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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 23, 1901)
THE 60URI5R. I '"ft " l t,. Ej. T5 Kg"' LJWt i?; to law, invites other forms of law breaking. Law is only a set of rules wlilch men agree to to govern their conduct. Law is a convention agreed to by society. Denial of its application and binding authority on one person destroys the whole fabric or agree ment. Lynching?, saloons run in de- observed at a very early age the rule of the recurrence of types, accidents and circumstances. .She had a mar.-elous memory and her knowledge was avail able on demand. Her ministers learned to appreciate the value of "her advlce-aud her-resourceful command of comparatively similar situations. fowls, and sneak thieves stole over coats, lap-robes and harnesses innum erable. July was the worst month of the year. A circus arrived and the station at iTwenty-seventh and V streets, to be manned exclusively by colored firemen, can not help but render his campaign ridiculous fiance of- the law and smashmgralds-Lurge.as,the.-salary;paid-her as queen, such as Mrs. Nation has been making, break the agreement. The highest type of men and women, the perfect product of civilization keep the law no matter what the provocation to break it. The adoption in Kansas, by women who possess the ballot, of the hatcbet as a means to bring about a reform Is a-confession of impotence that is not encouraging to the be lievers in the power of the ballot. The raids are an especially bad ex ample to the young who love the together with what seems to Ameri cans the foolish grants to the mem- were committed. Pick-pockets filled bcrs of the royal family, no student of the city. Losses were reported but government denies that the English no pick-pockets are reported arrested, people in the years of Queen Yic- August was a month of sneak toria's reign got the worth of their thievery and of eight burglaries, money, in wars prevented, in the September, October and November, extension of commerce, in the good the thieves in the city were evidently will maintained by Victoria with the not reenforced bv circus follower?, nations of the earth. Just, a few days Hen-roosts, entrys, ice chests and gro of war costs more than the price paid ceries furnished food and overcoats to for all of Victoria's services. Her the leisure class of the old residents warmest admirers believe that had of Lincoln whom the present admin- thieves who accompanied it were al- Bveryone-knows that the mayor lnw lowed to pursue their work undis- no power to establish a fire station turbed. InJ.ulyof 1890 thirty-three exceptjth rough the aid cf the council, complaints are recorded by the police and If such action on the part 6f the reporters in the daily-papers ot Lin--council could bV.secured.it would coin. Twenty successful, burglaries mean that some station which we now sounds of breaking glass, whose idea she possessed her former strength the of music is big drums and trumpets and marching, pounding feet. They like the drums because they suggest things going to smash, or big guns shooting cannon-balls into shins and forts and knocking them over. Imag ine the unbridled altogether unex pected rapture of the boys, who fol lowing Mrs. Nation, are allowed to smash large plate-glass windows: boys, whose meagre opportunities in window smashing, had been confined to breaking panes in untenented houses on the outskirts of the city. j Ethelbert Nevin, There is none to take his place though there have been and are great er composers. Modern times are not prolific of lyric writers. Of course there are mediocre coon song writers and balladists, but of poets and song writers there is now not one in Amer ica. Kevin's milieu was song writ ing though he had an ambition, which he was sure would be realized, to write operas and longer and more complicated themes than songs, which pleased the critics, the singers, maid ens and little children. Within a narrow range Nevin's genius was uni versal. His work was like those ex quisite small figurines green and gray with mould of Egypt and Greece. He had a great respect for his work and its perfection is a direct result of the care and reverence-of a genius. The music mat ue wrote ior Stevenson s verses Boer correspondence and negotiations would not have terminated so abrupt ly and that consciousness of the price her failing strength had caused her people, finally killed this dear, wise old lady. Professor Ross. The embarrassment caused the com mittee of the regents which appointed Professor Ross might have been avoided if the fusionist regents had not insisted upon the approval of the action of the committee at the last meeting of the regents. When the motion was discussed Regent Morrill informed the board that neither he nor Mr. Goold would vote for the motion and that it would be better to wait until absent fusionist mem bers were'present. Disregarding this advice the motion was offered and there being only regents Von Forell, Teeters, Morrill and Goold present, the motion was lost. Consequently Professor Ross is occupying an anom alous position, which will doubtless be corrected at the next regents' meeting. The Gty of Lincoln. Nothing in the current history of this city is more impressive than the rarity of hold-ups and burglaries. Only a few years ago, men returning to their homes late at night after an evening's application to the study of istration has driven out of town. The record of December is a very long one. It was cold and no man with an over coat dared to leave it in an unlocked hall how-so e'er defended. There were thirteen burglaries. Anyone who cares, can verify this list and add to it by consulting a file of any Lincoln daily. The papers do not now often contain reports of hold ups, robberies and complaints of pick pockets, because these men have been driven out of town. As soon as they arrive in Lincoln and before they begin their work Detective Malonp whose knowledgeof and acquaintance with criminals is exhaustive noses them out, they are arrested and Chief Hoagland talks with them. They in variably admit their business and he gives them the choice between u trial on their record and an opportu nity to leave town immediately. Not one lias yet cared to remain for trial. And this is the inhabitants of this town can go home safely at any hour of the night, can go to sleep in the calm serenity that they will find their treasures in the morning where they left them the night before. In these days or on these nights hens remain on the roosts their owners have built for them, horses remain in their stalls, and harnesses and lap robes are not molested. Sneak thieves, hobos, tramps of all kinds no longer infest the town, there are the same number of horses, hens, just as many watches and rings and many more for children illustrate his comprehen- a complicated law-suit or from cast- well-filled pocket-books. But among sionofthe limitations of those who ,ng UP teir accounts, or from any grafters Lincoln has a bad name. It were to simr his music, wlilp.h fnrrho one of the various forms of excessive, is "no good.'" The mayor and the Stevenson libretto never leave the tones and the mild swing of a child's voice. The Queen's Influence. ly hard labor which so many patient, chief of police are blind to the advan overworked citizens are obliged to tages of a treaty with the grafters perform at night, walked in the mid- wll are now living in town where the die of the street not because the side walks are too narrow but because they are too near dark alleys where mayor and his appointees are willing "to live and let live." Queen Victoria began correspond- hold-up men lurk in shadow. That ence with the sovereigns of Europe soon after her coronation. For twen ty years she received advice and she never outgrew a modest air of receiv ing more than she gave. But in the last forty-ihree years of her life kings of all the realms of Europe wrote her on questions which concerned their own and their people's welfare and Victoria only remotely. To most of them she was related. All of them yielded her a reverence her long ex perience and sound council had earned. With limited constitutional powers, her personal influence was unique and unmeasured. After about thirty years, things begin to happen over again but the average man or woman does not notice that he is on a wheel, that the wheel revolves and that he has seen and felt the same things before, until the age of forty five or fifty. Some ingenuous people never find out that there are only new things enough to last about twenty years. Victoria did not grow blast but she their precaution was very wise may be demonstrated by a superficial ex amination of the newspaper police court reports of 1896. In January of that year it was not safe to leave horses tied while the owner attended a church meeting for instance. One minister's horse was unharnessed and left standing near the buggy, sans, bridle, collar, back-band or blanket. The rest of the month was filled with porch c'imbing raids, tills were rob bed, and Hans Christianson who had just withdrawn all his savings from the bank lost $1,800. There were also constant hold-ups and street assaults. In February the sneak-thieves de voted a large share of their time to robbing hen-roosts and foot-pads Mr. O. V. Webster for Winnett. "I am for Winnett for renoraina tion, and the more 1 hear the argu ments used in the interest of Mr. Woodward, the more I am convinced that Mr. Winnett is the man for the place. I hear it repeatedly urged that Dr. Winnett should not be renomi nated because he failed to pardon Lou Vance, lately convicted in police court for assaulting II. B. Sawyer. It shows the weakness of Woodward's cam paign to have to resort to such argu ments. Every well informed man in Lincoln knows that the major has no power to pardon any one convicted under the statute of a misdemeanor, or to remit any fine or penalty under waited on dark corners for the absent- a statute at any stage of the proceed- mined, home-returning citizen. March ing. Vance was convicted under a was characterized by the cracksman, statute. The mayor has pardoning May was a month of burglaries. On the power in cases arising under the ordi 11th, T7tb, 18th, 25th, and 27th of the nances of the city, but no further, month burglaries were committed. All Mr. Woodward's arguments when In June thirteen houses were burglar- analyzed are found to be equally ized, four hen owners lost all their weak. His promise to establish a fire have would have to be abandoned, since the city is limited by statute to a five mill levy for fire protection, and it requires every cent available now to maintain the stations we have, and before any new stations are started the firemen now serving should have their meagre salaries raised. Mr. Woodward's 'campaign seems to be one of campaign promises, that if fulfilled would bankrupt the city. We now have a clean, business ad ministration conducted on busines principles and we should support it." O. W. Webster. "Marrying a man," observed the Phi losophical Girl, "is strangely like buying a piece of chinaware. It may have a break or a flaw in it that you cannot see when you buy it, but time reveals it. So time brings to light the hidden flaws in a man's character and shows just what of matrimonial bargain one has made. ' "But there is no need of buying a piece of china with a break in it," said the Disputatious Girl. " Yes," sigeed the other, "but in the case of marrying, you know, it is alwajs the man who does the ringing." Chi cago Tribune. More Like It. Briggs I see that Russell Sage ssjs every body should save twenty five cents of every dollar earned . Miggs I wonder if he has followed that rule? Briggs No; 1 think he saved a dollar out of every cents. Town Topics. must have twenty-five Mrs. Chugwater Joeiah, I've been reading about this ship subsidy busi ness. What does "subsidy" mean? Mr. Chugwater I should think you could tell from the word itself. Sub. under; soda, a drink. Under the drink. It means these new-style boats that are built to sail below the surface of the water. Chicago Tribune. Younghusband Merciful heavens, woman! What do you - want with all that soap? Mrs. Younghusband I don't want the soap at all. I bought it for the wrappers, so that I could get one of the lovely prizes. Town Topics. Miss Sinnick What do you think of Miss Heigh? MiBB Verigood Ob, I don't know; I think she lacks repose. Miss Sinnick Impossible, my dear; she lives in Philadelphia. Town Topics. "How was the dinner last night?" "Fine, old man, the beet I drank." Town Topics. ever "I don't see how he can live as he does and sing." "I don't see how he does and live.' can sijg bb he One touch ot nature world blush. makes the whole A 4 L (