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. TITE OfXn.V DAILY BEEt TUEBDAY7 JUNE 14. 1904. The Omaha Daily Bee. e. rose waiter, editor. ' PUBLISHED EVERT MORNINO. ' TERMS Or SUBSCRIPTION. pally Bee (without Sunday), One Tear..l4.00 ptHly B- and Sunday, One tear 0 Illustrated Bee, One Year J W Sunday Bee, m Year j JJJ Saturday Bee, One Year J Twentieth Centurr Farmer. One Year.. l.W DELIVERED HY CXRRIER. Pally Bee (without Sunday), per copy ?e pally Bee (without Sunday;, per week.. ..12c lally Bee (Including Sunday), per week.. .17c Sunday Bee, per copy c Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week, tc Evening Bee (Including Sunday), per Complalnta of Irregularity In delivery should be addressed to City Circulation ween Ltepartment. . OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall Building, Twen ty-flfth and M Streeta. Council Blutra 10 Pearl Street. Chlraro 140 Unity Btilldlnf. New York Park Row Building. Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. 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I0,o20 Net total sales . 901,821 Net average sales 20,091 GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. . Subscribed In my presence and sworn to oeiore me inis list aay or mar, a. u. jww. (Seal) M. B. HIjNUAIU., Notary Publlo. There ia war and rumors of war. Tbere are battles and rumors of bat tles, particularly rumors. Mississippi seems : ready to condone "the crime of '73." And even Mr. Bryan will not dare to question the democracy of Mississippi. Even the elements find It hard to be orderly In, Colorado. Three destructive floods and' a snowstorm Is the record already for June. Japanese are proving themselves al most as expert In the art of setting bear traps as the old trappers and hunters of American pioneer days. The sum and substance of the advice of railroad tax agents to the state board Is to multiply the railroad assessment by two and then take ball away from it ' i n .' - ' . ' Springfield hotel keepers are ready, for another state convention, but It la hardly possibles' Illinois democrats will be as remunerative In their patronage as Illi nois republicans.' " ' If that American submarine boat foi , lows the precedent established by such craft, Russia should rejoice rather than complain over the fact that it has been sold to Japan. " i.i ' - Great Britain finds that tbere is a higher .power than the Dalai-Lama in Thibet, which probably means ' that It has found one with which it thinks It can make' a deal. If our school board ia to manage Omaha's public schools under orders from an absentee superintendent In Mil waukee, why, pray, should we pay a alary to resident superintendent? If the republican leaders at Chicago can bring the -contesting factions of Wisconsin together there need be no doubt of their ability to conduct the campaign this fall to overwhelming vic tory. John D. Rockefeller Is said to be nt the head of a movement to combine all of the mines of the country. In the opinion of . some people John doesn't want -the earth desiring only all, that Is under It It Is refreshing to discover something to commend In Colorado Just now. A Nebraska physician speaks favorably of law In that state which, however, re lates 'to horses and governs the prac tice of veterinarians. The High school cadets In their out door encampment are said to be ac tively engaged in fighting mosquitoes. 'After having gone through this cam paign successfully tbey will be expected to graduate Into fighting something trigger. The State Board of Equalization kvarns county assessors to be careful to assess all . property at Ita full value. ZThe advice is good, but In tbla case one good example set by the board Itself on the railroads would be more effective than a hundred letters of instruction. According to the British Idea food stuff which waa contraband when con signed to the Boers in South Africa is pot' contraband M-hen consigned to either belligerent in Asia. Uncle Sam Is more consistent in this matter, hold ing, apparently, that nothing which can be delivered is contraband. Cotqiulsflloner of Indian Affairs Jones Will visit Omaha shortly on his tour of Inspection, of Indian supply depots. If Mr. Jones can be persuaded to put Omaha on his regular itinerary per haps we can do away with the annual spectacular rescue of the lyipply depot appropriation on the floor oT the house each time the . bill comes up for con Kreeslonal aTftOX A3 A PAKIUUVST iSSCB. The appointment of Attorney General Thllander C. Knox to the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Quay has supplied the democratic leaders with a new paramount Issue. The peer less Bryan declares over his own name that "the appointment of Knox at the solicitation of the trust magnates and with the consent of the president li simply another proof thnt the admlnls tratlon has no serious intention of In terfering with the trusts." Charles A. Towne, the silver-tongued. declares that the selection of Knox con sUtutes a new ground for believing the reputed understanding between the ad ministration and the trust magnates. In the opinion of Mr. Towne, this alliance will be so apparent by election time that it will prove a strong factor in defeating President Roosevelt Lucius F. C. Garlin, democratic gov ernor of Rhode Island, interprets the appointment of Knox as an indication that the administration is not unwill lng to placate the trusts at this critical time. Tom Taggart, democratic committee man from Indiana, declares that the ap pointment of Knox as attorney general was an unqualified surrender to the trusts and that no genuine efforts to en force the anti-trust laws could be ex pected from him. They are, therefore, not surprised to hear that be is to be transferred to another field where he may be even more useful to them. The democratic leaders who appear to be so perturbed over the appointment of Philander C. Knox to the Pennsyl vania senatorshlp act very much like a drowning man clutching after a straw. They have been ransacking heaven and earth after a new paramount Issue, and. Eureka, they bave found It. When Philander C. Knox was appointed at torney genera by President McKinley these same leaders denounced it as a most shameful surrender to the trusts, nis retention in that position by Presi dent Roosevelt was pronounced as a concession to the trust magnates, whom Roosevelt wanted to placate. Now that Mr. Knox is to be transferred from the cabinet to the senate the demo-trust smashers see in It an Ignominious re treat from the firing line. Their attitude would be considered' supremely ridiculous were It not so gro tesque. If Knox was a mere tool of the trusts in the Department of Jus tice, why all this lamentation and gnashing of teeth because he is about to vacate the office? Surely if be is as bad as he was painted when he was first appointed. President Roosevelt can do no worse in selecting a successor. If Governor Pennypacker anDolnted Knox at the dictation of the trust mag nates, he would , have appointed any other man that the trust magnates would have named. In other words, no body offensive to the trust magnates could have gotten the position and the makeup of the senate would hav.e been no different so far as trust regulation Is concerned than it would be- if Knox is all that he is represented. ". in any event, the attempt to make the appoint ment, of Knox a paramount issue of the coming campaign- must prove a dismal failure. THE PB1LIPPMM IBBUS. The very respectable citizens who call themselves anti-imperialists and who want the national conventions ' of the two parties to Incorporate in their plat forms a promise of Independence to the Filipinos, are preparing to bring such pressure as they can for this purpose. Their appeal Is published and it is the understanding that they will have rep resentatives at Chicago and at St Louis to ' urge It upon the attention of the conventions. This appeal concludes as follows: ."We do not ask that the power of the United States be withdrawn from the Philippines at once and uncondi tionally. But we do ask, In the name of the fundamental principles UDon which the American republic was built, and in the name of the Justice we owe to the foreign people now our subjects, that the Inhabitants of the Philippine islands be granted their national inde pendence as soon as, with the counte nance and aid and under the protection of this republic, they can Install a free government of their own." This Is a considerable modification of the original demand of the anti-impe rialists, which was that the United States should withdraw with the least possible delay from the Philippines and leave the archipelago in full and undis puted control of its people, regardless of consequences. The present appeal indicates that those who make it have seen the unwisdom of their earlier posi tion, In view of which it is conceivable that some of them may later on dis cover that what they now ask is Inju dicious. If there were general discon tent, and disaffection among the Fili pinos, if there waa great complaint there regarding the government, if a spirit of revolt against the authority of the United States widely prevailed, there would be plausible reason for what the anti-imperialists ask. But none of these condition! exists. On the contrary the natives with practical una nimity appear to be well contented and accept American rule without com- plalut. There may be a few who still feel resentful and hostile, but this ele ment Is so small as hardly to deserve consideration. The great majority of the natives seem perfectly satisfied and are conducting themselves In an orderly and peaceable manner. Would it not be most unwise for our national political conventions to take action that might have the effect to dis turb the fortunate conditions that pre vail In the Philippines? Perhaps a ma jority of the American people are in favor of giving the Filipinos indepen dence as soon as tbey are- fitted for it. but why not allow the beneficent work of preparing them for self-government to go on without embarrassing the gov ernment by any pledge of something to be done la the Indefinite future, the pos sible effect of which would be to revive revolutionary feeling and stimulate to renewed activity whatever element tbere is In the islands still hostile to American rule? Filipinos now have quite a large share in the government of tho islands and provision has been made for a legislative assembly that will be chosen by the people two years hence if the islands are at that time in a state of tranquillity. Thua progress Is being made as rapidly as practicable toward Filipino self-government It would be a grave mistake to do any thing that might check or retard this. It is not probable that the anti-im perlallst appeal will be endorsed by the Chicago convention. The St Louis con vention, however, will approve it as a bid for that vote, though doubtless a majority of the democrats of the coun try and certainly of the south do not favor the anti-imperialist position. THM FBXT KXPOSITION. Six months after the close of the great exposition at St Louis another world's fair will open at Portland, Ore., com memorative of the Lewis and Clark ex ploratioa In 1806- While the Portland exposition will be a far less ambitious enterprise than that of St Louis, it yet promises to be very attractive and the event it will commemorate will com mend it to the interest and attention of the country. The record of the Lewis and Clark exploration is deeply inter esting, those courageous explorers hav lng been the first white men who ever went across from the Mississippi to the Pacific. This exploration, made through many dangers and with great hardship and privation, was of vast importance, as it made the interior of the great trans mlsslsslppi region known to the coun try and the world soon after the Louisi ana purchase was effected. The ac4 count of their observations by Lewis and Clark directed attention both in the United States and abroad to the region explored and produced in later years results of the greatest value. The ex position at Portland will be the first of an international character on the Pacific coast and as the city in which it will be held is one of the most at tractive in that section of the country it is reasonably expected that the fair will draw many thousands of visitors. The total cost of the Lewis and Clark exposition will be about $5,000,000, of which the national government has ap propriated $475,000. BBAI7T1FT1NO AMERICAS ClTlBS Two of the most potential and active factors in the movement for making American cities beautiful, the American League of Civic Improvement and the American Park and Outdoor associa tion, held sessions at St. Louis during the last week. These national munici pal improvement associations have awakened popular interest in the culti vation of taste for the beautiful in public work and propaganda of civic pride and patriotism in all of the prin cipal cities of the United States. Tbey have educated municipalities in the pos sibilities for concerted and systematic embellishment of public thoroughfares and private homes and stimulated a public sentiment that fights down every attempt to mar and disfigure public highways by advertising signs. It was eminently appropriate that the national civic Improvement associations should select St Louis as the place of conference. St Louis boasts the largest civic league in the country and prob ably more independent improvement as sociations than any other city in Amer ica. While the (Louisiana Purchase ex position doubtless afforded a powerful stimulant for the work accomplished by the civic Improvement societies of St Louis in beautifying that city, the mar vellous changes wrought within the last five years in the public and private grounds at St t Louis afford a striking model of what can be accomplished by civic Improvement, organizations imbued with the proper spirit and supported by public opinion. THE TLAO'a AtUUVKRSART. One hundred and twenty-seven years ago, June 14, 1777, the continental con gress adopted a resolution providing that "the flag of the thirteen United 8tates.be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation. Thus originated the "stars and stripes," the first appear ance of which was over Fort Schuyler, New York, a few weeks after the pas sage of the resolution by congress and a month before the decree creating the flag had been promulgated, the latter date being September 3, 1777. Celebration of the anniversary Of the birthday of the Star Spangled Banner is recent, but it has become general and as an expression of affection and reverence for our country's beautiful emblem cannot be too warmly com mended and encouraged. Our flag, "by angel hands to valor given," is not only a thing of beauty, but it represents lib erty and carries with, it everywhere the promise of freedom. It stands also for heroic deeds and sacrifices, while to the American it is ever an inspiration to loyalty and patriotism. The observance of, June 14 as "flag day" will continue and undoubtedly grow in popular favor. The coming gen erations will honor the anniversary not less earnestly than do we of today. Let the people on this occasion show their homage for the national emblem by un furling it from their places of business and their homes, thereby inculcating a lesson In patriotism from which all will profit People who hure been assuming that the semi-centennial of the organisation of Nebraska as a territory and the semi-centennial of the founding of Omaha are one and the same thing are laboring under a delusion. Nebraska Territory waa formed Immediately upon the affixing by President Pierce of his signature to the Nebraska-Kansas bllL May 30, 18T4, while the Initial surveys on the town site of Omaha were not begun until the middle of June and tho surveying continued 111 summer. The earliest claim sot up for the first per manent white settler is that he located here July 11, i.C4, and the city was not entitled to the name of a settlemflnt until the fall, when for the first time there were enough residents to keep one another company. If Omaha wants to have a separate fifty-year Jubilee it can celebrate in connection with the Ak-Sar Ben festivities this fall without doing violence In the slightest to the facta of history. That part of the grand Jury's report calling attention to the imperative ne cesslty of early provision for the erec tlon of a new county court house or the enlargement of the present structure by the addition of modern up-to-date wings holds up to view a situation that must be sooner or later met But a number of preliminary questions ought to be settled first If we are to have a con solidatlon of city and county govern ments the building should be planned with a view to such consolidation rather than with the idea of providing for duplicate offices which are now sup ported. What Omaha and Douglas county most needs is a carefully studied program for future development along which to work. The trend of political reform is to ward direct primary nominations. Noth' lng has transpired of late to give that movement' greater momentum than the snarl in which the republicans of Wis- consin find themselves by reason of double-header delegations to the na tional convention and double-header state ticket Whether the national convention recognizes the La Follette delegation or the Spooner delegation the factional contest is liable to have dis astrous consequences, which direct prl maries would In all probability have prevented. ' There will be no new paving laid In Omaha this year because the time needed for the preliminaries required under the law has been frittered away. While the different paving coAtractors are trying to lay the blame on the other fellow, that is poor consolation for the people for having all their street im provements blocked. It will devolve upon the next legislature to fix the law so that we will have no repetition of this scandalous performance. The Civic Improvement league can score a hit if it will go after the wagons with movable bottoms that scatter half their loads of dirt and refuse, on the street pavements. .. No other city of Omaha's size tolerates such abuses, but, on the contrary, :they require graders and excavating contractors to use dump ing wagons ' with' tight boxes. If our city ordinances are' not strong enough to abate this ' nuisance ' they should be strengthened. ' Edgar Howard tries to make out that the Jackson lan club kitty. has sister kit tles that cuddle on the hearths of repub lican political clubs. We do not believe it If there were such republican fe lines the democratic proclamation writ ers of the Civic Federation would not have kept their names out of their pub lished list of alleged gambling resorts, even though they struck out the name of the Jacksonlun club for their own pro tection. . Good Word to Wrestle With. Boston Transcript, v Flemish has enriched Its vocabulary by a new word for automobile. It comes from "anel," "rapid: "paardeloos," horseless; "soondeerspoorweg," without rails; "pe troolrljtulg," driven- by petroleum. How would you like to be hit by a "snslpaarde loossoondeerspoorwe'gpltroolrlJtulgT Characteristic of the Boss. Boston Herald. The late Senator Quay wrote two famous messages. To his candidate for governor of Pennsylvania he telegraphed: "Dear Beaver: Don't talk!" And thia message was found among the papers of the cashier of the ruined People's Bank of Philadelphia, after that official had committed suicide: "If you will buy and carry 1,000 Met for me I will shake the plum tree." Both of these messages were eminently characteristic of', their author. And they Illustrated his methods. Passing- of an Old Settler. New York Sun. Mourning for an old friend! Misfortune, only temporary, we hope, has come to the Worcester Spy, after more than 130 years of honorable life. Tfce Spy was a sort of monument of old Isaiah Thomas, a saint of the printers. In its best estate It was a model of respectability and good inten tion. Generations of Worcester oounty farmers dose over Its tranquil pages. Only democratic Infidels called It "the lytn' Spy." We hops' that Argus eye that kept awake so long over the first column of the edito rial page la not shut forever. Theories I'pset by the Jass. Ban Francisco Chronicle. It has always been, the favorite theory that when Asiatics accomplish anything striking It must be done under the leader ship of a European, but the Japanese have upset all these theories. They have shown that skill In handling a fleet or an army Is not the exclusive perquisite of the white msn. Certainly no European naval offloer could have done better work than Togo has done at Port Arthur, nor could any army commander hay surpassed Kurokl In bis march across the Talu or done finer work than Oku In his capture of Kin Chou and bis swift advance upon Port Arthur. Cure on Verbosity, of Lawyers. Springfield Republican. The supreme court of Pennsylvania, In an opinion Just sent to Schuylkill county, noti fies the lawyers that they can profitably edit their too verbose arguments. The court warns attorneys that the court's Judgment ot the Importance of a case Is not at all Influenced by the enormous else of the paper books submitted to It. 'Tls a warning pertinent wherever law Is prac ticed. The Infinitude of words which the law sanotlona, if It does not require, a lawyers so often insist. Is a source of In finite weariness to laymen. To them this broad hint given by the supreme court of Pennsylvania seems well worthy of being passed along down the line of the state. It la not so Impossible to make a compact, clear, yet comprehensive, statement as some lawyers tralu themselves Into be-Lerlog. ARMT GOSSIP 1H WASHMGTOX. Matters ef laterest deseed frose the Army Hsty Register. Twelve young men candidates from ctvtl life are made happy by the action of the president this week in Issuing recess ap pointments to them as second lieutenants. It was expected that these candidates would not be appointed until after the commis sioning ot the graduates at West Point on July 1, although they were examined some months ago and were eligible to va cancies which existed last July. There were fourteen in the civilian class who were reported qualified for appointment, but two of these have not yet attained their ma jority and cannot be appointed until they reach the age of 21 years. Those who will be commissioned as second lieutenant of infantry as of the date of June 9 are E. Z. Steever, 8d, Homsby Evans, H. L. Morse, C. B. Amory, Jr., Walton Goodwin, Jr., P. B. Peyton, Karl Truesdell, F. B. Ter. rell, H. O. Sharps, M. L. Ireland, D. H. Soott and C. A- Dravo. These young men will gain something like 12S files on ac count of their being commissioned In ad vance of the West Pointers. The two ci vilian candidates who will not be appointed until later are William C. F. Nicholson, who reaches the age ef 21 years In August, and A. R. Williams, who attains his ma jority in November. The Industrious white ant of the Phil ippines Is making great havoc with army supplies, principally clothing and equipment stored at the quartermasters' depots on the Islands. The quartermaster general has received a specimen of the devastating ope rations of the Insect In the shape of what was once a package of a dozen canvas leggings. The remnant Is a brittle, honey combed mass which bears no resemblance to the original article. These ants have a special liking for tents and helmets and are most Indefstigable In the ravages. About the only thing which can be done to prevent this form of destruction Is to pack the material In tin boxes and ar rangements have been made that hereafter articles shipped to the Philippines and dea tlned for storage shall be packed In such cases. The War department continues to receive reports from army insDector whn hav. been visiting the agricultural colleges of the country during the past month. There Is no improvement In the showing made at tnose institutions, so far as the comment relates to the so-called military depart ments of those schools. Very little in. terest Is taken in the military branch of instruction and as a general thing the uDjeci may De said to have been Ignored by the college authorities. At some places not more than 1100 a year was allotted for the benefit of the military deDai-tment and this la considered rldlculoualv amall when one takes Into account that some of tnese colleges receive as much as t75.0oo a year rrom the United States government on the theory that the colleges are doing aumeining in me way of military educa tion in this country. As has already been stated In these columns, the reports are Deing sent to the war college board for examination. It Is possible that the War department will undertake to do some thing next year toward obtaining legisla tion which will exact more satisfactory returns from the colleges. One suggestion is that there be statutory requirement that a college In receipt of aovernmentnl bounty shall expend a certain percentage of it on its military department. The retired officers of the armv whn eligible to promotion to the next higher grade on account of civil war service are dividing their complaint equally between Colonel C. H. Whipple of the pay depart ment, and the comptroller of the treasury. The former, presented the . Inquiry upon, whloh the latter based his decision that retired officers so promoted should not rw. ceive tfielr pay until the senate had con- nrmed their nominations., As a matter of fact, the gxjpvance should not Include Colonel Whipple as Its object. He had a perfect right to make the inquiry and, in fact if he had not done so It is now seen that he would have been responsible for a large number of illegal disbursements. He followed the custom of disbursing officers In ascertaining from the comptroller the attitude of the treasury authorities on the new subject and uie sagacity of his action is shown in the fact that the comDtroller declined to approve the disbursements made to retired officers on account of their recess appointments. STATES POUTICAI, PERSONALITIES Verdlgre Cltlsen: With Tom Den n I son eliminated from Nebraska politics W. J. Bryan chances for a seat In the uddbt house of congress are practically assured. Fremont Tribune: The day Henry Wat- terson spoke in Nebraska to the State uni versity graduating class the yellow fellows overwhelmingly defeated instructions for Parker by Kentucky democrats. When the cat's away the mice will play. Humboldt Leader: The Beatrice Express suggests Frank Reavls of Richardson as the logical successor of Congressman Bur kett when the latter shall hava Wn chosen senator, and there are many who feel the move would be eminently proper and would keep the First ably represented in the lower balls of congress, as it has been In the past. Central City Nonpsrlel: Governor Mlckav has appointed C. H. Gregg of Kearney to a position on the State Board of Education. to succeed Gebrg. Rogers of Omaha, whose term had expired This is an additional evidence that Kearney Is still In nosseMlnn of Its "hoodoo." But Gre can-t h. . worse than Rogers, who was about as bla- a nincompoop as ever bent the knee to a wire-puller like Tom Majors. Blue Valley Blade: The meanest attack that can be made upon a man is bv in sinuation and Innuendo. Such a campaign has been commenced against A, 'Galusha, ium rapuoucan nominee for secretary of state. If definite charges be made Mr. Ga lusha will have no difficulty In refuting them. Those who know him best, both In Beward and elsewhere, will not have their confidence in his honor shaken in the least by the cowardly Insinuations that have been put Into circulation. PERSONAL NOTES. The convention of danclna- maatam 1. Cleveland wants Jigs taught In publlo cnoois. There U not a particle of use to ,i. any sympathy on the woman In Thompson- wunn., wnose oearoom waa robbed by a stranger whose trousers the woman mmm mending while he waited. Mrs. Thomas Mulkey of Brooklyn la ra. ported to be sick in bed from fatigue and worry incidental to the refusal r hi. seven landlords to rent a flat tn hr k.. cause the family included five children. An Iowa man fired flv. ahnta at hi. and then policemen ftred him and nobody waa hurt. With mi-h t,. marksmanship as that Iowa ma claim that It is no longer a frontier stats. On almost the identical aoot where Rn... Shermai) welcomed President George Wash. ington to New Haven, on a visit to the lormer s noma, over a century aro. a table commemorative of the event was unveiled on eunaay la.t. Sir Mortimer Durand. Brltlih amhaaaannr to the United Sutes. tasted his Aral mint Julep the Other day ahlle in Wlncheatr Va. The seductive bavaraaa m mm in stantaneous hit with the Engllah diplomat. iP Greatest Aid to Cookery wih leivst labor and trouble it makes hot-breads, biscuit and cake of finest flavor, light, sweet, appetizing and n.ssuredlv digestible and wholesome. who promptly drank another. The'lncldent suggests to a Baltimore man the reflection that, though a little Julep now and then la relished by the best of men, a little goes a Jong way. Advocates of "safe and sane" democracy fear that Web Davis will break Into the conversation at St. Louis and sour the cream with a few lightning thrills. In conservative circles Web is classed as a dangerous bore. J. Frank Hanly, republican nominee for governor of Indiana, Is a musician of some note and is quite a skilled vocalist. He has organised a glee club to take part in his campaign meetings and he himself will be a member, singing bass. Secretary Hay corrects the wide spread Impression that he was overcharged by the hotel keepers of St. Louis. Besides ' se curing shelter and three squares a day, automobiles were at their disposal, which makes the charge of 1777 for a party of six for six days an unusually modest one for St. Louis. SOME POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY. Blair Pilot: The more seen and heard of Roosevelt the less the Interest in the demo cratic national convention. All over Ne braska the feeling is that Roosevelt will have the largest popular vote of any man who ever ran for president. The only good that can possibly come from the St. Louis convention is the holding together of the democratic machine. The party never had so little hope of winning a fight in all Its existence. Humboldt Leader: Republicans should not be too sanguine. This Is not the first time democracy', has. gone Into a national campaign with neither man nor Issue. They have a fashion of lighting on their reet like the proverbial cat, and can cause all kinds of disturbance by means of a few noisy orators properly placed and a few resurrected and rejuvenated theories, even If the latter have been shot full of holes again and again. Auburn Granger: The aspirant for office if he really desires to be elected to stay at home should come forth with the declara tion that he has always stood up fox party. The man who has always stood up for his party is too utterly narrow for an official, for in standing up for his party at all times he has not Infrequently done so by being disloyal' to the state. The fellow who has defended all the acts of officials in his party to that extent that he has never been pronounced a traitor to his party should be washed In the Missouri river and rinsed In the pool of Siloam before he is fit for road overseer. . Nebraska City Tribune: The fool killer might with profit make a trip to Omaha and take a stroll through the editorial offices of the World-Herald to1 see If his services are not badly needed in that locality. Some days ago the World-Herald editorially argued a case In which the honesty of an official was very plainly at tributed to the fact that the gentleman under discussion was a democrat. The man who poses as a "moulder of publlo opinion" and who has yet to learn that tne partisan brand on any man has nothing to do with his honesty or dishonesty, that no man Is honest or dishonest because he Is or Is not republlesn or democrat In his part.v nfflllattons, Is a fit subject for that legendary deity the fool killer, who Is metaphorically supposed to rid the wona of those so Intensely "dafTy" mat no proper or appropriate retreat has ever been planned for them. The absolutely non partisan character of "grart and dis honesty Is so clearly established In the minds of nil men thst only the demagogue ever attempts to class together human fallings and the partisan connections of those who fall Into temptation. Comfort la Dress, Robinson, Is not Incompallblo with a nest appearance. Beau Brummel to his valet. In these daj-g comfort Is the first consideration. Let us make you comfortable Serges, cool and becoming 1 15 to 25. Negligee Shirts, in attractive patterns and prices. All aorta of comfort-giving articles in light weight haberdashery. "No Clothing Fits Like Ours." R. S. Wilcox, LAlGHItO GAS. "I see he postmaster In this town hat asked for an aselatant. I wonder what b needs one for?" "Waal," replied the farmer, "I reckon he needed somebody to help him read the postal cards." Philadelphia Ledger, The sweet girl had Just concluded her graduation essay. "What did you think of itT" asked her mother. 1 "Fin.," answered her father: "no one would think that Maudie chewed gum and slapped her little brother, would they!' Washington Star. Office Boy Mr. Ppotcash, can I go and attend a choir rehearsal this afternoon t Merchant Ah! That's an improvement. Of course you may go to the ball game, my boy. Chicago Tribune. . "I mppose you have done something for the betterment of humanity.' "Yes," answered benator Sorghum. "As a representative of humanity I have felt it my duty to better myself at every op portunity." Washington Star. Tess He insisted upon kissing me good- nlirht when he !eft. jVss The idea! Wasn't that odd? Tess I don't know whether It was odd or even. I didn't keep count. Philadelphia Press. "By Maw Eddy! I'm glad my wife thinks she believes in Christian Science." "Why, has It any good points?" "Sure. She can't insist now that she S got to go away for her health this sum mer." Town Topics. Mother Yes, children, you may run out and play on the railroad tracks but be sure and keep off the street, or the auto mobiles will get you. Puck. "George, dear. Is that a bib that the base ball catcher wears on his breaatT" "Yes, my love. It keeps his shirt front from being mussed up when the ball knocks his teeth out. ''-Cleveland Plain Dealer.1 1 ' - - THE F-LAG. . - Henry H. Bennett Hats offl Along the street there comes A blare of bugles, a ruffle of drums. A flash of color beneath the sky; Ha's oil! . The flag is pausing by. Blue and crimson and white It shines, Over tne steel-tipped, ordered lines. Hats off! The colors before us fly; But more than the flag ia passing by. Sea flKhts and land fights grim and great. Fought to make and to save the state Weary marches and sinking ships; Cheers of victory on dying lips. Days of plenty snd years of peace; March of a strong land's swift Increase; Equal Justice, right and law, Stately honor ana reverend awe. Sign of a nation, great and tr,onK ,., To ward her people from foreign Wrong; Pride and glory and honor all Live In the colors to stand or fall. HaU off! Along the street there comes A blare of bugles, a ruffle or drums. And loyal hearts are beating high; Hats off! The flag Is passing byl, Or. 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