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STATEMENT OF CIRCV NATION.
State of Nsbrnaka. Douglas County, a:
Charles C. liosewater, renera1 inmager of
Tho lire Publishing C'ornpnny. be nt duly
worn, says that the actual number of full
and rrmplete coplea of The Dally, Morning,
Kvenlnn and flundav Bee printed during the
month of March. 1W7, wa la follows-
1 39,060 II 33.890
2 38,210
8 30,803
4 83,190
6 38,130
6 31,970
7 31,880
.... 81,950
9 ........ .. 31.840
10 30,400
11 33,370
It 31,870
IS.... 32,590
14 33,840
15 33.0C0
14 33,330
19 33,330
20 33,930
21 33,340
12 83,390
25 33,693
2 30'48IUon of the court.
25 ,iu
28 33,990
tl 33350
28 33.790
29 34,130
SO 33,880
81 30,650
Total
1,008,560
9.184
17... 30,410
Leal unsold and returned coplea
Net Total 999,376
rally average 38,237
CHARLES C. RORK WATER,
General Manager.
Subacrlbed In my presence and sworn to
before me this let day of April, 1807.
(Seal) M. B. H IINQATK,
Notary Public.
WHK OIT OP TOWfl.
Wnbscrlbere leaving; th city ten
porarllr abonlil have Th Be
nailed to them. Addreaa will be
"The New Yorker Is not proud"
declares the New York Preus. Why
ehould ho be?
The fountain pen must be respon
sible for a good many of these Black
Hand societies.
Chicago trunkmakers have gone on a
strike. The baggage smashers should
at least pass a vote- of confidence and
encouragement.
A careful canvass shows that Pitts
burg has twenty-eight men who do not
register under assumed names when
away from home.
Senator Tillman knows the value of
brainstorms. He Is booked for lec
tures at $200 a night until the first
of next December.
There should be little opposition at
the next session of congress to the bill
providing for publicity on the subject
of campaign contributions.
The treasurer of the United States
says this country now has $1,600,
000,000 In gold. Perhaps, but It is
still very unevenly distributed.
After watching the fight between the
Wall street high financiers, the small
Investor Is about convinced that he put j
up good money to Bee a fake show.
The Kansas City Times Is anxious
to have a new union depot built In time
for the republican national convention
when it meets In that city. It will be.
Governor Sheldon has vetoed two
or three bills, presumably just to get
in practice to draw a line through sev
eral items in the appropriation sheets.
Congressman Cooper of Wisconsin
declares that "the United States ought
o keep the Philippines." It begins
'o look as -though we would have to
o so.
A Yale professor has discovered that
the kUs was originally only a sniff.
The man who goes home with a cloven
breath knows that the kiss Is still only
a sniff.
Colonel Bryan hopes the day will
soon be here when great educational
institutions will refuse to accept
tainted money. But who 1b to decide
what money Is tainted?
Former Senator Thurston declares
that Foraker "is a man free from
corporation Influences." That state
ment will surprise the ret of the
country, including Senator Foraker.
' The Iowa law-makers are still in
sculon and able to do business, but
are on the point of following the ex
ample of their Nebraska colleagues
who huve hurried home for spring
plowing.
Senator Bailey Is against using fed
tal money for, thu lmprovmnent of
tt,v Inland waterways. Still, the coun
try, has got by the point of kellevln
that whatever Senator Uai'e' says Is
'J! rlsht.
This action of certain railroads in
Flvjng back toal lands to the govern
ment la encouraging, but It would be
better yet If some of the Ice barons
should decide to return a lot of their
st .cU to the -uMlc.
Mayor D,;nne of Chicago Insists that
the money power of the entire United
flMes was tried to accomplish his de
feat for re el ctton. CVcnrn 's I'icVv
to j -t rM of en ofllclal who takes
k'Wiu'..' so eMAouB'.y.
soMr.Ttiixn (, fni,f ,kkii.
There Is ore thins? that cannot be over
looked, that, now mo " than ever, I." a liv
ing lue. Th.it Is the refusul of th- laat
congress to provlri for publicity In cam
plgn fund contribution and to forbid
contribution from cotporatlot . Worid.
llerald. The trouble; Is that tho World
Herald has "overlooked Bonietuina;."
and that la a law enacted by the last
congress covering the very point of
which It complains. This law, ap
proved January 26, 1007, entitled
"An act to prohibit corporations from
making, money contributions In con
nection with political election," reads
as follows:
It shall be unlawful fur any national
bans., or any corporation organized by au
thority of any laws of congress, to make
a money contribution In connection with
any election to any political office. It
shall also be unlawful for any corporation
whatever to make a money contribution
lit connection with any election at which
proaldentlal and vice presidential electora
or a representative In congress Is to bo
vcted for, or any election by any state
legislature of a United States senator.
Every corporation which shall make any
contribution In vlolntlun of the fore
going provision shall be subject to
a fine not exceeding J6.000, and every
officer or director of any corporation who
ahall consent to any contribution by the
corporation In violation of the fjregoin
provisions ahall upon conviction be pun
ished by a fine of not exceeding Jl.WKJ and
not lcea than l-l, or by Imprisonment for
a term of not more than one year, or both
such fine and Imprlaonment In the dUcre-
Congress, then, has passed a law
forbidding contributions from corpora
tions and this law is as comprehensive
as Is possible within the federal au
thority. It forbids contributions by
any corporation organization under
federal law to any election to any po
litical office and it forbids all corpora
tions, however they may be organized,
to contribute to any election In which
federal officers are chosen.
The one point not yet covered by
congressional act Is that requiring
publicity of contributions made to
committees In charge of national cam
paigns, since It Is clearly impossible
for congress to legislate on contribu
tions to committees In charge of state
or local campaigns. Inasmuch as in
practice campaign money, even though
collected by national committees, Is
almost all spent by state and local
committees, most of it Is covered by
I state laws compelling publicity.
In this discussion of campaign fund
morality the democratic organs and
orators must not be permitted to over
look the 'fact that a republican con
gress and a republican president have
put on the statute books the only law
that ever got there designed to re
strict corporation contributions.
A HALT iff SPELLING HKfORM.
Members of the simplified spelling
board, at their meeting Just held In
New York, have wisely decided to
adopt a more conservative course in
their campaign for the advancement
of their cause. The decision doubtless
Is the result of the shock the pro
moters of the propaganda experienced
In their' collision with public sentiment
about a year ago, when President
Roosevelt came openly Into champion
ship of their program and tried to in
corporate the reform Into the public
documents. The president accepted
the simplified spelling with enthusi
asm, adopted the revised version of
the 300 words which the committee
had put out as a starter and advocated
the use of the new method In all gov-
eminent reports ' and publications.
Some enthusiastic newspaper publish
ers promvtly followed the president's
lead and spelling reform movement
received an impetus that promised
well until it received a sudden check
by a resolution of congress establish
ing Webster's dictionary as the stand
ard of spelling for the Congressional
Record and other public prints de
pending upon congressional authoriza
tion. That wa about the last heard
of the spelling reform movement until
the recent meeting of the board,
charged with responsibility for its
birth and future growth.
Desirable as spelling reform may
be, it cannot be accomplished by exec
utive decree. The English language
is a plant of slow and sturdy growth
and It will not stand radical pruning.
The constant trend Is to the shorten
ing of words, the dropping of unneces
sary and silent letters, hut the reform
must come through successive moves
and these moves must not be radical.
Any change in the accepted spelling of
the word in the language must come
from constant usage and, to be gen
oral, must be- uniform. No change
wljl be effective and permanent until
It has met the approval and acceptance
of teachers and text book printers and
it will be impossible to do that by
wholesale methods. The members of
the simplified spelling board have
acted wisely in deciding to make haste
more slowly In the future efforts to
change the English orthography.
A rRKPuSTKltOVS CLAIM.
A student in the Oregon State uni
versity at Willamette has placed a too
j heavy tax on the credulity of that por
! tlon of the American public that has
S read about the trouble in which he
finds himself. This student, named
Wallace Trill, it appears, won the hon
ors in an oratorical .contest and was
basking in the joy of wearing the
laurel wreath of victory when' some
coarse, brutal person came forward
with the charge that a full S00 words
of his eloquent peroration had been
lifted bodily from Senator Beverldge's
masterly speech in congress on the fu
ture of the Philippines. Instead of
admitting his plagiarism and throw
leg himself on the mercy of the court
or hiking back to the farm In time' to
help with the spring plowing, the stu
dent orator rose la his place and pub-
! llcly declared thnt not only had he
novrr heard of Senator Deverldtff'i
speech, but had novcr even heard of
Senator Ilpverldue.
All or much might have been for-
I Rlveu had Trill but stopped when lie
snld he had never heard of Senator
Uevertdge's speech on the Philippines,
but the country will refuse to believe
that any young .fmerlcan who ha
progressed to the point of taking part
In university oratorical contests never
' heard of Senator fievorldKe. Is It pos
sible that Student Trill never read
"The Russian Advance," In which Sen
ator DpverldRe showed how Impossible
It was for Japan to meet an.- 'hlng but
defeat In the war with th czar's In
vincible legions? Does Trill want
folk to believe that he never read
"Advice , to Young Men," by Albert
Jeremiah Peverldge, I'nlted States
senator from Indiana? Will Trill rl,se
In his place again and confess ignor
ance of the fact that Oklahoma. New
Mexico, Arizona and the Indian Terri
tory are yet debating whether to build
monuments or tombstones to Senator
Reverldge on account of his efforts on
the statehood bills? Did TrlU over
look the fact that Upton Sinclair's
book, "The Jungle," was accumulating
dust in the bookBtalls of the country
until Senator Beverldge read extracts
from It In the United States senate and
j started the packing house Investiga
tions? Will Trill plead Ignorance of
the fact that Senator Beverldge, alone
and unaided, has discovered "The
Bible as Good Reading," and that he
has stood for some years as almost the
sole defender of the Constitution?
Complete and humiliating . as the
confession Is, the nation will refuse to
accept It. The farm for yours, Wal
lace. RED TAPK-A PROFIT KATKR.
Charles M. Schwab, steel magnate,
ship builder and inventor of ideas on
economic subjects, has delivered a
rather effective blow at the red-tape
evil. Red tape eeems to be Insepara
ble from the administration of federal
affairs and has been the subject of
more or less flippant press comment
since the day, long Blnce passed, when
the federal officials at Washington,
finding themselves short of twine, be
gan using red tape In binding public
documents. In his annual report as
president of the Bethlehem Steel com
pany Mr. Schwab asserts that his com
pany will "never build another ship
for the government" and explains that
his decision is due to the "unreasona
ble delays caused by government red
tape." He adds: "I havo sometimes
thought that It was possible to turn
out more tonnage in steel for a private
consumer In a month and a half than
can be turned out under present meth
ods for the government in fifteen
years."
The complaint of Mr. Schwab is
neither original nor exceptional. Con
tractors the country over know that
Uncle Sam Is a hard patron to satisfy.
A federal building costing $300,000
or over requires several years In build
ing and it has not been unusual for a
growing city to secure an appropria
tion for a postofflce structure only to
find that before the building is com
pleted the demands of the city make
it necessary for practically a new
building. Other ship-building firms
have had experiences similar to that
of Mr. Schwab and they today accept
government contracts only at fancy
prices and when other heavy construc
tion is not available. Statistics show
that there Is little money In ship
building for the United States. The
average cost of construction per ton
In this country is but $374. while
Great Britain, with cheaper material
and less highly paid workmen, pays
$371 per ton for battleship construc
tion. Competition among American
shipbuilders has been keen and when
the Interest on money tied up in de
lays at Washington is considered there
has been but a very small margin of
profit In the business.
Under the circumstances it is not
surprising that Mr. Schwab should be
willing and anxious to get out of the
battleship building business and to
confine his efforts to supplying the
wants of the private consumers whose
offers are now taxing the capacity of
every steel plant in the country and
whose check books are not bound up
with red tape. Tho need for the adop
tion of modern business methods in
some of the departments at Washing
ton instead of following tho precedents
established a century ago is growing
daily more apparent and more urgent.
Mayor "Jim" has suddenly discov
ered that he is shorn of half his power
and authority by inability to name the
fire and police board. It Is not so
long uo that we were told that the
mayor was the whole thing and that
the police board had no power except
to approve payrolls and O. K. licence
applications. What has caused this
sudden change?
It Is announced that one of the first
rases to be heard by the new Nebraska
State Railway commission will be
brought by Chairman Allen of the
democratic state committee "on behalf
of a shipper who is a client of his."
The democratic chairman would feel
much more at home if he appeared on
behalf of a railroad which was a client
of his.
Mayor "Jim" Is cocksure that If he
were a republican the legislature
would have passed a home-rule bill
vesting him with authority to appoint
the police board. That Is poaslble,
but It is not up to Mayo: "Jim" to
complain. Omaha once enjoyed com
plete municipal' home rule, but be
cause Mayor Moores was a republican
the deinocra's refused to rest until
they prevailed on the fusion Judges of
the supreme court to reverse a de
cision and remand the police govern
ment of Omaha back to the tender
mercies of the governor.
The Douglas delegation conies home
from Lincoln In better shape thnn
usual. Every one of them stood firm
for all their platform pledges and a
goodly number of bills which they
fathered havo found their way to the
statute books. Some of the delega
tion have done better than others, al
though several have not come com
pletely up to expectations. Ci the
whole, however, Doualaa county has a
right fo feel especially gratified In the
work accomplished by the Douglas
delegation for Its constituency.
The democratic World-Herald re
peats that for the first time In many
years the legislature of Nebraska has
adjourned "with no apologies to offer
and no difficult explanations to make
for Its record." Just paste this In
your hat for ready reference when the
democratic organ begins to crawfish
as soon ns the next political campaign
Is on.
The early report of that antl-Rooae-velt
conspiracy dinner stated that tne
plot was given away by a prominent
republican who got drunk at the feed
tnd talked about It. Senator Penrose
ccmea forward hurriedly and declares
that he was not present at the dinner.
He ought to go further an l declare
tnat he was also sober tha' day.
Our old friend John M. Thurston Is
out against Roosevelt and any one
Roosevelt wants. But he Is careful
not to say how many of the delegates
from Nebraska he will guarantee to
deliver to the anti-Roosevelt combine
in the next republican national con
vention. It ia reported that Senator Dick Is
going to desert Foraker and Join the
Taft forces. Senator Dick has an un
broken record of never having missed
a good seat In the band wagon, and
he has changed so often that he is on
chummy terms with all the drivers.
A Fnlr Field for All.
Kansas City Star.
The Roosevelt square deal Is nothing
else than a fair field for all, and Its mis
sion Is to preserve good time against the
certain destruction of any other program.
They Heed the Money.
New York Evening Post.
Soon or late everybody gets even. Gen
eral Manager Clowry of the Western Union
says the widows and orphans who own the
company put up the rate because they
must have the money. Pity the poor rich
who have to pay!
Th Hoot of th Troable.
Indianapolis News.
Now that It has been made to appear
that the high cost of living has a good
deal to do with the shortage of 2.000 minis
ters in thla country, perhaps some of the
more pious of our philanthropists will sit
up and take notice.
One of Many Patriots.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
From Omaha It 1 heard that if W. J.
Bryan hud a million dollars he would de
vote his entire time to the service of the
public. This la not remarkable. In our
politics men are to be found who will do
the same thing for a few years' Interest
on a tenth of that sum.
InspeptlnK Presidential Timber.
Philadelphia Record.
There seems to be a gradual elimination
of presidential candidates. Senator Bailey
of Texas has definitely taken himself out
of the list. Foraker and Taft are trying
to eat each other. Bryan Is making effort
to eacap from hla government ownership
prevlouaneas. Even the third-term candi
dacy takes on a less entrancing aspect In
the light of recent happenings. Perhaps it
Is just as well. There are others.
Scarcity of Food Inspectors.
New York Tribune, i
Both the government and those who
wanted to serve It In the capacity of In
spectors under the pure food law must
have been astonished at th outcome of the
recent examination of applicants for ap
pointment. Btill, the failure to All the pre
scribed quota of forty officials out of nearly
fourteen hundred candidates may be due
rather to the exceptionally high standards
of the government than to a conspicuous
lack of technical knowledge or character
on th part of the aspirants.
PtHSOSiAL NO IKS.
The governors of lvnnxylvanla and Min
nesota huve approved the 2-cent fare bills
pusnod by the leglwlatuids of these states.
It is pruullarly fitting that proceedings
against shady pool ruwu proprietors In
New York ahould be taWi in the name of
John liough.
The mollycoddles of Harvard college, to
the nutubur of ou, attoiid.xl a banquet re
cently jid conducted themselves In a real
ladylike manner. The only article broken
was bread-
A few days after putting on his halo
one of Pltuburg's "unsullied sons'' tossed
the bauble Into the Junk piles and wedded
a fair young divorcee. Environment la
hard to overcome.
The addition of an American cocktail
foundry to the modern conifor:s of King
Kdward's court Is u statesmanlike conces
sion to the elbow movement which accom
panies "Hands Across the H-a." -
MaJ!n? county, Ohio, has a buxom
widow who runs a farm, conducts an In
surance business und edits a paper, and,
besides. Is i 'i- wed to go It alone uudur
the lid mo of Mis. Kate lofburrow.
The gaiety of the world Is materially In
creased by an American woman, who, on
presentation at a foreign court, presutitvd
among other credentials a bill for surgical
attendance for appendicitis. She was al
lowed to "cut 111."
President Hoosevelt will deliver the ad
dress at the dedication of the Kough
Bidets' monument In Arlington cemetery on
Prbjay afternoon ut tliis week. It Is one
of the handsomest monuments In the
arlUilc collection In the national cemetery.
The senate of thu I'nlted Slates lost a
lot of hair March t, when I'lark of Mon
tana, Carmack of Tennessee and Upooner
of Wisconsin retired to private life. I'p to
the rloss of the r'ifty-nlnth congress the
senate was almost evenly divided between
senators with and senators without or at
least very little hair. In the Sixtieth con
gress, he over, the bald-headed senators
will easily be In the majority and If they
choose they might combirm and reorganise
the iK-iial coiiiinltlxak
BIT OF W.4lllRTO1 LIFR
Minor Irenes anil Incident Sketched
on the Bt.
It Is not difficult fo believe the statement
thnt Pri-sMcnt Koosevelt reuds a greater
number of dally newspapers than he ws
evtr known to rend before. Iioaldes the
iinoni giist of world I'VfiiU of norictal In
terest the newspspers bring to the White
House Just now a great variety of "hot
stuff" of direct personal Interest to the
chief executive. "The president does not
confine Ills scrutiny to the editorial col
umns." says the Washington Herald. "He
scans their news columns with more avid-
i It v than their editorial pages. The old cus
i torn of some member of his office fore
j clipping from the daily prints merely such
' articles aa In the Judgment of the clipper
the prexldent may deflre to read has been
. ntiollHhed, at least temporarily, and now
' every peper, whole. Is laid before him Im
mediately upon Its delivery to the White
House. The president begins his reading
of the newspapers on rising, and keeps at
It ateadlly until he goes from his break
fast table to the executive office, with, of
course, only such Intervals as may b
necessary while dressing and breakfast
ing;. The Washington morning papers are
the first that reach him. Then come those
from Baltimore, and later the Philadelphia
and New York papers. He hurriedly scans
their headlines, going through only suoh
news articles as may Interest him. Then
ho turns to the editorial pages, and de
vours suoh of the mental pabulum there
offered as may strike his fancy. Upon
reaching his desk to begin th day's work
he takes up In detail articles which have
attracted his attention earlier In the day
and goes through them carefully. A caller
who a few days ago was admitted to the
president's Inner office states that th
newspaper articles which seemed to ap
peal with most Interest to Mr. Roosevelt
ire those dealing with his latest discus
sions of the railroad question."
There was a clerk who spat and a ste
nographer who told In the Oepartment of
JURtlce. The clerk spat by habit, and
soorned the signs hanging around on the
walla reminding him that it was not only
unhealthful to expectorate on the floor,
but was also forbidden by the rules of
the District Board of Health. Also the
clerk scorned the protests of the stenog
rapher, who, being a nice man, one who
does not eat tolwcco and has no Impera
tive need to spit, objected bitterly to tho
habit of his fellow-servant.
At last, realising that his protests were
In vain, the stenographer told. Hut In
stead of telling his superiors In the De
partment of J ustlce, he wrote a formal let
ter to the tuberculosis commissioners of
the district. Shocked that such a flagrant
violation of the la,w could be going on un
checked In the Department of Juatlce, the
tuberculosis commissioners descended In
a body upon Attorney General Bonaparte.
They told on the stenographer who told on
the clerk who spat. Thereupon Mr. Bona
parte dispensed Justice on the spot. He
discharged the clerk who spat In viola
tion of the district law. And then, that
Justice might b even handed, he dis
charged the stenographer who told, not
for telling, but for telling the wrong peo
ple. Approximately 1,400 men who took the
civil service examination for chemists to
serve as Inspectors to enrorce the pure
food law only forty passed. These will
receive salaries of from tl,500 to $2,000 a
year. Th examinations must have been
severe, for of a number of Minnesota men
who took them the only man that passed
was the state chemist.
There has been a marked stiffening of
civil service examinations recently. In an
examination for stenographer only ninety
nine applicants' paswd out of a total of
6S1 candidates examined, and the govern
ment pays stenographer to start with only
1710 a year. At the suggestion of the sec
retary of the treasury a short time ago,
examinations were held foe the position of
"law clerk," when out of a total of 400
candidates only twenty passed. These
"law clerks" will receive salaries of $1,800
up, with opportunity for rapid advance
ment. The death of former Congressman
Qalueha A. Grow of Pennsylvania recalls a
once famous episode In the Heuae of Rep
resentatives when, during the angry days
before the civil war, actual bloodshed
or even murder were narrowly averted by
one of the most humorous occurrences on
reeord. During the debate on the Iecomp
ton constitution for "Bleeding" Kansas,
February 5, 1H58, Mr. Grow happened to
stray over to the democratic side of the
house to speak privately with one of the
democratic leaders. In doing so he had to
rass the seat of Lawrence M. Keltt.
a representative of South Carolina, who un
fortunately , was very drunk. As Grow
came up the aisle Keltt told him In a
churlish tone to get back on hla own side
of the house, where he belonged. Grow
replied that the house was free to al.
members, and pressed on. At that Keltt
sprang up and attempted to catch Grow
by the throat. On being thus attacked
Grow struck out with his fiat and, whether
from the force of the blow or his own
unsteadiness. Keltt foil to the floor. Inr
stantly the house was In wild uproar.
Knives were freely drawn and bloodshed
eemed certain. But Just as th carving
was about to begin a gasp and then a shout
of laughter went over the house. William
Harksd.Uo of Mississippi was the man. who
all unconsciously had saved the house from
a disgraceful event and Mr. Grow from
possible early dw.th. Harksdale boasted a
luxuriant head of auburn hear, worn ap
parently a little long after the fashion of
the day, and It had been the admiration
of the house without arousing even a sus
picion of Its genuineness. But at the first
sitin of trtaible some one clutched or struck
utUuikadale. Th next eecond he stood ex
posed to the house, his head as buld as a
billiard ball and the auburn wig on the
floor. Overcome wllh confusion Barksdalo
rendered the alght ktlll mor ludicrous by
hastily selling the wig and putting it on
wronff side foremost. When the house re
covered from Its laughter knives and wea
pons of war, Including it swimming cus
pidor with which one valiant member had
hastily armed himself, were sheepishly put
away. This Is the story as told by David
W. Uanlett. who for many years was th
f-prlr.glleld (Mass.) Republican's special
Washington correspondent, "Van," ana
who witnessed the incident. To add an
other touch of burlesque to the whole af
fair a newspaper correspondent named
llarte. representing the New York Courier
and Inquirer, so lout his head that he threw
off his coat and, with knife In his teeth,
started pirate fashion, and was caught In
the act by saner scribes who selied hint
by various portions of his remaining ulolu
ln. I'olltleul II rain Storms.
Washington livrald.
The public will do well to maintain a par
ticularly firm grasp on It equilibrium until
ufter the subsidence of the various brain
storms resulting from the Roof evelt-Har-rlman
IncMent. These be perilous times
und many weird talcs are knocking about
seeking those by whom they may be ile
vi ured. Some of them are the offspring
nf Ignorance, some of honest error and
soir.o, perhaps, of (Hire malice. Whatever
their genesis, the dear poople will bo wise
to accept n ost of t'lem with the largest
grain cf salt obtainable, else consumers
as wi II as producers w ill be found to be
sulTei-iti from yurauola t aa uirmin
til
j) """"
Made of Pure Orape Cream of Tartar.
Safeguards the food
against alum
SOME I.K.GISUATIVK PEKSOH AMTIF.S.
Aurora Republican: Senator Joe Rurn
un.l T ar.ra an Adorn MiMu)len AvlllfA
coTusiderable fear that the newspapers will
I wield undue Influence under the direct prl
J mary law. Statesmen of the Burns-Mc-
Mullen type have good reason to fear the
great white light of publicity.
Tekamah Herald: It would be appropriate
this week for the Herald to contain an
obituary on Hon. H. 1). Uyram s "buried
ambition," but Instead It will endeavor to
console Its grief by spreading the broad
i mantle of charity. The Hon. H. D. made
the political mistake of Ms life when he
; lined up with corporate influence and
agnlnst the best Interests of the dear
people.
York Times: There has been some com
plaint In Lincoln of Senator Joe Burns be
cause the State university did not get all
that was asked for It, but Mr. Burns Is
not at nil to blame. Year after year he
ha pulled out fabulous sums of money
for the state Institutions at and around
Lincoln, until the people there evidently
began to think he could get any amount
they had the nerve to ask for. But there
had to be a stop put to It somewhere.
There Is a limit to everything, even to the
tlze of an appropriation for the State uni
versity, and the limit was reached and
passed.
Tekamah Herald: Hon. I. C. Eller, our
representative In the legislature, from the
Thirteenth district, has made a commend
able record. It la an honor to himself and
a credit to his constituents In Washington
and Burt counties. Mr. Eller Btood man
fully for the people and worked and voted
to redeem every pledge made In the plat
form. The members of the recent legis
lature Who proved true to the people' In
terests will be honored and respected, while
those who yielded to corporate Influence
will be too dead to skin. They showed by
their vote and actions that they were un
worthy of the trust reposed, and their
political hide Is on the fence their names
Is "Dennis."
Albion News: Representative Smith from
Boone county has not attracted especial
attention at Lincoln during the session Just
closing. According to the best Information
we ran get, he ha been a faithful attend
ant to the. sessions and has made a study
of all matters under consideration, and en
deavored to vote right. So far. aa we have
observed he has In the main voted right.
Oa all the platform pledges, we believe, he
has consistently supported them. While no
law enacted will bear his name, that ia
true of a majority of the members. He
has not cost the state anything for valu
able time consumed In dress parade under
guise of debate. The News Is glad to be
able to commend Mr. Smith, notwithstand
ing he was not our choice for the position.
We are glad that we can't say "we told
you so." While we might have had a bet
ter man to represent Boone county, we
also might have had a very much worse
on.
Broken Bow Beacon (pop-): It I not to
be denial that the lenls'at jre whose eiesslcnji
are about to close has passed some whole
some laws, for which they are entitled to
the gratitude of the people. Unlike the
mom hers who constituted a majority of
the legislature of 19oS, a majority c the
members of the present legislature will go
back to their constituents and b received
with the "well done, good and faithful
servants." Representative Mackey of thla
district ha made a good record. His use
fulness wa somewhat Impaired by sickness
In his family, but hi vote 1 recorded In
favor of nearly all the progressive meas
ure which have distinguished the preeent
legislature abrer all others for many year.
We regret to say we cannot say this of
Representative Wilson and Senator Glover.
Wilson, It la true, did occasionally stray
over to the representatives of th people
and occasionally recorded hla vote with
them. He wa not, however, relied unrat as
a friend of progressive measures, but w is
reardod as a friend of the railroads. This
1 too bad, representing a he claimed to.
On, and On!
The New York Legislature's
ended months ago. Many reforms and economies have
ince been adopted by the new management of the
Mutual Life, and are now a part of its constitution. The
election for trustees is ovr, and the Company iuelf U going
right on, and going on right.
The Mutual
Life Insurance
Company
with malice toward none, with security for all, invites the
investigation of its resources and of its policies by ail those
who wish to secure for those dependent upon them abso
lute protection at the lowest cost The Mutual Life
it to-Jay better than ever.
The Time to
For the new forms of policies consult
our nearest agent, of write direct U
The Mutual Life Insurance
Company of
N.
a constituency of farmers and stock raisers,
As to Senator Glover, he went wrong oa
about every measure In which the railroad
had an Interest. So hopeloesly, wilfully,
with malice, aforethought, did h go wrong
even at the start that he wa abandoned to
the railroads early In th session and surely
the most con.servat!v corpora a cormor
ant will find, no fault with Olover,
i.Ai;ma ga.
ninks I see thut the Chinese make a
practice of burying money with their dead.
Inks I suppose that's to be used when
the ghost walks. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
I
"You can't fool all of the people all of
the time," declared the amateur sage.
"I have no wish to." responded th
practical magnate. "Lota of the people
have no money." Washington Star.
Towne They seem to be very proud of
their family tree.
Browne Yes, It's quite a flourishing tree;
the only trouble with it Is thnt It grew out
of a small Hoap manufacturing plant back;
In the early part of the laat century.
Philadelphia Pree9.
"Tion't you hate to run over a manT
asked his friend.
"O, ves." said the chauffeur; "but It's
not half as bad as running over a woman;
she makes so much more fuss over It.
don't you know." Chicago Tribun.
"Tld you see where a western mllllonalr
married a manicure girl?"
res; that seems to be a very promising
business to have on hand' Baltimore
American.
Cubans wer awaiting th arrival of
Tuft.
"Thl thing must be settled on way or
another," hissed a native.
There was applause.
"Yes," continued the speaker, "they tell
os we have liberty and then stop our cook
fights. It's an American bunco game."
Philadelphia Ledger.
The owl wa exhorting- the Jaybird t
reform.
"I know I'm a tough proposition." ac
knowledged the Jay. "But how can you ex-
f ect me to turn over a new leaf when th
rees ar only In bud?"
Then, with a mocking scream, she went
and stole a nest that a trusting robin had
Just built. Chicago Tribune-
"Doctor, my son I excessively diffident."
"Ah. he has a rare ailment"
"Indeed?
"Yes. he Is trnuhled wrlth Intmwln.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
' Stella I always get to the theater laat,
so as to be talked about."
Bella And I always get to the olub first
so as not to be talked about. Judge.
"What!" exclaimed th plain cltlren, "of
course It was wrong. He accepted a brib."
"O! I don't know," replied th politician,
'there' nothing wrong aliout "
"AVhat? Why, they caught him with th
goods and he admits"
"Ol If he was caught at It, of course it's
wrong." Chicago Tribune,
SKASOXADLK ADVItB.
Baltimore American.
"Tou are old. Father William," the young
man cried,
"You've learned In experience's achool;
I'm Just starting out; for success In my lit
I want some good, practical rule,
I know you have seen a good deal of th
world.
Have run for an office or two,
Uavo pleasured and courted and flnanoed
and all
The things that men usually do."
"My son, you are right," Father William
replied;
"I have counted my fourscore and ton,
I have seen much of folly and noticed th
wise.
Success and the failures of men.
There are fatal enures Into which many
fall. 4
And one that' most dangerous nf all;
It xeemu Just so euwy. and yet pienty folks
Who uue It go straight to the wall.
If you want to say anything, get wise, my
son,
To this fact and then shun It for fair:
Go. say It or 'phone It or sing It, ut will.
So long as It goes Into air;
But never, aa long as no bialn storms art
Your reason and prudence to tight.
Sit down and take up y.iur good pa ta
your hand
A boomerung letter to write!"
and
investigation of insurance
Act is NOW.
New York,
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