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TIT13 OMAHA DAILY 1JJ3K : MONDAY , AIT URT n. Tim OMAHA DAILY BEE. 15. UOSEWATKll , Editor. nvKnv MOIININO. TKHM3 Of Dully tl' ( Without Hnivlnr ) One Year > M r > llr le ! RI | Sunday , Ono Ycnr low HI * MoMIn B * ° Thr Month * 2 M Sundur net. One Y ir 2 ? J RMurdnr Il > , Ono Yenr 1 yj Wmklr Ht . Ono Yfiir & > OI'KICKS ! Omul.a , The Jjw DtilMlng. Bouili Omiil.n. . Singer Illk. , Cor. N nnd Jltli Sts , Ouncll llliirt * . IB Norlli Mftln Klrrtt. Cfiloro Olllcp , SIT Clinmhor of Commerce. N w Vork. llnonif U , II nml 13. Tribune IJlils. " " ' ' ifilon. 1107 1' mrwl , N. W. All coniimmlrntlonii rplntlmt In news nnd nil- tf.rlnl mutter nliouli ] le nOdrtmul : To tlie Keillor. 1IU81NKHM I.KTTI3H3 : All tiiulntiH letter * anil rpmltlnnccs xhnnMx \ > ri.lremxHl to The Hoc pufollplilnd Company , Omaha. Draft ? , chtrlii nnil posloillce onlvm to b made r i > iililo to tlic onlnr of tlio r tnpnny > TIIH nKt : rUJlMSHINU COM PAN V. BTATI2MHNT OIClltCUliATION. . Ctnto of NVInnnkn , ! 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Pnrtlus going- out of tnft city for the Bimiuicr nmy Imvo Tlio Boo sent to tliclr nddrcss by leaving an order nt thn business ofllce of the Hue. Tolpiilimio 238. Is no IIoUo Kniltlilmi siiliinUsIon to tlio Chicago convention about Suero- inry Morton. Omaha's bank ckmrliiKS still clialloiiRo comparison with those of every other city In the country. Secretary Morton should domain ! the rc-ferryl/.nthm of tlio discarded llatboat that originally carried him across the Missouri. Why Is It that men who have vast property Interests In Omaha , have to be bccsed to help themselves by con tributing toward tlio exposition ? No Invidious remarks because Mr. Bryan sees fit to visit Bath on his east ern tour , llnth Is made one point of destination wlmply because Mr. Sewall lives there. The editorial combination of Bryan nnd McLean slipped a. cojj nt Chicago , but the editorial combination of Bryan nnd Watson went through like greased lightning at St. I.onls. Only twenty-two months from now to the opening "of 'the exposition. Kvury day's delay In securing the necessary stock subscriptions will make the work of preparation devolving ou the mana gers more dldlcnlr. The retirement of William P. Ilarrity from active leadership In the democratic party means the retirement of one of the only two men who achieved a vic tory for the democratic national ticket In the last thirty-five years. Bryan's organ promises dollar-wheat to the farmers when Bryan Is elected president The southern confederacy promised to pay Its graybaek currency six months after the establishment of Its Independence as a nation. If Queen Victoria should really abdl- cnto her throne she will do something that none of her predecessors ever did , namely , to retire voluntarily and with out pressure from either foreign nations or subjects nt home. The republican nominee for governor of Missouri lias had to withdraw as re publican nominee for congress in his district on account of the Inconvenience of making n campaign for two olllces at the same time. The federal constitution Is all right. It prohibits the Impairment of the ob ligation of contracts. No wonder the men who want to pay with no-cent dollars lars debts contracted In 100-cent money want to turn the constitution upside down and Inside out. The United States mint coined over 1,000,000 standard silver dollars in the month of July , 181)11. ) In other words the government has coined In the month Just past one-eighth as many silver dollars lars as It coined In the first eighty years of Us existence. When a failed bunk puys out Its cred itors 50 cents on the dollar the opera tion is usually explained as either Imbe cility or fraud ou tlio part of Its former managers. Yet Bryan and his sllverlte followers want to force a general liqui dation on the basis of HO cents on the dollar. Senator I'ell'er thinks It would be un reasonable for Hie populists to expect Bryan to signify Ids acceptance of the nomination they have tendered him. It might be unreasonable to expect an acceptance , but It would be most Im- pollte. for Bryan not to Inform the popu lists whether ho wishes to accept or re ject their compliment. Ir years previous to n recent adjust incut of railroad grain rates Nebraska grain was hauled into Kansas City and thence east at a less rate than was quoted by direct lines to Chicago. Protests - tests ngalnst this condition resulted In rates that now enable shippers to trans port grain direct to Chicago nt rates us low as any made by rainbow routes. Kansas City grain merchants , however , nro protesting' and have taken , the mat tcr before the Stnto Board of Trans portntlon nnd the Interstate Commerce commission. This la a sample of Mis eourl nerve. There Is n very wide difference be tween HoelnllMn ns commonly under stood In America nnd socialism as advo cated In Hurope. In America socialism Is often confounded with anarchism nnd organized lawlessness , In Knrope so cialism Is n movement for the better- inont of the condition of the tolling masses by peaceful ngltatlon , In Ger many and ICnslnnd the social democracy Is n political labor reform parly. Its leaders are for the most part men of education and worklngmen who enjoy the conlldence of their ussoclatcs. To most of the reforms demanded by the International socialist congress , which lias Just closed Its sessions In London , our most conservative Amer ican citizens wotild readily absent. The demand for arbitration of International dlffeienccs and the reduction of stand ing armies Is in accord the views of American statesmen of all political par ties. The demand for universal suf frage has been long ago mi-t in this conn- try and so has the demand for legis lation declaring eight hours a working day nnd restricting th employment of women iMid children. The pronounced opposition of social ist leaders to the resumption of unlim ited silver coinage and the substitution of sliver for the gold standard Is In accord with the sentiment of the wage workers of Kurope and more especially the worklngmen of Ciernmiiy. They regard the agitation for free silver as a part of the policy of the landowners through whose Inllnenco ( Jermaiiy and other European countries have sought to exclude or restrict the Importation of American food products , thus making bread and meat dearer without , corresponding spending Increase of wage * ! Tlio les son of the disastrous experience which Knropean worklngmen have hail with debased and depreciated money has not been lost upon them , and they reason correctly that the laborer Is Interested in getting paid in the best money. In view of the high Intelligence of American worklngmen and their oppor tunities for studying and informing themselves upon all questions that affect their material welfare , it is simply auinxing that so-called labor reformers should fall In with the scheme of the silver mine millionaires who want to enrich themselves at the expense of the producers and consumers. (10KS O.V. The first mouth of the current fiscal year shows a deficiency of over $13,000- 000 , which Is considerably more than had been expected. There was an In crease for the month In the receipts from Internal revenue , but this was more than offset by the decline In the receipts from customs , Indicating a con siderable falling off. in exports. .Of course It was known that there would be a large delieit for July , because be ing the beginning ofthe fiscal year the treasury disbursements are unusually large , but the fact that It Is so much larger than was estimated at the open ing of the month renders it noteworthy. There is reason to expect that the suc ceeding three 'months will show large deficits , because there Is not likely to be any heavy importing done within that time , both the business and the po litical conditions being adverse to It. The American market does not at pres ent invite any addition to the stocks of foreign goods on hand nnd it is prob able that foreign manufacturers and merchants , feeling uncertain as to the outcome of the presidential election , will not be disposed to ship goods here on n large scale pending the election. Tims declining receipts from customs are to be looked for , with the prob ability that there will nlsobe a reduction In receipts from Internal revenue , for the depression In business Is not de creasing. As the present congress will be unable to do anything for the relief of the situation the treasury Is very likely to be again placed In an embar rassing position immediately after the election , particularly In the event of re publican defeat , which would precipi tate such financial disorder that the treasury could probably get no help from any source. Itepublican succe.-is , on the other hand , would restore confi dence and thus the continuing deficits would be less serious. This situation ought to Impress every body with the necessity for republican success in November not only as a safe guard against currency debasement , but also In order that the government may be provided with sufficient revenue. Highly Important as it is to maintain tlio existing monetary standard , It. Is no less Important that the government shall have money enough to pay its running expenses. A IMYAI , Senator Wolcott's letter defining Ids position In the political contest puts to shame such deserters from the repub lican party as Senators Teller , Duhols and others who followed their example. Senator Wolcott does not abandon sil ver. Jle.still believes that its restora tion is essential to prosperity and therefore he. is not in accord with the cnn-oney plank of the republican plat form. But he does not regard the sil ver question as the only one to bo con sidered. He attaches some Importance to the question of protecting American industries and American labor and as the democratic party nnd the populist party are hostile to this policy he pre fers the republican parly , lie finds , moreover , that most of the declarations of the democratic nnd populist platforms are hostile to tlio Interests and welfare of the country ami as a patriotic cltl- /.en he opposes them. lie declines to countenance an attack on the supreme court of the I'lilled States , denial of the right of the federal authorities to pro tect life and property against mob violence lence and n pledge to withhold from the government the revenue necessary to enable It to pay Its expenses unless the free coinage of sliver Is secured , lie refuses to smirch the highest Judicial tribunal and ho also refuses to violate his oath as n senator by failing to vote supplies to the government to keep It alive. Senator Wolcott Indicates the odious features of the democratic and populist platforms nnd In doing thin points out what Is receiving too little attention from the people generally. The suc cess of Mr. Brynn would mean n grout deal more than financial disorder nnd demoralization. It would mean n prac tical revolution of our governmental system. This Is especially true as to the demands of the populists nnd no man should delude himself with the Idea that Mr. Bryan as president would give no heed to these demands. In deed , there Is no reason to suppose that he Is not In accord with most of them , for the populists regard him as one of themselves and neither ho nor any of his friends have said anything to show that these who claim him ns a populist are not right. True Mr. Bryan has said that there nro some things In the populist platform of which he does not approve , but nobody has been enlight ened ns to what these things are , ami so long ns Mr. Bryan remains silent regarding them It Is fair to assume that ho is not unwilling to stand on the platform as a whole. . Senator Wolcott proposes to slay In the republican party. "Whenever the course of events , " lie says , "could make it possible that I should speak from the same platform as Tlllman or Walto or Ignatius Donnelly , in advocacy of the same presidential candidate , 1 know there must be something wrong with me. " The letter of Senator AVol- cott is the utterance not only of a loyal republican , but of a patriotic cltlxen as well and II places him In distinguished contrast to the tleserters from the party which had honored them. < 1 LKSSOff FUOM nil.17.1 L. Brazil has a paper currency issued by the government , a system such as the. populists want In the United States. According to an American business man recently returned from Brax.il exchange fluctuates between Jl'/G and 10 pence and every man who buys or sells a dollar's worth of goods does it subject to the risk of this fluctuation. Necessarily there Is little or no stability. As exchange gos down prices go up. Commodities are three times as high as they were seven or eight , years ago , before the sys tem of government paper money was Inaugurated , but the wages of labor have not risen in any such proportion. Labor does not realize more than half ns much again In Brazilian currency as It did five or six years ago , though the people have to pay in the same cur rency three times as much for all com modities as they ever paid before. Thus this system of paper inflation falls heav ily upon the working people. The American people should not need n lesson of this kind to convince them of the faults of such a currency system as that of Brazil. Their own experience during the period of paper inflation ought to be sufficient. Then the prices of all commodities advanced , but the wages of labor did not advance as faster or as far and consequently the wage earner suffered. The same experience would follow the free coinage of silver. - 11J31K TA.I. The belief expressed by Senator Al lison , that International bimetallism Is probable within a reasonable time , may seem somewhat optimistic , but. It is to be remarked that Mr. William C. Whit ney and some other close observers of public opinion abroad entertain a like view , so that it would bo unwise to assume that there Is no substantial ground for what Senator Allison nays. It is certainly a fact that the agitation for international bimetallism Is being kept up In Kurope , but how much prog ress it is making cannot bo determined. There is reason to believe that It is not advancing as rapidly as it would if it wer not for the agitation In this coun try for the free , unlimited and inde pendent coinage of silver at 1C to 1 , for if that policy should be adopted by the United States and Kuropo thus bo given the opportunity to obtain all of onr gold and send us Its surplus silver , the demand abroad for bimetal lism would certainly bo weakened. The tendency of the free silver agitation here Is , therefore , to check the prog ress of tlio bimetallic cause abroad. The republican party is pledged to pro mote international bimetallism and if the people give it the power to do so It Is within the range of probability that international bimetallism may be come an accomplished fact within tlio next two or three years. run uMir'ojCOIJXTV ' srs'fRM. Now that the proimsitlon to adopt the Crawford county system of direct primary nomination * is fairly before the republicans of this county , It is not out of place to explain what reforms that system seeks to accomplish. The prevailing system of selecting party candidates through conventions of dele gates chosen at pilnmry elections has developed grave abuses. . Nominating conventions often fall to register the will of the majority. Manipulation , trades and juggling frequently result In the selection of the worst and most unpopu lar candidates , thus weakening the party and causing dissension and deser tion instead of strengthening and re cruiting the forces marshalled under Its banners , The Crawford county system Is de signed . to do away as far as possible with the prime cause of bolting by giving the rank and file of the party nn opportunity to vote directly for their preferred candidates without the Inter vention of delegate conventions. The reform was llixt Introduced Into Craw ford county , I'enusylvanla , and for that reason Is called the Crawford county system. The mode of procedure Is for each candidate , through himself or his friends , to announce ids willingness to accept nomination. Usually this Is done by card through the medium of tlio party press , Tlio names of all the candidates announced within the period fixed by the party committees nro placed upon the ballot Justus nro now the mimes of the delegates. Where the office is n precinct or ward office , the names appear only on the ward bal lots ; where It Is a county or district office the names appear on the ballots of all the wards anil precinct * . Kvery person entitled to vote at the primary election TtifWi directly for the candi dates aiuJntjif votes east canvassed by the ciflfliUj ! or city committee as the case may be. The candidates receiv ing the plurality sof the votes are do- ' clnred the pnrly'nominees nml their names l"WfW'l"1(1tl | " > ' tllc > C01I1".V toni- mlttce ffrnnLt.rtlon ( on'the official bal lots nt tip * regular election. Members of county * "Wild city committees are chosen li ) | Jp same manner by direct vote at tbw.-primaries , nnd the committeemen - teomon sJB ( { 'lher ' ! own olficer ? . Dele- gntes to pfnVi or congressional conven tions maynilM ) bo t'hosen by direct vote nt the primary elections. The greatest reform wrought by the Crawford county system Is the' aboli tion of the middleman In party nomina tions and the raising of the standard of party nominees , A man of small cali ber may carry his own ward and trade himself In by combining with men of the same Htrlpi- who have carried their respective wards , but his chances of running the. gauntlet of all the voters of the county would be small. A man short of n few votes may buy Ills nom ination In a convention , but money cannot easily control the majority of the whole parly. These In brief are the points that commend the proposed primary reform as a stop In the right direction. The committees apppointod to solicit subscriptions for stock of the exposition should realize the Importance of closing their work during the coming week. Some of these committees have done well , but others have done very lit tle , and many of our citizens and cor porations have not been approached up to this date. Kvory one must realize the Importance of prompt action. The required amount must bo subscribed as provided by tlio act of congress before tlio proclamation of the president can be Issued. It is important that this be done at once to enable foreign coun tries to prepare their exhibits. Unless all our citizens realize the Importance of prompt action and subscribe promptly and liberally , much valuable time will bo lost. The coining week should bo one of activity on the part of all com mittee's , and all lists should be com pleted and turned in at the meeting of thij committees at the end of the week. Tlio park board has requested Mr. Tukey to take steps to stop tlio leakage in the Uiverview park lake. This will prove a task beyond the power of the worthy president of the park board , with tlio limited funds at his disposal. It. would eqiiire tons of crushed rock and gravel it' not cement to confine tin ; water to "tile Umnlcs of-the artificial lake , which lie ] * in the abandoned-bed of the river.-/The work ought to be done , but it will cost money. ' A bankerwho * advocates free and un limited coUtnKcJmay be'honest and his bunk may ; bQ.Solvent. But the natural inference i # itinit lil desire to pay ot' his depositors in' 50-cent dollars Is prompted b'v hfs inability p 'pay them Jjfj'00-ceil | { fondles , * , .AobouJvcr who de- wires to payilils'debts in lOfVcent dollars is not liko'Iy to favor any financial scheme that will prevent him from meeting Ills honest obligations in full. The Board of Health has dismissed the sanitary Inspectors for want of funds. There never has been a time when the chief of police could not order patrol men to act as sanitary inspectors. Noti fication by an officer is much more effective than is notice served by a civilian , and patrolmen have plenty of lime for such Inspection. In times past they have done such work nnd ought to be made to do it now. The north slders demand the location of the city jail at or near Davenport and Fourteenth streets. This Is com mon sense. Fully 00 per cent of ar rests made in the city call the patrol wagon to the lower wards. The city Jail Is now too far away from this quarter , and to remove It to Sixteenth and I.eavenworth would cause greater inconvenience. It Is hoped the north skiers will make themselves felt In the matter. Douglas county populists arc not to be behind Douglas county republicans this year In fho number of candidates for stale office they are to present to their state convention. The chances are good , however , that the populist state convention will not treat Douglas county any more liberally than the other party conventions. Kntt'i-fil < ln- Itncitu Slay. Philadelphia Times , \Vntfon says ho won't retire , but will to his pop ciins. Did II r.-mi MIMIII II. New York Tribune. Did Mr. Bryan mean what ho said when he said that If Sewall was not nominated nt St. IvOiila ho v.'lslidl to have his in.'iio \ \ ith- drawn ? If ho idld mean it , how can bo hesitate about -iX'tnnlm ; the nomination thrust upon hlm.n If ho d'd ' not mean It , what did ho ine'an ? The mints BfRISXIjo are open to the free coinage of sliver 'it a trllllns ch.irKO. . Why do not the silver mine o\riii.n > send tholr metal there ainrlet it bo maOo Into dollars ? VuiuaH City Btar. The sound j\noney \ democrats nro going over to the sw on or McKlnley in such numbers that thuro ueoms little prospect of enough remaining In the middle of tlio road to hold n separate convention. The democrat who lias enough\Independence to bull the nomination ofit j-jrpu has enough Intelli gence to see tttAVVUe only wav to make his opposition to poTCUIsm effective U to cut across lots and Jolfe the sound money army already organr/fl.1 * His sojourn In the camp will bu t > nl temporary , of course , but It will bo cfledtlvA Morlun't * I'll Tiir > - Ilnoin. ClilcaBQ Tribune. Julius Sterling Morton , after dieting his apiary on beet sugar , has released Its choic est specimen , vMI up and duwn a part of this bipad land Ills presidential bee is droning , lulling the unsuspicious to sleep. This particular bug. neglecting Its proverbial instinct , is not ( lying In a right line from Arbor Lodge to the white house , but Is humming about the west , getting a "good ready. " Meanwhile Its owner is preparing to exploit lila boom by Issuing from the Agricultural bureau campaign documents of a novel and alurlng | sort. The titles of same of these are , or will be. "Emerson's Zigzag Steerer ; or , Lone Is the Way , " "Mtlll- fluoslty ; Its Cause and Effect. " "Is Honey Slippery ? and Why ! " and "Yellow Breeches of Sliver Bugs : WhlchT" Mr. Morton's cam. i > algn slogan will bo "Buzz , Beet Sugar , or Bust. " TIIH UKIMlltHVSTiTI3 TICICHT. Nebraska City Pre * * : MarCel ] > majority Is IncreailnK Onlly with tlie prospect * of the bis corn crop. Harwell T'roRTcss : Nebraska pioneers will stand tip together this full find elect good old Jack MncColl for governor. Sidney Vonlartl : The hosts of Jack Mac- Cell nro still gathering * There Is no doubt who tlio next governor of Nebraska will be. Ulnlr Pilot : In the struggle against ( rco silver the republicans of Ne-brnska should not forget that Jack MncColl Is to bo our next governor. Wnyno llernhl : Hon. Jnclt MacColl , the republican nominee for governor. Is grow ing In popularity at every turn In the road , nnd when the home-stretch Is reached It wilt ho found that ho hns distanced his competitor. Arlington Times : There Is not n repub lican paper In the state that Is not sup porting Jack MncColt for governor , and there Is not a man worthy to bo called a republican who will not vote for him , and the same may apply to each of the other republican state nominees. Arlington News ; The republicans of this part of Washington county will roll up a haiulsomo majority for Jack MacColl at the coming fall election. Jack's record Is as clean as a whistle. He Is n sound re publican and a man In every way capable of fllllnu the governor's chair. Tecumseh Chieftain : Hon. Orlnndo Tefft of Cnss county , republican candidate for lieutenant governor. Is ono of the ablest men In state politics. Ho hns served with distinguished ability during several sessions of the legislature and has rendered his party very Important services. His honor Is above reproach nnd his talents are mieli ns nt him for nnr olllco within the gift of the people of this commonwealth. Tecumseh Chieftain : Hon. P. O. Hcdlund , whoso name graces the state republican ticket ns candidate for auditor , hns served as deputy auditor for n number of years and Is eminently fitted for the control of the ofllco. Ho Is n native of Sweden , but ho hns lived In this country nearly nil his life and he Is thoroughly Anicrlcnn In nil his sentiments and Ideas. His nomination to n place on the state ticket Is but proper recognition of the foreign born voters of the state and they will rally to his support and to that of the entire ticket with which ho Is asssoclatcd , almost to a man. Tecumseh Chieftain : As the days go by the wisdom of the state republican conven tion In nominatingHon. . Jack MacColl for governor becomes more and more apparent. Krom all parts of the state come strong endorsements of his candidacy and the heartiest tributes to his ability and ex cellence as n man. Hb Is essentially a man of the people , plain , unasssumlng , sympa thetic , easily approached and generous tea a fault. His knowledge of public affairs , discrimination and judgment arc remark ably acute nnd mark him as a man pre eminently lilted for the high office of gov- eronor. He is a tower of strength to the whole ticket. Ucd Cloud Argus : The republican candi date , for governor , John A. MacColl , the next governor of Nebraska , Is essentially a man of the people. For nearly thirty years he has been a resident of Nebraska , having settled In Dawson county In 1S68 , where he has since resided , growing up with the country and being closely Identified with the development of western Nebraska in particular. His business has been that of farming and stock raisins , and he Is de servedly popular with all classes , especially the farmers nnd business men , whose Inter ests ho has been closely Identified for so many years. He will give to Nebraska a straight , business-like administration by ex ecuting , without fear or favor , the laws of the state as he finds them. POLITICAL NOTES. The O'Bryan democracy of New York has ratified Bryan. Congressman Doltiver characterizes the Chicago platform ns a "paragon of political epilepsy. " Loyalty to Nebraska does not consist In sacrificing its Interests on the altar of a 53- .centi .dollar. . . Nearly 200 representatives of the sound ' 'money democrats of Kentucky have milted In a call for a mass convention , to bo held In Louisville , August 12. Senator Donelson Caffery of Louisiana has Joined Senator Palmer of Illinois In repu diating the Chicago ticket. In the language of Senator Hill , Senator Caftory Is "a dem ocrat , but not a revolutionist. " A Chicago business man says that n wooden wardrobe , such as can be bought In any largo city In this country for $11 , retails for $ S5 In silver in Mexico. The man who pays this astonishing price gets smaller wages than men of his trade In this coun try , i The Young Men's Democratic club of Massachusetts has. repudiated the Chicago platform and ticket. The club declares : "We oppose the free coinage of frco silver , the depreciation of the national currency and the resulting financial dishonor of the government. We oppose populism. We commend the two administrations of Pres ident Cleveland. According to a Maine Journal , on old democratic farmer In that state has Just had a striking object lesson on the finan cial question. Not having a good opinion of national banks , ho put his money In the barn. In one bag ho had ? 200 In gold and in another J200 in silver. The barn burned down , as bams too often do. For the melted gold the farmer received $200 , while for the melted silver the best ho could do was $120. Ho Is now a gold man , and will vote against Bryan and Sewall. XO FUKI3 SII.VUH IX TliniHS. Tecumseh Chieftain : Eloquence must not bo confounded with statesmanship. Mr. Bryan has an abundance of the former , but with reference to the latter he is an un tried experiment. O'Neill Frontier : Mr. Bryan's "character and ability' ' cut no figure In this campaign. It is the abominable platform upon which he stands that the people are going to knock the stufning out of. Mlmlcn Gazette : The pops are beginning to shout "atand for Nebraska " up , by voting ing for Bryan. What's the matter with Bcnlloy ? Ho Is as much of a Nebraskan and as good a ono as Brvan. Wlnslde Tribune : The ghost of D. Ccm ! Deavcr is bothering Mr. Bryan these days. Bryan supported Cold-Bug Boyd two ycurs ago its against Silver-bug Deavcr , and Mr. Deavcr is now getting back at him. Weeping Water Itepublican : Tlio men who are out of employment and want work , as well as the producer who wants a market for what ho grows or makes , will never make the mistake of voting for any other than McKlnley for president this year. Genoa Leader : Bryan admitted in a speech the other day that the passage of a free silver law would result In the worst panic the country ever saw , but claimed that wo were mighty sick already , and that wo must bo made wicker before we could start on the road to recovery , What do you think of It , my brother ? Genoa Leader : This talk of Bryan car rying Nebraska by 10,000 majority this fall is rot , Bryan will lack twice that number of celling one majority , judging from Genoa and vicinity. Over twenty-five democrats and populists have already joined the sound money club , nnd as far aa heard from only ono I ono republican has announced for Bryan. Crete Vldotte : It you see a man wearing a Bryan badge , be sure and ask him , "Aro you a Bryan democrat or a Brynn popu list ? " Ho may bo for Bryan and Watson and it would displease him If you should Insinuate that was supporting that bloated monopolist , railroad president , national bank president and protection shipbuilder , Sewall. See ? Stuart Ledger : The time when Bryan op posed Deavcr , a populist and free silver candidate for congress , and supported Jim Boyd , a goldbug , Is still fresh in tlio mlnda of many. There are a great many such In consistent brcrks that Bryan will have to explain. His strong and constant opposi tion to all legislation Intended to foster the sugar beet Industries In this state la still remembered , IIla work against the sheep industry of the state is known. Ills vote to place Mexican cattle In competition with Nebraska cattle Is another memory of the past. To explain these facts will be among the unpleasant features of Mr. Bryan's cam paign. He Is on the defensive from the outset and the campaign of education has Just begun. X A TAI.SK IMtOIMIKT. . ColumbiiK Journal : Four yours aw Bryan I predicted more prosperous times If the demo cratic ticket wns electeJ. His prophetic gift Is no greater now than It WHS then. Weeping Wntcr llcpubllcan : Four years ago Brynn wanted tire trade to reduce prices. Now he wants free silver to raise prices. Neither free trade nor free sliver will give a man more money to upend ; neither will It glvo him work to earn It , while a tariff for protection will do both and advance prices , too. Ashland Gazette : Hilly Bryan the candidate for president In nn era of triumphant democracy and wheat only 3S cents a bushel nml onti starting In at 9 eentsl Billy promised us four years ago that If we would only veto his way wo should have $1.25 n bushel for wheat. Are wo going to have that promise redeemed with n now lot of promises ? The former promises have gone to protest and the party that made them is busted. The people will not trust them this time. Oretna Reporter : "More money , " Is the cry of the Bryanltes now. Four years ago It was frco trade. What It will bo four years hcnco no ono can tell. Should they by any accident get frco silver they will say of It In less than four years as they do of their tariff legislation today , "It Is n failure ; It won't work. " When you can once tench a pop that It requires money to conduct the business of the government yon will have taken the first step toward civiliz ing men. Plattsmoiith Tribune : So far the Bryan men have failed to show up In this locality ; the only Indication of faith In Bryan Is the fabt that the farmers are still trying to hold on to their wheat until Bryan's 1S92 promise of a dollar a bushel comes true. They have been faithful to his promise of 7G cents per bushel for corn ns long as democratic good times would let them and nro now selling for 17 cents nnd are glad to get It. Altogether It appears that the opposition to Brynu Is getting stronger nnd more determined every day. CroUhtoti Courier : Two years ago this fall W. J. Bryan was stumping the state for free silver ( nnd Brynn for the United Stntes sen- nte. ) Ho was denouncing the gold bugs In every speech and at the same time was giv ing his support to Gold Bug Boyd as ngalnst U. Clem Denver , a sliver candidate for con gress In the Second district. If Mr. Bryan was sincere In his advocacy of frco silver why did he want the people to send this gold bug to congress Instead of a man In favor of the frco nnd unlimited coinage of silver ? Ho had traded his "principle" for the support of gold men in the legislature. Sidney Poniard : In the campaign of 1S92 Billy Brynn and nil other democratic orators told the farmers to VOTE FOH CLKVELAND AND GET $1.25 FOH WHEAT. Did their promise come true ? In the present campaign they arc trying to work the same old confidence racket , ami they say VOTE FOR IIIIYAN AND GET $1.00 FOR WHEAT. Do you think they can keep their promise this time In the light of the dismal failure they made of the other attempt ? TOM IIGKU l.V TIII3 KIKM ) . Chicago Times-Herald : Reed's eye Is still good and lils aim steady. Indianapolis News : lion. Tom Reed seems pretty well convinced that all our troubles are traceable In the last analysis to demo cratic management. Globe-Democrat : "Human experience in every week of life , " as Speaker Ueeil puts it , "teaches that those who have blundered will blunder again. " The extent to which the democrats have blundered In the lust four years Is unprecedented In our political history ; and 11 Is safe to say , therefore , that they will not be permitted to carry this year's election and prolong the misfortunes that are directly attributable to their folly and wickedness. Kansas City Star : Thomas B. Reed Is on the right tack. He has no censure for that element of the democracy which has done Its duty clearly in the past four years. In denouncing democratic tncompotcncy for recent business disasters , he is shelling the camps of the wreckers of democracy , not the army of loyal democrats who stood by the administration In Its efforts to uphold the credit of the government , nnd In the numerous other bencflclsnt tasks which those In control of Use executive depart ment of the goven fnent undertook , with Inadequate means and with the opposition of a factional majority In congress. Chicago Post : "Human experience , " says Mr. Reed , "In every walk of life teaches us that those who have blundered will blunder again , and that the wisest course is not to employ a ship captain who has not yet emerged from his last shipwreck. " His hearers were largely men familiar with the dangers of the sea and needed no ono to apply for them his figure to the situation. They knew the meaning of his comparison of the republican party , as "tho safe sailor who has never lost a ship , a passenger era a letter , but who has sailed safe through every sea , " to the popullzed democracy as "the landsmen who are forever shouting what they can do , and never dare to tell of what they have done , " Chicago Record : His speech In Maine on the occasion of his renomlnatlon for con gress was characterized by the sainf droll and pointed humor that he used to display in combating his political opononts. Taku the following reference to the revived hopes of the democrats , for Instance ; "Two mouths have slipped away hardly tlmo to ripen a strawberry , much less a system of finance end there are these who tell us that all things have changed , that these men who were being arrayed for decent burial had burst the cerements of the grave , nnd. trans figured by some now arrangement of crowns of thorns and crosses of gold , were to lead UK Into a new happiness. " Or take this Illus tration of a problem In economics : "Money Is the transferrcr of hay. More hay racks will never make more hay. but more hay will require more hay racks , nnd Is sure to get them. " The rc-cntranco of Reed In his old role will add spice to the campaign. At the same time it will bring cheer to the republican workers who are fond of the Maine leader , and they are numerous , DISASTERS OF A I'AXIC. of tilt- llryiiii Alrllj- I'l-i-illi'lu. New York Journal of Commerce , Nothing but an unsuccessful foreign war , an Invasion by a hostile and desolating army , could Inflict as much destruction upon the property of the country as a serious panic. That the effects of a panic are limited to eomo Wall street speculator ! ) Is the most Inexcusable of delusions In view of the rccentness of lliu panic of 1S93. Not nil the worklngmen thrown out of em ployment by that panic have yet got cm- ploymcnt , and commercial agencies continue to record failures that date back to thai catastrophe , and nceumulnted capital reprc-J sented In invrdtinentu , capital rsurntUI to i present anil future progress , hat not yMJ recovered whnt was lost thren yer ngo. Indeed It never will recover these losses , 1 it will some tlmo replace them by further ! profits , but most of HID depreciation of 1S93 ' represents n permanent loss Just ns a loss by lire dor-s. Mr. Bryan Is quoted ns sayIng - Ing Airily that probnbly bis election to thfl presidency Mould .bring on a panic , but the country would get over It nnd be bettor - tor off than ever. Nero probably figured J that after Homo had been burned It would | bo rebuilt on a more splendid scale than II before , Whllo Mr. Bryan Is contemplating I with equanimity and even satisfaction that ' | his election to the presidency would de stroy about as much property ns & trltim * phal Mexlcnn army would In marching from the Rio Qrnnde to the Great Lake * , the bankers of this and other cltlcn nro advancing to the government the gold In their vaults on which they could mnko n speculative profit if Bryan were elected , nnd even the gold exporters nro cooperating ing with the bankers to prevent the occa * slon for gold exports till nfter election , U Is not dl 111 cult to decide where the. greater amount of common sense ns well ns patriot ism is. roiiHMJ.v TUAHIJ A.M > TAHITI' ' . lliiNlnrflM of ( lip runt Throe Your * AVItli KorolKii Countries. llrnilstrcft's Ilevlow. The Department of Agriculture has Issued a circular giving some Interesting Informa tion on the exports of products of the farm. In 1S ! > 2 , the banner year , wo e.\ported nearly $800,000.000 of agricultural products , as com pared with $55 ,000.000 in 1S93. The follow Ing arc the figured for IS02 , 1S93 nnd 1S33. The llrst year was the highest year of agri cultural products , nnd 1S93 was the smallest for six yours , with the exception of 1SD5 : 1S92 ISM isr. . - exp . . Other exports 2IO,403,77 ! > II5.C47.7nt ) 2 111 order to gain less than $25,000.001) ex ports other than agricultural products , wo lost In 1SD5 $246,000,000 in agricultural prod ucts as compared with 1S92. This Indicates how the tariff of 1 ! > 91 has helped tlie fnrmcr hi this country , The following Rives detalli as to the value of the export of certain com modities In 1S91 and 1SD5 : Commodities. 1SJI 1SD5 Wheat Hour JM.OOO.OOO fM.OOO.OM Wheat M.OOO.uoo 4lMHCOi ) ) Corn , 30,000.000 iooox OleonmrKnrlne , raw 12OM.IXX ) 7U4.im ( > Seeds S.OXl.OOO 3.000.0CO , Cheese 7,200.000 5.500,000 it I llutter , 2IOOMO 9i > ,000' Hop * 3.SOO.OOO 1H ! .COJ HIilOM nml skins n.KMno9 2.SOO.OOO Ollcnkc S.sno.OIH ) 7,200.000 Copper 19. 04.000 13 , 00.000 The value of merchandise Imports into the United States from principal countrlco in 1S94 and 1S33 was as follows : 1S9I iso : From ttc ! Value Per ct. Vnlua 1'cr , cl UnltPil KtnKdom . , . .JI07,372.mi Id JIM,1I9.G93 22 British possessions. . . 71.000.47S 11 S7,5CI,2 < 3 11 Totals J178.a724H 27 J237 955.9I1 Germany 6i.3.S7.wri 11 SI.OII.443 11 llrur.ll 7'J 3CO. 1. ! ) 12 7S.S11.47H U Franco 47..149.974 7 1WO.OM 8 Spanish \ \ > st Indies 7 .713,7'ji 12 54.312.4SS 7 Cnnmla 30,7 ! VJ1 G 3r.,53l.2U B The general effect of the tariff of 1S94 during the llrst full calendar year of its operation was an increase of 12 per cent in Imports and A decrease of 0 per cent In exports. The Imports of merchandise In , 1SI > 5 Increased $7C,963,23 ( aa compared with 1S94 , and the exports decreased $81.001,439. In other words , wo were $161,561,69.1 worse off in our merchandise foreign trade dur ing tlio first full year of thu present tariff than in the previous year. These figures arc larger than the preliminary statements Indicated. The exports to the United King dom decreased 10 per cent , and the imports from the United Kingdom increased 48 per cent. The exports to Germany decreased 0.3 per cent and the Imports from Germany Increased 17 per cent. The exports from Franco decreased 19 per cent and the Im ports increased 29 per cent , These figures Indicate why the United States has not been prosperous. Foreign countries bought less of us. and under the tariff of 1S94 wo have bought more of them , and the goods wo bought ought to have been made In this country and given our own people employment. _ - A.V I.MIMHITA.VT VII3W. The I'liiMicnitlo Ciiiulliliitc ami lit * ' ' KiivlroiniK-iitN. SprlngfleM ( Sinus. ) Hcimbllciin ( In.l. . dem. ) . William J. Bryan Is a young , attractive , passiouato Idealist , with the temperament of the orator and without the polso of tbo statesman , Ho docs not stand four-squaro to all the winds that blow ; experience lias not seasoned and commended him. Ho la untried and Immature. No ono would think of selecting him , disassociated from the Ifi to 1 Issue , as the steady and strong pilot for the ship of state In stormy scaa such as have been encountered and "wo nro certain to mceet in tlio future. Ills elec tion would not only mean a great departure In the supreme question of public policy now at the front , but It would bo the eleva tion to our chief executive ofllco of a young- man without training in executive work. Youth Is not a bad thing In Itself , and youth with experience and sound Judgment , such as Wlllllam B. Itusacll had , might bo distinctly desirable. The Massachusetts man placed under the shadow of the presi dency could have been rolled upon to call about him a safe and strong cabinet , men fit to help guide and govern the country. How about Bryan ? Ho stands today allied with a narrow and Intense r llcallimi and surrounded by men whoso tendencies and records are revolutionary. In such a light nnd wo are engaged In thu sober business of electing n president ho does not appeal with favor or with the assurance of safety to these conservative forces that nro the bulwark of the republic. .M'JV ST.\.MIAIII > A.M1 THIS 31 A.V. l''rr < - Silver Men UN Itf'iluHiii ; Alni-rl- ILIIIIVIIK < * N It ) .11r.lejiii I.evt'l. C'lilenRO TlniOH-lleralJ. The Omaha World-Herald , the Boy Orator' * own paper , commenting upon nn illustration published by the Times-Herald a few days ago , showing that the Santa Fo system haste to pay $1 for labor on the American sldo of the boundary for CO centa United States money on the Mexican side , eays : With workliignien who aru not acquainted with the facts which the Chicago Times- Herald suppresses the above statement In- likely to bu n strong argument , but here aru the fituiprcsficd facts : 1. A Mexican "laborer" Is very much Ilko an Indian. Hu Is u peon and It lakes several peons to do the woik of ono American la borer. 2. Hlx wages , In proportion to the amount of work ho does , are as good as the wages of laborers In tlio United Slates. Hu la lazy also and will only work part of the time. 3. An American can find work In Mvxleo easier than in tliu United States nnd can al- with n big n. Blackwcll's Genuine Bull BEST Is Inuclufiu by Itudf. You < vlll llnd ono | V coupon lii'ttlo each two ounce bug , nnd two coil- i nous lualdo cucli Tour ounce bug of ' I' Oi Sackwelrs I tilmi mi ; 11 25 < th Tobacco Smoking lot Buy nbng of this celebrated tobacco nnd road the coupon Fin which Bive all tof valuable proHOiiW and howtOBCttliein. fin Mafl [ Jlllo