Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 21, 1902, Page 4

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CORRESPOND Communications relating to news and editorlal matter whould be addressed: OUmaha Bee, Editorfal Department BUSINESS LETTERS, Business lettars and remittances should be addressed: The bee Publishing Com- pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or payable to Tho Bee Publishi Only 2-cent stamps accepted in payment of mail accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING' COMPAN BTATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btate of Nebraska, Douglas County, Qeorge B, Tzschuck, secretary of LThe Bee Publishing Company, belng dul Says that the actuai number o complete coples of The Dafly, 8 Evening and Sunday Bee printed durin the month of March, 1002, was as follows 20,070 11 tal order, omparry EEERNEERBERSS and returned coj Net total sales. Net daily aves g0 Rebectivel 1 GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. ubscr In my presen d bofore me this Giat day o March: A" 1 3 GEORGE RASMUSSEN, (Seal.) Notary Publie. Bt. Louls has gone daft over Santos- Dumont and aerfal navigation, — Now that the smallpox scare has sub- sided the atmosphere here {s full of ' spring fever. e—— The reported rediscovery of anclent silver _mlnes in- Arizona is a hoary- headed story. SEese— Governor Savage 18 wrestling with the problem how to make the rallroads de- liver the goods, e Look out for a sudden rise in the price of paint. The South ‘Omaha democrats have decided .to. organize for war, — With a matrimonial bureau at the city hall and a divorce mill at the court house, Omaba is In a fait way of ac- commodating all the fits and misfits of both sexes. What does the Board of Education bropose to do about the main Issue? Are Its members content with pursuing the Spanish policy of tomorrow, tomorrow, not this time, some other time? e —— It our eity comptroller could only control his appetite for notorfety and tinctured Apollinaris, he would find more time for the dutles of his own office and waste less time In meddling with the business of ‘other city officials. S— Mr. John P. Breen cused of con- templating a breach of political ethics by allowing his name to be used as a candidate for congress from Mercer's ward. This s an unjust aspersion. Mercer is not known to have bhad an abiding plice in any ward of Omaha for loi these many yea —— President Ingalls of the Blg Four wants a halt called to the merger craze unless the country Is prepared for gov- ernment ownership of the rallroads. We apprebend, however, there is much greater danger of the government being absorbed by the railroads than there is of the railroads being swallowed by the government, e South Omaha also wants a garbage crematory. What Is to hinder the twin clties from joinlng together in the gar- bage campaign for the establishment of & crematory near the boundary line? While South Omaha has a smaller arey and only one-fourth of the population, she laps over Omaha In the volume of garbage and varlegated smells. E————— “There Is nothing new under the sun.” According to the Western Laborer the closing down of the Unlon Pacific foun- dry was contemplated twenty years ago, and since then repeated assaults have been made upon the management by the foundrjes of other cities to secure the contract for the making of the Union Pacifie brass and iron castings. e ———— 1 The Omaba Moulders' union has ap- pealed to the Commercial club to bring :-un- on the Unloa Pacific railroad reopen its foundry. The members of the Iron Moulders' union evidently do Bot realize thit It is a very delicate task for a favored shipper or free pass fa- vorite to take any step by which he might incur the displeasure of the rail- road magnate, ——— Fresh table butter ig selling at 33 cents a pound, wholesale, in New York City, payable in. gold standard money. This knocks the prediction made six years ago, that the toller on the farm would have to give away his products for @ song unless we had free and unlimited silver colnage at 16 to 1, into smith- ereéns. The Irresistible law of supply and demand regulates the price of but- ter, as it does the price of all other 3 WHERE TRADE SHOULD BE SOUGHT. Mr. M. E. Ingalls, the well-known rail way manager and n -careful student of commercial conditions, thinks that more attention should be given by our manufacturers and merchants to cul tivating the trade of RBouth America and the West Indles. He points out that Europeans have been fnsidiously and actively annexing commerclally those countries by sending out thelr mer Chants, their manufacturers and their bankers, by loaning money, by promot Ing enterprises and by long credits, This Is a familiar fact to those who have glven attentlon to the trade relations of South America and the West Indles. While Amerlcan manufacturers and merchants have been able to make little progress in securing the trade of the Sout countries, those of England, Germany and France have steadily in- creased their commerece with South Amerlca. Germany has been especially active in recent years in cultivating this trade and with decided success, while no opportunity to Increase thelr commercial relations in that quarter has been neglected by British merchants and manufacturers. Mr. Ingalls urges that for the pro- motion of trade between the United States and South America and the West Indles there must be greater facility of communication, an inproved system of transportation. In other words, Amer- fean steamship lines must be estab- lished between our own and the ports of those countries that will insure prompt communieation. It is necessary to show the people of South America, he said, that it is eaeler and cheaper to visit the Usited States than England; that their freight can be shipped with greater dispatch and at a cheaper rate and, above all, they must be shown that there 18 money enough In the coun- try and machinery for using it to fur- nish them long credits upon good se- curity and at good rates of interest. These suggestions have many times been made, but while their soundness is admitted, they produge no practical effect. American merchandise continues to be sent to South America principally In foreign ships and by an indirect route, exchanges are still made through London and our merchants are not yet disposed to meet those of Burope in the matter of long credits. Consequently we do not get such share of the splen- did trade of the southern continent as we ought to have and we shall not get it so long as prevailing conditions con- tinue, Pan-American conférences can accomplish little if anything in this di- rection. Valuable as they may be polit- feally, they have but small influence upon the practical question of trade. The markets of South America and the West Indies are large and growing. The opportunities in them for American merchants and manufacturers should be at least as good as in the Orlent. But their attention at present s directed for the most part to the far east and Euro- pean countries are absorbihg the greater part of the commerce of the countries sion seems to be the cardinal sin of an ussessor, “Do mnot discriminate unjustly, The merchant, the banker, the lawyer, or the man of lelsure, have no rights that Inure them to the detriment of the farmer and the laborer. On the other hand, fhe farmer and the laborer should not exp an extension of any speclal favors which would be detrimental to the interests of the tradesman or pro- fesslonal man. Do not assess one for the position he occuples, but for the property you find he has on hand. “The law governing the assessment of property specifically proyvides that all property shall be assessed at its cash value and action could be brought agalnst every nssessor who violates these provielons and his oath of office by returning property otherwise than at its cash value. If, however, you are de- termined to follow a precedent estab- lished by long use of abuse in this par- ticular, in violating the law, I would suggest that you do so more syste- matically.” This advice would apply with equal force to assessors In Douglas county as it does to those in York or any other section of the state. It may be taken for granted that the assessors will con- tinue to violate the law this year as they have for years past. It s, there- fore, to be hoped that they will violate it systematically, rather than by spurts and freaks. Spmpeamneme——y MUST FACE CHANGED CONDITIONS. An alarm has been sounded through the corridors of the state capltol. The contention raised before the supreme court as to the validity of the pure food law has also raised the question of the constitutionality of the appointment of a deputy labor commissioner, deputy oll inspectors, deputy fleh commissioners and other appointees of the governor not enumerated among the officers cre- ated or contemplated by the constitu- tion, Two years ago the supreme court wiped out the State Board of Transpor- tation, whose members held commissions as secretaries of three state officers. In making this decision the supreme court declared that the creation of offices not expressly enumerated in the organic law of the state was unconstitutional because you cannot do by Indirection what is prohibited directly. If this doe- trine is carried to its logical conclusion the supreme court is liable to wipe out all of the other deputyships and Inspect- orships which successive legislatures have created within the past twenty years, Buch a decision would only emphasize the imperative need of constitutional re- viglon and bring the state face to face with the most vital Issue that now con- fronts it. The constitution of 1875, which was cut out for Nebraska when #he was 8 years old, does not fit the ma- tured woman of 85 summers. In fact, it bas become as uncomfortable as a strait-jacket, and must be expanded and remodeled to conform with the mar- south of us and steadily strengthening themselves more firmly in its control. This process of “commercial annexa- tion” should command more attention in this country than it has recelved. e AS TONATIONAL CREDIT, The floatiug of the mew British war loan of $160,000,000 invitls attention to the difference between British and American credit. The loan was sub- scribed many times over, showing that the wealth of the United Kingdom Is still great and that there is no lack of public confidence in the government, but the price obtained for the new ls- sue of securities and the rate of in- terest make an intereésting contrast with recent and present conditions in gov- ernment finances in the United States. The British bonds are to pay interest at 2%, per cent until after next year, when the rate will be 3% per cent. The price obtiflned for them was 03%. The bonds of the United States bearing in- terest at 2 per cent are quoted steadily above 100, last Saturday’s quotation being 109% and undoubtedly a very large amount of them, much larger than the new British loan, might be sold above par. “It 18 not long,” remarks the Cleve- land Leader, “since Americans who watched with eager pride the gradual rise In their country’s credit, as meas ured by the price for its bonds, used to wonder whether the United States would reach the level of the United Kingdom in this respect, in the time of the present generation. Now, equal- ity has long since passed away, leaving the young republic far in advance of the anclent kingdom. This is one of the proudest facts of American progress, from the point of view of all who know how vital-a thing the credit of a nation is and how directly it affects its char- acter and its prosperity,” The fact that our national credit is higher than that of any other nation is In large measure due to the wise and honorable financial policy of the republican party, which has at all times looked to the mainte nance of p sound monetary system and the prompt payment of the public debt. The strict observance of this policy has created the conditions which are the basis of national -credit. emm—————m—— GOOD ADV ICE TO ANSESSORS. The printed instructions of the clerk of York county to the township assess- ors are suggestive as well as lostruct- ive. “It has been my éxperience,” says Clerk Boslaw, “that the average assessor does not fully realize the lmportance of the position to which he bas been lled. You are occupying a position which in certain respects clothes you with greater power and authority than is oecupied by our courts, for en you rests the care and responsibility of the proper carry- ing out.and enforcement of the revenue laws. Any error made in the assess- ment of property Is an error that eau- not be remedied by the Board of Supqr- visors, and even the court has e o &8 compared o B - velous growth of the last quarter of a century and the changed conditions. And the sooner this s done the better. The Bee has a habit of charging that “gorehead republic rush to the popo- cratic organ for consolation and support.” It bhas not, however, escaped the observa- tion of the reading public in this vicinity that even Mr. Rosewater has avalled him- selt of the World-Herald columns to tell the publie things that Mr. Rosewater wanted the public to know and things in which the public was interested. The fact 1s the World-Herald is & great cosmopolitan newspaper.—World-Herald. For ways that are dark and tricks that are valn the heathen Chinee is very peculiar. . First, the “great cosmopol- itan” prints fake stories about Rose- water, next it sends a special envoy to inquire what he has to say about its fabricated falsehoods and then prints garbled interviews under pretext that Rosewater wants to tell the public things that he wanted the public to know. p——— Constantine J. SBmyth declares that the attorney general of Nebraska could smash the Beef trust if he would but enforce the law. If memory serves us right, Constantine J. yth wi at- torney general for Nebraska for four years ending January 3, 1901, If the South Omaha packers are organized as a Beef trust now, they were a trust during Bmyth's term as attorney gen- eral. Why didn't Smyth smash the Beef trust when the club was In his hands? With trade comparatively qulet Omaha bank clearings for the last week still exceed the seven-million-dollar wark. e— Wabbling on the Wane, Baltimore American. With a bieycle revival in the east and religious revivals in the west, a great many people are trylng to keep in the straight and narrow path. There's a Hest Cure C Philadelphia Press. When the United States soldier boys who indulged in a “water cure” spree in the Phillppines get through with Uucle Sam they will be In need of a rest cure for themselves and not in a private sanitarium elther. How to Dodge a Tax. Philadelphia Record, The proposed bread tax In England brought about an immediate advance of a shilling a quarter in the price of grain. The only way In which the Britsih con- Sumer can escape the tax s to eat no bread. the House. Chicago News. Congressman Cushman made a sensation the other day by declaring in the house that Speaker Henderson was the whole workas, Some day a brilllant member will startle that body by announcing that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. —— Ratiroad Speed Reco Philadelphia Ledger. The record-breaking run of a Burlington tralo—14 §-10 miles at the rate of 95.6 miles an hour—was very good as & sample, but for sctual result the run made by & Wabash train about the same time 18 to be preferred.’ This trala traveled 150 miles in 180 minutes, making three slops, P —————y u. rorid ove e A . nd one to take on coal. time for the whole distance was 153 min- utes, or elghty-five miles an hour; but the point is that its passengers were carried 150 miles In three hours. There 1s a wig- nificant ellence as to the length of time it took the Burlington train to cover an equal distanc A Stand for Hamanity. Cleveland Leader. President Roosevelt has been called a man of blood and iron, careless of the suf- ferings and horrible consequences of war, but he ls making a stand for humanity in the case of General Smith such as po state In Europe would think of taking. Its actual running There Will Be Something Doing. Chicago Post. The dattos of Mindanao have declined to see General Chaffee, but they have agreed to talk the matter over among themselves. It may be concluded that sooner or later these chiefs will not only see the general, but that they will have their eyes opened to a number of other things. A Poor Invéstment, Minneapolis Tribune. Germany Is another country that finds colonies unprofitable. The income for the past year Is stated at $2,000,000 and the out- B0 at $7,600,000. The experience of Spain, Germany and the United States for several years past is hardly favorable to colonial extension financial investment. Strangling a Popular Measure. Philadelphla Ledger. There seems to be no doube that Senator Depew’'s amendment to the bill providing for popular election of United States sen- ators insures the defeat of that measure, as the committee’s report, with the amend- |, ment in It, is sure to be rejected. And yet that amendment only provides for equal suffrage throughout the country. Jastifies Public Expectations. Chicago Record-Herald. The president's vigorous condemnation of the offenses that are said to have been committed by the American military in the Philippines and his prompt orders for an investigation confirm the popular opinion of his character. No one has believed that Theodore Roosevelt would sanction the slightest departure from civilized warfare in an army of which he was the commander- in-chiet. Throughout his “strenuous life* he has always fought fair, even when he has had to deal with treacherdus foes, and it would be at variance with everything we know of his career if he were now to cite the barbarous acts of an enemy as & justification for similar acts on the part ot bis own subordinates. NEBRASKA IS ALL RIGHT. Kearney Hub: Nothing short of divine wrath can beat the Nebraska wheat crop. North Nebraska Eagle: The steady de- mand for farm lands in Nebraska and Iowa and the whole corn belt region showe no signs of let up. The man who has a good Nebraska farm has an asset of constantly increasing value on which a sight draft can be made any time. Fremont Tribune: Agricultural reports show that Nebraska's winter wheat is in excellent condition, that it stands at the highest per ceamt. This fact, taken in con- nection with the other that the acreage has been largely increased, makes the prospect for wheat growers in Nebraska very en- couraging. With & perfect condition at this season of the year there is almost a certainty of a bumper yleld. If it gets through the winter without danger the weather of spring and early summer fis very sure to be of such favorable character as to mature it properly. Winter is the critical period. It is not too much to pre- dict that Nebraska will this year produce 60,000,000 bushe! If additional evidence of prosperity is desired it cam be seen In the quarterly report of the State Banking Board just made public. The total amount on deposit in the 453 state banks in Ne- braska for the quarter just ended was $34,- 000,000, an increase of $3,000,000 in three months. The deposits in the national banks of the state for this perlod increased $1 500,000. The amount on deposit in the sta banks for the last quarter of 1806, which, by the way, was the close of the last Cleve- land administration, was $10,270,000. An increase of $24,000,000 of the peopl money deposited In the banks of the state in five years 1s a pretty good indication of fn- crease of wealth, is it not? But that is small as compared with the growth and in- crease of value, of materlal wealth in lands, flocks and herds. In the face of this showing will Nebraska again vote to return to wallow in the mire of democratic de- spondency? Well, we rather guess not. North Platte Tribune: Dr. H. 8. Ferrar, resident manager of the Grand Island sy factory, spent part of yesterday in town and made thie office a brief call. The doctor Informed us that the total acreage of sugar beets contracted for in Lincoln county mow exceeds 1,000 acres, and that there will be about 150 more acres contracted for within the next ten days. The total acreage in the Maxwell section {s now 509, the other 500 acres being principally in the nelghborhood of Hershey and Sutherland. Lincoln county, with an average season, will furnish one- fourth of all the beets used at the Grand Island factory. If this eeason should prove favorable for sugar beets &s was last season, the value of the crop will reach $75,000, which is by no means a small sum. A succéssful crop this year means a doubled or tripled acreage next yea Last year there were but eighty-five acres planted in the Max- well section; this year the Increase is 600 per cent. PERSONAL NOTES, Most of the recipes for meals without meat, now being published, are of a mature to make one order meat at any cost. The British government will be cheered by the discovery that American capitalists still have $55,000,000 worth of confidence fn it Joaquin Miller, known far and wide as “the poet of the Slerras,” is bullding, in California, & park designed exclusively for the use of little children. Mrs. Robert J. Burdette, wife of the American humorist, is putting forth stren ous efforts to be elected president of the Gemeral Federation of Woman's Clubs at their meeting in Los Angeles In May. Joseph Jefferson has been compelled to climb over the footlights to escape a crowd of admiring women. Mr. Jefferson may bave incurred this peril by making Rip discount Paderewsk! iu halr and whiskers. Charles Uhtof, one of the eleven men who survived the massacre of Company C, Niath United States infantry, in the Philip- has reached his St. Louls He was stabbed seven times and bas & bolo knife which was rum through bis shoulder ouvenir of the occasion. It is stated in well Informed quarters that the czar has refused to samction the recent election as homorary member of the Belles Lettres section of the Imperial Academy of Sclence of the well known popular writer, Alexis Peschkoff, better known by his pseudonym of Maxim Gorki Attorney General Knox says that when hi left college and went home with his di- ploma he was the proudest young maen in the land. His father a counstry banker, looked over the diploma and sald: “‘Young man, If you know half as much when you are fifty years old as you think you know Bow you will be the bralalest mas (his 3 Live Nebra ska Towns Seward —Prosperous and Progressive. Seward, with a population of 2,600, 1s eit- uated on the east and north of the Blue river, with Plum creek to the east. With u fine natural park of thirty acres, purchased two years ago and improved at a cost of over $6,000, furnishing delightful shade and boating, which makes a popular resort for plentes. With beautitul groves on three sides and & level divide to the north makes one of the most desirable residence towns in the state. The city has never been boomed and and ita growth has been steady since 1868, whea the town was first laid out. In residence property there are over twenty-five costing from $3,000 to $18,000, while dwelling cost- ing from $2,000 to $3,000 are in nearly every desirable block. A large portion of the population are Germane and there is a German college sltuated in the northeast paft of the city which causes a good demand for acre prop- erty by wealthy Germans who wish to ed- ucate their children. The High school has very efficlent teachers and a large number of students from outside the city are in at- tendance. Of religious organizations there are the Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian, Congre- gational, Cathollo, United Brethren, Chris- tian, Adventist, German Evangelical and Lutheran, all with a good memberehip and flourishing. We have two flouring mills, one with a capacity of 125 barrels and one of forty . & large cereal mill with a capacity barrels, all of which are running full time; two creameries, two cigar factories, one pop factory, two brick yards (only one belng in operation at present), a good elec- tric light service and water in abundance. There are three lines of railroad: The B. & M. main line to Billings, with six pas- senger and six freight tralns dally; the line to Columbus, with two passenger and two freight trains daily; the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley, with two passenger and two freight trains dally. Farm land in the vicinity of Seward sells readily at $50 per acre and the most desira- ble property is held at $60 and $65 per acre, and with good crops this year prices will advance $10 per acre. During the month of February of this year there were 5,227 acres of land sold in this county, the considera- tion being $199 averaging $38.17 per acre. During March there were 6927 acres sold, the consideration being $266,400, or $38.46 per acre. Seward would be a good point for a small manufactory, since there is an abundance of water and good railroad facilities, and a proposition along that line would recelve support from the business men. J. M. DAILEY, GUBERNATORIAL TIMBER. Table Rock Argus: As a candidate for governor Judge Paul Jessén of Nebraska City will be highly satisfactory to the re- publicans of Pawnee county. Ord Quiz: J. P, A. Black of Bloomington 18 the latest addition to the list of repub- lcan nominees for governor. He fs well spoken of by his friends, and those who know him best, Norfolk News The Star of Madison s of the opinion that “if newspaper talk | amounts to anything Hon. W. M. Robertson has a walkaway for the republican nomina- tion for governor.” In this instance it is believed that newspaper talk amounts to considerable. Bloomfleld Monitor: John D. Haskell of kefleld, s being prominently mentioned as a cand!date for governor of Nebraska on the republican ticket. The editor of this paper has been well acquainted with Mr. Haskell for weveral years and person- ally knows bim to be well worthy of the honor should the mantle fall upon him. Kearney Hub: It is now announced defi- nitely that W. O. Sears of Tekamah, late speaker of the house, will be a candidate for the republican nomination for governor. This makes two from northeast Nebraska, Sears and Robertson, both pretty good men. Sears especlally made a good record a year ago and won a good standing in the party. Tekamah Journal. Bpeaking of the mn-[ @ldacy of Mr. Robertsen of Norfolk for gov- ernor the Hartington Herald thinks Madison county should go way back and sit down for awhile, at least until they can show that a republican nominee from that county can poll the full strength of his party at home. Madison county has never been known to be short on candidates and seldom does she give a republican candidate her full party strength. The defeat of John R. Hays two years ago can be lald directly to the party in his home county. ‘Western Nebraska Observer: With eix or elght candidates in the field willing to me- cept the republican nomination for gov- ernor the state convention should experl- ence little difficulty in naming a winning candidate. The list is something like this, with several countles yet to hear from: Judge Paul Jessen of Otoe, J. P. A. Black of Franklin, H. C. Ruesell of Colfax, E. M. H. Mickey of Polk, John ne, W. M. Robertson of Madison and Speaker W. G. Sears of Burt. All are good men and true, and most of them are men of recognized ablility. Burt County Herald: Our candidate for governor of the great state of Nebraska fis Mr. Sears, who, accedi to numerous re- quests from many friends in different parts of the state, has consented to the permis- sion of his name as candidate for governor before the republican state convention. Mr. Sears is one of the bright, honest young re- publicans of Nebraska, whose ability and experience makes him good material for governor. Mr. Sears hi rved this county three terms county attorney, the city three successive years as mayor and was speaker of the house at the last session of the legislatur iving the best of satisfac- tion in each instance. This county will be unanimous for Sears. Table Rock Argus: Former Land Com- missloner Russell is announced as a candi- date for governor. He has a number of staunch friends among Table Rock people whom he has met in visits to our when his son-in-law, Rev. Hendee was pas tor of the Presbyterian church of thid ecity. Kearney Hub: The Tekamah Herald of Speaker Sears, Tekamah's candida the republican nomination for governor, that he is “‘one of the bright, honest young republicans of Nebraska, whose ability and experience make him good material for gov- ersor.” His public experience has been three terms as county attorney, three years' service as mayor, and speaker of the house at the t session of the I ture. Wakefleld Republican: Speaking of the Hon. Jobn D. Haskell of Wakefield, who has been very favorably spoken of as good timber for the republican nominee for gov- | ernor, no better, truer, more worthy man can be elected to this high office. Mr. Has- kell is an honest, upright Christian gentle- man and would lend dignity to the office. There 18 no question but that he would re- celve his full party vote in Dixon county. Mr. Haskell is not a candidate for governor nor for any other office for that matter, but the Republican believes that he can be in- resided in this county and wae the first per. son to graduate from the State Normal school at Peru. Mr. Black has many friends In this county who are personally acquainted With him and who will do all in thelr power to se him nominated and elected Winside Tribune: Republicans seeking the nomination for governor will do well to not uaderestimate J. D. Haskell of Wake- field. It he really goes after the plum they will find that he Is just a little the smoothest duck mow prominent in state Politics. He 1is able, is extremely shrewd has money to throw to the birds and stands high in his party as a reliable, never fiinch- ing republican, Norfolk News: Judge W. M. Robertson's boom for governor has developed to the extent that he is recognized as one of the leaders at Lincoln with Paul Jessen of Otoe and H. H. Wilson of Lancaster. If, as seems probable, all of north Nebraska can be Induced to unite on Mr. Robertson as the man he will be an important factor in the convention and it Is not only essential that this portion of the state should as- sert itself in the convention, but it Is cer- taln that they never had a better eppor. tunity to unite on a good man, deserving their heartiest confidence and energetic support. With Judge Robertson at the head of the ticket no one would have reason to hesitate about giving it thelr warmest support and it would be one destined to win, Oakland Republican: It is both a privi- lege and a pleasure we enjoy this week to be authorized to announce the name of Hon. W. G. Sears of Tekamah, speaker of the house of representatives, a candidate for the office of governor for the state, eubject to the action of the republican state convention. This consent of Mr. Sears has been obtalned in accordance with the many requests from many localities throughout the state. His reputation as one among the best lawyers of the state, his executive ability as epeaker of the house, and his untarnished character at home and where he is best known, all tend to make him universally popular through- out the state. All his acts as lawyer, offi- cer or citizen have been above' reproach and will require no defense, Lyons Sun: It gives us great pleasure to be able to announce the candidacy of the Hon. W. G. Sears for first place on the re- publican state ticket thls fall. We are glad Mr. Sears has finally consented to permit his name to be used in connection with the nomination. As speaker of the present house he exemplified a splendid executive ability and his Imfluence was glven toward the shaping of legislation for the best interests of the people. All his past acts, whether as an official or as a private citizen, are above reproach. Burt county deserves the recognition at the hands of the convention which it solfefts in placing Speaker Sears in the field as a can- didate for the gubernatorial nomination. WIth such men as Sears of Burt for gov- ernor, Holbrook of Dodge for lieutenant governor and the balance of the ticket made up of equally capable and worthy men the victory In November will be one to be proud of. Oakland Independent: We are glad to an- nounce to the readers of the Independent that W. G. Sears of Tekamah has finally decided to be a candidate for governor, sub- Ject to the declsion of the republican state convention in Junme. Your political aMifa- tions may not be the same as Mr, Sears, and yet it s an honor to Burt county to have & man who would fill the governor's chair with credit to himself and his con- stituents. There are men of this state that may give the same dignity to the office and who may be older in public life, but what the state of Nebraska needs at this juncture is not dignity only or moss-covered age, but it needs men of resolute action, who have the agility of mind and body, whe are not afrald to speak out thelr convic- tlons. Mr. Bears has in the past proven himself capable of steering clear of polit- feal corruption and trickery. For such and Other reasons the Independent wishes Mr. Bears success in his aspiration for the gov- | ernor’s ch — B 1‘ OF WASHINGTON LIFE, Sketehed om the in the public eye & one of the penalties imposed upon the presi- duced to accept the gubernatorial chair if the republican party s him and the peo- ple of Nebraska will have every reason to feel highly honored with their chief execu- tive. Lincoln News: Judge Paul Jessen is mak- ing en actlve canvass for governor, largely on the strength of his fight against Bart- leylsm in the last legislature. His friends bave lately been reaching out after county and bave been trylng to brace up the lightning rod of ex-Representative E. M. Pollard. Mr, Pollard bas been rather quiescent of late, but is still in the fight. P. B. Windham of Plattsmouth was an- nounced some weeks ago as out of the raci but more recent information is that he stll & contestant and llkely to win out, Nelther of the Cass county aspirants, how- ever, seem to have been dolng much out- f their own counties, and act though they were about half-satisfied some other fellow was going to get it. Auburo Post: The republicans of the Fifth congressional district are pushing the claims of J. P. A. Black as candidate for governor. In many respects the candidacy of Mr. Black is the most logical of any that has yet been suggested. Geographically his location is such that It should be recognized by the state convention and his past polit!- cal career been such, 5o far as the Post is informed, that all factions of the re- publican party can unite upon him without causing jealousy to arise, and by a united effort from all the mext republican candl- date for governor cas be elected by g hand- Py dent for the conspicuous station he bolds. He Is the objective of all eyes, the center of all gazing, gaping, rubbering and star- ing, except when he retires to his own apartment, and it s falr to presume bolts the door and draws a sigh of relfef, “Each day,” writes a correspondent of the St Louls Globe-Democrat, “it is President Roosevelt's custom to take & horseback ride alone, and each day a small crowa of people who have Informed themselves Of this fact gather at the western gate of the White House grounds to watch for the president’s. appearance. Day by day this emblage hi rown larger, and of late part of it has been moved to follow the president at a respectful distance, until at last, growing by accessions as the pro- cession moved along, it has reached such proportions in the last few days that it is about to become one of the spectacles of Washington. It is described on last Wedueeday as being more than two blocks in length, and composed of people on foot in earriages, automobiles and on bicycles. The president’s solitary horseback ride, taken for the purpose of silent rumination and the digestion of problems of state, un- disturbed by the frets and friction of human contact, has become a vast motley parade a mob, & rout, & huge bellowing uproar and a disturbance of the peace. Instead of the head of the nation riding out alone, mantled in the dignity that becomes his eminence, surrounded by an cssential and adequate area unoccupled by the world at large, we shall presently find him pureued by a far-stretching dust-beclouded concourse of mingled with delivery. wagons, apple carts, private carriages, tricycles, brewery vams, all crashing together and resounding with the murmurs and outcries of thousands of persons. Buch we foresee with prephetie eye, the environment of the lone horseman of the White House, If this sort of thing keeps up. It may be that this growing re gard of the people for the president, this de sire to accompany him intimately on his rambles and make it pleasant for him, is re- spomsible for his reported declaration to Santos-Dumont that he would enjoy riding in hie airship. It President Roosevelt, who notably delights in solitude now and then, I8 driven to take to dirigible balloons for his breathing and thinking spells the Washing- ton public will have itself to thank for it “Mr. President,” said Senator Clapp of Minnesota, “‘the Black Eagle of Fergus Falls," during the debate on the Chinese ex clusion bill, “I desire to speak on the amendment 10 this bill concerning the status of Chinese soldiers"—— “Mr. President,” put in Senator Quay, “it the senator from Minnesota will permit me, I will say that the amendment to which he refers was defeated some minutes ago." “Then, Mr. President,” continued Senator Clapp, “I have only to add that the senate has missed the greatest speech of the se: slon.” . And he sat down, According to a letter to the Chicago Chronicle, Secretary Shaw s “a soures of never-ceasing wonder to Washington of- clals. His brisk, positive method of deal- Ing with matters that come under his off- clal jurisdiction fs so different from that of his Immediate predecessor. He has established new records for his successors. Al traditions that have heretofore go erned in the office of the secretary have been carefully dismissed by the energetio and determined lIowan. He has developed an origirality that is as astounding as it is refreshing. “‘When matters of business relating to his department are brought to his attention he deals with them direct, and always de- clsively. Thus when several thousand Amer- fcan women petitioned for a revision of the personal baggage law so that they would no longer be subjected to humiliation and in- sults the secretary did not pase the com- plaint on to subordinates who are intrusted with the execution of that partfcular law, Instead he went over to New York and per- sonally visited the piers of two steamship lines and saw the baggage Inepectors at work upon the trunks and bags of returning travelers. He saw enough to become con- vinced that the ragulations governing this particular feature of the customs faws must be radically revised. ‘‘He has personally inspected the entire customs service at the port of New York for the purpose of acqualnting himselt with all of its multifarious detafls. He has ea- tablished intimate relations with nearly every bureau of the Treasury department 80 that he may become familiar with their operations. The secretary has evinced a capacity for work which s simply phenom- {enal in a man of bis stature and also ex- | ecutive abllity that is admired by every | bureau chief in the Treasury department. | “The president is charmed with his new | secretary of the treasury, He belleves that | he has found in him a jewel of the first | water and Mr, Shaw A consequenve now | enjoys the distinction of ranking with Post- master General Payne, Secretary Root and Attorney General Knox, one of the chief executive's confidential adviser.” Members of congress are beginning to receive acknowledgments from the farmers to whom they sent seads a few weeks Agp. Senator Beveridge got a letter from a man who owns a small patch of land just out- side of Indianapolis which the senator says shows that all mankind has not lost faith i congress or the individuals who make up that body. The letter is ae follows: “Dear Senator: Please accept my heart- felt thanks for the seeds. They came in very handy. If it is not too troublesome I would be obliged If you would send me & double-shovel plow, a mule and some har- ness. Please get them here by the time the seeds sprout.” Representative Small of North Carolina called a page, and, after glving him direc- tions to bring him a book, asked the boy if he knew his name. “'No, sir, I don't,” replied the youngster, “but I know the state you're from." “Well, what is 1t?" “Oh, you're from the state where the governor said to the governor of South Car- olina, ‘It's & long ways to the oreek.’ " e POINTED REMARKS, Chicago Record-Herald: *Isn't Jones, the author, going to Europe this year?" “Don't know. His creditors are mighty watchful!” Philadelphta l>lr‘et:1 V that woman up to, now?" asked the ockin, hy wv‘"él;\ basket. b e “She's getting out her needl, replied the scissors. s Well, I'll be darned,” the stocking. Wh old s exclaimed Detroit Free Press: Watts—Why have e 8 lootplck g yer mouth? Yer ain't con eatin’ anythink. Doing—I'm playin’ a joke on me stomach. Chicago Tribune: “What ¥You to learn to use the Ly D chine?" “Well, it's the only practical way I have ever found of avolding the bother of dot- ting my I's and crossing my t's." ver induced riting ma- Boston Transcript: Drug Clerk—We don't happen to have the drugs named in. this urr:jcrlp(lun, but we have others just as ¥00d, Customer—I suppose that's all right; but what a fool I was pay the doctor 88 for that prescription. That's what bothers me. Philadelphia Pre Borroughs—8ay, Jack, let me have fifty, will you? Markley—What' for? Borroughs—Oh, * 1 amount and I for once. owe & fellow that want te be out of debt just Washington Star: “L am very much afrald,” sald the man with the melanchely [anner, “that this prosperity ‘will not R “Well,” answered the genfal person, “my. friend, the professor, says that one of thess days the entire solar system is going to smash. But we ‘might as well enjoy our- selves while we can.” THE PLANTING OF A TREE. Marion C. Smith in 8t. Nicholas. Wouldst thou upbulld a home where sweet wild lives are nested, Glad with the sound of song, quick with the flash of wings— Where the #oft broods may rock, warm- housed and unmelested, Deep in the leafy nooks, (hrough all the changeful springs? Or wouldst thou rear an arch of noblest race and splendor, Lifted in air and light,'shaped by the sun and storm, Moved by the wandering wind, swayed by each Influence tender, Yet by the hand of iife molded to stead fast form? Wouldst thou make day more fair, and night more rich and holy, Winter more keenly bright, and summer's selt more dear— Grant the sweet earth & gift, deep rooted, ripening slowly, Add to the sum of joys that bless the rounded year? Go, then, an Gracloug In and plant a tree, lovely in sun dow, every kind—maple and oak and pine. Peace ‘ot Tthe. forest glade, wealth of the fruitful meadow, Blessi; of dew and ghade, shall be thine! hereafter