THE OMAHA DA1IY HEE; MONT) AT, NOVEMBER 25, 1001.
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If Snmoa Is over nnncxeri Nohrnska
phoutd have flint olalm to rolonlz.o It.
It Is nhvn.vK piiHlor to do nothing than
to do poniothltip. Tins community! Unit
1op8 nothing", however, Is distanced In
lbc racp.
Judging from Hk personnel, tho com
mittee nppolntpd to wrestle with the
consolidation nrohlein scorns to bo built
on tho plan of n diversity of Interests.
Thn name newspaper organs that
stood up for Hartley after his embezzle
ment had been disclosed are standing up
for Stuofer and his crooked bond deals.
Whcnovcr a public olllcer Is exposed In
u piece or crooked work, ho always
blames the persons uncovering- hi in for
tho (rouble ho hits bruugljt upon him
fcelf. The frchoid board would Btrlkq-n popu
lar cliord by making a New Year's
resolution to abolish the odious secret
ballot In the election of Its oflicors and
tmploycs.
Kor Yale to set a goose egg nt tho
hnndH, or rather feel, of Us Harvard
rivals In tho year of Its bicentennial
makes the Ignominy all the more dltll
cult to endure.
It appears that Senator Patterson told
tho people In attendance upon the con
solidation meetliiK, called by the Heal
Kstate oxchuiiKo, several lhlngs that
they did not want to hear.
As tho only IIvIuk ox-presldent Mr.
Cleveland's health Is nn object of solici
tude on the part of all American citi
zens, who hope that his life may bo
spared for many years to, come.
Austrian life Insurance companies aro
imld to resent the Intrusion of American
life Insurance companies seeking to
make- Inroads on their territory. And our
xrnternals haven't touched them jet.
The republican party stands for
honesty and integrity In the manage
ment of public affalrsr The republican
parly cannot afford to shield or defend
oltlcers who betray their trusts when
honored at Its hands.
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There Is Imminent danger that Our
Davo will be In such haste In his race
across the continent to connect with the
opening of congress that he will not
have time to stop off to congratulate the
fcoys who did the fighting at home.
Those suburban electric railways
radiating out from Omaha are bound
to come because the business In sight
will soon fully justify their construe
tlon. Hut no speculative franchises
need be given iuv.v to bring this about
It Ik plain (hat the pilgrimage made bv
David R. 1III1 (o Lincoln just prior to
tho Knnsas Olty convention did not re
move the necessity of further evidence
to prove that Jic Is u democrat to the
satisfaction of Mr. Hrynu's Nebraska
udmlrors.
If the Englishman failed to turn an
honest penny out of King Kdward's cot
ouatlon by i outing his house to foreign
visitors and-subletting other llitlo nrlv
lieges, the proud claim of belonging to
r nation of shopkeepers might be for
felted.
Omaha's cKy charter prohibits Uk
granting or' extension of nny franchise
xcppt by vote of the people ratlfylug
i proposition duly submitted. It Is too
bad that South Omaha's new charter
was so carefully framed to omit this
tnlutnry provision.
It U the design to mnke the McKin
ley national memorial a popular tribute
to the lameuted president. If every a
uilrer of the great McKinley would con
tribute his mite, the list of coutrlbuto
would Include every man, voman ami
jE&llig o( (u&tuiu intellect la the country
At IWStOttATlOX OVKIWVB,
When the first republican governor,
chosen after Nebraska's attainment to
statehood, becanio hopelessly involved
In scandals growing out of the fraudu
lent leasing of school lands, u republican
legislature preferred, charges of .Im
peachment against him and removed
lilin from ofllce.
When a republican state treasurer be
trayed the trust reposed In him 'by the
embezzlement of m6ney belonging to the
stale school' fund, be was promptly ar
raigned by republican prosecuting of
cluls,( tried ami convicted before repub
lican judges and made to pay the pen
alty of his odious offense by Imprison
ment In the penltenUary.
When only n few weeks ago a candi
date nomlnatod for n minor ollice on the
republican state ticket was found to have
been an Innocent beneticlary of stolen
school money, republicans throughout
Nebraska with almost unanimity of
mind demanded his withdrawal and out
of respect to tin party that hail lion
orod him ho Hied a voluntary resigna
tion from the ticket.
When In the face of all those lessons
nnother republican state treasurer per
mits tho sacred trust funds in his cus
tody that niako up the endowment of
the public schools to bo used for pri
vate gain, can nny republican who has
the Interest of his state nnd his party
truly at heart tend countenance to such
indefensible action?
When the demand was made upon
Joseph 8. Hartley that lm.innke a cash
accounting on turning over nt the com
pletion of his first term as treasurer,
he dellantly retorted that If the de
mand 'were insisted on hit would meet
It with his resignation. Later events
proved that It would have been better
for both Hartley nnd the stnte had his
resignation been forced at that time.
When the late republican stnte conven
tion embodied in its platform a demand
upon nil custodians of public funds for
periodical exhibits of the amounts and
whereabouts of public moneys confided
to their keeping, Treasurer Stuefcr said
he would resign before ho would com
ply. .Mr. Stuefcr's resignation is now
overdue.
XICAHAIWA LAXAIilllLL,
Representative Hepburn of Iowa, Who
reported the Nicaragua canal bill which
was passed by the house of representa
tives at the last session of congress,
Intends to again Introduce the measure
at the opening of the coming session,
which will be a week froni today. It
Is the opinion of Mr. Hepburn that no
nmtciinl changes will be needed In the
bill, unless there shall be found In the
new canal treaty, when ratified, some
thing that will require a reconstruction
of the measure. He stated a few days
ago that from the Information he had re
ceived there Is nothing In the agree
ment with Great Hritalu which will
prevent the United States from building
an isthmian canal exactly as we choose
and as provided by the house bill f
last session.
That measure authorizes the president
of the United States to ucnulre from
Costa. Itlca and Nicaragua for the
United States control 01 such territory lie.
longing to those countries as may be de
sirable and necessary on which to con
struct a canal. When control' of such
territory shall have been seemed, the
bill requires that the secretary of war
shall be directed to excavate and con
struct a canal between points desig
nated. The sum of $H0,000.000. or so
much thereof as may be necessary, is
appropriated for tho comploUon of the
work, tho money to be drawn from the
treasury from time to time as the same
shall be needed. It Is probable that
some modifications will have to be made
In the bill, but In any event there ap
pears to be no doubt of its passage .If
tho new treaty is ratified, which now
seems ussured.
Meanwhile the announcement Is made
thnt the Department of State, having
received nn advance notice of the con
tents of the canal commission's report,
Is preparing to negotiate new treaties
with Nlcnragun and Costa Klca, lu
pursuance of the protocols signed some
mouths ago. The understanding already
effected between our government and
the two Central American states gives
assurance thnt no dltficulty will bo
found In securing control of the terri
tory necessary for the construction of
the proposed caunl. It is Uius mode
practically certain that tho 'Nicaragua
route will be selected, regardless of uny
proposition that may yet como from tho
Panama company.
vtmuoiTY ton Titusrs.
Forecasts of President 'Roosevelt's
message state that his attitude on the
trust, question will appeal to tho pop
ular feeling lu regard to tho combina
tions ami while he will recommend no
specific action by congress, he will go
at least as far ns ho did when governor
of New York and Insist on publicity In
the operations of combinations of cap
1 1 til. How this publicity and super
vision are to bo maintained ho will
lenve to the supervision of congress. It
Is said that Intlueutlal members of con
gress have endeavored to dissuade tho
president from nu aggressive attitude as
to trusts, but ho" far as cnu be learned
he has put n good deal of force lu the
paragraph dealing with Industrial com
binations and has handled the subject
vigorously.
In his message to the New York
legislature In January, 1000, Air. Roose
velt said: "That abuses exist and that
they are of a very grave character It Is
"worse than Idle to deny. Just so long
as lu the business world unscrupulous
cuunlng Is nll6wed the free rein which,
thanks to the growth of humnnlty dm
lug tho past centuries, we now deny to
unscrupulous physical force,' then Just
so loug there will be a field for the best
effort of every honest 'social and civic
reformer who Is capable of feeling an
Impulse of generous indignation, and
who Is far-sighted enough to appreciate
where the real danger to tho country
lies. Tho effects are bad enough when
the unscrupulous Individual works by
himself. They are worse when he works
In conjunction with his fellows through
a giant corporation or trust. The first
essential Is knowledge of the facts-pub-
llclty. Wc should know authoritatively
whether stock represents the actual
value of plants, or whether It repre
sents brands or good will; or, If not,
what It does represent, IC nnythlng. It
Is desirable to know how much was
actually bought, how much was Issued
free and to whom, nnd, If possible, for
what reason."
In subsequent utterances regarding
the Industrial combinations. Mr. Roose
velt has urged the Idea of publicity, as
perhaps the most essentlnl clement of
any legislation dealing with trusts.
This view Is very generally approved.
.Tames 15. Dill of New York, who has
served ns legal adviser of several large
trusts, said recently that publicity
"would redound not only to the benefit
of the public, to the steadying of Indus
trial finances, to the making of Indus
trial securities a permanent Investment
for holders, large and small, but would
also prevent the formation of blind
pools, Industrial swindles and tend to
aVert financial panics." 11 Is very gen
erally recognized that to secure the same
standard of publicity In the reports of
all tho great cororatlons state legisla
tion Is Inadequate, since It Is entirely
hopeless to expect It to he practically
uniform. Consequently lu order to se
cure publicity there must be national
lcglslnUon and no more timely service
can be dono by President ' Itoosovelt
than to Impress on congress the neces
sity of legislation with this end pri
marily In view.
LOCAL 'til ADR COXDll'tOSS.
Reports on nil sides aro to the effect
that Omaha Is enjoying most favorable
local trade conditions. While the pro
tracted fall weather, retarding winter
purchases, has been a disturbing ele
ment to the extent of deferring the be
ginning of the buying season, the ability
of the people to make purchases accord
ing to' their demands has never been
better.
The year Just closing has probably
seen less of enforced Idleness among the
working classes in Omaha and vicinity
than any previous year. Not only have
all the mechanics, artisans and laborers
been steadily employed, but they have
been employed at wages that enable
them to support their families with In
creasing comfort and conveniences.
When the people have no money- to
spend the merchants cannot attract cus
tomers, no matter what bargains they
may offer, but when the wdrklngman
has an assured and regular Income the
business of the retailer need not lag.
Another factor that contributes to the
upbuilding of local business In Omaha Is
the loyalty of Omaha people to their
city. While there is still room for Im
provement In tills respect, the people of
this community have been educated up
to a realization of the benefits resulting
from the patronngu of home Industry
nnd home Institutions. The merchant
who can rely upon the patronage of his
fellow townsmen knows that he has a
sure foundation to build, on that will
warrant enlargement and expansion.
Omaha merchants are, as u rule,
awake to; their opportunities, and by
taking advantage of present promising
conditions should drive a brisk trade
from now on Into the new year.
One of the .objections raised against
the appointment of a German-
American ns successor of the late Con
sul General Osborn at Apia was that
his foreign birth might Impair his force
as a representative of the American gov
ernment in disputed matters to which
the German government might be a
party. W! thought We had passed the
time when the stnunch Americanism
of citizens who deliberately left the
fatherland to share the benefits of freer
institutions In this country would be
subject to the slightest Imputation. The
true German-American places the
United States first In his patriotic devo
tion and the renounced German empire
always second.
Former Senator Allen Insists that the
democrats and popullsls hnve distinctly
different nlms and objects, yet should
continue to co-operate on the fusion
plan. The bond o'f union is, of course,
the ottlces. if, however, the members of
the two parties lxllevo In different prin
ciples the arguments are not cogent for
them to keep voting for the snme men.
Suppose It had been shown that tho
state treasurer had bunded over to a
confederate tho whole bond belonging
to the school fund Instead of Just tho
Interest coupons, would we have to
have some oue prefer sworn chnrges In
writing to that effect before the gov
ernor would' even take cognlzauce of
tho theft?
l'p to Providence Snw,
Chicago Post.
Senator Stewart sayH Providence Rettled
the sliver question. This should make it
easier for Mr. Bryan t cut his cards for
a new deal.
UniiKer Apprehended.
Wnehlngton Star.
It should have been made a condition of
Tat Crowe's return that ho would promise
not to kidnap any members of the recep
tion committee.
A Common t;hrneterltl.
J. Sterling Morton' Conservative.
We note that when a political machlno
is smashed the smashers always gather up
a few stray levers, cogs, belts and pulleys
and organize a reconstruction bureau.
Pnrt of tin- llutiirs,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
President Roosevelt doesn't llko it at all
because official news leaks out and Into tho
newspapers ahead of time. But that's tho
sort of strenuous business that modern
news getting is.
Till- Old AiIhiii AhiiIii,
Halttmoro American,
Thefflcer who hypothecated $70,000 from
the order of the Maccabees falls hack ou
the old plea, "A woman tempted me." He
should have rellected that this excuse did
not avail in the original instance.
Cnhlf- Without .Hull sill;',
Philadelphia Record.
While American statesmen continue to
discuss tbo scheme for. a suhventlnncd
submarine telegraph line from our cotst to
the Philippines, the recently organized Com
merclal Pacific Cablo company is fashion
ing the first section of the chain whereby
It proposes to link the United States with
)U tar oatteru pcsstssluna. By tho time
congressmen shall set through talking
about spending purt of our redundant rev
enues on a Pacific cable private capital
will have put down the wires that will
complete the electric girdle of the world.
Too Alixlnun to IJiilond.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Thero is nothing small about tho prop
osition of a syndicate to buy up the rail
roads ef the country nnd sell them to the
gocrnment.
Ciiinll4v In Tnantlou.
Buffalo Express.
One effect of the decisions of the suprcmn
court of Illinois In tho matter of fran
chise taxation Is seen In a movement
started by the St. I.ouls Board of Educa
tion to forco tho Missouri State Board of
Kqunllzatlon to tax franchises. When this
scheme of taxation Is carried out completely
In all states a vast amount of revenue will
bo added to the public treasuries.
(irt Into the llnnilwiiKoii.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The French journalist who predicts the
world supreinncy of tho United States within
the present century Is merely exercising
the usual Journalistic prescience and his ad
vice to his own country to make friends
with ours lu such n way ns to securo a
fair share of Amorlcan trndo is wise, U
means reciprocity and mutual trado ad
vantages, rather than commercial war.
Tretolnlcr Arn Oooil Minks.
WnshliiHtmi Star.
Sorao Insurance companies are now issu
ing policies to total abstainers as a soparato
class. Whether or not tho total Abstainer
Is likely to Itvo longer or not Is a matter
still In debate. But thero Is not much
doubt that, an a rule, bo will average higher
than the other people In keeping policies
from lapsing, and hat fact might make a
difference to the dlsudvantago of tho policy
holders whoso claims como to final settle
meut, All "Ohl Mnr" HoKroiind.
Portland Oregoniau.
Shakespeare makes somebody say, "I
am a great cater of beef, and I bellove
It does harm to my wit." But are tho
beet-eaters so stupid? Tho Italians con
sume twenty-four pounds per annum per
capita, tho Spaniards twenty-soven pounds,
Bohemians and Hungarians tblrty-ono
pounds and the Americans 14G pounds. Aro
Americans and Kngllahincn prepared tn.dony
that beef, bruins and brawn go together
and to put the Italian at tho top?
Why TM lllnrrlmlnnMoii f
Washington Post.
The mero fact that England is toasted ex
clusively at representative New York func
tions inevitably prompts tho query: Why?
Certainly It is not bocause Eugland or Eng
lishmen contribute chiefly to our national
prosperity and expansion. Altogether t'no
best nnd most wholesome additions to our
population have been made by Oorinauy,
Sweden and Norway. These havo helped to
build up the country. They and tho Irish
mako the bono and sinew of tho Imported
clement. Why Is It accessary to tcjit the
British monarch and Ignore such torelgn
rulers as William II of Germany? Why la
It necessary to toast any foreign ruler of
whatever nationality? Why, Indeed, savo
for tho gayety of nations?
SKTTI.KMK.Vr OK THE WEST.
An Hplsoilc of thr, liny of the Ki-cl
Itontiunii.
in
Ono of the features, of the December
(Christmas) Century is tho second Install
ment of "The Scttlonicui of tho West; A
Study in Transportation," by Emerson
Hough, with pictures by Frederick Homing
tou. This chapter of tbo eplq of tho west
Is entitled "Against the Waters." It begins
with an account of "tho upstream man."
In lSiu tho western frontier of tho
United States slantod like tho roof of a
house from Maine to. I.oulslnna. Tho cen
ter of population was almost exnetly upon
tho stto of the city of Washington. Tho
west was a distinct section nnd it was a
sfcliou which had begun to develop an
aristocracy. Wc still voro linsey-woolsey
In Kentucky, still pounded our corn in a
hollow stump lu Ohio, still killed our In
dians with tho nncieut woapou of our
fathers, still took our produce to Now Or
leans lu llathonts, still were primitive. In
mnny ways. None the less wo had among
us an aristocrat, a man "who classified him
self as hotter than his follow mnn. There
had been born that early cnptaln of trans
portation, tho keel boatman, tho mnn who
could go up stream. Tho latter had for
tho stationary or hemi-statlonary man a
vast and-genuine contempt ns no mad man
has over had for tho man of anchored habit.
Thoro was warrant for this feeling of
superiority, for the, keel-boat opoch was a
great ono in Amcricnn history. Had this
clumsy craft never been supplanted by tho
steamboat Its victories would havo been
of greater valuo to America than all tbo
trluinphH It ever won upon the seas.
As for the keel boatmen themselves, they
were n hardy, wild nnd reckless brood.
They spent their days in tho blazing sun,
tholr .heads drooping over the setting polo,
their feet steadily trudging tho walking
boards of tholr great vessel from morning
until night and day after day. A wild Ufo,
a merry ouu and a brief whs that lived by
this peculiar class of men who made char
acters for ono of the vivid chaptera In tho
talo of the early west.
Mike Kink, they toll us, was a king among
(ho keel boatmen at tho date of tho In
troductlon of steamcraft upon tho Ohio and
the Mississippi, a man of medium height,
weighing nbout ISO pounds, nil bone and
brawn, a 'champion with the rlfio, a master
in fisticuffs, a hard drinker, a hard worker,
of temper alternately sullen and merry and
of a sheer physical force which dominated
All he met in his rude railing. This Is the
man who figures In a well known anecdote
recounted by different early writers. It
seems that ho hnd a bosom friend named
Cnrpentor, with whom ho was wont to ou-
gogo In n certain risky pastime. "Car
peuter nnd Mlko used to fill a tin cup with
whisky," says one chronicler, "nnd place
It by turns on each others heads and
shoot at it with a rllla at tho distance of
seventy yards. It was always bored through
without injury to the one on whose head
it was placed. This feat Is too well au
thenticated to admit of questiou. It wns
often performed and they liked' the feat
the bettor because it showed their confi
dence in each other." Yet It fell out that
after a long and much-tried friendship
these two as last had n quarrel, which
parted them, anil It was Homo time before
their friends could bring about a recon
ciliation. A truce was patched up, how
over, and to bind It tho two agreed to re
sort to their old test of amity. Mlko won
the toss nnd It was Carpenter who was
chosen by fate to carry the tin cup for tho
other's aim. Carpenter knew what was to
follow and ho then nnd there made his
will, giving his rl tie, pistols nnd equipment
to bis friend Talbot. He was too proud to
ask far his life, though ho knew Mike
Fink's treachery and relentlessness. Fold
Ing his arms Carponter stood calm and
steady with the cup on hf head. Fink shot
him square through the forehead And then
calmly chldcd him for spilling tho contents
of tho cup. Ho proteuded to be sorry when
told he had killed his friend. An officer of
tbo frontier overtook him, when off his
guard, at a later day and shot him with ono
of the very pistols Carpenter had bo-
ucathed to hint.
The Irrigation Movement
St. lrfiuls Globe-Dcmocrnt,
Perhaps those members of congress ro
correct who are saying that President
Roosevelt is favorable, to tho movement In
the far western states tor tho adoption of
a scientific nnd extended system of Irriga
tion. Senator Warren of Wyoming, a statn
which Is vitally Interested In Irrigation,
and who is one of Its enthusiastic advo
cates, Is confident that thn president Is on
their side. Secretary Hitchcock Is n friend
of tho scheme. The votes of a majority of
the congressmen from the whole region
between tho .Mississippi nnd the Pacific rnn
bo rolled on for any Intelligent plan of Irri
gation.
Ono of the reasons why the champions
of Irrigation feel that President Roosevelt
will be with them Is that he resided in their
locality for part of several years and knowB
tho need of the adoption of nn Intelligent
system of water storage nnd distribution.
He has been through nil the arid region of
tho United States. Tho arguments for Irri
gation which its advocates present will ap
peal to him with force. Tho advantage
of Irrigation, directly to the region Imme
diately concerned nnd Indirectly to tho coun
try at large, Is so great that It ought to
receive tho earnest attention of the country.
DISCUSS rCTUMH OK FUSION,
Hastings Trlbuno (rep.): The Omaha
Beo has felt tho pulse of fuslonlsm In Ne
braska and finds It somewhat weak nnd
on tho docllno. Several of tbu populist and
democratic leaders expressed themselves
In regard to tho futuro of fusion In this
state and according to their own state
ments they don't know where they're "nt,"
Sidney Republican: Tho process of dis
integration is now at work within tho fu
sion ranks in Nebraska. Tho vagaries of
Bryanlsm no longer bowltch thoso repub
licans who wero wont to stray from the
fold. They aro romlng back very rapidly
nnd congratulate themselves that they nnd
tho country havo escaped popullstlc
heresies.
Nelson Herald (pop,): A fusion that
doesn't fuse is a lallure and as far as wc
aro concerned we will hnve no moro of It.
When tho populist party onco moro Is
willing to stand or fall on its merits thou
It will rlso from tho ashes of fusion to
bo tho real friend of tho people. When,
regardless of offlco, It stands for principle
nnd ctascs to cater to the other fellow,
ho bo demoiiat or republican, thon and not
until then will victory perch upon our ban
ners. Beatrice Democrat: The World-Herald
is of opinion the conventions made
a mistake in not nominating n populist for
supremo Judge and two populists for re
gents. It reaches this conclustan after
Bcolug tbo manner in which tho populist
counties broko over Into tho republican
camp. So long as democrats supported tho
populists and asked nothing but tho privilege,
of voting for them fusion fused, but whon
the democrats asked a plnco upon the
ticket fusion fiztled.
Grand Island Freo Press (pop.): As to
tho futuro of fusion, so far ns It concerns
the populists, we entertain no hesitancy In
saying that It amounts to but llttlo whether
thero Is fusion or no fusion. So long as the
popullstn maintain their organization as n
party aud as long aa Bryan democracy nd-
heres to tho Chicago nnd St. Louis plat
forms no power can prevent fusion. In tho
event that the populists disband as a party
organization then the individual will vote
with either of tho two grent parties that
advocates the, reforms which ho believes
will best conserve tho commonwealth. With
populists tho Issue nbovc all Issues is,
Shall the classes or tho masses rule? nnd
as long as tho democrats stand pat on on
this Important Issue tho populists, whether
through organized effort or individual voli
tion, will always prove a faithful ally. Tho
mission of tho populist party wns waged for
tho purposn of correcting tho wrongs In tho
corrupt old parties nnd the work already
accomplished Is not to be ashamed of.
Holdrcgo Progress (rep.): So far ns tho
populist party Is concerned as n political
organization thero appears scarcely enough
of it left to talk about, while eastern nnd
western democracy do not assimilate. The
eastern element, domlnnted by David Hill
and tho Whitney stripe. Is almost as for
eign to tbo Bryan clement as Bryan de-
niocracy is to republicanism. A union of thu i
two elemeuts, thereforo, contemplate a '
(ompromlso on tho part of Bryan nnd his J
followers tantamount to the abandonment
of tho cardinal principles of tho Bryan
wing. What Mr. Bryan will do In the
premises is still a matter of conjecture.
What tho populists will do. particularly tho
Nebraskans, In tho present dilemma is
also a much mooted question. The popu
lists have como from both tho republican
nnd democratic parties and unless somu
new movement springs up It Is but reason-
nolo to atitlclpato that a very largo ma
jority will return to tho party from which
It enme. No person will bo presumptu- j
ous enough to say that the remnant ot
populism will go over to Bryan democracy
In Its present condition.
Plattsmouth Democrut: Under such nd-
vcrso conditions It Is not surprising that
tho Interest of the democrats In fusion
waned. Tho Incentive always dangled bo-
fore their, deluded visions wns thnt they
might elect a president with tho vote of
Nebraska, and, therefore, tliey should bo
good and take what the populists gave
them. This did very well until the last
vostlgo of electing tho great Nobrnskan to
tho Whlto Houso failed then thero was
a determination upon tho port of Nebraska
democrats to assert tholr rights and a de
mand aroso for a ticket, that was demo
cratic, nnd not a confused mob of polit
ical leeches, ready for uny' party which
gave promise of office. When tho democrats
were compollcd, lu their convention this
fall, to onco ngaln submit to a nauseous
commingling of their party with the. pop
ulists thlH demand for a popular demo
cratic ticket wns carried Into uffect. True
democrats stayed from tho polls lu such
numbers that tho republicans won, nnd won,
too, In the face of a disgraceful record.
This wns one offect of fusion and It Is per
tinent to nsk, Is fusion In Nebraska a
failure? Tho facts show that fusion has
failed in Nebrnskn. And what has oc
curred In Nebraska has token plaeo In every
other state In tbo central west. South
Dakota fell away from victory before Ne
braska did, Kansas returned to republican
ism beforo Nebraska repudiated fusion. Ore
gon is ngaln In the republican column, de
spite fusion, and oven In Colorado, where
tho silver Issuo had Its home, there aro
signs which point the way to a defeat of
fusion.
Schuyler Quill (pop.): Thnso Ideas as ex
pressed by the leading politicians of tho
state probably volco tho sentiments of a
large number of democrats mid populists.
Threo of the umber declare In favor of
fusion, whllo the fourth. Edgar Howard,
says he believes there Is no longer nny oc
casion for fUBlon and that tho populists
will Join tho democratic party. Thorn are
some populists who will do so, but there
aro others who will never bo democrats or
republicans and should tho populist party
ceaso to exist they will still continue to be
Independent voters and will vote for tho
bet men regardless of party. Ono of tho
things which tend to keep populists out of
the democratic party is the arrogance of
some of the party leaders. Thn populists
ore Independent thinkers and will brook no
Any plan which will materially add to the
productiveness of tho arid region covering
part of half a dozen states will largely con
tribute to the population, ncaltb and pros
perity of the country.
But the friends of Irrigation ought to
understand at the outset that they will
meet with much opposition. A heavy vote
will be cast ngalnst It by New England and
the old middle states. Part of tbo routh
Is apathetic and part of It Is hostile. Some
votes will be cast against It by the middle
west. It will run against big obstacles.
Tho president's favor for It will count for
much, but this will not necessarily bring
success, A campaign of education on that
Issuo should be started and should bo kept
up until a favorable result Is brought. At
present the government's Incomo largely
exceeds Its outgo. Tbo money for a wisely
planned system of Irrigation at national
exponse and that Is tho only practicable
nny that Irrigation can over bo had on a
largo scale can be spared now, but may
not bo avallablo after anothor cut in tax
ntlon is made. The Irrigation matter
should bo presented to congress right at
tho opculng of tho tension.
Ihterforcnco at the bands of tho self-appointed
leadors of other parties. Thero Is
no disputing tho fact that thero are demo
crats who havo no use whatever for popu
lists only as they can jiso them to further
their selfish ends, Then thorn ore wholo
soulod democrats with whom It is a pleasure
to afllllnto and If these latter am to dictate
the policies of the party wo predict that
many populists will Join them. Already
somo of our lending populists aro loaning
toward the democrats, whllo others have
gone bock to tho republican party. The
Quill believes with Brother Howard that
thero Is no longor any valid excuso for fu
sion, hut believes that the populists will not
rush Into tho democrat lo pnrty in any great
numbers until they know which branch of
democracy Is to rule In the next national
convention.
IIIH'MI ABOUT XHW YOltK,
It I i tl cm mi Ik- fiirrnit of l.lfe In the
.Mf-trnpolU,
There was a hot lima in ono house In
Brooklyn. It was a social function, a
euchro party given by Mrs. Harriet Burton,
an artlot, which was attended by SOO
women. Everything was "Just lovely" until
tho wlndup, when thoro was a mlxup rival
ing a riot at a bargain counter. At tho
close of the pnrty nearly the entire 300
moved In a body on the cloakroom. Tho
attendant Inside tho booth was a stout
woman of color. Tho fltst of the players
to reach the booth was a tall, angular
woman, who carried under her arm n big
sofa pillow, on which thero appeared nu
embroidered cup Id, a prlzo she had won.
"My hat nnd coat, please," she said, with
n frigid stare at the colored woman,
"Whero's yo check?" asked the attend
ant, mildly,
"Check?" returned the woman with tho
sofa pillow. "What do 1 want with n
check? I want my hat and coat. Thero
they aro, up in that corner box."
"Ah can't give yo' no hat wlfout yo'
show yo' check," protested the attendant.
Just then somothlng llko twenty-seven
other women pushed forward together from
tho renr and asked for their wraps nnd
hats. All talked freely, but none showed a
check.
"This Is .an'outrage. I shall not submit
to It," doclarcd a stout, florid woman, wav
ing her arms wildly.
There was a general Indorsement of this
sentiment nnd all looked at tho colored
woman ns If they felt sho was holding
their wraos for ransom.
"Ah can't give out not hats wlfout no
checks," repeated the attendant, wnxlng In
dignnnt. " 'Pears mighty strange yo' ain't
got no checks. Ah give 'cm tcr yo'
mnhself."
Then n brilliant Idea struck n nurabor of
tho women simultaneously. As they
couldn't get tholr hats without checks, they
would go downstairs nnd bunt for tho
checks. This they did. Nenrly every woman
pounced on tho first check sho saw lying
on tho floor of tbo ball and .with n little
screnm of triumph hurried hack upstairs
with it to tho cloakroom.
"Hero, I have n check," said tho first ot
these to get hack to the room, handing in
a bit of pasteboard Into the colore woman
In tho booth. "Now give mo my things."
Tho harassed ami indignant attendant
quickly ihovcd nut the hat Hnd cont which
tho check called for and the woman who
received them, without looking nt them,
tripped uwoy happily to put them on. Then
all the women who had gone downstairs
nnd picked up checks handed In thn hits
of pasteboard and got tbo things they
called for. It took much patience and an
hour of hard work to straighten out tho
tunglo.
Tho daughter of ono of the richest resi
dents of Montclalr, N. J., nnd once a
noted belle, was a prisoner In tbo first pre
clnc court of Newark charged wlthbclng
a professional beggar. With her, also under
arrest and charged with the samn offense,
wag her husband, Josoph L. Farnesham,
who, although carefully dressed with an
obvious attompt at stylo, showed lu his
fnco deep Hues, which told ot care and
privation,
"I did beg, your honor," said tho pris
oner, meeting Judge Lambert's gazo with
out flinching. "I did It for this dea,r girl's
sake, to give her food and shelter. Gladly
would I havo workod, but I could find noth
ing to do."
Meanwhile the parents of the young wife
had reached the court and notified tho Judgo
of tholr willingness to provldo for her. So
tho charge ngalnst Mrs. Farnesbam was
not prossed, while tho husband was sen
tenced to thirty days In Jail,
No sooner had the Judge announced this
decision than tho loyal wlfo sprang for
ward, crying:
"If my husband Is guilty. If begging bo
,n crime, then I am guilty, too."
Sho insisted on going to jan wun ucr nus
hand and was carried away only when ex
hausted and fainting.
Standing on Brooklyn bridge at dusk and
gazing over tbo scrapers, towers anil spires
of Manhattan, filled with exuberant Joy, a
writer on tho New Vork Sun made tbeso
outbursts:
Whatever Is extravagant or ugly in the
architecture of thn tall structures .massed
upon Manhattan Island from Chambers
street to tho Battery Is lost In tho dusk
of evening, and the most modern of cities
seems almost mediaeval In suggestion.
Tho high twinkling lights In 10,000 win
dows are not to prolong tho labors of be
lated clerks, but to gram the festivities
at dame and cnvaller, for the vunt mo
dlaoval city of the November gloaming Is
peopled with appropriate Inhabitants,
enough knights and ladles, rqulres and
dames, tinseled rogues nnd" raplered brag
garts, strutting lords and cringing lackeys
to furnish characters for a thousand ro
malices of the modern historical school.
Behind this mount ot marble, with Its
hundred spires, slowly fade tho stormy
splendors of the sunset at tho end of a
gray November day. Tho wators of thn
river, alternately dun and crimson, as they
reflect the varying colors of tho sky, iceu
writ all over with tho roraaneo of thoso
high and peopled wnlls.
Not evon tho flouting stenm craft can
break thn spell of mcdlaovallsm, for tho
eye rnjtcts every Inconsistency and an
achronism of tho sceno nnd refuses to bo
Undeceived. A llttlo convoy of dingy white
oyster sloops, ducking and dancing behind
a tiny tug, may stand for nny sort ot erAft
belonging to nn earlier time. Tho broad
saII of n lumbering sand sloop. ahapeless
thing of soil and patches, seems eontem
porory with tho earliest youth of Columbu.
As the tranced watcher catches In thn
half light, now a steel cordage of the bridge,
now the gothlo curvo of an enormous arch,
It Is a gigantic ship, or a vast cathedral
and tho roar of motor machinery Is the
sound of the wind through tho rigging, or
of an organ mightier than any thu oicr
brenthed over kneeling multitudes.
Beyond the dim gray majesty of thn
gothlc tower stretches tbo vast East 81d
of tho city, along tho water front glowing
with great splashes of light Inland suffused
with mingled gloom and brightness and
punctuated with brilliant sparks. A wild
and momentarily glooming sky, miggoatUr
In Its dim aspect of Its notghbor, tho vba
sea, spreads over nil.
Dimly seen through the palpable dusit
that hovers over thn river to the northward
Is the ribbed and slatted ghost of tho great
bridge, whoso spectral towers and dlm-secu
cordage give tho last touch of unreality to
the sceno, and seem to set tho seal of au
thenticity upon tho wildest conjecture! of
Imagination.
Along tho Bowery are doiens of windows
whero aro displayed unredeemed pledges,
trinkets or valuables that havo utrnyod
from all quarters Into these eddies of com
merce. Sometimes a melancholy Interest
attaches to theso things, fays tho New York
Tribune, but tho pawnbroker Is a fon to
melancholy. Thereforo he puts humorous
placards upon his wares, to catch tho eye
and evoke a smllo, for a good humored man
Is a better customor than a gloomy one.
One window displays a cohwebbed akull
bearing a placard that says; "There are
1,000 skulls in existence said to be Oller
Cromwell's. This Is not one of them. Wo
never misrepresent.'"
Further nlong a skull Is displayed which
Is said to have belonged to "Pliny, whose
body was entirely consumed in Vesuvius.''
A largo legbono is advertised as "Good
enough to do for you If ever yours, Is
broken."
Watches give the Bowery humorist a
splendid flold. One of them bears a ticket
bidding tho passer "Buy mo If you haven't
time." Another confesses that "Slow horses
did this made him pawn me for 2B."
Ono wntch asks, boldly, "Don't joti llko
my face?" while another, elosei, eays, "I
am ashamed to be here; tako me away!"
A pretentious notice points out that "This
watch has three hands, nnd the third Is tin
second hand!" A stop watch is said to
have been used lu "timing tho Great
Human Race."
On a bottle of snakes Is hung this solemn
warning, "Don't look at mo, if drunk, foi
you will certainly see things."
A dealer declares his honosty thus, "Thlt
looks like a thousand-dollar bill, but I made
It myself; I never misrepresent,"' but hf
casts discredit on tho stntemcnt by display
ing some apple seeds which ho declares "be
longed to the notorious apple that got Eve
into trouble." "
I'F.ItSONAI. .VXD OTIIHHWIM1.
A Missouri school teacher recently whalcJ
a bunch of his pupils.- Tbc boys retaliated
and Missouri ts short one teacher.
Evidence taken nt Washington goes to
show that Colonel Meade's Jags were the
wonder and admiration of tho service.
A New Vork woman, 111 an' application
for dhorco, charges her husband with vruel
and unusual punishment, to-wlt: stealing
her falso teeth.
News comes from Washington Intimating
tbnt President Roosevelt's first message
contains 28,000 words, or a'nodt. seventeen
newspaper columns. Lord, how long'.
Stnte wardens of Maine havo prohibited
fishing until next June in Lake Chargogga
goggmanchang, etc. The rest of the nBiiip
ts omitted out of respect for the exiles ot
Maine.
A paplcr-mnche representation of a corps'
ts to be exhibited nt tho Bonlno trial "at
Washington. The prosecution must be ehj
on evidence when it resorts to gruesome
theatrical effects.
Sir Henry Strong will art as adminis
trator of the Dominion of Canada iltirlni
thn absence of Lord Mlnto, tho gOYcrnoi
general. This Is tho first tlmo a Canadian
has served In (hlB capacity.
Tho republican attorney general of 'Ken
tucky, who did not appeal his rasn agalu?t
his democratic opponent until tho j-otirt, ot
nppeals was of his political complexion,
manlfeMed keen appreciation of tbo higher
Ideals of government.
I'l.ASIIKS OF VVX.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "I 'sro that thn
women who attend tho Now Vork horse
show will bo dneoltay."
"I suppose tho horses will bo dccoltay,
too?"
"No, they .ill be decoltlsh.."
Chicago Post: "She's such a. mntter-of-foct.
huslnessllkn young woman that I'm
surprised she murrled him. He's not yory
rich."
"No: but he's very old and ho canieii a
big life insurance."
SomorvUle Journal: He It is because I
love you that I call your attention to your
faults.
She (tearfully) If you really tovml mc
you wouldn't think I had any faults.
Detroit Freo Trees: "When the lecturer
made a grammatical error 'It brought down
the house," said Miss Ourlcy.
"I don't think tho house, had beu well
brought up," commented Mrs. Hurley,
gravely,
Philadelphia PrcHH"r"But, .1 tnU you.
your shopping Ih extravagant." he pro
tested: "you should never tako a thing
Just bocauso it looks cheap." ,
"Indeed," said tho extravagant young
wife, "if T bad followed thnt Hdvlnn when
you proposed to mo I novpr would havo
taken you." 4
Washington Star: "Doesn't it makn you
nervous to hear your husband constantly
complaining about tho way political affairs
are managed?"
"No,"' answered thn tlred-looklng womah,
"It'H a relief to havo htm complain nbout
politics. It takes his mind oft tho. meals."
Till: UI'STIIKA.M I'Ul.l,.
Josh Wink In Baltimore American
It's easy when you're drifting with tio
current down the stream,
When the oars nre shipped bcsldo you and
tho laughing ripples gleam; '
When thero's, naught, to do but ido In thn
cushioned neat nnd bask ' ' '
In tho huppy, Hlowiug sunshine, whllo tho
Wtttor does tho task.
But them comes a sudden waking to tii
fancy and tio dream
When thn tlmn arrives that vomoionn has
to pult ngalnst tbo stream,
Tho fellow who's contented whlln thn cur
rent bears htm on
Finds that every mile hn travsl.i ahows a
wished-for haven gone; .
Kinds tho water bears him softly whero tfin
waiting chances lie.
Ilut unless ho does somo rowing If will
swiftly bear him by:
Finds that down the stream tho niches
that ho loiikw for all .iro full. ,
And that if hn'd seek tho right ono ho
must turn about and pull.
But It's easy very easy Just to float nlong
ami dream, .. - . .
Vet thn man Hornettmn discovers that ha
cannot float up stream.
And ho learns, ton, that tho world ts full
of folks who llkq to drift.
But th farther down thn river there thn
current grows rriorn swift x '
And be ulso leurna in norrow that succssn-
I ill ours would seem
To havo no use for tho fellow- who will
uovvr row up stream.
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