Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 24, 1902, Page 6

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BUSINESS LETTERS. usiness letters and romittances should wdaressea: The bee Fuousning Lom- puny, U » na. REMITTAN L‘H mit by draft, expres: Wole to ‘Lhe Bee LuISHINg LOmpALY. iy 2-cent stamps accepled in puyment of il accounts. Fersonai checks, except on or_eastern exchange, not accepted. HE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btate of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.: George B. Tzschuck, secretary of ‘Lhe Hou vlisaing Lompany, .being auly wworn, s om the actual numver or full and fomlaie copies of The Laily, Morning, Svening and Sunday Bee printed auring i mokth Of May, 1 was as foilows: 29,000 EEEENRNEEREEEES T 3 Leas unsoid and returned coplu. Net total sales, Net dally average. HUC b..r‘;hn“:?&u &Y pr’enulm:‘ and swoen to (Beal.) L H \ ‘Notary Public. B —— Only a year ago the mercury was do- Jng stunts around the 100 mark. — , Omaha people have achleved a reputa- tion as music lovers which they must ‘Yot let get away If they want to con- tinue on the map of the great musical ‘organizations. eEm———— After the record made in its fight to have the city assessment roll revised, the Real Estate exchange cannot afford to flunk before the county Board of Equalization. A handbook of blography will be nec- essary to let the people of this county know who the gentlemen are who have been presented as the dempcrluc legis- lative nominees, Etentitgmy In view of the rush with which the summer excursion season has started in, the bewildered: tourist will be dodging premiums to travel over this line or that before it is ended. e The present cold snap brings some tonsolation. Disciples of Lombroso can- not point to the heat wave as the gene- Ms of the numerous homicides and sul- tides now being reported. e—— The fuslonists are expected to be ram- pant agalnst the corporations when they make up their platform at Grand Island, but they will be discreetly silent on their complete surrender to. the cor- porations when they had control of the state government. President Mitchell's address to the public on behalf of the striking miners will serve to more forcibly fix in the ‘minds of what he calls the “innocent partles” the fact that they will have to foot the bill, no matter what the out- come or what the cost. Mayor Koutsky of South Omaha is getting after the tumble-down shacks and firetraps that menace life and prop- erty, If the authoritles of the two cities wogld weed out these conflagra- tion-by ing bulldings the work of the fire department would be considerably lightened. — Kansas populists will today try to solve the problem their Nebraska breth- ren are busy with-\whether to accept the offices the democrats are willing they should in event of the combination belng able to defeat the republican nomi- uees. No question of principle is at stake, only emoluments being consid- ered. e———— The rallroad tax bureau claims that the rallroads have pald 10 per cent of their net earnings for taxes in 1901, Most of the owners of store bulldiugs and office bulldings in Omaha would be glad if they could get off with 50 per cent of thelr net earnings In taxes. Many of them have for years not had any net earnings and still had to pay taxes all the same. SE—— Another bulletin of the raliroad tax bureau undertakes to tell how the as- sessment of raillroad property is arrived at by the State Board of Equalization, by describing the steps prescribed by Jaw. Comparisons with the records of the board will show that this is the best description yet of how the assess- ment of rallroad property is not arrived at by the state board. r—— De Armond's speech in congress may hive relleved his mind, but it doesn't convey any (ioformation to the public. The democratic attitude of opposition to republican policy, no matter what that policy may be, Is too well known to require restatement. If the democrats should ever decide to aid in the advance- ment of public lnterests by endorsing a republican idea, the act might occasion surprise. » KEEPING UP THE BUNCO GAME. The rallroad tax bureau bas recently been invited by The Omaha Bee to explain why the east half of the Union Pacific bridge 18 assessed at $84,000 in Iowa, while the west half of the bridge is listed for only $1,630 in Nebraska. To begin with, the proposi- tion as stated s erroneous and misleading, as are nearly all of the criticisms emanat- ing from the same source. Under the lowa law, raflroad bridges across navigable streams are expressly ex cepted from the unit assessment of rall- road property as fixed by the state board, or executive council, and are made subject to eeparate assessments by the local assessors. Under the Nebraska law, as construed by the supreme court, these bridges are in- cluded in the valuation and assessment fixed by the state board and are in that way distributed over and taxed in every county, city, village and achool district along the respective railroad lines in the ate. The $1,630 referred to in the interroga- tory and editorial does not represent the assessed valuation of the bridge at all. It merely represents the mileage pro rata accruing to Douglas county upon the small fraction of a mile of trackage equal to the length of the west half of the bridge. Neither does the $66,081, referred to In later criticism, represent the assessed valu- ation of the Unlon Pacific depot and depot grounds, right-of-way, trackage and ter- minal facilities in the city of Omal It merely represents the distributive share accruing to the city of Omaha, on the law- ful mileage basis of the entire property of the Union Pacific line in the state, and leaves out of account the share of the Omaha terminals and bridge which is dis- tributed to and taxed in every county, town and school district along the whole line from Douglas county to the Wyoming boundary.—Rallroad Bulletin No. 14. ‘Will the raflroad tax bureau mathema- ticlans be a little more explicit? Wil they name a single county, town, school district or precinct whose taxes have been increased one penny by the so- called distribution of the Nebraska half of the Union Pacific bridge? Before and up to the close of the re- celvership the Union Pacific bridge was separately assessed in Douglas county for $125,000, and that went into the grand assessment roll of the state as part of the taxable valuation of Doug- las county subject to state taxes. Dur- ing the greater part of this period the main line of the Union Pacific was as- sessed for $11,440 per mile. In the year 1900 the Union Pacific was assessed for only $9,800 per mile and the bridge had been beaten down to $80,000. This year the bridge is returned as part of the main line mileage of the Union Pacific for 16-100ths of a mile, or $1,568, and this amount s added to the mileage in Douglas county. In other words, the bridge has been completely swal- lowed up in the mileage, but the as- sessment of the Unlon Pacific still re- mains at $0,800 a mile. Where, then, is the pretended distribution? Wha has gained anything by the change except the railroad which saves taxes at the expense of the other taxpayers on over $123,000 of assessed valuation? Five years ago the title to the Union Pacific depot, depot grounds and ter- minals was in the Union Depot com- pany. Since then the property has passed back iato the hands of the Union Pacific corporation, which has ex- pended more than $500,000 on its new depot and terminal improvements. We are told that all this property has been distributed for taxation for the benefit of the countles, towns and school dis- tricts along the line. Will the tax bureau name a single county, town or school district whose tax revenue has been increased one penny by the dis- tribution? On the contrary, has not the distribution been simply an absorp- tlon, and, more than that, an absolute shrinkage, as is shown by the following comparative exhibit? Union Pacific Assessment in Nebraska. After Lost by Distri- Distri- bution. bution. 326,536 § 125,734 246,862 177,478 100,414 440,608 252,350 374,263 441,080 574,476 406,806 202,248 Before Distri- bution. 1591 881,180 § 146,775 288,173 207,178 222,279 514,343 204,580 436,803 515,600 670,013 Countles. 54,644 21,041 41,811 20,700 31,865 73,734 42,230 62,631 73,014 96,130 70,724 41,285 45,472 81,578 Totals...$5,344,000 $4,675,756 $766,238 AN ISSUE WITH ITALY. The issue with Italy growing out of the arrest of American naval officers at Venice will undoubtedly be settled without any disagreeable contrbversy between the two governments. As a matter of fact it is a very trivial affair, which ought not to cause even the slightest misunderstanding, yet the Ital- lan government seems to be super- sensitive about the matter and dis- posed to require some sort of acknowl- edgment or apology on the part of the United States which the circumstances do not seem to justify. There I8 no doubt that American naval officers committed a breach of the peace at Venice, but the facts appear to show that thelr conduct on that occasion was by no means so bad as the Venetian authorities sought to make it out and that the treatment of these officers wa unnecessarily harsh and severe. It does not necessarily follow that their treat- wment wi due to the fact that they were Americans, though this Is assumed because of a natural disposition to be- lleve that our naval officers are not regarded with favor in that quarter of the world. Doubtless there is warrant for this, but yet it does not appear that the Venetian court did any more in the matter than was plainly within the law and therefore simply performed its duty. The fact of the matter is that the Amwerican officers behaved badly in the trouble at Veulce, but their conduct was not so reprehensible as to call for or to justify the treatment to which they were subjected by the municlpal au- thorities. There is no doubt that the latter were unnecessarily severe, yet there is nothing in what they did that seems to justify auy international con- troversy. The attitude of the Itallan government in the matter, as indicated in the protest of the ambassador of that government i regard to the finding \ 3 ) THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1902. of Rear Admiral Crowninshield, seems to be quite unnecessary and unwar- ranted. The publicity given to the mat- ter was undoubtedly a mistake, but it would seem to be the greatest possible folly for the two governments to get into any controversy on this account. It is an issue that ought to be settled without the slightest difficulty. RETURNING TO THE TARIFF. Having practically ignored the tariff in the last two national campaigns, the democratic leaders are now proposing to return to that issue for the next fight for the control of the government. Mr. Cleveland, as the leading exponent of so-called tariff reform, urges that the democracy must again take up this question and make it the leading issue in their fight of 1004. In the opinion of Mr. Cleveland, who is unquestionably the foremost champion of what is called tariff reform, the greatest of all in- juries to which the American people are now subjected is tariff taxation, which he thinks makes exactions far beyond the needs of economicgl and legitimate government expenditure. Consequently Mr. Cleveland would have the demo- cratic party take a very decided stand against the tariff, just as he demanded it should do in 1887 and which seven years later it did do, with what conse- quences to the business interests of the country almost everybody remembers. It appears to be pretty evident that the democrndc party 18 prepared to ac- cept the counsel of Mr. Cleveland in this particular. All the state conven- tions of the party thus far held this year show this. Their platforms have made prominent the demand for tariff revision, all of them plainly showing that the leading idea among democrats at this time Is to subordinate every- thing to the question of so-called tariff reform. In all the democratic state platforms of this year this question is glven the most conspicuous place. In the democratic mind at present this seems to be the “burning issue.”” Even “imperialism” has taken a secondary place and the trust issue occuples a place as an outgrowth of the tariff, not- withstanding the fact that the demo- cratic leader in the last two presiden- tial campaigns declared that the tariff ‘was not responsible for the trusts. It seems to be now plainly indicated, therefore, that the next national cam- palgn is to be fought, so far as the democratic party is concerned, upon the tariff. The old issue between the two parties 18 to be revived and the country 18 once more to be asked to pass judg- ment upon the question of 'protection ‘to American industries. The republican party will heartlly welcome the issue. There is nothing in its great record of which it 18 more proud or in defense of which it can Invoke more splendid and conclusive facts. The great indus- trial growth of the country, our won- derful commercial progress, the great increase in national wealth, the unprece- dented prosperity of the American peo- ple—these are arguments. in support of the tariff policy of the republican party which appeal /to the intelligence and the interests of the people with a force that is irresistible. The republican party is fully prepared to meet its opponents in a discussion of the tariff policy before the people, confident that the history of the last four years, to go no farther back, will amply vindicate and justify republican policy, which is as necessary today to American labor and industry as at any time in the past. . e And now comes a member of the Real Estate exchange with the old, thread- Dbare defense of tax evasion by the South Omaha meat packing corporations that they should not be compelled to pay taxes like other people, because they give employment to large numbers of laborers and pay out for raw materials large sums that go to the farmers and stock-ralsers of the state. As If this same plea could not be made for every business man and industrial concern that is taxed. They all employ labor and pay out money as rental and other expenses that feeds the arteries of com- merce probably in as great ratio to the volume of their business as do the meat packers, If one class escapes its share of taxation, the other taxpayers must pay not only for themselves but also for those who do not pay. The fear that the packing houses will be removed from Omaha if they are taxed the same other property will not go down. They can go nowhere else where they will not be taxed. New packing houses have been opened here and old ones have been closed, but the payment of taxes was not the determining factor. It is simply amazing that a Real Estate exchange man, after the fight that body has been making for equal taxation, should come out in advocacy of tax ex- emption for meat packing corporations, or, for that matter, of favoritism In taxation of any kind. The Douglas county commissionery should read again the opinion of the supreme court in the Omaha tax case. That opinion points out clearly the duty of a board of equalization, and shows how action can be had without formal complaint belng made by a taxpayer. Responsibility for taxable valuation rests with the Board of Equalization as much as with the assessor. ———— Nebraska populists, in the county con- ventions they bave just been holding, seem to have been in a quandary whether to affirm the Sloux Falls plat- form or the Kansas City platform, and in one case seem to have endorsed both. It the border line between populism and democracy I8 so faint as all that, why not fuse platforms as well as candl- dates? m—— 1If it is true that the rallroads of Ne- braska pay $198.86 per mile in taxes, for which we would want a good deal better proof than the assertion of the raflroad tax bureau, they still are not overtaxed. The rallroads of Minne- sota are taxed $238 per wmile this year and pext year they will be taxed 25 per cent more, or $207 per mile, which is $100 a mile more than the rallroads of Nebraska are paying, and nobody contends that the rallroads of Nebraska earn less or are worth less per mile than the rallroads of Minnesota. Democrats in Nebraska have been in the habit of ylelding to their populist allles the principal places on the state ticket, while they have gathered unto themselves more than their share of the congressional nominations. The ob- ject has been, of course, to extinguish the populists as a national political party. This time it will not make much difference which horn either of the fusion parties seizes, as the chances of defeat are good for both. Saiaeepnnpm—— Treason, B'Gosh. Philadeiphia Record. The silence of the democratic state con- vention of Illinols on silver was gojden. Not Badly F hit Indfanapolis News. The meat packers are to form a $1,000,- 000 trust according to report. And the peo- ple of the country were laboring under the impression that the government had scored © Sy 7. Chicago Record-Herald. Senator Dolliver says poor people are the only o1 who have a chance in the world. sul1, Senator Willlam M. Stewart says, “If a man has money he doesn't need sym- pathy."” More T Likely, Cleveland Leader. ‘The_anti-trust law of Illinols has been declared to be invalld. Maybe the trust lawyers have something to do with putting loopholes into these statutes when they are enacted. Comfort for Dull Boys. Boston Transcript. Reminiscences of West Polnt crowd all the service papers. They must carry com- fort to the boy mear the foot of the cl everywhere, for it is noted that General Upton, who lived to be superintendent of the military academy, was not dlstingulshed as a student, and that Custer barely ecraped through. Heartburning of the Elect. Minneapolls Times. Some of the ladles who expect to attend the coronation complain that the dress pre- scribed will make them look pudgy. As the quality of pudgitude is by no means rare among the elect, even with the clinging drapery now prescribed by fashion, it is easy to belleve that there will be a few “perfect frights” on view when the great exhibition coms Still, one can afford to look pudgy for a few hours if there is glory to be gained and soclal prestige to be malintained. Plea for to Brutes. Baltimore American. That the merciful man is mereiful to his beast should not be forgotten these hot da; ‘Working animals are bound to suffer, and it is not only humane, but also the best policy on the part of their owners and drivers to spare them as much as possible, take care not to overwork or drive them, and, particularly, to be sparing of the whip. Care of animals will not only tend to the comfort of the poor brutes, but will, like- ‘wise, pay substantially I.n prolonged lite and imprvM service.” il s — Costly Frills to Education. Portland Oregonian. A garish folly. that has attached {tself to the public school system is in full an- nual flow just now. Parents, in some in- stances it least, {lly able to bear the ex- pense, are stralning every nerve to outfit their daughters in filmy graduating gar- ments for which they will never agaln have the slightest use, and the effect of which is to gratify vanity and stimulate envy. What with chiffon dresses, laces, white slippers, class pins and flowers, graduation from the high ‘school, and indeed from the grammar grades, In some schools, has be- come a tax that is in many cases a griev- ous burden, and which hard-working patrons of the public schools should not be or feel called upon to bear. A Wonderfal Story. New York Sun. In Secretary Root's communication to the senate upon expenditures in the Phil- ippines there is this nugget of informa- tion: “In the middle of the fiscal year ending June 20, 1901, there were about 70,000 American soldlers 1 the islands. That number is now redficed to about 23,000 Orders have now been issued for the re- turn of the RBighth, Fifteenth, Twenty- fourth and Twenty-fifth infantry and s squadron of the Tenth cavalry, and when these orders have been executed the num- ber of American troops in the Philippines will have been reduced to 18,000." Civilization is not a fallu Nor is the Caucasian, as represented by Americans in the Philippines, played out. RECLAIMING THE ARID WEST. Eastern Comme: tion for the Na. tional Irrigation Law. New York Times. e country is to be congratulated that the senate irrigation bill goes to the pres- ident substantially unchanged. It is to be credited largely to the vigorous support given by the president, who has been more closely interested in this measure than in almost any relating to internal poliey. The objections to the bill were not very serfous. Some of them were amusing. Some of the opponents thought that the money should be taken directly from the treasury instead of from the sales of lands which in part are devoted to the agricultural col- leges. As any deficit in the payment to the colleges Is to be made up from the treasury this objection bad little welght and its good faith was questioned. There is no doubt, however, of the entire good faith of the gentleman from Indiana who protested that the farmers of the middle west, after ting their lands in condition to cultivi at their own expense, were now asked to pay for irrigating lands the products of which would come Into competition with their own. That is the old ery of the timid and shortsighted and its genuineness con- not be questioned. It was first ralsed long years before the federal constitution had been adopted, agalnst & ‘‘more perfect union,” which would bring the prod- ucts of New York into closer competition with those of Connecticut, and prevent that state from protecting its interests by proper tion. It is the cry of Mr. Nixon agaiost free trade in ships. It is the cry of all who are afrald of a fair fleld and of belated in this matter of irriga- When the United States government paid the first instaliment toward opening vp the territory, then a wilderness, from which the Indiana representative is now elected, it made free competition through- out the entire continent inevitable. And it s precisely that freedom that has made the country the most powerful and -u-lz: of the world. The irrigation plan is but #dding to the general resources of the na- tion in furtherance of the impulse which has carried our vigorous race from the little fringe along the Atlantic to the shores of the Paciic and far iato Asian walers. CLEVELAND, HILL AND HARMONY. New York Herald (ind.): Mr. Cleve- land's positive statement that his days of politieal activity are past and that he will not hereafter participate in party councils lends additional interest to the temperate and thoughtful words he spoke last night. Minneapolis Journal (rep.): The impos- ing gathering of the democracy last night only served to show the leaky condition of the democratic craft and reveal, with some- what greater distinctness than usual, the mutiny which is in progress upon its deck, while some of the crew are engaged scut- tling the old ship down below. Chicago Tribune (rep.): Mr. Cleveland clothes his advice to the party, which Is beginning again to listen to him, in pon- derous sentences and long words, but it is good advice. It is In substanee that the democr: shall be for revenue reform and against trusts, for equal taxation and against governmental extravagance. On these lssues the democrats may or may not win, but they are the only issues on which they cam harmonize. Baltimore Sun (dem.): Mr, Cleveland is the only democrat who has been elected president since the civil war. No other man in the nation has had so large an ex- ecutive experfence as he. While he may not be popular with the politiclans, the democratic masses have full falth in the honesty of his motives. They respect his devotion to democratic principles. They will find In his address sound and practical advice on a subject In which all democrats must be interested. Louieville Courler-Journal {dem.): We rather think the party will agree without much division that it has had its fill of Mr. Cleveland. The idea of his nomination in 1904 is little short of ridiculous. He would be halled by republicans as the Diaz of H its only, onliest It 1s safe to say that as a candidate for a third term in the White House—and for the fourth time a presi- dential nominee—he could not carry a con- tested district in the United States. Washington Post (ind.): It must be en- couraging to all democrats of the anclent creed and its honorable observance to know that the great party which has made such a noble record in our national affairs is at last awake to the deeper meaning of the situation. The call for harmony; for a brave and loyal repudiation of false gods and demoralizing heresles; for the manly and proud attitude of immovable convic- tion—this constitutes the distinguishing feature of the event. That it will make a profound impression upon the democracy in all quarters of the country is a foregone conclusion. Detroit Free Press (dem.): Mr. Bryan cannot stop this movement toward a re- vitalized democracy. He and some of his friends can refuse to play, if they will. In a spirit of revenge they may even organize & third party, but they cannot prevent the democratic party’s returning to its anclent principles. Mr. Bryan may join Mr. Cleve- land and Mr. Hill if he llkes or he may sulk in his tent and remain behind. But the party is on its way back from the desert into which it was led six years ago and no man's flat will retard its footsteps. There are no traitors to be punished and no rebels to be “reconstructed,” and the man that recklessly thrusts himself between the two approaching blades of the shears is certaln to sustain painful injuries. Atlanta Constitution (dem.): Unfor- tunately, Mr. Cleveland never appears as a party adviser without his broad phylactery and his “holler-than-thou” speeche: He does not appear to feel that in the casting up of its accounts the democracy has quite & score of ‘“proven errors” charged to his account. It is what he lost to the party that it hes been seeking 'ever since to regain. The national democracy has neither room nor time for recriminations. In the restoration of the government to the true lines of democratic equality, justice and prosperity for poor and rich alike, the party has place and work for both Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Bryan. But the work they are needed to ald is the work of the future and not an arbitration of the past. Baltimors American (rep.): Bryan has several million friends and supporters throughout the country. They admire, re- spect and will follow him. He 1s a leader who can take them out of the democratic party if he chooses, and if his own elimina- tion is almed at by euch methods as were practiced by the Tilden club we have little doubt that, in a spirit of deep resentful- n the Nebraskan would not hesitate to lead his followers away from the democratic fold. To reorganization by malcontents Bryan Is' bitterly opposed and, while the Tilden club has harmonized Cleveland and Hill, it bhas deeply offended Bryan. If, therefore, exploitation of Cleveland and Hill is ‘its idea of bringing about a harmonlous democratic rehabilitation it will find before it i done that it has succeeded only in sowing new seeds of discord and disunion. ——— PERSONAL NOTES, ‘When Mr. Carnegle gets his syndicate of perfected newspapers started then the real fun will begin. Mr. Cleveland will be compelled to buy a new trunk to hold all the degrees univers!- ties and colleges are forcing upon him. People have more respect for former President Sam of Hayt! since they learned that he took some $10,000,000 to Paris with bim. He is a financler; not a thief. The Pretoria correspondent of the London Times succinctly summed up the Boer war in saying that England has “practically cap- tured, killed or wounded a whole nation." John D. Long is a triple ex*—ex-congress- man, ex-governor and sccretary of the navy. Tufts college has just conferred upon him a title which will stick, that of doctor of laws. ‘The freakish shapes into which the Pan- ama hat, real or imitation, is being punched and crushed and flopped and folded should estop the wearers from any further un- complimentary criticism of feminine head- gea: Colonel Peter Donan, the well known ‘western newspaper writer and editor, who | has just died at Portland, Ore., was the originator of the slogan of the Greeley campalgn, “Greeley, the devil or amybody to beat Grant!” Colonel Donan was & n tive of Mississippl, but did most of his newspaper work in Missourl. He went to Oregon a few years ago to act as adver- tising agent of a rallway company. Truth, the Woman's Forum, a monthly launched to boom the federation, perished the other day under very distressing circum- tances A post mortem examination showed that the managers of the publica- tion secured a large number of photographs of club leaders to adorn its page Most of the photographs were in decollete dre: When these appeared in print they were adorned with high neckwear. The re- sulting wrath produced periodical heart fallure. A melancholy instance of Truth crushed to earth. The Toledo Blade afirms that nowhere in all Ohio does zeal for officeholding grow s luxuriantly as in Tole “‘Hel says the Blade, “the Ohbio ma love for office s seen in all its glory. The salary attach- ment does not cut much figure. Of course a few hundred dollars per is an added at- traction, but the office itself is, after all, the great prize. The acme of bliss s reached when it is secured and there is darkness and sorrow when the axe falls and the office must pass to another. If some men would put forth the same effort in the sccumulation of money that they do In getting and holding on to office there would be more milllonalres.” WINNERS NAMED FOR CONGRESS, Calloway Courfer: Kinkald nomi- rated on Friday, the thirteenth day of the month. On the day after election it will be found that Moses has knocked the pins from under a popular superstition. David City Record: M. P. Kinkald has been nominated by the republicans for con- gresa in the Sixth district. It s a fe prediction that the Sixth will be repre- sented by a republican in the mext con- sress. Wood River Interes! Moses ' Kinkald was nominated in the big Bixth for con- gress at the republican convention on the 177th ballot. This modern Moses is pretty suro to lead the children of the big Sixth out of the populist wilderness. Neligh Leader: Moses P. Kinkald of Holt county has been nominated for representa- tive In congress by the republicans of the Sixth district. A fair judgment of the conditions would Indicate that he has more than an even chance of election. Battle Creek Republican: M. P. Kin- kald of O'Neill was nominated for congres: man in the big Sixth district on the 177th ballot. That many ballots ought to have brought out the right man, and no one questions but what Kinkald is the right man. Sutton Advertiser-News: E. H. Hinshaw of Falrbury was nominated last week on the 2434 ballot for congress. This was one of the hardest and longest political fights for supremacy ever held in Nebraska and re- sulted In the naming of a winner and a grand good man. Taylor Clarion: Mr. Kinkald s too well known to all the citizens in this part of the district to need any introduction. As & man eminently qualified to fill that po- sition with houor to his constituents. and credit to himself there is no denying. That he will be elected goes without saying. Valentine Republican: The abllity of Judge Kinkald to represent his constitu- ency with credit in congress is conceded by all. He is closely identified with the various iInterests of his section of the state, whose advancement will certainly be substantially promoted by his election. Alnsworth Star-Journal: Judge Kinkald as a private citizen, as a public ma a lawyer, as a jurist—in fact in every known attribute, ¢ a man of the people and for the people and will prove one of the ablest as well as one of the most honest and consclentious Iawmakers ever in the lower house of congrest Bldney Republican: Judge Kinkald Is made of the stuff necessary to represent such a large district as this in congress, his staylng qualities are unquestioned. If anyone doubts this refer him to the Craw- ford conventfon. His supporters at the conventfon come in for second honors in staylng qualities. North Platte Tribune: While Judge Kin- kald was not the Tribune's cholce for con- gressman, it can support him mast heartily. The judge is a clean, able man and there is every reason to belleve that, though twice defeated, he will this year be elected. In the Elkborn country, where the judge is best known, he is extremely popular with the masses. Central City Nonparell: The Fourth district congressional convention balloted 243 times before making a cholce, but when a choice was finally made it was a good one. E. H. Hinshaw will win honors for himself and credit-for his district in the next sesslon of congress. By the way, republicans have put up exceptionally good timber in all districts where nominations have been held so far. Exeter News: At Beatrice last week Hon. E. H. Hinshaw was nominated for con- gress from this district on the 343d ballot. ‘The large number of friends of Charles H. Sloan regret of his falling to receive the nomigation. Mr, Hinshaw, the nominee, 1s too well and favorably known tn Exeter to need any Introductory remarks, and it is only through justice to him that we say his election this fall is sure and certaln by a handsome majority. Osceola Record: Hon. E. H. Hinshaw of Falrbury was nominated at Beatrice for congressman from the Fourth district. The fight was long drawn out, 343 ballots being cast before a choice was made. The nomi- nation is pleasing to republicans generally, as Mr. Hinshaw is conceded to be a clean upright man and one who will represent the mass of his constituents. Here's to Hinshaw for congressman. Long may he wave. Grand Island Independent: The contest among the republicans of the Fourth di trict which took place at Beatrice last week will go down in Nebraska history as one of the closest ever occurring. Over three hundred ballots wefe taken and Hon. Hinshaw of Fairbury, won out. The nomipation is an excellent one. Mr. Hin- shaw was a candidate for United States senator two years ago and stood high in the estimation of many of the le Hastings Tribune: The Fourth district had & warm time at the republican con- vention, but all's well that ends well. The outcome is the naming of an excellent candidate for congress—E. H. Hinshaw. He is a winner. Out in the Sixth district the republicans nominated M. P. Kinkald of O'Nelll on the 177th ballot. Kinkald has twice made an effort to win out in the race for congress from that district and both times he met defeat, but he will win in & walk next fall. Sheridan Post: Moses P. Kinkaid of the vigilanter Sixth Nebr: congressional district is the republican nominee for con- gressman. Judge Kinkald is well seasoned, and with the help of his many friends ought to bring the “Big Sixth” into the republican column. A few years ago a man had to be promised something to allow his name to go on that republican congres- sional ticket. It is not so In the days of prosperity. Judge Kinkald was nominated on the 177th ballot. The chances of re- publican success are good. Custer County Republican: While we aid not help to nominate Judge Kinkald, but urged the nomination of SBenator Currie in- stead, we have no hesitancy in giving him our loyal support for the high position to which he aspires. For twelve years he was district judge and was elected twice to that position when the district had & ma- jority of populists. He bears a high repu- tation for honesty, sobriety and manliness | in all his walks. He has that diplomacy and persistency in his makeup that will make him & successful worker in national legislation. York Times: The and buoyancy In the the Fourth district. The nomination of Hon. E. H. Hinshaw iosures the cordial support of the entire party for the ticket. He had no eneml in the convention. Other candidates had strong, active friends but they were not ememles to those from whom they withheld thelr support. Mr. Hinshaw will be elected, no matter who may be nominated by the opposition. There is not a fusionist in the district who can defeat him, and he will be & congressman of whom the distriet will be proud. Tecumseh Chieftain: The Fourth dis- trict congressional convention was held in Beatrice last Monday and Tuesda The nomination for congressman was vigorously contested and the convention proved to be & long-drawn out affair, There were seven candidates in the fleld and the friends of all were persistent on t claims. The final break came late Tuesday night on the 343rd ballot, Hon. E. H. Hinshaw of Fairbury belng the winner. He was the republican nominee in 1598 but the dis- triet was controlled by the fusion forces then and be was defeated after & gallant is harmeny, courage republican party of fight. Mr. Hinshaw & & strong came palgner, a man of exdellent ability and there Is but little doubt of his election this fall. Wayne Herald: Judge Moses P Kinkald of O'Nelll, was pominated for congress In the big Sixth district gonvention held at Crawford last Friday on the 177th ballot. There were six candidates. Judge Kinkaid is an able campalgner and a man of ability and integrity, and It is belleved that this republican year will result in the election of a solld delegation in congress from Ne- braska. York Times: Moses P. Kinkald will lead the republicans of the Sixth congressional district for the third time. The third time fs the charm, Moses. You wlill do it to them proper this fall. Judge Kinkald is a strong man and will make a good run, plenty good enough to win the heat and race. Republicans are making good nomi- nations everywhere this year, for they feel the mighty responsibility. They are not merely nominating candidates, but congress- men and they will have good ones or none at all. So far only sure winners have been placed in the fleld. Rushville Recorder: Moses P. Kinkald, the next congressman from the Sixth dis trict, was nominated in the republican con- vention at Crawford last Friday, on the 175th ballot. It is plain that Judge Kin- kald is increasing in strength and popular- ity and without a doubt he will be the cholce of the voters of the Sixth district at the coming election, because the peo- ple have confidence in him as & man and his ability to serve the people in this capacity. It is also evident that a major- ity of the voters want a republican in congrees from this district, taking a busi- ness view of the question, there ha been nothing in keeping a populist in a congress. O'Nelll Frontier: Never was a candl- date for office blessed with a more loyal following nor a greater tribute paid to any man than was given Judge Kinkald at the republican congressional convention at Crawford last week when the ten counties comprising his old judiclal district lined up for him for 177 ballots and would have been there yet or until victory perched upon their banper or some other candl- date won out. United they stood like a steel wall and no coaxing or persuading could induce them to desert their candl- date and to their unswerving loyalty 1s due the nomination of Judge Kinkaid and he has reason to be proud of the republicans of the Elkhorn valley. Long may they prosper, SAID FU ‘Washington Star: ‘When a mun u good an’ mad “he' sald Uncle Ebe: u to Ba'e & VolcEno Whers he sl numn’ but a firecracker. " Chicago Post: “What's the matter with the tralns on this road?’ asked the im- the conductor. u'aren’t anywhere near on time." 'pose not. But we didn’t make the time table Philadelphia Pregs: Tess—What a queer remark that man made about the bride. Jess—What was {t7 Tess—He sald: “How natural she looks. Don't you think so?" Jens—Mare force of habit dertaker, you know. Detroft Free Pre: grocer, bridling up, *‘do me_of putting some ohic: fee?" He's an une ‘Sir!" sald the ou mean to accuse cory into my cof- “Not at all,” replied the customer, coolly. “I always give you credit for putting some coffee 1nto the chicory. Baltimore American: She—I can't Imagine anything more vulgar than the use of a 3600 diamgnd stud to adorn a $1 negliges shirt. He—Oh! T don't know; it seems to me the average woman who goes ln for 3600 ear- rings uses them to ornament a 30-cent face, Whishington Star: “¥ou objeet to that man heclulo he used money to secure your O inswered Senator Sorghum; “that's *'No," answi not the point. He didn’t use it. e wasted {15 Chicago Tribune: “Can’t T pay you just as_well after you have cured me, doctor?" asked the caller with the aflment. By no means, madam. You might fail o» forget 1o do it then. My terms are cash for every visit." *‘1 see you are sir. Good mortini P e THE SWEET GIRL GRADUATE. not a real faith dootor, James Barton Adams in Denver Post. rose in her graduation gown %E’whlz. and fleecy and soft as down. i dashing of ribbon here and there, Xvnshllrnlebudlgammlnx her auburn hair. 1 was a flush of modest pride, For"ehe soon would pose as & aweet June bride. And the fellow who'd led her to think that Bat b:(c.){ in the crowd on that glorious day. essay In mocents clear, clever, on ‘‘Woman's 14 they were standing on feet untried gateway of life that was open wide. The beacon that flashed from the Hill of ‘ame Inspired their souls to a lofty aim. h olden n of the harvest played ;l‘n .lg. unlight awalting the gleaming lade. 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