Nebraska Newspapers

    T1IE BEB: OMAHA, TTIU11SDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1900.
Tlffi OMAIIA : DAILY BEE.
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STATEMENT Of CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, as.
George B. Txsrhuck, treasure or The Bee
Publishing Company, tiring duly sworn, saya
that the actual number of full aid complete
eoples of The rally. Morning. Evening and
Bunday Bee printed during the month of
September, 1S00. t follows:
1 '. . . . . ,i 48,900
I :a,M0' If 48,700
1 41.710 !'" 'It 48,880
4 41.M0
( S9.800
i... .48,180
T..1.......41.M0
.'. .48,000
,....4i,eeo
10 ajoQ
n....t.....4LT0
11. ...a.. ...40,000
II 43,140
It.. ..(.... .43,870
1..... 43,10
it..
tv,wv
.43,480
.43,660
.48,350
tl 44,640
14 48,030
tl 43.810
U ..40,300
17 43,690
II.... 48,970
If 43.800
48,940
Total ,.. ..18,880
Returned copies .....,v...... . .. 9,6S
total . . , .. . . : . .i L. ..... -I.266.3t5
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fcJKGia IK TZWHUCK, .
"S'V ' . Treasurer.
Subscribed In my-presence and sworn to
before me this ttth day of September, 190.
4eal .. . M. -P. WALKER.
. . . . '. : ." ." : .' Notary Public.
Sabevrtbera Ieytagtke etly teaa
porarily ahald have The Bee
mailed to them. Address will he
rh.ns.d often .a reqae.ted.
The woman who ,1jjsl '5,000 in. a
Pullman car may find that the porter
thought It was his 'tfp" .-. ?
This ought-to be" a great week for
the present-day Tpm. Sawyers and
Huck Finns along the' Mississippi.
Matt Henson coaxed only forty-nine
out to hear la fecture in Philadelphia.
Back to GreenlanxTf-loy, Matt! -
An automobile insurance company
has been formed.- Many drivers of au
tomobiles carry sufficient assurance al
ready. . -r t
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At this distance the -crusade begun
by angular 'femafes' In New Vork" fo
abolish the cloak model looks like
rather bad .forju.. , . .
Omaha's marrying preacher publicly
admits that he beilevea'ln newspaper
advertising. More than that, he can
point to results, and results tell.
After the dose the laite democratic
legislature gave us It surely takes nerve
to ask for an endorsement in t,he form
of a vote for, the democratic ticket.
If Holland continues to consume
American supplies' as It has been doing
the past two year's, rwe may hope to
develop there quite an' esprit de corps.
Note how those -fbxy Mississippi
river pilots are emphasizing the
deeper-channel cause; by making the
congressional boats bump the sandbars,
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When Jim Hill comes to Omaha he
will discover' that the: Twin Cities are
not along entitled to bave their names
printed In ,blg .letters In his railway
folders.
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iuo councu nas voted some money
to replenish tbe street cleaning fund
that was depleted by political street
cleaners last spring.. Another election
next week.
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We trust our Women's Christian
Temperance union visitors will go home
carrying good impressions of Oiraba
with them despite the fact that the city
Is dry only afr 8 p.'to.!
Theologians are trying Dr. Day for
his skepticism about Jonah and the
whale. Next thing some of these
higher critics will be asserting that the
ark never rested on Mt. McKlnley.
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Now that American women are get
ting their lives. insured for as much as
million dollars apiece, 'the old esti
mate about a girl being worth her
weight In gold may fee somewhat dis
counted. 4
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Our old friend, Edgar Howard, is
out openly to "utterly abolish" all the
federal courts. But then the whole
nonpartisan bunco game In Nebraska Is
nothing but n; attack on the Integrity
of the courts, and Judge Howard Is
merely more outspoken than his asso
ciates. Referring to a race for congressional
nomination In Iowa In which the same
candidates ere to be pitted against one
another for the fourjh. heat the World
Herald sayti "It" certainly will make
tne campaign seem like old times." Al
most as if Mr. Bryan were running for
the presidency again.
- Let us not ouilt to keeo tabs on
these missing explorers, and la the
light of rcenl .events we may as well
note on or,',calends; that' the Uni
versity of Wisconsin has lost track of
a geological expedition In the wilds of
northeastern Canada. Let's see Isn't
the pole sorliewherej -tfp thaV-wayr :
A Water-Way Objct Lesson. ,
, When ire look, and It Is but a short
way,bacltj Upon the' dpartd glories
of our Inland river commerce. It seTni
almost Incredible, tbat a. country coul
80 soou outgrow its rivers. But when
we reflect that the cornftig of the steam
railroad for a time absorbed all of our
resources we reallte how water traffic
came to be so seriously neglected and
allowed to fall Into decay. Now that
the railroads have' adopted an aggres
sive mastery over the hand that first
fed them, commercial Interest Is rb
awakened la the, -discarded, channels
which once were alive with water
craft. ";
But river tride faces new condi
tions, so that If waterways lire to be re
vived to compete -with or supplement
rail lines they must be made to ac
commedate .raster , traffic and bigger
vessels than the bid. Leff to their own
fluctuations the rivers have In the
meantime cultivated fresh problems
for the engineers. No one unfamiliar
with the situation could possibly com
prehend the work to be done to restore
the inland1 waterways to adequate serv
ice in commerce. .,'. '
The most pretentious of the water
ways projects Is the rehabilitation of
the Mississippi from-yie lakes to the
gulf, which Is havlngttre benefit of
personal Inspection by the presidept
and the congressional party now ac
companying; him down stream. Boats
of, the existing type are used, boats
that must be displaced by,bigger craf
if the Mississippi is' to be again the
great highway pf trade, yet even these
vessel a find the channel none too deep
and are reported as ha'vlng trouble
with the sandbars. (.ihe pressing of
the waterways matter upon the presi
dent's attention at every . stoppuog
point antfMh'e present application yt
the i"foilbw-uV' system is a legitimate
part of the propaganda: Kor the pres
ident and congressmen to Jook into the
matter at first hand and to see tor
themselves the aeeds of the great rly.er
for the country at once are object les
son and an -education for all partici
pating. General Howard, Christian Soldier.
)The death of General Oliver O. How
ard stirs the emotions of people of
conflicting forces, 4for he -was a hero
not only of the battlefields, but also of
the crusaderB In the cause of rlght-
eousnesss - Jirst as the. fighting army
had been proud t to march under his
command, so the church militant had
massed Its forces with his banner as a
rallying point. Something of the spirit
of that r anomaly, , the "fighting
Quaker," animated General Howard;
peace was his Jnner' wlsh for all men,
but when it became necessary to fight
he was as valiant In battle as he was
in' philosophy.'. ;H1 rlagJng cry, "My
country needs me." with which he re
signed the qaiet pursuits' of lnstruc
tlon and enlUted t oc.-acQon at the,
front, swept through the? country as,
an Inspiration .to the.' youth 'of the land..
That he was of the very metal that
his country dtaVneedJols subsequent
career quickly proved. "'
By .the deatt of., General How
ard the . llijt ot , th,e famous civil
war corps commanders' . is reduced
to two-Gefteral ''D6dge and Gen
eral Sickles. The career of , each
of these' splendid leaders of the
union army has been recounted again
and agala and has helped to Instill
courage and patriotism In the later
generations of American boys. The
war ended. General Howard had occa
sion to serve his country further at the
head of the freedman's bureau and in
some of .the most remarkable of Indian
campaigning; but every moment he
could spare to the cause of education
he gave and he became a familiar fig
ure on platform and in .pulpit. Here
was the popular-type of the Christian
soldier, and as such; he was Idolized
by the army of church people. The
old Sunday school hymn, VOnward,
Christian Soldier," sting ' whenever he
appeared,' grew to. be the national
march of the militant young workers
In the cause of religion.
Veterans of the Grand Army, read
Ing of his death, will remember the
man on 'horseback cheering on his
troops, but to' the memory, of the
American public will come more read
ily the Picture, o.f the stalwart Chris
tian, pleading for the peaceful forces
of civilization, an empty sleeve pinned
across his breast.
- Toll ot the . Atlantic.
A people Inland, serenely enjoying
the golden calm of Indian summer,' 4s
startled to find. in the day's news that
the North Atlantic already has begun
to take Its season's toll of life for ibe
graveyard of that pitiless coast. The
wreck of the Hestia marks an early
beginning for a winter that, like its
predecessors, is sure to strew the New
England rocks with bleaching timbers.
each hulk-a monument to the doom of
those who go ,down to the sea In
ships. --
Every wreck off the New Englaijd
coast is a sufficient tragedy to stand
alone in literature, yet so much alike
run the details that the story of one- is
the story of all. The wreck of the
Hestia has all the elements of cour
age and seil-sacrince mat inspired
Longfellow to Immortalree- the wreck
of the ' Hesperus and 'was far more
costly In human life. Familiarity with
the shoals and reefs begets over-confidence
among the captains courageous
of those waters, and even when the
northeaster blows not a helmsman, btit
believes he can weather the roughest
gale. . : ... ; '
" ; When the rooks g or the good ship's
side whether It be ot toughest timbar or
staunchest steU mercy. is never shown
by wind or wave, and from the gul;of
death few survlvora -ever are yielded
up. Since the pilgrims first viewed
Its shores as stern and rockbound,
New England has annually taught the
people that the North Atlantic) when
ever It wills, is the master of man.
Rich, Hare and Eacy.
Our" amiable democratic contem
porary has almost burst another blood
vessel In explosive lamentations for
"the kidnaped prohibs." A terrible
outrage is In process of consummation
because two nominees on the prohibi
tion ticket who wanted to pull out, fol
lowing the example of the treasurer of
the democratic committee, "forgot" to
file" In time, and the 'World-Herald Is
greatly dlstreined for fear that If these
names are erased from the official bal
loh another great and glorious law may
be nullified. Jt Is still more greatly
distressed for fear that the eragure of
these names might fool somebody and
in the fooling Its pet nonpartisan dem
ocrats might get the worst of it. This
Is really rich, rare and racy; when we
recall the fact that every one of the
nonpartisan democrats has committed
near perjury to have hl hame on the
ballot labeled populist In order to get
populist votes by fraud which he could
never get in any other way. "The kid
naped pops" are entitled to sympathy
because they are kidnaped witho it con
sent, whereaB" if there are puy "kid
naped prohibs" they have kidnaped
themselves.
Seriously speaking, however, with
drawal of a candidate after nomination
raises the tfuestion of interpretation ot
the election laws. The law apparently
sets the limit at fifteen days before the
election, and the candidate attempting
to withdraw clearly could not enforce
the erasure of his name after that
time. The attorney general holds that
this time limit is directory and that the
officers charged with making up the
ballot may accept declinations later if
they choose. There would seem to be
some ground for this ruling In the fact
that nominations are permitted by law
io be received up to fifteen days before
election and dearly, if declinations
could not be received after that, candi
dates might be nominated against their
will and kept on the ticket in spite of
all they might do to get off.
But The Bee believes that the pri
mary law, as amended by the late dem
ocratic legislature? has complet ly
taken away the right to withdraw from
every one nominated by direct prirdary.
This law requires every person whose
name goes on the primary ballot to file
a sworn statement of party affiliation
concluding, "and I pledge myself to
abide by the results of said primary
election' and qualify if elected." The
words "and qualify If elected" were
added by the democratic law-makers.
If this additional pledge means anyVJ
thing it, must mean that the candidate
binds himself to run If nominated and
to serve If elected. While other parts
of the election law relating to with
drawal and filling of vacancies" were
left unchanged, it seems to us that this
provision repeals them all by Implica
tion so far as they govern candidates
nominated by direct primary.
We would like to see this part of the
law tested - la court . to ascertain
whether our 'Interpretation la not the
correct one. i ' '
The Register of) Deeds.
Another Important county office to
bo filled at the election next week is
that of register of deeds. In this office
all deeds, mortgages and documents af
fecting the ownership of real estate are
recorded, and the records kept by the
register of deeds furnish the material
for our abstracts of title upon which
rests the transfer of every acre of
ground and evey city lot In the whole
county. The demand on the Incumbent
of this office Is for accuracy. Industry
and strictest Integrity. .
The present register of deeds-for
Douglas county Is Frank W. Bandle,
who Is Just completing his first term
and has been renominated on the re
publican ticket. Mr. Bandle's conduct
of the office has elicited no complaints.
He attends to business personally and
makes efficiency the test for his sub
ordinates. The volume of business
transacted through the office has stead
ily Increased at a greater rate thaaf the
cost of doing the business. The office Is
much more than self-supporting by rea
son of the fees earned and paid in. In
fact, it la one of the best revanoe-pro-duclng
offices of the county. During
the next four years activity in real es
tate In Omaha and Douglas county Is
bound to continue and grow, and the
experience which Mr. Bandle has ac
quired in the performance of his offi
cial duties will be of the utmost value
to the taxpayers and to everyone en
gaged in business requiring the record
ing of written documents.
It goes without saying that Mr. Ban
die should be and w ill be re-elected as
register of deeds.
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This matter of pointing to the Chi
nese as past maeters In every branch of
civilization "grows rather monotonous
No matter what modern science de
velops, we are Invariably told that
China discovered and discarded some
thing similar centuries ago. Now
comes .Dr. Wiley with the comment
that in the matter of ' medicine and
food Chinese civilization la far ahead
of ours. If Dr. Wiley is about to be
come press agent for a chop suey joint
he will spoil the effect of all the gool
things he has really done for the Amer
ican breakfast table.
The yarn about a profit of f 12,000
a. year from the county Jail food con
tract must have been spun by someone
with a very elastic Imagination. The
total amount paid by the county for the
year 1808 for. food for county Jail pris
oners was M.239.C6. The) last demo
cratic sheriff -possibly made 12,D00 a
year out of the Jail feeding graft, but
the graft was stopped when the law,
procured by the editor of The Bee, re
quiring competitive bids became opera
tive the first of last year.
People have not yet educated them
selves out of their habit oC being
scared by every new disease. A med
ical studenv often fancies himself pos
sessed of 4 he symptoms he reads about
and the layman has only to study a
patent medicine almanac to possess
himself of the Idea that he Is a physical
wreck. Of 1 at the public has been
busy with stories' 'abdut pello-rayelitis,
but it remained ,fox,lnteIlectual Boston
to work Itself up Into a great state of
agitation ovr a :surden 'epidemic, only
to discover" thaf (the children under
treatmentfdr tfjat mysterious disease
had been ,dlaylrg , among' the trees
sprayed with arsenic of lead to kill the
gypsy moths, and had Jhus been pois
oned. In . guarding against the new
comer it Is well to remember thft. old
fashioned germs ore '.still doing busi
ness at tho cli stand., ' '
Any nation contemplating hostilities
against the United' States will neces
sarily view with, alarm the news that
the Wrights have trained two ,army
officers count1 'em, .two to stay up
alone In art aeroplane several minutes,
and bigher.'than the tree tops at that.
If this progress is maintained we will
before long have a' fleet of airships
capable of staying'out all night.
The frenzy: t'W-Uloh the New York
campaign has been driven Is indicated
by the fact thafj Judge Gaynor is suing
for libel the very newspaper that most
strenuously (supports, him. Compared
to the billlngEgate.-oclng flung in this
extraordinary ", mayoralty ' fight, the
terms, "despicable" ..and' "offensive,"
which precipitated the Burr-Hamilton
tragedy, soulid "Chcsterfieldian.
Our amiable nonpartisan democratic
contemporary," the World-Herald, is
afraid somebody will be fooled in the
coming election. Somebody was fooled
in the last election that gave us a dem
ocratic governor'and legislature. The
question is, Does anyone want to be
fooled by the same bunco steerers twice
in succession? " 1 '
Our anti-saloon sleuths are swearing
out warrants' against places where they
allege gambling games are being played
surreptitiously. The anti-saloon sleuths
claim to have- a mass of evidence to
convict liquor dealers for law violation,
but they have( not sworn, out a single
warrant. What, are' they watting for?
It Is sincerely to be hoped that the
death created 'vacancy on the United
States supreme berfch may not further
delay acquisiliotf ' of the water works
which Omahar,)hiaa, been, securing by
"Immediate andaempulapry purchase"
for six yeara-las4-a8t.--
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Speaking of joTnt debates, what's the
m'atteV wlthla'Jfabfest between' Gov
ernor ShaUen,ber;K.er and Mr. Bryan as
to who should write the next platform
to be.putouf Over the name of Ne
braska democracy?
Japan's announcement', that Its pol
icy toward Korea remains unchanged
by the Ito" assassination was to be ex
pected. The Koreans werefc short
changed in the bWlnn.ing.
War to Be Avoided.
Wall Street Journal.
While It may be true we could do more
harm to Franc than It could to us In a
commercial war, ' yet the fact would be
small comfort to any man whose business
suffered therefrom. - War, - no matter of
what kind, is Justwnat General Sherman
said It waa, and should be avoided as far
as possible.; , , , '
Kellef fur the Perplexed.
Washington Herald.
The apparent disposition of the courts to
declare unconstitutional Nebraska's guar
anteed bank deposits law really ought to be
secretly pleasing 'to some of our statesmen
who probably are anxious enough to turn
that thing loose without being certain as
to the best way of going about It.
History Hrjeat Itself.
. . Brooklyn Eagle.
"Prefer beef and cabbage, but" was
the way tne president's telegram reached
San Antonio. "Butt" was the aecretary's
signature. Hence cabbage waa not on the
bill of fare. History repeats Itself. It waa
Allen Q. Thurman who waa the bitter foe
of an Ohio railroad for years, because
when he asked the president for the
stopping of an express trallf at a little
town, after be had . made a stump speech,
he got the telegram: "Ho one will wait
for you." The copy was: "No. One," of
course.
SOLDIEK'9 lOIT OF Y IE W.
Harden of 'Weight Carried on Prac
tice Marches.
Collier's Weekly.
Writing to us about his life, a soldier In
the United fitates army quotes these lines:
"The toad beneath the harrow knows,
Kxactly where each tooih-potnt goes.
The butterfly along the road
Preaches contentment to that toad."
He waa answering the rather general
comment on the failure of soldiers to re
enlist at the expiration of their terms, and
on the amount of desertion. Our soldier
friend finds the predominant reason In the
amount of weight that has to be carried
on a practlee march. The burden Includes,
when In full field equipment, gun. bayonet.
belt, ninety rounds of ammunition, poncho,
pole, fiver-pegs, .blanket, canteen and
various pier-es of olothing, eating utensils,
etc., as well as an emergency ration and
an intrenching Implement, bringing the
whole to about fifty-five pounds. Officers
rather generally look upon these things as
necessary, but a number of soldiers think
that eighteen pounds might be discarded,
covering the poncho. Intrenching imple
rnent, the emergency ration, and seventy
rounda cf ammunition, the arguments be
ing that Jhe punoho interferes with the
soldier's walking while on the march and
is not of sufficient value In camp to com
pensate; that In -the use of the Intrench
Ing tool the soUlirr receives sufficient In
struction at his home post; and that
twenty founda of ammunition would suf
f ice for any emergency likely to arise on
a practice march. Other reasons are given
by our correspondent, Including dissatis
faction with the arrangements for extra
and special duty, but the one on which
he lays most stress la the wearing effect
of the heavy burden
Around New York
stipples oa the Onrrent of Zilfe
a mm la the Oreat American
Metropolis from Say to Day.
Judge William J. Oaynor, Tammanf's
candidate for mayor. Is a two-to-one shot
In tha race In betting circles. There Is not
enough of the coin talking at that rata
to deaden the sound of the racuous In
vective megaphoned from a hundred
stumps. Beyond the seriousness of the
candidates and the solemn warnings ot re
formers, the contest Is generally viewed
as an amusing performance. This feeling
Is manifested by questions fired by some
of the audience at the speaker. The
shot and the response supplies the fun,
especially when a candidate, after exhaust
ing his store' of vituperation, essays to
discuss serious municipal problems.
Much of the heckling comes from fun
makers. The suffragettes have a regular
staff of hecklers' on the trail of the lead
ers, and never pass up a chance to spring
their favorite question. The other nlcht,
while Judge Oaynor waa expounding mu
nicipal finance, a suffragette stood up (n
the center of the hall and butted In.
"T want to know where you stand on
the woman suffrage question?" she yelled.
The audience laughed. Judge Oaynor
paused. Then with Judicial dignity he
pointed a long finger at the disturber.
"My good woman! My dear lady," he
said, "this Is neither the time nor the
plum for a dlsrusslon of that question.
May 1 make a suggentlon?"
"You may," said the woman.
"Suppose you go over to my house and
discuss . the matter with Mrs. Oaynor.
Then come to me."
The audience yelled In delight and the
police escorted the woman to the door.
When Mr. Bnnnard. the republican can
didate, was suddenly naked the same ques
tion by the fame woman, he was floored,
literally, and his speech came to an abrupt
end.
Hut as Mr. Bannard Is a bachelor he
could not thrust his wife Into the breach.
A decision of Interest to every automo
bile owner, has Just been rendered by
Judge Si-hmuck of the New York City
court. A woman who was run down by
an automobile owned by Colonel Augustus
G. Paine, sued the latter and secured a
verdict against him from a Jury. It was
proved on the trial that Colonel Paine
had told his chauffeur to take the car to
the garage, and that the latter, disobeying
the instructions of his employer, and with
out the tatter's consent, took the car else
where, and in so doing ran over the
woman. Judge Schmuck, In granting a
new trial, said: "There can be no ques
tion that at the time of the Injury to
the plaintiff the servant was not actually
engaged In his master's business. It re
mains, therefore, to be determined whether
his conduct wan a deviation or a depart
ure from his employment. It Is evident
that at the time of the accident the serv
ant had temporarily retired from his em
ployment and was engaged In his own
affairs."
If the efforts of business houses and
residents along Fifth avenue are success
ful that street Is destined to become the
most brilliantly Illuminated thoroughfare
in the world. An organization has been
formed which purposes to Install flaming
electric arc lamps close together from the
Washington arch to Fifty-ninth street
Each of these lampa will be of about 10,000
candle power and diffuse a reddish yellow
light which will not hurt the eyes. By
this means , the hotels and business men
expect to attract thousands of persons
who now devote their time to Broadway.
Officials of western railroads with offices
in New York City are Interested In the
success of the Long Island railroad as a
farmer, and that corporation's experiment
Is likely to be repeated extensively on
waste lands along the great railway sys
tems throughout the country. After five
years' work on the eighty-seven acres of
waste lands purchased by the Long Is
land railroad at Wading Rtver and Mud
ford, L. I., and converting Into farm land
by the company, ' the two experimental
farms have received twentv-four first
twenty-three second and six third prizes
at- the Rlverhead fair. By placing gradu
ates of western colleges at work the rail
road has demonstrated that scfentlflc
methods can .convert waste lands Into prof
itable and priie-wlnnlng farms.
Two boys, sons of wealthy parents in
Toledo, O., started from home, amply sup
plied with money, to assist the Hudson-
Fulton celebration in New York. They
celebrated, largely by means of automo
biles, and when they woke up, as one of
them put It, they found that they had no
money for car fares. Man-fashion, they
started to walk, and when the Plalnfleld,
N. J., police picked them urf and tele
graphed to their homes the parents of the
buys confirmed their decisions. They came
to New York by parlor car; they will work
their way back on foot, economizing on
food and trusting to odd Jobs for any
spending money they may want. It la a
long -way from New York to Toledo, and
these wayfarers will have to take up and
aet down their feet a great many times.
As Josh Billings would have expressed It,
they will not be so handsome when they
reach home, but they will know a great
deal mora.
J. Eads How, grandson of the great
Mississippi river engineer, Harvard
graduate and reputed millionaire, has re
turned to New York in the togs of a
tramp after an Investigation of the problem
of the unemployed In Europe. Mr. How,
who organized the International Association
of the Unemployed, announces that a con
vention of deft-gates representing the un
employed in all countries will be held In
Chicago in January to protest against exist
ing conditions.
How came to America via Canada, in
the steerage of a steamship and from Mon
treal to New York he came on an im
migrant's ticket. He was in rags and
unshaven whan he reached the head
quarters of the association In Park row,
which he has maintained since he organized
the unemployed. He was given a noisy
welcome and assured his followers that the
Chicago convention would solve this trying
sociological problem by Inducing rich, men
and women to give work to all who wanted
to work.
The Water Wagon la Tennessee.
(Charleston News and Courier.)
The prohibition laws do not seem to
work very well in Nashville, Tennessee.
The .Christian Advocate, published In that
town, said on October 16: "Fortifying them
selves with federal licenses, more than two
hundred of the liquor dealers (In Nashville)
have continued In business." After awhile,
perhaps, the true friends of temperance will
come to the conclusion that regulation is
better than prohibition.
Things Would Be Different.
Piitsbuig iJlspatch.
"We are a funny pople," says the presi
dent. "Before the railroad cornea every
body is for It. A month after It comes
everybody Is against it but the town coun
cil." Nothing very funny about that. If
the railroad waa as prompt In making
good with everybody else as It Is with the
town council It would be different.
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THE REAL NULLIFIERS.
South Omaha Democrat: Filing an Item
ized bill of campaign expenses and publish
ing a llHt of donations to campaign funds
are a pair of laws that get the horse laugh
annually.
Nellgh Leader: 'VffTile the republican
state committee haa observed the law re
garding publicity of campaign expenses,
the democrats have failed to file the state
ments of receipts and disbursements pro
vided by statute. The matter has been
called to the attention of Mr. Bryan, but
so far, no statement has been forthcoming,
although the rrsure Is one advocated by
him personally. The one party lives strictly
up to the letter of the law, and the other
Ignores It entirely.
Kearney Hub: Publicity of campaign ac
counts was the great hobby of . Mr. Bryan
last year, but within a few months from
the time a publicity law passed by a demo
cratic legislature goes into effect we find
the officials of the democratic organization
In the state nullifying it by falling to com
ply within the time required by law.
Bryan's opinion of these democratic re
actionaries would make Interesting reading
should he conclude to speak his mind, for
he surely does not countenance so bad a
break by his trusty lieutenants In Ne
braska.
Osceola Record: Another of the acts
passed by the democratic legislature has
been annulled and this time, not by the
courts, but by the democratic party Itself,
and this ' is the law requiring: .campaign
committees to make a report of all money
In their possession and from what sources
received, fifteen days before election. The
republican committee has fully compiled
with the law and the democratic committee
has failed or refused to do it. it will be
remembered that $15,000 received by the
democratic state committee from the Tam
many slush fund five years ago never was
accounted for and this open violation both
of the letter and the (spirit of campaign
publicity, shows that the democratic party
not only pleads guilty to the charge of
preparing to debauch the election, but It
also shows that the law was advocated
only for democratic campaign material.
Who are the nulllflers In this case, gentle
men? Suppose this law had been set aside
by a republican court, Instead of by the
very people who passed it wnat wouia
the democratic officials and the democratic
press be saying about It now.
PERSONAL NOTES.
The American robbed In London at the
point of a pistol .might easily nave im
agined himself within the confines of his
beloved native land.
For certain operations In Oklahoma the
cotton combine faces a maximum fine of
1X0,300,000. As yet, not even that exuberant
state has begun to spend the money.
Note how diplomatically Prof. Jim Jef
fries reserved his line of talk until the
sporting pages yawned for hot stuff. The
professor la a tactician In some ways.
A Orand Army man at Yonkers, N. Y
failed to appease the wrath of his five
wives by Insisting he Is a union veteran In
practice and theory. The polloe took him
in as peace precaution.
A helpful hint, brightening these "mel
ancholy days," Is the tip from Washington
that the Brewnvllle inquiry Is still dolnj
business at the old stand, and Is likely to
last as long as the ' appropriation.
An Instantaneous photograph of Ketchel
and Johnson at a critical momenta of the
fight In California shows both with open
hands. This confirms the Impression that
gate money la the main consideration in
these events.
Suffragists are getting . into politics on
recognised lands. They rejoice that Mrs.
Bage has Joined them, regarding this as
the acquisition of a barrel; and now, if
they can get Hetty Green, too, are con
fident that the right must triumph.
SMILING REMARKS.
"Our family is awfully exclusive," 'sal'd
one little girl to another, who had juxt
moved Into the adjoining flat. "Is yours'.'"
"Oh. no," replied the other. "We haven't
anything to be auhamed of." Philadelphia
Press.
"I hear that Widow Jones is starting a
libel suit axatust Parson mith."
"What's the charge?"
"In his funeral sermon, he said that the
deceased could now forget his troublea at
last." Cleveland Leader.
"Does your husband play cards for
money T"
"Judging from practical results," an
swered young Mrs. TorkitiB. "1 should
say no. But all the. other men In the
game do." Washington Star.
"Prisoner, have ybu any reason to present
why the sentence of the court should not
be pronounced up on you?'
"No, your honor. 1 feel as if I should
like to say a few words about the defense
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my lawyers put up for me, but there are
ladles present; you can go ahead with Die
sentence, your honor." Chicago Tribune.
"You are fined $W for spe.-tl'.n:.;' :c
moi ked the court.
"What!" ejaculated the aulni:t.': Otrh
$o0 I shall appeal. I'm agent tot cm
1 was using, and my rival, wti,. old
threMhlng machine couldn't mi the
clip 1 wan making, you eoaked -for a hun
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Gllligan Oh. I dlniiaw; it's not as bad as
It molght have been, Suppose he had been
holdln' his Week's w ages In It at the toluie?
Harper's Weekly. -
"You made a grave mistake at Bllllnger's
last night when you dffered to teach the
Ulllinger girls how to play 'auction bridge."
"I noticed that something waa the mat
ter. What was it?"
"Why. Billingei used to be an auctioneer
years ago. tils liim wife was a Hammer,
and the mother of trie girls was a Oawnc
They're awfully sensitive on the subject. '
Cleveland Plain OeaU-r.
THE NEW GIRL. ,
T. A. Dally In.CathuUc Htandard.
Since we've been keeping house we've had
All sorts of servant maids,
And some were really not so bud
Some couldn't sweep, some couldn't cook,
Home wouldn't aook who could, -And
Home of them by steulth forsook
Our quiet neighborhood
And left us mutely to deplore, , . .
When they had taken. wIiikk.
More holes in our depicted store
Of silverware and things.
Yet we were never hard to please,
And would, I'm free to say,
Have gladly kept the worst of thesei
But none ofl them would stay.'
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But now, at last, mywlfe and I,
Who couldn't keep a girl
Have got a perfect treasure. My!
She's Just a gem a pearl!
She doesn't storm or sulk or swear
Or keep us on the rack.
And. wages?' Pshaw! She doesn't care;
She never answers barki V - , "
Nor thinks to say an ugly word ,
Or even wear a frown.
Our greatest Joy In life occurred
When she dropped Into town.
She brightened all our liopes and alma
When she arn.cd today.
She weighs twelve pounds, the doctor
claims.
And she Is here to stay.
DEBT VOID IF THE
PIANO BUYER DIES
Purchaser Also Protected by a
Novel System of Fire In
, surance on Pianos. ,
A
Cessation from Worry UesponsV
blllties, are Now Greatly Les
sened for Melody
Keekers.
The A. Hospe Co., of 1611 Douglas St.,
ever awake to Ita patrons' Interests, have
now devised a "Free Insurance" plan that
will lift many a worry from prospeotlv
purchasers of pianos. . , "
The plan Is novel startllngly new
and should be taken up at once by those
who entertain an idea of purchasing In
the near future.
The new plan la this:
In event of DEATJ' of the head of the
family, the ENTIRE balance due on the
instrument at the TIME of said death
will be CANCELLED ths survivors' ob
ligations cease they receive a PJRK8KNT
of the obligation from the A. Hospe Co.
Then, too, the "Fire. Insurance" plan:
If . any piano purchased from the A.
Hotipe Co. burns up or Is damaged by
FIRE before the instrument Is completely
paid for, the Instrument Is Immediately
replaced with a new one without further
ado. '
Thus TWO of the most important wor
rlesthat confront prospective buyers are
annihilated done away with completely.
This plan la made legal and binding In
the shape of certificate presented to
each and every purchaser, whether the
purchase price be 10 or $1,000. Organs
are sold under the same plan. , ,
Even In the face of these two remark-,
able Insurance features tha price on the
superbly graded makes offered here have
not been raised one lota. ,' ,
The A. Hospe Co. has figured it out on
the Insurance ba-ls the" amount of extra
pianos sold on the strength of this mod
ern plan will offset the losses Incurred
by death and fires. .
Now then take lnt consideration Mie
"Hospe" reputation the jrrn,ler , makes
featured here the unbeatable prices
and lastly this new insurant e plan.
T1IKN buy . that piano 'HERE.
A. HOSPE CO.,
I51T Douglas St.
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