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Communications relating lo nw and
editorial matter should be addressed
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Our Formidable Primary Ballot
Efforts are caid to be under war
been offered by any other available
purchaser aid ther closed the, deal
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Stete of Nebraka. Conntr of TVurita s:
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of the Baa Vubll'ritng company. btlne:
aflnl sworn, says that the average daily
clrciAetlmi. leso spoiled, unused and re
turned copies, for tha month of Ueoem-
ber 1SU. was 6a. II.
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Saberriber leavta- Ike city
KBaanrllr .balt fcav Tha
1 ate sea I led these. Adds
! will he e banned a eftea aa re-
nested.
About time for con frets to play
ball.
Geodnsss, girls, bare yoa forgotten
already that it li leap year.
ssWaxaeawaawaawawaawaawaaWawaawaaaaeaMM
Oh, what a difference a separation
from the pie counter makee.
, Iowa will wait for the convention
to tee whether Cummina la a comer
or a goner. ,
To ibow that It plna Iti faith to
the eld-faahloned styles, Arliona will
tend a Mr. Smith to the senate.
Whit a pity the Connaughta did
net postpone their Tint to ate Amer
ica until the base ball eeaaon opened.
It seems to take that Manchu dy
nasty a long time to fall pit the
throat after it luatalhe the death
blow. '
Mr. Carnegie did not Include poker
In bp) list of acceptable amusements,
no. tor any other game of chance
to hln.
mm
It tee mi aa if the technicalillet of
the law tttlU afforded a fine play
ground tor professional crfminals In
Nebraska. . '(.'..
Of courte. the opposition will In
sist that the Ttft victory In the
Fourth Oklahoma district wai not
significant '
New York City's growing debt has
passed the one-billion mark. ' Never
lad, Omaha Is doing tolerably well
la that direction.
The English are such observing
folk. The duke of Connaught notes
marked ehangea In New York alnce
he saw It last la 11(3.
The list of shining lights In tha
aew local organization of republican
Insurgents contains a lot of familiar
names. There's a reason.
of the so-called dead wood that
threatens to make It so cumbersome
as to impede the Intelligent voter. It
Is possible something may be ac
complished along this line, but the
number of offices for which nomina
tions are to be made cannot possibly
be reduced wtihout changing the law.
In this city and county each voter
will be called upon presumably to
make upwards of sixty cross marks
on hia ballot. Here Is the list:
Preference for president.
reference for vice president. -
Preference for United States senator.
Three presidential electors,
Kour delegates-at-large.
Four alterneUet-tt-larg. . ,
Two district delegates.
Two district alternates. '
National committeeman,
Congressman. - .
Nina state officers.
Five state senators,
Twelve state representatives.
County attorney. ,
County assessor. , .
County commissioner.
Four School board member.
Two Water board members,
I'ive constitutional amend menu.
There may be others that we have
overlooked, and additions to the list
may also yet be made to fill vacancies
occurring In other offices ordinarily
elected In off years. Assuming that
there will be an average ot three
candidates for each place on the
ticket, which would not be excessive
Judging from past experience, our
voters can draw a picture of what
they will encounter when they ask
for their primary ballot.
charges about the motives prompting
recent actions on the Merrltts part,
Mr. Gates adds: "The charge of
fraud and the lawsuit set np after
wards owe their origin wholly to the
prominence and wealth of the finan
cier who purchased the Merritt hold
ings In 1894."
The Sinaggled-in, "Chines.-
The tempting mark always pre
sented by ths poor "Chinee" Is sgaln
called to mind by renewed demand
for more stringent exclusion - laws
voiced in the report of tha commis
sioner of immigration. According to
Information percolatlug through this
authority, ths bars which we have
erected are not keeping out of the
United 8tates ail the yellow undeslr.
ables, but, on ths contrary, large
numbers continue to break through
the lines surreptitiously, and the
complication of Identification stands
in the way of stopping the smuggling
of coolies on stesmers at Can Fran
cisco and across the Mexican and
Canadian bordeis.
It Is within the range of probabil
ity that our exclusion laws are not
air-tight, and yet, It will be hard to
stir the country up to a pitch ol ex
cited fear against a Yellow Peril In
vasion. The eentus does not show
that the number of Chinese In this
country constitutes a dangerous fac
tor even In the few places where
they are concentrated and congested.
It la well known that the Chinese
government Is as averse to letting
Chinese laborers emigrate to this
country as we are to have them In,
and It la a fair Inference that the
exclusion laws are not violated by
the smuggling of Chinese any oftener
thaa are other law against different
kinds of smuggling. Our present ex
elusion laws are designed to shut out
all the undsslrabla Chinese, and our
Immigration machinery ought to be
able to control the situation In eon'
junction with the Chinese govern'
ment, whether It be a monarchy or
a republic.
r
The Wilsons seem to have the bet
ter of the debate and It begins to
look aa If the Harveys will have to
do a lot of hard rebuttal to win.
It is to be hoped our aew demo
cratic reform sheriff will keep out of
. South Omaha. He might find some
thing there he Is not looking for.
Dr. Woods Hutchinson ought to be
able to poll the full socialist vote
and then some be saya four hours
a day is enough work for any msn.
In condemning Governor Wilson
for being a schoolmaster, ' Colonel
Watterson should remember that that
waa also Champ Clark's profession.
The duke of Connaught, It Is said,
gave bo interviews to reporters, but
that win not prevent him from being
extensively quoted In the New York
paawre.
The fellow who gets the short end
ia the distribution of an estate is
quick to discover that the testator
was not of sound mind when he made
his will.
Senator-elect Utile James weighs US
poaada. standlna stilt When he trains
bis voice on republicans, ha approxi
mate a ton. Nashville Democrat.
But the damage he doee Is at least
sixteen pounds lighter thaa his
weight ...
Before the camera those cohaty
treasurers present a picture of a
aelf-eatisfied lot The custody of
publle money must make a man feel
all puffed np by the confidence re
posed in him.
The privilege of . heading the
Roosevelt delegation from Nebraska
unquestionably belongs to, John O.
Tetser. He saw It first, and this at
tempt of jealous rivala to crowd him
out would be Ingratitude worse thaa
that of Mr. Bryan to Mayor "Jim" or
' Woodrow Wilson to Colonel Harvey.
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Encouraging the Settler. !
, Efforts being made In congress to
modify existing land laws, to the end
that the way of the settler on gov
ernment land may be made easier,
should not be neglected. Conditions
' that surround the homesteader have
so materially changed within a very
! few years that the government la jus
j tilled In any reasonable effort to en
I courage such of Its citizens aa will
I imrlartalra to utilize tha vacant acres.
The broad areas that formerly at
tracted millions no longer exist; whst
Is left Is but the remnant of a mag
nificent mpire, and the least desira
ble of It at that To bring this unwill
ing land to a state that will support
Its occupant Is not an easy tack, and
may not always be accomplished.
Irrigation laws have been framed
with the utmost liberality and the
government has been most enterpris
ing in Its support of the reclamation
work that has mads millions of desert
seres fruitful. In this respect nothing
Is left to complain of. But all who
seek homes la . the undeveloped
regions can not secure them under
the conditions that surround the ir
rigation projects. Lack of meana
la the most common obstacle, and
very often one .that la Insurmount
able. And la those sections whefe It
Is yet possible to cnltlvate laud with
out the aid of Irrigation, this lack of
capital fs still more effective as a
hindrance. In this light, the proposal
of Congressman Klnkald that ths
land office return to Its former prac
tice of permitting constructive occu
pancy ot the land, within reasonable
limits. Is a wise one. It will enable
the settler to hold hla land while he
Is earning means on which to subsist
during the time he Is developing the
claim to a point where It will afford
him a living.
No very great danger exists that
the government's interests will be
seriously jeopardised by such a
course, while It Is certain that maay
settlers will be greatly aided thereby.
And the encouragement of the settler
In the west today Is one of the most
Important of governmental functlona
, It seems that hardly any big stunt
caa be pulled off la any part of the
world without having Omaha repre
sented In it 'When, the Qlympla waa
rammed off Southampton, a delega
tion of Omaha tourists were on
boird, and now the collision of the
Cleveland entering the harbor ot
Honolulu finds a company of Omaha
globe trotters right on the spot
Ths New York World refers to the
agreement of Joe Folk and Champ
Clark to abide bV the choice ot the
state democratic convention as to the
favorite son candidacy for president
aa "the new Missouri compromise.
It Is a compromise, though, that
really cuts little figure.
The lltrritt-Kookefeller Cats.
The Merritt brothers, who have
achieved some fame through their ore
holdings along the Mesabe range,
have had a pretty full and
free hearing before the people; they
have aired their case In the news-
pspers, before a congressional com
rolttee and in the magaxlnes. Ordi
narily, it would be admitted that they
have at least been allowed to state
their side to the jury. And ill prob
sbly would be admitted that up to
the time they completed their state
ment, public sympathy and credence
were all with them. They succeeded,
undoubtedly. In making most people
believe that Mr. Rockefeller cheated
them out of millions upon millions
In the ore deal. They bit upon a
happy phrase In saying that "Mr.
Rockefeller seemed to us a kind
hearted gentleman; be greeted us
with a smile, but we csnnot conceive
how In bell, within these few months,
without spending a cent ot mosey
above our board bill, we could have
gone to New York and lost all those
millions."
Now, comes Mr. Rockefeller's al
moner, the "Rev." Frederick T.
Gates, who, the Merrills aver, acted
as Mr. Rockefeller's agent ia strip
ping them, with a very comprehensive
statement of Mr. Rockefeller's side
of the case. It la prepared with, great
system and published in high grade
pamphlet form and distributed over
the country. This much must be ad
mitted by an Impartial reader of that
document that it seems to throw the
burden of proof back upon the Mer
rltta. It certainly leaves something
for them to explain before any un
biased jury would care to return a
verdict convicting Mr. Rockefeller)
Documentary evidence la sub
mitted, burdensomely detailed, by
Mr. Gates to sustain what hat says,
the import of which may be put In a
nutshell, thus: The Merritta were
wild speculators, they owned atout
Ii.600.000 to 50.000.00e tons of
ore (not 700,000,000 tons as claimed
in their controversy) and owed some
thing like $!,00,Oeo when the panic
of 'it caught them and values fell.
They finally sold to Mr. Rockefeller,
who gave them more than they had
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Folks should remember that they
ctn legally sign petitions for only
seven candidates to go ' oa the
primary ballot under the new com
mission plan of city government It
Is easier to sign, though, as often as
asked rather thsn to offend the
solicitor.
From Ohio comes the news that a
sharper called "the king of bunco
men" has been sentenced to the peni
tentiary. Wa refuse to admit the
validity of the claim In view ot the
late exploits of one Mabray la our
neighboring city of Council Bluffs.
"How bad was Babylon?" demands
the New York World, in defense of
that ancient city and New York, with
which Mayor Cayoor makea Invidious
comparisons. Well, according to the
things they tell about old Belshaxtar,
It waa bad enough.
True, a special prosecutor would
not be needed to assist the grand
jury if our county attorney were hot
for the job. But, then, neither would
a grand jury be needed if our county
attorney were up and oa the firing
line all the time.
One la reasonably sate In denying
as a base canard the report that Can
didate Hearst has spurned the sup
port ot certain newspapers Id Bos
ton, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles
snd Ssn Francisco.
A paasriau staaey Trot.
Washington Post.
The most dangerous money trust Is a
congress that wastes the poaile funds
for political purposes and retrenches en
the necessaries of svverninent.
a t llHi a, raallt
Pittabursb Dispatch.
There xoay be a colonel and editor
balline frost Nebraska who has a rounds
for a deliberate opinion that Governor
WilMn's latest phase at not so mock
that of a schoolmaster at of a pupil.
The Kaetkeat Draw,
Chicago Record-Herald.
A Connecticut man bat made the an
nouncement that he cannot support
Woodrow Wilson because there are thir
teen letters In the New Jersey states
man a name. Colonel Harvey haa an
other reaana tor dlsrontinuwe sis ef
forts to secure Governor WUaoe's aonti.'
nation.
fcolalniBa(laWard
HhbDay in Omaha
P cAiivti m ra pisciwa art all fA
JAN. 90.
Thirty Years Ago
The second annual ball of the Ancient
Order of Hibernians' band took place at
afaaonio ball, the committees la chartt
being: Arrangements, James Douglas.
William AraeU. P. J. Carroll; reception.
Thomas Bo land, Dennis Carroll: floor.
John Clair, James Kenny, John Sheehan,
Jamas Bolaa and P, J. Carroll. .
Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Hlmebaugh enter
tained a number of their frtendt at Nine
teenth street.
An to formal to mm area party waa gives
by aflss Anna Crary In honor of Mr.
Nate Crary 'a birthday. Those present
were Misses Crary. Jewett Pa4doca, Bal
combe, Lou sod Carrie llama, ahlverlck.
McCornlek and Sharp: Messrs. Barka-
low, Jewett, Annln, Remington, McCor
mica. Garlic ha, Redlck. Crary and Davia
Mr. and 'An. p. u Ferine ware at
home to their friends at their rtaMeace
on upper Dodge afreet.
Returning delagates from ths Grand
Army ef the Republic encampment at
Lincoln report the following new roster
of eff leers: ft J. Alexander, department
commander; L, W. Osbora of Blair, sen
ior vice commander j J. 9. Miller ot Au
rora. Junior vice commander; Dr. M. J.
Galian of Grand Island, medical director;
P. Hearst of St. Paul, chaplain; J. O.
Watt. Sam B. Jones. J. C. Bonnell and
H. O. Townsted delegates to the na
tional encampment -
A man named Jamas Hyde fainted on
the pottotflea steps reattreay and waa
carried te bit rooms by Captain J. J.
Netigh sad Poetmaattr Hall.
The Union Paotrlo rewarded tha long
and faithful services of Conductor Kelly
by promoting hint to be general superin
tendent of tha Kansas Central division. '
An advertisement anaouncas that Lo-
tier. Well A Co.'a famous trackers bare
lust been received at J. B. Franca A
CaVs.
Mr. sad Mrs, W. O. Maul are east oa
a visit.
Mas Msyer haa (out east ta be abtaat
two weeks i ea business.
Mrs. 1 W. Towns of Kansas City is
visiting her cousin, Mrs. 1. M. Mstcalt.
D. P, Ftedyke, formerly with Cruiet-
thank A Co. Is stopping over oa bis re
turn from the coast before going te Ntw
Tort
The ninth anniversary of the Turners'
society was oelebrated by a concert and
ball, for which, credit la due the Omaha
Ladles' society and a committee eta.
suiting ef M, V. Wllrodt. C. C. BhaofTtr,
1L Ktssltr, M Caspar and B. Wain-
hagea.
Twenty Years Ago -
Ks-Bbtrlff John 1. Boyd, died ef
spoplexy early In the evening. An
nouncement of his death treated a pro
found shock oa the streets. He was
"an exceptionally genial and courteous
man," and bad hosts ef friends, more
over be htd boon la txeeUeht health.
Richard Smith returned from Cleveland,
O., where he attended aa a delegate at
the sixteenth annual eonveattea ot tha
National Builders and Traders aaaoeia
Uoa,
K. Barbaeh't carpenter ihop at Thir
tieth aad Pratt, waa slightly damaged
by fire.
Tale't eraek baa ball pitcher. Alonso
A. Statg. delivered aa address In the
evening at the Toung Men i Christian as
sociation ,on 'The Modem Athlete."
After the lecture the local Tale alumni
gave Mr. Stagg a reception at the Omaha
club. Among these In attendance were:
C. E. Holmes and Mr. Qelsthardl ot Lin
coln; Judge J. S. riarksoa. Paul Chart-
tan, Joha K. Patrick, Augustus Kountst,
Walter Preston, William O. Doana, C. C
Turner, V. P. Caldwell, Fred Preston,
Robert Patrick, Representing tha Young
Men's Christian atsoelattoa were: Rev.
W. J. Harahe, Meters. Ober, Ooss. Bhet
ten and Smith.
Dr. K. B. Mowaaa waa severely bruised
while getting In hla buggy st Fifth and
Pierce streets, whtre he hsd called ea
a patient. Hit horse began te back just
as be started to ellmb In. throwing the
doctor to the ground aad conlnulng tt
back until he trampled upon the dootor't
prostrate forts.
Tew Years Ago
The mercury weal te below, the wind
waa high and tht snow deep.
R. C. Peters Cave out a statement that
the year opened with premise of aettvlty
in farm land sales and prices exceeding
anything previously known la Nebraska.
Mrs. Annie Goodrich, widow ot St.
Joha Goodrich, died at her hosno, MS
South Twentieth street, at :U p. m.
after tea days" tUneaa, apoplexy being
the immediate causa. Sht wai a years
old snd the last ef a family at twelve
children. With her husband, sba came
t Omaha 1a isss aad they conducted tha
Famem house, for a whUt. a hotel on
Harney street between Thirteenth and
Fourteenth streets.
rtav. L. Oroh. at Grace Lutheran
church, said fat a sermon that God, him
self, established aaarriagt In Paradise,
as the atteas ef man's highest temporal
happiness, adding that. "Hastily to make
en aa svmenta and hastily aad lightly to
break them Is aa abomination."
Mm. Barah Noll. W yean old, died at
tht family residence, 11M South Nine
teenth street, being survived by Adam
and Miss Ida Noil ot Omaha, Thomas
Nell of Chicago, and Mrs. IJveogood.
another daughter, ef Kansas City.
Judge A. N. Fergasoa advocated gov
ernment ownership ef publle ntlllttet la
sa address before the PMIosopWeal club.
Dr. A. C. Hirst preached ea the glorious
heritage of -William McKlaleye life, at
First Methodist church.
People Talked About
Senator Francis E. Warren ef Wyom
ing, "the greatest shepherd aloe Abra
ham." last year paid taxes ea Stem sheep.
President Nicholas Murray Butler of
Columbia university haa caused It to be
known that he win not follow hi the toot
steps of another university executive who
deeartad pedacoery for politics.
To make euro of returns oa the conven
tion fund of floe Baltimore hoteikoep
srs are beginnlhaT te mark up the goods
for the democratic national coaventloo.
Preaeat roomy figure at fig a day.
Chancellor Day of Syracuse loads scene
eclat te the merry war of the colonel,
by Jumping Into the firing una aa a sup
porter of Governor Wusoe, The chancel
lor shoots with a maaraphofi.
Unable to secure a guarantee of fat al
lowance as a solace tor Involuntary re
tirement, the Manchu princes are going
ta send their following to the mat with
the re beta Refusal to give u a Job under
fire, will cbeer office solders the world
over.
Army Gossip
ef Ssaeral . Xatexest
the Bawrtos ttetaectat tatae
Two stettresaesita.
Major George W. Ruthen of the tub-
elttence departmtot will retire from
active service on March It, aad Captain i
WilUaa R. Grove will be promoted to
major as a result. The vacancy lo the
grade of captain will be filled by detail
of a coast artillery officer. The detail In
the subsistence department of Captain
Edward Anderson of the cavalry, will ex
pire oa March Zt, and a cavalry officer
will be detailed in hie place.
arsay I alraraa Ckaaeee.
It haa beta) a great surprise to members
of the houte military committee to en
counter any objection ea the part of army
officers to the pending legislation which
prohibits changes In the uniform of the
comralsalonwd personnel except by permis
sion of congress. Tet, during tha last
week, two officers have expressed them
selves as not In favor of such prohibition
by statute. General William H. Carter be
lieves that the legtslattoa should give au
thority for the changes In uniform to be
made by a hoard of five officers, four of
whom shall be of the Una and one of the
staff. Colonel R. U Bullard of the in
fantry, told the committee that there
should be ao such legislative Interference
with the O pe of uniform. He said that he
thought a check In the tendency toward
frequent changes had been accomplished
by the mere threat of legislation, hut the
members of the committee were not much
Impressed with any such assurance, espe
cially aa failure to enact 'the pending
legislation after its serious proposal and
Ita Incorporation in the army appropria
tion bill, might vary well be accepted by
the military authorities as according
them the privilege ot making further
ehangea so objectionable and expensive
to army officers. The pending claure it
likely to remain In tht bill. . . .
Army aad Navy Mlleete.
The president's commission for econ
omy aad efficiency In government busi
ness has touched with Its slry fancy tht
sordid problem ot tht coot of official
travel. Tht annual coat ot tuch move
ment to tht government amounts to about
tt&MS.eue. It has been found that a
great saving can be effected by purchas
ing mileage books Instead of buying trip
tickets and that economies can he sc-
compllthtd In other directions, aucb as
doing away with travel vouchers and dis
continuing an affidavit regarding travel
expenses required by the comptroller, it
ia understood that the eommttstoa haa
had soma Information cotrtlled concern
ing the relative cost of adopting actual
traveling expenses as aa alio wanes la
place ot the payment of mileage. Some
rack lees claims have been made la favor
of the change. The best obtainable In
formation appears to operate aa a dls-
eeerageraant to ths project, which la not
aew by any means. It may be added
that tt utterly Impossible for any one
te arrive at anything Ilka an accurate
estimate ef the "saving" which would
be effected by doing away with mileage
aad substituting actual traveling ex
penses. In tome instances, tha latter
system wjuld em thi government a
great deal more thaa mileage But one
can only tell relative cost
Saaasaee Maaeavere,
The Army War college hat perfected
the tentstlvs and preliminary plans for
the mohlllaatton of the organised mlllt't
sad a representstlon ot the regular army
l tnlnt avewleM to ba held OUTlaW tn
rammer af 1111. This ta assuming, ot
oeuraa. that contTtet makes sn appro
priation of li,," for the purpose. This
money M spent entirely wita ine miuua.
and tha army rtottvss ae special allot
meat ta aid ta Its expense of movement
necessary In the part It shall play ta
conjunctiva with tha mlrltla. With tht
thortagt ot roads for army purposes, l
ia ...i....rT ta limit the number Of com
aiand ere te he employed this year In these
Mint aaareiaea - The slirsseolegy of tht
law. however, la suoh that the army
aaiiea ba Included In tht slss. Tht pro
gram, baa been divided tat three main
parts, eorres ponding vita the gtograpn
ira! divisions of the regular army. It
the eastern division there will probably
be a seriee ef eampaigas, to mciuo a
the states In the dtvtslm with th excep
tion of Ohio. If there Is a camp It win
probably be located la New Tork state.
Kuan tha tame Idea will be carried out,
In all probability, in the western division.
with tht emotatratloa ef troops, ir sues
aaeure. In tha neiehboThood ot Ssn Fraa-
dsee. In the central division the mlktla
eorameodt will be accommodated at rour
eamna. ana tn the state of Oblo for the
benefit ot the troops of that state, and
th ethers at Fort D. A. Hansen, wye.
Sparta, Wis., aad Lea Sprlaga, Tex.
Military Aewdesap Ttstloee.
There Is not Ukiy t be any change by
enares la th omposttloa ot the board
ot visitors to lb MlltUty aoadtuiy. That
board la now made up ot five members
of the aenate military committee aad
seven members ot the bouse military com
mine, who visit West Pohrt during ths
aeadesalc year. The visit ot the board la
1IU was for a period of about twenty-four
hours, aad oaly three nstssbars of each
committee appeared ea tht scene. General
Barry, superintendent f th Military
academy, has expressed bis regret that
"ttt tlme-hooered board ot visitors which
ci.ro t th academy annually daring the
graduating exercises haa beast eon away
with." and he adds: "Ths mam bars of
th military coxainlttaea af tb boas aad
senate should visit the academy and be
(amlilar with lis .eaadittoa and wants.
but la addition thereto It la believed that
tha best Interests ot tb academy will be
subserved by adding senators and repre
sentatives other then members ot the "two
military committee and, ta add! Uoa, at
least tree sUstlngutsbed ci titans of the
country, aad that such a board or a pro-
port lo thereof should be preeant during
the grad Bating exercises, ttantng June
1 aad e sting with the graduation of the
data."
Jaet Will H Likes. .
traneaa fUta Times.
a i Kill nf haaJth la rlvaa bv tha
Hiugnewiiintl Investigating committee te
Dr. Harvey w. wucy. Ana n taer it
eoe thing ta pur rooo expert us set
ter thaa another It Is a cleaa bid of
health.
Cetttaot lata Beep Watee.
' St, Letna Republic
After sending a an aaiaae to congress
tet tine of tb minions that may ba saved
by efficiency h) tbe government service,
to promote which be asks a big appropri
ation, th president said that Jits next
otHnmualcaito to th leglxlativ branch
would be In favor ef dvtl rre1owe. It
wttl take a great deal af efficiency ta this
etsxatry t pay etvtl pansltus.
W1LS05 AJSD TEE COL03H&
Chicago Tribune: It's a poor presidential
campaign in which Colonel Henry Wat
terson does aot become prominently
mixed.
Springfield Republican: Colonel Wat
terson It reluctantly obliged to confess
that be doe not find Woodrow Wllsoa
to ba a second Samael J. Tilden. Mr.
Tflden was both a leader and a states
man. He drew young men to him and h
held them.
St. Louis Republic: We do not believe
It will hurt any democratic candidate for
the presidency to decline the support of
J. P. Morgac even if by so doing be
loses the favor of Colonel Watlersoa. In
the contest upon which wo are about to
enter we do not think that any democrat
should be shot in the back.
Pittsburgh Dispatch: The whole inci
dent is particularly Interesting as Illus
trative of pri.tlcal politics of a desire
te present to tha public not the actual
relation of -me Individual or element to
the other, hut the ostensible relation that
will best suit the purpose of the roanipu-
latore. It reflects no particular credit on
any of the participants.
Sioux City Journal: Colonel Watterson
is a ilgh type of the chivalrlc and dean
minded southern gentleman. He la not
patient of treachery, and ha abhor dem
agogy. He has given nit hand to Colonel
George Harvey and he hat appeared bo-
fore the world at Harvey's friend. That
ia In the nature of his manhood. Ia the
presence of the two colonels, who know
both how to write and spesk the English
language, the late president of Princeton,
now governor of New lersey and demo
cratic candidate for president of th
United States, throtgh tht faith and
woika of Harvey, looks a pigmy, with
Arbitration Loa-e aad Pala.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
Banal nr Kavner a conclusion that the
pending arbitration treaties should bt ap
proved by the aenate without amendment
Is significant of a change In opintoa on
tbe democratic side of the chamber tiact
tht Lodgt majority report wai originally
filed. The Maryland tenator it ont of
tha heat constitutional lawyers among
the democrats and hla views ought to
have weight with those of hit colleagues
aha desire ta act In an unprejudiced
manner. Such speeches aa that by Sen
ator, Hitchcock ef Nebraska, in opposi
tion to the treaties, oould have been con
fidently expected at any time down to
ItTT, but bow they sound ridiculous wben
the cheapness or their argument does
not fill one with pain.
E1LEZT TSIFIX3. "
"A drop of Ink makes millions think,"
remarked the ready-mad phlloaopcer.
"Ye." replied Senator Sorghum, "but
vou want to limit your us ot ink to
drops Aa soon as yon go to spreading
It around in quarts they're hable to get
toe tired to think." Washington Star.
"I wat so scared yesterday when my
husband cam horn so angry. He haa
such a temper, and even when we have
company, I am afraid he will explode,"
"Rats! I'm not afraid of my husband
exploding. It's the water back that wor
ries me." Baltimore American.
Ttiat mas Indulges in shacking lan
guage, influence of his trade. Ht't a tele
graph lineman. Baltimore American.
"What makes you think our great pub-,
lie men don t work as hard at they used
tor
"By the photographs," replied Warmer
Corntoesei. "When I was a young feller
the big men in politics didn't take near as
much time to rat shaved an' have their
hair eut'Wsrhlnxton Star.
"It Is odd what a contradictory dispo
sition is always made of a successful reso
lution catling for a dinner."
"What is thatr
"It Is carried snd laid on th table,
too." Baltimore American.
"Did yon hear Congressman Wombat's
speech"
"I did that."
"What did he say about those charge et
grafting which hse been brought against
him?"
"He didn't touch on that subject. Rut
he said the constitution must aad shall
be preserved." Louisville Courier-Journal.
nr TEE SEEPS.
New Tork Sun.
Hla wife adorns the chairs they own with
gaudy bows and sashes.
And wo to him who touches them be
ware her angry flashes!
And all the sofas in the bourn you'll find
with cushions weighted.
And even the piano stool trimmed and
decorated.
He llstena aa she points with prM to- the
artistio features.
But he Is full of grumbling aad the sad
dest of all creatures.
Oh, sad the ewiurl to this tall et which I
am tire teller
There's only ease for him upon the root
or in the ctllarl
When ho slit down to dine a decorative
scheme he faces;
The tablecloths are all adorned with coat-
Hast ot ltcee:
Tht spoons and forks art silver aad the
glass as tint aa any.
And tha dishes are of Sevret aad they
cost a pretty penny.
She lauds the exhibition and her chatter
never ceases,
The while he'd like to smash It in a htnw
drcd thousand pieces.
Her cooking's an uncartxln thing and puts
him full of worries,
And whan he's bent on eating to a rests IM
rant ha hurrtet!
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