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STATEMENT OF CIRCT'LATION.
State of Nebraska. Douglas County, js. :
George n. Tischiick. treasurer of The
It'-e Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
mvi that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Pally. Morning.
Kvenlna- and Sunday Bee printed during the
month of June. r. was as follows:
1 41.370 17
9 41,380 18.
3 41,980 19
41.960
41 850
41 850
40,000
41,780
4 41. ISO
5 41.890
39,800
7 41.400
4-1 640
ao.
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93 .B70
83 41,880
34 41,780
98 44,840
90 41,630
87 40,030
SO 41790
8? 41.790
30 41,670
9. .,
10...
11. . .
ia. . .
41.630
41,660
41,630
48,040
13 40,300
14 43.970
15 41.940
16 41,60
Total. .1,347,300
Returned Cop lea 9,330
Net Total 1,338,080
Dally Average 4169
OBORQE B. tZSCHl'CK.
Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and aworn to
before me thla lat day of July, 1909.
(Heal) M. P. WALKER,
Notary Publlo.
obsrrlbere leaving; tka eltr "
pornrlly ahoald have The Bee
mailed to then. Addreaa will be
changed as eften aa re.eat4.
Senator Aldrlch might try his hand
on the Washington Ball club's percent
age column.
A prominent patent medicine man
has been sued for divorce, which would
seem to indicate that his remedy is a
failure for domestic Ills.
Times must be getting better In New
York when Cornelius Vanderbllt pre
fers to pay a$10 fine for auto scorch
ing rather than spend two days in Jail.
The whisky men will have to wait
awhile, for President Taft Is too busy
deciding "what is a tariff bill?" to set
tle tho dispute over "What Is whisky?"
The divorce colony at Reno has
proved sufficient to put on a benefit
theatrical with an all-star cast. Some
advantage, evidently, in living in Reno,
after all.
A man of an inquiring turn of mind
asks what becomes of all the corn.
It is all right to ask out here, but the
question might cause trouble In a
moonshine district.
Peru and Bolivia are actually trying
to settle their differences without war.
If it should be accomplished it will
certainly set a new mark In South
American relations.
A lawyer tells the Iowa state sher
iffs' convention that the statute books
of the state are burdened with silly
laws. Iowa is not the only state bur
dened by silly and freak legislation.
Not a word yet in our amiable dem
ocratic contemporary about the star
chamber sessions of the Water board.
If a secret meeting behind closed doors
Is bad for one public body, why not for
mother?
Before launching Into International
benevolences It strikes us that there
are plenty of worthy institutions here
pt home to absorb all the contributions
or our people blessed with benevolent
f'HpoMMons.
If Omaha's franchlsed corporations
ore compelled to pay a 3 per cent oc
tupation tax they are, at least, enti
tled, along with other taxpayers, to
have some relief from the city's gen
eral tax rate.
Senator Brown says the statement
attributed to Mr. Justice Brewer with
reference to the Income tax is "utterly
ridiculous, absurd and senile." No
((Mibt sir. Justice Brewer feels suffi
ciently squelched.
J. Pierpont Morgan has returned
from Europe and the news reports say
that when first sighted he was smok
ing a cigar. It Is comforting to know
that he got back with enough money
left to Indulge his fancy.
Chicago announces that it has raised
all the money needed to handle the
grain crop. That is very kind of Chi
cago, but there are numerous other
cities, Omaha among them, who will
take care of a portion of It.
For proof that the democratic candi
dates for supreme Judge are strictly
nonpartisan just recall the efforts of
the democratic governor last winter to
force them on to the supreme bench
by usurping the appointing power.
SaasaVBaHBisa9BaasMBMBBBBaaBisss
Two democratic newspapers testify
to the high qualifications of Frank L.
Haller for university regent In spit of
the effort to arouse the suspicion that
he was petuaded by the editor of The
Bee to file for tha republican nomlna
iou Thanks, awfully.
A Joint Debate.
In last week's issue of The Com
moner Mr. Bryan combats the sugges
tion, which he says comes to him occa
sionally, for the formation of a new
political party to accomplish reforms
which th old parties do not seem will
ing to take up. Tho substance of his
argument Is embodied In tho following
extracts:
Tha Commoner stands for reform a
reforms definite, specific and Important,
and It believes that these reforms can be
better accomplished through the demo
cratic party than through any new party
that could be organised under present con
ditions. The reform element in the demo
cratic party Is large enough to control the
party, and If the reform element were not
large enough to control the party It would
not be large enough to contribute materially
to the formation of a hew party, for many
nore democrats will enlist under tha ban
ner of reform within the party than would
leave the party and Join a new one.
The advocatea of a new party suggest
that the reform element of the democratic
party and the reform element of the re
publican party "join together" In tha for
mation of a new party. That la not prac
ticable at the present time. The reformer.
If he la a real reformer, wanta to see Ms
reforms carried out he la ao much Inter
ested In seeing them carried out that he
will work In the party where he thinks he
can work to the best advantage. There are
a great many republican reformers, and it
will be easier to get republican reformers
to act with democratic reformers in the
democratic party than It would to get re
publican reformers to join with democratic
reformers In organizing a new party.
At present the only hope of reform seems
to be through one of the old parties, and
the Commoner believes that the democratic
party baa tha largest hope and best pros
pects and, therefore, It urges activity
among the democrats who desire to make
the party a positive force for the remedy
ing of existing abuses.
As against Mr. Bryan's position let
us quote from another eminent Ne
braska reformer who, although a
blindly ardent Bryan follower, Is on
record on this question at complete
variance with Mr. Bryan:
The question la, how to bring about these
desired reforms, and how best to unite (he
people who are In favor of them. My own
judgment Is that we can make the greatest
progress through a new' political party.
We need no party that Is founded on mere
wall of calamity, but the nation does .iced
a party which stands for Industrial progress
without poverty. The present system leads
to progress and poverty; it furnishes the
multimillionaire and the pauper. The aim
of the new movement should be to furnish
all an equal opportunity and make this a
country where we have neither the pluto
crat nor the pauper. In a new political
party men who have been populists, dem
ocrats or republicans could all unite on
cotnmon ground. They could bury all past
differences and Join together in favor of
those reforms on which they all Agree.
They would have no past political hatreds
or bitterness In their way. They would not
only be on an equal footing, but, what is
Just as Important, they would all feel that
they were on an equal footing. To those
who are ambitious and desire to serve the
publlo In office there Is nothing deterrent
In a new party. In a new party all would
.enter with an equal chance for political
preferment. The new party would be un
der no obligations to any man for past
political services; there would be no party
debts to pay; there would be no factions
aa the result of past party differences.
Without this new party movement we
will not get the full benefit df the support
of those who believe alike In reforms.
Why any democrat should object to hue
forming a new party I cannot understand.
The democrats are practically without any
national organisation or standing. They
retain control of a few southern states
where the negro question Is the controlling
one In politics. But In the territory north
of the Mason and Dixon line, which com
prises the great bulk of Industrial America,
there Is practically no democratic organiza
tion. True, there are many democratic
voters, but they are a disorganised body.
Here are the conflicting opinions of
two eminent reformers. Which will
convert the other?
N. B. The second argument Is from
the pen of M. F. Harrington, likewise
of Nebraska.
Brewer on the Income Tax.
Justice David J. Brewer of the
United States supreme court, in an ad
dress at Milwaukee discussing the In
come tax, said:
But now. after the hue and cry of the
day, we must have the privilege of in
come taxes by the government. Supposing
that law passes, as I presume It will, and
congress sees fit to levy Income taxes on
all the Income received from substantial,
direct personal property and real estate,
what will the states do In case they need
largo sums of money for their own reve
nue? The power to tax, as John Mar
shall said, la tha power to destroy. If
once you give the power to the nation to
tax all th Incomes you give them the
power to tax the states, not out of their
existence, but out of their vitality.
Justice Brewer gave voice to the
most logical objection to the Income
tax that has been advanced. The con
stitution classifies methods of taxation
largely for the purpose of separating
the sources of revenue as between the
states and their subdivisions and the
federal government with the Idea of
giving each sufficient means of reve
nue without one conflicting with the
other. Mr. Brewer goes to the ex
treme w hen he points out that through
the income tax levy the general gov
ernment might tax out the vitality of
the states, but he illustrates the point
to which Rouble taxation by Inde
pendent taxing authorities might tend.
It does not necessarily follow, how
ever, that giving congress the power
to levy an Income tax means that the
federal government will exercise that
right continuously or. If exercised, the
tax will be excessive, but that the right
to levy It may at some time be the
saving of the nation. It Is hardly to
be supposed that a congress made up
in one branch of representatives of
the state would ever tax them either
out of existence or into a state of lm
potency. The policy of the states and
the general government having sep
arate and distinct sources of income
is undeniably sound in theory and ad
visable In practice to secure the reve
nue necessary for each and an
equitable distribution of tax burdens.
Investigation of the Adana massacre
show that about 80,000 people are
implicated and deserve punishment,
and aa the job la too big the Turkish
government Is Inclined to quit wltbyut
trying. That Is a new kind of while
wash proceeding, but It Is Just as effec
tive as the old-time Turkish method
of denying responsibility.
Blessed Are the Peacemaker!.
Mere men having wabbled In their
efforts to preserve peace and amity
between Great Britain and Germany,
the women have decided to take a
band. To be sure there Is no war,
but there are signs In the interna
tional sky that are not reassuring and
the barometric pressure is low. The
kaiser's corns and King Edward's
rheumatism also warn them that the
conditions are unsettled and that it Is
not good policy to be caught out with
out an umbrella. But fair woman's
smiles may sooth the ruffled front of
war and make the ambitious soldier
as harmless as a cooing dove.
The war proposition is a serious one
for the European women. With
American heiresses taking so many of
the titled young men opportunities are
few enough now, but with the flower
of two countries killed off In war the
chances of the debutante would be
desperate indeed, besides the young
officers would be seriously missed from
the cotillion If they were called into
active service.
Women as pawns In the Interna
tional game have not always been a
success. Helen of Troy was a notable
example, the first Napoleon's Austrian
bride failed to bring him peace and
the marriage of an English princess
to Emperor William's father has not
Increased the friendliness of those two
nations, but possibly that Is because
man Is perverse. At any rate, the men
do not appear to be scoring much of a
hit at bringing about good feeling be
tween the nations and the women
could do no worse, and if they can do
better, or even help preserve the statu
quo, they will be entitled to a share of
the credit.
The New Premier in France.
The selection of M. Briand, a so
cialist, as premier of France Is an en
tirely new departure In government
which will be watched with world
wide interest. Personally M. Briand
Is a man of high attainments as a
scholar, a brilliant debater and of no
little experience In government. It
will be the first time in history, how
ever, that a socialist has been the
head of a great constitutional govern
ment, though Its significance is less
than it would be if the entire cabinet
entertained his views.
The new premier was called Into the
Clemenceau cabinet as a representa
tive of the socialist-republican group,
whose support was necessary to sus
tain the ministry, and particularly
during the contest over church dises
tablishment was the real leader of the
cabinet In the Chamber. The an
nouncement Is made that the new cab
inet will follow out the program of
Its predecessor and. In fact, most of
Its members will be in the Briand cab
inet If he succeeds In forming one. So
far as the Internal affairs of France
are concerned, therefore, little change
need be expected.
The greatest Interest attaches to the
effect M. Brland's ascendancy may
have on the foreign affairs of France.
Relations between France and Ger
many are always strained and the well
known hostility of Emperor William
to socialists and socialism will not tend
to Improve conditions so long as Briand
Is premier. The czar of Russia, the ally
of France, Is no less bitterly opposed
to socialism and Great Britain, with
which France now has an understand
ing,, is not specially friendly to M.
Brland's Ideas. Much will depend
upon the foreign minister In the new
cabinet. The present foreign minis
ter, who is not a socialist. Is expected
to retain his portfolio, In wtolch event
the effect of M. Brland's elevation will
be minimized.
The electric lighting company Is go
ing to appeal from the decision of find
ing against its claim to be possessed
of a power franchise as Incident to its
lighting franchise. With so much at
stake In this suit the city's law officers
should be careful not to allow them
selves to be caught napping at any
turn of the road.
Two Judgments aggregating more
than $230,000 have been entered up
against the city for delinquent hydrant
rentals, and that much more is already
due. These are the bills which the
Water board and Us high-priced law
yers assured us we would never have
to pay.
Broker Patten Is said to have un
loaded his grain and made enough
profit to take another vacation. The
grain-carrying business Is profitable,
all right, If you only know when to let
go. The trouble is most of the people
don't know when to quit.
Anna Howard Shaw; the suffragette
leader, thinks every city should have
at least 100 women police and that
they would have a wholesome effect in
restraining crime. That number of
additional police In most any city
would help, even if they should be
mere men.
Two Kentucky prisoners sentenced
for life for murder have been given an
added ten years for contempt of court.
It seems there is no limit to the juris
diction which courts assume these
days.
Mr. Bryan is against forming a new
political party. He la also against
dropping any of the obsolete organiza
tions through which the democrats are
enabled to masquerade as populists.
EaM In bb4Ib Trouble.
St. Louis Tlmea.
It may tx that tha president h his
troubles, but no canvaa back duck ever
shed water more gracefully than does he
annoyance.
Provocation for n W hoop.
Minneapolis Journal.
Mr. Bryan still Insists that the democ
racy la still a growing party. Mr. Bryan
haa one of these Insplrationa every time
the Commoner takes on a new prepaid
agbscriber.
Mocking llnmnn Skill.
St. Louis Republic.
We have learned how to telegraph with
out wires and fly without gas bags, but
the antidote for a common, ordinary cold
still mocks the foiled searchlnga of the
human race.
Expert on Water Cores.
rittsburg Plspatch.
Let us earnestly hope that Mr. Ilarrl
rnan's enthusiastic endorsement of the
water cure for human Ills, at Bad Gasteln,
will not extend to an enlargement of his
application of that treatment to railroads
that fall Into his hands. Painting the lily
is generally regarded as an uncalled-for
redundancy.
Marked Chance of Tone.
Springfield Republican.
"We believe In 'the public be pleased'
Policy as opposed to the 'public be damned'
policy." said William O. McAdoo at New
York, at the opening of the new tunnels to
Jersey City. Some change of this character
has certainly taken place In the attitude
of public service corporations since a time
not remote.
Praant rolltfca.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The democratic uriv hn fallen to a low
estate Indeed when Its representatives In
congress can do no better than make an
Issue of the proposed appropriation for
the rirewlden'.'s traveling expenses. ReDre-
Sentative Ralnev'a' assertion that the nresl-
dent wishes to travel In order to "boost
the Leawue of Republican clubs throughout
the country" Is a fair nample of the utter
ances of democratic "statesmen" these
days.
Mistakes of the Teople,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Mr. Bryan's tlmelv tilea for the nnnular
election of senators might be more timely
If the Public COllM fnro-pt thai Wnnltlna
the defeated, was the popular choice In
Illinois, and Stephenson, the spender, was
the popular choice In Wisconsin. The peo
ple are Just as likely to be chumns as the
legislators. Just look at Stephenson,
snugly ensconced In the senate exerting
ntmseir sufficiently to vote on roll calls
whenever Aldrlch pulls the string; and
then remember that Stephenson was the
popular choice of the great state of Wis
consin.
Mil. HILL'S .(I.SKSE,
Railroad Magnate Talks Wlthoat 3-
rloos Thinking.
New York World.
Til tell you what would have an Im
portant bearing on the prosperity of Ihe
country," says James J. Hill "if all tha
members of congress went home right now
and stayed home for three years."
Were congress to take Mr. Hill's advice
the constitution would be suspended and
there would be no government of the
United States from July t 1910. to July .
1912. All the departments of government,
including the postal service, would have
to shut up; there would be no money to
run them. The army and navy would
have to go out of business. When one of
Mr. Hill's astute lawyers went to a fod-
eral court to apply for an Injunction to
restrain the enforcement of a vicious plecj
of state legislation, no order could be
granted, because there would be no court
The president could enforce no laws; the
federal Judiciary could not dispense Jus
tice; all government exceDt that which the
states administer would be paralysed.
Probably Mr. Hill did not mean what he
said; but Isn't there enough foolishness
talked about public affairs without his
contributing to the sum total of national
nonsense?
WATTERSON IAN DOCTRINE.
Preached It for Forty Years and Still
Sticks to the Goapel.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The editor of the Pnnrlpr-Tmirnftl itnw
not epect to live to see any political or
ganization honestly arrayed in favor of
tariff for revenue only. He cannot hope
to see the democratic party other than
the monster without a head and the empty
bottle with a label, which It now appears
to be. But as certainly as slavery rent
and broke up the democratic party will
protectionism rend and break up the re
publican party.
As a patriot and a philosopher, he would
prefer to see the two parties hold together,
very much distrusting all processes of po
litical dissolution and all so-called eras of
good feeling. We live upon a sytem of
intended party checks and balances: un
der a government of public opinion based
on party responsibility. The sturdy Amer
icanism to which we still believe we are
tending will Inculcate In every citlsen the
principle that fidelity to party professions
and obligations Is public duty; that party
lines are not lines of battle, bnt simply
opposite sides of the table in the council
chamber of a board of directors, of which
all are equal members, and that good men
should not love one another leas because
they differ In political opinions.
During forty years the editor of the
Courier-Journal has held to this doctrine,
and proclaimed It, and he commends It to
his countrymen whole-heartedly and with
entire confldenoe.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Philadelphia has reformed In one respect
so that It may no longer be referred to as
a paradise of beggars.
A New York woman caught the Louis
XV heel of her slipper In a rug and fell
out of a low window to the pavement, re
ceiving serious Injuries'
From the fact that for more than half
of his transcontinental walk of nearly 4,000
miles Edward Payson Weston had to
"pound the ties" because the roads were
so bad It would seem that there Is lots
of room for good roads movements.
The company that proposes to lease
Philadelphia a city waterworks Is reported
to be cf ferine stock at the rate of 5 of
stock for 1 In ca.sh. Evidently It desires
to give a practical demonstration of its
large capacity for furnishing water.
The Pennsylvania capltol graft prosecu
tiona are summarised aa follows: Dead,
two contractors, a state treasurer and
state auditor; sentenced to prison, the
auditor-general and superintendent of pub
lic buildings; still to be tried, two archi
tects, another contractor and five members
of the company that "did" the state on
metal furniture.
On Its seventy-si yi birthday, which oc
cured recently, ex-Senator Tom Piatt re
called the names of the fifty New Yoik.-ia
who had fought for a third term for
Central Grant with the "old guard" In
the memorable Chicago convention of ISO
and could find that only six are still living
The ex-Senator still advises young men ij
go Into politics as a career. He did not,
however, put It aa ex-Preldent Roosevelt
did. The latter, giving the same advice,
added characteristically: "An skci esjivc
fight for the right la the flnvst sport the
i 'Aorld has ever known."
In Other Lands
Ids XUfMs oa "What is Trans,
plriaf Among tha Sfear and
rr Stations of the Carta.
The revolt of the wealthy classes of
Great Britain against the drastic taxlug
clauses of the Lloyd George financial bud
get, now under consideration in the House
of Commons, seems likely to cause a dead
lock when It readies the House of Lords.
The rsdlcal nature of some of the provis
ions have aroused the prlvlledged classes
to an unusual degree of Indignation. This
Is felt keenly in tha House of Lords, a body
distinctively representative of wealth and
privilege. Naturally -ie peers respond
readily to the sentiment of their class and
may be relied on to give It expression. Sig
nificant of the feeling of the peers with
respect to the budget Is tha recent Speech
of Lord Landsdottne. He dealt chiefly
with the prevalent belief that the House
of Lords cannot alter a revenue measure.
In his opinion the assumption was absurd.
Aa a co-ordinate body, possessing equal
powers with the Commons, It was un
thinkable that lords would abdicate Its
rights simply because It had seen fit on
former occasions formally to approve
revenue measures. Undoubtedly Lord
Landsdown's public expression voices a
sentiment sedulously urged upon the peers
for months past and foreshadows tho ac
tion of the upper house on the budget. The
Commons has been Insistent, even as far
back at 1CT1, for the principle of sole con
trol of money bills. The lords have sub
mitted to It without formally recognizing
the claim. This fact was admitted by Glad
stone in 1871. On the other hand, Lord
Salisbury, in UM, upheld and defended the
claim of the Commons. In the present
case advocates of amendment by the lords
contend that the ministry has tucked on to
the budget legislation which the lords have
rejected, such as landValuatlon and licens
ing. These feature they Insist are not
germane, and fully warranto amendment
by the lords. Should the lords tuke the ac
tion li.dl ated ly Lord L indtduw ne, a dead
lock Is Inevitable, possibly preclpiUUlinr an
appeal to the country.
Although the Koran was drafted long
before the era of rubber, sufficient resil
iency has been found in the fundamental
law of Islam to adjust It to the needs of
modern emergencies. When Sultan Abdul
Hamld was formally inducted into the
Down-and-Out club, the interpreter of the
Koran readily found a proviso whereby the
sanctified apostle of Allah could lawfully
be stripped of his halo and cast out. Abdul
saw the point soon after and made room
of his successor. About the same time a
few thousand Christians were massacred at
Adana, In accordance with tha Koran. And
Allah was duly praised. The reformed
Turkish government decided to Inquire into
the slaughter, and a commission of Inquiry
was appointed. The result of its labors
constitute a unique indictment of a mur
derous community and a recommendation
for general amnesty. The commission
found that 800 persons deserved halting as
richly as the twelve already stretched, 15,
000 assistant assassins fairly earned life
Imprisonment, and about 80,000 others were
entitled to minor penalties. Adana Is
credited with a population of 45,OuO, so the
indictment swept over several Joining
counties. Fir this emergency the Koran
showed its elastic qualities to a nicety.
Searched from cover to cover, no provision
could be found authorizing wholesale pun
ishment of the faithful, but the Shelkh-ul-Islam
was Instructed to issue a manifesto
demonstrating by the text of the Koran
that It la the duty of all good Moslems to
live In peace and harmony with Christians
and treat thern as equals. The venerated
old Sheikh is an artistic interpreter of Mos
lem law, and It is confidently expected he
will cheerfully exonerate the Christians
who survived the fury of the Moslem mob.
A writer In the Novae Vremva of St
Petersburg draws attention to the develop
ment or Japanese military power since the
war In Manchuria. Japan was then able
to place 1,000,000 men In the field. Now the
empire could raise three times that num-
Der. including the troons In Pn
seven divisions have been added muUi,,,,
total of twenty divisions. The infantry has I
Deen rearmed with a rifle of great muzzle
velocity, and each regiment has been pro
vided with a battery of machine guns of
Improved type. The field artillery has re
ceived a superior class of quick-firing gun,
fitted with steel shields, which was ma.
in the Osaka arsenal on modified Krupp
specmcauons. two brigades of heavy
field artillery have been formed rrn.,A
with 10.5 centimeter (4.13-Inch) guns, de
signee; Dy ueneral Arlsaka from a model
by Krupp. These have an effective range
of nearly six miles.
Just as British nerves are nniAtim,
soothed by the appearance of the British
fleet of 140 ships of war tn th Thm..
Arnold White contributes to the London
wona a comparative studv of the nhv.i...i
condition of the British and German people
that Is likely to stir national wrath to Its
depths, Mr. White says: "Ten million of
our people Inhabit dwellings Inferior to
the kennels provided for the hounds In a
well-managed hunt. The results nt n..in.
In dwellings unfit for human habitation
ana me prevalence of a dietary scale from
which English meat, .bread and miiv ....
excluded are fatal to successful ri,.Di.
with a virile and healthy race where agri
culture Is fostered for atrntin r..
Having spent hours In watching the ar
rival or tne early morning trains In Berlin
and Hamburg, I am appalled with the
contrast between the vigorous and well-set-up,
broad-chested and h.nlihv innuin.
clerks, laborers on the other side of the
.vortn sea. and the chnmnirn..i,n,iM.j
eow-backed. Pigeon-chested. 1b, .i,.i,
trainsfuls of men of the same classes
landed at Liverpool street, victoria .r.
Charing Cross."
The disorder among Spanish troops sum
moned to Join the expedition to Morocco
le due to the belief that private, not na
tional interests, are Involved Scv.r.l
causes unite In forcing the hand of Spain
In the Moroccan rebellion. The Immedla'e
occasion was the murder by tribesmen of
four Spaniards who worked In a mine In
the neighborhood of Melllla. A nunltlve
expedition was sent out which attacked a
large Rifflan force, killed flftv men and
wounded about 150. This haa set the en
tire country on fire. The tribesmen are
gathering in thousands and the smnll
Spanish forces are practically besieged In
their works. Their danet, It Is reported
by caMe. will be very groat unless rein
forcements beach him.
t
Don Carlos Is dead; but Spain will not
suffer from the lack of a pretender to it-,
throne. Prince Jaime Is a heslthy younc-
""i "na as good looking ns his father
was. The race of pretenders to crown-- '
which alt on other heads decllnea to be '
come extinct. The Irreconcilable Frenel i
royallsta still regard the duke of O.-lcii"
as their king, and there Is a matronly lad
wife of a Bavarian prince, and a limn
descendant of the elder branch of the
Stuarts, who flgurea In the Legitimists'
Almanach as the rightful queen of Ureal
Britain and Ireland.
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NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENT.
Hentrlce Fxpress: The enterprise of one
state bank In western Nebraska In ad
vertising for business on the ground that
It Is fortified by the new guaranty law
has aroused the state bank board to Issue
notice that such a course Is premature,
because the new plan has not gone Into
effect. The board proposes that the law
shall not be used to boost business while
It is In the courts and before It has be
come operative.
Kloomfield Advocate: We are of the
opinion that the whole primary law Is the
blt'gest kind of a farce. It has now been
working In tthls state two years or more
and we do not know of a single 'improve
ment it has made In politics. It was gotten
up as a catch to secure votes and It has
demoralized the organizations of the old
parties without Improving the class of can
didates that has beeen nominated. It ought
to be repealed.
Hastings Republican; Omnha has sent a
large and representative delegation of busi
ness men to the Missouri river navi
gation congress at Yankton. The
meeting is for the purpose of working up
interest in establishing river traffic all
the way from Yankton to Kansas City and
St. Louis. If Omaha Is wise Its capitalists
will get busy and establish a good boat
line and make that city a great place for
river traffic. It would be worth millions
to the shipping and commercial Interests of
Nebraska's greater metropolis.
Grand Island Independent: The Colum
bus Telegram, warrnest of the warm demo
cratic papers of the state, published the
obituary of Popular Government the other
day. "Popular Government" lay stabbed
to the heart in the Judicial cemetery of
Lincoln as a result of the Injunction hold
ing up the state guaranty law! And the
next day the Columbus boys and their
fathers had a very gay old time, shooting
off firecrackers, and shouting out praises
for freedom to beat the band. Or, per
haps, the celebration at Columbus this year
was a "wake" of the olden times?
Seward Blade: Trenmore Cone, chief
clerk of the house of representatives, must
be making a good thing out of furnishing
certified copies of the public record when
ever anyone wants to know what the house
did last whiter, for which he rakes in a
good fee. He still holds the original copy
of the house Jouranl instead of turning It
over to the secretary of state, as Secretary
Smith did with the original copy of the
senate Journal. Trenmore occupies office
rooms in the state capltol, where be car
lies on his grafting business without pay
ing rent. Why don't the board of public
land and buildings make him pay his rent
or oust him?
Albion News: It Is legitimate and proper
to discuss or even criticise our system of
court procedure, but it Is simply an ex
hibition of demagoglsm to lambast any
man or party who applies to tha courts in
manner provided by law for decisions
relative to the constitutionality of any law.
Whether federal courts should interfere
with state laws Is a question by Itself, and
no man or party is a proper subject of
criticism who proceeds in accordance with
established law, to secure rights or ad
vantages vouchsafed htm by said law. To
submit to the edicts of our established
courts Is our only safeguard against an
archy. This Is not saying many of the
procedures of our courts do not need
changing. Hit the right head when you
start out cranium cracking.
Grand Island Independent: The demo
crats seem to be living In the hope that
the republicans of the state will endorse
the disfranchising principle of county op
tion. One hears little of the alert demo
crats proposing such endorsement. The
reason is plain. A mere standing on the
record of having passed the 8 o'clock law
permits the party to take no very definite
position on the liquor question, while the
republicans will have alienated every lib
eral vote and will not have gained a sin
gle radical prohibitionist. And there ars
evidences that many of the republicans
are anxious to fall into the scheme instead
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Such a proposition should at all events not
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chising those of an opposite view.
LAUGHING GAS.
Red nave you ever timed your automo
bile? Greene Oh. yes. It stood perfectly still
for forty-eight minutes on the road today.
--Yonkers Statesman.
Mlrandv So Josh Banks was. around
today lookin' for a Job?
Hiram Yes. but I wouldn't take him on.
He's such a derned freckle-minded ciss
no one kin depend on him. Chicago News.
"Some o' d men dat I hears Indignatln'
bout Wall street." said Uncle Kbrn. "has
had personal experiences dat Intltles dent
to speak wlf feelln'. Day 'minds me of de
boy dat went after honey In a hornet's
nest an' got stung." Washington Star.
She Mv dear, don't you want me to fix
your desk and light your lamp so you can
work on your essay about the entire feasi
bility of tho extermination of the domestio
Insect posts?
He I would do It If there was only some
way of getting rid of those pesky
mosquitoes. Ealtlmoie American.
"How'd. you like to be a senator?" In
quired the first wanderer.
"I'd like it ftrst-rKte." responded the
second wayfarer. "Still, a hobo's life has
its pood points. He ain't got no con
stituents to kick about his Inactivity."
Washington Herald.
"So you enjoyed the circus?"
"Yes." answered Mr. Cross'.ots, "I was
particularly Interested In the Juugler. I'd
bet that man could get any number of bun
dles from a street car to the train without
dropping one of them." Washington Star.
Mr. Stoplate had showed Miss Terslep
all his Imitations of famous actors, and
she had made a bluff at applauding. Then
he asked, "Do you think I ought to go on
the stage?"
"Oh, you don't have to go on a stage. If
you're thinking of going," she answered.
"We are Inside the city limits, and an
owl car goes every half hour."
Shortly after that, he went. Cleveland
Leader.
"Pa!"
"Johnny, leave me alone and don't ask
me another question!"
"Aw, Just one more an' then I'll keep
still."
"Well, what It Is?"
"What relation is a cousin prman to a
Dutch uncle?" Cleveland Leader.
MAN IN THE SHACK.
W. D. Nesblt In Chicago Tost.
He Is swarthy and brown from the glow
of the sun
And the- world does not dream of the work
he has done.
For the world haa Its heroes of pomp and
parade
Who are honored beca-ise of the waste
they have made,
But this man drives the desert and wilder
ness back
By his brain and his brawn, does the man
in the shack.
Where the prairie stretched bare in the
summer's hot glow.
Or was weary and dread in the shroud of
the snow,
He has bullded his shack; he has pitted
his toll
'Gainst the silence and space that would
make him their spoil,
And our civilisation Is wearing a track
To the line that la set by the man in the
shack.
He is rough, he Is crude but the world
where he lives
Is but rough and but crude in the life
that It gives.
With the wind sweeping down with a fury
that Jars , .
And the night with Its lonely array of the
stars
Yet he dos not make moan over what he
may lack, '
But looks out on his conquest the man In
the shack.
Aye, the builder, tha doer, the winner of
He is shaping a realm with the toll of his
And no'hero of old had a sturdier heart
Or more nobly performed what he saw as
his parti
And the future he bears on his sinewy
Here'a iail and a health to the dm U
the shackl
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