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THE. OMAIIA DAILY HEE: MONDAY, XOTrBEII 12. mofi.
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STATEMENT Or CIRCULATION. -Male
of Nebraska, luglas County, :
Charlna O. P.osewater, general manager 01
The Res -Publishing oompanv, being duly
sworn, saya that the actual number of full
rind complete ciplra of The Pally, Mornine,,
H'-i n'ng- nod Fumlay Bee printed during the
monm ot October, lane, wit aa ioiiow-
.30,680
It...
...30.830
,.30,800
, . 30,800
. .30,730
. .30,790
. .81,70
. . 30,300
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It. ,
20.,
11..
.80,830
.81.80
.31,830
.81,800
.80,890
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4. .
6..
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7..
it.
2S S0,80
H 1 30,830
. . 30,070
30,590
30,730
80,930
30,730
....,,..31,060
30,800
81,460
33,000
Total
unaold copies.
28...
:...
21...
It...
iO...
tl...
81.970
81.410
.......81.740
30,470
31,800
81,110
31.110
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11...
12...
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15. ..
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Leaa
..861,300
.. 11,033
Net total sales.
Doily average......
C.
09O,39T
30,08
C. ROSE WATER.
General Manager.
guhscrlbed In my presence nnd aworn to
before me this lat day of November, 1"S.
(Seal.) M. B. H UNGATE.
Notary Public.
WHEK OCT Or TOWS.
Babscrlbera leaving; toe city tem
porarily ahoald . have Tha Baas
nailed ta them. Addreaa will be
changed aa aftea aa recreated.
It takes the local democratic organ
to discover that a party la always
stronger after defeat than before de
feat. . ' . ' .'
The new independent Telephone
company bas filed Us articles of Incor
poration. That looks as If it meant
business.' - ': v. ,
That Englishman ; h4 Is comment-1
lng upon the .American race problem
would better turn hi attentton toward
South Africa. , ; ? ;
Count Bom ju prouaoiy find a way
to live despite the scorn of, his wife,
provided she agrees to pay, hi price
tor her release. -. v. ' ,. 1 ,
Now that too ornjun. have begun ac
tive explorations in Guinea' the world
may discover the real reason why
guinea ' pigs" are not . pigs ' nor from
Guinea. . '
The report, fnm Japan is preparing
for war with the United States should
cause other powers t6 be on their
guard, as the Oriental seldom strikes
where expected.
Texas rangers have set an example
In the- disarmament of ladrone which
should make the army in the Philip
pines envious. But the problem 1 not
new to the Lone Star state.
Jim Hill' remarics on reciprocity
will bo far more Interesting when they
refer to reciprocity between railroad
and other taxpayers for a Just division
of the expenses of government.
A few mere'.nne levied on Union
Pacific railroad, official for contempt
of court might cause a change of front
on the subject of. 'government by in
junction" in unexpected places.
If the demand ot Cuban liberal for
the recall of Governor Magoon is only,
preliminary to another "revolution"
the men on the warpath will probably
iearn that American' Intel VruitGu really
Intervenes. '
if some ot those newly voted paving
bonds could only be used to patch up
the hole in our preeut pavement in
stead of laying new pavement the Im
provement would be more greatly ap
preciated. ...
Caudidute Abbott concede that hi
successful competitor U able and com
petent to fill tho office of attorney gen
eral. It wa not politic, however, for
htm to admit IliU before the vote
were cast.
L
If 'tl.oti bpaumh Carlisle roally
mesa what they say when they cry
"Death to liberty" they could all draw
high saluilcs In th Russian army,
wiiviu ihtlr efforts might have some
temporary effect.
Nebrabk (unionists have one conso
lation. They have enough members
In each branch" of. the legislature to
bold a joint caucus next winter
homethlng they wete utterly unable to
do In the lut legin'.atur.
The optiniisiu ot our old democratic
friend, Edgar Hoaard, pasbes the
bounds of even democratic belief when
It links Colonel Bryan and a member
f Crover Cleveland's last cabinet in
si successful race for the presidency.
The- ii.oit ui the late giaud Jury
reaffirms the demand for a "oi k house
to kevp fcb!-bodied prisoner busy
-Ahllc Kirving out Jail eateuct.a. The
couoty t-.ad th city authorities should
vot together before tot:& ttiid.cairy yut
RKAntTltM AS .4 B'i.M.VW
A great oastetn newspaper, which
has been widely regarded as voicing
capitalistic Interest, emphasizes the
pertinent point that the strength de
veloped by Hearst in the New York
election should have a sobering effect
upon the chief met of onr great cor
porations and industrial concerns. The
point, indeed, cannot bo put too
strongly, because it is perfectly cer
tain that tens of thousands of voters
mho at heart are far from approving
the man Hearst and his methods
nevertheless voted for him in a vague,
passionate desire to humble conscience
less and immoral capitalists.
In this light the relatively small
margin which separated Hearst from
the governorship becomes a most por
tentous warning to those abuses in
corporation affair honest and patriotic
citizen neither defend nor excuse,
even while striving might and main
to avert the disgrace of Hearstlsm.
These over-reaching captains of in
dustry and czars, of high finance, it
they have not altogether lost common
sense, must awaken to the tact that
their own defiance of law has created
the opportunity for Hearstlsm.
The folly of ill-gotten, over-swollen
wealth bas been already exploited by
Its perverse resistance to legal re
straint that were Imperatively neces
sary, and by disregard of public senti
ment, whose demand for amendment
and redress of grievances, so oppor
tunely embodied in- the policy of
President Roosevelt, was perfectly
reasonable. The autocratic recalci
trants have been waging a foolhardy
war with the sober, conservative, self
respecting elements of the community,
who are resolved to have simple fair
play. There have been investigations,
prosecutions, exposure and scandals
until the measure of offense has run
over, with no sign of voluntary sur
render. .
Such a situation is necessarily the
opportunity of the selfish, reckless,
dangerous demagogue armed with the
mean of indiscriminate agitation and
possessed of a mania for using them.
If William Randolph Hearst can thus
command almost a majority of the
Empire state electorate in a time of
abounding prosperity, the high placed
men in business and finance whose,,
methods have excited such popular re
sentment may well pause and inquire
what might happen under the grind
and stress, of a period of profound
industrial depression.
HAILKOAD DIVIDE SOS ASD WAVES.
The action of representative rail
roads in Increasing dividends doe not
comport with prediction made by the
opponent of the new rate law while
pending In congress of disastrous ef
fect on the carrier properties. What
ever may be said of speculative mo
tive behind some oi the dividend
declarations, 'the increase from to 7
per cent just announced, on the'tock
of such a system as the 'Pennsylvania
Central would be madness unless war
ranted , In conservative. Judgment on
the basis of permanency, and the opin
ion of the outside business and finan
cial world sanctions allotment to the
shares on this basis. - And such action'
is more significant with respect to-
present and prospective operation of
the system under the new law because
it is coupled with the understanding,
although not officially announced.
that an average advance of 10 per
cent 1 to follow for it 160,000 em
ploye. Two powerful Interest which no
effort was neglected to array against
increased national railroad control,
which; would of course carry with it
Increased state control, were those of
the stockholders and of the employes,
on the theory that the Roosevelt pol
icy involved smaller profits to divide
between them. Their fear were in
deed extensively aroused by the rep
resentatlons of the promotors, manlp
ulator and stock Jobber, who, svs
tematically victimizing both the stock
holders and the employes, a well as
the rate-paying general public, sought
for their own selfish ends to maintain
their old unrestricted power.
. The ground i cut from under those
pretense by a state of revenue that
enables the road generally to increase
both dividend and wages, while still
continuing vast appropriation for ex
tensions and betterments. The time
Indeed are prosperous, but the wiping
out of rebates, unjust discriminations
and abuses of free transportation is
obviously bound to well the profits,
so that the prompt record of the very
railroad authorities that fought the
new law incontrove-rtlbly refutes their
own chief arguments.'
. yu MORE TRF.ASVRT .AW.
Secretary Shaw's announced determi
nation not to interfere in the money
market, . "unless condition materially
change," I notice to Wall street ma
nipulators and to speculators gen
erally to beware, ior the notice ha
been aerved in face of the fact that
the New York bank reserves had sunk
$1,500,000 below, tha legal require
ment, a decrease within the week of
$4, $00, 000. It had been the confident
expectation of the horde of Wall
street operators and also-of the banks
that are too much implicated in their
manipulations that., the secretary
would again make extensive deposits
of surplus treasury funds the moment
the reserves dropped considerably be
low the legal limit. The usual clamor
ha therefore been going up from
those quarters the last ten days.
But the sele ground on which the
recent treasury relief measures have
proceeded has beeu such requirement
for legitimate business financing
the crop movement and an expanded
I commerce, and not for the facilitation
tot Wall atreet pet ulnt iou. Au iacl-
dental effect of helping Rold import, j
of depositing treasury surplus and of ;
expanding nntlonal bank note volume,
whereby an addition of over $100,000,
000 of currency was made available,
was of course to ease not a little the
restraints of the situation upon specu
lation and stock Jobbing, though
purely incidental and unavoidable In
the relief of legitimate business.
It hns been increasingly apparent
that the banks at the eastern centers
have not drawn the line as they
should have done on speculative loans,
by restricting them in favor of com
mercial and industrial interests. The
withdrawal of currency to the Interior
on crop account has not so far been
greatly in excess of the corresponding
period of last year. For the most part
it has been merely a calling back of
deposits that was foreseen, and should
have been provided for by timely
shrinking of speculative advance so
a9 to prevent undue depletion of re
serves. The demand from the general
business community being no longer
o urgent, the secretary only follow
hi previously announced policy when
he withhold additional distribution of
treasury funds, however much the
speculators may cry out for them.
Though the crop movement has been
considerably delayed this fall, it will
now be but a few weeks till the return
current will begin to pile up cash in
the eastern money centers. In the
absence of extraordinary mischance,
legitimate business is prepared -to
await the turn, and the secretary's
conviction is obviously that Just now
none but speculative conspirators are
clamoring for him to give them a
bridge of gold across this stream.
MlCKKrS M1XCP.
Conscience-pricked to have the Slo
cunib law strictly enforced in Omaha
during the few week be is still to re
main In office. Governor Mickey ha
come to Omaha to read the members
of his police board a curtain lecture
instead of handing down a decision on
the impeachment charges pending be
fore him. The governor' solicitude
for absolute obedience to the letter of
the law regulating the Bale of liquor
seems to be widely divergent from hi
solicitude for strict obedience to law
on his own part.
More , than a month ago written
charges were filed with the governor,
alleging malfeasance in office agairmt
hi police commissioners and demand
ing their removal unless upon hearing
they should disprove the charges. This
was all in due conformity with the
law, which goes on to provide in such
cases that - ,
The g-overnor shall within a reasonable
time Investigate the same upon testimony
to be produced before him and shall make
such finding as to the truth or falsity ot
such charges as In his judgment such testi
mony warrants. In case such charges are
adjudged by him to be sustained by the evl
deuce he shall at one remove the commis
sioner So found anility and appoint another
qualified to All the vacancy thus caused.
Instead of proceeding to investigate
the charges "within' a reasonable
time," the governor took under ad
visement the arguments on a de
murrer by the police commissioners
and willfully withheld his ruling on
this until after election. ' And now
after feeling for safe ground, Instead
of giving his decision on the demurrer
he spar for more time without any
definite action. '
Governor Mickey is subject to the
law just as much as the police com
missioners or the liquor dealers, and
more so because he ha taken a special
official oath so to do. HI plain duty
lies before him he should rule the
demurrer up or down. If be decides it
to be well taken and that his police
board appointees are not responsible
for law enforcement, the impeachment
case is at an end. If he overrules the
demurrer, It is his duty at once to In
vestigate the charges and to pass upon
their truth or falsity and then, if he
finds the charge substantiated, he ha
no option but to remove the commis
sioners and appoint new one.
The course pursued by Governor
Mickey would Indicate either that he
is not for such rigid enforcemeut of
law as be pretends, or that he has an
idea that the law governs every one
except the governor.
Mr. Hearst spent the last year try
ing to make the people' believe that he
was defrauded out of election as
mayor of 'New York, and he may be
expected to put in the next year trying
to make them believe he wa de
frauded out of election as governor.
If he has good luck, too, he may yet
put in a few years trying to make the
people believe that he might have
been president except for the crooked
ness and thievery of his political oppo
nents. Our democratic friends are throw
ing premature fits for fear the crea
tion of Greater Omaha may legislate
tbe democrats out of the rlty hall.
Thste bre several ways of bringing
about this desired object. The fuBlon
legislature of 1897 legislated all tbe
republicans out of office. The last re
publican, legislature abolished the
office of city tax commissioner held by
a democrat, but did not legislate him
off tho payroll.
"Marse Henry" Watterson foresees a
possible candidate for president in
Governor-elect Hughes of New Y'ork.
butto reach the office, according to
the eminent Kentucky prophet, he
must do eanely what Hearst promised
to do insanely surpass Roosevelt as
a "trust butter."
While the ticket mas nominally a fusion
ticket, it waa, n a mutter of fact, a dem
ocratic ticket. World-Herald,
Open ionfession is good for the
soul. Tills is the first time, however,
j that the Woi ld-Herald b.ta publicly
admitted that the fusion pretence is;
nothing but a bunco gam Intended to
corral verdant populist Into the dem
ocratic fold
Congressman Pollard has discov
ered that while his title to the $1,900
bss been questioned, no one can be
found who can present a better claim
to it. It will really be too bad if that
much money has to wander around
from pillar ttr post looking for an
owner.
After having turned a deaf ear to
all Sunday closing appeals for more
than three year and ten months. Gov
ernor Mickey' present performance
with hi exit from office less than
eight week off, savors very much of
death-bed repentance.
"Who's Afraid t"
St. Louis Republic.
Tim Japanese roll of honor comulii Uie
names of 510,42 flghtere who won distinc
tion In the war with Russia. With half a
million heroes on hand It's no wonder that
Japan Isn't afraid to talk bek to t'nelo
am.
Waralag, ta the Treat
Kapsaa City Star.
If the people of New Tork had felt any
confident In the sincerity of Hearst or
had believed that he would be equal to his
professions as an enemy of the trust,
Hughes would he.ve.bee.tt defeated "Ty an
enormous plurality.
A Melaaenelr Fate.'
Boston Transcript.
A great many dlsir-aceful things happen
In Russia, but hanlly any of them are
worse than compelling poor General Btoes
sel to apply to a charitable institution for
a servant to attend him because of Inflrml-
tle. acquired iu the aervloe of his country.
Heneath Coa tempt.
Chicago Chronicle.
As the case again at Oaatellane develops
the shamtlessnea of the pitiful little crea
ture, strutting In a borrowed title, becomes
sickening. There are some marital lapses
that may be palliated or extenuated, but
nothing can, qualify the abject meanneas,
tjie utter baseness of tbe man who takes
his wife's money to maintain a , harem of
mistresses. Buch a creature does not attain
to tha contempt of decent men. He Is
beneath It.
Keyaote of tha Heard Tate.
Kansas City Star.
in. WaUlngton Gladden struck the key
note of the big vote for Hearst in his ad
dress at the Grand Avenue Mvthodist
church yesterday when he aaid: "Tbe vsst
injustices which have been lntrenchlng
themselves In our system are finding; voice
in a deep popular discontent and anger. In
a thousand ways aggregated wenlt.h has
been plundering tha people." The people
do not want Hearst, but they would vote
for a man of his stamp If that were the
only way of cleanlrut out the trusts an
overthrowing commercial piracy and bri
gandage.
PERSONAL XOTE1.
The great triumph of Teary was not in
getting so far north, but in getting back
without a relief expedition.
Perhaps the president ought to have ar
ranged to take Poultney Blgelow to Pan
ama to point out the, interesting spots.
A reward of $5,009 is offered for a man
who Impersonated aiflttaburg millionaire.
It will be taken. fort granted that he la a
desperate rasp. . . ,r r
Representative Seneno Payne, tho busy
chairman of the ways and means com
mittee, when congress is in session, works
fifteen out of the twenty-four hours.
Mme. Melba has toad her name ' copy
righted in the United States. 8he did it
because she found it was being made
dreadfully common y application to all
aorta of theatrical,; pharmaceutical and
other goods and preparations.
Hon. Fred M. Warner, who ha Just been
re-elected republican governor of Michi
gan, Is an Englishman by birth, but was
brought to this country by his parents
when be was 8 years old. Although only
39, he has held public office continuously
for fifteen years.
Marshal Von Wrangel is one of the moat
autocratic officers of the German army.
On one occasion he noticed that a young
cavalry lieutenant was wearing a pair of
spurs that were not of the regulation pat
tern. The field marshal promptly gave
him twenty-four tours arrest. The
lieutenant, who belonged to the self-sufficient
school of officers, took It upon, him
to point out that the field marshal was
wearing Just such, a pair of spurs, "Good
my son," was the reply; "you can do
Just twenty-four hours extra 'or my
shortcomings."
"THE COLOSSI'S OF ROADS."
Mr. llarrimaa Reaaladed af tha Fate
at tha Orlarlaal.
iWall Btreet Journal.
By tha election of J. T. Harahan as presi
dent to succeed Btuyvesant Fish, the Il
linois Central passes Into the control of
E. H. Haxrlman. .
Mr. Harrlman la beyond all doubt one of
the most able and versatile railroad men
in the world. His genius In railroading
seems to be well nigh universal. He has
tha creative faculty. Alike in practical
operation, financial direction and specu
lative management, Mr. Harrlman haa
fairly earned a place among the alx or
seven great men who control the railroads
of the United States.
But has his ambition a wider sweep
than this? Does he seek to be first among
these seven; or even more, doea he look
forward to a time when hie personality
should completely dominate the railroads
of the United States, taat and west, north
and south, from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific and from the lukea to the guif? If
Mr. Harrlman aspires to become the rail
road colossus, let him remember one su
preme, Impressive fact, which ia that the
people of the United States, much as they
admire superior leadership, are not over
fond of a colossus. Great aa the pojrer
of the railroads la, the power of the people
ia even greater. The rapid growth of Mr.
Harrlman a authority In the railroad field
takes place at a time when the people are
aroused to a point of revolt againat ex
ceaslve financial concentration. If it ever
come to a point were. Instead of seven
or eight men controlling the railroads of
the country, there should be three or
four, and perhaps finally one, nothing
would contribute more to the advancement
of Mr. Bryan's government ownership
Idea than auch a development aa that,
and even the genius of Mr. Harrlman
would not be abla to prevail against it.
Whatever may be, Mr. Harrlman'e plans
In regard to the Illlonls Central, and with
out regard to the difference! between him
and Mr. Fish or the quectlon whether
the latter has broken faith or not, it
aeenia unfortunate from this public point
ot view that a line which has for so
many years been held independently
should now become merely a part of the
Immense and ever broadening Harrimau
system.
It may be well to remind Mr. iiarrlmati
that the Colossus of Rhodes was destroyed
by au earthqucka.
soisn tBniT f.w msK.
Hippie an h tarreat af I K' la the
Metreantla.
William 3. Connors of Buffalo, chairman
of the democratic state cnmmltte, and
Charles F. Murphy, boss of Tammany, are
experienced trneml contractors as well a
political Johtiera. Connors haa acquired a
million or two aa contractor on the dock
of BtifTalo, and Murphy, through Inter
medlartea, is handling several huite con
tracts In New Tork City. Bmnll Jobs are
twneath their dignity. The larger kind
put their appetites on edge and precious
few get away without the dinner mark
of their teeth. Never has their appetites
been abetted as keenly aa the present time.
The success of the state ticket, minus the
bead, puts within reach two huge Jobs
Involving millions. The first of these Is
the deepening of the Krle canal, for whlrh
the state voted tioi.ofio.ooo in honde. The
other is the Improvement of country romli.
for which IM.00o.0lO have been pledged.
These undertakings and a vast amount ot
smaller Jobs and spoils, controlled by
various stats officers and boards. In which
Governor Hughe will be a minority, pas
from republican to democratic control, and
all the boys whohave gone hungry In the
trenches for a doten years are ripe for
the plefest.
Folloa-lng a supreme court decision that
the Knickerbocker Trust company must
do away with the entire front of its build
ing at Fifth avenue and Thirty-fourth
street because that portion of the struc
ture encroaches over the building line.
Corporation Counsel Ellison has announced
that he will make every property owner
on Fifth avenue whose building encroaches
on the avenue chop that portion off.
The decision will affect many of the
handsome buildings on the avenue. Sherry
will have to give up his outdoor Parisian
cafe If the corporation counsel Insists on
going ahead with his plans. The Waldorf-
Astoria will be forced to give up the orna
mental garden between the walk and the
windows. The Vanflerbllts must Cut sway
at least half of the $40,000 wrought iron
fence at Fifty-seventh and Fifty-eighth
etreats, and the Whitney pretty lawn
and garden must go.
The corporation counsel's reasons for
the move are th.T the Influx of business
on Fifth avenue has resulted In Its over-
prnwHInv anH thnt more room for traffic
Is necessary. ,
The manager of a New York employment
agency which places many servants in
large establishments contributed a bit of
Information the other day ,when she told
a client that not a servant in the place
would go .to. a home In , which a house
keeper la employed.
"They are brcught In always for the pur. I
pose of reducing Nexponses," the manager
said, "and they begin, of course, on the j
servants. Maids employed under on of
these women often have Insufficient food.
It is by no means unusual for the ser
vants in the house to arrange that one
shall every day buy something for them
to eat. .Every servant buys for one day
In the week and only In that way ar
they able to get enough to eat. It often
happens that a servant who ha been
working under a housekeeper will come
back to me with the request to put her
for awhile into a small family in which
she can st well fed. Bo they are all op
posed to the housekeeper."
According to statistics at hand v In ths
tenement house department It la now evi
dent that the real estate market of this
city Is In the throes of sn overproduction
of tenement houses. , With this condition
at hand many builders ar not going to
make a financial success of their Under
takings In this class of buildings. Many
real estate professionals were fearful early
last spring that an overproduction af tene
ment houses would be made apparent in
the autumn. Brokers In the districts where
tenement house construction Is the heaviest
have been bearish on the market for sev
eral months. Rents of apartments have
been shaved In many Instances from the
usual prices, and In other instances from
one to two months' free rental Is offered
to prospective tenants ss sn inducement
to tenancy. Builders are not prone to
make Inducements of the kind mentioned
when conditions In the speculative build
ing field are good. Throughout Manhattan,
Brooklyn and the Bronx tenement houses
have been and are being -built at a pace
faster than the growth of the greater clty'a
population warrants.
At the instance of many school teachers
a crusade has been started against the
storekeepers who operate penny-ln-the-slot
machines. These machines are said to cre
ate a desire among school children for
gambling, and the teachers say they lead
to more serious games of chance.
The machines to which objection is made
are ef the type in which a coin Is In
serted and allowed to fall through pegs.
If It stops at a slot marked '"G" the player
Is entitled to a stick of chewing gum. It
the penny stops In a slot marked "S" the
player Is entitled to !S cents In trade. Id
several stores the owner was able to com
promise for the 2S-cent trade cla'ms with
4 cents In cash.
There was fire In the woman's eys, the
sound of battle in her voice, reports the
New Tork Sun. The man at the deak taw
her coming and pushed forward a heavy
blue volume.
"Write It down there," be said.
"What Is that for?" she asked.
"Complalnta." be said. "Everybody who
haa sny fault to find with the management
of this store Is respectfully requested to
register her kicks In this book. Every
morning ths managers of the different de
partments look over the entries of the
preceding day. If a customer has bejn
subjected to Impudence, if she haa had
difficulty In getting waited on, If goods
have not been delivered promptly, or If a
hundred and one other disagreeable things
have happened, all she has to do Is to say
so, and every effort will be made to Im
prove the condltlona, always provided that
the complainant signs her right name, so
that aha may be produced aa a wltnees."
The woman looked over the four pages
of complaints that had been entered on
that day only.
"What a queer Idea," she said.
"It may be queer," he said, "but It is a
mighty good Idea. It Is a great labor
saver. Without that book we would havi
to hl.-e half a doxen extra employes. Did
you write doan your complalr.tr1
"No," said the woman, "I don't believe
J have any thing to say."
Baals af a Partaaa.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The baking powder king, so-called, Wil
liam Xlegler, teft a fortune of i . 175,000.
Just what t gave ti charity Isn't I nown,
but there Is no doubt his business enabled
him on countless occasions to lift a heavy
Ifwd of trouble from the house wives of the
land. At the same time they would never
have known about his baking- powder If he
hadn't advertised.
" rerelaa Ueatlay,
Boston Transcript.
Those Cubans who are parading ifrder tbe
Stars and Stripes clamoring for annexation
are ss prematura as they are embarrassing.
To fUe on men who a- marching under the
American flag will lie trylna for our aol
dlera who orders arc to maintain the
status quo, and the;' will probably reaort
to nxtbods of persuaalon to induce the
demonstrator to go hmns and ' bide a
we.''
roiiTirtL or tiik Tiwr.
Not a Hearst Year.
liitilanapolis News (Ind.).
ll.'srn a personal political crony. Moiati
of Boston, a-as even aorse defeated in
Massachusetts; thi Hearst ticket In Chi
cago was knocked nut of sight. Evidently
this we not a Hearst yenr.
lialSras! Kaorkaat.
Chicago Record-Horald (Ind ).
Congressmen Wadsworth, who was beaten
In New York, aas, it will be remembered,
one of the Beef truat statesmen. HI down
fall msy, therefore, be regarded as a
further endorsement .f President Roooevelt.
Ohaervatleu af Hryaa.
Nea- York Bub (rep.).
Survey the horlxon as keenly as you may.
there Is no sign of the resurrection of
Bryan. Among the Innumerable familiar
figures that are seen emerging from their
cyclonic sanctuaries there Is no Bryan to
be discovered. He hAs pwd from Ihe
scene. He Is as a blot of Ink that Is
effaced by a Inrger blot of Ink.
. CeMsa and a Waraiaa.
Cleveland Plain Doalerdcm.).
Hearst, though falling of election, Itua
given Illegal and oppressive corporations
and corrupt politicians a leason and a warn
ing not to be forgotten nor lightly to be dis
regarded. There Is likely to be more than
a semblance of reform from within, lest a
worse thing happen; and at least this much
good has come out of the Hearst evil. The
fear of the devil, as well as of the lord,
may conceivably be the beginning- of a wl
dom that will counsel prudence If not right
eousness. The l.eaaoa af Ilea rat Uim.
New York Evening Post (ind ). j
inn way m wnicn multitude or tnn pocr
and Ignorant stood by their ideal of Hearst
aa the tighter of their wrong was deeply
pathetic. It Is a dflmb, unreasoning loy
alty with which Mr. Hushes must reckon.
There must be, at Albany and In alt our ex
ecutive offices, a sterner sense of Justice, a
firmer resolution to enforce the law Im
partially, as between rich and poor; a
stouter determination to employ all the
power of the commonwealth to prevent cor
porations from getting Unfair advantage
over, the Individual, or from sitting en
trenched in purchased privilege and defy
ing the mass of cltlsens whom thev hope to
oppress and exploit. '
Hearst aaa tha Presidency.
St, Louis Globe-Democrat.
With an Immense vote In New York In Ills
favor, ss sgatnst the strongest candidate
horn the republicans could put up, Hearst
starts out In his canvass for the presidential
candidacy with a powerful backing. If he
had been elected h would have failed to
carry out the program which he advocated.
Most of this program he never Intended to
carry out. In office he would quickly have
been killed as a presidential possibility, and
the democrats would have turned to some
body else. Freed from all the responsibili
ties of office, he will be at liberty to crlt
cise Governor Hughes, to cry out "Steal"
and to shout that all the bosses, democratic
and republican, are against him. Fortune
Is kinder to him than he pretends to believe.
William R. Hearst will be a large figure In
the democratic! convention of 1908.
LET EACH DO HI DVTV.
What Nebraska Es peers of the Sae
cesaafal Repablleaa Caadldatea.
v Hastings Tribune.
With th election over and Nebraska
once again lined up for Roosevelt there
la now much to be done. In fact the most
Important work Is yet to be started.
With some all party work and thought
of politics cease as soon as the outcome
of the election Is made known, with them
it. IS all over1 but th shouting, when In
truth 'the real -work has not as yet begun.
When candidatea are elected to office
they are sent there as the servants of
the people. They were chosen because the
people had faith In their ability and prin
ciples which they represent, and because
of the promises they had given to sup
port those principles. From the very min
ute that a candidate takes the oath of
office ha becomes a public servant, and
the things he says and th things he does
are subjects for discussion and criticism.
He is no longer his own boss; In truth,
he feels less free and independent than
ever. Just so long as he does his duty
he has nothing to fear, but let him waver
ever so little and a protest arises like a
cyclone on a Kansas prairie, and he is
swept from office like a straw before the
storm.
Truly, a public office. Is a public trust,
and none but the strong and, the brave
should make the race or they will find
to their sorrow that the effort Is not worth
the snuffing of a candle.
Nebraska haa gone republican. We have
elected a republican governor, a republi
can legislature and a republican candidate
will be sent to th United States senate.
As a result of this, the people demand:
A law to compel railroads ta pay their
taxes st th same time and in the same
manner as a private individual.
A law providing that an employe may
recover damages from an employer . for
injuries received,' notwithstanding said in
juries are due to the negligence of fellow
servant. '
A law prohibiting" the giving of free
pass's In sll forms, exoept to actual em
ployes, their Immediate families and men
in charge of shipment of. live siork.
A direct primary law for the nomina
tion of all state, county and district offl.
cers. Including 'congressmen and United
States senators.
A law or constitutional amendment pro
viding for an elective state railway com
mission, which will prohibit the giving
of rebates, the- discriminations and special
rates to persons, corporatona or localitlea,
and to secure Just snd reasonable freight
and passenger rates.
A law providing that railroad property
In cities knd villages shall be assessed
and taxed the same as other property for
municipal purposes.
A law providing for uniform Inspection
and tests of dairy product.
Besides this the people will insist upon
having the meet rigid economy In the
matter of appropriations for state govern
ment. All of this the pe"Pl Of Nebraska will
expect, and all of this they are entitled to.
Let not a single man fear to do his
duty. -
INDIA AND
W 1
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Ia tea that Jou don't tire of. Its delicious flavor appeals to jrou. Its full
body hanuleaaly atliiiulalva sou, wtiile tt economy In use make U essen
tial to yoa.
tlcCOILD-BIlADY CO, VJTioIesalt Agents, Omaha.
AFTERMATH OF STATE EI.ECTIOT.
Kearney Hub: Omaha has been pretty
well redeemed, tbapk yon! Not by a tre
mendous majority, but sufficient for all
practical purpose.
Betilce Pun: Wonder If Mr. Hlnshsw
will frank his automobile and trunk hark
to Washington when he mounts the train,
pass In hand, and proceeds to charge tip
mllage to the government? -
York Times: Congressman Pollard hn
put It back. He aalted until after election
and then sent th. money to the govern
ment. Mr. Neville' Is still waiting. Will
the democratic press .le;tw try to Indue
hiin to make good'.' '
ord Journal: With access to omana im
Independent phone comjatnlc will
eo.ua! footing with tbe Nebraska oionopo
and we look for a record to be made
mutual line construction snd connections.
Over one hundred f the laigvst place In
the slate are now connected with Inde
pendent lines. Ord la In iio way dependent
upon the Tell company for Omaha connec
tions hereafter.
Sprlnatieid Monitor: .lUnnlia electors did
the right thltia when, they sat tlown on
the Hell telephone monopoly by so deciMve,
majority. And .this notwithstanding" tH
fact that tho telephone company spent
money lavishly In lis rprlcavor to Influ
ence voters. Business men of Otiuiha have
a-oke up to the fsct thnt if they want to
hold the trade of the surrounding country
they must have direct telephone service.
Syracuse Journal: The farmers had
good friend In Congressman Pollnnl and tt
Is due to their support that he was re
elected. The city prfclncts knifed him all
they could. Mr. Pollard, we predict, will
have fair sailing In bis future campaigns.
W have known blin all his life snd wa '
know that he Is the personification of honor
and integrity, and that ho has never and
aill never' do anything bo beilevea to ba
wrong.
Blair Courier: "Kennody was really de
feated by Douglas county, but the vote In
this county shows that be made a mistake
when he went back on the friends who
helped nominate him two years sgo and
supported Cook, who fought him for post
master. The Independent telephone busi
ness had something to do with It, too, not
that Kennedy was opposed to It, but that'
Hitchcock made a strong light for It In
his paper and the people stood by him for
that reason.
Central City Konpartel: The victory of
the republican party In Nebraska, WhHa
so overwhelming as to be a source of grat
ification to every loyal republican. Ought
to bring a feeling1 of responsibility rather
than of elation. It hns been proven that
In spite of the fact that at times bod men
through the manipulations of politician
have UKUrped the powers of the party and
betrayed their trust, the people stilt have
confidence In the platform and principles
of the grand old party,' and believe that
the great majority of Its leaders ar sin
cere in their promises and will carry but
their pledges. The republican state ticket
was elected in Its entirety and the legisla
ture will be eo overwhelmingly republican
that every pledge which the party ha mada
during the last campaign can and most ba
redeemed. We believe that the majority
of the democratic leaders were sincere lr
their dealre for the reforms they advocated,
and that they will be just as wult satis
fied at receiving the legislation they de
mand from a republican legislature as front'
a fusion legislature. It devolves upon those
who have been elected to state and legisla
tive offices to keep their platform alwaya
before them, fop-the people who. elected,'
them will not be satisfied until every pledga'
haa been redeemed and cvefy promise ful
filled. .
I'OtXTED REMARKS.
"The very day I flrsf rnels '"hfrrf," ' said '
Miss Plane, "something told me, be would
eventually fall tn love with me."
"Indeed?" replied Aiss Knox, "the 'some
thing wasn't your mirror, was It?" Phlla
deipnla Press.
The Examining Officer How tall are yea
In your stocking feet?
The Applicant Dunno, sir. I've got a hoi
In tach heel. Cleveiund Plain Dealer.'
"How," asked ths oenttst, "did you brealg
this tooth, anyhow?"
"Crackln hlckery ' nuts," replied Unela
SI. "Durn It. my teeth never were very
strong, for some reason." Chicago Kecord
Herald. "Politics," said the patriot, "Is becoming
a mere trade."
"Never mind," answered Senator Sor
ghum, "so long as It isn t a trade in which,
our side gets the worst of it." Washing
ton fctar.
"What kind of sugar does Mrs. Comeuj
wantr" asked the grocer.- .
"Mrs. Comeup told me to say," answered
the servant, "tnat as bow we are now In.
saasiety, she don't want none but tho ro
hnea sugar." Baltimore American.
Hascoyne Do you mean to tell me that
you reaiiy could live on lu.Guu a year?
Wentbroke 1 could live on letw than that
if 1 had it. Brooklyn Eaie.
Mr. Chugwa.ter Joslah, the doctor say
Mr. McJones has pleuro-pneumonla. What
Is "pieuro-pneumonla?"..
Mr. l;ua"waier 'tou know' what pneu
mor.la Is, don't you? Weil, pleuro is tha
Pieuro-pneumonla is whut you have when
you've got It in both lungs. W ny ran t
you think these things out for youtsaia
once In a whue? Chicago 'J'ribune. . ,
AFTURMATU.
Baltimore American.
When the auccessful candidate
Tired ffter harrt- workf tiorwv
And strain of the . uncertainty '
Is certain that he a won.
Seeka reat and peace within hla home,
Bate 'nealh lis quiet cover,
He murmurs with a thankful sigh. ' '
''I'm giaa the whole turns s overl"
The man who meets his Waterloo"
'Neath ballnta of defeat,
Wto's heard the shouting for his foe,
Resounoing through til street,
In the ensuing silent hours.
Finds grains of comfort hover,
And muttera with a eavace snap.
"I'm glad th whole things ovor!"
The voter who has spent his time
in nd.y meeting rights, ' 4
Days of parsdee and speeches fierce.
And verballstic fights,
Goea back to quiet bufineaa hour,.
No more from home a rover.
And says in most emphatic tones.
"I'm glad tha whole thing-' overl"
In fact, the whole community,
Tha women with the men.
Feel like an onry they've been through
of wild excitement, when
The rest of this election week . ,
Their wonted culm recover.
And with on voire, all Join tbe crv,
"I'm glad t'.v a hole thing's over!"
CEYLON
mi.