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THE PEE: OMAHA. MONDAY. fAttCH 27. 1011. The Omaha daily bee FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROBE WATER. VICTOR ROflKWATER. EDITOR. Entered at Omaha postofflce claee matter. eecond- TERMB Or SIBSCR1PTION: unday Bee, on yr 12 50 Saturday baa. one year 1 6" Laliy He (without Hundari, ona year.. 4 "0 Lel!y Be and Sunday, ona year .W DS.L1VERKD BT CARRIER. Evening; Bra (without Sunday), per mo. .IV Eraoina e twlth Hundayt, per month. 4fo Daily Bra (including Riinriay), par month.fcH.' Daily te iwilnout Sunday), per month.. Addreta all comptainta ot lrreuiarltle8 In Salivary to City Circulation Dapartment. Omaha The Be Building. South Omih(-c4 N. Twenty-fourth St Council Bluffs IS ekott St. Lincoln 24 Little Building. Chicago lirts Marquette nulldlng. Kansas City Hellenes Building. New York ti Waat Thirty-third BL ashing ton T3 fourteenth Ht., N. W. CORRESPOND SNCE. Communications relating to nawa and od I lor I I matter ahould b addressed Uniaha lee, editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Ramlt by draft, express or poatal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company, unly 2-oent a tarn pa received in payment of mall account. Personal checks except on (jmahe and eastern exchange not accepted. lBHUARr CIRCULATION. 47,621 tat af Nebraaka, County of Douglas, aa: Irwtght Wllhania. circulation manager of The ee Publishing Company, being duly aom, aays that the average dally circu lation, lese spoiled, unused and returned top, for the month of Febi uary 111, was 4i.a. DWIOHT WILjLlAMB, Circulation Manager. Bebecrlbed In my presence and sworn to bore toe this 1st day ot March, 1I1L laeai.) ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Public. aeevifcere learlna the cltg tesn perarttr should have Tke Bra Bull- to tkfn. Addreea will be hauasT aa often mm reaneeted. A little fresh paint would not hurt In soto place, either. Now, Mr. Hatfield, take that In your tun tad be food next time. Ths ton of Hetty Green hag thus far escaped trouble on the Texas bor der. For a poof man, Carter Harrison teems to have the use of a lot of cam paign money. Those bloodhounds do not seem to realise what a chance they have to dis tinguish themselves. Senator LaFollette appears to be the only man who knows exactly why the troops went to Texas. Oas as usual is the basic issue in the Chicago mayoralty fight. Bom ot It savors of sewer gas, too. Even Colonel Roosevelt would have a hard time getting the Rough Rider vote away from Colonel Cody. Sweet peas and yonng onions will soon be along, and then the happy graduate and June bride. Oh, Joy. la base ball the third strike Is the "big one." In killing flies, however, it la the first the very first. Swat hla. Prof. Zueblin complains that he can not trust . the newspapers. Still no mutual confidence is necessarily be trayed. Mr. Rockefeller is several laps ahead of Mr. Carnegie in their race, respectively, to catch the hook worm and the war bug. The automobile scorching season of 1911 is yet too young to have many casualtiea to Its credit, but the record la by so means closed. "The hounds of spring are on win ter's traces." and they seem to keep the scent much better than the hounds put on the trail of criminals. So far as ascertainable, none of the members of our present city council would object to be called commission ers with their present pay doubled. The London Chronicle prints a fine story about a monument being erected to a pig. That's nothing, look at the monuments that have been reared to donkeys. The bellwether of the Water board is also its official lobbyist, but the other members are still permitted to go to the front whenever more bonds are needed. The verdict of "guilty" in the last dynamite case tried here sets a good precedent for the court house dyna miters if they are Identified and ap prehended. It Is a safe assertion to say that any bill labeled "nonpartisan" put through the present Nebraska legislature as a democratic caucus measure will be miabranded. If Senator Norris Brown exerts him self as strenuously for "Ben" Thomas as he did for Cadet Taylor he may possibly be able to pull his pet post master out of the hole. The man who demanded money of toe oiauuara uu company was promptly hustled oft to the Insane asy lum. One case where no scientific examination was needed. Now that Seuor Llmantour has been caught in the act of trying to per suade President Dlax, he ought to for give the American newspapers for say leg that was what be intended to do Our eld friend, ex-Congressman Mercer, is on the ground at Washing ton wsitlng for the report of the Omaha postofflce investigators. Per haps "Our Dave" might be willing to wear Postmstr Thomas' shoes. Primary Law Changes. Although the legislature is on the home stretch, It has left the remodel ing of our prlniery law till the very last. One bill, as we understand it, which would open the primary still further and do away with the require ment that the voter mark his ballot in only one party column, has found no support, and all the bills under serious consideration provide for re turn to the closed primary, which would restrict the primary participa tion of each voter to nominating his own party candidates. One bill which has passed the sen ate provides for the direct election of party committees for all the various subdivisions of the stste empowered to designate candidates to go on the primary ballot, subject, of course, to contest by other candidates whose names may be listed by petition. This bill Is a combination of convention nd primary, which has worked suc cessfully in other states, the commit tees constituting a sort of preliminary convention to offer candidates for the respective parties conditioned on ap proval or rejection by the rank and file voting at the primary. Another primary bill pending in the house which simply restored the closed feature has been consolidated with a measure to extend the primary to the selection of national convention delegates, and in order to do this moves the primary date up every fourth year from August to the pre ceding April. The date of the primary as always been bothersome. This question was up when the first state wide primary law was enacted four years' ago, the law-makers at that time deciding against the April pri mary. If but one primary is held, and that held in April, It makes a seven mo n tug' campaign for all the nominees for office, even down to members of the legislature and of the county' boards; otherwise a second primary would have to be held every fourth year at the usual time, putting the taxpayers to double expense. Pub lic opinion, which was against It four years ago, may prefer the April pri mary now. Those chiefly concerned are the office-seekers, who usually think a short campaign is quite costly enough. The voters of Nebraska expect the present legislature to do away with the confusing and vicious open pri mary. Whatever changes are made should be in the direction of Insuring party integrity- and simplifying the machinery so that the nomination of each political party shall represent the real desires of Its own party member ship. To Bathe or Not to Bathe. British chacnels of news are con sidered straight and trustworthy; at least the British so consider them. It la a matter of some speculation, there fore, when through them cornea the report that Sir Almoth Wright, an eminent British physician, declares that too frequent bathing is dangerous and warns people against it. He is quoted as saying that by over-Indulgence In this cleansing process, people are apt to rub off the outer layer of the skin and thua facilitate the en trance to the system ot pathogenic germs. The New York Times doubts the authenticity of the report. So will a good many others, who have heard of the eminence of Dr. Wright. Or peo ple might even be persuaded to doubt it on general principles and, not know ing who Dr. Wright was, ascribe to him anything but complimentary dis tinction. It is not too frequent bath lng that the average Individual has to look out for and it Is doubtful If one man in 10,000 bathes so often or so vigorously aa to run any risk ot rub bing off the outer layer of his skin. It looks like our solemn Journalistic brethren over the "wye" had been trifling with our credulity. People do bathe more now than for merly, largely because, no doubt, they have the modern facilities that their ancestors lacked. It has not been a great while ago that Saturday night was the big round-up for the once-a- week "all-over." Perhaps in aome quarters that custom still is not ob solete. But In those days when baths were less frequent, death rates were larger. Now, of course, a dosen dif ferent things might come In ahead of this one of bathing to affect the death rate. No data is at hand, however, to show that any great number of people has been Injured by the modern method of bathing and so, even if our English papers did give rise to the story, we are loath to believe that Sir Almoth authorised any such foolish yarn. At any rate, it is to be hoped that Americans will not seize upon this aa a pretext for curtailing their perl odlcal plunges. Chicago's Virulent Campaign. Much as many good people would like to see the game of politics played like parlor croquet, It Is more likely to resemble a rough-and-tumble foot ball match. This is exemplified anew in the municipal campaign waging In Chicago, where the whole lexicon of crimination and recrimination has been drafted by opposing candidates and their campaign managers and champions in the public prints. We have bad here at home at times hotly contested political campaigns, but none, at least of recent years, that in virulence have compared with what Chicago has been putting on the boards. The competing candidates for a term In the orrice or mayor are being written down and cartooned as more eligible to terms in the penlten tlary or an Insane asylum, to say noth lng of membership in the Ananias club. If all the champions of each say about the other were true, Chi rago would, indeed, be up against hard lines, no matter who might prove to be the winner. Logical Candidates. If It were admitted, as Mr. Bryan himself declares, that many' of the popular and paramount reforms of the ay represent principles for which be as pioneered and long contended. hy Is he not the logical candidate f his party for the presidency in 912? What other democrat could set up as good a claim to the honor. ven though Mr. Bryan had thrice been nominated and defeated? Many men In and out of the democratic party are professing to believe thst the Nebraskan will make the fourth race, which would be remarkable even for him. He, however, has avowed Is determination not to do so, and other candidates are already In the field. But logical candidates have not al ways been the ones nominated. Po litical history records and few men 111 dispute It that Richard Parks Bland was the logical candidate of the democratic party inl896, and yet at the last moment fate cheated him out of it and gave the place to an eloquent nknOwn on the merits of his "crown of thorns and cross of gold" speech. Before Mr. Bryan was out of school Mr. Bland was fighting for the para mount Issue of that campaign, and before Mr. Bryan got Into politics the Missouri statesman was hailed nation ally as "Silver Dick," by reason of his championship of the cause. So far as the logic of events was concerned, Mr. Bland had the field to himself, and while Bryan and a little coterie of Nebraska friends went to Chicago 1th certain hazy aspirations, up to within three days of the convention he was not regarded as being In the running. The nomination was made July 10. On July 6, The Bee's staff correspondent reported: Prevailing talk Is unquestionably for Bland, although the men In the Botes headquarters talk confidently about their favorite's chances, and the sound money men say thay are hopeful of beating both with a new and less radical candidate. Logically, there was nothing to It but Bland, since it was early foreseen. and later demonstrated by David B. Hill's overthrow, that the silver forces were in control. So, if Mr. Bryan's claims as to the popular reforms were valid, he as the logical candidate might meet the same fate that befell "Dick" Bland fifteen years ago. Railroad and Mine Accidents. The government has enacted laws specially for the purpose of safeguard ing Uvea of persons employed by rail roads and mines and alBO of passen gers on railroads. It Is pursuing this service as to miners largely through the channels of the new Bureau of Mines, and, while It Is as yet too early to go very far Into the results of that department, undoubtedly It will prove beneficial, but it Is quite evident that mines are far behind railroads in ac cident prevention. The number of mine disasters aa well as the number of killed and Injured greatly exceeds the toll of railroad casualties. The railroads, In fact, are setting a whole some example to the mines In this re spect Whatever spurring effect came from the action of congress In requir ing railroads to report monthly all their accidents In detail and other sim ilar laws, it is a fact that the railroads themselves have displayed great energy and ability In providing safe guards without counting the cost. As showing something of the prog ress made It Is of Interest to note that in 1899 in the United States the railroads reported 7,123 deaths and 44,620 accidents not fatal; while in 1909 the mileage was 234,885 n miles, the number of deaths only 8,722 and the accidents 96,626, and in 1909 the railroads carried 1,000, 000,000 passengers, to use round numbers, probably more than double the number they transported ten years previous. While the number of non-fatal accidents more than doubled the number of killed In 1909 was only 599 greater than In 1899, showing a marvelous Improvement. Fewer than 9,000 deatba out of 1,000,000,000 pas sengers la a good showing, though, ot course, even that leaves room for de sirable improvement. The other day the Illinois Central showed that during the year 1910 It transported 20,728,211 passengers on its system of 7,000 miles without a single fatality. That Is a splendid showing. It Is not the first time, however, a railroad has gone through the year without a fatal accident All of which would tend to argue that the number of killed In the aggregate can be brought very much lower, for if a few roads can carry many millions of people without death to one of them, why cannot many or all roads do the same? But the record as it stands is a rebuke to the mining Interests and should be made the occasion for more rigid governmental regulation of the operation of mlnea. Of course the hazard In the mines may be greater than on the railroads, but it should not be as much out of proportion as the ratio of their casualties. The report of the appraisers on the Omaha water works purchase was made five years ago; the supreme court of the United States affirmed the Judgment against the city nearly two years ago; the Water board has Just hired an expert engineer to suggest what new mains, extensions and bet terments will be needed to bring the water plant up to date, and at what eatlmated cost. "Not next month, or next year, but now." It is possible to make a scandal out of most anything or anybody, but It la not always profitable. A great cause suffers by magnifying the Hooker Washington Incident. The as sailant of the great negro educator was of no consequence, while Dr. Washington Is an International char acter, whose work benefits the world. It Is too bsd that certain scandal mongers, as ususl, prefer to give all Importance to the excuses offered by his cowardly assailant and so little to what Dr. Washington says'. A partial explanation may be found In the fact that It was this same Mr. Hatfield who last summer gathered up all those petitions to force Mr. Bryan to become a candidate for the demo cratic nomination for United 8tates senator against Mr. Hltchcotk, and was prevented from filing them only by Mr. Bryan's Insistence that Mr. Metcalfe make the race In his stead. One cannot help but admire Gover nor Woodrow Wilson's way of dealing with political bosses who come into his office to charge him with scul duggery. He courteously bids them good-bye and points to the door. Senator Kern said In his speech at Mr. Bryan's dinner, something about "men who work at politics as a trade." Could he have abused this privilege, sending a left-hander over on the peerless guest of honor? The entente cordlale between Brother Metcalfe and Brother Hitch cock seems to have gotten pretty close to the breaking point in spite of their former partnership in a mutual admi ration society. Neglected Booms. Cleveland leader. Among the things being grievously neglected by the public on account of the ruthless war la a choice assortment of democratic presidential booms. The War to Please. Chicago Record-Herald. It la promised by some of the democrats that the coming extra session ot congress will be short. Evidently the democrats are starting out with a determination to please. Very Poor Inducement. Chicago Record-Herald. The Illinois legislator who wants the state to pay to the mother of triplets a bonus of 1300 seems to be offering a very poor Inducement. Hardly any lady would consider It. Choice Sunday Reading:. Indianapolis News. The postmaster general proposes to ar range so that you can have your mall de livered on Sunday by special delivery If you will deposit the fee required for that service; but wouldn't you hate to spend 10 cents to receive, bright and early Sunday morning, a circular calling your attention to the splendid quality of automobUes that you can't afford to buyT It Is to Laugh! Philadelphia Record. If an army of 100,000 invaders should undertake o ,and on tneM shores what does Mr. Charles Bonaparte think the 15,000,000 or 18,000,000. American cltlaena capable of bearing arms would ba doing T Th great emperor whose nam ha bears found out what it was to Invade Spain and to ba driven out by Its peasants with the aid of a small army ot British regulars under Wellington, METCALFE'S MEDICINE MIXING. Hastings Republican (democrat): Per haps Messrs. Bhallenberger and Thompson got wind of what Metcalfe had In store for them and this Inside knowledge ex plains their non-appearance at the Bryan birthday banquet. Syracuse Journal: When Richard Met calfe, In his after dinner speech at the Brian banquet said: "I am not ashamed of the part I took in helping to defeat the democratic candidate for governor last fall," the audience atood up and cheered until the roof of the auditorium was nearly raised. Fremont Herald: The notable event of the week was the dinner given In honor ot William J. Bryan, and celebrating his fifty-first birthday. The speeches were most Interesting, and only marred by the scolding administered by R. L. Metcalfe to thoae democrats who could not agree In all things with Mr. Bryan at the last state convention. Springfield Monitor: R, 1 Metcalfe, who was a candidate for the United States sen atorahlp last aurnmer, still has It in- his noodle that It was the "other fellow" who Injected the liquor queatlon In the campaign laat year. Ha alao credits Sarpy county as being the home of BUI Dech. one of the cld-tlma popular wheelhorses of populism Metcalfe should forget. Omaha Examiner: With characteristic cleverness the managers of the annual Bryan dinner aandwlched Senator Hitch cock Into the early part of th menu, and tter he had said all the complimentary things about Bryan that ha could get out of the books of "Familiar Quotations, they turned Dick Metcalfe loos with I political anlckerea that landed quite fra quantly on the expansive senatorial shirt front. Albion Argus: The World-Herald did not Ilka Metcalfe's speech at the Bryan ban quet. Ha seemed to think too much refer ence waa made to the Urand Island con' ventlon, where all waa not peace and har mony. The World-Herald may not like It very well, but judging from the applause these present did, except maybe a few, That was supposed to be a Bryan crowd so If there were those present who were not Bryan's friends what were they there fort Quite a goodly number did not like the Grand Island convention either, and they manifested It decidedly at the polls. Beatrice Express: That man Metcalfe Is bound to keep In the limelight, even Is he has to take advantage of a birthday din ner for his chief to do It He narrowly escaped being the center of Interest at that banquet In place of the guest of honor, But at that, he delivered a few broadsides t the faction of Nebraska democrats who were complacently congraiuiaung icara selves that they had finally stamped out Bryanlsm from the party In the state, and gave them something to think about that was not altogether agreeable. Senator Hitchcock's paper. In particular, does not like the taste of the doae, and la making cor aider-able of a "holler" about Metcalfe and hla speech. Vp to date, however, the World-Herald has not printed the speech and therefore the readers of the paper are rather at a losa to understand the acath lng comments that axe being made by the organ of the aml-Bryanltee. The speech, however, eeema to take pretty well with the majority of the democrata In the state, a id Mr. Metcalfe may wake up pretty soon and find himself a candidate for t'nitad Mates senator with considerable mora hnpea of securing the endorsement of hi pally than ha had laat tall ThoBeo's Letter Box Oontrisntlens em Timely asajaeta Slot BxeaaaUair Two Manured Words At lamee. from On atoeders. Appreciated Thanka. OMAHA, March 2. To the Editor of The Dee: On behalf of the Nebraska Retail Jewelers' association, Its members and visitors at the sixth annual convention, w desire to thank you most sincerely for the splendid manner In which your paper re ported the proceedings, addresaea and ban quet of this convention. We are very proud of the character of the convention and this generous and correct rjuhllrltv you gave It reflects mutual credit and shows up trie Omaha spirit In Its proper, dignified and attractive light We are most respectfully yours. T. K COMBK, President. M. n. FRANKS, Secretary. What Keeps Retail Prices t p. OMAHA, March 18. To The Editor of The Bee: 1 would like to say a few words In reply to your editorial on "Why Food Prices Stay Up." The prices of food will stay up, Just as long as everything la controlled by the trusts and manufacturers. They make the price that the retail dealer ahall pay, and the price to the consumer also. The re tailer has nothing to say about the price at all. The housewife won't buv only what aha Is told to buy In the advertise ments In the leading Journals and edi torials of the country. There la no com petition between manufacturers and Job bers in the last seven years. You say the price of butter and eggs Is not low enough. Eggs cost- today, wholesale. 15Hc to 16c, and you can buy them at retail for 16c. Best butter costs retailers 26c, and sells for aoc. The people are living off goods put up In packages, controlled by he manufacturer, and the price Is made In accordance with what It retails at. Cost of production Is not taken Into Considera tion at all. Down with the trusts and con trol, and give us competition with and among manufacturers, and let every bet stand on Its own bottom, and the people will buy goods at what they are worth. according to supply and demand. EX-RETAIL DKALER. Want a New Ola People's Home. OMAHA, March 28. To the Editor of The Bee: Ona year ago this month It was my pleasure to visit the magnificent Old Peo ple's Home In Los Angeles. As I saw the beautiful grounds, superb buildings In mis sion style, adapted to modern conditions of concrete and brick, and tile roof, con sisting of chapel, hospital, main buildings and superintendent's residence, not for getting the founder's Mrs. Hollenbeck, own beautiful home adjoining, I thought: What God had wrought In the heart of ona wo man, with al the comforts and sur rounded by so much ot the beautiful In nature. I could not help contrasting this with our old three-story frame building In Omaha, located on Wirt street, our "Old People's Home." Then I remembered the sacrifices and trugglea of that noble band of women, the Women's Christian association, to main tain the Wirt street boms. It requires $3,000 a year now over the small endow ment fund for current expenses. Is It any wonder that there are anxious days for the board ot lady trustees. We need a few sores nesr the car line with a modern home properly endowed. May we not hops that Omaha has a noble man or woman who will do for the old people In Omaha what Mrs. Hollenbeck has done tor the aged people ot southern Cali fornia who are left without means ot sup port. A comfortable home for their de clining years. A home thoroughly Chris tian, but not sectarian In character. Ws greatly feel the need of a new Old People's Horns In Omaha; ona of which Omaha wUl feel proud. This Is Omaha's Old People's Home as it is supported by Omaha people. EMMA L. TAYLOR. A Crematory for Omaha. OMAHA, March 28. To the Rdltor of The Bee: A bill Is before the legislature In which every one should be Interested, be cause Its enactment Is neceseary to enable Forest Lawn cemetery to build a chapel and crematory. There is no crematory in Nebraska and awnsequently many of our people are greatly Inconvenienced by having to send the bodies of their relatives to Davenport, Chicago, Milwaukee, ' Kansas City or Denver. A chapel and crematory would be a splendid thing for Omaha. We want to be up-to-date. The bill has passed the senate and has bean placed upon general file In the house. It Is now up to the sifting committee of the house. ' If the committee does not overlook this bill (they ar-t In a position to make the bill a law) Forest Lawn cemetery will at once take steps to build a crematory. We believe that wa ought to have the help of every one In Omaha who has In fluence with members of the committee to make possible this Improvement. H. S. MANN, Secretary. Discredited Care-Alla. Indianapolis News. It seems, from the decision of that Chi cago court, that an Immunity bath doesn't stay on any better than a coat of white wash. People Talked About Because Joseph Plumtner of Milton, N H.. was prevented by his father from marrying the woman of bis choice he haa remained forty years In bad. Ha la now 71 years old. The Mexican revolutionists are aald to be holding up the Pullman paasengera. If the report Is true this Interference with the porter's monopoly may set the troops at San Antonio In motion. Captain John E. Rowland, T3 years old, who commanded Mississippi river ateamera half a century ago, Journeyed all tha way from London to St Louts Just to take farewell look at the river. He started back for Iondon Immediately. William Faxon's voice waa beard at hla own funeral In Ovid, Mich. While bis body lay In a caskat thoae gathered to pay final tribute heard two hymns by him, and also heard htm as one of a trio, Including his own son and daughter. In aacred aonga. His voice was reproduced by a phonograph. Danlal C. Fisher of Dorchester and Bar rtatera' Hall, the only blind Inventor of textile machinery In the world, la adapting a new Invention to the conditions of the British mills, whereby he believes he Is going to ba tha means of soon re vol u lionising tha textile Industries of all Eiig land. Adam Bcherxlnger of Bvanavllle, Ind after paying taxes for tha laat six years on property In tha one-time town o Greenup, Okl., haa discovered that tha townalta was vacated for delinquent taxea tha year after tha Iota were purchased. He aaya tha county treasurer of Pawnee county, Oklahoma, haa been collecting taxea on town property that does not exist aa such. Sevaral other cltlaena of Ovana villa aay they alao bought lots In Greenu and are still paying taxes on them. The Eclward Rosewater School. Tribune of the People. OMAHA. March M.-To th Kdltor of The ee: I want to tell you how pleased 1 ant over the action of tlie scnnoi ooara amlng our new school house the Edward Koeewater school. 1 have counted myseir among the close friends of Edward ltose- ter ever since 1 have lived In umaha. What he did for the city and tor tne chools entitles him to this honor. It Is especially fitting that the school to be named for him should be the one over here mong the working people and the foreign born, whoee equal rlghta he always upheld and whose battles he always fought even sacrifice to himself. JOHN MATHIKSBN. Many l.lvtna Monuments. Kearney Hub. Edward Rosewater was famous as a ewspaper man and did much good as edi tor ot the great newspaper which he estab- shed, but his highest fame does not rest on his newspaper career alone. In hla will left a bequest of $10,000 to the Omaha school district, the proceeds of which at per cent Interest rA) should be used to .endow a scholarship for some student ot the Omaha schools, the awards to he made from time to time to sons of Omaha me chanics graduating from the high school. ffording them opportunity to take a higher course In technology. ,Jn time there 111 be many living monuments to this thoughtful and wise bequest, but the latest and the best Is the perpetuation of Mr. Rosewater's name In one of the new achool buildings Just completed. A Unserved Tribute. Sorenson's Examiner. The Board of Education, at the sug gestion of Dr. Holovtchiner, one of its members, paid a deserved tribute to the late Edward Rosewater hy naming one of the city schoola In his honor. It was due to Mr. Roaewater'a efforts, while a mem ber of the legislature In 1871 that the for mation of the Omaha achool district was made possible and from that early period up to the day of his death he always took deep and active Interest In the public schools and state educational Institutions generally. He bequeathed to the school district of Omaha 110,000, yielding an In come of two annually, as the foundation of a scholarship to be swarded from time to time to the sons of Omaha mechanics graduating from the High school. Honoring; the Ploneeri, OMAHA. March .-To the Editor of The Pee: As one of the first pupils of the Omaha public schoola, and also as a former member of the achool board, let me con gratulate the board on continuing th policy of commemorating the men Identi fied with tha early educational work In Omaha by the designation ot the Edward Rosewater achool. It was my privilege hen on ths board to Introduce the reso lution to name the Kellom achool after Prof. Kellom, whom all the boys and girls of his dsy had coma to love. This cus tom waa followed for Prof. Beats and for Howard Kennedy, and I am glad again now for Edward Rosewater, In each In stance being a tribute to those whom we unite In honoring. F. R. MlrCONNELL. IVewspavper Men Please. It Is only In well deserved appreciation that the authorities of the sohool district of Omaha have named tha new Forest school building, a structure raoently com pleted at a coat of 1115.000, after the highly esteemed . newspaper man whose name whenever mentioned by an Omahan. ta mentioned In a tone Indicating something mors than mere respect. Thoae of Ne braska's newspaper men who knew Ed ward Rosewater personally will be pleased over this action of the Omaha school au thorities. PleatalnaT to Many. GILLETTE. Wyo.. March 23 To th Editor of The Bee: I was very much gratified when I got hold ot a copy of The Bee and found that one of the Omaha schools had been named the Edward Rose water school. I can hardly Imagine this was any more pleasing to members of the Rosewater family than to myself. D. CLEM DE.WER. l.ona; on Vorabalarr. Houston (Tex.) Post. A dollar dinner was pulled off In Lincoln In honor of Mr. Bryan. It was a typical feast of that character cold sandwiches, rusty celery, nine glasses of water and four hours of English vocabulary. Our party Is never short on vocabulary. J ie Aesitow of an REVEALS THE C0URS OFDUSWESSandSOC THC SOaTUCITY Or Waterman's Ideal can be JLaltrxciami by fact mad tbis illustration. Tbore is one part thai can yea oat order, still tbo perfection ot Uoa, mmi tb fit together of thee car fttUy sanowiaciaiXMi parts, are the abso lute ot writing TRS foow rar l-atervKWTS 11 BLOT A1VD TUB SKIP. VALUE OF A GOOD NAME. Iiitin llernlil. The Hooker Washington epl-ode will at least furnish a striking ex ample of the practical necessity fur the new firgatilxAtion for the protection of the litml rinhts of colored people. The Ill considered hast with which the whit man t falla on his dusky brother Is one of the nvst pnlhetir aspects of our so-called civ ilization. Indianapolis Xr; Mr. Washington has. it is said, received more than ten thousand Mors and teleitrams from al parts Of the country expressing mpathy and offering support. For those who have not ex pressed themselves President Taft may tie considered ss the spokesman. In hla Indig nant repudiation of "Insnne suspicions" we ar aur all will Join. SirlnKfttld Republican: The value of a good name won by upright living and lisr f'.il service Is In evidence In ihe prompt rallying of the friends of lr Hooker T. Washington from President Tafi, Andrew Carnegie and Both Low down through a long list of wel known names. To all who know th man, his Ideals, and consistent record, It was at once Inconceivable that there should be anything but gross miscon ception In the ssumptlon of the man who assaulted Dr. Washington In New York city Sunday night. Nor Is It , surprising that the record of his assailant now seems to bo discredited. The thought of evil whs In the one who made the atack, and eax ler entertained, no doubt, by such a man because of Ir. Washington's color, such Is the prejudice under which a negro must stand even, In this land of claimed equal rights. There are a good many lessons to be drawn from this affair. NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENT. Falrhury News: Mr. Bryan says that the democracy of Pennsylvania Is so "rank that It smells to heaven." Well th democ racy of Nebraska also needs deodorising. Fremont Tribune: Our old, familiar friend, Wolf Bounty, has reappeared In the lobby at Uncoln and demands l.D.OOO. Rais ing wolvea la a great Induatry and killing them Is a patriotic service, at t'i per. Nelson Herald: Colonel Hryan Is mak ing a noise like a live one. Evidently he and hla friends desire to check, correct and ffectually dispose of the current notion that the Nebraskan become a prom inent member of the Down and Out club. Rushvllle Standard: Not a few cltlsens of Nebraska are expressing their opinions aa to whether Lincoln Is better or worse by not having saloons. As for us we do not know, but when we go down to the state capital v would much rahter have It so wa could take an eye opener before breakfast or a cocktail before retiring. JABS ON THE FUNNYBONE Mr. Youngwed (complacently) I sup pose you know there were several voting ladlea disappointed when 1 married you. Mrs. Youngwed Ves, my girl friends had prophesied a brilliant future for me. Boston Transcript. First Centipede Is he htnpecked? Hecond Centipede Mercy, ves: his wife makes him wipe al his feet. Harper a Bazar. Mrs. Hlttmell I didn't hear you coma in the house last night. Mr. Hlttmell No, I suppose that in why I didn't hear you! Llpplncott'a Magazine. "How do you know mat you really love me?" she asked after he had proposed. "Because, dear," he replied. s'you are the only girl who ever sat on my lap and made nve forget that my foot was asleep." Detroit Free Press. "You don't seem to he Impressed hv the poetry which that greet man quoted In his apeech." "No," replied Farmer Corntossel; "lie ettm.ptln' too much. It's enotig li to guide folks' Idesa In politics without st temptin' to regglt-ate their taste In poetry. Washington Star. "Yes," said Little Blnks. "Miss Paynter In a handsome woman, hut sometimes when 1 look at her she seems to iu like a woman, who haa a terrible secret." "She haa," said Whlhley. "I was sur of It." said Little Blnks. "Have you any Idea what It Is?" "Yes," said Whlhlev. "She's 48 years old." Harper's Weekly. TRUTHFUL JAMES AGAIN. Springfield Union. Which I'm free to assert In a casunl way Th.it the new trousers skirt, If It's coming to stay. Will be a great boon to the ladles: Which the same there is none can gain say. Though a lady may snatch Other laurels a few. Still she can't scratch a match In the way that men do But with trousers 'twill be a heap different. Which th same Is decided my view. And It's gospel truth, genta, As I frequent observes, Thst she can't cllmh a fence Without showing her curves: But the trousers skirt cuts out that scenery, Which the same's a relief to our nerves. -i n tlmmmwmmM r IE RIVER 111 THE I CM The band ot mm a vet- age aaced Watefaaaa'e Meal boU. a sopptr ot ink ibex wis oroUnarffy write about -eaty fnowoand woruW. 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