THE OMAHA DAILY BEE i " TUESDAY, L AUGUST 13, 1907.
The Omaha Daily Dee.
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Subaoribed la my araaanea and sworn to
barer ma this let day ef August 1881.
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WHBX out or TOWH. '
aWarlaara laajrtaa; the City taat
rararlly akaald hare The Bee
Bulled ta theaa. Araa will e
kaare m aftea aa taaa1a.
Tho Standard Oll'a plea for ym
pathr la ororrulod.
Nebrakka'i growing corn la rlolatlng
tho eifht-hour law.
Peary baa abandoned hie 1907 dash
to the- pole. The pole will wait.
Many Nebraskana are learning the
difference between a yacatlon and a
reat 1
Reports , from the wheat thresh era
In Nebraska show that the green bug's
appetite was OTerestlmated.
"'The Maryland democrats are In a
bad way," saya the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Tho word "Maryland" la superfluous.
When measured by results of get
ting Into the newspapers Mr. Harrlman
la a pretty "good publicity agent him
self. A Denver man has testified in court
that he. kissed his wife 40,000 times
In two years. Hta other occupation
la not stated.
The Department of Justice Is now
after the Milk trust and the Coffin
trust, thus completing the circuit from
the cradle to the grate.
Tho chief reason the southern dem
ocrats will not pick a southern man
for their candidate next year la that
Colonel Bryan will not let them.
"I am harnessed to a cart In which
tho people ride," saya 7ohn D. Rocke
feller. The people ar entitled to tho
rldo after haying paid excees faro.
Mr. Harrlman promises to build the
long-promised Union Paelfla headquar
ters "when ho gets tho money." We
are really sorry for poor Mr. Harrl
man. '
Vienna reports a total failure of tho
Tokay wine rop. Americana who
hare been getting their Vienna Tokay
from California will not notice tho
difference. y
-'Congressman Longworth'a hint that
tho United States would like to lose
tho Philippines is a little, surprising.
Longworth won hie bride on a trip to
tho Philippines.
"Judge Kenesaw Mountain Lndis
may be all right, but where did ho get
that namet". asks the Philadelphl
Press. His father brought It homo
for him from .the war.
Western farmers are said to bo. ad
ding beer to the menu now as an at
traction to tho hired hands. That Is
tho only form of prairie schooner that
Is now popular in the west,
"If I erer marry again I wm marry
some man who thinks enough of mo
to pay for my divorce," aays May Tohe,
who atood tho expense herself until
they begsn coming too fast for her. -
In declaring that a watermelon "is
nothing anyway but a thick rind, a
small quantity of sweetish pulp and a
whole lot of water," tho Chicago Tri
bune seems to have overlooked tho
seeds. '
Investigation of the Bureau" of Cor
porations Into manipulated oil prices
shows "' that Nebraska' has proved a
lucrative field of operations for the
Standard Oil. Presumably Nebraska
should feel complimented that It was
worth exploiting
THX TKLtQHdrUShS' S TRICE.
What threatens to be the most wide
spread, if not the moat serloua, strike
of the year is now on between tho big
telegraph companies and the members
of the Commercial Telegraphers'
union, who are demanding both in
creased pay and shorter hours, and to
enforce their demands hare called out
tho operators at all tho main centers
of wire communication. .
Along with tho strike of tho men
employed by tho telegraph companies
comes 'demands from the operators
employed by the various news-gathering
assoclstolns who, although now
the highest paid operators . 1 tho
world, likewise ask for increased com
pensation. As all the telegraph operators have
had their pay raised once or twice
within tho last two or three years, tho
merits of their present claims are natu
rally contested by the managers of
telegraph companies, and whether tho
controversy is ended by enforced con
cessions on one side or tho other, or
eventually goes to arbitration, busi
ness is euro to be greatly disturbed
and substitute means of communica
tion overtaxed in the interval.
The telegraphers are an Intelligent
class of people who may be depended
upon ordinarily to keep within legal
bounds and refrain from violence,
knowing the public Is not disposed to
sympathise with lawlessness. ' The
strike is unfortunate from whatever
point of view and It is to be hoped it
may be terminated before it works too
great damage. 1
CHANGING FREIGHT ATtSCtftDULES.
The Interstate Commerce commis
sion has Just made a ruling on the
status of published freight schedules
of Immense Importance to every rail
road and to every shipper, the enforce
ment of it promising to remove one of
tho most tempting forms of discrimi
nation between shippers. The federal
rate law requires that freight sched
ules must be posted In all stations of
a railway and may not be changed
without thirty days' notice unless by
the consent of tie commission.
The railroads have managed to
evade this provision, in various ways,
and in a recent case argued that such
posted schedules are not inviolable.
This was one of the contentions of the
defense In the. case agalnat tho Stand
ard Oil company In Judge Landls'
court at Chicago. In passing upon
the case before It, In which a southern
road had changed a freight rate with
out tho required notice, the Interstate
Commerce commission ruled that "a
regularly published rate Is as fixed and
unalterable aa if It had been estab
lished by an act of congress, and not
even a court of law may Interfere with
It when it has been voluntarily estab
lished by tho carrier."
This ruling, so far as the. shipper Is
concerned,, makes it Impossible for a
railway company to publish one rate
and then give another to a favored
shipper without being liable under the
provisions of tho new rate law. It Is
carrying out tho Intent of the law in
that all shippers in the same class
shall haVe the same facilities and pay
exactly tho same rates. It is a death-
knell to midnight tariffs and means
that a fixed- rate Is an invariable rate
and that shippers shall all be treated
alike. . '.
PEART AND THE POLX
So far as Commander Peary is con
cerned the North Pole win have to
wait another year at least before it is
discovered. After a determined cam
paign extending over a year to secure
funds and equipment for his fifth dash
to tho frosen north Peary is compelled
to abandon hla plana. He explains
that It Is now too late to start and
that nothing could be accomplished
this winter beyond the location of
some supply station from which to
base next year's operations. In the
meantime Walter Wellman Is over in
tho north country some place sending
dally bulletins to tho effect that he la
going to start for the polo Just as soon
as he gets his balloon inflated. Aa a
consequence the country Is losing some
of Its enthusiasm over North Pole ex
peditions. Tho stories of the Nansen.
Peary, d'Abrussl, Greeley and Zlegler
expeditions all read very much alike.
Tho record is one of broken hearts,
blasted hopes, starving men living on
dog meat, of, battles against Ice foea
and ' treacherous openings in glacial
fields, of bravery, death and starva
tion. The observations have doubt
leas added -something to science, but
the feeling la growing among the gen
oral publle that -tho game la hardly
worth tho candle.
SHOULD Bare BAD OTCe.
Another piece of bungling in the
secretary of state's office In connection
with tho primary election filings has
come to light. . The petitions for three
democratic aspirants for the district
bench In this district were mailed on
Saturday, but did not actually reach
tho secretary of state until Monday,
whereas the limit for filing expired
Sunday. The secretary announced
that ho would give the petitioners the
benefit of the doubt and overlook tho
delay, but the namea of the candidates
do not appear on the official stieet be
cause they failed to file tho acceptance
required by law.
It turns out that none of the candi
dates received any official notice that
such petitions were filed and that they
must make formal acceptance .within
J five days, . It may not bo specifically
enjoined on the secretary of state or
county clerk to - notify candidates
whose names may bo filed by petition.
I but they ought to know enough to do
so anyway. Otherwise men might be
filed without their knowledge or con
sent for offices they never dreamed of
or on party tickets they never voted,
and left la the awkward position of
neither accepting nor refusing.
The primary law goes on tho theory
that no man's name should go on tho
official ballot without .hla formal con
sent, but It likewise contemplates that
he should have a chance to refuse.
NKW CLOTHES fOB tAILOHS.
Probably no aane person will raise
a protest over the decision of tho
Navy department at Washington to
adopt a new uniform for Ita man-of-ware
crews. "Jack's" flat cap, rolling
collar and bell-bottomed trousers are
to bo discarded and In their stead a
uniform adopted that will bo more
serviceable if not so distinctively pic
turesque. The decision Is due to cer
tain observations made by navy offi
cials who report that "Jack's" pancake
hat Is a nuisance, hla flowing tie al
ways in the way and the flaring trous
ers a bar to agility in times of emer
gency. On this showing tho service
cap with a visor is to take tho place
of the pancake, while the flaring
trousers will give way to a uniform
similar to that worn by the marines,
a serviceable garment caught at the
knee and encased to the shoe top in
leggings.
Tho first navy uniform In this coun
try was adopted by the crew of tho old
United States and bought with the
prize money resulting from the capture
of the Macedonia In 1813. Tho uni
form consisted of blue Jackets, scarlet
vests, neckerchiefs, glased hats, blue
breeches faced with green. The togs
worn by "Jackie" today are not much
of an improvement over those in stylo
a hundred years ago. The sailor's rig
of today Is too conspicuous. It makes
the wearer look like a freak even if
he does not feel like one, and any
change is certain to bo an improve
ment. THS P1WMISE OF BIO CROPS.
Supplementing the totals and esti
mates of the government crop report,
the New York Journal of Commerce
has complied special reports from
1;300 correspondents In the grain belt
of the nation, resulting In a showing
for August that puts the laugh on all
of the calamity predictions made a
few months ago when seeding, culti
vation and all the other work of the
farm was delayed by rains and un
seasonably cold weather. The Jour
nal of Commerce and the government
statisticians agree that favoring Au
gust weather, such as now prevails,
will bring the crop1 totals almost up
to last year's record.
The outlook for the corn crop is par
ticularly satisfactory. The conditions
on July 1 showed that while the grow
ing corn In the great producing belt
was .'particularly healthy, it was sev
eral weeks late. Tho condition re
ported on August 1 is sufficiently grat
ifying to remove all doubt as to the
Blze of the crop for the present year.
Weather conditions In July were par
ticularly favorable for the growing
crop, which is now, according to re
ports from the fifteen corn-producing
states. Just about notmal. J The Jour
nal of Commerce predicts a corn crop
of S, 700, 000,000 bushels, about equal
to the crop of 1906 and exceeded In
the country's history only by the
bumper crop of 3,937,000,000 bushels
last year. The improvement, in the
condition of sthe corn is particularly
noticeable in Illinois, Iowa and Ne
braska, the three states that produce
about one-third of tho corn of the na
tion. ,
The winter wheat harvest Is well ad
vanced and In many districts finished.
Threshing reports indicate results
much better than were expected a
month ago, both as to quantity and
yield. The average yield in nine
wheat states is given at 17.6 bushels
per acre, compared with II. 7 bushels
last year. 1 While' there has been a
slight deterioration in the condition of
spring wheat, the estimates place the
total wheat production of the country
at 660,000,000 bushels, compared with
735,000,000 bushels last year. This
will be a loss of 35,000,000 bushels
from last year, but will, at tho same
time, show a production exceeded only
five times in the country's history.
Of course. It is a little early yet to
count the crop of chickens as fully
hatched,- but conditions are most
promising. Abundant rainfalls have
placed the soil In perfect condition
and the warm - weather has been all
that could have been desired for ma
turing. Tho Important fact is that
the crops are catching up with the
season and making good for the un
procedentedly backward condition of
the early year. Under such condi
tions the farmer Is Justified in resum
ing his smile over the prospects of an
other fat year.
State Superintendent McBrlen has
decreed a house-cleaning day for the
public schools.. He might have in
cluded In his proclamation the state
house, the penitentiary, tho insane
asylums, the soldiers' homes and all
the atate Institutions. Every good
housewife has a house-cleaning day.
After reading bis fulsome laudation
In tho World-Herald Mayor "Jim"
should pray to be delivered from his
fool friends. But perhaps ho will not
regard them even as tool friends, re
membering the diatribes be got from
that source at the time ho was settling
tho city engineer Job.
Men who start a fight la a street car
ought to be given tho tnll limit of the
law. This thing has become alto
gether too frequent hero in Omaha
and calls for severs measures of ro-
preeeion. It men went to fight let
them go out In a bark alley Instead of
frightening Innocen women and chil
dren who happen to be passengtrs in
tho same street car from which they
cannot escape.
Our amiable democratlo contem
porary has discovered that all three
of the candidates for nomination for
supreme Judge on the fusion ticket
possess "high' standing and profes
sional attainments." It Is really re
markable how every cheap lawyer who
labels himself a .democrat suddenly
becomes a groat and' learned Jurist
- The strike among the telegraph op
erators necessarily disturbs the' facili
ties' of tho newspapers for prompt col
lection of the nfw8.' While The Bee
will spare jo effort to serve its read
ers Satisfactorily, wo feel sure they
will overlook any shortcomings in this
respect that may be due ,'to the tel
egraphers' strike.. ; ,
Tho mayor of Pittsburg has an
nounced that all city employes must
sever their connection with politics or
lose their Jobs." As most of them got
their Jobs through politics and will lose
them if they quit politics the mayor's
order seems to spell dismissal any
way they look at It.,
. Governor Vardaman declares that
"hundreds of Mississippi ' republicans
voted for Williams." The charge
might be-true but tor the fact that
there are hot that many republicans
In Mississippi who are allowed to vote.
The railroad attempt to champion
the cause 6f the farmer by asking the
State Railway commission to help
them raise the cream rates does not
seem to have foojed anyone excepting
the railroad people themselves.
And now we are told that Mayor
"Jim" always "wears his faults on his
sleeve for the Jays to peck at." If
Mayor "Jim" would keep his mouth
shut more he would not have to bother
about his sleeve.
A Texas man who has Just returned
from the Panama canal informs a Dal
las newspaper that the canal will never
be competed. That man has evi
dently been separated from a payroll
against his will. '
John Sharp Williams was temporary
Chairman of tho convention that nomi
nated Judge Parker for the presidency.
The rest of his political . career is
reasonably free from, criticism.
Is There Glory Enomh for All
Philadelphia Ledger.
Senator Foraker clalma credit for ,the
Standard Oil fine. That particular glory
seems likely to be" parceled out so gen
erally that there 'wbVt be enough fot all.
" Laek'i PalHIal Favorite. - -
' ' WaahlngtoM Herald.
Governor Vardaman declares that he was
defeated by 'republican votes. There it
goes again the republicans Invariably get
the credit for all' of the good things that
happen In this country! '
KiMklng n a Snrplaa.
Cincinnati Inquirer.
. If the surplua In the United States treas
ury keeps on growing awhile at the pres
ent rate there may be a renewal 6f the'
democratlo cry of Cleveland times, and a
demand that the surplus' shall be ,put back
in the pocketa of the taxpayers. It ap
pears that with all' our extraordinary ex
travagance we cannot keep up with the
receipts.
Attain!) Perfection In Art.
Springfield Republican.
The career of St. Gaudena affords many
tha opportunity to repeat the familiar
dictum concerning the true character of
genlua-that it la merely the Infinite ea
paclty for taking pains. Genius Is. In fact,
much more than that, but St. Qnudens
gave to all America a leason In the art of
taking one's tune to reach perfection. It
would do many of us good to contemplate
seriously the record of his life from this
point of view alone. St. Gaudenv took four
teen years to make the Shaw memorial,
which Is sufficient aa an illustration. Per
fection needs Umei it must hare It or
there will be no perfection. The wonder Is,
after all, that a man who f,
Tears for one bronze memorial could have
found air to breathe In this land of hustle
and hurry. That he did and became one
of the world's masters In his art should
be regarded aa encouraging tor the Amer
ica of the future.
PERSONAL AND OTHEaWISH.
Senator Beverldge will now have to "yield
part of his time." He can't do all the ta'k.
tug after this.
A Philadelphia burglar has Junt been ahnt
and one In Long laland has been given a
forty-year sentence at hard labor. It's safer
to build a Pennsylvania capltol.
A Baltimore youth of tl threatena to sua
his mother because. In order that she may
Pee es a comparative youngster, she In
sists ha Is only 18. . Probably this threat
would bring her to1 her senses, If she had
any. i
Brigadier General Henry O. Sharpe. com-
mlaaary general of the United States army,
who has been Inspecting the supply depart
ments of the armies of Great Brlta'n.
Franca and Germany. Has completed Mi
Inquiries Into the commissary arrangements
of Germany and haa left Berlin for London.
Governor Hoke Smith, of Georgia lately
had a unique experience. As chief excut a
of the state he algred a prohibition at
which he had promised, when running far
office, to approve. The new law caused a
loss to Mm of tffl.ono. fnr It closed the bar
of Atlanta's finest hotel, of which Governor
Smith Is part owner, and thua forced a
heavy reduction in the rent paid by the
lessee.
In honor of the golden anniversary of the
founding of the metropolis of northwes'ern
Iowa, the Slsux City Tribune appeared en
Saturday in rohuat condition disrroor
ttoned tr Its usual genteel afnearanre. The
occasion Justified the deed.- ard thm Tribune
staff was equal to the oceselon. The robimt
strenuoatty ef Rtoux City spread over sixty
pages of special stuff, statistic of progress.
Illustrations and a plentiful assortment of
busineea boosters, commonly known as
"ads." The title page Is a evmbollr Ind'an
tai terra eotta garb, gazing silently frim
the Nebraska shore aa. the ruetl'ng city
en the eten bank of the Mlrsnurt. The
Jubilee edition forcefully mirror the devel
opment ef a progressive ronmunt.y In half
a century, and Is a credit to the city and
the publish
TUB TRLEGRAPII BUSINESS.
Capital Iave4, Mileage, Employee,
laeoaae Oatare.
The present strike of telegraph operators
and the disturbance of business caused
thereby sharply emphasises the close re
lations of telegraphy to the activities of
tha world. Telegraphy grips the heart of
Industrial Ufa. Its current and mechanism
registers the pulsations of buslneaa; Us
clicking hum denotes commercial progress,
as well as Individual relations, and links
nations and communities. A business rami
fying the activities of modern life, Its sus
pension Is bound to cause great Inconven
ience and positive damage.
To understand the extent to which teleg
raphy Is linked with present day affairs, Its
vast extent, capital employed and army of
workers, a few figures from the census re
port of IKK. will prove Illuminating. The
report covers the business of 1101. Doubt
less there has been some expansion since
then, but not enough to affect the sub
stantial accuracy of the figures.
The telegraph systems of the country op
erated 1,U,K0 miles of wire In 19CS, to which
should be added 18,877 nautical miles of
submarine cable. They had I7,Z7 employes;
an Investment, or capitalisation of stocks
and bonds, of 162,M6,5S; a total revenue
of 0,WO,03; and total assets of H9B.B08.77S.
They paid 18,268,683 in dividends and 11,960,
2S2 In Interest on bonds. The number of
telegraph offices In 1902 was 27,177, an In
crease of 14,867, or 1U.S per cent over 181
Of the total number In 1902, 20,809 were la
railway stations.
Between 1880 and 1902 tb number of sal
aried officials, clerks, etc., Increased from
837 to 829, or 146 per cent; the total number
of wags earners, from 14,591 to 28,79a, or
13,7 per cent; the number of telegraph op
erators, from 9,661 to, 18,083, or 86.6 per
cent, and the amount paid in salaries and
wages from I4.8S6.128 to 818,089,673, or 207.1
per cent. v
Of the total authorlced capitalisation of
commercial telegraph systems, capital
stock constituted 712 per cent and bonds
and funded debt 28.8 per cent. Of the total
authorized capital stock, 8117,063.826, or 96
per cent, had been Issued and was out
standing at the end of tha year covered by
this report. Of this amount 99 per cent
waa common and 1 per cent preferred stock.
The dividends paid on the capital stock
outstanding amounts to 84.26,63, the aver
age rate being 6.1 per cent Dividends
amounting to 3U93.698 were paid by ten
companies on common stock, having a par
value of 2U3.913.7Z5. so that th average
rate waa 6.4 per cent. Only one company
was authorised to Issue preferred stock,
and the entire amount, $1,200,000, waa out
standing. This company paid on Ita pre
ferred stock dividends amounting to 883,000,
the rate being 6.8 per cent. Ten compan
ies, having capital stock to the amount of
81,839,800, paid no dividends during the year
covered by this Veoort.
The total reoeipts of the commercial tel
egraph companlea amounted to 140,930,038.
Of this total 235,300,661, or 86.2 per cent
represents the gross receipts from oper
ations. Including all -reoeipts for messages
sent over thehlnes of the telegraph systems
in - this country, whether originating In
this country or forwarded for other sys
tems under trafllo agreement The , "In
come from other sources" amounted to
25,629,469, or 13.8 per cent of the gross
revenue.
Of all . operating expenses, salaries and
wages together amounted to 115,039,673. or
66.6 per cent; the other principal item,
operation and maintenance, amounted to
29,220,948, or 84.7 per cent; and th remain
ing Items of expense legal expenses,
rentals, Jelegraphlo traffic paid or due other,
companies, etc. amounted td $2,331,790; or
$.$ per cent
Fixed charges, which consist of taxes,
Interest and payments for leased lines,
amounted to $4,366,623. Deducting this from
214,337,627, shown as gross Income less op
erating expenses, there remains a nat In
come of $9,982,004. Deducting from the net
lnoome the $6,256,692 paid In dividends on
the preferred and common stock, there re
mains a net surplus of $3,726,311.
In addition to tha cost of repairs and re
newals,, Included in the Item operation and
maintenance, an expenditure of $4,771,768
for new construction was reported by seven
of the twenty-five telegraph' systems.
Of the total imount paid to salaried
officials, clerks, eto., $230,250, or 19.1 per cent
was paid to corporation officers; $255,740, or
22 per cent to general officers, and $676,
642, or 68.1 per cent to all other employes
In general offices.
In addition there were employed, on sn
average, during the year 26,798 wage
earners, to whom $13,877,041 Was paid In
wages. Of this amount, managers and as
sistants received $2,898,588, or 20.9 per cent;
male operators, $7,454,909. or 64 per cent;
female operators. $1,267,440, or I.I per cent;
Inspectors. 8678,869, or 4.1 per cent; line
men, $578,088, or 4.1 per cent and messen
gers, $839,380, or 1.1 per cant
Thar are four different methods of oper
ating telegraph wires: The single or Morse
system, by which only one message can
be sent by key at a time; the duplex sys
tem, by which two messages can be sent
simultaneously In opposite directions , over
the aame wire; the quadruple systsm.'by
which four messages cad ba transmitted
over one wire at the same time two from
each end simultaneously ; and printing and
automatio systems,, which make possible
a higher rate of speed than can be attained
by hand. The message In automatio ma
chine systems, as In the familiar Wheat
stone, la usually prepared beforehand by
perforating strips of paper that are then
run through the transmitter at a high rat
of speed. By one 'Of the latter printing
systems the Western Union Telegraph
company haa transmitted over 1,800,000 mes
sages, but at the same time they do not
gain ground either here or In Europe.
Along th right of way of steam rail
way companies the commercial telegraph
systems had 181,121 miles of pole line, on
whloh were strung 664.311 miles' of single
wire, or 72.4 per cent of the total wire
mileage operated by all commercial tele
graph systems. Of this wire, 935,409 miles
were copper and 18,911) were Iron. In ad
dition to this wire the railway companies
owned and operated a large mileage In
connection with the transportation busi
ness. There are 684 railway companies that re
ported the operation of telegraph or tele
phone lines In connection with the trans
portation buslneaa. In their reports to the
Interstate Commerce commission the rail
way companies furnished considerable In
formation concerning their telegraph and
telephone systems.
The railway companies operated 204,602
miles of single track and had 1.127.188 mile
of single wire along their right of way
Of this wire mileage, which Includes both
telegraph and telephone lines, ne segrega
tion being possible, only 242.887 miles, or
21.6 per cent, were owned by the railway
The railway eompam reported 21.278
telegraph offices, but only 80,334 telegraph
operator. It la probable that In a num
ber of Inetancea tha railway companies re
ported as station maaters, agantay a to., em
ployee whs also perform the duty of tele
graph operator, and that theae war aet
Included wllb tha aoarstOA
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Norfolk Press: Jim Dahlman announces
that he will be a oandldate for governor
of Nebraska next year, but wants It un
derstood that he can't be honest unless
h gets a salary of $10,000 a year. Nebraska
will probably look for a man whose hon
esty doesn't oome so high.
Fremont Tribune: We shall miss our
guess If th peopl of Nebraska take ktndly
to th plea of "Jim" Dahlman (who haa an
nounced himself a Bryan candidate for
governor) that an honest governor cannot
be had for the present salary 82,600. Per
haps th salary ought to be Increased, but
that Isn't th way to go about It.
Blue Springs Sentinel: Mayor Dahlman
of Omaha has announced hla candidacy for
the governorship of Nebraska and will tour
the state next year with Bryan. So this Is
what tha lassoing of Bryan meant on his
return from his tour around the world. The
unique feature of Dahlman' campaign' is
that he wants four salaries paid l.im a
year In order to make him honest.
Howells Journal: Jim Dahlman has made
tha announcement that he will run for gov
ernor next year on the democratlo ticket
upon a platform demanding a salary of
$10,000. Jim would be dear at any price and
we mistake th sentiment of the people
of Nebraska If they would permit him to
rattle around In the governor's chair. The
tendency In Nebraska Is upward, not back
ward to the bum ward politics, whlchsuch
men as Dahlman stand for.
Clarkson Herald: Jim Dahlman has an
nounced his candidacy for the democratic
nomination for governor one year henc.
Here's hoping that no such calamity, as his
nomination will befall tha democracy of
Nebraska.' Our party In this state has had
numerous sins of commission and omission
to answer for, and haa survived them all,
but a dose of Dahlman would be the limit.
The self-respecting democracy of the state
would balk at such leadership.
Norfolk News: Mayor Jim aays lie
couldn't be honest In the governor's chair
unless his salary was $10,000. Otherwise he
would have a graft. And this point In
Jim's Interview, while a little strong la
not so bad. The governor of Nebraska is
not well enough paid on $2,500 per year.
Perhaps the salary should be $5,000. At
all events the state ought to be able to pry
Its officials enough to make the offices
worth having for an unmoneyed mat as
well as one who can afford the luxury.
Tecumseh Chieftain: Jim Dahlman, the
bronco-busting mayor of Omaha, is
credited with a burning desire to be gov
ernor . of the state by th favor of the
democratlo party, but as a preliminary
condition to his acceptance of the trust
he wants the salary raised to the modest
sum of $10,000 per annum. The cowboy
statesman la In no Immediate danger of
having his exchequer attached to the
state treasury. When It comes to a ques
tion of Jim for governor or abolishing
th offlc. mot peopl will prefer to see
the offlc go by th board.
Fremont Herald: Our old friend, Jim
Dahlman, talked a good deal of common
sen In th jok Interview published with
him regarding th salary of governor. Jim
probably said, in his usual offhand manner,
that h wouldn't hav the d n offlc. at
th present salary. Nor would a great
many others, albeit hundreds of people
would lov th honor. Brother Mickey
used to say that he would rather be gov
ernor than go to the United States senate,
and so would a great many people. But
th v office of governor offerns no higher
attractions tnan mat oi me great nonor,
and to moat everybody that Is sufficient.
Two's
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fed I
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nu-JI 4 v.
three's a crowd
unless there's an
extra package of
Ginger 8naps.
My, but they're
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Can Boll
We believe the salary should be twice what
It Is, however, and we hope that the next
legislature will take th matter up. Five
thousand per annum, house Tent laundry,
board and hired girl Is not excessive for
the governor of Nebraska.
Shelton Clipper: Mayor Dahlman of
Omaha has announced that he will be a
candidate for governor on a platform ad
vocating that the governor's salary shall
be $10,000 a year, and in support of his
claim that the salary should be raised
to that figure he claims that It Is Im
possible for a man to be governor of the
great ttate of Nebraska on a salary less
than that and at the same time be hon
est. "Mayor Jim" Is assuming consider
able when he Intimates that Nebraska
never had an honest man In the gover
nor's office, and he Is acknowledging con
siderable when he makes the admission
that he cannot be honest on a salary of
$2,500 a year. A man who can't be honest
on a salary of $2,500 wouldn't be honest
on a salary of $10,0u0 or $100,000 a year.
L.AIGI11NQ OAS.
"Pa, what's a patriot7"
"A man who Is never wlllln? to eonced
that the umpire hss given the home team
the best of It." Chicago Record-Herald.
"Mary couldn't take that
without her husband."
outing
I
trip
"Why not7" , . . . . ,
"All her waists button down the back."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
iun v,lvittv Venus shlnel
es tonight!
said the sweet girl graduate. "Do yovl
l J i f riavman that ths ' SUrfSCS Of
Venus is entirely covered with Walert"
"O,,come now, aiiss cssgee: sum mw
bjbulous senior; "thr tpa tlJr-CUl-eago
Tribune." ' ' ' .
Ooggles Chuffer's autometer shows that
he has traveled a thousand miles In four
dHiornblower-He cheats. When lie gets
home he attache that thing to his gas
meter. . "-
Naybor That boy of yours seems td ba
a bright one. He'll cut out a name for
himself some day. '
Popley (angrily) He's done it already
on our newly painted back fence. Catho
lic Standard and Times.
Rockefeller had been sentenced by his
doctor to live for thirty years more.
"But doctor," he protesied, "with Landls
on the bench I can t afford It." Phila
delphia Ledger.
1 v , y don't you come forward with your
views on the subject?"
"Well," answered Senator Sorghum; a
man in my position should always think
twice before expressing an opinion. '
"But you can t expect p"Ple to aupport
your ldeaa unless they understand them.
"You can't say for aure. Sometimee an
Idea dependa for aupport almost entirely
on not being understood." Washington
Star. - '-' .
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IS THE LAND OP LITTLIB CABB.
Chicago ' Rebord-Ilerald.
In the Land of Little Care
Oosslps have no tongues at all;
Not a spirit lingers there
That is either mean or small; ' '
Oreed was banished long ago
From that fair and favored land.
And the only Inn they know
They have called "The Helping Hand."
In the Land of Little Car-
Envy never rears Its head;
Worth la never irom the fair
Highways Into darkness led;
Long ago thay buried spire. .
Long ago they ralaed a atone ,
That la tall and allm and white
Wher Revenge' grave la shown.
In the Land of Uttlo Care
Each is left to flo his best;
This Is their one statute there;
"Bring no evil on the rest."
No man scorns another's creed
. J k. Hnmn all .M tit 9
For no bruised hearts ever bleed
In the Land of Little Care.
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