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run nun ox TIIAIXS.
All riillronil iirvisliojnre
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lo iii'i-miiinnclnti' i-vi'ry | ian-
nciiKrr ivlio nnuH to rcnil n
IMM > Miuuicr. Innlxt npoii Iiuv-
liur Tin : lire. If > on cannot
K < -l n Ilrion a Irnlii from tin ;
niMts imrl't , ] > II-IIMI- rcfiort
< he- fuel , MtalliiK the triilu anil
rallronil ( o the Circulation
Driuirlmciit of The lice. The
Hee IN for Niile oil all trnliiN.
INSIST ox II.VVIM ; THU nnn.
Chlof-i'k'ct Ituun In-
- ' OulliiKlipr lius -
dorstMl by Kcni' siiU' Uiuisoni. No\v lut
fiomoliody Indorse Itiiiisoin.
The nrlco of coal the middle of next
winter Is so rciitiui niieertnlnty that not
ovun u profL'ssIonal .si > oi't would want to
Iny a WIIKOP on It.
Trying to make a. martyr out of
GulltiKlier Is as dllllcult as Iryltif ; to innke
a chief of police out of him. He hicks
nil the ( inalillcations of both.
AinoiiR the resolutions adopted by the
Lancaster county democratic convention
Is one "pointing with pride to the record
of Nebraska's free silver representative's
In congress. " What record ?
Congress does not reconvene till December -
comber , but the governor of Mississippi
will hardly want to keep the aspirants
for the seat made vacant by the death of
Senator George around him that long.
It is to bo hoped the movement to build
an auditorium In Lincoln may succeed.
In the natural course of events Nebraska
political conventions must go occasion
ally to the state capital and when they
do meet there they ought to Iiave as good
accommodations as the place can afford.
Our American monetary commission
ers are enjoying themselves taking in
the pleasure resorts of Europe. If they
do not stir up anything to interfere with
the progress of returning prosperity at
home , spending their time in that way
may bo the most harmless tiling for
'tliem to do.
Tom Watson seems to have been over
looked In the Invitation list of the great
throe-ringed silver circus that is billed
for Lincoln for next Wednesday with
Hryan In his old role of ringmaster , and
Teller , Towne , Weaver and the other
popocrailu mimics as the novel and
unique clown combination.
With the protection afforded by the
new tariff law there Is no good reason
why the sheep and wool Industry In Ne
braska should not take a new impetus.
This Industry has already assumed large
and prolllable proportion- tills state.
Nebraska can easily be made one of the
great wool states of the union.
Senator Ciillum , who Is In London , says
liu has liijanl no expressions of opposi
tion from the Hrltlsh to American an
nexation of Hawaii. Why should the
35rltish object ? The British may want
to acquire some territory by annexation
Itself and would want nothing better
than to head off possible remonstrance
by the United Stales with a. sop like
Hawaii.
The populist state olllcers are becom
ing very sensitive to public criticism and
liardly a week passes that some one of
them does not publish an explanation of
fiomo transaction from which he fears the
public may draw the impression that
BiiinethliiK is wrong. The way for public
ollicers to avoid embarrassing explana
tions Is to avoid doing anything that
may call for explanation.
The populist state house machine Is
Injecting Itself Into local polities at the
Htate capital and manipulating local con
ventions In the Interest of the fusion pro
gram mapped out by state olllelals by
Which the head of the ticket Is to be
traded off to a democrat. Thus the re
form administration Is again making It-
Kclf guilty of the same abuses for which
If upbraided Its predecessors and which
it promised to abolish.
The great and only ,11m Dahlman ,
chairman of the democratic state com
mittee and on thu state pay roll for § 'J,000
us secrejary of the State Hoard of Trans
portation , has to go Into the democratic
utate convention on credentials of ap
pointment by his county committee.
When a party leader becomes so popular
that he dare not trust his party to select
him as delegate at a regular primary or
convention he must Lave fallen Into hard
lines.
oTA o n JIK ntovn or.
Governor Holcomb ImH been Indorsed
by the Douglas county inobocrnts who
stole u delegation to the democratic
state convention by disfranchising city
of more than 10.000 population nnd sealIng -
Ing a ward delegation whose only title
was obtained from ballot box stuffers
and common thieves. This body of
political desperndops congratulated the
governor upon the fact that his only
critics are the men and .newspapers .
who assisted In foisting embez/.lers
upon the people of Nebraska. "We love
him for the enemies he has made and
we hereby attest anew our appreciation
of Ids great public services" Is the
declaration of the hoodlum gang In con
vention assembled.
To what papers does this denuncia
tion have reference ? Is It to the Umaha
organ of the boodle gang , which excori
ated the governor for declining to play
Into the hands of the Hussell-Ohurchlll
combine and tried to hold him up to
contempt and ridicule when he declared
that he did not approve the rotten peni
tentiary appraisement ? Is II to the
Western Laborer , which In the name of
organized labor scored the governor for
playing false to the tellers who helped
to elect him with the understanding
that lie would give labor due recogni
tion ? Is It to the fearless , unbought
populistic newspapers that have taken
the governor to task for his lack of
spinal column In standing up for the
men who stood up for him without prlOe
and without hope of reward when he
needed support ? Or is this popgun shot
directed exclusively at The Hee , which
has praised Holcomb whenever he has
doiio his duty , covered some of his de
fects with the mantle of charity , but
exeiclsed Its right to criticise acts that
are Indefensible and methods that are
damnable ? If so , surely the mobo-
crats when they declare that Governor
llolcomb's only critics are "newspapers
and men who assisted in foisting embezzlers -
bezzlers on the people of Nebraska" do
not mean to Intimate that In foisting
Iloleomb upon Nebraska when they
were knlllng him and selling him out
for lilthy corporation lucre , The Hee
was helping the eiiibe/.xleineiits of funds
belonging to the people.
In borrowing the motto which Gen
eral Uragg applied to Grover Cleve
land that "we love him for the enemies
he has made" the Douglas county mobo-
crats use a very unfortunate expres
sion. Who loves him and who are the
enemies he has made ? High among
the Douglas delegation to the demo
cratic state convention whose love has
been so gushingly expressed is a no
torious bilk and deadbeat who regularly
draws checks on banks in which he
never had any deposit. Still another
is a man who achieved his llrst dis
tinction In Omaha years ago as an ex
pert ballot box stuffer. Another loving
admirer is a man who narrowly escaped
conviction on an indictment for murder.
Among those who love the governor for
the enemies he has made are the leaders
of the boodle gang that held up every
vulnerable interest In the late legisla
ture and the men who were besmirched
In the legislative gambling bill scandal.
Last but not least are several keepers
of notorious dives who enjoy protection
from Ills reform police commission. To
gain the admiration and love of such an
aggregation must make Governor IIol-
comb feel proud indeed.
TAXlffl ) AMKN LAHUll.
The Pennsylvania legislature passed In
.Tune last a law taxing alien labor three
cents a day and providing that the tax
should be deducted by the employers of
such labor from the wages of the alien
employe and paid into the county treas
uries. A question was raised i\S to the
constitutionality of the act and a decision
was rendered a few days ago In the
United States circuit court at IMttsburg
declaring the law to be unconstitutional
and In direct conflict with the federal
laws.
The court held that the alien tax law
was unquestionably In violation of the
fourteenth amendment to the constitu
tion. The tax was of an unusual char
acter , directed against and confined to a
particular class of persons. It was hos
tile to and discriminated against such
persons , interposing to the pursuit by
them of their lawful avocations obstacles
to which others under like circumstances
are not subjected. It imposes upon these
persons burdens which are not laid uixm
others in the same calling and condition.
The tax Is an arbitrary deduction from
the dally wages of a particular class of
persons. The court t < ald that tin ; equal
protection of the laws declared by the
fourteenth amendment to the constitu
tion secures to each person within the
jurisdiction of a state exemption from
any bunions or charges other than such
as are equally laid upon all others under
like circumstances. "It Is apparent , "
said the court , "that the mere fact of
elasstllciitlon Is not sulllcient to relieve a
statute from the reach of the equality
clause of the fourteenth amendment and
that In all cases It must appear not only
that a classification has been made , but
also that it Is one based upon some rea
sonable ground some difference which
bears a just and proper relation to the
attempted elasslllcation and Is not a
mere arbitrary selection. "
It Is probably entirely safe to say that
this decision will be sustained by the
higher courts , In the event of an appeal
being taken to them and the matter IN
obviously one of no little Importance. If
this Pennsylvania law were pronounced
constitutional there can bo no doubt that
similar legislation would be enacted In
a number of states and a serious burden
thus be Imposed upon many people. It
Is true that escape from the operation of
such a law Is to bo found by those to
whom it applies In becoming citizens
and many aliens Jn Pennsylvania have
availed themselves of this , but a consid
erable number have been found disquali
fied for citizenship under the conditions
Imposed by the courts. It may be said
that a man who Is not sulllelently Intelli
gent to become a citizen "of the United
States Is not entitled to any considera
tion , but he Is hero and must cither earn
his living or bo subsisted at the public
expense. To discriminate against him
by subjecting him to a special tux would
not better lit him for citizenship , while
it would Impose upon him a burden us
nn-Aincrlcnn ns It Is unconstitutional. It
hurt been rather surprising to 11 ml tTio
Pennsylvania law generally supported
by the press of that state , but of course
this Is to be accounted for by their In
disposition to glvo any offense to the
labor not amenable to the law. Unques
tionably It Is desirable that all men who
get their livelihood In this country
should be citizens , but those who do not
choo.se to do so should not be subjected
to such discrimination as that of the
Pennsylvania law.
Avr IXSTKAH UP ni.Mrn'tt-icr.
Democracy Is the rule of the people.
Its fundamental principle Is the equal
participation of all citizens In the gov
ernment. The convention of the so-
called Douglas county democracy held
to select delegates to the democratic
stale convention was a most disgrace
ful exhibition of unbridled moboeraey.
Instead of carrying out the expressed
wish and will of the democrats recorded
at the democratic caucuses and pri
maries , Its procedure from beginning to
end was a high-haiided usurpation of
power In total disregard of precedent
and right. With Kd Ilowell , chairman of
the county committee , clinking off free
speech , a band of hoodlums howling
down all who dared demand fair play
and the boss gamblers of the town on
the floor buying up country delegations ,
the mobocratlc ring succeeded In secur
ing full sway and a delegation of Its
own choosing Instructed to carry out
the program which Is to perpetuate
Its control of the party machinery.
In no other convention ever held In
Omaha have men whose seats were
contested moved their own recognition
as delegates and voted to seat them
selves while their contestants were ex
cluded. In no oilier political conven
tion held by any party has the city of
.South Omaha ever been completely dis
franchised. \ For this outrage the pre
text Is that the South Omaha delegation
was elected at a caucus Instead of at
a primary , and although there was no
contest and more than two-thirds of the
delegates from county precincts were
elected in the same way , the moboerats
voted South Omaha out entirely and
left it without , any representation. Only
one year ago the delegates who were
seated by the convention that nomi
nated Hrynn for president wen * ap
pointed by the county committee with
out any authority from the democratic
voters either In primary , caucus or con
vention.
In accord with the eternal fitness of
things the moboerats , after expelling
the sixteen delegates from South Omaha
and driving out nearly a third of the
regularly elected delegates , went
through the motions of voting all the
vacant seats and completed the shame
less farce of electing a state delegation
and passing resolutions of praise and
censure when less than thirty out of the
180 duly accredited delegates represent
ing the leading democratic county in the
state were In the convention hall.
QL'IT l > JAYlfiU HOUSE.
The Dee Is glad to know that tlioro arc n
number of self-respecting druggists who will
not tolerate the slot machine gambling de
vices in their places of business. For this
they certainly deserve credit. There are al
together too many shopkeepers who , In their
eagerness for the elusive dollar , are willing
to undermine the morals of the entire com
munity by placing the gambling temptation
within the reach of every boy and girl
Omaha Bee.
If The Omaha Dee Is so anxious to remove
temptation from the path of the young In
Omaha , why does It not get after the one
spacies ot gambling that Is doing more In onu
fiay to corrupt the young than all the slot
machines do in a month ? Why does It not
unlimber Ita batteries and point them in the
direction of the policy shops , that are under
the direction and management of Tom Den-
nlson , and operated In defiance of law in this
city nnd South Omaha ? The Omaha Dee Is
profuse in Us advlco to lessen the gambling
ovll by stopping the slot machines , but not a
word has It said of Tom Dennlson's policy
game , which Is the lowest form of gambling ,
and doing a thousand times more than the
slot machine , faro table or roulette wheel to
colfion the mlnda of the young with the virus
of gambling. World-Herald.
Yes , quit playing horse and do not de
lude yourself Into the belief that the
people of Omaha are all knaves or fools.
To the best of our information there is
no policy shop running in Omaha , but
if there is , Why has not the reform po
lice commission suppressed it ?
It may servo the purpose of the organ
of the roulette and far ? gamblers and
the keepers of robbers' roosts Into which
strangers are decoyed nnd fleeced to
magnify the awful consequences of
policy , and it has served Its purpose well
with the present police commission to
paint Tom Dennlson as the policy king
and ] irlnce of gamblers , when in fact
he Is a comparatively Insignificant factor
in the gambling fraternity. So far as
The Hee Is concerned It has never made
any distinction between kinds of gam
bling and the relative Immorality of dif
ferent gambling devices and gambling
shops.
The Heo has a consistent record of op
position to public gambling in every
form. It protested loudly against the
ordinance licensing gambling while the
World-Herald , by Its silence , gave as
sent. The Heo exposed the gambling
bill scandal at the legislature last winter
and prevented the boodle gang from re
pealing tlie anti-gambling laws , but the
World-Herald uttered never a word of
protest against the Infamous scheme.
The Heo has repeatedly shown up the
existence of gambling resorts In Omaha ,
but the World-Herald has upheld Its
friends on successive police boards in
countenancing the evil by ignoring It.
The Hee has denounced the slot-machine
licensing ordinance which alms to trans
form saloons , cigar stores , barber shops
and drug stores Into gambling resorts ,
but not a line has been printed by the
World-Herald Indicating Its opposition
to the licensing of thin Insidious crime.
As the organ of the gamblers' gang that
boasts control of the reform police com
mission the World-Herald's
- champion
ship of licensed gambling is not surprls-
The mobocratlc convention threw a
sop to .Tohn A. Creighton by electing
him a delegate to the state convention ,
but w apprehend that John A. Crrtlgh-
ton Is not anxious to go Into the pro
cession lu which Charley Fanning ,
Charley Kostcrs , Robert K. Lee Herd-
mnn , Kd Ilowoll , Dnu IIoHn nnd other
strcpli cornel gjjtrlots ro to parade. . In
the front ranks. It H not likely i-lllier
that John A. Creighton has forgotten
the scurrilous attacks which the mobo-
eratlc gang } iU\de \ upon him when ho
lay proslrajljjgyi his home from the
dastardly assaults of footpads , who
were reprcst'hle.tl as only carrying out a
plot to which -/Mr. Creighton was a
party. . .
Hecause thdfarmer Is getting better
prices for Ills wheat , corn and other
products , does not of Itself justify the
railroads In holding him up for the bulk
of his profits for transporting them to
market. The freight charges that have
been remunerative to the railroads on
the tralllc of the past year ought to
be remunerative without raise on the In
creased tratllc with which they are now
overwhelmed.
The new Omaha fast mall out of
Chicago should be nit Improvement upon
present mall facilities , even though It Is
not so very fast. What the people of
this section are entitled to ask Is that
the money paid by the government for
fast mall trains bo used for the ad
vantage of the business men and general
public , rather than for the exclusive
benefit of a few Chicago newspapers with
a pull.
No unnecessary delay on the part of
paving contractors to whom work has
been awarded should bo tolerated by the
city authorities. The paving- and repay
ing that have been ordered should be
completed at all event- * before the present
season closes. There will be plenty of
work for next season without having any
unfinished jobs left over.
Every state olllcer and state house em
ploye who rushed to the frontier to
welcome Hrynn on his return from his
Yellowstone park junket traveled on
railroad passes , while the poor farmers
who are gaping at the champion antl-
monopoly aggregation are paying the
freight.
It looks as If the whole state govern
ment were drawing salaries paid by the
taxpayers of the tate merely to act as
escort to a man who is said to bo travelIng -
Ing about the country "simply as a
private citizen. "
If any one wants to know where the re
publicans of Nebraska stand on the ques
tion of honesty in public otlice and the
punishment of public thieves all lie haste
to do Is to read the republican state plat
form.
The dome of the capltol at Washing
ton and the dome of the court house at
Omaha are being'rejuvenated ' with fresh
paint at the sanlc time. And they say
there Is nothing in coincidence.
'GloUu-lJctnocrnt.
The king of"SIam has decided not lo visit
this country because , aa he politely says ,
ho could not'see It satisfactorily "in ICES
than iilx months. ' There la something In
that , though tuany of our foreign visitors
have written a ; book-about us.atthe end of
six weeks.
i GnvoriiiuiMit Iiy In junction.
Chicago Ilccord.
The dissatisfaction , ill-feoling nnd injus
tice resulting from the adoption of Una
policy should convince the order-loving cle
ment In the community that provision should
bo made by .statute for putting a etop to
this' new use of the writ of Injunction ,
which must result In a subversion of the
ordinary processes of law If allowed to go
on unchecked. The United States senate
passed a bill to this effect practically with
out opposition , but It was not acted upon In
the house. The measure should be revived
and enacted into law.
Si Hnlcoail > * N Cure-All.
New York Sun.
Hon. Silas Holcomb , governor of Nebraska ,
seems to bo a serious rival of the Economist
of Lincoln. Ho eays that Ncbrr.ska "would
bo on the high road to prosperity , " If "bi
metallism , " a proper kind of tariff , and laws
against trusts prevailed. By reading the
newspapers of his state Governor Holcomb
might learn thnt Nebraska IIDJ already gone
a long way on the high road to prosperity ,
but ho Is too consistent a statesman to admit
that such a condition of things exists. Any
prosperity that has come or may come will
be regarded by Governor Holcomb and his
school as merely accidental , temporary and
Illogical. For genuine prosperity apply to
1C to 1. Avoid imitation. ? .
llrj-llii mill III * Iliillroiul PIINH.
New Yorlc Mall anil Kxpn'ss.
Just after Mr. W. 'J. ' liryan became the
democratic nominee for president last July
ho ostentatiously purchased u railroad ticket
to Ills old home In Illinois , declaring that
ho "asked no favors of corporations. " In
order to linprerss more deeply upon the
people the democratic quality of hla democ
racy , he chose the least comfortable car on
au accommodation train for li's wife , and
himself. But a year makes many changes ,
and strips the covering from many a hypo
crite , and we find the tribune of the people
writing to a I'aclflc railroad company :
"I'lcaso furnish mo transportation from
Sacramento to Portland , with stop-over
privileges. I will call for It at Sacramento. "
It makes a' ' difference sometimes.
Uniform Divorce Inw.
1'lilluilelplila I oilRcr.
The movement for a uniform divorce law ,
to bo adopted In all the elates , Is being
pushed systematically , though Quietly , and
Is gaining headway. A committee of the uni
form law committee Is now at work drafting
a bill on the lines of the divorce law now In
force In the lUstr ) of Columbia. When
completed the bill will bn submitted to the
National liar association , and If approved by
that body an effort will be made to have It
adopted by the ' IcglxlaturfH of all the
states , thus ending ( he scandal , mltscry and
actual crime now caused by the conflicting
provisions nf tho' ya.rlou.i laws on this Im
portant subject. Such a work is greatly
needed , and It In hoped Its Importance will
appeal to all tliB''lMslatures ' for Its tpecdy
accomplishment ' ( ,
'IiniMH.rno.vi ; , < > ITI.OOIC. ;
Unix \MliU'XlL * Ui'inocrntN In < li < *
1'ri'Hcnt Situation.
Ilnrper'a Weekly.
Will the national democrats bo brought
Into camp ? For iiiorii than OIIB reason It Is
to bo hoped tha Uiey will not ho KOduced
back to the allegiance which has always
more or less flMrti'ced ( them. Kven with
their esslatanco Mr. Gorman cannot win any
more victories. Ho Is discredited , and lib op
portunity has been lost by his own fault.
Moreover , ha and hla do not stand for the
principled which the national democrats pro
fess. At present there seems to bo no sign
that the two hostile democratic factions will
coma together. The national democrats are
organizing against I ho common enemy of a
year ago , and are putting Independent tickets
ln"homluatlon. They are refusing to unite
with the republicans , It U true , and are
declining to make- victory doubly sure by
continuing to vote with Mr. McKlnley's
friends. It may bo that the repuhllcacu will
yet have cause to regret that they have
compelled thla attitude on the part of their
allies of last ycsr , but , regrettable or not ,
the attitude kj an Important fact In the pres
ent political situation.
It Id decidedly for the Interest ot the
country that tae plans of the old democratic
leaders should go astray. Nothing more un
fortunate could happen to American politics
than ( ho reunion ot the Olnnipmlicred factions
of the democratic parly Such A reunion
i would menn the rrntorntlon to ItAilrrflhlp of
! the men who have discredited Ihclr p.irty ,
defeated Its principle * , nml driven ! nto re
tirement come ot the ablest and mrst useful
public men In the country. The country Is
to bo congratulated th.it at present the na
tional democracy display that enthusiasm
without which MPW movements' nre hopdrn * .
And while Mr. Oormnn and some of hla associate
sociatenro nhrowd , nd white > Mr. Holes
possesses the respect of mnny. who do not
agrfp with him , the objects of the wile * of
the one and the proffered compromise of the
other nre o opposed to the principles ot
the nntionnl democracy thnt the failure of
thp transparent movement for harmony
scums Inevitable.
POPULISTS mm.v.vD Tin :
Olllrhil OrKiui SHJM Democrat * mill
.Sllvvrllcn Mnntlclil Klrnt IMacr ,
Nebraska ImU'iieiulf-nt.
The last legislature was composed of
sixty-fix populists , twenty-nine democrats ,
four silver republicans nnd forty ro-
ptiullcntis. This Includes the members
thnt wore utu < aalnl In the Douglas
county contests. It will be Been thnt
the combined number ot populists , dem
ocrats nnd silver republicans was nlnoly-
tilne. If the representation of nipmhmi
elected to the representative bodies ot
Nebraska be taken ns n basis for the
division of the patronage nud spoils
It will be seen that the populists
would bo entitled to approximately CG pel-
cent , the democrats 29 per cent nnd the
silver republicans tof 5 per cent , giving the
advantage ot the 1 per rent to the silver
republicans. This Is perhaps as fair n basis
for the distribution of the political patron-
neeas could he found. It Is certainly not
unfair to the democrats or silver repub
licans , for ns , will bo remembered , In all the
counties In the state the argument was
effectively tis ° d la the county conventions
that the populists had all of the candidates
for state olllccs except attorney gcntrnl
nnd therefore the candidates for the legis
lature should be given to the democrats and
t'llver republicans , which In mnny strongly
populists counties wns granted. Anyone
who will take the trouble to Investigate
will tlnd that the populists have not had CG
per cent of the appointive positions , thnt
they have not had to exceed f > 0 per cent ot
the positions , The claim that the demo
crats have not received their proper
share Is therefore without founda
tion. They have received more than their
share. There Is no reason why they claim
the right to nominate the candidate for
supreme judge In the coming state conven
tion. Certainly 4 or C per cent of the vote
polled would not entitle the sliver repub
licans to nnmc the candidate. Viewed In the
light ot fairness the candidate should come
from the populist party.
MOUK mSMOCIIATlG HINU 111)1,13. )
Comity Moluicral Ic Conven
tion HUM n Dinil.lc in IMntle County.
Columbus TcleKriun.
There -is wide room for complaint ns to
the manner In which the nomination of
the ticket was brought about. Demo
crats all over the county , If wo are
correctly Informed , feel that the democratic
convention wes wrested away from the
party through methods that were shameful
and dishonorable. It is well known and
not denied that populists all over the county ,
casting aside their honor and manhood , ap
peared at the democratic primaries and par
ticipated therein , voting with those who de
sired the disruption of the democratic party
la the Interest of the populist party. In
some cases pops even stooped to perjury in
order to vote , when , If they had the faintest
conception of honor , they could not have been
Induced to do so. This was not confined to
the rank and file of the party , hut In. many
Instances the pop leaders set the dishonor
able example and the privates of the party
followed In droves. Wo will just mention
one Instance : In the First ward of the city
of Columbus , J. S. Freeman , the biggest and
fattest pop In the county the chairman of
the pop central committee a man who had
participated In the pop primaries and had
been elected as a delegate to the pop county
convention and was such a delegate at the
time , presented himself at the democratic
ward primary , demanded to nnd was allowed
to vote tor delegates to the democratic con
vention , and that vote , thus wrongfully cast ,
defeated a delegation of democrats to said
convention. In some precincts in the county
more pops than democrats voted at the
democratic caucuses or primaries. What
does the reider think of a convention
packed in this manner ? Was it fair ? Was
It just ? Is there any wonder that democrats
express some unwillingness to abide by a
decision reached in such manner ? However ,
wo only present the facts.
MOW USKl < * iri\l3SS FOR GOll.V.
SnliNtilndoii of Corn Meal for
I'rliM'i ! KooilNtiiirH.
Chicago Tribune.
An advance in wheat of f 0 per cent ,
with a resultant advance In the price of
flour , has a vital bearing on the food sup
ply question. It has been one ot the argu
ments of the bulls on wheat that the per
capita consumption of wheat In this country
is not sensibly affected by the fluctuations
In the price ot wheat and its products. They
have claimed that the American consumer
will have wheat brejd , practically regard-
lesa of cost , and that the Increase in the
price of a loaf of bread , due lo even a sharp
enhancement of the value ot wheat , Is in
significant.
The wheat market , however. Is Interna
tional , and the Increase of the cost of food
stuffs 1.3 promptly reflected In countries
where the conditions ot the nusses are
much less favorable than here. The ad
vance of wheat to a dollar In the Chicago
market Is but a manifestation of a move
ment which will he at once felt by the
peasantry of Europe and the people of the
overcrowded and , lu i > ome cases , famine-
stricken countries of the far cast.
The reasoning of people who say that price
and per capita consumption have but little
Immediate relation has been demonstrated
to ho fallacious even In this country , where
the struggle for mere subsistence Is not so
great as In other less favored lands. The
enforced economy inado necessary during
the last few years has undoubtedly encour
aged an Important substitution of corn for
wheat as a breadstuff , fiven when the dis
parity between the prices of corn and wheat
was less marked than at the present time
tbo substitution of corn , particularly in the
adulteration of wheat flour , began to attract
general attention in milling circles. IJy
improved corn milling processes the proportion
tion of corn flour which wheat flour will
carry without much danger of detection
has been greatly increased during tlm last
few ynars. Them Is nn apparent desire on
the part of millers to withhold data on this
subject.
Notwithstanding the wholcsomencBs of
products of the great American cereal , It
must ho admitted that the great part of
tlui corn which has been put Into consump
tion has masqueraded under the gulso of
wheat flour. The consumption of corn us a
food for human beings Is greater In thlfi
country than nbroad , It Is particularly
largo In the south , and it Is safe to say
that n great part of the flour milled for the
southern trade during the last two years
has carried a full quota of corn ,
Tim foreigners have not In all cases taken
kindly to corn a a foodstuff , a. * "Corn"
Murphy's experience demonstrated , The
best argument to thu foreigner who muni
have a low priced foodstuff has been that
ot prices , The last few years of scarcity
of wheat suppllivi and forage grain In Ku-
rope and of an abundance of low-priced corn
hero have ilono more than \a \ recognized to
open new markets for corn. The consump
tion ot corn abroad as forage haA been cnor-
mouu. exceeding tint of any previous years.
The foreign consumption of corn at > human
food liafj also been greatly Increased. One
of the most prominent corn millers of the
United Stairs only recently returned from
a I3urope.au trip which resulted from a ee-
rlM of inquiries which promised to open now
fields for Ida product. Hia expectations were
uioru than realized.
The sharp advance of wheat and Its rela
tive scarcity hero nnd abroad make the
substitution of corn aa a low-priced food
stuff logical. This substitution may not
be all direct. The hort rye crops abroad
will be huobanded for consumption In the
form ot bread , and corn will be used la the
place of rye aa forage and In distillery oper
ations. In the eamo way barley will bo
replaced lu the making of beer by "grits , "
a com product for which the foreign de
mand has been Increasing at a phenomenal
rate.
ITICKIST HMIMSNTI.Y SATWCTOIIY. .
Tribune ! The republican * of Ne-
brnnkn , have opohen. Hon. A. M. I'M ! In the
nominee for supreme Judge , 0. W. Knlry of
Ked Cloud and John N. Dryden ot K irney
nro the nomlneei for resents. All by aeel \ -
mntlon. It wan .in p.trnmt , cnthuakvsllc con
vention. John It. Mcl'heeley ot Mlndcn wns
permanent chairman of the convention. Nor-
rls Drown ot Kearney was the temporary
chairman nnd his pccch wns one of the hits
of the convention. Senator TlmnUon made
ft miwtcrful. feeling Adilrefs , nnd hl ro-
ni.tlkfl were received with Rre.at cnthuslaAm.
Ills nnnouneement that he U not n candi
date for re-election was a surpiiso to
all , nnd Is regarded by hl friends as prema
ture. Judge linker made n brief and chnrnc-
lerlsllo speech. The harmonious manner In
which Ihc convention was pullivl off Indicates
n strong purpose to close up the republican
rank * and prrxcnt a bold , unbroken front to
the opposition , which ntigurs well for repub
lican success nnd supremacy.
Kearney Hub : The rcnomltiMlon of Chief
Justice 1'ost for supreme Judge was n fore
gone conclusion. H Is n case where every
body wanted the nominee to be choncn nnd
the choice of the convention will be ratified
by every republican club nnd organization In
the state. He was the choiceof the repub
licans generally and will be accorded the
undivided support of the party nt the
polls. His record on the bench has been
clean , he Is above reproach personally , and
politically , n favorite eon of Nebraska.
Judge 1'ost will be re-elected. The selec
tions of John N. Dryden of Kearney and C.
W. Kaloy of lied Cloud for candidates for
regents of the university were the heat that
could have been made , lluffnlo county re-
puhlicnits nre particularly well pleased with
the nomination of Mr. Drydrn , nnd the
strength of the state ticket has been much
enhanced by the eholco. There ought to be
llttlo doubt of the result al IMP polls thin
fall when mirh a ticket as Tost. Dryden and
Knley Is placed before Ihe people.
York Times : One sentiment seemed to In
spire every delegate to the republican Rtatc
convention and thnl was nn aruur.uico of vic
tory this fall. Every argument of the op
position has been disproved , every prophesy
has proven false , while the promises of the
republican party are redeemed and the result
of republican success has boon all thnt wai
predicted. There is no reason on earth why
the republican party should not succeed anil
every prophesy of that result Is a compliment
to the good judgment of the people of t In
state. The contention was euilnulnstlc ,
though deeply In earnest , end there was o
general feeling that every personal and selfish
Interest should be sacrlllccd for party suc
cess. Judge Post was renominated by accla
mation and his support was cordial and sin
cere. Republicans feel fully jus-tilled In say
ing we cannot hope that any man would
do better than Judge Post has done and very
few indeed would do so well. The two candi
dates for the regency are good men. well
nuallllcd for the position. The ticket Is ad
Srong as could bo made , the platform Is
candid and Ktrong. H promises no more than
can be fufllled , but all that Is necessary.
The campaign this fall will bo n gaining
one for republicans from start to finish nnd
the result will be victory.
Fremont Tribune : The republican state
convention did what It was expected to do.
Ever since Judge Post , whoso first olllclal
term ot six years Is just expiring announced
ed his candidacy It has been a foregone con
clusion that he would bo given a place on
the ticket again. There was some talk of
various other aspirants "new" men but
this sentiment crystallized in favor ot no
candidate nnd therr was no opposition to
Judge Post when the balloting took place
In the convention. The basis of this talk
was not because there was not every reason
from considerations of the fitness of Judge
Post , but to placate n sentiment thnt has
been emphasized by reason of the defalca
tion of republican officials. This and party
defeat have led to the demand for new lead
ers , but after surveying the field It was de
cided by the large and representative con
vention that Judge Post was the most avail
able candidate , ns he Is certainly one of
the ablest and most just and impartial
Judges of any who have over sat on the
Nebraska bcnch.Tlie people ot Dodge coun
ty are familiar with Judge. Post. He served
them with ability , -fidelity and credit as a
district Judge.They know with what fairness
nnd dispatch ho disposed of his work. They
approvingly watched his career on the supreme
premo bench. Wo bollevo they will yield
to their dictates of fairness and give him a
good majority of their votes as a reward
for services well nnd honorably rendered.
the nominees for regents ot the State uni
versity nro honorable and competent men.
C. W. Knley of Red Cloud has had one
term. Ho has been exceptionally faithful In
the performance of the duties of this hon
orary position. Ho has not suffered any
neglect because there is not salary attached
to the position. J. N. Drydtn of Kearney
Is a graduate of the university. Naturally
ho entertains the highest regard for his alma
mater. Besides , ho is a highly-educated
gentlemen who has modern and practical
views of educational methods. With these
nominees , standing ap they do on a vigor
ous platform of vital principles clearly
enunciated , the republicans will wage a
lively battle in Nebraska , and we hellevo a
victorious ono. On with the -fight !
IO\VA I'RIC.SS COMMK.VT.
Sioux City Tribune : Certain Iowa poli
ticians would not teach their children to
rjavo their pennies for fear of educating them
Into the capital class.
Davenport Dcmocrct : Ex-Governor Holes
Ms been read out of the fusion party. The
great mistake of the governor was In consentIng -
Ing to speak for a platform and a tleket with
whose objects he la not In sympathy. Only
these who want to pay their debts with " 9-
cent dollars can support tho- fusion rchemp
with any zeal , nnd there are mighty few of
this clafo In the good state of Iowa.
nurllngton Hawkeye : It Is simply heart
rending the way the protective tariff , the
crlmo of ' 7.1 and the money power nro crushIng -
Ing the western agriculturalists. John Slol-
Mr , a Nebraska farmer , who went Into debt
for eighty acres ot land , has ral.iod enough
wheat on it this year to clear the debt.
How Governor Ilolcomh can sit In his olllco
and ECO- such crimes pcrpefated In his own
otato without a word of proteat , pomes our
comprehension.
Dos 'Molni-3 ' deader : In another column
thla morning Is published a brief letter of
explanation from ex-Governor Holes , correctIng -
Ing an error thnt crept Into the report of
his Marshalltown address. Referring tothe
Wlndom plan for the use of silver , Mr. Uolcs
was made to fay : "I would , If necessary ,
elaborate his plan so as to attract to the
tracsury the output of our own mines , both
gold and Bllver , and put the metal on an ex
act equality In our financial system , giving lo
each at all times Its exact value to he de
termined by the maikct prlco of the silver
In the principal markets of the world. " What
Mr. Holes really did fay waa this : "Giving
to each ( that Is , to both gold and silver ) nt
all times Its exact value to bo determined
by the market prlco of the tame In the prin
cipal markets of the world , " It In Mr. Holrs
Idea that exactly the name treatment should
be accorded both metals , letting the ratio
take euro of Itself.
.Il'IXii ; WOOIAVOHTII'S ADDIIKSS.
Minneapolis Journal : The rights and
duties of un American citizen can he brought
within thu apprehension of the metres by
such reforms as Mr. Woolworth suggests In
a limited manner , but the be t way to de
stroy "alien end virulent herfrfle " Is for the
stateto hr-gln to teach the rights and duties
of citizenship and their limitation ! ) In the
public fclioolo In the most thorough manner ;
and back ol that the homo Influence nnmt
bo counted as a factor of citizenship , upon
which the first responsibility must be laid.
If the fountain source Is pure , the stream
will bo pure.
Chicago Journal : As Mr. Woolworth hlm-
89lf points out , the legislation of the last
twenty-live year * lies Inaugurated many de
partures from old principles. The doctrlnu
that the Htato should let things bo may still
bo preached , but It has been Ignored In prac
tice tlmo and tlmu again. On the other
hand , nothing has occurred to Ruutaln the
opinion that changes were to bo brought
about by violent and revolutionary meth
ods or that socialism was their goal. Each
separate- problem has been taken up as It
presented Itself and disposed of In an emi
nently practical way , according to tbo
genius of our people.
Sioux City Journal : There U Imperative
need of a changn lu the , application of laws
and administration of juutlco that will lead
the people to greater respect for the laws
and for the courts. Nouo knows better
limn a inwyr whrre this chnnRf la nco.lcd ,
] mid how it may be best broushl Ab.iul Lw
j yew ami Jinlses sop HIP wenk points In lawn
i nnd In courts. Thnt they do not press hard-
i cr for reformation Is ton often du lo selfish
ImptiltcK. Hut , ns t'rcflldcnt Woolworth
suggested lu his nddns * , the dnng.r l.i
great , mid Ihe wrnth of the people who feel
thpiiiwlvos oppressed and excluded from tlm
botiMltR of laws and Kovi-rninrnts may simo
day sweep away , not merely statute * nnd
Courts but governments. The duty of cjtir.u
Is clear.
Phlhdflphla Ledger : Mr. Woolworth' *
remedy for HIP penis which , In he Judg
ment , menncp the social order Is the appli
cation of "thp nipchanlsm of the law" to
thp education r > f nil In the rights mid dutlort
of cltiror * . This may mean omMhitiR to
Mr. Woolworth , but the finite mind may
not everywhere grnup It. The true remedy
lira In the hmuls of every voirr nnd It Is the
judicious rxerclsp of the rlr.ht of suffrage.
Whroi the citizen will determine to vote
undersInndliiKly nnd put honest men on
guard In thp Iogl lnturp nnd In municipal
councils he will denl n death blow nt poliili-nl
favoritism mid IppNlntlvp Injustice HP can
do this by Interesting himself In the prlinnr-
le of his own party rmd by Independent voting
ing at the general elections.
TIIK virri.n.\ : 111 IM'U.O.
Springfield Republican : Thp gem of Vrrsl-
dent McKluloy's uprcrh nt lluffnlo wns this *
Thp army of Grant nnd the army of 1 , o are
together. One country. UUP ling !
Kansas Oty Star : The pplertlnn of Gen-
ernl J. P S. Goliln nf Peunsvlvmila na cn > n-
innmlpr In rhlpf of thp Grand Annv of Hut
Republic will guarantee to that orKiinlr.ailon
a wise nnd cnnsenallvp ndmlnlftrntlou of
Us nffnlrs dtirlnc ; the r-naulni ; term Ornernl
OoMn was nti cvrollont Koldlor In the
field during thp war and has perform- much
valuable service for the people of Ills s'nto '
tioth In civil nnd military HUPS "inci < nnd
he Is rapnblp and conscientious In whatever
capacity ho nets.
Des Molnos Leader : In other ordera
deaths , suspensions , etc. , can bo mndo up by
the- Initiation of nrw members. Nut sn with
the Grand Army of the Republic. It can
not renew Its mrmbeishlp nud with what
philosophy It tuny must face the furl thnt
within n fpw years Its encampment1 * will no
longer bo hold. Its rllual no longer b' road ,
Its greetings no longer bo Interchanged
The oiKaiilzntlon Is In Its nftcrnnnn. nud
while the warmth of It Is still mellow nnd
rich , the thought cannot IIP avoided thnt the
shadows are ( minting toward the east , nud
that soon will come the sunset , the twilight
nnd then the end.
Philadelphia Press : The la t four ptvamn-
mcntn appeared to prove that the i > uaoii-
tlon had passed its heyday , tint n.i evidence
of decline h vl'lblo at the thirty fir. t re
union now holng hold lu IlulT.ilo. The nt-
teudnncp In the- largest , the ciittuuiMem the
greatest and the p'neosslon ono of the long
est known nt any encampment. Thorp nro
reasons for thla. As the veterans prow Older
and the hour approaches when they mint
surremlor tn the conqueror ot all mankind
old association.1) nre prized more highly nnd
the occasions when they can bo 'onpwed nro
more eagerly sought after. This brincn yearly
a larger percentage of the older members
who are still able lo travel to the encamp
ments and nre eager to Improve the opportun
ities left.
PMIndclphal Lnlgor : The Grand -\rniy ot
the Republic IVIR now no Rroat ml' l"ii to per
form c-xccnt that of keeping olive the spirit
of patriotism which railed It Into bolng , of
decorating the graves of the dead and of
caring for unfortunate comrades and their
widows and orphans. All of these duties It
discharges faithfully. Without the dlro-'tlng
aid of the pnats , Memorial day would have
been forgotten long ago Instead of becoming
as It has a national holiday only ferotid In
importance to the Fourth of July. Eni-h post
also disburses n charity fund , guards the
Interests of pensioners nnd helps to ndtnlnln-
tcr the affalra of soldiers' homos nnd orphan
schools. The humblest member of the or
ganization who had any snare whatever la
crushing the rebellion and rcstoilug the
union ha. In his bronze button a medal of
honor which he should guard as such.
I'KIISOXAI. AMI OTI1I2IIWISH.
Spiritualists In Joffersonvlllc , Ind. , hnve
rented a haunted house for a meeting place.
They nre willing to take the risk for the
privilege of seeing a real ghost walk.
Just what place the word "syfnxlng"
should occupy In dictionaries has been
so much of a mystery that learned compilers
carefully omitted It. A newspaper WeLster
grappled with the problem and succeeded
In relieving the menial agitation of man
kind. How simple It Is when you know how.
Possibly the boy is
needing a new suit to
start to school in. If
such is the case we de
sire to call your atten
tion to the excellent
suitings we are offer
ing the youths and lit
tle fellows in our child
ren's department this
week. Good , strong ,
well made garments
in all the prevailing
styles and texturesjust
the thing to stand the
wear and tear they are
subjected to by a live
ly , wide-awake school
boy , and at prices that
show them to be unu
sual values.
"Early fall novelties
in ha'.s are now open
for your inspection. "
Sto