TITE OMAHA DAILY IlEE: THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1903.
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ckansjetf ttm fia bus a,at4.
Perhaps Senator Aldrlch might have
ione better If he had fought his bill.
Most of the talk, about the water
worka decision needs filtering to
clarify It. ... .'
"Who owns the water?" asks the
Chicago Tribune. Can't tell, yet until
the courts take final action on the
case. ' .
The Aldrlch bill did not add any
elasticity to the currency, but It con
tributed much elasticity to the lan
guage. Kentucky . reports that the night
riders have had their day. but other
reports show that they are still smok
ing up. ! i . '
Mrs. Grace-Snell-Coffln-Walker-Cof-fin-Love
has applied for her fifth di
vorce. Looks as If Coffin were billed
for a third encore.
Another former RotiU Rider has
been appointed United States marshal
for Massachusetts. There cannot be
many of them left.
Senator Fulton was defeated at the
senatorial primaries In Oregon by a
man named Cake. In other words,
Fulton lost in a Cake walk.
Dr. Koch, ifhe eminent German
scientist, complains that he came to
' America for rest and is unable to find
it. lie has not yet tried Philadelphia.
It Is almost past comprehension how
Judge Howard's "magnificent" legal
luminary at Fremont can keep his
light from shining through the cracks.
It is claimed -that hard coal has
been , discovered in San Francisco,
where the most that has been discov
ered for several years has been hard
luck.
It is difficult to see where public
morals will be affected whether the
order for the delivery of ft case of beer
is telephoned to one number or an
other. '
"There is no valid reason why the
Michigan state " central committee
should not have endorsed me if it had
desired to do so," says Mr. Bryan. But
It didn't.
If you do not believe Douglas county
needs a new court house'. Just climb up
the front stairs of the present struc
ture and grope your ) way around the
dark halls for ft half hour.
The New York legislature proposes
to appropriate $26,000 tor the ex
penses of a commission to Investigate
Wall street That amount will not
last very long in Wall street.
"Bryan can get more republican
votes than any other democrat," says
Senator Tillman. Yes, buC his trou
ble seems to be that he gets fewer
democratic votes than any other dem
ocrat. Statistics show that wood forms 61
per cent of the material used in con
struction of buildings In America.
They also show that the fire losses in
America are greater than in all the
rest of the world combined.
Secretary cf the Navy Metcalf pro
teges to keep the doings of his depart
ment sacret hereafter. In that case
yellow newspapers and Japanese spies
will hsve SO go on furnishing the
Laval news ss tbfy hsve been doing.
bkal cvttHtycr KtniRit.
While it may require the test of
financial and industrial experience of
the next six months to determine
whether any real necessity ever ex
Isted for an emergency currency law
such as proposed in the Aldrlch cur
rency bill, passed by the senate and
rejected by the house, it is evi
dent that the measure has been
of great service In arousing a discus
slon among the bankers and business
men of the nation and sharpening
their appreciation of the need of a
thoroughly scientific currency measure
founded upon up-to-date methods and
principles.
The Aldrlch bill, pulled, mauled,
pummeled and disfigured , in the sen
ate, was finally passed and sent to the
house, where it failed to receive the
courtesy of being reported from the
committee. The Vreeiand bill,
poorly disguised substitute for the Al
drlch measure, has been tabled by the
house and no real . prospect remains
that even a makeshift measure can
survive the protests that are pouring
in' from all parts of. the country
against any tinkering, patchwork leg'
Islatloa on the currency question.
Under the .circumstances the decks
may be considered to have been in a
measure cleared for future action
looking to the establishment of a cur
rency system, safe and sound in char
acter and based upon a natural and
effective relation to the volume wt
business. The question remains
whether this shall be an abandonment
of the bond-secured system, now in ex
istence, or a change to the asset cur
rency plan. Congress and the country
are becoming more keenly alive to the
necessity of a currency relief measure
to meet such conditions as prevailed
throughout the country last fall.
The demand for a sound and legal,
though temporary, currency, has not
subsided. The method of providing
this Issue is the question that congress
must settle. The defeat of the Al
drlch bill clears the way for positive
legislation at a later time. Failure of
the congress to agree upon any plan
for such ft system at the present ses
sion strengthens the agitation in favor
of the appointment of a currency com
mission to sit during the coming sum
mer and make a report to congress not
later than 'January 1, 190$. The ap
pointment of such a commission is the
most satisfactory outcome that may be
expected from the present session and
the most promising assurance that
when the currency reform question is
settled it will be settled right.
A FA r- fjc tcbsd criticism.
Democratic and republican reaction
ary statesmen and editors who are de
manding that Secretary Taft - resign
from the cabinet on the theory that a
man should not be a member of the
cabinet and ft candidate for the presi
dential nomination at the same time,
are going to an extreme In their efforts
to find something to criticise in the
busy public career of the secretary of
war. '
The criticism of Mr. Taft's frequent
absences from the. War department is
not in good taste nor warranted by the
facts and. the records. Secretary Taft,
it is true, has visited Panama, the
Philippines and other colonial and for
eign countries, but no one contends
that those trips were not made in the
interest of the federal government.
The construction of the Panama canal
and the government of the Philippines
are under the direction of the War de
partment and the successful adminis
tration of both these duties is due
largely to Mr. Taft's personal knowl
edge of conditions. He is deeply In
terested In both propositions" and
doubtless feels that he owes a duty to
the government to remain as long as
possible in ft position to carry out the
government plans for the construc
tion of the Panama canal and the ad
vancement of the adopted policy for
the government of the Philippines.
From a purely political standpoint
both precedent And common sense
warrant the secretary in remaining In
the cabinet, at least until after the
national convention. His ability to
discharge the duties of both positions
is unquestioned. Whether he is in
Nebraska, or Massachusetts, or Guam,
he is In close touch with the affairs of
the War department and passes upon
all matters involving a ' question' of
policy, leaving the routine and detail
matters to the department . organlza?
tions, Just as is done for months at ft
time when the president and the mem
bers of his cabinet are spending their
summers away from Washington. -
From the standpoint of precedent
other members of the cabinet have
demonstrated that they did not con
sider it any lack of fidelity to the pub
lic Interest to remain in the cabinet
and still be candidates for the presi
dential nomination. John Adams,
Thomas Jefferson and Martin Van
Buren were eacj serving as vice presi
dent when they became candidates for
the presidential nomination. James
Monroe, James Madison and John
Quincy Adams held the office of secre
tary of Btate while they were -candidates
for the presidential nomination.
In later dftys James Q. Blaine, Walter
Q. Gresham and John Sherman were
aspirants tor the presidential nomina
tion while holding cabinet positions,
and they did not consider It unbecom
ing to their dignity or manifesting any
lack of fidelity to the Dubllc to remain
In office while eonducting a campaign
for the. presidency.
Mr. Taft's administration of the af
fairs of the War department has been
one of the most capable In history.
The publle will not support any agita
tion tor his retirement from the cabi
net so long as he is willing to assume
the double work of administer)- the
affair's of that important branch of the
government and, at the same time,
giving the attention he deems neces
sary to his campaign for the presiden
tial nomination.
Affl. WILLIAM 8 rROTJT.
Just as patriotism Is reputed to be
the last refuge of scoundrels, the con
stitution appears to be the last refuge
of politicians In public lite who find
themselves defeated and In need of an
excuse for the failure of their efforts.
John Sharp Williams of Mississippi,
leader of the democratic minority In
the house of representatives at Wash
ington, has appealed to the constltu
tion to protect him and his party from
the "domineering methods of Speaker
Cannon." The appeal Is over a mat
ter more or less trivial In its bearing
on the public welfare, but as it has
become the custom to heed all appeals
to the constitution, Mr. Williams is
due for a hearing. He asserts that
the speaker arbitrarily adjourned the
house session last Saturday on a viva
voce vote, despite the clamor of the
minority for a roll call. In ft deliber
ate and carefully prepared statement
Mr. Williams says:
I have been willing that the majority
should do anything that It could to the
minority as long as our constitutional
rights wers respected. If I were In th
majority I would doubtless do every
thing that I could In a constitutional way
to carry out my program. But this thing
tonight n revolutionary. It ran over
our constitutional rights. No speaker be
fore, not even Reed, has ever denied to
the minority the right of a roll call guar
anteed by ' the constitution, which the
speaker swore to uphold when he took his
oath of office.
The tacts are not disputed. The
house had been In session seven hours
and the, minority, In pursuance of a
filibustering policy decided upon some
weeks ago had forced roll call after
roll call on most trivial motions. At
7 o'clock in the evening a motion to
adjourn was made and a viva voce vote
taken. The speaker declared the mo
tion carried and ordered adjournment.
The minority leader and his support
ers wen clamoring for a "division,"
which Is the parliamentary prelimin
ary' for a demand for the yeas and
nays. The speaker Insists that the de
mand for a division came too late and
that, if it had been made In time, it
was made for purposes of delay, and
he was justified in Ignoring it.
The question whether the constitu
tion was trampled upon is still unset
tled. That revered document makes
one mention of roll calls. It simply
provIdes.Mn defining the powers and
duties of congress, that "Each house
shall keep a journal of Its proceed
ings and, from time to time, publish
the same, excepting such parts as may
in. their judgment require secrecy; and
the yeas and nays of the members of
either house on any question shall,, at
the. desire of one-fifth of those pres
ent, be entered on the Journal." There
is no record that any demand was
made for a yea and nay vote. Mr.
Williams does not claim he had made
such a demand, but declares that the
call for a division was tantamount to
a notice that a roll call was demanded.
Had such a demand been made the
speaker would have been bound by the'
constitution to observe it Mr. Wil
liams appears to have been asleep at
the switch when his opportunity went
by. As a matter of fact, it could have
made no difference, except keeping
members a half hour later for their
dinners, whether the roll was called
on the motion to adjourn, but It Is
gratifying to note that the constitution
is still unsbattered.
STOP MISREPRESENTATION.
So much foollBh misrepresentation
has been put into circulation in con
nection with our water works litiga
tion that a large part of our people
have been completely confused, it not
grbssly deceived. Statements ascribed
to Water board representatives have
been made and reiterated that the
water works property, appraised at
more than $6,000,000, is value". "100
per cent too high,," and .that "the
city's expert" figured it at $3,600,000,
the impression conveyed being that
this was the report of the city's dis
senting member of the appraisement
board.
So far' as we can ascertain, and we
have made diligent Inquiry, there is
nothing whatever in the record of the
Case to furnish ground for any of
these statements. No report whatever
containing any valuation' was ever
filed by the appraiser appointed by the
city, and even the Water board mem
bers and attorneys go no further than
to say that the appraiser appointed by
the ilty dissented because he thought
the figures were "too high." The
estimate of $3,600,000 imputed to
"the city's expert" seems to have been
a figure given not In court, bu to the
board, by one of the specially retained
consulting engineers and related only
to that part of the plant devoted ex
clusively to the supplying of water
within the city limits of Omaha. Even
accepting this figure, it would have to
be raised very materially to take in
those parts of the plant located In
East Omaha, , South Omaha, Dundee
and Florence, Included in the report
of the appraisement board. The water
ji:ompany attorneys, on the other band,
dug up and cited in their brief a pre
posterous averment sworn to on behalf
of the city In ft case brought in 1896,
asserting ' that the property was then
worth far in excess of $7,600,000. This
only goes to show how wild even ex
perts can guess on questions of value.
As to the $6,000,000 appraisement,
there Is no question that it levies to
the utmost all the traffic will bear.
The figures were struck at ft time
when the market price o( iron was
much higher than It is today and the
all in the price of pipe since the date
V
of the appraisement alone would rep
resent from $600,000 to $700,000 to
the disadvantage of the city. This Is
enough to warrant the city In pursu
Ing Its rights up to the supreme court
but It does not warrant the Water
board spokesmen In continuing to mis
lead people Into the belief that we will
ever get the plant for anything near
$3,600,000.
. For an example of logical reasoning
commend us to the following argu
ment of an amiable local contempor
ary, advocating the repeal of the rule
making vaccination prerequisite for
admission to the public schools:
Thera may b good reason for requiring
pupil to be vaccinated befor they are per
mitted to attend school In time of epidemic
But when there Is no emergency, when
there Is no smallpox, It is absurd still to
compel the vaccination of children who do
not need It.
In other words, wait until you have
smallpox and then be vaccinated.
Don't call a doctor until the red flag
Is out
Attorney General Thompson gives
it out that the recent decisions of the
federal courts involving Nebraska's
rate regulation legislation means sim
ply that the cases will have to be
fought out in the state courts. This
coming contest has already been fore
shadowed by The Bee. The final out
come will turn on the reasonableness
of the rates sought to be' put in force.
The federal courts will probably put
the burden of proof on the state,
whereas the state courts would proba
bly have put the burden of proof on
the railroads.
"Democrats will force economy In
administration" is the slogan now
raised in South Omaba as an excuse
for the democratic members of the
council trying to block Mayor
Koutsky's appointments. That is in
deed a novelty in South Omaha. The
democrats have just finished a two
years' administration of city affairs
there In which Economy would have
felt as lonesome as Robinson Crusoe
ou his desert island before Friday
came to keep him company.
Omaha's democratic city councllmen
do not care to interfere between the
local public service corporations that
are poaching on each other's fran
chises. "They would rather wait, an-
parently, until nearer election time
and then try to line the franchise cor
porations up to furnish motive power
for the wheels of their campaign ma
chinery.
Some of the) eastern political
weather prophets have it all dia
grammed and charted, that Mr. Bryan
win ran snort of the necessary two-
thirds vote at the Denver convention
by exactly nine votes. That is alto
gether too close a margin to bank on
for national convention speculation.
The Kentucky night riders have be
gun destroying the peanut crops. So
long as they confined their destruc
tions to tobacco many people looked
on with some degree of indifference.
but the peanut must and shall be pre
served, even If it is necessaty to call
out the standing army.
Down at Lincoln they are settle e all
kinds of time limits to interfere with
the alleviation of thirst-stricken way
farers. We see only one way for the
Llncolnltes to mitigate their hardshln
let them go back to sun time and
gain half an hour.
Friends of Governor Hughes of New
York declare he will not accept the
second place on the republican na
tional ticket. Friends of Governor
Roosevelt of New York made a similar
declaration Hn 1900.
Doing? Fairly Well
Chicago Tribune.
Possibly congress has the absurd m.
that to build two battleships at a cost of
sai.uuu.uw win D doing fairly well for a
nation that ia a trifle shy on revenue just
now. .
Beady for Emergencies.
Indianapolis News.
By 'his turning out such a phrase as
"th unrighteous power of colossal wealth"
It will be seen that Governor Hughes Is
getting into pretty good training for any
thing that may happen.
! Tapa of Harmoolser.
Philadelphia Press.
Governor Johnson expresses th' hone
that "the acrimony of this camnaian will
be pleasant.'.' It has been so far. Colonel
Bryan aays thst Governor Johnson's can
didacy la impertinent, and Governor John
son aays that Colonel Bryan is a has-been.
The Oatcast Called Back.
Kansas City Times.
The most ironical thing that has happened
in the political career of Mr. Bryan Is that
Mr. Roger C. Sullivan, whom Mr. Bryan
has denounced as unfit for participation
In th counsels of the democratic party,
la now the Chief reliance of th big leader
In th fight to secure Bryan Instructions In
tho great state of Illinois.
' Now Will 1'aa Be Good r
St. Louis Republic.
"I love all h'umanity north, south, east
and west It makea no difference," says
John D. Rockefeller. "I am glad to be able
to say that I love each and every one of
my fellow men. It is a great thing to
be able to say that truthfully.' Don't get
peevish when the price of gasoline got
up; Just remember how much John D.
loves you, and be good natured about it.
Ebk Tide of lasmlgratiaa.
Philadelphia Record.
It Is noted that vessels sailing for Medi
terranean porta are still carrying In the
steerage thousands of returning laborers
The fact that th outgoing movement oon
slsts largely of whole families indicates a
serious theck to the westward movement
from southern Europe of immigrant In
tending to make permanent homes for
themselves in th United .States. They find
th condition her at this tlm much Irss
Inviting than in recent past year a The
falling off In tti demand for unskilled
labor, coupled with the higher cost of
living In this country than in the countries
of their nativity, sufficiently explain the
general exodus. '
NEBRASKA POPn.lST IKLEGATICV
Some rotated Remarks Dratu
t era tie lde Skew.
John C. Sprecher In Sihuylpr FYoe Inoe.
Th Nebraaka populists, or th so-alleged
Nebraska populists, held a so-called state
convention some weeks ago and elected
delegates to the national populist conven
tion at St. Ixiuis. Now, everybody knows
that th alleged populist party In Nebraska
Is simply a democratic side show and that
It la run by an element who class them
selves as populists, but who are to all In
tents and purpose simply democrata. The
Nebraska populist convention was held at
th esme time the democratic state conven
tion was and both conventions were man
aged by Veally the asm element. When the
delrgatcsWere elerted to that populist na
tional convention they were Instructed for
Bryan for president, although Bryan la ft
democrst and has never claimed to be
anything else nor does he expect to.
That Nebraska delegation went to St.
Louis with the determination to hav th
convention adjourn until after the demo
crats had their national convention, so
that if Bryan wer nominated he could
then be endorsed. Bryan did not Want a
populist nomination first, as It might make
th eastern democrats more against him
than they are. If that be possible. That
Nebraska delrgiition went to that conven
tion tinder instructions for a man outside
the ranks and with the ful intention of
not abiding by the action of that conven
tion, and that cortalnly was acting with
out any principle. A delegate who don't
expect to abide by the actions of the con
vention has no right In lhat convention,
and thoso Nebraska delegates were so lo
cated. They went to rule or make trouble
and they made all they could and when
they got left they bolted and took the one
man Minnesota delegation with them.
And, after they came homo, with the
unprincipled record they made there, they
hav nerve enough to Issue a letter to the
public an denounce that populist conven
tion. After bolting that convention they
returned to Omaha and there appointed a
committee to issue their statement to tho
public, the committee consisting of George
W. Shrader, T. H. Tibbies, A. M. Walling,
L. A. Beltser and A. I Burdlck. Tibbie
was the vice, presidential candidate tour
years ago with Watson, and Walling is our
neighbor of David City.
The article issued by that committee Is
designed to win over populists of Ne
braska to their aide, but such a statement!
Is certainly too rank to win anybody with
sense and memory. The old time populists
were largely missing for th reason that
they have quit the party In disgust and
either joined other parties or else are at
home. And the fact that the populist na
tional convention was long called and all
know of it, shows that it could not be any
still-hunt affair. If so, how did this Brysn
crowd from Nebraska know of It? The
statement that populism had become a
"serious threat to corporation control" in
any state la ridiculous, for the party is a
reminiscence in all states and any state
where th party ever was In power the cor
porations found an easy bunch. And as
to any state "never casting a populist
vote," that Is untrue, for election returns
show that every state In the union has
cast populist votes at each presidential
elecMon.
Then they try to make out that Hearst
and his Independence league has hired a
lot of fellows to appear there and act as
delegatea, paying them well for it. They
say: "W also learned from delegates
themselves, that some of them had never
heard or knew anything of, the meeting
of th populist national convention until
they were informed by letter from the
chairman of th national committee that
they had been selected as delegates. How
ever, none of them Informed us that a
check accompanied that Information. We
believe th whole thing wa financed (and
they seemed to have plenty of money) by
the men or man who has organised what Is
known as the Independence league, hoping
thereby to effect the downfall of both
Bryan and Watson."
The strange part of it Is that knowing
all this alleged bad work of Hearst the Ne
braska delegation stayed and took an act
ive part in the proceedings and did all they
could to have that disreputable combination
endorse Bryan, and they did not leave until
after they were turned down. No doubt
but had Bryan been endorsed as desired it
would have have been a grand old populist
convention in which all the "reformers" of
the country were present. It makes a
difference, you know.
Then the committee tells about some of
the peculiar methods used that border on
the funny to them. The say: "The comic
opera aspect of th proceedings of this
body can be shown from the following
facts: A sub-committee to draw up a fi
nancial plank was composed of the follow
ing gentlemen: Mr. Van Vorles of Indiana,
Mr. Albert Griffin of Kansas, Mr. Parker
of Kentucky and Mr. Forest of New York.
The first three named gentlemen prepared
a plank substantially adopting the work
of Mr. Van Vorles. he having previous to
the convention spent many days in working
out a sound statement n the money ques
tion. When the whole committee met, this
report wss submitted to them snd was Im
mediately laid on the table. Then a lady
was selected to draw a platform on the fi
nancial question. She retired for a few
moments and presented the plank as
adopted at Springfield. 111. t'pon the pre
sentation of this, Mr. Van Vorles, Mr. Grif
fin and Mr. Tibbies arose and stated that
they would withdraw from the commute
and would not be held responsible for any
thing It did. Then they reconsidered the
matter and a financial plank was drawn
satisfactory to those three gentlemen and
unanimously adopted. The next morning,
when the platform waa presented to the
convention by Mr. Joe Parker, the sub
stance of the financial plank had disap
peared. A meeting, he said, had been held
and they had resolved to strike It all out
without .Jhe knowledge of the gentlemen
who drew the plank. Thst is a sample of
th whola proceedings jot that convention."
Now, that was awful, but still our Ne
braska delegation stayed on and did all
possible to have no- nomination made at
th present time and await the outcome of
Ihe Denver convention. ' You see, the
Nebraska delegation wanted that populist
convention for Brvan and, not getting It,
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withdrew, and now tetl of the great evils
connected with the convention they could
not handle.
Th committee says further in Its pub
lished r statement: "A. gentleman was se
lected frpm Montana as a delegate, casting
the whole vote of the state, who Informed
us that he had not been In that state for
four years. Other proceedings of the samo
character followed Finding the conven
tion absolutely controlled by Mr. Parker
and Mr. Forrest and realizing its fraudu
lent character from the day it was called,
during all Its preliminary proceedings and
up to 8 oclo?k on the second day, and
feeling that it was illegally constituted, Ir
regularly called and wholly under the con
trol of some unseen force which seemed to
us to be hostile to all reform, we with
drew from the convention and repudiated
all Its proceedings."
Yes, the Nebraska delegation, there under
Instructions for Bryan, and prepared to
belt If Bryan was not endorsed, left the
convention when they could not handle It
and took with them the one-man delegation
from Minnesota. It is not said who that
lone delegate from Minnesota was who paid
his expenses.
! To wind up the statement they say: "We
hold that the state of Nebraska has 'the
only legally constituted people's party in
the United 6tates, and whenever a national
convention Is called with delegates duly ac
credited from th conventions held In the
different states, or appointed In any other
legully constitutional way, actually repre
senting men who believe in populist, princi
ples, we will be willing to submit to any
decision which It may make, but we will
not be bound by so-called conventions com
posed of delegates who have no credentials,
many of them not residing In the atates
they pretended to represent, who conduct
parliamentary proceedings contrary to all
laws made to regulate them."
Well, If Nebraska contains the only real
populists, then the party Is surely In bad
shape, and even Tom Watson Is not in It.
We hope the "constituents" who sent that
bunch of democrats (who ere masquerading
as populists), down to St. Louis are satis
fied and feel that they got their money's
worth, even if the delegation did not suc
ceed In capturing the convention In the
Interests of Bryan, and had to walk out
end then denounce the whole meeting.
WHITTLED TO A POIJTT.
"Thst young officer of the signal service
has gone to take an experimental trip in
a balloon."
"Well?"
"And his wife Is all up In th air about
It. Baltimore American.
"I thought you'd be busy this time of
year getting ready for your summer board
ers," remarked the Inquisitive man.
"So I am," replied the farmer.
"But you don't appear to be planting any
vegetables or"
"Certainly not. I'm a-puttln in all o'
LIEBIG CGMEUnfS
Extract of. Dccf
Wonderful for its economy and good
. ness. It is all pure condensed beef,
so condensed that it contains but a
small percentage
of
moisture. The beef
from which one
pound of it is made
would cost over six
dollars. A a-oi. jar
will make 16 break,
fast cups of delicious,
sustaining bouillon.
ViT V
Knocking is the Thief of Time
Piano Truth
We have not time to deny false accusations. All our time Is
spent In telling the truth; that makes Hospe's the best place to buy
a piano. The arrow of envy Is shattered against the armor of truth.
Truth is our advertiser. Attacks accentuate it. When we say one
price snd that the lowest, we speak the truth. ,
When we describe a piano, we speak the truth.
e
Our piano advertisements are truth. " .
When we make any statement it is truth. "
Truth always prevails. It breeds confidence. This means much
to you who are about to buy a piano. The other dealer, and the
commission-taker are apt to tell you "how poor a deal you will
make at Hospe's, but lfet us 'tell you about Ol'It business, and show
you the magnificent values we can give you. Facts will speak louder
than words. f ....
At our store prices are lowest. Your money all goes into piano
value none into anyone's pocket for commission. We have the
biggest piano stock in the west. We are factory representatives
for the Kranlch & Bach, Krakauer, Kimball, Bush 6c Lane, Cable
Nelson, Hallet &. Pavis, Melville-Clark, Weser Bros., Conway, Cramer
and other well known makes. We save you from 150 to 1160 on ft
piano. Payments 5 a. month and up. If you wish. If you can't
call, write for particulars. Nothing so good as our Cramer and Cable
Nelson piano Jor the 'money.
A HOSPE CO.. 1513 Douglas St
"THE COMPLETE MISIO HOUSE" .
Branch Houses Council Bluffs. U.i Kearney, and Lincoln, Neb,
U lJ W bI LJLJLj i
my time a-wrltln of the advertisements."
Philadelphia Press. '
Ateruiant (showing him through th
structure) This house Is built on what la
known as the "slow combustion" plan.
Mr. Pneurttch Ah, yes;. I think I know
filocum. I have seen him at tho oluh, but
I have never had the pleasure of meeting
Mr. Busllon. Chicago Tribune.
Sympathetic Visitor How did you coma
here, my poor man.
Convict I was simply hounded, lady.
Sympathetic Visitor In what way?
Convict They ran me down whh dogs.-.
Baltimore American.
"Does our candidate know all about the
constitution?"
"No," answered Farmer Comtossel. j
don't insist on a man's knowing all sboul
the constitution. Sometimes knowln' all
about the Constitution doesn't seem to do
much for a man except make him talk
ative." Washington Star.
Mrs. Van Stoo Where were you so lata
last nigbt?
Mr. Van Stoo I er why, I was address
ing a political meeting, my dear.
Mrs.Van Stoo Ah, Indeed? And did you
hsve a full house, may I ask?
Mr. Van Stoo (absently) Once, but ths
other fellow held fours. Cleveland Leader,
THE BLOSSOMING.
Oh, such o darling little breeze
Went dancing through our town.
He frisked about among the .trees
And kissed t,helr branches brown.
Then every little waiting tree
Shuddered In sheer surprise:
And turned as white as anything
Before our wondering eyes. .
So now upon a sea of bloom
Our restless town's adrift;
White as the foam upon the shor
Th plum tree blosspmsft., ....,,,,
And, where a peach tree 'gainst th whit
Stands rosily aglow,
It's like the opalescent sea
When sunset colors show.
Now, In the stuffy offices
All up the dusty street
My little breese goes wandering
Beating a fragrance sweet.
The essence of th fruiting bough
And blossoming wood-ways.
Of hopes, so shy, they scare can faca
Our hurried working days.
And all because a careless brees
Went dancing through the town
Stopping a hit among the trees
To kiss their branches brown.
-EMILY WOOD.
SUCCESS
Has crowned our work.
"We have had numbers of
difficult cases that others
have failed on.
IT IS THE
SATISFACTORY
FITTING
of these difficult cases that
goes to make our reputation.
We are always looking for
troifble eye trouble and
it is our great pleasure to
give relief. . r
HUTES0N OPTICAL CO.
213 South 16th Street.