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R OMAHA DAILY HER: MONDAY. MARCH 2"u 1007. Tiif, Omaha Daily Bee lolNUhl) HV EDWARD KOBEWATKR. VII.'TUH Ilt-SEWATF R, "DITOR. Ki.t-red at Omaha p-sUoifice second- TtHMJ OF 81 HSVRIPTION. Daily lie (without fcundayi, one year..4 1'aoy lice unit Sunday, one year J Sunday iiee, one year biiuMliy Lee, one year ' I'EUVtBEU BT CARRIER. I'f V.y Pee (Including Sunday), per week...ir,o Dally Bee (nllhout rundiiy. par week.. ..100 K filing He (ulihout Sunday), per week. Ko Evening li-e (with bur.day), per week. ...100 Address e-omplaints of rreularlt1e In de livery to City Circulation Department. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. , South Omaha City Hull Building. Council liinfTs TO Pesrl Street. Clilragii-. itiK) Umtv Building. New 101k- )5on llomi Life Insurance B'4. Washington M Fourteenth Ptreet. CORRESPONDENCE. Communlf atlons relating to news and ed itorial maNer should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit hy draft, express or potnl order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company, (mry i-cent itamm received In payment or will nceourrfs. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange. nt accepted. THE REE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Plate of Nebraska. Douglas County. c'harh s C ' Hutawaur, general manner of The K Publishing comiany. being duly sworn. savs that the actual number of full n nd complete rnples of The Pally. Morning, Evening and Sunday Pee printed during the incntn or r cimmrv. lsirf. mi as iouow. 1 31,600 31,380 2 v.. 8160 17 30,390 5 30,100 18 33.630 4 ai,C30 1 32,0fc0 6 31,660 20 3S.BE0 81,670 21 33,470 7 33,180 22 39.4G0 I G1.B60 2 J 38,0.60 9 33,130 24 30,620 10 30,430 IS 33,080 11 31.750 2 3160 12 31,670 J7 33,050 12 31,640 , tl 33,130 14 .. ... 81,640 IS 31,650 Total 896,730 Leai unsold and returned copies. 9,763 Net total 686,957 Bally average 31,677 CILARLjig C. ROSE WATER, General Manager. Subscribed In my' presence and aworn to before) me thla 1st day of March, 1IHC. (Seal) M. B. H UNGATE, Notary Public. WHEN OUT or TOWJ. subscribers leaving the cltr tern porarlly should ha-e ' The Dee walled to them. Addrea will lie chanted often as requested. Prospect art' good Unit tin legisla ture will redeem ev'ery plat form pledge without requiring on extra session. TLe failure of Senator lvnox'8 presi dential boom to mil kit any notable prog ress uniy be due to the ear shortage. Colonel Kr.vuu denounces, tle repub lican party as n one-man party. Even that Ik a majority over n no-man party. If the government decides to buy the railroads It might be a good scheme to start a panic In Wall street und Ret theui at bargain prices. Whatever" the JuYy in the Thaw cafe may decide, all hope It will find tsonio way of preventing the participants In the case from going on the stage. The czar of ltuwhhi has wade a lot of new promises to the douma. The czar'n stock of promises seems to be as large as that of the xtiltan of Turkey. The Nebraska law-makers who re pudiated their own signatures doubt less now wish they hadn't unless the consideration was really worth while. The Illinois minister who squandered $12,000 in playing slot machines should have stopped to think how far 240,000 nickels would have taken him on a street car. Admiral Schley says he could not be Induced to accept the nomination for the vice presidency on the democrat ticket. The admiral has no uppetite foi a losing tight. Ixtndon announces that "Richard Croker Is on the high road to recovery." The pKple lose track of Croker except when his advice Is needed about New York elections. That beautiful work of fiction entitled "The Omaha Sponge," Issued by the twin tax bureaucrats of the Union Pa clue, and Rurlington roads, will now be recalled from circulation. ' The supreme court has so far contined itself to telling what is not a perquisite of office. It might clear up matters a little more if It would tell what consti tutes a perquisite of office. A Kentuyky farmer boasts posses sion of ''sixteen acres of the finest mint In the world." Colond Henry Watter son may be expected to start home from Spain ulmost any day now. Mr. Harrlman wa unquestionably rlgflt when he referred to the mistaken policy of leaving all the' dealings be tween the railroads and the public to "lawyers and subordinates."' Chairman tlurber of the democratic Hate committee lu Ohio says that If Mr. Iiijtiu Is liouiluuted for the presi dency he will carry every state in the uulou. lie always does except In No vember. "The Wall street Hurry will go down to history" us the first panic' without a failure," says the Cleveland Plain Pettier. On the contrary, It was a com plete failure, bo fur tin Its purpose of se'iriug the president and the country w:'s concerned. "If you pm.j,rr and we prosper we r-hiU prospertetcther; If you fall to pr-i.-'jicr and we fall to prosper, we Khali I;;',l -Together," said Speaker Cnuuon In ' uddrces to the Porto Kieatis. If the Pcrli Iilcans i an find any Haw hi that 11:. d of logic the riuliti -nf ci1lzetnhl: aLould no longer b. dcidtd thcai. rini'usK ( F llj-OI LltAllVU" .Hll.K. While rallniail managers. In roufer ence with rifsideiit Koosevelt and io publie titteranees, have been ubmlt tlr.g many propositions for 'co-operative" relations between the government and tne railways, no two of them have agreed on any definite plan, and most of the suggestions have been rather rngue In .character. Out of the mass of suggestion and argument made public, however, Is a clear Indication that most of the railway managers desire a modu vlvendl with the government by which the entire regulation of traffic rates filial be placed under federal control and the railways thus relieved of deal ing with state authorities In the matter of rates. Mr. Harrlman, the most loquacious of the railway -eonferees. is emphatic ally In favor of such plan. In a care fully stuilledlnterview he declares that the question of constitutionality lies In all of the state legislation on railway matters and that "but one thing is ob vious, and that Is that the railroads have got to fight these measures as they come along and at the same time ' undertake to educate the public on the primary questions involved." This Is simply official announcement of the purpose ot tlie railroads to apply the court test to the rate laws passed by the legislatures of Nebraska and other western states. Another move in the direction of en larging, the scope of the work of the Interstate Commerce commission has been made by I?. I- Yoakum of fhe Rock Island, who has asked President Roosevelt to have western representa tives of the commission appointed with headquarters at Chicago and St Iuis for the purpose of securing "co-operation." John D. Rockefeller, whose In direct holdings lu railroad properties Is very large, hits also declared in favor of federal control and regulation of railway rates, and the entire railway management seems to be Inclining to that view, the pui'iKise clearly being to have the question of rate regulation taken from the legislatures, of the states and vested with the Interstate Com merce commWslon. , The attitude of the railroad managers Is significant, In view of their open hos tility for years to the efforts of the In terstate Commerce commission to bring about the very renditions for which the railways are now clamoring. No eager ness to seek cover under the federal law wax manifested until the legisla tures of the s'ntes became aroused over local abuses co-extensive with thone aimed at by the president and congress. It Is possible, of course, that under projier t'o-operntlon letwecn the govern- j inent and the railways a satisfactory adjustment of Interstate commerce rates I might lo fixed going a long way to end ( what the railways are pleased to term "a campaign of hostility" In the va rious legislatures. Be that as It may, the railroads have for the first time been placed on the defensive and com pelled to admit that the shippers and fhe public have rights that should be respected. A VICTORY FOR THE PEOPLE. The passage of the terminal tax bill by substantial majorities In both branches of the Nebraska legislature Is a great victory for the people as against the consolidated influence of the tax shirking railroads. Never In the history of Nebraska has a railroad lobby, reinforced by all the insidious agencies at the command of these great corporations, fought so des perately to retain a special privilege affording them escape from payment of city taxes on their terminals and forc ing the other property owners to pay the taxes that should properly be paid by the railroads. The bill must pass through still an other stage of legislative procedure to secure the concurrence of the senate to the house amendments before It , will be ready for the approving signature of the governor, which Is already assured. It Is not safe to assume that- the rail road managers, who have required their paid agents to tight the measure inch by inch, will cease their efforts to ob struct even now. It behooves the friends of terminal taxation to coutiuue their vigllunce to the very end. When the bill is signed by tho gov ernor and actually on the statute books, Tho Bee will have considerable more to say in review of and comment en this great legislative battle. SPOZ7VG GOOD 8yA K K STORIES. The official zoologist of the state of Pennsylvania has Issued a pamphlet on snakes in which he devotes many pages to the self-lnqiosed and unappreciated' task of trying to convince the world that all the snake stories of the past were not true. The skeptical aoologlst Insists that all the statements In hU booklet are based on actual experiments anil subject of convincing proof, but the American people will be slow to be lieve him. Just the same. His conten tion that the hanging of a dead snake on a tree will not produce rain In a few hours and drive witches away will never lie accepted in the south, where thousand' of negroes are nady to tes tify to the efficacy of this practice. Nor can he iiihke many folks believe that the snake cannot be used to cure goitre. Western' Indians tan tell On I'eimsylvtini.-i selei-.tilie sharji, too. tliat the heart of a rattlesnake, if swallowed while It is still warm, is an infallible cure for eonstimptloii. Men raised on the farm will sneer at the professor's claim that there Js no 'inch tlilntr, us a hoepf nuke. They all i eu eii-lu-r. and can prow it by the lilr.-d '.iiMi. sti big the liiMipspsike t:lk Its Mi! n 'ts tooiiiii .ii-d , -1! : i r the in. ,id -w 't exprc.s iraiu .-p. d. tiuu'ly ;rii;:;ig Its futiKs lu a tree, with the result that the tree died witlilu an hour. The tree may also be elte as evidence. Theo are only samples of the wild assertions made by the Pennsylvania snakeolog'.st. He even contends that snakes do not thartn birds, or go blind once a month In dog days, or sting with their toneues, or milk cows, ami he" caps the climax with the assertion that when a snake H killed Its tail does not live until the sun lioes down. Science Is making great headway these days and discovering many thincs that are not so. Most of its decrees re accepted without question, but the Pennsylvnti'In vpert has placed too heavy 'a tax on the credulity of the people who know a snake when they see It with it. fkin on. The only thing to be said In his favor Is that he (I'd cot aim a shaft at that time-honored custom of amateur fishermen carrying a bottle along filled with sure cure for snake bites. SECRETARY TAFT -TRA VEllXCi DirLOMA T. An Illustration of the development of modern statesmanship and the changed political conditions that have followed America's elevation to the ranks of "world powers" Is furnished by the Itinerary upon which Secietary of War Taft has started, with a suit case full of problems arisen between the United States und Its colonial possessions. Mr. Taft has gone to Panama and will also visit Porto Rico. On his return trip he will spend some time in Havana and then, ufter a brief stay In Ohio, will start for the Philippines. He may go to the Philippines via Alaska and will touch at Hawaii and Samoa. He goes. In effect, as the diplomatic messenger of the president's cabinet to confer with the nation's colonial authorities on prob lems demanding solution. At Panama Mr. Taft will investigate the work done and to be done and niton his report the" president will base his decision ns to the future policy to be pursued in the matter of digging tho canal by the government or by coutract ami the couise to be adopted It! securing necessary labor for the work. v Some engineering problems are also to be set tled and Mr. Tnft's report will be the basis for the administration's future action. In Porto Rico Mr. Taffs duty will be one of conciliation, the Porto Weans feeling greatly aggrieved because rights of citizenship have been denied them. In Alaska, the secretary will Inspect the government's works and consider plans nnder discussion for a general sys tematic development of the resources of the territory, under federal direction. The traveling diplomat will Investigate the fortification Improvements nt Ha waii and study ih6 labor problem as af fected by the new immigration law. When Mr.' Taft was governor of the Philippines, he promised the natives he would be present at the opening of the first Philippine assembly, which will be In September. While keeping that en gagement, he will visit the Islands early In order to watch the progress of events and be in position to make recommenda tions for future action by congress en larging the self-government powers that have been granted to the Filipinos. He will have to report progress on his ef forts to secure a reduction of tariff on Philippine goods, but he doubtless will tell them that there is still hope for re lief lu that direction. The discharge of these duties will keep the secretary pretty busy until al most time for the next session of con gress In the meantime, the Taft presi dential boom is in the hands of his friends. IMVC'LE SAM' If CASH ACCOVKT. Just before adjournment, Chairman Tawney of the house committee on ap propriations Issued a note of warning, advising congress to prune the appro priation bills then peudlng-or be prepared to face a deficit of about $100,000,000 at the end of the fiscal year in June, 1908. Refusing to get scared badly by the warning, congress went ahead with aproprlations that broke a record for the short session. Then Mr. Tawuey made another statement, admitting er rors In his former estimate and Inti mating that the surplus at the end of the next fiscal year would bo about $20,000,000, In spite of tho larga appro priations. Now the "Treasury depart ment Is coming along with figures that make Mr. Tawney look like a pessimist. The government's Income for the first twenty days of March was $5,000,000 In excess of disbursements and Its sur plus for the nine months of the present fiscal year amounts to over $7,ooo,00O. At that rate the surplus for the fiscal year ending next June will be In ex cess of $7'M 10.000, which may be ap plied to the expenditures pledged for the liscal year ending In June, lODS. This Is the largest surplus the govern ment has had since ltxi2 and the con stant Increase in foreign trade furnishes assurances that a surplus of bulky pro portions will mark the close ofthe fiscal year provided for by the last congress. The financial condition of the gov ernment Is all the answer needed to the gloomy predictions of financiers who have not been satisfied with the legis lation of the lasj two years. It also Is 8ti encouragement to business men and corporations to go on with their plans for new enterprises, the prosecution of which will serve to continue the era of prosperity now being enjoyed by the nation. Th lax bureau irtielia of ihe variom railrcuds may come home from Lincoln nr-d pre are tin lr schedules for the an iieal exhibit for the ?i:ti Hoard tf As-si-sMii'-nt. It Is to b' presumed that they will be alio to show, to tlei;- vwn srlisfattion at least, that the railroad piopertles have bei-n steadily depre eii ting In value r.nd are now worth for taxation no more than they would bring ns old junk. Win n i.uiivf putted iiu appropria tion for a government exhibit at the Omaha exposition the bells rang out. the siren whistle blew and all Omaha rejoiced. The passage of the terminal tax bill will, mean a great deal more for Omaha than the government appro priation for the. Omaha exposition, and while no Istlsterous demonstration is J required, tho taxpayers here should not j omit acknowledgements. . The terminal tax bill hnd r.l repub lican votes lu the house on final roll call, being the exact number required but the five extra votes furnished by the corpora tion'free fusionists were none the less welcome. If the Increasing number of automo biles on the streets may be rolled on as a sign reflecting business prosperity, Omaha's progress In the accumulation of material wealth is surely goiug on unchecked. Ir. Wiley declares that whisky coag ulates the protoplasm. The Boston po liceman who would not look nt n plain drunk will probably take delight In pinching a man with coagulated proto plasm. The Philadelphia NorthWulerlcatf Is Inviting suggestions as to what. Presi dent Roosevelt should do after his term expires. Why wouldn't he make n good chairman of the Interstate Commerce commission? An early morning bulletin from the White House states that President Roosevelt slept ery well last night, lu spite of the fat that former Senator Burton denounced hiin In a speech at Abilene. If there is any way-by which Omaho can be put In positiou to secure new pavements of the downtown streets b repavlng instead of by pt.'petunl patch ing, it should by all means be done. C-ornerl-j,mi In the Hoce. Indianapolis News. The way Mrs. 8age la beginning to hand out money makes It clear that If Mr. Carnegie hopes to hold his place at tho head of his procession' he will have, to give some attention to something else than golf this summer. Smacks of It evolution. Baltimore American. A city In Montana haa revoked the fran chise of a gas company there because the light furnished la poor; The Idea thug expressed that gag companies are organ ized primarily to give people good light Is little short of revolutionary. Don't Crowd , t(e patient. Washington t Star. Our embarrassments of augetiUons grow nut of the embarrassments of bur riches. Our crop of plutocrats la the logical be getter of our crop, ofwlseacres. Those people who are not getting rich are busy with sehemea for distributing what the others 'are making. What la-the remedy? As the physician advises in the case of an Individual, give natire a (ftiance. 'At any rate, let nature help. Don't crowd the patient. The country is not In the throes of dissolution. If certain great properties are dropsical, draw off the water. That alone should Improve things materially. nrcnlallon of Stock Watering. Springfield Republican. In the accounts which come from Wash ington of the president's projected cam paign for further government regulation of the railroads, the statement Is repeat edly made, as It waa before conKreaa ad journed, that on one thing the president has made up his mind. That la, that the stock watering of the past cannot 1)3 remedied. Mr. 'Roosevelt realizes that the watered securities have largely found their way Into the hands of Innocent In vestors, and that a retroactive law would probably hurt them more than the really guilty parties. In thla sane view of th- matter the president Is distinguished fronj radicals like Senator La .Follette. Swlna;lnsr Aronnd the Circle. New York Sun. , The Intended peregrinations and official gyrations 'of the secretary of war possess much Interest for philosophers. Mr. Tift expects, to start next Saturday for Gatun Dam and elsewhere. Conynon report haa In store for th(9 diligent public servunt and Intrepid traveler an amazing aeries or succession of Journeylnga between now and the beginning of the presidential year, which, will ttrice. hini' lo ranania. Colon, Cuba. Porto Rico, Canada, Alaska, the Philippines, Guam and Tutuila, with brief Intervals of domestic employment. Other candidates, active and passlva, have swung around their chosen circle". No circle waa ever drawn with a radius anything like this. Pennsylvania's I'nlsre of Graft. Philadelphia Press. The ratio of fraud (In building the statt capital) far surpasses all that the most daring Imagination had conceived. I' touches and taints everything that ha yet been brought under review. Tha ; r eral system was simple. Sanderson had the all-embracing contract. Tho jok-r tin.t heen fined so that nobodv else rnt.M get It. The arch nontractor foi'olet t5i cuultl not be restrained from using It,-for different parts to subcontractors. They j advertising purioses. The supreme court dealt only with the former and did tie I ut Washington, however, takes the higher, work at fair cost. Th arch cont ne-nr ! broader grouna. dcalth with the state and In the transition There is no excuse for the use of the the cost' was multiplied four times ovjr. flea; fur advertising nil manner of wares. If this proportion runs through all the j It amounts to a desecration. In many furnishing as It runs thru-.sh all thus inxtanrcs the use of the flag has been de far examined, the prnft In tho capliol jjrudinsr. amounts to more than 5.0noroon! j The Hag stands' for nil that Is lilglv-st i ar.d best in our civlliratk.n. It Is the The Mule n a 'Xfnrrlor. symlsil of the republic. 'The reverence Philadelphia Re rd. j fr ,ho j,., which la the minds and hearts The mule has hitherto upp-ured as war j of UlP children of the republic meats pa- material; nevvr nerore as tne cause ct war. But Central America but elevated him from the humble position of an army's lo comotive p:iver to p. casus belli. Ho lias i b ?n trantferrej fr ill his "su ordinate po- t it Ion in llie quartern aster's detriment i to the eminence of the D-a.rtmert of Stste. and the foreign niiii1terg of two socr.fign bJ lillli.ui inn republics write I lett rs nb' ut hlni. There Is even a ou- s j tlon of bis Identity, arid while one o;"i!al I Insists that the stolen u-.ule Wis tin- prop euyof !rn-i S ilptd i, a N!eara ian r Tu Igte, another tr.flnta that he tx-loi es to ;in I other Irnii-n Salg ulo. who Is an eu'l.r.i'! ' Houdiirun ci;'r..-n. Tr'.y was d-M lived I e ! cause Helen wis stolen: O .ill Minaua l.e destrt yed b--.&u.-v N'.eursuan raider drov.. off i mi.ie from the sal of liun- Tin: rjKfiMin-Ti l ji mumiin, If Pnpnlnrtty Hold Ont HooiMrlt inn Dlftnte the omlnoc. Wnnhir'irton Post, t'eles. the unexpected eliould happen, T heoit i re Roosevelt can have the 'republi can nc-ntmatjert f.'f iT.sUVi-.t In ir-S If he will take It. Of that there. Is no doubt. Put Mr. Roorevrlt his n pood deal of con fidence In this country, and tikes great pride in !t. As a consequence, ' he repudi ates Ihe Idea that there Is but one Indi vidual of the Sf.OiKi.iVti and upward of tis fit to be president of the United Htates. That Is what a third term will lm-an. If there ever Is n third term. That Is why Theodore Roosevelt rofuse to consider the matter. Most of this third-term talk Is sincere; some of It Is disingenuous. ' We may be assured that t'ie president under stands It ltrccOely. Put there Is one thing left to Mr. RoosA vclt. if his popularity holis. He can dic tate the republican cnadldiUe. t'ntll Aaron Burr cut that ugly caper the winter of lsoti. l'l. that made Imperative i-ho twelfth amendment. It was tho policy to promole the vice president to the chief magistracy: but after the defeat of Burr's scheme the succession fell to the secretary of state, as when Madison succeeded Jefferson. Mon roe, Madison, and J. Q. Adams, Monroe. Clay was secretary of state in J. Q. Adams' cabinet, and would have succeeded to the presidency, no' doubt, had not Jackson de feated Adama In 1S.H. "When Jackson came In he fully Intended to tjake John C. Calhoun his successor, but Adams so contrived that Old Hickory heard of some strictures that the eminent South Carolinian had passed on certain conduct of Jackson In Florida, and Cal houn was deposed and Van Buren Installed as heir to the scepter. Being a widower. Van was Immune to the Fogey O'Neill dis temper, and he thus became president March 4, 18.77. In 114 Jackson made James K. Polk president. Van Buren was the last of our prcsldent-mnde presidents, and Polk was tho only one of our ex-presldent-made presidents. ' Grant attempted to make Roscoe Conk llng his successor, but Ute candidacy of Oliver P. Morton divided the anti-Blalne strength, and Hayes' got the nomination. Hayes waa the lost president who actively engaged In a movement to dictate the suc cession, und It failed, because Mr. Blaine preferred Garfield to Sherman, who was the administration candidate, but the breiid-and-bulter squad Inglorlously de serted, and Garfield got the plum. Roosevelt Is the best politician now on the carpet. He Is in a place of even greater vantage than Jackson, for the op position hated Jackson with the cordiality of the very old horned devil himself, while the present "opposition,", the democracy, so-called, is on Its head to touch the- hem of the republican president's garment, that virtue and patriotism may Issue to t there from. TWO GREAT XAT1RAL WOXDEIIS. President Roosevelt and Jlm" Hill Classed na Snch. American Magazine. The man l'm attemptingto describe is not restless. That Is not the word as we are accustomed to use It. He suffers (or benefits) from a total absence 'of the de sire or capacity for rest. He is energy personified. He enjoys no heartier enemy In the world than Mr. Hill, the president of . the Great Northern railway, but a psychologist would classify them a cousins. They have the same dealre for speech and the same difficulty about uttering It, the same physical awkwardness and energy, courage, boldness and self-concentration. The president of the' United States makes old men of his cabinet ministers before their time. The trail of the president of the Great Northern is marked by thj wrecks of old, broken-down enriched as sociates In business. Today, and he Is nearly 70 years of age, the younger man on his railways fear h's Brobdlngnagt-m "Inspection trips" when they are liaulol from their berths at sunrise to eat a breakfast that would stasxer Gargantui and then to tramp for hours over broken fields and through swamps inspecting collieries, admiring prize bulls, visiting round houses or working handcars, until the sunset hour" sends theni back to the car where, somnolent, they try to lltiten while the "old man" reads aloud books on the development of trade In Chln or challenges them to a discussion on thj existence "of Martian life. ' Perhaps you, would like to know whu these two eminent and distant person ages think of each other. At Mr. Roose velt's request Mr. Hill was takn by a friend of both gentlemen to Washington to discuss the Northern Securities ease. Each presented his view to tho other at about the samp time, I suppose. At the conclusion of the interview or fracas the railway president pulled hla hat down over his ears and thundered over to hi hotel. The friend remained to collect souvenirs of the disaster. When he i.'it back to the hotel he asked Mr. Hill: "What do you think of the president?" "I think ha Is crazy," said Mr. Hill. "Well." said the friend, "that's funny, for that is exactly what the presldet said about you." . rnoTECTixu thr ki.ao. Decision In Nebraska Caae a Source of Satisfaction. ' Milwaukee Sentinel. The supreme court of the United States having before It the question of the con stitutionality of the Nebraska law pro hibiting the use of the flag for advertising purposes haa upheld the validity of that enactment. ' ' This decision will give great satisfaction to the vast' majority of the people of the United States. The people have not looked with any favor v,sin the use of the flag as a trade mark or for advertising purposes.' The su preme court holds that a state has a right to protect the national flag from Indlsnl-th-. It has ticen held In some state Juris dictions that under the constitution the flag !b common property and that people tri(,,iHnv o1 promoted by Its use for undignified and. belittling; purr uses. In this day of mad aeramMe for money there seems to be little thouqht given to sentiment. We can be'ter teach the children to love the flas; to understand the s.-icrhlce and hercl.-m which ba i .Tir.de it transcendent In Its glory, !f we do not permit It to bo constantly apnad before them ts un adver tising medium. Shrinkage of the f;rent. Wa hlurtoi Post. It's a pretty s-.fe bet ths.t within the last fortnight several rallr.-ad rr'sldcnt have dtsc-.vred that they can wear hats a size smaller than the old '-n.-s tl.rni:trh which they have b en cuuvtralny with the state Ic:lui t. (rrt: on thf. ir.iii'i.tiiRi:. Wood River Interests: We once knew a boy who told tiis parents that "you let me do ns I please and I will be n good boy, but If you go to correcting mo I II Just rals.i thunder." Just now the Ne-1-iMi-ka iniiioniiH ale twill brothers to that hoy. O'Neill Frontier: The Bee Is making It a little torrid for the repudaitors. But be It said to the credit of the present legis lature that only a few haie gone lack on the party pledge. An occasional "black sheep" among n large body of men Is ex pected. Springfield Monitor: A Lincoln paper says: "Omaha Is a sponge and a hog." How about Uticoln always asking for st ile appropriations lor association meetings that brliiR" lens of thousands of people there to spend money, and tho city gets the benefits arid wants the state to pay the bills. T'tumieli Tribune: We v.ii lve !5 n cash to any mortal being who will re isonalily and logically explain hy a hotel or board ing house debt s any more sacred than doctors' or printers' bills, yet a man can be arrested and placed in Jail for Jumping a hotel or boarding house bill, while he can Jump the doctors' or printers' bills, tell him to so to the lower regions, and that is a receipt in full. Tekanmh Herald: The best feature of the present legislature Is that party lines do m t coivit for much; democrats g-ve cordial support to republican measures and repub licans have given cordial support to demo cratic measures. The time waa when a measure waa Introduced by one side, no matter how meritorious' wtuld be opposed by the other. That time Is pat. The In terest of ttw people at large appears to have broken party lines. That Is not only the right spirit, but excellent politics aa well. Dakota City Kugle: "Let them hear from home," says The Omaha Beo, referring to the stand some members of the legislature have taken on the railroad bills now up f r consideration. This Is a mighty good hint and we hope It will be acted on by many readers of the lOagle. The railroad com panies have s?nt to Lincoln a large number of their influential friends, who have al ready got sfaiiie of the former advocates of the proposed railroad reform measures wab bling toward the south. A letter from honve may stiffen their weak knees so that they can get back to the straight and nar row path of honor and duty. Callaway Queen: Since the opening of the legislature. The Omaha Bee seems to have had its stinger out for our representa Uve, P. C. Wilson. Just, why The Bee has It In for Custer county, and keeps trying to set Representative Wilson up as a "horrid example," Is more than we can understand. Custer county has always treuted The Bee with more or less courtesy and the mud It Is throwing our way Just now may some day have a reaction. Mr. Wilson Is following the wishes of the people he represents Instead of following out the petty little hobbies ot The Bee, and these little slaps at him from The Bee are uncalled for. Albtwn News: The railroads called all their henchmen to Lincoln, lust week and tried to stampede the legislature. Men from all parts of the state. were sent for to oume and work their respective senators and representatives to persuade them to vote against some of the reform measures which are undesirable by the railroads. Many otherwise reputable men answered the call. This showed the power of an an nual pass over men who would scorn to be bought with money. There should be a shower of letters from the people to our members in the legislature, assuring them of the wishes of the people. If they only hur from those under bondage to the rail roads they may get the Idea that the peo ple are indifferent and are not caring how they vote. Write to Senator Oou'.d and Rep resentative Smith today and tell them what you think about the anti-pass law, the tax ation of the railroads In the towns and cities, the direct primary law and any other measure In which you are Interested. It is fair to presume our representatives are de sirous of carrying tut the wishes of their constituents. Don't allow them to be Ig norant of your wishes. If they .want to do the right thing they will be glad to hear from you. Holdrege Progress: That Nebraska peo ple and legislators alike are forging ahead in the onward march of progress Is shown In the changed attitude toward party measures and party Issues, as described In an Interview with representative Funk. The change Is a good one, and that It Is beneficial to the people and the entire state Is evident from the unprecedented amount of legislation In the best Interests of the people and the state which has been ac complished by the present legislature. Had the former misplaced seal for party measures and party legislation, which has characterized other legislatures prevailed, It Is hard to say what the results would have been. It Is probable, however, that much which has been accomplished would have remained undone. The spirit which prompted a legislator to sjpport a measure proposed by one party because he' happened to be Identified with that party, and op pose another- measure, equally necessary, but Introduced by the opposite side of the house, was pernicious In the extreme, and without question, largely responsible for the dilatory and unsatisfactory manner In which some important questions have been' handled In the past. Party loyalty up to a certain point may be highly commenda ble, and deserving of recognition, but when this loyalty Is carried to a- point where It takes precedence of loyalty to the people of the state and Interferes with measures Intended for their tienefit it becomes a curse and deserves the condemnation of intelligent men in all parties. ATTITl IJK UP RAILROADS." Statement More Need front Them Than from the President. New York Journal of Commerce. So far as there la anything In the rail road situation that calls fur reassuring statements or reu.nirltig action, the fault is not on the side of the prevalent. He lias done nothing and has proposed noth ing calculated to injure the legitimate In terests of railroads. 1I hus only sought to put un end to wrongs and abuses the existence of whlc,h cunnot be truthfully denied and to prevent their recurrence. Ho is nul likely to give up that design until it hus been eccomplinhed, and If tho railroads engaged In interstate commerce are U!sp fed to co-operate with him for aci-otr.pllMhing that purpose It wllj be an J exhibition of urent wisdom and prudence. That Is Just what the railruud president.! ought to do. , Let them take as strong ground as tho president himself, not cnly ugalnst uli leasonublee charges, rebates, unjust dig crlnilnatl in and o'her such practices as they already ndtnlt to be bad, but ug.ilnr,t st'X-k wnterlng, JuitKllr.g with securities, using corporate power la personal kpseu lation and the concealment of" the acts of the corporations and their responsible of ficers. l-t them nrknuw ledge the right of tho public, by which corpoiste franchises, powers and priileses are grantel for the ru.pose of s curing a public service, to have that service properly performed ut a reasonable rate and on equitable terms and to know all about how it Is done and with what results. I-t ti.em favor honest and above bo.ird methods, orderly and In telligible accounts, sad the fullest publicity. HH1A AT Till: MK1.H. Conceded Control of Democracy's t'rnff In t"i. Boston Trn i ,-t. Mr. Hrynn s visit to l :- city, ns tht speeches of Friday's rulim .itltm tsmquet are spiead before the public. brtiiK out clearly that hi I'.i'S. which will soon be here, we nlull have the same old Bryan, utter inn the same old worn-out platitudes el s.'elol discontent, surrounded by the s-inn edd ittoup of middle nnd lower tiers of democratic politicians ' and effire seekers; In short, another Bryan campaign. Free silver, to be sure, will not be the Issue, but ether forms of protest, equally radical and lll-conslder.il, ntralnst the safety and se curity of the business order, will be his party's rallying cry. It Is well to remember one life Insurance policy which the pople of the United Stntes are onrrylnp for relief In the improbable event of Ur. Bryan's election, and that Is the presont republican majority In the United rVates senate. It will be, recalled that Alton B. Parker, In l!iH, with mm. mendaWo modesty, even at the expense of pnylng a doubtful compliment to his own party, assured the voters that If he were elected, for the first four years, nt h-njit, he could accomplish little or nothing, be cause of the lingering republican majority In the snate. Mr. Parker's point Is, If any thing, bettor taken today The eletlon of 1P04. to which he looked, and nlso that of 190(1, have strengthened the republican hold on the senate until now only two demo crats from northern states remain In tha senate. Teller and Newlands. both former republicans and both free lances in their political affiliations.' It would take a series of democratlo victories, not one merely, to reduce thin two-thirds republican majority to bare fighting weight. Mr. Bryan ns president .would have little power In securing new legislation, and ac cordingly would tie comparatively . Innocu ous. This Is no argument for electing him, since much can be done by executing order nnd by management of administrative bu rentis to shape our affairs In the wrong di rection; but the confession of his Inability to accomplish anything for so-cnlled "re form" would unavoidably cast a damper upon the zeal of hla supporters. If thoy really want anything accomplished, aside ' from a redistribution of the offices, they will have to vote for a republican candidate who stands for helpful and hopeful af firmative policies. This fact alone should suffice to determine the Issue of the cam paign. , PERSONAL NOTES. Jlonori are easy In one respect. Both Mr. Fairbanks and Mr. Taft were born In Ohio, There were Just as many marriages as divorces In Denver during the first nine days of March. Denver, by the way, Is the metropolis of the Great Divide country. The destruction of a statue of P. T. Barnum in a public place in Brldeport has led to the Introduction of a bill In the Con necticut legislature prgvldlng for a more severe penalty ,for offenses of tM? Mid. Two Phlladelpnlans, one 102 and the other 107, have Just celebrated their blrthdnys. Not only have they escaped 111 health, but even more remarkable has been their im munity from exploitation in the Interest of patent foods. . , Dr. W. N. Fowler of Bluffton, Ind., will accompany Walter Wellman In his airship to the pole. He will sail from New York on April 4. He accompanied the Wellman expedition last year, and is confident that this year It will be a success. Delphln M. Delmas htfs accepted the In vitation of the Kent club of the Yale law school .to address It as soon as the Thaw trial ends. He said in . his. letter of ac ceptance 'that he expected to give the ad dress about April 16. He has chosen as hit subject "Criminal Jurisprudence." The resignations of two of the oldest and best-known professors at Yale, Dr. Lewis O. Brastow, formerly denn of the divinity school and for thirty years holder of the chulr of systematic theology, and -Daniel Cady Eaton, of the art school, have lieen handed to the Yale corporation. They re tire because of advanced age, and will hold the title of professors emeritus. John Y. Fitzgerald, the democratic mayor of Boston, manages to keep fairly busy. He not only keeps up an active law practice but he also finds time to edit a weekly newspaper which Is gaining rapidly In no- , tlonal circulation and Influence. Thor oughly convinced of the value and power of publicity, he Induced the city council to create a new office, that of municipal press agent, and has appointed to the place a skillful reporter. As a result the old town's advantages ns a justness, educational, so cial and religious center are being pre sented to the world in proper fashion. POINTED PLEASANTRIES. "With the many labor-saving devices this ought to be an age of luxury." "The labor-saving devices are here all right. But you've got to work yourself to death to get money to buy one of 'em.' Washington Star, "Enough enough!" he groaned. "I can bear no more!" "But you begged me," she said, "to tell you all. I must go on: Nine yards of un bleached muslin, two spools of No. 60 thrend, two yurds of goods like this sam ple, a dozen egs, a gallon of molasses and don't forget to tell the butcher that" But he had tied. Cleveland Leader. Mr. McBosh I didn't hear you' when I came In last night, my dear. Mrs. McBosh You mean I didn't hear you Mr. McBosh Well, thut's the reuson.- Cleveland Leader. "Dinks Is the only man of my acquaint ance whose children never Bay smart things." "Are they so stupid?" "Not that, but he haan't got any." Balti more American. Mrs. Mugglns-A woman ts foolish who believes everything her husband tells her Mrs. Bugglns Yes. but a woman is wis who pretends to. Philadelphia Ledtfer. "Do "you sleep well?" asked the doctor. "I don't vutep ut all." responded the broken down young bunlness man. "Then I will give you a sleeping draught "If you please, doctor." sufcgfstyd the patient, "I think It would be better to give it to the baby." Washington Herald. Dramatis personae: Ktl.el, a mere woman; Edith, something more. Discovered: Ethel trimming a hat; Kdlth resiling HI 'cKstono. K.rter ti mouse. f'tHel (wlldlyi Murder! Kdlth twlili presence of mind) "Man slaiq; liter." Puck. hi nniMi ir i. Baltimore Am-;l r.n. The railruud piesideru ,n,l on his way and uin und aad; Crushed were the hope and bitter tht knock That lo plans fcr rclb t. bad, had. When h" weul to his ollk-e he found hll friends With memories fend and quick. Had 'caned ' lorn by way of a birthday gt(t. ' ' And sent him a tine big stick. H went to his home with a clouded brow As be thought (f that conference iranix. And then of tbe wir his blaff was c-alleli rn n no Invitation cone. Ho he Matted up from Ills well-kpreud hoard. When Ms wife said with tender look, "Hen s u supper- Jluu with each dainty dish From i tie White House's own cookbook. He eh ik'd It down that ghastly feast if err w and hurnbla pie. Ard went to his Innocent baby's crib. His mrm for u tune put bv. But the cl.lld I e-ked up with a Joyous la u M h. And lift ng sornefhlrs; In air. Lll e.t. -i..-i lock what I gut todayl tfieut Ll- Teddy beutl"
