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THE OMAHA DATLY HEIfc JfONDAT, JUNE 4, 1000. .Tim Omaha Daily Bee. K. ItOSKWATKH. IMItor. l'tiiiiiaincu hvi:hy mohnino. TERMS OP BUnaCIUITlON: Dully lice (without Sunday), One Ycar.J6.00 IMIly Ueo ana Sunday, Unu Year 8.0) Illustrated live, Onu Year 2.00 Hunday lice, one Year S.OU Haturday Dec, One Year l.W (Weekly Uec, One Year Co OFFICES: Omaha: Tho Hen Hulldlng. . Bouth Omaha: City Hall Hulldlng, Twcn-ty-llfth and N streets. Council Muffs: 10 l'oarl Street. Chicago: 1GI0 Unity Uulldlnfj. New York: Temple Court. aViishluglon: E01 Fourteenth Street. Bloux City: Cll Park Street. COnilHSl'ONDKNCK. CommunlcntlonH relating to nws and edi torial matter should bo addressed: Omaha Hco, lMltorlal Department. HUSINBSS LKTTKH3. Murines letter and remittances should bo addressed: Tho Uce Publishing Com lany, Omaha. HRMITTANCES. Ilcmlt by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Heo Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps accepted In payment or mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or ICnstern exchange, not accepted. TUB HKH PUBLISHING COMPANY. Btato of Nebraska, Douglas County an.: Oeorgo H. Tzs buck, secretary of T ho lico Publishing company, being duly sworn, rays that the actual number of full find complnto cinles of Tho Dally, Morning, Evening nnJSunduy Dee, printed during tho month of .May. 1000. was as follows: .as,:i.-,i( 17 .11,17(1 l!,tlOO U7,:ii 1!,770 im.tio IHI.IUII illl.'J.'K) i!(i,:tio U4I.OJO UU.'JOO sti.unu un.Huo "(i,i:io till.OHII VU,'J50 ...U7,r.."o ...UH.KiiO ...ut.ino ...mi.sso ...tiii.sio ...'JT.IIOO ...uoriin ...1:7,1 Ml ...U7.1-IO ...im.mm ...H7,r:w ...jd.ttss ...uii.iiiii ...Jll, r,io ...im,:iu l?.... ID.... 20... . 51.... 3 4 c c 7 B...., 9 10 11 12 13 H 15 10 Total . 23.. 21.. 25.. SC.. 27.. 23.. 29.. 30.. 31.. .M-JII.U75 . 11,-1- Less unsold and returned copies Net total sales NIH.uaa ' Net dally average U,:tN8 ai:oitaic n. tzsciiuck. Subscribed and sworn before me this 1st iflnv of June. J0. M. II 1 1 UNO ATM. (Seal.) Notary Public. iMitTics i. having koii st m.mi:u. Purlieu leaving the clly for llio Milliliter limy linn' The Hoc Mi'iit to lliein rfKiiliirly by notirjIiiK Tlif Heo litilnca titlloc, In pernoii nr liy mull. Til)- llllllrt'NN Mill In- t'liunucil fin often iin ilclreil. This Is the season when the com be gins to stand up for Nebraska. Motto for the census taker: Let no roan j,scapo Kullty or Innocent. Wonder If Attorney Oeneinl Smyth lins hoiinl of the Omaha bread combine, or Is one trust target enough for lilm for the present campaign? Our amiable local contemporary ex patiates at length on "government by consent," but Is very mum about "ov prnnient by contempt." More people eat bread than consume Ice. This as n reminder ror the reform Attorney general with reference to the Omaha broad combination. If the discord In local democratic ranks continues much longer the public may between the disclosures of the two op posing factions Irani of all the crooked .work of each. The graduate knows nowadays that lio Is a higgor man just as he Is emerg ing from college than he can ever hope to be later and for that reason tries to make tho most of it. Some of the rural popoerats think they see In the organized opposition to Governor Toynter's reiiomlnatlon n trace of that famous sting of ungratl tittle. ""I'll pU., but pity 'tis." If Colonel ltryan's prollts from that chicken farm aro no greater than his prollts from his legal practice, book making and lecturing will have to re main In his repertoire for some time to come. Never fear. All the big and little pop guns that are now shooting away at Governor roynter will fall In lino for lilm ns sopu sis he Is renominated by tho fusion conventions "for llryan's Bake." Tho Omaha-Yankton road Is sure to materialize sooner or later. It will be Booner, however, If the business men of the two cities most Interested in Its con. Btructlon put their shoulders to the Wheel. A Nebraska canning factory has a contract, as we are informed by the poiwcratlc organ, for the use of tho out put of l,r00 acres of sweet corn during tho coming season. Another Instance Where tho farmer Is getting a share of the prevailing prosperity. After voting down the anti-trust nniondmout to tho constitution the dem ocrats will go to Kansas City and re cord themselves for a vigorous anti-trust plan); In their national platform. Hut the people will see through their In sincerity and Inconsistency. Over SHl.noo of small payments ou real estate and personal tax accounts wero made at the city treasury In one day last week, although tho city taxes do not become delinquent for another month. Let those who aro shouting calamity compare this record with that of four years ago. Tho railroad republican organ at Fre mont comes to tho defense of Governor I'oynter and his associates on tho State Hoard of Kquallzatlon who made tho farcical railroad assessment for 1000. That Is perfectly natural, however. If tho railroad organ, Irrespective of party, Won't stand up for him, no one else will. Had tho lato l'resldent . II. II. Clark of tho Union Pncltlc horn permitted to havo his own way Omaha would long ngo bavo enjoyed tho benefits of n union depot and would not now be calling for n tunnel to raise tho embargo on the tmfllo between Its two passenger sta tions facing ono another across tho tracks like sentluela ou opposite sides of the deud lino. what or it k nn ISKM From every section of the country and from men of all parties comes the In quiry, What of Nebraska? Will Ne braska fall Into the republican line Alongside- of low, Kansas and South Dakota or will the statu that gave Its electoral voto to every republican can didate for president from (Slant to Har rison cast Its lot In the year 11X10 with the hopelessly democratic states that constitute the solid south? In a word, Will Nebraska declare for prosperity by voting for McKInley 'or will It court calamity by supporting llrynu? The answer to these questions de pends lnrgely If not wholly on the con duct of the campaign. The battle ground covers nu area settled chiefly by farmers. Out of ii'tO.000 voter In Ne braska, ino.000 are on the farm, while only W),(KM) live In the towns. In former years the backbone of the republican iirmy were the farmers atnl the farmers of Nebraska will again this year, as they have heretofore, determine In which political column Nebraska's elec toral vote will be placed. In the coining battle of Nebraska re publicans have to overcome the momen tum given to the opposition Jy slate pride in the selection or a Nehraskan ns the head of the presidential ticket. The Inlluence of llryan's personality must bo reckoned with quite apart from the advantage his parly enjoys In the control of the machinery of state gov ernment. Hy far the most menacing factor In the outcome of the Impending campaign, however, Is the offensive activity of the railroad power. What shuttered repub lican supremacy In Nebraska was a re volt among the embattled farmers against the domination of the party by the railroads coupled with the dishon esty of state olllcers foisted on repub lican tickets by the coriorato magnates. While the so-called reform forces that are united under Uryan have become cursed and tainted by the same In lluence and thereby forfeited the con fidence of the farmers who were led to look to them for relief, the republicans cannot ex peel to regain their lost pres tige "so long as they allow the railroads to dominate and dlytiue their campaign management. The sentiment nmoiig the rank and file of the party Is for regeneration both within and without. Thousands of men disgusted with fusion perfidy would gladly rejoin the party of progress If they could only convince themselves that tho party has cut loose from the old crowd that places allegiance lo the corporations above fealty to the car dinal principles of republicanism. No nttcmptMo stifle this sentiment will be availing and no amount of cam paign funds can counterbalance the aversion with which .the producers to whom the party must look for Its ma jority view the Intrusion of'trust manip ulators and corporation lobbyists Into the positions of command In the cam paign for the endorsement of McKInley and the redemption of Nebraska. STm.ticTiwsisa nn: axti-tiwsti.aw The amendments to tho anti-trust law of 1S',), proposed by the repub licans of the Judiciary committee of the house of representatives, were adopted, the democrats not daring to carry their opimsltlon to anti-trust legislation to tho extent of voting against these amendments. An effort was made by tho minority. In pursuance of Its free trade policy, to secure an nntl-tnrlff declaration, but this was very properly rejected, for the reason that this Is simply a subterfuge for attacking the protective system. As was said by Mr. Ttay, chairman of tho Judiciary committee, In the debate on the ' proposed constitutional -amendment, "the stock In trade of the demo cratic party Is opposition to the protec tive tariff of Maine, McKInley nnd Nel son Dlngley, thoso champions of the peo ple nnd of republicanism. Not a calamity that can befall mankind, not a disease that flesh is heir to but Is attributed to protection. Even war, ixwtllence, fam ine and expansion nre evils having their origin and propagation In protection. If democracy Is to be relied upon." Mr. Hay stated that tho majority of the judiciary committee had examined the democratic contention carefully and In a non-partisan spirit, with the result of finding that It has no merit. "Protec tive tariffs," said the chairman of the Judiciary committee, "nave little, if any tiling, to do with monopoly. Monop olies and combinations to control pro duction, trade nnd prices grew to alarming proportions and were the sub ject of denunciation nud governmental decrees in free trade countries hun dreds of years before protective tariffs were suggested or devised." This Is un questionable. Monopoly exists In free trade England today, bearing indis putable evidence that protection does not necessarily promote the creation of trusts. The truth Is, as stated by Mr. Hay, our protective system has stimu lated competition nnd at tho same time protected our Industries against foreign monopoly. Those who urge thnt we should strike down the protective policy, ns a means of overthrowing the trusts, seem to be oblivious to tho consequences of such a course to the lalior of this country. That policy has always been and is still tho bulwark of American, labor. Suppose the democratic policy were pjit Into effect and' the American market was thrown open to tho cheap lalsir products of Europe, what would be the effect upon American labor? Possibly some of the trusts would succumb un der the foreign competition, but would American worklngnien profit thereby? As a matter of fact, tho probable, If not Indeed the Inevitable, outcome of the democratic policy would bo a great re duction lu tho wages of American labor and a large addition to the number of Idle workers. This Is n. view of tho question which tt seems to us the working people of tho United States should carefully consider. They havo hnd a very recent experience of what democratic assault ou tho protective policy means for them nnd we are lonth to believe that they desire & repe tition of such experience, oven ns nn expedient for crushing out the trusts. Intelligent labor will uak Itself whether tho evils of the combinations are more Inimical to the Interests of labor than free trade would prove to he. Thu amendments to the act of do not apply to organized labor, democrats will doubtless Halm credit of this, but worklngnien 1S!X The the will note the fact that the republicans of the house were practically unanimous In favor of the proposition to exclude lalmr unions rrom tho operation of the amend ments. The republicans of the senate should promptly take up and urge the jvissago of the amendments to the Anti trust law nnd It Is presumed they will do so. The house republicans hnve shown nn earnest purpose to do some thbjg for effectively dealing with the Industrial aggregations and they should bo sustained In what they have done by the republicans of the senate. AO IWU1 VIOLATED. A few newspapers have concurred in the view of Mr. I'owderly, commis sioner general of Immigration, that the Chinese minister committed a gross Im propriety and violated diplomatic rules and usages In calling upon 1'nlted States senators at the capltol lu re gard to proposed legislation relating to the Chinese exclusion law. One pa per remarks that "of course Minister Wu hail no right to appear before the committee: he should have communi cated his desires through the Slate de partment, as required by diplomatic usage." We have heretofore expressed the opinion that there was no Impropriety In the act of the Chinese minister and this Is sustained by the Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger, Major J. M. Carson, who cites Instances within his personal knowledge of foreign ministers having called upon members of congressional committees lu regard to bills lu which the countries of the ministers were In terested. The correspondent says It would bu manifestly Improper for a foreign minister to appear before a commit too of congress ns an attorney or lobbyist, but there Is no Impropriety in such appearance merely to give In formation deemed neceswry to the com mittee in order to assist It In making Intelligent and proper decision. It Is Interesting to note that the sen ate committee gave heed to the rep resentations of the Chinese minister and Mr. l'owderly did not obtain what he was seeking! suiwmiAX tihurxniv itoAm. For a number of years past various plans for electric roads to connect Omaha with suburban towns have been agitated, but with the exception of the East Omaha and Lake Mauawa Hue none has yet materialized. In every In stance the roads were projected with the Idea of securing franchises and tree right-of-way from the counties ns an In ducement for Investment by private cap ital. The failure of these schemes Is ascribed chiefly to the difficulty of lor rowlng money -for enterprises of this class without a guaranteed Income or subsidy. In the long run It may prove fortunate for Omaha that these schemes have not materialized. The correct policy for the construction of suburban roads should be public ownership. The county al ready owns the roadways and their use for electric railways would entail no additional outlay than the cost of road bed and rails. It Is almost certain that the county could lense such roads to private corporations at a liberal royalty that would not only pay Interest, but eventually repay the entire outlay. In other words, the county would construct and own the roads, while private capi tal would equip and operate them. There is little doubt that the counties of Sarpy, Cass and Washington would emulate the example of Douglas county nnd avail themselves of the benefits of such u system of suburban electric roads. If, however, these counties or either of them should decline to join, it would require but small capital to ex tend the Hues from Douglas county to Fremont, Plattsmouth and Itlalr. In any event our county board will be fully justified In making a thorough In vestigation of suburban railways and their operation running out of Kansas City, Indianapolis, Cleveland anil other cities that are enjoying the benefits of extensive electrical transit systems con necting with rural towns. If on Investi gation the commissioners deem It feasi ble and advisable to take up the project by the construction of one or two lines connecting with the street railways at Omaha and South Omaha, a proposition for roadway lmnds can bo submitted at the next general election and the work' completed within a year. Tho latest suggestion for the demo cratic tall to tho Uryan kite Is Senntor Daniel of Virginia. The senator pre sided temporarily over the last demo cratic national convention at which Mr. Uryan was originally nominated, but his oratory failed to strike the delegates with tho same effect as did that of tho Neb.raska orator. Another thing against tho Virginia senator and more fatal to his candidacy Is tho fact that he has no barrel to bo tapped. Itryau can furnish All the oratory needed for the ticket providing his running muro puts up the dough. The discovery lias been mnde by tho Molslans that a call for a primary to displace tho Douglas county delegation nominated under the decree of tho val ued ald de-camp Is lu conflict with the provisions of the primary election law. Hut what care the reformers for tho provisions of tho law? If the stnto con vention Is controlled by tho friends of tho colonel of gubernatorial staff fame his delegation will bo seated; If not It will bu ousted, unless forsooth he con sents to harmonize by being swallowed up by his enemies. Tho lato Commissioner Gnrneau, who represented tho honor nnd dignity of Nebraska at tho Chicago World's fair, can best appreciate tho dllllcultles bo setting Commissioner General reck In his efforts to uphold the reputation of tho United States attho Paris exposi tion. Mr. Garueau tnado the discovery seven years ago that tho ordluury peo- ROYAL PREROGATIVE NOT IN lllmv n, IJrco Speech. O'Neill ((dependent (pop.). When a sentiment Is created that It la wrong to Justly crltlclfw tho action of nu odlclal It makes , no,, difference how exallul his position a frro. press, free speech nml a representative govurument of tho people, will havo lost niMcli .of Its eavor. Sot I'ntiiil ,of the Court', Hentrlco Democrat. Tho supremo court, or nny other court, that has to resort to drastic measures to . command respect, Is not a thing that may ' i... i ....... ... iuiuit.-u 10 wuii any uegruu oi priuc. i Whllo the hlghcflt court of our state should command the respect of every citizen tho Jumping upon a newspaper with contempt proceedings shows a weakness, No One Above Crlf IcImiii. llloomlncton Kcho. Tho supremo court of this state Is so thin skinned or partltnn that it cannot htand tho criticism of tho public press and because of th la fact It has cited tho editor of Tho Ileo to npj-ear befcro It on tho Grounds of contempt. When the courts of our country get i?o high and lofty that they arc above criticism it U high tlmo that tho pcoplo ask them to lay aside their Judicial ermine. ltcicct Mutt lie Knrneil. Tekmnah Herald. Tho Herald regrets this attempt to en force respect. Tho court or man who is worthy of respect will receive it without coercion from nil Annalbln nnmtle ulilln li.. who merits contempt of the public cannot keep It from exhibiting It, even though It may not daro exprcre it. Tho public will never have confidence In nor respect for a tricky politician. It matters not how high or dignified tho position ho may occupy the feollng of contompt for him will provall Just tho same. Con r Is Sot Above Oil t IcIniii. Lyons Bun. The supremo court has cited Edward Hore water of The Omaha Hee to appear before It and show cause why he should nut he pun ished for contempt. Tho populist court Is evidently thin-skinned. For thirty years tho opposltron papers havo abused tho f-u-prcmo court of this state, but the gentle men compislng the court have never compro mised their Judicial dignity by taking any notice of tho attacks mado upon them. Now comc3 a populist court lees than six months old and cites an editor for contempt. It Is tho duty of the press to stnnd together In this matter, regardless of politics. If tho tlmo ever comes when the nctltns of our courts cannot ho Investigated nnd openly criticised by the press for fear of summary punishment, Just that moment many of our courts will bocon;e hopelessly corrupt. Hl3 tory teaches us that It has hern so In the past and experience Is tho ouly lamp wo havo to guide our feet. pie wore frightfully Ignorant ns to what constituted proper items of nu .exposi tion commissioner's expense Account. Tho general Impression of competent observers who havo been traveling In various parts of the country Is that llryan Is losing 'ground In the west as compared with four years ago, but standing better with his own party In the eastern states. The west. It may be worthy of note, suffered the most se verely from the effects of panic nnd hard times and Is reaping the greatest benefits from the restoration of pros perity. Tho park commission has several knotty problems on Its hands, the most perplexing being what to do with the useless parks with whlcn Omaha lias loaded up. Democracy' Moduli. New York Slnll and Express. Consistency nnd honesty both rcqulro that tho democratic shibboleth this year shall be "Ckao tho mills and down with the Hag!" Kentucky iih nn Ktlilldt. Now York Tribunes Tho domocrata aro trying to show the country tho ovlla of expansion by exhibiting In Kentriky un example of government with, out tho cousent of tho governed. .Million In It. New York World. Ono method of measuring the Importance of tho Chinese question la to bear In mind that there are tnoro than 300,000,000 of Chi nese and only 10,COO,000 Flllplnca. l'erll In tbe in II. Kansas City Star. Tho objection to nominating nird Colcr, comptroller cf the city of New York, vice president on tho democratic ticket is thnt it would take nil of Mr. llryan's tlmo and energy (o keep Coler from getting in front of tho ticket. MI.vIiik PotltliH nml l.lliel. Washington Slur. Germany ought to find somo moans of con ducting its politics without making libelous attacks on American meat. It should bo candid nnd admit that If thcro ever was any undesirable meat In this country It was all disposed of during tho Cuban war. Sllelnnr a Solemn lllnli. .Minneapolis Times. Tillman is n plduresquo character, glvcu color to tho otherwiso somber He pro cocdlngs of tho senate. Ho shakos tho old 1ioys up nnd given them an opportunity to havo noblo patriotic sentiments inserted In tho Congressional Itecord. Tho senate without Tillman would bo an ecc wlthuut salt, and wo nro clad ho la to bo returned for six years more. I'rnl.ie StveeteiiH Detent. Chlcngo News. Tho supremo court has gono on rcc-rd ns slntlng thnt Admiral Dowey and his sailors aro men of-vnlor nnd that tho bat tle of Manila bay was tno of tho century's bravest feits of arms. At tho same tlmo tho court cuts In half tho prlzo money so long sought hy the huroia, ho that tho admiral will got only $10,000 inroad of $20,000 and his men' will suffor In llko pro portions. "Words of 'prulso coming from bo distinguish a sourco as tho supreme court must bo sweet indited, ilut it is Kifo f say that tho admiral mid- his Jackles will think them about the blt'tereat sweetness which thoy over tnsted. IIIkIi Water .Murk at Circulation. Iialthnore Sun. Slnco May 1 Inst year there Imh boen an incroapo of $lGt,700.000 gold certificates In circulation and n decreuso of J8I.500.000 In gold cola In circulation. National bank notes have Increased $11,100,000. Thcro havo been Increases in other varieties of money, sliver and paper, so that tho cir culation as a wholo ban been Increased in volumo during tho year by over $126,000, 000, amounting altogether May 1 to $2,000, 625,463, or $26.58 per capita, or $1.09 moro than on May 1, 1809. Tbo volume of cir culation was novcr beforo so largo In pro portion to tho population ,of the country, If some part ot it consists of kinds ot money used all over the world whllo tho rest can be used only In this country, It la to be expected that tho kinds that can bo used abroad will bo exported, especially If the demand and Interest rate are hotter abroad. On nerslilp if Ox Mnlm IIIAi-reiicc. Tektunuh Journal, Supremo Judgca Holcomb and Sullivan complain of Edward llosewater that ho Is en deavoring to bring tho Judiciary Into con tempt and mnoar tho Judicial ermlno with charges of corruption. Tour years ago Uryan-Alleh-llolcomb & Co., from every tump nud through their party newspnpers, endeavored to bring Into dUfavor and question the lion- ! inty and integrity of our highest court tho United States supremo court. It makes all the illrfcrenne lu tho world whoso ox le gored. Ciliiuot Sllllc Piilillu Opinion. York Times. Kven though venal and designing courts should consplro to stlflo tho public press br persecution they could not do It. If n Jurtgo should insist upon sitting In Judg ment In a case where honor, decency and manhood forbid the public press would Insist on its duty If not Its privilege to ' explain to tho people tho character of tho men they had elevated to the bench, evou uiougti the editors were hounded to ptverty. to prison or to death. It Is this species of persecution mai arouses mo spiru oi mm ij mum nun even cownrmy men nnu puny women become eager to suffer tho most cruel torturo nnd ignominious death for principle, eager to die that Justice mny he resurrected. People cannot lie In- tlmldated by nny exercise of arbitrary power Into submission to outrage nnd tho courts of the country may as well make up ineir minus to uiai. u a judge issues in- junctions wunoui Avarrant of law. ir no i 1 1 IHr expressing -a trutn tnnt tuo public ought to know, tlio remedy is not in taking theso wholesome and necessary prerogatives from tho courts, hut rather In removing the t mimical and revolutionary Judges from the bench. 1'nliliie If Silt Ti iihI m urtliy. l'remont Tribune. Mr. Hnsewnter ha taken the pains to In quire of the supremo courts of tho several states of the union how many of them havo ever ri!ed nn editor to appear and answer for contempt, ns a result of criticism of Ibo court's nctltns. Ho finds thnt tho supreme court of the United States In 111 .years of Its h Htorv hns never vet taken newsnancr criticism enough to heart to cnll before It any raw or ribald editor to glv- a reason for his sentiments toward the court. He also finds that In enly three other cases In tho supremo courts of nny of tho states hns such n thing been done. It la therefore to tho credit of the supreme court of the s'.nto of Nebraska thnt it hna done something en tirely unlnuo In Its citation of Mr. Hose water to come Into court nnd explain why he should not bo Judged without recourse. It mny he thnt tho supreme court of this statu docs not rank high In its ilc-iulons, but It promises to engage In a ne field of juris prudence In which its decisions, if not nlto- gcther trustworthy, will at least bo con- splcuous for their novelty. ' thi: iiyi.m; iir.i'iMii.ics. Iloston (Hobo: "Hclenda est Cnthtigo!" So cried old Home of ancient Carthage. S speaks Salisbury of the Doer republics In this day of supposed humanity and liberty This is the lint of a Ilrltlsh premier con- , state. cnth as to tho vitality of tho insur sclous of the overwhelming poer he wields roctlun coincide with thoso of Coorgo Ade, and forgetful of tho sacrlllecs that the i conespondint of tho Chicago Itecord. and i victim, too, hns mado for home nnd father ' laud. Hut such n policy mny prove dis creditable to Great Urltaln and possibly dangerous. I riiiindelphla Ledger: Lord Salisbury In dignantly repudiates tho chargo that the j Fovcrnracnt of which he Is the working ! head went to war with ths Boers "for lus: I of gold and territory;" but he frankly ad mlts that tho result which now seems cer tain will bo accepted as giving to thnt gov ernment nil the territory of the Ilner.i and nil tho gold which It contains. The un- rentlmcntnl Inhabitants of tho Trarsvaal will probably hp unnblo to see tho lino distinction In his lordship's remarks. Haltlmora Sun: Since tho discovery of gold iu thi Transvaal, fourteen years ago, tuo rate or mo noern nas been bo.ueu, ai- though no pretext for Intervention was found until the alleged grievances of the uutlanucrs led to tn0 "Jameson raid or 1853-00. This was a conspiracy to arsht the revolutionists of Johannesburg to over-' throw the Boer government a plot in which, It is nllcge,d, tho administrn.ors of a HrltUh province nud the prlnio min's'cr ot Capo Colony were implicated. It was a dcllberato attack upon n friendly govorn mcnt and it was Intended to lead up to tho Invasion of tho .Transvaal hy tho ar- mlcs of Imperial Iliitnln. At last tho plot succccHod and tho Doers wero literally dragged Into a fight ot which tho result was never In doubt. Chicago Tribune: Leaving tho merits or demerits of the Transvaal out of the ques tion, tho fate of the Orango Free State can- not fail to Inspire regret In tho mines rt almcflt nil Americans. Kvon tho Hritlsh press confesses to sentimental quilms cn this score. Tho Free State people hnd no gold mines and hail not tempted tho cu pidity of tho fortune hunters, but they wo-o kindred of the Transvaal IJoem anil knew that tho two republics must ultimately stand moro or fall together. Their lojs Is tho l bitter berauce tho moro swift nnd ! unexpected. In plnco of their ndmlt'edly pure nnd able government there now ap pears somo form of tho nrltlsh colonial system. In which Mr. Rhodes and his finan cial cllquo will necissarlly play a promi nent part, as thoy hnve done In the po'ltlrs of tho other Hritlsh colonies In South Af rica for many years. If this is a triumph of progress und civilization It is not ap parent on tho surface. a en ii: r.i:ni:i). Domnnil for Kloellnn of t'nltel Stnlea Senator by Illreet Vale. Sflf-Cultiiro Mnrnzlne. Viewed In thu light of past experiences and present conditions It setnis to us clear that the present method of electing Unltoi States fconators cannot bo Justified either In theory or In fact. Tho practical th.ng to do Is to mnko it conform to pres.ut conditions and consistent with presont po litical Ideas. Wo aro not tneenslblo to tho fact that It Is an exceedingly difficult thing to amend our constitution; but unlws wo greatly mis take tho public mind on this point tho.-o Is a strong popular sentiment In favor cf amending that Instrument with rufercaro to tho provisions In question in this case. All that Is needed, then, is to crystalliz this sentiment into action. A move toward this end would meet with scrloua opposition In but thrco directions, to-wlt: tho senate, the stato legislatures and that ultra-ron-Borvatlsm of somo peoplo which Is opposed to chango ns such, no matter for what end. Tho opposition from the flint two direc tions could readily bo ovorcomo by tho pressure of public opinion, wisely and Ju diciously set In motion hy tho press, tho platform nnd popular conventions. Tho rea son for the opposition from theso directions Is not far to sock. Tho method of amending by a national convention callsd at tho request of two-thirds of the legis latures ot the various states bns never been resorted to. Tbo opposition duo to the third cause would In all probability bo In this caso very slight, hut may for all practical purposis bo safely disregarded. On tbe wholo, It seems that tho people aro entitled to a chnngo and that they can by a reasonable effort secure It. We there fore trust ahat tbey will, in tho not far distant future, put forth such an effort HIGH FAVOR. Another CTinnpp to llerersr Mftdf. Kearney Hub. If tho supremo court of Nebraska, hna been reading what tho newspapers say about tho contempt proceeding it will bo Justified In at onco revising nny previous good opinion it may havo itad oi usou. Ilcc'fl Criticism llllil. Osceola Itecord. Tho fusion Judges of tho supremo court are very much exorcised lest they bo brougnt Into contempt niul have cited 1-Mward Hose water to show cnuso why he phould not bo punished for contempt for daring to crltl chio them and their actions. To nn unpreju diced mind Mr. Hosewnter's criticisms were good so far ns they went hut wero not so oevoro as tho case called for. No other action of tho supreme court since Nebraska became n stato has ihno so much to brlns that tribu nnl into contempt among the people of the stato aa its action in tills case. Comparatively tho charge mado hy Tho Dec nro mild as a Bummer's day to what fusion orenns hurled at the supiemc court for .years, j0t n remained for fusion reformers to take , ti,0 nr4l tep toward suppressing the liberty 0j no nrtvsb. j ' object to Tliclr linn Medicine, Afhland Gazette. j K.lltor Hcwountcr of The Omaha Hee has . been cited to appear before the supreme ' court to drawer for alleged contempt of 'court In the publication of nrtlcloa cautlonlug ; tho court ng.ilnst tiding In the capacity of , ,, nimellntc tribunal In cases wherein mem ( i,en, . 0( tho court havo already given nn ( omclui opinion, ns In tho case of the Omaha chnrtcri wl0h was made n law by the official ndlon of ono of the members of the court whllo acting as governor of tho state. The case Is without a parallel iu tho Jurispru dence of tho 'western states. No party has been more free to criticise the courts than tho fuslonlsts have been. Especially In this mate have they been free to assail the bu promo court with particular vlndlctiveness nnd with total disregard of truth and of thi. nmenltloj nnd decencies Vhlch should pro tect our courts from tho assaults of poll tlclnns. The personal Integrity of the re publican members of thecuurt was wantonly assailed, their actions constantly mlsrepre 1 scnted and their motives Impugned. In fact. , tuo last presidential campaign was run by the llrynn party by nttanks upon tho courts and legal proceedings to protect property from destruction by mobs. Now tho fusion 1st attorney general, who has been n leader in this sort of nttack, hns an editor cited for contempt for the publication of a per fectly legitimate criticism, couched In re spoctful nnd temperate language. Does he hopo to thus stlflo the liberty of tho press;? Doe3 he lmaginu that there Is no extreme of inconsistency thnt tho people will not stand? It Is our belief that some ono will discover after a whllo that tho better wa I to securo respect Is to merit It. i:riioi:s or ot it wau. Tho Manila correspondent of I.e3lle?s Weekly, In a lato letter, reviews the military situation In Luzon and the shortcomings of tho campaign on tho American side. His published In this column. Leslie's corre spondent says In part: "That the trorps hold tho center of tho valley through which the rallrcad runs und also eome points In the erst and west, as well as fringes of tho coast territory. Is true, but that the rebels are ex terminated or even brought to terms, or that tho territory now occupied hns bo3n rendered tenable to Its remotest corners by our trrops during tho rainy season, Is certainly not tho case. At a conservative estimate there aro still 20,000 Insurgent rifles to bo accounted for fn Luzon alone. Ono of tho vital points which hns boon entirely neglected until quite re cently nnd Is now but tentatively taken In band is that of rendering tho roads passable and building the bridges which arc ucctu sary now nnd which will be ton times more necessary the moment tho rainy season Btnrt. We can but look forward to a repe tnion of thoso terrible clrcuiimtnnci.j which accompanied tho bringing up cf General Law- , ton's supplied in hla famous march from San Isldro. Theso aro hardly known to the people of tho United States yet. The roads wero but canals of hattomleas mud. The wheols wank till tho carta floated on their .flat bottoms, nnd thu'earabaos or bulls had t to bo hauled out by ropes. Men weary and ' half-fed worked from dawn till midnight, . thirty to forty on ropeu, pulling the cartu , out of the mud. The hulls died and some- times tho men nlono had to take tho cart or abandon It by the wny. "Unlmiwdcd by wheols, able to pick their way through brush and forest, pack-mule can find support for thelr feet whero ve hicles could not go. The lesson Is obvlouc, but It hns been entirely disregarded, nnd In- sU'ai1 of having an army equipped with pack- ponies or muies wo aro uauy drawing nearer tho rainy ncuson nnd aro not much better off In tho way of Held transportation for suppllos than wo were during tho last rainy sitfson. That the insurrection Is not over, that thcro nro around banil.s of sufficient force to unite and besiege our outlying posl ' " . .u.. u, S1Q5U , renuerb .'I'""'"- 1 " . ") nimie. The army U conscious of this fact, but tho authorities are slow in understanding It, and have not yet formed nn engineer corps suit able to carry out the necessary repair of roads ami tho construction of bridges. I learned only a short time ago that this army of C0.000 men, in a country where tho wiirf of engineers Is of vital Importance, has little over two companies of engineers! After being a year lu tho country this state of affairs seems incredible." An American soldier doing duty on tho Island of Negros tells Iu a letter to tho Now York Sun how business Is conducted In tho town of Isabella. "The billiard hall of thu town," ho writes, "reminds me that seme miusoum Iran should havo tho one ta ble It contains. I'vo heen somo pretty rocky billiard tables In the country towns In tho states, hut this ono beats the record. It Is tho Identical tablo on which Solomon nnd tho queen of Shuba played pin pool. When tho balls rumblo ncross It tho nclso reminds mo of the game of ten pins in 'Hip Van Winkle.' When n ball hits a cushion It leaps n font townrd the celling and when It relnnds on tho table It stands dead still. Tho nntlvo gnme Is a sort ef pin pool with nlno Pins. It tako3 any player from four to eight hours to play n game. When a nntlvo makes up his mind to tnke n hand In a game ho Inys off work for tho day. I'vo snmi a native shut up shop and go Into n pool gamo and stay there four and flvo hours. Ills na tive customers would como to tho shop and call to his wife, who lived over It. Shu would explain thnt Clnon wns In a gamo of pool down tho street. Tho natives would sit on the bamboo bench hoforo tho shop nnd wait thcro patiently for threo or four hours. At last Clnon would return ami the custom ers would fllo into tho shop.' Tho first would wont 3 rents' worth of cocoanut oil and would throw down a half a dollar. Mex lean. Clnon would Indifferently toss It back and say: " 'No change!' "Out of a dozen customers eight or nlno would bo turned away becaimo the store keoper had no change. Then Clnon would shut up shop again ond go to n cock fight." Uncle Sam's acquisitions In the Orient and In tho West Indies promise to con tribute a lot of trouble for dictionary mak ers. Tbo mixing of United Stat and Spanish Is producing now words, as -well ns much confusion, and lexicographers t tho near future aro dctlned to go aga i t tho hardest proposition tho ronmnti, ;l 1 plcturesquo piMeiisloii has itacklc.1 i Adam bit tho pippin. Down in I'orto It j tho ..American designation for tlio n .v Is "Splggoty," accented ou tho first sy bie. Jts origin Is uncortnln, hut it ( havo come from tho nntlvo ambition speak English and to Inform nil com of that desire. Tho native tongue, nr tomed to soft letters, struggles hard w the k In "speak" nnd makes It sound K cut ofT short. English Is Ingles. b "speak English" encounters a I'orto Hi the icstilt mny bo not unlike "splggeii wiucn some Anglo-Saxon mind roughe t Into "splggoty." Whatever tho origin, i. d henrs everywhere of splggoty people, rp .. goty money nnd nil else splggoty. Ever . body uses tho term, tho natives luv. almost ncceptcd It ns a proper dvslgu.ii r. Tho Philippines promises to ho more p- . llflc In tho col tinge of hybrid words. Th. o nro fifty ormore dlnlects to mix with gi -nine nnd mangled Spanish nnd when thi i become tangled with United Stales the . suit will he a shower of new words cal. i latc.d to raise the hair of dictionary make s A correspondent, describing a foeial fu Hon nmong the Mow, Illustrates tho p-i -ent uilxup: "It v?n amusing to hear ) various attempts made at conversation n 1 the completeness in which the American i wero lost when they ventured murh t yond tho presnit tense in Spanish tp-t It was alfo rnther startling to have i of tho young women of limited V.nv'l i vocabulary sny to nn officer: 'How U t do, .my decnr! 1 am very bootlful to n you. " Chicago girl writes to n friend about im hero, who Ir a soldier In the I'hlllpplnn Sho says: "I got n letter from . He ti getting nlong splendid. He has been en signed to-the gunrdhnuse for five days. San It is a pretty hot place; hut then, you know, he never shrinks fiooi his duty. Mn and i nro naturally proud to hear of his pronior Hon." OX TO I'ltl'.TOHIA. Chlcngo Itecord: It will bo a mrnn trMc o play on the democratic politicians If tho Doers surrender before election. (Hobo-Democrat: General Hoborts is a believer in swift, long marches, and Ins turned Hritlsh legs to important account during the last two months. St. Louis Hepubllc. About all that's left for tho Doers now Is tlio hope that when they trek acrcss tho Great Divide they II trlko territory where Imperial greed can not penetrate. New York Tribune: Tho steady advance of Iord Huberts suggests fenrful nnnrehin- lons of whnt may happen when Mr. Alfred Austin hears that l'retorla has fallen. As jCIiituI Sherman remarked, war is hell. Charleston News: "No Ilrltlsh general." Is noted, "ever before commanded so many men In the field ns Lord Hobtrts now as under him. about 200,000 all told." It s a great compliment that the great powi r Is paying to the little ono. The Doers, it l:i stimatcd. number nbout 30.000. nil told. even thick red Hues against one thin dusiy one. Chicago Chronicle: "It Is but fortv-s x miles from Johnnnosburg to I're-.orln " shouts n London newspnpor, which iufe s therefrom that the war Is all over but tho shouting. It Is only thirteen mllos, how- ver, from Schenectady to Troy, and every ono is familiar with tho trials of tho th - trlcal gent In covering ;hat insignificant Istaiice. Philadelphia North American: Tho Ilrlt lsh nro reported to be wreaking petty re venge upon two of tho Doer envoys by de. troying tlio ornamoutal groves on their farms in SojiHi Africa. The work of de struction la being done under official orders o tho troops. Hut tho English aro making woful outcry over the possibility of de duction of the property of Ilrltlsh sublectj n Johannesburg, TICICI.ISII tatti.i:: Chlcngo Tribune: "Did be nrnvn in im n strong cnndldate?" "No. the second assessment broko him." Detroit Free Press: "Genpnlntrv la nn In. cresllrs study." That s so: I knoiv 11 til II 11 U'lln In art busy hunting up his ancestors thnt ho Clint uet tlmo In enrn n llvlm- f,.n i,ij famll:-;" p " rhllndelphla Press: Lenders You look linppy. l'erhaps you'll be ready to meet that stxty-dnvs' note. Ilorroughs I don't know. I'm still short, r.ut the days are getting longer. Perhaps that s why I'm happy. Cleveland Plnln Dealer: "You'll never I19 nble to make a strawberry shortcake tbo way mother made burs." "Oh, 1 suppose not." "No, mother wns left-handed." Chlcngo Itecord: "I asked that school teacher If she wouldn't tnke mv life mid mold It In her wl nnd gentlo hands." "What did she nay?" "She cald If I was proposing to her to say so nnd not undermine my intellect trying to tnlk shop." Puck: "Hredren," Biild Pnrson Hlaclc, earnestly, 'Mere nm prime folks In which (In still, Binnll voice nli consiieiieo keeps a-getiin' stiller nn' stiller, until nt Ins' it il hub ter 1 urn de deef an' dumb Inng widgo if It wants ter uttraek dlr ntten-tlon." Chlcngo Tribune: "We uso the expres. slrn colloquially. ,ut of bis bead,' " tlio Instructor remarked, "to describe n mnn's condition when he Is not In his right mind, "r:."?. w, sometimes say, Is 'beside him self " "Ah, yes," snid the foreigner, who had mastered the Inngimge In Its plainer forms nnd hud ndviiurptl tio BtM,iy f hUnmnllo I.ngllsli. "And when n man ccs out of bees head nnd beside himself. It ees nt such tlmo he enn climb up on bees ear!" Detroit Journal: I wus at no particular pains to break it gently to her. "I Just now mw your llanco In n blnek frock coat nnd russet shoes," I wild, bluntly. Anybody could see that Almeo was strug gling to be calm. "Can It be that my Idol hns feet of clayf she moaned, softly, ns to hcrsoir. A .MATTWl OK l'OI.IOV. .1. W. Foley In Hlsmnrck Trlbuno. Whllo honesty Is policy And truth njewel, too. I'd hate to bo tho person Who told everything Hint's truo. Vvhn Instead of lying glibly! "Whnt a lovely child is that!" u.H.l..ln ,r,,,h l, Us mother: "What an uly llttlo brat!" Just supposo nt rome reception hutcrtuinmcnt should bo slow, And wo fret anil fume anil ldet As we often do, ynu know. "V" .Y'?"!.'1 ,,,rr. make his fnrowell I mthOilly to host nnd say: I'vo been rlmiily bored to death, sir, And 1 in ghnl to get away!" Who would cure to meet n lndy Whom ho hadn't aeon for years, Greet her pleasantly nnd tell bur How mueli older she 'upprnrs? How- much nicer to lie glibly, .JW." sincerely, nud to say: hy, It seems to mo that you aro rowing younger every day!" He he saint or bo he-sliiner, Would a mortal man, forsooth, Lver daro go out to dinner If he bail to tell tho truth? Say tho roast was tough slid tasteless, Say thu soup wns seasoned wrung. Say 'twns strange how weak the coffee When tho butter was so strops! When the amateur canary In tho parlor warbles guy, Llko a bur.zsuw on a tantrum Who would enro to rtso nml rny: "Goodness me. but how you Hutted. My, how shrill your high notes are. I hnvn heard young calves tbut bluttci Hotter music better furl If to truth vou have a leaning, it's not ulwnys wiso to say "Whnt you think on some occasions, There's another, wiser way: 'Twixt your policy and conscience Just effect n compromise. -And let whnt you think be truthful If what you must tell bo I Its.