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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
