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10 TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1900. mi Omaha Daily Bee E. ROSEWATER EDITOR. Entered at Omaha Fostofllce a c.ass matter. cond tcrui nv arnacRIPTION ally tee (without Sunday), one yax.M ally Bee and Suhday, one year aw urday Bee, one year J 2 S.. ..a,, BTB, V,!-, , -r- . j. DELIVERED BI CARRIER. tally Bea (Including- Sunday). Pr w?k;'? belly Bee (without Sunday), pr week..K0 a.vening ee. iwitnout Munoay), py W"-,TT Evening Fee (with Sunday), per week..loe Bunday bee, par copy :""ilTi Aridreas complaint of Irregularities in Oa Ilvary to City Circulation Department. OPTICM. Omaha Tha Bee Building. iouth Omaha City Halt Building. Council Bluffe 10 Pearl Street. Chicago ino L'ntty Building. ..,., New Tork-ism Home Life Ine. Building. Washington tn Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating ta news end edi torial matter ahould be addressed: Omana Bee. . Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. 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General Manager, ubecrlbed in my presence and sworn to before mo thla th day of June, 190. (SeaU M. B. HUNQATE, Notary Public WHEH OCT OF TOWII. , gokeertkera leaving the city Mrarlly ehoald hare) Tfca Baa Mailed ta tkeaa. Address will be The weather man ahould be offi cially notified that the butcher' and irocere picnic la all orer. - The saddest comment on Russian political conditions la that the czar de fends upon foreigners to guard his life. With three Independent telephone propositions before the city council, the prospect for much talk la very good. . After all the talk of laws and ordi nances the safe and aane Fourth of July must be accomplished by parental control of the small boy. , That the son of a 'Pittsburg milllon 4lr" ahould suggest the robbery of a neighbor's home aa a lark may only prove the power of heredity. , .,' With Russian soldiers supporting the Duma "militarism" does not have such an awful sound as It once did in the ears of Russian radicals. The report that two Illinois men hive been Impressed Into the British havy recalls the fact that the war of 111 I was stopped without settling the point at issue. With Chairman Shonts at aea, his al leged prediction of the completion of ths Panama canal In eight years will standuntil he can reach a cable or a Marconi mast. Harvard won ths 'varsity race for ths eighth time In ths history of these annual contests. ine presiaent may et feel proud of ths athletic ability of hla alma mater. ! , Ths Standard Oil company has with drawn high grade gasoline from the market. That diacoverer of a com pound to kill the odor of the auto- mobile should now make a fortune. ' . - The Fontanelles are sending out cards bearing a reproduced photo--fTph Of Cther-ln-law taken ten or fifteen years ago. Father-in-law was 4 sprightly old man when that photo- rriph waa' taken. When Secretary Root start on that Bouth American trip hs ahould carry with- him several copies of America's version of the Monroe doctrine care fully done' Into Spanish by a trust worthy Interpreter. The Instruction of eleven delegates to state convention for Cedar rounty'a the republican Edward Rose- water for senator aeema to have thrown - the local democratic organ Into several kinda of conniption fits. With "Elijah" Dowle overdrawing Lis account In the Zion bank nearly 1100,000 It would seem that either Illinois bank Inspectors were suscepti ble to his peculiar charma or someone knew how to fix the books for inspec tion. Representative Kahns threat to place In the Congressional Record the names of insurance companies refus ing to pay San Franclaco losses In full might have greater effect If he would only use a publication mors generally circulated. . That new town on the Union Pa cific extension, which baa applied to the Poatoffloe department for ths eatab Uahment of a 'postofflce there under the name of Mohler, ought surely to ha.ve a strong pull on the favor of tha vie prealdaat 84 general aoaaager of the road. - rntPARiso rxm rut Campaios. The necessity for wise action on the part of republicans aa they prepare for the coming campaign In the several atatea ahould impress every sincere member of the party and Is engaging the solicitude of the presi dent and all loyal party leaders. The evidence is conclusive that the demo crat are resolved to make an arduous effort to capture a majority of the house and their, leaders at Washington are forming elaborate plana of contest id all the close and doubtful district. The tendency to reaction In the con gressional and state elections midway In a presidential term la a familiar fact In our political history. The In fluence of the president's personal popularity which his candidacy brought home to voters two yeara ago with auch resistless effect will not be wholly available thla year, but the Individual merits of candidates on re publican tickets will necessarily be more particularly Inquired Into. In view of these facta the democratic design at the opening of this session of congress was directed mainly to divide the republican party and sow dissension particularly between the president and a large section of the party representation In congress, with a view to paralysing the rate control bill and other legislation In accord ance with the program on which the laat presidential election was carried so overwhelmingly. i Although this design has been de feated, largely through the wisdom of President Roosevelt's leadership, the opposition is now outlining an assault all along the line upon the president himself and the policy to which his administration Is committed, and it Is no secret that his motives as well aa the results of his administration so far are to be vehemently assailed. As the party muat atand or fall with the president's record and policy, It is therefore vital, from the standpoint of mere campaign expediency as well as of public duty, that only republicans of demonstrated fidelity and sympathy with a progressive party program be put to the front. With their leader ahlp appeal can be confidently made to the people, In spite of all the as saults which the opposition is now busily preparing. IOWA'S TRZt PASSES LAW. The Fourth of July has peculiar significance In Iowa this year from the fact that the law paased by the legls lature at its last session prohibiting free passes goes into effect on that day. The law, indeed, does not cover the whole field of free transportation abuae, but It does absolutely forbid, under severe penalties, the use or solicitation for themselves or others of 'free passes by any public officer or employe, atate, county, municipal or township, or by a delegate to or candidate before any political conven tion or by a member, of any campaign committee, and railroad companies are likewise forbidden to grant or Issue free transportation to auch persons. While the Iowa law does not profess to dispose of the whole subject of free transportation, It does take a long step In the. right direction, and by striking down the free pass aa a means of harmful Influence In legislation and politics generally It paves the way for removal of other abuses which still remain. Aa the law was drawn with great care no question Is made that It will be effectively enforced. The moral effect of thla enactment and of the public discussion which preceded it Is notably shown by the fact that no political party.v ventured to call a atate convention thla year to meet before the law became effective, In order that Its action might be free from taint of suspicion and from at Uck on the score of free pass favors rrrccT or prestdkxtul abscxck It Is curious to note in a leading eastern newspaper, usually sane, which la also friendly to President Roosevelt, a protest Intended to be serious againat bis proposed visit to the isthmus of Panama. It concedes what every Intelligent person knows, that "there Is nothing In the constitution or lawa to prevent the president from making a tour of Europe If he chooses to do so," but insists that "there Is an unwritten law which is almost as bind ing aa that of the constitution itself. and the unwritten law of the land is that ths president should never leave the territory of the country, and no president has ever violated that law If It be a fact that no prealdent had ever crossed our national boundary line It would not have been because there was any "unwritten law" for bidding it. but simply because Wash Ington and his auccessors had no oc caslon or desire to do so. There haa not been alnce the constitution waa adopted, and there Is not now, a sub stantial reason why the president should never leave the territory of the country. In point of fact presidents have frequently gone to aea, although technically they would be 4thia-na tlonal Jurisdiction while on board national ahip, as President Roosevelt will be en route to Panaua. and th canal sons is expressly within oj Jurisdiction. v But all auch JurlsdJctlona? refine menta are puerile, for It matters not one whit whether ths prealdent stays within our territory and jurisdiction or not. The constitution makes amp. provision, within common sense, for th disability of th president, whether he happens to be within or beyond the frontier. With existing cable and fast steamship communications be la at Panama far better qualified to act In extraordinary emergency, ahould any arise, than Jefferson waa at Monttoello or Jackaoa at the Hermitage In Tea- aesee dating their terms of office, and la any event our government Is r- ranged to go on regularly even It both president and vice president were dis abled for their functions. It la Indeed eminently fit that the president should go personally to the Isthmus to Inform himself aa to the great enterprise with which he aa chief executive has so much to do and for the success of which he Is personally In such high degree responsible. Be yond that, his visit distinctly falls within the educational Influence and possibilities of the presidential office, the growing Importance of which Con gressman Bourke Cockran so aptly emphasized recently on the floor of the house. For the presence and personal Interposition of President Roosevelt at the scene of the canal work will cer tainly impress public attention with its Importance and tend In no small degree to promote Its success. TOXTAMLLE AVDACITT. The Fontanelle bosses, allied with the local democratic organ, in further ance of father-in-law's candidacy, have the audacity to send out a card to voters trying to shift the blame for the rotation ballot from themselves to "the Rosewaters." It la not sur prising that in their desperation they should resort to all sorts of unscrupu lous lying, but In this case they have completely overshot the mark. The friends of Mr. Roeewater did every thing in their power to prevent this outrage by resisting the Fontanelle application in court and insisting that the "rotation" acheme was never In tended to be applied to the selection of convention delegates. This position is re-enforced by the Fontanelle cham pion of the primary election law In the legislature, Representative N. P. Dodge, Jr., who openly says he never dreamed of applying the rotation bal lot to the election of delegates. The history of the primary election law throwa full light upon thla matter. The bill was Introduced by Mr. Dodge for a state 'wide primary, abolishing conventions altogether, and he cut his "rotation" section bodily from the Wisconsin- primary law, which is also for a state wide primary. The Dodge Mil was recast in the closing days of the legislative session, excluding the state wide primary feature and ton fining its operations to Douglas county. To take care of nominations by state, congressional and Judicial districts. provision was Inserted for the election of convention delegates, but the "ro- lytatlon" scheme was not made to apply specifically to anything but the choice of party nominees. This bit 6f history may not bSt spe cially Interesting at this time, but It conclusively locates the blame for sad dling the "rotation"' ballot acheme, on the voters at the coming primaries by court order procured by the Fonta nelles. '.""" DISrRASCHlSEMBST. Webster's dictionary defines dis franchisement to be depriving any per son of an established right more par ticularly a political right. The word aa ordinarily applied means to deprive a legally qualified citizen of his right to vote. Ths "rotation" ballot outrage per- petrated by the Fontanelles was in tended to disfranchise a large part of the voters b making the marking of the ballot so confusing and burden some as to prevent a fair and free ex pression of the voter's choice. ' It Is Just aa much disfranchising the voter to prevent him from registering hit choice of all ths candidates to bs elected as it 1b to prevent him from voting at all, the difference being only one of degree of disfranchisement. If a man entitled to vote for two candidates la prevented from voting for more than one of them he Is half disfranchised, and if a man entitled to vote for eighty-three delegates Is pre .vented from voting for more than twenty he Is disfranchised to the ex tent of three-fourths of his right of suffrage. The Fontanelles' appeal to the courta to force the "rotation" ballot acheme upon the voters of Douglas county In the coining primary was an open confession that a large majority of the rank and file of the republican party here Is in, favor of sending a delegation to Lincoln' for Edward Rosewater for senator, and an undis guised attempt to defeat the popular will by disfranchising the voters of part If not all of their representation on the delegation. In view of the court order, however, the only thing that re mains for republicans to do who want to keep the aenatorship in Douglas county Is to go to the polls next Tues day and assert themselves by voting for the eighty-three candidates on the Rosewater delegation. Our miable popocratlc contem porary exclaims, "Funny things hap pen In polities." They certainly do when we see the Fontanelle club, which that paper denounced two months ago as a combination of cor poration hirelings bent upon despotic political dictatorship, In bard and fast alliance nw with the same democratic organ to boost father-in-law for the republican nomination for aenator and help sou-la-law back Into congress aa a democratic candidate. South Omaha haa gotten aa far as ordering plans drawn for its new city hall building. Without wanting to J disappoint any hopes, we would atlll Suggest that Mayor Hoc tor la decidedly optimistic when be aays he feels cer tain the building will be completed be fore cold weather. The primary election officers who serv next Tuesday will earn more than the customary fee attached to election day servto snd th conaty beard- must see to it that they get at least double pay for their work. They will have to count and make returns on more than 600 names and do It handicapped by the Intrlcaclea of the "rotated" ballot. The primary judges and clerks can and should be paid for overtime at the usual rate, so aa to compensate them fairly under the pe culiar conditions of their aervlce. The County Board of Assessment down In Lancaster County Is said toJ have been busily engaged during Its sessions cutting down the assessments made by the county assessor upon Lin coln business houses.- Under such cir cumstances, it would not be a very good proposition ' for Lincoln to be complaining on Omaha mercantile as sessments, which have been steadily raised from year to year. Intimations from Washington to the effect that the steel Industry is slated for explanations in court Indicate that Mr. Oar field has been busy even while the brass bands have been playing In the ears of the packers, the oil men and the rebate railroads. The question about which it was so Inquisitive a little while ago., "Are you a republican or are you a Fontanelle?" has not been propounded by the World-Herald now for some little time In fact, not since the Fontanelles endorsed father-in-law I'pltft of the Sqnare Deal. -St.-Louis Globe-Democrat. The laws passed by the present congress will benefit manufacture ra and othera who have been giving the people a fair deal. The Panama Slogan. Washington Post. "Dig. ye tarrlers, dig!'' will he an espe cially appropriate slogan for the canal re gion In view of the fact that all the diggers are black and tan. Effect Poflews Caase. Philadelphia Record l An excess of money and a dencleney of character, with a total lack of occupation, often -bring about Insanity after a' crime has been committed,, . . Federal Conrt In "Fine Fettle." Phlladelphlit Record. The determination to 'proceed agalnat the Standard Oil men for conspiracy suggests that It must be a good, deal eaaier to con vict of conspiracy in the federal than In some state courta. ' Xo Chance far Successors. Chicago Record-Herald. One of the most serious charges that ht recently ben brought against President Roosevelt is that he acts as If he didn't wish to leave any opportunity for his suc- cessor to make a record. . Cash on tha Spot. Chicago Record-Herald. Judge Ryan of the Bt. Ijouta circuit court haa decided that a man who buys gooda on trust from a trust cannot be compelled to pay for them. . But" this will not help much. The trusts will now refuae to trust. . Shock of Sadden Silence. Chicago Chronicle. Shortly after tha outbreak against the American meat : packers an English preacher announced far and wide that it would, preach a sermon on a cestaln du.y on the subject of ."Tinned Terrors." Be fore the day came, the English Inspectors discovered tha rotten jam in Liverpool and the'preacher was "too 111 to preach" when the day came. He would not admit that he had eaten any of the jam either. Whs la the Grafter. Springfield Republican. Orders have been sent out by the United States Steel corporation to Its great army of officers and employes, warning them, on pain of Instant dismissal, not to ac cept gifts of any kind from persons or corporations having dealings wjth the company. This Is excellent In Its way. It Is designed to stop grafting on the big corporation. But there remalna the prob lem of prevenyng ths big corporations from grafting on ths public. Beetness Fonndntlon I'nahnken. Wall Street Journal. Will the price of "a Square deal" In business be a decline In national pros parity? That is a question which many Wall street observers are trying to figure out at thla time. . One thing la notable, and It should be taken Into account In any consideration of this problem, and that Is that while there have been disclosures of gravt wrongs In corporation management, there has not been any evidence submitted, nor Is any doubt entertained, of the sub stantial solvency of. American business. WORLD'S POSTAL CONGRESS. Increased Facilities for International Csmnsslestlos., Kansas City Star. Within the next twelve months a great! changs will take plac In ths world's postal system one that promises to promote In ternational Intercourse and commercial comity to a sreater 'degree than haa been effected by any diplomatic Incident In a decade. The present system of postal rx ohanges was considered a wonderful ad vance In its day, as Indeed It was; yet .this has become cumbersome and archaic, and tha mora progressive nations of the earth have decided upon a general and radical Improvement, The principal effect of the change to thoae who have foreign corre spondence will be found In a reduction in postsge and a tendency toward a uniform rate. Under the present seal - of the postsl 1M1AM Ik. ..I, K..f m-mn Ih. I'm i.il Slat,, and European countries on letters Is I cents! for each half ounce and ( cents for each additional half ounce. The new rate will be t cents for tha flrst ounce snd S cents for each additional ounce. Thus there will be the very materia! saving of II rents on a two-ounce letter. But there may be an Improvement even upon thla fairly liberal bans. - Greet Brltsiiu which is far behind us in many things, ran boast of a superior postal Service. " Even when the people 01 the United States were paying l-cent letter postage Great Britain had a ?-cent rate that extended to Its farthermost posses sions. This meant practically a round-the-world rata of i centa. A half-ounce Wttr sent from London to Auatralia crosses Eng- land and Scotland, the Atlantic ocean. United States, the Pacific ocean and Is oe llvered In an .inland Australian colony for one Ens'l'h penny, or I centa In our money. Yet a letter from New Tork to Liverpool costs ( cents per half ounce. A lett-r half around the globe between London and a distant- colony costi but 2 cents, yet ths same letter mailed from Dover to Calais, twenty miles, costs I cents. If Kn gland has found It possible to main tain auch a aervlce at auch low cost there Is no reason why other countries may not take advantage of the same, arrangement. Is the argument of tha postal union, and England magnanimously proposes to show how tt Is done. If the experiments reeult satisfactorily the entire system ef Interna tional postal eomraunlcatloa will he revolu tionised sad another world-uniting bead wlU be J.tltutsd. KEEP kECORD STRAIGHT Edgar Howard Corrects a Few of the Lies in 'circulation About Edward Rosewater. Fremont Herald iFMsar Howard. Editor). In their efforts to defeat tha candidacy of Edward Roeewater for senator In Doug las county the Fontanelle machine Is .e producing some of the testimony af a fellow who left tha atate for Its good soon after hla testimony waa given. The testi mony In question waa brought out In ono of tha many political cases brought In tha Douglas county courts aa-alnst Edward- Roeewater. Perhaps a democratic, newspaper should not Interfere In ths re publican family fight In Omaha, but we notice ane feature In that testimony which merits a bit of attention at bur hands. The particular witness whose testimony Is now being published by the Fontanelles swora that Edward Roeewater was in league with ths democrats during tha cam paign of 1900, and that ha waa using all his power to Injurs the republican ticket from top to bottom. Particularly he was charged with treachery to Congreesmsn Mercer and with the making of deals In behalf of Edgar Howard, who at that time was the democratic nominee for congress. Tha editor of tha Herald Is not In po sition to say whether the balance of the OTHER LAUDS THAW OtRS. Ireland Is considerably elated and vexed, according to locality, over the 'appointment of Dr. Douglas Hyde, leader of the Gaelic movement, as a member of the commission which has been appointed to Inquire Into the workings of Trinity college, Dublin, and to ascertain how It can be made avail able for the Irish people at large and of general utility to the nation. Trinity col lege haa a distinguished record aa sn edu cational Institution, Its roster of graduates containing many of the brilliant names of Irish history, yet It hss never been re garded as a national Institution. From Its founding to the present day the faculty of the college has been a bitterly consistent foe of the aspirations of the Irish people, representing only the Dublin Castle estab lishment. Dr. Hyde, though a graduate of Trinity, did not hesitate to denounce Its Intolerance while lecturing In tha Vnlted States laat winter. His appointment on the commission of Inquiry emphasises the de termination of the liberal government to shake up and fumigate the anti-Irish mi nority. All the antl-Irlsh Organs of the press, both In Ireland and In Epglsnd, are positively Incoherent with rage over this really Sensational appointment. While Irish Inlanders are hugging themselves with delight over the forthcoming discomfiture of their bitter enemies. s In his letter to the Congo reform com mittee King Leopold of Belgium defined his personal relations to. tho Congo State as follows: "All the responsibilities snd the organisation of a government unfet tered by other authority have been left to my care. The Congo Is essentially a personal undertaking. There IS no more legitimate or honorable right than that of reaping the fruit of one's own labor. The powers accorded their good will to the birth of the new state, but not one waa called upon to participate In my ef forts; hence It follows that none has the right of intervention, which nothing could Justify. The powers were duly notified of the choice made by the state as to ti e regime of neutrality and other limitations. No objections were raised at tha time. The law of nations regulates the relations between sovereign powers; there Is no spe clal international law for the Congo State. The Berlin act made certain stipu lations with respect to the conventional haafn of the Congo. These regulations ap ply equally ttr other states with holdings there, but they In no sense affect the rights of possession. Ths. questions of territorial sovereignty that Is, precisely -those which underlie the constitution of states were ex pressly and by common- -accord omitted from the program of the Berlin conference. My rights In the Congo are Indivisible; they are the product of personal labor and expense.' You must miss no opportunity of proclaiming these rights; they alone can render possible and legitimate my bequest of the Congo to Belgium, which haa no title but what reverts to It through my person. If I allow them to he contested, Belgium would be deprived of any power to make good such title." German engineers seem less sanguine than their British associates concerning the immediate future of th. turnin. In an addresa delivered recently before ihe Soeltty of German Engineers by Prof. Reldler. a respected authority, the latter said that so far as tha power Installations, and especially elect rotechnles. were con cerned, the turbine had. ,w;on. co.mplete victory. The lateat expensive piston ma chines were the flrst and .last epeolmrns of their kind. The turbines . had driven them from the field. AS regards land loco motives alao. turbines had shown Superior ity in the matter of steam snd coal con sumption over the most expensive piston engines, though their working was still at tended by certain considerable dlfllculllca On the other hand, the prospect for tur- bines as marine englnea waa not good, Ow lng to their excessive consumption of coal and steam as compsred with the old sys tem. He pointed out that tne German navy and the commercial marine had been very cautious In the matter. One thirty knot torcedo boat and one" cruiser fur nished with Parsons engines had recently been ordered, but the navy had conducted experiments with the s.floO horse-power turbine vessel Kalaer of the Hamburg American line. He thought that the pres ent turbine system was not fit for adoption In the navy, for reasons of a very techni cal character. Further experiment waa very necessary, but owing to the pste.it laws of Germany, and the fact that large COm merClS I irn. g 1 1 1 1 ! II i U care to make investigation at their own expense. Immediate progress seemed urt likely. s V Unsbashed by the fiasco of last May Day, the socialists of France, aided by tha labor unions, are preparing Mr a. monster dem onstration on the same, day four years hence. Intimation to this effect wea glvwt by Jules Guesde when addressing a socialist banquet at St. Mande recently. The re port of hie speech, however, did not ap pear In full In a printed version, published In Humanite. The suppressed passage of his speech, which" was evidently deemed premature, read as follows: "The French proleterlat may look for ward ralmlv to a solution by revolution la thej1!nn Ym i.ooo.OOO votea In Franoe will then be behind the . program of capitalist ex propriation, and th continuance of a middle class government. Of whatever kind It may be, will, not be permitted. Matters Will have arrived at such S'pasa that the government itself, driven Into a corner, will provoke an Immediate struggle. To defend itself It will call on Its army snd , give the order to fire. But the army wilt not shoot in the direction it is told." Hitherto tho famoua French military school of St. Cyr. near Versailles, has turned out between W and to offioers a year ever since It was founded, lq the Franco-German war It turned out two hatches. Until recent years tha con: pe tition for entry was Increasingly aevere. This year, however, the number of can- jdidatee has fallen eft to the extent of testimony waa true or false, but wa are in' position to denounce aa unqualifiedly false any statement tending to show that Edward Roeewater opposed Congressman Mercer in the 1W0 campaign, or that he gave any manner of aid to Edgar Howard, tha democratic nominee. Fact Is. Edward Roeewater was the stumbling block be tween Howard and a congressional seat. Roeewater knocked Howard's pins down aa fast aa they were set up. . He waa par ticularly active In keeping some of tha union labor vote awy from Howard, going so far aa to arrange a deal for one of the moat popular labor leaders In Bouth Omaha to run as a mid-road populist can didate for congress, ths deal contemplating Injury to Howard's chances. That deal was not consummated, but It did not fall through any fault on ths part of Edward Rosewater. Wa make this statement, not for tha purpoee of taking any hand In the pretty row In the republican family circles 6f Omaha, but simply to keep ths record straight. bout one-eighth. Some persons ascribe this result to socialism, anarchy, or antl militarism, but the more probable cause Is thought to bo tha enforcement of tha new military law substituting two yeara' ser vice for three. Under the old law, those who were clever and rich enough could en ter the school at St. Cyr, go through tha two years' training as a cadet, serve a few yeara aa an officer, and retire. The mili tary service aa private was thus avoided, and the rich nobility got military titles Into the bargain. Now each cadet will have to serve one year as private before entering the school. It Is not thought that the military quality of officers will suffer on this account. If, Indeed, the rich and aristocratic claases should abandon arms as a profession, the 'only result would be the formation of a body of officers more closely In sympathy with a republican form of government. Iri the Batlgnollea of Paris there died re cently a landlord who by will exempted all his tenants from a quarter's rent and be queathed IK.ono for distribution among oc cupants of tha" same who happened to be pressed for money at the time of his de mise. , Another French landlord, not to be out done, had his will altered to similar con ditions, and then had the misfortune or the rortune to die the day after. He had lived at Auteull. and to his caretakers and janitors he bequeathed flOO.OOO on tha con dition that they remain honest and charit. able people. . Tha testator, having no family, appointed his personal concierge and hla wife as universal legatees, on tha condition that' they should celebrate their entry Into possession of the fortune by a banquet to all tha tenants. The legatees carried out this clause not wisely, ut too well, and they and their guests were locked up tor several hours In Jail until released by a considerate police official, who heard their story and sympathised with them. SIGNIFICANCE OP EXPOSl'RES. Pabllclty Restraint for'' Evil, Booster for Good. Philadelphia Record. There waa an uncommon lot of sense In the sermon which President Harris of Amherst college preached to his gradu ating class. The following paragraph from It deservea especial attention: "Thla generation of our countrymen is advsnclng ethically; Its moral standards are rising standards. It may seem other wise. It may seem as though there never was so much unfaithfulness, never a time when so many men in public, positions have enriched themselves unfairly. But think of the protest. It Is a protest of demsnd, compelling legislatures to make lawa that shall be enforced, to clean out tha vile- "nesa snd rottenness of dishonesty. Our representatives and sens tors have to reckon with public sentiment, have to heed what the publie want. . Tha people want and will have righteousness." It haa got so now that the police can hardly arrest a common criminal without a wall from soma Intellectual idiot that this exposure of crime Is creating an Im pression thst there are no honest men. Let 4 publlo man be convicted of bribery and wa are warned that somebody Is rep resenting all publie men to be scoundrels, whereas a large majority of them are rs tpectable. Let a railroad official admit taking "graft" he could not ba expected to admit taking bribes and ws sra asked If we really suppose that there Is no com mercial Integrity In tha country, President Harris has common sense snd a sound judgment, and hs can see things In their proper relation to each other. Hs observes thst our moral standards are ris ing. We hold men In polities and In busi ness to a stricter accountability than our fathers did. Practices so common once that they were not remarked on now ex cite heated condemnation. Of course, most of our public ' men are not crooks snd most of our commercial men are not ruffians. Very rew of 'either class are open to condemnation or have ever been attacked. But polities and commerce would grow corrupt fast enough if all ex posures were suppressed on tha ground thst .they would create unfavorable Im pression a Browning, Ming & Co OIlCWATOtS AND SOLE MAkEIS Of lALMlZEi IN CL0TMIN0, "The Tailor's Tap," aald occupation." Fllteenth and Douglas Sis. 8SrM IOW V YORK POLITICAL DRirr. Speaker Cannon has been a congressman thirty-two years. By profession he IS a lawyer and a teetotaler. Ths state campaign In Missouri tM jesr Is to be fought out on tfie platform, "William Jennings Brysn, whoop-pee." A county official up In New Tork state has been found lis, 000 short in Ms ac counts. Ha was popularly known as "Hon est John." Republican and democratic party. man agers In five counties In Indiana have en tered Into an agreement not to buy votes this year. A great falling off In tha vo'e polled Is anticipated. Tha resuscitation of Bryanlsm Is con sidered sufficient provocation for Jama K. Jones of Arkansaa to emerge from the political cemetery and air his ccremen.S with ancient prophecies. '.' 1 he sacred codfish of Massachusetts l " floundering In shallow water. Forty mem- f bers of ths legislature '.re charged w'll. grafting and one unusually active vote selling member has been expelled. Tha Illness of the lata Oovernor Pattl- son of Ohio waa said to have been caused by tha Importunities of office seekers, and now Oovernor Harris Is down with acute Indigestion from the same causa. Oovernor Harris Is 71. Last Saturday morning tha new gov ernor of Ohio got to tha atate house and stsrted to work even before tbs Janttora arrived, and to tha clerka who came sev eral hours later he said: "I muat So te the farm Monday and thla mall must be handled. Tou see I can't let the farm grow up in weeda juat to ault the politicians." "Months of observation" have convinced Woodbiidga E. Ferris, the democratic candidate for governor, in Michigan that there Is no popular demand for his serv ices, and although nominated at ths pri maries he haa declined to run. One glance at the election returns waa probably enough for Prof. Ferris. When ha was a candidate for governor In 1104 hla op ponent's plurality was lO.tlt. Joseph Story of Massachusetts, asso ciate justice of the supreme court of tha United States, said In writing of Jackson's first , inauguration In 1I2: "Tha reign of King Mob seemed triumphant." James Parton, writing of the acene In tha White House at tha time, relatea how the crowd upset the palls of orange punch, broke tha glasses and stood with muddy boots on tha damask satin covered chairs In their eagerness to sea Jackson. And In l4t tha nation still survives! TART TRIPLES. Mrs. Ferguson George, wake up! I hor somebody moving around in the base ment! Mr. Ferguson (listening a moment! It's the gas meter. Laura. Go to sleep again. Chicago Tribune. "No, doctor," the patient began.. "I Ucn't feel well at all, although i eat and sleep very well and" "Oh!" Interrupted Dr. Quack, confidently, "I'll stop all that in short order." Phila delphia Press. "He was born with a silver spoon In his mouth?" "Tea; but he met a chap who waa raised with four aces In band." Puck. Five Ohio Icemen had Just been sen- fenced to Jail. "Tour honor," said their lawyer, "this Is Pretty severe. Tou know-the hot eeseoo leSf 1 at present piWs ths jaJr autflorl- mot afford to buy toe." Philadelphia 1 on, and ties cannot Ledger. Mrs. Innlt That chorus girl's costume Is positively shocking! Mr. Innlt Oh, I don't know. It's merely a combination of the atyle of evening gown you wear In the winter with the style of naming suit you wear in tne summer. Cleveland Leader. Prodmore (rising young statesman) On or two onisadea I have suggested along the lines of food reform have made decided hits. Give me sn idea for another one, Mugglna. Confidential Adviser Well, you might have tha spinach Investigated. There Is al ways too much grit In it. Chicago Tribune. So she got .no damages In that breach or promise case? , " -. V" w. . u " .,w -a . .. - a, . . - . the turr that he waan't worth mora thanf . F 30 cents." Philadelphia Press. , . I i The great scientist snd engineer gav a : cry of Joy. He had Just solved the problem of how trains could be made to run at the rate of too miles an hour. "The soeed will bo wonderful," he cried. "Only ot. thing In ths world can beat It." "Ana matT" tney aaxeo. "A bit of racy scandal." Milwaukee Sen tinel. IP . KNOCKING PAID, j Chicago Record-Herald. If knocking paid, how easily Wa might win freedom from our care! The problems that are hard for ma Would aoon bo trivial affairs; I'd live In luxury and own An auto of tha highest grade; With ait my troubles overthrown. " I'd shout for Joy, If knocking paid. Of all tha things thst people de I trow the easiest by tar Is finding that the world s askew, And knocking at tha things thst are. The lasy man who turns his gase A thousand times upon the clock. And dawdles meanly through tbs dyw, Ia never toe Inert to knock. The one who la bora all day long With brawny arma and all his might Finds that so very much la wrong, And, oh! so little that la right' If knocking paid, his wife could wear Fine gem upon her soft, white hands, And there would be a palace where His poor, unpainted cottage stands. Alas! that what Is must be so, That ail things ar not otherwls St I TJits world is but a vale or woe. Mli ere man must languish till he dlec The eev thing-) are not the kind That svuse.'ne cares w bear to fade. I do not oibt that wo should find it hard tw knock If knocking paid. ' Mall Sizes in Clothing Our original system of Regular and Half Sites In clothing does away with th laat Ques tion as to a correct fit. And mad from first to last, in our own workrooms:- , That doea away with th "Sweat Shops." - 116 to Ml: That doea away with the euatom tailor's prices, Hata and Furnishings in keeping with the clothes aa to quality and price. Beau Bruromel, "haa now lost Its , . OMAHA NEIL Faswry, Caspar w 0 'A
