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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY. MAY ft. 1906.
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before me this Jtrth day of April, 1M06.
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Notary Public.
WllE OCT or Town.
Subscribers leaving: th city tarn
tturarlly shss.14 bar The Bee
iuaile4 to tkeaa. Address will be
change aa oftea mm requested.
The wife of that Nebraska sheriff
who prevented a Jail delivery will be
hlH best argument for another terra
lo office.
The record of Omaha building per
mits will have to hump Itself, to keep
up with that majority of the building
Inspector. .
It looks as If congress will either
hnve to suppress Commissioner Gar
field or Inrrease the appropriation of
the Department of Justice.
Senator Carter of Montana thinks it
111 becomes a fellow senator to. criti
cise a federal Judge for getting hilari
ous at a banquet. We think so, too.
Now that Zulus have killed a British
magistrate the survivors of the sub
sequent campaign may prepare to give
a quit claim deed to their present ter
ritory. Great Dritaln's ultimatum to the
sultan of Turkey may possibly give
the world an opportunity to learn if
the claims made for the Dreadnaught
are true.
A detachment of United States
troops is after an organized band of
robbers in Cavlte. Democratic con
sreesmcn can prepare to shed a few
more tears.
Reports from San Francisco indi
cate that while General Funston has
been doing good work right along he
has dispensed with the services of his
press agent.
The report that more Icebergs than
usual are being found in the Atlantic
ocean may be intended simply as a
couuter-play against the hot time on
the shores of the Pacific.
..!,
The constabulary of the state of
Pennsylvania act like men. who fear
they may lose their Jobs unless "there
Is something doing" in the way of
trouble In the mining districts.
Now that China has decided to ex
ercise authority in Manchuria some of
the power may regret that it did not
show greater friendliness for Russia
or let Japan annex the territory.
Mayor-elect Dahlman has gone out
of town to recuperate. Another out-of-town
trip for recuperation purposes
will be In order the week after all the
appointments shall have been made.
People who have personal knowledge
of the way reports of special commis
sioners on Indian reservations have
been formulated will await the show
ing of former Consul McWade before
passing final Judgment.
Reports from southeastern Ne
braska ara to tha effect that frnlt tree
parasites ara scarcer than for several
years. They have evidently heard of
Congressman Pollard'8 resolution and
given np tha fight In advance.
Tha report that tha United 8tates
mint at San Francisco, which is per
forming tha function of a bank, has
been kept busy for four days, proves
that residents of tha stricken city are
not getting all they want from other
place.
Tha Omaha, Commercial ciuu U ar
ranging for another trade excuraioa.
Tha success attending tb club's trade
"excursions in previous years has thor
oughly demonstrated the nsefulness of
this fsatura of tha work for bulldiug
up Omaha's trade.
corporation campaiox voxtkibu-
TIOXS.
The policy of prohibiting corpora
tions from contributing to party funds
Is rapidly retching a point at which
it ceasxa to be debatable, bnt In an
swering numerous contributions to its
columns regarding that policy the Chi
cago Chronicle, which stubbornly
stands out for the old practice, misses
the essence of the whole matter in this
declaration, which Is the core of Its
argument: "If a man believes that
the success of a party will Injure the
country or himself he has a right to
contribute his time, his abilities as a
debater or bis money to bring about
the defeat of that party, provided only
he does not give his money to decelTe
or corrupt electors. '
. But It ts absolutely not a question
as to the. rght of "a man" to con-1
tribute "his", own money for legitimate
campaign purposes. That right is be
yond all dispute and no one proposes
In any way to contravene it
The question, on the contrary, Is as
to the right of a corporation or of an
official or any clique or number of offi
cials to divert to political purposes any
part of the funds, trnsted to it by its
stockholders for business purposes.
When' 8 -corporation officer turns such
funds over to a campaign committee
ha does toot contribute his own money,
but the money of other people. In
any extensive corporation like a rail
road or Insurance company having a
multitude of stockholders or policy
holders, they are certain to belong to
'opposite political parties, so that to
give from the common fund to any
particular party Is to use the money of
some stockholders or policyholders,
not to promote, but to defeat, their
political desires and principles.
Even if it were possible to reflect
the political wish of each stockholder
by Such use of corporation funds, still
he himself should be left as a citizen
to determine and make his political
contributlou from his own separate re
sources. There are the soundest rea
sons of public policy why corporations
Should be restricted rigidly to their
proper business as a corporation, and
government freed from the danger and
corruption of corporation influence.
Government is Itself the object of that
combination of all the citizens which
Is called the state, and vast combina
tions of capital and persons under the
form of corporate bodies for limited
business purposes are inherently dan
gerous to the state if their collective
powers, directed by special Interests,
are employed In politics.
' It Is no impulsive or mistaken Judg
ment of the people that bncks the de
mand to exclude corporation funds
from our political activities, but to
compel parties to depend solely' upon
voluntary donations from each con
tributor from, his own money, acting
on his own conscience. Interest and
conviction as a citizen.
FATHER SHERMAS ASD THE SOUTH
The manifestation of feeling in the
south, so sudden and violent, upon the
Announcement of the plan of Father
Sherman to travel over the route of
General Sherman's famous "march to
the sea" Is wholly unwarranted and
not easy to understand. It is per
fectly natural that the son of the great
general, though himself a man of
peace, should desire to. visit scenes of
such historic and family Interest.
There is nothing singular In the fact
that regular army officers should be
detailed to study the marches and bat
tlefields of General Sherman's great
movement. Many other features of
the civil war have been studied in a
similar way, without exciting the
slightest adverse comment In the
south. Army maneuvers have been
held on its battlefields, in some cases
as at Bull Run, where the union armies
suffered notable defeat.
Nor Is It improper that Father Sher
man should have accepted an Invita
tion to accompany the officers who are
going over the same ground, let his
doing so is violently denounced in
southern newspapers and even threats
of the wildest character are publicly
made. But since such unreasonable
excitement is shown in the south It
would probably only add to the flame
for northern people to reprove It. It
rests with sensible and fair-minded
people in the south to assert them
selves and to show that such preju
diced outcry and Insane sensitiveness
do not truly express the spirit of the
people of that section, and surely the
evidence to this effect will be toith-
comtng. Narrow, violent and proscrlp
tive intolerance towards a modest, in
offensive, high-minded man of tha
character of Father Sherman is un
worthy of the south.
ALl.tt.Elt .STAXDARQ OIL CUXSPIRACY.
The widely circulated story that
Standard Oil and allied or sympathetic
interests, seising tha opportunity of ex
isting circumstances, employed their
power to smash the stock market to
emphasize their dissatisfaction with
national and state legislatures and ad
ministrations, and as a threat'to pre
cipitate a universal liquidation and
panic if further official Investigations
and prosecutions be not abandoned, is
hardly credible. That such corpora
tion and financial Interests, if acting
resolutely in combination, could for a
time at least exert a seriously depress
ing influence is conceded, but tha fact
remains that however powerful they
may be they are far from being all
powerful. Their wealth is vast and
far-reaching, but it is only a fraction
of the aggregate wealth of the Amer
ican people.
There Is the further fact that such
a conspiracy, if it be conceivable,
would to the extent to which tt might
be carried put a dagger to tha heart
of the Interests of the very corpora
tions through whose policy alone It
t-ould, be executed as well as to the
general Industrial welfare. The finan
cial and Industrial corporations which
are commonly regarded as associated
with Standard Oil influence are as vi
tally dependent as other interests upon
general prosperity, business confidence
and industrial activity and expansion.
If they had the power they could not
hurt the general credit and business
without cutting their own throats, and
Indeed their situation Is such that they
would be the earliest, longest and
greatest losers.
Politically the madness of such a
design would be even wilder and more
suicidal than industrially, for instead
of frightening the people It would In
fallibly impel them to put a rough and
relentless hand upon corporation re
cnlclt.rancy that would dare to go to
Such lengths. It would signally and
startlingly demonstrate the absolute
necessity of subjugating them to public
snthorlty, or even of annihilating them
If worst should come to worst, al
though the necessity could not come
to that extreme find, stripped of all
dangerous potency, they would humbly
surrender long before the full power of
the pe"Ie hud been laid upon them.
In all the movements for publicity
of the doings of corporations and pub
lic control over them,thVj aim of the
people is to correct abuses dangerous
to the common good, nnd for great
corporation interests and combines to
show that they are capable of greater
mischief than anyono has imagined
would simply be to make sure of a
swifter and mightier exertion of pub
lic authority over them.
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WMIT AXD SEE.
OMAHA, May 4.-T0 tha Editor of The
Bee: Democrats In control of the entire
city government of Omaha will mean to
soma self-rlghteoua persons a loose rein
for social evils. I feel free to say. and to
make the prediction on behalf or Mayor
Dahlman and Ills associates, that these
well meaning people shall see nothing of
the sort. A liberal administration of tha
city government, which all eound-mlnded
democrats believe In on principle as against
what Is callrd puritanical rule, does not
mean license. Our republican friends shall
be made to know this In due season.
Democrats are the peers of republicans In
their personal lives and conduct, Snd they
Jiave common Interests with them In all
that concerns good government and the
public welfare. They believe In sobriety
ahd order, but they also believe In tha
personal rights of the citizen within those
rtRid lines which demand that no man
Khali intrude upon the rlghta of his neigh
bor. They believe In Sunday observance as
a day of rest, pleasure and peace to the
toiler, and for the worship of God for all
who desire lo worship. All these things,
under Mayor Dahlman and democratic
rule, will be provan true In the next two
or ten years, as the case may be.
Walt and sea.
Democrats do not believe In sumptuary
laws. They never did. But thev do be
lieve In a strong, economical and orderly
government for the common good of all.
Wait and sea. .
OKORGE L. MILLER.
We shall wait and see, and hope
that the horoscope cast by our good
friend, Dr. Miller, will prove to be cor
rect. The newly elected city officials will
certainly make a grave mistake if .they
conBtrue their election by such de
cisive majorities to be a vote of carta
blanche to the vicious classes to run
riot without let or hindrance.
The people of Omaha are not dis
posed to make their city what Is com
monly known as a "Sunday school
town," but neither are they disposed
to open the door wide to license
and licentiousness. We are satisfied.
now more than ever, that what The
Bee has steadfastly advocated as a
middle ground policy of reasonable law
enforcement, with effective mainte
nance of order and decency, is what the
people of Omaha really Want.
If we do not get this sort of govern
ment through the administration that
is about to take hold, our people will
seek means to get it in some other
way.'
The advantage of party harmony
may be readily seen by looking back
over the preliminaries to the recent
city campaign. The democrats man
aged to nominate a ticket without con
test for mora than two or three places
and as a consequence had no disap
pointed candidates for nomination and
no factional sores to heal. Although
the candidate heading the ticket did
not satisfy a large element of tha
party, few democrats apparently failed
to vote for him, although at least
2,000 democrats had three years be
fore voted for the same man running
Independent wjio this year ran as the
republican nominee.
Loug distance observations In the
far east persist in Interpreting tha re
sult of the Omaha city election aa a
democratic victory and a sign of tha
rising tide of Bryanism. The success
ful candidate here, however, has dis
tinctly declared that he does not re
gard his election In any such light, and
as a matter of fact partisan politics
enter Into it In smaller degree than
Into any local election ever before held
in this city.
The appointment of Ed'SWer aa
postmaster of Lincoln attests the fact
that' whatever else may be said about
him. Senator Burkett is not devoid of
grstltude. Slzer did mora toward
making Burkett senator than any one
man, and so far as w know no one
ha found serious fsult with his ad
ministration of the postofflce at the
Capitol city.- Mr. Burkett is to be
coniniended and Mr. Slier congratu
lated. Omaha's cash contributions to tha
San Francisco relief fund now figure
up closa to $28,000. If the value of
tha clothing and supplies sent out be
added the total of Omaha's contribu-
tlon will be considerable In excess of
130,000 and, with South Omaha's fund
added, will amount practically to $4d,
000.. Such liberal response to the cry
of distress speaks well for the community.
The newly elected rouncllmen
threaten to get Into a rumpus at the
outset over the Choice of a presiding
officer. It Is not worth fighting for.
The stste of Colonel "Jim's" health
makes It very unlikely that the presl
"""t of the council will be allowed to
draw the mayor's pay
time.
much of the
At the coming pan-American con
gress a dsy could be probably set apart
for elucidation of the Monroe doc
trine. South Amerlcsn statesmen
might thus be saved much anxiety as
to the real sttitude of the United
States.
A Dlntr-alt Task.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
There are Indications that a renewed
effort la to be made to show the Standard
OH company that It is not bigger than the
country, but Juat how thla la to be dono
has not as yet been made clear.
Heart a In the' Right riaee.
Baltimore American.
It may be true that corporations have no
souls, but from the wy railroad, titne
portation and express companies and other
large commercial bodlea have been doing
their share In the relief of tho San Fran
cisco sufferers It Is plainly evident that
they have hearts.
Nought Gold. Bricks.
Pittsburg, Dispatch.
Still, it may be observed that if the big
aggregations of capital made their cam
paign contributions with the idea that
they were to have the say about the ad
ministration they encountered the evidence
of a large gold brick acquialtion In that
speech on the muck rake.
Cut Out False Pride.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
San Krancisuo will perhaps notice that
the native sous of other places are not
standing upon mere formalities In this
emergency. Nobody is asking where the
Sao Franulscans came from originally, and
San Francisco would do well to remember
this whan It grows up again and Is pros
perous. Leave Oat the A4 vrrtlslii-.
New York Sun.
The desir of the Rev. Thomas Sherman
to traverse the route of his father. Gen
eral William ' Tecumseh Sherman, in the
march from Atlanta to the sea is natural
enough and there's no reason why he
should not gratify It. But he should leave
out ' tha advertising ' and should not
be accompanied by the escort of United
8tates cavalry provided for In his an
nounced plana.
&t Mneh "Anarchy" In it.
Springfield Republican.
The president did not hit within a mile
of Mr. Carnegie when he advised the im
position of graduated death taxes on large
fortunes to break them up. for Mr. Cur
ncgla can show that he Advocated the same
scheme as far back aa and that he atlll
believes In It. If tha richest man in the
country, barring one. Indorses Mr. Roose
velt's suggestion, there cannot be much
"anarchy" in It. , .
Plaanrlna San Kraarlsca.
Philadelphia Record.
Financing San Francisco will make an
Interesting chapter when the full history
of the great catastrophe ahall com to be
written. In nine days following the earth
quake there was transferred from New
York to the stricken city over $30,000,000.
two-thirds of which was remitted through
the sub-treasury and one-third waa sent
by express. To replace thla aum nearly
S30,00O,OiO of gold has been Imported, the
Importation being expedited by Secretary
Shaw's plan of advancing gold to banks
that have ordered It from Europe. Over
$8,000,000 of gold has already been replaced
in tha sub-treasury by tha banks.
REeUII-DISG SAM FRANCISCO.
I.oeal ('!( mad Eaerary KajaaJ t
turn Task.
The first number-of tha San Francisco
Chronicle printed since the disaster of
April 18, to reach The Baa exchange table,
bears the data of April 10. In appearance It
differs but little from tha Chronicle of bet
ter and happier days. Th editorial col
umns are slightly shrunken, but the news
columns and half tones ara as of old bright.
clear cut and filled with records of passing
events. Tha principle difference noted Is In
the advertising columna, these being tilled
with announcements of temporary business
locations, business addresses and future
plana. Editorially the Chronicle baa this
to say of the situation:
"For the outpouring of human sympathy
and material aid so generously bestowed by
tha people of the state In the hour of our trial
tha residents of San Francisco are pro
foundly grateful. That this assistance will
continu whllo necessary to prevent human
suffering ws know. But the great wave of
emotion Is passing a way. The work of re
lief la now organised under the direction
of trained men snd women who will make
our necessities known to the charitable.
"Statesmen, public officials and men of
affairs must now face the stern realities
resulting from an enormous loss of prop
erty, publio and private, which la not to
be made good by the contributions of the
charitable, but by the energy, resource,
civic spirit, state pride and aound Judg
ment of the sufferers themselves. We need
not concern ourselves with the commercial
facilities of this city. For all purposes ex
cept the comfort of those immediately con
cerned la them they will be promptly re
habilitated. The commerce of Sao Fran
claco will soon be proceeding as before aud
from the legitimate profits derived from It
will eventually com th futids for rebuild
Ing th city. It will require year to pay off
th money which must be borrowed, but
th world need not concent Itself about
that. Except for th Immediate necessities
of charity San Francisco can take car of
Itaelf."
In the earns issue the Chronicle calls at
tention to a trade or trust rule on account
of which the Pacific Steel and Hardware
company, wholesalers, refuse to sell u0
sets of carpenters' tools, fearing the local
trader would boycott tha company If It
aold to other, than retailers. "For th ex
lotence of the rules," aays the Chronicle,
"the retailer only are responsible, and they
only are to blame. The labor unions of the
city responded promptly to the nuoesaitlea
of the hour and declared all union rules
and restrictions off until the restoration of
normal conditions and wheu they are re
stored we do not doubt that their leader
will listen wlllinaly to suggestions from
disinterested citlsens for the modification o
some which are particularly vexatious, al
though of slight practical linortanca to
union men. The retailers, unhuppily, hav
shown uo such spirit. Th action of th
Pacific Steel and Hardware company prove
their rules to be still vigorously enforced
These ruUrs. all of them, are vexatious,
hateful and utterly opposed to all sound
public policy."
OTHER LAD THA Ot R.
Strike are not allowed In Turkey, and
must not even be mentioned In the local
press, but still, now and then one takes
place. A week or two back all the work
people In the Tobacco Regie struck because
of smr.A difficulties with retard lo a sav
ings bank, and principally because th
R.gle refused to allow them the usual ad-
ances of shout $'0. which each workman
gets about that time. As usual, the strike
was reported at the palace, and the sultan.
ho1ng Just then In the middle of the con
fusion caused by" th nmrder of Redvan
rssha and the banishment of Kederhnns,
wss greatly worried when he heard of a
trlk of some l.T-00 people, whleh seemed
o him too much like a revolution, so ne
gave orders to Imprison . the ringleaders.
h two principal ot whom were Immedi
ately exiled, and ordered the payment by
th Regie of double advances to the others,
who were to resuin work at tive. Tly
Id so, but soon went on strike again, de
manding th release of their leader. After
wo days' hard work by the police trying
to Induce them to work, th prisoners
were released and work resumed on con
dition that the exiles should be brought
back, but It may not be possible f fulfill
his agreement, as exilca lit Turkey often
anlsh In a very mysterious mnnner.
Spain, sine the !o of the colonial em
pire, has made surpristnx progress in pros
perity, according to a recent consular re
port. "Yearly budg-ets now show a surplus
of from $10,000,000 to $12,000,000 In lieu of th
former deficits. The floating debt of th
Rank of Spain, amounting to $'.. 000. (XX. hns
been reduced to $fo,0C0.O00 psrtly by the use
of annual surpluses snd partly by the
Issue of S and 4 per cent treasury bonds
taken by the Spanish people. The gold pre
mium has fallen from 115 per cent In
Ui!8 to 23 per cent. The 4 per cent bonds.
which sold at 23 during the wnr with the
"nited States, are now at ns. The people
since the war have put MO.OPO.OuO In ships.
4.00,000 In sugar factories nnd $150.fl0,000
In electric plnnts. mines, etc. Attention is
being given to home agrlcultui and other
home Interests hitherto neglected. Rail
ways are needed, and their utility In giv
ing opportunity for the creation of wealth
Is beginning to be duly appreciated.
L'Kcho de Tarts prints an Interview with
a flug officer of the French Mediterranean
squadron. In which the officer declared that
th murillm authorities were constantly
receiving threatening letters from sailors
of aiitl-mllltarlst views. They bad also
been warned, the officer added, that the
anarchists at Toulon were boasting that
they had selected six men from among the
seamen, stokers and gunners on board each
battleship and cruiser of th squadron
who had taken an oath lo render the ships
useless at a given signal by tampering with
some vital part. These men had also been
directed to steal nmmunltlon when possible
and cause explosions.
Continuing, the officer said that special
measures had been taken to frustrate these
plans. Th torpedo lieutenant of very
ship had been ordered to keep all deto
nators and cartridge caps under lock and
key In his own cabin.
The, government bill for increasing the
number of members of the Prussian cham
ber from 438 to 443 was passed over the
votes of. the radicals. A radical amend
ment In favor of direct and universal suf
frage and the secret ballot was rejected by
188 votes to RL A consen-atlve deputy
Herr Gamp, made an Interesting calculation
regarding the changes which the adoption
of direct and universal suffrage would en
tail In the composition of the Reichstag.
Of the 397 constituencies which elect repre
sentatives to the Relachatag by direct and
universal suffrage 2Stf are Prussian. Of
these 104, or about three-sevenths, elect the
same persona to the Reichstag and to the
Prussian chamber under different systems
of suffrage. Herr GAmp calculated that for
th remaining Prussian constituencies uni
versal And direct suffrage would mean a
change In .the political representation of
about fifty seats. The social democrats,
he asserted, would win thirty-two and the
clericals seven, while th radicals would
gain tan, but would lose four, so that th
advantage which they would reap would be
unimportant. It la worth noting, however.
that th transference of fifty seats to th
clericals and the left would make a dif
ference of 100 votes on a division and would
paralyse th reactionary element In th
Prussian chamber.
M. Melin baa been giving Ills opinion of
th French Confederation de Travail and
It demand for an eight-hour day, In the
Republlque Francalse. Th only result, he
says, would be to diminish production and
consequently the amount of work to be
done, while It would Increase the price of
French good to such an extent that It
would be Impossible for them to compel
successfully on the foreign markets. This
would mean a loss of several milliards
which now go to feed the working claaaea.
In hla opinion the working men of England,
Germany and Belgium would not he taken
In by such a sophism, because their pro
fessional education la more advanced and
because their leaders have th Intelligence
and honesty to advise and Instruct them.
In France, he says, th revolutionary party
has an entirely different end In view. It
designedly opposes the education of the
masses and hinder tha real progress be
cause It wants not worklngmen who ar
satisfied, but worklngmen In revolt and It
aim only at developing among them a rev
olutionary fram of mind. Ha concluded:
It I not reform, not even of tha working
day. that la sought by tha occult revolu
tionary government of th Confederation
d Travail. It has put forward tha sight
hour day because, for on thing, It I a
simple Idea that can be easily grasped by
the meanest Intelligence and for another,
because It Is absolutely unrealizable and
has no chance of being accepted either by
Industrial Interests or by parliament."
Tha opening of th new railroad line from
Abu Hamld to Karima. in the Sudan, will
give great satisfaction not only to mer
chants, who will til us hava across lo the
markets ot Dongola, but also to tourlats
and antiquaries. It has been built, entirely
with native labor. In eight months, under
the direction of Macaule) Bey, and Mid
winter Bey. Thla for US mlies of railway,
Is almost a record, for tha district Is hilly
and difficult for engineering. Tb terminal
station, Karima. Is not down on any pub
lished map, but the line almost reaches
Dongola. Tb interesting pyramid Oelda
of Jebal Baikal (Napata). Kurru. Zama,
Mayal Nurrl, Tangaaal, ar all now ren
dered accessible to travelers. Th govern
ment Is expected to provide rest bouses
at each group f pyramids In thla ancient
renter of Egyptian - civilisation. These
regions have not been generally accessible
sine the day of Lepius. The opening of
the new road will be good news to all those
Interested In the 200 pyramids and other
antiquities of the Budan. Costly caravans.
with camels, tents and escorts, hitherto
hava afforded, the only meana of reaching
thess regions, as th direct military rail
way to Khartum avoids this historic but
unknown country.'
Tha Paklla Be Ulaaked.
Philadelphia Press.
Th operator and miners act a If no
body could possibly hav any Interest la
a coal strike but themselves. They as
sume to do everything about It except
to pay the cost. The public will be called
tjn when th losses ara to be made up.
Do Not Move Your
Old Piano
Moving time Is often seised upon as a good opportunity to buy a nnr
piano To move plno may mean n extra load, and In many cftsi-s rsnls
In damage.
Tou can notify us when you are ready to have the old piano remoed an.1
we will Issue a credit slip for It value, to be applied upon the. purchase of a
new piano when you are settled In your new quarters, either In the imnredi
at future or In th fall.
Thus you snve the trouble and expense of moving the old piano or of
storing It. and are assured of a new Instrument that will be In every respect
a credit to the new home.
The (iistomer 1s thoroushly protected in this method of purchase at the
Horpe store, because here all laatr-onieiite ar aold strictly oa th on prloe
system, each piano being marked in plain figures with It exact selling price.
We ofTer the choice of variety of standard pianos, uprights and grands, at
side range of prices:
Knabe Pianos, newest upright grands $B0.00
Kranleh Pach Piano? $373.00
Kimball Pianos S880.0O
Hoapu Pianos, best In the west fa 50. 00
Crsmer Pianos, best for the price $190.00
Ternio, cah or time;. pa ments as low as 14 monthly,
A. HOSPE .CO. :
1513 DOUGLAS ST., OMAHA, NED.
Pictures from 91 to $100. Frames. 3 So to t33.
POI.l lit Al. DRIFT.
Tom Piatt's clilet pollll.-al II. irenant,
Lou Payn of New York, Is advocating
third term for President Roosevelt.
New York City must pay $I0.Ci0 damages
on account of Hearst's congressional elec
tion fireworks. It would be cheap if that
sum was the limit.
Congressman Longworth Is having trouble
trying to convince some Cincinnati repub
lican that the president' son-in-law
should be renominated without opposition.
President -Compels of the American Fed
eration of Labor Is being overwhelmed
with letters endorsing tho position recently
taken by the executive council on th sub
ject of labor entering politics.
Maine Henry Watterson now denies that
he said "William Tt. Hearst will control
the nelt democratic convention." Msrse
Henry say that what he did say was that
Ilia "Bryan and Hearst forces, united,
would probably be able to control the next
democratic convention."
A native of Massachusetts will be the
next United States senator from Oregon
If the republicans carry the election. Jona
than Bourne, who has secured a majority
for the nomination In the primaries, is a
son of the man of the same name who
founded the great Bourne cotton mills
r.ear Fall River, and for whom the town
of Bourne was r.ajned. Tho On-son nmu
inherited a large part of his father's Tor
tun. After one of Congressman Towne's
speeches In the house Mr. Cuahniun se
cured the floor and said In tones of pro
found admiration: "That rich, rotund,
oratorical voice of his has often driven me
to envy and the brink of despair. Many
times I have wondered at He perfection,
but at last I have reached the solution. It
cornea from the broad practice my friend
ha had In speaking for all parties, on all
questions and from every sldo of each."
"It no longer appears to be a quoatlon
of finding where graft exists, but the ptis
zle is to find where It does not." This Is
th comment of a member of the recently
"discredited" legislative Investigating com
mittee that has been running down cor
ruption In Cincinnati. One of the. late dis
coveries of the committee was a dicker
by which $60,000 was to be paid the po
litical .power for the ligtit to extend the
lines of a Kentucky Telephone company
across the river Into the city. The price
was lifted to $75,000 and the deal Aisled.
TA FT OX RAILROAD PASSK9.
Utilisation of Jadaes to Avoid the
Appearance of Rvtl.
Kansas City Star.
The abolition of the railroad pass as a
perquisite of officeholders Is sure to come
with other public reforms now under way.
The question Is alive In congress and it
has been made an Issue In a number Of
states. Where ther are laws against the
practice of accepting passes ther 1 a
greater demand than ever before for their
enforcement. For the reasons it Is espe
cially interesting to not what Secretary
Taft said about passes and th courts In
his New Haven speech:
It Is about as necessary that the courts
shall have a reputation for Justice aa that
thev shall mete It out. This should lead
Judge not to reoeive railroad courtesies
When tnose giving inem may oecoms 1111
gants in their courts; for, no matter how
wis a decision may be rendered against
a party In litigation against a railroad, the
defeated party will never cense to contend
that he did not have a fair trial. This
weakena tha authority una ganorai siana-
Ing of the oourt.
Th obligation of judges to avoid sven
th appearanoe of evil I scarcely less than
that resting on legislators and executives.
Indeed, no publio official should enjoy fa
vors at the hands of publio ervlce cor
poration. The making of law and th
enforcement of lawa. if these functions are
to be performed without fear or favor In
each and every Instance, must be free from
prejudice, favorable or unfavorable. And
such freedom cannot ba assured whera
concessions are offered and eepted. In
deed, the railroade regard their pas priv
ilege aa their greatest asset In seuuritig
th kind of legislation they want and in
gaining Immunity for th violation of law.
Th value they put on free transportation
a a means to these ends Is a sad com
mentary oa official character In th United
States.
Browning, Ming & Co
ORIGINATORS AND SOLE MAfcEIS 011 SIZES IN CLOTHING.
A CUSTOMER.
said the other day, "If a man can't be suited at
Browning, King & Co., where can he be suited
It's about bo. For instance, if you are looking for
a suit of any particular material we have it
If you want a suit for business dices or any oc
casion we have it. Not onljr for the young men
but all men. Our department for bovs' and
little toddlers is thoroughly coiurtete." 4 :
"Hats and Furnishings of Course" TTf
Filtcenlh and iffi) f OMAHA
Douglas Sts. . i , ' NEB.
vi turn. t o hi roisr.
Airy I see ynu itt your fsther's oflhe,
'1 1 1 i I rtcqnentb - are ynu working?
Ff-ddv "h, no; dad's taken me to eiu
the htislness'-lhnt's all. Philadelphia Hul
loilu. "Their mei-e some line srRonients ill
your speech."
"Yes." answered Senator Koi ahum,
"after reading It over In the Record 1
must sh- I Renin to think I'm on tin
light lde morally as well politically. "--Washington
Star.
Ruffon W rati Schinite? Siiimilz'.' Win-ie
have I hor'd Hint lis me?
Say mold Storey-Don't ye rii kolle-'t ?
lie's the Minn thet mede Han Francisco
famous. Chicago Tribune.
"Yes." said Mrs. Pnply "I'm going o
take the children away to the countiy
for a month or so."
"You'll take your servant Sills with you,
of course." ssld Mrs. Nexdore,
"Most sasuredlv nol ! 1 need a rest my
self." -Philadelphia Press.
Town Luckey doesn't have to work
hard, that's certain.
Urownu Mow lo you know thai?
Towne Because he gets a large snluty
Philadelphia Press.
"What a cosy little flut ynu have! Hut
whv lo you keep your jewel cttxe In the
kitchen?"
"Oh, that Isn't a Jewel chsc. That's
Our Ice box." Milwaukee Sentinel.
"Please, sir." pleaded th" beggar. 'V
like to get a square meat. I "
"Here, poor fellow," said Kloseinan,
"here's a penny for you."
"Oh, thank you sir! But. pardon u e.
you haven't got a dyepepMa InMet nb ut
you. huve ynu? I nlways suffer when 1
overeat." Philadelphia Ledger.
"Well." ssld Morrell. "Nature has Ms
compensations for all. Liaiitnlng, you
know, never strikes twice In the same
plH"."
- "Huh!" snorted Worrell, "that's small
comfort for the man who Is struck In the
first place. "--Cleveland Leader.
I.4M1 OF TDK M lKK IIF.1,1 1-; Y E.
Klltabeth Ravens.
Years ago, In Our childhood dsys.
When we were weary n( common plavs.
What a delight our wits to deceive
And stroll in the dear land of Make-lie-llevc!
Dassling fairies sprang from the gravel
walk,
And, If listened, we could hear m
talk!
The birds and butterflies as well
Had wonderful, wonderful secrets to tell
Th leopards could "moo" snd the cows
could ' neigh:
The camels were packing their trunks all
dsy;
The chickens were learning to Swim Ilk
the bees.
And the little giraffes were climbing trees!
The dog waa madly In love with the cat;
The crickets were playing ball with th
bat,
While the elephant hopped like th kan
garoo And the rattlesnake curtsied and said,
"How dot"
We could walk to the sun on one of It
rays.
And, somehow, Its light would never
dase!
And you could be I, and I could be you
Oh, ther wasn't a thing that ws couldn't
dot
Bo, even now, when simple things. pass
And w find no pleasure in them at all.
Let us not sit down to droop and to
gTleve,
Bnt stroll In the land Of Make-Believsl
Gordon.
That six-letter
word has come
to mean more
Hat Quality
and more Hat
Style than
pages of typo
could tell.
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