THE OMAIIA DAILY JVEE : MONDAY , OCTOBEK 2 , 1809.
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AH Indications nrc Hint the lesson of
the next wtir will be one iu Afrlcau
KfiOgrnphy.
It mny bo put down that the war In
South Africa will bn fought exclusively
on land. No danger of Dewey having to
look to his laurels.
The building season Is nearly over , yet
the building permits continue to conic In.
Omaha's steady growth Is based on sub
stantial business interests.
Did vyou compare The Sunday Bee
yesterday with pretended competitors ?
The Sunday Bee stands unrivaled as a
high class modern tiewpaper.
Colonel Bryan and Judge Neville
Hhould endeavor to , get together on the
Philippine question before the colonel
invades the Sixth district again.
AkSarBenMinn been presented with
the keys of the city and his royal con
sort beHttlngly crowned. The royal
robes may now be packed away for an
other year.
The American people owe Dewey a
great deal , but when lie asks the Amer
ican people to reciprocate to the extent
of leaving him entirely alone we fear he
is overstepping the limit.
The ofllclal organ of the state house
machine at Lincoln objects because the
republicans are cheering the flag. This
shows how much sincerity there was In
popocratlc professions of support for
the republican administration during
the war.
Tlie popocratlc yellow Journals that
have been howling for a con Urination of
the Carter court-martial sentence are
not happy anyway. It was not Captain
Carter's punishment they wanted , but
n chance to inako political capital out
of sotno concession In his favor.
Ten days in Jail is the sentence Im
posed upon an over-frolicsome man for
trying to Imitate Ilobson on the streets
of Omaha during the Ak-Sar-Bcn pa
rades. The difference between Ilobson
and his Omaha Imitator is that with
Hobsou. the women did not object.
The Western I/aborer points out that
during his term Governor Silas A. IIol-
comb proved himself to bo an enemy of
organized labor by turning down union
workmen ami employing scab laborers.
If this -was the case with Governor IIol-
comb , wLoit could organized labor ex
pect from Judge Ilolcomb If ho were
promoted from the executive chair to
the supreme bench ?
Hastings'will soon return the compli
ment by sending a tralnload of people to
the exposition Ilastlugs day , October 10.
It Is only necesRnry for Omaha to con
vince the citizens of Nebraska towns
that It stands ready to reciprocate fa
vors extended and there will be many
examples of a fraternal , neighborly feel
ing existing between populous communi
ties in this state.
The Mothodlst conference has recom
mended to higher authority the proposi
tion to establish a book depository at
Omaha , making this city a distributing
center for the output of the largo pub
lishing houses of ( hat denomination.
TJmt such a depot will soon bo located
.in tlio mid-west may bo confidently pre
dicted , and there arc strong reasons why
Omaha should bo selected reasons ob
vious to every Mctliodlst in this region.
The letter of withdrawal of Candldato
Harrington from the race for congress
Jn the Sixth district la u reminder that
the head of the democratic committee
for that district Is u man who wua
Kicked out of the democratic etato con
vention of 18ft4 for presenting u memo
rial BQ obnoxious to the delegates that
they refused even to have It received.
But itlieu Nebraska democracy has
doubtless undergone u reform since tuut
time.
fen THE MUST
Tim conjecture that the British ROV *
eminent Is waiting for the Boers to
x-ommunco hostilities , believing that If
they shall do HO It would morally
strengthen the ponltlon of that govern-
iveut before the world , Is reasonable.
But if the Transvaal republic should
strike the first blow It would probably
have llttlo effect upon the opinion and
sympathies of mankind , as they have
already taken shape. British sympa
thizers would of course contend that
war might have been averted , but those
on the other side would reply , nnd with
much force , that the military prepara
tions of England clearly Indicated u
determination to make war and that the
principle of self-preservation demanded
that the weaker power should etrlko before -
fore the odds against It became over
whelming. The public sentiment of the
world has taken sides In this quarrel
and there will bo llttlo change In It
whether Great Britain begin hostilities
or the Initiative bo taken by the Boers.
It now appears probable that the latter
will strike first and that the blow may
be soon delivered. The Boer army is
evidently anxious to move upon the
cnomy and the popular feeling seems to
be strongly In favor of Its doing so. It
Is undoubtedly fully ready In all re
spects for an offensive movement and
the value of success at the outset would
be very considerable. It might result
In rallying to the support of the Boers
a large element hi Soutli Africa that is
really In sympathy with the Transvaal
cause , but Is now passive , nnd also ar-
laying against the British some of the
natives that are not friendly 'to Great
Britain. A few victories by .the . Boers
t the btglunlng of hostilities could
hardly fail to Increase their prestige as
lighters througnout South Africa nnd
bring to them assistance which other
wise they could not get To wait , on
the other hand , until the British gov
ernment has collected an overwhelming
force would bo to invite defeat and there
fore it is hardly conceivable that the
sagacious men at the head of Transvaal
affairs will much longer put off active
operations.
AVhlle It Is nowhere doubted that Great
Britain must ultimately bo victorious ,
there is reason to think that its triumph
would not bo so speedily achieved as the
British Jingoes profess to believe. Some
of these Imvo expressed the opinion that
a war would not Inst more than two
months. If the forces which the Boers
can scud into the field arc not greatly
overestimated there will be required a
British army of 100,000 to defeat them
and tills will not be accomplished in a
short time , for the Boers will desperately
defend every foot of ground. If war
comes , and It scorns Inevitable , It will
be many mouths before the British con
quer the bravo and sturdy Dutchmen of
the Transvaal republic and their allies.
CRAVEX I'OPUCIIATIC PAPERS.
Before the recent fusion conventions
that put in nomination ex-Governor
Ilolcomb as their candidate for the su
preme bench nearly all the democratic
newspapers of Nebraska and many of
the populist organs opposed his nomina
tion. The chief example among these
WAS the Papilllon Times , which under
the editorship of Edgar Howard an
nounced that no matter -what the party
might do , It could not make Ilolcomb
go down with honest democrats. The
Times reviewed the record of Silas A.
Ilolcomb as governor and showed him
to bo a man who had constantly violated
the platform pledges upon which he had
been elected , had while posing as nn
anti-monopolist foraged upon the rail
roads for free passes by the wholesale
and played into the hands of the cor
porations at every possible turn.
The editor of the Times was a delegate
to the democratic state convention , yet
after all tile noise ho had made in his
paper he sat silently by while the name
of Holcomb was ordered placed at the
head of the democratic ticket , and since
the adjournment of the convention he
has had not a word to say , publicly or
privately , against the candidate he was
formerly so bitterly denouncing.
It is certainly remarkable that the
club which the democratic machine
swings over democratic newspapers Is
able to effect such sudden and complete
changes. While Bryan nnd his organs
are trying to make capital out of the
effort of the republican press to formu
late a uniform policy for promoting the
party's interests , they hnve themselves
been forcing popocratlc papers into line
by most high-handed procedure.
It certaiuly speaks ill for the pope
cratlc papers of Nebraska that only two
or three of them have had the backbone
to stand up for their convictions and re
fuse to "support the nomination of Ilol
comb because It Is dictated In the inter
est of Bryan.
1 THE COMMElKUAIj
There Is no question that the com-
mcrcial spirit dominates the civilized
world more completely than tit any
previous time In history. All nations
are largely under ita control and It has
chiefly to do with directing both do
mestic and foreign policies. The foreign
correspondent of an Amer' an journal
says that the fact that the United States
is to bo a competitor In the future for
commercial and financial supremacy
against the nations of Europe is fully
appreciated there , particularly In Eng
land , and that there has been the
promptest adjustment to the new condi
tions of international politics.
Ho says the feeling in England has
become so strong that It is the mission
of the Anglo-Saxon races to carry civili
zation to savage and decadent countries
and to find there a field for achieve
ment and openings for employment of
saved capital which cannot bo found nt
homo , that many former liberals uro
now prepared to support un imperial na
tional policy , "It is recognized on this
side of the water , " bays the correspond
ent , "that this question of national mar
kets and opportunities is paramount to
any domestic question and that the
Anglo-Saxon people cannot Milord to fold
their hands while the well-organized
oligarchy which advises the IlUBsl.au
czar prepares to weld China into a
weapon for the destruction of western
civilization. "
This already potential commercial
spirit , the Inlltienco of which Is being
exerted in every quarter of the world ,
will Inevitably grow In force and In
tensity. The struggle for trade between
the nations where development Is still
going on will continue with Increasing
energy and vigor and among these na
tions the United States will hold a pine *
growing more and more conspicuous anil
commanding from year to year , be
cause here we have to a greater
extent tliau any other country the
resources for competition. It is pos
sible that In tliric we shall command
as largo or n larger share of the com
merce of Asia than any other country.
We ought in the future to have at least
an equal share with any other nation in
the trade of South America. We may
confidently expect to have , within a gen
eration , a very extensive trade with
Africa.
Can this Intense commercial rivalry belong
long peacefully carried on ? Will the
Anglo-Saxon peoples he permitted to at
tain the commercial supremacy to which
they seem destined without having to
win it by force ? These are questions
that are well worthy of consideration
and by no people more than the Ameri
can people , who are but now entering
the race for commercial supremacy.
A'KVILLt ! .1A IMI'KHIALIRT.
In the opening speech at O'Neill of
Ills campaign tour of Nebraska , William
Jennings Bryan made a special pica In
behalf of William Neville , the popocratlu
candidate for congress In the Sixth dis
trict According to the olllelal reports of
the Bryan special press agent :
Mr. Bryan was particularly forceful In his
appeal for votes for Judge Neville , the con
gressional nominee ot this district. Ho
pointed out that the man who should bo
elected would have to vote on whether erne
no the greenbacks would bo retired , moro
bonds Issued , the standing army Increased ,
an Income tax amendment 'bo ' submitted , bi
metallism be restored , Imperialism endorsed.
"When these questions are being considered
down In Washington , " ho thundered , "I
want Judge Neville there to volco the senti
ments of the people of this district. "
Colonel Bryan's endorsement of Judge
Neville's position on the question of im
perialism must have been a surprise to
the judge himself. If Bryan wants
Judge Neville in Washington to vote his
expressed sentiments as to the retention
of the Philippines , then Colonel Bryan
must be an imperialist of the most un
compromising character.
Less than a year ago , after the loss
of the legislature to the republicans in
this state and the narrow escape of the
populist state ticket , the Lincoln
Independent asked the opinions of
a number of populist leaders as
to the cause and remedies for the
slum of populist votes last Novem
ber. In response to this invita
tion Judge Neville , now the popocratlc
candidate for congress in the Sixth dis
trict , answered with a long letter point
ing out that the populists deserved their
defeat uecause they had wandered
away from the principles of the party
to follow the false gods of democracy.
He showed that one of the main reasons
why the people turned against the sham
reformers was that they had attempted
to make a campaign of censure of the
administration's conduct of the war and
opposition to the expansion of territory ,
and continued :
The war was declared and justified upon
the demand of Buffering humanity. To de
liver the Philippines back to Spain or even
abandon them to their own fate would
belle the declaration of war. When the
proper time comes for an Issue upon the
independence of the Philippines the popu
lists will probably divide upon the question
Just In proportion as they believe annexa
tion will concentrate or distribute wealth.
The war was conducted to glorious vic
tory for American valor , and every one
knows that a vast army cannot bo equipped
In a hurry without some unworthy and In
competent subordinates being selected , and
the people were not willing to mar a great
national victory by denouncing the admin
istration for the betrayal of trust by such
subordinates. t
While this was written before the
peace negotiations with Spain hud been
finally concluded , If it expressed Judge
Neville's sentiments then , it must be
applicable now to the war for the sup
pression of the Filipino Insurrection.
"Tojlellver the Philippines back to
Spain , or even abandon them to their
own fate , " says Judge Neville , "would
belle the declaration of war. " How
then could the judge favor the demands
of Mr. Bryan to have the United
States army surrender to" the insurrec
tionists and withdraw from the Islands ,
leaving them the prey of themselves or
whatever other country might see lit to
step in.
The proper time has not yet come for
an Issue upon the independence of the
Philippines , but on the contrary , so long
as an armed foe is pointing a gun upon
the flag , every patriotic American , ir
respective of party , will be on the side
of the stars and stripes. When the
time for such an issue does come the
populists , as Judge Neville indicates , will
probably divide upon the question. But
if they continue to piny the tall of
Bryan's kite there will be no populists
left tit Hint time to divide on any issue.
We nro glad to see that the special
Bryan press agent Is slowly but surely
warming up to his subject In his latest
effusion ho writes :
It was llryan who was speaking. Bryan
whom the people love as they love none
other , and from beginning to end they
cheered him , cheered and cheered again. It
was a glorious meeting , though when It
ended the hour was late and the night was
bitter cold.
The beloved colonel should have drawn
close to the press agent with the fiery
Imagination and the warmth of his en
thusiasm would quickly have dispelled
the night's bitter cold.
Referring to the action of the repub
lican state convention in forcing
the nomination for supreme judge
upon Judge Itucbe , a popocratlc
writer says "ho rejoices that the
parties uro bo nearly balanced
that both see the necessity of put
ting up their best man. " This is all
very good , so far as It applies to the re
publican party. But how many dem
ocrats and populists nro there who will
contend that In Sllns A. Ilolcomb they
have nominated their best man ? It
Ilolcomb Is the best man the fuslonlsts
could find within their ranks for n judi
cial position the party must certaiuly
have woefully degenerated.
Colonel Bryan has completed his tour
of Nebraska , but promises to return for
a second edition the end'of the month.
When ho comes back perhaps he will bo
able to reconcile his present attitude on
the Philippine question with his open
assistance to the annoxatloiilsts at the
time the pence treaty wns pending In
the United States seunte , where It would
hnve failed of ratification except for the
vote of Senator Allen cast In Its favor
uixm the ml vice of Bryan.
The Bee's special representative at the
Dewey reception in New York says that
the Dewey art-h strikes the on-lookur no
more impressively than the Arch of
States at the Omaha , Exposition. This
oughj ; to raise the Arch of States Im
measurably in the opinion of local ad
mirers.
An Omaha Justice of the peace hns
taken upon himself to declare the null-
trust law passed by the hist legislature
unconstitutional. What Is our trust-
smashing attorney general going to do
about It ?
One AVlfie Move.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Give General Otis credit for one thing nt
least. Ho says there are too many wives of
military men in Manila. War is war , and
the ladles should bo kept at a safe and non-
interfering distance.
1'roKrei.Klve "llnrlMirlium. "
Buffalo Express.
Manila Freedom reports that the insur
gents have a powder mill somewhere In
the vicinity of Calamba which IB turning
out smokeless powder. This Is a somes
what remarkable achievement lor "barba-
rlanc. "
lilciil SOUK lllril.
St. Ix > uls Republic.
From the land of the Kafllr and Kruger
to the native heath ot Champ Clark and the
Dig Red Apple It Is a fnr cry , but the bray
of the Missouri mule Is about to bridge it
as ho has bridged many a magnificent dis
tance before.
Silence VcrniiN CIilii Mil Hi P.
New York Mull and Express.
At last accounts the great joint debate
In Nebraska between General Prosperity
and Coin Harvey was raging with unabated
violence. The colonel appears to bo doing
most of the talking , but the general is dis
tributing printed arguments which cannot
be refuted.
StrlpcM ( or Faithful Service.
.Minneapolis Tribune.
A good Idea for the recognition of faith
ful service is the service stripe adopted by
the Baltimore & Ohio road for its old em
ployes. A gold stripe will mean five years'
service and a silver stripe two years. It is
said that some ot the conductors will be
entitled to from seven to nine gold stripes
each.
JJcMiorute Move of Hryniiltos.
Philadelphia. Record.
Though the friends , of Mr. Bryan profess
the utmcst confidence that he will secure the
democratic nomination for the presidency
next year , their faith is hot so implicit as It
might be. This is shown 'by the desperate
move In Massachusetts to secure the dele
gates from that state by a snap judgment.
It is further indicated by the discussion of
a proposition to alter the method of select
ing delegates to the national convention by
changing the basis of representation from
two delegates from each congressional dis
trict to a number from each state proportioned
tioned to the vote cast for Bryan In 1890.
If the advocates of Bryan and free silver
were altogether sure of their ground ana
their candidate they would hesitate to sttJ-
up strife by resorting to revolutionary tac
tics.
DYING AVAIL OP FUSION.
Futile KfTorln io lCcej > Nebrnnlcn 111
the Calamity 1'rocennloii.
New York Times.
Nebraska , according to the last election In
that Etato , WBS populist by a plurality ot
3,422 In a whole vote of 180,984. In 1897 the
fusion of populists and democrats carried the
etato by 13,619 in a whole vote of 194,251. Ac
cording to the reports of the Department of
Agriculture Nebraska's corn crop in 1896 was
298,599,638 bushels , valued at $38,800,000. In
1897 tha crop was one ot 241,268,490 bushels ,
valued at $41,000,000. The crop of 1898 was
158,7G4CGG , valued at $34,900,000.
Wo do not undertake to maintain with pos-
Itlveness 'that the appreciation of the value
of corn since 189G fully explains the changed
'attttudo of the voters In Nebraska. It is ap
parent that In three years the corn ot which
they raleo such superb crops advanced from
about 13 cents a bushel to 19 cents , and In
1898 was valued In the state at about 22
cents. It is also apparent , according to po
litical reports that are undisputed , that the
populist or fusion vote In Nebraska has fallen
off as corn and all other agricultural prod
ucts Increased In value.
Nebraska Is promising to gather a crop of
300,000,000 bushels' of corn this year. This
Is to bo her contribution to the enormous ag
gregate of 2,500,000,000 bushels expected from
the whole country. If this corn Is as val
uable to Nebraska for consumption , for the
development of beef and pork , or for export ,
as com was a year ago , it represents about
$80,000,000 of money to the farmers , or twice
as much as the corn crop In 1897 , when at
tachment to the party of calamity began to
wane.
Colonel Bryan's opening speech In the Ne
braska campaign , spoken at O'Neill , seemed
to us to breath an unwarrantable spirit of
dissatisfaction , a somewhat Irrational dispo
sition to promise disaster In the face of pros
perous conditions and to Invite support upon
the theory that when the existing conditions
have changed bis fellow-citizens of Nebraska
will be willing to admit that bo was guess
ing right and to help him to bo president
with Boaio purpose of averting disaster.
Wo have already remonstrated with
Colonel Bryan for misleading the farmers of
Nebraska In this same O'Neill speech by
statlffg that failures were moro frequent
Immediately following the election of Me-
Klnley than they were before he was elected.
It was not good policy to make such a state
ment to farmers who can read , and probably
do read , the newspapers , and who can verify
Colonel Bryan's statements , or prove them
unveraclous , by government publications If
"honesty Is the best policy , " he should have
told a diametrically contrary story , even If
it were likely to Increase confidence In the
other party.
Reports from Nebraska lead us to believe
that there are'other grounds in that state
for satisfaction than a good corn crop. The
people are employed ; they have something to
give for the money they desire to have , and
instead of being borrowers < to a man , It Is
intimated that they have money to lend.
Colonel Bryan is a popular man in the state.
Ills eloquence charms the people when he
addresses them. But It seems to us that
he would bo justified In looking for a bet
ter harvest of votes for his party If the corn
und other crops had been smaller and less
valuable this year.
THAT UtAimUIM.K.V 1'AtU OF 1JYKS.
Superior Journal ; The special correspond
ent to ttio World-Herald , who Is keeping tnt >
on Mr. Hrynn's campaign tour through the
state , seems to bo nothing If not good on
figures In estimating crowds. Nothing short
ot a 5,000 crowd goes with htm , oven when
stowed n\vny In an ordinary sized court
loom.
York Times : York people can form * omo
Idea of the amount ot truth there Is In the
World-Herald'a reports of Urynn's meetings
by reading what that paper nald of his nudl-
cnco hero. It declared that 8,000 people
were out to hear him In York. What do
you think of that now ? Comment Is un
necessary. A thousand people nre a good
many In a town llko York and 2,000 are a
whaling big crowd. Divide the World-Hor-
aid's statements by four In this case ns in
all others.
Hartlngton Herald : Ono of the /biggest /
fish slorlja over put In print was the ac
count of the Bryan meeting at this place
Tuesday of last week , written * by n fellow
who Is paid by Brynn to go with him ixitd"
wrlto up his meetings tor his ( Bryan's )
ofllclal organ tlio Omaha World-Herald
and published In Wednesday's Issue ot the
same week. The article told about the
thousands of people who were there to hear
him speak ; of the demonstration at the depot -
pot as ho alighted from the train and of the
.Hindi cds of converts ho made and a whole
lot ot other things too numerous to mention ,
all of which originated In the Imaginative
brain of the writer nnd was such nn ex
aggeration that oven some ot Bryan's strong
political fi tends in Hartlngton regret that
such a thing was over given to the public
realizing It has hurt the cause moro than
anything that could have happened. Two
hundred would have more than covered the
num'ber ' of persons at the depot when the
train pulled In nnd ot'that number the ma
jority were women nnd children. The apostle
tle received no demonstration to speak of ,
neither did ho when appeared before the
people in the evening. In Tact , anyone who
had heard or seen Mr. Bryan before could
plainly tell that ho was eorely disappointed
in his nudlcnco and reception. It was
stamped too plainly on his features to be
unnotlccablo. One thousand persons is n
liberal estimate ot the people- present In the
evening and before ho finished speaking
the num'ber ' had dwindled down consider
ably. Of the hundreds of converts the ar-
tlclo stated ho made , the names of only two
were published and In both cases the facts
were misrepresented. In a personal In
terview with Mr. Howe , ons of the gentle
men whoso name was paraded before the
readers of the World-Herald ns a Bryan
convert , ho told mo ho was a rank repub
lican , always had been and always would bo ,
but on one thing did not , never had nnd
never would ngrco with the party and that
was on imperialism. Mr. Nelson , from the
north part of the county the other gentle
man the article mentioned In the same light
as Mr. Hoese , Is an uncle of Banker Frans
Nelson nnd 'was with his nephew for an
hour after the meeting talking politics , He
Is a radical republican and expressed him
self to Banker Nelson ns being much dis
appointed in Mr. Bryan , as the gentleman
failed to enthuse him In nny way , much less
convert him.
" " " "
York Republican : The veracious reporter
for the World-Herald says Dave. Huff camt'
in twenty-six miles to hear the Brynn
speech. The miles might have been reduced
to a silver basis and then not numbered
half that. The statement that the square
and all the vacant lots outside were filled
with teams Is decidedly Bryanesque. There
was really n good sized crowd In town ; this
Is true. And it is also true that fully half
the crowd walked about the streets and made
no effort to hear the speech.
Ashland Gazette : The olggest liar ot Ne
braska Is H. B. Newbranch , special reporter
who accompanies Bryan to report his meetIngs -
Ings , for the popocratlc press. His exploit
in Ashland marks him as the monumental
Ananias of the present day. It would be
difficult to crowd more lies within equal
space than are contained in his report of the
Bryan meeting at this place. Hero Is the
way he reports Bryan's advent into town :
"As the train pulled Into the depot , it waste
to dislodge Bryan Into a sea of flaring
torches , * a thousand of his eager
fellow citizens cheering his name. " There
were , by actual count , forty-three torches
in the procession , although the managers
had 500 on hand at their headquarters ana
boasted that they would all bo used. There
were not to exceed 150 people about the
depot when the train arrived. He tells ot the
warm greeting of Governor Poynter when he
nrceo to speak. While the governor nnd Mr.
Bryan received the most respectful attention
from tha audience , yet neither of them could
Inspire any enthusiasm whatever , and the
applause was very meager and destitute ot
the usual popocratlc energy. Ho states that
the audience numbered from 2,500 to 4,000.
By the meet liberal estimate , making the
biggest allowance possible , there were less
than 1,500 people present. As a matter ot
( act , a conservative estimate would place the
number at about 1,250. But the most out
rageous exploit of this expert liar is the
way ho libels Ashland republicans by bis
representation that they organized tbo hood
lums of the town and paid them to break
up Bryan's meeting. The fact Is that the
disturbance was no greater than Is usual on
a big occasion. There is a rudeness nmons
our young people that Is to be deplored ,
but it was no moro marked on this occasion
than usual , and had no political animus
whatever , as every candid fuslonlst will
readily admit , There were no cat calls and
no words of disrespect to the speaker. Tber
was a tittering toy those who were not listen
ing to the speaker'and were engaged In con.
voreatlon on the outside of the audience
nnd en occasional tooting of horns. It Is a
notorious fact that this noise was made
mostly by children of luslontst parents , ana
the off en BO by horns was entirely from this
causo. When Bryan stopped In his speech
to pose as a martyr 'because ' ot the nolso ,
and rebuked the republican fathers of Ash
land because they did not teach their chil
dren better , the rebuke was just as ap
plicable to ono of the marshals of the parade
and to some of those most In sympathy with
Mr. Bryan as to nny ono in Ashland. We
Imvo the names of some of the principal
offendois , and the facts supported by the
evidence of some of the most reputable citi
zens ot Ashland of all parties , and If the
luslonlsls think It good politics to try to
cast odium upon the people ot Ashland be.
cause they adhere to the republican faith , we
can and will publish the names of these of
fenders.
Duty of the Nation.
(
Philadelphia Press.
Ex-Governor Pattlson has long been the
wisest democratic leader In this state. He
Is demonstrating his fitness for that place
by proclaiming everywhere that it Is the
duty of every American citizen to uphold
the bands of President McKlnley iu the
Philippines. "That is our first duty , " he
said in Chicago on Tuesday ; "It Is n na
tional duty and democrats and republicans
alike are bound to help fulfill that duty. "
Mr , Pattlson may be temporarily overlooked
by tbo 'blind Bryan leaders , but they may
well look out for him In the future. Time
will vindicate his patriotism and wisdom in
thltt matter.
Crying for Small
New York World ,
Prosperity has filtered all the way down.
The demand for small silver coins baa ex
hausted the trcamiry's available bullion sup
ply , and the clerks are hunting for some
provision of law authorizing purchases ot
silver with which to make the dimes , quar
ters and half-dollars that are clamorously
called ( or from all parts of the country.
AM. IM.KASKIIWITH ur.csn.
Alnsworth Star-Journal : The republicans
of Brown county nre greatly pleased with
the selection ot M. B. llccso for supreme
Judge. That ho will be elected all feel
confident.
Ord Times ; When Judge Ilceno nnd hid
clean record nro compared with S. A. Ilol
comb nnd his record of ballot fraud , pass-
grabbing nnd rent steals , the fair-minded
populist hangs his head In shnmo.
Junlata Herald : At the republican state
convention Inst week nt Omaha Hon. M. B.
Rccso wna nominated for supreme Judge.
Mi * . Rccso Is nn nhle lawyer nnd well nnd
favorably known throughout the elate ns n
man of unblemished character.
Osceoln Record : Judge Reese Is the re
publican nominee ( or supreme Judge. He
Is the best mail for the place In the state of
Nebraska. So much for his ability. His
nomination marks the fact that the repub
lican party of Nebraska Is again clothed In
Its right mind.
Pnpllllou Herald : Kvorywhere In the
state the nomination of M. B. Reese for the
office of supreme Judge Is being ratified by
the people. The republicans could not hnve
made a moro acceptable nomination In a
hundred years. Mr. R. P. ( railway pass )
Holcomb , good-bye.
Plorco Call : The nomination of Judge
M. B. Reese > means that the railway capper
nnd machine politicians have been kicked
out of the councils of the republican party
In Nebraska nnd the "rank nnd file" of the
party have mndo up their mind to manage
the affairs hereafter. H Is well I
Grand Island Republican : The nomina
tion ot Judge M. B. Reese for supreme Judge
has thrown the popocratlc fusion forces Into
a great flutter of excitement. The nominee
In absolutely unassailable In every way nnd
the contrast between Rceso nnd Holcomb
Is by no means complimentary to the latter.
Aurora Republican : The nomination of
M. B. Reese for Justice ot the supreme court
places before the people a candidate who
should receive the support of every citizen
who desires to ece upon the bench of our
supreme court n lawyer of high legal attain
ment nnd a man of high moral character and
unlmpenched Integrity.
Hastings Tribune : In nominating M. B.
Reese of Lincoln for supreme Judge the re
publicans of Nebraska not only put up a
clean , honorable and capable man , but they
also put up a winner. His nomination has
already spread consternation among
the fuslonlsts , who were unprepared for this
move by the republicans.
Humboldt Standard : Judge M. B. Recoe
of Lincoln hns been nominated by the re
publicans as their candidate for the supreme
Judgeship and there Is but little doubt but
that ho will lead the party In the state to
victory. An opportunity will be given to
every voter to assist In placing on the bench
an nblo Jurist rather than ft smooth poli
tician.
Ponca Journal : Hon. M. B. Reese , who
was nominated nt the republican state con
vention for the office of supreme Judge , Is
one of the ablest lawyers In the state , a
man of sterling worth whoso past record
Is clean nnd commendable ; In short , n man
whom jvery citizen should feel proud to see
occupy the most exalted position in the gift
of the citizens of Nebraska.
Klmball Observer : Judge Reese , the re
publican nominee for supreme Judge , is a
Jurist of high repute and an able nnd honeat
man. He is known all over the stateas an
incorruptible Judge , who served six years
on the supreme bench of the state and left
a record without a stain. He has the re
spect and confidence of the people and we
predict bis election by a safe majority.
Ord Journal ( pop. ) : The republicans In
convention last week at Omaha nominated
M B. Reese as n candidate for supreme
Judge , thus' taking up n man that they had
turned down once before. There can ba no
question but what the republicans havt.
nominated thdr strongest man , and It behooves -
hooves every popullet and democrat to make
extra efforts In behalf of the people's candi
date , Hon. Silas A. Holcomb.
Beaver City Tribune : The nomination ot
Judge Reese came to the fuslonlsts like a
clap of thunder from a clear sky. They art ?
dazed. The fuslonlsts were cocksure the
republicans would nominate a "corporation
tool , " and lo , the republicans nominated a
man who has teen pointed to by the fusion
who could not
press as an anti-monopolist
get recognition from his own party. These
bo parlous times for your Uncle SI.
Table Rock Argus : M. B. Reese , the re
publican candidate ( or member ot the supreme
premo bench , was not an aspirant ( or the
honor , but he was the choice o ( the conven
tion toy an overwhelming majority ; ho Is
not a politician in the popular meaning of
the term , but ho Is an able lawyer , an hon
est man and a splendid citizen. On the
bench ho will too Impartial and honest Just
what Is wanted In a supreme Judge.
Crete Vldotte : At the republican conven
tion last week , Hon. M. B. Reese was nomi
nated ( or supreme Judge on the first ballot.
No stronger or bettor nomination could have
been made. Now the people can have their
choice between Reeeo and Holcomb. One
who wants a good lawyer , an experienced
Judge , and a man ot clean and spotless rec
ord , Instead o ( a tricky politician with a rec
ord which smells to heaven , will not be long
in deciding "between " them.
PKHSONAL A.\n OTIIBIIWISE.
Tbo Phool bazaar , near Darjecllng , India ,
has been overwhelmed by a landslide. Still
the Phools are not all dead yet.
Emperor William Is a patron of an Amer
ican clipping Tnireau that furnishes him
with newspaper comments on hlmeelf and
hlg policies.
Among the papers of the late Judge
Charles P. Daly of New York have been
discovered several letters from 'Lincoln ' ,
which have never "been " published.
Ex-Sonator Thorats W. Palmer has pre
sented to Detroit another pleoo of land for
park purpoEQj. The now tract U about ten
acres in extent , adjoins Palmer park and Is
worth $20,000.
The Pullman Palace Car company , hav
ing failed to schedule iy r rsonal property
for taxation , the Board of Assessors put It
In at $1,600,000. The Board c-f Review has
ralsod U to $8,900,000 and In addition to this
the company will have to pay to the state of
Illinois a tax on the capitalization.
The supreme court of Wisconsin hns re
affirmed its decision on the question of taxIng -
Ing the homo of'Arch'blshop ' Kntzer of Mil
waukee. The title to the property In ques
tion la vested in tbo archbishop In person ,
nbt In trust for a religious organization. Tlio
court holds that it Is private property ana
therefore subject to taxation ,
George Morton of Vlneland , Kan. , corrects
a statement recently made In The Bee that
the flr < U grasshopper raid was in 1874. Ho
says the first grasshoppers appeared there
on September 1 , 18C7 or 1868 , "and ate every
green thing hut sugarcane. " Mr. Morton
has lived In Douglas county , Kansas , forty
years , and ought to know a thing or two
about grasshoppers.
Another suggestion for a solution of the
race problem Iu the south is furnished by
Benjamin W. Hunt , a wealthy Georgia
planter , who thinks all the farming should
bo done by the 'blacks ' , while the whites
should adopt mechanical and factory labor
as a means ot livelihood. Mr. Hunt thinks ,
indeed , that this change la already taking
place surely , If smowhat slowly ,
A victory for decency end the public
health has been won by the commitment
to Jail Jn San Francisco of William Brad
bury , a millionaire , ( or spitting- the floor
of a street car. Ho refused to obey the city
ordinance and even after a fine went on
violating the law. When sentenced to
twenty-Tour bourn imprisonment ba ap
pealed and for two years carried on the liti
gation , ony ) to eervo , In Uio end , the Juat
eeiitence.
SNAPSHOT ! ! AT TIIH A DM IIIA I. .
Chicago TlmosHcrnMAdmiral Dcwejr
hns four stars on his flag. Ho could probably -
' ably have moro If he wanted them , n no-
i body is Inclined to mark off limits for him
In nny direction just now.
Minneapolis Times : Thnt was a touching
Bccno when the flag of Farrflgut wao pre
sented to Admiral Dowoy. U wn * still moro
touching when the admiral touched the but.
ton nnd the servant brought In n cn o ot
champagne. .
Philadelphia Record : Admiral Dewey m.
BAys ho Is not In politics. That doesn't take
htm out of political consideration. Do-
cause he Is not In politics he would make all
the bettor president of the United States
should the people force that honor upon
him.
Washington Post : In speaking of the
newspaper men at Manila Admiral Dowej'
said : "They nro B fine eel of men and , no
matter what I told . -them , never misquoted
or betrayed my confidence. And there never
was n place they would not go when the
lighting was going on. " These nro the men
General Otis tried to discredit.
Philadelphia Times : There Is work for
Dewey : work that Is entirely congenial ;
work that ho can perform with little labor.
With him nt the head of the navy the buts
and owlfl who have been befouling the Amer
ican navy would seek safety In their-hiding
places nnd merit nnd heroism would bo
honestly nnd manfully recognized regard
less of tbo claims of pretenders. Dowpy
Is wanted In Washington ; let him ho
called there ns speedily as It can bo done
without encroaching upon his well-earned
right to rest.
Indianapolis Journal : Admiral Dewey'q
comment on General Otis' administration In
the Phlllpiilni-H should attract the attention
of the government. Ho says General Otis
hns hnd to do too much , nnd that ho told
him so. "Ho wants to be general , governor ,
Judge nnd everything CISC' , " says the ad
miral. This Is not so much n criticism of
General Otis as It Is of the government for
placing him In n position where ho has to
cxerclso nil these functions. Of course , ns
Admiral Dewey says , no man can do this ,
but a conscientious man who Is charged
with nn undivided responsibility Is apt to
try to do It.
N"
POINTED KHMAHKS. N"L
Detroit Journal : It Isn't the price of your
rod that determines the weight of your fish ,
but rather the price of the boy who caught
the tlsh.
Indianapolis Journal : "Tho real Phllijti-
throplHt. " snld the Cornfcd Philosopher , " s
tln man who labors for the good of li a
fellows and makes them pay him for his
trouble. "
"
Washington Star : "I hope you arc one of f
the people who can keep cool In the presence -
once of danger. "
"I am , " answered the man who wanted a
place as a private wntchmnn.
"Have you ever demonstrated It ? "
"I have. I once came near being drowned
In a skating pond. "
Chicago Post : "You know , I'm always
nervous when you go flailing , " she said.
"Oh , there's no danger , " lie returned.
"Maybe not , " she replied with n rhnke of
her head , "but I shall feel n good deal moro
comfortable If you leave your watch nnd
pocketbook with me. "
Indianapolis Journal : "Is his name In
Who's Who ? ' " . , . , . ,
' " „ the demure
"I don't know as to that , replied
mure one blushing , "but he has demon
strated to mo that he knows who s who ana
what's what , nnd rm who nnd that diamond
mend engusement ring Is what. "
Philadelphia Record : "Hoy , there ! "
yelled the hospital doctor on the trail of a
delirious patient. "Did you potlre u fellow
around here wandering In his mind ?
"I did not. sorr , " replied the new night
watchman , "but there wuz n chap wlnt by
wld mighty little elPO on him. '
1'ASSI'Xfi ' OP JfASlCY.
Chicago Times-Herald.
( When near Gibraltar , Nancy , the Chl-
ongo's mascot goat , ate n not c-f red paint
nnd died in spite of medical assistance.
The animal was burled at sea by tha sail
ors ) .
Weep ! Let hot tears flow !
Play strains that are sad and low ,
And bow the head !
Let the sky bo overcast ,
The worse has come at last !
Nancy Is dead !
Dead as a coffin nail-
Wall !
Fast In her long lost Bleep
Weep !
She has blattcd her last sweet
Bleat , , . . . * ,
And the waves roll over her head * If
Dead !
Abbestos ninde her fat.
She took no pills for that.
And oft she ate-
Freely of armor plate ,
But ehe's drod
The paint was red !
Something was wrong with the pnlnt ; 4
*
Of some kind must hnve been In it .
When Nancy went up ngln It ,
Else it wouldn't be said
That she's dead !
Weep ! Let the hot tears flow !
Nancy is low !
A dauntlers spirit has lied !
AJh. what n shameful sin
Wns his who smuggled the poison In
To the paint that wns red !
" '
"It's
All Stow. "
The suit is not all how
ever important that is , in
getting a suit it is worth
while to get one that is
good for something You
want wear as well as style.
We .give you both with
low prices.
But under the suit is
the underwear , and we
have some that is especial
ly fine for fall and winter
wear. Nice heavy cotton
at 50c , half wool at 75c ,
heavy balbriggan at $1,00 ,
or fine cashmere and
merino at $1.00 , $1.25 and \
$1.50. Besides these {
garments in plain colors , '
we have plenty of fancy
that might suit you better ,
and fancy socks as well at
25c and 50c. i-