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4, THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, FEBRITAHY 2.1. 1909. Tite Omaha Daily Bee. VOLNDtD BY r.DWATlD ROSEWATER VICTOR ROHEVVATKR. EDITOR. Entered at Omaha postofflc as second :las matter. Tc-niua - fcrimrinM. Dully rW (without flundtiy), ont year..! tiailv I4m anil Sunttav one Vr nvi ivi-nrn u -r riRRlER. Daflv F (Including Bundsy). per ftallv B (without undav. per week... 10c Evening He (without Uinday. P" we", J" Fvr.iln ll.a l.lth Snnriav) r,ar Week...lOC flurday Bea, one yesr. R-.tunlar Ree. on vear 60 Address all complaints of irrea-ulsrltlee In leuvery to City Circulation uepanmrnv. OFFICES. Omaha-The Bra Bunding. . rtnjth Omaha Twenty-fourth ana N. Council Bluffs 15 Reott Street. IJnroln 61 Little Building. Chlesgo 154 Marquette Building. New York-Rooms 1101-1108 No. Welt Thirty-Third Street. Washington 72 Fourteenth Btreet N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Communlratlona relating to news ana ern torlal matter should be sddressed: Otnane Be. 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Subscribed In my presence and sworn ta before ma ttaU Id, day of February, ltOt. (Seal) r M. P. WALKER, " Notary Public wheii out or TOWl. . Sabaerlbere leavlsisr the city ten, rarity should hare , Tha Baa saalle t theaa. Address will be ehaa;eel mm eften aa requested. Another revolution is on the Per sian carpet i- When hoodlum meets Greek, then comes the riot call. ' Are you reader to vote a $6,600,000 mortgage on your property, Mr. Tax payer? i Tha pay-as-yan-enter aenatorlal car doea not seem to be popular in Wie conaln. What is the Omaha Real Estate ex change going rotdp ahoutthe billboard nuisance? It was admiration for Mr. Knox's ability that led ' congress to remove his disability, " ;' After one week , from tomorrow noon, Mr. Taft will be allowed to eat what he please. - - . It may be just a coincidence that Caruso was knighted on the centenary of Darwin's birth. Missouri artistB are to have an ex hibition in New. York. The Missour tans insist upon being shown. Cleveland Is so jubilant over the capture of "Cy" Young that it almost forgets that It still has Tom Johnson. Some men' are born critics and aome acquire it' by going to congress and reading the, , muckrakera' reports on the Panama, canal. Washington visitors who can not attend the 'Inaugural ball, may con sole themselves by attending to the inaugural highball. That man in the City of Mexico who ays he is 139 years old can doubtless remember when President Dias was elected the 'first time. When it comes to star chamber work our Omaha Water board has all the other closed-door, secret-session bodies beaten to a fragile. New York managers are wondering what they shall do with their tainted plays. They , had best keep them, as the west doea not want them. Grand Puka. . VladJmar'a sudden death may be explained. It has been discovered thatjbeW8s.in.a conspjracr against the bureaucracy. "What ha become of all the boys whose parents named" t hem for Lin coln?" asks the Chicago-Newa. Well, there's Lincoln BtolfrhK, anyway. Official statistic show that' 107,000 Japanese left this country in Decem ber and only 200 arrived. The "yellow peril" Is going through . the bleaching proceas. ' . : ! .. A new ship subsidy bill has been prepared for introduction at the next session of cong reus. The graveyard ot ablp subsidy bins must be over crowded. ! -, v , It la really amusing to have a dis trict Judge from ao; outside county, who usurped . the povernment of Omaha's parks byattouipting illegally to appoint a pari-board.' talk about municipal homo ryle. , "Why are the blilu.Ung ba?helora nver enacted ; nU) laws?'" asks an exchange. Deraiise -their authors have failed to insert a provision that the money thua, raised should be di vided among the married men. TiKPLORABLE AXD IX EXCISABLE. The race riot at South Omaha la not only deplorable, but It la abso lutely Inexcusable. The kilting of a policeman doea not warrant vengeance upon a whole race beta use. one of it s members happens to have been the slayer. What la demanded Is swift and cer tain Dieting out of justice with the regular machinery of the law rather than wholesale law-breaking that makes innocent men, women and chll dren.the victims. The outbreak at South Omaha, how ever, cannot be regarded as spontane- ous. Several contributing causes, have led up to it. Firat, the law'a delay and the senti mental and senseless exercise of execu tive clemency, granting reprieves and commutations to convicted cold blooded murderers. The fear that the law will be cheated la founded on too numerous cases In which red-handed criminals have gotten away from their deserts. Another contributing cause lies In the Incendiary appeale to rjice preju dice by political demagogues and sen timental newspapers, culminating in the disgraceful public meeting at South Omaha. The local yellow Jour nals that have been fanning the flames against the Japs cannot escape respon sibility for the fury let out upon the Greeks. Irrespective of the causes, the situ ation calls for a firm hand on the part of the law officers. Every law-abiding person, Greek, Jap or American, is en titled to protection of life and property whether citizen or not. The law and not the mob must rule. KEEP TOVR HISTORY STRAIGHT. In all this discussion about Omaha police boards it is Just as well to keep history straight. Our amiable demo cratic contemporary, lashing Itself into fever heat, keeps reiterating that the mayor-appointed police board under the Moo res administration made Omaha the wickedest city on the map, when it knows that it is telling a de liberate falsehood. Omaha has been under a metropoli tan police commission, system since 1887, with police boards variously ap pointed by the governor, , by a state appointing board and by the mayor, and we do not hesitate to say and stand ready to back It up with proof, that the very worst police administra tion we ever had was that given by the board appointed by Governor Holcomb at the dictation of the World-Herald, against whose members impeachment charges were preferred and who es caped removal from office only by a timely court decision that seated the board appointed by Mayor Moores by affirming a constitutional right to mu nicipal home rule. Since then, we have had successive police boards' in Omaha appointed" by Governor Savage, ' Governor Mickey,' Governor Sheldon and Governor Shal lenberger. While several of these boards were appointed to spite The Bee, and most of thorn made up of men politically unfriendly to The Bee, we do not hesitate to say that every one of them was a marked Improvement on the board selected by the World Herald for appointment by Governor Holcomb. To go into history a little more In detail, the mayor-appointed board un der the Moores administration was al ways made up of a bipartisan member ship and the minority party members were representative of their parties in good repute, as, for example, the late Dr. V. H. Coffman, P. C. Heafey, now democratic coroner, and F. A. Ken nedy, the ardent Bryanlte editor of the Western Laborer. So far as The Bee is concerned it has no other interest in the police board than ltd interest in good govern ment. Making the police commission ers elective will, in our judgment, put the fire and police departments back into politics and give new incentive to the liquor dealers, dive keepers and half world to control our city elec tions. AS IS S ULTIMO PROPOSAL. It is inconceivable that the State department should waste any time in rejecting the proposal of Russia, in connection with the negotiation of a passport treaty, that no passport shall be granted by the United States to a naturalised citizen to whose expatria tion the government ot his native country has not given its consent. The proposition will be resented by liberty loving and self-respecting Americans everywhere. ...The. alien . who .seeks... to. Jbecojne a naturalised American citizen . is not asked In this country whether his na tive government consents to ' the change on not. The United States ha laws forbidding the admission of criminals, paupers and certain classes of mental and physlclal incapables, but it doea not require the' applicant to produce' evidence that his repudiav tion of ' his native' government was with the knowledge of the power to which he formerly owed allegiance. The whole theory of our naturaliza tion laws and our practice In admit ting foreigners to citizenship la di rectly contrary to the Russian pro posal. Russia' interest tn this' matter is evidently based upon the experience of the czar's officials in failing to secure the extradition of former Russian aub Jects wanted to anawer to political ol fenaes in their native land. There (aa be no, two classes of citizens In the United States. The foreigner who has complied with all the provisions of the naturalization laws is entlUed ' ti.' all the rights, privileges and protection accorded a native born America sad a pasaport issued by the United State government should he accepted at its face value, wherever shown, as auffl cient evidence that the bearer of It is an American citlien. The principle pro posed by Russia Is vicious and tin American and this government cannot afford to yield In that direction. THN rRICK OF Will: AT. The American Society ot Equity has again decided to suspend the lawa ot supply and demand by fixing the price of wheat, regardless what the millers at home or abroad may deem it proper and necessary to pay. The society has gone to the extent of figuring the cost ot wheat and has reached the surpris ing conclusion that every bushel of American wheat Is worth net, covering only the cost of production and stor age by the growers, $1,195. On this basis, the farmers who tolled . In the production of the wheat crop ot some 600,000,000 bushels In this country last year lost a round amount of money, as most of it was sold at less than 11 per bushel. This Is all to be remedied and the society has issued this formal decree to that end. The Society of Equity, by Ita board of directors, hereby officially declares that the farmer Is entitled to as much profit on his bualness aa the manufacturer, or the merchant, and that the minimum price for wheat on the farm should be 11.25 per bushel. The Cotton Planters association of the south tried something ot that kind not long ago, fixing the price of cotton and Instructing the planters to store their product in that line until the buyers came to terms. Somehow the plan failed to work. Either the world began wearing woolen or silk or aome planter did not obey orders. At any rate, cotton prices tumbled and the mills quit buying. When the industries were resumed, cotton prices went up. In response to an. increased demand at home and abroad and the planters have not been complaining. The So ciety of Equity has not been alarmed by the experience of the cotton plant ers, but is going ahead to put wheat on an iron-clad price basis that will at least be highly satisfactory to the wheat growers. The Society of Equity takes the position that producers have as, much right as buyers to fix prices and con trol production. In such commodities as coal, oil and iron the production as well as transportation and sale are controlled by a few men, but when it comes to the production of grain the bases of production are not so well regnlated, because the articles can be grown in so many quarters and such a large number of individuals are in volved. Then the local price for wheat and other grains is find, not only by the demands from foreign countries, but by the local demands which increase or decrease as the con sumers are employed and prosperous, or forced to partial idleness and small pay. If the foreign crops are abundant and the offerings of wheat so large that, the markets cannot absorb them the Society of Equity's prices may be considered too high and there is not enough money available for the pur pose ot holding such quantities of wheat or other cereals pending a shortage in the foreign crop or a fail ure at home. Organization among farmers may, and should result in better methods of harvesting and shipment, but the at tempt to fix wheat prices arbitrarily is foredoomed to failure. ( THE POWER OF THE SPEAKER. Members ot congress who have been advocating changes in the house rules for the purpose of curtailing the power of the speaker will hardly be satisfied with the concession which it is reported from Washington Speaker Cannon and his close supporters are willing to make. The concession pro vides for a "calendar Tuesday," on which days members may call up their bills or get recognition from the speaker without having consulted him In advance. The concession does not reach the source of the complaint that has been made against the present rules of the house. Under existing conditions, the speaker has absolute power in naming committees and, with the aid of a committee on rules, absolutely decides what measures shall be passed and what shall be rejected. Speaker Can non has been called a czar and criti cised for his exercise of "one-man power," but he has done only what, he has been allowed to do under rules adopted by the majority of the mem bers of the house. The concession of fered would be of little value if the power of appointing committees is to remain unconditionally with the speaker. The vital reform. If one is to be effected to make the house a more representative bodyy; is to give the members more of a voice In com mittee assignment and the business to be transacted. lt no. democrat aay the principle of tbe primary la .wrong simply' because a demo cratic congressional nomination '. in Ne braska went to one .who spent a-fabulous sum of money to win that primary elec tion." Columbus Telearam. . . Our old friend, Edgar Howard, evi dently does not believe that the ex pense accounts filed by his successful opponent for the democratic nomina tion in the Third Nebraska district are true and correct as contemplated by the campaign fund publicity law. The Central Labor union has put Itself on record in favor of an elective police board, with nonpartisan, attach ments.' in the event of a turbulent strike -what would be the effect of a potential labor vote on police commis sioners seeking re-election? ' Eastern financiers 'are fearing the result should Mr,. Taft sfUeU a lawyer instead of a' banker for secretary of the treasury. .Tbae game Anauttefs have been highly pleased with Secre- tary Cortelyou's ' management of the Treasury department and his banking business, prior to his appointment as head of the treasury, was limited to his personal account and the efTort to make a federal salary cover his needs. An up-the-state democratic paper complains that "the republican press seems to he urging the few republican members of the legislature to antag onize all good legislation." The trou ble with this critic is that he imagines all legislation bearing the democratic label to be "good' legislation, when the presumption is really the other way. . It is the duty of the republican members of the legislature to favor all aalutary laws for the benefit ot the state, but it Is not their duty to help the democrats eager for political ad vantage to blot out or mutilate good laws placed on the statute books by preceding republican legislatures. If the demand for strict enforcement of so-called "blue laws" applies to all kinds of laws, the defiance of Ne braska's campaign publicity .law by democrata and prohibitionists as well as republicans offers a wide field for activity on the part of the "strict en forcement" agitators. Russia proposes to spend millions for the improvement of its school sys tem. The plan is commendable, but fraught with danger to the exiating government of Russia, for as rapidly as Russians become educated they clamor for the abolition ot bureau cracy. Senator Stephenson admits that he contributed $107,000 to the primary election fund ' in Wisconsin, but says he doea not know how it was spent. Evidently aome of it went to persons who have not been able to deliver the goods. Citizens of Omaha generally are in vited to present their views to the leg islative committee in charge ot the charter amendments, but only demo crats need expect a respectful hearing. A London scientist has Invented a device for telling the sex ot eggs. A device tor telling the age of them would be more welcome ' and more marketable. Sea Him eath Omaha. Washington -Herald. While Mr. Maaxmn Is wait In a to play a return data at Havana, he might keep his iiand. in. by rewtorins order in Liberia, Reveal In a; Hlddea Foaalbllltlea. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Tha adoption of th electric furnace In large steel operations' 1 expected to meet the demand for a steal rail toutrh enough to bear tha strain ot. high speed In the largest freight eralnee. Great possibilities are stlM hidden in all forms of applied electricity. , Western Boys at Sea. ' Boston Transcript TMs Is rv-great ar eatmtry that many hundreds, of thousands of persona In It may attain maturity, or even age, without seeing tha sea. Not a few of tha artillery men who Just left New York for the Philip pine on board an army transport looked on the ocean for tha flrct time and were astonished. They cam from 'Wyoming and were recruited In. tha west. In their two months' voyage to the Philippines they will see enough of ocean to last some of them for th rest of their live. UICCOLN At APT ORATOR. Mr. Bryan's Remarks Sahjeetcal to the Light mt H later y. Indianapolis News. In hi tribute to Lincoln Mr. Bryan lays great stress on oratory a an element in tha career of th war president. Th case ta thus put: "Lincoln's fame aa a statesman and as th nation' chief executive In It most crucial period has so overshadowed hi fame as an orator that his merits a a public speaker have not been sufficiently emphaaised. When It la remembered that hi nomination wa directly dua to the prominence which he won upon tha stump; that In th most remarkable aerie of de bate known to history he held hi own against one of th most brilliant orators America ha produced, and that to hi speeches, more than to the arguments of any other one man, or in fact of all other public men combined, wa dua the success of his party when all these facts are borne In mind It will appear plain even to tha casual observer that too little attention ha been given to the extraordinary power which he (zeroised aa a speaker." Mr. Bryan further says that without a "military career to dasxle tha eye or ex cite tha Imagination" and with no public service to make his name familiar, Lin coln' "elevation to th presidency would have been impossible without his oratory." It Is natural that th orator should mag nify his art, natural that men should prals Lincoln for those qualities which they themselves most admire. Tet we think that If Mr. Bryan bad heard Lincoln apeak he would have ranked him very low a aa orator. Ha wa an effective publlo apeaker, a close ressoner, a logical debater, but of oratory ha waa almost wholly guiltless. Thoae who heard him deliver bis Gettys burg address, which ha gon Into the school books as an almost perfect piece ot English, were In no way Impressed by either th manner of the speaker or the matter of hi address. His greet Cooper union speech, which did Impress tha coun try profoundly, wa an exhaustive legal ar gument. ' Of course. It I true that th great de bat with Senator Douglaa brought Mr. Lincoln' nam conspicuously before th public People learned to their surprise that there waa aa obscure man out In II linola atrong enough to vanqulah on of th ablest and best known debatera In tha na tion. And when men read th Lincoln speeches they were Impressed by them, not s exhibitions of oratory, but as affording proof that the man who made them was master of the subject with which he dealt, the possessor of a powerful mind and the representative of the thought which waa soon to become dominant in the country. We should aay that tha comparatively few speeches that Lincoln made and how few they are aa compared, with those made by our publlo men today contributed little to his success beyond Introducing him to the country. They made him known to men who might not otherwise have heard of hint at all. and made him known aa a man of solid attainments, of deep conviction and of aubstsntlal character. Tha truth Is that tha orstor has never won great favor at tha bands of the American people. The eareers of Webeter, Clay. Blaine and of Mr. Bryan himself prove this. Mr. Lincoln due not belong la this class. ARMV tiOOSIP 1 WAflHItUrOK. Cnrrent Kvents Gleaned trass th Araay and Navy Realater. Captain Orvill O. Brown of th medical corp was also trl at mrt Robinson on th same char- as Major Bhlllock. the char- being baaed on th allegations that h (Captain Brown) failed to keep the operating room In a clean and sanitary condition, that he failed to properly treat the fractured hone of Private McCloskey and that he failed to properly treat frac tured bone of the forearm of a son of Sergeant Ettward Burns. Eighth cavalry He was found not guilty of the charge and specifics tlona. Brlgsdler General Carter, In reviewing the caae, says that evidently the l court proceeded on the theory that whatever culpability attached to Captain Brown for hi manner of treatment In the case of th on of Sergeant Burns wa due to lack of skill, rather than In a neglect of duty in th premise. . The army medical of fleer am mntlnu ing their Important work In tha effort tn reduce the rat of tuberculosis In th mili tary establishment. The work la con ducted systematically rmm th aur general s office and la In th Un of pre vention Indicated a best calculated to r- mov the cause of this disability. In th first place, areat care la now azerrluxt In th examination of recruits to the end that there may be admitted to the army enliated fore no on who bear the Indication of th .disease In It Initial form. Thl effort Is supplemented with most gratifying re sult by the regulation establishing san itary conditions In tha barracks of th en llsted men with special avoidance of over crowding and defective ventilation. Th military authorities hav decided that It. la eminenty desirable to hav greater jnuormlty In th examinations and In th determination of relative fit ness of candidate for appointment to posi tion In th pot noncommissioned staff. At present, these exaanrnatiens ocour when ever it la considered necessary to hold them, without reg-ard to th number of eligible produced or th length of time which it take to exhaust tha list of those who are deemed qualified for appointment Sometime th list of ellarlble continue for a number of year with th result that those, who might be encouraged by having more frequent examinations, leave th er vice, impatient of the delay. It I now proposed to hv annual examination of candidate for appointment a ordnance sergeant, post commlasary sergeant, post quartermaster sergeant, and so on, with th Idea of having regularity In the con ditions which govern the selection of men for those places. Th comptroller of the treasury baa rendered two decisions which are likely to cause considerable consternation In th War department One ha to do with th disallowance of a payment amount In a- tn $3,100 made out of the allotment for mili tary balloons and expended In tha acquisi tion of an ur-to4)ate automobile. It waa represented to the comptroller In tha of- nciai communication from .the War de partment that thl vehicle wa a "neees- ma rtT m M.Aaas.M. n . V. III.. wtl .. , t "- Jt J vm. v li a III 1 1 1 IK 1 J MUTOn. The comptroller decided that th transact tion waa not within th law and that th purchase of an automobile out of th fund Intended for military aeronautlo h Bolt Justified. The other disallowance relate to an expenditure of about 11,000 for four horse. Accordlnar to the Information In the possession of the auditor, these ani mal wore carriag horse and were pur chased out Of an anDTODIiation for "mir. I chase and hire of draft and pack animals." or course, . in both case, upon th depart-, mental appeal, Ir may be possible to show the comptroller that the automobll I an accessory of the military balloon and that th four horses purchased were tn reality draft or pack animals, which mlarnt nt course, ' be servlcable aa carriag horses. But It is maintained by th comptroller In th latter instance, the carriage horse 1 a type quite distant from tbe draft or pack animal. The army commissaries believ they hav at last found a sstlsfactory field oven which will meet the needs of th service in the preparation of food for troop absent from garrison a Th problem has been on to which the experts of th army . sub sistence department hav been diligently apptyfaur themseive In designing appli ances and In subjecting various device to practical trial, for the most part at Fort Riley, Kan. A aeries of baking apparatus waa oeaigned by Major W. H. Hart of th subsistence department before he went to England to attend the British service corp school of instruction, and on of th devloe was a field oven, which ha been teated by a special board at Fort Riley and later by supplemental trial conducted by Captain L. R. Holbrook of th sub sistence department. The trouble seemed to be in getting aa entirely satisfactory metal bottom of the new oven and three types hav been tried, with tha result according to reports now received at th War department that there I every prom ise of a suitable feature In a vitrified iron bottom. It Is found that th oven so equipped, being of the continuous baking type, la capable of turning out U0 loavea at a baking, of which there can easily be eight and sometime ten In a day. with th ansurance that the product of th oven will be not less than 1,000 loaves a day, or enough to furnish the baked bread for a regiment of soldier. When It la considered that this bread baking can be conducted In the field with the troop away from th conveniences of th garrison. It will be aipprecuUed . that an important advantage has been gained over unfavorable condi tion. . PERSONAL NOTES. Vany years were required In making Geronimo a good Indian. Vic President Fairbanks I going to start on a trip around th world as soon aa hi term of office ends. There comes from San Francisco evi dence 'hat the Jaw In which Mr. Heney was shot has fully recovered. Mrs. H. L Tibbets ha Just been ap pointed chairman of th board of charities la Lowell. Mar. Bh is a woman of means and social position and has for several yeara devoted much of hr tlm and her wealth to charity work. Johann Martin Bchleyer Invented Vola puk in a flash of inspiration on sleepless night. Devotion to ' the original Volapuk ia still paid by a publication printed In Grata, th capital of Btyrla. Austria, en titled "Volapuekabtad Lrsendonik." Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, physician and au thor, celebrated th 79th anniversary of hia birth at hi home, tn Philadelphia, on Monday. In spit of his advanced age. Dr. Mitchell I healthy and vlgoroua, and find time for both litsrary work and profes sional practice. The champion long-distano swimmer of Franc I MUle. Alice Sadoux. This sport Is In very great favor In Franc, and the Seine in the summer la dotted for miles with fair women, who practice the races that they love, although they may be only In a friendly way. National 8oaaals. Baltimore American. Rlcctlona to the t'nlted States senst that cost thousands of dollara come pretty dose to being national scandals. .ytbsotutely xVure Renders the food more wholesome and su perior in lightness and flavor The only baking made front Royal Grape Cream BRYAN AND BRYAN1SM8. Fremont Tribune: Th silence of Mr. Bryan on county option In his speech be fore the legislature was plainly heard clear across th stats. Howell Journal (dem.): W are going to hav th Oregon plan and under It wa pro pose to send Nebraska's foremost citizen. W. J. Bryan, to th senate. Schuyler Free, Lance: Bryan stilt seems dased and. cannot understand how it hap pened. He haa been asking his friends as to the why and he seems to be unable to understsnd how such a "sure thing" es caped him again. Oh. brae up. W. J., and think only of 1913. Central City Nonpareil: ' From th stand point of Mr. Bryan's future it I exceed Ingly unfortunate that the legislature in Nebraska this year I democratic. As never before Bryan la up against the real thing. Me Is being measured now by what n doe and not by what he aay. Valley Enterprise; Th temperance people of Nebraska who sacrificed, everything last November for th sake of W. J. Bryan and then witnessed hi overwhelming de feat outalda of hi own state, must feel somewhat disappointed when they see the liquor force dominating the present dem ocratic legislature with perfect ease. Falrbury News: In defending Mr. Bryan against the attack made upon him by some organ because he Joined the Eagles, the World-Herald gives It as Its opinion that If Christ were upon earth today lie would prefer the association of the mem bers ot the Eagles to those who stand on th outside. And now will you Join? Albion New: Mr. Bryan has been pretty 'smooth" 1n maintaining cordial relations with Tammany, Jim Dahlman and this class of people, and also with church and tem perance people with hi lecture "The Prince of Peace" and other talks to churches and Young Men's Christian association societies. Tha tlm has' come when he will haVe to decide which side of th fence he la going to occupy. Sterling Sun: Hon. W. 3. Bryan addressed the Joint assembly of the legislature and tokt them what he thought, they should and should not do, but this address left no ray of hope for the woman suffragist or tha county optionlats that thoy could expect any assistance from him. They had de manded that he at least say "where he was at," but he said not a word. That he la a member of th order of Eagles they know. Grand Island' Independent: The senate haa by a .very small margin passed the Bryan-schoot-of-oltlxenehlp - Mil.' - However, the bill ha been amended by the clause ' empowering and instructing the regents of tha university to establish such a school "whenever the Board of Regents deem the same advisable." No wonder the bill is re ferred to as "denatured." Th people of Nebraska will not be seen falling over each other to elect regents who will too quickly deem th earn advisable." Bradahaw Republican: Th editor of this paper most sincerely hope that tbe repub lican member of th legislature will not oppcee th Oregon plan to elect United States senators. It 1 th proper method, and th fear that a condition might con front Nebraska similar to th one which confronted Oregon should be cast to the wind such a fear 1 absolutely unfounded. Bryan and hi "Eagles' will never be able to carry th atate of Nebraska again. We are not saying that Bryan 1 a "dead duck" not by any means but we sre saying that Bryan can aever get th majority vota of th people of Nebraska against Ither Burkett or Brown or any other good, clean republican. Bryan' "Prince of Peace" haa beoom a hiss and a byword, and will never again act aa a savior to him In politics. Hts "Princ of Eagles" ha don him up for good. Tork Times: All republicans and most democrat agree that Mr. Bryan completely dominates hi party in thl state. Indeed, a large majority of hi partisans not only admit that be I all and that ail Is for him. but theyglory in it. They are proud of it and nevery more happy than when they hav direct,' full and complete instructions from him. No republican baa a right to complain of that condition. If the demo crats want a dictator and suprems ruler they hav a right to hav one, provided they can find a man who I willing to serve In that arduous capacity. But the fre and Independent republican of th state hav no need of a dictator nor use for on. They feel that the people ought to rule and not one man. They are not hero worshipers, but think every man should hav a voice in th management of state affairs. But when the democratic party la la power, of course, we must all submit to their dictator. Ha rules ths party and tti party rules th atate. Every law passed by thl legislature must be a Bryan law; It must bear his seal and sign manual. Any proposed law that he does not approve win be defeated. How do you Ilk ItT It The Syrup of and Wholesomeness Mum The most deliciom for griddle cakei of all makes or any use where syrup takes. a pure, wholesome food. Int. tft, and jev mir-titht tins. A see f caoalsf as? canrff making rscipw Hot free reeuest. ronM nanmirra KnNlNO COMPANY new Yee-kt BBHlBsSBa powder of Tartar.' frv wa fun when we could truthfully" ocUs our democratic friends of having an arbi trary master, but now he l msster of u all, anj It Is not so excruciatingly funny. Is It now t ' ' ' Columbus Journal: The sincerity of th men who are opposed to the atate accepting Mr. Carnegie' retiring allowance fund can not be questioned. Mr.' Carnegie' money, they say, la "tainted." That is a debatable question. The fund th Iron master desires to donate Is .legal coin, and it purchasing power equal to the dollar dropped Into th contribution box or spent over the bar for liquor. The generosity of Mr. Carnegie has produced a new brand of moralists through out the stnte, especially among th wor shipers of Mr. Brysn. Early In the cam paign last year the red. light district in Omaha was canvassed and funds secured to help carry the slat " for Bryan. Whtrt were the moralists then who are now at tempting to prejudice the public against ac cepting the Carnegie allowance fundr Mr. Bryan and hi brother moralist were silent. Not a protest was forthcoming. The poli ticians ana Mr. Bryan were the benefici aries of the red light donation. That' whore the difference comes in. . TRIFLES LIGHT AS AIR. The Doctor Professor, do you know any thing about political economy? The Professor I know Just enough about economy to keep out of politics. Chicago Tribune, Knlchor Wouldn't you like to wake up and find yourself famous? Bocker I'd rather be so famous I wouldn't have to wake up. New York Sun. Chairman Foss of the House Committee on Naval Affairs I see th Navy depart ment haa bought 400,1)00 pounds of prune. I wonder what they are wanted for. Speaker Cannon I don't know,- unless they are to be used to. repel boarders. Congressional Record. 'Colonel, we want a contribution from you to help build a mission church." "Judge, you know well enough that, while I am In sympathy with morality and relig ion I don't believe in churches In th ab stract, and " "Neither do I, colonel. We're going to build this on of concrete." Chicago Trib une. The head waiter at the banquet was in a towering rage. j iiey paiu mat wui u snuKer auu lor half an hour's talk," he fumed; "and a)l , I got waa 16.06, mostly In nickels!" Wash ington Star. .i "I wonder," breathed the old man softly, to hlnwelf. "What, pa?" asked his dsuahter. who with sll the wonderful thlnas thevire i doing now, they'll ever succeed In making the oreakleas whit Baltimore American. "Is your father any better thl morning?" "I guoss so. His language 1 getting worse." Detroit Free Press. Dad Do you know what happens to lit tle boys that tell lies? Tad Yep. If they tell good ones, they get away with it. Cleveland Leader. "You rive a 'prominent citlien' us author ity," growled the editor. "Everybody will suspect it' a fake." Lt em suspect, replied the reporter airily. "If they knew the name of the man they'd be certain It waa a fake." Under the circumstances the editor did Uie best he could, "Slay, old man. don't get disheartened Just because your first Investment went wrong-; the market is full of good things,, -j and if you will come down to the orrice in the morning I'll give you a pointer." "That won't do me any good; what I want is a retriever." Boston Courier. THIS SOUTH WIND. ' Chicago Post. Ho. the south wind! How it blows, Mingled scents of mint and rose, Pungent tang aa fine aa musk Drlftln through the drowsy dusk, And the wild-grape smell, and whiffs Of bruised fern upon the cliffs. Till we close our eyes, and dream That we see the blossom-gleam. Dream of orchards where the trees Shake white petals, and the bees . Buss and hum and dive and dii For the honey that they sip; -( ", Dream of dandelion gold ' On the meadow lands outrolled,-' And of violets that nod On the carpet of th aeV Ho. the. south wind! Fresh and fin", With the tingling seat of wine. .' leaping over all the miles " From the far-off summvr whiles. Till you breatho your fill, and hanr ' Come from somewhere, tow and clear A bird-sons; ss sweetly dim As the echo of a hymn. '' ' i- All -the trees about are b.re" But th flavor of the air ' Bets you dreaming of the leaves, And the vines whose tangled weave Huild a fabric where Is blent Hymbols of the orient. Build a canopy of green Where the sunshine drips between. . Ho, the south "wind! How it sings In its myvtlo niunnurings . Till the very heart of you Trobs Its measures through and through And you stand with forehead bare J . c While It tousles up your hair, ", t Pranks, and plays, and chants In glee - i Of the days that are to be! ' J, ' ' Purity Ml Wrvet CLAVC : E f'l 1 1 ! I
