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Notary Public.
Score ono for Oniiilisi over Kansas
City on tho packing hono differential.
Tho people of South Omaha regardless
of party are determined upon bettor
municipal government.
Omaha Is promised a busy building
season this year and every building
erected Is sure to bo tenanted beforo it
is completed.
Thurston county has a deputy sheriff
named Mustard. If ho does not make It
warm for evil doers there is certainly
nothing In a name.
Omaha's base ball players begin prac
ticing with one another this week in
order to bo ready to practice on the
public a little hi tor.
It would require considerable research
to decide which is tho more thoroughly
occupied this spring, the house builder
or the railroad surveyor.
Tho umpire who calls too many strikes
on tho proposed base ball union Is
likely to need police protection to get
safely out of the grounds.
In spite, of recent reverses the liners
nppear to have a good supply of traps
remaining, all warranted to work when
the llrltlsh walk into them.
Tho Ileo does not have to give Its ad
vertising space away In order to till Its
columns. That Is the difference between
The Hoe and Its alleged competitors.
There Is no more occasion for calling
out deputy sheriffs to bulldoze and
browbeat South Omaha worklngmen at
the polls than there Is for calling out
the statu militia.
Wet or dry Is the momentous question
which agitates the minds of most of
the urban voters of Nebraska today and
the weather bureau prediction of occa
sional showers is a safe one.
Applicants for appointive olllco at the
hands of the mayor must remember that
there aro never enough places to go
around and that several must be disap
pointed for every ono appointed. '
It is announced that there is nothing
to prevent any man or woman from
runulng nn automobile in Omaha.
Times are prosperous, It Is true, but the
price still remains a bar to the universal
enjoyment of the privilege.
ruder the new scale which went Into
effect Monday the coal miners of Venn
sylvanla are now receiving the highest
wages of any time in thirty years. Still
some popocrats have nerve enough to
shout calamity and say that what pros
perity there Is In tho country Is enjoyed
only by the rich.
If reports from Sioux City are correct
tho Omaha dloceso of the Catholic
church organization Is to bo raised
within a comparatively short time.
Omaha's Importance as a church center
Is steadily lucrcaMug along with Its Im
portanco In other branches of activity
religious, educational and commercial.
The fusion populists from Douglas
county are warned by one of the organs
of the machine that they nro expected
to bo good and not make any trouble
In the coining state convention or they
will bo cast over the transom a la their
inlddle-of-tho-road brothers. Like small
boys, they are expected to bo seen and
jiot heard at tho popoeratlc feast.
Ilefore tho school board undertakes to
adopt plans and let contracts for the
now High pchool building It would be
well to take tho taxpayers a littlo more
Into its coulldcucc. Tho new High
school will bo not for a day, but for
decades to come, nud concerns every
ono Interested In the Omaha of tho fu
ture. While no tlmo Is to be lost lu
providing additional facilities for the
High ucuool work, no mistakes should
be made at this time that will be re
gretted later.
A GAiy IV XATIOSAL 1'IU.STIGE. I
While the European press has ne
corded uuqualllled praise to the Anion-'
ran secretary of state for hl siu ccsful
negotiations In regard to the "open !
door" In China, characterizing It as a
diplomatic triumph of great importance '
and a distinct and decided gain for the
prestige of the Tnlted State?, a few !
American newspapers have sought to
disparage and depreciate the under-
standing reached. asertlng that be- ,
cause It has not the binding force of a j
treaty It Is of no great consequence and
really puts the I'nlted States In no
better or stronger position, so far as
relations with China are concerned, than
it was before.
Ono of these papers, remarking that
there was "Just nn exchange of olllclal
notes." says this simply means that the
powers have botiud themselves to no
course of action which they cannot
abandon at will. "At the moment." It
goes on to say, "no power Is prepared
to come to an Issue with this country
over China. A year hence, live years
hence, ten years hence, one or more may
have perfected plans which will enable
them to believe that they can yifely
antagonize the United States. The situ
ation then will become largely Identical
with that which confronted the powers
before Mr. Hay's recent negotiations
were Fot on foot." Possibly, but Is It
not far more probable that Instead of
any of the powers abandoning this
agreement In the future every year of
Its continuance will increase the disposi
tion to maintain It? Certainly It Is
reasonable to expect this If It shall
prove mutually leneflelnl, as Is gen
erally believed It will. If the iollcy of
the open door In trade with Chlmuls a
sound policy, as all the powers now ad
mit, nud tills view shall he Justllied by
results, the understanding Secretary
I lay has brought about will be quite
as forceful for tho maintenance of the
jKilley as a treaty. At all events we
believe that every year of acquiescence
in the open door for Chinese trade will
make more dlllieult tho breaking down
of that principle, while ns to the asser
tion by tho I'nlfcd States of Its treaty
rights In China and the protection of
American Interests there. It will not
exert less influence live or ten years
hence than tit present. Therefore the
danger is extremely small of any one
or two powers abandoning the under
standing against tho wish of this coun
try, supported, ns it certainly will be,
by Oreat llritain and Japan. With these
three nations llrmly Insisting upon the
open door It Is hardly possible that the
other iM)wers -would venture to abandon
that policy.
What our government has accom
plished in this matter Is not only a great
service to the commerce of the world,
but also to the Chinese empire. It af
fords China the opportunity to arrest,
at least temporarily, the process of dis
memberment, for the agreement of the
powers to an equnllty of commercial
privileges removes the strongest motive
for enlarging their "spheres of Interest."
Thus China will have a ciiance to ef
fect such reorganization and reforms In
her government as will rentier the em
pire better able to maintain Its Integrity.
This should conduce to the strengthen
ing of friendly relations between tho
I'nlted States and China, to the ma
terial advantage of American trade.
Krom whatever point of view It Is re
garded tho "open door" understanding
is a most distinguished and Important
achievement and a great gain to na
tional prestige.
WHAT THE CUIfANS KXI'WT.
The statement given out by Senator
Piatt of Connecticut, one of the three
United States senators who visited Cuba
to Investigate the conditions there and
learn popular sentiment, says that all
classes In the Island are looking to the
establishment of au Independent gov
ernmenta Cuban , republic. Some of
the people are anxious for tho early at
tainment of this, whllo there are others
who think thut sullleleut time should he
taken to avoid mistakes and to set up
thoovcrumcnt on a basis to insure Its
success and permanence. Great Interest
Is being taken by most of (lie people in
the municipal elections that take place
next mouth nud which will be tho Initial
step toward the formation of an Inde
pendent government. The senators
found the conditions on the whole satis
factory, but there Is need of more capi
tal In the Island, particularly American
capital, which hesitates to go there
pending the establishment of a stable
government.
It Is noteworthy that Senator Piatt
said nothing about the existence of any
annexation sentiment in the Island,
from which It Is fairly to be Inferred
that the senators heard of none, or so
little that It made no Impression upon
them. It Is well known, however, that
there Is some such sentiment In the
Island, though very likely It has been
declining under the repeated assurances
given of the Irrevocable purpose of this
government to fulfill Its promise to tho
Cubuns that they should have an inde
pendent government. We conclude from
the tone of Mr. Piatt's statement thut
he and his colleagues have no thought
of anything else and Unit having found
from personal observation that all
classes of the Cuban people desire In
dependence they will give no heed to
an appeal from any source for a with
drawn! or modification of the pledge
of the United States to Cuba. This
ought to put u stop to the efforts
of the annexationists of the Mi
ddled Cuban-American league, which
recoutly sent a petition to con
gress urging the repeal of tho resolu
tion declaring that Cuba, as soon as Its
paclilcatluu was accomplished, would be
left to tho control and government of
Its own people. Annexationists lu the
island may agitato if they please, but
Americans should not seek tho stullllca
tlon of heir government by urging It
to abandon tho solemn aud sacred
promise It gave the Cubuns when tho
decision was made to relieve them from
Spanish domination.
It cannot be definitely determined
when Cuba shall huve uu Independent
government. As Senator I'latt says,
much will depend upon the lestilt of
the municipal elections. If thee are
conducted lu nn orderly way and capa
ble men nre ehosu It will Indicate that
the people have an appreciation of the
lesiiotislbltltles of self-government and
the further steps to Its attainment may
be hastened. The Cubans ns a whole
have necesarlly crude Ideas regarding
Independence. They know little of the
duties and responsibilities Imposed by
self-government. They inut be edu
cated in this and it will take time, per
haps a longer time than anybody htm
execlcd. The I'nlted States, however,
has assumed the obligation of teaching
these people the principles of self-government
and It must pursue the tnk
to the end, omitting nothing necessary
to the complete and honorable realiza
tion of Its promise.
.NO DCI'VTIKS A EEDED AT&U VTII OMA HA
Among the guaranties enumerated lu
tho bill of rights promulgated by the
people of Nebraska in their sutc con
stitution Is tho following:
All elections shall be free and there shall
bo no hindrance or Impediment to the right
of a qualified voter to exercise the elective
franchise.
The freedom of election Is as sacred
as any other right prized by the Ameri
can people and enjoyed under our sys
tem of government. Yet at the recent city
election In Omaha this right was scan
dalously trampled under foot. Under
pretext of protecting the ballot lox ami
safeguarding the election against fraud
the sheriff of Douglas county enlisted a
small army of deputies who Invaded the
lulling places and sought to obstruct
and Intimidate voters in the interest of
the fusion ticket. There was no riot
nor disturbance to Justify the sheriff in
enrolling deputies for service In tho
Omaha city election. Ample protection
was furnished by the police at every
voting place. That there was no occa
sion for the Invasion of the election
booths by deputy sheriffs was shown by
their utter failure to llnd anybody guilty
of election frauds. Only three or four
persons were arrested by the deputies
find not one of these was prosecuted
after election. So Inexcusable was the
entire proceeding that up to this day the
sheriff has refused to divulge the names
of the political deputies who were paid
by the democratic committee to use his
olllclal power to terrorize voters.
The threat Is now being made that
the sheriff Is to repeat this unwarranted
aud outrageous performance at the
South Omaha city election today.
No more excuse exists for calling out
deputy sheriffs to browbeat South
Omaha voters than there was to boss
and browbeat the voters In Oniaha a
month ago. The mayor and police of
South Omaha aro amply able to pre
serve order at the polls In tlR'ir city
without the sild or consent of the sheriff,
and If trouble should arise It will be
time for the sheriff to act when they
make a demand upon him.
It Is palpable and plain that the In
trusion of the sheriff and his deputies
In the city elections this spring is a pre
lude to a scheme for lawless Interfer
ence with the election next fall. The
sheriff alitl his advisers should remem
ber that Nebraska is not Kentucky and
the people of this state will Insist upon
their right to free elections. The sheriff
of Douglas county, like all other civil
olllcers, is sworn to obey the constitu
tion and tho law, and It Is not for him
to organize disturbance and Incite riot
at the polls for political ends.
The popoeratlc machine is demon
strating Its power In this stute. Some
tlmo ago many of the papers of that
faith were doing considerable talking us
to who would and who would not bo
nominated for olllce this fall. They
have suddenly ceased and may be ex
pected to keep still until after the meet
ing of the committees to apportion the
olllces among the fusion trinity. Ity
that time the machine will be prepared
to aunounco Its choice for the various
places aud instruct all the organs to
take the cue from the popojrutlc band
master. Dr. It. 1 Ivang, who was removed by
the governor from the position of super
intendent of the Beatrice asylum, Is giv
ing the chief executive an exhibition of
the dllllculty of prying a popocrat loose
from a Job. Dr. Lang is such a thor
ough Mlssourlan that it requires several
showings to convince him that he should
not retain his position.
Sheriff Power hns threatened to turn
his otllce over once more to the demo
cratic machine for electioneering pur
poses at South Omaha. The sheriff low
ered himself greatly In the public esti
mation when he pursued those tactics
In the Omaha city campaign, and their
repetition will not strengthen him lu
any manner.
Tho local popocrutlc organ that has
been for years crying for u western man
for speaker does not seem to be satis
lied with Speaker Heudersou, although
ho is a pretty good type of the western
man. Hut Colonel Henderson does not
care particularly whether he satisfies
the popoeratlc organs or not.
A lively competition Is springing up
In all the Nebraska districts now repre
sented at Washington by fusion con
gressmen for the privilege of making
tho run on the republican ticket. Tho
prospects seem to be good for sending u
republican delegation from Nebraska to
the next congress.
South Omaha voters will decide to
day whether they want Improvement In
the city government or prefer to have a
continuation of the disreputable conduct
of municipal affairs with which they
have boon Indicted under democratic
otticlals.
Tho democratic national committee
has Issued a circular wnrulug the free
sllverltes to beware of thoso terrible
I gold democrats who havo laid plans to
'abduct the Chicago platform. Free nil-
ver does not appear to be any more ablo
at present to dispense with the services
of a wet nurse than It was four years
ago.
liierriiie In Siitlonnl flunk,
Globe-Democrat.
Hundreds of new banks with a capital of
125,000 each have been formed under the
new law. .Modest an they are. they utart
with as much real money as some of the
$2.,000,000 trusts.
Score One for I lie Doers.
Spring-Held Itepubllcan.
The slipping of 5.000 Hoers through Lord
Roberts' fingers In the narrow strip of coun
try east of Illoemfonteln seetns to be a real
blemish upon his earapalgu. So large a pro
portion of the total Boer army was worth
catching.
Lovers of the Ancient.
Indianapolis Journal.
Senator Depew was the first to congratu
late Senator Pettus on his speech. The gen
tleman from New York was naturally en
thusiastic over a man who had th8 nerve to
tell a story older than any In his own eol
lectlon of curly nlmaifacn.
(Irincr'i I'eriiendleiilnr lliielilione.
Philadelphia Hecord.
It was hardly necessary for ev-I'rosldent
Cleveland to deny the report that he In
tended to voto for Mr. Bryan for president of
tho I'nlted Staten. Mr. Cleveland Is not
given to vacillation and his convictions of
four years ago aro strong and vigorous to
day. Ccnernl .11 in Vener' llrlef.
New York Hun.
Ccneral Jim Weaver of Iowa, once a can
dldato for president, and still a populist of
fame, Is Justly grioved becauso he has been
! represented na urging Colonel Bryan to
'abandon and "betray" hllver. "I had sup
! pofe d." ho says plaintively, "that no one
j would havo accused mo of abandoning tho
I principle for which I have stood during tho
last quarter of n century." No good and
true man would havo accused him so. No
well-informed etudent of tho life and public
'oervlces of Octieral Jim Weaver would have
' believed him guilty of an attempt to "deviate
Into Fense."
I'l lll.ISllEltS OF THE PAST.
Why It AVhii Bimy to Micci-etl Then
unit In Dlllieult "nv.
New York Press.
The falluro la cloee succtfulon of twq
great publishing houses suggests tho query
as to whether nowadays thero Is anything
great to publish. In It we find something
of caucatlon moro enlightening than tho
hackneyed category which has been gono
over by commentators on these commercial
demises.
As a matter of fact, in tho prime of the
Victorian era. when these house made their
famo and fortune, It was cosy enough to ba
a great publisher. Thero wero certain great
authors whose work every ono demanded.
It was simply necessary to supply the de
mand. Thero wero In sclenco and phlloio
phy Darwin. Huxley, Tyndall, Spencer, Mill,
and Emerson. There were In history Carlyle,
Froude, Macaulay, Motley. There were In
poetry Tennyson, Browning, Longfellow,
Bryant. Whlttlcr. There were in fiction
Thackeray, Dickens, Eliot, Reade, Haw
thorne. Everybody who read bookn read
thce books, and it Is scarcely nccet-sary to
say that they made books enough to read.
They supplied all the material for mental
furniture which tho middleman could handle.
Thero was no risk Involved In bringing them
out. All tho "discovering" had been done
by English or Scotch, or In home casca New
England, publishers. Then, was hlmply an
enormous feast of reason, a feast unpar
alleled In former centuries for Its variety
and nutrition at least, and all that tho "great
publisher," of New York at leust, had to do
was to nerve It and 'chargo for his services.
He was simply the beneficiary of two extra
ordinary conditions. One was th full frui
tion of the English "literary mind on both
sides the ocean, our Beaton literati being
growths on new soil of the old stock. Tho
other was the birth In this country of tho
first lettered democracy, tho arrival of tho
first great number of human beings who hail
been taught to read books and had monoy to
buy books. It was only necessary to Intro
duce tho ono to the other and profit by tho
undertaking.
Times havo changed. Tho American pub
lisher of today has to discover both hl au
thors nnd his readers from the swarming
millions about him. There nro few namcn
great enough to command steady Kales of
large volume. The continuous and regular
upheaval and submersion of American so
ciety havo deprived the old-time publisher
of his certain clientele, as tho old-tlmo
theatrical (manager wan long slnco deprived
of his. There aro almost no fixed literary
canons. There can be no certainty nowadays
ss to the contents of "a gentliman's library."
Indeed, It Is doubtful If libraries are indis
pensable to gentlemen. Thero is little laugh
ing at parvenus where a majority l par
venu nnd soclety'ti "leaders" date back to a
ball given In tho year 1SS2. But when thero
Is laughing at parvenus the old story about
their ordering books by the yard Is never
told. It has lost Its point. Tho certain
degree of booklshness which was once a
mark of tho btbt American society has been
relegated rather to Chautauqua circles.
So tho "great publisher's" day has de
parted. Thero aro extensive publishing
houacB, probably more extensive now than
ever. But the time of the nabobs of tho
trade, who made money so easily and did
business no grandly. Is departing Into that
past which holds their prototypes of tho
East India trade.
PKitso.vw, poivrnns.
A New York woman has brought a slander
suit ngalnst a neighbor for calling her n
"kicker."
Lord Hobert3 Is beginning to reallzo that
the cnemy'b country Is a long way from tho
base of supplies.
(leneral Wood doco not seem to mind being
tho papa of tho first governor general's
daughter born In Cuba.
Mnfakham til Dowleh Is tho name of the
Persian minister. Tho Washington corre
spondents will call him Ed.
In a New Jorsoy town an odd happening
Is tho candidacy of five one-legged men for
tho office of tax aisessor. Naturally they
aro strong on the stump.
A number of authors nnd writer to whom
the old firm of Harper & Bros, is indebted
havo been informed that the reorganize of
the company will pay them In full.
Political rooters of tho Champ Clark class
already charge thut the biiltnn of Sulu has
300 wives. By tho time tho campaign
reaches tho lengthening shadows of fall tho
number will reach 1,500 or more. Tho ca
lamity brigade Is exceedingly liberal with
trouble.
A shrewd officeholder in Massachusetts
has received lavish compliments for having
dluposod of his Interests In a railroad com
pany before entering office. It was lamlud
as raro evidence, of olllclal conscieneo. Now
It Is shown that tho sale was madu nt top
market prices.
(leneral Wheeler learned to sptnk neveral
of the native dialects with great fluency
whllo ho was in tho Philippines. In addi
tion to this ho says he like the country. I'
ho falls to get Into congrenn or tho army ho
might llko to bo governor general cf the
Islands. It Is likely to bo a pcsltlun calling
for .1 good deal of ability.
Lieutenant Commander J. C. nillmore Is
bald to have received nn offer from a maga
zine of J1.000 for 5.000 words dencrlblng hi
capture by tho Philippine' Insurgents. This
Is at tho rate of five words fonr dollar, whh h
1 Ik nearly tip to the highest Kipling rate, and
it ought to b easy for tho sailor to make that
J many wnrrtn out of his thrilling experience
wlt& plenty to sparo for further efforts.
POI.ITK l. POTPOt Hill.
Uradshaw Itppublkan- (lovernor Poin
ter's effort to nr; jliit .1 pol!e wml--in
for the city of Onrntu -ks tnewhst of
itrpcrlallsm. look out a little there!
I'lattsmoJth Journal (dem.) M.i' V-(
Coring ! tho fmorlte in the to'e tcr t .0
congressional ncminatlon. With hint t
Washington Ncbraeka would know phe hid
some one there to represent her, and Cas
county would get some benefits, too.
Beaver City Tribune (rep): This Is the
tlmo of year when you can tetl by a man's
actions what his politics Is. If ho Is fitting
on a dry goods box howling about the awful
plight of the country Insteal or getting hit
garden ready or Us corn ground plowed, ho
Is not .1 republican.
Norfolk News (rep)- The I.irge majority
of tho reform oiripers of Nebraska seotn to
bo very much averse to practicing the re
forms which wero promised to the people
with tho t-olo purpose of Influencing their
votes. This Is especially noticeable in the
matter of railway reforms.
Holdrego Progress (rep.): Tho supremo
eourt haw held that tho State Board of Trtn.
portatlon has powers to regulate the cor
porations under Its charge. It remains to
bo seen If It will do anything more than
to make a grandstand play till after elec
tion nnd then rrtlro to Its usual quietness.
Heaver City Times (pop.): The Grand
Island Democrat is booming Henry Schlot
feldt of that city for auditor on the grounds
that tho German voto must 'be recognized.
Whllo we nre not acquainted with Mr.
Sehlotfeldt wo believe with tho Democrat
that wo should look to the German vote in
the coming election.
Stanton Picket (rep.): Last fall It was
vote for Holcomb for Bryan's sake. Tako
an much salt with tho doo as may 'he re
quired, but vote It. This fall it will he voto
for Bryan and the rest of the sllpperles fur
Allen's sake. There was a time when popu
lists were expected to vote for principle's
sake, tut that time Is past.
Grand Island Independent (rep.): Ne
braska democrats havo engaged the very
finest headquarters to bo found In Kansas
City for tho consecrated convention to bo
held on tho Fourth of July. They have th
club room, three banquet rooms and six
elceplng rooms of tho Coates house. Jeffer
sonian simplicity will be left at home to
tako care of the rank and file.
Norfolk News (rep ): The name of G. A.
Lulkart of this city Is being constantly men
tioned In connection with the otlko of state
treasurer and he may bo a strong candidate
before tho democratic statu convention. There
Is ono thing certain Mr. Lulkart would bo
a vast Improvement over the gentleman who
now holds tho olllco and acts as attorney for
tho railroads In cases up for trial before tho
Stato Board of Transportation.
Hastings Tribune (rep.): John ('. Stcveni,
tho father of Bryanism In Adams county, Is
a candidate for congress from this district.
Wo would not bo surprised to see him
turned down nt the democratic convention In
tho same manner that the democrats havo
been turning down the wheclhorses ever
since they fused with tho populists. Stev
ens Is capable nnd deserving, but naught but
"pull" seems to count with tho demo-fuslon-lsts.
Madison Star (pop.): Whllo we do not
think populists as a rule havo taken any
fctock In Tho Omaha Bee's assertion that a
strong popullHt organization has been formed
agalntit tho renomlnatlon of Governor Foyn
ter and In favor of J. O. Yelsor, we dcnlra
to state that tho wholo thing is a fabrica
tion and a republican schemo to disrupt tho
party It possible. John O. YclBcr Is a good
man, but tho populist party l a unit In tho
denlro that Governor Poynter succeed hlm-
bClf.
Wood Itlvcr Interet (rep.): As an evl
denco that thin country Is rapidly drifting to
ward militarism nnd imperialism, tho Board
of County Commissioners of Hall county has
fortified tho court house by mounting a
cannon at tho north door. The point where
tho cannon Is plnced Is n strategic one, hav
ing tho rango of the entire field In front of
tho court houce. and Is pretty good proof
that the members of tho board have been
studying up on military tactics. When it Is
remembered that a majority of tho buard are
populists tho gravity of the situation becomes
doubly apparent.
Norfolk News (rep.): The Nebraska dele
gation to tho Kansas City convention is put
ting on airs that would be deemed a pluto.
cratlc extravagance did the people not know
from repeated assurances that they repre
tent tho "common people," and would there
fore not be guilty of Imitating the vile capi
talists and bondholders. A prim dispatch
from tho convention city states that J. C.
Dahlman has been there looking for quar
ters, and that at tho Coates houso the club
room on the first floor and three banquet
rooms on tho becond floor, bIfo six sleeping
rooms, havo'bceu engagod.
Wahoo New Era (rop.): Our friendly ad
vice to John O. Yelsor of OmaJm is that he
build his political aspirations for governor
upon more Bolld basis than the more pcusea
slon of lu; votes from Douglas county. In a
dolegato populist state convention these 103
votes aro looked upon as a fraud and bur
lesque. It 's well known to be an actual
fact that these 105 Douglas county vot, In
a populist convention, do not .represent as
many actual populist votis as do the twenty
seven delegates from Saunders county. This
will havo a tendency to solidfy tho rest of
tho state against an aspirant who backs hla
candidacy upon such unfair representation.
Albion Argus (rep.): There are a few men
that seem nover happy unleus they are find
ing fault with others. The pcpullst party
has Its shaio of such men. Becauso they
failed to got the Job they were after, or be;
cause of envy or Jealousy, they lose no op
portunity to give publicity to the lies con
cocted by tho opposition to traduco our pub
lic officials. Such men haven't brains enough
and aro too shortsighted to bo trusted with
nn olllce.
A Pint form IVrler,
Boston Herald.
Though thero were ample marks In the lato
platform adoptot at tho democratic state
convention of Nebraska that tho hand of
William J. Bryan was In lt composition, It
looks now as If tho platform to bo adopted
by the convention which nominates him for
, tho presidency will ilitfcr from It In essential
fcfltureH. A a feeler tho Nebrnska docu
I ment has not been a eucccss. This Is true
I especially In business quarters and wo find
I ovldrnco of cpen denunciation of It In the
' south, Tho fretdem with which democratic
jleeW have predicted sure disaster to tho
democratic party If It iw adopted should be
' fatal to Its being taken In some of it.s es
sential fraturm A party that goes Into a
presidential campaign under such conditions
! courts defeat and, unless discretion has com
pletely left those who control tho democrat.?,
they cannot shut their eyoi to that fart.
Piety lllleheil to Thrift.
f'hlcat'o Chronicle.
Ills renewed tender solicitude for tho
safety cf German mlfelonarleii In
China Indicate thut der kaiser von
das vaterland Is about ready to as
similate benevolently a few thoueand
equaro miles more of Chlneue territory. 1IU
majesty's pious forvor, always edifying, rises
Hlmrtit to fanaticism at the prospect of ac
quiring a rich province or two.
Ivlinnli 't I nenilv Unlet,
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
The shah of Pursla has appointed Moffat
Effnull minister to the I'nlted States to sue
ccel Hall llasmn Gooll Khan, who left
Washington In a huff a decade ago bcraufu
the paragraphia poke! fun at his name.
Moffat Kffeiidt will safe. a& It Ik difficult
to nrfl wherein any paragrapher Khan sen
anything, particularly funny in the new min
ister c name.
j ( tl,t MMtTIMi tiii: HOI'.!!.
I New York World Julian Itnlph rails the
liners "cowards ' 1 not this pretty hard
on the English " Were all the British gen
erals whipped In micreislon - until Ilobi-rts
eame- by "cowards ?" Were the defeat and
slaughter at the British at Splonkop Inflicted
by "cowards?1' If so, whut Is "Tommy At
kins?" j Philadelphia North American: Julian
j Itnlph, the Anglo-American war corre
spondent, declares that the Boets are not
farmers; that there Isn't a farmer In the
two. South African republics. 11'n assertion
must be taken with some allowance for
possible Incompetence as a witness. Per
haps he does not know a farmer when he
sees one. We never heard it said that Ju
lian Itnlph In n "farmer" or ever was.
Cleveland Leader: The Boers are doomed
to go down tinder enorniovs olds. They will
lese their independence. Many of them will
sniyiflce their lives. Others will be left
homeless and destitute under nn alien Hag.
I Hundreds will die of disease In Brltlnh
I prison camps. Their fato Is very sad. from
I any point of view. It is tho final tragedy
of a hard nnd uphill struggle for national
life. Under such circumstances It is nn
especially dastardly thing to slander them
ns Koldtcrn nnd ns men. No onn corre
spondent of an English paper can affect thn
world's estimate of their faults or their
virtues. llldtory will do them Justice.
I Chicago Chronicle- This man may pen
slldy believe all the villainous stories ho
! tells about tho Boers, but It Is altogether
too much to attempt to palm him off as nn
American when from the beginning to the
end of his venomous tcrced he takes par
ticular pains to write himself down ft
Briton. Lot no man suppose that a trucW
American would stoop to such a thing as
retailing all the lying British camp yarns
about the Boers and offering ns facts all
tho British wolf's excuses for setting about
the work of assassinating liberty In South
Africa a work which, happily, they havo
found very much moro difficult than they
expected, and which they havo not yet so
fully accomplished as they nre trying to
make themselves and the rest of tho world
believe.
IIO.MIJ Ittl.K I'OII CITIES.
liiconxUtency of in rrnmrn t b- Mntr
I.fKNIiit nrrM.
Baltimore American.
Mr. Bird S. Coler, tho efficient controller
of New York, mado an address before the
Academy of Political Science at Columbia
university tho other evening, in which he
demonstrated that pcrfeU municipal govern
ment is only pomlble under complete home
rule. The speaker cited many Instances
to show that New York City has suffered
severely becauso of the Inconsistency of
government by tho state legislature, mak
ing necessary many delays In tho city's ma
terial development and retarding tho work
of public Improvement.
Tho principle laid down by Mr. Coler Is
without doubt the correct one. No people
are ns competent to govern as those who
are to bo governed. This applies with more
direct forco to a municipality than It does to
a county, stato or nation. The nort of gov
ernment demanded in a municipality,
especially ono of tho metropolitan
proportions, Is a thins peculiar to
Itself. It finds no parallel In state
or national government, slnco it is more
personal in its nature, having a closer In
timacy with Individual comfort and well
being than has tho government of more
extenslvo political subdivisions. Granting
that tho pcoplo of a municipality possess
tho capacity for self-government, It must
bo admitted that it is a detriment to govern
mental efficiency to subject them to the
regulation of a state legislature. None
know ns well the necesaity, advisability
or emergency for a contemplated creation
of debt hero In Baltimore, for Instance, as
do tho Baltlmoreann themselves. None
know no well tho rights, privileges nnd re
strictions that should govern public anl
quasi-public corporations operating wholly
or partly In tho city. The citizens are In
dally touch with these details of municipal
life, and acquire an Intimacy with such
matters that it Is Impossible for a legislator
living In rural districts to iposscss. It fol
lows, therefore, that when such a legis
lator is called upon to consider interests af
fecting such details ho acts through a de
ficient knowledge, thus making Intelligent
legislation impossible.
The provlnco of state legislatures In re
gard to municipal government should be
restricted to primary acts. Only when such
restrictions are impowed will the acme of
excellence In city government be possible.
When tho day comes that stnto legislatures,
after giving metropolitan cities liberal or
ganic powers, divest themselves of all
further authority in rcfspect to such cities,
complete reform will bo possible. Until
then municipalities must content themselves
with reformatory makeshifts. Tho appli
cation of correot business methods In city
government and tho management of cities
by tho citizens with nn eye solely for the
public good Is impossible so long ns legis
latures coutinue to meddle in municipal
n (fairs.
CO-OPKIl ATI V H ( It II A M EH I KS.
AetiiHl noil Solid Siicccm Achieved
III Ten Years.
Chicago Tribune.
Tho success of co-operative creameries
among the farmors of the northwest Is the
subject of nn enthusiastic article by W. S.
Harwood In tho April number of tho At
lantic. It If not necessary to accept this
writer's prophecies of the epread of co
operation to nil other farming activities In
order to appreciate) thn nctunl and solid suc
cess that has attended the co-operative
cretimerlen In tho last ten years.
Whllo many of the creameries all over tho
wot nro run on this principle, it appears
that the movement has mado tho most rapid
progroFH In Mlnnesotu, Wisconsin, lown and
Illinois. in Ncbmnka and Kansas there Ii
a decided preference for tho proprietary sys
tem, while In Iowa there Is at present a
mnrked reaction from co-operation to pri
vate ownership. This counter movement
tloen not dismay Mr. Harwood, though Mr.
Alvord, chief of the dairy biirenu nt Wa-h-Ington.
nhcrlbes It to the fact that the Iowa
farmers "will not or cannot pull together '"
Mr. Hurwood also admits that tho ro-opera-tlvo
plan tends to fall whenever applied to'un
area of moro than five miles' radius, or
whenover Involving a capital of more than
13,000. To a less enthusiastic believer these
limitations will appear to mark the futuie
scope of the movement, but Mr. Harwood
thinks the creameries) may be but tho pio
neers In a general confederating of ijll agri
cultural Industries. Passing by the ovl
dont fallacy cf this Idea. It ' Interesting
to nolo what has nctually been done.
Exact data as to the number of co-operative
creamorliB In the western states Heem
to bo lacking, but tho volume cf business
transacted by them In lfsSS wh upward
of 130.000,000. As the movement Is Iims
than a decade old this Is a rather remark
able (mowing. Out of a total of MO cream
eries In Minnesota 150 aro now co-operative.
In Wisconsin about 1,000 out of 1.1,00
are run on the now plan. In Iowa and
Illinois the proportion of co-opfTatlve extab
llshmonts seems to be one-third or 1cm.
When from thirty to fifty farmers are
ablo to club together and to build and
run a creamery on tho simplo co-opcraUvo
plan now in cue the resulting benefits are
usually marked and Immediate. There
no sentiment or guesswork about 'he
matter. Tho farmers contract to furnish
a certain quota of milk ca-h day, of a
definlto quality, and thn profits are divide 1
according to tho amount supplied. If any
farmer's milk fallH below grade liU divi
dend Is reluced. and If any lb found guilty
of skimming or adulterating ho Is fined
or even excelled. With these buslnesa
prln iplc running through the whole man
agement of the enterprise it u not Strang
that the farmers thrive or thst "tho failures
In co-operative (resmery work In the west
have been fewer than in any other line of
biMlnesw."
In a .lmii'tota county whetc tWe sro
now twenty-nine of time creameries the
bunk deposits of the farmers are reported
at one town to have Increased from I5S.O00
In 1SS to J3?0.0fl0 in it;, not including
the Jflo.nOO deolt of the creameries them
solves. In li farm lands nold at from
M0 to (30 an .icre, while In IS'.'S they sold
at from J20 to too. Mr. Harwood negler
to note that much of this rise was prob
ably duo to the enormous wheat crop of
the last few years, but It Is undoubtedly
true that the biicccs of Uin dairying in
terests has also greatly added to the alu
of farm lands.
When this writer attempts to show thn
tho same success would attend co-operative
wheat raising he forget tho limitation
that are seen to exist even In the case of
the creameries. His theorizing on thia
point luiM n curious sound In view of Mm
admission that the probable reason for tha
success of the creameries Is that they wera
evohed practically without any theory.
1, At ciiim: i,ii:s
Detroit Journal: The tall, dark man BUod
nloof at the church social.
"How lonely he tieem!" whispered some
"Well, It's hli own fault!" exiialmvd
others. "He's such an oyster'"
Indianapolis Presv She You don't kiss
nn- llkn jou did before we were married
He -N'i" And before we were married you
never tried to kiss mo when you had a
mouthful of pins.
Cleveland Plain Doiler: "The more hlgnUd
tirotc-tlonlsts nre now using much milder
language when they ullude to what thy
contemptuously term the Porto itl n
peons."
"Speaking peonlselme, us It were. Eh?"
Indianapolis Jour on I: "IM. how can you
tell a poet If ho doesn't have long hiilr""
"Well, Jimmy, wifen he's feeling poetKal
he generally wonrs hli four-ln-hand tied
In a bow knot."
Chicago Tribune: "What!" gaspe.1 th
victim, "aro you going to rob m In broad
daylight?"
'Broid daylight'" contemptuously erhod
the footpad glancing up at the strip of blun
sky visible between the two rows of modern
olllce buildings. "Broad! Don't te urrur,l.
Hund out your wad, now, or I'll bote a holo
through you!"
Washington Star: "I s'pof It's all right,"
said Mr. Oumrox. "But It doesn't seem
fair "
"What doesn't seem fair."
"For Matilda, to scold because I want to
eat dinner In my shirt sleeves. I A-n t
make any fuss about her partv dresses, an'
they haven't any sleeves at all."
Detroit Journal: "Yes." said the pugilist,
who wan finally out of It, "I'm going to be
converted find become a revlvull-tt. You
see," he added, with rar wit. "I am al
ready an ox-poundtr."
Chicago Post: "Hav I not always been
generouH with you In the matter of house
hold expenses?" ho demanded.
"Ye," sho replied tiltterly. "I asked for
a utono ami yo gavo me bread."
Then ho rejxllzed that he would havo to
get her the diamond TTV doflred before
thero would be peace. In tho family.
Philadelphia Record: Tho maid wan In
clined tn bo sentimental. "What remedy, '
ho asked. "Is thero for a broken heurt? '
Tho practical young man arose to tho oc
enrton. "Why not try '.splicing?' " ho aug
gesttd. And now tho cards nro out.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "A Topeka.
woman has asked tho governor of Kansux
to ruevo a law passed that will force her
husband to stay home three nights In tha
week.
"That seems fair."
"It doe-s to ni nun who l?n't acquainted
with Kansas women."
Indianapolis Journal: "Mr. Carnegie will
now be backed up bv $;0o,OX.0"0."
"Whew! Why. say, h can Just drop
libraries out of his pockets on both sides of
tho road wherever lie goes. '
Washington Star: "They say thuv are go
ing to let you run your government jour
own w.iy," said tho sultan of Sulu's chief
counsellor.
"They my that, do they." rejoined thi
sultan, with a harsh, mirthless laugh. "Well
he doesn't want to let any such report get
abroad In the harem. Every one of mv
wives thinks I never would have nmounted
to anything If It hadn't been for their ad
vice." I'AHI.V DAYS IX OI.U Cll U YK. iE,
Denver Post.
A rushing, restless human tide from every
stato In these domains,
Drawn by tho ever-mngic power of gold
across the sprendlng plains,
Lyes set In every face aglow with fond
anticipation's light,
Tho great Black 1 1 1 1 1 s the only theme of
conversation day and night,
Itougli-shlrted men in cutivus garb, men
dressed In finest of uttlre,
Men seeking victims for their games, men
hot with speculative tiro,
H10 man of leisure, man of wealth,
tho pauper and tho mining man
Touched elbows In the gold-mud throng
in early days In old Cheyenno.
The tiullwhlps flopped ns pop the guns In
battle on the busy street.
The tolling oxen lolled their tongues and
panted from the summer heat,
Tho dusty drivers swung the lash and
swore a-i "whackers" only swear,
The Jolting wagons lent their noise to swell
the tumult in the air.
Tho reckless riders of the range, in leather
chaps nnd wealth of hut.
Upon the backs of bucking bronks at easo
within the saddle !,:it.
And rough, unshaven faces browned by
Hocky mountain weuther tan
Predominated In the crowds upon tln
streets of old Cheyenne.
The breath of liquor vile ns sin cast poison
on the western air.
The glasses clinked In sun-browned hand
In many un alcoholic lair,
Unceasing clicked the faro chips and
danced the ball upon th wheel,
t'ntuneil pianos bent the time for thosw
who tripped the toe and heel.
Hand-palnteU creatures of the sex their
reckless, wasted lives dlHuraced
Danced In the arms of drunken men, their
forms lu shameful garb encased,
And bold licentiousness as tide of hell
Inspired fever ran
In that mad revelry of sin in early du!i
In old Cheyenne.
Those scenes are but a memory now In
that fair city of the plains;
Morality stepped In and from outlawry
snatched the guiding reins;
Determined men and ready rope from her
escutcheon wiped dlsi'race
And wrote the telling word "Reform" In
golden letters In Its plure
A hint of those exciting days Is seldom
heard, excepting when
The few surviving pioneers, brave, sturdy
old grav-he.nled ne n,
Meet In reunion as u guv and Jolly rem
iniscent I'lHO
And In their t tu Mngi reurrett thods
curly days In old lin yi-nne.
Why cean Invalid?,
"Change of life," the period tn which
all women look forward with anxiety,
can, with a little care, be robbed of
its terrors and be no more serious than
the passing from girlhocxl to woman-!
hood. Nobody knows the buffering of
women, who btill keep about their 1
household duties, thinking their agon
ies quite the natural thing, because so
common.
Warm clothing, light diet, avoidance
of cold and wet fur a short time pre
vious to this change, and the use of
M9Leaitfs
Liver and
wr b
will so stimulate and tone tip the en
tire body ami regulate the nervous
system that the pciod is passed witl
out difficulty. lien you have hack
ache, sensations of f.iimncss, pain tn
the groin, shortness of breath, heat
flushes, want of appetite, and are
morbid' depressed and irritable, do not
procrastinate; the remedy awaits you.
lie bure to ci t (he senulne 'r)ritl only
by The Dt.j.li McLcau MtdlCluc Lcoipau,
bt, Louii. Mo.
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