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HIE 0MA1IA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, MAY 7, 190S. Tim Omaha Daily Dee. B. UOSKWA1K.R, KD'TOR. IMTHUflllKD F.VKRT MORNING. TKRMM OK" Sl HBCKlPTION. t'slly H" (without HunclaT), on year. 2 I'elly Jim and Sunday, one yesr J J Illustrated He, one year 6'indsy Bee. one yesr Saturday Iiee. one year 2 M liEUVEHKO BT CARRIER. iMHy Be (Including Sunday), per week.Ke Imlly Hee (wlibnil Hundayi. per week.... we livening Pes (without Sunday), Pr weea. eo F.venlng Tie (with Sunday), per w".- Sunday le. per ropy Address complaints of lrreuliitle In ac llvery to City Circulation Department. okficf.ii. Omaha-The Pee Hulldlng. South Omahs City Hall Building. 'ounrll Bluff-10 Pesrl Street. Chics go-lG40 Vnltr Building. New Vork-1h" Home Life Inn. Building. Wsshlngton-fcol Fourteenth Street. COIl It fc-B 'VI L t. r v Communication relating to new. and 01 rlal matter should be addressed: Omaha CORREBI'UNDfclst-ri C tori Bee, F.dltorlal reprtment. REMITTANCE!! I, tit accounts, rerwim, . Amaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. TUB dke publishing comfahi, STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, I''J JirVThe C. C. Roeewater, general manager M I n pee Publishing company, being duly worn, say that In. actual number of full d complete copies of The ViT. J0!? tt-. nitndav Bee printed during in. month of Anrll. . " follow. It axwo ..81,41 ..45,IA ..403O ,.4,TO ..4tl ..si.aro ,.8I.4MI ,.S,TW ..81,2 ..ai,ao IT.. II.. It.. 20.. T 32.10O 40,100 t 81.400 10 ai,atx U 81.4! U ai.lMO U 31.1TO U 82,1M 15 ltt,10O jj 8,B80 jg 8V,tKM M... 3W MM M 01,470 tl S1.B20 g sa,3T 83,200 10 81,l0 Total Leu unsold cople. Nat total sales., Dally average :o ITS C. ROS1 ' General Subscribed In my presence an l to before me this tOih day of A 4 (Beau M. B. H: 'v'.A Hntry r :bir. XVIIE OCT OF TO T4 M. tabs Tlbere leavlaR tbe vtty lean ornrlly abonld he Th- Be" nailed to tlient. Address tll be obanajed nt often reuaeated. Australia haa atartorl to rrcato a nary. Old England may JH find I'vU relegated to a corner l.y lfl nrn n the grandmother of comrnen inl nrtton.. For once again tbe irnairt. Is (ulr that we will have gon thniu!i an election In Omaha without any pof t acrlpt In the form of election cout"t. Are we oFVre we not going to have an inaugural procession when "Our Jim" rides Into the mayor1" office at the head of the democratic pin brigade? At last accounts there were only eleven democratic membera ot Jbe.clty council elected and only eleve candi dates for the position of president ot the council. The nuraberrToteVcast at the Omaha municipal election adda up 17,967. That la not by any meant an excessive vote for a city of the popula tion which we claim. Egyptian Moslems seem to And themselves defended against the ag gression of the sultan of Turkey in a matter wherein they are perfectly willing for him to have hla will. Enthusiastic friends of Mr. Roose velt -will In time be convinced that he means what he says when he de clares that he will not be a candidate tor president to succeed himself. The campaign to make Omaha beau tiful should be an all-the-year-round campaign, with perhaps a little higher pressure In the boiler for the aummer months than for the winter months. The local ' administration of Cape Colony expects trouble when the legis lative council meets, but It Is good evidence of British development that the army has not been placed on riot tooting. Generous Americans should remem ber that ' while the first shock has passed the people ot San Francisco are unable to resume their usual pur suits and must have food supplied to them for some time yet. "Historical" novelists nn now cast their scenes In 8an Vrmifi with little danger ot being :t . l . t vio lating local color, aa In a : ". .-rt r me the memory of few nen r.,rry them back to the davs '-' r- the earthquake. With Allison proposing the amend ment which Insures the psssuge of the railwsy rate bill Iowa seals Its right to be considered the birthplace of tho measure, since It was Introduced in the house by Hepburn and in the sen ate by Dolllver. The allegation that Mormons have laid plans to control the politics ot the state may account for activity against them In Wyoming. The American peo pie more strongly object to church domination in polltlca than to moral lapses by which they are not directly affected. Now we are told that the democrats of Nebraska are united "in advocacy of the same policies and principles for which they have so long led the fight In the state and In the nation." What policies and principles? Will we have some more f ulinluatlons fsvorlng pop ular choice of senator and endorsing direct primary nominations only to he repudiated whenever candidates are to be nominated or a senator ia to be chosen T Remit h, ?raft, .xpre or foatal crdrr nyahle. to Tne nee U"'7"M, of nV 2-eent fmp race red a. payment of r ALCOUOh 1 . tTAyPAHD OIL. In bla measagfl tr-! smii'lng to con greaa Comnilaslon r fJ.-nTcId'a oil In vestigation report Prtehlont Itoosevclt give no more than 4j rf .ignition of the Importance of the atiMet when lie urgea eiemptlon of deiim irlsed al cohol from taxation as on'1 effective n.eans of relief from the d n nitrated ertortlons of the Standard Oil com pany. The report shows how that monopoly In effect exacts on excessive tax upon every consumer of petroleum and every cltlisen Is dlrc-tly or Indi rectly a consumer. But In the vege table products of tbe country, iiif.re partlcnlsrly of the great grain and root-growing regions, there Is an al most Illimitable resource for. pro ducing alcohol which would more cheaply serve many of the principal popular uses of petroleum, and which It would be Impossible to monopolize. The only thing which stands In the way Is the federal tax of $2.08 per gallon. Exemption from tax Is a pal pable, easy and effective remedy. But Identically the same element In the senate which has been the back bone of the opposition to the rate bill, which strikes at transportation abuses by which Standard oil has been built tip and Is maintained, Is apparently resolved to prevent popular relief through untaxed denaturlred alcohol. The free alcohol bill, which after ex haustive Inquiry and discussion passed the house by a prnctlcally unanimous vote, has been held up for weeks In the senate finance committee, of which Senator Aldrlch Is chairman and dom inating spirit, and he has already an nounced a program of hearings which. If carried out, will make it impossible to get the bill before the senate for iKlion. The declaration of H. H. Rogers that tha Standard Oil company has no &leclal interest on w ay or the other In the free alcohol lli) does not com port with the hostile attitude already disclosed by the powerful element in tho senate whoso leader Senator Al drlch Is refognl,-l to be. But for lta hostility t'ie f a alcohol measure could easily p; the senate within a fortniRlit nnl tlm people thus be as sured of n greit md .Immediate relief. n (iAh .1H.VBRS' STRIKE- Tbe uiilmi iitithraclte mlnera have lcen wii-e In deciding, upon the advice I of Piesldent Mitchell, not to resort to a aeneisl strike, and their action will be luTirtHy approved by the public it is well, too, since there is to be no strike, that the grounds ef the deci sion ho frankly stated, as President Mitchell on behalf of hla followers does rtst and publish them. The con vent ion explicitly abandons the de mands for which the union has stood out for months, going so far as to sua i rend work In the hard coal mines April 1, the date on which the period covered by the award of the Roose velt arbitration of 103 expired. There was no concealment or evasion ot the lisue in the final consideration, the miners squarely resolving to resume operations on the terms of that arbl trntlon. The result Is a signal Illustration of the efficacy ot arbitration for the set tlement and prevention of labor dis putes and emphasises the timeliness snd wisdom of President Roosevelt's Intervention for an Impartial reference of the critical controversy three years ago. Its result was to settle not only that dangerous disturbance, but also the disputes and conflicts of Interest which have been so threatening the post year to the Industrial peace and welfare of the whole country. Man! festly, too, the Indirect but vastly lm portant effect has been to strengthen the conservative and thoughtful ele ments n the miners' unton, tending to render Its collective Judgment More harmonious with general public sentiment and Interest, which, after all, Ms the vital thing for organlred labor aa well as great proprietary and corporation Interests. The adjudication of the RooBevelt commission was at the same time so thorough and so obviously and eml nently fair as to Impress both the pub 11c and, as it now appears, the miners with the conviction that its award was not to be disturbed save In the gravest and clearest necessity of changed conditions, which has not arisen. President Mitchell himself ad mltted In his final statement to the convention that the Judgment of multitude of miners was averse to strike, and the Joy with which the decision not to strike has been received In the anthracite region more than bears him out. Nothing remains but the detail ot agreement between miners and ope rators as to the terms for which the Roosevelt award ?in.ll be renewed. It Is to be hoped t h t It tu be fixed so as not to expire In Mi, mdst ot a pres idential contest. While Insisting upon this point as thoy doubMass will, the operators will strengthon their posi tion both with thf p ibllc and with their employee, er;anl?..i1 and unor ganised, if upon their on motion they should now make any concession which the facts may warrant and If, beyond that, they should bow a spirit of generosity. KARTHQVAKK AXD rift- LOSSES. Fierce criticism of the proposition said to be about agreed to by the In surance companies, to pa 60 per cent of losses In San Francisco and 'ot It go at that without more exact a Ij jst ment,, Is hardly warranted. Technic ally, of course, it can be plausibly argued that an Insurance company ought to settle in each case the pre cise amount for which It has contract obligation, and that it Is inequitable to pay one loser by fire 60 per cent when his loss U greater la order to pay an- other whose loss may have been due exclusively or for some pnrt to fire. The objection, however, loses much of Its force when made by third parties. f the policy holders at Ban Francisco re content v,lth such a settlement as they are said to be, and if the total payment is no more thnn the legal ability of tho Insurance companies, it Is not easy to see Just why outsiders hould trouble themselves. One great dVantage of such a settlement, al though it be on an arbitrary basis, is that it would avoid the long delays and disputes which a detailed adjnst- lent of each loss would necessarily In volve. In the plight of 8an Francisco romptltude of settlement Is even more mportant than the amount. The real origin of the objection doubtless Is apprehension lest the In surance companies take advantage of the San Francisco disaster to advance uduly general rates. That Js really separate matter which should be udged according to Its own merits. DEMOCRATIC TACTIC8. It Is not surprising that local demo crats, and particularly the local demo cratic organ, should exert themselves In every possible way to prevent the fruition of any movement for unifica tion among Omaha and Douglas county republicans. Democratic suc cess has been achieved here only through republican division, and the democrats, in the future as in the past, may be confidently depended upon to promote republican discord and to take advantage for themselves of every opportunity to slip Into office between a disorganized opposition. The late campaign, however, should teach that faction of local republicans who have enjoyed the aid and comfort of the democratic organ whenever at outs and fighting for the overthrow ot those who control the party machinery that they have nothing whatever to expect from that source whenever they asBtime the leadership and make up the ticket that stands In the way of democratic designs. In the recent campaign the World-Herald, which three years ago overreached Itself to encourage the bolters, who later or ganized themselves under the Fonts- nelle name, went so tar In its hostility to its former friend and ally as to call forth from Mr. Benson a personal at tack upon its publisher as the twen tieth century successor of Ananias of old. The World-Herald already indicates that the republican demoralization Is to be used by the democrats to re capture the connty attorneyship and te congressional seat from this dis trict, and declares that the democrats feel hopeful, If not confident, of the situation. The Bee submits these suggestions to thoughtful republicans In connection with its protest against prescriptive factional clubs that bode no good to anyone except the political enemy, The outgoing city council promises to leave to Its successor among other bequests the privilege of putting the city hall building into a state of decent repair. If something Is not done soon visitors from abroad Inspecting our beautlfu) city hall may be misled into believing that the San Francisco earth quake got in some ot lta deadly work right here. That rumor about the franchlsed corporations conceding everything that has been asked of them without waiting for the new city administra tion to put Its platform pledges Into execution will be taken with a grain of salt. Much as the concessions would be appreciated, it will hardly do to count chickens before they are hatched. Ana now we are once more prom- ised a report of the Water works ap- pralsera within the month. Two members of the Water board have served out their terms and one mem ber has died while waiting for this re port, but the cow is still being steadily milked by the lawyera, while the tax payers are footing the bills. The demand for capital to rebuild San Francisco threatens to exert an in fluence upon building operations throughout the country, but so far as tbe building permit record of this city serves as an index the expansion of Omaha has not yet suffered any sub stantial check. The fact that Irish emigration la de creasing provea that the agitation of the last century has not been without effect. It the Irish stay at home and attend strictly to business the day of Ireland's victory will not be far off. Wars the Hike Will Rrgla. Washington Post. There will be an adjournment of con gress Just aa soon as the public business threatens to Interfere with the work of the campaign committees. . Aa Annul Blow-Off. Washington Post. IVrhsps if the American riots of a year could be bunched we could make an even better showing than tha Parisians, who break out once a year. f'laae the People. Baltimore American. The free seed section' has been replaced in the agricultural appropriation bill, and congress haa once more demonstrated that it has ths Interests of the people at heart. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Cuba's vice president haa a salary that Is double that of Vice President Fairbanks. But perhaps he isn't buoyod up by the precious thought that be may be pro moted sums day. Caalda't Let Vs. Philadelphia Record. fty a large majority the house of repre aentativea has again voted to maintain the free government seed store. But all those who want seeds to grow In field and garden aould do well to apply to private dealers. EDWARD ROSEWATER F(R SEX A TOR. Many people Jn all parts of Ne- j braska hare for some time been urg ing that Edward Rosewater become their candidate for I'nited States sen ator. Responding to these requests, I hereby announce for my father in bis absence at Rome aa the official representative of the United States at the Universal Postal copgress that a delegation will be offered for the en dorsement of "the republicans of Doug- laa county and I Invite the co-opera tion of Roosevelt republicans through out the state for his nomination In state convention. The position of Edward Ropewater on public questions is too well known to require recital. .For more than a third of a century he has been working ss a consistent republican In season and out of season for the very meas ures that constitute the principal fea tures of the legislative program now advocated by President Roosevelt. His whole political career has been an un remitting battle for the common peo ple as against the domination of cor porate interests and the encroachment of overgreedy capital. ' All the property . Interests of Mr. Rosewater are in Nebraska, to whose upbuilding he has devoted hla life energy, and ss senator he would have no Interests elsewhere to divert or divide his attention. His intimate fa miliarity with the resources and needs of Nebraska and his wide personal ac quaintance with influential public men should make him most useful In the service of his fellow citizens as their representative in Washington. Were It not for the conviction that he could In that capacity accomplish suhntnn- tlal good for the development and prosperity of Nebraska and the west, he would not consent to submit his name for consideration. One thing more should be distinctly understood In advance. Mr. Rosewater will not enter Into a contest of dollars to secure the nomination for United States senator: he could not if h would and would not If he could. He will look to the whole people of Ne braska, to the wage workers, the farmers and producers whom he has championed for so many years, as well as to the substantial business Interests to rally to his support. But neither will he be a mere passive candidate. A vigorous effort will be made in his behalf, If necessary, both In his home county and In other counties. All Nebraskans who want their state represented in the United States sen ate by a man of mental vigor and positive opinions on every Important question of the hour, who at the same time Is absolutely free from corpora tlon brings, are cordially Invited to join in this movement. I also lnvtt an in accord with Mr. Rosewater's candidacy to communicate with me. VICTOR ROSEWATER. I.oka Better Wlthont ahra. WashlnRtsm L Post. neiween nrty and sixty amendments have been offered tn the rate bill, and tne longer they are discussed thm bat.. tne unamended bill looks. The Piter Mnat Haatle. Minneapolis Journal. William A. Clark Is R-cttne; to retire from the senate and devote some years to the acquirement of a competency for old ace. Senator Clark Is worth only t7J.0o0.C00 and whenever he thinks of Rockefeller's billion he trembles for the future of hla dependent little ones. A Swrprlae Com In sr. Chicago Record-Herald. Thoae eltlsens who thought the Insurance companies were going to open their safes ana ten tne people Of Ban Pranatam (.- take whatever they thought was coming I to them merely forgot that the Insurance eempanles have a lurking desire to go on doing business In spite of the catastrophe. Oeralatlaa s a Sloaraa. Baltimore American. just as Kansas seemed to fall of all unique spectacles Governor Horn romea tn tne rescue and furnlshee a campaign Issue unequalled alnca that memorable political siege or which Helen of Trojr was the heroine, or since the days when the Caesars and Pompeys and Antonys, in the smiles of Cleopatra, set the pace for the far-off Kansan. Starttlaa; Reaaaa for nivareea. Chicago Inter Ocean. There la scarcely living a married man or one who has had t,he average expe rlence, who will not be amaxed to learn that a Chicago woman has been granted a decree of divorce on the ground that her husband had cold feet. If husbands should make cold feet a ground for divorce but let It go. I SUKIL POSTAL SOTES. Traaaialsalou of Small Sams of Money at Mlsluism Coal. Chicago Hecuid-He raid. Postmaster General Cortelyou has had commission at work for three months du vising a system of cheap postal notes for the transmission of small sums at a mini mum cost. He has Just submitted to con gress a bill drafted on the basis of the commission's recommendations. It Is proposed to sell postal notes In d nominations of 10, 20, 25. 3u, 40, 60, 00, 70, 7&, 80 and fO cents. 11. 11. 00. j and 1160. The fee fur notes under 40 cents will be 1 cent; for notes over b0 cents the fee will be 1 cents. In addition "special" nolcs In denominations from 1 to S cenla will be told without any charge above their face value. Not only the money order offices, but many of the smaller olIUn, will soil these notes. The purpose of the legislstiou Is nut only to provide a substitute for coins in small mall remittances, but also to put un end to the use of postage stamps In that way. Coins are tempting bait for letter thieves, and postage stamp remittances, besides theii- Inconveniences, sre perpetually dis turbing the normal postaga receipts, boili of the small offices which sell them for this use and of the large cit offices, which have their normal aales cut down In corre sponding s mounts. Chicago s postofTlce re ceipts, for example, would be several mil lion dollars a year larger were the torrents Of postage stamps sent here, especially In letters to the mail-order houses, brought to a stop. Aa appropriation of lltft.OOO la asked to carry the act into effect during the next fiscal year, and the innovation would be cheap at the price. The postmaster general estimates, however, that when the system Is once started it can be carried on without any impairment of postofTlce revenues. That makes it all the more desirable. BIT1 Or WASHHOTOI LIFK. Mlattr Scenes ana Incidents Sketched a (he Spot. Rcrncs of dramatic Intensity, of penl-up motion at Its climax, are not Infrequent In the American congress. But no event as happened In the house of represents- Ives since the twentieth century began to equal In strenuous statesmanship the mighty struggle for free seeds and an pproprlatlon which culminated In a glorl- us victory one week ago. The Congres- lonal Record faithfully tells what was nld, but does not picture the scene when the lid was Mown off and victory perched In the camp of the speedy. One correspond- nt does the same Justice In this sketch: "At exactly six minutes after 4 o'clock haney of Indiana, temporarily occupying the scat of Hon. Robert Adams of Penn- ylvanla. leaned back In his chair and mltted a strident 'e-e-eylp:1 that signaled the adoption of the free seed amendment. Instantly Chaney was Joined by a hundred thers, and a tumult broke forth such as no other Incident of this session has pro voked In the house. 'The Joyous seed distributors pounded their desks,, cheered, stamped, clapped their hands nnd roared their sntlsfactlon that the Iniquitous Seed trust had been oiled again, and the suffering farmers of the country would not be cut off from their supply of congressional graft seeds. As South Trimble put It. 'ths only graft of which everybody could have a piece had won Its hard-fought triumph. "There was almost breathless expectancy when the paragraph of the bill waa reached where an amendment restoring the free seed appropriation would be In order. Fifty times before that attempts had been msde to release some ot the pent-up speeches, but when nothing else headed them off. mere uproar had drowned them. Now, Colonel Lamb of Virginia, ranking demo crat on the committee, offered an amend ment appropriating $242,920 for seeds and providing that five-sixths of the entire amount so secured should be distributed by congressmen, Instead of two-thirds, as heretofore. Immediately Mr. Wadsworth made the point of order that It changed existing law. Colonel Lamb strove to de liver a regulation free seed speech, but, tired out at length by oratory and tumult. the house held him to the point of order. On that there was considerable discussion, and at length, at 4:06 p. m., Mr. Wads- worth shouted above the din: "I withdraw the point of order. Then they yelled. It was all over at that but the shouting, and they proceeded to shout. On the vote everybody yelled as loud as he crttild with what voice he had left, and on the demand for tellers the whole house stood up. It was a fore gone conclusion how the vote would stand, and the formation for the amendment took In three-fourths of those present. The tally stood 153 to M " About 2.250 private pension bills have been passed at this session of congress; by the house only 130 public bills have been passed. Both are, however, a new record for tho house. Vsually the number of public laws for a whole session does not exceed the number passed so far at this one. Hitherto 1,M0 private bills has been the record. Counting the days that congress has been In session the house passed on an average nearly forty private bills of one kind or another. Relief Is coming too late for many of the beneficiaries of these bills. In every batch of bills signed by Alexander McDowell there are three or four old soldiers whom death has claimed before congress gets through acting on their bills. Ths popular Impression to the contrary not withstanding, nearly all the cases covered by these bills are absolutely meritorious. Nearly all are for men wh made nd hospital record and cannot therefore get relief through the pension office. Soldiers who were so fortu nate as to have money wherewith to pay civilian doctors when they were furloughed home on account of sickness or wounds are unfortunate now because they have no hos pltal records and the doctors who treated them then are dead or unable to recall their cases. Congress Is the only relief for them If they are disabled now on account of wounds then received. The loafers who got Into the hospitals every time they had a stomach ache and who knew sick calls much better than they did the bugle sum mons to charge can and have got pensions, but not the fellows who gritted their teeth and remained at the front so long aa they could stand up and then went home to be treated by the family doctor. They are the kind of men who have to apply, to congress for the relief they can not get because they failed to keep their hospital records straight. It has been demonstrated physically that a member of tfre house of representatives is not entitled to slumber In the senate when a speech Is In progress there. It was In the midst of Senator Spooner'S speech that Representative Charles H. urosvenor s patriarchal snowy beard was thrust through the main doorway to the senate chamber. The general, for every body calls him that, entered softly and took the chair usually occupied by Sena tor Fulton of Oregon, which was tempor arily vacant. For a time he was an Inter ested listener, but presently his eyes seemed heavy and his head sank gently down and was pillowed In the billowy whiskers. The vice president became uneasy. Borne of the pages grinned, but the general did not waken. Occasionally his head swayed. Assistant 8ergeant-at-Arms Layton, after a conference with the vice president, stepped softly bsck and, standing behind the sleeping statesman, touched him gently on the shoulder. The "Sage of Athens' (which they call him also) leaped from hi chair with a start that Indicated that he believed some of bis political enemies wers after him. Realizing his surroundings he looked about sunplclously to observe If any. one was watching him, and then with consciousness that he was unobserved stole out of the chamber. Speaker Cannon paid a visit tn the ml norlty room recently to see his old frlnd John Sharp Williams. It Is a bright cheery, cozy room, and as the speaker set tled Into a big chair and looked on the surrounding In which Wllltnms does his work his eye lighted with pleasure. "John." he said. " this Is a mighty fine room you've got here." "Olud yoti like It, Joe," said John, "for you'll be occupying it next year." The Dvlnae of Words. letroit Free Press. Congress seems disinclined to accord literal acceptance to the axiom that ac tions speak louder than words. Ac cording to the official stenographers of the house of representatives over 4,000.. 000 words have already been recorded during the present session and at least 2.000.000 more are anticipated before ad journment. It Is confidently predicted that he senate will equal this record and that committee hearings In both branches will swell the grand total from all sources to 20.OUO.000 words. Therd lias always been on the part of congress a tendency toward loquacity. This habit la at least not of the decline. . Many of the questions railing forth thl flood of oratory are admittedly of vast Importance. It Is well that they should be widely dis cussed and that every point be Ilium- 1 pa led But not a little of this verbosity was uncalled for and there la absolutely no ground for argument regarding tbe desirability of more action. WALTHAM There are a number of watchmaking concerns in America and Europe but only one that Watches. "Tht Perfected AmeHan Witch." n Ulo$trted book of Interesting (nformtlion About witches, fret upon request, AMERICAN WALTHAM WATCH COMPANY, WALTHAM, MASS. FOTAEI.LI9M. Pender Republican: Ths Omaha election Is just another Illustration of ths fact that party ties do not bind men as they once did. Pspilllon Times: The real reason that Benson did not win out in his race for the mayoralty of Omaha Is because he did not receive votes enough. Fremont Tribune: The Omaha slump to Dahlman, peradventure, was a crack at machine made candidates behind the closed flaps of the Fontanelle Vlgwam. Sidney Republican: The result of the Omaha election shows very conclusively and most emphatically that the people have no use for the machine In politics. North Loup loyalist: Omaha went demo cratic In the recent city eleation the first time In sixteen years. It wHl not take the same number of years te get over It. Springfield Monitor: The "long felt want" that the Fontanelle club of Omaha was culled on to fulfill has been accomplished and that organization can now conscien tiously go out ot business. Albion News: The result can no doubt be accounted for by the existence of a republican Tammany organization In the city of Omaha which assumes to run the party. Machine methods are everywhere being repudiated by the people. Western Laborer: The thing for the Fontanelles to do would be to hold a good, big farewell meeting and resolve to go out of business forever. The election. If It means anything, means that "Wahnetalsm" don't go In the municipal affairs of Omnha. Thank God for that! Sutton News: IJolter Benson, the chosen candidate of the Fontanelle warriors for mayor of Omaha, was burled under nn svalanche of votes by his democratic op ponent, Jim -Pahlman. And that's th bunch of people that are trying to run the republican party In Nebraska. Tekamah Journal: We cannot see that state polltlca had anything to do with the results in the Omaha municipal election. The republicans didn't all vote for their candidate, not because they were not re publicans, but because they did not pro pose to have a city political club dictate the city nominations. What Omaha re publicans need to do Is to get together. Bprlngfiold Monitor: The prospect of the Fontanelle machine gang gaining control of th city government was not pleasing to the other seeker after plums, and the open devotion of the majority of the old council to corporation Interests was a great factor In causing their defeat at the hands ef the common voter. It was a body blow to machine ar.d corporation control, and it waa Indeed time for Omaha'a awakening. OVERWORK AND ACCIDENTS. Railroad Wrecks and Killing; Traced ta Long Hoara of Workmen. Philadelphia Record. One of the most Important table ever compiled by the Interstate Commerce com mission haa been supplied by Secretary Moseley to Senator Tillman, who procured Its printing as a public document. It Is s list of collisions and derailment where the employe had been on duty an excessive number ef hour and a Hit of personal In juries to employes due to having been at work excessively long. These are railroad reports and not the results of Investigations by the commission, and they do not Include personal Injuries that had no obvious con nection with the condition of the employe. The fact disclosed by this tabulation are startling. Eight railroad men were killed and thir teen Injured a the result of accidents caused by overwork. In one caae a man who had been nn duty ti hour was sent out flagging and went to sleep on the track. In nine other caae In this list of personal injuries men had been at work continu ously for 20 hours or more. In collisions and derailment due to lack of sleep or ex eeptlonal fatigue SS persona were killed and 147 Injured. In one case tha man had been at work 4t hours. In nine cases men had been at work 24 hours or more one was 47Vi hour at work and another SS and In several ether Instances men had been at work more than 20 hour. Thl list of case cover nearly five years, but even spread over so much time there are far more case of the overworking of the men than there should be. We Trust Doctors If you are suffering from impure blood, thin blood, debility, nervous ness, exhaustion, you should begin at once with Ayer's Sarsaparilla, the Sarsaparilla you have known all your life. Your doctor knows it, too. Ask him all about it. Then do as he says. We have no secrets! We publish the formulas of all our medicines, auas ky Ike I. O. Ayes Ce.. LewsU. Kass. also ataaiUMtursrs ef ant a an nooa-r ta kau. area's puxa-Fet eoastisatiea. Alia SCBkklT PKCTORAJ Twesafka. AIKK't AttUS CURX-Jot aialarla sad agas. WATCHES. can make Waltham PERSONAL NOTED. Mark Twain Intends to work two hours a day on his autobiography for the rest of his life. King Carlos of Portugal ha offered for sal soma pictures painted by himself, the proceeds to be sent to the Ben Frenct?o earthquake fund. Representative Brownlow. who Introdaced tha bill to provide for federal care of An drew Joftnson's grave. Is a nephew of "Par son" Brownlow, who described Johnson as "the dead dog In the White House." It Is said that William Dean Howell, the author, has made such a careful study of the dialect and expressions of the, various sections of the country that he can tell by their accent what city a person comes from. An Inspector of London police, who had had an opportunity to note the behavior of the 000 Japanese sailors during the time they were being entertained In the metrop olis recently on their way to take over the two Japanese cruisers, was asked his opin ion of them. "Little gentlemen, every one," he replied. The venerable Prof. Alexander Stephens, M. D., of the New York College of Phy sicians and Burgeons, said In a recent lec ture to his medical clas: "The older pliy. si clans grow the more skeptical they be come of the virtues of medicine and the more they are disposed to truat to the power of nature." The Elks' lodge at Hobart, I. T., has two membera who ehould attract attention at the grand lodge meeting In Denver next July, which they will attend. Robert L. Schurman Is S feet S Inches tall and weighs 112 pounds, while hi companion, Robert Haydon, is feet 7 lnchea tall and welsh 137 pounds, less than two pound to tlio Inch. ( SMILING LINES. "We must all be capable ot some sort of sacrifice,' said the philosopher. "Well," answered Air. Van Root; "a sac rifice Is all right in Its place. But I prefer a line drive over seooml baa." Washing-' ton Star. Steward Did you ring, sir? Traveler Yes, steward, 1 I rang. Steward Anything 1 can bring you, slr7 Traveler i -yes, st-sleward. liub-bring me a continent If you have one, or an island anything, steward, so 1-lul-long us it's solid. If you can't, sus-slnk the ship. Harper's ttaaar. me uasnrui Ah! I art o happy. I wouin t let myself . even hop that it you would accept me. The Girl Well, you see a fortune teller told me yesterday that my second marriage would make me happy and wealthy, and you know, of course, 1 had to get my first marriage over with. Brooklyn Eagle. Man Do you think I'd better ask your father for your hand this morning? Girl No. Walt until thl evening when he ha his slipper on. Cleveland Leader. "These street car seats are awfully un. comfortable, aren't they?" said the first passenger. "Mine Is," said No. X "There's an awfully pretty girl standing In front of me, and I'm too tired to get up." Detroit Free Press. "Good morning," said the- piano stool. "By the way, I observed that you started to smoke last night when Miss Yerner was entertaining Mr. Sloman." "Yes." replied the purlor lamp. "I saw he waa waiting for an excuse to turn ute down." Philadelphia Press. SONG OF SIMMER WINDS. George Parley. I'p the dale and down th bourns. O'er the meadow swift we fly; Now we sing and now we mo una, Now we whistle, now we sigh. By the grassy-frlng-ed liver, Through the murmuring reeds w sweep; Mid the lily-leaves we quiver. To their very hearts we creep. Now the maiden rose Is blushing At the frolic things we say. While aside her cheek w re rushing. Like some truant bees at play. Through the blooming graves we rustle. Kissing every bud we pass. As we did It In th bustle. Scarcely knowing bow It was. Down the glen, across the mountain, O'er the yellow heath we roam, , ' Whirling round about the fountain. Till Its little breakers foam. ... Bending down the weeping willows, . While our vesper hymn we sigh; Then unto our rosy pillows On our weary wings 'we hl.' There of Idlenesses dreaming. Scarce from waking we refrain. Moment a long aa ages deeming. Till we're at our play again. 1 1 A e J t