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The Kev. Dr. Ilalnaford, rector of St.
GeorRe's Protectant Episcopal church.
U a famous man. He Is the Inventor of
the Kalnaford saloon and the heralc' of
the Bradley Jlartlns. The other even
ing he delivered an address before the
Good Government club, and amanc oth
er things he said:
"Roosevelt has literally had a hell of
a time since he entered the police de
partment." "The curse of America Is the lobbyist,
and he exists today because the Ameri
can people like him."
"The average politician Is said to be
a man of a low moral nature, but the
truth Is the average politician has no
morals at all."
"Men like Piatt and Hill are not of
fended at anything you say about them,
because It Is no surprise to them to
have their moral nature offended, and
this simply because they have no moral
nature."
"One of the chief reasons why Ameri
cans make so many mistakes 13 that
they have an Idiotic fashion of believing
everything they see in the newspapers."
Dr. Itainford added, by way of Illus
tration of the attitude of good people
to Mr. Itoosevelt. an anecdote of a rich
young man who became poor and took
to selling pies. One to whom he offer
ed a pie expressed sympathy. Said the
poor young man:
" 'Damn your sympathy: buy a pie.' "
A correspondent, referring to the sit
uation In Lincoln and Nebraska, writes:
"A Chinese circus Is a Puritanic Sab
bath compared with the time we are
hav.ng here at present. Ex-state offi
cers under arrest, the old machine fcus
pected, the 'pops recount, etc., all cou
pled with the mighty howl of the anar
chistic element In both houses, make
life worth living. There may be noth
ing left but John Currie and his Ten
nessee slab when we get through, but
we are having a great time now."
So It seems that out of W. J. Bryan's
action In seeking to re-train the issu
ance of $534,000 of gold bonds by the
city of Lincoln has come a widely pub
lished report that the supreme court
has decided against the validity of
$500,000 worth of Outstanding bonds of
the city of Lincoln. Mr. Bryan was
guiltless of any intention to do injury
to his city or state, and it is but fair to
hold him responsible for their report
against Nebraska's good name. But
the thought is suggested that the popu
list exploitations that have been at
tempted In Nebraska, whatever has
been the real purpose back of them,
have not done the state any good. They
usually lead to the same result. Very
often the desire for notoriety is the
prompting impulse. That desire is of
ten dangerous.
In New Tork a Lexow and Raines
legislature has given momentum to the
movement in favor of having the legis
lature meet only once In ten years.
Such a proposition would undoubtedly
be supported by a good many people
In Nebraska. I cannot see any objec
tion to the application of this idea to
Nebraska, except that that would do
away with Mr. J. W. Johnson's biennial
series of legislative letters, and they
have become a feature that would be
sincerely missed. Mr. Johnson is the
William A. White of Nebraska. He
has" the same virile way of treating
local affairs, and It can be said that
no political writer In his state has at
tracted greater attention than he. Mr.
Johnson would not recognize fear if he
should see It.
The people of New York would be
glad to see Governor Holcomb and his
beautiful staff In the Grant memorial
day procession. They would get a
YCarm reception. The governor's famj
has spread all over the .country. He Is
known here and he would be greeted
warmly as a populist who "done the
1est he could." like poor Jim Bludso
9ndj the beauty of the staff would
make an instant Impression. New
Yorkers always know a good thing
when they see It.
The recent bold stand taken by
young Mr. Bailey, of Texas, has brought
that gentleman into vast prominence.
It mar be that the Texan's refusal to
to wear evening cloths may bring him
tho populist nomination for presideut in
1890. A New York poet warns Mr.
Bryan:
You have got to hurtle, William;
You have got to show that you
Are the only hope and promise
Of the many and the few,
Or the Lone Star Kid will bust you,
And hell do it p. d. q J
The other day somebody in the office
of the New York World called up the
Rev. Dr. Newman Smyth, pastor of the
Center church, New Haven, over the
telephone and asked him for a fifty word
interview on "Hell" for the Sunday
paper. The doctor's reply was not
printed. It was this: "Hell is the
placa where the Sunday edition of the
World should be published and cir
culatd. '
The Hon. William P. Cody or North
Platto. Nebraska, is in New York, but
bo is not at the Hoffman Houss his
usual rendezvous. The Colonel is busy
these dajs. He is devoted to his art,
for art's sake and also for money to
spend in the Hoffman House and other
places. He is just now getting his art
exhibition together and he goes out into
tho suburbs early every morning to
superintend the rehearsals. The stage
coach, the horses, the Indians acd
other actors have, it is said developed a
state of high proficiency. His aim is to
provide an entertainment that is as in
structive as Richard Mansfield's famous
art exhibition.
Rudyard Kipling has been engaged as
the war correspoupent of the London
Times at a salary of $5,000 a month.
New York journalists who have been
content with the services of those kin
dred stars, John L. Sullivan, James J.
Corbett, Robert Fitzsimmnns and John
J. Ingalls are left in the rear by this
stroke of enterprise on the part of a
newspaper that, we are told every once
in a while, is dead. Kipling will have
value as a war correspondent. He
started out as a reporter, and it ia in
lersting to note that as a reward of bis
success in literature, he has taken back
int) journalism. It he can adjust his
literary style to the requirements of a
hustling war correspondent's position,
his dispatches will be worth reading.
They ought to be worth even the big
price paid by the Times.
W. MORTON SMITH.
New York. April 8. 1897.
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