Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 2, 1902, Page 4

| “THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Daily Bee (withofit SBunday), One Yea iy Bee and Bunday, One fiu?rned L n Yea Bee, One Bee, per. copy .. 5o Bes 1thout 8 ), week. lUc Hee" (including Banday). per of "irregularities in deli e City Cireulation gn'nurdmb'; addressed to artment. 4 OFFICES Omaha—The Bee Bullding. South Om‘:ll—l.‘lty Hall fiulldln[. Twen- ty-Afth and M str 3 Council Blufts—10 Pearl Street. Chi —1640 Unity. Bullding. New York—Temple ‘Court. Washington—1 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and editorial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and femittances should be addressed: The Bee Publishing Com- pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES, Remit by draft, express or postal order, t”-bl» to The Bee Publishing Company. nly 2-cent stamps lfl:trled in payment of mail accounts. ‘ersonal checks, except on Omaha or_eastern exchange, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btate of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss. rge B. Taschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and complete coples of The Daily, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of May, 102, was as follows: Net total sales.. Net daily average. &rflenu and sworn to 1 of Ml'!. A. D, 1901, . B, HUNGATE, Notary Publie. Subscribed in my before me this 3lst (Seal.) Great is Tammany, but It is having ® hard time getting a fiew prophet. e s Senator Morgan Is eévidlenitly ambitious to be classed as the Senatof Hoar of the democrats. eep—— “ People who have pald for stalls in the new market house are still waiting to be Installed. 4 Congratulations for South Omaha are in order. Its destructive conflagration only hit the ice houses and left the brew- ery intact. —— South Omaha firemen have demon- strated their ability té cope with a burn- ing ice house notwithstanding the close proximity of the brewery. e ‘With the United States prosecutors In Tront of théni-and the striking teamstérs In the rear of them, the meat packers ave-having a hard time of it. e————————— An “interesting” program Is promised for the Jacksonian club meeting tonight. But not quite so interesting as the pro- gram executed at Its last meeting. S ernioppatonin Every man put on the republican state ticket ought to bring some strength to it. No man should be mominated who has to be carried by his running mates. Sem—ym——— No danger that any other country will follow the American example i’ Cuba. No'old world nation ever voluntarily re- tired from & territory it/had wrested from Its former proprietor! ‘When President fivzlt makes his promised western tour he will be pre- sented with new evidence'that the east has no monopoly om the loyalty and patriotism of the American people. SEmm—————— Mr. Bryan denles that he will allow himeself to become & éandidate for gov- ernor, but Mr. Allen would have him * made the fusion nominee “without wait- ing for the ald or congent of Bryan or dnyone else.” . . H; As thé _ufl IDPIBIEQI ior reopening the transportation routes to the Klon- * dike country, keep your ear to the ground for reporty pf marvelous gold finds in the most remote parts of the frozen peninsula. Ohwllt; Andrews {ntimates that he has no present intention of relinquishing his" positioh ds head of the Univerbity of Nebraska, but he would not put any obstacles in the way of any effort to ralse his salary. Lord Byson once z'v: red that'“‘carni- val" means abstinence from flesh. It looks very much as If we were to have carnival for some little time, If the Chl- cago teamsters' strike should be ex- tended to Omaba. ————— \ When Omaba city authorities find it Decessary to ralse the wages of com- mon laborers in order to get men to con- sent to be attached to the city peyroll the zone of prosperity must cover the entire community. - Things that are given away rarely bave any value. ‘This is true with re- gard to newspaper advertisiug as it s to merchapdise. Advertisers who want returns pay for space in The Bee be- causé they get thelr money's worth. She— ‘The basic principles of our system of taxation are uniformity and equality. mm of loeal public utility cor- are subject to taxation, why not also franchises of public carrier cor- _porations that emjoy state-wide priv- leges'of much greater“value? SE————— Mark Twalg, the great American hu- morist, has been visiting his old Mls- souri home and the hiving place for the originals of wany of the most famous ehulftfll in his earlier literary produc- ‘ tions. If Mark has not uncovered a mew grop of comiohl progeny the public avill bp gregtly dissppoluted. . \ LOOK TO THE COMING LEGISLATURE. Nebragks republicans cannot exercise too great care in the selection of candi- dates for the coming legisiature. Upon the legislature of 1903 will devolve the duty of grappling with many vital ques- tions that comcern the future prosperity of this state. The coming legislature will have no United States senators to elect and will therefore be expected to devote all its time dnd attention to the essential work of legislation. Most important of all will be the re- vision of the constitution, either by the submission of separate amendments or by the calling of a constitutional con- vention in case no special session to submit amendments is called within the next sixty days. Next in lmportande, iIf not equally or more important, is the solution of the tax problem. Tax reform will be one of the main {ssues in the coming cam- palgn and every man nominated for the legislature will have to take a positive stand in favor of equal taxation of all classes of property in conformity with the spirit and letter of the constitution. It may be expected that the eorporate interests will endeavor to secure the nomination of legislative eandidates who can be induced to follow in the foot- steps of former legislatures that be- trayed the people Into the hands of the corporations. In makiog nominations, republicans should therefore bear in mind that candidates who are not known to be upright and trustworthy will in- vite defeat at the polls. Party lines cannot be held tight in a campaign in which local interests over- shadow national Isgues. The opinions of ¢andidntes for thé legislature on Cu- ban reelproeity and on government for the Philippines will be of much less moment to the rank and file of tax- paying citizens than their views and in- tentions om tax reform, and legislation that will put & stop to the farming out of public funds for. private gain. Unless republicans take special care to nominate for the coming legislature in their respective districts men of sturdy character and sterling integrity, they will run the risk of surrendering the control of the coming legislature to their political opponents. eE—— TWENTY PER CENT THE LIMIT. Representative McCall of Massachu- setts 1s of the opinion that a tariff con- cession of 20 per cent is.all that can be done for Cuba and he stated that he had no sympathy with the loose talk that has been going about concerning the inadequacy of this amount of tariff reduction. Twenty per cent wmeans $8,000,000 for Cuba, sald Mr, McCall. At the same rate per efipita it would mean & trade concession of $250,000,000 for England or $430,000,000 for the United States. He thought a concession of that amount was something worth working for. He characterized as ab- surd the talk about doing away with the differential duty on refined sugar, saying that as & matter of fact the mar- gin between the amount of the differen- tial and the cost of refining I8 not more than about 20 per cent In such cost. This Mr. McCall thought could not be considered very heavy protection, when we take Into account the high rates of duty now laid upon most of our im- ports. Admitting ‘the accuracy of Mr Mc- Call's figures, the question is what pro- portion of the $8,000,000 would go to Cuba. A few days ago a statement was made to the senate committee by a gentleman who had investigated condi- tions in Cuba that a large number of sugar plantations In the island are owned by Amerlcans. It is highly prob- able that officlals of the Sugar trust are among these -owners, in fact constitute a majority of them. The president of the trust bas admitted that he invested fn Cuban sugar lands and it is alto- gether likely that others in the trust have done so. These men would get a share and probably the largest share of the $8,000,000 which Mr. McCall says the 20 per cent tariff reduction would give Cuba. That all of it ‘would not g¢ to the island is absolutely certain. We think there s no doubt that the sugar crop of Cuba 18 very largely contrelled by the trust and that that corperation bas put itselt in position to practically control in the future the Cuban sugar industry. In regard to the island’s other staple product, tobacco, there' has just been incorporated in New Jersey a $35,- 000,000 company to take over several fmportant tobacco interests in Cuba. The new company ‘i organized in the {nterest of the. Consolidated Tobacco company, commenly knowh as the trust, which now coiitrols miost of the tohacco manufacturing business of the United States and is preparing to control a large part of \lhe Cubaid tobacco in- dustry. ’ 1t is perfectly evident that Cuba is to be exploited by the Sugar and To- bacco trusts and it is these which will chiefly profit from any tarift concession on Cuban products. - The people of Cuba would be benefited very little it at all by the proposed 20 per cent reduction. m—— COMBINATIONS AND MIDDLEMEN. Business men everywhere will be in- terested in a statement by the presi- dent of the New York Produce exchange that the produce merchant, as a middle- man, is steadily beiug supplanted by large corporation interests deallng al- most dircctly between the producer and consumer. He sald that the flour, pro- vislon and oll trades are concentrating in & Hmited number of corporations and that even the graln trade s not free from the same tendency, large elevator and other interests monopolizing certain features of the trade. This evolution in the marketing of the country's produce is steadily decreasing the number of middlemen, whether or not to the ad- vantage of trade and the benefit of the ucer and consumer cafnof easily be determined. phe New York Jourpal of Commerce that the moyement In this direc- tion will not become universal and says there Will always be a large field for the middleman, 1p comparasively few : : THE _OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, JUNE 2, 1902. lines can production and distribution be economically combined. A year or two ago, notes that paper, an effort was made by an association of dried frult producers in California to market their own products. It was a faflure. “The producers of one sort of dried fruit might be never so well combined, but dried frults compete with each other and It would be almost as easy to com- bine all the cotton producers or all the wheat producers as to combine all the producers of all sorts of dried fruit. The assoclation which tried to get along without the jobbers found the business taken by rivals whom it was an advan- tage to the jobbers to serve. It is only where competition can’be suppressed that the consumer or the retaller can be compelled to deal directly with the par- tles that control production.” Undoubtedly there will always be a large field for the middleman, but the fact that it has been considerably con- tracted and that the process of elim- inating the middleman is still going on warrauts the belief that In the future the field will become very much smaller than it is at present. This is a phase of the development of combinations to which liftle attention has been given, but it 1s manifestly important in its bearing upon business and the relations of producer and consumer. Under ordi- nary conditions, wherever the middle- man could be eliminated both the con- sumer and producer should be benefited, but it is by no means certain that this will be the case under existing condi- tions. The saving effected by the combi- nations in eliminating the middleman does not appear to be of any advantage to the consumer. BURKETT AND MMLRCER. It Mr. Burkett hae claims upon the people of Nebraska which The Bee is bound to recognize, how does it happen that The Bee fails to recognize similar claims which Mr. Mercer has upon the people of Ne- braska? Nelther one of these gentlemen stands for any particular principle. Either one of them would sacrifice any principle for the sake of an office. The thing that has made Mr. Burkett popular is his ability to secure liberal appropriations for public bulldings in his - congressional district. Had it not been that Mr. Mercer, chal man of the public buildings committee, wa: a citizen of Nebraska and favorably in- clined to the appropriations which Mr. Burkett sought, Burkett would not have ob- tained one penny of the money for secur- ing which he is now being lauded to the skies by the republicans of his district.— World-Herald. The Bee has never failed to recognize Congressman Mercer's just claims for credit in securing appropriations for public builldings and other improve- ments in his district—in fact, Mr. Mer- cer's laurels have been kept green through the columns of this paper. But Mercer 18 by no means the only. con- gressman who has secured public bulld- ing appropriations for Nebraska towns. Omaha had a $250,000 postoffice building before Mercer had emerged from the public schools, and Lincoln, Nebraska City and Beatrice had public buildings before he entered the halls of congress. The larger part of the appropriation for Omaha's new federal bullding was se- cured by Congressman McShane. While Mercer doubtless made it easler for Burkett to secure the appropriation for the Lincoln postoffice, it does not fol- low that Burkett would have falled to pull it through with Mercer out of con- gress. Mr. Burkett's position on the ap- propriations committee would have ena- bled him to obtain reciprocal favors and the fact that the omnibus building bill carrfed nearly $18,000,000 would indicate that other citles and congressmen out- slde of Nebraska are also able to get liberal appropriations. As between our attitude toward Mer- cer and toward Burkett, there is this difference: Mr. Burkett has been in con- gress but two terms, whilc Mercer has Leen there five terms. A third term has been accorded to at least five Nebraska congressmen, but a sixth term has never been accorded to any man, and it should not be unless he ranks intellectually with the great leaders who formulate policies for the nation. Mercer is a good logroller, but he never pretended to leadership on national issues or even on local issues.” In other words, Mercer has had all the recognition he has ever been entitled to. Burkett lives in Nebraska when he is not at his post of duty at Washington. Mercer visits Nebraska for a few weeks every two years when he is a candidate for re-election and spends from six to nine months a year between sessions at pleasure resorts and on pleasure tours in Europe, Asla and Africa. Burkett pays his campaign assess- ments and always takes an active inter- est in every republican candidate in his district. Mercer, on the other hand, deadbeats his way even when he is run- ning on the ticket and never helps any- body but himself, whether he is running or not running. Burkett gratefully appreciates what has been done for him by his friends and his party. Mercer claims to be indis- pensable and thinks that the party and people need him a great deal more than he needs them. am——— 8t. Louils is already moving to capture the fiominating conventions of both the great national parties for 1904, laying speclal stress on its claim arieing out of its forthcoming Loulsiana Purchase exposition, which will be in full blast at that time. While the opposing par- ties are accustomed to make their presi- dentlal nominations in different eities rather than In the sawe city, St. Louls sees no insurmountable difficulty in that, but on the contrary is ready to set a new precedent by entertaining them'’| both at the same time if necessary. On the principle that the early bird catches the worm, it is laying plans two years in advance in the hope also of frighten- iug away all posvible competitors. While it is & trifle early in the game, it would vot be surprising to find St. Lohis turning both tricks. Complaints bave been filed with Sen- ator Millard concerning alleged abuses at the Rosebud Indian agency in South Dakota. The charge is made that the Indians are being fleeced by grasping traders acting In collusion with the agents, and the Nebraska senator I8 asked to intercede with the authorities #0 the Indlans may trade where they please. A much more aggravating con- dition bas prevalled at the Winnebago agency in Nebraska and remonstrances have been made against the agent and trader at the Winnebago reservation months ago, but no redress is yet in sight. Eese—— Reality Versus Pipe Dream. Portland Oregonlian. The difference between J. P. Morgan and the Count of Monte Cristo s that the count only thought he owned the earth. Some Terrors Yet to Come. Baltimore American. * It is too early in the year to hope for & surcease of horrors and a refreshing period of rest and quiet. The terrors of the Fourth of July are yet to come, when the possession of nerves is looked on ae a dis- tinet lack of patrio New York Sun. “Tom Johnson says that W. J. Rryan, the eminent lecturer, was the “biguest Amer- at the inauguration of President Es- trada Palma. They say that the colonel has been putting on flesh rapidly since he moved into his new barn. An Injunction Wanted. Boston Globe. Free rural mail delivery, which s pass- ing from the experimental to the practical stage, is threatened by a new danger. Birds, with no fear of the government be- fore their eyes, persist in bullding their nests in the letter box Tickling Native Fancy. Washington Post. In his inaugural address President Palma gave a fine top-of-column notice to the fighting qualities of the Cubans. It reads well, but there are people who are not able to forget how General Gomez made a practice of leading his troops in a ham- mock. Proven by the Record. Cleveland Leader. The record proves the truth of the fol- lowing declaration contained in the plat- form of the republicans of this state: “The history of the last half-century demon- strates that prosperity is a normal condi- tion only when the republican party is in power."” Where Some Pension Money Goes. Boston Globe. Not all of Uncle Sam's pension money is spent at home, for 427 pevsioners live in Ireland, 328 in England, 102 in Scotland, 13 in Wales, 610 in Germany, 72 in France, 9 in Russia, 15 in Norway, 27 in Denmark, 7 in Spain, 6 in Portugal, 35 in Italy, 7 in Turkey, and 13 in Africa. They all de- serve well of the country wherever they are. Where Reform Is Needed. Philadelphla Ledger. Now that ‘e have an extradition treaty with Chile, which closes that refuge to United States fugitives sfrom justice, it becomes still more imperative that we shall have one with Canada revised, improved and brought up to date. Canada is so con- venlent an asylum for American ras it should be made as.nearly thie possible. Whip, in All Al Buffalo Express. The old question of whether Gréat Britaln helped the United States in the Spanish war was brought Up dgain in Parliament and Lord Cranborne on behalf of thée For- elgn office replied that he could find no trace of any assurances, either verbal or written, regarding thie cdnduct or policy of Great Britain toward that war.' We shall have to conciude that we whipped Spain all alone. — REFLECTIONS ON NOISE, Primitive Way of Welcoming the Stranger Within Our Gates. Baltimore Sun. Why does' man express sentiments of triendship and hospitality through the me- dium of nolge? Is the custom a survival of prehistoric days, a relic of barbarism? A friendly nation sends over a prince of the blood royal. A squadron of our warships meets him at sea and at once proceeds {o make the welkin ring with the thunder of artlllery. Another nation commissions some of its leading men to bring us a message of cordlal regard. No sooner are the visitors within sight of our shores than apprecia- tion of the honor bestowed upon us Is ex- Cannon roar and bugles spliting din volces the welcome. It is a custom among some savage tribes to rub noses as an ex- pression of friendship. Civilized people re- gard such practices as ridiculous, But, as a matter of common sense, is nosé-rubbing more ridiculous than ' noise-making as a method of expressing emotion? Each seems to be a very primitive way of wel- coming the stranger within our gates. Old people wonder why at Christmas or on the Fourth of July the youngsters celebreie with firecrackers and torpedoes. Isn't that custom qufte as sensible as the adult’s way tality with a makes it so fascinating to mankind? PERSONAL NOTES. There are 356 sitting members of the national house of representatives. Of this number all but twenty-three are, or have been, married. It King Alfonso wishes to ewitch oft his people gradually from bull fighting to horse racing, he should import an Amerl- can Wild West show. Charles Francis Adams, of Boston, will speak before students of the University of Chicago,’ on June 17, on “Shall Crom- well Have a Monument.” Dr. Henry Lummis, of the Lawren university, Appleton, Wis., has just cel brated his 77th birthday and is the oldest instructor in the institution. He f native of New Jersey and a gradua Wesleyan. " Unless the mosquitoes oi'Ncw Jersey form a community of inter/st and incor- porate, the state will attack’ their bills with relentless vigor. The stafe is determined to crush one ciass of hloodsuckers who cannot kick back. / According to handiaps just lesued by Secretary Herbert of the National Polo assoclation, Kingdom' Gould, the 14-year- old son of George Golld, is one of the best polo players in thy country, outclassing his father, who is reckoned & good hand Among Mexicans 'the opinfon is general that should Rresid¢nt Diaz cease the rout- ine of his work he would die. At 8:30 every morning Ggueral Diaz goes to his office and works uhtil about 1:30 p. m. At 4:30 he goes back'again and scarcely ever leaves before 11, And often not until mid- night. Representative, Babcock of Wisconsin shaved off his fixuriant black beard the other morning and the doorkeepers refused to admit bim to {he floor of the house until he had been identified. Mr. Babcock had not been shaved ore in fifteen years and as be walk¢q down the alsle toward his seat the members looked searchingly at him, many failing to recognize their col- league because ef the abeence of his whis- kers. v, of TIMRER FOR THE STATE TICKET, Osceola Record: If the state convention should take a pattern from Polk county and make it unanimous for Mickey it would Just strike it. Crete Vidette-Herald: The Fourth dis- trict baving only one candidete for gov- ernor, in the person of Mr. Mickey, of Osceola, - ought to line up pretty solidly for him. Burwell Tribune: The Ord Quis endorses the candidacy of its townsman ter Mor tensen for state treasurer. The balan: of the republicans of this section of the state did so several weeks ago. Randolph Times: Sherman Saunders of Bloomfleld i ining popularity right along as a republican candidate for state treas- urer. Mr. Saunders bas the unqualified support of Knox and the northeast section of the s Kearney Hub: Judge Jesson's home county of Otoe, also the neighboring county of Cass, bave indorsed his candidacy for the republican nomination for governor. It 1s safo enough to say that the Jesson tandidacy will attract considerable atten- tion. Wayne Herald: Senator Bressler has a large majority of Wayne county people supporting his candidacy for state treasur- er, and, in event of his nomination and election, Wayne and Wayne county will take a prominent place, a place they de- serve in the state's affairs. Columbus Times: There may be some other candidate mentioned for the rep lican nomination for governof, by their own home county, but as a whole, the north half of the state is showing their wisdom and good sense by being practically un- animously for Hon. W. M. Robertson of Norfolk. Nebraska is not only all right, but Robinson is all right. Randolph Times: Madison county will #end a delegation to the state convention solid for Hon. Willlam M. Robertson for governor. Mr. Robertson's candidacy Is very popular in northeast Nebraska, and the outlook is that he will give Sears & close race for the place. It is claimed that Robertson will have all of the counties north of the Platte except Burt, Sears’ county. If this proves true the convention will certainly nominate Mr. Robértson. Fairfleld News-Herald: The beltef is galning ground that the republican state convention is likely to do the wise thing this year in the nomination of goversor by selectlng a candidate fresh from the people in the person of Hon. J. B. Diusmore of Clay county. There are plenty of good available men in the state for this position whose names have not been before the public for office very much, or not at all. The fact that Mr. Dinsmore is mot a poli- tician, nor a wirepuller, nor an office- seeker, weighs in his favor with that large class of people who believe in the dignity of the greet office of governor of a great state. Mr. Dinsmore is not traveling over the state in his own interests in advance of the convention. He does not/ need to. But should the gentleman from Clay county be the nominee of the convention he will make an active canvass and a most effec- tive one, for he is capable and the kind of a man to inspire confidence. Norfolk News: With the nearer approach of the republican state convention the prospects for the nomination of W. M. Robehtson for ‘governor comtinue to brighten. It is probable tbat no candidate who has been anmounced has met with a more kindly reception from all parts of the state than bas Mr. Robertson. ~ His friends are enthusiastic and those who have not formed bis ac- quaintance are kindly toward him becau of his friends’ fervent support. y feel that he will be ndid man on whom to unite after the numerous candidates wth a small following are given to understand that there is no hope for them as far as the state at large is concerned. He is the sort of candidate whom the common peo- ple will like and one who will fire all to enthusiastic support. He will make the candidate and the governor that other states have taken pleasure in honoring and Nebraska republicans and the state will be elevated by his selection by the cen- vention and the people at the polls. Wayne Republican: Hon. John T. Bressler fs a candidate for the siate treasurership since it is quite certain that the present incumbent will not care to embarrass the party by asking s renomination. In that event Mr. Bressler would feel gratified it the Wayne county delegation reposed in him the confidence his friends feel is due him as a representative citizen and accord to him a bearty support. They say in asking this, with respect to opinions of those dif- fering with them, on varfous personal and local political matters, that a home man is entitled to this respectful consideration. Mr. Bressler has long been one of the mem- bers of the Wayne Normal school board, as state treasurer he would be ex-officio a member of the state Normal board. This is something, regardless of political faith, the cltizens of Wayne have regarded as a most desirable thing to ac- quire and Mr. Bressler's friends feel that thie s a most opportune time to push for- ward a man for the position quaiified by the many worthy ties 8 Wayne citizen feels for his home city, to be our representative in a matter which will in the future reflect the greatest moral and intellectual credit and financial good to our eity. Nebraska City Tribune: We have ‘watched with no small interest the growth of the movement that is bearing Judge Paul Jessen toward the governor's chair of the state of Nebraska. The idea was somewhat un- welcome at first, because it was so agree- able to have the position of district judge filled by him, after some previous experis ences. We felt as a woman with a good hired girl feels, when the latter thinks of marrying; she likes to see the girl do well, but hates to lose her. This, however, js purely a local view, and drops out of sight early in the discussion. The fact that a man hay been an upusually .g0od judge should/not Interfere withi Ks filling a higher posisfon thereafter; it should, om“the con- trhry, rather lead to such s position. For the information of the state at large, the fact that we have had a home-born judse here who has commanded the confidence and respect of all classes; who has been & terror to evil doers; who bas put as end to long-standing abuses; who has hdndled diicult civil and criminal cases with adroitness and dispatch, and agcom- plished much with little cost to, tax payers, instead of piling up expe: hould be as widely known as possible, and we wust pocket our local preferences and trust to our luck and the new ideas that are abroad to send us another good man to occupy the judicial bench. For ourselves, the Tribune rather expects to see Judge Jessen nominated and elected. We have had pretty good luck naming candidates thus tar, too. es of © Minneapolis Times. If Mr. Bdlson is not mistaken in the claim that he has perfected a storage battery that will be comparatively light, capable of giv- ing & good mileage without renewal and will not require expensive care, automoblle is almost within reach. lieves that a storage battery capable of propelling an sutomobile 100 miles without recharging is now an assured fact and i that be true the popularity of the horseless webicle will be greatly enhanced. Mr. Edi- son may be on the track of & storage bat- tery that will enable street rallway com- panies to do away with trolley wires and poles, and that is & still more imporiant watter. G Motor. Wagne Herald;, Editor Rosewater fs meoting with the hearty approval of the press and peopld, of the state in general In his efforts to compel the State Board of Equalization 1o zaise the rates of menta made on public franchises way corporations, as a basis of the tax levy. ¢ 2 Ord Quia; The Oma tic editor, Mr, Rosewater, deserve not & little credit for the manner in which they Bave gone after the equalization board and eompelled the raising of the railroad d telegraph assesements. This is not the first time that The Bee has doné the pub- e a service for which it could receive no rewand except the thanks of the public. Pender Republic: The State Board of Bauelization, consisting of the governor, treasurer and auditor, has been mandamused to redssess (he rallroads of the state. This action was instituied by The Bee Building company of Omaba and will be hailed with appreciation by the taxpayers all over the state Who, while they have seen their own property increased in value froia year to year.and taxed accordingly, bave also seen the rallroad property, whose earning ca- pacity has more than doubled in the last five years on account of the general good times, remain at practically the same sum as it was ten years ago. Justice demands that the rallfoad. assessments should at least be doubled. Kearney Demoera Bee and its ener- Bdward Rosewater on renewed vigor thorn that pricks the flesh of the s ng taxpayer, and also the shirking taxgatherer. With the armor of . righteousness buckled on Mr. Rosewater endeavored to have the State Board of Equalisation place a fair sessed valuation @pon railroad property in Nebraske, but the board, thinking, perha; that -the venerable editor has grown too old to put up much of a fight, refused to increase rallroad ‘mssessments. Perbaps, now, the boird regrets that it did not Mr. Rosewater immediately applied supremé court for a writ of man- state board to re- the property com- plained of. When you conclude that Mr. Rosewater s too old to attend to his end of a scrap, right thers is where you make & mistake that encompaeses your defeat. Edward Rosewater will never be too old to put up a winning fight in a just cause. Holt County Independent: The State Board of Equalization, composed of Gov- ernor Savage, Treasurer Stuefer and Audi- tor Weston, met. last- week and assessed the railroade for the year 1902. In spite of the Increased earniags, double the roll- ing stock vadt fmprovements, the as- ed valuation thie year is over $3,000,000 less than in 1890, A great injustice is done the taxpayers of Nebraska in that as- sessment and the repiiblican state officals know it. Editor Rosewater of The Omaha Bee and M. F. Harrington of O'Neill pre- sented unanswerable arguments in favor of a radical increase, but the board re- tused to liBten td thelr, advice. Wayne Republjos Resewater is entitled to the support of geed citizens in his ef- forts to compel- the State Board of Equali- zation to raise the, rates of assessment made on public franchises as a basis of the tax lévy. It Is a potorious fact that they DAY & rate out,of proportion to what their property is worth-and out of proportion to the rate at.which private property is taxed. Rosewater has filed a suit praying to the courts to compelthe board by mandamus proceedings to ralse the rates and it is the interest of\pvery man who pays a just rate of taxes to hope his sult is sustained. What Rosewater gains in this is a question. He is probably .doipg: it for political ef- fect, but that has no:bearing on the merits s sult as a oltizen before the law. entitled to,.enedit.-for the nerve to &0 into colirt in such a just cause. Rose- Wwater 16 a queer man~—many long, hard battles hag he fought for the people and Rosewater, .and, both have won, some say the 1 he oftenest, by such odde that they are suspicious of him. He has m¥de many personal enemies by his selfishness 1n politics or what appeared to be selfish- ness; it Gertalnly was,antagonism which worked {8jury to the republican party, but whether the Injury,was temporary and will result in the greater good later on, as his friends assert, or whether the injury is permanent is best. determined by the reali- zation. thikt Rosewater is still in politics and a hard man down. So long h has energy to take up such fights as he 1s now engaged fn he will be conceded & degree o} gincesity.equal to those who do not caré to proceed, whether Rosewater's real motive is for righ ke or whether the promptings of vain tion. ———— ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK. Ripplés on the Current of Life in the Metropolis, William ‘Travis, & oonvicted burglar, on ip & New' York couft last week, and won He was tried on the charge of robbing the house of one Dr. Lagle on December 24 last and was ar- rested last April. Three days beforé the trial he was convicted of burglary, grand larceny and jail’ breakiy In- the trial be had employed a lawyer and lost. In the second trial he dispensed with counsel and won. Travie examined all *he talesmen who bad beed summonéd for Jury duty. As each t man took the stand Travis asked him this question: - “Would you find a man gullty of break- ing and entering if no one saw him either enter ‘or leave the house, and he was not arrested until three months after the com; miesion of the alleged crime Those’ who answered in were promptly accepted. the negative , whose house Travis in the indictment of baving robbed, and on which he is being tried, .was the first witness to be cross-exam- ined. Dr. Lagie fdentified the various ar- ticles shown him as having been stolen from his house. There e articles of ellver tableware and a small purse. The doctor was very positive in his identifica- tions, but under Travis' cross-examina- tion peakened 4pd admitted he did not absolutely know that any article shown him was stolen from his house. Travie led the doctor along article by article, and each the doctor admitted might be a re- plica of that taken from his house. The silverware had been made by a well known firm, and doctor had to admit that the firm probably turded out the art duplicate by the gross. There was no p vate mark on any article he could recog- nlze. S0 badly shaken was the witness that the district attorney bad to resort to re- direct examipation. The doctor was made to say that he recognized a gold dollar which was found ' the purse. Travis made him eay on the re-cross-examination that the pyurse was purchased in Germany, and therg W, robsbly thousands like it; that tl ."»‘“zuq was one of the millions colned by the United States, Travis also had the doctor admit that on the night his house was robbed he was uet sure that the dollar to which he referred was on the bureau, ig it, or in the purse. The jury returned s verdict of not guilty. Ellis island, the great immigrant station in New York bor, 18 crowded as never before,. Durigg the mouth of May 5,000 im- migrants, mestly Hungarians, ItaMans and Russians, were landed at that station, the talleat pecord in. the history of the port The total for April was 7600, The arri- 918. For eleven months of the current fis- cal year the number approximates 550,000 and it Is expected that June will add 100,- 000 to that mumiber. The present number of immigrants recorded for any pteceding fiscal year was §79,000 fu 1892. At the present time Itallans and Austro-Hungarians are making up the Bulk of the Allens who are coming to these shores, 48,000 Italians from the southern part of Italy repogting duriog the first six“months of the year ' “Although not officially announced,” says a diepatch to the Philadelphia Ledger, “the terms of payment of which the Pennsyl- vania rallroad is to secure the franchise for tunnel under Manbattan Iisland to connect with Brookiyn amd Jersey City are #ald to be 50 cents: per lineal oot of every single track of rallroad, to be pald to the city anoually for ten years, this to be ia- creased to §1 per lineal foot annually for the next fifteen years. Theése rates are con- siderably larger than were at first pro- posed, but Comptroller Grout insieted that the franchise was very valuable, and that ample payment should be secured for the city. The question of compensation for the franchise under ‘the North and East rivers has not been decided.” . James H. Burns {s dead. Mr. Burps was for fifteen years a ward detective in New York. During that time, by economy and strict attention to busjuess, he managed to save $300,000. When the Lexow reform wave came along be was indiocted, but jumped his bail and went to Kmrope, where he lived in fuxury for some years, and until be heard from New York that “everything was fixed. Then he returned, went into court and demanded a trial but, as the state’s witne 3 the Indictment had to be was triumphantly “vindicated ———— SIGNS OF PROSPERITY AHEAD. Soil and Shop and Counting Room Forecast a Bumper Ye. St. Louls Globe-Democra Present conditions and indications are favorable to the continuance of good tim No visible clouds, are in the sky. Th are elements in the situation that dis- tinctly improve the outlook. Crop. pros- pects for 1902 are pxcellent throughout the country. The time for harvesting small grain is near and a bountiful yleld seems assured. Corn is ig fine shape and if all proceeds well the crop will go far toward making up the corn deficit .of last year. After June 30 the governmen{ will tease to collect all war taxes imiposed In 1898, an event which will relieve the money market, as well as many prominent lines of busi ness, for the taxes must be pald in cash and tends to pile up money in the treas- ury. The governfient rovenue for the fiscal year will exceed expenditures by at least $70,000,000. Our ‘foreign commerce since July 1 last has not béen a record-breaker, but the trade baldnce in our favor, never- theless, will be about $500,000,000. Exports of minerals and manufactures have been well maintained. The iron barometer con- tinues at the higHest notch, with more than enough orders to keép the mills busy for the next year. Reduction of the public debt is steady, rallway' profits are unadi- minished, and the volume bf domestic com- merce Is enormous. The “insurrection {n the Philippines has Imost disappeared. - Moréover, the world at large promises to Be unusually peaceful during the coming year. In South Africa serious hostilities are apparéntly at an end, a fact reflected in an advance of more than 2 per cent in British consols in *! > last month. Peace With the Boers will set in motion again the largest productive gold mines, and the iepalt of the ravages of war will tend to quicken the tide of busi- ness, It bas just been stated that within the last th 1000 “in_British confols has been bought for American ac- «count, an item showing confidence -in peace prospects as well as an-American surplus for investment. By the end of a year or two the Rand mines should be adding $100,~ 000,000 to the world's yearly output of gold, sending up the aggregate to the highest figures. Here is a general situation cal- culated to Inspire business men with as- surances of prosperity for a period. whoso end is not in sight nor foreshadowed by any known clrcumstance A SMILE OR TWO. Detroit Free Press: “What's your oc- cupation?’ “Fishing and herflln%, sir.”" Ah! You live, then, by hook or erook.” ‘Washington taste in ‘muslo i ar: _‘“‘Your daughte: impfoving perceptibl; the professor. . think it must be,” answered Mr. Blig- gins. ““She doesn't try to play nearly much as she did.” Atlanta Cont ition: “You admit 60\! stole the melons?” sald the judge. “Oh, ves, suh—I stoled. um!" “And yet you for mercy?" “Yes, suh-kase ~de hite man kotched me fo' I had & ohance ter eat um?" Chicago_Tribune: . Girl ‘at thé Ribbon Counter—Ever notice what long eyelashes that girl over thefe in. the cutlery depart- ment “has? . - Girl at the Glove Counter~No wonder they're long. She, has begn hanging on o her job by them for the last two years. Philadelphia Préss: Crabbé~Teday for the first time I was really delighted to hear Miss Nexiore's piano going istenling to, hfiuum-—lomemmr worth eh? Crabbe—I should rly 1 heard the dnstall- t away. ment men taking Washington Sta man dat gits along,” sald Uncle Eben, “is de man dat ten's to business. ‘stid o' showin' knowledge. h grocery sto’ talkin' ‘bout de weather, he wouldn’ of had no ahk ready when de freshet come.” Philadelphia Bulietin: *“But you must re- member, dear, that you nrumf-,n to ‘love, honor and obey’ your husband." “It isn't possible, woman to fove and ways insi randma. 1 def onor & man who being obeyed," any al- Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph Long the nations Never cared !Amm{ fared; Thought he wasn't AIY& their d‘lhl nd among them Eouldn't ‘pass. But a wondrous Change has come Since our Uncle Made things hum. Honors shower On him now, And the nations To bim bow, Just a Uitle While ago L Helnrich @ame with Face aglow, Grasped our Uncle By his hand, Talse FXnd his: ends Then the K; Wrote wired Tl&:’nkl to Uncle And he's anxlous To doi Statue of old Fred the 3 Next some Frenchmen Known to fame Other nations 80 stern wi Afor 'thetr tur; 8o ‘tis just the Truth to say - e