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II. I. PLUMB ,
Notary Public In and for Douglas County ,
Nob.
Colonel Hrynn dpnles tlmt lie Is about
to Inuiulnto the public with another
book. Credit to whom credit Is due.
Arbor day is coming , but no one need
wait for Arbor day to begin planting
trees nnd burnishing up lawns nnd front
yards.
Will the Commercial elnb do Its duty
by remonstrating against the damag
ing misrepresentation of Omaha's bank
clearings ? '
And now ono enthusiastic : Mliniror liaa
referred to Governor 1'oynter UK "Ne
braska's Andrew .Incksou. ' * l.ct Col
onel IJryan look to his laurels.
If Detroit will stand this expense ot
the experiment in municipal street railway -
way ownership , all the other American
cities will be glad to prollt by the ex
perience.
The "lacksonian 1'oker club has been
notified by the county attorney to quit
Its favorite amusement. This strikes
right home among the bosom friends
of Ilcrdman. 'Snoutrage !
It l in accord with the eternal Htness
of things for Governor 1'oynter'n aid-
de-camp , Walter Molse , to go the bond
of the gamblers raided by the sheriff.
The bond is always part of the protec
tion.
As long as the architects get a per
centage of the cost , Including extras and
additions , the pressure for increasing
the amounts to be spent on the proposed
new school buildings may be expected
to be kept up.
Apropos of the rumored engagement
of the great war correspondent , Richard
Harding Davis , it is needless to remark
that , 1C true , General Shaffer will not
expect to be among the expected at the
ceremonial event.
Great ado Is made over the fact that
Governor Itoosovelt travels Jnst like any
ordinary person. While Governor Hoose-
volt Is not an ordinary person , this is
not an extraordinary proceeding to those
who know the sterling worth of the
man.
Hereafter the periodic demand for the
maintenance of the tire department in
full strength and clliclcncy should bo
addressed to the governor , who by his
veto of the revised charter has sot a
limit to the tire fund Inadequate to the
purpose.
Tammany lias declared In favor of
municipal ownership of gas and electric
lighting plants. While public opinion Is
rapidly crystallizing In favor of munici
pal ownership the people of New York
will hesitate a long time before tljey
commit such enterprises to the tender
keeping and manipulation of Tammany ,
For the census of 1000 Nebraska Is to
bo divided Into six enumeration districts
corresponding to the six congressional
districts , which are supposed to contain
approximately equal populations. When
the enumerators get to work , however ,
they will not bo long discovering that
on the population basis Nebraska's con
gressional districts are sadly In need of
revision.
The changes of n year are almost In
comprehensible , A year ago the United
States was In the midst of active prepa
rations for the war with Spain. Today
It Is preparing to participate In an Inter
national peace conference. No nation
on earth can wtial ) the United Slates In
the facility with which It can transfer
Itself from n peace basis to a war basis
nnd back again to peace.
State Labor Commissioner Kent has
labored very hard to demonstrate In
his statistical report that the mortgage
Indebtedness of Nebraska is constantly
Increasing when every man , woman
and child In Nebraska knows that Ne
braska farmers have been paying off
their mortgages to the amount of mil
lions mid Iwvo realized enough from
tliolr crops to become money lonuers.
xo swiKiit ; fir
7t Is said that the friendship of the
Chinese governmput for the United
States Is so cordial that a "sphere of In-
llueitco" might probably be obtained for
the asking. That < government , It Is
stated , recognizes the evident purpose
of the exclusion ! * ! powers to carve l
the country at their own will and appre
ciates the more liberal iiolltlcal and eco
nomic iwlley of Great llrltnln and the
United States. The administration ,
however , says the Washington corre
spondent of the New York Journal of
Commerce , hesitates to take an nggre -
slvo position because of the doubt
whether it would lw sustained l y pub
lic sentiment. The secretary of state , It
Is alllrmed , Is much more allvo to the
Importance of a resolute jwlley In China
than some of his predecessors , but
President McKlnk'y doia not wish to go
too far In advance of public sentiment.
"The United Hiatus , " says this corre
spondent , "Is not likely to ask or ac
cept any privileges which will Involve-
the actual occupation of Chinese terri
tory by American troops under present
conditions , " but "If the time coinch
when the oxeluslonlst powers throw off
tins mask and undertake to carve China
Into a group of principalities ot their
own , American public opinion may be
sulllelently ripe to join Great Hrltaln In
a policy such as Great Hrlttiln linh
adopted in Egypt. " It Is said further
that the feeling atsthe State department
Is that It would probably require a spo-
clllc cause of irritation with some onu
of the oxclusionlst powers to arouse the
American people sulllelently to the Im
portance of our commercial interests In
China to permit aggressive action. It
is asserted tlmt from the administration
point , of view It Is for the Interests of
"
the "United States that matters should
not bo brought to a crisis In China so
long as such an event can bo delayed in
order that there may bo time f-jf
American public opinion to ripen regarn-
Ing the importance of our interests In
thci east
Wo very much doubt whether Presi
dent McICInlcy or Secretary Hay have
over seriously thought of what Is here
suggestied. We 'believe that neither of
them Is In favor of the United States
making any change In its attitude to
ward China and that they would dis
countenance any aggressive action oh
the part of this government looking to
obtaining In that empire a "sphere of
influence. " The recent declaration by
our government of a position of "disin
terested neutrality" in regard to Chi
nese affairs appears to fully warrant the
opinion that this administration docs not
contemplate any new policy In respect
to China. Itujj It Is lo be expected , as
a logical result of expansion , that there-
will sooner or later arise a vigorous agi
tation for a policy of territorial ag
grandizement in the Chinese empire. It
is not to bo supposed that the expansion
hunger will bo appeased by our posses
sion oC the Philippines. When we have
enforced our .supremacy In the archipel
ago there will arise a demand for ter
ritory In China , as being necessary to
the extension of our trade and the pro
tection of our Interests there. The com
mercial Influence will bo armycd in fa
vor of tills and everybody knows how
powerful that. is. That this is to bo n
question In the not very remote future
wo think there can be no reasonable
doubt and while public sentiment Is
now overwhelmingly opposed to any interference -
terforence by the United States In Chi
nese affairs there Is no certainty that
it will bo so a few years hence , miles *
the expansion policy should prove a so-
rlous burden.
LET TllK LDSSOX UK LAST1XG.
The decision of the supreme court up
holding the validity of the law taking
the control and management of the State
Home for the Friendless out ot the
hands of a private charitable society and
vesting It in olliclals responsible to the
people should prove a salutary bar to
all future schemes to have the stale foot
the bills for public Institutions run by
private parties.
From the very f-rst the state has had
the worst end of the bargain In Its Homo
for the Friendless partnership , which
was but a repetition of the story of the
camel which dispossess ! the Arab of Jus
tent. The unfortunate part of the con
troversy growing out of conflicting
claims to the management of the home
Is that the two years of litigation have
practically ruined Its usefulness , leav
ing the Htato to take hold of a dilapi
dated and neglected property and to re
generate a demoralized institution.
With intelligent and economical ad
ministration this can bo done , but the
loss sustained by the 1)111)110 ) should be
a lasting warning against Indulging In
similar folly again. So far as It de
volves on the state to care for delin
quents and dependents In asylums ,
schools or reformatories , the duty should
bo performed directly through Its own
olllcers nnd not through the agency of
prlvato volunteers , corporations , con
tractors or societies.
TIMK Tit UMl , A HALT.
The weekly statement of bank clear
ings promulgated through the Associ
ated Press represents Omaha as the
most depressed business center In
America. The comparative exhibit
shows a decrease lu Omaha's clearings
of fili per cent from the clearings of the
corresponding week In 1808.
A moro damaging and misleading re
port could not have boon circulated. It
creates the Impression that Omaha Is
doing only half the business It did a
year ago and is In a fair way toward
general collapse. While every ono in
Omaha conversant with the facts knows
that this Is a tlctltlous showing duo tea
a controversy between ono of the
Omaha clearing house banks and Its
South Omaha branch , people outside
take It for granted that the figures rep
resent nil our banking business.
Were this controversy purely a pri
vate matter , affecting only the banks In
volved , the public would have no con
cern In the matter and no right to Inter
pose objection. Inasmuch , however , as
the clearing house reports affect the
standing of Omaha lu the commercial
world and Incidentally of every business
and property interest in the city , the
community must , its a matter of self-
protection , demand lmm dlntp correc
tion nnd adjustment of differences by
the bankers that will restore Omaha to
Its proper position ninong the clearing
house cities. In giving expression to
this demand. The Heo speaks not merely
for Itself , but for every other Interest
In this city. Anything that discredits
Omaha abroad must necessarily curtail
Its prosperity and retard Its growth.
When the contention llrst arose a
month ago it was expected tlmt the local
board would conio to an understanding
within a few days , but the false figures
have been given out week after week
and the fictitious deficit has been grow
ing larger. The time Is at hand to call
a halt before the Injury Intllcted be
comes Irreparable.
AdAIX IX I'ltK SADDliK ,
The Herdman gang Is again In the
saddle at the state house. That fact Is
i patent to all who comprehend the true
j Inwardness of Governor Poynter's
' vetoes.
The supreme court commission bill
was vetoed under the pretext that there
is no use for such a commission. And
yet there Is proof positive that a pro
posal to revive the commission was
made by one of the leaders of the gang
after the veto had been sent to the legis
lature , on condition that llerdman's run-
nlnn mate , Ed. P. Smith , should bo
given a place as one of the commission
ers. This scheme must have been made
i with the knowledge and consent of the
governor , because It could not have been
consummated without his aid and con
sent.
The Omaha charter bill was vetoed
under pretext that It would Increase
taxes in Omaha , although the governor
had no compunction about approving the
Hoard of Education bill by which taxes
In Omaha arc sure to be Increased
enormously.
Both of these vetoes were dictated by
the Hcrdman gang of political holdups
for purely selfish ends.
A
The enemies of the civil service sys
tem are said to derive no little satisfac
tion from the opinion of Comptroller
Tracewell of the Treasury department
In regard to the civil service law. Ac
cording to the interpretation of this of
ficial the civil service act is not a law ,
but merely a rule or regulation of the
president and therefore an executive or-
licer can make an appointment as a rep
resentative of the president and no one
but the president can call him to ac
count for violation of the civil service
rules. "Such alleged disregard of the
law , " sakl the comptroller , "Is not a
violation of the civil service law itself ,
but of an executive regulation by an
agent of the executive who Is alone re
sponsible to the executive. " If this
view Is sound It necessarily follows that
the civil service commission is a power
less ami useless body except in an ad
visory capacity , and Indeed an oiiiclal
of tlie Department of Justice Is reported
to have said that a mistake has been
made In assuming that the commission
had any power to enforce the observance
of the civil service law. Its only power ,
according to this opinion , is to assist
the president in making rules to apply
to the civil service law. "In fact , " said
this oiiiclal of the Department of ,1us-
'Mee , "there Is no civil service law , for
a law Implies that It can be enforced by
the courts. This law cannot bo enforced
by any 0110 but the president of the
United States. " Obviously , therefore , a
department olllcer may Ignore the rules
and appoint whom he pleases to olliei ?
tinder him , being responsible only to
the president.
Tills Is certainly quite contrary to the
general understanding and it manifestly
opens the way to a virtual nullification
of 'the ' merit system If the executive
weiv disposed to permit this to be done.
There will be nothing of this kind , how
ever , it is safe to say , under the present
admlnlslnitlon , so that the foes of the
merit system will reap no advantage' at
'this ' lime from the ruling of the comp
troller. The Washington correspondent
of the Philadelphia Press states that
the matter of civil service has been fre
quently discussed of late by the presi
dent and his cabinet and It Is under
stood that , the system has been fully en
dorsed. Mr. McKlnley Is so strongly
committed to the system by his support
of It when ho was In congress nnd his
declarations nnd action lu regard to It
since tlmt there need be no apprehen
sion on 'the ' part of 1ho friends of the
system that he will permit or tolerate
any impairment of it. Moreover , there
Is no head of a department who Is not
In full accord with the president in re
gard to this policy.
Ono of the amusing jokes of the season
Is the arraignment in the oiiiclal popu
list organ of the republican legislature
for voting great sums of money for all
sorts of Improvements at the dllVorcnt
state Institutions and putting through
uncalled for appropriations by process
of log-rolling and trading. Tills populist
critic entirely ignores the fact that the
populist governor has a veto not only
upon every appropriation bill , but upon
every Item In each appropriation bill ,
and that not one cent has been voted by
the legislature for any purpose except
with the assent and approval of the
impnllst executive. Even appropriations
which members of his own party let
pass , confident they would bo stricken
out through the watchful economy of
the governor , have been confirmed as
law by his signature. No arraignment
of the late legislature for extravagance
will stick that does not Include Governor
Poynter.
The party of purity and reform In Col
orado Is sadly In need of a purgative
If then ) Is any truth In charges made
against the legislature which recently
adjourned in that state. The fusion
forces were In complete control , and ,
while numerous scandals were brought
to Oight all through the session , the
climax came with the closing hours ,
when the clerk of the house ran away
with the copy of 'a bill ho desired to de
feat and was forcibly brought back and
comitelled to disgorge. Now It Is
charged that the clerks of the two
houses doctored roll calls to make them
show tlmt measures were passed which
were actually defeated. The develop.
ments only serve to show that the label
is no guaranty of the quality of the
reform contained In the package.
According to the oiiiclal organ of the
slate house poncrats | , Representative
Weaver , who was elected last fall as ,1
sliver republican on the fusion ticket , Is
expected by them to be working with
the republicans In the next campaign.
Representative Weaver Is n young man
of ability and promise nnd should ho
ally himself once more with the grand
old party In which his father achieved
distinction he will bo giving further evi
dence of political sagacity. It Is plain
tlmt the disgust with the methods of
the popocratie machine Is spreading
wide among the honest people who
were misled by the banner of sham re
form.
Now that the slot machines have
been temporarily withdrawn from cir
culation In South Omaha , the stoppage
of the monthly rake-olt for protection
will curtail the Income of the gang.
Was it for this that they spent their
time and money to elect Shields ?
The Sunday newspaper on the Ameri
can plan Is making a great hit In Lon
don. This Is only another instance where
In a short time every one will be asking
why the London publishers never
screwed their courage up to the sticking
point before.
A Fnr-llrnoliInK Knock.
Philadelphia Uteord.
The Altgeld knockout in Chicago was also
something of a braluclout for Ilrynn nnd 10
to 1. lAltgeld had the support of the Demo
cratic national committee.
fiel Tln e t i < lie AVIiecl.
St. lx3Uls Republic.
If J. Sterling Morton should not succeed
In starting his new 'political ' party there Is
ono Just launched in Porto Ulco that might
find use for him as a rudder.
I'lniin oT the In ml ( Sriilibern ,
Chlcajro Tribune.
Our government only needs to maintain
a stable government In the Island for a year
or two. lleforo we are ready to leave the
Cubans will be seeking annexation as
engerly as the Hawallans did.
AKOHU-M < if tlif Iiii |
Springfield Itepubllcan.
( A New York Imperialist paper admits that
we must give to the Filipinos a despotism ,
but let It bo a just one , It adds. Another New
York Imperialist paper advocated swapping
the Philippines for the British West In
dies. Still another tried to calm the con
science of a correspondent by saying that
the world Is harsh anyway and such jobs
have to .be done. They are an uneasy crowd.
NIMV ImliiNtrj' .
Jllnneaiiolls Times.
The liberation of Cuba has stimulated ono
United States Industry at least , and that is
the manufacture of war relics. For Bema
years after the civil war the business was
prosperous , but In late years there has been
a great falling off In the demand for war
relics. The operations in Cuba have revived
the traffic , and large shipments of blood
stained machetes and other relics of the
naval and military conflicts are being sent
to Santiago for the tourist 'trade. '
Pneumatic -SluircH Kail Flat.
Clovoluml Plnlin Dealer.
The American Potteries company , ono ot
the recent products of the New Jersey trust
hatchery , went to pieces last week. The
projectors of the combination , after 'having
spent ? 250,000 In effecting the organization ,
had to abandon the enterprise because the
public became too inquisitive as to the means
by which the glittering promises of the
prospectus were to -fulfilled. . They did
some figuring on the back of the prospectus
and the outcome not being satisfactory the
shares were not taken.
CICMM ! Thliifc for Culm.
Boston Transcript.
The Cuban assembly , having learned from
Washington that not ono cent moro than
$3,000,000 could bo obtained to pay
the Cuban soldiers to go home , voted
21 to 1 to accept that amount to disband
the Cuban army and to adjourn without day.
The payment of the money will bo con
ducted by General Brooke , who will call
for proper vouchers and will see that no
"straw men" are smuggled Into the ranks
while the money Is going round. The news
that the mischief-making assembly has dis
solved Is the best we have heard from Cuba
for a long time.
XAIj AXI1 OTIIKIIWISK.
Both sides In Luzon having Issued proc
lamations , the shooting may now proceed.
The latest sample of Britltti humor Is &
reference to Lady Curzpn as the "Loiter
of Indja. "
The citizens of Alva , In Oklahoma , have
petitioned ( do town council to change the
name of the place 'to Capron In honor of
Captain Capron of the Hough Illders , who
was killed at Santiago. The petition was
granted by a unanimous vote.
Now Yock's Influence as a connoisseur
of art Is steadily expanding. The nearby
town of Syracuse ntrlkcs Gotham's gait In
this'gem : "Though his foreground may need
a little rain , his skies nro full of the ele
ments which make potatoes grow. "
Senator Hoar thus speaks of Grant and
Surnnor In the current Scrlbner's : "Stunner
did Injustice to Grant ; Grant did injustice
to Sumner. The judgment of each was
warped nnd clouded until each looked with
n blood-shotten eye at the conduct of the
other. "
Rx-Sccrotary Sherman says ( tiat his
brother , the general , once replied thus tea
a compliment on the linnorn fallen to the
family : "Yes , John has done well. I do
not complain of fortune. Hut the biggest
and best of the Shermans was my brother
Jim. If ho had lived the rest of us would
hnvo been thrown In Ilio shade. "
George Francis Train puts an oar in on
the Anglo-American alliance discussion , In
sisting that It should not bo thought of un
til the Kngllsh learn their own language.
To illustrate , ho told this Btory : "An Kng-
llshman came to mo and said , 'Have you
any hentails over hero ? ' I said , 'No , but
wo have cocktails. ' I told him lie couldn't
spell saloon. Ho Bald , 'IfeBS-hay-hell-two
hoos-and-a-hen , ' nnd etlll Kngland talks to
us of mother love. "
In the eulogistic address which Hoy.
Archibald U. Uraduhaw delivered nt obse
quies In connection with the Seventy-firei
Now York regiment , of which ho Is chap
lain , the speaker used almost word for word
several passages which appear In the eulogy
which Colonel Ingcrsoll uttered over the
remains of his brother , Khan Ingersoll. w < lie
died twenty years ago. Mr. riradahaw ac
knowledges the plagiarism , complacently
adding that in some places ho Improved
upon the original.
The failure of Mayor Qulnoy of Boston to
attend the funerals of the members of tbu
Ninth Massachusetts last Sunday , and again
his failure to bo on hand In welcome the
Fifth Massachusetts on Monday , brought out
the fact that ho was ill and it also appears
that he is a ChrUtlan Scientist and , though
suffering from u cold tovcro enough to
alarm his friends , he refuses persistently to
have a jhyglclan called In. Mont surpris
ing of all lu the statement that Mayer
Qulncy probably owes his cold to his long
standing practice of wearing no cocki.
AM > HIM TWO YIVTOKM ,
Lyons Sun : The governor of Nebraska
vetoed a resolution thanking the Ncbraok.i
boys for their services In the Philippines.
The governor has made himself conspicuous
by so doing , but his notoriety Is not of n
brand much to be desired.
1
O'Neill Frontier : Fathers nnd brothers
of those brnvo men of Iho First Nebraska
rcglmont who bore Old Olory to victory
over the bloody Philippines fields will re
member Governor Poynler's veto of the
joint resolution of thanks to that regi
ment if ho should over reek state rccog-
, nltlon again.
Wlnsldo Tribune : The Nebraska boys
arc brave and "tho state acknowledges the
debt It owes them by reason of the honor
conferred upon It by their valor while de
fending In the Philippines the principles of
our government nnd adding new glory to
our Hag , " whether our pin-headed governor
saw lit to glvo his olllclal sanction to the
sentiment or not.
Batllo Creek Republican : During Iho last
hours ot the session of the legislature n
resolution was passed by both houses com
mending the Nebraska boys on their brave
work In the Philippines. When the meas
ure reached Governor Poyntcr he promptly
vetoed it. The families nnd friends ot
the boys will remember this little bit o {
splto work ,
Columbus Journal : Governor Poynter , by
his veto , virtually says that Agulnaldo was
right in his Insurrection against the au
thority of the United States at Manila ,
cither ignornntly or maliciously falling to
sco the legal , logical , natural nnd Inevita
ble sequence of events nml thus encourag
ing , In about as small a way as a governor
could , the enemies of his country. We
had supposed that Mr. Poynter has more
sense.
Plerco Call : Governor Poynter vetoed a
patriotic resolution last Saturday a reso
lution commending the First Nebraska for
Its gallantry displayed on the Held of battle
In Manila. By so doing ho has placed him
self on the side of Agulnaldo and his band
of bandits , who wished to walk over the
American army and plllago the city of Ma
nila. The Nebraska boys nro In MacAr-
thur's division , along with troops from
South Dakota , Kansas and Oregon , with the
Utah light battery. They are heroes and
no fusion Poynter can veto their fame.that ;
Is certain.
Aurora Republican : Governor Poyntcr
vetoed the bill passed by the Nebraska leg
islature congratulating and endorsing the
record made by the First Nebraska regi
ment at Manila for bravery and clllolency
on the field of battle. As between a Filipino
nnd our brnvo Nebraska boys the governor
goes on record ns lu favor of the dirty Fili
pino. It may bo all right for a poporrat
campaign argument , but ns sure aB there
Is a God In heaven the insult to our bravo
bays nt ( Manila will Ixs remembered by a
good many people In the state at the ballot
box in the coming election.
Superior Journal : The pops seem to bo
ready to follow Governor Poynter Into the
camp of the rebel Agulnaldo. But Just wait
until the returns come In from the boys of
the First Nebraska on Poynter's pretense
that they were not fighting for their country
and their flag. Can't fool those boys. Gov.
Pojnter's objection to the Joint resolution
which pops and republicans alike voted for
was that ono paragraph took decided ground *
for the United States Instead of Agulnaldo ,
and don't you forget the boys will see It
just as plainly ns did their fathers , when at
the front , < see through the peace at any prJcu
resolutions of the copperheads of that day.
Greoley Leader : Governor Poynter has
certainly distinguished himself and shown
himself a true democrat , with all the in
herited piety and purity of the party. When
the nation Itself was struggllug for ex
istence In the sixties , the "party of reform"
"resolved , " In its official capacity , that "the
war for the union" "was a failure" and
called on the savior ot his country to call
In his troops , stop the "useless flow of fra
ternal blood" and let the confederacy go.
It is entirely In accordance with Uio fitness
of things that the chief executive of an
autl-pass-purlty-and-rcform ( ) state admln-
Iftratlon should refuse to thank the First
Nebraska boys for patriotic and meritorious
conduct In the field. The sons of fusion nro
following the footsteps of their fathers.
Genoa Leader : The legislature passed a
resolution In the closing hours thanking the
boys of the First 'Nebraska ' at Manila for
their bravery and patriotism shown upon the
field of battle in the far off Philippines ,
only to have It vetoed by that 2x1 , small
bore apology for a politician In the gov
ernor's chair at Lincoln. His reason given
for the veto was that a clause in the resolu
tion said something about the regiment
lighting for Its country , a remark to which
ho took exceptions. His veto message
Is as rank a piece ot political buncombe
as It was ever the Loader's privilege to nee
in print , nnd it causes intelligent Nebraskans -
kans of all political parties to blush with
shame. Poynter is getting most unmerci
fully roasted from all sides , ns ho ought , al
though It Is possible ono debuses himself In
wasting valuable space upon a demagogue
of his caliber and stripe.
Hastings Tribune : Wo were very much
eurprlEed , as well ns chagrined , on reading
the veto of Governor Poynter of the resolu
tion of the senate "Thanking the bravo 'boys
of the First Nebraska regiment for their
gallant conduct on the Hold of battle. " Why
tliU little resolution of deserved praise ex
pressing thanks of the citizens of our state
to the patriotic soldiers who are eo bravely
facing the guns of Iho enemies of our gov
ernment nnd Christian civilization should
rojelvo an executive "no" wo cannot Imag
ine. There was no snnko in the grass , or
politics In the resolution ; nothing but an
acknowledged gratitude of our Indebtedness
to these ibravo 'boys ' , who were so bravely
defending our flag and our honor ns a nation
In the spreail of freedom nnd liberty
throughout the world. To the sentlmciu
expressed In the resolution , "we pledge the
honor of the elate that to the living shall
bo accorded worthy distinction nnd to the
dead all that can bo given the dead , a llttlni ;
memorial of their fame , " ho said "no , " Wo
are pleased to know the resolution was
passed over the veto by a vote of 20 to 10.
Let the question bo submitted to the In-
tolllgent and patriotic citizens of our state
they will veto this "veto" nt a greater
ratio than 20 to 10. H would be , at least ,
1C to 1.
St. Paul Itepubllcan : Governor Poynter
has vetoed n Joint resolution passed by the
legislature- thanking the members of the
First Nebraska regiment for the gallant
service which has reflected so much glory
upon their native state. In disapproving
this measure Governor Poynter lias proven
himself the smallest kind of a small-bore
politician. His excuse that ho cannot
"stultify" himself by commending the pur
poses which have caused the latest lighting
In the Philippines would bo bad enough If
there were any truth In the oft-repeated cry
that the war for humanity lias degenerated
Into a war of conquest. But there la not.
This country acquired a clear title to the
islands as u natural incident to the war with
Spain ; Agulnaldo and his mob of Tagal
rebels never held sovereignty over a single
aero of land and there Is no ctmnco for
anybody to wage a war of conquest against
them. Governor Poynter's veto message
would have been moro Interesting had 1m
pointed out some other course for the
Nebraska boys than that which they have
pursued since the night of February C ,
when their camp was attacked by the In
surgents. ( Had they remained quietly in
their tents and permitted themselves to bo
massacred , Instead of grabbing their guna
and jumping Into the thick of the fight ,
where they have remained ever slnee , they
would no doubt have earned the unqualified
approval ot all Nebraska popocrats.
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Now York livening Post : Wo hnvp killed 1
thoiisnnda of men with loud chanta ot glory
nnd rven with hymns to our Creator. Our
conduct dins been very like that of Absvr ,
who Inquired affectionately nfter Jonb >
heahd. simply in order to get n botte >
chitnco to slab him under the fifth rib.
Chicago Chronicle : The nmount of It Is
that wo nro In for a long , tedious nnd ex
pensive campaign expensive both In money
nnd In men. If popular opinion Is not yet
alive to this fact there will bo an awaken *
ing when fresh drafts of men nro ordered
j to Manila to supply ttio places of those
sacrificed in a crusade for "humaulty nnd
civilization. "
I Denver Post : The war Is unpopular among
| the people because unnecessary nnd uncalled
I for. The American people will never sane.
| tlon n warfare upon n people who had lib-
I crated themselves from the yoke of Span
ish oppression lu 'their battle for Indepen
dence , such n war Jias never been snno.
tinned by t'ho ' American people nnd never
will be. With ttielr consent the Indcpen-
denco ot the Filipinos will not be destroyed.
Chicago Record : The proclamation rec
ognizes no rights of the Filipinos nor IOCM
It deem ( lie consent of the governed n mat
ter of any Importance. The conquered nrr
simply promised kind treatment nnd bon-
I cflcont government ns n condition of sub
mission to an oulsldo authority. What con
queror ever promised less ? And where Is
It written In American institutions thai
the rule of n conqueror contrary to the
willing consent of the ruled Is not tyranny
simply because beneficent ?
i Springfield Republican : H Is one of tlie
strongest objections to the government ot
alien races Jar distant that the dirty side
of il'o thing can bo so easily covered uj .
! Spain had but a vague idea of what was
I being done In Cuba. Wo should nnvor
, have had n war if the unsightly Spanish
1 back yard had not { happened to abut on
our premises. But nro wo mutfi mor >
likely to know what Is done In the Phil
ippines than the Spanish people knew
what was done in Cuba ? The longer the
war lasts the blunter curiosity grows nnd
the moro -opugnnnco Is felt by the pcopio
to hearing the topic mentioned nt nil.
Philadelphia Ledger : For the sake of con
sistency nnd n decent regard for appear
ances it is to be hoped that wo shall have
finished our work of benevolent assimila
tion in the Philippines before our delegates
appear at the peace conference proposed
by the czar of Russia. It would scarcely
bo In accordance with the proprieties of Uio
occasion for the American eagle to attend
that notable assemblage whllo still en
gaged In rending nnd devouring 3ils prey.
As _ lt Is he will barely have time to clean
the blood from his beak nnd talons before
raising his voice In favor of peace and
disarmament. The prompt surrender of the
Filipinos will nt least enable him to look
as virtuous as cither the lion or the bear
and will render lilm ns good natured and
'complacent ' as elUicr of those animals after
n full meal.
Baltimore American : The failure to cap
ture the Filipinos ( at Mulolos ) may pro
long the war Indefinitely. The report that
some of them are coming Inside the lines
nnd going to work Is not very significant.
The bulk of them are with Agulnaldo nml
they are In n position where they cannot
bo reached. The rainy season will eoon
force the withdrawal of the American
troops from all points that can be aban
doned with Bafety. The troops cannot live
on the marshes at such time. In the United
States during the civil war the union
tioops had to bo withdrawn from all ex
posed points below Savannah after u cer
tain date in the xprlng. But as soon as the
withdrawals occur in the Philippines
Agulnaldo and his followers will advance
and reoccupj * the ground. It looks , there
fore , ns It there must be another campaign
against these persistent rebels before they
are brought Into subjection to American
authority.
MOIII3 I'IS\.S10.\S.
Soldlci-N of Uio I.nt < ; AViir Hoinlinrtl
tinJ'uiiHlou Ollli-e.
Indianapolis NOWH.
It looks ns though the country were to
have another demonstration of the terrors
of war , for It Is reported that applications
are pouring in for pensions on account ot
disabilities Incurred in the Spanish war.
It seems to us that it would be well to
give this matter attention before the ap
plicants become veterans and while ono can
denounce the pension robbery wlUiout being -
ing accused of a lack ot patriotism. Al
ready 380 members of line Thirty-fourth
Michigan regiment , or moro than one-
fourth of Its enlisted strength , Omvo sent
In applications for pensions. The District
ot Columbia regiment Is n good second with
350 applicants. Then follow the Thirty-
third Michigan , the Eighth Ohio and the
Second Massachusetts , 'tho latter regiment
having 317 applicants. Only two of these flvo
leglmcnts the Second Massachusetts ami
the Thirty-fourth Michigan were under
.fire , the former regiment having had a num
ber of men killed and wounded , while the
latter regiment had four men killed nnd
about twelve wounded at Agundorcs brldgo.
Malaria Hcems to be 'the ' trouble with most
of the pension claimants.
The extreme promptness of this move
ment for pensions will bo better appre
ciated when It Is remembered that up to
1SS2. or seventeen years after the close of
the "civil war , there were many regiments
that served throughout the war which dhl
not have 100 pension applicants. We do
not wonder that Iho pension olfico expresses
'tho opinion that pension attorneys are
largely responsible for the raid that has
now begun. It Is much to bo hoped that
the soldiers who nerved their country no
noblj In the recent war will not dim ttielr
glory by becoming partners with the pen
sion agents In n Echcmo for depleting th
treasury. Wo do not wonder that many men
should , perhaps thoughtlessly , demand pen
sions. For the country ( has been educated
into n belief that all that n soldier asked
for he ought to have , without regard to
whether it was his dun or to hlx own char
acter or to the nature and vuluo of his
services. They nro but following n well
cstabllthcd precedent. Ami , of courtu1 , they
ought to bo treated precisely as the sol-
Not the kind made
simply to sell.
None can match its
record of over half a
century of cures.
dlors of the civil war nro now belns treated.
Malaria resulting from n campaign In
Cuba or the Philippines Is quite ns bad ns
that resulting from a campaign in the
swmnps of Iho south.
Yet If the government will U may save-
the country from mmti scandal , to say
| nothing of money , and nt the same time pro
tect the peed name of the soldlors. Ami
\u > liupo that the claims presented will bo f
closely scrutinized and tlmt above nit some
way may bo devised of chocking Ihc rapa
city of the pension attorneys , who seem to
hnvo no sense of their obligation < o tlu ;
country and no regard for the honorable
fame of Iho men whom they tempt into ask
ing for pensions to which they frequently
have no rlg-ht whatever.
.sritl.MJTI.MK .MI11TII.
Delrolt Journal : Wife Oh , you're afraid
to KO after the burglar !
.Husband Well , I nln't nfwlil to mlmlt It.
Pltlstmrg Chronlolo : "Tliero's nnoitlicr
cold iwuv ? . " t nl < l Mr. Pitt , who had the
mnv.spnper In his liuiiil , with the weather
forecast before him ,
"Whnre. ? " Hkc l Air. Venn. ?
"In the river. "
Philadelphia North American : "Clra-
rtous ! " exclaimed thp slock yards calf , "I
can't drink this water. "
"What's the matter with it ? " nsketl the
mother cow.
"Tastes just Ilko embalmlllK Illlld. "
Now York Tribune : A truxt bus laid
Hands on the trapping * of death. At Ellzn-
both th < llvorymon have combined to r.-vlso
the prli-o for cnlin t funerals to $1. No
thrifty person will venture to ille In Ullza-
both whllo thin heartless trust conwlros to
put n high tariff on funeral processions.
riilcniro Tribune : "Do you moan to tcM
mo , " said the unfortunate IHU-uiit , "that
Iho whole property In dlsputo has been
wn'tod In costs ? "
"I said It had boon nbsorbtd , my friend-
not wasted. " replied the lawyer , who had
got the most of U.
Washington Stnr : "llomomber , " said Uio
Impressive mornll.it , "that n man In ofllca
owes something to the public. "
"That seems to bo the Imprcstilon In my
community , " answered tlK- politician gloom
ily. "Since my election every man , woman
nnd child seems to think I am In debt to
him. "
Chleaco Pot : He had boon studying the
lines of nor hand for several minute ! * .
"I'm deeply interfsU'd In palmistry , " ha
said nt last.
"Porhiiut yon woifd like to have a hanJ
for practice. " who sUKKestod.
That Is how ho secured hers.
Tin : < ; osi'ii , or CAI.M.IQR.
Listen , yo sons of the morning !
Hearken , oh Christian land !
Hush ! while yo hear the warning1
Uorno from a distant land :
Not with Tradu's sordid plunder ,
Not with the inarolilnpr of men ,
Not with the , t el deck's thunder
Cometh the Christ again.
Strength lie -to the strong who conquer
By the rllle's lltftil Blare ;
But love ami faith bo the anchor
Of n people who trust In prayer.
Shall the muster of armed lesions ,
Shall powder arid blood make elenr
To the dwellers In darkened regions
What American hearts hold dear ?
I know that the Briton slumbers
On the Indian tiger's skin ,
With never a thought of the numbers
Of ihe tiger's jungle kin ;
I know that < icrots the borders ,
Sharp mown by the scythe of war ,
The Cossack carries the orners
Of his master , the Russian czar.
I know but why should I reckon
The empires that Force , hath known ?
Go where their graveyards beckon
And dig for their flory Of stone.
This Is the voice of Palmyra
Smothered In desert sand ;
This of Phoenician Tyra
Sunk where her ships were manned.
The beauty of burled Damascus ,
The glory of Greece and of Rome ,
Hlso from their graves to ask us :
"Does America seek our doom ?
We sailed. " say 'they , "with t'ho current ;
Wo followed the flap afar :
Wo poured our youth like a torrent
In the tide of foreign war.
"Ours MIS the loftiest passion
The apes had yet unrolled ;
Ours the latest fashion.
Whether of Rods or of ROlJ.
The torch of civilization ,
IJy might of the sword and spear ,
We bore to remotest nation
Beho'.d us burled hero !
"Go yo on In the road of c"nque& * .
Go on In the path of blood.
And still the wnll.i of the vanquished
With psalms yo sing to vour God :
Go , load your Christ In a cinnon
With the powdor-prl'ms of hell-
In the battery of Mammon
It shall servo Uts purpose well. "
And up from the heathen altars
That perished so long ago
From the pVirps where Christian martyr *
Dlrd that the faith might grow ;
From the ashes and soattered embers
Of a people that murdered Paul
Came n message my sou' remembers
"Your fate Is the fate of us nil. "
Oh , Motherland , true and tender ,
Say to the. Isles of the sea :
"Yo are ransomed , not -surrender
Yo are ransomed to make you free.
By the memories , dear and olden ,
Of Vorktown and Bunker Hill
By the grace of tin ; , Rule that Is Golden ,
Wo grunt you freedom ttlll. "
Then listen , ye sons of tr morning-
Awaken , oh patriot band :
Pray tonight for the dawning
Of light In our Christian land.
Prny and work for the wonder
In the Islands of the sea ,
That nceds no cannon's thunder
The gospel of Galilee.
Lincoln , Nt'b. A. R. SHI3LDON.
The tendency of the times fn
all mercantile enterprises is
toward concentration. We
have fourteen retail stores in as
many big cities and we man
ufacture all the clothing that is
sold in them under one roof.
All of our energies are bent
on doing that one thing well.
By manufacturing on so
large a scale , we are able to
take every advantage that
ample capital can give. We
buy cloths and materials in
large quantities and the work Is
done in our own factory under
the most economical conditions ,
and under pur direct supervi
sion ,
The customer gets the benefit
of all this in better clothes and
lower prices , Will you look
over our Spring assortment ?
$5,00 $ to $25,00.