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Weuh Notary I'ublic.
Hons Croker mijs ho Ih In favor of
n.v mill nil kinds of nioiii-y provfillni;
It Is eomliij,' Ills wiiy.
Ks-Senntor dark of Montana has
Klvon It out that ho must have a vin
dication front that stale If It costs n
copper mine.
Senntor PotllKivw might Introduce a
resolution of Inquiry to iisocrtnln what
la tho mutter with his cainpiilpn In
South Daktota.
As Iour as this brand of weather con
tinues wo havii ooneltislvo proor that
tho weathor man has not yet heon
tiiki'ti In by tho coal trust.
Ah it punishment for his part In tho
Hoxer troubles Prince Tuan Is to be
compelled to work out his delinquent
road tax. The prince Is lucky to save
his head.
When reading the roseutu boasts of
tho popocrnts It la well to renimler
that they Issued the same proclama
tions four years ago, but the election
returns did not bear them out.
Police Judge O'ordon will now have
an opportunity to make good all those
protestations of Innocence entered re
Ieatedly against the charges of malad
ministration of the police court.
Nebraska is giving its annual exhibi
tion of weather and residents of other
states who desire to see what the lat
est Improvement on Italian climate Is
like should pay Nebraska a visit at once.
After making big money out of pork
In Chicago Sir Thomas Upton has
about concluded he will challenge for
tho America's cup again. Nothing like
making the other fellow pay for your
fun.
The council has voted to transfer .yj.'O
from the dog fund to the general fund
for tho purpose of feeding city prison
ers. If It Is not careful It will be ac
cused of forcing the prisoners to live on
dogs.
The meeting of the club women In tho
state federation at Lincoln Is to have
i no services oi two parliamentary ref
erccs. It Is to bo hoped that the women
arc not expected to tangle themselves
up to that extent.
J he, lexasj authorities are wasting
their time bringing actions against the
Stnndard Oil company. When Nebras
ka's attorney general gets through with
the oil octopus there will not be enough
left of it to be worth litigating with In
Texas.
The republicans have one advantage
over their opponents In this campaign
All of their speakers are available to
send to any part of the country they
are not appealing to the prejudices of
sections, but republican doctrine Is
good anywhere In the land.
Hy virtue of a proclamation of liov
ernor (Jenoral Wood the Cubans are
granted the right of writs of habeas
corpus for the llrst time since the set
tlement of white men In the Island.
How long would they have had to wait
for Mich privileges under Spanish gov
ernment? .
Omaha is acquiring new mercantile
and manufacturing Institutions one by
one, but adding them all together they
make a tine showing. The Commer
cial club cannot serve Itself and the
city to better advantage than by push
lug out for new business enterprises to
lie located here.
Let farmers count the cattle and hogs
on their farms nnd ilgure up how much
more they are worth today than in dem
ocratic times and then usk what they
can hope to gain by reverting back to
tho old conditions. If this Is not enough
Just mako a similar computation with
the other products of the farm,
COXTtXOKXT OA TllK V.l.KCTlOX.
The. lialtlmuro American states, upon
the authority of the head of a lluiiticlal
Institution of that city, that It lias suc
cessfully negotiated a transaction In
volving the Investment of .11,000,(mhj.
All of the details have been salls
factorlly disposed of, the money l
ready and the llrst call has been author
ized. "There Is but one contlnseney."
says the American, "which may pre
vent the consummation of the deal. In
the preliminary papers it has been ex
pressly stipulated that in the event of
the election of William J. liryau the
aprccmcni 'hall be void and the deal
will bo called off. If. however, .MeKln
ley Is elected the deal Is to go through
as quickly as possible."
Doubtless there are many other Ilium
clal and business agreements that con
tain a stipulation similar to the above.
As our llaltlinore contemporary remarks,
the business world Is afraid of Hryan;
It knows that if he Is elected and his
free coinage Ideas are carried Into ell'ect
the security of Investments will be
menaced, property values will be cut in
half and the country will be plunged
into a season of panic and disaster. In
the presence of the possibility of
Itrytm'H election capital Is cautious and
will not venture Into new enterprises.
This Is apparent on every hand, fore
shadowing what Is to be expected in the
event of republican defeat. Happily
there appears to be small danger of
that, Indications on all sides showing
that the drift Is steadily away from the
Hryanlte party.
VllOKKH Hi AT WUIIU:
The Tammany machine, under the di
rection of Moss Croker, Is pursuing Us
usual crooked and corrupt methods. Not
only has It placet! under contribution for
campaign funds the saloons, gambling
houses and houses of prostitution, but
it Is reported to have organized a plan
for wholesale colonization of votes. The
authority for this Is the state superin
tendent of elections for New York City,
who a few days ago called the atten
tion of the superintendent of police to
certain facts affecting the registration
of voters for the general election on No
vember 0,
The superintendent uf elections stated
that he was convlueccd that an or
ganized attempt Is being made to colo
nize Illegal voters and that this Is being
carried on by means of the pool rooms,
gambling houses, disorderly houses,
houses of prostitution, saloons run un
der the guise of hotels in order to evade
the provisions of the excise law and
dives of even baser sort. This Is the
common practice of Tamniany. Last
year one of the leaders of the gangs of
colonizers ami repeaters was sent to
the penitentiary and his confession dis
closed the fact that he had an agree
ment with tt city olllelal to furnish '.'DO
Illegal voters.
Tamniany Is deeply concerned In this
year's general election. The result, so
far as New York Is concerned, will
mean for Croker H great loss of political
prestige or a vast increase In. his power
and lulluence. - Undoubtedly he has
promised the electoral vote of the Kin
pire stato to Hryan and he will hesi
tate at nothing, however unscrupulous
and unlawful, to make good that prom
ise. The timely action of the state su
perintendent of elections will doubtless
prevent wholesale colonization, but
there will be more or less of It, while
repeutlng probably cannot be wholly
prevented.
Klchard Croker Is one of the recog
nized leaders of the Hryiiu campaign.
He is playing for a large stake. If
Hrvan wins the Tammuny boss will
control 'democratic politics Ii. New York
and very likely be an Important force
and factor In the national administra
tion. This Is a danger which men who
believe In honest politics should not
overlook.
MOlttl UEHMAX Ul'lXlOX.
The leading German newspaper of
the United States Is the New York
.Staats-Zeltung. That Journal has been
among the most radical opponents of
expansion and still contends that the
permanent retention of the Philippines
would be a grave mistake. At the be
ginning of the campaign It was strongly
inclined to support Hrjun, In the belief
that he would Ignore free silver, but his
avowal In his letter of acceptance of
continued devotion to silver has led the
Staols-Zeltung to declare in favor of
the election of McKinlcy.
In a late Issue of that paper It says:
"The democrats have not succeeded In
the attempt, undertaken by their con
vention, to make Imperialism tho para
mount Ksue and to place the silver
question in the lear. Their own candi
date has frustrated all efforts In this
direction by his letter of ueeeptaueo, In
which he took n decided stand for free
silver coinage, and by asserting In nu
merous speeches that he and his party
had not changed their attitude toward
the llnunclal question since 180(1. This
meat's that William .1. Hryan Is still
resolved to use his whole power to di
stroy the gold standard and to bring
about the free and unlimited coinage of
silver." Taking this view, the Stunts-
Zeltung, while still opposing expansion.
considers a republican victory less dan
gerous for tho welfare of tho nation
than the election of Hryan, which It
thinks would undoubtedly produce a
widespread disturbance of present eco
nomic conditions, from which hardly
anybody avouUU escape, and which
would subject a large part of the Amur
lean people to severo suffering. "The
lack of confidence,". It says, "In William
J. Hryau's character Is so pronounced
that his election would sulllco to pro
tluce grave economic coin-ulslons, even
If his lunds were completely tied."
The New York Tribune states that In
qulry among leading (Jenuuii-American
business men revealed the fact that tin
great majoiliy of them are working and
talking for MeKluley. The Ciorman
American MeKluley and Hoosevelr
league of New York is doing effective
work, while from New .lersey, Connecti
cut am! other states there are favora
ble reports regard lug the attitude of
German citizens. They realize, tuild the
secretary of the New York league, that
the McKinlcy administration has pro
duced results and results are what
count. Men who in 1M3 were reduced
to want remember the "hard times of
that period. He stated that those Cer-man-Ainerlcans
who feared that there
was something serious In so-called Im
perialism now smile at their early fears.
What Is true of these citizens in the
east applies to them in all sections.
They have very generally become con
vinced that there Is no such danger as
Imperialism and inllltarlsm and they
realize that the question which Is above
all others Is that of maintaining the
conditions that have given the country
prosperity and made employment for
both capital and labor.
Four years ago Mr. Hryan ascribed
his defeat to tho ignorance of foreign
ers, with special reference to t'crmans,
regarding the lluuuclal question. They
understand that question pretty thor
oughly now. They have learned that
Mr. Hryan was wholly and absolutely
wrong on that question and they know,
even more ccrtnluly than four years ago,
that the material welfare and contin
ued prosperity of the country depend
upon the maintenance of a sound tluun
clal system.
A . UXDKMOCKA TIC DKMUVIIA C 1".
After denouncing In the platform
adopted at their recent county conven
tion the practice of appointing dele
gates to the nominating conventions
without holding primary elections for
the purpose of ascertaining the wishes
of tho runic and tile of the party, the
local democracy has on the very heels
of Its action committed the same un
democratic offense under pretense of
saving the expense of a primary elec
tion, the democratic city committee. hav
ing appointed the delegates to tho con
vention to nominate the school board
ticket.
This is the logical consequence of the
system of fusion by which the party
candidates are chosen, not by rep
resentatives of the party, but by self
constituted dictators and conference
committees pretending to represent
their political parties. The most flagrant
example of this Is found In the demo
cratic legislative and county tickets
now before the people of Douglas
county. One of the candidates whom
democrats .ire asked to support was
chosen for them by thirty-live so-called
silver republicans; three of tho candi
dates whom they are asked to support
were chosen for them by about sixty
ponullsts; two other candidates were
selected for them by a coterie of men
Who had formed a political club, and
the democratic convention was forced
to content Itself with lllllng up the re
maining places on the ticket. Had
there ouly been a few more allies In the
fusion party and a few more politi'-al
clubs the democratic convention would
bine nothing to do except ratify the
names selected by outsiders.
The step from the dictation of confer
ence committees to the dictation of Its
own machine, such as Is promised for
the city ticket, is therefore short and
Inevitable. It means, however, the ut
ter subversion of the principles of
democracy by which every member of
the party Is supposed to have an equal
voice in the party management. As a
result we are t witness the remarkable
spectacle of self-constituted delegates
meeting as a democratic convention
after having denounced themselves for
such usurpation.
Speaker Henderson, In passing
through Omaha, gave an endorsement
to Congressman Mercer that should
have weight with the voters of this dis
trict. The speaker said:
I should llko to commend tho candidacy
of Davo Mercer, who has been one of tho
most level-headed, best nll-oround workers
In congress. His JudKment in many trying
cases haB been of Great valuo and his do
feat would bo a calamity, not only to tho
Interests of Omaha and Nebraska, but to
tho nation as well.
The people of this district should take
these words to heart when they come
to make up their ballots on election
day.
That N a queer story which comes
from Minden, Net)., and merits the Im
mediate attentlou of the great trust
smashing attorney general. It is to
the cITca;: that the people of that town
were given the bouellt of competition In
oil, but tho Intruders were driven out
by popocratlc local agents of the Stand
a rd OH octopus. If tho octopus Is
violating the law, the agents who did
the work for them at Minden must be
equally guilty and they should be made
parties to the attorney general's wrath
without respect to political creed. Ho,
lor the trust-smushcr.
Sioux City is to have a census recount
at Its own expense. The trouble with
such a recount Is that It will not be ac
cepted by the census otlleers nor will
It change the otllcial record. Kvery
one In Omaha Is satisfied that the cen
sus figures understate the city's popu
lation anil (Jiuaiiit would gladly pay
for a recount If It could be made oil!
clal. As long as the census figures are
ilnal for the census reports a private
enumeration can only be a consolation
prize.
The legislative nominations through
out the representative and senatorial
districts of Nebraska have now been
almost all made and the Wsues Joined
In every district. l'aken as a whole,
the candidates presented by republicans
ate more substantial and superior In
character to their opponents. If every
one of the republican candidates wore
elected Nebraska would havo a legisla
tare of better composition than it has
ever had.
Omaha's street railway system Is to
have a new equipment of rolling stock
Hud any one suggested such Improve
nients during the hard times that pre
ceded MeKlnley's election the owners
of the street railway company would
have regarded it as the height of pre
sumption.
Kim-iiIiik t'P " '''el..
Washington l'ot.
The fait that wo licked 400,000 more
postage stumps this year than the pre
ceding may possibly account for tho bad
political tnsto aomo people seem to have
In their mouths.
A Wonderful t.eni.
Indianapolis Journal.
In four years tho United States, from a
position of Inferiority, has reached ono of
leadership In tho commerce and finances of
tho world. Shall that advantage bo sur
rendered? AiiMier uml 1,1111k I'lensnnt.
Uultlmorc American.
Tho straw voting Is now on In earnest
nnd tho election continues to bo announced
with unfailing If not uudovlatlng regularity
by tho bclf-nppolnled collectors of tho bal
lots. From these collectors, whc.ther In
public or private, there 1b no escape nnd
tho general public havo coino to suffer
thorn patluutly ns ono of tho Incidental ills
ndvantngos of n free government.
Mlrry Solicit! rnniimiiy.
Now York Tribune.
Colonel Hryan at lndlanupolls accused his
republican opponents of "dodging and run
ning from nearly every Issue of tho cam
paign," The colonel's wish waB probably
father to his thought, for In his own pitiable
efforts to cscapo from tho various Issues
ho has raised and found Incffcctlvo he prob
ably longs for nny sort ot companionship
and sympathy he can discover or Invent.
Old Driiiorrnto for MoKlnlry.
St. l.ouis Globe-Democrat.
Some of tho llryanltcs uro expressing
surprise that ex-Secrctary Carllulo should
have como over to tho republicans In tills
campaign. There is no occasion for sur
prise, however. Ho Is a dlsclplo of Jeffer
son, Jackson and Benton. Ho believes In
honest money, tho sort of money which will
bo worth 100 cents on tho dollar under all
conditions. When he was in Cleveland's
cabinet he, as well ns his chief and all tho
rest of tho members of tho Cleveland coun
cil, fought for this kind of money and
ngainst tho sort which Is proposed by
Hryan and his copartners at tho present
day.
llfMriiUf In (lie Philippine.
Philadelphia Hecord.
The Philippine uinndtf' revenues for tho
first soven months of the current calendar
year aro stated at N.TSli.OSO by tho War
ofllcc. which has absolute control of thu
agencies of public administration in the
archipelago. As compared with tho corro
cpondlng period of last year revenuo re
ceipts have morn than doubled und lndl
cato a public Income for tho entire
year of between $S,000,000 and $!). 000.000.
Could pcaco lie secured and established
In tho Islands this amount of reve
nue would be ample for all public pur
poses of government, but under existing
hostile conditions there It Is but ns a drop
In tho bucket.
Solid Men for McKliilcj .
Hnltlmore Amerlcun.
Iteports fioiii both the east and the west
indicate that tho number of people engaged
In bimlnesc and those who work for wages
and salaries who are declaring for McKinlcy
Is Increasing every day. It is tho support
of thepc people that will decide the election.
Tho man who has a slake In the country
ho whote business will bo Injured or whose
wages will be reduced or cut off entirely by
tho reversal of the present conditions Is
the man who muy be relied upon to tako
tho deepest Interest In this election. Senti
ment and prejudice will cut but a small
figure with such a man. Ono who really
has tho Interest of tho whole country at
heart, who Is In the highest sense of tho
word a patriot, will stoutly opposo any
courne he knows will injure tho country or
any part of It. Prosperity in this land Is
not a thing of cllmuto or section: It is llko
tho sun It shines freely all over tho coun
try and anything .that disturbs It In nny
(piarter will to that extent affect disas
trously tin wholo country.
Holy Terror of ,1, Ham l.civlx.
New York Sun.
companion to Hon. Ignatius Donnelly's
Terrlblo Troglodyte, who sits in a cave and
munches leg bones nt his cannibal feast, has
beeu found by our accomplished young
friend, tho Hon. Jim Ham Lewis. It was at
the Iudlauapoli3 meeting of the democratic
clubs. Hp nroso Jim Ham, the glory of
his pink ulmbiif.es crinkling around him,
and poured out these words of horrors:
"No Hloody Gorgon, grown fat and
swollon with party dictatorship, slta In tho
pnered place, blinking his splenic eyes at us
ns signals tor evory movement. No de
bauched despot Is going about tho country
babbling with dccrepltudo of Ideas and
senility of command nt us."
Tho Dloody Gorgon with tho blinking sple
nic eyes Is worthy of a placo besldo the
Terriblo Troglodyto and the leg bones nnd
from tho waters of woo tho Octopus waves
a cordial teutaclo at tho family party. In
that grotto, lit ouly by tho blinking spicule
eyes, tho Hon. Jim Ham I-owis' full set ot
nlnks Is thu Indispensable Illumination.
IIOI T OK-AI'ATIIV.
Ciimpnliui i'nk on on tlir Fculurc of n
Warm FIiiInIi.
Vnshington Star.
Apathy seems to havo disappeared.
Nelthor side complains ot It any more. Iloth
BldOB aro now "warm in tho harness," nnd
tho paco Is a clipping one. And thus Is fttl
niled again tho old promise that a slow be
ginning makes a brisk ending.
Conditions at the outset of the campaign
wero not propitious for excltomeut or en
thusiasm. Iloth sides had long prepared for
both tho platforms and tho candidates and
bo tho results of tho two conventions lacked
tho elements necessary to stir tho people to
any fmmcdlato demonstrations. Odds of
three to ono on McKinlcy, offered tho dny
after tho udjournniont of tho Kansas City
convention, told tho tnlo in a few, words.
Tho prevailing belief was that tho repub
licans had a suro thing and a yawn of caso
und contldonco spread over thu face of thu
country.
Hut such a situation was not. to be endured
by either Bide. Tho republicans wero nfrald
of it. for, strong as they felt themselves to
be, they yet must manago to get tholr poo
plo to tho noils; nnd the democrats, of
course, must wake up If their campaign was
not to collapse upon tho Instant. Fortunately
for tho democrats, their candidate was tho
very man for tholr emergency. HIh elo
quenco nnd energy were his strong suit nnd
ho prepared hlmsolf for what was neces
sary. Wo havo then In the closing days of tho
strugglo such a manifestation of Intcren
in tho teBult as promises a largo voto In
November. The people aro moused. Tho
mcottngs In every btate nre largely attended
and reports from both sides show that
speakers of recognized power niul ability are
heard with closo attention. Hvldently the
pcpple aro thinking. Hvldcntly thoy rec
ognize tho fact that the issues are momen
tous and should bo decided by a full vote.
And they nio right on that point. Tho Is
sues presented nro tho most momentous
since tho closo of tho civil war, and every
man la the country entitled to a voto and
whose path to tho ballot box Is unobstructed
should find his way there and express him
self on ono side or the othor To fall to
vote this year, or to throw one's voto nway
in a sulky spirit, or in pursuit ot a more
fad, will be creditable to no mm.
Prosperity
H ushlnst
Senator I lauuu was wise when he de
clared In Chicago tho other day that he
proposed to drop tho dlscusslou of nil Is
hues s.ivo present prosperity and tho ne
cessity of its continuance. It was easy to
boc, months ago, that In the good times
which tho country has enjoyed since ISA"
was to bo found one solid, substantial and
possibly ample bridge across which tho
tepubllcnn party might march to victory.
The republican national platform very
properly began with n eulogy of the pros
perity almost unlvcrsnlly experienced, and
tho full dinner pall has since been tho
campaign emblem. Now, in tho closing
weeks of tho campaign, this prosperity H
to bo emphasized more than ever.
Curiously enough, n glanco at the south
ern newspapers which fling tho names of
Uryan and Stevenson from the top of their
editorial columns shows that in the suth
the argument of prosperity finds Its most
convincing Illustrations. When tho Sher
man (Tex.) Register admits that "Texas
farmers aro too busy picking cotton nnd
paying off mortgages to tuko much interest
in potltlcBi" when tho Memphis Commercial-Appeal
announces with pride, us "ma
terial evidence of growth," that nearly
K.000,000 has been expended In the con
struction of buildings In that city since tho
llrst of this year, and when the Nashville
American complains that "tho car shortago
In tho south is very distressing nt present,
und especially In this section, where tho
roads havo found it a matter of impossi
bility to furnish equipment to their
patrons without long and unnvoldablo
delays" when from, every part of tho south
testimony like this Is voluntarily offered
by democratic newspapers, it seems that
tho republicans ought not to have any
1)1 TV OP IJtHIIV CITI.ICN.
Scnaloi' II on i'm Pointed Appeal to
Apnllirtlc Voter.
Chicago Journal.
Senator (icorgo F. Hoar la a gentleman
who Is best understood by bis constituents,
who have known him a long time, nnd, how
over one may criticise his Inconsistency, the
fact remains that consistency Is moro of a
hobgoblin than a Jewel und Is tho least of
a great man's worries. So Mr. Hoar's
constituents, who havo known him n long
time, will no doubt signify their approval
of tho reasons ho has set forth ns com
pelling him to vote for McKinlcy.
Mr. Hour believes that It Is unmanly and
un-American to "tako to the woods." by
which ho means that ono should not vote
for a third cnndldnte, even if that can
dldato represents one's convictions and no
other candidate, does. Wo heartily disagree
with Mr. Hoar on that proposition, but we
enn subscribe cheerfully to tho following
sentiments:
"Tho only dllferctice up to this point be
tween President McKinlcy nnd Mr. Uryan
Is that President McKinlcy believed he was
doing right, belonged to a party which had
ulwnys been, ns he himself had been, tho
champion of political liberty. In the past,
und Is right on all of the other questions
that nro at stake In the coming election
and Is fit to bo trusted with nil new qucH
tlons that shall arise. On tho other hand,
Mr. Hryan thought the wholo transaction
wrong, makes bomo thin nnd frivolous
excuses for his conduct and tho party with
whom he acts, and the men who surround
him and wilt surround htm as his coun
selors aro men who havo been tho op
ponents of rlshtenusnesB, equality and civil.
Ilherty nlwuys in tho past, aro wrong on
nil the other great questions that are ut
ntako in tho present election and aro not,
In my Judgment, tu bo trusted with now
questions, however important or vital, that
aro to como up In tho future."
Tho man who first declared that the Issue
this year was McKinlcy spoke truer than
he wotted. Thousands of men that do not
llko tho way things have been running at
homo and abroad will voto for MeKluley
next month because they aro confident he
has nothing dearer at heart than tho well
being und prosperity of his country uud
has absolutely nothing of tho emperor
ubout him; because tho present wnvo of
prosperity has not yet rcarhed tho In
evitable shore and may not for four moro
years; becauso they do not and never did
or enn regard Hryan ub other than un agent
of destruction, nnd because It is notori
ously true that whatever Ills tho country
may havo tho democratic party Is a quack
doctor not to he Buffered to oven count tho
patient's pulse.
I'UHSOX.VI. M1T12M.
It Is admitted now that tho Nome beach
Is worked out, but there Is "plenty of gold
a little further on," ho next season's rush
Is provided for.
Captain Scott, who Is organizing tho
lirltlsh Antarctic oxpcdltlon, which Is to
sot out In Soptembor, 1901 . announces that
tho fund for tho expedition has now reached
$200,1100.
Tho lato Judge Haskell of tho Maine
supremo court was a careful student of
mechanics and spent his leiBiiro In his
mnchlno shop, whero ho bad built several
model Btcum engines.
Thaddeus Stoveus' grave in tho old
Shrelner'B cemetery, in Lancnstor, Pa., has
been sadly neglected and tho body of tho
old commoner will soon bo relnterred In
Greenwcod cctnotcry in tho same city.
Tho success of tho rural homo week
celebrations in Ncr England hns prompted
tho BUKKestlon that Iloston have n homo
week In midwinter, when its people may
welcomo in tho city thoso who welcomed
them in tho country In August.
Admiral Dewey will follow tho example of
Secretary Hay and next winter havo nil of
his Bervants In brilliant livery, ino uni
form will bo of a Bhado known as Vandcr
bllt wtno and will bo ornamented with
Bllver buttons Btnmpcd with tho Dewey
crest.
Senator William I. Fryo of Malno while
at his summer camp on tho Hangeloy lakes
Inst month made what ho thinks tho sea
son's record by tho lundlng, after over an
hour'a work, of u speckled trout measuring
tiiirtv-two inches from tip to tip and
weighing eleven and a quarter pounds.
Sims IleoveH, tho famous London ballad
singer, has 'been celebrating his eighty
second birthday. Mr. Hecivos has often
beeu referred to ns tho man who could sing
an UngllHh ballad better than any othor
vocalist who ever lived. From tho tlmo
ho was H years old until ho was long past
60 ho was beforo tho public as a singer.
Tho latest plan suggested In Chicago to
utlllzo tho Ferris wheel Is tho somewhat
wild ono to lay It on its Bldo and make a
locomotivo roundhouse of tt. Tho wheel,
which necessarily would havo to bo roofed
over, la still to revolvo and receive Bevonty-
two eugiues, if necessary, from a single
track, or, at most, two tracks. Tho wheel
Is '.'JO feet In diameter and thirty feet wide
and weighs 1,200 tons.
Captain John Mcintosh Kell, adjutant
general of Georgia, who died at Suunyslde,
(la., last week, was 77 years old and had
served in tho navy ever Blnco ho wus li
rllo was lu tho Mexican war, was present at
tho llrst raising of tho American Hag in
California, was witli Perry In Japan and
was executive olncor of the Alabama
throughout its stormy career. His present
post ho lud held slnco 1SS6.
. -
A Mnttin' f IiitereKl.
Philadelphia Ledger
Our next series of ultimatum n the
sultan of Turkey should be made to hear
Interest from date.
a Keynote
ml I'nt
dlfllculty in convincing the country that
prosperity Is real, actual and widespread.
It Is begging the question to say that tho
McKinlcy administration Is not responsible (
for this Improved condition of affalrr.. Tho
assertion may be true In a strictly tech
nical sense, because no administration can
nssuro good crops at homo and poor crops
abroad, and no president, no matter how
powerful, can ralso the prlco of cotton until
It reaches 10 cents u pound. At tho same
time, If hard times had continued, tho Mc
Kinlcy admlnlst ration would havo been
blamed therefor, and It deserves, ou the
other hand, to enjoy the credit of pros
perity. In addition to this, people, do not
analyze. They only know that whereas !
they woro blind, now they see; that In
stead of being sick, now they uro well.
To tho administration under which they '
emerged from financial gloom to glorious
sunlight they give praise and It will require
something more potent than democratic
oratory to dissuade them from tho ap- 1
proprlatcuess of their tribute.
Imperialism is a mooted question, the
currency Issue has been settled by the
passngo of tho gold standard law, some
thing can bo said on both sides rh fur as
the trusts uro concerned, but prosperity 1
real, Incontestable, practical. It Is not
an abstract question; It Is a definite, en
joyable experience. It Is a bright and
shining contrast to the despair which set
tled over tho country during the last demo
cratic administration, und, with the mem
ory of thoso dreary days still fresh In tho
public mind, the republican party is fully
justified In pointing to presut conditions
a n sufllclcnt reason for continuing It in
power.
WHAT TIIH TIM.KCH.UMIIHIS .s.W.
KnlKlit of tin- Key Dlxpiixi'il lo l,rt
Well Kimiiuli Alone.
New York Sun.
A signlllccnt communication Is th.n ad
dressed by the organization of teligtuphet s
known as tho MeKlnley-HoosevcIt Telegraph
league to men of their craft in the United
States. Appreciating tho highly katlsfac
tory conditions now surrounding them and
hoping that they may continue, the Tele
graph league directs tho attention ot all
operntors In the country to tho need of sup
porting at tho coming election Hie candi
date under whose administration thev have
prospered.
"For the llrst time In the history of the
tolegruph profebslon," says the league,
"every respectable operutor desiring em
ployment Ih found nt work.'" This Is so. No
more than three yrnrs ngo the number of
unemployed operators hereabouts wni so
great that ouhk men were dissuaded from
studying the art und schools where It wan
taught were poorly attended. Tho trouble
was. not that the telegraph waa being sup
planted to any great extent by newer means
of communication, but that the general bus
iness of tho couutry wus too stagnant to
create u demand for the operator's services.
While this was the eafo particularly
among mo?k find br.nklng Iiouspr, where dur
ing good times kutghtB of tho key llud steady
und remunerative employment, tt was like
wise true as regards large railway ryntems
and tho great telegraph companies, the oi
ume of whose business lellectu In u striking
manner tho activity ot other concerns and
enterprises. A few years ugo nt many of
tho railroad station throughout tho coun
try ono man tilled tho post that now re
quires two. and wherever tho Benlccs of an
operator could bo dispensed with he was
let go In order that the road might bo able
to meet the existing depression In traffic.
In 1SJ6 tho number of operntors out of
work was conservatively cstlniutod at 35,C0u.
How tho chango hns been brought about
may be seen from tho following paragraph
of the league's communication:
"With tho return of prosperity, sunshine
nnd happiness in tho business world, Idle
ness and stagnation have vanished; hundreds
of new telegraph offices havo been opened
by tho respective telegraph companies, giv
ing employment lo additional managers nnd
oporatorB. Thousands of miles of poles huve
been planted and wires strung; Balarles, too,
havo been raised and a larger volume of
business than ever beforo now keeps the
wires busy. Nor Is there unemployed a ro
spectable railroad operator. The present
prosperity of tho railroads is a matter of
public record nnd in tho brokerage and
banking houses throughout the country hun
dreds of telegraphers nro covering private
wires for which lu 1S96 there was no de
mand "
Tho demand for telegraph operntors. llko
tho demand for other wage earners, Is
regulated by tho amount of buHlnebs be
ing done. Other wago earners will make
a grnvo mistake If they fall to vote with
tho telegraphers.
Inspiration
YeHU't'dn.y we had ft i-alkM'. A youiif; man from a Nebraska
town, lie said w had heard KO much about our suits, the "qual
ity, style and tit," (hat he desired a personal knowledge of same.
After selecting a suit to his fancy, and donning name, he was
seized witli it jioeticsil inspiration, uud tiie following is the result
of his fancy, while attired in one of our ?,!2.f0 fall suits:
"Old Satan rising from his throne.
Sent through his realm a mighty groan
Approaching o'or tho burning lake.
Was his chief demon christened "Juke?"
And what nrouned his iniuUer'n ire.
Was Jake's rich "gala day" nttlri
.."Now, by rny throno! What'u up today,
That yo appear In this array?
Jako bowed, and bent a suppliant knee,
"Wo are Hrownlng, King fi-. Company."
If our $li2.r0 suits could cause this Hyronie outburst of inspir
ation and genius, our $15.00, 20.00 and .fL'H.OO showing ought to
make Shakespeare look like thirty cents.
Browning, King & Co.,
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
Omuha'a Only Exclusive Clothier lor Men and
wiirrri.iin to a I'oi.vr.
I'eitoti j,.inniil "Marie, doesn't nu s
.M)itllet(, , mutliiiiK but slnre when t
I II'!, to P,,.M, t oM'lllUK?"
Oh. yi-K, I.uulse, he yawns."
tttdjaimpnlls Journal; "Henry, the rtoct. t
..I V. -A1'" "' uire threaten, t
with nptietuili'ltK did he"
iJf0; ..V.Mb?"1- ,,r J"''1 'I'O.Hiat the I.,
time, Mm know, and It cured the pain.
(iilciiKo Tribune '"""if secnm to me," t
marked one of the group gathered In trei
;;fc,,i,r,!w.!!.,,,.oSi",ho "ri M'
"It might i," nliservnl Mrs. Onswe'
its ityilfe::' l0Wn "10 cnlH,t,,:''
PIiIUkIfIpIiIh Press: Leading forwart
suddenly he kissed Iter.
'.'.Si1.1'1'.'.8"" Sr1'."'1, "-0J! fo't yourself:
'"Hints so," ho replied, "that one
for you.
Thcicupim he niilieXcil utiothrr
Detroit Prop Press: Spuddt How do
like your new cook?"
llciipei'k oh, line; my wife isn't 1om .r
the establishment nny lunger.
Chltngo Tribune: '(Jrorge." s.ild Mif
Ferguson, as they went In to illnnor. t
wish you would tell ltenn. In sonic wat
so It will not offend htm. that he t.ik-H to
much sugar In his coffee, it isn't Kuo.i f,.i
lilm and I know his mother woutdn i
llko It."
"Holiny." ,uld Mr. Ferguson, a few mli
iites later, turning to tho joung nephew
who was visiting lilm, "you don't mix unite
enoiisli i offer with your sugar."
I'tiiietunllty.
Soinorvlllo Jojrnnl
w ' look nt t 1 tu with sl'etit uw.
1 he man who's never late
His record Is without n lluw.
I he man who's never lute.
!,, ? lwii wiieic lie said he'd be.
Hlght on tb,. ,iot you nlwujs see
(nroud of his piincttmlltee)
Tin- iimn who's never late.
And ,. he loses lots of tlmo,
I i" m..:i who's never late.
aiiik.iikIi i,. promptness is sublime,
riu- m. ,n who's never late.
Iti r.i. t hi- nr.. is full of cure,
I'or wli,.i h,. turns tip tiuywiisre
Hi'' iimn who Mild bo',1 meet him thn-
N UBimlly tut,..
Vlli: M MHCHIIlllt M.M5S.
Wnde Whipple In Illchmond Dispute!
I sometimes uish mv neighbor. Mini ,
would never try to sltiif,
I-or. oh. It s such n snd iuttnpt at tmi
tntlni; tune.
I Hint when iitnntiir his acres wide he give
lii Ituivi full swing
It seems t brc-sk ,i string upon the we't
toned harp of June;
I ot when 1 amp ii-ltHtenlnjr, nnd creep un
tliiough the corn
And see wimt f-ladness lights his face ail
; through lis singing mood.
I I sort of liii-h n. y protosfi 'gainst his ef
I fort o forlorn.
For It doeci't hurt tne nji, nnd It seem
lo do Ii 1 in good.
' We've got to Like the bitter with the swet
ill life, of coiilse.
And oftentimes what seems to us n strain
of bitterness
Is NntiTe's wiiy of sweetening some fnic'l
lying sotilee
f)f ueiiitlt. that later brings u gladdenlng
, caress :
If it wasn't for the cackling we would lose
tho ccks. perhaps,
lint for the direful tuning up tho violin
wero dumb;
. The blessed rsln oft readies tis throng i
shocking thunder chips.
And other benefits In wake of things un
pleasant come.
And nrciilng I hits. I conclude, rcgardl'irc
Neighbor Munii.
I (For he's u heart us golden ns th pump
kins that lie grows,)
That though his stylo of ringing's like th--)
burst lug of a gnu. .
i It's Just Ids way of tuning up hi heart -
good-natured throes;
, So when his vocut chimorliiKS make frn.
I tures In the air,
I And startle alt the denizens of orehnr
i grove and woifd.
I 1 nowadiiyH Just laugh, instead of slnrtl'W
In to swenr.
I For It doesn't hurt me any. mid I know
i does lilm good.
The) re striving bard and p"i
haps ngulnst great odds to 6en"
u well. i
We cannot emphasize too strong
ly the grave danger of delay in
attending to them.
We nro ready to give you the
same expert attention nnd con
scientious rervlce that hun placed
tho names of over 1,000 pleased
patrons on our books all nre
peoplo you know right here In
Omaha and vicinity.
J. C. Huteson & Co.
Consulting' Opticians
1520 Douglas Street
j Your Eyes ;
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