Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 10, 1903, Page 6

SR T MG - — ettt THE ©MAHA DAILY BEE E. NHHL\\'.\TEI(’. I‘ZD"T;)“, PUBLISHED VERY MORNING. SUBSCRIPTION SRMS OF .00 WHY SHOULD THRY FALTER? The lower house of the Wisconsin leg- felature has passed the bill changing the rallroad taxation system in that state from a basis of percentage on gross receipts to the ad valorem basls that will compel the railroads to pay yally Bew (without Sunday), One Ye By B e Runday, Une Year $9 | taxes In proportion to the market value Ll g 8 L TR oM 3| of thelr tangible property and fran- aturaay Bee, ( Y o 1.0 | cnitan . v p Bataraay Bee One YAt e Yedi., 1w | chises. It s estimated that this change DELIVERED BY CARRIER. | will mean an increase of over $1,000,000 Dally rM"h‘nn :un?ly:. ‘I; b annually in the rallroad tax revenues of Dally Bee hcluding Banday), per week the state of Wisconsin, which for the Sunday Bee, per copy... 4 o . ¢ ; e Evening Dee (witheut Bunday), per wee last year were a fraction over $1,600, Evening Bee (Including Sunday), per | 000, and would, therefore, be increased week Complaints of irreg : hould be addressed to City Circulation Dé rtment. o OFFICES Omaha—~The Bee Bulldl South Umaha—City Hall Bullding, Twen- ty-fifth and M Btr cots. Council mul!nl—_—l‘hl l’;!‘u’l’m?:,""' Kow Fork do Park Row Bullding. Washington—o1 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications felating to news and ed ftorial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES, Remit by draft, s or postal order, ayable to The shing Company. Bhly 2-cent samps Oinana or eastern exchange, not accepted A al A Um“l“llBOEEE PUBLI!HI;G COMPANY. rities in delivery accepted in payment of checks, except on to over $2,600,000, The change in the Wisconsin taxation law has been vigorously opposed by the railroad lobby, but the bill passed the house without a dissenting vote, which goes to show that public sentiment in Wisconsin is 8o overwhelmingly in favor of more equitable taxation that no member of the house dared to record his vote against it. It is confidently predicted that the Dbill will pass the ;| Wisconsin senate, and Wisconsin, like Michigan, will inaugurate its full meas- | ure of tax reform In spite of all cor porate opposition and obstruction, STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION, George B. Publishi that the a coples of T Bunday Bee printed during February, , was as follows: .81,620 .81,690 | charged in Nebraska. .81,780 863,433 | county, city and school district—pald by .- 9,364 | the Nebraska railroads for the past In Mlichigan the aggregate Increase of railroad taxes on the ad valorem basis exceeds §1,800,000 for the year 1902, or more than double the former contribu- tion of Michigan railroads toward the expense of state and local governments, Yet the earning capacity of Michigan and Wisconsin rallroads Is no greater, if as great, as the earning capacity of the rallroads of Nebraska. While the volume of traffic in Michigan and Wis- consin Is doubtless much larger, the freight rates in those states are from 30 to 40 per cent lower than the rates The total amount of taxes—state, Net total sales Net average sales GE Subscribed in my HUCK. HUNG (Seal.) otary Publle. e e ey Prosperity brings Even the waters In the rivers and streams are golng up. S With Governor home from his southern tour, Idea should be ready for spring sprout Ing. We fear Judge Slabaugh's vision of Greater Omaha in A. D. 2000 must re- main an Iridescent dream for just a little ‘while longer. —— The latest .discoveries of oll heralded from Mexico. .esence and sworn to before me. this 2th day of February, A. D. the rising tide. Cummins returned the Towa are Unfortunately | charging all the traffic will bear, freight 844,008 | year s about $1,100,000, and this in- 80,145 | oludes taxes on thelr unsold land grant and town lots outside of thelr right of way. On an equitable assessment in proportion to all other classes of prop- erty the raflronds of Nebraska would pay $150,000 more in state taxes, $700,- 000 more In county and school taxes and $250,000 more In city taxes, or about double the amount they are pay- ing. Even then they would pay several hundred thousand dollars less in Ne- braska than they are paying in Michl- gan and will be compelled to pay In Wisconsin, The threat of raising frelght rates to make up the increase In taxes did not frighten the Michigan legislature last year and does not appear to scare the Wisconsin legislature this year. In Ne- braska, where the rallroads are already it 18 not stated whether they spout in|[rates are as high as they can be and Mexican or jn Spanish. Se——— the threat of ralsing freight rates is as idle as it could be. Why, then, should There must be no hait in the cam-| Nebraska law makers falter in the dis- palgn for the equal taxation of railroads | charge of their plain duty? with other property. There is no stop- ping place, until the battle is won. - o—— ] S — THE EXPENSE OF GOVERNMENT. It takes a great deal of money to ad- When it comes to a_debate on the minister the government of the United relative advantages offered to settlers nd -by northwest Cana- propriations of the Fifty-seventh con- by Nebrask States. As heretofore noted, the ap- dlan provinces we bet on Nebraska |STesS, as stated by Senator Allison, every time, ety Omaha trades unlons must indeed be in a flourishing condition if they are outgrowing and overflowing labor tem- ple quarters that for years sufficed to meet all thelr demands. Sr— Colonel Bryan's visit with Tom John- son might make David B, Hill suspl- clous that. all the presidential bees in camp cannot be cor- the democratic uered down In the New York state. Paradoxically one of the tirst difficul- chairman of the senate committee on appropriations, exceeded one and a half billion of dollars, being greater than the appropriations of the Fifty-sixth congress by nearly $114,000,000. This is a large increase, but almost half of it is for an isthmian canal and there has been a large increase in the ap- propriation for the postal service, which of course must be maintained at the highest standard of efficiency. The last congress also made an appropriation for rivers and harbors, which was not done by the preceding congress. Then there ‘was a considerable increase in naval tions that were required of the la congress and it cable to make large reductions Thomas B. Re beyond that iark and it is a fact not to be lightly considered ETEe——— TREATY FAVORABLY REPORTED. ment, by the committee on foreign re- lations. sarily mean that there will be early hold out it Is impossible to tell. seems to be a disposition to allow the Alabama senator to go on with his has the physical endurance to do so. of a single senator and he a majority of senators and must seem to most people to be carrying the ‘“courtesy” idea to an unwarranted ex- treme. of amendments to the treaty and they have received careful consideration, Sec retary Hay has been consulted in re gard to the expediency of adopting some of them, but in his opinion any change in the convention would jeop- ardize the whole transaction, This is evidently also the judgment of the com- mittee on foreign relations and of a majority of the senate. Indeed it Is obvious that the purpose of Mr. Morgan in bis amendments is to kill the treaty, hoping thereby, of course, to bring about the selection of the Nlcaragua route. He will not be able, it Is needless to say, to effect this, The treaty will be ratified as negotlated and its supporters should accomplish this without unneces- sary delay. We think it will he gen- erally admitted that ample considera- tion has been shown Senator Morgan. Ese—y A PERPLEXING SITUATION, The fallure of congress to do anything for the relief of industrial and commer- clal conditions in our eastern posses- | slons has left a situation that is causing some perplexity and anxlety at Wash- ington. It Is sald that officials of the War department take a gloomy view of the matter and confess that they do not know what paay happen in the des- olated fislands. There was one appro- priation of $3,000,000, which it is under- stood will be expended by the Philip- plne commission in constructing roads and other improvements, thus girving employment to a portion of *he natives, but this is only a drop in the bucket and is wholly inadequate to provide the full measure of relief needed. ‘What is required is the promotion of the industries and the commeice of the fslands and this can only be done by such legislation as was passed by the house of representatives, which low- ered the tariff on Philippine products. It is perhaps not to be expected that ‘we should accord to the archipelago the same consideration that has been given to Porto Rico, but it is plain that a larger concession, in the matter of the tariff, will have to be made. Nothing can be done, however, until the mc.t- ing of the Fifty-eighth congress and in the meantime there may be serious trouble in the Philippines. The desti- tute natives, seeing no prospect of early rellef, are quite likely to organize re- volts and Increase the difficulties of the political situation, The failure of con- gress to provide relief will prove very embarrassing to the commission and may have consequences costly to the government. eEm—————— MUNICIPAL MACHINE LEGISLATION. It goes without saying that municipal THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: should find It practi- “This Is a billion dollar country,” said the late «, but we have gone far The Colomblan treaty has again been reported to the senate, without amend- This, however, does not neces- action by the senate, because the oppo- sition of Benator Morgan is still to be reckoned with and how long that will There fight against the treaty as long as he It is a quite remarkable situation, this seventy-nine years old baflling for weeks the will of Mr. Morgan has proposed a number board nuisance would throw out of em- ployment a great many billposters, palnters, decorators apd artists who wield the jackplane and woodsaw. This plausible plea, however, does not seem to have sufficlent weight with the 1 nols law makers, who Insist that the bill board law 1s simply designed to reg- ulate and restrict the erection and con- struction of bill boards In regard to di- menslon, loeation and position, to pro- tect the public from the menace to life and limb in case of fire or storm and do away with the eyesore whenever lo- cated In residence districts or upon ap- proaches to the parks and boulevards that people's money has been expended to beautify. E——— The cattle raise association of Texas bns invoked the power of the Interstate Commerce commission to prohibit the various railroads that con- verge at the Chicago union stock yards demanding and recelving in addition to thelr regularly published transportation charges the sum of $2 per carload of live stock as compensation for terminal service in making the deliveries of live stock at the stock yards. The Inter- state Commerce commission will doubt- less give the Texas cattle raisers a hear- ing, but the question is, What will they do and what can they do to protect the cattle ralsers and cattle shippers from extortion? eEE————— The selection of Tillman as one of the democratic steering committee to direct the movements of the minority in the United States senate during the next two years shows that the democ- racy i still Intimately bound up with the most reckless leadership developed by the free silver craze. Tillman rep- resents all that is odlous in the party, yet maintains himself at the front in its councils. How a party following cham- plons of pitchfork methods in national policies can expect inspire con- fidence among the conservative ele ments of labor and capital is not easily understood. — Emperor William disagrees in toto with President Roosevelt on the large family proposition and points to the fact that only recently the burgomaster of Spandau attempted to Introduce to him a letter carrier who became father for the twenty-fifth time, That would not have been the way of President Roosevelt. He would have been not only delighted to meet that patriarchal letter carrier, but would have insisted on seelng the mother to ascertaln whether twenty-four of them were trip- lets. to — WIIl the Precedent Holdt 8t. Louis Globe-Democrat. It 18 & matter of history that no judge has ever been elevated to the presidency, and it 1s not at all Itkely that the prece- dent wil be smashed in the case of Judge Parker. N ——— What We Are Worrying About. Atlanta Journal. It has beon demonstrated that combine ~"trusts," as we.now call them—have ex~ isted since 2,000 years before Christ. But, naturally, we are not worrying about the “B. C." combines, It's those that are on our chest right now that we want to shake off. B —— Every Brick Hit, Loulsville Courier-Journal, ‘When Uncle Jo# Cannon made his crush- ing speech agalnst the rellc-worshipers, closing with the eloquent apostrophe, My God! where is the clothes line?" he had to his credit the most effective speech of the session. This held the record until it was taken by another speech, but tbat other speech was also made by Uncle Joe, who simply beat his own record. His speech against the one-man power of the senate came down on that usually com- plaisant and stolid body “like a thousand of bricks,” and, judging by the outery, every brick hit. —_— Growing Power of Directors, New York Evening Post. TUESDAY, MARCH 10 1903. TALK OF THE STATE PRESS, Lyons Sun: It may be, and doubtless is true, that the proposed new revenue law is not all that we could hope for, but It 1s a long step in the right direction as we understand its provisions, and it should be passed Falls City Journal: Tho laws of Ne- braska no longer provide bounties for the ecalps of wild animals. The bounty law has long been a farce and it fs not the poliey of republican legislators to leave tarce laws upon the books. Aurora Republican; Indications pofnt to a boom this year for Nebraska. Already the incoming land buyers are upon us and they will be eping In in flocks later on to anap up the choice land of the great west. Nebraska's future is certainly bright. North Platte Tribune: State Troasurer Mortensen has made & new departure in the conduct of the treasurer's office by lssuing a statement giviog the name of the banks in which the state funds are deposited and the amount in each bank. This Is a departure that is to be commended. Madison Chronfele: The house has voted to postpone indefinitely the bill tax- ing railrond terminals in citles for muni- clpal purpcses. Now if the reads can ar- range to crawl out of all other forms of just taxation they will mo doubt be well satisfied with the work of the gemeral as- sembly, Lyons Sun: A bill requiring school of- ficers to flle an estimate of exprnses for the coming year, and making it {llegal to use money for purposes other than named in the estimate, has been introduced fin| the state senate. The bill is calculated to | stop extravagance and misappropriation of funds, Rushville Standard: The Nebraska legis- latura has repealed the bounty law on wolf | and wild-cat scalp The legislature made a mistake by sc doing. They use stren- uous methods to keep the settlers from Kkilling game and, by repealing the scalp bounty, protecting the worst game de- stroyers in the nation. Auburn Post: The Post has read the new revenue bill and although there may be some things in it that could be improved upon, yet as a whole it me to be quite an improvement upon our present revenus law and should be passed and given a trial, as It certainly s an improvement upon the present system of revenue, Hastings Tribune: We can see no good reason why anyone, aside from the law- yers, should oppose the proposed bill in the Nebraska legislature which calls for the reduction in the judicial districts. By cutting off several judges and reporters much money will be saved and the work will be attended to just the same. Wayne Herald: A bill is in the senate for the appointment of a state accountant at a salary of $2,000 a year, whose duty it will be to uversee the systems of book- keeping in the various state departments and institutions and provide for uniform- | ity. Heretofore there has been an entire lack of system in some of the institutions, agd without doubt the state has lost much | money because of lax methods. Fairbury Gazette: Some fellow from the sand hills has Introduced a bill in the| legislature to punish anyonme by fine who will “kill any goose, duck or other wild fowl from behind a blind, ete,” H~r must g0 out in the open and kill (X he kills at l. We venture the opinjon that this statesman couldn’t hit a flock of barns if he tried and that he is mad at someone who can. Such legislation is nonsense. Springfleld Monitor: The house by a vote of 53 to 38 on house roll 330 on Tuesday showed the hold the railroads have on this branch of our legislature by indefinitely postponing this much-talked of bill. crowd in defeating this friends of the bill still have hopes of re- viving it or something that will aceom- plish the same results, but it is rather doubtful. Madison Chronicle: It may sound whim- sloal, but nevertheless there is good rea- son for belleving that if the legislature was treated as juries In important cases sometimes are—that is, kept away from all outside influences and kept at work upon the dutles of their office, with opportunities to hear arguments in regard to proposed measures in open session—the result would be far more satisfactory than it usually 18 under the present system. Alblon News: There is one provision in the new Nebraska revenue law that de- serves commendation. Assessors are to be elected for four years and cannot succeed themselves. One trouble with the average assessor s that he wants to succeed him- selt and that he too often permits his political spirations to interfere with his dutfes. When he knows that he cannot | changes. ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK. Ripples on the Current of Life In the Metropolis, For the first time since winter began It 18 now possible for New Yorkers to breaths deep aud long without swallowing & luncheon of soft cos! soot. 1t s aiso pos- sible to navigats the city streets In daytimo without a lantern. The clouds of soft eosl smoke that for three months played havoo with the vision and polluted the atmos- phere bas been blown aside and old-time cleanliness is visible. As soon as the bard coal squeeze loosened up the Authorities “got busy” and promptly forced a return to hard coal Nowadays women are not content with treading close upon the heels of men In the paths of daring, but seem eager to blage the way. This holds good it “one awallow makes a summer.” Sunday a Brooklyn girl made the perilous trip across the new, un- completed East river bridge, being the first of either sex (except the workmen) to maks the trip. The honor belongs to Miss H. E. Way. Midway the boardwalk was inter- rupted by a gap of 100 feet, where the sup- porting iron had been removed for some Miss Way proceeded on the open ironwork to one side around this gap, and completed the crossing to the New York tower, whence she returned over the same open iron work, A wild wall, ringing out shrilly from his audience, disconcertod E. H, Bothern at the Garden theaicr a few nights ago and caused & commotion that Interfered seriously with the smoothness of the play. The man who cried aloud is Philip H. Levey, manager of & leather goods ablishment, been impaled upon a hatpin. Directly be- hind Levey sat a young woman who en- deavored {n the fashion of young women at @ play to secure her hat to the seat in front of her with the hatpin. Instead she fastened the hat to Levey. The long steel pin slipped through the plush chair back and ran an Inch or two into the man's bod An altercation ensued, which was Interrupted by a policeman, who removed both parties There was a discussion in the lobby, in which the young woman upbralded Levey for causing such a commotion over a trivial matter and bringing humiliation on ber. Mishaps in restaurants are not commosn In New York, where only the best trained servants can secure employment, but aeci- dents do happen sometimes, and one woman who began an evening's entertalnment last week by dining at a well known Broadway resort was convinced that absolute im- munity from bad luck cannot be secured at any sacrifice. This is on the authority of the Mail and Express The evening was Friday, and when -h-i went to put on a long neck chain In which there should haie been fourteen diamonds she found but thirteen. Her escort unthink- ingly sprinkled salt on a eide dish for her celery, and she had tripped over apother woman's dress as she was passing to her table. But the crowning plece of ill luck came when a walter's coat caught the dia- mond set comb in her hair, Before he could stop he bhad almost pulled the woman sideways from her chair; her coiffure was much out of place, and when she investi- gated the condition of the comb It wae found to be badly damaged. Of course the management of the restau- rant was apologetic, but Mrs. Blank's tem- per was 00 much ruffied, and the opera lost one of its shining partierre lights that night, for she insisted on going home a: soon as the dinner was over. Subway contractors stand in need of a run of good luck to come out even on their respective jobs. Up to the present time they_have been pursued by costly misfor- tunes. Hardly a month passes without some accident entalling loss of life, money and delay. Ira Shaler, one of -the sub. contractors, lost both his fortune and his life, and other contractors have had their profits reduced or wiped out altogether by mishaps or unexpected difficulties that caused expense not counted upon. The latest subway accident occurred near the Harlem river. A dam that protected the excavation from the river was undermined, and with a roar the waters of the Harlem rushed into the subway, filllng it to the level of the river, Eighteen men at work in the tunnel had parrow escapes. The loss is estimated at $100,000, and a delay in construction work of at.least two weeks will be caused. About three weeks ago the river under- mined the dam and flooded the tunvel, and it took two weeks to get it pumped out. Former Police Commissioner Michael C. Murpby dled last week. BSince 1889 he had been unable to take nourishment In the | who had | Absolutely Pure THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE PERSONAL NOTES, A Missour{ editor thinks too many people in his state have the mistaken notion that they can Nhft themselves out of trouble with a corkscrew. Sepator Frye once refused to write his reminiscences for a magasine, declaring | himself opposed to the telling by pubiic | men of “tales out of school.” When the proposed royal residence at Po- sen, for which Emperor Willlam has just | asked a grant, is completed, he will have Atty-two ¢ and lordly dwellings in Prussia and other parts of Germany. Mayor-elect John Weaver of Philadel- phia sailed for Europe last week in searc of health, having broken dewn in his cent campaign. He will return about April 1. He ia to visit bis old home in Stour- port, England General Joho W. Noble has left 8t. Louis on a trip to California and while there he visit the great forests which General ble was instrumental In baving pre- served while be was secretary of the in- terior under President Harrison. It was unkind of Dr. Lorenz to say that Ameriean women cannot cook. It s to be Boped his published remarks will not pane trate to the kitchens of the homes he | visited. The servant problem is diffioult enough as it is Congressman Lessler of New York was the smallest man physically In the house last sesslon, weighing only 110 pounds. 9n the eve of adjournment “Hank” Smith of Michigan asked him: “What are you going to do next summer?’ By way of a joke {l‘ulrr sald: “First thing I am going to | reduce my weight.” “How are you going to do it,”" drawled Smith, “‘cut off a leg?" —— PASSING PLEASANTRIE I ant a bellever in the motto ‘pay as vou sald the prudent man, o am 1" answered Senator Sorghum; nd 1 am also convinced that the more fiou are willing to pay the further you are ikely to go."—Washington Star. “Doesn’t so much wine weaken your pow- ers of Invention?’ asked the Intimate | friend. o said the writer of ‘it stimulates them.: I e to work like ‘the mischiet to keep up supply.”—Chicago Tribune. ‘On the contrary,” sensational stories, | the Miss Bweet—Mr. Jolly took me for a Vassar graduate when he first met me, Mr. Batcheller—Strange! That wasn't at all what I was inclined to tske vou for. Miss Sweet—~No? What then? ¢ FMr. Batcheller—My wife.—Philadedphia ress, g ! “Might I hope tha marry me the answer would be favorable®" “Might 1 hope that If I said yes to your question you would really and truly ask me to marry you?" “Jane, be mine!" “I'm yours.” Hf 1 aked wou to “Hvery time you draw a breath," said young, man who dabbled in things niific, “somebody dies.” | plied the practiceal mald, sure It | on that account." t up “That's the meapest man I *‘said the hook agent. t has he dcne?’ me calling day after duy, nod finally sald that he didn't care anythiiz about reading, but that he enjoyed hearing me talk."—Washington Star. “T'm me to stop breathing hicas® News. ever ran “Do you believe these beauty doctors, who pretend to make over noses and straighten crooked mouths, and all that ever rea i;hvlp any one?" es, 1 know of one of them who s sup- porting a tired husband and thelr four children in fine style."—Chicago Record- Herald, ties besetting Secretary Cortelyou as |APpropriations, the expediency of which succeed himself he will be more apt to give | Ordinary way. Physicians decided that A study of recent corporation charters In & Shoe Store, head of the department of commerce will be’ to ‘keep the places subject to his distribution from becoming objects of political barter and trade. em— it is presumed will not be questioned. deal of extravagance. Mr. In looking at the vast total of ap- propriations many persons will natu- rally assume that there has been a great Cannon, reform will not be promoted by chang- ing the time of city elections from May to November under the pretext that a saving will be effected by merging city elections with county and state elec- discloses the fact that there has been a growing tendency to increase the author. ity of directors and tp make it difficult to effect & change In the original management of the companies. The history of railroad construction in the United States affords the public full bemefit of his work. Aurora Republican: The fate of the revenue bill hapngs in the balance. Two weeks ago it had a bright future, but its prospects are nome too flattering now. A feeling of partisanship has arisen that { be had & tumor of the stomach. This they bealed. In the meantime he had almost starved to death, and from 225 pounds wai reduced in weight to less than 100 pounds. When his stomach was all right again it was found that he was suffering from “Have you felt slippers, sir?"" she asked The :oydclerk blushed and scratched his A ling back, he found his tongue: hem often when I_was youns. —Boston Herald. “HOW MUCH Then o1 felt ¢ - 1! 1 “Beagtify Omala” Is & good motto to| Who has always favored judiclous tions. " The object of separating munici- | numerous examples of the avila that may [ seriously affects the passage of the bill | ATLCUTE Of (he Mesophagy (s e K / “ o : pal elections from general elections is | follow from intrusting to one set of men | and makes its path a rocky one. It Is to be | | & BrcdSivn Masl k¢ stick 0. To make Oulaba more beau-| economy in public expenditures, hax de- [ P91 Plections from genctal i possible, | the entire management of the property of | hoped that our legislators will put away | WieleIon WA WAdS 10 $8e wall of bis stom papkiyn Wagie i titul, however, requires steady and sys- d n seventh congress. fended the appropriations of the Fifty- to independent voting. In other words, another. For this sort of enterprise the their petty differences and unite to give ach, a sllver tube was fuserted, and for The query of the country that's now recog- nized as such— C 1 tematie work on the part of every prop- He sgld: “The re- . issue of bonds has furnished ample facil- | Nebraska needed financial relief. This is :::;";‘l‘m;f;l"m:“‘:fm_fl‘,‘"“’:fou:;“ 2 | The uery tRALS Imost often peard, s sir- . { erty oWaer to Improve his own premises | Publican administration of our govern. | !© 81Ve the taxpaying cltizen the privi-|ities, and it has been possible for a body | certainly the great matter of the 8e8slon |\ no 't cqused him no inconvenience until P T N as well,us on the part of the city as a | Went, the dominion of republican poli. | °6¢ ©f making his cholos of clty o: r:m“:::m:l::;'m: ;’::'Ec’::.::‘:re‘:l:b‘;::; and 1t ehould not be omitted. about two years ago, when his general | Some asserts one horse will win a Wwhole, The answer of the Wabash trainmen to the’ Injunction petition of the rail- road’s pttorneys puts an altogether dif- ferent Jight on.the case, Whether a judge accustomed to look through rail- road #pectacles can see anything dif- ferent, bhowever, remalns to be seen, cles in both branches of congress since 1897, has given us a system of taxation that has produced a national treasury public welfare, The American peop! are liberal. They do not richer than was ever enjoyed by any nation on the earth and rendered possi- {ble these great expenditures for the wish to clals and councilmen on nonpartisan lines. But when the taxpaying citizen who is anxious to vote for the best men finds himself compelled to make his choice In an exciting political campalgn, when party lines are sharply drawn, in- dependent action becomes almost im- possible. If, for example, candidates for mu- le or wholly with borrowed capital. Dating Canned Goods. Chicago Chronicle. A biil has been introduced In the New York legislature making it obligatory upon manufacturers to date every can containing food. The proposal s just and necessary. Every kind of canned edibles, whether animal or vegetable is liable to decay even when Alblon News: It has been the persistent clalm of the fusionists that the present leglslature, which is largely republican, is Jominated and controlled by the railroads. | The truth or falsity of this claim will soon be revealed. Political talk is often “hot wind,” but votes are recorded in black and white. Republicans in the legislature should consider that the fate of their party and the integrity of their friends and the republican press of the state Is at stake. bealth began to fall. Overwhelmed with Confusion, Detroit Free Press. The opponents of a larger navy must be overwhelmed with confusion when they realize that if there had been enough armored crulsers Crowninshield would not have been ordered to use Chicago as & | flagship, and hence would not have asked to be retired. Even if we have no regard | certain noted race. “How much?’ a b money in his tor thunders, shaking ace | A woman wants some yards of silk that softens to her touch: Bhe looks it over carefully, and then she asks “How much?’ Perhaps there fs a little deal some people fator whispe: t Just to will dp. cramp the government financially or to fmpair the efficiency of the public serv- ice by withbolding the money necessary to the proper maintenance of that serv- is probably | fece. Their desire embalmed. Though the canning SR10Ne: N SIA-DATEE birce process {tself be successful at the -time the fluld solder is applied to the tin, sub- jection to prolonged heat or damp has a chemical effect upon the contents of the A candidate | to clutch. The party boss smiles knowingly and softly ks ‘“How much?" The News, for one, has no supply of white- wash on hand with which to attempt t) make black appear white. Alblon News: Governor Mickey urges the need for constitutional amendments in nicipal offices are to be voted for in No- vember,-1604, at the same time and on the same ballot with presidential elec- tors, state officers and legislative can- for the Monroe doctrine, we should have a little for our Crowninshield ‘ ] That reunion in New York of 230 descendants of a single progenitor hail- log originally from Baden Gorman's Back B Philadelphia Pre your “I have a title,” sald some lord; * daughter I would wed. fs that the high " can. BSome kinds of canned goods will t the supreme | Senator Gorman bas been restored to his | “How much?’ the millionaire returns, with desigued to reluforce by an object les- | standards which have been established | L A(C% WHO are (o elect the Unlted | coniinue wholesome for . ~prolonged | (ot "t 'be enlarged (o ivo members, | {ormer position of democratic leader in | Weary shake of head { son some of the pertinert remarks of | shall be adhered to, But copservative States senators, they would dwindle into pnrl]od. Other grades degenerate within & | .}’ galaries of $5,000; that the salaries X lHe has a big job to tackle | o an lwhn E-;"nl ,.):.'1..,",,‘ boasts “A sem { 'l President Roosevelt on the degeneracy | insignificance and receive no more at-|twelvemonth. Every can containing what right away. During the Marylander's ab- t is. an ite men, viewing the steady increase from of state officers sbould be rajsed generally ] p e The visitor looks Idly on and idly asks e a2 o by » tention from the great majority of vot.| PUTPOrts to be nutrition should be dated. | 4pq that the provision should be made for | 8énce from thbe semate the —democratie Jgter Jooks,, | of Americun faterhood and wother- | YEar to year in the expense of overn:| tve tran tr the wandidat njr ; ’;’umbl DooS o THE BTe TREES permanent investment of the scheol fund. | donkey bas been reckless and destructive 5 } ood. ment. are likely to question whether 1t | C " o o ot ¢ i A o g Oue house of the legislature bas already | i the extreme. He has kicked the demo- | What will you give for thig good sir { — is a wise policy to continue on in this | O ¢ COUBtY ticket. passed & resolution for @ constitutional | cratic party full of awful holes and fsn't |, What wiil ¥ou take for SRaLE Now that the last straggling senators | way, Instead of divorcing the municipal | Failure of C te @n Aot| .onvention, but this is not whai the gov- | BoIng to tame easily. chise, title, gown or hat? have been sworh iy before the Lap of the Awerican House of Lords, roll call might as well be ordered on the treaties awaiting ratification without indulging In any more forensics. The new sena- tors know where to get their directions. No matten how the revenue luws may be revised, Omaha and Douglas county machine from active interference In the legislative, congressional and state cam- paign, the merging of city elections with general elections would force the mu- nicipal machine Into pernicious activity that cannot but affect the Interest of the taxpayers disastrously. Municipal reformers in all great population centers have been striving for years to divorce party politics from municipal contests and divorce as far as possible the elty elections from general elections. The proposed merger of city, county and state elections in Omaha is, therefore, not in line with municipal reform leg- islation, but on the contrary It Is m>- chine legislation of the rankest kind, for Their Preservation. Philadelphia North American. Among the bills passed by the senate and set aside by the filibusters of the house was one providing for the preservation of the Calaveras grove of big trecs, which will be made lato lumber unless the United States or the state of California shall ao- quire the property by purchase. There are more trees In the Calaveras group of Sequoia gigantea than in any other grove. It was the first grave discovered by white men and is the most widely known. The Mariposa, Tuolumpe, Tulare and Fresno groups are protected by state or federal reservations and parks, but the Calaveras d for nearly half a century by owners at & sacrifice of personal interests, have fallen at last into the bands of lumbermen and are In immivent peril of destruction. More than ten years ago the state for- ester of California ecalled on to the danger, and urged that the state intervene to save the grove, but the le; ture paid no heed to the estion, and eventually the owner of the Cala big trees was obliged to sell the property. Earnest ef- forts have been made by citizens of Cali- fornla and others to collect a fund for the purchase of the grove, but the move. ment must fall unless the government or ernor wants. Such a conventlon, be esti- mates, would cost at least §200,000 and he prefers to have the amendments submitted | to voters at the next general election, That this may be done, he suggests that the election law be amended by putting cen- | stitutional questions in & more prominent position on the ballot. Fremont Tribune: A bill has been in- troduced in the legislature providing for the detention and treatment of inebriates and it ought to be enacted into law, The Inebriates of Nebraska are as dangerous to themselves and society as the inebriates of other states who are put under the bars by statutory enactment. Power and place to commit confirmed boozers are es- sential to the public good. When a man gets thoroughly pickled in alcobol he ia as likely to work injury as a mad dog. It would be improper, according to the rules of clvilized socliety, to dlspose of the two fashi: yet it is not in the ree consistent to extinguish the one and permit the other to roam at will. S0 long as we have laws regulating the storage of powder, the sale of poleon, the inspection of coal ofl und gasoline, we should have statutes made and provided for the detention in cold storage of human budge tanks that are liable to explode ith disagreeable and, maybap, disastrous effecta, It is certainly an excellent thing to have a rich national treasury, but that condition, In which the United States 18 now pecullarly fortunate among na- tions, should not be allowed to tempt us, as it Is too apt to do, into wasteful courses. The money for carrying on the government comes from the people and 1t 1s 4 perfectly obvlous proposl- tion that it we go on heavily Increasing will have to phy the big end of the |expenditures the buren of taxation state’s expeuses compared to the money | will sooner or later become severely op- { spent out of the treasury on state in-| pressive. In our present state of .pml | stitutions locuted here, while for Lin-|perity the demand upon the people 1s to go As Good as There Is The hat we sell for $4.00 is as good as there is. with a hatter’s label, You may pay a dollar more for it colu and Lancaster county Just the re- [ not felt to be burdensowe, but let con. smein true, Very good hats at $3.00 and $2.50 as { verse will ditions change, as they assuredly will in time, and there will come about a | In passing it is worthy of note that | different popular feeling in regard to the exit of Senator Wellington from the | the Increasing expense of government. ' balls of congress did not create even a | There Is every reason to expect that | ripple on the surface of the political | there will be a determined effort in the sea, Wellington showed plainly on | Fifty-elghth congress to keep down ex- i what level he belonged when he made | penditures, restricting them to | such a pitiable exlibition of himself at | actual requirements of the public 8 the time of the assassination of Presi- | ice. | dent McKinley. well. NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OURS. Browning, Ring > Go. 1R 8 Wiss, Menager., ™~ ) E——— The legislature of Illinols is wrestling with an act for the regulation and re- striction of the bill board nuisance. In the meantime the bill board trust is not idle. Its lobbyists have entered remon- strance against the enactment of the sery- | pending bill on the ground that it would That congress will not be called | work hardship to union labor. It is upon to make some of the appropria- | claimed that the abatement of the bill it‘_ : the