TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1000.
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STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION.
Ptate of Nebraska, Douglaa County, a.!
Ueorge B. Taschuck. treasurer f Th Bee
Publishing company, being duly sworn, eaya
that the actual number of full and com
plete copies of The Daily, Morning, Even
ing and Sunday Bee printed, during the
month of December, ijwb. was mm imiuw..
1 37.780
2 37,810
3 37,370
4 37,090
6 37,830
37,360
7 37,80
8 37,040
3,10
14 M.7M
11 43,930
12 38.SC0
18. ... , 37,100
14 30,710
15 37,40
IT...
It...
19...
20...
37,370
.8S.8O0
.,ro
.sr.sao
.SO,
.37,010
.37,080
.37,000
.38,460
,3,30
. 87,160
.30,830
.40,730
.48,800
.48,660
21..
22..
21..
24..
26. .
21..
27..
28..
29..
80..
81..
It 37,170
Total
Lean unsold and returned coplea
Net total....'.
.1,171,470
0,843
.1,188,838
Dally average 37,4tl
GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK.
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me thla Slat day of December, 108.
ROBERT HUNTER.
Notay Public
WHEN OUT Or TOWN.
Snbserlber leavlaaj the city tem
pore rily ahonld have The Be
mailed to them. Addre will be
changed aa often mm reejnested.
Tbo popular act at Llncoln
to repeal an act.
19 act
Why should the Omaha city
need artificial heat?
hall
We trust those persona that bare
been longing for "an old-fashioned
winter" are satisfied.
A New " York poet clalma to have
been robbed .of f 20, 000. Possibly,
but whore did he get it?
A bulletin announcing "all's quiet
along the Potomac" would be welcome
now as It was in the 60s.
Mr. Taft may eat 'possum, but can
didates for office hope he will not ac
quire the habit of playing it.
Congress ought to be told that the
country is not yet ready to accept an
oratorical form of government.
A?y more "plain and untechnlcal"
technicalities to bolster up the demo
pop attack on the supreme court?
"Haj musical comedy Improved?"
asks the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Yes,
If there has been any change at all
Another onslaught on Chief of Po
lice Donahue by the combined grafters
and re'om zealots seems to be on the
boards. '
J. Worth Kern is abusing the In
diana democrats for falling to support
his senatorial candidacy. Another
poor loser.
"Nick Carter" and old "Cap Col
lier" missed a rich field when they
lailed to. locate their detective stories
in Washington.
Considering his numerous staff of
colonels, Governor Bhallenberger
ought to be specially beholden to the
military tailors.
' The tax assessors' list has been pub
lished In New York and shows that
most of the big town's millionaires
are miserably poor. .
Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Gilman says
American, wives are mere . elaves,
Wonder what Mr. Charlotte Perkins
Oilman has to say to that?
Arnong the committees of the local
Bar association Just announced the
one most consplouous by its absence
is the disbarment committee.
For the coming year the Commer
clal club's executive committee will
contain seven new 'members. That's
a'atart. at least, on rotation.
Mr. Taft should enjoy all the fine
things that .are now being said about
him. lie wll be compelled to start a
list of enemies soon after March 4.
Elihu' Root has' been elected
United States senator from New York
to succeed Senator Piatt. The express
combine will now feel like an orphan
j A prominent revivalist has begun
work tn - the tenderloin ' district at
Pittsburg. There's a richer field for
htm among the Pittsburg millionaires,
The Indianapolis News is advising
congress to' "Ignore the president.'
Congress doubtless wishes the presi
dent would let It follow that advice.
AtkOkhthooa PIr la telling of the
large number, of mea, who Lave got on
the water wagon' In that state
Thought they Bad prohibition la Okla
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WHAT ARK WK OOltfQ TO DO ABOUT ITl
II.
On January 1, this year, th unpaid
bills against the city of Omaha for
rental of tiro hydrants and service of
water for Are protection amounted to
$427,001.85. On this Indebtedness an
Interest charge had already accumu
lated la the sum of $5,61.92. The
total obligation which the taxpayers of
Omaha will hare to meet. If the judg
ments for hydrant rental already
given In lower courts are affirmed, will
be $486,663.77 up to the commence
ment of the year 109.
Not only Is the hydrant rental
charge running right along at the rate
of about $100,000 a year, but the
whole debt Is drawing Interest at 7
per cent from each six months period.
The interest alone on what Is already
due figures over $33,000 a year, or
more than $2,600 a month.
Inquiry of the city comptroller de
velops the fact that no tax levy has
been made to pay hydrant rentals
since the creation of the Water board
under the law for the immediate com
pulsory purchase of the water works,
which has been operative nearly six
years. The comptroller says tnere
are no funds on hand, nor will there
be, to pay this debt without a special
levy or the Issue of bonds. To raise
this amount by special levy all at one
time would increase the city tax rate
almost half again as much as it Is. To
raise the money by bond issues would
be to make the taxpayers of the future
pay the rent of the water hydrants for
us when they can have no possible
benefit from the service.
If the city should win the contest of
hydrant rental started by the Water
board we would still have to pay for
the water on some scale of reasonable
value. At 'best, therefore, we might
have to pay i little less than the ren
dered bills, but would have no way to
get the money except by a special tax
levy or a bond issue.
What are we going to do about It?
BCCIPBOCITT WITH CANADA.
The Chambers of Commerce of New
York and Boston have adopted reso
lutions urging that in the framing of
the new tariff law the president be
given power to negotiate reciprocity
trade treaties with Canada. The Can
adian press is making just the answer
that might be expected under the cir
cumstances. The resolutions declare
that there has been a marfted change
In sentiment on this subject in recent
years and the Canadian politicians
and editors retort that the change has
taken place In the United States and
that Canada is in position to profit
by it.
Canada and the United States had
reciprocal trade treaty for many years,
which was abrogated in 1868 because
congress believed Canada had been
unfriendly to the union in the civil
war. Up to that time Canada bad
bought most of Its supplies, particu
larly In manufactured goods, from us.
The resentment caused by the abroga
tion of the treaty caused the Cana
dians to look elsewhere and since then
they have been profitable customers
of England and other countries, al
though their trade with the United
States has been constantly growing,
on account of proximity and cheap
transportation. Preferential terms
have been arranged with Great Brit
ain and other countries and the Cana
dian development of transportation
interests has placed the country in a
position where ! can get along very
well without any trade agreements
with the United States that would be
one-sided in character.
The greatest change in Canadian
affairs, and the one that spells the
heaviest loss In trade to this country,
the development of the manufac
turing industries of the dominion.
Within the last decade the Canadians
have turned their attention to the
manufacture of Iron and steel, boots
and shoes and leather products,
woolen goods, cereals and the like,
for which they have the raw materials
In greatest abundance. As a result
Canada Is no longer . eager for
reciprocity treaty with the United
States, although willing to consider
one that 'Would seem advantageous.
Reason is all against a continuance
of the resistance to competition be
tween the two countries, and this fact
may lead congress to pave the way
for Increasing the trade between this
country and Its nearest and most pros
perous neighbor on terms satisfactory
and profitable to all concerned.
PASSlXa OF A BRITISH JUKE.
A bill designed to abolish the posi
tion of stage censor has been prepared
for submission to the next session of
the British Parliament, with every as
surance that it will be passed without
much opposition. Under the existing
law one copy of every new play in
tended for production in any theater
of Great Britain must be sent to the
censor at least seven days before It
is acted and the censor's decision Is
absolute. He may prohibit the pre
sentation of the play or demand such
modification of lines'. ' scenes or pas
sages as he may deem desirable to
protect the morals of the British peo
ple.
The stage censor has become
much of a Joke In England as it would
be in this country. The present dra
matic censor, Sir George A. Redford,
has distinguished himself by prohibit
ing' the production of Ibsen's
"Ghosts." Bernard Shaw's "Mrs. War
ren's Profession," the "Oedipus Rex
of Sophocles and, finally, Gilbert and
Sullivan's tuneful "Mikado,"' which.
he argued., might hurt the sensiblll
ties of tue Japanese, even to the point
of causing war.
There may be some excuse for
stage censor In Russia, - where the
drama might be used as a political In.
itrumenV against the, war, but Jt can,
be little else than a Joke In England
or the United States. The theater
going public is the best censor and its
verdict as to the merit or unfitness of
a play Is final, official and irrevocable.
tub annwTH or a lasovage.
Prof. Brander Matthews, who has
been more or less prominent in sim
plified spelling reforms and other
plans for the supposed betterment of
the English language, makes the
suggestion In a current magazine arti
cle that the Americana should have a
language of their own instead of ad
hering to the English language and
trying to Improve upon It. Prof.
Matthews declares that the language
spoken by Americans Is In closer har
mony with the spirit of the tongue of
Shakespeare than is the language of
Englishmen. He urges, therefore,
that the' Americans Bhould adopt their
own words, coin such new ones as
they please and let the Englishmen
accept them or reject them at their
peril.
The proposition, of course, appeals,
In a patriotic way, but it must be set
down as a piece with other attempts
to create an artificial world language.
Neither is the present idea a new one.
It is recorded that at the continental
congrets a delegate proposed that the
United States renounce the English
language and adept a language of its
very own. With a grim humor not
conimon with Puritans, Roger Sher
man offered an amendment that we
adopt the English, language and com
pel England to adopt some other
tongue. The Sherman amendment
might be offered now to Prof. Mat
thews' motion.
Advocates of Esperanto, Volapuk,
Ilo and other panacea languages, as
well as Prof. Matthews lose sight of
the fact that language is a natural
growth which can neither be hindered
nor advanced in any marked degree
by individual effort or the work of
language leagues. Language grows
by use and, by the warlike or com
mercial activities of nations, and its
changes are apparently beyond hu
man control except in the most sur
face way.
The history of languages is a history
of the development, rise and fall of
nations. In the days of Roman ag
gression the use of the Latin language
was spread all over the Roman world.
It took root In France and Spain and
new languages grew from it. With
the decline of the Roman empire Latin
ceased to be a living tongue, while
its offspring, French and Spanish, ob
tained wide vogue. In the latter
part of the eighteenth century and In
the nineteenth the English language
secured a marvelous acceptation
throughout the world, traceable di
rectly to British and American com
mercial activity. Today English is
practically the world language, taught
In all nations and spoken by more hu
man beings than any other tongue.
Rough, irregular and difficult to
learn as it may be, English has gained
the ascendancy over all other tongues.
Americans may be more active than
their British brothers is ruthlessly
appropriating words from other
tongues and coining new ones, but the
English language is destined to be
the American language, and attempts
to change It radically by reforming its
spelling or Juggling with its meanings
must fall except so far as in line with
natural development, we may cease
to look to England for standards of
definition and pronunciation and we
may even decide to give our language
a distinctive name of its own. but it
will be English Just the same.
Why, of course, the police ought to
know by Instinct Just when a des
perado likely to shoot arrives In
Omaha and arrest him before he gets
his gun out of his pocket. Then, if
they could also guess Just when an
ordinarily law-abiding citizen Is going
to turn outlaw and run amuck they
could absolutely insure every member
of the force long life and a natural
death.
No overtime payments are to be
be made to outgoing state officers, al
though they continued in office a week
past the fiscal quarter. They might
try to collect from their successors
whom they relieved of duty during
that time. '
Senator Bacon of Georgia insists
that the president must and shall not
interfere with the rights of senators,
Still, that does not prevent the presl
dent from directing attention to the
wrongs of senators.
President Roosevelt takes a horse
back ride almost every afternoon, but
always manages to get home before
dark. He is not going to give any
member of congress a chance to call
him a night rider.
Note how loudly the democrats
plead for non partisanship in office
when they are on the outside, and
how densely silent they become on
the subject as soon as they get control.
Senator Tillman's friends are plead
ing with him to withdraw his demand
for an investigation. Whatever may
be said of Senator Tillman, he has
some long-headed friends.
A Colorado man has been expelled
from bis club for abusing the presl
dent. A man in private life should
not attempt to infringe on the special
rights of a congressman.
"What does the public know about
the Stock exchange?" asks a New
York paper. Indications are that the
public knows enough about it to leave
it alone.
What about that platform promise
to stop government by Injunction by
eprlvlng the courts of their power to
Issue writs without notice and hear
ing? That was In both the Denver
platform and the Omaha platform.
If you have lost a planet you may
be Interested in the report of the as
tronomers that a stray one is wander
ing around In a vacant terrestrial lot
few hundred million miles from the
southwest corner of Neptune.
Persimmon beer was served at some
of the banquets tendered to Mr. Taft
Georgia. The only good thing
about persimmon beer la that It makes
man regret having ever drunk any
thing but water.
Savannah seems to be about the
only town In Georgia where men seek
ing admission to the bar may be ac
commodated without trouble with the
police.
A Doabl Finish.
Kansas City Star.
The destruction of the Copeland hotel,
strangely enough, comes only a few months
after the passing of the kind of politics to
which the Copeland owed moat of Its fame.
f Wky Net Cat It Ontt
Indianapolis News.
Not only la the United States using three
times aa much wood as It Is growing, but
this estimate doesn't Include the vast quan
tity of dead wood that Is impeding social
nd political progress.
When Will Reform Begin f
Emporia (Kan.) Qaxette.
The Nebraska legislature has been In ses
sion several days and It looks a good deal
like any other legislature. Perhaps the
members are waiting until Mr. Bryan goes
to Cuba before beginning to reform things.
Let the Pun Begin.
Chicago Itecord-Hersld.
A number of members of the most digni
fied deliberative body on earth are going
to try metaphorically to break the presi
dent's neck between now and the 4th of
March. We expect to hear some more sen.
atorlal heels crack ere long.
A Dread fnl Prospect.
Baltimore American.
The shoemen have met In solemn con
clave and decided that In future every
woman's shoes must be marked her own
size. It will be dreadful if this epidemic
truth-telling extends, and every set of
chemically pure golden tresses Is tagged.
A (iradgina; Admission.
Chicago Record-Herald.
If the esteemed members of the most dlg-
nlfcd deliberative bod"yl on earth cannot
think of anything else good to say of tho
president we take it for granted that a ma
jority of them will at least admit that he
a good horseback rider.
Parties Are t ngrntef at.
Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Mr. Kern wis defeated twice for gov
ernor of Indiana, once for the vice presi
dency, and now loses the senatorshlp he
expected as a consolation prise. The com
bination of Bryan and Kern was a double
ender in luck.
Unkind rate Marked Ont.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The embattled .house insurgents," begins
Washington correspondent. In a little
while they'll be the belabored, the flattened
the blood-bespattered Insurgents that were.
And the smile of the speaker will be as
seraphic as the smile on the face of the
tiger who was outside of the unfortunate
young lady of .Niger.
A Little Heal Estate Deal.
Philadelphia Record.
Turkey asked an Indemnity of 160,000,000
francs from Austria-Hungary for the loss
of the nominal sovereignty of Bosnia and
Hersegovina, but when the Vienna author
Ities offered 60.O00.000 francs the Sublime
Porte wasted little time In considering the
matter. It was more money than the sul
tan's minister of finance had seen at one
time for a great while, and no risks were
run of Austra's wthdrawlng the offer.
Will Harrlnaa Speak I'p.
Springfield, (Mass.) Rebubllcan.
There will be no dissent outside of rail
road managerial circles from this conclusion
of the Interstate Commerce commission
'If this gentleman (B. H. Harriman) la
allowed to accummulate from the manlpu
lation of these public agencies vast sums
of money which must finally come from
the body of the people, we think he Is so
far a trustee of the people that he cannot
object to stating the manner In which
these acoumulations have been made."
Even though the courts aay that he need
not answer, can Mr. Harriman as a semi
public trustee afford to keep himself In
the position of refusing to answer?
CRAFT PROMOTER CONVICTED.
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On Vendor of Boodle In PlttsbnrsT
Sent Over the Road.
Philadelphia Record.
Prosecution of grafters is futile so long
as men who have money and want things
from city councils and legislatures feel it
safe to offer bribes. In Pittsburg the re
cipient of a bribe was convicted some
months ago, and he is now serving his
term In the penitentiary. The man who
offered the bribe, the president of the Tube
City railroad, haa now been convicted of
his end 'of the transaction.
Of course, Martin was the principal wit
ness against Cameron, but he was not the
only one. There was some thimble-rtgglng
with the money, and the effort has been
made to make It appear that Cameron did
not really bribe Martin, but only pretended
to. The crime of bribery would not be
palliated by adding to It the trick of a
"green goods" man. The Jury entertained
no doubt that Cameron bribed Martin, and
Justice is thus far vindicated in the con
viction of both parties to a corrupt trans
action. Martin says Cameron approached him
and offered him $60,900. which he refused,
snd It was raised to 190,000 and finally to
176,008. It doea not matter very much
whether Cameron approached Martin or
Martin approached Cameron. Martin ad
mits that he was to do all he could to got
the ordinance for the Tube City railroad
through the councils, and was to receive
tTO.OOO for It, and this was to be divided
among his associates. Their names he haa
not yet disclosed. The amount was large,
for the detective who worked up the latest
disclosures of Pittsburg political corrup
tion found that one deal waa carried
through the councils for SiS.OOO. and while
eighty-eight of the councllmen were not
"d d fools" Ilk the six men who could
not be bribed, yet many of them were
extremely cheap, their prices running dowa
so low as St. Seventy thousand dollars
would give nearly 11.000 each to all the
councllmen not on the brief and Insignifi
cant list of "d d fools."
Cameron's conviction wilt havs soma ef
fect in deterring highly respectable men
from dangling large sums of money before
the eyes of councilman. "This bait." Mar
tin testified, "waa so big to a fellow who
had never seen nor thaa fiJM that I kept
nibbling at It." It rtllroad president will
not offer such bait political gratters will
not nibble a
ROl'ND iSOI T NEW YORK.
Rlpl on the Current of Life In the
Metropolis.
The Idol of hotel men, cherished through
Innumerable centuries, has been shattered
snd the fragments thrown In the ash heaps.
Boniface, the rosy-cheeked and genial over
grown cherub you read about In novels as
having sped the parting guest, Is not the
patron saint of Innkeepers. Not for a min
ute. Tradition Is off. All the hotelkeepers
of New York and Albany have solemnly
kicked Boniface off his perch and placed
the halo on Noah Noah of the Ark. the
sagacious old sea rover who was wise
enough to keep a dry house when the sur
rounding waterscape was overflowing with
prohibition. So says the New York Sun,
nd "when you see It In the Sun It's so,"
sometimes.
When the question of the clalma of Boni
face and Noah came up a committee headed
by an Elmira colonel waa authorised to
settle the Issue. The colonel combed the
Book of Genesis and nominated Noah. He
brought down from Elmira a number of
excellent reasons In scriptural quotations,
but unfortunately a careless Swiss waiter
set a bottle of champagne on the colonel's
notes, so the Ink and the reasons all ran
together. When It was demonstrated that
Noah kept the first of all hotels, and whs
besides the beat poker player of his time,
drawing two of a kind oftener and going
further with them than anybody from Adam
down to Big Tim, Boniface didn't have a
friend to push his claims. And he went
out Into the cold.
In spite of predictions of trouble and
altercations, practically no difficulty was
experienced with the advent of the new
pay-as-you-enter cars, 129 of which were
put In service yesterday on the Third ave
nue line. Passengers smilingly deposited
their nickels In the little box on the plat
form and there was only one ease of fric
tion, that in the caae of a man who dropped
an entire dollar In the box, thinking that
his change would be automatically pre
sented to him. When no chang was forth
coming he protested to the conductor and
a last resort went to the company's
office, where his money was refunded. It
la expected that countless nickels which
have heretofore found their way Into the
pockets of dishonest conductors or remained
In the pockets of scheming passengers will
go into the revenue of the company.
After making a brave fight against ill
ness, which attacked him two years ago.
Edward F. Wentworth of 124 Fourteenth
street. Flushing, shot himself In a room
In the rear of Brentano's branch bookstore
at 225 Fifth avenue. He had been employed
by the Brentano firm fifteen years and
was sent away last summer at '.he firm's
expense In the hope that a trip would
benefit his health. Wentworth left a note
to his wife, In which he said that he would
be a burden to her and had therefore de
cided to make way with himself.
Over his desk at the store Wentworth
had always kept a sign "Keep smiling,"
and his friends and associates said that
he invariably made it a rule to live up to
the motto.
Mr. D. O. Mills has deeded his three
Mills hotels and the adjacent Mills dwell
ings to three trustees himself, his son,
Ogden Mills, and his daughter, Mrs.
Whltelaw Reid who are to carry the trust
along for the life of Ogden Mills, and for
the further life of the youngest of Mr. D
O. Mills' present descendant who shall be
living at Ogden Mills' death. Whatever net
Income there fuay be Is to be distributed
among the members of the family.
, Mr. Mills' purpose la to keep these hotel
properties consolidated under one owner
ship. It waa hi original intention to start
an enterprise which would be of benefit to
respectable, self-helpful men of small
means, and give them the best possible ax.
commodatlons, so far aa cleanliness, health
and comfort are concerned, at prices within
their reach. This was neither "charity"
nor "philanthropy," he asserts, but i
gsclous public spirit. Mr. Mills' experiment
hus long since proved itself self-supporting,
ana the trust he has now created will
carry on hi scheme for an Indefinite period
after his death.
There Is a well known member of the
financial community who I chuckling over
having called a Lawson bluff all by him
self and finally forced the Boston advertiser
to a showdown. It cam about In this
way.
Some time ago, relates the Times, when
the investigation of trading methods In the
stock and commodities market was de
creed by Governor Hughes, Mr. Lawson
announced In a large advertisement In sev
eral financial publications that he would
sell twenty Stock exchange seats at fciO.OOO
each, about (20,000 lower than the last sale
The Wall street man thought that If Mr.
Lawson had any seats at his disposal It
waa a good time to pick up a few cheap.
Aa membership of the exchange Is limited
and all the seats are taken, the only traa
far possible is a personal transfer subject
to the approval of the exchange authorities,
and any block of seats under a single con
trol would be a rarity. A letter was sent
to Boston offering to buy one or more of
the seats on the term quoted. There was
no answer. The Wall street roan persisted,
writing again ana again, still no answer
came.
Finally, within the last few days, be has
received a reply from Mr. Lawson' secre
tary. It said that all of the seats covered
by his recent offer had been sold. The
Wall street man and several of his friend
on the exchange are now waiting with some
interest to see when the transfer are
made. They do not expect, however, that
the exchange will be disturbed by any In
vasion of Lawson's customer in the near
future.
MODIFIED BANK GUARANTY.
The Nebraska Plan mm Outlined by the
Governor.
Minneapolis Journal.
Nebraska's democratic governor and legls
lature find themselves compelled to enact
Into law a feature of the last democratic
national platform, the guaranty of bank
deposit. That a "guaranty law will be
passed this session Is foreshadowed by the
governor's message. But toe governor's
forecast Indicates that the bill will curtail
some of the radical feature of tbl class
of legislation. In the first place, the atate
will put a minimum limit upon bank capi
talisation of flfi.OUO. even In the smallest
villages. In the second place, the banker
will be limited by law In the amount of
lntereat he may pay. These two precau
tions are Intended to shut out the wildcat
banker front starting business on a shoe-
si ring, and then attracting deposit by ad
vertisement of high Interest paid. Along
with these 1 a provision for a board of
experienced bankers, who are required to
scrutlnlM bank charters closely, and to
provide mora frequent and rigid examina
tions.
In other words, having promised state
guaranty, the democratic administration
trying to get away from It by reducing the
banking business to a point where It will
do it own guaranteeing a before. .
Problem tor Ken-alar Member.
Philadelphia Record.
Will membership in tba Ananias club ex
pire en the eta of March, toot Thar are
many anxious tuqulrlea
KgiailKA PKS COMMENT.
Springfield Monitor: If Lincoln rPl
get what they want from me irgisiaiurr
this winter th state houe grounds will be
covered with new building. f sr nothing
of the state fair ground and other suburbs.
Albion Argus: All we aak of the legisla
ture Is to fulfill the campaign pieo. -
do It promptly, be economical In approprla-
lons. don't act foolish nor vindictive, get
through a soon a possible and then ad
journ whether th time Is out or not.
Albion Republican: To a man up a tree
It anrtears that there will be several brands
of democracy In the legislature this winter.
There will be the Bryan democrats, the
corporation democrats and then, the all
wool and a yard wide democrat. The lat
ter, however, will be alarmingly care.
Norlh Platte Tribune: That eft-referred-
to campaign for the removal of th state
capital to Grand Island will begin Just as
soon as some one at Lincoln or eisewnere
evggests an appropriation of several hun
dred thousand to repair the capltol build
ing. And this campaign will not prove a
Joke,
Kearnev Era-Standard: It Is to be hoped
that the county option question will not In
m resoert be influenced by th selection
of th chief officers of the two legislative
bodies at Lincoln. That 1 a question mat
should be determined npon It merit aftsr
a full and free discussion during th c
slon. Mnrtnrfield Monitor: Th anti-lobby law
passed by th last legislature will soon be
put to a practical test. It seem, how
ever, that when it come to th test It Is
most too radical and that It will either
eut lobbying out altogether, or ome way
will bo found to evade the law. do iw
there ha been no rush of lobbyists to reg
ister as the law requires.
North Platte Tribune: There waa on
Dlank In the atate democratic platform
which the democratic legislature should
not disregard, namely, the establishment
of an agricultural school In the wet part
of the state. Th Board cf Regents of the
University of Nebraska hav expressed
themselves as In favor of such an Institu
tion and th legislature should see that an
appropriation for such I made.
Beatrice Express: Governor Sheldon come
out for state-wide prohibition In hi mes
sage, accordingly recommending that an
amendment to the constitution be submitted
to the people. This advice the democratic
legislature will of course neglect to follow.
If the retiring governor had thought to
take a stand for state-wide prohibition
two year ago, when the legislature wa
epubllcan and in harmony with him, there
might have been a chance for the success
of such a proposition.
Central City Republican: It looks like
old times to see Frank Ransom, the Omaha
lawyer and plug-ugly, back on the floor
of the senate in Lincoln. Ransom 1 the
democratic leader, and he will not take
long In showing where he stands. Reform
legislation will get It In the neck every
time Ransom has a chance to land a blow, I
and If many of the provisions of the demo
cratic platform are carried out In good
faith It will be because Ransom waa una
ble to sidetrack them.
Rushvtlle Standard: Th present state
legislature will be called upon to make
many appropriations, among which will
be one for building a wing to the present
state capltol. We trust that the legislature
will turn a deaf ear to thla appeal. Bome
tlme in the near future we will be In
shape to build a new structure, when we
will all be sirry w threw away money
to add to th old, which will always be
an eyesore to the proud state of Nebraska.
If It is necessary to add something, do It
right, even If It doea cost more. Bettor
that than wasting money patching up some
thing that is not worth patching.
Schuyler Free Lance: If there is any
place where there should be non-partiaac-Ism
It Is In our state Institutions, but you
don't hear the democrats yelling for non
partisan appointments there, aa Bhallen
berger continues to removs all republican
and appoint democrats. That non-partisan
howl only comes when a republican gover
nor has four members of the supreme
bench to appoint and th democrat want
half the appointees. And our state Insti
tution should be non-partisan before the
courts are, from the very nature of tbo
institutions. But that non-partisan cry of
the democrats Is like this regulation howl
for reform and only come when they are
out and use the howl on the other fellow.
They are an Inconsistent bunch for sure.
Beatrice Sun: According to tbe Nebraska
law, bc.ore a lubby'st can ply hi artful
trade In the capital city he must take out
license; that is, he must enroll with th
secretary of state his name and the names
of the soulless corporation for which he
works. He guts a permit or license much
like the hunter' license that th game
warden Issue. The open season for legis
lative game la sixty days, beginning at tho
first of the year. The use of smokeless
powder, more than three hooks on one line
and decoys is forbidden, and no hunter
holomg a state license Is permitted to have
more than seventeen legislators In his
possession at any one time. This law will
cptrate to protect inexperienced legislators
from the arts and traps of experienced
trappers.
Albion News: There should be a board
of pardons to pas on cases where there
may be good reasons for extending clem
ency to convicted offenders of the law.
One man, although he be governor, should
not have the power to contravert the Judg
ment of the trial court and twelve Jurors
who hear all the evidence. It Is a farce to
expend thousands of dollars of the people's
money to bring violators of the law to
Justice and give them a fair and Impartial
trial, and then , have one man who Is en
tirely unacquainted with the facts and
qualifying conditions brush It all aside be
cause of sentimental sympathy, or pressure
brought to bear by Influential interests. A
pardoning board consisting of three or five
competent citizens of the state, serving
without compensation the same as the
regents of our university, would be a much
better plan. They could be depended upon
to grant relief where there was any good
and sufficient reason, and would be much
les liable to be swayed by sentiment or
outside Influences. ,
York Times: And now the World-Herald
admits the republican hav given the peo
ple of Nebraska all the reform legislation
that Is necessary- It aays freight and pas
senger rates are low enough and the assess
ment of railway property Is eminently
satisfactory. That erudite Journal ha also
discovered since election that no reforms
hav been overlooked by th republicans,
and that there 1 therefor nothing tor th
democratlo legislature to do but make the
appropriation and conjure up some kind of
a bank deposit guarante bill that will not
bo dangerous, but will . look good to th
unsophisticated. If th World-Herald and
th democrat In general had mad these
admission dining th campaign the result
at th poll might hav been different, but
even that is- very doubtful. Tbe people
turned tho republican down right where
reform waa moat oonsptcuau and th fact
really la, th demorraU were sleeted to do
nothing, and their promise were not taken
seriously. In fact, th people never take
th promise of the democrats seriously.
They elect thorn to office when they want
a rest. Nothing need be sapeoted from
tbl le rial aim xoept n bunch of larauoa.
. THE HEVII. AT THE "FILOWS.
What Mar Be Seen Rehlad th "moke
and Raic-or of t ';.
St. Paul plonter Pre..
lirhlrid th tnm and smoke and rancor
cf the congressional araull,s upon Presi
dent Roosevelt The Cmaha Jteesecs th
running of the big corporation, which ar
burlly fsnnlng the flame and crying rn
the excited congressmen In the hope that,
between secret service Investigations and
the urgency of the gTeat Appropriation
bills, no time will be left for tho general
legislation demanded by th public. Espe
cially do the "Interest". dlr that no
action shall be possible on the. president's
recommendation for an extension of th
powre of the Interstate Commerce com
mission or looking to the establishment of
postal savings banks. The Improvement
of Inland waterway f another of their
antipathies. And congress, losing alt sense
of the Importance of these thing In Its
furor ever Imaginary attack on Its "dig
tilty," blindly lends Itself to th purpose
of the men to oppose whoa reactionary
plan most of Its member were elected.
It la a pity that each recalcitrant member
could not be Immerbed for a tw day In
the cooling atmosphere of his home con
stituency. He would there quickly dis
cover that he haa been on the wrong track
that to Join In blocking needed legislation,
simply because It la reoommended by th
president, is a poor way of retaining popu
lar favor. '
Nothing that congress can do or aay wilt
oonceal th on essential fact In th situs
tlon, that th whom trouble ha arisen
over an apparent attempt road by th
house commltte on appropriations to limit
th use of the secret servtc in ferreting
out frauds and rascalities perpetrated at
th expense of the nation. Had there been
time enough for debate, when that mis
chievous amendment to the appropriation
bill wa offered In th house. It 1 hardly
poctlble that the house would hav ap
proved of It. But It was adroitly offered
mid the whirl and excitement of the Inst
day of the session. With Us rustomary
ityalty to Its committee, th house ac
cepted It without debate. In conference It
wa rejected by the senate. But th bous
committee Insisted everybody wa eager to
get away In preparation for th coming
national canvass so the senate conferees
yielded.
The only affront administered tbe only
disgrace put upon congress In this whole
Incident has come from this unfortunate
hasty action. The only cure Is the restora
tion of the secret service to th status it
held before the appropriation commute
trade it initial blunder.
PERSONAL NOTES.
President Roosevelt ha accepted an In
vitation to attend th mKMnter dinner of
th Gridiron club, at tho New Wlllard ho
tel, Washington, on January SO.
Grove Johnson, tit California legislator
who is trying to stir up a muss with the
Japanese, Is never happy unless the center
of trouble, and he is generally happy.
John Barrett, director of th Interna
tional Bureau of American Republics, aays
the commercial progress In Latin America
during the last few years has n parallel
In history.
Watson Webb, a son of Dr. Seward
Webb, a New York millionaire, has gone
to Milwaukee to engage in practical rail
road work. He la serving as clerk In tho
office of A. W. Towsley, assistant superin
tendent of the Northwestern railway, at
the Lake Shore station. v
Tht adjutant general of Governor Had
ley's new administration In Missouri Is en
gaged In planning a unique feature for th
Inaugural parade at Washington, March 4.
He proposes to hav "a battery participate,
and for that purpose: and th mount of th
governor and his military staff, h la bid
ding for 140 of the sleekest mule in th
state.
There are some men living who were
early enough in the telegraph service to
remember Otis Eddy Wood, who ha Just
died at hi home near Ithaca, N. T.. at the
age of 77. It la claimed tor him that he
took the first message by soaad, snd when
New York City first learned b do business
by wire he superintended th telegraph
business there and waa associated with
Prof. Samuel F. B- Morse.
BREEZY TRIFLES.
Mayme You refused that handsome
young lawyer? Why, I thought you liked
him.
Maybelle I did, but when he proposed
to mo he put it In the form of a hypo
thetical question 400 words long -Chicago
Tribune.
"I don't know that Napoleon was so
much."
"How now?"
"I balleve I use a much strategy to ret
a night out as he expended in the Au
sterlits campaign." Kansas City Journal.
He Did you aee where they suggest a
law In Texas to make a man propose once
a year?
She Well, that won't affect you, for
you propose every six weeks. Baltimore
American.
'Why don't you go to workT"
"I would like to, really," replied the son
of the rich man, "but I dread the news
paper notoriety.' Philadelphia Ledger.
"You can't see the leading woman nowi
she is busy In the dressing room."
"Is she changing her costume for th
next actr
"No; this I an Ibsen play. Bh Is
merely making up bar mind." Cornell
Widow.
Wife What was the matter? I thought
you would break down the house.
Husband I dreamed I waa trying to put
on my clothes In the upper berth of a
Pullman. Brooklyn Life.
There 1 a great deal - to be esld on
botn sides of the question." said one
tateonian.
"Yes," answered the other. "We're lia
ble to put In so much time standing
around talking on both sides of It that
we never get to the question Itself."
Washington Star.
Young Wlf (mournfully! I am afraid.
doctor, my poor husband with this
wretched cold will cough up his life.
Young Doctor (startled) Oh. I trust not.
my dear madam; at least not until he
cough up my bill. Baitlmor American.
"But why ar you bulldlnr th stair
so strong? A procession of elephant
might go up that stairway without mak
ing It creak."
"The man I'm building for belongs to
several clubs and Is In the habit of stay
lng out lata sometime: he want a stair
that won't creak." Houston PoaL
THlfl tMKKTtltMSU.
Aloyslus Coll b Apploton's Magasln.
O the ships go out to th farthest shore.
Ana ine snip corn iMm again;
The dew that drtae on Uir morning rone
Koturn In a drop of rain
But the Joy ot a day that I smiled away.
1 call to It In vaini -
O the primrose hides In a cup of ruat
Her gold on th winter lea;
And comes, her pilgrim staff abloom
With the flowere that-tiaed to be
But the golden smile of a little whll
Will never come back to rue I
O the star go out with tho break of dawn.
When the sun has turned his fare away.
And the world has need of light
When the glad world beamed I droamoAY
dreamed:
And now the ulgbU-the nighty
O the birds forsake th coloring wood
And the birds ooma home to sing- '
The breath of the fallen rooe rttturna
On the wind of the swallow win-
But th harp I know of the king Vo
Lie mute m the soul uf spring
nr'hT,dth,it .M. '."i "lid.
I know th gift of my hrt It
fQw lar-otr mrstery.
U bough they never com two to mJ