THE O:IATIA DAIJLiY I3ETC: FRIDAY. MA1UTL n, liimi. The Year 1900 is a Presidential Campaign Year The battle royal for the control of the national government will be started by the great political parties with their nom inating conventions in June, but the political forces are al ready being marshaled in opposing lines. Prepare for the Coming Battle of the Ballots Every patriotic citizen owes it as a duty to his country to keep himself fully abreast, of all the movements in this great contest and to inform himself on the vital questions of pub lic importance at issue betw7een the contending parties. TllC aS oreraost exPonent f its Party principles in this section of the country will furnish the most accurate, comprehensive, prompt and complete news of skirmishes, forays and battles of the political campaign of 1900. It will cover the political conventions, great and small, with uncolored reports of all that happens at them, It will give side lights on the men and measures before the people that will enable them to do their duty as citizens intelligently instead of in ignorance. The Omaha Bee J&. Ij 8ix months. SUtlday $2.00 a year. . Wpklrl r (55 cents a year TV CCIVlj ton weeks' trial for 10 cents. S $ $ $ S 0 S- Populists are threatened with a compulsory choice between the republican and democratic presidential tickets. The Bee will show them why it is to their advantage to prove their loy alty to their country by supporting republican rather than democratic candidates. Republicans t will find in The Bee an enlightened organ of the republican party. Its editorial page will discuss fearlessly and logically the issues presented in the republican national platform and uphold the ban ner of the republican standard bearers chosen by the republican national convention. In the field of state politics The Bee will be. an exponent of j honesty and economy in state government and j expose and oppose sham reform no matter where i or by whom it is practiced. The Omaha Bee T Chcprihp Tor it now lor Ulo im- JL - - SClld it to your friends and neighbors. TTtck Hiof effective republican cam JL He in.ua I paign orator. s---$-S--S-- Democrats who want to have both sides of the question can get no better exposi- I tion of republican doctrines than T contained in The Bee from day to day and week to week. Always treat ing its opponents fairly, The Bee will in its news columns give the news of all parties. Republicans can serve their party no better than to secure subscribers to The Bee. A copy of The Weekly Bee is a weekly argument at the fireside in favor of republicanism. Remember the Presidential Campaign of 1900 is Upon Us Subscribe for The Bee Now. Subscriptions and Remittances to The Bee Publishing Co., Omaha, Neb.