THE OMAHA DATLY HEIfc JfONDAT, JUNE 4, 1000.
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iflnv of June. J0. M. II 1 1 UNO ATM.
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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
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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.
