THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, JULY 2J, 1001.
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I'AHTIKS 1.1S.VVI.X1 roil SUMMtllt.
Fnrtlca leaving (lie city for
the summer may liuve The nee
sent to them regularly by
notifying The lice llimlneaa
afllcc, In person or r mall.
The address will lie changed
an often as deilrrd.
According to the locnl bnnk clonrltiRs
figures, It scorns also to have been too
hot to write check.
The auditorium has tuibsldcd for tho
milliliter season, but tho power cnnnl
project Is again looming up on the hori
zon. I
Tho advent of copious rains through
out Nebraska will compel the crop
statisticians to revise their .estimates
mid issue new editions.
The antl-cousumptlou congress recom
mends that everyone shall carry his
own pocket cuspidor. This should bring
Into life an entirely new Industry.
It Is a little bit too sultry for ordi
nary people to distress themselves about
the fail campaign, but tho candidates
are.proof against the high temperature.
The Omaha public library Is another
of our Institutions that shows dis
tinctly the effects of enervating weather.
It has been too hot to read books as
well as too hot to go ufter them.
South Omaha Is accumulating a neat
iicstful of Judgments against the city.
The privilege of paying the taxes to
liquidate these debts will surely bo ap
preciated by South Omaha property
owners.
The democrats of South Omaha axe
all torn up over Tom Hoetor's Job, which
expires with the end of the year. It
will require a powerful leverage at tho
end of a mighty crowbar to pry Tou
away rrom tho county crib.
The managers of the railroads center
ing In Omaha evidently entertain no
doubts ns to the future or they would
not bo buying up connecting Hues that
have been serving ns feeders. Hot
weather does not wither railroad op
timism. Our aiuiahlo contemporary Insists that
after another summer like Jltis tho man
who wears a shirt will bo deemed In
sane. We take it that this forecast Is
Intended to predict a speedy resurrec
tion of tho old tig-leaf costume ouce
bo popular In tho Garden of Kden.
Tho bank statements tell the same
story all over tho west of increased
bauk deposits. The mortgage records
echo tho showing in Increased mortgage
cancellations. Nebraska and Iowa are
lu good shape llnanclally without refer
ence to late crops yet to bo harvested.
We may be sure now that everything
counected with thu laud drawing in
Oklahoma will bo conducted on tho
square since wo Und among tho mem
bers of the committee selected to rep
resent Nebraska applicants our old
friend George II. Hess, lately of school
board notoriety.
King Ed ward has been trying on tho
Uritish crown to make sure that It Hts
properly for tho coronation ceremonies.
Should he require- a now piece of head
gear ho can get It cheapest and best by
asking for bids from American crown
makers who will bo pleased to open up
an old world trade.
The mortality statistics of horses that
have succumbed to the hot weather cm
phaslzo another point of advantage
that an automobile has over n vehlelo
propelled by animal power. But when
winter comes and tho water tanks of tho
automobiles begin to freeze up the tlmo
will como for tho horse laugh.
Speaker Henderson has been revisiting
tho place of his birth and the scenes of
his youth In Scotland. It tho speaker's
parents hnd been wise enough to locato
the place lu this country Instead of on
the other side of tho Atlantic they
might have enjoyed the distinction of
seeing their son ranged In tho class of
tfreaidentlal eligibilities.
itsiox-vast axu imr.sr.XT.
Democratic ond populist papers lu Ne
braska are engaged once more lu au
active discussion of tho merits and
drawbacks of fusion and the advisabil
ity of continuing the fusion farce. Hy
a peculiar turn the democrats who
two years ago were predicting that after
1IXK) there would be no more fusion but
rather only two opposing parties, the
democrats' ond the republicans, arc for
the most pnrt appealing for the perpet
uation of tho masquerade while the pop
ulists arc taking tho lend In declaring
that the alliance has seen the end of Its
usefulness.
While this discussion is in progress
thu managers of the fusion machine
who have found the combination more
lucrative to them than the go-lt alonc
course arc setting tip tho plus for a re
newed engagement of the old three
ringed circus. With a remarkable ex
hibition of harmonious coincidence, each
of the so-called reform party commit
tees has been summoned to meet at the
same time and place to ilx upon ar
rangements for the state nominating
convention of their respective organiza
tions which In nil probability by coin
cidence of course will be called for si
multaneous meetings as per previous
fusion programs.
How far the rank nnd Ule of demo
crats and populists who lu reality have
less alUnlty for one another than they
have for republicans will submit to such
machine manipulations remains to be
seen. What has been accomplished In
the past In Nebraska by fusion, even
where successful lu Its Immediate ob
ject of capturing the spoils of oltlcc,
holds out no' promise that can satisfy
the demands of auy honest reformer.
The fus.'oii machine may force upon the
conventions another combination ticket,
but to force the voters to swallow "it
will bo a different thing.
VAXAMA UOVTK ADVaXTAOES.
The advocates of the l'nniinm canal
route will Und some encouragement lu
tho views of Mr. Caracrlstl, an engineer
of high standing, decidedly favorable to
that route. In an article lu an eastern
Jotirnnl he snys that It will not require
more than $".",000,000 to complete the
l'annnm Interoceanlc waterway ""and
that for $ir,000,000 tho United States
can buy the Isthmus of Panama, the
canal concession nnd all that goes with
It. The total cost to the United States
for the Panama system would therefore
be )f0,000,000, or $:i,000,000 less than
one-half the cost of constructing the
Nlearaguau canal. He also states that
the latter route has bad or next to Im
possible harborage on either ocean,
while there Is no such objection to the
Panama canal. In addition to this he
tlgures that the annual cost of operat
ing the Nlearaguau canal would be
more than twice that of the Panama,
whUe there Is no reason to think that
tho trnlllc through the latter would not
be quite as large as through the for
mer and possibly larger.
There Is no sort of doubt that so far
ns the lluanclal consideration Is con
cerned It Is very decidedly In favor of
the Panama route, but whether or not
this will have any Intluence with con
gress Is n question. It Is said, however,
that there Is a growing sentiment in
Washington friendly to the Panama
route, on account both of the lluanclal
consideration and the International com
plications that would bo avoided by the
acceptance of that route. What Is
knowu rcgardlug the conclusions of tho
canal commission Is well calculated to
strengthen this sentiment, yet the feel
ing lu congresses so strong for the
NIcnrngunn route that It Is very doubt
ful If a proposition to secure the Pan
ama canal, however satisfactory the
conditions under which this might bo
done, would be adopted. If an accepta
ble treaty with Great Britain Is nego
tiated there will probably be llttlo op
position to the Nlearaguau route. Other
wise tho Panama canal advocates may
have some chance of bucccss.
TUB aVBAX huoah questiox.
There is n growing interest In tho
question ns to what policy the United
States shall adopt respecting Cuban
sugar. Tho Increase In the capital of
tho Sugar trust with the avowed pur
pose of developing tho sugar Industry
of Cuba, nnd the statement of the presi
dent of the trust In favor of giving
Cuban raw sugar free admission to tho
Amerlcau market, assures a vigorous
campaign on the part of the American
Sugar llellnlug company to secure the
legislation It desire. Discussing the
subject the Now York Evening Post
says that "one kind of arrangement to
put Inordinate gains In tho treasury of
tho Sugar trust would bo to admit
raw sugar free and to put a duty on
rcflued." Moro than tlift, such a policy,
us Ave have heretofore pointed out,
would mean tho ultimata destruction of
the domestic sugar Industry. American
beet sugar producers could not compete
with thu Cuban sugar If admitted free
to the United States. Indeed, they may
not bo able to do so even with the ex
isting duties on sugar applied to thu
Cuban product, so much moro cheaply
can sugar be produced lu Cuba than
here.
We have heretofore noted that this
year's production of Cuban sugar will
bo about double that of last year and
that It Is tho belief that within a few
years the Island will produce on amount
of sugar nearly equal to what this coun
try unnually imports. The total area
of Cuba shows approximately 'JS.OOO.OOO
acres, at least one-third of which can
bo made available for sugar production.
It Is possible for Cttbu to ralsu on such
un urea ns much sugar as thu world Is
now consuming und still leave her
farming laud enough for tho food sup
ply of her people and euough extra on
which to ralsu a low huudrcd million
dollars' worth of tobacco, coffee, fruits
and other things. The freu admission of
Cuban sugar to thu Amerlcau inurket
would tremendously stlmulnto Its pro
duction and It is not cllfllcult to under
stand what effect tills would have upon
the American sugar Industry. It simply
could not survive so formidable n com
petition. . , ,
If we caunot, without saerltking our
own sugar Industry, give free ndmls
alou to Cuban augur, what youcessious
can we safely make? That Is n ques
tion which will need to be very care
fully considered. Tho Baltimore Amer
ican thinks that concessions should be
made, but It remarks thnt "we must be
mindful not to Injure too extensively
the business of our own sugar plntiters
nnd the beet sugar Industry. Let us
be generous," It urges, "but not profli
gate, In dealing with our ward; at the
same tlmo let us be careful not to Im
pair our domestic Interests." It will ob
viously be no easy mntter to determine
how fnr we enn go without Injury to
the domestic Industries to be nffected
by Cuban competition. It Is n question
hardly second In Importnnco to any
with which tho next congress will have
to deal.
nntr.cT vmmahv exviuhmeats.
Indianapolis has Just had Its llrst ex
perience with the new Indiana law for
direct primary nomlnntlons, by which
the republicans of thnt city have put up
a compfete municipal ticket from mayor
down to alderman. According to the
reports the direct prlmnry experiment
has come fully up to expectations, more
than 11,000 voes being recoided, which
Is considerably more than usually
brought out by the ordinary primary
election.
Commenting on tho llrst trial under
the new law the Indianapolis Journal,
one of the staunch republican orgaus,
snys:
The experiment under tho primary elec
tion law must commend Itself to all those
who bellcvo It to bo Important to hnve tho
voters of a party control Its primaries. A
much larger number of republicans went to
tho primaries nnd voted than usually attend
on such occasions. Moreover, precinct and
party lines w-ro carefully observed. No
gangs of men went from precinct to pre
cinct to stuff ballot boxes, and no demo
crats took a hand to force upon republicans
an objectionable candidate. These arc facts
which aro known to all who took nny cor
nlinnce cf the trial of tho law which marks
a new departure and the Initiation of a great
reform. In two or three precincts amiable
election omccra permitted candidates to as
sist voters In marking ballots, nono of
whom woro successful, but as a whole the
law was observed, nnd In most precincts
the marking of ballots was as froo from
espionage as If the voting booth hnd been
used. In 'tho wards it can be said, whero
there wore contests, that the decision was
niado by republicans voting according to
law. This could not havo been said of many
primaries which havo occurred heretofore.
Tho primaries nlso demoustrated that the
delegate, In municipal affairs at least, Is
unnecessary, even if n vocation has been
destroyed. It is not probable thnt so gen
erally acceptable a ticket for councilman at
largo ns that selected could have been made
by a convention. Tho Journal may be too
sanguine over Tuesday's experiment when
It says It fully believes that It marked the
beginning of better methods and of mora
satisfactory candidates for both parties. It
has proved to republican voters that'lt Is
now within tho power of a majority to make
candidates as well as to elect those made
by others. This fact established, primaries
will bo sure to bo well attended when can
didates aro to be selected.
Laws similar to that enacted by the
Inst Indiana legislature have been
adopted in Minnesota and several other
states tinder Its lead, Indicating unmis
takably the jlrlft in this direction in the.
matter of election reform.
These experiments wlll bo worth'
watching by Nebraska people. Ne
braska was lu the van In the adoption
of the Australian ballot and in enforc
ing other modern safeguards for the
protection of suffrage and should the
system of direct primary nominations
prove successful elsewhere this state
will want to como In line promptly with
the movement. '
The story of the preacher wlio wanted
to sell Governor Savage n sure prescrip
tion for breaking tho drouth for the
small price of $5,000 Is characteristic
of the pious mountebank. Any preacher,
or for that matter, any other person who
possessed such a valuable secret able
to bring relief to millions of suffering
humanity would be In duty bound to
give the public Its full be no tit and trust
tho peoplo to make proper recompense
for such a boon. The demand of a price
Is the best evidence that tho whole
thing Is a fake. Fortunately tho
preachers as a class are not alllicted
with many members belonging to this
category.
According to returns made to the
county board tho receipts of tho office
of clerk of the district court for the past
year have not been equal to the expen
ditures, the reason ascribed being that
litigation is at a low ebb aud the fees
correspondingly light. If that Is so, the
work of tho olllco must bo light light
enough to dispense with enough clerks
to bring tho balance Into better propor
tions. If tho olllce Is economically con
ducted, however, the county Is sure to
reap a net revenue from this olllco
under tho law that limits tho, share of
the clerk to $5,000.
Business men In Omaha and elsewhere
throughout the couutry Und that, under
the regulations estaldlshed, It Is next to
Impossible to secure rebates for unused
revenue stamps on hand at thu time of
the repeal of the Internal revenue duties.
To get stamps redeemed a person Is re
quired to nnswer under oath questions
that have about as much to do with It
as a kindergarten xHmlnatlou. A little
less red tape nnd the exercise of rea
sonable prudence on tlK part of revenue
ollleers would relievo the situation with
out Impairing the elllclency of tho rev
enue service.
With only $15,000 in the city treasury
there is no use makiug such a great
fuss over tho refusal of South Omaha
banks to bid for tho privilege of becom
ing the depositories of the city cash.
Their refusal to bid, however, Is an
indication that a community of Interest
exists between tho bankers to get public
money without paying Interest except
on thu side.
The nine detectives of the Omnha po
lice force have had their portraits taken
In a group, which goes to show that
the Omaha detective force Is oblivious
to the fact that tho usefulness of a
detective depends largely upon his keep
Ing under cover. When a dotectlve Is
known to everybody ho becomes a
belled cot.
The telephone system of Philadelphia
111 be revolutlpulzcd at no distant day
by the Keystone Telephone company, of
which Congressman Forderor Is the
head. According to Its published pro
gram the company will Install n set of
telephones, free of cost, that will roach
every household and place of business,
and each call will cost the small sum
of a cents. The experiment will be
watched with a good deal of Interest lu
every section of the country.
American bnrkeepers nt Paris are tak
ing precautions to prevent French dis
pensers of drinks from learning tho se
crets of their mixtures. Next In order
will be an International cocktail trust.
ShoiYlllK .MInKuurl.
Kansas City Star.
Don't refer to It as the "hot wave." A
wave Is something that comes nnd goes. It
doesn't stand still for six weeks or two
months.
Vitality of Itflnjc Corn.
St, Louis OlQbc-Democrat.
Corn Is no fair wenther soldier. It glo
ries In sunshlno nnd nights of breathless
heat, ltalns may revive It In the drouth
section to a greater extent than Is sup
posed. After lrny-r, Plan IrrlKttlon.
Louisville Courlcr-Journnl.
Same .day tho farmers will quit depend
ing on providence and prayers for rain and
will do their own Irrigating. Then wo
shall not know the meaning of crop fail
ures from drouth.
A (lurrnlnnn Men !!.
Minneapolis Journal.
Admiral Sampson continues to give out
petulant Interviews, In which ho finds fault
with Schley. Tho latter rarely says any
thing about tho controversy, but when ho
speaks ho utters words that are calculated
to allay rather than Intensify bad feeling.
Pretty Smooth Skipper.
Indianapolis Journnl.
Truo American enterprise was shown bv
the shrowd ship captain who stood "off
and on" tho port of New York with a
cargo of 1,200 tons of sugar from I'orto
Illco until he could land It freo of duty
under tho pr??ldcnt'B proclamation. It
was a neat stroke of business.
Hot Air from Figure Sharp.
St. Paul Pioneer I'rcns.
It Is safe to say that tbo statistician who
estimates tho loss to tho farmers from
drouth at $020,000,000, without counting tho
losses on hogs and cattle, has moro Inter
est In bulling tho prices of corn nnd hogs
than In achieving a reputation for statis
tical accuracy. No doubt tho disastrous ef
fects of the prolonged drouth and excessive
heat In somo of tho states of the corn belt
havo been very great, but there Is a dispo
sition in foino quarters to oxaggeratc the,
extent of tho losses for speculative pur
poses. Tho government reports aro a far
moro reliable authority In these matters
than the guesses of the speculative ttatU
tlclnm. Shnmcn Her Clirl.illiin Allien,
New York Tribune.
Now Japan announces her willingness to
waive tho claim for extra Indemnity. She
proudly disdains to hngglo over a few mil
lions. Not for her docs tho jingling of the
guinea help tho hurl that honor feels. Other
nations great civilized Christian powers,
which were In tho forefront of civili
zation when Japan was yet a hermit bar
barianmay fuss hnd hngglo and delay
negotiations for thosake of squeezing a
few more brass "cth." Into thqlr cofTora
from the pockets oft Chinese coolies. Japan
has no stomach for such "high finance."
She went into China last year to .restore
order, to save tho lives of beleaguered
Europeans and to promote civilization, and
If the" European powers, whose people sho
rescued, nro not willing for her to be reim
bursed for tho actual expenditures, lest
thus they be debarred from grabbing all
they covet, why, Japan can stand It.
A 1'opiillntlc roluter.
Madison Star (pop.)
Tho tlmo Is rapidly approaching when the
fuslonlsts of Nebraska will bo required to
choose a candidate for Judge of tho supreme
court to succeed Judge Norval, who will re
tiro In January prox. After having sur
veyed the entire field and considered tho
claims and merits of other candidates we
tie convinced that, all thlugs considered,
Judgo E. It. Duffle of Omaha should
receive tho nomination. Judge Duffle
served eight years as district Judgo In Iowa,
twice lil the samo capacity In this stato,
and Is now ono of the umlnent and ac
complished euprcmo court commissioners of
tho state. A man In the full strength and
vigor of his intellectual manhood, of splen
did legal attainment, wide and copious edu
cation, eminent Judicial temperament and
aptitude for the duties of tho bench, to
which may be added location, ho becomes
by all means tho most appropriate man to
bo selected for this eminent pceltion. The
Star Is for Judge Duffle.
rUItHONAL, I'OIXTRIIS.
Cossjul General Stowo has had enough of
South Africa, Tho British feel tho same
way.
King Edward hns decided to abolish tho
ancient ceremony at the coronation of tho
peers kissing tho king. Peers and king
are to bo congratulated.
Tho Canadian horscB aro all growing long
tails In order to bo ready for tho arrival
of the duke of Cornwall, beforo whom no
docked animals, It Is eald, are allowed to
appear.
Henri Founder, tho Paris chauffeur, who
Is sighing for new worlds to conquer, now
wlshrs to raco with somo of tho American
automoblllsts. This may causo him to sigh
for other reasons.
President Diaz of Mexico has com
pletely recovered from tho Illness from
which he suffered to severely during tho
latter part of tho past winter, and Us last
III effects are now eald to havo disappeared.
It was ono of tho freaks of fate that
after tbo Now York Herald representatives
had been excluded from the Fosburgh trial
a colored hnckman named Jnmes Gordon
Dennett should be the last witness for tho
prosecution.
It has been discovered that n "pure milk"
company supplying the Chicago county hos
pital with 300 gallons per day has been
"preeorvlng" the milk with formalin. That
Is, the company has "embalmed" tho milk,
rendering It non-nutrltlous In all cases and
poisonous In many,
Prof. William do Witt Alexander, who
recently resigned from tho Hawaiian De
partment of Surveys and accepted a place
In the United States coast and geodetic sur
vey, Is ono of tho greatest authorities on
everything pertaining to the Hawaiian
Islands' and has written several books on
such subjects.
"I nm admonished In many ways," writes
Mark Twain, In responso to an Invitation
to participate In n Missouri celebration,
"that tlmo Is pushing me inexorably along.
I am approaching the threshold of ge; In.
1077 I shall he 142. This Is not time to be
flitting about the earth; I must cease from
the activities proper to youth and begin to
take on the dignities and gravities and In
ertia proper to that season of honorable
senility, which Is on Its way and imminent
as Indicated, aboye." t - -r
rOMTICAl, TAMC ix xmin ASK V.
Kearney Pemacrat Co'onel Krlc Johnson,
editor of tho Wnhoo New Era, ono of the
grandfathers of fusion, announced In his
paper last week that he Is opposed to
further fusion. Nobody knows better that
ftwlon Is a big fraud than Eric does.
Columbus Telegram (dem.)s The populists
of Custer, the banner populist county of tho
ftnte, have ninde n poor start looking
toward fusion this fall. They hnve put up
a straight popullnt ticket, without consult
ing the democrats on the subject of fusion.
In view of the accepted fact that Custer
county has been in the habit of setting
tho populist pneo for tho state, this action
Is taken by many to IndlcAto that populists
generally nre determined to abandon tho
fusion Idea In Nebraska. However, slnco
Custer has of late been drifting toward the
republican shoals, perhaps the balnnco of
the state may not be eager to follow Its
bad example. Last fall Custer was the hot
bed of mlddlo-of-tho-roadlsm and now that
D. Clem Deaver, the chief mld-roader, hat
received a $3,000-n-year republican roword,
perhaps there aro In Custer n large num
ber of patriots looking for like showers
of blessings and that may account for
their hasty action lu Ignoring tho demo
crats Central City Democrat: To fuse or not
to fuse, that's the question that Is agltat
Inc; somo of the fellows who nssume thnt
they nro "lending" tho democratic or
the people's party. Tho object Is to nnd out
which party casts thu most votes, so that
spoils may be properly distributed. Un
necessary defeat Is a high prlco to pay for
that useless piece of knowledge, The demo-
rrntlc nnd tho populist parties stand for
practically tho snmo thing in Nebraska; to
nil Intents they nro ono party. Together
they aro sure of victory, why, then, divide?
Perhaps no harm would result. In case
Judges Htdllvan nnd Holcomb wcro both
sure to live out their terms, no special
harm could result from having ono re
publican on the supremo bench. Hut no
man Is sure of life, so It would be worso
than criminal to perpetrate tho proposed
folly. Let us nominate together and elect
ono good man. Whether ho cnlls himself
democrat or populist makes no difference.
So long ns wo hnve the supremo court tho
opposition rnn Injure him but little, thcro
foro tnko no chonces of losing control of
tho bulwark of our liberties.
Grand Island Democrat: Ancnt the dis
cussion as to whether Acting Governor Sav
age can serve out the full time of tho un
expired terra for which Dietrich was
elected, it Is well to remember that It Is
always n safe- nnd sound prlnclplo to get
close to tho people. It Is clearly within
the meaning of tho stntc constitution that
whenever n vacancy shall occur In an
elective office that that vacancy shall bo
filled by tho pcopln nt tho next general
election. One of the main elements of
strength In a representative form of gov
ernment Is that by which a public servant
must constantly recur to the people for
his grant of authority. The public cannot
expect the best service when Its servants
arc fnr removed from tho sourco of au
thority. At the forthcoming stato conven
tions the fusion forces should placo In
nomination a candidate for governor; then
bring a mandamus to compel tho secretary
of state to place his name upon tho official
ballot. If ho Is unwilling otherwlso no to
do nnd thereby place tho question before
the supremo court for adjudication. Any
action thnt brings our electlvo officers
moro closely tinder the will of the electorate
cannot fall to havo a salutary effect.
Wahoo Now Era (pop.): In state politics
wo aro not opposed to co-opcratton with
our democratic friends when wo aro of tho
same mind politically and aim at the same
object. Wo do not refuse to fellowship
with the democrats because they call them
selves democrats. No, wo have tlmo and
again reiterated that we entertain as high
regard for a sincere reform democrat as
we do of n populist and wo havo always
been In favor of treating our democratic
friends fairly during our political co-operation,
as wo surely gave evidence of ns'
members of the conferenco commltteo at the
last stato convention. It Is the double or
treblo headed convention schemo that wo
find fault with and shall continue to op
pose. Several months ago wo editorially
asserted that ex-Attorney General Smyth
was our first cholco for supreme Judge. Was
that on evldenco of "clinging moro tena
ciously to party name than to great princi
ples?" We are In favor of "hoisting high
tho populist banner," becauso therein lies
the key to tho situation. Let the Impres
sion become general, In tho populist ranks,
that wo are going to be absorbed by tho
democratic party and fully one-third of the
rank and file of 4he populists will return
to tho republican fold. Brother Howard
attributes to us language that we do not
recognize, but even ndmlt It, what assur
ance can Drother Howard give us that the
democratic party will remain loynl to tho
good principles advocated by the old-time
Independents. What we havo written on
fusion has special reference to tho local
situation In Saunders county. Unfortu
nately the little coterie of democratic lend
ers hero are not of the same generous spirit
and built on the same brood gauge as
Brother Hownrd. Conditions are- reversed
In Platte county; we shall await with In
terest to see how very liberal the demo
crats wilt be to their allies, tho populists.
However, as wo are strenuous believers in
"home rule" we shall not even offer to
criticise, whatever their action may be.
Holdrcge Trogrcss (pop.): Notwith
standing the fact that thero aro five-fold
moro ndheronts to the causo of populism
today than thero were In 1890, populism ns
a national organization Is woll-nlgh a do
funct Institution. Thj principal reason why
is not difficult of solution. In fact every
ttuo refoimer knows withqut n suggostton.
Fusion evidently means confusion, which
fact has been amply demonstrated In tho
deraooratlc-popullst policy Blnco 1896. Thero
nro tlracn when concession Is prudent In the'
nffalrs of political parties as well as Indi
viduals. Tho endorsement of W. J. Bryan
In 1896 by tho populists tho Progress be
lieves to havo been not only expedient! but
wise. Slnco tho election of 1896, however,
tho writer ban been opposed to fusion, but a
majority of tho populists have been of the
opinion that tho fusion policy was tho wlso
course and tho Progress has supported tho
ticket on tho principle that the majority
should rule, notwithstanding that Its edi
tor saw disaster ahead. Many democrats
and free- silver republicans nro In accord
with populist principles then why maintain
threo distinct organizations? Wo, In tho
main. If not literally, bollovo alike, thon
why encourage n tripartite organization
with no other object than a division of
offices. Such a policy Is not populism; It Is
not reform; It 1b not a guarantee of good
faith to thp masses. Fusion has accom
plished Its purpono ond It the populist party
Is conscientious or has nny hope of bring
ing about tho reforms enunciated In Its
platform nt tho Inception of tho party It
should rejuveuatc and manifest to tbo peo
ple Its faith and sincerity In tho advocacy
vt tho principles which the party recog
nized and believed to bo to the best Inter
ests of the masses when populism was In
stituted. Whllu we denounce a continuance,
of tho tripartite regime which hns existed
In the past we cordially Invite all theme, of
whatever party, who recognize In our prin
ciples a betterment of general conditions,
to co-cpsrnto with us nnd exercise what
ever Influence they deem fit In tho aehlcvo
ment of better nnd morn equitable laws for
tho common people. Thero aro many dem
ocrats who bellcvo as we do and should
unite with us In an effort to dethrono
corporate greed and an imperialistic
tendency. v , j
HOt MUllOt T COI'B.MIAtJUX.
i:tohliiK of Mfpy at the Capital of
Drninnrk,
These summer days aro long but few,
writes William K. Curtis In n letter from
Copenhagen to the Hecord-Hernld. Tho
people enjoy them all tho moro after long,
cold, stormy winters that aro peculiar to
this climate. They spend ns much tlmo ns
they can out of doors and plenty of oppor
tunities nre furnished them in the parks
nnd promenades, In the forests thnt sur
round tho city and on the water that en
circles the mnny Islands nnd peninsulas
which nro cnllod Denmark. There nro no
end of old palaces which have been trans
formed Into museums nnd pleasure grounds
within walking dlstnnco of each other and
tho Inunbltnnts of the gnrrets nnd base
ments nnd tho slums of tho city pour Into
them nt the close of work each day with
three or four hours of twilight for plensuro
beforo bedtime..
Tho Danes, nre n pious pcorle, but, like
the Germans, regard Sunday as a day of
pleasuro nnd rest ns well as worship and
on Sundays you will see processions start
from all tho churches straight to tho parks
nnd promenades as soon as tho benediction
Is pronounced. Tho nrtlsnnB and trndeH
men, with their wives nnd children, tnke
their dinners with them nnd spend the
rest of Sunday loafing ami lying In tho
grass, playing games nnd gossiping nnd
drinking beer In tho enfes. Formerly the
city was fortified with n wntl nnd n moat,
which havo been turned Into parks In these
dnys of pence and plenty, nnd surround the
older portion of Copenhagen llko n circle.
Tho brunches of the sen nro connected by
cnnnls, upon which electric boats ore ply
ing. The rates of faro nre so cheap thnt
even tho smallest wage-camera enn enjoy
them.
The great plnco of nmusoment Is n garden
called "Tlvoll," where, under the green
trees through nil the summer months, from
1 o'clock In the afternoon until midnight,
peoplo of nil ranks nnd ages meet for en
joyment. It is n democratic nssombly nnd
nil comers nro trentcd nllke. Tho aristoc
racy nnd mlddlo classes sit nt thn beer
tables sldo by side with workmen from the
city and peasants from the country and en
Joy n program that la pqunlly varied. The
king himself and the members of tho roynl
fnmlly nre regular habitues. They como so
frequently and nro so well known that their
presenco dors not attract much attention,
except for the deference thnt Is due to
them. Tho peasant nnd tho bnnkcr both
lift their hats when their sovereign or one
of the princes or n woman of the roynl fnmlly
passes by, but tho heir to the throne rubs
elbows with tho sorvnnt girl nnd their
soldier lovers when he watches tho pan
tonine or tho fireworks.
Thero Is plenty of music from A o'clock
In tho afternoon until midnight nnd on
holidays the place Is kept open until morn
ing. Ono can hear nil kinds of music, too,
from tho giddy airs of the cafe chnntnnts
to tho heavy classical compositions of t'tfo
old Germnn nnd Danish masters. Acrobats
nnd athletes, rope dancers nnd animal
trnlncrs, Jugglers, clowns, trnppzo per
formers ami ooronnuts do their "stunts" nt
various stands nnd people rush from the
merry-go-rounds nnd the scenic rnllwnys
to sco the fireworks.
Everything Is given out of doors except
tho classical music, which Is performed by
the roynl orchestra of nccompllshed per
formers supported by the government nnd
producing serious compositions. Denmark
has several notable composers, and It Is ono
of tho functions of this orchestra to en
courage tho development of locnl musical
tnlcnt. On Saturdays It Is understood that
tho program will nlwnys contain novelties
nnd compositions of native composers so
thnt It usually draws' 'tt 'fhe glnss domo n
Inrgo nudlenco of critics nnd others of
musical education. And thcro Is no lack of
beer thero or anywhere. It Is part of tho
llfo of tho people.
Copenhagen Is a very clean town. Ac
cording to nn ancient custom, every house
holder Is expected to see that tho sidewalk
nnd street pavement In front of his prem
ises nro properly swept several times n'
day, and ns n consequence of tho naturnl
neatness of tho people the busiest streets
nre as clean as tho floor of a Dutch
woman's kitchen. The public squares and
parks nre kept clean by paupers and pris
oners, who nro marched out of the alms
houses and tho police stations every morn
ing In squads, each carrying a broom, a
watering can nnd n shovel.
Copenhagen has an excellent street car
system, which reaches every part of the
city with electric enrs that nro clean and
comfortable. Thero aro also electrlo
launches upon the canals that run through
the city and upon the lakes In the parks
which will carry passengers n mile for n
penny. Tho franchise for the street enrs
expires within n few years, when tho trncks
will become tho property of tho municipal
ity nnd the city mny operate tho system or
leaso tho tracks for whatever rental Is
thought proper.
The schools nro abundant and excellent;
attendnnce Is compulsory for children be
tween tho nges of 7 nnd 14 for soven
months In tho year. Tho schools nro freo
up to what wo call tho high BChool gradn.
when a martlculatlon fee Is charged. Tho
amount Is small, but It Is sufficient to pre
vent tho children of tho laboring class from
attendance, nnd thnt seems to bo one of the
objects. The Danes abolished their nobility
halt a century ngo, but at tho samo time
public sentiment creates a caste, and tho
peasants aro not encouraged to seek
higher education on tho theory that It will
unfit them for manual labor. Thero are
plenty of manual training schools nnd pro
fessional schools of art nnd science up to
tho university. Tho system Is as compre
hensive as that of any other country, nnd
pupils In tho ordlnnry schools who show an
aptltudo for learning In nny particular di
rection are not only encouraged, but arc
assisted to pursuo their studios.
A IIISTOnY OF IHtYAN
As It Appenrril In a French Ncvfupnper
Itccrntly.
Des Moines Leader.
In a paper published In tho south of
Franco Is found an amusing account of tho
onrly llfo nnd exploits of Colonel Brynn.
Tho story, It appears, was written by tho
Paris correspondent of tho provincial pnpor
and Is bnscd, bo tho writer avers, on In
formation furnished by Intlmato friends of
tho candidate who hnd been prominent nt
tho French capital during tho exposition.
Tho western wag who filled tho Fronrh
man so full of new and startling Informa
tion must have smiled to himself ns ho
rend In cold print tho stntomont thnt "M.
lo Colonel Bryan first ramo Into fnmo ns
ono of the strange, hnlf-savago band of
cowboys" grandeur do vnhefs, It appears
In tho original "who roamed over tho far
west fighting tho Indians and wild beosts,
Imitating, perhaps, tho custom of tho Indian
chiefs, edch of tho cowboys boro a nick
name based on somo of his exploits as a
hunter or fighter. Thus M. lo Colonel
Bryan's title among his rough hut brave and
sturdy comrades was Silver Bill, tho dead
shot. After the treaty of peace was signed
with tho Indians at Chlcngo In 1696, Colonel
Bryan wont out of tho cattle business nnd
became one of tho bonanza farmers of tho
wost. Ho can now sit on his back stoop,
ns the rear veranda Is called In America,
and look over his fields of corn stretching
farther than tho eye can reach In every Ul-
rcctlon. As n result of his early trnlnlng
on tho plain, whero he spent months at a
tlmo without an opportunity of talking to
another human being, tho candidate for
president Is extremely taciturn nnd can
hardly bo persunded to express his oplql a
on the Irsties of tho rnmpnlgn. Ho Is tl, i
author of a book of ndvrtituru- called 'Tho
First Battle,' In which somo of his en
counters with tho Indians of tho Tnmnmny
and other tribes nre described nt lpngth In
the effort to partlnlly neutrnllzo tho
strength of M. lo Colonel nmong tho cow
boys nnd Indians who make up tho largest
part of tho voting population west of tho
Allegheny tnountnlns, tho republicans hnve
nomlnntcd M. lo Hoosevelt for vlco presi
dent. M. lo Hoojovolt Is ono of tho leading
cowboys In Amorlcn, nnd Is especially fa
mous for once having vanquished n grizzly
bear In single combat. During tho present
campaign M. lo Itoosovolt has ridden a
scries of horses all over the country, giving
exhibitions of rough riding such ns were
seen in Paris n yenr or moro ngo under tho
direction of another American statesman."
n.TI'OIITS OF 1MHM IMlODt'CTS).
American (irnmirli-M SnpiilyltiK Olil
World i-ril.
St. Ixiuls Olobo-Dcmocrnt.
Last yenr tho farmers of tho United States
sent nbrond n larger volume of exports
than ever before. Tho snlo of their sur
plus products to other countries raised th
nggrcgnto of our foreign trade far beyond
the 12.000,000,000 mark. Etiropcnn papers
have much to sny of the growing excellence
of Amcrlcnn manufactures, but keep track
less closely of the progress of American
farmers, In n general wny tho atandnrd
of our ngrlcuituro Is tho highest In the
world. Our agricultural machinery Is In
n superior class of Its own. It Iisr been
Invented nnd ndnpted either by fnrmers or
by thoso who knew practlcnlly whnt was
needed. Thero nro some Instances In which
wo am not first, but they nro few. Den
mark Is further ndvnnced In dairying, Ger
miny In bret sugnr production nnd Frnnce
In wines, but the gap Is closing. We aro
learning to grow nnd handle tho sugnr
beet, nnd much of tho wine thnt comes
from Franco is of American growth. We
havo no near competitor In raising corn,
cotton, wheat and many other staple arti
cles of world-wide demand. In growing;
nnd exporting apples this country Is first,
nnd tho fnct Is ono of tho most slgnlflcnnt
ns to tho progress made.
Turning to the future of American fnrm
ing. other grent achievements nro In Bight.
A few days ngo Secretary Wilson delivered,
nn nddress before tho Natlonnl Farm'
school, near Doylestown. Pa In which he
touched on the further development of
Amcrlcnn ngrlculture. Tho United States
during tho last flscnl yenr paid $420,139,!S8
for ngrlculturnl Imports, nnd this was nn
Increnso of JCi.OOO.OOO over the preceding
year. Sugar wns tho largest Item, rcnchlng
$101,000,000. Secretary Wilson Bnys this
country should bo moro successful than
nny other In beet sugar production. The
Industry hero is growing at nn encouraging
rate. Our Imports of tobacco cost $13,000,
000. Hut wo hnvo lenrned to ralso tho
Sumatra wrapper leaf, nnd took tho first
medal nwnrded for It nt tho Paris oxposl
tlon. Cuban tobacco grown In Florida hns
won prizes over thnt produced In Cuba.
Our bill for tea In 1900 wns $10,000,000. It
Is snld that wc should raise our own tea
In tho south, but llttlo headwny has been
made In Its culture. Foreign wines cost us
$.,000,000, and somo of It has made a trip
across tho Atlantic to bo manipulated nnd
returned under foreign labels. Coffee Im
ports cost us less than $52,000,000.
M.MCS TO A SMILi:.
.Vi,ck: ,Mrs- Newrlchc Mrs. Da Smvth
Mr. Newrlche What's thnt?
ivir wrlehe-Ucnr mc! I don't knsw
I vo looked nil through tho "O's" of thwe"
such word! C,'0,mr'eS """ Cll,,,t
Philadelphia Press: Mr. Pitt Thos
quarrels nbout tho linttle of Santl ,
make mc excessively wenry. ""K'
tkttft a"" 'IM Ucman.1 Pel
vn,?"'n...'EnVl??: "lUlVK '"" matriculated
U7 asked tho Vnnsar co lego senior of n
ate v hn,',,,t,?h0 8"W W"IG dlscon'Jl
lately about the cumptis,
rZS'''.'1'' .wn" ,l10 horror-stricken
response; "1 vo not even married yet."
inllVC0'ilnfrn,.'!i "i'es, Btirklcy Ih travel
ing for Ills health.
''Why, I didn't know he wna 111."
. ,?.'Hn l,u5 0,10 or tluy nle ho Induced
to put money Into thnt lend mine he wnn
promoting turns out to bo nn ox-puglllt "
Judge: Miss Slappem-Thnt Clara Wilder
Is ns good ns u circus! Think of her bolns
eiiRiiged three times this summer!
Mr. Ooodhenrt (oxtenuntlnBly)-Wnll, she
vyouldn t bo nn up-to-date circus without
three rings!
Denver Times: Ho wns thoroughly happy
when he entered tho front door with a
pnekngo In bis hand nnd exclaimed: "I've
got something here for tho woman I love
better thnn nil the world."
"John," sho snld sadly, "I don't object to
extrnvngnnco ordinarily, but I do object to
you buying expenslvo presents for the
coolt."
But then, you see, shq Judged him by his
nppetlte, not his henrt.
l.AV OF THU I.A.HT MIXSTHRI,.
J. J. Montngue In the Oregonlnn.
An aged negro minstrel once lay dying In
Algiers,
Where he'd lived In lonely exile for full
many wenry yeorr.
He hnd sprung his faded outfit of conun
drums o'er nnd o'er.
Till his ilerco uml outraged countrymen
could Htnnd for him no more.
To the natives 'gathered 'round him as
Uenth grnppleil with him thcro
Ho narrated this sml story with whnt
brenth ho hnd to spare:
I was born In old Kentucky, where tho
mendow breezes blew
(There's n gng thnt Is n corker, but, of
course, It's lost on yon),
I could hnndle lines from childhood, so they
put me on the stngn
(That, perhnps. Is rather youthful, but a
stunner for Its nge).
I was nlwnys Into In rising, so I soon be
en mo n star
(You'll be hardly up to thnt one, nll-un-tutored
ns you nre).
My best Jokes were seldom spoken; they
were nearly nlwnys bawled
(Bald with nge I'll whisper to you If that
Inst one had you stalled).
I was called a burnt-cork artist, though I
didn't nlwnys drnw
(If you tumble next to thnt one, mny I
meet my mother-ln-lnw!).
Hut 1 never lenrned the knnclc of getting
popular with folks
Till my father left m nil his superannuated
Jokes.
While, my brothers nnd my sisters sncked
the old man's mnnoy bugs
(Heo It?). 1 snld, "Take the baubles, but glv
me those ancient gags."
Now, when my remaining lire's nenrly up
tho chimney flew
It will soot me (grub 'em! grnb 'cm!) to
rutnll to you n few,
And your children's children's children, If,
perehnnco soinotlmo they may
Trend tho boards ns negro minstrels, can
make uso of them somo day. ,
"Why does our old Shnnghnl rooster crosa
the road with stntely stride?"
"Simply Just because ho wnnts to get upon
tho other side."
"When tho Into Jny Gould expired nnd his
Who, prny tell uf, were the drinks on?'
i ..... ........... irt. ,i,.n.1
"It Is said Mint nt Niagara such n fall a
man will get,'' ,
neply, "You any Niagara? Why, is that
plnco running yet?"
Friends. I sen thnt I nm dying by your
sympathetic glnnco;
Like tho dog, my breath Is coming In nh
, brevlnted pants,
So I bid you keep theso treasures of tho
wit of other dnys,
And, like chickens, to convert them Into
mrtrlintnttln IriVH!
Like the mnn thnt fed tho enmel, I nm going
with tne tien.
Which Inst witticism choked him, and he,
winked ono eye and died.