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AIlTins M2AVINO roil" .SUMMHIt.
I'll 1-Me lonvltiK tin- (.ty for
tlm niiliilner mity I111 . The Ilro
rut In tliriu ri-Hiiliirly liy
liotlfyliiK The lire Illinium
olllec, In iirrnmi or hy mnll,
Tl"" udilrenn will hr cliiuiKcd
tin oflen 11 k itculrcil.
What litis become of the Ice trust?
Id It melting away or lias It been boxed
tip?
ltoosovolt's visit to Nebraska litis been
fixed for October. Mark It oti your cal
endar. Tho best way to advertise Omaha Is
to build up Us Industries and expand
Itfl commerce.
Ilrynn'.s Indianapolis speech may bo
Ills greatest speech, but still It Is not
groat enough to laud the coveted Whlto
House plum for him.
This Is the season when political leg
pullers begin to blossom out with all
kinds of schemes to save the party and
lino their own pockets.
Train robbing Is likely to lose somo
f Its fascination If this practice of
Using cohl lead as n cold blanket on
tho Industry Is encouraged,
Tho traveling man who voted for
McKlnley, but who Intends now to vote
for Ilrynn. has always Just taken tho
last train to the next town.
If the Hoard of Kducatlon designs to
unbuilt n bond proposition this fall It
should take the peoplo Into Its confi
dence before the national campaign
roaches fever heat.
Tollce Judge Gordon knows Just
Where tho milk In that cocoanut Is.
Jfor further particulars ask his law
partner, who Is tho attorney for tho
nillk embalmers.
Omaha has fated very well durJug
the torrid season so far. Other cities
.report deaths and prostrations from
nunstroke, while Omaha has escaped ull
futilities to date.
The lengthening street fair calendar
In tho towns and cities of this and sur
rounding states Is further testimony to
the prosperity and enterprise of the peo
ple of the great west.
It has been fully a week since Gov
ernor I'oynter has beeu engaged in a
controversy with employes of any state
Institution. Times must be approach
ing stagnation at the state house.
The republican campaign In Nebraska
li causing the popocrats an endless
amount of worry, especially when con
trasted with the ragged charge of the
plo-counter brigade. Hut Just wait till
things get real lively.
Hecauso ex-Speaker Heed refuses to
talk about campaign Issues until ho
Rots ready the popocrntlc reporters try
to guess what ho might say. Tho
trouble with these people Is, however,
that they turn out poorly us mind
readers. Governor I'oynter has betaken him
self, with his olllclal family, to the
wilds of Colorado for an outing. Tho
governor doubtless has taken precau
tion to get his receipt for his railway
ticket, but of course he cannot be re
sponsible for the other peoplo who
trnvel with him.
Hecauso President McKlnley, recog
nizing the progress of events, has made
his policy conform to chancing condi
tions he Is charged with shifting. The
critics persist In Ignoring the fact that
tho nation has shifted several steps
forward since the days of Jefferson,
Jucksou and Lincoln.
No matter what olllclal ruling may be
tuade on the formal protest, tho fusion
crowd will have considerable dlillculty
la making the public believe that the
law leaves an opening for the silver
republicans to got ou the ballot, while
excluding tho mldroad populists.
"Equality before tliu law" is Nebraska's
motto.
11 mw i v inn npiHYf Mur.ih,
'1 he desperate straits In whlih the
fusion manipulators In this state llml
themselves ate evidenced by their early
reort to lift Ion and falsehood to man
tifneture capital for their cause. One of
the latest examples of popoi-ratlc men
dacity Is to be found In the following
Item, taken from the Kwlng Advocate,
a populist weekly, and which Is being
distributed through the other Nebraska
popocnitle papers:
Swift and Company havo issued an order
prohibiting, under penalty of dismissal,
any of their employes from reading tho
newspapers, either In the yanU or at
their homes. Wo aro progressing lu Im
perialism. This would be a terrible exhibit of tho
fruits of Imperialism If It were true,
but, like the other Imperialistic bug
bears, It has no foundation In fact,
Quito the contrary, when brought to tho
attention of tho Swift establishment,
the following statement was made en
tering explicit denial to the chnrge:
Wo havo not previously seen tho para
graph to which you direct our attention,
but have no hesitancy In stamping tho
same as n gross misrepresentation of tho
policy and practice of the company. We
presume It is based on an old regulation
that has been in forco for at least live or
six years to tho effect that employes of
the several plants aro not permitted to
read newspapers while on duty, or, in fact,
to wasto their time during working hours
in any other manner. Tho report that this
very proper restriction is extended to tho
entire yards and to tho homes of our em
ployes Ib, of course, simply nonsense and
scarcely worthy any serious considera
tion. This should bo sulllclent to have the
ISryauite literary bureau call In the pal
pable falsehood about the alleged Im
perialistic decree against newspaper
reading, but that Is hardly to be ex
pected. l'or the popocrats to tell the truth
might Interfere with their progress lu
campaign faking.
JWr.l.YVj' I.AMK W.h'KSSK.
Senator Hoar characterizes Mr. Ilry
an's defense of his course In procuring
tho ratification of the Paris treaty as
exceedingly weak and lame. It will not
bear examination for a moment, said
tho Massachusetts senator. Mr. Hoar
did everything lu his power to prevent
the ratification of the treaty and ho
declares that everything he tried to do
"was brought to naught by the action
taken by Mr. ltryan, an action taken
against the remonstrance of the wisest
leaders lu his own party." Among
these was Senator Money of Mississippi,
who made a Strong speech against rati
fication, saying among other things:
"Does any man say we are going to
have peace by ratifying this treaty?
Yes, we will have peace with Spain,
but we will begin war with the Fili
pinos." He further said regarding the
resolutions that had 1hcii Introduced In
the senate that they were worth little
more than as a text for open discus
sion In that body. There Is no doubt
that Senator Money had Mr. Ilryan's
attitude In mind when he made this
speech.
The New York Kvonlug Post, which
Is In accord with Mr. llryan regarding
so-called "Imperialism," says of his de
fense that it Is the weakest part of
his notlltcation speech. It says of Ilry
an's course lu urging tho ratification of
the treaty that "we shall never bis quite
satisfied that It was not a part of his
plans to keep tills Issue alive for polit
ical use," a view that Is widely enter
tained. At all events, the responsibil
ity of Mr. llryan for the ratification of
the Pails treaty Is unquestionable and
no amount of explanation can relievo
him of this. As to the nntl-imperlallsm
of the Ilrynnlte party, It Is correctly
characterized by Senator Hoar as a
mask to cover tho things they havo hail
most at heart from tho beginning the
free coinage of silver and the other
demands of the Chicago platform.
Till! AKir XULUI'ICATIOX.
In n letter to the New York Sun, Sen
ator Chandler of New Hampshire dis
cusses In earnest and temperate lan
guage the disfranchisement of negro cit
izens in the south, which he argues
amounts to a virtual nulllilcatlon of the
federal constitution. Senator Chandler
says that tho southern democrats, not
satlsiled with northern silence concern
ing the horrible lynchlngs of black men
In recent years, and northern acqui
escence lu the suppression lu fact al
though not In form of the "right of the
colored people to the suffrage under the
tlfteenth amendment, aro proceeding to
nullify that amendment In form as
well as in fact by Inserting new clauses
In their state constitutions taking the
ballot from the black man and further
more, not being able to adopt such
clauses through fair elections, they are
carrying their adoption by mob vio
lence, by destroying free speech and by
the Intimidation of legal voters." lie
asks, "must the north take no action lu
view of this new southern nulllilca
tlon?" and says: "There are now forty
representatives In congress and forty
electoral votes based upon the colored
population. If against these loaded
southern dice we not only elect McKln
ley, as we shall do, but also elect a
republican house of representatives,
which against such odds we may not
do, we must pass an apportionment bill
based upon the new census of lPOO. In
deed, It Is the duty of tho present con
gress, republican In both branches, to
pass such a bill In the coming winter.
What shall we do as to representatives
to bo based upon the colored population,
when the colored males aro not allowed
to vote, are disfranchised not only lu
fact, but by open, public, nullifying
clauses In state constitutions?"
Senator Chandler estimates the col
ored population of the union under the
new census at about 10,000,000 and says
If the number necessary for each rep
resentative Is advanced from 170,000 to
200,000 there will be tlfty represent n
tlves based upon the black citizen. He
thinks these representatives and the
Ufty electoral votes should not be as
signed to the south and urges that tho
north cannot nvold taking notice of the
now nulllilcatlon now openly In power
In Louisiana nnd North Carolina. The
actual suppression of colored suffrage
In some of the southern states may per
haps be Iguurud, but not Its formal sup
presslou by state ronMiHitlotin In Lou
Islana nnd North Carolina and other
stati s to follow, "and kIku and seal an
acknowledgment of our perildy iindf
degradation by passing laws recognizing
and approving those stale constitu
tions." Senator Chandler regards It as an Im
perative duty to enforce the fifteenth
amendment by act of congress. He de
clares that If this duty Is not performed
retribution will some time reach both
sections alike. He urges that the pres
ent duty of republicans Is to elect Mc
Klnley and Hoosevelt by enormous iop
ular majorities In the northern, middle
and western states and by a sulllclent
majority lu the electoral college, and
nlso. to elect a republican house, If that
can be done against the forty extra
southern representatives based upon the
colored population.
Senator Chandler does not In the least
overestimate the Importance of what
he terms the "new nulllilcatlon." It Is
a matter of vital concern, which must
be lirinly and courageously dealt with.
iroHW nut in:iuni.ii. rr.rns.
Now that the republicans of Douglas
county have a central body to direct
the active club work of the campaign,
It Is of the utmost Importance to party
success that the ranks of the various
ward and precinct clubs be reinforced
by new recruits from the great mass of
republican voters. This Is a presiden
tial year and every man who Intends
to cast his vote lor the republican na
tional ticket should have his name en
rolled as a member of a republican
club.
The work of the republican clubs Is
most effective when they keep out of
factional contests nnd devote their en
tire energies to lining up republicans
for the battle of the ballots. It Is not
the business of the clubs to foist candi
dates uiou the party. That Is the
province of the voters who participate
in primary elections and the delegates
selected by them to carry out their wish
lu conventions.
Tho naming of candidates by clubs
In advance of conventions usually leads
to personal and factional contention
and division that demoralize the party
organization and Aveaken the Inlluonco
of the clubs. It Is the privilege of nny
element lu the party to propose and
support delegations for nominating
conventions who will give expression
to their views 11 ml wishes. .Most of the
regular clubs ate made up of a variety
of elements and their membership rep
resents till shades of party sentiment,
hence all efforts to force the preference
of a majority attending any particular
meeting upon the minority cannot pre
vent division at the primaries.
The work of tho republican chilis Is
most beneficial to the party when It Is
centered upon organization and educa
tion. The chief object of the clubs
should be to make converts to the re
publican cause by every means within
their reach and to see that every re
publican vote Is registered and polled.
A populist lament Is going the rounds
that we have nine kinds of money. The
extreme populist, of course, would bo
satisfied with nothing short of pure flat
In the form of unredeemable paper,
though he might accept fiO-coiit 10 to
sliver as a half-way measure. Hut
the nine kinds of money employed by
the country under republican admin
istration are each and every ono worth
100 cents on the dollar anil freely ex
changeable for gold without discount.
Nine kinds of good money are prefer
able to bad money lu any number of
kinds, great or small.
That the enemy does not underesti
mate the strength of the republicans lu
this state Is shown by the frantic efforts
made lu all parts to draft unwilling can
didates upon the fusion local tickets in
order to help bolster up the weakness
of tho fusion state ticket. Nebraska Is
a battleground In earnest this year and
none realize It better than the fusion
managers, who are meeting with dis
couraging signs on every side, where
prosperity Is a standing argument for
the republicans.
Candidate llryan Is an expert In de
tecting political shadows, but lie Is
never able to make the same one an
swer for two campaigns. He pictures
the country on the verge of ruin every
time he takes the stump, but the only
time It has approached that stage since
his advent lu the political arena was
when he got whnt he wanted lu the
shape of the Wilson bill.
It Is remarkable that no Hryanlto
howler has yet entered complaint that
the American minister at Pckin should
have Joined with the other foreign dip
lomats In making the lltitlsh legation
their fortress against the attacks of the
Hoxers. A Hryanlte minister would of
course shy at anything llrltlsh, even If
he ran the risk of massacre by staying
out.
According to one of Ilryan's chief or
gans, "death, war and taxes are the
three principal products of republican
management." Hut the llryanltes boast
that they forced the war upon the pros
Idcnt and the war taxes and deaths
may be traceable directly to their work.
Self-arraignment Is tho only way to
characterize such charges.
Korea ot 11 sum pic
Detroit Kreo Press.
Ineplred by tho eagerness at. tbe Chris
tian nutlona to effect a "divvy" In China two
Colorudo civIUzers wont through tho Pull
man aleepers on a Union Pacific train.
lilt In llic Solnr PlexlK.
llaltlmoro American.
Uryan's argument Hint the prevailing pros
perity Is largely visionary In nhly aimwcred
by the fact that we aro able to go down Into
our Jeans and lend England a 125,000,000
bank roll.
Too l''ny for That.
Portland Orctronlnii.
Tho Declaration of Independence was not
circulated ns a democratic document In the
North Carolina campaign and no demo
cratic orator thero waxed eloquent in de
nouncing the government without tho con
sent ot tho governed,
Thr Olilnrir I'riililr 111.
Philadelphia Iteeord.
A little problem In arithmetic should be
submitted to IIir follouM who, like ox-Consul
IUrrett, talk so glibly about the Ulvl-
it n of (liiin If ,To troopa be required
tj keep .lin s ojVO I'lllrluw h w many
timed men w. ul. tie irclH tu conquer nnd
keep Iti stilijr (toil 100.000,000 C'hlueef An
swer 3.20.000.
t ninth if oinfiirl.
Washington Post,
fortunately, tliVW'are no Chlneso com
pounders of dialect foctry. Owing to tho
unlimited number of dialects In that country
such a vocation wotlM lend additional ca
lamity to tho situation.
Witrinliiu xmr tho I'lulsli.
ChletiKci inter Ocean,
(leneral lord llohcl(8 regrets to say that
tho garrison at Kyf river ban been cap
tured by the liners, but hastens to add that
Methucn Is In pursuit of DeWct. These aro
merely little Incidents In another chapter
ot a war that was to bo 8Upprccd in six
weeks.
A K nor U-Out Aruiiiiient.
Indianapolis Journal.
The report of the State Hanking Hoard of
Nebraska shows that the aggregate bank de
posits in the Btate are nearly two and ono
half times as much ns they were at tho
cloio ot tbe Innt Cleveland administration.
That is a knock-down argument, but per
haps Mr. Ilryau will answer It by saying he
U not 3 Cleveland man.
In Abdul t) rr-lliiu f
Philadelphia North American.
Abdul Ilnintd, tho royal deadbent of
Kurope, promised to pay Uncle Sam's llttlo
bill on Augunt 3, but when the collector
called on the appointed day Abdul not only
did not pay, but would not even tell him
when to call ngaln. Tho miltan thinks tho
powers aro too busy In China to glvo serious
attention to his financial irregularities.
It ml I)- AMrni'tN Attention.
Boston Transcript.
Tho fart that four of tho building and loan
associations ot Pittsburg havo been placed
in tho hands of receivers Is mainly nota
ble bcrnuse ot tho rarity of ono of tho In
stitutions coming to grief. They havo been
of Inestimable benefit to the peoplo of the
middle class nnd when ono of them docs
come to hard luck It serves to emphaiilzo
tho wonderful prosperity which has followed
them as a class.
nt Vet Kiulril.
St. I.otils Olobe-Demoernt.
Tho world ut largo has forgotten the Door
war, but England has good reason to keep
it lu mind. It that conllict were ended Lord
Roberta would undoubtedly bo sent to
China, but until Krugur gives up thero will
bo no clianeu ot taking Roberts or nny con
siderable part of his army out of South Af
rica. This Is n humiliating situation for
England. Nothing that tho Doers can do
hereafter will havo the slightest Influence
on their fortunes In the future except In
tho way of preventing their friends lu
England from saving anything for them lu
tho coming canvass for Parliament. Never
theless tho light in tho Transvaal is not
yet ended.
I, AMI Oh' TIIU IIAIIIC SHADOW,
II II h of Iiifiiriiuilloii About China it ml
Men Prominent In the I'niy.
The distinction that falls to Count von
Waldcrseo on conitnander-ln-chlef of the
allied army operating In China Is tho rarest
in modern history. To command tho crack
fighting men of five leading nations leagued
for humanity's sake Is a great honor in It
self, not so much bn account of the size of
the allied army, but because tho allloi, no
toriously jealous and suspicious of each
other, should accept His leadership. That
constituted an uncommon trlbuto to his mil
itary skill and experience. The count Is 03
years of age, fifty nf which bnvo been Fpent
In tho army. Ho Is a pupil of Von Moltko
and served with tho master chief of the
German army through tho war of 1800 and
through tho Krnu'co-Oermnn war. winning
great distinction In both campaigns. In
1S82 ho bc-camo quartermaster general of
tho Oerman army and acted as deputy chief
of tho general ntnff 011 behalf of the aged
Von Moltkr, on whouo resignation ho suc
cenled to tho position of chief of tho gen
eral staff.
Tho pugnacious spirit of tho count fre
quently crops out In civil life. He had a
spirited tusslo with Illsmnrck when tho Iron
chancellor hnd tho powor to mako and un
mako generals and came out of the contro
versy with oven honors, Later, when HIs
marck began tho publication of so-called
"stnto secrets," tho present emperor bus
pectenl Count Walderseo of furnishing somo
of tho material and transferred him to an
obseiiro military garrison. Ho was soon re
stored to Imperial favor and now evidently
stands at tho bead of German army com
manders. Tho count is married to an Amer
ican woman and pleasantly remarku that ho
la "half Amerlcau."
John Fowler, tho United States consul at
Cho Foo, China, has bevn in tho govern
ment servlco over nlnco reaching manhood
for twenty-one years. Ileglnnlng In 1873
as a clerk In tho Washington Navy Yard,
where he stayed two years, ho was later
transferred to tho Tallapoosa and stayed on
It until it was wrecked In 1885. Ten years
ago ho was appointed consul nt Ning Po
by President Hurrlson, whenco ho was trans,
forred to Cho Foo by President Cleveland
lu 1890.
Sheng, chief of posts and telegraph In
China, la tho politest of Chlnumen. A cor
respondent says ho welcomed you with a
charming smile, hangs on your words ami
takes uaro that his reply la exactly what
ho thinks you llko to bo told.
When ho honors you with a visit ho Is
simply perfect, and as ho withdraws from
your presenco backward, "chln-chlnnlng"
that is, with hands closed and knuckles
touching on tho level of what ho Is pleased
to call his heart, you recognize a muster of
deportment.
Ho Is, Indeed, an excellent specimen of a
worn-out civilization, from which every
thing gcnulno had departed centuries bo
foro wo attained to tho dignity of n coat
of paint. Not oven Shcng's dearest friend
lias over attributed to him any virtue but
extreme affability.
Ho Is a ncphow of LI Hung Chang, hut
the relationship has been repudiated by
tho latter whenever, Sheng ha3 had tho mls
fortuno to bo disgraced and degraded.
During tho Chlno-Jupaneso war Shcng's
multifarious avocations comprised a de
cision as to whotbar-,. European hospital
nurses should bo permitted to succor the
Chinese wounded,
Tho ministering nn.Bes came unprovided
with such arguments,' a? Sheng best appre
ciated, so ho declined l their services In
terms which nro reqonle'd: "A Chinaman Is
taught to bear with resignation whatovcr
fate befalls him. Pdna, far moro than
Spain, Is tho land of nn'blo sentiments nnd
Ignoble actions. Mitndarlndom being tho
plant, Shong Is tho' il'oWpr."
His talents fallod' '() find adequate scope
In tho managementvpr L'l's Immense Inter
ests, Biieh as pawnshops, mines, etc.; the
public service claimed them, and their for
tunate possessor was appointed taotal,
that Is, prefect of Shanghai, director gen
eral of telegraphs ond administrator of
railways.
It is lu connection with the tolegraphs
that Sheng's namo has been prominently
before tho public during thoso anxious
diirs,
Thore nro no lawyers In China. In place
of them nro licensed notaries, who pay
tho mandarin a certain amount for the
prlvllcgn of drawing up tho complaints
and statements ot the peoplo who may
havo business In tho court aver which the
mandarin presides. They extort heavy
fees from those whom they sorvo and
use thotr Inlluonco with the mundarln. It
Is said that much of the present trouble
had Its origin In these courts.
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A I US10N DILEMMA.
Teknmah llurtonlnn (pop.)
The Hnrtonlan this week takes
from Its county ticket the namo of
T. A. Mlnler, candidate for repre
sentative, on. these grounds:
"lie allowed his name to bo put
down on a Hoosevelt club list and
refused to have It taken off." Wo
aro Informed that ho Intends to re
sign. He should have done so at
the time he was nominated If he
did not want the nomination. True,
he was not present, but Ira
Thomas, who thinks he knows It
all, said In convention that it was
all fixed that Mr. Mlnler would
take the nomination. Mr. Mlnler
says he was never consulted lu tho
matter and would not havo taken
the nomination If he had been pres
ent. The llttrtonlau believes that
Mr. Mlnler could have won out
with a good majority hud he stuck
to his party and not allowed his
name to become connected with a
republican organization. Under
these circumstances we cannot
support Mr. Mlnler If he stays on
tho ticket and, furthermore, the
fusion party should hold Ira
Thomas personally accountable for
this fatal error, for he alone Is re-
spousime ior 11. j
sum shots at timki.y topics.
l.oulsvlllo Courier: Tho Omaha lleo
fears for the safety of King Ak-Sar-l)en,
elnco It has become tho custom to assassl
nato crowned heads. If tho king desires
a bodyguard GOO Nebraska newspnpers aro
at his command,
Humboldt Lender: At tho last report
the banking board found that tho doposlts
In the state private and snvlngs banks hail
Increased over 11,000,000 slnco tho report
of March of this yenr. This would Indi
cate that whllo perhaps tho rich aro get
ting richer the poor farmers nro laying by
some coin themselves these lino summer
days.
North Platto Telegraph: Tho Stato
Hoard of Transportation secretaries havo
apparently been nroused to action
at last by tho refusal of tho oudl
tor to Issuo vouchers for their salaries.
As long ns tho Interests of tho people
woro tho only matters at stako the secre
taries were content to tnko things easy
and let events shape themselves as ehanco
might direct. Now that their own source
of livelihood has been cut off they nro very
much concerned nnd threaten endless lit
igation If their pay Is not forthcoming.
Kenrney Hub: According to the report
of tho Stnte Hanking board there aro 103
stato banks In Nebraska. The quarterly
report for tho three months ending Juno
30 shows an increaso of more than J3.000,
000 In deposits, with a legal reserve of IG
per cent, which Is an increaso of 13 por
cent in the reserve. Thero aro four less
stato banks than tho previous quarter,
owing to a chango of several banks to a
national charter. This is of course en
tirely outside of tho national banks of tho
st:u. and It the showing Is kept up all
along tliu line tho Increaso In deposits or
visible wealth would almost tako tho
breath of 11 person who has not been pro
pared for tho truth.
I'OTI'OUltltl OF STATU POLITICS.
North Platte Tribune-' So long ns tho mid
rond populists voted with tho fusionlsts In
Nebraska they wero bully good fellows, but
now that they have a sta-.o ticket of their
own and Intend to support It, they are called
political renegades and mountebanks by tho
fuslonists.
Fremont Tribune: The democrats at
Hooper made an endenvur to start a cam
paign club, but there wero so few of them
who were willing to put their names on tho
membership list tho effort was a failure.
And Hooper used to be the democratic Gib
raltar of Dodgo county, too!
Dakota City Eaglo: No administration
In tho history of any stato ever had a
grandor opportunity to make u record for
themselves and their party than did tho
proscnt occupantB of the state capital, but
it was not tho kind of n record thoy prom
ised or that tho peoplo had a right to
expect.
Falls City Journal: If one-half be truo that
Is reported about tho reform school nt
Kearney it la a disgrace to tho state and
proves nil tho moro conclusively that Gov
ernor I'oynter Is either lacking In ability to
manage tho state'a affairs or Is controlled by
a gang of disreputable politicians, either of
which is reason suillcleut that ho should not
bo 10-ulectcd.
Weeping Water Uopubllenn: Hon. E. M.
Pollard, president of tho Stnte League ot
Young Men's Republican Clubs, hn.i
opened headquarters at Nchawka and will
conduct tho campaign from there. Mr.
Pollard proposes to mako n strong light for
a glorious victory this full and as things
seem to bo coming tho right way In Ne
braska ho will undoubtedly win.
Goring Courier: Judging from tho in
tensity of tho World-Herald's "get to
gether" appeals It Is having a hard time
to whip tho democrats of tho two loenl
factions Into doublo harness in support of
tho stato ticket. I'oynter lacks a good
deal of being a favorite in Douglas county
under any circumstances and tho way the
populists of Omaha wont into tho middle-of-the-road
movement bodes no good to
the demo-pop combine,
Norfolk News: Tho dcpcslts In Nebraska's
405 private and state banks have Increased
during tho last three months $3,001. 140.01.
If Mr. Urynn had dralrod to do a really good
turn for his stnto and its citizens ho would
have mentioned this fact In his Indinnapolls
speech. It would have been a good adver
tisement. His attention wns so much at
tracted, however, by "Imperialism" and ca
lamity that ho didn't dnro do justice to a
few truthful facta. If ho can win out by
utterly Ignoring prosperity facts It will be
ono of tho wondciti of tho enlightened nine
teenth century.
Pawnco Press: Tho standing of Nebraska
in tho union of states has retrograded to
no Inconsiderable extent slnco tho birth
of fuslonlstn and will remain well down In
tho scale until given nn administration of
patriotism and principle Our olllces havo
been utilized for political purposes; tho
Imperial edict has been brought against
some of tho best citizens of tho stnto; our
charltnblo Institutions havo been tho scenes
of constant turmoil nnd intrigue; our cit
izen soldiery havo been openly insulted
and tho affairs ot tho stnte, In tho hands of
tho present clique, nro manipulated lu the
Interest nnd under tho dictatorship of the
greatest political potentate of tho age. Hut
tho opportunity will soon be at hand to
undo tho pernicious work of theso ofllctnl
hodcarrlers and sycophants nnd place the
commonwealth on tho national roll of
honor, where It belongs, and It belongs
nt tho head of tho list as tho most glo
rious stnto In the union.
MiiiuiiiH Inntltiilr rliirn.
ONAWA. la., Aug. 12. (Special.) The
Monona County Normal Institute closed
leday. Tho attendanco has not been quite
up to former yours, but tho Instructors have
been very able and the teachers urn well
pleased with their work, About 150 teachers
were enrolled.
PAIIA.MOt NT issi n now, i:st,
( mniitrte mill l.oulenl,
Washington Post (In I rep)
Tho democratic party can well reft con
tent with tho presentation of the Issue ot
Imperialism mado by Mr llryan In his
speech nt Indianapolis. It Is tlm most com
plete nnd logical argument which has yet
beeu submitted.
I.i'iivrn No Dmiht,
Haltlinoro Sun tgold ilcm )
It Is 11 clear, straightforward, comprehen
sive statement of tho grounds of demo
cratic opposition to Imperialism. No ono
can rend this speech and bac any doubt
ns to what Is the attitude of Mr. llryan and
tho democratic party on tho "paramount
Issuo" of this campaign.
Tinielirx thr lltilliiti,
Atlanta Constitution (deni.)
Mr. llryan has touched the button nnd set
tho pace. Ho talks for tho Americanism
which has mado our country si nine- nml
great; he talks for principles which havo
grown with the civilization of tho people.
Democracy affords tho only hopo of saving
uic nation irom imperialism.
I'orxnheN Free Silver,
Phlluileliihlit PiesH (ion 1
Tho most Interesting feature of tho four
democratic campaign speeches delivered at
Indianapolis Is tho common understanding
tlicy tdiow of n determination by tho demo
cratic leaders to run mm rmm Dm ilv.,r
question, Ilrynn, who would not nccept tho
nomination unless a declaration for free sil
ver nt 16 to 1 was put Into tho platform,
hns lost lu August tho courago of his July
convictions. In his long speech of acknowl
edgment of thu notification of his nomina
tion ho does not pay tho silver iiuostlou
tho cold respect of n passing glance.
"SrnroltliiHr nml CmieliiMlt
Now York World (gold dem 1
Considered thus us nn argument nimtnat
tho Imperial policy, as n warning ngnlust
militarism nnd a plea for liberty for all
men, Mr. Ilryan's speech will rank ns per
haps tho most logical, eloquent and con
ducing of all his public efforts. His nn
nljsls of and answer to tho republican rea
sons for holding tho Philippines nro most
seuruhlng nnd conclusive.
Mennce nf llrynnlxni.
Now York Tribune (rep.)
Tho nation Is in no mood for accepting
candidates on tho strength of moro npol
ogles and nssttrances thnt they enn do no
mischief slnco their hands aro tied. It
Is not to bo beguiled by nny trumpery
masks of "antt-iinperlnllsm." It takes
Mr. Ilrynn nt his word, that It "will not
consent to thu consideration of nny other
question" so loug ns It Is menaced with ,1
Ilryunlzlng of Its flnancea and an Altgold
Izlng of Its administration ut Justice,
Himv About thr Smith,
New York Sun (rep.)
Ilrynn's long-winded and dreary essay on
"Imperialism" Is reduced to absurdity by
the proceedings of his followers In disfran
chising the negro citizens of tho southern
stntcs. Even if thnt policy of tho demo
cratic party Is justllled 011 the ground of
expediency, of tho necessity of "whlto su
premacy," nouo tho less, of course, does It
fly In tho face of the "consent of the gov
erned" principle of tho Declaration of In
dependence, to which Ilrynn expresses so
tender a devotion.
'Worthy of SrrluiiH Thouuht.
Philadelphia Times (gold dem.)
Whether or not It was most politic to
devoto his speech of ucceptanco entirely
to a discussion of tho policy of the ad
ministration toward the Philippines may
bo differently Judged according to tho In
terests or sympathies of Individuals or
localities; but it cannot bo denied thnt
Mr. llryan has not merely expressed tho
convictions of n largo part of tho Ameri
can people, but has made his argument
upon such broud lines nnd In such a dlg
nllled Amerlcnn spirit that It will bo Im
possible for those who hold contrary
views to treat it lightly.
Thr Mint In .tliiUc AiiMirrr.
Philadelphia North American (rep.)
Tho man to answer llryan Is Theodore
Hoosevelt. Hryan brings sentiment, phil
osophy and quotations from thu fathers to
the firing lino. Roosevelt Is 11 militant Im
perialist und cares for nono of these things
when they make against tho strenuous na
tional life which expansion opens to us.
llrjnn Is a fouuiun worthy of Roosevelt's
steel, and It will be for tho ndvnntngo of
tho republican party If tho vice presi
dential candidate shall charge sword In
hand upon this plea ot tho democratic
leader for thu evacuation ot tho Islands
that havo already cost us so much lu 1 If 0
nnd money. llryan makes nn able plea
thero Is no denying that but Colonel
Roosovolt Is not u wurrlor who craves eusy
victories.
A .Shifty OpiM.rtlliilHt.
HnfTalo Express (rep.)
Tho notable fcaturo of Mr. Ilryan's
speech of acceptation at Indianapolis Is
that It Is devoted from first to Inst to a
discussion of imperialism. Tho champion
of silver hns so far subordinated tho doc
trine to which four years ago ho had con
secrated his life thnt he had no word to
say in regard to It. Four years ngo this
same candidate for tho presidency pro
claimed: "When wo havo restored the
motley of the constitution nil other nec
essary reforms will bo possible, and until
that is done thero is no reform that can
bo accomplished." Today this opportunist
sees another reform thnt ho proposes to
accomplish before ho restores "the money
of tho constitution." Four years ago it
was frco silver that was the "great para
mount Issuo." Now ho has found n new
paramount Issue. Is tho false prophet of
181)6 entitled to confidence as a true prophet
In 1900?
PKItNO.MAI, POINTKHH.
A thief In New York pleaded that ho had
to steal to qulot his nerves.
Thus far the democrats havo only lost
one Towno. Hut the cnmpalgn Is young.
If China Issues n sufficient number of Im
perial edicts one of them Booner or Inter
may get enforced.
Secretary Long bus set his fnco ngnlnst
tho shirt wnlst ns nffected by tho male
biped. No one, ho snys, will bo nllowed
to rldo in tho Nnvy department elevators
with his coat off.
Tho Berkshire Historical society of Lenox,
Conn., propose to mako a public park of
tho lurgo maple grove whereon, until 18H0,
stood the "Llttlo Red Houso" whero Na
thaniel Hawthnrno lived from tsr.0-.12. "
The campaign train which tho prohibi
tionists Intend to send out In October will
boor as its emblem nn nrmy canteen In
verted, which might bo tuken as a sign
that tho schemo will not hold water.
IjomhroKo nnd Nnrdau, who call gonitis
Insanity, have been outdone by tho French
doctor, Mnurlco do Floury, who has dis
covered that lovo Is a malnily nf tho mind
to bo classed among tho most distressful
of diseases.
Mltzurlrl Hcrndo. tho Japanese scholar
who Is traveling In this country, said the
other day In New Orleans that I.afcadlo
Ileum, the Amerlcnn innn of letters urn I
profeftsnr In Kobe university, was tho most
popular foreigner In Japan.
"Tho most prominent citizen lu Sheridan,
Wyo.,".says a correspondent of the Chi
cago Record, "Is tho futuro duke of Ports
mouth, whoso mother was a Miss Walkei
of Chicago and whose father Is Oliver II.
Wallop, son of tho late duko of Portsmouth
and brother of the present duko, who is
childless, Tho Wallop youngster, who Is
'ill in kill, 1.1 Hi err firs the hmr apparent
1.1 th. 11... I.m ;til hl.i fn'lnr t k him
mrr t) I iiiiland Inst summ, to hnte him
' rcgi.itircl as he nays an ,,K the nobility
Li ih iMiil tlnrLn I Fay who lias
tarlod for China lu command of a dutach
nient of marines, was a un of the Into W.
W. Fny, professor of English In the Naval
nendctny, who was (lie most popular mem
ber of tho BCiidoni) faculty for years and
to whom n memorial Is soon to be erected
In tho ncadomy grounds. Lieutenant Fay
U n graduate of St. John's college, Annnp
oils, in tho class of 1st?, nml was appointed
to the innrlno corps by PrcMdCnt McKlnley
last spring.
Robert W. Gardner of Qulncy, III., win
Invented the "governor" ntlarhed to stenm
engines nearly fifty yonts ugo, Is a natlvo
of Scotland, his father Imlng been ono of
tho most noted engineers of his day. Ho
drifted into Qulncy many years ago, looking
for a school to teach or other employment,
and finally got a Job m apprentice in a mail
machlno shop of n Mr. Turner, which he aft
erward purchased, nml It wns thero that he
saw tho necessity for n "governor" for itcaji
engines nnd Invented one. I tin first patent
was trailed In 1SS0. but ho has received many
slnco for Improvements on thu "governor"
and for other Inventions, same of which
nro of corresponding importance.
STRAIGHT I ROM Tilt SIIOILULhJ
OSMOND, Neb., Aug. tl.-O. D.
Wilson, Secretary Fusion Commit
tee, Lincoln Dear Sir: Yours of
the Sth at hand and contents care
fully noted. In reply will say 1 am
doing all I can for the reform
forces ami believe the state house
should be cleaned of all sluiin re
formers who have disgraced every
state Institution since the days
of tiiat grand old man, .lohn M.
Thayer.
Now, Mr. Wilson, you will par
don my frank way of putting It,
but I tlo think you nro secretary or
the most corrupt gang of political
pirates that has ever disgraced
the fair name of our beloved com
monwealth. When you consider the recent
supreme court constitutional
amendment attempted outrage,
your nerve Is supremo to ask me
to tlo you a favor. Not only that,
but the contempt proceedings In
stituted against Kdltor Hosewater
of The lice Is enough to brnnd
your outfit as unworthy the conll
donee of a "Piute buck Indian"
when on the warpath.
What defense can you put up lu
plate form for the blunders of your
vacillating governor? How ate you
going to explain Cornell's piracy
In the auditor's ofllc,.? Will you
tell the people where Meserve
keeps nearly iflOO.OOO of (lie perma
nent school fund, or will you try to
explain away the false prophecies
of your soldier statesman (?), Wil
liam .1. llryan?
P.rothcr Wilson, for Cod's sake
and the love of all mankind drop
your musk of duplicity and decep
tion and come out for the flag, our
native land and work for the peer
less statesmen and bravo soldiers,
William McKlnley and Theodore
Hoosevelt. Then and not till then
should you ask lifelong republic
ans to assist you lu your work. I
am, very cordially,
HOYD H. I.KHDOM.
Publisher Osmond Kepubllcan.
J
l.l.MIS TO A I.Atllill.
Cllle.urn IVUm,!..- Vl'lll ..i...- i.
finW? 1 ,1 til :i n.l.,,1 ,1,.. 4j. ..... 1 1 ... 1.. 1.. ..J
Ing another sting.
"Never!" shiloked tho cintlpcdc, coming
buck at Its antagonist gamely. "Never,
whllo I have- a leg to stand on!"
Phtmtli,lih, 1... ..-.I. -.
V I .......... 1 ih-iu hip mi
many barks on the sea," remarked tho cl.'l
win, I.... ..I.... ... 11... i, ........ .7-.
...... ,, hut nn.- run. i-eriuips
tlioy ooiiiu from thu oee.iu greyhounds,"
ventured her lull companion.
Wliahltitrlnn Qtn "11,. 1 1
cnnUileneo tnnong your constituents?"
luinwi-ieu nenaior ttorgiium.
something to say about coiilldenco or bunco
or somo such Institution."
Chicago Record: "You call your parrot
'Money.' I see. Monev talks."
"Not ut nil. Don't tell nny one, but I call
him that beeausu nobody about tho housa
can make him Hy ns well us my wife can. '
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Yes, we ha I
quite a blowout nt our house early thl.i
morning."
"Peculiar time for It."
"Yes. Tho new hired girl blew out tho
gas In the jras stove, and tho gas blew out
tho side of tho kitchen."
Detroit Freo Press: Friend Whnt wem
the provisions of your father's will?
Son Well, I had hoped they would be
champagne nnd terrapin, or something llk'i
that, but tlm estate didn't pun out and I
guess about the best It can do will be com
beef nnd cabbage."
Philadelphia Record: "Wlmt's this?" ex
claimed tho city editor. " 'The extremely
happy young couple left ut once for Ilia
south.' Why do you say 'extremely?'"
"Heeatise," said the sncletv reporter, will
was married himself, "I understand neither
bride nor groom has uny relatives In tin
world.''
Chicago Post: "I thought she said shn
wouldn't go to the seashore with her aunt
this summer beeauxe the latter Insisted
upon making her wear n loon und baggy
bathing suit."
"She did, but pile bus ehanited her mind.
She has evolved a great scheme, jou know.''
What?"
"Well, her bathing suit Is to be mndu
baggy mid loose enough, hut she bus se
lected h material that Is warranted to
hlirlnk."
I'VIVCIISAI, I.I II I :it
I'pnn the ronseless loom of Fule,
For weal of men unborn, was wrought,
In dim. primeval time,
The rubric of tho virgin state,
Protecting rights with danger rrnught,
lu every land nnd ellino.
The llres of freedom brightly burned
In inoiiutalti caves. In sylvan sliaili),
In wilderness nnd plain,
'Till sword nml fcepicr overturned
The cherl-hed rights of men nail mado
Them serfs for selllsh gain.
The hlst'ry of the human rneo
Is but the record of the di oils
Of men whoso fostering enro
Has wrested from the fell embrace
Of death. In every liiuust, the seed.t
Which Jove Implanted there.
Th countless graves nf hero dead
Are but riixnngulned monuments
Which mark Hie wor'd's highway.
Whereon embattled hosts wero led
Hy unseen bunds of Provlilenco
In clv'll.utlon's fray.
Our own fair laud, with life nml blood.
Wns tnnde a glorious horltngo
Where turn's eiein.il rluhl.
Secure from kings' hnntlsmnl llood
Of wrong, uncon'.lmr win- 'v! wngo
Against oppioMHlon's blight.
The pall of empire's starless night
Will vanish where our Hug's unfurled
I in Islands of the pen.
And then our freedom's radiant llefcf
Will banish from (he western world
Its rrind savagery.
Tho sacred principle that men
Alii equal Imiiii, have equal right
Hefore tho luw. will llvo
And grow until, tu vulo nml ulen
Of every land, its virile might
Will peace und Justice give.
Omaha, Neb. II. C. WILLIAMS.
I.