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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY. JANUARY 16, 1900.
Tire Omaha Daily Bee.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Ptate of Nebraska. Douglas County, ea.t
Unorge B. Tsschuck. treasurer of The Bee
Publishing company, being duly sworn, says
that tha actual number of full and com
plete copies of The Dally, Morning, Even
ing and Sunday Bee printed during the
month of December, IOCS, waa as follows:
1 37,780 1 7 87,870
2 87,310 18 38,800
S 37,370 19 38,790
4 , 37,090 20 37,950
5 87,830 21.... 38,860
6 37,350 22 37,010
7 37,340 23 37,020
8 37,040 24 37,000
9 38,910 25..... 38,460
10 38,790 26.... 38,930
11 43,330 27 37,100
12 88,880 21... 38,830
18 37,100 29 40,730
14 38,710 80 43,900
IS 37,40 31 43,800
16.,.. 37,170
Total 1,171,470
Less unsold and returned copies. . 9,345
Net total 1,183,885
Dally average 37,491
GEORGE B. TZSOHUOK.
Treasurer.
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before me this tlst day n( December, 1S08.
ROBERT HUNTER
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It's fine for the cropB, bo don't
grumble.
The ice man and the Ice cream man
can not agree on the outlook.
Mr. Groundhog has only two weeks
more for undisturbed slumber.
Iowa haa had three governors In
two months. That's going some.
It is quite evident that the wool
market at Omaha is cutting some ice.
There is always a protest every time
congress or a legislature revokes a
license to grab.
J. Worth Kern appeani to have been
a bigger man at Denver than at home
in Indianapolis.
Senator Tillman went to consider
able length to corroborate the report
of the secret service men.
The Tennessee Night Riders are not
suffering as much from insomnia as
they were a few weeks ago.
Let us hope there will be no pension
list for the injured in the war between
the White House and the eapltol.
Congressman Tawney says the gov
ernment haa over 3.000 spies at work.
The fact must be disconcerting to
crooks.
When Mr. Taft departs, Augusta,
On., will disappear from the newspa
per date lines as completely aB has
Oyster Bay.
England Is about to abolish the
office of censor of plays. The English
sense of humor is showing symptoms
of being alive.
Tb next "plain and untechnlcal
statement of the law and the facts"
should be accompanied with a chart
and a compass.
Colonel Bryan's declaration that
free silver Is atlll a throbbing1, living
Issue ought to induce "Coin" Harvey
to' come out of hiding.
Congress will certainly be peeved
at th weather bureau if the weather
at Washington does not clear up im
mediately after noon on March 4.
The Standard Oil company protests
that it la being misrepresented in the
public prints. In other words it has
become the Slandered OH company.
Tha temperance wave haa hit the
City of Mexico, where an ordinance
has been passed fixing COO feet as tha
minimum distance between saloons.
A Bt. Louis woman 1b seeking a di
vorce because her husband "makes a
noise like a sawmill" whea be la eat
ing. - Another breakfast food tragedy?
"No one with brains will kiss be
cause of microbes," says a Chicago
physician. NT, the kissing Is not done
because of microbes but r-u " ,w of
them.
Omaha has heroes hi Its police de
partment and in Its Are department
In fact, whenever a hero Is needed
Omaha has Just the right man on the
spot.
Municipal home rule will have to be
stretched to include the South Omaha
park ccttamiaaloners, who are stUl ap
pointed by- six BoaxtBldjuii district
judea .. . - .
DIPLOMACY ASD DOUBLE -DKALIKO.
There Is wrath in the imperial
household at 8t Petersburg and burn
ing indignation in the palace at Con
stantinople over the recent annexation
of the Turkish provinces of Bosnia
and Herzegovina to Austria, but it
happens that neither Russia nor
Turkey can make any open complaint
or protest of the transaction. This Is
due to a little exposition of diplomatic
whipsawing, which is entertainingly In
teresting even to those who do not
care a continental about the relations
of the powers in the troubled Balkans.
The mlxup dates back to the Berlin
congress in 1878. After that treaty,
Russia and Austria-Hungary entered
into Borne secret agreement about the
conduct of the two powers in Turkey.
It has but recently developed that Rus
sia agreed to enter no protest against
Austria's annexation of Bosnia and
Herzegovina, in return for which con
cession Austria agreed to keep hands
off in the row then on between Russia
and Turkey. The two natlonB and
other powerB interested have been
going along for thirty years with the
impression that the Integrity of the
Turkish empire was guaranteed, by
the terms of the Berlin agreement,
and it has just been discovered that
Russia and Austria have been engaged
n some secret diplomatic Btunts that
would do credit to a short-card expert
in a crooked gambling den.
It now develops that on the Fame
day that this agreement was signed,
Austria also made a secret agreement
with Turkey that Its occupancy of
Bosnia and Herzegovina would be only
temporary and that Austria would aid
Turkey, in an emergency, in prevent
ing Russia from acquiring Turkish ter
ritory sufficient to furnish the czar's
people an outlet through the Persian
gulf to the Indian ocean.
The present foreign minister of
Austria-Hungary justifies this dupli
city by the Btatement that it was
necessary to pacify the Turkish poten
tates and allow Austria to occupy
Bosnia and Herzegovina until it could
perfect its plans for the permanent
taking .over of those provinces and
making them an integral part of the
Austrian empire. Add to this honey
comb of secret diplomatic agreements
the charge that Qreat Britain was a
party to It by entering Into a secret
agreement with Turkey to resist Rus
sian aggression and even the layman
can appreciate the difficulties of the
proposed convention to reaffirm the
Berlin agreement. That treaty was
violated both in spirit and letter from
the day it was signed and there is no
reason to believe that any amendment
or reaffirmation of it would not share
the Bame fate.
FANMXG JAPAyESB PREJUDICE.
The anti-Japanese sentiment In Cali
fornia is causing a lot of trouble that
threatens to nullify to a large degree
the efforts of both American and Jap
anese statesmen to establish and cul
tivate friendly relations. Bills have
been Introduced in the California legis
lature forbidding the ownership of
land and the attendance at public
schools by Japanese In California and
while the measures have not been
enacted into laws and probably will
not be, the mere fact of their introduc
tion has been accepted in Japan as an
evidence of unfriendliness on the part
of the United States to the Japanese
and to Japan.
The annoying feature ia the ap
parent inability of the Japanese to
understand that such state action does
not voice the sentiment of the United
States government. The Japanese, ac
customed to having all their laws and
decrees coming direct from one central
authority, refuse, or at least fail, to
recognize the difference between state
and federal legislation in this country.
Toklo advices show that the opposition
papers are denouncing the government
of Japan for "falling into arms of a
nation which at first opportunity not
only shows its unfriendly spirit, but
even denies equal opportunity to the
Japanese."
The incident serves to direct atten
tion again to the need of a way to
make national treaties between the
United States and other powers,
supreme within the several states.
Refusal of our state authorities to
live up to treaty obligations threatens
to hamper the exercise of American In
fluence in Japan for many years.
A CllAXCK TO MAKE A GREAT CITY.
OMAHA, Jan. 14. To the Editor of The
Dee: This year the democratic party has
a chanco to make a great city In Nebraska.
It Is the laat chance there will be for the
next ten years. If South Omaha will not
come in this year before the natlonul cen
sus Is taken Omaha will not want It with
Its heavy load of Indebtedness for the next
ten years.
All that Is needed at the present time Is
to get the right parties together and an
agreement can be arrived at In short order
and the conditions put In a bill and passed
unanimously. Two-thirds of the leading
men of South Omaha, who were opposed to
consolidation four years ago, and two years
ago, are now In favor of It.
Let tha mayor and council of Omaha In
vile the mayor and council of South Omaha
to come and talk the matter over In a
good, friendly manner and see how near
they can come to an agreement.
MICHAEL LEE
In this letter former Representative
Lee, who was an active promoter of
the merger law passed by the last leg
islature, makes a suggestion that 1b at
least worth considering. If Omaha
and South Omaha are soon to become
one great city the consolidation must
be completed before the census takers
start their rounds next spring or there
will be no special incentive on the part
of Omaha to extend its municipal
boundaries for another fire or ten
years.
Whatever advantage Omaha would
derive from consolidation would come
from the rank and rating secured
through the census figures, which fix
jOmaha's relative position as compared
with Other cities for the ensuing ten
years. To go into the 1910 census
with a Greater Omaha, embracing all
the population that really makes up
the community, would be worth a
great deal to South Omaha, as well as
to Omaha, in the way of attracting
capital and population and holding our
own against trade competition. If any
further enabling legislation is needed
it will have to come from the present
legislature.
Ar PROVISO rASAMA rLAM.
Five members of congress Just re
turned from a trip of inspection of the
Panama canal have gone on record as
being perfectly satisfied that the gov
ernment Is pursuing the proper policy
in sticking to the lock canal pattern
and that there is no reason for a
change of plans or for complaint about
the progress of the work.
This report Is not conclusive, by
any means, as the congressmen are not
engineers and not posted on details of
such enterprises, but it is significant
because four of the party, prior to the
viBlt, were advocating the sea-level
plan. Having had the details of the
government's plans fully explained to
them by Colonel Ooethals, in charge
of the work, they return converted. Mr.
Taft is going to Panama soon with a
body of expert engineers, whose report
will determine whether any change Is
to be made in the canal plans, but In
the meantime it is encouraging to
learn that congressmen who were dis
posed to find fault with the conditions
on the isthmus have become convinced,
after personal Investigation and in
spection, that the government is going
ahead along the right lines.
WHAT ARE WE UOISG TO DO ABOUT ITt
I.
Up to January 1, this year, the
Water board, with its auxiliaries and
subordinates, had cost the taxpayers
of Omaha $97,638 in actual money
drawn out of the city treasury.
Of this the salaries of the Water
board members and employes aggre
gate 21,945, the lawyers had drawn
$53,895.51, engineers and experts had
takeA $12,919.86, court costs, includ
ing stenographers printing briefs, wit
ness fees, etc, added at least $6,000.
The whole $97,638 has been spent In
five years and the $53,895.51 absorbed
by the lawyers Is simply part payment
for legal services for which the full
bill Is yet to be rendered.
It would take a searching expedition
to find out what substantial or lasting
benefit the taxpayers of Omaha have
gotten for their $97,638. The Imme
diate and compulsory purchase of the
water works seems to be as far off as
at the start, but we have accumulated
a multitudinous bunch of expensive
law suits that are making the lawyers
on both sides rich.
If it has cost ub $97,638 up to Jan
uary 1, 1909, to get as far as we have
got, how much will It cost to get pos
sesion of the water works?
What are we going to do about it?
Mr. Bryan's campaign literature on
deposit guaranty will now have to be
revised. - Instead of telephoning to
the farmer to come in and get his
money, the bank receiver will have to
tell the insistent farmer to come back
some time next month.
Mr. Bryan -says there could be nc
panic if we bad guaranty of bank de
posits. He also said that there would
be no panics if we had free silver. He
is gradually edging up to the point of
insisting that there will be no panics
If we have no panics. '
Governor LUley of Connecticut re
fuses to resign his position as repre
sentative In congress. If he could
only get himself elected senator and
secure a place in the cabinet he could
start an office trust on his own hook.
It is altogether too much to expect
hungry Nebraska democrats to let
four fat Jobs carrying the title of su
preme Judge and a salary of $1,500 a
year get past them without making a
desperate effort to assimilate them.
Summed up. Senator Tillman's de
fense is that he committed no crime in
trying to get some railroad lands from
the government at bargain prices and
that, if it was a crime Mr. Harriman la
guilty of a greater one.
The "ethical marriage," in which
the couple merely accept each other aa
husband and wife, is reported to be
gaining In popularity in New York.
It will, of course, be followed by the
ethical divorce.
Over 35,000 bills are pending in con
gress. The country will be glad to
know that most of them, something in
excess of 34,500, have no chance of
being enacted into law at this or any
other session.
So far as can be learned the fulmi
natlons of the displaced federal offi
cials who lost their jobs by collision
with the Nebraska land fencing- cases
never created even a ripple in the
White I rouse.
In his message to the Missouri leg
islature Governor Folk recommended
the disfranchisement of voters who re.
fuse to vote. It would seem that vot
ers who refuse to vote disfranchise
themselves.
An eminent Boston scientist Is try.
Ing to prove that man has descended
from the hog. He might be a little
more complimentary by claiming that
man has ascended from the hog.
The democrats on the county board
could not have pulled down better
committee assignments If the board
bad been made up entirely of demo
crats Instead of a jnajoritx p them
elected as republicans. No one has
discovered the democratic majority of
the city council stepping aside to let
the republican minority occupy the
cushioned Beat.
President Roosevelt has granted the
battleships permission to race home
from Europe. Some one Is certain to
discover in that order another attack
on the dignity of congress.
The disinterested citizen who has
never stolen publlo land nor robbed a
mall sack has some trouble in getting
excited over the row between the
president and congress,
Every democratic member of
Omaha's city council is laying wires
for re-election. Such willingness for
self-sacrifice is a virtue that should be
Its own reward.
The strangest part of all is that Mr.
Bryan should have kept so studiously
away from Indianapolis, where he
might have lent a helping hand to
poor Mr. Kern.
That's the Question.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Congressmen think It Is an awful thing
to let secret service agents shadow a mem
ber of the legislative branch of the gov
ernment, thus Intimidating him and strik
ing terror to tils heart. How much terror
Is It possible to strike to the heart of a
congressman who lias boon doing nothing
questionable?
Compressed Air Bouncer.
Philadelphia Uecord.
A western Inventor proposes a new ap
plication of the compressed air used on rail
way trXlns for setting tho brakes and re
ducing the speed of movement. He would
have a connection made with the air tanks
that would enable the engineer to blow
obstructive persons off tho tracks. If trol
ley cars and automobiles were provided
with a compressed air retort capable by
proper dtschargA of clearing n way by this
hurricane method it might make life more
tolerable for pedestrians.
A ricknlrklnn Rebuke.
Chicago Post.
It will be lmpossib!e for this section of
tho United States to take the "rebuke" of
tho president by the senate or the house
with all the seriousness and excitement
wl.lch seemed to attend It In the capital.
Washington has a pleasant way of losing
sight of tho true proportion of things
whenever it does anything In which It Is
especially Interested. In this case It ap
pesrs to think that It has administered the
coup do grace to a president whose term
and powi are fast dying. As a mattsr
of fact it has done nothing more than be
stow a timid slap upon the wrist of an
extremely live person.
For the house "rebuke" Is entirely Pick
wickian. Tho lower chamber may sternly
refuse to receive the secret service message
from the White House, but everybody
knows that It actually has received the
messagQ and has talked of nothing else fur
weeks.
THE LATEST OX STATE'S RIGHTS
Ohio's Governor Makes a Pew Re
marks on the Subject.
New York Tribune.
Governor Harmon of Ohio in his Inaug
ural address urged the maintenance of
state rights and said that the chief reason
for their apparent decline was the failure
of the states to exercise them and to do
their full duty toward the changing con
ditions of affairs. We must, he said, make
the state governments more broadly useful.
and he added that hope of betterment
sprang from the marked renewal of active
Interest in them.
It will be recalled that some time ago
similar Ideas were expressed by the presi
dent and by Secretary Boot. The proposi
tions were made that certain things were
essential for the welfare of the people;
that primarily they might pertain to the
functions of the state governments, but
that the state governments were neglecting
or refusing to do them and that If the
state governments continued to fail to do
them tha federal government would have
to Intervene and would be reasonably en
titled to take that courla.
At that time there were those, of Mr.
Harmon's school of politics, who charged
the president with trying to override state
rights. They will do well to consider what
Mr. Harmon says about "tho unsatisfac
tory character" of the state governments
and the "lack of timely attention" from
which they have suffered. It Is not to be
presumed that rational men will Insist upon
making state rlghta the rights of the dog
In the manger.
CORN OR APPLES.
Now Ensrlcptd Talks of Making- a
Show of One or lioth.
Boston Transcript.
The New England Homer'.ead has made
the tentative suggestion that a big corn
exposition be held In New England some
time next fall to show the farmers of this
section what can still be done here In the
cultivation of this native staple. To this
proposition encouraging responses have
come In from presidents of agricultural
colleges, directors of experiment stations
and prominent farmers. President Butter
field of the State college favors the Idea,
and asks why we cannot "combine the corn
exposition and the apple ahow? Why di
vide energies?" President Hopson of the
Connecticut Plant Breeders" association Is
enthusiastic for It and would Ignore every
thing but corn. "Corn is king here," he
says, "and I believe It la possible with Its
Increased culture profitably to eliminate a
large part of the $11,000,004 we In Con
necticut annually pay for western grain."
Such an exposition would be Interesting
and perhaps stimulating. Much less corn
Is raised in New England than forty or
fifty years ago. That Is true of abjut every
other crop except hay. At the same time
while corn Is undoubtedly king, the country
over, this section Is one of Its weakest
principalities. Its culture Involves so much
more hard work than In the western states
that competition Is not hopeful even with
respect to a supply for borne consumption,
though at present prices there Is more en
couragement than usual to undertake its
cultivation on a comparatively extended
scale. The soli la fairly responsive under
good tillage, but over most of the area the
use of machinery in caring for the crop Is
not very feasible, and the difficulty In se
curing help aggravates the problem Why
not combine the corn exposition with the
apple show, aa President Butterfelld pro
poses? With respect to hardly any other crop
Is New England so favorably circum
stanced for competition with any other part
of the country as In apple raising. For the
amount of labor Involved no product of the
farm yields so profitable a return. For the
most part the apple orchards make their
returns with no labor at all except gather
ing1 the fruit. In spite of neglect they
struggle to bless their owner. With decent
treatment they would prove a blessing indeed.
OTHER LARDS THA If OCRS.
Serious divisions In the British cabinet
are given currency by London correspond
ents. Pome writers predict an early rtip
ture and the retirement of Winston Spencer
Churchill, president of the Board of Trsde,
sr.d David IJoyU-Ueorge, thnncellor of the
exchequer. Militarism la at the bottom of
the dissension. Premier Asqullh demands
a navy 10 per cent greater than the two
power plan, Involving an expenditure this
year of ao.ono,000 for six warships of the
Drcadnaught type. Mr. Haldano. secre
tary of stato for war, Insists on a largely
Increased and more efficient army, one
tl at will banish the fears of Invasion
aroused by Lord Roberts' speech. Churchill
and Llnyd-George denounce the policy of
their colleagues as militarism, entirely out
of harmony with liberal principles. Other
difficulties troop In the wake of tho main
one. The ministry faces a deficit of about
10OOO,OOO, and the problem of meeting thai
huge sura taxes the Ingenuity of the chan
cellor of tho exchequer without the addi
tion of new burdens. "We are within
measurable distance of a XVWt,000. bud
get," says the London Saturday Review.
"Twenty years ago the national expendi
ture was 87.000,000." Increased expenses
and Increased taxation, the latter at least
Inevitable, coming on top of severe In
dustrial and commercial depression,
presents a prospect which would prompt
a stronger and wiser ministry to pause.
Meanwhile, In expectation of a loan, British
ccr.sols are selling around 8.
An American, who enjoyed the rare prlv
tlegn of witnessing the historic scenes at
tending the opening of the new Turkish
parliament December 17, Iri a letter to the
New Tork Times draws a vivid picture of
the appearance of Sultan Abdul Hamld,
the shorn autocrat of the empire. Abdul's
hour had struck, July 24, 1!, when forced
to sign the decree restoring tho constitu
tion. The later spectacle merely empha
sized his knell of doom. "The silence of
death fell on tho crowded room." says the
correspondent, "when. Abdul Hamld en
tered. With his bent form, his hooked
nose, his ashy face, his faded overcoat. Mid
his tottering steps, the old padlshah re.
sembled a perfect Sliylock on the stage.
Despite his dyed board, he looks his full
W years, even In his carriage, but when
walking, or, rather, shuffling about, hs
looks twenty years older. Among the offi
cials where he was seated he exhibited the
pathetic hesitancy of an eld man whose
hearing is not good and whose mental ap
paratus Is rusty. It was a supreme his
torical moment, but the chief actor cannot
be said to have cut an imposing figure.
He Is Imposing only by his crimes. This
cunning, narrow minded old man, who has
so much Innocent blood upon his head.
Was now for the first time facing his mas
ters. He seemed rather to be facing his
judges. He looked like a prisoner on the
dock rather than a ruler blessing his peo
ple. He seemed to fear corpses would rise
up before his eyes and denounce him
When the padlshah turned his eyes In my
direction. Involuntarily I shuddered, for
these were the eyes that gloated over the
severe and pickled hea'd of Mldhat Pasha,
this was the man who had employed 60,000
spies in Constantinople alone, who had
been the cause of so many strange disap
pearances among people who had come to
call on him, of so many bodies found
floating In the Bosphorus."
An American commercial traveler on his
first business trip to Europe writes to a
friend in New York about his experience
"on the road" In the old world. "I want
to tell the boys who go on the road in our
beloved country," he writes, "that theirs
Is a life of unalloyed bliss, one continuous
round of pleasure, In comparison with that
of the drummers on this side of the big
water. We travel from New York to San
Francisco and from Portland to Key West,
and get along with our own langauge. One
would have to be a first-class linguist to
do Justice to one-tenth of that territory
here. I met a drummer In Budapest who
was selling for a German concern. Besides
German, he had to speak several of the
Slavonic tongues, and when he made his
trips to Switzerland and Italy he had to
speak Italian as well. Worst of all, after
many years of work, this man was making
about 8,000 marks a year, and, when you
figure a mark at 25 cents, that is not what
one might call without fear of contradic
tion a 'princely stipend.' "
There Is likely to be more truth than
speculation in the Berlin dispatch an
nouncing an understanding between the
British and Turkish governments for mu
tual protection. It Is said the former will
give active diplomatic support to the Turk
ish government In Its controversies with
European powers, and In return the sultan
as the head of the Mohammedan faith will
use his Influence with the priesthood In
India to support British rule there. The
agreement Is characteristic. Long experi
ence has made British statesmen eipelU
In handling religious cards In a diplomatic
game. Michael Davltt tells In his history
of the land war in Ireland a quarter of a
century ago how British diplomacy ex
erted through Home influences that for a
while antagonised the Land league and
seriously retarded its progress, and not un
til Irishmen retaliated by passing up the
Peter's pence collection was Hume Induced
to keep hands off. An understanding with
Great Britain lu some form Is of great
importance to Turkey, strengthening tho
hands of the new government and stiffen
ing the Ottoman backbone in the Impending
settlement of the Balkau dispute.
Japan la paying the price of being a
world power. Prof. McCliutock of tuo Uni
versity of Chicago, who haa been Investi
gating conditions there, says the cost of
living is very high, and the people are
complaining of the huge war debt. "The
government owns the railroads, telegraphs
and telephone lines, and the business men
declare that the experiment has not been
successful." The times are hard and sui
cides more common than ever before. Al
though the government scaled Its expenses
and Is economising In every direction, ths
huge war debt and Its high Interest charge,
coupled with the burden assumed In tak
ing over public utilities, make a load tiiat
ail but crushes Industry and stagnates en
terprise. ...
The Gaelic league and the S1nn Fein
party In Ireland threaten to knock Into
smithereens the new Irish univeislty pro
ject unless instruction in the Irish language
Is made compulsory at the -start. The new
chancellor. Archbishop Walstt, and the
senate of the university are striving lu con
vince the malcontents that Insistence on
knowledge of Gaelic aa a requisite of ad
mission v ould deprive the university of
lima' promising students. For the present
It is coustuered sufficient to make Uaellc
on optional study.
AatlclitatlasT Better Times.
Boston Herald.
Colucidently a lib the recommendation In
favor of raising the salaries of the presi
dent, . the vlpe-prealdent and the speaker
of the house cuioe the recommendation
of the senate judiciary committee In favor
of a fifty per cent increase of salaries for
judges of the United sttatea district courts
and for an approximate Increase for circuit
Judges and judges of the supreme court.
Evidently congress la anticipating better
times ahead whan higher salaries can be
easily afforded
. .LT. urn. - - .- "
In Banlkirigf
is the essential feature desired by the average depositor.
If a bank has a large capital and surplus account;
If it confines its loans largely to business houses
handling large amounts of saleable merchandise;
If its bond investment account includes only those
of the very highest grade;
If this bank always keeps on hand an amount of cash
largely in excess of legal requirements;
And in all these matters uses the cumulative judg
ment of years of experience; this would seem to be a
good bank for YOU. , t u
Investigate this bank along these lines. f' I,
First National Bank of OmaKa
Thirteenth and
POLITICAL DIUFT.
Mr. Hadley is the first republican gov
ernor Missouri has had since 1871.
Senator Culberson of Texas Is laboring
under the Impression that the senate la the
"wholo works."
Zapala county tails the alphabetical roll
of Texas counties, but it Is the peach of
the bunch. The county Just boasts
of t fullfledged American cltlxens, every
one of whom voted for Taft.
John W. Kern of Indiana who lost out
In the senatorial scramble Is well seasoned
to political defeats. His few winnings
have been on the tips of Tom Taggart.
When tho active editors of the Commoner,
tho Outlook and La Follette's Weekly get
their pens In action later in the year,
public Interest In tho weekly press will lie
away up In "G."
The proposed Increaso in tho salsrles of
Chicago councilman from I1.&00 (o $3,500
becomes effective with the Incoming spring
council. Members of the present council
who anticipate re-election are already rec
onciled to the coming change.
The street cleaning commissioner of New
York City says he doesn't need a special
appropriation of $130,000, and asks that the
money be turned back Into the treasury.
The action of the commissioner dazes the
big town and raises doubts as to the man's
sanity.
The governor of Maine, In his Inaugural
address, recommends that the state give
up lta September elections and fall Into
line with the rest of the country in choos
ing a governor and congressmen on the
first Tuesday after tho first Monday In
November.
Austin, the capital city of Texas, la to
Join the commission-governed cltlts of that
state, which Include Galveston, Houston and
Dallas. Two charters were submitted to the
voters, one providing for a commission
form, and the other for a continuance of
the administration of municipal affairs by
a city council. The result showed 1,181
votes for the commission plan, and only
7S4 votes for the council charter.
STUDY OF SKJIATOtt KNOX.
Said to
Possess Two Attributes
of
Genius.
New York Evening Post.
Mr. Knox has two attributes of genius.
He has to a marked degree the ability to
get at tho heart of a problem and to set
forth simply, lucidly, clearly and In or
derly array the essentials of an Involved,
complicated, entangled and generally mud
dled up case or proposition. The pro
cesses of his mind are orderly and advance
by well-defined steps from premise to con
clusion. His intellectuals at work give out
light without heat; a steady, clear, constant
light marred by no sputterlngs or meteorlo
flashes. It has been described aa a light
"in which It Is easy to read assured Inter
pretation of law."
Mr. Knox's other attribute, usually as
cribed to genius, la a certain peevishness
when he comes In contact with minds less
assured In their processes and less capable
than tils own. In the senate a certain fas
tidiousness which la one of his dominating
traits has kept the prospective secretary
of state out of general debates. . lie sel
dom takes part in a running cross-fire of
argument. On the luficqucitt occasions of
his speeches they are carefully prepared In
advance and read to the senate. Mr. Knox
always asks that he be not Interrupted In
the course of his "remark."
The personality of the secretary of state-
to-bo is not known to any large number of
public men in Washington. Mr. Knox
chooses his friends with the careful dis
crimination of a collector. In his hours of
ease he is a rare teller of good stories and
delightfully companionable. In his dally
0ne-Fifth0ff
We are giving a discount of 20 on all our Men's
Boys' and .Children's heavy-weight clothing.
"When you can buy clothing such as that bearing the
name of Browning, King & Co., you are making a gen
uine saving of from $3 to $10 on every garment you
buy.
Suits and Overcoats formerly $15 to $50 now $12 to
$40.
This is cheaper than you can buy next year, it will
pay you to buy now.
FURNISHING SPECIALS
Shirts that were $1.50, now.. $1.15
Shirts that were $2.00 and $2.50, now $1.65
Shirts that were $3.00 and $3.50, now $2.25
Shirts that were $1.00, $1.50 and $2.00, now....50c
BROKEN LINES
All 50c Neckwear 35c; three for SI. 00
except blacks and plain colors
Broken lines Mufflers at half price.
Broken lines $1.50 and $2.00 gloves now $1.15
Fancy Vests at 33 discount.
Guaranteed Hose were $1.00, now 75c per box of three.
'BrQwning.King
& Compam?
Xl6. VOLOOXV Ugm,
uWWi
F&rnam SU.
walk he is not austere, but no one ever
saw another senator, or anybody else, clap
him Jovially on tho back and hall him as
"Phil." Mr. Knox looks more Ilka a French
or Italian churchman, whose avocation was
diplomacy und statecraft, than an Ameri
can senator. There Is shrowdncss In tha
distinctive, droop of his keen eyes. His
face Is an Immobile mask which effectually
conceals his thought.
A SM ILK OH TWO.
"Everybody says confidence Is rnnmi,-'
reflected Uncle Allen Sparks, "and I sup
pose It Is, but I notice that the manufac
ture, of cash registers still keeps a whole
town busy." Chicago Tribune.
"What you farmer want is uplifting."
said the statesman.
"That's right," answered Farmer Com
tossel. "I've got a grand piano, steam
heat and a private gas plant. All we want
now Is an elevator In tho house." Wash
ington Star.
Elderly Customer Can you tell my for
tune, madam T"
Fortune Teller (looking at his hand)
Oracioue heaven, nol Nobody could do It
But It can tell your past, sir. You are an
old time base ball catcher. Chicago
Tribune.
"The tenants in my flat hase been com
plaining of a young woman on the third
floor who Is training for a oumio opera
chorus."
"What do they complain about T Her
singing 7"
"No; her late suppers. "Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Consulting Physician I was sorry to hear
that two of the nurses quarreled over the
food I had prescribed for the patient In
room 30.
Interne Yes, sir; they had a regular
grueling fight over Ik Washington Her
ald. Standard Oil philanthropists had been In
formed 'hat they need not pay a certain
fine of t.3,000,000. '
"But, your honor," said their lawyers,
respectfully, "does your righteous decision
go far enough? It makes no mention of
reparation to our clients for having been
kept In disagreeable suspense."
At last accounts a search was being made
for precedents. Philadelphia Ledger.
"So your daughter has broken off, her
engagement. I thought you and your wifo
were so pleased with the match that he '
was such a fine young fellow."
"So he Is, but there was nothing else to
do. Our cook didn't like him." Baltimore
American.
"Yes, he has had quite a varied experi
ence. He began bis artistlo career by
painting a sign for a livery stable."
"Indeedl"
- "Then he olimbed steadily. Have you
seen his latest and best workT"
"No. What Is It?"
"It's a calendar for a bock beer brewer."
Cleveland Leader.
LESSON OF TUB TIM 81.
Baltimore American.
Do what you like In this practical world!.
Provided you don't get found out;
Let your edges Qf conscience get very much,
curled.
But be careful you don't get found out
Be sure you keep all your appearances
right.
However brack Inside, the outside Is white,
Make everything lovely which shows In
the light,
Wiilch is easy while you're not found
out.
A name for strict honesty, rugged and
straight,
A name which nobody finds out.
Be sure most religiously you cultivate,
it la gold If you're never found out.
Then graft wttli the rest, but be keener
than they,
Keep straight In the path whence they
rwklessly stray,
That is when folks hooks and It U la broad
day,
And there's danger of getting found out.
Do each one you can, and your friends
with your foes,
But d'm't Ift the former find out;
And nfffr mind honor go as the tide goes,
If you know you will not be found out.
Don't stnp at a meanness that's hidden
within,
Don't faith to the crude moral Ideas pin,
And remember the only unpardonable sin,
The one crime, Is getting found out.