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WHEN OUT Or TOWK,
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tailed to thesa. Address Will be
Wonder if St. Paul stands pat on
those remarks about woman T
Summed up in a nutshell, Nebraska
grain dealers lose their suit, but win
their point, - r '
Another Russian province has been
"pacified.". , Merely a. diplomatic way
of saying it has been depopulated.
Ohio has scored another victory, this
time off the Bridge trust. - Ohio's hunt
has' hot been as spectacular as Mis
souri's hut it has brought results.
Tennessee democrats were so busy
adjusting their own affairs that they
forgot to indulge in the customary
demonstration at the mention of the
name of the peerless leader.
The franchlsed corporations of
Omaha will now prepare to be Investi
gated. If that ia all the harder they
are hit by the democratic platform
they wilk not yell vyy loud.
Colonel Bryan has been watching
as a. spectator the Parliament at Buda
pest. He ougtt to have gotten some
valuable tips there on the manage
ment of a turbulent minority.
That Cincinnati chauffeur showed
that the possibilities of the automobile
have not been exhausted by a long
chalk. He has Introduced a new way
of making the machine a terror.
The permission to keep their places
open after midnight must not be taken
by the liquor dealers to justify the
slightest deviation from the require
ment to- run their places In an orderly
manner..
The , new democratic city council
evidently does not believe In nonpar
tlsan municipal government nor in
civil service tenure of office not
when there are not enough offices to
go around-
If anyone else has any silly pipe
dreams about the .Nebraska senatorial
situation he should connect up at once
,with the local democratic organ. , The
i more ridiculous the story the more
. welcome it will be.' .
. umana .ana reDraska club women
will be-in distinct evidence at the
meeting of the General Federation of
Woman's Clubs at St. Paul. Nebraska
club women will take no back seats
for any of their sisters from other
states. ; -I."-:" '
' The floral testimonial mania has
broken out In the city hall? It ia to
be hoped it will not get quite so acute
aa it was, in congress when each mem
ber had to buy a bouquet and send it
, to himself labeled "From loving con
stituenU."
Soft coal miners and operators are
getting together on the comfortable
basis of the scale of three years ago.
which Is a substantial raise of pay for
; the men. The peaceable adjustment
of what looked at one time like s aerl
ous difficulty is another victory for the
growing spirit of forbearance between
employer and employed.
The growth of the. Illinois Central
railroad, as shown by the report of
President Fish to the stockholders, is
merely an incident In the development
of the western empire. In another
ton years the railroad presidents can
show even greater growth, alt of which
will be due to the restless energy of
the producers of the great valleys and
plains of the central basin of th
United Bute. v ...
a voLvyTKKiiijnMr. - .
The president In tils M emorlal Day
address at. PorUtnouth fitly empha
sise the fact that military service in
our rotintry is Voluntary. Tula feat;
fiire, standing out in such marked con
trast with nearly even other nation
In the. world. Is typical and well-nigh
essential to our Arm?rlcah View of the
cltUen's duty and the function of the
state. Prom the first, in all 'our fron
tier wars. In the revolutionary strug
gle of '76 and the foreign, and domes-'
tic wars since then, military service
has ' been merely the1 citizen volun
tarily In arms for a government which
represents the will of the people. He
has'v appeared ' w ith the musket pre
cisely as with the ballot ta represent
and protect his own Interests, and not
as the forced agent of a superior ar
bitrary authority.
Though we recognize the inherent
necessity of a regular military estab-
lishment, voluntary service is main
tained as a fundamental principle,
even as to that, The difficulty of dis
ciplining and rendering effective a
great force of. citizen soldiery rising
in emergency to arms .and the. time
required are such that a regular army.
Is indispensable as a model and a
nucletts for organisation, as well as
for contingencies that have to be sud
denly met. But we rigidly restrict the
regular military arm of the govern
ment to the limit of the extremest
need, depending upon the zeal and
patriotism of the average citizen to
supplement it in time of national peril
and that dependence has never proved
fallacious.
The "achievement of national' unity
In the civil war as of independence in
the revolution is the glory of duty vol
untarily performed. A military ser
vice developed from and inpplred by
this principle is a safeguard rather
than a menace to liberty, and should
make the soldier a better citizen as he
passes into civil life. It is the very
reverse of militarism insofar as
term implies in compatibility
democratic institutions.
that
with
CRIMINAL LAW EVASIOXS.
Governor Higglns' veto of bills
passed by the New York legislature,
complicating and protracting proceed
ings in criminal cases, ia based on a
principle whose - application would
remedy crying abuses in every state
In the union. Instead of extending
the protection of the law to criminals
by multiplied delays,' appeals,' techni
calities and evasions, the penal code
should be simplified and greatly re
stricted in those respects.
The Patrick murder case, for which
the vetoed bills were obviously de
signed to Create new opportunities to
evade the consequences of. the crime,
became long ago a scandal. Patrick,
himself a skillful lawyer,' 'was duly
convicted six years ago of deliberately
murdering by poison his own cllenta
wealthy old man, for' the purpose of
robbing his estate, the crime being a
diabolical compound of forgery, per
jury, theft, cold-blooded murder ana
betrayal of professional trust. Tet
it has been found impossible to exe
cute the penalty of the law. so in
genlously has the felon manipulated
the legal facilities for evasion and de
lay, and when all existing resources
had been exhausted a legislature was
found ready to create new ones.
The case Is extreme only- in the de
gree of ability to employ the means
afforded by the law. They are avail
able to any criminal who is in position
to command similar influence, flnan
clal support and professional talent in
his behalf.
The New York governor's veto is a
good sign, coming as it does In con
junction with multiplying evidences of
an aroused public sentiment demand
ing certain punishment of criminals,
notwithstanding their Influence in so
clal and financial circles. . It will be
found that before this sentiment can
be satisfied more effective means than
the law now affords will have to be
provided by a thorough overhauling
and reform of criminal practice and
procedure. : '
THE POSTUFriCK APPROPRIATION.
The total of $192,485,000 carried
by the postofflce appropriation bill
which' ' has just ' passed " the senate
atriklngly illustrates the industrial ex
panaion of the country, for the volume
of postal patronage is agreed to be
one of the most accurate 'indices to
general business, conditions. The
amount required from the treasury to
maintain the postal service now
greatly exceeds the amount, .required
for the maintenance of the entire na
tlonal government during the first half
century of Its history.
Neither this bill nor any other legls
latlon of this session undertakes seri
ously to solve any of the large prob
lerqs which have been steadily coming
Into greater prominence in the- opera
tions of the department. It has been
pointed out that no more will be ac
complisbed by it. than by similar bills
(or a long series , of years toward pre
vention of a large annual, deficit.
There haa been no disposition to com
plain so far as the deficiency was due
to the rural delivery service, which
was extraordinary on s (Mount of the
Inauguration and rapid expansion of
that branch of the department. But
It has long been known that abusea of
privileged mail like second class and
franked matter, and especially the ex
cessive compensation for railroad
transportation of the malls, are at the
bottom of the greater part of the an
nual postal deficits.
The time Is drawiug near when
these items will have to be thoroughly
dealt with by congress. The Introduc
tion of large Improvements like a
postal savings system,' in line with the
admirable facilities provided by the
most progressive governments, s serl-
ously Interfered with by transporta
tion extravagances and other tvlls in
the fleparttnent ' The sheer bulk to
which the expenditures have grown
now challenging attention to the
necessity of economy .and reorganiza
tion. toSGlWSSIOXAL COATE.VTfOV CALL-
The republican congressional com
mittee for this.'' the Second Nebraska
dlMrlct, has been summoned to meet
for the purpose of arranging for the
congressional convention which will
noniuate the. republican candidate for
the coming election.
Several difficulties will present
themFeives to the committee chiefly
because of the delay in getting action.
If the convention could be legally ar
ranged so as to permit of the selection
delegates at the primary already
called for July without shutting out
uuyj possible candidate, it would be a
great, convenience to the voters In gen
eral. To have unnecessary multipli
city of primaries under the primary
election law, which makes it quite an.
expensive . undertaking. , would hardly
be warranted unless there were to be
a sharp competition for the nomina
tion, of which there are as yet no
signs.
The fact that this congressional dis
trict consists of three counties,
whereas the primary election law ap;
plies to only one of them, complicates
the, situation. The committee should
try if possible to straighten things out
and clear the decks for a determined
effort to keep the district in the re
pnbltcau'column. MA TOR AND COUNCIL.
The prospects seem good, at least
for the present, that the new mayor
and council will be at loggerheads, on
most important propositions,' notwith
standing the fact that they profess the
same political faith and were elected
at the recent election on the same
ticket.
Ordinarily it would be unfortunate
for the city to undergo constant con
tention in the city hall, but if the di
vergence between the mayor1 and coun
cil results simply in letting, things
alone and preventing radical changes
the people generally will .have no
cause to complain. When they come
to look back they will discover that
although some things may not have
been just as a few would have wished,
the management of municipal affairs
under the late . Mayor Moores and
Mayor Zlmman conformed on the
whole to the desires of the great ma
jority and that the business of the city
was conducted on a scale of reasonable
efficiency and economy.
The new administration has the ad
vantage of the good record made by
Mayor Moores in the Independent po
sition he held with reference to the
franchlsed corporations and public
works contractors, and the ; broad
views that animated him In dealing
with the various problems of the city
government as they arose. If the
present mayor and council either to
gether or apart hold to the lines laid
down in the general policy of the pre
ceding republican mayor they will ac
complish more than is expected of
them.
The best thing the Water board has
done in its overworked career is to
Belect W. A. Paxton for the vacancy
created by the death of the late James
E. Boyd. It can be 'said of Mr. Paxton
that he is a man of standing in the
community, an enterprising citizen
who has done much to build up the
city and not a politician looking for a
chance to turn the position to personal
or political account. If the Water
board ever has anything to do. or Is
ever called upon to manage a mu
nicipal water plant, Mr. Paxton should
make a useful and valuable member.
Secretary Shaw's illustration of the
relations between the American people
and the Filipinos is quite happy, and
expresses In a most apt- manner the
sentiments of a large number of the
secretary's fellow citizens. Anti-ex
pansion will long be an issue, but the
American people will not shirk a duty
imposed on them merely to gratify the
ambition of a few self-seeking pol
iticians.
The life insurance companies are
said to be closing out, their real estate
holdings in this city acquired by fore
closure of mortgages as a consequence
of the financial depression of ten years
ago. This much can be said tor these
insurance companies, that in very few,
if any, instances have they lost any
thing by reason of their Investments
here.
Filipino students who have been ob
taining theoretical knowledge of .ag
riculture in the United States will
have a chance to put it to practical use
during the coming summer. It is to be
hoped they will equal the record made
by Americal college students in west
ern harvest fields.
More bodies have been' found in the
San Francisco ruins, and the number
of known dead is now brought up to
418. This Is a terrible roll, but it will
have to expand at an enormous rate if
it even approximates the number slain
by the red-ink newspapers. .
Mark Depends on the Article.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Bryan lias declined a dec-oration from the
aultan;ibut tiila circumstance Is not be
lieved to Indicate any serious change '.n
his attitude of receptivity.
Postal foarvealenees.
Philadelphia Press.
The action of the International Postal
congress approving the British proposi
tion to raise the unit of weight for for
eign letters to one ounce will prove a
very great convenience in this country,
where the domestic unit of weight Is one
ounce, and the fact that the foreign unit
is only half of that Is the tauae of very
many mistakes. With a limit of an ounce
it wilt no longer he Important to use thin
paper In foreign correspondence.
Mill They let Uaf
Chicago Tribune.
Uood Judges are of the opinion that the
Standard Oil magnates have enough to live
on, anyhow, and would be able to get along
comfortably If they never sold another gal
lon of oil.
Prepared for Any Old Mellon.
Wsshlngton Star.
The statement Is given cut that John I.
Rockefeller has never suffered from dys
pepsia. The world Is now prepared to hear
that Mr. Rockefeller never has been rich
and never was bald-headed.
Aajnatahle earrhltbt.
New Tork Sun.
The speaker's eye rs sometimes a revolt
ing light, flashing on republican and
democrats alike. ' And sometimes It Is a
fixed light,' Illuminating the republican
alone and leaving the Hon. John Sharp
Williams In utter darkness.
One Jar gnreeda Another.
- . Baltimore American. . -A
. member of Parliament has lost his
election on the around that his supporters
bribed - voters. The earth seems to be
suffering from art epidemic of earthquake
and moral ' shocks. iiotlv are uprooting
many long established foundatlona.
. Chaalna- Tainted Money.
Philadelphia Record, '
In chasing the almighty dollar, 'which
Is our national sport, srmie really dignified
gentlemen often get Into queer caverns
snd holes. They come out with the'Cssh,
ut the smell of mephitis mephltlca lingers
long upoa tholfr garments. The moral Is:
Hunt fair.
Stale Exclamations.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
There Is a difference between Vice Pres
ident Green, of the. Pennsylvania railroad
and Andrew Carnegie over the rebate ques
tion. That Is to say 'Vice- President Green
ssys that what Andrew Carnegie saya Is
not true. If this had only occurred earlier
it would have attracted Widespread atten
tion. But questions of veracity ' have
oeased to interest us as people.
: t'aebanalnsr Realities.
Chicago Chronicle.
It may be all right to adopt the khaki
colored uniform for the army. The blue
blouse ' and gilt buttons are said to be
doomed and the blue flannel shirt is con
demned as "out of harmony with the khaki
color scheme." It may be all right, - but
there is many an old soldier for whom
nothing is really military but -"the blue or
the gray." Henceforth "the boys In blue"
and "the boys In gray" are to be only "his
toric expressions." Yet there are still many
for whom they are realities still. The only
unchanging realities are those that live in
memory.. No new law can abolish them.
Sport mt Healthy Yonth.
Boston Transcript.
From the bndding of the trees In spring
time until' the leaves begin to drop In au
tumn, It Is the dominant sport of .healthy
youth and manhood. In every village and
hamlet, and wherever nine boys, or even
fewer, are gathered together, it Is the only
exercise considered really worth while. It
Is Interesting to learn from Mr. Spalding
that the club rules- printed In 1818, with a
few minor changes, are practically the rules
we have today. The game has come down
to us without arousing frequent demands
for Its reform. It Is strenuous enough to
relieve animal spirits, but not so much so
as to be brutal. No American boy can be
regarded aa liberal! educated until he has
ian a moruuga course in oase Dan, DOin
theoretical and practical.
riRCHASIKG RAILROAD FAVOR.
Morals of the Rake-On aa Recently
Exploited,
New York Tribune.
It may be true, as Vice President Green
of the Pennsylvania, railroad says, that a
few years, ago It waa considered perfectly
proper for a railroad official to own stock
In coal mines. We have gone through a
period of business lawlessness, In which
corporation officers forgot, and the public
allowed them to forget, their functions as
trusties, and railroad presidents thought
of their positions merely, as places to be
used to their own advantage and the rail
roads as private properties, to be made
instruments of their own aggrandisement.
That waa the age of wholesale rebates and
Of personal warfare between railway mag
nates, with Incidental railroad wrecking.
The sense has been only slowly developed
in this country that a railroad la a com
mon carrier and that the manager owes a
public duty to every shipper, is bound to
fairness like a Judge on the bench and Is
not at liberty to use. his power over trans
portation to enrich himself, as If the road
were a private enterprise. It is this lack
of distinction between public trusteeship
and private property right that is responsi
ble for the rakeoff on coal mining profits
which influential officials of the Pennsjl
vanla railroad have enjoyed.
That rakeoff, we think, is utterly inde
fensible in the light of, present day moral
standards and present day . legal obliga
tions of common carriers. The hard
headed owners of coal mines did not give
away hundreds ol. thousands of dollars'
worth of their property as a pledge of
love and affection. They gave the stock up
because they thought It a necessary step
In carrying on business. They gave It up
to railroad men oo whom they depended
for cars. Without cars and general fair
treatment from the railroads their mines
were useless. The. . railroad men were In
abaolute possession of the key to mining
success. Tbelr duty waa to treat all alike.
Instead, they favored those who purchased
their favor. If they had been private shop
keepers, free to serve or to refuse to
serve, as they pleased. It .might have been
all right for them to force those they dealt
with to such terms as they could. But
they were not private shopkeepers. They
were public trustees, and they were not
selling their private aid to a coal miner,
but their official action: Perhaps they did
not realize it, but the public has' come to
a keener sense or the duty to the public
and semi-public functionaries, and the
sooner the itllroad managers accept and
live up to the lew standard, the better for
them. TI.b pecole are no longer disposed
10 tolerata s s-uem by which a few men
In control tiansporlatlun facilities can
levy toll u,ion i id dictate the management
of the inli industries of the land. We
are not disposed to blame over-much those
who are at once benerk-itti lea a,nd the vic
tims of an old abuse, but the outworn sys
tem must give way to higher standards of
trusteeship and equality of business op
portunity. Add
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WHO 19 OLIMiOWr
Something Aboat the Man Who
Wielded the Prob In Philadelphia.
When the Interstste Commerce commis
sion announced some weeks sgo that It
would Inquire Into the relations of the rail,
roads and coal companies In Pennsylvania,
and that William A. Olasgow. a Philadel
phia attorney, would wield the probe, In
terested circles w-re perplexed by the In
terrogation. "Who Is Glasgow?" He wasn t
very well known to corporation lawyers
then. They know him better now, and re
fer to him, respectfully, as "Mr. Qlssgow."
Th manner and methods of Mr. Glasgow.
as well as his makeup, are thus sketched
by the Philadelphia North American:
For the last two years William A. Glas
gow, jr., has been living In Philadelphia
and .practicing law every weekday, with
the exception of a short vacation In the
summer, at the bar of the Philadelphia
courts. He Is the tall-ender member' of
the law firm of Dickson, McCouch A Glas
gow, which has offices In the Bullitt build
ing. His home Is J03S Walnut street.
Mr. Glasgow ta not a native of Philadel
phia. He never knew Philadelphia, and
Philadelphia never knew him, until he
moved up here with his family from Vir
ginia. He was born In Virginia forty-one
years ago, and his father, who Is Hi years
old, still Uvea there.
He began the practice of law In Roan
oke, Va, and It didn't take Roanoke long
to see that he was a young man of parts.
Before he had got hits law books well
thumbed he had become counsel for the
Norfolk A Western Railroad company. This
was the first step In his unconscious prep
aration for the work that he Is now doing.
As counsel for the railway he learned
1ow railways were operated, how they
dealt with their patrons and how they
sometimes hid their lights under a bushel,
on the theory that It was not always wise
to let their right hand know what their
left hand was doing.
His fee from the railway company was
a pretty good Income for Roanoke, but
the business did not require all of his time,
and he .worked up an excellent practice
In addition to his railway work.
Circumstances seemed to be shaping Mr.
Glasgow Into a regulation lawyer for the
corporations. He waa dally Increasing his
knowledge of corporation law and familiar
ising himself with its intricacies.
The factor which Interfered with his de
velopment along these lines was his wife.
8he said she wished he would resign from
the Norfolk & Western.
"But think of the money It pays me,"
exclaimed Mr. Glasgow. f
At first he would not hear to the propo
sition, but gradually, as the dropping of
water wears away the stone, she prevailed
on him to cut loose from the railroads en
tirely and to branch out for himself along
new lines.
For a while it was hard sledding. Mr.
Glasgow was worried, and so was Mrs.
Glasgow, although she would never admit
It until after the rocks were passed.
Then Providence took the next step In
the making of Interstate Commerce Com
missioner Glasgow. One night he came
home and told his wife that he had been
retained by a large coal company at an
annual fee In excess of that paid to him
by the Norfolk A Western Railway com
pany. Mrs. Olasgow first breathed a sigh
of relief, and then she said, aa any woman
would have said when such an excellent
opportunity offered:
"I told you so."
Being already well supplied with knowl
edge about the railroads, Mr. Glasgow now
beearae familiar with the trials and tribu
lations of coal companies and with their
relations to the railroads. That Is why he
knowa what td ask the witnesses whom he
summons.
Until the Interstate Commerce commis
sion was Instructed by congress to find
out something about the Siamese twlnshlp
between the railroads and the coal com
panies Mr. ' Glasgow was an unknown
. i . nun. j.i-kl. '
When it was 'announced that the commis
sion had appointed William A. Olasgow,
jr.. as Its special counsel in the Investiga
tion, everybody asked, "Who is Glasgow?"
The railroad officials said, "Who's Glas
gow?" and smiled. None of them thought
that Olaagow could do much harm. He
was new and untried and would be easily
bluffed.
Presently things began to happen. From
the Interstate Commerce commission caiue
a fire -of letters such as. were new to rail
road officers. Questions reaching straight
to the heart of questionable arrangements
were put and answers not asked, but per
emptorily demanded.
Information so requesetd was to be given
by fixed dates. Before railroad officers had
time to think they received notice that
hearings In the Investigation would begin,
and requiring attendance of these mag
nates, big . and .little, as Witnesses. Hav
ing been started, . the . Investigation has
been a succession of victorious forward
dashes.
Large In stature, with a shock of straight
black hair Intermixed with gray, Mr. Glas
gow is alert, prompt, direct. As an ex
amining lawyer he understands thoroughly
the art of drawing the witness on until he
finally gets him Into a place where he can
scarcely escape from telling what he
krows.
"Now, tell us all about" la on of the
reassuring questlon-commifids which ,on
more than one occasion In this investiga
tion haa Induced railroad officers to di
vulge facts which they seemingly had for
gotten completely.
His voice possesses somewhat of the soft
Inflection of the southern-tone and his pro
nunciation ef many words reveals him as
a native-born son of the Old Dominion.
Mr. Olasgow fits Into his clothes without
being particular that they fit him. In fact.
he aeema quite Indifferent to his attire.
So is John G. Johnson, who holds (hat
anything above 110 fur a business suit is
unpardonable extravagance.
When Mr. Glasgow examines a witness
In this Investigation he takes from his
lawyer's cloth bag an oblong square red
box. To the railroad officers It has proved
another Pandora's box. It contains any
number of cards, systematically arranged
and ach one giving a full record of some
one subject or person.
Taking out the particular card needed,
Mr. Olasgww begins to question the wit
nesa. The latter does not remember, aud
one or two leading questions are fired at
him. The lawyer Inquisitor Is calm, but
the witness Is nervous. He says he lias no
"graft" stocks.
"Now. be careful, Mr. Blank. Are you
quite sure about that?"
Mr. Olaagow leana forward, as if waiting
for the Information be knows will be forth
coming. The witness gives It.
"Yes. of course. Now, Just tell the com
mission what else you have. We have a
right to this Information."
In the end the witness has told and ex
plained pretty much all he knows.
And now you have a working Idea of
Mr. Olasgow and his Utile red box.
What Arc We Hero Pari
Pittsburg Dispatch.
The doctrine that (Pennsylvania) rail
road offlcisls are there to take any money
that la coming in explaina the possibility
In that vocation of laying up millions on
salaries of thousanda. and also suggests
how some railroad enterprises prove un
profitable ta shareholders without at all
damagluf tha prosperity ef managers.
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EDWARD ROftKWATKR FOR SENATOR
Stands for Bonne" Principles.
Nebraska Ptsatsteltung (Neh. City).
The editorial In relation to th candi
dacy of Mr. Roswater w , copy bodilv
from the "Anxelger and Herold" In Grarcl
Island, sa w can only express our fullest
accord with Its sentiments. Mr. Rose
wster has stood up from th beginning
for whatever he considered right and Just,
and has' since always been animated by
sound and liberal principles.
Small, bnt Curries Welch!.
Table Rock Argus (rep.).
For a man of no greater avoirdupois than
E. Rosewater, he swings a mighty weight
In Nebraska politics.
Know He Is In the Race.
Schuyler Free Lance tlnd.).
Edward Rosewater will make the repub
licans realise that he is In the raco for
United States senator alright. The sena
torship now lies between him and Norrls
Brown, with Rosewater In the lead.
Corporntlona Wnld Not Rnn Him.
Red Cloud Advertiser (rep.).
Edward Rosewater is surely elected
United States senator. If the republican
newspaper talk la able to do so. This
paper would rather see him senator thai
any other man In the state. It Is time
that we get a few honest men In that body,
and thus let out a lot of coal barons, rail
road magnates and bloated bondholders,
who have disgraced the country by their
high-handed and rotten efforts to befriend
the money kings to the exclusion of the
people. There is one thing certain, cor
porations could not run Rosewater for i.
minute. This paper la not democratic
but we would like to see a ehange.
Friends Anoir tv ruiniioa People.
v. Omaha Posten (Swedish).
Edward Rosewater has for many years
advocated the election of United States
senators by direct vote of the people.
Were that 'method In vogue at present
there would be no doubt of the election
of Mr. Rosewater to that Important po
sition, ' for Mr. Rosewater's friends aro
as a rule to be found among the common
people. The politicians and in particular
the representatives of corporation inter
ests are on the other hand most bitterly
opposed to his candidacy; this, simply be
cause Mr. Rosewater has not been In tha
habit of handling them wtth gloves, but
has boldly .wielded the big stick whenever
he has foUnd that occasion haa so de
manded. Preference of State Press.
Battle Creek Enterprise (Ind.).
Were It left to the republican press of ths
state, Edward Rosewater of The Omaha
Bee would have a through ticket to Wash
ington without the least qulhbllng or squab
bling. A Following: to Be Reckoned With.
Rushvllle Standard (Ind.).
Edward Rosewater of The Omaha Bee
makes no secret of the fart that he ta an
aspirant for United States senator. With
Rosewater In the field Norrls Brown will
have hard sliding, as Mr. Rosewater has a
following to be reckoned with.
Generally on h Right Side.
Rising City Independent (Ind.).
Eward Rosewater, editor of The Omaha
Bee, has come out as a candidate for
United States senator. Rosewater has made
many enemies for the firm stand he took
along many lines In the past and Is today
one of the foremost and fearless and best
posted editors In matters of general Interest
In this country. While he is disliked by
some, yet he has many friends and it looks
to us that po mistake could be made In
nominating and electing him for the senate.
Mr. Rosewater can generally be found on
the right side of all public questions and
Is a man who will stand up for Nebraska
first, Isat, and all the time.
lo Klanrehead Wanted.
Btromsburg Headlight (Ind ).
The republican party has a whole lot of
tlinber for United States senator this year.
There Is John H. Mickey, Norrls Brown,
John I Webster, George Melkeljohn,
Charles J. Green; F.dward Rosewater, J. II.
Millard and O. W. Wattles. The last
named gentleman, however, announced
himself not In the race. In this rare bunch
Rosewater would make about the best of
them all, and if a republican aenator It has
to be, let It not be a figurehead.
For Thin,
Poor Blood -
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You can trust a medicine tested sixty
years! Sixty years of experience, think
of that ! Experience with Ayer's Sar
saparilla; the, original Sarsaparilla; the
Sarsaparilla the doctors N endorse for
thin blood, weak nerves, general de
bility. : What does your doctor say?
We have no secrets! We publish
the formulas of all our medicines,
. Maa y ths J. O. Ares C.. Lewsll. Haas. '. . '
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PKRSON4I, OTK.
Rut in the ilavi when earnest is said tn
have taken rebates the public Opinion oil
such matters had not been molded.
J
Ben Pitman, whose system of shortha
Is generally used In this country. Is still
living In Cincinnati. He Is S3 years old.
Wsrren Belcher, for fifty-three years
puKimsmcr ii viininrnp. mass., nil re- m
signed to re Succeeded by hts son, David
Belcher. In time of sen-Ice ho was the I f
oldest postmaster In the United States.
Frau Kggcrt-Smldt, a noted German ?
woman and member of the Per Abstinent f
Fraucnbunde, Is to visit this country In f
August and lecture In September and Octo-
ber on the temperance movement In Ger- i
many.
Richard T. Greener, a negro, formerly J
United States consul at Vladivostok, hns '
been given th decoration of the Rml
Dragon by the Chinese government for hl:
humanltarLanlsm during the ' Russo-Japa- '
nese wsr.
Each summer brings new diversions fn t
the "smart set." , A "well known society 4J?
matron" of St. Ixniis Daid K00 dimun ' ,
for the privilege of slapping a hotel wait
ress who had compelled her to sit In an
obscure corner of the dining room.
The tenor Caruso does not regard this as
his lucky season. He lost all his belong
ings In San Francisco, 'and When he ar
rived tn London the drat , letter he opened
was from the authorities demanding an
Income ta-x. He told an Interviewer that
he would always remember his San Fran
cisco experience,' which does not seem lin
probable. - i
MERRY JIXU.KS.
Mother Did he threaten to smash your
face?
Johnny Yep; he snld he would make mo
look like a house bill after the senate got
through with it. New York Sun,
"Queer that' oil wells are such profltab
investments. ...
"Why Is It Queer?"
"Because It is a business which Is con
tlnually getting into, a hole, "Baltimore
American. .'. t
The trading stamp agent waa before the
court.
"I'll have to hold you In 11,000 ball," re
marked the magistrate.
"All right. Judge," said the prisoner, "do
you give ctnmps with a transaction like
that ? Philadelphia Ledger.
"8clence has proven conclusively," said
the professor, ."that" there Is no .water at
all In the moon. Now, young- gentlemen,
what do we deduce from that?'"
"That there's some exeuoe- then for Its
getting full so regularly," .. piped up a
freshman. Philadelphia Presa.
Mr. Ootsum Maria, how long ' has that
young Bmoothley been coming here to see
Nellie?
Mrs. Ootsum Let me see. You remem
ber when the papers published that story
about your having sold a gold mine for
$610,000? Yes? Well, as nearly aa 1 recall
It, that's the time when he began coining.
Chicago Tribune.
"Will you please explain to this commit
tee how you could acquire stock worh
some hundred thousands without its cost
Ing you anything?" yJf
"It was by perfectly legitimate msntif
It was a phllopena forfeit." Baltimore
"Do you know where my poor llrtl us-lv
duckling la?" asked the distressed mother i
duck.
"Ah! madam," replied the polite but still
hungry fox, "I have inside Information on
that point; you will soon meet your little
one." Philadelphia Ledger. ,
FOnEVKH A!D FOREVER.
-
Horace Seymour Keller In New York Sun.
Once there was a maid who used to
Linger at the garden gate
" Same old garden gate, you know
When the katydids and thrushes
And the crickets wove a fate
For the lover standing closely.
In the sweet old long ago.
One there was a maid who used to
Stroll along the shady lane
Same old shadv lane, know-
Wit h her lover close beside her.
And he told the tale again.
Lovers, ah! before have told to
Maidens In the long ago.
'
Once there was a msld who used to '
Lean upon the rustle rail
Same old rustic rail, you know
.There nLve the sparkling waters.
And she wstched the monnlieami trail
As she listened for his footsteps
In the sweet old long ago,
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Where sr sTT the maids who usnd to
Walt their lovers coming. there
Waiting jVjxt the lame., you know
In the purple twilight shadows.
Crowned with glory ev'rywhere?
' And the (overs still" are coming
1 1 As la sweet old long ago.
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