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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska. Douglas County, ss.!
George B. Trschuck, secretary of The Be
Publishing Company, being duly worn.
aya that the actual number of full ana
complete roplni -of sThe Dally. Morning.
Evening and Sunday Res printed during the
rnonin or June, isot, was aa iouuwa
1.
JT.
20,4.10
,.2,SS0
..2,ftSO
..2H.120.
..vn.oro
.18...
14...
JO..
21 20.T40
12 20.T00
M 20.T20
51 29,040
' J8 20,TO
8., 27,775
XI 3O.110
a .2O.OH0
2 20.SS0
tO .29,770
14 20,1130
Id .30,110
Total . . i. l'.r!. S83,oS
Less unsold and returned copies... , ,71
Nat total, sales 873,372
Daily averagv t 20,112
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Subscribed in my presenoe and sworn to
before me tula stria day of June, A. D. UOt
ifioaJ) M. B. HUNOATE,
Notary. Public
The candidacy of Judge Parker may
yet result in booming Esppua as a bath
' lng resort i
The British lion Is disturbed by the
growl of the bear, but It will, hardly
do more than roar.
If the packing trades strike continues
long enough the country smoke bouse
may regain some of Its lost popularity.
Sir. Joslyn has evidently discovered
that be. will have to pay taxes on his
possessions no matter where he may
establish himself for a legal residence.
Reports of the democratic conference
at New York atd probably Incomplete,
as no mention has yet been made of the
presence of Grandpapa. Davis' check
book
Why not let Tom Blackburn name the
candidate for congress in the Second dis
trict afid dispense oUogother with the
formality and expense of holding a
primary.' ; ' .", V"' " ,
If the democrat's and populists can
fuse agaja oa a state, ticket, why not
also on a national ticket yHxj should
the Bryan! tes support Parker and
Davis, rather than Watson and Tibbies?
Armenians under the authority of the
sultan may find out sooner than any
other people Just what price Russia paid
to secure the passage of its ships
through the Dardanelles,'
Omaha taxpayers may not be aware
ot the fact, but it la nevertheless true
that fully one-third of the $2,000,000 oil
lected through the instrumentality of the
tax gatherer la disbursed by the school
board.
The Ifgal llmjltatlojp . restricting the
Board ot Education- from expending
more than $25,000 out of current funds
In construction In any one year seems
to bo abous) effective" ae the no-treat
law and everybody knows how effective
The railroads are making a good thing
out of the transportation of. fortune
seekers to the registration offices of the
Rosebud land lottery.1 The railroads are
sure to come out jijiead on the deal
whether any one else does or not
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The general public would be more
ready He take sides in the preseut strike
If It feally knew which side absorbed
the profits which accumulate In the
meat i bietween the time it leaves the
feed yards and the time It appears ou
the tit.
The man who works the bellows for
the World-Herald, is luborlng very hard
to brl"? h demo-pop forces to the fus
ing point, but it will take a good deal
more wind than ho is able to generate
to rl the refractory met a la to the
melting; point.
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Mr.. Bryan will certainly have to ex
plain In detail before the people of the
United States can understand how be
expects to make the democratic iirty a
reform force by giving the "plutocratic'
wiiuj of the orgunlzatlou four years'
tenure of office.
After va few more ships are held up
In the Red sea, Japan will be couvtneed
that, although possibly a little longer
the road from Loudon to Toklo by way
Of New York is much surer, and that
America cau furnish about all the
Islanders need, anyway.
Mayor1 Harrison is also throwing a few
rocks lii the road of the "reorganlzers."
He now proposes to have Judge Parker
and Colonel Bryan appear on the same
platform at Chicago, when Belmont aud
bis fduOids are dongall they can to
prove tq tbee,t th.at MjvBryaa It not
1 20,400
S 30.T25
J,T3
4 JJ11.T30
( 20,TS0
6 80,730
7 20,790
...XO.TOO
20,000
10 20,400
11 J0,02
12 20,SSO
u .80,000
la the present campalf
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DISTRVSTFCh OT BRYAN.
The eastern Parker organs hart no
confidence In Mr: Bryan and are urging
that he should receive no consideration
from the men who will manage the dem
ocratic campaign.' ' -The Philadelphia
Record declare that "he la. actually
fighting the party while pretending to
be a democrat and la entitled to no
more consideration than any other
trottor." It says that while he now
proposes to rote the democratic' ticket
he desires It beaten and will do all he
can to beat it, adding: "Bryan. la no
longer to be regarded aa a democrat;
le has disclosed himself as on enemy
of the party, a populist and a political
pirate."
The New York Times makes an earn
est appeal that Bryan be kept out of
the east, saying that' while it may be
imiwsslble to confine him to the west
If he comes to the east It shonld be
without the consent or collusion of the
national committee." The Times re
marks that he can do no good In the
oast and might do some harm. This Is
the view of most of the Porker organs
In the east nnd undoubtedly it reflects
the sentiment of the democratic leaders
there generally. Having foiled to elim
inate Mr. Bryan at St. Loula they would
now exclude him from what he once
termed "the enemy's .. country" and
brand him as a "traitor" and "pirate."
What will the men who have stood
by W. J. Bryan for the past eight years
and who still believe In his honesty and
sincerity,, as well as In the soundness
of bis democracy, think of this treat
ment of him by the organs of the "re-
rganir.ed" democrats? Are they likely
to be eealous supporters of the candi
date of that element?' We should think
not, but rather that such abuse of Mr.
Bryan will have the effect to : induce
hundreds of thousands of those who
still have faith In him to withhold their1
vote from the St. Louis ticket
SEEKING A CHAIRMAN. .
The matter of selecting a chairman
for the democratic national committee
seems to be causing the leader some
perplexity. Conferences on the subject
have been held with Mr. Parker, but so
far as known without result, though,
it has b4en reported that the availabil
ity of a number of men was considered.
Senator Gorman, It is said, would not
accept the chairmanship If tendered
htm, the explanation being that a
younger man should assume the task
which the campaign will Impose upon the
head of the national committee. Mr.
Sheehan of New York, who it was
thought the candidate would prefer be
cause of their intimate personal rela
tions, does not want to be chairman for
the reason that he thinks he can be of
greater service to the party outside of
the committee. August Belmont was
mentioned, but the fact that be repre
sents the "money power" rendered him
unavailable' and' be -can be equally use
ful as a solicitor of trust contributions
off the national committee, or perhaps
aa its treasurer rather than Its chair
man. , Qufxey, the Pennsylvania aemo
cratlc leader and credited with being a
shrewd political manager Is said to bave
been offered the chairmanship and de
clined it There is one 'man who'll
anxious to eecurelhe place and may , do
so. ' He Is "Tom" Taggart of Indiana,
whose Influence carried the delegation
of that state to Parker. It Is not known
how he is regarded by the candidate,
but It Is, stated that . Judge Parker la
disposed to- leave the selection of a
chairman to the national committee,
though it Is likely be will let the com
mittee know, he has a preference.
It has very rarely happened that the
leaders of a political party have expe
rienced any perplexity In finding for
the chairmanship of its national commit
tee a suitable man willing to accept the
honor, but the "reorganized"- democ
racy Is making a new record in several
respects.
SCHOOL BOARD FINANCES. -
The financial exhibit of the Board of
Education for the fiscal year ending
July 1, 1004. Is instructive as well as
suggestive. ' The aggregate income dur
ing the year at the disposal of the board
from all sou roes was $648,013.01, ot
which amount $330,020.36 was derived
from taxes levied directly .upon all prop
erty real and personal within the City of
Omaha subject to taxation, or equal to
about $20 for every pupil, in attendance.
In addition to thlB revenue the board re
ceived $200,000 from fines and licenses.
and $43,600 from the state apportion
men or ji little over . $300,000, equal to
about $10 per pupil. In other words the
expense -of providing for the dncatlon
of a child in actual attendance for ten
months in the Omaha public schools
averaged about $30 or almost, $1 per
wcok. '.
Of the amount disbursed for the main
tenance of the, public schools, . $3J5547H
was paid In salaries and wages to
teachers, junltors, officers and clerks,
while the colossal umouut of - very
nearly $300,000 nmy be classed as mis
cellaneous. Much of this miscellaneous
expenditure could be aud should be
lopped off and some of the methods of
financiering must be reformed to bring
the affairs of the school board on a busl
uess basis. While It la plain that the
balance or rather surplus In excess of
liabilities ou July 1 was $13,433.40. It
appears that there are outstanding war
rauts beurlng 5 per cent tuterest ag
gregating $221,017.40. The Interest on
these warrants amounted to $8,071.10
for the year. The amount of Interest
on the funds In the treasury, Including
for the most part moneys deposited for
the redemption of bonds and the pay
nieiit of Interest ou bonds, only amounted
last year to $054.20. To put It In a little
plainer English, while the warrants out
standing In the hands of brokers, thrifty
contractors and other creditors, draw 5
per cent Interest, the banks are paying
only 2 per cent on the money In the
treasury.
. To.. tUft . ualaUlatad In school bc4rd
financiering, it would seem that consld
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era ble saving might be effected by tak
ing up the outstanding Interest bearing
warrants with the money in the treas
ury held for bond redemption, ctc, etc.
A more effective measure cf economy,
however, would be to abstain from Issu
ing Interest bearing warrants by eon-
ducting the school business on a cash
basis.
AOT ASKING INDEPENDENCE.
The delegates from the Philippines to
the St Louis convention did not do
what was expected of them. They made
no contribution to the cause of those
who clamor for the Independence of the
Islands. They gave no encouragement
to the so-called anti-imperialists. They
were not In sympathy with the demo
cratic platform declaration regarding
the Philippines. Instead of asking for
Independence, the delegation In the for
mal printed appea'l made for admission
to the convention set out In full the
platform adopted at Manila by the
party in the Philippines calling Itself
democratic, one of the declarations in
which Is that "the Philippines and the
United States are firmly united." All
that the Manila platform asks Is that
a territorial government similar to that
In Porto Rico and the Hawaiian Islands
should be granted at the earliest possi
ble date and that there should be a non
partisan government and the largest pos
sible measure of home rule, with the
delegation of all Important powers to
the Philippine commission.' There Is
not a suggestion or hint of independ
ence, but a very definite statement of a
desire that the islands shall remain un
der the sovereignty of the United States.
This platform praises the army and
navy for having pacified the Islands,
thus rebuking those democrats here who
have bitterly assailed the army.
The Filipinos who met In convention
In April lost and adopted a platform
represented every division of the
Islands. They are among the most in
telligent Of the natives. They know
that their countrymen are not at present
fitted for Independence and sejlf -government
They understand fully that 1?
they were given this there would soon
follow civil strife and that In the end
the Islands would fall a prey to some
foreign nation. While they remain a
possession of the United States they
are secure against serious domestic dis
turbance or foreign aggression. This
country is able to preserve peace and
order In the islands and no other na
tion will Interfere with them. It Is also
assured that the people of the islands
will receive fair and Just consideration
In the administration of their govern
ment They are already to a considera
ble extent participating In public affairs
and it Is proposed that they shall enter
into them more largely. In this re
spect they are satisfied with existing
conditions and they have learned to
have confidence In the promises that
have been given them by, this, govern
ment That, they will in tune,, or as
soon aa it shall be found practicable
and safe, be given a territorial govern
ment similar to that of Porto Rico and
Hawaii is to be regarded as certain.
It la also very probable that eventually
there will be free trade between the
Archipelago and the United States, but
revenue . considerations make this im
practicable at present
In view of the Filipino declaration
that "the Philippines and the United
States are firmly united," the 'demo
cratic party will hardly be able to make
much of an Impression upon the Amer
lean people with their demand for the
Independence of the Islands. Until the
Filiplnoa ask for Independence, until
they express dissatisfaction with Amer
ican rule and a desire to be relieved
from It and left to govern themselves,
the matter cannot be made an issue
before our people. .
If Russia's action In smuggling a ves
sel of the volunteer fleet through the
Dardanelles In the guise of a peaceful
merchantman is not challenged by tbo
powers we may expect to see the entire
Black sea fleet passing through on the
way to take a hand in the, war. .The
sultan could stop It If he wished, but
with a large enough consideration ho
certainly will not. This- first attempt
Is probably Just a tentative one, to see
whether the great powers are disposed
to wink at It and If they do, the whole
fleet will likely be out In a week. It is
manifestly a breach of good' faith on
the part of Russia, as It Is bound by
solemn treaty to keep that fleet In the
Black sea. Whether the powers take
action or. not remains to be seen, but it
is not probable that they would allow
the letterand spirit of a treaty to which
such Importance has always been at
tached, to be evaded through trickery
Thut would moke a precedent and no
one coiild tell where It would stop. Al
thougn not expected Just now. the at
tempt surprises no one familiar with
Russlun methods and diplomacy. The
only question Is whether the powers are
willing to be hypnotised again, as Rub
sla has so often hypnotised them in the
past
i rtmsha tha beef strike seems to have
been of sum benefit to the needy sons of
millionaires who have been out or em
Dloyment. Chicago Inter Ocean. '
Our Chicago contemporary should le
a little more specific. If there are any
Idle sons of millionaires In Omaha who
ire willing to work in the packing
louses, we would like to see the whites
if their eyes.
The good order preserved at the scene
of the meat packers' strike in South
Omaha especially when compared with
disorders at other points la a greet trl
bute to the superior character of South
Omaha working men. What the labor
leaders must above all lay stress on, Is
the preservation of their reputation for
law observance and good behavior.
Representation In the democratic stato
nominating convention Is on the basis
pf one delegate for every 100 votea cast.
while representation In tae populist
state nominating convention Is on the
basis of one delegate for every 200 votes
cast for the combination candidates last
year. From this it will be readily seen
that If It cornea to the preponderance of
numbers at Lincoln, the democrats will
do the populists up at about the ratio of
two to one.
Nearly $1,800 wa expended last year
by the school board for drawing sup
plies, music supplies and military sup
piles. There Is no more reason why
children in the public schools should be
supplied with drawing paper, sheet
music and military accoutrements than
there is for supplying" them with dolls,
base balls, tops, gloves, neckties, violins,
mandolins and shoe polish.
The World-Herald sees nothing im
proper in Judge Parker retaining his
place on the bench while seeking elec
tion to the presidency. ' It Is strenu
ously opposed, however, to Congressman
Bnrkett holding on to the position he
occupies in the lower house of congress
while asking the people of Nebraska to
choose a legislature that will promote
him to the upper branch.
It is said that 'democratic delegates
in Missouri instructed for both Attorney
Folk for governor and Sain'B. Cook for
secretary of state want to disregard In
structions for the latter. The nomina
tion of both those men on the same
ticket threatens a condition like a cam
paign in Nebraska with W. J. Bryan
and Dr. George L: Miller .yoked to
gether.
Developments in Europe are proving
that Secretary Hay Is about the only
diplomat of a first-class power who has
succeeded lu accommodating himself
fully to modern conditions of Interna
tional relations where honesty and
straightforwardness take the placo of
finesse.
Striking Retaliation.
Philadelphia Frees.
Don't eat meat. It lan't a healthy diet
anyway In hot weather, and prices may
come down by tho time summer is over.
An Unnecessary Precaution.
Washington Post.
Rerretarv Morton will hardly take ad
vantage of the high water In the Missouri
to send a gunboat against those union
workmen who are on a strike at his Ne
braska City packing house.
Take In the Slack.
Brooklyn) Eagle.
Our railroads are safer than they used
to be, but a yearly death roll running Into
hundreds and accldeets that are reckoned
In four or five figures show that tha law
Is aa slack as are the. switchmen and con
ductors. Remedy for Avoidable Disasters.
Chicago Chronicle.
ntnkl.. wwAna-lv lh. nnmHoftnn rrnwl
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that most of these 'unavoidable" railroad
and steamboat disasters could be avoided
if there was a reasonable certainty that
someone had to go to ho penitentiary for
every one of them. " , , . , .
' Reporters Bea'le frtr Qnee.
Boston Herald.
In withholding his wedding announce
ment until he was ready to couple with It
the Information that he la also the happy
father of a 8-year-old 'daughter, Multi
millionaire Senator Clark of Montana has
taught the prying society newspaper re
Dorters that they do not always know
everything that Is transpiring.
Krocer to Rest at Home.
Philadelphia Public Ledser.
Poor old Kruaer. dying in exile. Is to be
laid at rest at home among. his own people.
for whose freedom ho struggled so long
with a rus-aed courage that will keep his
Mine alive in history. It la pathetically
significant that peamisslon for the return
of his body to the Transvaal naa to d
asked of the British ' government, though
th DTRdnus courtesy with which the re
quest waa promptly granted by the king In
council robs the Incident of some or its
bitterness. However we judge the British
nollnv in South Africa, which may nave
been Inevitable, the British people are not
likely to bo unmindful of the sturdy nero
lm of thla rouah old obstructionist, whose
death may help to bring about a kindlier
feejing between the victors and the van
quished.
WHY Rl'SBIA CAJiJIOT WIM.
Revelations of Trnflle Dlrneto of Si
berian Railway.
Philadelphia Record.
loonHinr to a dlsnatch from St. Peters
burg the trafflo director of the Siberian
railroad, who has Just returned from a
nnr nf lnsDectlon extending aa far as
Mukden, has Informed the mobilisation au
thorities that an army of 100,000 la the max
imum that the railway could support in
Manchuria under the most favorable cir
cumstances. The line is working well, he
said, but the dally necessity of supplying
tha army's waste, together wun uenerai
Kuropatkin's large requlrementa in the
way of field equipments and ordnance,
make tho present call upon the railroad's
resources the utmost to which it can re-
The existing line of communica
tions cannot maintain in the field a larger
bpdy of. troops than la dependent upon it
now. . .
Thnt th mobilisation authorities should
t.- ha' Informed at thla late stage of
of condltlona which were doubt
lessly known to the Jupanese years ago
nd to Intelligent observers an over ins
world for many months, exempllnos the
in..T,.H rf tha RuHalnn beaurocracy. To
Inaugurate what tho Russian megaloma
niacs Imagined would be a military proms-
naria tn Tnkln. and tO dO SO Without Shy
assurance that the means were available,
proves the existence among tn ruung
classes of Russia of stupid selt-sufflclency
j an almost IncomprehensiDia aegree.
-rh. inffln mmuKitr in his report has
glased over the vorst feature of the situa
tion by indicating too.000 men to ne tnq
number maintainable In the field. To be
sure, he adda'Uiat this would b posstbla
only under the most favorable circum
stances, but he falls to report the actual
capacity of the railway. Tha moat favpra
ble circumstances never accompany a state
of war. In the estlmsslon of foreign ex
perts the transslberlan route can convey
to Manchuria at the utmost 1,000 men a
day nut enough to moke good the deple
Hon of the ranks of any considerable army
by sk'knes, to say nothing of the killed,
tha wounded and prisoners. The necessity
of sending supplies by the same line
greatly reduces its troop-csrrylng capacity.
The trafflo director admits the impossibil
ity of maintaining a larger number of
troops than are now dependent upon It.
General Kuropatkln never had more than
17B.0U0 men in the whole theater of war,
and deducting garrisons, railway guards
and the troops enclosed In Port Arthur his
nffhtlnj force cannot exceed 100.000. The
Japanese have at lesst twice "thafmany
arrayed against the Russian general and
can easily keep suO.OOO In the Acid. That U
the campaign ix Nebraska.
Grand Island Independent: Tha first
little rhyme we havs seen on the ticket
la: "rarker and Davis; salt won't save
us.".
Tork Republican: What will those "free
silver republicans." who left their party
and broka Into the democracy, do now,
poor thing?
Monroe Republican:- It would be Interest
ing to know how many platforms ths dem
ocratic nominee for congress In the Third
district Is running on.
Stanton Flcket: If all of Judge Parker's
utterances create as much furore as Tft
his first after his nomination, he will do
well to remain tha silent sphinx.
Blue Springs Sentinel: If the democrats
who expressed themselves on the Parker
nomination In this state keep their word,
Parker will get about three votes to the
county.
North Platte Tribune: "Every cheer for
Parker Is applause for Orover Cleveland,"
says The Omaha Bee. and that Is the way
a good many North Platte democrats
take It.
Nemaha Advertiser: Is It possible that
Bryan will now assist In pressing the
crown of thorns on the brow of labor and
Increasing tha weight of tha cross of gold?
Who would have thought ltT
Norfolk Press: With Parker as the op
position candidate, republicans may as
well make up their minds to fight for It.
Boodle always makes a lively campaign,
and the democrats will have plenty of the
stuff.
Beatrice Sun: The Omaha Bee Is of the
opinion that the advance In beef will not
afTect democrats, as they are eating crow
Just at present. Thst Is a mean Insinua
tion, In view of the fact that so many dem
ocrats, who have been feeding at the
populistlo soup house for, lo, these many
years, are now feasting upon quail on
toast, bosom of tuffed turkey with cham
pagne sauce and other choice viands.
. Nebraska City Tribune: The padlock
has been transferred from the lips of Judge
Parker to those of the late Mr. Metcalf
of the World-Herald. "Met" Is truly up
against It. With a goldbug as the head
of hia ticket and millionaire railroad presi
dent and banker aa tail. Met Is next door
to speechless. ' Inasmuch as his howling
for the last eight years has been directed
against property In general and every
man who was $2 ahead of the game of life
in particular, why shouldn't he be quiet?
It Is pretty hard lines to belong to the
democratic party, anyway.
Kearney Hub: Of course Mr. Tlbblrs
does not cut much figure as a candidate
on a national ticket, but, nevertheless,
there must be many In this state who re
member tha eastern touring of Tibbies
during the "grasshopper" days In the early
70s and the harrowing tales that his Im
agination conjured up. Those were dark
days for Nebraska and Tibbies made them
appear doubly dark to his eastern audi
ences. The whole story would be a long
one. tha telling of which would bring In
the names of the dead as well aa the liv
ing, and It Is better that It never be told.
POLITICAli SNAPSHOTS.
Chicago Record-Herald: West Virginia
has not, however, pot forth any serious
claim as yet to being the mother of vice
presidents. '
Cincinnati Enquirer: If Bourke Cock
ran, William J. Bryan, Henry Watteraon
and J. B.. Weaver "get together" on Judge
Parker there ought to be a great saving of
work for ths democratlo national commit
tee. Baltimore American:.. Th simple result
ot the election will be that New York will
lose a jurist of some note from active work
In the courts and will gain, with the coun
try, a good president In the election of
Roosevelt.'
Boston Transcript: If, aa is asserted by
some of his friends, Parker was always a
sound money man, It must have been his
purpose to dissemble his love for the gold
standard when he voted for Bryan In 189
and 'again In 1900.
New York Tribune: Indications point to
'an attempt on the part. of the democratlo
national committee to shelve Bryan during
the campaign by not inviting him to talk.
Mr. Bryan, however, can hire his own halls
and. do all the talking he wants to, and as
he has some Interesting things to say he
will not lack for auditors.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Soma of these romancing nature writers
will be telling us next that the spiders have
taken to the manufacture of fly paper.
Baron Maaanao, a Japanese nobleman,
says Texas may expect wealthy men from
his country soon, as the Lone Star state
has an excellent soli for raising rice.
This Is the season when the farmer who
"cusses" the city man's automobile as a
menace to human life gets Into print by
being killed or mangled by his own mowing
machine.
H. D. Hale, a Boston architect and a
grandson of Rev. Edward B. Hale, has won
the competition for the plans of the new
United Engineering building to be erected
In New York through the generosity of An
drew Carnegie.
It la said that General Kouronatkln has
founded a newspaper for the use of the
army, the general being the editor-in-chief.
It appears thrice a week and Is edited and
printed in three . railway oars attaohed to
the general's train. .
Justice Wills of Great Britain Is said to
contemplate retirement. On one occasion,
after giving a decision aa an arbitrator, he
came to the conclusion that bis award was
unjust and straightway snt to the defeated
litigant a cluck for tha amount in dispute.
Jay Cooke, the noted financier, has turned
ills eighty-fourth birthday. He is an en-
thuaiastlo fisherman and It la notable that
when he takes out a party of friends on a
fishing trip his string Is almost always ths
best. For fltty years he has conducted a
Bible class in Ogonts.
Tha sucoessor of Russell Sage In the put
and call market of Wall street Is said to
be Amos M. Lyon, until reoently all but
unknown in tha financial world. Yet he Is
worth perhaps f2S,000,000. He Is an old man
now. Ha was born and bred on a farm and
seemingly never learned how to dress In
approved city style.
Pr. W. J. Rolfe of Boston, president ot
the Emerson School ot Oratory, la one of
the moat eminent living authorities on
Shakespeare's works. He Is 77 years ot age.
One of ttla sons married a granddaughter
of Joseph Jefferson, the actor, and a grand
child was called Josephine, having been
tx i n on the anniversary of Mr. Jefferson s
birthday.
One of the delegates who suffered most
from heat at the St. Louis convention was
Jamea C. Tlmmlns, whose hohie Is Tuma,
Aria, said to be the hottest town In the
country. They tell of a dissolute and
wicked soldier at the army poet there, who,
after dying, was reported to have sent
back to his comrades this message: "Please
send ma my blankets."
King Kdwsrd attended a recent function
at the mansion ef a titled subject and re
mained standing until many of the other
guests were almost exhausted, for of course
they could not take seals until his majesty
had done so first It Is noticeable that the
king. Uks his father, Is practically tireless
He can keep constantly on tha move from
morning till night and Is never In a hurry
to alt down end rest. Hs gets through a
great amount of routine work, too, and
seems to like M.
ItTRBMB CONTEST IN NEW YORK
Empire State Be the Battle Groaad
ef the Presidential Contest.
A staff correspondent of the St. Louis
Republic, organ of the Missouri democracy,
In a letter reviewing the political situation
In the east, says the managers of both re
publican and democratlo parties regard
New York state as the battleground of the
presidential contest and are making ar
rangements to carry on the fight on the
spot. Regarding the general situation and
the combinations by which the democrats
hope to win, the writer says:
"Now the plsn of both parties is to have
their real working headquarters In New
York City, and to have branches In Chi
cago. Of course, a great deal ot attention
will be given to such doubtful western
states as Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin,
but It Is apparent that all the political
managers havs come to the conclusion that
as New York state goes, the country will
go.' "
In Judge Alton B. Parker the democrats
have a conservative candidate. Mr. Bryan
has announced that he will support the
ticket, but he begs leave to differ with the
majority about some things In the plat
form, and he wants It understood that he
won't be mussled.
Speculation at long range about the result
of the election must take Into account a
possible defection from the -democratic
ranks. These defections could be made up
by the accession of , republicans who pre
ferred Alton B. Parker to Theodore Roose
velt, So there Is likely to be a baffling shift
of votea, and a lighter vote, considering
natural Increase, than there was In 1900, for
the Inclination of the partisan who does not
like his own candidate la to "go fishing" on
election day.
Bo much being said. It will be Interesting
to run through the list of states and tally
them as republican, democratic and doubt
ful. It Is conceded that the following states
will be carried by the democrats:
Electoral
States. votes.
Electoral
States. votes.
North Carolina.... It
South Carolina 9
Tennessee 17
Texas IS
Virginia 12
Alabama 11
Arkansas ........... I
Florida 5
Georgia 13
Kentucky 13
Louisiana 9
Mississippi
Missouri
Total 151
It is generally conceded that Parker and
Davis will carry Maryland and West Vir
ginia, states which In" the last two presi
dential campaigns have been found In the
republican column. The democratic ticket
would have stood a good chance of success
In these states, particularly In Maryland,
without the Davis nomination, but with
it, and In view ' of the factional fight
among the West Virginia republicans and
the growing recovery of the democratlo
strength In Maryland, they will both be
likely to land In the democratlo column.
Thla is the respect In which the action of
the convention has most specifically af
fected estimates of the result. Before the
convention these two states were placed In
the doubtful column, one with democratlo
and the other with republican leanings.
Today they by common consent belong In
the democratic column.
It will at least take an extraordinary
fight on the part of the republicans to
save the state of Davis' birth and that
which he has represented In the senate.
Maryland Is naturally democratic. It was
the German democrats at Baltimore, and
quite conspicuously the Jewish vote, which
rebelled at the free silver Ideas of Bryan
and took the state out of the democratlo
column. Isidore Ray nor, who has - now
been elected to the senate, will take the
stump In behalf of the democratic ticket,
and few men exceed him In effectiveness
as a campaign orator. He will feel in in
cumbent on him to hold .the Jewish, vote
for the democratic ticket, ' now that , the
free ailver scare has passed and that he
has been elected to the senate. Everything
Is apparently ready for . democratic suc
cess In a presidential vote. West Vir
ginia Is something of a "follower" of
Maryland, although naturally rather less
democratic. The Davis nomination will
doubtless make up the difference. .'
The thirteen states of the old south,
which are not open to real contest, cast 151
electoral votes. To these the fifteen votes ot
Maryland and West Virginia may be added.
making 168. Of the 476 members of the
electoral college 239 will be necessary to
eleot a president
The following states may fairly be re
garded as republican In a national contest
with the democracy under present condi
tions: Electoral
States. votes.
Electoral
States. votes.
Oregon 4
Pennsylvania 34
Rhode Island 4
South Dakota...... 4
Utah t
Vermont 4
Washington t
Wyoming t
Total 175
California 10
Idaho a
Iowa ...33
Kansas 10
Maine t
Massachusetts 16
Michigan 14
Minnesota 11
New Hampshire... 4
North Dakota...... 4
Ohio 23
The foIlowTng states, If not all doubtful,
will be the scene ot spirited and obstinate
campaigning betwen the political generals:
Electoral
votes.
Electoral
States. votes.
Nevada .'. 1
New Jersey II
New York 89
Wisconsin IS
States.
Colorado ..
Connecticut
B
7
Delaware
Illinois
I
:::fi
Indiana ....
Montana 8
Total
..135
Nebraska 81
With 176 electoral votes assured Roose
velt will need 64 more to win tha presi
dency, while Parker must get TI. Should
New York's 29 electoral votes be cast for
Parker there Would remain necessary for
democratic success only 84 more electoral
votes. To carry New York and to pick up
the thirty-four extra votea. besides sav
ing Maryland and West Virginia, is thus
the problem that confront jthe manager
of the democratic campaign. These thirty
four votes might come from either of the
following combination:
Group one New .Jersey 12, Delaware 3,
Nevada' I, Montana J, Indiana 15, making
86, two more than necessary, or 241 In the
electoral collage.
Group two Indiana 15, New Jersey 12 and
Connecticut 7, making an even H restoring
the "solid south" (except Delaware), New
York, Indiana, New Jeieey and Connecti
cut, this would be victory on the old bat
tleground, with lines unchanged. In each
of these groups Indiana has been placed.
Democratlo victory In that state will, from
ordinary appearances, require a hard fight.
Other groupings will, of course, be made
by enthusiastic claimants. Many of them
may be described as "possible, but not
probsble. Wisconsin, for example, will be
claimed by the democrats or. account of
the factional warfare between the two
wings of the republican party and the diffi
culty In marking the Australian ballot cor
rectly under the existing complications.
Illinois Is placed in the doubtful column
only because no one can form a clear opin
ion at this time a to how the city of Chi
cago Is going. It Is not Improbable that
It will roll up a large democratlo vote.
Pom long-headed politicians predict that
the presidential election will be decided by
the vote of the cities. If It were not for
this pustllng city vote Illinois could be set
down as republican beyond any reasonable
doubt
Th veteran soldier vote and the busi
ness vote are going to give the repub
licans no little concern in Illinois. That Is
wh It Is tabulated aa doubtful. Montana
gave Bryana plurality of 11,771 In 1900,
but It elected a republican supreme court
Judge by 10.4AS In 1902. .However, it la Sen
ator A. W, Clark's state, and ha Is anxious
to be regarded aa a democratlo personage.
Nebraska aavis Mickey, republican can- r-r S''
aioate ror rovernor. .xa mummy in
..... . . m...
and it will be very close If th fuslonlsts
pull together, and Mr. Bryan 1 a bonn
flde candidate for the senatorshlp. Ne
vada has been consistently sliver demo
cratic since 1900, when Bryan pol''l two- '
thirds of the vote, but will It voto ror a
gold, standard democrat, even with Mr. (
Bryan's endorsement? i
If the independents In New Jersey take r
state, because Of the memory of demo-'
cratlo Joel B. Parker. New Jersey Is
doubtful Indeed. If republicans complain
that Illinois ought to be put In the douht
e..i mi iimn democrats will Insist that New
Tork should not be Included. 'but the Im
partial observer will not assum too much.
In view ot th fact that the differences
ir.n the 1a Follett and Spooncr fac
tions in Wisconsin are fundamental and
Irreconcilable, th proper place for that
state la in th doubtful column.
WHERE THE PACKERS Mt'ST TIELU.
Inwllllag to Waive Plet fo the
Pwfclle Good.
CMcs go Tribune. -
Thr.n Java in the union seemed entirely
responsible for the failure to end the strike
hv srhltratlnn. Todav a .part .though a
small part of the responsibility Is borne by
the packers.
The union objected to arbitration unless
the scop of the award waa limited In three
directions. First, wages were not to b re
duced below th seal of last year's agree
ment. Hernnd. tha nitra of last year s
agreement were to b paid pending the
award. Third, the members ot tne union
were to be restored to their old places
within three days.
Tha first limitation was absurd. The
packers refused to accede to It The union
has therefore surrendered It.
The second limitation was trivial. It
would have meant little to the men. It
would have meant' still less to the packers.
An excess of a cent or a cent ana a ran
an hour for certain classes of lnbor for a
raw rinva nendlnc the award would not
have raised the members of the union to
opulence. Still less would It have reduced
tha packers to nertury. Nevertheless tnc
packers refused to accede to It. And the
vnlon has therefore surrendered It.
Th hirrt limitation remains, unaecedod to
by the packers nnd unsurrendered by the
union. The union wants its members re
.ra tn thalr old Dlaces. The packers nre
willing to agree to take them back ns room
is found for them, but are unwilling tc
agree to discharge all th men whom they
have taken Into their employ since the
strike began.
Thar la nn doiiht that an employer owes
a duty to th man whom he has nftag to
work for him. Th world will D pieasea to
see th packer recognising this duty. ,
But when all due weight has been granted
to the Ideal implied in th phra "security
nr rmninvment." the fact still exist that
most of the labor taken into employment by
the Backers sine th etna oegan is oi
nnntina- unsettled character and ha never
been supposed to be employed under terms
of long duration. It comes loaoy, .
tomorrow. The packers themselves have
ai.nva traatad it accordingly. , Besides, a .
man who takes a Job during a atrike always '
understands that his chances or retaining
It ur dubious.
Wouldn't It be possible, therefore, for the
packers to subordinate their regard for
thai naw amnlovea to their general duty
toward th publlo and to agre to discharge,
except perliaps In some particular Instances,
the new men they nv picaea up uui u,
ha armv of the uneniDloyed? Thla conces
sion, In return for the ooncsslon which the
hava mull, would remove th last oo- '
stale to arbitration- fl ,t (,,, yu-M,;. ;
LINES TO A SMILEl.
"Why did that engineer quit his Job?"
asked the railway official. . i,,.
" "He had to stay in Cincinnati two night -every
week," was the reply.-CIvrand
Leader.
. Young Mother "You ' really talked an
hour to UnJ Jake about the bsby, Did ;
he take it calmly?" .. A , .
Young rather-"Ye. He went to Bles"
Detroit Ft Preee.
What do you think of our party
"It all tight." answered Farmer CettV
tossel. "but I never yet saw cir,
political party that could produce every-
lv,i i, :.-n,Tiiaai " Washington Star. t
"Have you noticed the artificial potUh
be such a lolly. Informal chap, . J
"Perhsps it s due to his new position with f
a laundry." Cleveland Plain Dealer. (
Tess You're still engaged to Jack, I sup
pose? ' . , . , .
Jess Of course. He s Just a dear.
Tess And does he love you as much as
"jess Gracious! No. How could he? ,
You know he broke his right arm th Othet
day.-iliiladelphia Press,
HI Tragedy How did you like Iowa?
Lowe Comedy Well, there was qne town
there I'll never forget. We were simply
carried awsy with It.
HI Tragedy You don't say?
Low Comedy Yea, a cyclone an-lved
about an hour after w did. Philadelphia
Press.
POOR PA AT HOME.
8. E. Klser In Record-Herald.
My pa he said to ma and me
That he don't want no trip this year,
'Cause everything's so high, you set
He said he'd have to stay right here. ,
"You two can go," h say to nut,
"I'll try to get along some way.
It doe beat all I ever saw.
The prices thst they make us psy. 1
Take Willie where you'll have fresh air ,
And board ain't very hlgl. and I'll
Stay here and work on like a Turk. i
And we'll save money for a while."' '
.
We 'stayed two weeks; I nearly died
Because It was so lonesome there, "
Aqd ma got thin and hcllow-eyed 4 ,
AnA almriat rmiMP 4han a hear.
i nn i lii uiieiMi -. . T.-r a
I licked the boy thst lived there, though,
And caught a bullhead, too, one dny,
And got a stone bruise on my toe
And found out how the chickens lay. .
But ma she up and Bpolled the fun
And simply wouldn't stay no more
Because I found the fnrmer's gun
And shot holes through the kitchen doofc
Bo we came home again, and ma
Kept talkln' all the way to me
About how kind we'd be to pa .
And how surprised and glad he d be.
But when we got there, late at flight.
Pa wasn't anywhere around.
Th doors were locked up good snd tight.
They wasn't any llkht nor sound.
And when we went next door they ld
That pa'd been gone about a week
That night, when ma put me to bed,
She was so mad she couldn't speak.
When pa got back from where he'd went J
With Mr. Pitt and Mr. Chan
To fish aud camp out In a tent. ,
Awsy up in the woods some place, i
It seemed to me that nia, somehow.
Forgot he needed change and rest, t
She didn't kits him on the brow . -
IN or lay ner iu -"".
And he saems kind of changed.
Hs Jumps when ma comes In the door,
And hain't anything to say
About expenses any more.
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