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TII13 OMAHA DAILY HKJfl: -MONDAY, ,T1TLT 00, 1000. i The Omaha Daily Bee i E. noSEWATEH, Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY MOilNING. THUMB OF sunsciuiTioN: pally Deo (without Sunday), One Ycnr.tfi.W pally Uee nnd Sunday, One Year S.ej Illustrated Uee, One Year., 2-W fiunday Bee, Otlo Yenr. ; Saturday Uee, ono Tear l-WJ .Weekly Uee, Ono Year OFFICES: I Omaha: The Deo nulldlng. j South Omaha: City Hall Building, Twenty-fifth nnd N streets. Council Muffs; 10 I'carl Street. Chicago: lbto Unity Building. New York: Temple Court., Washington: Ml Fourteenth Street. Bloux City: 611 Pnrk Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha Use, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. . nuslnnis letters nnd remittances shoilld bo addressed: Tha Ilco PubllshlnB Com pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. . rtcmlt by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cont stamps accepted In payment ot mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or Eastern exchanges, not accepted. ( THE UEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIUCULATION. State of Nebraska. Douglas County, ss: George II, Tzschuck, secretary of Tho Heo Publishing company, being duly sworn. Bays that tho nctunl number ot full and romnlctn conies nf Thn n.illv. Morning, Kvcnlng and Sunday Ucc. printed during' me monm or junc, vjw, was as ionowi 1 VO.O.'lll 15 20,400 t U.1,(:0 17 2tl,lM 3 'Ml.lHr, 18 20,rt70 4 2r,N(IO 19 20,750 6 2(l,or.O 20 20,170 , 2n,7IO 21 27,OSO 7 2.1.0H0 22 20,0,'JO t 20,070 23 2(1,000 20,r.no 21 27,2.-,r, 10 2S,tl(M 2G 2O.7H0 11 25,710 26 27,010 12 25,700 27 SOno 13 2r,H0O 23 20,700 14 20,010 23 20,0-10 IS 20,000 30 27,2G0 Total ,.702,0.18 I-es3 unsold and returned copies.... 11,-INO Not total snles 7N1,14) toot dally average 20,038 GEORGE II. T7.SCIIUCK. Subscribed nnd sworn beforn me this 2d day of July, 1300. M. U. IIUNOATE, (Seal.) Notary Public. PARTIES LIU A VI. FOR SUMMER. Parties IriivIiik lli nlly far llie mi miller mny linve Tile lire sent to llieiu reuuliirly ly iiotlfyliiir Tim llrr IlnHlucnn ofllee, In ix-mnii nr liy innll. The iiildrpsM will lie clinnKed as often fin desired. Tllf.rn It, .1 ...1 .... III. II.. it.... . I. in.il r. tin; 1111111.-11111111 UUIL WIC democratic campaign orators In Now V.. ..I. ...Ill I . , . .. . . . liuiu win nirni icny on xne trust, issue. TI10 person who cannot flml sonic- thlnjr In tho variegated tllHpatehcs from Olilna to lit In with his own views Is lianl to please. Six deer are about to ho nihloil to the collection of anlmnls In Illvervlew park, liven the municipal menagerie Is thus oencnted by a policy of expansion. Is there any reason why the demo cnitlc national committee should not ar range a Joint debate between David B Hill and William J. Bryan on the silver question and the Income tax? The republican and democratic can dldatcs for congress In the Fifth In dlana district are law partners. The business or this firm Is obviously con ducted on lines of absolute safety. The consideration for Mr. Towno's withdrawal from the Sioux Fnlla ticket In said to be the assurance of a cabinet position In the event of Bryan's election. Mr. Towne Is talcing Rreat chances. Topeka Is said to be making a bid ror the populist notification of Bryan. Why not hold these notltlcatlon meet tng on the Installment plan and spread them over uvery state In the union? Omaha city bonds continue to bring good premiums on tho money market although hearing lower Interest than usual. Omaha's credit stands good for any reasonable draft on tho future. , Democrats are rubbing their hands oyer the prospect of carrying North Carolina nt the coming state election this week. If they should fall down In North Carolina, what would there bo left to console them? And now we are told that thn lllwrnl party In Kngland Is oiwtho vergo dt dissolution or reconstruction. The party at outs In Kngland must be to lng the same way as the party at outs iti the United States. Omaha and Council Bluffs have onlv one connecting street railway now where they had two before. This Is simply another Illustration of the oft-proved adage, that where combination Is possl blc competition Is Impossible. New Orleans is taklug a rest after Its laborious work of neirro buutlncr. An other exhibition of democratic love for the black man will bo given election timo should any of the objectionable race persist lu trying, to exercise the franchise In the black belt states. One way to help make .the Ak-Sar-Ben carnival and Musical Festival a succes Is for Omaha people to invito their friends to visit tho city at that time, invitations of this kind should bo ex tended long enough In ndyanec so that preparations can bo made to take ad vautage of them.. The legislative delegation from Doug laa county next winter will be chamed with Interests of most vital Importance . M 1 1 . u an uur cjuzens anti taxpayers. Kor such responsible positions no one should aspire who could not command conllden tlal employment in any responsible bust rtcss establishment. The effect of Improved crop conditions on the price of wheat is noted by Bryan Ito organs, but they forget to compare the prices with those of four years ago. Which were considerably lower. It will bo a hard task to persuade tho prosper ous farmer that he Is on tho verge of financial ruin In this year of 1000. Hie proseeutioiiln the caso against Caleb Towers, not content to await the verdict of the Jury, has Issued a pro nunclameuto declaring tho accused al ready convicted, although tho defense fast not even begun Its testimony. This sample of Kentucky Justice Is on a par with the Kentucky Uoebel law to In are fraudulent election. TIIK COMMAtilUSd QVKSTlOtt. The chief Issue In the Impending nni palgn, said one of the republican lead its, Is the fundamental one of the peo ple's own Interest, welfare and prosper ity. The great question thnt urges It self upon the mind of the people at tills time Is that which appeals to their Indi vidual Interests. They are not con corned with academic or abstract the ories or propositions. The Ideas that are being advanced by certain politi cians do not Interest them, for the ob vious reason that they are not practical. What the average people want Is some thing that will go home to their Imme diate Interests and promote their wel fare In the present. This Is the vital fact In the present campaign. What are the questions that present themselves? Th'e Intelligent cit izen will ask himself whether labor Is better employed than It was four years ago; whether It Is receiving lK'tter wages than at that time, and whether as a class the wage earners of the coun try have Improved their condition dur ing the last three years. When he In vestigates the facts he will Hud an unintuitive answer to all these ques tions, lie will get 'statistics which show that under the. operation of repub lican policies there has been a steady growth of industrial development and an uninterrupted advance In the eleva tion of American labor. Ho will find that every Industrial Interest In this country Is greater today than It was four years ago. He will Hud that there Is not lu this nation today a single in terest that Is not stronger than It was lu the jM-rlod of democratic control and that lu the aggregate the welfare of the American people has been wonderfully advanced. What Is the natural appeal that all these facts make to the American peo ple? What else but to say to them to adhere to the. party that has through out Its entire history been the party of national development and national honor and Integrity. Well, whatever may be the abstract possibilities of these extraordinary con ditions in our foreign relations, there is one eternal fact that we can rely upon, ami that Is this, that the adminis tration at Washington will never for one Instant compromise or put Into a false position the national government. Whatever course other governments may pursue nothing Is more certain than that the government of the United SUites will maintain a policy absolutely free from all suggestions, or even possl blllties, connected with territorial ag grandizement. iiahuamax vahfaiik. If it bo truo thnt "the Boxers In China aro tho precise analogues and representa tives oftlw. Agulnaldlan rebolllon" then Ad miral Dewey and the American representa tives in the army and navy wero guilty of knowingly and deliberately co-opetatlnz with the leader of a host of barbarians. No American citizen will bcllevo for n moment that any American admiral or any Amerl can olllcer in the army would so far forget tho dignity of his country and the honor of his own position as to enter Into com binatlon with a lot ot barbarians even for tho purposo of winning a victory over an lraportnnt foe. World-Herald. What rot! Kvcry military lender Is entitled to use every resource allowable under the rules of civilized warfare. They were not so particular even about that in years gone by If American history Is correctly writ ten. The colonists lighting under Washing ton did not hesitate to avail themselves of the assistance of friendly Indians In their struggles against the British en etuy. Neither did Andrew Jackson when ho put down the Seminole Insurrection In Florida nor any of the later generals who employed Indian scouts in our vurl oils Indian wars. During the war of 1S01-0." the confed erates enlisted several battailous of slave-owning Indians from the Indian territory, who fought under General Me Cullough In tho battle of Tea Itldgo against the union urmy. These sume ex- confeds are doubtless also terribly distressed over the alleged alliance between Commodore Dewey and the Fil ipinos who helped him besiege Manila Of course, the 'Filipinos have not yet re sorted to sending smalliH)X-lnfected nigs Into the Hues of the enemy, after the example of northern democratic sympathizers of the, southern rebellion. They are certainly better than some bar barlans, but that does not alter their position of waging Insurrection against the authority of the United States, which Is the only government vested with sovereignty and Jurisdiction over them. OMAHA'S 8VIISTANTIAI, PROOHHSS. Omaha Is steadily forging ahead op its march of commercial aud industrial expansion. At no timo In Its history has tho evidence of substantial growth nnd prosperity been more marked than It Is today. While them has been no attempt to boom the city or to Inllute Its property values, the Increase of wealth and popu lotion may be noted by the bank de posits and the occupancy of every avail able storehouse and dwelling. New fae torles, business blocks nnd residences are being erected and public improve mouts are under way that promise to keep the building trades active during the balance of the year. Incidentally the acquisition of new iniuiufacturlng concerns and Jobbing houses also affords assurance or increased employment ror labor and continued commercial progress. Home was not built In a day and Omaha will not celebrate Its llftleth birthday anniversary until 1!1. By that time (ircatcr Omaha will have en Iarged its sphere of activity In every dl rectlon. Unless an unforeseen nnd Im probable check is experienced It will by that time lie second only to Chicago as a cattle market and meat-packing cen ter. Its facilities an a distributing point greatly Improved during the last few years by the entrance of new railways aud extensions of old ones promise still further expansion which must con tribute materially to strengthen Omaha's hold on Its trade territory. As the focal point of an agricultural country, uupurulluled for richness of re sources, Oiuuha has a foundation on which lo build constantly higher and broader that Is at the disposal of few cities of the country. TllK XKXT IVSUHKSS. The election of a republican houso of representatives this year Is not so confidently exiM-cted as Is the election of the republican national ticket, but it Is no less Important. The chairman of the congress committee, Representative Babcock of Wisconsin, says that while the outlook for the suiivss of the na tional ticket Is satisfactory, when it comes to consideration of the congres sional outlook there, are presented some unusual conditions. He states that many gold democrats who will vote the re publican national ticket arc likely to support the democratic candidates for congress, on the ground that there Is no danger of adverse legislation by that Inxly on the money question, no matter what party may control the house of representatives. Then there Is said to be among republicans a condition or apathy aud overconlldcnce such as prevailed two yen 111 ago and nearly cost the party the control of the house. This, how ever, will probably be overcomu as the campaign progresses. 1. Mr. Babcock rightly says that It would be a great mistake for the republicans to nllow the house of representatives to pass Into democratic control. "Aside from the fact that the election of a dem ocratic house would prevent the re publicans from carrying out plans ror the further prosperity of the country, enacting legislation lu which trade and commerce, are vitally Interested, a dem ocratic houso would work untold em barrassment all along the line. Power less to do anything themselves, the dem ocrats would only succeed In preventing anyone else from doing tilings and would stop the wheels or progress." The ap peal Is, therefore, made to republicans to "get their coats off and buckle down to work with their old-time energy" and It should 1m heeded. Hverywhere re publicans should realize the vital Im portance of retaining control of the house of representatives and nlso un derstand the fact t lut t lu order to do this hard and earnest work will be required, nowhere more so than In the northwest. "To make American citizens of the mongrel population of the Philippines Is Impossible," shrieks a Bryanlto orgnn. How, then, can It be jKisslble to make them citizens of a government of their own without. Ilrst uncovering their tal ent to manage their own affairs? No one wants to Invest them at once with the full rights of American citizenship, but this Is the llrst open confession with Bryanlto inspiration that the Filipinos are not yet lit to govern themselves, as the republican administration has all along contended. The solidarity of business all over tho world Is reflected by the market reviews. which attribute business unsteadluess to the Interference of the Chinese troubles. No matter where the original trouble breaks out the effect of the uneasiness produced Is world-wide and almost In stant. A war in China or South Africa reacts only in a smaller degree on the' Industrial conditions than a war at our very doors. As was nminreut on the face or It the controversy over rates to the Bryan notlllcatlon was purely a rree advertis ing dodge. Something had to be done to keep the affair before the public and the alleired difference between the railroads and the arrangements committee was the wisest way out of it. Tho compro mise elves the Bryanltes another chance to work the press dispatches for a free graft. Tho fishing excursion conducted by tho great trust-smashing attorney gen eral Is unquestionably entertaining to the spectators, but the Interesting ques tlon is. Who will pay the bill? If tho idea is simply to saddle the state with a big expense nccount In order to keep the great trust-smasher In political cap ltal this course promises to achieve slg' nal success. Over $0,000 was drawn from tho county treasury last year under pretense of holding a county fair and so ell did tho prize please tho coterie of taxeaters who absorbed the fund that tuey are anxious to try again tills year. But how can the county board clnlm to be pro tecting tlw Interests of the taxpayers If they connive nt this treasury rani .' Sot TuiipiI ftir Calamity lloTTllnjf. n-rrtv M V i Tliwiiril). Thorn ara In the Btato of Kansas 2,000 innrii nlnnnn than wore to bo found last year- and not one of them Is tuued for calamity howling. MeillHllou Workluic Overtime. Denver Republican. If thero is any mediation left, after the Chinese affair is settled, tho belligerent Mrs. John A. Logan nnd Mrs. Potter Palmer should havo first claim to It. Kiiiiniih Hen lo (lie Front, New York Sun, Incidentally tho Kansas hen is coming to tho front. Last year tho state reported 3,700,000 dozen eggs, as compared with 151, 000 dozen In 1895. Tho Kansas hen will never voto for a return of tho democratic bard times. "Ilt-eklmm Ilruwn Well." Washington Post. "Governor Ileckham draws well," observes a Kentucky exchange. That Is what for mer Governor Taylor thinks when ho ob serves tho salary to which ho was olectod disappearing In tho pockets ot tho boy usurper. InerennliiK Cprii Export. Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin. Tho value of the exports of American corn sank In 1S93 to the comparatively lnlgnin- cant sum ot ?14,G50,000. Previous to that year. In the period beginning' with 1874, It had ranged from 313,000,000 to 313,000,000. In each nf the last thren years It has exceeded all previous records 374,000.000 In 1838. 368, 977,000 in 1S39 and 185,000,000 In 1300. Theo figures aro all for tho llscal years, ending on tha 30th ot Juno. Tho promise of tho sec ond largest crop of corn In our history, to gether with the Increased Interest In Amer lean corn ns a food which has been devel oped abroad under the propaganda of tho Department of Agriculture, are likely Jo mako the corn export in the new fiscal year of 1901, now undor way, larger than even that of 1900. Perhaps It may pass tho 100, 000,000 point. There Is little likelihood that tho practice of using com for fuel will sur vivo tha realization by Europoans ot the pal- atabllity aud tho nutritive value ot thu distinctively American grain. I'llAHMUM'S 04 4IIH10M IMIMTICS. Kearney PemociWi Douglas county, with Its 12,000 democratic votes, didn't get a chance to oven look nt a nomination for it Douglas county Tcmocrat on tho state ticket. Not oven ,nn fJector. "How happy aro they, who their jinijster obey." St. Edward Sun (rep"5: Governor Poynter must limn f ottcn hta second nomination very cheaply, as ho tuylnjhU certificate ot ex penso that ho was' not out anything. Wo wonder if the state had to pay for those circular letters Indent out a tew weeks oso7 iii Pawnco Itcpubltcmitu With ono eyo on tho Fecblo-Mlndeili Instltuto nt Beatrice nnd tho other on tho mld-roadcr convention at Grand Island, Governor Poynter had about alt ho could tako care of Inst week without looking after tho interests of tho people. Hastings Tribune (rep.): Calamity howlers, to tho contrary notwithstanding, thero is not a state in tho union that has made greater progress In thirty-five years than Nebraska. It is hard to understand how men can stand up and talk of calamity in this state. Ilcatrleo Express (rep.): Thero Is con- sldornblo danger that Farmer Ilrynn, if elected president, might ho out plowing corn or sowing grain when somo of tho European diplomats should rail. Or per haps ho might Invest all his salary In Ilo hemlan oats or a gold brick. Crelghton News (pop.): Tho News man Vhllo at Lincoln hud a talk with John S. ltoblnson lu regard to somo differences n tho pust nnd John beenmo diplomatic, but tho News desires to stato that such damuablo tactics will glvo him n chanco to wear swnddllng clothes rather than to go to congross, when tho votes aro counted on election day. Wlsner Free Press (rep.): Tho pcoplo of Nebraska havo bocomo thoroughly disgusted with tho disgraceful scrapping nnd Incom petency In tho Btnte Institutions; making of tho charitable Institutions a foot boll In politics; a reward to Incompetent heelers for party servlco Instead of tholr ability for tho positions. The wholo outfit will bo bounced tho coming election. St. Paul itepubllcnn: Tho Omnhn Non conformist, tbo Ccntrnl City Democrat and othor fusion papers thnt bitterly opposed royntcrs rcnomlnatlon nro now following the oxnmplo set by Edg.tr Hownrd of eating their words "for Ilrynn's sake" nut tho truth thoy succeeded in telling about tho spineless governor before tho party muzzio wns applied still goes marching on. Ewlng Advocnto (pop.): Tho domoeratln press Is making n great play over its "extreme generosity" In surrendering every placo on tho state ticket but ono. Looking at It from tho low, sordid vlow of tho spoilsman, the democrats got moro man ineir snare, for thoy havo tho entlro national ticket nnd ono plnco on tho stato ticket. Hut tho domocrats nt Kansas City nominated two truo men upon n platform which declares for fh'd principles la 111 ilnwn in the Declaration of Indopondenco. What aro popullats strlvlhg for? At Lincoln the populists nominated a stato tlckot upon tho snmo plaffcrm nnd chose candi dates whoso character is unimpeachable. wnat moro ilo dombcrats want? Wo wish we could hit every' spoilsman who la over lastlngly crying "party" on tho head with a club. Beaver City Tribune .(ren.l: At Knnunn City, July G, 1900, (10 populist party, nged 10 years. Tho deceased) enmo to hor death by reason of taking; t an ovcrdoso- of fu sion. Sho has been quite 111 for somo timo on account of somo of her members BUfforing from ofilcq itch and sho was placed under tho caro,.qf Dr. Allen of tho united states senntewho compelled hor, much against, hor will, to tnka thofntal dose. No formal funeral was held on nc count of n lack of relatives, thero being but ono blood relation an infant sister. recently born nt Cincinnati. The remains wero nicely embalmed In Ico furnished by Mr. Van Wyck of tho New York Ico trust nnd sho was laid hi rest upon a bed of railroad passes supplied by Nebraska populist officeholders, In n silver collln donated by the expelled millionaire senator from Montana. After being ' securely sealed the collln nnd Its lifeless content were presented by Boss Crokor to Mr, Bryun, who turned tho same over to Adlal Stccnson of Illinois, to be kopt by him in thu vault of ono ot hla national banks until tho necessities of tho campaign shall demand the exhibition of tho corpso in tho west to remind tho populists that they nro In tho democratic party. Grand Island Journal (rep.): Tho fu sion stato conventions, Svhlch wero hold at Lincoln last week, afforded llttlo of In cident, except tho effort of each head of the triple-headed fusion dragon to got moro than Its share ot what was to bo parceled out. It Is truo that an unorgnn Ized effort was raado by a few honest ro formors, who had .boon permitted to nttond ns delegntes In tho hopo that their prud ence, would lend n llttlo color of respecta bility to the deal, to havo some of the bogus reformers turned down, but tho stato houso gang nnd tho Bryan Influence soon quieted all such efforts. It Is safe to assume that Hall county la a fair sam plo nnd nil tho delegates got disgusted and camo homo before any nominations were made, except two professional poll tlclans. Poynter won easily and tho stato houso slato was carried out. Tho slate was not cracked and somo outside tho rlnc. who thought nny American citizen had a right to bo a candidate, found cut that they woro mlstakon. Tho nggrogntlon opened tho campaign with apologies nnd It will havo to bo on tho defensive all the way through. It has got to defend Itself not only to the general public, but to thosa who havo supported it In the past, and the prospects aro that after tho New Year tho fragments of tho fusion wreck will have nothing to do but try to flguro out how It nil happened. "Tin: Two-iiuAiiEn calf." neiiioerntlo Nnt7i)iiiil'' 1'lntform lie eluren Two I'nrnmoiiiil Iimue. Now York Bun. "Wo regard It (Imperialism) ns the para mount issue." So says, tho Kansas City platform, nnd eo scyjthflso democrnts who aro afraid of 10 to 1.'",. In,, the samo platform the democrats "reofflrni, and endorso tho principles of tho depiqcrauc national plat form ndopted nt Chicago In 1896," and they "reltnrnto the demand mode In that plat form for nn American financial system." Tho demand made In flio platform of 189(1, which Is thus Incorporated Into tho plut form of 1900, begins wlttllheso words: "Itecognlzing thnt tbo monoy question Is paramount to nil othois,nt this timo," Put Into tho platform of 1900 the phrase "at this timo" mean'1W)0 and can mean nothing else. 1 '' It Is no great matter what t,ho frnmcrs of n platform say as to the Importance of an tsiuo If their assertion Is not nccepted by tho people, tho makers and the Judges of tssue3, but tho fact remains that tho Kansas City platform declares that sliver Is tho paramount Issuo. It had to do that to sat isfy Bryan and the Bryanites. Tho asser tion that imperialism is tho paramount tssno Is meant for the weak-kneed brethren and tho few but florco antt-tmporlallsts outatdo of thu Bryan fold. Tho inclusion of two "paramount" Uaues In tho same platform la worthy ot tho silver mathematicians. . (liliiu In n (lift: l'iekle. Pittsburg Chrnnlclo Telegraph. When one reads about Klou Chow aud I many other Chows, it is easy to behove that I China Is In a big pickle. FEW TEA US SUED AT THE "PAUTIJin. Kimball Observer (rep.) Tho State Board of Transportation has been wlpod out of existence by n decision by Judge Munger of tho United States court In the granting of nn Injunction ngnlnst the board, thn Judge holding that tho lnw wns not prop erly passed. An appeal will be taken from tho decision. Wo hopo the decision will stand, for tho board Is wono than useless. drnwlng 310,000 a year from the, state and giving nothing In return. Kearney Democrat: Attorney General Smyth expresses tho opinion that Judge Munger s decision does not nffect the re tention of tho State Board of Transporta tion, tho decision covering only the matter of regulating stock and grnln rates. Tho attorney general Is only swallowing a gnnt when he thinks he has a horse fly In his throat. Without any power to regulnto the most Important freight rates, of (what earthly use Is tho state board barnacle? Of what 11 so has It ever been, anyhow, ex cept to draw passes and salary? St. Paul Itepubllcnn: The law creating tho State Hoard of Transportation has been declared unconstitutional by Judgo Munger of tho federal court. Consequently Its or ders nro of no effect nnd the thousnnds of dollars spent for its mnlntennnce have been squandered. The "reform" secretaries of the present board nnnottneo their intention of contesting the decision In tho hope that they will bo permitted to continue drawing their salaries for nwhlle longer. Tho salary question has nlwnys been tho "paramount Issuo" with tho secretaries. It is much tnoro Interesting to them than tbo reduction ot freight rates. Bancroft Blade (rep.): Judge Munger has recently decided thnt tho Stato Board of Transportation hns no standing In court on nccount of somo flnw In tho law that provided for such n board. Wo aro unin formed as to tho legal merits of this hold ing, but looking nt It from tho Btnnd point of Justice It Is ono ot the best rulings tho Judgo ever made. Tho board was never known to do anything worso than work for tho best Interest of tho railroad com panies nnd wns never ncuscd of doing any thing better than drawing their annual sal aries from tho stato. Schuyler Quill (pop.): Judgo Munger hns ruled that tho law authorizing n Stato Hoard of Transportation Is Invalid on ac count of a defect In tho titlo of tho bill. Tho decision was rendered In tho injunc tion suit brought by the Chicago, Bur lington & Qulncy to enjoin Altornoy Gen eral Smyth from prosecuting tho railroads for violating tho order of tho board re quiring tho roada to charge carload In stead of pound rntes nnd n pormnnont In junction wns grnntcd. This ndds nnothur chnpter to tho history ot Injunctions In defeating tho will of tho people and In de fending the Interests of corporations. While the Board of Transportation has often proved a dismal failure, yet It was tho only recourso tha people hnd for tho adjustment of unfair discriminations. Just when a stato la about to enforco tho luw In steps n federal Judgo and says tho law Is Invalid. Wayne Republican: It is pleasant nows to every man In Nobraskn who has In telligence enough to know tho truth nbout tho Board of Transportation, and to know that it was never anything but n soft snap for tho political secretaries who drew 32,000 each per year from tho stato treas ury as salary and novor rendered nny service to tho stato In return for that salary. Tho pops, when out of office, de manded tho abolition ot the oinco and pointed to it as a source ot official cor ruption, but when thoy camo Into power refused to wipe It out bocauso they could use theso secretaries to good political ad vantage whilo tho stato paid tha bills. Tho railroads havo nover experienced any difficulty lu handling tho board, as has boon fully demonstrated in tho recent Norfolk ense, nnd If our Pender friend wns not n fusion enndidato for tho lexislaturo ho would doubtless vlow tho matter in Its true light, but he realizes that Munger's order put out of place n weapon tho tu Blonists havo found qulto strong. MAKEUP OK THE 8E.VATE. Clolil nciiincrnta "Will Tnke dilutee If They Vole for Ilrynn. Indianapolis Journal. Now and then a man who was a gold democrat In 1S9C aud Is a Bryanlto now rinds nn oxcuso or voting for Bryan In tho declaration that tho gold rtandard Is safe for .four or six years because of tho present makeup of the sonato. The pretext Is as absurd on Its face as It would bo to put a cashier who had onco nttetnpted to rob a bank bnck Into his placo becnuso ho could nevor learn tho combina tion of tho new auto nnd nnotbor man would bo selected to take charge ot the funds. It Is not hero intimated that Brynn would do nnything dishonest In re gard to tha finances, but he forced Into hts party, platform n declaration In favor ot free nnd Independent coinage of silver at tho ratio of 16 to 1. Wo nro bound to bollevo that Bryan sincerely entortnina tho view thnt such colnago would bo for tho best Interest of .tho country. Being elected on that Issuo, ho would do his utmost to carry It out. Ho would have n IC-tu-t houso nnd ho would duvoto his energies to securing n senate How does tho mattor stand? When tho gold ntnndard bill passed tho senate elghty-flvo senators voted or wero paired. There were vacancies In four states dnd one senator, Kylo ot South Dakota, did not voto. It Is probnblo thnt states In which thero woro vacnncles will have two republican nnd two Bryan senators In tho next senate. Of tho eighty-five sen ators voting or paired fifty-ono are on record In favor of tho gold standard law. Of tho senators who voted for tho measure the terms of olght will explro March I, 1301. They nro Baker of Kansas, Cattery of Louisiana, Cartor of Montana. Lindsay of Kentucky, Shoup of Idaho, Thurston ot NobraHka, Warren of Wyoming and Wol cott ot Colorado. The legislatures of all of thu states above noted, with tho ex ception of Kansas, aro nntl-ropubllcan. Should Bryan bo oloctcd tho legisla tures of alt those states will bo antl-ro-publlran nnd will elect 10-to-l senators. Louisiana and Kentucky havo already douo so. Thirty-four senators voted or wero paired against tho gold standard law. Take eight senators rom tho llfty-ono for tho mensuro In thu present senato and add them to tho thirty-four against thu bill, nnd there will bo forty-three in tavor of thn measuro and forty-two ugulust. Dola waro has but ono Bonntor now, but If Mr. Bryan hall bo elected Delaworo will havo a democratlo legislature, which will fill tho vacancy, causing thu Bcnato to stanl forty-threo to forty-three. With Mr. Sto venson In tho chair ns vice president to glvo tho casting vote, tho 16-to-l bill could bo passed by both branches of tho next congress. If tho Bryan silver bill should fall during the next congress, Mr. Bryan, bolng president, Deboo of Kentucky, Pritchnrd of North Cnrollna, Wellington of Maryland, whoso torma explro March I, 1903, would surely bo succeeded by demo crats und sllverltes. so that the senato of 1903 would stand forty-six allverlteH to forty gold standard men. to say noth ing of other losses on tho republican slda that would probably follow Mr. Bryan's election. Theso figures show that tho gold stand ard Is not safe for four years, even If Mr. Bryan were elected, nnd that those news papers and politicians that have urged gold democrats und others to support Mr. nryan on tho ground that ho is hand cuffed so that ho cannot overthrow tho sound money system aro either Ignorant nbout tho matter or nro untruthful. THE CHINESE SITl'ATIOX, Miss Iiura Conger, daugh'or nf tho Pulled States minister to China, In a private letter written from Pckln to a friend In New York, tells how Chinese havo long threat ened tho catnstrophe that has shocked Christendom. Following Is nn extract from tho letter: "But now I must tell you ot what an Interesting time mother hnd re cently. The empress dowager gave nn audi enco to the mlnlstors' wives hero In Pokln, No ono else could go not cvon tho secre taries' wives. Thero were seven women and four interpreters. The emperor was also on tho throne. "As each Indy wns presented nnd stepped up on tho throne platform tho empress dow ager took her by both hands, greeted her and put a gold ring, set with a large pearl, in her hand. Afterward tho women went to n Chinese banquet, where they met the emperor's wife, nnd then to the court tho atrr; later to another banquet und be tween times woro served with tea. "Think of it! Thoso wero tho first for eign women tho empress dowager had over seen or who had ever scon her! After cen turies tho veil wns finally lifted. It was n grent day In (jhlna's history. No onu who has not beou hero can realize what It moans. After tho women reached homo the empress dowager sent them moro presents of silk, ivory, combs, etc. "Mother hns gono way up In tho eyes of her servants slnco this audience. Tho head 'boy' (servant) said to mother: 'Madame, It Is very grand you sco emperor. "Cook Bays: 'Mrs. Denby hero thirteen years, nover see emperor. Only nbout rony chinamen over seo emperor. Ho coiiio down from heaven.' You sou they hold him as sacrod. "Of courso you havo read that wo havn a legation guard of United States marines now (a lieutenant nnd twenty marines from uio cruiser Boston). Eight of tho lega tions havo them. You see lu thn navigation la cloicd and the mail comes by couriers overland, so if thero was any trou ble hero tho foreigners could recolve nn aid. Last fall tho Cblnoso seemed to bo particularly bitter toward foreigner and the ministers didn't know what might happon during tho winter, nnd henco pro pared thomselves. About the first of Oc tober a mob attacked nil foreigners coming from tho station to tho cltv. atn breaking two ribs of nn Aiucrlcnn, aud completely demolishing the chnlrs nnd enrts. i ion you moy nil onto us and would bo glad to seo ovcry whlto person out of China." Tho defeat of the Chinese on the Amur Is Important for the Uusslans. Blngovcstchensk. which la situated nt tho Junction of tho Zenya nnd tho Amur, is a city of 40.000 in habitants whoso wealth is based chiefly on rno gold mines In tho surrounding country, nnd contains tho finest private buildings In nil eastern Asia. Tho great plain between tho Zeeya and Burcya rivers to tho north nnd cast Is cxtromoly fertile nnd tho former la navlgablo for n considerable part of Its course. Tho Shllkn and the Amur nro open irom .May to October nnd thero is abundant steam communication on both rivers. The head of navigation on tho Shllkn Is nt Stretcnsk, which is tho terminus of the TranBslborlan railway, nnd tho point whero troops nnd military stores for Manchuria will embark for their destinations on the Sungarl, from whero, at Harbin and othor points, they will bo directed by road and rnll to the south. All along tho northern bank of tho Amur tho Cossack stanltzas or posts, planted provlous to 1858 by Mur avleff nt every twenty or thirty miles, have grown into thriving villages. Agriculture Is Increasing nnd Immigration Is encouraged by the Kusslnn government. Algun, oppo sltu Blagovestchensk, which has Just been tho sccno of the fighting between tho Rus sians. and Chinese, is the town whero tho treaty opening tho Sungarl to Ilusslan steamers wna signed In 1838. Many of the towns nnd cities of Manchuria that now eeem destined to pass under Rurslan rule nro of considerable, size, Tsltslhar on tho Nonna having nbout 30,000 Inhabitants; Petuna some 00,000 nnd Klrln 200,000 . At the last named there was In 1898 n govern ment arsenal capable of turning out 10,000 Hotchklss and 9,000 Mauser cartridges n day. "It Is not certain within what limits nct Ivo operations on shore will bo confined," says Brigadier General II. C. Corhln, In an article on tho military situation In China In Collier's Weekly. China is not a homo goneoua nation. As n rule, tho peoplo of ono province know llttlo of and caro llttlo for what is occurring In a distant province. Each Is governed by a viceroy or governor who, though appointed by the ccntrnl gov ernment, Is almost entirely Independent of it, nnd l practically n king within his own dominions. Ho raises and maintains an army of tho kind nnd of the slzo ho wlshru nnd that ho Is able to pay for. This Is illustrated by the dispatches from China, which report tbo consuls at the treaty porto as negotiating directly with the viceroys in regard to tho safety of foreigners. LI Hung Chang at Canton hns disregarded or ders he received to proceed to Pekln nnd remain) in hla province to maintain order thero. Up to tho present time tho troubles havo been confined to the province of Chin LI, in which Pekln and Tien Tsln aro sit uated, and tho province of Shan Tung. The latter embraced the peninsula of tho same naraoj on tho const of which nro situated tho British port Wei Hal Wei, tho Gorman port Kino Chow, and tho treaty port Che Foo. if the troubles continue to b con fined to these provinces the theater of opera tions villi be much restricted. Tien Tsln will probably bo the base of operations and Pekln tho objective. Any opposing armed forces lying between tho two cities must be disposed of and Pokln taken'. With Pokln in the hands ot the powers, tho rest of the work will be 11 matter for diplomatists. "It in considered by well-informed peopli that a forco of 60,000 or 70,000 men will bo ample. Tho number required will vary with the composition of tho forco. A compact, homogeneous body of one nationality would bu much moro efficient than n composite force of tho oarao strength, made up of tho contingents furnished by tho powers, no matter how good the quality of each con tingent might be. HWory teaches that in thu operations of nllles friction, Jealouslcj and diversity of purpesn obtain. If tho re lief force is to bo n composite army, unJor a single head, tho details nf command and staff should bo agreed upon nt once b) agreement of representative) of the powers, otherwise tliero will Inevitably bo friction and delays when tho time comes to begin aetlvo operations. From a purely military standpoint, leaving political considerations aside, it would bu by all odds most advisable to Intrust tho work to a Jar-pnese army, an Japan, by reason of Its prox'mity, can put In tho field better than nny other nation the neceroary numher of troips, nnd a thorough previous understanding of thu combined European powers with Japan as to payment for her services should prevent any possi bility of political complications. "Tho question of tho organization and composition of the army being Bottled, thu only remaining question Is thu character of tho operations and tho dlfficultlis to lie overcome. This Is tho worst time of tho yeur for military operations. In that ro plon, Tha rainy season la about hcqinnlng. Tho country Is low nnd flat nnd has no metalled roads. The Pclho river, with Its branches, la shallow and tortuous. In thn rainy Reason it overflows lis banks nnd ns thero Is nothing to Indicate thn channel Its vnlun for transportation of tronns nnd supplies is small. The nrln rlpnl difficulties to bo ovnrcomn are, there fore, those connected with transportation nnd supply As tho column ndvnnccs, de tnehtnents must bo left to keop open com munications a I'd hold tho places taken. On arriving before Pekln a slega might bo necessary. Tho city Is surrounded by a wall forty fcot thick, faced Insldo nnd out with brick nnd stone from ono to two feet thick, nnd tills in turn by a moat fifty feet wide. A flat space, nbout 100 feet wide, lies between the wall and moat. Pekln Is dependent for its supplies from tho outside. It has Immcnso granaries, but these nro outside tho walls nnd could bu captured. If the Chinese contemplato determined resistance nnd their opera tions nro conducted with ability, tho cap ture nf tho city would be no easy matter, ns tho time before nn Investment could bo made could he employed In provisioning the wnllcd city." IOWA'S VACANT HKS VTUIISHIP. Aliiiiulniiei1 of Henmiiieil Mnlerlnt front Wlilrli In Cliaoie. Philadelphia Times, Tho death ot Senator Gear of Iowa leaves a vacancy In the senato of tho United States which will almost certainly bo filled by . man of distinguished nblllty nnd nlrrndy known to fame. Iowa has for long years held a command ing position lu both house and senate ot the national legislature. Busslrm thero hns tint compelled her young men aspiring to pub lic placo to become the mere servants of n political trurt. Tho best selections nro made, tor state nnd national otnccn. Mem bors of tho national houso havo been usually graduated from the state legislature, nnd the two seats In the national senate havn been nlmcst Invariably filled by graduates of tho national house. In both bodies Iown hns presented n suc cession of legislators which has left Its mnrk upon every Una of statutory enact ment almost from tho timo when the ter ritory was erected Into n state. For moro than a quarter of a century tho name ot William D.. Allison has been nearly ns familiar a that of nny president of the United States. Gear's long servlco lu tho house, his tenure of tho office of assistant eecretary of the treasury and his term bl nnd re-election to tho senato made him only less well known. Ills predecessor, Jamcu F. Wilson, wna a worthy colleague for Al lison. Judging from the past, Iown will bo cer tain to tako from tho house to fill tho senate vncancy one nt the sovernl representatives whose nntncii nro known throughout the laud. Henderson, now speaker of tho former friends by' treatment which was no doubt well Intended. The atmosphere of tho senate would bo the more concenl.il ts him on this nccount. Representative Dolllver, late n candldnto for the republican nomination for vice pres ident, will be In tho running, nnd It goes without saying thnt his brilliant oratory would find fuller expresrlon in tbo senato than In tho house. Representative Hull Is another example) of the typo of Allloon, Ho possesses the genius of Industry coupled with line ability. Representative Cousins has gntned a reputation for brllllnnt oratory nlmcst equal to that ot Dolllver. Repre sentative Hepburn of tho exlremo south western district of tho stato has no su perior In the house u a debater aud pos sibly no equal In the employment of sar casm and Invective. Few states of tho union havo so notable a circle, coupling great legislative experlenco with unusital abilities, from which to choos an occupant for a scat In tho senate. IX A I.MiHT VKI.N. -.1. 1 - nMMA.1. V,. limt n lit nt visitors last week, didn't yon?" sr.. ... tl.ni iiumt bmnn WM DAtU I vnt " ii 11 111 j "n' is win our three daughters back with them." ri.in-rr T i-llinn,. I "Vm." lin said. "I nm bound to make myself known. I would , . .. l.,.,.unl.nl.l n'nril IH1VI! IIIV IIKlim it",".. .." "'.. "Well, Hint's easy," was tho reply. Then) Is no law against a man mnkluc a fool of himself, you know. Will vou Jump from the Mrooklyn bridge or shoot tha Niagara ruplds?" Indianapolis Journal: "Did you seo that trolley party go by?" "No; they mndu such n racket It wob as much as I could do to hear them." Cleveland Plain Dialer: "Yes. thnt new pitcher of ours run pitch two games In suc cession and pitch 'em both equally well." "I don't see how he enn do It." "Why, ho uses all his fancy preliminary motions In hla first game: In the second grime ho leaves them out. Washington Star: "LI Hung Chnng In an evasive sort of person," remarked onu diplo mat. "I wonder what his politics Is ot preneol." "It's hard to toll," answered the other. "The fact that hi) doesn't wear any whis kers la nbout thu only clue. Wo can bu comparatively sure that ho Isn't a mlddlc-of-thc-roud populist." Detroit Fres Press: 'What Is a back number, pa? "Well, 11 photograph of the family of a man who didn't got tho pnlltleal nomina tion ho expected might l so considered." Chlrugo Times-Herald: "Do you find, Judge," nuked thn fair young woman, "that most of those who npiiear beforn you with petitions for dlvnrco uro people who weru married In haste?" "Well, I don't know ns I can say that thoy nro," hu replied, "but there's ono thing I do know." "What's that?" "Most of them marry In hnsto as soon as thu divorces are granted." Chicago Trillium: "I nm so glad, Harold, that you married mo for my money." "What do you mean by that, Uellu?" "Because you nro going to bo so beauti fully loft. Papa hns fulled," Haltlmoro American: Towson There's no Use trying to bu up-to-dnto In slung. Yorkrodo Why? Towson Thero Is no Chinese cqulvat for "trek." AVIIF..V PA SAID l)..I.V. San Francisco Examiner. My pa wits n pious man aa ever Heaven won. Although you might not reckon so et Judgln' by his son. Ilo went to ehurrh on Sunday twlco and frequently went three. An' gen oily took inu along, which fac' brought grief to me. On Wednesday night Ills voice was heard In words nf earnest prayer. An' when "revival" tlmu coruu round "my pa was nlwnys thero. Yes, ho was pious, sum enough; nu falso preteiiso nor sham, An' that Is why I alines' luffed that timo ho muttered "damn!" Buys pa that day: "I guess I'll go an' glv tho stock sumo hay," An' then hn whistled sorter low an', smllln', walked nway; An' put on my olo straw hat an' wont along1 to Hen, Fer 1 was kinder fond ot pa an' hu was fond of me. Ho got on top thn stack of hay nn' throw the fodder down, An' then he says: "Look out, my boy! I'll slldu unto thn Broun'." An' then hu slid! Oreat sufferln' kino! Ills feolln' wns no sham. Ho landed on a heifer's back that limn hu muttered "dumn!" Ho landed on a heifer's bnck, hla legs astride, nn' well. Which onu of thorn was skeered tho mail I'm blessed of I can tell. The heifer mooed, an' pa ho gave a yell most llko 11 wall I s'posH I'd better heru explain hu faced tho critter's tnll Tho helfur run away an" pa hn went 'long1 with her, too. lie said: "WI1011! Dern It! Heaven savo!" What elHu was hu to do? An' when thn heifer mopped at last an' throwed him with 11 Blum Into a mud hole, pa lay there an' gasped an' muttered "damn!" I took a honrd an' scraped my pa tho best that 1 could ilo. An' sorter scooped him from tho mud, nn' tried to cheer him, too; Hut nil hu said was; "I-er-suy-say, Alfred, did l-swear?" An' I replied; "All that I heard was words of fervent prayer " A look of pencil atoln o'er his fnco; h. smiled an' said: " "I'ls well. I feared my ramal nature Biiokn a word I'd hatn to toll." 'Twiis years ago an he's gono home, but glad to feel I am That H I ill up there, hu doesn't know that once hu said u. "damnl"