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And now Jt'g up. to San Francisco.
It ii feared congress may turn that
reran bsck pn., Arizona.
Of eour we'ddnot propose to re
ciprocate on weather with Canada.
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Never mind the robin, the base ball
schedule Is, - much surer sign of
spring. ' ' r (
, Some flay tnose' little ' Meican6s
may Are one shot too many on Ameri
can soiL- ' . .V
Harry Thaw says he has written hit
last letter for the public. How abso
lutely sad!
Brlghara Young's last widow hat
Just tlld; but the widows of the war
of 1812 are still With us.
Perhaps New Orleans might Jnduce
the Hornet. tssteam around by San.
Francisco and st(r up things a bit.
Ia the meanwhile, a lot of hold-oyer
postmasters ln various parts of' the
state are sitting ii the anxious seat.
Flfty-MiVea ciUes,.lji (e German em
pits exceed 100,000 population!
Which J?uts them In the pickle class.
.Here Is retributive Justice with a
vengeance: A California alienist must
answer a hypothetical question of 40,
000 words.
This ought to be a good year for
the pounlry roads of New Jersey with
Governor Wilson's steam roller work
ing overtime.' .
It ls-ytcK be ,hotad these Senatorial
deadlocks will be unlocked and out of
the way In time for the national cam
paign next year. .
Admiral .Bchlejr . managed to pull
through Santiago untouched, but when,
he hit the Ice the other day be got
two rlba broken. .
A Kansas girl worth 13,000,000
killed herself, thus showing that
money is tbe root of all evil.. Moral:
Give up your millions. j
Chicago .women might adopt the
plan of the .Ceylon women, who
decorate their feet with jewels to
make ttun look pretty.
Our Idea of a strong-hearted man
Is one who can shove three scoops of
anthracite coal Into tbe furnace with
out heaving a sigh of mental anguish.
A Georgia woman's heart la said to
be functioning properly after she has
tone forty-sU dsys without food. The
'.rouble doesn't seem to be correctly
fllsgnosed.
Evidently the Dr. Tanner In Los that he cannot escape the doom of de
angelea who has. entered upon an feat by any "hands off" policy or b
Ighty-day fast. Is not so fond of pie
s is South Omaha's "Doe" Tanner, in
our tftate senate.
A new political party with the plat
form "a atate normal school for
ivsry county seat" might make
headway In Nebraska If legislative
tlgna are correct guide posts.
Champ Clark couldn't cast his vote
'or reciprocity with Canada without
'ndulgtug In a little flapdoodle. He
1oean t seem to care wbat bappena If
as only gets a chance to talk.
If Mark Twain's manuscripta could
ia-rushed otr to Europe and stuck
jp for sale as-the heirlooms of some
royal feaii'ijr, perhaps Mr. Morgan
might buy them while he Is abroad.
For once the congressman frotn this
lisirlct has answered on an lmportaat
roll-call by recording himself in favor
of Canadian reciprocity. It's a little
sarly for the periodical trip to Europe.
V- " -Our
lawmakers have not yet tackled
the problem 'of the primary. This Is
a case where all agree that any change
would be a vbauge for the better, and
t disagree 'on Just wbat change
Should be luada. ...
Nebranka and Reciprocity.
Notwithstanding realliallon that the
principal articles on which duties are
removed In the Canadian reciprocity
agreement are largely agricultural pro
ducts wblch are the output of our
farms and ranches, public sentiment
In Nebraska has crystallised largely in
favor of reciprocity In faot, more
favorable than was to have been ex
pected. Just what has brought this
about, It is difficult to say with pre
cision, but most probably the feeling
that the protection offered by the tar
iff Is not needed aa against ' Canada,
where conditions of labor and ludustry
are so nearly like our own. The ten
dency of food prices to fall somewhat
Is already In evidence, even now be
fore the reciprocity agreement has
been acted upon, so the producer may
also look for a measure of relief In
his capacity as a consumer.'
What then does Canadian trade ex
tension promise as a counterbalance?
The agreement places on tbe free list
all timber, sawed lumber, posts, polos,
railway ties imported from Canada and
materially reducea tbe duty on laths,
shingles and planed lumber. Nebraska
produces no lumber at all and as we
must bur all the lumber we use from
outside of tbe state any reduction In
lumber prices ensuing should be of
direct and measurable benefit.
Lumber and lumber products are
presumably our chief Items of gain by
this reciprocity, but there are at least
two others wprth considering. The
agreement puts fish of allkinda on the
free list, of which our Imports from
Canada to the United States are nearly
15,000,000. A concession Is likewise
made on barbed fencing wire and gal
vanized Iron or steel wire which should
at least help steady tbe prices of these
staplea used in farming and Stock
raising and Impress the farmer that
the trade Is by no means all one-sided.
If giving free lumber for which the
agricultural sections have, long clam
ored in vain, brings relief from the
high lumber prices and by competition
pulls down other building materials
and supplies, the benefits of, recip
rocity with Canada will be tangible
even in Nebraska.- .k
The Missouri Capital Fight. ..
Now that Nebraska's so-called state
capital fight is in abeyance,' perhaps
we might be Interested in turning our
attention to the contest down in Mis
souri to wrest' the state house from
Jefferson City Since the fire that de
stroyed the historic old structure, sev
eral cities have .jumped out with a bid
for the nw seat of government.
St. Louis Is among 'the number. The
general proposition Js Ip -submlt the
matter to the people as soon as pos
sible, for tne state will have need of
headquarters nd cannot 1 afford to
postpone action. : -v.;-t-. .
The Kansas City Star haa. rebuked
St. Louis' for trying fo- Jmpo'sd on'pWf
little old Jefferson City during Us af
fliction and there Is Justice and sense
lri the. rebuke, From . sentimental
'.standpoint, no more'than from a ma
terial standpoint. It would' seem rather
unfair for the metropolis of the state
to take advantage of the smaller
town's' misfortune.- Take the capital
away from Jefferson City and It has
not very much left. But add It to St.
Louis and no one would be able to
-J discover the difference. As the Globe-
Democrat observes, that city Is too
great to be hurt or helped by the ad
dition of the state capital. Why, then,
one la naturally . constrained to In
quire, does the city make the effort to
get it? i
But aside from sentimental consid
eration, It would seem to outsiders
and It certainly seems so to Kansas
Cltyans that St; Louis Is too remote
from t large and growing part of the
atate for the capital. That Is one of
the arguments urged , In this state
against Lincoln. But It waa urged by
the western part of the state which
favors geographical, centering the
same argument aupportlng a demand
for capital removal in Nebraska and
opposing capital removal. In MUsouri.
'. Tammany a Part of Democracy.
Democratic papers are not taking
the same view of the senatorial fight
in New York. The New York World re
bukes Governor Dlx for not interpos
ing to defeat Tammany and make pos
sible the election of a senator other
than one Boss Murphy might name.
It has for weeks gone after the gov
ernor In sharp terms, reminding him
anything short of an overt act to
thwart the will of Tammany.
This does not suit all the party or
gans over the country! . The Houston
Post takes keen exception to it. It
begs the World to remember that Tam
many ia a part of the democratic party,
"and that it is entitled to be heard in
the halls of the legislature." It says
the World seems to forget this. It
does, indeed. And the World and other
New York papers seem to forget that
during tbe campaign, they and the
democratic party of New York were
willing enough to accept tbe aid of
Tammany needed to elect John A. Dlx
governor. No word of protest against
Tammany Influence was raised then.
That. too. In face of the fact that these
same democratic papera had announced
during tbe Rochester convention that
nominated Dtx. that "never did Tam
many hold the democratic party ao
mercilessly In its grasp;" that dele
gates went "bat In hand" to tbe room
of Boaa Murphy meekly to seek per
mission to suggest the name of some
favored candidate for governor, but
were turned aside with the assurance,
uttered or unexpressed, that the boss
as there to attend to all such little
details as that
It seema passing Strang to think
-jaj-.J ; L-Ljs
that Boss Murphy would tske the
trouble to name a man for governor
who would, after election, use the
great power ot his office to overthrow
bis further plans, one of which Is the
election of a Tammany man for sena
tor. It as not necessary to wait for
the senatorial content to disclose that
Tammany stood for corruption in pol
itics. Those who are shocked at this,
might havt been consistent by support
ingjlenry L. Stlmson last fall for gov
ernor and thus defeated Tammany
there and then.
It is a frank, brutally frank, confes
sion the Texas paper makes that this
organized band of professional poli
ticians "Is a portion of the democratic
party entitled to be heard in tbe halls
of the legislature."
Illogical.
. When the direct leglalatlon bill was so
drawn aa to provide for consiltutional
amendmenta by the Initiative process It
waa drugged. There waa n6 demand In
any party platform for aueh a' provision.
All true friends ot direct legislation ousht
to aee to U that no one misunderstands
what It Is that Is operating aftalnst the
enactment of a direct leslalatlve law.
Lincoln Star.
' ThlB criticism strikes us aa Illogical
and untenable. When the platform
makers proclaimed about direct legis
lation they, .of course, used general
terms to avoid the pitfalls which speci
fic definition might have opened up,
but every one knows that the term,
"direct legislation," aa employed by
advocates of the Initiative and refer
endum, Includes both constitutional
amendment and statutory enactment.
.' So far aa we can ascertain, every
atate that haa already adopted the
Initiative 'and put It Into practice, has
made it applicable alike to the chang
ing of constitutions 'and the chang
ing of laws, and there Is really no
proper dividing line between them. The
purpose of the Initiative and referen
dum is to enable the people to get the
the legislation they want without wait
ing for the aid or consent of any body
of lawmakers on earth. Suppose a
case in which a measure Is submitted
by the Initiative only to succumb when
subjected to the test of constitutional
ity, would not the next logical step be
for its advocates to Initiate a' consti
tutional amendment removing the ob
stacles In the fundamental law in order
to make the original measure constitu
tional? .
If the popular vote of approval is
the only requisite to sound and desir
able legislation, no good reason can
be advanced why the same method of
initiation Should not be employed for
putting constitutional amendments in
motion as for submitting bills to relo
cate the state capital or establish a
new code of Judicial procedure. In
view of the record of reform legisla
tion which Nebraska boasts, achieved
through existing law-making machin
ery. The Bee has not been able to see
the need of .the initiative and referen
dum to rtistore popular government"
In this state. But if we are to have
the Initiative and ' referendum, we
might as well take the tonic full
strength, as they have it in Oregon,
rather than diluted and adulterated
by amateur medicine mixers.
Heating Orchards by Stoves.
It was Kansas where the rainmaker
undertook to thwart the plana of the
Almighty and take meteorological con
ditions in his own hands. The rain
maker failed, of course, but not until
he had got to himself a great amount
of advertising and some more imme
diate recompense. So people have come
to look to Kansas for similar experi
ments and to look not in vain. Others
have been made with more or less suc
cess, none more interesting, perhaps,
than one which a Kansas farmer Is
going to introduce this spring. He will
attempt to ward off the frost by heat
ing his fruit trees with oil stoves. He
has an orchard of 600 acres and he
will use about thirty of these oil
burners, holding ten gallons of oil
each, to the acre. He believes the ef
fect will be entirely complete and that
his trees will come out of the frost
season safe from all harm.
The principle Involved is not new,
of course. Smudge from burnt straw
has long been used by orchardists In
Kansas and many other states, but
somehow the frost has succeeded in
nipping the buds, smudge or not. The
oil stove plan may prevent it. Of
course a large volume of warmth and
a more evenly sustained temperature
will be possible by tbis plan and aa oil
U a natural resource, abundant in
supply in Kansas, the expense of the
innovation should not be prohibitive.
If tbe scheme proves successful in this
case, it will be a great boon to fruit
growers and open up a new industry
in the manufacture of the orchard
stove. Of course it might be a little
difficult to figure out a paying result
from tbe plan In states where oil is
not as plentiful as It la in parta of
Kansas.
Judge Walter I. Smith of our
neighboring city across the river has
the distinction jf holding credentials
for three high official positions at one
and the same time, giving him a choice
whether to serve In the present con
gress, in tbe next congress or on the
federal bench It is possible that he
could, if be would, take advantage of
all three, but It Is a safe guess tbst he
will Invest himself with judicial robea
shortly alter the adjournment of con
gress week after next.
v A pipe line to carry oil from th
Wyoming oil field to Omaha la In
prospect. The Bee has been advocat
ing the development of the oil re
sources of Wyoming for more than
twenty-five years, clearly foreseeing
that Omaha would be the natural out
let for tbe project. The pipe lias is
TIIK BEK: OMAHA, TIIUHSDAY, FEBnUAKY lfi, 1911.
bound to come In time and to contrib
ute to Omaha's Industrial greatness.
Of the entire Nebraska delegation
in the bcuNe Congressman Norrls
alone voted against reciprocity. In so
doing he voted along with all the
Cannonttes and high tariff advocates,
which must be taken to indicate that
reciprocity is not an essential In
gredient to progressive republicanism.
The preaehef who delivered the first
sermon where Omsba now stands
sixty-one years ago has lived to see
many of his prsyers answered and
much of his hope realized. But, tinlesa
be was actually Inspired, he could not
have conceived the changes thst have
occurred during his lifetime.
- Omaha Is the nstural location for
tbe new railway mall service division
to be constituted of the territory com
prised In Nebraska, Colorado and
Wyoming. The only trouble Is that
Denver and Cheyenne each also thinks
that it Is by natural right entitled to
be tbe headquarters city.
Senator Heyburn said in a recent
speech that at the last national repub
lican convention he sat up until 4
o'clock In the morning to keep the
Canadian reciprocity plank out of the
platform. . It 4ooks as if tbe senator
might have another all-night job on
his hands.
The city council committee Is wast
ing time Inquiring Into the quality of
entertainment at the Omaha theaters.
That has not often been seriously In
question. An inquiry into the physical
rather than the moral safety of the
theaters would be more to the point.
Cutting a man's throat because he
objects to the cutter's comment on tbe
preacher's dlsconrse during religious
services, may be good church etiquette
In Kentucky, but we hereby serve no
tice that the custom Is frowned upon
In Nebraska.
Not mentioning any names, some
folks who live along the line of a cer
tain rallrotid might not consider It
worth fighting for. But maybe the
Wall street magnates know what they
are doing.
Maybe If John O. Yelser goes Into
it deep enough, he can 'locate the bal
lot box that disappeared once during
one of the interesting sessions between
the clans ot the Fords and the Roth-
Modeaty Forblda.
Washington Star.
Mr. Bryan generously refrains from for
mally Indorsing any of the democrats with
presidential booms..
Revrrae the Practice.
Brooklyn Eagla.
If bank managers were examined as
to their sanity 'before entering the bual
nen' Instead of bring examined en leaving
It there would be a lot more safety for
depositors. " '
Am Kert Fright. .
Boston Globe.
Senator Lodge says the moneyed inter
eats are too scared to attempt to coerce
or win the favor of lawmakers. There Is
no higher authority In the country on
fright and narrow escapes than Senator
Lodge. .' '
Have MUltoauUres Clone Pafff
Philadelphia Record.
Probably the gravest attack on the finan
cial sagacity of the Morgan collection of
millionaires ia the assertion that they are
In a combination to secure control of the
muchracklng mkgasines as a means of
securing after tontrol of public opinion.
The more serloua Imputation, however, is
against the readers of the mucks. Neither
the millionaire nor the million ar gone
quit daft.
A Woaderfal Achlevemra t.
Philadelphia Ledger.
A wireless operator at Ban Francisco has
just held conversation for an hour with
tbe operator, at Choal, on the coast of
Japan. 1,700 miles dlxtant. There waa one
relay, a Pacific Mall company's steamer,
about 1,300 mile from San Franclaco. Th
poaalbtlltie In th development of wire
less communication are almost limltlesa.
Id the future we may be able to keep In
almost dally touch with polar explorer
and the pioneer In dark contlnenta.
People Talked About
John Leahy, who made more than 11,000,
000, although he could neither read nor
write, la dead at his home In Lkll.
L. I. His shrewdness and Judgment seem
ingly compensated for his lack of educa
tion. - ,
Fred Btlger, proprietor of a hotel at Hon
ttcello, N. Y., haa presented patrons with
310 fur caps made from animals he killed
himself. The caps were designed after the
one worn by the kaiser, and ar made from
otter, skunk, muakrat, bear, raccoon and
rabbit. .
Juhn Harria, flrat officer ot the dominion
liner Manxman, which has juat arrived at
Portland, ha crossed th Atlantic 141 times
In the 3i years that he haa been following
the aea. He haa made sixteen trips around
Cape Horn, ten voyagea to Australia and
four voyagea to India.
In a aandwlch-eatlng conteat at Spent er,
Mess., between Edgar Fella and Fred
Chagnon. Felix, after eating sixteen egg
sandwiches, gave up when he saw his op
ponent gulp down th seventeenth sand
wich. The contestants were allowod a
glass of milk to every five sandwiches.
lm-lead of taking a bridal trip after
their marrlag at Holyuke, Minn., Mr.
and Mrs. Albert gchauland are spending
their honey nioon at the State Agricultural that no state shall be deprived of a repr
colleg. learning the things farmers nted , sentative. Yet no atate protest against a
will buy
small farm near their hornet
town.
Charles Butler,
found Ms sister
searching elite
of Mrs. Oeorg
31 year old, has just
for " whom he ha been
childhood In the r-'ison
Pringl of Elco. Wash
ington county. Pa. Butler's father died
when he was' but four years old and th
mother place both children In care of
the Children Aid society of Alleghany
county. Th llttlgltl was only 14 months
old. Shortly after a family adopted th
girl baby and eventually li. W. Myers, a
farmer, living near Grafton, adopted the
boy.
Washington Life
Some taterestlaf rtaaaas
aa Coaaitloas Observe
at the station's Casual.
When Senator Eugene Hale of Maine re
tires from the senate on the 4lh of March,
Ihere will go with him what ha become
known In the senat chamber as th "spec
tacle gesture." Venator Hale ia th only
man In either house of congreas who never
let go of hla rye-glasses In making a
speech. He removes them from hla noae
when he rise to addreas th senate, holds
them securely In his right hand, whether
his speech b of one minute or on hour
duration. "Whenever Benator Hale makes
a telling point." says th Washington
Time. "II raises his hand and th glasses
to an angle of about 70 degrees and brings
them down to a level. There they remain
until the senator comes to th end of an
other sentence. I P go the glasses again.
with the regularity of a clock pendulum
and down, they com.
' Senator Mai spesks so slowly that It
Is not difficult to take hi apeeche in
longhand."
Th highest social honor to be gained In
Washington, says the Brooklyn Eagle cor
respondent. Is an Invitation to dine at th
Whit House at a state dinner. Such a
summon Is treasured by those fortunatf
enough to receive one and the Hat next day
always Is I anned by those who hav not
been so commanded.
State dinners ar costly, and the pres
ident Income Is. after all, limited, and
beside they are few In number. The state
dining room will not accommodate more
than eighty people, so that In the course
of a winter nat more than 600 people will
have been made glad to dine with the
president on an occasion ot state. ,
Coiigrexamen and senators come and go
without ver having tasted a atate dinner,
and some will Indeed have been years here
before fortune favors them.
One who has been In Washington a long
time I Judge Walter I. Smith, th Iowa
congressman, who has just been mad a
member of the United States circuit court.
Although prominent In congress, it was
not until the first summer of th Taft
administration that ha was Invited to a for
mal White Housa dinner, and this was an
outdoor function, for th weather Was
warm. He commented at the time that this
was the first time he had met with Whit
House hospitality.
But it appears that he was not to go
away from Washington without having en
countered a real state dinner In the state
dining room, for he waa among the guests
at the state dinner laat week in compliment
ot the supreme court of th United State.
Senator Root was in Ptesldent Taft's of
fice the other day conversing with the chief
executive. Suddenly he left the ptesldent
side and charged determinedly at the wall
where a picture of Colonel Roosevelt was
hanging In the senator's hand waa an um
brella, and he stuck It out In a befiigts.ent
manner at the unoffendlnn portrait.
An onlooker gasped, for It looked as
though the senator was bent on demolish
ing the likeness of the former president.
What could Roosevelt have done to Invite
reprisal from th man who wa hi chief
support while in the Whit House?
Mr. Root, with his umbrella simply ad
Justed the picture so that it hung straight.
By some mischance the -picture had become
awry. Senator Hoot had simply gone back
to hi old White House custom that of
keeping Colonel Roosevelt straight
Unique In feminine clubdom Is the Con
gressional club of Washington, which in its
two season of exlstenoe has revolutionised
the social life of the official set. Two years
ago th club wa only a luminous idea In
In th busy brain of Mr a, James Brack
Perkins, wife of th late Representative
Perkins of Rochester, N. Y. Now It haa
a clubhouse, a large" membership and Its
weekly "at homes" are event much an
ticipated In the olty'a social life, and every
"lion," literary, artistic musical or politi
cal, who comes to Washington Is glad to
roar for th benefit of Its clever members.
The club's membership requirements are
unlike those of any organization ot women
In th world. It Is composed of th wives
and daughter of congressmen and ex-congressmen
and Its only requirements for
membership ar that(th woman applicant
hall b a member of th family of a sena
tor or representative, and shall pay th
yearly due of $2S. There ar 100 honorary
I membership for which other women In
orficlal life ar eligible. These are open to
th wives of the president, the member
of the cabinet and other government offi
cials. Th bald-headed senator are casting en
vious glances these day In th direction
of Senator Robert Marion LaFollette. Th
Wisconsin lion tamer haa always been
noted for his wealth of hair. Th pom
padoured on ha broken all his past rec
ords regarding the length, breadth and
width of his hirsute pate coveting. Really,
it Is enough to cause one to marvel. It
rises to a height ot several Inches In an
Impressive series of ripples and undulations
that would make the average marcel wave
artist despair. The effect Is to add several
Inches to the senator's stature, seemingly.
Those who especially nvy the luxurious
growth of hair of Senator LaFollette ar
Senator Mxon of Nevada and Perkins of
California. Of a truth, baldnesa I not ao
rampant In th senat as during th day
of Edmund, Hoar, Vest and those other
patriot. Senator Watson ot West Vlr
ginia, a newcomer, haa added to the young
ish appearance of the senate. There Is
not a single strand of silver In his coal
black hair.
A VICTOHV FUR POLITICS.
Salld Deaaocratlc Vote Swell Mranber
kl of Hoaia.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The new house of representative is to
have431 member plu whatever number
may be sent to represent New Mexico and
Arixona. For th house on Thursday passed
th Crumpackar bill and th senate Is ex
pected to concur. This step toward extrava
gance and Inefflolency was taken In spite
of the attitude of th republican caucus
and with th help of practically th solid
democratic vote. Once more, the party that
will control the next house, falls signally
to Interpret the sentiment of the American
people.
This action, though It need cause no sur
prise, is unwise from every standulnt. The
membership is boosted frankly In order
whole difficulty lies in the fact that pol
iticians In both parties object to a curtail
ment of tlielr privileges. A house of 433
plus means a victory fur politics, and noth
ing else.
Mar Not r
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
It ia noticeable that many of the Lincoln
day oratoia all over the country expressed
th lellef that Lincoln wa rataed up by
Providence to save th nation. Why not? It
require no especial religious fervor and
no effort of the Imagination to are the
hand ot Providence In our American
history.
Tho Bco's Letter Box
Oentrlaatknt a Timet? Snbiert
let Kae41nf Tw aToadraa War
Ar Itrlt (rosa Ou 4r.
Rap Salrloe Mathematics.
CHICAGO. Feh. 14 To the Editor of The
Be. I observe that you publish under
Boston date line, an Interview with Pr.
Eliot In which he recommend that every
family have alx children. Will you kindly
get Pr. Eliot to explain where ha would
put th fourteenth generation, alnce the
thirteenth generation aould be standing
three deep on each other's shoulders,
crowding every foot of dry land on the
globe, the number bordering on a dlsxy
total of qulntllllons. One quintilHon looks
like this: l.(W..XJti,0W.tX.0U0.
AJax defying the lightning Is a tame
hero compared with Pr. Eliot defying the
multiplication table. On the same subject
this magaslne, February Issue, says:
That If we surround the worker with
conditions In which hla birth rate Is hlsher
than la Justified bv his wase; If we allow
him to pay enough to nourish two healthy
children and he Insists upon attempting to
rear six, with the result that three of them
Inevitably die Society. If It admits
its Inability to chanae these conditions.
should quietly and painlessly destroy the
three children which social conditions have
doomed. In order that the full vslue.of
nourishment, attention and training mav
go Into the other three and make them
more efficient members of society.
I am not advocating murder, but rather
a wholesale respectyfor mathematical laws
and a decent adjustment of the site of
families to the cost of living.
ARTHUR BAKER.
Editor Insurgency, Chicago.
That Endorsement Meeting.
KEARNEY. Neb.. Feb. 15.-To the Editor
of The Bee: According to your Lincoln
correspondent the meeting held by Repre
sentative S. C. Bassctt at Gibbon Monday
endorsed that gentleman unanimously. The
facts are that there waa no endorsement
and what was Intended to have been was
a flule.. Purine; the meeting there were
a few ripples of applause. As I sat with
Representative I. P. Evans and near Hon.
S. C. Bassett, I could easily note where
the applause started and how. A man sat
near Mr. Bassett, after he had made his
speech (there was no cheering while he
talked, and after he closed, only when
Representative Evans was Introduced), and
this man started the applause1 each time.
The cheering Invariably died out before It
was communicated to the middle of the
room. At the close of the meeting some
one moved that Mr. Bassett be given a
vole of thanks. Half the audience was
leaving and the remainder were rising
preparatory to leaving. No one paid the
least attention to the motion, and to the
best of my knowledge, there was no second.'
It was a prodigious feat of Imagination to
distort such a meeting into an endorse
ment. At the closing of the meeting one man.
and only one. came to Mr. Bassett and
said, "I'm with you." At least half a dosen
men came to me when I went Into the hall
and said.: "W are Mr. Hansen's neigh
bors, but don't think because we are that
we're with him. We're done with him
now."
A true report of that meeting reflects no
credit on Mr. Bassett nor, on Representa
tive H. Q. Taylor of Merrick, nor Repre
sentative I. P. Evans of Adams. Each
spoke In defense of Mr. Baesett's action In
voting against capital removal. In refer
Ing to the petition sent Mr. Bassett asking
him to vote for the removal bill, to which
1,000 names of voters all over the county
were attached, and which petition waa so
signed In three hours, each speaker stated
that the . Buffalo representative . wa a
courageous man because he opposed the
"popular will." And In less than five min
utes the gentlemen would contradict them
selves by saying there "was absolutely no
sentiment In' favor of relocating the state
capital."
Representative Taylor stated, after the
meeting, that he could go out Into his
county and secure signatures to any kind
of petition. While I think such a reflec
tion on the Intelligence of his constituents
Is not warranted, I speak for a majority of
Buffalo county electors when I say, that
he would receive a severe jolt If he should
attempt to execute any such policy In this
county. ANTHONY M. EASTERLINO.
CTOIME73 AND EECIPHOCITY.
Sioux City Journal: . The spectacle of
Iowa's senior senator maintaining a
thoughtful silence for more than two weeks
and then assuming an attitude of ungrace
ful straddle la something nobody ever ex
pected to see. The whole country la under
obligations to the president for staging this
entertaining performance.
Minneapolis Journal: Senator ' Cummins
Is In favor of reciprocity a a theory, but
not a a practice. H ha always favored
reciprocity, but . the kind of reciprocity
now offered doesn't suit him. The ex
change of products over the line Isn't free
enough. Raw agricultural product come in
free, but manufactures of them do not.
Wheat la free and flour Is protected; cattle
ar free, meat 1 protected. And so on.
Philadelphia Ledger: Senator Cummins of
Iowa haa at last spoken on Canadian reci
procity and he expresses amass and horror
that h should hav been doubted. II la
dissatisfied not because this arrangement Is
"too free," but because "it is not free
enough." He want steel and iron, and not
only rough timber, but manufactures of
lumber like lath and shingle, and many
other articles to be free. He Is for reci
procity in the largest measure, but dislikes
this particular bill, and proposes to contend
for a much more liberal agreement. It Is
the old, old story. He Is for the law, but
"again Its enforcement;" he likes the policy,
but can't accept this application of It; he
wants all, and will not permit the people
to take half a loaf wnen they can get It.
Pea Moines Register and Leader: Sen
ator Cummins will have ample opportunity
to propose all the additions to th free list
he desires after the agreement as It has
been drawn has been accepted. Tt will then
be possible to deal with the whole matter
as he has heretofore urged, one schedule
at "a tlm and on It merit. Why ahould
congress In th closing day of a republican
majority be urged to Jump at a big free
list from Canada, when tt Is a question
whether th vote can be rallied to accept
the trade with the free list already pro
vided? The practical effect of Senator
Cummin' proioeed amendment will be to
throw the whole bualnesa Into th air and
defeat th agreement. This may not be
what he Intends, but it will be th effect
of hi action.
EDr-vSraveG"
Ret o in mended by
Dentists & Physicians.
Refuse Substitutes
Mokes y our teeth
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AbcolutcJy luro
Tho only baktor powder
tnado from Rrw9l firrspo
Cream o f hrtat
i:3ALUM,r:3L!?.!R;j2F;iATE
SUNNY GEMS. ,
"Plil you net tlmi new automobile you
were fisurlng on, doctor?" ' '
"No, not yet." ,
"How's that?"
"Old Skads Insisted that it was merely a
case of rtamps." Houston Post.
Burglar Better tell me where the valti
ahlea are.
Householder Well, old man. her a tlia
combination of the refrigerator Life.
"In the days of the ancient drama," said
the pedat-.? person, "perfomaiice were
given in the open air."
"What a discouragement that must have
been," replied Miss Cavehii. "to the man
who insists on ruing otf of the'iheater to
p-et a breath of fresh air." Washington
Star.
"What makes the crowd gather so over
there?"
"Oh, vulgar curiosity, I suppose. Let's
go over." Harvard Lampoon.'
- u , iuuh w J iciiii llT-r 1BIIIVC flUl
appear to like Jour visits, po you feel a
H It H UIMIIIMSI
Aggrieved SultorNo; I hav already felt
a kick going. Baltimore American.
Caller I didn't know your son was at
college. Is this his- freshmau. year? -
Mrs. Bunderby Oh, no, indeed.. He's a
sycamore. Boston Transcript'.
"What Is faith, Johnny?" asks th Sun
day school teacher.
"Pa says." answers Johnny, "that It'
readin' In the papers that price o' things
haa come down. an' expectln' to find It
true when the bills come In," Life.
Hubby I'm afraid Trti becoming cross
eyed, my dear. ' - .
Wlfey-The Ideal : Why do you think
that? -. . .
Hubby Thl thing or trying to look at
my Income and onr exnehses ht the ram
time Is slowiv but surely getting Its work,
in. Philadelphia Bulletin.
MAGAZINE GtELS.
Pctrolt Fre Trass. , -All
women are lovely and radiantly fajr
In the magazine pages today.
They all have a mop of luxuriant hair.
In the magaslne page today. -
There's not one with freckles, or nose
askew.
Or tenh that protrude, aa some: real girl'
do,
There Isn't a blemtsn on glrla that wa
view
In the magazine pages today.
There's not one too pudgy, or not on too
thin, . .
In the magaslne pages today;-'
Nor one who's Jliat loamg: Iter' tortoise, shell
Pin, . , .
In the magazine page Yoday. ' -'Twlxt
shirtwaist and belt I her Is never
a gap,
Or a tear in the silk that Is lining her
wrap, '
And her gloves never lack a pearl button
or snap.
In the magazine pages today.
Sh doesn't wear pink when she ought to
wear blue, .
In the magazine pages today;
And she Isn't run down at the heel ot her
shoe. t
In the magazine pages today.
You can never aee when she jiash't a hat
how mucn is real nair and how much
It s rat;
It's only In lite that we see thlnga Ilk
that.
Not In magazine pages today.'
7X1
Our Special Derby
Our aiin was to find the
best possible hat to sell at a
moderate price.
And we've found it.
It ia the Brown'mg-Iving
Special Derby, at
$3.00
The quality is in every
fibre of the fur. -
A dimension for every
face. ,
You'll find the Uro.vning
King Special at our store.
On February 18. . ' '
Kirg--(
The Store of The Town.
Overheard in
a Dining Car
II was undoubtedly English,
traveling in th states. When
he finished his meal he was
overheard tc say: "1 ordered
coffee; when It came it looked
like chocolate, tasted like tea,
but I believe after all it was
coffee." .
SO guess work about our cof
fee it's tbe real thing all the
way through try it tomorrow.
Tho Boston Lunch
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140H K.IUNAM HTItKET.
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