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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TTUJKSD AT, FEBRUARY 4. 1903.
Tins Omaha Daily Bee.
FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROSEWATER
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Jtste of Nebraska, Douglas County, aa.:
George B. Tsachuck. treaaurer of The
Bee Puhltahlng company, being duly
worn, aaya that the actual number of
full and complete copies of The Dally,
Morning. Evening; and Sunday Bee printed
lurln the menth of January, 109, waa aa
follows.
1 .."..88.600 IT 38,100
2 38,830 IS WW
I 38,900 1 88380
4........-, aa,iao :o ae.oso
5 38,010 21 39,180
7,M , 22 31,030
7 X8.400 21 38,880
S 38,300 24 37,800
38,400 26 39,010
10 88,900 21 190
11 88,310 27 3940
12 ,... 38,370 ' 28 38,990
13... 38,890 29 39,030
II 38,870 SO 38,800
II 38,690 81 37,700
10 38,830
Total 1,198,130
Leas unsold and returned copies. 10,418
Nat total 1,180,714
Dally average ; 34,344
OEOROB B. TZ8CHUCK.
' Treasurer.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me this 2d day of February, 1909.
(Seal) M. P. WALKER,
Notary Public,
when out or TOWJT.,
Sabsertbers leaving the city tem
porarily akenla hare The Bee
ailed te thesn. Address will be
haae aa eftea mn reaested.
"Remember th Maine" atlll . ilea
In Havana harbor.
Turkey is atlll trying to get the
bulge on Bulgaria.
Tbe senatorial stable in Illinois ap
pears to be full of dark horses.
Milwaukee Is 63. rears old, but baa
been acting like sixty for a good many
year.
The present congress cannot waste
much more time, as K nag little time
to waste.
Uncle Sam and Cuba have been di
vorced and Cuba hag been allowed to
resume her maiden name.
Lillian Russell announces that she
-ill not appear in vaudeville any more,
matrimonial or otberwlae.
A snake storm is reported from San
Franclaco. Tbe temperance advocates
do overlook a bet occasionally.
Captain Seall of the Republic is a
hero, all right. "I cannot make a
speech and will not try," says he.
Tbe Chicago scools are going to
teach simplified riting, which Is go
ing stll ahed of simplified spellng.
Speaking of salaries that need to be
Increased, Jack Binns, the wireless
operator of the Republic, draws but
$12 per week.
Of course, it is "unprofessional" for
Artist Leavitt to make public personal
letters written to him by his distin
guished father-in-law.
The Michigan wool dealers have pe
titioned congress to pass a "pure
clothing" law. We're for it, If it puta
a ban on the green hat.
' Congressman Willett's attack on
the president waa his maiden speech,
and aome rude newspapers are refer
ring to It as hie "inaugural bawl."
The Venetuelsns muat not be feel
ing well tbla winter. They have pulled
off but two very ordinary revolutions
since President Gomez was Inaugu
rated. TJp to date the Commoner has not
explained bow Colonel Guffey came to
be chosen "unanimously" as demo
cratic national committeeman In Penn
sylvania. The Lincoln centenary celebration
has already begun over in Chicago,
but Omaha will make up In the qual
ity of its celebration what it may lack
In quantity.
The Washington base ball team
wants to change Its name, having
grown tired or "The Senators" and
"The Nationals." All tight, how will
'The 'Possums" do?
On March 4 the country will have
soma word from Mr. Taft about condi
tions at Panama and the country will
accept It in preference to the mouth
In ga of Ralney and Blgelow.
Those Douglas county legislators
did not talk up so "essay" to Mayor
Jim while they were running for elec
tion aa they do now after they have
vottea ob the payroll at Lincoln.
Jupiter's eighth moon has been pho
tographed. Jupiter ahould feel re
lieved to know that its eight moons
are real and not the kind one aeea
when he baa been out late at night.
AO CHASOt IX THE SHKRMAX LAW.
In a report indefinitely postponing
the bill amending the Sherman anti
trust law, the Judiciary committee of
the senate flatly rejects President
Roosevelt a plan for the control of
truats, a plan that was concurred in
by the National Civic Federation and
embodied in the bill offered toy Sena
tor Warner of Missouri. The Sher
man law places all corporations, as
well as individuals, in the aame cate
gory, ao far as it prohibits combina
tions in restraint of trade. The Warner
bill separates these classes into those
engaged in interstate commerce and
those not subject to such laws. It
provides for a system of registration
and allows the railroads to form cer
tain combinations, subject to the ap
proval of the Interatate Commerce
commission, which la given authority
to decide whether the combination is
In restraint of trade and, if so, to for
bid it. On this point the committee
report says:
The difference between the two classes
of corporations Is this that in the case
of common carriers, the Interstate Com
merce commission is given the power of
determining the question of reasonable
ness or unreasonableness in the first In
stance, while aa to the other corporations
this power Is conferred on the commis
sioner of corporations. In the one case
the power of giving a quasi, or qualified.
Immunity, from criminal and civil prose-1
cution is conferred on the commissioner
of corporatlona, and In the other case on
the Interstate Commerce commission. In
both cases the power of determining,
without notlee or hearing, whether a con
tract or combination In general restraint
of trade is reasonable or not, a power
which, as we have herein shown the
courts deny to themselves, Is conferred
on the mere head of a bureau In one case
and on a apeclal body In another case,
and by thus making civil and criminal
prosecution hinge on the question of rea
sonableness or vfureasonableness It de
stroys, as we shall hereafter show, the
provisions of the act as to criminal pros
ecutions, and renders them nugatory, and
opens the door wide to doubt and uncer
tainty as to civil prosecutions. '
The result Is that, technically as to
criminal prosecutions and practically as
to civil prosecutions, a dispensing power,
a power of granting Immunity, is. In the
one case, conferred on a mere bureau
head, and In the other caae on an ad
ministrative body, and In both cases with
out notice or hearing and wholly ex parte
a course of procedure that would not be
tolerated In any court of our country.
Bhall we confer a power upon the mere
head of a bureau that the Parliament of
England were unwilling to accord to tha
king, and which they regarded as a men
ace to their liberties?. To do so would
be a most serious departure from the
fundamental principles of our government,
and would do violence to what we con
ceive to be due process of law.
This part of the report is but a
repetitlon'of the argument persistently
made against the plan proposed by the
president. It has been contended that
the enactment of the proposed law
would place all interstate commerce at
the mercy of the Judgment of an ad
ministrative official, making, it is con
tended, a government of personal
power and discretion rather than a
government of principle and law.
While this point may be open to
argument, the second feature of the
report is nothing short of ridiculous.
This, in brief, declares that the Sher
man law needs no amendment, nut is
a model. Speaking of the proposal to
make the anti-trust law apply only to
"unreasonable" combinations and re
straints of trade, instead of to all such
combinations, as the law now stands,
the committee says:
To amend the anti-trust act. as sug
gested by this bill, would be to entirely
emasculate It. and for all practical pur
poses render it nugatory aa a remedial
atatute. Criminal prosecutions would not
lie and civil remedies would labor under
the greatest doubt and uncertainty. The
act as it exlata is clear, comprehenalve,
certain and highly remedial. It prac
tical covers the field of federal Juris,
diction, and in every reaped a model
law. To deatroy or undermine It at the
present Juncture, when combinations are
on the Increaae, and appear to be as ob
livious aa ever of the rights of the pub
lic, would be a calamity.
This amounts practically to an ex
pression of opinion by the senate com
mittee that there is no need of im
provement of a law, the defects of
which have been plainly pointed out
by the supreme court of the United
States. The report of the committee,
which ends all prospect of any anti
trust legislation at this session, serves
to emphasise the fact that the rail
roads and the big industrial combina
tions have not yielded their fight
against the Roosevelt policies.
THE QUESTION OF REVENUES.
President Roosevelt has been in
conference recently with Secretary
Cortelyou and the heads of the appro
priations committees of congress on
the conditions of the treaaury and the
problem of how to increaae the reve
nues of the government to meet de
mands certain to be made upon it
within the next year. The record
shows that unless some Improvement
shows up in, treasury conditions the
government may have to resort to
loans to meet current expenditures.
The immediate cause for apprehen
sion is the steady decrease In the gold
held in the federal treasury. This
total is now but $44,090,000 or $37,
000,000 less than at the beginning of
the year. Of this amount about $17,
000.000, the supply of free gold, is
being depleted chiefly by bank note
redemptions that call for payment of
redeemed notes to the remitting
banks, which payment was made in
expectation of the prompt reimburse
ment by these banks of the redemp
tion fund. The delay in this reim
bursement process is due to the con
gested condition of the bank note re
demption division of the Treasury de
partment, owing to the redundant cir
culation Issued during the panic. Con
gress has thus far refused to increaae
the working forcee of the department
sufficient to dispose of tbla accumula
tion of buslnesa.
The recovery of the free gold sup
ply of the treasury will, however, fur
nish no permanent relief other than
to save the eeeretary from making, an
other call upon national hanks to re
turn their holdings of government
funds in order to keep Ihe working
balance of the treasury et its normal
atate. The disbursements of the gov
ernment are still far In excess of the
revenues and some provision muat
soon bo made to provide additional
revenuer. The appropriations that
must be made by the present congress
will rail for outlays which promise to
absorb all the surplus funds of the
treasury, about $163,000,000, by the
end of the fiscal year In June, 1910.
The only way to defer the overlap Is a
rapid recovery In customs and revenue
receipts or some provision out of
new sources of revenue. The deficit
for the current year is already $79,
000,000 and promises to be more than
the $115,000,000 predicted by Secre
tary Cortelyou as the probable deficit
for the year ending June 30, 1909.
However pressing the conditions
may be, it is recognized that it is an
embarrassing proposition for any ad
ministration to have to borrow for
current expenses in times of peace
and the party leaders are beginning
to realize the Importance of seeking
some real solution of the fiscal prob
lems pressing on the treasury.
AS EMPHATIC ANSWER.
m
The lurid efforts of Congressman
Rainey of Illinois to Implicate Mr.
Taft, through his brother, Charles P.
Taft, in negotiationa connected with
the Panama canal purchase, have met
a prompt denial from Mr. Charles P.
Taft, which fair-minded persons will
accept as conclusive. In the course
of a brief but pointed letter on the
Subject, Mr. Taft declares that he has:
Never had any business association of
ny kind, past, present or prospective.
with William Nelson Cromwell, or with
anyone else, past, preseat or prospective,
on the Isthmus of Panama.
The entire and evident purpose of
Mr. Ralney's speech In congress waa
to attempt to fix in the president
elect's brother some connection with
a grant and railroad concession in
Panama and, by implication, to con
nect W. H. Taft, then secretary of
war, with the concession. Acceptance
of Ralney's charge could not but con
nect President-elect Taft with the
deal, as it would have been impossi
ble for it to have been negotiated
without his knowledge and official
consent.
Charles P. Taft's denial has been
accepted fully by Mr. Rainey, who de
clares that he does not "desire to con
trovert In any way the statement of
Mr. Taft," but he takes occasion to
renew and add to his charges against
Mr. Cromwell. He cites no records or
evidence in support of any of his
charges and forces the suspicion that
his arraignment of Mr. Cromwell has
no better foundation in fact than his
assault upon Mr. Taft, which he now
admits was based on purely hearsay.
MUNICIPAL REFORM.
The reform of municipal govern
ment is not a local problem, but, on
the contrary, is one that almost con
stantly confronts all our American
cities. Just now the Massachusetts
legislature is grappling with a pro
gram for municipal reform for the
city of Boston, which synopsited em
braces these principal features:
1. A simplified ballot, with aa few
namea thereon as possible.
2. The abolition of party nominations.
3. A city council consisting of a single
body elected at large.
4. The concentration of executive power
and responsibility In the mayor.
6. The adminiatration of the depart
ments by trained experts, or persona with
apeclal qualifications for the office.
f. Full publicity secured through a per
manent finance commission.
Contrast this with the program of
legislative charter tinkering for
Omaha. Instead of a simplified bal
lot with as few names thereon as pos
sible, the effort is to make more and
more offices elective to the utter con
fusion of voters who cannot possibly
choose intelligently for so many places.
Instead of the abolition of party
nominations to insure nonpartisan
ship, the move is In the other direc
tion, as witness the elimination of the
bi-partisan features of the present po
lice board.
Instead of concentrating executive
power and responsibility in the mayor,
Omaha is threatened with a still
further scattering of power among ir
responsible subordinates and boards.
Inatead of the administration of the
departments by trained experts there
Is nothing o prevent the political
pull from being the factor most potent.
The promoters of the reform of mu
nicipal government in Boston are men
who have made a study of city govern
ment, while Omaha's charter tinkerers
are. with but one or two exceptions,
men whose horizon does not pass ward
politics.
'TWAS NOT ALWAYS THUS.'
Thejirotest of Mr. Bryan and the
echo in the local democratic organ
against qualifying the University of
Nebraska to participate in the super
annuation pensions for its professors
under the Carnegie Foundation ahould
not be taken too seriously, because
'twas not always thus. There was a
time not long ago when the World
Herald waa valiantly championing tbe
claim of Mr. Bryan that he stood bo
close to the great steel magnate as to
be entitled to tbe chief credit of pro
curing from him the donation with
which to erect a new building for the
Lincoln city library. The whole story
is told in this extract from a dispatch
to the World-Herald under date of De
cember 37. 1899:
A telegram received by the Lincoln
Joumaa last, night from W. J. Bryan at
Auatln. Tea., conflrma the news published
In the World-Herald some days ago that
Mr. Bryaa bad been Instrumental In se
curing from Andrew Carnegie the gift of
I7i too for the city cf Lincoln, to be used
In thj erection of a modern public library
building The telrgrsm follows:
AtTIN. Tex . Pro. IS. To the Journal:
Mrs. Bryan has hern corrrnpnnitlng with
H'.n. Andrew earned In regard to a pub-II"-
111 rsry bunding for l.lm oln. Slie has
jum rerelved a letter from him, dated Lv-i-embri-
20. savins: "If the-library has a
gom Start Hlren.lv and la maintalnnri hv
puhlli- tax. I would be glad to give the
in. .,! 10 nuna a nrcproor llhrarv. would
lf.ci.nnn he sufficient T I think probably
$7o.ftno would he needed. Would you
Mndlv confer Kith 1Iiim nhn lib. tl,
deepest Intercut In the llbrarv and let me
know - Mrs. Bryan has written to Mr.
Carnegie In favor of the larger building
"in win man Mr. I'arnerlo's letter to Mr.
Gere, president of the Llhrarv association.
W. J. BRYAN.
Of course, it is all right, to solicit
Mr. Carnegie's money for a library
building, but all wrong to permit re
tired university professors to take It
as a pension allotment.
The wires must have, gotten crossed
somewhere. Here comes the local
democratic organ protesting against
the transfer of the juvenile court pa
tronage from tbe Judges of the dis
trict court to the county commission
ers just at the same moment that a bill
is pushed through the bouse to re
store the election of county commis
sioners by commissioner districts for
tbe purpose of increasing the chances
of democratic control of the county
board. This judicial district, aa now
constituted, is brutally republican,
while several of the commissioner dis
tricts are normally democratic. As
said at the outset, there must be a
mistake somewhere.
Although it is still trying to evade
a direct answer, the World-Herald
practically declares that it ia not "for
the good of Omaha" to build a uni
versity here with any money that ever
belonged to Rockefeller or Carnegie.
Of course, if Omaha .does not want
their money for such a public purpose,
neither Rockefeller nor Carnegie is
likely to thrust it upon us.
Instead of making the city treasurer
of South Omaha a deputy of the
county treasurer, the legislature
should make the county treasurer ex-
officio city treasurer for South Omaha.
To impose on a public officer a deputy
chosen for him without his knowledge
or consent is reversing the usual prac
tice. President Connors of the Oklahoma
State Prison board reports that there
have been thirty-seven murders in one
county of that state in the last year and
that all of the jails are full of crim
inals. Connors is due to be arrested
for "a conspiracy to defame" Governor
Haskell's reputation.
Congress has just discovered that
the country 'has a lot of navy yards
which battleships cannot reach owing
to lack of water depth. Still, "Pork
Bar'l" appropriation bills are nice
things for congressmen to have.
The appropriation for aerial naviga
tion experiment by the army signal
corps at the two stations . of Fort
Myer and Fort;Omaha have been re
duced from the original figures.
Clipped its wlngg, go to speak.
Cuba has agreed to pay Spain $300,
000 for war materials left in Cuba by
Spain at the time of tbe 8panish evac
uation. The United States might have
saved Cuba that money by claiming
the material as spoils of war.
Some traveling men object to hav
ing jokes cracked over the nine-foot
bed sheet bill. If they are not care
ful the traveling men will lose their
reputation for possessing the sense of
humor on all occasions.
A Chicago professor says that all
children are liars. A learned author
ity declares that "all men are chil
dren," and the psalmist is on record
as stating that "all men are liars."
That squares the circle.
Chief Wilkle wants more money for
the secret service department. He
will get it if he can create the impres
sion that every congressman who
votes against It has been, or should be,
shadowed. "
Vanity Takea a Fall.
Chicago News.
President Roosevelt's cheerful effort to
teach the senate etiquette must pain that
august body, which has always prided It
self on Its perfectly elegant manners.
Devotion to the Pablle Service. '
New York Sun.
If Mr. Taft were merely a selfish and
ambitious man he would not have Incurred
the risks of a journey to the Panama
Canal anrys on the eve of his Inauguration
aa president. His present undertaking
aurely proves his devotion to tt public
service. But was there ever any doubt
of It?
Lincoln and Hla Whisker.
Springfield Republican.
The head of Lincoln on one of our silver
coins in common uae, probably the half
dollar, would doubtleaa be welcomed tjy
the people. Bat the question arises, should
the head be dealgned with or without
whiskers? In Lincoln's case, the whiskers
were never worn until the last three years
of his life.
Masters Occasionally.
Ban Francisco Chronicle.
The latest statement of the operation of
the ao-called 8teel trust shows greatly di
minished profits. It is interesting to note
the fact, as It successfully disposes of the
curious assumption that combinations can
act in defiance of the laws of trade. In
this case diminishing profits unmistakably
Indicate that the consumer is tha master of
the situation, Juat as he ia when, in his
eagerness to get products, he eagerly bids
for them and push up prices.
Hare) Medlnal . Experimenter.
Baltimore American.
A young doctor In the west, of rugged
health, went through a serious operation
to teat the correctness of a theory on an
important matter. When it comes to be
ing his own experimental subject, a man
ia in earnest about the theory he holds.
And a theory ao much In as meat la worth
even more than respectful attention. As
a rule, the theorists prefer to demonstrate
accuracy on aombody or aomething else,
especially when the demonj'rjLtlon.Ja pain
ful or uncomfortable.
BIT OF vVASHIXGTOS LIFE.
Preliminary Kirk Hotel Rates fer
Inaaaaratloa Tlaare.
Intending partlcipanta In the Inaugural
cerrmonlee at the national capital March
4 are advlaed to lake along a roll Of bills
fat enough to pack a suitcase. Hotel prices
sie soaring and promise to stay up In the
air till the show Is over. The altitude f
prices so daizled Congressman 81ms of
Tennessee one day last week that he ex
ploded with' oratory tinged with wrath.
Mr. Blms declared that one of the local
hotels of the cheeper sort, "operated on the
American plan." wrote to a member of tha
house that Its rates "range from (30 up
ward, each person, for a period of five
days." snd thst the price for a room with
bath would be 1125 for the five days. An
other hotel of the cheaper sort wrote that
it would make no engagement for rooms
for a shorter period thsn five days, and
that it would charge $11 a day. or ttl for
the five days, for two connecting rooms on
the second sleeping floor, "no bath or run
ning water," and would charge $13 a day
for two adjoining rooms on the side street
of the hotel.' "Our rates for suites with
bsth, fronting Pennsylvania avenue, are
$30 per day for five days." M. I. Weller
of the committee of arrangements has
given out a statement calculated to reas
sure Intending visitors that "gouging or ex
tortion" will not be tolerated. "Except,"
he says, "where there are front rooma
with windows looking out on th Una of
parsde to be considered. In the arrange
ment for quarters, the Washington hotels
have not advanced their rates for the time
when the new president and vice president
will be Inducted Into office. Windows along
Pennsylvania avenue are being sold at a
scale of prices extending from UO upward."
Practically every hotel In town has closed
its bookings for the Ina
Only two of the large hotele have any
rooms lert and these ara anlna- fmmt Vnr
the benefit of those who cannot afford to
pay exorbitant hotel rates tha loo.i mm.
mlttee has prepared a list of boarding
nouaea where loddnaa snd meala mav ha
secured at fairly reasonable rates. The
cnarges average $2 per day for each per
son, without meals: some places Quote a
price of $1.50. Every room or suite that la
registered with the committee In this way
Is carefully Inspected as to sanitary condi
tions, cleanliness and toilet tannin.
apartments thst are not spick and span are
ioi registered.
The Washington correspondent of the
New Tork Evening Post asserts that tha
senate will break both presedent and tra
dition In the important committee to which
oenator-eiect Root will be assigned. "It
Is practically an understood thing that
Senator Root will have the place vacated
by Senator Foraker on the committee on
foreign relations. This will be In the na
ture of a tribute to Mr. Root's n.rlM mm
secretary of state, and an acknowledge
ment of his grasp and first-hand knowlsdars
of all the preaent detaila ot our foreign
policies and relations. Of course. It Is emi
nently fitting that a man of Mr. Root's
peculiarly efficient equipment and knowl
edge of foreign affairs should be given a
piace on this important senate committee.
But the senate la not given to doing- the
peculiarly ntllng- thing except la excep
tional cases. Under the ordinary usage
the new senator, whatever hla abilities -in
any special line, must expect to receive
unimportant committee work. The desir
able assignments aa reserved for the man
of long service."
It is said that the two richest mamhara
of the aenate are Vnole "Ike" Stephenson
of Wisconsin and Vnole "Steve" Elklns of
West Virginia. The millions ot each run
up to a dlssy height, but It is understood
that young Senator Guggenheim of Colo
rado declares that he can atack up millions
as high as either of his associates.
Guggenheim made hla millions out of
mining; Uncle "Steve" a-ot Ms from West
Virginia coal properties and railroads, and
uncle "ike amassed his ' fortune from
the primeval forests of the northwest.
Uncle "Ike." by the wav. has fallen Into
disfavor with his business assoclatea be
cause of hla advocacy of the removal of
the duty on lumber. This is a oolttical
necessity on the part of the senator, and
s not prompted by tne wish to dispose of
his timber holdings at cheap rates, al
though he can well afford to sufter a re
duction in bis income.
The Congressional Record devotes sev
eral pages to a verbatim report of a debate
in the aenate the other day on the question
of appropriating a few hundred dollars
for the removal of snow from the aide
walks, streets and gutters of the oity of
Washington. The debate enlisted the finest
talent of the senate, and the question of
providing the requisite funds wherewith
to remove the anow that had fallen in a
single storm waa considered in all its
varied phases, practical and constitutional,
A perusal of the numerous pagea and col
umns of this debate serves as a reminder
that the aenate of the United States Is also
entitled to rank aa the board of aldermen
of the District of Columbia.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Robin W. Caubls, a confederate war vet
eran and one ot Prealdent Jefferson Davis'
bodyguards, died recently at hla home in
Atlanta.
Hon. John Sinclair, who has been secre
tary for Scotland since IMS, hss just been
raised to the peerage. His elevation la due
to Premier Asqulth's desire to have a
member of the cabinet Intimately connected
with Scotland in the upper house.
A remarkable case, unique In the history
of all the consulsr corps ot the world. Is
that of the American consul at Gibraltar.
Mr. Sprague is the third successive genera
tion if his family to hold the post of con
sul, his grandfather and his father having
held it before him.
Tom Williams, the leader of horse racing
In California. Is feeling particularly sore
over the prospect thst the legislature may
spoil his job. Williams, however, Is very
rich, aa a few years ago he Indulged in the
luxury of shooting a man, and the affair
waa regarded as an incident.
Mrs. Josephine Wells, who had refused
for several years to allow a phystclaa to
pi escribe for her, being. It is claimed, a
faith curlst, died in St. Louis, and a phy
sician reported to the coroner that she had
hypertrophled heart, tubercular lungs, cirr
hosis of the liver, peritonitis, gangrene ef
the pancreas, nephritic kidneys and gas
tritis. Some of the diseaaea had existed
for years.
It Is proposed to erect next summer at
Hingham, Miss., a high towsr with a
chime of bells, on the hftl near the Old Ship
church, aa a memorial to the first settlers,
on the occaalon of the celebration
of the town's STith anniversary.
Many old Hingham famillat have
become famous, but it ia not generally
known that this town was the early home
ot the anceatora of Abraham Lincoln.
Single-handed and alone, Deputy United
States Marshall W. M. Mays, who hss cap.
tiered more mountain desperadoes than
any other officer In Kentucky, went Into
the mountains of Whitley eounty bearing
warranta for the seres, of Berry Simp
son. "Rube West" and George Stanley,
who are charged with being the ringlead
ers in the recent troubles between striking
minera and deputy marshals at Stearae.
which have resulted In three .deaths and
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NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENT.
Sxeter Enterprise: if the Nebraska sen
ate continues to follow the dictation of the
Omaha crowd there Isn't likely to be an
other d em oc ratio legislature In this state
for thirty years.
Tork Times: The democratic legislature
ia etui twitching at the coat tails ot the
supreme court. They claim there la a con
stitutional question Involved that ought to
be settled, but the real object seems to be
to get more democrats on the bench.
Bridgeport News-Blade: Nebraska Is
scarcely ready to Invest $4,000,000 or $5,000,-
00ft in a new capltol building at Lincoln.
Some day thla atate capital will be moved
to a point near the center of population,
regardless of what present day schemers
may do In the way of nailing it down.
Kearney Hub: Judge Oldham will have
something doing In the supremo judgeship
matter or bust both suspenders In the ef
fort- The Judge is a democrat of the "A.
J." brand, who will not permit any political
epotls or office to remain with the enemy
until the last armed foe has expired in an
effort to wrest it from him.
Sterling Sun: One of the Nebraska legis
lators Is evidently .afraid of being kid
naped unawarea and has introduced an
amendment to the lobby law providing that
each lobbyist ahall not only be registered.
but shall wear a badge in plain view, so
that, he can be recognised by the timid
legislators before Uiey get too close.
Plattsmouth Journal: From all reports
those members of the legislature who are
favoring a bank deposit guaranty are find
ing it hard aleddlng. The people voted for
this act and meant It to be one which
would guarantee them and give them Im
mediate payment in the event of failure and
most of the democratic members know this.
They must and will pass an "Immediate"
payment btil. -
Culberteon Banner: The democratic leg
islature realised that the country la pros
perous and that money Is "easy." Appro
priation bills of $20,000 to pay the Incidental
expenses, and $SO,000 for salaries of mem
bers and employee of tbe legislature have
already passed both houses. As the mem
bers cannot draw in excess of $38,900 for
their services for the session this leaves
the goodly sum of $40.100 which may be
distributed among faithful democrats who
get ea the payroll as "employes."
Central City on pa roll: The suspicious
actions of the legislature have made even
Edgar Howard dubious of the final out
come and In a bold-face clarion call he I
warns the unfaithful bourbons not to for
get their campaign pledges. Edgar Is
afraid that sinister influences are at work
on the members and with the threat of an
"oblivion bleak and black," he tries to
scare the forgetful statesmen out of dalli
ance back to tbe line of duty. For the good
of old Nebraska we are hoping he may
succeed, but with the record of past demo
cratic sessions before us. It ia hard to make
Our faith follow our hope
Burwell Tribune: We have but one kick
to register on the present legislature and
It la the aame one that we charge up to
every legislative gathering since time be
gan. It ia the burdening of the legislative
pay roll with a long string of useless and
practically worthless employes. There are
a snore and more leechea attached to the
preaent legislature and drawing their five
per day that the state could well afford to
be without. But there are political debts
to pay resrardleae of the party that may be
in power and it is generally conceded the
easiest way to get relief from these obli
gations Is to saddle tha debtors onto the
atate pay roll during the legislative meet
ing and then let the taxpayers do the rest.
Central City Record: That m bank guar
antee of aome nature will be passed by the
preaent legislature la among the strong
probabilities. The battle. It seems likely
now, will be over whether the law shall
presort be "Immediate" or "prompt" pay
ment of depositor. There can bo but one
understanding to the word "immediate,"
vis., payment upon demand aa aoon as the
state officers take control. The word
"prompt," however, is susceptible of vary
ing degreee of definition. It might mean
practically the same as immediate, or H
might mean payment only after a more or
less extended examination of the defunct
bank. The ideal system, of course, would
be payment cm demand as aoon as the state
Officers assumed charge. There would
seem to be no good reason why "prompt
payment will not serve the purpose as well
aa "immediate," provided the proper defini
tion Is given to "prompt."
A Tamed Bally.
Kansas City Star.
A Standard Oil brief pleading for mercy
baa been filed in the Missouri supreme
court The biggest bully, you know, is
always the one who blubbers all over the
court room when sentence is pronounced.
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fxnilaville Courier-Journal.
As manhood reads the story of the dis
aster to the steamer Republic, perusos the
stirring narratives of the passengers, pic
tures the anxiety on the hundreds of faces,
Imagines the Florida standing by to giv.s
help to the dintresssed steamer, the Baltic,
the Gresham snd the other good vessels hur
rying to the sinking vessel, the long, trying,
perilous process of transferring tho pas
sengers snd crew from the Republic to the
Florida, and again from thn Florida to
the Baltic as mankind does this and feels
the thrill of the episode there looms over
the whole incident one name and one fit
ure. tho name and figure of the youn
Italian:
Marconi.
Marconi was the best frlrnd of tin
stricken passengers and crew out there in
the deep remote, Isolated, helpless. Hit
physical self was not present, but his ab
stract self was there, busy, tireless, magi
cal and potent. In the shape of the wtrelesi
instrument. From the being of Marconi's
genius was sprung this voice which was to
send a message to those who could help and
save. Wherever Marconi waa In the flesh,
there on the aea was his greatest self
doing a miracle for the hundreds who stood
In the presence of death doing a miracle
which Is beyond the power of man to com
prehend. ...
So to the inspiration, the visions, th
daring, the skill, the supernatural and the
superhuman in Marconi Is the vast debt
due for the rescue ot those on the Re
public. The captains of the Baltic, th
Greshsm and the rest were splendid in
their labors, but It waa the spirit of Mar
coni calling with the instrument that madt
It possible for them to know they wers
needed. To Marconi be the glory. To the
Italian wonder worker go the shouting and
cheers of the race. He snatched tho per
ishing from death.
SUNN V GUMS.
"That, my dear," aald the husband wh
had been supping not wisely, but too well,
"was a real soul kiss."
"Bo I judge." said the wife, wlthdrawini
coldly from his embrace, "from the amount
of spirit I notice in it." Baltimore Ameri
can, "Do you think posterity will recognlsi
youi" .
"No." answered Senator Sorghum, "not
tnless I am lucky enough to strike s
sculptor more than ordinarily successful in
preserving likenesses." Washington Star.
Tho professor waa writing something ir
a small notebook.
"Making an addition to my visiting list,"
he explained to the doctor.
"Your visiting liat?" queried the doctor.
"Tea; thla is a record of the close calls I
have had in dodging automobiles." Cliimajc
Tribune.
"My operation for appendicitis ought ir
get me considerable social recognition
Don't you think so?"
"That depends. How much did it cost
you and who carved?" Kansas City
Journal.
"How do you want your bedroom celling
decorated'.'"
"Like the bottom of a touting car." Mid
the motorist. "Then It will arem natural
when I awake in the morning." Phila
delphia Ledger.
Muslo Teacher (sadly) I thought I saw
a pupil In that girl.
Cynical Friend That waa just In your
eye. Baltimore American.
"Speaking of Joan or Arc. heroes were
scarce in her time and yet they evidently
wanted history to believe the contrary."
"Why?"
"Didn't they act toward her as If they
had heroes to burn?" Chicago Tribune.
"Public life ia getting too strenuous,"
sighed the seator.
There wast a sympathetic response.
"Yes," he went on, "it is comparatively
simple to buy a legislature, but to buy the
voters Individually Involves wearisome and
expensive detail." Philadelphia Ledger.
SfftlN ii POETS I
Spring poets? What waa that? Hark!
Methinke I heard a sarcastic remark,
But I've learned through adversity not t
resent 'em
For they only furnish us needed mo
mentum; And however hard hearts may be ia mid
winter. In April, somehow, they always begin to
Thaw out into welcome an' smile at the
pest
The dreaded spring poets along with the
rest.
These scoffers' bark la far worse than'
their bite
I suspect they take a secret delight
In readin' spring poems In some favorite
book'n
A scrlbblin' spring couplets when nobody's
lookin'.
When the first thrill of spring ia felt In
the land
An' the bluebird arrives then their feetln's
expend.
An' hard-hearted scoffer an' poet an bird
Take an equal delight in ai-tin' absurd.
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