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THE OIMAIIA DAILY TJEE: THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 15)00.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas, county, ss:
Ooree It. Tzschuck. secretary or The Beo
Publishing company, being duly sworn,
says that tho actual number of full and
K n'i'. n'
month of .May. 1000, was as follows:
l i!H,:tno 17.
1MI.I70
lill.HOO
i!7,:tlO
2 ii7,nro is...
3 1J8,:MJ0 19...
4 27,180 20...
.l,77
E '.'0,880
C iill.KIO
7 27.000
21 211,110
22 20,100
23 2(1, 2.'I0
21 20,:jlO
23 20,010
26 20,200
27 20,2.-0
8 ,...20,720
9 27,1 10
10 27,110
11 20,tKtO
12 27,r.:io
13 20, OH.-.
U 20,100
IS 20,.-. IO
23
2!)
20
31
. .as, 800
..20,210
..20,080
. .20,2.-0
10 20,:t 10
Total
Less unsold and returned copies..
.S2l,27f
. 11,2 12
Net total sales HlH.natl
Net dally average 20,:iHS
GEORGE R. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed and sworn before mo this 1st
day of Juno. WOO. M. I). IIUNOATE.
(Seal.) Notary Public.
PARTIES 1.EAVINU l'OH SUMMEIl.
1'nrtlc lrnvtuu the -lty for
flip summer inny linvc Tim lice
apnt lo th em rcKUlnrlr 1
imtlfylnur The lire llOAliiem
ofticp, In person or by nuill.
The nililre,M nil! lie chnnRCil
ns often 11s ileslreil.
There ought to bo no trouble In float
ing a boom In tho prohibition national
convention.
Hare you been counted In the 1000
census? If not you will have to sprint
to get under the wire.
That fall festival for Omaha Is a fix
ture. Including both tho Ak-Sar-Hen car
nival nnd the musical prelude.
The present cool wave Is doubtless
dun to the big pitcher of ice water
which the democrats have mixed up to
pass to Candidate Towne.
nutter what happens, the Chi
nese nettl have no fears as to the per
sonal safety of their diplomatic repre
sentatives In this country.
St. Louis announces that the city Is
ngnln on a peace footing. A little guer
rilla fighting and more or less "snip
ing" are still going on, but nothing of a
serious nature.
The State Republican league meeting
at Lincoln will be a grand ratltlcatlon of
tho ticket nominated at Philadelphia
and republicans all over Nobrnska will
foln in the chorus.
The candidate for governor put In
nomination by the democrats of Arkan
sas goes by tho name of Jeff Davis.
That sounds strangely f:imlllar and per
tinently democratic.
Idaho reports, simply a bad hailstorm.
Since the Iowa man told of ball as big
as foot balls all competitors In this
lino have declined to post entrance
money and say merely that It hailed.
Chairman Kdmisten Insists that
Townu Is the proper man for the demo
crats to nominate at Kansas City. The
convention meets In a state whose peo
ple Insist on being shown.
Tho architects have made a careful
examination of tho new porch at tho
Itryan residence and pronounce It equal
to the strain of sustaining all the pro
posed now planks of tho democratic
platform.
ICx-Senator Hill may as well put his
vice presidential aspirations, if he has
any, In cold storage with his Ico trust
friends, as Colonel Itryan gives It out
cold that he will not accept a chal
lenge for a Joint debate with him on
tho same platform.
Kentucky democrats nro anxious to
have the (loebel election law repealed.
Tho law was Intended to render It Im
possible for tho republicans to carry tho
state, but In practice It strongly re
semblcd a balky mulo Its principal
scone of activity was at tho rear end.
Matthew Goring has recovered his
second wind and decided that If ho can
not havo tho nomination for congress
he would not object to being tho fusion
nominee for attorney general. Ho can
smash as many trusts ns tho present
Incumbent of that otllce and not half
try.
Tho discovery that tho present system
of assessing property for county taxa
tion by precinct assessors Is sadly de
fective Is nothing new. A coinpleto re
Tlslon of our revenue laws has been an
urgent demand for years past and the
next legislature should respond to It
without fall.
It Is pleasing to read In tho Omaha
Itryan organ that "South Omaha pack
?rs say business was never better than
it tho present time." This Item must
havo escaped tho eagle eye of tho ca
lamity editor who still persists In tleuy.
lug that any substantial prosperity has
been brought to tho country under the
administration of MeKlnley.
1 JIH MIMSTEIM SAVf:.
Tin- Clilncxo minister at Washington
luis received olllcliil iufotiiiiitloti from
I'ekln of the safety of the foreign min
isters mid of nrrungoinents to escort
! tllfllt out of the city,
As the dispatch
im'wns dated more than a week ago It
Is to he iiresilinctl tho ministers have
left the Chinese capital and there should
soon be more Information In regard
to their whereabouts. They may have
gotten safely out of I'ekln and yet not
reached n place of security and until
more Is known there will he much
anxiety regarding them.
Meanwhile the situation appears to
be growing more serious. The dis
turbance, according to the latest ad
vices, Is spreading to the southern
provinces, a fact which shows how lit
tie value there was In tho assurances
given by tho viceroys of their ability
to preserve order without tho aid of
foreign troops. It seems evident that
tho popular prejudice against foreign
ers was not n merely local feeling, con
lined to ono or two districts, but ex
,,.,.,i,. . ,, ,, .
u'"1(-,(1 throughout the country. 1 hat It
b" lost sedulously fostered by
tho reactionary element Is apparent
and It Is Inconceivable that tills could
have gone on among a very largo body
of the pcoplo without tho government
having some knowledge of It. If It
was aware of tho movement and did
not sympathize with It, the govern
merit Is most culpable for not having
forewarned thu foreign population of
the Impending danger. In any event
It cannot escape responsibility for the
results of tho disturbance,
A MATTtCll THfil' AVOID.
Neither .Mr. Bryan nor nny of his
adherents, so far as wo havo observed,
has hail anything to say in condemna
tlon of tiie disfranchisement of ne
groes In tho south. Hut many of them
are strongly in favor of that policy,
which promises to sooner or later be
come general In that section.
The republican platform has this to
say on the subject: "It was tho plain
purpose of tho fifteenth amendment to
the constitution to prevent discrimina
tion on account of race or color In reg
ulating tho legislative franchise. De
vices of state governments, whether by
statutory or constitutional enactment,
to avoid tho purpose of this amendment
nro revolutionary and should be con
demned." "Will the Kansas City con
vention take any notice of tho wrong
and Injustice to which this refers?
Probably not. As tho Cleveland Leader
suggests, tho democrats will not tlarc
to discuss that proposition, because tho
democrntlu party In tho south has
profited by tho denial of tho right of
suffrage to hundreds of thousands of
colored voters in that section. Thev
talk glibly about the principles of the
Declaration of Independence, but they
are not disposed to apply them to the
negroes of tho south, to whom they
also deny constitutional rights.
A colored citizen of Georgia, promi
nent among his people as the editor of
a religious Journal, recently said: "Lib
erty Is a long ways off yet for a good
many people in the United States."
Hundreds of thousands of colored men
in tho south are not enjoying the lib
erty and tho equal rights which the
constitution of their country entitles
them to, but It Is safe to say that tho
Kansas City platform will be silent In
regard to this, though it Is at once re
pugnant to tho Declaration of Inde
pendence and In violation of the consti
tution. The democratic party Is ex
tremely solicitous of tho lights of Klll-
plno Insurgents, but wholly Indifferent
to those of tho loyal colored Amerlcau
citizen.
a MisrAKti t n;ir.
Those who think that because wo
havo tho gold standard fixed in law
tho success of the freo silver democ
racy would havo no serious effect upon
the llnanclal and business conditions,
that Industrial and commercial affairs
would move on as actively and smoothly
as now and that there would bo no im
pairment of prosperity, in our Judg
ment tako a most mistaken view of the
situation.
In his speech as permanent chair
man of tho republican national con
vention Senator Lodgo said: "Business
confidence rests largely upon sentiment.
Do you think that sentiment would be
a hopeful one tho day after Bryan's
election? Business eonlldenco Is a deli
cate plant. Do you think it would flour
ish with tho democratic party? Do you
not know that if Bryan were elected
tho day after tho news was flashed
over tho country wages would go down,
prices would decline and that tho great
argosy of American business now forg
ing ahead over calm waters, with fair
breezes aud with swelling canvas,
would begin to take In sail and seek
tho shelter and anchorage of the near
est harbor? Do you not know from
recent and bitter experience what that
arrest of movement, that fear of tho
future, means? It means the contrac
tion of business, the reduction of em
ployment, the Increase of the unem
ployed, lower wages, hard times, dis
tress, unhappluess."
Tills does uot exaggerate the danger
to tho material interests of the coun-l
try Involved In the success of tho free
silver democracy. But, say some, tho
gold standard being Hxed In law audj
tho senate In control of the republican
party, tho democracy could do noth
ing hostile to that standard. Not at
once, It Is true, but there Is no assur-,
anco that the senate would remain re j
publican throughout a democratic ad-'
ministration, which would certainly ex-'
ert all its power and Influence to
change tho political character of that
body. The senate, therefore. Is not
an absolutely certain bulwark against'
attack upon the gold standard. It Is!
Important to consider, however, that
tho reversal or popular sentiment In
the election of Uryau, ou a freo silver
! platform, would Inevitably Ik regarded
jby the tlnanclal and business Interests
as a warning to prepare for the possb
mimes of the future and this would
ho done by contraction and curtailment
In all directions. This might take place
gradually, but that It would take place
, wo think there can be no reasonable
doubt. The strong feeling of contl -
deuce and security that now prevails
would bo weakened and lit
look to tho future with more or less
distrust and apprehension. This would
Injuriously affect not only our domestic
Interests, but also our foreign trade.
Senator Lodge rigidly declared that
the supremacy of tho party that has
saved tho standard of sound money
ami guarded it by law is as necessnry
for Its security and for tho existence
of honest wages and business confi
dence now ns it was in lS'Ju". "Tho 1110
ment the republican party passes from
power and the party of free sli
ver and flat paper comes In,
stable currency nnd tho gold standard
are In Imminent nnd deadly peril.
Sound currency and a steady standard
of value are today safe only In ropub
Ilcan hands." Only those who would
subordinate to other questions that of
maintaining our Industrial and couimer
clal prosperity can desire the success
of tho freo silver democracy
MAYOlt MOOIiES' VE1U.
The veto by Mayor Mooros of a series
of special street Improvement ordinances
on tho ground that ho has no means of
knowing whether tho petitions asking
lor tiiem are In strict conformity with
tho law and that If defective tho expense
will bo shifted from tho owners of the
property Immediately benefited to the
entirn hotly of taxpayers raises a serious
question confronting the pcoplo of
Omaha.
Tho constant and persistent efforts of
certain property owners to take advan
tuge of technical defects in special as
sessment ordinances to evade payment
for street Improvements made for the
benellt of their property and even unon
their request have brought to a standstill
tho collection of assessments levied to re
deem tho bond obligations incurred for
this purpose by tho city. Hundreds of
cases brought In tho courts to have sne
clal tax levies declared Invalid havo
been decided against tho city aud are
pending on appeal awaiting final deter
mination. If these cases aro ultimately
decided against tho city tho general body
of tho taxpayers will bo holding the sack
to the extent of tho entire amount of un
paid special assessments in tho districts
affected.
A recent decision of tho district court
holding that no petition signature Is valid
tor si homestead unless accompanied bv
that of the wife would, It is believed, if
alUnned, make it Impossible to uphold
any of tho assessments that havo been
made under the present law governluc
street Improvements. With roferenco to
this particular decision we do not believe
It rests upon sound legal principles. The
statute reads that no homestead prop
erty can be encumbered without tho as
sent of tho wife, and the court has con-
sidorcd tho signature of the petition for
paving as working an encumbrance
upon the property, when In point of fact
tho petition is simply a preliminary stop
for the purpose of giving tho city coun
cil Jurisdiction to establish an improve
ment district. If 11 tax is an encum
brauco the property would be encum
bered with or without tho consent of Its
owners, providing the necessary slgna-
tares were obtained, exclusive of any
particular piece of property.
V Ith such largo interests at stake the
city should endeavor to havo these cases
advanced nnd an early decision secured
from tho supreme court, so that, if ad-
verso, remedial legislation may be pro
cured at tho llrst opportunity. In the
meanwhile Mayor Mooros Is to bo com
mended for tho linn stand ho has taken
for tho protection of the city ns against
tho taxshlrkors.
Honorable Patrick Henry Barry has
discovered another great Imperialistic
conspiracy. If It wore not for tho Im
perialists, who desire to tako all tho
fresh, blight youths of tho laud from
tho beet fields, where they nro pulling
weeds, aud place them in the army,
there would bo enough repeating rifles
to arm tho state militia at once. (Jen-
oral Barry should bo careful what ho
drinks this hot weather, or he will see
something terrible the first tiling ho
knows.
Oklahoma City people are finding it
necessary to convert school buildings.
churches nnd lodgo rooms Into sleeping
places to accommodate the prospective
crowd at the Hough Hitlers' reunion, In
which (iovernor Hoosevelt will bo tho
central figure, Oklahoma City did not
know what a find It was making when it
secured the acceptance by Colonel Hoose
velt of the Invitation to become Its guest
for Independence day.
Chairman Kdmisten of the populist
state committee Is writing letters to the
delegates to thu Kansas City convention
urging them to accept .Ah-. Towne as tho
democratic nominee for vice president.
Mr. Kdmisten is playing his part llko a
consummate actor. He will tell (he pup.
ullsts a little later that he did all ho
eoultl for Towne, but was unable to
move the democrat It: combination.
?
'1 lie local Uryan orwiu is writ Iuk latitla-!
fory obituaries about the late editor of
tlio Chleasro Chronicle whoso bolt of
. ... .. 7L, , . 11 .
....I.... ... icm i-mit-ii ,,.. ,, nun ail
sorts of Imprecations from' tho same
source. Mr. llusseli deserves 'ill the
oiilOL'h.s Unit 1110 lielne- i,r.,,,n..n..,i ... ..
11101,1 s mat a 0 1 olnp; pionnuneod upon
lilm, but would doubtless have appro-
elated these uttoiauces more If they had
been offered durlnc his lifetime '
'
; , '
Hie Uouclas ( ounty Democracy has
issued a special Invitation to Boss
Croker of Tammany hall to stop off on
hl3 return from Kansas City to permit
western democrats to pay him a tribute. (
, Why not Include tho populists and other j
members of tho so-cnlietl reform forces,
in this Invitation? All hall to ltoss,
Croker, the champion of reform 1
.
Secretary Porter did not cut much
, of a figure In the Third district fusion
! convention. The secretary started out
bravely In his caiiinalcn. but early rii.
en wouhlcolved an Intimation that he had bet-
j tor display less pernicious activity, lie
knew tho power of tho fusion machine
too well to defy It and consequently
subsided.
Two of a Kliut,
Italtlmoro American.
Tho eyes of tho world nro now turned
from Oom Paul to tho dowager empress
from a shrewd old man to a shrowd old
woman.
Sllwhl Hone for Kroner,
Rustou Globe.
Tho Poors aro rapidly passing from sight
in view ot tho serious condition of nffalra
iu China. Hut Krugcr will not fall to tako
uuo auvantugo of It lu arranging terms of
settlement with Great Drltaln.
SlKiilllennee of the Dollar Mnrk,
Pittsburg Chronicle.
ino dollar marks that tho democratic
cartoonists put on Mark Hnnna's clothes
nro marks of honor. Thoy Indlcato that
sinco Mark Banna's party took charge
dollars nro moro plentiful In tho pcoplo's
POCKCIS.
Cnnl ClinnltiK lee.
Clilcuzo Post.
There seems to bo a mistake somewhere,
This Is tho season of tho year for tho an-
nouncement thnt tho prlco of Ico will go
up, instead of which wo nro confronted with
tho statement thnt there is to bo an Incrcaso
111 me pneo or coal. It certnlnly has every
ai'peurnaco 01 Doing a typographical error,
Amerlenn lileiiN Spread Inn.
Uuffnlo Express.
turiKos were rare In Porto Itlco before
tho United Stutcs occupied tho Island, but
now they havo becomo common, largely
through tho Influence of a socialist who was
releasod from a Spanish prison. As tho
isianu, compared with others, is nvernnn
ulnted, It is likely that tho nhundanco of
labor will work out a reaction from thn
striKo mnnia.
'II 11 in a 11 nml Cole Outdone.
Now York Tribune.
Pryan's brief proclamation harnlnc nn
money, Imperialism and trusts Just sent out
ns a campaign document along with a
encap squirt of prophecy from Joaes. chair
man of the democratic national committee.
Is a pleco of shallow domnaoclsm worth J
ei xiiinmn or 10x10 and npparcntly not bo
mill
iuw mo accented noi t rn nt.onHorria
uryan.
Cornet- Spontem I,oM to SIrM,
Indianapolis Journal.
About this tlmo four years ago and for
a monta after the Uryan convention, nll-
criio orators of glib tongue and shnllnu-
renson always found audiences nt tho street
corners, rsow a 16-to-l orator pure and
simple would empty a hall about as quickly
as a report that tho building was on fire.
Tho Idle audiences at that tlmo aro now
gathering in somo of tho prosperity.
StippreNHliiK the Colored Vole.
Boston Herald.
Ono short resolution In tho republican
platform Is cbpcclally timely. It Is this:
It was tho plain purpose, of tho flf
icenin amendment or tho const tutinn n
prevent discrimination on account, of raco
or color in regulating tho elective fran
chise. Devices ot stato governments,
whether by statutory or constitutional en-
nctmcnt, to nvold tho purpose of this amend
ment, nro revolutionary and should be con
demned."
That Is a fit word spoken in duo season.
It docs not threaten In terms, but It Im
plies a threat to put fn operation tho power
of diminishing tho representation In congress
and tho electoral collcgo of thoso Htates
which artfully and deliberately tako away
tho suffrage from colored citizens becauBo
they aro colored. Tho fifteenth amendment
will neither be repealed or becomo a dead
letter becnuso whito men practlco dishonesty
to got around It, or becauso they practlco
murder, as Senator Tillman brutally admits
that they havo done, to nullify It. Wo are
glad that tho republican convention was
outspoken on this point.
I'llOSI'ECTIVE WHEAT SIIOHTAfiE.
l'artlnl Knllnre Co 11 lined to
Spots
The AVorld'n Crop.
Philadelphia Times.
Lack of rain and a Juno sun that scorches
Instead of promoting thrifty growth havo
very Ecrlouely damaged tho crop of snr.ng
wheat In tho threo great states ot Mlnno-
sota and North and South Dakota. Tho
acreage which Inst year prolticfd 200,000,003
and the year beforo 225,000,000 bushels of
wheat promises this year no moro than
75,000,000, or ono-thlrd of tho crop of two
ycarB ago.
Vhllo a shortage of from 125.000 000 trj
160,000,000 bushels of spring who.it dees not
mean thnt bread will bo ncaico In tho L'n.t-d
States this year, it does mean hard times
for the spring wheat farmers, higher prices
for wheat to consumers and a serloin
sarlnkago In wheat exports. Tho w'ntor
wheat crop promises to bo below lather than
nbovo tho avorago, owing to unfavorab e
winter conditions and cold, dry wcathor In
the early spring. There Is no sourco from
which tho spring wheat shortaga can to
mndo good and this being tho case, wo will
hardly have more than 75.000,003 bushels
which can bo spared for oxpoit. Our aver
age annual exports for tho last throo yar
havo been in tho neighborhood of 200,000 000
bushels.
Tho effect of this prospective shoriagc
must bo to ficrloiifly diminish tho value
of tho year's export, creato high prices
for wheat and Incidentally cautc a rlro In
tho prices of corn and oats, both of whl h
can be substituted for wheat to a llmltnl
extent for food purposes. It is fortunate
that our system ot collecting crop reports
has becomo go perfect that advorso crop
conditions nro fully known so early in tho
season, thus leaving ample margin for a
goodly Incrcaso In tho planting of otho
prnn tf All lhi nlnpn In mo ,
thoso which have failed. I
Unfortunate ns tho partial fal'ure nf
tho spring wheat crop will prove It does
not imiieato n ,,,,,, ,i.;,. ... .!,
wheat supply. Tho richest rail end tho mist
p'r P.iml fpnn t.n , ' , "P '
VH
tl? I, h P,,r'
amino yeais of biblical days n.. It wn, he-
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IUIK " n' ,B1 4',r '",D,
,v!3 concerned. So f the wheat flcmVcf
Mlnnr,,ota nn(1 tllc nakolai, The r futility
, V,, "''"""""
"'I1 no.1 y,Bl'1 n. f,,U hnrvr8t wltl,n,lt ra,, nr
irrigation. -mere has noen an unusual
drouth In tho grcnt spring wheat cectln
nr"1 lrrlKatlon ImroaMblc. Tho .'nmig
lrea,'lb,0 'or veir nnd prornUv
, only for this year. Minnesota nnd tho Pa-,
fcotas must make whnt shift thoy cm to
tl(, ovor thB lsa ratrsed by tho ex'cpMonM
"hrlnkago of their principal crop nnd the
'rest of tho world must mnko goo 1 tho los '
of thin Item of Its food supply from nthrr
sources. AVhllo the losi of i:r..0'0 000 or
lRO.OOO.OOn buihols of wheat In the great
nrthwrst will be severely felt In that lo-
. '1 u u' l
politic a i, niiirr.
"' ',ni iTi.'VmiuV.Vim."'
Tho manner of man Governor ltooic
veil Is can bo seen by na extract from an
nrtlclo on "Tho Personal Huuatloti In
Politics," contributed by him to a current
rtPrlndlf'nl. KriPllklnff nf lllmenlf l,n en.'a-
, " "r,,'i
"i am a llttlo Inclined to envy a man who
Cl" look forward to 11 long and steady course !
, " l""1' "vlcc, but In my own cnc nuc-h a '
KthS VZ TnXfiXli
fulness nro greatly Impaired the moment ho ,
begins to get worrying about how bis votes
and actions will ufiect his own future, i
When I was In tho legislature I scon found 1
that for my own happiness, ns well as for
tho sake of dolns good work, I had to cait
asMo all thoughts of my own future; nnd
ns soon a I had made up my mind to this
and voted simply ns I thought right, not
only disregarding politicians, but even dis
regarding people themselves, If I honestly
thought them nil wrong on a matter of
principle, not of mcro expediency, then I
began thoroughly to enjoy myself and to
feel thnt I was doing good."
Former President Cleveland fires a shot
at tho newspaper men In his taut magazine
contribution. Ho anys: "A laruer
11V rnnl fir
imaginary emergency. It Is only after their
advlco la disregarded that they set about
tho task of demonstrating that the popular
cholco hna been a sad mistake, nnd that an
abundance of excellent material for public
placo has been overlooked. It Is safe to nay
that nfter every presidential election tho
fact la developed that In our newspaper
establishments alono there aro thousands
who have been thus neglected."
Tho talk of Admiral Schley ns a tall to the
Uryan kite has not wholly died out. Somo
thoughtless democrats Imagine they can drag
tho hero of Santiago Into tho pool of politics,
but they aro not acquainted with the bluff
old sailor. Tho admiral's unequivocal letter
to Colonel A. K. McCluro of tho Philadelphia
Times l supplemented by another, tinted
Illo do Janeiro. May 20, and addrecscd to a
frlond In Washington. In this letter tho
admiral says: "I thank you for vour very
kind letters, and I wish I knew enough of
politico to understand what thece rumors
mean, to which you refer In your notes. I
am only nn old Bailor, who has snent fnrtv.
odd years trying to learn tho dangers of the
seas upon which ho has passed most of his
life, and with tho experience gathored In
hoping to bo useful to IiIh country, has
acquired wisdom enough to avoid embark
ing on new waters nboundlng with shoals
that aro uncharted and unknown. No! mv
friend; I havo no political aspirations what
ever. I don't know even what a presidential
beo looks like, and I never heard one buzzing
111 my me, tor 1 sleep too soundly!
1 am too old to embark in unknown
uiuiiuiai-ji, unu 1 nave no competency, no
fitness, nnd no desire to enter a new field,
whero I could only follow, rnthcr than to
remain In ono whero opportunities some
times occur to lead
1 am deeply sincere In appreciation of
tho high honor nnd complimentary tribute
of my friends In even suggestng my name
ror such high place, but I am too sure of
their loyalty not to feel that they will
protect me against what they know would be
so contrary to all my wishes and to keep
mo aDsoiuieiy and entirely out of the
political canvass.
Senator Pettlgrow's charge, made on tho
floor of tho senate, respecting tho republican
campaign fund of 1S96, particularly the
contribution of the Cramps of Philadelphia,
was me subject of a recent inquiry by AVI I
liam H. Curtis, AVashlngton correspondent
or tho Chicago Record. AVrltlng from Phlla
dolphin. Curtis najs: It Is never safe to ac
cept tao big stories you often see in tho
newspapers about campaign contributions.
Not half as much money Is spent for political
purposes In this country 113 pcoplo generally
suppose, for if the reports published In tho
dcmocrntlc papers during tbo lust campaign
woie true every vote that was cast for Me
Klnley cost Mr. Hnnna betwein $ and $5.
Tho expenses of the- republican national
commlttco of 1890 were upward of $1,000,000
and that is an enormous amount of money
when you como to think of It. This does not
Includo tho disbursements of state, county
and iosal committees, and tho Individual ex
penses of candidates, which doubtless ag
gregated $1,000,000 more in each political
party. Thus the entire amount of money
expended In tho campaign by all concerned
may havo reached $5,000,000, hut certainly
did not exceed that. Not long ngo Mr. Pcttl-
grew asserted on tho floor of tho senate
that Charles II. Cramp, tho head of tho
grent shipbuilding firm, had told him whllo
on a voyage acros3 tho Atlantic that ho
(Cramp) had contributed $400,000 to tho re
publican campaign fund of 1896. Senator
Hnnna and Senator Carter, who were mem
bers of tho committee, pronounced It a ten-
story Ho and declared that Mr. Pettlgrew was
Insano nnd not responsible for this state
ment, but Mr. Cramp has never taken any
notice of tho Incident.
"I wish it were true," he said, when I
asked him about Pettlgrow's assertion. "I
wish I were able, to give $100,000 to tho re
publican campaign commlttco. I would draw
Mr. Hanna a check for that amount beforo
he leaves town, but I am not so fortunate as
to bo nble to draw $100,000 checks for po
litical purposes or any other. I always make
ai liberal a contribution to the republican
treasury as I can afford. I bellovo that I
glvo as much ns any mun of my means, be
causo I consider republican success essential
to tho welfaro and prosperity of tho country,
but Senator Pettlgrew overestimated my
financial ability. I would glvo $400,000 to
tho republican commlttco If I could, but I
did not because I could not."
"Hut you havo never denied It?"
"Neither havo I over denied that I In
tended to present a new iiolar syntem to tho
western hemisphere, nnd ono story Is ns
probable 11a tho other. Somo statements
nro too absurd to notice.'
"Hut Mr. Pettigrow says you told him
that you gave $100,000 to tho republican
commlttco."
Klther Mr. Pettlgrew or myself Is tho
victim of a delusion."
"In looking up tho matter," continues tho
correspondent, "I find that tho entire con
tribution of Philadelphia to the republican
campaign fund In 1S96 was $100,000, and Mr.
Cramp may have said as much In conversa-
With Mr. POttigrOW. ThO lUttOr WOUlll
not ,el1 n v,mM falsehood. l"'t la fllwn)s
fit'lng his wires crowed and Is habitually
, , , " T , "luni,ni"- 0 K U"'T
at "iKht. and, llko many other men who
havo lost fortunes, cannot talk rationally on
m.l.lAA, ..l.ll... ,n fr.1 null..
till, DIIU L-L'L 1 t'l.l L11IH II, II1I1I11TV. I lit. I'lll.ll-
'lolphla fund whs Vnipcd by n systematic
t,',nVH"fi' The city was divided Into districts
nn'' 0V(,'-y mnnutac.urer and business man
,vns asIIjd l0 ()UljHcrIbP. , ara tol(, that there
were between 2.100 nnd 2.f.00 contributes.
ranging from $3 to $50,000. tho latter sum
PPnK K,von 1)y ,no Pennsylvania railroad. I
cannot ascertain tho amount sulwrlbed by
'ho amr. hut a gentleman who Is sup-
,)0Bed to bo well Informed tells mo thnt It
ns $10,000. Thero will bo greater dllllctilty
this time In raising money. Tho protective
tailif and tho gold standard aro secure for
four years at lecst. and for tho rich man
of Philadelphia thoso aro the vital principles
In politics. They are willing to contribute
something every year to maintain the re-
publican organization, Jcat as they pay In-
suranro promlums and pew rents, but thoy
nro conscious of no danger to their Interests
oven If Hryan Is elected, and are willing to
tako their chancre. Thero Is nothing to
dc,JJte. u uotb"" " "
Thk Nkxt Ni'mmkr
or
The Illustrated Bee
Will Contain a Notable
Scries of
Mhowlnc Mil. lmYAN AT
lln.Mi: ntl ON HIS KAIt.M.
Pnotosriipbs 11. ado fjr Tbo lleo by spo
clal appointment with Mr. Ilryan by
The Beo's start photograph r.
rrontHulcco -POHTtlAlT
01' Mil. nitVAN.
Out July 1-llny If.
( TO I'KKI.Y.
Chlcmo Journal:
Technically wo aro not
at war with China.
when we work up our
ter
OS
thore aro Just burning towns to keen warm
and killing foreigners for fun.
Konsna City Star: There Is somo uncer
tainty as to whether China Is at war with
the United States, but there Is no doubt that
tho soldlor.s of the two countries are fighting
and killing each other.
San Francisco Call: It Is a safe predic
tion that tho nntlons will find It a good
deal easier to get into China than to get
out; and, moreover, they aro going In har
moniously, but they will hardly come out
that way.
Philadelphia Itccord: What Is the use of
quibbling over so patent a fact as the ex
istence of a state of war between China and
the civilized powers, Including this govern
ment? American troops havo boon landed
on Chinese soil, Invaded tho country and
fought battles with China's armed forces.
If that be not war. what is It? The qtiCH
, ... .
tlon Is not whether tho action of tho gov-
eminent Is Justified; nobody dcubts that It
Is our right and duty to succor our Imper
iled envoy nt Pekln and our consular repre
sentatives In other parts of tho empire, nnd
to employ all tho force that mny bo required
to insure their snfety.
Mlnnenpolls Journal: Thcro will bo In
China a detonating collision of tho power
of arrested civilization against tho powers
who'lead the progress of tho civilized world.
Hcfore China Is brought Into the family of
civilized nations, there will bo a baptism of
blood. It Is to bo regretted, but It Is only
through such tribulation that any progress
has been accomplished in tho world. Tho
North American continent was civilized
through the baptism of blood. Tho soil of
Buropo was drenched with blood beforo It
was civilized. Africa has been opened by
tho red hand of war, nnd Asia hes been
undergoing tho same process for 100 years
past.
Philadelphia Times: A great schemo of
spoliation Is In progress, of which China Is
to be tho victim, and tho existing disturb
ances havo been fomented to give some
color of Justification for tho intervention,
which la to bo followed by tho partition of the
Chlncso empire. The United States govern
ment can tuke no part In this Iniquitous
proceeding without a complete abandonment
of tho Monroe doctrine on tho western con
tinent or an open acknowledgment that l's
purposo is to hold and dominate all of the
western hemisphere and grab all It can
conquer anil hold of the eastern. Hands off
China should ho tho motto of tho American
people. Moreover, .Mr. MeKlnley la again
reminded that tho war-making power Is
vested In congress, and not In the presi
dent.
Doston niobo: Though this country has a
clear conscience in tho matter, It cannot be
denied that for moro than half a century
China has been subjected to a degree of
Indignity, insult, extortion, bullying nnd
general abuse such as no Christian power
would havo tolerated. Treaties have been
Imposed upon her by force, her finest
harbors have been seized, nnd vast stretches
of her littoral have been placed under
foreign rule. Sho has been compelled ito
transfor a good part of her immense river
trario to foreign flags, sho has seen her
beet territory grldlroned by foreign-built
and foreign-controlled railroads, while for
every concession sho has made a dozen new
ones havo been demanded by foreign powers.
AA'hat wonder If sho should finally have be
come exasperated boyond endurance.
juntii'.s iii'.sBvr citiiicisM.
"Theory of Contempt of Court
Stretched Ileyonil All llenHOii."
Chicago Evening Post.
The supremo court of Nebraska, com
posed of threo Judges, two of whom nro
populists, would nnturnlly.be expected to rc-
frnln from an excrciso of power which nil
good populists must donnuncb as arbitrary
and tyrannical. In tho contempt case against
tho editor of Tho Omnha Hoe, however, the
bench trampled under foot, not merely tho
populist doctrines of Judicial authority, but
the principles of Anglo-Saxon and American
Jurisprudence. It stretched the theory of
contempt of court beyond all reason nnd
fairness.
A lino of $500 wns Impoecd on tho paper
named for n criticism nf n perfectly legiti
mate character, or lather for tho moderate
statement of an admitted fact. Tho
clrcumstnnces aro those: The republicans
control tho city government of Omaha, and
under a law recently enacted the mayor and
council nro empowered to nppolnt fire and
pollco commissioners. The fiihl. nlsts wished j
to wrest these depnrtmenls from their)
political opponents and trumped up n ciao ;
for tho courts. They asked that the new
commlrslon be annulled and the old law
declared operative. If they had succeeded
tho governor would havo appointed the
pollco commlsFloncrs lu tho greater cities
of tho state, and tho governor Is a populist.
AVhat Editor Rosewater pointed out wss
that ono of the Judges was ex-Oovernor
Holcomb, who. when executive of tho state,
was called upon to deal with a similar ques
tion and acted In a way to show that his
mind was mado up in favor of the fuslonlsts.
That action, Mr. Itosownter thought, dis
qualified Judgo Holcomb from hearing the
case. Now, ,ih n matter 01 tact, juogc uoi
comb has since recognized tho disqualifica
tion. Ho did not sit In tho case, which, by
tho way, was decided against tho fuslonlsts.
nut Mr. Rosownter's comments outraged tho
Judges, and, after a hearing in which tho
July
ends that big discount sale vc
Stammer Suit;
Take advantage of the extra 33 1-3 per cent while you
have an opportunity.
Brownin
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
Oiunhu'a Only Exclusive Clothier lor Mca und Uojra.
editor pleaded that ho had said nothing
offensive nnd insulting to the court, the fine
of 1600 was Imposed. Mr. Itosewnter wan
told that tho fine would be remitted It ho
would make a public apology, but ho refused
to apologize because ho whs conscious of no
misconduct, no abuse of Ids frcttloni as a
citizen nnd editor.
H Is perfectly clear that there was no
"contempt" in tho wholly proper comment
of The lice. What would the populisms'
"heroic breed of statesmen" say if a re
publican or old-fashioned democratic court
fined an editor for contempt In tlmttar
circumstances? It makes a difference whoso
ox is gored.
ri:iMM:iiY poi.vi'iius.
Chicago Tribune: Admiring Visitor-That
Is a rare and tuagnlllct'iit binding. I never
saw ti liner. What Is the book?
Promt Owner I think it's a bible.
Harper's Il.izar: "The pastor of tho
church lias been trying to boss the choir
for six weeks, but tlioy have won."
"What did they do?1'
"Got his wife to Join."
Itoston Truus-crlpt: Mr. Kake Walker
How did your funny net go? Did tho audi
cure luucli uproariously?
.Mr. Tuff-Howie Well, I wouldn't say so
much ns that. Hut I noticed that every
body was Mulling when I was going olf.
Chicago Post: "They're mentioned ai
being among the best people of the city '
"No doubt, no doubt, in fact. I'vs seen
them nmong them myself at the tbeatpr
and npuru, you know, and other public
places. '
Cleveland Plain Dealer; "I hail a horrlbln
nightmare last night, t thought 1 wits
being swept along through 11 city water
pipe at rrlgbtful speed!"
"Anil then?"
"And then I woke, up and found It was a
pipe dream!"
Detroit Journal: To put It niHthrmntli"
ally, pants aro to trousers as dresses nro
t i-ruiitions, only vastly loss o.
Somervllle Journal: Employer I rongrat
ulate you 011 that new bnliy of yours, Hlg
glnx." Hlciiliis- Thaiik you. sir.
Ktnployer And I have no doubt that
hereafter you will bo waked up early
enough mornings to get to tho olllce every
dr.v on time.
Indianapolis Journal: Mrs. Hrown Mrs.
Jones. Is your husband ns crazy about
politics this week as mine Is?
1 i . . ..,1... i,H ...
.ill!-. i 1.1 1 ill- 1 nun,, pi,, tnij , in, '1-111
j down town lust tilcht and forgot to como
buck and tako little Jim to the circus.
AVaslilngtnn Star: "They say you am
merely 11 political boss," said tho candid
Informant.
"(Ireiit Scott!" ejaculated Kenator Sorg
bum. "The Irreverence of these moderns
Is something disheartening. AVliy, that's all
Julius Cucar was."
Detroit Journal: "Hut." cried the Invalid,
"the tloctors will rob you of your terrors' '
DlheiiKO raised Its hideous front and
laughed with horrid unction.
"Ah, yes: but am I the only one thev are
likely to rob?" chuckled this monster, In
sinuatingly. The Invalid croancd.
l.OOKIXC HACK AA'Alt I).
lndlnnapolls Press.
Oh, thnjip happy days of summer, when
Iho harvest sun aliouo hot,
A How of mem'ry tnkes 1110 back, a cap
live to the snot
AVhere I spent tbo years of childhood; find
those dreamy summers lone
AVere written In my boyish mind a glad,
unmeasured soutr.
How I viewed the old tirlck sehoolhousa
with a frown of bate and scorn,
As I'd strap my books together on a sunny
April morn:
And bow 1 moped nnd languished as a
cased till tl repines,
AVheii tho soft, warm air camo te.islnif
through the honeybuckle vines.
How we used to hall vacation, when the
pilson donrs were closed.
And gi'ogiaphy and "1 Ithnictle" upon tbo
shelf iri'Of-od;
When time was but a fancy, and the dato
a banished name,
And all tbo days but Sunday wcie to boy
ish minds the same.
I can see the grassy path that led mo up
and down the creek,
AVhcn tho noonday sun would tlnd me
whero tho shadows lingered thick,
AAith ne'er a. euro but comtort and ne'er a
:iuln but ease,
With strands of unenmhed luilr that swept
my forehead In tbo breeze.
I can hear the little ruplds where they
Joined the swimmlnc nonl;
I sco my faco rcllccted In tho water dark
and cuol;
And my fancy hears the splashing of my
boyhood's kindred folk
As wo ulungcd Into the water 'ncath tho
overhanging oak.
A'e knew on'.. 1I11I0 eddy of the water far
and nenr,
1-v'ry little glaming rljiple where the sun
beams, falling sheer
Out of heaven's fleecy eloudland, with a
lauBhlnir, dancing look,
Seemed to bathe their heated foreheads In
the bosom of the brook.
Oh, tho many days I squandered with a
clumsy hook and line
Up and down the Utile streomlet where
the silver-sides would shine;
And I'd watch my hook In silence, till tho
summer sun was low
And my footsteps led mo homeward through
tho oath I used to know.
Oh, for ono brief day of childhood! hut to
be a boy iicnln,
Just to feel the free abandon of a uum-
mcr's dui- uh then.
With n heart In tune with nature, a mind
that knew no care.
And an aimless destination In the world of
Aiiiwhcre.
Astigmatism
Astigmatism Is not a disease, but Is
simply a derot 1 In tho shape of the
eyeball. It necessitates an Irregular
si rain upon tho muhticn In adjusting
for different objects. There Lh no
condition which f. nitres so much dis
comfort and fatigue, espotlnlly head
aches. A peculiar feature about as
tigmatism Is that pelo who have It
roldom know that anything la wrong
with their eyes. They lay all their
suffering to somo other caueo. They
believe that they can sec as well as
any one, und In a good many casca
they can. Tho overwork Is going on
Just the same.
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