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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."
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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.
