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No need of sending Kansas troops over
to China there nre no breweries In that
country to capture.
Secretary Porter should take n lesson
from Hie wise curd player not to tip off
his hand too early In the game.
King Ak-Sar-Hen Is Indulging In royal
Jnunts to bring new lands nnd subjects
under his dominion. The policy of Al
Nnr-Hen Is for expansion.
Bryan will make several speeches on
his way from Lincoln to Topeka. The
temptation is plainly too great for even
Mich a great man to resist.
If the Chinese keep up tho present
rate of retreat several high otllelnls are
likely to lose a few peacock feathers and
get their yellow shirts soiled.
If the weather ninn will give Omaha
its full quota of storms and rain be fori
the opening of the musical festival next
month he will have a vote of thanks
just the same.
Since the treaty of pence between Or,
I,nng and d'ovcrnor Poynter lias not yet
become effective, another campaign may
be necesHury at Beatrice. Strange how
suspicious these reformers are of each
other.
The Iowa democrats are going through
the form of putting up a state ami elec
toral ticket. It Is only a form, how
ever. Iowa democrats have 11s much
chance of landing as republicans In Ar
kansas.
Tho popocratie organs have stopped
trying to deny that prosperity Is here
AVhat they are trying to do now is ti
divert attention from prosperity to sldi
shows and bugaboos with which they
hope to bamboozle the voters.
The popoeratlc candidate for congress
In this district has named ft emigres
slonal committee long enough to rem
from Oniahii to Ptipllllon, but not quit
long enough to reach from Papllllon to
Washington.
Krom the way In which the fusion
crowd Is squirming It Is evident souu
thing has struck them In a tender spot.
They are sparring wildly In the contest
with the nilddle-of-tlie-roaders and noth
ing but lively footwork can save tliein.
Tor fear Secretary Porter would over
look a point all the state house employes
knocked off work to attend the hearing
on the ballot protest. Public business
is a secondary consideration around the
nUtc house when politics is 011 tup.
The trading stamp controversy re
volves simply on the question of the
most effective way of advertising.
Nothing has been invented or devised
for advertising purposes that equals
printers' ink In a widely read news
paper like Tho Bee.
lown democrats are a self-sacrificing
lot. Otherwise It would be impossible
to tlud enough men to make up a state
ticket each year. The campaign has one
pood feature from their standpoint Hie
candidates are not kept In suspense re
garding the result of the campaign.
In the allotment of routes by which
the various companies of the national
guard will be transported to the annual
encampment at Hastings one railroad
seems to hae been a warded the bulk
of the business under the schedule of
the fusion adjutant general. Tills is
accidental of course.
Montague l.eveison writes to his Fili
pino friends that the situation in Hit
Philippines Is such that It prevents him
from sleeping. Had he been a citizen
nf any country except this and written
Mich n letter he would soon have been
placed In a condition In which his bleep
Mould uo longer be disturbed.
SO ARMlSTtrr
Thr- nppeal from I.I Huns ritnnc for
an nritilstlro will hn rejeeied hy Hi.h
Kovnnment. the determination beliii: to
tteeept nollilni: short of completo com-
pllniirp with tin demands originally
made. A Washington illipntiil states
tlmt the appeal of tho venerable viceroy.
now icpii".(Mitln the imperial authori
ties With power to liecollnte for pence
mill II settlement between the Chinese
anil other governments, Is almost pn-
thetlc 111 tope, showing: the desperate
trnlts to which China has been driven.
lie hinted that If the allied forces nil-
vnneeil to I'okln It would shake the
foilliilatloli of the empire, besides t;nus
Inir the deepest nlni'in to the emperor
mid empress dowaper and calamities to
the people.
These apprehensions of Knrl 1,1 are
undoubtedly well founded, but I lie de
termination to push the International
orees on to I'ekiu seems to be fully
Justified by the circumstances. The
'lllllese oVcnimcllt has certainly been
u I I'll ample opportunity to comply with
the fair nml reasonable demands nnule
upon It and having failed to do so, either
from Inability or uiiwilllni:nejs, no con
tldeiire can bo felt In any assurances
may now jjlvc. The foreiu minis
ters have all. In Identical terms, In
formed their governments that they can
not saiely leave I'ekln under Chinese
escort, that their only security In de
partlni; from the capital Is in a suf
llelent force of the allies to protect them
ami the other nlllrs. In these (ileum-
stances the only wise rourso for the
(towers Is to so on to i'ekln, to which
Hie Intermitloiial forces must now lie
very near. If they are not already under
the walls of the city. The result may
be to shake the empire to Its founda
tions, but if so Hie Chinese pivernnieiit
lias only Itself to blame.
UMirs or rut: niwi.Aii.iTtux.
The only respect in which tho position of
Mr. liryan differs from tho position of Jet
ferson Davis la that Mr. Davis Interpreted
tho Declaration of Independence to refer
exclusively to white men and Mr. Bryan
Interprets the declaration to refer to all
men. World-Herald.
What about the red men who have
been governed by the Hulled States ever
since Its foundation without according
them a part In Hie government or asking
their consent?
What, about the women who nre gov
erned mainly without their consent?
What about the forelgu-born who are
governed without their consent for live
years before their naturalization Is com
pleted?
What about the aliens, such as the
Chinese, who nre governed without
their consent and denied the privilege
of uaturall.atlou?
What about the illiterate blacks In
the south who, after having been freed
from slavery and given tho ballot by
the republican party, hnve been forcibly
deprived of their tights ami distrait
chlsed by democratic vlolenco nnd
fraud?
If Mr. Bryan Interprets the Decinra
tlon of Independence to refer to nil men
will lie Insist If elected that these ex
eluded classes now In the United States
be accorded the same privileges of par
tlclpatlng In all functions of government
as the fully enfranchised inhabitants?
run "i.tnmirr cuyant:ss."
The so-called liberty congress at In
dlnuapolls, which was really a Bryanlte
assemblage, Is not likely to make a very
marked Impression upon tho country
It was called ostensibly to promote the
cause of "antl-Imperlallsin" by independ
ent action, but the men who addressed
the congress announced their Intention
to support Bryan. Probably the entire
congress will do so, but as it contained
only about I.OO delegntes as the result
of most assiduous efforts to work up In
tercst hi the movement, they will not
be a very formidable factor in the cam
palgn or tho elecilon.
The leading spirit of the gatlierin
was Hon. Heorge S. Boiitwell of Mas
saehusetts, who declared Ids belief that
Bryan is "honest In Ids purpose to re
deem this country from degradation and
Its policy of Imperialism" and expressed
the hope that next .March there will bi
an Inauguration "to be followed by a pol
icy which will bring the troops out of the
Philippines." The venerable gentleman
took occasion to criticise the action of
President McKlniey In sending troops to
China and said: "Who authorized It V
ruder the constitution congress alone
can declare war. Can the chief magis
trate make war In the absence of a
congressional declaration of war?" Of
course most intelligent veople know
that Hie T'nlled States Is not at war with
China, but Is simply employing Its sol
diers In the effort to rescue American
otliclals and citizens besieged In I'ekln
bv a revolutionary element which the
Chinese government was unable or un
willing to control. Mr. Bout well also
said that Mr. McKlniey is the one per
son responsible lor what has bem done
iu the Philippines, Ignoring the fact
that Mr. Bryan secured the rntlilcntlon
of the Paris treaty which gave the
I'nltcd States sovereignty In the Philip
pines ami left the president no alter
native hut to assert and defend that
sovereignty.
A feature of Wednesday's session of
tlit congress was a letter from Mr.
Bourke Coekran, w ho suggested that the
congress should not hesitate to support
Bryan "because of impalpable danger
arising from his opinions on subjects
witli which, as president, lie cannot pos
sibly deal." What are these subjects.'
Are they contained in the Chicago plat
form, realllrmcd at Kansas City? Four
years ago Mr. Coekran denounced that
platform iu uuqualltled terms, if there
wtis real danger In It then why not now?
Coekran felt four years ago that Bryan
could, as president, deal witli the sub
jects contained Iu the Chicago plat
form, and he vigorously opposed hi
election. Mr. Bryan stands now a
llruily by every declaration of the Clil
cago platform as he did four years ago
yet Coekran can see only "Impalpable
danger" from Bryan's election this year
The ratiocinations of these "antl-lui
poiinllsts" are very remarkable.
But as we have said, they will make
little Impression upon the country. The
American people avt not alarmed about
so-called Imperialism, nor doe the cry
of militarism dlstuib them, nnd for the
simple reaoti that they know there Is
no such danger.
MISSTATING TIIK FACTS.
Mr. Bryan said In his iioililcallou
speech that a large permanent Increase
In our regular tinny Is Intended by re
publican leaders and referred to the fact
that lit his message of Meceinber iv.is.
the- president asked for the authority
to Increase the standing army lo loo.-
oiMt. "In IMCi." said Mr. Bryan, "the
army contained about 'J.l.ooo. Within
two years the president asked for four
times that ninny, nnd a republican house
of rcprcH'iitntlvcs compiled with the re
quest niter the Spanish treaty had been
signed and when 110 country was at
war with the Pnlted States."
Befeniiig to this the Boston Transcript
observes Hint as n matter of fact the
Increase of the standing nrniy of the
t'nlled States was not to loo.noo men.
nor was It permanent. Congress au
thorized the Increase of the army to
'..'i.ihmi and the enlistment of ,i.",(00
volunteers. The president was given
power to maintain this army until .Inly
1, Biol, and it Is understood that at
that date next year the army becomes
again about 'J7.000 men, the volunteers
being mustered out As the Transcript
says, "Willi less than one soldier to
1.000 citizens, ll does not look as though
there Is at present any grave menace in
the standing army, nnd to misstate
llgures easily corrected is not to
strengthen the democratic case against
militarism. "
lTrrni; of tin: stati-: I'Ain.
Lincoln papers are appealing to the
pride and public spirit of that city to
make the coming State fair n tlnaiiclal
success, urging that Its future depends
largely upon the support It receives at
tin hands of Hie local merchants ami
people of the community.
The Idea, however, that the Slate fair
can be perpetuated as a purely local
exhibition Is not founded on firm facts.
The only way the State fair can be
made n success In all respects Is to keep
It up to the highest standard and ftilllll
the design of Its original promoters.
I'lie State fair should be an exhibit of
the resources of the state and not 11 col
lection of side shows hitched up to a
horse race. The chief trouble with our
state fairs In the past has been that
the system of premiums employed pro
duces only u partial exhibit representing
but a small part of the state Instead of
a general showing of the agriculture,
commerce ami mnnufncturltig interests
throughout the state.
The future of the State fair will de
pend not upon Its local features, but
upon Its Inherent value. 1'nless It can
be made to retlcct the prosperity of the
entire state and serve Its purpose to ad
vertise tho resources nnd openings for
investment, attract Immigration nnd
open the eyes of our own people to their
opportunities, It cannot receive the sup
port necessary to keep It going, nor will
It have any valid claim for a greater
subsidy from the state treasury.
Governor Beckham has Issued a proc
lamntlon convening the Kentucky legis
lature in extra session to modify tho
Coebel election law. The Ooebel law
was enacted as a democratic party
measure and was upheld by domoeruts
big and little, even to the message of
congratulation from Bryan to lioebel on
the effective operation of this legalized
fraud in accomplishing his election ns
governor. If the democrats could de
fend the ftoebel law a year ago, why
should they want to modify It now, If
It was fair and Just when used to aid
In seating Hoebel contrary to the public
will expressed by the popular voto, why
would It not be equally Just in the com
lug election? This move on the part of
the democrats to modify the Ooebel law
Is the most severe arraignment of its
authors that could be made.
The Bryanltes have started a new pipe
story out of Lincoln about the alleged
ineligibility of Wharton Barker to be a
candidate for president because sonic
years ago tho Busslan government con
ferred on him the title of Lord of St
Wenceslaus In recognition of services
lie had performed as Its representative
In this country. The pretense Is made
that the acceptance of this title without
special authority from congress would
be a cause of constitutional Ineligibility.
This Is all In the imagination, however,
because the constitution does not forbid
a private citizen accepting honors from
foreign governments, but lays Its pro
hlbltiou only on persons holding oltice
under the Vnitetl States. The Bryanite
fakirs will have to try again.
The niitl-lmpeiiullst convention at In
dianapolis has showed Its hand Iu an
unmistakable manner. It litis been gen
orally believed by those who watch
events that Its sole object was to em
barrass the present administration tin
dor the guise of high patriotic purpose.
The condemnation of Hie government for
Hie course pursued In sending troops to
China for the protection of Minister Con
ger and tho American residents uncov
crs that purpose. No man not a blind
partisan could take such a stand. In
Hair olToits to aid democracy (he pro
motors of this convention have over
reached themselves.
Fnless Count von Waldoi-soo hurries
his departure from tiormany he Is not
likely to add much to his military ex
perlence In China. So far events have
Jitstllied the position taken by the rnltod
States Iu urging the advance on I'ekln
without waiting for the collection of a
vast army. Both In a diplomatic and
military way the ollbials of this country
hare shown that they understand the
conditions and people with whom thev
have to deal belter tluiti any of their
foreign associates.
China's Imperial 11chnr.
Philadelphia Becnrd.
Tho nubile debt In China, which Is
principally held In Europe, amounts to JS00,
onn.nno in round ngurcs. in tins nes
potential argument ugnlnBt tho partition of
the Chlneso empire.
A in er I en 11 1'imli In ( lilnn,
Baltimore Ameflcnn.
Bo Is no American who falls to appreciate
the virile spirit of Americans In China. The
men who arc flRhtinn to r?aeh I'eUIn and
thoe who are defendlnc themselves In the j
city represent the blood, the vlftor nnd the
determination that han made nd will keep)
tniR nation great.
teiltliuent of Mtinl lira Men.
San Brancljco Call
The Rold democrat who said he would not
vote for the best man In the country If ho
stood on the Kansas City platform, nor
fcr Uryan If he stood on the beat platform
ccr drawn, has neatly expressed the
sentiments of the business elements of the
country. Neither the candidate nor tho
platform could be made acceptable under
any clrcumatnnces.
Situation TerH- Stiitrd.
SprlnRtleld Bepubllcnn.
Amid the mass of wild and Incoherent
news which has come from I'ekln It Is re
freshing to come upon a calm, phlegmatic
messaRO like that of Sir Bobert Bart, who
sends word: "The sooner we can be. got
out of this the better, for It Is Inconvenient
for the Chinese government and unsafe
for ourselves." Sir Ilobert Is not a man
who loses his head.
SOW TUB WOULD'! IIAXKBU.
otnlile Slilftlnn nf fhr Flniiitclnl
Onfrr of lirm II'-
Baltimore American.
The financial center of gravity has
shitted and the United States has become
the world's banker. TJ10 transaction by
which this country was awarded half of
the recent llrltlsh loan was not n matter
of chnlco with tho llrltlsh government and
the Hank of Kngland, but a very pressing
necessity. Kngllsh bankers and newspapers
will probably ceaso to raa and criticise
when they realize clearly the situation In
ondon. Tho action of American financiers
In taking up so much of tho British loan
1ms temporarily averted a crisis in Lon
don and If things fall back Into their usual
ruts It may bring permanent relief. Bad
tho entire loan been taken In England
payment would havo been made from tho
Hank of Kngland reserves and tho rates
for money would havo become very nearly
prohlb!tlc.
Twcnty-flvo millions In gold will ho a
tremendous relief to the bank and tho
market. Europe at this moment owes the
United States J.'OO.OOO.OOO, which must soon
he returned In one way or another. It was
feared that a return of even a part of this
money In October would bring about a
serious crisis and it is not suro yet that
this will not occur. The sold paid for the
bonds will not go very far to moot this
Indebtedness and tho bonds thumsolves,
should they go to a premium, may bo re
turned by tho holders shortly after they are
received. This may be avertod by tho
fact that they are largely purchased for
insurance companies and savings banks an
Investments, tho Interest being compara
tively large.
Tho gold to pay for tho bonds will prob
ably go from the banks, which hold a large
amount of tho precious metal, the New
York banks alono having J176.000.000. The
freo gold In tho treasury, outside the ro
servo fund of J160.000.00t7, is about J7.1,
000,000. This Is more likely to be added
to than to decrease. What a commentary
this is upon Mr. Bryan's proposal to de
base the currency nnd sever connection
with all the commercial nations on earth!
Whnt a striking object lesson to the
American people! Four years have not
passed since the United States was plunged
Into tho profouudest depths of financial
and Industrial depression, mainly because
tho people of this and other countries
feared that the national government was
about to pay Its obligations In a debased
currency. Tho simple operation of honest
llnunclnl laws has wrought tho wonderful
change and made Europe n suppliant for
aid.
TITLE HV rilltCUASIS.
Rrynii'a Pnroniouitt litnr In thi-
Llltlit of IIHtnrr.
Washington Post (IniL rep.).
Mr. Iirynn says: "It Is imposstbls to
secure tltlo to n people by force or by pur
chase." "Impossible" means that which
cannot be done. Wc assume that by "title
to a people" Mr. Bryan moans sovarelgnty
over a people. That is not ownership, as
Is the caso of slnves, but It Is the right to
govern. In our case sovereignty Implies
tho right to govern according to our con
stitution. That Is the Post's contention
nnd tho democratic contention. Our fathers
secured tho sovereignty of this country bv
force. And while they did not, except in
a few Instances, claim or assert absolute
ownership of the aboriginals as if they
were cattle, they subjugated them and
took possession of their lands. That has
been going on nil over the world since the
dawn of history. Tho Israelites took their
tltlo to the land of Cauaan by a war of
extermination, In which neither ago nor
sex was spared. As Mr. Bryan frequently
displays familiarity with tho Old Testament
ho will remember that the campaigns which
resulted in tho conquest of the promised
land nnd the slaughter of Its inhabitants
were directed by the Ood of Israel.
But we need not go Into ancient history,
nor need wo leave our own country for
illustrations of till by purchase. It la
ono of tho proudest boasts of tho greatest
of Mr. Bryan's three parties that It has
added vast areas to our moro than im
perial domains, In achieving those grand
results tho Illustrious democrats of the
glorious past did not ask consent of tho
peoples whom they annexed by purchase
In 1S03 Thomas Jefferson acquired the
Louisiana territory nnd its varied assort
ment of inhabitants for J1.1, 000.000. Who
asked or cared for "tho consent of the
governed" In that transaction? Is not our
tltlo to that vast transuilsstsslppl region
valid?
It is cheerfully admitted that, In some
Important respects, there are material dlf-
forencea between continental expansion
and that which was accomplished by tho
adoption of tho treaty of Paris. But in
this matter of tho validity of tltlo by pur
chaso geography Is of no account. Tho
theory t ha t Mr. Bryan enunciates Is ap
pllcahle everywhere if anywhere.
In 1819 this republic purchased Florida
and the right to control Its hcterogene
ous population, paying for the tltlo Jj.OOO
liOO. Wo did not nsk their consent and
tho administration sent General Jackson
with an imposing, Honnrotis tltlo to govern
them. And ho did govern them In about
as "imperial a lastiion as anytning in that
lino that our national history records.
In ISIS wo had nnother and very consld
erablo transaction in real estate, whereby
In consideration of $1S,2.')0.000 wo acquired
title to the lands and peoples of New
Mexico and California. James K. I'olk wns
president and James Buchanan was sec
retary of state. No consent of the peopl
was asked, and they woro governed well
nnd honorably governed for years under
the authority vested in the president as
commandnr-ln-chlef of tho army.
Under tho administration of Franklin
I'lirre, whoso sccrntary of stato was Wll
Hum L. Marcy. wo secund. In 18,"3, for
UO.ono.ooo, a valid title to southern Arl
zona and its population of various colors
Agnln no consent was asked. In 18tl7
President Andrew Johnson and Secretary
of Stato William II. Seward paid J7.M0.000
tor Alaska, tho Inhabitants going with the
land, as usual, and no consent asked or
cared for. Each of theso transactions was
precisely llko that which placed tho Kill
plnoH unclcr our sovereignty. Eaclt was
purchase ot sovereignly and all that th
term Implies And neither iho United
Slates nor any other power has a more
lawful title to any part of Its domain than
wo nav to th Philippine!.
REPUBLICAN
I.
iTFMilpntlitl nml Stnlr I.lcetlnn. '
The eyes of the whole nation are on tne
Nebraska campaign and elections of this
II, partly because Nebraska is Bryan's
home state and partly because they nre
anxious to learn whether our republican
party will be successful enough to gain Its
old ascendancy.
Until ten years ago the republican party
ruled Nebraska to such an extent that a
republican nomination was eipial to an
election. Hut Its leaders in the meantime
had become the obedient tools of the cor
poration Interests nnd had committed such
gross blunders that they drove thousands
upon thousands over to the populists and
alienated especially the (lerman element.
decade ago they betrayed tho true re
publican causa by putting an honest re
publican Judge of the supreme court, when
hlB term was out. on the shelf for ten long
years because the corporations did not like
his stubborn and Incorruptible Independ
ence. And some years later they elected
with a grc.it flourish of trumpets one of
the most obedient railroad tools to the
United States senate. These were a few
of their misdeeds and hundreds of similar
vicious and stupid blunders had the natural
result that every candidate was in bad
repute when It was known that he was a
favorlto ot tho republican railroad attor
neys nnd other corporation leaders who
controlled republican nominations by
packed caucuses and parked conventions.
Tho downfall and defeat of tho repub
lican party was tho outcome of this bad
and dishonest leadership. If the rank nnd
nie of the republicans will ho wlao nnd
That FULL DINNER PAIL.
Philadelphia North American.
The democracy Ib beginning to resent the
full dinner pall" argument which the re
publicans put forward to win tho votes of
the worklngmcn.
"What!" cry tho democratic organs and
orators, "has tho republican party sunk bo
low In sordidness that It no longer appeals
to men's minds and hearts, but to their
stomachs? Arc tho rei- roans not
ashamed to ask tho worktngmun to fix his
eyes upon his dinner and forget tho higher
things, such as constitutional liberty for
the Inhabitants of tho war-won islands
and the danger to his own freedom which
tho creation of a great standing array in
the service of Imperialism Involves?"
Tho democrats tako the full dinner pall
too literally. It means more than plenty
to eat for tho worktngmun. It signifies
national prosperity, for If tho worklngman
finds himself hungry It Is because the mills
and factories are closed down nnd com
merce paralyzed, as they were under
Cleveland. Moreover, tho worklneman
POLITICAL SNAPSHOTS.
Washington Post: It Is unkind In the
Nebraska banks to get stuffed up with
money Just at a time when Mr. Bryan is
engagod In exploiting his theory of
scarcity.
Chicago Tribune: Concerning tho phono
graph into which Mr. Bryan talked his
Indianapolis speech a day or two ago, it
is to be obsorved that the phonograph
couldn't get away.
Minneapolis Journal: Webster Davis
tells tho Associated Press that within the
past three weeks he has declined 023
invitations to deliver political addresses,
which only proves there aro at least 623
places In this great and glorious country
that haven't yet found out what a chump
Davis Is.
Portland Oregonlan: The howl of "Im
perialism" is raised as a political expedi
ent, In order to Induce men to forget tho
crazy silver scheme of four years ngo.
But the howl about Imperialism is an
Irrational as tho howl was for silver, only
It is not so dangerous. It Is n pity wc
have a political party that must always
play tho fool.
Olobe Democrat: "Behold a republic,"
said Bryan in his notification speech.
ranting securely upon tho foundation
stones quarried by revolutionary patriots
from tho mountains of eternal truth."
Just so. Behold It paying out 100-cent
dollars now as always throughout Its hlH-
tory, and Imagine iiow It would look with
a Jeremy Dlddlor grin trying to palm oft
45 cents for a dollar.
Buffalo Kxpress: It Is a little bit embar
rassing for Mr. Bryan to havo one of his
most prominent supporters, the New York
Journal, say his schemo for the treatment
of tho Philippines question is all wrong.
The Journal afnrros that "we do not want
to clvo tin the Philippines," but should In
due the Inhabitants to como voluntarily
Into the union. The Journal evidently does
not think Imperialism tho paramount Issuo.
New York Sun: It must he a Joy to
democrats to rend tho list of statesmen
who are to take part In tho second Bryan
notification show, the ono to bo hold In
Topeka. Tho Hon James li. weaver 01
Iowa, tho Bon. Cyclono uavis ot icxas, wm
Bon. Dabster Wavls of Missouri and mo
W. J. Brennlngs movement uieso uru
names to till the domocrntlo heart wltlt
pride and tho democratic eye with happy
tears.
PBllSOAL I'OINTKBS.
r-hirnm has served notice on the census
bureau that nothing ls than a population
of 2.000,000 will he satisfactory.
The (Jerinan emperor has commissioned a
Ocrman manufacturer to make for him threo
olectrlc cars of different shape and design,
In one of which he Intends to travel 10 mo
summer maneuvers In Saxony.
President Loubet of franco Is a musician
.i fact scarcely known ecn Iu his own
country and not only plays tho piano and
violin with remarkable sum. nui compos.,
so It Is said, some music worthy of men
who have given their life to mat art.
Seven men have been found on n farm
In Schoharlo county, Now York, who didn't
known nnv ono had been nominated for
president or that there had been any trouble
In China. Schoharie has long neen tne .o
York synonym of Ignorance and rusticity.
Mnyor Carter Harrison of Chicago tried
to run an electric automobile lust inurs
day with results that were almost disastrous.
He Inadvertently turned on all tho power
nnd the wagon riaBhed nway at a terrible
speed. Fortunately, however. It brought up
safely against a telegraph post before any
damnge was done.
A Washington stenographer w ho Is often
called In to assist Ibe While llotiso corps
says: "President McKlniey is tho Ideal
man for a stenographer. He speaks Just
fast enough, with perfect dlstinctnobs nnd
never hesitates for u word. Unllko most
men. he evidently knows exactly what ho Is
going to say beforo ho tries to s.iy 11.
(ienrrnl Miles has received from a private
Midler In the Phlllpplnrsabox of theclgatcttcs
native to those Islands. Inclosed was the
note "Dear Sir- When you wero riding
by In Porto Hlco you onto overheard tne '
how much I wanted n smoke ami you tin
mediately had an orderly give an several
cigars. 1 now debiro lo retina tho com-
plimcnt."
Prospects in
energetic enough to relegate these leaders, 1
who have been the curse of the part tot
,,,,, r)Mr ,f tnoy , pr,,nt Independent!
nnf popular candidates to the voters and
lll show a decent respect to all the
foreign elements, there Is hardly a doubt
that the republican party will be success
ful. This hns special reference to the
legislative election, on which the reinforce,
ment of our republican party In tho United
States senate depends.
Tho presidential campnlgn gives great
promise of republican success evon
in Nebraska, though Bryan makes
the ridiculous assertion that not
a state would voto for McKlniey
nnd Boosevelt, an assertion which
he himself probably does not believe to be
true, unless ho Is an Idiot. McKlniey, a
brave old soldier, a careful and considerate
statesman, whose administration through
protection, wise financial arrangements and
a Judicious and energetic war policy has
given us unusual prosperity and excellent
business conditions in the midst ot war
nnd rebellion, and Boosevelt, the fiery
warrior and honest political leader, are
candidates so far superior to Bryan, the
shoulder etrap colonel and distributor of
political errors and false promises, and to
his vlco presidential male, that Bryan's
homo Influence will be of comparatively
small significance.
Tho same superiority belongs to the re
publican principles. Tho protective system
has set all the mills to work, has given
many millions of dollars to tho laborers,
who under democratic rulo had no Income.
and suffered from hunger unless fed In soup
houses. And this happy effect of protection I
has furnished our farniors and stock raisers '
with a full dinner pail Is surely an able
to think intelligently about the Declara
tion of Independence, the constitution and
tho perils of a great standing nrmy ns If
ho were harassed by a gone feeling In his
midst. If tho country hnppencd to be tin
dergolng a season of hard times would
our hlgh-sottled democratic friends scorn
to descend to tho sordid level of telling
tho worklngman that a victory for the
democracy would bring good times the
full dinner pall, in short?
Tho party In power, rightly or wrongly,
Is usually held responsible for business
depression and an empty dinner pall when
those calamities befall. By the samo
process of reasoning the party in power
gets credit for prosperity and the full din
ner pall. Wero the republican party not
to ask support as the tiller of the dinner
pall when the pall is full it would bo the
only party in history to practice such ab
negation and every politician, no matter
what his badge, would regard It as Insane
nnd not fit to be trusted to deal with human
nature as It Is.
I. TIIK LA. VI) OF TIIK JOSS.
Scones, Incident n nml I'ronlr IlronKlif
Into VIimt ! fhr Itnmpim.
The rapid progress of the allied forces
toward Peltln promises to give a new phaso
to tho Chinese situation beforo many days.
Bvents are moving at such a pace over
there that today's aspect of affairs may bo
banished on tho morrow nnd no one can
snfely venture, a prediction on what may
follow when the present task of rescuing
ttie ministers Is completed. While the
United States looks for a peaceful settle-
ment, It Is prepared for any emergency.
A summary of the supplies sent to the
shipping port of Taku shows a gratifying
state of preparedness and n determination
to pro Ide ovary necessity for American sol
dlors operating there. Tho list is ns fol
lows: Blankets, 16,000; blouses, lined,
10,000; canvas caps, fi.OOO; fur caps, 4,000;
canton drnwers, 40.000; fur gauntlets, 10,000
pairs; wool gloves, 22,000 pairs; campaign
hats, 12,000; artillery overcoats, 1,500;
cavalry overcoats, 3,000; Infantry over
coats, 11.000; overshoes. 10,000 pairs;
ponchos, 12,000; shirts, 25,000; shoes, 20,000
pairs; cotton stockings, 44,000 pairs; woolen
stockings, 36,000 pairs; kersey trousers,
16,000 pairs; mounted trousers, 3,600 pairs;
woolen undershirts, 27,000; canvas over
coats, 1,000; hat cords, 17,400; conical wall
tents for commissary department, B; hos
pital tents for commissary department, 3;
wall tents for commissary department, f;
hospital tents for medical department, fiOO;
asbestos tent rings, 3,000; tent stoves, 1,400;
tent stovepipe Joints, 7.000; "Voto" moves,
1,000; flro potB with partB, 1,500; axes,
1,000; ax helves, 3,000; hatchets, 1,000; camp
kettles, 500; mess pans, 1,000; pickaxes,
B00; pickax helves, 1,000; shovels, 500;
spades, 150; tents, 500; conical tents, BOO;
hospital tents, 150; wall tents, 200; tent
pins, 18.000; drnwers, 1,000 pairs. Theso
supplies were shipped from San Francisco.
Complete supplies for 5,000 men were also
shipped from Manila.
Tho extent of tho missionary work In
China Is strikingly shown In an nrtlclo which
the Missionary Uevlew Is to print In Sep
tember. A tnhle, the most complete that has
been complied, shows that at the outbreak
of hostilities there were fifty-four Protestant
missionary societies operating in China, with
527 ordained and 519 lay workers of Ameri
can or Buiopeuti nationality. There are, or
wuro before the massacres began, 80,000
communicants and 30,000 day pupils. Of
tho fifty-four societies, twenty-tbrco are
American. Theso have 067 workers
(Caucasian and native) and 40,000 converts,
against sixty-live workers and 10,000 con
verts for tho BrltlBh societies.
United States Consul General Itounscvllle
WUdman at Hong Kung, to whom the Hoi
Bow missionaries havo appealed for an
American war ship, first came Into
prominence ns a government agent during
tho early days of tho Hlspano-Amerlcan
war in tho Philippines. Be Is credited
with having sent tho first nftlclal dispatch
to tho Stato department telling of the
destruction of the Spaiiloh fleet at Manila
by the gunB of Admiral Dewey. Mr. Wild
man, before his appointment to Bong Kong,
uas editor of tho Overland Monthly of San
Prandbco and a Journalist of note.
The Italian minister In I'ekln, the Marquis
Salvaggo llaggl. has with him his wife and
onlv ehlld. Paris, a hov R years old. Be Is
a handsome man. about 35 years old, whll
his wife Is beautiful to an unusual degree.
Sho was always called "La Bella Pallavlclnl"
before her marriage. She was extremely
reluctant to go to China when her husband
was immiliited minister In 1SS, having al
ready been there when the marquis was
attache at tho legation. Being timid nnd
nervous by disposition, fche was In continual
fenr because she could not bring herself to
trust tho natHes. She was not with her
husband when Ills appointment was decided
upon and, seelnc the announcement In the
nnwsnaner. telegraphed: "I hope the
linrtible news Is not true." In fact, the new
minister left Italy for China alone, to be
greeted on his arrival by the news of his
father's death. After that the marchioness
Joined him at once.
This story Is told at the expense nf United
States Consul (loodnow, stationed at
ili.'inghal. (ioodnow Is a Minnesota!! and
Minneentans will readily see the point
Somo one asked the other day If ther was
really any danger of ' Ucneral" Cioodnow
NEBRASKA
with a splendid home market ai goo.1
prices anci uas mnno mrm nm i-uuu.,
pny their debts and (icom ineii- s o puis
money In the bank?, ruder titese eireum-
stances the Bryan Infatuation and euthuil
asm has been considerably reducd and quIU
n number of his old adherents ban alrr.idy
left him. preferring republican prosperity
to democratic calamity, and republican
promises honestly tilled to false demo
cratic prophecies.
The fuslonlsts of course will make a great
effort, nnd tho republicans ought not to he
careless nnd negligent. If they do their
duty they In all probability can gnln tho
victory even In Nebraska. Tho situation
is especially favorable, as we havo In Ne
braska fivo presidential tickets, three of
whom will draw their ote mostly from the
fusion party. But sven If III' an should be
successful In Nebraska It would help him
very little, aa he will he defeated In mot
of tho other states, even In former sliver
states.
Similar good hopes nre Justified regarding
tho rrptihllrnn state ticket, which promises
n good home administration, while the con-
trol of our state affairs under the two demo-
pop administrations has been so faulty and
vicious that many of their former friends a-n
greatly disgusted and will not voto for
Poynter again.
nm greatly different Is the outlook for
tho legislative election, whlii on account
of its Important Influence on the republican
position In the United States senate this
tlmo Is of greater political significance than
all tho other Nebraska elections. In an-
other article this situation will be dlscilss-d.
FRBt) HKDDE.
Orand Island, Neb.
being killed, nnd a former republican as
soelnto of John's cruelly replied:
"Oh. no danger. You know the Chlness
don't kill anybody hut Christians."
China has had its .loan nf Arc. Tradition
tells of n maiden, Mou l.cn. who. in the
garb of a man, led the nrmles tif the empire
to victory. The position assumed by the
empress dowager today In a land where
women generally hold an Inferior place is
not so novel to the Chinese as has usually
been supposed.
Timr eo.Mn a-iu'vm.m;.
.1tmpertr of Silver It einlll'n to
Tlielr l-'lrnf Line.
Chicago Tltnes-Ilerjld.
Following the example of ex-Senator Lee
Mnntle of Montana, A. M. Stevenson, who
represented the Denver district In the re
publican convention in tS06 and walked out
with Senator Teller when the latter headed
tho free silver bolt, hns now announced bis
return to the republican ranks. In a letter
Just published he accepts the declaration of
the Kansas City platform t tic t imperialism
Is the paramount Issue, and as th.s relegates
sliver as a paramount issue to tho rear, "it
may bo for years and It may bo forever,"
he hns no longer any quarrel with the party
of Lincoln and McKlniey.
On the question of expansion Mr. Steven
son says he does not agree with tho demo
cratic party.
It Is becoming dally more evident that be
tween his two paramount stocks, Imperialism
and free silver, Mr. Uryan is iu danger of
losing several states which he carried solely
because of the free silver cry In 1806. Colo
rado was a republican state as late as 188S,
nnd Montana gave Harrison a plurality over
Clevcinnd In 1802.
Let sliver republicans once understand
, that free silver Is not regarded ns the first
1 prlnclplo of the democratic party and thT
win return to tnctr old association by
thousands. To the great majority of silver
republicans freo silver was tho only sav
ing salt about the party that made it
paramount issua In 18D6.
I'OIXTKI) IIMMAIIKS.
Philadelphia Press: "Helln. Mnrli." rrl.H
Sponger, "glad I met you. I'm golne to
pay you"
"Urcat Scott! ' oxclalmad K. Mark. n
sudden was the shock
A nice, long visit soon."
Indianapolis Journal: "Belinda. If mv
salary were raised we could be married to
morrow." 'All rlcht. Augustus: I'll write vour em
ployer an anonymous letter mid fell him
wo ooui 111111K tie is n menu om tnmg.
Chicago Tribune: "What Is hlH occupa
tion?" asked the warden of the penltcn
tlnry. referring to tho latent nrilval.
"lie liasn t nnv reuu ar occupation." sa d
the suliorilliinte. "He Is nothing but a
ward heeler."
"All rlulit. relolneil the warden. "Put
him ill the shoemaklnK department."
Pittsburg Chronicle: "This weather makes
mo persplro excessively," i.ald tho Observ
ant Hoarder
"It makes everybody nersolro." added the
Cross-Bycd Boarder. "Wo aro ull poro
crenturus."
Washington Star: "Ho may be a llttlo
tedious ut times, but his fund of Informa
tion Is Inexhaustible."
"Yes," answered Miss Cayenne, "there's
no doubt of It. lie tnkoH so much time to
tell every little fact that there Is 110 danger
of tho supply ever giving out."
Pittsburg Chronicle: Mr. Bcllelleld-I did
a hot Job today.
Mr. Illootntleld If you did anything at all
It must havo been hot; but what did you
duv
Mr. Uelletleld I ordered my winter's sup
ply of coal.
Boston Transcript: At the resort: Min
nie, (writing n letter) And oh, Annie, there
aro lots of men hern. I'vo tieeu three this
very (lav.
Nettle Hut that Isn't true, you know.
We saw only two.
Annie Three, ineludlng the scarecrow up
111 the Held. In a ease of this kind, you
know, we must take advantage, of all our
resources.
Washington Star: "That Chinese student
says he enjoys the life of (ieorgo Washing
ton more than any other biographic work."
"Yes. lie Just remarked lo tne that he
regarded the story almul a tuna's not being
able to tell u lie as u mustcrpkeu of men
dacity." Detroit Journal: Observing the manager
of the ilniK department, the woman ac
costed him, ill a spirit of badinage.
"I Iiiivm kleptomania," he s.ild. "What
would im advlMc me lo lake?"
"The elevator, by all meatii!" said thi
manager, wittily.
"And not something mt ns good?" ex
claimed the woman, affecting great sur
prise. MIIIAMIY'S I'UM.V S(;l,i:s,
I Portland Oreconlan.
The sun Is slzzlln' In the sky. and cakln' up
the crouiul.
The bees Is hiiminlti' down beyant, the flies
In huzzln' 'ro ind.
The birds Is chlrpln' In the trees, too hot In
(ly or sing.
To lint to work, too hot to est, too hot to
do a thins;
ITIio hnrscM Htiindin' In the street is
switrhln' of their tall',
An' In the parlor, she! up dark, Mlrandy'.i
playlu' scales.
You hear her gn clean up tho scale an' then
go hack acln,
An' wonder what n stale o' mind the neigh
bors must be In:
You kind o' feel the heat an' drought go
through you lo the core.
An' all the while noii know rlfiht well
she'll play two hours more.
As sure ns It gets awful hot, It seldom ever
fallf.
MlrandN's sure lo get In there an' go to
playlu' scales.
There ain't no way to figure, out how soma
things gits to be,
An' uuderst.indln' womankind is too much
wotk fur me
If she plays lines 'or Jigs or things, It
wouldn't seem so hoi,
Them scales would keep for cooler days -
keep Jest ah well as not;
Home things that Is Is stranger than I hi
nlranget fairy tales.
An' It beata me how when IU but Mlfaady
inuut play tcilcs,
