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TOE.' OMAHA .'DAILY DEE': MONDAY, FEBftUAUY 25, lfK)7. The Omaiia Daily Bee. rOUNDKU BT EDWARD BOHBW ATE It VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. Enters at Omaha postofne M eoond Claas matter, f TERMH F SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Be ltanut Sunday) one year IJ Ially H ad Hunday. on fear ' Sunday pee, otto year J' Saturday bm, on year 119 DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Daily Be (Including Sunday), prwrt ISo Iily H (without Sunday), per week ICe F.venlng He (without Sunday). Pr Evening Be (with Sunday), per week 10O Addreaa complaint of irregularities In delivery to City Circulation Department. . OFFICES. Omaha--Tn Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall Bnlldlng. Council BlufrelO Pearl Street. C'hloi-o 14 Unity Building. New York 1501 Home Life na. Bid. Washington 101 Fourteenth Street. : .CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to new and editorial matter ahould b addreed: Omaha Bee. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by droit, xprejia or. poet at order, pavahl to Th Be Publishing Company. Only 1-eent stamps received In payment pi mall account, Personal check, except on Omaha or earner exchanges, not aoeepted. THE BKE; PUBLISHING COMPANT. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss: Charles C. Rosewster, general manager of The Be publishing company, being duly sworn, say that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally. Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during th month or January. l0T, wa a Miiirws 1... ..86.SO0 i , ,...a,8o IT 31,870 J 31.890 V. . .01,70 4 . . . SLSSO I ..10 I... 30.SQO , .31,950 I....;,.. ,'.38,3 00 . ..........83.900 10 33,040 ii..; ii,e70 II 81.700 10 80,300 tl 31,800 88,050 tl 81,640 4 31,780 tf. 31.700 U 31,890 ft 80.500 tl 31,830 I,.,. 31,669 10 81,390 X ti ..8i,eao It II 38,060 , . .wuwv 14 1 1,730 It .....31,930 II. ...33,180 jA Total . l. ; ; 1 888,480 Leas unsold and returned copies.. 8,134 Net total..,. v .878,348 Dally average 81,383 CHARLES C. ROSE WATER, General Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before- rn ' this jjst .day of January; (Seal) ROBERT HUNTER, . . Notary. Pubiio. WHEN OCT OF TO WS. Subscriber leavlag the city tem porarily shoal aav Th Be aallee them. Address will b Some ' Inert ';. are ; Torn great, some achieve greatness and some, serve on Uie ThiwJury.i i y i1 i George Washington lived a long time ago. He did tots of things which present day eulogists generously (all to see. Executive engineers of the Commer cial club have had their attention called to the dangeV Involved In run nlng past signals. Senator Beverldge Is out with a flat tering Indorsement of the Old Testa ment, which ought to put it in the list of "the six best sellers." The Cubans nslst that they like Gov ernor MAgpoo 'eU enough; : a a teacher, but they do not want 'to study the lesson iofl soH-governmnt:1 , ,'j . - The BUI Club of the World is the latest organization. Most of us know most about the bill club that shows marked activity about the first of each month ('Stunning gowns will be seen this spring," says a fashion note. The worst of it is that many of them. In addition to being seen, will have to be bought. : i .. If Cuba is going q invade this coun try it should" begin at once,' aa the country will not want to have lta at tention distracted after the base ball season opena. Secretary Bhw's suggestion of a re ligious trust will hardly prove popular In a country that has always con sidered salvation aa one of the few Items on the free list. . The two Tobacco trusts have consoli dated and :' promise.' to give consumers higher priced cigars. It will be noted that thja promise is tor higher priced cigars, not for higher grade cigars. Whisky, according to Dr. Wiley, causes "coagulation of the proto plasm." We do not know what that means, but it sounds worse than the Jim jams, also attributed to whisky. .John TJ.; Rockefeller has . signed a bond of $1,000 for his appearance in an Ohio court. Possibly the amount was made small to save him the humil iation of asking friends to come to his assistance. A government vessel Is to carry 00,000 pounds of dynamite from New York to Panama. No marine reg ulations will be necessary to', secure an' unrestricted right-of-way tor that shp. " ' Charles Schwab .has given his. sister $2,000,000 aa a; Redding present. It Is a little strange that she married a plain American,- as she could easily have bought a foreign title with that much coin la sight. jt turns out that th Omaha Com mercial club counts quit a few among Its' members who refuse to subscribe to th star chamber edicts of th ex ecutive committee, pretending to vole their sentiments for them. t ' ' The postofflc appropriation, bill, as Introduced 1 the hoas. provided tor a Reduction "of $11,000,000 In 'the amount paid to railroads for carrying the! malls. As passed, th bill pro Tides for a reduction of $1,600,000. Th railroads may now decide whether they nave lost $1,600,000 or saved MIXORtlT LtiDKHSHlP. I.Y CQSQRKS&. The determined campaign being waged to unhorse John Sharp Wil liams or Mississippi from his 'position aa democratic leader in the house of representatives is manifestly prompted by a desire to draw' a distinct line be tween the radical and Conservative members of the party and clearly de signed for the purpose of having an Influence in the national campaign of next year. In a speech the other day Congressman Lamar of Florida, him self a radical, declared that "the line of demarcation in the house is too plain not to be perceived. There are con servative republicans and there are con servative democrsts; there are progres sive reform or radical republicans and there are progressive reform or rad ical democrats. Mr. Williams belongs to the conservative class of democrats. It )s generally conceded that he has made a good leader of'tne bouse mi nority. His predecessor, Mr. Richard son of Tennessee, had allowed much to go by default, but Mr. Williams has been active and persistent in a but par tially successful effort to whip the' minority Into' a compact fighting or ganization. He has done .well, con sidering the material at hand, but the democrats of the house are now clam oring for more radical action and want a more radical man for leader." Judge OeArmond of - Missouri, who has been placed forward as the candi date, of the element that ' Is seeking the undoing of Mr. Williams, is a Bryan man, first, last And all the time. He Is even more radical than the peer less leader, while Mr. Williams Js frankly opposed to Mr. Bryan's gov ernment ownership policy nd to many of his' more radical Ideas. Mr. De Armond would acce'pt everything that Colonel Bryan has advocated, and then go further. He favors altering the constitution to provide for" the; Initi ative and referendum. He would have congress assemble-immediately after election and would extend the presi dential term to six years' making the' president ineligible-io re-election; He would give congress1 power' to insure lives and w6uld limit 'the right '6f in ferior Judges to declare laws uncon stitutional. - He contends that the fed eral constitution is, 'shop worn ..and favors a constitutional convention to devise plans making it, easlo- tq, the constitution to meet the rapidly developing conditions of the country. ' The minority lender :ln congress is recognized as the snokesrnari' ,of 'the' party', between presidential campaigns, and the fact that a mRn holding Mr. DeArmond's. radical views -Is- being pushed forward for the 'leadership at this time clearly Indicates that. the rul ing Influences In the. remnant of the democratic party In congress. .are for a campaign of ultra-fjkdJcalisra '' next year. 'If Mr.'TJeArmorid" ler successful over. Mr, Williams, the - democratic nominee for the presidency next year. ba-Ke over so. radical; 11I; JiaVefo frfeuk tenant ln' the minority leadership who will; not . -hesitate j' to.go -the't limljt, ip? the championship of any policy how ever "progressive." Th; content ls also interesting In showing that the demo crats are as much dlylde'd oyer their leaders as they are over their issues. , S WED1SH 1M V UiRA TION. ... The king of Sweden and his-advlners are seeking method" of preventing the young and strong -of their popula tion from seeking tber fortunes in America and other dWant 'countries. With this object In view, a campaign of education is . being- "made accom panied by appeals to patriotism, to con vince the Swedish people that their services are 'needed at home to In crease the nation's productiveness In agriculture, fishing and. other Indus tries, but the king has not ' yet Suc ceeded In staying the, flood! of emigra tion, among his subjects,. Toe. latest move 1 the offer of a reward hi $2,000 to the author of the beat, solution, of the problem presented. None will blame the fcin& of Sweden for wanting" to keep the youth and strength of his country: at, borne, but the suggestion may be made that the tide of emigration from Swedish shores will not bv stopped-by prize essays on economic subjects. The young men of Sweden. Incalculably rich In energy, find opportunities for remunerative labor,' ownership of land and opportunity to prosper In America far beyond their possibilities at borne. Until conditions at . home change to enlarge the possibilities of business ad vancement and offer reward and recog nition of Individual effort and energy, the young and strong of Sweden wlU continue In large numbers to buy tickets for America. " ASiaS VF AAKKNLSO. - The protest -issued "over th names ot a large number of members of. the Omaha Commercial club against the action ot the executive committee in committing the whole club against 2 cent passenger fare is a welcome sign of healthy awakening. ' Heretofore members of the clu have Bat supinely by while a little cllg.ua la. the execu tive committee has used th name ot th club in endorsement or .disapproval of all sorts ot public "measures, chletty under Inspiration from railroad head quarters. So strong baa been this in fluence on the' executive committee that w bav had examples even where the railroads hav pulled th strings and gotten the . committee io ratify,, afterward. - Such was the case, it will be re called, whan the railroads sent a dele gation of Omaha men, pretending to represent the Commercial club, to the railway .rat .jregulatlon convention called to meet in Chicago a'llttle more than., a year jo- Tbls delegation after presenting Its faked-np creden tials Joined with the railroad brigade; In trying to spilt the convention and to organize a separate- body, for the purpose of. making congress believe that the- sentiment iof. the iVest was divided aa to the desirability ot carry Ing out the president's "railroad regttt latlon policy. And when It was all over the delegates who bad done the railroad bidding came home with a re port of their actions and a request to have their appointments rati (Jed. Be cause a protest, such as has 'now been made, was not entered then the Com mercial club was put In a false atti tude before the country and especially before congress as being simply an an nex to the railroad publicity bureau, which was spending so much money to counteract public Indignation at rail road arrogance and extortion. It is to be hoped that the Commer cial club will soon learn the; lesson thoroughly that it has nothing to gain either, for itself or for Omaha by truckling to the. railroads, but quite the contrary, that It will grow In ln: fluence and prestige accordingly aa it exhibits Independence and self-as-sertlveness. "J Ay BSD Of GRKKO S SWAT. Governor Charlea E. Hughes of New York, in an address to students at Ann Arbor, has added an interesting and thoughful contribution to the plans for checking the' growth and grasp of greed, which are detrimental to the public good, without limiting the fullest expression of individualism, which Is the pride of Americans and the principal source of their progress and development. In offering a solu tion of the problem, Governor Hughes contends that our1 duties and our in terests are collective and that a limit must be placed upon the individual when it is necessary fdr the greater good of society. He .declares that Americans have permitted ; the. exer cise of individualism to a point where the public good has been injured and that remedial measures must be adopted to secure an adjustment of conditions under which the individual shall be allowed full play and society still receive its just due; The governor sees successful .efforts for this : accomplishment' b'eitog1 "made in many directions. Holders of public franchises no ' longer- treat' them as their own Inventions, the products of their own Initiative, but are beginning to recognize the rights of the people In these franchises and to something like a reasonable compensation for their use. The change la due, not to awakened conscience among the hold ers ot franchises, but to the .awakened conscience of the people, and In' their determination to prevent a continuance of abuses tolerated through their con tributory negligence. .'The Idea is beginning to dawn upon some of our financial leaders," says Xl Vv&ht8?Wtit' they must take the public Into partnership. This idea will, continue' to grow as the people Insist that it is not alone their sympathy for misguided stockholder . thai, draws their opposition to corporate evils, but their feeling that all society Is being wronged." In this, the governor gives expression to a principle which privi leged corporations are prone to Ignore, but which the people are no longer willing to overlook. The value of every, franchise for the use of a public utility is based on the energy and develop ment of the people using it. The frap thlse invariably follows the develop ment of a. city thqt makes possible the profitable management of a public utility. The privileged owners come' In as reapers of benefits made possible only by prior Investments of money and energy In which they did not share. This, as Governor Hughes points out in his address, forms so ciety's vested Interest In every quasi public enterprise which cannot Justly, properly or legally be ignored or, in jured by the play of individual greed. Having established an orthopedic hospital as a state institution experi mentally and pronounced the experi ment a success, th question of perma nent location should' be' determined with a view to accomplishing the most good. Naturally Lincoln objects to losing anything In the way of a state appropriation. It has always been willing to take, but' never to give. Omaha not only appeals to tbe mem bers of th legislature as the place where the hospital can be; of moat service and highest efficiency, but Is also ready to co-operate by furnishing a. site through the generosity ot its own public-spirited citizens and no petty prejudice on the part ot Lincoln should be allowed to stand in the way. Colonel Bryan's Commoner declare that the resolutions adopted by th Nebraska legislature against th ship subsidy represents tbe sentiments of Nebraska "regardless of political prejudice." Wa take it nost the less that the right is reserved to weigh any other act ot th Nebraska' legislature on the scales of political i expediency as contributing capital to the, next democratic candidate for th presi dency. In Omaha a fund baa been raised by popular 'subscription to erect a monument in memory ot Abraham Lincoln. Down at Lincoln a request has been ' filed for an appropriation out of the state treasury of '$10,000 to pay for. a monument to Lincoln at th state capital. This illustrates characteristically the difference be tween, the' Iwo, pities. ' Congressman Pollard will b al lowed to return th $1,800 paid him salary t before ,b wu elected, .but J his colleagues insist that the wording of the enabling, act be such as to cause no reflection, because had jthey been In bis place" they, would have taken the money themselves without suffering conscientious scruples, about keeping it. ' Bourk Cockran' of New York was granted a leave of absence by congress early In the winter-to go on bis wed ding tour and wfll not be back until after congress adjourns. His absence may account. In measure, tor tbe success of congress In disposing of a few pieces of Important business pend ing at th short session. The state house has been on the point of falling down biennially every time the legislature" has met as far back as th memory of man runneth, but for some strange and unaccounta ble reason It has stubbornly refused to fall Irrespective of the failure ot appropriations made for patching it up, , . " ' "Take a trip from Maine to Cali fornia," says Secretary Shaw, "and note the evidences of prosperity on every band." Since the enforcement of the anti-pass order most people will take th secretary's word for It rather than Insist upon personal ob fcervatloni A candidate for appointment as fed eral judge ap in,. Idaho Is being op posed because he "killed a man" In the early days. The, frontier of the ro mance ' writer ' haB certainly disap peared when a notched gun falls' to serve as a badge ot distinction. Furnishing meals to prisoners In the county jail Is a business proposi tion and it should be dealt with by letting the job to the best bidder un der competition Just . tie same as fur nishing other supplies which the tax payers ot the county pay for. : ' 1 The Nebraska Jeglslatur has taken a four' days adjournment to get under full wind for the home run on the bill Introducing track. , High water la the Loip will not be-in It with the stream of bills that will be presented on re convening. ' General Fred Grant says the com bined navies of the world could not lay New York waste.' Now if the general can only think of. something that will allay Boston's fears, the country may proceed with its pursuit of the agile dollar. ' .'' '" ;" The Postal Telegraph company will follow the Western Union Telegraph company In salary concessions to em ployes. Neither Jt them, however, show any disposition toward making a break for rate' concessions to - the W " , i ...The report tTTatwike Donlln of the New York -baa pallj-team has been robbed of $500 add a diamond will be believed only by those who believe It possible for a ball player to have $500 and a diamond at this time of the year. The redemption of one democratic platform pledge will not hurt If the republican legislature , will now . re deem the republican platform pledges. Real Gerrranr Jit Empire Stat. 'New Tork' Evening Post. No 'one any fonirer ' disputes that Mr. Hughes means to' be governor. With noth ing theatrical about htm, making us of no loud expletives or glaring advertisements; tie has quietly mndt It plain that he la th head of his rtWn administration. He will be no rubber-stamp governor. Affect ing nothing like the' pose of a boas and refraining from everything which could look Ilk' Intimidation, he gnos upon the' principle that th work of th sorernor munt be done by the gdverhor. He does his V -sulfations In tbe - open. Sly party Nloodemuses no longer go to the executive chamber by night or by subterranean paa aages and the back door. Th public busi ness Is transacted' publlctly. We have a governor again. '"' ' ' . BLOCK.IKQ IMMUNITY BATHS. . Rla-ht o Appeal oa Questions of U la CrlBBtaal Canes. ' Pittsburg Dispatch.- ' 1 Th paasaa by the' senate of the bill granting the government th rlght-of ap peal to the supreme eWrt on questions of law In criminal cases Ik expected to render th possibility of future Immunity baths remote, If t not Indeed to make them Im possible. Th fact Ulat the government waa so easily defeated In lta' efforts to bring the packers to Justice by th quash ing of th proceeding by a subordinate court on a mere question of law aatounded the country and evoked a presldental refor enc that attracted ' national attention. Under the existing law th defendant, ot course, had every right- of appeal, but th government had to submit to having leg islation outlined by a dtstrlct judge with out any possibility of appeal. Aa Senator Nelson said. It virtually meant a double veto on .the acts of Congress. First, by th president, which might be overcome by sufficient vote, and then by any judge, over whore veto there was no remedy. Several -oases similar to that of th pack ers hav arisen to strengthen th demand that the government ahould hav th right to appeal on. questions of law to the su preme court. ' - Th opposition to this demand waa voiced by Senator Rayner, who dwelt upon'th as sumption that under this right of apual a defendant could b placed la Jeopardy twice. But as Senator Knox contended It 1 only desired to giv th government right of appeal' on questions of law In tended to defeat trial. Had there been such a law when th immunity bath was taken th government could nav appealed to the Supreme eourt on th quelm whether th defendants were entitled to Immunity and possibly hav obtained a decision reversing Judge Humphreys, la which case the packer would hav had ta stand trial. A It Waa Humphries" decision brought the wools proceedings to naught... The extension of Uut right of appeal to th government will Injure no defendant, rob htm of no rights, but it will aasur that th government WlU be In the sain position and equally protected. The gov ernment already possessed that right In case arising under the euatoma or revenue law. It waa recognised In th District of Columbia and la tbe law in many of ht state. Bealdes It .1 th essence of com mon sens and justice. ' ROlSn ABOt T HFW TOBK. Ripple aa Careen f Life la th Metroaolls. The bureau of weights and meaure of Greater New Tork did considerable rbuel n last year In strlrlng to keep short weight, and short-measure crook within hailing dletnnc of the lnw. The annual report of Its activities show 1.RS8 violations of law in the 4S.708 Inspections made. Grocer, butchers. Icemen and coal dealers were the principal offenders. There were 17F0 complaints against 1.843 persons, and penalties aggregating tS,750 were claimed. Last year th amount wa $(1,560. The total number of scales, weight and measure Inspected wa 829, 2S. aa agnlnot In 1906. Violation Included 451 grocer. 7M butchers, 17S Ice denier. 7 coal dealer and 34 junk dealer. Win and liquor deal er appt'sr to be honest, as only eight out of ft were accused of violations, and only one druggist out of 1,798. Two hardware dealer out of 7S1 were similarly charged. Manhattan coal dealer who give short Weight cut out from fifty to 140 pounds from the ton. In Brooklyn the dettclencle ranged from forty to 100 pounds; from fifty to KA pounds In Richmond, and from fifty to r in Queen. The average shortage waa 108 pounds to th ton. A woman eklng a dlvorc from her husband appeared In one of th New Tork City court one day last week togged out In gold-trimmed raiment which reporter scheduled a follows: Ornaments Nine yards gold braid Two gold purse , Two dosen gold tassel Four gold bracelets Bight one Inch gold buttons. On three foot gold chain Weight. .. 4 lb. .. 10 lbs. .. t lbs. .. I lbs. ..1.9 lbs. ..1.5 lbs. Hliteen leweied rings I-..-.,.. i- fl.ro Arnnmand and tnllftt A T 1 lb. tlelea suspended from arms 4.4 lb. Sheet gold tinsel and gold woven cloth b. Total weight carried 8X lb. She also wore a blue dress, to which many of , the tassels and streamer war attached,, and undoubtedly had th other trousseau accessories.. She got her di vorce. "Its so easy to complain," sighed an agent of the New Tork Telephone company, aa he listened to the twentieth' complaint of th morning: "but If you knew the facts It Isn't th girls' fault; It Isn't that they are not properly trained; the trouble la that each girl I doing th work of two. We simply can't get operators enough, and those we do get w can't keep. Why? Because this Is the greatest marrying busi ness that ever a woman engaged In. We turn out between seventy and eighty girls a week from our Instruction school and marry off between ninety and 100 a week over 4,000 last year In Manhattan alone. Many of them leave without a day's warn ing; do - you wonder the service Is poor? And It's all our own doing, too; for most of them meet their future husband over our own 'phones.' Now, how ar we going to cope with a situation like that,T" In spite of the . tremendous amount of building in the business sections of New Tork, the demand - for offices continues greater than the supply, with th result that office rentals are 10 per cent higher than they were two or three years ago. Million hav been , Invested In office structure downtown In th last year, yet, with all these, new building to be leased and many other which hav been pro jected and can be rented from th plana, many more offices and loft buildings will have to be built this or next year to meet the demand. ,. v .. . . .' ' "Glen Iris," New York's new Adirondack park, th gift of the philanthropic William Pryor Letchwork, .la described. In, ib Feb ruary magesin number of Charities and the Common of New Tork by Robert W. Hebberd.' commissioner of charities, Now Tork City. Bight beautiful full-page Illus trations also tell the story of th natural beauties 'of the park, Says Mr. Hebbard: "Covering more than 1,000 acres of wood land and garden on both sides of th Gen esee, It has within it confines three water falls of Imposing grandeur. On of them, within a stone's throw of th house - in which Dr. Letchworth. lives, rivals th American fall at Niagara In height and volume of water. For a considerable por tion . of each sunny day th rising spray from this fall produce. a beautiful rainbow, from which th park gain the appropriate name of Glen Iris, or th glen of th rain bow. "Th park has for years been open to pleasure seekers, so long aa they did not abuse, the privilege, and It is estimated that nearly 20,000 persons visited It last year. Id the space of less than two mile It precipitate Itself over three fall, descending- In all about 400 feet. The upper fall is sixty-six feet In height, the middle fall, by Dr. Letchworth' house,-1 110 feet and the tower fall ninety-six feet In height. Between the middle and the lower fall sandstone cliffs rise perpendicularly to a height of SS0 feet, with the river as their base." Of the mftny thousand of children who attend the public schools, a correspondent asserts that "the brightest and quickest to learn are (he Chinese and Japanese. Un like the American they pay strict atten tion to tnefr lessons and do not spend their spare moment In throwing wads of paper and other missile about th room. There are about "200 Chinese children In New York's public school. The greater number of them attend the large school at Bayard and Mulberry street. In the Italian dis trict, and on the outskirts of Chinatown. In this school there la possibly a larger number of foreign pupils than In any other school in the country. Th instructors cf th children of Chinatown are fluent In many languages. They can talk Chinese, Japanese, Italian 'and, of course, Kngllah. The Mongolians mingle with the whit chil dren, play their game and lead In many of th sport on the roof. But When th classes are called thecal mond-eyed children show the most Interest and bend themselves most diligently to mastering their tka And then, again, they ar more punctual In their attendance and seldom ever play 'hookey,' a characteristic of the American boy and easily and willingly copied by hi brother from Italy." Valaattna f Hallrnad Praaerty. Philadelphia Record. In .h language of th supreme court of the United States, a reasonable rat to be charged for the transportation of freight and passengers would be a rat that would yield to th carriers a fair return on th actual value of their property and quip men t over and above their legltlmat ex penses. Th right basis for th determina tion of th reasonableness of a rat will he lacking until such a valuation shall have been made. Whether th Interstate 00m merc commission is the proper body to make such a valuation Is a question con cerning which there may be a difference of opinio; the commission would be over whelmed by the addition of this stupendous task to Jt other engrossing duties. The senate dodged th question by referring the LaFollett bill on th subject to th com mission Itself. , Saw Variety af Wreckage. Cleveland Plain Dealer. It ho been demonstrated that a railway accident on an electric road can be just as destructive th old-fashioned sort. WblcH further 'demonstrate that just as much car Is required to guard againat mishap. ' r. XRBRASKA PBK" COMMKT. Beatrice gun: The newspaper boy had a very pleasant tlm at Omaha, and were hospitably treated by the people of that city. They exchanged Idea, and among other thing expressed their opinion of Madden and hi way of trying to drive newspaper off the earth by raising th ratea of postag. Pender Republican: The Pender Time can contlnu to be th champion of political corruption In Thurston county If It choose to do so, but as long a th Walthill Time and Thurston Oasette mix principle with their Ink In th proportion that they ar doing it now the people of the county will not be without a spokesmen In the news paper field. Albion News; Th skirmishing In th leg islature Is about done, and the actual work of th session will now begin to materialise. W expect to se all the platform promises enacted Into laws, which will mark this as the best session ot our' legislature ever held. It comes nearer being representative of the people than any which has preceded It. The lobbyists have been less powerful, and the people's Interests more considered. Silver Creek Sand: The members ot the Nebraska legislature, so far, seem to have been playing for tlm and striving to get acquainted. From now on It will be a fight to a show down. Th lobby ha undoubtedly been getting In Its work, but It will hardly count against the determination of th pea pie who voted tor members whom they thought they could trust. We sincerely hope their confidence ha not been mis placed. Alliance Times: This paper ha never been In favor qf a primary election law, for the reason we bellve same wil confer th nominating power principally to 'th cltle and larger town while th country man will not take the time and trouble to participate, but will nevertheless be dissatis fied. However . since the last republican platform declared In favor of such a meas ure, the legislature should now make some effort toward fulfilling It pledge thus mad to the people. Holdreg Cltlsen; Some ar Inclined to criticise th state legislature because It doe not move faster In fulfilling its platform pledges. Our legislature out out a big lot of work to do this season and If they get this done and done well before they ad journ no one ha any cause to complain. It 1 better to take time to do th work well than to do It In a hurry and then not more than half do It. After a few weeks th legislature will be judged by th work they did and not by th tlm they took to do It ' , - - - Central City Republican: The newspaper which hav been howling about ' the ex change . of advertising space for railroad mileage, apparently saw no harm In .doctor and lawyers receiving a pas as pay for their services. There are great number of lawyers who perform no services for the railroads, but are given passes to keep down and discourage litigation againat th company and to look after Its political in terests. This is the worst form of the pas evil and should be abolished. However we have always believed that lawyer and doc tors who perform legitimate service for a railroad, as well as edltora who carry legit (mate advertising in their papers, have a right to accept mileage, either as whole or part payment for their service. We be- lleve that wher legitimate services, are rendered, the manner of payment Is purely a business proposition and concerns only th parties directly involved. PERSONAL NOTES. Kuropatkln Is threatened with so many dueis that he yet may find out something about real war. A Montana, prise winner at th St Louis exposition seta up a weird roAr because the! "gold medal" he won turned out to bo made of copper from his home. II can hav a new on onsupplylng th leather, William J. Oliver of Knoxville, Tenn th contractor for th Panama canal. Is less than 46 year of age. red-headed, and has more than $40,000,000 In contract un der way In this country st the present time. Kx-Govemor Frederick Holbrook of Ver mont and ex-Governor William Sprague of Rhode Island are the only living war gov ernors in the United State. Mr. Holbrook celebrated his ninety-fourth birthday a few days ago. The kaiser seldom appears now without th Red Eagle and the Hohenxollern House order, and, in addition, an Austrian, an Italian and a Russian decoration. Although he 1 the possessor ot four British order he seldom "sports" them except when In the presence of English royalties or when on a visit ta England. Dr. Nanaen, th famous -explorer, who is now Norwegian minister In London, has be come a great favorite in society there. He la a keen sportsman, on of the beat bridge player In London, a skilled musician and a good story teller. It Is hinted that of late he haa been hearing a call from the farthest north and that ere long he may abandon diplomacy In fayor of another arctic expe dition. , . , .. Th Ohio delegation In the next congress will have ten member under forty year of age, on of them, J. Eugene Harding, of Mlddletown. I but twenty-nine, and will b th youngest member of the house. No state haa ever sent so many young man to a single congress as Ohio, and those who came two years ago hav each and all been returned. The common belief that no on but a lawyer can draw a will Is not shared In by courts. Samuel J. Tilden failed In doing the job -for himself. Th latest vic tim of the pleasant , conceit I the lata Chief. Justice Paxaon of th su preme oourt of Pennsylvania. Ills will was found fatally defective and wss an nulled by the. orphans' court of Philadel phia, destroying a bequest of 11,600.000 to found an agricultural college for boy. BILLION DOLLAR SESSION. Prasperlty Eaabl th Goveranaeat ta Staaa ta Pressar. Nw Tork Sun. Th present session of congress promise to be a record breaker In th matter of appropriation .From all , present Indica tions th total Will" com' very dos to th blllton-dollar mark. There is a possi bility that It may cross that mask. It Is not easy to see just wher any Im portant economies could be effected In our budget A few million could be sav-rd her and there, perhaps, but their total would be comparatively Inconsiderable. A few dollars could b saved her and there by th adoption of better buslnea method In some of th department, but th total would be no very Important sum. Our navy la none too large, and there ar branch of th military service which al most demand expansion beyond their present strength. Our pension roll 1 enor mous, but Its reduction would meet no public approval. Our postal service costs a vast sum. but It Is a vaat buslnea. 80 long aa general , prosperity continue w can carry our expenditures with little inconvenience and with little understsndlng of their magnitude. Should there com a period of Industrial stagnation and com mercial contraction we should probably be obliged 4o sit up and do sum hard think ing. A billion of dollar la a lot of money to spend In a Single yea, but with, prosperity continuous, even that expenditure will not noticeably strain our resource, j A DAKOTA LAND ARAL 4 Bo.ta. rr.te.t Aaala.t M....S, lala' ta laalaa. Boston Trsiscrlpt. Suppose that through some at present m conceivable national or politic' catastrophe the New England state should revert to th condition of abandoned farms, and that somebody In Washington protending to act for th benefit of th survivors of our pop ulatlon should put up Worcester county, a tract of about a million acre, to be sold for their benefit. There ar all kind ot land In Worcester county, apart from th manufacturing Investment making tt on of th busiest workshop of the world rich meadow land, good farming upland, forest land aa well as the scraggly paa turea characteristic of snm parts of New England. Supposing, now, our congrs In It alleged wisdom and goodwill toward Its wards ahould fix a uniform and arbitrary price for all this land (and a low one, ra fact limiting the price to 15 per acre) what a monumental piece of injustice, fraud and robbery would be committed! Yet this la precisely what Is proposed to he done la legislation now pending In the congress ot th United State (H. R. 20627 and 8. HIS). It provides for th sal of possibly 4 mil Hon acre of the tribal lands ot th Ross' bud Indians, South ' Dakota. Th Boston Indian Citlaenshlp commute, co-operating with th Philadelphia Indian Rights association. Is doing what It can ta obstruct th passage of this mnaaura, whloh seems Imminent unless public at tentlon throws a broad light In time upon those engineering th transaction in the furtherance of a gigantic land grab. It la clear that the wards of th nation ar en titled to th value of the lands whatever that may be, and that any fixing of air arbitrary maximum per sere Is on th face of It In violation of good faith as It I manifestly against common sense. Every fair-minded man will at one agre that such lands should not be sold for less than an appraised valueproperly determined, or else under sealed bids. The danger Is at present that ' the matter will be rushed through and closed up before It will be possible on account of the rigors of wlntr to Institute any examination of th land. Postponement is the least that can b ac cepted by the friends, -we will not say Of th Indians, especially, but of decency and of the good nam of the government. The Rosebud Indian land II In Gregory; ccunty and Tripp county. South Dakota. New lines of railroad hav just been con structed through them, extension ot th Chicago A Northwestern, and more ar coming as the land is developed. A recent article In the Forest City Frees of South Dakota state that "th price ot lands taken up two year ago In Gregory county ha advanced rapidly until they are now selling at from 130 to $50 an acre." This I the milk In the cocoanut; It Is th dif ference between $6 and the $3) to JSO that the lands are selling for at retail that some wholesale syndicate hopes to gather In. It appears from the same paper that In this tract there Is very little rough land and that the soli Is a rich black loam with some timber, aeh, elm and boxelder,- along the creeks; and the wild grass is very heavy, so that hay ran be baled without cultivation on thousands of seres. A fat prise surely this million of acres at 16. ' PLEASANTLY FOISTED. "Judge." said the prisoner. "I'm the vic tim of hypnotism. Don't you beliave la hypnotism 7" "Sure," said the judge. "I am myself a victim of It. The prosecuting attorney ha f laced m under a spell that forces m to hlnk you need about thirty day. Next.' Philadelphia Ledger. . "I've got a good conundrum for you." "I give It up." "But you haven't heard it." ''That doesn't make any difference." "Why not?" ' "Weil, you see. I think that everybody should give up something in Lent and X give up all conundrums." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "You're as beautiful as "Well, a what?" ah asked, looking down and blushing. "A a soap calendar," he declared. Then she put her arms around his neck and drew a long, glad sigh, feeling that It would be foolish of her to expect him to say more. Chicago Record-Herald. "Rubber," suggestively remarked the young woman crossing tbe muddy street. The man behind her paused. Then he picked up the rubber, amlsted her to re place It and went hi way. All la not slang that sound it Philadel phia Ledger. "What made you so sympathetic toward the prisoner?" "Well," answered the Juror, "after being locked up away from home and friends ourselves, we realised what It Is to be In the clutches of the law and felt sorry for him." Washington Star. "Colonel, that waa a great speech you made, the other day - on th Philippine tariff." 'I am glad you liked it, judge." 'Yen: the fellow that want th tariff all say It was an unanswerable argument In its favor, and the fellows that oppose It de clare you knocked the scheme into a cocked hat." Chicago Tribune. CRY OP THE DREAMER. Cincinnati Enquirer. . I am tired of planning and toiling In the crowded hive of men; Heart-weary of building and apolllng. And spoiling and building again. And I long for the dear old river, Where I dreamed my youth away, For a dreamer lives forever. And a toller die in a day. I am sick of the showy ceemlnaT Of a life that la hair a lie; Of the faces lined with scheming ' In the throng that hurries by. From the sleepless thoughts' endeavor, I would go where the children play; For a dreamer Uvea forever. And a thinker dlea in a day. I can feel no pride, but pity, For the burden the rich endure; There la nothing sweet in the city But the patient lives of the poor, Oh, the little hands too skillful. And the cliild mind choked with weedat Th daughter's heart grownSwIlfuI, And the father' heart tharUledl No, no! from the Street's rudeustl, From trophlo of mart ana stair I would fly to the woods' low ru. And the meadow's kindly page. It m dream as of vore by the rive And be loved for the dream always For a dreamer lives forever. And a thinker dies in a day. X FIUEJfD'8 TIP ' TO-Yer p)d Man, Not Tee Old A eept a Faod Folatar. . 'For th last To years," write a Wain man, "I hav been ,irouDiea wun iypep la and liver complaint and hav , tried about every known remedy without muoa in the way pi results until I, took up th food question. ...... 'A friend recommended Grape-Nut food, after I had taken ail sorts of madU cine with only occasional, temporary relief. This was about nlns month ago. and began th Grape-Nut . for breakfast with cream and a little sugar. Since then I have had th food for at least on meal a day, usually for breakfast "Word fall to express the benefit I received from the use of Orape-Nuts, My stomach 1 almost entirely free front pain and my liver complaint I about cured, I have gained flash, sleep well, can eat nearly any kind of foqd- exoept greasy, starchy thing and am strong and healthy at th age of TO year. "If I tin b the mean of helping any roor mortal, who has been troubled with dyspepsia as I have been, t ant willing to answer any letter enclosing stamp." Nam given by post era Co., Battle Creek. Mich. Read th lltti book, "Th Ro4 to Weil villa," ta packagsa. "There's ft Heaaoa," . r!