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"Now they are calling It "Arizona's
crazy constitution."
It U vlve JesBe James with the
moving picture shows.
That fire that destroyed the Mls
aouri capitol seems to have missed the
democratic mule.
Henry James' play, "The Saloon."
did not please London. Those English
are a pragmatic lot.
Juat to show that they take no stock
In signs, the packers have hired thir
teen lawyera to defend them.
The Globe-Democrat refera to It as
"The Honduran melee." That ia tak
ing all the glory out of the war.
What will happen when Dlas de
cides to take those Insurgents seri
ously, one shudders to contemplate.
Sure, remove the Missouri capitol
to St. Louis and build It on the site
of old Kerry Patch and let them go
to It.
If Alton B. Parker should happen
to land in the United States senate,
who' would carry the, news-to Fair
ylew? No matter whose fault 'it was. the
abuses against which the railway mall
clerks protested are about to be cor
rected. "Money talks for fortification." No
scandal; Just the senator from Missis
sippi lining up on the right side of the
Question.
A report says the curb broker will
organise. It has been the idea of some
folks that they were fairly well or
ganized already.
And those Harrlman lines will have
something to write about when they
go -to invest that $1,350,000 in ad
vertising the west.
A. rlver-to-mountain highway would
be a very nice thing, but what Ne
braska most needs is, however, a
farm-to-market highway.
Down in Missouri some of the dee
strick school trustees are fighting the
plan of merging country schools. You
certainly have to show those MIs
. souriana.
If Fred Cosgrove didn't have his
fingers crossed when he made that
pledge there will be a pretty little
scramble for a nomination about this
time next year.
Speaking of two dark horses to
make the race for president and vice
president on the democratic ticket in
1912, how would V. J. Bryau and A.
. Stevenson do?
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Something ought to be done to chain I
down those villages on the northeast
coast. Here one Jumps up and goes
clear out to sea and another one on
an Ice floe la wrecked.
Mr. Carnegie's astronomer, wbo
- claims to have discovered sixty new
' worlds, should bear In mind, however,
that Mr. Rockefeller beat him to the
on In which we dwell.
Senator Bartllng finally lit, and
much anxiety Is thereby relieved. And
haviug alighted on the wet side of the
fence, the light for county option will
be "continued In our next."
The Nebraska legislature has re
fused to go on record as opposed to
the Canadian reciprocity treaty. Ne
braska has been less spectacular, and
more consistent, than any of the pro
gressive states, and this latest move
merely emphasizes the fact.
That Washington newspaper man
wbo got into a tilt with Congressman
Macon of Arkansas is hereby duly re
minded that the hair trigger la atlll
working down in that atate, where the
other night one society youth killed
another one In a church as the result
of a quarrel over a cigarette.
VoU Treaty Up or Down Now.
The senate should not torre the
prtsidrnt lo tail an extra session oi
congress to swure S'tion on his Cana
dian reciprocity measure. It shotila
set on U without delay. The president
believes public sentiment labors the
proposed agreement, but this should
cut no rigurc In tne prompt co-operation
by the senate to bring the propo
sition lo a vote. An extra session,
President Taft Intimates, may lead to
a general opening up of other matters,
which maoy of those filibustering on
the treaty plan do not want to bring
to an issue now. It is possible this!
consideration4 may yet servo to adjust
differences. Party and factional lines,!
however, have become so confused as
to obscure the certainty of results.
Among the opponents of the president
are those who would welcome an extra
session as a means of opening up a
general fight on other legislation,
chiefly the tariff.
But an extra session will bring in
the newly elected members of con
gress, changing the majority In the
bouse from the republican to the
democratic and cutting down the re
publican majority in the acnate. This Is
a matter of vital consideration to re
publicans and may yet have some real
influence. At all events, a rational
view would suggest action on the reci
procity plan at this session. Let it be
voted up or down and get it out of the
way. Much sentiment may be found
for and against it, but it is doubtful If
a great deal could be found favorable
to delay. The only hope in such a
contingency would be that Canada
might back down and thus defeat the
prospect of such an agreement. The
senate will make a mistake to expect
the president to recede" from the posi
tion he has taken for Immediate ac
tion. His determination Is shown by
his offer to subordinate his tariff
board bill.
Criticising Newspapers.
Queer criticisms are made of news
papers. Down In Missouri some dyed-in-the-wool
democrats are taking their
leading party organ, the St. Louis Re
public, to task because It betrays its
political trust and mentions the name
of Governor Hadley, republican, too
frequently. Here is a sample of the let
ters that are pouring into the editor:
ST. LOUIS. Feb. 6. To the Editor of the
Republic: Hadley Governor. Name ap
peared thirty-nine tlraea In Monday's Re
public. He must have a big grip on the
Republic. Please make It even fifty on
Tuesday.
Observations by a
DISGUSTED DEMOCRAT.
Evidently Governor Hadley Is a very
active oiin, as, of course, h! is. Evl-j
dently It is hard for a newspaper to
chronicle the political news fairly and
fully down in that moss-ribbed state
without mentioning the name of Gov
ernor Hadley. We do not know or
pretend to say how thick the Republic
and the governor are, but If the paper I
Is doing no more than publishing the
news Involving the name of the gov
ernor without eliminating his name or
seeking to color the facts because of
It, we should say It Is doing no more
than It could do to perform Its func
tion as a newspaper and that, Instead
of belrg a reflection upon It, these
criticisms become a tribute.
The case may be referred to as
typical of a very erroneous conception
on the part of many people of what a
newspaper is. The paper that prints
the news aa impartially as it can on
its news pagea. reserving its com
ments and criticism for its editorial
pages, is the paper that comes
up to its mission. It is next to Impos
sible for a paper to meet its natural
requirementa and seek to govern its
sources or character of news. Those
are conditions quite beyond Its rightful
provlnse. It Is. of course, humanly Im
possible for any person completely to
eliminate self and personal feelings, so
thst the best news story may be tinc
tured with a bit of the author's indi
vidualism, but the ideal news story is
that which goes in for the facts and
avoids the comments. The Missouri
misconception ts all too common
Farmers Bare a Railroad.
A small Iowa rsilroad needed f 1 25,
000 to stave off financial ruin. Ths
president did not go to Wall street,
or to any other money center for aid,
perhaps, because he knew he could not
get it. He turned to a little group of
farmers in section of Audubon and
Cass counties, Iowa and got the help.
One hundred Danish farmers raised the
$125,000.
That is not a great amount of
money for 100 men to raise and their
raising it for this purpose, probably,
will promote their own Interests in
the end. But Just the same the inci
dent shows that all the farmers of
Iowa are not losing money; are not
without money or sound credit. Its
equlvaleut. An agricultural expert re
cently said that but for the farmer
boya the average Iowa farmer would go
broke paying wagea. He alao aald that
conditions are so adverse that the aver
age tenant, farmer in that state ac
tually loses about $300 a year. His
conclusions were based upon the steady
rise In land and labor prices without
s corresponding advance In prices of
commodities. Land prices have, to be
sure, been steadily rising In Iowa for
ten years; in some Instances they
have doubled. One result of this la a
smaller number of husbandmen and a
diminished population. Young men,
unable to buy this splendid, high
priced lsnd, have sought cheaper soil
farther weat.
But, nevertheless, the man who owns
his farm la Iowa la a well-to-do man.
He has as good lsnd as there Is any-
where, good seasons and the best .of
railroad facilities and rates. It Is all
but Irreconriliable, this Idea of his
being unaMe on the present level of
prices to come out with a margin of
profit every year. The Danish farmer
in Iowa, as elsewhere. Is usually a good
farmer. He pursues Intensive meth
ods, he Is ceaselessly energetic, frugal
and long-headed and it surprises no
one who is acquainted with him to
know that he had tossed over to this
struggling railroad enough money to
rcare the wolf away from the door. He
and his neighbors from the other Scan
dinavian countries, who have settled
so numerously upon the fertile farms
of Iowa. Minnesota and Nebraska, are
able to give our own. native tillers of
the soil some real helpful pointers, not
so much In Intensive farming, as in
the essential art of economy saving
and conserving the fruits of their
labor. These people have been a pow
erful factor In the strong upbuildlug
of this western country.
Lo, the Poor Plumoer.
Lo, the poor plumber, who has been
the butt of ribald scoffers and irrev
erent Jesters for lo, these many years.
He toils from early morn till dewy
eve, and the sweat of his brow min
gles with the grime of his bands. He
entereth Into closed places, behind hot
ranges and flxeth up the pipes on
leaky boilers. He wt petit the joints
and putteth new gaskets on defective
connections. Broken unions to him
are as childs' play, and the pipe-tongs
and the thread-cuttera are in hla hand
always. He useth Bolder as it it were
more precious than gold, yea, more
precious than much fine gold, and be
chargeth for it on his bill as if it were
used by the ton. He maketh the tink
er's dam and cloggeth the waste pipe,
and goeth under the sink to clean out
the same. Of hla coming and going
there is no end, and his helper is with
him always. Yea, from the blowing
of the whistle until the closing of the
shop the helper is with him, and no
Job is complete without one, snd he
chargeth for the helper's service even
as for hla own. And yet riches flee
him and hla profit abideth not. Hear,
then, the plaint of the plumber who
finds poverty his portion, and the dull
wit of Insensate clods his reward, for
the verity of which the plumber, him
self, vouches, and who shall say him
nay. His Is. Indeed, a hapless lot,
and to him much sympathy and com
passion will go out from those whose
pipes have burst or whose connections
have given away. Behold then, the
plumber, whose days are spent in
doing yol good.
Fruits of the Land Show.
The practical results of the Omaha
Land ahow, recently conducted by The
Bee and The Twentieth Century
Farmer management, are early being
shown. One of the facta demon
strated during the exposition is that
Omaha is an excellent center for the
marketing of farm lands. In recogni
tion of this fact seven great land-
dealing companies have opened head--quarters
in this city and are directing
aggressive campaigns from here. Ne
braska real estate dealers should be
guided in their action by the action of
these others. Nebraska still has many
acres of fertile soil unoccupied and It
offera as much attraction to the settler
as do the newer sections of the west.
But Nebraska has not been so sys
tematically and generously exploited
as have these other sections. It be
hooves the dealers In Nebraska land
to get busy if they are going to share
with the others in the tide of immigra
tion during the coming months.
It is Hill's Move Now.
The decision of the Harrlman lines
to expend $75,000,000 in double tracks
within the next five years is but ope
step in their aggressive fight f6r con
quest of the far west, the territory
which has long been the battle ground
of Hill and Harrlman Interests. Now,
the Question arlsea what will Mr. Hill
do? The Wall Street Journal inclines
to the belief that he may disregard,
or seem to disregard this latest chal
lenge from bis rival gladiator for the
present and devote his time to recoup
ing and mobilising his forees. But that
James J. Hill, or those who are to suc
ceed him. will ultimately answer the
Harrlman challenge cannot be doubted
unlesa one commits himself to the
strange notion that this old Titan Is to
surrender and retreat under fire.
Even before the death of Mr. Har
rlman these rival interests had shot
connecting lines into each other's ter
ritory, but Harrlman gained an ad
vantage when he managed to book up
with Seattle, Hill's erstwhile exclusive
terminus, for Hill has not yet gone
Into San Francisco, unless, Indeed, we
have to believe the story of his alliance
with Gould in extending the Western
Pacific Into this Harrlman metropolis
at the Golden Gate. The Great North
ern and Northern Pacific are not seri
ously menaced by this advance of the
Union and Southern Pacific. They
have expended millions in extensions
and betterments and have been build
ing up their tributary country, thus in
creasing their aources of revenue. Dur
ing the recent panic, which began In
1907, Mr. Hill built 550 miles of
Northern Pacific at a cost of $8,500,
000 and each year since be baa kept
up bis Improvement campaign.
Of course, should this action on the
part of the Harrlmau people lead to an
aggressive building program by the
Hills, then we may expect to see a
renewal of the battle for reaching each
other's terminals up and down the
coast. In the meantime the west will
be reaping valuable results from the
battle of the glanta and contributing
new sinews of war to both by multi
plying resources. j
One thing about the capital remoalj
matter will commend Itself to the peo-j
pie. If Nebraska does determine to j
abandon Lincoln as headquarters It
I will not need to go to much greater!
trouble than did the Kentucklan w hen
j he changed residence. All he had to
do was to throw some water on the
fire and call the dog.
Former Attorney Genera! Pona
parte has the Napoleon spirit of eon
quest and he is steadily progressing
through It. From. a practitioner at
law he goes to the president's cabinet
and from there to newspaper work.
May he continue his logical rise.
The need of Senator Burkett's Isw
for the inspection of locomotive boil
ers got extra illustration In a Texas
railroad shop Wednesday. The mat
ter of uniform and careful Inspection
of locomotives is of too great Impor
tance to be neglected.
The worst thing that has been said
of Canada for Inclining toward reci
procity was said by the Toronto Even
ing Telegrsm, which referred to It as
a "spendthrift of inherited greatness,"
"the Harry Thaw among the nations."
Mercy!
Fifty per cent of tne possible vote
would not be considered remarkably
high in a country precinct, but it is
being used to support a mountain of
innuendo because such a condition Is
found in one of Omaha's wards.
Here you are: The new governor of
California proposes a law that will
enable governors instead of legisla
tures to name the United States sen
ators. He was elected on the "people
rule" platform, too.
The legislative mill at Lincoln Is
moving by Jerks, but Its spasmodic
efforts are well worth watching. Its
transactions on Wednesday, for exam
ple, will long be remembered In Ne
braska. Troly Movlner Plctwre.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
One of the most touching things In mod
ern history Is the way the Steel trim Is
worrying about how reciprocity Is going
to Injure the American farmer.
From Coal Dlna to Tanka.
St. Louis Republican.
Pretty eoon, if aeroplane Improvements
keep on, coaling stations may be subordi
nated In Importance to gasoline stations.
We don't own real estate enough in some
parts of the Pacific for many stations of
either kind.
A l.one- Star Sob.
Houston Post.
Uncle Sam la rushing troopa to the Mexi
can border. It is a mean trick not to let
Texas handle the situation. Inasmuch as
we "have so much experience In dealing
with affairs of this character, and enjoy
the work so mucli.
Amaalparlr Far-Fetched.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Mr. Lodge's contention that the popular
election of United States senators would
be a revolutionary Innovation la amaslngly
far-fetched. But grant that It Is as he
says. Have the people of the United
States, after mature deliberation, the right
In peace and due constitutional order to
effect auch a cmtfige? Mr. Lodge in effect
replies In the negative. So far as his In
fluence and vote can go the people of the
United iStates through thefr state legisla
tures shall not be given the opportunity to
effect this change. His position is vastly
more revolutionary than the change pro
posed. I.IXEl P IX THE 8K ATE.
Party Dlvlaloaa aa Shows by Kiev
tloaa to Date.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The membership of the next United States
senate having been almost fully chosen, an
examination of the party alignment Is pos
sible, and It reveals fifty republicans and
forty-two democrats. This Is on the as
sumption that Iowa will return a republi
can and that the legislatures of Colorado,
Montana and New York will elect demo
crats. Of the republicans at least eighteen
haya shown "Insurgent" Inclinations, either
by their votes on ship subsidy and other
bills, or by their associations during the
campaigns which resulted In their elections.
Thetie are Messrs. Borah, Bourne, Brlstow,
Brown. Burton. Clapp, Crawford, Cummins,
Curtis, Dixon, Gamble, Oronna, La Toilette,
McCumber, Polndexter, Smith of Michigan,
Townaend and Works. With the house of
representatives strongly democratic and the
balance of power In the senate vested In
a considerable body of Independent republi
cans, it Is obvious not only that no stal
wart republican legislation can pass con
gress, but that the democrats need make
but few Inroads upon the Independents In
the senate to obtain concurrence In house
measures. When a republican In the presi
dency and the houses of congress thus so
peculiarly constituted It ta fair Inference
also that no very radical legislation can
prevail. 1
People Talked About
Paris cartoonists think women In the
academy would be positively dangerous, as
nothing could prevent their using their
academic toy swords aa hatpins.
Miss Kuhne Beveridge, the American
sculptress, who lives In Munich, has ar
ranged for an exhibition of her newest
works to be held at Balreuth during this
year's Wagnerian cycle.
Exclusive of the latest exportation of
Oould and gold. It Is calculated that Amer
ican families contributed fifty daughters
snd S214.000.000 to tha uplift movement
among tha titled aristocracy of Europe.
What an appalling waste of real money!
E. A. Qlrvln. official reporter of
the superior court of San Francisco,
goes Into business for himself with
$3u,O00 In his Jeans, the legal returns for
transcribing 17.000 pagea of testimony In a
will contest. The Job occupied the larger
part of a year.
Hiram Maxim seta no reasun why the
problem of sending telepathic meenagea tu
Australia should not b solved slnoe "all
la vibration." The day Is coming when a
shall have pocket telephones to do thl
here will be no wires, and we shall see
the party wa call, clothed and In his right
mint), at any point on this planet we may
select. At night we shall have to pull
domn the shades by crawling Into a Maxim
silencer.
The Bee's Letter Box
Contribution ea Timely SnBjecta
Hot Exceeding Two Hundred Words
Are iDTlted from Oar Beaters.
4 onrerlK ,Ur Service.
OMAHA. Feb. -To the Editor of The
He: In sn article In Wednesday evening's
Issue of The Pee appears Hie statetnrnt
that "fifty-two of the venire of IJO tut y
nien called Wednesday were excused on
one pretext or another." Also that "better
Juries has long been the erv. but few seem
to think the work of betterment should be
taken as an Individual duty." The first
statement cited would make It apiear that
the presiding Judge was Ind.screet In ex
cusing veniremen, snd It Is In his behalf
(unsolicited) that I would like to speak.
The presiding Judge probably rallnes 'he
fact that the present Jury system Is really
no better than the one preceding: thst a
man who Is forced to serve ss a Juryman
against his will Is a poor person In whom
to trust the evidence of n esse which
might mran much to the contestants.
Therefore the presiding Judge, wise beyond
the ordinary Judge In his position perhaps
realise the Injustice he would force upon
contestants In court by keeping men on
the venire who are not free lo alve their
time and attention to the evidence pre
sented. And this Is not necesssrllly the fault
of those veniremen, for few persons are
able to control their thoughts and keep
them In the channel which the occasion
requires.
That the preaent system of selrctlng
Jurors Is no better than the old system of
bringing them In haphazard lies In the
fait that the county commissioner Is
expected to know peraonslly every name
sent In from his district. A county com
missioner Is generally a politician and he
Is thrown more or less In contact with the
very element wl lch became obnoxious as
"profeaslonal Jurors" tinder the old system,
and these necessarllly. are the names he
presents for Jury service under the present
system, because the lsw requires him to
know personally the men whose names he
sends In.
The Jury system, I believe, would be
greatly Improved If an arrangement were
had whereby substitution could be made
for those not willing to serve on a Jury,
to bo regulated by means which could he
worked out through Investigation of the
character of the person whose name la
submitted for substitution, together with a
reasonable compensation for Jury service.
ONE OF THEM.
Keeping Track of Events.
OMAHA, Feb. . To the Editor of The
Bee: The old adage, "Look before you
leap," never loses Its force. A friend of
mine Is visiting me from California. He
had scarcely sat down In my home until
he began to upbraid me because "Oma'.ia
snd Nebraska both voted for New . Or
leans Instesd of San fr'ranclsco" for the
I'nnnma exposition. 1 assured him they
did not; that we were first and last for
the Pacific coast; that all our Interests
lay In that direction. To this he promptly
agreed and said that was why Callfor
nlans wondered at our adverse action.
Then I told him how our Omaha Commer
cial club and our Nebraska house of
representatives did get off on the wrong
foot, but that they were both pulled back
by more deliberate Judgment. But the
pulling back did not happen to reach him
and a lot of others and we stood In their
eyes convicted of folly. It might be a good
lesson for these august bodies In the fu
ture to look long if they would Jump far..
ROGER L. JOHNSTONE.
Salary Grab,
OMAHA, Feb. .-To the Editor of The
Bee: What occasioned this sudden demand
for an Increase In the pay of our county
commissioners? Was It the Impossibility
of getting men to run for the office? Was
It a public appeal In the Interest of better
government? Or wes It Just a whisper In
a roundabout way from the worthy com
missioners that they would like to have
more money? Let's don't do It.
TAXPAYER.
On Knterlnn Street Cars.
OMAHA. Feb. 9-To the Editor of The
Bee: I think as a rule the Omaha street
railway has as courteous a lot of con
ductors ss the average city, but still It
has some whi sre not quite thoughtful
enough, or, perhaps. I should say, reason
able enough. For example, when one of
our pay-as-you-enter cars is Jammed so
that It seems next to Impossible for an
other person to board it and a woman,
who falls to squeete through the mass of
men standing, necessarily, In the entrance
way, tries to crowd through the exit pas
sage and Is told by some upstart of a
youth In blue uniform, "Enter the other
way, please; this Is for exit" I say when
such a thing as this happens, one Is In
clined to think It would be well to trade
a little courtesy for some common-sense.
It does the passenger no good for the
conductor to say that "them Is the rules."
Of course, they Is, but like other rules,
they may be set slde when emergency
demands It. This Is a situation that often
arises and I thought It might by this gentle
means be called to the attention of our
patient, public-serving corporation.
(MRS.) KNOCK A. LITTLB.
ROSS OF ALL TRUSTS.
Hard Coal Boaeh Moat Despotic la
the United States.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
For ten yeara individuals, companies,
congressmen and communities demanded in
vain that the IVpartment of Justice Insti
tute proceedings under the anti-trust law
against the railroads composing what Is
called by everybody "the hard coal trust."
When finally one ault was brought and In
time reached the supreme court a decision
was rendered, upholding the constitutional
ity of the "commodities clause" of the
Interatate commerce law, but declaring that
one corporation has no "legal" Interest In
a subsidiary company. The railroads Im
mediately acted on that decision and
organised cominles to own and operate
the mines practically only changing their
mcney from one pocket to another.
Later the government brought a suit
against the same railroads for violating
the anti-trust law, but the federal circuit
court at Philadelphia decided last fall that
the government had failed to prove its
allegations. The government took an ap
peal to the supreme court, which has not
acted yet on the case.
Meanwhile the retail price of hard coal
has been raised In every market In this
country by some supreme power In the
anthracite mining Industry. There Is no
such thing as competition In the wagea
paid miners. In railway freight rates, in
prices to retail dealers or to consumers.
There are those who say that the strong
est, best organised and most deapotlo trust
in tha United States is the hard coal trust.
Haadleat Thla am Wheels.
Philadelphia Press.
Texana living along the Rio Orande cross
the livers In automobiles to sec the fights
between the federals and Inaurrectos In
Mexico. There Isn't much of anything you
can't do with a good automobile these daya;
It la altogether about the handiest thing
In use.
Jolts for Omaha
Tender Republic: Omaha pokes a great
deal of fun at Lincoln and oVIlshts In tail
ing It the "Holy City." We have often
wondered w liv Lincoln does not come back
at limaha by csIImik It "Nebraska's red
light district." Surely it Is not because It
'would be untrue to the facts In the case.
Judging fioin the general reputation of the
place.
j Ida Wroe da.) Pioneer: In an advertise
nient In the lnd show supplement to The
lOtiiHliu lice the nmnnypr of their one-horse
. street tailway swells up like a poisoned pup
land prints some advice to visitors Irom the
; country not to get on or off the street
jcars while In motion, and not to stick their
legs under the car wheels. The man who
j wrote that ad. was the hlxtfcst rube in
Umaha during tho 1-and show and did not
know It.
Hi and Island Independent: If, ss alleged,
the cant ass of the vote In one district In
Omaha shows three times as many votes
cast In that district as the census report
shows reside therein, why should Omaha
I be so perturbed about it? If the governor
is so radically wrong in concluding that
the voting may not have been done ex
actly In accordance with Hoyle, Cobbey
and other authorities, are there not good
grounds for Omaha to claim a much larger
population than given In the census; Let
the committee Investigate.
Central City Nonpareil: We would sug
gest to Omaha that if It Is really in earn
est about its reputation that It cease abus
ing Governor Aldrich and set about cor
recting the things of which he complains.
For Its newspapers and Its public men to
declare that there Is no corruption in the
city at election time Is about as effective
as to argue that black Is white. Unverno.
Aldrlch did not slander the city when he
called attcttion to the conditions there.
The conditions themselves sre what Injure
the town's good name, and If they are
corrected Omaha orators will not have to
spend so much time In boated effusions in
behalf of the city's reputation.
Oakland Independent: Governor Aldrlch's
message on the rotten election practices In
Omaha must have atruck the quick, Judging
by the way the exposure has Mlrred up
things down that way. And the World-
Herald gives aa an excuse that there are
election abuses in every city In the country,
too. The World-Herald oould do a servloa
by assisting to bring about cleaner elections
Instead of howling about the governor's
bold and true statement. Dahlman, tha
World-Herald's csndldate, got more than
nine-tenths of the votes in the bloody
Third ward In Omaha, so, perhaps, the
paper Isn't Interested in the subject, ex
cept to have it hushed.
Hastings Republican: Usually governors
ore elected because they stand for Soma
definite policies that the people desire and
demand. According to the "Idee" of some
In Omaha Governor Aldrich was elected
to fill the executive chair more for an
ornament than anything else. The governor
seems to have a different view. At any
rate his excellency Keems Inclined to a
policy of a general airing of election meth
ods In the big city. It there la nothing
wrong in Omaha, the politicians and news
papers of that city have nothing to fear.
If something is radically wrong if gross
frauds have been perpetrated a thorough
Investigation should proceed, for often In
the past the majority vote In Omaha and
Douglas1 county have decided a state elec
tion. In case this majority has been at
tained through fraudulent votes, then the
people of the state at large through Gov
ernor Aldrich have a right to exact honest
voting In Omaha. - '
York News: Tha Omaha Merchants and
Manufacturers' association Is still busy, It
seems. In Issuing Interesting reading mat
ter dealing chiefly with the many phases
of the much disputed liquor question. In
order that Nebraska legislators might not
be left In Ignorance on this important mat
ter they sent a nice bunch of specially pre
pared matter to members of the house. In
seeking to prove that prohibition does not
prohibit York county was cited as on
which though virtually dry Is yet obliged
to Bpend $860 a year for grand Juries to
Investigate violations of the liquor laws.
The house was promptly Informed of the
error In the figures In this "proof" by Rep
resentative Colton, who registered a pub
lic protest and stated the facts In the case
In plain language. It Is a good thing to
represent a community that Is worth stand
ing up for and It is also a good thing for
a community to have a representative who
will show his loyalty.
Mel. Prelates Kirhaage Ureetlwsa.
Philadelphia Record.
The Interchange of congratulations on
some Improvement In their respective con
ditions between Archbishop Ryan and
Bishop Whltaker Is an exceedingly Inter
esting Incident, and the public congratulates
both prelates and hopes for still better
news from their sick rooms.
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New York World: Hut rei Repi rsei.i a
the Mm on of Arkaii iis ought not to tie
come a dully nuisance. Om e In a whlU
enoush.
Wpshlnaton Tost: When a woman f.n '
a poKer hip In her husband a poi ket r
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detective
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is considered the highest authority on chiM
ren In this country. Mls Ids 1'arbe'l I
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IHm't Mls the point.
Indianapolis News: Senator llevhuin ha'
cast his annual vote attains! permit to, .
confederate teterans to use government
tents. As the philosopher has well .-ij
consistency, thou art a Jewel.
Chicago Record-Herald: In Ohio there .
a Judgi who holds that a woman ma in;
money from her husband without p
kriowletlge or consent and be guiltless
stealing. This is likely to cause mm.
bachelors to struggle along without nhe-
Raltlmore American: The latest stunt '
aviation Is the herding of esttle with ,
aeroplane. Before long, possibly, we sin
he raising a winged-breed of calt'e, sn .i
with nanKing prairies for pasture and an n
rowbo.vs the Inml will be left lo the shsti,.
of finance.
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Chicago Tribune.
In ism. during tha session of the fi .i
ll.OOO.non.OOli congress. Mr. John Wanamsk.,
the postmaster general, utteied his m-
famous saying namely :
"There are Just four good reasons agam-t
the parcels' post, and they are the Amen
can ICxpress company, the Adams Kx
press company, the United states Kxpres
company, and the We! Is-Fargo company
Mr. Wanamaker's epigram comes of ag
this yesr. It Is Just as pat today as It wa
on lis first birthday, and It looks as If li
had several years of active Ufa ahead of
it. For the present session of ccngrfp
has decided to bury the parcels post bill
proposed by the president to bury l:
quietly and deep.
"Not a drum was heard, not a funeial
note." Not one single little speech has
been made openly against the bill.
But It Is already In Its shroud and lis
grave Is beinn dug-for four good reasons.
WHITTLED TO A POINT.
Ryker-ls he a chip off the old block-btryker-No;
he s a Joker off the old
deck Judge.
Ticket Collector Wa don't stop here. sir.
Montague Swank I who lias Juat given ud
a ticket) rltop where?
Ticket Collector At the pawnbroker's.
M. A. P.
"The trouble about my son la that he
never knows where he Is at."
"Then why not get him a Job with the
weather bureau'.'" Baltimore American.
Why don't you take an active part In
Itlcs?"
poi
My wealth prevents It," replied Mr.
Dustln Ktax. "I wouldn't be able to give
a dollar In philanthropy without being ac
cused of starting a campaign fund to
prejudice publio opinion." Washington
Hiar.
Mrs. Uorkina-John. 1 saw a magnificent
lerslan rug downtown this morning that
could be bought for only 1:0.
Mr. Dorklns (titarlng vacantly at the cell
ing) It waa a sixty-horse-power. 1W1 pat
tern, and I could have got It for n.fluo.
Chicago Tribune.
"The funniest thins I ever heard was a
German soprano singing In Italian."
Then you have never heard an Italian
soprano singing in erman."-Clcveland
Plain lealer.
PBOPHETS OF SPRING.
New York World.
Wild geeae went honking in the night
Above the pasture drear;
Their chorus tended to excite
The rustic weather-seer.
".!?. earlv Prlrg! Gh, Joyous news!"
That wishbone prophet aald.
And then he found he had to use
More blankets on his bed.
A lone mosquito "Blzs-xlxs"
About a Nutmeg brow.
The sage observer aaid. "This ia
A sign spring's coming now.
O harbinger of weather mild.
Of green In field and grove!"
And then he got more wood and piled
It In the red-hot atove.
A robin sang within a glade
In Jersey or In (Conn.);
at h"r earollnga he made
The theme of "Spring" upon!
But aa he trilled tha aky to win.
His high sopranoo broke,
Until his solo ended In
A rasping bronchial throat.
The groundhog ventured out to see
If ha weuld east a ahade;
Whereon ha chuckled In hla glee,
For not a spot ha made. I
"Henceforth the weather will be nlee." '
He barked, puffed up with pride.
And then, all crusted round with Ice,
That woodchuck frose and died.
O prophets of the early spring,
rvvru Dy simple- men I
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