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Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30

The office of United States marshal
Is not what it used to be. In the good
old days, or the bad, 1t was II very quiet
day that did not witness the arrest of
some benighted citizen who had sold a
flask of firewater to an Indian. He was
brought down to Omaha mt n cost TO the
government of over one hundred dollars
in fees for deputy marshals, only to be
let OF with a nominal police fine. The
new law has well-nigh stopped this
practice, for it w%ithholds the premium
held VI for such arrests.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30
Spain Rtieasins Americans.
New York sun.

Ath iNh ''hii'
Another American victim of Spanish OPP
preston in Cuba has now gained his liberty,
SO swelling thSg noteworthy list of releases
made since MaFah 7.
Mr.. Cazanas was registered at our con-
sulate in Havana as an American citizen
nearly a quarter OF a century ago, and his
right to protection was unquestionable.
When he was arrested at Sagua, on Feb
ruary 10 last. General Lee freely expressed
his Indignation, and The steps TO free him
have been successful after a shorter stay
in prison than some OF our citizens have
undergone.
Thanks to the recent releases. there are
now, II we do not mistake. fewer than a
dozen Americana left In the Spanish dun
geons OF Cuba. even including the Compete
tor prisoners, Is Spain becoming nervous
about holding our citizens. under the new
administration at Washington? 1t is GER
tain that President Mckinley and Secretary
sherman will have a point to their credit
In this matter. and w should not be sur
prised to find every remaining American
prisoner, Competitor crew and all, released
within one month of the memorable March
4, 1897.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30
THE LAwMAKING HABIT.
One OF the Distinct Evils of the Pres
ent Time.
-hlcneo Record.

Chicago Record.
One OF the distinct evils from which this
state, in common with many others, Is SUI
fering is too much legislation. The New
York legislature, for instance, has more
than 600 bills now pending before 1t, and,
judging from the number of bills recently
introduced, the record at Springfield is not
far behind. The subjects embraced in
these bills in the different state legislatures
include the authorizing of prize fights In
Nevada, re-enacting the decalogue in Kan
sas, regulating hotel menus in Indiana, foot
ball in Georgia, kinetoscope exhibitions in
Illinois and ex-President Cleveland's duck
hunting in Missouri. Such infinite variety
indicates that Solomon never contemplated
the possibilities Of legislation when he
committed himself to the rash declaration
that there was nothing new under the sun.
Give to a man the power to l~egislate and
that power stimulates his invention, es-
p~ecially In the matter of regulating al
most everything but himself. Fortunately,
out of the mass Of these bills 1t Is not pos
sible for the most Industrious legislature
to enact into law more than a small per
cent.
The reasons for such a multiplicity Of laws
are various. The new member, for instance,
whether in a city council, the state or ma
tional legislature, deems it necessary TO
justify the trust reposed in him by at least
proposing some new and surprising law. II
his own invention Is not equal to the demand
of originating new bills the public kindly
relieves him of that trouble and furnishes
hin with bills ready made. The ingenious
people who have a mania for regulating the
universe cannot all be elected as municipal,
state or national lawmakers, and are com
PEELED to urge upon their representatives the
various measures that occur to them. Cor
porations and men with large plans on hand
for their own benefit at the expense OF the
public are also ~prodigal in the work Of bill
making.
This lawmaking habit also Is an old one,
so old that PlutarCb quotes a remark of An
acharsis, which shows that even in Solon's
time the lawmakers were busy. when An
acharsis heard what Scion was doing" says
Plutarch, "he laughed at the folly of think
ing that he could restrain the unjust proceed
tngs and avarice of his citizens by written
laws, which. he said, resembled in every way
spiders webs, and would, like them, catch
and hold only the poor and weak, while the
rich and powerful would easily break through
them"
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30

the public interests, while at the same
tine permitting just treatment of the
corporations.
It ought to be possible for the railroad
managers to avert a rate war, but as
Mr.. Walker remarked they are neither
better nor worse than business men in
other circles. They distrust each other
and us Il whole have never been honest
between themselves even when they
have solcmnly agreed to be so. This
diSirust is pretty sure to be intensified
under present circumstances, SO that the
precipitation of a rate war may be ex-
pected at any time.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30
TIE rlRLEE IN rHN c1MpAtGN.

One of the most prcposterous asScr-
lions of the opponents of the republican
tariff measure is that the tariff question
was not an issue in the presidential cam
paign and thai the democratic votes
which elected Mckinley were won and
kept by false pIetenses. Such n state
ment is not merely disingcnuous; 1t Is
distinctly dishonest.
What is the language Of the republican
national platform? "Wc renew and
emphasize our allegiance to the policy
of protection as the bulwark of Ameri-
can industrial independence and the
foundation of American development
and prosperity" William Mckinley was
nominated as the foremost representa-
tive of this policy and in his letter of
acceptance he said: "Anothcr issue OF
supreme importance is that of protec-
ton. = e & The republican party is
welded to the doctrine of protection and
was never more earnest in its support
and advocacy han now" In his
speeches during the campaign the re-
publican candidate repeatedly referred
to protection as n vital issue to the
American people to be kept constantly
in mind. Many thousands of working
men, farmers and business men who
visited Canton showed in their addresses
that they regarded the tariff as an issue,
some of them declaring it to be the lead
ing issue. There is not Il republican
paper in the country of any prominence
that did not urge Il return to the policy
Of protection, pointing out that upon
this depended the welfare of labor. Re
publican speakers everywhere rccog-
nizcd the tariff as an issue and assured
the people that the success of the repub-
licAn party meant Il restoration of pro-
lection. 1t was this that gave the elec-
toral vote of California and Oregon to
the republican ticket and attracted to
the support Of that ticket hundreds Of
thousands of voters elsewhere who were
less concerned about the money queS-
ton than they were about that of open
ing the mills and reviving the industries
of the country.
False pretenses and bad faith. for
sooth! We venture to say that there
are not Il thousand candid democrats
among those who voted for Mckinley
who will say that they did not fully
understand that in the event of re-
publican success the present tariff would
give place to one framed in accord with
republican policy. No intelligent man
following closely the course of the re-
publican candidate and press in the
campaign could have thought otherwise.
The republican %shibboleth was sound
money n protection IL it was pro
claimed by every speaker and every
organ of the party.
The republicans in congress are en-
%dcavoring to put into effect the policy
they pledged themselves to in the last
campaign and which was endorsed by
the people at the ballot box. They are
striving to make good their promise to
revive the Industries. to create Il de
mand for labor and to give prosperity
to all interests. The opponents of pro
lection may fairly criticiSe the means to
this end. 1t is their right to d%enOunce
the measure which the republicans be-
lieve to be necessary to give the o
eminent needed revenue and restore
prosperity. But they cannot truthfully
charge the republican party with false
pretenses and bad faith.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30
College Education in Nebraska.
A.. III. r.LlA..a

Sundry people in Nebraska would like to
have a law passed making it "a misdemeanor
for Nebraska young men to attend a college
outside of the state. In their opinion the
colleges OF Nebraska are good enough for
anybody, and, besides. young men who go to
colleges in other states, especially the east
ern states, come back to Nebraska as
"effeminate dudes Perhaps if these good
people saw a foot ball team OF Harvard,
Yale or Princeton boys they would not be so
sure that eastern colleges turn out "effeminate
dudes" Curiously enough, while this charge
OF ereminacy is being hurled at eastern
colleges by the sturdy west. a number of
earnest men here in the east are saying that
the big eastern Colleges are running to types
of bfutishness, and that Drawn Is Increasing
at the expense OF brain. Evidently there is
a mistake somewhere.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30

The two Johns have been offered, and
in turn declined, an office ut the hands
of Senator ThurstOn. The position of
assistant secretary of war pay $1,000
n year-quite Il nice thing for n states
man out of a job, but not in the least
seductive TO men whose regular retain
ers easily exceed the amount of the an
nual salary. The tender Of the post at
the instance of President Mckinley
must be regarded, however, ms Il com
pliment to Nebraska, which did not vote
for Major Mckinley in the electoral col
lege. In view of this fact the eXtraor-
binary scramble for federal appoint
ment, participated in by Nebraska re
p~ublicans, is all the more remarkable.
There are over 300 applicants in this
state for consular postA
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30
Hcnding or the Tariff.

HIIi4ItTDTId ItuBtT.
In anticipation of the Dingley tariff British
and American spectators alike are rushing
goods to this country in such volume that
1t is difficult to procure ships to carry them
all. The result is pretty certain to be more
or less confusion and unsettlement of bust
ness, but this is Incidental to and inseparable
from every change in the tariff. 1t goes to
prove what the business men have always
asserted and the politicians always ignored,
that what the country needs is a settled
tariff, with assurance that it will net be dis
turbed for a series Of years. Only this will
enable the business interests to adjust them
selves to the situation and develop with that
confidence which is essential to the general
prosperity.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30

One Of the most important bills before
the legislature is that which grants au-
thority to counties to vote aid to the
exposition, or to provide county exhibits.
There are ninety counties In Nebraska.
Should they vote m average of 81, 900
each for the purpose the aggregate sum
will approximate the state %appropria-
tion. Admitting that some remote coun-
ties will vote nothing, others will GER
tainly vote more han $1,000 each if au-
thority be given them.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30

Ten years ago n $1,000 pot was put
up by Omaha and Lincoln gamblers to
defeat the bill II aking gambling a felony.
When tho plot was exposed by The Bee
and an investigating committee made
up of men who We're inyulnerable had
been appointed the conspirators became
desperate. A midnight conference of
the gang in which Thomas j. Majors
and III. G. Russell We're conspicuous was
held and a plan agreed upon TO break
up the investigation. on the following
day a frantic appeal was made against
a closed door investigation and in favor
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30
THE PROBLEM OF LONG LIFE.
Sleep Eighteen Hours II Day and Live
Two Hundred Years.
philalelDhia Times

Philadelphia Times.
Nikola Tesla, the electrical genius, defines
sleep as a sort of cumulative storage bat
terry for human energy, and holds that when
a man really lives he is dying hour by hour,
and that when he is asleep he is in reality
accommodating vital force which will make
him so on living. Mr.. Tesla, therefore,
thinks that the longer a man sleeps the
longer he will remain on earth, and he be-
lieyes that a man who would learn to sleep
eighteen hours a day might live 200 years.
Apparently there is some comfort in this
bold assertion for the sleepy-head, but Mr..
Tesla, being an exceedingly industrious
and active man himself, hardly means to
encourage this sort of individual in his
lazy ways. In fact, he sets up as exam
pies of his assertion De LessepS and Glad
stone, two of the busiest men the world
has produced. Both have slept much and
both have been favored with long lives.
The secret of their success and long dura-
ton of life lies probably in the fact that
they have been both hard workers and hard
s~leeperS. When they were awake they were
wide awake and active, and when they were
asleep they were sound asleep and resting.
The trouble with the sleepy-head is that he
is never wide awake and never fast asleep.
Consequently, he is never blessed with a
successful career nor a long life,
The division of the day into proper periods
of work, recreation and sleep Is never per-
feet, and although there can be no question
that the building up process in man goes on
while he 10 asleep, few will accept Mr..
assertion that eighteen hours of sleep
a day will produce the longest possible life.
And even If the statement be capable of
proof, who, after all, wants to live 200 years
IL he is compelled to sleep three-quarters of
that time? We want to live all the days of
our lives. why not live seventy years and be
in possession of our senses for twO-thirds
Of that times? For seventy years, with eight
hours OF sleep a day, gives more than forty
six years Of active wakefulness, and 200 years,
with eighteen hours of daily sleep, results
in only fifty years of real life.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30

of adding Tour new members to the
committee Nyho were named by rcsolu-
ton. This scheme, palpably designed
TO make the Investigation a farce, car
ried and the beodlcrs were saved. The
same tactics have evidently been agreed
on by the gang of 1897. At least that
is the Inference to be drawn by the in
trusion of Ransom into the investi-
eating committee.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30

Mrs. Besant says that the adept theoso-
phist can tell the nature Of a persons
thoughts by the color of the vapor that
hangs about him, visible only to the ex-
pert eye. The color Of devotional thought,
she says, is blue, which Is a. somewhat UNI
expected explanation of the azure that sur
rounds a man when his collar button rolls
under the chiffonier.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30

notice TO that effect. Stirred by the
recent letter of Mr.. Gladstone. which has
all the dignity and vigor of the old prophets,
and fearing the rapid growth of popular
among the people against the Turk
and in favor of brave little Greece, Lord
Salisbury has given notice that Great Britain
VIII not join in the blockade of Greece. III
consequence Of this refusal Germany has
given notice of it's Intention also to withdraw
from thp rpncprt
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30

WITFS vi FN-I TVSIUtIV TIuTTIsOH.
Five-siXths of the voters of the country
favor a revision Of corporation laws limiting
the purposes fer which corporations may be
organized, supervising the issues of stocks
and bonds, and putting other restraints upon
them. Even a larger proportion of our peo-
pie would give emphatic support to the prop
osition that tax burdens should fall equally
upon all property. They do not now, as
every one knows.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30
freedom.

A bimetallic county convention has
been called to meet in Omaha on the
I'd day of April. The manifest object is
to concoct n plan of campaigning in
which the local issues are TO be OBJ
scured by pounding the free coinage
tomtom and 10 to 1 hewgag. 1t re-
mains to be seen, however, whether the
bearded women who are to stir up the
caldron and c~onjure to their aid the
black spirits, gray spirits and white,
will succeed in hypnotizing the masses
whom they look upon as them asses.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30

If local labor leaders are wise in their
generation they will urge the passage of
every bill now before the legislature
which is calculated to put Omaha in
shape to undertake extended public
works this year and next. without leg
islative authority such work cannot be
performed and the workingmen are in
mad nf IL
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30

AS a political pipe-layer -Winspear
does not have to take out Il permit, but
his experiments in laying pipes
for Mayor Broatch at the city's expense
constitute a misdemeanor from which
he cannot be eXculpated.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30
There Arc others.

There Is a judge at Cleveland, o.. who has
undertaken the work of editing the news
papers of that city. He had an editor ar
rested for contempt of court because he saw
fit to %criticise a ruling in a particular case.
The criticism was in respectful language and
perfectly legitimate, and now the judge is
fioundering about in the meshes of his own
shortsightedness. A fussy judge is a public
nuisance.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30

When William J. BrOatch was re-
instated as eX-OfiiciO chairman of the
police commission it was to have been
expected that he would attempt to
swing the police club over the heads of
saloon men and keepers of resorts that
come under the surveillance of the
police and compel them 10 turn out in
Reports from the lower wards leave no
room for doubt that Broatch is con
Quoting his campaign on these lines.
Not only has he debased the position
which he occupies by dispensing water
free as air mixed with rum and beer
among The heelers and vagabonds who
train with him, but he is seeking to
whip the lawless elements into line by
the %congenial methods which he has
always employed when he could WELD
power. 1t is currently reported that
several OF the proprietors of notorious
dives have been called in upon the
carpet by this Janus of Reform and told
in plain words to tax off their coats
and help elect Broatch delegates at
the primaries or suffer the consequences.
Nearly all the dives in the city,
especially those In the Third ward, are
today, under the whip and spur of
Mayor Broatch, ~Zealously laboring for
him with the distinct understanding
that If he should be renominated and
reelected they will be given unbridled
fraaInm
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30

The concert of the railroad powers,
which was smashed by the supreme
court last week, is not likely to be re
sumed until congress can compose Il
new overture for the Traffic Managers
association.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30

If the mayor can build sewers Mt the
city's expense for his store building
every other city officer has Il right to
help himself to city supplies and build
sidewalks, barns, sewers and cisterns at
the city's expense.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30
Now for II Fair Deal.

NnlCdbo NHlpIlClt'
A Nebraska legislator has introduced a
bill making 1t a misdemeanor for any citizen
TO have in his possession a deck of cards
with more than four aces or kings in it. In
many sections of the west this is a capital
offense which calls for a funeral, and Ne
Draska shows marked torbearance in re-
iusing to make it as least a felony.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30
a-a -
THE DEE on TRAINS.

All railroad ncwsboys IRE
supplied with enough Bees
to nccom mOdntc every pns-
scnGcr who wants to read n
newspaper. Insist upon hnv-
ing The Dec. If You cannot
get ice on n train from the
news agent, please report
the fact, stating The train and
railroad, to The Circulation
Department. of Thc ncc. The
Zee is for sale on all trains.
lLSlST AN IIllNG NIIE nI,E
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30

Howell feels sure that gambling
would be more effectively suppressed by
repeating the present law. If that
Were true. why did the professionals
raise that $1,000 pot?
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30

Another anarchist scare is being
Matched Mt Chicago for May day. but we
doubt whether anybody in Chicago will
lose any sleep over 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30

Ransom throwing the y ray OH the
gang is a phenomenon. Do figs grow
from thiStles? Nit.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30

With Ransom on the inside of the in
vestigating committee the men who Ell
ginecred the Howell gambling bill
through the senate need have no fears.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30

A Hint TO the Wise.

NOW 1Ofk ITIDunc.
All encouragement should be given to the
growing beet sugar industry. There is
reason to believe it may be developed until
this country Is able to produce all the sugar
IL needs.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30

What relation has the silver issue
to the election of a mayor. tax com
missioner, police judge or city treas
urer?
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30

Is Mayor Broatch the whole police
commission or only one out Of five
members?
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30
Returning Relies.

NTT1NtHpUTIS IITntS.
Mr.. Bayard has secured the return Of the
M~aynower's logbook to the United States.
Mr.. Bayard is coming back. too, so the
country Will have two interesting relics on
its hands
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30

The police should be kept out of poll.
tics and politics should be kept out of
the police department.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30

t%rollable tendency to run into everything
he saw"
"How did he break himself of it?"
He met his tailor on the road one day"
Chicago Records, Joe Keeps his wife and
mOthcr-in-luw mad at him half the time"
What veNes them SOP
lie calls them his board of lady mana
gers"
Indianapolis Journal: "1Cnis is the most
cruel yet walled the rising young poet.
What is?' asked the common-sense per-
son who had dropped in to smoke u few of
the poets cigarettes.
'"fhe Gabbock says I do not exhibit a
single stigma of degeneration"
Philadelphia Record: "There's no deny
ing that I'm pretty good said the giddy
with peroxide, FOR Is it not written that
tho good dye young""
Detroit Free Press: Hoax-I thought you
said that man was a musician?
JoaX-Nonscnse
You certainly told me he wrote melo-
Dies
~ told YOU he was a composer of heirs.
He manipulates soothing syrup
Washington Star: 81 saw you hurrylng
at a great pace last night" said one young
man.
That replied the other, was merely a
flight of fancy"
'On my part"'
No. on mine. fancied I heard her
father coming
WHEN FREEZES BLOW.
Chicago Record.
Hail, gentle spring." the poets sing,
Accept our tuneful VOW;
We give you leave to have your fling
You'll do it anyhow"
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30
MIRTHFUL REFLECTIONS.

the Manayunk Philosopher, you've got to
lead the procession to keep in IL. The
follow ers are constantly changing
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30

The council must clear its own skirts
in connection with the Broatch free
W fraud.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30
A Pleasant
Reflection

Is bound to greet the man
who tries on one of our Spring
top coats before a plate mir
ror-we supply the mirror with
the coat. 1t is doubtful if there
has been greater improve
ments in any other department
of clothing manufacture of late
years than in making fine over
coats-and with this progress
towards perfection in the gar
ment, has come too, a corre-
spending reduction in the cost
of manufacture.
We hope you'll do yourself
the favor of examining our
new goods,
Our windows will show you
the styles-the qualities range
from So SO to s25. oo-and are
the proper requirements for
good dressers.
All the leading blocks In our
hat dept at modest prices.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30

With Ransom inside OF the investi-
eating committee Howell feels relieved.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30

Detroit Free Press: He-They say. dear.
that people who live together get TO look
ing alike.
She-Then you must consider my refusal
as final.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30

II impresscs me oddly, doctor. He has
n higher voice and a lower hahdshSNe
than any man ] ever met"
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30
STATEMENT OF CALCULATIONS.

S~TNTEMENI OF IItDUI'ENIIVN
State Of Nebraska,
Douglas Comfy.
George +. 1'zschucl. secretary Of Tho Zee tup-
fishing company, being duly sworn. says that tle
nctnai number Of ful! and complete copies OF me
Daily Morning, Evening ANA sunday Zee prlntti
during the month of February, 1891, was as tol-
Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-30

Detroit Free Press: II guess that new
| man must be an actor" said the star
| boarder to the landlady.