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HIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: "WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1. 1906.
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STATEMENT OF CI RCUXATION.
Stat of Nebraska, Douglas County, as :
C C. Rosewater, general manager of The
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
eye that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Daily, Morning.
Evening and Btindnr Bee printed during ths
month of March. I1, was as follows:
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14 81,410
16 81,1041
1( 81,4341
Total
Less unsold copies..
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to 81,300
1 88,1341
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.. 10,741
Net total sales WMi.TOB
Dally average 81,101
C. C. ROSEWATER.
General Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me this list day of March,
(Seal) M. B. HUNUATE.
Notary Public.
WIIE OCT OF TOWH.
Sabeartbers leaving the city len
porarlly sbonld have The Hee
wailed to them. Addreaa will be
t-hanaed as often aa reqoesied. '
Jurying by tin work accomplished
tlit' houe uf representatives should
lutve more 'uiMMilon" ilny s.
The dfclhiou of the supreme court In
the mutter of divorce will be u bard
blow at ccrtnin summer resorts.
Fate N ii:aiiist Attorney (leiienil
llatllcy or lie would not be ill when
so mini) work is to be done with lynch
era at Springfield.
The warring faction in Iowa will not
be silt is lied until they can twist the
president's "muck ruke" speech to Ht
state campaign Issue.
Now that the KLund Jury has been
drawn, nil persous whataoever with ugly
rumor tip their sleeve have, due notice
to prepare to produce the proof.
If the south would shine in compari
son with other states. It should revise
Jt child labor law before President
KooKcvclt Itcgln to gather statistic on
the subject.
Sir Cheng denies the allegation of
fraud by Chinese with all the abandon
of a New York life Insurance official,
and probably the record will prove It as
well founded.
In requesting newspaper correspond
ents to permit Mm to visit his future
queen lu peace. King Alfonso apparently
forget that the writers are paid to
produce stories.
Speaker Cannon's new rule regarding
a quorum ha the merit of common
sense, for nowhere except In census
year or eastern campaign are dead
men couuted a a voter.
Having duly Issued hi Arbor day
proclamation, Mayor Zlmman may rest
satisfied that his official name has been
Immortalized to posterity on the public
records for all time to come,
Since a Cincinnati court haa decided
that the state senate haa no legal power
to Investigate Hamilton county affair,
"Boss" Cox may reconsider his Inten
tion of retiring front politics. .
Now that Venezuela expresses sur
prise at the resignation of President
Castro, it Is possible the former presi
dent has made arrangements to Join
the colony of ex-dictators In Tarls.
On his return to Washington from
his tour of political Inspection to Ne
braska, Senator Millard announces that
the senatorial situation here suits him to
a T. Some people are easily satisfied.
In the light of Its refusal to grant
tariff concessions to the Philippines,
congress might as well let coastwise
laws of the United State go Into effect
at once. Between sugar and tobacco
men and sailors no favorites should be
played.
If the country papers In Nebraska
truly reflect the public sentiment of
their localities, the temper of the people
In this state Is decidedly opposed to
sending any man to the United States
senate at this time who Is tangled up
with corporation strings.
The counellnianle contest in the Elev
enth ward is between Frank Crawford
as the republican nominee and M. F.
runkhotiarr as the democratic nominee,
llr. Craw ford Is a young attorney, who
stands well among thoae who know him.
While be has never held public office, he
bag been active In public and party
affairs. He is a 'college graduate and
will make a city councilman of more
than avenge Intelligence and energy.
federal ty heritage tax.
That paragraph of President Itoose
vrlt's notable "Muck Make" Swedi
wherein ho declares, himself to le r
sonally In favor of a notional Inherit
ance tai s.vxletn "so framed a to put
It out of the- power of the owner of one
of tlio' enormous fortunes to hand on
more tlinn a certain aniouut to any In
dividual." ha Instant!? struck pnhlic
attention and la certain to lw widely
ll sou sod and possibly to produce Ini
portant practical results. It has al
ready called otit denunciation from
quarter which have heretofore leon un
friendly to t lie president, and there will
be much more criticism of the same
sort. But the proposition la art related
to vital question that It will 1k seri
ously considered by the great Inxly of
the people before It la either finally re
jected or accepted.
One Important fact la that the pro
posal Is free from the constitutional ob
jections urged against the Income tnx.
An Inheritance tai might be put In a
form that the courts would hold Invalid,
but a constitutional system can be de
vised. Such a federal system, the tax
being: graduated aoc-ordlng to the bulk
of the inheritance, was put In force dur
ing the war with Spain, and the court
repeatedly sustained It essential fea
ture. The national inheritance tax system
of lRltS was, of course, designed a a
revenue measure, and not for the pur
pose of preventing the transmission of
"enormous fortunes, either given In life
or devised or bequeathed upon death U
any Individual," which la the sole pur
pose proposed by the president.
Before such a purpose 1 permitted to
become n recognized factor In our na
tional legislation we may be sure the
Interests liable to bo affected by It will
exert their utmost power of resistance.
DIVORCE RULE REVERSEO
The decision of the supreme court of
the I'nlted States holding that a state
court ha no right to grant n divorce
to one party If the other party to the
niarrlnge Is not a resident of the same
state. Is of far reaching effect and will
excite profound Interest Nothing could
be more incongruous than the divorce
statute of the several state and the
practice of the state courts under them,
and the result has been after many
years of complaint of the moral conse
quences, an earnest movement for state
nuiformlty of divorce legislation or the
taking over of the subject by the na
tional authority.
But heretofore It has been generally
held by the court and assumed In legis
lation that a decree of divorce on the
application of a resident party wa valid
If the court proceedings were regular,
without regard to the residence of the
other party to the dissolved marriage.
Out of this rule have grown many of
the most flagrant judicial and legislative
abuses. Rome states are notorious for
having fixed such trivial condition of
residence and such eaRy grounds for
divorce a virtually to Invite divorce
seeking people from other states and
even from foreign countries In which
they properly reside and where they
could have no standing In court, and to
make a farce of the whole proceeding.
The fact that any one state by loose
legislation could thus nullify the stricter
divorce laws of other states has been
at the bottom of very much of the
agitation for nationalizing the subject
of divorce legislation.
The decision of the supreme court
goes far to sweep away at one stroke
the manifold abuses which have grown
up around the rule heretofore followed.
Its retroactive effect will be to alter
property right and the status of chil
dren Involved In thousands of adjudi
cated divorce cases. Prospectively It
will destroy divorce colonization and
the associated frauds and evil which
at once offend moral sensibility and are
the means of much gross Injustice.
So revolutionary a decision of the
highest court of the land cannot fall
Immensely to stimulate sentiment for
divorce reform by concentrating: uni
versal attention upon the subject, and
the legislature of the several states will
Inevitably be put under pressure to re
view their dfvoroe codes.
HOUSE VOTES FREE ALCOHOL.
No more lntiortant legislation, except
only that for stronger control of Inter
state rauroaas, man me measure ex
empting from taxation denaturlred al
cohol which has Just paed the house
by an almost unanimous vote will come
before the present congress. Alcohol Is
denaturlzed simply by adding such In
gredients, of which there Is a variety,
as render It undrlnkable, and the house
bill provides for the withdrawal from
bond of alcohol thus treated, without
payment of internal revenue tax, for
use not only In the arts and Industries,
but for fuel, light and power.
The house ways and means committee
has prepared the bill with great care
and deliberation, having devoted nearly
all Its time during the whole session
so far to investigation of the subject
The tax on alcohol Is 12.08 per gallon.
but It was developed by the testimony
of expert that outside of the tax the
actual cost of alcohol, under ordinary
present methods of manufacture, does
not exceed from 12 to 15 cents, and
that when corn Is used. If the average
price be from Xi to 40 cents per bushel,
alcohol could le sold at a good retail
profit Tor 20 cent per gallou, Its
efficiency for lighting and many other
purposes being double that of kerosene,
The Information In-fore the committee
Ho discloses a surprising variety of
grains and vegetables, many of them
In form's which are fit for no other use.
from which tax free alcohol will lie
profitably made. When tcood grain is
used the by-products will pay cost of
manufacture. In short, with untaxed
alcohol, the grata and root growing
regions of the Interior of the continent
and the wet which are devoid of for
ests, coal and mineral oils, or an now
at the mercy of monopolizing trusts and
extortionate railroad, can In large part
supply their need for fuel, light and
mwer from their own resources and
former wastes. iH'slde supplying a new
material of Incalculable value to th
whole Industrial world.
It I to le feared, however, that this
measure will not have a smooth sail
ing In the senate as It has had In the
house. It must there run the gauntlet
of hostile Interests In more advantage
ous position for obstruction. But though j
It I an old subject In F.nropp, and
though tJermany especially owes In no
small degree It remarkable Industrial
advance to free alcohol, the subject ha
only recently been brought home to pub
lic attention In our country, and a oon
as the fiict are fully known public sen
timent will enforce action.
THE LlAHS rtvn.
Mayoralty Candidate Benson is correct
In denouncing the numerous conflicting
stories in circulation about him and his
plan of action after he becomes niiryor
a the manifest, product of a well
orgnnlzed liar club. Mr. Benson Insists
that he is anxious only to make his cam
paign on the strict plane of truth, and
that he would not want to be elected tc
office if to win out required him to In
dulge In a tirade of misrepresentation.
The Bee had hoped the pending mu
nicipal contest could be waged without
resorting to any of the underhanded or
disreputable tactics too often employed
In political warfare. Mr. Benson has
declared how he stands on the various
questions with which he will have to
deal as chief executive of the city and
everyone honestly anxious for Informa
tion on doubtful point should address
themselves to him rather than accept
unauthorised and probably distorted
declarations from his political enemies.
The Liars' club should be forced by
the strength of public opinion to disband
and the candidates and their champions
to confine themselves to fact uncolored
by fiction.
PERSoySEL OF THEGRA -YD JVR V.
"i,M, Hcpina to lie a disposition In
some quarters to disparage the per
sonnel of the grand Jury; which has
i. ecu drawn by order of the district
court, as a disappointment to those who
had hoped for a Jury made up exclu
sively of business and professional men.
We see no good reason, however, foi
finding fault lcause the grand Jury
as drawn Is made up of men correspond
ing in class and ambition to the general
makeup of the community. Because a
man Is a butcher, or a cooper, or a
clerk, or a laborer, does not Justify the
Inference that he would fall In the effi
cient performance of his duty as a
grand Juror. On the contrary, It If
quite possible that the mechanic and
artisan will be a well qualified and as
Impartial In the weighing of conflicting
evidence as the business man who sits
with him and, in addition, may have
the advantage of having no one asso
ciated with him in other enterprises in
volved In corrupt practices to protect.
It is, of course, unsafe to make any
prediction in the work of the grand
jury, of Its session or to pass Judg
ment in advance on the men who are
to serve as grand Juror. Their work
Is what will tell. If they go. without
fear or favor, to the bottom of every
rumor of corruption in public office or
of vtolatlon of the laws safeguarding
the representative character of our gov
ernment, they will have the approval of
the community. If, on the other hand,
their Inquisitions are made simply the
means for official whitewashes or a vent
for personal vlndlctlveness and spleen,
the grand Jury will be Voted another
farce and Its members conlgned to
public obloquy.
While the Hon. "Jim" Dahlman la
calling upon his associates in the live
stock commission business to vouch for
his business integrity, It should not be
forgotten that nearly all the real estate
dealers In Omaha, regardless of politics,
have joined In a voluntary testimonial
to the business Integrity of Erastns A.
Benson. The one thing now needed is
a commission of physicians and sur
geons to examine both candidates for
mayor to settle the question whether
Pahlman's boast of having more back
bone than Benson can be scientifically
demonstrated.
Comptroller I-obeck has been a lucky
fellow In politics. By changing his po
litical coat he has managed to keep In
public office almost continuously. He
first got on the payroll as a republican,
then got In again as a silver republican.
and now wants to stay In as a demo
crat. Democrats as well as republicans
who prefer a straight-out party man to
a trimmer should Join in voting to put
W. Ernest Johnson In the place to
which Lobeck Is trying to ding.
The returns of the railroads continue
to come In to the State Board of Assess
ment, every one of them showing not
able increases in both gross and net
earnings on Nebraska business for the
last year as compared with the year
preceding. It would be a good stroke
for the railroads that have lieen fight
ing the tax levies of two successive
years In the courts on the ground that
they are excessive to pay up and with
draw their suits.
In deciding that the attempt to merge
the electric lighting and power com
panies of St. Louis presents a cusp for
the determination of courts Judje San
born has o'tcned up a line of litigation
which may do much to uuk such
mergers uupopular since It has the effect
of permitting minority stockholders to
appeal from the decision of the majority
regarding the sale of the property of
the company.
If the "Immediate" purchase of the
water works by the city does not get
to th front In the present municipal
campaign we are sure the voters of
Omaha will 1h sadly disappointed.
"Immediate" purchase has leen the
burning issue lu every local campaign
for more than three years and no elec
tion will seem like the real thing with
out It.
If there are any more vote to be had
In exchange for high sounding promises
It Is not too late to add a few more
planks to that famous democratic plat
form and Jim Pahlmsn would swallow
the second course with his eye shut
Just as readily a he did the first.
The local democratic organ professes
to see whole droves of republican com
ing over from Benon to Dahlman.
Perhaps, however, they are only a few
democrats who used to follow the lead
of Frank E. Moores now going back to
their own.
The unpardonable sin committed by
Congressman Kennedy, whjch the
World Herald can neither forget nor for
give. Is that he leat out Its editor for
election In the last congressional con
test There Is unconscious Irony in con
ferring the degree of doctor of laws on
King Edward, who Is not even per
mitted the actual right of saying any
thing about the laws of his own coun
try. Looks Reasonable.
Chicago News.
As even the New York state legislature
must yield to public sentiment In ttnv.
Tom Piatt's Idea that he Is going to retlro
at the end of his term has an obvious
element of probability.
InTeatlaatlon and Famlaratton.
Philadelphia Press.
They are having an Insurance Investiga
tion In Wisconsin now and another In
Iowa. It Is plain enough that the Insur
ance business all around Is to be Investi
gated into a condition of true goodness.
Poor I At Uettlnic Knowledge.
Baltimore American.
Lo. the poor Indian, has put down tho
scalping knife and taken up the law as a
means of defending his rights. But It Is
not until the red man makes use of the
law to get some of his white neighbors'
rights that he will discover Its full effi
cacy or realize how It Is that he haa been
so often defrauded himself.
Coins with Good Things.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Prlfes of living have now reached the
top notch. Yet many people who might
reasonably quit, keep on paying them.
1H you suppose our revolutionary fathers
would have eaten trust beef and truit
pie. at hotel rates? People haven't any
power of self-denial any more, or thoy
would be living on cheese and coooanu:.
Do Strikes rayf
Leslie's Weekly.
Measured in days' of labor loss, the an
thracite coal strike of 1902 would proba
bly head the list of all strikes. About
140,000 men were Idle tor approximately
140 days, or a total loss of 19,(00,000
days of labor. With the exception of ths
great coal strike In England in 1893, the
losses caused by the European strikes
are, for the most part, much smaller than
the losses In the great strikes In the
fnlted (States. The losses entailed on
workmen and employers by the building
strike In New York City three years ago
are placed at over $86,000,000 more than
half of which represents Ihe loss In
wages. In this country the average num
ber of days lost as a result of strikes In
each year from 1881 to 1900 was 7,100,000.
The average annual lona In wages during
these years was $12,500,000. If to all
these figures could be added the totil
number of persons killed, maimed, and
deserted In the course of these conflicts,
we would have a total that might welt
prompt the question. Does It pay?
RETIREMENT OF t.EIXERAL, BATES
Review of Honorable Service la
the Army.
New York Bun.
After forty-five years of service lieutenant-General
John C. Bates retires from
the active list of the I'nlted States army.
He entered the Eleventh regiment of regu
lar infantry with the rank of first lieu
tenant on May 14, 1061. a few months before
his nineteenth birthday. He was promoted
to a captaincy two years later and held
that rank until July, 1899. He was In some
of the most Important battles of the civil
war Antletam, second Bull Run, Freder
icksburg. Chancellorsvllle, Gettysburg, and
In the final campaign around Richmond.
With his promotion to the captaincy he
was appointed to a post on the staff of
General Meade and served In that position
until the termination of hostilities. He
was twice brevetted for valuable services
and gallant conduct. For the next thirty
years his life was spent on the plains.
On the outbreak of the Spanish-American
war he was commissioned as brigadier
general of volunteers and was soon after
ward made a major-general. A review of
the work of his brigade at Santiago will
show that while it was not his good
fortune to ne assigned to a position where
he could lead the charge on San Juan, the
men under his command did much to make
that charge possible. In the spring of 1899
he was placed In command of the southern
district. Including Jnlo and Mindanao.
flome who Irttnw lh in,n anA Vila m,lhna
j regard It aa little short of a national mis-
fortune that he could not have been left
In permanent control of that region, and
are Arm in their belief that if such an
arrangement had been possible our relations
with the Moros would have continued as
they were while he was there. Not a
hostile shot was fired while he was In com
mand, and his personal Influence with and
over the dattos was remarkable.
General Rates has always been a field
soldier and not an office soldier, and It
may he doubted If any other officer
throughout his career has won from his
fellow officers and from the men under
his command a more genuine respect and
loyalty or a more sincere personal esteem
and affection. Alw.tya just and thoughtful,
always dlpnlfled and always genial, a man
of unflinching courage and an Integrity
which could no morn be swerved than the
sun n Its courne, Jnh Coalter Bates la
loved and honored by those who know
him. Because his life has not been spent
In social and political centres he la a com.
paratlve stranger to the people of the
country. The army knows him and no msn
holds a hlsher place In the regard of his
f.'llow soldiers.
We wish him manv years of oulet' and
happy life, and we could also wish that
no man less worthy might ever wear the
three stars of the rank with which he
retlre. If thst could be. the sal of stars
In triolets would he limited.
ROt tn ARCM T EW lORK.
Hippies a the arrent of I.lfe In the
Metropolis.
Two sample cases of "honest grsft" re
cently opened up In New York aie suffi
ciently unique to merit a chapter in AliW
msn riunkett s history of the srt. A bill
requiring all Isundry tickets to be written
or printed In English made Its appearance
In the legislature recently. It did not ex
cite attention, as the Mil h.is been sn
anni.-sl caller, but some Inquisitive cux
with a muck ruke got buny. The result
of the rsklng Is s showing that the Mil Is
a regulxtlnn hold up, end fur five years
hack Chinese lnundry men have chipped In
from $Vo to $12.non a year to kill It off.
The day following the announcement by
the New York postmaster of a new issue
of stamps warranted to stick, a native on
tho lookout for the main chance expressed
Indignation at the change. "Psliuw'." he
exclaimed, "this action of the postmaster
Is most annoying. Why, I haven't paid
postage since complaints of non-sticking
statrps began to rome in. Just took my en
velope, moistened a finger, and smutted
the corner where the stamp should go a
bit, and put It In the box. Not a letter
delivered without a nice stamp affixed by
the postal authorities! Of course, the
stamp had fallen off; they naturally felt
It their duty to put a new one on. But
It will stop now. Dog-gone it!"
Never In the history of spring traffic in
and about New York harbor have so many
brand-new topmasts been seen on sailing
craft of all descriptions as this year.
Scarcely a sail carrier, from oyster boat to
full-rlgged ship, has been shunted about
the harbor for the last two weeks which
did not show from one to two lofty sticks
shining In all the splendor of new dressing
and In marked contrast to the dingy
weather-beaten masts which held them
aloft. They are a "shining'" commentary
on the havoc played by winter gales among
all classes of shipping along the north
Atlantic coast. Captain Nicholas Rellly of
the Ellis Island ferry counted In a single
day this past week fifty-three sailing
vessels on which were forty-seven new
topmasts, some vessels having two. otncis
only one. He made a note of it In his
log and has been trying to figure what the
total loss to sailing vessels In lofty spars
has been on the basis of forty-seven to
fifty-three.
A concert Is to ne given In Madison
Square Garden on May 15 In memory of
Patrick Sarsfleld Gllmore, the famous band
master, who died In 1892. Preparations for
the event, which promises to he one of
great proportions, are In the ham's of n
committee composed of Walter rnmrnch,
Frank Pamrosch. Victor Herbert. John
Philip Bousa. Richard Arnold. Arthur
Pryor. Thomas F. Shannon. Paul Henne
berg and Charles Freudenvoll. The com
mittee appointed Harry E. Whittier to take
the concert In hand and a proffer of an
orchestra of 1.000 musicians, under the
batons of Walter Damrosch, Victor Herbert
and John Philip Sousa. was made.
This was followed by the Institute of
Musical Art, In the city of New York, with
the proffer of 1.000 singers, under the direc
tion of Frank Pamrosch. In addition to
the orchestra and chorus hundreds of solo
ists, both Instrumental and vocal, have
volunteered their services.
At a meeting of the conductors it was
determined that the program should Include'
many of the numbers made so familiar to
the American public by the great Gllmore
himself, such as the "Tannhauser" and
"William Tell" overtures, the march from
"Alda" and other compositions, and while
he modestly desired to be excused, the re
mainder of the committee Insisted that
John Philip Sousa should himself conduct
the great orchestra In one of the Sousa
marches, In which Gllmore had delighted
to add to the fame of Sousa.
They have their little tragedies in the
hospital for Are department horses in New
York City. It may be only a service worn
animal who struggles in his stall when the
gong rings In Chief Shea's office, but who
will never run to another fire it may be
many things. Recently they had a horse
from an uptown engine company who had
been driven through a plate-glass window
In avoiding children who were crossing the
street. He was pitifully cut, and when
the ambulance took him to the hospital
the outlook was rather dubious. For a few
days following, however, there waa promise
that he might recover. Each day the cap
tain of the company and two or more of
the men would call to Inquire as to Paddy,
and there were Jovial words and smiles.
But Paddy took a bad turn. The other
morning the captain came as usual a
griizled, kindly veteran. He nodded to the
chief, sitting In the doorway of his office,
and passed on upstairs. Shea turned to
the writer a gloomy eye, but said nothing.
The captain returned almost immediately.
His shaggy brows were drawn together al
most in a V.
"Barren Island, eh?" he spoke to Shea
over his shoulder.
"Yep," replied the chief.
Barren Island Is the animal crematory.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Gorky modestly admits that It Is his pur
pose to overthrow the Russian government.
He says It will take a great deal of money.
The replica bust of George Washington,
a gift to the city of New York by Jeffer
son M. I.vy. and made by David d' Angers,
has arrived In New York City.
That Incident of the lovely Georgia woman
who kissed Andrew Carnegie is respectfully
referred to those who assure us that the
lot of our millionaires is one of unrelieved
sorrow.
President Roosevelt announces that he
will not go hunUng again until the clone of
his term, and the bears and mountain lions
are preparing to hold a great Jubilation over
the good news.
Francta Wilson, the actor, has gathered
Into a volume, handsomely printed, his rem
iniscences of the famous star cast of 'The
Rivals." These memories of a notable tour
are combined with many anecdotes uud
stories of Jefferson's later career.
Corporal Tanner, commander-in-chief of
the Grand Army of the Republic, Is visiting
the various battlefields surrounding At
lanta, Ga. The object is to interest him
In the project for the establishment of na
tional military parks on he site of these
battlefields.
The Itinerary of King Edward's coming
-nils in the Mediterranean is to be kept as
secret as possible. "This." says Truth, "will
save his majesty the receptions and cero
monlals and the intolerable nuisance of the
Victoria and Albert being dogged by the
yachts of pushing snobs."
Decently dressed always and cheerful In
manner. John S Robinson of San Fran
cisco, veteran of the Mexican war and
formerly a millionaire, allowed none of his
friends to know for two years that he was
living on his pension of $12 a month and
had no other resources. But finally he had
to give up the struggle and now he is dying
In St. Kuke's hospital, surrounded, too late,
with every posmble comfort.
EsTertlve Ctrealatla-r Mediants.
Chicago Record-Herald.
One of the theologians says 46 per cent
of the sons of rich men are worthless.
This Is hardly fair. Most of them are
nobly hei-lng to keep money la circulation.
rRHKKt F. tTORIAI. POLITIC"
As Corporation lamer, Webster !ee
it Appeal ts Support Ont In fnte.
Fremont Tribune.
Penstor Millard has come to Omsha and
gone hack to Washington without stating
positively to the federal brigade wrtat he
will do about standing Tor a renomlnatloti.
The senatur. it may be believed, does not
wish to bump agnlnM anv stone, walla and
the Inside Information he got at Omaha
made It look a good deal I ke a Brown sione
wall to him. This Is sub roa. Phr-l
forecasters long since declared he would
not be a csndldate before the nominating
convention. It being, plain that his support
would be so wsk It could not last thst
long. This prediction Is in a fair way to
be verified.
Friends of John I. Webster have selxed
the opportunity to announce him as a can
didate. A little meeting of his Omaha
friends has been held and It Is given out by
them he Is in the race. They any also that
among his followers are a number of Wat
tles men, this Incident signifying that that
gentleman, who has been counted as a wait
ing candidate, has finally concluded It an
unpropltlous year for him.
This all goes to prove the weakness of
the opposition to the candidacy of Norrls
Brown, or, rather. It proves the strength
of the latter. These Omaha candidates re
being tried out, one after anotfier. '
main trouble with them is that they are all
slike; they are all corporation men, and
this Is not a good year for candidates who
are tainted with corporation records. They
discover, after they comv once In touch
with the people, that the Utter are In dead
earnest and do not propose to permit them
selves to be fooled this year If they can
prevent It. Mr. Webster has been a willing
party worker; he has stumped the state fre
quently and It cannot he contended that he
Is not qualified In many respects to be sen
ator. Hut Mr. Webster Is too generally regarded
as a corporation lawyer to make murh head
way under present conditions. As a mem
ber of the platform committee of the last
republican convention he voted against
adopting a plank against railroad passes.
He frankly stated his belief that there was
a good deal of tomfoolery about the anti
pass agitation and that he could offer no
objection to railroad passes, but a minority
of the committee forced an anti-pass resolu
tion Into the platform. It will be by reason
of this general tendency of Mr. Webster to
wink at corporation practices that he will
find scant support among the people.
We are still of the opinion that If there
is any Omaha opposition to Mr. Brown In
the convention when the roll is railed It
will be Mr. Rosewater, though It is quite
probable that Mr. Brown will have the field
all to himself by that time, as did Mr.
Burkett.
STATE PRESS COMMENT.
Hastings Tribune: The direct primary
method of nominating is no longer an ex
periment, it has been tried, tested and
proven a success, and it Is only a matter
of a short time until Nebraska will have
to adopt the direct primary system.
Columbus Journal: Will Nebraska demo
crats maintain that the republican party
In Nebraska is a railroad party? Then we
can ask these same men who are promising
reforms today In event of democratic suc
cess why, under similar promises In the
days of fusion success, they gave Nebraska
railroads the lowest assessment they huve
ever had. while they themselves used as
many free passes as were ever used by a
Nebraska legislature. And we can point to
the fact that It was republicans who
doubled the assessment of railroads under
the new revenue law and It was republican
state officials who first threw away their
passes.
York Times: The Omaha Bee asks, "Wtiat
of the populists?" and is still waiting for
an answer. Such conundrums are right In
line. . A few of the populists have Joined
the democratic party and are the loudest,
most violent and most unpatriotic of them
all. Cithers have climbed Into the repub
lican band wagon, and are trying tr, wrest
the reins from the old and practiced drivers.
They are making the fight on the repub
lican party from the inside now instead of
from the outside: There was no such racket
in the republican party when they were
out of It as there is now. The prodigals
have returned from the husks and are de
manding the fatted calf.
Kearney Democrat: The Benson nomina
tion in Omaha Is a forerunner of what the
republicans are going to do at their state
convention. What the democrats have done
Is an indication of what will follow at their
state convention. The republicans will not
nominate Benson for governor, but a msn
like him. The democrats will nominate
Dahlman, because he will be not only the
logical candidate, but the candidate of all
those Interests which are now behind his
candidacy for mayor, and which will defeat
Benson and elect Dahlman. And these
same interests will elect Dahlman governor,
not alone for the purpose of having a liberal
minded governor, but to accomplish another
purpose of vast more concern to, especially,
the railroads. That purpose is to throw
the political complexion of the next legis
lature in Jeopardy. With a strong and
winning candidate like Dahlman, and with
the legislative members who will be natu
rally or commercially controlled by them.
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and these leglslntors. togethe r i ,
democratic vote, will leave the repuM:.
without a majority, the railroad t
of the situation.
Fremont Tribune: Some thine have I.
J done at Omaha to bring the courts nf j
tlce Info disrepute, as. Indeed, arc s
times done elsewhere to that end Th. I
Crowe travesty was ci-arly and imi..,:,.
ously one of them. But the prompt ana
speedy trial and conviction of on' uf
murderers of Conductor Flury does sou
thing to mitigate the Crowe mistake,
was leas than one month ago that a si" .
car was held up by a trio of outl.iw
the conductor killed In his defense .if i
company's property. Already one nf
murderers lias had his trial and la-en f
victed and sentenced to death. Winn
crime was perpetrated a desperate effoii
was made by a leadetirss mob to take
murderers from the hands of the nfll -i i;
The complete vindication of law in i
usual and orderly manner emphasises i
narrow margin by which the law en-.ip. l
violation on the part of the mob. It .
proper to say that such prompt trials .ml
the meting out of such swift J;isii e . s
that administered to the slayers of 'Vm1n -
tor Flury will do much to make lym-ninc
unpopular. That Is the sanest and mi.-i
effective remedy for them.
FLASHES OF Ft .
"I heerd a man say that Adam and L
wor Chinees," remarked Cassidy.
"Go 'long wid ye," replied Casey, "sii.ii
anny one could tell they wor Irish."
"Av coorse; they wor evicted, so th' ,
must 'a' been Irish." Philadelphia Press.
The play had begun, hut the woman en
the seat In front obstinately persisted in
keeping her hat on.
"Pardon me," madam." said the man be hind
her. leaning forward, " but "
The hat Instantly came off.
The man had been eating onions Chi
cago Tribune.
Mr. McSosh Doctor. I fin' that 1 have
grea' diff'cully In walkin' today. I pgs won't
work right; somethin's th' matter o tie .
whatil I take?
Dr. McCosli I think you'd better take a
cab. Cleveland Leader.
Father Can you support her In the man
ner to which she is accustomed'.'
Suitor Yes, sir; if you will raise an eiual
amount. New York Sun.
An old negro In Atchison was asked
which side he fought on during the civil
war. The old man replied by asking: "D ye
evah see two dawgs tlghtin' over a bone.'
"Yes," wa the reply. "Well, d'ye evah see
the bone fight?" Kansas City Star.
"Never mind," said the friend soothingly,
"you'll wake up some morning and fiml
yourself famous."
"Not much." growled the pessimistic poei.
"it would be Just my luck to oversleep my
self that morning." Philadelphia Ledger.
"Why did you resign?" they asked the re
former. ....
"I had reason enough," he replied with
some warmth. "1 went In to reform other
people and they actually had the nerve to
try to reform me." Indianapolis News.
Stella How old is ehe?
Bella Old enough to be angry If she is
offered a seat In a car and ss angry If she
Isn't. Harper's Basar.
SIPPOSE Ol THY SMIL1XO.
Youth's Companion.
Your burden Is heavy, I haven't a doubi.
But others have loads they must cany
about.
And they are not whining.
Some people are glad If but half of the any
Lies out of the shadow or part of the da.
They see the sun shining.
Suppose you try smiling.
I know you are lonely, but. other heam
ache.
And bravely refuse to be bitter or break
Because of life's sorrow.
They think of the joy in the land far aiy.
And hasten the slow passing hours of today.
With hopes of tomorrow.
Suppose you try smiling.
This funny old world Is a mirror, you know;
Turn Its way with a sneer or face of a lot
Am! you will see trouble:
But meet it with laughter and looks full
of cheer
And back will come sunshine and lovs, true
and dear.
Your blessings to double.
Suppose you try smiling.
All places are open to those who are glad.
Too many lack courage; ti many are sad;
Thoae near you need cheering;
So sing with your burden, the way is no'
long.
And if you look upward your heart wl l
grow strong.
And skies will be clearing
Suppose you try smiling.
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