THE OA! AHA "OArLV BEE; TUESDAY, FEIVUTJATCY 27, TOOO.
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The Omaha Daily Bee.
E. JlOSEWATEK, Editor.
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O. H. TJCSCHUCIC,
Bec'y nnd Treas.
Hulncrlbed nnd sworn beforo mo this 1st
d..v of February, A. D. 1900.
(Seal) M. H. TrUNOATE.
Notary Public.
Tlie Hoers evidently made no mistake
vhen they Invested Cronje with a sen
oral's commission.
An International congress or cyclists
has Ix'cn In' session In Paris. It will
noon have to ,ivo way, however, to the
International association of automobile
operators.
Anyone who has any doubt whether
Porto Weo Is inside of the United
States or outside of the United States
Is Invited to read through a few vol
umes of the Congressional Itccord nnd
enlighten himself.
The three popocratlc do-nothings who
constitute the State Hoard of Transpor
tation breath easier now since the rail
roads Jiave generously transferred the
rate controversy from their Jurisdiction
to the United States court.
When "W. J. Qonnell was. made city
attorney under William J. Hrouteh the
World-Herald had only kindly words
for him. Since he has been continued In
ollice under Mayor Moores he has sud
denly become a bold, bad man.
In the municipal campaign in which
the local democratic organ was opposing
tho democratic candidate, denouncing
him as a mossbai-k, it wound up its edi
torials dally "and Charles 11. Hrown
never did anything at all." What has
Mr. Poppleton done?
The United States still holds the rec
ord for the quick transaction of war
business Itt Its recent armed conflict
with Spain. Tills, too, notwithstanding
tdl the complaints by political soreheads
accusing the government of Inaction
and dilatory proceedings.
And now we are told that If Mayor
Moores Is re-elected City Attorney Con
ncll will be the real mayor. Yesterday
Mavor Moores' re-election meant tho
Installation of Tom Dennlson as mayor
Last week Mayor Moores' retention
meant Hosewater as mayor. Who next?
The worst sell-out of the present cam
paign was that which sold out Harry
P. Deuel after he had been agreed upon
for the fusion nomination for city treas
urer and dumped this time-honored
democrat In favor of an unknown who
never ltcforo saw the insldo of a con
vention. T.liicoln-duy popocratlc orators try to
make out' that Lincoln opposed every
thing for which modern republicanism
stands. As forecasters of what Lincoln
would do these- second-sight political
mlntl-readers thluk; they are safe be
cause the -piar'tyroih president is not
alive to contradict them.
The railroads are moving toward the
adoption of uniform "boxcars, which re
minds us that nothing has hern-done ''t
by the great antl-mouopoly reform at
torney general of. S'cbraskn. to enforce
the .penalties of the law requiring rail
roads in l his statu to equip all rolling
stotjk with automatic couplers.
Another call ls out for the Transmls
sisslppl congress, which Is this year to
meet at Houston, Tex., In April. The
fulminatory work of the Transmissls
sippl congress, however, was seen In
the Transinlsslsslppl Imposition lit
Omaha, which proved to be a capstone
most undreamed of by those who gave
It its inlilul Impetus through the resolu
tion adopted by the congress calling on
the trausmlKslsslppl stat.es to participate
In the great fair to be held ln this city,
Objection is made to tho fact that
there aro nearly I'.) saloons in the city
of Omaha- In spite of tho thousand-dollar
license which each Is required to pay.
As a mattor.pf t'uer, however, the num
her of saloouk. lu Oinaha Is less In pro
portion to the'up'pulntlon at the present
lime than It has ctyr been, and wo be
lieve it is less proportionately than that
of any other city of Omaha's size and
pretensions. The Anti-Saloon league can
llnd a much better Held to work than
Oinaha without hunting far. x
the Tiro conventions.
The rotinbllran national convention
will meet on Juno II In Philadelphia
nml Hit; democratic convention nt Knn
hiis City on July 1. There Is already
outlined the action of these two conven
tions. The presidential candidates nro
nh.solutely certain. President MeKlnley
will he renonilniited by the national re
Iul)lleun convention. That Is a fore
gone conclusion. Who will occupy the
second place on the ticket Is a question
which Is yet to he determined and which
oiiKht to he left entirely to the Judgment
of the convention. It would he unfor
tunate to allow this matter to be de
cided by any clique of politicians in
advance of the uicetlufc of the conven
tion and wo do not believe that this
will be permitted. The present Indica
tions are that the national convention
will be allowed to select the second man
on the ticket without any dictation from
the national committee or any other
source.
The democratic convention will re
nominate Bryan and will reatllrm the
Chicago platform, with additional planks
growing out of the new conditions. This
means that to till Intents and purposes
the contest of 1M)0 will be repeated in
ItHKJ. The question of who will occupy
the second place on the national tickets
Is really not a matter of any great Im
portance. As now Indicated each of
these places will probably be occupied
by eastern men, perhaps by men from
the state of New York. The fact Is
recognized by 5oth parties that the
Kinplre state Is pivotal and yet It
Is not absolutely necessary that either
party should draw Its candidate for the
vice presidency from New York. The
republican party did not need a candi
date from New York In lS'.ltl -tnd it car
ried that statu by an euormous pin
rail t j. Why should It need a candidate
from New York now, when the Issues
will he practically the same as they
were some three years ago?
So fan as the democrats are
concerned, whom they select as
a vice presidential candidate is a
matter of no consequence. The
wholo work and character of the cam
palgn will devolve ujion the man who
receives the nomination for president
and everybody knows who that will be.
There is not an Intelligent voter who
tloes not understand now that W. .1.
Itryan Is to be the next candidate for
president of all the opposition to the
republican party. And with ills re-
nomination goes necessarily tho reaf-
tlrmatlon of the Chicago platform.
On the other hand the republican con
vention at Philadelphia Insures the re-
nomination of William MeKlnley and
the reaflirniatlon of those principles ami
policies which have made the nation
amouK the first In tho great powers
of the world. The people will study
diligently the divergent Issues which are
thus presented and we cannot have any
doubt that the weight of opinion will
be with those who think that the ad
vantages are with the policies of the
.party that has contributed to the gen
eral welfare and promoted the general
prosperity of the country.
A CONSERVATIVE VOtACY DEMANDED,
The small livestock owners of west
ern Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming and
other grazing states, alive to their In
terests, are organizing to present their
claims to congress when It takes up
the proposed measure for disposing of
tho arid lands classed as gra.lng. The
National Livestock convention at its
last meotlug outlined u measure, which
will be submitted to congress. This
can be taken as representing the wishes
of the big cattle owners and so far as
their interests aro concerned would un
doubtedly be a good measure. The
owners of small herds, however, look
upon It n.s tending to give the larger
operators exclusive control, and conse
quently demand some changes.
The key to the wholo range situation
Is the control of the water supply. The
man or company which owns or con
trols the water can monopolize the
grazing of thousnnds of acres without
the necessity of acquiring title In tho
land. Any measure, therefore, which
does not leave access to water open
equally free to all practically turns large
regions over to one man or at most to a
few. For this reason the small stock
owners Insist that title to the small por
tion of thu laud which contains water
holes or running streams should remain
with the government, or such restric
tions thrown nround It If title passes
to private parties, that it cannot be
monopolized.
It Is Important not only to tho sec
tions classed as grazing, but also to all
the country, and particularly to the
great corn belt, that tho range
country shall be utilized to the limit.
Already a shortage of cattle Is felt
lu th! increased price of beef to tho
consumer and the dllllculty In securing
feeders by the corn-rnlsers. This short
age can be supplied only from the range
country and to do It every lilt of range
must be utilized In the future. Any
scheme of disposing of the vast stretches
of government land lu tho range coun
try which allows It to pass Into the
hands of a few large owners will only
aggravate the situation. With the source
of supply lu their hands the temptation
to make large prolits with the minimum
number of cattle might be too great
to resist. The small stockralser, with
his ambition to increase his holdings,
is the hope of the future. The big
ones can ami will take care of them
selves. There Is a market at fair prices
for every head which tlio country can
produce a nil leaving the coast clear to
the small owner to expand will In time
bring the country up to Its maximum
production aud the consumer as well us
the producer will be benelltod.
Congress In dealing with this question
should exercise great care. The big
cattle companies, with hundreds of thou
sands of dollars Invested, are entitled to
consideration, Their vested rights
should be protected and they should
have the opportunity to expand If they
wish, but tho history of tho range
country Is n warning that It will not
bo safe to place tho outlro control of tho
situation In their hands. They have
never been slow to crush out competition
by any means wQilch would drive the
solution Is for the strong hand of the j
LMivni'iilnnnt to rntnln cnntiol nml inele '
out jusuct 10 nil. .
el c.i.Wf'.t'.A nt- nnr.i.WiiTiu.y.
instead of waging a campaign of
education on municipal ownership
iKil owuershli
nnd other Issues In which the
taxpayers are Inteio-dcd, the mon
grel parly, for which the AV01I1I-
llerald Is chief mouthpiece, ls waging a
campaign of disgusting defamation.
Nothing Is tiMi vile and nothing too low
for the hlaekwasli brigade In their des
peration to get control of the patronage
of the city government. The vlals of
Marnier and vituperation are poured out
from day to day under the hypocritical
plea of public morality, while the perti
nent points raised with regard to Mr.
I'oppleton's plan of buying in the water
works are studiously Ignored.
People living outside of Omaha ami
those who have recently located here
are made to believe that Sodom and
Oomorrali were saintly cilles In compari
son with Omaha and that a carnival of
crime, licentiousness and vice permeates
every section of the city. Tills picture
of horrors Is all designed for the con
sumption of the church-going element of
the community In order to convince
them that unless Poppleton Is elected
mayor the city will 'o ftoni bad to
worse and become untenable for honest
and decent people.
Not a word Is said, however, of the
vlclous elements that control the denio-
era tie machine and dictate ihe action of
every man who gels Into ollice by lis
assistance. And when utlciitkm is called
to the fact that the most rotten state
of affairs Omaha Tins ever -witnessed
was during the lawless reign of the
popocratlc Herdman - Peabody police
board, under which the gang sold police
protection to professional thieves, dive
keepers, gamblers and other lawbreak
ers, which practices weie broken up un
der Mayor Moores, the organ of bogus
reform keeps as still as a mouse. 'If
the true Inwardness of this campaign of
defamation were disclosed It would ex
pose a plot to reinstate the old gang in
power ami reopen the Held of Its hold-up
oc rations.
Fortunately tho great majority of the
people of Omaha are not to lie duped by
such disreputable tactics. They know
that the stream never rises above its
source and that Mr. Poppleton, what
ever may be his professions, would have
to act with the gang that ls trying to
put him into the mayor's ollice.
THE TAX COMMISSION Kit.
The republicans have renominated foe
the ollice of tax commissioner the pres
ent incumbent, Fred J. Sackett. When
Mr. Sackett took this ollice three years
ago it had Just been created under tlio
new charter and was largely in the na
ture of an experiment. Owing to the
limitations of the law, particularly that
which excludes railroad property from
the Jurisdiction of the local assessors, all
the desired reforms have not material
ized, but the consensus of opinion is that
a great Improvement has been wrought.
There Is no question on any sitle as to
the ability and competency of Tax Com
missioner Sackett for this work, while
his opponent on the fusion ticket is a
man entirely untried nnd whose training
has been in lines which would hardly
tit him for these exacting duties. It is
safe to say that tho new ollice Into
which Tax Commissioner Sackett
stepped three years ago could not have
been organized so well and so econom
Icallv bv any one less familiar with the
conditions of Omaha realty.
We feel sure that taxpayers nnd cltl
zens generally will conserve! their own
best Interests by keeping Mr. Sackett
lu tills otllco another term.
From every section of Nebraska come
reports that land Is changing hands to it
greater extent than for a number of
years. A large portion of the sales aro
roimrtoil to be those of loan companies
and others forced to take the laud under
foreclosure proceedings during the hard
times. These lands are being largely
purchased by people from older states,
who pav cash for them In part and
bring with them a determination to
lmiiii iinmes for themselves. This In
maiiv counties results In a showing of
nn Increase in the mortgage Indebted
ness. but the reports of loan agents and
the surplus of loanable funds are evi
dence that the farmers are not borrow
ing money. These new settlers will
add to the productive capacity of the
state, for lu a large measure tho fore
closed lands have been lying idle.
braska has now started on another era
of growth and with good crops and re
publican times there ls no reason why
it should not go forward more rapidly
than ever before in its history.
The Norfolk shippers who havo In
vain sought relief from burdensome
railroad tolls through the State Hoan
of Transportation are now to have a
healing before the Interstate Commerce
commission. If they can make out their
case before that tribunal they have a
chance to secure relief, but they have
learned that It is fruitless to expect
anything out of the reform state rail
road commissioners that is not agree
able to the railroads.
Young Mr. Foppleton allowed his tianio
to be advertised as the leading card for
two Sunday political meetings held In
beer hull annexes aud then for fear of
shocking his silk slocking friends failed
to till the engagements. If both sides do
not see through this piece of demagogy
It will be because they want to shut
their eyes.
When the populist national conven
tion meets, should tho approved Ne
braska fashion be followed, It would be
In order to appoint a conference com
mittee and adjourn until after Uie demo
crats have opened their uutloual couveu-
small lioimnpf mini tlio raiiKo. nu'y ir iimhuht pimumu iun . , """ m uui im uii milium funoiK, .n -on routm necessary to adopt aotuo legislation
have fought what they ten,, encroach- Jo whli '' irT" TSZiXl ffiffirt and ZZ iVSU. leR,v
- imm ti.. ., ...oh .it. lfiitii in tim ftitiMii nr rr i n u nt rump rnrn ninn.iirnN rrnm .
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Minn. A place on tlio conference com-
mlttee then would Insure each member
one of the best appointive Jobs under
"'i' experience of recent fusion eonven-
tlollS
4 iwnniiiai it.iner rciiils tlio riot net to
--I I l"l -
Senator (iornian for saying that while
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1"' I opposed to Colonel I ryan and U-o
PrliiclnloM he represents he wo I ;
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support him for president If nominated. ;
1'or this (iornian Is denounced as "a
dangerous character on a level with an
anarchist nnd a traitor to his country
who should be driven out of decent so
ciety because there Is no manner of
principle In him." Hut why select Mr.
Commit out from among so many other
"dangerous" supporters of Colonel
Hrynn?
The so-called Flour trust, incorporated
as the United States Milling company,
lias collapsed and Is In the hands or
receivers. The United States courts,
through their receivers, have operated
railroads and insurance companies, nnd
why shouldn't they be able to run tho
business of a trust until other arrange
ments are made?
nlxpln- or Ailnm-ind.
Kansas City Journal.
With tho Russian bear nosing round tho
gates of Herat It will probably puzzle the
llrltlsh lion to find u disentangled paw with
which to udmlnlster a timely rebuke to
Adam-zad.
Settling l'aiiilly linreroiire ill Home.
New York Mull and Kxpress.
Senator Hoar Is earnestly oppceod to tho
Philippine policy of tho administration, but
ho flatly refuses to co outsldo of the repub-
Hcnn party to light it. He doesn't believe In
iui nil I) a nousc uown as a nicuna 01 gemus
rid of a leaky roof.
I'oiiIm mill Their Money.
Globe-Democrat.
That Brooklyn financier who agreed to pay
Interest nt tho rato of G20 per cent a year
admits that ho had the names of 17,000 de
positors on his books when ho put up tho
shutters. Centuries como and go, but hit-
mnn credulity maintains a steady average,
.Sirt'inl II Over llotli Sirica.
St. Louis Republic.
Tho question discussed by the butter-
makers' convention nt Lincoln, "What Aro
Mottles nnd Are They the fault of tho
Iluttermaker?" seems to offer as open a field
as tho speech of the little girl, "I'm glad I
don't llko oysters, Tjecauso If I liked 'cm I'd
eat 'em, and I bate 'om."
C'liiiK-ntloii Auction.
Indianapolis Journal.
The modern custom of knocking down
national conventions to tho highest bidder
must wear outf soon. Tho prices paid ln
recent yenrs havo been out of all reason.
Somo cities havo already ceased bidding, nnd
all will when It ls found that tho conventions
cost moro thnn they aro worth.
Ciml nml llt-veiiuc of tlio Cnnnl.
Philadelphia Record.
If tho co3t of constructing tho proposed
Nicaragua canal should not exceed the esti
mate of $140,000,000 not lean than $7,000,000
per year would bo required to provide for
Interest nnd maintenance. No estimate of
probable revenue from the canal suffices to
cover these fixed charges. Should the canal
bo mado free for tho passago of American
vessels the practicable levy of tolls from the
passage of forclgri' ships would hardly afford
revenue enough to cover mero operative ex
penses.
DhiilnlNliliitr Ihe ('(ml .Supply.
Philadelphia ledger.
American anthracite coal Is going to Ger
many nnd tho manufacturers of that country,
who nro suffering from a fuel famine, wel
come It heartily, while tho government
scientists havo not, as yet, discovered ln It
n y Injurious microbes that would warrant
Uh exclusion. It would bo something for
this country to rejoice over, as the begin
ning of a new export Industry, If we wero
not ln so much dnnger of a fuel famine our
fclves. Coal dealers say the trouble now Is
not to sell coal, but to get the coal to soli.
Ili-lliiln'M t nfrlciiilty Ant.
Detroit Journal.
If tho censor of Groat Drltnln t Durban
undertakes, as that government says he mny,
to pass on and withhold cables nt to rep
resentatives of tho different nations at Pre
toria, he can easily knock In the htad a deal
of good feeling existing between Unole Sam
and John null. Wo should not submit to it
for a moment, let other natlonu do aB they
will. It Is not to 'bo assumed by tho govern
ment of Great Ilrllaln that our ofnclnlB will
be used to bear message to tho Boers or In
any way to disturb our neutral position. If
such nn assumption Is made by refusing to
forward official telcgramti from or to tho
Stato department at Washington It should
bo ngalnst our protest, mado in terms that
admit of no misunderstanding. A moro un
friendly act could hardly be. conceived whero
provocation Is wholly lacking.
CUItlOl'S l'KNSlOX 1111,1,.
.lorry SIiiiiinoii'n Siioi'i-mmr Slnrla
Vi'iv I'ncr for IViihIoiik.
(Philadelphia. Lodger.
Houso bill No. 6811, Introduced by Mr.
Ilowersoclt, granting a pension to Charles
15. Jones of Pnola, Kan.. Is a fino example
of tho shamelessness which now prevails In
congress ln urging pensions. Tho bill,
which Is a curiosity, la worth quoting ln
full:
"Ho It enacted by tho senate nnd house
of representatives of the United States of
America In congress assembled, that th
secretary of tho Interior be nnd Is hereby
authorized and directed to placo on the
pension roll, subject to tho provisions and
limitations of tho pension laws, tho namo
of Charles 12. Jones, lato photographer for
tho Eleventh Pennsylvania Cavalry volun
teers, said pension to bo nt tho rato of $30
per month."
Mr. Howcrfock should be mado to explain
this bill. Congressmen havo now got to
log-rolling with tho roll of honor in a
sulllcicntly scandalous manner, as ls welt
known. A number of them will voto for
unworthy schemes, provided their partlcu
lar schemes llkowlso recoive favor. Tho
practlco ls common enough, but this bill
has a worso appearanco than even log-roll
Ing. Thero was uo Eleventh Pennsylvania
cavalry In tho Spanish war, nor Is thcro
any now In service. In Hates' "Hltitory of
Pennsylvania Soldiers In the Civil War,"
which was complied from tho official rec
ords nt Harrlsburg, and Is considered
authentic, the, namo of Charles K. Jones
docs not appear as ever having had any
connection with tho Eleventh Pennsylvania
cavalry In the War of tho Hebolllon.
There was a Jones In nearly every com
pany, but no Charles E. Jones. Charles
H. Jones, It seems, Is a myth as far as the
history of tho Eleventh Pennsylvania cav
alry Is concerned, ns It falls to record his
exploits, and, as tho regiments in those
days wero not In tho habit of hiring om
clal photographers, thu onico of "photo
grapher for tho Eleventh Pennsylvania Cav
airy volunteers" looks like tho creation of
a disordered brain. Congressmen aro
ready to voto for anything In prying open
tho treasury, but wo think that this bill
Is mystifying enough to call for Inquiry,
and wo commend It to tho attention of tho
Pension oOlco for luvontleatloo.
tiiij i" "' "'" "
vLrii.li nt tin. I.imiiIit ii f I lie liner
.rin nt Pntmiciiri-Hr.
shadow." Their determination to flsht to
( tho death Ih mado clear by the manner In 1
uicu wn.11 nun. in uii'inutiiiiiiuK uuuiui'ii, ,
urn Kent at 11 safo distance, nnd the fnlluro
- - - - '
of tho Ilrltlsh to bag the game as early I
nt nromlsed
""JS cionjo Is just the
a llRhl t a ,, ,lo ls n
uo man to conduct
"n " ' " rt" ' ,
flSht0r. blunt nnd to tho point, with the '
n mntm-nhil-rt'.Kltf
craft of a hunter, nnd utter fearlessness In
action. no is a moro representative noer mo legislature.
than General Joubcrt. Joubert Is a won- Holdrege Citizen (rep.) : That a campaign
derful tactician and organizer. Cinnje ' (q approaching Is seoit by tho activity ills
equnliy clover as a tactician, hut Is re- 1 ,,,tyoil bv the Stale Board ot Transportation,
markably secretive, talks very little, but ; whlrh has been lying dormant till n few
when tho oportunlty presents Itself he ' weeks ago. Somo nro fearful that If the
acts with tho swiftness of lightning. Uo board continues to glvo hearings on the
Is 11 Boldler nnd nothing clto. Ho hates freight rate question there would be dan
form. Ho hates politics, though a born ger ot Its becoming somewhat Informed on
leader of men. He was strongly urged to this freight rale question that has agitated
oppose Krugcr for the presidency In 1S9S, tho people. If not tho board.
but ho would not. Ho will havo nono of
utiy rule but thnt of the tide. Ho despises
clt l(i.-i. He Is n man of the veldt.
Tho most descriptive picture of Cronjo Is
from tho pen of Douglas Story, the editor
of tho lato Hocr newspaper, the Standard ,
and Diggers' News. It was published lu tin) uho wnnts a position. Wo cannot sec, for
London Dally Mall of October 30, and thu . tho life cf us. why Mr. Porter wants to go to
following Is nn extract: j Washington there ls no placo thuro to keep
"Wily and farseclng ns Is Plot Joubcrt, no bogs,
man of thom all can handle troops In the Wahoo Now Kra (pop.): No cut or dried
field as Cronje. He has the eye of a hawk 1 or j,rPpared slates will ro down In the state
for position, the noso of a Jackal for signs , convention of tho populist party, or bo
of we.ikncFB In tho enemy. Ills maneuvering ratllled. This tlrao tho people tho rank and
of Jameson was that of an Oliver Crom- ! file propose to be heard, for friends of
well. I candidates to be prowling about netting up
"Cronjo wns commander at Potchcf- ! tho plus for their favorites will only preju
stroom. seventy miles to the south of Km- i dire their cause. Chronic otllco seekers must
gorsdorn. when Jameson crossed the border, i tnko a back seat this time. There is plenty
He co-operated with Mnliln nnd Potgelter,
but tho conduct of tho fight lay with tho
cool heod of Cronje.
"I rodo out to the scene of Jnmeson's de
feat somo time after the battle, and realized
how much of tho hunter there Is stilt In tho Hlonnl boom. It is a cold day, Indeed, that
Door fighting mnn. No mero soldier would ' porter ls not In search of something In the
havo herded his enemy so patiently Into ajrsny of ollice. His record In tho legislature
position as did Cronje into the fatal corral
at Doorukop.
"All through the night succeeding Jame
son's attack on Krugcrsdorp Cronjo kept
wnrlly hustling his enemy Into tho placo ot
death. Tho bravo, foodleFa troopers, heavy
with sleep, wero driven llko sheep Into
shambles.
"When tho morning broke, to tho right
to tho left nnd In front of them Hocr ' gresslonal district contains moro domocnits,
marksmen kept their rllles trained upon , population considered, than any other dls
.uX v.Mi thor vni none, llut.trlct In tho state and naturally tho demo-
tho hattlo was won ln the night hours,
while Jameson wus helplessly blundering
on In front of his remorseless enemy.
Cronjo could afford to wait until the troop
ers camo within 100 yards beforo ho gave
the mercy Mow.
"And yet thero was a tlmo In tho dark
ness when Jameson almost escaped from
IUU ltuut.-i. -
his hunters. Cronjo's son was badly
wounded in the early skirmish, for the
moment the father's instinct overcame the
general's discretion. Ho boro his boy hack
o Krugcrsdorp and left him with nr. vn
oen there. It was a father's act and ono
strangely unllko tho rough fanner's ex
terior of tho man who mastered Sir John
Wllloughby.
"Tho lesson learned that pitiful night
dictated Cronje's courteous assurance to
tho defender of Mafcklng that tho Red Cross
was safo from htm and his.
"Whllo Cronjo was gone somebody blun
dered and the troopers In their blindness
ery nearly wandered round the flank of
the -beaters Into safety. But It was not to
be, and long ero daylight Cronjo was back
to repair damage and arrange his final
battle.
"That drizzly, misty night mado Cronje
a war god among tho Hoers.
And yet these stolid veldt men give little
demonstration of their admlrntlon. The
Hoers 'aro not a grateful nation as the
Americans with their Dewey or we British
with our Kitchener are grateful. Days
after tho battlo 1 saw Cronjo riding heavily
down tho Kerk staat In Pretoria, a heavy,
big-boned peasant upon a shaggy pony.
No man touched his hat to him, fow ac
costed him.
And yet it is significant that Cronje,
among tho Hoers, Is always known as 'Com-
mandnnt Cronje.' JThero is a rude, dignity
about the man that compels so much of re-
spoct. Othor men aro known by their
Christian names, 'Slim Piet' Joubert, 'Oom
Chrlstlon' Joubert, 'Oom Jan' Hofmeyer
occasionally, but rarely nowadays, 'Oom
Paul' Kruger. In a place apart stands
Commandant' Cronje.
"So far as my memory carries, Cronje
-was not even specifically thanked by the
Volksraad for his groat services to the
stato nt Doornkop. He wns n burgher: It
was his duty to repel the Invader; ho re
pelled him and thore th matter rostcd.
"Thoy would hnvo censured him had he
failed; they refrained from comment when
ho succeeded.
"Cronje, riding back to Pretoria, had no
guard of honor to receive him, no great
civic function to fete him, no sword of
honor to adorn him. Ho was plain Peasant
Cronje, returning, heavy-hearted, from his
wounded son's pallet In Krugcrsdorp ho3
pltal, somewhat weary In tho bones' from
thoso long hours In tho steaming saddle,
nowlso elated, nowlso altered from his
every-day demeanor.
"Slnco then Cronjo has received n seat In
the executive council nnd ls now n person
ngo with a substantial state salary,, but tho
man ls no way changed. Ho was thought
to bn a supporter ot tho president's when
ho Joined tho executive council, but neither
Krugcr nor Joubert has found him amen
able. He Is not of the race that makes the
party man.
"Hs ls as Indlvldunl as Krtiger, strong In
tho faith ot his own generalship as Jou
bcrt." l'HIISO.VAI, IMMNTI3IIS.
It appears to strike somo parts of the
country that Mr. Mncruin's chief claim to
distinction Is that ho Is an Ohio man out of
a Job.
Next to France tho United Slates will
occupy tho most spaco nt tho Paris exposi
tion. Well. It ought to. It tins morn to
occupy It with.
William H. Hradbury, tho millionaire hotel
owner of San Frnncisro, umuses himself for
nn hour or more every day by running the
olovator In his hotel.
The Daughters of the Revolution aro mak
ing progress. Thoy have reached a point
whero they agree that a scrgeant-at-arms Is
uecdod to mnlntaln order.
Abraham Mcddlcsworth. a Chicago mil
llonalro, has given one of Ills country places,
near Shelbyvllle. III., to tho Chicago Chll.
drcn's Aid society aH a homo for waifs.
It required fifty-two pngps of tho Mlnne
npollo Journal to detail tho number of prop
orty owoors ln Minneapolis, city nnd county,
who failed to call at tho tax ofllco nnd put
up last year.
In opening his campaign for tho vice
presidential nomination, ln a speech In De
trolt. Lieutenant Governor Woodruff of New
York appeared without any of tho fancy
vests thnt have made him noro famous In
a ccrtnln lino than he cares to be.
A New York legislator has Introduced a
bill to class hatpins with 'dangerous
weapons" in tho meaning of tho law. He
has submitted statistics from tho pollco rec
nrds showing that In thu hands nt a virago
tbo hatpin Is mlghtlt-r than thu snord.
(JI'V ritOM THK l-'tsiOM Clinitti.
Pnplllloo Times (dem.): Tho Aurora Suns
"roll of honor." bclnR a list of state oltlccrs
win make correction accordingly.
(Ira(l Ha,i Democrat: Wo nro extremely 1
c j,.i ln .lf). ., sentiment of numbers 01
lilt' iUBIUll lli:tSPHlim Ol .HIMiior.it in ..f
ptdtiditiR tho e.uulldaey of W. II. Thompson
! for tho t'nlted States senate. All "parties
concede that Allen should bo returned, and.
.1...... .i tlttf nil, rtnlltlrii
ro,.n .iiu iii'iiiui-i.iin mil i,f,i."t
to the other man, Oram! Island's "able and
fearless democrat" should bo the cholco of
Falls City Journal (rep.l: It scorns as
though the grand stand play Mr. Secretary
Porter Is making Is not working to his ad
vantage materially. The olllco should hunt
tho wan, theory Is n theory and not a
practlco with tho fuslonlst. and they go gun
nna for ofllcn Jimt llko any other mortal
of good material lu tho ranks of tho fusion
forces; glvo tho people time and they will
select tho right man.
Howell Journal (dem.); Secretary of
State Porter Is said to bo nursing a congres-
WHS not so onu, mil as Heerewiry ui
he ban come far from reflecting crodlt upon
tho reform forces nod could with ease havo
parsed as an old tlmo railroad republican.
If tho fusion forces are to remain in power
they must stop loading down their tickets
with men of Porter's stripe. So far as his
concessional "boom ls concerned It will
. . .... . . .. ., (n,n
never amount to anything. The Third con
- .
crats feel as thougu tney urc cuuuuu m '
congressman. John S. Hoblnson ls serving
his first term nnd is doing so well that all
feel that ho Is deserving a rcnoniinution.
(VN'elll Independent (pop.): Tho Ne-
hrnHka Independent Is not making frlondH
among tho pcoplo's party of Nebraska In
many of its utterances. It seoms to bo tho
favored mouthpiece of certain ouiciais wuu
aro pronounced nntl-monopollsts ln namo
only. Its attack on Edgar Howard In his
candidacy for state auditor wo believe, to be
rather uncalled for und not In harmony
with tho vlaws of that element of tho fusion
party who wish to place the reins of state
government In tho hands of men wno win
not accept fnvors or in any manner grant
favors to tho corporations of Nebraska to
tho detriment of their constituents nnd tho
party whose IntcrestB they nro pledged to
promote and protect. Admitting anu agn-e-Inc
that Howard's edltorinl policy has ottcn
bean injudicious, yot It can bo said to hla
crodlt that he has always stood squarely
for tho carrying out of party pledges to tho
lptter. and wo believe him to be a truo biuo
antl-monopollst in fact as well as in name
Niobrara Pioneer (rop.): Ily tho roporta
tho Omaha dallies havo of tho lato popo
cratlo national committer) meeting ln Lin
coln It Is clear that Hryau and Allen nro
hanging themselves in Nebraska. Even
during Uioso piping times of big republican
majorities In Nebraska, when such men as
Rosownter and his frlonds were crying tor
roforms nnd decency In politics, no moro
ridiculous actions were manifested than at
the populist sale to democracy Tuesday.
Tho true populists tho men who havo no
office and ask for none were driven from
tho mooting like so ninny rebels. Senator
Allen mny tldo over his high-handed rlng
llko tactics, but thero will surely oorao a,
tlmo when tho rank and flic of true popu
lism, honest In their belief, will turn tho
traitors down to a finish. Tho Pioneer has
a genulno sympathy for the man who Is re
fused a volco ln his own party, differ though
ho may from the wild majority, not a ma
jority of 'the actual portions, but rather a
majority of votes represented ny proxies
of which Senator Allen himself had several
from outsldn states.
Central City Nonpareil (rop.): Tho
present stato officers secured their positions
on tho antl-corporntlou cry, and tho cor-
lioratlons havo never had better friends than
theso samo olllclnls havo neon. iney
preached that a pass was a bribe, and when
elected gorged their pockets with passes as
their first "olllclal" acts. They howled for
lower frolght rates, lower telegraph, tele
phono nnd express charges, but ceased to
worry nbout these things when the people
elevated thrni Into ollice, and became tho
friends and beneficiaries of these- same cor
Krntlons, Instead of their relentless cno
mleo ns they wero during the campaign.
Tho tock yards reap tho samo golden
harvest as of yore; tho telegraph, express
and telephone companies continue to chnrgo
what they please, while tho railroads navo
raised their rates under this great reform
rolgn. Thoy have made a few grandstand
plays to deceive tho people, but have al
ways been careful to let the corporations
come out on top. Tho clamor of publlo In
dignation has reached them from time to
tlmo. Now tho supremo court Is theirs also,
but Instead of pushing tlio great reforms
they promised they havo blmply ceased their
pretensions at reform, and tho only apology
that can bo drawn from them Is tho plain
tive wall that they aro powerless to da
anything.
COST Ol'' I'll INT I'AI'HII.
I'ropiiNpil ('iinKrcNMlnniil Inquiry Into
tin- I'ulp I'iiiiiIiIik-,
lluffalo Ex;iress.
Tho Amerlcua Newspaper Publishers' as
sociation has adopted unanlnioiiHly a rr-solu
Hon asking congress to Investigate, through
n special committee, the conditions affecting
tho increase In the prlt-o of print paper, to
tho end that legislation uay bo enacted
which will give relief to the newspapers of
tho country. The resolution expresses tho
belief that tho whulc agitation against trusts
presents no moro concrnto example than that
ln reference to print paper. The newspaper,
It adds, is unlike most other forms of In
dustry in that It' sells at a fixed price nnd
has no neans of putting tho Im-reasod cost
upon tbo consumer. "In -niiuiy instniirei It
means tho completo confiscation of profits
and In many others creates an actual Iohk "
This, It seems to Tho Express, Is an en
tirely fair proposition and one to which con
gross should bo disponed to listen In the
spirit with which It Is presented. An increase
In Tho prlco fit print paper of from CO to
100 per cent occurring colncldently with the
stronger organization of tho paper-making
trado forms a situation which should bo
bettor understood. Tho triut question In
general has been Investigated by the In
dustrial commission, but what recommenda
tlons that body may mako to congress proba
bly will refer to ordinary manufacturing
Tho newspaper buslnobs, however, as tho
resolution uuya, ii subject to tbu pc-ullar )
'condition that it cannot conyonlently rain
or lower prices to correspond with tho cost
ot production. In uhleh hn nanrr n..i i.
uch nn important factor. It may, therefore,
oxchnllnc
ItiirllfMllrti ithmtitnlu
trom luturstaio corn
mcreo until It was shown that they were not
mak ne moro than a 4 tier rent nrnnt. Th..
i viuoillVit 4V fl L'OVil Ir III IU 111 t t,'Bl lilll", 1 1
jH certain congress will tako no deflntto
action which does not comiuoud Itself as
conservative and Just.
lll'TCII SIUHTA.VM AT HAY.
St. Louis Republic: Cronje Isn't as pretty
a name as Leonldas or Marco Hnzznrls, but
It promises to shlno -with equal glory In,
freedom's firmament.
Chicago Inter Ocean: Only at long Inter
vals in tho centuries does tho world receive
such lessons In human devotion to liberty
us that given It today by tho Hoers at
Paardcbsrg drift. When shall their glory
fade?
Hoston (llobc: Tho war seems to have
only Just begun. Whether Cronjo has been
reinforced by 10,000 men or not, it Is evi
dent that the stories of his being "In full
retreat," and similar ones, wero fabrications
thnt ho Is very much nllvo and will bn
heard from later. If mediation docs not In
tervene to cloto up tho war, It looks on
though It had as yet hardly begun.
Springfield Republican: The dcspcrat
fighting of the small army under Oenoral
Cronjo nt Paardoborg drift shows that the
retreat of that commander from Klmborloy
was an orderly nnd soldler-llko affair, and
thnt his men wero well held together tu
resist tho British ln pursuit. Tho great
efllclcney of tho modern rllle was again
demonstrated on Sunday and Monday lu tho
fnlluro of tho llrltlsh Infantry to carry thu
Uoer position by assault.
New York World: As llio dispatches of
tho past -two wcoks prove, tho strategists
of the republics wero not caught napplm;
by Roberts nnd Kitchener. Thorefore If tho
armies of tho republics aro dofented, If any
considerable part of Cronjo's force Is do
Btroycd or forced Into surrender, It will be
a signal llrltlsh victory, a heavy roverso for
tho republics. Hut It will not moan tho end
of tho war. It will only mean tho first real
defeat for tho eoldlers of the republics in
moro than four months ot vigorous cam
paigning. Now York Mall aud Express: Cronje's
responso to Lord Kitchener, "Wo will fight
to a finish," unquestionably typifies tho In
tenso spirit of tho Hoers, and tho determina
tion that voiced such u reply foreshadows
a fitrugglo so despcratei that it must In
evitably ho decisive. Roberts, by massing
his forces nnd relying, as Grant did, on
numbers rattier than tactics, has achieved
results, for ho has relieved Klmberley, put
Huller's army ncross the Tilgela and encir
cled Cronjo's 8,000 men with llrltlsh soldiers.
Hut Roberts has nlso learned tho lighting
qualities of tho Hocr, for tho list of dead
and wounded cabled to London Is appallingly
large. Krugor'a prophecy thnt England
would pay dearly for her victory ls belug
fulfilled.
MlillT AM) llltinilT.
Ilnrper's Haznr: Tho Waitress It looks
as If the now boarder Is going to stay.
Tho Mistress I noticed that he helped
himself twice to the prunes.
Detroit Kreo Press: "Hut If I fall?" snld
tho young man us ho started to nsk thu
girl's father for her.
"Well," shn replied promptly, "you can
mako an assignment, and I'll become your
assignee."
Indlnnntiolts Journal: "What makes you
so sleek und fat?" naked tho spaniel.
"Oil, I get lots of sleep," replied tho bull
pup. "I'm Jho watchdog, you know."
Brooklyn Life: Mrs. Qui Vivo Dear Mr.
Surplice, I eun't mako up my mind whnt
Lenten sncrlllco will bo thu most acccptnbln.
Mr. Surplice Ah! oil! well lenr madiim
stipposu you glvo up trying- to run thu
church.
Chicago Tribune: Tho ship had entered
tho Lesser Antilles.
Tho captain, who was a stickler for form,
turned casually to tho pilot.
"Puert your helm," ho said, "about two
points."
Chleni'o Post: "Why did your son be
come a soldier?"
"Merely to prcpnrn himself for a literary
career."
Harlem Life: liar Father Why do you
wish to mnrry him, Oraoo?
Grace Why, because he loves me.
Her Father But. do you love him?
Grace Why, I never thought of that. I
havo boon too much Interested In gutting
him to propose to havo tlmo to think of It.
Detroit I'Veo Press: Bho You don't mean
to say. mv dear, that you are getting an
other dictionary on tho Installment plan.
Why, you nro still paying for thruo.
Ho I know It. But those othor three nr
nil tho way from six months to a year be
hind the times.
Chicago Tribune: "What Is tbo morn ot
such a play?" asked Hie shocked Individual
who hml never sen nn Imported drama ot
thnt kind before.
"Tho moral," said tho hardened play
goer, shrugging bin shoulders, "Is this; The
worse it Is tho bettor It pays.
A STOIIV OK MANY STOIUKS.
Kansas City Star.
WhPii "Knighthood Wns In Klowcr"
And "When urnmimnmmn. wns ir-w,
When 'Tho Drenjners" wero "Tho Work
ers" And "Tho rcdngogues" wero too;
"David llarum" anil "Richard Carvel"
With "Mr. Dnoloy" wont to moot
"Agatha Webb" and "Those Dajo Girls'
Who live nt ".No. fi John Htrout."
Thoy took "That Fortune" to pay
To enter In "A Tent of Grace."
To see "Tho B.ittln of tho Strong"
Fought In "Tho Market Placo."
Thoy saw "Rupert, by the Grace of Gnd,"
"In Ills Steps" make "A Dash for a
Throne;"
They saw "Bob, son of Battlo,"
Slay him with his ".Strong Arm" alone,
Then tho "Children of tho Mist" Mucin
"Tho Fowler" with "A Double Thrid,"
For making their "Bird Neighbors
Ills Prisoners of Hopo" and droad.
After tho "Defender of tho Faith,"
"On thu Edge of the Empire of lords,
Caused "The .Martyrdom of an Lm press."
They left this "Garden of tho Swords;"
Before "Tho Cruise of the Cachalot,"
"In Vain." "Fr-m Ka tp hen,
And before the "Myth and Romance
"Concerning Isabel i nrnnby.
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