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ekce4 a afta rejetL-
The Arizona constitution Is
might be called an organic fad.
what
Our idea of a brave man ia one who
will recite the "Charge of the Light
Brigade" at an evening social.
Snow at Los Angeles at this season
only proves that snow, like rain, falls
08 the unjust as well as the Just.
Governor Carroll of Iowa vetoed
the Oregon plan law for senatorial
efectlons. Watch out for brickbats.
. Paris has frowned on the harem
skirt for woman. Good, then we shall
not have to adopt it In this country. -
It Is suggested that Postmaster
Thomas knows the law, being himself
a lawyer. At any rate, be knows the
facts.
"Can poverty be abolished?" is a
question raised by some philosophers.
It can if you have the price, we im
agine. j When It cornea to big business, the
caterer for the city Jail, wbo supplied
36,893 meals for hia guests last year,
has been going, some.
Uncle Sam advises Hay tl to go slow
In its wholesale execution of revolu
tionists. Splendid advice, especially
for the revolutionists.
With a royal prince as the official
head of the Canadian government, Ot
tawa may become a much more im
portant center socially.
An exchange asks if Senator Bat
ley's defense of Lorimer la approved
In Texas. Sure. Anything a democrat
doea la approved In Texas.
The Mexican minister of finance ad
mits that the rebels are too much for
the government troops, but President
Dias has not yet admitted it. ,
They are making a fight on the veU
womea wear In London, urging that it
breeds microbes.' It must be safer,
then, not to kiss a woman with a veil
on. "
it la announced that the democratic
legislative majority at Lincoln will aee
to it that all platform pledgee are
filled. Democratic platform pledges
. what are they?
Those city councllmen evidently do
not relish being served with man
damuses to levy special taxes growing
out of judgments brought down upon
the city by the Water board.
Oh, my! New Orleans certainly gotjst Petersburg treaty adopted in 1881
even. Tne picayune says, me ex
position goes to "Frisco." Which
brought a protest from nearly every
paper In San Francisco.
South Omaha's census hss been
promulgated by wards. It might be
Intereeting to fbeck up and see
whether the figures correspond pro
portionately with the vote by wards.
It would have been terrible if Rep- j n,uc "" ln"1 uue
resentatlve Scheie were deprived of ! tnn ood and " ne,id t0 b used
bis seat at Lincoln on the ground that 1 fron its lethargy. But whether Rus
another man had been elected, after j1'8 wn ekirU re ntlrel7 cle ls
Bcheele bad held the place moat of the "tor n'u"
. In spite of the Anglo-Japanese al-
aesslon, . ,
liance snd Portsmouth treaty, the czar
Mr. Bryan saya bla coming confer- has gone right ahead with his aggres
snce whh Senator Kern ia not of po- stve campaign in the far east. He haa
litical 'significance. Certainly not. lie j not allowed either compact to retard
would not think of talklug political blm He has pushed bis troops for
wlth Senstor Kern when Tammsny la! ward cavalry. Infantry and artillery
tbe assigned subject of tbe discussion, j tbey encroach upon China to
.' an average depth of S00 miles. As a
While Kuhn-Lot-b and Colonel matter of fact. Russia appears to be
Rockefeller are smashing the Gould doing precisely what It undertook to
rallroag dynasty, the Goulds sre build- do when, blocked by Japan forcing
lng up another little dynasty all their! lis wsy li.to the Celestial empire. It
own, with Lord Decies aa the crown
prince.
Just as the democratic orgins were
gloating over the unanimous support
their party In congress was giving to
Canadian reciprocity their head acro
bat, Cfcamp Clark, turned another
somersault.
The Treaty with Japan.
It Is hardly to be expected that the
new treaty with Japan just lajd before
the senate by the president win be 1
acted upon at the present short ses
sion, whose remaining program is al
ready over-full. The treaty, however,
Is sure to attract attention, and prob
ably opposition, which it may be well
to have threshed out In public and
with no time limit.
The significant feature of the treaty
is that it is a trade agreement, pure
and simple Ignoring the Immigration
question entirely on the theory and
assurance that Japan may be de
pended on to protect us against a
coolie labor influi by restricting its
emigration without any prohibition on
our part. If the silence of the treaty
as to Immigration meant that we were
to throw our doors open wide for in
coming Japanese, the Pacific coast
states would put In an insistent re
monstrance. Letting down the bars
to Japanese Immigrants would be re
garded as a prelude to similar action
for Chinese immigrants, but ostensibly
that Is far from the president's pur
pose and intention.
It goes without saying that we
should have some sort of a trade
treaty with Japan and that the expira
tion of our former treaty calls for
renewal and adjustment. The old com
pact is wholly outgrown by Japan's
recent progress as an industrial and
world power, and cannot be service
able to the two nations any longer.
Furthermore, Japan feels that until
it has arranged new relations with the
United States It cannot conveniently
proceed with the formation of its new
fiscal policy, upon which large results
wait. Whether the form of treaty as
submitted by the president is the best
one to adopt no permanent Injury
could come from ita ratification since
it provides for its own abrogation by
either party at the end of six months
if not satisfactory. This, together
with Japan's promise to keep Its
coolies away from our shores, ought to
incline us favorably toward the pro
posed measure.
Premiss of Railroad Activity.
The forces that have taken the Mis
souri Pacific out of the Oould hands
are the same that acquired the Union
Pacific from Oould control. With the
regeneration and systematic extension
of the Overland as an object lesson, it
is natural to expect this latest acqui
sition by the so-called Harriman inter
ests to introduce another era of rail
road activity In the west. If it does,
if it transforms the Missouri Pacific
and Ha tributaries into anything like
such a system as the Union Pacific,7
the change in ownership will become a
public benefit.
For years the Missouri Pacific has
been stagnating. That was inevitable,
sines llf road lacked the personal at
tention of any of the big railroad
genluBes to promote its progress.
Moreover Its absorption by the Har
riman people is the most natural out
come, because thesis- interests, could
not have afforded to let the road pass
into other hands and It was out of rea
son to suppose that it could long re
main in the inactive control of Gould,
where it was rapidly becoming a
dormant factor in the railroad world,
forfeiting such wonderful Opportuni
ties as Its territory afforded.
The Harriman crowd will undoubt
edly use the Missouri Pacific as the
means of opening up, and developing
the rlcb ' country it traverses and
strengthening its hold upon the Pa
cific coast traffic by means of trans
continental connections by way of
Denver, oyer the RLo Grande and
Western Pacific into fan Francisco.
It is not natural to suppose that the
Hill-Morgan people sat by quiescent
while rivals seined this property, to
use as an additional weapon in the
fight for Pacific conquest. Yet there
seems to have been no struggle between
them for the Missouri Pacific prize.
The Inference is, therefore, that these
titanic rivals have come to an under
standing for the peaceful pursuit of
plans to build up trade and develop
resources in which alt would share
and prosper.
Are Russia's Skirti Clear t
Russia may be right in contending
i that China has violated terms of the
and expiring next month, but before
other nations can afford 'o justify
Russia's threst against China they
have to consider Russia's own attitude
toward International agreements.
China's conduct on many occasions of
late has been provoking, not only to
the czar, but to other powers. It lias
fallen Into a tantalizing habit of pro
crastination in commercial and dlplo-
sought to establish, an approach to the
sea through Manchuria and was pre
vented by the mikado. Now it runs
around to another door and aeeks to
force Its way through there. it Is
plain enough that Russia has never
once abandoned its determination of
getting a foothold on the rl h soil of
Mongolia and It Is probable that, uu-
THE DKK: OMAHA,
leas effectively checked now by other
powers, It may succeed.
China Is In no condition, of course,
to clash with Russia and will probably
have to Jiak concessions before it
secures a settlement, but It would be
strange If other " powers permitted
Russia to carry out Its threst to mske
a military demonstration on China's
frontier, so long as Its own conduct
had not been above reproach. Those
natlona that have banked so strongly
on the open-door policy cannot look
with any marked complacency upon
Rusalan aggression In the orient.
lost ft Reminder.
The, resolution adopted by the city
council favoring abolition of the
Water board Is. of course, intended as
no disrespect to a co-ordinate branch
of the city government, but just a re
minder that we are still In the midst
of "immediate and compulsory" pur
chase of the water works begun eight
yeara ago. The resolution of the city
council, passed under spur and stress
of another mandate from the federal
court compelling the council to levy a
special tax to raise another $226,000
to pay judgments for past due hydrant
rental, contemplates a repeal of the
law creating the Water board ' and
"such other relief aa may be possible
to get." What relief may be possible
under present circumstances, with
Judgments aggregating $7,000,000 al
ready reudered, or staring ua In the
face, is not visible to tbe naked eye,
although It Is perfectly safe to assert
that bad there never been a water
board, and had the powers transferred
to it remained where they were, the
mayor and council could 'not have
made a worse mess of It than It la.
The unanimous action of the city
council, however, in passing this reso
lution indicates that the Water board
is no longer regarded aa ft sacred en
tity, vested with omniscience and in
fallibility, and immune from criticism
under penalty for less7 majeste. Four
years ago the editor of The Bee had a
bill presented In tbe legislature at
Lincoln, not abolishing the Water
board, but merely providing that its
members should draw no salary until
the city had actually acquired ft water
plant for them to manage and direct.
The mere suggestion therein con
tained, that the board should not draw
pay for doing nothing except piling up
judgments and lawyers' fee bills, was
scouted at that time as unwarranted
intermeddling, and the taxpayers have
since been compelled to honor requisi
tions for Water board salaries for four
years without being . appreciably
nearer to "relief" than at the atart.
While acknowledging sponsorship for
the bill offered four years ago to stop
salaries until there was something do
ing, The Bee wants to plead an alibi
to knowledge of, or part in, the resolu
tion Just adopted by the city council.
The Lords' Last Stand.
Prime Minister Asqulth has reintro
duced bis bill for the abolition of the
veto power of the House of Lords in
the British Parliament, which places
the Lords on trial for their last stand.
They are now arrayed in a fight for
their Constitutional lives. But whether
they lose in part or entirely, the
Lords are not and never will again
be what they once were in Great
Britain. They lost when they rejected
the Lloyd-George budget more than a
year ago. They lost twice again when
they invited popular approval of their
action, for in both electiona tbe senti
ment of the people was against them.
" Tbe present contest is but -the con
Sequence of the Lords' blunder, which
they themselves now doubtless recog
nize. Tbe Lords will be extremely for
tunate if they come out of the present
crisis with as much as a nominal or
ganization. Thev can expect no more.
By alow degrees, tbe character and
power of the body, which dates back
700 yeara in one form or another,
have been undergoing change. . Even
aa at present constituted the peers are
vastly different from what they were
in former yeara. Men of big buainess,
rather than the barona of noble line
age, make up the active membership,
but nevertheless the new alignment is
Influenced by the same old conserva
tive property-owning element and con
ditions are far more consonant with
the tendency In other channels and de
paitments of British life, which W ir
resistibly 'toward larger popular
power.
The Commercial club la aald to be
asking the atreet car company to put
into effect a roils for its cars to stop
on the rear side of each Intersecting
street Instead of on the far side. This
plan has been tried in other cities
without accomplishing much .toward
safety, but producing roucb needless
annoyance and confusion to passen
gers Stopping the car on the near
side of the street mesns in many cases
loading and unloading in mud puddies
and snow drifts instead or at the
cross-walks, to say nothing of carry
ing people unfamiliar with the rule a
block or two past their destinations.
And now the redoubtable "Bill"
Dech is out with a Patrick Henry ulti
matum. "Give me the open primary
or give me socialism." As "Bill" has
had about every other political mal
ady that ever ran epidemic herea
bouts, perhaps be might as well draw
straws.
We contini- to preach pac and plan
war. Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
Certainly. That is, we preach peace
and plan to guard against war. Just as
we build bouses and insure them
against fire.
A legislative coutest discloses the
fact that election conditions lsst fall
out In Seward county were not much
more Ideal than they were he.e in
niunspAY.
L. . Lti J L S !.
FEBRUARY
Omaha snd South Omaha. It is
usually easier to see the mote in the
other fellow'a eye.
Thirty suicides In Omsha last year
and thirty who tried the suicide route
without reaching the terminal.
Omaha ought soon to be able to or
ganise a suicide club with a member
ship of respectsble proportions.
If the city council succeeds In han
dling the gas lighting controversy
without a lsw suit It will set a fine ex
ample for the Water board, whose
chief function seems to be making
fees for high-priced lawyers.
Back Payiasr 0e.
Indianapolis Nwa.
After a brief and unaatlafactory exper
ience with th near-war gam. Juarea has
returned to Ita well established and more
profitable Industry of getting peopla to
guesa on which horse will win.
Making- Proerr.
Chlcaso Record-Herald.
On reason why some of the eccleaiasta
of England wish to revise the tenth com
mandment la that they think a man no
longer has th right to list his wife with
his ti and his as as a chattel. In aplte
of the rebuffs they have received the suf
fragettes appear to be making headway.
Practical Politic.
New York World.
There Is no occasion for tbe senate to
get excited over the Bulloway pension Mil.
That august body feela perfectly safe to
pars the bill, with much fervid oratory
to help th "lame ducks'' In thrlr home dis
tricts, relying upon Mr. Taft to veto It.
It la perhaps a cowardly course, but it Is
'practical politics."
Ideal Nowhere Realised.
New Tork Tribune.
Th legislature of Alabama seems dis
posed to discard prohibition for local op
tion. The legislature of West Virginia has
Just voted to submit a prohibition amend
ment to the voters, giving them a chance
to discard local option for prohibition. Such
face-abouts only Illustrate the difficulty of
applying a consistent policy In th regula
tion of the liquor traffic. Conditions change
and laws must change with them. In no
other field of state regulation have there
been so many alterations of 'opinion and
so many experiments groping after an Ideal
aa yet nowhere realised.
Dsn It Par to Be Hanest f
New Tork Bun.
A Janitor in Boaton found in the anow a
wallet containing $15,000 In cash. The wal
let was marked with th name of a firm
of bankers. The Janitor ate a cheap and
quick luncheon and then went to the bank
ers. "Did you lose thlsT" said he. "Why,
yes," cried one of the firm, "but w didn't
know It. Thank you; you are an honest
man. Please don't mention our name, will
youT"
The Janitor promised, and went back to
his Janltorshlp, comforted with th assur
ance that he was an honest man. Tiiat'a
the way they do things in Boston. Virtue j
Is Its own reward and good enough for j
him. Good old janltori .'
MiiMHHM j
MAINE'S LIQUOR POLICY
. j
St. Louis Renubllc: It la Interesting to
note that Texas ia likely to vote in July
oa th adoption of th very plan of dealing
with the liquor traffic which Maine is
making a desperate effort to get rid of.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: Nine state
have prohibition at present, but In none
of them can It be said to be a succeas. If,
as la probable, Maine declarea against it
In th coming election, there ls a strong
likelihood that the protests against ,H
which ar being heard In Georgia, Ten
nessee, Oklahoma and other "dry" states
will begin to command serious attention
from their lawmakers.
New York Tribune: The experiment ls
worth making, for the electorate has been
greatly altered In composition since the
prohibition amendment to the mate con
stitution was adopted. It ia only fair to
test public sentiment occasionally on such
a question. If a majority wants to make a
change ita will ahould rule. If no change
la authorized the existing system Is
strengthened by a popular decision In Its
favor.
Indianapolis News: Some astute repub
lican politicians are not averse to the re
peal ot prohibition, aa they argue that wltn
the atate po longer "dry" Maine will re
turn to It natural republican moorings.
Maine was the pioneer in the prohibition
movement, wltb legislation enacted in 1846.
Jn 1804 the Neal Dow law went Into effect,
providing for the aelxure and destruction
of Intoxicating liquors. Ever since, with
the exception of the years l5f and 1&7,
the sale of liquor haa been Illegal in Maine,
although for a great .part ot the time any
man seriously bent upon getting it could
obtain it without, much difficulty.
People Talked About
William Rockefeller, of the Standard oil
company, ia confined to his home In New
York with lumbago. Here is a splendid
chanc for hira to writ a testimonial In
certification of th virtues of crude oil as
a pain-killer.
Mlsa Mary Ptebblns Colley, one of the
few surviving real daughters of the Ameri
can revolution, died Jn Springfield, Mass.,
of pneumonia In her ninety-sixth year. Her
father, who died at tbe age of (j. was on
duty at West Point when Major Andre was
(executed.
Margaret Perkln. was ebliged to glv a!"8 youn out on ,hls tr,P?"
bond hefor. he became teleobon mer. To whi' tht President replied that If
ator In a hotel In Spokane. W nt.li. This
Instrument, signed and sealed, hold her
bondsmeo liable to th extent of tyO In the
event she becomes a bride on or before '
' I Wasblngtm Post: Th "jok" that was
The women's clubs of Minnesota are op-1 hald ,round tn, wor(d ,nd , on ,u
pulng a bill allowing husbands and wives lrvel. ,t.m. Mr. Champ Clark as a
to ell their real estate each without the j wor?nv .accessor of Mark Twln. But is It
consent of the other. The club. ay tliat.,.,Jt a ca,e ot greatness being thrust upon
a woman's household duties generally pre-!, man?
vent her from earning money, and her
hare In her huib.nd a real estate is often
her only provision.
A claim of W.ieo brought against the state j business we must at the earliest oppor
of California by A. G. Latterly of Hum-1 tunlty annx the auror borealla." Cans
boldt county, for, supplies furnished during I dlans will please understand tills Is meant
the Indlttn ware In lsil. ia oun to be paid, j for a Joke and that Uncle Ham ha no
a bill providing fur the payment having designs on ita northern border,
just been passed by th legislature I.af-j piuburg Dispatch: Champ dark s an
ferty was ri years old when the aupplies , nexatlon uuerenc la now explained as one
wer furnished. He Is now H. His claim ! 0f his plays of humor. If so. it Is humor
has been before v ry California state leg. j ut tne pervading sort which our Canadian
jlaUtui sin. only to be rejected.
I Most persons have forgotten tbe dln-js-
th secretary of elate. Mr. Knox, having
been a member ot th senat when th
salaries ot cabinet offbeis were Inereated
ii unabl to take th office of secretary
of state until It salary had been restored
j to th prnl figure. Th term for which
1h was elected to Hi senate will expire
next month, and In th next fiscal yea.
I he will be entitled to the autu compensa-
j tion already enjoyed by other member of
the president s cabinet.
inn.
Washington Life
i
i
ems Intereatlsg lis
a CeaSlttoa 0rrS
at th Halloas Capital
An unusual sight as well aa a recent one
is the presence of a woman correspondent
In the press galleries of congress. The
record bresklng newcomer Is Mis Mary
K.' Brookes. Washington correspondent of
the Fort Worth Record and th Houston
Post. Miss Brookes has been in Washing
ton for some time aa correspondent of
these papers, but did not make her re
quest for admission to the house gallery
until ten days ago, when she was promptly
admitted by Maurice Splaln. chairman of
the standing committee of correspondent.
She has been cordially welcomed by other
members of th gallery, and It la predicted
that her presence there will contribute a
pleasing novelty to th dally routine of
newspaper work. Tl.e honor I merited
one, coming st th close of four yeara 'ex
perience In editorial and report oris I work
on the Fort Worth Record. She Is a natlv
of Texas, daughter of the late II. II.
Brookes, editor and publtf-her of the Amar
lllo Champion, ao she comes naturally by
her newspaper faculty.
Th publicity bureau of an unnamed rail
road running out of Washington la wo
fully limp In its hot air apparatus when
a story of this caliber Is welcomed to the
columns of Washington papers:
"I was In the dining room putting away
the silver, and Fannie, my domestic, was
entertaining a 'gentleman caller' In the
kitchen, when I overheard the folio ving
conversation:
" 'Sav, Mis Fannie, did yovl ever play
railroad?'
"Kannle's reply, punctuated wtih glgglea,
was,' 'No. Mixtah Johnsin', not to my
sprshul reccerlectlon.'
" 'Well,' said Mistah Johnsin', 'I'll show
you how; I'll be the Southern and start
fum this side er the room, and ou be the
(taming another road that runs out of
the city), and come th'u' that door over
thar; then we'll come together In the mid
dle of th room and l.av a head-on col
lision.' "I heard them taking their respective
places and Mlatah Johnsin' puffin and
choo-chooing across the room In a most
englnely' manper. But all was quiet from
Fannle's corner. Presently her callor
stopped and exclaimed, 'Hey, dar, you
railroad! Ain't I done tole you to meet me
In de middle of de room, and we'd have a
collision?'
"Just then I heard the other engine
Fannie come puffing In.
."Qo way from heah!' ah cried. '1
knowa how to play dls game! Ain't you
done told me to be the railroad? Well,
den, ain't I boun' to be five hours late?' "
Representative McDermott of Chicago, a
democrat, learned that he was being con
sidered by his democratic colleagues for
a place on the committee on education In
the next congress. To the colleague who
brought him the Information Mr. McDer-
I mott expressed deep and genuine disgust
w,tn tn who, cheme of assigning mem
Der" 10 committees.
"They've got me now on th committee
on agriculture." paid McDermott. "alihouih
tn're '"n t lnle b,ad ot a"" th "-
trict I represent, and they talk .about put-
" on in committee qn roucanon in
the next congress, although I never went to
fchool a day In my life. What do I know
about education V
It should be said that Mr. McDermott
represents the stock yards district of Chl
caao. Representative A. Mitchell Palmer of
Pennsylvania Is telling a good story on
Speaker Cannon.
"Few people reallne," said Mr. Palmer,
"that the Quakers have a larger represen
tation In congress. In proportion to the
membership of the sect, than any other
religious body. Ther are 300.000 Quakers
In the Vn!ted States: the present apportion
ment calls for one member of the house
for approximately each 300,000 population
and yet their are nine Quakers in the hous
and senate. There are Representative Cocks
of New York. Butler of Pennsylvania.
Grlest of Pennsylvania. Ramard of Indi
ana, Ileald of Delaware. Speaker Cannon
and myself. Over In the senate the Quak
ers are Ileyburn of Idaho, gcott of West
Virginia snd Dixon of Montana.
"Rtrlctly speaking, there are only nin
of ua. Speaker Cannon excommunicated
himself the day he was married. When
the meeting heard of Cannon's marriage
they sent a committee to him.
" 'Joseph,' aald the committee, 'thee has
committed a great wrong by marrying a
nonfrlend. If thee will- say that tlice are
sorry thee will be taken back Into the
meeting.'
" 'Brothers,' said Cannon, 'thee come o
me too soon, if thee will come to me In
about a year I will be able to tell thee
whether I am sorry.' "
"They would not wait a year." Interrupted
the speaker, who was enjoying the ptory,
"and they lost a good Quaker. However,
I am not lonely, because although Palmer
cays Senators Dixon and Mrott are Quak
ers I don't think either of them work at
It any mors tlmn I do."
President Tft received a call Just be-
I fore starting on hi recent Western trip
from an Ohio friend, a man who. though
a strong republican, was born In Ireland.
This Irishman knows th president well
enough to joke with him.
"Bee here. Mr. President." he suggested,
"you've been tied down here for some
time, wiiile I've been taking things com
paratively easy. Now, why wouldn't II
j be a good Idea for you to Just let ma alt
! In your office here and run (he country
ho did that we'd be plunged Into war
with England Inside of twenty-four hours.
ANNEXATION "JOKES."
oh!cgo Inter Ocean: "I want It distinctly
unoerBlood .ay. PntiitM Taft. "that if
, Mr. , , ,h... ,
I .nd British cousin ar unable to corn-
prehend. As Gilbert' colonial bishop r-
The loke they do not understand
It pain them very much.
Louisville Courier Journal: Bennett
re-.olutlou In tb houa for tne annexation
of Canada is a transparent trick played
i w Uh th Iioe of d feailug Canadian re-
, cli roclty. He would have n'-ver thought of
Jit but for Champ Clark stumble' and It ia
aa contemptible a performance a could
1 be expected of th most Insolent of stsutl-
j ptters.
TirS FOR THE LEGISLATURE.
Grand Island Independent: Governor
Aldrli h hss acted fearleslv and wisely In
recalling th parol granted to Krnest Htout
under a vl lou system. But that ought not
to be all of It. Iet th legislature as
promptly and completely recall the present
system of secretly or "quietly" Issuing
paroles.
Wayne Herald: While the legislature de
feated county option, It Is pledged to the
Initiative and referendum and with the lat
ter facility' for sounding the popular voice,
the question of statewide prohibition Is
likely to be up for a vote sooner than It
would have been If the former policy had
been adopted.
Loup City Northwestern: If some on
does not Introduc a bill for a pardoning
board, taking th penky job off th chief
executive, and if th legislator does not
pass such a righteous measure instanter.
then It will have lost an opportunity of
doing on of th best things that It could
do th present session.
Fall City Journal: Th atate senat la
committing Itself to freak legislation when
It prohibits political parties or candidates
from using vehicles, buggies or automobiles
In getting voters to th polls. Why not put
the candidates In Jail from the Mm they
are nominated until after election? They
might speak to a voter about the election.
Plattsmouth Journal: It Is pretty near
tlm for th legislature to clos down on
th introduction ot bills and do something
that the peopl want There ar more
bills Introduced now than will ever be
passed. Too many statesmen who deslr
to tnek their constituency believe they ar
the "whole cheese." with the lobby mem
bers writing tbelr bills.
Rattle Creek Enterprise: Ther Isn't
enough politic being played at Lincoln to
suit the averag writer or country editor.
Uusually w have something to howl about,
but the hous la so evenly divided on po
litical lines that democrats are afraid to
start anything not strictly on the squar
and republican dare not. Perhaps it Is
best that ther Is ao Uttl difference In
numbers between th majority and th
minority.
Falls City Journal: Resent Lyford in
his talk befor th legislative commute
on th removal of the atate university to
the stat agrlculural farm based his ob
jections to the removal on th cost ot
th change. Th farm Is th plac for
th university. There it will have room
to expand. It must get ther some tlm
and a start might as well be made now.
Regent Lyford s objection Is th only valid
on to the removal at present. Let all
future building be done at the farm. On
half the buildings on th old campus have
little real value for school purposes.
Howells Journal: Th present legislature
should gtv careful attention to our road
laws and do all In its power to promote
better road building. A box everything
we hope they will glv no comfort to the
few who ar seeking the passage ot a law
to reduce the width of our highways. Our
roads ar none too wide for a country
road. Ther Is much foolish talk about
the vast amount of land wasted. Ther
need be 410 waste and In many cages where
th land owners sow the roadside to tarn
grasses and cut th grass or pasture It
there 1 none. A wide, well-kept roadway
adda much to th beauty of the country
and ls . In keeping with th broad and
productive acres of our thrifty farmers.
AN IKDEKEXSIHI,: BILL.
lariatlwsT Paiwa Moll Bera
th
Xatlam' Mnm.
. i , New York Tribune (rep )
The senate ' committee on pensions haa
reported the Sulloway pension -bill, with
an Immaterial amendment, thus aiding
the progress of a measure which ought
not to be passed st this or any other ses
sion. Th amendment reduces the maxi
mum monthly rate to be paid to veterans'
7$ years old or mor from I3t to to, and
would thus slightly decrease the extra an
nual charge Imposed by the bill, which
would, however, still exceed 140,000,000. Buch
an Increase Is unjustifiable In view of the
sum already devoted to pensions, which
for i:MM0 was M0.0.M and for IfllO-ll
1156,758,000, and which will be about JtU.
000,000 tor 1611-1!. The Sulloway bill. If It
becomes a law, will necessitate new taxa
tion, but congress. Instead of providing
means to meat a new annual obligation of
more than StO.OOO.OW, seems disponed to
vote the money away first and consider"
plans for raising It afterward, or not at
all. An addition of t10.Ono.COO to the treas
ury's annual outlny would more than wipe
out the savings made by the Taft ad
ministration through many praiseworthy
economies. The president has earnestly
labored to check th expansion of federal
expenditures, and has succeeded In holding
the appropriations of this congress within
rejsonabl bounds. But all that effort
would be nullified If the pensions account
should be suddenly enlarged from
COO.UJO to nearly K40.000.000.
The sum carried by the Bulloway bill Is
excesxtve and beyond the nation's means
at present. Moreover, the theory on which
the measure Is constructed Is faulty. If
any Increase in pension allowances Is to
be made, its beueflts should go to the
worthiest the men who served longest
down with pain which tliey called lumbago ao that 1 could hardly walk, but alter
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Ma. E. Chichester, jot Barbey Street, Brooklyn, N. Y., writes: "I bav used
your Liniment (or rheumatism and lumbago, and it did me more good thau all th
doctors I ever had, and 1 bsva recommended It to a great many people."
Ma. Gsoacs Stevens, of Bridgeport, Conn., write) "I was sUlc for three
week with nay back, but Mam's Liniment cured n at once."
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Absolutory Buro
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D ALL'M.i: U?.!E FI"i? i!ATE
and wer subjected to tbe greatest danger
and privation. Those who enlisted for a
year or longer and those who wer made
prisoners should b put in a different class
from th ninety-day men, many of whom
never saw the front and endured no hard
ships whatsoever. It would b more reason -able
to continue the present allowance on
the ninety-day basis and make additional
allowance for apeeiu.1 classes of pensioners,
according to th character of their service.
Th men who rlly fought and suffered do
not want to b lumped in on class witti
th three months' levies called out for
an emergency and serving only In th sec
ond line.
Th country Is entirely willing to reward
tb veteran In accordance with their
deserts, but it Is not willing to sanction
any mor dragnet and omnibus pension
legislation.
LAUGHIN& OAS.
Knlt-ker Did you nam th bah for a,
wealthy relative, so he would leave some
thing? Buck No; they named It for the cook,
so ah wouldn t leave. Judge.
"You know, Unci Kphr'm, th doctor
say a man ia a old aa hla arteries."
"Yes, suh, an' de older he gits de more
he's arter ease." Washington tftar.
"What! Ten years in an office and
you've never been promoted. What kind of
a man do you work for?"
"A promoter." Chicago Tribune.
"Have you found true happiness In your
married life, my dear?"
"Indeed I have. I can do a lot of things V
t didn't dare to do wuen 1 was single. -1
Boston Traveler.
"Diogenes wu but III requited In his
search for an honest man."
"Yes. I have no doubt that everybody
thought it was an advertising fake and thaS
Diogenes himself wasn't on th level."
Washington ctar.
"Th woman who hesitates Is lost," para
phrased the Wise Guy.
"Not necessarily," replied th FMmp)s
Mug. "Maybe s'le Is merely handicapped
by a hobble skirt." Phllaredphla Record.
Mr. Pester Aren't you going to kiss mv
desr? I
Mrs. Pester What's th Use. I hav
such a cold I can't tell whether you'va
been drinking or not. Ht. Louis Times.
"The ancients thought th world was
flat."
"Well, they had no automobiles, not
musical comedy, no bridge whist. It must
have been flat in those days." Kansas City
Journal. , , ,
"Absalom." ssld Mjra. Rambo, "you've got
to quit your drlnkliig, your smoking, your
chewing, your swearing, your"
"For heaven's sake, Nancy." protested,
Mr. Rambo, "don't commit me to such a.
wholesale reform! Let me revise in -hahlM
schedule bv schedule! ' Chlcdgu
Tribune.
AT THE AUTO SHOW.
Detroit Free Press. , ,
I met him at the auto show, reviewing iu-J
machines.
He won an overcoat of fur, and talked of
llmuUNineM.
And toiiriiiK ira and runabouts snd bods
undcrsinng:
He had the name of every car, it seemrd,
upon his tongue. ,
He talked of carburetors and Ignition
sparks and gear.
Th lu.vHiitying in ins he iibo still ring
within my ears;
From booth to booth with him I sirolleil,
and eveiy tlm we stood
To now upon a car he showed ma what
was bad and good,
He knew how fust this csr could go. how
fast another couliin't;
lie kii'-w what, one car would do, and " lint
the other wouldn't.
I' showed me (he magneto and the spark
Plug of the coil.
The I'll that iciu ihe fcu'olene, the cups
that feed the oil.
I'nto myseir, this man. thought I. must b
a millionaire.
Or eln he manufactures cars he has a
city air:
But viien I akcri his name he SRld, "It's
Hexeklah Blown:
I work a forty-acre furm inn thirty miles
from town."
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l'ain in the back is quickly
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HERE'S PROOF.
Ms. Jamv.s lisnsv Wvnw, of
Mulberry, Fla., writes : "I have baen
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