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Show J JOTS BY THE WAY. I n h Metcalf, better known to his m Jnic llato friends as "Dick," who, for I many years, has been editor of the I 1 Sa World-Herald, has resigned i hi nosition to become associate edl- I o f the Commoner, under William t nrvaii. Motcnlf is an able writer n'nd a sincere Democrat; thoroughly ? I Sieving in the principles of that I 5S "s advocated by himself, which rinclples are in accord with the teach-I teach-I ncs of Bryan. Ho is a competent newspaper man, too, having served in nearly every capacity. The writer -new him as a reporter on tho Omaha nee Itosewater did not care to admit ' B that he was more than ordinary, so he went over to Hitchcock and was rap-3 rap-3 afl idly advanced. In early life ho con- H ducted a weekly newspaper in Missouri H and was a power in his section of tno fl state Ho goes to tho Commoner about May 1, and carries with him tho good wishes of all who know him. B iS 9 The Nebraska legislature has de- ! fl cllned to buy a silver service for tho fl battleship named after that state. So - IV tho captain, the crow, tho first mate, the second mate, the lltttle middles, ;fl too, will have to drink out of tho ordl- -fl narv CUI)S uottles ancl ml,BS furnished ifl by tho government. m & & -fl TllG death warrant against Mrs. Ed- iB wards, the woman sentenced to hang fl at Reading, Pa., yesterday, has been 'fl withdrawn and tho convicted female fl will doubtless escape tho death pen- S alty. This is right. fl Senator Damborger is being com- fl mended for IiIsj bill which permits fl tho garnishment of people holding H public ofllco. Perhaps it Is a good B measure, Inasmuch as all other work- M ing people are liable to prosecesses of M that sort. Dut there are many thought- ful people who bellevo In tho abolition 9 of all laws for tho collection or ordl-I ordl-I nary debts. If such laws were abol-H abol-H Ished credit business would give way to cash transactions and tho country B would bo better off. Under tho pres-I pres-I ent system men run bills without I thought and too late find themselves H in a hole. Managers of railroads and H big corporations havo contended and fl still contend that this garlshment busi-H busi-H ness is bad on all parties. Officials fl have no time to answer garnishments, and as a result tho men aro dis- charged. They lose their employment I antl navo no wav of making a liveli-I liveli-I hood. Of course every man should pay his debts, but tho minute a man is de- IB prived of a job ho cannot earn the money with which to do so. Tho ex- IM emption laws of this state aro an ex- empltncatlon of tho scriptural quota- tion, "To him who hath shall be glvn, and to him who hath not shall bo taken away, even that which ho seomoth to have." Tho Utah farmer can sit se- cure on his homestead and watch his growing crops; can hitch up his ex- empt team; feed and milk his exempt I1 cows; look at his exempt pigs, drive out in his exempt wagon and all that sort of thing, but let him sell out and go to work on some job and tho bill collector falls down on him. Tho work-ingraan work-ingraan is not protected as is tho farmer, and Is at tho morcy of every shyster lawyer and bill shark. Matters Mat-ters should bo evened up In some manner man-ner it Is contended by many that tho repeal of tho garnishment law would a good thing. Tho legislature six years ago did ropeal it, but Hewlett ana Hamlin, two well known states-nien states-nien from this county, had it re-enacted In worse form at tho session lollowlng, and It has boor a bono of contention and a source of annoyanco I ever since. I h Th? uncil has decided that the Na- "onal Bank of tho Republic must move uie ornamental front it has construct- ea on tno Main street entrance, be cause the pillars aro of wood, Instead of wood or iron. Aiso Inat all bay windows projecting over tho lot lino must go. This matter will no doubt cause trouble. It might havo been avoided by refusing permission at tho time same was asked. As it is thcro will no doubt bo no end of dissension and litigation. Tho duck shooting season is again with us, and tho mighty Nimrods aro banging away with great julco and energy. en-ergy. If there wore only a bounty on ducks. |