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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE? FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1906. The Omaha Daily Dee. VICTOR noSEWATER. EDITOR. ' Kritered at Omtht Potlomce as second t. matter. TERMS or SUBSCRIPTION. Imlly Ho (without Sunday), on year..Mt Dslly lie and 8'jnday, on year 00 rtunday Be, on yar M Saturday Bee. on year V50 DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Dally He (Including Sunday), per week..l7e pally He (without funday, per week..l2e Evening Be (without Sunday), per week c Kvening Boa (with, Sunday), per wek....lta Sunday Boa, per ropy si Address complaint of irregularities In de livery to City Circulation Department. OFriCES. nmaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hnll Building. Council Bluff 10 Pearl StreL Chicago lti40 I'nlty Building. New York im Home Life In. Building. Washington &ni Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication! relating to new and edi torial matter should be addressed: Oman fcee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. P.emlt by draft, express or postal order payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only -cent stamps received as payment ot mall account. Personal check, except on Cmaha or eastern exchanges, not accepl-u-THB J3EB PUBLISHING COMPAN t. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska. Douglas County, George B. Txschuck, treasurer of Tha Bee Publishing company, belna duly sworn, say that tha actual number of full and complete copies of Th Dally Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of August, 106, was at ioiiows: 1 11,860 It l,3O0 II 81,840 19...: 80,980 JO 81,140 3 si.eoo t S1.S80 4 33,060 ( 90,140 t. ......... 1,B0 7.... SL440 11.. Si. . tt.. 31,850 33,840 31,660 I.. . . 10. , 11.. It. . It. , 14.. II.. 1,320 31,140 31,70 81.S40 80,060 81,400 31,830 31,980 t4. 30,830 38,850 26 21 H. ....... . 21 tt 10 11 . 30,630 . S0.800 . 30,610 . 30,630 . 30,070 . 38,440 .873,600 . 8,148 II 3L880 Total . Less unsold copies... Net total sal 964,468 Dally average 31.111 GEO RGB B. TZ8CHUCK. Treasurer. Subscribed In my presence auu sworn to before ma this list day of August, 10. (Seal.) M. B. HUNOATEU Notary Public WHEN OCT OP TOWS, subscribers leaving tb city tero liorartly should hav Tha Be walled them. Address will b changed as often as requested, Now that tho "roping" ot lire stock is declared to be brutal, Omaha must look to something else for notice. Secretary Tatt s reiuaraa In Maine Indicate that he has no desire to over rule the decisions of. Judge Tatt in Ohio. Oovernor Folk has returned home from New York with malaria. The air ot the metropolis never did agree with reformers. Colonel Bryan will start on another long trip very shortly. He will wisely take no chances on wearing his home coming welcome out. With all Governor Mickey's experi ence in pi:U:ic life he still seems to have talk-.! Wrn when to talk and when to t'n talking. Mexican conspirators who write let ters are not as dangerous as the other sort, as education always makes for or der oa a proper basis. The collapse of a building under construction In Ohio proves that an other bad New York .idea has found followers outside of Ootham. With a wireless telegraph station at Tutulla the new system will have practically circled the globe and the United States, as usual, Is the pioneer, In offering to leave their claims to the arbitration of the voters Cuban in surgents show either greater wisdom or weakness than 'the usual tropical revolutionist.- At long range it is difficult to dls cover whether the strike settlement In San Francisco is a defeat for Strike breaker Farley or for the men who go back to work. If Cuba will Just Increase Its trade with the United States to the proper amount Uncle Sam may again find it necessary to Intervene to preserve or der oa the Island. Japanese courtesy was never better shown than when the seal poachers pleaded guilty. - Had they appealed to a lawyer they might have become international figures. Public school enrollment in Omaha tor the opening week shows material Increase over the corresponding fig ures of a year ago. This is indisputa ble testimony of Omaha's growth. The arrest ot Promoter 8egal as ac cessory to the embesilement of Presi dent1 Hippie may cause men similarly situated to hesitate before handling funds Illegally, drawn from deposi tories. Now that the Interstate Commerce commission has beauty to Investigate the operation of block signals, some railways may find employes' lives ot as much importance as their pocket hooka. The breaking up ot the local Ice combine will be welcome, but it would have been doubly welcome could it have been accomplished at the begin ning Instead of at the end ot the heated season. If one Omaha hotel has really cleaned ud I $0,000 in three years at Is alleged in a pending case of litiga tion, the incentive ought soon to be great enough tor some capitalist to come to Omaha's relief with that long beaded inodera fireproof hotel.' URTAX ASD HAlLROAD XATIOSAL1ZA TIUX. Whatever rosy be thought of nation alization of railroad property' a k po litical issue: of current Interest, espe cially in the complicated form of na tional ownership of trunk lines and state ownership of branch and local lines, Mr. Bryan Is net open to the angry criticism, now being urged from hostile quarters In his own party, that he stealthily waited before proposing It till afer his party had been virtually committed to his renoralnation. thus taking advantage to foist upon it an Individual vagary which otherwise would have prevented him from reach ing his present dominance. On the contrary, Mr. Bryan told the literal truth when, referring to the storm of democratic protest raised by his New York deliverance, he de clared: "I advocated government own ership ot railroads two yars ago." Early In 1905, In a carefully prepared speech before the Iroquois club at Chicago, he proposed the scheme in substantially the same form as In the recent New York speeches and the series of utterances that has followed it. The Iroquois club speech was widely published at the time, and its points as to government ownership were reiter ated in Mr. Bryan's personal, organ, the Commoner. It is true that the proposition na turally did not attract so much atten tion then as it does now. but it was quite extensively commented on and controverted, and at ail events It was known to the public, and there Is no excuse for pretending now that It was not. known. Mr. Bryan, therefore, has not thimbled-rigged his party, nor In veigled It Into buying "a pig In a poke," but throughout has been open and above board. The simple fact appears to be that a powerful democratic element, hereto fore hostile to the Nebraska leader, imagined that the time had arrived when they could use him as a candi date and that In consideration of their support he would be eager to pose now as "conservative" and "sane and safe," and during the.llaBt three or four months they were busy arranging the stage scenery for that purpose. It should have been warning enough when y the chief actor in response de clared himself "even more radical than In 1896," but It took the paramount pronunciamento In favor of the mixed national and state ownership scheme conclusively to bring them to their senses and to reveal to them Mr. Bryan still in his original role. In fairness they should blame themselves, not him, for the preposterous denouement. PROSKCUTIOy OF CRMISAL TRUSTEES. The arrest oa criminal charges ot officers of tho wrecked Philadelphia trust company and of persons who got hold of its funds through Illegitimate schemes should be merely the begin nlng of vigorous prosecution that will land them In prison. , The vare of trust funds, whether in the keeping ot banks or insurance and like companies, must be made equally safe and sacred against the robbery or criminal negli gence of officers within and of others outside. There seems to be no question in the Hippie case in Philadelphia, as in the Stensland . case in Chicago, that vast sums of depositors' ' money were abstracted through criminal conspir acy. Such treason is one of .the high est crimes under the law, as it should be, and now Is the time to make ex amples In these-notable cases. - The public will welcome, and applaud the visiting of condign vengeance upon the offenders, not merely because it is Just, but also because the lesson is needed. It Is utterly Impossible as society and business are organized to avoid these trust relations, and they are be coming more extensive and vital every day. It is therefore absolutely neces sary to protect the dependence ot the many upon the comparatively few trusted agents and to make the terrors of the law real and unescapable. ROOSEVELT THE 1SSCE. Secretary Taft's notable speech in Maine pushes into ' paramount place the Issue "whether in the coming con- giesslonal election President Roosevelt Is to be indorsed and given a vote of confidence or repudiated and crippled In the work he has In hand. It is pre cisely the point which the president himself has centered his efforts to raise in the mind of the people la the present political contest,, and which Indeed is involved in the very nature of things. ' With the ODDOsltlon leadership al ready bestirring itself ;wlth unwonted eagerness for the1 national struggle two years hence, a democratic major ity in congress would ' Inevitably put forth its supreme efforts in partisan obstruction and to discredit .the admin Istratlon. It has never failed at the corresponding Juncture to dp so, and it never was under such great tetupta Uou as It will be during the term of the next cuiigresaV Already the air is being filled with insinuation and belit tlement of the Roosevelt policy and record, and it would be in the power of a democratic congress by partisan investigations and hostile - tactics gravely to interrupt, if not wholly to paralyze, the work In which the ad ministration has been and is bo loyally and successfully engaged. The only possible chance of such an outcome lies in the overconfidence and negligence of the voters, who at heart overwhelmingly approve Hhe, leader ship of Theodore Roosevelt and wajit it to go on unhampered, or in their failure to appreciate the practical con sequences ot democratic victory. Even a serious reduction ot the republican majority would stimulate effort to em barrasa tho-administration4 efid : to weaken the movement -for asserting public authority over great corpora tion Interests and the equal enforce ment of the law upon hit. war oo tu liscolsi The Information 'comes from Lin coln that Governor Mickey has re quested an opinion from Attorney Oeneral Brown as to whether the Board of Fire and Police Commission ers "for the city of 8outh Omaha has authority to revoke a license to sell liquor In that city for law violation without previous conviction In a court. and whether, also, It has authority to refuse to re-lssua a license for another year, basing the refusal on failure to obey the law during the preceding year. The question suggests Itself to every thoughtful cltlsen, Why should tne people ot South Omaha have to go to Lincoln to find out how to Issue or re voke liquor licenses, or for directions on any other matter of purely local self-government? This Is the Inevita ble consequence of having a governor- ppotnted fire and police board, which means the transfer of the administra tion of those departments of municipal government from South Omaha to Lin coln. The same situation exists, aiso, with reference to the Omaha Board ot Fire and Police Commissioners, which looks to the government at Lincoln as Its fountain-head rather than the peo ple of Omaha, who are the. only ones directly concerned. No more striking object lesson In favor ot municipal home rule could have been presented than the appeal to Lincoln for Instruction as to the management of police and excise af fairs In South Omaha. SPOlLltiO it alL. And now comes Judge Edgar How ard and spoils it all. The veracious Judge assures us that the Wild West tales about Mayor "Jim's" stunts in New York are every one of them fanciful fiction ot lurid reporters and that Mayor "Jim" con ducted himself "with decorum" all during the trip, doing nothing of which a citizen ot Omaha would not approve. The only consolation which Judge Howard leaves us out of all the air castles Is the corroborated testl- ... n . ST T MM mony that ne oia lasso m.t. dui although "this exhibition was given merely for the amusement of his own friends and was not witnessed by others." This public proclamation by Judge Howard may be in the interest of the truth, of history, but It is surely hu miliating and disappointing to the Manila nf Mavnr "Jim" at home. It makes us all feel as If we had gotten something by false pretenses In the unearned and undeserved advertising lavished on the honored chief execu tive of our city. What is the use of having a cowboy mayor if 'he cannot ride down Broadway on a broncho with a rope hanging from the pommel of his saddle and six-shooters sticking out of both hip pockets? We had been led to believe that Mayor "Jim" would bring back as trophies of his expedition a few bulls and bears lassoed on Wall street, and at least a couple of Tammany tiger kittens to install as ornaments along with the glastlcutuses overhanging the city hall. It seems that he will bring back only a silk tile and a frock coat. The high water mark attendance npon the Nebraska State fair at Lin coln ought to mean the high water mark of the State fair revenues, pro vided none of the revenues are di verted or intercepted. And with a full treasury the State fair manage ment ought to be able to get along for a year or two without harassing the legislature to hand over money taken out pt the taxpayers' contributions to the public' treasury. A self-support ing state fair is quite within the range of possibilities If the legislature will enly shut down hard and fast on all further requisition for appropriations. The names of a lot ot candidates who should have withdrawn will ap- oear on the official primary ballots be cause the time has expired in which theyvmight have pulled off. The tact Is, most ot these names should never have been filed, but . the privilege of free advertising is too much of a temptation for the professional office seeker and our primary law leaves the door wide open for those after this sort ot notoriety.- The advertising department of the Union Pacific announces that it has prepared a pamphlet to disseminate in formation about all the towns oa me Harrlman system. People who want information about the earnings and dividends of the Harriman stocks, however, are left to take what tips they can get from any available source at their own risk. Now that a new treaty with New taundland Is being considered some steps should be taken to keep Senator Lodge on the reservation and prevent him from going on the warpath for the fishermen ot Cape Cod. With call money at 20. per cent, the average Wall street speculator can hardly be expected to feel Jubilant, but the man whose cash is in western in vestments will waste little sympathy on the plunger this year. The promptness with which the sul taa of Morocco agreed to the extradi tion o,f . Stensland shows that he wants no man ia his realm better able thaa himself to connect with other people's money. Irrigators who object to lower duties on Philippine sugar should not be sur prised to find a fiasaber ot their former friends in Opposition when bther fa vors are to be asked for the arid west. Rnenah for the Sennon, Pittsburg Dispatch. The Bar association wisely decided 10 postpone the Insurance debate until th next convention. The Insurance factions are furnishing all the debate the country can stand at present. Small Ends of Graft. Baltimore Amerlcsn. At last the pettiest grafters t'nlted States service have been In th dlsoov- ered. They are persons who steal franked envelope from the government printing office In order to avoid payment for postage stamps. Time for Co-Operntlon. Chicago Record-Herald, reople who have no scales msy catch the short-weight Iceman by means of a meas ure. People who have scales might do a little experimenting with all sorts of sup plies. That will encourage dealers who have not realised hitherto that they were skimping snd who are anxious now to co operate with the city sealer. The more Seneral th co-operation the better th nance for correcting regrettable errors which everybody deplores. Eqaal Right for All. Kansas City Star. Tha prime objeot, of this railroad law Is ethical In It nature. It Is designed to accord the small shipper the same privileges and Immunities as the large shipper. Equity and Justice and a recognition of the rights of others is the basic principle of all rate legislation. The- moral ob ligation of all to obey the law to the letter Is unquestionable. Such a course will con serve the Interests of th railroads vastly more than to pursue a policy of retaliation evasion or defiance. Last Chapter of Disappointment. Springfield Republican. The bare announcement that the old Junk, left of hundreds of thousands of dol lars' worth of machinery taken to Panama by the French, will be sold for some $0,000, writes the word "finis" to an unparalleled tragedy ot disappointment, betrayal and ruin. It Is the last word of the French effort to build the canal. A special report of this old junk was published last Win ter and showed how the money of the thrifty French shareholder had been squandered In lll-deslgned and unnecessary contrivances, often useless to the point of absurdity. . .. Orereonddenee la "Good Men.' Indianapolis News. Really there ought to be no such thing as directors leaving everything to the presi dent of a bank or other fiduciary concern because "he is such a good man; so pious and faithful In church attendance," and all that. Some of the worst failures of recent years have been due to that sort of overconfidence. Men subjected to large temptations should Invariably be under real and regular examination and scrutiny. This Implies no reflection on their Integ rity. But It la a tremendous moral safe guard alike for them and th Interests that are Involved. Trustworthy Business Barometers. Philadelphia Record. Insolvency statistics constitute one of the most trustworthy barometers of the state ot trade; for1 panics and depressions are always preceded by losses which are re fleeted In tha tables of commercial mor tality. It Is an Important fact, therefore. that Bradstreet's tables show, that th In solvencies last month, were smaller than In any preceding. mon(hf for seven years. Th aggregate liabilities .were swelled by th suspension or the Real Estate Trust com pany her and the Milwaukee Avenu bank In Chicago. But omitting these, the total of liabilities, like the number of Insolven cies, Is exceptionally small MR. BRYAN'S BLIND POOL. Most Mysterious Ever Organised fey Mlsa-nlded Politicians. New York World (dem.) What Is the mystery of Bryan's extraor dinary popularity T Borne of it Is undoubt edly personal. Mr. Bryan is a wholesome. hearty chap, full of red blood and th milk of human kindness. Like Kipling's Fussy Wuxiy. he Is a first-class fighting man, and most Americana like a man who Is ready to battle for his beliefs, no matter whether he be right or wrong. Mr. Bryan has much of that personal charm which mad Henry Clay the, best beloved man of his genera tion, but which could never mak him president. And at a time when oratory Is In a stat of decay he Is an exceptionally clever and forceful public speaker. AU thi serves to account for th admiration ot thousands of Individuals, but does It ex plain why a great, historical party persists. despit IU terrible -defeats under his leader' ship, In making him Its candidal, tor president again two years In advance of the nominating convention? Does It ex plain why' all factions of that party should frensiedly unit upon him as their standard bearer and begin the campaign of 1908 In the summer ot 1906 T. Are not the democrats of th country, by their folly and stupidity, tying their own hands and closing the door of opportunity upon themselves? So far as it lies In their power, they have .made Mr. Bryan their candidate for president In 1908 without knowing what issues may be before th country two year bene or what Mr. Bryan's attitude toward those Issues will be. Must not every speech he makes from today until election day In 1908 necessarily be a campaign speech? Must not every word he utter Inevitably commit his party? HI oversealous followers hav given him carta blanche to tnak his Issues, fram the platform and shape the campaign. In deed, they have given him a blank power of attorney to manage tb affairs of th democratic party for tha next two years and commit It to any policy, idea, fad or mistake he pleases, and this in th nam of politics. -I not "extraordinary" a mild word with which tq describe such a situa tion? Nobody will deny Mr. Bryan's personal popularity.' It Is - probably nowhere stronger than In his own state, where h la best known. But. loving Mr. Bryan and voting for his principles er different pair of sleeve. . Anybody doubting It Is Invited to examine the Nebraska electtona for th last ten years. In 1890 Mr. Bryan carried his state by 1J.676. In 1900 Mr. McKlnley carried, t by 7.82S. In 104 Mr. Rnoaevelt carried' it by M,6s Every congressmsn and every state officer Is a republican. Ever western state that Mr. Bryan carried In 1896 is now republican on national Issues. The west may still love Mr. Bryan, but it prefers to elwct republicans to office, de clining t9 mix Its affections with Its politics. A ISu reception to William J. Bryan, th distinguished American orator. Journalist and prlvtta clllxen. Is on tbjng, but a 19U6 ovation ta William, J. Bryan, th nxt democratic candidal for president, la tiulte another. It Is the most mysterious "blind pool" ever organised by misguided poli ticians. It Is th most Impolitic, foolish abdication of power on th part of a great political organisation ever recorded In the history of th t'nlted State. Even th partisan of Louis Napoleon waited until they hsd elected him president before they made him a dictator, but th democrat of th United States are oompleuly abdicating their self-control and party self-government by making Mr. Bryan their party dictator before they hav sleeted him to anything. ''A mad world, y anast," SXjHffSHSSl1HiS.nS IN MEMORIAM. i . Asafeltloa ead Aggressive. Jf Norfolk News. Edward Rosewater was aggressive. He was never still, and he never allowed thlnxt to lag for one moment, lit was also am bitious. The one bright hope In bis life was thst he might st some time, repre sent the state of Nebraska as t'nlted States senator. But his aggresslvene'ss and his ambition did not go well together. A poli tician who hopes to win can not take the aggressive life. It seems, and the results of training The Bee's guns on various politicians and ruhllc men whom he did not approve, cost the veteran editor th toga which he sought. ' Warm and Trne Friend. York Times, Today the bitterness of enmity Is for gotten snd malice and detraction are swal lowed up In awe and admiration of the mighty genius, the matchless energy, the Indomitable spirit, all so suddenly quenched. Hon. Edward Rosewater was the foremost Journalist In th west, the most widely known and Influential cltlsen of the state of Nebraska. This high position he worked out himself, unaided by money or Influential friends. He stood apart from the common field where men fought and joined hands In Insincere friendship, and from his lonely eminence dealt crushing blows. But he was as warm and true In his friendships as he was unyielding and dangerous to his enemies and the few Instances of his sever ity are outnumbered and overshadowed by generous and kind deeds. A Born Fishier. Fremont Tribune. Ever since he founded his newspaper In 174, he has been a militant fore In the life of his city and state. Pugnacious by nature he was never satisfied to permit af fairs to drift. He was ever ready to sug gest, aid and direct. Ha was as free to critlclie, and this dominant characteristic led him Into many fierce newspaper and po litical battles. He was. in fact, a born fighter. He had a vigorous command of language and a tenacious memory that combined to, make him a formidable foe. As a cltlsen Mr. Rosewater was public spirited and generous. He did a man's share in the work of building a city and a state. The Impress of his life will be in delibly stamped on the history of Nebraska. Convictions and Conrswge. Nebraska City News. But few If any men have ever stamped their Individuality so thoroughly on a new state as did Mr. Rosewater on Ne braska. He was a man of convictions and had the courage to fight for those convictions. As a writer he was one of the ablest the state has ever known, and as an editor was recognised throughout the civilised world. He wa on of the great newspaper men of the world. These words are not written today because of the death of Mr. Rosewater, but the News has said the same while he was alive and Mr. Rosewater was no friend of the News. Died In the Harness. Central City Republican. From the cradle to the grave his life was one great battle. A poor emigrant he became one of the flrt men of the nation. . He stemmed the tide so bravely that he shows head and shoulders above the warring elements that sought to over whelm htm. The long tory of his life is Nebraska history. Now that It ia all over his enemies fade from view and his splendid traits of character ' stand oat In bold relief. The permanent valu of his labors is assured, but their full meaa ura cannot yet be calculated.- Ha goes now to sleep with th unconquered ones and humbly w do tribute to his memory, Bis Great Heritage. Kearney Hub. "He Is gone and forever!" He fought the good light. He kept th faith. In hi day he mad more enemies than any publlo man In Nebraska or the west. He died without an enemy. He had con quered them all. He had conquered him self, because hs had lived to see the futility of living for revenge upon his enemies. H who had been maligned who had been misunderstood, who had been reviled and misjudged. In his Isst days came into the greatest heritage of understanding, of good will, of apprecla tlon. He has done a great work. The Omaha Be was the creation of this genius, his energy and his persevering determination. What more fitting than that, with a Ufa work so well done and his own name and fame secure, he should ceas from his labors and enter into rest not as his fellow cttisens would havo willed or as he himself would have planned, but aa Ood willed? Void ia Newspaper World. Omaha Labor Advocate. The entire community was startled Friday morning by th announcement that Hon. Edward Rosewater was found dead In his office in th Bee building. On every hand were heard expressions of the keenest regret,' even those who had been his sworn enemies for years Instantly feeling th loss sua talned by Omaha and th west. Time only can demonstrate tha void In the newspaper world and In politics that Mr. Rosewater' death will create, but this much la cer tainthat the working class have lost on of their, best and most' powerful friends in this country. Himself of the proletariat, his heart has ever been thoroughly In sym pathy with tb clats from which he sprung. Being In thorough sympathy with the alms of organised labor, he wit ever ready with hi pen and vole to aid th labor move' menu In particular will his loss be felt by th printers, with whom he has been on such Intimate terms for many years. To the employes of The Be hi loss will seem mors Ilk that of a father than a "boas," for ha was ever ready to listen to a just grievance, and many a petty Injus tice practloed by som on Usser In authority had ben righted by "th old man." Big Man Mentally. Nebraska City News. Nebraska has lost one of Its largest, mentally, and widest known men in the death of Edward Rosewater, who died ao suddenly In one of the rooms In The Bee building. No doubt if he could have beee consulted and known tha finger of death was to be laid upon him that he would hav chosen that as the place where h paMed hia last moments on earth, except that he would have asked that he be sur rounded by his wife and family. Tb Be building Is his monument. Mr. Rosewater was a big man mentally. He was a strong man politically and he posessed all those qualifications that enable a man to mak a winning fight and compel th world to racognis him as a factor. Islssse Always for Good. Blair Pilot, Hi work is finished, but th influenc of th life of Edward Rosewster, not only on Omaha and Nebraska, but on the nation, will llv as long aa history, and his Inuu nc was always exerted for the good. He was a remarkable man and bis death may well be looked upon as a national loss, because for years hs has been high up la tho councils of his party from a national stand, point, and on many occasions has ho been sent for to go to Wastftngton that his Ideas might be obtained on matters pertaining te the wUar of th nation. COMMENT ON NEBRASKA POLITICB Crete Vedette-Herald; Barge's book. "A Pars J 4 a Bribe," ought to be used r-T Thtwnpson. Hitchcock and 8hallenberger," as a text book during the campaign. Banoroft Blade rep): Th republican stste convention did the proper thing by turning down Secretary of State .Oalusha. If It had continued a little further and dropped Eaton and Bearle It wviold hav been still better. Kearney Hub (rep): Let us hope for the credit of the .republican party In Ne braaka that the day of stalking horses ha passed, with the last stat convention, to be seen no more forever. Half a dosen strong state delegations were tied up In this msnner. with the delegstes hand cuffed and hobbled so far an carrying out the wishes of their oanstltutents were concerned or for that matter of acting upon their own Inclinations or convictions. The stalking horse Is a mighty poor poli tical proposition and the man who assumes the role has no comforting reflection after he haa played It to his own discredit. Blue Valley Blade (rep.): The agitation for a two-cent rate on the railroads Is ill flapdoodle. It you travel very much you can now buy mileage books for two and one-half cents per mile. The real need Is reduction of about thirty-three and one- third per cent In the freight rntes of this state. The freight rat touches every man, woman and child In the country, and there is no reason why Nebraska should pay one-third more for freight than her sister states of Kansas, Iowa snl Mis souri. Get at th vital point, which amounts to millions a year and you will save enough Jo pay four cents a mile for all you hav. to travel. Albion News: It Is only necessary for the railroads to elect seventeen members of the state senate to absolutely block any legislation which doea not suit them. This Is all that Is left them to work for this fall. Th people are going to scrutinise the candidates for both branches of the legislature most carefully this time, and are going to elect those whom they believe will best represent th peolc'a Interest. Even the fact that a United States senator Is at stake will not be sufficient to hold the voters In line for their party nomine unless he represent the "square deal" prin ciples. Nebraska's Internal Interests are paramount to her Interests in th national congress. ' t Sioux City Tribune (Ind.): Nebraska republicans have voluntarily incorporated Into their platform a plank demanding that railway property within cities and vlllsgea shall be assessed ss other property for city and village purposes. This proposition Is one which Mr. Rosewater. haa bed before several legislatures under th nam "termi nal taxation," but th railway lobby has always been too potent. Th Idea Involved In this plsnk Is Important enough to at tract the attention of other state legis latures. A rsllroad has the same mu nicipal advantages, th aam fir and po lice protection, as a . similar amount of other property, and ought to be obliged to pay municipal taxes) In proportion to Its actual value. Under th present system of taxation no benefit Is derived by th city from' the location of the terminals, and in many Instances they escape taxa tion altogether. The demand of the Ne braska plank seems reasonable. Columbus Journal (rep.)t On behalf of Nebraska farmer w deny that th farm are of Nebraska ar "against th rail roads," as has been chsrged by som leaders In both political parties. What the farmers and shippers of Nebraska want are reasonable rates and a square deal all around. They bellev that twelve cents I too high a rate, for Instance from Co lumbus to Omaha. They bellev that a carload of coal from the west should be sold at least as cheap in Columbus as It Is sold In Omaha after being hauled through Columbus and nearly one hun dred miles farther. They believe that th shipper who pays hundreds) of dollars a year to the railroads In freight 'shou'd rid nearly as cheap as th political Oxer who never contribute a cant In freight nor pay, a cent for his transportation. They realise that their valuable lands would be almost valueless without tha railroad to market their produce. They feel that the man who drive the engine and the man who turns th brake on th train that carries their grain and live stock to mar ket la really doing one part of th "farm work." They, know If anything I done to Injure their railroad "farm hands." that the injury will be felt at once on the farm. But on the other hand they do not want the fellows working In th trans portation department Of their big co operative productive enterprise to i try to "run the whole works" or to collect more than their share of th profits. All they want Is that the people, the public, who are bigger than the Whole productive sys tem, should appoint managers who shall see that th profits ar justly divided among th various classes of, workers And In the long run It will be best ro ths railroads themselves to submit to sue' regulation as will Insure"' them a reason able profit on -Jthelr actual Investments wisely and ' eco'nomlcally managed. The attitude of the shipper Snd the farmr and the public generally should be snd must be pro-railroad, even when considered from a selfish standpoint. ' PERSONAL NOTICS. Charles Dsnar Gibson Is seeking a sudo In Psrts after a tour of JJts great art gal leries of Italv and Spain. He acknowledged being a sufferer from hofneslcknes snd would hav returned to America but for the persuasion of friends. Dr. T. D. Bancroft pf Denver. Colo.. Is touring the cast In an effort to rats money for free homes for poor consumptives. Mr. Bancroft .has had an In'tereatlng caseer. In ric with John Brown and a personal acquaintance with Abraham Lin coln. " ' Banker Stensland will not only hav to face the rausio but It will be of a quality te suggest that he do som lively dancing. Secretary FrederickHartsell ot the Mc Klnley National Memorial association has tent out a call for a meeting of the trus tees In Canton. O., on October 4. The new king of Bengal has been crowned at Calcutta with all kinds ot royal pomp. His name Is 8urandrnath Banerje and he was tb leader of the agitation against the division of the province of Bengal Into two lieutenant governorships, which went Into effect October 16 last. INDIA AND CEYLON The name (Joseph Tetley Co.) on every package of Teller's Tea In sures every buyer against impurity. The ouly way to get acquainted with its deliclousness is by trying it. McCORD-BRADY CO., Wholesale Agents, Omaha. 7 McKibbin it all HAT. You don't pay extra for "name" or reputation". You par for HAT only. Pay he other fellow" another two for the name if you WISH. If you want to SAVE it buy DEMOCRACY. KEYNOTE. Kansas City Times! The Nebraskans have stayed with Mr. Brysn since he left the Prlniess Irene. . This will compensate to some degree for the way they left him In 1900. Kansas Cliy Stnr: The railroads alone are to blame if a ma a of Mr. Bryan's luminous magnetism finds It easy) to create senti ment In favor of such a regrettable propo sition. St. Lonls Qlobe-Democrat: Th money question. Mr. Bryan says, has been quieted hy "unexpected conditions." This seems to be another name for a big republican majority In the electoral college. Minneapolis Journal: ' Strange that Mr. Bryan should come home and repudiate free silver just when the republican ad ministration Is buying silver. . William thrives most vigorously in opposition. Philadelphia Record: The campaign which resulted In the election of William Henry Harrison "Tippecanoe and ' Tyler too" lasted thirteen months, and so far Is th longest presidential campaign on record.' But Mr. Bryan has commenced his cam paign more than twenty-six months before the date when he la to be elected presi dent. Buffalo Express: Bryan had sounded public opinion on the idea of a combined federal' and state ownership of railrads In an Interview given out while he was In EWope. Apparently he judged from' the fact that no serious criticism wsS made ot it that It would prove popular. He U evidently disappointed and chagrined, now that he has definitely committed himself to the proposition, to find how greatly tu has startled and amased the conservative men of his party whom he Is not anxious to placate. Nothing cuts a serious man Ilk ridicule, and the realisation that he has brought ridicule upon himself evidently has stung Bryan deeply. A greater contrast could hardily be Imagined than that be tween th triumphant, self-satisfied speech followin- his enthuslutln rmnHnn In W.w York anri th hltt .11,., r.4M . at the meeting In the rooms of the Demo cratic olub on Saturday night. - It was a strange Ending to a political chapter which was begun with so much joyous good will and harmony. Sl'NNY CiEMS. K nicker Did h rise from nothing? Booker Yes; you might say that nature dealth him from the bottom of the pack. New York Times. First Constituent WM1, Senator Lots mun always talks sense, anyway. Second Constituent Yes, but he always thinks dollars. Chicago Tribune. Mrs. Borelng Imagination What is im agination? Mr. Borelng It la that faculty, my dear, which makea men believe that marriage is bliss. Judge. ' "Poor man," exolatmed the good-hearted old woman, "to what do you attribute your craving for drink? Is It hereditary?" "No, ma'am," replied Weary Willie: "It's thirst." Philadelphia Ledger. "Who Is that extremely plain woman over there by th window?" "That' the woman who lectures on th evils of the kissing habit." Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Venus of Mtlo gav a despairing cry. "I'm out of th race, girls!" she ex claimed. "How do you ever suppose I can fasten a waist buttoned down the back? " Baltimore American. "What's the mater, my boy? You look discouraged." "1 am. My bos sinvlted me out to hi house to dinner a few evenings ago." "Well, that'a not ao bad." "You don't understand. I accepted his invitation, and I'm afraid now that I'll have to marry hia eldest daughter or lose iiy job." Chicago Record-Herald. MOON OK OOLDKItROD Atlantio Monthly. In the Moon of GMdenrod, All the land with languor fill. Dreamily the cricket chlrre; Drowsily the locust whirrs; Ceaselessly the katydid. In the dusky branches hid. All the night long shrills and shrills. In th Moon of Ooldenrod. In the Moon of Ooldenrod. Every grass blade on th lawns Bears Its cobweb streamer fin. . Shimemrtng in th hasy shln; Fairy hammocks, spider-spun, - Lightly swaying in th sun. Dewdrop-jeweied, grsoe th dawns Of th Woon of Ooldenrod. In the Moon of Ooldenrod, Orchard branches, laden all. Droop to touch the orchard graas. And the harvest winds that pass Pluck the fruit that mellow there, Purpl plum and yellow pear, Fling them to the lap of tall, In th Moon of Ooldenrod. In tha Moon of Ooldenrod, , Palely blue the aster blow ' Her and there, amid the green. Of tha sumac-thicket seen, Autumn's crimson banner tells That th summer's citadels Weaken to their overthrow, ' In the Moon of Ooldenrod. . Ah. tha Moon of Ooldenrod! Butterflies go drifting by On their gorgeous painted wings. Lovely. Idle, aimless thlngsi Careless they that summer goes; Heedless of Impending snows; Lovers of today as I. . k In the Moon ot Ooldenrod. . , . i