THK OMAHA DAILY BKK: TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1907.
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ISeaJi ta. a HUNOATH.
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wukm ovt or TOWI,
Sabarrlaora leaving- tna alts' taav.
oorsrlly shoal hare Tit Bt
"ailed ta tlia, AMran wlU fee
eaaagra a rtaa aa rartr.
King Corn baa no kick coming on
ils July sultriness. ;
Chauncey Depewthinks but really
j one cares much what he thinks.
aBB6M6JBaaafBjbHaaaj3MaMBa
The preachers are going away for
ie Summer. The ditll Uke no Taca-
on. , '.i
Ohioans must be relayed to learn
lat the MAcLean captur by bandits
Morocco la. Harry not Jobb R.
Gallant Captain Clark and the 6r
on once made a trip from the Pacific
j te Atlantic In something of a
urry. .... ... . ..
Governor Vardaman deniea the re-
ort' that he has professed religion.
Ie Is still a candidate for the United
tates senate.
Mayor 'Jim" ought to hare lassoed
few "dollar gas" plants while . out
est; to bring them home for the bene-
t of his constituents.
'Who Is stronger' than' Bryant"
sks the Kashville Tennesseean. Oh,
1 ni oat any republican aspirant for the
residential nomination.
"Forget what the other man hath,"
jays Edmund Vance Cook. An ama
' eur can tell how long Edmund Vance
; Vok would last In a poker game.
The German physician who asserts
hat strawberries are a cure for ner
; ousnees should know that the kind
n the market thla year Is a cause
ather than a cure. .
J
With the Inspection controversy be
ween the meat packers and the com-
' olsslon men settled, the poor cow will
lave to resume her former subordl-
; iate place In the beef family.
'i Omaha Italians have celebrated the
nteanisj anniversary of Garibaldi's
,)irth. Our Italian friends are rapidly
Tklning a due appreciation of the lib
erties and privileges of American citi
zenship. j The excise commissioner at St. Louis
mspended the Sunday law in order to
llow beer to be served at a German
redding. Now look out for a rush of
,"Urmn weddings In St. Louis every
Sunday.
Governor Johnson of Minnesota de
niea that he has said he did not want
U be president of the United States.
All he said was that he did not want
.to be the democratic candidate for
president '
I Admiral Brownson says the transfer
of the America navy to the Pacific Is
to demonstrate to the country bow
quickly the fighting fleet can be trans
ferred from one ooeaa to the other.
Doubtless he trusts Japan will hear
about It
5
The Iowa supreme court has re
versed a verdict of guilty In a murder
trial because the district attorney ap
pealed to the 'unwritten law'1' in the
prosecuting; speech. '.The "unwritten
law" applies only to the defense, and
j principally in Virginia.
Colonel Watterson now declarea that
his dark hone la whlte Inside and
'out." He has shown that It also has a
mustache and a winning smile. It the
ro'oiiel keeps bn. he will convince the
: public that his dark horse belong In
a dims museum Instead of in a presi
dbat al race. -
mar nmTjRtcAL nrtoixo.
An agitation has been started at
Lincoln for the Immediate transfer to
the state of a piece of- ground called
Haymarket Square In order to make
effective an appropriation of 125,000
by the last legislature for a historical
building. The appropriation, as in
corporated Into the law, is conditioned
on the cession to the state of this par
ticular piece of ground, or another
piece of ground "Just as good." The
argument offered for post-haste action
Is based on the danger of the whole
movement falling and is supported by
this convincing evidence:
Tha erection of such a bulldln- will re
deem that whole neighborhood wblch is now
devoted largely to aaloons and Junk ahopa,
and greatly Increaae the value of tha neigh
boring property, yet under Dome dark In
fluence, aald to be that of ona of the fac
tions In tha aoclety, tome of the neighbors
era working againat the action of tha coun
cil. '
If, as is asserted, "the whole neigh
borhood is now devoted largely to sa
loons and junk snaps," that is one of
the best reasons why a building to
house the state historical collection
and library should not be located
there.
Aa a matter of fact, It Is too bad
Governor Sheldon did not exercise his
veto power on this appropriation item.
It is notorious that the $26,000 is only
a starter. It will not pay for more
than the foundation and basement, and
Do one knows how much additional
will be required to put on the roof and
finish the Interior, if construction is
once begun.
The donation by the city of Lincoln
of a site which originally came into its
possession as a gift from the state
should not be the deciding factor. If
the people of Nebraska can once get
their state out of debt they will be
ready to favor the erection of a new
state house, creditable and commodi
ous, and the proper thing to do with
the state historical library and collection-
would be to install It In the state
honse in connection -with the state li
brary "bo as to centralize the adminis
tration and economize in the cost of
maintenance, which would be unneces
sarily heavy In a separate building. It
may take a few years before conditions
are ripe for this program, but nothing
should be done in the interval to pre
vent Its consummation at-the proper
time. If the Lincoln city council by
refusal to relinquish Haymarket
Square helps pave the -way for a new
state house it will do a commendable
public service.
PBOPgB TREATMENT FOK SCORCIltBfi.
An up-state judge it New York,
whose name Is not given in the dis
patches, has set an example which
might be followed in the interests of
justice and the public safety, by sen
tencing a reckless motor car driver
to '100 days In the county Jail, with:
out the privilege of evading the pui
Ishment by the payment of a' ftt In
the case before the court the reckless
motor driver ran down a carriage and
then sought to hide his identity by
running away. Fortunately, he was
captured and hla cowardly effort to
escape punishment frustrated.
The automobile has become recog
nised as a vehicle of transportation,
as much as a carriage or a street car,
and there Is no disposition anywhere
to prevent the growth and expansion
of the automobile Industry, but there
is a growing demand throughout the
country for some drastic legislation
that-seems absolutely necessary to Im
press npon motor car drivers that they
have no monopoly of the roads, streets
and other thoroughfares. There is no
excuse for Inexperienced chauffeurs.
but the dangers that they cause is less
than that due to reckless chauffeurs,
the owners and operators who have be
come victims of speed mania and ap
parently take no thought of the safety
of others. Intelligent use of automo
biles should be encouraged, but the
careless and reckless drivers should
be required to take a dose of the medl
clno administered by the New Tork
Judge.
THE PULLMAN MELON.
The financial statement of the Pull
man company, for the fiscal year end
ing July tl, furnishes another elo
quent reason for the company's effort,
before the Interstate Commerce com
mission, to prevent being listed as a
"common carrier" under the new fed
eral rate law. . Under that law the
company would be compelled to make
regular reports of Its earnings and be
subject to the Interstate Commerce
commission in the matter of fixing and
adjusting rates, which Is just what
the Pullman company wishes to avoid.
It has trouble enough now to dispose
of Its surplus earnings, without at
tracting too much attention, and Is
preparing now to cut a 'very juicy
melon representing Its last year's prof
its. Pullman earnings for the year which
will close with this month are estimated
at $31,000,000, an increase of $5,000,
000 over last year, and just about
double the earnings In 1900. Prior
to 1898 the capital stock of the Pull
man 'company was $36,000,000, on
which dividends of 8 per cent per
annum were paid. In October, 1898,
the company found itself with a sur
plus of $18,000,000 and declared an
extra (0 per cent1 dividend and In
creased Its capital stocK to $54,000,
000, reducing the annual dividend rate
to 8 per cent, but this was increased
the following year, when the Wagner
company was absorbed and the capital
stock lncr4fc'ed to $74,000,000.; In
November,' 1906, the company found
its surplus getting bigger again, so its
capital stock was increased another
i:.000,000, making it $103,000,000.
In other words, the company with no
bonded debf, has Increased its capital
stork almost too per cent since 1898
and Is still pa;ior ft per cent dividends,
or 2 4 per cent on the original stock,
with a surplus g'tllng bigger and
bigger every year. "v
Members of the legislature in vari
ous states will now be able to under
stand why the Pullman company has
not be$n able to reduce Its rates. The
company's revenues have been needed
to pay dividends on an ocean of wa
tered stock.
MKETINO TUK DEMAND ICR "CHAKOE"
Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou
has taken advantage of the provisions
of the Aldrlch currency bill, passed
by the late congress, to meet the de
mand of the country for more bills
of small denomination, and the sub
treasuries of the country are already
being supplied with $1, $2, $5 and $10
bills, which, to the tune of $40,000,000,
will take the place of bills of larger
denomination In circulation. For
many years a positive small note
famino has existed in all the large
cities of the country, the merchants
having the greatest difficulty in secur
ing small bills to supply their custom
ers with change.
Under the old laws regulating the
volume of currency, former secretaries
of the treasury have been viable to
afford relief. The Aldrlch bill author
izes the secretary of the treasury to
call in silver certificates at discretion
and cut them up into issues'of notes
of smaller denominations. These sil
ver certificates are issued in $10, $20,
$50, $100 and $1,000 denominations.
These certificates are not "legal ten
der" in the eyes of the law, and bank
ers and big financial concerns are not
anxious to keep supplies of them. For
each $1 worth of these certificates
called in, a silver dollar will be re
leased from the treasury vaults, and
the government will issue $1 and $2
notes to a large amount. At present
there are in circulation $103,000,000
la $1 notes and $48,000,000 in $2
notes, said to be insufficient to meet
the demands of trade.
The action of the Treasury depart
ment will meet the approval of the
business Interests of they country. In
these days when so much of the busi
ness of the nation is carried on
through the banks.Mn the form of
drafts, notes and pthei- forms of ex
change, there is really no legitimate
call for bills of $100 denomination and
larger, In which- something like $100,
000,000 of dnr currency Is now tied
up. Secretary Cortelyou's action will
not increase the volume of currency,
but will have that effect, so far as ordinary-trade
is concerned, by making
available as mediums of circulation
tb vast sum in bank vaults In The
form of bills of big denomination. It
will result In a convenience which will
be appreciated fully by retail dealers
and their customers. '
It is worthy of note that the city
engineer, who was pronounced incom
petent by the intelligent democrats In
the Omaha city council bent upon dis
missing him for political reasons, has
been engaged by the city of Chicago in
an advisory capacity because of his
high professional standing and experi
ence, although it had all the eminent
engineers in the country to pick from.
The king of France and 10,000 men
marched up the hill and then marched
down again. Our hyphenated contem
porary has gotten out all its military
paraphernalia and laid in a supply of
double-shotted editorial ammunition.
If we do not get that war on the Pa
cific all these deadly utensils will have
to be put back In cold storage. '
' The Croatian delegates to the Hun
garian Parliament went on a strike
because the majority voted to make It
compulsory for railway employes to
use the Hungarian language. The
Croatlaus will have the sympathy of
the traveling public In this country
where so many railway employes speak
nothing but Choctaw. '
The child labor law is law, of course,
but it will strike a great many people
that good, wholesome employment
during vacation may be much better
for some boys and girls than forcing
them to run wild about the streets and
amusement parks in idleness.
After eight years of litigation, for
mer Senator W. A. Clark of Montana
is to be called into court to tell about
where he got a certain $800,000,000.
Here's a guess that Clark's memory
Is no better than Mr. Rockefeller's.
Damage by storm is always regretta
ble, but It Is one of the incidents of
this season of the year. All the storm
damage In Nebraska sinks to insig
nificance beside the value of the grow
ing crops that are left unharmed.
Kald General MacLean, who Is being
held a captive by Bandit Raiaull, has
one consoling thought. He will not
have to read the newspaper sugges
tions comparing him with a rare book
because he Is bound in Morocco.
"If you are ever near my home, I
hope you will call on me," said John
D. Rockefeller to Deputy United
States Marshal Fink. He mirht have
added: "If I know you are coming, I
will not be at home."
If It la true the express companies
pay the railroads' 65 per cent of their
receipts for hauling express cars, It Is
plain where a 25 per cent reduction
In rates on local Nebraska express bus
iness would strike.
Carter Harrison, the former Chicago
mayor, he haa not heard from his
presidential boom since he placed It
in the hands of his friends. Carter
may consider himself lucky if he never
hears of It sea In.
Then, too, this sending of the bat
tleships to the Pacific may be just a
scheme to make Japan angry enough
to rush over and take the Philippines
away from us.
Wlckeeaeea la ta Batteraallk Belt.
Philadelphia Preaa.
It looka aa If Vice President Fairbanks
would art out of the cocktail dilemma
all right. A friendly clergyman haa dis
covered that caterers often serve cock-
tulle with lunchea' when nobody orders
them, which Is a particularly wicked
thing to do in the buttermilk belt.
Every Hoar a Baay Oae,
Brooklyn Eagle.
Army offlcera must heteeforth reply
promptly to official communications. As
the average officer haa to put In one
hour a day on drill and fourteen hours
a day on official red tape,' the chances
are that official communications will
ba answered with exemplary brevity.
War Talk of the Jlnaoes.
Bprlngfleld Republican.
It la a solid aatlsfactlon to observe that
our jingo friends have not yet reached that
acute atage of their war talk distemper
known among the learned as the casus
belli. It Is a serious omlnsion on their part
not to have the awesome casus belli In evi
dence. There must be such a thing In
ordsr to have a war. It Is Indispensable.
But they can search even Sarr1 Francisco,
the brainstorm center of JapophoMa, and
not discover Its presence aa a factor In the
situation. The alarmists may be forced to
advertise for the thing; desperate, they
may have to offer a reward for Its produc
tion. In all the record of war scares there
have been few facta funnier than thla.
Alast where It that wretched casus belli?
SENSIBLE RAILROAD VIEWS.
Gradaal Appreciation of Government
Hesitation.
Bprlngfleld, (Mass.) Republican.
The number Increases among those
railroad managers who subscribe to the
policy of closer government regulation.
Especially worthy of mention In this con
nection Is B. F. Yoakum, chairman of the
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific rail
way, who presents his views succinctly
In tha current number of the World's
Work. They may be summarized In the
following:
The time has gone by when the railroad
could go ahead and work out lta plana
and carry on Its operations without con
sulting the Interests of the people. The
railroad must fall In line with the demo
cratic Institutions of the country.
The Hepburn act is effective, and Is both
Just and wise. The enlightened railroad
managers will co-operate with the gov
ernment and with the people to enforce the
law.
The builders of new railroads should be
allowed to make a profit through the
capltillzatlon of the same, but the law
should make It Impossible to receive these
profits more than once. Future serurlty
Issues should be restricted by federal law
to the actual capital needs of the rail
road. . . .
There should be uniformity of accounts
and a reasonable publicity In the same.
There should be no mystery In the rail
road business.
Railroad porlls should'' not be legalised,
but traffic associations tinder government
regulation ahould be allowed.
And finally Mr. Yoakum doea not see
how an effective and uniform system of
national regulation of rates can be made
consistent with state . Interference to the
extent of disturbing Interstate rates. Ha
evidently favors a pretty complete na
tional control of all ral)roads. And while
not able to sea how a valuation of railroad
properties ' can be made'' of any particular
value In government" ' regulation of rates,
ha does not consider1 that It" Would be
of any disadvantage to tha roads.
Thla Is, generally speaking, a broad and
liberal platform In full' harmony with that
upon which the Roosevelt administration
stands. It Is of particular Massachusetts
Interest to note that In tho matter of gov
ernment restriction of capital Issues by
established railroads, this western railroad
manager holds views more In harmony
with the Massachusetts policy and quite
out of harmony with tho attacks upon
that policy frequently coming from the
president of the Boston and Maine system.
OVR MMHEHLKS ISLANDS.
Task of Rounding; Them I'p Consid
ered Honrleaa.
Washington Post.
"How many lalands are under the aev
erelgnty of the United States?" Is the
question over which two western news
papers are waging an animated dispute
It la doubtful If any person on earth or
ven the National Geographic society and
all lta auxiliaries In convention assembled
could furnish a correct answer to that
Inquiry. It Is known, however, that tho
number of Islands under the sovereignty
of this republic Is greatly In excess of
tha number under our constitution. We
made a new departure In our treaty with
Spain by which we took over more than
1.200 Islands, leaving the political status
of their Inhabitants to be determined by
congress, thus for the first time setting
up our flsg over peoples to whom we de
nied our constitution. The precise num
ber of tha Philippine Islands has not been
definitely ascertained and probably never
will be. That number la variable. To
some of the smaller islands there Is likely
any day or night to come "the time for
I disappearing," and when It conies they
"take a header, down they go. Hut
while that Is going on new Islands of
diminutive size "bob up serenely from be
low." Along the Atlantic and Palflc coasts,
and especially along the Alaskan cosst,
ther are many Islands. Massachusetts
and Maine are highly favored In this re
spect. The group under our constitution
that is most remote from the mainland
Is the Sandwich or Hawaiian group. Lit
tle Guam, between Hawaii and Manila, Is
governed by a naval officer. The In
habitants are amiable, but not enterpris
ing. In the South Pacific we have one
of the Samoan Islands, not a large one,
and that, too, ta governed by a naval offi
cer. The Inhabitants are docile and of
ktndly disposition, but they are disin
clined to patronize tailors, dressmakers,
milliners or dealers In harberdashery.
There Is no appearance of what John
Wanamaker calls "Paris thoughts'
wrought Into thetr lingerie. Time and
space would fall us were we to undertake
the task of rounding up each of our
Islands. Our supply Is simply Immense.
Ws might say of It aa tha old-time dry
goods merchant used to solemnly remark
In his unchanged and unchangeable ad
vertisement: "A large and varied assort
ment constantly on hand." And yet, great
as la their number. Infinitely varied as ara
their attractions and boundlesa as are the
facilities they afford for business, pleas
ure or health promotion, there ara thou
sands of Americana who cannot find In all
our slock and store an Island that sulti
them; hencs thty seek Islands that arc
not under tha atars sni stripe. Home go
to "the Isles of Greece, where burning
Kappho loved and aang." Boms prefer
Japan. Dutch and French Islands In th
orient are affected by many Americans.
Others resort to the Danish and British
West Indies. Bermuda, In Its Incompar
able onion, possesses a lure that drawn
and holds a few discerning cltlseua ul lbs
ImttJ eluUs.
ARMT OOMIP 17 WAUHHOTOS.
Cnrreat Kvears Gleaae4 from the
Arar anal JTitr Jesraal.
It la not etpected that the contem
plated experiments In military bolloonlng
will be held much before next September.
There are several reasons for this, but the
principal ona Is that it wlU take the Inter
vening period to obtain the hydrogen plant
for which bids were received by tha chief
signal officer of the army last week. A
plant Is proposed of a character never be
fore constructed, and some difficulty has
been encountered in Interesting anyone In
Its erection and Installation. The plant wtll
be located in Omaha and by the new pro
cess It will be possible to make hydrogen
at a rata cheaper than coal gas can be
made. It Is estimated that the plant will
cost $30,000. The hydrogen thus manufac
tured will be compressed Into tubes and
In thla form shipped to any point where
the balloon train may be located. The ex
periments will probably determine the
value or lack of value of the military bal
loon as a part of the method of observation.
Some of the officers are Inclined to regard
the system as more of a fad than of prac
tical value, but of courae the advocates Nof
ballooning will not be satisfied with any
such dismissal of their claims to consider
ation. The tests at Omaha will demon
strate whether or not the balloon haa the
value asserted In Its behalf, assuming, of
course, that the problem of Inflation and
the manufacture and transportation of gas
la adequately solved.
The policy of the War department In the
matter of effecting the punishment of thosi
who unlawfully purchase or accept In pawn
the clothing of soldiers Is In no respect al
tered by the decision of one court at vari
ance with the view of the war department
on the subject. It la believed that tha
weight of legal authority will soon be so
great that the question will no longer be
open to argument. It is considered ad
vlsabie that army officers continue to re
ceive the clothing as -authorized by the
statutes and prosecution continue wherever
feasible. Should a seizure of clothing be
made In a district where the local federal
Judge holds that the clothing Is the pri
vate property of the soldier and that a
prosecution will not lie. the goods. If
seized, should be held and the alleged
civilian owner forced to seek recovery by
legal process. This will enable tha gov
ernment to appeal In the case of an adverse
decision and thus ultimately obtain a ruling
from a court of the highest Jurisdiction.
Every effort will be put forth to discourage
this traffic and to punish those engaged
In It.
The blue uniform of the army may come
again into conspicuous use by soldiers.
The War department has under considera
tion the draft of a general order which
shall accomplish this and Shall place the
khaki and the olive drab uniforms where
they belong. It haa been observed that
soldiers who appear In the public streets
and In places of amusement In tha khaki
or olive drab dres are noticeable for the
general lack of trimness, or, aa thn British
call It, "the smartness," which attaches to
the well kept and neatly fitting blue uni
form. As a matter of fact, the khaki ta
the working dress of the soldier for the
summer. Just as the olive drab Is for the
winter, and4 is considered that theso
uniforms should be kept for work at the
garrisons or when' the soldier Is In tha
field or on duty. When the soldier Is on
pass, however, It Is believed by the as
slstant secretary of war, who takes great
Interest in the subject, that the soldier
should be required to dress In the neatest
manner possible and make the best show
ing, and that this can be accomplished by
requiring them on such occasions to wear
the blue uniform. It may have some In
fluence with tha, sentiment .which at pres
ent operates to exoluda khaki or olive drab
dressed soldiers from theaters and other
places of amusement. .
. It Is amazing that southerners In the
neighborhood of Chattanooga ahould have
awakened to the enormity of the offense
which they have imagined, according to a
dispatch from that city, out of the staff
ride which Is being made by some twenty
five offlcera from Fort Leavenworth. Thla
ride will extend from Chattanooga to At
lanta and la the same as tha rlda which
waa taken last year by the officers from
the Leavenworth school. At that time, the
participants of the ride found that the
southerners whom they encountered
were most cordial ond hospitable. There
is no reason to expect that there will be
any other feeling shown during the pres
ent ride. The dispatch from Chattanooga
must be regarded as baaed on utter Ig
norance of the situation, especially as It
makes the statement that last year'a ride
had to be abandoned. That was not the
"ride to the sea," which was given up
after a good deal of newspaper talk and
to which the original objections were
raised on account of the aon of the late
General W, T. Sherman, who proposed to
go over the same ground as his dis
tinguished father, There could be no ob
jection, of course, to army officers In their
study of history taking a staff ride from
Chattanooga to Atlanta.
The War department has received a re
port of the effect that two enlisted men
who were traveling with their arms were
prevented from entering a railroad train
becauaa of the presence of these weapona.
Of course, it is clear that soldiers of tha
army traveling on duty which requires
them to be armed may not be interfered
with by either a state agency or a rail
way company through any rules which
may have been established Intended to
cover the general traveling public. It Is
considered entirely proper, however, that,
where aoldiera with arms ara traveling
as ordinary passengers and not on duty
which requires them to have their pieces
loaded, they should comply with the regu
lations of the railroad and open tha cham
bers of their rifles. If requested to do ao
prior to entering a car. Thla rule la es
tablished by the railroads or the protection
of the general public and Is regsrded by
the military authorities aa a sensible ona.
PKRSONAL NOTES.
A new York paying teller who walked
away with mono and left $21.0W behind
him evidently thought he knew when he
had enough.
Governor Vardaman admits he went ta
the mourners' bench, but denies hs was
converted. The Mlsslsalpplans ara propor
tionally consoled.
Michael William Balfe. aon of the late
composer, la living In dire poporty In
London, a chronic sufferer with rheuma
tlsm and bronchitis, at 70 yeara of age.
The Japanese gentleman accused of steal
ing a Korean pagoda explains that he
merely took It to prevent somebody from
t11n It Rllt h!..'...... V. I o W Iw.lu
the motive, the pagoda la atlll gone.
Health Commissioner William A. Evana
cf Chicago la out with a ststem -nt that tha
government spends more money in bac
teriological labor for the bem-tit of hogs
thun for man, and that lis would rather be
a hog.
T'.ie Lincoln fellowship, a national or
ganization, tha object of which will b4 to
peritetuate the memory and keep alive tha
prlnclplra of patriotism of Abraham Lin
coln, waa formed In New York City re
cently. Major Genural Lambert la the
president, and among the vice presidents
Is Alonxo Rothschild of Foxhoro Mass.,
author mI "Lincoln-Master of Men."
rOLITICS OUT It mCBKAStXA.
Columbus Journal: If there la going to
b three parties, let there be three partlea
If not, let the third party alnk ItaMf and
not try to fasten Its diseased fangs Into
any other party. A principle that can't
stand alone Is not worth much, and if- a
populist Is a true populist be cannot ba a
true democrat. And there can only be one
object for a fuslonlst office.
Fremont Herald: The Herald la con
vinced that the democracy of Nebraska
should fall Into line and give the new
primary law a fair show. Let us try tha
new law this year, and. If It proves un
satisfactory, call a convention next year.
This Is an "off-year" election, and we
have nothing to lose In trying on this
unpopular measure at this time.
Grand Island Independent: The Import
ance of the approaching state election has
been Increased somewhat by the fact that
a railroad eommlaaloner must be elected
to fill the vacancy caused by the flunking
of Mr. Cowell of Omaha. Commissioner
Clarke of Omaha, appointed by Governor
Bheldon to fill the vacancy caused by Mr.
Cowell's refusal to act, will be a candidate
and will no doubt be nominated at the re
publican primary election and elected.
Schuyler Free Lance: The democrats
and populists In the last legislature sup
ported the primary election law with the
understood idea that the law would permit
of further fusion between the two parties,
but they were not wjse enough to size it
up for themselves and know wherein It
waa to come. Now It la too late and It Is
Impossible unless conventions are held In
advance and candidates agreed upon, and
even then It la almost Imposslblo. Well,
fusion Is a fake at best and It Is well. The
primary election law is some good.
Central City Record: Tom Majors, who
haa long held the position of one of the
members of the Normal School Board of
the state. Is down and out, tha governor
having appointed an "Independent" repub
lican (B. L. Shellhorn) in hla place. Now
Tom will have a knlfa up hla sleeve for
the governor, and It remains to be seen
how long tha Nemaha politician will stay
down. The republican party has been hav
ing a hard fight to throw off such barnacles
as Majors, and It Is a certainty he won't
give up without a struggle.
York Times: There Is a strong sentiment
in favor of repudiating the endorsement of
the Lancaster bar and voting for district
Judgea at the coming primaries without
regard to It. The endorsement Is In a
sense a repudiation of the primary law
and certainly is not in harmony with the
aplrlt of it. If the lawyera of Lancaster
county can get together and make a ticket
why can not the farmers or editors of York
county meet and name a ticket they will
unitedly support at the coming primary.
The result of the endorsement may be the
nomination of the very candldatea it was
Intended to defeat. The people In Lin
coln do not like It and talk as though they
would make it the occasion of vindicating
the primary law by administering a lesson
to those who engineered It.
Papllllon Times: While the Times has
been and la opposed to the calling of a
state convention for the purpose of recom
mending or noiol'iatlng candidates for tha
several state offices, yet it would be a
moat excellent plan to hold a state conven
tion for the purpose of framing a state
platform. It seema the height of Incon
sistency to nominate a man for a atate
office or any other office and afterwards
frame a platform for him to stand upon.
It la the wrong attitude to take, and the
democratic state central committee ought
to call a state delegate convention for tfie
purpoae of framing a platform In which
ara enumerated the principles which the
several candidates are expected to support
and upon which the fight wtll be made. It
la high time that some action be taken.
HUdreth Telescope: The democratic
populist powwow held at Macon waa at
tended by about twenty of the faithful,
who still see a gleam of hope through the
louds of gloom, but they were mostly
from a few of the townships, several of
the townships not being represented at all.
While we were unable to learn much
about the meeting we found out that our
friends of tha opposition, or a majority of
them at least, didn't take kindly to the
new primary law and will obey only that
part of It absolutely necessary. They de
cided to hold a county convention at Ma
con, date to be announced later, when they
will nominate a ticket to ba voted for and
nominated by the democratic electore at
the primaries If they wish to, a case of a
possible double nomination. Now wouldn't
that Jar you? The object of the new
primary law was to bring the matter of
naming . candldatea cloaer to tha people,
but a few of the leaders who have been
for so many years in tha habit of meeting
In some back room and fixing up a alate
evidently find It difficult to break away
from the old order of things and adopt the
new. The republicans, however, have con.
fldence enough ' In the rank and file of
their party to trust them the matter of se.
lectlng its standard bearers.
Plea of the Innocent Spectator.
Bt. Louis Globe-Democra.
The most sensible proposition yet pre
sented to the peace conference la tha one
providing that the Innocent bystander
shall not be molested when two fussy
nations get Into trouble.
Aa Appropriate Proviso,
Bt. Louis Republic.
Nothing could ba mora timely than the
designation of a Central American presi
dent aa "president pro tern." Usually It Is
pro a very brief tern. In those tumultuous
republics.
Try them for lunch
and you will-have them
for dinner.
Une
The most nutritious
staple made from wlieat.
In
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NATIONAL
ADVERTISING THAT BimtmBI
Vldeareaa Horrors af tfca IMllnaar'
KstMsre.
Hsrper's Weekly.
One of the things that are going to hsr
pen as Amerlcsn civilisation progresses It
the regulation of out-door advertising. 11
will come, little by little. In dlffrent statai
as local taste become Irritated by the dis
figurement by advertising signB of the land
scape, and the streeta and parks of cities
A Cincinnati paper (the Commercial Trib
une well describes what the billboard ad
vertisers do In the clt-lei. "There Is not t
street," It says, "nor a public place, nor
hillside, nor a park neighborhood, nor 8
residence street, nor a business street It
tinclnnetl exempt from the (billboard) null
ance. From the windows of every ohool
house In Cincinnati the children can se
the hldeousnrss nnd the indecencies of thl
billboard. No church can dismiss Its Con
gregation but the billboard will stare th
congregation In the face as it leaves th
portals of the church. The nuisance Ii
everywhere In nil Its completeness, Tht
blllboarder, untaxed and unrestrained, Ii
adding to the nuisance everywhere an
every day; and If the Clnclnnatlnn takes U
the hilltops or the suburbs, the blllboar4
Is with him continuously. It Is not alto
gether creditable to Cincinnati center oi
art and of music and of culture! Will Cin
cinnati allow the nuisance to be cnntlnue4
and Increased?" The case of Clnclnnat
thus described Is the case of every eon1d
erable city in the country. Along all th
railroad lines the rural scenery Is blotched
by the billboards and the advertisement!
painted on bulldlntrs bordering the tracks
On the roads leading nut of every prosper
ous town there are advertisements of local
dealer painted on barns and fences, an
great numbers of tin advertising slgni
nailed to the trees. All this disfigurement
of the comeliness of nature and of th
works of man Is-an abuse for which therf
is no reasonable need and no sufficient
Justification. A movement is afoot to cheel
It by taxation, which seems to be a rea
sonable method provided that the necessary
legislation Is wisely drawn. Out-door ad
vertising signs ran be taxed, and we pre
sume they can be taxed In proportion tfl
their ugliness; but the laws that affected
them world need to be drawn with discre
tion, discriminating between temporary and
permanefnt signs, leaving the circus post
ers to stimulate the Imaginations of tha
children of the countryside, and letting
alone the auction bills and all auoh notices
of local public Interest.
SIN NY OEJMS.
"How Is It that so busy a man as Mr.
Golt ever found time to study law, with all
hla socii:l duties, too?"
"He kept his law books In the house
and when he was ready to go out any
where he studied while he was wsltlng for
his wife to be ready In a minute." Balti
more American.
'Come In here and I'll buy you a claar."
"No; come up to that store on the next
"Hc!r cigars there?"
"No; but there's always a box of matches
on the counter there and you can take aa
many as you please." Philadelphia Preaa.
"Were you glnd the Jury disagreed?" the
prisoner was asked.
"Not altogether." he replied, thoughtfully.
"After hearing the lawyer's plea lor me I
really had some curiosity ss to. the ques
tion of my guilt." Philadelphia 'Ledger.
Tha Fellow You shall not make a fool of
me!
The Girl I c xildn't. Someone finished
that Job long before I met you. Cleveland
Leader.
"De worst thing about a lazy man," said
t'ncle Eben, "Is dnt ho aln' satisfied to take
life easy his se'f, but Insists on comln'
aroun' durln' workln' hours, tellln' stories."
Washington Star.
The Passenger How dare you use euoti
terrible language to the poor horse?
The Cabman Can't help It, . ma'am ; but
If you was a real lady you wouldn't under
stand It. Harper's Weekly,'
"So your husband Is very fond of ani
mals. Mrs. Youngbride?"
"Yes; but we haven't any pets at homo,
because he thinks the care of them would
be too much for me." . .
"But he really likes them."
"Oh, yes; there's a little kitty at the
club he's Just devoted to." Baltimore
American.
"You seem to think It's pretty well as,
tied," aald Miss Paasay, "that I'd marry
him if he propoaed."
"Yes." promptly replied Miss Knox. .
"The Idea! to you think a girl should
be ready to say 'yes' to any man who asked
her?"
"No, I don't say that a 'girl' ahould."
Philadelphia Press.
He Don't you dislike to meet with a lot
of foreign phrases when you are reading
anything aloud?
She I do, Indeed, but I must say my dla.
like for them Is not pronounced. Baltimore
American.
TUB SHIRTSLEKVC: TOWN,
Chicago News.
I was nurtured In the country, where the
barefooted boys are found,
And with each recurring summer I would
fain be next the ground.
I can stand It in the city when the win
ter's grip is chill.
But In spring I want to wander o'er the
meadow and the hill.
I can stand the clothes conventional when
cold and snow are here.
But the coming of the aummer makes me
hate m all, I fear.
In the winter I can stand it where the tall
skyscrappars frown.
But I want to spend the summer In a
shirt-sleeve town.
Oh, you know the kind I'm thinking of
the kind where, In the heat.
You can e-e the leading citizens out cost
less on the street:
Where the banker and tha preacher ven
ture out before the throng
In a clean shirt and suspenders and gv
sauntering along,
Caring naught for others' scruples, fearing
not their neighbors' coff,
'Cause tha neighbors, too. most likely havt
their coats and weskltn off; .
Where you wear whatever suits you, nevat
dreading scowl or frown
Let me siind my every summer in I
shirt-sleeve town.
moisture and
proof packages.
BISCUIT COMPANY
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