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llcorge It. Tzsehuek, secretary of The Hoc
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avs that the actual number of full and
rompleto copies of The Dally, Morning,
J. veiling and Hunday Hee printed during the
month of January, 1901, was as follows:
1 U.l.nuo 17 'Jtl.UID
2 UH.S'M 18 UII.HIMI
3 sii,:t:to id uti.ii'jti
4 Ull.UlO 20 yO.Tllll
r un,.iio :-i uit.onn
f Utl,N,"l 22 iitl.llO
7 2.1 UU.Niitt
8 l!ll,:iHO 21 UO.INO
0 i!ll,l!IO 25 Ull, 1111
10 fill, 1 10 26 'M.fJtU
11 iiii.uin 27 imi.hi.-.
12 i!i,ii:n 2S ait, iho
13 11(1,700 29 ia,770
it 1:11, ,-..-.0 30 US.NIO
15 ao.i.-.n 31 ait.tnn
is uo.aiiu
Total mio.iis.i
Less unsold and returned copies.... 10,017
Not total sales sitlMMS
is'ct dally average al,77l
(1IJO. H, TZHCIIUCK,
y Subscribed In my presence; and sworn to
beforo mo this 31st clay of January, A. D.
1901. M. 11. HUNC1ATE.
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Ilere'n 11 long nnil happy married life
to IIolliinil'8 young 11 ml liuittitlfttl ruiecti.
Nebraska win-tit 1ms gone without 11
white overeont nil winter tip to Sunday
hiHt, lint Ih now fooling more comfort
nhle. The people of Lincoln ate already face
to face with preparations for their
sprliiK municipal election. Omahn ex
temlH Hympathy.
The latest llsh story eonien from Flnr
Ida, where a walking llsh has heen
landed In alcohol. It Is time for those
airships to lie resurrected.
If the sportsmen only got enough pune
law hills before the legislature they will
Hticceed In keeping the law as It now Is,
with an open door for everyone.
With n double jackpot It looks as If
the only way to saw off In that Ne
braska senatorial pame Is by playing
partners and all show down together.
A man has appeared at n Chicago
police station Insisting that he Is the
long lost Charlie ltoss. Chicago breezes
have a queer effect upon the minds of
people.
It's a trllle early for the yellow jour
nal correspondents to commence kill
ing of England's new king. Why not
give Edward VII a decent chance to
wear his royal robes?
John Marshall was a great constitu
tional lawyer In his day, but that was n
long time ago. Almost any present day
popocratle politician knows more about
the constitution than Marshall dld-at
least, they all think they do.
The commander-ln-chlof of the Co
lombian rebel forces Is In this country
to purchase arms for his troons. If
lie could only secure the supply of
"Didn't know it was loaded" guns he
would soon have hs enemies all killed
off.
No member of the bench attended the
local bar association banquet In honor
nf John Marshall. Presumably, when a
lawyer reaches tiic bench he no longer
feels the necessity of cultivating famll-
larity with great Jurists who have gone
before him.
While looking for a new superintend
ent for the county hospital why not try
to get some one who is rcnllv'nimiiiUi
for the position. A competent man
ougnc to tie found notwithstanding tlm
prerequisite requirement of bearing the
itisiou tirauii.
A continuance of cold weather will 1.,
better than all thu doctors and all the
medicines to put a stop to the dlssem
nation of contagious disease germs. .
good, clear atmosphere, coupled with
caterui cleanliness, Is the best publl
health protector.
Tho Hee Is not 11 cheai) tamer for ehcai
people. Neither Is It a sewer for the
conveyance of vicious stories about tie
graded people. The Iteo aims to pub
llsii a newspaper which can bo ink
en
Into the home and read before ever
member of tho family.
Captain Sycamore, who Is to command
Khumrock II In the next International
yacht race for the Amnions cup, has
suggested a number of changes in the
conditions to govern the contest. Some
change in the rules Is certainly ncces
nary to give the Hritlsh cup challj (tiger
a chance.
(lovernor Dietrich Is considerably
forehanded In his Arbor day proclama
tlon, which he has already issued, llxing
Monday, April as the day to be ob
served under that designation. With
nearly three months to elapsu every
man, woman and child ought to he able
to sprout a tree to plant on Arbor day
OoYornor Shaw of Iowa has an
nounced that under, no. circumstances
will he he a candidate for n third term
ns governor of that state. A large
nutnlHu of people who have been keep
lug; themselves In "condition" will now
probably go Into active training for th
contest. It Is it( desirable stake for the
wluuer and is worth any man's effort,
THK COMMEIIVIAI. SlDt..
Commercial Interests are said to be
very greatly concerned In the question
of the future relations between the
nlted States and Cuba and doubtless
their Iniluence will be exerted in favor
of the view that It Is the right and duty
of congress to pass upon the Cuban
constitution, with 11 view to seeing that
It provides for satisfactory relations
with this country.
One of these Interests Is the syndicate
which contemplates a thorough rccon
tructlon and a great enlargement of the
.'uban railroad systems. It Is said to
be anxiously awaiting the determination
of the Cuban question and the estab
lishment of stable government In the
sland. Another Is the syndicate or
ganized to Introduce trolley systems
Into Cuba. Then there are capitalists
who tire anxious to begin the work of
developing the rich mines and thu re
sources of the timber lands. One of
the largest of the eastern trust compa
nies, which have already established
iranch institutions in Cuba and has in
lew the taking there of sulllclent capi
at to enable the Cuban planters and
manufacturers to fully develop their re
sources, Is most desirous for an early
letermlnatlou of the Cuban question.
Of course these Interests would feel
more secure If the government to be es-
abllshed In Cuba should hold such rela
tions with the United States as would
usiire Its stability and the protection of
property and vested rights In the Island.
Quite naturally they do not have Im-
licit confidence In the Cuban people.
t'here Is doubt us to their capacity for
self-government and not much faith In
heir Integrity. Therefore these Inter-
sts desire that the United States shall
require such conditions from the new
Cuban government as will assure safety
for whatever Investments they make In
the Island.
There are Cubans who are not averse
o this. A leading paper of Havana
suggested a lew days ago that the con
stitutional convention should adopt as a
asls for relations between Cuba and
the United States the following: ''That
the republic of Cuba will respect and
guarantee lives, property and acquired
Ights In thu same form ns the United
States guarantee those In tlui treaty of
Paris that the republic, will guarantee
rights acquired during the American In
tervention by law, decree, Judgment or
other act of the military government;
that thu republic, for a period of two
years after the establishment of Inde-
leudeuce, will conduct foreign affairs
hrough the United States, will make no
reaty with any other nation prejudicial
o the United States and will accept no
compromise which might give- rise to
the occupation of the Island or to Inter
vention in its customs." It would mani
festly bo a grave mistake to omit from
thu Cuban constitution a guaranty that
the republic will respect property and
acquired rights, for without such provi
sion In thu organic law capital will, not
go freely Into Cuba and the develop
ment of the Island will be slow.
The commercial side of the' Cuban
lUcMlou Is quite as Important as thu
political side, perhaps even more Im
portant to the Cuban people, whose In
dependence will not give them prosper
ity if they are not able to attract capital
for industrial and commercial develop
ment. In order to do this they must
give ample assurance of security to
property and acquired rights.
i'i:achfvIj axo piiusi'Mujcs.
In a letter to the New York Trlbunu
lion. John W. Foster, former secre
tary of state, gives an Interesting ac
count of existing conditions in Mexico.
That republic has made great progress
during the past twenty years and today
is one of the most prosperous of na
tions. It Is also one of the most wisely
governed countries. Mr. Foster notes
that there Is everywhere evidence of
peace and security to persons and prop
erty. In this respect the country has
undergone a complete transformation
within the last quarter of a century.
There Is relatively far less violence and
outlawry In Mexico than In the United
States and Mr. Foster says that tu few
countries of the world Is better protec
tion afforded to persons and property.
This statu of civil order is due prl
marlly to the maintenance of a govern
ment of peace and of n continuous con
stltutlonal regime. Since thu advent of
President Diaz In 1870 there has been
no foreign war and no serious Internal
disturbance, while that very able states
man has devoted himself to developing
thu resources of Mexico and to building
up the Industries and commerce of the
country. In this work hu has been
greatly successful aud today the coun
try is prosperous and Is moving steadily
forward. Unquestionably there is a
splendid future for Mexico if the poll
cles that have brought tho country to
Its present position shall lie maintained,
as certainly they will be so long as
President Diaz continues at the head of
thu government.
.vor exouuii or .1 auou ruixa.
The annual conferences of taxpayers'
committees with members of the council
and city olllclals about the time a tax
levy Is In sight would accomplish nioto
good and be more likely to produce
results If they weru repeated periodically
throughout the year. It does not hurt
11 public olllcer to have the fact I in
pressed upon him that ho Is not an In
dependent and Irresponsible entity, but
rather a public servant representing
public Interests for which he Is account
able to the citizens as a whole.
One equally desirable result which
might bo expected from more frequent
Interchange of Ideas between taxpayers
and olllclals would be tho repression of
thu chronic kicker who always sees
everything through calamlty-hued spec
tacles. To this despondent Individual
the city Is always on thu verge of bank
ruptcy; ruinous tax rates are conllscnt
lug his property; the public credit Is on
the brink of destruction, never again to
bo restored, and thu whole community
Is so menaced with a reputation for bail
city government and oppressive tax
burdens that Its future growth Is sure
to bo blocked because no foreslghted
business establishment will locate In It
and no decent persou make It his home,
riils doleful word-picture Is hot n whit
overdrawn, but enn be heard every year
nt the annual tax levy conference.
As n matter of fact, however, Oninha
Is constantly forging further forward,
Its business Interests expauding nnil Its
population Increasing, Its credit Improv
ing and Its municipal government con
ducted on n plane of economy and elll-
lency that compares well with that of
other cities properly belonging In the
same class. The most casual Investi
gation by unprejudiced observers will
give cause for optimism rather than
pessimism, aud for that, reason taxpay-
rs and citizens generally should bo en
couraged to keep themselves Informed
of the operation of their municipal gov
ernment by rubbing up against their
public officials as often its possible.
THE AliMY XOMIXATIUXS.
The nominations by the president
under the army reorganization law will
be generally approved and it is pre
sumed there will be no delay on the
part of the senate In continuing them.
t was reported that Mr. McKlnley had
icon urged to appoint some other olllcer
lut ti Miles to be lieutenant general,
but whether such was tho fact or not
the nomination of (Jeneral Miles was
he proper thing to do. Ho Is entitled
to the rank and it would have been an
Injustice not to have given It to him.
The promotion of Chaffee and Mae-
Arthur to be major generals In the reg;
tilar army Is a commendable recogni
tion of their services. The former has
made an excellent record In China aud
.MueArthur has donu well In the Phil
ippines. The selections for brigadier
generals are all meritorious and none
more so than that of licucral Leonard
Wood, though It Is quite possible that
his will uot lie the universal view In
army circles. It must be admitted, how-
ver, that while (Jeneral Wood's mili
tary achievements have not been espe-
hilly distinguished, his services In
Culm have been so meritorious as to
give him a fair claim to 11 brigadier
generalship In the regular army. It Is
uot Improbable that the promotion of
Senum! Frederick D. Grant will be tils-
ileaslng to some of the olllcers of the
army, but Grant has done good service
In the Philippines and shown himself
o be a capable otlleer.
Disappointments are Inevitable In a
matter of this kind and there will un
doubtedly be criticism of some of the
nominations, but on the whole tho pres
ident has shown good Judgment In the
selections.
AXOTHKH (MEAT COXSI'lliACV.
There has been more matter published
about Queen Victoria during the last ok
than one man could read la n thousand
year. It Is u great thing for tho plutocratic
dallies, whose chief object for the last four
yeats has been to keep the people's attention
directed to anything and everything that
does not beat upon their plan to mako this
republic an empire and placo the fortunes
of the peoplo In tho hands of a clique located
In Wall streot. Nebraska Independent.
This Is the first thu people knew that
thuy were being made the victims of
another great conspiracy hatched In
Wall street and rarrled Into execution
by the wicked money power. Hut, on
the word of the olllclal populist organ
of this state, they will have to accept
It as true.
Weru It not for this great conspiracy
Queen Victoria would be still alive and
her mourning subjects the world over
still rejoicing at her protracted reign.
Tho queen's death was precipitated by
thu conspirators simply and solely to
monopolize thu columns of thu press
and keep the newspapers from devoting
their spacu and energies to the rescue
of the common people from the grinding
exactions of the avaricious plutocrats.
Only by diverting public attention to
the departure from life of Ilritaln's
cherished monarch could the odious
money power accomplish its hellish de
signs, aud, of course, it would stop on
no sacrlllce necessary to Insure success.
The foul conspiracy to make money
scarcu and dear has iqi to this time met
with constant and dire disaster. In
stead of money becoming scarce and
dear it tins steadily becomo more plenti
ful and cheap. The situation of the
conspirators Is Indeed desperate. They
must do something to save themselves
If all the crowned heads of Europe have
to pe offered up.
Judgo linker has drafted a bill to
amend the criminal code of Nebraska
relating to bribery, suggested by the
Ineffectual attempts to prosecute cor
rupt public olllclals because of technical
defects In the law. Only a few months
ago a member of thu Omaha school
board, against whom the evidence of
bribery was conclusive to every un
biased mind, went unpunished because
tho transaction upon which the charge
was based was begun In Chicago, al
though executed In this state. Tho pro
posed amendment to the act makes the
charge of bribery apply to all public
olllces, whether elective, appointive, ad
ministrative or Judicial, aud makes it
equally an offense whether part or all
of the corrupt transaction Is committed
within thu Jurisdiction of Nebraska
courts. This bill ought to he passed by
the legislature, If only for the good ef
fect It will have as a deterrent upon fu
ture betrayals of public trust.
Prof. Howard, thu latest I.eland Stan
ford martyr to untamed speech, Instead
of seeking an aysluiu In the Nebraska
State university will remain in San
Francisco to complete a book on which
ho has been working. This shows la
mentablo lack of foresight In thus
throwing away the opportunity of a
lifetime to take advantage of the free
advertising achieved by his unenviable
notoriety.
After his latest performance It Is more
evident than over that Prof. Dawes was
too small 11 potato to hu put In chargo
of thu Statu School for the Deaf and
Dumb. From thu tlrst It was supposed
ho might learn something by experience
through his Incumbency at tho cost of
thu public, but even that expectation
has been sadly disappointed.
The aggregatu assessed valuation for
the city of Omaha for tho year 11)01 Is
?:iuYlll,71tl, an Increase of ?7(H),(KH) over
the previous year. This Increase 110
more than represents the Increase In
taxable tirotno-iv mlded bv now' con
struction without reference to the nm-
terlnl rlsu In price of merchandlso stocks
carried by Omaha, business houses. It
Is reliably rennrti.il that one firm of Iron
and lmrdwnro dealers. In this city cleared
?170,000 during the last year from the
rise In thu price of Iron held In stock,
lint" ll 11111 t.il.f. .. ..l.ii...(i,iwi In lltld dm
. .v ..... imiii; , in v 1 fcv.
roHectlon of It In the tax assessment
list.
to jro Into mourning uvor since the unny
11111 whm pupmmi over uie hiikiu wuv wviv
lilt iwiftn ttt 4 In. itixttililiitlr IlldiMtliwI 111
offer General Miles by appointing some
other olllcer to be comiuander-ln-chlef of
tne army. The president 1111s disap
pointed them again by appointing Gen
eral Miles to the rank and position he
held under thu old organization.
The Chinese envoys and the repre
sentatives of the powers are now In
conference regarding the carrying out
of the terms of neiico conditions. They
have decided to keep thu proceedings se
cret, but this will not prevent tho
Shanghai correspondents from telling
the world all about It In advance of Its
happening and some more.
I'orln ItleiuiN ( iitclilim On.
New York Tribune.
The l'orto means do not appear from
their first petition to congress to be much
troubled about their dependent state. What
they want 1b an appropriation for harjjor
Improvements.
Kntl of the DriiilluoU,
Globe-Democrat.
Motimnkn rnmiblfnnnu Hhnlllil elect two
. . . ..... u . u u, v u -
Bnnalnrd ivlttmti, nm fnrtlwtr ilnlnv. It
would bo well to demonstrate that Nebraska
has 0110 party that can rlso to the level
of Intelligent politics.
Wnrrlitrn vtlth Cliln I'eier.
Minneapolis Journal.
About S00 people have come homo from
Africa and China to lecture on the wars.
There nro Just enough left to hold tho
enomy In check until they go back, when
another forward movement may bo looked
for.
Sbiirli-nluu; lli- 'title.
Kansas City Times.
Kdward of Kugland wants to bo called
both emperor and king. Ho has drawn a
full hand of titles, although ho waited n
long tlmo for the lucky cards. Now ho de
sires to bo addressed as "Your Imperial
majesty." How would "Your royal flush"
do as a substitute?
Kxperleiu't:- I ntici'ilcil,
Cleveland Lender.
Ireland's coldness toward all that per
tains to British royalty, even In tho pros
enco of tho queen's death, Is n hint to Hrlt
isli statesmen of the probablo duration or
Doer hatred of England. It Is almost cer
tain that centuries of undisputed Hritlsh
sovereignty could not make tho Ilocra of
South Africa lojal subjects to Great Brit
ain. I'll lllrilt Iiiii'n Kvniuiilc ("nlcliliiK.
Philadelphia Record.
Thero has, been a llcrce battle in Abys
sinia and another in Arabia. Tho grounds
and circumstances of these outbreaks of
war frenzy among the barbarians are as
yet unknown. Thut incidents, however, evoko
reflections on tbi comparative rarity of
conlljcts on a IwrKu.bcale among tho nations
which wo regard ;as seml-clvlllzcd. Tho
barbarians have much to learn beforo they
shall reach (ho level of tho cultured na
tions In tho art of making war frequent
and thus counteracting tho Ignoble effects
of slothful peace.
Combine of the Con I HiinilN.
Uuffalo Express,
It Is estimated that tho coal-carrying
roads controlled by tho Morgan syndicate
had an anthracite tonnage In 1S99 of 30,100,
7C3, while tho non-Morgan roads had n ton
nage of 17.55S.1C0. Tho Morgan companies
nro given as tho Heading, Jersey Central,
Lehigh, Delaware, Susquehanna & West
ern, Brio, Now York, Susquehanna & West
ern and tho Pennsylvania Coal company.
Though tho figures are not yet nvallablo It
Is probablo that about tho same relative
tonnage was maintained In l00. Tho
Unglncerlng Nows estimates that by tho es
tablishment of hnrmony between the Van-dcrbllt-Morgnn
Interests nnd tho Pennsyl
vania railroad about 06 per cent of the out
put of anthracite coal Is virtually controlled
by tho syndicate nnd its friends. How the
public will bo affected by this situation re
mains to bo seen.
Till: CO.MAION IMIDIM.K.
A I'eiv I'olnteil It murk mi I lie
llllenl AnimtI of I'.iu-ru)-.
J. Sterling Morton's Conservative.
A hundred years ago John Jacob Astor
of New York was a very common German
emigrant. Hut he had uncommon Judge
ment, energy, temperance, Industry nnd
frugality, lixerclslng nil theso potentiali
ties with Judicious efflclcncy, he became n
man of property. He left, at his death,
great wealth to his descendants, Vast public
benefits have nccrued to tho common peoplo
of New York because of his uncommon
Judgment nnd bis accumulative faj;aelty.
-
Tho Astor free library Is only one of tho
monuments to his character, acquisitive
ness and tho name. Yet demagogues In 1901
derounco his posterity which In overy
war has furnished patriotic and gallant de
fenders of tho United States as plutocrats
and unworthy the respect of plain people.
Philip I). Armour llfty years ago was a
day laborer and yet whon ho died In tho
bcglnnlng'of this year ho left a gigantic for
tune, notwithstanding ho had endowed col
leges rnd established Institutions of charity
and religion which had taken nway from
h fortune several millions of dollars. He
was of tho common peoplo, raised In frugal
Industry. Inured to hardship and ennobled
by physical and Intellectual labor. His
benefactions to tho raco will live and thrill
with energy, ncrvo with ambition tho sons
of tho peoplo for generations to come, whlld
tho oratory which denounces men for ac
quiring and controlling capital will bo re
membered only as phenotnlnal eruptions of
sclfsccklug demagogy.
Less than fifty years since a brawny lad
of Scotland enmo to America nnd to work
among tho common people with uncommon
power nnd perception of opportunities. His
libraries donated all over tho country toll
how a wonderful Divinity uses tho manual
and mental forces of one man so ns to make
blessings and benefactions for millions ot
minds seeking learning and luxury of liter
nry Indulgence, nut Carnegie Is denounced
by tho demagogue who walls about the com
mon peoplo nnd poses ns their seir-np
pointed protector.
Tho common people in America havo a
right to aspire to climb to competence and
capital. It Is tho prldo and glory ot the
United States that no citizen remains com
mon except by his own volition. The day
laborer nf today may be tho capitalist
and employer of tomorrow. Tho day
laborer of yesterday Is tlio rich man and
banker of today. The man. whether he
bo a populist candidate for the presidency
or only un editor, who divides his fellow
citizens Into classes nnd traustlxcs them
stereotypes them as plutocrats, middle
class and common, is not possessed of com
mon senso enough to r.ppreciato the op
portunities anil possibilities of citizenship
In the republic founded bv Washington,
Hamilton, Jefferson and their compatriots,
I'rcniMis or w.vsiiiMiTo.v i.i im:.
Mcriir mill incident" Around Hip Hull
of .Nutlonul I'ulltlcN.
In tbe senate, the other day, relates the
Washington Post, Mr. Mason ot Illinois
asked unanimous consent tor the passage
of aa ancient bill paying money to Klora
Adams Darling for money nnd Jewelry taken
from her by federal troops dtirlug the war.
"Ah," exclaimed Senator Spooner, who
used to lie chairman ot tho committee on
claims, as he heard the clerk read tho pro
posed law, "that bill is an old acquaintance
of mine."
"You certnlnly would not ho guilty of
turning your back upon an old acquaint
ance?" Senator Mason Instantly rcmnrked,
In an appealing tone.
Tho quick retort ought to have passed tho
bill, but It didn't.
A man who was leaving the gallery after
Senntor Depcw's speech on tho ship subsidy
bill was heard to remark: "There wnsn't
nothln' In it. I've listened for an hour nnd
there wasn't nothln' In it at all. Talk 'bout
his bdn' nn orator! Ain't nothln' to It."
This wns n frank and crude expression
of tho general feeling In the galleries, re
ports tlm Chicago Journal correspondent.
Many of tho listeners, of course, were fnsh
lonablo women who had rend of Chauncey's
fame or hnd met him In n social way, nnd
they wero not so outspoken In their com
ment. Hut they felt disappointed. Depnw
read from n manuscript and n lot of It was
figures very dull figures about tonnage nnd
knots and per cents, Then there wns a lot
of history and quotations from law books.
All of which was Intensely stupid. No Jokes,
no scintillations of wit, no exordium, or
climax or rhetorical figure, or happy Illusion
or appropriate story. Thero was nothing ot
what had made Depew famous, and they
naturally left oggrleved and cheated.
All of which shows that a reputation ns
an after-dinner speaker Is something of n
handicap to a man trying to make a cogent,
colorless, loglral arguments In favor of a
dull, prosaic proposition of political eco
nomics. Every ono who listened to Mr. Towno's
speech on the Philippine situation is now
asking where he ncqutrcd his knowledge of
tho Tagal and the Spanish languages, sayn
tho Washington Times. No name, of nil
tho strango ones that have como to be
familiar slnco our war In tho Islands,
seemed to present any dllllcultles to hlro,
nnd, moreover, many that custom, and per
haps Ignorance, have ordained to be pro
nounced ono way, were glvcu quite u new
turn of inflection, accent nnd quantity by
him. At times It seemed that ho wns talk
ing of battlefields qulto now, so oddly did
he pronounce tho names I'aranaque, Paslg,
Hollo and many others. Especially notice
nble, however, wns his version of Manila.
Ho went straight to tho Spanish for It,
putting stress upon tho mlddlo syllable and
lengthening it until tho word took tho form
of Mnne-e-ln. Agulnnldo's chief sccrctory's
name wns pronounced In true Spanish style,
as though It hnd been spelled Agonthllllo
Instead ot Agonclllo.
"The senator from Kansns!" When Vlco
President Hoosovelt, from the presiding of
ficer's scat, mukes this recognition of Mr.
Uurton, his memory will go back to a
scene which was tho turning point nt Phila
delphia last summer, says u correspondent
of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Hoosevi'lt was protesting against his
nomination on tho national ticket. Hu had
almost persuaded the majority of tho dele
gates to respect his wishes. Ono day there
filed into his parlor forty stalwart men,
alert and determined looking. A velvet
suhllowcr was conspicuously pinned on tho
oat lapel of eacli of them, Tho lender,
tall, black-haired, dramatic of manner, pro
ceeded to say that, with ull duo respect
to tho persoual feelings of the governor ot
New York, tho Kansas delegation had de
cided tho interests of the republican party
In their state nnd In the nation at lnrgo
wculd be best subserved by his nomination
to tho second place. "And," concluded tho
spokesman, impressively, "wo have Just
resolved unanimously that the votu or our
delegation will bo cast for you." The looks
of the delegation boro out tho words ot the
head of It, and conveyed the Idea that noth
ing remained to bo said. Governor Hooso
velt realized what kind of stuff ho wns
dealing with. Ho had been voluble nnd
enrnest with other callers. Ho looked
along tho lino of sun-kissed Kansas Biin
klssed countenances nnd threw up his
hands. To othors subsequently he repeated
his objections, but thero was no force In
his opposition after the Kansans had
spoken. And tho spokesman win uc -sena
tor" Ilurton whon vico l-resiucnt uooseveu
raps to order In the special session on
March f.
Knnntnr Turner of Washington, who Is
mm nf the onnonents of tho subsidy bill,
reports the Washington Post, referred to
sntmtnr Krvo ns so cheerful and optimistic
as to remind him of tho countryman down
In Mnl.nmn who. til lleSCrlh ng 8 tight With
a neighbor, said: "1 gently Inserted my
,.,.. l.niivoon his teeth and boro him to tho
ground." "Thnt man," Instantly interruptcn
Senator Hoar, "was John Phoonix, nnd that
was tho way he described his light with
iim editor of the San Diego paper. no
was a personal friend of mine," continued
ir tinnr. nmid laughter, "and I want him
to get all the credit that Is due him."
a ,.,mitien .if twentv-nvo or thirty rep
resentative men In ofllclnl nnd prlvato life
ni no to Philadelphia this month ami
count, weigh nnd nssay a considerable
amount of money, says a corrcsponucni m
.i. n.l,k- Mnuln. Everv VCOr SUCll H
commutes Is appointed by tht president to
visit tho Philadelphia mint for the purposo
of ncelne thnt the various coins wiuv m
niii venr nri full we mht and ton-
tain tho propor amount of gold, sllvot and
alloy. Tho law requires ino omcers m
tho various mints to reserve specimens
r.r r.nin nf each denomination Issued, which
are to bo forwarded to Philadelphia for ex
amination. I-ast year tne coinnuuco ex
amined more than forty thousand pieces of
money In this mnnnor, having a total vaiue
ot $125,000. The records ot the department
show thnt cases havo been found whoro
n fnriuin mint had Issued a largo number
of coins under tho required weight. Dis
missals havo InvnrinDiy ioiiowcii sucn uis
covcrles. Sonators nro having n good deal of quiet
fun among themselves over tho nppenranco
of it well known Journal this mouth with
tho portraits of tho wives of llfty-four
senators used ns a border for soap adver
tisement. Tho names of tho ladles, says
tho Washington Post, appear under their
pictures nnd nlso as indorsing the virtues
ot tho soap. Mrs. Hanna's plrturo occupies
tho plnro of honor In tho upper corner of
the portrait gallery. Near her are the
artistic features of Mrs. Thurston, while
Mrs. Srott, Mrs. Fairbanks, Mrs. Martin,
Mrs. Hate. Mrs. Hnnsbrough. nnd more than
two scoro of the wives of other senators
are plnccd In what might bo called a human
frlnce-
"I asked my wife how In tho world she
happened to thus appear la a soap adver
tisement," said one senator to another In
the cloakroom ycttcrday. "and I had to
listen to an outburst of Indignation and
angor. Sho said that a very nlco young
gentleman called upon her and said that
ho was gottlng up a handsome volume In
which the pictures of senators wives wnro
to appear. Ho said that he had already
secured fifty photogrnphs, and so my wifo
gavo 'im the last plcturo of horBclf which
she posbcesed. Sho now believes that tho
nlco young gentleman was thu soap man
In dlsgulte."
a I'lcTrimsui i: i:vr..vr.
Tlir AiipronchliiK .uitlnln of Hot
Inml'n Yoiiumt lliiel-ii.
Chicago Chronicle.
Tho marriage of yuecn Wllhelmlna ot
Hollnnd to Dtiko Henry of Mecklenburg
Schwerla Is the most Important Impend
ing socinl event which Interests tho world
nt large. Young, well educated, accom
plished and Willi a will of her own, the
bride weds (or love and would probably
be equally happy tn n cottage provided the
family Income were proportioned ns se
curely nnd generously ns In tho palace by
tho Dutch nation.
Holland Is In many respects the most In
teresting country In Europe. Its history
Is allied to, yet Independent of, tho rest of
the world In n manner wholly unique.
The scriptures relnte that on the third
"day" tho Creator said "let tho wnters
that nre under tho heaven bo gathered
together In one place. And It was so
done." Except as to Holland. From tlmo
immemorial that part of the globo was
called In legends "ltollowland" meaning
that thero wns n place where tho order
of creation bad not been completed, where
the water was not separated from tho
land. Owing to tho limitations of Eng
lish speechmnkers nt an early time tho
Greek word "nloii," In which the story of
creation Is related as to time, was mis
translated "day." n specific for twenty
four hours In English ns generally under
stood. Hut tho proper equivalent of tho
Greek "nlon" Is our Indefinite "eon,"
meaning Immeasurable, or at least un
measured, time. Hy this slip of Hie trans
lators much Injustice has been done to
tho text of Genesis, which ought not to bo
held blameworthy for the verbal error of
confounding Indefinite with solar time.
How ' tunny eons passed beforo It oc
curred to mankind that thero was n space
where tho waters had not been separated
from tho lnnd science has not yet de
termined. Tho Germans hnd heard of tho
exception to the order of creation. They
called It "lower land," "nlederland," tho
Netherlands. When the submerged soil
bega'n to put forth primeval vegetation
tho rumor went abroad that tree tops had
been discovered on surface of tho sen.
Then tho still unknown spot wns desig
nated "Holtlnnd" woodland. Then nr
rlvcd the Dutch In rudo boats nnd began
separating tho lnnd from tho water. Thus
It Is truly to bo alarmed that, whereas the
Creator mado the rest ot tho world, tho
Dutch made Holland.
Nor hnvo thoy yet rested In tho process.
A hundred yenrs ago tho area of land In
Holland was only 8,000 squaro tulles. To
day It exceeds considerably 12.000 squaro
miles. At this rnto nnd with n proportlonnl
Increase to bo derived from Improved
dredging machinery Imagination requires
no nrtlllclal fillip to concqlvo n time when
Holland will be ns broad ns England, to
which It furnished blue blood when that
monnrchy wns ncncmlc owing to olllclal
blood-letting.
Nor Is (Jucon Wllhelmlna likely o havo
nn Idle time. The nggregato of her sub
jects reaches 10,000,000 nnd the whole area
recognizing her crown Is SOO.000 Rqunro
miles. Tho Dutch colonies nro In tho East
Indies nnd West Indies The colonies nre
economically nnd prudently governed under
constitutional principles In forco for half
a century.
Wo are under Inc.xtlngulshablo obliga
tions to Hollnnd In tho establishment of
constitutional principles among ourselves.
Thcreforo will tho American people wish
well to the peoplo ot Hollnnd In their hour
of felicitation over tho marriage of their
freely chosen sovereign to a husband of her
free choice.
PIvIISONAl. OTI28.
Delegnlo H. W. Wilcox ot Hawnll has
Bout In as hln first nomination for West
Point Joseph Kalponohca Aca, a fullblooded
natlvo of Hawaii, who will take tho ex
amination nt onco at Honolulu.
Tho good taste of tho Patcrson trial
was hardly born out by tho method of Ink
ing tho prisoners to their place ot punish
ment, pnradlng thorn through the "streets
for tho crowd to hoot and Jear at and stop
ping nt liquor saloons to take a brace on
tho wny.
That Phlldclphia Judgo who fined a physi
cian $10 for being Into In answering a
summons, though tho doctor explained that
he was In uttendnnco upon a patient whoso
llfo wns in danger, is getting his bumps
Just now. A Philadelphia paper has Inter
viewed a number of physicians, nil of whom
have agreed that they would walvo nttend
nnco upon a court rather than desert a
patlont who was likely to die.
William Leslie Edison, second son of the
Inventor, recently purchased tho Page estate
nt Mount Holly, N. .1.. where ho Intends
to lay out a superb country pluce and con
duct n poultry farm ulong scientific prin
ciples. Tho Pago farm consists of some
1,600 acres, nnd has n number of fine
houses. Theso nro at present undergoing
repairs. Tho Investment represents on out
lay of nbout $30,000.
Tho Society of tho Army of the Philip
pines meets in Salt I. alio City, August 13
to 15. The peoplo la tho Mormon capital
nro considerably stirred up over the matter.
It Is learned that thu citizens havo organ
ized llnnncn and entertainment committees
nnd are now cngngetl in detailing tho plan
for tho reception of all who may come.
It will bo u grand ovation to tho heroes
of Manila. August 13 Is tho anniversary
of tho fall of Manila and the demonstra
tion nt Great Salt Lake by tho famous
Utah batteries will rival the original scene.
An effort Is being mnde, with assurances
of success, to bring tho Astor batteries,
and as ninny of the voluteer regiments to
Utah on this occasion ns possible. Whon
tho program has been dually completed it
will give assurance ot a very warm tlmo
In tho city of the saints. General Greene
nnd other leaders will attend.
Every man
ought lo have two or uioro anils and he can nttovd
thorn now at tho prices wo aro asking for tho f-rcatov
portion of our assortment There aro some slow soil
ing linos and many broken linesand linos that have
all boon sold exeop! ono or two suits.
We want to clean (host? all out before our spring
stock comes and the little money wo ask now for
those suits may bo a big advantage to you. Come and
look them over.
Some as low as $:.()() and ."?".."() and .? 10.00 most any
price you want to pay.
Our advance stile of light woighl wool and washablo
suits for the boys continues Don't miss this chance
to see and select.
stohi: oih ivni. i e. m. .stuiiays.
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R. S. Wilcox, Mumper.
Omaha's Exclusive Clothiers for Men and Hoys.
POIM I.AIl IJI.nCTIO.V OF SUXATOItM.
Our of llic limit Ilefortns llic Xrtv
Ontury .Mtmt Secure.
Baltimore Sun.
A Lincoln, Neb., dispatch to the Now
York World states that the senatorial con
test in Nebraska Is prnctlrnlly a bnttlo be
tween two railroad companies, each of
which Is anxious to secure control of the
legislature nnd tho state. "Tho legislators
and the candidates," asserts tho World's
correspondent, "are merely puppets; the
actual contestants nre the railroads." Tlm
men who devised and established tho gov
ernment under which wo live never con
templated that the election of n senator
would be subject to such Influences. The
senate was created, for the purposo of main
taining equality between the states ns well
as to exorcise n conservative restraint upon
the popular branch of congress. Of late
years nn entirely different view hns been
taken of the functions of tho senate and of
setintors. nnd men nre sometimes sent to the
higher branch of the nntlonal legislature to
represent other Interests than those ot tho
people of n state or of tho United States.
Tho Nebraska conception of the sennte, for
Instance, seems to be that it Is a body which
exists for tho purpose of maintaining tho
balance between rival railroad corporations
larteail of between the several states of tho
union. It Is undeniable thnt senators nro
frequently chosen not so much with respect
to their ability to servo their states and
tho country ns for reasons of a radically
different character. Not until members of
tho upper branch of congress rn chosen
directly by the people nnd elected by popu
lar voto will It bo posslhln to mako the
ofllco of senator what It wns originally In
tended to be. Thnt Is one ot tho reforms
which may he accomplished In tho twen
tieth century if thn people have n prudent
regard for their own interests.
l,AL'ilt!.G (J AS.
Pittsburg Chronicle: "Ever In nmnleur
theatricals?"
Must once '
"Whnt part did yon take?"
"Me? I took nil tho nbuse. I wns stng
malinger, you see."
Washington Htnr: "It's hnrd to strike nn
nvornge In this life," snlil Icicle Eben.
"Mos' folks goes so slow dnt dey ilesu' git
nullln' done or else dey hurries so fus', iley
fulls down."
Philadelphia Press; "I constructed n flre
escnpo yesterday In nbout two minutes."
"Como offl"
"Fact. I heard tho boss whs going to
discharge me, nn I wroto u letter of resig
nation, nnd handed It In nt once."
Cleveland Plain Denier: Voice of the
Lookout Mr. Hlnglrblillger, seven womens
nre coming down the road with axes!"
The Proprietor What, ho. there! Drop
tho drawbridge, flood tho sidewalk, clew
up tho Iron shutters, stretch tho burl) wire,
fetch up the tiro hose, light the sulphur
linns nnd stand ready to let loose tho mice!
Now let "em come!"
Detroit Froo Press: "Goodness! when 1
dined nt Clara's I called her by her other
married name."
"That's nothing; when 1 met Cordelia's
second husband I called him by her first
husband's name."
Pittsburg Chronicle: Customer Here's n
piece of goods that should mako nice
trousers, but tho stripes don't nppear to bo
straight. They're curved slightly, nren't
they?
Tailor Yes, they rurve oulwnrd, ynu
notice Thnt cloth Is designed especially
for bow-legged gents.
Washington Stnr: "Thoy nre nccuslug
you of trying to tako money out of tho
public treasury nnd glvo It nway.''
"Now. Isn't that nonsense!" exclaimed
tho coltl-blnoilod politician. "Anybody who
knows mo knows that If I could get money
out of tho public treasury I wouldn't glvo
It nway. I'd hang on to It."
ciioosi.m;
PHOI'KSSIO.V.
St. Nicholas.
My boy nnd I rodo In the train
One morning bright and clear.
"When I'm a grownl-up man," snld he,
"I'll bo un onglncer?-" .:
Hut soon the dust Hew in bis eyes, ' '
And heavy grow his head;
"I wouldn't bo nn engineer
For nil tho world," he said.
My boy was at a seaport town,
And saw the rolling sen;
"Mamma," ho said one evening,
"A sailor 1 shall bo!"
We took him to a yncht rncc
Ho had to go to bed!
"I wouldn't bo n sailor, now.
For nil the world," h said.
Wo read him stirring stories
Ot soldiers and their fame;
Mil go nnd light!" cried Freddie,
"And put them ull to shame!"
Wo told him of a soldier's life;
lie shook Ills little bend.
"I wouldn't be a soldier, now,
For all tho world," ho Bald.
And thus to each profession
He llrst said "yes," then "no."
"To mako a cholco Is hard," he snld,
"At least I llnd it bo."
"Hut whnt. then, will you bo?" I nsked,
"When you nre grown up, Fred?"
"I renlly think til only bo
A gentleman, " ho said.
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