THE BEE: OMAHA, "WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1011.
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The omaiia Daily bee
KOLNUKD UY EDWARD HOSEWATER.
V1CTOH HOSEWATER. EDITOR.
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taaused aa oflea aa reestd
McCall
reading.
oa the recall la all worth
liring on your Steel trust and let us
teat that, too.
The Independent tobacco concerns
will now smoke up.
- Still, the weather man might have
b lulled a little more on the old sol
diers. Still another Nebraska poatoffice
designated as a postal savings deposi
tory. Getting closer.
The saddest day of the year Is a
bright, warm Fourth of July with the
home team out of town.
''Democracy doea things," observes
a North Carolina paper. Yea, "Jeff"
Davis of Arkansas, for Instance.
Sitting, over a ton of Ice every day.
President Taft, naturally, Is able to
discuss all questions quite coolly.
People .who like a good fight' will
naturally rather regret that Diaz was
not forty years younger when It came.
Mayor Gaynor says he could think
In a boiler shop. Probably because be
! has been thinking so much of late In
a brass factory.
The real trouble with our plans for
world peace, as near as we can gather,
is that they were not made by W. Jen
nings Bryan.
"Hope for Walsh and Morse."
Headline. Of course, the president
only meant to keep them in prison,
not to shut off hope.
A Chicago paper says that every
year somebody discovers that that city
Is a summer resort. The discoverer
must be a Dr. Cook.
John W. Gates may be a gambler
and all that, but he seems to have
been the first to speak the truth about
the steel tniBt, right out in public
!
If it will cool the feelings of those
warm-hearted Chlcagoans any to know
It, we do not mind saying that snow
has recently fallen in the Yellowstone.
Before Mr. Bryan thrusts any more
Jabs at Mr. Carnegie about armor-
plate fomenting war he had better re
flect that plowshares also are made of
steel.
Every four years a certain demo
cratlo statesman repeats: "I will not
run uniess it seems necessary," or
words to that effect Necessary to
what?
Another Nebraska state bank au
inorizeo to convert itseir into a na
, tlonal bank. One effect of that de
posit guaranty law Is plain and indis
putable.
Governor Vesaey wants the world
to know that his state of South Da
kota has room for 2,000,000 lnhabl
tants. Yes, and bring your wives with
you, gentlemen.
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Governor Woodrow Wilson, as
former president of Princeton, ought
to be sure of the solid vote of the De
troit base ball team, on the theory of
all Tigers standing together.
A lion t out of Its cage at a meeting
of Omaha shrlners, soma of whom made
Council muffs In nothing Tat Chicago
Evening- Poet.
' And others, falling short, were lost
In the river.
Congressman Norrls writes to the
Progressive Republican league of Ne
braska that "we ought to make an
attempt to nominate a real progres
sive for president" All right. Who
Is he?
Having secured one conviction,
Kansas is making requisition on Ne
braska for two more members ot the
gang of bank robbers that has been
rendezvousing In Wymore. No Indig
lant protest from the officials down
ibex tnla.Unia.
The Tobacco Trust Decision.
Insofar as It applies to the violation
of law by combination In restraint of
trade the supreme court's tobacro
trust decision was largely forecasted
by the ruling in the Standard Oil case
and a different outcome would have
been surprising. This time the court's
flndinps and penalty go much further
than In the former rase, for Its judg
ment holds that not only did the
tobacco trust combine In restraint of
trade, but that from Its origin It set
out to acquire dominion and control
of the tobacco trade by driving out ot
it competitors who dared to attempt
Independent methods; that it carried
out this cut-throat system with a ruth
less disregard for law, playing upon
the "fears or- cupidity" of weaker
competitors. According to the evi
dence presented it seems to have
achieved monumental success, for it
not only wrapped Us tentacles se
curely around the tobacco trade of
this country, but extended them to
England as well.
In giving these Incorporated out
laws six months in which to dissolve
and bring their business within the
pale of legality or submit to a receiv
ership In the event of failure to meet
the penalty, the court Is, If anything,
dealing leniently with the offenders.
Relief for the public must come from
the enforcement of the penalties,
and, since this Is not a combine on
the necessities of life, the decision
against the tobacco trust will be most
helpful In giving us this precedent
holding good a to any and all other
business concerns that might now be
practicing or attempt, similar unfair
methods.
Logically enough, the "rule of
reason," set up in the oil case, was
followed In reaching this decision and
the result should be reassuring to
those inclined to regard It as merely a
loophole for law evasion.
The Dusty Street Problem.
Health and property both suffer
from the dusty street and road in city
and country and yet, except in spor
adic instances, little has been done to
Bolve the problem. When we get down
to real business on the good roads
movements, perhaps we shall do some
thing with this dust nuisance. In the
meantime it should receive serious at
tention. Water in the city and oil in
the country are two elements offering
relief from the ban of dusty highways,
and there is supposed to be an inex
haustible supply ot each in this coun
try, i
In Springfield, Mass., a street clean
ing conference was recently held, at
which this very question was freely
discussed. Perhaps, the relief lies in
public gatherings of this sort all over
the country to organize public senti
ment. It seems we have to do every
thing in the way of civic improvement
nowadays by .first cultivating public,
sentiment anyway. But no matter how
we have, to go about it, it will pay if
we can get the dust out of our lungs
and our clothes and our homes and
our places of business. A person has
a very peculiar taste for nick-nacks
who would not prefer mud or smoke
to dust blown from a road or street.
Nothing can be moro uncomfortable
than dust and a good many nuisances
we suffer are not as injurious.
Problem of the Insane.
Official reports show that there are
nearly 2,000 inmates of Nebraska's
Insane asylums, and there are proba
bly several hundred detained in other
institutions. The population of Ne
braska as disclosed by the last census
runs slightly under 1.200,000, so that
the percentage is approximately two
Insane persons out of every 1,000 in
habitants. The real question Is
whether this number Is disproportion
ate, and whether the relative amount
of insanity is growing. The whole
subject ii. the insane, and their treat
ment, in this Btate, In our Judgment,
calls urgently for careful study with
a rlew to a ewmp'ete recasting of the
laws govsrclLg their care and a reduc
tion of the cost cf maintenance, which
sterns excessive.
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Catting Prices in Steel.
The United States Steel -corporation
has announced a general cut in prices,
following the reductions made last
week by the Republic Steel and Iron
company. When the latter made its
ut, Judge E. H. Gary, chairman of
the board of directors ot the United
States Steel, deprecated the idea of a
price war and said he believed
"friendly and co-operative relations,
which have heretofore existed, will be
continued by the steel interests gen
erally." The public is left to wonder, there
fore, whether the announced reduc
tion to meet that ot the Republic com
pany Is genuine or whether the whole
transaction on the part of both com
panies Is for effect in view of the con
gressional investigation of steel to de
termine the existence or non-existence
of a trust and in view of the proceed
ings In courts against other big busi
ness combinations.
This is the first semblance of an
open dispute as to the prices since the
so-called price war of 1909 and the
Wall Street Journal says that in the
Interim "prices have been well main
tained" by concerted action of the
leading companies. In 1909 it was the
United States Steel that initiated the
cutting for the reason, it was stated,
that It was not getting its share of
the trade. Now that is precisely the
reason announced by the Republic to
Justify Its action. It would be en
couraging If it were actually a fact
that Immense producers In steel had
to meet the consumers halt way to
get business, but conditions ot the
market seldom seem to bear out such j
theory. For proof ot the pudding it
w 111 be well to watch and see if the cut
extends to the whole line of steel
productstr Is confined to a few side
Issues.
rutting Off and Doing- Nothing.
The lait of businesslike methods
in handling the affairs of our city
government threatens to become
acute. Hardly a matter of impor
tance comes up before the city council
that is not batted aimlessly about as
if the councilmen either had no
definite ideas of their own, or, if they
bad, were afraid to follow them out.
The performance over the gas light
ing contract is one case In point. For
Ave months the council has been ad
vertising and re-advertising for bids
of various kinds, but merely playing
horse with the bidders by refusing to
let any contracts. Bidders making
offers in good faith to furnish equip
ment and do the work have been
ruled out on technical defects of
notice. In the meanwhile the city is
in no better position than it was at
the start
In the garbage matter the lack of
businesslike methods Is equally fla
grant. It has been known all the time
that some provision would have to be
made for garbage collection and dis
posal this summer, but no plans were
perfected. The excuse that the char
ter amendment was vetoed Is not
valid, for there were no plans for ac
tion even had it become a law, and
two months have now been frittered
away since the veto, with things left
to take care of themselves.
The tomfoolery played over the
emasculated pool hall regulation ordi
nance is still fresh in mind, and the
ordinance to regulate the dance halls
reposes In some committee pigeonhole.
The request of the police board on
the council to take care ot city Jail
expenses and thus release funds to
employ additional policemen Is un
acted on. Imagine a private business
establishment run In such a hap
hazard way without heading for bank
ruptcy. It is Just this sort of putting off
and doing nothing, except draw sala
ries, that has put popularity into the
commission form of government with
people forced to believe that any
change would be a change for the
better.
A Harriman University.
A plan to establish a great univer
sity in Nevada or California as a
memorial to her illustrious husband
Is credited to Mrs. E. H. Harriman.
She has neither formally confirmed
nor denied the report It would seem
natural and befitting, of course. If
she did carry out such a plan, to
build the university near one of the
great railroads controlled by Mr. Har
riman. He was deeply interested In
everything that made for the upbuild
ing and development of this great
western dominion. Indeed, he did a
vast amount of work himself to ad
vance its interests, so if the millions
he carved, largely, out of the west
are to be devoted to educational enter
prises it Is but right that they should
go In large measure to the west
But the question must have sug
gested Itself to most thinking people
who have considered Mrs. Harrlman's
plan, why plant a new university In
stead of building up one of those
splendid Institutions already estab
lished in the west? Many of them that
are doing excellent work could do so
much more if only they had the as
sistance which Mrs. Harriman and
others of her circumstances have to
give. The millions with which she
would endow such a university as she
might establish would multiply mani
fold the powers of one or more of
those now awaiting financial expan
sion, and, no doubt, spread an influ
ence much wider in the aggregate than
could come from any new college or
university to be set up here in the
west.
Yet the west will be glad to receive
whatever educational endowment Mrs.
Harriman may see tit to make, re
matter whether It comes in a lump
sum for one university, or In con
tingencies for many. The rapid devel
opment of the country will keep pace
with any such enterprise she might
create.
. If a bunch of school boys did busi
ness after the fashion in which our
city council has been toying with the
gas lamp contract they would be
marked down as particularly dull and
stupid. But then, of course, we have
no right to expect as much of council
men who gather In comfortable sala
ries and perquisites for managing the
city affairs.
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Notice that the railroads now-a-daya,
when they have a bad wreck,
put nothing In the way of letting the
public get all the information it can
through the newspapers. It Is not so
many years ago that it was harder to
find out who was killed or hurt in a
railroad wreck than it was to get at
the secrets of a grand Jury room.
The case involving Omaha's electric
lighting franchise has reached the
United Btates supreme court. Won
der bow long it will take to ascertain
whether the court will come to the
lighting company's rescue.
The South Omaha city councilmen
have resolved that they are not
crooked, and to prove It have put a
vote of censure on the councilman
making that impossible suggestion.
That surely settles It.
That tale about a New York man
who spent his fortune of $1,000,000
and thea blew out bU brains must be
slightly Inaccurate. It should have
said, he shot himself In the head.
Evidently County Attorney English
does not care to enter Into a corre- i
spondence debate with Governor Al-
drich. Mr. English has always had a
well developed bump of discretion.
Sounds Like It.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Justice Harlan talks almost as If ha fav
ored the Judicial recall.
Mill the (onrta Heeaf
Chicago Record-Herald.
Mr, Bryan In his Commoner severely
crttlcjRes the I'nlted Btates supreme court.
but there Is no probability that the court
will hasten to reverse Itself on that ac
count. How te Dent a Trust.
New York World.
A til Atf.irtaa.lniira neA trust to. rnm-
plaJned of. If merchants who use plate-
Kiass had as much Initiative as farmers
and creamery owners they would combine
In mutual comnanli'S tn Inmira themselves
at cost and snap their flncers at the trust
LfMonn Lined t'p.
Brooklyn Engle.
William Jennings Bryan remarks: "If
there ever were a time when I thought
that democracy was confined to one party
I have learned my mistake." Democracy
refiiRed to be so confined In 1W. and
Bryan has had two review lessons since
then.
Door Open for All.
New York Tribune.
It Is difficult to understand why Ger
many should have waited until now for an
assurance of the willingness of this country
to negotiate with her a general arbitrary
treaty on lines similar to those with Great
Britain and France. There has never been
any around for doubting that willingness.
Frlenda and Enemies of Arbitration.
Philadelphia Record.
Aa an eloquent and true fripnd of nan.
Cardinal Gibbons pleads strongly for the
arbitration treaty between the t'nitari
States, England and France. The petitions
against the treaty that ar4 sent to congress
itidlcate once more that the wont
of the peace of this country are within ln-
sieaa or without.
GREATEST WOMAN ASTRONOMER
"A Distinct Loss to the World of
i Selenoe".
1 Washington ' Times.
The death of Mrs. Willlamlna Paton
Fleming of the Harvard observatory Is a
distinct loss to the world of science. The
quiet little Scotoh woman who passed
away at her Cambridge home on Sunday
at the age of 64. was beyond all question
the most distinguished astronomer of her
time. She was the only woman who was
ever given an official position by the Har
vard corporation, and It may be safely
assumed that this would not have been
done unless she had shown signal merit
In her work. At the time she was chosen
a member of the Royal Astronomical so
ciety she had discovered eight of the
eleven new stars which the watchers of
the skies had found since ISIS. Indeed,
It Is said of her that she made a greater
number of discoveries in the wide field
of the firmament In a period of twenty
years than had been made by all other
astronomers combined In two centuries.
The obstacles against which she had to
contend In early life made her record of
achievement all the more notable and lent
Inspiration to the world of womanhood.
Modest to a degree, she sat nightly, for
practically thirty years, with her tele
scope pointed toward the heavens, sur
veying "the spacious firmament on high."
Bhe found Joy In her work and in dying
she left an Imperishable legacy to the
world of science. She was one of the
glorias of her sex, and a splendid example
that achievement, grounded on solid
merit, knows but little of the limitations
which are supposed to be. prescribed by
sex.
People Talked About
THOMAS
J.
.SHAMLEY
Torn Shauley conducts one of the biggest
eating emporiums on New York's. Rialto.
Eat, drink and be merry" la hi motto,
and he'll hand It to you. If you have the
price.
Mra. Allca Pomereue, wife of the demo
cratic senator from Ohio, la a clever water
oo)or artist Six baa mad several dainty
sketches of the Rock Creek section near
Washington, and her drawing rooms are
filled with her own paintings.
Jurge W. R. Allen made a court order at
Muskogee. Okl., last week that all mem
bers of the jury of hla .court take a bath
before they entered the court room Mon
day. Jurors have complained that some
of their fellow members needed to perform
an ablution. The order was made In open
court and filed for record.
A campaign for state-wide prohibition Is
on hi Texas and the temperature of the
factions la up In the nineties. Governor
Colquitt has lined up with the ant la and
la doing some lively stumping. Wherefore
he baa been asked to resign hla member
ship In' the Methodlat church. The gov
ernor spurns the request and demands to
be shown wheu and where prohibition was
made an article of Methodist faith.
In Wallace, Kan., is a stock of general
merchandise worth 120,000 in a store that
has been double locked and boarded up
for elghteeen years. Peter Robldoux, the
owner of the store. Uvea but a few rods
away from It- He has not been In the
b tore since be closed It eighteen years
ago and says It shall never be opened aa
long aa be Uvea Robldoux Is one of the
richest men In the county and owns thou
sands ot acres of land and thousands of
cattle.
A Louisville poet responds to Chicago's
burry call for a new national anthem so
fashioned aa to make the native patriots
alt up. and reach fur a club. For obvious
reasons the poet did not append his Dam,
preferring to let his words speak for
him. Listen:
"Mamma, 'tis of thee.
Sweet land of boodlery.
Of thee I sing.
Land of the grafter bold,
Land where the votes are sold.
Land where we live for gold,
Itaaiuaas tbe thing "
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Around New York
Klpples oa the Current of Ufa
aa Seen In the Great American
Metropolis from Say to Day
"A visitation of God's wrath," exclaimed
the pious In Greater New York when the
news of Coney's blistering fire came In.
"A cigarette Ftump and a stiff wind," said
watchmen at the spot. How It started Is
not definitely known, but the acres of
blackened ruins tell how well the fire did
the business of eating up about r,.00.OM
worth of property. The tllmsy character
of structures In Coney Inland make Insur
ance very high, and few companies take
the risk, hence the loss to owners Is al-1
moot total. Two hundred thousand people
Rocked to the Island on Saturday to view
the smoking ruins and the process of
phoentxlng. The ever ready frankfurter
man was on the spot and thirst demolish
es did business over counters of upturned
boxes. "Dreamland Is a, memory," sobs
the Brooklyn Fjigle. 'That particular as
pect of Coney Island Is gone, probably
never to return. The owners of Dreamland
may decide to rebuild: at any rate, the site
Is almost certain to be used for tome sort
of amusement resort suitable to the en
vironment. Rut the electric tower Is the
ort of experiment which no Investor Is
likely to try twice. The cort of lighting
was very large, and the resulting adver
tisement accrued, In the nature of things,
not specifically to Dreamland, but to the
whole of Coney Island. So whatever fol
lows Dreamland and the buildings de
stroyed are likely to be replaced at some
time with concrete semt-flreproof construc
tionthe night vision of the place from a
distance is almost certain to be le'S allur
ing than the one which New York has
known In recent summers. A less flimsy
and safer Coney Island la almost certain
to be evolved as a result of this fire, but
a less picturesque Coney Island as well.
The gain In safety will be welcome, tut It
will not be able entirely to still regret for
the unique night picture which has been
blotted out from our southern horlxon."
Three youngsters, their ages ranging be
tween 8 and It, were out In a rowboat on
the frndson the other afternoon. Fisher
men and boys with lines out for eels were
raiged along the end of a nearby dock.
Buddenly, as the boat was passing the
dock, a boy of 8 leaned too far over and
fell In the water. Instantly the 11-year-old
captain of the rowboat ordered the boy
who was rowing to put about, and himself
doffed his shirt and trousers In a twlnklln.
Quickly the boat came tip, the youth dived,
brought up the gurgling youngster Just In
time and held him till stronger hands
renched down and completed the rescue.
The youthful hero clambered hack Into
the boat, dressed hastily, and to the shouts
of approval from the fishermen and spec
tators, replied:
"Ah. go on! I saved a big feller last
year"
Tf every state had a law like that passed
In New Tork last year and Just made the
medium of an exemplary Judgment the
otner day, there would be a speedy end to
the Joy-rldlng nulsnnce. John Cush, a
chauffeur, convicted before Judge Foster
tn general sessions, under the new law,
was sentenced to one year In the peniten
tiary for petit larceny. Tn passing sentence
the Judge said:
"You are a Joy-rldlhg chauffeur. . The
law now provides that the taking of any
one's automobile and operating it for the
purpose of the taker and for the use of the
taker, without the owner's permission. Is
plain, every-day larceny, and the Joy-rldlng
chauffeur Is a plain, everyday thief."
New Tork la the greatest match-making
and match-destroying city m the wor'd.
These matches don't last long. Thev flare
Into flame and burn out to the extent of
aoout W.O00 000 a day. Po If each individ
ual New Yorker doesn't burn a hundred
matches every twenty-four hours he la not
doing his share of the work.
The greatest mateh-mnking industry of
the city I" over In Queens Borough, where
nearly 100.000 cubic feet of lumber Is split
bv machines each year, making IB.SrtO.OOO
000 matches. Besides what the city uses
of this supply It imports 300,O.000.0M
each year, which Is one-fifteenth of the
output of the United States.
If the matches that Father Knicker
bocker uses in a year were placed end to
end they would make six lines across the
continent.
A squad of policemen rushed from
the West One Hundred and Twenty
Fifth street station, at i o'clock In
the morning, when a telephone message
from headquarters announced that bur
glars were ransacking the Granite Apart
ments at No. 82 Mornlngslde avenue. Po
licemen arrived on the double quicn ana
surrounded the house, covered the fire es
o'apes and roofs, and some hid In tha park
opposite. A searcn oi nwriy iwchij huii
..... .r..l..l nn tmrvlara. althouxh two
windows In a vaoant apartment on the
. . a M -
grcund noor, were rouna opm. Jineee
rooms were entered by four policemen
with drawn revolvers and uplifted cluba
A flashlamp unooverad the culprit
Thera "he" was on the mantelpiece trying
bis best to hide behind a small wooden
support "Ha" was a white cat with a
little mouse held firmly In his Jaws and
afraid to say meow becauae 6f tha danger
of losing the prise.
One of the moat effective window dem
onstrators now entertaining gaping New
Yorkers moves not, speaks not and draws
no salary but Interests the crowd. Tha
exhibition takes place In a florist's win
dow. It consists of a huge tin pall of
water standing on a table about four feet
from the floor. Hanging over the edge
of the pall are atripa of muslin varying In
width from one to three Inches. These
muslin strips are firmly anchored at one
end Inside the pall by meana of weights.
while the other end rests on flower pots
which are arranged In a circle around tha
table.
"We are giving thia demonatratlort
the florist said, "to show people how to
water their plants when they shut up
their apartment and go away for four
or five days at a time. The water soaks
slowly through the muslin Into the earth
and keeps It at a uniform moisture. The
width of the muslin strips varies with
the size of tha flower pots. A pall of this
slse will supply all these flowers for a
week."
Not Tnkea Scrtonsly.
New York Sun.
It Is more painful than surprising to
notice that 61 r Wilfrid Laurler doesn't re
gard that Pike county annexationist the
Honorable Reauchamp Clark aa a serious
person. Annexation Is not "seriously con
sidered" by anybody on cither side of the
border, says Sir Wilfrid. If Champ Is not
"aerloua," Chautauqua la eotnlo.
Llsfct of Reason Braklnaf I".
Pittsburg DUpatoo.
Mr. Delano, president of tha Wabash. In
discovering that the Interstate Commerce
commission's ruling against tba Increase of
freight rates was "a blessing In disguise,"
has found out what unprejudiced men
knew already. Tba cure for a tailing off In
traffic la not In the directum of luaaing
I transportation more costly.
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Contributions on Timely Subjects
Slot Ksossdlnf Two Hundred Words
Are Invited from Our Beaders.
Omaha. Above the Atrrxr,
OMAHA, MAY iS-To the Editor ot The
Uee: I do not know the object of certain
people who are doing so much tulKinn
about the "criminal conditions ' In UiiihIih.
but I do know our city ought not to be so
maligned. I looked through a Denver and
a Kansas City Dally under dates ot Mai
24 and !&, and this Is the record:
DENVER Woman found unconscious ai
Twenty-yelghth and Champa streft; niHn
found drunned and rohbed at Nineteen! n
and California streets; two masked men
hold up and rob street car and escape;
man killed and woman Injured by auto
mobiles; man kills one. and wounds two
at Hrown palace hotel: girl dies from
beating by unknown person; white. uo
knocked unconscious by negro.
KANSAS CITY Two run down by autos;
Hlckel arree-ted. charged with several re
cent holdups; negro confesses to four re
cent burglaries; Jay lvnch charged with
two years of robberies; canvnss discloses
ninety-nine resorts with 4tX) white In
mates. No city of our else can be free from crime
or criminals, nor can any police force be
adequate to the capture of all offenders
and the enforcement of ail law, but Omahn
Is comparatively a law abiding, law en
forcing city, and does not deserve such ad
vertising as some soern desirous of giving
it. HARRY II. FLEIIARTY.
With Bl X and C.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May W.-To the
Editor ot The Bee: Do your readera know
that In 1871 congress entered Into an ln
qultous partnership with Washington and
the District of Columbia, by which the
people of the whole country have been
taxed to pay one-half of the entire ex
penses of running the city of Washing
ton? That they pay dollar for dollar for
every dollar paid by residents of Washing
ton on their real and personal property,
this sum amounting to, say, fliW.OOO.OuO?
And tha Interest on the city's bonds? That
in addition congress makes and has made
all these years special appropriations
amounting to hundreds of millions to
Washington for opening streets, for parks,
paving, school houses, engine houses, etc.,
all that graft and greed could auggest?
All thla on the plea that the general gov
ernment owns one-half of the property In
Washington, which la scandalously false
aa It does not own 20 per cent.
That all thla money Is spent in a favored
section of the city, the fashionable north
west. It never has spent a dollar for
the poor sections of Washington, and the
slums of Washington are a disgrace.
Of course the government owns Its
buildings here, so It owns the postofflce,
the barracks In Omaha, lias It ever con
tributed a dollar to Omaha's local taxation?
How about New York City with Ita
vast and costly government buildings, Its
great dry dock and navy yard? They might
as well tax the battleships and cruisers tied
up at the wharf or the navy yard.
Why don't you register a kick? The
residents here want "a city beautiful," the
nation's capital with a great big N and C,
but at the expense of the outsider.
1310 Mass. Ave. L. N. HONUSHOW.
Seats for the Tired.
To the Editor of The Bee: I seo by The
Bee that Mr. Brandels has placed seats on
the sidewalk north of his beautiful building
for the benefit of tired pedestrians. That
kindly humane act will bring down man a
blessing on the head of Mr. Erandela. Of
course, some scoffers will say that it Is
only an advertising dodge, but I believe it
was prompted by the same kind heart that
established the "children's play room" to
save the tired mothers from hauling their
little ones round the store and the streets.
The great business man that entertains
and works out such ideas Is entltTed to the
gratitude of the public. A comfortable oeat
on a public street Is worth more toa tlreii
woman than all the seats In all the parks.
MICHAEL, LEE.
EDIT0BIAL SNAPSHOTS.
Philadelphia Bulletin: A California con
greesman talking Chinese to the house of
representatives Is the nearest approach to
the yellow peril yet recorded.
Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat: A debating
society Is to struggle with the question.
"What Bhall We Do with the Olrl Grad
uates?" This must be preliminary to dis
cussing: "What Will the Girl Graduates
Do to Ust"
Baltimore American: Woodrow Wilson's
western campaign has not added to his
chances for the democratic nomination for
the presidency. His speeches have done
him more harm than good and his radical
Ism has almost taken Bryan's breath away.
Wilson would have done better to have
pers properly for lively stepping.
The Dickey a medium high toe, smart Stetson
Style has a snappy appearance that appeals
to the particular dresser and comfort-giving
qualities that make it attractive to all.
Let us have an opportunity to demonstrate to
you the superiority of Stetson Styles for lively
steppers.
Tor Sale by
Hayden Bros.
Omaha Agents
Stetsons cost more by
Three Months' Rental of a dp Pfifi
Remington Typewriter
We will rent you a model G, 7 or 8 Remington
Typewriter in good condition for One-Quarter
Remington Typewriter Company
(Incorporated.)
1619 FAll.NAM BTUKET.
remained at homo :ti'l done his work as
governor of New Jersey. .
Rrooklvn Emtio: We sincerely hope the
rumor Is true th:it Sotokii-hl I'rvu Is-to be
Japanese ambassador at a.hlnK'on.
There's a music In his name that Is sort o'
catchy.
New York Sun: The IVrlpat'tlc boomlet
has been left on the doorstep of the IVcr
Icks. Will he lake It In? Meanwhile the
fond heart rWs out to the Hon. Webster
Davis, a Missouri ptatrsmiin once as lmil
s Nrhiaska's or Jersey's lo'idert. In tho
lniiBuai;e of the Innnoitul "YVrh," "For
President: Woodiam J. llrilson."
SAID IN FUN.
"Fomo of the World' grealest patriots
became martyrs," remarketl the student of
history.
"Vis," replied Senator Sorahum; "many
martyrs wire merely Insurgents who failed
to acquire a sufficient political pull."
Washington Har.
"Mv dear young ladv." fnld the smitten
the manager you suggested, ami as lie Is
ri'io inccu ol jour auioiy i win iuimuvo
your tour."
Ill, l.A tl a n..Afln.'..H than I, a V. rl
any need to be when she cried Joyfully,
"You're an angel!" Haltimoro American.
"Ah! proud beauty." exclaimed little
Snlffklns, "you spurn my love now, but let
me tell you, 1 will not always be a
clerk. I"
"'Hint's so," Interrupted the heartless
girl, "you may loso your Job." Catholic
Standard and Times.
PI Summers f'onxarn you, Eb! You said
this here gun you sold me was a repeater.!
Kb Winters It l--tut . of course you've
got to bo some, place where. Utere s a darn
good echo! l'uck.
"Papa, did Mr. BoftlelgU call on you
today?
"Yes. dear."
"Well, what followed?"
"Two Uoclura and an ambulance."-"
Judge.
"Yes, I see him. Ho looks commonplace
enough. What's he noted lor?"
"t 'onsplcuous bravery."
"What did he do?"
"Walked out with his wife when she
wore the first harem skirt that was ever
seen on o?lr streets." Chicago Tribune.
The younirest brother, listening at" the
keyhole of tho parlor door, distinctly hears
this conversation-
"Dearest, 1 want a lock of your hair."
"One of my corkscrew curls, Al.;y?"
"Now, Irene, it isn't nice of you to twist
my meaning like that." Chicago Tribune.
"My friends, sir, flatter me by telling
me I slug like a bird. 1 o you think so?"
"I cannot Bay yes truthfully, but there Is
one bird I' sincerely wish you did sing
like."
"What bird Is that?"
"A swan, for his first song Is always
his last. Boston Transcript.
Marks Hlggs has trained his cat to bring
his slippers.
Parks That's nothing. I know a writer
on horticulture who ha.i trained cut worms
to sharpen his lead pencils. lioston Tran
script. AN ARAB SONG.
radrlac Caluin, in the Nation.
Saadi, the poet, stood up, and ho put forth
his living words;
His songs were tho hurtling of spears and
his figures the flashing of swords.
With hearts, diluted our iribe baw the
creature of Kaudi's mind;
It was like to the horse of a king, a crea
ture of fire and of wind.
Umimah, my loved one, was by me; with'
out love did my eyes sou my fawn.
And If fire thero were In her being, for ma
Its splendor Was gone.
When the sun storms on the tent it makes)
waste the fire of the grass;
it was thus with my loved one's beauty i
the splendor of song made it pass.
The desert, the march, and the onset-!
these, and these only avail;
Ilunds hard with handling of snearshafta,
brows white with the press of the malL
And as for the kisses of women, these are.
honey, tho. roct .floss, . , .
But theboney of Sill A, -beloved, it Is lime
for the spirit's wings.
Simplicity is
the key-note of
Ever - Ready
construction.
That's why
you buy it for
$1 instead of $5.
Sold by all Local DaaUr
AMERICAN SAFETY
RAZOR CO.. Maker
Stetson-Shoe
the pair, but less by the year.
SAM
ves a1;?
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n yuu wimi io Duy tno machine at the
expiration of the rental period, that
$5.00 will be applied on the purchase
price. Here is the most attractive rental
and purchase offer we have ever made.