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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1906.
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WHES.OIT OP TOWS,
ftabscrlfeers leaving; the city tern
aorarlly ehoold have The Baa
mailed to them. Addreaa will ha
tkssgeg aa oftea aa reqaested.
Politics and service In the tire and
police departments Were never in
tended to mix.
6elf-r.overnm.ent is not on trial In
Cuba, but only the power of Cubans
to put it Into effect. ;
The return of Charles K. Hughes
will prove how much of the "insurance
scandal" was left over for political'
purposes.
Now that President ,-Palma has
"nothing; to arbitrate" with the rebels
bis cause may be considered as becom
ing desperate.- :',:" ",' ;
The discovery that 75 per cent of
the water used in irrigation is lost
opens a new field of -economy which
will surety repay investigation.
It ahould not be forgotten that Mr.
Bryan's itinerary, providing for. no
stop in Iowa, was arranged before Mr.
Walsh's letter was made public.
If Colonel Bryan was not sure that
bis homecoming would be welcome to
bis friends and fellow citizens in Ne
braska, he certainly knows it now.
The decision of General Guerra to
avoid battle for two weeks in Cuba
should encourage President Palma, as
revolutions are seldom made slowly.
Senator LaPollette seems to have
''slipped a cog" in Wisconsin, but has
the satisfaction of knowing that the
winners will be compelled to follow in
bis path.
General McCaskey , is evidently of
the opinion that the American soldier
is in more danger of losing his indi
viduality through overtraining than of
losing battles for lack of drill.
la comparing the victories in Ver
mont and Arkansas it is well to re
member that a free ballot and a fair
count la "up against" an election law
which stAggers seme democrats.
Champions - of Esperanto would
make a hit If they could show bow the
new language will cause the solution
of any of the international problems
they recently discussed at Genoa.
Mr. Bryan says Roger Sullivan as
phyxiated the democrats of Illinois.
No wonder the Nebraskan raised a
protest when he discovered . that the
supply of "hot air" was being shut off.
Secretary Wilson says be finds a few
packers who show no desire to comply
with the terms of the new Inspection
law. These will probably be known
by their absence from interstate trade
after this month.
Survivors of the campaigns of
Juarea will probably be surprised to
learn that Mexican freebooters are be
ing arrested In the United States, but
probably realise that time changes
manners. v
President itooseveit writes like a
western man on the subject of land
grabbing la districts to be irrigated
and' apparently knowing the disease
so well need not be surprised if the
people look to him for a iemdy.
The republicans of Omaha and
Douglas county canget together and
make sun ot success at the polls this
fall only by relegating to the rear
such candidates as are bound to keep
factional differences open. Some fla
grant offenders against public decency
and party loyalty must be kept n the
rear seat for at least a little while.
MR- RRTAN AT Ht'ME.
It Is a genuine Nebraska welcome
wllh which Mr. Bryan Is received as he
comes within the boundaries of his
home state. It was not to be eipected
that the elaborate demonstration in
his honor npon landing at New York
would be altogether devoid of polit
ical significance. This was Indeed In
evitable from his representative rela
tion as a notable party leader In the
past, with such strong Influence upon
current and future public movements.
But Mr. Bryan's reception in Ne
braska is very different. .It Is u real j
home-coming, and to him as a distin
guished ctttxen of our state we are all
"home folks," whether by ordinary
partisan label we be democrats, popu
lists or republicans, or standing apart
from 'a of them.. There' has not
been prepared here, nor was it neces
sary that there should be, the cere
monial of the more formal ovation in
New York. Proper enough there, It
would hardly have been as flt'bere as
the Impromptu greeting and cordiality
of neighbors and friends. "
Mr. Bryan's absence of nearly a
twelvemonth, during which be has
put a girdle round the earth, seeing
many cities and men and knowlngj
their customs, must have been full of
delightful and profitable experiences.
Everywhere be has gone, too, even In
farthest lands, he has been shown con
sideration as a distinguished charac
ter. All these honors, gratifying to
him as they should be, are also grati
fying to his fellow citizens at home.
It la therefore fit that Nebraskans
also should at this time signify their
appreciation, and that they should sig
nify It In the spirit of a spontaneous
welcome at home-coming. On such
occasion It is good Jeffersonlan doc
trine, as it is-good neighborship, to be
"all democrats, all federalists."
THf WISCONSIN PRIMARY.
The result of the Wisconsin pri
mary, being the nomination by over
whelming majority of Governor James
O. Davidson over Irvln L. Lenroot,
for republican candidate for governor,
is in a sense a defeat for Senator La
Follette, who championed and made
an arduous canvass of the state for
the latter. But It Is likely that the
senator's Tallure to secure popular in
dorsement of his favorite will be over
emphasized to his prejudice in quar
ters hostile to blm.
In fact, however, Davidson and Len
root have both been the 8 tail richest
lieutenants of LaFollette throughout
his memorable struggle in Wisconsin
against the political dominance of rail
road corporations and for the direct
"primary and other reforms. Thus
Davidson was the successful ' LaFol
lette candidate for lieutenant gover
nor and succeeded to the governor
ship, when LaFollette was elected to
the United States senate, while Len
root,. as speaker of the house, . was
foremost in promoting the legislative
measures with which LaFollettels lead
ership has been identified. ,. The sucr
cess of one or the other accordingly
does, not touch the substance of the
LaFollette policy, both .. being .thor
oughly and in record and spirit equally
committed to it. , . .
, There is this to b'e, said, that the
senator preferred one friend and
staunch supporter to the other for the
governorship, believing that by legal
training, official 'experience,., abilities
and character Lenroot was better fitted
than Davidson to safeguard as chief
executive the results of the LaFollette
movement and carry It on to other re
forms. At all events the senator made
bis fight in the open, going candidly
and directly to the rank and file of the
party with hla reasons in the oppor
tunity offered by the direct primary
system.
It has been obvious from the first
that the opponents of Senator LaFol
lette, who are at heart the friends of
neither Davidson nor Lenroot, have
sought to take advantage of the con
test to sow dissension among the
forces organized and led by blm, and
it is possible that they have been able
to turn the scale against the candidate
of his personal choice. But it' only
emphasizes their extremity and lm
potency to restore corporation domina
tion that, in order to defeat hts per
sonal choice, they bad to concentrate
in support of a candidacy equally with
him committed against their central
political purpose.
OMAHA VHDVR THB RATE LAW.
What Omaha commercial Interests
want and are going to insist upon
under the new rate regulation law
la a square deal and equal treatment
with ' every other' city in the same
class with which they must compete.
Just now with the changes that
are being put into force as the new
law goes into operation there is much
complaint among shippers against al
leged unjust charges, discriminating
grain rates, special elevation .and
switching allowances), etc. Against
these complaints the representatives
of the, railroads urge that 'because
shippers have bad certain concessions
or leniency extended to them under
the old order of things, which are
now being withdrawn and 'abated,
they have no right to complain, be
cause they are still getting all that is
required under the law. .
If this were simply the leveling up
or leveling dowa of the patrons of
the railroads in order to place every
shipper on the same basis as to rates,
facilities and extra charges or penal
ties, no good ground for complaint
would exist. If. on the other band.
It should-turn out that these exac
tions are being harshly imposed upon
Omaha shippers, while shippers in
competing business centers, such' as
Kansas City, St. Joseph. Sioux City.
St. Paul and Minneapolis, are not be
ing harassed la this way, then Omaha
would have just cause for complaint.
This, then, should be laid down
distinctly . ss the point at which the
line will be drawn by those who stand
up for Omaha's ' business interests.
Omaha Is entitled to a "most favored
city" clause In all Its dealings with
the railroads entering here - In view
of the great advantages which these
rosds have been accorded, and noth
ing less should be submitted to or
tolerated. -
COMMON SENSE AND IRRIGATION.
Sober western judgment will not
approve of the spirit of the partisan
diatribe of Senator Heyburn of Idaho,
against President Roosevelt's adminis
tration with 'respect to irrigation nor
the Intemperate demands made by
some others before the National Irri
gation congress for government appro
priations and other assistance. Among
all the presidents and public men not
one has gone so far and done so much
as President Roosevelt for western de
velopment through reclamation of the
dry lands, and It Is indeed mainly by
his Influence and energetic initia
tive that the eovernment was
moved to make such extensive' pro
vision for the work as It has done.
ri
The west appreciates this splendid
ervlce, anticipating by many years
what could have been achieved in the
ordinary course of things, and will
signally repudiate the captious criti
cisms of partisan fault finders.
Neither will impatient and ill con
sidered demands for immediate appro
priations, ranging from $100,000,000
to 1300,000,000 of national tax money,
in aid of volunteer schemes of irriga
tion be approved, but will tend rather,
so far as they have Influence, to pre
judice effort to secure government aid
for really legitimate and rational Ir
rigation development. The west ap
preciates the possibilities of arid land
reclamation, and, Indeed, the whole
country is progressing to a truer con
ception of the national .importance of
the work, but wisdom requires that
demands be kept within bounds that
will seem to public judgment practi
cal and safe. It will be bard enough
to secure on this basis funds to keep
pace with the actual needs of the west,
without being burdened with exces
sive and fanciful projects, many of
which are likely to be Inspired by
selfish rather than public interest.
The government has already pro
vided an aggregate of $41,000,000 for
irrigation promotion, which is being
expended in construction of retaining
walla for reservoirs and like works to
serve water to extensive districts, and
the proceeds of sale of land so re
claimed are intended to renew the
fund, which, in turn, is to be likewise
devoted to reclamation of other dry
lands. Necessarily these operations are
experimental, and though the results
so far have exceeded expectations it
Is inopportune to clamor for enormous
additional appropriations until there
shall be. more thorough realisation
from 'the system that has-been in
augurated. - .
This much the west well knows, that
every rational and practicable plan
for watering the dry regions will re
ceive the strong and loyal aid of the
president, aa it has in the past, and
a spirit appreciative of what has been
accomplished will help far more than
a partisan and captious spirit.
The Board of Education baa set 1U
stamp of disapproval upon so-called
fraternal societies among the pupils
in the high school' While these stu
dent societies are qnite a feature of
colleges and universities, it' Ib decid
edly questionable whether , they are
suitable for high schools and acade
mies attended by boys and girla of
immature age. At any rate, it the
achool board is convinced that these
eocleties do more barm than good
and that their tendencies are subver
sive of discipline and injurious to
morals, it has taken the right step
for their suppression and will have
the approval of all real friends of the
public schools in Omaha.
Many of the candidates nominated
aor state offices on all tickets are in
cluding in their exhibits of campaign
expenses items for railroad fare said
to have been. paid. . The law does not
require these statements to include
traveling expenses, so that the exhibit
of railroad fare is in ' legal parlance
"incompetent, immaterial and irrele
vant." It is very easy for a railroad
capper to buy a ticket once in a while
just for the purpose of making a
grandstand tlay.
Through failure of the mayor to
exercise hts appointing power himself,
the city council has an opportunity
now to tackle the patronage prob
lem by the appointment of a city
prosecutor. The democratic council
men will, doubtless, find that it is
easier to hold a veto on the mayor's
selections than to make the selections
themselves.
If the Omaha grain market can
reach out after the product of the
Dakota wheat fields, as it bids fair to
do, it will make it Interesting yet for
Minneapolis and Duluth. notwith
standing the entrenched position
which the Minnesota grain market
cities have soMong occupied.
Colonel Bryan declares that no good
can come out of a trust. He evidently
has not beard that the Armour estab
lishment at South Omaha, although
often charged with being Implicated
In the Beef trust, is about to help
the people of Omaha break np the
local Ice trust.
The fact that Secretary Root, could
ride through the devastated district of
Valparaiso on a street car Tuesday
shows that the spirit of "manana"
does not always prevail in Latin-
American republics; but Chileans have
long been called "the Yankees of the
South."
Agencies are already at work to
tap the Nebraska legislature for an
appropriation for its exposition to be
held In Seattle In 1909 for an Alaska-Yukon-Paciflc
exposition. That Is a
pretty far call and also comes rather
soon after the Portland exposition.
Now that an American navigator
has seen an Island Tlse In the Pacific
ccean there should be little time lost
In msking a new survey of the western
coast of America. Recent events hsve
shown present charts of navigators to
be unreliable. ,
County Assessor Reed ought to file
that protest against our strenuous
follow-up system of taxation which
haa come to him from Manila with
the State Board of Equalization as
a voucher for bis energy and effi
ciency. Oaa Oarnseat Dadaed.
New York Bun.
Mr. Bryan complains that President
Roosevelt has stolen his clothes. Not the
trousra surely I
Peril af Toa Mies Rape.
Minneapolis Journal..
Perhaps it may occur to the cowboy
mayor of Omaha after a while that he
allowed himself too much rope.
Seal Poachers Plnrlied.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Blx of the seal poachers captured in
Alaska have been convicted, five of the
number pleading guilty. Possibly this will
soothe the Japanese, who fancied that the
revenue cutter had opened fire on a bunch
of innocents.
Democracy's Divided Hoasehold.
Philadelphia Presa.
The democratic party was divided by
Cleveland's free trade and sound money'
position; It waa divided further by Bryan'a
free sliver antics, and now there Is a
prospect that It will be divided some mora
on the government ownership proposition.
There la alwaya something ready to atir up
the inaidea of that party.
Promised Relief to Shippers.
Buffalo Express.
The uniform classification of freight,
which may come as a result of the new
rate law, would greatly simplify matter
forjihlppera and should for the railroads.
The present variations In classification of
the same kind of freight are relloa of the
days when a railroad was more of a local
Institution than it is now.
Reach of the Baser Trast.
Philadelphia Record.
Except Kansas and Nebraska, we pre
sume there la no state where monopolies
are more cordially detested than In Michi
gan. Therefore, we observed a few daya
ago, with sorrowful surprise, that all the
Michigan beet augar factories were being
consolidated, and it was believed that they
were passing into the control of the Amer
ican Sugar Refining company. Now comes
a still mors distressing report of a com
bination to control the peppermint output.
Nearly all the peppermint in the country
is produced around,' Kalamasoo and in
Wayne county, New York. The price has
already been worked up from 80 cents to
$2.80 a pound for Ahe oil, and It Is pre
dicted that the combination, will , run the
price up to 15. With a congressional cam
paign going on, cannot the president and
tba attorney general .do something for the
babies, whose troubles on the inside de
mand peppermint T 1 .
BRIAK AND THB ENGLISH.
A Sagaestloa Likely to Stir the Hal
lowed Daat of Brlaa Bora.
Portland Oregonlan.
Do our eara deceive us? Does Mr. Bryan
advocate an alliance with tha "anciont
enemy?" Listen to this from the Madison
Square garden address:
"1 am sure, from the public utterance
of tha . present prima minister of Oreat
Britain, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman,
thai such a treaty (of alliance) could bo
made between the two great English speak
ing nations."
Shades of tha Brians! Is this tha man
who so oft has pointed with pride that tba
absence ot the plebian "O" before his
name proved him to be a direct descendant
from the great Qaclio klnga and not of tha
collateral breed? Ia this the man recently
feted by tha Irish parliamentary party In
London as an Illustrious member of. their
transplanted kin? What, will tha 300,000
members of . tha . Ancient Order, of
Hibernians in tha United States and the
mighty United Irish league and. (be Clan
Na Oael have to say to this? Will they
again burden the mails with hundreds of
petitions denouncing this "unholy aJU
auoe?" What are the invincible Patrick Ford of
the Irish World, Colonel John Finerty of
tha Chicago Cltlsen, John Devoy of tha
Gaelic American, John O'llara. of tha Cath
olic Sentiivei and the many other Irish
American Journalists going to do about it?
What Is left for the erstwhile admirers of
Bryan in Portland? ' Will they have an
other "peace meeting" of the Marquam
Grand and Allaky Hall brand? Will they
drink this gall from tha hands of the
"peerless leader V
PERSONAL ROTES.
. Bherburn M. Becker, "boy mayor" of
Milwaukee,' automjbtled all the way from
hla home city to New York with aeveral
friends.
By great effort Trust Magnate Jim Smith
of New Jersey got Bryan to his town, and
forthwith tha Nebraskan waxed eloquent
as to a deslra to put trust magnates in Jail.
Mr. Smith, however, is still at large.
On October II, at Washington, the mili
tary monument In memory of General
George B. McClellan, former commander
of the Army of the Potomac, will be un
veiled. The general's widow is now 71.
' Miss Hudy Dyer, the first woman to be
some a member of a political club In Okla
homa, waa elected to membership of the
Checotah ' Democratic club recently and
made a political speech which la said to
have "backed the old-timers off the
boards."
General Frederick Funaton learned that
there was a project to rename Devlsadero
street, ia San Francisco, Furston. Ha
checked his admirers, declaring the "project
Inadvisable, on the broad ground that it ia
not customary to honor living man In this
fashion." - ,
Emerson Hough, the author, is a great
traveler, never contented to remain In one
place very long. He waa the first man
to cross Yellowstone park In tha winter,
and some eleven years ago be spent moat
of tha cold season rushing it In tha Na
tional paik and photographing buff.tlo.
Ona day recently a colleague asked
Speaker Cannon what, in hla opinion, was
tha main difference between the daya of
hla youth and tha present time. "Well,"
anawered Uncle Joe, reflectively, "Whan I
was a youngster, a young man was satis
fied to paddle hla own canoe, but nowadays
every ona thinks be haa a sail to steer toe
ship ef state."
t MKNORUS,
t ame as a Shock.
Oumlia World-Herald (Aug. tl.)
The announcement that Edward Roae
water is dead has come to ihla city and
stale as a great shock. Few men have
played a larger part In the ilfe of this
western Community than thai played by
the lute editor of The Dee for the lust
generation, and this part he played up al
most to the very hour ot hla sudden death.
A truthful estimate and an accurate
analysis ot Mr. Ronewater'a character Is
difficult to give. For over thirty years
he has been a participant in every strug
gle which has occurred in this atate. In
most of those struggles he has been a
leading figure. During every day of that
time he haa published an aggressive and
wldsly circulated newspaper, and the re
sult is that Mr. Rosewater became the
most talked of man In the state, and it Is
hardly going tuu far to say that those
who were not his warm friends were his
bitter enemies. For that very reason It
Is difficult to place a Jiwst estimate upon
his character.
The World-Herald, which, for many years
haa been a business competitor and polit
ical opponent of Mr. Rosewater, and which,
with varying success, haa been through
many struggle with him. It not well qual
ified naturally to pronounce a eulogy upon
him.
In tha presence of death, however, wh!.h
ends all rivalries and softens ' all acer
bities, we all sec with clearer eye snd
Judge by a fairer standard. Mr. Rose
water possessed many of the qualities of
true greatneaa. He waa a man ef won
derful force, determination and peralst
ence. He waa a man ot great breadth
of view, of wide Intelligence, aa well aa
remarkable Information. Hla grasp of
subjects was quirk snd original. He was
at all tlmea a ready and able writer and.
In aplte of natural shortcomings, he be
came a strong and effective epeaker. He
was a natural champion of popular rights
and a natural foe to II forma of oppres
sion nd tyranny. Unsparing with those
whom he opposed, or denounced, and some
times unfair, he waa, with hla friends,
generous, and to his family kind and good.
To the hundred of men who, at various
times, were In his employ, he waa reputed
to be both Just and considerate. In the
enterprises of the city and state he waa
public-spirited and progressive. In hla
own business affairs he showed at all tlmea
a courage and enterprise which often In
volved the taking of extreme chances and
made him a pioneer In the western news
paper field. To churches and charities he
waa a liberal contributor and to himself
he was a hard master. He took little
Interest In the amenities of life, and rarely
took an hour for recreation or rest. He
waa not a philosopher, but a fighter, and
he died aa he had lived, In the harness.
What he got out of life, or out of poli
tics It would be hard for the average man
to sea. From beginning to end, week In
and week out. he seemed to be engaged In
one continuous, never-ceasing struggle In
which defeat followed victory and victory
followed defeat In rapid succession, until
all finally ended In bttter disappointment
and sudden death.
Vital and Throhhfejsr Force.
Omaha Newa (September 1.).
Many people hava questioned tha motives
which often Influenced him, but few will
doubt that the final summing up of the
exceedingly active life of Edward Roee
water ahowa more of public -benefit than
waa accomplished by perhaps any other
single factor In tha history of the atate.
What difference now about tha motive?
Or what difference if the dead did not
alwaya do aa you or I thought ha ahould?
A man's puny motives eannot atop or
even retard the onward aweep of progress)
and righteousness; nay, they may be
among those millions of things at which
we grumble aa imperfections or useless in
the scheme of the universe only to hava,
on rare occasions, tha curtain awept aside
for a flash go let us sea that the seemingly
most useleaa and seemingly most imperfect
are a essential aa the sun Itself.
The only things that we. In our meager
mental vision, are permitted to know and
Judge are the direct forces, aa those for
publlo betterment, and of auch tha Ufa
of Edward Rosewater waa full.
Whatever hla motivea may sometimes
have been, he struck great blowa for the
people In their struggle to secure their
rights; whether or no he was alwaya dis
interested, hla political fights helped
mightily to teach the people to plaoa the
man above the party; If sometime unjust,
he added materially to the sentiment
against official corruption; right or wrong,
he was the champion of the city and tha
state and the west alwaya, not only with
pen and words, but in public-spirited enter
prising acta which Borne of hla detractors,
better able financially to do, hesitated to
Imitate.
Whatever course of action ha deefded on,
he followed with. all his might, with an
extraordinary power of mind and character,
with remarkable energy, untiring Industry
and persistency. In tha fac of ridicule and
enmity. In person and through hla newa
paper. He rarely left the Issue obscure; In fact
be usually made It so clear-cut that ha
almost always tore the atate Into two
classes strong friends or bitter foea.
So vital and throbbing a force was Ed
ward Rosewater that It la no wonder that
Its sudden stilling has shocked even his
enemies into regret over his passing.
A Mia of Actios.
Hastlnga Tribune.
Edward Roaewater wna a deep thinker
and a man of action, and being ambitious
It was natural that he should aspire to
honor and distinction. He was recognised
by President McKlnley and made a member
of the advisory board of the repuollcan
national committee, and be was also recog
nised by President Roosevelt, who appointed
him a delegate to the International postal
trongress. Mr. Rosewater alao served aa
national committeeman for the republican
party from Nebraska. Is it any wonder
then that a man who had done ao much
for his party and hla atate that he should
have ambitions to occupy, a seat In the
upper house of the national congress? Is
It not human nature that when a man's
lifetime ambitions hava been shattered, snd
the last ray of hope has vanished, to feel
tha aling of disappointment unto death?
Ia Krkraiiia History.
Hastings Republican.
In Nebraska hUtory he will be recordi-d
as one of lta greatest and most influential
eltisens. and his personality, Inltla'lve and
aggressive leadership will be inseparably
connected with the great enterprises and
matters of public interest and benefit that
have for the last forty yeara redounded to
th progress, development and glory of N
braska. No great achievements In Nebraska
were ever complete without the Influence
and aggressive championing of Mr. Rose
water and hla great newspaper.
asserted Treraeadoas laSJaeare.
Bosion Globe.
Edward Roaewater, the famoua Omaha
politician and Journalist, had a poetic name,
In striking contrast with his remarkable
vigor of speech and energy of action. He
exerted a tremendous Influence In an ex
tensive sphere, and by hla death tha weat
loaea one of ita moat conspicuous and
strongest charaoters.
ROlD A BO IT NEW YORK.
Ketrsiks Hease-Folks,
One of the Omaha membera of the Ne
braska delegation which welcomed Bryan
at New York achieved nearly a much no
toriety with hla mouth as did the "cowboy
mayor" with his lariat. Within forty
eight hnura after landing he had encom
passed Manhattan with his all-seeing eye,
assimilated social conditions there, digested
the problems which perplexed local sages,
and while thus overcharged a reporter hap
pened along. An Interview resulted. The
visiting seer expressed the opinion that
New York wss no good, that It was the
dumping ground for foreigners, and that
the best thing In It waa "the first train
for Omaha." These high ball sentiments
provoked a retort In mannerly terms from
the New York Times under the heading,
"Omaha's Brutal Candor' qtioting a por
tion of the Interview aa a text, the Tlmea
says: "Well, to be sure, New York Is
more conveniently situated than Omaha to
become the dumlng ground of natlona over
aeae. Tha worst, aa well aa the best,
talents and physiques are here displayed
to the observer. . But ought a cltlsen of
Omaha to Intimate that this town monop
olizes civic wickedness? At least. It haa
never attempted through Ita officials to
confiscate the property of a water works
company by reducing ratea contrary to
the express provisions of a contract, so
that .- an Injunction had to be brought
againat the city, or refused to stand by
Its agreement to buy the property at an
appraised vatuatlon, having first assisted
to create tha tribunal of appraisal. If
certain western towns filled with the
physically, mentally, and morally long
haired would cease playing fantastic tricks
through their own clly governments, pos
albly their sad critics might direct ahafta
at New York with a greater degrea of aa
su ranee In congrutty."
The diamond headlight which Illumined
the ehlrt bosom of one of the seven demo
cratic 'mayors was lost In the -rush and
crush In Gotham. The man who wore the
brilliant, valued at tWW. was a shining
mark. Hotel clerks envied the spark, also
tha smooth-fingered resldenta. Bo when
the owner, wearied of a day'a shouting and
tolling and Incidental exhlleratlon, burled
himself in a comfortable chair In tha hotel
lobb a gentle hand touched the ahlner
and tha light went out forever. The Ve
braska mayor can console himself with
the reflection that he was not quite as
easy ss the Missourlan who was plucked
of his wallet, ns well aa Jewels. It hap
pened on the street. The Mlsiwiurlan
squealed and had to go to the station as
a witness against two women arre"ated for
doing the Job. "You had better stay here
all night." said the officer; . "you mlg'nl
lose your clothes."
Mayor Brown, like all the other members
of the Nebraska delegation, describe the
reception of Mr. Bryan In New York as
"all right." reports the New York Times.
They declare that the treatment they re
ceived was "nice." which Is a western
superlative.
The mayor of TJneoln called the attention
of fellow Nebraskans to what he termed
"a coincidence In the lives of western peo
ple, gathered Into far-away communities
to become more loyal to the atate of their
adoption than the one In which they were
bom." Ha said:
"William Jennings Bryan snd I were law
partners in Jefferson. III., snd here he Is
coming back home, one of the biggest and
best known men In the world, to TJneoln,
Neb., where I am to receive him In my
capacity as mayor of that thriving city.
Ed Ooltra, who had the yacht ready for
Bill Bryan's home-coming, went to school
with Mr. Bryan. ' Mrs. Bryan and Mra.
Ooltra were schoolmates. It's a small
world where good people sre attracted to
gether by some atrange magnetism.
"One thing w boys will have to explain
at home, and that Is the talk about our
trlpa In the tenderloin.' We didn't aee any
thing ao terrible there, but out our way
the district ia aa much under tha ban aa Is
Wall atreet."
The offer to bet a red apple was not
pleasing to other members of the Nebraska
delegation. There were protests that Mayor
Brown waa toot talking In tha "home folk"
tongue.
"Why, you must be getting effete," said
Mayor "Jim" Dahlman of Omaha. "You
know that In the old days you would bet a
man that he, would not live to cross the
street, that be was not alive, or anything
else, Juat for the sake of a wager."
The mayor with the lariat then related
how he had lassoed a cab horse early yes
terday morning. '
"It waa thla way," he said. "Tom John
son Introduced me to Mayor Dunne In a
restaurant, neglecting to aay that Dunne
had charge of the Chicago outfit. I told
him that there waa a whole lot of duraed
red tape In the mayor business, and that
there was no reason for writing a volume
as to why I should veto an ordinance.
Four worde across 'the paper were enough
Just "Sage brush for yours!' Mayor John
Bon agreed with me, and the other mayor
said I wss right. There was too much red
tape In Chicago, he added.
"I offered to lasso the mayor of Chicago
In a block, giving him a hundred-foot start.
Remember, it waa early thla morning, and
I had had only two hours' sleep. Well.
Chicago wsan't up to the game, so I Just
lassoed a can horse coming down Fifth
avenue. The cabby refused to take th
dollar bill I offered him. Bald he was glad
to get off without being scalped. He wns
tha first man I tnet in New York who
wasn't looking for a tip."
The mayor of Omaha waa Interrupted by
a bell boy. solicitous about a great bundle
of newspapers which he wanted aent up
to hla room to look over when- he got home.
The bell boy stood by the mayor's aide
patiently.
"Haven't you forgotten something, Mr.
Mayor?" ha asked.
The mayor considered, and gave the boy
a quarter, and then remembered that he
had left hla lariat at the clerk'a deak. He
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told the boy to bring It to him. It wu
another boy who appeared with tha lariat
and he, too, had to receive a tip.
"'Shadow of the Cross of Gold!" exclalmas
the mayor.
Aa he spoke "Mike" Elmore appeared
"Mike" Is one o fthe millionaires who great
up In the west. ,
"Have a good time at the meeting last,
night, boys? "And what will you have
now?" asked "Mike."
"Scotch in mine." , .
MIRTHFUL REMARKS.
"How did you Ilka Conlstoa?'
Phyllla.
inquire!
"(."oniston?" renested Dnrla "T can1'
call the name. Have I ever been engages,
to him?" Judge.
"How peaceful and quiet it Is in tha
country!" remarked the commercial trav
eler. "Tes," answered Farmer Corntossel; "l(
doea get kind o' nice an' quiet after tha
city boarders go back home." Waahlngtoi
Star.
"Ha waa the' moat' wuperallrfnUs ipokef
player I ever saw."
"Yea and he got ao superstitious her
lately that he's quit playing tha gams alto
gether!" "You don't ssy?"
"Yes, he suddenly discovered that there
are thirteen cards In- each suit." Philadel
phia Press.
"Yes," sighed Mrs. Lnpsllng, "Bophrony
suffers terrible from neuralagy. The only
relief ehe ever gets la when she hss as
epldemio Inserted in her arm." Chicaad
Tribune.
"Sir!" cried the grocer. Indignantly. "d
you mean to accuse me of putting chlcorj
laid my coffee?"
"Not at all," replied the customer, coollv
"I always give you credit for putting eom
coffee into tha chicory." Philadelphia
Ledger.
"I oertalnly waa shocked," Bald tha
tern-vlaageri woman, "to hear that yog
were married. I wouldn't marry the besl
man on earth."
"He never gave you a chancel" retorted
Mra. Bridey, "because he aasurea me I was
the only girl he ever proposed to." Phila
delphia Catholic Standard.
"Your constituents never get' up any
great public demonstrations."
"I don't mind," answered Senator Sor
ghum. "There'a many a ellp between th
ovation and election." Washington Star,
Wearying of his incessant tol, and benl
with age, the veteran editor at last laid
aside hla pen.
"What'B the use!" he exclaimed. "For
more than forty years I hare csrefully i.nd
conscientiously refrained from beginning
any headline, editorial, or paragraph with
the word 'the,' and not a soul on earth has
ever noticed It!" Chicago Tribune.
FOOLISH.
Milwaukee Sentinel., .
(A Milwaukee girl says she Will never let
a men klas her until she marries; and if
ahe never marries she will never be kissed )
Never will kiss till you're married?
), fie Mistress Prude, how your prate.
You'll be sorry some .day tbat you a tar
ried Oct busy before It's too late.
Are your Hps full and red like the cherry?
Have you leeth like a dentifrice ad?
If so. Mistress Prude, don't be chary
Pucker up! And be quick you'll be glad!
There la not a thing to be gained In the
waiting
Yon're denying yourself of the dream;
And you'll pardon ua, dearie, for atatlng
You're missing the candy and oresm.
Why pass them? Why let them be wasted?
It's foolish, Miss Prtda,. bet an thar
You'll regret It. the sweets now untested.
When you live with a parrot and cat.
