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Major KUIInn fought in tlic optJii In
the Philippines nnil lie Is not afraid to
strike from the shoulder In Nebraska.
Omaha's city council Is preparing for
i bout with Ihe offensive cigarette.
Which will get In the knock-out blow,
however, furnishes a good subject for
.wagers.
Tho exclusion of Millionaire Clark
from the United States senate means
ono less opponent to the proposition for
the election of United States setmtors
by direct vote of the people.
The late Mr. lluyward ran for gov
ernor, and, falling for that, made
tho Bonntnrshln. Hut that Is no nssur
nnce that tho nominee of the republi
cans this year can do the same.
An eminent British physician has pro
mulgated a new set of rules to guaran
tee longevity to human mortals, but
tho ordinary man will krep right along
shortening his life by living In the same
old way.
The sultan Is reported to be still cor
dial toward the American representa
tive at Constantinople, but he keeps his
jiurse tied up with a tight string. Cor
diality will not pny the American in
demnity claims duo from Turkey.
President MeKlnley will be unable to
.participate In the Dewey day celebra
tion at Chicago. He was the central
llguro In tho Chicago day. celebration
last fall and he Is willing to give Ad
miral Dewey a free field this time.
Major Kllllnn Is right in one thing.
'A nomination on the republican ticket
.will not be worth much more than It
lias been during the Inst four years In
Nebraska unless the party strikes out
with strong candidates and new leader
ship. Denver Is complaining beforo tho In
terstate Commerce commission that Its
jobbers cannot compete with those of
Omnha and other Missouri river towns
under existing freight schedules. Why
not Invite the Denver Jobbers to locate
la Omaha?
When the people of Omaha voted
$1.")0,000 In High school bonds tho ob
ject was to relieve the demand for en
larged facilities for tho High school pu
pils nnd not simply to furnish money
for architectural experiments. Tho
schoql board should not lose sight of
this.
rrom tho mnkeup of tho delegations
to the republican state convention It Is
clear that the convention Is not going
to be stampeded for anyone. Itryanltc
oratory niay work In a democratic con
vention, but Jho republicans will meet
, to transact business from a business
basis.
The revolting photographs of India'
famine sufferers nre repetitions of the
pictorial abominations that were circu
lated to excite sympathy for the starv
ing Cubans. Americans will feel for
suffering humanity and contribute to Its
relief without having these hideous pic
tures thrust upon them.
Admiral Dewey has emphatically and
publicly denied that Ue over said that a
democrat was a traitor in time of war
and a fool in time of peace, but Bryan's
Omaha organ goes right on printing the
fake .and palming It oiT as gospel truth.
Does Colonel llryan countenance such
campaigning In his behalf?
The secretary of the populist national
committee Is out with a poetical effu
sion sounding tho praises of "Our
Champions, llryan and Towne." Is It
possible tha't tho coming national con
tentions of the populists and democrats
have delegated tho ticket-making bus
iness to the poets of tho party?
The paid want ads in Tho Sunday
Beo yesterday measured 4,71'2 ngate
lines, n a against 1,001 agate lines
In tho Sunday World-Herald, while that
paper gave away freo want nils aggre
gating .107 ngato lines. Tho ltee leads
as tin advertising medium because Its
advertising spaco Is worth money and
Mugs the best returns.
vuniTf.M' nut.s Mr vuvr.it it.
Tho fuilonlsta very properly selected Sen
fttoj Allen as a dclegate-nt-large to the
national convention. The republicans ot
Omnba profess harmony nnd proaeod to
make n slato of delcnates-nt-lnrRC, by Ignor
ing our only senator nnd a msn who tins
twice honored the state by being chairman
of the national convention. Senator Thurs
ton Is not a candidate for re-election, but
custom, courtesy nnd common smim plainly
dictate the propriety ot naming him ns one
of tho delogatcs-at-lnrge. Crctf Vldette.
There Is no such custom or preroga
tive, .lames O. Hlnlne was never a dele
Bate to a national convention while
ho was senator. Neither were John
Sherman, (leorge l IMmunds, William
M. Kvarts and many others who ranked
high In republican councils.
John M. Thurston, moreover, Is the
only republican In Nebraska who, while
occupying it seat In the I'nlted States
senate, has been thus honored. And we
hnve had among our republican sen
ators John M. Thayer, Charles I Man
dersoii, Alvla Saunders and A. S. Pad
dock. The opposition to Senator Thurston Is
not prompted by personal spite or dis
courtesy. Wv venture to assert that It
Senator Allen had taken a retainer to
appear before the supreme court of Ne
braska ns the attorney of the Standard
Oil trust, neither courtesy nor custom
would have secured for him an endorsement-
from any of the three parties
that stand against the republican party.
rvi AM 1)1 a X l'A Til lor ISM
By way, perhaps, of further attesting
Its patriotism, It Is said that the Cana
dian government is alsiut to make an
other reduction In her preferential tariff
In favor of goods Imported from En
gland. The practical results of this
policy of tariff discrimination in favor
of British manufacturers have not been
What was expected that Is, It has not
accomplished the Intended purpose of
excluding American goods from the
Canadian market.
When the present tariff went Into
effect In the Dominion, three years ago,
there was a preferential rate of 1J14 per
cent In favor of British goods nnd In
thnt year Canada Imported nearly twice
as much from the I'nlted States ns from
England. Subsequently the preferential
rate was made 'S per cent, but while
there was some Increase la the Imports
from the I'nlted Kingdom, the amount
from this country wns very largely In
creased. Lost year the ltrltlsh Imports
Into Canada were to the value of about
?:t".(M)0.00(), while the Imports from tills
country amounted to $!.'t.oOO.HM. Thus
the preferential tariff bus been shown to
be of no great advantage to ltrltlsh man
ufacturers. Whether a 1-.1 per cent preferential
rate, us proposed, will have the effect
of throwing more trade to England Is
a question, but Americans will see in
such a course a spirit which will not
tend to Increase among them sentiment
favorable to making any trade conces
sions to Cnnada. (".ranting that tho
motive Is patriotic, it Is none the less a
discrimination against tills country
which a neighbor government should
not make nnd which ' Is "riot calculated
to make the feeling between the two
countries more friendly. Canada has
manifested a desire for closer trade re
lations with the United States. That
government has proposed negotiations
for n reciprocity treaty. Its policy,
however, is not of a character to con
tribute to the attainment of Its pro
fesed desire, for of course our govern
ment will not enter Into any arrange
ment that would countenance the dis
crimination against our manufacturers
and it is not likely that the ltrltlsh gov
ernment would assent t6 an arrange
ment that surrendered the preferential
tariff In favor of ltrltlsh goods. It Is
not sound policy that Canadian states
men are pursuing in this matter, how
ever they may regard It rrom a patriotic
standpoint. It Is a course away from
closer comnie'rclnl relations with the
United States which cannot possibly
prove, of nuy advantage to Canada,
whether or not It results In any Injury
to American Interests.
M'KlhLEV AM) l'ltUSl'fJltlTY.
"With the re-election of Mr. MeKln
ley," said a southern cotton manufac
turer, "tho country has n certainty of
four more years of prosperity." There
are many other manufacturers lu the
south who feel this way and whose in
fluence Is being exerted accordingly. A
recent dispatch from Charlotte, N. C
to a Boston paper states that political
sentiment lu that section of the south
Is undergoing a radical change. The
cotton mill men of the south. It Is as
serted, are in accord with the present
administration as regards t lit question
of expansion, both as to trade and terri
tory, the open door policy In the orient
and the standard of value. A number
of commercial association representing
the cotton Interest have endorsed expan
sion. A representative of this Interest Is
quoted as saying that a factor that is
opening tip to cotton manufacture is
export trade and that with the Philip
pines and the open door In China our
country Is on the eve of expansion In -all
lines of trade, ami particularly the cot
ton trade, that will only stop when the
cotton trade of the world Is In the hands
of tho Amurrlcan manufacturers, the
same as tho Iron trade Is. Evidence of
tho strength of this feeling Is seen lu
tlio projection of new mills lu the south,
which has been particularly active dur
ing the past year.
The sentiment of the cotton manufac
turers of the south may not- have nny
Immediate effect upon the political char
acter of that section. Nobody expects
that any of the cotton states will give
Its electoral vote to the republican pres
idential candidate. The politicians will
not follow the manufacturers. They
will not heed the resolutions of the
southern cotton spinners lu favor- of a
policy which this Interest believes will
give the United States a larger share lu
tho markets of Asia ;tnd add materially
to the commerce and the wealth of tlio
south. Tho course of tho southern pol
iticians lu congress shows this. Hut
It Is Interesting to know thnt tho great
est of the business Interests of the
south the Interest upon which the pros
perity and progress, ot that section most
larRely depends believe that, the re-clec-
THE OMA7TA DAILY" niflJfij MONDAY,
Hon of William MeKlnley will make ;
certain four more years of prosperity.
It Is needless to say that this does not
mean prosperity for the cotton Industry
alone. It applies to all Interests It
embraces every Industry and line of
production. It means prosperity for the
farmer and the wage-earner, as well
as the manufacturer and the merchant.
The success of the republican party in
this year's national election Is neces
sary to the continuance of thnt contl
deuce which prompts enterprise. There
cannot bo a reasonable doubt that n
reversal of the popular verdict of four
years ago would have nn unsettling and
disturbing e,rfcct, for even If It be ad
mitted that a democratic administration
and house of representatives could not
change the standard of value or tho ex
isting llscnl policy, yet the apprehension
that would be created In regard to the
future would certainly put n check upon
enterprise and Impair the conditions
that now make for national progress
nnd prosperity.
as to i'iiEtut:.TiAtj t:i.Kcrui:s.
lu presenting names to the coming re
publican stale convention for places on
the ticket as presidential electors, care
must be taken that the men thus hon
ored be In every respect qualified under
tho law to serve when elected. While
the position Is chiefly complimentary, It
Is one of great responsibility, and It Is
of the utmost Importance that the per
sons selected shall be ready and able to
act at the apiolnted time for the meet
ing of the electoral college.
No one Is eligible for presidential elec
tor whose citizenship 1s questionable
or who holds a federal Olllce. So
strictly has this rule been applied that
directors of national banks nre barred.
Nebraska republicans once nominated a
man for lieutenant governor who wns
later found to be disqualified because
not enjoying the full citizenship n
united by the constitution and had to
make way for another. Such mistakes
should be avoided.
If the ticket Is made up right in the
first place It will not have to be recon
structed and will carry more strength
at the polls, where, strength Is needed.
that man school aoaix.
Before the Board of Education allows
Itself to be hypnotized by the High
school architect Into rushing headlong
Into the construction of a building for
which the funds tit hand are Insufllclent
It will do woll'to consider again several
Important features of tlnv question.
In the first pluce, the $1.V),000 bonds
voted a year ago were authorized by the
people for the purpose of relieving the
pressure on the present High school
facilities, said at that time to have been
greatly overtaxed. The first object to
be achieved therefore Is to procure more
room for the High school In time for the
opening of next year's session. The
only way to accomplish this result lies
In erecting now that part of the new
building which can be completed with
the funds in hand.
The second point not to be overlooked
t Is that the board Is not authorized by
law to let any contract In excess of the
proceeds of the bonds. The claim that
the board can go. Into Its current reve
nue to Increase the building fund has
no substantial basis. The board has
now $100,000 of debt, on which It Is pay
lug 7 per cent Interest, and every cent
of current funds that can be spared Is
needed to reduce this unnecessary bur
den upon the taxpayers.
We do not believe the people of
Omaha will ctnintenanco nny scheme to
put up a half-finished building In order
to use It ns a club mon them to force
the voting of additional bonds. They
are willing to vote whatever bonds may
be necessary for a monumental high
school projected In good faith provided
the present demand for High school
facilities Is lirst met.
A horse can be led to water, but it
cannot be made to drink, and the
scheme to force another lond Issue to
complete an uullulshed building will be
a hazardous undertaking. It would be
better to pay the architect his entire
fee at once on the complete structure
than to pervert the money voted for the
relief of the High school to Insure him
a live or (en-year Job.
Edgar Howard Is getting ready to
digest another dish of crow. He Is tell
ing in Ills paper that every aspirant for
fusion nomination should make up his
mind In mlvaiu-e to look cheerful and
hurrah forJho ticket "after ho Is turned
down. Hf Edgar promises In advance
to look cheerful and swallow every yel
low dog candidate for Bryan's sake just
the same as he has for several years
past you may be sure tho machine will
let him carry water on tho outsider
again.
Two years ago the executive commit
tee of the republican state commUtee
was disrupted and disbanded because
Cha'Irinan Schneider accused the execu
tive chairman with using Its mnchlnery
lu the Interest of n candidate for olllce.
Mr. Schneider, however, seems to see
nothing Improper now In using the ma
chinery of the state committee to iKiost
his own candidacy for party favor. It
Is the same shoe, however, oven If It Is
on the other foot.
The Transmlsslsslppl congress has
come to the aid of the St. Louis exposi
tion of 11)01 with generous resolutions,
calling on congress to lend financial
support to the enterprise. Tho Trans
mlsslsslppl congress gave tho ball the
llrst official shove that rolled up the un
precedented success of the Omaha ex
position and If It still retains its talls
maulc touch, the St. I.onls fair is al
ready Insured Its manifest destiny.
The suggestion of The Hee that tho
most feasible plan of building needed
suburban electric lines Is by public own
ership fostered by the county board has
been received with favor In many quar
ters. The proposition Is perfectly prac
ticable. A forcible pliblle opinion can
bring about this great Improvement If
it finds expression lu tho right way.
If the amendment to the Porto lllcau
bill brought forward in the house be
comes a law there Is no danger of the
trusts and corporations moving head-
'it..
tiiutrtcrs from "New Jersey to thai
Island. The amendment prohibits the
Nstiaiu e of stock ox bonds In excess of
the cash actunfll Mild 111. A corpora-1
tlou without iff MRst ) per cent of
water In Its capltnTlnitton would be a
curiosity.
The future offtlmaha and Nebraska
and the entire Ti&smlsslsslppl country
depends on peiffniiig the vast sparsely
populated sections with Industrious
producers. Irrigation Is one promising
means to this end and any feasible
scheme for Irrigating tho semi-arid
lands should therefore hnve the hearty
supimrt of all western representatives
In the national legislature at Washing
ton. The so-calletl silver republicans nre
trying to get a new hold by appropri
ating to themselves the name of the
martyred president and calling them
selves Lincoln republicans. They have
as little In common with Abraham Lin
coin ns they have with (leorge Wash
ington and Benjamin' Franklin. Better
call themselves Bryan democrats and
stop their masquerading.
A Coiillrnin t Ion.
Indianapolis News.
Lord Hoberts confirms Napoleon's words
about tho llrltlsh generals.
A llonii- TIii-iimI.
' Denver Post,
John James Ingalls has written a book
entitled "National Oddities." and uics his
own picture as a frontispiece.
HletMlliiH; Knhitiick.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
That Kentucky grand Jury has narrowed
down tho number of Oocbcl assassins to
ten. Ia this equivalent to a conviction?
nil for Cnlninltj- llowlorn.
Baltimore American.
With July corn at 40 cents a bushel, tho
calamity howlers nre hard put to It for somo
argument to convince the farmer that he la
being ground down.
l'et-ulliirltlt-M of the '1 lilnU-Tnnk.
Buffalo News.
When thought becomes rampant It breaks
forth Into speech and becomes eloquence.
When lack of thought becomes burdensome
It finds volco and Is twaddle.
i:-lio of a Dark Inhiii-.
Boston Transcript.
It Is not n matter for surprise, to bo told
that the democrats have carried Louisiana.
What do you suppose they disfranchised
tho blacks down there for, nnyhov7
Vanity Y)tniim Politic.
liufTiilo ,Kxpress.
The admiral Is now having his portrait
painted by a famcusVlJrench artlsl. Maybe
Undo George hope'to jet something worth
copying on campaign banners and thus raise
tho standard of political art. '
A TNt fnr tlio Atliuli nl.
Sprlnstleld. ltepubllcuo.
Tho admiral's troubles as a politician will
follow him to Chldago, 'Where he must de
clde, on peril of hla. political future, whether
ho wilt view the parade from a grandstand
built by union labor or by nonunion labor.
Docs ho approach this question with an ade
quate appreciation it Its'gravlty?
.More lciiai 1 1 n't 'I'll it l DenmeVlll.
New York Mall and Kxoress.
Tho North Carolina. populist convention,
controlled by the parly's' national chairman,
has Instructed Its national convention dele
gates for Bryan. This proves-iigaln'l.tliat the
popullsts'and republicans of the country nro
In harmony on ono point at least. Both
agree that Mr. Bryan Is more a popull3t
than a democrat.
C'linmlntl vo Ion ill-in ii lit Ion.
Washington Post.
Thoro has been no day since the defeat ot
Mr. Urynn In November, 1S3G, that has not
augmented the condemnation that tho coin
age Ifsuo reculved at tho hands of the people
and the states In that election. Abounding
prosperity on tho gold standard, nn Immenso
Increase In tho nation's gold supply, expan
sion of tho currency until wc havu the larg
est per capita circulation In our history n't
those facts refute and finally and forever
muster out of .the arena of serious consid
eration each and evory one ot tho. arguments
prmentod by tho eloquent Nebraskan In tho
great campaign of 189G. Not only In tho
United States, but all around tho globe, tho
world ot finance and bulnss has boen piling
e to n co on tho grave ot the hope that Inspired
tho 16 to 1 movement. It Is no longer a
hope, It Is but a desire, a dream,
Tin- l'orto Itlcmi llou)'.
Philadelphia Press.
Ono. of tho most absurd statements over
made about Porto Rico is one declaring
commercial corporations will bo able to
squeeze jr.uO.OOO.OOO out of the Island In the
near future. Those who have started this
story ought not to havo been so modest
with their figures, for, so far ns tho facts
warrant It. they might as well have put tho
amount at $500,000,000,000. The simple, prlii
Itlvo conditions that prevail In this Island
are such that the great mass of natives can
1 1 r. ( 1 1 m not tha nnn allliiii rt t t Imi n I
tho standard of living Is. That thes -,vho
hardly know what money la aro in a posi
tion to be squeezed out of J300.000.000 will
be news to overyono In tho Island In n po
sition of authority, Porto Hican or Ameri
can, and will mako Spain nquirm to think
what untold wealth lay hidden among the
rlmplo-mlnded peasantry. Tho cxtravagnnce
of this example of ono of the many Porto
Rlcan yarns proves tho Porto Rlcan bogy I
Is on Its last legs. In three months' time
even veteran perjurers will not bo able to
deceive nnjone In this country, whllo In
the Island Itself even the windiest ex-Span-Ish
demagoguu will find no one who can
tinder any pretense pbso as nn aggrieved
Porto Rlcnn.
Nntlonnl iiiiillfonvnl CJrnwth.
New York Tribune.
Tho growth of thetpayy tni-ans the growth
of tbo nation. ThclSJwBo realize this nro
not alarmed by tho fr$hat the naval ap
propriation for tho V-Gmlng flscnl year ask
for more than $C1.0tiO,ob nor by tho cor
responding fact thafiiho; latest battleships
planned call for nnrt,xvtiillturo of $7,000.
000 each. Tho United -ates Is sotting a
pace for tho worldjlnsolld, substantial
growth, and tho poijyf territorial ex
pansion to which Itt-lsicammlttcd, and for
which It Is preparcdrobiyi removed forever
the id,oa that expanalwl.'jf tho nation's sea
power Is nn unwiso rWlpoaituro of money.
It Ms gratifying toiWiJtnat tho light of
a larger day Is notk(grig shadowed by
parsimonious quIbbllnUjM..' Washington over
a question of dollars arid vonts. The United
Stated cannot afford tojhavo anything lew
excellent than tho very beat that brains
and monoy ran build to represent It afloat.
Unless tho national growth, is to bo stunted
there must be enough ships to guard that
growth: Wo know what "tho man behind
the gun" can do, and ho should havo the
material and tcols to do It -with.
Three battleships with cruiser speed, nnd
tbreo cruisers with almost
battleship
strength are an earnest of what tbo Navy
department Is doing to moet Responsibili
ties; and while the now versels are not
likely to revolutionize naval warfare, as did
Ericsson's little "cheesp box on n raft," they
servo notlco to tho world that while tho
crops of- corn, wheat and cotton aro oc-
cup)ing a largo sharo of his attention
Uncle Samuel has his cyo'out for pcojlblo j farm In tho shape of fertilizer for the Im
poachers. prcvement of the toll.
AI'KtL 12, 1000.
WHAT REPURUCAMILUME TO FACE.
Walxvo New Krn (pop.).
In Wednesday's Washington telegrams from Washington appears the
following Item of Interest, especially to republican voters:
Senator Thurston left today for Lincoln to appear for the Standard Oil com
pany In Its suit against the state of Nebraska, which has been set for argu
ment on Thursday In tho Nebraska supromo court. The senator endeavored to
siKuro an extension of time before tho final date for tho argument was set, but
he was unsuccemtul. This will bo Thurston's first appearance In the supremo
court of Nebraska In n number of years nnd Is tnken ns proof thnt ho purposes
to get back Into tho practice ot law no rapidly as possible.
Republican voter! He frank and honest with yourself and answer
the question: What do you think of the above? Is that for what .you
elected Thurston to the United States senate to represent the great com
monwealth of Nebraska? To leave his seat In the senate at this mo
ment, leaving Senator Allen nlone to misrepresent the state (according to
your Ideas) and for Thurston to come to Nebraska to appear before the
supreme court at Lincoln ns the representative of one of the most gi
gantic nnd oppressive monopolies of the land. Do you approve of your
senator's net? Are you proud of the position he has taken? Now, do not
wait to see what sort of an apology the State Journal and Bee will hash
up. we want to know what you think about It. ou well know what n
howl the republican press would hnve sent tip had It been Senator Allen
that would have so degraded the senatorial toga.
SICCIJSS Till! WATl'IIH'tlltll,
Kearney Hub (rep.): If there was ever
a year when republican newspapers could
afford to play Into the hands ot the World
Herald In Its light against Kosewatcr, which
Is after all n fight merely against The Dee,
this is not ono of them. Republicans arc apt
to look with suspicion Just now on thoao
newspapers that nro echoes of the World
Herald. Stromsburg Journal (rep.): Senator Thurs
ton has returned to Nebraska for tho avowed
purpose ot making tho fight ot his lite dur
ing tho next two weeks In order to secure
tho nomination for delegate at large. The
main fight will bo between Mr. Thurston
and K. Hosenntcr and It would not surprlso
us If It terminated ns It usually does with
Itosowater In the lead.
Sutton Advertiser (rep.): If these repub
licans ot Nebraska who contemplate lend
ing themHclvoB to a concentrated action to
placo the hired attorney of the Standard
Oil company at tho head ot tho state dele
gation to tho natlonat convention will take
n sober second thought they will not sacri
fice republican success In Nebraska to per
sonal gratitude or nmbltlon. Tho danger
signal ha3 been raised and it will bo fatal
to Ignore it.
Uloomlngton Kcho (rep.): Tho repub
licans ot the stato nre growing tired of the
fight the State Journal nnd n few cheap John
politicians at Lincoln nro making upon Hose
water of Tho Hee. Mr. Hosewater perhaps
has made some political mistakes, but now
that everything points to harmony within
our ranks It is time to let old scores take
caro of themselves. There Is no doubt but
what If the party had listened to some of the
warnings uttered by this gentleman in tho
past the party would have been In better
shape. Lot's stop fighting our own fellows
andgo to llcklnc tho opposition.
Emerson Enterprise (rep.): Tho Omaha
World-Herald devotes a large amount of Its
vnluablo space nowadays to republican poli
tics nnd republican leaders and tho local
populist statesman throughout Nebraska can
hardly get a complimentary notice from the
fusion organ ot tho state. It goes without
saying that there hi not nearly as much dis
sension In the republican ranks as tho
World-Herald tries to make out, Ju3t a llt
tlo friendly rivalry among tho ( leaders for
some of tho high positions ot honor. This Is
going to bo a republican year and Mcsjrs.
Thurston, Itosowater, Thompson, Schneider
will nil bo found working In harmony for
tho succefs of tho party.
York Times (rep.): Somo politicians "take
their pen In hand" when It would bo much
safer and wiser to procure a personal Inter
view, or hold their peace altogether. Some
things aro better left unsaid nnd positively
should not be put down In black anil white.
Thtro la absolutely nothing to criticise in
Mr. Rosowatcr's published letter, which was
evidently written In confidence to some ono
whom he supposed to bo a personal friend.
Ho has a perfect right to nsk his friends to
bupport him. His aspirations arc honorable.
Ho Is Justified In thinking he can do moro
for the party than moat men In Nebraska
would bo able to do. If ho has editorial
transportation that he can give a personal
friend, perhaps a former employe, there are
few who would not bo glad to get It or who
would criticise him tor sending it out. Those
who try to make a sensation out of such a
letter aro In very small business and tho
man who was trusted and betrayed tho con
fidence ! not In nn enviable position.
Pierce Call (rep.): The World-Herald is
trying to stampede tho republicans of Ne
braska by flaunting u red Hug bearing the
name ot Rcuowaler and alleging nn alliance
botwecu Hosewater, Webster. Thompson and
former antagonistic faction, in the O. O. P.
of this state. But this hyphenated sheet or
falsehood and vituperation will find that this
old "boglo" has been worn threadbare and
has become stale. It has been the hopo and
prayer of tho Call to see the factional feel
ings and personal differences among repub
licans of Nebraska shelved and a unity of
"urpMC an.?,.ll "1 1 V 1 ?ha'
gvKin nnntillsm. fuslonlsm nnd nnarchlHin of
tho World-Herald otrlpo from the borders
of our state. Let there be an alliance be
tween Rosowntcr, Wototcr. Thomrson,
Schneider, Oreene, Clurley and all factions.
I Yes, let every republican In tho state Join
that alliance and bring consternation and
defeat to an unscrupulous, dishonest and de
signing enemy! Alliances of that kind mean
tho triumph of republicanism In Nebraska.
Norfolk News (rep.): Tho World-Horald,
conceiving that there is discord In the re
publican ranks, has inserted its hands In the
wound and Is exerting its strength to tear
It apart. The World-Herald Is tho open and
nvowed enomy fitot of -tho republican party
and Edward Rosowuter second. It will uso
every menns In Its power to defeat either or
both of them nnd the faction that will c-nlUt
Its sympathies and co-operation Is but laying
tho foundation for their own defeat. Tho
News does net favor prcconvcntlon argu
mcnhi nnd discussions and for tho sake- of
the party it had hoped that nothing of the
sort would take placo this year, when there
Is so much at stako and would bo very much
pleased If tho present Impending conflict
could bo adjusted or toned down before tho
state convention meets. There Is honor and
places enough this year for all good and
truo party leaders, and there should bo no
quarrol over them that will inuro to tho
benefit of tho opposition. Tho World-Herald
apparently not only hates Mr. Itosowater
and The nee, but It fears their Influence.
Tho Beo mado a mlstnko which will proba
bly not soon be forgiven by certain parti-
aang. nut Mr. Hosewater has signified his
J wllllngnew to again do the right thing by
. tho party and should bo given some consld-
oration.
A Hint to KiirnirrH,
Baltlmoro K"n.
There Is ono w-ay by which, according to
somo economists, tho farmers can reduce
J the nmount of wheat nnd corn In tho mar
ket, wnicn sonnqr or later, pornaps, win
commend Itself to them, That way Is not
to decrease the production of grain on the
fatmB, but to turn It moro largoly Into
meat, butter and cheese. It Is tho essenco
of good farming to sell the farm products
In as concentrated a form as possible, leav-
Inr tliR cri-at bulk of the tiroduct on tho
s'V"'-"
I'OMTICAIj A.M lMHtSOWI,.
Evidently Orovcr Cleveland isn't wholly
out of politics yet.
Tho thoughtful Denver Evening Post is
wondering If Dewey would transfer tho
Whlto house to his wife.
"Baby" Bailey of Texas may now view
with equanimity Jokes about him. Ho is as
fcood as elected senator frcm tho Lono Star
state.
Beyond nil doubt llulwor wns a genius.
Morbid scflietlmes, but still true. And yet,
If in tho bright lexicon of youth there Is no
such word as fail, what is to become of tho
Boy Orator of tho Platte?
Only ono man who served In tbo confeder
ate senate during the wnr Is now to bo found
In tho United Stntos somite That Is Vest
of Missouri. When ho retires, which Is ex
pected to tnko place before long, tho last
of tho confederate senators will have passed
from public life.
J. Plerpont Morgan, Jr., objects to any no
toriety, nnd his nnmo seldom appears In the
papers. Whllo ho is still less than 30 years
of ago ho Is tho manager of his father's
IJtidon olllco nnd will eventually como Into
n fortuno that will scarcely bo less than
JISO.000,000. A few years ngo he was mar
ried to Miss Jano M. Grew of Boston.
Mrs. Leland Stanford has given tho old
Stanford homo In Sacramento, t'al., to
BIshpp Mom of tho Catholic church, to
gether with a $75,000 endowment with which
to maintain an orphanage. This Is tho house
whero Senator Stanford lived for twenty
j cars und whero his son, lu whose memory
the Stanford university was founded, was
bo'rn.
Dr. E. Benjamin Andrews has decided to
resign his present position In Chicago In
order to accept the chancellorship of tho
University of Nebraska. Coupled with this
announcement Is tho Interesting report that
tho doctor will make his residence In Chi
cago tho subject of n magazlno article, in
which ho will give his Impressions of tho
politics nnd politicians of that enterprising
city. As a 'matter of prudence he may con
clude not to write tho article until he. Is
snfely secluded In Nebraska.
Mr. Croker wound up tho machinery to
keep his puppets dancing while he wns nb
stnt, but there appears to bo a screw or two
lcoso" In tho mechanism and somo ot them
are kicking about with gestlculntlons ot In
dependence truly alarming. So Croker will
como back with the Ides of .May and try to
restoro order and discipline beforo the Knn
fcas City convention meets.- Hu may say
I with Ulysses that It Is "long labor unto
ngtd breath," nnd may oven go eo fnr as to
I wish with .Mayor Van Wyck that ho "wns
I out of it nil," with tome privilege of rc
poso and peaco for his declining yenrs. If
bo, bo could be accommodated with no Injury
to tho public service.
(iOOl) AlJVItU l-'Olt YOl. .MUX.
.Stock S pcr-ulut Ion unit Ciiiiililinu; I'rof-Itli-nx
for AnililtloiiM IVopli-.
Tho following letter has beon received nt
this olllco and tho good faith in which It Is
written Is so evident that It deserves an
answer, though the question it proposes has
been discussed without adequate- solution
for many, many centuries:
To tho Editor of the Times: Will you
please help a dally reader of your paper
by answering following, nnd no doubt help
many others, who also learn much from
your corresiKindenco column? Should a
young mnn, who by great st-lf-de-n'.nl,
having saved a few hundred
dollars, (perhaps u few thousand even) out
of UU wnes, Invest It lu stocks such ns
railroads. Industrials, etc.. In Wall street,
or put It into u savings bunk? It Is n great
temptation to rend dally of the fortunes
mado lu Wall street, even on small In
vestments. A POOR .MAN.
What a young man should do with his
savings In order to Increase them depends
on a great many conditions, but two of the
most Important are tho amount of money ho
really wishes and tho use he expc:ts tu make
of it. If he wishes for a considerable sum
In order to get with It tho plearure that
only money can buy, he Is n.t likely to get
It from the Increase to be had from n sav
ings bank, or, for that matter, from any
form of reasonably safo Investment, unless
he can add to his Investment from other
sources than ordinary "wages" or salary.
It Is conceivably possible for him to make
n great deal of monoy by speculating In
stocks, or by betting on tho races, or by
other forms ot gambling. Tho chances aro
tremendously against him, but it Is possible.
Probably for tho ordinary speculator, the
"outsider," with no special knowledge of
the game, thero may he one chance In a mil
lion that n "few hundreds or thousands"
may In this way yield a lnrge amount
Thero Is about tlio snmo chance that a
fortuno mndo lu this wny will be kept, and
will not bo lost In tho attempt to Increase It.
Before going Into such a venture, any sen
slblo mnn will ask himself whethor ho Ib
ready nnd nblo to tnko such chances, how
ho will stand If they go ugalnst him, what
ho has got to fall back on If he loses all
that ho hns saved nnd especially what obli
gations he hns nssumed nnd how far othuis
who nro dependent on him will suffer. Of
course. t la highly unlikely that any young
mnn who hns tho huiiso und thu conscience
to ask theso questions of hlmiclf, and to an
swer thorn fairly and frankly, will put his
savings into speculative stocks any moro
than ho would stake them on tho races or
on tho faro table.
On tho other hand, If a young man has
been able by great solMenlal to save a few
hundreds or thousands, and wishes to get
from his savings ns largo a return as ho can
command with safety for tho principal, wo
know of no better plan than to put them tu
a Eavlnps bank, whoro ho will got a low
but certain rato of Incrraio, compoundrd
semi-annually. Lateir, ns ho acquires ex
perlenco and Judgmont and acqualntan o
with tho conditions and opportunities of
business, he may well find fairly safo and
moro profitable Investment, Hut If ho does
not. If be adheres steadily to thr practlco
of even a small annual addition to his ac
count, ho will find that when he has rnichol
middle ago hei will havo laid by enough to
mako htm secure from tho ordinary riaki
of poverty. Thoro aro, besides the uivlngi
bank, certain forms of Insurance whbh nro
equally dmtrablc, and whoro thore nro ethers
dependont on the Investor more so. But
tbo chief point is that Invostmcnt Is better
than speculation in the- long I'un.
It will bo. objected to this counsel that it
asirruo a low grade of ambition on tbs rsrt
of him who shall be ready to s-lnpl It That
j Is not necfusnrlly true. As wo have polnt-4
out, for a man of topeclat ability tin-re will
I always opfa up opportunlllen for making
1 more profltabln uso of money than the Hav
ing bunk affords, and he will be Jurtirtnl
In taking risks, If ho Is careful that the risks
do not fall on others Instead of on hlnko 'f
As a rule, however. In the chances that i uiud
to an tiblo and active man for making tnon.y
coma to him from thoro who have tiion. y
and need to employ brains. Such rhnn e
nt first aro uaually quite Independent or
tho amount a man has to Invest; they aro
moro dependent on what he can do than oa
what ho has. And lu nuy cane, It Is a tufa
nnd honest rulo that In his Investments or
npoculatlons every man Is bound to consider
not only what he may mako If things turn
out well, but how tho Ions will affect him
and otliern it things turn out 111. So lung
as that rulo Is observed there Is a good deal
ot range for discretion. In tho case put by
our correspondent It Is pretty plain that
safety should bo tbo first connldcratloii.
ritiiiwiti.Mi to nicuvr .mohi: chow.
UilKitr lliMTiiril Uli-tltiK lllnmi'lf fur
tin- Co in I n ix (trili-nl,
Pnpllllon Tlmts.
Tho only sort of danger now con
fronting tho fusion forces In this
state' Is danger from within, nnd not from
without. Apparently wo havo the republi
cans whipped In advance of the battle. In
deed tho nverngo republican in the etaio
views tho situation with' such alarm ns to
mnko him nfrnld io tnko much hnnd in tho
battle. With certain defeat storing tho-iiv- In
the face the republican forces will have dif
ficulty In finding enough sacrifices to lay
upon their altar this year. 'All the leader,!
have peremptorily declined to allow their
names to bo placed upon the stato ticket.
That Is only nntural. That's the way demo
crats and pops did In the days Lcfore we re
deemed the state. Today, with n fiislntt
nomination equivalent to un i-Jectlon we havu
a flood of candidates. It is n laudable nm
bltlon nnd n natural condition of affairs, Ix.t
it may endnnger our chance. Scores of can
didates must have their hopes bllghtol.
Every man In tho fight should prepare now
to tnko his convention medicine nnd lo k
pleasant no matter how bitter tho dose. ,V
mnn should go Into politics with a firm re
solve to never meet disappointment, that Is,
so far as Ills personal Interests nro con
cerned. Of course It Is lmpojslble not t-i
meet disappointment In the, defeat ot our
friends. Our conventions are one hundrel
days nhend of us. There Is plenty of tim-
for tho enemy to mako trouble bclwoen thn
candidates. We must expect efforts In that
direction. Wc must also defeat all such ef
forts. On convention day we will meet a
proposition which nil republicans nnd om-
other people say cannot be solved a division
of the state olllces between populists, demo
crats nnd sliver republicans. Wo will solve,
tho problem, nnd thus prove our republl an
friends poor prophets. We hnve met worso
situations In this state and our conventions
havo always brought order out of nppnreni
chaos. Wo will do It again. Jf only everv
aspirant for otllce, be ho democrat. popullt
or silver republican, will resolve now to
regard as superior to his own Judgment thn
'wisdom of tho three thousand delojates who
will name the nominees and make the plai -forms
for tho thrco brigades of the fusion
nrmy. Danger Is at our elbow tolay and that
danger will Increase or diminish In propor
tion as our candidates and our presa shall
preach the comfortable doctrine of loyalty
to party decreeo. Wo cannot nvold a fight
In tho conventions. Wo can teach our
selves and all fusion voters to regard a
Supremo the decisions of our state conven
tions. Do thin, and even tho suspicion of
danger to our ticket will disappear as thu
mists of morning, and n republican will
stand no more show of election In Nebraska
than does a Chinnman In California.
OXU .MIXl'TliVS l-T.V.
Denver Post: "Eggs hot from the lien"
nre advertised by n Colorado country utoro
keeper. The editor of the pnper may" havo
lind this nnounremcnt In mind when In an
other column he referred to the feverish
condition of the egg mnrket.
North American: Phil Osslfer Every
woman believes that the proper nse nt
which to marry Is tho age nt which she
married.
Slnnlcus Yes. unless Mie hnppens to be u
widow: then sho protests that sine was too
young ut her lirst mnrrlage.
Pittsburg Chronicle: An "Anil." "I nm
nn antl." declared Sammy Snaggs. whoso
father Is nn ardent expanlonlHt. "ou ur
whntV" demanded the- elder Snaggs, with
gre-nt surprise. "I nm un nntl," repeated
Sammy; "nn iintl-spnnkutlonlst."
Phllndelphhi Bulletin: "Watts has n
striking perbonallty. hasn't he?"
"Yes; so striking that 1 nlwnys try to
dodge him when I have a cent In my
locket."
Denver Post: The papers report that an
Illinois woman found a ling of coin In her
onion bed the other day. Dollars or
scents?
Baltimore American: Mnnngcr Hncln
Tom Company Wo call the big bloodhound
"Slrlus."
Rubber Why? ,
Manager Because ho Is our dog-stnr.
Times Herald: A Johnstown (Pa.) man
criticised nnother's singing and wns killed
for It. Thu best thing to do when n m.in
with a bad volco starts to sing Is Just to
run away.
Puiln Dealer: "I want to show you somo
of our new renovntor." snld the Insinuating
stranger. "It's the best thing for tho
hnlr"-
"I don't want It," snapped the bald
bended grocer.
"And It will mako last year's mnple sugar
cako-i look Juxt like new."
"Put mo down for u dozen boxes," snl-l
tho grocer.
Indlnnnpolls Press: Watts I wonder
what sort of success women would muko
In politics If they hnd the chnnco.
Potts They might get along nil right la
tho cities, but not In tho country. They
can't grow chin whiskers.
IVllllllI SIllK.
Washington Star.
"f fnln would sing,"
Quoth he. "of spring
The theme, of course, l old.
I cannot sing
Of anything
Bccuuso 1 liuvo n cold."
as tiii: si'.v wuvr now.x.
Buffalo Evening News.
Two soldiers Iny on tho battletlelil
At nlirlit -when the sun went down;
One held n lock of thin gray hair
. Aim ono ncni n iocs or brown.
, Ono thought of his sweetheart back a.,
i home,
I Happy and young nnd nny,
I And one of his mother left alone,
j I'eeblo nnd old nnd gray.
Each In the thought that h woman cared,
' Murmured n prayer to Ood.
Lifting his gnzu to the blue above,
Thuru on tho battle soil.
Each In the Joy of n woman's lov
Smiled through tho pain of dt-iith,
Murmured the iwiund of womnn's name,
Though with his parting breath.
Palo grew the dying lips of en. h,
Then, ns the sun wont down,
Ono kissed a lock of thin gray hair,
And onu kissed u lock of brown
"Daisy Queen1'
31 fr.iar.mt ptrtume, rich In tbs
awsttntss of Held and hnst.
Ilelle.it ns r.
Shtrman .V WcCoHtiell Drua Co.,
iiiytra.uillon Drua Co.,
Kulm X Co.