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6 THE OMAHA DATLY TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1000. The Omaha Daily Bee. e. nosuwATEn, Editor. PUBLISHED EVEHY MORNING. TERMS OF BL'BaciUPTION. Dally llco (without Sunday), One Yenr.lS.uO bally Uco und Sunday, Ono Year 8.00 Illustrated Ben. Ono Year..... 2.00 Sunday Uco, Ono Year 2.00 Saturday lice. One Year 1.50 fiui-my Due, unc lgar rxi offices. Omaha: The Bee Dulldlnir. South Omaha: City Hall Building, Twen- vmin anu it sireem. Council Bluffs: 10 l'earl Street. Chicago: 1610 Unity Building. New York: Temple Court. Washington: 801 Fourteenth Street. Sioux City: Cll Park Street. COimESrONDENCE. Communication!! relating to news and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTEflS. . Business letters and remittances should De addressed: Tho Beo Publishing com 9ny, Omaha. nEMlTTANCES. Hemlt by draft, express or postal order, payable to Tho ilea Publishing Company. Only 2-cont stnmps accepted In payment of man accounts, i'crsonai chocks, oxcepi on umana or Eastern oxenanges, not accepicu THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. George B. Tzschuck, secretary of Tho Beo rubiismng company, being uuiy sworn, ays that tho actual number of full and romnlelo crtnles of Tho Dallv. Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee, printed during tne monia or -Marcti, iwo, was as louows: 1 27,1150 17 .,27,050 2 2T,fI00 3 Ur,-I7() 4 ,.:t7,08S 6 U7.000 6 28,170 7 28,0IO 8 27,1(10 9 27.20 10 27,:t30 11 27,2:1s 12 27.200 13 27.J40 14 27,070 15 27,200 IS 20,070 1J 27,0117 19 27,050 20 27,800 21 27,020 2 27.07O 23 t 27,780 24 27.070 25 28,400 26 '.27,8 lO 27 28,200 28.,, 20,180 29 28,470 30 28,400 31 28,020 Total 800,147 Lew unsold and returned copies,.. lo,:ti(8 Net total sales .'. H.iM.f7l Net dally average 27.702 . DEO ROE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed and sworn before mo this 2d day of April, A. D. 1900. M. B. HUNOATE, Notary Public. Admiral Dewey 1ms lukeu Chicago nltnost us oitslly us he took Mnnlln. When is a gunnuity not u guaranty? When Its ji guurunty of the Fnkcry's circulation. Tho senson of spring shopping Is a gofiil tlruo to put In effect your good reso lution (o patronize homo Industry. Just note tho numerous building oper ations In progress nil over tho city mid pin your faith to the Omaha of the fu ture. Tho Paris exposition starts out Its first month with a disaster of 111 omen. Let us hope It will not be followed by more. Tho base ball season has progressed two weeks and not an umpire mobbed yet. Tho game Is going backward with out doubt. An cffectlvo republican organization behind a strong ticket Is what the fu slonlsts most fear In Nebraska. They havo good grounds for fear. The Panama canal promoters have had their concession extended six years. That will not bo long enough, how cvor, to head off the Nicaragua canal project Dave Mercer's speech acknowledging tho honor of his fourth renominatlon docs not seem to have pleased tho fu sion crowd. But then It was not In tended to plenso them. Frederic Treves, tho Kngllsh' army surgeon "Who Bald tho women who caino to South Africa wero a worse plague than the flies, need never expect olllce If tho women ever get a vote. If Governor Plugreo of Michigan turns democrat, as Indications point, watch the popocratlc organs that have heretofore heaped abuso upon him pour forth honeyed words of praise. Of what material should the keys of tho city bo made for presentation to tho delegates to the fusion nntlonal conven tion at Sioux Falls who stop in Omaha enroutc? Hero Is an openlug for sug gestions. The superintendent of schools hos told what a good architect has been selected to mako tho new High school plans. Now let tho architect give tho superin tendent a letter of credit. Turn about is fair piny. Instead of complaining because Omaha proposes to stop the populists enrouto to tho Sioux Fnllii convention and givo them a banquet that city should bo thankful that tho throng Is to bo delivered to It with a satisfied appe tltc. The county board should second the movo of tho public library board for the repavement of llnrney street west from Sixteenth past tho court houso and li brary. Tho Improvement is demanded by tho patrons of both these Institu tions. "Why should tho fuslou majority of tho county board try to force an additional deputy on tho sheriff when he says he has all tho deputies ho needs? Why should tho taxpayers be called ou to furnish sinecures to needless ap pointees? Bryan says he is too busy to see Ad miral Dewey during tho present visit to Chicago. Ho slipped In ahead of the sailor and received assurances that his fences wero all right In lllluols and then went tip to put an extra wire on tho Michigan pasture. Every man who weut on the Douglas county delegation to tho republican stato convention did so not only with a full understanding of tho terms of the agreement under which the compromise was mndo, but subscribed to the agree ment. Tho popoerats who are deluding themselves with tho Idea that the dele gates do not Intend to live up to their obligations may xpect to be sadly disappointed. THE DUUOLAS CUUXIV AOUEKMCXT. The Lincoln Journal, which during tho present campaign has formed an nl llnnco defensive and .offensive with the Omaha Hryanlto organ, tho World Herald, lias taken It upon Itself to befog tho Issues to be fought out nt the state convention Wednesday and Incidentally to create a diversion for "the sugar and oil linn" by a tissue of falsehoods con corning tho agreements entered Into by the Douglas county delegation In the In terest of hnnnony and republican mic cess. That there may be no misunder standing as to (ho conditions of the com promise that resulted In the selection of an uncontested delegation In this count; It may be timely and proper to publish tho true story of the compromise and the documents In tho case. Tho preliminary steps to the agree ment were taken by Charles J. Greene, 13. J. Cornish and Kdwnnl Hosewater and wero later participated In by John I Webster, John h. Kennedy, W. F. Gurley, James Allan and one or two others. All the conferences were held In tho olllco of John Tj. Webster, where tho llnnl selection of delegates was agreed upon. Before llnnl action, the conditions of tho agreement were sub mltted to tho representatives of the Webster nud-Thurston clement nnd rati lied by the votes' of till but four of more than fifty men present nt a meeting called nt the Millard hotel. This substantial evidence of party unanimity was hailed as u hnrbingcV of republican success uml met with the hearty approval of the rank nnd 111c Ir respective of faction. Tho compromise Is embodied In two documents. The llrst document, signed by each of the nlucty-slx delegates, reads' as follows: Tho undersigned hcroby agree to becomo members of a delegation to bo voted for un der the call of tho republican county cen tral committee for primaries March 30, lflOO, In tho Interest of tho following candidates: 1. For dclegttto-at-large E. Hosewater. 2. For district delegates W. F. Ourley and E. J. CornUh. 3. For presidential electors J. L. Jacob son and John L. Kennedy. 4. For other offices ns a majority of the delegates voting may determine. Wo furthor ask that our names- bo with drawn from any other delegation on which they may bo filed. Tho second document, signed by ninety delegates, the other six having given verbal assurance of acquiescence, reads: The undersigned hereby agree to uso their Influence as delegates to tho republican stato and congressional conventions to socure tho endorsement of Edward R06ewator for re publican national committeeman for No- braska and to vote for resolutions of In structions to that effect If d corned advUablo by him. These documents were slgued before the primary election. When tho delega tion met to organize on Saturday, April 14, In order to put an end to all pretense that tho delegation was under the agree ment free to support Senator Thurston ns well as Edward Hosewater for dole- gatc-at-large, tho following resolution was adopted without a dissenting vote, while more than eighty of tho ninety- six delogates were present: Whereas, Recent events tn Douglas county havo brought about a degree, of harmony In the republican party hitherto unknown, and the fact of a united party In Douglas county has greatly encouraged and stimulated tho rank and file throughout the stato of Nobraska and elicited favorable comment from tho great leaders of tho party in tno nation. Resolved, In order that no possible doubt may exist as to the harmonious and united purpose of Douglas county republi cans In tho Interest of republican success that the chairman of this delegation bo In structed to cast tho solid vote of Douglas county In tho state convention for John Ij. Kennedy and J. U Jacobson for presi dential electors nnd for Edward Rosowater for delegato-at-Iargo to the national conven tion and for no other candidates from this county for these positions. These resolutions wero not passed un der whip and spur," but ample oppor tunity was glveu for discussion or dis sent. Since the return of Senator Thurston, Cadet Taylor, W- J. Broatch nud other patriots of tho samo stripe havo done their level beat to create a break in tile delegation nnd to Induce delegates to repudlato their obligations, but so fur without success. According to tho Lincoln Journal, which has doubt less received its Inspiration by pipe line from the Cadet Taylor contingent, an excuso is offered to the delegates whom they hope to persuado to dishonor their signatures In the fnlso assertion that the compact had been violated by Rosowater In several essential particulars. First, It says that ho violated It by getting tho county central committee to strike off the name of Senutor Thurston as delegate from the Fourth ward. This Is a notion pure nnd simple. Tho county conimltteo had nothing whatever to do j with making up the delegation. Senator J Thurston was given a whole week to authorize someouo to alllx his name to tho agreement. "Ho telegraphed to John C. Wharton thnt he would not enter Into any agreement whatever and lie subse quently wrote to Mr. Itosewnter that ho disapproved of tho compromise nnd did not enro to be a delegate to tho state convention. Second, It Is charged that tho signa tures to tho pledges to support Mr. Hosewater for delegatc-ut-large and na tional committeeman wero signed by many under misapprehension nnd are therefore not binding. This is an Insult to tho Intelligence of tho delegation. The llrst ten names In their order nlllxed to tho document pledging tho delegation for national committeeman wero John II. Butler James Allan, John L. Web ster, Isaac S. Hascall, Hugh A. Myets, Charles K. Morgan, C. J. Greene, H. S. Berlin, G. S. Benawa and.T. B. Hummel. Surely these men were not decoyed Into a trap or caught slgnlug something they did not understand. Tho best proof that the delegates from noughts county do consider the agree ment binding Is found In the votes they cast last Saturday Instructing the two delegntcs from this congressional dis trict to voto and exert their Jnlluenco for Mr. Hosewater for committeeman. Tho British public Is beginning to realize how largo nnd prolltlcss a con tract they havo assumed In South Af rica. They havo sent n vast army there and still Pretoria Is far off. Tho first reverses were charged up to In competent leadership, ana probably Justly so. There is no mistaking the nblllt.VjOf the present commander or tho bravery of his troops. While Rob erts has not met with disaster, It Is evi dent that It Is a long nnd hnrd Journey to practical results. MB MAXILA .t.V.Nl nilSAUY. Two years ngo-Sundny, May 1, 18DS- Admlrnl Dewey, then a commodore, tie strayed the Spanish squadron In Manila bay. That signal victory thrilled the world and aroused American patriotism to the highest point. It was nn object lesson which taught the nations greater respect for our sea imwci'. Before It the prevalent iden In Europe was that tho navy of tho United States was do Ilclcnt In tho essential requirements for effective lighting. It was assumed that tho men of our war ships were not well drilled, thnt our gunners wero not thoroughly trained nnd that In other re spects our navy was Inferior even to thnt of Spain. Dewey dispelled nil this, demonstrat ing that no other navy excelled that of tho United Stntes In discipline and gun nery, as well as In dash and bravery, for never was braver and more briillnut work done than at Manila. Two months later before Santiago our navy ndded to Its glory by a triumph which In tho opin ion of some surpassed that at Manila. But It was Dewey's victory that really crushed the pride und the hopes of Spain nnd practically settled In the Judgment of tho world what the outcome of the war would be. It had been shown that American sailors could light ns well as American soldiers and It was seen that with the superior war ships wo had Spain s reduced naval power after Manila could not hope to accomplish anything. The destruction of Montojo's ships doomed Spain to disastrous do feat. The hero of this great exploit is to day the guest of Chicago and the entire nation Joins with that city In doing mm Honor. He merits, as the repre sentatlve of our naval power, all tho tributes of praise nnd all the populnr homage that will be bestowed upon him. Let us think of him only ns tho quiet, modest, unassuming commander, pru dent In counsel, Intrepid In action n diplomatist ns well ns a fighter nnd as patriotic art courageous. If our great admiral has shown some weaknesses, let It bo remembered that he Is human. If ho Is cherishing a vain ambition It Is at any rate an honorable ono nnd will not Impair his fame In the Judgment of right minded men. One may regret his yielding to the political Influences that surrounded him nnd still admire and honor him ns one of tho greatest naval olllcers this country has produced. The two years since Dewey van quished tho Spaniards nt Mnnlla have been crowded with great events, the more important of which were not then anticipated. That victory brought with It new conditions nnd responsibilities that still command the profouudest at tention of tho American people. The llnnl result is yet to bo determined, so far as tho Philippines are concerned. That awaits the decision of the iieoDle. But whatever they decide the victory of Manila bay will rcmnln imperishably as one of the most brilliant nnd glorious In our naval history. HW DANORlt OF littYAlilSM. In the latest statement of his position, made to a New York newspaper last week, Mr. Bryan said that ho expected to contlnuo to oppose the gold stand ard. Tills was his answer to tho efforts thnt some eastern democrats are mak ing to have tho silver question Ignored by the democratic national convention. Referring to it the Boston Transcript says: "The campaign of 1000 will pre sent tho great Issue raised In 1890. Wo cannot doubt that the verdict of the peoplo next November will ratify and confirm that glveu by them four years ago, for a triumph of ilatlsm at the polls would mean tho Immediate set tlug In of a period of business depres sion that would bo fraught with dis aster to every Industry nnd would be felt with peculiar severity by the toll ing masses." This Is the chief, though by no means the only danger of Bryanism. It menaces the business, tho materlnl progress nnd the prosperity of the country. Its success would produce a change of conditions detrimental to every interest nnd to nono so much as to lalior. This view is practically uni versal among men of largo business affairs. They bellovo that reaction would promptly follow n victory next November of the Bryan party. There are some, Indeed, who think that the gold standard being fixed In law It Is not materlnl whether there Is a sound money administration hereafter or ono hostile to the established standard of value. This Is a mistaken view. A re versal of the popular verdict of 180(1, with tho democratic party still stand lug for free silver, could not fall to unsettle financial coulldeuco here and abroad, because it would threaten the futuro overthrow of tho gold standard. Tho fact that this could not be Iniine- dlutely accomplished would not prevent capital from preparing for tho posslblo danger abend and in doing this a cheek would be given to enterprise. rhose who engage In large undertak ings do not plan for tho present only, but for years to come. A leading financial Journal remarks that whnt might happen In case of the success of the free silver party may easily bo imagined by those who un derstand the timidity of capital and the sensitiveness of International ninr kels. The slightest suspicion, it says, that tho Uulted Stntes was not to ml- hero firmly to (he gold standard would almost paralyze careful financiers who contemplated (he creation of now mills, the building of railways, the develop, ment of new Inventions, the expansion of business along those many lines which Involve risk nnd the taking of chances at tho best, and which can only be ventured upon with a reas onable degreo of assurance when tho monetary standard nt least Is fixed. "There can bo llttlo doubt," says that Journnl, "that the election of a sliver president would throw a pall upon our own markets, which by reflex action would reach the markets of the world nnd operate to retard Industrial de volopiuetit everywhere. Gradually the deinund for the materials and ma oh I nery for new enterprises would slacken, with the result of diminishing the consumption of capitalist and la borer, narrowing the markets for the products of the mill nnd the farm, re ducing tho demand for labor and re vlvlng the unfortunate conditions of periods of depression, when the la borers bid against each other for em ployment n't starvation wages, Instead m me conditions or nusiness activity, when employers bid against each other for labor at any remunerative wages which- are demanded." This Is In nowise ah 'Improbable state ment' of conditions to bo expected In the event of the success of the free sil ver party. It points out none too strongly the danger of Bryanism to industrial progress, to the Interests of labor- and to the general welfare and prosperity. MSaCKR'S FWltTll It UA'OMtA-ATlOX. In renominating David H. Mercer for congress for the fourth time the rcpub Ileum of tho Second eonirrosstonnl dls trlct havo conferred upon him nn honor uuvur ueioro enjoyed by any Nebraska representative In tho lower house of the national legislature. This uncontested rcnomlnntlon Is not only mi endorsement of tho work- nl ready accomplished at Washington, but nn expression of confidence that his con tinued usefulness thero nromlsos still furthor advantages to his party and his constituents. As the member with the record of longest service. Mr. Mercer naturally takes rank nt the head of the i-NcurasKii delegation in tho house nnd Is entitled to llrst consideration In the dls- trlbution of committeeships that may inure to tlie Denefit of his district. That ho will bo re-elected no mnttei whom the fuslonlsts mny draft to sacrl Uco himself ns his opponent goes with out saying nud Mr. Mercer has a right to reel gratified over his unexinnnle,! succession of nominations. The nonoeratle velinw innmnic o,. now engaged In the patriotic effort to I- , ihuiiu iiiNiirrcciion among the rorto i i I . . ... ... iwuiiiiH. wiui. i pr t ri i iic "wit in t.. , , ,,,,, 4HJL ill open revolt are showing signs of res- uti iirnn i nit iiniiniM i itit i n ..i forced ou thOm by tho United States." TIioho fakes are being perpetrated of tuiiiM- ir 111 M e led nn v. Vni ilnn would suit the popoerats so much as an outbreak of malcontents In Porto Rico nnd they will leave no stone unturned to bring it almut. Ex-Governor Stone of Missouri elves a list of states which, In addition to those carried by Bryan In 180(1, will elect him president If he can carry them this year. This proposition Is much like the boy catching rats, who said that when ho got. tho one ho was after and three more he would have four. The popocratlc papers are busy trans acting tho business of the republican stato convention. But Wednesday the convention will. -meet and go throuch with Its work Just ns though it had not already been performed by nn overly kind enemy. Simir Xnt .pfdpd. Kansas City Star. Thaba N'Chu comes evon nearer a nnnnm than Klaou Chou. llnrrt-il liy llio Kulca. Washington Post. If tho Hon. David II. Hill has nnv nnllnn that ho will bo nerroltted to umnlrn tho Kan sas City gamo ho muy as well put It to one siuo. TnkliiK AdvnntnKP of tli Dend. Bnltimoro American. Jefforeon being irrevocably dead. It In miltn safo for anyono who please to announce what hln political .beliefs would be If he were alive today. No TIiih; for Spoutem. St. Louis aiobe-Democrat. On ono point the calamity man has a chanco to get In his work on tho farmers. There Is so much work for overybody that It Is hard to hlro enough hands to do the plow ing ana planting. I'priiPttitil Copyright. Now York Sun. Senator Loduo's bill to clvo convrlshf fnr a thousunil years should become a law. A man should bo ablo to bequeath tho fruit of his brains not only for a thousand years, but to the thousandth generation. Menu Nntlnnnl TllNifrnrp. New York Journal of Commerce. Bryanism has come to mean something which most thinking men, without distinc tion of party, regard as Involving nutlona! disgrace, and tho party organization that tries to force it on a peoplo who have ol roady condemned It Is furnishing tho clear est posslblo demonstration of Its own Imbe cility. '1'Jic Slowent Democrnt. New York Sun. About once every twelve months Undo Hod Bo leu of Iowa wakes up, forgets what year It Is, and orles for a tariff for revenue only, "the only purpoae for which a tax Is rightfully laid." Ho Is an excellent old gentleman, but his regulator needs to be ad Justed, Ho la about the elowewt democrat tn these United States. He In (lie Wholp ThliiK. Philadelphia Ledger. Mr. llryan has given fair notlco that, "while free silver will not bo tho leading Issue In this campaign, It will bo one of the Ifaues," and that ho has no Idea of giving up tho fight for it. His statement Indicate that he expects not only to bo hU party's candidate for president, but also to dictate Its platform and Its policy. He Is etlll too dangerous to bo trifled with, and those who believe In honest money and intelligent government canot afford to neglect any means to defeat him. tlPltrutp Hint tn Ilpwpy. Dostnn Transcript. Ex-Prceldent Ilurrl.icn, who knows aa much of tho trlala and labors of tho presi dency ns any man living, delicately re minded Admiral Dewey that tho hitter's opinion that tho duties of the olUce were "simple" was thut of an outsider. General Harrlion'e protest and rrltlclHin wero de livered In a speech at tho opening af tho Ecumenical conference In Now York, and the manner In which they were received was indlcattvo of tho popular bollef that Ad miral Dewoy will and ought to remain an outsider." The view Admiral Dewey ex presses of tho business of the presidency Is strongly euggestlve of the opinion eater- tulned by ono of Artomus Ward's young frlonds that "pyrotechnic watt easy," ThoBe who will turn to Artemus Ward's works will I learn how painful was the cxporlence by which the young man was tautht that pyro I technics wh sot ewy, MMIIN ITI.S KOIl CON(!lt ICS5. Friend Telegraph; J. U. Pope was, St. Louis Republic: Maybe tho universal nominated for congress at the David City trend toward condensation offers the lm conventlon Wednesday. He was given an ) plest explanation of tho movement for tho ovation by tho s.'bxnl children on arrival of hU train. ColumbUB Times; John It. Ha)s was nominated for congressman at the republican convention at Norfolk Wcdnesdoy. He Is a resident of .Norfolk, an ardent republican nnd ono of tho most brilliant orators In tho state. A eplendld selection. Madison Star (pop.): John It. Hays Is a gentleman who ha mnnv frlnm!. !l I. , . ' - - lawyer and an orator of great nb llty and tho honor which turn been conferred on u m is his due. The Star extends congratulations to Mr. Hays, though It cannot give hlcn any hope of election llattlo Creek Republican: The outcome of the republican congressional convention, held at Norfolk WoJuesday, gives universal satis faction inasmuch as on'o of the very best and most popular men of tho district was chesen Hon. John It. Hays of Norfolk Republicans feol confident of his election. It is a foregone conclusion that ho will bo victorious It the enthusiastic support of his hosts of friends in Madison county counts for anything. Hastings Tribune: Tho nomination of Hon W. S. Morlan of McCook by tho Fifth district congressional convention was a wise choice. Dcstdes his special qualifications for th olllco ho has a personal following all along the Republican valloy nnd is a man of high standing. His namo has frequently been mentioned in connection with tho congres atonal nomination, but ho has always In stated that he would not go Into a fight for It. Now that the nomination has conio by acclamation ho will mako n hard and win nlng fight for his election Kearney Hub: Tho nomination of Moses P. Klnkald for congress for the second time wa of courso a foregone conclusion and was tho sensible and proper thing to do. Tho repub Means of tho district have wisely concluded that It Is not wlso to swap horses every tlmo a nomination is to be made. Slnco tho re tlromcnt of Congressman Horsey this is tho first tlmo that a candidate has been re nominated, and the policy will provo to bo a good one. The acquaintance made by Judgo Klnkald In tho campaign last year will help him during the coming campaign and tho splendid Imprcaslon that he created will go a long way toward overcoming tho past adverso majority, which he reduced considerably last year on an Incrensed voto of about 6,000. Nellgh Leader: Hon. John It. Hays of Norfolk, who wns nominated for congress a tho republican congressional convention on tho 25th Inst., has been a resident of Ne braska many years. Ills rccognlzod ability soon gave him a leading position at the bar, and hie, wlso counsel has brought a per mancnt clientage to his support. Always an ardent republican, his ability ns a platform speaker has mado him prominent in his party's councils. An honorable business career, and a life freo from fault, together with his absoluto freedom from party fac tlons, mado his nomination possible, without the slightest discord. Tho nomination came unsolicited, nnd his election will follow as proof of the wisdom of the convention, Hastings Record: Tho republicans of tho Fifth district have chosen wisely In the selection of W. S. Morlan of McCook for congress. "Deacon Morlan," ns his friends call him, bears no resomblanco to the poli tician his seml-clcrlcal title is better suited to the nppearnnco of the man. The shrewd student of human naturo would read under tho placid exterior tho man of Inllcxlblo will, of purpose true nnd up swerving nlleglanco to tho principles of right and JukMcc. Not a glib talker, but a calm, forceful reasoncr. Not conspicuous for explosive vocal eruptions, but a hard student who digs tho truth out of his sub Ject. Mr. Morlan will exert In tho prctcnt campaign all of tho vigor and tremendous energy which taken togcthor havo made of tho poor boy from tho Hawkeye stato the successful attorney and .business oian of Nebraska. Norfolk Nowb: No greater compliment could bo paid a man than was tendered to Hon. John R. Hays by the congressional convention Wednesday. His candidacy was not announced until nfter many of tho dele gatlons had been selected from the various counties, and yil In tho faco of tho fact that most of tho delegates came here ex pectlng to,vote for eomeono else, so popular Is John R. Hays In this district that n was nominated on tho fifth ballot, and that with a hearty goodwill that presages his election. It should not be understood that Mr. Hays was at any tlmo an nctlvo seeker after tho nomination, hut his candidacy was rather brought about through the demand of 'Madison county that we bo given tho re publican candldato on tho congressional tlckot, a position that this county has not had tho honor of holding In many years .Mr. Hays has all tho requirements of a statesman. He has brains In abundance, he Is a bright, original speaker, ho Is prepos sesslng In nppcaranco and ho laid the foundation for being a man of affairs by being born In Ohio and on a farm. Shrinking u nil Illnlntf Vnliie". Indianapolis Journal. During tho administration of General Har rison tho value of farm stock increased from 2,3:'0,7S7,770 to $2,483,510,681, or $154.- 000,000. During tho administration of Mr. Cleveland tho farm value of llvo stock fell to $1,665,114,612 a loss of $820,000,000. The value of such property at tho beginning of tho yoar was $2,012,030,713 a gain of $557.- 000,000. With such figures boforo him the farmer Is not clamoring for a change to fall ing prices and shrinking values. The Povprty-Mtrlrkpn Turk. New York Tribune. Thero Is a disposition In somo quarters to place over the sublime porto tho familiar legend slightly adapted "Don't shoot the treasurer. Ho is doing his best." The only trouble Is that If ho Is doing his best he doesn't know how to do ns well as ho might. On a sound system Turkey could be mado a solvont and prosperous country. Rut tho Turk was ever better at fighting than at finance. HIk"" ' Hi Time Doivn South. UufTwlo Hxpress. Evidence of tho increasing numbers of whlto men who nro being nttracted to tho republican party In tho south Is found In tho fact that tho republican state convention In Alabama on Thursday was controlled by whites for tho first time in the history of the state. Thin Babies often develop into weak, delicate, backward children; undersized, nervous, feeble, adults. Lack of nourish ment is the cause. Scottl muf&icru is the remedy. A little of it three or four times a day will do wonders. The pinched, sad faces become round and rosy; the wasted limbs plump and firm. If your baby is not doing well, try this great food-medicine joc tod $i.oo, all druf gliU. KVUI.ITIOX IN' CltKtlDS. shortening of the Presbyterian creed. Minneapolis Journal: So many of tho Methodist laity ore dancing, playing cards, going to tho theater and continuing to bo protty good folks, too. that thero Is talk j of taking down tho bars to prevent tho brothers and sisters from crawling tinder, noslon TraDscrlpt. in tho probablo cllm- lnatlon from It hook of dlsrlnllno of tho . iim i" 7. "1," " ... "."Li " ".a luuiumuu uftuiuei. uHutiuK, varu-i'iayiug " theater-golng. tho Methodist church is : merely nttimntinp intrMI n with h nrn. J tVlllT. dead letters are better sponged out fllto gother. Ilrooklyn Eagle: Llttlo by little the pew holdera in Methpdlsm are winning their way over the ministers. The laity ate showing that they do dance, do play cards and do go to tho theaters and tho confer ences nro ono by one "lifting tho ban," After all tho sheep have wriggled out of tho field from under tho fence the formality of taking down the bars Is olways an lm proselvo exhibition of Ineffective Industry. St. Paul Pioneer Press: Tho New York presbytery, It le given out, will not seek to punish Dr. Pnrkhurst for his attacks upon thn Presbyterian creed. Perhaps it la Just as well for tho New York body to take no stops In the matter, for Dr. Park hurst Is a constitutional fighter and hard hitter. Furthermore, his views s to tho advisability of a revision of tho Westminster Confession of Faith seem to be shared by a majority of Presbyterian everywhere, . Springfield Republican: The Presbyterian uprising grows day by day. Tho movement for tho revision of the Westminster Confes sion of Faith Is rapidly taking shape, es pecially against the Joyous doctrino of in fant damnation. Two loading New York Prcsbyttwlan clergymen, Rev. Drs. David Oregg nnd Charles H. Parkhurst, hava do clarcd for a now creed. Dr. Parkhurst will devoto a sermon to this ques tion. Rev. Dr. Theodoro L. Cuyler, re tired, Is In entire sympathy with the re visionist movement, now grown so vital to the Presbyterian church. Indianapolis News: Prcsbytorlans of to day havo thi samo right a tho raon of old tlmo to givo exprorelon In a definite state ment of their faith of the bollefs actually held by thorn now. Wo cannot holp think ing that tho church as a whole would be stronger for its work in this day and gen- oration if It would officially declare the an cient formula of faith no longer satisfac tory and would make a now. slmnlc. con cise statement of the present prevailing doctrine of the thoughtful membors of that great and worthy communion of Christian believers. l'Eitso.vAi, poi.vruns. May day. Also, Manila bay. Ditto, Admiral Dewey day. St. Louis promises to put up a recherche brand of reception for the ndmlral on tho 5th Inst. Tom Watson's melancholy appeal. "Let the dead and the beautiful rest," will bo re spected by all humane people. Two years ago. Remember what a thrill and n cheer electrified tho land when tho srnoko of battle cleared away? A Kansas editor refer to Congressman Champ Clark of Missouri as "a dlauond pin in tno stiirtfront of freedom." No matter what kind of an engagement Chicago puts up, Admiral Dewey will honor tho Manila custom of knocking off for break fast. Three Oaks, Mich., Is to have Dewey for two solid hours. Tho lungs of Three Oaks havo no equals for slro, action and siren tones. Some Philadelphia papers amuse them selves printing political obituaries of Quay. Dut Matthow Stanley Is very much alive nnd kicking vigorously. One majority doesn't mako a cemetery. Doncral Kitchener never had much uie for war correspondents. Just now the war cor respondents havo very little use for Oencral Kitchener. They studiously Ignoro ' bis ex istence. Dispatches from SnrlncHcld. 111.. Indicate thnt tho life of Governor Tanner Is rapidly eoDing away. ur. Nicholas Sonn, tho noted army surgeon, says tho governor's chances of recovery aro very slight. The fallura of Paducah to send a cork screw along with that elegant Invitation to Admiral Dowey Is not an oversight. Kon tucklans tnko It for granted that civory well regulated family has that tool In stock. Porto Rlcans havo been given another shock. Governor Allen landed thero 'last Friday, drossed In plain United States clothes, without tho frills and plumes of state, and the natives were moro surnrlsei than if a hurricane bad touch! thorn. Investigation of a strike Inaugurated by twenty-flvo women employes of a wraoner manufacturing concern in Now York City de velops tbo last and most Insidious advance of the plutocratic oppressor. Tho grievance of tho strikers Is nothing less than an order forbidding them to talk while at work. Genoral de Vlllcbols-Mareull, who was recently killed while In the Doer servlcn. Is said to have amused himself In Paris bv writing some really first-rate love stories for tho Parisian papers, which he nevor al lowed to use his namo. Ho was also the author of some valuable military text books, The serene and sinuous sultan of Turkey Is an artist In shuffling and dealing dlplo-1 matlc cards. Ho has been up ncalnst tlin smoothest gamesters of tho continent and never failed to bold his own. Poihiv Undo Sam will Inaugurate a now deal, givo' ino snuiiio n lew for money or bloo v Yankee klnk. and deii ,i mIi.. od. Merely as an evidence ur uncle keaps a few cards or good faith, your Uncle kenna a tw ri. up his sleove. I a chance to get one of tho very best ready-made suits in tho world at this special discount of 25 per cent. See windows. Browning, King & Co., R. S. Wilcox, Manager. Omnha'i Only Exclusive Clothier (or Aleii mad Uoy. A .ATIOXAl, OtTIl.Mir.. Kerrlf of ArliHrnry I'otrpr tlip Amerlcnn SIppI Combine, Hoslon TranscrlDt, With respect to economic questions r Mayor Abram Hewitt of" New York has some of thn qualities of tho sage. Ho It was who ld thero wero good trusts and bad trusts, Tho former were those which reduced prlcta to Iho consumer; tho latter thdso which raised them. His comment upon tho clos ing of tho mlllo of the American Steel and Wire company is therefore entitled to re spect. It Is not a qualified criticism. It ,". u is noi a quauncd criticism ilr km out from thn intiMt- It la in ll.l. XlT "Tha? n great :t . . srei corporation snouiu, ?.ou.1. ""A1' 8h"1 l"n .llvo. A 1 mills and throw out of employment 15,000 to 20,000 men is simply outrageous." With ix full knowledge of the history of the In dustry he calls such action unprecedented In tho Iron business. The custom has been, oven when a reduction of work was Inevita ble, to divide It up and limit production gradually. Many havo even operated their works nt a lorn to givo their mem employ ment. Ho says that tho Peter Cooper slue works havo nevor during their seventy-flva years of establishment been shut down, though ho hafl seen three years' product piled up at oners and from 1S03 to 18PS th ' business wns run at a lof. To do this, howevor, requires both capital and con science). It can hardly bo possible that such nn Immcnso combination ns tho Amer ican Steel nnd Wlro company can bo lack ing In the former essential nt a time when steel has been almost transmuted Into gold nnd when tho demand for tho early months of tho year was far In oxcres of the power to supply It. So It must bo conscloncn that Is lacking. Tho old-fashioned manufacturer seems to havo no successor in tho mam moth companies of today. As tho Ilrooklyn Eagle says: "If the names of all tho men who, llko tho Coopcrj nnd Howltts, havo run thrir business nt a loss rather than throw old handfl out of work could be com piled and published It would make a roll of honor beside which tho Incorporators of hospitals and libraries would soem Insignifi cant." LINKS TO 'A I.AIICII. Detroit Journal: "Yes," replied thn beautiful OcruMlne, nalvelv. "I felt llko thirty cents, but I guess nobody-suspected, I talked so like slxtyl" Pittsburg Chronicle: "Our legation at Constantinople has obtnlned two more con cessions," remarked tho Observant Hoarder. "Dut ban It obtained any cash?" asked tho Cross-Eyod Boarder. Imllnnattolls Journal: "Pa, what Is tho inevitable?" "Well. 1 don't llko to see you Invostlgato such deep themes, Jimmy, but as a general proposition tho Inovltablc Is nny big schema that a man tries to run without cash." Clovoland Plnln Deuler: Dennis It was a fotne wako they gavo Hooligan. Mike It -war. An' It's a domned shame Hooligan couldn't 'nvo sit up wld the push an' onloyed tho sport. Philadelphia 'North American: "I can t Imagine a woman marrying a prize fighter. ' "Too brutal?" ' "I should suy. Why. ho would never givo her a chanco to talk." Haltlmoro American: Mr. Knowslt Ited hair always accompanies great strength. It Is natural Mr. Wunder Cot out! Did you ever ses n red-headed elephant? Chlwiso Post: "What is your Idea of a nrovlrtclal?" "Well, ho Is a chap who thinks he can rig up some way to keep chickens In a flat." . Washington Star: "Everything happens for tho best." said Senator Sorghum. "What wero you thinking of?" "Porto Hlco, When I think of how much wo are gfllng to get out of that Island I'm moro convinced thnn ever that Spain was neglecting Its opportunities and deserved to lose It." Detroit Journal: She had received a box of nnlsnned enndy through the malls. Who could havo sent It? "No. no. no!" nho cried, as a terrible sua- nlclon obtruded Itself upon her. "1 Can't hellrve Mnme would do anything so dread fully old-fnshloned nnd out of date." Thero wero crimes, Indeed, which no true womnn would bo guilty of. Chlcaro Post: "I seo that a collar and cuff trust has been formed." remarked the officeholder who was noted for doing the "boss' " bidding. "Dut that won't affect you," returned his constituent promptly. "How so?" "It doesn't Include political party collars. ' TUB nilHIIIST MAN. Boston Globe. Tho world seems given to busy men, who labor wiin nana nnu Drain Somo of them striving for honor nnd fame, others for treasuro and gain, But the one thnt I have In mind Just now Is up with the sun's first peep, And the only rest thnt his llttlo limbs get Is when he Is fast asleep; And I sometimes Imnglno the little shoes that cover his tiny toes Half echo a sigh of puro relief, with the daylight neurlnt; a rlosc Each hour that passes ts brimming with Joy more pleasure It could not hold For the busiest man In tho whole wldo world ono llttlo boy 4 years old. When a llttlo boy gets to be 4 years old a terrible bother li he, And he asks funny questions 'bout all kinds of things, from a whule to a bumble bee. You must tell him tho number of stars exact nnd where they get their light And tho renson thpy do not shine all day tho same ns they do nt night And what holds tho sun up In the sky, and how the trees were mndo And why In the dark, when he's left alone, he nlwnys-feels fo nf raid Then ho begM for tho tnlo about Ho-pccp, and when tho story'n told Another Question or two has he this little boy l years old. When a little boy gets to bo 4 years old a wnnuiTiiu joy is ne- For "ft fromMnip0cmsyfotw,ne yUr And nil the trials of life pass on. nnd tho tning.s inai nro nnrci to bear And the soul seems wrapped In a tender love for the little tot standing there While often a mist obscures the Blaht and tho eyes crow Htrnnunlv llm. ' Antl .tnfn 1 wonder what price you'd ask before you won d part with him And I know that in this great wide world ! there Isn't enough pure gold there Isn't cnouch nnm L-nM To ?.mnt " mother to yield him up on iiiiiu nuy years oiu. The Iaitis of Friday and Saturday interfered with ub as no doubt it did with you on the spring suit question While our trade wasgood for the weather we feel pure there were many who could not take advantage of our Bpe cial offer of 25 discount we shall continue for a day or bo aa wo aro anxious to close out all of theBe broken lineB and anxious to givo you