THE OarATTA DAITY" HEISs MONDAY, FE.lTRTTATl'Y 2G, 1900.
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The Omaiia Daily Bee.
14. ItOSISWATKIt, Editor.
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STATEMENT OI CIRCULATION.
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nays that tho actual number of full and
eomplcte cjples of The Dally, Morning.
Jsvenlng Mini Sunday Reo. printed during
u iiiuuwi in January, lyco, was as iouows
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O. R. TZSCHUCK.
Sec'y nnd Treas.
Ruhsrrlbel and Bworn before mo this 1st
nnv of February, A. D. 1500.
(Scn) M. R. irUNOATE.
Notary I'ubllc.
When Oom Paul Metcalfe loses his
temper ho ImnKlncH every one else Is
innd.
Govornor Po.vnter Is tnrryi"ff In tilm
rnsf. but the Htuto Rovenimcnt at Lin
icoln Ht III lives.
There Is lmt one tiny nf ree;lBtnitIon
before (lie city election nnd that will
come next Sal unlay. Mark It down.
Whatever may be the outcome It will
fmve to be (oncoded that General Crnrijo
Iins been making Hie best of Ills Hlttia
tlon. A business building In the heart of the
city for use as a salesroom for different
Industrial products would be very de
sirable. Hut I lie question Is. Whero Is
the money to come from?
Omaliu had noino distinguished com
imny hi Its clearing house dellclt last
Meek. New York, Hoston, St. Louis,
Philadelphia, "rittsbuu; and Haltlmore
nppear also on the wrong side of the
fclearliiRs ledger.
Nebraska's two t-ewitors were paired
(with each other on political questions
nn tho proposition to take up Uio Quay
contest. Hut when the main question
comes they will both bo together unless
they chanue their minds.
When Dr. l'cabody was uoiuinnted for
tho council he declared that tho otllce
was seeking hlin. but he was not Heek
tho olllco. JudKlng by his persistent
campalKn perainbuhitions, ho has como
,to the conclusion that tho otllco will not
Beck him and ho has started after It.
Tho inossbaek candidate for mayor
'denies that he Is a lnosslniek nnd wo
Klvo him tho full benellt of his denial.
If the people of Omaha labor uuder a
wrong Impression on this score K Is bo
cutitm he bus not yet been able to point
(to anything substantial ho lias ever
'done to help Omaha's progress.
Our amiable popoeratlc contemporary
Is now trying to llutl excuses Tor tho dis
honesty and Jobbery of the school board
lirlbe-takers exposed by tho recent In
yeHtlgutlcm. That Is simply In harmony
rwlth Its entire course In shielding nnd
defending ollielal embezzlers ami crooks
Irrespective of political ntllllatlonu.
In ono column of tho popoeratlc organ
two are told that If Mayor Moorcs Is
to-elected Tom Dennlson will be the
Binyor, and In another column wo are
old that If Mayor Moorcs Is re-elected
Itosewnter will be tho mayor. Ono
thing is certain, however, If Mayor
Moores Is re-elected Mr. Metcock will
Cot be the mayor.
Tho choice of Kansas City and Philadel
phia aa convention cities represents tho dif
ference between the parties. 'It Is a caso of
the "quick and tho dead." World-Herald.
What then nhout tho Choice of Slour
Falls us the meeting-place for the fusion
populists who expect to launch the pros
Identlal candidacy of Colonel Hryan
tinder the shadow of the federal pen
Itenthiry and In sight of a graveyard.
Has that uny slgiiltlcancoV
The railroads aro said to bo greatly
displeased with the selection of July 4
lis the date for tho democratic national
convention because It might Interfere
With their excursion business at that
time. Had the railroads sjigkon earlier
we feel sure tho great nntl-monoiwly
leaders of tho democracy would have
lieon glud to havo accommodated them.
(Terhiipa It Is not yet too Into.
Tho organ of tho gang as usual tries
to cover up Its tracks by sheddlug Ink
n. la euttlotlsh, ami It says not a word
about the combination of boodlers nnd
blackmailers who thrived by dispensing
polleo protection for a price under the
Herdmnn-Hcabody polleo commission
regime and who expect to re-opou their
business at tho old stand lu tho event
of Mr. Hopplotou's election to the may
or's chair.
am k !':-(; kh ron hhfohmfmi
When the devil w;m nick, the derll n
monk would be, but when the devil grtt
well, devil a monk was he.
This adage Is forcibly recalled by the
spicy anil rancorous controversy now In
progress between the chief organ of the
state house populists and prominent
members of tlmt party. The feud has
grown out of fho candidacy of Kdgar
Howard for state auditor. The rnpio
statesman has been a thorn in the llesh
of the big nud little pop-guns In tho
state house because ho has kept con
stantly prodding them about riding on
railroad passes and playing Into the
hands of corporate monopolies.
In the last number of the Nebraska
Independent, which Is the otllclat organ
of the state house maohlne, M. V. Har
rington of O'Neill takes up the cudgels
for Howard with a few pertinent ques
tions which tho editor considers de
cidedly Impertinent. Mr. Harrington
declines that he favors the offensive
candidate for auditor because lie Is an
anti-monopoly platform In himself and
It won't bo necessary to herd him after
election In order to see that he stnnds
by Hit principles (nunclatcd In the
platform. He uocs on:
in the platform of 180S two pledges wore
i clearly mado to tho people: One was that
I our statu officials should .-cfuso to accept
favorn at tho hands of tho railway corpora
' tions: the other was that In no far as tho
' maximum rato decision permitted wc should
houoatly endeavor to securo a reduction In
I frelKht ratrs. These resolutions wcpj
adopted by the cntlro platform committee,
i of which the writer was a member, ami
unanimously adopted by the convention, and
It was only upon the urgent request of Sen
ator Alle-n that tho platform did not con
tain a rcnolutlon requiring the candidates to
como before tho convention nnd verbally
pledge the convention to accopt no railroad
passes during tho ensuing two years. We
wera assured that tho nominees would accept
tho platform In good faith without bcltts
thus humiliated. I havo tfooil reason to
believe and think that wc can submit to the
convention sufficient evidence to prove that
this platform has been honored only In the
violation thereof by nil our stato olllclals
except I'oyntcr nnd Gilbert. There la going
to be a d&y of reckoning for this. Wo In
tend to havo no dodging tho issue Either
the nntl-monopoly olemen' will coustltuto
a majority of tho convention, or If tho cor
poration oappers arc In the- majority wo
will make a record which will unmistakably
make that fact clear. Wo don't Intend to
let this violation of platform pledges pass
by without censure, and even If the railroad
brigade should control tho convention thoy
can't keep us from representation on the
platform committee with power to bring
In a minority report; or If tho corporations
aro powerful enough to deprive us of rep
resentation on tho platform committee, thoy
cannot deprive us of tho right to offer an
amendment In open convontlon declaring
thoso who havo violated tho platform un
worthy tho confidence of the peoplo's party.
Tills is a most unique arraignment.
The Idea of an anti-monopoly party
being In close alliance with the railroad
.monopolies Is almost Incredlb'o. Yet
here It Is charged openly by a mnn who
stands at the head of the Inner coun
cils. And In what light does this leave Sen
ator Allen and the candidates whom he
did not want to humiliate? Is It not
rather singular that only two of the
eight state ollleers should even pretend
to live up to tho platform on which they
were elected? Hut evidently Mr. Har
lingtou has overlooked tho fact that
while the governor has discarded the
free pass habit, every mother's son who
occupies a desk lu the governor's otllce
from secretary to record clerk carries
annuals by courtesy of the railroads for
the governor.
Hut the editor of tho Independent re
tteuts the admonition of Mr. Hurrltigton
and repels the attack without uncover
ing his own base of supplies, In the fol
lowing fashion:
How 1b It that a few men who stayed In
tho old parties years after thoy wcro dom
inated by tho banks and tho corporations,
who fought Bryan when ho undertook to
ehnko thorn off, have all at once, become
so much holler than thoso of us who have
fought for reform for years? Wo who havo
done tho work and boruo the burden of
twenty campaigns, who hnvo novel- wa
vered or surrendered, when repulsed havo
only risen to renow the chargo, how Is
It that we, 1n tho eyeo of tbeso new-mado
saints, nro no longer to lo trusted? Wo
must go to tho rear and lot tho men who
fought for tho gold standard in tho old
parties until our work and that of Bryan
had mado their position In this stato un
tenable now take the lead.
The battle-scarred warrior who has
fought, bled and died in the nutl-mounp-oly
cause for twenty campaigns nat
urally docs not propose to be crowded
to the rear by raw recruits like How
ard and Harrington. He Is at his post
to defend the state house machine even
If ho has to use up nil the expired
railroad passes for gun wads. To the
rank and tile of tho reform forces, this
Interchange- of compliments must bo
an eye-opener upon the shameless be
trayal of their contldence by the leaders
whom they havo honored nnd trusted.
KMiiiANinr' viiiKv daxoki:.
An ex-attuclio of tho British foreign
otllce, writing of the extraordinary
letter sent by the queen through her
private secretary to Lord Woleeley,
urglug the expediency of organising a
force for homo defense, says the danger
which threatens England can bo only
of one nature, namely, that of Interven
tion in behalf of the South African re
publics. He observes that continental
KuroiMi's object In desiring the Inde
pendence of the South African republic
Is to enable the latter to serve as a
melius of menace nnd pressure upon En
gland, "which so long as these republic
continue Independent can never feel
sure thai they will not take advantage
of any trouble In Europe or Asia lo
strike her In the back." He declares
that it is vital to Great Britain to de
prive the republics of all power of harm
ing her In South Africa and therefore
she will not and cannot permit foreign
Intervention In behalf of the South Af
rican republics by any combination of
foreign powers and will bo prepared to
resist the slightest move Is this direc
tion by force of arms.
He regards It ns certain, however,
that nu attempt to Intervene will bu
made, busing this opinion upon the fact
that uo war durlug tho last tlfty years
has been brought to n conclusion with
out an endeavor being made by non
belligerent powers "to rob tho victor of
all the fruits of his successes." Itusa!a,
Japan, Turkey mid Austria nro refertc.1
lo n fiirnlshlnir .trlMmr llltn.tr r!nn nf
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tills, but the writer observes that tile
, United States did not permit lontllit ntal
Europe to deprive her of the proceeds
of her victories over Spain and lJu-
gland may In lolled upon show the
wiine dellance lu the face of the de
mands of continental Ktirope when the.
war in South Africa ionics to nu end.
There is no present Indication of a
piiiioK or dctlre on the part of the con
tinental powers to Intervenu lu the con-
filet lietween Great Hrltnlu and the
Hoer republics. On tho contrary they
nro manifesting a disposition to main
tain (lie strictest neutrality, while senti
ment In Germany appears to be strongly
lu favor of cultivating the mot friendly
lelatlons with Hngland. Hut it Is by no
means unlikely that If It should develop
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that It is the Intention of Great Britain
to subject the Transvaal republic and
tho Orange Free State to her absolute
sovereignty to make those republics a
part of the British empire tho conti
nental poweis, Including even Germany,
would unite In opposition to the con
summation of that purpose. It Is In
conceivable that the Kitropcan nations
would permit the destruction of tho re
publics of South Africa and their ab
sorption as British territory, thereby
giving Great Britain n domination there
which would be llillniciil In nfhor turn
ers. Doubtless sonnor or later Knglund
will be called upon to mal
ke known her
Intentions in this legard and if these
are found to contemplate the wiping
out of the republics there will undoubt
edly be Intervention.
.l.V F.VinKXCK OF I'ltUSl'F.lllir.
Statistics regarding the savings banks
of New York, for the year 1S1M), are ex
ceedlngly Instructive as evidence of the
prosperity which the people of that state
who tnnke up the body of depositors In
such banks are enjoying. It Is shown
' that during the year tin total resources
j of the savings institutions Increased
j nearly ?:t7,(K)0.(0O nnd their surplus
( reached an aggregate of almost ?11L,
j OOO.OOA. Ill the twelve months more
I than a quarter of a billion dollars were
' deposited, while tho amount withdrawn
j was somewhat In excess of $''1",K),(:00.
, On .liutiiary 1, 1S!)!l, the amount duo do
I positors was. lu lound numbers, 5SK!,
! (KKMMK) and ou January 1. WOO, It was
' more than fTO.OOO.OOO larger. The total
j resources of the savings banks of the
' state at the opening of the present year
was upwards of a billion dollars.
The New York Tribune snys of this
j that It 1b a splendid showing and cer
tainly an Increase In the savings of the
people of more thnu $10 per capita of
I the entire population In a single year
must lie so regarded. Nor is New York
exceptional lu this respect. Undoubt
edly other states are able to make an
equally favorable showing, attesting the
Increased earnings and tho thrift of
their people. No evidence of the gen
eral prosperity is more conclusive than
tills. Everywhere the savings banks
get the bulk of their deposits from the
wage-earners, ho that as these rise or
fall there is unmistakably iudlcated the
condition of the wage-earners. For tho
last three years the savings of the
peoplo havo been steadily Increasing
and last year the general Increase was
greater than perhaps In any preceding
year, due to the fact that wages gen
erally were higher and labor more fully
employed.
How are the people who have thus
been benellted by republican policy
likely to answer the appeal of tho pol
iticians who ask that this policy be over
thrown? Will they vote to displace
the party which has given the country
the highest measure of prosperity it has
over had and put in power the party
that stands for currency debasement
and economic reaction? No one wJio
has faith lu the common souse ami the
intelligent appreciation of self-interest
of American voters can believe that
they will repudiate the party whose pol
ities have bo splendidly promoted the
general welfare and advanced all the
material Interests of the country.
A nUUMKll.iXU UUMIt.
' Tho people, tho healthy public senti
ment, tho clean public conscience, should
represent tho power behlud the municipal
throne. World-Herald.
With this high-sounding prelude, the
popoeratlc newspaper fence explodes Its
great dynamite bomb expected to anni
hilate tho entire republican fortress.
The shell Is loaded with n charge of
blackwnsh designed to create the Im
pression that Mayor Moores and the en
tire., city government Is under tho do
minion of Tom Dennlson, whose name
has been used by It periodically to covor
up tho tracks of the gang of blackmail
ers and professional gamblers who have
subsidized the popoeratlc newspaper
fence and kept its machinery lubricated.
Tho reckless Impudence of these des
peradoes may be gauged by the disclo
sures they made upon ono another in the
recent democratic primaries.
Whllo The Bee had from time to time
deuouncod tho outlawry practiced by
the gang for which tho World-Herald
Is chief spokesinun. It never exposed
half the Iniquity to which its leaders
have now entered a plea of confession.
In at least two of tho wards of tho city
circulars were distributed at tho polls
of the democratic primaries appealing
to "honest democrats" to repudiate tho
men who raised the $'J50 donation for
the editor-in-chief of tiio organ of spuri
ous morality.
And hero are the arguments they
used:
Are you In favor of putting tho democratlo
party In control of political roacals whoso
only object In being In power U blackmail,
boodlo nnd corruption?
Aro you In favor of placing a man In posi
tion where he can prostitute the democratic
party to his own eelflsh and lawless ends by
levying blackmail on saloons, gamblers,
dtvea and plckptckets as ho did when ho
was la power under the old regime?
When tho police force was subject to the
dictation of this gang of boodlers nearly
overy vice In the city and nearly every crim
inal was required to pay blood money. So
daring becoino this gang of boodlers that
pickpockets were giantod the privilege of
robbing people on street curs on condi
tion Jhat they pay 175 per day tor the prlv-
Ut' Here are the namea of some of the'wiTiux tiiij HUii;ni.irAX roi.n.
People whom this gfeng blackmallod, together
' ,l" ,n? aal S P"-
in. . , .
I'.ur role, gambling house, per week. .. .$100
Henry Oerter, gamming houee, per week ioo
Tom Foley, poker roms, per week 60
- nariey i.ittic, poker rooms, per week., 60
Tom Dennlflon, policy game, per week.. 100
tlwvnf. X. tnT).....n, ..1.1.. . .. ... . 1. tn
n.ZrC
week f, GO
Kd Smith and 'jlnv Phillips' pin game,
per week ..f.vi , SO
Royal Music hall, per week 23
Ncbrnska Music, hall, per week.., 35
Harry Mtll'o trained birds, per day... , . u
ineso are only n few cltntlons wherein
; bi"l money was exacted. Yet from these
alone tho gang received more than $2,600
per month, or over 130,000 per year.
Rut think of it! Not only was blackmail
levied on vices, but highwaymen were
licensed to rob citizens of Omaha on tho
, street cars during tho exposition (1S98) and
8uaraull'c" immunity from police Intcrfer-
I ZLlVlTLrL V5 J!" D yU
'"toml bo n party to it or are you ono
ltxoso who will put tho stamp of dis
approval on the practlco nf such outrages
lu the name of tho democratic party?
Tills sweet-scented gang Is tin power
behind Candidate I'oppleton today. Ills
great newspaper champion, the man
who is so horiillod over the pretended
inlluence of Tom Dennlson and who
wants to lead tho moral forces of
Omaha, Is tho same person who stood
In and In with this gang during (he
regime of the Ilerdinan-l'eabody police
commission.
Mayor Moores may have his faults,
i ,,ut 110 om' ,,ils CVlr licensed him of
01,lll'tf '! or levying blnckmall on any
....... i. .uM-i.-i (,r criminal resorts, 'j oin
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Dennlson Is undoubtedly a very bad nro 0j0ned to give special caro to the se
man, but would he have been prosecuted lection of their candidates. The state ticket
or used us a terrible example If he had .should bo composed of men of stntu-wldo rep
continued to pnv the blood money and ltntl0" for probity and competency, and tho
hush money on which the gang' had ! l"""""":0,,11,0,1 l':,?.bl.of!!l!,7i,"r
I. t It 1 .1
M-i-ii k-i'uiiik wiiuii me popoornis nan
control of the police commission?
It is announced from Washington that
the senate committee on military affairs
has reported adversely on Senator
Thurston's bill to establish an army
quartermasters' depot In Omaha. Tlmt
Is precisely what was predicted by The
Bee when the Commercial club allowed
itself to bo inveigled Into opposing the
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ment at the Instance of parties more
eager to see the military headquarters
a rtw ..
moved out ot me Jieo OUUUing than to
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have Omaha enjoy the benellts ot an
army supply purchasing station. 'Phis
is not the llrst time Omaha lias suffered
by the mnllce'ilrid spitework 'of wreck
ers who never .builxl up, but always try
to tear down. (
If nny new argument were needed for
the election of United States senators
by direct voto of the people the ills- ' perfect and harmonious organization. There
closures of the Investigation into the ' should be no truckling to fraud or nbandon
Montnna senatorial election should be "ontf, Principles. Juetlce and truth.
, , , ) " ,,, though long suppressed, must eventually
conclusive, but: we will never get nn trlumpUi ag cert!Uniy as fusion demagog
amendinent to tlnr constitution intor- ; cry nd deception aro doomed to overthrow.
porutlug this chungo t-'o long as It must
llrst be approved by vote of the money
bag senators themselves. The only way
for the people, to take back their right .
to choose the senators Is through a con
stitutional convctitlou'called at the In
stance of the several states.
As usual the railroads have relieved
the State Board of Transportation by
going Into the federal courts to enjoin
them from putting In force their recent
grandstand play at reducing freight
rates, but that was all understood In i
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advance. The reform railroad com-
mlssioners would never have dared to
make a move unless they knew that It
would not hurt tho railroads, to whom
they owe so much.
Ex-Congressman J. Ilnmllton Lewis,
with his usual nerve, has been Impor
tuning President MoKlnley to favor him
with an appointment ns one of the Phil
ippine commissioners. When Mr. howls
was on the floor of the house no more
virulent assailant of the administration
could be found. He will now try to
pose ns u martyr to Ills opjioiltlon fo
expansion.
Irredeemable pledges are the chief
stock-ln-trndo of the fusion cnndidalo
for mayor, who promises to take Imme
diate iKissesslon of the waterworks
When he knows he could not get pos
session of the plant by eminent domain
lu years unless ho pays a price the
water company Is willing to accept.
Social Caiiue In Kiiiihiin.
A'tchlson Globe.
"Whon a new family moves Into n neighbor
hood tt Is regarded aa a valuable acquisi
tion if tho furniture wagon shows a step
ladder. I'rlvlleuren of llnwiillmiM.
San Francisco Cull.
Our nowly acquired follow citizens ot Ha
waii will bo roared at least the agonies of
United States senatorial investigations. The J
lslnnda are to bo organized as a territory.
Kentucky Ilriuiil of Polities,
Qlobe-Democ rat
Jack Chlnn says Ooebcl got almoat as many
votes as Taylcr and (that tho solid people of
tho Btato Intend to;:run. tt. Mr. Chlnn Is one
of tho substantlali'citircna who have discov
ered an Improveiraentiioa settling elections
by mere majorities; '
lteiitl(n'(,4f!, n Tuiiilile.
Washington Post.
A Now Jersey lunatic had his reason re
stored by falllng-from tho window of nn
asylum and strlklikK.au his head. We know
of several BtnUwnent who might Improvo
themselves by thrbuina Bomersaults from the
apex of the Washington monument.
1. I 'Ml
C'urloiiH I" Politic,
Kansas .City Stnr.
Dy a curious tflril 'in politico the demo
crats In congress ihavcubccome the defenders
ot the rlghhj ot 'Tdrttt; Rico as against tho
protectionists. ThVi'ta'ay end up ln cauolng
the democrats to espouse tho doctrine of ex
pansion -with constitutional privileges for the
now possessions of the United States, Dy
this clever dovlco they could hold to the
ancient traditions of their party and at tho
same tlmo enjoy the Inalienable democratic
right ot opposing tho republicans.
CourtH ii ml Itullronil' Itute.
Indianapolis Journal,
The recent decision of the United States
supreme court, written by Justice Drowor,
goes a step further tbtn those decisions
which declared that -the rates of transporta
tion Qxcd by a stato must bo uuftlcleut to
pay a reasonable profit' on the capital In
vested, The advance step Is that the cir
cuit court, in the case In South Dakota, shall
dotermlne, by Investigation by a master,
whether tho capital is real upon which a
reasonable profit la to bo paid, or Is what Is
known or watered stock.
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""" memioneu Dy numerous menus una
admirers as a good man for governor nnd It
would be dimcult to find In tho state n man
I ,uurt pupumr. ,lo is preny wen wivum-cu
in years, but lie has more vim nnd strength
than tho nverago man of half his ago,
Stanton Register: Wo nro told by ono of
Hon, J. A, Ehrbardt's friends that John wilt
try to too a delegate to the republican na
tional convention, Mr. Ebrhardt should hare
tho position of honor he aspires to fill. For'c the run. t Candidal l'nnnlel.m l,n tinnn
a score of years ho has led tho republicans to j forcod to publicly deny he ever woro silk
victory or defeat and gave much of his yalu-1 8tcklngS. Until ho can prove to the pro
able time without ony reward. As a political I iotariat constituency to which he Is catering
opponent wo will give htm the credit of bcla,thnt bo ncvrr woro nny k,ud of 8tocklnKlli
the shrewdest republican In this pnrt of No- n ja SoclCS9 simppon, ho will probably not
braska
Webster City Argus: In gazing nrourfd
for material to mako up tho state ticket this
fall It might bo well to drop an eye over lu
Nuckolls county, whero could be found n
man eminently capable of fulfilling tho duties
of Btato treasurer O. 1). Kollmcr by name.
This gentlomnn was chosen by tho people of
his county for treasurer three or four dif
ferent terms, which Is nn honorable tribute
to his worthiness and ability. It is time tho
southern nnd western parts of Nebraska wph
having something to Bay about somo of the
stato olllces, nud now Is a good timo to start.
Friend Telegraph: Tho namo of Hon. R.
W. Furnas has been suggested ns a prob
ablo candldnte for governor on the repub
lican ticket. No mnn in the state has dono
so much for Nebraska ns Oovcrrtor Furnas.
Ho has spent almost a lifetime working for
tho best Interests of this state, and It would
bo a fitting tribute to elect mm governor at
this time. Wo bellcvo that R. W. Furnas
has more real firm friends among nil polll-
' lent parties In this stato than any
"ithln borders. Ry all means Robert W
' ur"i,B B"u,,m uu luu """"" "
I . . .!... tJ Atmlil Inn m tlila t nil"
1111 ' i iic n nut . ji.il .w. v
porlments or political debt-paying, but It Is
a year for tho exercise of tho best party
judgment In tho naming of candidates. In
Ougo county thero le nbundnnco of first
class material for n legislative ticket nnd no
effort should bo spared to get It to tho front.
Wo should not bo content with negative men,
but wo should 'be content only with posltlvo
and aggressive men of recognized ability.
Hattsmouth Tost: Robert W. Furnas of
Rrownvllle, former governor of Ncbrnska,
j n"or yonrfl ,of U81,"nt,8S to his state In
other ways, is mentioned ns n possible enn-
dldato of the republicans for that high ofllco
agnln, tho coming fall. Any ono who. knows
1 Robert W. Furnns, tho sensible, straight-
I ff,ru.'fin1 rinli niirl lio-iffw nisi tnnn nf 7(l nnn
i :",- """"" .V '.V..
I scarcely tan 10 recuKinzu um nuiesH lur auun
ia po3ton nls ycars of experience nnd
work for Nebraska, his senslblo vlows upon
matters of public Interest. Ids honesty nnd
Inlei-rllv. nil tnnrl lilm nB eminently nimll.
fled for tho duties of chief oxc:utlve. Gov-
ernor Furnas would have n strong followltv?
throughout tho stato wcro he to receive the
nomination.
Hastings Record: Tho price ot republican
ouccess in Nebraska is hard work under n
If It la found necessary to do fo, tho party
managers must not hestitate to cut loose
name of tho millstones from the party neck
flml lnl nnw Hlnml in (nfllutvil Inln tyn tinrtv
Tho ro,)Ubllcan party cannot wln , No
braaka until the people have perfect confi
dence in Its good Intentions and the party
exprosses Its sincerity by placing good men
In nomination.
Stanton Picket: Up to tho present tlmo
this paper hns no preferred candldnte for
govornor, congress or any other office. All
wo ask Is that tho right kind of men bo nom
inated. Men who nro honest, fearless and
capable. Men with clean records who can
go Into the campaign and put up a otrong
"V ' V r v , ' i. ' 7, s
and effective fight. Men In whom the party
nn,i P(,ni imvn rnnn.iBnro mi mn
Such men wo will gladly support regardless
of what their names may be or their occu
pations. Tho republican party has plenty
of such men. In tho last two years It
ha3 -had euch men before the people in tho
persons ot Hayward, Reese and others.
They wero defeated. Men tnforlor In
strongth nnd character would havo been
worso defeated. With other men nominated
wo may again be defeated. We may be huc
ceeoful. Tho probable or pcnslbto results do
not niter tho facts. Tho republican party
owe.s to iteelf and tho Btnte that Its nomi
nees bo from tho best timber tho party pre
sents. Lot them bo nominated nnd leave to
tho other fellow tho unenviable distinction
of hoisting to promlnenco such corruptlon
lsts an now disgrace our Btnte capital, If they
must.
ri:itso..i, jmmnthiis.
Tho remodeled residence) of William C.
Whitney on Fifth avenue. New York, will bo
e,io of tho finest In tho city. All tho marble I
in tho house and thero Is a great deal of It
Is Siena, Istrlan nnd Knnamiora.
A bill hns been Introduced Into tho Now
York legislature mnklmr mnrltnl ln(l,iMi I
misdemeanor. If It passes, Louisiana. Idaho.
- - ....j
tho Indian Territory nnd Alaska will bo tho
only wicked places left on tho map.
The nunouncemont that tho Fifth Avcnuo
hotel In Now York Is to bo sold by auc
tion muHt cause Ross riatt a pang. It Is
thoro that ho has held his Sunday school for
a long tlmo to promoto tho great work of
political milvatlon,
Tho appearanco of snow In Cuba, some
thing not scon before In thirty years, coln-
cldent with General Wood's Inauguration of
civil government there, may bo ln tho nature
of a warning to tho untutored population
that ofllco seekers sometimes encounter chill
lug blasts.
It Is not generally known that a telegram
arrived In London not long ago from Presi
dent Krugor. Mrs. Grenfell, mother of Cap
tain Orenfell, cabled to President Kruger nt
1'rotorla for iiowb of tho captain, who was
missing, A message cume bnck: "Your son
Is quite safo and well at Pretoria. Krugor.'
Slnco Mr. Rockefeller's shnro of tho Sand
ard Oil company's dividends glvos him nn
Income of $32,000,000 n year from that
'sourco nlono, Mr. Carnegie's statement that
the oil king Is tho richest man In tho world
still holds good, despite the remarks of Mr.
Flick, which credit the Iron king with only
$21,500,000 n year.
Much surprise. Js manifested bocause Mil
waukee, tho city of tho silver fcani, did not
capturo tho democratic national convention.
There Is no occasion for surprise. Milwaukee
affects a code of otlquetto that would stam
pedo auy convention and when tho old
prophet, Jciies, heard of It, Mllwaukeo'u
hopes wero blighted instantly.
After tho Drltlsh defeat by tho Doers at
Majuba hill In 1881 Lord Deaconfleld spoko
very strcngly to a member of tho Gladntone
government during a private conversation,
taking the position that it was exceeding
bad policy to stop tho Transvaal war then,
"Wo might easily vanquish tho pigmy now,"
nald he. "Wo may have to fight a giant
twenty years from today.
Rev. Washington Gladden of Columbus,
O., makes this unique political announce
ment: "I havo volunteored to serve the city
as a number ot tho council because I be
lieve that I can bo ot service to the city In
that Tlace. I have no interest to serve but
the intorest of tho public, I shall mako no
canvass, pay no assessments, ask for no
rates, If tho peoplo uant me to servo 'them
I will do It."
' oimmons
MRIHASIC
iMtr.N?.
I . 1 I I
1 ..wo"ont . 1cws tB umB,m .muD,c,PiM
campaign is now on and It promises to be
n lively one. Frank B. Moores, tho present
' mayor, heads tho republican ticket, whllo
; mmuaioniets navo placed in nomination w
S, I'oppleton. Tho World-Herald has al
ready tttartrd out on n campaign of personal
nbuso nnd mudsllnglug will probably be n
leadlug feature,
Kremont Tribune: It looks vory much ns
if tho republicans of Omaha had tho enemy
wake much Impression on tho common
masses.
Grand Island Journal: Tho Commercial
club of Omaha has been giving tho people
of that city n practical Illustration of what
Is produced In that city with n vlow to
Inducing the residents to more generally
ubo home ninnurnctured goode. Thcro nro
a great many things which nro produced
In that city which aro of nn high quality
ns those shipped In, but It Is sometimes
hnrd to Induco peoplo to begin their use.
What Is true of Omaha Is true of nny
other town or city of nny considerable size
nnd tho spirit of patronizing homo Institu
tions should bo encouraged os much ns pos
sible. York Times: The return of tho bodies of
tho Jirnvo boys who died In tho service of
their country nnd ours kindles n lively
feeling of patriotism In every loynl heart
nnd n sentiment of gratitude to. amounting
almost to reverence for, tho noble sons of
Nebraska, living und dead, who maintained
tho honor of the flag and did such noble
deeds for their country. The First Nebraska
regiment suffered more than nny other
volunteer regiment tlint nerved In tho late
war. It endured ns many hardships, fought
ns mnny buttled and lost moro men. Those
who escaped were ready, If need bo, to
lay down their lives, nnd not ono of them
fnllcj-cd In tho fnco of nny danger. Our
pride nnd gratitude are tinged with deep sor
row und regret for tho noblo lives that wero
lost and whnt wo can wo will do to give
tho crown of undying fiimo Hint Is tho only
rewa.nl of the ooldler who dies In his coun
try'n cause.
LodgcTolo Express: We wish to call tho
tittonticn of our senators and congressmen
to a matter that Is of vital Importance to
this section of the country. Thcro Is an
effort being made by somo of the eastern
drug firms to Induco congress to hnve tho
Department of Agriculture stop tho free
distribution cf blackleg vaccine. Their action
in thla matter In In keeping with their gen
eral policy. They are nfrald that tho gov
ernment will do something for the west.
Rut fortunately Secretary Wilson Is a west
era enan and will look after nur Intnrcaln
... . '
for whlIc wo nro "ot ln ocrd politically
' secretary, wo glvo him credit for
bcl"B lhu ''Kllt mnn m tho rKht V anA
wo feel 8,lro Wh "'0 aid of olir senators and
, congressmen, Secretary Wilson will bo able
! to ccntlnuo this favor for us. Wo realize
xir.it our people nro greatly nanuicappeil in
getting favors, but when It cornea to so Just
a ono ns this wo do not hesitate to say It
would be an outrago to bo deprived of It, aa
It Is aiding greatly In stamping out tho
much dreaded dlseaso of blackleg. If our
peoplo wero compelled to buy vncclne nt tho
enormous prlco tho druggists nsk for It
thero are ninny who would not use It,
thereby taking grent chances for themEclves
and endangering their neighbors' stock as
well.
1IOKK -AMI IIIUTON.
Boston Globe- Tho reports of many Rrltlsh
losses nt Paardoberg indicate Hint Lord
Roberts finds tho Roer army, In alleged re
treat, 'a very "tough proposition."
Olobo-Domocrat: Cronjo has mnde n stout
defenso against superior numbers nnd may
claim a substantial success If ho comes out
ot tho present crisis without disaster.
Springfield Republican: Some gllt-cdgod
loyalty is shown by the Irish constituency of
South Mayo In nominating for Parliament
ono of the brlgado commanders of tho Doer
army.
Kansas City Star: The Hoer war will
certainly mark an epoch ln military history.
It Is replete with new tactics and Interesting
strategy. (Ireat generals appear to bo pitted
against each other. Tho chances of victory
and defeat nlteruato curiously between the
opposing forces. Cronjo is surrounded nnd
Joubcrt Is hurrying to his succor, Just as
Cronjo Slid tho Klmberlcy gnrrlron nnd
Methuen enmo to tho rescue. Tho Roer gen
eral kept his grip on Klmberlcy with one
hand and hold back Methuen with the other.
Now Roberts is holding Cronjo nnd beating
back tho relief forces of Joubert from Endy
smllh. Cronjo failed to take Kimberley by
assault and delayed until driven by Rob
erts. Now will Roberts fall as Cronjo
failed T Thero ts n remarkable analogy bo
twecn tho situations,
St. Louis Republic: Americans, wliono
kinship In blood nnd tongue to the Englllh
ordinarily leads them to hope for the success
of Rrltlsh arms In battle, will not be ablo to
'contemplate with satisfaction tho closing
chapters of tho tragic story now running its
courso In South Africa
Tho Doers clnlin
sympathy as men fighting finely for freedom.
They aro of a strong and llborty-lovlng
Htraln' Thoy bavo not 1,icsltat(;,,1 to &ccei'1
''o gage of battle with the world 8 greatest
nnd most militant empire rather than but
render their natlonnl Independence. What
ever additional power and wealth may ac
crue to England from their subjugation, tho
crlmo against liberty contained in such sub
jugation Is onu that may not consistently
bo condoned by Americans.
C'HIIS 1 1 .VAT I ON A I. IT V.
Sure Menu of rorjirlundiiic llllter
Jlitt-e llutrrd.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
No thoughtful person can witness the cur
rent spectnelo of Irish detestation of tho
Rrltlsh causa without Hsklng If, by conquer
ing the Doors, another land of perpetual
hato may not bo created In South Afrlcu.
Rrltlsh Imperialists aro determined to take
nn optimistic view of tho future. With
"equal rights for nil white races," they say,
South Africa within a generation will have
forgotten tho old antagonisms between Eng
lish nud Dutch, and the country will be
come a solid buttress of the empire. Tho re
union ot the north and south in America
scorns to be regarded by them as a complete
precedent. They should not deludo thorn
selves, howevor, by tho oxpcrlenco of Amer
ica. The south never had had a natlonnl
existence prior to the secession of tho con
federate states, and Its people wero of tho
name race, language nnd religion as the peo
plo of the north, Rut in South Africa tho
while people whom England Is making such
strenuous efforts to conquer and nhiorb are
different In race nnd language, while their
separate nationality Is now a growth of
some sixty blood-stained years.
The lesson of Ireland, llko that of Poland,
of Italy, of Greece, Is that few things In tho .
1 .1 .. V. .... .1 .1 .... t .... , V. n ii n.Mfin- '
nuim uiu uuiuui in ucowuj h.m ,,.......
nllty. Crush It nnd Its devotees may hnto
you forever. They never forget tho past It
ts not aiono Irish hatred of England that
causes tho Irish race to follow, with hearts
throbbing with sympathy, tho superb flsbt
of two tiny Doer republics for Independence
against the mastodon of emplros. As Mr.
Healy said, "They saw In tho Transvaal at
that vast distance tho figure nnd form of
Irish nationality " In this war lh Irish
raeo believe that they soe a nationality as
sasslnnted, and, bocouso of their own pat,
thulr souls revolt at tho tragic spectacle.
Now tha republican Dutch are a dlfforent
race from the Irish, yot ono thlug Is cer
tain. Tho Idea of nationality Is deeply Ira
planted in their consciousness. It began Its
growth with the great treks of tho '30s, and
it has been watered by tho blood that bu
j been shed In half n century of wars against
both savage nnd clvlllied foes. Engl.iiU
amy conquer them, yet she, should be re.idy
; to fnco tho bitter hatred of tho Doers nnd
' their descendants so long ns the memory of
, Dlngaan, of Majub.i Hill, of .Magersfouteiu
nnd Splonkop survives,
.SPLIT A.MO.NU Till POPULISTS.
J l.onl Pui-ly .Mm Itrfiinn lo llnrlrr
l'rliii-lil- for Mmll,
St. Louis Globe Democrat.
That "walk-out" nt tho meeting of tho
populist natlonnl committee at l.l ncntn.
Neb., Is calculated to deal a much harder
blow to nrynn and the demurnicy than they
, will daro to acknowledge. The men who no
, lected that town ns the meeting place of tho
populist committee did so because of tho
local pressure which would thus be brought
to bear to compel tho populists to support
flrynn In 1900, as they did In lsnp. Tho mora
I nggresslve and moro honest element of tho
' populists, however, object, In the words of
Tom Wntsoa four years ago, to be mado tho
I tall to the democratic kite any longer, nnd
this faction, after the subserviency of the
. other end of their party was ninde plain,
: Ixdted tho convention, had a meeting of their
, side In another ifall, prepnred nn address m
tho populists of the cuntry, and callel n
j unttonnl convention of their party for Cin
cinnati, to open on May 0. Tho fuslonlst
I branch of tho populists went right on with
their conference, denounced the Beeoder,
nnd selected Sioux Falls, S. 1).. ns tho meet
ing place of their national convention, and
May P, the day of the meeting of tho middle
: of-tho-road" men, iih the rtnte.
This split In the populist party mentis fur
moro than did the division on vice president
, In IMiti. At that time the division did not
luffed tho presidential candidate, but only
touched the vice prisldeullnl nominee. Tho
"middle-of-the-roaders" four years ngn re
jected Sewell, Rryan's Chicago ronvcnilon
running mnte, nnd voted for Tom Watson
Instead. All their ballots, however, wero cmt
for Drynn. The secession of 1!00, on tho
other hand, Is a rejection of llry.ni nnd tho
deniocrncy. The bolters will have n sepirnto
natlonnl convention, and undoubtedly will
put up a sepurate ticket. It is possible they
will indorse Darker nnd Donnelly, who ere
put In tho field by their element two yeais
ago. Rut whether they retain thoso nomi
nees or not, there Is not tho faintest clianro
that they will come to nny ngreemont with
the Duller and Allen fusion faction, not
withstanding tho fact that tho fuslonlstti,
after tho bolters had selected tho tlmo nud
placo for their convention, named the flamo
day for tho meeting of the fuslonlst gather
ing. Everybody will see that the bolters havo
reason nnd consistency ou their nidu when
they denouueo Duller and tho rest of Uiu
fuslonlst chiefs ns being "determined to rule
tho populist party ln tho interest of tho
organized democracy." The very man whom
they nro exposing now was as bitter againxt
the democrats Just after the election of lSnt'i
ns they nro ut this moment. Senator Duller,
then tho bund ot the populist national com
mittee, Issued a manifesto a few dnys after
tho overthrow of the Drynn-popullst com
bine, declnrlng that the alliance between the
populists nnd the democrats was ended, ami
that hereafter tho populist party would put
up a ticket of its own nnd leave tho domi e
racy to Its fate. He said there wuh some
thing In tho namo of demo-rnt flint was re-
pellant to tho peoplo of tho United Statis,
und that his party would never again outer
Into nlllllatlon with that proscribed sect. Tho
bolters at tho Nebraska gathering aro using
tho samo language toward tho dcmocrotlu
porty today that Dutler did then. Dutler
eats his words of tho latter part of 1S9G,
nnd will support tho party which ho con
demned that year nfter tho election was
over. A powerful faction of tho populist
party, nevertheless, Is against Drynn and
tho democracy In PJ00. nnd consequently that
candidate will be hopelessly In tho minority
ln tho voting In all the western states ex
cept, perhaps, Nevnda and n few otho.s in thj
mountain region.
i, k;ii r i,.U(iiri'i:it.
Rroolclyn Ufe: Critic I must eongrntu
lnto you on tho villain of your piny, lie
leaves tho Impression of hnvlnir leen
drnwn from the- life.
Author Ho wan I may say to you that
the Is an exact jiortralt ot myself as my
wlfy depicts me.
Philadelphia North American: "No."
said tho department chief, "wo hnvo no
otllclnl knowledge Hint the consul's mall
WM tnrnoered with."
"Hnsn't he Informed you of It?"
"Ah, yes; but that was ufter he had
coused to bo an ollielal!"
Chicago Tribune: "The principal thing
charged against me, then," said the cler
gyman, ufter listening to tho committee,
"Ih that I make too long pruyers. Is It?"
"Yen, sir," nnswered one of tho vestry
men. "Tlmt Is the grnve-utnen of tho com
lnlnt." Harper's Razar: "Now, hone.stlv, Mnud,
didn't Jack propose lust evening?"
"Why. y-e-s! Hut how did you guess?"
"I noticed that you didn't have that wor
ried look this morning."
Detroit Fre I'resx: New Honnlnr What
kind of n eook have you got In this house?
AValter Woman, sir. ,
N. It. Huh, nnd thev say a woman's
work Is never done. Well, look ut that
steak, cooked Into rvilo leather,
Chicago Record: "Ills protestntlnris of
ttndylnir affeetlon had tho ring of sincer
ity." "Dlnmond solltnlre?"
Datrott Journnl: "Mrs. Onbbleton thinks
she Is settlnir hard of henrtng."
"I suppime she bus no means of knowing
for sure."
Chlengo News: "Nero 'hns been badly
maligned by historians. Careful research
has oroved him to havo been a most ex
emplary chnrncter."
"How obout his fiddling while Rome was
liumlns?"
"A pure misconception. He was nn netlvo
member of the Applan IIoho Company, No.
1, and after they had got the lire under
control ho played for Homo tlmo on th
ruins."
Tim OI.D-T1MH CIIIMM3V.
Atlanta Constitution.
Theso here steam-bet bulldln's
Ain't n-sultln' me!
Want the ol'-tlme chimney,
With the sparks u-llyln' tree!
Tnters In tho Ofc'ies-
Klne ns line can lie;
Fire Jest u-tellln'
Tho old-tlmo tales to mo I
Want tho ol'-tlmo lire
Chimney Jest so wide
Fiim'ly lu the middle,
An room on either ldo!
KliMIn In tho roriier
Watchdog nn Hie ,',:
Gre.iHy griddle smoklii .
An' 'possum op " that!
Tike ver sleain hel hulldln's
Don'I lien- Or ver steam;
Want the V t""" ''"Imney
Whar' I love to dreamt
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