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Tim OMAHA DAILY BEE , 12. HOSnWATICIt , Kdltor. PL-ULIS1IED KVI3UY MOltNlNG. TEH.MS OK SUHSCHIPT10N. Dally Hco ( without Sunda'y ) . Ono Ycnr..JS.M Daily Hec anil Sunday , One Year S.W filx Months 00 Thrco Months 2.0) ) Sunday Hco , Ono Year 2.00 Saturday Hco , Ono Year 1.50 Weekly He < vOne Year 63 OKK1CKS. Omahn : Thr > Hco HulMlng. South Omaha : City Hall Building , Twenty- ilfth nr.d N Streets. Council UluffB : 10 Pearl Street. Chicago : Stock Kxrhango Uulldlng. New York : Toronto Court. Washington : 01 Fourteenth Street. CORHUSPONDKNCK. Communications relating ; to news and editorial matter should bo addressed : Kdltorlal Department , The Onmha IJcc. HU8INKS8 LIST-THUS. Ilu.4lnc.fs letters and remittances should l > e addressed to The Hco Publishing Com- I > any , Omaha. UEMITTANCES. U mlt l > y draft , express or postal order payable to The Heo Publishing Company , Only 2-cert stamps accepted In payment or mall accounts. Personal checks , except on Omaha or Eastern exchange , not accepted. THE IJBK PUUL.1S1IINU COMPANY. STATI3MHXT OF ClUCIJIjATIOX. State of Nebraska , Douglas County , ss. : Oeoruo U. Tzsohuck , secretary of The Bee Publishing company , bflni ? duly sworn , says that the actual number of full and complete copies of Th ? Dally , Morning. Evening and Sunday Hoe , printed during the month of Stay , H93 , was as follows : l iM.'itn n a-ii70 : 2 iM.aso is ui.mw 3 i : 1,870 19 JI , 5W 4 iM.nso 20 ii,7ir. c 1:1,110 21 ani in 0 ui.-ioo 22 ai.iao 7. , . , aini > ( ) 23 ai , o 8 a iami 21 a i-ito : 9 aitio : M JM.-IIO 10 an , to 2 < 5 a inao 11 aiia : 27 -1,710 12 a , , o7o 23 a i.r.o.i 13 a i , rso 29 -1 ! so H a 1,705 30 ai , : io is ai-i7o 31 a 1,550 10 ai.no Total 7 OS1)0 ) Lean unsold and returned copies. . . . ,8)7 ( ) Not total sales ,751OSt : Net dally average at.aas GKO. H. T/.SCHUCK , Subsrrlbod and sworn b' forp me this 2d day of June , 1S93. F. J. 8UTCL1FFK. ( Seal. ) Notary Public. Croker is not yet nblc to Avcytr u col- l.'tr , but Now York Is wearing his Tam many collar for him. Chicago has tnkcn stops to discourage Jnry-llxlnji. Perhaps Omaha must soon take up the same good work. Another sign of the expansion of American Influence is the solf-asswtivo occupation of the I ondon stage by American actors and actresses. 1C tha breweries were all consolidated under one ownership the price of n. glass of beer would still be 0 cents , but there would be more stock waterIng - Ing 'than ' now. Thomas 15. Heed has not yet handed In his resignation from his scat In con gress. Perhaps he Is withholding It long enough to ipiy ; Colonel Henderson the compliment of casting his vote for him as his successor In the speaker's chair. . - r j- . ; / . - . . . ' i The 'chief proprietor o ( The''Bee is a subscriber t ( > exposition fifpck td tjib ttlne ot ? r 00 , of .which § 250 lioa been paid in. How much has the chief pro prietor of the World-Herald contributed In dollars and cents to the enterprise ? Not a penny. It Is to be hoped that the cyclone sea son of ISO ! ) is over. Kut there 19 no power on earth to suppress cyclonic orators who still are raving nlraut : i crime said 1o have been perpetrated as quietly ns the tread of the cat just twenty-six years ago. Klgures are deceptive sometimes. This la true of the figures by which the South Omaha bond boomers are trying to prove that the Issue of a $100- 000 mortgage bearing -I per cent Interest would make taxes In South Omaha lower than they would be If the bonds wore not voted. A monument to President Arthur is Just about to bo dedicated In New York as the outcome of a memorial fund In augurated soon , after his uleath. It would be Interesting to know how many monument funds started In memory of public nvn are being held indefinitely in the suspense account. That the bondsmen of ex-Treasurer Hartley would countenance any effort at jury-fixing Is out of the question. They number some of Omaha's leading citizens. Yet the statement of Juror Krolle to the effect that he was nn- proaehcd with a tender of money dis closes a condition of things which calls for and doubtless will receive serious consideration at the hands of the court. In expositions , us In every other busi ness , honesty Is the best policy. The success of the exposition of 1SDS WHS not achieved by fake advertising and fictitious promise of exhibits that can not possibly bo procured. On the con trary visitors were compelled to ac knowledge that nothing had been exag gerated or misrepresented and the re ality was far'ahead of the prospectuses ami advertising posters. The llaxter committee at Chicago Is Just now Investigating the true Inward ness of slot machines and the doings of shell game confidence men who operated last season on lake steamers plying between Chicago and summer resorts. If the committee could be In duced and empowered tp make an In vestigation In these parts It might throw some light ou the operations of < ho gang. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The Omaha Fakery had to send a man nil the way to New York to tell its readers on the eve of the prize light that Jeffries was nervous and that he would bo more so before the sun went down the next day. It also gave the startling information that the victor's hands were bad , and his feet , too , while the vanquished champion was invinci ble , "muscle , gristle and steel. " The veracious correspondent admits that he < JrauJi Lew TIMKt.V AtlVICK TO WtV.JSTS. Thto country lias raised up a brood of law yers that have been an unmitigated curse to the whole land. In their practice they Imvo abandoned all the prlnclprcs of the common law and In their lives been guided by no prln.-lplo of morality known to Christian nations , Rig fees , regardless of how or In ndoso service they were obtained , have been the only objects sought otter. The lawyers of the land could have pre vented the formation of any or all trusts It they had been disposed so to do , whether there had ever been an anti-trust act passed or not. The common law was sufficient to prevent their formation and to overthrow them If formed. What ought the lawyers to have done ? Inasmuch as courts from the days of Lord Coke to the present time have Dover given monopoly a standing , cither In equity or law , the lawyers could have long ngo kiricd every monopolistic concern In the United States If they had wished to do eo. Rut while they have not killed one of them , they have the Impudence to corno before the people claiming all patriotism and ask for all the olllces. They had better do some thing to show their patriotism. The lawyers , If they had wanted to do It , could haVe taken the following principles laid down by Lord Coke and gene Into the courts and cleaned out the whole gang of "trusts and combinations. They arc so axiomatic that there Is not a Judge In the land who would dare to disregard them. Lord Coke , In speak ing of monopolies , says : "First , the prlco of the commodity win be raised , for ho who hns the sole selling will always make the price as ho pleases ; second , after the monopoly Is established a commodity Is not so good and merchantable as It was before , for the ? monopolist , having the solo trade or control , always regards private benefit before ho considers a benefit to the commonwealth ; third , It always has Impoverished many artisans and workingmen - men , who , before , by the labor of their hands In their nrt or trade , had maintained themselves , their families and their com munities , and , who , after such trusts uro formed , are constrained to rive In Idleness and beggary. " The Independent proposes that the populist party lay It down ns a rule that until these lawyers get a move on them and go Into the courts and do something to relieve the people of the oppression of the trusts and combinations of capital , not one of them shall have an ofllco of any kind , oven If wo have to elect farmers to the positions of Judges and attorney generals. If they will do their duty as olllcers of the court to pro tect the rights of the pecplo against the aggressions of the concentration of capital In the hands of the few , they can have all the olllces as far ns this writer is concerned. But until they go to work and really do something , we are in favor of shutting them out. Nebraska Independent. Our populist contemporary has hit the mall squarely on .the . head. The law yers ought 'to ' taken back scat for a while and leb the farmers , merchants , mechanics and other producers have ti voice in the affairs of government. Hut reform should have been begun long ago by the reformers. Yet what have they done ? ITp to date they have Injected more lawyers Into ofllco In Ne braska than any of the old parties. With the exception of Kcm every man elected by them to represent Ne braska In congress has been a lawyer. Senator Allen was a lawyer. So are Ilolcomb , Neville , the Harringtons and nearly all the lesser nnd bigger popo- enitlu lights , including William J. Bryan. If the policy of retiring lawyers 'to the rear advocated by. the Independ ent Is to be adopted , new blood will fiave to bo infused among the leader ship of the reform forces. KOT DEGdlNG FUll KXPOSIT10K PAT- HOA'AHH. And now comes the subsidized organ of the exposition with the charge that the comments made by The Heo upon the fake advertising of this project are inspired by the refusal of Urn mana gers to pay The Bee several hundred dollars for advertising the exposition. The exact language of the organ is "that the management has so far failed to yield to The Bee's entreaties. " This Is about as true as anything that the organ has published concerning the ex position or the motives that have Im pelled The Bee to refuse publicity to certain bombastic announcements which It knew to be outrageously overdrawn. As a. matter of fact the exposition managers have never had an oppor tunity to decline an advertising propo sition from The Bee. From the outset of 'the enterprise to the present day all advertising propositions Imvu come from exposition olllclals or through members of Its own directory. The first of these was embodied In the fol lowing letter : Greater America Exposition , Omaha , March S , 1S99 , nuslncss Manager , Omaha Dally Doe , City : Dear Sir At "R meeting of the executive committee , Greater AmorTcTT Exposition , held March 8 , 1899 , It was moved and carried thnt the committee offer The Omaha Dally Dee the sum of $75 per month for six inches of epaco on the editorial page of each edition of The Morning Heo. This offer to bo good until the opening of the exposition , July 1 , In case of your ac ceptance of this offer please notify the committee. Very truly yours , J. J. POINTS , Ass't Sec'y Ex. Com. To this proposal the following reply was made : OMAHA , March 11 , 1899. Mr. J. J. Points , Ass't. Sec , Executive ; Committee Dear Sir ; Allow us to acknowledge your favor of March 8 , Wo are compelled to respectfully decline your offer of "seventy-five dollars for six Inches of space on the editorial page of each edition of The Morning Dee. " Thla offer Is rather vague and somewhat peculiar. We presume that you desire dis play epaco , as reading matter on the edi torial page Is not for sale at any price. Wo regret that other contracts will not permit us to give you display space on that page. Allow us , however , 'to ' submit prlco of six Inches of display space In each edi tion of The Morning Bee from March 15 to Juuo 30 , Inclusive , at our regular rates. The prlco of such space , full position , would bo $402.06 , or , for the run of thn paper , $312,02. Wo will be pleased to have your committee accept the above proposition. Very truly yours , THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. By C. C. ROSEWATEH. Business Manager. This offer was supplemented by it tender of n half page per day , six days of the week , at a nominal price. Both of these offers were respectfully pigeon holed. On May 27 Manager Penfold applied to the business ofllcu of Tin- Beu for quotations for display space In the morning edition for n period of three months and a few days Inter the publication of a display card was ne gotiated. Does this show that The Bee lias im portuned Iho exposition for advertising ? If the organ which willfully seeks to pluco The Heo in n false light before the community has reference to more recent negotiations for advertising the exposition by the purchase of n special Illustrated edition It Is equally guilty of misrepresentation. Instead of Imlng a scheme of The Bee for making money out of the exposition It was a scheme Inspired by one of the exposition di rectors for making money for the ex- l > oMtlon. Instead of being a scheme for getting pay for advertising It con templated the donation to the exposi tion of four pages In one of the forth coming half-tone pictorial Sunday edi tions of The Bee. The only expenditure that the exposition was expected to make was for 10.000 copies at practi cally dealers' rates , which would have left about if'Jo of prollt to the publisher. This ought to silence forever the organ-grinder as well as all others who ascribe mercenary motives to whatever The Bee may say or do on every occa sion , but It will not , because the con cern lacks the Instincts of common de cency or the elements of common lion- MAY ItESUljT IN JIM It. The failure of President Kruger nnd Sir A. Mllner to arrive at an under standing regarding reforms In the Transvaal republic , and thu disposition that Is being manifested on both Hides , may result In war. Mr. Chamberlain , the British secretary of state for the colonies , Is reported to be In favor of aggressive action , but Lord Salisbury and Mr. Balfour are not disposed to re sort to extreme measures and probably they represent conservative British sen timent. A war between England and the Transvaal republic would bo a pretty serious affair , for the Boers are well prepared for war and It is thought that if a. conflict should occur they would have more than the moral blip- port of the Congo Free State , whoso people generally are in hearty sym pathy with them. Of course England would ultimately triumph , but the con flict would be a costly one in men and money , while It might bring about other complications of a very trouble some nature. It is probable , therefore , that Mr. Chamberlain's policy will not be adopted at once and further efforts will be made to reach an amicable un derstanding. It is possible that this can be at tained , for there are Boers who sym pathize with the demands of the Outlanders - landers for reforms. General Joubert , for example , the commander of the Transvaal 'army , nas frankly stated that he thinks the franchise laws ought to be made more liberal. He would admit Outlanders to citizenship after two to four years' residence , Instead of requiring a further residence of seven years , as President Kruger proposes. There Is said to be a considerable party supporting the view of General .Toubort anil It may grow. It Is rather to bo ex pected , however , that Kruger's fran chise proposals will bo adopted by the Transvaal congress and If so it may precipitate : i conflict. The franchise question is the chief one nnd it' that should be settled ns the Outlanders de sire the other reforms would follow. A large majority of the Boers , however , regard the requirement of a further res idence of seven years as not unreason able and It is highly prooable that will be Insisted upon. That would mean that for at least seven more years the Outlanders would get no relief from the conditions of which they complain , unless the Boer government should be forced by England to make the reforms asked for , or , what Is more likely , should overthrow that government and make the Transvaal republic a part of the British empire. According to London advices there was no ground for the report that the United States had been or would be asked to mediate. An oflleinl of the British foreign olllce stated that It was very unlikely this country would be asked to do anything of the kind and there is no probability that our govern ment will tender Its good olllces as me diator. It could not do so with pro priety , for the reason that the Trans vaal republic is not in the fr.ll sense an independent state , since no treaty it makes is valid without the approval , express or implied , of the British gov ernment. Consequently the British government would decline mediation as It rejected the proposal of arbitration , because it would Imply a recognition of the Transvaal republic ns having an equal standing with the British empire u.8 an Independent state. CUA'HUMDA TlUX CHECKRU. There are Indications that the con solidation mania has received a check. Iteports of projected Industrial combi nations are less numerous than a few months ago and It Is noted that a num ber of the larger projected consolida tions have either been delayed or tem porarily suspended , while a few are un derstood to have been abandoned. Referring to this the Now York Jour nal of Commerce says the reason for the change Is , easily found In the In creasing dlfllculty of securing financial assistance for such undertakings. Not long ago promoters eagerly tool ; up al most any consolidation proposition with seeming Indifference to Its merits ; to day reputable financiers will hardly listen to such projects and the grow ing number of unsuccessful promotions Is increasing this unwillingness. "In dustrial consolidation has overdone it self , " says the Journal of Commerce , "New enormously companies overcapi talized have been successively launched with almost bewildering rapidity , until the financial community finds Itself overburdened with securities and now refuses to facilitate an l.tcrease of the loud. No better proof of this condition Is perhaps to bo found than -the low prices at which the stocks of many new Industrials are now selling , and this despite the most assiduous booming by their supporters. " The depreciation of trust securities Is naturally Increasing the reluctance of bankers to furnish cash for more consolidations. This Is not an altogether unexpected condition. It has been apparent that sooner or later the flooding of the mar ket with trust securities , representing an enormous overcapitalization and flagrant fictitious valuation , would bring n decline in the price of such se curities , and It has been apprehended that this might comu wlth u sudden ness" nnd .severity that would have most damaging consequences to Hie financial and business nll'nlrs of the country. Thoio Is still reason for fear ing this , though perhaps the danger will be somewhat lessened If the cheek that appears to have been given to the consolidation mania shall prove to bo permanent. At all events the change that has taken place must have a good effect , If only In making capital more conservative In respect to trusts. Some of the combinations have ample capital of their own , but such as have not must sooner or later break up If bankers nnd capitalists refuse their assistance. Their Increasing disposi tion to do this Is an encouraging fact. The assessment returns from the principal county of Iowa are said to show a reduction of 'JO per cent In the valuation of real estate and an Increase of 30 per cent In the valuation of per sonalty. These figures are given out as proof that the new revenue law of Iowa will create a delicti In the revenues of that state and hence threatens to prove a failure. These figures are , however , no Index of the failure of the law. The comiplalnt in Iowa , ns In Nebraska , has been Inequality In tax burdens with the bulk of the taxes falling upon owners of real estate , while personal property was either outrageously undervalued or omitted from the tax list altogether. The fact that the assessment upon Iowa real estate 1ms been reduced and that ou per sonal property Increased would In Itself Indicate a more equitable apportion ment of the burden. It Is more than likely , too , that the full returns from the entire state will bring the totals up so as to afford ample revenue for state pun-poses. The United States authorities have completed the task of dredging and re moving from one side of the Havana harbor the accumulated filth of cen turies and will now proceed to treat the remainder in the same manner. If the occupation of the Island by United States forces accomplishes nothing more than the cleaning tip of the streets , harbors and pest holes which breed disease Cuba will be left a legacy for which it may well bo thankful. The reward for this country will come in the lessened danger of the importation of yellow fever , which Is such a terrible scourge when It once gains a foothold. The New York Journal berates munic ipal governments and certain corpora tions for compelling their employes to Wear uniforms on the ground that It degrades men. That depends. Experi ence so far has been the reverse. The Pullman conductors and railway train hands are not degraded , but rather ele vated by their tidy and spank uniforms. And so are the motormen and street car conductors , who for the most part feel as proud to wear a uniform as does a policeman or a fireman. The uniform does not necessarily make Its wearer servile or overbearing unless he is born and reared that way. The Filipinos tire evidently waiting for reinforcements' in the shape of the rainy season , it Is hand to make them realize that lighting American troops is not the same thing as lighting Spanish soldiers. I'ri'fcTciiou lor Fees. Philadelphia Ledger. Jersey has chartered nearly a billion del lars' 'worth ' of trusts , but It does not /ippuar that she haa taken anything like that amount of stock In them. Wealth niul WIiuI. Philadelphia Times. Our national wealth Is estimate J at | 1U'- ' 000,000. And this Is independent of a new automobile company that has Just increased its capital Block from ? ! 9,0'J'J,000 ' to J20c , . 000,000. Another Conspiracy. Globe-Democrat. This year the Tranain'saiisiriil ' congress omitted its usual declaratlin In favor ot the free coinage of silver. General pros perity under the gold standard la a con clusive argument. I'littlnu Old Tiling" to XIMV UNCB. St. Paul Pioneer Press. Some people seem to nnd a specific Joy In declaring that wireless telegraphy is not a uow thing. When It comes to that , there Is nothing now. But the man who picks the old things up and puts them In place has some of the qualities of a creator. tin- WhltoMan's Ox. Chicago Journal. It is announced that the governor ot Texas is determined to punish the lynch- ers of three men in that state. The whole community where the lynching occurred looks upon It ns nn atrocious crime , and there Is a public demand for Justice. The victims were white men. li'iin Hull- ill Culm. Philadelphia Record , Against the complaints of Cuban malcon tents because of the hardships of the mili tary supervision established over the island by the government of the United States wo may fulrly make this sanitary argument : Deaths In Havana , May , 181'S . 2-lfiO Deaths in Havana , May , 1893 . COT TinItftorl CmirlcoiiN , Washington Post. Hon. Hoko Smith's newspaper is consid erably annoyed over the modification of the civil service rules. We can assure our esteemed contemporary that they are not near so lax as they wore when a certain secretary of the interior attempted to boost the major portion of Georgia's population into official jobs. Jrnf from KnKllNli H\MTli'iH' | % Philadelphia Ledger. Hong Kong hns long been a British port , having been acquired In 1841. and in this connection it la wcrthy of note that it was first occupied as a military sanitarium ; yet It Is not free from pestilence , aa the pres ent appallingly fatal outbreak of plague demonstrates , if flrcat Britain , with all the sanitary regulations employed at Hong Kong , cannot prevent such an outbreak In her Oriental poMcsilons , what expectation Is there that the United States government , with Its looser methods of administration , can do any better ? Adjimi't of ImiicrlallNiii. Philadelphia Ledger. Admiral Sampson has published a paper In which he advocates on extension of the United States irnvy to at least twice 1U present alze. His argument Is n strong one , but to the reflecting mind ft did not need to be made. The situation speaks for itself. Nobody will contend that our present navy IE sufficient to defend our own coasts and our extensive Insular possessions , as well as our commerce , against the attacks of any cation likely to declare war against us. Our present outfit U scarcely large enough for the necessary police duty Incident tea a time ot peace. An Imperial navy is a necessary adjunct to an imperial policy. ' ' ' 1'OI.ITICS. S'I'ATIJ I'UHSS OX STATI3 . . Heaver City Tribune ( rep. ) : Attorney General Smyth hns not yet given nn cs- Mbltlon of a virtuous trust buster taking n fall out of n hated combine. Norfolk Journal ( rep. ) : The republicans can carry Nebraska this fall with unanimity In the party ranks and n little bit of wisdom displayed In the nomination of a candidate for supreme Judge. The Journal believes that Judge Kcysor of Omaha would make an available and popular candidate. Kearney Sun ( rep. ) : What has become of Deputy Attorney General Oldham's boom for congress In the Sixth district ? Mr. Old- ham succeeded In getting George N. Smith , A. N. Gordon and all other pppocratlc aspirants from Buffalo county killed off ; ho ought to have pretty clear polling now. N'orth Platte Tribune ( rep. ) : It will no doubt bo1 gratifying to the friends of M. C. Harrington to learn that hlj chances of securing the fusion nomination for congress man are ot present very bright. If n fusion- 1st is to bo elected , the Tribune prefers Mr. Harrington nbovo the others who have been mentioned In connection with the nomina tion. Nebraska City Press ( rep. ) : Did you notice - tice how It worried Meservc to publish some of the inside facts about the way ho handles the permanent school fund ? And did you notice how soon ho went before the State biard and offered a resolution which would allow him to pay 2 per cent premium for state warrants ? It's a good thing for the public to stir up Ihe animals every once In a white. llowell Journal ( dem. ) : Judge Ncvlllo Is ono of the most prominently mentioned candidates for supreme Judge. Ho Is a man with very few equals either as nn attorney or cltlzcin. Years ngo he ran for congress In this district and made a splendid fight against big odds , Ho has the confidence and respect of the reform forces of the state and under his leadership wo would march forth to certain victory. Hastings Tribune , ( rep , ) : There was n tlmo when the popull&ts of Nebraska wore able to hoodwink the people by preaching "reform , " but ns soon ns they got control and had the power to do what they had claimed should bo done they forgot all about the "reform" or purposely neglected to practice what they had been preaching. Their "reform" shouting was nil rot amd sham , but it served the purpose to place a lot of sorc-headed-cast-oit politicians from other parties Into olllce. llowell Journal ( dem. ) : The editor of thu Stanton Keglster objects to the popu lists being criticised for hogging everything in sight in the way of appointments. It is natural for some pops to play the part of a hog and perhaps wo should not Wamo them too severely. As it is no demo crat appears to stand any show with the powers that 'be. If this disposition on the part of our friends is persisted in the tlmo Is not far distant when an army of pop pap suckers will bo pulled from the feed trough with a suddenness that will aston ish them. Kearney Hub ( rep. ) : An Instance of popu list economy and reform comes all the way from Hastings , where the daughter of the late Congressman McKeighan was removed from her position as bookkeeper and sten ographer at a salary of $60 a month and a populist ipap-sucker named Althen ap pointed bookkeeper ut the same salary , with another woman stenographer at an ad ditional ? 30 a month. Aside from the pe culiarity of the proceedings from an econom ical standpoint , the act Is a cold-blooded affront to the memory of the dead con gressman .who expended so many years as an organizer and servant of populism in western Nebraska. St. Paul Phonograph ( pop. ) : The consen sus of populist desire seems to gather about Ilolcomb as the proper candidate for su- .premo Judge next fall. As to his quali fications , there can be no mistake ; he has proved himself fully equipped for this im portant place. The next point of merit in a candidate Is his running strength. The election next fall will bo no walkaway for our party. To win wo must plan carefully , and the centerpiece in a careful plan Is a candidate who can get the most votes. We believe Ilolcomb is that man , and a great many populists all over the state are be ginning to speak these same sentiments. Plattsmouth Journal ( dem. ) : William V. Allen Is a mighty good man. There is no doubt about that , 'but the fact remains that the democrats are entitled to the candidate for supreme judge this fall. This is ad mitted by nil fulrminded populists , all over the state. Why , then , should Judge Howard of the Paplllion Tlmen set about booming Judge Allen ? Democrats did everything in their power to re-elect the latter gentleman to the United States senate last fall , and would do BO again , because ho has shown himself to bo a man pre-eminently tiualinod for that place. But no ono will deny that there are democrats In Nebraska who are in every way as well equipped for the supreme premo bench as Senator Allen. This fusion of votes but not of ofllco Is getting to be a bit tiresome to some democrats. Of course wo are lighting for the success of the same Ideas , and thejj triumph of the principles for which wo contend should bo our first consideration , but some democrats liave come to the conclusion that the carrying Into effect ot these Ideas and principles Is not absolutely dependent upon the filling of all the ofllces with popullsttj. Of the elec tive officers fn Nebraska , the democrats now have two , the silver republicans ono and the populists all the rest. Of the ap pointive officers , oven a greater proportion are populists. And yet wo have the spec tacle of ono of the prominent democratic editors of the state advocating the nomi nation of a iHipulist for supreme Judge this year ! Can it bo that this is done In the hope that the next candidate for governor will bo a democrat ? I'KHSO.VA ! ' AMI OTIIRUWISH. An Importing bronze figure of Benjamin Franklin , erected on the postoffico plaza , Philadelphia , will bo unvolled next Wednes day. day.Krank Krank Moss , counsel of the Muzet Investi gating committee , In appealing to the Young Men's Christian association to pray for tlio success of thn committee has invited about the severest test of the power of prayer that could bo devised. The Konmaro estate , on which are situ ated the famed Lakes of Klllarnoy , Is abjut to change ownership under forced sale. An effort Is being made to secure enough money by public subscription to purchase the prop erty and make it a public park. All the adult male residents of Princeton , Ky. , signed a petition to the grand jury the other day , asking H not to Indict the In surance companlo3. No Indictments were found , and the commonwealth's attorney asked that the signers of the petition bo proceeded against for contempt of court. The Judge accordingly fined every man In the town ono cent each. Chairman 'ones of Arkansas cables from abroad that his health is .fully . restored and that he will soon return as frisky as a heifer In a fresh pasture. This Is cheering news , even for republicans. Without Jones of Ar kansas a campaign would be a political Sa hara. Ills marvelous ability as a faleo pro phet Invests the struggle for power with a gaiety that robs monotony of Its terrors. Thomas Kdlson frequently haa his lunch eervrtl In his laboratory and U as fre quently distracted from eating by Interest In his work. When this occurred the other day one of his assistants substituted an empty plate for his chief's full ono and the result was that when Kdlson at last re turned to eat ho fried out : "Why , my memory U getting poorer every day1 Here , I've * catca my lunch and forgottcu all about U. " iicuons UP Tin : WAU. The thrco U's will be In the saddle at l/ii Vrsa , N. M. , on Juno 24 and foi some portion of the two following days The significance of the letters differs fron that attached to them by educators. The ; stand for Koosevelt's Hough Hldcrs. H : command ot Captain W. H , H. LlewelVyt members of the famous regiment will holi their first annual reunion in the old lown That there will be a hot tlmo Is a rcasonabli certainty , even though the climate there abouts falls to do Its duty. Colonel Uoose veil Is booked to attend. This reunion Is the first attempted by sol dlers of the late war and will doubtiVss bi followed by similar gatherings of other or' ' gaulzattotis later. The society was organlzei at Camp Wyckoff , Montauk , Just before thi regiment wag mustered. It was the scccmu organized. The first was the Society of UK Army of Santiago , which was formally or ganlzcd Immediately after the American ! took possession of Samtlago. U 'was lucorpo rated under the laws ot New York , n fev days ago. Both societies are Intended tt perpetuate the memories of 'tho ' Santlagi campaign. The first is limited to the firs volunteer regiment ; the other embraces nl participants In that brief , btoody nnd sue ccssful campaign. The first meeting win held In the Santiago palace July 21. At tin second meeting , August 7 , the society wai permanently orgncilzed by the election o Major General William H. Shutter as presl dent , Major General Joseph Wheeler ns firs vice president and Major Alfred C. Sharp ai secretary. The members of the council an Major General S. 11. M. Young , U. S. V. Major General H. S. Hawkins , U. S. V. Major General A. H. Chuffec , U. S. V.j Majo General William Ludrtnv. U. S. V. ; Majo : General S. S. Sunnier , U. S. V. ; Brlgadle General Ailelbert Ames , U. S. V.j Brlgadlo General Wallace I < \ llnudolph , U. S. V. Brigadier General Chambers McKlbbln , U S. V. ; Colonel Theodore Koosevelt , Kirs United States volunteer cavalry , and Lieu tenant Colonel J. D. Mlley , Inspector gen craJ , U. S. Y. Privates In the regular army who nr < booked to stay lu the Philippines for sonu tlmo to como are no more in love will the country than the volunteers now Joy. fully hurrying homeward. The charms o town and country so much lauded by tin stay-at-homes do not appear very Imprcsslvi at short range. A letter from ono of thi regulars at Manila , published in the Nev York Evening Post , throws a strong llghi on the sentiments of the soldiers. "All oui poor Hookies ( raw recruits ) long for tlu United States , " he writes. "None of then are exactly homesick , perhaps , but never theless they don't a 'bit ' like it. I say tin Hookies wish they were back , but the trull Is .we . all do. This will bo a dreary lone summer to us , and I heartily wish I was in our own country once more anywhere at all at 'home.I ' tell all the rest of the boys that I like it , of course , for there is nothing decent to do but to make the best of things and put a good face on. Bui it's all a bluff , and , honestly , I'm good nni sick of it. Moreover , I don't think thai one man In the company has any sort ol real use for the place. When the mail comes In , the whole business , from the cap tain down , start on a run , tor which ne one would blame us who understood whal a relief it is to get news from one's friends in the states. " Hereafter the distribution of the obso lete cannon of Spain , sought by cities as trophies of the war , will be made through governors of the states. There are about eighty cannon in possession of the War de partment , which arc obsolete or otherwise to the several states for distribution to In accordance with the act of congress per mitting the War department to loan them to the several states for distribution to the posts of the Grand Army of the Repub lic , municipalities and monument associa tions. A great many requests for these guns have ibecn received and it was finally determined iby the War department that It should be left to the governors of states to decide where they should go. The gov ernors , however , will be bound by the pro visions of the law of congress. Kach gov ernor will have the right to dispose of at least ono trophyIf desired , cannon cap tured In the Philippines will be sent to those states In lieu of these mentioned. xd COAL. KarljI'rodiieet of Calling on the I iitlrd Statcx for a. Supply. London Mall. Mr. J. A. Longdon , president of the Insti tute of Mining Engineers , told the general meeting of that body yesterday that during the lant twenty-five years the output of coal had Increased from IL'0,000,000 to 200,000,000 tons , and itbo ratio of increase ( after de ducting years inwhich creat strikes oc curred in the coal trade ) was 2V per cent per annum. If they divided the twenty-five years into two parts they found that the rate of in crease was 3 per cent In the former and 2 per cent in the latter part , and they might fairly assume that during the next twenty- five years the increase , notwithstanding the growth of population , would not bo more than 1 % per cent per annum on the average , and probably less. Consequently , In the year 1925 the output should not exceed 280- 000,000 tons. Very few royalties of any magnitude were now unlet. nnd the Question arose , whence was this additional 80.000,000 tons to bo de rived beyond what wo are now working ? The answer of these who had not studied the question was , "Go deeper ; " but , un fortunately , when wo reached the millstone grit wo had touched the 'bottom , and very many collieries were in that position now. At the present tlmo peed pig iron could bo made in the United States of America for 35s per ton ; in this country It cost -15s to make ns good .a quality. The question was how could the ironmaster live If ho had to buy ore from Sweden and pay double the prlco that ho had recently paid for coke ? To this there was only ono answer. Either 1. Wages must EO down ; or , 2 , We must ICHO our trade. Some twenty-five yeans ago Britain sup plied HO per feint of the world's coal con sumption , and now we supplied only SO per cent. While twenty-five years ago the United ( States of America supplied 15 per cent of the world's coal consumption , now It supplies 30 per rent. We should probably export 40,000,000 tons nf coal this year to other countries , that manufactured at less cost than wo do with our cheap fuel , that sent their goods over to us duty free , and then undersold us In our own market. He was not prepared to advocate n duty on Imported manufactured goods , but ho could not see why wo should not put a duty nf Cd per ton on all coal exported. Such a tax would tend to keep valuable fuel at home , where we should undoubtedly want It before long , and It would bring In 1,000,000 per annum , which would give 10 shillings per week to 40,000 old or disabled miners , and thus provide for colliers the old-age pensions of which so much was paid. Ono thins was certain , that In fifty years wo should practically be dependent upon the United States of America for cheap coal , Iron and steel , and when this came aliout wo or our sons would find out that nn alli- nnco with the United States for coaling our navy was Imperative. ( iooil Specimen of 1'imh. St. Louis' ' Republic. The lait Instance of the utility of push ing a gaud thing along Is givei by those Oklahoma boomers who bought a rivnl town , put ft on wheels and roll.'J It Into tliur owu corporate limits. WHY im.Moat.VTS WANT AI.I.HX. Mimt Shlctriit-k Him on HIP llcnoli to Paplllion Times ( dem. ) It Is always the aim of the Times to make Its editorial uttc-rnnroR so plain that no man may fall to understand them. Wn tried especially hard to make our position plain In our article of two weeks ago , ad vocating the nomination of W. V. Allen for supreme Judge by the democrats anil populists , and yet our editorial brethren have placed several different constructions upon that article , unfairly , wo think. Wo had ono and only ono object in advocating the selection of Senator Allen , and that object la the SUCCORS of the1 fuplon forces la Nebraska. Let us bo plain. Wo honcstlj believe horse sense points to. nnd that the Interests of the popocratlc forcw demand the nomination of Senator Alien. Hlght hero we again Insist that the place of right belongs to the democrats , but we also know as well today ns wo will know on conven tion day that the pops will not concede the place to us. We have ono tlon.ocr.it on the bench now , and the pops are still croakIng - Ing about the awful encrlllco they made. when they gave the nomination to Judge Sullivan two years ago. The man who be- llevevs the pops will consent to give the Judgeshlp to the democrats this fall Is cither de-void of Intelligence or Information. In advocating the nomination of Senator Allen for supreme judge wo take ns accepted facts three propositions : 1. That the pips will demand the nomina tion of a pop for supreme judge. 2. That Governor Poynter will be < nomi nated by both democrats and pops for a second term as governor. 3. That the peps hold Allen In reserve for the senate to succeed Thurolon. It will bo idle for any pjporrnt In tha state to deny the truth ot these propositions , and that Is the reason why wo Insist that Allen must bo nominated for supreme judge. The time for horseplay lias gene by and the tlmo for sober talk 10 here. With a pop for supreme Judge thU fall , a pop for governor next fall and a pap held In resorvn for United States senator , will some pop please tell the Times which way a Xcbrnoka democrat may look nnd find hope for the future ? There is no hope for democrats under Mich circumstances. Let us nominate Allen this fall , and then next fall , with Poynter as our candidate for governor ami with the promise on part of the pops that the legislature will elect a democrat to the senate In place of Thurston , our forces woulit bo Invincible. It Is not much for democrats to ask. They never ask much in Nobraoka , but in all sincerity we want our pop frlcntla to stop and consider how nearly imposslbla it will be to hold democrats In line for tha popocratlo ticket with never a hope ahead. Just revciso the order of things for a moment , brother pops , and tell us how long the pops would vote the fusion ticket under such circumstances. SAIll IX KUX. Detroit Journal : "Your pant Is an open book ? "A circulating library ! " she replied , bit terly , thinking of the neighbors. Yonkers Statesman : Bill That fellow has some very good Ideas. Jill Yes ; ho must have a lot of bright friends. Indianapolis Journu. : : The Statesman I was defeated because the other fellow got too many votes. The Constituent Between you nnd I , Bill , I don't think ho got 11 darn one too many , considering who was rnnnln' again him. Cleveland Plain Dealer : "She has a re markable voice. " "In which respect ? " " . " "In timbre. "No wonder. She used to call a logging camp to dinner. " Washington Star : "I don't see what wo want with all thnao little Islands , " said ono German olllcial "You Just wait. " answered the other. "Possibly there will be an earthquake ona of these eiays which will push some terri tory to the. surface that Is really worth , building a town on. " Detroit Free Press : "I see that our girls ore practicing carrying water on their heads to make them graceful. " "Yes , and a peed many women arc carryIng - Ing water on both shoulders to get Into so- cletv " Indianapolis Journal : "How- big was that sea serpent , nnd what dirt IIP look like ? " "Oh , " answered the seaside Journalist , dreamily , "ho was about a column long and had a llerce-looklng display head. " Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Jltn Traynor bogged to be permitted to come home from the Philippines and get married. " "Yes.1 "Jn ten days ho was ready to go back. " A I1I3UA1II3. Ten brief years have passed away , Fraught with Joy and sorrow. Tar-dlmm'd : moments yesterday Gladsome dawn tomorrow. Time- sped past on tireless wings , 'nrlnclnf ' ? ceaseless round of things ; Oriels and Ilia and pleasures gay- Greetings kindly by the way. Ttn swift years have down away , Slnco this homo w * entered. f Winter brought a llowcr of May Heio our 'hopes ' were contrreel. On the c'tirrcnt ot llfe'B stream 'I'rlonds were borne as in u drfam ; Death drew kindred 'neuth thn tide Faith was chastened , purified. Thus the d cade passed away , Jilendlritf Joy and sadness : Hope's clear beams Illumed the way Whlsp'rlng tales of gladness. As wo journey to nnd frn , l et us I'avo the record no , That of us our friends may say "L.uck attend them on their way ! " " U. THOMAS. How Much ? Well , that depends , if you want the very finest thing in the world , the very best tailors will charge you $65 or $75. If you want a suit as good as any medium priced tailor can make , we can sell it to you at from $15 > to $25 , and we can give you a better suit than any cheap tailor can make at from $10 upward.