THIS ffAH,Y DAILY 11KR: MONDAY, JULY 10, 1000.
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IMItTinS I.KAVINO I'IH SUMMKll.
1'nrtlrs Irnvlnic the city for
tlip Numtuer nitty linrc The Uee
sent to tlirm rt'Kiilnrly by
untlfylnir The lice limitless
ultlec, In person or by malt.
The address will be c Intuited
na often ns desired.
The silver republican masquerade
Bearing Its end.
Is
The Chinese dragon should be careful
nbout getting Into close rango with the
Ituwsluu bear.
A great many statesmen In Iowa think
they have feet Just the size to tit the
late Senator Clear's shoes.
The Chinese minister is now the most
Important personage In the' entlro dip
lomatlc corps at Washington.
What would the jopoerntlc cartoon
Ists do If they wen; suddenly deprived
tof Mark Unnna as n subject for their
caricatures?
Prohibitionists have put up u complete
Rtute and electoral ticket In Nebraska
dlow they can hope to make prohibition
nn Issue In the campaign, however, Is
beyond conception.
One great difference between a po
llllcal campaign and a military cam
paign Is that the former has a Bpeclllc
date for closing, while the latter Is al
ways of nn uncertain termination.
No, the country could not have stood
the war taxes had Itryan been elected
In 181)0, iM'cause with business stug
nateU and labor idle the people would
have had up means of paying nny taxes
To hear the popocratlc orgnn, every,
ciimlidute on the fusion state ticket Ih
Just tho mnn for the place. When com
pared, however, with their opponents
on thn republican ticket they will Htuek
up rather undersized.
Colonel Itryan has been assured by n
gentleman from Texas that South Da
Kotn Is safe for the fusion ticket. The
peutleinau from Texas would' be walk
lag on mi for ground if he coullued his
predictions to his own state.
The .Minnesota supreme court has de
dared constitutional the baking powder
law passed by tho last legislature of
that state. The baking powder com
lmules evidently will have to make
raise and pet the law repealed.
Oovernor Poynter has the nomination
ton tho fusion ticket, but his enemies
uavo tno campaign machinery. The
governor would do well to keep his eye
on the reformers If he does not wnut to
bo ground between two millstones.
Omaha's bank clearings arc? again on
tho Increase sklo of the comparative
table for tho week, although most of the
Irado centers nhow' comparative de
creases. Omaha's business Interests
Mere never on a more substantial
footing.
Fusing obstreperous delegates to the
tripartite conventions by exhausting all
Hlght sessions and overpowering mu
chine pressure Is one thing. Fusing tho
.voters In support of the spoils-seeking
combination at the polls Is quite a dlf
Cerent matter.
Tho nameless republican who has
himself Interviewed In the local popo
cratle organ, to the effect that repub
Ilea us have no chance of carrying the
Utate ticket In Nebraska, wisely con
coals his identity. The chances arc 10
to 1 ho Is either a democrat or nn as
Istaut democrat.
' The Paris exposition does not uetm
to bo coming fully up to the expectn
lions of the Parisians In- point of at
tendance and llnanclnl results, but they
liave hopes for better things during the
concluding months. This seems to be
the experience of all the great fairs of
lucent years, which have had difficulty
In starting, but made up for It oa the
tiome atrtttck.
miKNDU Of TIIK HHWHMC.
Tho Kansas City convention vinitlm I
sized anew tlint the south Im the niiiln-1
Hprlmr of democracy. 1 he soiitii sad-
died llryan with Htevenson without his
aid or consent and dominated tin- party
policy and management in every par-
Uvular.
llitt we must not forget that these
very Mate that now pretend to lie ho
solicitous lest the reptililic succumli to
an empire were the leader In the effort
to destroy the repnhlle for the sake of
the lircsorvatloii of slavery. If there
eitlly were any danger to the life of
the republic would It not be folly to
consign Its safety to the care of those
ho, plotted for Its destruction'
The man who declaimed the Kansas
lty platform, asserting that tho contin
uance of the republic is menaced ny
the threat of empire, was the senator
from Mouth Carolina, the state that llrst
sought to millify the constitution and
later led In the vain effort" to secede
from the .union.
On the other hand, - the republican
party has always been the protector of
the constitution and the defender of
thn union. At the only time the life
f the republic was ever In actual dan
ger, the republican party carried It suc
cessfully through the period of stress
and storm. When tho democrats In
their national platform declared the
war a failure and ilenmnded peace even
at the price of disunion, the republicans
rallied to the support of the llnjr and
re-established Its supremacy through
out the length and breadth of the land.
For the southern democrats who dom
inated the Kansas City convention to
sound an alarm about an Impending
catastrophe to tho republic and to pose
as Its savior Is an Insult to tho Intel
ligence of the American people. In
time of peril, the republic will always
bo safest in the hands of tried friends
nthor than of moved enemies. That
Is why the republican party will lie re
tained In control of national affairs
through the re-election of President Mc-
Kluloy.
TIIK UllKAT UOitK MA11KKT.
The assistant secretary of the treas
ury, Mr. vanderlip, has in a recent ai
lress presented the statistics of the for
elgu commerce of tho united States.
They are very striking, but enormous
us these figures are they do not begin
to compare with those that tell the
story of our domestic trade In the llscal
year Just closed. While tho foreign
commerce of that year amounted to thu
unprecedented sum of about &.300,000,
000, unmatched by that of any other
nation excepting Oreat Britain, yet It Is
trivial In comparison with the llgures
that Indicate the domestic trade of the
last llscal year. It l Btated that In
one day the clearing house of Now York
City completed exchanges that were one-
ninth of the total foreign commerce of
the country for the entlro year. The
llgures of the clearing houses of the
country represent In dollars and cents
the domestic business nnd these show
exchanges for the last llscal year ag
gregatlng many billions and au Increase
of wealth In the United States, pretty
evenly distributed, greater thun the
country has. ever gained before In a
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single year.
This great home market, It Is well to
bear In mind, has been created by re
publican policy. Tho constant applica
tion of the principle of protection has
developed our resources and built up
our Industries. It bus also safeguarded
American labor, Tho democratic party
has persistently fought this polieyand
Is us hostile to it nt present as at any
time during the last forty years. That
party prates about the United States
being under the thumb of British tlnan
clers, yet It Is willing to adopt nn eco
nomic policy In the Interest of British
manufacturers, ns It did six years ngo,
though not then going as fur In that dl
rectlon as Mr. Bryan and his demo
cratic associates In the house of repre
sentatives desired. AVhat It did do.
however, caused enormous Injury to
American Industries and labor, from
which all Interests suffered,
The success of tho democratic party
this year would again menace the policy
which has built up the home market and
developed n domestic trade which Is
very much greater -than that of any
other country. What American Inter
est Is there that this would beuellt?
A VATIIOUD WKA.
The New York Journal of Commerce
remnrks that to elect Mr. Bryau with
the idea that the gold standard law is
safe anyway for four years Is the most
fatuous performance ever commended
to the voting public. In tho opinion of
that paper Bryan as president would
promptly cull n special session of con
Kress It being assumed that his elec
tion would curry also the house of re:-vesoutatlves-ito
repeal the gold standard
law and enact a free colnago law, but
even wcro ho to fall In accomplishing
this there is plenty he could do to con
trnvene the spirit If not the letter of the
act of last March.
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11 is poimeu mu mm u.u new mw
In effect makes tho United States notes
and the treasury notes gold certlllcates.
but it provides for the substitution of
silver certlllcates for the treasury notes.
and It provides no means for keeplnj;
tho silver dollars nt par In gold. The
Journal of Commerce says: "There
havo been coined IPO.000,000 silver dol
lars. Of these 15,000,000 lielong to the
government nnd 07,000,000 aro In private
bauds. The remaining -108,000,000 are
stored In the treasury and represented
by certlllcates In circulation. Mr. Bryau
Is pledged to the payment of govern
ment obligations In silver, lie would
have $15,000,000 In Stiver to begin with.
But In the ilseul yeur 1801) the govern
ment received $00U5 10,041 In silver
certlllcates and paid out Sll71,07'-73.
It need not havo paid out the certifi
cates; It might have disbursed the dol
lars. It is true that tho recipients might
have rcdcpnsltcd tho coin and taken out
certlllcates, but they could get no gold,
or notes redeemable In gold, If they de
manded tliem, Tho treasury would ex
ercise Its option of paylug In silver. The
redemption department might lie re
deeming United States notes In gold nnd
even soiling bonds for gold to maintain
tho process It a allverlte uttoruey gc-n-
,,rfti nIH n.retnry of Hie treasury eoitld
n,id no wny out of this, but the llsenl
ilitpnrttuiMit would he refusing gold ami
rcrtiMlntf United States notes ho lutitr in
)t m VJ,n t,.,ier diver dollars to pay
,,t." And that paper asks: "What do
t,0 mmu money men, who Imagine It
N perfectly wife to vote for Mr. Hrynn,
nii,iMso would lie the result of sueh a
management of the treasury?"
perhaps the average voter tuny not he
able to understand why such manage
ment would result In Hnancial demoral
ization, and recessarlly also in business
demoralization, but certainly nil Intel
ligent business men can understand It.
Nor can thew be any doubt that with
Mr. llryan president some such course
ns above described would be pursued.
Hvery possible effort would be made to
discredit the gold standard law and to
CiUpioy silver wherever It could he done
In the transactions of the treasury. The
election or tnu ivansas i;iiy uckci woum
of course be regarded as a popular de
mand that this be done and undoubt
edly It would be one of the earliest acts
0 tjl0 administration to recognize the
demand. This danger to lluauclal and
business stability Is more serious than
any other Involved In the success of the
Ilryanlte party.
XOT TOO KAMA' TO itKOtlf.
It has been the practice In Omaha to
proimse and itRltato amendments to the
city charter after tin- election of the leg-
Islature, "when members-elect are In
different as to what Is wanted or not
wanted by the people. The result has
been In the past that the most vital In
terests of the city have been Jeopardized
because no agreement could be reached
regarding charter amendments before
the legislature convened, while the do-
Iny In the Introduction of the bill usually
frustrates Its passage before the closing
days of the session.
It will be remembered that the char
ter amendments of 1S1VS were held back-
Tor weeks for want of agreement In the
delegation and did not reach the hands
of the governor until the session had
closed. Although the amendments as
adopted had the sanction of every mem
ber of the delegation, the hill was killed
by a veto under false pretexts and the
city has been compelled to suffer In con
sequence.
While there may be some charter re
forms upon which no agreement can be
reached until after the election, there
are others that can and should be dis
cussed and formulated before the candl
dates for the legislature from this
county are placed In the Held, so that
they may all be pledged In advance t)
stinnort such changes ns are deemed
absolutely necessary.
ItUllAh MAIL DKLIVKltr.
Tho carrier delivery of mall matter
In rural districts has passed the expert
mental stage. In every section of the
country where rural mall delivery has
been introduced it has quickly become,
not only popular, but almost Indls
pensable.
It Dlaces the beonle living on the farm
jn doner touch with each other and with
the people of the surrounding villages
and towns.
It places the population of the rural
districts on a level with the Inhabitants
of the cities In the reception of tho
latest Intelligence from all parts of the
world.
It enables the farmer to take advnn
tage of the dally reports of the condi
tion of the markets and affords him the;
opportunity to determine Intelligently
when to hold nnd when to sell.
It gives his family educational faclll
ties by placing them promptly In pos
session of the latest newspapers and
magazines.
Kural mall delivery has been In prac-
tlcal operation In foreign countries for
more than a qnnrter of a century nnd
It Is only surprising It had not been In
troduced into tho United States years
ago. Now that it is Doing generally es
tabllshed tho American ieoplo are be
ginning to appreciate Its Incalculable
benctlts and liberal appropriations for
Its extension will be endorsed by people
of all parties and all sections.
Without question the fatalities on rail
roads exceed those of war. Part of
them are due, however, to the failure
of the railroads to equip their rolling
stock with the most Improved automatic
coupling devices. The law on the Ne
braska statute books, which became ef
fective months ago, prescribes severe
penalties for railroads neglecting or re
fusing to use automatic couplers. Under
tj10 j)0pocratlc state administration this
law has been a dead letter because the
sham reformers havo taken no steps to
enforce It. When It comes to Using-tho
responsibility for tho slaughter on the
railroads these facts should not be
overlooked.
Congressman I.entz Is urging upon
Mr; Bryan tho desirability of locating
the democratic national headquarters at
Columbus and frankly. Informs him thut
there Is no use trying to carry New York
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There is Just as little hope, however, for
the democrats to carry Ohio. If the
headnunrters are to be located In the
statu which gives reasonable prospect
of going democratic they might per-
haps be located In Texas or South
Carolina.
The why and wherefore for rescind,
tng the plank In the populist stnte plat
form relating to the regulation of
fraternal Insurance organizations hns
not been explained. If the plank was
a good thing when tho resolutions com
mlttee reported, what effected the
change between that time and the eve
of adjournment, when It was stricken
out of the party's declaration?
Mr. Towne, In making sjieecheR sluce
the Kansas City convention, Is talking
right along as If he were not n candi
date, although he has not yet announced
his refusal to accept tho jMipullst nonib
nation to serve as Bryan's running
mate. Wo may yet have the spectaclo
of Mr. Towne on ono ticket campalgu.
ing fo. one of his opponents.
Count up your friends nud nolghliors
who are enjoying or planning to enjoy
a summer outkig: Never befora have
Hie people In " tiie onllnary walk of
" I lie in 111." orttlll.u Hiimn
'e relt ahle tolAflulge In vacation trip!
Hueh great iiuiiiIhts. (loot! tlineM
lift
In Hueh pre
and general prosfwrlty tell the story
!! vrrytVlHn Is l.o vely.
Wilihlnuton Post.
Mr. llannn Is pleased, Mr, Jones is pleased
and Mr. llryan Is pleased. There Is not
much room for'hnVarKtimetit.
Tnu Typtu of lloxers.
Han L-raiiclsco Call.'
Thero Is one uolnt In which the Chinese
lloxer Is superior, to the American variety
ho fights more than ho talks.
HlNltiry Hrprnt Itself.
Philadelphia Times.
Tho dearth of news from China Is only
a case of history repeating llsuii. n a a
country thero was never much known ubout,
and that little doubtful.
flnelnl Knbrle In Peril.
llaltlmore American.
There Is n prospect of tea going up In tho
west in consequonce of tho troublo la China.
And both social circles and sowing societies
rlso In righteous wrath to ask who can prove
that women havo no stake In politics.
llentity of Hnstle KiKnren.
Now York World.
Tho crop experts variously csttmato tho
wheat crop of the United States for 1900
at from 472,000,000 to 010,356,000 bushels, and
tho corn crop at from 2,113,000,000 to 2,240,-
770,000 bushels. This U tho most thrilling
cereal story of the year.
Just Outside the Kitchen Door,
Ulobo Democrat.
Nobraska'a populUt governor brings
Bryan within four' votes of election -by giv
ing htm all tho state's he carried before
and Indlann, Maryland and Kentucky. It
Is a -poor arithmetic man who leaves hh
candidate in such n tantalizing situation.
Jui an n tilnnt Killer.
Indlannwolls Journal.
Tho Japanese government' shows fine Bcnse
of honor In admitting that should tho for
eigners at Pekln perish Japan could not be
absolved from blamo- Its responsibility In
tho case Is greater than that of other powers
only because It is bo much nearer tho scene
of trouble and can got a largo force there
so much quicker.
Wanted, Another Leaf.
Philadelphia Hecord.
Unless Mr, Bryan can provldo hlmsolr
with an extra lei; ho can't stand on all the
three platforms Of the populists, democrats
and silver republicans who havo put him
lo nomination. There Is one plank, how
over, common to all the platforms. They
all demand the frco colnago of silver at
the ratio of 111 to 1. And yet there are
some llryanltea who Insist that allvcr la
dead Issue,!
Oh, the Horror of It,
Minneapolis Journal.
Hero la another proof that n secret alli
ance exists between this country and
England. British nags are made In largo
quantities In this I'coun try. Tho manufac
turrrs, of course; receive their prlco foi the
goods, hut any democrat cau see with half
an l'yo lnat our Kovernment would not per
nut this manufacture of tho emblem of
British oppression nnd tyranny In this coun
try It there wcro not some secret altianco
in existence. - o
aione on the Trust Smasher.
New York Sun.
Hon. Mcoo Wetmore of St. Xouls tells
uoionei uryan mat "we are an of us an
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right and the country Is all right." By way
of showing that he Is all right, Colonel
Mose has drawn a tat check to the credit
of tho democratic campaign fund; a prelim
Inary "thank offering," he explains. Ills
formal contribution :wlll do made lator. By
selling out tho Tobacco' trust and by run-
nlng an Independent concern In opposition
to that trust, the colonel Is running over
with wealth. No wonder ho thinks that
tho country Is all right. The trusts view
him with alarm; and no matter what tho
democratic party saya, he knows that tho
trusts havo been a good thing for htm
I'tiaslen of the sllttintlon,
Philadelphia Record.
The apparent confidence of tho educated
Chinaman who has had the benefit of world
travel In tho superiority of Chinese civil
ization Is one of tho many puzzles offered
by that curious race. Politically, China
presents no mystery to us. Tho form o
government Is not unllko what tho whlto
races havo known and overthrown. It Is
when we are told that this older civilization
let an ndvancit on our own that We are till
ia nn infant stage and In tlmo would grow
up to the Chinese "ideals that we aro led
to nonder. The man of science who ha.t
studied the Chinaman regards his cane as
one of arrested development, the most hope
less of all conditions.
Penaltlea of the I'resldeney.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Ono of the penalties of being a publlo
man In this country Is that tho man has
no time to himself. Thero can be no doubt
that President McKlnley sorely needs a few
weeks' rest after his long period of duty,
In an unusually trying time; but ho will
not be allowed to havo it, oven la the
privacy of his Ohio homo. As It was durins
his former campaign, so It Is beginning to
be now. He Is already boslcgod by visitors
some of whom, no doubt, sincerely desire
to pay him their respects, while many otb
ers aro actuated only by vulgar curiosity
but he must meet them all and, when they
come in. a body, must make a apoech
them. There can be no genulno rest uuder
such circumstances; but It seems lmpossl
blu for a candldato to escape tho Infliction,
Kxpoivrs ov tionx.
(iroirltiK Demand lor the Cereal in
Forelirn Conntrlm.
New York Commercial
There wore exported from 'the United
States for the last lUcal year, 1839-1300,
domestic products ott agriculture valued at
about 40,000,000, or j12 per cent of the valus
0f all exports of. domestic merchandise
this 30 per cent wajt the valuo of cotton and
si per cent or m-easiuns. miem utm tur
consiuuieu moai. oi-.tuo mum. t
nrnnnrH f American manufactures It
r mcreasluc .Uln . tha export trade-
,mounting to over 31 .per cent of the total
for the last year tha, people's Incoraa from
forolgn sources Is flexed chlelly from what
they are able to sp(ud,abroad the, product
of tho soil.
,d i
Corn has, of lain Ysars, become more o
an export article hanl(pver beforo, the first
real advance In this. .particular taking placo
In 1836, when 4,7 neVcent of the domestlo
product was exported." in 189S 11.14 per cent
was exported, or Siy,o'S5,543 bushels. This
was tho high watermark up to that time,
nnd it was not edualea In 1899, but waa
nrpepdert sllehtlr'bV iHeexnorts of 1899-1900,
An unusually largW nVa'ntlty went to Cuba
and to South Africa, but the chief deman
came from Kuropean countries.
It was only a very few years ngo (hat an
export trade In rorn of 3 to 4 percent of th
domestic production was 'considered all that
could be reckoned on; the great cereal crop
of tho United States has long been that
corn, exceeding In quantity and value that
of wheat, but it has been larguly retained
for home consumption, on the farms and
elsewhere, the wheat crop being relied upon
for nicotine any export demund for our
cereal products. The -wheat crops have Ion
been reckoned as an Important faclor In ou
export trade as contributory to the general
prosperity as a means of Incomo, but now
the corn crops are assuming proportions I
foreign commerce that will have to be takes
Into account. A nhort American wheat crop
mar no longer hare tho dire BignlBcani
that has been Us won
OHITHHIKH Olf TIIH MISION SHOW.
Table llock Argus (rop,); "H. U. Metcalfo
gave Itlchard Crokor a few lesons lu prac
tical politics," was tho way one writer for1
tht World-Herald put It utter tho New York
boM had consentod to meot tho Nebraska
editor. Wouldn't that cork you?
Wakefield Ilepubllcan! Of nil the gov
ernors Nebraska has ever hail William A.
Poynter Is the most disappointing to the
people. Nebraska Is full of better mntcilil
than ho for that ofllce. Poynter represents
tho tlecnndmce of tho populist party.
York Times (rep.): It Is very unfortunate
for Mr. Poynter that ho baa antagonized J.
Barley Kdmlsteti. Ho never can hope to bo
elected without his earnest ami most un
scrupulous efforts. Thero Is a man who can
count two fuslou votes where only one fusion
vote was cast.
Kearney Hub (rep.): How lonosome W.
I). Oldham must feel an tho only democratic
candldato on the fusion ticket and how very
distressing It must bo for him to gn off and
flock nil alone by himself every tlmo he
wants to find congcnlnt companlonshlpl 'The
gods evidently havo It In for Oldham.
Stanton Register (pop.): Tho ro-nomlna-
lion of Governor Poynter Is a reward to a
man that had dono what ho could to better
tho state. He has made mistakes, but they
wcro of tho head and not of tho heart.
Poynter could have dono better had ho not
t times accepted the words of others when
selecting his appointees.
Lincoln Post (pop.): Mr. Poynter has stood
the test of a two-year term he has passed
through tho ordeals created by a fool re
publican legislature and In his administra
tive llfo thero Ih not a flaw. It is truo some
rltlclsm has been mado of appointments
nud, In one case at least, an error has been
made, but, as a whole, the state Institutions
wcro never bolter nor more economically
managed.
Beatrice Express (rep.): Tho fnslonUt3
havo Illustrated their Idea of reform and
good government by renominating Governor
Poynter. Still It must bo said that there are
many fusloulsta who refuso to accopt Poyn-
er as tho acknowledged exponent of reform
nnd good government, but thoy are In a
hopeless minority. Too weak to do much
at tho convention, thoy can only bldo their
tlmo and express their true sentiments on
election day.
Papllllon Herald (rep.): If a stranger In
America should pick up a World-Herald
and glance, over tho headings ho would
think the United States was on the vergu
of a civil war. "Dattlo of the Itepubllc Is
Degun" Is ono of tho headings that run
completely across the first page. Another
reads, "Trumpet Tones of Song of Lib
erty." Anything to mnko a red fire Is tho
pulley of such cheap John politicians as
Hitchcock and Metcalfe.
Albion News (rep.): Somo Roono county
populists aro thinking pretty hard slnco
the Kansas City convention sat down on
thorn so emphntlcally. They havo found
out that all tho democrats desire ot them is
to vote the democratic ticket. They havo
found out that the wholo scheme ot fusion
is simply a confidence gamo on tho part of
the democrats to get Into ofllco. They are
beginning to wonder If the mlddlo-of-tho
road fellows are not all tho populists thero
are after all.
North Platte Telegraph (rop.): On tho
principle that "revenge Is sweet," the pop
ulists In Nebraska ought to be among the
happiest mortals living. They have paid
tho democrats back In their own coin for
the turning down of Towne at Kansas. City
by giving them but ono pRco on the state
ticket nud thus practically Ignoring tholr
party existence. Tho ono placo which tho
democrats have been awarded Is the at
torney generalship, which has beon held by
a democrat for the last four years.
Hastings Hecord (rep.): Mr. Poynter,
who used to be governor ot Nebraska until
Doc Lang of Dcatrlce usurped tho preroga
tlves of the chief executive, has finally
patched up a peace with his superior. The
doctor will continue In charge at Beatrice
and tho charges ot misappropriation of funds
Will be withdrawn and his administration
carefully kalsorained. Lest somo people
should be led to suppose there is any po
litlcol significance in this mutual white
washing we make haste to assure them ot
their error. Such a churgo would bo libel
ous.
Grand Island Independent (rep.): Tho
three-ringed state convention has been held
and the fusion nominations have been made,
A brisk fight for pie resulted between tho
sevoral "reform" branches nnd It would be
folly to Bay that the brat of feeling pre
vails. Poynter, whoso administration has
been most faulty and who cannot retain to
himself the suffrages of thousands who
voted for him two years ago, was ronoml
nated. His party could not admit the fall
ure ot hla administration and waa for pollt
leal reasons forced to again chooso blm as
standard-bearer.
Niobrara Pioneer (rep.): Tho populists
at their stato convention yesterday placed
a full ticket In the field, giving to the so-
called silver republicans the lieutenant gov
crnor nnd tho democrats the attorney gen
eral. Tho democrats attempted to get
more, but "for Dryan's sake" they sub
mlttcd to the majority, feeling that should
Dryan be victorious he would owo the pop'
ulist party nothing In the way ot patronago,
For reformers tho Pioneer does not seo that
their methods ot wire pulling and trading
differ from other organizations. Truo to
tholr nature, however, thoy placo the party
In the hands of confidence men who ex
pect to dupe the people ot Nebraska.
Aurora Sun (dcm.): Three big state con
ventiens wero held In Lincoln this week and
tho result was, as usual, one set of noml
uees, which are given in another place, and
It Is contended by the allied force ot refonn
to be tho best ticket all the way through
and generally the atrongest over put up.
The nominees aro nicely located, the na
tlonalltles represented in good shape and
tho whole batch worthy ot tha fullest sup
port of tho reform forces. There was con
Dlderablo bickering over the division of Jhe
MCKei, DUl wacn Ittui puun w tiuai.y-
tied the rest was easy and the delcgatea left
Lincoln for homo pretty well satisfied. Un
llko tho democrat who -wa asked by a pop
how thoy divided tho ticket and he replied
"Tho pops got 16 to 1." "Well." said th
pop, "tho ratio at Kansas City was greater
than that against us. Tho democrats got all
to our nothing."
l'MKCVOMKNAI. KIHK YUAll.
Knorntoun nerttrnetlon of lroerly ly
Klre In Nix Mouth.
New York World.
The Standard Oil fire, estimated roughly
to havo destroyed $3,000,000 worth
property, follows within a week, nnd, In the
tame locality, tho Hoboken steamship lire
where $5,350,000 waa wiped out. And these
aro but two recent Items In a half-year1
Ore record, which Is altogether extraordinary,
Underwriters nnd business men generally
are asking, what Is the cause of this unusual
list of large fires, which promlsus to glv
1900 historic prominence as n burning ye.u
Up to July 1 the total flro loss in th
United States for 1900 was $103,000,000,
against 165,000,000 for tha corresponding
period last year. Thero have been no less
than fifteen fires with losses of ovar $500,000
each since January 1 last, and five of them
have destroyed property reckoned by mil
Hons, tho' Ottawa conflagration heading the
list with a loss of 112,000,000. And th
underwriters report that not only has th
first half of 1900 been remarkable for great
fires, but that the number and destructivenesj
of small fires have also been unusual. Tho
small-fire losses on tho Fourth were ex
cuptlonally nuns'rous.
Klther there must be a way found to reduce
our-animal waste try fire or fire lniurouce
rates will go much higher.
KCHO!1 OK Ot'K "WAIt.
V remarkable feature ot the nttrmlnnco In
tho public schools of Manila Is tha prepond
erance of boys over girls, this being truo of
tho high schools as well ns ot those ot lower
grade. It Is n manifestation ot the local be
lief that, whlto education may be desirable
for boys. It Is of little use for tho girls. All
thoy need to know Is their catechism. This
disparity In the school attendance ot tha
sexes may bo lessened, however, beforo tho
ext school term, ns the authorities are plan
ing for a system of compulsory attendance.
A letter from Manila pours vinegar on the
sore spot of civilian clerks of tho govern
ment out there, who complain of scant Pay
and high cost of living. They work side by
siao wun enlisted men detnlled as clerks
ho get only $1G a month, Instead of $100 or
more, which Is the pay of the clerks. Tho
urious thing about It li that the soldiers
ould go out in thn field nnd hike .nboul
In constant danger of being shot with never
kick about their pay, but as soon ns they
aro settled down lu a comfortable billet
In town, with no danger of nny sort to furn
ish them excitement, they want Just ns much
pay as tho civilian who does the same work
no better than thoy.
Two ancient mortars, hearing the date of
17S0, taken from one of the fortifications on
tho island of auam, huvo been added to tho
collection of souvenirs of the Spanish war
in wnsnington. They nre curious weapons,
tho mortar being cast solid with a bedplate,
tho gun tilted nt nn nnglo of 15 degrees and
rigid. Tho assumption Is that the raugo
was obtained by varying the powdor charge,
as It seemed to bo impossible otherwlso to
vary the rnngo of tho projectile to be hurled
from theso llttlo bronze pieces, which evi
dently at times have been loaded with nails.
nous or other hard objects that have scored
the bore of the pleco.
Another assortment of Spanish Junk from
tno island consists of two very old and
quaint Iron guns, taken from the morro of
Guam, with old-fashioned ship mounts ot
wood, with tackle and all tho necessary ap
paratus for moving the pieces on shipboard
although they had been placed In land works
many years ago possibly nearly 300 years
before they reached Washington. Along
with these two most Interesting samples of
ancient ordnance enmo a collection ot an
cient Belgian guns, until recently tho equip
raent of tho native garrison of Guam. Bar
ring tho cannon, tho lot was not remarkable,
but the man who received them had to pay
!o0 beforo he could add them to his museum
of war relics.
A- soldier quartered on tho Island of Ne
gros, in a letter to tho New York Sun, thus
sketches lifo In that section ot the Philip
pines: "At 3 o'clock tho night changes.
The change is so sudden and sharp that it
Is noticeable and both natives and roldlers
can tell when that hour arrives unerringly.
The wind changes from tho east to tho west,
blowing toward tho rising sun. There is a
slight chill In the air. Tho cocks all crow.
Some catlvo stirs and evory halt-starved
mongrel dog In town howls. There nro
from four to ten dogs nt ovcry nlpa hut.
The women In a nearby hut awako and be
gin to patter prayers. A musical genius a
block away begins to practice on a piccolo.
Here and there a light appears in a nlpa
hut. The women nro waking up and tho
air buzzes with prayers. A woman in tho
house across the street begins to sing and
the soldier puts his fingers In his ears and
eays his. prayers backward. A woman lifts
the door In the hut acrora tho way. She
sple3 the flguro of a soldier and dodges
back. Then a man comes and looks and
sees that It Is a soldier. Ho says some
thing to tho woman about "Americano" and
evidently orders her out, for two women
push up the door and climb down the lad
der. They gather some chips and firewood
beneath tho nlpa hut and build a small fire
In tho middle of the street. Tho man comes
down the ladder with an old pair of trousers,-
a woman's shirt and other odd pieces
ot fabric wrapped about his shoulders. He
sits before tho fire and hlvnr. Tho women
bring out a measuro ot unhullcd rice. One
of them winnows It In a flat, panlike basket,
tossing It In tho air for the faint breath of
a breeze to blow out tho chaff. When It Is
fairly clean the women bring a section ot
wood llko a railroad tie, but with a big
bowl-like aperture hollowed out ot It. They
pour the unmllled rice Into tho bowl; thoy
they take up a round, smooth pole of wood
about six feet long and flvo Inches thick
and blunt, bulging and heavy at one end.
The women take turns at lifting this up
and lotting It drop back into the bowl,
bruising the grain. In thta way they grind
the rice necessary for tho morning and the
midday meal. Tho man sits by the flro nnd
sblvera and looks on.
"By tho time the rice U milled It Is the
break of day In tho east. Tho street Is
crowded with similar groups. When the
rlco Is ready for cooking tho man either
doe It or superintends the work. And the
rice is cooked admirably, light, dry und
flaky. Then tho men squat around a big
bowl of it and eat It by tho fistful. When
thoy have completed their meal tho women
take their pUces around tho biwl. After
the morning meal fresh tuba Just brought
down from the trees la frequently Indulged
In. The natives nppear to havo no knowl
edge of tea or coffco suvo what thoy have
gained from tho Chlnepo nnd Americans.
I am informed, though, that coffee is raised
on some of the other Islands; thero Is nons
on this and It cannot bo purchased In the
stores.
'After tho morning meal both tho men
and the women, if It la really a workday,
go at once to their work In the cool of the
morning. During tho four or five hours of
excessive heat In tho middle of the day no
one works. But the actual workdays here
are comparatively few. There are 170 legal
holy days, observance of which Is demanded
by tho church as n religious duty. This Is
la addition to Sundays. Moreover, a native
always tries to take ono. day oil before
fiesta to get ready and auother day after
to aober off. While rice usually constitutes
tho only dish at tho morning meal, some
times a llttlo fish, sun-dried raw, Is added.
l'KUSONAI, AMI OTHKHWIMK.
American civilization Is taking root In
Ncgros, P. I. Bacolod and Doulashln are
putting up a hot fight for tho seat of gov
ernment.
The area of application for appointment
on tho New York pollceforco Is Increasing,
A pilot, a nurse, a florist nnd a barber arc
among the last applicants.
David B. Henderson, speaker of the house.
Is unending the summer with Mrs, Hender
son in tho Adlrondacks. Later ho will leavo
for Paris to visit the exposition.
The mikado of Japan has under his sub
Jectlon a population of over 40,000,000 peo
nln. and thoy nro about as happy as the
average people In any part of tho world.
The North Carolina suprome court has
sustained a decision rendered in Burke
county, Imposing $1,000 fine on tho Southern
railway for giving a free pass to a door
keoper of tho legislature In 1897,
Jerry Simpson saved meat of his salary
while he was serving In congress, Invented
It In land and cattle and has become wealthy,
When he went to ccngress ho hadn't a dol
lar In bis pocket. He had to borrow the
money he paid for his ticket to Washington
Now ho Is rated nt $10,000 one of tho rich
est men In Barber county, Kansas,
The United 8tatcs supreme court, cn ad
journing recently for the summer, left 301
cases undisposed of on Its docket. The same
number were left undisposed of on Its ad
Journment for tho summer last year. Three
hundred and seventy new cases were nled
during the term now finished, and In ex
nctiy the tamo number of cases the court
heard arguments or accepted brlefa.
POLITICAL I) HI FT.
llaltlmore American: In the meantime tha
mlddte-of-thr-road populists continue to
truio sturdily along behind tho guidons of
Barker and Donnelly.
Chicago Hecord! It would lull n good
mnny dcinoerafs Just ns well If Adlal would
let Mr. Towne bo vice president and tak
f. r himself that familiar old jeb of assist
ant postmaster general and head axmau,
New York Sim: Hon. Henry M. Teller
calls Colonel Bryan the IJncoln of the silver
republicans. Tho colonul Is known to b
tho Jefferson of the democrats, the Wash
ington of the Agulnaldlans and tho Brynu
of the populists. Whatever deficiencies la
point of votm ho may have causo to com
plain ot, his collection of complimentary
notices must bo complete.
Washington Post; Tho Pest has no doubt
that there would be a considerable exodus
from tho republican Into the dcmocratlo
party this year It tho democratic tub stood
on Its own bottom. But Mr. Bryan, sur
rounded by a bodyguard of populists and re
inforced with ouo recruit from tho enemy
In the person of Webster Davis, will not
be nblo to lure republicans from their party
as tho pled piper led the rats from Ham
loin town or as tho bell wether guides and
directs n llock of Hhccp Into or out of tho
told,
Philadelphia Ledger: Mr. Bryan may bo
a fanatic, but ho Is no fool. He knows that
the silver lwiuo Is n dangerous one to push
forward at present, and In his speech at
Lincoln, Neb., which formally opened tho
campaign, he said not a word on that sub
ject, so far as tho reports go, but dwelt nt
length and with great emphasis on tho doc
trine ot Imperialism. ICvldently, he Intenda
to make that tho lending Issue, If he can,
nnd trust to the Bhort memory ot the people
to obscure his connection with free silver.
But the thoughtful voter will not forget
that Bryan Is identified with tho silver
dogma, nnd that, It ho Is elected, 16 to 1
wilt be elected with him.
Chattanooga Times: In 189G the Time
believed Mr. Bryan to bo wrong; that to
force a fictitious value on silver, a motal
thoroughly discredited as a money standard
by every civilized nation on the globe, wns
not only bad In theory, but morally dishon
est. Slnco 1896 we have no reason for
changing our opinion. What we believed
to bo dishonest then in not a whit mora
honest now, and, as Mr. Bryan refused to
surrender his convictions nnd declined to
eliminate this falso and dangerous doctrine,
the Times refuses to surrender its Ideas
ot right and Its notions of fnir dealing be
tween mnu and man. Wo bellovc we wcro
right in 1896, nnd we shall continue to ha
right In 1900 by contributing nothing to the
election of Mr. llryan.
NO PA.MC CUV WAXTKIh
Mlirlilef KttNllr none, but Illlllrtilt
lo
llepnlr.
Philadelphia North American (rep.)
Several eminent capitalists havo begun to
talk about the good times being at an end.
Some go so far as to dectnro that tho ebh
tide has set In and thnt low water mark
will be hastened by the winds thnt arc now
blowing from politics. In one of the New
York papers yesterday was an Interview with
n president of a lending bank, Mr. J. Kdward
Simmons, who was reported ns saying- "Tho
business boom seems to bo over, nt least tor
a time, for In every direction the wheels ot
Industry are turning with less rapidity."
And further on, he declares: "It would
seem ns If the receding wove of prosperity
was upon us nnd thnt we had entered upon
a period of commercial reaction." A few
other men have been reported to the samo
effect, and some of them have used oven
stronger language.
In a mild fonn, thnt may grow strongor
as the campalgu proceeds, this Is tho panlo
cry that has been used before and those who
nre responsible for It ought to pause, to con
sider what mischief thoy nro doing to tho
country. If anyone thinks thnt It will help
the republican party or tho sound money
causo to raise these alarms and thus drlvo
capital to cover nnd discourage enterprise,
he Is mightily mlstnkcu. It will havo ex
actly the contrary consequences.
But after all tho greatest consideration Is
not merely political. Kvcry wave of pros
perity rollB on sentiment. Good times ex
ist whon people nro confident nnd when tho
air is as full of optimism as It Is ot ozone.
It brings out the hidden millions and tho
whools turn nud thu vast machinery of busi
ness makes the music ot wealth und happi
ness. A panic cry scares all this away. Tho
timid fellows begin to hldo their dollars or
restrict their operations or defer their now
plans; honest and deserving worklngmon
lose wagus; contractors aro brought to a
standstill; public spirited morchnuts find
their collections harder, and presently al
most every homo fools tho pinch.
Thore Is no reason for tho cry now, and
tho man who raises It Is either Ignorant of
what ho Is doing or reckless of the welfare
of others. Just because we have a presi
dential election on hand Is no reason tor
making It harder for men to do business or
earn wages.
POl.VrKII. ItKMAHKH.
ninvelnn.l Plnln Denier: "Does your wlfo
bcllnve nil you tell her?"
'Does sner repeniiit uariey. --Hiiy.n..,
my wlfo believes nil ino weuiner mnn
HUl'St,"
Indlannnolls Journal! "What shall I sing.
Clnrence?"
Hlntr thai lovely oui-nmu song, -uo'
ron.' "
'Oh. I tee: you re llxlng to get n gooa
long nap."
Detroit Free Press: Twynn I hear that
tho weather man has been tnken to tho
llOFllltfll.
Tr nlett Tliut is true. Tno shock was 100
much for him.
"What snorkT"
"Ono of his forecasts enmq true."
JM!i.t,.lnlil'i Trisu! "U'ell." Hnld the llttlfl
boy, nfter listening to tlio story of tho bull
In the rhlnn shop. "I enn't understand what
. I., U,.w. fix
.HO MUM WU.H.-II Hi K'l. , !,
"Maybe," replied his bright sister, ' thero
was un auction going-on there nnd the 'red
flag attracted him."
Washington Slnr: "Don't you long for
thn dear dnvs of long ngoT' nsked tho sen
timental young woman.
'Indeed I no, iiiiHwereo tnu in.tn w.ui
closn-cut hnlr, "The dear dnys of long ngi
nro when l norruweu nil me muney t am
now supposed to bo paying."
Detroit Journal: Here the Poet srow
eestttl".
"I.et us," ho fried, "mnko inn welkin
rlii nl"
Hut these things appealed not to tha
Yokel.
"I seo no welkin," said thn latter. "Will
not this pumpkin nruwerj"
A penchant for bans mots often charac
terises tho Yokel.
Cleveland Plain Denier: "Joe Woods'
dauchter. has a houseful ot pretty girls
vlsltliitt her."
"Well, what nro you going to do about
It?"
"Taku to tho woods, I guess."
Philadelphia Press: Mamma Where dll
you entertain Mr. Huggurd this evening?
Mnbel Uiveyllpz In the parlor, as usual.
Mamma Why, SlnlM-l, bow could you?
r'jel Lovcllpx What do you mean, mat
Mamma (sternly)-Hlni!ily that tho up
holsterer took everything out of there thl
afternoon except onn armchair.
TIIH l.'IIIMIftB HIV.W.H.
Cleveland Plain Dealer,
Blng-n-llng-u-Chlngy,
Tuan velly bad;
Mnkoe bullet plngy,
Clirfxtlun volly rod.
Tuan snye.i kllleel t
f'hing-t'hing snyee "No!"
Cbokee Tuan silly
Hltte Tuan sol
Chlng lie velly nice, mani
Tuan velly bad;
Tuan think ho Icemun
tlutteo easy mad.
Chlng ho wntchee Tuan,
Cuttee inuclien head.
2 topee catchue Chouan
Quick he kille dead! '