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TITE OMAHA DAILY HEE: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 1906.
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complete copies of Th Dally, Morning,
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WHE OCT OP TOWN,
sabaaribcrs leavlaa; th etty tern,
rarlly skaald have The Me
sailed t thesa. Address will be
ehaaed a ftea us reated.
The San Francisco relief fund Is still
open. If you bave not yet contributed
you still have the opportunity. ,
Our advice to the master painters and
tbt brush-wielding painters: Get. to
gether. There la plenty of work to do.
Hereafter General Kunston'a fame will
rent on something more than capturing
Aguinaldo and alleged swimming of the
Ragbag.
The result of the first opening of the
vaults In Kan Francisco shows that a
Are Is not always out when flames can
not be seen.
jWlth the recurrent reports of French
strikes next week it would seem that
the Gallic "Queen of the May" were a
turbulent personage.
It Is improbable that the damage to
the Kan Francisco fortifications will In
vite attack until there is more to be
destroyed behind them. ' !'
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President Uooseveltjs remarks at the
burial of John Paul Jones Indicates that
at' least one 'roan In' American history
proved strenuous enough for lilm.
Perhaps that bomb was placed on the
window of former President Loubet's
house simply to show nihilistic apprecia
tion of the Franco-HusMlan alliance.
The speed with which It passed special
appropriation for San Francisco showa
.that the senate can do things In a hurry
If the proper pressure is brought to bear.
Vollva likens Dowle to King Solomon,
but the prophet will never know the
depths of despair until he has been com
pared with someone with less renown.
The escape of political prisoners from
Warsaw prison may be an Indication
that the government would prefer to
have them get away than to hare the
publicity of trials.' '
Walt till the magaslne writer dUrt
In on the San Francisco earthquake dis
aster. They will give explanations
enough as to how it happened to suit
the most fastidious.
Ia place of refusing to work for that
Wyoming railroad which is having too
many accidents employes would do a
better part to both themselves and tha
public by being more careful.
In proposing to take the tariff from
building material' for use in San Fran
cisco It would seem that at least one
congressman is convinced that the for
eigner does not always pay the tax.
Governor Mickey duly celebrated Ar-
uor aay ny planting a tree in the lawn
of the executive mansion. The gov
ernor can relieve an anxious public by
telling whether or not It is a plum tree.
"a"aaBSBBsssssjBaBsBaaaSBB
Fortunately he commencement daya
ere not far away and America will then
learn not only what caused the Cali
fornia earthquake but also how the
Panama canal can be built with the
least trouble.
lusurance companies making estimates
of Ions through the San Francisco nre
should not overlook the fee of the spe
cial adJUKters who may be called tiron
to determine whether the earthquake or
the Are first reached the ruins.
if the National Educational associa
tion should hold Its meeting at San
Francisco as scheduled the members cer
tainly would hare an opportunity to
study the effects of earthquakes such
as no geography text book will ever give
SVSTAIMCD RKLIKF 1MTF.RATITT,.
With every neighborhood between the
oceans contributing funds and the news
papers full of rpjiorU of railroad trains
laden with relief supplies seeding to
San Francisco there Is danger of prema
ture assumption that the need of relief
has been substantially met and of relax
ation In the work. The testimony of
competent and trustworthy men on the
ground Is that relief work will have to
lie kept up for several weeks.
Few bave ahy adequate conception of
what Is required to subsist such a multi
tude under the circumstances In which
the people of San Francisco have been
placed and a large, although a rfteadily
diminishing part of them must remain
Indefinitely. For days at least 2kV0
people must be fed wholly from outside
sources, and the period during which an
average of KiO.OtiO must be thus main
tained Is to be reckoned by weeks, while
that for an average of from 25,000 to
60,000 will, of course, be longer. When
we remember the Immense difficulty al
ways experienced In subsisting a com
paratively small army at a considerable
distance from Its base, a difficulty under
which the facilities Of the most powerful
governments, with time for preparation,
bar oftener broken , down than suc
ceeded, we may be prepared for a truer
notion of the enormous magnitude of the
task before the American people. The
failure of our government under favora
ble circumstances, with all Its Organiza
tion and ample notice, to transport and
distribute in time supplies for the little
army of only 20,000 mpn at Santiago Is
a recent experience.
An army ration, which Is a far more
select and condensed form of food than
Is available In this emergency, weighs
over a pound. At the very leust twenty
cars of food alone from the outside are
required now each day, and ten cars a
day wilt be required for a loug time. If
this were all It can be seen how heavy
and continuous the strain of the work
and expense roust be.
But tens of thousands have absolutely
lost everything, roof and even clothes,
as well as the means of getting food.
Tents, bedding, clothing and many other
articles which are costly and difficult
to collect, transport and distribute nre
essential. Thousands were hurt and
other thousands will be sick, and a great
variety of medicines and medical sup
plies will be Imperatively needed. In
large part all stores of this character,
the same as of ordinary subsistence on
hand when the disaster came, were de
stroyed. Even when public order Is re
stored ahd business operations begin
fairly to be resumed It will not lw in the
power of San' Francisco people, finan
cially crippled and otherwise grievously
burdened as they are, out of their own
resources to care for the immense num
ber of dependents who at best will long
remain. Thia will not be expected of
them and should not by Inadvertence be
left to them. ' -
The paramount necessity has been
promptitude of relief.' for such a mass
of suddenly destitute people could not
wait many hours for food and help. That
necessity has been met. But the vital
point now is that the country shall ap
preciate the need for sustained relief.
The nation has responded nobly to the
first call. It has only to realize the
magnitude and true character of the
emergency to lear to-the end the heavy
burden which it imposes.
CORPORJLTlOy GIFTS.
It is not worth while, from any point
of view, to raise at this time the ques
tion of legality of corporation gifts, like
that of $100,000 by, the United States
Steel corporation, for San Francisco re
lief. It la not a practical question nor Is
the public, profoundly moved with sym
pathy for human suffering and absorbed
In the work of alleviating it, in a frame
of mind even to listen patiently to theo
retical disquisition on that subject or
to tolerate anyone disposed to perpetrate
it. ' .
But it is positively disgusting when a
newspaper which has made itself notori
ous as a champion of corporation abuse
and violation of law seeks to prevent
nobis Impulse in tha face of overpower
ing disaster, and in the course of an
elaborate editorial article asks: "Will
somebody, be trying five or ten years
hence to put these steel company ofiicera
and directors In the penitentiary for giv
ing a'way the money of the company or
of its stockholders?" The employment of
such tactics la the fit accompaniment of
such championship, and is worthy of
mention only to Impress upon the public
mind the extreme of folly to which It
la capable of resorting.
Technically legal or not, there' is all
the difference in the world, as all right
minded people have always known, be
tween an act of evil design and effect
and an .act of necessity for obvious
public good. Secretary Taft, In de
liberately ordering on behalf of the San
Francisco sufferers the expenditure of
hundreds of thousands of public funds
without authority of law, committed an
act which, if its purpose had been
wrongful, and the emergency not obvi
ous, would subject blm to deserved im
peachment. It Is preposterous and fool
hardy to Insult the common sense of the'
country by attempting to draw a par
allel between corporation funds diverted
from legitimate use for the pirOKe of
corrupting government and - subverting
public rights and the reasonable gift
of such funds in a great crisis com
pelling universal effort to relieve dis
tress. The transiortatlou of hundreds of
trainloads of food and other supplies
free of charge to San Francisco by the
railroud companies is worthy of all
praise, but If It were done in the ordi
nary course of business, merely to favor
one shipper against another, as a form
of rebate, it would, of course, be a vio
lation of law and public policy.
. It is well to remember that back of
all, and over all. Is the great court of
enlightened public opinion, never so
great as now. Thoxe who are wincing
under Its decrees against corporation
wrong and abuses will be wise not to
give fresh offense at auch a time as
tliN.
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OARFIKLD'S Oil. RF.POHT.
The report of Commissioner Garfield
on the Standard Oil company and the
general oil Industry as affected by it,
upon the investigation of which the
bureau of corporations has been Indus
triously engaged for over a year. Is now
In the hands of the president, and when
placed before congress by him will. It Is
believed, cause a sensation for which
even prevailing Impressions of the high
handed doings of that great monopoly
have not prepared the public mind.
Since the Inquiry Into the Beef trust the
full energies of the bureau have been,
devoted to the more extensive and diffi
cult investigation of tbe Oil trust The
published report ou the meat combine
was a distinct disappointment to the
general public, but It Is reliably affirmed
that no such result will follow the pub
lication of the facts developed In the
oil Investigation.
In both Investigations the commis
sioner acted under imperative mandate
of a Joint resolution of, congress, but in
the beef case the bureau was under the
disadvantage of being in the first stage
of Its own Installation ami organization
as a department of the public service.
Many of the errors and failures Inevit
able under the circumstances have been
corrected in the oil Inquiry, and though
the details of Its success are not yet
publicly available, the statement Is
made on high authority that the basis
of a case of amazing commercial wrong
and wholesale violation of law has been
made out against the greatest trust octo
pus of the age.
It is known that In the Investigation
of the Oil, as or the Beef trust, informa
tion was secured direct from the officials
and agents of the various corporations,
as the Joint resolution nd the law con
templated. lAccordingly, It would seem
that the Humphrey decision of "blanket
Immunity'' In the beef case, If it shall
stand as a precedent, may be a bar to
successful prosecution and punishment
of at least many of the most guilty
Standard Oil offenders.
II'HB.V "JIM" IS IX THE SADDLK.
The-most picturesque feature of the
inaugural procession accompanying the
Induction ot Theodore Roosevelt Into
the office of president of the United
States ou March 4 last year was n dele
gation of the "cowboys of the west,"
headed by Captain Seth Bullock of
South Dakota, ably supported by
Colonel "Jim" Dnhlman of Nebraska.
As described In the press .dispatches
of the day, "the cowboys were a
sight to see, for while they all wore a
wild western- rig, no two of them were
clad precisely alike. Some wore blue
shirts, some spotted red, some wore
huge sheepskin shoes, while others bad
leather breeches, and etill others wore
leggings. Lassoes hung on the pommels
of their saddles and the pearl and ebony
handles of six-shooters stuck out ag
gressively from their holsters sus
pended from their belts. It was
against, the order of the parade for any
organization to change formation in the
slightest degree, but no human law
ever restrained a genuine cowboy, and
while this particular crowd did the lest
they could, they could not help but
make things lively. Just to show what
they could do they now and then roped
a small terrified African in the encir
cling folds of their larlnt and their
horses danced to and fro across the
avenue, while their riders whooped and
yelled and suluted the pretty girls at
every window."
This should give the good people of
Omaha an Idea of what they may ex
pect If they elect Dahlman mayor.
When ".Tim" Is in the saddle there will
be an hourly roundup at the city hall
and a free exhibition of broncho busting
every Saturday afternoon. The walls
of the mayor's office will be hung with
soirbreros and spurred riding boots,
and from tha flag pole extending out
of the window will be constantly sus
pended the trophies of the hunt.
When "Jim" Is In the saddle, the
beautiful seal of the city emblazoned In
the tiling of the city hall corridor will
be dug up and a new one portraying the
branding of the calves put In Its place.
When "Jim" Is In the saddle, a riding
school, will be inaugurated under his
personal supervision to teach the young
Idea bow to shoot with real shooting
Irons and applications for places on the
police force, will have to be accom
panied with certificates of ability to
pick up handkerchiefs from the ground
at full speed without reining in on the
bl tN
When "Jim" Is In the saddle every
thing about the city hall will go with a
whoop and a yell and no stranger com
ing within our gates will think of pass
ing on without stopping over to see the
big show.
Iocal committee for the observance
of Decoration day are already making
their preliminary arrangements. The
beautiful practice of commemorating
the deeds of fallen soldi its appeals to
one and all, and these committees
should bave the co-operation of our citi
zens In every way possible.
. Are you properly registered from tha
place where you now reside? If not,
make a note to attend to It next Satur
day by having yourself registered or
taking out the necessary transfer pa
pers. Unless registered you will not be
able to vote at the city election next
week.
The local popoeratlc organ la again
spouting municipal ownership, but when
the proposition was submitted a year
ago to vote bonds for a municipal light
ing plant It took the other end. Mu
nicipal owneuhlp talk by those who
oppose municipal ownership whenever
It assumes tangible form Is subjoct to
a heavy discount.
Pity the poor Burlington railroad. In
this land of milk and honey, with pros
perity overflowing and every other rail
road in the country proudly exhibiting
the fruits of Increased business, the
Burlington alone reports officially to the
State Board of Assessment that Its net
earnings in Nebraska are less than they
were a year ago. If this exhibit were
made for every state which the road
traverses the directors, doubtless, would
lose no time in getting a new set of
managers who could operate the road
with a profit at least equal to that of
competitors. In all probability, how
ever, they will vote the tax bureaucrats
an extra appropriation for being so skill
ful In transferring the revenues Into the
accounts for other states and heaping
the expenses onto the Nebraska division.
Tills thing of platform-stealing should
be sifted right down to the bottom. We
believe Judge Cooley could make out a
good case' of stolen platform against all
the other aspirants for the mayoralty
The Judge'a platform cornered the mar
ket and all the others bad to come to
him to get material to build with.
To Ualck for Injnact !.
Kansas City Journal.
The great trouble In dealing with earth
quakes Is their unexpectedness. There Is
no time to get out an injunction.
Heady la Emergencies.
Chicago Chronicle.
When It comes to raising a relief fund
the octopus, the trust, the monopoly and
the swollen millionaire ara handy to havo
around.
Rad of Their Rope.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Green and Gaynor, who stole 1575,000 from
the government, abandoned their pal to
Imprisonment, Jumped $40,000 bail, success,
fully fought the United States for years
and are all-around financiers, have been
found guilty. With their marvelous facility
for postponement they ought to have a Job
In the senate.
A Throb of Joy.
Portland Oregonlan.
The mills of Ood and the United States
courts grind slowly, but occasionally they
turn out a grist of new food that the
nation seises .with rejoicing. In Chicago
a great railroad and its principal officers
have been heavily flned for giving secrot
rebates. Let us take renewed hope;
maybe the next time some one will be
sent to Jail.
Able to fare for Oor Ow.
Pprlngfleld Republican.
The point that touches American prido
rather happily Is the universal feeling in
foreign countries that we need no help In
taking care of the wrecked and flre-swept
city. There are no offers of aid from ovor
the sea. And, America, proud of her
strength and abundance, says thank you.
Just the same. There never was a com
pliment from abroad quite like this on
before. '''
A Chance foiw flic Better.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
It is sarcastically reported that there
Is an Inside, tip from the White House
to the effect that Judge Humphrey Is not
considered for any of the impending va
cancies on the supreme bench. Possibly
not; but that may suit the popular tasta
as well as the older conditions, which,
when a Judge on the circuit or district
bench made rulings that the corporations
wanted, set the wires in uctlvo operation
for his promotion at the next opportunity.
A Fart Worth Kotlas;.
Springfield Republican.
It seems to be really a fact that a rail
road corporation and even two railroad
officials have been convicted of rebating
and have been fined. The punishment will
not amount to much In the case of the
corporation only $40,000 as against a
wealthy concern like the Burlington com
pany; but the two officials may feel tha
fine of 110,000 each Imposed on them. With
possibly one or two exceptions, these are
tha first convictions and punishments ob
tained by tha federal government since it
made rebating unlawful over eighteen years
ago. And the railroads have admittedly
been violating tha law all along.
LAWLESS COAL ROADS.
Interstate Commerce Probe Heveal
Astaaiahlaar traditions.
Cleveland Leader.
It is possible that the report of tha Inter
state Commerce commission on - the coal
railroads of Pennsylvania will be a start
ling on. According to a coal and freight
expert' who has been in close touch with
tha commission, revelations of the most
astonishing kind have been made already
and the inquiry probably will continue for
six months longer. Here Is a statement
prepared by this authority which appeared
In the Philadelphia Press:
"Tha control of the entire bituminous
coal supply of the thlrtee-i original stales
Is in the hands of a stngls corporation, tha
Pennsylvania railroad.
"Th bituminous coal-carrying railroads
of these ststes are admittedly a trust
th Pennsylvania, New York Central. Ches
speake Ohio, Baltimore tt Ohio and th
Philadelphia V Reading.
"They hava for years been violating the
Sherman anti-trust act, the Interstate com
merce law. th Klklns act and the laws of
common honesty. Soma of their officers,
besides defrauding the public, hava been
double-crossing their own stockholders.
"If tha department of Justice can be
made to act there wUl be fines and Im
prisonments in store for conspicuous figures
In tha railroad world."
According to the same authority the ad
mission has been made befor tha com
mission that the Pennsylvania and th New
Tork Central railroads own a controlling
Interest In the Chesapeake & Ohio, Balti
more Ohio, Norfolk Western and
Philadelphia & Reading lines, with one
man In reality as th active head of all.
These roads carry all the bituminous coej
thst Is sold east of Pittsburg and north of
North Carolina and Tennessee.
For ten years these railroads have main
tained four "bureaus ot statistics." which
apportion the quantity of coal that each
shall carry. The bureaus are. governed by
a committee ot the traffic managers of the
roads, who fix the freight rates. Such la
declared to be the basis on which the Penn
sylvania coal railroads are operated. A
fine combination, truly! '
I if addition to this the expert In his re
port to the Philadelphia Press, tells stories
of petty graft and treachery to th stock
holders on th part of high railroad officials
which are almost unbelievable.
Th president must have had an Inkling
that railroad manipulation much out of
th common was being practiced here when
he personally requested that th Investiga
tion be made. Apparently It will b neces
sary to us tbe muck rak
ARMT GOSSIP I WHIOTOV
Correal Fveata flleaaed from the
Army and Navr Register.
The army signal officers have decided o
make a practical test of soma twenty
dv mile of new field wire, resembling
thst adopted for th service after com
plete experiments. The new wlr Is com
posed of ten steel wires Instead of nine
teen and has a larger copper wlr than
the present article. This combination
gives It a superiority ss a conductor for
telephonic purposes, although It does not
add to Its strength, In which quality It
la Inferior to the present neld wire. The
new sample la considered suitable for uso
In connection with the fire control system
of field artillery and may be adopted ulti
mately for that purpose.
General orders of tha War department
prescribe tha poncho as a part of the
field kit of tha soldier, and the ques
tion arose this week as to whether It Is
to bo used as a part of tha equipment
without cost to tha enlisted man. The
general staff recommended that no
change In the existing practice be made;
that the poncho ba furnished at cost, but
not be made part of the clothing allow
ance. This recommendation has the ap
proval of the chief of staff.
Much Interest naturally attaches to the
army elimination bill which Is now under
consideration by the senate military com
mittee. Tha proposition is recommended
to. favorable congressional action, as th
most effective means of preventing stag
nation In tha commissioned personnel. It
la quite evident that something must ba
done to protect th army from the stop
page of promotion, a calamity which con-
iruiui in service ana irom wjucu intra
Is no escape short of some radical mea
sure of relief such as that embodied in
the so-called Crosier bill. It does not
appear that the objections, which were
promptly and emphatically raised against
promotion by selection, will be expressed
against elimination or the selection of
those who are to go out. The project, of
course, makes no change In relative posi
tion aside from those- eliminated and does
not offer violence to the integrity of
seniority, accomplished by promotion by
selection. Elimination gains Its advocates
and supporters by the prospect of the
protection It offers against stagnation,
and It Is on this ground, largely, that It
may obtain legislative enactment.
The army officer who was questioned re
garding his personal Indebtedness and who
refused to furnish a list of his creditors
and the amount Involved will be required
to obey the order to furnish such Informa
tion or be subject to court-martial proceed
ings. The case has an .importance as In
volving tha right of the military authori
ties to Inquire Into tha personal affairs of
army officers. It is held In tha War de
partment that while an officer's milltary
supertor have generally no concern with
such matters, this can be true only so long
as tha' private life ot the soldier remains
such as to cast no shadow on the good
name of the service. It is held that when
a man accepts a commission In the mili
tary service he surrenders certain of his
personal rights as a citlxen and accepts a
Rtandard.of conduct for himself which Is
recognised by statute and determined by
the use and customsi of the service. In the
opinion on this question rendered by the
Judge advocate general of the army and
approved by the War department It Is
stated:
"Under this standard a man mux! so
Tegulate his private life as to bring no
reproiich or scandal on his profession. If
he departs from this standard It becomes
the duty of his military superiors to make
the necessary investigation, and orders In
pursuance thereof, whether affecting pri
vate life or not, are entirely lawful. Where
an officer involves himself In debt to a de
gree which leads the clamors of his cred
itors for payment to become public, the
good name of the officer Is Imperiled and
through him the good name of the service.
It Is well established that such a condition
of affairs threatens a scandal, and It he
comes the duty of the superiors of the
debtor ' to Investigate the complaints and
call upon the officer for information. Un
der these conditions, an order requiring nn
officer to submit to superior authorities a
schedule of his Indebtedness would lie an
entirely proper one." Refusal to furnish
Information called for will be at the peril
of the officer disobeying such an order.
Every now and then the newspapers con
tain Interesting statistics which would be
valuable If true. They are usually bnsed
on the assumption that the number of de
sertions from the army during the war of
the rebellion hud reached prodigious pro
portions and that "about 71 per cent of
the deserters were Irish Catholics," who
went over to the southern army, or at least
left tha armies of the north when the pope
was said to have "recognised" the southern
confederacy. These assertions nd the nu
merous inquiries which they have prompted
led to the preparation of an official state
ment In the militsry secretary's office. Tha
statement, which is worth preserving. Is as
follows: '
"Th actual number of desertions from
the "United States army during tha 1st
civil war Is unknown, but It has been esti
mated by . this office, from the best data
obtainable, that tha number ot actual de
serters at large at the close of the war
(making due allowance for those Incorrectly
reported as deserters) was 117,147. Many
charges of desertion have been removed
by the War department on the ground of
manifest error in the record and under tha
acts of July 5. 1884, and March 2, IK, and
the acts amendatory thereof. No record
has been kept showing the number ot
cases In which tha charge of desertion has
been removed by the. War department, aW
It. would be impossible to determine that
number, even approximately, without ex
amining the records of the department for
the war period to the present time, and
this, of course. Is Impracticable with th
limited fore available. Tbe whole number
of soldiers of any given nativity in the
service during the war of the rebellion la
not known, and It ia Impossible from any
data yet prepared to make even au ap
proximately correct statement of th num
ber or percentage of deserters of any given
nativity. When It is understood that th
War department is the sole custodian of
tha records of the armies In service during
the late war, and that It has never mad
a statement or estimate of the number or
deserters of any particular nativity during
the war. It will be seen that published
statement showing the number pr per cent
of deserter by nativity ar entitled to no
credence whatever." ,
HI
Boston Transcript.
It la a pur and undisguised blessing
that it is in th power of veryon who
sorrows over Kan Francisco's calamity to
do something to help a stricken people.
It Is th on ray amid all tha gloom and
for It we may all well ba thankful. The
keenest edge Is put on those afflictions
that no human power can relieve. And
till thousands of such Ills will be
brought to light with every day that
passes over the city ther 1 laid upon it
a heavy burden that willing human hands
and kind human heart the country over
may help It to carry. Eagerly Is such
help being offered and everyone who
gives, whether little or much, la doing
something to lighten the heavy lot of
thos who know a desolation tli Hit of
which 1 seldom su.
TATE PRRSi roMT.
fteatrlc Hun: The question ot nominat
ing a democratic candidal for the senat
Is agitating the minds of th party leader.
Th nomination of a candidate, with not
enough members of th legislature to hold
a caucus, will not cut much Ice, so to
speak.
Norfolk Press: Every railroad In th
state Is reporting largely Increased ' net
earnings, even on their watered stock.
When the Nebraska maximum rate case
was decided it was expressly stipulated
that the case might b reopened at aay
time, when by reason of Increased rates
established th law would prove remunera
tive. It certainly looks as though that
time had arrived.
Albion News: The next republican state
convention will b smaller by about one
third than thos of recent years. This Is
a wise change, as they have been so large
a to be unwieldy and at times unman
ageable. Th larg conventions merely af
ford opportunity for the railroads to In
crease the obligation of th people to them
by supplying a larger number of fre
tickets. Five hundred delegates will repre
sent the people Just as well as a thousand.
By the adoption of a direct primary sys-.
tern there will be a still greater economy
as well as a better reflection of publlu
sentiment. The convention plan is a "ma
chine" system In which the averag voter
cuts mighty little figure.
Bancroft Blade: Th politicians of Omaha
cannot decld whether they want to nam
th next governor or United States sena
tor. , They might ba satisfied with neither.
Friend Telegraph: Tha State Board of
Assessment will meet In Lincoln on May
1 for tha purpose of assessing the different
railroads In tha state. The fact thai all
th roads doing business In this state show
greatly increased earnings la evidence that
valuations Ought to go still higher In mak
ing tha assessments. Tha position of Gov
ernor Mickey on this question is greatly
to be commended. The people are begin
ning to learn how to get at the valuation
of the railroads of this state. The Mich
igan decision has shown up things at they
hav never been shown up before.
TROOPS t'OVGHT NOBLY.
New Tork Sun: Peace hath her victories
no less renown'd than war, and Frederick
Funston must be sahited as a victor in a
stupendous crisis.
Philadelphia Record: From all accounts
tha United States troops at San Francisco
have rendered the country a greater serv
ice in tha earthquake emergency than if
they had won a battle against an Invading
enemy. They were there on the spot; they
have proved themselves the right men In
the right place; all honor to them!
Baltimore American: Tha way In which
the army work has been done In San Fran
cisco, the prompt meeting of emergency,
the sharp cutting of red tape and tha prac
tical Immediate way of dealing with ob
structionists, makes one regret that other
matters now occupying the attention of
tha public cannot be dealt with on the
lines of military control.
New Tork Tribune: Without the army
and tiaval forces San Francisco would
have been helpless In the double grip ot
earthquake and fire. Even the timid entl
Imperlalist who cannot sleep through four
of the "militarism" of the republic will
now be forced to admit that a standing
naval and military force within call of the
big cities of the country In great emerg
encies or catastrophe is convenient.
Portland Oregonlan: San Francisco's dis
aster presents a most Interesting object
lesson in American discipline. For more
than a century this nation has fortered a
spirit of Individuality. We have fought
paternalism In government. Above all else
we have combated militarism except In
war. In all the walks of life we resent
Interference by the man with the bayonet,
but when a great emergency arises, like
the San Francisco fire, we recognise In
stantly the need of a power able to en
force Its orders with hot lead or Cold steel.
In such crises peace and order are possible
only through the lawful killing of men
who in ordinary times would scarcely be
deemed guilty of felony. Note with what
implicit confidence the officers and citlxens
of Ban Francisco set aside the civil law
and turned the 4rlce Pwer over to the
United States army. For the general good
every man sifVrendered a part of his Indi
vidual liberty and became the ally of the
nation's armed force.
PF.RKOKAI, XOTF.S.
Chsrles W. Morse, the Ice king, has de
cided to erect a 3,OOft,onn palace In Fifth
avenue. Ijew York. With the land and
furnishings the total cost of this horn
will be about 13.000.000.
Prof, Qnlntano of New York has com
posed a new national hymn, written and
adapted to the words of "My Country
'Tie of Thee." whlrh will be sung on May
S at the Waldorf-Astoria. It Is said to be
a worthy setting for the stirring words, of
the national anthem.
Immediate municipal ownership does not
worry Chicago half as much as the fear
that the elegant whiskers of Colonel J.
Ham Lewis will be confined In a common
Jail. Chicago has a large stock of patience,
but the disappearance of the colonel's whis
kers, even temporarily, would stretch It to
the breaking point.
Bennet Burleigh, the English war tor
respondent, has about recovered from a
long selge of pneumonia. Mr. Burleigh Is
the oldest Of war correspondents now on I
the active list, having first smelted gun
powder In the clv'l war over forty years
ago. Since then he has served in half the
countries of the world.
The old Avondale bouse and estate in
County Wicklow, once the home and prop
erty of Charles Stewart Parnell, the Irish
nationalist leader, ha been purchased by
the government, which will turn the place
Into a forestry school for Ireland. The
rooms formerly occupied by Mr. Parnell
ara to be kept as they were In his lifetime.
How Much Will You Pay
for a. Pia.io?
The more you pay the better tha quality ought to be.
That theory la put into practice In the Hop Hlorc, where each Piano
la marked at Ita one lowest price and the price la the same to all alike.
But in tbe slldlng-price, commission-paying atorea you pay whatever price
the dealer can Induce you to pay, regardless of the quality of the Instru
ment. We've known of instances in those atorea where tbe same Piano
waa sold tb one person for $173 and to another for fSOO, and according
to the credulity of tbe customer,
Wa sell a brand new Piano for 9100. It la the best at the price sold
anywhere. We do not pay commissions to any one we cannot afford to;
our pricea won't permit It. We aell the beat Planoa in tbe world, includ
ing Knabe, Kranlch 4 Bach. Kimball, Hallett-Davis, Llndeman A Bona,
Krell, Mathushek, Weser Bros., Hospe. Cable Nelson, Whitney, Hlnte,
Burton, Cramer and others.
Absolutely One Price, and that t.f low cot. We save you monry, time
and temper, because you don't bave to jockey or guess at what our Planoa
are worth.
A. Hospe Co.,
1513 Douglas Street, Ottiuha, Neb.
Vea We Make Frame and Hell Pain Hug MaU-rUls.
n
,-wHJ3
Baking Powder
Made from pure
cream of tartar.
Safeguards the food
against alum
Alum bailn powders ar th greatest
mcnacer to health of tha present day.
sovn sakimq Sfwwa no,, nvw voen.
K SIGHTS OF TIIR KEY.
Deserved Praise for Work f th
Telegraph Operator.
Washington Post.
In th recital of heroic deeds per
formed In tha midst of earthquake an1
fire at San Francisco, It Is to be hope
that tha telegraph operators will receive
their share of praise. "The daring of tha
fire fighters and tha fortitude of th
soldiers wer picturesque features of a
wild and awful drama, vividly appealing
to th popular Imagination. Tha tele
graphers, on th other hand, were unseen,
and their work went on without tha in
spiration of crowds. Tet they perform. 1
their task In Imminent danger of death
from falling walls, explosions, and ap
proaching Ores.
In the surroundings, with rocking walls
about them, with amok and gasses
stifling them, with the roar of (lames
and explosions In their ears, and clouds
of smoke filling the sky, these men stuck
to their keys and flashed the new thui
made the world stand aghast. They were,
as truly soldiers to duty as tha armed
men about them, and faced tha king of
terrors with as knightly courage as tho
gallant souls who groped among totter
ing walls for the dead and wounded. It
was due to the modest but heroic fidelity
of the telegraphers that th country wa
abl to respond, almost in tha twinkling
of an eye, to tbe cry of distress from the
shattered city. The relief that prevented
famine and unspeakable hardships, the
Joyful intelligence from those who es
caped destruction, the comforting assur
ance of Immediate help, were all made
possible by the devotion of these unob
trusive and faithful men. They removed
an immense burden of anxioty from thou
sands of hearts by keeping open the
means of communication at . th risk of
their own lives. No more valuable ser
vice than this could have been performed
by one human being for another.
LAIOHISQ I.UNKS.
"young man," said the friendly adviser,
"whatever you do, avoid debt."
"I guess that's what I'll have to do,"
was tne answer, "unless my credit gets
better." Washington Star.
"Dey ssy a an II on er good llcker will
cure ony snake bite."
"All light. Will you please show ma
whur de snakes is?" Atlanta Constitution.
The man who Is training his puppy to
behave naturally has to neglect ail his
other business. Somerville Journal.
Marryat Hello! old man, you're looking
prosperous.
Munnlman So I am. I'm In the leather
business now. I tell you, there's nothing
like leather
Marryat-Thlnk so? SayT come un "
take dlnnnr with us tonlKht. My wife's
bnked some p'es for dessert. Philadelphia
Catholic Standard.
"He seems to be prosperous. It simply
proves," said the man who was fond of
uotlng, "that money talks! "
"That's true," replied the shrewd mer
chant, "and it talks best when Invested In
a well written advertisement." Philadel
phia Ledger.
"That corporation threatens to'defeat my
candidacy," sold the young statesman.
"By contributing to the opposing cam
pniKn fund?"
"No; by contributing to mine." Wash
ington Star.
"And you consider that a speaking like
ness c-f my wife?''
"It goes without saving."
"Then It Isn't my wife." Cleveland
Plalnuealer,
"Lariat Lem hss turned tip his toes? IIuw
did that happen?'
"He made the mistake of orderln' a feller
to dnnce that waxn't exactly a tenderfoot,
an' when Ixm Berlin shootln' holes tliroiiKii
his cork feet tho feller got busy with his
own
CnlcV
go Tribune.
"The discipline In the navy Is very strict,
Isn't It?"
"8o strict that they even dock a vessel
that can't keep up with the rest." Balti
more American.
Gyer There Is one time In the life of
every man when he Is an advocate of fire
silver.
Myer When Is that?
Gyer When he Is on the verge of cele
brating the twenty-fifth anniversary of th
day h faced the parson. Chicago. News.
OIR LADY OF THH (iOLDK GATK.
J. C. B. Andrews in Philadelphia lAnrr.
"Serene. Indifferent to Fate," she stands
Bare hreaxted, girt with sand, and suu
. caressed;
With power undiminished, strength un
guessed. Till now; though gaping pits and rav'ulng
brands
Have scorched her tunic and have scarred
her hands
And who should say, "My race Is not
yet run;
My triumph comes when my new days
are won;
Bring bay and laurel! These are my de
mands." So speaks OurLady of the Golden Gale;
And we who heur the marvel of her
vole
Smile back and toss her laurel, ros
and bay;
Because serene Indifference to Fat
Breeds strength to conquer, power to
gain a choice,
Thar thrusts our night of sorrow Into
day.