Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 26, 1910, Page 14

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State of Nebra as County, r.‘l'l‘:r ot T ing duly worn, says that the 1“""!’ :llbor|nf o i checks, nge. not ull and ote of Dally averag: seaes GRORGE B, TZSCHUCK, Treasur: §ubacribed in my presence and sworn to before me this 25t l‘ of February, 1910. ROBERT HUNLER, Notary Publle. Subscribers leav! the eity tem« rarily should have The Be mailed to them. Address will be changed as often @é requested. Yes, and Pittsburg still remains the steel center of the country. —_— Easter llles are also higher. Won- der if the new tarift did that,too? According to the calendar, there is still time for lamb-like March to go out like a lion. R The man who owns Omaha real os- tate is not losing sleep over his invest- ment theke days. The duke of Orleans is all ready to be made the king of France. But hbw about the rest of them? m—— If Uncle Joe wants to keep in tout{h with insurgents he might run for the office of dictator in Nlcaraugua. —— There {s still work for the fool- killer among those who start prairie fires in the face of a high wind. When ' Theodore Roosevelt stopped a day in Cairo the Egyptians celebrated the Fourth of July in his honor. g b=k Besides belng a ‘‘busted phenom,” Dr. Cook is sald to be broken in finance and health. Three breaks and out. o ] Omaha expetts a square deal from tho railroad rate-makers, and, what is more, will rest satisfled with nothing less. The idea of a really destructive fire which wiil go down in history as such is the burniag of 1,000,000 eggs in Chicago recently, ' Edgar Howard says he knows no more about conservation than Senator Burkett knows about statesmanship. Bougquet or cabbage? A Texas man who had voted the democratic ticket for seventy-nin years passed quietly away the other day—"jes all wore out. The Baltimore American says that women who wear Chantecler hats should learn to crow. They need no training practice along that line. SHESEEpTIn——— Incidentally, are Jeffries and John- son to fight for the pugilistic cham- plonship of the world, or are they to fight for the little purse of $101,000? Boston now has a school of matri- monial war maneuvering and it has plenty of material to work on—Boston has pearly twjce as many women as men, It is a trifle early to talk about vot- ing more bonds to complete the new court house, in course of erection, No need of crossing bridges until we get to them. And then it may all be that Dr. Cook has been writing his memoirs and “ex- ploratory autoblography” while off on his trip. You neyer can tell what he is up to, anyway. —— That German scientist still inststs that Theodore Roosevelt has the germ of the sleeplng sickness in his system. He wouldn’t dare talk that way about Emperor Wilhelm. ‘We are walting for someone to in- quire whether the large amount of hot alr turned loose in congress started the upward ourrent in the vieinity which resulted in the late tornado, Speaking of being slow, an Indlana man went out one morning to milk the cows and did not come back for forty- three years. That must have h pened in “‘Hooppole township, Posey sounty, Ir “wey Dispatches from Egypt indicate an undercurrent of protest on the part of the members of the nationalist party of young Egyptians against the senti- ment expressed by Mr. Roosevelt in his Khartum address. The apprehen- slon of the British officlals at Cairo for the safety of the American ex- president was at first keen, but with characteristic frankness Colonel Roose- velt declined all police guard and drove freely through the streets of the city. There was no demonstration other than that of enthusiasm at any time, and the young Fgyptians jolned heartily in this with the American and English tourists. The utterances which caused the un- rest were simply those of praise for the British government in its work of developing the resources and civiliza- tion of Egypt and especially of the Sudan. The members of the nation- alist party are and have been for years fighting British rule and in all pos- sible ways striving to throw it off. For some time the protest was but feeble, but recently, on account of the overthrow of the sultan of Turkey and the shah of Persia the nationalists have become more open in their activity. The attitude of Mr. Roosevelt was con- sidered by the young Egyptians detri- mental to their cause and hence their remonstrance mildly expressed. The E.ypflln‘peopls are of a peculiar orfental nature, inclined somewhat to fanaticism, and are easily aroused by anything said or done, which appar- | ently opposes them or their Interosts. This is the case, even though the of- fending utterance is the truth. The recent success of their raclal kindred in Turkey and Persia has apparently emboldéned them and their activity has caused some disquietude on the part of the British. It is unfortunate that such should be the case at this time. What Colonel Roosevelt sald in praise of the school system, the devel- opment of the country and of the gen- eral advancement in the Sudan under British rule was so plainly true that to neglect to notice it, especially dur- ing such a hearty reception, would have been unappreciative if not dis- courteous on his part. Yet clearly Mr. Roosevelt must be as careful of speech as a private citizen as he was as chief executive. A Continent in the Antarctio. The French explorer, M. Charcot, re- cently returned from the Antarctic zone, reports that he has discovered a great southern continent. He backs his statements with records of a seemingly reliable nature as well as various speci- mens of ore, fauna, vegetable life and minerals. He insists that he has gone at this exploring business seriously and has with him all the necessary scien- tific material which goes to prove the existence of stores of undeveloped nat- ural resources beyond the Antarctic cir- cle. To add to the value of his discov- eries M. Charcot reports that this con- tinent is not surmounted by great cap- like glaclers, but in many places is comparatively free from such forma- tions, thus making it of possible ma- terial value to humanity. Mankind has, with much difficulty, conquered the temperate zones and 18 fast establishing mastery over the trop- ics. It has been a long, hard fight, but the victory is now pretty nearly com- plete. Within recent years the con- quest of the Arctic zone has been going on. Alaska and northern Canada have been made accessible. Greenland has been occupled for centuries and bids fair, even yet, to develop a wealth hitherto unexpected, The Arctic fish- erfes of Russia and the great northern mines of the Scandinavian peninsula are also among the northern surprises. ‘Has it come the turn of the southern polar district to uncover possibilities of which no one had dreamed? The discovery of the North pole ahd the exploration of vast ice fields and ocean depths in that section are of only scientific value, but the discoveries re- ported in the south carry larger possi- bilities. To Do Their Own Reforming. With the sentiment of the British people expressed strongly In favor of “mending or ending” the House of Lords, the members of that body, to the number of 192, have decided by a vote of 175 to 17 that they would do their own reforming. For some time the House of Commons has been clam- oring for a radical change in the com- position of the House of Lords and to qurtail its power, particularly its ab- solute veto power. Premier Asquith recently fathered a proposal for reor- ganization of the Lords and his resolu- tion to that end is now before the | Commone for consideration. Even King Edward {s sald to favor readjustment along this line and the majority of the in the late parliamentary elections. lution. by the Lords ministry and the commons will prob- ably be forestalled. Under his plan mere possession of a peerage will no longer carry legislative rights, Hence @ process of selection and election of those lords who are to sit in Parlia- ment will obtain, the length of the term of office to be determined at a later date, It goes without saying that this pro- posal comes as a shock to the anclent nobility of England, whose families have held membership in the upper branch of Parliament for centuries. But then these particular lords have Mr. Roosevelt's Khartum Dfterances, British people registered for a change Lord Rosebery has come to the res- cue and secured the adoption of a reso- themselves whereby the proposed action of the supported a single plece of comstruc- tion Teglslation for years. The crisis has arrived where the Lords must re- form or be reformed, and it is not sur- prising that they prefer to follow the path of discretion. The Rewarding of Fitagerald. While the democrats of the house have been trylng to make out that they were fighting for principle as much as were the insurgent repub- licans when they all joined together to change the house rules and make the committee controlling the order of business elective instead of appointive, their selection of Congressman Fitz- gerald of New York as one of the minority members of the new commit- tee stamps their whole action with in- sincerity. The house democrats are evidently proceeding on the theory that the memory of the public is short and that their denunclation of Mr. Fitzgerald 1 than a year ago for leading the democratic bolt that saved the Cannon rules for the time has been completely forgotten. ‘When Speaker Oannon appointed Mr. Fitz- {s what Mr. Bryan wrote in his Com- moner: The actlon of Speaker Cannon in select- ing Congressman Fitsgerald as the minor- ity member of the committes on rules wagy a gross violation of the rules and usag: of the house of representatives. If any one in appointed to a4 committes s & democrat, he ought to be representative of bis party, and Speaker Cannon knew that Mr. Hitagerald wes not enly not a representative of his party, but that he openly and notoriously betrayed his party into the hands of tho republicans. It Mr. Fitagerald's services to the republican party entitied him to a place on the com- mittes on rules, he ought to have been put on in the place of & republican, and not as a democrat. It is adding Insult to Injury to put himi on the committes over the pro- test of the democrats and then use his appointment to deny to the demoorats any representation. If Mr. Fitsgerald had any respect for his party he would refuse to act as a representative of an organization which repudiates his conduct, but his as- soclation with Mr. Cannon seems to have demoralized his sense of propriety as ef- fectually as it has his democracy. Instead of disciplining Mr. Fitzger- ald now for originally making his trade with Speaker Cannon for a place on the old rules committee and put- ting him on the back seat on proba- tion, the democrats of the house have rewarded him with an endorsement of his bargain by confirming him in possession of what he acquired in that questionable way. Yet the democrats of the house want the people to be- lieve that they are inspired by honest motives and that if the republican in- surgents had only gone the . whole length with them, a more complete reformation would have been ac- complished. Mr. Fitzgerald was re- warded the first time by Speaker Can- non for breaking away from his democratic assoclates, and now he gets a second reward from the very democrats who then pretended to be enraged at his treachery. Farm Demonstration in the South. In our exploitation of the west and southwest the ‘‘south’” has been largely neglected, but it has not been for- gotten and' recuperation has now started new development. The south is coming into its own again and is attracting both wealth and energy from other quarters, while its home produc- tion has assumed in value enormous proportions. The latest feature in this development is the establishment of experimental farms in many southern states for educational purposes along scientific lines. The south s ambitious and is omitting no effort to secure the best and most up-to-date methods and equipment for the full utilizing of its resources, The climate and the soil of the south are suited to a marked degree to the development of agricultural pursuits. Righer soil is to be found in but few places. Thousands of acres have been ldle since the war. Timber abounds, the summer season {8 long, the ralnfall is plentiful and everything that nature can put at the disposal of a country to make it agriculturally productive is there. That the west should have taken precedence of the south in de- velopment is not unnatural, since the south could not recover at once from the terrible devastation it had to out- grow during the latter half of the last century, But the progressiveness of the younger gemeration of southerners is really inspiring and is now about to tell. The southerners are not going across the Canadian borders or to the jungles in the islands of the sea, but are finding opportunities for expansion right at home, ‘We almost overlooked the fact that the resolution unanimously adopted at the recent Bryan birthday feast begins by acclalming Mr, Bryan ‘‘the greatest citizen of the world,” and concludes as follows: ‘And we hereby endorse &ll of his public ulterances on all of the public questions before this country. Every one who voted for that reso- lution apparently endorses the plea for 16 to 1 free colnage, the arralgnment of “Emperor” McKinley, the decla: tion for government ownership of rail- roads, to say nothing of & lot of others which even Mr. Bryan, himself, no longer endorses. Talk about luck! Here is our dem- ocratic congressman catching himself on the fiy while passing through Omaha and, not only succeeding in in- intervis 'Why should Congressman Hitch- always ‘“‘voted one way in a bunch’ re- gardless of the advisability of the measure and have not sanétioned or the direction of that able statesman, George Washington Borge, whose vir- gerald to the old rules committee this | terviewing himself, but also in per- suading his own paper to publish the cock’s paper be poking left-handers in BEE: OMAHA, FRIDAY, MARCH 25 it ueed to sing? Is Mr. Berge an own to occupy the seat in the senate which Mr. Hitchcock covets? Hats off to the South Omaha demo- cratie platform makers who have skill fully evolved the followin We promise to enforce all the laws on the statute books governing the MNquor tratfic and other municipal affairs, vet we are In favor of as great a degree of per- sonal liberty as is consistent with the law. Davy Crockett's coon trap, built to catch 'em a-comin’ and a-goin', will now be thrown in the rummage heap. Gobs of Local Color, Chicago News. It is Colonel Rocsevelt's privilege to con- fer additional glory upon the pyramids by merely looking at them in the presence of the awestruck correspondents. It Is great to be great. Opening Overlooked. Philadelphia Bulletin. It is strange that trust lawyers have falled to utilize in behalf of accused ol ents the excuse given by a St Louls big- amist who pleads that it was his “sub- consclous self” that committed the crime of forming @ combine, An | Up In the Al ‘Washington Herald. Having helped the republicans dispose of the finest old choppingblock ever in- vented for political purposes, the demo- crats are. now in fine strategical posi- tion for fanning the air—thelr most famillar occupation and pastime, Money Value of a Cinch. Brooklyn Bagle. The American Sugar Refining company was mulcted last year by a $2,000,000 judg- ment in favor of the Pennsylvania com- pany's’ recelver, and for more than $2,000,000 in settlement of customs frauds. But its operating profits were $4,320,000 In excess of last year's. The economics of combina- tlon are truly apparent. I Lessons from Disaster, New York World. In the Rock Island train wreck, in which more than forty lives were lost, the fatalities were almost entirely confined to the day coach passengers. Only two Pull- man passengers are reported killed and in the sleeper at the rear the shock was so slight that the seriousness of the accident was not realized. On many roads it is no longer necessary to pay the extra charge for a Pullman seat as @ premium for safety. It should be so on all roads, [ P ! NOW FOR BUSINBSS, Congressional Decks Cleared Progressive Legialation. Chicago Tribune, “I am tired of consulting particular in- terests to see whether or ot a thing gught to go through. I am in favor of consulting every Interest to see what its argument may be and want to give justice to overy interest. I want to know If a thing ls right. If it s right, we can convince the people that it is right and they will be with us."” While the house of representatives was reaching the climax of its internecine war over the revislon of the rules, the chief executlve of the nation and head of the republican party was making this signifi- cant declaration. In this utterance he spoke his own mind. But it expresses as well the overwhelming sentiment of the rank and file of the party and of the whole people of the natlon. The battle in the house was only another ex- pression of the same feeling. The president is tired, and we are all tired of wrangling, evasion and delay. And now the issue of Cannonism is over- board. The decks are cleared for actlon. Let us have action. The president’s legis- ation In tulfiiment of the pledges of the party knocks at the doors of congress. It is up to all members of the party there to see that these pledges are fully kept. Conservation, Interstate commerce law amendment, injunction restriction, postal savings banks, are all on the program to which the party is bound. A republican congres: nnot longer evade responsi- bility for legislation upon these major subjects in full compliance with the man- date .of the people at the polls. The republican floor leader in the hous as the smoke of battle clears, declare: “The house is left with a coherent repub- lican majority, which will enable us to pass the legislation that President Taft has been urging upon congress.” The leader of the “insurgents,” Repre- sentative Norrls, summing up the situatidn for the victors, says: “I am making no warfare on the republican party. I am a republican working for party success. .J belleve what we republicans have done today will make for party success. There may be other changes In the rules, but I do not antleipate they will come at thls ses- slon. I am through with my fight for the present.” The order of the day is: “Forward to- gether.”” Regulars, so-called, and so-called “insurgents” face now the party duty of harmonious action in the fulffllment of the party promises. for i Our Birthday Book March 26, 1910 A. B. Kittredge, former senator from South Dakota, was born March 2, 181 Mr. Kiftredge is a native of New Hamp- shire and a.lawyer by profession. His home {s In Sioux Falls. Francls Curts, journallst and author, 18 62. He was born in Derby, Conn., and his i prinelpal work is a two-volume history of the republican party. Louis Klopsch, the editor of the tlan Herald, who dled recently, was born March 2, 1862, in Germany. Mr. Klopsch through his paper probably ralsed funds for charity and rellef of vietims of scourge and calamity than any other one man. Lee MeClung, Yale's famous |back, now treasurer of the United States and former treasurer of Yale university, is just 40. He was born at Knoxville, Tenn., and in his day was top-notcher on the gridiron. David M. Parry, mapufacturer and un- compromising foe of organ'zed labor, was born March 2, 1852, at Pittsburg. In lead- ing the fight on trades unions Mr. Parry's name has attached to his followers, who are often referred to as “Parryites.” W. A. Gordon, head of the Expressman’s Delivery company, s celebrating his for- tieth birthday tcday. He was born in Win- terset, Ia., and has been in the express and transfer business since he was 16 years old. W. F. Zabel, clatm agent for the Union Pacific, was born March 2, 1567, in Ger- many, and came to this country when 12 years old, finishing his education in the public schools here, For ten years ho was in the mercantile and real estate business in lowa towns, and has been with the Union Pacific since 1907. A. L. Meyer, manager of Iler & Co., was born just fifty-two years ago in Hano- ver, Germany, Mr. Meyer came to this country when only 17 years old and has Chrls- tues it used to extol and whose Praises |neen with the Iler establishment since 1881. pected of harboring an ambition of his !!reedom from foreign rule, and urges mar- more | quarter- | " In Other Lands - Side Dights on What is Trase. piring Among the Near and Far Nations of the Narth. Lord Rosebery's resolutions declaring the Recessity for recasting the constitution of the House of Lords and eliminating the hereditary right have been nalled to the platform on which the torles will go to the country at the next general election. Less than 200 of the 615 members considered the Rosebery move of sufficlent Importance to forego thelr lenten gayeties and attend the sessions, well knowing that the reso- lutlons and the speeches were strictly academic. It 1s conceded that the adoption of the third resolution against hereditary right to & seat in the house serves the doble purpose, of a play to the political galleries and as a matter on which to lay the Imposing declarations which the min- isters will transmit presently from the House of Commons to the peers. These declarations, as formally announced, fol- low the lines hitherto indicated by liberal party leaders. The lords are to be de- prived absolutely of veto power over money bills. Any other measure recelving the adverse vote of the lords may become & law by a vote of the Commons in three separate sessions, but two years must elapse between introduction and third ap- proval. The hereditary principle is not attacked, nor the aggregate membership of the upper house. If the veto teeth can be drawn, progressive interest in the make- up of the body will become one of curiosity. After the Easter recess the resolutions will be whipped into shape by the Com- mons, provided the ministry lives through the contest sure to arise should Premier Asquith persist in his purpose to send the Lioyd-George budget through before deal- ing with the veto. No matter where one encounters the fester of standpatism, at home or abroad, the flaming outlines of the boil on the body politic is the same. In every case symptoms of stagnation are manifest, dif- fering only in degree of activity. Witness the amazing hysteria of the standpat ele- ment.in the Hungarlan Chamber of Dep- uties; observe their attempts to strangle progress. The new government following in the footsteps of Its predecessor seeks by various concillatory measures to wipe out ractal rancor and bring raclal cohe- slon out of conflict. “Fair and fraternal treatment” of the non-Magyer races has been urged as a matter of justice and national unity. But the Magyers regard themselves as a superior people, entitled to greater privileges, and is having no interests in common with non-Magyers. Appeals to patriotism, to the spirit of charity and good will, served to Inflame the boll to the bursting point, and pro- voked the shower of inkwells which fol- lowed the retreating ministers. Whenever the dispatches report an eruption of ink- wells in the Hungarian chamber the reader 15 safe in concluding that some live booster of the human family has rudely jarred the standpat fester. - Americans are frequently regaled with foreign criticksms of various phases of lite in this country, Christians, whether favor- able or unfayorable, are considered of suf- ficlent interest to secure the benefit of ex- tended newspaper circulation. American globe travelers are beginning to retallate in kind, providing enough fuel to keep typewriters hot on both sides of the pond. Bmerson Hough, in the Saturday Evening Post, fires at the old world these epigrams: “Burope i @ sponge, not & fountaln. America 18 where things grow. Hurope is a toy oountry and one continuous Coney sland, hut it lacks Coney Island decorum. In Italy and France they prepare an entire dinner out of & little water mingled with copying ink, six onions and the foot of an anclent hen. All over Europe you have to pay from ten to ‘twenty:five cents for & demi-tasse of stuff that you would throw in the face of any waiter who would offer #t to you in America. It is literally true that Europe could live off the leavings of the American tables. What total money Buropean scenery has taken from Ameri- cans i something that staggers imagina- | tlon. Yet most of the beauty of that coun- | try s the beauty elither of condensation or of property.” o From a British point of view, the situn- tion In Indla_continues extremely perplex- ing. Repressive measures aimed at agita- | tors and suppression of native newspapers from the chief activities of the authorities. An editor of a native paper at Lahore has been convicted of sedition, his offense con- sisting of printing Willlam J. Bryan's re-|' view of British rule in India, written during his trip around the world. Sir Herbert Risley, home secretary, in presenting a bill to the supreme legislative council at Calcutta, openly charged that a widely read portlon of the Indian press was en- gaged in rendering the government odious in the sight of the people; representing it as forelgn, therefore selfish and tyrannical; draining the country of its wealth and im- poverishing the people; polsoning the wolls to reduce the population, and trying to wipe out religion by a godless system cf education, In which it seeks .to destroy caste. He 1s elso quoted as saying: “Every day the press claims openly by suggestion that the only cure for the ills of India is tyrdom on the part of the voung, using Hindoo mythology, Buropean literature and the sacred book, Gita, corresponding to our “Imitation of Christ,” in an attempt to in- duce political murders and seditio cen Prime Minister Briand scored a distinot triumph over those seeking to smirch the French ministry with responsibllity for the scandalous looting of confiscated church property. The announced determination of the government to prosecute the thieves to the full extont of the law satisfies the leg- islative consclence, which is not particu- larly tender with respect to church prop- erty, and averted a troublesome lssue on the eve of a general election. A political scandal Is disagreeable at all times. It is particularly offensive in a campalgn ac- and increased in quality and wholesgmeneu. NEBRASKA PRESS COMMENT. Fremont Tribune: The Omaha Bee quite aptly says that nepotism in public office is not confined to any party, and that the only way to stop it Is to prohibit it by law. South Omaha Democrat: Would be candi- dates for United States senator are still in the air and probably will be until Bryan comes back and indicates what he s going to do. Too bad the democrats have to be stalled and sidetracked every time there is an opportunity to win, Madison Chronicle: Meanwhile, to judge by the tone of some of our democratic exchanges, not all are in favor of county option, notwithstanding the “‘declarements’’ of the ‘“‘peerless one.” Time was not long since when to oppose him In any way was rank heresy, but it seems to be different now, Alblon News: Some of the daily papers speak of Doug Shawvan's candidacy for the United States senate as a joke. They don’t know the Boone county man who had the courage to defy the mighty Bryan alone and unsupported. If he concludes to enter the democratic senatorial race, he will make the jokers think another thunk. Wausa Gazette: What just reason Is there that the people of this district should re-elect and send James P. Latta to con- gress. Is there anyone who has noticed that he has made any showing there dur- Ing the two years which he has held the office Let us try to send & man there who will be heard from, at least once, while he s there, ' Holbrook Observer: The fact that Super- intendent Poulson and Dr. Ludden, both political wire pullers and trimmers, are at the head of the Anti-Saloon league in Nebraska, Is not going to have any bene- ficlal effect so far as the success of that organization Is concerned. The Observer ts strongly in favor\of a county option law, but not through the influence of such & political grafting bunch as these two have proven themselves to be. In play- ing Into the hands of these kind of fellows the league Is bound to curtail its influence nd lose the respect of all right mindea and right thinking people, just as it has in the past, by being made a s paw for cunning and designing pollticians, Madison Reporter: We have heard many democrats and republicans, too, who ex- press themselves as sorely disappointed in Governor Shallenberger in not having the courage to come out openly for county option, but getting around the issue by | saying he will abide by the party's action on this matter. The governor could have cinched the nomination if he had done so, but he will now have the fight of his life on his hands, and if George Berge should now come out for governor on a county option platform, Dahlman will have a walk away for the nomination. The pros- pects of electing & republican governor this year grow brighter every day, espe- clally if a good, strong candidate can be found. DESERTIONS FROM THE ARMY. Are Complaints Against the Public Well Founded t Minneapolis Journal. In his annual report the adjutant gen- eral of the army bewalls desertions as the greatest perll to the army. Nearly 5,000 American soldiers deserted last year. In Europe deserations are rare. He attri- butes the wholesale desertions to a defect of public opinion, which practically con- sents to them and affects to see nothing more in them than the breach of a civil contract for service. Citizens look upon the deserter with complacency and manage to ald him to escape punishment “in the comparatively rare event into the hands of the military authorities.” The quotation probably comes nearer giving the key to the situation than do the complaints against the public. Deser- tions will multiply in proportion to the {mmunity obtainable through the tailure of the military authorities to exert them- selves. Burglary would flourish also if the citigenry did not tax itself roundly for the machinery to make burglary a hazardous business. When the military authorities that they have something to do in the matter and do it, they will have less to complain of regarding the public. realize of his falling | POLITICAL DRIFT. Eugene Debs emerges from obscurity for a moment to declare for Theodore Roose- velt for president in 1912, Philadelphia is terribly shocked and hu miliated by the graft scandal at Pittsburg. Getting caught s an unforgivable offense, Fashion is quite pert In siding up to events. An “insurgent” cravat is out in Washington. It Is made of liberty silk and bears an embroldered cannon, spiked. Minnesota republican editors canvassed are largely favorable 10 the return of Sen- ator Clapp, who is one of the stoutest of the senatorial insurgents at Washington. The net debt of New York City s now almost as large as the bonded debt of the United States—the approximate figures be- ing $830,000,000 for the city and 918,000,000 for the national government. A unique and amusing situation will be presented in the house of representatives when the Foss brothers divide on party line. Eugene Foss, the new congressman from Massachusetts, is a democrat. George Edmund Foss, congressman from Chicago, 18 & republican. It s said to be the first instance on record where two brothers were arrayed on opposite sides in the house. Public contempt for the grafter rises in proportion to the cheapness of the grafter. The infamous *Black Horse Cavalry” of New York's capital command occasional words of admiration for the thoroughness of its operations, rarely less than four fig- ures. The cheapness of the Pittsburg bunch, one of whom squealed for the change of a dollaro, excites a degree of wrath words cannot express. LAUGHING GAS, “A paradoxical condition in congress, fsn't 187" n what way?" “The Cannon is no longer such a big gun.”’—Baltimore American. This new play won't do at all.” Why not? “None of the characters does anything that he ought to be ashamed of."—Detroit Free Press. A Swede entered a postoffice in the northwest and inquired: letters for me today?” What name, please?’ Ay tank de name is on de letter.— Everybody's Magasine. Dick and Tommy rad come downstairs too late to take part in the family devo- tions. Has paw got asked Tommy. He's about half through, _whispered Dick, who was listening at the door of the sitting room. “He's just got past ‘may our eins be as far removed from us as the east is from the west.' "—Chicago Tribune. through yet?" “And dld your wife dle a natural death?" “Oh, yes. She was talking when the end came,”~Cleveland Leader, “Pork is getting very expensive,” said Mrs. Sirius Barker. “Yes,” replied her husband, “if pigs keep on gelting precious 1 expect to see them using bristles instead of feathers for hat trimming.'—Washington Star, “Jane told me she hadn't ordered her Easter hat.” “No, she wants something to match her complexion.” That's easy."” o, It isn't. She hasn't decided on her complexion yet."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. “Tell me all about it,”” sald the woman who was It and couldn’t attend the wed- ding. ‘Twasn’t much,” sald her Hhusband. There was no best man and the bride- groom forgot the ring and had to go back home for i “Lucky girl!” she exclaimed, with woman's Intuition. “She is marrylng & "—Buffalo Express. plumber, 3 EASTER THOUGHTS. |} Wilber D. Nesbit. The day of the Easter lilies; The day of the Baster son The day of the chant triumphant— Clear-caroled, full and strong; The day of the faith as holy As that it {s builded on— When the heart beats with the gladnese Of the lilles and the dawn. The lilles and the dawning— The flowers and tho sod— And over all tho blessings Of deep blue sky and God; The day of the banished sorrow; The day of the heart-break gone— When the world reflects the glory Of the Jilics and the dawn, The day of the Easter lilie The day of the Kaster song; The day when the world 18 better ‘And stays from the path of wrong; When the deep-toned organ thrills us, As the song goes throbbing on, And the soul glows in the grandeur Of the lilies and the dawn. companied by odors of loot that smell to heaven. Suppression with promised fumi-| gation conduces to party success and helns | to explain the enthusiasm of the French | assembly in hurrying the scandal to the| limbo of an Investigating committee. More | important issues will be pressed to the front In the campalgn. The election has been fixed for April 24, and the second bal- lots for May 8. e Discussing in the Century Magasine the | military strength and preparedness of Ger- many, George von Skal say Germany can assemble ‘an army of over 1,000,000 soldiers, ready, literally speaking, to the last but- ton, at any pofnt along the borders, in less than, a week. Not drilling, courage, pat- riotism, ‘Intelligence and miflitary spirit alone give the German army the formid- able strength It possesses, but also the | painstaking labor that shirks no effort, and recognizes the value of the smallest | detall, And in this work the general staff, the war department and, In fact, exery officer, is engaged year after year, res lessly trying to improve what appears per- foct, always on the lookout for the chance of ‘saving half an hour of the time re- quired for the mobilization of the army, irst National Bankof Omaha «,$500,000,00 Gapital ) Surplus & Profits 700,000,00 We Are Installing in our SAFE DEPOSIT VAULTS Another Section of Boxes of the Popular Size Which Rents for $3.00 Per Year. If you have any valuable papers, Jewelry, etc., you cannot afford to be without a safe deposit box. and always following the maxim of the great Moltke: “Only by striving for the impossible may we attain the possible.” Total Assets ()V(:)V"'*’l.’l ( . — P ——