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TIIT3 OMATTA DAILY T.EE : MO X DAT , l8fD. ) THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. K. noSKWATKIl , Editor. PI-BLUSHED KVKUY MOHXINO. _ _ THUMB or sunscmirriON. IDntly Heo ( without Smuliiyi , One Yenr..00 ( ! I > a.ily UPP nd Sumlny , One Year S.OT Blx Months 4.(0 ( 'J'nrcc Months 2.00 Hunday Bee , One Ycnr 2.00 Saturday HPP , one Yenr MW Weekly Be < - , One Year t 63 OFFICES. Omaha : The Dec OuCctlng , South Omaha ; City Hall KuMdlng , Twenty- fifth nnd N Street * . Council Ulun > : 10 Pcnrl Street. Chicago ; Hlork Hxcliango Building. New York : Temple Court. AXoflhlngton : BOl Fourteenth Street. COUUKSPONDSNCK. Communication. ! relating to news and rdltorliel matter tliould ho addressed : JiXlltorlal Department , The Omaha Uce. BUSINESS TjBTTKIlS. lu.ilne ! < M letters and remittances should bo addressed to The Hoe Publishing Com pany , Omahn. HKM1TTANCK8. Tlr > mn by draft , express or postal order payable to The lleo Pub'IMiIng Company , only 2-cont stamps accepted In payment of mall lie-counts. Personal checks , except on Oma.hu or Riistcrn exelintiKC , not ( icccplcd , THK I1BB I'UBLISIIlNd COMPANY. STATUSIJ.\T ! OF CIHCt'Ij.VTlO.V. State of Nebraska , Douglas Countj' , BH. : George H. Tzschnck. secretary of The Hee Publishing company , being duly sworn , says that the actual number of full mid complete copies of Th ; Daily. MorninK. Evening and Sunday Hue , printed during the month of AIny , l&M. was as follows : 1 IM.IIO 17 aii70 : 2 r iMiN : < > is uiuo : ) 3 1:1,1:70 ID IMI.-O : iMt.so : 20 1:1,71.1 G 1M.TIO 21 ! ! , - > , I IB C UI.IOII 22 ' _ ' . ! , I O 7 181,5(10 ( 23 21,00(1 ( 8 IM.UOO 21 i-lill ! ( o iiiio : 23 ai-i-io 10 ir , nio 2 > i iiri ; : < i 11 uitii : ) 27 a 1,710 12 sr , 7H 2S jin < i.-i 13 IM.r.SO 29 IM.'ISO 34 iM,7 r. 30 : Miio : : 15 ! , . | ( 31 1:1,550 , 1C 1:1,110 Total 70tlH O Lens unsold nnd returned copies. . . . 0,807 , Not total snloa 7r.l,0st : Net dally averages IM.UUS O12O. 13. TKSCHUCK , Subscribed nnd sworn before me this 2d day of June , 1S39. F. J. BUTCL1FFR ( Seal. ) Notary Public. Assunitico comes from Ami Arbor Hint Michigan's Stnto university will re tain Us Angi'1.1. Now Unit Dreyfus has lieon rclunsort from his prison wo nliull hour no more about Devil's Island. Henderson IH under tlio upenkcrshlp wire before the oilier candidates have taken n start. The west Is always at tbo front UIPSP days. Germany loe-ln jubilant of Its ac quisition of the Carolines. The United States has had all it could do to keep Its Carollnas within the fold. The sum of $550 Is bid for the old Six teenth street viaduct , the bidder lo tear down the structure. That shows ho- " much value .there was In that ram- Bhacldo structure. Mr. Yerljos will retire from the man- HKeinentof Chicago's street railway sys- tern , but he will not stop clipping coupons pens on 'the ' b'bnds whlcli hold" ( town' the rails on which the cars are run. Sir Moreton liYewen is .on his.way Imck to the * UnlU'd States , but the 1U- uietallle silver league , with which lie ' lias been associated , Is not'likely ' to pot much comfort out of Ills prophesies of remonotlxation. Another new trust Is In sight this time It is a. combine oC Indiana gran gers , who have formed a protective as sociation to hold wheat and grain in definitely in common elevators jn order to dictate prices. The record shows fewer business fail ures in May than elurlng any month for years. Only another straw Illustrating the beneficence of republican sound money doctrines , which Infuse stability into all branches of business. Ten years ago a western man would Lave stqod no possible show In a race for the speakershlp of the house. Hen derson's successful 'candidacy Is H sign of the coming pre-eminence of the great west , not only politically , but otherwise. It took live minutes for 'tlio ' ceremony attending the presentation of the new ypnnlHli minister at Washington by Which diplomatic relations between Spain and the ITnitaj. states are re newed. It took less time than that to break off those relations. The Hco bus reason to congratulate It- eelf upon Its successful campaign on behalf - half of David H. Henderson for the epeakershlp. It was the llrst paper to pronounce positively In his favor and lias been vigorous In prosecuting his claims from start to finish. There Is no use of taxing people for the pay of sanitary olllcers , police olll- cers or public prosecutors so long as the police court continues , to make a farce of nil complaints and Indiscriminately dis charges parties arrested feir' violation of municipal and state statutes. Fifteen railroads enter Omaha , countIng - Ing the Illinois Central. Two more are heading tills way , either by means of iron rails or trallie arrangement with other lines. And there are others lookIng - Ing this way. It is because Omaha oc cupies a commanding position ns a trade center. "Hrn of failures is past Fewer busi ness disasters for April and May than ever before Increase In general busi ness r 0 per cent over last year and orders hurry the factories. " These head lines In the Ilryanlto local organ ought < o dispel the delusion that veal prosper ity has not yet put In an appearance In this country. Under the Nebraska constitution the Elate auditor is required to compile and publish a statement of appropriations jnado by the legislature within sixty days after Its adjournment. This in formation , now overdue , will bo looked for with interest by the public. Inci dentally the session laws arc also to bo distributed within the tmue time , but uro also overdue. tr/r ; xnr irjin o.vfi VXIFUUMI It Is g"tiunilly tindorstond among the leaders of flio throo-t'or-oiip pany tluit the niaxqucrado of three separate party Organizations mounted on three dlf forent platforms , but ntipiwrtlng one anil the * same tie-hot , will bo dropped In the next national campaign. The miwms for tlds nre obvious. The democrats. impulUlx and silver repub licans fused on Ilrynn and rc-fuwtl on Hole-omb , I'ejynter and the other candidates on the tripartite ticket until the annual performance has become a transparent farce. Inasmuch its all are after the same garni they might as well travel under the stme : name. To all Intents and purposes a populist is the same as a democrat and a democrat the same as u silver ivpuhlhtin. Tln-lr alliance being for one purpose only , namely , the division of the spells , there Is neither rhjMiio nor reason in performing in a three-ring circus when one tent is ample for the whole show. It is conceded by honest populists thnt their party as a national factor has been swallowed up by the democ racy by the fusion process. Populists who have revolted against this unholy alliance have already divorced them- snlve's nnd nominated a national ticket which they pre > posj to support as a matter of principle , win or lose. The impullHts who luive made their bed with the democrats might there fore as well get under the democratic epillt. In the next national campaign they Avlll be classwi as democrats whether they live in Alabama or Ne braska. Why then should the fusion comedy bo ugaln played In IS ! ) ' . ) ? What sense Is 'there In calling together throe scp- urato conventions to nominate the same man for supreme judge , espe cially since the choice Is already fore ordained by the Omaha hold-up gang and endorsed by the state house ma chine ? Why not swear all the pop ulist forces and silver republican camp followers In as democrats at once so they may wear the saina Bryan uniform next spring ? In his report to the W r department Major General Wood , In command of the province of Santiago , says that the whole problem today In Cuba Is work. "If the idle people who read the in cendiary press had work and could relegate to a back scat the politicians whoso present Importance rests solely upon the attentions they are receiving from our people they would not have followers enough left to give them the slightest importance or weight in the community. " This emphasizes what this very jible ofllcer nnd administrator said In a recent magazine article. In that ho declare. ] that the Cuban people , instead of being , as some charged , lazy and unwilling to work , HUB not only willing but anxious to work. The prob lem , lie said , has never been one of tlmllng workers , but of giving work to those who wished it. There Is an enor mous amount of work which it is abso lutely necessary should be done In the no.ir future and General Wood believes that throughout Cuba the policy which hfis been adopted in Santiago province , of spending the revenues in public 1m- prowments and issuing rations only in return for work , will meet with the success which It has met with in that province. The statement of General Wooei , re lating to tlw province under his com mand , that 'the ' people who are making the disturbances do not represent - per cent of the population , is the best pos sible testimony to the benefits of ( ho policy he has pursued and there seems good reason to think that a similar policy Is not impracticable In other provinces. General Wood expresses the belief that there Is enough money with the revenues to find work for the Idle , "not to the detriment of the ad ministration , but to its everlasting benefit" If this view is correct , it cer tainly would seem to be incumbent upon the American authorities to ear nestly address themselves to the ques tion of giving the idle Cubans work. If in that is to be found the most effective means of .destroying . His Influence of the politicians who arc fostering pop ular discontent and dissatisfaction , surely no better use could bo made of the ivvenucs of the island. The intelligence and care with whlcli General Wood has studied the condi tions In Cuba and the great ability he has shown as an administrator entitle his opinion to the ; highest consideration , and when lie declares that the whole problem today In Cuba is work nnd ex presses the 'belief ' that It is practicable to supply the work , the government should seriously consider the matter. There Is no question that as to the ter ritory under the command of General Wood the value of work as a means of pacification has been most amply demonstrated. "Tho people are all at work , " says his report , "peaceful and , as far as erne can see , fairly happy. " It Is not unreasonable to assume that the application of the policy that has bo.'ii 'pursueel there throughout Cuba would produce a like result. IMPRACTICAL 1'AHK SCJ1KMKS. The suggestion made by The Bee for the conversion of the Ulull' tract now in nso for exposition purposes Inlo a per manent public park has Inspired real estate speculators with the idea that Omaha Is about to Invest promiscuously In another extensive addition to Its park system. This impression is based on false premises. Omaha now owns more park sites than can possibly bo cared for with the llmlteel means at ( lie com mand of the park board. In fact , Omaha is overloaded with paiM ; sites and should as soon ns possible dispose of those that are too remote from the popu lation center to bo available for years to como ami cannot bo Improved without detriment to the parks that are within the reach of Omaha's present popula tion. tion.Tho The only reason why the acquisition of tlio Hluff tract for park purpose * would meet with popular support Is be- oiuse ; It is already one of tliu most beau tiful parks within the city Jlmlts nnd would require comparatively little out lay for Its maintenance ami Improve ment. There Is moreover a universal pe > ntlmcnt against the abanelonme > nt nnd subdivision of the Hluff tract , as well as against the filling up of the la- gexm after the close of the Impending exposition. This popular demand will naturally have weight with the park commission and should Impel that Imdy to take the necessary steps in due time1 for acquiring the ground either by pur- cha o at reasonable price or by exercise of the right of eminent domain. It Is to bo hoped that the owners of the tract will be public-spirited enough either to make donation to the city of part or all of their holdings , which never have brought them any revenue , or at least to offer them to the city nt nominal prices. In any event there IH no Immediate or even remote prospect of the purchase of new park sites that would In volve Incalculable expense In addition to the llrst ce > st of the land , unless Indeed - deed , the owners of such sites were will- lug to exchange with the clt > for one eif the tracts outside of the corporate lim its. .Such nn exchange would , however , require legislation authorizing it and that Is at least two years off. AMKlllCAX CtlMl'KTlTlUA' . Perhaps in no department Is Ameri can competition abroad so marked as in that of machinery and the growing demand for American locomotives Is" not the Icasl Interesting feature of It. A few days ago It was announced that the Hnlelwln locomotive works had re ceived an order from an English rail way company for twenty engines anil this Is one of numerous orders that American manufacturers have hnet from abroad in the last few years. It is an interesting fact that for sev eral years the export trade In American locomotives has been constantly Increas ing. The Now York .loitnml of Com merce gives figures showing that In ISO ! the value of locomotives exported amounted to L',000,000 , while for 1SOS it was SH.SSO.UOO and this amount will bo exceeded the present year. Hemarlc- Ing upon these facts that paper says there Is no question that our locomo tive builders can beat the world in rapidity of construction and that the same causes which enable them to dose so are sufllcient to put them on nn ad vantageous fe > oting In regard to price. It is pointed out that the high rate of wages which skilled labor has always commanded in this country has stimu lated the invention of labor-saving tools and the first principle of Industrial pro duction has como to be a question of developing the labor of the man plus the machine to Its highest attainable capacity. The largest of our American locomotive works Is also the largest In the world nnd is capable of turning out without extra effort 1,000 engines In a year. It has conic to be an established fact that steel is made cheaper In this country than anywhere else In the world and it Is equally well recognized that American labor in most depart ments of mechanical engineering Is more than twice as productive ns that employed under the most favorable con ditions abroad. The simple fact is that In the manu facture of nearly all kinds of machinery the United States has made greater ad vance than any other country , so that today the superiority of American ma chinery is everywhere acknowledged , and there is every reason to expect that our primacy In this respect will be maintained. European manufacturers may Imitate , as they have done and are doing , but American ingenuity can be depended upon to keep In the lead and to win supremacy in the world's mar kets. Our enterprising nnd boastful contem porary is trying to ward off the effect or the deadly parallel between local circu lation of Omahn dallies by asking The Bee to submit its entire circulation to the inspection of experts of the Ad vertisers' Guarantee company , so-called. The Bee has never refused to submit its circulation books to the inspection of experts from Chicago , New York or any other place. But it elocs not propose to pay anybody for pretended Inspection or for the guaranty of its circulation which has been published every day for more than twelve years and whlcli It guarantees to all Its patrons to be cor rect. Tills guaranty is good for any amount that advertiser * may invest with It , while the company guaranty Is good for nothing more than The Bee would guarantee to the company. In re fusing to pay any guaranty fees The Bee has followed the example of nearly all the great newspapers of the country with established and known circula tions. One who accurately reads the signs of the times can no longer doubt the sta- blllty of Omaha realty values. The Bee last year and nrior to/that date nelvlseel Its readers to Invest In Omaha real estate and In that way derive the benefits of an inevitable advance in values. Nor is it teio late now to make Judicious Invest ments. Property can be purchased in Omaha for loss money than will bo asked live years lienco , while building materials are sure to nelvnnco above ruling prices today. A great deal of home building Is now In progress In the city and local architects are authority for the statement that the record of building operations for 1809 will pnno as nothing else can the unwavering faith of the people In Omaha's future. Mexico is pointed out by the bimetallists - lists ns one of the most prosperous na tions on the globes Yet it Is about to IBSUO over $100,000,000 of bonds , re deemable In forly-flvo years nnd guaranteed by the customs receipts at fi Jier cent interest , while some e > f oven the minor cities of the United States e-an borrow money In abundance nt from Il'Xi ' to1 per cent interest nnd the national government has no dltllculty In disposing of li per cent bonds. FrulU of ( ) . IViir. Oh lea BO neoord. A Kansas baby girl lias been named Fun- ttoule. Miiltluu ; n Krc-Nh Start , Globe-Democrat. Cuban privates fall to eco that their In terests are identical with the future political I ambitions of their ledern. They sensibly prefer to accept the gift offered to enable I them to moke a frroh start In civil life. Home Affair * NIMM ! Settlement , Xew York Times. \Var excitement Is the pest of sound politics. Upon Innumerable occnslona the fillttor of a cnndlJftlc'n epaulettes has held the public gaze to the total neglect of his bumps , which It would have been to Its Interest to study attentively. We want to bo free from the distractions of war anet the fruits of war next year In order that wo may with undisturbed minds settle some of our own affairs. Onto Our Oun. Chloiso News. A small force of regulars has been sent from Fort SherlJnn to the Vi cinity of Sknguny , Alaska. This Is not Intended as an act of war , but simply to remind the Canadian police who are attempt- Ins to establish a new boundary line on their own hook that the United States pro poses to Uex-p nil It hns purcliascil from Hussla nnd thnt they must keep on their gldo of the line. liintiiiiccn of Prosperity. Inillnnapoll ! ) Journal. The Dryan organ in Omaha , Neb. , having declared that one of the re- eulta of prosperity Is n largo reduction In the number of traveling salesmen. The lee , to ascertain If there was any basis for Bitch complaint , canvassed twcnty-throo firms In that city. In June , 1S96 , these firms cm- ployed 174 traveling men ; in June , 1809 , tdey employed 215 , an Increase of 71. During the same period the general employes of these firms wore Increased from C90 In 1890 to S50 In 1S90. Aneiflier Merry .lolce. Philadelphia Tress. For a few mouths after his detent In 1S90 Mr. Dryan was In the habit of asking people whom he met whether the general had arrived ; and when Inquiry was made ns to what general ho meant his reply always was : "Why , General rvosperlty. " Events soon blunted the edge of that joke and now Mr. Dryan has coined another Joke. Ho began his speech In St. Louis on Thursday night with it , saying : "An actor vtio visited Nebraska recently , upon learning from n republican that conn- donee had been restored , remarked that he had examined Webster's dictionary to learn what 'confidence' meant and found confi dence dertned ns a 'trust. ' Then ho under stood that confidence had been really re stored. " THIS CO.MI.\U VI31IICIjI3. I'roKrcNN in tin ; Development of Iloi-NeleHH CiirrlncoH. Philadelphia Times. Hitherto the cUe. efforts of the promoters of the automobile have been directed to de velop wagons for the handling of heavy loads within cltlca , and there Is now every Indication that they will bo speedily Intro duced. The horses attached to the teams hauling heavy loads in the city are quite as much of an obstruction and a greater clement of danger than the wagons them selves , and It seems now to 'bo clearly dem onstrated that automobile wagons can bo used with great economy , and with vastly Increased convenience to the public for all heavy draught teams In the city. It la now next to certain that within a year or two at the most , our cities will bo handling their heavy hauling with horseless wagons. it is idle to assume that such on achieve ment will not displace the horse carriages which are used for the convenience and en joyment of families. The automobile will oaon bo developed Into a handsome and convenient carriage fqr family use. and as the cost of the motor power Is merely nomi nal , It goes without siylng that horses , which nre moat expensive luxuries , must soon be'dispensed'With by all who < lo not drive solely because of the love of horses. The horseless carriage may therefore bo re garded as fairly upon us , and It now Kcems Improbable that any Invention can bo con ceived to supplant It. Wo see no reason why the automobile should not bo applied to all general pur poses requiring the use of horsco. It cer tainly could bo used with great economy for hauling , plowing , harrowing , seeding , reaping , threshing and all the varied pur poses for which horses are used on the farm. Horses are ono of the heavy ex penses of farming In this country , and witn the automobile developed there Is not a single office performed by the horse today that may not bo performed with greater speed and with vastly decreased expendi ture by the automobile. The dlfllculty with the automobile , a * first developed to bo operated by electricity , Involved the carriage of a very heavy stor age battery , but the automobile propelled by gasoline that can bo purchased at any village store Is practically traveling with out expenditure , as was proved by the ex periment made from Cleveland to Now York , when the entire cost of the motor power did not exceed $1 for over 700 miles Whenever the automobile shall bo de veloped to furnish light ami attractive car riages , any person can take the horsolorn carriage and go In any direction with the assurance that the gaeollno can bo supplied whenever wanted. The automobile is here. It haa como to stay and the horse will have to go. D OK MOXOI'OI/l' . of the ItutlileNN Power R\er- : elNeil l.y the AVlmlnir CliiNN Trout. Philadelphia Ledger. There Is no better example of the per nicious power and the baneful effects of trusts on the nation than is now given by the ono which controls tno wlndo.v . glass Industry. Nothing shows jrmo clearly the necessity for vigorous legal means to prevent combinations of capital from perpetrating similar wrongs. This gruii.iiig monopoly has spoken the word and all th , > window glass factories In tbo country wUi ! the ex ception of the eo-operatlvo ciiu-erni wore shut down ( he other day. Tlnsa which are exccptcd represent about one-tenth of the output in the Unite 1 Slates , and they are to be permitted to operate only until the lust week In June. Thui , for sordid gain , 17- 000 skilled nnd other workmen , not Including those formerly in Independent factories , are thrown out of employment , without probably a thought given as to whether they starve or not. Two things the Window Glass trust has done in violation of the best business In terests of the country and the welfare of tbo people. It has crushed healthy competition and threatened at least 60,000 men , women nnd children with starvation. It was not dllllcult for the trust to do this. Nothing could be easier than the process adopted. Backed by almost unlimited capital , It be gan by decreasing the prlco of window glass until It succeeded In making It unprofitable for Independent concerns to continue bust- ness. Next , the field being clear , the mandate has gone forth to restrict produc tion , nnd by the mere oxcrclBo of arbitrary will the fires are put out from under the ovens of Ita own factories , and 7,000 sklircd and 10,000 other employes , able , willing and frugal workmen , are left to shift as best they may , deprived for an Indefinite period of both work and wage , of the means to support themselves , thelrwlves and children. % And this crushing of competition , this re striction of trade , and , worse than both , this heartless , wanton disregard for the working man , this callous Indltfercnco to whether ho lives or ttarvea , u done In the name of business , to add more wealth to already large capital ! Surely there must be some fegal remedy , apart from the repeal of the tariff laws , for such an exhibition of ruth less power , of perverted business methods and Injury to trade and people. It seems In credible that the anti-trust lawa are not ample to cover this case , imperfect though they be. , STATi : I'linMM 0STATIJ POLITICS. Hastings Tribune ( rep. ) : The republicans of the Fifth district have already commenced to pick out gooil timber to make the riv t > for congress. Among the most favorably mentioned Is Charles H. Dietrich of Hasting' . Alliance Times ( rep. ) : Governor I'oymer Is having the trouble Incident to those who have obligations to pay nnd can not liqui date. To make things serene In the pop cnmp ho needs about 100 per cent moro offices to fill than he has. In the meantime the pops nre getting one another by the ears nnd the- machine is headed for the ditch. Gothenburg Independent : A. K. . Caely of St. Paul is mentioned ns a suitable candi date for congress to lead the republican party to victory In this district this fall. In JS96 Mr. Cady ran against Orecne nnd ran ahead of his ticket In the district 1,015. Time changes all things and It It keeps on raining a big change could be made this fall. lllalr Pilot ( rep. ) : Governor Poyntcr hasn't been doing much to please the democrats this year In the way of appointments and the old line populists who have been wheel hom-a seem to have suffered the snmo fate. They can neither get places for themselves nor exert an Influence that will land places any where else. The real dictators seem to be a lot of Omaha blacklegs and blackmailers. Pcndcr Republic ( rep. ) : T. M. Franco of West Point has announced his candidacy for the district judgcshlp this fall. Ho will likely have some opposition from this county , as wo understand that Attorney R. G. Strong of this place Is also aa aspirant for the judicial toga. The next judge to bo elected In this district , however , will bo the present Incumbent , It. 13. Evans , who haa mndo a splendid record. Hayes County Times : The fight for judge of this , the Fourteenth Judicial district , promises to bo extremely warm. For the republican nomination Judge U. W. Norrls has no opposition that wo have heard of this county will send a solid delegation for him. The candidates wo have heard men tioned among the democrats and populists are J. T. McClurc , D. T. Welly , S. S. lllshop and J. W. "White. In this county the demo crats generally favor J. L. White. The populists are divided , each of the other candidates mentioned having a good fol lowing. Papllllon Times ( dem. ) : This family fight betwexin populists nnd democrats Is our own affair , and our republican friends are re spectfully , but firmly , requested to keep hands off. As a democrat the Times pro poses to scrap to make the populists give us a fair deal In Nebraska , but the repub lican who counts on a disruption of the popocratlc forces Is not wise. Wo arc fight ing popullstlc greed today. After the state convention we will ho fighting republicans , unless the populists shall follow the lead of Mlko Harrington and drive democrats off the firing line. Lincoln News ( rep. ) : It Is whispered about that ono reason for the delay of the Uoard of Public Lands and Iluildlngs In selecting a gubernatorial mansion Is that It is hopelessly divided over the question ol which ono to select. Mr. Smyth is under stood to be In favor of taking the one with the curliest lawn , Mr. Wolfe wants the ono that has the largest garden patch , Mr. Meserve'a choice Is ono that has a cyclone cave Inside the building. Mr. Cornell Is In sisting on ono with largo palm trees In front , while Mr. Porter stands sturdily for ono which has an up-to-date pig-pen. Papllllon Times ( dcm. ) : Hope has been the 'beat fooj for men and democrats since the world began , but In Nebraska the sup ply for democrats is running pretty low , thanks to the hogglshness of the populists and these democrats who profit or hope to profit by reason of popullstlc greed. The Times wants to Increase the supply of hope In democratic hearts in Nebraska and the best way to do it Is by nominating Sen ator Allen for supreme Judge , an act which will fill the democracy with the comforta ble hope that In two years hence < i demo crat may be chosen to succeed Thurston In the senate. Come , brother populists , give us Just a little 'bit ' of hope and in return we will give you a wealth of democratic votes for your etato ticket this fall , oven though you shall not let a democrat get his name close to that ticket. Hushvlllo Standard ( pop. ) : The chairman of the democratic state central committee Is lending his efforts to secure for William V. Allen the nomination for supreme judge on the fusion ticket. He believes the nom ination lies between cx-Govornor Holcomb and Judge Allen , but thinks the latter Is nt least 5,000 votes stronger. Of course. It will be admitted that the office of governor Is the source of moro political enmity than Is that of United States senator , owing to the many different appointments the for mer is empowered to mako. nut while this may be 'the case wo sMuld bear In mind the largo majority wltn which Hol comb was elected for his second term as governor , and not bo quick to say that he has lost favor in his party. On the other hand * Allen is conceded to be the populist , and wo might say , the fuslonlst leader In the state , and there Is no doubt that ho would , If nominated , lead the reform forces to victory and rid the supreme bench of another corporation pest. Chadron Journal ( rep ) : Fuslonlsts In this part of the state made no pretenses to se crecy In their criticisms of Governor Poyn tcr in neglecting this part of the state to hla appointments. They considered it a slight which could not bo easiry overlooked. The governor , no doubt , became aware of this dissatisfaction and hastened to recognize northwestern Nebraska with un appointment. Consequently ho named T. J , O'Keefe , editor of the Homingford Herald , and n rock- ribbed democrat , as under secretary of the State Hoard of Irrigation , relieving Captain J , J. Adams of Crawford. Now , If the gov ernor could get a snapshot nt tbo feeling In fusion circles hereabouts , he would recognize that he "Jumped from 'tho frying pan Into the fire , " for ono of the general criticisms made In this section of his appointments was that the democrats were being too generously recognized and to have a democrat In north west Nebraska receive the only appointment yet made Is almost more than the staunch pops can stand. Captain Adams and his friends are very much worked up over the appointment of Adams' successor , since the former secretary never resigned and states that ho Is not aware of any charges being preferred against him. York llepubllcan : You dear , credulous fusion brother , you think the fusion outfit In the Etate house Is hot stuff and the public agrees with you. You may differ on your I respective definitions of the words , ' 'hot ' stulf , " but you will agree on the words. i You are going right afccig no < w hugging ! yourself In the belief that your purity parcel of pap suckers Is managing public affairs much better than they were managed by the thieving republicans. You especially hug yourself when you think of that "sacred tiust , " the permanent school fund. How much bettor It Is being managed now ! How much moro you are getting out of It to help In the work of educating your chil dren ! Well , go to the records in the ollk-o | of the elate superintendent. Hryan may talk. i The fusion gang may talk. But the bible ) | talks , too , and that book says "by their fruits ye shall know them. " This Is the fruit of that particular tree : During the twenty-four years ending January 1 , 1897 , the average school apportionment gave $1.01 to each i Bcholar. The last two apportionments made by the Bham reformers uro S2 cents and 92 cents per scholar. And tbo fusloniat pap suckers and their organs are hoarse with fcboutlng "Imperialism" in order to distract public itttentlon from the manner Inwhich state affairs aru being mismanaged. J Too < ; iicni | for the Time * . 1 Globe-Democrat. I Promoters who olfcr a prospectus In these times for anything capitalized at less than $10,000,000 are classed as cheap men Kven the peanut trust can beat these figure . I I1IT.S OK r.lUTOIIIAI. OPIMO.V. ' Beatrice Democrat : Schley was an at traction at Omaha , but Shatter , who will be at the Ilentrlce Chautauq.ua , Is twice as big as Schley. I Fremont Tribune : The municipal nu- i thoritloa of Hastlngn nre agitating city ! ownership of an clwtrlc light plant , and the mayor and a committee hnvo visited Fremont to Investigate the question. Fre- mont's experience may well be tnkcti ns § , a guide for our sister city , and Fremont's experience Is entirely satisfactory. It Is the best lighted city In Ncbrmka and It Is done nt the smallest proportional erst. Springfield Monitor : Omaha Is feeling happy again. The bank clearing house muddle , In which the Oni.iha and South Omaha bank reports were at outs and which made the reports sent over the country show that there was n big falling oft of the business ns compared with the samei period last yenr , has been satisfactorily adjusted nnd now the reports will show a nice Increase over last year's business. IMPUlttAI.INTIC TWI > S. Prnellenl KlTeet of Prexent Tenden cies of Itepnlillenn Ceivemimeiit , San Francisco Call ( rep. ) Two publications In the press of Friday last , though referring lo different Incidents thnt transpired In localities 7,000 miles apart , are deeply significant of the Imperial istic tendencies of the day and of the prac tical effect they have already produced upon our republican system of government. At Wardner , Idaho , n largo number of men claiming to belong to a miners' unl n destroyed property and committed other acts of violence. The use of all the power neces sary to restore law nnd order nnd to arrest persons who had been guilty of overl crim inal acts was promptly supported by the people nnd by the reputable press of the United States. When , however , martial law was unnecessarily declared by the governor of Idaho , backed by a military force under General Merrlam , when a censorship eivcr locnl newspapers was established nnd when , without color of constliuilonnl or legislative authority , the employment of members of the mlnenj' union wns prohibited nnd. In Individual cases of applications for work , n military Indorsement exacted , It was felt that even Russia In Us destruction of Fin nish autonomy had exerted no moro de spotic authority and force. Now It appears that the publication of the Mullnn Mirror , presumptively an or gan of the miners , has been suspended and its editor arrested on n charge of sedition. It Is very likely that the paper has- con tained Indiscreet or even Inllammatory ar ticles , of the nature and extent of which wo have no Information , nut In that lo- callly the military power Is dominant nnd sulllclent to enforce tranquillity and the supremacy of the law without the adoption of Imperialistic methods. Interference , therefore , with the liberty of the press , for the abuse of which ample remedies ex ist through the ordinary tribunals , Is a dis tinct evidence of the growth of militarism and of Its violent opposition to constitu tional safeguards for personal rights and for individual liberty. When the civil war was raging the people would not patiently endure the assertion of military authority In districts not within the lines of actual hostilities , and Mr. Lincoln wns most care ful to Insist upon the conservation of our fundamental laws as the vitalizing principle of the union. In a letter signed by one of the California volunteers , well known In San Francisco , and wnicn is uy no means mu mo * , ui na kind , referring to the capture of bolomeu or raiding parties of mountain robbers on Ncgros island , the writer says thnt the troops "turned the prisoners over to the native police , who , after lining them up , filled the men with lead , ranking good Filipinos of them. " It Is altogether likely that this mode of speedily transferring the natives of the Philippines to those blessed regions where terrestrial imperialism docs not exist is justified by Spanish and also by Filipino precedents. Aniong American citizens , how ever , who retain some faith in their Dec laration of Independence and In their na tional Institutions , and who have an actual comprehension of the meaning of the fra ternity of men under a divine sovereignty , the enfranchising and civilizing virtues of assassination will be questioned. Negros Island Is and has been under an American administration , provisional In its nature. There is no reason to doubt that the event described In our quotation actually trans pired. Out it cannot bo believed that the unceremonious execution by the natlvo po lice , without even the rapid proceeding of courtmartlal was sanctioned a drumhead court- < , by the military governor of the Island , who exercises civil functions , or that It will fall to meet stern condemnation , probably on the spot where It occurred , but certainly In American communities , satisfied with their own republic and not ambitious to follow the Imperialistic example of Great Britain. No phrase has been moro frequently re peated than that "eternal vigilance is the prlco of liberty. " The Incidents upon which wo have commented , ono in an American state and the other In a proposed American dependency , suggest the necessity of rigid adherence to the admonition and of effective resistance to every departure from our po litical system , no matter under what pre text It may bo extenuated. rnnso.VAi ; AND OTHISIIWISIS. A eolepsal bronze statue of President Kmger Is about to bo erected In Pretoria , capital of the Transvaal. It will surmount a monument sixty feet high. Senator Turloy.'s reason for declining to be In Tonncfseo is a candidate for ro-elecllon thnt ho Is unwilling to devote the balance of his life to maintaining n political position. The French war minister speaks with ex ceeding deliberation , pausing several times oven In a short sentence to take breath. So marked IH this peculiarity that Mr. Krantz has como to be known as "cab hired by the hour. " When Admiral Farragut made his cele brated tour cf the principal ports of Kotopo In 1867-9 ho was so much exhausted by the festivities of the cruise that ho was obliged to stop for a month In Port Mahon , ( Minorca , merely to recuperate. They have a now name for Assistant Prof. Walter A. Wyckoff of Princeton uni versity. Since ho had his remarkable ex perience as a laborer , which led to his epoch- making book "Tho Workers. " ho has been called "Weary" Wyckoff , after Weary Waggles of the comic weeklies. 13. I. Horsman , the Urooklyn kite expert , is perfecting arrangements to send a flag far out to > ca on the day Admiral Duwey approaches preaches Now York. Mr. Hormnan says ho has studied the winds , and Is confident that In the late summer or early full winds fa vorable for tbo experiment may bo expected , and ho will make the trlor. There will bo a string of kites to carry the flag. Admiral Sir Henry Koppol Is about to re tire after having served In the DrUish navy t'T seventh-eight years. He Is over 90 years ! old , hns been on active duty longer titan any I other man In the service and. barring Irffel I Chailes Beresford. Is the most popular man In the navy , which he Joined In 1-ebruarj , . It Is understood that Admiral Cervera l coming Lack to the United States to siiper- Intend the removal of the bodies of tno Spanish snllors now burlctl at the I oru- mouUi navy yard , for reburlal In Spain. It Is expected , too. thnt he will vlall Cuba fern n similar purpose. Frlcnda of Kllot F. Danforth of New York are grooming him for the vice presidential nomination on the democratic ticket next year. Mr. Dnnforth has served several terms nn stnto treasurer nnd ns cnndldato for lieutenant governor last yenr ran sCTvral thousand votes ahead of hlR ticket. He was aUo for some time chairman of the dcmo- crntlc committee. An Kngltah ethnologist says thnt the names McKltiley is of Hebrew origin. 'Mnc" is Scottish for the Hebrew word "Hen , " "son. " Klnley. orlglnnlly "Konley. " Is n compound of the He-brow "Cohen , " priest , nnd "Levl , " the Lovlte. Alger , whose name's first syllable Is rcccgnlzcd by anyone that ever looked Into his dlctlonnry for the Intcrpre- Inllon of n term of Arabic origin , probably belongs to the Qeir-ShornllM , one of Iho chief branches of Iho LovlUn , part of whom were dispersed with the lost tribe of Israel. Last year It was proposed that a section cf the trunk of the Impundl tree , under which Livingstone's heart lies burled , should bo removed and brought to London for preservation In the rooms of the Koyal Geographical society. This course wns sug- Rested as ( he only means of saving from destruction the original Inscription carved on the tree , nnd now nn attempt Is being mnde to raise 5,000 for the purpose of pio- \ldlng a ( uibitnntlnl and elaborate monument In bronze , which Is to bo tnkcn e > ul to Con- Iral Africa In sccllono and erected there. WlMTTl.KD TO A PO1.NT. Detroit Journal : Ilou'ewlfe : "And you exiicct me In glvo you a dinner ? " Hobo : "Mndnm. you certainly wouldn't Rlvo u hungry man nn 'at home , ' would you ? " Indianapolis Journal : "Could I get you to tnko sonic stock In n liquid air rompnny ? " "iNnt me. None for little Willie. 1 put up once In n llquta renl estate transaction. " Chicago lU'cord : "When a man pays a \vonmn u compliment It Is wild that she never forgets him. " ' "Hint's not exactly the way of it ; she sometimes forgets the man , but she always remembers the compliment. " Clrvo'.nnd Plain Dealer : "They eny thnt this new goat elixir CNUI bo administered in the commonest article of food. " "it strikes me the butter would bo the appropriate plnco for it. " Washington Stnr : "Of course , " paid the apprentice in nollticn , "you nhvtivc look at 4 both sides ot a question before , . -ou de cide. " "Wellanswered , Scjintor Sorghum , "I don't put It exactly that way. 1 usually ondc.ivcr to allow my&clf to be seen by bolh side. ? . " Detroit Free Press : "My daughter was once engaged to a plumber. " "She tlldn't " marry him ? "No ; wo broke It off ; a druggist will do Just ns well , and It I o nice to have a soda fountain in the family. " Chicago Post : "So she has refused you ? " Hiild the native. "She has , ' replied the tilled , but Impc- cunlouM foreigner. "Ah , well , " said the natlvo consolingly , "a disappointment In love " "Hardly that , " Interrupted the tilled for eigner. "Hat her a disappointment In business. " Detroit Journal : "I was only Joking ! " pro tested DcKdomona frant'en'ly. "Well. Htippose you choke some more ! " retorted Othello , with grim humor , as he jrcsscd the pillow over her face. , It wns all very well for the program to explain thai "choke. " w.ns Iho German dia lect for "Jnke. " But by whal rlKht did Othello , an Afro-Venetian , essay German dialect ? " VAl.l'H ' OF PISIISISTISNCIS. Inland Printer. As Incessant drops of wafer With persistent , liny blows. Real down the rugged mountains And dls-solv ? the deepest , snows ; Aa when thread to thread 1s nddcd , Lnrner still the fabric grows , And the .most perslstenl knitter Wears the longest , warmest hose ; As th ? doer , .by doffged knawlnjr , Tastes the morrow of the bone , And repeated mnllct-tap'pliiR ' Drlngs the statue from Wao slone ; As tlio most untiring printer , AVIth lncec. ant "click , click , click , " IMnrclvs largest verbal armies By divisions o'er his stick ; . * . . ' : lr > H-r to letlrr added Makes complete the longest page. And minutes oft , recounted Ti'll the sum of .longest . age ; AB oft-ddlned Wts of wisdom Make the store of knowledge great And mun after man enlisted Fills the armies of the stale ; As rivulet joining rlvultt Swells the river o'er lt l > anks , And continue * ! penny savings Aggregate the wealth of bnnks ; So the constant advertiser , Bv a law of common sense. Builds his business enterprises Into volumes most Immense. If you want clothing and get first chance at the Spring suits we are closing out at GENT OQUNT. Men's boys' and children's Nothing like these values ever offered before we never exag gerate and never dissapoint and we have just what you want at HALF PRICE.