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TII33 OMAHA DAILY .HJ513t W HON HHTA Y, S HPT .KM WEll IJ)01. 'Hie umai i a Dai ly Bee, E. HOS13VATi:it, HDITOrt. PU1ILIS1II5D KVUHV MOHN1NO. TKtlMM nt.- ltHf't!tlTtnJ. Dally lice (without Sunday) ,Onc Vcur.tC.O) Dully llco und Sunday, Ono Year....... JM" Jllustrattd Ike. One Year ? ? Bunday Uro, Ono Year Haturday Uce, Ono Year Twentieth Century Farmer, One enr. l.W OFFICK8. Omnlin; The Hoe HutldlriK. . South omaluii City Hall UulldlnB, Twen-ty-ltith and M Streets. Council IJIun.i; 10 1'cnrl Street. Chicago! 1CI0 Unity liulMlng. Now York: Tctnplu Court. Washington: 501 Fourteenth Street. COUHUSl'ONUENCE. Communications relnt.ng to news and till torlnl matter should bo addressed: Omaha lice, Editorial Department. UUBINKBS LETTERS. Iluslncss letters hnd remittances should be addressed: The lleo Publishing Com pany, Omuha, ItEMlTTANCES. Ilemlt by draft, express or postal order, payable to The lice Publishing Company, only 2-ccnt stamps accepted In pay mo lit of mall rtccotinth. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. THE II EE PUIJLIHIIINO COMPANY. STATEMENT 6 IMUClMiATION. State of Ncbraskn, Douglas County, ss.: " Ucorgo II. Tzschtlck, secretary of Thy Ho PuhllHliIng Company, being duly sworn, fays that the nctiial number of full " rompleto copies of Thu Dally, Morning, livening nnii Sunday lire printed during tlio month of August, 1001, was as follows: I ar,,:Jo 17 y.-;t7i 2 i!.-.,i:tu 18 ttr.,.-.tr. 3 iir.,un i a..,a7o 4 itn.uuo :o an.niii f. u.-,.in si i..-jr.,io( j c u.i,uio 23 as,:u 7 ar.,:uio 2.1 -". mo 8 i!.V!IO 21 i!.-.,N70 9 uri,:t.-,o urs.-.o 10 V!5.!tMt 20 S(MMM II u.-.dio 27 an..-, ml 12 ar.,tr.(i 2s a7.aio 13... UA.IIMI 23... U7.IHO j 14 'M,M) W,. I I,II.N! 15 'J.-.MO 31 UT.SO io -'.-,:iit(t Total TllS.llliO Less unsold and returned copies.... 7,h", Net total sales thh.uiw Net dally average afi.lSil OEOHOE I). TZHCIIUCK. Subscribed In my presence anil sworn to heforu mo this 31st day of August, A. D. 1001. M. 11. HUNG ATE, Notary Public. Tho schonlinii'ius nro now dulne; lUlSltK'SS lit tllU dill StlUlll. Where nro the county funds (leposltod and who is getting tin: Interest V If nnynno doubts NYlirnskn Is In the corn belt this year, It will educate htm to tttteud the statu fair. Tlio best friend of labor is not the onu who merely showers fulsome llat tery when liard, If unpalatable, truths must be met. Hryan can see no use for the third party movement In Missouri. Mr. Hryan is probably unable to see thu need of any party antagonistic to his propa ganda. Oh, yes, the grand jury lias been called, but by the time It goes off some of the fellows who have been blowing Into the muzzle will discover It was loaded. The health fund In the, city treasury may need a bracer from 'the general fund, but the health of the people of thu city continues to be of the most Vigor ous kind. Flannlgan, the hammer thrower, has broken another record. If be should attempt to give an exhibition In Hhodo Island the event would be classed as an Interstate nffalr. It costs $1,200 more u year to run the Douglas county poor farm than it did live years ago in the times of the greatest business depression and d!s tress. Why Is It? Tho WotidjIIerald man seems to be as handy with the long-distance tele phone to the state treasurer in the state house as ho is to the ex-state treasurer In tho penitentiary. The county salary list Is iJltl.ttlS a year more tluiii It was live years ago, although the amount of work to lx done Is not as great as It -was In ISM. Can anybody tell the reason why? Again tho report Is current that the Danish West Indies have been sold to thu United States. The story has been told so many times that people will be lieve It when the deed Is tiled for record. Five years ago tho Jail birds were given periodic exercise in clearing the court house grounds and keeping them free from weeds and rubbish, but now that responsible task devolves upon salaried impocratle ple-blters. In the year 1001 It cost HSliO to take care of the court house, yet It cost but Sl'.Otit) to do the same work live years ago. This year there are seven men em ployed at the work, while live years ago four were able to do It. Tho Chinese palaces in Tekln have at last been turned back to thu owners by thu foreign troops. The owuers will probably llnd that foreign occupants have broken more crockery In a year than tho hired girl could have smashed lu a decade. Tho French consul to Constantinople refused to dress the French ship In the harbor on account of the annlversarv celebration of tho sultan. Whv should tho ship go undressed all day Just be cause Franco und Turkey have hud a llttlu difference? . Douglas county nomtllsts are nm. oocdlng with the preliminaries to their primaries and convention lu total ills l'OL'iird of tho law covernlner iirlnuii-v r o . elections und nominations. Have tho reformers n special bill of exemption i mm wiu rciiuucmcms in inu law; Ohio democracy will ask Hryan to speak during tho present campaign, but thu managers are particular about tlx part of tho statu where they will tun him loose. They waut him to talk onlj lu the strong silver counties. Demo erotic doctrine Is built on the plan oi tho colored man's coon trap and do signed to tempt every man no mutter wuut Ulu belief. msiony wiTttovT muivKimus. Tlie Chicago Chronicle for whoso ben ellt The lice recently reprinted t lit fa mous letter of Instructions Issued by Governor Hoyd as democratic national committeeman In 18!li urging Nebraska democrats to vote the Weaver electoral ticket, acknowledges thu correction, but persists In discrediting the undisputed facts In the case. It refers to the letter as one "said to have been written by .1. II Hoyd and circulated throughout Nebraska In that year" and iiuestlons Governor Hoyd's right to represent the entire national committee when he advised democrats In Nebraska to follow that course. Along thu samu lino Is the disclaimer entered by .1. Sterling .Morton to thu In timation that he had any part In the effort to sidetrack the Nebraska electoral vote out of the republican column In ISim by hitching the democratic engine to the populist train. .Mr. Moitou as setts that It Is a mistake to ascribe to him as the regularly nominated candi date of the democracy for the governor ship at that time any disposition to support Weaver electors. He continues: That during that campaign, beginning at Funk's opera house at Lincoln, Morten made gold standard speeches, nearly all his hearers will remember und that hi also worked for and supported the Cleve land electors, whoso names appeared Just over his ovi on the tickets of the Ne braska democracy, will bo quite generally recollected. It would have been suicidal to have electioneered against tho olcctr.rs upon his own ticket.- And these who did, as democrats, support tho Weaver electors weakened, by dividing Its strength, the democratic voto of that year. Some tf them, notably the slxtcen-to-oneltes, heuded by the peerless Colonel liryan, do- sired to weaken the honest moncyltcs and especially to rebuke, crush and pulwilzc tho candldato for governor, who dnicd oven la 1802 to then decluro for tha single gold standard. While .Mr. Morton Is entitled to lull credence to bis statement of bis own personal position the proofs are uncon trovertible that the regular democratic urbanization, through its national com mitteeman, state chairman and other ojllecrs and recognized newspaper or gan, bent Its every effort to turn the votes of democrats to the Weaver electors for Nebraska In the year IS!)-. Tho authenticity of the letter of Instructions is not denied by Gov ernor Hoyd and originals of it over his own signature are readily accessible. Only because 1,000 rock- Ibbed democrats, Imbued with the same aversion to populist vagaries as Mr. .Morton, refused to follow the leaders was the consolidation of all the oppos ing elements prevented and the electoral vote of Nebraska cast for the repub lican candidate for president. IIVltJRE fS TUB COUXTY MUXEYf The demo-pop organ prints tho fol lowing plank of tho republican plat form in double-column black type: As n a.attcr of safety we demand that tho stato treasurer nnd every county, clty village and school district treasurer shall keep tho taxpayers fully Informed concern ing tho condition and disposition of tho moneys entrusted to his safekeeping by tho publication of monthly financial state ments showing the amount of money on hand, the name of each bank In which It Is deposited, with tho amounts on deposit lu each. Perhaps the demo-pop organ Is not aware of the fact that this plank wnr. penned nnd Inserted Into the republican platform by tlio editor of The Bee not as republican campaign buncombe, but In all seriousness, regardless of where It might hit. Hut why does tho sham reform or gan, point Its double-shotted guns at tho stato house? Why does It not direct them nearer homo at the county court house? Why-does It not call upon County Treasurer Klsasser to In form tho taxpayers of Douglas county: (1) How much money bo has on hand? (2) How much money he has on deposit lu the banks? (,'i) In what banks the county funds are deposited? (4) The amount on deposit In each bank? On the principle that a man's shirt is nearer to him than his overcoat, the taxpayers of Omaha and Douglas county are more deeply and directly concerned In the disposition of the county funds than they are in tho dis position of the state funds. Is It not a matter of notoriety that for the past two years the county has not received a dollar In Interest on county deposits, while the elfy Is receiving 1! per cent on every dollar the city treas urer has on deposit? The names of tho banks lu which city money Is deposited nnd the amount on deposit lu each are given to the 'pub- He every mouth by City Treasurer Henulugs, but nobody has yet been able to discover where the county treas urer deposits the county funds or what amount he has on deposit In any of our banks. Why does not the World-Herald call for this Information? THE SOVTH A.MKUWAX COSFUCT. The latest advices leave uo doubt that a war between Venezuela and Colombia Is Inevitable. To all Intents and purposes the action of the former government, In withdrawing the exe quaturs of the Colombian consular rep resentatives, means war, for while such action Is not In Itself a declaration of war, the almost Inevitable elleet Is to lead up to ' hostilities. The latest ad vices therelore plainly Indicate that Venezuela means, lo light Colombia and that the latter will accept the challenge, for the reason that under the circum stances she cannot very well do other wise. What the general effect of such a con flict will be It Is not easy to foretell. It may be to bring Into eonltlct a number of other republics and to mako tho war so extended as to reshape the whole country Involved. It Is the conjecture of some that the outcome may be a com plete reorganization of the several re publics and a now arrangement of all tho territory there under the nnme of a new republic which would Include Venezuela and Colombia and perhaps one or two of the others. One thing seems to be absolutely cer tain and that Js a very great change Is Impending lu the political and com- merelal relations of the republics between which there are existing dilllctiltles and how far-reaching tills may lie It Is Impossible to say. In any event the I'liited States will continue to occupy an absolutely neutral position. OHUAMXHD l.AHOlt. Is organized labor lu peril? There Is not an Indication Hint It is. On the con trary all the facts are that the princi ples behind organized labor are as ac tive today and as vital as they havu ever been In the whole history of unionism In this country. One thing can never lie lost sight of In this connec tion and that is the responsibility of both labor and capital to perform their separate and particular duties and ob ligations to the public. We all re.cognlze the fact that labor Is at the very foundation of our material and Ilnanclal fabric. No Intelligent man can fall to understand that the very bulwark of the national prosperity Is labor. And yet this fact must be ever lastingly recognized that no man, how ever be may undertake to control Ids own labor, has a right to coerce the labor of others. The Intrinsic principle now and always must bo the right of every man to do as he pleases In regard to his own life and labor, so far as he does not Interfere with the welfare of his associates. That Is an undying and Inalienable right of every citizen of tho I'nlted States and whoever undertakes to deprive him of It Is at war with thu best principles of our constitution. There Ls no danger to organized labor unless organized labor ' should be so reckless and unprincipled as to cut its own throat. The whole dilllculty today with organized labor Is that If Is mis led by Influences that are inimical to Its welfare. What It has to do now Is to throw off the Incubus of false and bad leaders wherever they appear and put Itself under the direction of wise and sagacious men who will conduct It upon lines in accordance with modern economic principles and right indus trial Ideas. Talking of the rottenness In the city hall to distract attention from the rot tenness lu the court house across the way will hardly fool the taxpayers. The affairs of the city are like an open book everybody knows where every dollar Is expended nnd everybody knows where every dollar ls deposited. There may bo a few tax-eaters on the city pay roll, but the sinecures are not numerous and have decreased steadily within tho past live years, while the number of sinecures and supernumer aries on thu county pay roll has steadily Increased. A'cnezuelan papers declare that the time for talk has passed and that for lighting has commenced. The rest of the world will readily concede that there has been more talk than necessary In the South American troubles and If nctual invasions of the territory of the nations involved have occurred good grounds exist for a light. If any foreign nation should Invade the United Stntes It would take but a few hours to start n Urst-class scrap. Secretary Walsh of the democratic national committee says there arc no candidates at present for the nomination in 1004. Possibly Mr. Walsh knows, but several eminent democrats arc busy lay ing wires on the supposition that they are candidates for the nomination. As the pleasure of pursuing Is all any demo crat is likely to get out of it, there ls uo good reason why It should not extend over as long n period as possible. The salaries paid In the sheriff's ofllco live years ago were $4,800, while the salaries paid during tho current year amount to $0,720, or nearly 2,000 more. The business of the sheritf'H ollice has decreased fully one-third lu tho last live years. Explanations from the reform organ are In order. MnUlnir Hil'XEHiitiit Oilloits. New York Mail and Express. The Nebraska republicans mako It plain that embezzlement Is not ono of the planks of their platform. m-acrtliiK Hie Plain People, Kansas City Journal. The Hon. Charles A. Towuo Is probably lost to "tho plain people" permanently. His oil wells seem to bo spouting prodigiously. Itt-verNliiN; a Trade Current. New York World. When tho Anglo-Hoer war began South Africa was sending gold In largo quantities to England. Ever slnco England has been sending largo quantities of gold to South Africa. Tin l,iifa'tto In MlKlit. San Francisco Cull. Amnnr the natlnnn of Uurone there ao plenty of Hoer sympathizers, but not a single Lafayette In the crowd, and It liokj as If President Kruger might a well huve stayed at homo. AnotluT Kli-k ComiiiK. Haltlmorn American. American mules la South Aftlca are su perior to those Imported from other places, which wlll.doubtlefs, coustltuto tho base for another complaint against American on croachment on European interests. An Kplilnnle nl' I.iu-UJutv. Kansas City Star. There ls somellilnc Inexpressibly re. freshing In tho number of cases of lock jaw that havo been discovered In tho navy during the last month. It is n pity that It could not havo become epidemic sooner. Ih t'lMllllllllltlllll I'llHklllle f St. Louis Itepubllc. The United States stands In no fear of Europe oa any score, but of all the threats, that of a commercial war Ib llkoly to be tho least disturbing to this country. Aus tria may urge a compact of powers against the aggressions of American trade, hut continental politics will probably prevent such a combination, and, besides, It would not last, oven if it were formed. (iron Ink ViiIih- of VVuli-i- Power. Bt. Louis Olobe-Democrnt. "White coal" Is tho striking name given by a French paper lo tho force generating I'lcctrlclt) by harnessed mountain streams In California, at Niagara and tho Soo the power of cataracts and rapid Ib already utilized. Tho white coal produces no smoke or ashes, and, after transforming water power Into electrical energy, rnn tlnties Its Journey Into the rivers, lakes anil sea. Even If black coal should he ex hatibtcd the white coal will hist as long an rlcHidn form and water runs from eleva tlous, .White coal broadens the Held uf manufacturing far beyond tho limits of towns and cities and there are writers who look to It for a hnppy revolution In the conditions of labor. Admiral Siiiiiiikiiii'm lli-nltli, Philadelphia ltecord. The contradictory reports ns to tho condition of Admiral Sampson's health nrc disquieting. He should have, In justice to himself nnd In Justice to Admiral Schley, the fullest opportunity of proving hli charge of reprehensible conduct ngalnst the latter. When all the facts shall bo known It may bo quite possible that tho court will bo nblo to find that mistake nnd miscon struction are at tho bottom of the whole difficulty in so far as the two ndmlrals nro themselves concerned. Hut tho tangle would never bo fully unraveled if Admlrnl Sampson should so fall In physical nnd mental strength ns to be unable to testify. TlHme .Martyr to Mctcncr. Philadelphia ltecord. The yellow fever board ot Havana has been guilty of Involuntary manslaughter. A Brazilian doctor prepared n yellow fever serum which ho declared was harmless, yot would render Immune any person Into whoso body It should, bo Injected, He pre fcircd that mosquitoes should bo Infected with ,the scrum and allowed lo convoy the germs to human subjects. The members of tho hoard had no porsonnl knowledge of the serum, nor wero they so far convinced as to Its virtues as to bo willing to try It on themselves. They took advantage of the biting poverty of some of the people of Havana and ot tho compliant spirit of nn American trained nurBo nnd by giving to each $100 with the assurance that tho scrum was harmless they induced tho several sub jects to undergo tho operation. Of the eight persons who wero bitten by the In fected mosquitoes three nro dead and four havo yellow fever. It Is to bo hoped that tho results of tho unwarranted experiments will end with tho deaths nlrendy recorded. On a IVrmniH-iit IlnMs. Philadelphia Ledger.. Tho rural free delivery mall service haB passed tho experimental stngo and Is firmly established on n permanent basis. The whole territory of the United States Is now laid out for this service and, though It will not be completely covered for many years, yet the rain of Increnso since tho first tentative establishment of throo routes In West Virginia, In ISOfi, has been nHtonlshlng. The distrust of tho scheme nnd the open opposition made by many persons at first havo died nway and no body opposes the sorvlco now except tho rural postmasters and storekeepers, who think they have something to lose by It. Ily the regulations of tho department n routo may be established wherever 100 families can be reached on a trip averag ing about twenty-five miles. To secure the servlco a petition must be signed nnd for warded through tho congressman repre senting the district and then tho depart ment will do tho rest. TltnOWN OUT OP COUHT. Itnllrnnil Combine Iteeelren a SIk tildennt Judicial Itelitikr. New York World. Tho Lackawanna railroad appealed to the United States court at Buffalo to forbid 8lxty-ono ticket scalpers from dealing in Pnn-Amerlcan excursion tickets. Judge Hazel threw It out of court, his decision that It waB not entitled to the protection ot the laws being based upon the reasons in these two sentences from his opinion: "It. appears' that the complainant Is a party to a combination which 1b engaged In pooling railroad rates and In fixing fares In order to avoid dbmpctltlon between the sov eral lines, constituting tho association known and distinguished as the Trunk Line association. "Can the aid ot a federal tribunal be In voked to protect tho complainant In tho Issuance of a ttckot which ls the culmina tion na well as tho evidence of nn agree ment between railroad corporations spe cifically forbidden by nn act of congress which has been sustained by tho supremo court of tho United States?" Judge Hazel decided that, sitting In equity, be could do nothing for a complain ant who "does not come Into court with clean hands." This decision has greatly ngltated not only the railway lawyers, who thought thoy had "dodged" the antl-trust law, but also all lawyers for combinations. It flatly de clares that the federal courts cannot bo In voked to aid In the enforcement of tho con tracts of combinations where thoso con tracts arc on tho face proof of tho existence of tho combination to "regulate" prices. At a time when demagogues are frothing so furiously ngalnst tho courts It Is Im portant that tho public should carefully note this decision, so frankly nnd so coldly hostile to corporato aggrosslon. ANDREWS' UKAS AUK -OT POPULAR. Heatrlcn Express: Chancellor Andrews of tho Nebraska university has recently been delivering lectures In Chicago and tho nowspnpors there have brought him Into prominence by printing distorted accounts of his utterances. It Is very easy to tnko a sentence hero and there from an address and lend a meaning never intended by the speaker, and In this sort of work tho smart Chicago Journalists uro experts. Wo do not bollevo for a moment that tho chancellor said half tho things attributed to him. He Ib a man of liberal views and aggrcs3ivo couragu in expressing them, but ho Is uo freak und Is not suffering for the notoriety which has been acquired by some of the Chicago university professors In the recent past. Fremont Trlbuno: Next to the South Omaha' bull lights the lecture of Chancellor Andrews In Chicago In which ho endorsed deception nnd lies upon occasion is caus ing about ns much adverse criticism ns any circumstance of recent years. It Isn't qulto safe theso dnys of sanded sugar, chlcorled coffeo and cotton wool to tako tho position ndvocated by tho chancellor. Thcro ls too strong a disposition to wink at truth stretching. The good of public morals demands a firmer stand for voracity and when a public character like tho chan cellor tries to establish rules for general use Indicating when people may lie nnd when they should tell the truth ho Is get ting on dangorous ground. Tho nverngo man will be too prono to stretch a point and there will be a carnival of lying such as would have oven shocked tho psalmist David, who said In Ills haste all men are liars. . Columbus Telegram There can never come a time, a placo nor circumstance under which any man 1b Justified in telling n lie. We .all do It. hut never a ono of us can gU-e good reason for so doing. To admit that falsehood is ever right Is to admit that truth 1 sometimes wrong. To look upon dishonesty ns a virtue Is to forover clothe honesty In n garb of vice, simply because humanity Is bulldcd upon a plan which would embrace dishonesty and reject honesty at once wero It not that society In all eras of civilization has taught men that their natural Impulses toward falso hood and dishonesty wero In opposition to the will of God. And now to huve the chancellor of our great university, n man recognized as the head of our educational system, travel through the cast and tell people that in Nebraska all men lovo a Ho well, tho bett step our university regents rr.n take will be to fire tho follow and do it quick. He has disgraced his high call ing as an educator and as a democrat Hiid the state uf Ncbraski. can afford to lose him la a hurry, Nebraska's Campaign i St Loulf A Justice of the sunrcmo court nnd two regents of the university are nil the stato ameers which Nebraska will elect lu 1001, yet that stnte's canvass will attruct tho attention of the country. Nebraska Is Mr. Ilrynn's home. He. though disclaiming any expectation of ever getting the candidacy again, Is still a very Important pcrsonnge In the democratic party. For years past, until 1P00, Nebraska was carried by tho demo. populist fusion. Nebraska's swing to tho republican side In 1900 was the hardest blow dealt to Mr. Hryan by any single state. What Is tho outlook In Nebraska for 1P01? Tho republicans havo put up n good ticket, but they havo been weakened to some ex tent by the action of their governor In pa roling from the penitentiary a former state treasurer. This action was condemned strongly by some of tho speakers at tho re publican state convention. It was attacked, Indirectly, In the platform. Possibly the controversy which tho governor's net has aroused will nllcnnte n few republicans. Under tho best of conditions tho repub licans havo not many votes to spare In Nebraska. The lead for McKlnlcy la that state In 1000 was a llttlo less than S,000, Populist Point of View . Llncol Tho republican state convention of Ne braska for tho year 1901 has passed the prophetic stage nnd tnken its place In his tory. The result as far as Its candidates nro concerned was not unexpected, nnd Its nominee for supreme Judge was predicted In theso columns days before. There was but little interest taken in regents of tho university, and although thcro were two to bo nominated thero was but ono candi date up' to the day before the convention, nnd only thlte balloted for. Tho convention, howewr, was by no means without Interest. The chief point of Interest clustered around the Hartley parole. The governor, by his nctlou somo mouth nnd n half ago In granting Mr. Hart ley's parolo for sixty days, had thrown a firebrand Into his party ranks nnd, as many thought, greatly endnngered tho chances of narty success next fall, regard less of tho candidates nominated. Whllo n largo majority of the party lenders and the delegates of the convention undoubtedly sympathized with Mr. Hartley nnd Indorsed tho action of tho governor, party Interest nnd party hucccss was stronger with them than personal sympathy for any ono man. Tho handwriting of defeat In November was visibly blazoned upon tho walls, unless tho action of tho governor was condemned and Hartley rearrested and returned to tho penlntentlnry, nnd In hot nnd unduo hnste It was demanded, and before tho sun went down It was done. This was tho only real surprise sprung by the convention, and was nil due to tho efforts of one man. Tho republican party may think nnd say what It pleaies ot Mr. Ilosewatcr, but he Is tho one man equal to his party's extremity and Its every emer gency. Heforo tho convention met he fore saw tho danger and sounded the noto of alarm. Ho saw uncertnln victory under tho most favorablo conditions, but certain de feat without posltlvo and unfavorable action by the convention upon tho Uartloy parole, and that action Incorporated in tho plat form. . For a long while, and up to tbo appoint- A NATIONAL DISOItACF.. AiiuIlliiK MiiKiiUuile of (he ltecord of Lyiiclilucn. Indianapolis Journal, Thn chli-ni-o Tribune has compiled some statistics of lynchlngs which In their mag- nltudn and suecestlveness aro appalling. When It Is remembered that lynching Is a cold-blooded murder, nnd that every one Is participated In by a largo number or ni-nnni. the statistics almost Justify the Inquiry, are wo a notion of murderers? Tho statistics cover n period of sixteen ycar3, from 1883 to 1900, Inclusive, nnd they show Hint, durlntr that ncrlod there wore 2,310 lynchlngs In forty stntes. Tho only states that have not had a case of lynching Hlnco issr, ui Dolnware. Massachusetts, New Hampshire, llhode Island and Utah. It would ho Interesting to Inquire whether the Immunity of theso stntes irom me uisgrucj lu ino in tho better enforcement of law, the better control of Ihclr paeBlons by tho people, or whether It Is merely accidental. Tho lowest number of lynchlngs In nny ono venr since 1885 was 107 In 1890, and tao highest wns 23G In 1S92. Tho year 1901 has still four monthB to run, yet tho total num ber ot lynchlngs and burnings nt the stake has already reached 115. Tho completed year will show a full nveiage. Of tho total number of 2.C1C lynchlngs, tn sixteen years, 9 fin wero nornetrated In the soutnern states and 430 in tho northern. Of tho victims, 1,078 wero negroes, 801 wero whites, twenty-ono were Indians, nine were Chinese Mnxlcans. Among southern states Mississippi leads with 253, and nmong northern stntes, it must bo eald to its dis credit, Is lndlnnn, with thlrty-slx. New vnrir limi two. Pennsylvania three, Ohio thirteen, Illinois fourteen. Tho crlrao seoms to ho mainly confined to tno soutnern nnd western stntes, though no other western or central western state shows as many ns Indiana. Discreditable ns the fact Is, It may as well bo admitted and faced. Tho mitigating feature Is that thero has been n decrease In tho number of lynchlngs In the stato In recent years, though thcro were live In 1897 and tnreo in 1900. Thenn tintlstles and tho general condition of lawlessness which they dlscloso nro cal culated to make luw-f.bldlng citizens niusn with slinmn. More thnn that, thoy am nn alarming Indication as to whither wo aro drifting. In tho hands of foreign crmc oi our Institutions thoy would bo unanswer able. With what consistency can wo talk about magna charto, habeas corpus and trial by Jury when wo are hanging nud burning men without trial nt the ritto of from 125 to 200 n yenr? With what show of reason can we maintain the superiority of republican Institution when both tho national and state governments aro power less to suppress lynchlngs? TIIOUIIMIS OK Til 1-3 UMI'IHK. lliiHe Hull OlllelnU Nultjeeleil to lint mil Colli IIIiinIm, . Haltlmnre American. Some of tha base bnll umpires are earn ing their salaries this summer. It is true that they are paid well for standing out lu tho sun two hours a day on hot after noom, trying In vain to please everybody, something they know has never been dono nn a ball Hold, Hut this is not nil. Umpires find ft necessary to wear a thick wlro mask over their faces to protect them from tho swift In and out shoots of the pitcher, who, If he cannot hit a batter, will take an um pire nu n substitute. Tho pitcher Is not tho umpire's only onemy, Sometimes the whole field Is against the man who Is trying to be an Impartial Judge. At critical times tlioy all crowd about him ond characterize hli decisions In emphatic, not to say Inelegant, language, nnd frequently worse follows. At Washington not long ngo an umpire was hit In tho Jaw, according lo the report, a place where the rat-trap-llke musk does not always afford the hmt protection. On vucb occasions tbo police are called upoa, Olobe - Domocnr Mhlln the margin for the republican candi date for governor was only slightly In ex cess ot SOO. Yet the chances, oa the whole, appear favorable for the republicans. At tho out- a. I. I , a n :t r ty t Vntt.n.lin il'.a na r.illllil.' ret I, II" vii. vv. nriMii.nii .,... .o i.,t,u,; . republican ns was Vermont. Tho Kansas- Nebraska contest Immediately preceding the nl..ll ...n nllhrMinll It all,l,tn,1 Vrttlf-1 flL' .1 I territory to n large extent, aroused pas sions which put Nebraska in the repub lican column for many years. The populist wnvc, however, threw n cross current Into politics which destroyed republican suprem acy there for u time, Just as It did In Kansas. As In Kansas,' however, populism has weakened perceptibly In tho past year or two, nnd tho prosperity of tho present period promises .to weaken that folly still further. A republican victory Is likely, though It can not be gained except by hard and intelligent work, nnd It rnn not bo of very large dimensions In nny case. A demo-pop triumph, of course, la 1901 would bo n boost for Hryan nnd Urynnlsm In the democracy throughout tho country at largo. This Is an nspect of the campaign which will command the coutitry's attention. a Post, mcnt of the commlttco on platform and res olutions, the general opinion and desire of the delegates was to avoid nny expression upon this subject. While ninny regretted tho action of tho governor, thoy wero un willing In so public a manner to pass a valo of censure upon his net for fear such a course would do more harm than good. A few thought otherwise, nnd were ready to net and take tho consequences. All doubt, however, was removed when tho commltteo was appointed nnd It was demonstrated that Mr. Hnsowator had enough Influence In the convention to compel his appointment ns a member of tho pint form committee. It meant one of two things. It meant a re port In accordance with Mr. Hosowator's well known views upon the Hartley ques tion, or a majority nnd minority report; and, knowing Mr. Hoscwnjcr's fighting qual ities, the rest ot the committee did not daro to bring on tho engagement to lm fought out on the Moor of tho convention. Another plccn of strategy creditable to Mr. llpsewnter's sagacity was tho method 0 taking tho voto on tho report of the committee. Who ever heard of n platform at a state convention being adopted by a call of counties .' If this had not been done, but tho usual viva voco voto taken upon tho Hnrtloy question, it would havo been de feated. This was demonstrated several times, upon tho floor when efforts wore mnde to spring tho question In different forms neon tho convention floor. It Is generally recognized by politicians Hint reu ords nro often dnngcrous things, and henco many men will help mako n record for their party different from tho record they are willing to mako for themselves. Hut tho voto lacked considerable of being unanimous nftcr all, even on the call ot counties. Lancaster, Custer, Holt, Boyd, Cheyenne nnd Webster voted solidly ngalnst the platform resolutions, whllo many others divided their vote. Hut tho resolutions passed as they camo from the committee, nnd Mr. Rosowntor Is or ought to bo happy, for ho not only commanded tho forces, but demanded nnd received tbo surrendor. but generally nrc not able to reach the spot bcfpr.0 .tho ,umjlro(,is damaged. At (8yuh times he needs sympathy and arnica or some other soothing lotion. Tho umpire has to ho mado of good stuff to stand tho wear nnd tear of a summer season. The players nrc cheered for brilliant work on tho field, but It Is only occasionally that the umpire's work Is com mended. Instead of hearing stimulating compliments, such ns "flood boy!" "Well done, old fellow!" the cbrrnces nro that thero will ho wafted to him by tho hot afternoon breeze ouch expressions ns "Soak him!" "He's a robber!" "Put him on Ice!" which aro discouraging. The lot of nn umpire, lll(o that of a policeman, is not nt all times a huppy one. PKllNONAI. NOTRN. Governor Geer of Oregon has ono fad, n lovo of good horses. Ho has given n great deal of time to this and IS now said to be tho best judgo of horses In tho state. Senator Hoar of Massachusetts celebrated his seventy-fifth birthday at Worcester last week. There wcru no festivities, only his relntlves and intimate friends being prea ent. That short bass which called out tho activity of tho Monterey authorities In volved two distinguished presidential nnmes. It was caught In Lake Garfield by Orovcr Cleveland's pnrty. Frau Coslmo Wagner's petition to tho German Ilolchotag to prolong tho Bayrouth monopoly of "Parsifal" Is not meeting with much favor In Germany and very fow per sons of prominence are among tho signers. Joaquin Miller Is said to be on tho road to wealth. Some time ago he took In part payment for services as n lecturer BevernI hundred ncrcs of prnlrlo land, and now It Is said his holdings nro lu the oil region and may muko him a capitalist. Pleadlns In a recent address In London for better cul'.uro In English, Herbert II. Asqulth condemned "Iho uncouth nnd pteudo-clnBsicnl terminology of the men of Hclence, the tortuous nnd nebulous phrases of philosophers, tho pretentious convention nlllU'3 of tho art critic and tho slipshod Hlapdas'i of tho nowest school of Journalists." It's Here OUR NEW FALL STOCK OF Ready-to-wear Clothing for Men, Boys and Children All on our tables ready for your inspection. A magnificent showing of the best made clothing known to the tailor's art. The new fancy stripes, cheviots and worsteds in endless variety. The price we won't mention. See the goods and remember "NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OURS" Browning, King & Co. Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. R. S. Wilcox, Manager. Our Working Girls Life, totbe. most favored Is not always full of sunshine, but to the nvorngn American girl or woman who Is obliged to work for her living, and, perhaps to help others at homo, life Is often a heavy drag In consequence of Illness. Women who work, especially those who nrc constantly on their feet, nro peculiarly liable to the development of orgnnlc troubles, nnd should par ticularly heed the first manifestations, such ns backache, pains in the lower limbs nnd lower part of tho stomach, Irregular und painful monthly periods, ' Hiss Y.ixl HnKN-snn, E. nocnr.JTr.n, Onto. fnlntncss, weakness, losa of appetite and sleep. The young lndy whose portrait wo publish herewith had all these symp toms, nnd in udditlou leueorrhoea, nnd was cured by Lydia E( Pinkham'a Vegutable Compound. First, who wrote a letter to Mrs. l'inkl n in's lab oratory nt Lynn, Mass., descrltunp; her trouble, received in reply accurate In fractions what to do to get well, and now wishes her name used to convlnco others that they may bo cured as she was. Tho same helping hand, frco of charge or obligation, Is extended, to every ailing woman lu America. If you are sick you are foolish not to get this valuablo advice, It costs you noth ing, and she Is sure to help you. Don't wait until it is too late write to-dav. I.1M5S TO A I.Al'CII. Chicago Tribune: Slnglo Tax Orator Yau think I need a vacation, do you 1 ctor7 What Is the matter with me? tlraln tug? Family Physician No, sir. llraln fog. Philadelphia Press: "I'd like to know s sure way to get fat," remarked the delicate young girl. "I'll tell you," sold Mrs. Ilnuskccp. "S-nd nn order to your butcher for lean meat." Hrooklyn Life- She I have a suspicion that you have been lnnkluir love tn other girls. lie fenrnestlyl-Ilut what of t? It d i n'l amount to anything. Plttsburu Chronlc'e: "You're a eountrv boy, I see," said the milk man, who had advertised for an assistant. "Yes, sir." "What experience hnvc you had?" "Well, I've pumped the organ down to our church several years." Haltlmoro World:, Hill I understand Onyhoy Is ono of the best known men In your town. Jill Why, he's so well known that ho has to go out of town to borrow money. Chicago Tribune: "These hirelings of capital mny Interrupt me," howled the shaggy-haired orntor. "but they can't mako mo stop talking! If they had their way. my follow citizens, thoy would silence me with giant powder!" "Not at nil, sir," replied one lf the Jeer liiK millions of capital. .Thcj-i-iwonld u 0 Insect powder on you.," Detroit Fren Press: Edgar Is your father favorable to my love for you, Kthel? Kthel Oh, yes; everybody gets-nloug wl h pa unlesB they try to borrow money of hm. Detroit Free Press: "I wonder why theio nro dog days, but no cat days," said Sin, Dnrley. "The nlghls belong to (he cats, you know," Mr. Dnrley explained. KX P I . A X A TOH V I.J.MIS TO A II HV. Chns. H. Loomls In Saturday livening Poit. Why has no uoot tuned hla lyre to thee. Oh. hen! producer of tho tempting egg? Is It becnusi; thou hast not lofty (light And dost not clenvo the clouds with tlrelccs wing? Is It because thy throat, though full ot sound, Is ever songless In tho stricter sense? If on tlio score of plumage birds nro hymned, Thou In thy various breeds hnst feathers line, And trim nnd trig nnd neat thy figure Is. Hut there is that within thee, luckless fowl. That rouselh up man's Ire. HralnF, good hen, Would serve thy feathered tribe ns they servo man A single ounce of ordinary sense If placed within thy noddle, noodle fowl, Might make thee mend thy ways to such extent That poets would rise up In every clime And sing thy obvious beauties, foolish bird. What lack of wisdom makes thee leave thine eggs When llttlu eggllngs fain would pip their shells? What plenteous lack of sense that maketh the iitnuil Almost beneath tho wheels, oh, rattled Quito heedless of Ills protestations shrill? Whv, In thine efforts to escape tho wain That comoth In thy pathway, dost thou lly Lead-footed on a vainly pccplnp chick, bird? It Is lircnuse, thoimh Instincts thou mnyrst have, Thoy never am at hand when wanted most, And, having of gimd brains no veriest Jot. ISIInd luck and Hint iilnno attends thy way From pip of shnll unto tho hcailsimui fl block! Not lack of plumage, luck of power tn (ly, Nor lack of ear-oompellliig melody. Hut lack of liraliis has burred throe from tho lino Of birds mado famous by n poet's pen Wherefore, oh. hen! heeil thou the psalm ist's word: "With all thy getting unilmstnndlng get'" And. perndvuntnre, In (he years td come Sumo Hryant or dome Hhelley or some Ilngg Hhnll shrine thee In the amber ot his verse.