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eU.te of Nebraska, Count? of Douglas, as.
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ftaberribers Wvtrg the city temporarily
thonld have The Eoe mailed te thorn. Ad-
dree will be changed at often m rexjuwited.
Z raVmarr
Thought for the Day '
S!tettd by Jo. F. Barton
Sipliitjft trtUh end vnaftfUdntn art ih$
hading principle of tkt beauttfulin every K&rk
ff art.Glwk.
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Perbsps the objections to the Carnegie and
Rockefeller funds could be removed bjr lettlat
the objectors rcrlse the mallSn, Hit.
Itsmixsd pproprUttom for Ut tatUtotioni
niixht relieve the managers of to much head
work that they would be ashamed to draw their
salaries.
Those .Ewlsa troops juardlns; the neutralltj
soee are not doing any fighting, but they sup
ply mighty good food for the camera artist lust
the same, j
Deficits may come and shipping bills go, bot
free seeds go on regardless.. The Impious pens
of critics caanot swerve oongressmsa from the
seed trough. 1
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Mount Vernon timber Is always appropriate
for a souvenir gavel, but Hermitage iJlckory Is the
( timber for business ia a democratio body directed
by "Old Hickory's" namesake.
The Mexican capital quosttoa differs from
the county seat fights on this side of the Rio
Grande. In Mexico every leader has bis owa
capital until he Is killed off or exiled.
'Be your own lobbyist," exclaims Mr. Bryaa
to railroad managers. Suppose they accept the
advice, what will the underlings do for a living?
la Mr. Brysn forsaking the "common people?",
, Senator Williams' estimate of what the ftill
buster speeches cot the country is Interesting if
true. But he loft out of the calculation a sav
ing of $30,000,000 by blowing the shipping bill
on the rocks.
The legislative llmouutnq of today does not
t differ except in capacity from the legislative go
' cart of primitive times. A bill which, even winks
t a prospective job glides along the road w!ta
the risk of a puncture,
Mr. Bryan again scorns the brewery vote,
Nineteen years ago he was even fiercer in acorn
lag the goldbug rote. But he did not scorn the
zoli which the goidbegs slipped Into bis cam
T'S food when fie wae not looking. i ' "
?ht governor of Georgia condemns lynching
a a crime against civilisation and offers a re
ward for the apprehension of the perpetrators
of a recent . crime. The money will not be
claimed. Officials may fume agatast lynch law
until black la the face, but perpetrators go
undetected and nnhung. .
A New York Idea buttressed by a court Judg
raet taxing the cost of putting out a fire n the
negligent property owner. Is being whipped Into
law la the Massachusetts legislature. Making
a negligent property owner. In event of fire,
eplit 'the Insurance money with the fire depart
raent Is well calculated to cut, down the dividends
of lire buggery. '
.Omaha aweka thia morninf, rubbed Ita eyae. and
found H!f ones mora In tha aro of tna lea klnc.
Th thermoroeter went down to 3 a bora aero wttfc a
erBl-hurrlTan wind blowljigr.
1 ha Musical union orcheatra Sabbath concert at
Boyd's was -mut-h eujoyad. The leader. If. T. Ervlne,
ontrttuta a oout aolo,
John Griffin, agel U yeara, died at the borne ot
liia alitor, Mra. Moiiil near Mason.
iir. Harry Ctmr. ampioyad In tha Nebraaka da
artitser.t of th iwlj'i fair at Is'ew Orleans, has
iturned to tn-.al:a.
The t-rm of 1'iiltKl EtaUa Matahal Bierbowar has
cxrt, but be lsulla over until a auooacaor la ap-
j o,i.tni and ju:itli!(l.
A mtl i of the Nebraska 'n'onjaa'a Indlaa aaaa.
Li..u ,r. ia to ta held at the residouee -af Mra, J. M
Wool wort) on a rail laaue. by Mra. It. M. Jamas as
o: rt.--y,
The rl.l:lea of lneonvation of the newly orvan
it--d ;i.nty wblon la fruMUhed, duly authentfeetod
r,.I ! ;...1 to by O. M. JiHiJ to. V. notary public.
Tl.a fsr slvtn by the Lafllaa Benevolent aorlaty
Ut r'i"t. The rc'pta apiroUinatd aaarly
Vt.T--'. ft i t h will te net, Among the lucky
:.-:;. i at tt. tlnel raffle were, craxy quilt, XV, U,
'.iary; tal, i.ea aiij luufr. T, tmnui r. Boyd: ffoit
v.ul). lr. llorr.'M: wahlr.g mhin, M. IIllran
A. I'Hrbuir; bt.y cloak, I. 5hrfkier
The Kailxoadt, the People and the Newspapers
Talking at Indianapolis, Secretary Bryan -
vises the railroads. Instead of seoding lobbyists,
to send their presidents and high officials to
fpesk for them at stste legislatures and In con
grew. If Mr. Bryan were consistent be wouM
advise them likewise, or preferably, to speak
for themselves directly to the people, ss well a
to the people's representatives In legislatures
and in congress. And to do this only two ways
are open to the railroads, being the same' two
ways by which Mr. Bryan speaks to tbe people,
either through tbe press or in public addressee
seeped through the press.
But when the railroads take space In tho
newspapers, as they have recently done In Ne
braska, to lay their case directly before Ihe peo
ple, Mr. Bryan accuses them of trying to corrupt
public Opinion. Referring to ' the rallroadu'
newspaper publicity campaign, Mr. Bryan's Com
moner last month declared that "thousands of
dollars are being spent In an effort to convince
tbe newspaper owners, or the people, that gen
eral business prosperity is impossible without
permitting a higher rate for railroad service."
In other words, Mr. Bryan advises the railroads
to tske tbe people Into their confidence, and
when tbey follow his advice, or rather anticipate
It, he intimates that they are trying insidiously
to control the wellspring of public 6pinion.
Now, we agree with Mr. Bryan that tbe only
thing for the railroads to do is to have all their
dealings with tbe public, Or with representatives
of the public, open and above board, and that
the day of the underground secret lobby Is past.
But Mr. Bryan knows as' well as anyone-that a
railroad in buying newspaper space to def lno
its attitude and present its arguments to the
public no more convinces the newspaper owners
to take their side of the questiopa at ifteue than
does the department stores, the meat markets
or the book publishers who buy space' tt exploit
their wares, except as the newspaper owner Is
also a newspaper reader and a firm believer In
newspaper publicity, The railroads should deal
fairly with the people, .and the people should
give the railroads a square deal, and aa their
practical medium of communication, tbe news
paper is also entitled to a square deal.
The Rssi Program.
Thirty millions or so la set aside by the house
for the construction ot new dreadnaughts and
other forms of fighting ships, thus continuing
the expansion of the United States navy at the
rate that has been maintained for several years.
U Insures the continuance of the service at a
high point of efficiency, and certainly is liberal
enough, at a time when the ordinary revenue of
the government, augmented by several forms of
special taxation. Is insufficient to meet expenses.
The passage t the bill through the house wes
not unattended by statements that have become
very familiar to the public of late, but the hope
s indulged that the amount will be sufficient to
calm the perturbed souls of the makers of gust
and gunpowder and the like, and that for a time
we will hear less of the unprepared condition of
the United States to'particlpate In a world war.
TheTay-if-You-Wiii" .System. .
Whether Its original coinage or not, the Lin
coln, Journal gives us an apt phrase descriptive
of the operations of Ihe contingent fee lawyers
when it refers to them aa the "pay-if-you-wln"
system. Bills are pending In tbe legislature de
signed to stop the contingent fee abuse, one
meaenre prohibiting such contracts altogether.
and another limiting the lawyer's divvy to 10
per cent-. These proposals naturally draw forth
protest from the legal profession, not only as
objectionable interference with their price
schedules, but also as barring the undeniable
good which the contingent fee sometimes serves
for poor client
The Bee does not have to re-state lta position
on this question,, because it has repeatedly
shown up the glaring defects of the "pay-if-you-wln"
system. We are firmly convinced that the
lawyer's partnership with his client for a half-and-half
split l responsible for more perjury,
more framed-up testimony, more jury fixing,
more blackmail and shakedown In fact, more
crooked law practice, than any any other ne
thing. Most reputable lawyers admit that much
of tbe odium brought down upon their profession
of late years Is the direct result of the work of
shysters and ambulanoe chasers resorting te
4eeperate and despicable means to cash, ia on
contingent fee eases, and of the uc. willingness
of the bar to shake off these parasites and Insti
tute reforms on the inside. We also recognise,
however, the occasional possibility ot Injustice,
or denial of justice, through Inability to engage
a lawyer on a contingent fee basis. These cases,
however, are not so frequent as lawyers would
have us W'lvVsY aad wh&re Hsltlmate reason
exists tor a contingent tee contract, there Is no
reason whatever for keeping It secret. We be
lieve, therefore, that the contingent fee evil
eould be suppressed If BO such contracts were
enforceable uuless fiswt filed la court and ap
proved by the presiding Judge with full power to
revise downward the stipulated' percentage If it
appears excessive.
. It we do not soon get some reform ot this
kind, we may have to take up another alterna
tive which the Journal auggests and which ie to
provide salaried attorneys at public expense for
civil cases, aa we now do In criminal cases,
wherever the Individual la unable to engage com
petent legal services for himself.
Hemedy for Gamblis? in Grain.
From the grain brokers themselves comes a
suggestion thst may mesa the ultimate solution
of the problem of btrir to control . the evil of
gambling ia foodstuffs, and especially la grain.
It Is simplicity Itself, and merely Involves "rais
ing the ante" oa the gamblers. At present It Is
resorted to by the brokers to protect themselves
against possible loss from tbe operations of Irre
sponsible "traders" on the excited and wildly
fluctusUeg market. Ita effect so far baa been
to reduce speculation by eliminating tbe little
fellow a, and thus steadying the trading.
If speculative operations on the market can
be controlled by the brokers through means s4
simple and so readily applied, why can not a
law be devised that will require all board of
trade operations te be kept ea a plane that will
at least minimise tbe evil ot speculation, and
serve to keep the price of foodstuffs somewhere
near the level eeiabiUhed by the law of supply
aal demand T ' The hUt the brokers have fur
niafced ought to be carefully looked .after by
toiue sane lawmaking tpdy.
T
Press Poll on Prohibiting
the Exportation of Arms
" XJterary XMgea
xa Two art r art X.
To set sotnn Mn r hn h H h. t'i.
tatea rang luelf In thl matter, we eubmlttd to a
thooeand repreaentatlre papers of all tactions the fol
lowing question: "Do you favor atoppln by law tha
portatlon of war materials to belllgerente?"
Of Ht replica. i44 answer "No." iff? "T nt
twenty-nine are noncommittal. Considering In a spe
cial grouD the renlle fmm rltua r .... uim in.
habitants, we find the 'Noee' even mora In thn
isjorlty. the vote standing SS to . When we turn
We cities and towns of smaller population, we find
nlon much mora eventv rilvlited. irt rntu nn,in.
embargo legislation and 110 approving It.
to
on!'
interesting and Illuminating comment In many
Instances aupplemented the answers of the editors l
our question. Thus the Chicago Tribune, aeelng n
the exportation or arms "a matter of International
rather than Internal politics.' offers this striking sug
gestion: "The allies' treatment of American shinning
la not what It would be If. for instance, Mr. Blaine
were, in the State department. - Tha United Btatea
government can and should use the question of ex
porting arms to secure oonceastona to American
shlpners and exporters."
Home papers, considering the problem simply from
a commercial viewpoint, say In effect: "Oif. the beli-
gerents whatever they will pay for; eur business has
surrered enough already because of the war, so let's
take what compensation we can get" Others, again,
like the Toledo Blade, would permit the exportation
f "food, clothing, end other supplies not directly used
m man-killing,'' but would prohibit the sale of "arms
and ammunition;" and the Oakland Enquirer thinks
we should export war materials "unless needed at
homo." Te the Kpokane Chronicle, however, the
enactment of an' embargo law on war materials
"would appear to be the logical course for a nation
that desires peace and neutrality." Other Journals
in' the ranks of those who favor embargo are the
Tacoma News, Los Angeles Times, Denver Uxpreas,
Wichita Beacon, Kansas City Post. Memphis News
Scimitar, Illinois State Journal, Grand Rapids News.
Saginaw Valley News, Dayton News, Norfolk Lodger
Dispatch, raterson Call and Evening News, and the
Troy Record. . . .,
In Nebraska, with Its Urge Oermaa-AnMiicaa
population, where the state aenate has adopted a
resolution favoring an arms embargo, the Omaha
Tvorid-Herald (whose chief owner la tha United States
senator spor.serlng the bill) violently, accuses the
unite metes of being "preetisJly the only highly
civilised neutral nation that is reaping a blood-money
prom rrom the sale of anna and ammunition to the
countries that are at war'" . It Insist It la all a mis
take to defend our policy on the ground that it Is
sound commercially, for "the building up of great
factories for the manufacture of arms and ammuni
tion means that we will have them en our hands when
the war Is over means that we will fcave a Rrupplsm
of our own," while "the sale of their product to
destroy the property and take the Uvea .of peoples
with whom we are at peace must Inevitably cause
resentments that will injuriously affect our trade and
commerce long after the war ia ended," In another
Gorman-American region a writer In the Milwaukee
Free Press says that "no bloodlaea code of rales of
law" can change the fact that we are "contributing
to the destruction of the Ufa of the German people
and of Austrian and Qermen culture." And be goes
on to say that, unless this country rise now "to the
full atature of Us sovereign responsibilities" by assert
ing Its right to place an embargo on the -shipment of
arms. It will "in the future face the same situation
that now eon fronts those countries swept from the
commerce of the seas by the superior naval power tf
Great Britain." Among Journals printed la German
we find Oermanla, a Milwaukee weekly, which pro
fesses to express "the attitude of Americans ef Ger
man descent," arguing that "If the American press
had hot been deceived" by cable reports inspired by
the British government, "the American people would
not have Indulged In such deplorable partisanship,"
and It urgea our return to "true neutrality" by refusing
to aupply any of the warring nations with weapons."
: - The embargo measure ie designed to. "make Ameri
can neutrality, less one-sided and less serloeaole to.
England" la an observation of the Cleveland Waehter
und Anselger, and In Ilk vela the Buffalo Votks
freund exhorts all German-Americana to protest to the
administration that it has strayed from the light road
In Its neutrality. According to the Bostonef Anseiger,
"further tolerance ef the present condition will m
no way add to the respect by other nations ot eur free
and neutral country, as we are proclaiming it to be,"
and this Journal adds that the time Is come to atop by
enactment of a law "the exportation ot war material
of whatever nature." In the view of the CWlfotnla
Demokrat the United State is "guilty of a national
hypocrisy" because It "preys for peace oa fluaday and
during the week is making a profit front the sale of
weapons whereby thl frightful slaughter may be pre
longed." In this connection may be notee the remark
ot the' Columbus Express and Westbote that our
boasted business morality la "In the eyes of alt
respectable jeaple a morality which come very near
being a crime against clvlllsaton."
: In pointed contrast to the foregoing Germen-
Aniercan view ia that of the St. Louis Arbelter
Soituttg (Socialist), which believes that only a "hypo
critical neutrality' seeks to prohibit the export of
arms and holds that If It Is proper to make and sell
machines for the destruction of humsn beings In times
ef peace,' then It should be equally proper to "make and
ceil them In times of war.
(Ooaolasioa Tomorrow.)
Twice Told Tales
' Semmer Correspow4eaeo.
This little story wss told by Congressman William
It Murray of Oklahoma the other evening, when the
conversation turned to the letters the old man writes
to absent wlfey m the good old. summer time.
Reoently two women were busily knIUIpg scarfs
and Uttngs tor. the soldiers, when one ot them casually
referred to ' a summer visit she had made la the
mountains. .
"That makes me tbink." was tbe smiling response
of the other. "What kind of letter does your bus
band writ you when you are away on your summer
tripe?"
'He always writes very affaotlonately," answered
ths first, pausing to see If she had dropped any
stitches. "He invariably begins with "My precious
treasure and ends by sending ana bis love."
"Very beautiful," was the smiling comment ef the
first. 'I suppose you answer in the same loving
velnf
"With a slight variation." reflectively replied the
first "I strt my letter with 'My preciou treaaur,'
and end by asking Mra to send m H" Philadelphia
Telegraph.
Fait Like One ef These.
"Tuther day." related old Dsd Bing. the Oklahoma
cattle baron, who la temporarily ia eur midst, "I was
rumbling along in a street tar when a batch ef rsunf
fellers got aboard. X Judged uey were college stu
dents, by their funny clothes and queer-eHaped heads
Tha ear was pretty run and they pushed and enorted
back and forth in the aisle, tramping on peopte'a feet
and committing similar frlvol'.tiea that-e-wey. . Blme-
by they all r'ared back and fetched looee a long yell.
Then the nearest on to me took a look, and not ad-
mlrin my far or something, says:
" "Welt my rural friend, don't you like It?"
- 'BUor. I like It, says I. 'I'm half-witted "ny.
self." "-Kaiun City Star.
Hlrtr. v
Wis New York vaudeville managers pay bug
salaries for the use of name that draw the crowd,
regardles ef the histrionic ability, or lack ef It of
the actors; and it la only natural that ball player ef
meteoric fare should prove luring bait ef this kind.
Some of then fancy their own acting; some do not.
Recently two young plumbers whoa work en - tbe
diamond has thriUed thousands of fan met afttr
theater hour In the lobby of the Hotel Astor.
. "Hello, DKk" aald one. A pause. Then: "I saw
your aft"
"I saw yeura Bill." countered the other. '
"Vhake." grinned ths first; aad they did Dveiy-
1'nlverslty Bipeasr Are Fblle j
LINCOLN. Feb. 1 To th UKnr nf !
The Bee: I wish to Write stating that
I appreciate the tone and spirit of the
editorial In Tbe Bee entitled, "Publicity
for School Appropriations."
am sending you under other cover
copy ef the biennial mmri
regents showing the expenditure for the
ix two year. a. AVERT.
Office of Chancellor.
Tfco Clarar Saleea.ee.
OMAHA. Feb. 7. TO the M(. e Tfc.
Bee: Before the Oman, aa ik
cently. H. B. Whltehons. local mn.
ager for the National Cash Register
company, spoke noon ernnnt ..i-.-,.--
shlp and incidentally saw fit to cfiarac
terixe cigar Clerks snd salesmen a "the
lasleet mortal en earth" and the liv
ing embodiment ef Inefficiency. '
Mr. Whltehotiee I a smart man and
no ia an efficient salesma fl If win 4
be a smart man to hold hie exalted po
sition ana get away with ucn talk, and
he must be an effinlnnt ! .
could not discourse upon the efncle.it
salesmen and diagnose business ilia
But he lacks discretion. He does not
ctnfln hi utterance to accusing
"few salesmen" or "some clerks." hui
use tbe sweeping assertion that cigar
salesmen In general are not worthy of
their hire..
It is hard to discern lust hnw Mr.
Whitehouse figures "on his famous black,
board." He is taking a slap at the
cigar and tobacco Industry when he
says the smoking of expensive cigars
Dreeos irernclency, yet bis firm cater
to .the retsJI cigar trade with a product
which their efficient salesmen lead u to
realise is Indlsoensahle. TK aiMrtin,,
that cigar clerks continually smoke ex
pensive cigars is Just as absurd as to
say th bank clerk Is wealthy because he
works In a bank. We Indirectly accuse
in cigar store proprietor of harboring
Incompetent help, not even having com
mon sense enough to know It until Mr.
Whitehouse shed his enlightenment
That he is wrong requires no answer.
A business that has progressed like the
reiau cigar trade, a business that has as
much competition as the retail ,ln, K.i.i-
ness and a business that caters to the best
oiusens, the blithest class of men, eould
never thrive with 'lav morula" a. ..tea
men. A set of salesmen that put in the
nonrs inat trie cigar man work and has
half as much efficiency for selling their
merchandise win be hard for Mr. White
bouse to find.
Tbe writer hardlv bellnvM Mr White
house Is In earnest More than IllcMv h.
was called upon to say . something and
wnue suiiering with a severe cans of
exaggerated ego be knocked the fimt
class of salesmen that came to his mind.
orj perhaps, he may have gotten his data
and Statistic from some arite-dlluvlan
record that were rioe for auotinc about
the time he was of age. -
It Is the onlnion of everv ctm man In
Omaha that an exnlanatlon should be
forthcoming. It is upon request of every
ooncrsDie cierx m the city that the writer
has submitted thl protest , and If not
from a moral standpoint Me. Whitehnua
owes an apology from a bustnes stand
point. - - U. HIUGINS.
Pealiry Ralaina; and Advertising.
OMAHA, Feb. 8 -To the Editor ot Th
Beet , Since I have been a. poultry breeder
for a dumber of years In Nebraska, Mr.
A gnw' letter in Saturday' Bee, express
ing a pasalmtstlo view of th poultry in
dustry, caught my attention.
.. Z have attended practically all the Im
portant, poultry show in Nebraska for
years, have (alked with hundred of Ne
braska and Iowa poultry men. have bad
correspondence with even mora, aad In
practically all cases I have found these
men enthusiastic and making money, ril
admit It require brains and lota of work
to make poultry pay, but it is paying big
whenever these two essentials are com
bined. I caa put my finger on doaena of peul
tryroen within five mile ot the Omaha
postofflc who have raised poultry tor
years and are making a snug sum from
it as a side line. When we remember
that tbe annual poultry crop would build
two Panama canals, we get some idea
ef the Immensity of the Industry. " Of
course. M per cent of thl $000,000,000 crop
1 produced on farm where the bulk of
th feed Is raised at home.
Z. also feel that this gentleman takes
a wrong view of advertising rates ia The
Twentieth Century Farmer. Upon in
vestigation I find that In proportion to
their circulation the rates era lower than
practically all other high grade farm
paper. The standard! bails of figuring
advertising rate ia farm papers is one
half cent per agate line (display space).
Per 1,000 subscribers, end 1 cent per
word (classified space), per 30.000 sub
scribers. The Twentieth Century Farm
Its circulation the rates are lower than
than they guarantee. It la a weekly pub
lication. So the fact ttuU a nam and
address eeatalntng six word cost bet
U&.e0 for a full year prove the reason,
abteaess ef these rates. If a pestsl card'
were used Instead ef a email ad the eoat
te reach Ite.eoe homes fifty-two tunes
would be ssrjso.
Th farm paper advertising will act
as a leva, picking out the persons in.
teres ted in tha advertiser' proposition, to
whom he caa send his more expensive
catalogue aad foUowu material.
Let's boost for more poultry! Let's
raise bird of better quality! Lets ad
vertise eur surplus bird so people will
know we have them!
RATMONT R. FOSTER.
Wte rrlma Doe.
PIJtfXVTCW, Nab.. Feb. 7--To the
Editor of The Bee: If a man looks care
folly through, your Letter Box he runs up
against queer idea. This time It Is C. II.
GllUlaa'a idee to make Omaha dry. Ha
point to the enormous advantage the
town of Waterloo, Ie., got oa account of
going dry and tries te encourage Omaha
poopl to try prohibition to make Omaha
tse second Chicago In a few year. tVe
cannot and do not want to contradict Mr.
GiUllan's statement, tor prohibition may
work different la Iowa than at Nebraska,
Ous Uttle town ef Plain view went dry for
several year, but after people found that
they bad t make ea the linens money
In the city and school treasury out of
their own pocket, also that part of Plaln
vtow'e trade went to neighboring towns,
aad that whisky was used by th fug
Instead of beer by the glass, thee Plahv
view people dropped the prohibition idea
aad voted tor Hoenee snd will do so until
th mate go dry.
Plalnvlaw has two saloon, but Mr. GOH
lan. ahould h ever visit us. will find a
drunken, crime, poverty, vagraney
and "publio expense" en that aooount.
We simply know bow to regulate things
and don't want to drink it all in one day.
I far prohibition would not work as
favorably te Omaha aa It did to Waterloo,
brcaux Omaha Is a Nebraska town. Rus
sia IA the only country on earth where
It is necessary to have prohibition en
forced, because the Ruslans are unable
to control their habits, which the whole
world knows. Shall the United States be
tlsmtrd with Russia? Prohibition Is agi
tated either by people unable to control
themselves or by other that never tasted
liquor snd pronounce It "poison," or by
hypocrite who do their drinking under
cover. ATi-rUMiBHiunwi.
Taxpayers Desaaae) Economy.
OMAHA, Feb. 7.-To the Editor of The
Bee: It I pleasing to read th opinion,
of Robert Cowell, who says there Is a
wave of uselesa expenditures going over
the country. The Idea ot hiring a man
and giving him 150,000 to make plans for a
million dollar park system and 10,000 men
out ef employment and many families
with Just enough to eat to hold body and
soul together! Better build a million dol
lar factory owned by the city, and glv
employment to the idle for there Is no
park so fbeaullful a a home, and a
prosperous family of children.
We have plenty of park for the -next
twenty-five years and have taken good
care of them. Carter lake Is a flno body
of water and the park surrounding it
Is a pleasure ground for old and 'young.
Head off this graft wave. Pay better
wages to the laborer and mechanlo and
a million dollars spent for factories wUl
make Omaha a better place to live In, and
not burden th people with useless taxes.
JOHN T. BEHM.
"Blow te Representative Gov't."
COUNCIL BLUFFS. Ia., Feb. 7.-To the
Editor of Th Be: The article of F. B.
Houseman to my mind ' demands an
answer. It is poor argument to cast
name, but the salient features of th
defunct Immigration bill can, I think, be
dlscuased fairly.
Th literacy teat ia not a test of
character; It is true, but it would assure
the government that aliens desiring our
franchise would be educated enough to
read and become cognisant of our laws
and Institutions. . . .
The bill passed the lower house of con
gress by a two-thirds majority. The
senate by a 80 to T vote. The democratic
vote for the bill was 18, against It 101. a
clear majority In the party of sixty-five
votes. Should any president have power
to veto any jneaaur when the vote of
our representative, which reflects the
sentiment of their constituents was over
whelming in favor ot its passage T
To my mind representative government
has been dealt a severe blow. Let ua en
courage an alien Immigration . that Is
assimilable and amenable to a country
with free Institutions, but let us strongly
bar the door to those who lower our
standards. The present bill has been fest
ana tnose responsible wui soon appear
before the American people for a verdict
of commendation or condemnation. So
mote it be. R. S. MOTH.
sirmJY GEMS.
Rankin Have you never been t Ni
agara Falls? .-.I,.
i'hyle-Yes: but T want to 80 . P'"
some dsy snd see the scenery. The first
timo I went I wss on my honeymoon.
Judge.
Mr. Wsjupp-Thls Is a great big lsnd
ot ours. . ' . ....
Mr. Blase-That's right end a fellon
doesn't realise it km he travels. Why.
you can af tually go to place In tnm
country, where you don't, owe anybody.
Puck. V
"See hero," said the manager of the
V.riuv111. hUML "Thl is bad Dill
you gave me yesterday for a seat.
"I sueea we're about even then, oe-
clared the culprit unabashed. "You gave
me a bad bill In exchange." Louisville
Courier-Journal ,
rWV..rT.siV .t that MirAI'lt Stuffed
up with his own Importance! ,, .
n i. i. Ak... .,.1, mi, T rl
ance than with sage and potatoes. Bal
timore American.
'What are your politics T"
It diDnis a. s-reat deal on who hap
pened to make the speech I read last,"
replied tne querulous person. i m p-i.
tins so that every time I read anybody's
speech I find something In it that makes
me feel like voting ror someDoay eise.
Washington Star.
" . T - n--t r .mi . . firnwr"
began the man with a political argument
on nis mina.
"Well, you needn't," replied Farmer
Corntossel. "I ain't no farmer. I've read
all the scientific literature about til 11 n'
h. .nil. .it' I'm two crona in debt fur
Improved machinery. I'm an expert sg-
rlculturlst." Washington iar.
Young Hibbard was exhibiting his pic
ture to a charming girl.
"This one," he said, handing her a pic
ture, "is my photograph, taken with two
French poodles, can you recognise me t
"Why. yes. certainly," she replied, look
ing at It intently. "Yoa are the one with
tho hat on." Youth's Companion.,
THE SECEET CHAMBEE. '
New York Sun.
A thing of gossamer, with dewdrop
crowned:
I never thought to touch her, to draw
near
And claim her mine,, my love. A alorv
round
About her shone serene, that bad me
fear
To dream too boldly, would not let me
hear
The murmur of my youth's Increasing
fire.
And thus she died, snd left the morning
drear.
As fading stars before the day retire.
A maiden, white, untroubled of the
world's desire. '
But I that am no longer young, have
known
The strength of manfaoodt and have felt
the sway
Of woman's love to full fruition grown,
The sweet companionship of day to
day
I keep my hidden ehrtne where, withered,
Uy
The faded flower of long ago entwined
In ahadows of th dream long dreamed
away
When life was young and waking love
was blind,
Th secret chamber where my boyhood
love t shrined.
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