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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
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2 U.'.IIHO
3 -i,n.v
i UT.isr.
6 i!7,02(l
6 Ull, 111)0
7 U0.7IO
H0.720
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10 i!i,rtio
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32 , .i!i,r.i
2II,H20
H.., 20,530
15 SO.TBO
16 20,700
17 SO.H-IO
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, zil,nno
, 20,010
, 2O,70
20,710
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20.7H0
20,N.'I0
:io,:ior,
20,710
27,120
20,470
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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.
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