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OMAHA DAILY BE : MONDAY , APRIL 4 , 1808. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE H. ItOSEWATKlt , Cdllor. I'UHLISIUU ) BVF.IIY UOHNIXU. TKHM8 BUnSClMPTIONt n ( Without Himdiy ) , One Tear . * ll n anil Sunday , Ono Tear . ' Hlx .Months . Th Month * . . . . . . Hunday U , One Year . . . Halunlay lira. One Tcnr. . . . Wetklr ll < % One Tear . OFFICES : Omnha ! Tlie I > e null-ling. Bonth Oirahn : Singer lllk. . Cor. N and Illh El Council lllulTC 10 Tcarl Street. Ch'cnBn OIIKP1 tOJ Chamber of Commerce. Now York ! Temple Court. Washington : Wt Fourteenth Street. Alt communications relating to nenri and edlti rial matter ehoull bo tul < lrtii < l : To the Cdlto I1US1NE33 LETTERS. All builncwi let ten and remittance ! tihould I < Mrc eil to The Bee Publishing Compan : Omaha. Drafts , checks , exprcsi ami poMoflli monfy ardors to lie made payable to the order i the company. TUB llUfJ rUDLISlUNO COMPANY. OF CIRCULATION , of Nebraska. Dougla * county , tn.i ne II. Tzschueic , secreVnry of The Ilee Put compnny , Ijelnff duly worn. .iys that tn ni-lunl numlwr of full and complete copies of Tl. Dally , Morning , livening nnd Sumlajr lltcprlnte Uurin ? Hie montli of March , IS'JS. was a * folluwi . Not total fai > * fSI.M . ' Net da'ly average I2.3S OKonai : n. TZSCHUCK. Sworn to lx > fore me ami nuLurlbed In my nrcs cnce this l t day of April , IS'JS. N. P. FBIU ( Seal. ) Notary Public. Governor Ilolcomb should have super vised tlmt settlement with Hartley b ; substitute. I'lant treed. Arbor day IB coming , bn there Is nothing to compel tree planter to wait for the arrival of Arbor day. Wo fear that several lilsh officials Ii Washington ( and Madrid omitted tlipl customary devotional exercises yestei day. The lively municipal campaign li progress In South Omaha Is only an other proof that It Is one of the llvellcs towns in the country. The fact should not escape notice tha iwlien the agents of the United State offer dollars for defense ships the otho party to the deal does not ask what klm of dollars. Tim admissions made by the pollc board outlaws of their own violation o law and disregard of duty should b mifliclcnt cause for tlielr removal by an ; [ honest and conscientious governor. The only time n governor can delegat his powers to a substitute or perforr his duties by proxy Is when he is ou of the state , Incapacitated for service o suspended by legislative Impeachment. The United States will never cngag In a war of conquest. It Is Inconslsten itvlth the principles upon which the grea republic was founded to yield to acquis ! rtlveness and the desire for territorial en largemcnt. The man who returns penniless fron itlie Klondike finds It Impossible to ge his hard luck story given the same prom luencc in the Pacific coast newspaper as the fairy tales ot those who hav gathered gold. A larger number of entries on mlnera lands were made In the United State In the eight months previous to March : than In the entire fiscal year of 1897 The Yukon Is not the only slttterliij attraction In North America. Governor Holcomb has not yet ex plained how he came to try to Justif ; his acceptance of pieces of paper in He ! of cash In the Hartley settlement b ; citing a supreme court decision that wa not handed down until a year after th tlgar box episode. Farming the county poor farm claim nnts has proved to be the most prolltabl farming In which Omaha lawyers eve engaged. The next best thing to beini ou the payroll of a billion-dollar cor B > oratlon Is to be in partnership wit ! claimants to poor farm relief. ' An Italian barber has arrested am turned over to the police a thief eaugh In the act of robbing his shop. Wh ; cot do away with the police force nni enlist a barbers' brigade ? They coul < certainly do no less toward stippressliii crime than the local police are doing. 1 The Hee Is u newspaper that prints nl Ithe news from day to day , but does no try to Impose upon patrons by nianu facturlug fakes or setting afloat base less sensations Just to sell a few huudrei extra pape'rji. This Is why the peopl prefer to pay a fair price for The lie mither than buy a fake sheet at a give away price. The people of Montana submit cheei fully to taxation that the state may pa ; nnnually more than ? ST ,000 In bountle for wolf , scalps. Since they hold 1h fiheep growing Industry so dour the ; ought to be willing to vote for It as wel as pay a bounty to prevent Its destruc tlon. Free trade Is worse than wolves ii B Hock of sheep. I The Inauguration of the exposltloi promises to be a gorgeous affair. Wit ! the governors of thirty states surrounde fey their military staffs arrayed 1 superb uniforms at the head of th procession nnd. the fantastic oriental of the Midway bringing up the rear , th how will beat anything ever wltnesse [ West of the Mississippi. 1 Chief of Police Gallagher denies tha there is more crime in Omaha tha usual. If t > o , why Is the chief askln for nu enlarged force ou the ground tha the present department is unable to cop fwlth the ever-Increasing number o crooks attracted to Omaha by the as mirnuce of immunity offered by luconi potent nnd laetiklcut police ouiceml ran rnn When congress adjourned last Frldi it waa with < thc expectation that Pro dent McKlnlcjr would communicate wl that body today In regard to the Cubt question , but the message of the pre : dent will probably not be transmit ! ' before tomorreny. lu dealing with i momentous a matter the executive TCI properly desires to give it the most cat ful deliberation nnd the better juilgme of the country will commend him f not being In undua haste to present li views to congress. With the Issue peace or war in the balance , there Is solemn obligation upon the president give to the consideration of that Issi his most careful ami eonsclentloi thought , BO that when his judgment < national duty shall have been declare none can doubt that It baa been rcaclu through an enlightened , patriotic ru dispassionate conviction of what U situation demands. There is no Intimation as to what tl nature of the presidential message wl be , but It is safe to expect that It wl relegate the Cuban question wholly congress , with the assurance that wha ever action that body may take will r colvo executive approval. The preside ! can very properly do this , after havh ; exhausted the resources of diplomacy I a vain effort to bring about the only r suits that would be Just to the Cubai and satisfactory to the American pe pie. He has done all that he can d The final decision Is with congress an It Is not to be doubted that when th : decision Is reached President McKInk will be found In accord with it. Unt then , let calmness nnd patience coutimi to prevail. \riJAT \ WILL , TllK 11AUVKST DBT Spring planting has Just been begu by the political farmers who never tur a spade or guide a plow. In the olilcc of corporation lawyers and politic ; hucksters the .seed Is being ttot Inl packages nnd the directions prepare which 'the real farmer Is expected I follow so that the crop of olliccs an patronage may be later gathered by tl political spoilsmen who are always : hand at harvest time. When the republican party was flrml entrenched In power In Nebraska It w ; Justly denounced for Ignoring the tlllei of the soil and giving preference to lav yers and professional politicians. Sine the advent of the bogus reform comb nation Into control the political farn era have sipiwared in the popocrat garb and practice their smooth wor upon the well-meaning but too croili lous populist or democrat. When the populists broke away fro : the old parties In tlu hope of nchlevln reforms which they believed could m be secured In any other way , they o ganized themselves into the. people independent party. In the new org.n Izatlou every member was to be liul pendent. No ring rule and no cauci domination were to be countenanced. : was to be a party of the people aii by the people. Whatever may have bsen the situ tlon In the beginning the party coul hardly have gotten further from I original moorings than it Is today. Nt only has It been brought under tl nibltrary rule of the most dictator ! ) close-corporation .ring that has eve l > 2cn formed In tha state's history , bi Its rulers have joined with the satrai of the democratic and so-called sllvt republican parties to form a politic : trust that holds the reins for all tun and appropriates for Itself the entli political harvest Instead of nn Ind pendent party carrying out the popuh will. It registers the commands of self-constituted machine and that mi chluo manned not by members of ii own party , but by the confederate spoilsmen and corporation cappers ( three parties. What can the harvest be under sue conditions ? How can the farmers an producers who were led to expect n form from the populist party look f ( relief from corporate domination froi a political machine more securely don Innted by the corporations than an tlmt has gone before ? It Is well to n member that figs do not grow froi thistles. A TttlUUPHAXT Grave charges were preferred befot Governor Ilolcomb against three men bers of the Board of Fire and Polle Commissioners on Monday , March 3 and the governor respectfully icquestc to set a time and phu-e for a hearlu of the- testimony in support of the in peachment. The governor took three days to coi coct a plan by which ho could crav out of the dllomnm into which he ha been drawn by his law-defying Imbed ! appointees. On Thursday , March 31 , he notllle the complainant by telegraph that li had selected a substitute to make tli Investigation which the law express ! requires him to make personally , nu gave him less than eighteen hours 1 piepare his case and bring his wltuessc ; Against this Illegal proceeding a remoi strance was promptly tiled with the goi ernor. Instead of giving this protest due cot slderatlon the governor wired a nlgl message , declaring that he would Iguoi the remonstrance and that the subatltul would appear at Omaha In the mori Ing to proceed with nu Investigate that was foreordained to be a rip-roai Ing farce. The substitute who wa commissioned to act as impartial judj ; for the governor had no sooner arrive in Omaha than he put himself in fu communion with the accused coimn ! sloncrs and tlielr disreputable satellite The next chapter of the furee was ei acted when the so-called referee startc on his white-washing job. With In presslve dignity ami pompousness he d clared to the assembled spectators th : the governor could not be expected 1 conduct personally nn Investigation thr would take at least one week to con plete. And then the substitute goi eruor finished the week's work of Ii vestigatlon In three hours by the watcl Not only did ho complete taking tl testimony , which had been all devote to proving our police government tl most efficient Omaha has ever enjoyei but he also established to his own satl faction and the fiatisfactlou of the goi ornor"9 chief of police that there Is fl solutelr no ground for any demand c tire part of our citizens for hotter poll protection. Wn violate no confidence In nssurli the people of Omaha , Including the lei and short man and all the crooks , thtij and gamblers who have congregate here out of respect for the reform poll commission , that the report of the go crnor's substitute wilt bo a complc exoneration of the Hcrdman-Penbod Gregory police board triplets , the chli of police , and all the hold-up gang ope atlng uiidp'r' their wing. It will ah be a triumphant vindication of Goverut Holcomb'fl action in rcappolntlng Hen man , whllo the most serious charges In peaching his official Integrity were pem Ing. Ing.And And the organ 'which ' Judge Grogoi 1ms repudiated will continue to play tl same old time at the same old staml. UAD JMA'K DWECTOHS/m * . A short time ago one of the prlnclp : national banks of Philadelphia fallei Recently the cashier of the Iiistitutlc has been arrested , the luvestlgatlo inn do by the bank examiner having dl closed a condition of affairs justify ! ! ! this course. The charge against tl cashier Is that he falsliled the repor to the comptroller of the currency an his examination has brought out son facts that are of general Interest. : was shown that the entire board < directors of the bank were fully n attainted with Its unsafe condition full a year and a half before the failure au yet thy permitted false reports to I made to the comptroller of the currcnc and allowed matters to drift along wltl out any earnest effort to correct then Although their attention was repeated ! called to tha bank's condition and the were threatened that they would 1 held responsible' , It appears that th had little or no effect with them. The allow eel disaster to overtake the inst ttilloii and while provision has bee made to pay the depositors in course ( time , no credit for tills Is due the dlrei tors. tors.We We say the matter Is one of gener : interest because such an instance ( dereliction on the part of bank elirectoi not only suggests the question whetb : tills Is an exceptional ease , whetlu there may not be many similar carfes e bad and dishonest bank directors ! ) ! ] but also suirgvsts the question wheth ; the law relating to bank directors sutliclently stringent and Is enforced n It should be. A Philadelphia papt makes the remarkable' statement tlu It has cometo pass that In somu banl of that city , In order to Insure nn n tendance at board meetings , a gold col Is placed In front of each seat at tli directors' table and tbs paper remarli that "this Is a sad commentary. " Pe this is " to ' haps ixHiUlhu" I'lilladelphh but there can be no doubt'thnt thoi arc other cities Where the Indifferent of national bank directors to their dutl < and sworn obligations as such Is ver nearly as great as among some of thoi lu the Quaker city , who must have financial consideration in hand In ordt to Induce them to discharge the ri sponslblllties they have assumed. The law provides that bank dlrcctoi shall diligently and honestly atlininlstt the affairs of the association with whlc they are connected. Doubtless a gret majority of them do so , but every ban failure evidences the fact that there ai ome who do not Such instances < dereliction as the one hero referred 1 furnish a forceful argument for mot stringent legislation In regard to n : tlonal bank directors , as has been n poatedly urged upon cougriss by ever comptroller of the currency for a nun ber of years. i A XBT/MCK. FO/J JtEUOXETlZATlUIf.l The British government has hit silve another blow and perhaps n final om Last week the secretary of state fe India made a statement showing the in possibility of reopening the India mint to silver , under present condition ! whereupon the House of Commons ai pointed a committee , with practical ! all the powers of a royal commission , t inquire Into the practicability of the Ii dlau government's proposal for a gel tmia. There Is every reason to expsc In view of what was said by Lord Han llto.ii , secretary of state for India , 1hn the commission will report in favor of gold basis for that country. Lord Han llton said that It would be Imposslbl to reopen the India mints without soui International agreement and he did nc think such nn agreement possible fn the reason that France would not ncccii n less ratio than 15M ) to 1 , which coul not bo secured. In his opinion no n ; tlon could rehabilitate silver unaldei Ho contended that the policy Introduce lu India In ISO , " , had fully Justified Use ! and that no attempt should now b mailj to reverse It. The , attitude of the India governmen In favor of establishing the gold slant nrd In the only portion of the Brills dominions In which that standard doe not exist will undoubtedly bring nbou that result at no very remote time , thu making the whol > empire mouomctalll and Its gold policy probably unchangi able . There appears to ba no reason t doubt the ability of India to carry on the > proposed new departure to Its legit mate consummation. There Is n larg amount of gold In British India , est mated by the director of the Unite States mint at over $700,000,000. It I triie that very little of this Is In the Ton of money , but when the gold corn's t bis lu demand for monetary purpose1 nnd can be converted Into a > regula purchasing power , the banks nnd mono dealers will find little dllllculty In co Iccting it for colnag ? purposes as th demand may call for It. With India o a gold basis the causa of Internatlonr bimetallism would be rendered well nig hopeless. If H bo not already so. Somebody ought to keep a sharp ey on Germany while'the ' United States an Spain are busy. The report from Llberl Is to the effect that the ofllcer of a Gei man gunboat tried to collect a bill frov the Llberlan government , and , falling I this , offered to cancel the bill If th president would recognize the Germa right to n protectorate'over the country It la not the especial pruvluco of th United States t/ > care for orphan rcpn lies la the byw r pf the world , but th condnct of Germany Is rot In keeph with Gorman -professions of good 1 tcutlous. , , . - As the pcopVthHvc had time to thlr It over since -rejection of the trea1 of auuex.itloii'r ecain.e a certainty tl sentiment In favor of acquiring llawa which wns qulfiTsTrong in California ; the outset , nppVaVs'to be on the decllu Those who fa"ro "hnnexatlon have n been able to pplijt pnfc any material a vantages that win come to Callforn by extending th'C western boundary < the United States out Into the middle < the Pacific ocean , while a great mm good reasons have been urged again the scheme. The proposal that wheat flour wll which corn starch has been mixed eha be sold only under some name ludlcatlr that it Is a mixture cannot do harm ' any legitimate business Interest , bi there can be no excuse for requiring tin a s peclal tax shall bo paid for the prl1 ilego of using such mixed flour. Thoi Is no agreement as to whether mlxc flour Is better or worse than pure tlou Until It is shown that corn starch poisonous It should not bo made a crltr to tell It for food. There Is no such thing as nn anti-pas law prohibiting city otllclals from m ceptlng free privileges from street ral ways. The only legislation on that su ! ject Is a section of the new city chartt which makes It an offense for city oil clals or employes to accept any valunbl favor from the frauclilsed corporation It hardly becomes one of the popocrat ! sponsors of the charter to undertake t nullify the provisions Incorporated Int U for the purpose of stopping briber and corruption. The man who showed up the bootll gambling bill scandal In which lien man was Irreparably scorched an Ilowell and Hansom burned their ilngei Is not runnlni ; away from the Impeacl mont charges he has preferred again : Ilerdman and his police board pal : When the governor gets to the point c investigating these charges personal ! : as required by the law , he will ru against more testimony oC crooked p ( lice commission work than he wants t liuel. Bryan Is exerting himself to the u most Just now trying to keep the Coli ratio democrats In line for fusion , eve at the cost ofjdlvljling the spoils wit populist and republican allies. Th ! is a sign that Colorado Is by rights republican state , bopnnsc the democrat ! program Is for fusion lu republican state only. If Colorado were safely dome crntic the democrats would no mor tolerate fusion there than they would i Georgia or Alabama Speaker Gallln Is'reported as belu busy putting in a crop of wheat an expressing the opinion that thqro Is mor nioncyilii a crop of wheat than In a cro oi pe > lltlcs. That depends entirely upo how the farming Is tlone. William Jei ulngs Bryan , for example , between roya ties ou books and percentages on ticket of admission , seems to bo making politic bent wheat raising us a money maklu profession. It Is true that there has been busluof of Importance in Washington for ever congressman the past few weeks , bu that fact has not prevented the dome cratlc senator from California from be lug the central figure in numerous pollt cal conferences In Utah , Colorado an other states whore fusion plans wer talked over. The SUolitlupr 1'utrlot. \ llaUlmote American. The man whose volco la for war right o fn which others go to the front can &ti ! show his patriotism by staying at home an sternly refusing to emoke Havana cigars. Where Are the SiiouteruT Springfield Hepubllcan. "While this great wave of patrlotlrm I sweeping over the country U fa curious tha the government Is still so short ot men t man Us war ships that It has been compelle to sponge out the offenses ot deserters an offer to re-cnllst them without prejudice. Wentwnril Trend of Trnlllc. Philadelphia Record. Westward tte trend of traffic takes It wav. The Pacific cca4t railroads reporte an Increase of 33 pci * cent In earnings ( o the mcath or February. The Alaskan gel craze tielos the Tactile- roads mightily ; bu thereli fast developing the solli founlatioi or mighty etate.j on the Paclflc coast com cared with the volume othflse Induetrla production the gold or the Yukon regloi will be Inslgnlficirt. Sinnll l'r - > - for 1'rlvuteern. Plttsture Tost. Excluding our cosatwlso trade wltb Nort ; America , tha total number or American vcs scs ! engaged In foreign trade that clearc from our ports In 1897 was 739 ealllug vea eels and 45S eteini. During the samethr. . 2,171 foreign wiling ve&sela and 5,511 rorelgi etcamshlfs called ( ram American peru carrying SO per cent or our Immense foreigi commerce. K\t < a 1C the dona should prcv to be most alwt as prlvateersmen. there wl ] be email picking * Lot them In the way o American vessels. tangagert la foreign trad ; Ilxtrriutl KxifloNjoii In 1'rniiicct. Sprlnstlelii , Mass. ) Ilep'jbllcnn. ' The ccngresaman "with a speech In hi belly" has been bly < } uppre iied by Speake Keed far a Iongtlmor but there are algn of an exhaustion oVJil ipower. It Is no longe i qucatlcu of Bupprasilng Isolated congrfta mrn. each posseted , of a alnglo speech , bu or keeping down Sypf onsrcr-amen tn whor spcettics are multiplying and expanding a steam expands Iqon. , Roller when the fee are hot. An explcalon Is Imminent , an nhen It comes theverjUct , will be that Itv or Intern ; ! origin. 4'p iue to gross negligent In permitting the" temperature ot the magi zlnta to rlco Tnniiiltunnijnl iir of Illilpath. Newf jVork Sun. ' For several Aaj " 'fte de pr < st thinkers I : the dorr.iln or thought thavo felt vaguely tha Bome'.hlng was waning to their complete nmi and their happjncss. They have tease at night on uneasy couches. Dy day the hive p23 vd fevered tands over achtag rore heads. There was a lesion somewhere. t I'ak had onapped , a wire haj burned off. button vo.1 gone , a cre\r w locse. Wha could tUo matter be ? Whit was lost , straye or stolen ? They know now , and hymns c Jubilation ettio through tfia chambers or the ! souw. The Hon. John CUrlc Rldpith hadn' ' stridden Into the irena and silenced the lion ot nunopaly ana money-changing by h ! louder ro.tr. Now he has atrlilden , end th lions ore trying to hare themselves aold fa spring lamb. "We Intend. " erle.1 Mr. Illd pith , "that the tremendous revolution etarte In 1S35 shall rlso into a tumult o : patrlotUc anil fire , and dull sweep all before It. " lo our part wo can Imagine no Icuiler and hotte tumult or rnoltca silver and fire then Ilor Jcbn Clirk Illdpith la. Thought thlnka ag-ilr Rldpath has epokco. COMMRXT OX RAIITiVBY IMSKGAHIM Crete Vldette ( rp. ) : We tvcra In hop < that the Htartley CMO ices settled , but It t ] peara to be otherwise. There I * a rule I thesuprrmo court that whenever any mcmbi U dcplrou * ot A rehearing the court acccdi to hln wish and a rehearing Is granted. Judf Sullivan does not seem to be atl ned wll the action ot the court and has aeked for rehearing ot the case. It It la proposed I let Hartley go cot free there l no use I expending any more money In a trial. L4 Dartley and Moore bo united , make them nc a present or a new suit of clothes and boroi they are turned loosa let the court make dt apology and humbly crave their pardon f ( having put them to so much trouble and li convenience. Stanton Picket ( rep. ) : When Judge Su Hvan asked for a rehearing In the Joe Dan ley case ho exceeded no privilege not lawful ! hlr , yet why ho should want It recalled he wua honest In his decision which , xvlt that of the other two Judges , confirmed tli sentence of the lower court Is not rcadll understood. If we arc to view him as the ut flinching dispenser ot Justice that It has bee claimed by ithc press ot his kind that ho 1 What walls and howls of condemnatlo would have gone up from the popocratl preao had the case been recalled at the mi tlon of one of the two republican judge If the decision Is reversed Sullivan alone wl bo to thank or blame for It , as the Justlc or the ccse calls rorth. It Is at present It terestlng to note that ono action or the si premo court out of harmony with the get oral popocratlo Idea to being received wlthot averse comment by the fusion press. Still , ! Is not wonderful or surprising In connectlo with their endorsement of the recounting < the ballots on the constitutional amcndmcr relating to the supreme court and later th opening of the sealed ballots contrary to a law and precedent by their model secretar or state. JIoderTi reform Is euca that anj thing done by a reformer In the name ot n form Is accepted as reform by other reform ers. Great la popocratlc reform , but nc greater than pcpocrutlc officials. Paplllton Times ( dem-pop. ) : It may b 'that Judge Sullhun Joined the other eupreni Judges In grunting a new hearing In th Hartley cat-o. H he did do so , then ho dl wrong. It Is orten wise ror a court to gran rehcarlngs , mid. Indeed , It would be unwls not to do so In a case where there was ovc the rainiest suspicion that full Justice ha not been done to all concerned. Howcvei strain our Imagination as we may , we can not male It dlpover any new point for th court to cover In thU 03artley matter. Th decision touched upon nnd disposed of ever contention c > f counsel for state and accused Hither the supreme court did not consider al phases of the case In Its former decision , a positively averred by the court , or else thl grunting of a ichearlng la nothing short c Judicial Juggling. Let the court take elthe horn of the proposition and It muot etll stand In a very bad light. Wo say this with out regard to the effect It may have 01 Judge Sullivan , 'the popocratlc member o that court. We do not believe he has thu early been seduced by * ho songs of the cor poratlon sirens. We do not believe he hai any hand In this latest move in the Uartle1 case and shall not believe it until forced t do so. But ir time shall show that he hai a hand in the deal then ho will have to maki a better showing than we believe Is possibl In order to satisfy the public that 'his cours was Just and right. Hebron Hepubliaan ( rep. ) : Judge Sulllvai requested It and the supreme court ha granted Dartley a rehearing , notwlthstandlni that the supreme court hail already afflrmei the Judgment of the lower court , whcrcli Eartleyae convicted. In the opinion , of i number of loading attorneys , \vho have ex pressed themselves , the grunting or a re hearing In this case was a proper concessloi to Judge Sullivan , the new member , wh < was not on the bench when the case was U ] beiore. If there la any politics In It It I ; our belier that the popocrate will get thi worst or It. It has been given out that thi fusIonUtu favored a rehearing In the hopi that some one or more republican member : of the court might get tunglcd up In a nev decision. We hardly believe Judge Sulllvai would lend himself to such a echeme. A any rate a republican supreme court la 01 record agalnet Hartley In this case and thi present republican members arc too wel posted on popocratlc tactics , are too anxloui to wipe 'Hartley ' off the political slate , to bi caught napping In the new hearing jus ordered. He was convicted and sentenced It n republican court and its Judgment has beer affirmed by a republican eupreme court , am now that a roargument baa been ordered Just to please a popullut judge , the rehearlnf la csjentally the pcpullsts' funeral and thej would better bury the remains the Instan the court has reviewed them. They hav < kept them above ground too long now foi exhibition purposes and are morally re ponsl bio for maintaining a stinking political nul sancc. THE US1TED PEOPLE. Rvn on RclKn nt Wnahlnfrt < mAr < W Rendyr for ! the Frnyt Urooklyn Eagle ( InJ. dem. ) Not since our civil war has the countrj been in such a condition of potential la- eugcncy. It would take littleto breal through the forms and practices of state and If the erx-my ao we tulnk him wer wlthta striking distance. It la certain thai unauthorized blows would have been strucl ere this and bloody retaliations attempted That the failure of the report or the Mahae board or Inquiry to explode a declaration ol war on the Instant was regretted by thou- eanls or our people , there is no doubt. A certain clement In ccagrcss Is clamoring foi fight ; the army and navy are expressing a virtual willingness for hostilities , the un- bashful portion of the press Is hounding the authorities with challenges , rebukes , false hood ani Billingsgate ta the hope that thej : an be nagged Into premature action , and , all ; he country over , citizens who have nothing at stake and have no present Intention ol sacrificing their lives on the altar of some other nation's liberties , are t-creechlng them- aelvea hoarse in the demand for war. Nevei more strong and excellent than now , the resident stands calm and unmoved by the : hreatenlr > ancl clamor from bold sides ol the eea. His attitude Inspires trust. It U needed that the nation should trust. The peo- lie elected him. H made him responsible .0 them and ror them. War U not a thing Jghtly to bo undertaken and for mere jollcy'a sake never to bo attempted until the declaring ration U ready for U. Are we ready ? The prrsldent knows a ; reat deal better as to that than the shriek ing editors. What rray seem to be conces sion may bo a necessary delay. Imagine out state had war been rorced upon us by the lot heids three months ago ; Does anyone doubt. In view or the amount or work that has been accomplished In that time , that we vcre unprepared for fight ? Well , wo may still bo a month or so from readiness. The new conservatism In the army that haa forced the public out of the military reser vations In order that all work In construction and emplacement sh-/JJ be done In secret pre vents the obtaining ot any acurato knowledge es to the actual strength of our defenses , whllo the laying of torpedoes has necessarily o be carried on without observation which could be convertible Into help for the enemy. The amount of ammunition , the supply ol small arms , the readlnras of food , camp equipment and so on are not known except o the authorities , and the citizen Is merely aware that the arsenals and factories are working overtime , as If to fill a lack. These facts ought to be a check to impatience , ea- > eclally as there U a disposition to accept the favorable results or war If conflict Iteell can be avoided. There li little actual hatred of Spain. Enmity has not that bitterness which wo found on both sides In the war ol the rebellion , for until the Maine disaster wo ha.1 no personal ground for war. If war iad to bo It was on Cuba's Account ; not on our own. Rather the prerent turmoil Is the expression of high vitality. Wo are con- sclcuii or our strength , or think we are. and want to UM it , as the athlete wants a chance o exhibit his muscle. Feeling against Spain 4 almost equaled In some quarters by the eellng ogalnst the authorities that do noi nstantly consent to war with Spain and thli would look as 1C division were threatened among the American people. But It It not so. The people or this re public will be a unit against any common enemy whatsover. No sectional HUM will endure In the fervor that possesses tha na tion. No Interests except the national Inter est will survive the fermentation that has iccn set up , by this leaven of war feeling. lU-vrartl of Merit. Chicago Tlniei-IIeralJ. ' If General iiherman's Mea about war li correct the Spanish undoubtedly deserve tc catch U. NEIfRASKA CAMPAIGN OP IBM Ord Tlmoo ( rep. ) : Dtvo Ifercer desires t succeed himself In congres * and K the pee pic ot his dUtrlct appreciate him for what h U worth bo wilt be relumed. He has mad good representative. Sutton Advertiser ( rep. ) : Governor Hoi comb's recollections ot the dolnga ot the las legislature rc not likely to aid him In th matter of calling an extra lesaton ot Urn body. Ills house rent Is aecuro and the max I mum rate bill can wall. Tekamah Herald ( rep. ) : What Is the mat ter with the cattlemen In thlt locality whi raved , swore , dratted resolutions and wrot the governor regarding extortionate rates 01 Hvo stock two ycart ago ? They have had < pop board ot transportation for more thai a year and they are still paying the tn < rate on fat cattle and more on stackers thai they were ivhen the writer was on the board Hut still wo hear of no resolutions belni dratted and letters wrlttcti to the govcrno are not being published. Everything seem : to bo all right Just because they are pops. Ord Times ( rep. ) : There Is beginning to b. . a good deal of speculation throughout thi stats M to who should head the republics ! ticket tbte year. A number ot excellent met tiavo been mentioned , with James Whlteheai or Broken How and Judge M. L. Hayward o Nebraska City evidently In the lead. Thi principal thing Is to name good , clean met who can command the reaped of the people and success will be ours. The people or tin state are sick or being run over by a rlni or politicians and they will swap off the part ; In power this fall If good men are nomlnatoc by the republicans , Tobias Gazette ( rcri. ) : With a Unltci States senator to be chosen by the state legls lature next sprlog < lt will bo to the best In terest of the state that no old rlngstcr 1 : elected as representative or senator whoni record savors at all or the political shyste or acrobat. Clean men are demanded by thi voters , these who have the Interest of ou state at heart and who can be relied upon ti vote ror such measure that will be or bcnefl to us as a people. Will such men bo placet In nomination or will the scheming , dcalga Ing politician dictate who will bo the noml ncca and thus assist In electing men to post tlon or honor and trust who are unworthy o the honor bcstowod. Chadron Recorder ( pop. ) : In the comlnj congressional campaign In the Sixth dlatrlc In Nebraska there seems to be a Olsposltlor among the voters to make a change. Thl : has been apparent for some time and Jia : been produced by a dissatisfaction amen $ the people of the district as to the way Ir which -Mr. Greene has comported hlawolf Assuming that a change will to made tlu question naturally follows as to whom Ills successor will be and what territory ho shal come from. The northwestern portion of th < district has never yet 'been favored with a nomlrutlon or any kind and It lays claim tc the position. No congressman has ever beer elected In the district wwt of Broken Dow The eastern part of the district has had tht representative for years and we are no\v entitled to It. Hf wo had no material froir which to select a candidate the situation would bo different. iBut we have a numbci of men who could fill the position with crcdll to themselves and honor to their constit uents. The most available man In the north west and the first , last nnd all the time choice of the Hocorder Is Hon. W. II. West- over of Tlushvlllc , the present Judge or the Pirteenth Judicial district. ( He la the natural candidate to succeed Congressman Greene , both In ability and location. He needs no Introduction to our readers , as ho Is ono ol the best known men In this part of the state. Papllllon Times ( demo-pop. ) : Very serious are the charges laid at the door or Auditor Cornell by Charley McIIugh of the O'Neill Independent , nnd .they must bo explained away before the state auditor can claim any favors at the hands of the reform rorces. The direct charge Is mads that the auditor has been taking complimentary Junkets In the private car of the superintendent of the U. & M. railroad. That would bo all right tor John P. Cornell , a private citizen. It is ill wrcag ror John P. Cornell , state auditor , to thus place himself under obligations to that corporation. As state auditor he has a voice Jn assessing railroad property. The trip hetook at the expense nl the railroad : ompany cost somebody considerable money. Had Mr. Cornell footed the bills It would Slave consumed one-fourth hla annual salary. He used very poor Judgment In placing him self In the attitude of the old bilkers , who have so long filled state offices for the bcae- lt of the corporations , rather than for the benefit ot all the people. Perhaps Cornell Is Innocent. Perhaps he paid bis way like a nan. Wo do not know. We do know , how ever , that there is one little popocratlc news paper In Nebraska that will oppose the re- aomlnatlcn and the reselectlcu ot Mr. Cor nell unless he shall fully disprove the charge which has been brought against him. It U i greater crime for a pop or a democrat to play railroad tool than it Is for a republican to engage In the same play , because re publicans do not claim to be free from rail road Influences , while our forces do. It Is tlmo for the fusion forces to declare , once 'or all , that no mem who thinks more of rail road tips than of his duty to the common people can rightly claim any favor at the lands of the fusion forces In this state. U a hard enough work fighting the corporation ; nemy in the open field. It is doubly hard : o go out against the enemy whllo cursed with traitors In our own political home. We irust Cornell may be able to prove himself L good and true popocrat , and falling so to lo , that he may bu relegated to the rear la .ho work of reform In this state , as one un- vorthy public confidence. EPFICACV OF TORPED7T"nOATS. Smooth Water Their Chief Depend ence far Sneecim. IC.ilcago nccord. The Spanish torpedo flotilla ban caused nuch anxiety , not to say downrlg.ut fear , imong government and naval officials. The len has been described as an agency of leath which nothing In our line of defense : ould stop , or nothing In our belligerent 'orces could combat. In a measure this fear a well founded , but only in a measure. The efficacy of a torpedo boat and tor pedo-boat destroyer , two classes or vessel. ; nhlch go to make up the flotilla now approaching preaching the western hemisphere , depends lole-ly and wholly uponcae contingent , imooth water. In a harbor or In an open imooth sea perhaps nothing floating could luccessfully withstand an attark from such i fleet. But ouch a perfect condition must xtst before these boats can perform the luty for which they were designed. It la not to be supposed that the com- nander of an American battleship or cruiser you Id willfully rac-et a torpedo boat In still vater unless bU ship were equipped with til the modern devices for torpedo defenses , s'or would there be anr necessity for mich The guna of K btttlMhlp t ? a M effective work from BX ! to fifteen mile * froal an objective point , ttblte a torpedo boat U ot uao only within mile on the amootfcMt The'tear felt by Washington officials U not berne out 07 experiments rcado by torpedo boats at Newport , the goverament torpedo station. Up to a few years ago the United State * v a ahead of. all countrlro In the suc cessful manipulation of torpedoes. It w thcro that tno torpedo waa developed Into an active agency ot war , and there , lee , were the Bet and other defMisra ngalnat the tor pedo perfected to uch a degree aa to admit of their being counted among the naval assets. Unfortunately , experiment * along these ltae were not carried on to the point warranted by ttio progress tnado In the other arts of war. V Sufficient headway was made , however , to vouchsafe the statement that were the Iowa or any other battleship or cruiser pitted against a Spanish torpedo boat fleet on tha 0:1011 eca the chances ot victory would b largely In favor of the battleship. U.\KS TO A SMIIjK. Detroit Journal : Kind Lndy When y > - are tempted to drink , think of your wlta at 'name. Mnn Mndam , when the thirst la upon me , I am absolutely devoid of fear. New York Weekly 1 Wife Horrors ! Itni- Imml , I've Just hcmd there l a en so of srrmll pox In the lint nlx > vo lit. Husbnnd Yes , I know about It. That's nil right. It's the young man who playa the llute. Detroit Frco Press : "Henprck Isn't nearly as enthusiastic about joining' the nrmy ai * Vie \\as. " "No. ho lins Riven It up. Ills wife Bays that if ho enlists , she will go along as a nurse. " Inillannpolld Journal1 : "Iovo. " said the Bentlmontnl lionrder , "Is blind. " "More or less. " assented the cheerrul Idiot , "and his defective vision gives oc casion for some extraordinary spectacles. " Harvard lampoon : His Wife And you. are to defend that shoplifter ? TUP lawyer My dear , she Isn't n shop lifter. She wns formerly , but she has saved so much money In the last ten ycara that she Cms become a kleptomaniac. Toledo Blade : "Ho hl" snld the wisp An. nconda to the Chameleon. "You t'nlnk you know It nl ? , when us a nmttwr of fact you're a regular child as far as knowlcdgo Is concerned. " "Oh , I don't know , " retorted thc Chame leon , turning pink ; "I'm not as green as I was. " O.ilcago , Trlbunu : This Is what Mrs. Rivers said to her husband : "Tell your friend Brooks to como to our llttlo Wagner musical next Tuesday even ing. " Tnli Is what nivors said to his friend : "Ilrooks , the club mylfo belongs to haa arranged to havn a Wagner disturbance at our house next Tuesday night. Trump up some other engagement , old man , and send regrets. " Washington Star : "Charley , dear , " youngMrs. . Torklns. "you know you used to say that I had no sense of humor. " "That Is true1. But I must confess you are Cttlng on. " "I am glad to 'near you say so. And I have a treat In store for you. Pretty soon I am goingto ask you for a spring bon net. nnd I want you to laugh and be Kood natured , just ns you do when you read r of such things. " THE K1C51IT1XO U.VCR. J. I. C. Clnr > > e In New York Sun. "Read out t'no names ! " nnd Burke sat back. And Kelly drooped 'his head. While Shea they call him Se'iolar Jack- Went down the list of the dead. Otllcers , Ecamcn , gunners , marines. Tile crews of the jjljr and yawl , The bearded man nnd the lad In 'nls teens , Carpenters , coal passers all. Then , knocking the as'iea from out his P'pe ' , Said Burke In nn offhand way ; "We're all In that dead man's Bst , by Gripe ! Kelly and Burke and Shea. " "Well , here's to the Maine , and I'm sorry for spaln. " Said Kelly and Burke and Shea. "Wherever fnere's Kellys there's trouble , " said Burke. "Wherever fighting's the game , Or n spice of danger In grown man's work , " Said Kelly , "you'll find my name. " "And do we fall short , ' said Burke , get- tint ; mad. "When It's touch nnd RO for life ? " Said Shea , "It's thirty-odd years , bedad , Since I charged to drum nnd fife Up Mary's Heights , and my old cantcer Stopped a rebel ball on Its way. There were blossoms of blood on our sprla of green- Kelly and Burke and Shea And t'nc dead didn't brag. " "Well , here'a to the flag ! " Bald Kelly And Burke and Shea. "I wish 'twas In Ireland , for there's th * place. " Said Burke , "that we'd die by right. In the cradle of our soldier race , Alter one good stand-up fight. i My grandfather fell on vlnepar Hill , i And lighting waa not his trade ; , But his rusty plko's In the cabin still , With Hessian blood on the blade. " "Aye. aye , " said Kel.y , "the pike wcro great When tha word was 'Clear the way ! ' We were thlcV on the roll In ninety-eight Kelly and Burke and Shea. " "Well , here'a to the pike and the sword and the like ! " Said Kelly and Burke and Shea , , . \nd Shea , the sc'nolar , with rising joy , Said "We were at Itnmlllles. Wo left our bones at Kontenoy i And up In the Pyrenees , I ' Before Dunkirk , on Landen's plain , Cremona , LJllo and Ohcnt , We're all over Austria , France and Spain , Wherever they pitched a tent. We've died for Gngland from Waterloo t To Ksypt and Dargal ; \nd stl 1 there's enough for a corps or crew , Kelly and Burke nnd Shea. " 'Well , here Is to good honest flghtlnff blood ! " Said Kelly nnd Burke and Shea. I " 7 'Oh , fno ft'itlng races don't die out , ' I If they seldom die In bed , for love Is tlrst In their hearts , no doubt , " Suld Burke ; then Kelly said : 'When Michael , the Irish archangel , stands. The angel with the sword , Vnd t'no battle-dead from a hundred lands Are ranged tn one big horde , Dur line , that for Gabriel's trumpet waits. Will stretch three deep that day. ifrom Jehoshaphat to the Golden Gates- Kelly and Burke and Shea. " 'Wel. . here's thank God for the race and the aod ! " Said Kelly nnd Burke and Shea. "If it be right , Do it boldly. \i * If it be wrong/ Leave it undone.-Gilpin , K you want a good suit for spring or summer wear , get it of a responsible house , and pay a fair and propsr price for it. If a cheap and shoddy garment is offered to you at a price hat seems to you very small , don't take it it isn't worth while ? These are the facts we make all our own clothing we make t as well as it can be made it is properly cut and trimmed and inished it is of the best materials and it is sold direct from the factory to the wearer , at the lowest price that is possible.