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TIIE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1907. Tiie Omaha Daily Per FOUNDED BT EDWARD &OSEWATER. VICTOR ROSE-WATER. EDITOR. Entered at Omaha poetofflc a accooA claea matter. TERM8 Or SUBSCRIPTION, pally be ( without Bur.day). sm year.. MOO Dally Bee and Sunday one year Sunday Bee. one year J-J Saturday Bee. ore year DELIVERED BY CARRIER (Daily Bee (including Sunday), per wsek..lo Dally Bee (without Sunday), per week.. .10 Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week.So Evening Bee jUh Sunday), per week....l Address all complslnts of Irregularities In delivery to Cliy Circulation Department OFFICES. Omaha The Bee rfuikllng. 8outh Omaha City Hall Building. Council Bluffs It Scott Street Chicago 1040 Unity Building New fork lot Home Life Insurance Bldi Washington Jul Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should be add reaped. Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only ?-cent stamps received In payment of mall account. Personal checks, except on Omaha or esslern exchange, not accepted. STATEMENT Of CIRCULATION. Btnte of Nebraska, Douglas County. s. Charles C. Rofewater, general manager Pf The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, tar that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally. Morning. Evening and Sunday Bea prtntd during the month of May, HOT. was as follows: i tB.eno it 5,To S 33,610 It 33,800 I B,Q90 ;o 85.37 4 as.iio :i as.eao 5 34,300 21 .... 36,810 36,880 21 38,900 7 35,480 14 .'. . 36,830 I 39,660 it 85,800 88,790 f 34,800 10 39,890 tl 36,480 11 38,390 II 86,810 II 34,660 21 36,010 11 38,43 10 36,030 14 38,380 II.. 86,810 18 36,330 1 36,40 Total. .. 1.098,080 17 36,380 Less unsold and returned copies 9,07 Net total ........... 1.088.P63 Dally average... 30,083 CHARLES C. ROSBWATER. General Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to betorc m thla list day of May, 1907. (Seal) M. B. HUNOATB, Notary Public. WHEN Ol'T Or TO WIS. abacrlbers leaving, the city tern porarlly should kavs The Be mailed t then. Address will be chanced as often as reaested. Colonel Colt has exhibited some, horse sense by withdrawing from the senatorial race In Rhode Island. Senator Dick of Ohio says he has nothing to say. Senator Dick's refusal to talk always evokes an encore. Klug Edward has expressed a desire to meet Mark Twain. He probably wants Twain to explain some of his Jokes. In the meantime, all the big world dailies have-assigned their war corre spondents to rdport the peace confer ence at The Hague. Tho republican elephant will view with alarm the report that Secretary Taft is going to make no further effort to reduce his -weight. The German Ship trust sneers at tb charge of conspiracy, says a cable Item. A wi-jU regulated trust knows how to sneer in all languages. Mayor Schmlts of San Francisco says he has an Incurable disease. A long period of Quarantine at San Quentln might help him. Some people are calling Governor Hughes of New York a ciar,' but h loes not seem able to get the legislative duxna at Albany off hla hands. This occasional talk ; about the Foraker presidential boom does not worry the Ohio senator a little bit. He knows that b can prove an alibi. The duke of Manchester declares he bas no us for American railroad work. The average duke has no use for rail road work or any other kind of work. The city health department la about to start another weed-cutting cam paign. The weeds that servo to hide unsightly billboards should be spared by special dispensation. Senator Stephenson of Wisconsin says his election to the United States senate cost him $3,886.71. The Initia tion fee to the Millionaires' club Is not as heavy as It used to be. Baron Mumm von Schwartiansteln, who Is to succeed Baron Speck von Sternberg as German ambassador at Washington, is said to b one of the most taciturn men In official life. Extra dry, eh? . . Dr. Miller has been re-locating Fort Kearny, which he located originally City year ago. This ought to give Momentum to the prospective move Bent to bav Fort Kearny preserved is a national military park. The county board has completed Its work as a board of equalization, but there may be a postscript to the pro tram If Lincoln repeats Its last year's performance as a kicker before the State Board of Equalization. The three months' trial of the S-cent (are law expires sooner In Nebraska :han it will In Missouri because an tarller start was made here. That say explain why the railroads want jo be In position to get the Nebraska aw Into .the federal court first. Mrs. Slocum, wife of the colonel of the Thlrteeuth cavalry, declares the Japanese are waiting only for a favor able opportunity to throw 60,000 soldiers into the Philippines and take possession of the Islands. Well In formed administration officials (ear that Mrs. Slocum Is mistaken MA in XO A START- Th action of the county board In ordering tentative plans drawn for a new court house at least makes a start toward the erection of a modern county building in th event the peo ple of Douglas county give the neces sary authority by their votes at next fall's election. There Is general unan imity of opinion that the county has already outgrown the accommodations for Its public offices and courts and the necessities of the case will be much more urgent before the two or three years roll around that would be re quired as the shortest time in which to replace the present structure. While some diversity of opinion ex ists as to Just what should be done to solve the court house problem, we be lieve the great majority of the taxpay ers favor a substantial fireproof build ing at once serviceable for Its purposes and architecturally Imposing and cred itable to the city, and favor Its erec tion on the present court house square. To get a direct popular expression, however, will require the submission of a definite proposition and before a definite proposition to vote court house bonds can be formulated preliminary plans must be had and sketches pre pared of the contemplated new court house so that the people may have a comprehensive and Intelligent knowl edge of what they are being called upon to approve. All great building enterprises of this nature necessarily move slowly and It Is therefore none too early to make a start. The architect will doubtless require all the time at his disposal to present the drawings and make the estimates so they may be carefully examined and closely studied by every taxpayer and voter before election day. THE PVLLMAX COMPARTS POSITOS The Pullman company has filed notice of Its Intention to contest the efforts of the Interstate Commerce commission to supervise its business under the reoent rate law. Under a complaint filed with the commission, alleging that the company discrimi nates in Its rates, the Interstate Com merce commission has cited the sleep ing car company to answer the charges. The company has replied that congress cannot make a company or person a "common carrier" when that person or company is not a carrier at all; that It cannot so classify a person or com pany that Is not engaged in transpor tation but merely furnishes accommo dations or renders special service not Included In. the transportation. In other words, the sleeping car company Is going to make the same plea to the Interstate Commerce commission that it has made time and again before the Nebraska legislature; that it is not en gaged In the business of transporta tion, but la simply a hotel on wheels, no more a part of the transportation business than is a hotel or an eating bouse at any station along the line of a railroad. There Is no question whatever that the framers of the rate law of 1906 Intended to Include sleeping car com panies In its provisions, the first sec tion of the bill providing that "the term 'common carrier as used in this act shall include express .fompanles and sleeping car companies." The question raised by the company Is particularly Interesting. It may be ad mitted that the sleeping car company does not sell transportation. That la done by the railroads. But the attor neys for the government will contend, doubtless, that the serving of beds, meals and drink to persona while be ing carried from one point to another Is a necessary part of the transporta tion, and that the person or concern rendering this service is necessarily "engaged In transportation." within the meaning of the rate law. Either the railroad, if service is essential, must be responsible for. providing the accommodation and the charge made for It, or else the company performing the service must be held responsible. It la a case tn which the traveling public, the complainant in the case, cannot be deprived of Its rights by a shifting or shirking of responsibility, at least not louger than It will take to make the law fit the rase. A TURK AD EXTORTION. The thread makers have given a forceful example of the profits that follow saving the pennies. A spool of thread costs so little, or did until the Thread trust got ready, that It hardly figured In the domestic expense ac .ounts, yet the recent advancing of the price of thread by SO per cent and adding 1 cent to the cost of each spool, has served to call attention to the enormous tax this extortion of the trust has placed on the consumers of this commodity. Specific data is not avail able on the amount of thread used In the country, but a statistician of the Department of Commerce and Labor estimates the production and sale at 40,000,000 spools of thread a month. An Increase of 1 cent per spool In the price, produce the snug total of $400,000 a month or $4,800,000 a year. If the Thread trust imagined that the people of the country, In these prosperous times, would not kick about a little matter of a rent In the cost of a spool of thread. It was mistaken. The protest has gone up from all sec tions and It is now announced that the federal rovernnient will Investigate the action and ascertain whether the advance In prlc has been Justified by any conditions or Is simply, as the peo ple expect, a petty form of extortion as exasperating as a larger crime against Justice and the common wel fare. The trust, of course, has Its excuse. It contends that the prlc of thread has been advanced on account of the Increase in the cost of all cotton and material entering Into th manu facture of thread, and also on account of the exclusion of child labor from the thread mills. Statistics indicate that while there has been an Increase In the cost of cotton and materials used In thread making, the advance bas been slight, furnishing no warrant whatever for the increase of twenty per cent in the cost to the consumer of the finished product. The increase In the price of cotton thread Is no light matter for many consumers, particularly for the thousands of women of the nation who support themselves by sewing and to whom pennies are as precious aa are fat dividends to trust magnates. The country will not mourn if the Thread trust becomes tangled up by Its own greed and fails to convince the courte of the Justice of its arbitrary advance in the price of one of the essential commodities. DBS MOIXES' MVSICIPAL PLAX. Under the permissive law, passed by the last Iowa legislature, Des Moines has voted to be the first north ern city to adopt what is generally known as the Galveston plan of city government. Thlg provides, in effect, for wiping out the old ward system and replacing the rather complicated machinery of city administration by a commission, with enlarged powers. The Des Molnee plan protldes for the election of five commissioners to take the place of the present administra tion. One of these will act as mayor and the others will have charge of the different city departments, with full power to appoint subordinates, regu late their work and remove them when deemed advisable. The artificial ward boundaries will disappear and the en tire government of the city will, be in the hands of the five commissioners, who will be chosen at a general elec tion. The Galveston plan, which was born of an emergency, appeals to the public by Its promise of accomplishing re forms that have been apparently im possible under the rather complex system of municipal government. Des Moines has not been a much misgov erned city but has, in fact, had better administrations than the average American city of like size; but it has experienced the same difficulty found in other and larger cities of getting capable and efficient work from city councils. Under the American system of municipal government, men of high grade do not seek positions as alder men. Spasmodic reforms frequently land capable business men in those positions, but they usually, retire in disgust, after a short service, or are forced. In order to accomplish any of the purposes for which they were elected, to Join the aldermantc "com bine." which may be found In almost every elective municipal body in the country. The citizens of Des Moines apparently have grown weary of thla system and have welcomed the new plan, which promises relief from the divided responsibility Inseparable from city councils chosen under the ward organisation plan. Under the new Iowa law, special precautions, Involving the Initiative and referendum In a modified form, are thrown around the granting of public franchises and the control and management of public utilities which have been the cause of so much evil legislation by councils in the past. The new law promises a trial of direct re sponsibility in municipal government and the experiment will be watched with keenest Interest in other cities where the governmental abuses from which Des Moines has suffered are not unknown. It has been the universal custom In this state for the sheriff to make contracts for the care of all prisoners confined tn his Jail aside from those of his own county and to collect for the same. Deputy County At torney Maguey. It was once tho "universal custom" In this state for the state treasurer to farm out the school funds and pocket the Interest money collected, but that did not make it legal to do so, as one state treasurer who served a term Jn the penitentiary for embezzlement can testify. It there Is any doubt about the "universal custom" of the sheriff pocketing money collected for the use ot the county Jail being of the same species of graft the sooner we get the answer from the court the better. The state school fund holds prac tically all the bonds Issued by Douglas county and as a consequence Is about to receive more than $20,000 due as Interest on the county's outstanding obligations. Inasmuch as the income from the school fund is redistributed among Nebraska school districts in proportion to the number ot children of school age, the transaction Is a profitable one for all concerned. If all the money In the state school fund were invested In the bonds of Ne braska counties the people of this state would get more benefit out of it than they do now. Des Moines has adopted the scheme for a municipal government by com mission by a majority of 3,2 4 5 out of a total rote of 10.592 cast at a special election called for that purpose. The total vot of a trifle over 10,000 on an Issue Involving such an important matter thoroughly agitated and adver tised I not over-creditable to Des Moines and its pretentions of growing population. Des Moines will have to show up twice as many votes to get Into Omaha's class. Chairman Allen of the democratic state committee cannot conceal his dislike of the direct primary law and of direct primaries generally. The last democratic state platform de clared expressly for direct nomina tions, but the democratic state chair man was never in harmony with the democratic state platform. Prince William of Sweden says, that whlle'he bas been educated thoroughly In English, he cannot understand the American newspaper accounts of the base ball games. All of which proves that the prince 1b mistaken when he says he has been educated In English thorougHly. Bourke Cockran has been appointed a member of a Tammany committee, with instructions to prepare "a definite and fixed plan of democratic action." He is the boy for that assignment. He can fix a new "definite and fixed" plan every minute of the day. Delegates to the peace conference at The Hague will be interested in reading the specifications for the two battleships of the United States, which are to be larger and deadlier than the British Dreadnaught. Cattlemen and sheepmen can always bury their ancient grudge, as shown by the proceedings of the land convention at Denver, long enough to combine for new game that promises profitable division. The telegraph companies seem a little slow in acceding to the demands of the operators, especially as they have already made arrangements to collect the amount from the public. The Northern Pacific reports net in creased earnings of $935,000 for May. It is simply shameful the way the railway rate bill is operating to the confiscation of, railway property. Mrs. Potter Palmer gives as one reason why she will not marry the earl of Munster the fact that the earl has not the pleasure of her acquaintance. A Ball In th Pasture. Brooklyn Kngle. "I never answer newspaper criticisms," says Secretary Wilson In tho cotton leak hearing. He must havo Irish blood In his veins. Newspaper criticisms are precisely what he has been compelled to answer In the testimony above alluded to. For Future Reference. Chicago Record-Herald. Dividends amounting to 24,000,OftO are to be distributed among the stockholders of the Adams Express company. We may aasume that these stockholders are unal terably opposed to the proposition to have the government establish a parcels post. Let the Dead Heat. Portland Oregonlan. Mr. Bryan the other day complained that he could advance no new views wl hout having Mr. Roosee t p;a ently utter the same opinions, with greater force of elo quence. Let Mr. Bryan then hark bac!t to 16 to 1, and to the crown of thorns and cross of gold. This It. wan that mod him a great man, and hi that field he would still be without a rlvaL , States' Rtsrht and Taxation. Philadelphia Record. The states of the union are not so false to their true Interests as to surren der to the federal government their best sources of revenue In taxation of Incomes nd inheritances. Seekers of popular favor will do well to govern themselves accordingly. In advocating a federal In come tax President Roosevelt has strangely overlooked the consideration that tho states will have the last word to say on this subject. PRESIDENT AND Pt BLIC LANDS. Present Policy One ( the Glories of the Administration, Chicago Inter-Ocean. Congressman Mondell of Wyoming, at the opening session of the land convention In Denver, spoke strongly against the presi dent's public land policy. He denied the "necessity for any radical departure from the past policy of passing public lands Into the handa of Individuals.'' He Insisted that any changes In the land laws "should be In the direction of making possible the acquisition of larger areas of land fit only, or principally, for erasing." Mr. Mondell's difference with the presi dent Is undoubtedly an honest one. He tells the truth as ho sees it. TeC that truth is not necessarily the whole truth. The whole truth, we believe, is that tho land policy of the Roosevelt administration. Its forestry policy, Its Irrigation policy, will go down In history as one of Its chief glories. Tha time had come to deal with the pub lic domain from a broader viewpoint than the present needs of anybody who la in position to exploit It at the moment. To do this has been sometimes unpopular, but the president has kept at it. The president has attacked the problem of the use and control .of public lands with foresight and courage. He has reul lied that we no longer have on this con tinent a frontier to waste. And, whatever the possible errors of his policy In detail, none far enough removed from the scene to view It with calmness can doubt that the president Is fundamentally right. ONLY WORKED THE OTHER WAY Nebraska Belies Favorite Weapon of the, Railroads. Pittsburg Dispatch. The application of the attorney-general of Nebraska for Injunctions to restrain four leading rallroada from disregarding tha two-cent-fare, antl-pase and commodity rate legislation of that state is termed by a contemporary a new lurm ui wciiimriH by Injunction. The comment continues that, j aecoidlng to mis, every law snuuia mi accompanied by Injunction decrees ad dressed to the entire community forbidding people to violate the enactment." It is difficult to see how the procedure referred to can be considered a new form, since It merely turns the theory of the use of Injunctions to a new object. As to tho Idea that it Implies that every law should be accompanied by an Injunction against ; violations, that has always been the Infer ence of Injunctions against disorder, tres passes, destruction of property or other violence. The peculiarity of the theory Is that it assumes the Injunction of the courts to have more power than the statute law; I which seems to the outside obacrvtr to Ir.i- I ply either excessive magnitude for the In junction or a very depreciated force for the statutes. Bo far aa the attorney-general of Ne braska is concerned ha seems to be of Pres ident Roosev tit's opinion, that If the In junction process Is available for the railroads against their employes It ought to be available for tha slate against the ratl-rvada ON PRESIDENTIAL FIRING LINE Dominant Power of the West la Both Partlee. Waahlngton Herald (Ind.). It la a noteworthy symptom of th cur rent political drift that the strongest sen tlment for the renomlnatlon of President Roosevelt may be found In the middle west that great region which has wrested from the east and south dominion of the destinies of the republic. Governor Cummins of Iowa but confirmed the ob servation of many othera when he declared In his Pittsburg Interview that the people of tha west are strongly In favor of the president's re-nomination. For the breesy and unconventional west the third term has no terrors; the frightful ogre of Mext- canlxatlon, conjured up by Colonel Walter aon falls to scare. So far as ws have been able to observe there Is comparatively lit tle overt opposition In th republican press or In public utterances of republican poli ticians to the third term Idea. The Chi cago Tribune's ardent antl-thlrd-terro propaganda has apparently fallen flat. Even the democratic press, outside of a tew strenuously partisan Journals, is luke warm on this question, and such Roose veltlan democrats as John Temple Graves wholly' Ignore It ,as a matter of small con sequence beside keeping up the Rooso veltlan warfare on corporate abuses. Of still more significance Is the western lack of Interest in the candidacy of Taft, Fair banks and Cannon, all western men, not one of whom, with the possible exception of Taft, has any substantial following out side of his own state. Taft's strength, whatever It may be, Is attributable largely to the president's Initiative. Every Taft boomer Is at bottom a Roosevelt man. The middle west will In all human prob ability dictate th democratic presidential nomination, aa it will th republican. An Old-Fashioned Campaign. Leslie's Weekly (rep.). The abounding prosperity which the country has had for several years thus stands a chance to be interrupted In 1IW7, and If the Interruption should com it might have an Influence In politics. The prosperity has made votea for the repub licans. Adversity would encourage the democrats to make a harder canvass In 1908 than they otherwise would put up. It would also alter the Issues by putting ths tariff at the front. Should hard times come there would be a halt In tha program for additional legislation against railways and other big corporations, and the tariff would be revived as an Issue. The tariff would be assailed by the democrats a an alleged cause of the set-back In business. Th republicans would rally round the tariff as one of the factors In the country's Industrial expansion. Thus we would hav n old-fashioned campaign, with the tariff aa the paramount issue, and all the recent burning questions would be cast Into the background. , CaniVelgrn of Venator Knox. Springfield (Mass.) Republican (Ind.). Those who are keeping watch of the Knox candidacy Insist that the senator la personally devoting much time to the pro motion of his Interests, and that he I striking In hard at Just the point where Secretary Taft Is supposed to be weak. The labor leaders, In short, are receiving hla special attention In the effort to con vince them that he Is labor's best friend. Was It not Attorney General Knox who Interceded in a certain Johnson suit against a western railroad for violation of the safety appliance law, and won a decision from the supreme court that ha benefited thousands of trainmen? Senator Knox's next step. It Is reported, will be to demon strata that he ha never been one of the legal minions of the corporations. There Is at least a summer's work ahead In this line. Roosevelt and Bryan. Louisville Courier-Journal (dem.). Mr. 'Roosevelt Is an old-time federalist ot th school of Hamilton. Mr. Bryan Is a modern humanitarian of the school of Rousseau. Both are the advocates of paternal government; the one as a sen timentalist, the other aa a centrallsatlon lat. Mr. Rooaevelt haa In his possession the key to the familiar door of executive usurpation, and does not lack the disposi tion to use it. Mr. Bryan Is on the roof with a long pole awaiting his opportu nity. Between the two, wa prefer Mr. Bryan if we could believe In the effi cacy of Mr. Bryan's long pole to Mr. Roosevelt, because In Mr. Roosevelt, we fear the key. Democracy's Cimpslcn. Senator Daniel In Harper's Weekly.' The purpose of getting together the vot er of the United States to assert th plain and simple democratic creed that this Is a government of the people; that ! the highest and plainest duty of govern ment Is to secure to the people equal rights, and to oppose all monopolies and special privileges. The tariff, transportation, the trusts, and centralisation are the subjects of public Interest and consideration. We need no new Issues and no new constitution of strained construction. Those who seek to invent new Issues and new versions of the constitution perplex and divert the mind ef th people from substantial Is sues and just views that exist. It Is prin ciples and not "Isms" that democrats stand fori and If you take the compass of sound principle It will guide you through the tangles of contention. Real Issues are made by the people them selves, and grow out of their necessities. Artificial issues are like artificial flow ers, good for nothing except In th gas light. As to the tariff, return It for the pur pose of making It In the Interest of the peopl Instead of domestic development In stead of foreign development as It now Is in many case. i Speaker Cannon to the Fore, Chicago Inter-Ocean (rep.). We have Mr. Roosevelt's free and cor dial testimony that no congresses tn our history have done better service or en acted more beneficial legislation than those which Joseph O. Cannon has guided. We know that Mr. Roosevelt will not again be a candidate. Ry his character, by hla training, by the knowledge th people have of him, and by hta service at the post next in Importance to the highest, the linn. Joseph O. Cannon is marked for promotion to the presidency. There Are Other. Harper's Weekly (Ind.). The one professing democrat who has never been overlooked by his party Is Mr. Bryan, and It la natural enough that to a very considerable army of democratic vot ers it should seem that he Is the only democrat for presidential dimensions that exists. But there are other presidential democrats besides Mr. Bryan, and It la highly desirable that th democratic pub lic should cultivate their acquaintance. One of them is Senator Daniel of Virgin, a man whom iv.ry 'one who has an In terest at stake In the next prudential election ought to know all about. Olv the Poor a knew. Bal Imoie Sun. If you are asked. " How wuld you Ilk to be the Iceman?" keep roil. Remember, this Is the iceman's first resl op or un t to flmire prominently t jU seas m. Ma.i It wss one of his frli-uds who al V Question. THE UPPF.RMOST TOPIC. Beatrice Snn: A few months x the rail roads were advertising their fast trains. Now they are showing the traveling publlo how many hour' ride they will give for a dollar. Pawnee Press: An exchange Inquires, "Who psys the railroad penalties?" Well, we would guess that everyone pay hi share, from Teddy to a trsmp. who eats, drink or wear anything that Is carried by rail. Falrbury Journal: When the names of all pass holders are published the people will know which public men owe a debt of grat itude to the railroads iid which ones don't. In selecting men to help regulate the rail roads this will be valuable Information. Tekatnah Journal: Nebraska's attorney general certainly went some when he asked for an Injunctlcm from the federal court to prevent attorneys from getting obt an Injunction relative to the 7-ent fare. It begins to appear aa though he had stepped more brlBkly than necessary. It's a queer thing, to ask a restraining crder for. Albion News: Whll th t'nlon Pacific' law business In Boone county does not re quire the major portion of even one law yer's time, Its medical assistance requires the services of three of our physicians, vis: Drs. Burgess of Cedar Rapids, Ireland of St. Edward and J. W. B. Smith of Al bion. Considering the condition of the track and rolling stocR on this branch, the offl clal corp of physicians and surgeon is liable any day to be wholly Inadequate io take care of the company's business. " Howell Journal: WTiat's the use of aa anti-pass law anyway? According to tho lists recently published the railroads of Ne braska have Issued some 600 or SO passes to lawyers, doctor and editors, about 3U9 of th number to the latter. However, all Colfax county editor are "good Indian" and pay their 2 cents per mile when they travel. We bellev In an anti-pass law, on that does away with passe entirely. Th present law under th Interpretation placed upon It by the railroads Is no Improvement over the old order of things. Kearney Hub: The attorney general's proceedings to enjoin the railways In Ne braska from violating the I-eent and maximum rate laws is a decidedly novel one. Naturally It makes a great deal of difference whose ox la gored. A few year ago the railways were enjoining county treasurers to prevent them from enforcing the tax. collection laws. Now that the attorney general haa given thorn an Injunction on the other foot they are very muoh amazed. But of course this latter action will not Insure compliance with the law while there are loopholes for the railroads to crawl through. Th end I not yet. Shelton Clipper: A couple of year ago the railroads of Nebraska enjoined the va rious county treasurer from collecting the taxes assessed against them and took the matter clear up to the United statea su preme court, wher It was decided that they must pay their taxes the same as prl- -ate Individuals. Now Attorney General Thompson I giving th railroads a doso of their own medicine by bringing suit against them In the supreme court to en Join them from charging higher rate for passenger and freight traffic than is pro vided for In the laws passed by the legis lature last winter. From the fares tho railroads are making they don't seem to relish taking their own medicine, but It look aa though they will have to. Central City Nonpareil: It I a pecull.tr fact that the names of some of the most rabid fusion editors are found In the list tiled by the Union Pacific of the news pnper men to whom transportation has been Issued. H. C. Richmond, Fred Pratt, H. M. Davis. C. B. Manuel, John E. Kavu naugh, Jim Tanner and aevoral othora who have been busy denouncing rallroai domination, have accepted advertising con tracts. It Is a significant fact, also, that the name of none of th republican editor who have been aggressive in the fight on th pass evil are found In the list. The names of such men an Ross Hammond, M. A. Brown, A. F. Buechler, Fred Abbott and A. W. Ldd are missing . ,t . irom me recora. an inaicaiion mat tney .. . propose to shun even the "very appear ance of evil." Columbus Journal: Some newspapers and some politician seem to think and act as though tha railroad companies of Nebraska and their manager and attorneys are the greatest enemlea w have. Of course the railroad companies want to pay aa small a tax aa they can. Don't we all feel about our taxes Just about the same wsy? The railroad companies undoubtedly made a great mistake in contesting their Just taxes of 1904 and 1905, and they are suffering for It, but we must all admit that there Is no one factor In our state that has done more to develop and tmtld up our great state than the railroad companies. We should treat them as our friends and not as onr enemies, and this feeling should be mutual. It Is quite as essentia that our entire state should be developed and that railroads be built all over and around It, aa that the Z-cent rate must prevail on every old and new road. Holdrege Progress: With the gong Into effect Sundsy of the new schedule on the Burlington railroad, a part of the plan of the road to reduce the expenditures claimed to be necessary since the reduced passenger rates were put Into operation teecomes op erative. From all accounts the Incomes of th rallroada since the passage of the z-eent fare have been Increased rather than di minished, on account of a larger number of people traveling than formerly, and the fact that nearly all who travel pay their fares, while under the old system a large number rodo free of cbarge. New sched ule similar to those put Into effect by the Burlington have been put Into force by the Union Paclfle and other railroad of the state simultaneously, but as far a 1 known the change will not work to the detriment of the patron of the railroad. The reduction In speed 1 not material, as the trains still make fairly good time, and It la possible that the stower schedule will work to the advantage of both employes and passengers In giving greater ssfety. York Times: A larg proportion of the dissatisfaction with the railroads arises from tbe prevalent Impressn that they are contesting with the government for supremacy. It I aggravating to th law abiding cltiaen to e other defy th law and seem to be exempt, from the obllga tlone that ar binding upon them. What ever reason there may ba for this Im pression, and there is some, It Is quite prevalent and ao long aa there Is a con test between the government, either state or national, and any other power the mass of people are with the government. Aa we have said, th railroad companies hav done some thing tht lead to the Infer ence that they are defying the govern ment, and a good many lawful efforts on their part to secure their Just rights have been misconstrued Into defiance of law. When the fact is well established that railroad companies and all other cor porations are aa amenable to law aa the humblest individual, when th supremacy of the government la firmly established, there will b no objection nor criticism when the great corporations aM'cal to the courts to ascertain and obtain their rights. First of all It must be thoroughly un derstood that th government Is supreme, that every interest, individual or cor porate. Is amenable to the law nd when tbis Is the recognised status there mill be no more prejudice against railroads and hostility to them than to any wilier great and useful enterprise. TR A V El. IN (1 TUB DE ATH Pirn, Motor Crase for Hlh Speed Smells Mortality 1.1st. Washington Star. A Buffalo motor speed maniac paid tt- final penalty of his aberration. His ir was being driven at a railroad rate alorg th public highway behind two other m.i rhlnes. which. In their passsxe, raised a cloud of dust. Suddenly a farmer light wagon was encountered and the chauffeur, in a futile effort to avoid a collision, swerved the machine sharply and went Into the ditch. The owner was Instantly killed. The wagon was smashed lo splinters. th horse was killed, th farmer wae seriously hurt, and a boy mortally Injured. This motorist had developed a crate for high speeds, and had been frequently nr reeted for reckless running. The police wer even at th time of his death waiting for a chance to arrest him farther alnmr th road. He had been named as defend ant In numerous suit for damages tn. I dental to his indulgence of thla dangerous pastime. Yet he was permitted to continue In the use of the road unUl death c1oJ hi career. Thl I a reflection upon tin manner In which th motor car regult tlons are framed and enforced In this country. ' In practically every city In th I nlted State certain motorists are constantly brought into notoriety through their pro pensity to disregard th law and to en danger Ufa. They are fined time after time and aim they persist In speeding beyond i . . .. rrun jastwA nAiinnv rnr uin imt'n. . tn "". ' - ; "".,- .... , J h h Va ... ntce, ,, with th. -.,.,,.,.. thoir licenses they would prob- ably b muoh more -carful. Th loss of their liberty, and eapaolally of th right to us the roada with thlr high-speed ma chines, would hav a much mor detrrent effect upon them than the mer piling up of money cot. Until the municipal authorities reach the point of regarding this menae to life and limb in th. proper llht there will continue to b fatalltfe. on the road, and streets. Th. extraordinary part of th. motor craxe Is that It has been so long tolerated, as a thing that can b. cured by pereuaalv. measures. 1 he ap plication of drastic remedle for this evil would affect only a small percentage ot the uaera of motor car. It 1 th ex ceptional motorist who regard the pub lio highway a a private race course. PERSONAL. NOTES. Railroads propose to reform th tramp by making him :rvel afoot, but thl schema will hardly be favored by th community In whose midst the tramp happene to be. The earl of Munater denies that b la en gaged to marry Mr. Potter Palmer, and Mrs. Palmer says ah haa no Idea of marry-. Ing th earl. This ought to settle a que tlon. The new Alabama senator, John II. Bank head. 1 self-educated farmer, who wa wounded three tlmea In th confederate army, and later served several terms In th state legislature, and was warden of th state penitentiary before going to congress. Dr. Ing. the animal-story writer, who has been placed first by President Roosevelt in his clsss of nature fakers, has declared he will make the president retract tha at tack upon his vercaclty If Itt takea him ten years. He had better be careful, or some day he may be gobbled up bodily by en raged Teddy bears. The first original description of America ever written has Just begn discovered. It was penned by Dr. Diego Alvares Chanra, physician to the second fleet of. Columbu and was dated at tho Port of Isabella, Santo Domingo, In January. 14M. Dr. Fer nandex de Ybarra, of the New York Academy of Sciences, with the Smithsonian Institution of Washington, aiding and abet ting, uncovered the document. Evidently a first-class base ball player waa lost to fame when Justice Harlan of the United Statea supreme court, took t mere law instead of sport. At a shadbake given by the Washington Bar association at Marshall Hall. Maryland, recently. . th lt.lt l.ll"' w- - - Justice, although 7 years om. .. in base ball contest and won auu wwi -- . ... -j tha i,. m The score was a tie. ana me i umpire had called two atrlkes and thve balls, when Justice Harlan struck the ball to deep center, arm u,-i. covered made a home run. PASS1NU PLEASANTRIES. His WifeGeorge. I heard you "J' Fu 11UD talking about a "chafer" a Httl while ago. A chaser Is an animal of om " Mr. some-Yes; If. a kind of-er-water animal Chicago Tribune. "If remarkable how often a woman changea her mind." "O! not always. There's one idea every woman gets that all never changes. "The'Ndeathat she's , pretty." Catholto Standard and Times. Blooker Her a French dressmaker who say that paper dresses will soon be la Vlngle-3ood gracious! Just think of hav ing to button up the hack of a tissue paper waist! Cleveland Plain Dealer. Mlaa Knox There' a eandaloua atory about her In this morning Dally Howler. Miss Goodart But you can't believe any thing you read In that paper. Miss Knox I can If I want to. Philadel phia Press. "When balloon lets go above the clouds they ought to find it an easy matter t kttp healthy." "Why so?'r "Because, why, whll they ar there, they can't be under the weather." Baltimore American. "At last," said the manager, "I have a part for you In which you will be able to make a hit." ' "Ah," replied the eager aoubrette, "I'm Q glad. But how can you be sure that I will make a hit in it?" "A band marchea ac.ros the stage in on of the scones, and you are to give the bas drum a thump with a rolling pin." Chicago Keoord-Herald. "Re careful what you say about th servant," cautioned the housewife; "th walls have ears, you know." "I think tho doors are more apt to hav them." replied the husband. With a ihoughtfnlfiess rare In hla sex he plugged tike keyhole. Philadelphia Ledger. GRANDMOTHER'S MEMORIES. Helen A. Bryan In St. Nicholas. Grandmother alls In her essy chair. In the ruddy sunlight's glow; Her thoughts are wandering (ar away In the land of Long Ago. Again she dwells in her father' home. And before her loving eyes In the IlKht of a giorlous summer day The gray old farm house lit. Bhe hears the hum of the spinning wheat And the spinner's happy song; She sees the bundles of llax tkst hang From the rafters dark and king; She sees the stinbtsnis slide and dance Across the sanded floor; And feels on Iver cheek tbe wandering bret-xe That stesls through the open door. Beyond the flowers nod sleepily At the well swerp, gaunt and tall; And up from the glen comes the musical roar Of the dlstsnt waterfall. The cows roam lastly to and fro Along the shady lane; The sliouts of Hie reaprrs sound faint and fur From the flelda of golden grain. And K'andma herself, s heppy girl, Stands walrhlng the setting sun. While the splmivr rests, and the reaper cease, And the long day's work Is done; Then something wakes her the room la dark. And vanished the s inset glow; And i'i !i!n;o;her wakea. with a sad ur-prlae From th dream of long