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Communications relating to new and editorial matter should ba addressed Omaha Bee, Kdltorlal department. REMITTANCES.. Remit by draft, expreae or poatal order, payable to The Hee Publishing Company. Only 1-rent atampa received In payment of mall accounte. Personal checka except on Omaha and eastern exchange, not eocepted. JANUARY CIRCULATION. 45,826 Ut of Nebraska, County of Ifouglaa. aa: Dwlght Wllllama. circulation manager of The Bee Publishing company, being duly worn, ear that tha average daily cir culation, lees spoiled, unused and returned coplee, for the month of January, lull, waa 46.Ua. UWlUlir WILLIAMS, Circulation Manager. Bubacrtbad In my presence and eworn to before ma this let day of February, 1911. tSeal.) KOUElRT HUNTER, Notary Public- Subscriber lenvlaaT Ik r-itjr tem porarily ihoaU have Tba Be malleel to them. Aaireit will be changed aa often aa rqeete. Tbe Old Missouri capital went out in blaze of glory, anyway. Before it Is too late we would like to observe that Mr. Winter came back. Juatice Swann is likely to cook Mr. Jerome's dough for calling him a half baked Judge. ' '' - : It confidently believed Mr. Lorl Dier will not announce his candidacy for re-election. - People living In El Paso are aure getting the worth' of money in sham battlea these laya. Come what may, let not the lime light be turned on the electon of Joe Bailey to the genate. New York Insane asylums contain 32,000 persona. No wonder they closed the doora to Banker Robin. Judge Oldham also offers some ad vice to the Nebraska legislature which will probably go into storage. Chill Is spending a cool $30,000,000 in the interest of peace, which must make Mr. Carnegie feel like a piker. Tbe packers' immunity bath is not to cover' ''subsequent' lotions," so it s said. In other words, they are using the abort tub. Colonel Roosevelt's decision not to atop at Houston evidently means that his Itinerary will Include only the principal towns. Where the leadera in that Mexican warfare are making A big mistake la not to enclose their exhibitions and charge admission. The auccesslon of Fred Cosgrove to the office of city comptroller proves that the city hall machinery is still running smoothly. The Louisville Courier-Journal re fers to a recent Kentucky lynching aa a "disturbance." Why speak of such a little thing at all? That the pen is mightier than the swprd is again proved by Orozco, Mex ican Insurgent leader, halting the bat tle to fill his fountain pen. It develops that the head waiter at Rector'a assisted in the hold-up of that fashionable restaurant. Guests prob ably find little newa in that. Tbe Chicago girl who offered to marry any man who would give her 15,000 to buy an aeroplane might have added "and funeral expenses." Hera's another- outrage. In the future the United States army Is to be served with turkey but twice a year. Now let the reforniera get busy. The "Welcome" sign in front of the city hall is working steadily these days, and Omaha's name as a conven tion city is being spread as a result thereof. Notwithstanding the present may or's retirement from the race for re election, the city campaign In Chicago aeems to have lost none of Us bur.zy aspect. It will be observed that the chief of pollre, whose record led to the recall of the Seattle mayor who appointed him, was formerly chief of detectives lu Cincinnati. " Here U a lecturer telling worn en if they W'omu iutensely devoted to buy ing clothes they will not grow old quickly. Free speech Is a virtue that may be made A vice. The Initiative and referendum bill la now before the senate In a position where the talking may commence. A little Inter ou the people will learn the real sentiment of the law -makers. Lord Decles, Visa Vivien Goulds husband, la sald to have been entirely calm under"-the gaze of the crowds. Marrying (uto multi-millions ought to calm the nerves of most any well ...ki.t lord. Farm Life Improvement If altruism could be Impressed on people as a personal obligation our back-to-the-farm projects might be brought to better results. If one class of Individuals could be made to see Its duty In giving up the attrac tiveness of city life, returning to the country and cultivating tbe soil for the general good, we might be able to balance the scales of supply and de mand, production and consumption and equalixe the distribution of popu lation, but there Is no hope of making any considerable number of people see that. Consequently, until we abandon altruism and adopt self-Interest as the pivot of this great movement we shall meet with no significant fruition. It is this consideration of self interest, underlying the scheme of con solidating country schools, which promises success. The plan has been introduced In Hardin county, Iowa, with excellent prospects, and Is about to be tried in Minnesota, under the personal influence of Governor Eber hart. The fundamental idea is to merge several schools Into one, where It will be possible, by combined re sources of many districts, to give a large number of children advantages which they could not get without going to the city for them. Right there, theoretically at least, they close the gate to the city by supplying the first demand which impels the farmer., to move to town or send his children there. That is bringing the city to the country In the most practical way. in this Iowa county 133 school districts have been made into twenty. Instead of many crude, small houses there Is one central school building, modern in every particular, with 'its lecture halls, class rooms, lunch rooms, gym nasiums and public halls -for these schools are to be social centers where the grown-ups may gather and discuss the ways and means of life. This sort of system, you say, will turn the country child's head away from country life. No, that possibility la met in the provision of model gar dens, orchards,, dairies and classes In soil culture, crop rotation and all that. They are keeping the young mind in touch with the farm and cultivating a love for it by Intensive methods. Thus, while bringing the city to the country, they are deepening Interest In country life and making It more profitable by centering all the develop ment and education around the Indi vidual's material welfare. '. When the scheme was Orst proposed the objection was raised of the Incon venience of children from a distance reaching the central schools.' This Is simply provided by the ('aUto van route system, already In vogue in some western states. This, in Itself, adds another attractive feature calculated to atimulate the children'a interest in the whole movement. The results in Iowa and Minnesota are well worth watching by -other states. - ' V " " Printer's Ink Empire Building. The Harrlman lines, whose finan ciers but recently announced plana for the expenditure of $75,000,000 fot double-tracking the route through from Omaha to Ban Francisco, come now with the announcement through Passenger Traffic Manager Fort of the Union Pacific that they will spend $1,250,000 this year in advertising this western country. And Mr. Fort hastens to add that their advertising la to be along tbe broad lines of em pire building. Prtnter'a ink thut gaina a sterling tribute to its potency- as a factor in the development of the country. But none too grat, for it has ever been potential. Today it only comes Into the lenlth of Its power, because ad vertising, systematic publicity, as an element In every legitimate channel of trade and industry, has passed from the crude atage of experimentation into that of an applied art or science. Otherwise tbe shrewd heads that own and operate vast corporations would not Invest millions In it. The Union Pacific and Southern Pacific are plan ning this campaign of expenditure be cause they know it will bring them certain, definite results. With this great outlay by these railroads and the large sums to be ex pended by varloua states, the west in 1911 is sure to be well exploited by printer's ink, this monumental empire builder. It is a work that should be done for tbe best Interests of our whole people, thousands- of whom need to leave more congested quarters and come out to this great garden of the gods, prolific of golden oppor tunities. American Embassies. It has taken ten yeara to couvlnce congresa of the desirability of the United Statea building and maintain ing Its own embassy homes abroad. The house finally has passed a bill making such provision and the senate doubtless will ratify tbe action. It aeems strange that this, the greatest and wealthiest of governments, should have delayed auch action ao long, .. while other nationa. nowhere to be . . ,.w ..,... compared with ours, have maintained elegant embassy quarters. Such a system has not accorded with the dig nity of the American republic abroad, nor added to its prestige In some of the countries, where form and fashion are given wide away. It has been a matter of humiliation to many of our foreign representatives for yeara that they have had no commodious homes to which they might take representa tlvea visitors, from their own or other lands, and In some cities of the orient tbe disparity between the rented apartmenta of the American agent and tbe apaclous dwelling of the agent of some other lesa powerful nation, has had more than a sentimental draw back. As a matter of fact, some of our representatives declare that this gov ernment will be ahead, even from a tnonetary standpoint. In owning Its buildings In foreign lands, since tbe officials have to pay such exorbitant rents In most places. But that Is the least of the advantages to be gained. It will give us the position to which our rank as a nation entitles ua. and, undoubtedly, clothe us with more In fluence which may be used to com mercial and political advantage. Commercial Club Committeei. The chairman of the executive com mittee of the Commercial club has Just announced the personnel of the stand ing committees of that organization for the year. The members of theBe committees are charged with respon sibilities to the club, and through the club to the city, which they should realize. Thla Is the most Important year in Omaha's life and the prosper ity and growth of the city will depend very largely on the activity of that or ganization which represents ita com mercial and industrial existence. If the committees of the Commercial club will consider carefully and act promptly on matters affecting the In terests of the city they can aid very materially in lta progress. The work is before them and they should give It all due attention. Conservative Optimism. Improving outlook In Iron and steel, grtater Intereat In dry goods, larger deal ings In hides and leather, generally excel lent crop advices, an expanding market for bonds, facilitated by the continuing ease In money: the Indications of an Increasing American credit balance abroad, due In part to the better conditions In foreign commerce, and the action of the Union Taclflc system In voting to spend 175,000.000 !n the next few years In double tracking the road these are signs of a forward movement which serve to Inspire larger confidence among business men In all brr nehes of trade and Industry, In spite of the fact that the volume of transactions is still below the point of normal output. It Is significant that the railroad earnings, notwithstanding the late Increase In the number of Idle cars, are so well maintained, showing a gain during three weeks of January of 4.7 per cent. Dun' Review. This bright picture of business con ditions, painted by so conservative an authority aa Dun's Review, may well be received by the people generally as offsetting any lurid view of depres sion drawn from the other Bide. The tone and Bustalned optimism of Dun's la so commanding that we have felt like reproducing this much of it for the benefit of those who might have heard some siren voice speaking on the aubject. Not only Dun'a, but Bradstreet's and the Commercial and Financial Chronicle of. New York, take similar views of the outlook. It Is the con sensus of opinion of those who have a right to expert opinions that pros pects are for a year of increasing prosperity throughout 1911. It la in teresting to note the correlation of polities and business In the formation of thla situation, as suggested by the Chronicle, which, after admitting "that there has been much to atimu late cheerful thoughta in recent periods," declares: A further encouraging feature has been the circumstance that President Taft In Ms message to congress In December took occasion to express the opinion that "existing legislation with reference to the regulation of corporations and the restraint of their business has reached a point where we can stop for a while and vHtness the effect of the" laws already on the statute books. It will be remembered that he also Indicated his belief that It was "in the Interest of all the people of the country that for the time being the activities of government, in addition to enforcing the existing law, be directed toward the building up of home Industries and the strengthening of confidence of capital in domestlo Investment." Even those who felt anxioua about the conservative tone of thia executive utterance have alnce had ample evi dence to allay their feelings and re assure them in the hope of safe and aggressive influence from the White ' House. The time is past when our business interests move along Inde pendently from our machinery of poll tics and government, which serves but to emphasize the imperative need of reliable political leadership. The Gas Situation. For several yeara the city of Omaha has been aerved by the Omaha Gaa company with gas for street lighting purposes under no agreement whatso ever as to the price to be paid. Re cently the gas company came before the city council with a bill that was admittedly exorbitant. Since that time the city authorities and the o (fl eers of the gaa company have had numberless conferences to no avail. In the meantime members of the city council have quibbled over the word ing of resolutions, and generally wasted time, without getting any nearer to the solution of the question. It would seem a very simple matter to determine the exact cost of the service and a reasonable price to be paid therefor. Action to this end should not longer be deferred. The gas com pany la entitled to pay for lta service and the citizens are entitled to know exactly what the service will cost. At present the method is most unbusi nesslike and unwise. The Globe-Democrat. In urging the removal of the capital to St. Louia, points out that "a great many leglsla - j tor, fln(1 u nece88.ry i0 conie ner anyway, during tne session. es. that city seems to attract even Illinois legislators at times. v.l.r..L. la in. t now rer.ivin . lot . , , , of gratuitous advice from t olorado reform experts. The spectacle Is au edifying one. Its force will be more ap preciated when one compares the methods of electing United States sen ators, for example. In Nebraska the office was filled by the people; In Colo rado the politicians are In an Inex tricable deadlock. In which tbe people have no voire. The Union Gospel mission furnishes some figures that may be of Interest In connection with the investigation of the Third ward election. Accord ing to the report of this Institution, Just made public, IT. 000 men lodged there during the last year. Perhapa thla la where the big Dahlman vote In that bailiwick came from. The salary bill reported by the house committee at Lincoln shows a spirit of liberality in dealing with state employes. A number of ap plicants for increased pay will be dis appointed, however. But It's a long time between the Introduction of a bill and lta passage, and many changes may yet be made. The opera bouffe quality of the Mexican Inaurrectton la beginning to be understood. One can easily im agine the disgust of Associated Pres Correspondent Haggerty at the pro ceedings he so graphically describes. Haggerty cornea from a race that knows what real fighting means. The senate investigating committee will also be welcome when it comes to Omaha to Inquire Into conditions sur rounding local elections, and will flnd aa did the house Inquisitors, a lot of people ready to tell everything that aomebody else has told them. Congressman Macon of Arkansas seems to have failed to get congress to take up his peraonal fight with the newspaper correspondents. The fight probably will end when Mr. Macon learns how to whip himself Into bet ter spirits, generally. tiettlnar to the Point. Baltimore American. Nebraska Is now falling Into line about legislation to muizle the long hatpin. Ko far the hatpin has scored first point. Order from Home Turned Dons. Washington Herald. In personal Independence Senator Hey burn of Idaho ranks very .high. Instructed by his home legislature to support the measure providing for popular election of senators. Mr. Heyburn wrote to inform the honorable body that he would not do It. Ii fluenre of "Environment. Pittsburg Dispatch. Mark Twain's private opinion on Roose velt, which his literary heir have been In discreet enough to make public, was plainly Inspired by hie close relations with the Standard Oil and railroad magnate with whom he was intimate during his closing yers Of Mr. Clemens' Judgment on economic Issues there never was any rea son to hold faith In Its infallibility. Benefits Kxceed Pwaalble Inlary. Springfield Republican. The Boeton Fruit and Produce exchange, after some study of how the provisions of the Canadian reciprocity agreement are likely to affect the United States producers, has sent a strong gPPea' congress for Its enactment. Even those members who thought they could see possible harm to seme kinds of farm produce In some lo calities admitted that other kinds and other localities would benefit, and the net result would be advantageous to the, coun try. So the memorial to congress for adop tion of the agreement went through with practical unanimity. Democratic Harmony. Brooklyn Eagle. A dear and faithful democrat, venerable In yeara, and courtly In manners, said to Governor Tllden one early summer after noon on the side porch of tha since de molished executive mansion: "Governor, we look to you to secure harmony in the party." laying this, the representative of Penn Yan. In tha county of Yates', bowed farewell to Mr. Tllden and departed to take the train home. Mr. Tilden bade htm good bye and hoped he would reach home In safety. No sooner had the visitor departed than the governor remarked to a newspaper man who waa his guest: "Harmony In thW party? You might as well hope for harmony In hell. The party loves a fight and when It cannot find one It makes one." People Talked About Theodore Pokey, mayor of Marblehead, O.. not finding the position to his liking, ha traded Joba with Alex Clemmons, a member of the town council, with the ap proval of the council. Mrs. Carrie Nation Is near death in a sanitarium at Leavenworth. Kan., after a ten years' campaign against the liquor traffic. Twenty-two times In eleven dif ferent titles she ha been Imprisoned for taking the law Into her own hands and smashing the equipment of saloon. The New York Department of Agricul ture reports a steady migratory movement from the west to the unoccupied and abandoned .farms of the stale. It is said that Immigrants are coining in bloc-k of families from aa far away as Saskatchewan and the state of Washington. The prospect of a memorial building In honor of Ida-y Todd. Lincoln, to be erected In Lexington. Ky.. Where Mrs. Lincoln re aided before her marriage, was launched at a meeting of the Southern Women's ..ink r.f Chl.-uvrt at the Auditorium hotel. Uh. .... .ubl,;anta, subscriptions were announced by Dr. J. W. Spencer, prealdent of Sayre college, where the building will be erected as a dormitory. Mrs. Mary Kings, wife of a carpenter, haa been advised, that by the will of J. P. White of Duluth, Minn.. In which city White recently dlfd. she is left property worth aexeral thousand dollar. Years ago in Detroit Mrs. Kint;s gave up her seat in a street car to White, who had in his arm one of his children. He obtained her name and addresa and said that some day i she would be well repaid for her kindly (action, I Mm. K. A. Clarke, former Inatructor In l,n na,n iury univer.ity, now De ' """. 'nU" ! kitchen of a Pico Heignte hotel. Ii I Angeles, waahlng dlshe for a living Mrs. jCiarke Is 74 years old and ha painted plc- 'tures that have been rrltlcised favorably "X '" 'f the world s greaieat artists. Thtito picture, as dear to her ax children, l B uIl ,he ,.,alli of ,,, ,lutel ,,.,,,. ' Jaiiniruua at ad the gueai. War's Merry Front Towa an Adjacent oeaery Whereon the Warriors of Mexico Are Xolag Thing. The stage setting for the northeastern division of tha Mexican revolution meas ures up to the outward characteristics of the scrap and the scrappers. Juares (pro nounced Wharext Is a tumble-down town. It cut more of a figure In print Just now than on the Mexican landscape, because Mexican rebels and Mexican troops are camped In the vicinity eager for a fight, but carefully avoiding a collision. Close by Is El Paao, one of the principal cities of Texas and the American gateway to the republic of Dial. The fact that the town lies close to tha border affords war correspondents a near view of the moving picture of a revolution aa free from thrills as the Haltlen burlesques. Juares Is a pretty poor excuse for a city. In the American acceptance of the word. Crossing the bridge from El Paso that marks the International boundary on the Rio Grande, one comes upon a few public buildings that are worthy of the name. Tbere Is one of some prominence. In which President Tart and President Dlas sat ddWn to table together and exchanged oratory concerning the love existing be tween the peoples of the two countries. Juares boasts one of the best bull rings In the republic, and every Sunday In sea son the Spanish national game Is attended by hordes of poor natives, a few Mexicans of Intelligence and a crowd of American toughs and gamblers, with a sprinkling of Yankee tourists and sightseers, who like to boat of having seen the bloody spectacle, this boast usually taking the form of a souvenir postcard addressed to the friends at home. There is one principal street, the build ings of which are mostly tumble-down af fairs In Spanish style, devoted to the sale of souvenirs such as rugs, minerals and opals, which purchasers are encouraged to attempt to smuggle across the border. Opals, for instance, which bring a pretty good price In American Jewelry stores, are here plied Into trays and drawers and may be purchased at prices ranging from 6 cents to II. The town Is "wide open," and a favorite rendexvons for the followers of the race track, who ate permitted to carry on their operations In a manner that would not be tolerated on the American side. They ilve In America, because after the races each day they cross tly river to El Paso and enjoy the comforts of Ameri can hotels and boarding houses, which are not to be found across the river. What Is called a "fiesta" draws big crowds, to Juarez. Nominally It Is a sort of country fair, but In reality nothing Is placed on exhibition and the entire grounds are given over to gambling devices and licentious spectacles In tents usually operated by Americans, who would not be allowed to pitch their white tops In this country. The gamblers spread out their machines, varying from roulette to cards, "spinners" to dice, shell games to any thing else that can be operated to get a dishonest dollar ("Mex") and the crowds promenade In holiday attire down the avenue thus formed, stopping at each stand to lose money that Is in reality blood money, for the gambling Instinct Is Inherited by the half-breeds, and they come In from far back In the country to wager their plantation earnings with the sharps and crooks who are certain to take It away from them. The residential portion of Juares con sists chiefly of 'dob affairs that would not be called homes in America. Except on the main streets where the Interna tional atreet oars run, the streets are not paved. They are dark at night, and before the aun sets good Americans make It a point to cross the bridge. Cludad Juares la not a city as we think of a city, being merely an outpost terminal with all the vices and the riff raff population that la found In such place all over the earth. 11MAUINAHY I-'HAHS. American Farmera and Reciprocity Roar bear. New York Sun. In 1HO0 the barley crop of the United Statea was 59,000,000 bushels, of a farm value on December 1 of about 41 cents a bushel. The exports of that year wee a little lesa than 24.000.000 bushels. About that time the farmers discovered that there was a fair profit In barley, and acreage was largely Increased, with a con siderable gain In average yield. The crop of 1910 was PS.000.OC4 bushels, of a Decem ber 1 farm value of nearly 68 cents. The exports of the calendar year 1110 were 8.1S0.000 bushels. Thla is one of the Indus tries now said to be threatened w'th de struction through Canadian competition. Shipments of Canada's surplus barley aver aged 2.331.000 bushels for the last three years. There has not been a time in the last twenty years In this country when the crop variation from year to year did not materially exceed the present Canadian aurplua. No doubt our neighbors can and under the proposed agreement they prob ably would somewhat Increase their aore age and output, but the possibility of an Increase that would appreciably affect prices here is so remote that fear of It If silly. During the fiscal yeara ending March 31. 1908. 1 and H10. the wheat exports of Canada were 43.C54.668 bushels, 49.137,449 and 40.741. 3i0 bushels. The record of this coun try for the last three fiscal years ending June 30 Is 100.371.067, 66.923.244 and 46,67,876 bushels. Canada's shipments of 50,000,000 bukhels are less than the average of yearly variation in our own crop. It is true that Canada's rate of increase in wheat exports in recent years has been rapid. The gain has been from an average of 15,0u0.000 bushel a year from 1901 to 1906 to an average of 4u.000000 bushell from 1906 to 1910, but even the surplus of recent yeara In only about per cent of the crop of the United States. The absorption of the entire quantity, a aomewhat improbable process, would have no other result than an in crease of our foreign sales of wheat and flour without change of prices in this country. The Canadian surplus will doubt less still further Increase in the coming years, but the rate of increase will not be as rapid as we are told It will be. and It will be years before Canada's crops will be large enough to affect wheat prices made In Europe and regulated hy th world supply. Fear of Injury to American interests aa a result of free wheat and free barley is groundless, purely Imaginary, the result of Inadequate Information. Hefaae to stay leal. Pittsburg Dispati-h. The Mexican revolution obstinately de cline to accept the news officially promul gated by the Diaz government some weeks ami that it ua completely oMIte-ated. Il'eil.aps It did not receive tue intelllgenic in which ri( It would .-n-Mi uie.-reet or tli government to scud it a pcial UiKu!cl to that effect. Advice to Solons Sfabraska BAltora Kand Owi Biff Chanks f orlatory Oenneel to Lawmakers Assembled at x.laeola " Aurora Republican: A Mil Introduced by ienator Partos In the present session of the legislature provides that a street car pas senger who Is compelled to stand up will be required to pay only one-fifth fare Guess that ought to make the Lincoln Trac tion company take another look at lt equipment. Geneva Oatette: We have often heard of the expression "hell box" around a news paper office, and know that It Is used as a receptacle for alt things that have no proper r'ace for themselvee. If there was one down at the legislature It would no doubt receive at least one-half of the fool ish bills that are Introduced. Dawson Cotnty Pioneer: A bill that la a commendable one has been Introduced in the Nebraska legislature. It provides that court Juror shall receive S3 per day for their services Instead of $2 as under the present law. Many men who are compelled to serve as Jurors do so at an actual finan cial loss. It Is to be hoped the bill will he come a law. Laurel Advocate: The resolution of the legislature of the slste of Nebraska ask ing that the vote of Its senators and rep resentatives In congress be cast In favor of New Orleans for the Panama exposition, was presented to the senate by Mr. Ilur kett. The following day the Nebraska law makers rescinded their action and Rome of tho delegation at Washington were relieved when they received notice to that effect. Kearney Hub: The assistant attorney of Omaha pours some hot shot Into the bill of Senator Albert to take all public utili ties out of the hands of the municipalities and placing them In control of the State Railway commission, declaring that It Is directly In the Interest of the corporations and that the proposed "indeterminate per mit' means simply a perpetual franchise. And again the Hub admonishes tha legisla ture to "swat that bill!" Bridgeport News-Blade: Thus far the leg islative committee appointed by the Ne braska State Irrigation association at Its meeting In Bridgeport last fall, has not met to agree on needed legislation at the present session. This Is far too Important a matter to be permitted to go by default, and It Is not wise to wait until the latter days of the legislative session before Intro ducing the bill. Something certainly should be done In this direction and without fur ther delay. Tecumseh Journal Tribunal: It begins to look as though the bill providing for the Initiative and referendum would meet with aome opposition In tho Nebraska assembly, but Its opponents will hardly prove strong enough to bring about Its defeat. We sin cerely hope some good man wilt amend the .measure so as to Include the recall. If the people are given the privilege of Initi ating laws they should be able, by similar methods, to remove officials who were not carrying out their wishes. Albion News: Two years ago the demo crat in legislature found, a republican sec retary of state was authorised by law to designate one paper In each county to pub lish the constitutional amendments. They Immediately passed a law changing that duty to the governor, who was a democrat. Now they are up against It again, and not a single oemocratie state official to por tion out the pie. Can the shrewd disciple of democracy find a way to save tha spoils? Can a duck swim? Curing Courier; Tho legislative confer ence of the county option forces laid the so called -official"- bill of i tho Anti-Saloon league on the ahelf, and will enact one that Is short and to the point, believing that they can pass such a measure with less difficulty. . Th side-tracking of Brother Poulson la about what he needed anyhow. Of all the agencies which had to do with the apparently successful option campaign, he was about the least effective; this said with no reflection upon the many excellent members of the league. Beatrice Expreaa: The Evans bill, intro duced In the Nebraska legislature to pro vide for the choosing of delegatea to na tional conventions and national committee men and for an expression of th people's choice for president and vice president, is one measure introduced by a republican which bids fair to have tha support of tha democratic majority aa well as of his own party colleague. Mr. Bryan and Mr. Shal lenberger have gone on record as favoring the bill, as well as Governor Aldrlch, Sen ator Brown and Congressman Norri of the republican party. The proposed law is In the line of "letting the people rule" and there la no good argument against It. Aurora Sun: Th democrat of Nebraska are surely getting In a tight fix. In a gen eral way we belteve in a radical reduction of nearly alt high protective tariff, but when It come to removing or reducing the tariff of 35 cent a bushel on Canadian wheat, we close on eye and then we close the other and then we whistle thought fully. But Isn't It peculiar that President Taft should have been so strongly in favor of th last tariff bill which imposed so high a tax on so many things, but Is now in favor of free trad on grain. Pamper the eastern plutocrats, persecute the western farmer that aeema to be hi motto. Old VJuli: That wa a very courteous letter that th state auditor handed to the democratic senate, when he refused to pay th warrants Issued for pay for senate em ploye In excess of the legal stipulation, but It wa also very effectual. The demo crats, true to their custom of acting on the old democratic doctrine, "to the victor belong the spoil." raised the compensation of most of the employes above the amount the law allowed. Of course It was Rarton's duty to veto the act till the lefclnlature took the trouble to change the laws. It Is a good thing to have a few republicans In places where they can do the moat good, if we are to persist In this habit of keep ing the legislature in the hands of the democrats. Nebraska City Press: What a splendid opportunity the members of the Nebraska legislature have Just now In their consid eration of the resolution commending reciprocity with Canada! Nebraska ha the reputation for being a progressive state, a state that desires a reduction of the tariff. Reciprocity with Canada will re duce the tariff on several articles that enter into everyday use and consumption and the members of the Nebraska leglsla- j ture should remember thla when they con- , aider the Colton lenolutlon on February S. j The democratic member of the legislature -are pledged to support tariff reduction. We shall now see how much consistency thesa j men have i Albion News, r'late Auditor liarton lias i proposed that the law which prohibits the1 sale of Nebraska school land be repealed. ' and that the land be sold and the proceeds Invested In securities which will yield the -late a larger revenue than I derived from the leas of the lands. Whether this Ix a good buelnraa proposition or not depends on whether th piic of Nebraska land la going to continue to advanc as it ha bean ! doing for a number of yeara. If theae land . had not been w ithdrawn from sale, they i v ou Id have been disposed of at fli to I.'.' lT aire. Now thtse landa are easily worth double tlus pi Ice. and we believe they will icmtiniif to advance in va.ue beil-ve it will pay to hold onlu thia lantf j PARAGRAFHEUS' FOIt'T" . Chicago Post: 4ut in Ne.--i.c '' 'beta of a woinrs dub have fo1-. r.' '-s: baldheaded men "ate trusting ei-l - if -.4 hy nature " This Is llkclv to ili-iir.. complacencv of some of I've I ldh-j I I Chicago Itecord-lleta'd. fbsuip t i . ssys the world Is avotvins bruc- I i has assurances that lie Is prrent!y t -elevated to a position of sieat bono- w -i i carries with It a substantial ih r-ss - !! salary. Ft. lxiils Globe-Detnoi rnt : An thrr n-' world. S.O.ooo.Oi'O miles d stani. lias 1 e. u discovered. The present globe contln irs to dwindle In Importance as we reallie b-v many millions more of such pebbles th, it are upon an illimitable breach. Indianapolis News: Inasmuch as the astronomers say that It will require t oi sands of years to observe any definite changes In that fine, large nebula tho hew discovered. It will be lust as well for the rest of us to go on about our business in the meantime. Baltimore American: Some rich distillers In Chicago have hern sentenced to pr a.-n for defrauding the government, and thei appeals for clemency have been refused Thla la an extremely practical way of ma Ing guilt personal when committed for bus! nees purposes. 1 - Pittsburg Dispatch: New York and New Jersey laws permit th shipment of a tmich as two and a half tons of djusniltx at once. This srems plenty. Perhaps the liberality on th part of the law made tima, running an unlicensed boat think th.u u was Just as well to carry thirty-odd at a single trip and blow the vlrlnatt t flinders. . . MtRTHFUl REMARKS "I never saw a mor aoletnn face than your friend, the lawyer, wears. And yet you claim ha ha a sense of hitrrinr?"' "Sense of humor! Say,-you ought to hear him read a lov letter In open court!" Cleveland Plain-Dealer. "That man seems to he a regular icon uclast. Nothing la sacred to hloi. ' - "Well, you can hardly blame him. When he waa a boy. ha waa badly gored bv a sacred cow In a clrcu." Chicago Record Herald. "That fellow Is merely sowing Til wild oats," aald the apologetic friend.; "Maybe." replied Ifaxmer Cnrntosaal; "but when you get to sowing wild oats you seem to loa sight nf th vahi of rotating your crops " Washington Post. "My hero die In th middle of my Jatest novel." said th young author. "That's a grave mistake," replied th editor. "He should not die bfor the reader doea." Atlanta Constitution. Judge What' the charge, of fleer? from a carpenter shop. junge inscnargen: mere is no ponaiiy for taking a brace. Judge. "I am sorry to be critical, my dear." said Mr. Lambkin, "but thl pi Is not the kind that mother used, to make not by a long shot." "It's too bad Henry." aald Mrs. Lamb kin, amiably. !i don't know what to do about It. Perhaps you'd better ring hr up on the 'phorte and tell her. She sent it over this afternoon." Harper Weekly. "Did Thompson tell you that eteryF' "Yes" "' "Well, a trifling tax on Thompson's dally output of Imagination would pay tho na tional debt and provide th seventeen gen erations of Esquimaux with gumdro." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "There la one thing which U fumy about a stag dinner." "What Is It?" "That it roll up dear expen." Haiti more American. Reuben Josh says that city feller g blm a hundred an' aome odd dollars fur thet horse o' hls'n. Sllaa You ain't heerd tha hull of It. When he took th dollar to th bank he found they waa all - odd. Philadelphia Catholic (standard. , "Gentlemen." said the lawyer for th de fense. In closing his eloquent and Impas sioned speech, "all I demand for my client at your hands is Justice Justice with a large G!" The principal of th district school was on the Jury, and th verdict waa Uullty with a large U. Chicago Tribune. A TROUT STREAM. Tbere are pleasures of every description, There are Joys of this kind and the other: Let me tell you my favorite prescription Tl a Jaunt with a Jolly, good brother. Ah. we know where the trout lie In waltinc For the files that we flick o'er the pool. While the Jaybirds and magpies are mat ing in the branches umbrageous and cool. There's a streamlet, diminutive., narrow. Fed by springa ever sparkling and clear; If you travel a straight aa an arrow You might reach It In lea than a year. But the fact Is, we hold to the notion Such a snap should be hid good and tight. 'Tls a thing of too Joyous emotion . To bo-ruthlessly rushed to the light You will not that the secret I'm keeping. Though In any old thing, but thia one. You are welcome to Join me In reapli-g Juot your fill of good pleasure and fun. Omaha. F. B. T. 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