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WHE.1 OUT or TOWK. ..
gabscrlaers leaving tka cltr '
porarily aaaala Tka Baa
walled fm tka a. A da res will ba
chaacd tllca 'mm t-auaeeta.
Th 'Independence leaguo Is Inde
pendent of everybody except W. R.
Hearbt.
Mr. Bryan will accept no Invitations
to dinners where he Is assigned only
to eat and listen.
April has the reputation of being a
wet month, but the prohibitionists are
trying to make it dry.
The per capita circulation In the
country on April 1 was 135.15, more
or leas unevenly distributed..
My! How that Nebraska G. O. P.
elephant has' grown! It Is too big now
to stay In one small pocket:
v ;
. It-was not only Taft day, but a big
day commensurate with the. towering
proportions Of the guest
One or two governors have Already
Issued their Arbor day proclamations.
It U up to Governor Sheldon.
Congressman Watson, Just nomi
nated by the republicans for governor
of Indiana, was born at RushvlUe,
Dispatches tell about a Peoria man
being smothered In mud without
stating for what office he was running.
What has become of the old-fashioned
gentleman who parted his hair
behind and brushed It around over his
tars! '
If you are not convinced that Doug
las county! needs a new court house,
Just serve on a 1ur.y once for thre
weeks.
A grand Jury ones In a while Is all
right, but the county attorney ought
to b given a chance to earn his
money. -
Colonel Bryan must realise that he
cannot hit at his prospective repub
lican opponent without getting a few
pokes in return.
i Governor Johrmon is willing.-Jud
son Harmon has hopes. Judge Gray Is
in a receptive mood and Bryan is get
ting the delegates.
Eastern democrats are not angry
bocause Mr. .Bryan failed to get the
populist nomination. They are angry
tecause he wanted it. v
A Chicago paper used the picture
of Mark Twalo and labeled it as
Prince de Bagan. The Joke Is on
either Mark or the prince.
A Chicago lawyer says the Ten
Commandments should be amended.
So far as Chicago is concerned most of
them have been repealed by implica
tion. '
Editor Harvey of Harper's Weekly
predicts that the republican ticket will
be Taft and Hughea. He has been
predicting long enough to get right
ont.;
The kaiser insists that he will be
delighted td receive Dr. David Jayne
Hill as American ambassador to Ber
lin. , Still, it would be Interesting to
know what the kaiser thinks about It
in German.
, "Nebraska announces that it has the
poorest man In tha United -Statee sen
te," says Ihe New York World. Noth
lag.of the klndv Nebraska knows that
Nt'W York has two of the poorest men
U IU Waited States senate.
if R. TA ft VN nTAM$t.
William Jennings Bryan haS re
ceived a reply to his demand, made
and Telterated in recent speeches, to
know where Mr. Taft stands or the
question of railroad control, tariff re
vision and, other governmental re
forms urged by tho people.,, Mr. Bryan
has worked himself into, something of
a frentr over Mr. Taft's Philippine
policy and has concluded a series of
inquiries as to the war secretary's posi
tion on other public questions by In
quiring "What doe. Secrete ry Taft
denounce as wrong?"
In his speech before the McKinley
club of Omaha Mr. Taft has answered
these Interrogatories, effectively and
Impressively, even If the answers may
not suit the Nebraska statesman. Mr.
Taft mikes It plain that his good na
ture la even sufficiently developed to
permit him to discuss an autopsy with
Mr. Bryan and he delivers a telling
thrust by declaring that, in order-- to
discuss questions with Mr. Bryan, it is
necessary to consider, not what the
democratic party as it used to be
thinks on any Issue, "but what N Mr.
Bryan thinks on every Issue. In other
words, the contest Is not between the
republicans and the democrats, but be
tween the republicans and Bryan, who
seems to have the power of leading the
democratic party against Its will.
' Mr. Bryan has denounced the Philip
pine policy of the administration aa
a departure from the principles of
the Declaration of Independence. Mr.
Taft quotes the history that proves
that the treaty of Paris could not have
been ratified without the support of
Mr. Bryan and that he la more re
sponsible than any other one man for
the agreement which placed the re
sponsibility for the government of the
Philippines upon the American people.
Mr. Bryan Is now condemning the ad
ministration with unstinted abuse for
assuming the burdens which he helped
to put on us. . ,
Mr. Bryan's claim that he In a re
former and that Mr. Taft is not pne
furnishes the secretary with ''a further
opportunity toN demonstrate how much
depends upon the viewpoint. The sec
retary makes It plain that he is not a
reformer if reform means free and
unlimited cbtnafi of ' silver,; the gov
ernment ownership f railroads, a
scuttle policy in the Philippines, a re
duction of the army and navy to .the
danger point, federal Intermeddling
with state affairs and the getting upon
each and all sides of every big ques
tion as Mr. Bryan has done.
In tone and spirit, in general and
In detail, nothing could be more
forceful than Mr. Taft'a answers to
the Bryan list of denunciations. They
furnish striking illustration of the
difference between the characters of
the two men who will probably be op
ponents in the coming presidential
contest; They show the difference be
tween genuine appreciation of public
questions and heated and indiscrim
inate opposition. ,
FERCAFITA AKDPASICS.
The old contention that industrial
and commercial panics are caused by
8 lack of a sufficient volume of money
has received a rather effective refuta
tion. It is calculated by the Treasury
department that the country's mon
etary circulation on April 1 was
135.35 per capita, being the highest
record everreacbed in this country.
It is about $14 per capita greater than
In 1896. whan the democratic cam
paign was made on the' issue that the
panic of 1893 and the hard timea that
followed were all due to the lack of
a sufficient volume of money. The
present circulation' is "nearly $2 per
capita larger than a year ago, when
Industrial and commercial ' conditions
were more favorable than ever before
in the nation's history.
It is true that in 1873 and again
in 1893 there had been a contraction
of the per capita circulation. If the
panics in those years were caused by
the contraction of the volume of
money, soma) other cause will have to
be assigned for the industrial and
financial depression of 1907. An
other contrasting condition is found in
the fact that prices of commodities
have not declined this year to tha ex
tent they did in previous periods of
Industrial depression This1 may be
traceable to the fact that the volume
of money of final account is not con
trading. in relation to prmal business
needs. That commodity prices have
not yet fallen to the degree expected
Is the most promising assurance of a
speedy recovery of business energy.
TH7 DE.VlCRTfC FILIBL'STEB.
The minority in the house at Wash
ington is furnishing another object
lesson in democratic incapacity for
statesmanship. Under the leadership
of Mr. Williams of Mississippi th
democratic members -are adopting fill
bustertng tactics to defeat all con
structlve legislation proposed by the
republicans. The plan can work on
iy
delay at a time when congress and th
public are anxious that every moment
be devoted to the consideration of au
b-
Jects In which the people are vitally 1
teregted.
Most of the proceedings of
the
house are informal In character, the
purpose being to save the time re
quired for roll calls. T bis Is the key
to tha democratic filibuster plan.
A
members moves that the house reaol
ve
Itself into a commhtee of the whole
to
discuss, for Instance, the agricultu
appropriation bill!4 Leader Willia
ra)
ams
calls for a division. Tha speaker calls
for the ayes and noes and announces
that the ayes have it. Wllli&ma
promptly 'calls for' tf Hers and the
members file down tbVcepter aisle of
the avhamber and are oounu-d.- When
this result Is announced the minority
leader demands a roll rail. This re
quires at least a half hour and the mo
tion finally prevails. With tactics
repeated at every possible opportunity
the result la that the greater part of
the time of the house is taken up with
answers to roll calls on the most
trivial questions.
The filibuster is purely political.
Leader Williams admits that he is try
ing to make campaign material out of
his fight, but It is difficult to imagine
what he can accomplish in that line
except to shoulder the blame that will
follow the' failure of congressional
action upon many matters of keen
public concern. The filibuster may pre
vent an early adjournment of congress,
desired by the republican leaders, but
the republicans are responsible for the
record to be made by congress and
they must consequently do the busi
ness, whatever time Is needed to keep
their grip on the situation.
THE OVATION TO MR. TAFT
The magnificent ovation tendered
to Mr. Taft as the guest of the Mc
Kinley club reflects untold credit upon
Omaha and Nebraska thus turned out
by the thousand's to pay tribute to the
big war secretary. '
In the vast throng that greeted him
with unbounded enthusiasm were rep
resentative republicans from nearly
every county in the state, whose ap
plause but echoed the admiration felt
for the man by all the people who are
familiar with his record of achieve
ment and the part ha has played in
helping to make the administration of
President Roosevelt; the unqualified
success that U Is.
If anyoneat any time harbored any
doubt as to whether the republicans
of Nebraska were for Taft as the suc
cessor to President Roosevet, this
ovation ahould make it clear that he
is their preferred choice to head the
republican national ticket ib the com
ing campaign. '
The inspiration of Mr. Taft'B visit
ought also to strengthen the repub
licans In their determination to keep
Nebraska in the republican column
no matter whether the democrats se
lect their standard bearer from this
state or not. and to spur them on to
exert additional energy to make sure
of that result.
The splendid reception accorded to
Mf. Taft proves that he stands close
to the hearts of all Nebraska and also
indicates that Nebraska is close to the
heart of Mr. Taft.
On the eve of municipal election our
amiable .democratic contemporary has
discovered that he editor of The Bee
was running for mayor and city attor
ney in South Omaha. Another demo
cratic oracle, Edgar Howard, In his
paper discovered a little while ago
that the editor of The Bee was run
ning for .councilman,, out. in his" town
of Columbus. To read these same
papers it transpires that the editor of
The Bee Is also cutting all sorts of
political capers here,, there and every
where at one and the same time. The
editor of The Bee musf look like the
multiplication table when viewed
through democratic glasses.
The only democratic congressman
from Nebraska wants the Department
of Commerce and Labor to tell him
something about the conditions of the
meat-packing Industry. Up to this
time our democratic congressman has
always been telling something to the
government without for a moment im
agining that the government could tell
blni anything.
The Brooklyn Eagle looks upon the
refusal of Massachusetts republicans
to send Instructed delegates to the
Chicago convention as "a set-back for
the Taft boom." As a majority of the
delegates from Massachusetts are
openly in favor of Mr. Taft, while it
was predicted that they would be in
structed for Governor Hughes, the
set-back" looks like a boost.
Congress has refused to continue
the appropriation to enable Dr. Wiley
to continue feeding his "poison squad"
and testing th dangers or usefulness
of cold storage eggs and embalmed
beef. The depressing feature of the
case Is that a lot of government clerks
who have been getting free feed at
Dr. Wiley's boarding house will have
to buy their meal tickets elsewhere.
The democratic organ's account of
the big Taft banquet, describing the
hall, says that the fern-covered "stage
proper was a Jungle of germs." Now,
we submit that this is overstepping
the amenities of political propriety.
William Allen White refers to
Speaker Cannon as "a vain; stupid,
arrogant . old moesback." Tough, of
course, but the speaker has already
abandoned hope of getting any votes
from the Kansas delegation.
From the schedule of rstes given
out by the Denver hotels, delegates to
the democratic national convention
wlll'find the cost of living while there
anything but democratic.
A Baltimore minister declares that a
man who kisses a single woman should
be shot. Still, it seems unfair that
married women should have a monop
oly In the kiss line.
Dr. David J. Hill Is going to Berlin
as ambassador, but it is understood
that he has been already supplied with
a properly punched transfer ticket to
Paris. , -
The toltlng Nebraska populists lay
the bUuie on Mr. Hearst for the re
fusal of the St Louis convention to let
them run things la the interest of
Bryan. Who would have supposed It
alter that fulsome banquet which Mr.
Bryan threw at Mr. Hearst In St. Louis
only fotfr yeara ago?
"MirVUaJ, My Marylaad."
Baltimore American.
Maryland will give Taft alxteen votes In
tha republican convention and elsht more
In the electoral collrge, and It wlehea it
could give more.
Old Tarda Oatrlaurd.
Waahiagton post.
To ba perfectly frank, the democrats my
have to admit that at the game of "view
ing with alarm" the popullets have them
looking like a bunch of optimists.
Atria final Strlaajer.
v Chicago Tribune.
Tom Watson, perpetual populist candi
date for the presidency, has completed his
arrangements for adding another to his
long and glorious string of defeats.
Home Kathaalaam Preferable.
St. Ixuls Republic.
Berlin's promise to greet Ambassador Hill
warmly Is satisfactory. Diplomatic warmth
Is all the dignity of the United States de
mands. If an American ambassador Is ex
pected to spend 180,600 a year in tips in a
foreign capital to promote enthusiasm for
American institutions wa can fall back on
tha homemade article of enthusiasm for
home consumption.
Hastening for tha Band Wagan.
Philadelphia Record.
Favorite sons are somewhat csst down
by th preference of Massachusetts re
publicans for tha presidential heir. Mas
sachusetts has no favorite son, but Taft
has a dangerous lead and they were hope
ful that tha Bay state would give Its
support to Hughes and avert the danger
of Taft's nomination on the first ballot.
If Hughes were only sure of all the New
York delegates the whole group of favor
ite sons would cheer up, but New York
republicans hate to be on the losing
side and Taft looks very much like a
winner.
Poor, Discredited Jen.
, Arkansas Qaiette.
Hasn't Jeff Davis learned his . logson
yet? Doesn't he know by this time that
the people are sick of his continual abuse,
nauseated with his billingsgate, weary
with his buncombe and bladerdash, con
temptuous of hla insufferable vanity, and
revolted at the presumption that they must
elect the candidates who represent his
views, and no man can hold office whose
candidacy "Jeff" Davis hss vetoed, and
that the state must he put In the hollow
of his hand, a hand that la soiled and
besmirched by the abuse of the power
that the trusting people of this state have
confided In it, but yet Insatiably grasps
for mora power?
Who Will Start the Fireworks f
Washington Star.
Who are to set off the fireworks at the
conventions? Tj texts of both Chicago
and Denver will be Inspiring. There Is not
a candidate on the. republican list whose
name and achievements should not carry
a fine panegyric. Taft, Fairbanks, Cannon,
Hughes, Knox, are somebody; and have
dona things; and as for. Mr. Bryan, ha calls
for the best nominating apeech his party
has In the shop. What Ingersoll did for
Mr. Blaine thirty-two years ago somebody
should do for Mr, Bryan now. The peerless
leader Is entitled to , the peerless nomina
tion. So far, Mr. Beverldge Is the only
orator of national reputation scheduled for
this exceptionally interesting service. He
Is one of Indiana's hlf four, and may be
erpected to rise to'tnti occasion when the
booms at Chicago Sri required to show
down. . , ', ' .
KNCOlRAGlG ANARCHY
Yellow Joarnallani Itwlsg Seeds of
Hatred and Eavy.
Baltimore Sun.
We believe no Injustice or exaggeration
la Involved in the suggestion that If an
archy and "militant socialism" succeed in
gaining a foothold on American soil their
success will be due largely to the aid which
they receive from a certain class of jour
nals In this country.' Meetings of the "un
employed" are of not uncommon occur
rence In London. The English are certainly
aa lawabldlng aa the New' Yorkers and de
test slottng and turbulence as Intensely as
the most conservative New Yorkers. The
London police force Is aa aigilant, as
quick to suppress disorder, aa the New
York policempn. Yet demonstrations In
London parks of tha unemployed or of any
of the discontented classes meet with little
Interference. "Orators'1 speak their minds
freely without molestation. The police at
tend, but only to prevent violence. The
English theory la that It Is better to al
low an open demonstration Of dissatisfac
tion with the existing order than, by se
vere repressive measures, to intensify g lev-
ancea and to encourage aecret meetings of
the discontented. London newspapers exer
cise commendable discretion in reporting
such demonstrations. They do not publish
the names of prominent Englishmen who
have succeeded In politics or In business
and the professions, and Intimate that Utelr
methods extenuate, If they do not Justify,
the murderous activities of anarchists.
English journalism may be dull, according
to our notions, but It certainly cannot be
accused of any lack of regard for the wel
fare of the English people.
PA1.! AND LEAN ME".
Why
Cartooalata Overdo Their Plc-
taree of Taft.
Minneapolis Journal.
Cartoonists the world over are warned
that If they lay In a stock of Tafta with
forward overhang, they are putting up un
salable stock. "Mine. Jacques." the famous
corset-maker, has agreed to give the sec
retary a sylph-like figure, which will be
at once tha pride of the cabinet and the
despair of the opposing candidates.
A great deal of attention aeema to have
been riveted on Secretary Taft's embon
point. Why it Is so, it Is difficult to say.
Probably because the cartoonists having
a suggestive feature, aelze upon this as the
only physical eccentricity of the secretary
of war. It Is somewhat unfair to him
however, as Secretary Taft does not give
the Impression of a fat man, but rather
of a big and atrong man. If he was never
pictured any fatter thsn he Is, the cartoons
would aoon cease to attract attention.
Somebody has ( raised the question
whether a candidate for office la helped or
hurt by cartoons. Probably neither. The
fat man, especially Is Immune from ill ef
fects even from unfriendly cartoons. Some
hqw or other, 6 man is easier forgiven for
being too ' stout thsn for being too thin.
A great majority of ua are looking for mure
flesh rather than less. This is evidenced
by the fact' tha weighing machinea popular-
Ixa themselves by weighing a man a pound
iT Ivn heavier' t han he la.
The fat man la looked upon usually -si
one who can ba trusted. Caesar wanted
such men about him, and Shakespeare for
ever put the quietus on the thin Individual
by giving a line to Julius Caesar which In
d tea ted tha unreliability of men who lack
In aleeknesa. Wllkle Collins tried the anti
dot by giving ua Count Koeco, the round
purring,- soft pedal fellow who waa a rs-
moraeless villain. But neither Bhakee-
peare nor ColLU atabll(hedv tha fact that
ehrrtrr dn"" on fle.
ftOlD AllOt T KRW YOStlC
nipple oa the f arreat at 1.1 fe la tha
Metropolis.
Although New York has l.frtt seers and
aeeresses, prophets, palmlats and similar
lures for people with room to let upstairs,
there IS always abundant space for one
more. ' Particularly timely la the coming
of a wooer of ftpare wealth, possessed of a
new thought which will be passed over to
those who are shy on thoughts And moder
erately long on lucre. Tha new thought is
aesthetic physical culture, a system of
mental exercise which absolutely forbids
physical exertion. All you are required to
do Is to think beautiful thoughts, Simple
Isn't It? Beautiful thoughts are sorely
needed In all sections of the big city, psr
tlcularly In the financial district, where
men are tarrying all kinds of luck charms
in their pockets und neglecting aesthetic
culture of the head. The proomter of tha
cult needs only a ripe press agent to ac
cumulate a bunch of honest dollars.
A parrot Is to be the star witness for
the plaintiff In the divorce suit of Esther
Owynne Carley aga'nst Benjamin, travel
ing talesman for a big commission house.
According to the complaint, Mrs. Carley
and the children and servants went to
Lakewood last winter and Carley went out
to visit them once a week.
"Polly," said Mrs. Carley's lawyer, "re
mained at home: and the reason Mr. Car
ley never stayed longer than a day with
his family waa because he had to feed
tmj parrott."
"I believe," adds the wife, "thla waa but
a aubterfuge and that' my husband was
prompted by a different motive In giving
us so little of his compsny.
"When we went to the country tha per
rot had a limited vocabulary. I was famil
iar with every word of it. But when we re
turned honre the bird had acquired ex
pressions which I had never heard it utter
before and which could be accounted for
on only one hypothesis."
The lawyer says that the only conclusion
Mrs. Carley could arrive at waa that Mr.
Carley had been cntertalning someboity
named Kittle. And so she packed up her
things. Including the parrot, returned to
her parents In Orlcan, N. Y and brought
suit for divorce.
The woes of the poor rich are detailud in
some dry statistics given out last week by
Appraiser George W. Wanmaker. During
tha month of March the total value of
automobiles Imported Into thla country
through New York waa only $127,946.92, or
a scant third of the value of automobile
Importations In March of last year.
The most remarkable falling oft Is that
of precloua stones and lewelrv. Th intoi
value for March was $.m5H.7, about 13,000,.
J0 below the value of diamonds and pearls
Imported In March, 1907.
If the Americans have lost their appetite
for luxuries they are finding consolation
in tweets. During the month the Importa
tion of sugar waa 50 per cent more than In
tha some month last year.
A .liberal allowance of chewing tobacco
la likely to be Included In the dally rs
tlons'of a new baboon recently arrived
at the Bronx menagerie from South Africa,
and Immediately christened by the keep
ers "Handsome Harry." When Harry, who
Is a rare Hamadryas baboon, reached tha
soo ho Immediately begsn to make trouble.
He dashed himself against the bars, and
the best efforts of the keepers couldnt
make him tubslde. Ha disdained offerings
of sugar, peanuts and other dainties, and
was growing more and mora violent when
he suddenly paused, threw a huge paw
around Frank Eberhardt, one of tha keep
ers, who was trying to soothe him, and
fishing from the keeper's pocket a bag
or chewing tobacco, thrust It Into his
mouth and retired to a corner of the 'cage.
apparently In supreme content. Hereafter
a ration of chewing tobacco will be served
with all Harry's meals.
"It Is highly Interesting," says the Sun,
"that a Beecher and a Burchard should
meet as opposing counsel in a bit of liti
gation before one of our highest court.
one a son of Henry Ward Beecher, the
other a son of Rum-Romanlsm-and-Itebel-
lion, Burchard. Mr. Burchard s name Is
fwts Sayre, after the eminent surgeon
who, by cutting off one yard and a half
of Dr. Burchard's digestive tube, saved
the life of the man who afterwards con
founded the republican party and defeated
Blaine. Beecher and Sayre were llonesque
men, even down to the roars and growls,
and Burchard was much admired by both.'
A bill ha been introduced in the legis
lature to tax the dowry of the New York
girl who takes a foreigner with a title
for better or worse usually for worse.
Then there are other peopla agitating their
thoughts aa to why rich American girls
marry titles and how it can be atopped.
"The fault with these International mar
riages," says a man who la qualified to
speak on the subject, "is not to much
with the girls aa with tha American men
whom they know. Rich American girls
are limited In their acquaintances to a
certain claas of American men. These men
they meet at dances, at teas and at the
opera. But what kind of men are they?
Hardly one In a doxen could earn his
own living. He knows no trado. - If he
has a profession he neither knows how
to practice it successfully nor haa he the
habits to do so. The men In New York
whose life Is purely social and who do no
'useful things to excuse their existence
on this earth are not of a type to which
any bright young woman would care to
tie herself for life. The rich young woman
does not meet socially the bright, active,
hard working man who does the real
work of the railroads and the trusts and
the traction companies. These young men
are too busy to be attending monkey
dinners and hovering around teas or co
tillions after midnight. Most of these rich
girls who marry titled foreigners do not
know the real American man, and have
never had the opportunity la compare his
good points wlttt. the shining qualities of
their foreign suitors."
PERSOXAI.. NOTES.
Secretary Taft will deliver the Memorial
Day oration at Grant's tomb, on the Hud
son river. New York. The president may
attend.
If Prince Helle can get w.thln annexing
distance of the Gould millions, he probably
won't mind how many spitting' matches
ba becomes Involved in aa a result.
A double distinction belongs to Henry
Dorman of Liberal, Mo., he being the oldest
man in his state and tlte oldest survivor of
the civil war. He has lived in three cen
turies, for lately ha celebrated his 109th
birthday.
It Is not generaly known that King Ed
ward and Queen, Alexandra, of England,
though far from being the oldest of the
royal couples, have been married for mora
years than any other pair of crowned heads
In Kurope.
Cltixens of the Dominion of Canada have
been put in a great atate of expectation
by the announcement that the heir to the
British throne will attend the celebration
of the tercentenary of Quebec and tha na
tlonallsatlon of battlefields during ' tha
week of July 22. The prince of Wales will
accompany tha North Atlantic and French
squsdrons. Ten thousand troops will be
mobilised In Quebec for the celebration.
It Is "expected that French and American
warships will be present."
Absolutely Puro
Tho on(y &t!z!zj poxvdsr
ksssSo wltli Hoy si Grapa
Orcsza ef TcHsr
fta Aha, Ih Lb.a FhssphIa
PLAY OF POllTICi.
Chan ares Mated ia the Carreat of
- Party Affairs.
Washington Post (Ind.).
A short three months ago there was great
Joy In the democratic ramp over the divis
ion In the ranks of the republicans. The
latter party seemed split up Into several
factions. Each of them threatened to fight
the others to extermination, while democ
racy was practically united upon the sup
port of one man for the presidency, though
the union, to be sure, was not In all cases
a willing one. But democracy was delighted
at the prospect of victory. 1'pon the assur
ance of a united party against a conglomer
ation of factions. Its cohorts shouted to
gether like a band of college boys at a
foot ball match, "Oh, fellows, now's the
time to score!"
But the three months have wrought a
change, and those joyous shouts have de
veloped a dubious ring. With the nomi
nating conventions less thsn threo months
away, the republican rsnks have shifted
front and are dally growing more consoli
dated. Reports tend to show the party la
rallying steadily tq the support of Mr. Tart
or. If not him, displays at least a willing
ness to concentrate solidly behind tome one
of Its asptrsnts for the White House chair.
It Is gradually, but surely, rounding Into
unity. Not so with the democrats. The
assured solidarity is threatening to dissolve,
Just as Mr. Brysn's opponents of his own
party prophesied that it would. First, Out
of the ranks of the disgruntled democrats
Mr. Hearst has organized a new party,
which is bound to have considerable
strength, and he has assured the country
that hla new party certainly will not sup
port Mr. Bryan. Second, the friends of
Governor Johnson have come out in the
open and b- gun an organized campaign for
him. Governor Johnson Is a strong man.
and his candidacy Is bound to weaken tha
oratorical Nebraskan In the very states
where, outside of the south, he expected
to find his stanchest support. Now . the
populists have placed Tom Watson of
Georgia st the bead of their, ticket, and a
party following which had been aurely
counted upon for Mr. Bryan has been
alienated from him and thrown to the
southerner. The last of these desertions
from the leadership- of the "Peerless
One" haa not yet been written but as
much again may happen In another three
months.
All of which goes to show that what
looks so fair In December may not always
ba radiant with loveliness in July, and
that It Is not well to fry one's fish until
he haa caught them. The play of politics
it never over until the final curtain Is
rung down and all the lights put out.
BR VANISH AND POPI I.I9M.
St. l.aala Coaveatlaa Viewed by a
Conservative Democrat.
Philadelphia Record (dem.).
The DODulists of Mr. Bryan's own state
regard him aa one of themselves. Tills Is
a very Interesting disclosure as the time
for the democratic national convention ap
proachea. The populists of Nebraska must
be pretty well acquainted with Mr. Bryan.
In 1S9I he was actively consorting with
them In the calling of a convention. Ha
dropped out of congress because he could
not carry the democratic party into tne
nnnullst ramn. He was a delegate to tha
democratic national convention In 1896. be
cause In Nebraska the demoerata and the
popullsfs were hsrdly distinguishable. He
hn h.en aunnnrted by a considerable part
of the" populists In his presidential cam
paigns. The populists of hit atate made
a determined effort to prevent a nomina
tion in Rt. Louia last week with the Idea
that if the democratic party nominated
Mr. Bryan It would be needless to put
populist ticket in the field. They were de
feated, a majority of the convention pre
ferring to put up a straight-out populist
ticket; but their efforts an their purposes
sre highly Instructive. They announced that
If the democratic party should nominate
Mr. Bryan the Nebraska populists would
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support him to a rnn That Mr. Bryan's
views are those of the populists hardly ad
mlts of question.
The temporary chairman of this con
vention or populists was Coxey still re
membered aa the . leader of his' "army."
The permanent chairman said In hla speech
that tha country was rips for French
revolution and It only needed tha "genius
of a Robespierre and the eloquence of a
Danton to set the country In a blase."
Tha financial plsnk In the platform this
convention adopted declared In favor of
tha Issue of Irredeemable "fiat" money by
the government "direct to the. people"
and In quantities to suit. The opposition
of a majority of tha convention to tha Ne
braska delegation does not seem to have
been based upon any difference of opinion
with Mr. Bryan, but simply, to tha deter
mination of tha middle-of-the-road popu
lists to maintain their owft organisation
and have a ticket of their own. All of thla
Is highly Important to democrats who are
going to Denver.
l.HV GEMS. '. ;
"Pon," remarked t'ncle Eben, - "don't
worry about a few failures. Jes' look at
de success wlf which de fruit crop keeps
Star'"' round stx yr. "-Washington
"And you call yourself honest? Huh!'
'Hlr, I keep the commandments.
'That must ho because you've got an Ides,
that they belong to somebody else." Cleve
land Leader.
Fashion had dictated that amputation o
the whisker.
"Never," exclaimed tha populists, naatlh
convening. "Once shsved, we couldn't b
distinguished from Bryan democrata."
Phlladelphla Ledger.
.'.yi onu...rxoT.dlnIJr tona ' trains
animal exhibitions."
"Is that ao?"
"Yes: he says he would go miles to .
a good pony ballet." Baltimore American
"Bridget," said Mrs. Orouchey, "t don't
like the looke of that man who called to
see you last night."
"Well, well," replied Bridget, "ain't It
fuhny, ma'am? He said the samo about
you." Philadelphia Prem.
"Doctor. said the patient, after psylnc
his bill, "if thsre Is anything In the theory
or tha transmigration of souls you'll ba a
warriors after death.".
"Reallyl" exrlalmrd Dr. ., Bilker," "that
sounds rather flattering." ' '
"Yea; you're aueh a aplendid chargwr."
Philadelphia Presa.
"You can't always Judge a politician by
his rsmpalgn text-book."
"No." answered Senator Sorghum, "but
you could often find out a lot that's In
teresting aqd Important bv getting a look
Into hit checkbook." Washington Star.
"After all. Ma the wise man who can
change his opinion."
"But tha widest men simply can't do It."
"Why not?"
"Because they've been dead for years."
-Catholic Standard and Times.
The hobo was pleading for pity.
"It's dls way, yer honor." he whined.
"I don't git no chsnce. Everybody'! agin
me dey'ro all conspirln' ter Jgrep me
down."
The Judged beamed benevolently. "Well,
nobody ahull say that I joined In that con
spiracy," he km Id. "Trying to keep you
down, are they? Well, thev shant do It.
I'll aend you up." Cleveland leader.
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Scabbard of white
Bonnie and brave to feel
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i
As we footed the open rosd
We ssng tbe sun;
Love was the debt we owed .
The day begun.
The hills were abrupt and blue
Csatles of kings. ' '
To be won and wandered through
For precious things. .
Noon snd the long afternoon
Gladness and hope
And a shadow that walked too toon
The westward alope.
Sn Is the wild world won.
By them who roam:
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