Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 28, 1901, Page 4

| ¢t g 3 DAy BEE ‘" HAT THE ADMINISTRATION WANTS. | rect in this, While foreign troops re- | safe to say that the legislature will not ME SENAT SNAPSHOTS AT STAT TG represent the growth of cen HE ©OMAHA ALY K % N . ¥ whtith 0 = | pllindice fall. It will be the part ot | It goes without saying, fn spite of all | main in the province and military ex- | suffer grievously by the abolition of Mt 0 O'Neill Independent (pop.): C. J. Smyth t the Benjamin Frank E. ROSEWATER, Editor the talk to the contrary, that the ad-| peditions are sent out that do little el federal relations committ Rosewuter with attempting to block a se our able ex-attorney general of Nebras N rogardful of the interests -— - | ministration at Washington has no par- | than plunder, unrest will continue and S——— rial caucus. Of course it 18 not true {s @ man who can be elected supreme Judge [ and needs of posterity—to Inaugurate early PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING ticular candidate which It 1« pushing | there can be no restoration of industry The ingenuity displayed by the popo- | Rosewater men are re for a caucus at|of Nebraska next fall by 20,000 plurality nelaught upon our forests at the ——— e for United States senator from Ne-|and commerce. The presence of the al- | crats In figuring out congressional dis- [any time that the o andid all { He is an able, h and fearless exponent | ommerce and follow such meas Daily 1o o e dnsy, One Year 3600 | braska. The president and his advisers | lies, theret instead of _promoting | tricts for Nebraska thut would insure | a€fee to the nomination of o senatorial | of the law and would il airength (00U | ures of forest pr on as will prevent dall Sunda s s candidates on one ballot the game of | judiciay the by two or three geuera Daily 1 . year are satistied that the republicans of Ne- | peace, is an obstacle to it e Clinese | popocratic congressmen is an entirely ! T ot 2.0 | Af . - it S L An obstacle t Th B | RIS W Tt any political nd. | POUIUCS Which s sometimes devilish pe- | Neligh Advocate (rey \ tee | tions of the grand timber heritage that has H -3 : brashk represen n the sla- | plenipotentiaries also soggest that the | mispls LA aikiod, A1 cultar, some very strange things happe has been appointed the legisiature | come down to us from nature, through ur :;\.“L,), T mes, Ong \ ar & | ture, are competent to select two men | exact location of legation cone ons | vantage is to be taken into consideration | No one knows this any better than Edwar e a new ballot law There i one | counted centuries 3 OFFICE to serve In the senate who will reflect | be | ated and that some idea be | in the re-districting bill the republicans water, and he Is quite excusable It he| good thing to be said of the present form | .o Soss TLAR VOTE Omaha: The Bee Bullding oo po.,. | ciedit upon the party as well as upon | given as to where foreign garrisons shall | Will clatm it as part of the reward for nes to walk into any bear-traps | and only one. That is that this committee | Aty gt the state, But while the administra-| be maintained and what is to be the | carrying Nebraska back into the repub- | ;“;""‘k‘\‘_“' Ot ': ‘:""n"lv‘l”-l‘“'xz LA AR il AL i o e ) 1L wn Neeessars (0 t | . " or United States senator at Lincoln is when they make t hange. 1t I8 to v Change. Cour tion is occupying a position of absolute | «ize of the garrisous, all of which is|lcan column at the last election avidenon of Jealodey oa tHe st of BUWE: | hot " YRS SOIRSAIG AN N QUVIN HOP Tor fvnu Chica e . . 1 S ——— uf part of ne ope hat something can New — non-interference, what it wants and | reasonable. As The F aied. shee. ot r men ver before has the press of | convenient than the Waterbury watch| It fs worth noting that Governor Hunt W th tre what it does not want can none the | The nipotentiaries have given re o t 3 e 1‘ ka had as good opportunity to assist | spring contraption that is now in use Idaho joins In Governor's Geer's recom m O 4y news and edi- | less be outlined in general terms nowed nseurances of the intention of | (¥1¢ before, the other senatorinl candi- | jn clevating a member of the craft to the | Minden Gazette (rep): At every session |mendation for an overture (o congress 14l matter should be anddressed: Omaha The administration wants republicans | the government to act in good faith dates only wish they had a following as -vln':r)\w and yet their rts Bre | of Jogislature innumerable bills are intro- | & to popular votcs for United States Edit | Department, In the genate who can uphold the prin- | and there ought to be no doubt as (.“*Y:nmulllj loyal s i the Douglas dele- | largely directed in keeping him back The | quced for the establishment of normal |euators. The reason behind this plan i ', BUSINESS LETTERS o sl oF (i aYey 4 perate i | tb Wiat tiey ot that Ching | 0tion to the interests of Mr. Rosewater, R sl condu "l"l e | schools 1 difterent parts of state. It :f‘w\'lr; it H:m i (-\-u:ho Jusiness letters and e ciples of the party and co-opera 1 4 ey ask s t Ching est newspaper in the state and in the west r tance of ambitious towns | Action by the senate itsel vain unless i SR o ea Publishing Com: ia done at the instance of ambitious town: :‘:‘ s e I | applying them to current conditions. | shull not be called upon to to the im- secms to be cause for bitter opposition on | wiich want a state institution. The bills e formidable expression of opinion can REMITTANCES, [ It wants senators who have abill to | possible. The government is prepared | Man the part of rivals, or would-be rivals, apd{ yover pass, yet the legislature might "“;w m'n‘ll- {;um‘sulul‘ulv«m«h congress is apple with the great problenis con- | to concede all fair and Just demauds, | It Is palpable that the West Point cadet | "0 ”“"l"']’l““";‘ ”\il'l' "-<: '"';'"l!\""" :‘;‘«‘.‘:"»::’ worse than to create two more normal _“”:'(" "h“":';h 4 -’:‘*:h"‘"“"-; y"‘ l«nm.:‘:.‘v' f | ¢ e congressio se an he spite of this opporition. | sanools. one e northwestern and the | States, w e l no! su fronting the nation, arising out of its ex- | but it asks that in making their de- [ Who was insolent before the cong "‘" Mr. Rosewater ls l‘nlvmx up & strong fght ”" o ”'.;h it :”h“.,,,l,f“‘,".r lv..,’:. to secure & national convention o o ot ‘accapted. | panded sphere of action, and who ean | mands the powers shall take futo con- | COmmittee BAY not been hased 1ato & gentls: | ... ohe that is lkely to win. It hus quite | & I“ “’ hdnpis ’:' ont bilte tn. | POEC, Would certaiply tend to | THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. render useful assistance in solving the | sideration what China can do. There| ————— frequently been the custom that when a| O QUk (rep): Ohe O egialature. was | NUmber of scnators favorable to the re & . y TION. questions it is constantly called upon | fs certainly nothing unreasonable in What We Are ( ng To. | man of certain protession or line of buel- | LECCE LAE, Tl T | epresentavies Mon- | 10T Mecanwhile the biennial senatorial STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION g o e s P, Bttt o Minneapolts Times ness has aspired for promotion, others en- | FASET Y SR8 AL OF tERTEREE I ment of | “trukles in legislatures throughout the tate of Niiraska, T “tary of he Bee | The aduinistration wants men i the | some of 1l " b | Fitty years hence, says Chauncey M. De- | gaged in a similar work would rush to thetr | g0 F06 KE SCAY R U BUAAS HA¥ R 7 | country are supplylng the usual arguments » “"“‘,',‘,’Lv Tarchis KA R adminis 1 wants ) some of the powers to make the con-| pew, the country will bave 50,000 great |support, thus honoring the calling. It has Treatted By NOEIR ._"“‘mw Murray, Such | Tom experience. There are deadiocks at Tavs et e ave a r ot fall senate who have views and uvictions | ditlons of peace impossible and these | men. Here's hoping Chauncey will live to | been sald that this fellowship did not exist | 1AW 859 ”M“ " h‘fl;” and it 1s elaimed | 10UF capitals, not counting the Oregon gomplete caplen of | The v'x'v'lvl % m:{‘vr‘g e[ of their own, based upon experience in | ave not expected to favorably consider | welcome many of the 49,9 them | in the same degree with newspaper men, | o " m'mmlvm]"w the purpose for which | Pitustion, and there is agsin grave danger month of Decomber, 19%, was a8 follows publ airs and profound study of | the Chinese suggestions | make themselves pertectly and tho present secems to prove It. OP- | "Coy naosed” namely, that of keeplng tne | DAC At least two of the states will be un 1 27,780 17 2l po questions, rather than men | ———————— | | position from the organs of the other party [ o SC BEPECE | ke i With |ble to escape one or more vacancies in I 1 ! he . - | Fatile ResoBes of Mosshacks oes not look so bad, but when papers of [ 14991¥ clgaretie from the small boy. With fine pifry.seventh congress. Here in Oregon : : who have everything to learn and who [ HOLDING DOWN THE TAX RATE | Indianapolis Journal | the republican party lead in the fight on|® f°W such laws as these In cxistence the |ipe yjuchief of these impediments to legis must wait for their cue before taking| The near approach of the time for| Filipinos by the thousand are taking the [ \(r 1 bl . fight o0 | lite of the “paper pipe” would not be 100&. | 1avion has been enhanced by extended g ‘ % | & c | tosewater without apparent cause than : . a n enhanced by extended use M | & position on national subjects, muking the next tax levy is witnessing | oath of ..11:-;\..;»'v to the United States, th | envy gives it a bad flavor | Stanton Register (pop.): We want (0 R0 |of the organization of the legislature in [ 27,420 Ile administration wants men in the | the usual manifestation of interest on | Action of the democrats in the Misso f.| Dakota City Eagle. Until the Nebraska | oo Jecard Savoring an equal division of ihe|the interest of senatorial candidates. We 7 27,100 n k » v | the DAPE Of large prope owners and | "4 Arkansas legislatures seeming to at- [ eoie FUY EGRE: A i | state i n 1902 between the democrats | have already witnessed the spectacle of the H 27,420 senate who will be leaders in their re- | I \rge property owners and | g,y them no encouragement to stay out. | leSislature gets (i natorlal matter off | gnq populists and in favor of nominat- | appropriations of a session being appor » 26,505 spective states, who command the con- | Deavy taxpayers, who are freely devot- | " - their hands I'h-- len l.x"‘l!v be in u sult- | jng iha girongest man in the state for su tioned among the supporters of a r-‘\r't'lv'-,a 0 . elr people & ow Jp | INg thelr thme to conferences with mem- | ttenctions for Reeruits, jable frame of mind to take up the Rraver| oo . suqce next fall regardless of what | ful ss ko ‘ y - :‘ . . | of thelr people and know their | Bt oF tiit ot oI RRA R onl Eoaid Tok | Minheapolis Tribune | matters of wider import. Selecting a sena (:‘mmh {_’ bRt R “““Mnr ‘:‘.u a x“.m; ‘m\)x now we are .V|I\ul upon 1 4 needs and can count upon their sup fies '_‘ 1l an 10 ""‘ | That the Philippine war Is not unpopular | (or afiects one man; the laws you epact or o or M. ', Harrington ate strong popu- "'"'l""“"‘l'("‘;‘”" '1"’ “I“'; ot '("m:"'t""' places H 2 o 2 tha natd solld | the purpose of impressing upon them | s shown by the fact that th eate . | refuse t affect ovel il rsons | | . i ks @ clerkshiip appointments to the same 1 .. port In khaping the national policy I . y the fact that the greater num- | refuse to enact affect over a million Persons | jige” Smyth and Manahan are sirong men bt o 2 . i a the imperative necessity of cconomy and | ber of recruits enlist the y pre-|and then some. They will, of course o & sort of end. This is abominable, and the " 2 From the party tandpoint the ad-| 3 ) | olisting in th rmy pr | h " b from the democratic branch, and Frank ors » need expe c 15 i ministration wants men chosen to high | & 10W tax rate [fer to be went to.the slands, They un- |choose representative mwen for senators (f | Kanaom, a silver republican, coud_exsily Bt e, (N FIOKUN WHefy Nesalvt: 1 1 26,005 [ i i ds 4 | No one bas any right to find fuult with | doubtedly believe that good business op- | they don't they ought to) who will size Up | win |f nominated. Let us have a full dis- | s dou p ¢t e position of leadership who have RRAL b L D tect | POTtURIties Wil awalt them there after | to the senatorlal standing. There shouid|cugsion and nominate the strongest man. |the ‘X'rll in vain that tho rufferers by LolTOMAL o strated their capacity to achieve suc o ILE WCOKES 0 NEOCSOL ) vhuik itetn ot enfivtisent Skall™ Hive oxe | b6 Ho' dIMRLIty i dBIag: thin for thw oS | S ST Thiibesuals (Fans s #¥Hs | (FIUIBRAE et (s Thy i criey 8T8 g cess and avold disaster, 1t wants men | {Deir own interests and, incidentally, the | pired | terial is quite pleatiful. The Eagle, fn the |y Ai0 ommittee that visited th P i | Avetgy. LHNmEAIVES T 'Vh”"v«lllh;vv'nw"fd v Net total males i o i i the dard of | Interests of the city at large. Everyone exercise of its right and judgment, has on |, S =iative committes that visited the peni- | avengs themseives fo s chastisemen Net dally averag o i | Who will help elevate the stundard of kiiows hieh tax PHtes ¢ g ot Grip of the Coal Bn promiee it i fL wukw’ ot she e | tentiery and found things looking rather | So that the task of legislative election of Ceribeg 1 GEORGE B TZECHUCK, | public office and fuspire public confi- | ¥ lgh tax rates are Injurious to Philadelphia North Ameri vy Above the standard more eminently | the WOFse for wear, did a good thing, and £enators galns steadily in noxious qualities oo hn’-{»"h.:‘x‘u;u o December. A. D. | dence by the character of the p.‘rwu.-f the growth of a community, while low The anthracite coal combination now con- | greq gor the ‘m‘l’”f‘,,‘ than any of the rest— | tNeY ought to follow up with upan- | It has always taken up the time and in ™ " 3B JIONGAT recommended for federal appolntments, | 1% Tates encourage incrensed population | trols fo many mines that it can Impose | Bivary Rosewater of Omaha. We know | 20U2¢ ed visita 10 all the state fnstitutions ::',n.-“,|~'.‘,'pm{; ,",'M,',' Now it undertakes ————— It wants the party organization | 400 business enterpris T i | .h”m;‘.l,‘:q there cre others who do not agree with us | f 1% (e ouly way they \u:\ \';.. able (o s L AR B lrnmnl all ap - i Fi 1t Is deplorable, however, tha o dtt] any stelke that is not general, 9 | That ts the St and srivilage: we 8o A5t | LE0OYS e real condition of affairs, as a | PO 5. Let the logislature pass some A dendlock must be an outgrowth of | strengthened and built up by the recog AL 1 11”1 howey hnllhl '1'|"'”” EetNod ot Timitibe outaut ko kisps | {‘:. Lv«‘l{h‘r‘l\ T‘h 1’”"”:”:(‘7. P lr hotl formal visit is always prepared for and Dl or other providing for popular vots 00 mueh live political timber. | nitfon of party service as an example | 4608 Who are the most concerned should | g come of the mines fdle enables the com- | “¥7¢® Bl Sk IROTENER Sy | the committee will see s at their best, | 0N senators, and the legislature w 4 = | for loyal devotion on the part of other U ¢ | bination to shut down ‘‘struc collierien | ipos averybody does not agree with everys nay be somewhat embarrassing to the | brave public opinio; ¢ o dis- It looks as If there were a deadlock | o nonhars management of public affairs when the | and reopen others in their place and the | oo “y ¥ B GO 1O OF stagnant as o | MABAgement, but people want the truth |Fegard the mandate. between the coal dealer and the Weather | =y, y"op), (e administration wants | 1€ments that determine the aunual tax | managers hav e et auch 1% 10 | frok nond. "If our selection should be made | (M e REINES WL KROH AL e LAE (WHKY DEMOCRATIC WEST POIN man. exactly what the beople of Nebraska | Tite are forming. Bl sl ivide and conquer™ 18| . il have « most excellent good opinion — —_— e g e wiect P ""| ol '1' nts| Dublic bodles vested with the taxing | th® DOt Of the coal trust land accuracy of discrimivation of the re- | McCook Tribune (rep): The effort to|Faets Refute the Annertlons of Sena- - v an! e election as ed States | bbb e g —_— | o dry g ol 0 I'he senatorial game is young yet and | o n a Loty tat power usually gauge their revenues by Burdens of the Grief Stricken | publican members of the legislature, but it | unload sundry buildings onto the stats for tor Allen. the lights need not necessarily be put | Senators of the two men best qualified | FEEF Euteas . Chicago Chronicle not we have accumulated an over abundant | NOFmal school purposes seems to be destined | Ganidldn ] out before the sesslon ends. for the position who can accomplish | i '!"":"1“”“ rather than expendl- |y 000000 ovidently is determined to | stock of philosophy for padding against such | t0 ;l""n' It the legislature decides to | The "lnllrv';vw«vn~\nvthr'k\nm the popu 0 . | tures by elr revenues. P eV 20 e the building of othe al | 118t senator from Nebraska, against West, e — wost for the state and the nation when | 1S bY thelr revenues. When they g0 | spare the unfortunate British no pang. Mr. | & lack of appreciation authorize the building of another norma 3 2 | f | . il Mt chool under state contro ¢ in | Point, with t a It s evident that the Nebraska 1088- | ;vested with these high honors, [ on exhausting funds and piling up out- | Alfred Austin has already ground out an Bilol: s Navriaka dtute Toklhe | S350 Snder atath Teonteell it voupiit “in| SEG Wt EESRRER AL (SR EK I R {atiio does ‘mot count tiany cigarette [ standing obligations to be met from fu- | elegas ode seven and a half yards long and | lature will be held, by the people, respon- [ Jstice {0 place the bulding somewhere | (8 ML IO B8 TV sfem (o meet with fiends among its membership. | THE 14X REDUCTION BILL | ture lovies, their only alternatives are to | 8 obviously bent upon repeating the dg 4ri sible for the election of two United States (Inv«n"'I‘“’l‘v‘”l“:”l”]ly: '-: "l:]-y »v']-v o 1 n:‘vl Reerddecdmaa bl rlnhmw”;:n:x:‘\ rn‘ll i bt | aoimat da tka ant axation o | Ve 18 nOt stopped. 1t Edward VII doesn't | senators and two good representative men. [ {0WD b 3 ]G it Wt et e L 5 board has| The L passed by the house of rep- | 1 the money by taxatlon oF | ;oo gee n popular uprising before his | Tt would seem to an outsider that a few | t® eastern part of the state, where they | G bty it 16 LOURATEVEY UHULIN Ihe chairman of the county board hs earry along a floating debt constantly | & ' ok " | Foiny » | POW have more schools than they need or | J¢SCFVIDR young men from the farm and ! rexentatives reducing the war tuxes was ¥ | relgn is fairly begun he will consign Mr. | members of hoth houses have gone into the tiis. worNahon'" .t6 Wl W been provided with an upholstered chair| Tl L O TN interests, The | MCTCA8INE With accumulated futerest. | Austin to the tower and keep him there.| trifing business and not. only are they AR SUPPOTt. It seems to be diffcult for | (I WOTKEAOR' 16 wake reom for “aristo- at u cost of §33 to the taxpayers. After s I : If the taxpayers would call a halt at| Thers are some inflictions which even d:- | trifiing with them selves but they are trifiing | {N¢ @verage eastern Nebraskan to believe | it atdadiel B b L LBUL et sepate finance committee has framed | 4 8 " | | that the state of Nebraska extends o | New York Sun points out that in the fifty witting 0 it for a year he is liable to im- AT . i | every extravagant appropriation or un- | Yoted loyalty will not endure with the people. Nebraska is prepared (o | {hot ' ] it tends MOFe | oven years between 1842 and 1809 there an entively new measure, but there is [ ake her place alongside of states half a|‘hana few miles west of the Missourl, when | ¥ s b agine that he is cnjoyiug a soft seat s 4 o | necossary salary at the time it is pro onnre . Bl L " f N 8 RIstter were 362 sons of officers o " objection to some of its features and it o Abklaly Is pr Mosarohy and De ERCys | century older than she is and if the legls- | ! 18 @ matter of appropriation for state | /0 ‘55 & [ e e e ' will undoubtedly be shdid Jo | Posed by the council or school board, Cleveland Leadey lators do their full duty they will grasp the | !bstitutions of any kind oint or 6.3; per year. During the Omaba’s bank clearings continue to | Will undoubtedly e amended in th | 0o \ould Lave a better check upon the | The death of a ereat and good monarch Is | B0 U8 M€ T SR LI B EEEE SO0 plaie Pilot (rep): The State Barbers ot period 1Nate ware L16 furmen’ and ¢ creditably to the ecity | senate. |[hei one of the most impressiva arguments | oPF | ~ e planters’ sons (mostly farmers') at the ®liow up most ereditably i " tux rate and might in time reduce the | o voted for two United States senators and | board, created by the legislature two years | yoqdemy, 341 mechanjcs 5 with substantial figures in the increase| The main differences iu the two bills| g0 " qove wihout resorting to a | Tl can possibly be made against the|gyoiimeq there appears in the list the|ago, was intended to raise the Standard |facturers: sons. Thare oy, 80 161 manu. column as compared with a year ago.|Are the retentlon of the tax on bank |, oo TE P L | monarchical svatem of overnment. 1!\ ;umes of men unknown except in their home | of barbers over the state, but at the pres- | merchants' sonn, 645 lawyers’ pone o5 i S sbet S | chiecks, which yielded $7.000,000 last 4 LA, d orces upon the attention of all men the | ;i jis, The republicans of Nebraska do | ent time no one seems to know of any ad- | phuciie " 188 Do Omahna is experiencing business expan e 5 If, however, the authorities are left to | terrible importance under any system of | o - physicians’ sons. 128 clergymen's sons, 91 vear, and which was stricken out in | {mot want men of untried ability for sena- | Vantages gained by anyone except the board | \japkg’ a0 . sion all the time. 3 ) s stricken ou wpend the public money us they see fit, | hereditary rule, of the chance of life and [ o "o ot Lo W o o have proven | itself. The board has recelved in fess or | o erks’ sons, 60 bank officers’ sons, 86 sons A ARy the bouse bill, the reduction of the tax | oo rumonstrance, eleven months fn | 1621 f0r & binle individual. Great parties | b o) ey ability and who at least have | Mcenses something over $5,000, and has ub- | e oo iates civil oficers, 74 county . " o B15 ol ? 2% out remonstry sleven months in i bh-Jadbenyi My \erish when | their business 4 who at least 5 . s ab- | officers’ sons, 67 agents’ sons, g A Chicago city councll committee Is |on beer to S150 a barrel hustead of 160 | 1 500 STRMEEIRE CORET ORI B iu @ popular goverrment do not verish when | (M0 0"l ion, if mot national. 1t fu | sorbed the amount callected, to a cent, 1n | cone 9 BORN 8, OAIDI favoring the investment of $10,000 in u;pmvldul for by the house LIl and $1.85 | oy ok all tia cane | annitym I”‘ Ijm, . & V:m","'w[ are M= high time for the legislature to quit play-| the payment of salaries. A bill Las been | The fact is that West Point is probably munfelpal lodging house. The Chicago | under the existing law, and the reduc- 330 bl 5 gl Ll g ing horse and get down to business. It |introduced in the present state senate 100k- | (ho most democratic sehool of it beett ot : -' D iAG A refl tlon ot ethe: tas ont mantfactared m-'h ve been taken, these annual protests | A Greit is time they recognized the wishes of the |Ing 1o the immediate repeal of the law.|in (he country. It seems to h.\.'n.,,‘?: clty fathers want to p | not likely to have much effect. An | New York Wo people. A business administration has been [ After the Jaw is repealed we may 100k | tpo pilAY 1 liey ke thelr final | bacco and snuff to 9 cents a pound in- | the rule to take particular pains to take availuble when l‘u ma ’ ¢t o g g ing | © tion that would appeal to the | *The fact ought not to be overlooked that | promised and it the republicans expect o | for fully as good service as has been glven the concelt out of any plebe who was so exit from city office stead of the 12 cents in the exISUDE| g o prevent any illegal or ungu- | Without colonics we are growing and ux- | hold the confidence of the people they must under the state hoard. The patrors of | unfortunato as to go to West Point with _— luw, which was not changed by the | o0 5 DY tit ouEilc panding right here at home t a very satls- | make the promise good. The personal wish | barber hops arc the only ones who have | (he istinction of having had dlstinguished T bes { the legislature profess | thoriz penditure by the public an- | . 1 ittle it in their power to make better barhb ot o Chses e senate " . . . s | parents. t has always been declared at The mewmbers of the legislature house bill. In son ases tl PALS | oo itias. o) matihs who.the Bar e actory pace. Within its own borders the | of an individual is of little account whnn‘] ! o hetter barbers i 1 It h Iways b decl, tha grent surprise that Omaha Is not on | completely reversed the house bill, us, | e . NCNCIEY | Cnited States now produces eight-tenths of | weighed against the interest of the party | ";‘l'f'lfilrj"l barbers do not thrive and | one abject of hazing was to impress on the hand with a big charter bill controversy. | fop instance, the house left the stam may be, would accomplish more toward | all tis. world's cotton and corn, one-quarter | or the state. Of the fifteen or more men so | Others only on patronage thrown them by [ minds of the ncw comers that aecldents of i e e ol (et An Ofsa ] holding down the tax rate than all the [of all its wheat, one-third of all its meat | far being voted for there are mot to exceed | the public birth had notbing whatever to do with the A legisln . | tuxes on bouds of every description eX-| . urarences that could b arranged | and iron, two-fifths of all fts steel, onc- | five who have thus far made a record that | S ——— | standing of a cadet. It is hix own strengih charter tight threatens to be an anomaly | copting on Indewnity bonds. lio #efi-| St tho lavy. 1s. under divousaion | thira of its coal, more gold thun any | makes them worthy of promotion to the R TIMDER SUK of muscle and power of individuality which not eusily understood | ute DIl takes the taxes off from Louds | 4 ¢ | other country save Africa, and move wanu- | United States senate. 1t doesn't take 8| xecennits for EFecel of | Blve him position among his fellows. SR —— | of every description with the exception S factured goods than England, France and | very smart man to see that. Are the legls- | Povest | West Point is necessary to the count Nebraska has been redeemed, but the [ of jndemnity bouds, on which the tax | All the trade reviews unite in saying [ Germany combined. lators wen or mud hens? Let them prove | Portland Oregonian | Officers must be educated in the theory of redemption has yet to be clinched by | b i = U [ that business conditions xcellent AR i | which. They can do it by voting for men| The bureau of statistics in Washington | thelr profession. That education they ean Hih reoibiies ory mest fall | "retalned. Under this arrangement the gince November the dealings have uot Toulaville Courler-Journar, of reccgnized ability, instead of voung for | s preparitg a statement in regard to the | Dot get In the field, but the practical side x{u.l.l i :A repu |;I..u wl..,_ lul\lfll ||x goverament would lose revenue o the | guly hoen large, but prices have been| Queen Victorla was not the only aged |Personsl favorites | standing timber in the United States that, | of soldiering they can acquire after their Nebraska republicans charged | ex- 3 e, ween | e ictorla wa ceuting the party responsibilities should keep that in mind all the time, When President McKinley uttered his famons saying about epening the mills lie did not have the legislative mills in mind. But from the present output of the legislatures one would fmagine that they were the only mills In operation. The Bridsh tradesmen who laid in a supply of mourning goods opportunely will profit by thelr shrewdness. From this point of view the death of the queen verlties the truth of the saying that an 1l wind blows good to sowe body. Peop on the precise are still speculating aus The queen had reached that age when ler taking off was merely a question of surrounding couditions. Had she been less well cared for she would doubtless have succumbed severel years K0, Had Nebraskn goue for Bryan and fusion none but popoerats would be playing hands in the senatorfal game with uny chance to win, And does any- one imagine any popocrat would have been I with the dealer who Lad not taken a foremost part in keeping the party in control? The first case of fusanity superinduced by the Cudaby kidnaplug is reported from a little town in Nebraska where the victim is possessed of the delusion that he i a detective on the track of the culprits with the $25,000 reward almost within reach. Several other people seem to be possessed of an sane desire to capture that reward, Is Cineinnati has come to the r ue of the pugilistie brigade in the so-called sparring contest on the pretext of mak ing good a deficit in 1) last sangerfest, Prize fighters will find deficits in the funds of the varlous charitable Institutions all over the coun try If afforded the slightest opportunity to crawl in through such a hole in the tent, » tinances of the Omaha's Indian supply depot should be made more thau a mere berth for a few governwent employes. The object of the depot is to make Omaha a pur chasing station for the supplies fur nished the Indians by the federal gov ernment. The ouly way the local bus iness interests can profit by its location here Is to get it in readiness the transaction of business, ' of Queen Victopa's death, | amount of $5000,000, Such chunges as | this appear all through the se file. making it probuble that no agrecment | between the two houses on this meas- | ure can be reached, It is belleved that it legislation reducing taxes is to be had at this session, it will be necessary to throw aside both the house aud the | | senate billy und devise a new measure, | 1t i most unlikely, however, that this | could be doue i the short time remain | ing of the session, &0 that there seewms | to be considerable danger thut tax re duction must walt for the next con-| | gress. This would be very disappoint- | | iug to all interests affected, he fact | is that the senate duance committee has not manifested a very earnest desire to glve the people rellef fu this matter aud | upon it will ¢ proposed st the responsibility if the rulls legislation THE CHINESE SUGGESTIONS. | The shrewdness and sagacity of Chi nese diplomacy are seen in th | tions that have from th | potentiaries. In regard to the qu | of Indemnity, Prince Ching is r to have suld that it has two si having remarked that some of the allies | huve conducted warfare in a fashion | unparalleled i the history of civiliza | tion, reference belng lad to the looting | | that lus been practiced, the envoy ex pressed the contident bellef ihat | good fecling of the allies will make a | | due allowance the Sugges come when question of [ indemnitios is discussed, for the valu ables that have been taken from Chi | nese merchants and private citizens. | This is a perfeetly fair suggestion, | justitied by every rule of equity. Such | of the allies whose forces have been guilty of looting—and happily the United | States ix not one of them-should not | hesitate to make some allowance for 1t | in the settlement of indemnity, It may | | be a very aiticult watter to ascertain | | what the allowanee should be, but this connter claim on the part of China | should elve recognition there ought | to be no question. The trouble is, how | ever, that China wmay derive little hene | fit from it, since the amenable powers, | having this I view, may wake their | L demand for i unity extortionat | | Another thing urged by the | plenipotentiaries is that the proviace af‘ | Pe Chi Li be gradually evacuated and | | that the so-called punitive expedit "“’k | e abandoned. They assert that evacu | ation Is uecessary to save the wmulwm; Chinese | | that it is the solution of all the troubles and that it is essential to a revival of | industriai - and commercial activity. | "There 1y reason to believe they ate cor: the United States has suffered from the THE OMAHA DAILY BE MONDA more stal i for any similar length of thne in many The pope is reported to have an his cardinals that he has no exp: ars. The past woeek has witnessed the placing of large M- | gurviving beyoud the year, and his extreme tracts by ading firms at current | age makes the supposition most reasonable. prices, which is the best indieation that | Another of the great soverelgns, Francis those who should be In a position to Joseph n: ,l\u\!‘rm" ; uln'm:» |lva.wl~u-<l'(h|(w i : SO | scriptural limit of days, and at the bes S ) jurope has | king of Denmark is still another, though been disturbed by prevailing conditions in South Africa and China, and, while | as the thre first named i Rec latter, %o strong is its position thut it has not been felt. phia ! great over the nations former have no The United State in that the apparent It is such evidence, i connection with the competition at thelr own ¢ which alarms the manufacturers of Europe and tells them their former supremacy is gone. by the increasing sum that appropriated for military pensic now thirty-six years Rol advantage Y. ruler whose term of years is almost ended. | nounced to ectation of | he does not belong to such a potential class | of the of Europe large stand- ing army to support has been partly offset is annually s, It is since the close of the | JANUARY PERSONAL It Cineine the 1 Ohio, it proposes to be the Recent in England consplcuous the | mayor of London possesses name of Frank Green The ol i is not events nett of Michigan and Robert The are fast being taken up. there were 330 thus classed 136, All the persons who desired or for summer homes An appropriation is to rest have them | b argest hottest have th AND OTHERWISE, city e oftutt Kentucky, aged 53 and 34 respectively in made t that the highly ornate prosaic | Ben- st and youngest members of the present clectoral college are John R of abandoned” farms of Massachusetts Three vears ago in the state, cnumeration shows there are now 'n sold to for cultivation be asked of the New Hampshire legislature for the erection Colonel Biryan deplores the dire ".'r“:\'l]:“:'y-‘”‘]'v‘n:_’r‘:’ _"";"'!,"‘,“'A D D on | i the capitol grounds of a statue of Frank- threat that Colonel Roosevelt way mm;““_ timus the fHOURD ;mm for pensions | /b Plerce, the only New Hampshire man | his strenuous activities bottled up for |y, 1478, The total number of pensioners | Who bas been president of the United | four years in the contracted limits of | (mostly survivors of the civil war) now on [ States. The body of Mr. Plerce rests o the vice presidency. Had Colonel | the rolls is 20, Twenty years ago the | Concord in the old North cemetery. [ Bryan only had his way Colonel Roose- | number was 2i0.102, and ten years ago. | \‘:(n.q De I'v-rllu\“ m:- “nl”' su;v-m . | 4. More than 40,000 new claims were | broker, aanounces his intention to adopt velt would have been wmore effectually | 1ol 16t vear, which excopds the re- | Georglana Billings, the Montana girl who bottled up by enforced vetivement 10 | gyetion occasioned by the death of old | has displayed such astonishing ability in private life, leaving the innocuous desuc: | pensioners. | drawing and painting. Mr. De Cordova ha tude of the vice presidency to Adial | R no children of his own and he has become Stevenson, whio bad proved by previous SENATORIAL ICATIONS. deeply interested in this child of genlus experience thut his abilitles were not | Thoughtfal, § Words of Disin-| A bill which has been introduced In Par- AT R e i e tovested Observers, | ltament will confer an additional title on 4 " | J. Sterling A ton's Conservative. 'l\ml, Edward VII of England. He is now e | In the work of James Bryce on the gov- | “his majesty, Albert Edward, by the grace Before the islature takes up the | ernment of the United States, which every [ of God, of the United Kingdom of Great vlau to bave the tuxpayers pay pre- | thoughtful and patriotic citizen ought to | Britain and Ireland; king, defender of the miums on all officlal bonds furnished|?esd. the Conservative finds the following, | faith and emperor of lndis." The new [by the guaranty companies it should | ¥PIeh members of the Nebraska legislature | bill adds to this “sultan of South Africa.’ throw some measure of protection | b by this critical juncture of a contest | prof. Paul J. Robert of Mobile, Ala., ha protection | for two United States senators, study 1'h | roceived official notification of his election uround the treusury in the way of reg- | possible profit as & member of the Booiete Astronomique ulating the rates demanded. It would | “Thy smallness and permanence of the | g France. He was nominated by Camille not be hard for the bond companies to | ShAL have |mw‘w «n"”v‘lvnflulmr‘i'“' | Flammarion and M. Touthet, after writing influence on its char hey con- | unar and meteorological reports get together in a combination for the | ypibute to one main cause of its succe 'K'l:‘“;m’;;”n"\“,“ P “ih:-l Iondy purpose of milking the coconnut if they | the superior intellectual quality of its mem- 16 oRly twabtrothree membaie' in tiad the exclusive right to furnish these | bers. Every European who has described | United States, four of whom are wo- i and the people no alternutive but |1t """ L Gwels oy ""v" APASILY “{’ l'l'“'""l“l“’" | men oo compose i1, and most have followed De y T to pay the bill Tocqueville In attributing this capacity to In the package contalning his will, t » the method of double election. The choice | ARUTee directed to be opened at the end Those legislative inquisitors. might un- | of senators by the state legislatures 1y sup- | °f 1900, was found a bundle of papers in torlnl situntion It they wet about thelr | 31scovering and welecting the futest the | aging him, and one from M. de Fouvil work in earuest. But the law vequires |1 o0 0 E B0 BOT SIS i sur | Qissuading him. On the latter Andree had a ballot to be taken on senator at least pass that of the house than that the average .\;”‘”‘L s il It 1s possible thet s ¢ every legislative day, so the chase | cabinet minmster of Europe should bo abler | 1% Tight, but it is now too late. Have made votes cannot be Interrupted to gwait | than the average member of the leglslature. | 811 BTAEALALIoNG "‘”"( il el "‘_;“ the Investigation. It Is just possible|® ° ° A man must bave had considerable | back.” The will itse very short, [he el experience of affalrs, and of human nature | Introduction seems to show that Andre the report of the inquisttion may come | 5" Teus cngaging aspects, before he en- | divined the fate that awaited him. The in after all the excitement is ov ters this august conclave. text begins as follows The will I write emmmee—— | Amoug the many prominent candidates |today is probably my last testament, and The 1linois state senate has abolished | now before the legislature at Lincoln are therefore, legully valid. 1 write on th ts committec on federal relations he- | 50me Men who quite acceptably the [ eve of a journey full of dangers such a sheias measure for United States senators, de. |history has never been able to show cause the state has no federal velatlons | onpyon Ly Mr. Bryce. It is hoped by all | My presentiment tells me that this terrible to maintain, The committee in 1NNOIS | who have patriotic pride o the citizenship | journey will signity death.” The remainder and elsewhere is a relic of states’ rights [ of Nebraska that senators of the best and the will allots one-half of his fortu doetrine under which the states were | bighest character—intellectual and social— | amounting to a few thousand marks, to his | ‘~u|-|u-~n-d to negotinte with the fedepsl | men distinguished for straightforward hon- | sister the mrf» !nlr to M brother, who esty may be speedily elected The honor | also inherits his large library, mostly con government on practically the SAME | 4pd the conscience of the state should be | sisting of sclent! works, on condition basis as with a fore nation, It 1% | incarnated o lis senators. 1 that be bequeath it 1o a public library when completed and given to the publie will be of great value. Advance sheets of !vlll\ report give estimates showing that an | area of 1,004,046 square miles is covered | by timber, and that this standing timber | represents 2,300,000,000 feet. Of states hav ing the greatest arca of standing timber Oregon stands second with 64,000 square | | miles of forest to her credit. Texas leads | with 64,000 square miles; Minnesota tollows | | closely upon Oregon with 52,000 square | miles; Washington comes next with 47,700. | Other states mentioned in the list of those | having the largest timber area are: Ar- | | kansas, 45,000; California, 44,700; Montana, | 42,000; "Georgia 42,000, and Missouri, 41,000 square miles Following this estimat our standing | timber area and the possibilities which it | represents to the lumber trade is the state- ment that we are cutting our timber at the maximum therein was reached in 1800, after which a gradual reduction was noted, until | In 1598 the minimum was reached. This | | shows. not that the demand hus weakened but that the source of supply is falling | Nature cannot, by ordinary processes or | unaided growth, supply the vast inroads | | that have been and are being made upon | her forest wealth. This is conceded, and, | while yepreseatatives of the National For- | stry assoclation are working In conjunc tlon with officials of the government to | {naugurate a system whereby the loss | through commercial demands may be made H good by growth, the agents of the great lumber companies are scouring the north- | | west, and have penetrated even to the Pacific coast, for the purpose of securing a supply to meet the demands of their | business. Large tracts of timber have been bought up in this interest in our own state | | within the last few Ta legitimate business transaction ye pertectly | by the way | —and for the first time in our history | the fact that the forest wealth of Oregon | may not be inexhaustible kas been, though still vaguely, presented to our people. The | export of lumber Is becoming a very fm portant item in our foreign commerce Statistics show that It has very nearly | | ubled in the last ten years The total | exports of wood and wood manufactures | last year we valued at 850,568,000, most of the forest product having been shipped from Pacif! Jast ports to South America and the Asiatic countries. There | {s every reason to belleve that our lumber 2 | export will again be doubled in the first | | decade of the century. To meet this fact graduation Indianapolis Press SAID IN FUN, “I wonder why eaper gauice {8 always served with leg of mutton nt | remarked the Obsery It is | replied the How SOt gs Chicago Post Hoarder. the only Cross o the leg that does the capering. asked his chum engaged this morning's mail yet And with U W “I thi Aren “Only ement ner | your husband hav Waggles— Mrs | mouse Pittsh just as nk %0, anawered minine naturc t you sure?" reasonably so of vesterday, but [ haven't ville Journal: Mre, den?’ urg Chronicle Mr. Hoamley ften us he ca Ihe space writer to roast. 1 sce Of mad To wi ntil yer tn v lead pencil ulean hue; 1 grin he doth begin ve it over you Jur feelings, like your screeds Became exceeding “blue,” te any th him to s “bard' That cal v, ith Jines’on “spring." or anything; Ah! better dead were he! & str th oft ye office “‘cat'’ And cke vo “kittens," too, And feedeth them with many a “‘gem" Sent In by me or you (Yo "kittens” always are to him A “litter”ary crew It was ve bold night editor, Hig eye was dim s T i As mentioned heretofore there came from him A prolongated snore in n gor at Apped ey w hey 8 They 1 Was t wol And ) pen office A rat cat tat jumped up, she heard the door there strode a motley throng geous armor dight; 1d a lance, geen at a glance h sharp and bright the tp @ brand new pen red from left to “write 1l upon that woetul man 10 night editor weaked his nose, thes rolled him o'er and o'er. ry fell space writer thére hirsting for his gore! they rent from out that frightful dre; 1uch to his rellef he remorselensly uses to our grief; emark is: “Hoyvs, dear boys, py's far 100 brief}” wuce for it “Are you engaged to her?"* the student of Mhere f& always an doubt in these matters. We were opened Wiggles—Does . he roars all over the Do | rate of about 40,000,000 feet a year, an|you refuss me because I'm o self-made average of which, if continued, will exhaust | man? the present supply In about sixty years, | Miss Pert—Oh, are you? That may ac- The effort to restore our forests is, of | “Mnt for M How account for it? course, not taken into account in this cal Miss Pert—Probably you didn't use a culation, the object being to show what |l00king-glass when you were on the job. will result in case the present wasteful | Philadelphla Press: Mrs, Nexdore-What policy of using without replacing timber | sort of a plano player do you consider my or protecting young timber is pursued | dWughicr by this time? < through two more generations. In Minme- | Mia Nebhness Mo ail say - Nonunion | sota, Wisconsin and Michigan, where the | Mrs. Peppres—She doesn't scem to con- logger's ax and the lumberman's mill have | £lder elght "hours of labor sufficlent for a been persistently active during the present | 4 generation, there are Indlcations of a slight THE NIGH JDITOR. abatement in activitles during the last — | year. There has, indeed, been a steady Monroe H. Rogenfeld in the Journalist | reduction of the average production of lum. [ It 18 ye bold night editor ber in these originally magnificent tim- | fjy mve o brignt oo e, 8 Nt tim- | jijs eye {8 bright, his heart is light bered states during the last ten years. The | And what he liketh m