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Ak-Sar-Ben's royal bill posters are at
last abroad in the land.
Sir Thomas Lipton insists that he
prefers not to have the agony prolonged.
Most of us will side with Sir Thomas
od this question.
According to the press report, the
Minnesota state fair opened with a
long distance speech and a short dls-
tance trotting match.
, The irrepressible tendency in the
court house to make crooked things
traight has reached high water mark
In the proposed straightening out of the
Elkhorn river.
With the approach of the carnival
eason The" Bee renews its suggestion
that confetti throwing be barred. The
revelers can cut up enough with the
confetti cut out
It will be remembered that the school
board, once or twice "went after" the
drug men who sell liquor at wholesale
. on a $10 druggist's permit but that It
went uo further. . .
, The sultan does not like to have
'American war ships heading for bis
ports. It sots altogether too bad an
.; qxaniple which the powers of Europe
may be tempted to follow.
Mayor Ames, Minneapolis' boodllng
executive,, seems to have bard luck In
his efforts to secure new trials. He
ought to have moved to Missouri before
Btartlng on bis career of corruption.
Members of the Alaskan boundary
commission refuse to talk for publlca
tion in advance of the official sessions.
They will have plenty to say, however,
as soon as the ball is formally started.
Andrew Carnegie is becoming more
nd more optimistic In his predictions
of the future of the race. A man has it
light to be optlmtHtlc when he counts
bis wealth by the hundreds of mllllous.
After the cleaning up the police board
has given that part of the city, the sug
cestlon that the uew market house be
converted into a public bath bouse
comes almost as an insult to the neigh
borhood.
Crop prospects In Nebraska have not
Improved as they should have, but
neither have they groun worse. A
harvest-end lift for the corn would
come In rlj&t haudy ami the weather
man is requested to take due notice.
Isn't the employment of a teacher of
writing as necessary for High school
pupils a sort of reflection on the Instruc
tion in writing In the preparatory
grades? Can a pupil who can't write
legibly be qualified for High school
work?
No wonder Secretary Miaw Is In such
tiigb favor with the St. I-oul exposition
officers and managers. The secretary
carries the key that unlocks the vault
containing a $5.0UO,0UO appropriation
out of the national treasury for the ben
fit of the St. Ixuls fair.
It will be a cold day when there Is not
at least one Injunction Issued by ou
courts to restrain the mayor and council
from exenislug their legitimate discre
tion, or to restrain city officials from
performing duties devolving npou then)
under the laws of the stale and ordi
Banc) X th ctt.
TR1BCTB TO PKCntTAtir HAT.
Sporrt.iry liny stands vorj high In
foreign opinion ns a diplomatist and he
ms well earned thin pstpom. Tho Ion-
on Spectator In a recent article snys
f the promised opening of two ports In
blnn. at the solicitation of the United
StHtea, that It la a crowning proof
that Mr. Hay "Is one of the ablest and
nost nrees.sful of living diplomatists,"
nd In n review of his career pays fur
ther tribute to his worth ' and merit.
Americana who. are able to consider
the work of Secretary liny In 'connec
tion with our foreign relations with
fnlrness and freedom 1 from prejudice
will fully concur in the opinion of the
Ixmdon paper.'
John Hay baa had long experience in
diplomacy and be hn improved every
opportunity that came to blm for the
brondenlnj? of his knowledge of Inter
national ' nffnlrs and for strengthening.
n nil legitimate and honorable ways,
the Influence of the United States In
respect to such affairs. As the Amer
ica n ambassador to England when the
war with Spain came he showed a Tery
high order of diplomatic ability and
n dealing with the Chinese trouble bo
demonstrated that be was the peer if
not the superior of the European for
eign ministers. He proposed a policy
in regard to China which unquestion
ably prevented war against that em
pire by the European powers that
would have resulted in its dismember
ment. What he did In this matter alone
established a claim to distinction in the
fldd of diplomacy. The policy of the
State department under Secretary nay
has been to deal fairly and candidly
with all countries. He said In a public
address some two years ago that con
sciousness of our national strength
irlngs with It no temptation to do in
jury to any power on earth, the proud
est or the humblest It is in this spirit
that our foreign affairs have been con
ducted by Mr, Hay, with results most
satisfactory to our people and at the
same time strengthening the United
States in the respect and confidence of
all nations.
MAKISO MXVLVIHON MOHK Kt FKCTIV C.
A great many Chinese are said to
have come into San Francisco who had
no right to enter under the exclusion
act. This ha,s been accomplished by
claiming that they were born In the
United States and Invoking the writ
of habeas corpus. The San Francisco
Chronicle explains that the custom has
been to sue out a writ while the Chi
nese under suspicion of being Inad
missible was detained by the immigra
tion officer and before the latter had
time to make a satisfactory investiga
tion of the suspected case. This abuse
of the writ enabled the agents of the
petitioners to get control of their .clients
nnd coach them before they appeared
before the United States commissioner
to testify concerning their nativity.
The judges of the federal courts at
San Frnnclsco have made a new order
In regard to the nature of a petition
for the admission of Chinese which it is
thought will do away with evasion of
the exclusion act. The Chronicle says it
will be a safeguard against coaching,
will give the officials more time for the
Investigation of cases aud will increase
the peril of the agents and court prac
titioners who are engaged In the dis
reputable business of coaching and thus
aiding and abetting the claimant for
admission to defeat the law. It is
probable that this sort of evasion is not
so common as represented, but it is
manifestly proper to put a stop to It.
Whatever one may think regarding the
policy of the exclusion act it is the
law and should be falthully enforced,
NATURAL FORCES AND TRVHTS.
The committee on commercial law of
the American Bar association aald in Its
report to which reference has already
been made, that we cannot "rely on
nutural forces, on the law of supply and
demand, or on economic considerations,
to limit the. growth of modern combina
tions." It was urged that the people
must put limitations upon them by
their legislatures, their congress and
their courts. There is no doubt as to
the soundness of the latter suggestion.
but it is still a fact that natural forces
and economic considerations are exert
Ing an Influence in checking the growth
of modern combinations and there is
reason to believe will continue to do so.
Evidence of this Is found abroad as well
as In this country. An eminent German
economist has recently pointed out that
the operation of natural economic forces
has had a very distinct Influence in
checking the growth of combinations
and It is certainly a fact that these
forces are exerting themselves here in a
like direction. There is hardly a com
bination which has not felt the effect
of these forces and some have been
compelled to succumb to the pressure.
Overcapitalization, unsound manage
ment, the carrying on of business In
disregard of established economic prin
ciples, have caused the dissolution of a
number of combinations aud there la no
doubt that for the same reasons others
will sooner or later be forced to dissolve.
Vet It manifestly would not be wise
to rely wholly upon natural forces aud
economic considerations to limit the
growth of combinations. There is
needed, also judicious and practicable
laws, national and state, for the proper
supervision and regulation of what are
commonly designated trusts. In the
first place, the public should know how
every such combination Is organized
and how managed. This Is contemplated
In the law creating a bureau of corpora
tions charged with the duty of ascer
taining specified facts in regard to all
combinations, other than common car
riers, engaged In commerce among the
states or with foreign countries.
Whether or not this will prove sufficient
to check the growth of coinbluutUuis Is
yet to le determined, but probably it
will be found that something more is
uecesHury tlutt there must be a well-
J defined policy of regulation, provision
for which may not be easy under the
limited authority of congress. It Is the
opinion of many Intelligent students of
the subject that In order that the gov
ernment may exercise such control of
the trusts as Is demanded In the public
Interest the constitution must be
amended so as to confer greater nuthor
Ity upon congress.
Nntural forces and economic consider
ations have by no means lost their
power. They will continue to operate
more or less effectively upon the com
binations. But it is wise to supplement
them with restrictive aud regulative
legislation and this will be done.
1HK LAW'S DELAY.
Fred M. Hans, who has been In Jail here
for some time awaiting a hearing for kill
ing D. O. Luse two years ago, as he says,
In self-defense, gave a bond today for his
appearance at the next term of the district
court, October 5. Dispatch from Alns
worth, Neb.
Here is a striking example In support
of the recent declarations of President
Uoosevelt, that the prime cause of
lynching is due to the popular distrust
In the courts engendered by the law's
delay. "We must," says President
Roosevelt "show that the law is ade
quate to deal with crime by freeing it
of every vestige of technicality and
delay. Justice should act swiftly," be
says, "and the efforts of all legislators,
judges and citizens should be addressed
to secure such reformation In our local
procedure as to leave no vestige of ex
cuse for those misguided men who un
dertake to reap vengeance through mis
guided references."
The fact that Detective Fred Hans
has been able by legal quibbles to stave
off trial for the killing of Luse for more
than two years cannot fall to have a
tendency to bring oud system of Justice
into disrepute and Incite men to take
the law into their own hands. The state
of Nebraska has made ample provision
for the expeditious administration of
justice. So far as we can learn, no dis
trict Judge Is overworked even if he Is
underpaid, and if a Judge in any of the
judicial districts is incapacitated for
holding court there is always an ample
number of Judges willing to take his
place.
Manifestly, the delay In the trial of
Hans must be ascribed to undue par
tiality or sympathy. If Hans killed
Luse in self-defense, be should have
been promptly tried and acquitted. If
It was a deliberate murder, then he
should have been nnt on trial and made
to suffer the penalties of his crime after
conviction.
Commissioner O'Keeffe has struck the
nail squarely on the head in his protest
against tbo further expenditure of
county funds for Iron bridges. The
colleagues of Mr. O'Keeffe on the county
board may not be aware of it but it is
nevertheless true that the people of
Douglas county are onto the Iron bridge
graft by which thousands of dollars
have been annually filched from the
pockets of the taxpayers and put Into
the pockets of contractors who, like the
heathen Chinee, are very peculiar for
ways that are dark and tricks that are
vain. The people of -Douglas county
have taxed themselves hundreds of
thousands of dollars for Improving the
roadways, but a very large part of thla
money, wrung from the pockets of the
taxpayers, has been squandered through
the connivance of dishonest commis
sioners and negligent county ourveyors.
We do not believe we are putting it too
strong in expressing the opinion that
the county could have had at least two
substantial paved roadways from ia st
to west and north to south, with ever
lasting stone culverts and bridges, for
the money taken out of the road and
bridge fund in the last ten years for
grading roads that will not stay graded
and repairing bridges that will not stay
repaired.
If. the county commissioners are in
real dead earnest about straightening
ont the Elkhorn river, why not dig a
straight line canal that will absorb the
water of the Elkhorn aud carry It Into
a reservoir for electrical power pur
poses, fill up the Elkhorn river bed with
the earth taken out of the canal and
use the money from the reclaimed lands
to pay for the work? That might solve
the cheap power problem and save the
Omaha Electric Lighting company from
the loss it will incur by its. proposed ex
tension contract at $70 an arc lamp.
American Catholics are given the as
surance on semi-official authority that
two additional cardinals for the United
States are to be created in the very
near future. Pope Plus could not do
anything to make himself more popular
in this country than to accord the
American church the recognition to
which It has long been entitled but
which has been withheld from it.
The committee in chanre of the re
union of the Army of the rClllpplnes
at St. Taul gives out an estlmute that
3,000 of the new war veterans are In
attendance. Those who observed the
reunion of the army at Council Bluffs
last year will wait for a revised estl
mate.
Fatno Thrust I'pon lllm.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Mr. Magelasen will have to be numbered
with the lucky ones who huve had fame
and greatness thrust upon them. He ought
to be able to write for almost any of the
magazines now.
Rear ulnar for a Shadow.
Washington Post.
Mr. Bryan Is confident that tha demo
crats will carry Kansas next year If tho
reorganlsers do not get control of the party.
The lust expression of Kansas on the Kan
sas City platform was a repu'-licuii ma
jority of 0,083. .
Applying n Soothing; I'oilller,
Now York Tribune.
The conviction ami ten tne.ee to prl.son of
a member of the lynching mob at Danville,
III., ought to be follow ol ly Similar vin
dlcatlou of the majesty of the law In every
case In which a lynching murderer an be
brought to trial and found guilty upon con
vlnclng evidence of bis trla.e. lu that
way, and in that way only, can this abom
inable practice of anarchy be stamped
out.
Too Many Frills.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Our boye and girls have a smattering of
a couple of doaen ologles and can beat
their parents at sums and triangles; but
they spell like the deuce, and their pen
mnnship Is a disgrace to civilisation. Iess
method and more sense.
Abhors the Strenaooa Life.
Washington Btar.
Historians sometimes take strange liber
ties with the truth in order to aggrandize
Individuals. But no eulogist, however en
thusiastic, will have the assurance to de
pict the sultan as rushing forth from the
palace to personally conduct his cohorts to
the fray.
When Technicalities Fall.
Baltimore American.
Gotham Is stricken with amazement at
the unprecedented eight of a rich criminal,
tried, convicted and In prison, unable to
get out by means of technicalities. When
technicalities begin to fall crime, then Is
the law indeed pandering to Justice In the
most unexpected manner.
Ilall nnd Chain tor Loafers.
Baltimore Sun.
Georgia Is dealing with loafers by a new
method. In that state, as In many others,
around every settlement are a number of
persons who have no visible means of sup
port and never will have any If they are
left to decide the labor question them
selves. After having on the statute books
for years the usual laws of northern states
and finding them Inadequate, Georgia has
passed a much stricter vagrancy act and
the Judges are enforcing It too. Under the
new law vagrancy Is punished by a sent
ence of Imprisonment for a term of from
three months to a whole year. This does
not mean confinement In a Jail, but work
on a chain gang that Is building a railroad
or a macadam road. Taus, If a man re
fuses to work for himself, he Is Induced to
wear the state's striped clothes and work
under the state's supervision.
KILLING THE Tt'RKS TOO FAST.
Wonderfnl Exeentlan of War Corre
' spondenta In tbo Balkans.
Washington Post.
Tt Is quite like old times, as the saying
goes, to read the fine, vigorous, luxuriant
war reports that come to us nowadays from
the Balkans via London. The experience
takes us back to the last days of 1894-97,
when the special correspondents watched,
from the cafe of the Inglaterra hotel In
Havana, the victorious onslaughts of the
Cuban patriots and recorded. In the capa
city of eye-witnesses, their wholesale mas
sacres of the hated Spaniard. What days
they were, to be sure I You, could get a
battle to order. Spaniards fell down and
died by thousands In response to the
simplest requisition from New York. It
was a dull week' In which the-Insurrectos
didn't drive the tyrant out of some prov
ince and saturate the soil for miles around
with his dastard gore. And here we are
again! A slight geographical change: the
transfer of an arena no longer available;
hut ih same dear, old familiar butcheries
and depopulations. We can almost hear the
shouts of the victorious correspondents
above the noise or the Dana piaying on me
Prado.
One story In particular delighted us on
Wednesday morning a story from Mahla
(Bulgaria, we Infer), telling us of the heroic
hplmvlrtn o f eighteen revolutionists. These
eighteen heroes attacked 260 Bashl-Basouks
who had taken refuge In a stone tower.
The Bashl-Basouks had fled before their
Impetuous and serried onslaught and hid
themselves In the granite fortress. Most
men that Is to say, most men operating
i.. hn.t nf larhteen would have given
up In despair before the specUcle of 250
enemies so securely Intrencnea, aeienaea,
and walled in. We do not believe. Indeed,
that even twenty-five of the very flower
of the French or Austrian army would
have attempted to go farther. Not so these
TiiiHnn imirintn. who the Irreverent
press agents describe as "Insurgents." The
cowardly expedient of the 260 uasni-ua-
zouks only nerved them to iresn xury.
Tk.v hlAw un the fortress and killed every
trembling son of a sea cook In the garrison.
This Is only a single. Isolated instance oi
h. irritihln valor of the sons of freedom
in the Balkans. The record, taken as a
whole, is one unbroken chronicle or siaugn-
tor and extermination, inaeea, n mo
.,,. onirt he charmed so as to take
ub back to Matanzaa, Santa Clara, Plnar
del Rio. and Havana, we could easily be
lieve that e have picked up an oia j enow
-,..nr nf 1897 and were reading over
again the bloody exploits of Jesus Rabl.
Lacret, Garcia, Sangullly. as related by the
eloquent young gentlemen of the Ingla
terra coterie.
We muke bold to offer Just one suggestion
to the equally eloquent young gentlemen
nn anrared at Sofia. Vienna, or
shall we not say London ?-don"t kill all
the Turks before the 1st or oepiemoer,
rireaasla Into the neighbor
hood of the Piraeus. We shall need more
material for holocausts as the war pro
gresses, and the Macedonian committee can
destroy the Circassians as the curtain
fulls.
MR. BRYAN'S COMPLACENCY.
Things Conlsg Hie Way for Another
Hard Fall.
ci T-oiila oiobe-Democrat.
Mr. Bryan Is said to be satisfied at the
way things are shaping themselves In his
,..,.. it. m.irhi tn b satisfied. The Ne-
,-.ia Acmni-ratm and populists have de
clared for silver coinage on his lines and
have fused once more, aa he bade tnem.
. riamr.rra.tn have endorsed the Kan
sas City platform, though making a pre
tense to omit rree silver irora meir buv
tlon. Things axe going Bryan's way pretty
much all over the west, so far aa regards
the democracy.
Every sane person In the United States
thai the action of the Nebraska and
Ohio democratic conventions was a set
back to the reorganlsers, wnetner uiey
belong to the Cleveland wing of tho party
... M urn nr rinrman men. The states
of these two democrats have declared for
Bryan Juat aa much aa If they had for
m,.n, ,rd him for the candidacy In
190S. Bryan does not seek tho candidacy
In that year. None of his menas are aaa-
i.... i, fr him. One of his friends In the
Nebraska convention, however, took pains
to declare that while Bryan was noi too.
i.o tV.w tha nnmln atlon next year, ho ex
pected to have a good deal to say In the
national assemblage as to the man who
should bo the nominee and as to me piai
mhlrh ha should Stand.
All this Is very suggestive aa to tho situ-
stion In tho democracy during tne can
vass of 1904. The innocent democratic pa
pers which are saying that their side Is
getting together while tho republicans are
falling apart should wake up and look
Seldom In the pant t-rty-nve
years havw the republicans been more har
monlotis than they are now. Seldom In the
past 100 years has there been more discord
in the democratic party than Is there at
this time. There la a reasonable certainty,
lu fact, that there will be a bolt tn the
democracy In 19o4 like that which took
place In 1SW. excepting that next year It
may be the silver men who will go out. It
Is pretty hard to see at this time how the
republicans can prevent their majority In
the electoral college of 1904 from going be
yond the high figure of wa
BITS Or WASHINGTON LIFE.
Minor Seenee anal lacldents Sketched
on the Spot.
The finishing touches are being put on
the White House preparatory for the return
of the presidential family the last week
In September. During the summer many
minor improvements weie undertaken.
Nearly the entire Interior has been re
painted. The executive offices on the
western terrace have been touched up and
on one wall a pretty picture relieves the
monotony. The cut glass chandeliers of the
east room, which Mrs. Roosevelt and
Colonel Symona concluded were too large
and out ot proportion to the room were
taken down early In the summer and sent
to New York. They are now again In place.
much diminished In size. But for these
elaborate ornaments the east room would
be entirely barren, a white coat of paint
having Just been spread upon the interior.
Additional hat and cloak racks have been
erected In the eastern terrace for the ac
commodation of guests at the large recep
tions. By steady work on the part of the
landscape gardener, George H. Brown, the
colonials gardens to the south of the
mansion have been laid out and are near
completion.
At the president's stables there are signs
that portend the homecoming. , All the
horses were taken to Oyster Bay early In
the summer for the use of the family. Most
of the animals are expected In Washington
about a week before the president, that
they may recover from the trip and be
In readiness for service.
The National museum has just received
two magnificent collections, the finest. In
fact, that have ever reached that Institu
tion for several years. They are at present
undergoing classification, preparatory to
being placed upon exhibition. The most
Important of the two Is one Just received
from the War department.
, Along about the year 1S59 the War depart
ment, which, from the very date of Its
organization and establishment under
President Washington, had devoted consid
erable time and attention to collecting fire
arms of various types, models, countries
and periods, especially those made In this
country, established a military museum In
the Winder building. In which It placed On
exhibition what, even at that period, was a
very large collection of guns. During the
civil war, however, the War department
was so crowded for room that It was
obliged to suspend the military museum
and once moro to store the collection In
the department cellars. The collection has
remained there ever since, together with
numerous accessions, amounting to as
much, if not more, than the entire collec
tion as It existed at the beginning of the
war of the rebellion. Recently, however.
the War department decided. In view of
the fact that It was In no wise able to
exhibit these firearms as they should be
shown, turned the entire collection over to
the National museum, placing It In the
hands of Mr. George C. Maynard. curator
of mechanical science of that institution,
who is now busy preparing the specimens
for exhibit.
It Is the Intention of the National mu
seum to Increase the collection by gather
ing .together one of the largest and most
extensive exhibits of firearms In North
America. Aa the collection now stands. It
contains specimens of each and all of the
firearms, Invented, made and used "for and
In the different American wars, as well as
a large body of foreign arms.
Dr. Frankenfleld of the United States
weather bureau has completed and sent to
the printer an exhaustive report on the
floods of the Missouri and Kaw rivers. The
report Is the most comprehensive thing of
the kind ever attempted by the government.
Dr. Frankenfleld' s report will show that
the spring floods of 1903 in the Missouri and
Kaw rivers and upper Mississippi were the
most destructive In the history of the coun
try and were the greatest In volume of
water, with the exception of that of 1844.
The report shows that the total loss from
the flood was. In round numbers, $40,000,000.
This Is' based upon actual Investigation.
The loss In the vicinity of Tooeka, Des
Moines and Kansas City was largely to
crops, railroads, bridges and to commercial
Interests. A loss of $11,500,000 was sustained
between Hannibal and St. Louis on the Mis
sissippi and between Alton and Kansas City
on the Missouri. The loss In tha Immediate
vicinity of Kansas City was $15,500,000. Usu
ally the agricultural Interests suffer most
from floods, but Dr. Frankenfleld remarks
that the high water this year distributed Its
ravages with rare Impartiality. The loss
from . the destruction and damaging of
bridges alone amounted to $750,000.
AMERICA'S TRIUMPHS ON SEAS.
phenomenon ,nn Old as Clipper
Ships.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
"American brains and development have
us beaten," says Sir Thomas Lipton. "If
the day ever comes when England produces
a Herreshoff, then I will challenge for the
cup again. It will not be until then." The
British yachtsman had felt some encour
agement up to the close of the second race
and then he gave up all hope. Although
the series Is not yet finished, there Is no
reason to doubt that the challenger is cor
rect when he says that he Is teaten. The
fact that he has given up all intentlpn of
ever participating in another race for the
cup until England produces a man who
can build boats as speedy as the American
who has constructed several of the cup
defenders will be regretted, for Sir Thomas
has won many warm friends In this coun
try. But American supremacy on the water
Is no new phenomenon. Nor Is it confined
to racing machines like the recent cup
challengers and defenders. In the days of
tha old clipper ships, the United States
used to make records in the ocean passage
which were a good deal more notable and
Immeasurably more Important than any
which it has achieved In a cup yacht race
in the past third of a century. America
had the timber for the vessels, the skill
among the builders and the dexterity
among the sailors which won for this conn
try Its pre-eminence on the ocean. This
was shown In war as well as peace. The
brilliant triumphs which were gained by
American ships In the two wars with Eng
land long ago were due to all these three
qualities, aa well as to the courage of the
seamen.
The displacement of the sailing vescl Ivy
the steamer and the substitution of iron
for wood In construction gave the United
States a setback In boat building for. the
time, for England was ahead of us In those
days In Iron and steel manufacture. The
civil war, which came on about the time
that these changes in character and con
struction of ocean vessels began to take
shape, completed America's discomfiture
and gave England a long lead on the
water. For years past the United Stafee
has been ahead of England and of all ttut
rest of the world In the manufacture of
Iron and steel, but tho lower jrice of labor
on tha other side of the water gives I hat
country still an advantage over us In the
cost of constructing and manning ocean
vesaaela In the building of sailing vessels,
as shown not only by the construction of.
tho racing yachts, but also In that of the
new six or elght-maated vessels for the
ocean trade, which are coming Into use,
the United Slates still leads the world, and
there Is a chance also that under the proper
policy of protection this country may yet
take the leading place In the development
and maintenance of a steam marina
JOHNSON'S l Ol RSBJ HELPS HANNA.
Ohio Democrats Spilt by No Est of
Qaarrels.
Washington Dispatch to N. T. World.
All the officials of the administration
who keep books on the aspect of political
affHlrs for the benefit of the president
have put It down as a sure thing that
Benator Hanna -will be re-elected with a
larger majority than he got five years ago.
There has never been,, the least doubt
shout the defeat of Tom L. Johnson for
governor, but there has been a fear that
Hanna would not have as easy a time as
he might desire.
Now It Is figured that If Johnson's nom
ination does not disrupt the democratic
party In Ohio and cause a landslide for
the republicans, and the single-tax apostle
Is able to make as good a contest as John
H. McLean did two years ago, the result
of the legislative fight will be about as
follows:
Republicans In the senate, 18; In the
house, 60; making a total of 78.
Democrats In the senate, 15; In the house,
50; making a total of 65, or a majority of 13
for the republicans on Joint ballot.
The present legislature Is composed of
89 republicans and 54 democrats. Tho re
publicans have many men In the senate
from districts that should normally be
democratic.
The nomination of Johnson, brought
about by bare-faced methods, will Increase
the. number of party quarrels. In fact,
every day since the adjournment of the
convention some democratlo newspaper or
politician haa announced that there was a
case of too much Johnson. This, of course,
will further Injur Clarke's chances for
the senate.
The managers of Clarke say they will
carry all the districts that were formerly
democratic, but tho republicans are just
as certain they will carry two of the dis
tricts that are in dispute. As Senator
Hanna never lets the campaign lag for
want of a little money, the chances tha,t
these two districts will be carried for him
are considered good.
So far as the house is concerned, the
democrats should regain Clermont, Erie,
Marlon, Hocking, Vinton, Sandusky and
Knox counties, giving them a gain of six
members over the present standing. They
have a small chance of carrying Delaware,
Morrow, Perry, Hancock, Morgan, Noble,
Paulding, Muskingum and Williams coun
ties, giving them a gain of eight more
members if they carry all these counties,
which may be classed as doubtful.
But while the democrats are regaining
the counties that are normally democratlo
and are carrying those that are really
doubtful, the republicans will carry Guern
sey, a county now represented by a dem
ocrat, but which, under normal circum
stances, Is overwhelmingly republican.
Under that division of the spoils tho
house would stand a tie, each party hav
ing fifty-five members, and Hanna would
have a majority of one vote, which Is
what he had five years ago.
But to even Imagine a result as close
as that Is ridiculous in the eyes of those
who know the crew that Is sailing the
democratlo ship in the campaign that is
to be begun shortly. Clarke, the candi
date for senator. Is somewhat eccentric.
He Is really a brilliant orator, but lacks
balance as much as Johnson. He Is the
sort of man who will tell an opponent to
his face that he thinks he is a liar and a
thief. He did that once to the lata Calvin
S. Brice. , -
When Brice presided at one of tha state
conventions while he was senator, Clarke
got the floor and walked down to within
ten feet of where Brice sat and poured out
the most bitter vituperation.
Brice sat through It all without betray
ing the slightest emotion, but ho took the
edge oft the remarks of Clark by leaning
forward and saying:
'What did the delegat say his nam
wasT I did not catch It aa he came for
ward, and I do not think the clerks got It."
Clarke Is an ardent gold man, but, like
Johnson, Is a supporter of Bryan, because
he says he believes Bryan Is on the aid
of the people.
BECOMING MORE REMOTE.
Day of Commercial Wireless Tele.
graphy Not In Sight.
Chicago Chronicle.
Contrary to the confident assertion of ex
perimenters and exploiters, the commercial
day ot wireless telegraphy becomes more
remote Instead of nearer.
The little progress which hss been made
shows only two things conclusively that
transmission without wires Is possible and
that there Is no security In tha process, no
reliability In the result.
Three companies operating during the In
ternational yacht races appeared to be more
anxious to demonstrate the futility of wire
less telegraphy than to make steps in its
advancement. The receivers of none of
them proved safe from the currents of the
others. Their rival messages becam aer
ally interwoven and nothing was achieved
beyond the certainty that no method yet de
vised lifts telegraphy without wires out of
th slough of baffling atmospherio condi
tions or above the perversity of vicious
competition. ' ' '
The question is narrowing down on one
side to the maximum of propulsion. The
plant with the highest power is able to de
range the working of plants of lower power.
But no plant yet established Is proof
against eccentric conduct by nature's plant
and no code or mode, 1b exclusive or trust
worthy under all circumstances.
The rival companies had a superb oppor
tunity for promoting wireless telegraphy
by co-operative work during the yacht
races. Instead of displaying the true spirit
of science they manifested vulgar puerility
and malice more worthy curbstone hucksters.
$3.50
Is the price of some Swell Hats. About ten styles In all
that hare just arrived. The bell has rung for the straw
boys, and you want to look at these new felt ones before
you decide just what to buy. They are on display In our'
hat window on i5th street, and are equal to, if not' better,
than what most stores ask f 4.00 for.
The boys' and children's hats are on the 2d floor.
"No Clothing
n
R. S. Wilcox,
PERSONAL NOTES.
rrof. lingley's flying machtn seems to
have the sain trouble In the air that the
Shamrock has In water.
All hands are anxious to pledge a biimri
to Sir Thomas Lipton, and they will be
Ing him a great kindness If they will mnk
It cold tes.
The manager of the Atlantic baseball club
is named Finn and he writes his chrlstlmi
name "Mlque." Ha refuses to adopt the
suggestion that he spell his second nsme
"Phynne." ,
Three sons were born to a Kentucky
farmer a few days ago and he haa named
them, his wife acquiescing. Kentucky
Tennessee and Virginia. In honor of the'
three states In which his wife has lived.
Mrs. Florllla Swetland Pierce, grand
daughter of a brother of John Hancock,
one of the signers of the Declaration of In
dependence, celebrated, last Tuesday, her
100th birthday at Honeoye Falls, N. Y.
General U. 8. Grant's old fsrm, four
miles from St. Louis, has recently been
sold, a street railway running to It, and
a part of It Is to be made Into a pleasure
resort, which Is expected to be espeelnlly
attractive because of Its association with
Grant's life before the war.
The General Society of Mayflower le
scendents will hold its third general con
gress In Plymouth, Mass., next Saturdiiy,
September 5. The congress is composed of
delegates from the various state societies
of thoee descended from the pilgrims who
landed st Plymouth from Mayflower in KM.
POINTED REMARKS.
Whew! Its hot here," exclaimed Jenks.
who was calling on his friend, tho dra
matic critic.
"Of course," replied the critic. "This is
where I do my roasting." Philadelphia
"Are th mosquitoes very bHd around
here?"
"Bad!" echoed the native, derlsivelv.
Mister, did you ever hear of a mosmuto
bein' converted? " Washington Star.
Just then an automobile whizzed hv
"Speaking of 'red devils.' " said old i'hlef
Geronlmo, who chanced to be in a remi
niscent mood. "I wasn't what you would
call a slouch myself In my time, was 1?"
Chicago Tribune.
Columbus, with his ships, was approach
ing America.
"Gee!" muttered the Indians, "this is the
first man to come after the cup In 1.4M
years!"
Hastily secreting their treasure, thev
watched the ships spread out their baby
Jlb-topsalls. New York Sun.
Kwoter Oh, there are quite ss good fish
In the sea ss ever were caught, you know.
Newltt Better. Just think of the mnnv .
enormous ones thst Just managed to got
away, from all the anglers.-Phlladelphla '
Press.
"What Is that porterhouse steak worth?"
ssked the professor.
The butcher weighed it.
"Kighty-ftve cents." he said.
"Well," sighed the professor, "I'll tska
It but cannibalism would be cheaper."
Chicago Tribune.
Angry Father Young man, you are sit
ting up too late with my daughter. Lest
night I heard you kissing' her.
Tanerton Well, sir, some one has got to..
Detroit Free, Press. jl
Paul Revere was doing his famous stunt.'
"There's one satisfaction," he gasped,
"the email boys can't yell 'Glttahorse at
me!"
Feeling that life was worth living with
out an auto, under these conditions, he
sped on. New York Sun.
Visitor You are the editor? Well, I went
to speak to you about my daughter. She
writes poetry, sir, and she's only 14 years
old!
Editor Oh, well. I wouldn't worry. She'll
outgrow It, perhaps. Boston Transcript.
AT THE CROSSROADS STORE.
Harper's Magazine.
You . can talk abaout.yer congressmen-
An' senators and such, '"
Debatln' daown t' Washln'turi
In a way to beat the Dutch;
Wavln" their arms wild In the air, ,
And s tarn pin" on th' floor
But the place where things gits settled IS
Daown to the Crossroads store.
We gather there 'most every night
When all the work Is through.
An' sorter glance the k entry o'er,
Takln' a birds-eye view
Of politics, diplomacy.
Religion, crops; and soar
To patriot lo holghts you betl
When Russia gits a leetle fresh.
Or England throws a bluff, -Or
Germany shoots oft some moro
Retaliation stuff:
Or Turkey holds her fingers to
Her snubby, turn-up none.
Wlgglin' 'em In the direction
Your Uncle Samyel goes
We ca'mly take the matter up,
Prepared fer peace 'r war;
Don't keer much which, when we gits riled
Daown to the Crossroads store.
Sometimes our argymtnt grow hot,
An' Deekln Brown rips out
A good old cuss word, like "Gol darn
Whut Italy's about!"
unen uranpop wniie jump irwa w -,--
An' grabs an ole ax helve. '
"By gum!" he squeaks, "that a what we
dona . ...
' 'Way back In FJghteen-twotvet"
You can believe the eagle screams.
An' cannons crash and roar.
When we're eettlln' mighty questions
Daown to the Crossroads store.
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OMAHA.
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Exceptional advantages In music, urt and
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