Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 1, 1901, Page 4

OMAHA DAILY THE ) ©MAHA DAILY BEE. NOSEWATER, EDITOR, PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, Dally Beo (without Sunday), Une Year..$6.00 Laily Bee ana sunday, O liustrated bee, One Y Bunday Be o Year Baturany Bec, One Year Awenticth Century Farme FFICES: Bee Bullding. City Hall ullding st The and M ‘Cous.cil blutrs Chicago: 180 Unity Builal New vork: Templs Court Washington: wl Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE Communications relating to news and edi- torlal matter should be addressed: Umaha Lee, Loitorial Department BUSINESS LETTERS. letters and remittances should The lee Publishing Com Omaha Bouth ty-nrth Twen- ons addresse 1y, Uthaha Remit by payable to press or postal order, Puviishing Company pred in payment of al checks ton Haster g THE BEE PUBLIsHING STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION , Douglas County, ss. Tzschiick, secretary ot 4he Be company, belng duly sWors " that the actual numper ot full and complete copies of The baily, Mornin, venng and Bunday bee printed ducing tae Ui Of February, 1w, was an 10HOWs: 20,940 X1 LRGN0 L%0,080 .20 0,040 25,070 20,010 2OHNTU $5,5 00 25,770 26,110 20,005 Publisning R0, 300 20,615 48,760 B 25,000 10iiiin,. 48,770 U X T 1 foral ...... 4y AR Less unsold and returned coples. Net tolal sales........ 710,084 Net daily average......... 25,67 G B TZ8CHUCK, Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 4th day of March, A. D, 191 HUNGATE, Notary e ————— All I8 quiet at Lincoln once m The “insurgents” have vacated the cap- itol. The last legislature is always the worst legislature, just as the last city council was tho, worst. —— Governor Dietrich has the nerve to use his veto pen without fear of making personal political enem Congratulations showered upon the new senators by federal officeholders are taken for what they are worth. Mr. D. E. Thompson is sald to prefer the Mexican mission to the mission at the national capital. On to Mexico, Spenker 8 s credit for va- cating his chair rather than incur the displensure of his constitutional suc- cessor. — The defunct legislature is to be com- mended not o much for the good laws it has passed ng for the viclous bills it has killed. —_—— Up to the hour of going to press the atened resignation of Lieutenant nor Navage had not been fen- dered to the governor-senator. The fool friends of Congressman Mer- cer have discovered that he made a mis- take when he tried to wedge himself into the senatorial race as the only pos- sible Omaba candidate. Nobody appreciates a thing that is given away to everybody. If you ad- vertise in the want columns of The Bee you will have to pay for it and you may feel sure that you will get your money's worth, When Aguinaldo was captured he wore a plain dark blue suit with the cont closely buttoned at the throat. Cable advices from Manila do not, how- ever, tell whether he buttoned his coat because he wore no shirt. Omaha machinists demand a revision of the scale so as to be able to draw $2.30 for an eight-hour day. Machinists in the dally newspaper offices of Omaha have been earning $3.50 per day for an eight-hour day and yet they are mot happy. Governor Dietrlh will be justified in holding on to December if for no other purpose than to recall the defunct leg- islature for an extra session next win ter to call a constitutional counvention and enact the important legislation that it left untouched. The per roorback has been rve- vived that the army headquarters are to be removed from Omaha to Kansas City. There is no more ground for such a report than there would be for a report that they would be removed to 8t. Joe, Atchison or Topeka. 1t is a profound secret which the mind- reader of The Bee has been able to glean exclusively ‘for this paper that Aguinaldo will be placed on the editorial staff of Mr. Bryan's Commoner, which is to be enlarged at an early date in order to muke room for Filipino philip- pics, The fusion members of the late legis- lature have peculiar ideas of Awmerican patriatism. Because the preamble of a Joint resolution calling for a national convention to revise the constitution of the United States recited the fact great changes were wrought in our industrial and commercial system within the past century, by reason of increased popula- tion and territorial expansion, they voted it down. When a resolution was in- troduced commending Geuneral Punston for his gallant conduect in the Philip- pines, they voted it dow A foretaste of the evolution of the twenticth century is a projected electric belt road that will connect Philadelphia and New York City, ninety miles apart, and furnish rapid transit for 40 cents per passenger from the eity of brotherly love to the metropolis. In other word traveling between the two cities will be cheapened from 2 cents per mile 1o less than half a cent per mile. If this ex- periment proves profitable a 1-cent fare on trunk lines between Chicago and New York is sure to follow at no distant daze . Pl OUR GREAT STOCK OF GOIA). The Treasury department nose holds about 600,000,000 1n gold, which is an other one of the surprising records which the United States hasg been mak ing in the last two or theee years, It is said that the treasury of no nation within historic times has ever had so great an amount of gold as that at one time, It i« estimated that in the United States the total gold supply at not far from $1,100,000,000, in New York who keep close watel upon gold production say that the United States and Alaska are producing now about 2000000 of gold week from the mines, If that be a correet estimate we lave passed South Afriea's cord at the time of her highest pro duetion of gold just before the outbreak of the war in the Transvanl. Almost all of this new supply finds lodgment in the United Siates and there is no indication that it o in the im mediate foture lessened, Indeed, it | stated that some of the anthorities ar of the opinion that we may confidently count upon a yearly production from our mine i those of Alaska for the next ten yonrs of $100,000,000, It is somewhat remarkable that the great inerease in the supply of gold has had o littde effect upon the of commodities, hut the explanation is perhaps to be found in o the greater omies in the cost of production and of distribution. A rding to a finan clal authority, o careful compilation re cently made seemed to demonstrate th the tendency to an iner in pr by reason of thesinereased production of gold from our mines had been al most exactly offset by the influence that has been created by the uction in the of production of almost all ymmodities that come into daily use, 1f (his view be correct the condition without precedent and presents an in teresting fact for the consjderation of political cconomists, It is noted, 1 er, that i the supply having an influence one commodity - sil ie Is be ke o8 cost is the increase enrs to be upon the price of er—which has been appreciating and is now worth over 20 per cent more than a year ago. This is partly due to the greater demand for silver that has been ex enced In the last year, but undoubtedly the nerense in the supply of gold has an effect upon the price of silver, The New York corvespondent of the I'hi delphia Press sa “With the pur chasing value of gold decreasing silve ought to be higher, and even if there | to be no exceptional demand for silyer, nevertheless it is the opinion of the ablest financiers here that in the vormal course of things, if the rel tion Indicated by mining statistics In tween the production of gold and that of silver be continued for several ye; the price of silver will constantly van Theoretically, it is possible to concelve of an advance that would bring the actual market relation be- tween the two metals to a point ex- pressed by the fdeal ratlo of 16 to 1.” it is anticipated that as soon as the troubles in China are over the will come a sudden and enormously in creased demand for silver, while more of that metal will be required in the Philippines as soon as pacification complete there and the trade of the islands is fully resumed. Thus the out look for silver scems most vorable. Of course no one can foresee how long the present production of gold will continue, but it is quite as likely to be augmented as otherwis At all events, there is no reason for appre hending that there will be a scarcity of the yellow metal in the near future THE PHILIPPINE TARIFF. The future trade of the United ites ith the Philippine islands will depend largely upon tariff condition Ther fore the question of making a tavift for these possessions is very important and should receive the most reful consid- eration. The tariff propoged by the Philippine commlssion s meeting with a good deal of criticlsm from those interested. Ac- cording to Washington advices the War department is already in receipt of nu- merous objections to certain features and more are expected. The criticisn relates not xo much®o the amount of the duties as to thelr arrangement, which in a number of cases is incon- gruous and unsclentific, This is the case on printing paper and books and also some of the manufactures of iron and steel. Protests have been most numerous in regard to the textile sched ules and it is probable that these will be materially changed before the new tariff is promulgated, as well as altera tions made in other features to which objection is raised by American ex porters. 1t Is most desirable and important that a right start be made in this mat ter and any time required to give it the most thorough consideration, so that the tariff which shall be put into effect will work well for the revenues of the islands and not be inimical to Awer- jean trade interests, will be well spent We cannot make a tarift for the Phil ipplnes that will discriminate in favor of American Interests, but care should be taken not to establish a taviff poliey there that wight be injurious to thoss interests. The question is one for ¢ perts in fiscal matters and it is doubt- | ful if either the commission or the arm; board competent to properly deal with it, is is UNFAIR 10 THE GOVERNOR One of the evil features of the rush attendant on the last days of the legis- | lature is the amount of work piled upon the governor, ‘The coustitution of the state requires that unless the governor shall veto a bill within five days of the date of adjournment of the leglsla- ture, It becomes a law withont his ap proval. Ostensibly the ‘Twenty-seventh ( eral assembly of the state of Nebraska adjourned on Thursday, Mavch 28 In reality, its work was not concluded until two days later. During these extrin two duys more bills were passed by the legislature than durving the en | moral. A matter of fact, tl but half A dozen bills passed on Thursday, while bill after bl rushed throngh Friday and Saturday. Omitting Sun day, the governor has Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday on which to consider and examine all this mass of hastily adopted logislation, or it must become a law without Lis approval. To properly exercise his function asx the ‘excentive officer of the state is a physical impos sibility, and Governor Dietrich finds bimself helpless in the face of a condi tion the legislature has prepaved for him It is not enough to say that the bills were cavefully considored Ly the legis Iature. Errors creep in, and bad bills get through, and the governor was in- vested with the prerogative of veto power as a measure of caution and a fognard against vicious or fanlty laws, One of the most important bills enncted by the te leglslature was found when It reached the governor's desk to contain crrors, purely clerieal, suthicient to invalid it, and while it received the execntive's approval, it was necossary to pass.a new bl in order to secure the worthy object aimed at by the first. How often this experi ence has been repeated will not he known until the courts come to pass upon the results of the session, but the faet remins that the statute books will encumbered by o host of Inws on which the executive has never passed because of lack of time, In the future the legislators should alm 1o time their tinal adjournment so that this stute of affairs may | voided. Tt i not only unfair to the governor, but to the people, and shonld never be allowed to pxist, © wer was on the veracious Lincoln the Workl-Herald “sstrained relations exist between Gov ernor Dictrich and Licutenant Goy Ruvage over the thme when the forme proposes (o vacate the governor's chair and executive mansion and serlous trouble is threatencd before the mattper is finally settled.”” We apprehend, how ever, that the threatened breach s chiefly in the fertile imagination of the reportorial mind-reader. Licutenant Governor Savage knows endugh to know that he has no inherent right t the governorship and must necessarily Dbide his time with pationce. Plagn wa Wa Springfield Republican. bubonic plague's ravages in Cape- town are alarming. Thete is no blinking the meaning of 246 cases in & town that erves as the military base of the Britisi army The Glory Comes High, Buffalo Express British correspondents in South Africa arc beginniug to admit the failure of the Kitchener method and to point out that the Boers can be overcome only by keep- ing large garrisons at all important cen- ters. That would involve a further in- crease of the army and heavy additional expense. When will the British taxpayers tire of this glory Be Hem ered., Indianapolis Journal. In discussing our Philippte policy it is worth while to remember that the main prestige to the United States from taking over the fslands will not be material but The extension of commerce or in- crease of trade that may follow annexa- tion will be insignificant compared with the glory of establishing republican govern- ment, civil and religious liberty and free schools where they have never existed be- fore. The S Louisville the Other Courfer-Journal It is ob: vant that those who.are most Indignant in denouncing the proposition that Great Britain give sufirage to the Kaffirs are those who are ulso most in- dignant in detouncing any abridgment by Great Britain of the independence of the Boers. It is often the case that those who are mosL vociferous in the cause of “Buman liberty” insist us vociferously that they shall select the humans to whom alone liberty shall be given YOUNG ME A Wider a viting Fleld for Baltimore American, The financial world has been in a whirl of excitement during the past six wonths as it has watched the changes in industrial affairs, The most wonderful series of com- plex orgenizations ever known has been brought into being. The recruiting, drilling and cquipping of vast armies have not re- quired a greater genius. Immense projects, involving millions of money, affecting thou- sands of people, embracing a multitude of detalls, have been conceived, then under- taken, and finally driven forward to profita- ble succese The men behind these schemes have not been heirs to their destiny by divine right Their destiny has been made. A study of the men who have been the soul and the energy of these colossal ventures will be a refutation to the wall that the American boys have been robbed of their future This country never presented better op- portunities to its young men than it does At present. The big industrial combina- tions have not destroyed the young men's hopes. They have, on the contrary, fur- nished a new impetus for harder work and for brilliant achievement. The wonderful evolution in the world of industry hus opened up new flelds. No longer do fathers dilate upoh the glories of war as the voca ton in which to win honors and fame Bold congeptions, daring enterprise and superb generalship now find their con- genial employment in the development ot industrial forces and in the conquest of commercial territory. Genins never had & better incentive than present-day conditions can offer. These are the times when men of talent are ut a premium, and when indi- vidual capacity will command the most profitable recognition, The most comforting fuct about the whole problem is that the new conditions call for men of value, and not for men of merely an honorable genealogy. Never has the American lesson of success been more for- cibly written than it has in the recent steel ae The leaders of that project were men whose boyhood was the very ideal of unpromising obseurity. Pluck and applica tion, boldness and determination, however, have converted that obscurity Into wealth and success. The rulers of the present in dustrial age in America are men who have sprung from apparently hope poverty They have worked out their genius, and are now winning battles more honorable than the bloody ones of Caesar or of Napoleon The same opportunities are open (o all The big projects of the day demand genius to manage them; they cannot survive witl medlgerity at the helm. The voung son of obscurity, therefore, who proves his worth will always command a premium over the favored pet of wealth. Sons of rich meu who have neither brain nor grit behind them have less prospects for success than the poor boys of genius. The future is still ess tire time of its sessiou previously. All these have gone to the governor as hav- ing been enucted o Thursduy, whew, us| beckoning to the sons of apparent obscurity to fight on, and Is waiting to crown (heir elforts with succes L nunnL nolulu Hayden's Fortane Tambles from 820,000,000 1 ) Chieago Tribunc The news came recently from that one lssac Newton Hayden had died there and left $20,000,000, and that heirs were wanted for the estate, Haydens being carce in Honolulu that there was danger the estate would be left unclaimed. Rather than have this calamity occur several pub- lie spirited agents in this country have been vigorously promoting a Hayden hoom Haydens by blood and Haydens by marriage have been asked to furnish their pedigrees to the promoters, not forgetting a bonus to reimburse the latter for expenses. The |scheme was well under way, Haydens were turning up in all directions, eager for slices of Isanc Newton's fortune, and bonuses Wore Just beginning to come in when news came from Honolulu that in stead of $20,000,000 Tsanc Newton's fortune amounted to Just $40 In the faco of such n shrinkage as this the bubble burst and the Haydens are no longer interested In the matter. So far as the claim agents are concerned, they wiil ket no sympathy. Thelr business is that of profiting by popular greed and credulity Mence it is a matter for congratulation when ono of their schemes collapses befora it comes to a head. As far as the Hay dens are concerned they have probably been saved from throwing away their money Even if Isaac Newton had been worth $20,- | 000,000, there ure so many Haydens that | each heir would have had but an infinitesi mally small slice, especially after the claim agent had made his grab, and all the heirs would have been unhappy. Honolulu FUNSTON'S 1 St. P'aul Ploneer Press: Funston's strategy In effecting the capture of Aguinaldo will restore the waning faith of the nation tn the genuineness of the Incidents in Cooper's “Leatherstocking Tales” and in the career of the Jibbenainosy Chicago War has its romance and poetry, as well as its tragedies. Nothing since Dewey's sailing into Manila bay has cqualed the picturesque daring of General Funston, which resulted in the capture of Aguinaldo, the head and front of the Fili- pino fnsurrection. Brooklyn Eagle: Wherever there are wars in which our flag s a factor Funston will be a brilliant figure. It 18 to be hoped that the luster of his achievements will not be dimmed by injudicious indulgence in lyceum lectures or other forms of mental lassitude and lingual dissipation 8t. Louls Republic: Funston is again to the front, this time with Aguinaldo in tow. No one doubted that if Aguinaldo could be caught Funston was equal to the task. Funston has inhaléd the ozone of the west. Such daring as he has exhibited Is 1n perfect harmony with the western spirit Indianapolis Press: In the early stages of the Spanish war General Frederick Fun: ton won a reputation as a man who does things, and that reputation he has main- tained with constantly increasing credit. The capture of Aguinaldo fs eimply the latest and most remarkably brilliant accom- plishment in a long record of valorous deeds. Kansas City Star: Whether General Funston Is given his star or not he has written his name in American history as a shining hero. When some of the great political lights of the time shall have long ince faded, when men now in high poul- tions will have been utterly forgotten, the name of Fred Funston will live in the books, Indianapolls Journal: Regarding the mat- ter from another point of view his capture adds greatly to the prestige of General Funston, to whose skill and daring it is due. No American War has produced a more typical specimen of the true American sol- dier and hero than this volunteer officer of Kansas. To say that he is lucky is not enough. Mere luck cannot account for achievements that require a rare combina- tion of high and manly qualities. General Funston has added a new claim to the ad- miration of his countrymen and the gratl- tude of the government. New York Evening Pos A mere soldler of fortune journal hero of the days the cause of absolute freedom for (‘uba was praiseworthy, on his appolntmesit to the command of the Twentieth Kansas infantry General Funston displayed unusual quali- ties in disciplining and controlling his regl- menl, For these evidences of executive ability and force of character he has re- ceived much less credit than for his courage under fire. If there are those who regret that deceit and trickery and the use of traitors were necessary to capture Agul- naldo, we must point out to them that this is a legitimate part of warfare, which legalizes nearly every practice that is re- garded with abhorrence among civilized men in time of peace. Chicago Tribupe: The administration made a remarkably good investment when it appointed Funston a brigadier general of volunteers and sent him back to the Phillp- pines to outdo his previous audacious per- formances. But for him Aguinaldo would still be at large. making much trouble, while the probabilities aregthat now he is safely caged the insurrecBon will flicker out for lack of a recognized, able leader. Other officers woilld have gone out in quest of him with cavalry ‘and Infantry, with trumpets and with drums. Not one of them would have concelved the idea of en- tering Aguinaldo's camp in the guise of a prisoner and capturing him in the midst of L#: followers. It seemed a wild, hare- bratned scheme of Funston's commanding officers, but luckily they had confidence enough in him to let him try it ows Although then and a yellow when devotion to Stockholders in the First National bank of Niles, Mich., have been assessed 100 per cent on thelr holdings to make good tire accounts of the bank's creditors, Mayor Fleischmunn of Cincinnati has just had an interview with Mre. Nation and found it a more nerve-rasping experfence ‘han his recent prize fight problem The New York Tribune informs a cor- respondent that Mr. Carnegie’s pame is generally pronounced as though it w spelled Car-nay-gy, With the accent on the second syllable, The people of Sing Sing, succeeded in having thelr name changed t6 Osining and henceforth the town and the prison will cease to be synonymous in the public mind % sir John Millais' * in which th figure of the young girl was a portrait of Miss Dorothy Tennant, who is now Sir Heory M. Stanley's wife, was sold in Lon- don recently for §7,150. Bight thousand persons of plague in Bengal last week h things | make Lord Curzon's congratulations to th | Indian council on the surplus in the In | aian treasury seem rather hollow 1t is said that R. G. Gill, superintendent of the model rooms In the United St patent office, Washington, has an iniimate kncwledge of every one of the 700,000 models under his charge, though they range in intricacy from a fountain pen to a com- plicated triple expansion engine for a trans Atlantic liner. His marvelous memory for such things 18 the wonder of all who know him The fact 1s noted tha' this year and duchess of Cornwall will see three winfers, but no summer. They will have first & spring, then an autumn, then @ win ter, u few days of another spring and then autvmn again Their winter—especially that part between Fremantle and Natal~ will be excoptionally though the N. Y., have | the duke severe visit to Mauritius keeps them porth of the | waler needed to let go ordipary rouls the | | | | ¢hoice of some APRIL ¥ 1 PUBLICAN 1901 PSS Superior Jaurnal (rep.) one of the semators. | and it always rolls up a republican ma- jority. We are glad the city 10 have such a thorough representative of its best business interests in Mr. Millard Beemer Times (rep.): The people of Ne- braska are to he congratulated on the end of the protracted and stubbornly-fought senatorial contest, which for a long time threatened 1o loave the state without rep- resentation in the Utfited States senate Beaver Tribune (rep.): The selec- tion of Dietrich and Millard brings satie- faction (o republicans throughout the state who had become alarmed that the leis- Iature would adjourn without an election The fusionists are”coriespondingly disap- pointed with the result. Pender Republic (rep.) publicans all over Nebraska refolce at this happy outcome of the bitterest senatorial contest in the State’s history. The new tenators are men whose worth are fully known in Nebraska and wili represent our state with credit and distinction. South Sioux City Record (rep.): day, the last day of the session of the Ne- braska leglslature, the republicans got to- gether and elected C. H. Dietrich, our pres- ent governor, and Joseph H. Millard of Omaha to represent the commonwealth of Nebraska in the United States senaie. Both men are able ‘business men and will be a credit to the state. Tekamah Herald (rep.)t Joseph H. Mil- lard of Omaha and Governor Charles M. Dietrich were elected yesterday, in joint session as the two republican United States senators from Nebraska. The majority of the republican members in the legislature are entitled to much credit for their ju- dicious actlon In sacrificing preferences rather than to adjourn with two vacancles, as scemed to be the wish of the bolters Plerce Call (rep.): The senatorial dead- lock at Lincoln was broken yesterday morn- ing by all the candidates withdrawing and the election of J. H. Millard of Omaha and Governor Charles H. Dietrich for the long and short terms respectively. The legis lature made two good sclections—even at the eleventh hour. All republicans should feel thankful that Nebraska will have two republicans In the next United States sen- ate. Alliance Times (rep.): The state of Ne- braska and the republican party are to be congiatulated upon the settlement of the long-continued senatorial fight. J. H. Mil- lard of Oriaha and Governor C. H. Dietrich were elected. Just how the compromise was effected the Times is unable to Such controversies as that just closed Lincoln serve to accentuate the necessity of a constitutional amendment providing for the election of United States senators by direct yote of the people. Tecumseh Chieftain (rep.): The deadlock in the legislature of Nebraska was success- fully broken last Thursday, the closipg day of the session, and Governor Charles H. Dietrich of Hastings and Hon. J. H. Millard of Omaha were elected to seats In the United States senate. It is needless to say that there is great rejoicing in the repu lican ranks over the fact that senators have been chosen and that the threatened dan- ger of no representation in the upper house of congress has been safely passed. Friend Telegraph (rep. ‘While the end- ing was a happy one, yet the state must bear the loss of several very important measures which they had a right to expect the legislature to have carried out and which have been sacrificed on the altar of party strite and bitter contention: withstanding all that, we can at least with the newly elécted senators, stand up for Nebraska and her best interests with party and country first and selfishuess never, we may stand shoulder to shoulder in oppo- sition to the common enemy of equal rights and human progress. York Times (rep.): There was a good deal of patriotism and party loyalty shown at Lincoln, as well as wisdom, in the set- tlement of the senatorial imbroglio. Mr. D. E. Thompson, first of all, proved his loyalty to the republican party and the entire baselessness of the charge that he is entirely selfish and cares nothing for the party. He was within five or six votes of election, had fifty-nine out of seventy voting republicans in the joint session, and yet he yielded gracefully and generously when it became apparent that he could not be elected. Mr. Rosewater, too, who held in his grasp the key to the situation, and who has been denounced as supremely self- ish, laid down his chances, after a long and wearying contest, for the good of the party and the state. Kearney Hub (rep.): Another interesting phase of the outcome is that Governor Dietrich had been a close friend and sup- porter of Mr. Thompson as a candidate, and Mr. Millard was one of the principal sup- porters of Mr. Roscwater in the city of Omaha. In less thun a year Mr. Dietrich bhas made the gubernatorial canvass, becn nominated and elected, and by a chance becomes one of the senators from the state. He has been governor three months, but has shown in that time that he is a man of force, character, abllity and has the nerve to do the thing that is right. The fact is that Nebraska loses a first-class governor in gaining a senator. Joseph Mil- lard is one of the pioneers of Nebraska, having come to Omaha in 1 Eighteen years ago he was a candidate for the sen- ate and was beaten by General Mander- son. He has been at the head of the Omaha National bauk for many years, is an all- around well equipped public man, and will take immediate rank as one of the strong men in the senate O\ SEN RS, Omaha deserves is the metropolis City We believe re- Thurs- York Times: When the last joint session of the legislature met at noon Thursday it was already decided that Dietrich and Mil- lard would be the United States senators, with the possible, but not probable, con- tingency that enough of the bolters might bolt the last caucus to prevent an election, and thus leave two positions open for their friends, the pops, two years hence. Mr. Thompson had withdrawn and named a man who really is far more distasteful to the bolters and their manipulators thdn Mr. Thompson himself. Mr. Rosewater has also withdrawn and thrown his following to Mr Millard. The withdrawal of these two men settled the fight. They were the only can- didates who controlled votes enough to de- feat a republican. The bottom fact is theso two were the only candidates who could absolutely control more than one vote Melklejohn had a good many friends who | were anxious to see him elected, but he had no positive member who would defeat a re- publican member at his behest. Crounse had his own vote and no more. He denied responsibility for his man Rohwer, and their paths divided. Currie had the vote of Sen- Currie to trade or keep or use as he but he did ot have another one Hinshaw had lots of friends and well- wishers and got a nice vote, but he con- (rolled only one. Mendenhall at last played his secret part in the open and came out agulnst Hinshaw in name, as he hud been in fact. Hainer could no more control Whit- more thau he could & Tagalog, and he ha®l no other to lean upon. He was really the members and quite a number supported him had the signs been right. Martin may possibly be an ex- ception to the statement that no candidat except Thompson and Rosewater controlled more thin one vote, and vet it is & ques tion. He controlled his own vote without a doubt, but a8 to Cain there 1s a serious doubt. Still, he may bave bad those two but positively no more. So, when the flerce pressure of the lust hours came and mem- bers looked toward their honies and shud- dered at the thought of the reception that awaited them, only Thompson and Ros The rest could not They bad to let g would would have bold on. REQUIEMS FOR T ATURE Howells Journal (dem.): Wo would 1ike to have some good republican tell us what the legislature, which adjourncd yesterday accomplished. Now, don't all speak at once. Perhaps the editor of the Schuyler Sun, who was in Lincoln during the session, can give us some light on the subject Superior Journal (rep.): Representative McCarthy deserves congratulations upon the fight which he made on the appropriation of $35.000 to buy the state fair grounds He took (he ground that the Lancaster county people had agreed to purchase the site for the fair in consideration of hav Ing it permanently located at Lincoln. He sought to n Lincoln live up to her promises. That the “pull” which Lincoln evidently has with this legislature overcame him {8 nothing to the discredit of Repre- sentative McCarthy, He did his best Blair Republican (pop.): Even Governor Dietrich complaing that the legislature has made a miseratle recbrd of ineficiency and wasted the time that should bave been devoted to legislation of great Importance to the state. What do republicans think of the manner in which their party is carrylng out its pledges of Yeform? The shameful domination of the railronds, determined to sacrifice every principle of justice or falr- ness to elect their preferred candidates, splits the party wide open, and bribery and corruption werd never so rampant in the legislature. What & story could some of the bonest republican membors of the legislature unfold it so disposed Superior Journal (rep.): It has long been ovident that the state of Nebraska electsd a pack of bablcs to the legislature this year As it thelr conduct in the senatoriul affair was not enough, they have added to the disglist of the general public by showing their petty pique, resulting from the gov- ernor's veto of the normal school appro- priation, by turning down the governor's suggestion that the clerk of the supreme court be put upon a salary, instead of re- celving all the fees of the office. The house standing committee reported the bill for in- definite postponement and the house con- curred. You have seen children who are “not going to ba hossed’ by someone who {sn't the!r papa? Take another look at the Nebraska legislature and note the resem- blance. York Times (rep.): Those republicans, so-called, who have voted with the fusion- ists on every party measure before the legislature, who defeated the apportion- ment bills, upon which the fight between the two parties turned last fall, and who have prevented the republicans from cau- cusing on these important measures, may have saved a small portion of their bacon by catching hold of he elephant's tall Just as he was wabbling into the ring. Still they have defeated almost all good legis- lation and made the republican victory of last fall a dead-sea apple, turning to ashes on our lips. The victory that was won with much hard labor and sacrifice has re- sulted in the election of two good United States senators, it nothing whatever to do with the quality of men chosen, and aside from this they have done nothing that a fusion legislature would not have done. Tecumseh Chieftain (rep.): Tecumseh sportsmen are not entirely satisfied with the provisions of the new game law. They thimk the restrictions are most too far- reaching and that the disciples of the rod and gun have little left in the way of amusement. At the same time it should be remembercd that as the country grows older and is more thickly populated the wild game gradually disappears and that it is only @ question of time, unless protect- ing laws are passed and enforced, when the several specles will be so rare as to rob hunting of every element of sport. It is probably better to limit the season and pro- vide adequate protection, thus preserving the game so that those who are partial to the chase can indulge their inclination at stated periods with some prospect of re- #ulte. The disappearance of the buffalo has been a lesson to our sportsmen on the necessity of such protection. Pender Republic (rep.): Nebraska re- publicans who did so valiantly last fall in the clection have great reason to feel keenly disappointed at the fallure of the legisla- ture to pass bills for redistricting the state for congressional and legislative dis- tricts. Thid important duty was omitted ten years ago as to the legislative redis- tricting and as a consequence some coun- ifes of the state have had since then two or three timcs th» representation, by reason of the chauges of population, that other counties have had. The populiste then in control were severely censured for their fallure to do justice to the different counties and the blame will fall now with much added weight on the republicans who have permitted a much greater inequality to continue. There can be no excuse given and it will hurt the republican party im- mensely because this important matter has | been allowed to go by default Grand Island Independent (rep.): The senate seems to have killed Governor Diet- rich’'s recommendation in regard to fixing the salary of the clerk of the supreme court. If any member of the leglslature were adopting a method of conducting his private business he would undoubtedly fol- low the lines lald down by the governor in his message and try to deal fairly as be- tween himeelf and his employe. He would not as a,sound business principle say to hls clerk, Here is a matter that permits of your getting at least four or five times the pay you would receive in a like capacity else- where, but seeing that you are a very nice sort of fellow 1 will let it go and take no account of the fact that the pay is out of proportion to the service. And there is no valid business reason why the clerk of the supreme court should receive the enormous fees that will come to his office. He should be entitled to good pay for competent serv- ice and should give the taxpayers the bene- fit of the difference. - — WARNING AGAINST GREED, e Career of a Missourl ey Cro adelphia Re The desire to make a great fortune in a day is held to be responsible for a large pro portion of the failures in the business world. Men of this audacious generation will assume risks which would have non- plused our forefathers, who were so cau tlous in their wethods and so moderate in thelr ambitions that though they rarely made a milllon at a stroke they also rarely suffered a completa failure. There could hardly be a more instructive instance of disaster due to the promptings of the greedy spirit of the age than the experience of Gilbert J. Moffett. as reported by Secretary Moore of a Philadelphia accident insurance company. It was in lowa that Mr. Mof- fett, in his reckless effort 1o win big money. sacrificed his opportunities to continue t reasonable profits of his #kill and industry The capital of Mr. Moffett consisted of two ribs which had boon broken in youth and tailed o unite, a cane with & screwdriver affixed to its end and A stout hair brush Out of this capitul he had for ten years realized & revenue of $5.000 & year, which was fair for « single man with few expen &lve habits. It was the occupation of Mr Moffett to take out an mceident insurance policy and o fall in a railway car, the in surance and the railway company each pay ing something for his broken ribs. His method was described by Secretary Moore thus: Moffedt after taking out & policy and buying o railway ticket, would enter a ear and with his cave screwdriver loosen a in the floor until it sheuld project ‘Then he would trip over the serew and fall heavily in the presence of the conductor Having previously used the back of his hair brush (o make a bruise over the broken ribs, any two surgeons would promptly cer Refie is true, but they had | DYSPEPSIA. Few discases in- flict upon their victims greater suf- fering than does dyspepsia. If you have dyspepsia or indigestion in any form do not ruin your stomach with drugs, use Duffy's \q Pure Malt Whis- key as directed, it 4 ” will cure any form of indigestion and will restore the stomach toits normal condition. Tacony, Pa. Dufly Malt Whiskey Co.: Dear Sivs ~1 have already used two bottles of your Duffy's Pure Malt Whiske,. 110k it in the way of an egg-nog every morning. 1 had bee troubled with a burning sensatlon after m Tong time, but was completely cured. 1SAAC T The only Whiskey tavad by Thie s & guaraniec e su ewbatitutes. All druggiste o @edical booklet DUFFY MALT WHISKEY CO., Rochester, N.¥. _— tity to tho seriousnoss of his fnjury. It was the custom of Mr. Moffett, after draw- ing his Insurance money, to aceept a com- promise offered by the shrewd agent of the rallway company There was nothing (o prevent Mr. Mof- fett from enjoying his $5,000 a year fncomo indefinitely except his reckless groed Trusting to the well known disposition of tho average jury to favor an injured person when the defendant 1& a soulless rallroad corporation, Mr. Moffett adopted the plan of rejecting the offers of a compromise and bringing suit for a larger sum. ‘This led to disaster. Struck by the frequency of suits to recover compensation from western rail rouds for two broken ribs, and having A professional interest in injuries, Secretary Moore made an investigation which revealed the whole truth In bis ambition to wrest from the corporations wealth enough to en- able him to retire from business and own a yacht and an automobile Mr. Moffett has lost his sure Income and will spend some years in a western prison THE FADDIST IN EDUCATION, Freak Methods Too Common for the Pablic Good. Baltimore Amerfcan The world is full of fads and always will be, fads harmful and fads innocuous, but 1f there is one place from which they ought rigidly to be excluded, but In which, in point of fact, they fairly revel, it is that of popular education. In this fertile fleld the faddists run wild, and when they get power, eitter through number or influence, they try their experiments with all the experi- menter's zest, cheerfully oblivious to the injury they may be doing the experimentee, Now, one of the most delicate subjects on earth to handle, and one requiring the most careful, the most conscientious and the most intelligent management, is the tender brain of a little child. To the faddists it is simply a pleasant puzzle which they find great enjoyment in trying to solve by their theories. This is & scientific age, and the atmos- phere is tinged with science. Many catch the infection much as they would the measles, and so the fads of sclence are just as common as the fads of fashion. The laymen and the amateurs make up in zeal and en- ergy what they lack in trained knowledge, and about the first subject on which they try their self-acquired powers, ag a child tries a new toy, is the education of the young. So we have systems and theories and Ideas, and the history repeats itself in the slaughter of the innocents, though in this age the assassination is mental, not physical, except as overdeveloped and forced brains result in sickly bodies. The faddist is afraid to trust Mother Nature in the important task of developing the young, though that sturdy old dame has been much longer in the business and has a wide and varied experience. He pro- nounces all wrong ber plan of allowing young children to be healthy little animals in the first years of their lives; he cen- siders that she loses too much valuable time. He would be more systematic and thorough than.she is; he does not approve of her loose methods; he even teaches the children how to play, 8o that their amuse- ment can convey at the same time instruc- tion and set their little pink-toed feet on the proper path to intellectual develop- ment Then, again, Nature is simple; in fact, the keynote of all her important operations Is her grand simplicity. But the faddist is all complexity and complication. Nature would adapt cach individual's knowledge to his needs, but the faddist works on no such narrow plan. He jams in every scrap he can force in; he has no time in the rush for going through a proper modern curricu- lum to wait on any slow natural process like digestion. A few things well taught and thoroughly assimilated—a sound foun- dation on which the after years can bufld up any structure. or which itself will do for ordinary dally needs—are infinitely more useful in life's battle than a smat- tering of many, i — APRIL SMILES, Detroft Free foolishly fri end. now 1 am.” replied the never will let me ha o have a cent.” You are awfully, extravagant #aid the matronly “Papa © money as long as 1 “You bride o Chicago Tribune sald hix affianced cold and formal “Burely, my dear.” exclaimed th ary celebrity, stung by her reproach. “when they are published, after my death, they will be found (o he' models of composition bre hing the most exalted sentiments and couched in absolutely correct English letters (o me," day, “are fo iter- Somerville Journal a “social funetion? Pa--A social function, Tommy, is a to which your mother I invited an. women living next door aren't Tommy—Pa, what is iart the Chicago Record-Herald: “Doesn't {t N e mak you furious when another man runs into you on his wheel 2 Not if he gets suMciently brujsed,” Philadelphia ¥ ess: Mrs, Nexdol boughL @ hew piece 0f musle for me aaugh. ter to play and [ guess she'll master it soon. 8he was trying all afternoon. Mrs. Pepprey—Indeed she was. Very Philadelphia Py sald the patient seat of the crowde |mn:n« but—* How dare you SIr2 whp erled haughtily “T've notlce m 1 do not know you ' 108" you agliily . ma‘am, and ‘what's more, 1 don't Know that net corn AN Madam, finally tle man in_{he corner treet car, I beg your nddress me e you vou'ra standing on my Detroit Journal: The Helfer quivered as serub, always 20n, mammat duughter™ “waid the Cow, sadl jehibred ©imported Jervey, a0 far a8 e only way & serub may ‘becorne or kuaw, 18 10 be killed by the cars and 'hhn\a sult for her value brought against the compuny Caste! Than which nothin, . exorable! g0 more 1 a serub!" she William Watson in In Letters London News and in Arts un- dmpire; hounded In thelr view billowing veldt where they up- & Amlid great sllences; a people nursed Aport, the far-sown seed of them that erst IAI“rT # #word could tame; now, biindly hurled nst the march of the majestic world The Y bt and die, with dauntless hosoms Crazed it you will Ere ull s reft! may he. They hive LAl uke Ta atrive for froedom; and no Briton he, 0 Such vulor (noa despernte fle A Knightly salutation can refuse, " demented not to yleld Yet.s mad iho though thess striven as noblest Englishmen