Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 14, 1902, Page 6

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SpE——— Long-distance targets in the Philip- pines offer safer sport for popocratic popguns than short-distance targets here at home. . Spm——— It seems that Senator Foraker pulled down the back flles on Tom Patterson statesman who goes up like a rocket, but comes down like a stick. ST————— Those West Indian islands ought to have had enough shaking up this time to call off thelr incessant revohltlonl and take a rest. empeses—— The three territories of Arizona, New Mexico and Oklghoma may consider themselves as having now passed to the eligible statehood list. Em—————— It turns out that Senator Money sim- ply furnished another example of a statesman who goes up like a rocket but comes down like a stick, eom———— The United States Is the first to In- mugurate practical measures of rellef for the stricken people of Martinique. This 18 where we can lead a world power without exciting envious rival No need of alarm In this vicinity over Mother Earth's convulsions. While many an earthquake shock has passed over this section, none of them was ever known to do any damage here. ——— If such a catastrophe as at St. Plerre had occurred in biblical times it would certalnly have been written down as one of the dire punishments visited by &n angry God upon an idolatrous people. ety No excuse whatever can be offered for perpetrating the idiotic fake about a volcanic mountain in Nebraska threat- ening to belch forth with all-destroying lava. Nebraska can ralse almost any- thing, ‘but not a volcano. emE—————— A comp' te reorganization of our sys- tem of local courts, including justice courts, county court and district courts, co\llq_‘ e the !A;)oyerl $1,000 a week du sekslons of the court. When the ‘people reglizg this fully they will insist on reorganization. EE—— Onfha's national bank exhibit at the lastegll of the comptroller of the cur- rency shows gratifylng increasgs fn the material ftems of thg statement. Stead- ily inereasing bank deposits constitute a good index to the communit; business growth and prosperity. —— !&nr Gorman {5 quoted as saying that the democrats in congress make a wvital mistake when they attack the cou- duct ‘9f the administration in the Phil- IR The teguble with the demo- congress, however, is that each he is the party leader and that no e adviegis wanted. = l-‘s)lohrun the rallroads seek to nnflnruluuun of their proper- tes for taxation by pointing to the ridic- low figures they have managed upon Iowa, and over in Iowa d for still lower rates by citing A"Washington story has it that Presi- is planning to go on a Ing expedition to the Big Horn monntains before very long. The presi- . knows the Big Horn country and what fine sport it offers. And bet- tile trip to the Big Horn would THE OMAHA"™ DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, THE APPEAL TO GHARITY. President Roosevelt's appeal to the country for contributions for the rellef of the sufferers from the Martinique and St. Vincent catastrophes should meet with prompt and generous re- sponse. Never has a worthier call been made upon the charity of the American people, who have ever been found will- ing to give most freely to the suffering of whatever land. The terrible calamity bas made thousands of people homeless and destitute and they must perish if relief be not sent them at once. The government is doing Its part. Half a million dollars has been appro- priated by congress and the Departments of War and Navy have with most com- mendable promptness made preparations for forwarding supplies. The president has designated committees in a number of cities to solicit contributions and postmasters and presidents of national banks throughout the country are asked to assist in the work of relief. Let the people now promptly supplement the action of congress and the executive au- thoritles by contributing as generously as they are able to do and the distress and suffering of the stricken people of the West Indian islands, our neighbors, will speedily be relieved and another record made of American generosity. The gentlemen designated as the com- mittee for Omaha can be depended upon to perform the duty with zeal and en- ergy and the contribution of this city to the rellef fund will undoubtedly be lib- eral, strongest supporters. No friend of that system need have any fear that it will suffer at the hands of Mr. Roosevelt, or that its opponents will get any encour- agement or countenance from him. As a member of the Civil Serv- fce commission he did much to strengthen the competitive system and in all his public service since he has abundantly attested his faith in the sys- tem. There will be no backward step in this particular, it ¢an be confidently assumed, during the administration of President Roosevelt, but on the con- trary a further advance, so that at the close of his administration the competi- tive system will be more firmly rooted and its permanence more certainly as- sured. SEE—————— SHOULD PEARSE BE RETAINED? ‘Within the next thirty days the school board will have to decide whether Car- roll G. Pearse Is to be retained as head of the public schools of Omaha or whether a new superintendent shall be engaged who comes up to the measure and standard of Omaha's metropolitan pretensions. As a body representing the patrons of the publie schools and the taxpayers who support them, the board should be impelled by only one motive, and that to give Omaha the most effi- c¢lent and competent school superin- tendent who can be induced to accept the position. It is not denied even by the most ardent supporters of Mr. Pearse that he 18, in point of education, far below the standard which prevailed in Omaha be- fore his advent. It is a matter of notoriety that previ- ous to coming to Omaha he had never occupied a position that pald more than $1,200 a year. It 1s @ matter of notoriefy that he has kept himself in the saddle by intrigue and wire-pulling and does not command either the confidence or the respect of the great majority of the teachers. It 18 & matter of notoriety that he is closely identified with the school book trust, by whom he has been subsidized under pretense of writing a chapter for a text book on geography. It is well known that his electlon three years ago, after a majority of the board had declared against him, was procured through agencies that do not work in broad daylight. It is an open secret that he has for ‘weeks been trying to secure another re- election through pressure brought on members of the school board by mem- bers of the clubs and promoters of en- terprises with which he has identified himself with the manifest object of making them subservient to hls ends and ambitions. Members of the Com- mercial club and Ak-S8ar-Ben, audito- rium directors, club women and even secret soclety associates have been dra- gooned into his campaign and are im- portuning meuibers of the school board to perpetuate an incompetent superin- tendent on the schools because he has devoted time that belongs to the schools to all these outsid: Interests and enter- prises. Another potential factor Pearse has called to his aid are the relatives of fa- vored teachers who have been given un- earned preference because of their pull This In itself reflects most discreditably upon our school system and tends to de- moralize it at its fountain head. The question that members of the school board must ask themiselves Is, Shall these outside Influences outweigh thelr honest judgment and conviction as to the duty they owe to the publi¢ schools and the community at large? ‘Will the board courageously meet the issue and relleve Omaha's schools from this incubus or will it temporize and shirk its duty at the expense of the children, who have only one chance in a lifetime to secure an education? Wil the present board deliberately vote this inheritance to its successors and force the true friends of the public schools to keep up the fight for another year? e 4 QUESTION OF AMNESTY. The president and cabinet have had under consideration the question .of amnesty for American prisoners in Cuba. After the Cuban government s established there will be no pardoning power under our constitution which can avail to release these prisoners, who were tried and convicted in courts provided by the temporary American government, and undoubtedly they would be left to serve out their full sen- tences, which it is thought would in many cases result in death long before the expiration of the terms for which they were sentenced. The attention of the president was di- rected to this matter through the ap- peal made in behalf of Rathbone, con- victed of embezzling postal funds in Cuba, and whose friends are endeavor- ing to secure for him executive clem- ency. Of course if anything should be done for Rathbone the others convicted of a like offense would have a Jjust claim to consideration. One proposition is that all the American prisoners in Cuba shall be granted amnesty during thelr good behavior in the future, which would of course mean their permanent release. It Is not easy to say how pub- lic opinion would regard such leniency to these offenders. There has been no feeling of sympathy for them here out- slde the circle of thelr personal friends. The general sentiment has been that their criminal conduct, their base be- trayal of the trust reposed in them, was punished ncne too severely., The ef- forts that have been made to secure clemency for Rathbone, who was at the head of the Cuban postal service, have not been generally approved. It is very questionable, therefore, whether Ameri- can public sentiment would be found favorable to amnesty to these prisoners, unless their release should be entirely satisfactory to the Cuban authorities. Perhaps an arrangement might be made with them to reduce the terms of im- prisonment say one-half, and to this there could be no serious objection, but their release now could not easily be Justified and it Is improbable that the administration will adopt the amnesty proposition. In the case of Rathbone the president has directed the secretary of war to confer upon the Cuban court of appeals the right to review the testi- mony and this is probably as far as h will go. PRESIDENT AND THE CIVIL SERVICE. Evasion and violation of the civil serv- ice rules by President Roosevelt having been alleged, Mr. Foraker of the Civil Service commission, than whom there is no more earnest supporter of the merit system, has published a statement that is & complete denial of the charges made and shows that the president has strictly observed the civil service rules and reg- ulations. Mr. Foulke says that the president has not ordered a single place taken out of the classified service and bas specifically exempted ten persons only from the requirement of an exami- natlon, these cases being fully justified by the eircumstances. Regarding a statement that civil sery- ice supporters have had little to boast of in the way of additions to the existing rules tending to strengthen them since the advent of President Roosevelt, the civil seryice eommissioner points out that the president has placed in the competitive service 1,533 positions in the War departimnent and over 6,000 plages in the rural frée delivery service, ‘‘He has amended the rules,” writes Mr, Foulke, “so’ @s to ewmpower the com- mission to take gestimony ip its in- vestigations, _up the salaries of persons illegally appolnted, to prevent temporary appointients without exami- nation when there are ome or two eligl- bles upon the Mst, Ao enable the duties of Indian uanq' be performed by superintendents appointed through the classified service, te rict transfers to those places where the duties are simi- lar, to prevent reinstmiemenis for the mere purpose of transfer, to forbid transfers without examination from places which have just become classified and other rules of a slmilar character.” Mr. Foulke congl bis refutation of the misstatements that have been made with the declaration that there has been no administration since the adoption of the eivil service law in which the competitive system has ad- vanced with greater rapldity and cer- tainty during an equal period of time than in the administration of President Em—— ‘Why waste all this preclous time ga sing about the cost of making gas? Un- der the decision of the supreme court it should make no difference with the council in fixing the assessment of the gas company whether it costs 30 cents or $30 to manufacture 1,000 cubic feet of gas. The court has ordered the council to make the assessment of tfe franchise and persopalty on the basis of the market value of the stocks and bonds, less the value of the realty al- ready listed for taxation. If the com- pany is making money or losing money in the operation of its plant cuts no figure except as it raises or lowers the value of the stocks and bonds. If the lawyers engaged In the sparring matel before the council would keep to the point it should not take long to execute the mandate of the court. —— And now our popoeratic contemporary 18 In a frenzy because the administration has not undertaken to proceed against the meat packers eriminally., It does not require federal authority to Insti- tute criminal proceedings. The popo- crats, for example, confrol the prosecut- ing machinery in Douglas county. ‘Wlhat a chance for a trust-smasher, asTen——y The language of the supreme court decision in the Omaha tax case is plain enough for every councliman to under- stand without a legal interpreter to ex- plain. If the council would simply go ahead and carry out the mandate of the court in a fair and sensible manner and cut off all legal quibbling it would get along much better. e Bminent Jacksonians have been dis- cussing in apparent earnestness whether 16 to 1 silver colnage is serviceable as an lssue in the coming Nebraska cam- paign. If the Jacksonians want to feel quite at home on the hustings they should make the issue turn on the ex- change value of blue chips and white chips. m, of which be has always been one of the went down In the awful catastrophe at St. Washington Post. What the democratic party needs is a leader who will not hire out as a sandwich man whenever tha opportunity offers to make a few dol He of the Forked Tongue. Cleveland Leader. Hereafter when Tillman desires to make a speech he would save his fellow demo- crats’ feelings if he would withdraw from the chamber himself and make the speech in private, Plant a Park There. Brooklyn Ragle. Let in Arizon: a state, but while it is a territory, convert its canyon districts into a natlonal park. It can be done easily now. It cannot be done at all, perhaps, after the conversiol The Soft-Berth Hero. Chicago News. Secrotary Moody 1s sald to be surprised to find so many naval officers sitting around in Washington instead of salling the briny deep. The secretary should remember that a naval hero can get boosted in his grades as rapldly in Washington he can by bumping around on a large, moist ocean. THE NEW POMPEIL Thoughts on the Ancient and the Modern Calamity. New York Tribune. The destruction of St. Plerre brings men face to face with the elemental terrors of nature, the fear, if not the a of which civilized people have to a great extent out- grown. To the earlier members of the race nature' did not seem beneficent. Man was very much at the mercy not only of the ex- traordinary trophies, but of the ordi- mary phenomena of the world. By taking thought he has fortified himself against de- structive forces to a marveloys degree. He is protected against extremes of heat and cold. He can ride out the fiercest storms of the pcean. He is coming to con- quer the pestilence that lurks in darkness. Yet he walks in a vailn shadow. The earth which he thinks he has conquered may open on the instant and swallow him up. He is an impotent creature, tossed about by power the magnitude of which he cannot comprehend. The earth 18 a mere crust between him and the abyss. He calls her a kind mother, and so she is in her pleasant moods. But she s also ruthless, without regard for human life, without any sentl- ment of pity. He thinks the world was made for him, but he is as little regarded as the swarms of files which are killed by the first frost. Nature will make for him the most beautiful of homes, only to write “vanity” on the buried rulns. No more favored spot for free and happy lite could be found than the bay of Naples. Martinique i the most romantically beau- titul island of the West Indles, with fts ‘wonderful flora and its precipitous contours softened with a wealth of verdure which robs them of all forbldding aspect. Only for the dreaded serpemt—the deadly fer-de- lance—in the thickets it might seem to be and island paradise. Man, however, is mo more perfect in Martinique than in any other Eden. Few places of its size showed more on the surface the degraded side of human nature than St. Plerre. The great body of the population was megro and mu- Iatto, and displayed the characteristic vices of the black race when left to itself after having taken om a mere veneer of civiliza- tion. The traditional morals of a seaport were there cemsplcuous. No town in the West Indies so forced the low character of its people upon attention, and, fn spite of the beauty of its surroundings and the charm of its higher classes, left a' more unpleasant taste: Primitive man, impressed by the catas- trophies of nature which he did not under- stand, identified them closely with his re- ligion and thought the thumders were the volces of his gods. The destructive ele- ments were the punishment of human wickedness, That bellef or superstition still persists and we read in legal docu- ments of the present day rTeservations against liability for damage “by the hand of God.” When ships are wrecked sermons are often preached on the supesed divine retribution, and a terrible cataclysm like the eruption of Mount Pelee invites to spec- ulation on the fate ot Sodom and Gomorrah and the relation between natural phenomena and human conduct. The people of BSt. Plerre would lend themselves easily to such moralizing. The world, however, more;and more comes to believe in Huxley's view of the unmorality of nature, and this without any necessary loss of religious faith. Rather in humblenves do men ask themselves why, if God is overwhelming people with volca- noes for their sins, He should strike o body rather than another. Certainly He does not spare men because of their merits. The elements are no respecters of persons and moral qualities seem not to help, or lack of them to hurt, one's chances in a contest with nature. He is indeed a bold man, thinking himself in the counsels of Infinity, who presumes to say what are the judgments of God. It is better in humble+ ness of spirit to walk through the world consclous of its uncertainties, but without superstitious dread of its phenomena. PERSONAL NOTES. Steel Magnate Sch s to give a $100 plate dinner to guests in colonial costume. Ragged regiments, however, will not be in order. Prince Henry has become so democratic since his visit to this country that it is now proposed to send him to the Relchstag as the representative of the German middle classes. Liberal subseriptions are being made to the fund for the benefit of the widow of the late ex-Governor Johm P. Altgeld of Iilinols. Colonel Willlam J. Bryan has given $100. Mayor Seth Low's office, which he occu- pled as president of Columbla college, has been fitted up as a bibliographical museum. Rare editions, old manuscrips and papyri, besides the famous Phoenix collection of literary curlosities, are on exhibition. One of the Aistinguishing characteris- tics of the late Potter Palmer is that he paid more taxes than any man in It is sald he pever sent his books out of town to be audited or dodged the assessor in his rounds. May his tribe increase. The board of directors of the Charleston exposition has decided that it would be inexpedient to continue the fair longer than the time originally set, and it will accordingly be closed on the first of June. Some of its friends wished it to be con- tinued untll July 4. The library erected at Hawardcu by na- tional subscriptions to perpetuate Mr. Gladstone’s memory is rapidly approaching completion. The site is the one ghosen by Mr. Gladstone himself for the temporary library in use before his last fliness. It stands near the church on an eminence overlooking the Dee estuary. The Boston committee baving in charge the ralsing of a fund for the reliet of those persons wio were dependent upon the drowned Monomoy lifesaving crew have collected $45,873 for the object and have given up the trust. They have dis- tributed 39587 and have turned over the balance to the Massachusetts Humane soclety, which will distribute it to the fam- flies of the deceased life savers at such times and in such mannes as it may deem expedient 1902 Live Nebraska Towns FULLERTON—Attractive and Advancing. In speaking or writing about live Ne- braska towns, Fullerton should not be overlooked. No man, woman or child ever lived here but who spoke In the highest terms of the place. No one ever visited Fullerton but what they fell in love with the city. This ought to be a good test of the merits of the place. The question follows, What is it that attracts people to Fullerton? In the first place, every one who was ever here Is quick to see the nat- ural beauty of the place, and when men who have traveled all over the land stand on some one of the high eminences that abound on the west of the town and pro- claim that ‘“there is the finest townsite I have ever seen,”” the reader can begin to see why we boast of this lovely little city, 120 miles west of Omaha. Here is the fin- est natural scenery to be found In the com- monwealth of Nebraska. Here the busy little town lles nestling in the lap of the Cedar and Loup, along whose courses nature has lavishly dis- played her ekill in making restful and beautitul this place. Fullerton is an ideal place in which to live. Here education and refinement of the highest order abound., Here are the best graded echools in Nebraska of any town twice or thrice its size. Here nearly all Christian denominations have well at- tended churches and the different socletles that go with them. Here all civic socleties flourish like a green bay tres. There are €0 many nice things that can be sald of Fullerton, but to write of them as they ara. one not acquainted with the- facts is in- clined to think that flattery may be in- dulged in by our peoplo when talking or CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES, Nuckolls County Herald: Mr. Adams s 80 well known that he needs no introduc- tion to the citizens of Nuckolls county. We take a just pride and pleasure that we have 80 intelligent and clean a man to recommend for the nomination of congrest man from the Fifth district. Wausa Gazette: Judge Kinkaid of Holt county, who has made two unsuccessful races for congréss from the big Third, is a prominent candidate for' nomination again this fall. “The third time is the charm,” and it would surprise no ome to see the judge occupy the coveted seat in our next congress. Wausa Enterprise-Herald: Senator Young has many friends among the news- paper boys. Some of them are urging him to be a candidate for the republican nomi- nation of congressman from the big Third, while. others are boosting him towards the gubernatorial chair. As for us, we would be glad to see him in either position. Pender Republic: H. C. Vall of Alblon, Boone county, was in Pender Tuesday get- ting acquainted with some of the repub- lican workers. Mr. Vail is a candidate for congress from this district and is looking up the situation politically. He is a pleas- ant gentleman to meet, one who makes triends wherever he goes. He 18 one of the leading attorneys in thé county and has long been a wheel-horse in republican polit- ical work in his home and surrounding counties, and should the nomination go.to him it will not be unworthily bestowed. Btanton Picket: The candidacy of Sena- tor W. W. Young for congress is attract- ing attention throughout the district, and it is that sort of attention which bodes well for his nomination. His ability is recognized and admitted by all. Each day brings additional expreesions hoping for the success of his candidacy and pledges of support. He may not be nominated on the first or second ballots, but present in- dication: that oon as compliments have been pabsed and the convention set- tles down to actual business his nomin: tion will be speedy. What the repub- licans want is a candidate with ability both in & business and oratorical way. With such a candidate they can win and it now looks as though a large majority were counting on Mr. Young as the man who s these requirements to the fullest e It he is nomipated his election will surely follow, Randolph Times: The day has passed when it le thought that no one but a law- yer should have a seat in congress. In these days we need the worker, the man who gets his measure through and atten to the wants of his constituents. Such a man fs J. F. Jenal. He is a man who makes s & campalgner there is none bet- has the indorsement of his home coumy~ he has no strings about his neck because of a record in state politics; he has repeatedly overcome fusion opposition at home; he was a candidate two years ago, withdrew in favor of John R. Hays and made the mominating speech; he has a wide acquaintance and many prominent friends in the district; if nominated two years ago he would have been elected; he will come before the convention with & strong following that must command rec- ognition; he comes from a section that should have recognition at the hands of the party; he is a man that will know you at all times, and from every view- point is J. F. Jenal the logical candidate: Plainview Republican: Jule Jenal, the Cedar county candidate for congress, is a native of that county. He was born and raised there; knows every foot of land and every inhabitant. For these reasons he has succeeded in being elected to the office of county clerk on three different occaslons. As Cedar 1s a demo-pop county his friends claim that he fs a born politician and that if he were nominated that he would make the big Third turn a complete political somersault. We do not think so. A man may make a house-to-house canvass of his native county in four weeks and overcome = slight fusion majority, but it must be re- membered that there are eigh: counties in this congressional district and the nomi- nee must be a man who is a good public speaker, able to discuss national questions. This Jenal is not comnetent to do. A still- hunt candidate -pitted against an able speaker like Robinson, who has the issues of the day on the end of his tongue, would have no chance to win. We belleve it is time tc call oft all such booms this, which cannot serve any good purpose. Those behind the boom with axes to grind should consider party sucoess more than they do and boom a winner. Dakota County Reeord: The congres- fonal sitiation is fast assuming definite shape in this district and the various candi- dates are leading a stremuous life. It Is now a foregone conclusion that Jobn 8. Robinson will be renominated by the demo- crats. The republicans, however, feel cou- fident that the republican nominee will b elected, provided a strong man is nomi pated. There are several avowed candl dates for the homor, and several others have been mentioned in connection as avail- timber. Among the latter has been Judge Willlam F. Warner of Dakota City. While the judge is not an avowed candidate, yet the Record feels inclined to the belief that no man in the district is better fitted writing about them: but we say to you pointedly that etich 18 not the case. Fullerton is the county seat of Nance county. Do not mix Nance up with the gen- eral run of Nebraska countles, for if you do you inflict injustice upon us. Nance county was held out by the Pawnees until the very last. Here they selected theit home. They had béen fof years in the state of roaming at will, and when they came to select a place to call thelr home Nance county appealed to them and here they ex- isted, When the government finally con- cluded that the Indian must go, they sold the land outright to the people. There were no homesteads, no tree claims. This brought to Nance county a eplendid class of farmers, and a splendid class of farm- ers attracted - a splendid array of mechanics, artisans and general rest- dents. Fullerton, as a result of this splen- a dia “getting away,” today holds its h up and steps high. It is proud of It standing and haughty when boasting, but not without cause. People do not have to be coaxed to come here and make their nomes; . when they have been here once they long to return, and it has often been said that none have ever moved away but what they bave it in their hearts to return some time agaln. People living in citles and In barren towns and wanting an ideal place to visit in the summer time, and who enjoy camp lite can find no finer spot on the globe than right here in grand old Nance, whose cap!- tal is Fullerton and whose hospitality and good fellowship 18 as'boundless as the sea. J. W. TANNER. BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE, Moving Scenes and Incidents Sketched on the Spot. In history apd romantic fiction the baths of anclent Rome are pictured as the high- est achievement of art and skill, which modern sanitary sclence and the plumbing craft bave beem unable to reproduce. But history is prone to drawing the long bow and “that exercise oconstitutes the chief charm of fletion. Even granting ancient Rome pre-eminence in the bath line, its days of glory are numbered, and in a few weeks the baths of the American capitol, built by and for the patricians of congress, will make the Roman article look like three worn dimes. The new baths take up a goodly amount of space in the sub-basement of the capi- tol. They are a time-homored institution and are maintained at the government's ex- pense for the members. Care, however, has been taken not to glve undue promi- nence to the fact that the taxpayers pro- vide sumptuous baths where their repre- sentatives can go and recover from the effects of state dinners or wilder dissipation interruption than is abso- y from thelr official dutles. The house baths are particularly luxurious. The halls are carpeted with velvet which makes the floor covering of the committee rooms appear like burlap by comparison. The tubs are heavy porcelais, the plumbing is silver-plated and all the other furnish- ings are in keeping with this elegance. The attendants are sald to be the most expert in the country and, while they are not car- ried on the pay roll as “rubbers,” mas- seurs, chiropodists and manlicures, theirs is the work of those specialists, just the same, At present on the house slde a marble bath tub is being installéd that is marvel- ous in its elegance. The stone from which it was hewn was imported from Italy. The tub was hollowed out by hand amd fits interior has been polshed until it shines like & mirror. It is sald to have cost over $1,000. This marble tub is placed 'In a room which has & wainscoting of Itallan marble; The plumbing appliances are sald to be the finest ever placed on a bath tub in this country. Senators Teller and Platt of Connecticut were in-the lobby discussing the opening of certain Indlan lands to settlement, relates the Washington Post. They disagreed as to the value of the lands. “Did you ever see these lands which the government proposes td buy ked Ben- ator Teller. “No," ‘sald Senator Platt. “Have_you ever been west?’ persisted Senator Teller, Mr. Platt's answer was not very p: He had been west, he sald—"“that fa, added, “part of the way west.” “You remind me,” sald_ Teller, “of the woman who lived in Portland, Me. ohe asked Mer it ehe had ev west. ' ‘Oh, yes,’ she promptly answered have been to Bosto Since the warm weather began there has been a startling array of brilllant wal: coats in the senate, when the average age of the membeis of that body is considered, together “with .the somber digmity which' they are wont to sustain, The other day Mr. Harrls of Kansas, populist dnd 61 years old, took his seat and threw his coat open, revealing & pale-blue creation embellished with old-gold stars embroidered in silk. Mr. Allison of Iowa, the same day, wore & yellow walstcoat of such & brilliant hue that it would feaze the ordinary young man who had just passed his majority. Mr. Alls is 78 years old, but he carrles his lightly. Senator Pettus displayed bemeath bis long frock coat a glimpse of red and blue checks on a brown background that carried one {n imagination out to the race track. Semator Fairbanks of Indiana, who usually presents & funereal appearance, got Equally that’s all. chitis or for the position than he. Judge Warner is a man of splendid physique, in helght aix feet, and well proportioned, and with a well balanced head on his shoulders, He is 34 years old, thirty-four of which have been spent in Nebraska, consequently he is es- sentially & Nebraska product. Judge War- ner is & good speaker and a hard worker. As & campaigner the Record doubts if his equal can’be found in the district, He would carry his own county by 500 majority agalost any man of the opposition! when it into the swim by wearing a black silk walstcoat, which was plentifully polka dotted with white silk, Fullv two-thirds of the senators wore white vests. It is noticeable that among the members of that body the youyng men dress old and the ol( men drass youug. Representative Sam Powers of Massachu- setts, who i& serving his firet term in con- gress, and by virtue of thet fect and his personal popwlarity s the, president of the Tantalus club, tells a good story to fllus- trate his indecision upon the big questions of public poliey which come up for consid- eration in the hause. “I come into the house,’” sald Mr. Powers the other day, “and I listen to some man making a speech upon one slde of an im- portant propbsition, and he s so eloquent and logical I am almost convinced that he is right and that I should vote as he ad- vises. The next member who commands attention Is a fellow who takes a position exactly opposite and his reasoninz is o sound that I have to admit that be is right. “Thus my declslon swings from one side to another like a pendulum. My attitude is very much 1ike that of a jurar up in Massa- chusetts, who served In a case I was once interested In “It was the first time that the man had ever served In that capaciyy. The Jjury after listening to the arguments of counsel retired and deliberdted for & long time. Finally they reported that it would be fm< possible for them to reach an agreement. “When they filed in from the jury room the court was much displeased and pro- ceeded to leoture them rather severely for thelr fallure to agree. ‘ ‘Why, your honor,’ exclalmed the new juryman, ‘how in the world do you expect the members of the jury to agree whén the lawyers in the case can't agree them- selves? ™ Oongressman Steele of Indiana says that the meanest thing he ever heard said of ‘| anybody In congress was Speaker Reed's remark about Dolliver of Tbwa. The Malne man and some others were talking about candidates for yice president and 'Reed safd: . “And there's Nolliver, too. Now, Dolliver is & vioe presidential impossibil- About on & par with this was ex- remark about Cabot {nd reminds me of the and—impoverished, but highly cultivated. SAID IN FUN, Bentover—Now, Puck: Farmer ‘Wiille Jennin's Blfiln— Farmer Hornbeak—Aw, let bygones be by gones. Somerville Journal: Perhaps the hlgrelt bore is the man who says sensible things whon he is in the company of soclety peo- ple. Chicago Tribune: ack again?’ sald the warden. “Well, we'll put you in the new lihouse this time. How do the quarters uit you?"’ ‘‘These habitual of satisfactory.’ ‘Washington St “I _supposs those newly rich friends of yours will entertain in_soclety next Season. uarters are all right,” sald the ‘ender, “but the terms are not “No,” answered Miss Cayenne; ‘they won't entertain, They will amu: Ohlo State Jo\xflul “Will you please raise my salary?” y, 1 gave you a raise only last week because you told me that you had your mother to support.” “I know, but my mother got married and now I have twe to support,” Detrolt Free Presa: Wife (kissing him)— Dear, dear Jack! Jack (aside)—There goes amother fifty! Philadelphia Press: Towne—Scribble tainly deserves a medal for his great s ice to American literature. Browne-—Nons % the stuff he,writes is rank tommy-rof Towne—I know, but he declares that he has stopped writing now. .Yud e: Mrs. Emllh—Eo you think your nald will m: reat llnll ? Mre, Brown—Yes, ndeed, Why, the little darling won't even take a lesson unless we pay him for It, ) Bllflr{mru News: “Sad ‘about Bingham, sn't “What's the matter with Bingham?" X “He went to the bhad being a good Tel- ow.”" Detroit Free Press “I should say so! the gas down and T for him to go home. SALLY SMITH. “'Stupld 7 Last night I turned asl 1t was time James Barton Adams in ‘Denver Post. Do you remember, Sally Smith, the days of long ago— 'Twill take a stretch of memory, per- aps— When you had freckles on your nose, & + rag upon your toe, And 1 was just the raggedest of chaps? Ot in the shaded 014, back yard our blay- house we would keep, Our dinner dishes broken crockery, And’ nollered down the clatern waking oes from thelr siee) And swing each other "neath. the apple How often In uur play we'd slide adown the cellar doo The Whlle lh. lll' with jolly shouts we'd Ana,"ShT now mother grabbed me. when my llt(lox And spanked the oot that she would have to mend. Those mud ples were Jul oul of sight, the ones you used to bake To set upon the table in our play, And, oht how oft I've wondered it jod life you'd maki Your plen ot lighter welght than thoss of clay, in mar- I vell remember, Sally Smith, your ank! bare and brown, ot ncelul shape, but somewhat sofled, And when I other day in town T noted that you treat them better now. Thos~ jolly days have passed away, but overy time I see Two kids at play so frisky and so lithe, ‘What memories come flocking to my aging brain of she Who now s Smythe. saw you cross the street the known to all as Sadye CHERRY PECTORAL good for mother and child. The dose is c:!i!fex-ent,l For the mother when she.has a cold, a cough, or a weak throat ; for the child when it has the croup. For the mother when she has bron- asthma; for the child has a night' cough or the cough of measles. We wish you would consult our doector more y“lw-an Mpml‘hvoh&Anfiu . Pectoral in the and I dp not believ I—.-;N-.'-l-.lm].v-ull. freely about our medicines. world lrl.klu‘ -