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The snort skirt will aucceed
hobble. I'm well, any protest?
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As if it did not have troubles
enough. Chicago holds a rat ahow.
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It may become necessary for Mr.
Bryan to talk up merely to prove that
he can. '
Under the proposed reapportion
ment Texas seems to be safely dem
ocratic. Members of the legislature are com
ing to the Land. show. Welcome to
our city.
The salary of the new steel trust
president Is only 150.000 a year. Such
parsimony is Inexcusable.
It ia not at all unnatural that Gov
ernor Tener of Pennsylvania should
have a high pitched voice.
The Land show Is a show for every
member of the family. The little ones
csn learn almost as much as ther
elders.
Whenever your husband gets to
fewllng chesty let his wife just take
him on a shopping expedition and he
will appreciate how really small he is
Perhaps Champ Clark's declaration
that there are now no orators In con
gress Is Just a suggestion to the new
crop coming on for next winter.
As we have remarked more than
once before, Omaha needa a big first
class fireproof hotel commensurate
with the else and pretentions of the
city. v
North Carolina, on of the states
in which Bill Nye resided, haa deslg
nated February 22 as Bill Nye day
George Washington must now take a
back aeat.
"What'a the matter with Kansas?
Nothing, only It wants more babies
for experiment In laboratories to
coach motherhood, That is not much
for Kansas.
Can it be that Attorney Brandei
is Just hinting for one of those mag
nates to give him a railroad of hi
own to prove his scientific manage
ment theory?
The thoughtful democrat trembles
to think or his party assuming con
trol of the next house, showing the
coDfiden the thoughtful democrat
has In his party's leadership.
Hoopeston, 111., which hss been pay
ing Its mayor SO centa a year, wanta
the commission plan of government,
under which the mayor would lose his
job and the town aave 60 cents. The
mayor must be a big hit there.
V ,
It is simply coincidence that The
Bee's article on our unnecessary Are
losses appeared In the same issue with
th account of the Millard hotel fire,
in which a life was lost. The applica
tion, however, right here at home Is
nonetheless striking.
Bills appropriating over f 1,000,000
out of the state treasury have already
made their appearance at Lincoln,
Hh the section only half begun. If
the legislature only had the national
treasury at lis disposal how it would
tua't-e the money fly.
Tuft on Canal Foitif icntion. I
n..i.l.nl Tltt 1,1,1.4. Lolove ihe;
lnnflvtit M'iH of New York .n ,
I
(lir forllflcHlon of tli miinl ) th-
iiitt cli r. ronnno mol onMix Ihm
oiti tht hat )''t liorn okpn tiimn
tin nultji-tt It I.iIiik loilh tu
rP.Mlilont upon hlt-h lh .oi .Hi-
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ovtrninent to fortiry ino rnpim
canal ahd th ncftl for audi def'iian.
H provra h rlglit alniply by rewrt
ltiR to it aptvirk' empliaala In the
trratK-a under wlilrh the ranal la IiHiir
built, aolng even further and ahonlnR
that not only Is It a rUht a,Monled to
thia nation, but that It la h duty In
ctimbrnt upon ua. And tht Involvea
the need of fortification.
Admitting the desirability of pea,
Instead of war, the piealdent wlaely
autlona the rounfry to remember tliRl
unlveraal ptare la a long way off. ein
phaalKiiiK hla point by aaylim. "I can
not i-nnlt myatlf In the rut huaUallr
dralre to aei'iire universal peaee to
blind tnyaelf to the poaxlbllitlea of
Mar." It l t enrol tablo that be t
abb- to show tluit tiur pvace putrlots,
In order to promote their argument!
aKalnat fortification, have perverted
larta, both aa to hlaiorlc record and
estimated cost of providing and main
taining audi fortification, placing It
many ttiuea what the president Mild It
would be. Thia la no time to befog
the Issue by misrepresentation. I'on
grcus la likely to favor fortification and
it would be bad to let out the Iniprea
aion that conKresa, with the executive"!
nnroval. had done aomethina ao i
holly unwarranted aa tlu-so mtarepre-
aentatloni would picture.
'We built the canal to help us de
fend the country, not to help an enemy
ttarK. It." That memorable circling
f the Horn by FUlitlug Dob ICvaua In
hla Oregon, covering a distance of
2.000 nillea, did much to haaten the
utldlug of this canal. It would be
ealrable to avoid war, but ao long aa
the possibility of war baa not disap
peared, a government like ours would
be ahort-slghted Indeed not to be pre
pared for It. Leaving the canal un
fortified would do nothing to haaten
universal peace, but might do much, to
prolong Its coming.
Man and the Stylet.
That la a cute little trick fashion
s about to spring on pater families.
The new aenson, he la told, will bring
back the empire gown to supplant tho
hobble skirt, the Psyche knot Instead
of the rat, roll and puff and the health
corset Instead of well, what they have
now, Back toward Madame Rocani
ler.'s styles we are tending. Gowns will
eontluue tc he narrow, but not hobble
In effect, llalr will be parted lu the
middle, culminating In one of those
spiral Psyches at the rear. Such a
thing at a rat, or a roll or a puff
no, no. It cannot be. All of which af
fords the old man his one chance to
smile. Think of the wife brought to
k showdown on this native hair ques
tion. Where will she get her Psyche?
After all, the bundle of bogua hair
haa been a grand old atandby, though
It may be. responsible for the thin
crop of the real property on many a
head.
Mere man may admire all these new
styles more than he did those tha
are passing. What of it? What right
has he to exult, or manifest any ad
miration? , A change in fashion Is a
change In fashion to htm; nothing
more. They all hit htm in the same
vital spot. Dressmakers' and mil
liners' bills all look alike, that Is they
all come alike to him. It Is no time for
rhapsodies or adulation on his part
He wants to learn how to be a good
etolo and to steel himself to the In
evltable. It la all a polite conspiracy
ao far as be is concerned. He wanta
to see his wife handsomely dressed;
that la all very well. But he really
cannot be expected to go Into par
oxysms of Joy over the facility wrrh
which Dame Fashion has learned to
shift her scenes on him.
South Gets the Plomi.
Southern democrata will be In con
trol In the house of representative In
the Slxty-seoond congress. If there was
ever any doubt of that It Is dispelled
In the advance announcement of com
mlttee chairmanships. Out of a list
of twelve, including waya and means,
eleven are now settled on southern
men and the twelfth, that of appro
priations, to which Fitxgerald of New
York aspires, may yet go to Burleson
of Texaa. Northern democrats will
be permitted to follow, not lead. In
this house. The most Juicy plums are
for the bourbon mouth.
This situation servea to show how
transient haa been northern demo
cratic representation In the lower
branch of congress and how, as a re
sult of the one-sided political condl
tlona down south, preference In nearly
every case falla to the lot of the Dixie
democrat. It la an interesting quea
tlon just how much Bryan and Bryan
Ism have' had to do with bringing
about thia status. The south, of
course, haa never been a strong pro-
Bryan soctlon, but being blindly dein
ocratlc. It swallowed Bryan because
he waa labeled democrat. But In th
north It has been different. While the
south haa gone on from year to yea
maintaining democratic ascendancy,
though In aome casea by reduced ma
jorities, democracy in the north has
been a variable quantity under the
spell of Brysn's domination, so varia
ble, in fact, aa to come perilously close
to complete disorganization in many
states.
Now we shall see bow well the
nMUhrrn Ixuirboni t n lrad. nciln-
lmbrr thry 111 h.vo !,-
- " . .
iiliii national Hertlnn ri1 will l I
1 itt.khU in rlrwlffa ahat rrKHnnalMMIV
Itoia with that ladrrlil. Mmh will
thflr lutwer without nffonar. for, whll
,l.i,,...t al ir malorltlna In th aixilh
not ,.I1(UnRPrfd hy ,,,,,.
, ,he neW ,.0nt.rPB. democratlr auc
ccrs in the north and In the nation
st large would be seriously Imperiled.
It v. Ill be a condition that has not ex
Istnd for so long as to make It of the
utmost Interest to political observers.
Fartiei or Oroupi?
The first rule which Is laid down
by Mr. Itrjan to govern In the aelec
llou of eommltteea In the next house
Is thut each party must choose lta own
members, presumably through caucus
action, yet adds:
In view of the furl llml tlicro li a fHln
I.Hwwn Hie slni,lHltMS anil Insurgents.
II win, Id Ur lo to uMow I lie Insurgents to
Ot. l.t.. whrthrr tlii v will Inke their chances
In a rrpuhllrsn mucus or he trest.'il sS a
scpnmte body. If they desire to b" reooit
nlr.il ii h h si-imrate body they should be
lilvrii rrcoKnltlun w'fordlnv to their num
bers and Importance.
This is a Very well-put proposition
from the democratic standpoint, be
cause It Is good politics for the demo
crats to keep the republicans split up
and at loggerheads. But If the re
publicans should be dealt with in two
groups there are equally cogent
reasons for treating the democrats In
the same way. Who will deny that
there la "a feeling" between the con
servative democrata and the Bryan
radicals, or that the latter will be
taking great t names lu going into a
democratic caucus? If the republican
Insurgents should have a right to
recognition as a group, the democratic
radicals should have the same claim to
recognition as a group separate and
distinct from the cattcus of democratic
regulars.
With the next step, also, the house
will have to recognlxe the existence of
still a third political party entitled to
a part In its organisation, because the
socialists have elected one member of
the coming congress who would doubt
less prefer to go Into a socialist caucus
rather than take his chances with tha
democrata or republicans. Further
more, the party alignment and the
subdivisions within the respective par
ties at the time of the house organiza
tion may not remain the same through
out its sessions, but may change notice
ably, leaving the organisation in disso
nance with tho real sentiments of the
membership, in which event a period
ical readjustment might be called for.
Apparently, what we are under
going In our parliamentary procedure
is a transition from the party system
to the group system. In the legisla
tive bodies of continental Europe the
roup system has long prevailed. The
system possesses some advantages, but
also disadvantages, in that It weakens
responsibility for legislation, makes It
difficult for any party to carry out a
program except by coalition with some
Hied group, usually giving something
in exchange. Whether the group ays
tern will work out under our form of
government as well as the party sys
tem, or even as well aa it has worked
n European countries. Is yet to be
demonstrated.
No Taffy for Taft.
The New York Press club probably
considers President Taft a very prac
tical sort of man and quit apt in
repartee, able to detect persiflage ln-
tantly. Yet, of course, the members
of the club would not think of trying
to cajole the president, not now, any
way. President Taft honored the club
with hla presence the other night and
In a brief talk observed:
Tha Lrfrd tempers the wind to tha shorn
lamb and thickens the hide of thoaa
charged with responsibility. If you can live
to establish a status through th flrt two
years of an administration I believe you
can survive through th Jour.
"Four yeara more," came the shout,
to which the president laughingly re
joined:
That'a all right, my friends, but you said
the tama thing for my friends, Harmon
and Champ Clark. Nevertheless, for th
time being. I'm glad to have your support.
Certain amenltlea of politeness and
courtesy Impose themselves on hosts
on such occasiona and President Taft
haa shown more than once that he
is generous enough to appreciate that
fact and bis happy retort here must
have made a distinct "hit." It ia
quite aa easy to believe that they were
merely polite to Messrs. Clark and
Harmon and were slnceVe with the
president. At any rate they have
found In him a man who can match
wit for wit and meet their atrategy
acrosa the banquet table.
One may easily Imagine that Presl
dent Taft had back of his light words
a serious conviction on the point he
made of surviving public criticism
No president of late years, owing to
the peculiar combination or circuni
stsnces under which he came Into of
fice, has had occasion to experience
such a feeling more than he. HI
strength with the people Is certainly
not weakened because of his patient
determination to serve the highest in
terests of the office to which they
elected him.
A member of congress from New
England, recently discussing the need
of enlarged powers for the bureau of
education, cited a report by a Massa
rhusetts educator telling of answers
by school ma'ams to questions submit
ted by a board of trustees or exam
iuers, which clearly showed the need
of more educative influences In eru
dite New England. "One teacher. In
answer to the question, 'What are four
principal American cities?' stated
'Boston, New York, Tlconderoga and
Kpuln,' " mtl.l th rrport. If thl hfcpa
h r.t will hv o .on.l relief
m,,u'""" "
It Is plain now that, althounh the
democrats have the legislature, they
are not In position to make good on
tha hrnmliM alvan tha vntnra of Ne-
, . .... 1
braska during the campaign, and w.nt ,
the rcpubllcana to help them out. The ,
contrast With last year's legialstute, 1
when the democrats rode rough-shod
over the republicans, with every sort
of a selfish partisan mensure. Is
noticeable.
The death of Bishop Orant of the
African Methodist Episcopal church
takes the head of that church for thia
episcopal diatrlrt. Biahop Grant haa
been a frequent visitor to Omaha,
where be has gained the respect, not
only of the colored people, but of all
who have come In contact with him,
and hla successor will have to have
real ability and tart to keep up to th
standard.
One of the members of the Water
board haa waked up to the fact that
the movements on foot In South
Omaha and other suburbs to build sep
arate water planta are bound to com
plicate the water works situation In
Omaha. If the water company were
not on the point of unloading on the
city it would doubtless do something
to protect Its interests. What Is the
Water board going to do?
Perhaps when Colonel Lobeck told
that Washington reporter that Mr.
Bryan could not carry Nebraska for
any otflce he did not think it wouM
ever reach the ears of the Peerlttv
Leader. Juat you wait, you'll get yours.
Tho tnlil Teara.
rtrooklyn F.hIo.
The pleo of th oil trust for the " ' 1 1 1 1 1 .
fellows'' la accompanied with the sume
kind of teHi a any octopus wh .Is w hen Its
favorite fish Is taken awuy.
Hrclpr.M-nl l.ii.id Will.
Indianapolis News.
Italtrouds are showInK considerable r.eal
to teach the fanners how to farm. Before
long- the farmers will be undertaking to
show the railroaders how to run a rsllroad.
A Prerleaa Feeler.
Chlcaso Tribune.
Imaginative persons think they can see.
In the grndunl solidifying of the William
J. Rryan face, a more or less neor ap
proach to the tleorge Washing-ton style of
face, but they are broaching the Idea with
extreme caution.
Notable Miarnre of Sorrow.
Pittsburg lUxpatrh.
Concerning the news that people holding
Immense stocks of butter and egs In cold
storage have been pinched Hnd forced to
throw their stocks on the market at a loss,
we observe a notable absence of sorrow on
the part of the public. The public share In
the matter Is to be on the lookout for egs
of ancient vintage and butter of super
fluous strength.
PAUL MORTON.
Pittsburg Pdspatch: While yet in the
prime of life Mr. Morton had achieved
orominenc In three distinct fields. Th
greater part of his career was Identified
1th th railroad world. In which he rose
to becom vie president of a great sys
tem. Sioux City Tribune: Taul Morton had
la father'a courage and frankness. In
1901 ha told the commerce commission that
hla road gav rebates because, otherwise,
It would have to go out of business. He
denounced the custom as Illegal and
wrongful, but If any railroad did It others
had to or go to the wall.
Baltimore Sun: Morton was a typical
Instance of the man who could accommo
date himself to what - he considered the
necessities of business without becoming
corrupted thereby, without losing his self-
respect or his patriotism. It will be re
called that once when asked his philosophy
f life he quoted the profane but ex
pressly dictum: "So live that you can
look any damn man in the face at any
time and tell him to go to hell."
Springfield (Mass.) Republican. The
best and by far the larger portion of Mr.
Morton's mature life was devoted to rail
roading and In that h had marked auc-
ess, although he retired from the busi
ness before attaining th presidency of
any great railroad system. That he would
hav gained one of the highest prises In
th transportation field had he not been
persuaded by President ' Roosevelt to en
ter th cabinet. In 1U04, cannot be doubted.
Aa secretary of th navy Mr. Morton made
no special lmpreaalon, his service being
brief. It were unkind, perhaps, to say
that hla special contribution to the Roose
velt administration waa political embar
rassment over a rebat scandal. Mr. Mor
felon had a nobla sire, th late J. Sterling
Morton of Nebraska, and father afd son
both displayed characteristics of a robust
and energetic stock.
People Talked About
Frank J. Allen, a Massachusetts wood-
choppvr, scores a diatlnct failure as a
trader. He swapped wives with a neigh
bor, giving a Jaek-knlve to boot, but the
neighbor's wife didn't consider It a square
deal and shook him. Hesldes losing a
wife and a good knife, Allen la In jail.
Conforming to th wishes of her hus
band, expressed Juat before hla death,
Mrs. Annie tH Morton Senas, widow of
President . Schaa. of the defunct Conti
nental Savings bank of Memphis, Tenn.,
haa turned over to the receiver of the
bank property valued at little less than
1100.000.
Dr. K. A. Hume, for many years a mis
sionary to India, told the Chicago Con
gregational club this week that woman
auffrage was Introduced Into India by the
Rig Hah twenty-five year ago, and that
not on out of a thousand native women
knowa that ah haa the right to vote and
not on out of a thousand who know It
ever exercise th right.
Major Farnham W. Lyon. S3, famous as
th personal scout of General Custer, la
la a critical condition at Saginaw, Mich.,
aa the result of a general break down in
health. H haa been slowly falling for
several years, and when th Custer monu
ment waa unveiled In Monroe last year
Major Lyon waa unable to attend becaua
of hla enfeebled condition.
Tony Biuno of Tbompaonvllle, Conn.,
bet th proprietor of a fruit stor la that
town that he could eat forty bananas on
right after th other. After eating just
three dosen Bruno said he had been
troubled with Indigestion for a day or
two and would have to forego th other
four bananas. 11 rested a moment, drank
a glass f water and said be felt f ns.
Army Gossip
Matters of tntaraat oa and Back
of tha ritlnr Llna Olaaoad from
the Army aad MF Batistas.
'''he orilnan.a department ef the army
s rm,tlfmn) rk of ,vel,,ln ord-
,.,. auiiDi rr , asint air crsft.
NMturally. every effort Is bring made to
keep the results attained serret. Atten
tion Is being given to Improving the fuse
and the tra.er elements of the projectile
to be used with suns employed for firing
j against air . raft The manufacture of
i seventy-five sm h proje. tiles hss been com
menced at th Krankford arsenal for use
In experiments (y the ordnance board. It
la appreciated Hint the ascertainment of
the mime of air c.uft will bo dll'iiciilt.
and much dependence will have to be placed
upon the Inner lor this puipe. It Is
for this reason that so much attention Is
being given to this element of the pro
jectile. fliigitdler tieneial J. V. Human, t'nited
States army expects to leave Washington
ii bout February M for his new station at the
headquarters of the I'eparinient of l'akota.
He will tie succeeded on the army retiring
hoard ns a member by Iltigsdler lleneral
Robert K. Kvans, who will become, also,
chief of the mlfltla division. In anticipation
of the i appointment of' Colonel K. M.
Weaver. Its present head, as a brigadier
Scncrs I and chief of roast artillery. In
the meantime, Colonel Weaver expects to
avail himself of a leav of absence and
Indulge In a trip south. It has been de
cided to detail Colonel Ueorge F. Ander
son, who becomes a' brigadier general on
March 19, to duty In command of the t
partment of the Vlsayaa, In the Philip
pines, relieving Urit;adler General I). H.
HriiHh, who will sail for home on the trans
port leaving Manila on April 15.
The secretary of war Is In favor of legis
lation, which he hopes to obtain at this
seKKlon, which shall authorise the stoppage
of pay In the case of enlisted men of the
army who are unfit for duty on account
of alcoholism ami certain other diseases.
The army medical officers have adopted
methods which are considered as protect
ing men from such afflictions as render
them Incapacitated for duty. The records
show that there has been what may prop
erly be regttrded a an alarming Increase
In such cases of unfitness, and the Inter
ruption of military ssrvlc on this account
has reached such proportions that the sec
retary of war believes something should
be done to discourage In a positive way
the habits which bring on this trouble.
Stoppage of pay Is regarded as one of the
most effective methods to that end and is
likely to have a different Influence which
would be valuable In connection with other
methods adopted by the military authori
ties to check the ravages of these diseases.
It is shown from the reports of the army
medical officers that the number of men
constantly excused from duty averages
nearly 1.000, equivalent to more than an
entire regiment at peace strength.
Representative J. A. T. llull, chairman
of the house military committee, is at work
on a speech which he will deliver when the
military academy appropriation bill Is taken
up for consideration In the house. There
Is no telling when that bill will come up.
Hearings on the measure will occur next
week before the military committee, and
It will not take many days to prepare the
bill for report. Tha political situation In
the house, however. Is such that there may
be required an extra session In order to
get through the appropriation bills. In
that event, of course, Mr. Hull will pre
sumably take, and It Is hoped will have
that opportunity of taking, some other
occasion to deliver his remarks, which, as
he says, are In the nature of a farewell
message to his associates In congress, after
a long and useful career In that body, es
pecially In connection with army legisla
tion. Mr. Hull proposes to express his
Views on the subject of the needs of the
national defense, and it Is understood he
will have something of Importance to say
concerning the development of the militia.
Undoubtedly, he will speak In behalf of the
Increase of the army. At all events, bis
speech Is bound to have an Influence and a
value coming from such a source under
such conditions.
A large number of details to the duty
of professor of military science at mil
ltary colleges will expire during 1911, and
on account of the scarcity of armyoffl
rers for duty with troops and the desira
blllty, for the sake of discipline and gen
eral efficiency, of getting captains back to
duty with their organizations, the secretary
of war has announced a general policy in
regard to such details during 1911. Details
expiring at colleges where the last report
of Inspection shows an attendance below
the minimum prescribed by the War de
partment will be filled by retired officers
The three-year details of majors and cap
tains expiring during 1911 will not be ex
tended for the additional year authorised
by regulations, but they will be replaced
by first lieutenants or by second lieu
tenants of over five years' service.
The same rule will apply to four-
year details expiring In 11L The new de
tails will not be given to officers whose
regiments are under orders for Philippine
service during 1911, and no three-year de
tails will be extended to four when the
officers' regiments are about to go on for
eign service. The Idea contemplated Is to
keep majors, captains and second lieuten
ants of less than five years' service with
their . regiments: and to send troops on
foreign service with as complete a com
plement of officers as Is consistent with
the present Imperative demands for neces
sary detached service, it la estimated that
this policy will return, during 1911, two
majors and twelve captains for duty with
their regiments, their places being taken
by properly equipped lieutenants or by re
tired officers.
Pronotlos of ( onareaauiaa Smith.
Philadelphia Record.
Representative Smith of Iowa, who has
Just been nominated for a federal Judgshlp
by President Taft, is not "a lame duck"
at any rats. The president could have
found a choice for this position among the
many republican members of this congress
who were rejected by the people last No
vember. But he has preferred the only
Iowa stand-patter who la re-elected to the
next congresa and w hose successor la likely
to be a progressive.
Heelproellr Wit, lasads.
Springfield Republican.
The Indications are that the Canadian
and American negotiators will whip Into
shape a reciprocity treaty of aom aort for
prtsentatlon to the United States aenate
al the session now in being, but It would
be a iniracl If that treaty were approved
by the senate before March 1 It will go
over to the seaslon next winter, which will
be mild or bleak - for reciprocity treaties
aa the god ot storms may determine.
Malta, Bwtie Meet.
Wall Street Journal.
As President Farrell of the United States
Snel corporation haa no last for Mont
Carlo, no desire for an Imitation chateau
on Riverside Drive and belongs to a faith
which does not allow divorce It la juat
possible that he may make ends meet on
the reduced salary of fifty thousand a year.
The Bco's Letter Box
Oontrtbationa ea Vlmaly Bubac4a
Hot Karaadlnf Tare BTandrad Words
Are iBTltwd from Oa Boadara.
Too Mark Leniency to C rooks.
OMAHA. Jan. M.-To the Editor of
The lu-e: Pity It la If every newspaper
reader In Omaha did not read your edi
torial regarding criminal court matters.
And too bad If the other papers will not
take up the theme and keep It on the
boards unreaslngly until the next city,
rounty or mayoralty election. Purely The
Hee has bit the nail squarely on the head
and If the thousands In th city could have
means of voicing their opinions Th Hee
would be lauded for that short article. The
city pays out many thousands of dollars
yearly to malmsln a larg police force
to keep crime In check. The fsithful police
risk their lives to apprehend desperate char
acters to very often be virtually repri
manded hy having their work set at naught.
If a magistrate assumes the prerogative of
making void the work of the police force
he lavs himself open to criticism and
should b criticised as other public offi
cers are crMkised for falling In public
duty for which he Is elected and paid.
The writer believes, and not without years
of experience elsewhere 'with police mat
ters, that crime could be reduced one-half
In Omaha by criminals being, dealt with
as they should, yet making all allowances,
for the unfortunate. While would-be re
reformers, the genuine as well, are bom
barding the saloons with solid shot, they
mU'lit do some good by ualng grape and
canister and let the acatterment hit other
targets once In awhile.
OF.ORGK B. CHI1.11.
Some (locations Answered.
NK.WPOKT. Neb.. Jan. 2.1.To the Editor
of The Hee: I hav got myself Into a dis
pute with a couple of fellows here on the
subject of fortifying the Panama canal. I
hold that we have the right to If we want
to on the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. Will
you please print that part of the treaty?
The letter you print written by L. Q. Mac
Sweeney seems to fit my case to a dot.
Will you tell me what the Initiative and
referendum Is? I cannot Just understand
that. DAVID PEACOCK.
Note: The Sunday Bee contained report
of speech by President Taft explaining the
treaty requirements and holding that we
hav th right and are duty bound to for
tify; It also contained editorial on Initi
ative and referendum.
tlot Air After the Klre.
OMAHA. Jan. 23-To the Kdltor of The
Bee: I see that Building Inspector With
nell follows up the Millard hotel fire
promptly with a promise to prepare another
ordinance to stop the building of flretraps.
i hat s as usual, shutting the barn door
after the horse Is stolen. To my knowl
edge this same building Inspector has been
drawing up ordinances every few months
to let him do comethlng he can do any
time he really wants to. The enforcement
of building regulations In Omaha Is and
has been a roaring farce for years. Some
of the worst flretraps have been put up
sine Air. Withnell haa been In office and
he Is letting people prop up and repair
tottering buildings that ought to be or
dered torn down. But he Is Johnny on the
spot to tell what he Is going to do after
every disastrous fire like this last one.
PHOENIX.
NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENT.
McCook Tribune: It is Senator Hitch
cock. If Vic Rosewater can stand it, why
the rest of us will have to.
, Falrbury News: When we see a man of
the caliber of Gilbert Hitchcock rattling
around In the position Elmer J. Burkett
filled, we should be pardoned It. we har
bor some forebodings relative to the suc
cess of the Oregon plan of electing sena
tors. Scott's Bluff Star: We have an Idea that
when the parcels post Is established in the
United States, as It will be before long, It
will make no difference to any town mer
chant. And If there should be one here
and there who is obliged by the new sys
tem to ginger up a little In hia methods,
It will be all the better for the public and
for him, too.
Beatrice Dally Sun: In Fremont the
merchants have Joined in giving a gigantic
sale of one week. Forty merchants are
In the combination. There is value In co
operation In such enterprises. If people
can take advantage of a number of sales
on one trip to town, the pulling power etf
the advertising on each one Is Intensified.
It ia a narrow and contracted view ot
business which leads men to believe that
the prosperity of neighbors Injures their
own prosperity.
Kearney Hub; Growing out of the plana
for the Western Land Products exhibit to
be held at Omaha from tho 18th to the 28th
of the present month is the suggestion for
the organisation of the Western Develop
ment association." The .Western Land
Products exhibit was created to take the
place of the National Com Show and to
give the best-ocular demonstration of the
possibilities of western soils and the oppor
tunities for profitable development of west
ern lands. The formal call for the or
ganisation of the Western Development
association haa been Issued by Governor
Aldrlch, to be effected at Omaha on Janu
ary 24, during tha time for holding the
Western Land Products exhibit. The ob
ject la of course to call attention to the
superior advantages of the new west, and
to stay the tide of immigration that has
been setting toward Canada and the south
ern and southwest portions of this country.
These advantages are so many and so pre
ponderating that It need not be a difficult
matter to Inaugurate a new and remark
able perlod-of settlement and development
throughout the entire west. Hence It be
hooves every western man who can to lend
a hand to the furtherance of the plans of
the proposed Western Development associa
tion.
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It is not necessary to wait until you an make a large
deposit Make a beginning with
ANY AMOUNT
Once started you will want to make it grow. Equal
care and attention is given to every account, whether
large or small.
Come in and let us talk it over.
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MIRTHFUL REMARKS.
Brother proudly) I'll bead th ushers.
Mother ( leai fully ) I'll hand the refresh
ments. Father (meekly) I'll foot the bill. Balti
more American.
'Don't you sympathise with the man who
casts pes lis before swine?''
Certainly not." replied Miss Pepperton.
'Ty fart that he happens to be over
storked with ptarls Is no excuse for trying
to fool the pigs." Washington Star.
"Yes. I helped lynch those three fellows
down In our slste the other day. Lots of
us leading cltiaens were on hand."
What had the three victims done?"
"Kb! Whv, I forgot to Inquire." Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
The Nurse Your husband has appendi
citis, but he may get over It.
The Patient's Wife But. anyway It goes
now, the doctor's wife will get the spring
suit Instead of me. St. Louis Times.
Visitor The attendants treat you kindly
and considerately. I hope.
Patient (in hospital, Yes. the nurses
have been very kind, but the surgeons have
treated me In the most cutting manner
you ever heard of. Chicago Tribune.
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THE QUEUE.
J. M. I-wis in Houston Post.
So many years
It would confuse
A man to count
Them Chinese queues
Were all the rage
With the Chinese:
A queue which reached
The owner's knees
Would fill that owner's
Soul with pride.
And make him wear
A smile as wide
And smug and sweet
And as elate
As his face would
Accommodate;
If you'd suggest
lie cut his queue
A Chinaman
Would laugh at you!
But since the
Oocldental craie
For rats has caused '
All hair to raise
In price, the fat
Old mandarin.
The coolie, too.
Work-worn and thin.
Have called for
Snickersnees and shears
And clipped their queues
Close to their ears.
And with hands stretched
Across the seas
They- tell our women:
"Takee these!" .
And this truth
In our ears Is dinned:
"The dnllar has
Tradition skinned! '
Two hundred million
Queues! Oh, dear!
. Think of the rats
Weil see this year..
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