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G THE OMAHA DAILY KEEi FRIDAY, APIUL 127. 1000. The Omaha Daily Bee. K. HOSBWATKIt, Kdltor. I'UHMSHED EVERY MOKNINU. TURMS OF St'OSC'RIITION. Dally Heo (without Sunday). One Year.$.W Dally Hee and Hunday. One Year S.OO Illustrated Hee, Ono Year I CO Sunday Hee, One Year Hattirdny lice, Ono Year IM Weekly Bee, Ono Year w ofkickh. Omaha: Tho lice Building, South Omaha: City Hall Uulldlns, Twen-ty-flfth und N streets. Council Bluffs! 10 Pearl Street. Chicago: 1610 Unity Building. New York: Temple Court. Washington: Ml Fourteenth Street. 8loux City: 611 Park Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication)! relating to ne' and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. I1U31NE8S IjETTERS. Uuslneiw letters and remittance should ho addressed: The lieo Publishing Com pany.Omaha, REMITTANCES. Romlt by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps accepted In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or Eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUUMSHINO COMPANY. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.: Ocorge H. Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, says that tho actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Hce, printed during tho month of March, 1C00, was as follows: l 27,:iro 2 zr.noo 3 S7.I7M 17 27,030 IS 27,007 19 27,550 10 27.H00 4... s... II7.0M5 27.U00 28,170 as, (100 27.100 27.2U0 27,:C10 27.2:15 27.200 21,110 27,070 27.200 Jl 22 23 21 25 26 27 21 29 30 31 . 27,020 . .27.070 ..27,750 . .27.070 ..23, 100 ..27.810 ..28,200 ..20,180 ..2S.-I70 ..2S.-I0O ..28,520 9 10 11 12 13 II IS 16 .20,070 Total 80IM 7 Ixss unsold and returned copies... 10.U08 Net total sales 858,770 Net dally average 27,702 OEOROE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed and sworn before mo this 2d day of April, A. D. 1900. M. B. HUNOATB, Notary Public. "Stiftiir nnd oil" does not seem to bo a very drawing mixture. Lord Roberts will liavo to get a net with liner uieaheH If li Is to catch tho elusive Boers. The guaranteed circulation Imposture lins received such a jolt that It is no wonder tho Impostors squirm. Even tho calamity organ takes special note of tho boom In marriage licenses, which Is tho Indisputable sign of perma nent prosperity. Chicago will devote three days to Its Dewey day celebration. It didn't tike Dewey that long to llnlsh bis little cere mony with the .Spa 11 1 mIi licet. It Is reported that tJcncral Wheeler and tho widow of George AV. Chllds arc to wed. If the widows are nftor lilm It will do tho general 110 good to climb a tree. Tho popocratlc campaign assessment Is gradually being Increased. No just ground exists for the charge that any ellglblcs aro allowed to escape or that undervaluations aro tolerated. Arbor day, 1900, was ,7. Sterling Mor ton's sixty-eighth birthday anniversary. And the sngc of Arbor Lodge expects to celebrate by planting trees for at least another decade to come. Tho Turk evidently hesitates to force tho United States to resort to attach raent proceedings for fear It will precipi tate n rush of creditors when the ex chequor is in no condition to withstand a run. Tho glastncutuscs on watch on the city hall seem to bo trying to get in their deadly work on pedestrians below. The Bee warned tho public of this danger at tho tlmo the glastncutuscs were put up by tho city hall architect. Tho fusion populists aro at a. loss to know where tho holes In the fence arc located. They know they must bo nu morons becauso they cannot look out Into tho highway without seeing some former fuslpulHt out iu the middle of the road. Nebraska Is a little over three Inches better off for rainfall than it was at this time last year. With the ground thor oughly saturated at planting time good season followlug will produco crop which will make the world open Its eyes. AUnn O. Myers has set off some Ohio skyrockets In Kansas, comparing Bryan to Ooebel and predicting that Bryan would never bo president even were ho elected. These skyrockets should be re served until tho campaign Is a little warmer. Tho fusion state house machine has only whetted Its appetite for tho spoils In tho educational Institutions of tho Btato. The superlntendency of the Peru Normal school will now bo put on the campaign assessment list for reform purposes only. The refusal of tho Third Nebraska dls trlct to endorse "the sugar and oil tirm,' where tho sugar member of tho comblna (Ion has his homo uud is best kuovvu, is slgnlllcant. It means that Nebraska re publicans aro not in humor to put tho trust label on their ticket ths year. It will not do for tho Bryanltes to question the deniocracy of Dewey sine ho accepted the rare old bourbon sent him by Kentucky admjrers. You can put all ,tho labels yousi please on him now, but there Is 110 effacing tuo oriel nal bniud so It will nottbe recognized by an expert. - - t. . Tho senate- commlttecron foreign rein tlons lias agreeif to report a resolution permitting Assistant wcretary or wa Melklejohn to receive tllo honorary dec oration conferred on him by the king of Sweden and Norway. Secrotnry Melkle john will now be able ij take his place alongside of Colonel Vlfqunln and Count Crelghton ns eminent Nebraskans hon ored by forelgu potentates. MUXUUXCK AOAtXST TM'STS. The Ohio am1 Indiana republican plat forms leave 110 doubt as to the attitude of the party In those states toward the trusts. The Ohio declaration Is that the republican party of that state stands committed to legislative and executive opposition to tho threatening combina tions of capital that s6ek to restrict ompctltlon and stltlo Independent pro ducers and Insists thiit "Injurious com binations shall be forbidden and so- called trusts shall be. so regulated from time to time nnd be so restricted as to guarantee Immunity from hurtful mo nopoly nnd assure; fair treatment and protection to all competing Industries." The Indiana platform declares that combinations of capital having ns their object or effect the control of the pro- luctlon of commodities, or the markets hereof, tire hurtful and Injurious to the best Interests of the people nnd tlint his evil should bo overthrown without Injury to honwt trade." Tho party therefore favors. such additional legisla tion, both state and national, "as shall establish complete legal control over 11 trusts and monopolies, with full power to dissolve the same, and mote iroper punishment to all who thus seek o destroy honest competition and pre- ent the widest possible employment to labor." It may be objected that these pint- forms are deliclent In not prescribing ny plan for dealing with the trusts, but that Is the business of legislators and while a political convention may prop erly recommend legislation It Is sufll- lent that It simply declares party prln Iples nnd policies, leaving to the law makers the duty of derlslug methods for putting these Into effect. In doing this the republicans or Ohio and Indiana say to tho representatives of the party In congress that thfy desire additional ntl-trust legislation and Imply that there should be no unnecessary delay enacting It. New legislation, In tended to enlnrgo and strengthen the anti-trust law of. 1SW, has been pro posed by a sub-committee of the house committee on Judiciary, but it has not met with general approvnl. Some fea tures of It aro of doubtful wisdom ana It Is questionable whether they would be sustained by tho courts. It Is tho un derstanding that tho committee Is still considering tho subject and It may con fidently bo expected that a Judicious and practicable plan will be devised. Our judgment Is that action by con gress on this very Important question must be had at the present session in order to satisfy the peoplo that the re publican party Is earnestly determined to deal effectively with tho trust evil and It apjK-ars that this is the general view among the majority in congress. "Republican statesmen should reallzo that in regard to this matter, which Is commanding so Jargo a share of tho public attention, tho peoplo expect more than promises. Tho more intelli gent of them have no faith In demo cratic assurances of what that party would do If in power, because It failed to do anything when it had power and It now offers no practicable plan for the regulation or repression of trusts. Hut tho peoplo reasonably look for some thing practical and effective from the republican party and It would be dltll- cult to excuse or justify failure to pro vide it. The anti-trust declarations of republican state conventions should be heeded nt Washington. XO FKAIt OF RUSSIA. The suggestion that Russia may In terfere In the event of our government pressing Turkey for the payment of the indemnity demanded will not disturb the authorities at Washington, for noth ing Is more unlikely to happen than that tho Russian government will assume in respect to this mutter nu unfriendly at titude toward tho Vnlted States. It Is true that Russia has a claim against Turkey many times larger than ours nnd of much , longer standing, but this fact would furnish no adequate excuse for Interference. It Is not to bo apprehended that any serious troublo will grow out of the American demand. If our claim is set tied It Is possiblo that other govern ments may be moved to press for tho payment of their claims nnd It Is very likely this consideration that causes the sultan to delay, but it Is most lmprob ablo that Kuropean governments will unite to urge their claims and it Is only by uniting that they can hope to have them paid. Russia might Interfere If any country of Europe were to under take to force a settlement from Turkey, but there are obvious reasons why she would not do so in the case of the United States. "Wo have no doubt that tho demand of our government will bo satistled and that amicable relations with Turkey will not bo disturbed. A MlirLKXlXO PROBLEM. Resolutions introduced Into the city council with reference to tho sulliciency of tho petitions for repavlng where the petitioners hnvo not paid up special taxes levied for tho original puvlug opens up a perplexing problem. Tho law does not bar any property owner from petitioning for street im provements because of default In pnylng for previous street Improvements and such default would not Invalldato tho petition If it were attacked in the courts. Erom tho standpoint of public policy, on tho other hand, sound tlnanclerlng would dictate that no now Improvement should be made at the expense of the abutting property owners until the old Improvement hits been fully paid up. Tho theory of levying special taxes for paving on tho Installment plan cov ering a period of live to ten years was that the pavement or Improvement would Inst until after that period and that the expense would bo defrayed be fore it would havo to bo replaced. The Haw In the system arises from the fact that the wooden block pavements, whose life wns normally not more than from live to eight years, wero laid with tho cost spread over annual payments extending over ten years. The result has been that property owners havo been paying their special taxes for sev eral years after tho pavements had been worn out nnd the benefits practically dissipated. Tho remedy In such In stances Is to allow payment In install- ments only for periods which the guar anty of the contractor covers nnd to force their collection ns they becomo due. The plan of special nssessments for street Improvements bns been upheld In all the courts nnd cannot be successfully uttacked. The dllllculty Is to make the practice conform to th6 theory without subjecting property owners to unusual i burdens or making the city treasury the victim of abuses. Tills dllllculty cannot be obviated by refusing to recognize pe titions containing signatures of delin quent taxpayers. fish on evi tiAir. wns to have been expected the As World-Herald attempts to crawl out of the circulation challenge of The Bee by trying to modify It and nttacli new con ditions. Here Is Tho Bee's proposition, which Is certainly fair In every par ticular: 1 In order that all doubt may be dis pelled Tho Bee makee tho following proposition: It will placo tho census lists for each of the routes In the city of Omaha In the hands of a committee of Omaha business men the World Herald shaft name, to be carefully checked up with tho carrier delivery circulation of tho World-Herald for tho first week In April, tho World-Herald to be credited with every name omitted by Tho Bee's census takers; tho provlng-up process to be made by ono representative of The Bee, one of tho World-Herald and one of tho News. That Is to say, every sutscrlbcr claimed by the World-Herald In excess of the credit given shall be traced to his residence or business office and his receipts submitted. When tho comparison is complete Tho Beo will rovlse Its figures and credit the World Herald with whatever additional carrier delivery subscription It may prove up, at the samo time agreeing to deluct from Its own credit all names shown to have ben erroneously Inserted. The World-Herald will have to llsh or cut bait. Does it dare accept the challenge? After The Bee's challenge Is nccepted nnd executed, tho World-Herald will bo in position to make additional propo sitions. ricToniA's visit to hielaxp. Queen Victoria's visit to Ireland has ended and whatever Its political results may bo, In Its social aspect it has been nil that the sovereign of Great Britain could have desired. Tho motive that inspired it was in the highest degree creditable to the venerable ruler and the Irish peoplo as a whole have shown their appreciation of It. Kxcept n few Irrcconcllables, they manifested a hearty respect and deference for the queen and It Is not to be doubted that she obtained 11 letter Impression of the Irish people. She has at least learned that however deep-seated tho feeling of hostility toward Knglnnd on nccount of generations of Ill-treatment and op pression, thn peoplo of tho emerald Isle aro not lacking In courtesy and mag nanimity. How much of the good effect of this otllcial visit will come from a change of personal attitude on England's part toward Ireland remains to be seen, but It Is hardly possiblo that the tactful course of Victoria enn fall to have grat Ifylng results In this direction. It was an appeal to Irish loyalty which there Is reason to think has been effective nnd at tho same time it was an example to Englishmen which ought to produco among them a better feellug toward Ire land. It may servo to reconcile the Irish generally to tho English, while It may also servo to make something more of Ireland nnd the Irish In English esti mation. At all events, Englishmen can not but acknowledge tho Justice of this public recognition of the pre-eminent merit of the Irish ns oflleers and sol diers. TH'0 STItOXO XOMIXATIOXS. The choice of John R. Hays as repub lican candidate for congress in tho Third congressional district and of W. S. Mor lan ns republican candidate for congress in the Fifth district constitute two strong nominations. John It. Hays of Norfolk bears a repu tation as a man of unswerving Integrity and loyal adherence to republican prin ciples. For years he has been ono of tho tried and trusted lenders of the party In the Third district. That he would rep resent his constituents in congress with fidelity nnd ability will be admitted oven by bis political opponents. W. S. Morlnn of McCook Is nnother republican whose energies hnvo been de voted to the upbuilding of the state as well as of tho party. A pioneer of tho state on the frontier when frontier Ilfo meant hnrdbhlp and exposure, he Is a typical example of the push and pluck which has transformed Nebraska from a wilderness to a garden. Both of these candidates deserve to win nnd will win If the voters of their respective districts recognize merit and choose their congressmen with a view to the service they can render at Wash ington. All tho republican platforms adopted Iu the various states that have held conventions this spring take a tirm stand against the trusts and for the enforcement of tho anti-trust legisla tion. Nebraska republicans will follow suit in their platform. Under such cir cumstances how enn the party afford to question tho sincerity of Its own dec larations by endorsing trust representa tives for places or honors? The case brought In the supreme court to test tho title of Omaha's lire and po lice board In the Interest of tho pre tender police commissioners appointed by Coventor Poynter is to come up next week. That accounts for nil the torn torn pounding about Third ward vlco yaraded In the local popocratlc organ. Tho Omaha Real Estate exchange has taken action to protect Its members from peoplo who believe It cheaper to move than to pay rent. Tho story about the cheapness of moving has been handed down from time Immemorial but neonlo down iro n mm. imuRinonai, mil people who try It aro moro often disappointed than encouraged to try It ngnln. Wanted, by the popocratlc state house ofllclals-a magnifying glass of sulllclent ,, f . , , , power to discover some place now held by u republican who can be removed to mako room for one of our own Uud, With numerous applications now on tile tho otllclals are lit present unable to meet the demand. The railroads themselves admit that they had but a jsior case in the Norfolk rate discrimination Inquiry. Tho Nor folk people, however, might have knocked forever on the door of the do- nothing fusion reformer on the state railway commission without getting n response. . Holt county populists, who have car ried that county every year by shouting reform and asserting that all the rascals were In tho republican party, are Just now giving the Nebraska public an Il lustration of the fact that rascality Is a decidedly cosmopolitan uccouipllshnient. Kentucky I'orrtliniiKlit. Washington Post. The Kentucky peoplo who sent Admiral Dewey a dozen quarts of twenty-sevon- year-old whisky evidently expect him to havo somo visitors from Kentucky before the polls close. Column c I it I I'ONsllillltlrs. Philadelphia Record. Thero aro 400,000.000 people In tho Chi nese empire, 40.000.000 In Janan and 300.- 000.000 la nulla. This Is the swarming Asiatic hlvo which faces tho Pacific coast of the Unltod States, with an open highway Detwecn. Tben thero arc tho Russian Asi atic territory at tho north and tho rapidly developing Australasian states at the south. our position oa tho hither side of tho Pa cific and our established foothold In tho Philippines, Hawaii and tho South Seas havo opened up to us wonderful political, Industrial and commercial possibilities. It Is not beyond the range of probability that tne end of tho coming century will find tho American continent tho controlling cen ter of tho trado of tho world, doing as large a business with the populations of Asia ns wo now do with the populations of Eu rope. A Point Well TnUen. Philadelphia North American. Ten million natives In India are starving and wholly dependont on government relief for tho means of sustaining life, but tho government Is devoting all Its money and energy to tne destruction of life in South Africa and has no tlmo to wasto upon 10,000,000 starving subjects in India. The famine Is the result of a drouth. A member of tho vice regal council, who has made n tour of India, says there Is no water In tho reservoirs and tho whole country Is now ono vast, bare, brown, lonely desert, where in ordinary seaaons one may see busy threshing floors studded all over with heaps of grain. Is it for ono moment to be be lieved that England could not send food to thoso starving millions If it desired so to do? It is a question of money only and It has tho money. The food is available In the markets of the world and may bo bought. When England wants cavalry horses and army mules it scours America, Australia and Hungary for them and pays millions for them. If It has scoured this country for wheat to feed starving Hindoos It has not been detected in tho act. FlKnrliiK on thr nii-ctornl Vote. Globc-Democr.it. Democratic arithmetic men have little to say In theso times. Tho figures in tho electoral column are unusually perverse. Ordinarily probabilities can bo twisted enough to give a scmblanco of success. But getting down to particulars Is not at present attractive to tho democratic mathematicians. A few years ago the solid south was relied on for the substratum of votes, to which were added New York, New Jersey, Con necticut and Indiana. Another state is now necessary. Th6 old formula must bo amended even as to tho number of votes re quired. Then In the last presidential elec tion the solid south was broken, tho re publicans gaining twenty-flvo of the twenty six electoral votes of Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia and Kentucky. Slnco 1896 the states of Kansas, Washington, Wyo ming and South Dakota have come over to tho republican aldo. Kentucky has been car ried by both parties and Maryland by demo crats on a platform silent as to silver. Something extraordinary must happen be fore the electoral vote can bo arranged to show a reasonable chance of democratic success on November C next. Suiircnmcy of tlir- AVlu-cl ninn. New York Tribune. Foot passengers on tho streets who com plain of the recklessness of bicyclers may thank their stars they are not In Germany. They uiied sometimes to punish bicyclers thero for running Into pedestrians; then this practlco fell Into dlsuso and now a Berlin court has Just sent a man to Jail for two months for recklessly running across one of the principal streets nnd knocking u bicyclist off his wheel. The most upologetlc sort of defense was offered tho man was running home because his wife was about to become a mother for tho seventh time. The prosecution, however, Insisted upon the letter of the law, that pedestrians must leave tho Btrects free for bicyclists, or, in case It was absolutely necessary to cross, must give warning to bicyclists. Those ele mentary measures of precaution having been neglected, It was only tho fact that tho fallen bicyclist reielved no Injuries that Induced tho court to let tho culprit off with so light a punishment. It Is added that In vlow of the constantly Increasing reckless ness nay, roughness of pedestrians toward bicyclists, It would otherwise have Indicted a much sovcrer penalty. If tho paragraph In tho Berliner Tageblatt Imparting this Item of nows Is Ironical tho Irony Is her metically concealed In It. AClIllJVHMU.Vr.S OF PHOTIX'TION. Higher Wiiki-n, Stliniilati'il Invention niul KiilnrKt'il .Mnrki'ta, Washington Post. The freo trado newspapers continue to pay unconscious tributes to the great American economic policy of protection to horns industries, and the Post very cheer fully continues to make appreciative men tion of them. Ono of tho latest and best of the freo trade glorifications of the great results that havo been effected by free trado defeats appeared In a recent Issue of tho Philadelphia Record, an excollent news paper printed In a city and state which are In themselves grand monuments to tho power and beneficenco of protection. The Record points with prldo to tho "significant statement" mado by Lord Cromer, the British diplomatic agent In Egypt, to tho effect that American rather than English locccnotlvcs were bought for use In Egypt because the former were furnished "at "lower prices and In lets time." In thoso words, as our free trade con temporary correctly asserts. Ho tho so lution of tho problem of how to se:uro export trade. 'They contain tho explana tion of tho abounding strides made by American commerco abroad, and they convey tho most encouraging assurance for the future." Continuing Its exultant strain, tho Record declares as an undeniable fast that American machinery is tho best on the globe; America tools, machine tools j and automatic machinery of all kinds uro 8tan(l3rd ln tno markets of ,bc worl(1- nn'' tbnt Jolne1 t0 ,hcm wo bave ,abor whlcn ,a cbaractcrl!,Pj by self-reliance, initiative. nml Keeral Intelligence nowhere equaled. Those aro great truths. We have tho best i machinery and tools In tho world and tho ' v. 1 . . . . . . . 1. H ' V. .. - n .... bC8t mcn t0 uao 'h0"1, Wny7 nccause we ' ha fn'a ,h'shcr w,aKC,V b1ecau,801 wp bave prctoctod labor nnd stimulated Invention; , because. In brief, we havo put down and kept down tho heresies of tho froo trado sophists. Hi THE UNACCEPTED CHALLENGE, Made by The Bee April 26. Itrftiilt of rnsiitrr t'enin. Hoe. W.-ll.- Otunlin D.OHtl n.O.fi South Oiniilin .... 1,512 I.ltO Council iiiiin ... . i,25:t 1,1:12 Totnl, CM leu... 11,881 r,2iMi In order that all doubt may bo dispelled The Bee makes the fol lowing proposition: It will placo tho census lists for each of the routes In the city of Omaha In the hands of a committee of Omaha business men tho World-Herald shall name, to be carefully checked up with tho carrier delivery circu lation of tho World-Herald for the llrst week in April, tho World-Her-aid to be credited with every name omitted1 by The Bee's census takers; tho provlng-up process to be mnde by one representative of The Bee, one of the World-Herald und one of tho News. That Is to say, every sub scriber claimed by the World-Her-aid In excess of tho credit given shall be traced to his residence or business olllce and his receipts sub mitted. When the comparison Is completed Tho Beo will revise Its ligurcs and credit the World-Herald with whatever additional carrier de livery subscription It may prove up, nt the same time ngreelng to deduct S from Its own credit nil names shown 5 to havo been erroneously Inserted. ) ULTIMATUM (IF OOI.ll DEMOCRATS. Party .Must Abandon tin- Kilter Plank mill It IMnereillteil Lender. J. Sterling Morton's Conservative. Thoso who opposed 1G to 1 In 1896 oppose It today. Experience has verified their opin ions and mado them more intense In their convictions. On the other hand, individual Instances aro known in every community of tho evolution of a Bryanarchlst Into a gold standard democrat. Tho extent of a change In political opinion, however, can bo estimated more accurately by a citation of an organized body of men than by a reference to Individuals. The organization la national and speaks for tho many, whllo the individuals are but local and speak for themselves. Tho bolters of the regular republican con vention In 1S9C organized tho silver repub lican party, as distinctly typifying their op liositlon to tho gold standard and their loy alty to tho freo coinage of silver at 16 to 1. Tho leaders of this party have decided on a change of name, dropping tho word sil ver, tbcroby causing their party to lose its original significance as a party organization and recognizing tho fact that the Issue that gavo It birth no longer lives. Charles A. Towne, the .well known ex congressman from Minnesota and chairman of the national committee of the silver republican party, In a recent Interview said that a part of tho Chicago platform did not apply to present conditions, that it was framed to remedy falling prices, while toJay wo have a raise In prices. With this evident feeling of renunciation on tho part of those who wore tho most prominently Identified with sliver in 1896, why should the democrats be less rational? Why should they reaffirm the Chicago plat form and by so doing make the ridiculous assertion that price are falling, when, as everybody knows, they are rising? Why resolvo a He In regard to a well known fact of trade? What would people think of a scientist who would stake his repu tation upon asserting, as a fact, the op poBlto of 0 recognized scientific truth. What should bo our verdict upon a political party that would base its political philosophy upon a self-evident untruth? If the sliver republicans, who owe their political bit th to tho sweet delusion of 16 to 1, aro now willing to forsake it, ought not the demo crats, who were only beguiled Into accept ing tho vagary, be willing to abandon it? Thoro Is absolutely no reason for the dem ocrats to commit such an act of folly as to again become sponsor for 16 to 1. The only object In doing so Is to give a sem blance of consistency to the candidacy of tho man who is now most prominently mentioned for the nomination. Sixteen to one and Bryan are inseparable. It was an the leader of this mistaken theory of finance that ho became known to the Amer ican people. As a political loader bo stands for this and nothing else. Sixteen to ono means Bryan, and Bryan means 16 to 1. To drop 16 to 1 would destroy the logic and consistency of his candidacy. For him to abandon tho cheap money fallacy and go beforo tho peoplo as the exponent of an opposing Idea would condemn him as a fickle adventurer. It would brand him as a mero soldloi of fortune, who would Im pulsively espouse anything he believed for tho moment to bo popular and gave promise of big dividends on election day. The dem ocrats must either endorse 16 to 1 for the childish purpose of enabling ono man to say "I told you so," thus placing Indi vidual pride above national good, or they must drop tho sacred ratio and the man who is typical of It. TWO I'l.AL'ICS Fon IlF.FOrtM. tttnte School i-ril Kilnentlnnnl Ilnther 'I'll a a Political Supervision, Nebraska Tenchcr. It Is about tlmo that school men and thoso deeply Interested In the mental and moral training of the young should pay some at tention to tbo training of the unfortunate at such schools as the Industrial school at Kearney and tho Institute for tho Feeble Minded at Beatrice. It any children In the state aro In need of skillful guidance, these are certainly Included la the number. What do the recent managements of theso schools know pr care about the Intellectual develop ment or tbo moral tone of the schools What qualifications havo they possessed for managing a school of any sort, much less tho schools that ought to bo under the most efficient management? It 1b decidedly bad when ono can hear swearing on tbo part of employes at such an Institution. How much will those boys Im prove who hear swearing and who Indulgo In It themselves? Is their mcntnl and moral growth helped by the use of tobacco and the like? This Is a matter that should bo taken up by school men, parents, tho church and tha press. What can 'bo done In the Interest of these unfortunate children? Is there no way of getting these schools out of the hands of men appointed for political reasons Into tho hands of men especially fitted for this kind of work? The question at once arises as to whether the method of appointment Is not the sourco of all the troublo, When a governor, Interested In education as our present governor is and a man of such ex cellent moral and Christian character, absolutely fails to remedy matters there can bo llttlo hope from any governor. The fact Is tho governor Is not free to uao his own best Judgment in making appointments. Ho has to satisfy party leaders. He la forced to appoint the men that they urge upon him. School men who presented the matter to tho governor beforo tho last appoint' ments were made were impressed with the desire of the governor to do what was befct for those schools, and with his Ideas as to what would Improve them, and considering tho manner In which the governor Is ham pered In the matter of all appointments, he has done the best he could, We have noth ing to cay against the character of the men Appointed, only against tbelr qualifications for that peculiar kind of work. Tho remedy lies In placing theso schools tinder a hoard of control similar to the board of regents for tho university. It Is the desire of tho Nebraska teacher to assist In starting tho agitation now hoping to get favorable action on this question In the next legislature. Sn.MnWIIAT PERSONAL. A Boer shatters the traditions of hie raco it ho weds an English woman. Senator Clark In hanging on with the tenacity of a man who really needs the salary. General Wheeler has brought home with him a collection of Philippine curios valued at a considerable sum. Tho will of the late Dr. Jamen Martlncau disposes of an rstato valued nt $11,000. All his manuscript is left to his daughters. It Is certainly a nlgn of good doctoring when both Senator Hanna and Colonel Bryan can recover tholr health at the samo time. Lieutenant Hobson's plan to return homo by way of Alaska shows that ho wants to bo perfoctly cool when he faces the next recep tion committee. Georgo Fred Williams heads the Massa chusetts delegation to the democratic na tional convention and will direct the ap plause for New England. Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale Is deliver ing his course of lectures on "Rernlnlscenccn of Emcroan, Holmes, Lowell and Longfel low" In Indianapolis nnd tho west. If Admiral Dewey Is wleo he will review tho rarnde In Chicago next week from the balcony of nime building that was erected betoro the labor union was organized. Sardou has written for Sara Bernhardt a drama dealing seriously with medieval witch craft. In his younger days tho author was a Hplrltuallfit and thought himself a medium. Tho Goulds have their troubles Just tho samo as ordinary mortals. Mrs. Howard Gould has to send her wnlstn back to tho dressmaker and George's barber freauently nhaves him so clcao that his teeth ache. Sequoyah, the Indian chief who reduced to written characters the language of tho Cherokecs, will havo a monument erected to his memory. The people of tho Cherokoo nation propose to place tho monument In the public square at Tahlequah, the capital of tho nation. Sequoyah died about forty-two years ago. Something Extraordinary A diBcount clothing sale in the height of the sea son It's usual for others in our line But extra ordinary for Browning, King & Co., and without question will be the last time you will ever see our high grade clothing offered at a discount. This season's trado has been remarkably good so good in fact that many of our lines are badly broken and the fitting of any one suit iB difficult to us and disappointing to you. And on the strength of this mutual inconvenience we have decided to place ALL broken lines on our Three Front Tables and offer you a choice of any suit thereon at 25 per cent discount There are l 2 J 3 63 6 92 35 38 37 834 SUITS IN ALL. All materials all styleB and all prices 128.00 suits for 125.00 suits for $27.50 suits for $20.00 suits for $11.00 suits for $21 $18.75 $16.85 $15 $13.50 $15.00 suits for $12.50 suits for $10.00 suits for $8,60 Butts for $11,25 $9.35 $7.50 $6.40 The better the suit the better the discount This sale commences at once and ought to inter est those who like good clothes. Those are all our makes and we warrant every one to bo the best of its kind in tho market. You know our methods of doing business and making reliable statements. Now is the time t(o, buy, a Summer Suit at a real bar gain. Browning, King & Co., R. S. Wilcox, Manner. Omnhu's Only Exclusive Clothiers (or Men uud Uoy. .MIRTIlFtli JimtlUMKNT. Times-Herald! A Bait Francisco woman who owned a hotel linn married her ele at or boy. After tnuny ups and downs the ltr seems to have arrived t a point wherj It will bo possiblo for him to eat at the first table right along. Philadelphia Press: Prry Pateti Please. Indy. help a poor man wats bin outer work fer more'n a year. Kind lady -Hero's a quarter, poor man Can't you find anvthlng nt all to do Perry Pntetlc-No. lady. Its so long since I done a Job o' work dnt I don't tmk I'd reckernlze one now If It come up an took It's hat off tcr ttic. 1 Denver Post: Tho young, ladies of n Rus sian semlnnry have lcen ordered ti slop wearing silk petticoats, nnd they will no doubt humbly obey tho cruel decree If the girls of Vassnr, or other American female collego wero commanded to shuck their fair forms out of silken casings, tho vibrations of the kick would be felt around the worldl Philadelphia North American: "What do you menn7" roared her father. "You marry my daughter! Do you think I nm crazy?- 1Oh, no," replied Hennlx, trying to mollify lilm. "not quite so bad as that, my dear sir.'' Washington Htar: "Mrs. Debblt a her husband ha no head for business.'' "Yes." answered Miss Cayenne. "I tnlked with tho poor man. Mrs, Debblt got him to do some shopping for lir and he thought lessly paid cash. Bho says It will mix her nrroiintK all un. If thev nay cash the clerk I Is Just ns likely as not to forget and charge 1 the things, anyhow. If they get them 1 V. n ....wl , hnn..al..d k.. ... 1 A a . J , I' She knows they won't be paid for." A XKW STUAIX. Washington Star. This world Is full of trouble. You will notice as you go That somo very little matters Causo a serious weight of woe. And slnre a song of sorrow Now must occupy my muse, Ileib's a simple salutation To the man with squeaky shoes. Ho is very haul to lose; The small boy ho'll amuse. He treads the ulslo With placid smile, Tho man with squeaky shoes. Tho minister Is puzzled And ho quite forgets the text. And the breathless congregation Wonders what will happen next. There In nervous agitation: Faces turn to various hues. He's the only one that's Itappy, Is tho man with squeaky shoes. Ho gives every one the blues As his Journey ho pursues With steady stride, Sclf-satl.tled, The man with squeaky shoes. 131 51 171 0 KO CO i 10 4 1 3S 3D 40 41 42 44 45 46 43 50