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THE OMAIiA DAILY DEE. E. ROSKtt'ATER , Editor. PUBLISHED KV13UY MOllNINO. TERMS OK SUBSCRIPTION. Daily Hco ( without Sunday ) , Ono Year.6 00 Dally Ueo nnd Sunday , One Year 80) ) Hlx Months 4.00 Three Months 2.00 Sunday Uee , Ono Year 2.00 Saturday lice , Ono Year 1.50 Weekly Hoc , Ono Year Co OFFICES. Omaha : The Hco Building. South Omnha : City Hall Building , Twenty- nrth nt.d N Streets. Council Bluffs : 10 Pearl Street. Chicago : Stock Exchange Building. New York : Temple Court. Washington : 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communlcattoiu rc-latlng to news nnd editorial mitttcr should bo addressed : Editorial Department , The Omaha Bee. BUSINESS BETTERS. Business letters and remittances should bo addressed to The Bee Publishing Com pany , Omaha. Omaha.REMITTANCES. REMITTANCES. tlrmlt by draft , express or postal order payable to The Ueo Publishing Company. Only 2-cottt stamps accepted In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks , except on Omaha or Eastern exchange , not accepted. THE UEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATI3MI3.VT III. ' CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska , Douglas County , ss. : ueorpo B. Tzschuck. secretary of The Ueo Publishing company , being duly sworn , says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally , Morning , livening and Sunday nee , printed during the month of Slay , 1S99rns as follows : 1 1:1,110 i ; 2ii7o , : 2 iii80 is uimo : 3 a 1,1:70 ID 2iir.o : 4 -M.JISO 20 U 1,715 5 21-MO 21 S.lin 6 1-IUO 7 air no 8 IM.IHIO 0 2.ilO | : 10 as- " ) n 2iiao : 12 aSO70 13. . . . . IM.f.SO 14 u i,7ir 15 1M..J7O 10 at.-iio Total 700,81)0 ) Leas unsold and returned copies. . . . 0S07 Not total sales .7r,1osi : Net dally average at'JUS GEO. n. TZSCHUCK , Subscribed and sworn before me this' 2d day of June , 1S99. F. J. SUTCLIFFE. ( Seal. ) Notary Public. 1'nrtlcn I.eiivliiK for the Summer. Parties leaving the city for the summer may have The Dee sent to them regularly by notifying The Boo business ofllco , In person or by mall. The address win bp changed as often as desired. Ted Slonu will thliik twice uoxt time before lie ventures to jockey 11 waiter. The battle of Hunker II111 lias becu celebrated for the one hundred and twenty-third time by another Uoston tea party. The First Nebraska men will be homeward bound before the week is over. And every one of them -will feel ns If he would like to set out and push the bout nloiiR faster. With I.'IOO applicants for 1-10 places as census enumerators the man with the iiDunlntliiK pull may confidently reckon on having made 1,200 enemies and 140 iugrates. 'Twas ever.thus. In Shakespear's time all the feinalo roles k'oii th'o stajro are said to have been taken by young men and boys. Why shouldn't Siirah Uerulmrdt play Hamlet then If she wants to do so ? If there Is any sound reason for divid ing the .stale Into two federal court districts it lins yet to be made manifest. Fact Is , there Is not enough business to keep one judge and a clerk busy half the time. Assurances arc given that the school board will take no radical action In re vising the teachers' list this year , all the portents and prophecies of the local Fakcry to the contrary notwith standing. Those printed session laws are now several weeks past due. As the new laws go Into effect July 1 the people ought to have an opportunity to read them before being subject to penalties for disobeying 'them. ' The Commercial club continues to pursue the rational course in collecting money for the Herman cyclone victims nnd turning the funds over to local com mittees Unit only such supplies as are actually needed may bo purchased. Thus all waste Is obviated. The authorities of Wyoming are not proving themselves to bo very good thief-catchers. The train robbers seem to have but little dllllculty in evading the pursuing parties. Failure to cap ture these men will operate as a stan-1- ing Incentive to other men to hold up trains In that state. The commissioner of internal revenue has glvon a decision defining bucket shoiis and holding 'that their transac tions are subject to the stamp tax. The question is will the bucket shop people idaro to pay the tax In states where the laws have been construed to prohibit bucket alipp gambling ? The fresh seizure of largo quantities of Curllst nrniB emphasises anew the fact 'that the Carllsts are always get ting ready to assert themselves tit the wrong time. Their lost opportunity slipped by when Spain was In Iho depths of despair over its defeats In fho recent war to retain Its colonies. Ileports from all directions In Ne braska and surrounding states are to the effect that , with 'the exception of small spots damaged by storms , crop prospects were never bettor. A harvest of golden grain means a golden harvest for the farmers ami the prosperity of the farmer Is the foundation stone of Kouerul prosperity , In this congressional district there nro said to bo ten applicants for every position attending the census enumera tion , with applicants still crowding the line , Whoever dispenses this patronage will of a verity carry the white man's burden , In this connection it mny bo Mated that Senator Thurstou is ex pected to arrive In Ouuilui lute this laontU , , . WHAT HVHTS TIIK CATTLE That Amnrlrn can produce moat enough to feed all the world Is admitted abroad as well as at home. The cattle and moat-packing Industry which hns already assumed n magnitude in this country beyond the conception of 1M most sanguine promoters would today control the markets of the world were It not for the embargo placed against the Importation of American meat products into European countries. That American competition should have encountered pcrslsient opposition from the farmers of lingland , France and Germany Is quite natural. That opposition had , however , been steadily weakening and would have subsided but for the vicious warfare recently waged on this side of the water upon the American packing industry for par tisan ends. This fact has been specially emphasized In Germany , where- the agrarians have utilized to the utmost the weapons placed In their hands by sensational American newspapers of the yellow Journal order , supplanted by Impudent imposture craving after note riety. Kobert I' . Porter , who has Just re turned from Europe after four months' investigation of commercial conditions as special commissioner for the I'nltcd Stales government , descrbes the feeling in Germany in the following language : The Qerman government'Is not unfriendly to American Interests and desires to treat ua with absolute Justice , If not with consid eration , The various meat investigation ! ! and the political capital which has been made out of them by American newspapoia have done our Interests more Injury , not only In Germany , but In all the six Euro pean countries , England , Germany , France , Italy , Belgium and Holland , which I have visited , than all foreign Influences put to gether. Whatever may coino , therefore , wo have no one but ourselves to blame. Unless efforts are made to disabuse the European mind of some of these llbelous charges against American meat , ns a whole , the loss of this trade will range from $20- 000,000 to $25,000,000 per annum. It must bo homo In mind that only the wildest and most exaggerated statements find their way Into the foreign prints , The effect will bo to shun our products , and that Is Just wliat the agrarian press of the entire continent wants. Thcso foreign officials In Germany and elsewhere , therefore , who are willing to accord us Juotlce have a dllllcult and thank less task. This only goes to show that it is much easier to destroy than to build up any enterprise or Industry. While the self- styled champions of the producers never lose an opportunity to berate American meat packers to make political Capital against the adminlstratlcn , they are In flicting Incalculable injury upon the cat tle raisers of the west and south who are contributing so much to the indus trial supremacy of this country. A CV1IAA' POLICY. The Philadelphia Press suggests that congress should take action that will allow public Improvements to be made In Cuba. It miyes 'that ' the legislation forbidding the United States to grunt any franchise or concession of any kind In Cuba should be repealed and says : "It should 1st It be known that the United States will' not withdraw from Cuba until the -Island Is fitted for self-coulrol and that wo will guarantee the future protection of capital In vested in the island while under a " military 'government. "That done nnd the obstacles to prosperity in the island will disappuir. " The Press further sayg that experience so far has demon- slraled Hint under n good government the revenues of the Islam ! , under mod erate taxation , will pay every expense connected with the government and leave an ample sum for the building of school houses , the construction of pub lic roads nnd other necessary Improve ments. The action of congress In regard to fixtnchlses and concessions In Cuba was prompted by a desire to prevent the Island becoming n prey to speculators and financial adventurers. It was the understanding that n number of schemes of exploitation had been formed and It was to defeat these that the legislation In question was adopted. Moreover it was felt that In view of the fact * that our government had de clared Its purpose to "allow the Cubans to establish an independent govern ment it would be Improper for the United Stales lo grant franchises and concessions. Inasmuch ns this govern ment had absolutely refused to assume sovereignty in Cuba It had no right to exercise a function of sovereignty. There can bo no question as to the soundness of this position and It should be strictly adhered to. It Is perhaps trno that the effect Is to retard Indus trial restoration In Cuba. Possibly without this legislation more would have been aecomplshed hi the wuy of public improvements. Hut the United States Is In possession of Cuba with the avowed purpose of simply estab lishing peace and order there and enabling 'the ' people to sot up an inde pendent government. It cannot , there fore , with a 'proper regard for Its pledge , adopt the policy suggested by the Press. That must bo left for the Cuban government , whenever It is or ganized , and wo do not doubt that con gress will take tills view of it. UNFAVWAULK 'f < l HRTALIATHW. The Canadian premier , Sir Wilfrid Lnurler , is said to bo unfavorable to a policy of trade retaliation against the United States. The attitude of the Michigan lumberman , it is stated , has shown him how great an act of folly was the Ontario Jog law and how en tirely It Is within the power of the American authorities to prevent the ex port to the United States of Canadian manufactured lumber. According to ad vices from Ottawa the premier has de clined to have anything to do with an export duty on Canadian pulpwood , as urged by the lory leader , Sir Charles Tupper. Ho Is reported to have said Unit hu does not believe that In the fu ture or in the past any policy of retalia tion toward the 1'nlted States would have any effect , or will have any effect , in settling the ditllcultles between the two countries. In this hu It ) undoubtedly correct. While It is true that Canada buys more of this country than it sells hero , the balance of trade In favor of the United States last year being over ? 10,000,000 , It Is etill true that a iwlicy of trade re- f tnltntlon would be detrimental to the ! material Interests of the Dominion. , Such a policy would have the effect of , giving to Kngland , In large part , the trade now done with this rountry , but there Is no reason to believe that Canada would derive any bencllt from this. The fnct Is that tln Nritlsh prefer ences already granted by the Canadian government have resulted in no corresponding spending benefits to Canada , Having tried the experiment of admitting Hrlt- Isli manufactures nt rates lower than those imposed upon similar goods from other countries , the Canadians have se cured absolutely nothing in return. They have been disappointed In the hope of persuading the imperialistic govern ment of Great Hrltnln to admit Cana dian food stuffs to the markets of the United Kingdom upon terms more fa vorable than those imposed upon like staples from the United States. Such being the case , It Is not surpris ing to learn that the present rulers of Canada are disinclined to do more than has been done In the Interest of British manufacturers and that there is a grow ing feeling Ihroughout the Dominion that Canada should govern herself with a regard for her own interests rather than for those of England. Her Inter ests are affected much more largely by her trade relations with the United States than with Britain and the state ment Is credible that the premier real izes that the improvement of these rela- llous cannot be secured by any trade legislation hostile to the commercial in terests of the United States. The Canadian people should under stand that the United States earnestly desires closer trade relations between the two countries , but this can only be attained by such fair and equitable con cessions ns Canada has not yet shown a disposition to make. I'OLICK I'UUHT A1WSKS. Among the most flagrant abuses through which the police court Is made a place of refuge for habitual law breakers is the release of crooks , va grants and petty thieves on straw ball bonds. While the statutes expressly prohibit lawyers from becoming bonds men In the criminal courts the great majority of all bonds furnished and ac cepted In the police court are signed by Irresponsible lawyers , who make a liv ing out of the straw ball bond busi ness. Some of the most disreputable shy sters that ever practiced .at the bar hang around the police court , day In and day out like vultures waiting for their prey. Just ns soon as a disreputable character or petty criminal Is dodged In jail the straw bond shyster offers his services for speedy and summary release. In stead of permitting the case to go to trial they invent excuses for delay nnd work the judge for an order to let their client out on bail furnished by them selves. In nine cases out of ten the straw ball bond is forfeited and the culprit resumes his lawless vocation 'without let or hindrance. The police court shyster receives his price for furnishing ball , but nobody has ever heard of his being compelled to make good his obligation as surety. This system of balling out petty crimi nals for a. fee makes It utterly impossi ble for the police to keep the town clear of : t class of marauders whose opera tions frequently terminate in robberies and burglaries. The only excuse the police judge can offer for playing Into the hands of the shysters Is that petty criminals cannot easily find responsible bondsmen and that the big lawyers of the town refuse to defend this class of law-breakers , That , however , affords no justification for the policy pursued by a court expressly organized for the enforcement of the laws and ordinances , To let a person charged with crime go free on a worthless bond is no better than setting them at large without a bond. When petty thieves , thugs and vicious characters know by experience that they can go free by paying a cheap lawyer for a Avorthless bond they will continue their criminal practices with impunity nnd defy the police. This is not the worst feature. When the police court shyster knows that his bond will net as a release for habitual law-breakers he has a stock In trade that enables him to tralllc in police court releases and makes him indis pensable to people who get into trouble with the police. Such a tralllc was never contemplated by the f rumors of the law that created the police court. If It was thought pernicious to allow re- sponslble attorneys to furnish good bonds for clients In the higher courts the furnishing of worthless bonds by Irresponsible attorneys cannot bo Justi fied under any plea In the police court. Instead of crediting the police Judge with sympathetic motives , opening the way for the escape of criminals through the straw bond gate would tend to scnn- dalizo the judge by laying him liable to suspicion of being in league with the lawyers whotratllc in straw bonds. Today inaugurates the twenty-eighth year of the publication of The Bco , which made its lh t appearance In a modest way June 10 , 1S71. Nothing In the wonderful growth of the great west Is more Btriklng than the wonder ful and steady growth of The Bee from small beginnings to Its present position nstho _ greatest and most influential newspaper of this section. It is un necessary to uiy that in the future as In 'tho ' past The Bee's aim will be to lead in everything that goes to make up a modern new-pii : > pr of metropolitan rank. It Is the business of railroad at torneys to light every c-lalin against the roads which- hires them , whether the claim bo in the shape of taxes or dam ages. But why should railroads which enjoy police protection , tire protection and all other" municipal privileges refuse to bear their duo share of municipal burdens or take advantage of the statute of limitations to defeat claims which the city holds against them under provl- blons of the charter ? Saturday's midnight lire has afforded new proof of thu wisdom and economy of maintaining nn etllcicnt iiro depart ment Had the fire lighters been less vigorous or less skillful a destructive connagiHtlou would certainly have re- ] suited. The folly of the ? penny wise | and pound foolish policy with roikM-t to lire and. police departments should not be lost on the Omaha property owners wh6 are always at the front to srek u shaving of the- tax rntp without rosnird to the effect upmi the public service. The storage of explosives In the job- bint , ' center of the city which has re sulted In Injuries to a number of mem bers of. the lire department that may prove fatal to one'or more culls for uc- tlon on the part of the proper authori ties Hint will prevent the recurrence of Mich disasters. It was , to say the least , si piece of great recklessness to allow siitf ! a large quantity of powder to be kept In a warehouse in the center of the city , where It is liable to cause loss of life and property at almost any time. The city has a long-standing claim against the Union Paeilic and Burling ton roads for lighting their crossings. According lo the city comptroller this claim aggregates .fl'J.OOO. According to Solicitor Manderson the railroad com panies do not owe the city quite $ . ' 10,000 , nnd half of lhat amount is barred by the statute of limitations. Now , why should not the railroads pay over at least the amount not barred , say $15,000 , and settle the disputed balance here after ? Nebraska people must not forget that , their slsta- state Iowa also has a regiment of volunteer * in the Philip pines who are doubtless just us anxloub to get home as any. The home-coming of the soldiers will be hailed with the same delight by .every state that has contributed to the military service of the nation In Hie new acquisitions in the far vast Taking 11 I.nrKC Done. I'hlhidclphla I-cdger. Otis has twice as many men as Scott had when ho whipped Mexico , but the Filipinos appear to enjoy fighting moro than the Mex icans did. A Cool pillule. Chicago Record. The pcoplo of Iceland would llko to be connected with the rest of the world by cab'le , so that they might call down occa- cionlly through Itio summer and Innocently ask it It Is hot enough for us. A IOM ( Opportunity. : Washington Post. The Anneko Jans heirs have held , their an nual convention and passed the customary resolutions. Strange as It may seem , there were no representatives of Mr. Hryan present to suggest the desirability of fusion. CurliHtoiic Crltlcn of AVnr. Indlanai3)lls Journal. The able military editors who are Insisting that General Otis should have two or three times as many troops as ho has seem to know what ho needs bettor than ho does himself. Ho Is the best judge of the situa tion , and It will bo 'time enough to send him largo reinforcements when he asks for them. Mlncry lioycN Coiunitny. Louisville Courier-Journal. The American lino1vlshes to replace the Taris with a new steamer , but our shipyards are so busy that iV'ls doubtful If any of them can undertake''the contract. And yet the line cannot get Its vessel from foreign builders on account of our beautiful navi gation laws. The mountains of Kentucky are by no means the only part of this coun try where mediacvaltsm still lingers. Harmful Ceimorxlilp nt Manila. Chicago Record. Before the rebellion began last February and up to this present time there has been exenclsed at Manila an arbitrary and harm ful censorship on all correspondence , par ticularly on that sent by cable. The result of this Is that the people of the United States are not and cannot be familiar with the methods and practices of the general commanding the Eighth army corps and gov erning by military force the people of the Philippine Islands. No newspaper cor respondent may write the facts on these matters under pain of banishment. Calculation * on I'rollt anil I.OHB. Boston Transcript. A Jury In a breach of promise case In Now York reached a verdict by adding together the sums each proposed for damages and then dividing the result by twelve. The fair plaintiff was awarded 148.56 , which Is but small compensation for losing a Swedish count and the chance , as her mother testi fied , "to rule over ever so many peasants. " Said mother testified that she told the de fendant that her daughter could rule those peasants .better than any American girl she know. It looks ng if some Swedish peas ants had escaped a good deal of "ruling. " THIS liAAVVKIl l.V POLITICS. Career Common in KiiKluml , Itarc In tllf UllItlMl MtfltVH. Law Notes. The late Lord Herschell's career was a striking example of what seems to bo so common In England and BO rare In our own country the combination of eminence at the bar and on the bench , with success and distinction In politics. In the United Status a lawyer of the caliber of Lord Ilerschell often gets on the bench that Is , If his pri vate fortune is sufficient to permit him lo sacrifice a lucrative practice and accept the pittance which we niggardly pay our Judges but In politics ho Is apt , for some reason , to make a very small figure , The Instances of really great lawyers becoming presidents , cabinet officers , senators and governors arn painfully few. It Is true that our nenato nnd house of representatives constantly number among their membership moro lawyers than men from any other profession or business , but how many of them como from the front rank of the bar ? Many good lawyers have been president , but only ono president has been a lawyer of the first rate Benjamin Harrison. A scat In the senate is occasion ally filled by a lawyer like Kdmunds , but that body has become almost beyond the reach of lawyers good or bad who have not made a million or more. Our cabinet of ficials and national and state attorney gen erals , although generally able men , are rarely recruited from men who have a real genius for the law men who have Im pressed the country with their success at the bar. And when wo descend to the state legis latures the company Is really so bad and the annual grist of legislation HO atrocious that even a reputable lawyer Is generally satisfied to bo on the outside of our state capltols. Is all this so because the best American lawyers have no taste for poli tics and statecraft or because the people , cr rather the politicians , have no liking for the great and gucccsful lawyer ? Aa a class , lawyers are notoriously addicted to politics , and , If not now , at least formerly , were accorded nearly a monopoly of po- Jlffcal honors , but ( lie fact remains that the prizes seldom fall to , or , to put It In another way , are seldom plucked by the lawyer who Is entitled to be called great. While , perhaps , of little Importance for the world's greatest statesmen never have been lawyers this feature of our profes sional and national nto presents a theme tor some reflection. NT.VTn IMIKSS OX STATH POLITICS. Howclls Journal ( deni. ) : Kx-Oovcrnor Holeomb Is nn active candidate for euprcino Jttdgf , but with the fight there In against him In his own party It would appear to us to be Inviting defeat to nominate him. Beatrice Democrat : If the republicans are to bo defeated nt the next state election the opposition element will hnvo to shield Its daggers long enough to got together. It will have to forget for the moment that the only thing in life that mokes It worth the living If to fasten one's self to a public teat. 1'apllllon Times ( deni. ) : Some popocrala In Nebraska seem to fear that If Holeomb should bo elected to the supreme bench It would mean the selection of Private Secre tary Marct as supreme court reporter. Well , what of It ? How could Silas bo expected to express or write an opinion or plead for a pass without the aid of Marct ? North I'latte Tribune ( rep. ) : The changes which Governor 1'oynter has been making In the management ot the stale Institutions Is evidence that the charges made by the republicans that the Institutions were Im properly managed were true. The governor should now begin an Investigation of the state house offices. There ho will find the conditions much worse than at the state In stitutions. Callaway Courier ( rep. ) : A great many things nro happening these latter days that portend the coming of the world to an end. As an example , the last Issue of the Deacon proposes a man for the Dopullst congres sional nomination , nnd as nn endorsement of his fitness says ho Is a stockholder In a bank and that ho Is ono of the coming cattlemen of the west. Just think of HI A pop paper proposing a banker nnd cattle baron for the pop party's candidate for congress ! Shades of the early martyrs , what are wo com ing to ? rapllllon Times ( dcm. ) : Democrats should not bo too severe on Governor Poynler on account pf his failure to pass the pie. At heart the governor loves all of ua who bear the democratic name , but every time ho raises his persimmon polo to knock a bit of food for democrats his hand la promplly stayed by the mercenary fellows with whom he 'has ' surrounded hlmrelf. Why doesn't ho ply hla polo on the heads of those who Inter fere with his plans ? The Times refers the query lo Private Secretary Jewell , and pend ing that able gentleman's answer wo bog our democratic brethren to bo patient with the governor. Nellgh Leader ( rep. ) : Not only In An telope county , but elsewhere In the state , there seems an unusual activity among pop ulist politicians for so early in the year. Undoubtedly the populist party recognizes the fnct that only by the UBO of extraor dinary means and efforts can It be success ful l the pending state campaign. While the situation Is naturally favorable to the republicans success can only bo assured through a vigorous campaign and the se lection of clean , capable men as candidates. Of ihe populist state officials many nro smirched with fraud and Iho masses will support the republican ticket If it Is of Irreproachable character. In the meantime , however , It Is necessary to complete a per fect organization of the republican party , which in many localities has become thor oughly disorganized and Is inefficient for a strong and aggressive campaign. Premont Tribune ( rep. ) : Former Senator Allen has written to the World-Herald a card In which ho expresses satisfaction at the frequent mention of his name In connecllon with the supreme Judgeshlp , but declares "under no conceivable circumstance" could he accept the nomination If tendered him. Mr. Allen has another way of doing It. He now holds the district Judgcship , which pays a salary equal to that of a position on the supreme bench , and there Isn't half as much work and much less expense attached to It. He can hold this place until the next sena torial campaign and then make his descent on Lincoln as he did in ' 93 , from the same position , and endeavor lo land Iho United States sonatorshlp again. Meanwhile ho can promote his Interesls In that direction by lending his support to Holeomb or some other candidate for the supreme bench , an elec tion to which fuslonlst can have any more than an even chance. Columbus Telegram ( dem. ) : The popu lists seem to have a happy way of dealing with present events EO as to strenglhcn Ihem in their further demands for official recog nition. Last year they demanded the office of governor and the democrats conceded it , although every man with any sense of Justice and fairness admllted that the dem ocrats were enlltled to that position. Next fall Poynter will again demand the nomina tion , based on the second term argumenl. Then ex-Governor Holeomb Is being pushed lo Ihe front for supreme court Judge , while ex-Senator Allen Is being held In reserve for the United States senate. In return for all this magnanimity on the part of demo crats the populists may bo expected to show a reciprocal disposition In 1900 by endorsing ing Bryan , but will nominate , a populist candidate for vice president to create dls- satlsfacllon an'd ' divide Iho forces. Verily fusion la a great Ihlng for Ihe pops. Wahoo New Era ( pop. ) : We print In this week's New Era Brother Howard's article entitled "Why Allen Should Bo Named , " not that wo endorse his article In whole , but because ho makes some very strong points from a democratic standpoint. We agree with our good brother In ono statement , and that Is that Senator Allen Is by far the strongest candidate. Infercntlally wo go half way on another point ho makes , and that Is If Allen accepts the nomination for supreme Judge ho must give up all hope or expectation of being a candidate for senator to succeed Thurston. But wo are not ready to concede In advance the senatorshlp to the democrats. Let that be a goal for both pop ulists and democrats alike , to bo settled when wo ihavo a senalor lo elect. When we roach the bridge uilh W. J. Bryan In Iho prcfildenllal chair wo think that It can bo crossed without trouble and the matter am icably adjusted on basis honorable and satIsfactory - Isfactory lo the allied forces of reform. Besides , It Is too early to concede a renom- Inallon for Governor I'oynter. He must earn It first by a successful and satisfactory first terra. II would have been better for the populist party If ono , at least , of the present stale officials had been lurncd down nt Iho slalo convention. Tekamah Herald ( rep. ) : Attorney General Smyth has , after a delay of over two years , been forced by public sentiment to lake some action In Ihe caeo of J , W , Lynch , Iho defaulling Ireasurer of Plallo counly. The case baa been so nolorloua that nearly every paper In the state has been calling attention to the matter and demanding that the atlorney general do 'his duly. The press has repealedly charged that the pollllcal friends of Lynch had undue Influence over Smylh and lhat the defaulter was allowed to reave- the stale without any attempt on the part of the popoeratlc attorney general to collect or prosecute the popocratlo de faulling county treasurer , who was owing the stale | 13,000. No popoeratlc official ever demanded that Lynch or his bondsmen bo compelled to reimburse the state. Hul ihe lire of public censure got too warm and Iho sham reform attorney general con cluded that ho could no longer shield the relative of Senator Allen and that some thing would have to be done , so he wrote the county attorney of I'latto county that In his "opinion" it was the duty of the county atlorney to make the flrat move. He said "that Iho auditor might first make a demand , but lhal was not absolulely nec essary. " If Ihe bottom facts were known It wourd show more rotlenncss In Ihe slate capltol at the present time than ever In the history of the state. To conceal It Gov ernor Poyntcr vetoed a 12,000 appropriation by the last legislature to Investigate these sham reformers. lllCIIAItl ) PAHKS ItliAMK Minneapolis Times : Uy those who couh not subscribe to hli financial creed he wa ndmlrcd for the ability , courage and per slstoncyltti which ho labored for a goodlj hare of a lifetime as Its advocate. Those who struggled side by Bide with him fo what they regarded ns the only true til metalllsm held him In affectionate respcc as n pioneer captain in Iho cause , am placed the utmost reliance upon his leader ship. Dctroll l-'reo Tress : Though this lyplca ropresentnllvo of western democracy me the experience of so many of our loading politicians who have seen the presidency almost \\lthln their reach only to have I suddenly taken from them forever , ye Ihcro will bo a ccrlaln historic compensa tlon In the fact that his whole pollllca career was closely associated with Ihe grca financial slrugglo which culminated In the campaign of 1S96. Chicago Tribune : If any man doscrvec well of his party It was Bland. Ho was Us logical candidate for the presidency , bu ho was deliberately sacrificed In Ida Inler- c&ls of a man with nol a lllho of his ablllly and with no record of service. While Mr Dland was nol sound on Iho financial ques tion , ho had fought the baltlo for silver In a manly and honest way , which le moro than can bo said for Hryan , and his bitter csl cncmlcA never qucatlontd tils persona Inlcgrliy. St. I'aul I'loncor Press : In Mr. Illnnd's departure the democracy has lost nn lion est , If nn erring , leader ono whoso Intense slncerlly conlrlbutrd an ntnounl of "charac- ler" to Us organization which , In the gen crnl characterlessness revealed in largo BCC- Uons Ihcrcof ( especially In the cast ) , It can 111 afford to lose. Ho will bo remembered and quoted by the fuluro searcher nflfr fads In connecllon with the "sliver craze , ' long after the moro showy men preferred by his party shall have found oblivion. Washington Star : The Missouri leader IB acclaimed as the falher of Iho present silver cause. Ho has certainly done more than any other ono man to keep Iho cause vital Ho has devoted his whole rmbllo life to It and nt times has stood with but a smiil following to encourage him. Ho has borne up under many defeats , and , be It said to his credit , under none so well ns that which befell him In 1806 , when a much younger man come with a rush to the front and the velerans ono nnd all were eclipsed. Mr Bland did not sulk for a moment , and has not sulked since. Indianapolis News : A study of his career shows what may be accomplished by a man of very ordinary abilities and slender In formation , of unquestioned honesty of pur pose , and of strict personal integrity , pro vided ho deliberately limits himself to one object In life and bends every energy to its accomplishment. Mr. Bland had a hold on Iho people of his district which nothing could ttiakc , nnd ho also had the respec of his counlrymen oven his adversaries admitting his sincerity and admiring his persistent courage. Of course , from our point of view , his public life was wasted for ho devoted It entirely to fighting wha was necessarily a losing battle. But the same qualities enlisted on the right side of any great question cannot fall to ac complish Important results. So even Mr Eland's political adversaries may learn a valuable lesson from his career. PEHSOXALi AND OTHERWISE. Train robbery Is becoming such a risky business that It will soon have to bo con ducted llko bank robbery only from the In side. Prom Iho slandpolnt of yellow JoMrnalism In New York a fragment of a dead man Is worlh Inflnllely moro space than awhole cadaver. The nulomallc fire alarm system Is now up to London as a new thing. If the rest of the world would stand still for twenty-five years London , might catch up. The czar of Russia once read the text book on railways written by Prof. Hadley , presi dent-elect of Yale , and ordered It translaled for use In Iho slalo unlversllles. The leading candidate for Ihe head of Iho democratic llcket In Ohio la a manu facturer of wheelbarrows , tout the wheelbar row Is rather a slow maichlne to run with. Colone ? Hendersonwill not bo the first foreign-born speaker of the house of repre sentatives. The late Judge Crisp of Georgia , who was speaker for ono term , was born In England. By the latest revised navy pay schedules Admiral Dowcy receives $13,500 a year whether at sea or on shore. Schlcy , as a senior rear admiral , receives $7,500 nt sea and ? G,300 on shore. Sampson , as a junior rear admiral , gets $5,600 while at sea and 14,075 on shore. When President McKInley received word of the burning of the Mount Holyoke dormitory where his niece roomed he wired her : "You had better go right to Smith college. " She Is very loyal to her school and lelegrapned back the two words , ' "Not much. " A Now York Justice has decided that a wife does not constlluto a family. The case came up where Judgment was obtained against a man who was bound to pay $10 a week for the support of his "family. " The coup'/o had no children and the Justice said ho knew of no authority holding that a wife abandoned by her husband constituted a family. Governor Otero of Now Mexico has Issued a proclamation that June 24 , being the an niversary of the first engagement on land of the forces of the Unlled Slates wllh Ihoao of Spain , In which the New Mexico squad- rcn of the Hough Illders bore a most hon orable and distinguished pnrt , the same la designated as a public holiday throughout New Mexico. "AMI3IUCA AS SHU IS SPOKE. " Pathetic Plaint of nn E.xiu rlatoil Citl/iMi In London. Washington Post. It Is a great pity thai men llko Poullcney Bigclow , who Is really nn expatriated Amor- Icon , should bo recognized abroad as typical cltlzenu of ihls counlry and as being quali fied to speak with authority of Its affairs , A year ago Mr. Blgelow condescended to return to the Unlled States temporarily , of course and he employed the whole period of his visit In Billing about at Tampa and criticising what , In his inexperienced eyes , scorned the confusion and Imbecility of Iho War department ne manifested at that point , Llko Colonel Theodora Roosevelt , ho saw war for Ihe first time , and Its compllcallona and rough-nnd-ready aspccls filled his ten der soul with pain. Things were not or dered as he had seen them. General Shafer - : er did not lead the expedition , as Blgelow would have led a cotillion at the Patriarchs' MTho \ \ men had no pajaman to sleep n. and thpy actually dined without nap- tins or finger bowls. The result waa that Mr. Poultcnoy Blgelow denounced the whole affair as unlady-llko and shook Ihe dust of Tampa from his patent leather shoes. The fact Is that , under great dllllciiltlrs which , naturally , Blgelow never even ap- iroxlmately understood Ihe expedition > tarted , and , within a month or so , Santiago waa taken and the war ended. We had less than 2.000 men klllrd and -wounded nnd the power of Spain In the western lemlsphere was obliterated. It Is not cx- pocled of men like Blgelow thai they should appreciate such novel demonstrations and achievements. In his philosophy , no doubt , the army should have been moved u Pullman cars and first-elms steamship cabins , fed on a Delinotilco carte and lathed and mafsagod every morning- The trouble with Blgelow U that ho doesn't know the difference between an anny movement and a riot. He thought the Tampa affair should have been managed llko a club ban quet or a Cook excursion. Ho wept bccauco ho wan mystified. Ho criticised In bewil derment and Ignorance. Mr. Poulteney Blgolow disclosed his sorrows rows nnd mystifications through the me dium of a speech before the members and gtuists of the t'nltc-d Service Institution. In London on Monday lust. Ills ullor- nncos were hailed by Iho Englishmen pres- cnl as a noble exhibition of courageous patriotism , probably because the Kngllsh- men knew as little about It AS did Mr. Poulteney Blgelow. We can only regret that Senator Wolcott and Llcutcnanl Com mander Col well , who were rrescnt , did not feel themselves called upon to chock th < v fiow of Hlgelow's tears. Wo are quite sure that If Mr. Henry White , first secretary of. our embassy at London , had been there ho would have spoken up with emphasis nnd In formation. Ho Is so well acquainted with the feelings nnd Iho sentiments of the American people by virtue ot n per manent residence abroad that ho could easily have explained everything. But wo have no political missionaries at our dis posal. Mr. Henry WCilto wns probably dining with the prince ot Wales nnd Mr. Poulteney Bigclow poured forth , without a check or limit , the swollen stream of hit misinformation. TRITE TltlKLES. Washington Star : "That prizefighter la said to have great speed. " "I xhotild say no , answered the type writer o.xjiert. "At least ninety words a minute. " Chicago Record : Sluhb They nay that famous marine artist was ouco a plain farmer's boy. 1 wonder where he developed his talent ? Penn Probably drawing water down on the farm. Indianapolis Journal : "lycnd me $5 , " said the nmn who never repays. "Couldn't think of It , my boy. I value , your friendship too highly to part with It for * 3. " "Then make It J10. " Plttsburp Chronicle. : "Is It true that ths American offer of $75 to each Cuban soldier to give up his arms Is called nn Insult by aomo of the Cubans ? " asked Hlland. "Yes , " replied Halkct : "but the Cubans ore pocketing the Insult. " Chlcnco Post : "The last session of the legislature wns remarkably short , " sug gested the citizen. "Of course , " replied the legislator. "Thcro \ wasn't a corporation Jhat showed any dis position to want to buy anything , KO what waa the use of stringing It out ? " M Detroit Free Press : "I iwked Johnnie what ho would like to bo when he was n man. and he told mo ho wanted to bo a teacher. " "H'o did ? I'll stop In nnd see Iho doctor Ihls very aflcrnooni" Chicago Tribune : Mr. Sfilnl What kind of present did your rich old Uncle Hay- croft give RennyT Mrs. snint Ho gave , him a spinning top. 11 Jlr. Snint Just like him. If ho makes a' present even to a lltlle boy ll's somethlna with a stringto It. Indianapolis Journal : Instructor What Is the difference between the. positive and negative electricity ? Student It Is positive' when it Is turned on nnd negative when It Is turned oft. Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Yes , sir ; I have always felt that my legislative career waa a dcnd failure. " " . " "Why so. "Just because the party I represented was so overwhelmingly strong In the legis lature tnat a single , vote was worth llttlo or nothing. " THE SARATOGA TIIUMC. Colorado Springs Gazelle. , 'Now ' the trunk , ailghty trunk , Leaves Its dusty attic bunk ; Gleefully the maiden hears It 'Bumping ' down the stairs , but fears It Will not hold tiler manifold Pink shirt waists and flimsy wrappings. Bathing suits nnd g-ay head trappings ; Rlbbona , slippers , cuudy bows ; Lingerie and function clothes ; Linen sklrtB nnd silken hose ; Outlnfr Bulls and ROodneBa-knows What shall llnnlly be sunk In the Saratoga trunk. Note her smile , Troubled smile , I As she contemplates the pile That must somehow be Included 12re her closets are denuded ; OMark the haste , And the taste , With the which she finds location For each stunning now creation ; See .her place thsm here and ther With a woman's loving care , Stufllnpr In all that she dare , Till , with a triumphant nlr. From her labors she doth rest , When everything inside Is pressed. llear the lone Exprfssman groan , Lifting on the load of stone ; See him vanish without speaking Ample reinforcements seeking ; Hear the crash And the smash ; As they dump It In the wagon ' . ' Then adjourn to quaff a llagonj See the sturdy horses strain As they haul It to the train ; Hear the baggageman profane Sny that summer's come again When ho hears the loud kl-plunk Of Ihe Saratoga trunk ! See the rude fiummsr dude Greet It. In ecstatic mend ; Note the envious maidens eye It , And In whispers soft decry It , Though Ihey be Impatiently Waiting for Its swift unpacking , Just to see If aught Is lacking ; While Its owner scarce can wait To display Its prclous freight ; iRut , although we lightly prate Of this much-containing crate , Let a merry toast be drunk , To the Saratoga trunk ! Proper Materials Unless pioper mater ials are used a blue serge suit may be a. very shabby and valueless purchase. Made of trust worthy , fast-color serge , there is nothing that holds a , higher place in popular favor for sum mer wear. These SPECIAL LEADERS we are advertising at $8.00 are of exceptional values and are really worth about $12,50. We have better ones at more money , say $15 , $18 and $20 , that will stand comparison with the high priced suits of f the custom tailors.