TlIF, OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, APRIL 0, 15)01.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. '
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3 uu.hho is at,:wo
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4 iii,MH . 20 ao.aao
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15 as.ir.o 31 ito.oao
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M. U. II UNO ATE,
Notary Public.
From the lull In manifestoes, Agiil
nnlrio scoiiih to lmvo become wopnrntou
in IiIh cnpltlvlty from Ills typewriter.
Arbor luy Is not for off, but no ono
iiclmIh to wait for Arbor duy to begin
treo planting. This Is the time to plant.
The attempt of those letter box thieves
to break away from their custodian .
Hit; most conclusive evidence of their
Kiillt.
Omaha architects are not likely to lose
much time in planning air castles for
the Commercial club. It takes money
to build club houses.
"When the new Nebraska brick law
pies Into effect people hereabouts who
want to shy bricks will have to take
care that their missiles aro of the pre
scribed size and weight.
Omaha has not furnished a judge for
the supreme bench within the memory
of man. If it has an excess of timber
for Buprome court coinmlsslonershlps,
what right lias any ono to feign sur
prise?
.Ridging from the words of welcome
nl ready Spoken by tho states Included
in President MoKlnley's proposed Itln
entry, the solid Hoiitli will stand nUnlt
In showing. Dixie hospitality to the Ohio
volunteer.
The money In the Intersection paving
fund is limited, which means that the
amount of new paving that can be done
tills season is also limited. Property
owners who want their streets improved
will do well to start In early.
Coventor Dietrich says that If he were
to remain lu the executive, chair he
would certainly call the legislature to
meet again in extra session. .The ques
tlon, however, Is, How will Governor
Savage look at the proposition?
The Philippine Islanders must be apt
lu absorbing the rudiments of a n
public's polities. Seven cigars are said
to hare been the thirty pieces of silver
for which Agulnuldo's followers pointed
the way to their master's retreat.
South Onialui liquor dealers this year
for tho 'first time wtll be called upon to
pay a liquor license of $1,000. It will
be Interesting to note to what extent
tho doubling of tho Iluenso fee will uf
fect tho number of applications.
A year ago preparations, were already
in progress In Nebraska among all par
ties for .the prelude -to the mitioual
campaign. This year the peoplu will
cheerfully postpone their politics to the
last possible moment necessary.
The only safety for Emperor William
Is to refrain from addressing his sol
diers. Nearly every time lie Indulges
lu .a military speech ills enthusiasm
gets the better of his, Judgment. Silence
may sometimes be golden, even for em
perors. Port Captain Irvln Is removing from
the harbor of Santiago the Impedliueut
which Lieutenant Hobsoti went to such
lullnlto pains to plant. The glamor has
faded from tho Merrlmae Incident, how
ever, and tho port captain's more prosaic
concern Is directed to tho relative
pounds of dynamite and displacement
of hull.
The South Omaha city council Is con
fronted with a most perplexing prob
loin. Its present membership consists
of eight, while under tho now charter
two of the members must bo cut out
As might bo expected, every council
man Is eager to reduce the number of
his associates, but wants the other fol
low to do the vacating.
None of tho members of tho late leg
lslature have found their constituents
tendering thorn votes of tlmuks for giv
ing their sanction to thu bill, to release
the Hartley bondsmen uuder tho mask
of a compromise. The great popular
demand for this odious measure was
contlued exclusively to the sureties ou
tho bond and their bcuctlchirles.
4
KEKl'IMl 1'AlTII WITH CUliA.
Senator Vest of Missouri has written
an article In which he urges that the
rnlted States must keep fallh with
Cuba In respect to Its promise that the
Cuban people shall have absolute Inde
pendence, tint lie shows that he does
not expect an independent Cuban gov
ernment to long continue. lie says
that having given them liberty, let us
permit them to use It. If they succeed
In self-government we can rejoice with
them. Hut lie does not expect that
they will succeed. On the contrary, he
says that In the light of history It Is
probable that they will but repeat the
not too successful course of some of
the South American states. "It Is but
logical to expect them to go the same
road." savs Air. Vest. "In this event
we have set a precedent not to permit
anarchy as a disturbing factor on our
coasts and Interfering witli our coast
wise trade," He declares that an
archy in Culm would mean the estab
lishment of a refuge for every broken
and desperate man In our land, that It
would be a menace not only to our rev
enue laws, but to the property and lives
of our citizens resident on the neighbor
ing coasts. Ho concludes that the in
evitable result would be a demand on
the part of all order-loving Cubans for
permission to come under our Hag.
Senator Vest obviously believes that
Cuba will ultimately become a part of
the United States and lie would further
that consummation by leaving the Island
to the chance of anarchy, regardless of
the disaster and suffering to the CuOun
people and the injury to American in
terests which he points out would re
sult from that condition. He evidently
does not think the Cubans are prepared
) for self-government, but he would give
it .to them without any restriction,
although hollering thatthc couseiiueuce
would be uuarchy, requiring thu inter
ference of the United States, and that
out of this would come a demand from
the order-lorlng people of the Island,
If any should survive the Internecine
strife, for annexation to the United
States. .Mr. Vest Is unmistakably uu
annexationist, but he would have an
nexation come as the sequence of civil
conflict in Cuba, with all that Implies
of destruction and disaster.
The conditions submitted by congress
contemplate the avoidance of civil con-
tiler, the prevention of anarchy and the
establishment of a stable government
adequate for the protection of life and
property and the security of individual
liberty. They do not, as Senator Rev-
erldge has said, deprive Cuba of any
thing that can help her, but bestow
every benefit and erect every safeguard
necessary to her settled and orderly
self-government. Mr. Vest says that
under no circumstances can this gov
eminent tolerate any foreign Interfer
ence In the affairs of Cuba. Is it not,
then, most important that I hero shall
be ample safeguards against such Inter
fcrence, provision for which Is made In
thu terms proposed by the United
States? These conditions do not look
forwanl to annexation, but to it per
manent Cuban government maintaining
intimate political relations with the
United States necessary to the peace
and security of both. '
The arguments of Senator Vest do not
Improve or strengthen the position of
the opponents of the Piatt amendment.
'i;helr effect, on the contrary, will be to
make supporters for the American con
ditions. A tSrUl'ATHETlO FAKE,
Whllo men and women In broadcloths and
silks and satins worshiped tho risen Lord
these two young men were thrown among
the vilest of, tho vile, and all for tho awful
crime of hauling brush, Whllo those whoao
stomachs know not of hunger were Hinging
anthems theso two young men heard naught
but cursings und revlllngs becauso they
worn thrown among tho besotted crimlnols
cf tho city for tho heinous and awful crime
of daring to earn an honest penny In do
flancu of an obnoxious monopoly that owns
the city administration body, boots and
breeches. This Is a Christian and u civil
ized community, If thd preachors and tho
laymen aru to bo believed, but tho spec
tacle of men being thrown Into jail and
forced to bo tho companions of criminals
because they preferred honest work to
stealing or begging Is not calculated to
offer convincing proof of tho assertion. Tho
lessou of Kastcr loses somo ot Its signifi
cance In tho face of this disgraceful con
dition of affairs In Omaha. World-Herald.
This is truly pathetic. It would draw
tears front a bronze statue. Hut the
heartrending picture Is overdrawn and
overcolored.
While men and women lu broadcloths
and silks and satins worshiped the
risen Lord, hundreds of men who were
born lu the Imago of God were lan
guishing In penitentiaries. Jails and re
formatories in the company of the
vilest of the vile. While those whose
stomachs know not of hunger were sing
ing anthems, these wretched victims of
criminal Indulgence were compelled to
lire on bread and water and deprived of
the Inalienable right of alb human be-
lugu to life, liberty and the pursuit ot
happiness.
This Is a Christian and civilized com
munity, but the spectacle of men being
thrown Into Jail Is not uncommon. In
thlo particular lustance, the action of
the police authorities was for the pro
tection ot tho health of the remainder
of the community, its well, as for the
prevention of systematic lawbreaklng.
One would Imagine these honest young
men. who would rather toll than steal,
were for the first time lu their lives
thrown In contact with tho vilest of
the vile, when, as n matter of fact, they
have been arrested over nnd over for
rariotis offenses. One would Imagluo
that these young men would haro been
in church If they had not been eonllued
lu jail, when the very suggestion of
spending a half a day In church would
have shocked their nerves more than
spending a whole day In the company of-
thu vile.
The truth Is that the so-called attempt
to haul ashes and brush was an attempt
to dump tilth ami garbage lu front of
the city, where It would rot and breed
contagion. The fact Is, also, that these
victims of a great' conspiracy were ar
rested for violating the city ordinances
and If the police had not arrested them
they would havo been derelict In the
dlschargo of their duty. It goes with
out saying that no notice of this arrest
would have been taken by any paper
were It not for the anxiety to prejudice
the public against tho police and city
government because It is not lu the
hands of popoorats.
ASOTHMl OVTlitWAK IS C7.V.4.
The report of another outbreak In
China, not directed against foreigners
but In the nature of . rebellion, is con
tinued. Thu leader of tills movement
Is stated to be the former commander
of the northern army, who was in
cluded among those whose execution
was demanded by the ministers of the
powers. Although the force ho Is said
to have under him is not at present
very formidable, General Tung Tuh
Slau Is represented to be an exceedingly
popular man and one of the ablest ol
China's military men, so that he may
call about him a powerful army If he
has the means of equipping It. It Is
quite probable that' Prince Titan, who
has been sentenced to degradation and
exile, is inoro or less responsible for the
new uprising and If 'so there Is good rea
son for the reported alarm of the court,
lu spite of the fact that the Chinese
peace plenipotentiaries seem disposed
to regard the movement as of uo grcai
slgiiillcance.
The theory Is suggested that the ob
ject of the outbreak Is to create a di
version of Interest in order to force un
conditional protection of the leaders. It
Is possible that such Is the case, but It Is
quite as likely that tho purpose Is to
overthrow the reigning dynasty because
of it having yielded so much to the do
nianils of the powers, especially In the
matter of the punishment of those
charged with responsibility for the null
foreign uprising. That a very stroug
feeling of opposition to the dynasty ex
ists Is well known and It is not improb
aide that some of the leaders of this
opposition feel that the time is ripe for
striking a blow at rulers so feeble and
yielding.
Rut whatever fie motive of the up
rising, It appears that the foreign
ministers are not disturbed by it and
do not contemplate any interference
unless foreign interests shall be en
daugered. This new dlllletilty, however,
Increases Interest In the Chinese situa
tion and further developments will be
eagerly awaited by all the powers,
cuxtiinmiiXG inn Mmtir system.
The merit system was under consider'
atlon by the president and cabinet a
few (lavs ago, due to the visit of rep
ri'.xentatlves of the Civil Service He-
form league to the president and their
statements as to violations of the
civil service law. At the request of the
president each of the cabinet; olllcers
reported touching the, operation or the
law in his department, it being shown
that the charges of violations of the
law are not justified. The statements
elicited showed that in each depart
ment the full spirit of the civil service
law prevails mid instead of any dlsposl
tlon to modify thu regulations there Is
on the contrary a sentiment lu favor of
l'urt her extensions for the rules.
The attempt to make It appear that
the present administration Is hostile to
the merit system will Hot succeed vttn
those who know the record of Pitrm
dent McKinley ou this subject and the
views of members of the cabinet. Every
one of those olllelals has shown In the
administration of his olllee a thorough
Interest in the merit system and there
is not a conceivable reason why they
should not. continue to do so. They can
havo no personal or party concern in
doing utiierwlse. Surely they uurtor
stund that any backward step in regard
to civil service reform would inevit
ably work injury to the republican
party, which gave tho country the merit
system and lias steadfastly supported
the policy.
It Is said to be the intention of Presi
dent McKinley to extend a modified
merit system to the uuclassllled service,
this having been his purpose when the
order was made removing certain posi
tions from under the civil service reg
ulations. It is in connection with this
that complaints have been submitted by
the Civil Service Reform league and
doubtless the president will promptly
rectify the matter.
The law passed some years ago, when
Interest rates wero high, makes the
minimum Interest ou deposits of county
funds !1 per cent. That should not,
however, bar the county from receiving
any interest ou Its balances in the
banks. The city has for years received
" per cent from the same depositories
that are holding the county money.
Why cannot the county board tako somu
action that will give the county the
benefit of Us deposits?
The Lincoln Gas company, which also
operates tho electric lighting plant, ex
presses an Intention to light the pro
posed municipal lighting works author
ized by tho voting of bonds for that
purpose at thu rceeut city election. Of
course the company will do all It can
to head off the municipal ownership
Idea. That was to havo been expected.
No franehlsed corporation ever gives
up a good thing except under compul
sion. The contractors for the now High
school building need a little prodding.
Unless they make better progress from
now on the school year will open next
full with the High school pupils more
cramped for room than ever before and
the new building still far from comple
tion. It Is up to the school board.
The new election law makes service
ou election boards compulsory, the
samo as service ou Jury panels. Just
wait until some enterprising campaign
committee tries to draft some of these
business men who are constantly
preaching about the duties of citizen
ship and listen to the protest.
General C'asslus SI. Clay, lacking a
faithful lloswcll, has fortified himself in
Ids closet to write the story of his life.
It only remains for the old warrior to
force his biography upon the utteutlun
of the reading public nt the point of a
Kentucky shooting Iron.
The Man Mcliliiit thr Chin.
Washington Post.
Tho Hon. Charles A. Towue wants the
Tacals to keep ou fighting. Charles will
doubtless agree to keep ou talking.
A (lumtlcin of SUr.
llullunarolla News.
Tho alleged shortngo in tho Manila com
missary department is placed at $185,000.
Is this n "smnll matter7" What would
General MacArthur call a big affnlr7
HI" TnklttK Wit) a.
Loulsvllla Courier-Journal.
Agulnaldo has taken tho oath, but this
will hardly satisfy us entirely. Agulnaldo's
reputation Is that ot n man who would
tako anything not nailed down.
Vny Roll Slide Tlirniiitli,
San Frunclsco Cull.
The Hawaiian legislature, with all Us
bluff and bluster, nolso and nonsense, lms
compensated for Its many sins of commis
sion by one virtue of omission. It has
passed halt of Its legal llfo and has adopted
only one bill.
Wlmt tln Trnlllc Will He nr.
Philadelphia Record.
Freight rates from Now England on west-
hound tralllc havo been advanced for all
classes of merchandise, with the nalvo ex
planation that tho Trafllc association man
agers believe that tho differential lines nro
lu n position to compcto successfully for
business at tho advanced rates that tho
shippers, In other words, will! Gtand an
other squeeze, in tho new community of
interest there's no such thing as letting up
until tho last cent of "what tho traffic will
bear" shall havo been ascertained.
'Wciilth Itiiiin to Hook.
Detroit Freo Press.
Modern wealth seems to run to books,
Carncglo is giving millions to libraries and
J. Plcrpont Morgan Is putting fortunes Into
rare books. Ono of his recent purchases
was tho only copy of Faust and Schocffer's
"Psalter" lu prlvato hands, and ho paid
$24,000 for It. Ho already has ono ot tho
finest prlvato collections In tho world nnd
In connection with his enormous railroad
transactions Is arranging to erect a costly
fireproof library for tho occommodatlon
and security of his treasures. The under
tuklug is In tho nature of a trust, after
all.
Proctor an a. Prophet.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Senator Proctor returns from Cuba as
surcd that tho constitutional convention
anil tho pcoplo ot Cuba will bo brought to
accept tho terms of freedom laid down by
congress. We should all rejolco after the
manner of a highwayman who is relieved of
tho necessity of shooting his victim by tho
tatter's submission. At tho samo time It
Is n great pity that tho American people,
who would lltio to bo honorable, aro com
pelled to share responsibility for nn ab
solute violation of tho promises wo made
at tho outbreak ot tho Spanish-American
war.
ItlnliiK nml Fill II im' Credit.
Indianapolis Journal.
During the past two weeks rirltlsh con
sols havo vibrated between 93U and 00,
and a dispatch says there Is no prospect
of a material rise. Tho consols are British
3 per cent national bonds, nnd nro guaran
teed by all tho revenues at tho command
of tho Drltlsh government. A year ago con
sola Fold In London at 101i,
and n short tlmo beforo they
wero quoted at' 101. Tho costly
war with tho Roers has hurt British credit,
At tho tlmo tho consol was selling at 06 our
3 per cents wero q'uotcd at 111 In New
York. United States' '3 per cents sell con
siderably higher In London than the British
3 per cents.
Siinnlnh Wnr Clnlm.
Sprlnglleld (Mass.) Republican.
The Spanish wnr claims amount
very fair figure, wheu added together,
to a
The
sum of $30,000,000 is asked by tho various
claimants for losses of llfo and property
during the period of Cuba's revolution. The
nppcaranco of Mrs. Ruiz, with a claim for
$75,000, recalls tho" cbbo of her husband,
tho dentist, who wns killed in n. Havana
prison during tho Weyler regime. Flvo ot
Iho claims nro for moro than $1,000,000
each. It will be tho patriotic duty of Mr.
Chandler of New Hampshire, the president
of the claims commission, to scale the
$30,000,000 down about one-half.
ami: tiik sieves ciia.mu.nu iiAniTSf
(imultlliiK nml DrlnUliiK Slonillly
frciiNliiK Aiiioiik Women.
Philadelphia Press.
in
The attack on gambling among women
in private homes In Now York City ma'do
by several clergymen threo weeks ago has
been followed by n running tiro In tho proas
all over tho country. For a respectable
wciean to play for stakes twenty years
ago In any American city wns almost un
known, though betting has always existed.
In New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore
Washington, Chicago aud probably Bos
ton thero appears to ho no doubt that
tho European vlow of looking on a woman's
playing for moderates stakes as quite per
mlsslblo obtains In n largo circlo enjoying
social position. What such do all soon do
Beforo long, If matters go on, whllo many
womon will never play for any money and
somo women will always condemn tho act
It will bo possible for women to play for
money in American social cirics just as
women do abroad. Fastidious peoplo will
not do It. Women religious or circumspect
will avoid gambling; but no social stigma
will attach to tho practice.
This deplorable change In American man
ner, stoutly resisted as it is, but evidently
widespread, Is only n part of tho cuango lu
tho habits ot American women of dubious
value. A nuarter of a century aco an
American woman avoided drlnklngvwlno or
beer at a public restaurant, save In nn
ultratashlonablo set. mis nas grown so
common It no longer attracts remark. At
prlvato dinners women onco rather avoided
tho uso of wlno. Books of advlco and
manners, of etiquette and behavior, essays
and fiction, oncj limited a woman at dinner
to ono wlno.
Womon drink today In public and prlvato
as freely as men, outsldo of circles In which
strecs is laid on temperance. No one, wo
think, cun doubt that In our eastern cities
so n9 drinking at tho table Is concerned
womon drink moro and men less than each
onco djd. English' women of tho lower
classes, thoroughly respectable, drink at
bars and public houses. They never havo
hore. At this point no chango has come,
But among tho well-to-do and still moro
among tho fashlonablo, or thnso who woul
llko to bo, women drink moro freely and
moro publicly than onco. At n fashlonnbl
country club, not In Philadelphia, tho gov
crnors wero forced to tako notice of noisy
cocktail drinking by young womon on tho
club porches. For various reasons, drink
log has decreased among men, as clubs
public dinners and prlvato ontertainmeuts
abundantly show. As ccrtulnly women en
Joying worldly advontages drlnV more.
In theso two Important particulars worae
aro taking op habits men nro dropping,
It is a bad sign. History has novcr fade
to record a national declension In manners
and morals whero tho HI:o has corao else
where. Doubtless this is but a passing
eddy; but tho fashlonablo woman's club I
this city which has prohibited all llquo
within Its walls sets an example which
could bo profitably followed by women
awake to tho responsibilities of womanhood
Athletics and outdoor sports nro greatly
Improving tho llfo of men: It Is no time
for women to lower sound American Btand
ards.
TAKE KINDLY TO Til 15 MINATOIIS.
Battle Creek Republican: The final action
f tho legislature In choosing Dietrich nnd
Millard for senators atoned for all tho sins
f that august body during tho vtholo scs-
Ion. Tho stnte will he ably represented In
the United Stntcs senate. Thompson nnd
Rosewnter deservo credit for 'sacrificing
their own interests In order to bring about
tho election of theso men. ,
Mliiden (lazotto (rep.): The action ot
Thompson, Roscwater and tho other candi
dates for the United States senate, In with
drawing from tho light and' turning thelr-
trength to now men. places them beforo tho
people as better republicans than the half
dozen or more self-constituted guardians of
tho party In tho stnto who would hnve re-,
turned to their homes without electing sen
ators had tho withdrawals not been made.
Those wise leglelators, thoso perfectly' good
and pure republicans, who run their bluff
and kept It up should each bo given a
leather mcdnl as n mark of their being so
much better thin tho balance of thu party.
Ashland Gazctto (rep.): The termination
f tho senatorial deadlock was much moro
happy than It was feared It could be. In
fact, It could not havo been better, and
tho breach that threatened to do crcat harm
to thu republican party In this state has
been healed. What Is more, tho stnte will
bo represented In tho upper house by two
thoroughly competent business men, who
will ntteud to the business with loyalty
and business foresight. Yet tho fact re
mains, nnd Its effect wtll mnka Itself felt
In future politics, that tho tlmo ut the
legislature that ought to have been given
to tho transaction of necessary business
was frittered nway to no purpose. The
only conclusion that ono can draw after ro
fleeting upon tho situation In Delaware,
Montana and Nebraska In that tho far bet
tcr way Is to elect senators by direct voto
of the people.
Wood River Interests (rep.): Thu sclec
tlon of Joo Mlllnrd of Omaha and (Iovercr
Dtotrlch ns tho two senators for Ncbrassa
was gladly acquiesced in by a largo ma
Jorlty of tho republicans of tho state, who
wero greatly alarmed lost thero should hi
no election and tho stnto would go un
represented. Whllo mnny of the repub
licans ot Nebraska do not relish tho par
tlcular manner In which tho choice of ten
ntors was effected, nor do they feel that
tho best senatorial timber Nebraska had
was elected, .still It Is a matter of congrat
ulation that two good business men ruve
been selected against whom tho party nor
tho pcoplo havo nuy serious grounds ot
objection. It Is sincerely to bo hoped that
In tho near futuro tho cholco of tho Unl'.Jd
States senators by a direct voto of tho pco
plo will not bo a hazy dream, but a happy
reality.
Madison Chronicle (rep.): Tho outcome
of tho senatorial contest wns a great sur
priso to all Ncbraskans nnd displeased no
one except tho unsuccessful candidates nnd
their supporters. Tho fight was a vigorous
ono from start to finish, with a gratifying
ending. Tho two men selected to tho high
position of United States senators aru uble
and conservative men. Governor Dietrich
had n hard fight In tho campaign last fall,
hut tho result showed that ho had the peo
pie's confidence nnd they have had no rea
son to regret tho support given, for his
administration so far has boon very husl
ncss-llko. Joo Millard Is known through
out our great state and hnH the esteem ot
all. Ho has been a resident of tho state
for forty years or moro and Is well equipped
to represent Nebraska In tho senate. IIo
13 tho head of n great banking house and
Is recognized ns a great llnancler. Tho
legislature was most fortunato In selecting
two such nblo men.
Tllden Citizen (rep.): The election of
two senators lit tho eleventh hour is causo
for grutlllcatlon to every republlcun In
Nebrasku. For weeks past the situation
Justified tho expectation of tho legislative
choice falling upon D. K. Thompson or
nobody. As lato as tho evening preceding
tho election tho suggestion of dark horses
was scouted, but It seems that tho r.andl
dates nil came to their sober senses
at tho laBt moment and put party fealty
beforo personal nmbittou. Tho withdrawal
of all tho republican aspirants was soon
followed by an agreement to support Diet
rich and Millard and Nebraska was onco
moro in the column of republican stntcs
Tho Citizen still contends that Mr. Rose-
water's acknowledged ability und thirty
years ot toll for Nebraska and tho repub
llcan party havo honestly earned him th
distinction of being elected as senator from
tho North Platte district, but as tho cholco
of tho legislature has fallen upon two
good business men of undoubted loyalty
to the republican party, tho sense of In
Justice to its favorite candidate 1s largely
utoncd for by' tho ballet that tho stato, will
bo ably represented In the national scnato
by tho two men who havo "fallen up
stairs" luto that body.
IKHNOAI, NOTKS.
Patrick M. Donahoe, the son of the lato
Patrick Donahoe, will be tho business man
ager of tho BoHton Pilot, and James Jeffrey
Rocho will continue to bo Its editor.
Eugeno J. Marshall, tho colored orator
from Detroit, has been selected by Ann
Arbor university to represent it at tho
coming meeting of tho Northern Orntorlcal
league.
Tho emperor of China Is now said to be
suffering from tho offects of too much to
bacco. According to reports ho smokes
cigarettes continuously and ns mnny Amorl-
can cigars as ho can get.
John R. Lynch, tho colored man who has
been appointed n paymaster in tho army,
was onco a congressman from Mississippi
and was temporary chairman of ono of tho
republican national conventions at Chicago
Thero aro four Bothas among tho leaders
of the Boers nnd they are brothers. Tho
eldebt is General Philip Botha. Command
ant General Louis Botha Is "tho" Botha
Commandant (now acting general) Christian
Botha Is tho Botha with whom Central
Bullcr had tho Interview last Juno. The
fourth brother Is a Botha who has not como
before tho public.
It is said that tho highest-priced rnll
road president In tho United States I
Charles M. Huyu of tho Southern Pacific
whoso Biliary is $55,000 a year. Mr. Cas
satt of tho Pennsylvania, Mr.. Callaway of
tho Now York Central, Mr. Spencer of tho
Southern rnllway, Mr. Mellcn of tho North
em Pacific and Mr. Hill ot tho Great North
crn recolvo each $50,000,
William A. Rubloo, tho now consul gen
eral to Hong Kong, la, llko his predeccs
sor, tho lato Rounsevlllo Wlldman, a nows
paper man. Ho Is tho son of Hnraco R
Rublee, once editor of tho Milwaukee Sen
tlnel. Mr. Ruhleo succeeded his father In
that position, and has already had experl
enco In tho consular servlco nt Praguo,
Austria. Ho is about 40.
A frightened llttlo mouse rudely shat
tered tho decorum of a mooting of suffra
gists In Now York last Tuesday. Thero
was n rustlo of skirts nnd a chorus of
"Ohs'" whereat tho Intruder fled In a dl
rection opposite to that taken by tho pre
elding olllcer. When ordor was restored
the secretary read a brilliant paper on
"The Spartan Courugo of Women."
Tho denin oi .irn. i-reston . nrooks nt
Norfolk, Va recalls tho fact that her bus
band figured In ono ot tho most exciting
Inolt'ents that ever occurred In the United
States senate. It was Preston S. Brooke
then a member of congress from South Car
ollna, who, on May SO, 1S50, entered tho
euato chamber and with a heavy cam-
struck Charles Sumner, senator from Mass
achusetts, Sumner was seriously Injured
by tho blows ho received nnd It wns Bet
eral days beforo ho recovered from tbel
effects, '
vinous uni.i our thktaxpavk.iis.
Ponca Journal (rep.): Governor Dietrich
used his veto power without fear or favor
and. whllo not pleasing to all, It has re
sulted In a largo saving to the people of
tho state.
Wayne Herald (rep.): Governor Dietrich,
with his llttlo veto, cut clown the appro
priations moro than $SO,000 nnd It didn't
require nny great effort, either. Ho la
pretty near governor, oven It ho Isn't a pro
hibitionist. Oakland Independent (pop.): Governor
Dietrich used his llttlo veto hntchet freely
nnd In somo Instances very properly. Every
legislature puts through n lot of dangerous i
measures on the last days of tho setslon
In tho hurry nnd bustle to get through. i
Kearney Hub (rep.): Tho lopping oft of.
Items In the general appropriations and
claims bills by tho governor's veto amounts
to about $100,000. It Is n deep nnd sweeping
cut and possibly some Innocent people will
suffer, but In tho main tho governor's action
will bo upheld. When our debts arc paid
wo can possibly afford to indulge In a few
luxurles.
York Times (rep.): The governor only
gave them a scare. Ho wanted to show the
legislature what they deserved for giving
the clerk of the court the money that
rightfully belongs to tho state. Tho su
premo court commission will be a fact Just
tho samo and then beforo another legis
lature meets tho work will ho caught up
and men can go Into the court with hopo
of speedy relief.
Auburn Post (rep.): Governor Dietrich
Is creating ns much sensation with his
llttlo veto ns did Grovcr Cleveland n few
years ngo, only that tho governor's veto
Is endorsed by 00 per cent of tho citizens
of Nebraska, whllo tho other was not. Tho
governor believes tho way to make money
Is to save It and ho has cut off all extrava
gant appropriations mndo by tho legislature.
Tho total nmoiint saved to tho stato by tho
governor's voto will run up lnt tQ0 liun"
drcilo of thousands ot dollars.
Greeley Leader (rop.): It looks ns
though Governor Dietrich's business sense
nnd notions of mnuly honor so far got tho
better of his political policy that he con
cluded to cut tho whole schemo of Jobbery
that hung to tho court commissioners by a
voto. But tho pressure of tho patriots,
who arc ablo to work all parties, was so
great that ho finally revised his veto and
didn't entirely kill tho commission. Wo
may bo too far nway to seo clearly, but
that's the way It looks from hero.
Schuyler Sun (rep.): In Justlco to tho
many who have cases beforo tho supreme
court tho Sun believes mat uovcrnor
Dietrich did right In letting tho supremo
court commission stnnd. In paring down
what ho considered needless expenses con
nected with tho court ho did equally right
and wo glory In tho spunk of a governor
who has backbone enough to tako caro of
tho , Interests of the taxpayers ns he has
been doing. May his successor prove as
faithful a watchdog of tho treasury.
Falls City Journal (rep.): Governor
Dietrich cuts down appropriations In tho
snmo wholesalo manner as thu alleged "re
formers" Increased them. In dcnllng with
houso roll No. 436, being a measure pro
viding for tho payment of tho salaries of
olllcers of the atato government, Governor
Dietrich withheld his approval of tho sec
tion providing $1,000 per unnum for a clerk
to tho court reporter and $000 for a deputy
librarian. In tho course of his message
tho governor says: "My approval Is with
held from tho foregoing appropriations be
cause tho duties rightfully devolve upon
tho clerk, and If he Is unable to perforin
them ho should bo required to havo tho
work performed without cxpenso to the
state." Governor Dietrich may not bo a
roforrner In name, but ho Is a reformer in
fact, which Is much better.
nil VAN IlKIIUKKI).
Indianapolis Press (Ind.): Incidentally,
tho election of Rolla M. Wells, gold demo
crat, to ho mayor of St. louls, was an In
dication to Mr. Bryan, who took h hand In
tho campaign against Wells, that his re
tirement from politics was not made too
soon.
Detroit Free Press (dcm.): Mr. Rryan's
attempt to cstahllsh himself as n dictator
In tho local politics ot St. Louis was bit
terly resented by many of tho stanchest
domocrats of tho city, and his opposition
Instead of injuring Mr. Wells' candidacy,
seems to havu helped It.
New York World (dcm.): The action ot
tho St. Louis democrats in nominating and
electing a sound-money man as mayor Is
un event of more than local Interest. It Is
tho moat significant of tho many proofs that
tho democrats of tho south and west aro
cutting loose from that "body of death"
tho Insanely reiterated 1G to 1 fallacy.
New York Mall and Express (rep.): The
fight in St. Louis was between Parker, a
straight-out republican, and Wells, a gold
democrat, and tho latter Is Indebted for
his victory Is no small degree to thu
abusive attack upon his candidacy by W.
J. Bryan. Tho Nebraska!!,, by his officious
Interference In a contest In which he was
In no wny concerned, appears to havo
united tho St. Louis democracy In favor of
Mr. Wells a union without which the
latter could not have won.
Washington Post (rep.): The only gains
scored by tho democrats anywDoro since
Mr. Bryan bcramo the national leader ot
that party havo bcon won by Ignoring him
und tho Issues for which he stands. Tho
congressional elections of 1898 showed what
tho domocrats could do by sinking Bryan
Ism, But ho could not tnko tho hint. In
Kansas City last July he ordained another
national defeat. And that did not fcaze his
Inordinate self-conceit. When his political
brethren In the republican city of St. Louis
named a candldato for mayor whom thoy
believed they could elect, Mr. Bryan gave
all tho aid and comfort that ho could to the
Top Coats S
for Spring
Hut for seeming to exaggerate, wo would sny our
now top coats Avero perfect. Thoy aro as near no as
any work of human hands can be.
From .$10.00 to $25.00.
Thoy aro coverts, vicunas and oxfords.
Kaglans and Newmarkets, up to ,'5.00 and
beautiful coats they aro.
Browning, King & Co.,
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
HOtmiWEST COItNRR 1BTH ASU DOUULAfl STIU91&T,
Omaha' Exclusive Clothiuni for Uca and Boy
Nursing Mothers
muif keep in the prlmo of health. Knell
mofherowes this not only to lierlf,butmor
tothechlld whoseprMtand future ptrcngth
and UcTelopmcnt depend upon its mother'
condition durins the nursing period. A
pure, gentle nnd IntUoratlnf: stimulant nd
tonic to necMary to limuro ptrect KfnttLK to
the mother, and there is none so good m
Duffy's Pun Malt Whiskey
It it a modlcti,!ul
Uitd ai such it aids
digestion, itimutatrs
and cnrlohes tho
blood, nourishes tho
brain, builds up the
nerve tissues, and
tones up the entl-o
ystem,
All 4n,ftW'4tctt.ti m VohI,. Be luraSrm m
0,ffnar, latatNim and InRtrtaU t.rtcl.
MfJIc! Booklet fnt (r t anient ha rtw
DL'fVl'.MALT nUMKm cO.,UecbOr..V. I
republican side. The democratic lenders
in St. Louis knew that no Bryan maa
could havo a ghoKt of a chance to win.
They had tho sagacity to nominate ono
of tho lending business men of tho city, a
gentleman In whom all his fellow cltLcnn
knew they could repose confidence, and
whoso strength with tho peoplo rcBldod
largely la the fact that ho had refused to
voto for tho populist candldato In 1S06 nnd
1000.
Brooklyn Eaglo (dem.): Tho St. Louis
result aud tho Chicago result nro very
dUtlnct proofs of tho decadence of Rrynn
lsni In great city centers nnd of tho cholco
by tho peoplo of tho best men among thoso
submitted to their suffrage. Anil even
the cholco of Tom L. Johnson, tho enemy
of John R. McLean nnd tho friend of tho
millennium, lu Cleveland, signifies tho up
como of u local leader who, whatever his
hopeful heresies or his heretical hopes, is
unfriendly to Bryanlsm nnd to tho sordltlty
In politics for which Bryanlsm stands in
Ohio.
Now York Post (Ind): Mr, Bryan re
ceived two rebukes lu tho snmo day
through tho elections in Chicago unit St.
I.ouls, Theso wero purely local contests,
with which n citizen of Lincoln, Nob., has
no proper concern, tho questions at lssuo
In each cuso being which of two candi
dates for mayor and which of their two
platforms gave the better promise, of good
city government.' Yet, becauso .Mayor Har
rison of Chicago has not been an enthusi
astic Brynnltu In nntlonal politics, nn
becauso Mr. Wells, tho democratic candi
date, In St. Louis, supported Mr. McKin
ley for president In 1800 and 1000, Mr.
Bryan urged tho democrats of St. Louta
to detent them.
i,im:s to a i.aucii.
Detroit Journal: Generally speaking, u
workman Is known by his tool, but In th,
caso of a political worker It Is doubtful
If his tooln know 1 1 1 in as thoroughly well na
they think.
Philadelphia Press: Cholly I'm told that
Miss Peppwey expressed the opinion that I
look like tho cznr.
Miss Shnrpc Well, T lmllvo she did say
you looked as If you "hud been shot at and
missed." ,
Chlcngo Tribune: "SIio'h not bad look
ing," observed the unemotional young inun,
"Rut she hasn't any money."
"What docs n girl with hnlr llko that need
of money?" exclaimed the other youth,
gazing after her with hlo soul lu tils eyes.
liidlanapollH Press: "After all," inured
Aguitiuldo, as reported by the new wireless
telegraph. "It fs better to be u llvo ntar
boarder than a dead martyr."
So naylng, ho signed, ami Freedom giggled
convulsively as Agglo fell.
Detroit Journal: We could scarce bellcvo
our censes.
"Yes," bald tho mivnnt, "tlilH upparatiai
for measuring tlmo Is extremely delicate!
Hy menus of It wo aro enabled to rogiilr.o
tho Interval during: which Mr- Rockefeller's
Income is ono dollar! Actually'"
How perfectly Htnggerlng, in thought.
It suggested magic, lu fact.
Chicago Tribune: Finding tho sentinel
deaf to all entreaty, tho young subaltern
who wanted to tako a stryll through tho
Filipino village near which they wero on
ramped tried tho Masonlo tdgn of recognl
tlon upon him.
"That'H all right." said the Holdior on
guard, "but you couldn't pusn hero without
a permit If you were Uirum Ablff himself."
Mark Twain's favorite ballad begins:
If ypu'vo ever stnlo a pheasant egg behind
thu keeper h back,
If you'vo over snlgged the washln' from
n Hue,
If you'vo ever crammed a gander in your
bloomlit' 'aversack.
You will understand this llttlo song of
mine.
Tin; ni:siui:itATUM.
Boston Globe.
In Philadelphia they Inqulro;
"Who was your aire, and his tiro's slro?"'
Tn Boston you must make It plnlu
You havo an Intellectual bruin.
In Now York you must, show th' nmount
Of cash upon your bank account.
Tn Hnlttmnro you must proclaim
Tho women queens, In beauty's nnme.
In Brooklyn you will find a friend
If only you his church attend.
In Washington they give you prraco
According to your rnnk of place.
Chlcngo Record-Herald,
In San Francisco thoy demand
That, being called, you show your hand.
In Denver thoy nro so pollto
That you must olther drink or fight.
In Omaha they meroly grin
And murmur: "When did you roll ln'7
Hut In St. LouIh they exclaim:
"Whero Is It from that you havo camo?'
In Jollot they alwaya say:
"How long do you expect to stay?"
Whllo In Shc-ecawg you cut no loo '
Unless, b' Jove, you'vo got tho price.
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