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Welcome to our, city, Mr. Ground
hog. Hurrah for San Francisco and the
1915 Panama exposition!
That New York subway discussion
bat led to a lot of underground talk.
Mercy help us! Here Is a states
man pleading for codfish. Let him
have it.
According to reliable adrlce. Count
de Lesseps has quit his high flying
since his marriage.
"Riots In Ecuador." When there
are not any, send us word. That will
be a good news story.
Still, If congress were amlnd to do
It, it could get a lot of work done in
4 K l..t tfctvtv Have
In the search for that lost heiress
those New .York detectives should not
forget to look under her hat.
The Washington Star should in
clude In Its column of "Shooting
Stars" Billy Keeler and Cy Young.
Inventor Thomas A. Edison con
tinues to say the horse must go and he
is going very rasi upwara price.
When 'It comes to his whiskers,
John W. Kern, the newly elected sen
ator from Indiana, Is a stand-patter.
. It seems some of our worthy legis
lators are having a hard time finding
anything very Important really neces
sary to do.
Senator-elect Atlee Pomerene of
Ohio says be neither chews, smokes,
drinks nor swears. Good. But does
he play golf?
With the ringleader of the gang of
opium smugglers caught, Uncle Sam
ought to be able soon to dope out the
rest of the trick.
Now that Dr. Booker T. Washington
has come out with a flat-footed ex
planation of that famous White House
dinner, who cares? ,
A doctor advises men to walk a
mile before breakfast aa a means of
exercise. It would mean walking In
their sleep for some.
New Orleans should have known
that when San Francisco went after
a thing it. would never quit as long s
there was a chance to get it.
'As March 4 approaches those
torial deadlocks become r-re acuie.
There is usually an lndiapoUiou to
let a good salary go to waste.
Union Pacific officials, at any rate,
are firmly of the belief that the great
west is growing steadily in population
and wealth and will continue to
prosper.
President Taft refuses to talk of
extra session in connection with his
Canadian tariff treaty. But he prob
ably la not declining to think on the
subject.
That women can confuse a man
was proved the other day when a
meek monster charged with bigamy
absent-mindedly called In three of his
wives to testify for him.
Nebraska's 8 o'clock closing reap
pears in South Dakota as 9 "o'clock
closing and in Iowa as 10 o'clock
closing. No sacred and inviolable
ratio like 1 to 1 Is yet established
here.
Now If our Nebraska lawmakers
had only known what they now know
they might have resoluted tn favor of
San Francisco and atood in llneXor
courtesies at the gate when the big
show opens.
Judging by the tenor of his newspa
per, r ur democratic congressman from
this district and senator-elect Is wait
ing for the farmer to speak before he
tells on which side of Canadian reci
procity, he stands.- It's up to the
farmer to send out a relief expedition.
Pursuing1 the Harriman Idea.
The appropriation of $7o. 000.000
by the Harriman lines to complete
their double-track system from Omaha
to San Francisco means much for the
wpBt and much for this great trans
continental line. It is rather sub
stantial evidence that all railroad ex
tensions and improvements are not
dependent on higher rates as some
lees successful roads would have us
believe. While they sre clamoring
for Increased tariffs, the Union and
Southern Pacific roads are proceeding
with Titanic improvements.
This looks like requiting the people
with bettei facilities, of travel for
their patronage, which has made pos
sible those handsome dividends. It
was Mr. Harrlmun's Idea that the best
wsy to enlarge profits was to Improve
the road. He never believed In let
ting the prooerty deteriorate, while he
squeezed earnings out of it. His
school has been thoroughly vlndlcsted.
So, while the Union Pacific and, of
course, the Southern Pacific tra
verses a prodigiously rich and growing
country, much of its supremacy Is due
to Its system of management, both as
to finances and operation. The work
of physical reconstruction has been
continued until today the Union Pa
cific's roadbed and equipment are
famous.
Anotr detail of which the public
knows too little is the idea of the
present management for promoting
harmony of action among all the
road's employes, from top to bottom,
ns a means of securing the maximum
degree of service and contentment
from every individual. Another is culti
vating the good will of the people
along the Union Pacific, drawing them
and the company into closer sympath
ies! And another is the head officers
keeping personally in touch with every
department of the line's life. These
things amount to a science in manage
ment, which is counted in large fig
ures in striking the balances at the
end of each fiscal year. It is notable
that men who have offered to save
millions in the management of some
roads have not Included the Harriman
lines in the list needing their services.
When these improvements are com
pleted it will give the country v a
double-track system from New York
to San Francisco, effecting one of the
greatest objects in railroad building,
and It will tend vastly to promote
growth and progress in the west.
Politics and Chivalry.
It is not surprising to find that a
woman has been projected into the
deadlocked senatorial contest in Colo
rado, where women have the right of
franchise. If they can vote, then they
may bold office, and there is no valid
reason why most any woman of ordi
nary Intelligence could not fill a seat
In the United States senate as accepta
bly as some of the men who are in this
race. Thus far It has been impossible
to break the deadlock and, looking on
from the outside, it would appear that
one candidate has as good a chance of
election as another, though, of course.
the situation must look different from
the inside.
Here Is an excellent chance for
Colorado democrats to distinguish
themselves by electing a woman to the
senate. Let these men 'be gallant
enough to get out and give her the
seat. We do not know anything about
this feminine candidate's qualifica
tions, but they must be all right or she
would never have presumed to enter
the race, for woman sought and ob
tained the ballot only that she might
reform and uplift politics. This fair
citizen of this fair state could not pqs
sibly have any other motive now. And
if .uplifting politics out there and at
Washington means lifting down a few
ambitious men, why, do that.-
Colorado is not quite In the freak
class, but she has gone in some for
notoriety. Does she , not see ber
golden opportunity in this very contin
gency? Not another state in the un
ion has a woman in the senate. Only
a few could have under their consti
tutions. Now if those Coloradoans
could only combine their woman's
suffrage proclivities with native south
ern chivalry they would dispose of this
question in a Jiffy. And look at the
advertising it would give the state.
Government in the Open.
Governor Woodrow Wilson of New
Jersey voiced a very popular maxim
In asserting that "The root of all evils
in politics is private concealment."
Whether it ts too broad In its applica
tion or not, the principle Is sound. It
has long been so accepted by most
people, and particularly by the polit
ical party that has been in power con
tinuously for the last fourteen years.
Dr. Wilson indirectly admitted this
when he told the National Press club
that "The popular movement In our
country is tor change the machinery
of our government from privacy to
publicity."
It took ub a long time to realize, this
fact. That was natural, since we had
not taken the time to think very much
on the subject for such a lengthy
period. Our people and political par
ties had. In this as in other things,
fallen Into the current of a system
that swallowed them- up before they
brought themselves to understand Just
what had happened and what would
happen If they did not change the sys
tem. Eventually they awoke and w
are novT appreciating some of the re
sults, as Dr. Wilson says. The awak
ening, we have to admit, came about
during these fourteen years of un
broken republican rule. And It would
not be at al! difficult to point to some
of the individuals who bad taken lead
ing parta in effecting this new order
of things.
Yet it Is not a matter to be viewed
from partisan standpoints. It is only
worth while noting thst the reform
came, bv and through the republican
Influence The faults of the past have
not, e think, been so much with the
I character of our Institutions ss with !
their perversion, and therefore it does I
i not occur to us as essential that com-
pletely new forms of government be j
Instituted. We do not have to restore !
popular government, but to keep our
government popular, and that run best
be done by keeping It In the limelight,
. . "
Millionaires and Art.
There must be something tempera
mentally aesthetic in the possession of
millions of dollars fioin the way
some of our leading multi-millionaires
are going In for art. Or. perhaps,
their's after all. Is the original art.
At least men like J. P. Morgan, who
has gathered In all the "old masters"
In Europe thst he could find loose,
hsve shown a keen sense for the fi
nesse In such diversions. Of course,
Mr. Morgan's capacity for indulging
the passion Is not to be questioned.
But now comes Mr. Edward Burgess
Butler, a Chicago millionaire, who
completely outdoes Mr. Morgan as a
real artist. Mr. Morgan can claim
nothing beyond being a connoisseur
in art, while Mr. Butler, not only can
claim, but has achieved fame already
as an artist, a painter. Pursuing his
hobby incog, he finally is found out to
be the author of the paintings that
have excited critics all over the coun
try for a year and more and yet we
learn that Mr. Butler only picked up a
brush three years ago and did little
actual executing until a year ago.
Hence we see a latent talent brought
forth Into fine fruition late in life
and so suddenly as to suggest that a
world famous painter must have been,
spoiled when Mr. Butler decided to
become a millionaire. There is no
telling what a prodigy Mr. Morgan
might make of himself even yet if he
would go further with his artistic In
clinations and take up the brush.
It is gratifying that these things
have come to public attention, for it
may serve to soften the asperity of
those who feel that all a millionaire
can do is to make millions, also to
suggest a useful disposition to make
of our retired millionaires in the fu
ture. They have boen accumulating
so fast on our hands of late, that we
had begun to grow anxious about
them. It is difficult to imagine any
set of persons better equipped for tak
ing up this class of art than our
worthy millionaires.
' San Francisco's Victory.
San Francisco's selection by con
gress as the Panama exposition city
is practically assured by the vote of
the bouse. It is the logical result of
the keen competition waged by the
Pacific coast metropolis and New Or
leans. Without disparaging the Queen
City of 'the south, we believe San
Francisco is better equipped for hold
ing such a mammoth world's fair and
we believe Its holding it will satisfy
and benefit a much larger number of
people and a greater diversity of In
terests than" for New Orleans to have
held it. . San 'Francisco's claim may
not be paramount to that of New Or
leans, but its Inducements for it cer
tainly are superior.
But the greatest exhibit that can be
made to the people of other nations
as well as our own will be San Fran
cisco, ltselt, a city that rose from the
ruins of a $600,000,000 conflagration
and bullded itself into a marvel of
modern municipalities. This will be
calculated to impress thinking men
and women far more seriously than all
the other exhibits .that could be made.
And then there is the magnificent va
riety' of scenery and natural attrac
tions all over that and other western
states, with climate to add to the
comforts.
San Francisco's victory is also the
west's. On the threshold of a new
era of growth and progress, the west,
every state of it. should rlerlv vast J
benefit' from this exposition. Could
hundreds of thousands of people from
other states and lands passing
through our gates, over our fertile
plains and hills, fall to find here irre
sistible attractions? Tremendously
should this current of migration stim
ulate our prosperity. And there is
work for every state to do in the mat
ter of courting these advantages.
City Clerk "Dan" Butler boasts
with pride that the receipts of his
office last year almost doubled the
amount expended for salaries, books
and stationery. If he had only been
permitted to collect a fee of $1 for
every certificate of special registration
or transfer issued during the bargain
counter rush before primary and elec
tion day what a magnificent showing
his office would have made.
There is no good reason why public
business should be more slovenly ad
ministered by the county board over
in the court house than by the city
council and city boards over In the
city hall. Why any county commis
sioner should object to a ruling in the
interest of the taxpayers requiring
bids aud specifications in county work
is not easily understandable.
According to official figures, the
present democratic legislature of Ne
braska is carrying on the pay roll 15
per cen.i more employes than the last
republican legislature, presumably
just to give us an object lesson in
democratic economy. '
' While some of these railroad nken
are crying because they cannot raise
their rates, the Harriman officials plan
on spending 175,000,000 to complete
double-tracklug the Union Pacific.
They inunt be regarded by the others
as knockers.
VI
The Bee's Letter Box
Contributions oa Timely Bnbjects
Wot Exceeding Two Hundred Word
Ara Invited from Our Headers.
Canadian Reciprocity.
OMAHA, Jan. : -To the Kdltor of The
Ree: It Is i1enjnr tn note that the Insur-
gents ,re to enJoy the fulfillment of their
most extravagant dreams. The tariff Is
j about to he temoved from some of the
articles of greatest consumption, accord-
Ing to the proposed Canadian rfclpro
clly agreement. I do n't under
stand why there should be any halt
ing or looking backward. The president Is
now very anxious to deliver the goods, ac
cording to the bond. If tariff anywhere
Is the cause of tha high cost of living. It
In right where our attention Is now di
rected. We shall expect to see the Pro
gressive league come to the support of
Mr. Taft. We consumers want to have
the experience of knowing how It will
agree with us to have three fresh eggs for
single breakfast and to spread butter
over the entire surface of one side of our
bread. I am sure our farmers will rejoice
to know that they can be the agents In a
large measure to bring to pass this glorious
vision. Now Is the time to bring the regi
Iment tip to the colors; the standard bearer
Is In front. J. H. PRKSSON.
Wants Cleaner Htreet Care.
SOUTH OMAHA. Jan. 31,-To the Kdltor
of The Bee: Much has been said and much
mora could be truthfully spoken about tha
poor street car service, but there la one
feature that has not been touched that 1
think might be called to the attention of
the Uoard of Health. The feature to which
1 refer Is' the sanitary, or rather unsani
tary condition of the cars. Not littered
and disorderly, but filthy, Indescribably
filthy.
Go Into any car you please, look along
the floor near the seat under the edge
of the heating pipes and you will see some
of the filth to which I refer. Windows
are splashed with mud and never cleaned
unless a kindly rain Is sent to the help
of the system.
Where any effort at all has been put
forth to clean the cars, the effort has
been limited to brushing along the mlddlo
aisle with a damp broom and so splaBh
the wet dirt against the woodwork at the
front and back of the car. If President
Wattles or Lr. Connell so desires I can
give them the number of the cars In which
no efforts toward cleanliness has been
put forth for weeks. The same filth
covers the woodwork undisturbed. Truly,
the lack of cleanliness Is something fear
ful to behold.
So far as the employes are concerned,
they are as a rule courteous and con
sideratefar better than their pay.
If any one of the hundreds of railroad
cars running In and out of the city should
make one trip In as filthy a condition as
any of the street cars In Omaha, they
would get such a Jacklng-up by the rail
road commlsHlon that they would not hear
the last of It for months.
At the Ames avenue barn, where hun
dreds of cars are stored, there is no one
to see that cars are cleaned and dusted
before being sent out on a run. Does any
one doubt It? Come and see.
I think probably there would be as much
religion If not as much renown In Investing
a few dollars In vacuum cleaners as there
rould be In building a church parish house.
We may sell Red Cross stamps and oover
bill boards with antl-consumptlon posters
until the crack of Qoom, but consumption
in 4ls many forms will be with us and
continue to spread so long as people are
compelled to use the filthy cars in going
to and front "their work. ' )
STRAP HANGER.
A Tip front Rradahsw,
BRADSHAW, Neb., Jan. 30.-To the Edi
tor of The Bee: The following, clipped
from your sentence editorials this morning,
strike us as somewhat amusing:
Why not send Rev. 'Billy'' Sunday Into
Adams county, Ohio, and Vermillion county,
Illinois.'
Now, Mr. Kdltor, why not, In the In
terest of fair play, give the Rev. "Hilly" a
fair start? Vermillion county, Illinois, and
Adams county, Ohio, are. both rather large
jobs for Mr. Sunday to tackle at the start.
Why not have him sent to the Third ward
In Omaha and If he succeeds well there,
then we will all whoop 'er up for him to go
to Illinois and Ohio. Give the Rev. "Billy"
a good start and a fair chance.
JOHN B. DEV.
1 JAES OF THE PAEAGBAPHEKS.
Washington Herald: Canadian reciprocity
may get It where Hiawatha wore the elk
teeth.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Statisticians dis
cover that fifty-seven unmarried persons
commit suicide to forty-three married per
sons. The married ones don't dare.
Chicago Record-Herald: Senator Jeff
Davis of Arkansas recently declared that
he did not know what a Jack-pot was. It
must be remembered that Senator Jeff has
never been strong In Washington society.
Philadelphia Ledger: Kansas, "bleeding
Kansas," Is considering the propriety of
providing an official bronse tablet In mem
ory of Edraond (i. Ross, one of the seven
republican senators who voted against the
conviction of President Johnson on the
impeachment. Forty-two years ago Ross,
whose courageous Independence had not
been expected, was execrated In Kansas al
most beyond imagining. D. R. Anthony
wired him, "Kansas repudiates you aa it
does all perjurers and skunks." L D.
Bailey wrote him: "Probably the rope with
which Judas hanged himself Is lost, but the
pistol with which Jim Lane killed himself
la at your service." In IsfSS President
Cleveland rescued Ross from an obscure
printing office and made him Governor of
New Mexico. He died three years ago.
People Talked About
The tallest social event recorded in Kan
sas this year was the marriage this week
of tha "Kanxas giant," 7 feet 4 Inches
tall, to a garelle Ilka bride 6 feet 6 Inches
In height. The giant stooped to conquer
her Just a trifle.
For many years at vartoua times Y.
Calvlllo, a prospector. In his travels through
the Camobabt mountain, in Arizona, has
sat down to reat on a large rock at the aide
of a trull. A short time ago he accident
ally knocked off a piece of the rock and
ga.-ped with surprUe when lie saw It
streaked and speckled with free gold.
MUa Jessie Schleves, an operator 'In the
Richmond (Ind ) telephor.i exchange, owes
her life to the fact It at aim left a receiver
down at the ewilohLoard while she went
to kindle the office lie with coal oil.
The resultant explosion ras heard by a
man who was using telephone a block
away. Ha arrived In time to aave her life.
Kvery city has a surplus of hold-up men.
N'd city has a monopoly of the species.
But Minneapolis has a bolder bunch than
any community in the mid-west. Recently
they cornered a policeman, took his change,
his "blllle." bl sun and his star, and
told him to go and be good. The police
authorities rubbed in the humiliation by
letting him out-
Mr. Taft's Policies
Altrriilir Motes of the d
mlnlstra t Ion and Their Im
portance to the Nation.
The Washington correspondent of the
j Spring riHd (Mass.) Republican. In review
j Ing recent events at the White House and
In roiirfrc. th is stilus up their effect as
j measured In WasMt.Kton:
. Few v.tk In the entire history of the
I Taft adinlnlsir.itlon. w hether It consists
or one or tw. terms, are likely to prove
more Important limn the week now ending.
Tli" Miliinipsion of the Canadian reciprocity
treaty ;as. of (nurse, been the chief event;
bu'ln addition, there has been the public
ui arani c of the progressive republican
len'uc. v hlch. 1 y the luke-warmness of Its
reception, now apixars to have emphasised
rattvr thun hindered the administration's
growlnit MiTiigtn. Of minor importance,
when compared with these tw"o main de
velopments, there has-com from the ways
and means committee of the house, In an
swer to the wishes and activities of Mr.
Taft. a ununimouMy favnrabie report upon
a bill creMiiiK a permanent tariff commis
sion In close ao-ord with the provisions
which the president deems desirable as to
Its detail. The disclosure of the presi
dent's Intention to veto. If necessary, a'ny
incriife In pensions which might work
havoc with his ptxgrsm of federal economy.
Is also to be mentioned as a further Indica
tion of the more determined and aggres
sive stand which Mr. Taft appears to be
taking as tune goes on.
Altogether It has become evident that
the administration Is "looking up." Mr.
Taft Is gRtnlng In confidence as well as In
experience and a considerable period has
now elapsed since the occurrence of any of
the "breaks" or blunders which cams to
be sn associated with his administration in
its earlier days. While Mr. Taft will never
be a cltver politician. It must be said that
he has ventured on pretty thin Ice, and
done It successfully, since the present ses
sion hcRan. His Interest In the Loritner
case has brought upon him the charges of
Improperly Interfering in a matter In
which he had no legitimate concern. Tet
as the whole malodorous affair Is further
aired In the senate, there Is undoubtedly a
growing justification for his having urged
centaln senators that they give the matter
their most careful attention, on the ground
that having been Induced to study the
record himself he had become deeply Im
pressed rvlth the gravity of the situation.
That word from Mr. Taft came at a
time when there appeared serious danger
that the v hitew aching report of the In
Investigating xrmmlttee mlgh t go prac
tically unchallenged, Is recognized by those
who have been In close touch with de
velopment behind the scenes. In prac
tical effect, therefore, the president would
appear to have, rendered an Important
service to thone w ho are back of the effort
tifinseat Lorimer and to clean-house In
Illinois politics. It would be a gross mis
Interpretation of Mr. Taft s character to
NiiBgest that he took his stand from any
ulterior motive. But It may be pointed out
that he has deserved the gratitude of an
Important and influential faction In the
middle west, and that while there Is no
suspicion whatever of any bargain, the
course of things as here described makes
It appear not unlikely that he will secure
Important and influential newspaper sup
port from Chicago In his campaign for re
nomlnation and re-election. The fact that
from this same quarter there has of late
come a notably vigorous impulse for pro
gressive politics would make such support
doubly effective In Mr Taft's behalf.
It Is now clear that the Insurgents could
hardly have launched their progressive re
publican league at a worse moment. So
far as Washington is concerned, It had
already fallen flat owing to the transpar
ency of the individual political ambitions
chiefly responsible for it, when the publi
cation of the Canadian reciprocity agree
ment condemned it to a stilflbwer rank
in Importance and completely overshad
owed It for at least the time being. Never
theless, it Is worth while to briefly refer to
the league because of the activities which
it may show in the future, and because
of the further Indications of Its controlling
Impulses which have been revealed within
the last day or so. The league appears
upon close scrutiny to be even more a
creation for the political aggrandisement
of Senator La Kollette than had been
earlier suspected, although no doubt this
statement would be furiously denied by
noma of those Identified with the league.
It has be(n a matter of considerable com
ment that a comparatively large number
of the Insurgents In the house of repre
sentatives were not solicited to become
memW.Ts of the new league, and conspicu
ous among those thus overlooked have been
Insurgents from Iowa, followers of Senator
Cummins. In fact, it would not be sur
prising If the activities of Senator Cum
mins In the league should prove to be
somewhat moderate, although the sincerity
of his adherence to the league's principles
is not open to question In like degree with
that of some other members.
There has been a growing belief for some
time that with keen political sense Senator
Cummins has foreseen the imposalblllty
of defeating President Taft for renmnl na
tion in 1912. and that while not yielding on
tha principles of radicalism he has deemed
It wise to maintain good relations with the
administration both for the 'purpose of be
coming a gre&ier power in the senate and
of Improving his chances In 1816. In tlila
respect the course which Cummins has
adopted has been In somewhat marked con
trast to the gratuitously belligerent attl
ture of Senator La Kollette, and Washing
ton opinion inclines to the belief that Cum
mins has been the shrewder of tha two.
Thera are those who even go so far as to
predict that Cummins will be tha recog
nized leader In the senate In the next con
gress and that Taft will acquiesce in his
leadership. This seems an extravagant
picture. But thera are various reasons
for expecting tha Iowa senator to be on
Increasingly good terms with the admini
stration, provided the reciprocity agree
ment and its fancied injury to the agricul
tural Interests of the west does not result
In a fresh falling out.
I'ardonlnar Power MUasrd.
New York Tribune.
Governor Patterson of Tennessee, whose
term ended yesterday, pardoned eighteen
more criminals, some of them murderers.
Just before he left office. His record aa
a purger of prisons was unique before that,
lie has found no pretext too trivial for
freeing those who have shed blood, and
has made a travesty of Tennessee's laws
against manslaughter and other crime of
violence. The pardoning power la a hu
mane prerogative to give to a governor,
but In the handa of a man who la willing
to abuse It, It becomes not a merciful com
plement but a sardonic obstacle to Justice.
Actloa that login.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Sheridan. Wyo., shows a sain of about
100 per cent. There's something In a name
when It comes to one famed for getting
Into action in a hurry.
DUorrrd.
New York World.
The short time that remains to congress
to complete the work of the session has j
nothing to do with the size of the appro- I
pritt'ons It will pass
NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENT.
Florence Tribune: The Ind show dem
onstrated you can raise anything anywhere
If the cost of production Is not counted
Anvway It was not demonstrated there wss
any better land than right here In Ne
braska. Kearney Democrat: Hy making It appenr
that Senator Nortis Brown Is so much
larger than Senator Hitchcock. Victor
Rose water Is going to find It much more
difficult to defeat Senator Norrls Hrown
for re-election next year than he found It
to defeat Senator Hitchcock thla year.
St. Paul Republican: Frank Harrison of
the Nebraska State Capital wants Manager
Poulsen of the Anti-Saloon league sent
bm k to Maryland. And we firmly believe
that the people of the state can settle the
liquor question without the valuable assist
ance of either of these two distinguished
wirepullers.
Falrbury News: Champ Clark says
"thera Is no oratory In congress today."
If the new democratic speaker la a fair
sample we are Inclined to agrea with him.
He sold a bunch of oratory to the Falr
bury Chautauqua association once that af
forded pretty fair grounds for a charge of
obtaining money under false pretenses.
Kearney Hub: Why should the stata-flT
Nebraska sell its remaining acres of school
lands? Thesa lands will continue to In
crease In value and the state will go on
forever. Moreover It does not need the
money for any persent use for which It
could bs expended. It will be time enough
to think of selling when that million acres
Is worth $10i),0u0,000.
Ord yuli: There being no democratlo
stats officer to whom may be assigned the
duty of selecting the papers In which to
print tha constitutional amendments pro
posed by this present legislature, what
schema will be hatched now to glvs the
work to democratic papers? Tou may de
pend that our democratlo legislature will
provide some means of getting the pis
where It will do the democrats ths most
good.
North Platte Tribune: Gilbert M. Hitch
cock, Nebraska's new United States sen
ator, has the distinction of being the only
native Nebraskan who has ever been
elected senator and the only aenator who
has been elected as an out and out demo
crat. He Is regarded as an aristocrat, a
man of luxurious personal tastes and mors
fond of leisure than work. Another crltl-'
cism leveled at the new senator Is his
Instability and lack of sincerity In cling
ing to his faith.
Falls City Journal: What strange and
foolish things men do. Take the case of
Norrls Brown, Nebraska's United States
Senator, who has deserted the republican
platform and principles that have carried
the party to victory from Lincoln to Taft,
to take up with a lot of vagaries that led
the Bryanlxed demo-pops to defeat four
successive campaigns. It Is Impossible to
vitalize that corpse even by Injecting tha
La Follctte Insurgent serum, and Brown
ought to know It.
Grand Island Independent: A strong
county-opllon-prohibltion paper says It Is
charged that a gang of robbers makes
headquarters atSWymore, and that more
than one local resident knows of their
whereabouts, and asks: "Does anyone
Imagine there would be such a 'hangout'
at Wymore If the saloons were not there?"
The question Is easily answered. Tha very
man. In the very same letter, charged that
there was the very same kind of a "hang
out" across the other line of the very
same state Kansas. That state Is Okla
homa and prohibition was, during the time
of the alleged "hangout.'1 as complete as
It has been anywhere. What Is the con
clusion? Aurora Republican: Tha determination
of Governor Aldrlch to consider only those
application for executive Clemency which
are made upon the grounds of some newly
discovered testimony that might have mod
Only Three More Days
of our semi-annual clearance sale of men's, boys' and children's high
grade clothing at the liberal discount of 25 per cent off.
Furnishing Specials
Broken lines of boys' sweater coats at half price.
Broken lines of men's $1.50, $2.00
Broken lines of men's underwear,
Broken lines of men's neckwear that
33i per cent discount on all men's, boys and children's outing flu
nel night robes and'pyjamas.
And many other interesting price reductions in all departments.
'Brwning,1Cing 6 Cq
rXOYHINQ,
FIFTEENTH
& WILCOX. Manager.
The Store of the Town.
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$400 Pianos for $250
Your Certificate
A HAUET-PAVI5 ' Jj
Do not inake your purchases until you have in
vestigated thNe quality, price and term of our Big
Contest Piano Sale.
$400 Pianos will net you $250 Free stool, free
scarf, free trial.
If you have lost or misplaced your credit check
we will suuply you with one.
Prices: $85, $110, $125, $145 and up.
TERMS TO SUIT
Player Pianos $375 and up. Easy payments.
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A. Hospe. Co.
1813-18 Douflas Street.
ified the verdict hsd It been Intindu td In
the trial court ill meet w'lh the Si'"-nal
of all who believe In the ln-.Tmrt.nl s-l .un.s
tratlon of Justice. When the fi amors of
the constitution placed C'f pai i .ul.n
power In the hands of the B..ve run thev
did not contemplate Jliat the power should
be used so Indiscriminately as It hss hern
used by former executives. It Is hlph
time thst this method of cheating Ji. tli
should be discontinued. 1 a menai e to
society and breeder of crime.
Mlnden News: One of the plntform
pledges of the democratic party whir It
will seek to fulfill through the current ses
sion of the legislature relates to the estah-11,-hniont
of an agricultural school In tha
western part of the stale While we ai
perfectly willing that the democrats should
use their best endeavors to "make good '
on a promise that undoubtedly helped to
keep In line many lukewarm west Nebraska
democrats, we fall to sea any crytng need
of another agricultural school at any point
In Nebraska at this time Granting that
the work being dona by that branch of
scientific application is essential and en
tirely worthy of all encouragement and
support, we believe the school now located
at Lincoln Is sufficient at present for tha
requirements for a school of this class.
MERRY JINGLES.
There was an old fellow named Mile.
Had two daughters who followed the styles.
He was thrown In a tranra
When the girls took his pants.
And each wore a section, with amlles.
Cincinnati Commerclai-i rlbune.
The clock struck nine. I looked at Kate,
Whose lips were luscious red.
"At quarter after nine I mean
To steal a kiss." 1 said.
She cast a roguish glante at me, ,
And then she whispered low,
When ths sweetest smile, "That clock
la fifteen minutes slow."
Albany Times.
On New Year's day I vowed, forsooth,
From wrong my soul to sever;
1 said I'd tell the gospel truth
Forever and forever;
And If perchance 1 failed to be
I'p to my promise living,
For every lie to charity
A dollar I'd be giving!
A-vlsltlng ws went of lata
To see my wife's relations;
Respecting my financial state
They made Interrogations.
Kxplalnlng all they asked about
1 loosened fancy's tether
My vow and 1 are down and out.
For we went broke together!
Chicago Nsws.
How dear to this heart Is ths od-fashioned
nightshirt.
Which so many fellows have thrown on
the shelf:
Kach night after doffing a stiffly starched
white shirt,
I welcome Its freedom and feel like my
self. It may be Its shape Isn't truly esthetic
Some sneer that It hangs like a sack on
a rail. ,
Be that as It may, I, In language emphatic.
Declare for the nightshirt with long, flow
ing tall.
The nice, comfy nightshirt.
The loose-fitting nightshirt,
The old-fashioned nightshirt with long,
flowing tall. Judge.
IF DREAMS WERE TRUE.
Dear heart. If only dreams were true.
Then you and I
Would do the things we used to do
In days gone by.
We'd stray together through ths fields,
Where violets blue.
As In tha days of old would yield
Their lives to you.
Dear heart, If only dreams ware true.
Close in my arms
From every caro I d shelter yeu
And every harm.
And Up to Up and heart to heart
We'd drink anew
The draft of lova and never part.
If dreams were true.
Dear heart. If only dreams were true
I'd not be here,
Alone with no sweet face to view
That once was dear.
But I'd be gaxing into eyes
Of heaven's own blue,
And life would be like summer skies.
If dreams were true.
Omaha. M. K. ABBITT.
and $2.50 shirts at 05c.
$1.00 and $1.50 grades at 7.ic.
sold from $1 to $3.50, half price
FURNISHINGS AND MATS,
DOUOLAA TREETA.
OMAHA.
Makes This Possible
Many piano buyers wlij
were unable to take advan
tage of the January certifi
cate, check contest piano
sale, are hereby notified that
we take as part pay on the
contest pianos, their certificates.
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