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TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 100(5.
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STATEMENT OF PUBLICATION.
Sts-le of -Nebraska, Doulaa County, ss:
C. C. Rose water, general manager of Tha
lice Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
snys that the solum uumler of full and
omrlrto copies of The Daily, Morning,
livening and Sunday Bee printed during
tha month of Mhv. 1906. was oa follows:
i nu,vro is 81, mo
t..r a:i.s20 i: at. so
3 31.KTO IS 31.HWI
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14 51, TOO 29 34,740
i 31.S20 30 ai,at
31 8t,f40
Total e)0,B7o
L-sit un.-ioM coplel.. lO.KMfl
Net total sales 78,H4
Daily average 31,670
C. C. ROSE WATER,
General Manager.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
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WHEN OUT OP TOWN,
fcnbarribera leaving; the pity tean
imrarlly ehoald have The Be
mailed to them. Address will !
changed aa aftea aa reqoested.
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, Commissioner Nelll see nig to a
"standpatter" of no uncertain sort.
Fortunately Iowa Is a little too far
north for lynchinsn to be fashionable
State legislators who saved ' the
Louisiana rapltol building; from fire
can at least point with pride to this
part of their record.
Russian officers who served in Asia
can paraphrase Admiral Slgsbee's re
marks to the effect that there Is "trou
ble enough to go around."
At this distance it Is hard to see
whether Chief Clerk Boyer was dis
charged because he took rebates or
becauae ho told about them.
The next deal will have to include
an arbitration commission to carry on
negotiations between the democratic
mayor and the democratic council.
The. comparative easo with which
John Mitchell settled the coal strike
In Missouri causes wonder as to why
the game methods do not prevail In
Ohio.
' A man has been arrested for falsely
representing himself to be a Denver
policeman. He should be able to
escape punishment on an Insanity
plea.
Five of the candidates filed in the
Interest of father-in-law's candidacy
for the senate are employes of the
World-Herald oa rta.Ures of lta pro
prietor. Keep It In the family.
Pennsylvania atate constabulary
seem more anxious to justify their em
ployment than to preserve the peace-
not An uncommon thing with men who
draw salaries because of trouble.
And now It la whispered unofficially
that tbe water works appraisement
may be expected before the end of
thta month. On this aubject. how
ever, the people of Omaha are from
Missouri. '
The circus license ordinance will
have to be doctored up again. The
revised draft should be made more
specific and tell exactly how many
free tickets each Inmate of the city
hall la entitled to.
One of the holdup men whose crime
resulted la the death of Street Car
Conductor Flury has been sentenced
to twenty years' imprisonment In the
penitentiary. A few examples' like
thla should put a decided damper on
the holdup business.
' The statement that Speaker Cannon
may not be a candidate for the presl
daucy for fear that he may be called
old la the flrat intimation that the
apeaker fears anything but perhaps
he la really reaching the age when a
men develop caution.
The appropriation made by the last
legislature to pay wolf lountlea has
been exhausted. It takes neither
prophet nor the son of a prop net to
see that the wolf bounty r?ihn will
be entered in big figures in the next
legislative appropriation sheet.
Nebraska populists have an oppor
t unity to make a strike by calling
their state convention lo advance of
the democratic atate convention and
naming a populist ticket for the demo
crats to endorse. If they wait for the
democrata to act first they may be
sure that their candidate will con
atltute merely a populist tail to the
democratic kite.
INS PKCTION LtOtSLA TION 1MPKR A TITS.
That there will be national legisla
tion for extending and perfecting in
spection of meat and meat products
and the places and processes of their
preparation so far as interstate and
foreign commerce is concerned, Is now
seen to be necessary tad Inevitable.
Public sentiment Is all one war on the
general proposition,' and those who fere
engaged In the slaughter and packing
industries profess willingness to have
larger and stricter regulations. Ob
viously, the Impression in the public
mind at home apd abroad requires
such legislation as a purely business
necessity for rehabilitating and pre
serving the market for our meats, if
for no other reason.
It is, of course, a legislative func
tion, and the president, by his mes
sage transmitting the report of the
special Investigators who examined
conditions at the Chicago packing
houses, has signally emphasized the re
sponsibility of congress. This was
merely In addition to the fact that the
Beverldge bill for amplified Inspection
and regulation had passed the senate
as a rider to the sundry civil appropria
tion and was already before the house.
The president, on the representations
In the report of his agents, simply
urges immediate legislation.
As the cae stands the Chicago pack
ing interests challenge the correctness
Of many of those statements and ob
ject positively to -some of the features
of the pending Beverldge bill as un
neceRsary, impractical, - burdensome
and Injurious to packing 'and related
industries, Including especially live
stock. These interests, although they
are not the only ones to be consid
ered, arc of vast and vital importance,
and it will be agreed on all hands that
they" are worthy of the serious atten
tion which congress is disposed to give
to them in the preparation of a meas
ure In line with the president's rec
ommendation.
But there Is no getting away from
the Imperative necessity of evolving a
system of Inspection so thorough and
comprehensive as , to set the public
mind at reBt regarding that vast por
tion of the food supply which comes
through the packing houses. Under
existing conditions it is especially in
cumbent on the packing Interests to
co-operate to this end, making It clear
to the world that they are pursuing no
ulterior or merely obstructive pur
pose. And In any event matters have
come to such a pass that, congress
must settle the question at this session
If only to protect the meat and live
stock industries from further damage.
TBE SCNATK P THK CANAL.
The prospect of a dead-set between
tbe two branches of congress regard
ing the Panama canal Is especially ex
asperating at this time when the state
of affairs on the. Isthmus Is becoming
critical. Nothing less can be foreshad
owed by the threats reported i from
Washington to attach in the senate a
Bea-level requirement to the bill car
rying the appropriation for canal work
for the ensuing year.
Until congress met no one dreamed
that the question of a sea-level canal
would be seriously raised even in the
senate canal committee, and even after
it had returned a majority report in
favor of that type the general belief
was that the senate would decide
against It. That belief now appears
to have been incorrect. Beyond ques
tion the house stands with the admin
istration for a canal with locks. An
appropriation rider requiring a sea
level cnal could not. therefore, be
construed otherwise than aa a direct
slap at the president and as originat
ing in hostility to the successful pros
ecution of canal construction. Its first
effect would be to precipitate an ardu
ous struggle between the house and
the senate.
Meantime the canal authorities are
reiterating their warnings that con
gressional delay haa gone as far as It
can go without bringing actual work
on the isthmus . to a standstill. Sen
ators, before they push this matter to
the last extreme, should realize that
they will be held by the country to a
strict responsibility for the conse
quences.
PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLIC AN t .
All reports, whether from friendly
or hostile sources, agree that the re
cent Pennsylvania republican conven
tion was of an unprecedented char
acter in that state, being free from ma
chine dictation and registering the de
liberate Judgment of the party at
large. In no state in the union haa
boas autocracy gone to greater lengths
or more ruthlessly Imposed upon the
people both tickets and platforms pre
determined by those in control of party
organization.
It la significant that Pennsylvania
newspapers, commenting on the con
trasting condltiona of thla year's con
vention very generally declare that
those days are over, and point out
that In lta proceedings and results no
club was brandished, no delegate
driven against his will, no cut and
dried program rammed through. These
statements are strongly corroborated
by the result, tor whatever may be
said aa to the ticket, which is of more
Immediate local concern, there h
nowhere been expression of more pro
gressive republicanism than Is. con
talned in tbe Pennsylvania platform.
Though more elaborate than state
platforms usually are expected to be,
it takes advanced ground on all vital
issues, evading and temporizing with
none, and is especially strong not
merely In general commendation of
the president's policy, buf in specific
approval of Its salient points, with spe
cial emphasla upon his attitude
towards public control of great corpor
ations and cognate questions.
r Such a showing In the great state
of Pennsylvania Is by Itself a most
notable and conspicuous sign at this
Juncture when the nationwide strug
gle is commencing in the congres
sional and state legislative districts
which will determine Whether Presi
dent Roosevelt is to be sustained dur
ing the last half of his term of office.
It ought to move his supporters In
other states to bestir themselves to
make sure that no failure come
through their default.
ANOTHER THADK EXCURSION.
The Commercial club Is arranging
for another trade excursion to cover
for the most part Nebraska territory,
which looka exclusively to Omaha as
the commercial metropolis. The suc
cess of the projected excursion Is, of
coarse, assured In advance, but the de
gree of success will depend more or
less upon the number of local jobberl
and manufacturers who participate
in it.
The trade excursion has become part
of the regular machinery of our Com
mercial club for enlarging the sphere
of Omaha's business activity. Nothing
else has been found that so well serves
the purpose of keeping our captains of
commerce in close personal touch with
the demands of the territory to whose
patronage they cater.
The result of this cultivated friend
ship. is seen In our gratifying industrial
statistics, indicating steadily increasing
sales, and In the unprecedented growth
of the jobbing business which has
forced a practical reconstruction Of
Omaha's wholesale district to provide
the necessary accommodations.
The tide of our trade expansion,
however, hag not reached its height,
but continues to swell, and one big
factor in the movement is conceded to
be the .periodic trade excursions as
conducted under the auspices of the
club with growing popularity both here
at home and among our commercial
customers.
The steady increase of the trust
funds in the custody of the state treas
urer emphasizes again the necessity
of modifying the provisions of the
constitution governing the investment
of these monies. The constitution
limits the investment securities to
United States "and state bonds and
bonds of counties in this state, the .re
sult being a forced purchase of bonds
of far-away Btates because of Inability
to get. enough county bonds and atae
warrants to keep the money at home.
Many of the investments of these trust
funds are- maturing and before the
time for reinvestment comes the
authorised securities should be en
larged to include properly secured
municipal and school district bonds of
Nebraska cities and school districts.
The courts wlU .be asked to de
termine In a test case whether the
cleric of the district "court for Douglas
county is entitled to retain the, fees
paid hlnv ns head of the' insanity board
or should account for-them to the
county along with other fees of his
office. We were under the impression
that this point had been raised In an
other county and settled by a court
decision. How many test cases .are
required to find out what the law is
on this point?
There Is nothing new in the an
nouncement that Senator Millard is
opposed to the nomination of a sen
ator in convention. Senator Millard
has been consistently opposed to con
vention nomination from the flrat and
has not disclosed his opposition to it.
The republicans of tbe atate, how
ever, have struck out along this line
and it is doubtful t If they can be
swerved from It at this stage of the
game.
The testimony of a Pennsylvania
railroad man that rebates ceased when
the "community of Interests", was es
tablished la simply another way of
saying, that by combination the rail
roads were able to levy all the traffic
would bear,
Delegates to the 4 republican state
convention in Iowa are fortunate In
maintaining interest to the last since
the candidates are not certain of the
result and some delegates seem to be
still in doubt as to their own rotes.
Native Sons of the Golden West
may not boast of the unconquerable
spirit of California since San Francisco
Is driven to ask congressional aid in
floating bonds. Charleston and Gal
veston have a prouder record.
Liberty Gets a Boost.
St, Louis Globe-Democrat.
Something has been gained for liberty la
RiiNsia. Tha newsDHDers are full of opea
letters from Infuriated cltisena protesting
against tha policy of the government and
railing attention to ths Imbecility of tha
csar.
J a Old Story.
Kansas City Journal.
Still, tha Indorsement of Bryan by tht
Missouri democracy Is not particularly sig
nlflcant. Tha Missouri democrats bava
been enthusiastlo for Bryan befora in
years when they could deliver tha elec
toral vote of tha stats to him.
The rialsb at Bolton.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Invention having provided battleships to
crush the foe, torpedoes to blow up battle
ships, destroyers to destroy tha torpedoes.
submarines to wipe out the destroyers,
with all the rest, and finally a machine to
send the submarines to a still lower depth
it gives the iaipreaslon -that the entire
shooting match is predestined to destruc
tion. Side Helps In Publicity.
t Boston Transcript.
Wendell Phillips' remark thai wt live
under a government of tha daily newspap
ers ought to be amended so a to Include
tha novel with a causa. Upton Sinclair
can now claim to have soma voice In tne
government, to say not Mug of Ida Tar
bell, wheae book, not In the furui of ac
tion, doubtless hastened the Standard Oil
ln eatigation. ,
EDWARD SOIKWATKR fOR SENATOR
.lew C'aaattlaatlaa Seeded.
Schuyler Free, Inre (Ind.).
And now Charles J. Greene Has pulled out
of the senatorial race at Omaha and left
the field to Rosewater. aa Millard Is out
of It by forre of necessity. Unless some
combination is made to down The Bee
editor, he will have Douglas county be
hind him and have a big chance of land
ing that senatorial prlre in the state con
vention. '
With Roosevelt Prlarlples.
Stanton Picket (rep).
The announcement of Edward Rosewater
as a cai.didate for t'nlted States senator
has met Willi favorable comment by the
pr.ss of the state. In our opinion Mr.
Roewater is the ablest man so far an
nounced aa a candidate. We are not par
ticularly Interested In any one candidate,
but hope the convention will sea nt to
nominate a man with Roosevelt principles
and enough nerve and brain to make them
known.
. How. to Be Wise. .
Kulleiton New Journal (dem.).
It Is Rosewater against the field and wise
ones are placing their money on Rosey.
Fight arrorlng Down.
Nemaha Advertiser (rep.).
The fight for- the- United States senator
ship In tha republican party seems to have
narrowed down to Attorney General Nor
rlsBown and Rdawrd Rosewater, editor of
The Omaha Bee, both representing the
antl-rallroad sentiment.
Rrpabllran'a Ablest Representative.
Weeping Water Itrrald (rep.).
The friends of Attorney General Norris
Brown are making every effort to secure
for him the support of republicans for
United States senator and It would appear
that Mr. Brown has a very good follow
ing, ami Is considered In every way worthy
the office. The Herald could not say a
word ngnlnrt such a selection, but our
choice would be E. Rosewater, for the
Reason that we believe Mm to b the ablest
man In Nebraska, and representing the
great principles of republicanism.
How It Looks from Afar.
Blue Springs Sentinel (rep.).
It looks now as though the Douglas
county delegation In the next legislature
would be a unit In supporting Kditor Rose
water for the United States senate.
quotes Opinion from Omaha.
Beatrice Sun (ind.).
The opinion from Oma'ha appears to be
that in the Douglas county contest with
Crounse, Rosewater will, to use a very
comprehensive expression of a venerable
Gage county statesman, "cat-hliri-up-raw."
C'lrarlna; (he Track.
. Utlca Sun (rep.).
John li. Webster of Omaha, who has been
a candidate for United States aenator, has
withdrawn from the race and says that
hf will not be a candidate at this time.
He, like Charles Greene and G. W. Wattles
probably saw thnt his efforts In getting
the coveted prlKe would be futile as long
as K. Rosewater of the Omaha Bee was
making such a good showing for tha
place.
(limb Into the Bandwaaron.
Plamvlew Republican (rep.).
Of th 275 republican newspapers pub
lished in Nebraska 1) are outspoken In
favor of Edward Rosewater for United
Btates senator, fifteen for Millard, five tor
Webster and thirty for Norris Brown. The
remainder are waiting for the band wagon.
It tpoka like Rosewater against the field.
Factor in fie Reckoned With.
Norfolk Presa (rep.).
John L. Webster ' has "withdrawn from
the senatorial race, leaving the Douglas
county field clear to Edward Rosewater.
It Is hardly possible that the opposition to
Tklr. 'Rosewater can bring out a candidate
who can make any headway against the
current now running so strongly In his
favor. It Is therefore a certainty that the
Rosewater candidacy Is . a decided factor
to b reckoned with, and that the choice
of the republican state convention will lie
between him and Norris Brown.
POLITICAL DRIFT.
New Tork makes little effort to conceal
Its amusement over the eiposura of
Hearst's petition factory. Meanwhile the
fellows who confessed to forging 1. 000
names In certal quarters are esteemed
martyrs In the cause of reform.
Republican politicians of New Tork state
are discussing the availability of Governor
Higg ns, Charles B. Hughes, Senator Brack
ed nd Senator Stevens for the nomina
tion for governor this fall. The democrats
are mulling over D. Cady Herrlck, Justice
William J. Gaynor, William R. Hearst and
Mayor Adam of Buffalo.
Tha average age of the nine justices of
the supreme court of the United States is
a fraction over 66V4 years, two being 73, one
70, one 6, one 68, one 68, one 03, one 61 and
the junior 67. Justice Brown retires at
70. If Taft succeeds him at 49 the average
age Will be somewhat reduced, but It will
be made up In avoirdupois. f
Jersey justice crooks the hinges of the
knee occasionally. Thirteen freeholders
and former freeholders of Ocean county
have been lectured and fined $100 and costs
each for malfeasance in cffflce. The judge
who imposed this light penalty explained
that the thirteen were men of high stand
ing and had already suffered the penalty
of indictment. , "
A New Tork republican went to Wash
ington to see about the transaction of a
piece of publto business. As he once Hved
In Ohio be called on Senator Dick and
asked his assistance. "But why do you
come to me?" asked Dick. "Why not en
list the services of the senators from New
York?" "We have no senators from New
York," was the solemn answer.
Oliver Hazard Perry Belmont, traction
magnate of New York; Moses Wetmore
and Senator Stone, Mlsaourians, have un
dertaken to provide a tlO.OuO welooine for
Colon&l Bryan when he lands in New York.
The old-time "dollar dinner" has been cut
out o! the program, the managers assum
ing that a mar. of Mr. Bryan's conserve
tivu tendencies deiervts something near
Iti swell standard. 1
Concerning th junior senator from
Massachusetts a correspondent writes:
"Cin Blips st.Untly about with his julet
smile. inv'tHKng down difficulties and
rubbing the iur on the animals the right
way. His motto is, 'Blessed are the peace
makers,' and hia patron saint Is Henry
Clay, who was well known In his day as
"tha compromiser.' What Crane really
ought to be Is chief Justice of an inter
national court of arbitration. There would
be no more war."
The New York an says: "Horace B.ilcs,
for years familiarly known aa "I'ncle Hod,"
democratic governor of Iowa for two terms,
from HjQ In UM, Is now, at T. living on
his farm at Waterloo, serene and com
fortable as you please. Mr. Boles received
sixty-seven votes for president on the Prst
ballot in the national convention which in
1M4 nominated Mr. Bryan. Mr. Boies was
1 formerly a republican, but left that party
because of his opposition to Its tariff policy.
The last office for which Mr. Boies was a
candidate was for congressman. Third dis
trict of Iowa, In Mux, and be was defsattd.
OTHER LANDS THAN OIR9.
One of eeveral reasons' advanced In ex
plaining the growing discontent of edu
cated people of India against alien govern
ment Is that tha prevailing system of edu
cation, necessarily English. Inculates prin
ciples of nationhood. An Etiglish professor
in an Indian college accounts for it In this
way: "The answer which almost all Indians
give to the' question, "Whst has the English
literature taught you?' is that it has taught
them liberty to think for themselves; it
has freed them from slavery to authority.
This, perhaps, is not the lesson which a
German or a Spaniard would extract from
English literature, for the value and sug
gest I veness of any new Idea depends largely
upon the previously existing stock to which
it is conjoined; but the Intellectual ante
cedents of the Indians were suclv that this
Idea more than any other appeared to him
novel and suggestive. The characteristic
of all Indian teaching In the past, whether
Hindu or Mohamedan, has been reverence
for nuthority. The young scholar has been
taught to Justify his view by citing a great
pandit or maulvi. and when he' had elected
to follow a certain school of thought, It
was sheer blasphemy to question the teach
ing of any of Its great masters. With such
antecedents It I not surprising that the
moat wonderful and illuminating Idea In
English literature should have been the
freedom and Independence to which then,
they found themselves suddenly Introduced
Into a world In which Independent private
Judgment was a duty, and the conscious ex
ercise of It a virtue."
It Is said that the new Russian minister
of foreign affairs, M." Ivolsky, was among
those who did their best to avert the dis
astrous war between Russia and Japan,
The Paris correspondent of the Iondon
Times relates an Incident, for the truth of
which he vouches, which occurred when
M. Ivolsky represented Russia In jHpan
before his transfer to Copenhagen and dur
ing M. Wltte's tour of inspection of the
Manchurlan railway. M. Wltte was at
Dalny when SI. Ivolsky, In agreement With,
the Japanese statesman. Count Ito, sounded
him as to whether he would not also
visit Japan. Th mikado and his govern
ment were prepared, if he would do 0,
to place at his disposal thi residence cus
tomarily used only for the accomodation
of foreign royalty. The plan Concelyed
by M. Ivolsky and approved by the em
peror of Japan and his advisers was to
bring about a modus Vivendi with Rus
sia whloh should avert all danger of war
and crea-t! normal If not friendly relations
between the two countries. . Without the
extension of any formal Invitation, the
Idea was communicated to M. W'itte. His
answer was. a refusal couched in cool terms,
leaving no doubt as to the unfavorable re
ply that would be received from St. Pet
ersburg If any such proposal werp officially
made. This Incident, adds the corespondent,
has considerable Importance In connection
with M. Ivolsky's appointment as minister
for foreign affairs.
Two hundred and seventeen architects
from almost every country In the world
entered for the competition with designs
for Mr. Carnegie's "Palace of Peace" at
The Hague, within, the walls of which fu
ture tribunals will attempt to settle Inter
national disputes, suggest disarmaments,
and make peace inevitable. No fewer than
.038 drawings were sent In. The result of
the contest, as already announced In the
cable dispatches, was that the first prlie
had been awarded tfo M. Cordonhler for
his design, which appears to be a splendidly
executed conception of the style of the cha-
tcaus of northern France.
By the acceptance of his design M. Cor
donnler will receive 5,0. His drawing
shows the main building flanked by high
towers, two of which are at each end of
the facade. The chief feature of the In
terior will be a magVliWnt "Hall of Ar
bitration." where. It Is hoped by the dis
ciples of Bloch and Carnegie, the fate of
nations may be tranquilly decided.
M. Cordonnler Is 62 years of age and has
had a most distinguished career. He de
signed the Pasteur statue for Paris, the
'Hotel de Vllle at Dunkirk, and, among 170
competitors, won tha first prixe In th
International contest for the Stock ex
change at Amsterdam.
At a recent French cabinet council, held
at tha Elisee, it was decided to order a
judicial inquiry into the'' circumstances of
a complaint submitted to the ministry, re
garding an alleged Infringement of the lib
arty of Usbor. About 1,300 hands engaged
In a steel foundry at Vlllerupt. in the de
partment of Meurthe et Moselle, were dls
missed, and a list of their names was for
warded to the managers of similar works
In the district. A deputation from these
workmen visited the minister of Jhe In.
terlor and directed his attention to the In
Jury thus Inflicted upon them. They
claimed to have been prevented from find
lng other work, and added that eighty-two
of their number who had found employ.
ment elsewhere after their dismissal had
been discharged by their new employers as
soon as their identity had been made
known. According to a semi-official an
nouncsment the minister of the Interior
has caused assistance to be sent to the
workmen thus deprived of an opportunity
of earning their living. This significant
decision, together with the appointment
announced in the Journal Official, of
commission o draft a government bill
granting to cltisena In the service of the
state certain of the rights already sc
corded by the law to trade unions. Is re.
garded aa a pretty plain Indication of the
attitude of the present French cabinet to.
wards the labor problem.
The British premier Is an adept t "Jol.
lying" delegations that visit him In sup
port of the various causes they have at
heart, but there is no reason to doubt
his sincerity In assuring the delegation of
40A women suffragists that he heartily ac
cepted In principle the cause they advo
cated, and that personally he regarded
women as no less qualified to exercise the
right to vote than the men. Sir Henry
Campbell-Bannerman', in this statement
probably reflected the predominant sentl-
ment of tho liberal party, which naturally
finds In the woman suffrage Idea some
thing theoretically In harmony with the
liberal tradition. The psemler gave much
dissatisfaction, however, to the delegation
by declining to make this extension of the
franchise a part of the government's work
ing program. He would commit himself
no farther than to, say that the cause
would probably triumph In England before
many yeara had passed.
A bill for tha regulation of advertise
ments which met with favor In the Eng
lish House of Lords last year haa Just been
Introduced Into the Commons, amended
only by extension of the period of grace
to live yeara. The bill la on the same
principle as the legislation in some parts
of hs United Btates for the protection of
parks and park entrances, but Is more
comprehensive, authorising local authori
ties to restrict advertisements "which
might affect Injuriously the amenities of a
public, park or pleasure promenade, or
might disfigure tha natural beauties of a
landscape."
Asanstnsj Pretenders
I Baltimore American.
Europe Is shocked at the revelations of
rottenness In American business operations.
Of course, the business morality of Europe
haa been of childlike purity and Innocence
in 1U nature, and scandal there la ftnanolal
circles la a thing unknown.
RAILROAD VERMS IRRIGATION.
Poller Onlllned la Recent Decision
ky the President.
New York Tribune.
The vast Irrigation projects of t lie nat
tlonal government have given rise to legal
questions of some Intricacy, and the whole
subject of water rights In the sparsely
watered regions of the west Is one Of
great Importsnce. A recent derision made
by President Roosevelt in regsrd to the
respective claims of the reclamation serv
ice and of private enterprises Is worthy
of attention as Indicating the policy to be
pursued In the future.
One of the most extensive and Important
Items of the reclamation program has been
the execution 0 the Kremmllng reservoir
project. Involving the construction of a
dam in Uore canyon of the Grand river,
Colorado, the water thus Impounded to
be used for the Irrigation of lands In Cali
fornia and Arlsona, 1,200 miles away. The
canyon was reserved for reclamation pur
poses after the enterprise of David H.
Moffatt and associates for the building of
a railroad from Denver to Salt Lake City
had been launched. The securing of a
right-of-way through th canyon was not
absolutely essential to the success of the
rallrond building project, hut It wss so
Important that th projectors have for
four years been fighting the government's
plans for reserving the canyon for recla
mation purposes. 7n view of the fsct that
there was no money available for the
building of the Kremmllng reservoir and
no likelihood of obtaining any for several
years, Judge ITallett of the fnlted States
circuit court decided that the Interior de
partment had no good reason for with
holding its consent to the construction of
a railroad through the canyon. Secretary
Hitchcock appealed from the decision, and
after listening to the arguments of the
Colorado cspltallsts who are Interested
In the railroad the president ordered the
appeal dismissed.
His grounds for such action are that
the development hy the railroad of a grest
coal bearing district In Colorado IS" Of
more Importance than the irrigation of
territory outside of that state, especially
since the Irrigation project would have to
wait an Indefinite number of years for
even a beginning, whereas a considerable
part of the work ontb railroad has al
ready been done. In these great Irriga
tion projects, besides, consideration must
be had for Jealousies between different
states. At this distance. It seems as If
the cltiaens of Colorado would hare had
ground for complaint against the. reclama
tion sen-Ice if the original opposition to
the building of the railroad through Gore
canyon had been persisted in.
Good Results front Agitation.
Chicago News.
In the matter of carelessness regarding
food supply America's record Is probably
as bad aa that of any first-rate, producing
nation, but the reformatory work now be
gun is likely to he far-reaching. If prop
erly carried on. It promises to put the busi
ness of food preparation on a scientific s,nd
sanitary basis, not only here, but e tiros d.
If In place of our haphazard methods of
manufacture and our happy-go-lucky sys
tem of inapectlon we substitute a scientific
system of procedure there Is likely to be a
raising of standards In the matter of food
supply throughout the world, with conse
quent benefit to the human race every
where.
Browning, liing & Co
uRIGINATOlS AND SOLE MAKE1S Of IaLP SIZES IN CLOTrllNO. -
1 lie erp
It's always a favorite; wear it
any time or anywhere, it's always
right.
Look out for poor serge suits
there's lots of them.
A - poor serge suit is an abomi
nation. The serge must be right and
the tailoring must be right take no
risks.
If you come to us for your serge
suit you will be in safe hands:
Suits: $15 $18, $20, $2; guaranteed
Soft Shirts, Underwear, Hosiery, Belts
and Straw Hats to go with the suits.
FilteenUi and
vouQias aise HC1'
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GET A PIANO
That You'll Be Proud of
That's what moat people lnund to do when they buy, but many
find to their sorrow that they have been deceived. Sometimea lt'g the
neceesity of our friend, the dealer, to sell only the one make of piano
he represents of the one he must push because that particular factory
dominates hia business. Again it'a a dealer who doesn't care for you,
but carea only for the amount of money he can make and constdera It a
trick well turned to charge you $100 more for the piano than he doea
someone else. Or it may be that he la paying some would-be friend of
your a commission to recommend a piano which he ia selling for more
than it'a worth because of the commission. These are some of the un
healthy thlnga in the piano trade which in the end make you dlasatla
ned with the piano you buy.
The Hoepe plan of one price and no commlaaiou ia a benefit and in
aurea to each cuatomer the very beat and moat deairable Instrument for
the money paid, and the further advantage that no piano will be mis
represented. ,
We aeil $200 pianoa for 1141
We aell IJ50 pianoa for I10
We aell $300 pianoa for 1226
Terms, 6.00, 17.00, fl.00 a Month.
A. H0SPE C0 '"VJiS'r"
We Po Proof Piano Tuning, M-A4.
JtLISO REMARKS.
McKIbb That fellow Huskie called me a
liar!
Newltt Yes? ' ...
McKIbb Ye. What would you do aboul
ItT ...
Newltt Well, If 1 were you Id make It
a point alwavs to tell the truth when he s
around.-Philadelphla Catholic Standard.
"So vim long for the time alien the alt
ship will be a commercial resllty.
"Mure." answered the baggageman with
some enthusiasm. "Think of dropln off
a trunk vt a wav station from a height of
about two mile:' Louisville Courier
Juurr.sl.. Kmplover Jimmy. I let you off vesterday
afternoon because you said you had '"
necessary work to do, and one of my clerka
says he saw you an hour or two later at
the hall game." , .
office buy les. sir; I was rootln fur lis
home loam. Chicago Tribune.
"Why. Mr. Knox." said the landlady to
the new hoarder, 'you have ict a piece of
butter fall In your coffe?!"
"I did it on purpose. Mr. Hasher," re
plied the n. b. "I bi-lloe In compelling
the strong to assist the weak." Columbus
Dispatch.
Morglana hud Just poured oil over th
forty thieve.
"I suppose," she remarked, "there will
next be s novelist around to say thny
aten't properly canned."
Herewith she calmly awaited th in
evitable. New York Sun.
"I, wonder," suld Burroughs, loading up
to a touch for a loan, "what s the origin
of thst slang word 'dough' for money.'
"Some believe." replied lenders, "that
It's derived from the ltln 'do.' meaning
'I give." But that s all off now. 1 don t
give any more." Philadelphia Press.
TlIK M4A WITH THK HAMMKR.
John Kendrlck Bangs In New York Sun.
Oh, what la the use of these stories of old,
of deeds that were daring and hearts
that were boldT
Come, let us have at 'em with hammer
end mace; let's rip 'cm and slash em
lll never a trace
Remains of their glamor, their glory anil
pride: to arhes reduce them snd scat
ter them wide.
Ho-ho for the tale of young Mr. Revere,
tale to the sehoolmarm ,and pupil so
dear!
Ha, ha for his horse that came clatterin
by. foam-flocked from his bit to Ins
nethermost thigh
Rever,- couldn't ride on ' a three-leggrd
stool, and 1 know for a fact that the
nag was a mule!
Ha, ha, for the story of Washington's sx
that showed his devotion to plain,
simple fax
That cherry tree tale Is too silly by half
and would bring a broad smile to the
lips of the calf. .
The tree was a sapling of -turpentine
small, and Washington never went
near it at all!.
And Barbara Frletchle, threescore and
5 ray-haired. who bd 'Stonewall
ackson to shoot If he dared.
At which Jackson didn't, but passed on
his nag, with never a shot nt that
beautiful flag
The story's th veriest, totalest bosh; the
thing she hung out was old Barbara s
wash ! (
And so they run on in a ne'er ending
stream tales flimsy and ldln and
vain as a dream.
Old Tut and his hill and BUI Jonah s big
whale fish stories like that have the
steadiest sale;
Sis Walter. Queen Bess, and the, nurtnie
and cloak the garment was old and
Sir Walter was broke.
I'm after them all with my hammer and
tongs, and I'll bring each one down
Just where It belongs.
I'll smash m and slash 'em, 111 cut em
all down; I'll whack 'em and craca
em and do them up brown:
For I am the Man with the Hammer of
Steel, who doesn't want much, u
must have it real I
J
OMAHA
NEB.
raceerr. Caepwr