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often as desired.
It Is very funny to HOC : i presidential
cnmlldnte BinugRlo himself into a na
tional committee on n proxy.
The meeting of the democratic na
tional coinralttetf anny be n cut and dried
affair , but 1C it is the tailor certainly
made a inlsllt
Stories of what passed between the
president nnd Secretary Alger when the
latter resigned should bo taken with a
grain of allowance.
The battle ground in. today's repub
lican primaries is In the Sixth , Seventh
and Klghth wards. In the Seventh
ward the cumbat will bo quadrilateral.
Had ex-Governor Iloleomb thought
twice before ho sppko he might not now
be In the1 cmbarrassiug position of with
drawing from a. hearing which he was
so emphatic iu demanding.
Xow the question is , Will the new
steward of the Deaf and Dumb insti
tute buy supplies of a member of the
Board of Trustees , a policy which ex-
Steward Denver declined to pursue ?
Tlio1 correspondent of a Chicago paper
who telegraphed Uio story of a. tight be
tween cowboys nnd Indians has an im
agination which would have done credit
to the father of the yellow-back novel.
York county appears to have some un
usual attraction to populist otllcials as
a Held for manipulation. It will require
another ublebodlcd recount commis
sion to secure a populist majority in
York
Manipulation of school land leases maybe
bo prolitiiblo to fusion ofllclals , but its
beauties are not alluring to farmers
who have given years to Improving their
lands only to see them gobbled up by
men In the fusion ring.
Is there any reason why the Pacific
Express company should not pay taxes
In this city the sumo ns nil 'other con
cerns Incorporated under the laws of
this state whether it removes part or
its force to St Louis or remains in
Omaha ?
Panning out the capital grounds for
the bencilt of the Harvey campaign
fund Is carrying practical politics a
long ways. If the crop of populists Is
not largo It will not bo duo to short
acreage , for even the fence corners nro
being cultivated.
Ex-Governor llolcontb evidently un
derestimated the strength ot "tho en
emy" when ho deployed his skirmish
ers preparatory to an assault on the sen-
nto investigating committee. Ills retreat -
treat cannot oven bo said to have been
wade In good order.
Some idea of the amount of rain which
falls In the Philippines can bo formed
by General Otis' last report. The pre
cipitation during the first twenty days
of July was forty-one Inches , or more
than the total average rainfall for n
whole year In this section.
Thd Germans think they secured the
best of It in the settlement of the Sa-
monn dltllculty nnd England and the
United States fall to see that they liavu
either of them retained hold of the
short end of the bargain. If these opin
ions nro all correct the poor islanders
must hare fared decidedly 111 in the
dickering.
Omaha and Douglas county property
owners nre not only paying their taxes
promptly , but are also making n bril
liant record In lifting mortgages on
Ibelr property. During the last six
mouths the total amount of mortgages
cancelled exceeded the amount of mort
gages fllcd by ? 109,5tThe ! mortgages
filed were largely for the purpose of
promoting improvements.
NTllJt I
It Is Mill doubtful whether thorp
will bo another meeting of the Anglo-
Ainerlcnn commission , owing to the
failure tints fur to reach mi under
standing In regard to the Alnsknn
boundary question. Senator Knit-bunks
of Indiana , who recently retumed from
Alaska , lias had conferences with both
the president Tind secretary of stale ,
anil it IH said to be assured practically
beyond n doubt that the commission ,
of which .Mr. Kali-banks is a member ,
will not meet in August and probably
not nl nil unless the negotiations reach
a stage thnt will make desirable Hit-
continuance of the work of the coin-
mission. Washington advices say that
the boundary negotiations arc still In
a critical state and there S < KMUS to belittle
little hope of reaching an arrangement ,
our government having declined to make
further concessions and those proposed
being unacceptable to Canada.
As now understood , the Canadian
government proposes to make the set
tlement of | lie other questions presented
to the Joint high commission dependent
upon nn agreement on the boundary
Issue and If It shall adhere to this posi
tion the probabilities arc strongly
against the commission reassembling.
It Is possible , however , that Iho British
government may persuade Canada to
abandon this position , It' not to ylolrl
Its unreasonable and untenable de
mands , which under no circumstances
can bo conceded by the United Stales.
In the event of the situation continu
ing as at present until the meeting of
congress It will certainly receive the
attention of that body and very likely
in a way not In the Interest of mon ;
friendly relations with our northern
neighbor. The patience and forbear
ance of tills country with the obstinacy
and unreasonableness of the Canadians
arc not inexhaustible.
ItAlLllUAl ) ARniTltATlOX.
Tlie appointment of Mr. M. 10. Ingalls.
one. of the ablest railroad men In the
country , as general arbitrator for the
Pennsylvania road and the roads con
trolled by the Vanderbllts , Is a. matter
AVhieh railroad men generally will re
gard with no little Interest. It means
that the great corporations concerned
Intend to hereafter settle their differ
ences peacefully , Instead of making war
upon each other. It is a step In the
direction of co-operation which may
have very important results.
The Brooklyn Kaglo says In reference
to It that an agreement to arbitrate dif
ferences , entered into by a group of big
corporations , really makes a single cor
poration out of many. This arrange
ment , remarks that paper , may be a
violation of the spirit ot the anti-trust
laws , but the necessities of business
are so pressing that they make rules
for themselves , rules which rest in the
foundations of human nature. This ar
bitration plan lias for its object the
maintenance of stable conditions. What
ever they may be , If they remain un
changed they will be better for busi
ness than continual fluctuations.
AVe are unable to see In what re
spect this arbitration plan can pos
sibly violate any existing anti-trust
laws , since the simple agreement or
the railroads to settle their differences
in this way obviously does not consti
tute a combination of the corporations
in the sense of the laws. At all events
the operation of the plan will undoubt
edly bo watched with great interest by
railroad men. The inducement to Mr.
Ingalls to resign the presidency of the
Chesapeake & Ohio and Big Four rail
road system is the handsome salary of
$73,000 a year.
L.AUOH CUA'FMCTS.
Conflicts between employers and em
ployed nro common alike to periods of
prosperity and times of depression.
When industry nnd trade are dull and
employers reduce wages , strikes ensue.
When there is Industrial activity and
business prosperity conflicts arise from
the demand of labor for better pay. It
has been remarked that human nature
is the same in employers and employed
and the natural Instinct of all is to got
the best of the bargain.
The protracted period of industrial
depression from which the country
emerged two years ago was severe
upon labor as well as capital. Great
numbers of people were out of employ
ment and the wages of many of the
employed fell to almost the starvation
point. The efforts of worklugmeii to
maintain wages were/ / unavailing , be
cause of the superabundant sup
ply of labor. The situation lias
changed.Vlthin the past two years
an extraordinary industrial and trade
revival has taken place , creating a de
mand for labor which has nearly or
quite exhausted the supply of compe
tent and willing workers. It Is labor's
opportunity. The revival has been ac
companied by n. general increase In
wages , for the most part voluntarily
made by employers. The averagd pay
of labor In most industries is nearly or
quite as good now as before ' the period
of depression. The earning power of
the wage-earners of this country has
been increased during the past two
years hundreds of millions of dollars.
It Is needless to say that as a whole
the laboring classes of America are bet
ter remunerated than those of any
other country.
But there are Indications that exist
ing conditions arc not entirely satis
factory. Evidence1 of labor discon
tent , cither with wages or with condi
tions of employment , Is furnished al
most dally , The knowledge that em
ployers are prosperous begets a dcslro
in the employed to obtain what they re
gard as a fair share of this prosperity.
Success of workers , ln one branch of
Industry in beciirlng an increase of
wages Inspires those In other branches
to make an effort. The tendency In
this direction BOO ins to bo quite gen
eral.
eral.Most
Most of the demands of labor during
the last few months have been conceded -
ceded or a satisfactory compromise ef
fected. The threatened strike * of the
tinpliito workers was averted by a con
cession of part of their demand. In
other cases labor secured all It asked
for , Them has been a notable dlbpo-
hltion manifested on the part of em
ployers generally to give lal or a fair
Bharo hi their Increased prosperity and
so long as this Is the case no very for
midable conflicts are to t > o apprehended.
The danger Is , however , that labor
may become too exacting and force em
ployers to stand out against Its de
mands. In that event a check would
bo given to Industrial activity , prosper
ity would be retarded and all Interests
would be Injured. This Is a possibility
of the future whlHi Intelligent workIngmen -
Ingmen should keep In view. Good
wages for iabnr are evidence of prosper
ity and a help to Its continuance. When
the working classes are well paid all
Interests arc benefited. Hut the adjust
ment of wages must be made with a
fair consideration for the interests of
employers and other conditions essen
tial to the maintenance of Industrial
activity , and not upon a purely selllsh
basis.
It Is a trite observation that strike. *
are costly. They are also more or less
demoralizing In their effects not only
upon those who engage in them , but
on the communities in which they
occur. The street railroad strikes In
Brooklyn and Cleveland are present
Illustrations of this.
\\'ILT. \ \ T11KY KVKH ttK
The secretary of the Nebraska State
Banking board has just made his report
of the condition of state banks , which
shows a marked Increase In deposits
and a decrease In loans. The secretary
is quoted as declaring that the abstract
just published Is very flattering to the
banks of Nebraska , only forty-six out of
a total of ! ! ! ) S having borrowed money
ami nearly all having increased their reserve -
servo resources. In the face of tills
striking proof of prosperity we are told
by the representative of popocratlc state
otllelals'that the great increase of de
posits and decrease of loans and dis
counts shows that while the banks have
on hand a largo amount of money they
are not making prollt In proportion that
is , they are not putting the money out
to business men for use in carrying on
the business of the country.
This may bo a satisfactory explana
tion to people who , still persist in re
fusing to 'believe ' that prosperity has
come , but this class will scarcely grieve
over the announcement that the banks
have more money to lend than they can
place safely and profitably , and consequently
quently are not making as much as they
did when money was scarce and dear.
Possibly these deluslonlsts may bo able
to comprehend that the inability of
banks to make loans to business men Is
not because there is no business to do
with idle money any more than because
the farmers do not borrow because they
cannot make a living in farming. Ev
erybody familiar with existing trade
conditions in Nebraska knows that there
arc more buying and selling of merchan
dise this year than there , have been at
any previous period , just as there arc
more farming and stock raising than
ever. All this business is carried on
with money , but instead of being done
with money borrowed from the banks
most of it is being done with money ac
cumulated in mercantile traffic. An
other fcaturo that these dcluslonista
seem to overlook is the fact that mil
lions of money lying Idlu in Nebraska
banks do not belong to the bankers ,
but to the farmers , who have1 realized
enough from their crops 1o square ac
counts with the merchants , pay off mort
gages and have put their surplus on
deposit. It is almost incivdlble that
anybody could be found In this or any
other state who would deny these in
dubitable evidences of prosperity or
that anybody would underrate the intel
ligence of the people so far as to try to
make ) them believe that there is not
enough money in the country to do busi
ness , or that the business of the coun
try Is suffering for want of a financial
nostrum.
Nebraska would feel lilgbly honored
by the promotion of George D. Melkle-
johu to the vacant war secretaryship.
As assistant secretary of war Mr. Melk-
lejohn was not in position to direct the
policy of the war office , but merely to
execute the orders of his superior. In
the diselmrgo of the onerous duties de
volving on him Assistant Secretary
Molklojohn has exhibited executive
ability of the highest order , and It is
acknowledged by the army officers who
have come in contact with him that he
Is head and shoulders above anybody
who has occupied tliff position in the
dispatch of business and in the ettl-
cioncy with which ho has transacted
the enormous volume of business inci
dent to the war and the reorganization
of the army.
Bicycles , automobiles and electric
cars may bo driving out the horse , as
is asserted by many , but facts do not
appear to Justify the assertion. All re
ports , both from the big markets and
from sections where large numbers of
horses are raised , show an Increased
demand for horses and advancing
prices. Only a few years ago range
horses could not bo disposed of at any
price , but they nro now finding ready
market at remunerative prices.
The United Christian party , which had
its birth in Iowa , has called a national
convention to meet at Chicago In De
cember. The only dllHciilty will bo to
gather in enough converts in the vari
ous states to make up an electoral
ticket. After each member of the party
In Iowa had been honored with a nom
ination one of them resigned. The
others have been busy ever since trying
to find someone to take his place.
The utter transparency of popocrallo
pretensions is Illustrated In the treat
ment given Clem Doavor , who fell n
victim to the delusion that popocratlc
platform declarations were to bo taken
at par. In other words , lie conducted
his office honestly and would not listen
to the tempter. The party lenders , how
ever , had to have a man who would
listen , so they got him.
Slowly but surely Omaha Is pressing
forward for second place among the
pork packing centers of America. Three
years ago Kansas City packed twice
as many hogs as did Omaha , but thnt
ratio has been gradually changing in
favor of Omaha , The largest gain bus
been during ihe prudent year. During
the four and a half months ending July
I in , 1SOS , Kansas City packed 1,200,000
hogs ngnlnst Omaha's IHO.OOO. This
| year Kansas City packed 1.000.000 dur-
j Ing the same period against. Omaha's
0-,000 ; gain made by Omaha tW.oon ,
while Kansas City's lo s was 110 , < KH. )
If Omaha continue * to gain nt the xanie
' < 'iitlo It will distance Kansas City and
j take rank next lo Chicago before the
i end of next year.
The comparative figures of the pork
packing Industry published by the Cin
cinnati Price Current are very signifi
cant. "While Kansas City has lost 10
per cent on Its output since March 1
as compared with the same period last
year , Omaha has gained J5 per cent.
If there are any silver republicans in
Nebraska who prefer to pull the popo-
era tic reform cart out of the ruts into
which it lias slipped they had better
make haste nnd get themselves admit
ted into the fold. The three-ring
circus has become a howling farce.
An KmerReno' .lob.
Baltimore American.
Bryan has at Inat got an office. The gov
ernor ot Nebrat-ka has appointed him a dele
gate to the Chicago anti-trust conference.
But this honor Is not expected to keep him
from running after the presidency.
DeurcnNeil ] | IINIIOIM KnHuron.
Qlobe-Demoerat.
Within the last six months the business
failures In the United States have 'been '
much smaJlcr In number and amount ot
liabilities than for any similar period in
seventeen yearn. Under such conditions the
American nag is likely to stay Just where
the American people have placed It.
Hani Summer on Nymph * .
Courier-Journal.
Only a low days ago there was a great
outcry In Chicago because of some statues
of nn do nymphs at a fountain , and now
Montreal Is in distress because a nude
nymph has been set up In one of the parks.
This Is a hard summer on nymphs with no
cfothcs and on the rest of us who arc re
quired to wear clothes.
Sllcitee llecomeK < he Great.
Detroit Free Press.
By the way , what has become of that dis-
tinsulshed ( American , Thomao B. Rce-d ? Ho
has been on the other side of the Atlantic
for many weeks now , and yet no one has
heard of his setting the political or social
world over there on the qul vivo by his
advent. There Is no doubt , however , that
our brilliant speaker could shine at aris
tocratic dinners and receptions in any capi
tal In Europe If he fctiould try. Hut It Is
probable that that Is the very sort of thing
he Is anxious 'to ' avoid.
Know n. TlilitR or Tivo.
Chlcaffo Post.
Ono of the strange features of the trou
ble In the Philippines Is that privates re
turning from the scene ot operations fre
quently appear to know a great deal more
about military science and the art of war
than the commissioned officers who have had
charge of the troops. And some who have
not returned have no difficulty In demon
strating by letter how much better things
could have been done If only they had
been consulted. But that Is always the
way. There probably never has been a
battle or a military movement In the history
of the world that some private soldier
could not have planned better after it was
all over. t < > ,
Smooth , AV ork. of a Trimt.
Philadelphia. Record.
Before reluctantly conceding an advance
of 15 per cent In wages the rapacious Tinplate -
plate syndicate proceeded to lay plans for
taking a. far greater amount out of the
pockets of American consumers. The ad
vance in the wages of the workingmen adds
only a few cents to the cost of labor on
each box of tlnplatc , and the greedy trust
has levied an additional 50 cents on every
box. in less than a year the coat of tinplate -
plato has been advanced by the trust from
W.Ga to $4.37 , the latest quotation. For
that the trust has a protection of $30 on
every ton of tlnplate ; and yet there arc
mole-eyed protectionists who cannot see that
the tariff has anything to do with the
trusts !
TJic AnxloiiH American Knee.
Kansas City Journal.
An Inatatico of the too sweeping use of
generalization Is that which speaks of the
American face as typically anxious. You
may go through villages and 'whole regions
of the south , and even of the middle west ,
and perhaps other regions of the country ,
without discovering an eye that seems to bo
looking toward 'tho ' horizon , and you iwouM
pray of all things for a descent of some
of the spirit of anxiety. In the cities , of
course , there is plenty of restlessness in the
features. The mere physical dangers of col
lision and robbery and sandbagging cause
this , to eay nothing of the struggle for ex
istence. Yet the total proportion ot this
etylo of countenance Is 'hardly ' sufficient to
warrant the attachment of the label , "Made
In America. " V/o bellevo they have more
or less anxiety abroad. Wo should say that
the "anxious countenance" might bo dis
covered 'in ' the Romanoff family In a high
degree of perfection. But ft may be that
we are more anxious than wo should bo and
that wo show It In our faces. It woufd be
well for every American who needs It to
carry with him a pocket llatlron to smooth
out the wrinkles from his brow.
IIIO COIIN CHOI' l.V I'UO.SPIiCT.
CniifltiloiiN Fnvor n IiiirKor Ylt'Iil 'J'hnn
LiiNt Yt-nr.
Jflhvnukee Sentinel ,
Present Indications are that this year's
corn crop -will exceed that of last year. The
outlook In Kansas and Nebraska Is espe
cially favorable at the present time , the
yield In Kansas -promising to bo the largest
In the history of the state and such as to
make It the leading corn state of the union ,
The Kansas City Star says 'that ' the status
of the corn crop both In Kansas and Ne
braska Is the most promising ever known
at this season of the year and that the
acreage is larger than over before. The corn
acreage In these two slates Is one-fifth of
tbo total acreage of the whole country , and
It Is estimated that they will produce one-
quarter of the entire corn crop. The- Star
publishes the following table concerning the
corn crop , basing It on the July report of
the Department ot Agriculture :
18W.
1899. pros , pec tlvo ISM
AcreH. yield , bil. crop , bu.
KaneaH 9.132,000 SOO.OOO.CW ) 132S18 , K )
Ncbrabka . . S.210,000 2 2.000.0 > 'x ) 154,750.000
Iowa 7.431,000 217,000,0)0 ) 23 ! > ,000,0i
Illinois 6StS,000 2M.COO.OOO SfO.OWiOIV )
Missouri . . . . 6,130XX ( ) 173.000.000 131.731.fO )
Indiana 3,695,000 JIG.MO.OuO 123,151.000
Ohio 2,751000 80,000,000 102 , S.OI
Texas , 4tOSOOO 74.000.0JO 105,338,000
A31 others. . 32,783,000 SOS.OOO.OCK . ) tto,531KW (
. ( Total . . . . Sl.t60,000 2T050.OW.000 1.92USJ.OOO
It says that these figures allow an average
of thirty bushels to tbo acre , while Kansas
has a record of raising forty bushels to the
acre over the wliolo state , which might be
equaled again thla year. If good prices are
realized Jt Is evident that the. year will be
a procperoua one'for ' the corn-growing states
and tbo Star is of the opinion that there
will be no drop in prices. It figures on a
large foreign demand for corn , while the
homo consumption should bo very consid
erable on account of the general prosperity ,
Twenty cents a bushel is , In Its opinion ,
a low CBtimato of the probable farm value
of corn.
HOT SC110TT I'llOM OHIO.
\ Woulil-llp Stnlrnmnti Wlio Wnulil
tin- nlurllnii n 9rnt In Confcrm * .
PhMndelnhla Tlme .
II. P. Sehott , said to be ft millionaire
| manufacturer of Cadiz , O. , hns Inventeft
I what seems to be a new practical Joke. If
he ti not a Joker he Is the most open and
candid b'dder ' that ever undertook to buy
In the political market. Mr. Srhott Is a
j candidate for the republican nomination for
1 congress In the Slxtt-cnth Ohio district to
succeed the late Lorenzo Dantord. He says
the nomination Is Eolng to the man who
offers the most money nnyhow and he thinks
the bidding ouiht ; to be done In the open.
To start the bidding he offers J10.000 nnd
Is willing , If nominated nnd elected , to give
the entire salary to four young men In
each of the five counties In the district.
It Is hard to believe that Mr , Sehott Is not
Joking. Ptihaps It Is necessary to know
him nearer the place where he keeps bis
money bags than Philadelphia is to Cadiz
to reach n safe conclusion on this point.
He says he has been charged with parsimony
In the matter of this nomination. What
"parsimony" Is In such a case may be per
fectly plain In Ohio , but It Is not very clear
In Pennsylvania. The kind of parsimony to
which ho refers Is purely nn Ohio Idea. If
thla Ohio man Is In earnest ho certainly Is
not parsimonious. A candidate who Is will
ing to give the full amount of his expected
salary for the nomination and then to give
the salary away Is not to be sneezed at as ft
skinflint. If this Ohio man Is Joking he is
not paying a very high compliment to the
politicians who name candidates for congress
in his district. His Joke somehow smacks
of money in politics , and that , too , In a way
that would not bo tolerated oven as n joke
outside of Ohio.
In order 'to ' avoid the Oarfleld law , which
forbids the use of money in po'.ltlcs , Mr.
Sehott announces that If nominated ho will
give nothing for the election. Wo should
say that even in Ohio nothing could bo ex
pected from him. Ills "bid" la big enough
for a Tammany hall "assessment. " From a
man who offers a lump sum of $10,000 , for a
nomination und is willing besides to make
twenty young men in his district a present
of ? 2.0 each per annum for two years It
would bo downright cruelly to ask more.
Still If aiiore Is needed nnd If "tho nomina
tion Is going to the man who offers the
most money" Mr. Schott's bid is not to be
presumed to keep him out of the bidding
when the auction actually comes off. ' In
splto of his reputation for parsimony In the
matter of buying a nomination a few thou
sand dollars Is not likely to count with n
man possessed of such ortglnnl and liberal
Ideas In the matter ct elllng nominations
to the highest bidder.
nn 1'uxrui , KICK.
Tender Kc-plliiK * Hur < Ii > - n nemllnKot
< h < - npclarntloii ot Iiiilcitrnileucc.
Springfield ( Mass. ) Republican.
The Scottish-American , a very entertain
ing paper published In Now York , appears
to have gone to Asbury park for the Fourth
of July. While the music was fine , It didn't
llko other features , such , ns the reading of
the great document that made the day an
anniversary , nnd "a characteristically flamboyant
" " notorious Corporal
boyant speech" by "tho
Tanner. " This is its admonition :
"It should bo borne in mind that thou
sands ot persons hailing from the British
isles and Canada visit places llko Asbury
park every summer with their families and
that It Is not good taste to flout them with
the rhodomontade of the Declaration of In
dependence or the bluster of a Corporal
Tanner. Among those at the Auditorium
were Englishmen , Scotchmen and Canadians ,
who have done not a little to build up the
industries and Institutions of the United
States , but who , while devoted to tbe coun
try ot their adoption , have not ceased to
love their native land and their kindred be
yond the sea. SUrely the feelings of such
men and their families should be respected ,
especially at a time like the present , when
so much Is said about the community of
Interests and friendship existing between
Great Britain and the United States.
Wo nro certainly In a pickle , because while
we want to please the parts of our pop
ulation mentioned , we also have a largo con
tingent of Irish , perhaps outnumbering the
others by a few millions , and they particu
larly relish plain speech of the colonists
concerning George III and his ministers and
( tie overriding of the rights of the people
In the customary English fashion. Wo' really
fear the Irish , are better representatives of
the historic United States than such ob
jectors , and the Imperialists will have to
reckon with them on the point ot abolishing
the Declaration of Independence. Nor Is It
likely that our Scotch fellow-citizens are BO
fond of my lord of Bute that they agree
with their countryman who was worried by
the reading of the Declaration at Asbury
PaFk.
runso.VAi * AXO OTHERWISE.
Captain Andrews haa been picked up off
the Irish coast and his little craft , the Dorce ,
was left to drift whithersoever it would. The
captain's drip was not altogether a hunkle-
Doree affair.
Parlor car porters , it Is said , are carefully
trained In their duties at schools of instruc
tion. " They are wonderful schools which
teach successfully the art of getting some
thing for nothing.
Lieutenant Governor Timothy I/ . Wood
ruff of New York , who was once noted for
the elaborateness ot his waistcoats , has
lately been surprising his friends by ap
pearing In vests that match his suits.
Texas wants It distinctly understood that
though the area covered by the flood Is
three times that of Massachusetts there Is
plenty of dry land left. Texas Is so Dig
that the flood Is simply a damp spot on the
map.
map.Tho reports from Maine , as usual at this
tlmo of year , " 15' that the pheasants are
tearing up gardens , deer are ruining crops
and bears are robbing pig styes , The
tlirewd innkeepers use the old bait with
great success.
Lord Kitchener intends to leave London
on August 8 for Omdurman , to resume his
duties r governor general of the Soudan.
Gordon's palace at Khartoum has now been
almost entirely rebuilt and will bo used as
the government house.
Chief Justice Field of Massachusetts has
n keen sense of humor and a ready wit.
Some months ago , ns ho came Into his club
for lunch and bade a gentleman good morn
ing , ho added ; "What's now ? Have wo
acquired any more archipelagos since break
fast 7"
Kentucky Is expected to contribute ilbcr-
afly for the $10VU0 monument to "riilvcr
Dick" Bland , to be erected o\er his grave
in Lebanon , Mo. , because the late congress
man waa a native of the Bluegrass stale
.and had many political followers ns well
as personal friends there.
Th3 Parlu Temps , says ox-Prebldcnt Har-
riton Is a typical American chief executive.
It adds that ho resembli-s President Loubet ,
"llko him being of small stature , hut well
formed , with finely chiseled features , cnt -
getlc , but full of good fellowship , with gray
hair , sweeping gestures and simple spec * . '
niarsj iMeneywor tore down and destroyed
an American flag in Chicago a few days ago ,
and Judge La Iluy fined him jno and costs ,
the full penalty for disorderly conduct. Tbo
flag had been nailed by a tenant to the win
dow sill of a house Meneywor owned , nnd
the latter asserted that the nails damaged
his properly.
Chicago crowds Omaha pretr ( close for
the record on large verdicts. / contractor
put in a bill tor extras on one o | the tunnel
Jobs , which the city refused to iiiow. Suit
followed and a verdict for J61S.638.S1 was
rendered Jn favor of the contractor latt
Saturday. The verdict against the bondsmen
of ex-State Treasurer Bartley , rendered In
Omaha last Tuesday , aggregates
"tlOtMl HOni.V M.MIIKU TWO.
IMItorlnl Comment on Hie 1'roleM " '
Wnr Correspondent * n < Mnnlln.
Boston alobo ( dpm.-lmp. )
The protest of the correspondents against
the Inefficiency of General Otla and the bad
Judgment that ho has shown in suppressing
ne > w8 of the rel condition of affairs In the
Philippines shows a Mate of things that
ought to lead to his refall or dlsplaesment
with the least possible toss of time.
( Mil ulth tlie Truth.
San FnuuJiM'O Call ( rep.-nntl.l
! Let the people have the truth. It will be
! moro to the credit cf the administration
i to tell It now than to continue censorship
I and violation of the malls and let the re
turning volunteers shock the country Into a
political reaction. An > thing being done
ofllclally by nn administration that Is kept
from the people Is something It has no right
to do.
the \iivy.
B \ltlmore American ( rep.-lmp. )
Among the charges made by these cor
respondents Is that Otis has systematically
minimized the operations of the navy , which
will help to explain what has been repeatedly
sold in the American , that Admiral Dowry
was forced to leave Manila because of the
failure of the Navy department to meet his
demands and the employment of horse ma
rines on the gunboats patrolling the rivers.
Ollli-lnl llpporlN Overdrawn.
Knnsati City Slur ( rcp.-hnp. )
It cannot be denied that the hoacful re
ports sent from Manila from time to time by
General Otis have not been strictly verified
and now that the war correspondents have
como out so boldly in their arrnlcnment of
the campaign , there Is certain to be a full
investigation ot the facts nnd a final settle
ment of the question as to whether General
Otis Is the man for the place to which ho
has been assigned.
Unload
Philadelphia. North American ( rep.anti , )
The republican party Is responsible for
this war. Does Mr. McKlnley think that
the party would care to go into the presi
dential canvass with the war tinwon nnd
with a failure and retainer of failures as Us
candidate ?
The republican party Is moro Important
than any one of its members. It knows
this and can bo depended on to act upon
the knowledge.
Unload Otis , Mr. McKlnlcy , and end the
war.
Philadelphia Times ( dcm.-lmp. )
There Is no danger that the people will
bo discouraged at the failure of the first
Philippine campaign if they see any signs
that the next campaign Is to be in competent
hands. If , however , the Vcccnt policy of
fighting battles 'Which win nothing and
lying- about the result Is to bo continued
there will be a political revolution In the
United States by the side of which Agulnal-
do's revolution In the Philippines will pale
Into insignificance.
lint Secret.
St. Paul Pioneer Press ( rep.-lmp. )
Sldo by side with the round robin of the
correspondents , with Its raven note , comes
the report from cabinet circles of highly
encouraging news from Luzon pointing to a
speedy collaipso of the insurrection. This
news docs not como from General Otis , but
from other sources regarded as trustworthy.
Nevertheless , by nn exercise of cautious
circumspection derived .from experience of
past disappointments the nature of this
news Is not given out. It Is sincerely to
bo hoped events may Justify this latest of
the long series of optimistic prophecies.
I'litn tlie Illume on Otln.
Minneapolis Times ( dcm.-lmp. )
The fact remains that the people of the
United States have "been willfully and grossly
deceived as to the status In the East Indies.
Otis may have dona the best ho could. Ho
has proved himself lacking in the moral
stamina necessary to a great leader. With
Iteration doubly damned ho has kept up hls
cry , "Thirty thousand men will bo enough. "
Do you think orders from an administration
would have induced a Grant or a Sherman ,
a Leo or a Roosevelt to reiterate a state
ment , vital In Its effects , -which he know to
bo untrue ?
Iinpndeiiec.
Chicago Tlmcs-Hera'd ( rep.-lmp. )
Not since the three tailors of Tooley street
addressed the House of Commons a petition
of grievances , beginning "Wo the people of
England , " has there been anything to equal
the vanity , effrontery and Impertinence of
the statement of the eleven correspondents
censuring the censorship of their dispatches
at Manila. In the entire outfit there Is not
a man , unless It bo John F. Bass , who be
fore the outbreak of our war with Spain
knew a flying battery from a flying kite era
a twelve-pounder from a twelve-pound baby ,
CeiiNornlilu ,
Philadelphia Press ( nep.-lmp. )
According to a dispatch signed by news
paper correspondents in Manila , General Otis
has been exorcising undue restrictions in
.the way of censorship on cable dispatches.
As the malls to Hong Kong are not under
any censorship , there cannot bo much delay
In getting anything through to the United
States. At the same tlmo any censorship
Intended merely to influence news dispatches
to the United States Is unwise. There Is
evidently Increasing doubt In the public mind
as to the experience and fltnoes of General
Otis for the responsibfe work he has In
band.
No I ten no 11 for Seereej' .
Indianapolis Journal ( rep.-imp. )
There can bo no good reason -why there
should be any secrecy concerning affairs In
the Islands. General Otis need not fear
that "tho people at homo will be alarmed. "
The people at home , with unimportant ex
ceptions , understand the position of the
government in regard to these islands and
are ready to sustain It. They know that
they catno into possession of the United
States unexpectedly and that , having them ,
It IB our government's duty to enforce order
nnd secure the safety of the inhabitants.
But they have a right to know exactly how
this work progresses. The censorship should
be lifted and all the facts bo made known
from this time forth.
Foilof ( iiirlilliiR N MV .
C'hlcaffo Keeord ( Ind.-lmp. )
The correspondent is the representative ,
the spokesman and the unbiased fount of
Information of tbo anxious millions the
people whoso sons are fighting In Luzon , the
people whoae money p ya the cost of battle.
The people arc entitled to know things as
they really happen , not as they como across
the wires garbled and distorted by the blue
pencil of a military censor. So long as the
news sent back by the writers at the front
is not of a dlalojol nature , so long at It gives
neither aid nor comfort to the enemy , that
news should pass free of penciling and alter
ation. It behooves the government to give
due heed to the protest of the correspond
ents. the duly accredited agents and repre
sentatives of tbo great American nation ,
Vnlii I'lirpone of ( Vi
Buffalo Kxprtn ( rep.-antl. )
The most bitter critics of the Philippines
policy at homo have not been able to frame
an indictment approaching in force that
convoyed by this statement from the front ,
A { press censorship is alleged to bavo been
conducted , not for the legitimate purpose of
preventing premature publication of military
information , but ip the vain expectation of
controlling public opinion In tbe United
States. The American people are alleged
to have been systematically and deliberately
misled by means of thin censorship. Such
acts would imply the belief among thosa
responsible for them that not merely the
Filipinos , but tbe American people , are unfit
for self-rule. There Is more aid nd com
fort for the enemy In the Inevitable effects
of sueh n deception than in anythln ? which
the antl-lmpcrlftllsts could say or do.
People .xlionld fJe < tlie Knetn.
Chicago Chronlrlp ( dem.-Aiitl i
There Is nothing which the people of this
country so Justly rc ent as a reflection on
their Intelligence respecting tU-lr own af
fairs. Operations in the Philippines , the
movements of the army there. Its condition
I and the wholi > aspect of affairs are net mat-
I tcrs to be regarded as the private business
1 of General Otis , nor of Secretary Alger , nor
, of the president. It Is the business of th
whole people. Only a mixture cf Impudence
and stupidity can bo at the bottom of attempts -
' tempts to sequester from the people for any
. great length of , time Intelligence ot the
events of the war.
fie Ceiiinr.
TrlbutiP ( rep.-lmp. )
The ccnsprshlp should bo suppressed. No
ofllccr armed with a little brief authority
and a blue pencil should be permitted to
stand 'between ' the American pcopfo and
the nriws. The Philippines are theirs. Thej
have a right to know what Is being doni
there. The soldiers In the Philippines are
their sons and brothers. Theyliavc a right
to know how those soldiers are faring.
Something has been said about the expul
sion of correspondents from the camps dur
ing the civil war. No man was expelled
for sending hospital reports or Fists of killed
and wounded ,
The Truth Should lie Known.
Kansas City Journal ( rep.-lmp. )
It Is right , however , that the people at
home should have accurate Information as
to the real situation In the Philippines.
The disposition of those faraway Insular
possessions must bo determined largely by
popular sentiment In the United States , anil
it is necessary that popular sentiment bo
educated so that It may form itseff intelli
gently. Congress will bo influenced in Its
notion by what it deems to bo the wishes
of the country. If the censorship main
tained by General Otis Is of a nature to mis
lead the people at home In this matter , it
should bo radically modified.
TK1TK Tltll-MjRS.
Judge1 Teacher Deicrlbn the safety
brake ot a. pahwsnger elevator.
Bobbie Bright PleaHO , sir , It's the part
that falls to work when the elevator falls.
Chlcagn News : in kldhood 'he ' clung to
the bottles nd Ills was the. pinkest ot toes ;
In manhood 1io clung 'to ' .the bottle and his
was the pinkest of nose.
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Billy , do you
think woman ought to smoke ? "
"Well , she wouldn't look much uglier
than she does chewing-gum. "
Indianapolis Journal : They were wander
ing by the sad sea. waves. V
"Havo you ben engaged before ? " ha
asked.
"Not this season , " she replied.
Philadelphia Record : Biff T hear that
Slugger smaNhed a copper last night.
Bang That's rlg-ht.
"Did ho get uwny ? "
"Nop ; ho was arrested for mutilating
coin. "
Chicago Post : "Havs you over run down
a elU2 ? " nuked the disgusted citizen.
"nun down a clue ! " exclaimed the de
tective. "Well. I should think not. Clues
are my best friends. Why should I run
them down ? "
Indianapolis "Journal : "Can't make. m
bcllovo Dreyfus Is a Hebrew , " said th
man with the Celtic cast of features.
"W'y not ? " asked the other man.
"Just look how long he waa on that
island. And wihen Tie conii away the other
fellows still owned It nil. "
After Jllniiy Yenra.
Chicago News.
The grandfather sat In his posy chnlr.
And the grandson laughed : "Ho ! Ho ! "
While ropeatliiK' the very latest Joke ,
But It filled hls-heart with wo ? .
AVhen the old man sadly smiled and nald :
"My boy , that's a good Joke , I know :
I laughed myself when I heard it first ,
Some fifty-odd years ago. "
FIIO.U TIIH MI2ADOWS.
Clinton Scollard In the Outlook.
Who with me will faro aJleld
Seek < the meed the meadows yield
Sweetnesses and secrecies
To the laggard unrevealed ?
T will lead you by a way ,
Sheltered from the open day ,
"Where , the tranquil season lone ,
Choiring birds of song1 delay.
By and by we shoJl bflholnr
" \ \ here the spacious Mils are rolled
Suiffcon nurge to woody crests ,
diarmonles In green and gold.
ITIiero nlmll wo abide awhile ,
Stretched upon some granny Isle ,
Ifavlnir laid asldo nnro.it ,
Seeling all the world a-smllo.
i'
Intimate nnd lildden thin ? *
In the whirr of gauzy wings
Shall be 'told us ; wo shall learn
Subtle Kossom-wihlsperlngs.
"What lias ever been before
Incommunicable lore
Out of God'n wldp naturc-book
We shall read and shall adore.
Having been uplifted thun.
We tjhall bar away with us
Something- with a. gleam dlvlns ,
IBoth benign nnd heauteouH.
And thouph halcyon days depart.
And the stingingntormwlnds start ,
For our r-olacn and , our Joy
AVe shall hold it .fast at heart.
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