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The Kehlo.v controversy ngnln has the
center of the stage.
Omnhn Is still wnttliif? patiently for
the consummation of thnt power cnnul
project.
Police Judgo Gordon was a silver re
publican on principle. He Is now u
convert to democracy for revenue.
If they have good luck In Buffalo,
they may And a few men on the Jury
panel who have not yet heard that Mc
Klnley 1 dead.
If the school hoard has any now bond
propositions to unbuilt to the voters thin
fall the earlier It tnkes the taxpayers
Into Its contldence the better.
The settlement of the steel strike Is
another sail disappointment to popo
cnitlc politicians who were figuring ou
drawing ou It for campaign capital.
Douglas county poor farm manage
mcnt has been very poor, off and on, but
It has never been poorer than It has
been during the laHt twelve months.
The fusion state platforms are full
of boquets for former fusion state otil
cers on tho old theory that If they do
not sing their own praises, no one else
will.
With the socialist candidates duly
nominated, Nebraska voters are sure to
have at least four state tickets to
choose from ou the otliclal ballot tills
year.
Tho fanning out of public funds for
private gain Is subversive of the letter
and spirit of tho law, and speculation
with public funds Is tho first step to
defalcation.
Douglas county is safely republican
by from 1,'JOO to 1,C00 majority, but the
republican party cannot hope to succeed
unless It noniinntcs men In whom the
people have contldence.
When wo look hack and realize
through what a crisis the nation has
Just passed, tho only wonder Is that tho
business of the country should have
been disturbed as little as it has been
The undervaluation of the property of
great corporations for assessment and
tnxatlou Is an abuse that must be cor
reeled at Its very source. No man
should bo elected as an assessor unless
he Is known to bo strictly honest and
unpurchasoble.
Under the constitution congress con
venes tho tirst Monday In December uu
less sooner called together by preslden
tlnl proclamation. It looks as If we
would have to get along without con
jrress until the usual tlmo arrives when
the president can't help himself.
The aggregate bonded and floating In
debtedness of South Omaha now ex
reeds ffiOO.OOO, and there Is no telling
whero It will otop If tho people allow
themselves to bo buncoed Into voting
mora bonds every time the mayor and
council are confronted with an overlap
As governor of New York, President
Koosevelt demonstrated that ho wa
actuated by conscientious devotion to
public duty from which no outsldo In
fluenco could swerve him. As chief
executive of the nation ho may bo contl
dently relied on to how just as straight
to tho lino as ho did as chief executive
of the great Empire state.
A writer In a populist paper says that
ho had great hopes that tho nssassl
of President McKInley would turn out
to be a Filipino because In that case ho
could rightfully be "classed as a pntrlot
the same an If one of Washington'
friends had gone over and shot the king
of Kngland." What a sublime coueop
Hon of patriotism! As If assassination
.V M'K1XI,E VS FOOTSTEPS.
Tho positive announcement of Presi
dent Hooscvelt that he will follow as
closely as possible along tho lines of
policy pursued by his predecessor Is al
ready being distorted and discredited
by the opposition press. These critics
not only call in question the sincerity of
the president but seek lo weaken pub
lic contldence In him by predictions of
an early rupture with the former ad
visors of McKInley and a departure
from the course marked out by the late
president In the historic speech deliv
ered at the Buffalo exposition.
In n discussion along this line, the
Chicago Chronicle, for example, ad
vances as the principal reason why
President Hooscvelt has adopted the
program of McKlnloy as ono personal to
himself. "Ho Is known," It says, "to
bo ambitious to hold the presidential
otllco by election. It would be good
policy for lit iu. therefore, to pursue the
ollcy of Mr. McKInley to tho utmost,
le could In this way, iu soino degree,
vade responsibility In case of unfavor
able results, and ho could say to the
critic In his own party that, they must
boar with him to the end of this term
and wait until the next term for the
execution of their more nggressivo pur
poses."
Tho theory advanced by tho Chronicle
Is on Insult to tho Intelligence of the
American people. Theodora Roosevelt
is the last man on earth who could be
truthfully accused of lacking the cour-
ngo of his convictions. Ho has decided
to follow In the footsteps of William
McKInley not becauso he wants to pan
der to sentlmentallsm but because he
believes that in so doing he will promote
tho welfare of the country which has
enjoyed uuexampled prosperity tinder
tho administration of McKInley. In
other words President Itoosuvolt will
follow In the footsteps of McKInley be
cause hu Is convinced that by so doing
ho will follow the safe and beaten truck
on the great highway of national
progress and prestige.
This does not necessarily shackle the
new president In meeting every emer
gency and problem as it comes up in
tho light of his own judgment and ex
perience nor does It commit him to a
policy that would estrange him cither
from personal friends or party leaders
who were attached to him before he as
sumed tho duties devolving on the chief
executive of the nation.
s to tho ambition of President
Koosevelt to hold tho presidential ollico
by election, all speculation or conjecture
s premature. It Is fortunate for the
country that Theodore Koosevelt Is an
ambitious man Inspired by a desire to
merit popular respect and contldence
The desire to gratify tills, his life's
highest ambition, will within Itself nf
ford the guaranty of an exemplary ad
ministration.
It Is already patent that the democ
racy dread the accession of Koosevelt
to tho presidency becauso they know
that an upright and conscientious man
of his stump Is sure of popular endorse
mcnt If he should decide to enter the
arena lu 1U0-L Unless their leaders and
organs can succeed lu forcing factioual
contllct wlthlu the republican party,
they see no possible future for the
democracy lu national affairs within
their own generation.
good tro().s ritoM rut: south.
In no section of the country was tho
assassination of McKInley more enrn
estly reprobated and his death more
sincerely mourned than In the south,
Some of the most eloquent tributes to
the character and the work of the lati
president came from that section, whost
people had learned to know Mr. Mc
Klnley ns their friend. Ever anxious
to promote their Interests and welfare.
Presldeut Koosevelt has received as
surauces of contldence and support
from the south which must bo highly
gratifying to him, as It will be to all
citizens who desire the permanent oh
llterntlou of all sectional feeling. On
Saturday several southern men called
ou the presldeut, among them Senator
Money of Mississippi and Kepresenta
lives Livingston of Georgia and Klutt.
of North Carolina, democrats. Mr. Liv
ingston told the president that as a
southern mau and a Georgian ho would
contribute everything in his power to
make the administration a success and
there Is reason to think that In this ho
expressed the feeling of other southern
democratic representatives. The reply
of tho president was characteristic. It
would be his aim, he said, to be the
presldeut of the whole people, without
regard to geographical lines or class
distinctions; that It was the welfare of
all which he should seek to promote
"I am going to be president of the
United States and not any section," do
clared Mr. Koosevelt, nnd there can bo
no doubt of Its sincerity.
Tho south can trust President Koose
velt and If it consults Its own Interests
and welfare It will not oppose the poll
cles to which ho Is committed. The
south needs commercial expansion, It
wants a larger mnrket In the Orient for
Its staple product, It is as greatly In
terested as any other portion of tho
country In a trnnslstlimlan canal, It tie
sires the continuance of Its Industrial
development, which has been so marked
during the last fow years. All this Is
contemplated In the policies which the
president has unnouueed his adherence
to. Southern support mny not he re
quired to carry theso policies Into effect,
Thoro Is a republican congress with a
good working majority In both
branches. Hut none the less self-inter
est should dlctato to tho south the wis
doni and expediency of supporting the
administration's policies, rather than
for political reasons to obstruct nnd at
tempt to defeat them.
It Is tlmo that southern statesmen, the
representatives of thnt seclon In con
gross, gavo more, attention to material
conditions, to the development of Its
resources. What has been accomplished
In this direction owes nothing to the
party that dominates the south. It I
duo wholly to republican policies. A
large majority of the people of the
south have persistently stood for un
sound money and free trade, which
would have been disastrous to tho!
Interests. The republican party gnv
currency and In eoninon with all other
sections the south has developed anil
been prosperous. Now the republican
party has other Dolliles which contem
plate further progress and greater pros
perity for the country and It will bo
wise on the nart of the south not to
withhold Its support, even though that
be not necessary to the carrying out of
these policies.
The expressions coining from thnt sec
tion warrant the belief thn the south Is
really awakening to Its material inter
ests and welfare.
TIIKAI.MAXCE SM CUE
Kinperor Nicholas got safely out of
Vance .Saturday, the dispatches stating
that there was no untoward Incident
during his visit, which It seems he en-
oyed ns much as was possible under
the constraints which were deemed to
be necessary to his security. The visit
was Improved, as expected, lu reiitllnn
llig the allltmce between IVance and
Kussla and declaring the close friend
ship and the hearty good will between
the two powers. There may have been
something of perfiiuctoiiness in this,
hut the speech of President I.oubet and
tho response of the czar were certainly
very earnest In tone. European com
mentators have found expressions In
both which seem to them peculiarly
suggestive, but the salient point Is that
tho union of tho two powers has for Its
chief purpose the maintenance of tho
peace of Europe.
That Is the all-Important fact con
veyed In tho speeches. I.oubet spoko
ot the alliance as "u necessary condi
tion of peace," while the czar said that
the Intimate union of the two great
powers, animated by the most pacltlc
Intentions, and who, while able to make
their rights respected, do not seek to
injure In any way the rights of others,
s a precious element of appeasement
for tho whole of humanity." l'rance
and Kussla allied lu the Interest of
peace Is an inlliience which the rest of
Europe Is sure to respect and therefore
the friends of peace everywhere will
read with gratlllcallon the undoubtedly
sincere utterances of the l'reneh prcsl-
lent and the Kusslan emperor. They
are eminently reassuring, even though
there Is at present no menace to
European peace. They are messages to
tho world that cannot fail to strengthen
coulldeuco in the Indefinite continuance
of the existing friendly relations be
tween all the great powers anil the un
interrupted efforts of each for Industrial
and commercial advancement.
IAS LOCKED JIIMSELF OUT.
The pretense of Commissioner Con
nolly nnd his fool friends that because
the republicans have fulled to enter
formal protest ngainst the tiling of his
nomination certllleato for the Second
commissioner district that they have
thereby lost their tights and that his
inline must be placed ou the olllclal
ballot, is the most ridiculous that has
yet been held out. In his anxiety to In
sure his own re-election Commissioner
Connolly has turned the key the wrong
way and locked himself out.
The gerrymandering re-dlstrlctlng res
olution has proved a boomerang, In thnt,
as it turns out. It has drawn the lino so
as to slain the door In the face of Mr.
Connolly and lock him out altogether,
instend of building a sure democratic
district for him, as he intended. So
far as the document tiled with tho
county clerk, purporting to bo a cer
tlUcate of nomination for county com
missioner In the Second district, is con
cerned, It gives him no new rights
whntever. The court has decided that
the election this year is to take place
In the Klrst commissioner district and
has ordered the county clerk to frnim
the election proclamation accordingly,
and ho must make up his olllclal ballot
lu conformity with tho election procla
niatlon.
I'he democrats might Just as well
have tiled a certllleato of nomination for
the district represented by Commis
sioner Ostroin, , although the election
does not tnke place for a year, or for
the commissioner district represented by
Mr. Hofeldt, in which an election Is
not to take place for two years, and ox
pect the county clerk to place the names
ou tho olllclal ballot If no protest Is en
tered against It. Tho republicans
might tile certltlcutes of nomination for
clerk of the district court nnd county
attorney nnd Insist thnt the people hnve
a right to vote on them at the. coming
election, although no vacancies occur
lu these olllces this year. The demo
crats might Just as well lllo n certllleato
of nomination for governor with the
secretary of state, although no guberna
torlal election Is called this year, and
contend that It must be placed on the
olllclal ballot because no one is foolish
enough to protest.
Commissioner Connolly Is privileged
to file all the certificates of election
he pleases for any district he pleases,
but so long as tho election has been
ordered for n district in which he does
not reside nnd which ho cannot repre
sent, ho will have only his pains for
his trouble.
The populists In Nebraska have all
along had their state committee organ
Ized upon county membership while tho
democrats nnd republicans have made
the senntorlnl district the unit of repre
sentntlon. In tills way tho populist
committeo when full, has been almost
three times as large ns the democratic
or republican committee. The dlsnd
vantage of the populists has been con
stnutly apparent, their membership has
seldom been completn and the slzo of
tho committeo has led the chairman nnd
his immediate associates to proceed
without waiting for the aid or consent
of the others. Over In Iowa, the state
committee organization Is based ou con
gresslonnl districts giving a body only
one-third as large as that lu Nebraska
The perpetual body guard promises to
bo even more unpopular with President
Koosevelt than with his predecessor. We
have not yet reached tho point where
our president feels It necessary to have
himself constantly surrounded with an
armed human trocha to keep his follow
citizens at a distance.
UItIiik Life In I In- l.iindnrnpe,
Baltimore American.
Those- exiled Doers persist la chasing
ifreij t,iilSftjM PV.er the. Jau
prople have no respect for important tosh-nlcnlltics.
A t'riilltnlilc
Philadelphia I.odRtr
Ilnosnvclt's prompt announcement of his
policy mny enve many nn odlccseckcr the
expense of u trip to WashlnRton.
Colli rilo tin- Wind.
Chicago Tribune.
Tho fusion of tho populists nnd democrats
n Nebraska la merely a snuggling together
under tho blanket to keep warm.
Hnrty Illriti ol n Print.
Knnsas City Stnr.
An art of the new president which has
afforded especial Rratlflcatlon to, tho pco
plo was his prompt suppression of tho cabi
net makers.
KrepliiK: t Hip Clrcti'ntlnn.
Chicago News,
Capture of 2ft0 Ilrltlsh soldiers and throo
Kims by the Doers at Pchccpers Nek Is
another slUht hitch In General Kitchener's
work of banishment.
riiiiihtic tin tun.
Homervllle Journal.
The man who has to foot tho bills often
feels that he would llko to kick thoso who
ontr.icted them even thouRh In that caso
he should get kicked worst of all himself.
Tim SpurliiK with Flmiri'K.
Washington Post.
Tho esteemed Department of Agriculture
estimates that tho ravages of Insects coat
tho United States $300,000,000 .n year. Why
didn't It mako It $900,000,000,000? It would
sound so much raoro pretentious and at
tract every bit aa much credence.
I'fiftslmi (,)ilnit to r.itrenien.
Buffalo Express,
t'nder the Influence) of tho prevalllnn hor-
hor of anarchist preaching, tho Vlrglna
constitution convention has abolished the
guarantee of freedom of speech. An that
guarantee rcmnlns In the United States
constitution, however. It makes llttlo differ
ent what Vlrglna dogs about It.
CiinriintrOK of IIIrIi Stnmlnrdn.
Springfield Republican.
Civil service reformers will expect much
of President Hooscvelt, whose earlv record
as a national civil acrvlco commissioner
nnd later record In sccurlnR the passage of
nn excellent civil Birvlcc law for tho state
of New York nrc apparently guarantees
of high standards to bo followed during his
administration.
An li!Mlrlii Kxniniile.
tndlannpolls Journal.
As Abraham Lincoln's personality has
cotno to be the guiding star to generations
to follow so will the r collection of William
McKlnley's personal virtues exerclso a
healthy nnd Inspiring Influence nH long as
tho history of tho worthiest spirits of tho
republic shall ho written nnd read.
I'rcNiurr on Hot Air I'lprs,
Philadelphia Record.
President Hooscvelt haa nlroadv been
compelled to deny an alleged Indelicate
end untimely refcrenco to his candidacy
for tho presidency In 1904 attributed to
him In press dlspatchCH from Washington
It will keep him busy If ho shall undertake
to make people bellevo that he knows more
of his own purposes than do tho Wash
lugton correspondents.
Look Affor !ii Flues.
New York Herald.
Statistics of fire losses in tho United
States for last year show that, next to
Incendiarism, oefecttvo flues were tho
largest factor In tho destruction of 1161.-
000.000 worth of''propcrty. The tlmo for
lighting up grates nnd furnaces In city
homes Is rapidly npproachlng, and wlso
housoholders will look after their Anna
now, instead of waiting for disastrous flros
to show whero defects may exist.
YouiiKstern In the White Itnnnr.
Chicago Post.
Tho occupancy of tho White Houso by tho
Roosevelt family will bring moro young
people tnto that historic structure than It
has over had ns occupants beforo, there
being six children In tho family. The long
time custodian of the building Is said to be
perplexed ns to bow to dlsposo of them
and their mother will probably bo still moro
so by tho difficulty of preserving n family
atmosphere In nn official residence. Tho
Roosevelt children will probably havo less
real liberty In their new home than ever
before.
I'HKSO.VAI, NOTHS.
The soldiers aro nbout th! only persons
In Franco who nro getting a good look nt
the czar.
For the second tlmo In American history
death shifts tho eceptcr of power from
Ohio to New York.
Tho emperor of China la not quite ready
yet to rccelvo congratulations ou having
resumed his throno.
Hon. O. Frsd 'Williams has returned
from Kuropo In tlmo to smlto tho democrats
ot Massachusetts who aro spurning tho Chi
cago plitforra.
Hon. Arthur James Dalfour entered Par
liament nt 25, was a cabinet minister nt
SS and led tbo Houso nt 43. In Drltaln, too,
the young man has a chance.
Joseph Jefferson Is coming out of the
summer with rosy cheeks, bright eyes, a
firm step and health generally renewed
Hero Is a Rip Van Winkle who Is iiover
caught sleeping too long.
It Is a significant fact that tho news from
Peary In Orcenland'B Icy mountains ramo
along with a cold wave. The finding of tho
polo hunter evidently disturbed the atmo
Hphero and tho chill camo along as a guar
antee of good fnlth.
Tho new mistress of tho Whltr Houso
will havo health nnd strength for her pub
lie duties, but, llko her predecessor, sho
prefers tho peaco and quietness of domestic
life oven to the honor of being tho first
woman of tho republic.
Ths Deo ccknowledgcs the receipt of n
largo number of poetical contributions on
tho lamented death of President McKInley
Tho sontlmcnts of nil woro equally merito
rious nnd sincere, hut the number was too
great for tho space available.
Tho possibilities of trouble In a banana
peel rightly placed nro beyond calculation
A single peol gently laid on a New York
sidewalk caused two men to fall, flvo others
to cngago In a freo fight nnd tho whole)
seven to land In pollco court.
Ocncral nlllcBple, chief of engineers, has
received from Representative Cannon,
chairman of the houso appropriation com
mittee, a petsonnl letter, speaking In tho
highest terms of tho Improvements now In
progress under tho general In Yellowstone
National park.
Tho llostnn Transcript says: "For tho
third time in the country's history and for
the tlrst tlmo In sovonty-two years a grad
uato of Harvard collego Is president of tho
United States, John Adams was graduated
at Hnrvard tn 1755, John Qulncy Adams
In 17S7 nnd Theodore HooBovelt In 1880
(Icncral Hayes attended lectures In tho
Harvard law school, but he was a Konyon
college man "
Alfred Russell of Detroit enjoys the cu
rlous distinction of having thrleo an
nounccd In tho United States district court
there tho death of a murdered prrsldent
When Lincoln died It was Mr. Rusrell, then
a young lawyer, who moved adjournment
He performed a similar duty when Gar
field passed away and again when the
Buffalo tragedy culminated In tho death
of 3VHUa.m McKInley, f
TWIMIIM! SHOW l A 'f AMI! APPAIIt.
Grand Island Independent. One of the
features of tho fusion state convention Is
to bo tho debut o? Prank Hansom In his
truo colors. Ho has been n silver repub
lican. The mask having generally been
discarded Hansom Is to mako a great grantl-
stnnd play In announcing his conversion to
democracy. It will bo ono of tho greatest
farco comedies ever witnessed la Lincoln
and for the moment Hansom Is to have tho
stago all to himself.
Alnsworth Star-Jourual; Tho populist
convention of Lincoln county, In which
Congressman Nevlllo was a leading factor,
voted down tho proposition of fusion with
tho democrats by n big mnjorlty and placed
In nomlnntlon n straight populist ticket, to
which tho congressman will give his hearty
support. Tho fusion pops of Drown county
will yet see tho error of their way and
como with thoso who nro at work rebuilding
tho old structure along populist principles.
Kearney Hub: After tho populists had
nominated Krctslnger for supremo Judge
nnd tho democrats had nominated Hollcn
back. and then after tho populists had
dropped tho former and accepted tho latter,
It became evident that tho rule had been
reversed and the mountain had gono to
Mohamet. Tho democrats, who were but a
handful compared to tho populists, "con
ceded" to tho latter the two regents and
they wero apaprontly thankful to get even
that much.
North l'latto Tribune: Tho poor old
populist party of Nobrnska received an
other blackcyo In tho fusion stnio con
vention Tuesday when Judgo Ilollenbcck, n
rock-rlbbod democrat, was nominated for
supromo Judge. As a salvo for tho popu
lists' wounds, that party was given both
tho regents offices that nro purely honor
ary. It Is truly wonderful what a hypnotic
power tho 20,000 democrats In tho stale
have over tho 80,000 populists. Wo say
80,000 becauso that was their voting strength
at ono tlmo and they insist that they aro
as strong aa ever.
Norfolk News: Edgar Howard of Colum
bus had Honio difficulty lu getting tho demo
cratic stato convention to endorse his views
on tho railroad pass question la respect to
officeholders. Ills resolution was turned
down by the committeo and met with cou-
Iderablo opposition on tho floor of tho
convention. Tho Judgo should recollect
that thoro wero members of the convention
who hail held office and who found that
nntl-pass was very nice as a theory, but
not so oaiy to practice, ami they havo no
particular wish to bo again confronted by
tho inconsistency which was partially re
sponsible tor their defeat last fall.
Falls City Journal; Once moro tho demo
cratic and populist parties of Nebraska
havo compromised their differences and
tho populists havo paid the costs In tho
rase. The great throbbing popullstio heart
yearned for recognition nt tho bauds of
tho fusion stato convention, but once again
they wero turned nwny from tho lovo fenst
with only tho crumbs that fell from tho
democratic table, with which to satisfy that
yearning hunger. That fat and luscious
plum, tho nomination for supremo Judge,
was reserved for tho delectation of tho
democrats and the crumbs In tho form of
two candidates for regent of tho Stato
university were graciously given to tho
popullstio henchmen as full payment for
tho votes thny nro expected to poll this
fall. Tho question Is, wilt tho receipt iu
full bo forthcoming In November?
not; ami lion i.w.
Kenlnekj'H Trlliuli- lo n tlrcnt Tooil
Coiiililuntlon.
!.ouln lllo Coiirlcr-Journnl.
Tho scarcity of stock hogs, combined with
the shortage In the corn crop, 1b putting up
tho prices of fat bogs nnd provisions, mak
ing hogs at piesent prices thu most profit
able product of tho farm. However, tho big
corn speculators tn Chicago seem to tnko
advantage of every advance In corn to Boll
tho market, there being a sharp decline In
nil tho cereals yesterdny. It may bo that
they have hotter Information than the gov
ernment roport. which tho grain "hulls"
havo been predicting would send corn up to
80 cents. If so wo nro likely to eo both
"hog nnd hominy" a good deal lower. This
would be a good thing for tho farmer, for
while high prices are of temporary benefit
they cause- overproduction nnd depressed
markets In the long run. Tho hog crop Is
ono that can bo easily and rapidly expanded,
provided there is no outbreak of cholera,
for tho best breeds now mature in n fow
months nnd tho females nro very prolific.
Tho high price of provisions also, If car
ried much further, would work hardship
upon a very largo part of the population, for
In splto ot the objections to pork It Is n
fact that men can live longer nnd do hard
work better upon bacon than oven upon
boot. Tho American soldier has shown this
repeatedly In the frontier wnrs whero they
followed hostllo Indians over tho burning
plains of Arizona nnd Now .Mexico for
months with nothing but hardtack and
bacon for their rations. It Is tho snmo way
with tho colored farm laborers In tho smith
and with tho whlto farmers of tho west ns
well as tho south, who do tho hardest man
ual labor winter and summer upon bacon
nnd corn "dodgers" or "pones."
"Hog and hominy" or, better, bacon and
cornbrond, mako tho great food combination
of tho United States and constltuto n most
Important fnctor In that which goes to give
us tho mastery of tho world's mnrkots. Tho
twenty-three, states In tho Mississippi basin
aro tho larder of tho world nnd they could
never feed Its teeming millions as they do
woro it not for Indlnn corn nnd tho Ameri
can hog. Doth aro homoly, but fnr surpass
our gold mlnoa and oven our wheat and
cotton fields In Intrinsic nnd marketable
value. May both Increase and multiply nnd
whllo making a profitable return to the
producer may they kcop down tho cost of
food to tho poor.
WIII1AT An CHAFF.
(Inr I.onrnoiin- Krrnrl Found In n
PcrU of ChnfT,
New York World.
Thcro Is ono sound kernel of wheat In a
peck of chaff In tho plntform adopted by
tho convention calling Itsolf dcmocratlo In
Nebraska. This 1b tho wheat:
"We favor stringent Immigration laws
that will exclude anarchists, and state and
national laws that will suppress nnnrchy."
Tho chuff was tho Hourbonlhh nnd fatuous
declaration of "unfaltering nlloglanro to
nnd belief In tho principles of tho demo
cratic party" ns "explicitly set forth In tho
Knnsa City platform."
Mr. Drynn mndo a strong declaration nf
abhorrence for anarchists, saying, "Thcro
Is not n plnco for nnnrchy In this country,"
and affirming that "thofo who ndvlso mur
der aro as guilty as thoso who commit It."
His eulogy of President McKInley was
sympathetic and eloquent.
Dot to long ns Mr. Drynn persists in
playing the roln In politics of tho boy who
"stood on tho burning dock, whonco all but
ilm bad tlod," and renews upon every oc
casion his undying dovotlnn to 16 to 1, his
case is absolutoly and utterly hnpelesa
and that of tho democratic party also
wherever and in ao far ns It anneres to
him, which seems to bo principally In Ne
braska, Tho free silver crnio Is a good
deal deader than tho Ostond manifesto anil
quits as out of date, aa tho demand (or the
,xitnelou of slavery.
" 'vkJ
I'AMOtS .VWAIi IllffAvrKIt.
l.riiKtlictiltm 1,1 nt nf t.onr u(Trrril
liy Hit World' Ainlr.
Kansas Lily Star.
Tho slaking of (he destroer Cobra fol
lows close upon thu loss ot Its sister slut),
tho Viper, which went down dm lug the
August maneuvers. The navies of tho
world havo suffered many slmllnr disasters.
Only n few months a.go a French torpelo
bout sank lu a collision during naval
maneuvers, nnd tbo United Stntcs has lost
tho Yosemlto and tho Charleston slnco tho
blowing up of tho Maine.
Tho heavy loss of life on tho Cobra re
calls that other terrible disaster to tho
Drltlsh navy, tho sinking of the Victoria.
On Juno 23, 1S03, while tho Mediterranean
squadron was maneuvering In parallel col
umns, VIco Admiral Tryou signaled the
Campcrdowu to turn inward. Tho radius
for tumlug was so small that tho execu
tion of tho order brought tho battleship Into
the flagship Victoria. Ten minutes after
tho collision Tryon's ship weut down wllh
the vlco admiral on it. More than 100 men
wero drowned
Another fnmnus Hrltlfh dlfnster was
that of the Uoteret. While It wa lying nt
archor In tho Straits of Magellan In 1SS7
nn explosion occurred presumably In thu
magazine which dostroyut tho ship. All '
cept a fow ot the crew perished. The Van
guard, belonging to thn Kngllsh chnnnel
squadron, was rammed by tho Iron Huke
In a September fog, twenty-six years ago A
hole about twcnty-Dvo feet squaro was torn
In tho ship, but tho prompt closing of tho
water tight doora kept It nllout for nn
hour. Meanwhile tho crow of 150 men was
transferred to tho Iron Duko nnd all wero
saved. About 300 Uvea wero lost In tho
foundering of tho training frigate Kurydlco
In a sqtinll off tho Islo of Wight In 1S7S.
Tho Iron ship Captain, attached to thn
China fleet, foundered in a gala In 1S71
Iho rest of tho squadron did not learn of
tho catastrophn until morning. Tho loss
was 500 olllcere and men. A Drltlsh dlHaster
celebrated In history was tho overturning
of tho Hoynl George In harbor. Nino hun
dred men wero lost.
Germany suffered Its greatest naval dis
aster In the loss of the Grosser Kurfurst.
which wns rammed by tho Koenlg Wllhelm
tn 1S78, nnd sank In flvo minutes. Of tho
crew- of 497 only 210 were saved. Tho Span
ish navy lost tho Rclnn Hegcnlo In a storm
In ISO.". No trnco of the vcbboI was ever
found. Next to tho sinking of tho Mnlnn
tho loss of the corvette Oneida lu 1S70.
which snnk In collision off Yoknhnma. was
tho greatest disaster to tho United Stntcs
navy In t'me of peace. One hundred nnd
Boventeen lives wero lost. Fifty-two per
sons wero drowned In tho foundering of
tho Trenton nnd Vaudalla In the Apia hur
rlcano In 1SS9. Tho old Kearsargo was lost
In tho West Indies In lS'JI. nnd then fol
lowed tho sinking of tho Maine, tho
Charleston and tho Yosemlte.
IIKNMAHK'N IIAIKJAI.N CnilM'KII.
Hunch of 11 mid n In Stock nnil Only
tni- I'lirrlumrr.
Daltlmoro American.
It Is nnnounccd by a dlspntch from Ku
ropo 'int tl.e new Danish ministry has
decided to nccept the offer of thu United
States of $t,2SS.00O for tho Danish West
Indies. This Is specific nnd will doubtless
convey conviction to many minds. It Is
strange, howcter, that tho amount offered
by tho United Stnles for thoEc valuable,
possessions should ho so accurately known
abroad, when It has not boon disclosed to
tho America public. A bill was once
offered In congress nnd defeated, which
proposed to approtrlnto $3,240,000 for the
purfhaFo of thsso Islands. As they aro
decreasing In valtn nil tho time. It Is un
likely thnt a million dollars more has been
offered for thorn recently. Tiny are of no
vnluo whatever to Denmark; In fact, thoy
tiring that little kingdom Into debt every
year, nnd tho Danish government, if It had
no bidder, would bo glad to glvo tbcm
nway.
Thcro was o time when the acquisition
of tho Islands would havo been of Homo
ndvantngo to tho United Stnte.B for strategic
purposes. That was when this country
hnd no naval stations In thn West Indies
by means of which tho approach to tho
Caribbean sen could bo .warded. Our vic
tory over Spain has given the United
States such stations far Miporlcr to any
thing which this group of Islands can fur
nish. Tho theory that Denmark will sell
them to some Kuropean power can scarcely
be Boriously ndvnnced. No European power
wnnts to buy a gold irlck. Tbo Islands
nro hopelessly bankrupt ind their strnteglo
advantages aro so slight that an ambitious
power would Inevitably seek something
better.
To Imagine, however, thnt Kuropean pow
ers would consider their purchase Is to
charge them with grotesque Ignoranco of
tho Monroe doctrine. Official Kurope knows
that no territory can bo acquired on this
side of the ocean. Spain, though it main
tained a nuisance for many years nt the
threshold of the United Slates, was nl
lowod to retain Cuba, but hnd It nttrmptod
to transfer thnt Island to n Kuropean
power It would not have retained It as
mnny days. Theso Islands nro not valuable
In any way except ns salubrious resorts
for tho wealthy. It la alleged that they
nro healthy, but as this comes from thoso
who nro anxious to sell them, it Is not
altogether above suspicion. Whenever tho
question of tholr purchase comes up, a
noted naval historian Is given ns tho pxpert
who urges It. This writer Is theatrical
rather than practical. Ho has written well
nbout things that have passed and has de
duced theories from them which hnve novrr
been tested. As a member nf tho great
strategy board several years ago his light
was not particularly lustrous. Common
senao If tho bcBt to apply to a mattor of
this sort
A rOI.ITICAI. WIlATIinil I'nOIMIKT.
I'nsrciiilr Activity of (lie Hrnil Foiilon
Korronnlpr,
Chicago Chronicle (item.)
With very questionable tnsto Mr, Dryan
takes occasion at this tlmo to forecast tho
Issues of tho presidential campaign of 1004.
As was to have been expected, he sees no
reason to doubt that tho questions brought
to tho front In tho Chicago and Kansss
City platforms will again be paramount.
Kqually. as a matter of rourso, his views
In regard to frco silver, thn abandonment of
tbo Philippines, "government hy Injunction"
nnd tho shelving of tho tariff Issue until the
currency of tho country shall havo been de
based In accordance with the popullitlc
Ideas prevailing wost nf tho Missouri, havo
undergono no change whntovcr.
In view of tho remnrkablo events nf tb?
last Ihreo years It would ho a wise man who
could predict today tho Issues with which
tho American people will concern them
selves In lf04. In fact, considering the
events of tho Inst ten days, nnd tbo per
sonal and polltlcnl changrB which arn fore
shadowed, thoro Is nothing In Mr. Dryan's
rocord as a prophet politically which seems
to Justify particular confldonco In his ability
to forecast events nf any naturo.
If Mr. Drynn nnd his associates ars to
remain In control of whnt Is called tho dem
ocratic party, there need bo no doubt what
ever concerning tho principles which that
organization will enunciate. Tho only un
certainty will bo In Regard to tho state of
facts with which It will have to donl.
Mon who Ignoro conditions concerning
which tho Intelligence of tho world Is prnc
tlcally agreed and men w;ho scout accom
plished facts have directed the thought nnd
action of tho popullstlc element In this
country from the beginning, There Is no
reason to supposo that their mothods will
be chingod In tho future.
Tho attitude now and hereafter-of-Mr.
Drynn and his Itntnrdtrm i
thus established, the on it .,
Immediately i em-eras th. ,
time Is ns to the scilon '
who are not popullls and
by popullsls will (.tko.
While this has not hern ?
year politically, there hate 1.
rouraglng signs of a drmoirati
these shall bo follow oil nrxt
state and congressional clc M"
liar development of demo, r.r'
ence, tho fulmlnntlons of Mr '
have weight In popullMIc dtsm
will fall harmless In the st:n ti
to be controlled by democrat'
At the same tlmo tho Chr.
thnt it voices tho opinion of i
of good Judgment when It dct"--tempt
by Mr. Drynn nt thM tin
these conditions to open the i
campaign of 190 1.
t'AIIM IlltS VntlCTI.Y IN IT
."nlistntitlnl Con I r I lint Inn to Tli.r
Mori- of CotuforM.
Petroli I'f,-p 1'rcs'
There Is no question Inn what tb
contingent of this cnunirv is n itn
better position In the pro, s.ntn tKi,t
before. It Is rapidly nxiuirlng ' i
delivery system. This ndv.iii etneni
going to bo overthrown Jn i b, a
few of the farmers aro oxren.i p
proverbial and alwnys-acciptcd
complain. Some of them'aro growiu ,,
cause they do not hao tho oxcth.e ter i
tn town at brief Intervals tit it n .. t
served them mid their fnrefnthern ni t
postofllco became n public ItiBtttiUb n t
of the faxorlte lonllng places for the far
ers who nro tributary to tho smnllrr
flees Is also cut out of tho list. TI. .
without an npology for congregating nt
postofllco to swap yams, polltl s n
horses whllo using tho property of li
Sam ns n cuspidor.
The future will gradually ndjust ttr. '
to this radical change nnd It may tir ..
cepted as nn established fact that ntr I
freo delivery has come to stay With U
comes nn Impetus to tho cnir e of r v I
roads that Impresses tho fnnncra nr. v
wheelmen nnd nutomoblle rtdes could ne.rr
hnpo to do. The agricultural clement n' i
has tho telephone and now n Detroit en
terprise is arranging tn glvo It tho brtirfit
of electricity for lighting purposes nnd ,n
a mechanical motive power. Tho pn. .1W1-
Itles of this npproach to metropolian 1
vnntnges nro beyond computation Thn
former with tho price and tho siirit rr
progression can run everything in tho
promises from the churn, sowing mar hum
and family cradle to tho threshing marhliio
and patent hny fork by electrical power
The turning of a switch will lllumlnats
his house or nny desired portion of It.
polo light In tho vicinity ot tho barn will
servo ns n hoboo senroorow;, fncllltato
milking during tho short days of tho year
nnd get tho chlckenn Into notion at nny
desired hour of tho morning. It will Brrva
as a beacon to tho motnber of tho houso
hold who reaches homo on a Into elcctrla
car and can bo used ns a danger signal n
attract the entire neighborhood Wn,v g
nny facetious predictions It Is nnotln r
strong movo toward providing nil isccMcuj
with the comforts and conveniences tb .t
havo so rapidly multiplied within tho Ik t
half century. Tho results nro of rilma
tlonal as well aa financial benefit anil r.a
pioneers In this new undertaking tho Dc
troltcrs Interested are draervlnK of nil sili -cess.
M!W .SKXTHM'K LAW'S.
Prncres of t'cnolonli-nl Hcforin In iv
Number of Slntr.
Philadelphia Times
The legislatures nf Now York and Con
nrctlcutt hnvo recently passed Indetermin
ate sentence laws which have Just gnio
Into effert. Under their provisions Judgrs
nro empowered, lu Imposing sontonees fir
certain crimes, to nnmo both a minimum
and n maximum period of Imprisonment.
If tho periods nre, for Instance, ono year
and threo years, tho criminal must ht,
kept in prison nt least ono year or lm
may bo compelled to servo out the full
term of three years, hut good behavior nod
tho promlso of reform may secure hn lr
chargo ot any time after tho e.xpira'.Mi
of the minimum term.
In Pennsylvania we have something nhm
to an indi'tnrmlnnto sentence lnw m tho
statutes providing for the sentence of a
youthful prisoner to tho Hnnting'on rr
formntory. Tho sentence Is for no tlx 1
term and ns hoon ns a boy bIiows gcnman
signs of reform, he Is paroled ou n Und
of a tlckct-of-leavo system. For vinla'ion
of tho terms of his parolo ho can bo ar
rested ngnln. The law Is similar tn hat
In New York governing the Klmlrn icform
ntory. Tho tndetermlnnto sentomo law inav
prove to bo better than tbo free fnr all
commutation law passed by the rei-rn' tegjs
Inturo of this state, for the special pur
pose, It Is generally bellevi-d. to bcnclU or
tain friends of tho republl.an stnto mnclimn
now behind tho bnrs nnd tho experiments
In New York nnd Connect nut will hn
watched anxiously by nil Interested In
prison reform,
l.At'tilllMi MATTI1H.
Detroit Free Press: "An sir trust will bo
the next thing. I suppose."
nmeloux! Now. that would be enouRh
to tnko ono's brcuth away!"
Duck: City Mnn-A safe fnmllv hnrse'
Farmer Shellbacker Yi-s-slree U lit' that
'ero boss nln't oven afraid of it wmtin in
curl-papers!
Philadelphia I'resH: "Yet. mih ' declnrcd
Colonel DriiKK, "I've been In u good many
tight plnros In my time". .,.
"That's ii now name for th m, utmrKrd
Peppery.
"For what, suli .'
"Saloons."
Homervllle Join nap No w-man wU
over dan' nsk her husband t si -r c.r k "
If Hhn realised how crops Hu tv:"r i
would mako him.
Cleveland Plain Denier "I d-.t, see nvy
renaon whv people should int.rnr, ,"
fools wnnt to go through the Niagara r u s
'""Dutr0tH does Hooni It flmnicful wasto of
good barrels, you know-
Chicago Tribune: "What Is thn inat'-r
W"Madam.' vou'h'nvn whnt l known ns ' o
Rolling spine. Some or "or b'st people ,
suiierinK i run ' " " ,,, ,
"You havo tnken h great lona on my
nlnd. doctor. I wns nfnild you wm.id )T
lomethliiR wns wrong with my bnckb
ml
somet
(,'in,ni:.Mton,
Kdnn Dean Proctor.
The gildcnruil, the gnldenrod,
That glows In slm or rain.
Waving lt! plumes on every bank
From the mountain slope to the main
Not dandelions, nor cowslips line
Nor buttercups, gems of summer
Nor leagues of datslen, yellow uud whl,
Can rlvnl this latest comer
On tho plains nnd tho upland p xn'ures
Such legal splendor falls
When forth, from myriad linmrun rccn,
Its gold tho south wind ,i i
That tho tale srems true the Kidman s fioa,
lavished Its bloom to ' ,,
Though days grow brief ) nrow col l,
My lovo Is tho sumc foi av
And, drakcr than April tl' I
Or pnllld as wind Mower grow.
Under Its rhndow from bill to meadow
Great beds of astern blow
Oh plots nf purple o'erhung with IJoW
Thnt need i.nl wnlls r warden
Not fairer shone t" the Median Qu ".
Her Dabylonlan ganmns-
rw. ciAninu ,nia the uorsft In rr
a,i i.'rwl ioiI'm laiiea and fi'H v. r
Aro decked with broom wir e
grace
n., ' l I n..nl l,,illr.(. .
Hut the rob'n le i from hi ' "i
"Ah. Ilnnri, lie' :y won,
Your bloom to blaze if wav ua l 'lu
.is tUo wan irvuti to the sua I"-
i
could OTcr bo glorified! '
