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WIIEM O IT OK TOWS. abssrlbera Iravlag tha eltr taa pararlly shoal have The Be walled to them. Address will rhaaged a oftea resjaeated. Nebraska democrats arc in favor of tli election, of United States senators by (llmt vote of tue people but not this j car. The. K"1 ot Vesuvius alruply wants to show that lie la aa good at smoking up now a a he used to be when the world was younger. Indiana auditors, who for oter twenty yearn have been short in their accounts, can plead precedent If not also the stat ute of limitations. In view of the almost endless talk on the railroad rata bill, it ia needless to recall that there Is no cloture to debute In the august senate. The popular idea of the poverty of nilftaiooarle will bar to be revised if Chinese bandits conflnne to find them roruumtrativo victims. In declaring the Kansas City Htock exthntwe to be a trust the Kansas su "prein court may have incidentally in creased business at some competitive points. If worse cornea to worst, our demo cratic frlenda rolgbt cable Mr. Kryan for a tip on what to do about noiul Dating a candidate for United Statea senator. The. report that bubonic plague haa reached America may turn attention away from the stegomyU long enough for it to obtain Its usual foot lug In tlio gulf states. It bt boiied Maxim Gorky will not endeavor to bring American readers to Russian standards of literature. Like Its caviar, a little Russian writing goes a long way. Winston Churchill bag drawn the fire of Joseph Chamberlain and aa long as the unionist trains bla guns on that target the real government of (reat Britain Is safe. The Y. W. C. A. building fund cam ualgn baa made notable progress, but has still several big gaps to close. The women cut out a large Job for them aelvea and deserve help all round. A a usual, the democratic state pint form Is emphatically In favor of non partisanship In municipal electlona. That always happena with the fellow who needs votes from the other party. The candidate who aaya he got a doui .ocratic nomination for the council at the recent primaries at 8 total outlay of fl will And when tha election Is over that even at that he paid too much for it. China Is said to object to the attitude assumed by foreign nations toward that government. China baa the solution I its own hands. Iet it follow the course of Japan and Its desires will le re spected If not approved. With the coucluslou of the Algecirs conference It is announced that Russia will float a new loan. Kvidently, the cxar ia disappointed in the failure another of the "great powers" to reduce itself to poverty through war. When the Union l'aclftc t.ullt its tie Union station in Omaha it wa nuppimed that It would suffice to acconiitiwdate a the passenger traffic centering then for at least a geueratloo. but plana for it enlargement are already being broached. The builders of Omaha must build for the future zd they must also In doing so realise the great future iu store for O ujb.a. jvdicul fLAVGHTr.n or LAVS. Tha slaughter of legislation In the court on the score of niieonstitutlon- lity, a practice wult-h is steadily lu- renning. mill inevitably raise the quea- on wljetlier In 8 large clan of caea at leat the point of constitutionality may Dot lx decided before Instead of after meaxure ia put on the statute Ikx. It ia not a norel ayatem, for It haa leen iu practice la MaaBachiiactta for a great many yeara and In moat of the New England state fur a long time, but the need of Ita general application waa neTer so great aa now. Under It the legislature or the executive department may call upon the supreme coitrt to paaa upon the validity of propositions which It la In contemplation to embody In legislation, thus preventing the most serious practical consequences Of error. It la frequent experience of every state, that 8 measure of the utmost Im portance will be passed with great pain by a legislature, sometimes occupying most of the time of a whole session, only ater to be annulled by Judicial decision on a score or unconstitutionality wnicn could aa well have been pointed out be fore the measure waa passed. The worst of It Is that between enactment and an nulment Injury to private rights of far reaching extent may be done, and aa in the rase of the Illinois primary law Just now held roid public Inconvenience, con fusion and expense of the gravest char acter may be caused. Many years In deed sometimes elapse before the de cisive question Is raised in the courts, great public and private Interests thus In effect banging on chance. It is conceded on the other hand that 11 Interests are not to lw foreclosed from delilHraHve Judicial action tion specific cases aa they arise, but the class of sub- oota aa to which the supreme court could act as Intelligently at one time ns another la beyond question very numer ous. Mere questions of form and tech nical compliance with the requirements of the constitution are the occasion of n Teat amount of litigation that might lie avoided In Nebraaka by the adoption of the Massachusetts system, which, for example, at the last session of the legis lature might have saved the stnto nil the annoyance and expense from the bi ennial election law. The courts, except under express re quirement to the contrary, will not net upon any question till it is raised befort inem ny parties in direct interest to a apeclfic ense, and If there is to be relief from the growing evil of belated judicial nullification of legislation it will there fore have to come elsewhere. CASSOy O.V TABIFF RKYIHIOX. Speaker Cannon, who Is recognized among the Impetuous tariff revlslonlsla aa a foremost "stand natter." sukecsIs how unsubstantial their contention ia in letter he has Just written declnriug that "tariff revision will come In the not distant future." The speaker's declnta tion merely emphnsl7.es the point that tariff revision. Insofar as It Is a matter among those who agree as to the funda mental protective principle, la merely question aa vo time and opportunity. As question of principle between those who advocate and those who oppose the protective policy, the time of revision Is immaterial, and so much of current Insistence for instant revision as comes from the outright enemies of protection is insincere and partisan, aiming at de struction and not at consistent revision of a protective tariff. And most, though not all, revision agitation comes from thnt hostile source. It la a material circumstance thnt res olute stand pattera of the' tvne of HiKHker Cannon hold the view that a general revision of the tariff Is a matter of the near future, now that there are multiplying slgna of a disposition among democratic leaders to make the' broad tariff Issue a paramount question in the next presidential campaign. Any piece meal revision that would be possible at this session, any impulsive or spasmodic effort of revision by republicans, wonld not meet this broad issue between "the great political partlea, but in the Judg meut of those who are at the helm of the republican party, Including evidently President Roosevelt himself, would be apt to prejudice its case before the people. If at the preseut session the party shall dispose worthily of the great work It has undertaken under the president's leadership by subjecting railroad corjio- ratlons to Irresistible public control, there should le no Insuperable difficulty among republicans in fairly agreeing a to the time and manner of tariff revision far less difficulty among them. It will le found, than there will Iks In the dem ocratic party In presenting a democratic tariff to set over agnlnst It before the people. t.V LXAMPl.K FfJrt XKHHASKA A dispute over the price to be paid for advertising space for printing new laws In one of the Ies Moines news papers calle attention to a practice pur sued In Iowa which ought to be Intro duced In Nebraska. Iu Iowa, one of the prerequlsltea to the enforcement of a law enacted with the emergency clause to go Into effect at once-4s Its publica tion for the Information oT the people through the medium of the public prints. In Nebraska the constitution very care fully provides that all laws passed by the legislature shall be published and distributed In look form within sixty days after adjournment. This require ment If carried out-whlch Is not usually donewould suffice to give noilce of or dlnary legislation which does not be come oieratlve for three calendar mouths, but It loses Its force entirely as to emergency legislation passed by the Increased majority to put it into im mediate effect. With such laws our people subjected to their provisions have no chance to become familiarized aud ofteu are placed Iu the attitude of j law-breakers aud even criminal wlth- out knowing or having any sure means of knowing that the statutes have ben changed. The Iowa system by wlih-h emergency legislation must le given newspnper publicity before enforcement suggests the way by which Nebraska lawmakers may remedy this palpable evil among us. .1 HOOD MOYK. .Mayor Immnn is mnklng a good move In starting out for a reuovation of the city hnll building and a reforma tion of the way In whk-b it is run. The Be not long ago called attention to the fact that the city hall bad fallen into a wretched state of bad repair, which culled for immediate attentlou. The taxpayers of Omaha' have put more than half a million dollars Into a build lug to bouse their municipal offices and they will not legrudge the outlay of any reasonable amount necessary to rotect their property from disintegra tion. The city hall needs a spring house cleaning Inside and out. and needs it bndly. The impression of magnificence, which the building makes at a distance upon strangers, is entirely lost UKn close inspection when the guest Is ush ered In through a dingy entrance into a court with holes in the tiling underfoot and broken glass in the skylight over head. A thorough overhauling of the building even at, the expense of several thousand dollars will be fully approved by the people who foot the bills. After the building is renewed it will then le in onler to provide a more effec tive system of maintenance so that It will te kept tip. Tliis need entail no additional expense, but only more thor ough orgnui.atiou of the force now em ployed and more strict insistence upon co-operation among them. The entire question of building repairs should be under the supervision of the building In spector, while the matter of building maintenance should ls under the super intendence of a superintendent, or head Jnnitor, or head porter, or any other name which may be 'preferred for the position. The city hall should be a good example of civic beauty for the owners of private buildings instead of the bad example it has Income. The work of canvassing the vote cast at the primary election proves to be a greater tusk thnn the work of canvass ing the vote at a regular election. Wlint would happen if anyone took advantage of the provision of the primnry law per mitting any candidate to demand a com plete recount of the ballots by simply making affidavit of belief thnt error has boon committed, it Is difficult to fore tell. If every defeated candidate asked for a recount the certificates of nomina tlon might not 1e issuable before the election. Another good thing about the date of the republican state convention fixed for August 22 is that it defers nominations until after another iisKcssment of rail road property is made by the State Hoard of Assessment and gives the di'le gates a chumre to find out how state officers who are members of that board and expect to be re-elected line up on the question of railroad tax shirking. Notice has leen served Uku the fran chised corporations In Omaha that their money Is not good for the coming city election, and that every candidate run nlng, no matter on what ticket, would spurn the offer of financial assistance if it should be made. Ttie new slogan "No tainted campaign money." The primaries in Omaha brought out less than 100 socialist votes, but when the returns from election are In the so cialist strength will probably be regis tered closer to l.WO. . This much may be aald for the socialists in Omaha, that they are not deluded by any false hopes of prospective patronage. When Australia ia asked to pass law preferring British shipping over others It will probably want, to know what It will receive in exchange which goes to show that Mr Balfour's Idea of left banded reciprocity Is not dead In the empire. Larky Barna. New York Commercial. Coal operators are about th only one to make money with their hands in thlr pockets coal pockets, of course. A Hmo Image. Philadelphia Record. When this gcia to be a government of the consumer, for the consumer and by the consumer the lamb will grow a mane like th lion and the lion will wiggle an Inno cent tail like the lamb. Oa th Teboggaa Slide. . Pittsburg Dispatch. Now that the magnates hav taken to firing each other out of their railroad and insurant companies there may be som hope for the publlo that they may evenlu ally eliminate themselves for good. as Slow aa H Look. Cleveland Leader. A Chinese merchant In Shanghai has Just made 150,000 out of Americans Iu a Ultl transaction In American copper. If this sort of thing occurs often, exclusion of all Chinese will soon be advocated for new rea sons. Chicago Record-Herald. I'ncl Jo Cannon got ntad th othe day when a member of congress called him an autocrat. "I'nile Jue" declares tha the horse continues to be good enough for hint, and that he never had an aul in his life. Heading; la Oat. Pittsburg Dispatch. Th great legal debat on tha rale bill may b credited with revealing th x truordlnary meaning which eminent law vera can read Into the constitution of the t'nited Elate and th ordinary ones whl they can read out of It. Thl la lh l.iiall. Chicago Record-Herald. Somebody ha Introduced a bill ia toe national house of representative to atop conareMinen from franking household fur n V- through th mail. If our tal men are aot to be permitted to send thrir plnnos by mall we shall have to admit tlit rrpubllrs are Indeed ungrateful. oaareaaloaa t perwatsltea. Indianapolis News. The matter of restricting the franking rlvllege naturally embarrasses congress men, with railroad paaee already gone, this tie a- deprivation sometimes tnakr them wonder whether It Is renlly worth while to be a congressman after all. RlSht 1st Wtait'i Mae. Baltimore American. The fltst woman receiver known In busi ness history has been appointed In a bank ruptcy proceeding In New Tork. But us It Is a dressmaking cae, a woman receiver la supposed by all the laws of the feminine being to know her business. Mopefal Oatlovk In aUa. Philadelphia Iedger. Culia has settled down Into a state of tranquillity that Is In Itarlf an Indication of prosperity. The new congress has just met, and the present political peace may not endure for long: but at present the Palma government has a good working ma jority and la looking for no obstruction. The statistics quoted from the president's measuge are certainly encouraging. The mports Into the Island rose from yn.CO.COJ In 1904 to $95,000,000 in 19U&, and the exports from tKS.Vr'.Ono to $110,000,000. Of these ports. t9S.00rt,no went to the United State. and this country furnished $43,000,000 of the Imports. This Is a substantial and healthy trade that naturally ha a trsnqulllixlng Influence. A aeaa(arlal Speetaele. Kansas City Star. It must hav been a precious and mov ing spectacle to have seen Brother EJklns give the light hand of fellowship to Brother Allison when the latter was re ceived Into the presidential fold. Tou know with a fresh convert like Klklns, three or four days makes a full fledged saint. If you watch Brother Allison you 111 find him very numerous snd sctlve up around the amen corner. When all of the "conservatives" get Into the Ark of Safety, Rrother Ixmg of Kansas, who has been blessed with a vital religious ex perience, should "raise" that good old re vival hymn, "There Are Angels Hovering Around." It Is doubtful whether even Aldrlch could fVslst that. In the mean time, the Lord bless. Brother Klklns and Brother Allison. Tyramay of Sperlal Privilege. Portland Oregonlan. Perhaps the most Ingenious form of Hie tyranny of the past over the future con sists In the grant of special privileges to favored Individuals or corporations. Such grants' are like cancers eating at the vitals. of the body politic. They corrupt those who give and those who receive them. They re contrary to all the principles of repub lican government and violate every rule of ethics. It Is sufficient for each generation to control Its own affairs wisely. The pres ent must not exist in servile subjection to the past, nor must It seek to tyrannise over the future. What was wise a century ago may not be wise now; what Is wise now will probably be foolish In a hundred years. The meanest of all dishonesty Is that which tries to rob the future of Its Independence. The meanest of all servility Is that which grovels In blind subjection to the past. PEHSOV4I. SOTKS. John L. Snyder, a Seneca Indian, has re ceived permission to take the New York stat bar examination. Tennyson Smith, the 'leader of the tem perance reform movement In England, Is In Washington at the head of a campaign in the district for prohibition. Miss Marie Hall, the violinist, who has recently returned from, .the I'nlted. States to England, sums up tier Impressions of this country In four -words: "Iced waterj hot hotels." Bo many congressmen attended th races recently that there was no quorum In th house. Incidentally settling the question whether that body really represents the common people. Six' thousand Invitations have been sent out by the Navy department to attend the patriotic services at the final burial cere monies of John Paul Jones on the 24th, at Annapolis. Rear Admiral Brevoe de la Payrere, with three warships, will repre sent France. Henry H. Rogers has been reappointed superintendent of streets of Falrhaveti, Mass.; Alfred Marshall, with an Income of U.W0 a week. Is running for trustee of Vlaniaroneck; Mrs. Mackay, worth 3.000,000 or M.000.000, Is school director of Rosliu, I I., and two farmers worth $1,000,000 apiece are tied for mayor of Ida Grove. Ia. John Burns, the radical member of Par liament, waa addressing a meeting in the. district which he represents. He said he was now engaged In a Job where the gen eral rate of pay la 2.000 a year and he was nut going to take less than the union scale. A woman who waa present called out: "How do you spend It, John?" and Burns replied Instantly: "Ask the missus." LAW VERBIS COMMO 8KSSF.. Fine Braad of th Latter Dlapeused by Sew Hampshire CooN. Frank Sanborn In Springfield Republican. Tillman's phras of "cornfield law" la likely to go far, as th French say; and It reminds me of what two or thre chlef"jus tlces said of the New Hampshire courts, when the Judges were farmers snd parsons, or country Justices of the peace, endowed with what It has been the fashion to call "horse sense." John Dudley of Raymond was on of these, and of him Chief Justice Parsons said: "You may laugh at his law and ridicule his language, but Dudley la, after all. the beat Judge I ever knew In Nw Hampshire." Arthur Livermore, another chief justice, said, with Dudley In. his mind: "Never was Justice better admin istered In New Hampshire than when the judges knew very little of what w lawyers call law." Her Is on of Dudley's charges to th traverse Jury: "You've heered what has been aald by the lawyers, the rascals! but no, I won't abuse 'em. 'Tie their business to make out a good case they're paid for It, and they've done well enough In this case. But you and I. gentlemen, have sunthin' else to think of They talk about law why, gentlemen. It's not law we want, but Justice. They want to govern us by Wie common law of Eng land; trust me for It, common sense Is a much safer guide for ss the common sens of Raymond, Exeter, Ipin (Epplng) and the other towns that sent us her to try this case between two of our neighbors. A clear head and an honest heart are wuth more than all th law of all the lawyers. Ther was one good thing said by 'em though; 't was from one Shakespeare, an English stage-player. I believe. No matter fur that; 't waa e'enainoat good enough to be In the Bible "Be Just and fear not." That's the law In this case, gentlemen, and law enough In any case in this court. It's our business to do justice between the par ties; not by any quirks o' the law out of Coli or BJarkstone books that I never read snd never will but by common svnse and common honesty between man and limn. That's our business: and the curse of God la upon ua if we neglect or turn aside from that. And now, Mr. Sheriff, take out the Jury; and you, Mr. Foreman, don't keep us waiting with Idl talk too much o' that a'ready! about matters that hav uothln' to do with th merits of this 'r case. Uive us an holiest verdict that common sens men ueedu't b ashamed of," BITS OP W tlim;TOH MI R. Minor Seeaea aad laeldrats Sketched s the Spat. Wire and wireless reports announce the arrival In Washington of Colonel John N. I Baldwin of Council Bluffs snd Omaha, gen eral attorney for the t'nlon Pacific Hall road company. Mr. Baldwin visit ia one of pleasure only. Jut dropped In, )ou know, to pay his ick'IS to the supreme court and congratulate the Justices on the wisdom of their decision in the Michigan railroad tax cases, whereby railroad prop erty Is to be taxed on the same bals as other property. Rqualitj- of taxation. In principle and practice, commands the un wavering energy and eloquence of Mr. Bald win, and the Michigan decision cheers and Inspires him to greater efforts. It Is not known whether Mr. Baldwin called at tho White House to tender his support to the president In the battle for rate regulation. It Is known, however, that he called upon Congressman Pete Hepburn, author of the pending rate regulation bill. Mr. Baldwin regards the measure as a triumph of liter ary skill, scientific research and perspica cious wisdom, and was profuse in his com pliments to the unterrifled congressman from Iowa. "How are you feeling, John?" suid Colo nel Hepburr is soon as he recovered his power of sp. .it. "Fine," said Baldwin. "I never felt bet ter In my life. I have discovered a new diet that Is Just the thing I have been looking for; my conscience is dear and I have forgiven all my enemies." "What's that, John: Forgiven all your enemies?" "Yes, Pete. This new diet of mine has Worked wonders with me. I am at peace with all the world, with every enemy for given, and nothing but smiles for the uni verse." "John," .said Hepburn, "you remind me of a chap I used to know down In Page county. He did Dot get to this beautiful condition by a new diet, but he arrived there after he got religion. He met a friend on the street one day soon after he hud eeeji the error of his ways and had been converted. " 'Bill,' said th friend, iibw be ye?' " "Oreat," said BUI. 'I am at peace with all the world. I have forgiven all my ene mies and love everybody.' " " 'Forgiven all your enemies. Bill? Ye don't mean that, do ye?' " " 'Yes. I do. I have forgiven all my ene mies, every one of them, even Bill Jones and Tom Smith, blank blank their blankety blanked hides.' " It seems a curious, charge to bring against Senator La Follette that he suf fers from stage fright, writes a Washing ton correspondent, but certainly he Is not yet at his euse in addressing the senate. The senate affords a trying -ordeal to the new members who venture to address It. Now. either Mr. La Follette's Ideas flow faster than his words or the grave and critical attention to which he Is subjected by the senators flusters him, for his de livery Is halting and his manner embsr rassed. Nor has he acquired the true sena torial Impassivity of countenance. He al lows various emotions to pls.y over his face. His manner Is most persuasive and he employs many of the arts of the plat form speaker in milking his telling points. He Is neither grandiose nor oracular after the fashion ot the senate. The little tricks of the elocutionist, the lifting of eyebrows, the persuasive smile and the arts and graces of the lecturer do not fit in with the senate's scheme of things snd sharply differentiate Mr. ja. Follette from other seriate speakers. That he has been ac customed to responsive audiences quickly becomes apparent. Unconsciously, perhaps, he pauses at stated lntervalsto let the ap plause die away. The veterans regard such manifestations with critical disapproval. People arc all predicting that before Mr. I.a Follette has been there long he will have entirely changed his manner of speak ing and insensibly adopt the senate mode of address, which Is lac-Ring In all frills and ornamentation, "I am not one of those who think con gress has deteriorated,'" said Justice Har lan. "I maintain that the preseut congress is as high grade as any congress. "The Congressional Record Is a remark able publication, if a man were cast on a desert island and had the Bible, Shakes peare and the Congressional Record he would have nil the reading matter wanted." A correspondent for a Kansas paper was rushing around one day last week. "You seem to be busy today," said a friend. "Busy? Great heavens. I should think I gin busy! I've got one senator from my state In there. In the senate chamber, defending the administration and the other senator over in the supreme court trying to keep out of Jail." Senator Clay of Georgia was telling Sen ator Pettus of Alabama about an unfair, browbeating and Insolent federal judge In the south. "He Is he Is he Is," said Senator Clay, hesitating for a word. "I understand you perfectly. Senator." Senator Pettus said. "You are a Baptist and your religion does not furnish the words necessary properly to describe such a man." "Why are all the sofas and chairs In the cloakrooms upholstered In leather?" asked Congressman Tyndall, the Osark mountain member, of Champ Clark. "Dunno." answered Clark; "I suppose It's fashionable and don't wear out like black hair cloth." "Oh, that's It, Is It?" Tyndall said. "Some. body told me it was so that we could sharpen our knives without hacking up our boots." TREE PI.TIX K(sO, Arbar Day i Forrrfal Reminder of Civic Daly. Chicago Tribune. The approach of Arbor day ia a reminder that the American people In the last quarter century have awakened to a new apprecia tion of trees. The pioneer cleared the for est seemingly with never a suspicion that anybody might ever deplore his act. The lumlierman has continued up to the present time to devastate It ruthlessly. A new but wide-spread public desire to stay the de stroying axe and to repair part of the hann it has done has found expression In the forestry reserve acts of congress and tl.e legislatures, and in laws setting apart an Arbor day In every stat and territory ex cept Delaware and Indian Territory. The new forestry sentiment Is due mainly to two causes. On Is material. It has been found that Indiscriminate and wholesale tre cutting may pay Individuals but not the public. High priced lumber and floods costly to agriculture and industry result. The farmer has learned that orchards are not only directly profitable to their owners but that where they are on almost every farm they usefully regulate the rainfall and keep the fields from washing. The otber causa of the existing forestry sentiment is esthetic. When a big majority of the people lived In small towns and In lb country few felt any need of "getting bark to nature." Nature for most was near. Owing to the rapid growth of urban popu lation there now are millions from whom it is far removed mout or all the year. Since they an seldom or never go to nature, they ask that nsture be brought to them. The beat way to do this, it Is truly felt. Is to aduru tUe towns and cities with trees. WALTHAM WATCHES. Most people have heard how an error in the drop of the Greenwich time-ball was detected by a layman with a WAL THAM watch. He believed in his watch as against the signal of the civijjzcd world. His watch was right the signal was wrong, "Tht Perfected American Wttch, " n ilhstrited book of tntertsting tnfonnstiion About matches, free upon request. . AMERICAN WALTHAM WATCH COMPANY, - WALTHAM, MASS. TITK PRK.SS COMMRVT. Plattsmouth Journal: This pnjier fa vors Omaha as the place for holding the democratic mil. convention, and we hope the state committee will thus decide. Blue Springs Sentinel: If the people of Nebraska want to investigate the Insur ance companies of (he state, the coming session of the state legislsture should see to it that the investigation Is promptly made and that, too, by men who are competent to make It. No business that Is created by law should be Immune from the limelight of publicity. Leatrlce Express: Permanent stone bridges, If they can be had at a cost within the reach of Gage county, ought to be in stalled by all meuns. Steel bridges are good when there Is not too much steal about their construction. t'ntll bridge grafting Is followed by swift punishment steel structures will not come up to the standard. Stone bridges would keep the money of the tax-payers at home, another Important item. St. Paul Republican: The discovery of coal In Nemaha crunty Is Important to the people of Interior Nebraska only on condition .that the railroads can be forced out of the mining business and compelled to confine themselves to the proper exer cise of their functions as common carriers. I'nder existing conditions a privately owned coal mine Is about aa uninteresting to fuel consumers as the Grand Island beet sugar factory Is to the grocery buyers of that city. Weeping Water Herald: Pollard is do ing for the First district as much as any representative can, and personal griev ances of minor affairs are of small Im portance, compared with right represent ation In congress. Cass county voters, especially, should take pride In having a candidate for congress. It is an .honor to our people and a renomlnation should follow the short term he has worked so hard and met with such flattering suc cess as to be reckoned a strong friend of the administration. Falls City Journal: Ernest M. Pollard Is asking for a renomlnation to congress and he Is, according to all precedents, entitled to it. He lids lgun his work as congressman as a representative of 'the farming country of Nebraska by trying to do something to benefit the farmers. From the way he started there is no doubt but what In one or two terms h could get some valuuble legislation passed for the benefit of the farmers. Richardson county, being strictly a farming com munity, should take some interest In help ing Mr. Pollard along. Pawnee Republican: The question be fore the people of the First Congressional district In the pending congressional cam paign is whether they will support a man who has been tried and found true, ir whether they will penult him to be turned down simply and solely because he has been faithful and true to his trust. Iu view of the fact that it has been the un broken policy of the First district since its organisation to give Its congressmen not less than two terms, and for the fur ther fact that Mr. Pollard has kept In perfect accord with the Roosevelt admin istration In all his utterances and actions, there is no good reason why he should not be accorded th same courtesy that has been extended to his predecessors. Fremont Tribune: The Nebraska delega tion In congress has chosen Mr. McCarthy of this district as the Nebraska member of the national committee to look after the political interests of the members. This choice falls to a worthy man. Mr. Mc Carthy Is recognised as a vigorous and sturdy tighter and It la certain that he will give an account ot himself . by his services on this Important party com mittee. Mr. McCarthy is a strong mem ber of congress and those who are fa miliar with conditions at Washington ap preciate the reputation he has made there. That he will employ the advantage of membership of the committee In looking after his own Interests in this district goes without saying. That he will be able to control the situation at home Is quite likely. He has stood solidly with the presi dent in the things the people of this dis trict have demanded and they have no grudge against Mr. McCarthy. Fremont Tribune: Victor Rosewater, member of the republican state central committee, han presented to that body a resolution calling for the adoption of a Why Refer to Doctors Because we make medicines for them. They know all about Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, so they prescribe it for coughs, colds, bronchitis, weak lungs, consump tion. They trust it. Then you can afford to trust it. Consult your doctor about it, anyway. Sold for 60 years. We have no secrets We publish the formulas of all our medicines. Mad ay Iks J. O. Aysr C. , 111. Mas, ia staauAMiturar o f ATZB'S IsIB VIGOB Fr ts hair. ATBk'8 PILLS For cesstipatloa. ATkk'S SAkSAPAkiLLA for U bloo. ATkk'g AGliB CUES For BuUnaasdagae. piimnry plan of nominating candidate for this year. The committee, is asked to re quest Its use In all the counties for local officers and for the selection of stat of ficers. This plan provides that th voters who attend the primaries shall ther bal lot for their choh-e of candidate fur all offices; that returns shall be mad to the county organization on all county nomi nees and to the state organisation by the county organization of the votes ot ttm county for state candidates. The county und state conventions shall simply register the will of the voters , expressed at the primaries. This appears to be a sane method of carrying out the primary Idea. The Tribune would be pleased to see it adopted In every county of the state this year. It Is an excellent method of bring ing the issues close home to the pcopl. SMII.IXJ REMARKS. Towne Whenever you hear a politician declare that "every man has his price " yon may rest assured that he's on of them. Browne Not necessarily. He mav sim ply be calling attention to the lact that he hasn t got his yeL Philadelphia Press. "Yes, Dr. Sixthly happened to mention the ten eoniniHndments and I had to pre tend 1 didn't know what he meant." "Why so?" "Nobody In the smart set ever heard of them, my dear." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Huh!" retorted the haughty Briton. "It's ridiculous, don't y' know, to clawss the Stutes with Great Britain. Why, our army and navy could come over here and simply wipe your country off the map." "What, strain?" quietly asked th Ameri can gii 1. I'liiluedlplna Ledger. Her Men are all flirts you can't trust one of them. Him More so thnn women? Her Well, I should say so. I'm engaged to three of the nicest men I ever knew and I've found that evory one of them Is flirting with some other girl. Cleveland Leader. i "I don't alius take off my hat "to a man Jes' 'cause he's popular," said Unci Eben. "One o' dn mos' popular people dat ever come to Foggy Bottom turned out to be a confidence man." Washington fc'tar. "I thought you made, a resolution to stop drinking during Lent." "Well er I m Just taking this for med icinal purposes." "Nonsense! You're, aot sick." "Yes I am. I'm sick of the resolution I made." Philadelphia Press. "Doesn't It worry you not having your watch when you want to know what Um it Is?" ioi a on. & just iinf oui my pawn ticket and look at the nearest clock." Cleveland Leader. Mrs. Middleblock-My tiurrnH ssJf Such an exasperating habit of talking In his sleep. Mrs. Crossway Disturbs your rest, doesn't It? Mrs. Middleblock Oh, I don't mind that. But he mumbles so I can't understand a word he says. Chicago Tribune. THE TlXEH'S P1HLOJOPHT. W. D. Nesblt In Chicago Trlbun. Hp. struck the keva with thouzhtful air. until at last he found The faulty strings from which aros each harsh. viiiKcordant aouud;. Then patiently and long he worked one must be tighter drawn t'ntll its Jangling tinnlness snd falsity were gone,; ' pno must be loosed and tightened, then tli velvet hammer's beat Would call from it a not that was meloidl- ously sweet. And when with gentle craft he had tolled all over the board ' , He swept bis tlngnra down the kes now in the strings were stored Greut waves of dulcet harmony, th hum of bees that swarm, ' The mellow diapason of the distant thunder storm, The chant of marching men, and wondrous tones that women sing, And haunting, pence-rilled lullabies whose measures sway and swing. "Pianos," he said quaintly, "ar Ilk women and like men They fall and falter In their grace "-I music, now end then; They weary of ihe sweeter tones; each note grows dull and hard. ' And with incessant discord all their song of life Is marred So humankind grow out of tune until each smile or word Is deadened by the fret fulness with Which Its cheer Is blurred. "And you. and I. and all of us we know that lots of times An unknown something tune anew each heartstring till it chimes, An unknown something finds tho strings that. rust from work or care And makes them right, and leaves tha lilt of love and laughter there." And then the gray haired tuner bowed, and smiled, and went away. Nor seemed to think that he had preach, a sermon there, that day.