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THE OMAHA 1JA1L M'.Kt WMWKSUAlt, .JAMUAltY 1H, 1907. Thf. Omaha Daily Bee FOUNDED BY' KDWARD ROSKWATER. VICTOR ROSr.WATEH, EDITOR. F.ntered st Omshs postofllc as second clsss matter-- TERMS OF RTRSCRIPTION. Dully Bee (without Sunday) on year Dully R an t Sunday, one year Fundav He, one year Saturday lie, one ear ( "0 ISO 1.50 DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Pallv Peeonpludlng Sunday), per Dully Re (without Sundayi. per week...loc Evening Re (without Sunday). Pr ween. J Evening Be (with Sunday!, per wek....inc Address romplnlnts of Irregularities In de livery to Crty Cliculatlng Department. OFFICES. Omaha Th Bee Building-. South Omaha Cltv Hall Building. Council HlufTs to Peart Street. 'hlr-Q(io lino Cnlty Building. New York 16 Home Life Ins. Pulldlng. Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications rMatlng to wi and edi torial matter should he pdrtr-?d: Omana Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, xprep or no'1 ""r' payanie to The nee Fnoii -n n ' rmi ....a in nnvment or rnaii accounts. personM check, except " ' Omaha or eastern exrh unites, not accented . the bbb P' BLIBHINO COMPANY. ; - 8TATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. cilZrH.: "enSrai manager ' competition, but perplexities and com SUTrna 2TS,Pth.i 'fXwmtott Jil.u ! Potions multiplied with the exten- ur.fl compifte copied of Th Pally. Mominf. , Kventng and Sunday F prlntM d'-rimr tha i v it ui .'-i'iii ijfi, i.Tror - - 1 31,870 17 3a,70 ) 31,760 1 31,760 ;0. 38,670 ;l 31,620 22 31,900 21...', 30,650 24 31,710 26 31,030 24 "W.lflO i. 30,960 1 11,610 31,710 6 31,700 ( 31.G90 T..... .... 31,680 I 33.080 30,630 1..... ... . 31,750 11. V.. 33,150 II......... 33,050 II l.i. 31,680 14......... 31,690 It 33,170 27 31,770 i 21 31,610 t 31,830 10.... 30,800 II 31,810 It 30,400 ' Total. 983,380 Lets untold and returned copies.. 9,341 Net total 973,149 Dally .average . ; 81,391 CHARLES C. ROSKWATER, Oeneral Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before ma this Slst day of December, 1906. tSeal.) M..B. H UNGATE, Notary Public. ' WHEN OCT OF TOW1. nbserlbers leaving the rltv tem porarily; hoald hart The Be mailed to them. Addreaa will be changed aa oftea aa requeued. We might as well begin to say "Sen ator Brown" now. The weather man hr doing his best to break the cinch of the ice man. In the meantime the coal man smiles. t Secretary Shaw 1 one Iowa man of prominence who. refuses to become pessimistic in spite of personal disap pointment. John Mitchell's report to the United Mine Workers shows that the "coal trust" hasn't received all of the ad vantage of the higher "price of fuel. ' As. Honduras and Nicaragua have settled" their latest dispute, there may be an exodus from eaoii country of men who aspire to office In the other. Russian statesmen declare tfiat the empire can live within its Income, but bills for explosives must be reduced if Buch declaration Is to be made true. Political clubs may be laying plans for the campaign of 1908, but the men who are to decide the issues will scarcely become enthusiastic . for a year or longer. ' .. Ohio Is proving "long" on oil mag nate Indictments and "short" on con victions which pass higher courts, but as long as lawyers are busy their chief object la probably accomplished. If Spokane makes good its com plaint before the Interstate Commerce commission , railway rate clerks will not only have to work overtime, but learn an entirely new system. Five Nebraska fusionlsta have hon ored themselves by refusing to place party above decency. The people had conclusively settled the Brown "charges" before the legislature met. Having approved the action of the republican state convention, the Ne braska legislature should now proceed, la the shortest way! to set Its approval on the laws outlined by the same body. Jim Hill now comes back and says the coal dealers are to blame for the shortage of fuel in the northwest. This will help the people in North Dakota to keep warm during the present cold snap. With more men at work and at higher wages than formerly, that offi cer of the miners' union who regrets the passing of old rules must find more pleasure In striking than in legit imate labor. .. In attacking the legality of the elec tion of President Harahan of the Illi nois Central, the Illinois legislature may bring consolation to Stuyvesant Fish, but will scarcely change the pol Icy of the road. The statement that wholesale coal dealers refused to supply consumers early In the season, but referred them to local retailers. Is given as an ex planatlon of the coal shortage; but it may be an argument In favor of fed era! Inquiry and supervision. If Governor Folk succeeds In abol ishing the Jefferson City lobby the Missouri Pacific, railroad may find It can declare dividends In spite of the new rate law. In the past Missouri legislatures have cost that road almost a much as tfeey have cost the state. THK PPOKAXK RA T fsK- The case of the shipping Interests of 8pokane, now being heard by the In- ! terstate Commerce commission. Is one of far-reaching Importance, involving the principles on which the reasona bleness of rtillroad rates Is to be de termined when water competition Is Involved. The Issue Is made vital and acute by the situation of Spokane, 400 miles from the ocean and competing as distributing point with the Puget Sound ports, Spokane, of course, de pending on railroads alone. ' The circumstances raise In extreme form the question of adjustment of rail to water rates which baa been one of the most vexed questions Blnce rails became a factor In transporta tion. The real difficulty did not arise originally as to territory Immediately adjacent or convenient to water, be cause It would be served at the water rate whether the Iron roads met It or not. and, practically, there was no dU- crimination as to more distant inland .. . ,- in territory ir the water rate was met in water rate territory. It was, of cour3e, the policy of the roads to meet such gion of railroads and tne development throughout the country of competing market and Jobbing cities, some with and others without water transporta tion. The original Interstate commerce law of 1887 left the whole question open by providing for exception from the long and short haul limit on rate discrimi nations under "dissimilar conditions," water competition being mea.pt as the chief of such conditions.'' Nor In all the adjudications of the commission since that law was passed , have the rate fixing principles under such con ditions been fixed and their definition would Indeed have been futile before the new law conferred on the commis sion power to fix and enforce rates. But with that power the commission Is now to pass conclusively on the question, not only as to a through rate from the east to Spokane Identical with the through rate to Seattle, t400 miles further west, plus the local rate from Seattle back to Spokane, but also as to what Is reasonable in the place of the Impugned rate V A more radical test of the new pow ers of the commission, as well as of Its capacity to dispose thoroughly and satisfactorily of the deepest transpor tation problems, can hardly be imag ined. For the Issue is far more pro found than mere administrative and fiscal matters that are involved, diffi cult as they alone are, reaching down to the fundamentals of trade and in dustrial competition among great com munities, and affecting conflicting in terests of consumption, production and exchange which are certain to resort to the courts for final decision, what- ever the commission may do. QHAPPL1SQ WITH THE OfJ TRUST. The Standard Oil. combine must by this time begin to realize, 'what it Is to antagonize an aroused people. In dictments for rebate violations In a single federal Judicial district contain ing counts, the full penalties for which in case of conviction aggregate $120,' 000,000 flaeB, are bow followed by In dictments In a single county in another state as a conspiracy against trade, whereof conviction would make possible fines aggregating 158,000, 000. In the prosecutions In these two small . Jurisdictions, the one national and the other state, the courts, too, have already overruled the technical and formal pleas In which the trust has sought to enmesh and befog the real issue of its guilt. ' Thus, serious as the situation al ready is for this over-swollen trust, so long triumphant over Individual aad sporadic resistance, only the little finger of public authority has as yet been laid upon It. The mighty powers of two score great states remain to be marshaled and hurled against It. Back of them is the portentous force of the national government. The Oil trust was Indeed a formidable- conspiracy, especially when 'pub lic authority slept and the . people themselvel failed to reallie- their po tency. But the situation is now ut terly different, and the trust is find ing what it is to be np against a na tion In arms. FCTS OF THE FVK1. FAMrXE The facts regarding the coal short age at local points In North Dakota and some districts of adjacent 'states are now pretty well known. , It Is not due to failure of the general coal sup ply from the' mines, which was ac cumulated during the summer In large quantities at the usual shipping points on the lakes.' Nor during the summer and fall was there lack of cars for carrying the coal In abundance to the' local distributing points. The important fact la. now clearly brought out tat during the very pe riod when supplies ought to have been laid In the coal companies, their agents or jobbers at the lake depots refused to supply directly consumers, requir ing them to order through the local dealers, who procrastinated because in the trade now cash has practically to go with order. Thus local dealers' or ders did not go in until after the roads were flooded with demands for cars for moving grain, that section being a distinctively grln region, which Is a higher revenue freight than eoal and naturally preferred In Its season by the roads, even if the farmers and shippers bed not been clamorous tor grain cars. In spite of these concurrent circum stances no grave peril of suffering would probably have occurred If the winter season had been normal. But It Is the unanimous testimony that in the northern tier of, states the winter has been unusually severe and for weeks the most difficult for railroad operations In decades. It further appears that while In some localities there has been a real emergency, many of the newspaper re ports have been exaggerated and sen sational, and that so far not many cases of extensive suffering have oc curred, whatever fears may have been entertained. A MOVE IX THK RIGHT DIRKCTIOX. Representative Lee has Introduced Into the legislature a bill which Is a move in the right direction. It takes the form of an amendment to the Omaha charter and provides that members of the Board of Fire and Po lice Commissioners shall not be eligi ble to any other elective or appointive office under the laws of the state dur ing the term for which they are serv ing. Omaha's recent experience with members of the police board using their official positions to secure other offices re-enforces the necessity of put ting a damper on such political activ ity. The very purpose of creating a separate and distinct board to have charge of our Are and police depart ments was to divorce them from poli tics. Each member of the board is even now required to take a solemn oath that in making appointments, promotions and removals he will not be governed by political considera tions, but only by the welfare and effi ciency of the departments. The law, however, up to this time has left the police commissioners themselves free to go Into politics and to employ all their prestige and power to force those under police surveillance to support them for office or to contribute money to their campaigns. We have had both democratic and republican offenders against the intru sion of politics Into the police board and it is high time to put a atop to it. If the bill proposed by Representative Lee Is enacted every man who accepts a position on the police board here after will have to put his political am bitions aside and will be much freer to give us an Impartial business ad ministration of the police and fire de partments. With the police commis sioners themselves out of personal politics, it will devolve upon them to keep their subordinates In the police and fire departments likewise out of politics, and these subordinates when admonished to cease their political ac tivity will no longer be able to justify themselves by pointing to examples set by the police commissioners who are over them. The leader of the fusion minority at Lincoln professes to distrust the in tentions of the majority and gives notice in advance of determination to oppose measures introduced in re demption of the promises made by the republicans' in their platform." It is a fortunate thing' for the state of Ne braska that its people are not depend ent at this time on the fusioniBts for the relief they seek. The bills neces sary to bring about the reforms de manded will bo drafted by republicans, enacted into law by republicans and will be enforced In their operations by republicans. There is little consola tion in this for the popocrats, but they are entitled to whatever satisfaction they can gain from playing the fly on the rim. South Omaha shares with Omaha in the profits of the gas company, and no one down there need feel that this source of income will be cut off In the event of the consolidation of the two cities. ' The contract with the gas company is 'such that the extension of the limits' of Omaha merely extends the; opportunities of the company to sell more gas and thereby turn a greater sum each year Into the treas ury of the city as a royalty The women who are directing the affairs of the Young Women's Chris tian association should not be entirely discouraged at the apparent apathy of the men. Their persistence so far has been rewarded with reasonable success and If they continue aa they have be gun they will yet see the association Installed In a handsome home on the site it owns. The Burkett bill got an awful bump when the Nebraska- delegation In con gress met to consider It. The need for two - federal judicial districts in Nahraaka was never less than It Is jeorasKa was never ieaa man u is now, and no one knows this better than the aspiring Lincoln politicians who were anxious to connect them selves permanently with the federal Payroll. J. J. Kill's statement that more than a billion dollars a year should be spent by railroads for tracks and terminals In the next five years makes appropriations asked for rivers and harbors look niggardly. The growing commerce of this country requires both. The last effort of the desperate cor porations to defeat the senator chosen by the people fell almost as flat as other efforts made in this direction. The legislature Is in no temper to fool with such transparent subterfuges as the Van Iloucen resolution. Ak-Sar-Ben's governors met In a more cheerful spirit Monday night than they have for many moons. The question Is, Was the uplift due to the increased prosperity of the order or the approaching marriage of the king? In sentencing revolutionists to long terms In prison Mexico gives Villareal another reason for desiring to become an American citizen, and when It Is remembered how other "revolntlon- ists" have aided American progress there must be sympathy for the man who desires to keep out of the south ern republic. In reiterating his platform promises after election Governor Stuart of Pennsylvania has struck a note which should cause the liberty bell to vi brate; but he has not yet tested the temper of the legislature. Chance nf Battleflelda. Philadelphia Record. There was a time when the president thought the battle of Ban Juan Hill a hot affair, but how about the unending battle of Brownsville, Tea. T Aa the Director View It. Baltimore American. The various directors of the Harrlman lines have evolved the astonishing- doc trine that the real way to produce that competition which Is proverbially the life of trade Indeed, to make It Inevitable la to mergo Interests. The next theory advanced by the monopolies will probably be that the only way to avert the curse of prosperity now threatening the country Is for them nobly to draw down the curse on their own heads and take tha conse quences of thus shielding the public. State Rlahtera Cooled Down. Baltimore American. The vote In the senate on the bill limiting the hours of railroad employes showed that even the enthusiastic advocates of states' rights, aa Imperiled by thla bill, did not venture to Insist on rating among these rights that of Withholding proper protection to life and person of the travel ing community. Much has been said of the difficulty of wholly controlling the human agency In the working operation of railroads, but when human agency Is put beyond Its own control by the exhaustion of nature something Is bound to happen. Questionable Hostility. New York Bun. The western senators who have seen fit to attack Secretary Hitchcock will get lit tle, publlo sympathy and less public ap plause. No man of cleaner conscience or stricter probity ever occupied a publlo po sition. His honesty stands beyond Im peachment, and even if he erred, which Is far from certain, In withholding thoae In dian landa from allotment, both his per sonality and his public service should ex empt him from the flings to which he has been so unworthily subjected by men who are known to have been offended by his rigorous prosecution of lawbreakers. Mr. Hitchcock may or "may not have erred In Judgment, but. such errors of Judg ment. when committed, by men of unlm peachable honesty, demand at( least the toleoant consideration of honest men. RAILROAD MEN'S HOl'Rfl. Important Features of the BUI Faased by the Senate. Chicago Tribune. ' The passage of the LaFollette bill by the senate la a natural consequence of the numerous railroad wrecks of he last few weeks. The fact presented by Senator La Follette that In twenty out of tha last twenty-one wrecka the employes concerned had been on duty longer than regular time contributed to the success of the bill. Al though it Is not ' claimed that overwork was responsible In every case for the loss of life, It was probably a contributory causa In more cased than' those In which It waa directly and solely responsible Men who are exhausted by overwork, especially If It la not an Infrequent occurrence, are jiot o likely Jo ejrpfMinr the. best .Judgment in, raniiersretivirisgt 4)wck Decision. j . i The' bill In the form in which It has passed-the senate, 'rld In which It ought to pass the house, provides for ,th exer cise of common sense, In determining when unforseen and unusual circumstances make It impossible to live up to the letter of the law. In the caae of delays through snow storms, defective equipment or accident to other tralna it will sometimes happen that a crew will be out 'on the road more than the sixteen hours which is the expected limit of service. The law does not forbid this, but It does make It illegal to send each a crew out on the road again after arrival at the terminal station until the men 'havo rested. . A law like this protects railway em ployes. A more important thing Is that It protects travelers. There are many men Whom the promise of Increased pay for overtime would Induce to work beyond the safety line if permitted. The publlo must be guarded from accidents due to the ex haustion of willing workers quite as much as the unwilling mtnt be saved from the compulsion of hard officials. Overwork Is one of the moat Insidious dangers of the railway service St present, because it Is impossible to predict, when It will be harm less and when it will be fatal. The good old rule to adopt, the course of action In which' there la no chance of danger. Is tho one to follow here. It would be a good thing If a similar law applying to trains wholly within the limits of a state wero paaaed by the several state legislatures which have not acted on the subject. IT WAS "THK CIVll, WAR." Tha National Senate Enacts a Modem . Title. ' 'Washington Herald. No mora is to be heard of the "war of the rebellion" nor tha "War between the sta'es." What General Butler or.ee called In derision "the lato unpleasantness" la henceforth to be known aa "the civil war." The senate so decided after a discussion that became emotional. It ail came about in a almple enough way. Senator McCumber had called . "P nl ervlce pension bill. In Its title were ,"" """ l"" v' V the rippling red locks of Senator carmack were waving like an ormamme. He objected to the deeignatlon of the affair of W61- as "the war of the rebellion. He contended that the designation waa offen- rive. There was no one to say him nay. Not once was ttte erstwhile bloody ahlrt flaunted on the republican side of the cham- ber. Mr. McCumber. bora In Illinois only three years oerore me cm. war, ana reared la Minnesota and North Dakota.. urged no objections to the Tennesson's I & 1 I T t Unllrfllus lnil I tnl contention. In fact Mr. McCumber declared that the obnoxious designation had crept Into the line ill tne Din wunoui nis Knowl edge, It having been agreed upon In com mittee that the term "civil war" should be used. Mr. Teller (dem.) contended that war of the rebellion" was correct, though he didn't insist upon it. remaining in t h e Illie. nar. flauiicjr ivmriiusu i . war w tween the states" was the really proper des- urnatlon. Mr. Bacon qucted Senator Lodge Mother eminent historical authorltle. In support of secession a. an abstract propo- anion. Mr. Scott, who fought on the union side, related a story of how a aouthern soldier had been killed In battle In West Virginia and burled ther forty years ago. and how that man'a son had been killed under lh Stars and Btrlpei In Cubi and his body had been brought back and buried by the aide of that of th father. For a speU It seemed as If the senate would have a good, old-fashionad cry. Mr. Carmack'a amendment to the title was adopted una'n- lmously, and after Mr. Carraick had cr.ssel th chamber and shaken hands with Mr. 8ott, and Mr. Culberson had smtlled and nodded at th Went Virginian approvingly, th Incident was cloned, with th under standing that hereafter the unhappy af fair of U61-43 la to b referred W Is U senate only as "the civil war." MM KEV'9 MAXY FAROO!. Pender Republic: John H. Mickey will go down In hlntory aa the heat friend tha thieve, robbers, cutthroats, murderers and rape flenda of this atate ever had. Falls City Journal: The Indiscriminate pardonlnc by Governor Mickey has aroused sentiment In favor of a pardonlna board, such aa other states have. It wee the In- j Judtcloua use of this power which caused Governor Mickey so much trouble. Springfield Monitor: Former Governor Mltkey s pardon record will no doubt in-, fluence the legislature In passing a measure I creating a pardoning board. The governor I then would be deprived of his authority to i parole or pardon prisoners and the whole sale work in this line, such as the lata governor Indulged In, would be stopped. Humphrey Democrat: The manner In which Governor Mickey took advantage of hla pardening power during the past ytar Impresses us with the need of a governing board In the state. Governor Mickey has ehown that there Is little use of law In this state, and hie wholesale use of his pardoning- power places the state In an unenviable position. O'Neill Frontier: Governor Mickey was evidently looking for a atorm of condemna tion after rounding out an administration of remarkable friendliness toward prison convicts by pardoning one convicted of the chief of crimes Just before stepping down and out. He would rather have the storm break on Mickey the citixen than Mickey the governor. Arcadia Champion: It there are such things as leaving by example, even If It la a poor excuse, then let the legislature profit by the pardon and commutation rec ord made by his late majesty, ex-Governor Mickey, and submit an amendment to the constitution taking the pardoning power away from the governor. We do not need It now, but since history has been repeating itself faithfully for the last A,U0i years, It is only reasonable to presume that In the couise of time we will be compelled to put up with a Bavage or Mickey In the gover nor's chair again. Central city Republican: The necessity of a board of pardons is becoming more apparent. No one person ought to be called upon to bear the odium of an unpop ular exercise of the pardon power. In a cae where the public la much wrought up and there Is a strong difference of opinion as to the guilt or Innocence of a party. It la working a hardship on the governor to compel him to decide, although If he does his duty, after all the forms have been complied with he must decide upon his honest convictions, no matter whether It Is popular or unpopular. Rlalng City Independent: The people of Nebraska should petition the members of the legislature to Insist that a law be passed creating a pardoning board and thus take the pardoning power out of the hands of the governor. Nebraska cannot be placed In the position to invite lynch law by means of some Weak-minded Individual occupying the executive office who may imagine that he Is greater and wiser than the supreme court of the state. The way the pardoning power has been abused for a number of years Is sufficient proof that something must be done In order that the law be upheld and criminals get thler Just deserts and not be turned loose upon a suf fering community. David City Press: The total number of convicl3 to whom tho doors of the peni tentiary were opened by executive order during Mr. Mickey's term of office was but little less than the total number who were confin.'d in the penitentiary when the gov enor went Into office. Thus have two of the governors elected from Polk county dis tinguished themselves for acts of clemency toward the criminal classes. Albinus Nance waa elected governor from Polk county in 18S0, and the scandal created by his pardon ing of the Oliver brothers, who were con fined for murder, waa as notorious aa has been the act Tons of Mickey. And It waa no unusual things In those days to hear the suggestion made that Nance was well paid for his pardoning of the criminals. York Times: Governor Mickey's clemency haa engendered a good deal of scolding and aorne pretty coarse talk. Down deep, how ever, no one thlnka ha has done anything he did not think right and most men have a good deal of confidence In hla Judgment. No two of us think exactly alike. We would have exercised clemency In some cases where the governor waa obdurate. On tho whole It Is best to err on the aide of mercy. There Is, too much trouble In the world and we make the most of It for our selves and for each other. If every one were Interested In making the path aa smooth aa possible for every one else the world would be altogether a different place to live in. Both kindness and cruelty are subject to cultivation. We can develop either aide of our disposition and transmit it to posterity. So the world will grow better or worse aa we make It. Rushvllle Recorder: The Recorder la in hearty accord with an amendment to tha constitution looking to the transferring of the pardoning power from the governor to a board of pardona. Tha way executive clemency haa been granted by some of our governors looks like putting a premium on crime. Again It becomes positively exas perating the way we provide for an ex pensive judicial system for the, administra tion of our laws, with every safeguard of appeal to the higher courts, only to have them set aside by the Individual caprice of a man who Is often not qualified to judge of the merits of the case. We are not sur prised that lynch law la sometimes re sorted to by those who want to see Justice done. We do not believe the act of any man ought to be above the low, or to have the power to set It aside. Herey may be all right, but It Is not Justice. Holdrrge Progress: In view of hla un 1 r,r,,d,nted exerciao of clemenev with ,ef. ; erence t0 criminals confined In the atate j penitentiary during his four yeira as gov ernor 0f tne state of Nebraska Kx-Governor ! ..,.,.. .,...,., v. ,.. .. .... ... ! .wT.:.' .h"' ."V"".,. ' Ian ns "Mirkev tha Pardoner." Th rurnrHi . thR, oovemor Mickey pardoned more j p,,, put of lhe penitentiary than any j nt hlm nrP1rr..Ror.. The records al. show I that many of tnoa, .hom were life sentence convicts and long j lernMr, and that tlmy na(1 be,n convl(.ted . , fh. mnmi .,... . Prlm.m u M,m juflt ,hat Gove-nor Mickey I any ot),pr gov,rnor ,nou,d have 1hf. i , I(, j,,, the dc,.on. of ,n, j 1 i courts and llbernte men and women who , hRve CfimllltP, the neatest c-lmee on the I mr,A .hla inn aftar lha lnnm.nl the taxpayers, have paid thousands of dollars In court and other costs for thslr conviction. Is It not. after all, considerable I . , . , '., - lu.r.T ; Th ct Qf i Governor Mickey has stirred up a hornet's I ... .U .... ,k. .t.i, " 7 , .... ... , . Ttot MiCy h,Wlt? d" ' 'V h" CPW" ' T?.kb ! f"""1"'": ,n1 e 'rI Inced that ln th main he made a splendid governor, ! blrt " our humble P,nlon he ha UMl1 , P"DU"'" '"" ,u " uimi w.n executive should do. It some-' ! tln,c" "' ,hllt ,her Premium on 1 wrong. A great many people who no dojht j j hould be behind the bars are not tfiere on account of some technicality, while I others who have been aent there after a j etubborn light through the courts are pa- i rolcd or pardoned long before their Impris onment has fairly begun. As long aa th a laxity contlnuea the wrongdoer doe nqt ; shrink from his or her desperate deeds, i So far as we are Individually concerned, w are In favor of capital punishment, and that with a vengeance. Stand up for Ne braska and also Its laws. ARMY GOSSIP IX WASI1IXUTOX. Cat-rent Kveata Gleaned) front the Army aad Navy Rearlatee. The army alcnal office haa been advised of the shipment from Farls of the new captive balloon, bought some months a so. The balloon will be sent directly to the signal corn depot at Omaha, where It will be used In eperlmenta which are con- templated next summer with that balloon, as well as with a new "free" balloon which haa Just been ordered of a New York firm nd which should be delivered by April 1. The American balloon Is- the largest of ' Und. having a capacity of 77,0 cubic rp'1 ""d capable or earn ing a weight or 1.5T0 pounds besides the basket and Its own weight. The balloon cost 11. ISO. Plana are being developed for eome new generators and It Is proposed to conduct aloe? with military ballooning extensive tests In the production of con pressed air and Ita trans portation In the field. It la along the line of the foreign 'experiments, results of which will be availed of by the army signal of ficers in the hope of developing an efficient system of military ballooning In this coun try. As so often happens In other lines of experimental activity, the signal corps of ficers are hampered by lack of funds to be used for mee experimentation. It Is hard to convince congress that money can be profitably used In the way of testa, and aa no general fund exists from which Investi gations may be conducted the development Is correspondingly restricted. The credit which Is allowed enlisted men of the army at post exchanges will be In creased upon the recommendations of com manding oflloera who have observed the beneficial effects of thla liberal concession to the soldiers. The War department this week decided that the present limit of one fifth of the monthly pay of enlisted men be extended to not to exceed one-third thereof In the amount of credit which solrt!ers will be allowed to have In their transactions with the post exchange. There will be no change lt the clause In the army appropriation bill which abolishes the grade of lieutenant general. The atti tude of the house In this matter Is unmis takable and the senate will not attempt to protect the grade from extinction. If the clause failed to receive senatorial approval. It would be fought out In conference and the house would hold to Its position with great tenacity. There will be a sense of gratification throughout the army by the announcement that Senator Warren of Wyoming will be re-elected without opposition to tho ITnlted Stntes senate by the legislature of hla state. The Joint ballot of both houses of the legislature will take place on January 23. .but the result Is already determined by the action of the republican caucus of the legislature, 'which by unanimous vote has chosen Beflater Warren for re-election. Senator Warren Is an Indefatigable worker In behalf of the army. He takes a keen Interest in military affairs. He Is fully In formed on the subjects relating to the ser vice and hla work as chairman of the senate military committee and on the floor of the senate la of grent Influence. The attacks which have recently been made upon him by representatives of the admin Istrstlon have only served to Increase ths loyalty of his senatorial associates. He Is a valuablo member of the United States senate and the army is fortunate In hav ing such an ardent, Industrious advocate of its Interests. . . The appointment of Colonel, fc. 8. God frey, Ninth cavalry, to be a brigadier gent eral In the army, vice Brigadier General J. Fraklln Bell, promoted, Is one Which meets with the heartiest .approbation -la and out of the service. Colonel Godfrey has a fine record and deserves this recognition In the last year of his active career as an army officer.' Mora than thla. General Godfrey was the senior colonel of the line and by virtue of that circumstance, together with his most creditable record, was entitled to he appointed a brigadier general. Tha In cident will not escape notice In the military establishment and will be appreciated as an event significant In executive action which has to do with "selection" In the commissioned personnel. It Is to be hoped that the appointment la an Indication of what President Roosevelt Intends to do during the reat of the present year, when he still has an opportunity to appoint aeven brigadiers, as General Godfrey retires In October. There were numerous candidates for the place and It Is by no means re markable that there were many majors and captains who expressed a, desire to be se. lected for this livlgadler generalcy. It Mr. Roosevelt will "adhere to a policy which avoids the violence of selecting Juniors for high places he will contribute much to a sense of security In the army and offset the damage he has wrought by arrant favoritism. ( The quartermaster general of the army has approved the recommendations for ex tensive work on the post excltangea of va rious army statlona. The work will not be done until next year, and then only In the event that congress Is liberal enough to allot about 9400,000 for tha purpose. The principal projects Include a swimming pool at Fort Benjamin Harrison and Columbua Barracks; a gymnasium at Fort Caaey; exchange and bowling alleys at Fort Cas well; alleys and gymnasiums at Fort Dade, Fort Hancock, Fort Screven and Fort Wil liams; post exchangee and gymnasiums at the military prison at Leaven worth, Fort Niagara. Fort Rosecrans, Fort Ward and Fort Wlnuate; gymnasiums and pool at Fort Oelethorpe, and the enlargement of syirnaflums at Fort Sam Houston and Fort Elocum. nidi t Willi Spend Enonghf . Chicago Tribune. Two hundred editors in New York state have risen up and asked In thunder tones how much longer they have got to wait for the money that was promised them for thplr support of the democratic ticket last fall. Their only answer thus far has been the echo. tart the With a , A Piano completes the furnishings of the home. Every member of the family enjoys it. It keeps the children at home. It educates, It refines. 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It Is announce, tt the Navy department that Rear Admiral Charles D. S'gxbee. who was In command of the battleship Maine when that vessel was blown .tip and de stroyed in Havana harbor In 1. will N placed on the retired Hat of the navy on the lth Inst. Joseph M. Dixon, who has been chosen senator from Montnna to succeed W, A. Clark, la only years of are. He Is of Quaker parentage and largely owes his conspicuous success In life lo his amia bility, unassuming manners, sterling hon esty and knack of seeing and selling op portunities. He l a warm pennal frlond of the president and Speaker Cannon. Will la in Pryor Letchworth has offered to give to the state of New York his superb estate, upon which he has spent about 1500,000. located at Tortsge. N. T.. to be In care. of the American Scenic and His toric Preservation society. The property Includes about 1,(A) acres and embraces the three famous Portage Falls, as wjll as the canyon of the upper Genesee river. Eenor Ramon Bengalchea, recently ap pointed charge d'affaires of Guatemala, haa arrived In Washington. He Is accompanied by Jose H. Munos, son of the late Guate malan minister, who has been appointed secretary of the legation. Senor Bengal chea, who has been consul general for Guatemala for several years, will represent the government at Washington until tha new minister Is appointed. Senators Spooner and Tillman were dis cussing the increased price of living. "Why," exclaimed - the South Carolinian with Indignation, "I am -told that eggs cost 40 cents a dosen 1 In Washington. "That's right," thoughtfully replied Sena tor Spooner, adding, "but then that Is only 3i cents for the hen's full day's work." 8' nator Tillman wandered back Into tha sermte chamber scratching his head. The American colony In London recently extended congratulations to the newoit American peeress. Lady Ellenborough, who Is the daughter of the late B. W. H. . Schenley of Pittsburg and an heiress. Lord Ellenborough Is a retired commander oC the royal navy and has long been con sidered a confirmed bachplor. He partici pated In naval operations In the Baltio aa long ago as the Russian war of 18. He la) therefore of full age for marriage. PASSING IM.KASANTRIF.S. "We don't lynch a man often, anyhow," remarked the visitor from Iowa. - "Neither do we," volunteered the man with the southern accent; "never. In fact, but once." Philadelphia Ledger. "I can't do anything for you, Grogan. If you want to get that Job you'll have to sea Casey." t'aseyT Haa he the Inflooence?" ' "lias he? He is!" Chicago Tribune. "Of all the stingy men Kloseman Is talnly the worat "Yes, there's nothing mean about him." "Nothing mean about him?" "No, he's an extremist in that particu lars'Philadelphia Press. "What do you think of my presidential boom?" "It s too early," answered ' Senator Sor ghum. "You won't even be one of those who also ran. You'll merely be one of those previously mentioned.' VWaehlngtou Star. The Doctor The railroads are complain ing that whenever a carload of coal Is looted by some suffering community In the northwest tfie loss falls on them alone." The Professor--Yes, I havo heard before of the coal losses of roads. Chicago Tri bune. Howells After all, It's the wise man who ran change. hla. opinion. .,. ., . - . Growells Ahl but the really wise men simply can't do It. Howclla Why not Growells Because they've been dead for., years. Washington Herald. 1 "I am going to railroad this case through the courts," declared the Indignant ciil aen. "You can't," replied the astute lawyer. "The block system works too perfectly there." Baltimore American. "I think we had better attack them on the left flank, general." "No, captain, the moving picture ma chine will catch us better on the right." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Gracious!" exclaimed the minister's wife, "I never saw the boys in thla neigh borhood .righting so much before. 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