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The Columbus journal., 1905-05-03
THE RENEDI.

SPEAKING Of public servants in gen.
eral. douotless With no reference "a
The q. 8. senatorship. the Omaha Bee
repeats tho old story that 10 familiar
20 % all. namely. that the big men OF
tho country are very meagerly repre-
sented in public office. Not only is
the fact generally known: the reason
for the fact il likewise . matter Of
common knowledge. The man who
would mako the best official and
would be farthest above temptation
is for that very reason indiepoeed
to enter into the mire of practical
politics IL may not be altogether
true that . man who Ia qualified now
a-daya 10 get an office is thereby dis.
qualified from holding it, but there
is some truth in il.
The remedy for this evil is the same
Oue that will cure so many others
education Ut the masses. when each
mans vote ceases tn have Its price.
in money or other considerations. the
Office may begin to seek tho man.
And mans price rises IN direct ratio
to his intelligence and education.
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-03
UNCLE SANS RAILROAD.

Uncle Sam is to try his hand at rail-
roadinR. He will opt rate the Panama
Railroad and transport the material
he will use in the construction of the
big ditch. In assuming control of
this transportation line to carry his
own material. he had to agree TO
carrv freight for the public
And here is where the trouble comes
Ii order to carry freight for the pub
lie he is forced to make rates and this
brings him into competition with the
great corporations which operate
trans. continental lines.
The corporations make rates as high
as the tarffic will hear. Uncle sam
has declared that his rates will be as
low as he can make them and still pay
expenses and q reasonable profit on
the investment. II it turns out that
Uncle Sans business policy is better
for the public-and the public's in
terest in the railroads is the biggest
interest of all-than the policy of the
corporations, the corporations will
either have to adopt Uncle Sans
policy or let Uncle Sam manage their
properties.
The experiment. of federal control
in Panama will be watched with in.
terest by the public a. will as by the
railroad corporations.
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-03
O,,v one woman Who has a dauehter

Only one woman who has daughter
to marry soon. had the moral courage
to say that happiness, ''she considered.
vas the ''chief aim Of marriage. ''and
that the girl herself was pretty sAfe
Judge "a tn whether she could get
more Of that article with . rich man
or q poor man Sha said that ''poor
men became rich in this country, ''snd
"rich men become poor tits therefore
a question of whether the PARTIES to
the contract are congenial. physically,
mentally and spiritually.
WOrder what tie society women Of
Columbus think of this proposition?
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-03
TEN COMMANDMENTS.

l. Thou shalt not 90 way from home
to do thy trading, nor thy son MOI
thv daughter.
II. Thou shalt patronize thy home
merchants. thy home printer. for yea.
verify. doth the bone printer spread
abroad the tidinss of thy goodness and
greatness and many will patronize
thee.
Ill. Thou shalt EMPLOY thy home
mechanics that they shall not be driv-
ell from their homes to find bread for
their little ones.
". Thou shalt not ask for credit,
rs goods cost much and the mer.
chants brain is burdened with bills
His children ciamor daily for bread
and his wife abideth at home for lack
Of ra:ment sucE as adorneth her sister.
Blessed, yea. thrice blessed, is the man
who pays cash.
Y. Thou shalt not ask for reduced
prices or thine influence for guile
is in thy heart and the merchant
readeih it like an open hook. He laugh.
eth thee to scorn and s!lOuteth to his
clerks. In, ha.
VI Thou shalt do whatever lieth in
thy power to encourage and promote
the welfare of thine own town and
thine own peorle.
VII Thou shalt not suffer voic, or
pride to overcome thee and if other
towns entice thee consent thou not for
tnou mayest be deceived.
VIII Thou shalt spend thy earnings
at home that they NAV return from
whence it came and give nourishmcnt
to such as may come after thee.
TX. Thou shalt not bear false wit
ness against the town where thou |
dwelles: but speak we'll 10 all men.
X. Thou shalt keep these command.
monts and teach them to thy childre:
even to tho third and fourth gener-
alton that they may be made to flour.
ish and grow in plenty when thou are |
laid to rest with thv fathers. .-Ex.
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-03
PROGRESS.

IL you want to stand in the rays @
sunlight, just 20 to the Post Offic
and get yourself in tho presence 0
Postmaster Kramer or some one 0
his happy assistants. 1t is all becaus'
City Delivery started off Monda,
morning as smoothly as if the mach
inery had all been soaked in Gil fol
q month.
No hustle. no excitement was appar.
ent. Mr.. kramer's force handled the
work on the inside as calmly and ex-
peditiously as if they had always
done it. and the three carriers went
their various ways, delivered the mail
and unlocked the inartistic mail boxes
as dexterously rs if they had been re-
hearsing their parts for a month un-
der the cover of darkness.
Sunday morning the large plate glass
in the frcnt of the post office was
clouded and passers-by wondered what
it was all about. The explanation
came Monday morning when the post
office appeared in brand new clothes
The two windows for money orders
and stamps which had formerly been
in the front of the office had traded
places during the Sabbath with the
door marked "private' in the west
end of the office. and blargs lock OF
the individual boxes had disappeared
entirely to make room for the carriers
boxes back of the fixtures.
Thus. in day, the ColuEb bus post
office has taken on metropolitan airs
anil it is no wonder that the keepers
of the post office are "swelled up a
little. But they are swelled with the
same pride that every other good citi-
zen of Columbus feels because of the
step which marks the change Of the
Columbus. the big village. to Colum.
bus, the city. 1t is the girls change
of short skirts for the full length skirt
of young womanho0d. 1t is the
boys change of knee trousers for
full length trousers of strong young
manhood. 1t is q change that will
bring the thoughtful business men of
Columbus to . realization of our city's
rank among the cities of Nebraska and
remind them of their duties and their
|
CITY delivery has come at the dawn
pf an era of substantial building and
business improvement. 1t has come
II a time when the ewes of the outside |
world are riveted on Columbus be-
,ause of the bright prospects for the
great power canal.
Our city will be crowded with
quests from all parts of the state this
week. Let the citizens of Columbus
,xtend the came glad hand that has
made Columbus hospitality famous.
.st them know thas Columbus has on
ts'' city clothes this week and that
ve are likely to outRrow them IN the
,ery near future. The Daily Journal
q alad il was born in time to see and
announce the new birth Of Columbus !
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-03
SOCIETY H-ONEN DIFFER.

Andrew Carnegie married his niece
to his coachman, and gave utterance
to his belief tha: q girl had better
married an industrious, poor man with
brains and clean habits than an i'm.
moral ricE man lacking brains.
Mr. Carnegie's PHILOSOPHY is per-
haps good philosophy for rich uncle
who can start his coachman. nephew
ont with $50, 900 (" break him in
gradually IN the handling of money
and it may be good philosophy per So
But IT is evident that it does not
agree with the matrimonial rhilscs-
ophy Of majority of On .ha's So
ciety women who have daughters to
marry.
The other day an Omaha reporter
interviewed a number of Omaha's
leading society women on the subject.
Their opinions are interesting.
One of them said that eha consid-
cred it foolish for a girl to marry
below her rank''-whatever that means
in democratic America-and that
money is indispensable to social stand.
ine and happiness such as her dauRh.
ter is accustomed TO. Brains" in
her judgment cut little ice and as for
morals she said I'VE wives know very
little about our husbands anyway"
AL but one of the women agreed
that money was an essential and they
all seemed to understand the word
brains" to mean business ability"
and to have no reference to education
Or intellectually. Domestic happi.
ness. in thei: minds, is in direct pro.
portion to the husbands ability to
buy fine silks for his wife and to regis.
.er her name on the book of society's
,lect.
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-03

Representative Zue'Ow expresses
himself as ha-inC q very nigh opinion
of Brother HOward's imaginative
ability. He says that the Telegram S
etlitoral which relates to Zuelow's
''shame and dishonOr' is a very nice
piece of literature from the standpoint
of imaginative literature, but ne is
wiling to offer good reward to any
man who will discover the first symp-
toms of truth in it. Perhaps the Tele-
grams Information came from friend
Bob. president of the bridge trust.
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-03
SCHOOL CHILDREN OVERTAXED
From United States Consul. General
GnanfnaH Ecankforf Germany

SCHOOL CHILDREN OTERTAXED
(From United States Consul. General
Guentner. Frankfort. Germany
DR.. Otto DOrnblueth. of Frankfort.
q specialist in nervous diseases. writes
against tho practice Of holding after
noon sessions in the public schools. A
III suppors of his position he points to
the Investigations Instituted among
l6. 600 school children BY the distiDg
uished expert in school hygiene. Doctor
Schmit. Monnar,l. OF Halle. who found
that the number of sick among the
children attending morning and after
coon sessions was BY one. half greater
than among children who attend
ed sessions in the forenoon only. The
investigations by Professor Keppmnn.
of Leipzig led to the same conclusion
Doctor Dornblueth favOrs o morn
ing session of five hours. giving rest
ing pause Of fifteen minutes ut the
end Of each hour. He sava that the
afternoon sessions exhaust the vitality
Of the children. disturb digestive Or
gans. and tire their brains. From .
medical standpoint afternoon sessions
should be abolished. The aftero0n
hours should be given to Tlay outdoor
exercise. and physical training. The
selfish motives of many parents in not
wishing the children at homo because
they are bothersome and require super.
vision should not avail against . r..
form which il necessary and beneficial
for the little once. The doctor sug-
gests the establishment of public re-
treats where the children who can not
b. supervised at homo may spend the
afternoon hours in the care 0f one or
more suitable Adults. He suggests
that thes, retreats be provided with
implements and material and that
children desire instruction in light
may be accommodated.
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-03

What has become of that "bald
charge" which the Telegram was
making against the 'raifroad lobby.
ist''? What has become of the off
cial paper" of Columbus for 1905 ::
What has become of the supervisors
who drew twice as much as the law
allows while they were lobbying for
the Standard Bridge Company in
the interest of the people: What has
become of that great organ of reform
whi IN has been defending the unlaw-
full action of these supervisors simply
because it too has its hand on the
public purse:
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-03
THE METHOD

| liz IA Z XzOD.
Q. How did the state printing board
award the printing this year:
A. Bv items.
q What other plan could they have
adoptsd:
A. The unit plar.
.. Did the state save ANYTHING last
year hy following the "item" plan
=. AhOut 81 par cent
. What plan is fii,we,: IN Platte
rurn,y:
\. Ths'' unit plan
| =. What paper in Platte county is
always awarded the contract:
4. The Columbus Telegram.
q l. the Telesram's bid OH every
item a!ways tha lowest?
4. BY no means.
q. Explain.
-. The Telegram bids high ON the
| items i. expects To furnish and below
cost on snpDlias I. does not expect to
| furnish
q. Ru: does not :ho law require that
the county clerk solicit bids on the
supplies actually needed an,l used AMI
mt Or quantity of imaginary sup
plies:
a. Yes.
@ Ent how can an editor get on
the inside" so that he can separate
the actual from the imaginary needs
a. Just be gentleman. Re.
turn favor for favor. And when a
supervisor who has pocketed twice his
legal salary goes down to Linccln to
lobby for the bridge trust''just tele-
graph your congratulations to the pres.
ident of the trust in order to help
your lobbyist friend, and then write
a few smooth editorials explaining how
much more these lobbying supervisors
earn in serving the people, than the
law allows them.
q. Do You mean that the Telegram
in order to hold its legal monopoly of
the county printing is forced either to
conceal or to defend law breaking in
Others:
A. Draw your own conclusion
q. Is not this the same Telegram
tnat preached a sermon on the sacred.
ness of the legal rate for the city
printing. and then in order to keep
its competitors from securing the
printing at legal rate or any other
rate. cut the prices to 30 per cent
Of that sacred legal rate":
A. Yes.
=. Is this the same Telegram that
has never had the courage to !eny
that ths county is paying l25 per cent
Of the legal rate for its advertising.
uor the honesty to condemn the prac-
tice:
A. Yes.
q. Have there been found four
councilmen who believe that saidTele.
gram is the only newspaper in Co.
luinbus which is qualified by reason |
of its virtuOus conduct in tho past |
to act rs the official paper of tho city?
A. Not vet
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-03
MOSSBACK COURTESY.


The governor of the sovereign state
of Arkansas. who glories in the name
of Jefferson Davis. has once more
seized q golden opportunity to make
an ass of himself H. was present as
a convention Of northern settlers as
Galveston, Texas, last week. Governor
Mickey of Nebraska was also there
and made speech in which he used tho
follow ing words:
my last previous visit to th eSou'h
was during ihe civil war" And later
in his remarks he said. "ln my own
state I have many friends who are
veterans of both sides.
All this was M very amiabls and
friendly way to talk. and the auitence
evidently fund no fnnlt With it. But
presently ,hc honnrrhio jeff Davis of
Arkansas got th~ H.Or and promptly
proceeded to violate every consider.
alton OF sense and good taste by criti-
cising the remarks Of Governor Mickey
AS being in Rad taste" and volunteer
ing the information that in the South
the subject Of the civil war should al
ways be approached in gum shoes and
that ''in every patriotic southern heart
there is q shrine dedicated to the lest
cause
This tragic sentiment of course was
loudly applau.lesl by tho ass embed
and the statesman from
Arkansas no doubt felt very good. The
portirn If tho SOl th is ashan,-
e.l of the incident. because IL in not
the custom of southern people to IN
suit an invited guest for no reason ami
with no excuse.
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-03
THE ELECTION Law.

The biennial election law is to b<
tested in the courts. Attorney. genera
Norris Brown has the consent of Gov.
ernor Mickey to begin an action at
once. Some candidate will be nomin.
stetl by patition and Mr.. Galusha.
secretary Of state will be asked to file
the petition. This he will refuse to
do and q writ of mandamus will be
issued to force him to do it. This,
or some similar plan will be followed
to have the courts decide upon the con.
stitutionality Of the law.
Tho provisions of the biennial
election law are generally known. In
. word. it provides to do away with
off-year elections. causing the judges
and regents Of the university and
county officers all to be elected ON
even years. The effect of the law
would be to extend the terms of office
OF judge. regent. and all county offic-
ers ever till next year.
The law apparently is in direct con-
travention Of the constitution which
fixes the date specifically of the flint
election and states theltime that each
officers shall serve. and declares speci-
fically that the term of office OF no
officer can be changed or extended BY
law.
The members of the constitutional
Who arc still alive all
agree that the new law IL unconstitu-
tional. The governor himself believes
1t 10 unconstitutional. The attorney
general believes IL Is unconstit tutional.
All the leading members of the Ne
braska bar believe It is unconstitu-
Eional. including such lawyers a.
Judge Post. Tho precedents to which
The friends Of the law point turn out |
10 be no prceedents at all for the rea.
Don that the states referred to do not |
nave constitutions like Nebraakas.
A dispassionate consideration Of the
whole subject forces ono to the con.
:lusion that Edward Rosewster was
light when he aid that We might -
vell proceed to prepare for the usual
lection.
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-03

Councilman Clark by voting for the
city printing on bcs iness principles
has written his anne on the Tsle-
grams black list. Just below the names
of August Boettcher and Diedrich
Becher. He has joined what the
'hartlshells' call the crowd Of weak
kne.t: sisters, who have the courage
to place official in.esrit, above party
LOYALTY.
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-03
FREDERICK 4. assc--. E.i.s.

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ycur paper. or WRAPPER -h',ws {" what time youI
subscription is pail. II. j.n',a shows ihai
paymrnt has !seen received vi, :n Ian. l. 1856
FetkI5 To Feb l. l4il arr: on. When payment
is made. tn" dafe which answers n receipt
will be changed accordingly.
DISCONTINUASCES-lsa snbscri0-
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publishers are notified by letter to discontinue,
when all arrearages must he paid IL you q" BOT
wish the Journal cont nnpi for another year af-
ter the time paid for has expired. you sho':l.!
previously notify Cs to discontinue il.
CHANGE IN ADDRESS When ordering a
change in the address, subscribers shOuld II. sure
to give their old AS well rs their new address.
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-03
SENATOR MILLiRD'S RECORD.

SENATOR MILLARD,S RECORD.
The following clipping from the
news columns of the Omaha World.
Herald is . strong bit of evidence on
the activity of one of our senators
and the way he works for tho interest
OF his state. though unaccompanied by
any blare Of trumpets or Rrandstand
plays of the Allen Bryan Thurston
tyne:
"Senator Millard has received word
that hts scheme to have go. QUO appro-
priated for the rebuilding of Fort
Omaha has been successful and the
money is available now. This makes
q total OF 500. 600 for this work. The
n"w army appropriation makes &ll7,-
GOO more available July !. All of the
contracts are now let except those for
the roads and walks. bids for which
will bs opened this month.
Major N. Gray Zalinski. construct.
ing quartermaster. has word from the
war department to award contracts to
the various successful bidders on the
work under construction atFort Omaha.
All obstacles having been removed
ov Senator Millard, the work will |
now be pushed as fast as possible. The
work has been somewhat delayed by
the holding mp Of this appropriation
Df SO, 900. The work all dovetalis in
and the men have experience
I'd considerable delay because this 80,
700 was held up pending the return to
Washington Of Gen. O. +. Humphrey.
luartermaster general
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-03

1t is a good thing for Colamtus that
certain county supervisors arc not
members Of the city cOuLcil. Their
bills for cover time" would bankrupt
the CITY,
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-03

Since he butted INTO the wOman's
suffrage question Grover is probably
feeling some what as he did in '?i.
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-03

The President has killed another
bear. 1t is safe to assert that he will
challenge the next grizzly he meets
to hugging contest.
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-03
Will they never put it hack:

Have any If them put it back: Not
yet.
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-03

The woodchoppers will own tho city
for tho next two days. II yoa have
any wood to saw, lot them NV it.
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-03
FIAT LUX.

Alter nearly year Of darkness. the
citizens Of Columbus can go out ut
night without q lantern. Nineteen
arc lights and forty-five incaudescents
we're lighted last Sunday night BY DR..
Heintz, and columbus has moro light
than it has ever had.
The arc lights are especially bril-.
liant and steady. The incandescente,
situated as they are on the curbs and
not far from the ground. do not give
truly satisfactory light. They throw
enough light, however. to enable one
to see the side walks on all the streets
and to zee teams in the: road. Per-
haps this part OF the lighting system
will be improved later on. The new
system is necessarily IN experiment..
Citizens will bear this in mind and
not criticise the council or Dr.. Heintz
for any defects until time is given
for Q thorough trial.
With our large lighting system and
excellent side walks. Columbus will
suffer comparison with any city OF its
size In NebraskA.
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-03
ANOTHER DONATION.

Five per cent of ton million dollars
is 500. OOO. and this the amount which
will he each year given to the support
of retired college professors. BY the
terms of Mr.. Oarnegie's latest act of
philanthropy.
The motive Of the donation may ba
understood from the introductory
paragraph OF Mr.. Carnegie's letter.
which is "a follows:
II have reached the conclusion that
the least rewarded of all professions
is that Of the teacher in our higher
educational institutions. New York
city generously. and verv wisely, pro-
vid % retiring pensions for teachers in
her public schools and also for her
policemen. Very few indeed of our
coll ages are able to do SO. The con-
sequences are griev0us. Able men
hesitate to adopt teaching as q career,
and many old professors whose places
should bo occupied BY younger men
cannot be RETIRED"
State and sectarian institutions arc
the only ones that are barred. Aside
from these any teacher in . university.
college or technical school is eligible
20 the benefits of the fund, without
regard to Trace, sex. creed or color"
1t is noteworthy that Oarnegie's
gifts 20 mainly to education and Rookie
feller's mainly to religion. It is gen.
eral truth that man values highest the
thing which he has not. Carnegie is
q man of great mental capacity who
has come to the turn in the .oad where
he finds himself as ignorant as q
boy and too old to learn. Per.
I,aps this is the reason that he looks |
apon learning as the greatest earthly
and gives of hts millions
70 educational institutions.
Whether Mr.. Rockefeller's dona.
ions to the cause of religion signify
hat he is rs void of Rodliness as Mr..
carnegie is Of learning, is q question
With which the public is already tol-
'rably familiar.
The Columbus journal., 1905-05-03

Trust Baking Powders sen for 6 oe
50 cents pee pound and may be iden-
tified By this exorbitant price.
They are menace to public health,
Is food prepared from them con-
eains large quantities OF Rochelle
salts. q dangerous cathastic drug.
The Coconino sun., 1905-02-04
Industrial School Pointer.

The three boys sent to the Terri torial Industrial school by Judge Titus, from the justice court here, have been given their liberty owing to the fact that the board of supervisors refused to grant the certificate which makes the county responsible for a part of the keeping of the infant at the industrial school. Paragraph 2756 provides explicitly that the certificate must be precedent to the reception of the infant into the school. The super visors refuse to sign the certificate be- cause the boys had just arrived from California, and it was thought best to return them to that state. Two of the boys were given their liberty Friday and dollar and luncheon apiece. They were seen that evening at Mescal sitting on a flat car munching their lunches, evindently homeward bound. The third boy was detained day or two until money arrived here from his father with which to send him to his home in Los Angeles. The boys had quite an experience during their brief incarceration, which included a