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Subscribed nnd Bworn bnforo mo this 1st
d.iv or February, A. V. 1900.
(Seal) M. I). IVUNGATE,
Notary Public.
Patronize home Industry Is a good
slogan all the year around and every
year In the century.
It Is not always safe to bait a hook
with $100,000 baits unless the iish Is
worth It. It might bite.
Two things cannot bo avoided by peo
ple on this earth. These aro death and
taxes. When a solicitor for your vote
says that ho will abolish taxes you may
put him down as a political bunco
stcerer.
Hud the Montana judge accepted the
"Josh" of Dr. Tracey when ho made tho
olTer of tho $100,000 bribe he would
have been In a condition to sympathize
with the man who staked his last chip
on u four-card Hush.
Tho republican party Is tho party or
progress. The city of Omaha has made
moro progress each year under repub
lican mayors and republican city offi
cials than during all the time It has
been under democratic control.
Tho fusion machine Is In prime work
ing order. A number of wheels which
went to make up tho original populist
mechanism were not needed In Its
operation, but tho casting out process
has greatly simplified Its workings.
The fusion managers will have to de
vise some means to bottle up tho Irre
pressible Stuht. Tho only safe way Is
to pull off the democratic candidate for
tho council from tho First ward and lot
tho topknot statesman have tho whole
bakery.
Tho ?'Jr0 benellelary of tho Molse
Fanning hold-up machine Is horrllled by
the work of tho republican convention,
which he fears has been controlled by
some sort of machine Influence, lu the
meantime Molse, Fanning, Ilcrdtuun ot
nl aro laughing up their sleeves.
AVhen William V. Allen meets Marlon
Hutler In tho marble room of tho cloak
room of tho United States senate they
will re-enact tho part of tho two augurs
who met In tho streets of Home and
laughed In each other's faces over tho
tricks they were playing on the people.
Populists who Insist upon preserving
their own party Intact Instead of allow
ing It to bo swallowed by tho democratic
party aro stigmatized by the Omaha
Itryan organ as "disturbers." As If tho
populist party had not been organized
originally as a disturber of all other par
ties. The fusion candidate for mayor typi
fies tho mossbad: and obstructionist.
His chief activity has been In opposing
and blocking tho levy of- taxes to de
fray tho expenses of public Improve
ments. Do the voters of Omaha want
tho city to stand still for tho next three
years?
Of course District Clerk llroadwell
had nothing to do with the case brought
to overturn tho law limiting his Income
to $.',000 a year, but ho will generously
contrlbuto toward liquidating tho at
torneys bill Just tho same and glvo
part of the surplus to the fuslou cam
paign fund next fall.
Tho great Jugglers who camo all tho
way to Nebraska from Washington to
bottle up the populist party and deliver
tho Jug sealed to the democratic man
agers have accomplished their task,
Thoy will now return to their seats In
tho United States senato aud pass them
selves off us true populists when In fact
they are simply democrats In disguise.
Omaha's police Judge, acting as
referee, has decided one of tho tlno
points of tho game of whist recently
raised In this city, lie rules that It Is
not ullowablo to slash your partner with
a razor because ho trumps your ace.
Tho punishment would bo severe, but
largo numbers of people will always
believe tho offense Is sulllclently aggra
rated to warrant It,
1 POPVUST JONAU-Ur.MOCIlAllC WIIALK.
I On Hrptoinbci- 'J7. ISW), M. l llurrlng
Ion, the dcmoi-rath' : milt Intc fur con-
Kress In tin- Sixth Nebraska district, ex
plained his withdrawal from tho race In
it letter to .Minn Hoylc, chairman ot the
democratic congressional committee. In
that letter Mr. Harrington declared:
After 1900 thcro will bo no necessity of a
third party. We must accept the
Inevitable. Thcro Is only ono more
year to wait and fusion will bo all over.
I Thero will bo but two parties ami tho lead
ers ot the democratic party now will be tho
recognized leaders then.
When Harrington wrote this hulls-
creet letter he evidently, talked by the ,
curd, lie had Just come from a con
ference with IJryan and had been taken
Into the confidence of the democratic
presidential candidate. He had been
Initiated Into the plan of campaign
and could safely predict that the popu
list .fonah would be swallowed by the
democratic whale by the time another
year had rolled around.
If any populist harbored any doubts
about the program that contemplates
the complete absorption of his party by
the democrats during the Impending
campaign, the disgraceful and high
handed proceedings of the national com
mittee at Uncoln must dispel them. A
more arbitrary usurpation of power and
denial of rights by an unscrupulous
committee chairman has never been wit
nessed. The people's Independent party,
which was founded as a revolt against
niachlne methods of tho old parties, has
been seized by a most remorseless po
litical machine that overrides all Inde
pendence and adopts star chamber
methods which not even Hoss Tweed
would have tolerated.
Tho plot concocted by the spoilsmen
who hope to keep themselves In otllco
by turning the reform party over to the
Hryanltcs has culminated In the expul
sion of the representatives still loyal to
the Omaha platform. With renegade
'pilots manning the populist ship, poor
Jonah will soon bo thrown overboard
as soon us the democratic whale gets
Its Jaws set In the right position and Its
appetite whetted to the swallowing
point.
Tin: vumixo campaign.
The campaign of 11)00 Is already very
definitely outlined. The reuomlnation of
President MeKlnley Is absolutely as
sured and It Is no less certain that the
democratic convention will again nomi
nate W. J. llryan. These representa
tives of the two great parties stand for
Just what they did In the contest of
181)0, so far as domestic Issues are con
corned. Mr. MeKlnley still stands for
a sound and stable currency. Mr. Hryan
Is still tho Incarnation of the free silver
heresy and his devotion to that doctrine
Is greater than to any other of the Is
sues with whlcb ho Is Identified.
Tho question that should present It
self to tho attention of every Intelligent
and thoughtful voter Is this: Shall exist
ing conditions of prosperity be main
tained, or shall there bo a. reaction, with
the possibility of bringing about a stato
of affairs similar to that which existed
before the present administration came
Into power? The country Is still familiar
with what happened under the last
democratic administration. The Indus
trial depression, tho commercial decline
and tho financial distrust which came
In with a democratlu administration
and grew steadily worse (hiring the ton-
tluuauco of that administration, are
facts famlllnr to everybody. The work
lug man, the business man, the capital
ist, are all familiar with tho unfortunate
experiences of that period of democratic
rule. A blight was cast upon everything,
cnterprlso wns crushed, Industrial
energy was paralyzed, capital aud labor
were equally deprived of opportunity.
Not a single promise of the democratic
party wus realized.
The defeat of the democracy In 1SDU
was Immediately followed by it restora
Hon of financial confidence and Indus
trial nnd business activity, which hits
been maintained up to the present time,
Wo have seen in the years since that
defeat a steady progress of our do
mestic and foreign commerce, which
havo reached proportions unprecedented
lu our history. Our industries havo
been active beyond all previous experi
ence, labor has been more fully em
ployed thau ever before and today the
general coudltion of tho American peo
ple Is moro satisfactory than at any
previous period of our history.
These arc facts which the American
voter will be called upon to consider lu
tho coming national campaign. Tho
thoughtful citizen, addressing his at
tention to all tho Issues that will be
presented, will ask himself whether
anything Is to bo gained, whether his
and the general welfare Is to be pro
moted, by throwing out of power tho
party that has built up the prosperity of
the nation and transferring the control
of tho government to tho political com
bination that stands for llnuuclal and
economic policies which our whole ex
perience has shown to bo Inimical to
thu Interests and welfaro of the Ameri
can people. Of all the questions of the
coming campaign tho one of first Inter
est Is whether tho prevailing prosperity
shall be maintained and republican suc
cess Is necessary to Its continuance.
Tilt) Vllll.U'PI.t: SITUATION.
Itecent advices from the Philippines
have conveyed the Idea that the situa
tion thero has considerably Improved
since tho beginning of the year, but It
Is still a fact that It Is necessary to use
considerable bodies of troops to garrison
the places under American control unit
to pursuo tho bodies of bandits or
guerrillas which constantly harass our
soldiers. There appears to bo no doubt
that so far as any organized insurree
Hon Is concerned, It has come to nn
end, yet it would seem that there Is
still a considerable force of Filipinos
In arms and that thoy aro able to do
a good deal of mischief.
In an Interview a few days ago (Jen
eral Shafter expressed the opinion that
the United States would have to keep
u military force in tho Philippines for
ever. Perhaps this view should bo
somewhat qualified, but thero Is no
doubt that It will be necessary to main-
THE OMAHA DAILY
tain a military force In the lslnnds for1 plant over to the. city ns an election Jwiio'li. cahu von .moiummi yovrt
a long time, just how lng nolwdy can gift. Hut tho ordinary citizen possessed j Kansna cltJ. jourmi! The relief of Kim
say with any degree of certainty. The of good horse sense knows that the city 1 bcrley was not In Itself a great achieve
well Informed correspondent of the New no more than nn Individual can pet any mcnt. its significance Is lu tho fact that it
York Kvcnlng Post at Manila Is of the thing for nothing, but must acquire the checks tho tide ot llrltlsh reverses and gives
opinion that It may bo many years la'-
fore this country can withdraw Its
troops from the lslauds. for while he
"hostility
until the I'lilted States shall demon
strate tholr purpose to give these people
that which they now withhold." He
urges thnt tho future hangs on the too
long delayed action of congress and that
"months, probably years, will elapse
and a new order must arise before there
will bo eradicated from the Filipino
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American autl orltv Is at an end he Tl.e prevailing prosper.iy. w in ns op-; practically all I ZTmmto orT !h . rfll ??,ul1"Vn ,n ,S7"-7
I.I k" It Vlo r n ,Z 'portunltles for employn.ent. has some tho fO0(1 rourccg ot tllc COu.ry are locked j ud stat c se to f or that he knew, of he I--'n... and It ,e-
i.V mi , ... -!v t. i . ?. drawbacks. The census supervisor Is up jjoer stronjholds. hi" on persona knowledge, of any money 'lilrcd the approv ng vote of tho senate to
hostility ceases. M ar died lcng ago, he , .,.,... ... . ,.,,, i,h,in,,n,M-,, .. J v!!. Jfr!' 'iL . .gn...L-LV- t.. k'vo tho electoral vote of that stato to
mind the Idea that tho American Is no i eit ,)f nm,S!, ,ls possible for the middle
more his friend than wis tho Spaniard, i of-the-road element. The antl-fuslon
I mil Hint shall be done," ho says,
"America may look to tho necessity of
a large military force In tho Isands, con
tinued disturbance and a repetition of
the history of Spain." He thinks after
what has been done the United States
can afford to be magnanimous.
President MeKlnley proposes to ap
point a permanent commission for the
Philippines, charged with tho duty of
establishing civil government there and
through this assuring the people of the
good Intentions of this government. It
would seem that he would make all
possible haste to carry out this plan
and thus, as far as possible, reassure
tho Filipinos and bring under American
authority those who aro still doubtful
of the purpose of the United States to
put Into operation In the Islands a politi
cal system in which the people shnll
have a fair measure of participation.
The sooner this is done the better It
will bo for pacification In the Philip-
pines. As matters now are tho Filipino j
regards tho American as the successor
of Spain and they will hold this view
as long as an absolute military rule Is
maintained in the Islands. Organized
Insurrection has been crushed, but there
is moro to be done before American
authority Is fully established.
The attacks of Squire Poppleton on
tho fire department aro the purest dema
gogy. Ho objects because the depart
ment has not been equipped with new
ami Improved machinery when he
knows that the present tax levy tor the
tire fund Is scarcely enough to pay the
salaries of tho men needed to man the
different companies. If money
hail '
been taken out of the fund during the
past three years to buy new apparatus
it would simply have become necessary
to havo discharged enough men from
the force to make good tho amount onl
of their salaries, and each year that the
tire fund has been kept down below tho
limits demanded by a city of Omaha's
size "and necessities It has been Mr.
Poppleton and his associate obstruction
ists who have assailed the council In
behalf of a still lower tax levy.
The republicans have nominated as
their candidate for city clerk William
Klhouru, a man who has sprung from
tho ranks of labor. Mr. Klbourn has
been a wage-worker from his boyhood
on and enjoys tho confidence of his
employers aud tho good will of his fel
low workmen. A man In the prime of
life, ho can be depended upon to devote
his best energies and time to the duties
of the oflicc. While he has not had a
clerical education, ho certainly has the
ability to fill tho iiosltion as creditably
as his opponent, Thomas .1. Flynn,
whose training Is that of a plumber.
From tho party standpoint Mr. Kl
bourn is entitled to the .cordial support
of republicans Interested In the success
of republican principles.
Ono of the loudest cries of the popu
lists in tho early days of that party's ex
istence was against tho secret caucus
and they pledged themselves If given
power novcr to tolerate such a despotic
practice. Liko other populist pledges,
it wus made for effect and never ob
served. Tho party has been the worst
caucus-ridden of any ever organized.
Not only lias the caucus held full sway
in the legislature, but they have re-
peatedly gone it oue better nnd ex
cluded all outsiders from tho room In
which their conventions have been held.
Tho latest Incident of this kind occurred
at Alnsworth, Neb. Tho populist re
formers might do well to heal their own
party beforo making prescriptions f-r
the entire country.
Democracy never better Justified the
assertion that It was a negative quan
tity than nt tho present time. It con
demns everything the republican ad
ministration has dono or proposes to do,
but offers no solution of Its own for
present problems. It Is living now, ns
'
always, in the past. Measures which It
fought when conditions justiiieii tneir
'
enactment are taken up and glorified
when tho world has moved along and
rendered them either useless or worse.
If Mr. Moorcs should bo olectod tho re
publican party would suffer. World-Herald.
This tender solicitude of the popo
cratjc organ for tho future of tho repub
lican party Is certainly fouutled upon
tho most disinterested motives. Al
though Its solicitude for tho republican
party has been manifested on so many
occaslous It should now be nuno the csh
appreciated.
Secretary of State Porter has been
quiet for several days, but there Is it
llugerlng suspicion that ho has sovontl
other tricks up his sleovo which will bo
sprung nt an opportuuo time. Tho rail
road faction lu the popocratlc party Is
busy fortifying aud protecting Its base
of supplies, and lively times may bo
anticipated when Issues are Joined
again,
According to his own estimate of him
self as evidenced by his recent speeches
fnntllilnto l'nrmlnton ls such u remark
able man that some of his silk-stocking
admirers may bo convinced that he can
reacii tortn ins nana ana vwin a piesu
BILE: WJ3DXESDAY, PEIUUJARV 21, 1000.
water works by proper legal proceedings t
and tho payment of their npprnlsod
value.
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It and willing to act as election ottlcers.
Such evidences are unanswerable argu
mont and cahunltyltes light shy of them
The fusion element hi the populist
party has called tho national convention
to meet at n nhiee as remote and dlttl-
strength Is largely In the south. It Is a
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loiiK JounH'y from thmMo
when railroad passes are dllileuit to
obtain.
How l.enlin Are W l.rutilt.
Indianapolis Press.
When tho tariff barons fall out the public
finds out how enormous tho profits arc.
I'VtUTt of Custom SlinUereil.
Uuffiilo Express.
Consul Macrum Will go thundering down
In history as an Ohio man who loosened his
grip on an odlce.
I'lrmt I.cmpmihn In Trouble.
Philadelphia Times.
Somo nations over thero wouldn't mind
It they could turn tho European concert
into a choir fight. .
DrnvthitcUN of Clvlllxntlon.
San l'rantlsco Call.
American civilization continues to play
havoo with tho Institutions of tho Cubans.
Tho clgarmakors' strike has ended and tho
Cubans nuust go to work.
TorrorM of (lie 1'nlurr,
Chicago Itecoid.
With tho men all at the front lighting on
tho kopjes, tho lloer women may bo forced
to harvest tho crops, and, if tho worst comes,
to defend their homes with their mopjes.
Out- Lonesome Iniiiiortnl.
Kunsas City Journal.
There Is snld to be ono member of tho
Montana legislature who did not make any
money oft of thu recent senatorial election.
Tho character ot tho illness with which be
was prostrated Is not Btated.
Involution lu Cnvi.lry.
Kansas City Stur.
JuBt as cavalry was supposed to be going
out of date It appears to be one of tho most
. -,..v.i ti nt military success. Tho
old usfl ot cavalry was to attack lutantry
and rldo It down by rush and .light. Tho
new cavalry is practically moumcu imaim
which eimpiy uses iu
rapidly. The old cavalry charge Is over, but
tho day ot tho mounted infantry has ap
peared. Our IIHii'.Iuiim wllli i.Tiiiny,
Now York Tribune.
Germany has almost entirely ceased to
find fault with American meats, which are
in all points up to ofllclal standards and
defy tho censuro of tho most fanatical agra
rian pig raiser In tho empire. American
fruit likewise is now welcomed In nil Its
forms, the dread of- tho San Jose scale hav
ing abated In tho'eoftenlng polltlcnl atmos
phoro ot tho tvrd countries. Oood trade
promotes good ''fet'llng and amity between
nations, .and, contributed to .mutual proj-
perlty, as ucrman uiruuy uwtunn,
Ing trlod the other way and worked It, In
academic phrase, "for all .It was worth."
room I" Armor rlnte.
Philadelphia Press.
From $300 a ton to $315 a ton Is a note
worthy Jump In the price ot armor plate, yot
It Is likely to bo taken this year by th-rf
naval committees ot tho house nnd scuatc,
tho members of which practically control
congressional action In this matter. About
20,000 tons of armor will bo required for tho
now war chips already In courso of construc
tion or authorized, and tho difference of
about $5,000,000 in Increased cost should
provo a strong incentive to the makers,
even in thla senMin ot phenomenal activity
In tho Iron and steel Industry. Never again,
In all probability, will Undo Sam havo
such a big contract for steel Jackets to glvo
out to tho lowest bidder.
I.liiilluUonn or WenMli.
New York World.
Tho magnificent Metropolitan club of thl3
city has been obliged to tnnko the humil
iating admission that tho patronage of its
1,062 members is not sulllclent to pay Ita
running expenses. Tho announcement con
veys a painful revelation of tho sad con
dition of millionaire cxlstcuwf. Tho outaldo
world, wanting In wealth, in prono to con
sidor riches as tho source nnd sum of all
! happiness, cspocially of tho enjoyment of
tho good things of life. It plcturos tho
fortunate millionaires In an Ideal cxlstenco
of Caiman luxury and Sybaritic indulgence.
Tho melancholy truth is that tho nvorago
mllllonalro has a disordered tUomacb, a
ttrpld liver or a weak heart, and does not
, enjoy tho socloty of his fellow-plutocrats.
Instead ot feasting llko Sardannpalus, ho
carefully lunches on Graham crackers and
milk. A slnglo Indulgence In terrapin and
ehnmnneno wnnld nrnbablv sennrnti. him
and hla millions forovcr. Ho Is usually In
bed at 10 o'clock, with a pill-box close at
hand, a hot-water bag at his feet and a
flannel nightcap ou his bald head. Tho uv-
rrnirn n.rnrnr In Knw Vnrlf mnv nnrn
from $12 to $20 a week, but he has to
keep his stomach In good order to earn his
money, nnd with his health of body and
of cousclonco ho certainly gets moro fun
. -.lit nf II frt Ur,r Inn mnfnn m MtlnnnUn
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I klUUIUttl I
aivu thu pi:opi.n Tiumi nuns.
SlKiilllrimet- ot the IteveliitliiiiN Millie
In (lu- Frlek-Cnrnt-Kle Unit.
St. Pnul Pioneer Press (rcp.0
Tho revelations mado la tho Frlck-Car-ncglo
fiult as to tho enormous profits ot tho
Iron and steel Industry eoem to show first
of alt that thoro is no need of nny fur
ther tariff protection for that Industry, nnd
that a repeal of every protective. Import Io
duo to tho multltudo who uso Iron and steel,
hut whoso Incomes nro a good deal less
than $21,000,000 por nunum. Next It shown
that thn nr.wan.mora whleh cdiaractorlsod
aa n "hold-up" tho action of tho steel com
panics In refusing to sell nrmor plato to tho
government ut tho price named by congress
(a higher price than tho companies wero
chnrglng for It when shipped abroad) woro
right In that characterization. Further,
although It Is Improbablo that nny othor
protected Industry has been making
profits as largo ns thcuo nt tho Cnrneglo
company, tho showing made In this Instance
will quicken tho conviction that every othor
monopoly In tho country can afford to Lo
divested, In tho Intercut of tho people, of
j whatever increment of profit now comes to
It through n protective duty. Tho paper
trust, tho tin plato trust, tho leather trust
tho whole list of protocted monopolies
ought to bo brought within tho purview of
a tariff reform which would cnablo foreign
competition to put a limit on their ability
lo raise prices. When our steel and paper
I manufacturers can undersell tho world in
the world's markets they need no protec
tion either to keop their factories running
- or t0 ,,ay. j,gn WBKOs. So far or they are
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tho Doers a tnete of defeat.
Indianapolis Press: It Is a little early for
England to hold a General Jubilee over the
success ot Roberts In relieving Klmborley.
have no rash assaults and proposes, Instead, 1
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his enemy
Is tho flgli
it the Iloera have put up. thcro is j
lat their troops can be inarched In
no sign that their troops
tho mobile fashion needed to meet (lencral
Roberts' plan of advance.
Kansas City Star: What Is known now Is
that General Roberts has gained at least
a respectable, even If temporary, ndvantnge;
that ho has announced to tho Dutch of tho
Orango Frco Stato that ho Is coming nnd
.irvoTnnnTi i u,l nf
that, If It bo true, that tho llrltlsh nrmy
mobility the careful predictions of tho down
fall of tho llrltlsh empire may bo set for
ward, at least, a week.
Chicago inter Ocenu: in ordinary warfare
General Hobertfl' succeta on tho Modder river
would bo followed by tho general retreat of
tho enemy. Hut the lloers aro not liko nny
other ooldlcrs In tho world. They arc tho
greatest raiders in military service. Gen
eral Jlobcrts, realizing this, and realizing
also that hlo campaign In tho enemy's
country has only begun, is not making any
boaniB.
Philadelphia Times: The strategic move
ment that has brought tho llrltlsh to Kim
bcrley has been accomplished with so llttlo
opposition that tho counter strategy of tho
lloer commander becomes now a matter of
curloim Interest. Tho Ilocrs havo failed in
the offensive, nt both ends of tho line, but
have shown themselves nble In defense.
And though they may shift their position,
their defenso Is yet to bo overcome.
Washington Post: That Ceneral Fre'ich
hns achieved the llrst successful movement
c tho llrltlsh sldn during the war seems
to bo undeniable. Certainly no other llrltlsh
general has dono anything that even seemed
to bo successful. Hut until we know what
nns becomo or cronjo b army and can
nensuro tho extent to which tho lloer plans
have been frustrated or embarrassed, It Is
Impossiblo to form an opinion ns tu the
military signltlcauco of (lenernl French's
performance. It may turn out to bo a
milne victory. It may also turn out to bo
n blunder aud n misfortune.
Xew York Times: Instead of this re
treat, hurried as it was, being a proof of the
Incapacity of tho lloer commander, it was an
additional proof of his capacity, oven
though tho necessity for making It was In
part forced through his having been tricked
by his adversary. To recognlzo promptly,
nnd without tho recognition having been
forced upon him by a bloody defeat, the
limitation of hln own powers, was n piece
or sound judgment on me part oi a general
whoso series of unbroken successes was
tnus snown not lo navo turned his head, nor
Induced him to tackle enterprises beyond hM
strength. Men are too precious to the Hoeri.
to risk tho wusto of them. And tho lloer
policy Is evidently the Fnblan policy pur
sued by Washington, tho policy of husband
ing their resources and not risking an en
gagement In which their superiority in posi
tion docs not offset their Inferiority In num
bers. I'F.IISONAI. I'OIXTKIIS.
General Cronjo appears to bo making
treks for another Mnjuba.
One of KaueaS City's professional dan
cers broko her noso by' kicking herself lu
tho face.
Envious political critics accuse the
American sccrctury of etato of a disposition
to drop hl h's.
Those of us who have been deprived of our
diamonds becauso of tho alege of Klmberley
will feel 'bettor now.
Undor tho new order of things tho llrltlsh
genoral seems to make it a rulo to take a
laager before breakfast.
Mr. Vreeland, tho president of tho Metro
politan Street railway of New York, seems
to hold tho record In valentines, with his
$100,000 check.
An unexpended balance of M cents was
found In the treasury of tho Woman Suf
frage iibaoclutlon, and all bills paid. Tho
surplus deserves a placo on the bargain
counter.
Wu Tine Fung, Chlncso minuter to thin
country, is ono of tho direct descendants of
Confucius, founder of tho Chinese religion.
Thcro nro 10,000 of theao descendants, now
ueventy generations removed, and they con
stitute tho uristocrucy of China, being the
oldest family In the world.
Since tho first American troops landed
In tho Philippines 401 havo been killed In
action and 231 have died ot wounds and ac
cidents. Deaths from diucatjo havo been
881, making a total mortality o 1,529. The
number of wounded who recovered is l,t52.
The total casualty list is only 3.IS1 in two
wars, covering olghteon months.
wiium: Hin'oitM is needed.
Some Iliii'lfnl CuNtniim l'revnleiil
ni
l'mieriil Cereiuuiileii.
Ilaltlmoro American,
livery now aud then uttentlon Is called
to tho hurtful, not to say cruel, customs
which surround 'thu funerul ceroinonlca in
H.lj lvMl7l lnnrl l!vrn when th wimthnr
, ls witu Bnow on tno Rround, in at
Present, tho saiuo edict of tho age demands
a acrllico of tho mourners which, if it docs
t Produco other funcralo as u consequence,
Is not to 1)0 bhllllcd Oil the tiJBtOm. TllOSO
who profit most by tho deaths of humun
beings could scarcely havo Invented a con
trlvonco better calculated lo encourage their
business than tho fashion of standing bare
headed by tho ldo of tho grave. Tho
mourners nro thus exposed to tho rigor of
the elements, and, If tho evil effects upon
them aro not reported, It Ih becauso thoy
nro oecribed to somo other cause. Tho
olllciatlng clergyman's lot is not an cn
vlablo one. Rain or shine, fair or cloudy,
when duty calls ho must obey. If statistics
wero available they would probably mako
a largo showing of Mines and casualties di
rectly or indirectly chargeablo to this ex
posure. It ls truo that tho tendency has been
steadily toward simplicity in funeral rites
and ceremonies. "PJenao omit flowers" Is
tho UMial request mado In death notices.
inieruionij aru moro nunueiin; in naiu man
I .... 3 ,1.. .I..t. V.
they havo boon In tho past. An effort is
mado to havo tho services ns olmple and
unostentatious ns possible. Tho other day
tho widow of a lately deceased congresH
man oxpressod tho wish that thero ho no
congressional funeral. liven In tho canes
of publlo men or military or naval officers
! 'o public Hcrvlco U reluctantly conceded
' hi' innim nonr nil 1 iii'.ir ill mu iii'imiit-u
ono, to whom tho occasion Is ono tor silent
mourning, and not for display.
Thus wo seo that progress is being mado.
but, though cercmonlcH at tho gravo aro
also becoming less frequent, when thoy do
tako placo tho mourners are still required
by nn unbending and unrcusonlng custom
to baro their heads nnd Invito calamity.
Kven In Porto Itlco, among the seml-clvl-llzcd
poon clnm, they order things better
than wo do. The funeral service takes place
at tho house, and tho "last rites" at the
burying ground consist of tho interment
alone. Members of the family aro not pres
ent. Heforo wo ak people to accept our
civilization, could wo not with profit bor-
A MO.VrAXA CAMPAHI.V.
Only Mltlliiniilre AiIiiiImnIMi ' lie
(inlden I'nllllenl PimttiroK.
Cleveland Plain Dealer (Jem.).
senator Clark took tne stanu in nm u
defense Saturday In tho senatorial lnvcsti-1
Senator Clark took the stand In his own
gallon into tno .Montana case.
He denied
emphatically that ho had bought his seat
In tho senato or that he had, directly or
Indirectly, made nny money or other vol-
mltted, "pi
n.,n.lliiii... nf ,,. tint I, .1.1,1. "t have
n nnnni x,nn,',n f .,nvihin of that
kind being done." That has a familiar
sound. There aro other senators, from older
states than Montana, who have denied, or
stood ready to deny, any "personal knowl
edge" of tho "expenditure of money" by
persons supposed to havo becu acting In
tholr behalf.
Senator Clark acknowledged having eon
trlbuted $115,500 to tho expenses of tho
campaign "for u few of the stato officers
'""1 mcmbws of tho legislature," but
obJeft v.ns ,rey nUri7latlc. u was
his object vos purely altruistic. It was
cost or
enty of rumors about tno ex
not to help himself to nu olllce, but to i back to their party lines and gave the votn
keep tho other fellow out. for tho general 0f tho stato nnd tho presidential certltlcatn
good. It Is not every nltrulst who Is willing , t Hayes. It Ih an open secret that Conk
to sncrlflco 1115,500 to uch on object. Ho ( ng wns Influenced by Mm. Sprague, who
tepcated that, so far as ho know, none ot
this money had been used corruptly In his
own behalf. It hud oil gono In tho "neces
sary expenses" of tho campaign for tho do
feat of Dnly. Tho payments were made in
four lump sums. As for tho stories told
by other witnesses noout his conversations
with them regarding tho Influencing of leg
islative votes in tho choice of senator, he
flatly denied them all. .
So far us tho Montana senatorial Investi
gation has gone It has bcsomo apparent
that a great deal of money wns spent In tho
1 election of legislators, if not on tho legls-
lators themselves; that Mr. Clark ndinlls
having put $115,500 Into tho campaign out
ot his personal funds; that somebody bene
fited by Mr. Clark's extraordinary liber
ality, nnd that Montana politicians do not
balk at tank perjury when trying to de
stroy another's reputation or to snvo their
own.
Another thing Is evident. If Mr. Clark
did buy his seat In the senate, ho paid n
big prico for It. The alary for a full term
I ()t ,x y(,ar8 aKgrf.Rates $30,ooo nnd according
to his own figures he is out $S5.uOO for tho
questionable "honor" which goes with the
salary.
.V POLITICAL HK.MlMSCnXCE.
How Woman AveiiKeil (In- Defeat nt
II. r Kntlier liy Tllden.
Tho third paper of Colonel A. K. Mc
Ciuro In the Philadelphia Post on "How
Wo Mako Presidents," deals with (Irant's
two campaigns, 1SC8-7L'. Colonel McClure
was a moving force In thoso campaigns,
was ono of tho leaders of tho independent
republican movement In 1871! and knows
whereof ho speaks. Two related incidents,
one In 1S6S, tho othor In 1876, will Interest
many persons familiar with thoso campaigns.
In tho first-named year Samuel J. Tllden
. onnnninassed th.. defeat of Salmon P. Chaso
, fnr
tho democratic nomination.
Eight
years later tho daughter of Mr. Chaso
avenged tho defeat ot her father. Colonel
McClure tells the story as follows:
"Tho democratic national convention of
186S met In New York on July 1 nnd tho
democratic leaders had planned to tako a
republican for president, to offset the nom
ination of a democrat by tho republican
convention. It was regarded as settled by
a conlldcntlal circle of leaders when tho
convention met In New York that Salmon
P. Chase, who had becomo cstrunged from
tho republican party nnd who ns chief jus
tice had presided over tho impeachment trial
and aided In the acqulttul of Johnson, would
bo nominated. Horatio Seymour, tho ablest
democrat of that day, was president of tho
convention and ho had no- moro Idea of
being nominated for president than bo had
nf i,,,,mlni. thn par of ltussln Ho ex-
of hciomlng tno czar or uussia. no ex
pocted Chaso to be nominated and Chase
would nave uecn nominaieu uui ior mn
subtlo and musterly strategy ot Samuel J.
Tllden, who decided that Chase must bo de
feated. "Tllden was a master leader, as cunning
ns ho was able, and ho quietly but thor
uunhly organized the plan to nominate Sey
mour, H had been arranged that Seymouf;
was to leave tho chair to nomln.to , Ch.. ;
nml theroforo when Seymour called another,
to preside tho Tllden strategy completed
its purpose by an able delegate demanding
tho nomination of Horatio Seymour and de
livering n most eloquent aud ImprcHslvo
eulogy upon tho confessed lender of the
ilfmojracv. In vain did Seymour glvo a per
emptory declinntlon. Tho convention hnd
been organized for Its work and men In 1
nearly every delegation who had been as- j
signed to their task rose and swelled tho
hurrah for Seymour. When ho found tho
tldo was likely to bo overwhelming he de
clared with equal earnestness and pathos:
Your candidate I cannot be;' but the wava
sped on and Seymour was made the candi
date by a practically unanimous vote.
"He was prevailed upon to consider the
subject, and that meant, of course, that he
could not decline. Thero hnd been twenty
ono ballots beforo tho nomination of Sey
mour, In which Pendleton, Hancock and
Hondrleka weie the lending competitors. It
was then that the nomination of Chno waa
expected to bo made Just ns the nomlua
natlon of Seymour wns msUe, nnd Tllden's
was tho master hand that simpcd the action
of tho convention. Falling to nominate an
old republican for tho presidency, tho con
vention then nominated Central Frank P.
Blair, tho republican leader in congrcei
! when tho WOT liCSan,
anu one oi mo most
, successful nnd brilliant ot our vuimurcr
corps commanders in Sherman's march to
tho ecu.
"This action of Tllden defeating Chase In
thn democratic convention of 18C8 had Its
sequel with mingled romance and reality
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In tho defeat of Tllden for tho presldencj
In 1S77. when tho vote of loulslana was
passed upon by tho senate. Kate Chawe
Spraguo wns the most brilliant woman in
Washington society during the war period,
nml ,n ovcry. wny 0110 ()f lup most nlrnc.
Uvc ,Ur h(jm( m Washington waB tn
, ))Ub,(, mc nm, nmong thpm w(w noMoe
ConknKi tho tlblcal t)t the rcpui,can
, Th . , f .. ,,,,, ,,.
would have been tho president. Many be
lieved that Hayrn had not lieen elected and
"hould not bo declared elected, and among
Jlio. who shared that conviction was Mr.
, Conkllng, although ho did not publicly
express U,
"The senate was carefully canvassed, and
enough republican votes were marshaled to
throw tho vote of tho senate In favor of
Tllden on tho Ixmlslana Imuio It Conkllng
would lead 111 support of that policy, and
It wns understood that ho had ngreod to do
so. . When 4he cruclnl time oamc Conkllng
did not appear at nil. and tho nntl-llayes
! republicans, being without a leader, fell
, republicans, being without n leader, fell
thereby avenged the defeat of her father
In the democratic nomination nf 1SGS, that
hnd been accomplished by Tllden; nnd thus
Tllden lost tho presidency to which ho had
been elected by a popular mnjorlty of over
230,000."
intnir.v Tiui'i.Ks.
Chicago Post: "I wish," he snld thought
fully, ns he tried to thaw out u frozen ear
"that I'd hnd as much sense as tho ground
hog." Detroit Journal: "I think he's n font! I
shall rcfuso him If ho asks mn to marry
him!"
"Yes, I Hhotlhl suppose that would bo
quite conclusive."
Collier's Weekly: Penelope Well, after
all, 1 bcllcvo the less one knows tho hap
pier one Is.
Genevieve Thnt's a comfortable philoso
phy. You must bo vory happy.
Chicago Tribune: Mabel I don't under
stand palmistry, out thcre'H something In
It. As soon as ho looked ut tho lines In mv
hand he told me how old I Was.
.Mildred He could tell that by the lines
In your face.
Judge: Father Thnt man xliould be nn
example to you, my son. lie entered a
storn as oltlto-boy and worked himself up
mull In a few years ho owned the busltiesx,
Son--I Io eould never do that In these days,
pa, when they havo cash registers.
Detroit Journal: "I ennnot stoop so low!"
eiled the adventuress, quivering with rago
or remorso or something.
While yet it Is doubtful .whether sho h
thus roustrnlncd by her early Puritan train
ing or by her eel-skirt, who shall have tho
hardihood to repeat that thero Is no rela
tion between garb anil ethics?
Washington Star: "A man can't help
pausing In this biiHj- life to bo astonished
at the wonders of science," remarked tho
reflective person.
"Yes," answered the lllpp.int friend. "1
never will get over being- nurprlsed nt how
they mauugid to get up some of thoss
words of ilvo nnd six syllables."
run nuiochm: ti:aciii:h.
llolman F. Day In Jaulsville Journnl,
That teacher waa tho worst wo ovei
tackled;
Ho warn't very tall, ami he -was light.
It Is best to lay your egg- beforo you'va
cackled,
Tlioush wo never had a notion he could
llzht.
For ho acted sort of nicechln' when ho
opened up tho school.
Wo sort of got tho notion he was H nnd
wo tugged gool,
Wo have him loin of jolly In a freo nnd
eapy way,
And showed hljn how wo luimllcfl guys ns
got to uctln' Buy.
Wo showed him where tho other ono had
turn nwav tho door
When we lugged him out and (lumped hltn
I hi tho snow the year before,
Am, M( 10llBnl wo ,,,, , ,
, W( u11, cjmwei, um1 H)ti
I in scart,
.Vml kind o' thought we'd run the. school
couciuuin no was it.
It worked along In that way, sir, till Fri
day afternoon.
Wo hadn't lugged him out that week, but
'lowed tu do It soon.
That Friday, 'long- ubout 3 o'clock, he said
mere u ot- recess,
And said: '"Hie smaller kldi and irlrla
And n??nfMo?W -mlly. but
...i,h uin.i vrMinixii
That the hlsr boys wero requested to re-
mala for exercise.
And when he called us In ngnln he up and
locked the door.
Shucked off hli eo't nnd wesklt, took tho
middle of the lloor.
And talked about gymnnstys in a quiet
llttlo speech.
Then ho made u puss nt Haskoll who was
nearest ono In reach.
'Twus hot and swift and sudden and It
took him on the Jaw.
And thnt was all the exercise the Haskell
feller saw.
Then Juinpln' over Haskell' seat, ho
sauntered up tho olsle,
A-htttln' right uiid hlttlti' left unci wearln'
that same smile.
And when a feller started up and tried to
hit him buck,
'Tivus sllpper-slapper, whueko-crackcr,
w-Iiungo-baiigo -crack!
And never, sir. In all your life, did you pco
nippers whii
In mieh u blame, elmln-llKhtln' stylo as
thum 'cio hands of his.
And though we hit and though wn dodged
or rushed by two and threes
He simply strolled around that room and
lli-l:ud us all with case.
And when the thlujr wns nicely done, lis
dunked us lu tho yard.
Ho clicked tho padlock ou the door nnd
passed us ull n curd.
And thl was what was printed there I
"Professor Joseph Tate,
Athletics made n sp.'clalty und champion
mlddlowolcht."
Thnt teacher was tho worst wo evci
tackled;
Ho wurn't so very tall, and ho was light.
It Is best to lay your egg before ,you'v
cackled.
Thou-1' wo never hnd a notion ho could
flzht.
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doubtful taste, and doubtful composition,
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Van Houten's Chocolate
(For Eating),
which is of delicious flavor, and cheapest in the
end?
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idlgltator s wave pass tho water works concerned, protection has finished its work, i row a few Ideas from them?
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