THE CM All A DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER .25, . 1006.
The Omaha Daily Bee
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Ptata of Nebraska, Douglas County, set
Gaorg B. Tsschuck, treasurer of Tha
Be , Publishing Company, being duly
sworn, says that the actual number of
full and complet copies of Tha Dally,
Morning, Evening and Sunday Be printed
during tha month of August, 1J0S, waa as
rouowa:
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81,150
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31,680
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80J40
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1.440
31,330
81,140
31,70
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80,050
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31,300
Sl,40
30.900
31.140
31,880
33,940
81.SB0
30,830
23,350
30,830
30,800
30,810
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Total ,. , A '. . . . .972,800
Less untold copies 8,143
, Net total sales
Dally average
1 .964,448
, 31,111
GEORGE B. TZSCHTJCK, .
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn
to before m this list day of August,
(Seal.) ' ' ' M. B HUNOATE,
. -s Notary Public .
WHE.1 OUT OF TOW!.
Subscriber leaving; tha city tem
porarily shonld kaTS Tha Be
mailed t then. Addrea will b
rhangca as aftea as rcanested.
New York democrat are said to be
in doubt.' Tbey will probably b la
despair In November.
. Bishop McCabe Is certain God will
take care of Russia, but seems anxious
for Undo Sam to undertake the correc
tion of affairs in Turkey.
The remarks of "Elijah" Dowle to
his flock at Zioa are almost official
notice to the rarensthat they will be
expected to ""set busy" again. .
One lea oomnanv of nhicaan will
declare Its first dividend since 1900.
The stock"" should reach par if there
Is another "crop failure" this winter.
The democratic candidate for attor
ney general has advertised a speech-'
making; Itinerary. He will not travel
on the; John P. Irish fast mail this
time.
In placing1 a definite date for the
nest revolution, Nlcaraguan revolu
tionists have made possible their sup
pression without the usual prelimi
naries. Russian . Octoberlsts deserted by M.
Shipoff, have the satisfaction of know
ing that while he may Increase the
number, he cannot r Increase the fury,
of the opposition. , . . , . .
Are we not to have another charter
revision committee this year? Or Is
the ?new charter -enacted by the . last
legislature' to be left alone, except for
a little necessary tinkering
That a man should be publicly whip
ped in Delaware was a sad enough
commentary' upon ' the state, but that
8,000 people should struggle to see the
brutal punishment is far worse. -
' According to official figures, the Ne
braska State fair cleared' up with
about 127,000, after deducting the ex
pense from receipts. And nothing
small about the expenses either. " , '
John Redmond wants no "cowardly
makeshift" in .place of home rule for
Ireland. The distinguished member of
Parliament has apparently ' learned
something from his American visit.
Fortunately for Senator Bailey the
Klrby Lumber company had no cases
pending tetore the United States de
partment but'- the Texas senator
should consider this only a stroke of
luck:'
Colonel Brian's fear that the cor
porations 1U control the democratic
party recalls the governor who kicked
a lobbyist out of his office because he
offered 4 bribe "too near the gov
ernor's price."
The . reoJ. question. Chancellor An
drews side steps Is whether university
students might be expected to spell
more correctly under simplified forms
or would be accorded merely addi
tional excuses for mis-spelling.
Governor Pennypacker will doubtless
take personal, if not official notice of
the tact that It -is senator Knox and
not Senator Penrose . who Is announ
cing changes It) the "federal brigade"
of th Keystone state.
Douglas county republicans have a
county and legislative ticket for whose
success all elements of the party can
work." The .next thing is to get an
organisation of the county committee
that will pull the. forces together and
not drive aj of them aay.-
TWO CKXT FARE IS THK KjST.
The rspldlty of the extension In the
east of reduced maximum fares, both
for interstate and local trips, is re
flected In the filings with the national
commission, although comparatively
few of them have come to widespread
public notice. Yet the revolution is so
marked that high railroad officials are
quoted as expressing the opinion that
the 3-cent maximum will be prac
tically established In the New England
states, New York and Pennsylvania
and possibly Indiana in "advance of
legislative action, Ohio, as Is well
known, having legally established that
limit last winter.
It is suggestive that a number of ap
plications by Important roads have al
ready been made to the national com
mission for permission to recall filings
of reductions from the 1 or 3-cent
to the tH-cent maximum, on the
ground that competing roads have an
nounced reduction to 2 cents, whlcn
they desire to meet promptly. The
Pennsylvania, which started the move
ment,, had hardly announced a reduc
tion, a few weeks ago, from 1 to
I tt cents one way on its main', line
east of Pittsburg before the Erie re
piled with a cut' to 1 cents, over Its
whole system, with a transferable t
cent flat rate mileage book, but the
Boston ft Albany, the New York, New
Haven ft Hartford and other roads
have now made one bite oTthe cherry,
so that the 2-cent rateWpi be exten
sively, effective within v thirty days,
practically compelling competitors gen
erally to come to that level.
It would not be so Important It these
reductions were made merely In the
heat of a 'passing rivalry and liable
to be as suddenly restored. ' The law
now prevents this, and besides the
change is deliberately made as. a per
manent policy on the settled convicJ
tion that , tha old maximum can or
at least should bo -longer be main
tained. And the eastern roads that
are vainly resisting the reduction are
doing so, not on the ground that It
should not be msde as a matter both
of public and business policy, but that
if made voluntarily by them they fear
Immediate agitation for compulsory
reduction below the 3-cent rate.
' TUB PtOPL KASD TUX SSWATX. ;
There has already been a more favor
able response than mbst anticipated to
the Iowa legislature's Invitation to the
states to Join In a concerted movement
to secure a constitutional amendment
for election of United States senators
by direct vote of the people. Already
twenty-nine states have given notice
of intention to be represented by dele
gates in the convention to be held at
Des Moines In December, and assur
ances have been given that several
other states will take like action.'
There is, therefore, , ground for hope
that the effort may produce some prac
tical results. ; " k.- . i '.: .
The advocates, of this, reform have
long recognised the fact that It would
be, necessary t secure a constitutional
convention which requires petitions
therefor. to congress of two-thirds of
the state legislatures. Many legisla
tures have heretofore, at one time or
another, adopted joint resolutions, but
there has been no concerted movement
among them. The object of the Iowa
meeting is to attempt effective organi
sation, whereby the co-operation of at
least the necessary- thirty state legisla
tures may be brought to bear upon
congress to Insure the calling of a con
stitutional convention.',
Such a movement should : . by no
means become " occasion for relaxing
the Increasingly successful effort . la
the severaj states to'secure In advance
Indirectly, as near as may be, the ef
fect of. the desired constitutional
amendment through the direct' primary
nomination or, "where that is not done,
through convention nomination of sen
atorial candidates, the same being
morally binding on members of , legis
latures, but on the contrary, It should
rather stimulate that, effort 'every
where, because every such nomination
and election not only brings the United
States senate at once 'nearer popular
control, . but hastens the day when
popular senatorial elections will be
compulsory and uniform throughout
thd union. . ,".,'" . .
1HT&RPHKTMQ 'THB RATI LAW,
Probably the most important act of
the Interstate Commerce commission
so far as facilitating .the. operation of
the new law Is concerned Is its de
termination to grant Interpretation of
the law upon' proper request, not
withstanding Its long established prac
tice and announced Intention after the
amendments were adopted at the late
session of congress to follow, the
Judicial rule wherebV questions are not
decided until regularly presented in
the form of concrete controversies re
lating to some particular problem. The
Judicial rule, which Is the fruit of cen
turies of experience. Is recognized as
vital to sound court practice, although
ft may often entail-delay, expense and
sometimes serious Injury. If followed
by ' the commission the court, rule
would obviously postpone for years
the definite settlement wi innumerable
questions of construction of the rate
law and practice under It, which It Is
of the highest public concern to clear
up at the outset or promptly to put
in the course of settlement All this
has been done, so far as tha commis
sion can do it. by permitting parties
in proper interest, whether railroad
companies, shippers or communities to
come directly before' the commission
and secure Ha interpretation on im
portant, but doubtful points, which
otherwise could not be known till a
specific Issue had been Joined , In an
actual case and passed through a long
process of bearing in its turn on a
crowded docket - V .
The commission ts essentially aa ad
ministrative body, although Judicial
methods are necfesary, ' In some
branches of Its work. ' It will, of
course, continue to employ them In
all matters to which they are appro
priate. As to other matters the com
mission is actually proceeding to de
cide Important questions of legal In
terpretation, and has In fact already
disposed of some, In advance of their
appearance as controverted issues. The
Important decisions si to payment for
transportation and as to exemption of
cotton export rates from the thirty
day notice, are examples of prompt
settlement of questions which by court
practice would have dragged along In
definitely, and forcibly suggest the Im
mense aggregate saving of time that
will be effected.
, The commission Is, without ques
tion, gaining distinctly In public con
fidence as an efficient agent of public
control policy. Among the gravest
complaints against the course of things
under the old law was the almost In
terminable delays of Judicial proced
ure, both before the commission itself
and In the courts to which all import
ant questions could be transferred,
even In spite, of its rulings. Antici
patory interpretations , can jeopardise
no essential rights, for court '.appeal
remains though if has been greatly
simplified and curtailed,' but Innumer
able disputed points which formerly
had to await decision of the main
Issue, can be promptly and certainly
disposed of.
' ACCEPT THB PROPOSITION'.
The telephone franchise controversy
In Omaha has at last reached the stage
where the Nebraska Telephone com
pany Is ready to make some conces
sions to the demand for lower rates.
In a communication pending before
the city council .the telephone com
pany offers three alternative proposl-tlons-v-one
of them for the payment of
a royalty of 2 'per cent on gross earn
ings Into the city treasury, beginning
at once, and the other two for re
duced charges to telephone users, be
ginning January 1, 190 f. Of the
two proposals for reduced charges,
one contemplates a reduction of 60
cents a month from the present charge
of 17 for Individual metallic circuit
unlimited business telephones, with
the abolition of toll charges on con
nections between Omaha and South
Omaha, and the other a straight cut
of $1 a month from the present $7
charge. The condition ipon which all
these offers are made is that they will
continue so long as no franchise be
granted any other company, and that
the concessions are to lapse at any
time another franchise proposition is
submitted to the voters of the city. ,
The Bee has no hesitancy in saying
that it believes the council should ac
cept one of these propositions before
they are withdrawn, and that the pro
position to.be accepted preferably 1 Is
the $1 reduction on monthly rentals of
business 'phones. While other tele
phone propositions " are '' before the
council, there' is no assurance that
any of them' will ever be voted by the
people, nor even a guaranty that they
will be submitted to the people for
approval or rejection. If the conces
sion offered by the Nebraska Tele
phone company should be accepted
and these other ordinances should fall
of adoption by the council, the nsers
of business telephones. In ' Omaha
would be so much the gainers, while
should the offer be terminated after
acceptance by the adoption of one or
more of the franchise ordinances no
one would be the loser. Moreover,
shbuld the charges for telephones be
once reduced, no matter what the con
dition, the chances of ever having
them pnt back to their former places
over the protest of telephone patrons
would be very, small Indeed.
The plan the council should pursue
right now Is to take what Is within
reach and then ask for more.
Before putting In a claim for former
County Attorney English for dissolv
ing the local coal exchange as a trust,
It might be well to inquire whether
the exchange ever went out of business
or changed its methods of business.
Members of the exchange declare that
County Attorney English simply ex
amined their organisation - and told
them that they were well within the
limits of the law and could go ahead.
The proof of the pudding Is that the
exchange went ahead without let, or
hindrance during the entire time the
present democratic candidate was offi
cially empowered to put It out of busi
ness. The World-Herald makes a frantic
appeal to the democratic mayor and
council to redeem the pledgees on
which they were elected. "Why this
delay In fulfilling campaign prom
lees?" It demands. "What has be
come of the promise to give Omaha
universal street car transfers, dollar
gas, telephone competition and other,
reforms?" It continues. And in the
next breath It wants the people of
Nebraska to give full faith' and credit
to another set of platform promises
made for political buncombe purposes
by voting for the candidates nomi
nated on the democratic state ticket.
With the approach of another politi
cal campaign the discovery is again
made that the Board of State Univer
sity Regents conducts its business be
hind closed doors. This, however, Is
nothing new, for the board of
i e gents has pursued this practice con
sistently, under both republican and
fusion control. Nonetheless, the se
cret session business on the part of
public bodies Is bad and ought to be
abolished; not only In the university,
but wherever other governing officers
undertake to perform public duties
undercover.
Those prominent people of Atlanta
who "deplore" he race) war In that
city, should convert - their sentiment
Into action. Educstlon in the rights
and duties of citizenship seems to be
necessary for oth races In Georgia.
Prospects are good tor breaking all
records In the number of out-of-town
visitors to be entertained during Ak-Sar-Bcn
week. Omaha should see to
it that Its reputation for painstaking
hospitality Is fully maintained.
If "the roan with the hoe" does not
succeed the man with the machete In
Cuba In a hurry, new quotations will
have to be made on American cabbage
leaf.
Tw .Blinda ftroodlagf Tbaaght.
Kansas City Star.
Governor Mickey Of Nebraska announces
that he la going to quit politics. Governor
Hoch of Kansas la suspected also of a
similar Intention. ' "
Watch the Boats Glide By. .
v 8L Louis Globe-Democrat. ;
. Early In the history of steam navigation
the Missouri river played an important part
for 1.600 miles above Its mouth. Has a
river Ilka that a future? Tea, and a mighty
big one. '
Fresh mm tha Saarebrash.
' New York Sun.
The Wyoming democrats salute the Hon.
William Jennings' Bryan . aa "the trium
phant candidate In 1908." This Is a little
fresher phrase than "If the election were
held today." ;
Pathos of Food Doaera.
New' Tork Tribune. '
According to the manufacturers of adul
terated and colored food! tha public wants
It and won't be happy without It. All tha
same, the said manufacturers do not seem
to want the labels to specify that their
product have been colored and adulterated
to suit the public's palate.
. , la the Baclcarroaad.
Wall Street Journal. . .
There was a day when it was all "Mor
gan," "Morgan,", In Wall street. Now It Is
all "Harriman."
Is there anything significant m the fact
that Mr. Morgan Is keeping In the back
ground lii theae busy days of Wall street
speculation and Tallroad financing?
Hew Watches .to Waahlaartoa.
f Philadelphia Record.
There Is to be a "people's lobby" In
Washington, supervised by several dis
tinguished "muck rakers" and promoted
by a weekly or monthly periodical which
Is trying to get In the field of dally journal
ism. The lobby Is to "watch all commit
tee and legislative work through a perma
nent bureau established in Washington and
combat the attorneys for special Interests.
Incidentally the . bureau will keep records
of the publio career of each senator and
representative." All this work Is now be
ing dona by the corps of .Washington cor
respondents, and pretty well done, .too.
The people's lobby cannot compete with
the press gallery. ... . '", ' ,
BdSS OP1 THiB TRUSTS. ' '' '
Extent of the Business and Profits of
tha Standard Oil Company.
' ' - Wall Street Journal.
The gross business of the Standard OH
company Is exceeding all previous high rec
ords and its earnings are also reaching
record breaking figures, which leads to tha
belief that tha final dividend on' the stock
this year will be large. , . v.? .
Tte' Standard' Oil company now ha Ip
storage W. 000,000 barrels of crude ell, which
gives some Idea of Its Immense Inventories.
This oil represents' a valuation In the
neighborhood of 125,000,000. The business of
the company la growing so large aa to tax
the capacity of the pipe lines and refinertos
to their utmost, f. . , . . . .
No . statement bearing on the earnings
Of the Standard Oil company has ever been
Issued for the benefit of the public, but It
la understood that earnings are now Tun
ing at the rate of more than 175,000,000 a
year. The surplus of the company la an
other unknown quantity In the affairs of
the Standard, although report has it that
Included In the Item In' question are
tl 00. 000,000 of government bonds.
The question - of Increasing the capital
stock of tha Standard Oil 'company has not
been discussed at any of the directors'
meetings of late, but th impression pre
vails that tha stock will eventually be In
creased. . , t
Dividends - to . the stockholders of the
Standard OH company within tha last eight
years aggregate approximately 360,000,000,
and before th close of next year they
shall have reached about f 100,000,000, or more
than four times the outstanding capital
stock, t. ' .
Representatives of tha corporation seem
confident that th' litigation Involving tha
Standard will blow over in time without
serious results.'
DAHLMAN AS BOOM MAKER.
Boosting; Maryland's Governor '
1 aa
Bryan's Banning Mate,
Washington Star.
Th New Tork reporters, with charac
teristic Irreverence and jocularity, had a
good deal of fun with th Nebraskana who
came east to greet Mr. Bryan. They
limned them with broad brushes and doubt-
lass Invented many of th queer doings
and sayings ascribed to them. All, how.
ever, was In pleasant part, and probably
th Nebraska ns laughed as heartily as
anybody else.
This comes from Baltimore, and . evi
dently was not Intended as a joke:
''Mayor Dahlman of tmaha, Bryan's
lieutenant, was bar today to learn th
sentiment of leading democrats toward
Bryan.' He talked with United States Ben.
a tors Rayner and Whyta. Th former said
he favored government ownership If It
could be proved feasible. Senator Whyt
was noncommittal...
"Dahlman desired to sea Governor War-
.field, but he was out of town. Th mayor
of Omaha wants th democratic ticket to
be Bryan and Warneld. He says Warfleld
is liked la th west. He stands with tha
people, and they a re better acquainted with
hire In th west than any other eastern
man who eould be named."
Mr. Bryan haa many lieutenants, and th
cowboy mayor of Omaha may be on of
them. It Is to be doubted, however. If he
la authorised to be scouring th country
for a running mat for Mr, Bryan, or If
any suggestions on th subject volunteered
by him will amount to a pinch of snuff
with th real leaders of th democratic
party. Th matter la too Important to b
Intrusted to small fry, or taken up out of
season even by those competent to deal
mith It.
Governor Warfleld Is an able and at
tractive man, and when It waa announoed
that Mr. Bryan had broadened under travel
and was now "sane and safe," th sugges
tion of th Marylander for second place
on a ticket with th Nsbraakan seemed not
Inappropriate as a means of bringing th
two factions of th democracy tor.nher,
But how la It now? Who, th
man and his business sagacity ana Connec
tions, would associate Governor Warfleld
with Mr. Bryan's bimctallsm. and his gov
ernment ownership of railroads? Who raa
Imagine th Maryland man lending hi
name aa a candidate to a platform knocked
together by men of tb stamp of the cowt
boy mayor of Omaha?
IN MEMOkltM.
-
A larrae-rat KVeat.
Burlington: Hawkey.
Mr. Rosawater was a notabl man and
lived a life which left a deep Impress
upon th west, and mors particularly upon
his horn city Omaha. . He was born In
Bohemia and was of Jewish parentage.
As a worker and doer there are few men
who have more to their credit than ne.
He was so hard a fighter that by
the tlm he felt himself worthy of honor
at tha hands of his fellow men, h had.
accumulated a list of personal enemies
which was able to overthrow him when
ever h sought reward. But not so th
projects which h espoused. These gen
erally won. Th sudden death of this ex
cellent man, following so soon upon his
political defeat. Is a sorowful event.
Great Farmatlv Work.
De Moines Register and beader.
Th most marked Individuality of west
ern newspaperlng passes In th death of
Edward Roswatr, founder of Th Omaha
Bee. Mr. Rosewater was an editor of th
old -school. Henry Watterson remains.
There are few others. Mr. Rosewater put
himself Into his newspaper. Th Dally
Be was In fact the Dally Rosewater. A
man of force, of ideas, of purpose, he
mad his newspaper the exponent of his
life.
There have been a variety of contempo
raneous Judgments on his career. The
ultimata judgment will be that he worked
with singleness of purpose for the
building of the west along Una of good
government and permanent prosperity.
When th Irritations of the! day are for
gottenand Mr. Rosewater did nothing to
allay them the great, strong and pre
dominating traits of his character will
stand out In bold relief. His nam and
his life work are Inseparably associated
with the formative period of a great city
In a great stat.
Virile Fare.
Sioux Falls Argus-Leader,
Mr. Rosewater waa a man of power. He
was aa full of energy aa an egg Is full of
meat. He was for a third of a generation
one of th most virile forces In Nebraska
affairs, and Nebraska politics will hardly
be what it has been without Edward Rose.
water to crltlcls and advise and fight.
Mr. Rosewater built up a splendid prop
erty In The Bee. Of late years It has not
kept pec with modern Journalism, but Th
Bee has done mora for Nebraska than any
other one power, and Mr. Rosewater was
The Bee. His son. who Is an able and
balanced young man, succeeds to Edward
Rosewater' Interests In The Bee, and
there la a likelihood that th appearance
of a younger and less vindictive man at
th helm may maks for the popularity of
th paper. . ...
Enanty f tha Machine.
Sioux Falls Press.
Mr. Rosewater started Th Omaha Be
aa . small afternoon, paper some thirty.
five years ago and he caused It to grow
Into a magnificent property and to wleld
an Influence second to none In Nebraska.
He mads war from the beginning upon the
railroad corporations that have been a
power In Nebraska since the early days of
the Union Pacific, and he waa the enemy
of the machine In politics down to th day
when he eeased to exist. Like many news.
paper men, Mr. Rosewater was possessed
of political ambitions that were never real
ised and his death waa probably hastened
by his long and arduous campaign for a
seat In th United Btate senate, closed a
week or two ago. In Th Omaha Bee he
has a mora enduring and honorable monu
ment than could have been reared by any
political . honors his state might have b.
stowed upon him. H mad, a success of
his vocation and as long as th paper ex.
lets It will be known' that Mr. Rosewater
was Its inspiration and Its creator.
tar of Host ITaefn! Kdlters.
' Verblen (8. D.) Advance.
Mr. Rosewater was one of the most use
ful editors this country ever knew. He
built up on of th biggest newspaper
properties in the west, and waa always
against monopoly and fraud and -sjrtttx the
people. . , ...
Lifters and Leancrs.
Farmer's Advocate, Topeka, Kan.
A poet has said there ar two kind of
people In th world
lifters and leaner.
Mr. Rosewater was a lifter.
Th horn of The Omaha Bee Is a magni
ficent , seven-story fireproof structure
covering nearly half a block one of th
moat ornate as well as substantial news
paper' buildings In th United ' States. It
waa th pride of Nebraska's "grand old
man.". Ever , sine It was built h had
practically lived in It, for his was a
strenuous Uf and h tolled there early
and late, day in and day out. And since
hs after year ohos to spend his wake
ful hours and far Into-th night beneath
th roof that houses his great newspaper,
it was perhaps his will that tb Inevitable,
if com it must, should find him there. '
During his long career as editor of Th
Omaha Bee, Edward Rosewater waa th
employer of many men. Hundreda have
com and gone. Many are there yet, long
In continuous service. And of all th lot
not one can say that h did not receive
from Edward Rosewater full measure of
justice at all times moreover, protection
end sympathy If he needed and deserved It.
Work Well Done.
Portland (Or.) Oregonlan. .
Edward Rosewater, of Tha Omaha Bee,
waa a man of distinction In his stat and
in th newspaper world. He was a man
of fore and of character who mad an
Impression on th Uf of his own stat,
and waa known far beyond Its boundaries.
Forty years ago h started the paper for
which his nam aver sine has been a
synonym. ' Though not among tb greatest
of writers,' he was excellent In Judgment,
and Indefatigable In hie effort for his city
and stat. H created a great newspaper,
and mad th city where it Is published
known as th horn of Th Omaha Be.
His work waa well don, and his death
will be noticed and lamented universally
by tha newspapers of th country.
BelUved la Dolngr Things.
MUbaok (S. D.) Review.
Edward Rosewater was on of th mea
who believed In doing things, and whsn he
conceived that It was right to do a' cer
tain thing, no oonslderatloa of monetary !
loss or of criticism tor a moment deterred
him. He was a power for good in his
community and contributed largely to th
upbuilding of his city snd stat. Th
news of his death brought from near and
far the most eulogistic tributes.
A Shining Llaht.
Wyoming Tribune.
In th death of Edward Rosewater of
Th Omaha Be western Journalism lose
one of Ita ahlcing lights. Rosewatsr was
th leader of Nebraska journalism, a suc
cessful business man, a strenuous politician
and died highly estnid by th people of
his great stat. ,
Meet Pnblla Spirit Man.
' St. Louis (Ma) Live Stock Reporter.
In t death' of Edward Rnaewater. Ne
braska has loot ont of Its best known and
most publla spirited men, and journalism
one of th brightest lights In yb "old
school" Journallati. alas.. ...... .i
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't "'yf sail
NEBRASKA PRESS COMMKST.
Springfield Monitor: The Br Is keeping up
Its old record of going after republican
offlceseeker whom It does not think lit te
serve the people In a public capacity.
Beatrice Sun: The Omaha Bee Is op
posing the candidacy of Williams of Pierce
county, for railroad commissioner, upon
tb grounds of dishonesty. That objection
ought to be good.
Springfield Monitor (dem.): In nominat
ing W. R. Patrick for float sens tor on th
democratic ticket at Papllllon last Saturday
th Convention put a load upon th ticket
which th Monitor believe can not be car
ried. Ther la . such a ' strong sentiment
against Patrick that It would be Impossible
to elect him even If there waa no pop can
didate, but with Cone of Wahoo In th
field. Ales Laverty or whoever th repub
lican candidal may be, will hav no dif
ficulty In being elected.
Valentin Republican: Although this
paper was a warm admirer-' of Edward
Rosewater and earnestly desired his nomi
nation for United States senator, It can
very cheerfully support Norris Brown, th
successful candidal for the nomination.
Brown Is an able and popular man and haa
made a good record as attorney general.
He is also a poor man and cannot be
suspected of buying the senatorial nomina
tion. He will make a fit associate for our,
other young senator, Elmer Burkett, and
we feel sure will represent Nebraska In "a
creditable and perhaps brilliant manner.
Weeping Water Herald: Wanted. . two
up-i.'od candidates for representative, not In
a trust, not affiliated with railroads, with
good reputation that will bear newspaper
Investigation. Apply to chairman repub
lican county central committee, or attend
th county convention and bring reference.
Schuyler Free Lanes: The delegation of
democrats which went from Nebraska' to
welcome Bryan at New Tork certainly were
written up In ridiculous style sufficient to
please the rankest seeker after notoriety in
the bunch. We read and then wonder If
Mr. Bryan was proud of the "home folks."
Perhaps it waa unjust?
FTemont Tribune: An Omaha statesman
conceived the plan of standing for a legis
lative nomination on the platform that he
would not abide by the action of th re
publican stat convention In nominating a
senator, but that he would vote for an
Omaha man If elected. This statesman. It
Is noticed In th published results of the
primaries, did not pull through, which IS
evidence that political treachery Is below
par even in Omaha. There has been a good
deal said by the fustonlsts about what
Omaha was going to do to Norris Brown,
but Omaha knows If It begins a fight of
that kind It will have the stat on Its back
Ilk a thousand of bricks and the state
could play even with Omaha at every mark
In th road. Th fuslonlsts hav also nom
inated a candidal outside of Omaha. It Is
plain, therefor, that Omaha Is compelled
to be good, whatever its Instincts may be.
Schuyler Free Lane: Th Norris Brown
forces did not do a great Job when they
nominated J. A. Williams of Pierce, for
tha offlc of railroad commissioner. Wil
liams was on the delegation to' th republi
can stat convention front Fierce county
which was instructed for Rosewater for
senator and he had made It up with th
Brown forces to swing his delegation to
them at a critical time and In turn get
th nomination for railroad commissioner.
He told his delegation and appealed to
them, to do him the favor, and they did,
although the other delegate were sorry
afterwards when they realised what It all
meant, .But Williams may not realise on
his deal and h may be defeated, as h
should be. He Is a one-horse lawyer' of
Pierce who. was county judge in that re
publican county,,. but was defeated for re
election by a big majority, so It shows (hat
ma sianqing is noi ui. di si iiuum. z
Is mighty' poor timber for ' such an Im
portant position as railroad commissioner.
Friend Telegraph! Th Stat Journal is
able to notice evidence abroad In this
stat of hostility . towards th State unl
versity. In the past the people of this
stat hav poured money Into the State
university without stint or hindrance and
there has nothing been withheld from that
Institution which money would purchase.
After a trial of over thirty-seven years th
time haa arrived when the people ar be
ginning to desire something like adequate
returns for this outlay. Looking over th
grounds both at the campus and farm, It
la evident' that tha ground outside, on
which to erect buildings must be purchased
or the great work of sducatlon, as w
hav been abl to see It, at th university,
must soon cease. Ther are a few minds
at our university who have lent ton to It
as an educational Institution, but among
the. great mass who are drawing good
salaries th feeling has gone out ever th
state that th people were not receiving
adequate returns for the money expended.
Upon the regents of this Institution rests
the responsibility of weeding out those
who ar not up te standard and who ar
not lending anything towards the good
standing of . this Institution beyond Jthat
of drawing their salaries and aiding to
soak up the money paid in taxes.
' PERSONAL NOTES.
There 1 a scandal in Nsw York's Sch'ool
for Deaf Mutes, and it is as noisy as any
scandal. - . - .
General Frederick Funston Is Intently
studying the map of Cuba and carefully lo
cating th natatorial streams.
Th first of th Standard OH group to
pass up hia tank Is Daniel O'Day, the
Irish genius who directed tha transporta
tion snd of th combine. H left about
HO.000,000, but that's all.
On of th features of th run on a San
Francisco savings bank was tha presence
of refugee m the line of scared depositors.
Ever sine th shake and fire these "poor"
people were recipients of charity, though
possessing bank accounts of moderate pro
portions.
A British officer In th Sudan suggests
that th educating of th natives In the'
matter of wearing apparel will be a work
of tlm. "Their purchasing power 1 still
far greater than their expenditure," he
writes. "Many an Arab owns an need of
cattle and only on shirt."
James 3. Hill, tb railroad magnate, has
three sons In the sam business, James N..
th eldest, la vie president of .the Northern
Pacific; Louis W. is first vie president of
the Great Northern, and Walter H. Is
right-of-way agent for a new line between
Sioux City and Omaha. It Is generally un
derstood that Louis will be ht father's
successor In th railroad world).
Henry 8. Welcome, th famous American
chemist, now. living In London, haa re
ceived from th Sudan government on of
General Gordon's steamers, whh he will
convert Into a floating laboratory, the first
ver established, and with the assistance
of Dr. William Beam, an American, will
attempt to make Central Africa habitable
for th whit race by exterminating mil
lions 'of malaria-beating mosquitoes.
By cleverly mixing mental soothing
syrup and handing It out liberally the
authorities of Newport. R. I., turned Into
Joy th wrath of th, Jackie recently tx
eluded from s dance hail. Th defense
put op In court did the' business. "We
were obliged to exolud them." , sail the
defendants, "because the Jackie In uni
form war so attractive to th ladlts thst
civilians would hav become wall flowers."
Tben th jackles yanked their trousurs
I Tl
Ioff .'.' saluted ;Jhe court ud ' put to sea.
V
' i cheering . . ' .
, Tkneb a McKibbin glove sde for'
very known glov need. v
Attention k called to the oVess of street
(Jove becsuss lill sample HeKihbht
value) mad of Imported Cape, OuHeam,
or Imported Kid, P. K. tewed. - '
$1.50 v
Kepresentstiv weaiere, t
SMIL1NO REMARKS.
"What Is the difference between talent 1
and irenlua? . , , i
"V'suaUy several hundreds of Jhouaande, i
Cleveland Plain Dealer. ... . ... j
"I heard. Jrvrklns, that the girl you are!
engaard to leads you srouml bv the nose."
"That story," returned Jorklris. rvnslvely, i
"is entirely
tnlss-liadlng.'' IJaltlmor !
American.
"Da trouble wlf some men." seld Unci ;
Eben. "Is dat rtlr sympathtra Is too strong. I
If dey has to do on real hard day's work !
dey stents In feeUn' so sorry (oh Uelr se'f j
dat dey gits all broke up." Washington
"tar''
Tuffold Knutt, who we looking at th j
animals in the park, felt In his pocket j
until he found a peanut, Which he tossed
to the bear. I
"I've get a good deal of i respeck," . he i
said, "fur a creetur wot kin go to sleep at j
the beglnnln' o' winter sn' wak Up fat In .
the spring." Chicago Tribune.- ' . "
"Why did you refine voung . Hopewood, '
Gertie? He is certainly a very good i
match." '
"That might be,, but the man has not
perseverance." . ,. , , . 1
"Are you sure of that?" ' ' 1
"I couldn't be more so. He- only asked j
me to marry - him once." Philadelphia
Prtaa. . . rr . , 4 .. r '
"No, doctor. It lsn"t merely wakefulness.
It's Insomnia. Why. I couldn't sleep more
than half the night.'1
"Pooh, pooh, madam, that's nothing.
Think of Insomnia In Greenland, where the
nights are six months longl" Cleveland
Plsln Dealer. - v
"If I were president I would never ap- r
point a bald-headed man on a diplomatic
mllon." u : . . .
"Why not?" ' ' ' "
"Why not, sttrpldT How could a bald- ;
headed man split hairs T" Baltimore Amor- f
lean. , . , . , . . . . j
"I'M EARNIN WHAT I GIT."
S. E. Klser in the Record-Herald. .
Nesrly every day th papers knock, some
It 1
was i
worn oy ADner Brown
Pl.h. nM rtlrttia-lsinlf In ihn.,1 l,.m.
Why, the things 'thev charge 'aVtu' hlrQJT
Took th money or poor .orphans left In
truat to him, they say, . .
And got rich by cheatln' people In. a slick
and solemn wsyl I
Tes. he used -to look down, on me, snd per- 1
haps he does ylt. '-. ..
For I haven't got much money, but I'm i
earnin' what I git! - ' , - 1
Money, - rnoney, ,rnoney, nioneyt . Nothln's !
'CorSm'Sme
only git your pile. 1
Any way to grab the profits; put aside the I
.golden rule; . . . ! ,
If you turn from tainted money theyTl re- !
am rd you as a fool. .
"Let your house become a brothel .If " It .
pays to do the same, j
Bo they'll tell you who've gone rrasy In the
money grabbln game ' I
Well, I s'pone that I'm old-fashioned; II .
ain't got no fortune ylt; j'
I'm a poor man. I acknowlede but . I'm
earnin' all I git I i
. . l
They're a-huntln' Henry Waddume lived j
In that fine house up there
Got his flnaers soiled while tryin to become '
a millionaire. j
crn rinicnnias nnv wtrn Biemin 2. poprrs ?
they've exposed the case. j
So the church haa gone and bounced him, ,
and his fam'ly In disgrace.. (
'Course there must be wealtlrv rtopl who i
have made their money rlht, , . .
But the tainted rogue ana rascals loom np .
everywhere In sight.
Money, money, money .. money I What won't ;
some folks do fer It? , , i (
Well. I ain't got no big Income but I'm '
, earnin' what I'gltl
TORTURED BY
ITCHING SCALP!
' ennnnnnnwnnnan.s
Eczema Broke Out Also ori Hand
and Limbs Suffering Intense
Doctors Said Too Old1 to Be
Cured -An Old Soldier of 80
Years Declares f . , . .
"CUTICURA TREATMENT
IS A BLESSING"
"At all times and to all people I am
willing to testify to the merits of Cu
ticure. It saved . me .from worse than
the tortures of hades, about the year
1U00, with itching on my ecalp and
temples, and afterwards' it commenced
to break out on my hands. Then it
broke out on my limbs. 1 was advised
to use salt and water, which I did, to
no etlett. I then went to a Burgron, who
Yatfv1av thev entH,! 14 tBfi' mrm i V
I
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i
gron, who
a watib o(cWi'
e no good,
liseaets. I V
commenced treating me with a
borax. This treatment did me
but rather aggravated the disease. I
then told hun I would go and see a phy
sician in Erie.:. The reply was -that I
could go- anywhere, but a rope of
eczema like mine could not be cured;
that 1 was too old (80). J went to an
eminent doctor in the city of Erie and
treated with him for six months, with
like reei Jts. I had read of the Cu
ticura Remedies often. J was strongly
tempted to give, them a trial, so l sent
for the Cutirure 8oap, Ointment, and
Resolvent and contuiued taking the
Hceolvent until I bad taken six buttles,
stopping it to take the Fills. I was now
getting better. J took two baths a day,
and at night I let tho Uthrr of the 8p
dry on. I used the Gintmuit with
great effect after washing in- warm
water, to stop the Jtchiug at once. I
am now cured.
"The Cutkura treatment is a pleasing
and should be used by every one lvo
has itching of the ikia. I can't say any
more, and thank God that Ue haa glvea
the aortd such a curative. You can
use thi letter as you plesse. A very
Iiiurh befriended 'man, Wm. II. Cray,
Lit. Vernon bt., rhUauelphl,
-M . pit bli4i lteiilM
gt I'laf m Chmm Cr 7? friM . B..MUN. Hu,
r autua M m, Hum m ti ve iuaiuibg suawn
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