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THE COURIER.
position demands a man of intteltf- ally support indications of a healtiiy
geace, uprightness and rare insighit, moral sentiment attempting to over
but the huge records of police court throw the gang which battens on
corruption and injustice indicate that bribery and corruption. The fight is
not many have answered the call. li one which must be fought over and
happens that such a mam- is presiding over again. W kh the newspapers on
in our own police court. Be hits begun the side of the system which has been
io struggle against the system wftket fashioned into a tool by the potiti
has condemned the wards of society clans there is less to hope in Lincoln
to a policemen's mercy and so Jar from the efforts of the few righteous
without appreciatton. Every Honest office holders that are trying to per
BMn and woman in this city, without form their duties according to the
regard to politics, ought to be inter- statutes and in response to the trust
ested in and encouraged by Judge expressed in their election by the mi-
Oomstock's efforts to disregard tradi
tion in an institution overgrown wMi
its weeds. The sincerity and persist
ence fas characterize his work in
spite of the opposkioa of the daily
newspapers are admirable and The
Courier believes that he wBd make a
sew standard and new precedenttc for
his court.
We weep over the sufferings of Jean
Valjean and rail at French trials and
we flatter ourselves that we are tej
der hearted and would lend a hand to
right e car of justice if It were over
turned on our road. But when a really
great reform is begun before our eyes
we allow ourselves to be mislead by
newspapers who ceil such efforts
"namlby-pamibyism," "Sunday sojooI
foolishness," etc
Roosevelt's inresUcatkni of
jj-
York policemen, recent discoveries of
the collusion of the Chicago police with
the gamblers, as well as the poKce his
tory of cor own town; are convincing
proofs that policemen are not eligible
judges, and are frequently poor wit
nesses. Doubtless there are many
trustworthy policemen bet no man
can for years beat drunken- men and
vagrants with a dub, however neces
sary ft may be, without Twins' brutal
feed and unfitted to pass judgment
on his fellowmen. They are necessary
evils at preset, but they are cruCe
makeshifts and their petty tyranny
is responsible for many a violent and
fataO mrtfeuTst. For mercr's sake let
us support tfhe judge who is trying t
teach (ban that the law, which has
made "their burly and aggressive per-
sows sacred, also protects the meanest
and most unfortunate man or woman
they choose to "run in."
The News affects to lielieve that
Judge Comstock's innovation of apply-
ing the law to those who are brought
before Km is dangerous to society,
Now if society cannot be protected
against comparatively few paupers
and Baiseedkwieous tramps and vaga-
bonds without breaking the law made
for them and us, why should not "one
of the least of these" break it in re
torn and in despite, as soon as he is
released? The "society" referred tt
is stronger by overpowering numbers,
in the possession of wealth and posi-
tn by being well fed and well
clothed, and above aU by being well
bom. It is an unnecessary cowardice
to withhold the protection of the law
from these shivering, hungry intern-
perate cases whom the Pharisees and
scribes are urging Judge Comstock to
sentence regardless of law or guilt.
Naaabypambyism spread in Chicago
till there were enough theorists who
resolved to find out the rela
exwtisg between the gamblers
Bd the police and their chief to scare
the gaardians of society. Mr. Hill
rMs!fPOiHtedi,by gFCnP fazen
to Sf" wy the gambJers were
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of the
gamblers. Then Mr. Hill's
house was
up ana tne police
v !i .rTrT. 3? T
3fcH.ll fired that bomb himself. The
gi jary has just , flashed exam.n-
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Jers and have handed in a verdict se-
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chief.
In Chicago the papers gener-
jority of the people.
The Cosmopolitan offers two hun
dred dollars for the best essay on tae
economic arrangement and construc
tion of subways for carrying the sew
ers, water, gas, et cetera, of the great
cities. Probably no greater waste cf
millions is going on at the present
time than that involved in tearing up
city streets, first for the construction
of water mains, then for gas, then for
sewers, than for increase in mains
and changes in sewers, again for con
necting with private houses, an con
stantly for repairs. Underground
tunnels full of mains and pipes like
those with which Paris and London
are veined, seems the only solution
of the problem. The exposed plumb
ing of the houses should give a hint
to builders of cities. The under
ground acqueducts, pipes and con
duits which are constantly springing
leaks should be accessible without the
necessity of tearing up a paving
which costs so much to lay and cannot
or is not put back as good as new by
the plumbers or gang of street work
ers hired by the city for such work.
It is as well perhaps, considering' the
mdltkm and size of the wafer mains
on street, that the paving has been
delayed. Many have observed that
MW paving seems to spring leaks in
l the pipes. At any rate, no sooner
t laid than men attack it with
P'ckaxe and spade. They dig down ro
the pipes and when they fill up the
hole the work is carelessly done, and
just so much of the two dollar a yard
paving as they have token up is
spoiled. The people pay for it by. a
steadily increasing taxation. Some-
way of reducing the taxes and still
maintaining the beauty and health-
fulness of cities there must be. The
prize offered by the Cosmopolitan may
result in a plan which will save cities
the waste of millions. The pipes can
not, of course, be exposed like inside
plumbing on account of the danger
from freezing, but a series of man-
holes giving access to a chamber in
which the pipes are laid and roofed
by dirt deep enough to protect the
pipes from freezing seems possible.
The gas, sewer and water pipe repair
men are an unmitigated nuisance and
where the franchise of the shreets has
been given away, as it has in Lincoln,
to a company which provides expen-
sive gas, the actual sum they cost the
city and inconvenience it suffers every
year is not easily commputed.
The launching of the battleship 111-
inois on Tuesday adds another ship
to our sea force. Ship builders are
hard at work on others. It has been
proposed to name the next ship that
; launched the Helen Gould in rec-
ognition of Miss Gould's generous
gifts and personal service in this war.
JHs Gould is a singularly modes;
JOUMf laOV ana ll ner Wishes Were
consulted would nrobablv decline ku
public an honor. The svstem of nnn-
rDff tCr the Sereral 8tates
Gf the Union is one which should be
persisted in until every state is god-
n,0theP KMp- Tbis System
tends to incrpau tht ntonrc f ,
,.!? I . .!ntercst of
guumouier siaies in tne navy and
makes naval appropriations come eas-
HARDY Mil GO., I
w 1224 O St., Lincoln, Neb. f
rm This fall we are showing; a very strong- line jF
j of medium furniture, carpets, curtains and v
pL draperies. Here are two of our leaders in din- jIL
ing room furniture.
rm Solid oak dining table, Solid oak dining gL
Solid oak dining table,
top 42 inch square, very
heavy and will last a life
time. Six foot length,
$6.50;eight foot length $8.
FBEIGHT PAID ONE
ier from congress. Considering the
gallant contingent from Nebraska in
the Spanish war our corn an sun-
flowers and Indian name might ap-
proprfately deck the prow and side
of the next battleship that slides off
the warfs into the ocean with the
baptismal drops glistening on her
bow.
Every district, according to our
principal of representation's entitled
to a representative. The Platte has
been the dividing line in
state politics and it is cus-
tomary to select men to the
various representative offices, with salary at 57000 a month with palace
some regaid to an equal division. rent 1 and horses, coaches and
Cities are divided into wards and equipments as well as servants, fur
ports of a ward. Two representatives washed by the government, is intended
from one ward, according to this uu
written law, should not be neighbors,
Mr. Stein happens to be a neighbor of
Mr. Webster's and this may account,
in part, for his rejection by the coun-
cil. It has been charged that the
mayor only presented Mr. Stein's
name to the council after an assur-
ance from a majority of the members
that they would vote against confir-
mation. Such an arrangement pre-
supposes amicable relations between
Ui msvnr amrt M nminnii -wTiioli m
impeachment proceedings have, to all
appearances, interrupted. Again it is
said that Mr. Thompson objected to
Mr. Stein's confirmation and the conn-
cil meekly took the hint. The rejec-
- tirm nt Wi- llumnii'i nrnmntao- mn.
t.r - t ni. -nmo nwi inM..oiiv
ni iiki . ., v.w:i.nn
md couJ". indicates that his con-
trol of that body is Sable to interrup-
tions. The personelle of the
unc11 ly eame as
v .t. A
en the pumping contract
was under considAmiinn mH ihr
is no evidence that Mr. Thompson's
Solid oak dining
chair, cane seat, brace
A verv srood
thing. We sell six of
them for $5.
HUNDRED MILES.
approval or disapproval of Mr. Stein
had anything to do with the vote
against his confirmation on Monday
night. The candidate is a man-with
opinions and a strong will and like
everybody else possessing these char-
acteristics he has made quiet enemies
who only wait for an opportunity to
get even with a fair degree of per-
sonal safety.
Mrs. Curzon,(born Letter) Vicereine
India must support royal state in
the palaces furnished the viceroy by
the British government. Orientals
1 magnificence and Mr. Cutzot's
to be a sign of England's power to a
subject people. The viceroy is ex
pected to spend the surplus in the
business. The American girl must
feel queer with a crown upon her
head holding court and receiving de
butantes and distinguished foreign
ers in Queen ictoria's piace. When
her guilded coach rolls along the nar-
row Greets and the brown faces tur-
baned and burnoosed stop to look at
the princess in her coach, she must
think of little Cinderella and the ef-
st ot a fairy godmother's wand.
'
The meeting of the state federation
of women's clubs which occurs rert
week at Omaha will be very short.
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will be a full attendance, as many
club women have put off attending
the exposition until this occasion.
Mrs. Stouten borough and the board
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have arranged an exceptionally attrac-
tin nmirram. Thr stimiilniinn nr 4h.
meetings is not to be lightly tlisre-