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restler UottU fatuous toe-bold
has nothing on those senatorial dead
lock?. Speaking of the openings at
Panama, what is the matter with the
canal?
It is all off now robin lias beerr
eeen and duly labeled in Lincoln park,
Chicago.
The Water board Is n deep, but, un
fortunately, the taxpayers of Omaha
are In deeper.
It would be Interesting to see a
Japanese treaty that would satisfy
those Californlans.
1 The rumor from the front that Jack
London had surrendered seems to be
a fake pure and simple.
t. The good roads movement is ' all
right, but it should go hand in hand
with a clean streets movement.
' An exchange asks whether .Lillian
Russell or Nat Goodwin won the
stakes. It was declared a draw.
The question remains whether an
extra session of congress will b in
cluded In the Mst of March storma.
"Tom Watson feara aasassln." What
Tom really feara Is being" excluded
from the limelight of front page pub
licity. ' Out of aympathetic consideration,
Captain Peary haa not had Congress
man Macon arrested for assault and
battery.
With all these royal connections to
look out for. Mr. Gould would have
had no time left tor bis Missouri Pa
cific, anyway
Only a few more days for the Intro
duction of new blUa at Lincoln. No
signs of failure of th bill erop 6n the
home stretch.
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On can easily Imagine Senator Till
man had to use hla eoattall when Sen
ator Lorlraer told of the time he went
to the rescue of lllnky Dfnk.
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That man named Michael Angelo
McGinnls, serving a ten-yeara' term in
th Missouri penitentiary, should b
able to paint a plausible picture of bis
innocence.
The Iowa legislature has declined to
follow Nebraska with a deposit guar
anty law. Iowa evidently wanta to let
someone else do th experimenting
snd foot the bills. .
It is doubtful tf Senator "Jeff"
Davis will ever again be able to pass
muster on simon-pure Arkansas
democracy, sine h was seen to thake
hands recently with Senator Depew.
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Ptlgrlm fathers ar pictured as
going to church with a Bible tn one
I, and and a gun Jn th other. Spring
gardener should go forth with a hoe
in on hand and a anow shovel in the
other.
Private John Allen of Mississippi,
once "the humorist of tbe house."
thinks a democrat may safely play golf
without offending tb farmer vote, so
long as the gm is called "eow.paa
tuie pool." .
If George Washington were still
sllve he could And no fault with tbe
sr hla blrthdey is celebrated ut
bere In a country which be thought'
as nothing but uninhabited wilder
"ihs and desert.
Senator Albert eiprasea an Intense
I'rslre to ae on of thoe lobbyists h
ears so much about. W knew Ban
ner Albert was. unfortuuetely, a trifle
hsrd of krarlng. but we bad no Idea
vutnn, was linpa'rad
Bollirer and the Presidency.
t lo w near the lste Sonator J. P.
Dolllrer came to being president of the
United State was well recalled In the
memorial speech upon the Iowa states
man delivered by his succesor, Sena
tor Lafayette Toung. It la one of
thoae seeming freaks of fate that
show by what slight incidents the
wheel of political fortane Is sometimes
turned and determines the whole ca
reer of a man, If not of a nation.
Senator Dolllver had been sug
gested, we believe, first by The Bee
and then by other western papers for
vice president In 100, and the sugges
tion n carried to Philadelphia by his
Iowa friends, who sent, post-baste, for
Lafayette Young to come to the con
vention prepared to make the nomina
tion speech. Mr. Young went and,
with others, laid the matter before
Senator Dolliver, who was stopping at
the home of a. friend in the Suburbs,
wholly unconcerned as to his name go
ing before the convention for second
place on the ticket beaded by McKln
ley But at length he was persuaded
to address the Iowa delegation on the
subject, doing so in a half hearted
way. Finally, however, when things
were coming to a focus, the lorn a sen
ator asserted himself against the nom
ination, urging that he could cot af
ford the financial obligations which
the vice presidency would entail.
All the while Theodore Roosevelt
was being pushed forward against his
1U by his political foe, Senator Piatt
of New York, who thought that elect
ing him vice president would be the
surest way to shelve him for all time,
while Roosevelt's real friends were
urging him not to accept the nomina
tion. Just as faithfully as Dolliver's
friends were pleading with him to
take It.
And the rest ia history, one of the
most Interesting and thrilling chapters
ever written of this country. Undoubt
edly, Dolllver might have been nom
inated bad he permitted his friends to
go ahead with their plans and co
operated with them. And, manifestly,
he would have been elected, for his be
ing on the ticket would have con
tributed strength. It wag Senator
Dolliver's own fault, therefore, that,
he did not succeed the lamented Mc
Kinley iu the White House. All of
which, In view of the part President
Roosevelt played in shaping the des
tiny of this nation for sevefl years
as chief magistrate, serves to make
more Impressive those Immortal words
which Webster put into the mouth of
John Adams, "There is a divinity that
shapes our ends."
No Capital in it for Democrats.
It seems that "Joe" Bailey has made
It very embarrassing for some of his
democratlo newspaper friends in Texas,
who would glv most anything to lam
bast Lorlmer as a type of republican
senator, but dare not, sine Bailey Is
on of his most ardent champions.
The difficulty soma of the party organs
hav In restraining themselves Is
amusng. They could not, of course,
say a word against Lorlmer without
directly involving Bailey and therefore
tbey devote their time to praising
"Bailey's great apeecly."
Though rather late 111 the day, Sen
ator Culberson haa offered them some
relief by coming out strongly against
Lorlmer and, therefore, against Bailey.
Culberson unhesitatingly - says he
thinks tb election of tbe Illinois sen
ator was procured by fraud and he
should be unseated. Possibly this may
afford some of the gagged organs In
that stat excuse for at least mildly as
serting their real views, though, of
course, Jo, Bailey la th favorite son
of th Lone Star atate, tb "idol of the
Alamo." , ,
Democrats hav not been abl to
make as much political capital out of
th Lorlmer case as tbey would had
his election not been effected by demo
cratic votes, and If Lorlmer should
lose his seat it would be In spit of hla
democratic supporters and not because
of democratic opposition.
Question of Extra Session.
Talk of an extra session of congress
for th primary purpose of forcing
through th reciprocity plan continues,
but only the president knows what his
Intentions ar. Certainly tber Is lit
tle hop now of completing tb admin
istration's program.-Including action
on many most important measures,
such aa reapportionment, tariff com
mission and the Japan treaty, by March
4. But th same chaotic conditions
that exist now might b repeated In ex
tra session. Tb filibuster, by which
action Is being deferred In tb closing
days of this eion, it la threatened,
would be continued lq tbe next.
Added to other complications, th
incoming congress will present tb
new factor of a changed political com
plexion a clear democratic majority
in th hous and a materially dimin
ished republican majority In th sen
ate. Yet la that contingency alone
would seem to II some hope of suc
cess for the Canadian reciprocity plan
in the next congress. It must be re
membered that tbe democrats, despite
Champ Clark's peculiar antics, have
favored thla proposition, not for Itself,
but as part of their general desire to
remove all protective duties and that,
furthermore, they ar bound by a
Unanimous caucus pledge to vote for
tt. Of course. It would be easy for
th democrats to declare that a caucus
decree made for thla session would be
of no effect for tb next, especially
einc tt seems to sit so lightly on their
leader, wbo, himself, proposed ita
adoption.
If congress adjourns without put
ting through his reciprocity plan, Pres
ident Taft may deride, after a careful
survey of 1he ground, that he would
hav uotblug to gain by calling an ex-
trs sesalon and let things rent where
they sre. In the meantime some nine
or ten Isrge appropriation bills are still
to be psased, offering excuses in plenty
for thoae who wsnt to do nothing on
other pressing problems.
Tryiny to Get from Under.
Commenting on resolutions adopted
by tbe city council demanding the
abolition of tbe Water board, the
World-Herald, which has been the
ronatant defender and aoologlst of I
the board, "confesses'1 that it has be -
come "'fashionable" to bold the Water
board accountable "for the present
deplorable condition." It then goes
on In double-shotted outbursts to ex
cuse the Water board from responsi
bility for the fatal three-appraiser
plan and to accuse the council for the
original misstep.
The World-Herald must think the
people of Omaha have very short
memories, for there are too many her
who can, If tbey will, recall Just how
the "Immediate and compulsory" pur
chane bill was railroaded through tbe
legislature eight years ago and how It
made the Water board appointed by
the governor paramount over mayor
and council, and th latter In all
things pertaining to th water works
aubject to tbe bidding of the Water
board. ' They can remember, too, how
Tbe Bee protested vigorously and
vehemently against th election to
purchase under the contract aa certain
to put the city at the mercy of th
water company, while the World
Herald had no word of criticism or
fault-finding, nor even a warning.
Tbe "immediat and compulsory"
bill was, as everyone knows, fathered
by the bellwether of the present Water
board, and no Intelligent person can
read that bill without seeing that Ita
whole tenor, Intent and purpose was
to proceed to buy the water works
under th purchase clause of th con
tract. Th law goes into great detail
to reserve to tb board tb appoint
ment of the appraiser, leaving it to
the .council merely to confirm or re
jeot, to invest the Water hoard with
authority to compel by mandamus tb
water company to appoint Ita ap
praiser and to make such suit take
precedence over all other cases on th
docket. The action of th council
electing to buy under tbe purchas
clause was part and parcel of the
"Immediate and compulsory" plan.K
was followed by no remonstrance from
th Water board, but, on the contrary,
the thread was picked up at one by
tb appointment of the city' ap
praiser, and from that moment the
die was cast.
Subsequent event and th Judg
ments aggregating nearly 17,000,000
now confronting tbe taxpayers make
tb discussion of th watar works
problem In the editorial columns ef
Th Bee eight years ago read almost
like Inspired prophecy, Tb people
of Omaha who are familiar with th
facts know where the blame for "the
present deplorable condition" belongs.
But that Is not now the Issue, but,
'rather. How much longer Is the situa
tion to be permitted to drift under a
Water board that has proved itself
helpless or Incompetent?
Made-to-Order Wegther.
When you hear your neighbor com
plain again about the weather, call hla
attention to the real facts a series of
elements that has passed before us
recently.
We bad experienced a prolonged dry
siege and some folks had begun to de
spair of tbe prospects of winter wheat.
Then at last the dry period was
broken by a heavy, soggy snow and
sleet, well mixed. It lay on the
ground before thawing nearly a week,
having time to soak in thoroughly.
Then after a few warm days had en
tirely dissolved the coating and sent
the nioisture deep Into th soil cam
another spell of cold weather, freezing
and closing up the surface, which had
the effect of conserving th moisture
In tbe ground, thus giving It tb op
portunity of doing It most good to
th wheat germs.
It' haa been an Ideal program of
weather. Of course, there Is a chance
even yet for unfavorable conditions,
but since we hav had such unusually
favorable elements it seems scarcely
fair to forget that and take the time
fearing what might happen. As a
rule, if the farmer will do their full
share of tilling and planting the Lord
will look out for tb weather In this
middle-west country, which never gets
th extremes In winter or summer.
The concern now Is that the cold
weather may continue long enough to
save the buds from premature devel
opment. A Good Business Hove.
A chartered ship Is to leave Seattle
next month for Japan bearing a large
delegation of business men from vari
ous American cities, going to return
tbe social call made upou us by a com
pany of distinguished Japanese some
.months ago. These American business
men propose to visit several of tbe
Important citle la Japan, as well as
Hawaii and lb Philippines, and meet
and mingle with the Japaneae at every
possible angle of life; to tell them all
tkey can about th United Etates, learn
all they can about Japan and assure
them that It is our desire to maintain
most cordial relatione with Japan and
its people under all circumstances.
Thla excursion is a good move, it
is a sensible step. In th first place,
It returna courtesy for courtesy, and
Japan ia a stickler for amenities.
Moreover, Japan will appreciate very
assurance it can get right now of our
friendship, and we need all the friend
ship we get from Japan, also all the
orders for American products, finished
and raw. We hav foolishly frittered
away all the opportunities of scquirlng
thee that we can afford and more. It
la high time we mere paying some seri
ous attention to business over there.
The United States could not send a
better embassy to Japan thsn this band
of buslneas men, with their women
folk. They will be representative and
yet unofficial, precluding the possibility
of attaching political significance to
their mission. It will be simply a so-
nu "m. ""i a..u
business after. Japan la making elab-
rte plans for entertaining our people. p
and we may well hope for th very best
results to come of this exebsnge of
visits. Omaha will be one of the cities
represented on the trip, as. of course,
It should be, owing to Its relation to
commercial advancement In tbe far
east and to the fact that It was one of
the cities visited by the Japaneae.
It transpired that the charges filed
by Police Commissioner Karbach, out
of which tbe ouster proceedings
against Chief of Police Donahue have
grown, were really directed against
hla colleagues on the board and that
the chief la merely the goat for other
people'a persons 1 grievances. The
only wonder Is that a man like Gov
ernor 8hallenberger should have lent
himself, and his high office, to such a
purpose.
The Real Kstate exchange has just
waked up to the fact that tbe pending
charter amendments would raise the
limit for taxation tn Omaha $400,000,
making possible an Increase of nearly
40 per cent In the city tax rate. The
exchange might also try and find out
bow thla hug prospective Increase In
taxes got past Its own representatives
on th charter revision committee
without objection.
John P. St. John, wbo rod Into th
governorship of Kansas on th crest
of tbe prohibition wave, which he was
largely instrumental in creating, comes
out of retirement after about twenty
years at th aa of 78 years to preach
woman's suffrage In the Sunflower
state. Kansas may at least look for
a lively campaign.
A bill has been Introduced at Lin
coln, "by request," requiring the fumi
gation of houses by owners In the In
terval between one renter moving out
and another moving in. Wonder what
the originator of that bill bumped Into
the last time he changed landlords.
Judging from th crowds at the
Auto show, and th Interest mani
fested In tbe exhibits, there Is no
reason to apprehend any lull in the
business of the stat officer who Issues
numbers for the registration of new
cars in Nebraska.
Too He for Mall Haa.
Washington Post.
Postmaster General Hltohcock could pre
vent several ; magailfte publishers from
using the malls at all If they nut Into print
xactly what thy are thinking. . .
Who Mill Make tha Sacrificed
Washington Herald.
Th Persian parliament has voted to en
gage five American financial advlsera. How
can any American with first-class financial
ability be Induced to live In Persia with the
opportunities which await him In his na
'.lve land?
nss't Worry.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Between th faction Champ Clark, who
Is scarcely betraying speakership qualifi
cations, and th mischievous Representative
Bennett, who doe not return to oongres,
timid souls In th Hous of Commons ar
given great concern a to annexation de
signs on Canada by th United Statas.
England ned not worry; th United Plate
ha not yet succeeded In assimilating Its
recent territorial acquisitions.
Dally Advertising I the Thin.
. Brooklyn Eagle.
Magaslnea would not b driven out of
bualnass If postal rate wer Increased.
Thy could still sell through th news
dealers In every town. Th most suc
cessful magaslh. a wekly, eells for S
cants, and haa reached an normou cir
culation In that way. One gratifying
feature of th peasant fight I th fin
acknowledgement th magaslnea make of
th value of nwpapr advertising. They
ar using' page of aurplu paper to lay
their aid of th ess befor the people
Th oncc-a-month field Is open to them,
but tbey seem to be neglecting it.
People Talked About
Adama county, Pennsylvania, claims the
oldest active miller In th stat. He is
Charles Prosser of Latlrrer, and h was 94
years old last week. H owns a saw and
grist mill along Latimer creek and he has
been operating th mill unaided fur mor
than sixty years.
Louts Regl. ftonia, tttter known as
ilomtt. an Itinerant nsboy and boot
black, who has Just been elected to the
municipal council of L Puy, Kranc. he
astonished th cltlssns of that place by his
work In tb council. H ha already Intro
duced many new and better Idea In tb
matter of municipal legislation.
Major General Danl-I K. Sickle was
bora mor than eighty-five year ago. H
learned th printer' trad, studied law, waa
a member' of oongi longer than any
other person now living, lost a leg at et
tysburg, served aa minister to Kpeln, and
la atill In sufficiently good health to mak
a trip to Albany from hla New York home
and eadreee tha aasembly.
At the ag of 1st years and undoubtedly
the oldest whit woman in the world, Mrs.
Lauia Kllcrease Is dying at the horn of
her daughter, a centenarian, a few mile
west of Iiongview, Tex. Mrs. Kllcreaa
waa born In North Carlolna when the
Revolutionary war broke out. and three
year later she saw Georg Washington.
Ph 1 th onlv living person wh.i ha cn
Unrl Washington.
A Pennsylvania representative haa Irteo-diK-ed
a bill In roagree providing i."
tor th removal of tha body of 4vnera
Winfleld Scott Hancock fron a r.;-"'i1
tomb In Nerrlatown to Arlington cinUsjr
la Washington. Thar has been local ob
jection to this in lh past, but aon I
likaly to be aoanlftd now. Th tomb
constructed by Unarl Hancock la crum
bling an, bow th4 tb sraJ a brother
la dead, the feeling ia growing that Ar
lington U th p'au tur hie rentals.
Around Now York
lpple a tia,Carrl ef Xlf
aa aa la taa Or Anuria
Matropolla fraaa Pay to D7-
Trade and traffic ateadlly conjestlng New
Turk harbor, coupled with tha Increaaing
Ik of ocean liner, a pushing to real
isation tbe old dream of a abort-rut harbor
on the ocean aid of Long !tnd.. A
nuartr of a century ao Austin C'orbln,
president of th Long- Island railroad.
Itched publicity to Ms foresight, demon-
atiatlna; th Importance of a ateamahlp
terminal at Montauk Point, tha extreme
eastern end of the Island. 1I allowed bow
twenty-four houra time might b aaved
In tha Atlantic rojage, quicker discharge,
of paaaengera and cargo secured, the coat
of dockage reduced and harbor delays
avoided. The fact that hla road would
hav th short haul from Montauk Point to
Nw York, giving th project a alflsh
twist, did not affect th force of hla argu
ment. Time and necessity are new forcing
attention on the acheme. and preliminary
stepa hava been taken for practical devel
opment. Purveys have been ordered by
th national government and th Pennsyl
vania railroad, owner of the Corbln rail
road, haa purchased 110 acres of land on
th water front, giving It control of the
beat frontage on Fort- Pond bay. Plana
have been prepared for building plrs 1.0S
feet long, capable of accommodating the
largat of ocean tamers. Facilities are
to be provided for handling- passenger and
frlgbt and ampla yardage await tha de
velopment. Tha company I taking time
by tha forelock. Austin Corbln 1 dead,
but hla spirit Is "marching on."
In the bustle attending the departure of
th Hamburg-American liner. K inert n
Auguate Victoria. 7-year-old Henry Bln
kash, son of Henry Blnkash of Montana,
became separated from his parents and
was not missed until the vessel was aom
hours at sea. Blnkash. hla wlf and three
ohlldren sailed In th steerag on a visit
to their former home In Germany.
In the middl of tha afternoon the boy
waa found erylna about the Hohoken
atreets. A policeman took him to police
headquarters. He had hardly arrived there
when a message came from th Hamburg-
American line asking the pollc to search
for him.
A wirelua message had been sent from
the ship, and half an hour after it was re
ceived the company was able to send a
reply that tha boy ws af and would b
rent to Germany on another steamship.
"There was 1105 In the left trousers
pocket," panted a whit faced man as he
all but fell Into the littl tailor's pressing
and cleaning shop.
The tailor glanced at th excited cillsen,
relates th Bun, and went on pushing th
goose.
After a minute th nw arrival got "hi
breath, but lost hla temper. "I say there
was S10S In the left trousers pocket," h
repeated, shaking his flat.
"Veil, dldt l"edt der vaan't?" the littl
tailor asked.' "Der Isa de pants. Mebby
he la dere yet," pointing to a pair of trous
ers on a nail.
Th left pocket gave up a roll of bill and
a cigarette ease, th tight pocket a bunch
of keys, a penknife and a pound of other.
Junk; th right back pocket a magasln
pistol and a handkerchief, the left back
pocket a big memorandum boo' and the
fob pocket a watch with fob and charm
attached and soma bill tightly folded.
After th absent mmded one had given th
tailor 15 for hi "honesty" th knight ef
tb goose soliloquised: "Horn day dot fel
ler ferglt his bants."
Mra. Catherine Murther of No. S Broome
street, while trying to bite her stay through
a piece of steak of high rcaisttv power,
dislocated her jaw. Her husband, who wtfti
having dinner with her, wondering at the
long break In the conversation, looked up
and found his wlf looking at bin In an
agonised way, her mouth wid open.
H called In all hla neighbors, and when
their combined efforts failed to budg th
Jaw, they aent for Dr. McGrath of Gouv
erneur Tioepltal. Dr. MoGrath could not
find anything at hand to exercis th lev
erage necessary to get th suffering wom
an' mouth ahut and he took her to the
hospital, where she was quickly relieved.
"I changed my mind about th courtesy
of New York men and conductor after
I began carrying a child around with me."
observed th young mother, quoted by th
Sun. "A a business woman of course I
was in th car every day befor I gat
married, and many a weary tim did I
stand from Rector street to Harlem when
nobody cared. But now! Oh, my! When
I would appear in th doorway with th
baby tn my arms three or four men or
even women would offer m a seat, and
now that th littl fellow can walk If just
th same. The conductor always atop for
me and lift th boy on or off. Talk about
the independence of the'unattached female!
A woman with a child has a lot easier
Urn getting around thla town."
K.NDKD WHEM AND WHUREf
Aotaal Time mm Place of Cloa ml
Civil War.
New York World.
Some of th moat Interesting fact brought
out In lawmaking at. tha capltol are found
In eddies In th stream of congressional
debet. On of the wa th discussion
last Wednesday in connection with an
amendment pertaining to th recovery be
fore th court 'of claima of th value pf
cotton seised after June JO. lsoo.
Th amendment raised th question when
and where the civil war cloaed. Iee sur
rendered at Hpottsylvsnla court hous.
April , liai; Johnson at Durham Htatlon,
N. C. April it; Taylor at Cltronslle. Ala.,
May f ; while th battle of Palmlto Ranch,
in Texas, was fought May 13, th confed
erate winning th victory. A a matter
of convenience the government decided
that the war closed Jun 1, im. while th
supreme court, aa appeared by citation In
th debate, has assigned different data
to mark th legal termination of the war.
It la really said to hav cloaed at different
tlmea in different atate. By an act pasaed
In March, 1867, congress, for certain pur
poses it had then In mind, even derided
that th war ended officially on August
20. isas.
Aa to the plac where the last gun was
fired, that distinction appear to belong to
Texas. Representative Kheppard of that
atate pointed out that the battle of Palniito
ranch we fought en th spot were pine
teen yeara earlier General Taylor with 2.000
American troop defeated a Mexican army
of O.OOu under Arista, at Palo Alto, th
opening uonfllot of tb Mexican war.
Although th coincidence that th opening
battle of tne Mexican ar and th closing
encounter of th civil war wer fought on
th earn pot has no significance, th fact
In Itself l memorable, and In time, a Mr.
Hheppard auggeats, may be commemorated
by a suitable monument.
The l.laelt ml Oreed.
Minneapolis Journal.
Judging by a report to ronsren. th peo
ple ar not eo far off In aislng up "th
lumbr trust." If there is uch thing, aa
that character of organisation which weuid,
without compunction, rut down and market
th weeping willow In a cemetery.
The Bee's Letter Box
Contribntton ea Tlmly gabtects
2ot Hsceedlng Two aTnndreg Word
Ar Ialt4 from Oat Benders.
Reciprocity la the l.laht of History.
KEARNEY. Neb.. Feb. 31. -To the Kdt
tor of The Ree: As the reciprocity act
seerrs to aitftRte the president and a lot
of stateomen In the United States, a well
aa dtlsena of Canada and America. I think
It would he wtM for The Bee to set out
where cur rights .is Americana have been
given away to England by the old pro
slavery democrats In a treaty before the
rebellion, when they save to KnKland a
piece of land S50 miles north and south and
from Canada proper to the Pacific, Includ
ing Vancouver Island and all of the agri
cultural land In British North America
that la worth anything. The old antl-re-belllon
democrata did thla to keep the
country from forming anti-slavery state
from thla territory. England waa sur
prised when our diplomats ceded this
splendid territory, but those old rebs knew
what they wanted. At about the same
period In history that aame set of demo
crata deliberately picked a war with little
Mexico and took away from It an empire
of land on our southwest border, wherein
to extend slavery. Slavery was the cause
of the whole business. Can any one blame
Champ Clark for looking north with a
wistful eye for a chance to wipe out th
mistakes or some of them that hi old
democratic friend made. He 1 not th
only one mho hope to rectify tome of
their mistakes. Nearly the whol Ameri
can people hop to and will get back the
empire of land on our northern border
that waa wrongfully and dishonestly
ceded to England by th old pro-slavery
democrats.
It wa a glorious ehanc w lost right
after our war of th rebellion, when we
had a million of th best soldier In the
world and a great navy and a splendid
cause, to take British Nortn America from
England on account of It destroying our
commercial navy with the Alabama and
other English ship. W have never re
built our commercial navy and hava paid
foreigner billions of dollars for carrying
our produce to foreign market.
A. J. BNOWDEN.
An Kleveath Commandment.
OMAHA, Feb. 22. -To th Editor of The
Bee: You reprint an Item from th Chicago
Record-Herald about the reason the
ecclesiastics of England wanting to revise
th tenth commandment, being that they
think a man no longer ha th right to
list hi wlf with hi ox and hi as a
a chattel." Why not leave the tenth com
mandment Just as It Is. but add an eleventh
commandment: "Thou ahalt not covet thy
neighbor's husband?" X. X.
Appreciation.
OMAHA, Feb. 20. -To th Editor of Th
Bee: I tak thla opportunity of express
ing my appreciation of your excellent re
port In Bunday's Be ef th meeting of
the alumni ef th UntvaraUy ef Nebraska.
You certainly gave th organisation a
good aendoff and expressed most clearly
th position of the alumni and the Uni
versity of Nebraska on the subject et
medical education In Nebraska. I bop It
will be consistent with th policy of Th
Be to still further glv all possible pub
licity te fact pertaining to th need of
Nebraska In medical education.
Again expressing my personal apprecia
tion of Th Bee's efforts on behalf of the
alumni, I am, - 1
A. O. PETERSON, A. M M. D.
Ackno)Iedaen.
BOSTON, Feb. ll.-To th Editor of The
Br: Under aeparate cover w tak pleas
ure in sending you a marked copy of th
current Issue of the Christian Fclenc
Sentinel, containing an extract from the
editorial columns of Th Omaha Be, which
w believe will be of Interest to you.
W feel confident that th well merited
tribute paid to th work of Rev. Mary
Baker Eddy by Th Omaha Bee will be
read with deep appreciation by Christian
Scientists' throughout th world, and wa
wish to thank you for thla comment.
With beat wlahea, we are.
THK CHRISTIAN SCIENCE PUBLISH
ING SOCIETY. '
By Daniel B. Ogden, Manager.
GOVERNOR CARROLL'S VETO. .
Dea Moines Capital: Governor Carrolll
baa not only saved th tat from th Jeop
ardy and th expense of floundering under
a law clearly unconstitutional, but he has
aaved th republican party from a calamity
a well.
Sioux City Tribune: There ia a singular
lack of famllarlty with th constitution on
th part of on who pretend such venera
tion for It. In hla atatament that presi
dential electors hav a constitutional right
to "vote for th candidal of their party."
It la rather presumptuoua for a man so
Ignorant as to make that atatement to lec
ture legislators for their lack of respect
for th constitution.
Pittsburg Dispatch: A Des Moines dis
patch credits Governor Carroll with veto
ing a senatorial primary bill because he
feared It might reault in tha election of
a democratlo aenator. Yet thia frank
avowal is no stronger than the other op
position to popular election baaed on the
geneial grounds that the people might elect
a aenator of any old party whu would
not suit th Interests.
Sioux City Journal: The reaaon that Gov
ernor Carroll aaalgna for vetoing the Ore
gon primary bill la that It evades th fed
eral constitution by virtually taking the
election of United Mtatea senators away
from th leglalature. The Oregon plan
does this, but so does our preaent method
of electing presidents take th responsi
bility away from the slectural college,
where the constitution lodges It. And so
Small Deposits
WE ENCOURAGE them because many
large accounts began in a small way.
The small depositor of today becomes the
large one of the future. More people would be
bank depositors if they realized how it would
help in building their credit and their success.
I hlrls run sand
does o'ir ri'cular primary nu ilim! if nomi
nating senators Inxilve the sail'-- ,'Hc, '!!
of const it it lonal c union - in iuiv flint1'
lee illicit ill-are. So far n the consti
tution Is concerned, mo Port) who can put
up with the ordinary son;''V l.il i" .marr
oiiEht to In' abl, lo jtrfi'd rr I'm Oregon
primary plun. There lo certain to be
"ran h for a poljtUsI motive In addition
to the one bmsIkiuhI tv the rovnrnor.
Ies Moines IteKliter ami Leader: Gover
nor Carroll Is to be congratulated on one
tli'ng in connection with hli veto of- th
senatorial election hill he doe not assert
Ills rl:ht es governor to review the dis
cretion of the leslnlatiire lie ric the
one nitest Ion that may properly concern
the governor the constlliitliuiHllty ,f tha
proposed act. HavInK salil this much, how
ever, there la nothing further to he sld
for his veto message.
GRINS AND GROANS.
Tiootor. my back feel as If It wer all
lied m In knot."
"Then there's something the matter with
your npinal cord " Chicago Tribune.
"What was th cau of th quarrel be
tween the two tramps?"
"One found some money, th other tried
to make him fork It over, and when he
refused, knifed him." Italllmore American.
Mr. Mylea Did you auk your wife to wear
in of those hobble aklrts?
Mr. Style Oh, no. It look aa If ah
had don It mlth her own will ond a-eord.
Ycnkers Statesman.
"And you are really settlement worker?""
Interrogated the house Ife aa ah handed
each of th wanderera a wedn of pi.
"Ya. mum." rspondd thet dusty apokee
nisn. with a low how, 'v work vry set
tlment we com to." Chicago New.
"So you've quit the club nd gone In for
buslneas?"
"Yes: f get down !n time for lunch and
then take In tho matinee. It Is Just aa much
fun as loafing, and gives m a whole lot
better standing with fathr." Waahmgton
Herald.
"William," aald a fond father, "hereaft'
von will gt up Just an hour earlier."
Why, dad?" cried the horrified hopeful,
"atandnrd tlm Isn't changed. Is It?"
"No." replied the father, "but son time
Is." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
February." remarked Mr. Orowetae. "I
about th moat dlaagreeablo month of th
year."
"On account of th weather?" Inquired
his wife, aolloltouair.
"No." the advertisements are full ef fur
coats and the windows ar full of spring
hts." Washington Star.
"I suppose tbe Muntnburna are so rteh
that they can afford to wear anything Uy
take a fancy to In th way of diamond."
"Huh! They're so rich that they ea
wear cheap Imitation of diamonds and no
body will suspect it" Chicago Tribune.
"Here I am." aald tho returned wanderer,
back with the fortune I said I would make,
and ready to pay th mortgage off the
farm!"
"Ef that ain't bard luck!" exclaimed th
father. "As tlmea ar goin' now that mort
gage ain't botherln'. nobody. I'd a heap
ruther have seen you broke an ready to do
regular work for wage." Washington
Star. .
ADIOS TO THE LANDLORD.
Buffalo New.
Goodbv, old pal! W hat to leave you
thua;
Th curtain her are our, aln t tby
You'veybeen a friend corking friend t
us!
Aw, don't you sweep; let him tab u th
dirt'-
When we have aaked for farors or mJr-j
Cop out hos shad; we'll need 'cm all
to trtm;
You've granted them without landkardiw
air;
Thoae fixture, toodon't leave tiXtajg
for him!
For all of thl w'r grateful aa e
Don't overlook thoae mantle. Mrv.'
dearl
"Tie very rare, euch ami ability I
Sneak out thla bell and oop thai abaavi
dallerl
And hence w hate to aever such S. tt,
Wa ll tak thla shell, altnougn a
It'a hla.
And now we're off; goodby, 014 aCm
goodbv! 1
How empty, Myrt, our old apartment) M',
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