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STATEMENT Of CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska. Douglas County. :
Charlea Roaewater, general manager or
The Bee Publishing company. being duly
worn, ya that the actual number of lull
and complete copies of The Dally, Morning.
Evening and Sunday Bee ,rlnteu during
the month of September. V, f'
lows: 1 34,430 I 30,870
I 30,360 17 80,860
I 31,080 II 30,710
4 30,890 1J 80,880
I 30.370 2 0 80.880
30,714 SI 30.660
7 30,480 2i
( 30,840 21 30,410
30,470 S4 30,710
10 30,880 S 30,880
11 30,340 24 30,640
12 90,430 27..., "0
12 30,360 28.. 4,870
14 30,600 21 86.C00
It 30,860 10 .30,600
Total MA360
Loss unsold coplaa . 3.608
Nat total sales 7-fi
Daily average 30,838
CHARLES C. ROSEWATER.
General Manager.
Subscribed In my preaence and sword
to tutors ms this 1st day of October,
ioa.
(Seal.) M. B. HUNOATE,
Notary Public.
WMI.1 OIT or Town.
Sabaerlfccre leavlaa; tho city teas
gtararllf shoal : bit Tho Be
sailed than. Address will ba
The approach of the Omaha Horse
Show should make horse talk more
popular than simplified spelling.
By the time Spain and the. Vatican
have settled their differences the sit
uation in France may not look so
bad.
The flight of Banker Sllvelra may
show why President Palma retired
from office a poor man. Perhaps
there was not enough money to go
around.
' t the United States la fortunate It
will be able to preserve armed peace
In 8ant66linfngb 'until 'Secretary Tali
ha an opportunity to deliver a few
campaign speeches. ' '
Governor Folk is said to have ap
proved Colonel Bryan's railroad pol
icy, but in the light of Colonel Bryan's
many statements the governor still
has an opportunity to change his
mind.,
Tho declaration that the people are
thinking in New York may be true
also for other states and account for
apparent lack of interest in the cam
paign, for thoughtful men are seldom
noisy.
Vice Presiaent Fairbanks appar
ent! thlnkb there tan ba no honorable
union between the United States and
Cuba unless the island not only pro
poses but threatens suit for breach of
promise.
The proposal to merge two Episco
palian parishes in Omaha has been
abandoned. The trust idea does not
seem to obtain any mora favor In re
ligious circles than in the business
world juat now.
Councilman Funkhouser wants the
city's gas inspection completely di
vorced from politics. But the new In
spector will not come up to the test of
a democratic city council unless he is
a good democrat.
While barring the use of words
which have really become descriptive
en packages of food, the Agricultural
department will confer a favor on
maker and user if it will furnish a
substitute list which can be easily
understood.
In tfie light of the- Czar s efforts to
ward disarmament it is rather cruel
in Kler Hardle to say his absence
from' European politics would make
for smaller atandlng armies and his
last effort at war has so well shown
the beauty of peace.
Promoters of the proposed consoli
dation of railway terminal interests
at Chicago should go slow until the
reault t -the 8t, lule case is known.
Uncle Sam is acquiring a habit of
vlooklnr below the articles of incor
juration in determining the object
t these associations.
Po poor a tic organs would have peo
ple be)!eve that the Burlington rail
way pass Issued to George L. Sheldon,
whose number, has been furnished to
them by the railway pass distributers,
was returned by him to the company
and then accepted later when tendered
to him as a peraonal courtesy, although
they are fully aware that this Is abso
lutely devoid of truth. The pass which
the Burlington lobbyists tried to thrust
upon 6heldon was never used by him
and bo one knows this better than
those who are trying to distort the In
cident tct tie discredit.
rrcr ricsr;.r riRB.a.vAs-
Vice President Fairbanks tn his
opening address In Jowa preKscd
home, the point tliat ' the practice'
effect of a democratic house would be
fo arraj one branch of I he next con
gress against the president and
thereby, effectually check any con
Mntctlve legislation." It becomes
clearer every day as the ' campaign
approaches lis dose .that the opposi
tion efforts are mainly concentrated in
Ihe congressional districts. Nor are
competent observers insensible to the
probability that the democrats , will
gain not a few districts which they
lost in the flood tide of Roosevelt's
(popularity two years ago, when his
personality was more o'jviously In the
election to the general comprehension
than It can be in the present case, al
though in reality his leadership Is now
Involved hardly less than It was then.
Moreover, the republicans nre con
fronted, ns a party rarely has been,
with the peril of over-confidence.
Vice President Fairbanks' warning
that It Is possible, though not prob
able, for the republican majority In
the house to be converted Into a ma
jority for the opposition, is therefore
timely and ought to Impress every
voter, of whatever customary party as
sociation heretofore, who is in sym
pathy with President Roosevelt and
wants his policy efficiently sustained
and developed throughout the last
two years of his term. Even a notable
opposition gain, although the republi
can house majority were not wholly
wiped out, might have a disturbing
effect, for it would stimulate partisan
obstruction among all elements hos
tile to the president, and would give
plausibility to argument that the peo
ple were turning from their previous
attitudes on vital Issues'.
Not only are the Important results
that have been secured under the
Roosevelt leadership to be safe
guarded, but he has made it plain
l.iat his program is progressive and
that he will press forward along the
tame line during the next congress. A
friendly and co-operative house will
bo admitted by every Intelligent voter
to be indispensable for either pur
pose. In short, the public Interest
that has towered above all others
since Theodore Roosevelt came to the
presidency s now actually resubmitted
to the people in the several congres
sional districts, and It Is imperative
that the people shall thoroughly ap
preciate this fact and act upon it in the
coming election.
RESULTS Or" TUTOK SYSTKM.
The annual report of Columbia uni
versity shows very satisfactory pro
gress ulong lines emphasized in
Charles Francis Adams' notable Phi
Beta Kappa address at Harvard a few
months ago, wherein he sharply crit
icised the lack in our universities of
direct oversight and contact between
Instructorr and students.4 - -At Colum
bia the. experiment of combining stu
dent self help with", intimate and ay a.
timatlc tutorial stimulus during last
university year Is said to have
produced admirable 'e'ults. On the
one hand by brlnv;!'-' the student uu-
jtier constant supervision there, has
been a marked Improvement of schol
inxhip especially in those branches for
A'hlch the Individual has the lea-',
natural aptltudo or a positive avij-s-ton.
At this point extreme latitude for elec
tion of studies, co pled ''itii Ue
broad gap between student and pro
fessor by sheer bulk of cl.issos. has
confessedly proved weakest.
On the other hand, Important op
portunities have been opened for up
per class men and even post graduates
by a voluntary but effective tutor
system, whlcb is under control of a
committee on which are members of
the faculty and whose object Is to
bring supply and demand together.
Thus 3 IS tutors report total eurnings
of )104,340, or an average of $330
each for the ear. Upon the whole
the system seems to have proved an
important means of self help to a large
number of student tutors, enabling
them to pursue enlarged educational
schemes for themselves, and at the
same time to help remedy grave de
fects in current university methods
with respect to the general student
mass. '
ASUTHKR A X TI-DISCHIMLXA T lUX
Oft .7X".
In line with many recent significant
deilxiont of the federal courts the
supreme court of Pennsylvania has
Jut tendered a decision enforclug the
fiTdiMvinta' principle of fairness in
common turrler service, the casa
arising out ;'. the flagrant practice of
dlscrlMiiiution In furnishing (his to
coal iMpjwrs 'i",e court wipes out
the whole mi'.te of evasions and pro
tenses in It ir foini of special contracts
which have been so corrupting and
fatal in the busineHs world and goes
to the root of the evil by holding that
the general obligations of a railroad
company to furnish the necessary
cars to carry goods offered for trans
portation grows out of the public na
ture of its business and does not de
pend on contract. . .
The essence of the common carrier's
duty is in brief an implied contract
to serve all alike, whether as regards
charges or as regards every facility of
transportation. In point of fact the
most fatal discriminations have been
effected by railroad companies by spe
cific contracts In violation of this in
herent and paramount contract with
the. public assumed by rallioads and
imputed by the very act of becoming
common carrieis.
Under this decision thousands of
discriminating contracts In Pennsyl
vania, that has been prominent
in transportation abuse, and In which
coal and other vast 'ndiistrlea have
bees thus prostituted to monopoly.
become void at one stroke. 'Such
lighteotis work of the state judiciary
vitalising and making immediately
practical the original principles of the
common law and supplementing en
forcement of the -.same principles
through the national Jurisdiction over
Interstate commerce", is steadily under
mining the old system of transporta
tion wrongs, which not long ago
seemed Immune to attack from what
ever source.
' 'trMT Mf.4H.4 XKKDS BAOl.Y.
. Omaha is Improving materially In
many directions, biit It is still sadly
deficient in the matter of first-class
hotel accommodations for visitors and
the traveling public. Omaha's hotel
facilities have not Improved to an ex
tent worth mentioning since the Trans
mlBsissippi exposition, although the
demand upon our hotels have been
steadily and rapidly Increasing.
Without disparaging the hotels that
we now have, which are fairly good in
their way, it is not to be gainsaid
that hundreds of thousands of people
pass through Omaha without stopping
or cut their stay here short every
year because they cannot get modern
hotel accommodations equal to those
afforded by other cities no larger than
Omaha, notwithstanding their willing
ness to pay for them.
The damage Omaha is constantly
suffering by reason of its hotel defi
ciencies Is such as to make the matter
of promoting a first-class hotel project
one of public concern that should have
the serious attention of our Commer
cial club, Real Estate exchange, Ak-Sar-Ben
governors and other business
organisations. It would be worth hun
dreds of thousands of dollars to the
business Interests of Omaha to have
this long felt want satisfied without
further delay.
At the best it would take a year and
a half or two years to finance and
erect such a fireproof hotel as alone
would meet requirements. Our enter
prising public-spirited citizens should
take this problem up at once and solve
It for the good name of our city.
DUCBL1XO TMIC DAXQER.
Dealers In firearms report that the
demand for revolvers to be carried on
the person has so increased in Omaha
that their stocks have been exhausted.
This condition is deplorable if true.
At the very outset it is a reflection on
Omaha as a law-abiding community.
The fact that an atrocious murder has
been committed and a number of rob
beries reported is not to be pleaded as
Justifying i a wholesale resort to the
practice of carrying arras.
A little reflection will convince any
one how indefensible this Is tn a civil
ized community. The greatest danger
lies in the unfamlllarity of the average
man or woman with firearms and their
uses. A person who is not accustomed
to using a plBtol will hardly be able to
make proper use of it as a weapon in
a. moment , of . emergency.. Under the
excitement-of an apprehended attack
such a person becomes really; more
dangerous than the admitted criminal.!
The hysterical fear that leads a citizen
to arm himself will people the streets
with imaginary footpads and give rise
to a double danger of indiscriminate
shooting.
So far Omaha has escaped a tragedy
that Is likely to result from the bad
habit of carrying pistols on the per
son, but this does not guaranty Im
munity. The far safer course for citi
zens to puiBue is to adopt ordinary
precautions and lend' to the efforts of
the properly constituted authorities
such assistance as they may to pre
serve order. Omaha's police force
may be inadequate in numbers, but
armed citizens are not likely to add
to the safety of life and property.
The Bee is In receipt of a pamphlet
issued by the executive council of
Iowa giving in detail the assessed val
uation of railroads, railroad equipment
and express companies' property in
the Hawkeye state. This pamphlet
places in convenient form for refer
ence the itemized figures of assessment
of the different railroads taxed in Iowa
and their reported earnings, operating
expenses and earnings within the state
of Iowa for ten years! The last men
tioned table shows among other things
that the taxes on the Burlington road
have been increased from $174,556 in
1897 to $308,106 in 1906; the taxes
on the Northwestern road from $231,
S53 in 1897 to $401,962 in 1906, and
on other roads In greater or less pro
portion according as their mileage la
likewise increased. In Nebraska in
formation like this can be had only by i
looking up the records at the state
house. A printed statistical exhibit of
the railway taxation In Nebraska
would be well worth the money it
would cost.
The enterprise of the Union Pacific
in redeeming Its long overdue promise
of a new headquarters building for
Omaha is to be generally commended,
although great- diversity of opinion
prevails as to the wisdom of the se
lection of the particular site upon
which it Is to be loc ated. Ordinarily
it would have been much more to the
advantage of Omaha as a city and the
convenience of people having business
in the railroad offiies to have had the
headquarters located upon a sightly
corner in the heart of the business dis
trict. It Ih usually better for a city to
mass Its pretentious structures in the
center rather than to scatter them at
a distance from one another. The best
Is always the cheapest In the long run,
and if the departure from main thor
oughfares in selecting a headquarters
site Is pronvpted simply by a desire to
save a little money, the action will
probably be regretted later.
Ur'.iglas county's business is con
ducted on a cash basis nov for the
first time in years. This is without
question the result of reform and reor
ganisation Instituted only after the re
publltans regained control of the
county board and county treas
ury. When the democrats had
these offices creditors of the county
had to wait months to get their
money and to submit to all sorts of
warrant shaving at that. Houglns
county taxpayers will hardly care to
relapse into another demociafle admin
istration of their county finances.
The only point where the joint de
bate between City Comptroller Ixjbetk
and Expert Accountant Gilchrist Inter
ests the public Is In the Insinuation
that there may be something wrong In
the accounts of city officers charged
with the handling . of public funds.
Taxpayers want assurance that every
cent of their money Is devoted strictly
to the purpose Intended. If anyone
knows of any crooked work anywhere
In the city hall he should invoke the
grand jury now In session to verify his
suspicions.
After a week ol searching inquiry
the police officials declare that there
is absolutely nothing as yet to indicate
whether the perpetrator of the brutal
Rummelhart murder is a black man or
a white man. Yet if the palpable ef
forts of Candidate Hitchcock's news
paper to incite a race riot had not
been counteracted we would have had
an uprising here in which the lives of
one or more innocent negroes would
have been sacrificed simply because of
the color of their skins.
In declaring that he Is king only by
will of th people, King Peter of Ser
via has taken another step which will
probably increase the dislike felt
toward him In royal circles at Berlin,
St. Petersburg and Vienna.
Who Breaks, Pay a."
Baltimore American.
It begin to look from the prosecution"
againet prominent trusts that lit the caao
of the monopolies and the law the "old
aaw Is going to apply: "Who break c,
pays."
Speaklna; on Ilia Specialty,
Indianapolis News.
Senator Carter of Montana has slco
Joined the enthusiastic flag-lo-stay-ln
Cuba band. Senator Carter has not here
tofore made a specialty of foreign afTalr.
but they do say that when tt cornea to
knowing; what la beat for the cattle In
terests he has no superior.
Food for Thoaerht
Philadelphia Ledger,
in a year Germany had ll'l caaa of
murder and manslaughter and the United
States 8,976. In the former country there
was a percentage of 95.15 trials, with
convictions; In the latter a percentage of
l.a. Anybody browsing around-In quest of
food for thought might tackle this.
PERSONAL, KOTES.
A member of the Termont houaa has
resigned because that body passed a bill
against which he caat the only negative
vote. ...)-
A citizen of New Yetk, reporting; a rob
bery that had occurred at hie house, was
told by the polk., to ."go tell Ma grand
mother." Probably such a courae would
have been more effective.
The will of the late William Drury. Juat
probated, gives to his home city, Aledo,
HI., a fine college, te be known as the Wil
liam and Vaahtl. The institution will be
of a polytechnic character.
Hrand M. Malejan, a native of Swas,
Turkey, has entered the medical depart
ment of Ann Arbor university. Mr. Male
Jan is an accomplished linguist, it is his
Intention to become an American cttisen
as soon aa the law will allow.
W. Morgan Sliuster, the young Washing
ton lawyer who has been appointed by the
president a member of the Philippine com
mission, la juat past '29 years of age. Ilia
appointment carries with it a salary of
I J 5.000. Mr. Sinister was formerly stenog
rapher In one of the departments in Wash
ItiKton. Several thousand dollars have been
raised by public subscription (or a monu
ment to commemorate the march of Coro
nado into New Mexico. 11 will consist of
a huge granite bowlder from the Olorleta
mountains, to be polished on four sidea
and suitably inscribed. It will be erected
at Las Vegas.
Even the most lonesome btatlona on
the Cape of Cairo railway have their
spells of excitement. A station master
recently wired to the proper authority
this evidence of a strenuous situation:
"Please let 10 a. m. train run up to this
platform, disregarding signals. I am up
a post, with lion at the bottom."
SOMK PI.IM8 LEFT.
Aliundaat llewartl for Eaery latelll-'
neatly Directed.
Cleveland Leader.
The man who is always looking bark
over his shoulder would get much dis
tressing information if he were to read
the papers. lie would learn that the days
for energy and ability and loyalty to
make their mark haven't passod, that they
will never paas, for each generation offers
Its own opportunities and hands out us
own rewards.
Just because Tom, llck itnd Harry have
made big fortunes In the puHt; have risen
from nothing to places of trimt nd profit
and honor; have discovered this, invented
that or amalgamated the other, there Is
no reason for the old men to wail and
the young to grow denpondent. All the
money hasn't been corralled: all the glory
hasn't been dispensed. There are atill
laurel wreaths and golden ones.
Not a day passes but the papers of
the land are eruptive with pictures of a
man who has done something noteworthy
in one of the myriad activities of the
century. And when they tell the atory of
his life it is usually the record of self
achievement. He hasn't been boosted or
hauled up. He has climbed. It ia usually,
too, the story of humble beginnings, but
not unpropltlous ones.
The illiterate, self-made man has paasrd
off the planet, broutlly speaking. It ia
the hour of the student and the educated
man cf affairs. It is the boy who takes
one thing and masters It w ho succeeds.
And he succeeds quickly. He has his
chance and lives up to it or falls wbilo
he is in Ilia prime. This ia a hurried age
and cannot wait. The man who wishes
to get on must have hi powers In hand
lur liit-'iant use and immediate triumph.
Never before were there so many calls
for big men. The progress of the world
haa added many ciphers to the valuea and
Ita activities. Where things were counted
In thousanda, they are now reckoned In
millions. The men behind these monster
operations demand the highest quality of
brains, the greatest reaourcef ulneaa, the
greatest expedition.
This la no time to snivel or grow an
archistic. The plum Is still there for the
ticking.
ROIXIl A HOI T XKW OHK.
Worn Striking- Frataraa ef tka state
ratty designations are fotgotton In the
contest for the governorship between
Hughes and Hearst. It has developed lu.o
a battle royal between the forcea of order
land dliordrr, of horse sense sg.ilnst lis
teria, decency against discontent. Repub
licanism nceetwarlly Is the rnllylng point
of the force of order, hut iartiapshlp l.
I sunk in the determination of decent tittien
j ship to rout Hearst and his hungry fol'ow
! ei
K vents of the past week are decidedly en
murrains for supporters of Hughes. The
hitter haa Miown himself a auperb cam
paigner, sui prising veteran spellbinders by
his Incisive speeches and impressive sin
ceVlty. He has virtually turned on Hearst
the corporation guns by showing the latter
to be the head and front of a corporation
trust, as well as a tax-doda;er. t'p-state
democrats are .trooping around the stand
ard of Hughes, and republicans are har
monious, aggressive and confident.
What la left of tha democratic party Is
rent by factional squabbles. The activity
of Hearst's Independence leagues tn de
manding a divlnlon of the spoils caused
party rebellions in RufTaln and Brooklyn.
Brooklyn was the standby nf Hearst In the
mayoralty flaht last year. Tllvol tickets
ara now In the field there, and an intensely
bitter fight between the bosoea la on.
Henrst and Tammany effected an alliance
on the judicial ticket, three of Hearst's
lawyers being given places. But Tammany
Itself Is a divided household. Mayor Mr
CIHlan and all tha city administration' are
outspoken against Hearst. Fully one-third
of the district leaders have resigned rather
than support the ticket. TVIth a total lack
of party harmony and bitter factionalism
In democratic cirelea, no prophet or polit
ical forecaster, outside of Hearst's support
ers, sr a ray of hope for the Tellow Kid
candidate. Betting odds favor Hughes, 1
tol.
"The corporation candidate" la the stock
argument of Hearst and his followers
against Hughes. The latter affectively
silenced that charge by showing up Hearst
aa the head and front of a corporation
trust, as well as a tax-dodger. The cha-ge
la not a campaign assertion. It la a mat
ter of official record and la substantiated
by letter of Hearst's attorneys. All the
Hearst papers are corporate properties. A
holding company owned by Hearst Is tha
Star company of New Jersey, which. In
turn, holds the stock of the New York
American Publishing company, the New
Tork Evening Journal Publishing company
and Das Morgen Journel. The first of these
three publishes Mr. Hearst's morning pa
per, the American: the second hla evening
paper, and the third publishes the German
edition of hla morning; paper.
The official home of the Btar company Is
also the official home of from l.tflO to 2.000
corporations, many of them the biggest and
most powerful trusts In the United States.
The Star company la housed In the offices
of the Corporation Trust company of New
Jersey, at 15 Exchange place. Jersey City.
The Corporation Trust company of New
Jersey, which shelters Mr. Hearst's holding
company, was made famous during the ex
posure of tha United States Ship Building
scandal. .It furnishes dummy directors to
corporations, dummy "home offices" in Jer
sey to corporations and dummy corporators
for corporations, and has been patronised
by all aorta of financiers. Miller, the get-rich-quick
swindler, had hla 520 per cent
syndicate Incorporated by tha Corporation
Trust company.
In view of Mr. Hearst's sworn statement
In the Werner libel suit, which waa re
ferred to by Mr. Hughes In one of his re
cent speeches, that he was not the owner
or publisher of a newspaper, a letter writ
ten by his attorney, Clarence J. Shearn,
and attorney for the Star company and its
subsidiaries, on February 6, 1904, Is pe
culiarly interesting. Shortly prior to that
date the Star company Issued tl.OOO.OOO of
bonds and it was printed that Mr. Hearst
had mortgaged his three papers for that
amount. To correct the Idea that Mr.
Hearst had borrowed monry on his news
papers Mr. Shearn wrote the letter which
declares that Mr. Hearst Is the sole owner
of three papers and the Star company.
It is the observation of a New York law
yer competent to speak In Mr. Hearst's
newspaper property Is so far inclosed In
corporate wheels within wheels that It is
doubtful whether the owner could be con
nected with It as a legal proposition.
An interesting fact in this connection is
brought to light by an application made by
Hearst last May to the patent office for
trade murk rights for names of papers he
owns and others In contemplation, indi
cating a wide circle of newspaper ven
tures. The names are aa follows:
The San Francisco Examiner, the Weekly
Examiner, the Washington American, the
Pittsburg Journal, the Los Angelea Exam
iner, the Washington Journal, the St. Louis
American, the New Orleans Journal, the
Pittsburg American. the Philadelphia
American, the St. Louis Journal, the
Cleveland American, the San Francisco
Journal, the Cleveland Journal, the Phila
delphia Journal, the New Orleans American
and the San Francisco American.
Under date of September 'J6. application
for the following were filed:
The New York American and Journal,
by the Star company; the New York
American, by the Star company; the Morning-
Journal, by the Morning Journal As
sociation of New York; the New York
Evening Journal, by the New York Even
ing Journal Publishing company: the Bos
ton American, by the New England News
paper Publishing company.
Each of these applies lions Is accom
panied by a facsimile- of the heading of
the existing or proposed newspaper.
"Fingey" Conners, New York's demo
cratic state chairman, predicts that llearvt
will "come down to the city" with a plu
rality. The capture of that region known
to New Yorkers aa "up state" la something
the most sanguine of democrats have not
for many cars expected, not even In tlieir
dreamo. "Above the bridge" New York
is one of the strongest republican states
in the union. Republican landslide are
normal with It. It haa many times auved
the day and more for the republicans. Even
In the election of 1. when Odell had but
8,803 more votes than Coler, "the rlnte
came down to the city" with more than
140,000 republican plurality. The counties
above tie greater New York had more
than overcome the treniendoua lead the
rlty gave Coler. Two yeora ago Higglna
had WT.432 plurality out wide greater New
York, which netted him S0.3t0 for the
whole state. Governor fliggina carried
flfty-three out of the sixty-one counties
In the slate. Rural New York does not
take kindly to radical programs.
A Real (aa Osescr.
Washington Post.
The Vermont legislature has passed a
law compelling corporations to show their
books when called upon by the authorltlea
and to show what their products. are
made of. Good. It opens the way for a
discovery of tha formula for making purs
Vermont maple augar.
MoT la Right Dtraetloa.
St. IOuls Qlobe-Democrat.
Iiiatrad of colonising tha black race,
mora lives might ba saved by setting
apart a atrip of country big enough to
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Hastings Tribune: The Omaha Bee did
the fight thing- In denouncing the repub
lican revolt In Dotisins county Against
Norrts Brown.
Fairfield News-Herald: The Omaha Bee
promptly rebuked the action taken by some
of the Douglas county republicans, that
they would support an Omaha man for
senator, notwithstanding the action of the
state convention, and In so doing- Is a timely
aa well as an able advocate of fair play.
Kearney Hub: Edward ftosewatcr did
a great deal tn the latter part of his life
to restore the republican party In and
for Douglas county In the esteem and good
graces of the party generally In the stato,
but some Omaha republicans appear to bo
determined to forfeit the friendly feeling
of the past few months and cut themselves
off from further consideration or tolera
tion in the councils of the party.
Arcadia Champion: The action of the can
didates for the legislature from Douglas
county In announcing that they would not
vote for Norrls Brown for United States
senator if elected, cannot but be censured.
Bad as Omaha wants a resident United
States senator and much as she might be
entitled to the office this Is a poor way of
getting it. The Douglas county delegation
to tha state convention entered the con
vention with a candidate for that office.
Mr. Roaewater announced that he entered
the contest In good faith. Norrls Brown
received the endorsement of that body and
In all honor the republicans of Nebraska
are bound by the action of that'conventlon.
North Platte Tribune: Eleven of the
twelve republican nominees for the leglr-.
lature In Douglas county have assented
to a resolution ngreeing to "support for
United States senator an Omaha man of
Integrity and ability, or such men from
other districts who are not antagonistic
to Douglas county If Impossible to elect
an Omaha num." This Is nothing Icrs
than attempted treachery, and we are
glad to note that The Omaha Bee Is nut
In sympathy with the move. By a major
ity vote of the delegates the atate conven
tion nominated Norrls Brown for United
States senator. That nomination Is Jut
aa binding as the nomination of any candi
date on tho state ticket.
Fremont Tribune: There Is s saving
claime In the Omaha declaration, afler all.
If an Omaha man cannot be elected, then
the delegation is to suuport some candi
date not antagonistic to Omaha. An j
Omaha man cannot be elected. Thnt much
may be set down In advance. Then it is
that the members from Donchi count v
wlll go to a friendly candidate. NorrN
Brown Is friendly to Omshi. U he were
not he would not get a vote in the Btato
of Nebraska. The state wants hltn to
he friendly to Omaha. He would be unfit
to be senator If he were not. But the
state does not erpect him to be owned,
body and soul, by Otuaha, to the extent
that he will sell out the state that Omnhn
and certain Omaha interests may prosper
beyond reason. Meantime- we shall aee
what we shall sen.
Oand Island Independent : Several of
the republican legislative candidates of
Douglas county appear to have banded
together and to have given It out that.
If elected, they would violate the iwpub.
lican state convention pledge and not vot
for Norria Brown. The flagrant act Is
promptly rebuked and repudiated bv Th
Omaha Wee, whose founder was the op
ponent of Mr. Brown. The Bee emph.-i-sliea
that Mr. Brown was the choice of
the republican rank and (lie in the' state
convention and that the Douglas county
delegation Is bound 'just as sacredly to
abide by the party's action in other re.
spec.ts., Tha Bee's position Is a strong
one not only for the party In the state
hut also for the Interests of'Omnhu ami
Douglas county in other directions. The
people over the state do not like to te
hostile to their Metropolis and her clti
sens. But If they are continually treated
unfairly, it is unreasonable to expect them
to feci otherwise. And the' outcome in
November will be watched, in this respect,
by every county In the state.
Waterloo Gasette: The action of the re
publican candidates in agreeing to the
terms demanded by John O. Yelser In con
sideration of the withdrawal of his contest,
which apparently declares the repudiation
of the state convention nominee for United
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houses there is a room without
heating; facilities to aav nothing
of chilly hallway. Even though the
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inadequate to warm the whole honse there
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States senator and pledges the members.
If elected, to vote for a Douglas county
man for the place.' 1st not calculated tn
ralKe Douglas county republicans In the esti
mation of the republicans throughout tha
state and will, If adhered to, go far towards
destroying tho good Impression and good
feeling created by the manly r.;ht of tha
delegation and graceful arqulesenca In tha
result of the state convention, both by the
late Edward Rosewater and the delegation.
We understand how Omaha ahotild feel
aggrieved and wish to retain tha senator
ship, and wc can also see how natural It
is that a county with great Interests at
stake and that for years has had one of
the senatorsnips, should seek to Inaugurate
a move that might eventuate In' retaining
the same, but as Tho Bee aptly puts It, tho
time to have taken steps to retain tha
senatorshlp waa when Douglas county's rar.
ferred candidate was making the flght of
his life for that recognition and w-hen the
votes thrown away on two or three dummy
candidates could have secured that recog
nition for Douglas county. Then, not now,
was the time to fight, nnd the candidate
who aro'asklng for' republican votes and
support, should be pledged to loyalty for
republican policies and men rather than
forced to a repudiation of ' at least Im
plied pledges to abide by the will of tha
majority In party affairs as in stato and
national. It is only fair to the candidates
to add that some of them are practically
repudiating the Yelser agreement and
doubtless all are secretly opposed to it.
PA1CJ I'l.KANAM'lt IKS.
"Can you tell me why the pulpit Is Ilka
and unlike base ball?"
"I can't see anything in -common
"It Is like the national game because it
often Selects n man on account of his ef
fective delivery, but 'unlike it In upprerlii
tion of the shortstop's utility' --Baltimore
American.
"He used to complain because he never
got what he wanted to eat."
"Yes, but hea very .rich now."
"Yes, and now lie complains because ha
never wants what he gets to eat." Phila
delphia Ledger.
"His your wife got your don fixed up
yet?"
"Yes, and you ought to -e t. It's tt.e
coziest place in the whole hour1."
"I suppose you find great comfort In It,
don't you?"
"Oh, he won't let ine o In It. It's
merely to look at." Milwaukee Sentinel.
"Mnbel," mild her mother. "I notice that
Mr. Arditt I coming here frequently,-;tni
I should like to know what his intentions
are " . .
"1 think, niaiiimn." answered Mibel,
blushing in a charmingly confused way.
hi Intentions are the the same as mln
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Ohicego Tribune.
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manager. "A fur garment for house loung.
lug. Ought to hit the ladies, eh?'"
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doubtfully, "if we had a good. Catchy nam
for it."
"I have It. The esklmona!" Washington
Herald.
TIIK (BtXOO.VGI) (IITI'tl.K.
New York Times.'
Just close the little house tip tight,
Let all tha blinds be. drawn;
She well, she docan't miss the light
Of dav where she la gone.
You'd better nail tlut gate tight '.-hill, '
Make fast the shutters, tooi
I may come buck I don't kuow -Imt
Not soon, if e'er I do.
No! Leave the things Just as (hey are
Inside aha had them so.
Just lock the place up tight and bar
The doora, and then we'll go.
I'm not much of a hand, for dreams,
I know it's foolish when 1
Fhe'a gone but. tlo you know, it $eraa
Hlie might come hnck again? ,.
When every picture on the wall ' '
Hpeaks In Its voteless way.
And her voice seems to call and calk
No: No! I couldn't stay.
Just close the lioure up tight I muni
Forget it all, somehow;
Xo let thing moluer in the dust--
Dust that's all left me now. t
Weil duaft the little place up tight,
It doesn't matter now;
I've got my foe of grief to light,
I'll master him somehow.
But here no, no! Weil close the dir
And pasa out reverently
Seek to forget what's gone before
And face u hat la to be.
Don't move a book, a vase, a chair; '
Those Mowers lei them He;
She left things as they are In there,
So leave them now and aye.
I'm not much of a hand for dreams,
1 know it's foolish when
She's gone, but somehow well, It seems
rhe might come back again.
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