THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: JtOSDAT, MATCOJI 20, 1000. The Omaiia Daily Bee. K. ItOSEWATEH, Editor. Pt'IJUSllED EVEitV MOItNINQ. TKitMfi op amigcuiiTioN. bally lleo (without Hunduy), Ono Ycar.W.W pally Ueo and Sunday, One Year 8.00 uusirated lice, ono Year Sunday Ilea, Ono Year Saturday Hoe, One Year Weekly lite, Ono Year, J.00 l.W 6i I OFFICES, j Omaha: The Ilea Hulldlng. . Bouth Omnhn: City Hall Uulldlnc, Twenty-fifth nnd N streets. Council llluffa! 10 Pearl street. I Chicago: 1610 Unity building. I (New York: Temple. Court. .Washington: 601 Fourteenth street, i COIIHESPONDENCE. . Communications rolatlnR to news nnd-edi-lorlal matter should he addressed: Omatia lite, Editorial Department. I BUSINESS LETTEitB. . Business letters and remittances should ho nddresscd: Tho lleo Publishing Com pany. Otnuha. I ItEMITTANCES. ' Itomlt hy draft, express ir postal order, payable to Tho lleo Publishing Company. Only Z-ccnt stamps accepted In payment or hiaJl accounts. Personal checks, except on Pmaha or Eastern exchanges, not nccepieu. THE IIEB I'UIiLIBHINO COMPANY. BTATKMtJ.XT OF ClTlCUIiATION. f ptalo of Nebraska, Douglas County. as.: Ororpn 11, Tzwihuck, secretary of The Hc J'ubllKhlng Company, being duly sworn, fcays that tho actual number of full and Evening and Hunday Hec. printed during Jhn month of February, 1000, was as fol lows 1 2fl,-l.-(0 2 U.'.IIHO 3 -i,n.v i UT.isr. 6 i!7,02(l 6 Ull, 111)0 7 U0.7IO H0.720 U1I.OIO 10 i!i,rtio -!7,ur, 32 , .i!i,r.i 2II,H20 H.., 20,530 15 SO.TBO 16 20,700 17 SO.H-IO IS , zil,nno , 20,010 , 2O,70 20,710 ZO.HIO 20.7H0 20,N.'I0 :io,:ior, 20,710 27,120 20,470 19 20 21, 22, 23, 24. 23, 26, 27, 23 Total 7ns,r,t)5 lsa unsold and returned copies.... 10,000 . Net total sales 7lH,r.Hf 1 Net dally average 20,738 GKOHOE II. TZSCIIUOK, ' , ... Sec'y and Troas. -Subscribed and sworn to before mo this Wth day of February. A. D. 1900. Notary Public Tho KiK'fitH of Oinnha .luHair tho next three years will continue to carry off Bouveulrs lu tho form of koyH to tho cny. 'A prize of $100,000 for tho conviction bf tho man who killed fiOI'hot nuphr tn bo powerful choukIi to draw out almost nny kind of testimony. Lord WolHPloy has now llxed tho tlnto tor tho iliiiil cessation of hostilities In South Africa at May in. Lord Wolseley s hocoinhiK mi adopt lu the moving up bf dates. An answer Is wanted to the question, Why should the taxpayers pay three times as much for feeding prisoners In tho county Jail as they do for feeding prlsouen In the city Jail 7 Wo are told that Omaha's auditorium Is still lu the embryo stairo. The embryo Binge, however, Is not tho kind of a Htage on which nn operatic or dramatic performance can be given. Dos MoIuoh Is to. have a now military post as a result of the combined efforts of tho republicans of Iowa In congress. It pays to send republican senators and congressmen to Washington, Mark It down that tho next legislative delegation from Douglas county must be pledged to tho olllco of clerk of the dis trict court on a salary and abolish the fco mill which Is regularly worked as a spring of political corruption. The South African war Is crippling tho Ostrich feather Industry, there bolug a dellclency, according to the best fig ures, of 40 per cent lu tho .supply. This ought to give a decided Impotua to tho California ostrich farm Industry. A degree of success haa at last crowned tho efforts of A. J. Gustln to fiocure concessions lu tho freight rates charged by tho railroads on shipments to Koarnoy. This Is another exemplifi cation of tho value of perseverance. 1'ope Leo expresses his sorrow at tho falluro of American overtures In tho Interest of peace between the Ilrltlsh and the Itoors. Ho has this consolation, however, that American mediation would be satlsfaclory It' nny mediation could be secured. Nebraska and Missouri will soon lock horns over a piece of land which seems to have been washed from one side of the Missouri river to the other. The Missouri river Is a rather unstable boundary line for the several states through which It meanders. Over $.r0,000,000 of the Ilrltlsh war bonds were subscribed for In this coun try, but only $.'1,000,000 Is to bo allotted to tho American purchasers. This does not look as If money wero senrce, as tho Hryanlles would have people be lieve, and tho gold standard Is still In effect. The lively competition for comtnls Blons as delegates from Nebraska to tho republican national convention, In spito of tho conceded renomlnatlon of Presi dent McKlnley, Indicates a conlldenco In republican success this fall which Urns not been manifest In this state for some time. Senator Allen has Introduced n resolu tion asking for Information as to sol diers' deaths lu the Philippines. If tho senator would address a letter to tho "War department ho would probably get his information without encumbering tho records of tho somite, but the samo amount of publicity would not attach to tho proceedings. Colonel llrynn's Nebraska friends nro denouncing ns bolters tho populists who look toward, Cincinnati for tho Inspira tion of their party, whllo Colonel Bryan's New York friends nro planning to send delegates to the Kansas City convention to contest the sent of any regularly elected delegates who do not subscribe to tho Chicago platform. Hut of course none of tho New York llryan ltes are 'bolters. VUMO ItlLAN TWADDLE. Tho popocratlc press must be very hard up for political capital when It has to fall back upon the Porto Itlcan mud dlo as Its chief stock In trade for In flaming Hie American mind against President McKlnley and his administra tion. A sample brick of the material out of which popular resentment Is to bo manufactured Is furnished In a Snu Juun letter to tho New York Herald which Is reproduced In Omaha under these startling headlines: "Porto UIco Dead Trade Paralyzed Kverywhere Throttled by the Iron Hand of Imperial ismVessels of Commerce Come In Lightly Laden and Move Out With Yet Smaller Cargoes Coffee, Sugar and Tobacco Industries Crushed and the People Are (lenornlly Depressed II til rl cane With Its Horrors Preferred lo the Present Uncertainty Following a Prom ise of Free Trade.". Anyone who. reads this terrible screed would naturally Imagine that the cause of all Porto Hlcan woes Is "tho Iron band of Imperialism." A careful perusal of the letter, how ever, completely disproves that assump tion. What It shows Is that the ruin of the coffee Industry, which constitutes tho largest source of revenue to the peo ple of the Island, Is duo lo the effects of tho disastrous hurricane that swept over tho Island Inst year. It Is admitted by the writer that mercantile houses and planters all agree that the early revival of production Is not possible. Tho con dition of the world's markets, which forbids (he expectation of higher pikes, and the four years which will bo neces sary before the ruined plantations can bo made productive, render It certain that capital Is going to ebb awny Horn cotTee growing, rather than How toward Increased production. Surely, "the Iron hand of Imperialism" Is not responsible for hurricanes, cyclones or earthquakes. Neither Is the prospective 15 per cent tariff the cause of distress of Porto Ulco's peasantry. Coffee has been on the free list In tho United States for many years. Another suggestive confession In an other part of the letter reads as follows: Hoisting tho flag 'has not onnbled the merchants In the United States to wrest this market from those la whoso hands It has been for generations. Tho notion that all tho customs ot Iatln commorco could bo Americanized by forcing the trade has had a severo Jolt. Tho Jolting Is likely to contlniio till tho American merchants learn that they must conform to existing condl Hons. It also transpltcs that the Porto Itlcan merchants are for the most part Scotch men, Englishmen, Germans and Span iards, who are still aliens and are not likely to become naturalized Americans. So nil this gieat outcry over the pros pect of u l.r per cent duty on sugar and tobacco exported to the states originates with a lot of foreign merchants tempo rarily engaged In business in Porto UIco, who want to Increase their profits but do not guarantee nny Increased earn ings for the wretched plantation labor ers working for 15 cents u day. Charging up tho distress In Porto Rico to the notion of congress on tho Porto Hlcan tariff bill Is as senseless as It would have been charging the distress of tho Nebraska drouth suf ferers to tho refusal of congress to enact a free coinage law at tho sacred ratio of 10 to 1. CONTHASTINO TUB PAItTIKH. " In nn address In Hoston a few days ago Secretary of tho Navy Long uskod what the democratic party has done In tho last four years to onlltlo It to the government and declared that It had done nothing. On the other hand, the republican party has faithfully carried out tho principles of the platform upon which It was restored to power. Tho tariff, said Mr. Long, has been wisely adjusted, revenue Ikib been ample, In dustrial Interests were never so pros perous, and labor was never so well rewarded. Tho question of the cur rency nnd the money standard has been settled and settled right, and tho whole country breathes with a sense of relief uud of content. It Is. true the democratic party Is not In power, but It stands today precisely where It did four years ago lu regard to nil the Issues of that time. It still adheres lo every doctrine and principle of the platform which the people then repudiated, "its leader aud assured candidate for the presidency this year Is as zealous lu his advocacy of the free colnnge of silver as ho has over been; ho Is still engaged In arrnylng class against class and in endeavoring to foster the spirit of sectionalism; he con tinues to appeal to popular passion and prejudice. The democratic party still stands for an economic policy that would halt American Industrial develop ment ami prove disastrous to American labor. It Is now, as It always has been, tho party of obstruction and reaction. As to tho now Issues, Its outcry against trusts Is accompanied by no practicable plan for remedying the evil, while lu regard to tho foreign policy of the na tion, It would, If wo may Judge It by tho course or some or Its representatives tn congress, abandon the traditional policy or our government and Involve) It In complications menacing to our peace nnd weiraro. It is tho duty or every citizen to care- fully aud Intelligently consider the char acter of the two parties, to study their principles aud praetlres. Tho unprece dented prosperity or tho country, tho high credit or the government and our great industrial and commercial prog- ress, are tho substantial testimony to tho wisdom and the soundness or re publican principles and policies. Tho application or these lirtcd tho country out 01 an almost unparalleled depres sion nnd gave It nn advance which has placed It first among tho Industrial countries or tho world. Thus bus the fallacy of democrntlo teaching been demonstrated, yet that party again comes forward and asks Intelligent American voters to accept Its false doctrines and give It control of the gov ernment. It Is Incoucelvablo that a ma jority of this peoplo will reverse the -erdIct of four years ago and place In power a party which Is as barren now of claim to confidence us It then was. 77 A; ISTHMIAN LAN Ah. The two members of the Isthmian Canal commission who have returned from the Investigation are of course very careful not to commit themselves la regard to routes, but some or their statements are Interesting. For lu stance, they admit that the alleged ob stacles to the Panama canal urged by the advocates of the Nicaragua route do not exist, and that the plans of the Panama company, which are being prosecuted with u good deal of activity, are entirely feasible. If this admission shall be Incorporated In tho report of the commission, us presumably It will, it cannot full to have a deckled In lluence upon public opinion and may create a good deal of sentiment against the Nicaragua project, unless over whelming reasons are presented favor able to the latter. Ono of the commissioners said of the Panama canal that lu the matter of an entrance It possessed a decided advan tage over the Nicaragua canal, In the fact that the entrance to the latter Is over shifting sands. Doubtless other advantages will be pointed out lu the report. It Is noteworthy, also, that there Is talk of a new circular route for Nlcarauga, which of tourso suggests a question as to the feasibility of tho proposed route. Indeed, It makes way for a doubt as to whether any route across Nicaragua Is feasible. Commissioner Noble said he thought the American people will want a route across the isthmus, "but the work of digging the canal on any route will take longer than anybody seems to think." He might have ndded that It will also cost a great deal more than oven tho highest estimate vet made. Tho notion that a canal can bo con structed for tho ninount provided In tho Hepburn bill Is, wo believe, far out or the way. The cost of the projected waterway would undoubtedly reach at least .?i.t)0,000,X)0. it Is probable there will bo no legislation on tho subject at the present session of congress and it is to be presumed the commission will have Its report ready for submission by the time of the meeting of the second session. AS TO AN AVUimUlUM. About twenty years ago a number ot public-spirited business men of Omaha subscribed ?1'J.-,0(K) for the erection of a great public hall and e.os!tion build ing. The structure was built on leased ground and, although centrally located, proved a lluancial failure. For a few years It served the purposes lor which It was Intended, but was later sub divided Into a theater, concert hall aud store rooms and was finally destroyed by lire. About ten years ago another draft on public generosity resulted In the erec tion of the Coliseum. The owners of that structure nfao had their trials and tribulations. While It has afforded Omaha an opportunity to indulge lu grand opera, national conventions, gala balls, bicycle races and skating carni vals, it is now utilized solely as a work shop and warehouse for Ak-Sar-Hen floats. A project that gave the greatest prom ise was the proposition for a combina tion auditorium and market house building on Jefferson square, for which $200,000 In bonds was voted by the peo ple nearly seven years ago, but never Issued because of an Injunction procured by chronic obstructionists who warrted the site kept us a posy gardeit. This plan contemplated a modern llreproof structure with a seating capacity from 8,000 to 10,000. With a market house attachment the building would have been self-sustaining and paid In terest on the bonds. Tho opportunity for a permanent au ditorium building or modern design for Omaha presented Itself when the Trans mlsslsslppl Exposition buildings wero designed. An Imposing nnd commodi ous structure was plnnned by the archi tects, but us a mutter of economy the managers over the protests of The Hoe decided to content themselves with a more shell that had neither the dimen sions nor the substantial material to Justify Its preservation. Since the close of tho exposition popu lar demand for an auditorium lias been renewed. Kansas City and Lincoln are pointed out as examines of what can bo done lu tho way of raising money by public subscription, but no tangible scheme has yet been presented for rais ing the money in Omaha. Tho Avell meaning peoplo now so enthusiastic do not seem to comprehend tho magnitude or the task or tho dllilcultles fo bo over come, llerore any plan can bo adopted the question or location and cost must be met. Omaha can pattern after Kan sas City, but not after Lincoln. Tho Lincoln structure Is not as servlcenblo as was Omaha's old exposition building and but llttlo bettor than was our Coll seum when It wns first built. Tho Kan sas City nudltorium cost uearly .$1150,000, exclusive of tho ground. Pnless koiuo public-spirited citizen or citizens donate the site It will require at least $:00,000 to give Omaha an auditorium commen surate with Its pretensions. Is It possible to raise the money V If so, well and good. If not, talk Is cheap, but will not build auditoriums. Tho agreement of tho Iowa delegation In congress to recommend Congressman Smith MePherson for tho vacancy on tho federal bench loft by the death of Judge Woolson will bo a signal for an other scramble for congress In tho Nintii Iowa district. It took a long battle of tho ballots lo nominate him the last time the fight was on and ho would havo had a ronomlnntlou without a contest. Omaha's bank clearings have onco moro gotten on the right sklu of tho ledger lu tho weekly clearing houso statement Last week It shows up with nn Increase of 5U.4 per cent, which li utipqualod by nny of tho larger cities In tho couutry. At the sumo tlmo the vol- time of clearances ought lo be greater uud would bo. ( all the banking bus iness was trnuaauted through tho clear ing house. - One or the pVipdrrntlc organs proresses wonderment beenhso some of the repub lican organs co.nU'nd thnt the Nebraska democrats hay.o swallowed the populists while- others Mpnlnre that the populists have swallowed he democrats. Perhaps the best analog Is that of the two snakes, each wJth, tho tall or tho other In Its mouth, antltach trying to swallow the other. "'ft- The campaign, In behalf of home In dustries will Hud Its most stubborn field not among the wage workers and mid dle classes, but among tho to-called so ciety lenders and high-up professional men, who do not think anything that can lie bought In Omaha Is good t'nough for them. The wage worker Is as a rule more loyal to his city than Is his em ployer. Omaha Hohemlans will celebrate the anniversary of the birth of Coinonlus. the great Hohemlan educator, who has already been honored by the naming after him of one of the public schools In tills city. Nowhere In America have the Hohemlans tn-en accorded greater recog union in educational lines and It Is pleasing to note that they appreciate It The chairman or tho so-called sller reputiiicatr national committee has Is sued a call for a national convention of his party. Falstaff's tales about his men In buckram afford the only parallel for this call of tho chairman of a parly without membership.' Company L In tho First Nebraska Na tlonnl Guards Is to be mustered Into service next week. The new Omaha Company L hns tho record of Its prede cessor to Instill Into It the abstract de votion to duty that will make It u model mllltlu organization. Kltnti't ItiiNli the Khun. Ilaltlmoro American. 'Hndjl Hassan Oliooll Khan refuses to tell tho name of hta ntifTpAftnr na mlnlatur frnm I'orsla to this government. Possibly, Hadji nassan unooii Khnn't. Ciouil Hun for tlie Money. Washington Post. Tho Hon. Champ Clark has mado a gen erous addition to tho scoro, and now credits tho sultan of Sulu with 300 wi vna. It IrnWn ns If tho democratic orators Intend to give the peoplo theirmoney'a worth this year. I.nrno Premium for CrooKn. Minneapolis Tribune. Tho offer of $100,000 reward for the mur derer of Ooebel , seems to havo aroused a rivalry among tb, .numerous cut-throats of Kentucky as to which ono can confess the oftenest nnd tho" strongest. The plot to fix responsibility for thy crime on the repub lican Btato otllclals, however, is not working out as smoothly lis If'mlght. iJndux'rlnl Activity. Itidliitia)oIls Journal. Tho fact that our exports exceeded our Imports by $31 .pAo.OOtf during tho month of February la evldfaico ,that our Industries are very active, thatt ouronatural wealth Is In creasing, and Ktiropc. having no more of our hond3 to pay off. trado balances, wo are making n balanco nbroad which will avert conditions under which gold might be called for. Kvt'i-iiNlrt- liillntloii IiitiM-nlinlitc. Huffalo Kxprcss. Ono of tho Influences working against tho taking out of tho maximum possible circula tion by national banks under tho new law la tho contlnumco of deposits of public funds with the banks, for whlcTi bonds arc held for security. Tim mnm . i scrutinized tho less appears tho probability, """" wibo secretary or tho treasurer, of on excessive Inflation. IViihiih Kxpcctutloiia. Cleveland Leador. Ito:ent vital statistics of American cltlee do not faor tha hopos of those who want to sea tho census of this year show a total population of at least 77,000,000 or 78,000 000 In tho United States, Tho birth rato hn net been high onough lately to Justify ex pectatioua of a very great Increase ulnce ISJO. It la best not to Joolc for moro than nbout 73.000,000 or 74.000,000 as tho final footing of thci coming conaUH. Invrntlvo skill or lYiitiiuKK,.r. New York Sun. IMoro patents worn Issued last year to ciuiis ui Connecticut than lo thoso of any other state. There was ono patent for every S15 Nutmegs. The Inventiveness of the Con necticut folks is familiar enough, but It Is rather surprising to find that Oklnboma elands fifth on tho list, following tho Dis trict of Columbia, Massachusetts and Ilhodo Island In that order. Now York, though seventh on the list. Is credited with nearly 4,000 patents, a larger number than was Issued to any other state. i'iu)TKrno. ok nui'osrroits. Itestrlctlonii uud SurcKuiiriN r iic Sr Cnrreney I, hum. Philadelphia Times. Under the now currency law tho Treasury department will hold government bonds for the redemption of ovcry dollar of now tank curroncy Issued. No posslblo expansion of ho currency under this law can get leyond tho certainty of redemption In gold, or its equivalent, to tho last dollar Issued. Tho particular merit of this provision Is that It provides for a safe expansion to meet tho growing needs t pf business, keeping tho nddltlonal currency on tho safest pos slblo basis. No1 noteholder can possibly lose a dollar by thp'Valluro of a bank or from any other cidsi. Tho multiplication of banks, especially In tho sparsely setHed'sectlons of tho coun try, will, however- Imposo n heavier task upon the bnnk examiners and rcqulro the most watchful atrhtlny In tho Interest of depositors. Scdondrels who want to stoal depositors' uianev. begin In a small woy..iw find rural nolgh- uoriioous n ravoHto field for their dis honest work. Tholi nvorago countrymun knows llttlo aboutl tanking mothods nnd Is apt to havo unbounded faith in local banking lnstltutlonhwhlch aro carried on with tho outwardii wmblanco. of doing n growing and proflth business. To pro tect this class of, dAPOSltors tho systom of national bank examination should be made as searching and efiwtlvn nn especial ottentlon shpuld bo given to t i small banks established In country towns. Notwithstanding the opposition to tha' national banking systom Inspired by Ig norance or political domagoglsm, It Is by fsr the safest nnd best over employed In this or any other country. This will not be disputed by anyone old enough to re member tha systom of state and cor porate banks of Issue which prcccdo.l It. flood as It 1b It can be still hotter admin istered than ever before, and It Is essen tial, now that tha number of these banks Is to be largely increased In tho rural sec tions, that tho safeguards against bad or dishonest management shnll be made effective- In tho -highest possible degree. Note- ! holders need no moro protection than the law as heretofore adminUtored attorda. but depositors do. iviTinjf tub Ttrcrtrm.ro.ix roi.n. Moldrrgo Citizen. At tho solicitation of a number ot his friends la this congressional district C. II. .Ileaumont of Madrid ban an nounced that ho will bo n candldato before tho ronubllenn cntii?rn4ql(nnl pnnvrtitlnii ha a delegate to tho republican convention, Mr. HiNiumont litis been quite prominent la party work In this OUtrlct. O'NoIll Frontier: llcpubllcans of the Sixth district ,nuct nt Kearney the 2Gth of April to nominate u candldato for congress nnd eMcct two delegates to tho national convert I tton at Philadelphia. Aa to congressman I It seoms to be quite thoroughly understood that Judgu KInkald, who mado such a splen did showing last year In the. race, will again bo nominated. York Times: Senator John D. Pope of Friend Is Inquiring of his many friends as to what they think about hlnr for congress man. Thero Is no question with those who know Senator I'opo about his nblllty to fill tho placo as well as to make a winning cam paign for It If ho secures the nomination. Whh such men ob Senators Pope and Sloan competing for tho nomination republicans hnvo nothing to fear In tho re3Ult which ever way It may bo. Kearney Hub: Tho republicans of the Sixth congressional district will soon havo anothor campaign on their hands, nnd they aro Just as eager for tho fray ns though they had not boon losers In every campaign for tho last ten years. Thero arc no avowed candidates. Judgo KinkaM Is not In the strict senso a candidate but would accept a nomination if tendered him, and there aru doubtlrns several others who would make tho fight If "drafted" Into tho service of the party. Tho tlmo for holding tho convention Is not far distant, April 2fl being tho dale. Long IMno Journal: K. J, Davenport of Valentine has announced his candidacy for dologato to the republican national conven tion from tho Sixth district. Mr. Davenport has been n consistent republican for twenty flvo years and has never naked a fnyor of h!n party before. He Is ono ot tho most successful business men of Valentine, and is an original McKlnley man. That Is tho kind of a man wo want to represent us In tho convention, and the Journal hopes that Mr. Davenport's long service to the party will bo rewarded by tho bestowal upon him of tho coveted honor. ork Times: Hon. E. H. Hlnshaw has notified his friends that ho will not ho 'a candldato for congress this year. Wo do not know tho occasion for this step, but wo do know that n grent many peoplo believed Mr. Hlnshaw could be elected this fall. Ho mado nn excellent campaign two years ago nnd reduced tho fusion majority In tho dis trict 1,300. It would only rcqulro another hlff about a third as hard ns that to send tho pops over tho ropes. (Mr. Hlnshaw has many friends nnd admirers In tho district who will bo glud of a chnnco to show their regard for him at somo future time. Fnlrbury KnTpr!so: Now that 13. If. Hln shaw has decided not to bo a candidate for congress from this district, what's tho mat ter with John D. Popo of Friend? .Mr. I'opo was ft very prominent cnndldate for the nomination four years ago, but K. J. Halner captured tho plum. Mr. I'opo Is a man who stands well In his own town and county, as well ns throughout tho district. Ho is well qualified for tho placo arid would no douht mako an aggresslvo and winning campaign. no 13 a rawycr or recognized ability. He wns stato senator from Sallno county two or threo terms nnd Is considered a shrewd nnd reliable business man. ono whoso word Is na good as his bond. We do not believe a better selection could be mado. Wayno Republican: Tho conErcsslonal convention of tho republicans or tho Third Is called to meet nt Norfolk on April 22. This will start tho fellows who aro anxious to go up against John S. Koblnson on their hunt for BUfilclent strength to secure tho nomination. Several candidate nro i.oino- mentioned nmong them being Fromont Everett of Lyons, J. J. McCarthy of 1 Julo Jonal of Hartlncton Peebles of Pender. Norfolk has nnt l.oon heard from as yet, but It Is safo to predict that sho will havo a candldato In the nnld sho never misses a thing of this kind. If i-.verett nnd .McCarthy both remain in i.o field tho fight In the northorn nnn nf ti,n district Is llablo to got pretty warm heforo convention tlmo nnd It Is barely posslhle my result In tho nomination of a dark horse. Doth of tho gentlemen hnvn n following nnd are considered as pretty strong uiuu mm u Beoras loo bad thoy should both bo seeking tho nomination nt tho samo time. Hastings Itenuhllcnn ? elect a governor this fall and thnt pnvxrnnr should be a republican. Not many as pirants for tho nomination havo appeared as yet. but of thoso men whoso names nao inus rnr been nresented to Mm nnni of this stato thero Is not one who Is moro likely to recelvo favorable consideration at mo nanus or tno republlcnn state convntlon than Mr. Charles H. Dietrich Thero Is nlways moro or less talk ubjut tho "omeo seeking tho man," but Mr. Diet rich's case Is ono In point whero the olTIco actually comes nearer to seeking the man than In nlno eases out o: ten whern mirii a claim Is made. So far ns any Information to tho contrary Is concornod, tho Republican was the first to suggest that Mr. Dietrich would bo on excellent man for nomnr. That was many weeks ago and slnco then almost fifty papers In this slat kind things to say of Mr. Dietrich and his posslblo candidacy for governor. If that was nil of It, It would not necessarily ha of such moment, but so far ns the Renuhllean cs.n learn tho kind words for Mr. Dlotrlch which nro to bo found in our excham-na dally nro tho straightforward, honest ex pression of thoso papers without tho 1 ast pull or Induenco back of them. Mr. Diet rich Is not new to Nebraska by any means, yet he has not ahono beforo tho public nt largo Blmply becauso tho good deods ho has douo nnd tho hard licks he has administered in the Interests of logltlmnte, decent re publicanism have nil been dono In nn un ostentatious business-like mariner, without nolso or fuss to attract attention, hut with a kccu-slghtcd, level-headed business man's determination to product results. I'KitKo.vAi, ror.vrmts. A Chicago manufacturer says the labor unlona are trusts, nnd tho unions retort by saying, "You'ro another." A Now York man proposes that n monu ment bo erected to W. ul. Tweed. It Is get ting so In Now York now that Tweed seems llko a saint. The practlco of soldiers In tho Philip pines In shooting off their trigger fingers In order to bo discharged nnd Bent homo Is not very prevalent, yot Its existence Is ad mitted by the authorities. wiiiuugu grave-uiggers navo formed n union. This fact, taken In connection with ono? How many pairs have been rudely the coffin trust's Increase In prices, should ' awakened when tho hills camo In? Expcri mnko tho Windy City a good field for oho enco long slnco Bhnttored tho Illusion, hut of the elixir of life gontlemon. I t remained for a Chicago Solomon to do- Ananias Dyson Is a colored youth under rest In Washington charged with turn-1 arrest ing In a falne alarm of fire. Ho denies tho allegation, but tho pollco say Ananias' reputation for veracity Is not gcod. Tho Augustus Van Wyck boom for the presidency Is all ready for launching at Kansas City. Mr. Van Wyck Is a brother of the mayor of New York, and ho may havo other claims to consideration. The stoskholders of the Denver Post have onerod $5,000 a yoar to Rev. Charles M, Sheldon If he will assumo excluslvo con- j trol of a religious page In the dally and Sunday Post. It Is understood that Mr. Sheldon will decline the offer on the ground that it Is a sin for a Christian to have nny part or lot In tho Issue of a Sunday 1 PW'' j ItRPlTIlMCAX HAmtONY PMJASr.S. Ornnd Island Independent: It Is ro ported that the nght among republicans In Douglas county, which has been so dis astrous to tho republican party of the statu fnr thn nntt vrtnr. lml hrn nmlrntllv pet- tied nnd that tho party will present a united front In that county next fall. There will bo many to hope that this will bo tho case, but will still havo nn Inclination to ' n" tu? ..8t"1? . w,he.r' "0.pl? ,,,c" irUpUniMUIll$ VI iUUl fUUU UVUIUUSUUIVU ,VI clearly. Fremont Trlbuuo: It Is reported that,'"0 n"f i rcinrorco mo zxu.ouu Lord Hob C. J. Qrecno nnd John L. Webster havo signed n truco with Edward lloscwater to control things nt Omaha. The stipulations aro that so fur as Douglas county repub licans nro concerned Orecno nnd Webster can fight It out for United States senator nnd Ilosowntcr can bo national committee man. Ot courso this truce docs not cover tho wholo stato and there nro others, else where, who will bo heard from lu tho final reckoning. North lintte Tribune: The Omaha Hee, In an editorial, says tho republicans ot Douglas county hnvo sunk all factional feeling and will cuter' tho campaign of 1000 lu n compact aud harmonious phalanx. This Is good news. Factional strife in Omaha has in times past resulted disastrously to tho republican party of tho state, but If harmony prevails this year nnd tho proper work Is done, Douglas county's republican majority will go far toward redeeming Ne braska from tho fuslonlsts. Niobrara l'lonecr: Tho republican lead ers of Douglas county havo set an cxjmplo that every county In Nebraska should fol low. All factional differences havo boon brushed away and nn uuderstaudlm reached that Insures renubll-nn sucrea In Nnhrnska next fall, providing the state will endoise ' H,'r' hi Philadelphia. In tho cradle of In tho plan. The main point Is to give Hon. ! dependence, wo hnvo all posslhle respect for Edward Rosewntcr tho position ot delegate- ! tho splendid deeds of our revolutionary nt-large to tho national convention nnd mako him national committeeman from No- braskn. Four years ot organized failure ought to ho enough for tho leaders to enjoy, Tho endorsement of Mr. Ilosowntcr means perfect organization and such untiring en ergy possessed by no other man In the state. Knox county has nothing to lose by sending active men to tho conventions, men who have the time and Inclination to work for victory, nnd all shades of party Influence ought to recelvo recognition. Not on u of us enn afford to stir up trilling spites In tho face of tho forthcoming campaign. lir.HU AM) TIIHH1C. A bald-headed student of human char acteristics asserts that tho bump of liberality develops moro rapidly on tho approach of tho grim reaper than at nny other period of life. Ho accounts for it on tho theory that every man possesses a strata of vanity which creeps out lu n desire to be remem bcred after laying down his burden. Ho cannot tako his goods nnd chattels with him, nor nro worldly drafts on the banks of 'tho Styx of uso on the journey henco, Therefore, he disposes of his accumulations ns may best presorvo his name from ob livion and endear him to tho living ns a philanthropist. Ho may found or endow public charities or colleges, eroct public monuments, glvo his name to public parks, or so dispose of his pllo ns to achieve re nown by means of a will contest. But thero nro othor ways of reaching tho samo end without attracting tho ndmlratlon of tho legal profession. Tho honor of setting Hi new pace for famo belongs tn a (Milwaukee man, a loyal son of tho Cream City nnd ta dovoteo of that which made Milwaukee fa mous. In life ho answered to tho namo of Gottfried Inden. Gottfried was a generous, hospitable, hilarious, happy fellow. Deforo tho final summons enmo ho called about him his associates of tho Deutscher club, handed them $4,000 for n building fund and an equal sum In trust, to keop his memory green. Tho only string to tho bequests Is ono requiring tho club to meet on each an niversary of his death, read his will nnd drink two kegs of beer to his memory. The conditions Impose no great hardshln on thl) club, and there Is no reason for suspecting mo generosity of Gottfried will bo neelectud On tho contrary tho officers intimate their readiness to comply with tho tostator'fl wishes at any personal sacrifice. If Gottfried Is cognizant of mundano affairs his spirit will bo soothed with tho assurance thut his memory will be kept green uutll tho kegs run dry. Mrs. Hetty Orocn grows handsomer nnd wiser ns she accumulates years and silvery hair. Her talent as a manager of millions Is established. Now sho adds to It a marvelous discrimination of mankind. "Dukes may bo all right." sho is reported to have said, referring to tho rumor that her daughter Sylvia naa to be mnrrled to a Spanish grandee, "but for my part I'd rathor havo her marry a good, wlde-nwako news paper reporter than nny duko In tho world." Sho would not tolerate a lawyer as a son-In-lnw, having studied the profession nt close rnngo; n doctor about tho house wculd bo an unpleasant reminder of fevers nnd fractures; ono railroad man, sho averred, was all tho family could bear. Thus sho canvassed tho learned professions and naturally gravitated to the Ideal of ail not Journalism, remombor, but "the good, wldo-nwako newspaper reporter." Mrs. Green's Judgment Is grounded on ripe ex perience nnd thorough knowledge of men. Unfortunately for Sylvia she does not lu- horlt her mother's wisdom uud prefers u title to a true man. The profession will not Judge her porvorslty harshly, however. Duty may oblige them to sketch tho duko Inter on, when ho has dono Sylvia and her millions. Poets nnd proso sllngors ncsume that tho whlto mnn's burden consists lu carrying civilization to distant races nnd driving them In tho way thoy should go. That Is the Ideal notion. Tho real white man's burden Is that which ho nccumulates through years of enso nnd high living; tho robust, rotund frrnt that strains vest buttons and makes weary tho tailor who essays to master tho curves. Not only Is tho burden wearying on tho feet of I ho owner, It mocks dignity and Jeers at nnli fat. Now comes n new peril, threatening to shatter what llttlo peace tho burdened extract from life. A rude, unfeeling cturt and Jury down cast has nwardod damages to a woman whose lap caught "a very fat man" Jolted off his feet In a street car. Tho fair plaintiff admitted thnt sho was not n man-hater, and would not object to a modest amount ot mnscullno flesh as de signed by tho Creator, hut a 250-pounder lapped over was too groat a load to bear In silence. Tho Jury agreed with hor and reduced tho fnt man's load of coin. Ono hy one tho Illusions of early manhood and womanhood nro being wrenched from their fastenings nnd Hung Into tho garret. Who has not cherished tho Illusion, when emltten with "love's young dream," thut hv a slmnlo ceremony two could lie mmln claro from the bench that man nnd wlfo are two, That ought to settle tho vexed ones- lion. Fortunately for tho Joys of youth thoro aro other Solomons who dccllno to wreck ideas and customs that promcto hap plnces. A legal Iconoclast down east sought to havo a marrlago contract sot asldo be causo It was made on Sunday evening. Think of that, fellow countrymen and womcnl To gain a petty advantage tho lawyer would destroy tho hallowed custom of courting on Sunday. Hut tho old Judgo had been thoro himself and cherished happy memories of tho time, and tho way ho Bquelched tho Inwyer was a caution to the grnybeards. While admitting that ono and unshaken by legal halrsplltters and llborty one mske two, Sunday courting remains la doinij business at tho old stand. nilll.MANCY IX WAII. Homo 1'nlntril Itoiniirkn on llir Spco tntil PreNcnteil In South Afrlrn. Philadelphia North American. Lord Hoberls Is the greatest mllltn.. genius of modern tlimw. Lord Kitchener li tno not marvelous chief of staff that ever "organized victory." Thomas Atkins Is tho ! "st miraculous combination of couraKo, ' lash and enduranco that ovor stormed n I T LT, ...J' J, bU. b,"ro. bnmU' . - w.w 1UV ,t,l VIHVV HI L.UUUVI1 B 11 "ounces that 30,500 men nro now afloat on erts nlieady has In South Africa, nnd that arrangements nro belug rapidly perfected to m-nd 20,000 more. Within thirty days the Ilrltlsh army con fronting tho Iloera Is expected to reach 220,000 men, and within two .months bo twecn 270,000 and 275,000. The total strength of tho Doer armies Is placed nt from 30,000 to 33,000 men, nnd If thero Is any truth In tho stories of tho wholesale submission of tho Freo Stntors this flgurq Is probably nn overestimate. Therefore, tho supremo military genius and the marvelous organizer of vlrtory and tho heroic Atkins will bo nblo l' nt'ack tho enemy with forces outnumber lug him by nbout nlno to one. No wonder England Is drunk with Joy and priue. iso wonder she tells tho world ox- "'tlngly tiiat there never was a war llko this. Tho world will readily admit that thero noe was. Tho forces with which Lord Roberts ex pects to conquer tho Doers will contain nearly twlco ns many soldiers ns there um men, women and children In both republics combined. It Is ns If England had sent 0. 000,000 men to nuppresi our revolution, or as It Oertnany had been nblo to overrun PrniiCo with a horde of over C0.000.000. I forefathers. Hut let us nsk ourselvw c.in- 1 dldly, Whnt would have become uf tint , American revolution If Englnnd had been able to send against our 3,000,000 people not S.OOO.UOO men, but tho actual 270,000 Lord Roberta In to lead against the 150,000 In should wo havo withstood tho onset ot even 100,000 men, rapably ltd? When wo reflect upon these things a may be ablu to uppreclatu tho dazzling ! achievements of tho llttlo republUtt that tho world Is allowing to perish, and when Eng- land, In after years of soberness, looks back upon tho present time, her hlstorlnni may glide rapidly over this portion of her history, and some ot her poets may vtm tho hi no pencil freely In preparing tho colleclej editions ot their worl.H. A I.iiiikuInIiIiik liMltintry. Clileaco News. Protection for tho American gold-brlck Industry has becomo n crying need and speedy legislation on tho part of congress appears to bo Imperative. Two Englishmen, rich Englishmen, with their pockatH full ot coin and h's, havo visited Chicago, In spocted tho brat gold bricks which could ho shown thorn by a pair ot enterprising citi zens, feasted nnd reveled to tho extent of $3,000, all nt tho expense of their self-sncrl-llclng bests, nnd then calmly gono homo brlcklcds nnd uuswltidlcd. Is there no rem edy for such n condition of affaire? Is Urn monocled nnd sardonic Englishman to bo permitted hospltnllty, looso chango and gen eral festivity, only to sail homo with fund Intact nnd nn Increased avoirdupois? Pro. tectlon for u languishing Indiana Industry Is Indeed demanded. MUIIT AM) lllt'K.IIT. Chicago Record: "Shnll I go with you mm hold your hnnds while you hnvo your tooth nulled?" "I'd rather you would go with me nnd hold the dentist. ' Hrooklyn I.lfo: A Capitalist "Do ynu son that dog?" "Yes; but whnt Is there ho wonderful about him?" "He's worth fy !)!" "Good gracious I How did ho savo the money V" Somorvlllo Journal: She Do you lellovo In hypnotism? lie In some rnses. You, for liistniice, could make me do anything you wanted mo to. Chicago Tribune: "Tho Ktvrnnl Fem inine!" exclaimed the lounger on the side walk, observing thut the strong'mlndcil woman got oft the street car backward, us did nil th" others. "The Universal Cadi" nhe retorted, hav ing overheard him. IndlnnatHilis Journal: Mr. Itrown Mr Sheldon's Christian newspaper doesn't up prove of corset advertisements. .Mrs, rirown Well, all I'vo got to y Is that the women wlin don't mmr inraln don't look like Christians to me. Cleveland Plain Denlurf "I'rntfv pnlil Joke on that latest Jealous lover, wasn't It?" "Go on." Why. he cot a lrun nnil ntiirtn,l mil In kill his sweetheart, but ho was so blamed uroHS-HVod that lie shot hlnmelf In -Mm Imrli of tho head Instead." Philadelphia North American: "Gentle men. S.llll tho firutnr Imnrf-Malvulv "I gun life without a penny." wen. i cnin see as you've not mora sense than tho law allows now." liner- rupted tho se-ofllug oppoHltlon. C!llCaCV NOWM! f'lnrlMn -rMnrnnrn vm, had better write your offer for my hand to pa on your typewriter. Clarence Why, dear, that would bo bad form. Clurlsso Yes. Phirnnrp. 'hm it u-nnM mn Ir rt pn think you were full of business. Washington Rtnr: "That ivnn n vprv comprehensive review of tho sulijcot," said im- mini who iifMignis in rno prosaic. Yes." answered Mlm ('nvemin- "vnrv comprehensive. And vory Incomprehensi ble. ' TIIK .MAX IIKIIIM) TIIK II AT. Mlnnouuolls Journal. Tho sun maunts higher day by dr.v, Abovi tlm snow tho brown earth shows: And from tho southland, fur nwuy, Tho languorous south wind wftly blow Soon will tho summer tlmo bo hero, Tho tlmo when, on tho grassy plat, Frenutlc multitudes will cheer Tho man who stands behind tho bat. Tho mnn who stands behind the. gnu, arlm-vlsagod, llunt, full of light, Is worth:', when tho battle's won, Of placo on Fame's mow lofty height Hut ho can never liop to rlulm Tho honors or distinction that Aro showered when ends a hard-foughi game. Upon the man behind tho hat. Of all tho heroes known to Fame There's none, that rnn with him rompar W hose Hklll comes lu nnd saves tho guma W hen dlro defeat lurks In tho air. And when, at Inst, ends' the inimtense. And caps and hats are thrown lu air, Ken Dewey looks like, thirty cents, llesldu the man behind the but. If I wero young and free to choose, What my career should be, I think It would not be to woo the. muse. And wuhIo white paper, pens anil Ink. There's naught so fur as I can ive, In wealth, place, honor, and all that I'd wulvo them all If I mlcht bo Tho man who stands behind tho bat. Sick headache. Food doesn't di gest well, tppetite poor, bowels con stipated, tongue coaled. It's your liver! Ayer's Pills are liver pills, easy and safe. They cure dyspep sia, biliousness, 25c. All Druggists. Went yoar mnmuehe or bcirrt beautiful BUCKINGHAM'S DYE nrnwn or urn iukck T men me O ere