on sea and which has made it so famous aud tin conquerable, is a source of national pride, but it may easily lead to extremes of policy if not checked by a broader view aud a more conservative Interest. The professional spirit which is so insistent for expansion of tbe navy regaadless of practical ends and our peculiar condi tions as a natiou Is not a safe guide, aud lcvVl-headcd Judgment will fail to find rcMOM whv we should now build a big ger than the biggest British battleship, or otherwlwe strain to exceed the British naval establishment. It is conceded that the United States should have a creditable, and even a formidable sea power, but it need be adequate only to our own .necessities. They are altogether different iu kind and extent from those of Great Britain, the character of whose empire indeed stands alone, and from those r' other jfreat European powenv are our Interests peculiarly,' our situation Is peeull ' elgn complications growbig imports' S tbs. Amerlcav and. Indeed strong n re-ognlx"' beyond becoir ger 7 time would be a proclamation cf de fiance to tbe Civic Federation and an Invitation to tbe Civic rederationlsts to wage a constant and unremitting war fare upon the elements Broatch repre sents. Even those who want a liberal administration make the mistake of their lives in pushing Broatch to the fore. The advent of spring is about to be celebrated by the planting of a few score more electric lamps In tbe fertile fields skirting the city, where they will blossom pereunlally at so much per transferred from the city lighting fund to the coffers of the electric lighting Company. Other spring planting re quires assiduous care to preveut ex termination, but the electric street lamp, once planted, like the babbling brook, goes on forever. Mayor Zimman has a chance to win one credit mark by. forcing action to put tbe city hall building In a state ot good repair. No private ereon or cor poration owning the city hall would al low It to ruu down to the point It has fallen. The city hall property Is too valuable to be allowed to go to wreck and ruin by reason of neglect or nig gardliness. Councilmanlc candidates find little difficulty in qualifying to meet the char ter requirement that a councilman must be a freeholder. The freeholder quali fication is ridiculous anyway. There are plenty of meu In Omaha who are not freeholders who would make excellent councllmen and plenty of freeholders who would disgrace a councilmanlc seat. Tbe suggestion of international regu lations requiring operators of wireless stations to transmit all messages which may come to them may be in the in terest of humanity, but until some plan is devised to Insure collection of the tolls the suggestion will hardly meet the approval of those who pay operators' wages. Call for the Wild. Washington Post. A dlHguated resident of Iowa wants to "resign" aa a cttlxen of the United States. Ha should Immediately take up his resi dence In tha District of Columbia.. A Real Shame. New Tork Poet. "And they call this the square deal:" say the outraged and Innocent shippers, as they find themselves arraigned by the Interstate Commerce commission for cheating tho wicked railroads. Xat for Phoaetlo Spellers. Wall Street Journal. It's going to be a pretty hard matter for all those college and library trustees, who are looking for donations, to fall In line with the Carnegie spelling reform and write It "do" when they want dough. Tha Talent of Forget fulness. Pittsburg Dispatch. Considering previous averments as to the magnificent business ability to which the Standard Oil companies owe their success and the sworn, ignorance of their heads as (o the business transacted at 36 Broad way we are left to digest tha Inference that tha prerequisite of business ability Is a denso and all-embracing lack ot knowledge on certain occasions. Clash of Sentiment and ' Hough." Portland Oregonlan. Sentiment In favor ot preserving Castle Rock, one of the scenic attractions of the Columbia river, has its Innings one day commemoration the next. "It Is van dalism," cries sentiment, "to shatter this great rock In order to secure stone for building purposes," and the sympathetic public of two states responds "Aye." "If the progress of the northwest In material things demands It, the rpek must be taken down," calmly answers commercialism, and the public answers again, only less feebly, "Aye." It la not hard to predict the outcomo when these two forces clash. POLITICAL, DRIFT. Tbe twentieth century Jeff Davis, gov ernor of Arkansas, won out In the prima ries as a candidate for United States senator, defeating Senator Berry, the present Incumbent. Slate Auditor Sherrlck of -Indiana caught a prison term of twenty-one years for un lawful diversion of public funds. Mr. Sher rlck achieved a wide reputation as "a prince ot good fellows." Mayor Weaver of ' Philadelphia has clinched his victory over the local rapid transit company by signing papers which annuls franchises valued at 11,(00,000 and obliging tha company to pay 1400.000 into the city treasury. A committee of the Massachusetta legis lature has reported 'unanimously a bill which provides that upon the request of 10 per cent. of the reglstejJ j;r l;-s of thp atate or of any cour. nieaaure of 1'r mlftev'' THE Every one knows that Royal Baking Powder is absolutely pure. The housewife uses it with confidence, and she is justified in so doing. But how few realize that Royal Baking Powder is a direct product of the healthful and delicious grape ! The product of the grape, crystallized and ground, is the cream of tartar which forms the active principle of every pound of Royal Baking Powder. Fruit properties are needful for the health fulness of the body, and the grape as used in Royal Baking Powder is the most valua ble and healthful of all. R oya! produces food remarkable both and wholesomeness. OTHER I.A.DS THAX OVRS. A Hernia n periodical, Stahl und Glsen, publishes some optimistic figures about tha coal supply of the world. Germany's de posits of coal are put down at 2SO.uOO.000, 000 tons, which with the present con sumption will suffice for a couple of thott sand years. Other European powers, 'In the opinion of this authority, are In a much less favorable position. Thus, the coal deposits of Great . Britain and Ire land amount to only about half of those of Germany, or about 193,000,000,000 tons, and, as the annual consumption Is twice as big as that of Germany, England may have exhausted Its supplies In some 360 years. The aggregate for Europe Is about 700,000,000,000 tons of coal. The coal deposits of North America are estimated to contain nearly as much as those of Europe, or 081,000,000,000 tons; but even this gigantic figure. Is .completely dwarfed by Asia's wealth of coal, as to which it Is at present Impossible to make an approximate estimate. China more especially seems to possess Inexhaustible supplies, and a German scientist has put the coal deposits of the province of Shan-Sl alone at 1.200.000,000,000 tons. ... The first census of the British empire has just been Issued from the general registrar's office In London, but much of the material In It will have to be digested before the value of It can be appreciated. The returns are for the year 1901, and nearly five years have been, required to collect them and put them into anything Ilka Intelligible shape. According to tha official figures. King Edward has In Asia mora than 300,000.000 of subjects; on the American continent, 7.5O0.0OO; iu Africa, about 43,000,000; In Australasia, more than 5,000,000, and In Europe more than 42.000,000. Classifying them broadly by religions, there are aue.OOO.OOO of Hindus. M.OCO.OOO of Mohammedans, 58,000,000 of Christians, 12. 000,000 of Buddhists and 3.000.000 of vari ous pagan or non-Christian religions. It should be added that' this last Item rep resents a very wide generalization, since It contains Parseea, Sikhs, Jains, Jews and Confucians, aa well as very primitive forms of superstition. Every attempt in the United Kingdom to add. a column for religions to the census returns has been defeated up to the present time. For some reason or other tha native Britisher objects, seemingly, to declaring the faith that Is In lilm for purposes of classifica tion. There are exceptions, however, for some enthuslasta have not hesitated to proclaim themaelves Calithumplan, . Can oplst. Hoke, HylosoUt, Tipon, Theslan, "''i'iSJtn2ennlllvj wjjjje and so FOOD Baking Powder ROYAL IAKINQ POWDER CO.t NEW YORK. dustrles of Ireland, and displaying them to the best advantage in the most prom inent part of the exhibition, the Industrial and commercial welfare, of the country must be helped forward. Not only the work- turned out by great factories, but tho product of the humble cottager's taste and Industry, wfll be brought before a wider public than could be reached In any other way. Established Industries will thus find a way to new markets, and those partially developed will receive the encour agement they most need. The municipal authoritlea of Berlin are about to make a aerlous trial of automobile fire engines. Experiments In this direction have already been made In several other German towns. At Hanover it was found that tha annual cost of maintaining an automobile fir 6 engine amounted to $500, as compared with $3,000 required to maintain a fire engine drawn by two horses. This difference was brought about chiefly by the discharge of the men employed to tend the horses and by the saving of the rent hith erto laid for stables. It was found that the automobile fire engine could leave the fire station more quickly and reach Its destination with greater speed than the older type. Equally favorable results have been obtained at Schoneberg and one or two other German towns. The municipal authorities ' In the capital have now de cided to introduce two automobile fire en gines, by way of experiment, one of which will be driven by electricity and one by steam. ' Both will have the same weight and the same maximum apeed of eighteen miles an hour. The construction of tha steam automobile fire engine will cost $5,000, and that of the electrical automobile fire engine $4,500. A wail has gone up from the Hotel Keep ers' association of Naples to the effect that American and English tourists are rapidly being supplanted by Germans. One la In formed how the Italian host does not relish the change. "Are we to credit the Teu ton." inquires a local paper, "with tha welcome announcement that the Hotel Keepers' association has formed a league to protect the foreign wanderer front 'fraud, general trickery and Imposition? The proverbially deliberate economy of tha Teuton forbids such an assumption. There must be some other reason." MMlLllO REMARKS. "Home men are like wine; they improve with age." "Yes, but the likeness must be perfect." "How do you mean?" "Well, no wine can Improve with sgs that ia drunk too often." Philadelphia nip' money dun ha "rnt an' clothes," -'r got to b in flavor mighty sensible or mighty light-minded to fully enjoy the balance." Washington Star. "I'm going to give my parrot away to someone. He can't say anything but 'What a fool" " "I see. Tou'vn going to give him away because he gives you aay." Cleveland Leader. "What's this? A system for refreshing the memory? Take It away. I've no use for It In my business. "May I ask your business, sir?" "I'm the professional witness for seven teen gigantic corporations, sir." Clevelnnd Plain Dealer. Old Time portr.r In your Judgment. rliat ailed tha patient I Assistant Lack of vitality, sir. I bled him till ther was scarcely an ounce left In him, and still he died. Chicago Tribune. Nell May doesn't seem so quick to denJT her sge now as ahe uaed to be. Bell No; she's gotten very Ktout lately. Nell What has that to do with It? Bell It takes all her time now to deny her weight, Philadelphia jlger. "You must have an awful thirst, ltk'sof bauer!" "I? I'm never thirsty." "But you're drinking all day long." "Yes, and for that reason I'm never thirsty." Pliegende Blaetter. A DEFIANCE. J. W. Foley In New York Times. I am sixty an' I'm healthy, an' I've got a grip like steel; I walk my furrer stlddy an' you won't git me to squeal: I'm out afield a-workin' at th' very peep o' day; I take back seat fr no one when It comes to pltehin' hay. My corn rows are as thrifty as most any one's y'll find: My appetlte'a tremendous an' I'm neither desf nor blind: I'm tough aa hlck'ry timber, an' I 'low there's goln' t' be A right smart rough and tumble when they're Oslerliln' me. t swing my axe with youngsters, an' I never miss a stroke; I got a biceps muscle like a knotty pieco ot oak; I'm full of flss and ginger an' I'm cheer ful as can be; Til' fields an' streams an' pastures all look mighty good to me. I've earnt my way by workin", not by settln' 'round asleep. An' what I've earnt by workin' I have got a right to keep. Tli' Lord may call mo suddlnt-like, an' I may be su'prised. But you bet your bottom dollar that I won't be Oslerlzcd. Th' clover's Just as purty as It ever was before; Th' rosea that are climbln' ell around th kitchen door Are Juat aa sweet to look at. an' I ve got a right to ba . Look I n' happy at creation when It all looks good to me. An' sixty years th' limit that th measly doctors give I Why. bless your soul, at sixty I have Just begun to live! , An' f take life sort o" easy! Forty years fr'm now'll be- Boon enough f talk th' rascals-about Oslerliln' me! Chance V- anti if Nut or ) H i1