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'J hat J iica: law feeper who gels
ninety days tan now peep out insivMU
or la..
A billy goat became the hero of a
fire in A.aus cii. Once wnea he
Duttea In at tue right time.
JCveryoue conceae tual Caruso haa
a great, voice ana still there la a no
Uceaole metallic ring to it.
Thus far Justice Harlan haa es
caped being punished for contempt of
court aa a reault of that dissenting
opinion. ,
Union labor, nor any of the other
kind, however, doea not aeem to be
stampeding Itself to atrlke la response
to Haywood's appeal.
The terminal tax return of the
Northwestern entitles It more than
ever to the distinction of being the
only good railroad in Nebraska.
Strange as it may seem, neither
Mayor Oaynor nor Governor Dlx is
coming up to the standards set for
them by their political advance
agenu.
, "We believe be is out of touch with
the spirit of the times," observes the
St. Paul Pioneer-Press in referring to
Colonel Roosevelt All right, you will
learn in due season.
In spite of the fact that Mr. Rocke
feller says he retired from active
business ten years ago, people will
perversely connect htm In their minds
with the Standard Oil.
Madero trusts his fellow Mexicans
Implicitly, but just as a matter of pre
caution he is not going to the capital
until he can feel a little safer about
his own personal liberty.
The Missouri Pacific will raise
$25,000,000 for immediate improve
ments. - We know where a lot of it
could be profitably invested without
going very far from Omaha.
If the city could collect the past
doe occupation taxes defaulted by the
Independent Telephone company the
council might have some emergency
money not already expended.
The democrats have extended their
spasm of investigation to the weather
bureau. Millions of people can tes
tify that the bureau has been furnish
ing some ideal weather of late.
In Lincoln the new mayor's cabinet.
consisting of ten members, contains
one woman. That's a little better
than the sacred ratio of 16 to 1, which
might be expected to prevail so close
to Fairview.
With all the claims of the Bacon
devotees that their genius wrote all
of Shakespeare's plays, we notice that
the Shakespeare people are not malt
Ing any counterclaims as to the au
thorship of those essays.
With his workshop located Immedi
ately over the White House refrig
erator, replenished with a ton of Ice
dally, the president haa a great ad
vantage over congress In this freeze-
out game during the merry days of a
Washington summer.
Omaha had no fatal or serious cas
ualties last Fourth of July. That
record can be maintained if the sell
ing of deadly firearms and dangeroua
explosives are absolutely stopped
This Is where an ounce of prevention
Is worth several pounds of cure.
It la now proposed to teach German
in the High school with a view of en
abling the pupils to speak the lan
guage. Preposterous! If the sta
dents of German are taught to speak
German toey may try to put the ac
complishment to some practical use.
Just Sparring for Position.
A few republicans god democrats
are seeking to effect an agreement in
the ienate whereby a little real busi
ness may be transacted before ad
journment, whenever that is to be.
The senate certainly baa proved Itself
to be a deliberative body. To demon
strate that, however, it wag not nec
essary for It to go to such abaurd
leLgths.
' For either house of congress dur
ing an extra session tq purposely frit
ter away time doing nothing is unnec
essary. An extra session Implies extra
demand for action, yet the senate has
acted more aa if it were still on vaca
tion since convening. Enough work
la in sight to keep the senators fairly
well occupied, but now that hot
weather is coming on that will be an
excuse for taking It easy. '
The democrats, of course, will at
tempt to lay the blame for all waste
of time on the republicans, but the
blame seems to be quite evenly di
vided. When the truth is known
there haa been a good deal of jockey
ing in both houses at this extra ses
sion, for the democratic majority In
the house haa merely seized Its op
portunity to play politics with Its
thirty investigation probes and its
farmers' free list bill. If the extra
session proves comparatively barren,
It will be because both parties are
sparring for position for 1912 with
no thought of anything else.
Impediments to Peace in Mexico. ,
A new element of uncertainty seems
to have arisen to Impede the consum
mation of peace plans In Mexico In
the home-coming of General Reyes.
The rebels have never been auite sure
In their own minds Just why President
Diaz urged the return of the old war
rior, and now that the rumor is afloat
that he Is to be the real head of the
reorganized republic with ' De la
Barra aa a figurehead in the position
of provisional president, the spirit of
distrust flames up anew.
Of course the government and the
friends of Reyes resent the imputa
tion. Insisting that he will neither
block peace voluntarily nor involun
tarily, for he will be too alert to let
his name or influence be made the
tool of others' selfish alms. And to
prove his sincerity, Dlai, reports say,
has asked Reyes to remain at Havana
until peace Is perfected.
The unfortunate feature of these
latest phases of the negotiations now
pending Is the utter lack of ' real
mutual confidence between the fac
tlons In Mexico. Indeed, there is
scarcely substantial faith among the
leaders of any one party. Suspicion,
skepticism and Incredulity have
marked and marred every step taken
in the direction of peace since the ne
gotiations first began. That is per
haps natural and it Is .'also natural
that the successful leaders of the re
bellion should want to hold on to
the fruits of victory, .but reciprocal
good faith will have to be the corner
stone of restored peace.
Th Open Door in Politics.
Baltimore's new mayor has pro
mulgated the open door policy in the
conduct of bis office, a policy fol
lowed by the present mayor of Kansas
City, and which was pursued by a
former mayor of Baltimore. The first
thing Mayor Preston, Baltimore's
present exectlve, did when he entered
his office was to have the door lead
ing into, it thrown wide open and
hooked back so the wind could not
blow it shut. All official business
will be transacted in full public view.
This policy, of course. Is to be car
ried out with discretion, but it shows
proper conception of official duty. If
sincerely adopted, it would indicate
an appreciation on the part of the
mayor of the fact that le has simply
been employed by the people to trans
act tbelr business and that they do
not expect him to have any business
which he cannot discuss with them, or
any secrets to which he cannot admit
them.
Where this is done honestly, and
not for stage purposes, it is bound to
result in public benefit. It takes a
man big enough to look beyond the
limit of personal aggrandisement, of
course, to e the right of this system
The little fellow who goes into the of
flee purely as the creature of some
political clique, to build up a machine
for the perpetuation of himself and
his gang in office, of course, can
never see any Justice In the open door
in politics. He sits behind closed
doors, conducts star-chamber confabs
with his political and financial back'
ers, but never admits to his confl
dences the rank and file of the peo
ple. Let the open door in politics be
wide enough open to make way for
his exit and that of his gang.
Tariff a Local Issue.
One thing has already been once
more proved by the attitude of the
people and their representatives in
congress toward the Canadian reel
proclty bill, and that Is that the tariff
is a local issue. That is an old the
orem and at times has been ques
tioned, but It should not be ques
tioned any more. If the debates in
congress and the petitions of various
business Interests hsve not settled the
question, then they have had no of
feet Party lines are entirely lost in
the scramble of different sections and
Industries to promote their own inter
ests either la the passage or defeat
of this measure. Outside, perhaps,
of the White House, no man haa
looked at it from any other aland
point. The interests of the country as
a whole have not been made paramount-
New England manufacturers
bav urged reciprocity because they
believed It would benefit them and
tueir business. Tut rariuers gran
has opposed It because tue farmera
believe it would injure toeir business,
and aiong this line of cleavage has
every spokesman taken his stand on
one side or the other. Aa a matter of
fact, the probabilities are. If reciproc
ity with Canada ia brought about, all
factiong will be surprised to find that
It will not affect them as vitally fit
they have hoped or feared.
Overshooting the Mark.
The American Federation of Labor,
through Its officers, has issued an ap
peal to union labor men thiougbout
the country to raise 1500,000 ,s a de
fense fund for the men accused of the
Los Angeles dynamiting.
The Bee has urged that the men
facing trial at Los Angeles should
have the advantage of every legiti
mate defense and be represented by
lawyers aa able aa those who will be
prosecuting them, and that this de
fense must be provided by their
friends among organized labor, be
cause it certainly will not be forth
coming from any other source. But
the call for a $500,000 defense fund
seams to us to be entirely overshoot
ing the mark, and to go to the same
extreme in the other direction aa the
offer of ,1150,000 reward, against
which the friends of the accused have
rightfully protested, as a temptation
for manufactured evidence. Fabu-
ous sums have doubtless been spent
at times to save the necks of multi
millionaire degenerates like Harry
Thaw, (but what proper use $500,000
can be put to for the defense in the
Los Angeles dynamiting case Is not
evident on the surface, and it cannot
be to the Interest of organized labor
to have any money whatever put up
for Improper use in this or in any
other case.
If the Federation of Labor had set
out to raise $26,000, or possibly $50,-
000, as a defense fund It might give
no cause for adverse comment, but
there Is no more excuse for this ap
peal for $500,000 from organized la
bor than there would be for an appeal
for $500,000 from organized capital
to stimulate the prosecution.
It is officially announced that none
of the democratic members of the Ne
braska delegation in either house or
senate will stand with Mr. Bryan for
free wool, although Mr. Bryan says
that tariff reform without free wool
Is no reform at all. If Mr. Bryan
cannot whip the democrats from his
own state Into line, what can he hope
to accomplish with the others?
And now it is proposed to hitch an
issue of fire engine house bonds in the
sum of $126,000 in with the proposed
issue ,ot $250,000 of court house
bonds and $8,250,000 of water bonds.
While w are about it, why not vote
a hundred thousand dollars of park
bonds, sewer bonds, school bonds,
library bonds and paving bonds at the
same timet
And yet a rule of reason that
really will dissolve a trust as power
ful as the Standard Oil would be a
pretty safe rule to follow. One re
calls, however, the quiet remark of
raodeet Mr. Hill on the outcome of the
Northern Securltiea suit: "These two
railroads are still owned by the same
people and a way will be found to run
them."
Omaha has set another record in
its school athletic meet. It probably
will outrank any elementary school
meet in. the country. Such exhibi
tions have the dual advantage of de
veloping the physical boy and of fos
tering a fine spirit of healthful ri
valry that goes to promote the lad's
welfsre in other spheres of endeavor.
Des Moines Is up before the Inter
state Commerce commission with an
other protest against discrimination
and a demand for rate reductions.
Des Moines evidently proceeds on the
plan of keeping everlastingly at It, In
wWch Its exsmple may well be emu
lated by Omaha.
The conviction In Kansas of a mem
ber of the gang of bank robbers who
used to rendezvous in Wymore, Neb.,
takes the edge off the protestations of
Indignation by Wymore officials at the
time the charge was made if these
criminals were being harbored there.
Amy More Kvldence deeded t
Bt. Louis Republic
Des Mr. Justice Harlan need any more
evidence than that the Tobacco Trust mag
nates ar responsible for the recent de-
ereaa In the als of a package of tobaccoT
Retiring; tiader Fire,
Indianapolis New.
The gist of the matter appears to be
that however much h may b under fir
It would b wise for President Diss to
resign whil h ha something left to re
sign.
- Sarprtatasr Resalta Possible,
St. Louis Republic.
The teel trust s form of organization I
somewhat different, but some aurorlaln
result might be shown by the use of th
aama -reasonable'1 standard of measure
ment
Dlsplaylag Their Color.
Philadelphia Record.
As avldenc of th cleft In opinion in re
gard to th Standard Oil decision Senator
Bailey of Texas rejoices over It, while his
colleague. Senator Culheraon, with quJ
nergy. takes th oppoalt view.
Standardisation af Paeketbooka.
Brooklyn Eagle.
A trading enterprise advertises that Its
system will effect a standardisation of all
th necessaries of lit. But what th world
wants Is a standardisation of pocketbooka.
W do not envy Rockefeller provided w
can hv a a necessary of Ufa th same
sort of Pocantioo HUla
Kltknulln Mad Hnar.
6t Paul D1& patch.
The Boston schoolmaster who gave
boy backward ta mathematics base bail
averages to work out was a genius. But
he only applied ht principle of frying to
find out what Intercut the child mind and
puttlna It at work on that. It ha solved
many an apparently hwpeless rae.
I'atea ft th Hera Medal.
Indianapolis New. '
Colonel Roosevelt I about the only public
speaker who weuld dar to tell a meet
ing of suffragette to ge horn and at
tend to th housekeeping and gat away
with It unharmed.
riro aa a Rejareaator.
Boston Transcript.
Banger's confidence In herlf was evi
dently not misplaced. Bhe I phoenlxtng
beautifully. The Insurance companies have
turned In over a million dollars , and th
cltliens are doing th rest. Ther have
been no failure and th work of rehabilita
tion Is going forward at a rapid rate.
Ther will be virtually s new Bangor at
th end of eighteen months, which, Ilk th
new Chelsea, will be much finer than th
old one. '
Credit Due to Roosevelt.
Kansas City Star.
In a thousand ways. Indirect as well as
direct, th Influence of Roosevelt has
permeated this country. Hi splendid
courage and devotion to th aquar deal
have constituted a lever that has raised
the whole body of public sentiment to a
higher level. At this time, out of th heat
of any campaign, with Roosevelt himself
an aspirant for no office, such an estimate
of his services to the nation may fittingly
be made. '
Dream of World-Wide) Peace.
8L Paul Dispatch.
The prospect of world-wide peac la In
creased by th atatement that Japan Is
ready to Join us In a pact similar to that
proposed with England and France. Ger
many, of all the great nations, seems to
hold aloof. That, however, Is her own do
ing and can be only a temporary attitude.
Th German people will not long b re
strained from Joining the people of other
countries in a movement that Is so cer
tain to be a blessing to all.
ARBITRATION PACT.
Significance of the Move for m Peace.
lal Triple Alliance.
New York World.
Th aasenUal point In the draft of a pro
posed unlimited arbitration treaty which
has been approved by th president for
submission to the British and French am
bassador Is the omission' of the exceptions
In former treaties relating to "question of
vital Interest and national honor."
Jealousy of Innovation, th statesman's
chief foible, la flattered by th provision
of a special formula for th settlement of
questions which are thought to be not
'Internationally Justiciable." and by the
claus that arbitration as a final resort
shall be invoked in each case with "th
ad vie and consent of th United Btates
senate." But In such event' th treaty
binds the nation to salutary delay, which
should make it eaay to find common
ground of peaceful agreement or to accept
gracefully an arbitral award.
Mor important than the exact provision
of th proposed treaty Is th fact that th
treaty Is proposed. More important and
most welcome of all is the international
publlo opinion that insluu upon It framing
and ratification.
SHELTER FOR CROOKS CTCliOHBD
Corporation Book Mast Be Glvaa V
tor Jadlclal Inspection.
New York Post. .
Th claim of.th constitutional privilege
of refusing to give elf-incrlmlnaUng evi
dence has been pushed to such preposterous
lengths that any victory won in a fight
against such abuses ta to be heartily wel
comed. By its decision l the United
Wireless contempt case, th supreme court
put a quietus on at least on of the morbid
excrescences that have grown so luxuri
antly out of what waa originally a sound
and simple principle designed to prevent
persecution and Injustice. A a result of
this decision, an official of a corporation
cannot tefuse to give up possession of it
books for examination by grand Juries or
courts, on the plea that h may be incrim
inating himself by so doing. It IS to be
hoped that the decision, though nothing
mor than what moat sensible lawyers
probably regarded a a matter of course,
may have soma moral effect upon courts
generally, beyond It legal implications.
The decision Itself reels expressly upon the
peculiar status of a corporation, as dla
llngulahad from an individual; but If th
supreme court had bean inclined to invest
th privilege with that aJI-ernbraoing
sanctity which haa been ascribed to It by
some of our courts, It weuld have found
nu difficulty In enabling It to cover th
corporation book with It magical powers
of protection, A rturn to a good horse-
sens view of what ha practically baoom
th criminals' and not th Innocent man's
privilege I on of th crying needs of th
Urn.
ABUSES OF FATICNT MONOPOLY.
Aataalagr Gone Perpetrated Uader
Osver of Law.
Houston Post.
Th publlo ha long suffered from exac
tions growing out of th abuse of th
patent monopoly which our laws leave o
complstely unrestricted. To our on of th
worat of such abuses Congressman Peter
of Massachusetts ha Introduced In th
nous a bill, th purpose of which must
In th cours of tlm receive th serious
consideration of congress when the wel
fare of th country rather than th for
tunea of political parties becomes the mov
ing impulse In legislation.
The bill Introduced by Mr. Peter forbids
any owners of letters patent covering tools.
machinery or any appliance or device, to
make it a condition of any sale, leas or
license to us auch patented artlel. that
th purchaser, lessee or license shall not
buy, lease or use, whether in connection
with the us of such article or otherwise
"any machinery, toola, implements, appli
ances, material or merchandise of any per
son, firm, corporation or association other
than auch vendor, lessor or licensor." Such
owner of patents la also forbidden to re
voke any sale, lease or license to use, on
account of the purchase, leaaa or use of
the machinery, etc.
"This." says the New Tork Journal of
Commerce, "ia plainly aimed at th kind
of monopoly that Is exercised by what Is
known aa tha.'Hho machinery trust In
Maaaachuaetta, whose methods hav bn
made familiar to th public
An Instance la cited In which a shoe
manufacturing concern, after a Ions con
test with th "trust," succeeded In equip
ping Its factory completely with newly In
vented machine for which it held the pat
ents, some of them being Improvement
upon anything previously patented. No
sooner did lla competition begin ta be
seriously , felt and threaten to extend In
the Industry than It waa bought out by
th trust at a hug profit tn toa selling
ooncern. i
The government grant th fcionopoly m
the patents, but aa such monopoly la not
Utters tat eotnmaros, this form of con
tract can not be forfclddea or pravantad
by th federal government directly. But
lt it grant ef patent It ha the power (a
lay down raaoibi eondltl tvt their
xarctaa and t prove their atsus. This
the bill Introduced fry Mr, Peter iMki
t d.
Washington Lif o
Intonating Phaeee
and Condition Observed
at Ik Mawoa Capital
Reorganising the fineness of a broken
down republic proves na rich a honania
as th promotion of industrial and trans
portation combines tn this country. The
trouble with th former Is their scarcity.
They are few, but precious, as Dr. Jacob
H. Hollander of Baltimore has reason to
know. Appointed by Pre1dnt Roosevelt
to treat th financial dfhllity of Pan
Pomlngo. th doctor was on the Job In
short order, wooed the patient bacK to
moderate breath and drew a fee of .VO.
A surgical operation on a multl-mllllonatre
recedes Into t he. backs-round with th re
juvenation of th black republle and the
subsequent holdup. Cncle Sam's contrlbu-
Hon to th fe was Ho,Wi, which is re
garded as a liberal handout for tipping
off th Job. Pen Domlnjto paid fJlOO.onO
So much was revealed by Huntington
Wilson, assistant secretary of state, to
congressional Investigator last week.
More Is promised. Mr. Wilson volunteered
this hilarious postscript, to-wit: The
United Ftata expected to pay the bill;
Ban Domingo thourht the sam thin.
Both paid, but did not learn of th double
rake-off until th doctor had th money
nailed down.
William O. Frown. 1r.. of West Virginia.
who la serving his first erm In congress,
was a cousin of the late Senator Jonathan
P. Dolllver of Iowa. As boys Representa
tive Brown and Senator Dolllver were
roommates at th University of West
Virginia thlrty-fiv year ko. Dolllver
was a republican, while Brown was a
democrat. While In eolleg the two cousins
agreed that they would met together In
the halls of congress aa members of on
body or the other. Mr. Dolllver was elected
member of th house of representatives
In th Fifty-first congress, which con
vened In 1SS9. In 1900 he was sent to the
senate to fill a vacancy, and died last year
a member of that body. It was not until
1898 that Mr. Erown was nominated for
congress, and he was defeated that year,
the nUr state going Into th republican
column on th silver Issu. Mr. Brown
was not again nominated for congress until
last fall. Senator Dolllver having died In
th meantime.
Robert O. Bailey, the new assistant sec
retary of the treasury one a tr man of
th Associated Press and later prtvat
secretary to Secretary of th Treasury
Franklin MacVeagh has ten times aa
much routine business come to his desk
as on of his two asoclates and five times
as much a the other. The detail work of
the office, In other words, 1 enormous.
and Mr. Bailey haa devised a system of his
own to handle It.
He has official charg of the office of th
supervising architect, th bureau of in
ternal revenue, the public health and
marine hospital service, th lif saving
service, th revenue cutter service, and
the division of appointment. To accom
modate and classify th flood of documents
pouring In continually from thee six
branches, h has designed a standing mi.
hogany desk with six boxes lying side by
aid on th top and six drawers under
each In which completed matters ar filed.
Much of th business of.th offlc Is don
by memorandum, so when a memorandum
la dictated a carbon copy Is mad and
thrown Into th box of th division to
which It refers. It thus form a part of
th current day's papers and 1 not dis
placed until an answer haa been received,
when It is filed with the answer In th
drawer below, thus giving th complete
record of th case. All mall relating to
th division goes Into these boxes, thus
keeping th desk of the aaaistant secretary
clear. .A phonograph Is used for dictation,
consequently Mr. Bailey 1 able to con
duct the affairs of bis offlc without any
human impedimenta whatever. Th sys
tem has been In operation for soma weeks
and Mr. Bailey haa discovered that h can
tell at a glance just th statu of work in
very division under his charge, keep his
own desk clean and If necessary run short,
handed on clerical assistance, except ste
nographers, without materially Interfering
with th business of the office.
Thank to th co-operation of Assistant
Secretary Bailey, . acting on the sugges
tion of a newspaper man, Secretary
MaoVeagh and a few personal friends
are ' now carrying canes . which hav a
history. For thirty-two years a pll of
pin log bound together with heavy
Iron strap hav constituted th plat
form oa th east sld of the treasury
building where counties billions of dol
lars ef ' United State gold, silver and
paper currency hav been (hipped In
and out. Probably mor real money
haa ps.ssed over this eld platform than
over any similar structure In th world.
The platform was removed recently,
aiong with th Impressive but useless
stone staircase on th aatern side, and
Mr. Bailey bad on log turned Into
canes. Tbey tak a high polish, with th
light shades of th grain showing pic
turesquely through th dark hu of th
finish. Th canes, of course, their owners
hold prtoelass.
' Senator Burton of Ohio haa a resolution
tn th upper houa that will hav th ef
fect of preventing th diversion of . one
fourth of th water that now flows over
Niagara Fails. Capitalists, with a back
ing of S40,000,00u, ar Interested In a plan
to us this tremendous amount of water
for power purposes. J. Horace McKarland
of th American Civlo Federation la work
ing hard for th Burton resolution. A fail
ure to pass It, It Is declared, will mean
an approximate Income of S6,000,0U0 to th
com pen! e that want th water power.
Those who ar Interested in th preser
vation of th beauty of th fail ar
alarmed at th present possibilities under
th existing treaty and are working hard
to have the Burton resolution enacted.
King Georg will wear thre robes dur
ing tha coronation the royal crimson robe
of state, which Is worn Just before th
anointing, th Imperial mantl of cloth
of gold, and th royal robe of purple
Velvet. In which h will leav th abbey.
An Atlanta woman who had her hus
band arreated becaus s he would not klaa
hr succeeded In so affecting th Judge
that th naglaciful husband waa ordered
to give th lady at least on kiss par
diem or suffer punishment for contempt
of court
Th first governor ef Rhod Island to
poaeeae th vte power. Governor Folhiar
In his first terra vetoed nothing, or next to
nothing; but be ha now cut loo and hi
veto of appropriations for which no
money exits In th treasury, number mor
than fsrty.
Btmaoa. K. Baldwin, governor ef Con
aaotlout, U wot oaly a lawyer and Judge,
but aa expert la penology. He has been
a deleft at ta thre Interna lliraal conven
tion on penology, and I an authority en
all matter pertaining la th treatment
of tha criminal. He baa recently advo
cated th restoration ef whipping as
punishment far Juvenile offender and a
deterrent of Juvenll crime.
People Talked About
KXBBASKA IHISS COJDLElfT.
Fail City Journal: Th first Nebraska
district will send a farmer's friend to
congress next tlm. H will not be a low
tariff free trader, nor a bogus reciprocity
advocat.
Kearney Time: Lincoln waa not afraid
of th capital removal bill last winter In
th legislature, but th excursionists last
Tuesday circled around Mr. Paesett at
Gibbon Just to show their appreciation.
They like Fassett at Lincoln, yet of course
he did not do much.
Bridgeport News Blade: Th Lincoln
city council will let a contract for
straightening and beautirying Salt creek.
It Is presumed this if intended as a neat
compliment tc Lincoln s foremost citizen,
th Hon. W. J. Bryan, who ha occasion
to make periodical trips up that historic
stream.
Grand Island Fre Pre: If th busi
ness men of Grand Island should tak as
much Interest In Improving th road lead
ing Into the city as they do tn boosting
the bane ball team, it would be a mighty
fin thing. Th merchant can well af
ford to pay a little -mor attention to th
good roads movement.
Kearney Hub: Just why anyone should
think of taking a person from "way down
east" to succeed Captain Fainter on the
board of manager for the national
soldiers' horn at Hot Spring. 8. D., when
ther are plenty of veterans near by In
Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota or South
Dakota, Is something of a mystery. The
place should be filled by a western man,
and there Is possibly no one more deserv
ing or eligible than General Culver of Ne
braska. Kushvllle Recorder; The socialist mayor
of Beatrice has put himself In defiance
of th socialists, by signing an ordinance
raising tha price of gas. When the social
ist party Is a little older It will find that
many of Its theories will go to th wall,
a socialist officers realize their respon
sibilities. Hitherto, the Ideals of socialism
has appealed to many, becaus of their
glittering possibilities. But there Is a dif
ference between chocolate creams and
brass tack.
SWATTING THE OIL CAN.
Houston Post: Nevertheless, w ar
haunted by th apprehension that old John
D. will continue to work his coin sepa
rators on th public soms way or another.
Chicago Inter Ocean: W note th head
line: "Standard CHI Will Obey th Su
preme Court." This, we think, is quit
likely to be strictly true.
Chicago Record-Herald: Mr. Archbold
says the Slanuard Oil officials may later
hav something interesting to say to the
publlo. We are busy hoping It will be fit
to print
Indianapolis News: To th unlegal mind
it Is a little difficult to see how a law
specifying "every combination in restraint
of trade" ran b amended so a to mak
It more Inclusive.
Bt. Louis Republle: Certain distinguished
members of the tar may think they had
something to do with It. but really It waa
Miss Ida Tarrel! who argued that Stand
ard Oil case in th auprem court
Louisville Courier-Journal: We shall
continue to buy our oil and gasoline from
the Standard! the Standard will continue
to pay fat dividends to its fortunate stock
holders, and within six months w can
pass the plate to Brother Rockefeller and
take hi welcom contributions without
th discomfort of defending - ourselves
against th imputation of gathering 14
'tainted money."
We Longer a Millionaire' Clan.
Springfield Republican.
That tb United States senate can n
longer b Justly called a "millionaires'
Club," Is being asserted by thos who hav
mad a recent study of Its msmbsrshlp
No lass than 159.000,000 worth of senator
war swept out at th last elections, and
th successors fall by a good deal to fill
the monetary gap thus mad In th upper
chamber. Since 1900 th senate has been
radically changed in personnel; sine 1905,
no less than sixty nsw member hav been
elected. That th tendency In th laat
decade has been ta place fewer million
aire in that body must b apparent to all
observer. It cannot be asserted, perhaps,
that th Increasing vogue of nominating
senators in party primaries has caused this
development; but th popular awakening
regarding th perils of plutocracy In gov
ernment has undoubtedly had much to do
with th change.
Shasnefal Jake ta Dlvor Law.
Baltimore American.
Th Pennsylvania legislature is growing
restlv .under th Imputation of having
passed a dlvorc law. Intended, as It Is
alleged, to benefit a Pittsburg millionaire.
Women' clubs all over th country hav
been roused by th apparent Injustice of
th act, which deprive th accused party
to th suit to th right ef trial by Jury,
and th publicity which haa been aroused
by th prompt bringing of th suit It Is
alleged tha bill was passed to help, wlU
doubtless caus It repeal. This Is merely
another Instance of th loos way hi which
th individual state handl this Important
social problem, and th vital necessity of a
federal law to cover th whol matter.
SchoolTlms
a All the Time Feed si
S3 LKi
OBSERVATIONS ABOUT OMAHA.
Beatrice Sun: Omaha is setting to be a
big city. They ar rls!ns a fresh air fund
ther for th benefit of th children.
Fremont Tribune: Th Omaha Be com
plains that Omaha garbag pll "smalls
to heaven." Well, that's probably all
heaven will vr know about Omaha.
Fremont Tribune: Now. Omaha Is
swelling up ovr Its nw directory popu
lation, which I 9,0M mor than th offi
cial census. Oh. thos book agents who
hav directories to sell!
Springfield Monitor: If Omaha s pollc
Judge keeps up th present Uck of giving
automobile speder In thst city good,
stiff fin th prartlc of running over
peopl will b a thing "of the past nd p
destrlsns can one mor fact safe on the
treats.
Fremont Tribun: Omaha is assuming
"th artistic temperament' becaus Its
auditorium was peckad for aa orchestral
concert, but Fremont contributed part of
the crowd and thr l no vtaenc to dis
prove that South Omaha and Council
Bluffs, furnished th balance.
Springfield Monitor: If anything out of
th ordinary happen In Omaha, Lincoln
peopl ar that Jealou that It is ques
tioned. A few night ago. while In a
eomnambullstle state, an Omaha girl
walked down th tret dressed In blue
silk pyjamas. Llncolnlte how ask, wa4
..h asteepf
Benkelman News Chronic!: W hoo-
rayed to oon. The good wlf is aiarmea
let the editor will oveiest at Omaha dur
ing the gathering of th State Pre asso
ciation and has delivered th ultimatum,
she will go along. Oh. well; Omaha 1 a
big town and maybe w can manage to get
lost occasionally.
Grand Island Independent: An Omaha
police officer ha been suspended because
it ha been found that he had a proprie
tary interest in two houses of 111 repute.
He defends himself with th statement
thst he did not know there was anything
wrong, though now admitting ther was.
Probably that might be th reason th
board dismissed him.
Lyon Mirror: Just wait till we get
tlm to open upon .those dirty scoundrels
who pretend to be merchants snd manu
facturer of Omaha with on of Cur sweep
ing broadslders. In the meantime we de
mand that th Omaha Commercial club
top their lying tirade ax sent broadcast
on postal cards or th stat will turn
against Omaha Mark what w say!
Kearney Hub: Th Omaha city council
has finally agreed on a reasonable degree
of pool hall legislation which doea not go
far enough, but is a step In th right di
rection. Pobslbly Omaha peopl think It
I not any of our business out In th coun
try, but It I". Just this far, vis.: That
the state suffers' from every swarm of
vicious youth from th large cities of th
state, who ar slated first for a reform
school, become a Juvenll menace wherever
they go and finally land by rapid stages
In the stat penitentiary, to fie releasel
shortly and start upon an adult carer
of crime. So It 1b th business of all Ne
braska to have something to say if the!
is a nest for breeding vie down on t'
easttrn border of the state. Just as they
weuld If a nolsom past should be tol
erated by th citizens ther to th detri
ment and danger of innocent citizens else
where. Omaha owe It to th stat to
clean up the pool hall, clean out th dives,
keep a strong hand on the perversa and
vicious elements, and, In other words. Quit
furnishing th "raw" material for th
criminal manufacturing business. .
WHITTLED TO A POINT.
"Don't be giving me good advic about
being Industrious. I know a young fellow
who came to grief by following such ad
vice." "How could that bet"
"His father kept advising him always
to be doing. So he did."
"What dd he dor'
"He did everybody he could and then he
did time." Baltimore American.
Mr. McCarthy Ter nvJ6p Is 60 cants
short this week, Mike.
McCarthy Ye. Mary Ann. We had an
explosion on Tuesday, an' the foreman
docked me for the tlm I was In th air.
St Louis Times.
"Theoriet ar fools."
"Is that your thoryT"
"Yes."
"Then w will lt it go at that" Mil
waukee Sentinel.
Miss Elderbud (triumphantly) Just think
of It! At th ball laat night I Ustaned to
five declaration of love.
Her Friend How mean of you, Alice!
Who wt th pretty girl you wr sitting
near? Boston Transcript
DON'T WORBY.
James Whlteomb Riley. j
Oh, heart of mln. w shouldn't I
Worry so!
What we've missed of calm w couldn't
Hav, you know!
What we'v met of stormy pain.
And of sorrow' driving rain,
W can better meet again,
If It blow.
For we know, not every morrow
Can be sad,
So, forgetting all the sorrow
We have had, I
Let us fold away ou- fears.
And put by our foolish tears.
And through all th coming years
Just b glad.
Playfims
Pn. I i A--A't v
TO CHILDREN
AND WATCH
THEM GROW.
Makes youngsters
long for mealtime
whets their appe
tites, develops
their bodies and
makes them lusty,
sturdy and vig
orous.
Equally good
for grown-ups.
