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Kvenlna: and Fundnv Bee printed during th
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t. 38.190 21 3'340
t 32,130 22 83,390
..! 41,970 28 33,690
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I 31,950 25 34,040
t 31,640 26....,.,... 33,990
10 30,400 IT 33,950
11 33,37 0 2 33.790
II.- 81,870 2 34,130
II 33,590 10 33,680
14 . 32.640 11 30,650
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16 33J20 Total 1,008,580
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CHARLES C. ROSEWATER.
General Manager.
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before me this 1st day of April. 1907.
(Seal) M. B. H UNGATE,
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WHO oY'T OF TOW!.
Snbscrlbrrs leaving; tbe city tem
porarily alionld bar Th Be
mailed to them. Address will !
changed as often aa requested.
Who encored winter?
"Every woman under 30 thinks she
Is an actress," says Ellen Terry. She
Is.
"Who struck Billy Patterson will
now have a revised verion, "Who bit
Tom Patterson?"
New York hag again demonstrated
that there la a vast difference between
a criminal trial and the trial of a
criminal.
"I have seen three kings and two
queens," Bay3 W. T. Stead. He was
playing in luck unless the other fel
low held an ace full.
The 'simplified spelling board has
decided wisely to take a vacation for
the summer and let the base ball re
I orters do their worst.
Omaha'B new police board has or
ganized and started about Its business
Just as if the yellow funnels had not
been throwing up filth for two weeks.
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. "Mr. Dryan is always on the "go,"
Bays a Lincoln paper. An exception
should be noted for presidential cam
paign years, when he is always on the
run.
Mrs. Poraker denies that she la a
candidate for the presidency of the
D. A. R-ters. Probably she feels that
one presidential boom in the family
Is enough.
Instead of sending Mr. Harrlman to
Jail Senator Culloru might get him ap
pointed as umpire in one of those base
tall games In which "Muggsy" McGraw
participates.
Kansas farmers have started an or
ganized war of extermination on the
. dandelion. Every man who has a
grass plot in, his front yard will bet on
tbe dandelion. ,
North Carolina boajts a man who
has no been able to slee;) for thirty
years. Nothing will be' able to pre
vent a flood of suggestions to him to
remove to Philadelphia.
Fire escapes have been placed on
the White House. Railroad managers
a-fto calt on the president to offer him
advice will do well to have the red
tignaU properly located. . y
An. Idaho grand jury Is said to have
been Investigating a United States sen
ator. The mere faft that the man is
a United States senator is not neces
sarily an evidence of guilt.
The city clerk Is troubled with a
double standard of dog tags, with the
usual consequences of a marked ten;
dency for Jhe cheaper to drive out the
dearer. Why not have solved the prob
lem, by having the tag made in the
form of a mutzle?
A Denver mining engineer has been
arrested for. reporting "mountain! of
untold wealth" in a mine that Jud
neer boen located. This attempt to
limit the operations of the mining ex
pert looks like a blow at one of Den
ver's cherished aud most profitable'
vented interests.
Hefrrln to the obstacle in the
way of universal :oace, Editor Stead
declares that the editor of the London
Times ought to be hanged. Stead is
getting almost as anarchistic aud
bloodthirsty as Uncle Shelby Cullom
of H'lpols. who wants to send a Jut of
railroad presidents to Jail
MAKIM1 FOR irnlLD rr.ACK.
The International arbitration and
peace congress, now In session In New
York, Is practically a rehearsal, as It
were, of the program that will be con
sidered at The Hague In June. At
present, marked differences prevail
among the nations that will participate
In The Hague meeting as to what sub
J pets shall be discussed. England is
avowedly In favor of adopting a plan
for universal disarmament and is sup
ported in 8 measure by the United
States. Russia, Germany and Austria
have already filed protests against the
formal consideration of this subject
and will refuse to be bound by any
action taken upon It. This decision
eliminates disarmament as a topic for
official discussion and leaves the dele
gates much at sea as to what may be
discussed without resultant friction
The peace congress in New York will
endeavor to conciliate participating
powers and induce them to unite In
action which will give The Hague tri
bunal's recommendations the force of
international law.
The attendance upon the New York
conference of delegates from all of the
great nations of the world takes the
form of an overture to President
Roosevelt, through the American dele
gates, to lead In the work of The
Hague conference, as it is generally
conceded that the United States can
do more than any other power in ad
vancing the movement that promises
to lead to world peace. Evidently ap
preciating the feeling of other nations
on the disarmament proposition, the
Irfcident, in his letter to the congress,
points out the obstacles In the way of
euc'i a proposition and recommends, as
a 6'il'ttltute, an agreement looking to
the limitation of the expenses for
naval and military equipment, with
the adoption of arbitration as a means
of settling difficulties between nations.
In effect, he advises the nations to
avoid precipitating a fight but to be
ready to fight, if necessary. He calls
attention to the fallacy of peace ora
tions which demand something which
can not as a matter of fact be done.
In his opinion, such efforts harm
rather than help the movement for tha
peace of nations.
While the proceedings of the con
gress necessarily will have only an
educational effect, the world will ap
prove and support any plans which
may be adopted along the line, indi
cated by President Roosevelt looking
to ultimate elimination of wars.
A TW.4TT TRIAL IKJUSTTCF.
In the discussion of the evils of the
long-drawn-out Thaw trial the rights
of C34 persons npw confined In the
Tombs awaiting trial on criminal
charges has been largely overlooked.
These men and women accused of
crime are, under the law, guaranteed
speedy trial for the determination of
their guilt or innocence. Undoubtedly
some of these prisoners are innocent
and all have' suffered an undeserved
Imprisonment pending the trial of their
esses
District Attorney Jerome has an
nounced his intention of asking the
Judges to sit during the summer in
order to take up the trials of the pris
oners denied a hearing while the Thaw
case was being protracted over nearly
twelve weeks. The least the courts
can do Is to grant the request for sum
mer sessions by the trial Judges to do
tardy Justice to the prisoners who
have less money, but aa many rights
as Millionaire Thaw. The prosecuting
attorney In New York, and elsewhere,
allow sensational cases to waste too
much time of the courts to the Injury
of other prisoners awaiting hearing. A
reorganization of the criminal courts
and readjustment of criminal proced
ure seem to be imperatively demanded
In the name of common justice and de
cency. STAND A HD ML CUSY1CTEO.
For the first time in its history the
Standard Oil compuny has been found
guilty on a criminal charge of violat
ing the interstate commerce law by
accepting rebates The oil monopoly
hi!, been generally looked upon a."". thi
iro? test bcnetlcla'y of th obnoxious
system of rebating, -but every effort of
the government to secure conviction
under the Sherman law or the Elklns
antl-rebatlug law has proved futile
until a Jury in the federal court at Chi
cago last week returned a verdict of
guilty on each of 1,468 counts in an
indictment charging acceptance of re
bates from transportation companies.
The case was on trial for mora than
six weeks and every point was fought
by the trust with skill and vlor on
the part of the eminent counsel in its
employ. Under the law fines not less
than 11,463,000 nor more than $39,
260,000 may be assessed against the
onvlcted defendant.
The amount ct money ' Involved in
Lhe possible fines is a minor matter
compared with the victory of the gov
ernment over an offender that for
more than twenty years has succeeded
in evading punishment for law viola
tion in spite of the common knowledge
and belief that the Standard Oil com
pany has been a continuous and per
sistent rebater. The verdict is a tri
umph al-to for the Elklns' law, under
which the prosecution fas brought
and the constitutionality of which was
attacked' by the defendant's attorneys.
The court and the Jury sustained the
Elklns law at each and every point of
attack made upon it.
The Chicago verdict would appear to
be tha last' action needed to eud the
discriminating p rue t ices of the rebat
ing forces of carrier aid shipper. The
Oil trust will undoubtedly appeal the
as and contest it in the hlj;her courts,
I Jut th vvrdiit sustains the contention
of the government as to the adequacy
of existing laws to remedy the rebate
evil and also furnishes reasonable as
surance of success in similar proceed
ings in other states. The verdict
blazes the way for more active prose-
jiution of the Oil trust for the employ
ment 01 lue rebate syeiem as one 01 Us
most effective methods of stamping out
competition, a system used, according
to testimony, to extort secret rates on
practically every big railroad of the
country.
THE VETO TIME LIMIT.
Incensed at Governor Sheldon's veto,
of the $85,000 appropriation for a
new normal school building, disap
pointed people of Kearney are threat
ening to contest the governor's action
on the ground that the time limit had
expired, making the appropriation ef
fective without the governor's signa
ture. This is a purely legal proposition.
Without going into the merits of the
appropriation qr its object, it would,
if established, have a wider applica
tion than to the one vetoed item, be
cause it would also affect a number of
other measures that suffered guberna
torial disapproval.
In the matter of th time allowed
the governor to act upon bills passed
by the legislature, we take it that
there is not much room for divergent
reading of the constitution. Every
bill or resolution passed by the two
houses must be presented to the gov
ernor, who is entitled to take five days,
exclusive of Sundays, to determine
whether to sign or veto. If five days
elapse without action the bill becomes
a law without his signature. For bills
or resolutions, however, on which the
five days would elapse after the ad
journment, the governor has five days
from adjournment. The late legisla
ture adjourned sine die about 1:30
Friday afternoon, although the legis
lative clock and calendar were set for
Wednesday noon. .Inasmuch as the
law takes no account of fractional
days, the ordinary reading of the con
stitution would give the governor un
til the following Thursday midnight
to approve or disapprove any measures
left in his hands at the time of ad
journment, no matter although passed
at any time within five days preceding
the last legislative day.. Were the
time to be computed by the legislative
clock the governor might be com
pletely deprived of his veto power by
a legislature willfully remaining in ses
sion for more than five days after the
clock had been stopped and sending
bills dated back to the legislative cal
endar to the governor up to the last
minute.
If the people of Kearney want to
have a test of the normal school ap
propriation veto, that la their privi
lege, but they should Institute proceed
ings at once so that we may know
what effect, if any, would be had on
other vetoed measures.
CONTEMPT OF COURT.
The decision of the United . States
supreme court affirming the sentence
of Senator Thomas M. Patterson to
pay a fine of 1 1.000 imposed by tbe
Colorado supreme court lays down the
rule for constructive contempt by
newspaper criticism as it has come to
be accepted by courts in most Jurisdic
tions. The rule is that such criticism,
whether its basis be true or falBe, is
improper during a pending case whose
outcome it is calculated to influence.
As laid down by Justice Holmes in
his opinion, "When a case la finished
courts are subject to the same criti
cism as other people, but the proprley
and necessity of preventing interfer
ence with the courts of Justloe by pre
mature statement, argument or inti
mation hardly can be denied."
What the law of contempt Is and
what it should be to afford full equity
and Justice are, however, two different
things. The citation by Judges of
editors who have incurred their dis
favor, and their summary punishment
without Jury trial is repugnant to the
popular Idea of individual liberty and
freedom of the press. While judges
may properly exercise the right to pun
ish summarily for contempt committed
in their presence, there is no good
reason whatever why an offender
charged with constructive contempt
committed outside of the court room
by criticism of the court or court offi
cers, even though palpably malicious,
should not be accorded every right en
joyed by any one else accused of
crime trial by Jury, the presumption
of Innocence, confnfcitatlon with wit
nesses and the benefit of defense by
counbel.
Where the law still permits courts to
exercise despotic powe under pre
tense of vindicating themselves from
contempt, those law ought to be
changed so that while protecting every
legitimate prerogative of the Judge
they would also protect the freedom of
the press which, under our form of
government, is the only refuge of the
people against Judicial absolutism and
oppression.
In the language of the immortal
Mikado, "Here's a pretty how-dy-do."
The quondam fusion candidate for gov
ernor of Nebraska is suing a former
publisher of the popullBt official organ
to recover damnges in the snm of
$8,000 ou what is alleged to be a sort
of bunco game fn the sale of the news
paper with a guaranteed circulation
that did not exist. Intertwined in the
meshes are also the late populist can
didate for vice president and a former
fusion candidate for state auditor, all
of whom have achieved prominence as
distinguished standard bearers of the
''allied reform forces." The thinly
disguised purio2e of fusion reform
has always been to fool people Into
giving their votes to candidates mas
querading under double party labels.
This political bunco game has been
considered perfectly legitimate, but
when the fusion reformers begin to
bunro one another It is time to call
things by their right names.
If the Junior Yellow wins Its pend
ing libel suit Judge Estelle will be
paraded in red letters as a most
learned and just Judge whose services
are invaluable to the public. Should
It lose out, Judge Estelle will be lam
pooned as unfit to sit on any bench
and marked for certain defeat at the
coming election. Such is nonpartisan
and independent journalism with yel
low coloring matter running through
its veins.
City Prosecutor Daniel has discov
ered one more woman to prosecute for
violating that long-forgotten plank of
the democratic city platform on which
he rode into office nearly a year ago
There is raid to be several other no
torious women who have violated. the
same platform plank, but whom for
one reason or another the democratic
city prosecutor has been careful not
to moleet.
The public school children of Omaha
will celebrate Arbor day with appro
priate exercises and the planting of
more trees in the school yard. Inci
dentally it would not be a bad idea to
pay a little attention to V cultivation
of school yard trees already planted
in celebration of Arbor days in previ
ous years.
The school board wants legal ad
vice as to what it should da to enforce
the child labor law Just enacted with
an emergency clause by the recent
Nebraska legislature. Whatever the
legal advice may be, common sense
advice will be to go easy until the
schools reopen for a fresh term next
fall.
The Department of Agriculture has
issued a bulletin of warning against
two new bugs, the malanoplus perfora
tus and the blvalvus diaphornosientla-
sls, but inexcusably neglects to state
whether they operate on the garden or
the bleachers.
The Union Pacific is going tight
along with construction work at the
Omaha car shops. All this is duly ap
preciated and inspires faith that the
promised headquarters building will
not be long deferred.
Possibly Mr. Bryan might agree to
rise in the democratic national conven
tion and nominate Mr. Roosevelt if
Mr. Roosevelt will promise . to nomi
nate Mr. Bryan in the republican con
vention.
Mayor "Jim" has two democrats as
sociated with him on the new Board of
Fire and Police Commissioners, but
he is mighty lonesome when presiding
over the board, just the same.
Rare Esjoymest,
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The people of Iowa and Nebraska ar sat
isfied with the work of their legislatures
a thing so rare that other states are lifting
their heads In amaiement.
Seeklnir Comfort of Home.
Washington Herald.
Just aa the republican party la getting-
Into a big family row the suggestion is
seriously made that the democratic party
Join It. A rough house In the republican
establishment makes it look like home to
the democrats.
Small by Comparison.
Chicago News.
After experimenting for several years the
Austrian government has discovered that
gunpowder explosions will not stop hail
storms. Man will yet learn that he Is
small potatoes when It comes to battling
with elemental forces.
A Fntare Possibility.
Washington Post. j
The suggestion that l Is up to Mr. Roose
velt to nominate Mr. Bryan has now been
made. Before the national conventions are
pulled off we may be treated to an Al
phonse and Gaston exhibition that will add
vastly to the gaiety of the nations.
19 BRYAN OVT OP THE RACE f
Affirmative Inference Is Paretlona4y
Draws from Article In Commoner.
New York.Sun.
During Dr. ' Bryan's absence In the east
with his sample case of npeciflrs for all Ills
the body politic Is heir to, the Commoner
has eliminated him from the list of presl
dental candidates in a moment of inspira
tion. In an Ingenious editorial the availability
of southern men for the democratic nomi
nation which Dr. Bryan covets as an entry
In tho free for all competition Is considered.
It Is a handsome tribute to the number and
quality of the logical candidates In the
south. They are described as statesmen
and bidden to stand side by side for review
by the national convention.
"Let us enter the convention with an eye
single to the party," says the Commoner.
The sentiment of antagonism to anything
that looks like a monopoly of virtue by
any Individual candidate, ai'tlve or re
ceptive, ptrvadea the article. All the pos
sibilities from Accnmac to Deaf Smith
county look alike to the Commoner. No
attempt Is made to handicap them on ac
count of ag or previous condition of ser
vitude In the cause cf democracy; all start
from scratch. It I submitted with tha
greatest frankners that the selection must
be entered upon not with the view ''of grati
fying any man' ambition or complimenting
any stats or portion of the union," but with
a desire to find the man "who voices tbe
sentiments of the rank and file of the
party," etc. If the most available man Is
a southern man let tha candidate be from
the south by all means. Nothing could be
bumlsomer. At the. same time there Is a
care not to shut the door of hope, for It Is
added: "The same is true of the north,
the aast. the west."
But right In the body of the article,
caught In the thick of a paragraph where
the bftie pencil missed It, there Is a fly In
thj ointment:
"There are many democrats in the south
who wrtuld poll the full democratic strength
of the north." '
As Dr. Dryan has never breji able to
poll the full democratic strength of the
north he by plain Inference Is withdrawn
from the list of entries. "As at present
advlswl" by tbe Commoner be la out of
tbe race.
ARMT COIP 151 WAPIIIaTOf.
(wrrent Events tilraarit from th
Army ana Utt Realster.
President Roowett tins decided to an
oint this year to the grade of brigadier
general a number of the senior colonels,
with the Idea of providing In this way for
officers of long service and distinguished
enrrer-. who, by virtue of seniority and
record, are entitled to the distinction and
the reward.- This Is a recognition bf service
which ought to be appreciated everywhere
throughout the military establishment and
should gain endorsement even by those
Junior officers, er comparatively Junior,
who regard themselves as eligible, by virtue
of conspicuous duty well performed or un
usual opportunity, for distinction with
which they have been favored. The policy
of the president may be regarded as a
cleanlng-up process, which will he bene
ficial In several ways and, mist of all. In
the restoration of a sentiment of. security
which comes of appreciation for the rights
of rank. In the remaining vacancies In the
grade of brigadier general which occur In
lWfour In number It Is made known thnt
the appointees will be from among the
senior colonels of Infantry, cavalry, and
artillery.
The quartermaster general of the army
ha, not yet taken up the question of pro
viding heavy furniture for officers' quarters.
Provision has been made for this equipment
as the permanent fixtures of the quarters
under authority of the clause In the latest
army appropriation act, where It was In
serted by the urgent recommendation of
General Humphrey. Of course. It I not
possible to furnish at once all the officers
quarters with the heavy furniture. That
work can only be done gradually. The first
provision will probably be made for th
quarters of Junior officers, since they re
ceive the least pay and have the smallest
allowance and are deemed to be In the
most need of th relief which I possible
by this new allowance. Th heary furnltur
will probably Include hat-racks, dining
tables, chairs, bedsteads, sideboards, refrig
erators, etc.
-'
The discontinuance of territorial divisions
in the army commands has made It neces
sary to make some change In the small
arm competitions for 1107. It ha been de
cided to hoM what may be call bl-depatt-mental
and trl-departmntal competition,
combining, for Instance. In one cornnetltlon
all marksmen of the Department of th ""ast
and the Department of the Gulf; In another
competition the marksmen of the Depart
ment of the Lakes, the Department of the
Missouri and the Department of Dakota, In
a third competition, tha department now
forming the southwestern division, and In
a fourth competition the two departments
comprising the present Paelflo division,
each competition to bear a distinguishing
title. Th department commander in whose
territorial command the competition takes
place will have charge of th event. It Is
not yet decided where the army eompetl
tlons will be held, but probably at Fort
Riley, Fort Sheridan or Fort Leavenworth
' About a month aao Homer Davenport of
Afrtrrla Pin Ins N 3 wrote to the nresldent
stating that no tust demonstrating the real
power of the Arabian horse ha ever been
made In America, and expressing a desire
to have a very thorough test made by an
officer of the army of the endurance of one
of his finest Arabian stallions, now In Or
gon, by having him ridden from Bllverton
Ore., continuously across the continent to
New Tork, a distance of about 1,100 mile
h hnr tn carrv the full aaulDment pr
crlbed for a cavalry soldier on field ser
vice. Mr. Davenport tated that tbe tal
tfnn la small. 14 hands and 1U Inches high
12 year old. Imported from the desert, and
this remarkable test, be think, wm snow
the uperlorlf of the Arab ror army pur
pose.. The matter was referred to General
nail the chief tit staff, who reported In
favor of tha test, and recommended that
Second Lieutenant K. . Warner mcuum,
s.ih ravalrv. no at Fort Riley, be do.
tailed to make th ride, ha being a young
officer who. In hi opinion, possessed -all
the necessary qualincation ror me pur
pose, and that an orderly, espectauy e
Iected, be detailed to accompany the lieu
tenant. General Bell also stated that thi
.-tn tn tha rover n men t of such a teat
would be umclent to warrant tne unaor-tnvins-
and If the ride 1 made complete
statistic of th condition of th horse and
rider at frequent intervals will be kept ana
prove valuable for present and future refer
ence; that iong ride by military men for
the purpose of testing the enduring quaime
of certain breeds or norses are noi un
enmmon in forela-n countries, th most cele
brated being the one made by Lieutenant
Basaor of the Russian army, wno roae a
single horse from Hersoo, In Mancnuna.
to St. Petersburg, a distance of 8.787 miles,
In eight months and three days. The presi
dent, having approved the proposition, th
detail of Lieutenant McCabe to mak th
ride will be made a soon a ome further
necessary preliminary arrangement ar
completed.
The War department ha been asked by
representatives of the Order of Red Men
If their Insignia may be placed on a flag
of the United States, the emblem to be
sewed to the flag. Ther I no United
Btates law which would prohibit such an
act and such laws as do exist representing
the use of the flag in any design do not
establish a penalty. It Is within the au
thority of the state to prohibit the flag
from being put to Improper uses and such
a tate enactment has rtcently been sus
tained by the supreme court, but th United
Btates government has no Jurisdiction In
the matter of enforcing the penal statute
of a state.
Tha War department I In reeelpt of the
bid which were cently opened at Fort
Robinson, Neb., by th constructing quar
termaster at that post for extensive build
ing operations contemplated The work In
cludes barrack and quarters for one addi
tional squadron of cavalry. The bids hav
been taken under advisement.
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
According to th New York Society of
American Artists th artistio sklddoo num.
ber Is 13.
A marked change of tone Is observed in
Chicago's city hall since a republican Busse
saw was installed.
Mr. Thaw appeura to have transferred a
bunch of his brain storms to his lawyers.
In addition to a liberal fee.
Airships can now be tuu as cheap as a
plug automobile. Thus the price emulate
the downward tendency of tha airship.
The great danger confronting the Iowa
Socl-ty of Eternal Youth is that members
may be esteemed "too fresh" for practical
purpc ses.
Out of twenty-six years In the navy, Lieu
tenant l'eary has hud fifteen years of ab
sence on leave, tils career may be summed
up In a series of naval bUnk and Arctic
das he.
A Connecticut woman who stepped on a
tack while making a raid on her husband's
trousers had a mighty duae call from
death by lockjaw. The doctors got all tbe
change end then some,
A surgical operation on the k of a
"mahogany chair" In the cjpltul of Penn
sylvania showed a neat dovstulling of pine
and bay wood, fir which th slat paid
goud money at foot rates.
Senator William Warner of Missouri gi-ts
more mall than any member of the United
State senate. Republican senators from
Missouri are exceeding rare and Mlsaourl
republicans are making up for lost time. j
if
After all. there xs notfung lite
DR. PRICE'S
CREAM
BAKING POWDER
I tave used it witla satisfaction
for nearly forty years No alum
for me"
NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENT.
sterling Bun: Th fact that ex-Senator
Thurston is against President Roosevelt
and hi policy In th interest of th people
win not Injure Mr. Rooeevelt In the estl
mation or Ms Nebraska constituents. They
had faith In Mr. Thurston at one time, but
ne could not lead many of them now. He
had hi day, and lost.
uavia city Banner: Governor Sheldon
has reappointed Beemer a warden of th
stata penitentiary. A a buslne man
ager of th institution Beemer I a success.
From a financial point of view he 1 nrob
ably th most successful warden th state
ha ever had, but hi activity in the Llllle
case. In securing Mr, mil' pardon, a
well a In securing the pardon of many
other prisoner, if report are true, ought
to hav been sufficient to have defeated
hi reappointment.
Holdrege Cltlsen: Th state legislature
has nilfllied its platform promises. It has
passed th railroad commission bill, a state
wide primary law, an anti-pass bill and
given a 1-csnt passenger rate. It
given us some other good legislation,
ha
and
this legislature will go on record as
th
th
first legislature for years. If not In
history of the state, where tha railroads
hav not had control of the body. Truly
ther la a new deal In politics and th
masses or tn people are getting soma
benefit from it, too.
Papilllon Time (dem.): The Bee report
that Stat Chairman Tom Allen of th dam'
oc ratio central committee and other dem
ocrats ar plannulng to nullify the dlrrct
primary law by calling a regular conven
tlon and nominating candidate a of old
and then placing the nominee of th con
vention on th direct primary ballot. Tha
Time doe not know or care what Tom
Allen may be planning to do, but It doe
know that th rank and file of the demo
crat are Just a anxious for th direct
primary law a are the republican, and
that they will lie up to It provision
Just aa cheerfully. We believe it to be a
good measure and until proven to th
contrary w will stand up for the enforce
ment of it If Allen 1 planning to dodge
th la that I no reason why th entire
democratio party in Nebraska I going- to
do so. All Nebraska democrat do not
nee when Allen takes snuff.
Albion News: It I probably natural that
the Lincoln people have an Idea that the
State university Is the head and front of
all educational Institutions of the state. It
situated In their midst, and every Lin
coln child utllls It. Tha people of tho
state duly appreciate our university Ap
preciate it In a truer comparison of It real
value than do the resident of Lincoln.
When It Is remembered that only a little
more than t per cent of the student of
the state ever see th inside of the uni
versity, and that the other 86 per cent de
pend on the high school for all th edu
cation that they ever get, It is not strange
that the relative Importanca of the two
Is viewed differently by those outside the
tat capital. Nor do the people under
estimate the advantage of having B per
cent of our young people receive a higher
education. But the high schools through
out the state ar of the greatest Importance
and will continue to be o considered by
the people. And th great endeavor to
make them principally preparatory schools
for the university must be combatted by
the people. They are finishing schools for
th great mass of our young peopl. and
they should be conducted with that lm
nortant fact ever in view. Those who can
afford to go to th university can afford
o take a preparatory coursa If necessary.
Best mi Just as Good
Perhaps no characteristic of this store is more widelr known
than the fact that the best pianos are here.
' A great deal of our thought and energy is spent In getting som
KXTKA quality of excellence into the pianos that come here a littl
better material and workmanship and style than go Into pianos made
by the same factories for the general market. "The HOSI'K HTAND
AK1" is a phrase well known In tbe piano factories of this country,
piano makers well know that an instrument destined for the Hospe
store must not be slighted in any way.
And best of a4l for the piano buyers of Omaha and the west, ws
are In a position to dictate to the manufacturers to a certain extent.
Our fair way of doing business, one price, no commlwsions, best
pianos, lowest prices has given us a commanding position In the
piano business in tbe west, and every manufacturer's aim is to get
and to keep his pianos in the Hospe stores. He knows he cannot keep
them here unless he puts his best efforU into thein. It's the survival
of the fittest here. Come and examine, side by side, over 300 new
pianos from the best maker in nil the country.
New upright Grand Pianos, full size, for f 190. Payments to
suit the purchaber.
We have stores In Council Bluffs, la., in Kearney and Lincoln,
Neb.
A. HOSPE Co., 1513 Doug. St.
Write for free catalogues and ask for our money saving pUa.
BREEZY TRIFLES.
First Legislator There
funny about that bill.
Lobbyist I gueas if the
Baltimore American.
is something;
Joker In It.
"These are tho wistful days," remarked
the sentimentalist.
"Bridge or antiquated?" Inquired th
woman who plays. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"How does It
they asked him.
feel to be counted out?"
I don t kno
answered the dofestxt
pugilist. "I was a billion miles awav whila
that was going on." Philadelphia Press.
"Everybody ha a soft snot In his heart "
said Uncle Allen Sparks, genially, "If you
can And out where It is. One of the mean
est men I ever knew had a deeo and tender
affection for a nail nearly three-quarters
of an Inch lonar that he had a-i-own nn his
little finger." Chicago Tribune.
"Mr time is monev." a-rumhled the cnl
lector.
"Then." replied the debtor.
'how can you
It In chasing
afford to waste so much of
me?" Philadelphia Ledger.
'I once saw a train hnldun In a nlac
filled with women, and no one In the crowd
screamed or fainted the whole time."
Don t believe you. Where was Itr
'At a full dress weddlnar." Raitlmora)
American.
"That barber . who Juat shaved m 1 a
fine fellow.
"Why, he talked your arm off."
"Tea, but he didn't ask me If I'd hav
massage." Cleveland Leader.
Mrs. Goodlev Gracious! Just listen ti
that clergyman! I'm positive he's swear
ing. Evidently he's missed his vocation.
Mr. tJooaiey no: i think It wa hi
train. Philadelphia Press.
"Whatever happens." said the catrlorio
cltlsen, "ther la no doubt that the country
la afa." v
Yes." said the cvnlcal rrumbler. "the
country Is safe enough. But with these
railway trains and automobiles, how about
the inhabitants?" Washing-ton Star.
Ten thousand volumes!" exclaimed th
visitor, looking In amasement at the costly
books that lined the shelves of the private
library. "How In the world do you expect
ever to find time to read them?"
"To read them? echoed the owner.
equally astonished. "How In the world do
you expect a connoisseur In rare books to
find time even to open them?" Chlcaa-o
Tribune. .
TOMORROW I GO FISHING.
Hoviir B. Keller ln .New Tork Sun.
He was a chap with whisker on his dotnn
of tJiotujht,
fits rhln was bare.
Within my quiet den he sought
Th rnrr.fort there.
He'd come to ine lade down with grief and
sorrow sore,
H.-rt take a seat.
He'd knep his eye upon th door
Alio snul ins reel.
Sometimes a tear would trickle from tU
corner of
His weather eye:
Anon he'd pause to simply cough
The oougn was ary.
But ne'er a word would ha expound of
wisdom great
To prick m or:
My visitor who'd ne'er orate.
But watch the door.
At times the queersome chap would "hem."
at times he'd "haw;"
He'd never say
A single word to break the law
Of "My Work Day"
My motto done In black and green and
backed In white
Upon my wall.
Confounded chap! He her tonight.
Again to call.
He sidle In and settles down upon a chair
The nearest to , ,
Th window Kill whose outlook fair
I my best view;
And from his left hand pocket h take ovt
a book
Of hooks and files.
He' lures, he snares me with a KoV
To paradise ,
Fishmg season open tomorrow. Nuf sed I
I