TITE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TniTRSDAY, JUNE 23, 1904.
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i We re Inclined to boiler o Mr.. Root
could have said It all In Jess time and
pace.
r 'Bah for Roosevelt and Fairbanks!
Why should we delay the shouting any
longer ?
The last platform, known as "the
Chicago platform," was decidedly dif
ferent New York and Indiana seems to be a
favorite combination with both parties
wbenerer Ohio Is left but of the list
Senator Fairbanks seems to have cap
tured the prize without declaring him
self. Let Judge Farker then not despair.
" Japanese press censors cannot be the
real thing so long as they let the War
correspondents tell how. badly they are
treated. T
i . ftl
x'As presiding officer In Springfield and
(a, Chicago "Uncle Joe". .Cannon has
done Ms role In war and peace. and be
tuts proved equal to both occasions.
. There Is no doubt where republicans
stand for another, four years, and they
stand where they have stood through
out the past with the majority of the
voters of the country. .
A, fight in which Russia lost 1,200 men
out of 8,000 would have' been the oc
casion for a much longer story had not
more Important things - been taking
- place not a thousand miles from home.
Those who comment on the lack of
. enthusiasm at Chicago should recall the
enthusiasm shown at the populist con
; ventlon In Omaha In 1802 and learn that
CSthuslasm does not always mean votes.
The combined attraction of Chicago
and St Louis held the. New York dele
gation in the republican convention an
other day, but one may tremble to think
. how near that convention came to hav
ing a walkout ...
Bulletins from Chicago would indicate
that Senator Allison has taken a lesson
from the early bird. On two occasions
he has received the first applause of the
'day, being the first prominent man to
appear on the scene.
With gold miners from Alaska and
coffee raisers from Forto Rico, codflsh
ers from Maine and hemp raisers from
Manila, the Chicago convention is the
first American political gathering to
bring together -the ends of the earth.
The recent reform wave of the Mis
souri supreme court can be better nn
' derstood since the Olobe-Democrat ex
' plains that both of the St., Louis alder
, men whose sentences to the penlten
. tiary were affirmed by that body were
-elected on the republican ticket-
' Almost all the republican ' senators
and congressmen are sitting as dele
gates in the Chicago convention, over
which the speaker of the house is wield-1
,lng the gavel. Who will deny that the
tendency, to concentration and consoli
dation is not apparent in politics as
it is in business 1
Secretary Hay's brevity is as com
. mendable as his resolution. Muley
Abdul Aiils cannot misunderstand the
demand for "I'erdlcarls, alive or Ral
ouU dead," 'Vhlch were the lnstruc
. tlons sent to Minister Gummere, and
. there is likely to be a lire American or
dead bandit in Tangier shortly,
r : -. . . j
Should Colonel Miles be gouged out
of his cue to deliver that speech which
he has prepared putting John L. Web
ster's name in nomination for the vice
presideucy, he can still find consoling
friends on his return to Nebraska,
where there are others with tearful
memories ot unspoken speeches
KOOUtrtLTS BCIWISQ MAT.
It has been settled for some time that
Roosevelt's - running mate Will bo
Charles Warren Fairbanks, now serving
ns United States senator for the state
of Indiana. It Is now plain that the
rice presidential nomination will go to
Senator Fairbanks without opposition
and that the other aspirants will ac
quiesce in a choice fof which "the senti
ment of party leaders has been steadily
crystallizing.
Many Influences have contributed to
make Senator Fairbanks the logical
candidate on the ticket with President
Rooeevelt He is himself a man of
commanding ability, a man who has In
him the qualities which the American
people have always liked In men they
have Invested with distinguished honor.
By birth an Ohloan, he comes from that
middle class stock which builds up sub
stantial character, ne secured his ed
ucation In Ohio Wesleyan university,
which ranks with the better grade of
smaller colleges that have turned out
so many of our greatest public men. A
lawyer by profession, his political ca
reer has been clean and honorable.
Senator Fairbanks represents the
more conservative element of the party.
It has been said that bad President Mc
Kinley lived and Senator Hanna per
sisted in his refusal himself to become
a candidate. Senator Fairbanks would
have been the preferred choice of the
administration for the presidential
nomination In the present convention.
That he Is of presidential calibre is con
ceded by all, and the demand for him
for second place on the ticket this year
Is in reality the demand for a roan In
the vice presidential office able to meet
any possible emergency that may be
thrust upon him.
As the running mate of President
Roosevelt, Senator Fairbanks ,1s an
Ideal selection irrespective of the
strength he may be expected to con
tribute by reason of his geographical
location and the personal support be
may command. As vice president be
will bring to the position dignity and
conservatism, a vigorous manhood, ripe
experience in public life and tried
ability.
TRt NATIONAL PLATFORM.
The platform adopted by the republi
can national convention at Chicago is
what the occasion demands a formal
yet explicit declaration of the principles
upon which the party invites the con
tinued confidence and support of the
progressive people of the country. To
be all inclusive It is of necessity com
prehensive. The United States has
within the past decade become a world
power of the first magnitude, and the
number and diversity of the great ques
tions pressing upon public attention have
as a consequence greatly Increased.
The position of the party , on .the. car-
dlnal doctrines has been long and firmly
established beyond dispute or dissent
As re-enunciated by the convention
they will therefore elicit undivided ap
proval from the rank and file in all
Wall:" of life.' '
The republican party has been from
the outset the champion of the pro
tective tariff. Its basis and Justification
has been the difference in cost of pro
duction at home and abroad. In insist
ing upon the maintenance of the prin
ciples of protection and the readjust
ment of rates of duty only as the con
ditions become so changed that the
public interest demands alteration, the
platform voices the prevailing and pre
ponderant sentiment not only of re
publicans but of all our citizens. While
we are all anxious to build up a foreign
commerce, the policy of the republican
party has been and will be to enlarge
our trade abroad without Impairing our
protective system at home and without
Injuring American labor or; American
Industry.
On the money question the platform
leaves no ambiguity. "We believe it to
be the duty of the republican party,"
It declares, "to uphold the gold standard
and the integrity and value of pur na
tional currency. The maintenance of
the gold standard established by the
republican party cannot safely be com
mitted, to the democratic party which
resisted Its adoption and has never given
any proof since that time of belief in it
or fidelity to it."
With reference to the trusts and com
binations of labor and capital, the re
publicans stand on the laws already
enacted and the steps already taken for
their enforcement They do not de
nounce all combinations as dangerous
and demand their extermination, but
theyreoognIze the rights of both capital
and labor, when united In lawful com
binations for lawful purposes and the
protection of the laws but subject to
them. '
So far as our foreign relations are
concerned, and our position and pres
tige among nations abroad, the republi
cans have only to approve the' course
pursued by the administration, which
has placed us In position to build the
long delayed Isthmian canal, to protect
our interests in the Orient to uphold
the rights of American citizens wher
ever they may be, and to maintain the
peaceful relations subsisting between us
and the greedy powers of the old world.
The minor declarations of the plat
form cover a number of subsidiary, yet
Important Issues. The promise Is given
to continue efforts to strengthen the
army and navy, to revive our merchant
marine, to purge our Immigration from
undesirable elements, to uphold the civil
service, to administer the pension sys
tem liberally and to promote interna
tional arbitration.
One declaration that will doubtless
evoke a sharp rejoinder on the part of
the democrats Is that favoring congres
sional action to determine to what ex
tent the elective franchise has been
bridged In the southern states by un
constitutional discriminations, ' and de
manding the reduction of the representa
tion of such states proportionately in
congress and In elective colleges as
directed by the constitution. The dis
proportionate voice of the southern
states In the choice of president alone
enables the democrats to wage a hope
ful contest for political S!irrca-.n j.
Were the constitutional provision for a
reduced representation in ratio of
abridged citizenship enforced the demo
cratic party wouid today be unable to
make even a decent showing in the
electoral column.
.The platform from startvto finish Is
full of meat for thoughtful people, and
will call for more extended discussion
In its various features and phases as
the campaign progresses.
SUCTB OMASA'S OMNIBUS BOND .
The promoters of different propositions
for which they wish the taxpayers of
South Omaha to authorize bond issues
seem to have devised a plan to merge
their various schemes Into a ' sort of
omnibus bill in anticipation that the
supporters of one can In this way be
brought to vote the blanket ballot for
all. The bond merger contemplates
tying up together the project for a city
hall, the scheme to unload. Syndicate
park, the purchase of a new park tract
with an additional sum for park Im
provements, and possibly a sewer con
struction fund, making a total of not
less than J 100,000 that may be raised to
$150,000.
All that is bad in omnibus legislation
Is accentuated in omnibus bond voting,
and the people of South Omaha who
might be favorable to the voting of
bonds for necessary and desirable im
provements will do well to go slow when
asked tb take all or nothing. The Bee
has already expressed Its opinion on
these separate propositions, seeing no
objection to the extension of the sewer
system or to ordinary park improve
ments, but finding no excuse whatever
for buying Syndicate park, which is al
ready dedicated to park purposes, or
erecting an expensive city hall building
when it is only a question of time until
tho local governments of South Omaha,
Omaha and Douglas county will be con
solidated. The people of South Omaha, like the
people of Omaha, who are complaining
of burdensome taxes, should be able to
see that the reason for the excessive
cost of their municipal governments
arises out of the fact that they have
erected governmental machinery suffi
cient for conducting the affairs of cities
of double their present population. The
tax rate cannot be brought down by en
larging the bonded Indebtedness and
piling up the annual interest charges
any more than a man can lift himself
oyer a fence by his bootstraps. Before
they swallow Ae omnibus bond propo
sition South Omaha voters will do well
to look ahead and insist not only on
meeting one question at a time, but also
upon considering each separate scheme
on its own individual merits.
Is It not high time that something
should be done to protect the sacred
rights 'of Young America in Omaha as
against the brutal police, who are try
ing to deprlve the festive small boy of
the privilege of bathing in Cut-off lake
within sight of the passing railroad
trains T For what purpose, pray, was
this lake created if not to furnish op
portunity for naked urchins to cool their
heads and bljster their backs? This un
warranted intrusion of the police to
enforce the use of bathing suits for
such , occasions should be resented by
every liberty-loving boy. 1
Some of the big corporations, mani
festing a disposition to complain against
the liberal treatment accorded them by
County Assessor Reed, might do better
if they would heed the late Mark Hanna's
advice to "let well enough alone."
Should the disparity between what they
are assessed at and what they should
be assessed at become too great by
reason of changes made by. the equal
izing boards the demand for equal taxa
tion might have to be made more spe
cific and more effective.
The World-Herald's political commis
sioner in Chicago has discovered that
the railroads are running the whole
thing over there Just as they do at state
conventions at Lincoln. What the rail
roads would like most is to have an
other man at the head of the ticket In
stead of Roosevelt but they are unable
to turn the trick. This little discrep
ancy, however, makes no difference to
the W.-H. man.
' The Commercial club spokesmen talk
as if Omaha were foredoomed in ad
vance to lose out on the bridge arbi
trary controversy. That Is not the way
to score a point. If permanent abolition
of the arbitrary Is worth fighting for,
the thing to do Is to stand up for
Omaha's rights and insist on maintain
ing them, if the contest is to be waged
one month or one year or ten years.
By seating every one who happened
to stray into the convention hall Ne
braska populists managed to get re
sponses on the roll call in their state
convention from forty-six out of the
ninety counties. And this Is the party
that once controlled every branch of
government In this state.
The proceedings of the city council are
becoming altogether too tame. If the
council Is not careful the school board
will shortly constitute the chief center
ot interesting excitement In the city
hall when the Board ot Public Works
la not in session.
When the County Democracy, begins
to dispense its "refreshments of a high
order," enroute to St Louis, the po
litical star of that organization Is sure
to reach the heights of glory.
Ex-Senator Allen Is cock-sure that the
democrats will name Grover Cleveland
at Bt Louis. Senator Allen has been
fooled several times before.
Advaataae ( Sllaaee.
Baltimore American.
A persistently silent man ha this ad
vantages U Judge Parker war I start
to talk everybody vnuM atoo to llJten
W'lie rrr!., tvhnn Mr. Bry" starts to talk
he sees on like Slgnor Benedict nobody
nee as mm.
are Stga of Coafldeace.
Kansas City Journal.
The chars so fluently made by drmo-
cratlo paper that President Roosevelt Is
the whole thing Is not uncomplimentary to
the president. The great republican party
never permit a man to be the whole thing
unless It has full confidence In him.
Riding; for a Fall.
New York World.
Mr. Rrvan's vlnlt n x w York ran ha
accounted for only on the theory that ha is
till "Intoxicated with the exuberance of
his own verbosity," as Disraeli aald of
Oladatone. and l riotarmlned tn nalnt un
th town once more before he 1 sobered
by the remorseless logic of events.
t'sefal Servant, Danaeroaa Master.
Baltimore American. ,
As the peculiar terror of th aga seem
to be fire. It la Incumbent on all Interests,
great and small, and on all Individuals and
corporations, to use extra car In the
handling of this most uceful servant and
most dangerous master. It I the case of
all other where an atom of prevention If
worth tons of cure.
The Flaht Two Week Heaee.
Minneapolis Times.
The republican will have a nice, quiet
convention at Chicago this week, but Jut
wait till the democratic brethren get to
gether at St. Louis on, the 6th of July.
In that meeting there Will be nothing cut
and dried or foreordained by the political
powers that be. We may look for a
merry fight, and possibly a bolt, with th
radicals, under the leadership of Bryan,
enacting the role played by th gold demo
crats In 1896.
Governor Boyd a a Prophet.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Ex-Qovernor Boyd of Nebraska turns up
In Chicago booming our own Robert E.
Pattfson. Is Boyd th Junius II who Is
writing apocalyptlo postal card? The cards
read:
"Ex-Goverr.or Robert VS. Pattlson of
Pennsylvania will be the next president of
the United States. JUNIUS II.
'As th key to my Identity Is tn the
hand of ex-Prestdent Cleveland, thlg card
Is not anonymous.'
REFORMS FAII, TO REFORM.
Effort of the Railroad to Restrict
tb Pass Bill.
Chicago Record-Herald.
After a strursls lastine- five months the
western railroads have decided to again
issue return transportation to the shiBDera
Of live stock. Thla decision close an.
other chapter in the history of the move
ment begun more than three vain n .n tn
reform some of the evil which are said to
attend the giving of railroad passes. Each
chapter of the history has closed In about
th same manner a the chapter relative
to live stock shippers. As a matter of
fact about ; the only reform which the
railroad have effected In this direction has
been brought about by the operation of
th Elklns law, which prohibit tho pay
ment of rebates or the adoption of any
device which shall amount to a preference
to one shipper over another. Passe can
easily be classed as devices" or "prefer
encea," and therefore. It Is claimed, the
railroad, with the aid of the law, have
been able to curtail the granting of fr
transportation with a view of influencing
shipments. ' ' '
At the .beginningof the movement all
lines east of Chicago to th seaboard agreed
to curtail the pass" evil by discontinuing
exchange passes, and for two years rail
road officials, more at less, paid their fare
when traveling upon ,th so-called trunk
line. There was no effort,' however, to
ward curtailment o passes issued to pol
iticians and public office holders. The fu
tility ef trying to ferorm evils by stopping
something which 1 not evil the Issuance
of transportation to railroad men, who, tf
anyone, are entitled to uch favors finally
struck th executive, official, and the anti
pas agreement went by the board.
On January 1 last the western roads dis
continued the Issuance of return transpor
tation to shippers who attended their llv
stock on Its Journey to the markets. In
times past, when the service rendered In
the transportation of live stock was slow
and so poor that th stock frequently suf
fered for lack of attention enroute, and the
hlpper Buffered a big shrinkage In weight,
it was admitted that there was ample rea
son for permitting shippers to attend their
stock and then send' them back home free.
Now, however. It Is claimed that llv stock
Is transported on express service and s
wll oared for by th railroads, and ther
Is therefore no such reason for Issuing
transportation to such shippers than ther
would be to shippers of grain or any com
modity. If the service la not of the
character claimed for It, the railroads
should speedily make It so, whereupon th
legislatures of the various states would
have no cause for interference.
It Is Interesting to not that during their
Struggle to lop off this class of free trans
portation the railroads were met with the
passage of law compelling them to Issue
It, and were In one case threatened. It Is
alleged, by a state railroad commission with
a horizontal decrease In live stock rates.
Th railroad surrendered under this Are,
with the conviction that the role of the
pass reformer I not a pleasant one.
THE SHAME OF ILLINOIS.
Oemocratlo Endorsement ef Hearst
Pronounced Disgraceful,
Chicago Chronicle.
That the state of Illinois should lnstruot
Its delegation to the democratlo national
convention to support th candidacy of Wil
liam R. Hearst for president Is nothing
less than disgraceful.
Th democratlo party In this state has
sounded many depth of dishonor, but It
never before reached any such an abyss of
infamy as this. The shame of the proceed
ing passes all comprehension.
Hearst as a candidate could not poll one
half of the democratlo vote of th state. He
owes his strength In a convention notori
ously corrupt : and aervll to amaslng In
difference on th part of real democrats
and to th most scandalous use of money
upon the vast aggregation of mercenaries
which now In this city and state operates
under the democratic name.
This shameless bargain and sal become
th raor Inexplicable even from th stand
point of th wretches who perfeoted It
when It I considered that It I wholly fu
tile. Though Illinois had thrice It allotted
Influence In the national convention It
vole would be unheeded. The democrats
who have sold or traded It delegation have
nothing but money and husks to show for
it Thy ar ashamed at home and ac
cursed abroad. They will meet honest man
at Bt. Louis and they will quail In their
presence.
Illinois I not for Heart. Ther is not a
decent minority of the people who ar for
Huarst. Th Bprlngfleld declaration 1 a
11 and a dander and It 1 known to b a
11 and a slander by th men who arranged
It Every man who goe to Bt. Loul with
this commission will know that he misrep
resents his neighbor. Not on of thm can
vot for Hearst on a lngl ballot without
everlasting sham and contrition.
Th stat of ;uougla. of Trumbull of
Palmer and even of Algll Is not for
IIrat, and vry man who contrived thl
falsehood knows It. in an numan prob
ability th Bccond ballot at Bt. Louis wIU
establish th fact that U hrt set Tertb,
ARMY GOSSIP tn WA8HI3GTOX.
Matter In Interest Cleaned from th
Army Kavy Register.
Lieutenant Oensral A. R- Chaffee, chief
of staff of th army, and General C. F,
Humphrey, quartermaster general ef th
army, will make an extended Inspection
tour ot army post In th United State,
leaving Washington on June 28 and re
turning th latter part of August. They
will go first to Detroit and then by water to
Duluth. The Itinerary westward takes In
th northern tier of pott to Vancouver
Barracks. Returning the posts along the
Oregon Short Lin and Union Paciflo will
b Inspected. The dates ef Inspection of
posts In thl section ar as follow:
Fort Robinson, Neb., from 8:20 p. m.,
August 2. to t:U p. m., August S.
Fort Meade, B. D from 10:80 p. tn., Au
gust S, to 6:55 p. m., August 4.
Fort Niobrara, Neb., from 4:44 a. m..
August 6. to 4:44 a. m., August 6,
Fort Cnok. Neb., from 8:50 p. m.. August
s, to e:w p. m . August 8.
Fort Dts Moines, la., from 8:65 p. m..
August S. to 8: p. m.. August 8.
ort Leavenworth. Kan., from 8:86 a. m..
August 10. to 11:08 p. m August 11.
rom Fort Leavenworth th party pro
ceeds to Bt. Louis and then to Washington.
There Is likely to be some chinn In
the condition which attach tn the an.
polntment of enlisted men of th army
to the grade of second lieutenant. On
suggestion I that the service In th rank
be reduced from two year to one year,
but ot course this would require legisla
tion and ther is a difference of opinion
whether the change should be made. The
Other modifications In the renulrementa ant
of minor character and are now under con
sideration In tMe general staff.
The Important event In the War denart-
ment thla week has been th Issue of the
order transferring General II. C. Corb'.n
from th command of the Division of the
Atlantic to that of the Division of the
Philippines. Thl assignment of General
Corbln is a surprise to the service, al
though it need not occasion any special
comment, Inasmuch as It Is a detail desired
by the officer most interested and will
assuredly operate to his benefit when he
Decome eligible to th place of chief of
taff of th army, on the occasion of the
retirement of Lieutenant General Chaffee
In April, 100. This will give General Cor-
Din nve months to serve before hi own re
tirement and It Is eminently flttinar that his
service in that high capacity should be pre
ceded oy a tour of duty In the Philippines,
where the command of the division con
stitutes the most important military duty
of the government. There Is no sign In the
war department who will succeed General
Corbln at Governor Island. Oeneral Ar
thur MacArthur, now at Ban Francisco,
is by virtue of senloNty the most eligible
officer, but he has expressed a desire to
remain on the Paciflo coat, and thl may
operate to have General Wade, who Is to
be relieved by General Corbln at Manila,
selected for the command of th Atlantic
division.
The flrt chaplains to be promoted from
the grade of captain to that of major are:
Chaplains Allen Allensworth, Twenty,
fourth Infantry; Henry Swift, Thirteenth
infantry; Charles C. Pierce, artillery corps,
and Edward J. Vattmann, Eleventh cav
alry. These officers stand respectively No.
4, 8, t and 7 on the list of chaplains, and,
according to a decision of the military
secretary's office thl week, they will take
precedence as majors over the other chap
lains who have been their seniors should
th latter be subsequently promoted. They
are: Chaplains George Robinson, First In
fantry; O. J. Nave, Third infantry, and
J. A. Potter, Seventh infantry, who ntered
tb service from one year, in the casa ot
Chaplain Potter, to nine years, In th casa
ot Chaplain Robinson, before Chaplain Al
lensworth was commissioned. This Is a
peculiar situation, which gives four chap
lains th advantage of seniority on their
promotion, and Is very likely to lead to
a protest from th officers who may later
on be adversely affected by the ruling that
the date of the new commission tn each
case shall be that ot appointment Instead of
the date of the act which provided the
additional grade for certain chaplains.
There will be other promotions later on,
possibly from among the three chaplains
who are now practically overslaughed. The
secretary of war ha at present under
consideration the question of promoting
Chaplains T. G. Steward, Twenty-fifth In
fantry, on duty at Fort Niobrara, and
Jama W. Hiilman, Sixteenth Infantry, on
duty at Fort McPherson, Ga.
The corps of engineers of the army Is
greatly in need of commissioned officers.
Numerous vacancies exist In the corps, and
while there will be a gain ot officers from
among the graduates of the Military acad
emy, there will still be an excessive de
mand upon the services of the engineers.
The difficulty arises from the fact that
twenty-seven officers of th corps are on
Important duty In the Philippines, leaving
equally Important tasks to an Inadequate
number of army engineers In this country.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Those Japanese who commit hara-kiri
must not realise how much trouble they
are saving the Russians by killing them
selves. A meteorological station of the United
State Weather bureau, under the charge
of Alexander McC. Ashley, formerly local
forecaster at Syracuse, will be established
at Honolulu.
Morgan and Hill, In their reply to Har-
riman in the Northern Securities litigation,
tell the latter grimly In Latin: "In pari
delicto fortior est conditio possidentis,"
which means substantially: "Harrie, you're
not In it with us."
Dr. Nathan Smith Davis, the noted Chi
cago physician, is dead. H was born in
a log cabin In New York state, and bis
name Is associated with th founding of
numerous Institutions as well as the writ
ing of scientific work.
Ex-President Kruger was recently left
1,000 by a man named Chabousseau, a
schoolmaster, who out off all his relaUves
for that purposs. Upon the facta becoming
known Mr. Kruger assigned the legacy
to th next of kin of the testator.
J. H. Wlchstead, president, and a number
of member of th British Institution of
Mechanical Engineers, arrived in Boaton
recently to be entertained by the New
England members of th American society.
W. H. Osgood, an assistant biologist In
the Department of Agriculture, ha left
Washington to Investigate th gam con
ditions in Alaska. Th mission Is due to
th conflicting report as to tb amount
of gam In that territory
Victor Emmanuel of Italy Is without
doubt th mot literary monarch In all
Europ. H knows French, English and
German quit a well a hi own tongu
and ha a reading acquaintance with Rus
sian. H spend at least ther hour ach
day In his tudy. buy with current litera
ture of every kind.
Dr. John Kioto, who has Just died In
Oakland. Cal.. was on of tb oldest physi
cians In th United State, and his memory
ran back to a sight of Napoleon on th
march to Moscow, Me cam to th United
States In WJ0. H graduated at the Jef
frrson college. In Philadelphia, and from
th AlUntown Madlcal Colieg. th first
hoHiopathlo school la America,
Ba PRICE
CREAM
BAKING POWDER
helps housekeepers more than
any other article in the
household Its use protects
the health of the children.
FORCEFIL AND INFLUENTIAL.
Lincoln Star. .
It I Just thirty-three years sine
Edward Rosewater founded The
Omaha Bee. The Bee I almost
unique among great newspapers In
having been under the lamt editor
ship and management for a third of
a century. Many have differed with
the views of Mr. Rosewater, but no
one will dispute the forcefulness of
hi personality or the Influence and
uccess of th great newspaper
which he has founded and developed.
SCHOOLMASTER FROM NEBRASKA.
Hew Mr. Bryan Chastise I'nrnly
Democratic Kids.
New York World (dem.).
Mr. William J. Bryan, who has led.th
democracy to defeat In his own state,
county and town, and who ha won the Im
perishable distinction of being the only
democratlo presidential candidate sine the
birth of the republican party to lose New
York City, has been good enough to write a
letter Instructing New York democrats In
their political duties. He objects to "the
burglarious method which are now being
employed to foist upon the party a speech
less candidate and a meaningless, plat
form."
By "burglarious methods" Mr. Bryan
means the orderly choice of delegates In
one great state after another by the spon
taneous will of democrats tired of disaster
and disgrace.
'A speechless candidate," of course,
would be an anomaly. Th term doe not
describe Judge Parker, however, for ha Is
neither a candidate nor speeohles. His
opinions on the most Important issues of
th day are on record tn his Judicial de
cisions. He has declared, for Instance, that
combinations In restraint of trad are Il
legal under the common law, ana not
merely by statute, and he ha laid down
th respective rights of labor and capital
with the utmost precision. The World has
thought that he might well say something
with special reference to the coming cam
paign, but the eight of the Bryan geyser In
continuous eruption would make almost
snybody appreciate the Yestfulness of reti
cence. Judge Parker's reticence is based "on a
scruple of Judicial propriety which seems
to us excessive, but which we are bound to
respect Mr. Bryan, who Is color blind to
the very notions of propriety and delicacy,
naturally see in this reserve a sly attempt
to 'deceive the public. He will learn better
at St Louis. Th national convention will
frame the party creed, and nobody will be
able to say then that the democracy has
either "a speechless candidate" or "a
meaningless platform."
Mr. Bryan Is especially Indignant at
Judge Parker's advocates for advancing
th argument that "he can win." Naturally
that argument would be odious to the
architect of defeat. The last time Mr.
Bryan ever won an election was In 1892,
Just twelve year ago, when he wa dragged
Into congress by a plurality of 140 by the
strength of the Cleveland boom. In 1898 he
lot New York by a plurality of 168,469;
Judge Parker carried It th next year by
60,889. and Bryan lost It again tn 1900 by
143.606.
In 1896 the majority against Bryan In this
state was 66,477 greater than the majority
against the democratlo candidate for gov
ernor on the same day, and in 1900 the
voters of New York beat Bryan 32.480 votes
worse than they beat Stanchfleld.
No wonder Mr. Bryan's first lesson to
New York democrats Is to scorn the base I
idea of winning an election!
Ol'R PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS.
How They Exert m Wholesome Effect
I'pon the Body Politic,
Century Magaxlne.
Our presidential, campaigns. It is gen
erally considered, occur too frequently In
regard to the peace of mind and bualness
Interests of the community, and too fre
quently In consideration of executive con
venience and opportunity. The excitement
and turmoil of a presidential campaign ar
annoyanoes; but such annoyance do not
constitute a valid objection to the speedy
recurrence of the event. The serious ob
jection to this frequency are, ss already
Intimated, based upon the fact that presi
dential campaigns, a now conduoted, ar
a great drain upon th resources of many;
and, more Important, that they have a de
cided tendency to depress business, end
thus temporarily militate against the gen
eral welfare; and, furthermore, It Is real
jjjji At the 'There gre roan things to drink
3oda Fountain many do oot quench the thirst J';, 1
fVy " i-cVr many are not good for you ,'t
Tm ffM' you are safe In ordering '
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I'.Ai i 7"i .'if l.iW 'j I dinner Ilk ic cruam sour your J 1
'. II r -.1 ri'Jt ii ", 1 ' V stomach Ilk phosphates or mak .
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'.r.-lf' a '1(1)1 ltOi4l'S, N HO"11'" end quenches th thirst i j ' , '
VVyi I 1 'wyLj' ' V ' k lleu-l suniintr drink.
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9
ised more and more keenly that a four
year presidential term is too brief a period
for effective administration, especially
amid complications of modern demands
upon th chief executive of a nation as
enormous and "imperial" as ours. A presi
dent and his cabinet need at least six
months at the beginning to learn mere de
tails; and during the last four months,
if the chief is not re elected, they are
comparatively Ineffective. '
The consolation for the Inconvenience
of the too-soon recurring presidential cam.
palgn Is Its educational character. It la
the time of our great debate, when the
principles and preblems of our national
government are multltudlnously discussed
In "th forum of publlo opinion." The
party In power must then valorously de
fend Its record, and give new promise of
useful performance. The party out of
power must show Just cause for its re
turn. The spokesmen of each vie with
each other in devotion to the national wel
fare: and while certain principles are
shared In common by each set of advocates
each side insists upon the peculiar doc
trines which are supposed to distinguish
the respective parties.
This general excitation has a wholesome
effect upon the body politic, and, at rrcper
Intervals, Is highly deslrnblo. It is a time
when the whole nation gee to school. In
terest In publlo affairs is quickened; th
people's Imagination ' arousd to a sense
of nationality, and to a personal responsi
bility with regard to th nationality. Great
questions about which there has ben mucn
hazy and Inconsequent thinking are made
clear in the cross firs of criticism and the
light of lucid and earnest statement.
LINES TO A LAUGH.
"I'm lrM von nln v rolf on the Sabbath.'
said Rev. Goodman, sternly. v
"Yea" reulled Miss Kute. "but on that
day I only us the sticks I won at our
church fair." pnnaaeipnia Taa.
Mm With the Hla-h Bilk Hat Ha your
delegation any Instructions?
Man with Sombrero Yeh. Fust thing we
saw when we got oft the train wa a big
ign, "Beware of Pickpocket and Contt
dence Men ("Chicago Tribune.
PMr.f FlAnd That auto of mine doesn't
go fast enough. .
tfecono s iena ww inn mouci i
f irst X lend oqywvoj. ?n.umi.,iiBf7...MHr
plained that they knew what struck them,
which means a lingering death. And'I am
not cruel. Brooklyn Life.
TTnrrffled Parent Children, tf you don't
stop that awful talk, and that quarreling
and fighting. 1 11 call your father! - .
Johnny tacung as aooraeeierj w sin i
ehHn'. mamma. We're hold In1 a demo
cratlo state convention. Chicago Record-
Herald.
Tans I sunnose he surprised you when he
kissed your hand.
Jess-Yes, and I told him I didn't think
he'd stoop so low as that Philadelphia
Press.
stintaw rld vou try that clear I cave
you yesterday t
Stlnjay Well, what' the verdlctT
Markley Guilty! Philadelphia Record.
"TaV- mmlA lufrm f a I.ia,.. mmlnr Mil
on the back porch, whero her husband at
tilted back In his chair, his feet on the
railing, "didn't I hear you tell the minister
when he was here that you were deeply In
terested In temperance movements T"
"Ye," Mr. Makepeace replied, rather
stiffly. "I said so, and you know that I
am.
"Well," said Mrs. Makepeace, "snppos
you go and make a few of them on the
pump handle. I want a pall of water."
outns uompaniou.
A WORD TO WILLIAM.
A. H. Folwell in New York Sua.
Bill I
Bay, Bill) .
rtnn't vmi think It wis to ponder.
Ere you rap that Judga up yonder
Where tne Sliver iiuunon nuwsi
He is silent, goodness knows;
Kiln as dawn. Dut lust iuddom. -
When ha sneaks he quite agree
With you and all your theories.
Better lie low. BUI. ,
Give him a show, Bill.
Bill!
Think. Bill! ,
Think before you fiercely brand him;
Think be sure you understand him;
Pangs esoape of grim remorse. ,
Think He, too, may own a cross,
A cross of gold, to which, of course
A crown of thorns h firm secures,
And fondles both, as you do yours.
Better think twice, Bill.
Friendly advice, Bill.
Bill! . '
Oh. Bill! . w
atop a minute, don't attack him:
Really, now, you ought to back film
Play him clean across th board.
Store your anvil, sheathe your sword.
Doff the gloves: you can't afford .
To hurt a man who may adore you, v
Or one, 'tis said, who voted for you.
Curi up your lash. Bill. '
Do nothing rash, Bill. -