THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 0, 1900. 'Hie Omaiia Daily Bur.. E. noainvATKit. nmtor. PUtlMSHKD J5VBUY MOHNIN0. TIMirta ril.' cttttur'ti tITMri.' raiiv iirn fuithn.if smik1.iv. one Year. s. to lll'ust HtC"iai?(l Son,laYeHrnu Vea' -;;" Bunilny ?iee, "oiie Yonr?"'! '- Saturday Heo, One Year LoO "Weekly Hee, One Year ra OFF1CK3: Omaha: The Hen Building. South omahni City Hall Ilulldlng, Twenty-fifth and N streets. Council UlufTs: 10 Pearl Street. Chicago; 1610 Fnlty Hulldlng. New York: Temple Court. Washington: Ml Fourteenth Street. Sioux City: till Park Street. COHIIKSPONDKNCK. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omana lice, Editorial Department. HU81NK8S LKTTKH8. lluslness letters nnd remittances should bo nddresscd: Tlio Heo Publishing Com jiany, Omaha. RKMITTANCKS. Itemlt by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Heo Publishing Compnn. Only 2-cent stamps accepted In payment or mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or F.ustern exchange, not accept' I'd. TUB HKE PL'HMHIHJCOMPANV STATKMKNT OF CIRCULATION. (State of Nebraska, Douglas County ss.: George II. Tzschuck. serretury of The Heo Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full nml rompletii copies of The Dally. Morning. Evening nnJ Sunday Hee, printed during tho month of May. 1900, was as follows. l.. J.. 3.. C. G 7. . 8.. 9.. 10.. 11 . 12.. 13 . H.. 15.. ...US.It.'O ...U7,B30 . ..l!S,!tIO . . ,1!7,1S0 ...UO.HMO . . litl.HIO . . U7.000 ...aa,7Uo .. 117,110 ,,,l!7,MO ...UO.IKIO ...u7,n:to ...ao.aH.-t ... lid, tuo ...yd,.-lo 17 i, ii is" 1111,000 io! M7,:il 10 i.MI.770 21 10 22 MII.-IOO u,u:tu 24 ltd, tilt) a lill.010 oJjI"' UU.UOU 07,' 'JIIJ.IO h", u.vhoo j itll.UlO m ati.ono 31!! aii.ano 16 uo.nio Tntnl n-.- Less unsold and returned copies..., H.lMU Net total sales HlS.oaa Net dally average .j,;,;;,;,,';'. OHOIMJR n. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed and sworn before me this 1st anr of June, 19u0. M. H. Ill 'NOATl-, (Seal.) Notary Public. I'AHTIIJS I.I2A VI MS l'OH Sl'MMUH. I'nrtlei icnrbm hr city for hc minimer inny hnve The lire nrnt Iii-tii ri-KUlnrly 1J mitlOliiK Tlio lire lnmliirs iilllrr, In iiermin or ly mnll. Tin; ndilrrsM it 111 lie eliiumcd na iiflrii n ilenlrril. Oregon goes republican In the year 1X). . "Ho counted early nnd often" Is the revised version for use during the cen bus season. Krynn'H recent visit to Oregon does not seem to have been able to stem the tide of republican prosperity. That want ail asking ror a victim will ing to take the fusion nomination for congress ngalnst Have Mercer Is still unanswered. Tho presence of Colonel Wet more, at tho Bryan llshliig party gives assurance that only antl-Vrust chewing tobacco will bo used. When It comes to getting away from punishment the I'hluese Boxers nppear to be about as expert pugilists as'can bo found anywhere. Tloth the appointed and the disap pointed nmong the Omaha teachers' force will heave a sigh of relief that tho annual agony Is over. The California man who -won u Ne liraska girl for a bride through cor respondence secured a bargain. Any Nebraska girl Is worth more than a lew postage stamps. There Is no call for a senre over threatened luvaslon of smallpox in any part of Nebraska. Common sense and tho ordinary health precautions are all thut are needed. i Over ?'JOO,0)0 of the permanent school funds, according to tho statement of Treasurer Meservo, still remains unln vested. The statement sheds no light on the question where It Is deposited, however. According to the report of the state treasurer, tho taxpayers of Nebraska have to their credit In current funds $81031, as against ifiU-1,110 a year ago, Not much consolation In these llgures for tho calamity crowd that persists In denying the advent of republican pros perity. The statistics of farm mortgages filed nnd released In tho various Nebraska counties continue to show u henvy fall Jug off in tho mortgage Indebtedness If this Is true nt this time of tho year what will tho condition bo when the growing crop is harvested and put on tho market V Tettlgrew has been busy during tin: pntlro session introducing resolutions of Inquiry In tho senate. In a few days ho will be among his constituents and then ho will find plenty of people with resolutions of inquiry for him to answer thnt will keep lihn busy during the rest of tho campaign. Tho Hour envoys will bo gladly given tho freedom of tho city nnd the run of tho city hall on their visit to Omaha The keys of the city ns a souvenir of Mayor Moores proverbial hospitality will also bo a sign that tliey will be wel come to come back at any time without oven knocking at tho door. Tho republicans lead off In Oregon with a substantial victory. Tho result In that state Indicates clearly how tin Tactile coast will be lined up in the presidential strugglo and demonstrates conclusively that the republican claim is well founded that the west Is drift lng rapidly away from both the free ullver Idea and tlio free silver candidate Tho freo coinage advocates In tho democratic party must "view with Alarm" the persistent attempts of east ern democrats to push the silver qties tlon to the rear. New York democracy for Instnnce, Is perfectly willing to swallow Bryan, but when It comes to a direct atllrmatlon of the Chicago plat form tho leaders fear It will prove au overdose liable to cause nausea. THR mtlTISIt IX Vtlt.TOltlA. Tliu iitinount'Ptnpnt of the llrltlsli or- I'tipntlon of Pretoria vras not titicx- ,1K,BI, tl;e dispatches o Jj last lew ilay Indicated the. posslbllltj of considerable resistance. It was up I parent that this would ho useless, hut It was thought probable that the pride of , the Hoers would lead them to make one more lirave stand in ticretise or tneir , tnere are constitutional objections to capital, the loss of which can mean this proposition and so far as we have nothing else than the end of their In- observed .Mr. Hrynn Is Its only advocate, dependence. They did not need to do j Tho republican party Is fully pre thl". however, simply as a vindication , pared to meet the democracy on the of their courage and patriotism, for trust Issue before the people and It will these qualities have been abundantly at- j have no dllllculty, we think, In demon tested and the world will commend the 1 Mrntlug that It has a far better claim wisdom thnt avoided a further sacrlllce which would have boon rrulthw. Tho Hoer envoys In the Tutted States say that whMe organized resistance Is at an end Ilr.htlng will go on, th.tt there will be guerrilla warfare, such ns the Filipinos tire carrying on. We are In clined to think this will not be the ease an l thnt on the contrary ihe ISoeis gen erally will promptly lay down their arms and return to Ihelr farms, if per mitted to do , or loiue the country. I'hey cannot reasonably hope to get any aid by adopting guerrilla warfare and tu-h a course would oiny serve, la all probability, to subject tliem to the harshest possible treatment. nut: nusis .v viiixa. The condition of affairs In China has reached a most serious stage and It seems inevitable that the powers must It her withdraw and leave the govern ment to manage the situation as best It au, or nif.'.e a concerted and vigorous ll'ort to suppress the "Boxers" and re- tote order U the disturbed district. t'he report that the emprerfs dowager has openly taken sides with tho revolu- tonary organization Is credible and If rue it means that tho reactionary ele ment is prepared ami iieierimiiuii 10 osecute a vigorous warfare upon the foreigners. The American minister at ekln has notified tho Washington gov ernment of the serious nature or tne situation, but It Is stated that there Is no present disposition to go beyond what has already been done for the oteetlon of American Interests and es pecially Is the State department dlsln- lined to participate In a Joint demon stration that might become a menace to the Integrity of the Chinese empire. Obviously, however, the L'nlted States may bo compelled to enter Into an un derstanding with the other powers for the protection of the common Interests and wlille our government might ills- hi I in anv Intention of Interfering with the Integrity of China It would perhaps e unable to bind any other power not to do so. If wo cannot independently protect our Interests we must have the assistance of other powers and in ac- eptlng this our government would not e likely to require any conditions as o the future course of the powers. There Is very great probability, there fore, us the situation now looks, of per plexing complications arising when the disturbance shall have, been put down, whether by the Chinese government or the joint "action of the powers. What has already occurred will Justify n claim for indemnity on the part of the powers and It can confidently bo pre dicted that they will not be modest In their demands. There is very good promise that China Is to replace South Africa as a center of the world's In terest. PKMOCltATlC 'UiUST 11KCUHD. Wo have reiieatedl.v referred to the record of tho democratic pnrty In re- ard to tho trusts. Wo have shown that there was democratic opposition to the enactment of the anti-trust law of 1S00; that the last deinocratle admin Istratlon made no effort to enforce that act, but on the contrary did ail unit was possible to discredit it, and that the democratic congress, of which the present intlonal leader of the detuoc racy was a member and conspicuous in tlio framing of the most disastrous tariff law In our history, did nothing for effectively dealing with tho trusts, There Is now to bo added to the record the fact that tlio democrats of the present house of representatives unan imously voted against a proposed amendment to the constitution giving congress broad and ample power to deal with monopolistic combinations. This record of democratic shortcoming In respect to the trusts is not in the least relieved by tho elrctimstaueo of tlio renresentatlves of the party In the house supporting tho republican amendments to tho act of 1S0O. They did not dare, under existing conditions, to do otherwise. In tho debate relative to trusts In tho house of representatives last week Mr, Mttlclichl of Maine contrasted the records of tlio two parties on tho trust question to show that such legislation as had been enacted against trusts was placed upon the statute books under tho auspices of the republican party. IIo read a list of democrats of tho pres ent house who voted to vhlotraqk the anti-trust law of 1S0O nnd Mild: "Such Is tho record of the republican party hi regard to legislation and such Is tho record of the republican party In en forcing Its legislation. Such Is the record of William J. Bryan, In connec tion with anti-trust legislation, and such Is tho record of William Mclvln ley. We aro ready to go to tho people lu November and to submit to their common-sense Judgment whether the democratic party, that has proved itself Incompetent to deal'wlth tills question, shall be trusted, or the republican party." Tho republican party has no hesitation In Inviting a coniparlsou of records ou this subject. The chief proposition of the demo cratic party for dealing with the trusts Is to break down tho protuctlvo policy. It sees In this Issue an opportunity to further freo trade and to strike a blow at tho system which the party has al ways antagonized and under the oper ations of which this country has at tained Its wonderful industrial devel opment. It will not bo aide, however, to persuade a majority of the American people that It Is necessary to stvlko down protection to our Industries and Inlsir lu order to repress or control the trusts. That subterfuge will not work Kn soon after tlio sovcre pxpurk'ncp of ! tlio country with a ilcinofintle tntlrf. Another proposition Ih tlmt of Mr. r,Bl which Is a federal license plan requiring that a corporation, organized , In any slate, shall take out a license ! from the federal government before doing business outside of that state, We have heretofore pointed out thai that than Its opponent to be trusted with the duty of dealing with the trusts. x rcrrsa (it- rKtiMA . t: x t tka cukh t. is r The first annual otetlon of teaehets for the Omaha public schools since the cstiiblUli'ii'-nt of a permanent teacher list has taken place and Is a complete vindication of the principle of perma nent tenure for which The Bee has for years contended. For the first time In the history of our schools the great body of tried and experienced teachers have been spared the annoyance and wire pulling usually attendant upon in suring retention In their positions and the permanent list as made up under the rule has stood Intact, with but one removal for cause. Tho advantages accruing from this re form must be apparent to even those who doubted Its feasibility at the time It was under consideration. The In centive for teachers to do good work during the probationary period prelim inary to a permanent tenure of Itself Is a great gain. The most desirable feature, however, must be and Is the removal from the sphere of politics and personal favoritism of the backbone of the teaching force those who aro mak ing teaching a profession and have emerged entirely from the experimental stage. riie relief of school board members from the Importunities of applicants and friends Is, to be sure, only partial. but as a beginning In this direction the change must be gratifying also to them. If It shall lead, as It surely will In time, to the extension of the same policy with reference to the corps or Janitors and the promulgation of regular rules of promotion to the prlnclpalshlps, the bane of iwlltles In the schools will not long survive except In a form much loss harmful than that which has heretofore Impaired their usefulness and elllcleucy. Suit has at last been instituted to re cover on tlio bond of the defaulting deinocratle county treasurer of Flatte county the $1H,000 of srate funds em bezzled. The defaulting treasurer went out of oliico January 1, 1S!H. the same day that Attorney General Smyth came Into olllce, but nearly four years have been allowed to pass without protecting the state's interest by bringing suit against tlio bondsmen. What noise tho vigilant reform attorney general would have raised had tho recreant ofllcial beeii a republican instead of a democrat can readily be imagined. Times are hard ns money Is hard to bor row unless ono antes up heavy security. Prosperity has not struck Marquette very heavy. World-Herald. This Is a sample of calamity cry re sorted to by the fusion crowd In Ne braska without regard to the effect It might have upon the reputation of the towns thus assailed. We feel safe In asserting that Hamilton county Is to day ono' of the most prosperous farm ing communities In Nebraska, yet in the hope of manufacturing' political capital tho popocrats point to It as almost on a par with famine-stricken India. The presidents of the various railroads aro to have another meeting to agree among themselves that tnoy will never, never cut freight rates any more nnd that subordinates who adopt such meas ures to secure business will be pun ished. These good resolutions aro formed every time the gradual Blind ing of rates Is uncovered, only to start lu ngaln on the same course before the Ink is dry on tho agreement. The sub- ordinate who Is punished for violating tlio agreements would be a good draw ing card lu a dime museum. Dock Homer Invito the Itollerf Chlca.o Hecord. 'Mr. Bolro of Iowa raises his volco against tho nomination of Uryan on tho Chicago platform. Kvldently Undo Horace has not been run over times enough to thoroughly satisfy him. I.nrnr Field at Home. Hnltimoro American. If missionaries aro driven out of Ignorant eastern countries they may still find plenty of practice In this enlightened land. A mob wrecked a free dispensary In Chicago ou account of reports of human vivisection. Thry Illiln't Cirt n (Sun. Chicago Inter Ocean. The fact remains that no matter how much territory tho Ilrltlsh havo acquired In South Africa during tho last few weolts they havo acquired no guns belonging to tho republicans. This may bo a minor con slderatlon, but it has Its good ido. Ilrnioornta Side with Trunin. Globo-Democrat. Every domocratlo voto In the housj ex cept threo was cast against the proposed constitutional amendment aimed agalcst oppresBlvo monopolies. This square test of how tho democratic party stands on trusts will bo heard from frequently during the campaign. I'cimlnn Olllro Stntliitlca. Indianapolis Journal. Tension Commissioner Rvans estimates that there are about 025,000 survivors ot tho civil war, of which 742,467 aro drawing pen slons. During the year 2f ,787 pensioned veterans died, which Is at the rate ot 3 1-3 per cent per annum. The average ago of the eteran3 Is fifty-nine yeuru. The last survivor of tho war ot 1812 died last summer eighty- throo yenrs after the close of tho war. At the eamo rato thero will bo a few survivors of tho war for tbo Union In 1948, Sclieiura of I'enalon Attorney, Boston Herald. . It Is apparent that on the eve of the pres idential election of this yoar another effort Is being made to rcmovo Commissioner TCvaijs of tho pension bureau from his office. In Justice to President McKtnlcy it Is to bo paid that he does not want to tako this action. Hu knows Mr. Hvans to be an able and a conscientious official and it Is his dls. position to suotaln him In what ho has doue, He l.ai; resisted a strong pnseiurr fcr his removal thus far and be should have the credit for this nctlon. Tills pressure Is not over, however. There Is reason to bcllcvo U l urgently being renewed at the present -!,T .In .7 pidintTh.t hi to strengthened to stand up ngalnst It. - Tlir AiiH'rleiin .Sriilliiirnl. Sprlngtleld llcpubllcan. Senator Halo expresses tho feelings of several millions of tho American people In his torrlblo alluelon to Epgland In India and In South Africa expending millions of money for tho bloody crushing cf two Ilttlo republics, while millions of Its subjects In Asia are starving to death. I'loiiN Itclli-clluiiM mi t'liulll.iin. Minneapolis Times. Whllo the elder Jeftrlea docs not exactly approve of the prize ring per so, he feels that It may bo nn Instrument for tho win ning of his eons to a better life. "I nm opposed to prize fighting," ho has said, but Jim will keto It up until ho gets thrashed, then he'll quit. Ho Is making a shott cut through tho prize ring to salva tion." It would be a comfort to believe as Hov. Alexander Jeffries does, but James Is dlntrofalngly slow about getting llchol Into a ftato of santlflcatlon and Jack shows tho same disposition to duck tho pearly gates. Itntl nennonilNl, Worie IIillnoilier. New York Journal of Corr.mcrce. When a man awakens to the Idea that popular government, or social order, or any eiitabllshtd human Institution, Is going to tho dogs ho Is suffering Indigestion, or hi mind Is affected, or ho Is a demagogue trad ing on tho apprehensions of the lll-ln- formed. In n magazine article Mr. nryan who cannot be entirely Ignored so long as some millions of people regard him as a presidential candidate concludes that "we aro following In the steps of Itomo dc3crlbid by Froude: 'To make money, money by any means, lawful or unlawful, becamo tho universal passion. Money! The cry wai still money! Money was tho one thought from tho highest nenntor to tho poorort wretch who sold his voto In the Comltla.' " This samo person's cntlro political stock la trado Is money. Instead of objecting to money ho is himself an nnlmated cry for moro money. Ills complaint Is that then' Is not enough money. Ho has not Identified hlnifOlf with a slnglo thought except more money, In tho sense of currency, and In tho serso of general wealth no one has striven harder than he to turn his speeches nnd his books into property. Ho has a messago for the regeneration of mankind, but has re peatedly refused to deliver It unlts.i paid the price of an opera singer. Nino-tenths of tho men who havo followed him and his demand for free coinage have done so In tho firm belief that It would enable them to scale their debts and havo moro money for themselves. As an economist Mr. Hrynn Is pretty bad, but as a moral phllo.'ophcr ho Is still worse. TAMMAXY AS A Till ST KM, I, Kit I, oik! I'rAf oknIoiim of AVralli Tempered with UIvIiIi-iiiIn. Philadelphia Times. American politics havo from the very foundation of our government furnished many funny features, but nothing moro ludicrous has occurred In a century than tho position In which tho Tammany wing of the democratic party result of the recent flnd3 Itself 08 tho ICO trust exposures. I lammnny leaners nave ueen clamoring tor tho minimization of tho free coinage issue 1 and tho exaltation of tho anti-trust Idea ns tho shibboleth of the coming democratic campaign for tho presidency. Whan they ; had by dint of much vociferation made tho public believe that they wero in tho war aga nst uusia w iny aeaw uie m was suu- uemy ""u, am. inui, , umi; , mm leaders were discovered to bo staggering under a prodigious load of ico rust snares. ; luer a pronigious Hjiui ai iu irusi nnuiuo. . This revelation tvas ft sunburst to tho ' ... . i r . , republican leader, Svho wero already shout- i lng themselves hoar ngalnst' the trust!., and wondering how they could make the prop e believe they were moro in earnest than their democratic opponents. This revelation, showing a willingness or , the part Tarn; many officials and leaders to draw Ice trust dividends while denouncing trusts In tho abstract, will furnish the republicans with ' tho weapon thoy most need, and enable them to chargo the democratic anti-trust t .. , . ...1,1. i.nlnn n ..ntn.nqlnhltin tifnf null I n n 1HUIIK nun u.iiih .v u.u .v.- without a grain of sincerity - TM... Tnn rtvnn.n.B ,1lt nn frtf tn nnn v.n e ho public that relief rm trust .; actions is not to be found with the profes- s.onal politicians of any stripe. Perhaps. however, the people may, by taking mntlers ".""" - In their own hands, lnfuso some sincerity hero Is no line at all. Several premiers Into platform pledges on this score. They have been defea ed In contests for ho presl will havo to assume tho reins nnd demand drncy. and that tended to nccentuato tho that platform pledges shall bo kept, re- divorce, gardlcss ot politicians and leaders, If they ! hopo to curtail tho power of the trusts In 1 "Tho docllno of the second office of the tho least degree. Tho Ico truBt eplsodo has ' republic dates from tho first chango Indi an thn Tnmmanv leaders In a ridiculous nt-, cated. In tho senate Itself tho presiding tltudo before tho public, and it has fur- i nlshed a striking Illustration of the In sincerity of professional politicians In mak ing platform professions as well. CURAT AMlHUCAX UYK-OI'KXBH. Coffer llio Fnvurllr Stimulant In llir United SlntrN. Chicago Times-Herald. Tho acquisition of a considerable area of coffee-growing territory as a result of the Spanish-American wnr gives moro than ordlnnry Interest to tho statistics of coffee consumption in this country. Tho American peoplo havo become, without question, the greatest coffeo drinkers in tho world. We aro not only consuming more coffeo than nny other nation each year, but statistics show that the amount consumed per capita each year Is constantly on tho IncreaBo. It has become by far tho most Important Item In tho American dietary and Its consumption Is i not confined to any class, it Is the sustain ing solace of tho wage-earner nnd tho fa vorite stimulant of the man whoso work calls for a high degree ot mental energy. Following aro tho figures which show tho Importations of coffee In pounds lu tho yenrs named, with the population of tho country for tbo samo years: Pounds, 1674 2S5,0O0,00O lfcSO 416,000,000 1&90 499,000,000 ISM tMO.000,000 1S9J 6B3.000.000 1SS7 S09,0U0,000 1S9S S0l,000,000 UM 878,000,000 Population. 42.000.000 60,000.000 C0.000.ll00 IS.OOO.OU) 72!oooooo 67,Oi)O,0OO 74,000,000 76,000,000 The countries that consumo tho greatest portion of tho world's coffeo crop are Hol land, Belgium, Switzerland, tbo United Statea and Germany. It is claimed, how ever, that tho popularity of tea, so great tn England and Russia, Is now on tbo de cllno and their consumption of coffeo is In creasing at such a rapid rato that thoy will soon rank with Germany and tho United states as coffee drinkers. Hygienic and dietetic authorities will doubtless view this Incroaso In tho con lumptlon of coffee with much apprcbon slon. They stoutly maintain that coltoe drinking Is Injurious to tho race. They trnco alt sorts ot digestive derangements to tho oxcesslvc drinking of coffee. Other authorities, however, are disposed to re gard this Increase in coffeo drinking as a j hopeful Indication of an Increasing tend ency to abstain from alcoholic stimulation. Indeed, there are many who adhoro to the belief that coffeo Is a specific for alcohol ism, and that any marked Increase In Its consumption means a decline In the use of spirituous liquors. It Is noted In this con nection that Germnny, the most extenslvo consumer of malt liquors, Is next to tho United States the greatest consumer of coffee. Whatever diverse views may be i entertained regarding the hygienic or food value ot coffee, there Is no denying tho (act that It appears to be essential to ' meet the dietetic requirements of modern American methods of living. Tim ll'l! I'HKSIDKM'Y. VlrlNNlliiilr Which tin- Oilier Mux In itcrKime In Crnlur). A writer In tho Chicago Tlnic-Horald discuses tho vicissitudes which the vl"o presidential odlce has undergono and con tends that tho term "evolution" does not describe tho change properly. "Tho general opinion," says the writer, "Is that there J has been decadence, not advance, and tint tho Intention entertained by tho fr.uutis of tho Constitution has been defeated in , this respect, an In several other directions. The electoral college has lost all Its original , Importance nnd lags superfluous on the pa- lltlcal stage. Indirect election of Unite! Stntes senators has proved worso than us-' lets actually mischievous and dangerous, , The vlco presidency, which was to bo a hlgli, i rcsponslblo nnd dignified pest, has become one which lnuuentiai and vigorous men In public life avoid and decline. Dignity remains, but not utility ami opportunity for rising to what is logically tho next place. The olllcc Is regarded ns the gravo , of ambition, rather than as tho stepping- stono to tho presidency. Illustra'lons of this we havo Just received in umuual abund ance. "What a contrast between the present conditions and that of tho early days of our government! "Originally, as students of American poll tics will remember, the presidential clcctois did not vote directly for a vice president, IJnch elector was required by law to voto for two men for president. Tho candldato who received the largiat vote, if a majority of nil the votes CftHt. was chosen nresldent. wnn0 h0 who received the next largest voto i)CCanl0 Vlcc president. Thus in 1733 the electoral college gave Washington slxty nlno votca (tho full number) and John Adams thirty-four votes. Thero were vots for John Jay, Samuel Huntington and sev eral others, but all of theso men were vottd for as candidates for tho presidency. Adams had the largest vote next to Washington. nn,i this mado him vlco president In 17r2 Washington received tho unanimous vote of tho electoral college 132 while Adams re ceived "7 votes. Clinton, Jefferton and Ilurr wcro also voted for, and Adams ngnln became vice president because his Voto was tho second largest. "In 170C, though the law was unchanged, tho actual situation was different. For the first tlmo there were two candidates for the presidency nnd, as distinctly, two lend- lng candidates (nnd several others) for the vlco presidency. Adams received "1 votes nnd Jefferson 68. The former became presi dent nnd tho latter, though the leader of the opposition and totally out cf sympathy with tho policy of the federalists, became vlco president. Thomas Plncknoy and Aaron Iljrr, the leading candidates for the second oliico, had iccclved B9 and 30 votes re spectively, nnd had no title under the law. "Four years later the candidates for presi dent and vlco president wore again clearly distinguished, but as Jefferson nnd Ilurr re ceived tho same number of votes, "3, the law failed to work. Ilurr having been voted for for president he had legally the camp title as Jefferson, though ho had never been con sidered ns a presidential candidate. It Is unnecessary to refer to Ilurr's treacherous attempt to wrest the presidency from Jef ferson. Tho election was thrown Into tho hnils,. whli-h tWlnrr,! JpflVrsnn olpMril tn ft, h!l,at nOW nnrr liwimn vlrn nrnal. .rion. hv vlrllln of th constitutional nrnV,,nr, rim rn.elor.tlnn fnr hin wnn nut ot tho qurstlon nnd our ycar8 ,ator ho wa8 et Me .The ston of the contest was not lost on ,h ,n,rv. hnnvnr !in,l nnt nf It crow nn ,mnr,nf h0 A ,nrf,t . , conBt,tutlqn wa8 pr0pC6cd nnd adopted pre 8crlblnK a ncw otho,i of circling the presl- (cnt nm, vjM 'prcfl(leI(t in thft e,oclornI Col- leRp T"Hnienilment' gave the country the ijiuii witu in nun president nn cnm,'1(Inte for , plan that Is still In force. The electors voto d vlco president, and tho Kit tnitnii r (Tl te vi net nlot tn raaorUy f the electoral vote. The nnii. ,,,,' ' ra)lnpil . .,, fnp .,, .. 10 . ' - presidential ; m,lrtat .r nn. , hp Yn(rf, ,fnr ,,,. could not have caused the change in the political character of tho offlcc. Hut another notable result sprang from the Ilurr dif ficulty. The lino of the succession from the , nrooldonoir In Ihn nr 1 ,1 nil r V pnmn tn 1 an end. Since 1800 but ono vlcu president been advanced to the first oHlce under the constitution-Van Huren. I;or many " "' ""1 V' - officer, being an outsider and without a voto (except In tho rare case of a tie), has never had much power. Tho senators aro Jealous of their prerogatives and would not allow tho strengthening of the olllce. The absenco of rules for the transaction of busl nofs Is to some extenti responsible for tho vlco president's Impotence. Thoro Is little for him to interpret nnd onforce. Four years of obscurity and inactivity do not promote nny mnn'a chances of distinction and It Is Inevitable that vlco presidents should lenvt ofllco politically weaker Instead of stronger. To legislate power and Importance Into this decadent oOlco seems impossible, but it would bo highly Interesting to put a really forceful and aggrcsslvo personality Into It and watch tho effect. A moro popular and buslnessllko sennte would Indirectly raise tho vice presidency. Perhaps a reaction Is now In order, though tho signs are as yet invisible. It Is a pity 'reform from within' by a man llko Uocsevclt cannot bo tried. Tho other kind of reform Is a tedious pro cess." PHHSOXAI. I'OIXTlSHti. This thing of permitting a defeated pugi list to whip the referee tends to sootho the feelings of tbo left. Tho gift ot a punch bowl to General Cronjo suggests tho possibility of mixing drinks in St. Helena. As an offering to tbo wounded fecllngi 1 of tho tlgor tho New York Ice trust pro- pescs to givo i.uuu tons or ico ror uis trlbutton among tho poor. According to the Chinese minister nt Washington, tho real namo of tho Hoxer organization Is "Yeo Ho Chuan," which means "righteousness, harmony and fists." Kvldently the members huven't shaken hands with their title for some time. David Ward ot Pontlac, Mich., who has Just died leaving an estate of $20,000,000, told a friend recently that within tho last seven years ho had sold 370,000,t)00 fcot of pine lumber, and had left in lower Michigan enough to bring it up to over 1,000,000,000 feet. Norman K. iMack of Huffalo, ono of Hrynn's warmest supporters and closest friends, announces es a recult of his pil grimage to Nebraska that tho colonel wants a Now York man for a running mato. O. 11. P. nelmont. Kllot F. Danforth, Judge Alton H. Parker and William Sulzor are among those already mentioned, to nay nothing ot W. H. Hearst. Mayor Van Wyck of Now York has got to a perilous point in tho Ico trust suit when his lawyer has to pUad that he ihould not bo compelled to testify bocause of tho precedent furnished In tho case of "Jake'' Sharp, the briber. Sharp, says the mayor' lawyer, was promised that nono of the tes timony ho gave should bo used against him, yet this testimony started a lino of Investi gation that resulted In his convlcllou am) sentence to Sins Sins prUnn, TWO PIHl CIJXT 1IO.MIS. Xotntilr Doitioiifttrfttliiii of (lir I'liinu rlnl StrciiKtli 'if Hie Niitlou. New York Financier. Tho United States le at present furnish ing tho world with a demonstration of finan cial strength which Is well worth n few moments' reflection. The rccretary of tho treasury has Just announced his Intention of .redeeming tho outstanding remnant of tho original Iwuo ot $230,000,000 of IVj per ceut bonds, of which about $25,000,000 wero extended nine yenrs ago at 2 per cent. When ! tho fact Is taken Into consideration thnt only I two years ngo nn Issue of J2tO.000.CoO 3 per j cent bonds was made for tho purposs ot j carrying on tho war with Spain, nnd that tho expenses of tho government since that tlmo hnvu been Increased enormously, the ' ability of tho treasury to take up nn Iswio j of old outstanding bonds Is In striking con- ! trust with the desperate financial stralte In ' which foreign gjvernmcnts havo found themselves at the close of armed conflicts. Hut the history of tho United State.- Is full of Incidents of ihls character. The rapid extinguishment of the national debt nfter tho war of lS6l-rio. tho RUCceMful flntu. tlon of tho remalnnor of tho war bonds only J two months ago at ihe lowest averngo In terest rate In the world, and the present call for the liquidation of the tld 2 per cent bunds Rt par those are regarded with some degree of pride, but nm as extraor dinary achievements, although they will al ways rank 'is such lu the hhtury of nations. Ashlo from the sentimental phase of streng'h thus domoiistrntod, tho redo .iptlon of the $25,000,000 comes as a propitious biuilntss moM Tht- tre.iM ry Is owr.'lo . lng with f'uids and the cxcc3S of receipts over expenditures will for thi yoar now drawing to ,t close exceed $60,000,000. In o'.her wordi. tho government has collected from tho people nbovo Its needs something In excess of $3,O00,C0O monthly slnro July 1, 1S99. Thero Is no earthly reason why this money should not bo restored to chan nels of commerce in fact, tho secretary of tho treasury has done so In a measure through the depesits of public funds with bnnks. Hut this is only n makeshift, and tho government, with lu coffers oversowing, would be Indifferent to Its own opportunity If It neglected to llquldato its debts out ot Idlo caoh. Tho redemption of the 2 per cent loan will mean a saving of half n mil lion dollars yearly. UeckoneU with other governmental Items of oxportso this is not a liirgr sum, but it is worth making. It Is figured that the liquidation of the 2 per cent loan will be more In the nature of a bookkeeping operation than an nctual re turn of money to circulation, for the reason that the governmint's money is already largely at tho disposal of tho people, but this does not minimize tho actual benefits of tho plan. There Is nothing to prevent a continuance of tho policy now pursued, of depositing public funds with designated banks, and It will be very easy to make up the deficiency which may result through payments of bonds. As a mnttcr of fact the operation has been timed to n nicety, and tho money will como almost coincident!) with the drain on this center for funds used in tho crop-moving purposes. SQUKH.K OK TlIU SIKiAK THIJST. Knd nf IIiikIiu-nn lllviilrj- FoIIimtciI Ii Ailviincr In I'rliM-n. Philadelphia Ledccr. Thoro are Intimations that the rmgnr trust and It loading rivals havo como to an understanding, or at least agreed to a truce. This Is belloved to be indicated by tho advanco in the price of raw sugar and tho organization of tho National Sugar Refining company of Now Jersey. It In said that since May I ougar has been ad vanced about M cent per pound by tho trust and Its competitors havo followed suit. The' New Jersey concern is n combi nation of. the Dcochor, .National and Mol Icnhaucr refineries. Tho Doschcr has been fighting tho trust, but its associates ara understood to have been friendly to the trust. The Arbuckles aro not known to have Joined the new combination and re sponsible authority declares that tho Mc Cahnn refinery of this city will contlnuo Independent. President Havemeyor of tho Amcrlcnn Sugar Refining company, "tho trust," Is quoted as saying that "we aro going to mako some money now." Thero Is nn Impression thnt tho newly formed National company will soon bo found en Joying close relations with the trust and that consumers will be made to pay higher prices. It Is n serious question for the public thnt of tho concentration of tho sugar ro flncrlcp. Sugar Is a necessity of llfo and must bo had at whatever price. Hy means of economies In manufacture nnd produc tion on a vast scale tho truBt is in a peti tion to do tho nctual work of refining ut a minimum of cost, but to earn dividends on Inflated stock and to yield profits on capital Invested tn refineries which do not mnnufacturo ono pound of Hiigar from one end of the year to tho other excessive ex actions must bo placed upon tho consumer. Tho recent cuttlnc of rates Is believed to havb borno no relation to tho ccet of pro duction, but to hnvo been resorted to by tu trust In an effort to ruin Its rivals. It Is claimed that nono of tho sugar roflnorlos mado money during the rate cutting and that tho trust, fortunately, was Injured moro severoly than tho Independent con cerns, Jf tho Araerlcnn Refining company shall complete an understanding with Its more Important competitors tho refined sugar In dustry of tho United States will bo prac tically n monopoly. Tho trust han never had difficulty in r-ccurlng from congress such n tariff ns It has desired nnd It Is essentially now in a position to dlctato its own terms. Whatever advantage tho pub lic enjoyed whllo tho trust was cutting rates has been withdrawn, ns l evidenced by tho advance of cent por pound. In tho pnet the profits of tho trunt havo been huge. In the futuro they are likely to bo greater. FMMITI.M1 Ol'lt C'Oll.MIHUAI). Korcleu I'iiIIIIi'Iiiiih Aliirmril Over Ihe Corn Klli'lit-n ul l'lirln. Philadelphia Hecord. Tho representatives of this government In Kuropo will bo called upon to aid In tho missionary work that Is being carrlod on at the Purls exposition. Tho creation of Kuropean markets for our corn as a bread- j stuff Is a matter of no small concern to tho farmers In our western Btntea. When tho ) peoplo of the old world shall havo beon educated up to tbo point of eating cornbread thero will bo no further need to burn thn I corn crop of Kansas because It does not pay , to carry It out of tbo state at the rates ' charged by tho railroads. Tho foreign do- I mnnd will bo tho difference between poverty j and prosperity to a vast number of west ern fnrmers. Tho American people, more- j over, will feel a sense of satisfaction In con- fcrrlng on their fellow creatures beyond tho , sea an enormous benefit for which tho multitudes will bless us. however the I politicians may rato us. It Is painful to , consldor that tho millions pf poor In Kurope aro Ignorant of the who'lcsomo charactor land tho palatablo pleasure of cornbread. It I Is not creditable to their enterprise or ! curlof Ity. However, they arc quick to recognlzo tho I virtues of the golden corn "pone," the ash I cake, "Johnny" cake and other forms In I which American culinary skill fashions thn i comparatively cheap cornmeal. All thoy need la opportunity. This Is being glvon to thousands dally at tho great fair, and with , out charge. It U said that tlicfco who can be i porsuadod to test the preparations of corn- meal become enthusiasts. Thoy aro quite as zealous as the Americans In urging tbo ' foodstuff on others. They look on It as a 1 new discovery ot more Importance than tho most palatablo creut'on of French art in X cookery. They delight in the thought that so nutritious n food nrtlctn Is ns cUnap as the coarse blnck bread which Is thn chief and often tho only sustenance, of the working peoplo of vast industrial centers lu Kurope. Hut It was too much to hope that tho politicians would allow the peoplo to enjoy tho benefits of our mlrslonary work without nn clTort to Interfere with our plans. Alarmed by tho effects of the free distribu tion of cornbreid and cornmeal, the French politicians have induced tho prcan of tho vnrlous capitals to begin n campaign ot slander ngalnst our corn. They have had ex perience In attacking American pork, nnd they tako up the abuse of corn with marvelous skill and with n degree of unscrupulousness that le shocking. Just ns they declared, In the face of most positive proofs to tho con trary, that our pork carried with It disease nnd death, eo they boldly altlrm that corn bread Is fatal. They cite the hideous illsoare that In one part of Italy has followed the oxcesslvo tiso of corn which was itself dis eased. They might with equal reason decry the eating of beans bevausc that vegctnblo has been known to produce Insanity when it has been the only article of food for weeks. Tho Gioek Catholics of certain Islands of the Mediterranean observe Lent by confining themselves to a bean dietary, but without nny limit na to quantity. It Is noted that homicides nmong them arc fright fully frequent toward tho end of tho Lonten season because, of tho mental derangement caused by this diet. it Is not enough to simply deny that American cornbread is very unwholcscrao among workers when fully cooked. It is not enough to point to its extensive us3 In this country by the rich ns well xs tho poor. Tho strongest proofs thnt our potk was not diseased wero published by Prof. Vlrchow, tho highest German authority but" neither Germany nor Franco would ro movo tho ban until diplomacy triumphed Our agricultural missionaries will find It worth whllo to do nt every Important Kuro pean center of population what they are doing at Paris. The politicians wilt resist the movement which promises to add so much to Furopo's dependence on this coun try nnd to revolutionize tho popular diet. The enormous Increase of our balance of trado ngalnst Kurope which would result from tho expected demand for our enrn li worth all tho effort thnt may bo required to gain a permanent foothold for thnt cereal in foreign markets. NMILIX; I.IXKS. Iloston Life: "How awfully dull Kve must huvo been lu Kdon with no clothes to wrnr." "Worse still, no other womun's clothes to criticise." Detroit .Journal: "Hlnks' Injury seems to have resulted In u chronic lameness." "Yes, tho railway company huvo managed to get his damage- suit ugulnst them Into tho supremo court." Philadelphia North Amorlcuns "I sold newspupers when 1 was a boy," daclared the Htut-smnti proudly. "And now you are selling the public," re marked mi unsympathetic auditor. Washington Star: "Sometimes," said Uncle ICtioii, "when you does n man n fnvor he never fohglts It. He Jes' laughs at you de res' o' his life fob bcln' so easy." Chicago Tribune: "Well, I see," said I'nelo Allen Sparks", "thu Methodist church adheres to Its old position, thnt dancing I not the proper caper." Chicago Post: "I trust. William," said tho old gentleman In n kindly tone, "that you hnve not entered Into this engagement hnstlly. 1 huvo only met tbo young woman casually, but I hopo you huvo seen a good Uenl nf her." "Oh, yes, Indeed," answered tho young man enthusiastically. "Why, I've seen her lu the bull room and on the bnthlni? bench." Pittsburg Chronicle: .Mr. Prnn Thero nro hyphi-nutetl Amerlcnns of muny sorli. Irish-Americans, Genniin-Amrrlcans und so on but no Amcrlcun-Amcrlcans. Mr. Pltl-Klii you nie wrongl Many In dians havo tuken lands lu severalty and huvo becomo citizens. Clevclund Plain Uenler: "I see that a noston man says thut General Phil Sliorl dan arrived ut Cedar Creek too lato." "Well, he seems to have reached there In nmplo tlmo for tho poet and tho sculptor." Detroit Journal: They wero rapidly drift ing apart. "Don't get hot under the collar," sho was saying with dellcnto Irony, "or you'll ex plode that celluloid nhlrt-frot!" "What!" bo cried. "The shirt-front that has hnd laid trustingly upon It a head of hnlr as red as yours? Not In a thousand years!" He Inughnd last but they both laurhed equally far from well. Somervlllo Journal: Collector Can't you fix n date now when you will pay this little bill? Debtor Impossible, my dear fellow! I never innko engagements moro than two years In advance. Chicago Post: "Do you llko To Havo anil to Hold?' " she asked. Flvo minutes later ho was out In the street alone, wondering why tho dickens sho hnd said that nnd then got mad be cuuso ho tried to put his arms around her. Philadelphia J'ress: "So you'vo got a lit. tlo baby, now, .Mary?" said tho lady to her former servant. "It must bo a great pleas uro to you." " 'Twould 3)0 a greater one, mn'am, If It didn't cry so mueh. 'Mo husband can't stand tho noise of H' "Too bad! What docs your husband do, Mary?" "He's n bollermnkor, ma'am," Till: OM SOI.DII2H. He's crowned out by younger men, He cannot dig or hoe. Ho gave his claim to strength and health In service long ago. For that unselfish service, I havo heard tho people sny, A grateful country grunts to him A Decoration duy. Dons ho nsk you fnr nn office That ho may earn his bread? You gazo nt blm In wonder As you wisely shako, your hcud. Thero nro better politicians, Who moro neatly work theu wires, And much moro willing catspnws And endless better liars. 'Tls truo he Isn't handsome And ho may bo bent und old; Hut, too, ho may bo honest, With a heart ui good ns gold. Hut understand, he will not, And you wondering shako your head, That he looks for recognition Till ho's safely cold und dead. His children may bo hungry And their little font bo bnre, nut deck them In red, white und bluo And let tho peoplo stare. It Isn't rtioy wo euro for When nil Is donii nnd snld It's Just tho poor old soldier, When ho's sufely cold and dead. Tho' he starve and freezo In passing, Let him hold his soul In pence, His day of glory soon will come And all his trials cease, Tho' ho, llko ancient Homar, uuvo noi wnero 10 my nis neon, llo'll blossom out il hern In tho city of the dead, Then rail tho Ilttlo children, Sweet (lowers let them bring And summon your harmonious choir, The hero's praise to slug. And bid your gifted orators Melodious tones to raise Thnt onco u year nld soldiers May hear a word of praise. Then to his Ilttlo corner Lot him humbly creep awny And hide him In oblivion Till next Decoration day. Fnr his claim to recognition A selfish world rejects t'ntll tho grave shall take him lu And cover his defects. IlKt.I, FA I H MAN PAULSON. Omaha, Neb. CASTOR I A For Infant and Children. file Kind Yci Have Always Bought Bears tht Slj;naturo of V