imfjffRALD Published Kvery Thursday by The Herald PubHshing Company. T. J. O'KEEFE Editor j". D. KNIEST ... . . Associate Editor Subscription, $1.50 per year in advance. Entered at the postoflice at Alliance, Nebraska, (or transmission through the mails, as second-class matter. DemocraticNafionalTicket FOR 1'UESI DENT WILLIAM J. BRYAN OK NEHRASKA FOR VICE PRESIDENT JOHN W. KERN OF INDIANA From the Center of Things IHpeclnl Lincoln Oorreionlcncii.l Lincoln, Nebr., July 23 (Special Cor respondence) Mr. Uryan will be formally notified of his nomination on August 12, and the notification will take place at Fairview. In 189O Mr. Bryan was noti fied und made his address of acceptance at Madison Square Garden, New York, In 1900 he went to Indianapolis to receive the notification. This time he remains at home, and the occasion will be seized upon to make one of the greatest democra tic demonstrations ever held in the west. Friday evening, July 17, witnessed a striking demonstration at Fairview. On that evening a large crowd of representa tive union men republicans, democrats, socialists, prohibitionists and independents journeyed to Mr Bryan's home to pre sent to him the unanimous endorsement of the Lincoln Central Labor union, which endorsement was adopted at a meeting of the body on the Tuesday evening before. Mr. Bryan listened to the reading of the rtsolutions and then made a short addiess to the visitors. Then an hour was spent in socM '-'rcourse on the big lawn and in the tiuusu looking at the hundreds of souvenirs Mr, and Mrs. Bryan brought back from their tour of the world. "No man who knows Mr. Bryan can envy him his fine home and his evident success in life," said one of the visitors "There is nothing too good for a man like Bryan. I felt just as much at home in that big house as I do in my little cottage on North Twenty-sixth street." John W. Kern made a hit with the work ing men of Lincoln when he was here the first of the week. He met a number of them at different places and he demon strated his ability as a "mixer'' from the very start. He talked "railroad" with the railroad boys, "printing" with the printers und "woodworking" with the carpenters There is something in the keen glance of his eye that attracts people and inspires confidence. The respect felt for Mr. Kern in his home city of Indianapolis was evi denced by the warmth of the reception tendered to him by his fellow citizens' when he returned home last week. Vice President Fairbanks made the address of welcome, and there were as many republi cans' as democrats in the crowd of 5,000 people who met to do honor to their fellow townsmen, One night last winter a jolly company assembled at Mr. Bryan's home to cele brate an anniversary, no matter what. While refreshments were being served Wr, Bryan was telling about the different kinds of fruit he and Mrs. Bryan had mten while on their journey abroad. ''Did you eat any leumquats while you were in Ceylon?" asked one guest. "O, yes; we found them very plentiful there," replied Mr. Bryau. "We didn't have any kumquats in Cey lon," said Mrs. Bryan, with a smile. "O, yes, we had plenty of them. Ire member how delicious they were," said Mr. Bryan. "Not kumquats." "Yes, kumquats," said Mr. Bryan with a smile. "Will, those were not kumquats," said Mrs. Bryan, decisively. "No, they were not kumquats, come to think of it," said Mr. Bryan humorously. "They merely looked and tasted like kum quats." Which little incident sets forth very clearly that in some matters Mr, Bryan "takes chicken." The writer bus the handling of some 3,oco or 4,000 exchanges on The Com moner, and he has been wonderfully in terested in noting the attitude of the democratic newspapers towards Mr Bryan's candidacy. There has been a wonderful change since the strenuous days of 1906 and 1900, Scores of demo cratic newspapers that opposed Mr. Bryan in those campaigns are now out for the ticket, Bryan and Kern. Ihe New York World has onlv words of commendation for the platform, and the Cincinnati En quirer seems to be in line again. The New York Staats Zeitung, the largest Ger man daily in the United States, is sup porting the ticket with vigor. Two of Pittsburg's big dailies are in line once more. Several big southern dailies are back in the democratic column again. There is cold comfort in the newspaper situation for those republicans who glee fully figured that Mr. Bryan's daily news paper support would be no better than it was in former campaigns. With such papers as the Boston Globe, Philadelphia Item, Utica Observer, Louisville Courier Journal, Pittsburg Post, Charleston News and Courier and the Cincinnati Enquirer supporting him, and a lot of big republican newspapers admitting Mr. Hryan'sstrength and fitness, democracy can get along very well without the support of some of the daily newspapers that claim to be demo cratic but invariably give aid and comfort to the enemy. Perhups a few figures concerning the popular vote in i9oo and 1904 will be in teresting, ' Much has bees heard of. Mr. Roosevelt's wonderful majority, -bu' an analysis of the figures show that Mr, KooseveltV increase over-the 'McKinley vote hardly makes good the naturat in crease in thevoting' strength ot the re public In 1900 McKLaley received 7,207,- 013 votes. In 1904 Roosevelt received 7,624.489, or 410,500 more than McKinley. In 1900 Uryan received 6,358,183 votes. In 1904 Parker received 5,082,754, or 1,275,329 fewer votes than Uryan received our years before. Roosevelt's excess over McKinley was only 334 per cent of the loss sustained by Parker. If thete'flgures mean anything at all they mean that Roosevelt's majority was due to democra tic apathy and not to Roosevelt popularity. The conditions in democratic ranks now is vastly different from the conditions ex isting in 1904. Then the party was dis organized, now it is united. The democratic national committee met at Fairview on Monday, July 13, but did not select a chairman. A sub-committee of eleven was selected, and this committee will meet in Chicago soon and announce the selection of a chairman. Mr. Bryan will meet with the committee in Chicago, and by that time the plan of campaign will have been perfected. Mr, Bryan agreed nearly a year ago to deliver the Labor Day address in Chicago and will therefore be in the windy city on the first Monday in September. The Chi cago trades unions are preparing to make itathe greatest labor demonstration ever pulled off In any city or country. Mr, Bryan, realizing that the work of the campaign will consume all of his time, Jias decided to withdraw from active edi- torial work until after tho election. Acting 1 upon this determination he will soon issue a notice to that effect, asking that he be not held responsible for any editorial ut-1 ter.inces of The Commoner unless the same ' appears over his signature, lie further adds that all profits accruing from The Commoner between now and election wilt be turned over to the national committee for campaign purposes. Mr. Charles W. Bryan, who has been publisher of The Commoner since its inception, will be in entire charge of the paper, with Mr, Rich ard L. Metcalfe as editor-in-chief, assisted by a capable corps of assistants. The "immense farm" owned by Mr. Bryan, according to the eastern press, consists of exactly 105 acres. It does not all lie in one piece, there being several five and ten-acre tracts that are isolated. It is all eood farming land, and owing to its proximity to Lincoln, is worth perhaps $250 an acre. The "alfalfa lawn." which you have read about so much, is a figment of the correspondents' minds. The Fair view lawn is blue grass. The famous al falfa field is not owned by Mr. Bryan, but is leased by him because it lies directly in Jlul and I tront ot tils property and between him ; tne street railway line, ine $50,000 "mansion" cost Mr, 'Bryan about 814,000, and it was built by union labor, working by the day at above the union scale, street car fure added. The "20,000 barn" cost about $2,000. There is a comfortable lit tle cottage on the farm for the farm fore man, and it cost perhaps $1,500. There is also another cottage which stood upon a piece of land puichased by Mr. Bryan and which is occupied by one of the farm hands. Mr. Bryan denies bsing a farmer but admits that he is an agriculturist. He explains the difference iu this way: A firmnp id 1 tYtin tirlin mnlna lite mnnar am the farm and spends it in town, an agri-! culturist is a man who makes his money in ! town and spends it on the farm." Mr. Bryan is rated as the second wealthiest man in Lancaster county, his assessment showing property to theamount of $85,000. The Nebraska assessment averages about four-fifths of the real value, Now big corps of newspaper corres pondents in Lincoln are all "Bryan men," although not all of them will vote for him. They are a unit in praising Mr. Bryan's uniform courtesy and his efforts to add to the comfort of their stay in Lincoln. They have a fine tent on the Fairview lawn, and it is equipped with tables and all necessary stationery. They have received notice that iu case of a storm the Bryan home is open to them. He exerts himself to help the newspaper boys, but they long since learned that when Mr. Bryan feels the necessity of refusing an interview on some particular question it is useless to apply the reportorial "pump." All they can get on such occasions is n fuud of good !,MiTh?.t SfndS ,h,T aN-a' feeliDR Hke ! " t,,nt der no circumstances their efforts have not been in vain , , . , ... . . , , i ' would ho do anything to be regarded , t . u 1 . . ! ns hostile to the Nebrasknn. The state In figuring out the election returns he , .. .. . , . , . ... who puts Nebraska in the "doubtful." or ' ot N,c v lor- Pled to be hostile, "republican" columns is exhibiting only a ,,s ,,tlro seventy-elglit votes for thorough ignorance of the situation. Mr. -' nominee nnd voted for the plat Bryan carried Nebraska in 189G by nearly form. In talking with a number of 15,00. He lost it in 1900 by less than labor men I have found that the ap 8.000 and Nebraska is more thoroughly t proviil of the anti-Injunction plank Is ivu: uryau uuw man k was iu io9u. ftir. Bryan will carry Nebraska, axi Will M. Maopin. Primary Election Notice. . Notice 1$ hurt-by jrlvon that on Tue-duy, the llrut duy orSepttml)r, iiW, :i I'rlniury Elec tion will 1m held for Hox Hutte County, Neb raU for the purpose of numlnutluu candi dates for the following offices ami umond mento; Ulght Presidential Klector.. One Ooveuor. Ono nontenant Governor. One Secretary of State. Ono Auditor ot Public Account. One State Treasurer. Ono Superintendent of Public Instruction. Ouu Attorney General, One Commissioner Public Lauds and Hulld lug. I. no Hallway (.'oinmUsloni'r, Oue Uoinjri'usur.iu for Sixth District. OnoStuto Heiirivsoututlvo for Kird Itenre (tentative District. One County Attorney. One County Commissioner for lind District. One Itoail Overseer for each Koad District. Also, fornr aKulnst u iruixel amendment, to section nine fti), urtlclu elht is), of the Constitution of the State of Nebraska with reference to the Investment of tho per munent school fund. Also, for or ajcalust a proposed amendment to sections t wo (21, four I4,tive(5),si(), und thirteen (13) of article six (0) of tho Constitution of the btuteof Ni- uraskuwlth reference toan Increase bi the '"ooseveit " ''. inn were unnuie number of Judso. of tho Supremo Court, pro- t0 Set a plank 111 the Republican plat Idlm; for their appointments, torms, rosl- form giving effect to what they had deuce and compensation or the JuJk. of the! asserted to be their desires. Mr, jx Supreme aud District Court. I Follette sent iu such 11 plank, but everv U'I.IaI. .vl.lAtl..., fill 1..1 ,. ..1 ... ... tl 1 I .. Jk .H" ......... v.-vi.u.. . ,TO uiuBian: ji arm will continue open until 0 o'clock In ttia even In . Dated tins 10th day of July, jws W. C. Mounts. Couhty Clerk. Don't tuake enemies unnecessarily. Your friend don't dp much for, vou, as you all know, but your enemies wijl He awake nights looking for opportunities' to take a shot attypu. . A.nd you all know that, .too. ClPiyiBLICITY Republicans Dodged the Issue at Chicago. BY BRUTE FORCE OF MONEY. Action of the Q. O. P. Convention In vites the Criticism That Its Cam paign Will Be Waged on a Boodlt Basis Democratio Anti-injunction Plank Approved by Both Capital and Labor Popular Election of Senators. By WILLIS J. ABDOT. Of course by thla time the ticket of I ho Democratic pnrty Is clearly known find, In my judgment, generally ap proved. It la not necesanry here to go Into detail concerning the qualifica tions for the places sought by the two men. He who would seek to sny what Mr. Bryan stands for would be Indeed nn over self assertive man. And .lolin W. Kern is so well known to the poo- pie of his state and the ndjolnlng states that It U wholly unnecessary to Bay anything now about him. As my nmiors mVo already lind the platform, t, t Jm for lcmBP,VP8 ot lls ,,,,. ,i"i"- 1 no next oiep. Within n few days u majority of the members of the Democratic national committee will visit Mr. Bryan iu Lin coln. At that time the organization of the campaign will be determined upon In n preliminary way. not n per manent one. It will probably be two or three weeks before the chairman, secretary nnil executive committee will bo selected. We hear many names suggested for these plnces, but ns yet there has been no centering on one of them. Committeeman Ryan of Wis consin would make n strong man at the head of the national committee. So, too, would Jnmes Kerr of Pennsylva nia. Mr. Kerr has the advantage at this moment of having made n win ning fight ngalnst one of the most forceful and nt the same time most sinister politicians In his own state - " When he won place on the national committee he showed a strength In politics that would Justify his aspira tion to the national chairmanship. Per haps lieforc publication of this letter1 ri selection mny be made, but my Judg ment Is flint It will not be. Certainly the new national committee Is ear nestly nnd enthusiastically favorable to Mr. Bryan, nnd his suggestion as to chairman, secretary and other execu tive positions will In all probability be accepted. A candidate whose acqui escence was sought before any action wns tnUon b-v '' convention, n ci d w absolutely refused to I n en mil- Inter fere In the slightest degree with any movement In behalf of this man or that man whose name had been men tioned for second place, might well bj Intrusted with selecting the managers of his own campaign. Concerning the Platform. When we Democrats came to Den ver It was to meet threats that on the nntl-lujuiictlon plank there would be made such a light as never was known iu a Democratic convention hlnce the time we fought over free sliver. What happened? There was no tight. We heard that Judge Alton It. Parker was coming from New York to antagonize not merely the views of the mnjorlty on this particular declara tion of principles, but to oppose Mr. Bryan himself. Judge Parker came to Denver and made It his purpose to meet the closest friends of Mr. Bryan universal. One whoso iinmo I may not mcntlon, but who Is known to mem bers of orgnnlzed Inbor nil over the land, said to me: "The question of the nntl-lujunctlon plank was necessarily left to Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor. He hns approved tho action of the conven tion, and we will nil approve It." On the other hand, prominent representa tives of the employing classes hero In Denver sny that the plank Is so fair and that the presidential nominee Is bo thoroughly to be trusted not to de stroy business Interests Unit they nc cept the labor declaration of the Dem ocratic party. For an Issue which prior to the convention seemed to be likely to create serious hostility this one has In the end been so thoroughly smoothed out that no political dissen sion seems likely to result from It. As to Campaign Publicity. Here Is rather an Interesting thing. The president of tho United States, Mr. Roosevelt, nnd the nominee of the Republican party n t Chicago, Mr. Tuft, some months ago declared themselves In fnvor of a federal law compelling the publication of nil contributions made to campaign funds. Not having any Influence with the recent Repub lican convention In Chicago, Mr. I , .. ... ... -, . . Trr man und everv Itooseve t men voted It down. The Democratic party In Its convention here declared abso lutely for compulsory publication of campaign contributions. What hap pened then? Within twenty-four hours the Republic au papers were saying that the Republican national committee would report to the people of the United States nil contributions made' to its. campaign., fund; "as pro vided by the law of the state of New York."- What has (he law of the state of New York to do Willi n national committee? If the contributions come from the most notorious trust con trolled slate of the Union, New Jersey, what assurance will the people have that there will be any publicity given to them? When the Republican or ganization gave out to the newspapers this statement that It would report all contributions, It acted without any sense of truth or of fair play. There was one way for the Republican pnrty to avert the criticism that It is going Into this campaign 'with the Intent and purpose of carrying It by the brute force of money. That one way was a plank In Its plnJfo-ui that It would stand for nnd enforce official publicity of all campaign con tributions. In house and renatc and In the national convention thN princi ple was voted down by the Repub licans, and they cannot longer cl.il u that they stnnd for the moral principle which it represents. The Interest of the Telegraphers. In the United States today there arc moro than SO.OOO telegraph operators. Within the last four years they have twice struck for more reasonable treat ment by tho colossal monopoly which controls their terms of employment nnd which hns its grasp on the most speedy way of the Interchange of In formation nnd news throughout the states of this Union. Both times the telegraphers were beaten In their ef fort to secure fairer trentment. Both times the telegraph companies, the Postal and Western Union alike, raised their rates of service whllu refusing to raise the pay of the operators. One of the planks sent to the Chicago con vention by Senator La Follette, but one which was not accorded, like the famous three, the opportunity of n roll call, was this: Wo pledge tho Democratic. party to the enactment of a law to regulate tho rates nnd services of telegraph nnd telephone companies engaged In the transmission of messages between the Btatcs Under tho Jurisdiction of the lnterstato commerce commission. The one difference between this plnnk, which was ndopted by the Dem ocratic party, nnd the plank which wus rejected by the Republican party Is the use of the word "Democratic" in the first line. Eighty thousand telegraph operators throughout the United States who have more than once failed to secure for themselves that proper rec ognition which Is due them may now consider whether the Democratic par ly, which accepted and promulgated the plank offered by their representa tives, or the Republican party, which rejected the same plank, though It had back of It the great Influence of Senator La Follette, is the better to support In the coming election. But one line of the telegraph plank de serves especial nttentlon. It puts telegraph and telephone companies do ing an interstate business under tho jurisdiction of the Interstate commerce commission. That Is a vital step for ward. Tho Tariff This Year. The tariff plank in the Democratic platform Is acceptable to so veteran a tariff reformer ns Henry Wntterson. to so extreme a tariff reformer as Tom L. Johnson nnd at the same time to that element In the party which be lieves In revision nnd not in free trade. Personally I would be more Interested In the plank If I could feel that the conditions, even In the event of Mr. Bryan's election, would give us oppor tunity to give It effect. It must be ad milted that If we Democrats carry the house and the presidency we still can uot have the senate. And the senate has always been the lu$t ditch, t'.ie true citadel, of the militant forces of overprotectlon. With Ahlrlcli there representing the allied interests of Standard Oil and all Its works, with the steel trust, the tobacco trust, the smelting trust thus Installed lu power, the" utmost that we Democrats can do In the event of our assured success next November is to make such u tight from the White House and from the house end of tho capltol that the coun try will be Impressed with our sincer ity and that every two years we may elect a few more Democrats to the senate. Direct Election of Senators. And upon this very subject of the part that will be played by the United States senate to check the legislation which the people of the United State? desire the Democratic party speaks lu Its platform not directly, but In a way that 110 one can fail to understand. It declares for the election of senators by the direct vote of the people. This Is one of the planks presented by Sen ator La Follette and described by Sen ator Hopkins of the Republican party as an utterance of socialism and dema gogy. Had such a law been lu effect lu the state of Illinois so notorious a corruptlonlst as Hopkins would not have had an opportunity to keep a recommendation of tt out of a Repub lican platform. Were It in general ef fect we would not have a Guggen heim from Colorado, who Is wholly destitute of any of the qualities of statesmanship, but who represents the second greatest trust In the United States ami who stands with all the other trust magnates. We would not have to bother with a senile Senator like Piatt or a smiling lobbyist for rail roads like Depew. nor would we have occasion to wonder whether Pennsyl vania could produce In future another Quay or a Penrose nnd whether It would be possible for Now Jersey to discover nuothor Dryden or a Kean. In brief, If the Democratic plan of the election of senators by direct vote of the people, a plan for which the house of representatives has repeatedly vot ed and which sooner or later will be forced upon the nt,tent!on of the neo pie lu the shape of a constitutional amendment, should be adopted we will have a senate responsive to. the pub lic will. ay Father BERNARD , UATE VER else do not attempt to stop the flowing tide of her talk. LET HER TALK ON WHILE YOU SAY YOUK PRAYERS, POSSESSING YOUR SOUL IN PEACE. Remember a woman needs many safety valves for her temperament. a tit fjxM$M$M$$J, Let a man remember why he is marrying not to enjoy himself, not to make himself eternally happy here, but to realize himself, to build a character, to play the man and to do somo good, leaving the world better for his mission in it; to lift a girl, to point her heaven ward. Let him choose not the showy, flighty, smoking room girl, but one in whom he can find not a little to venerate and to reverence, for then his love for her will confine to grow till the end. Women have a passion for jewelry and finery. Give her what you can and let her feel she has got it from you. I would also say to tho husband, FORGET NOT THAT A WOMAN'S THIRST IS FOR SYMPATHY. To the wifo I have many things to say, but especially I would re mind her that she must keep her homo in beautiful order and must not neglect to keep a good table. Nothing lubricates difficulties and leads to sweetness so well. Let her, too, remember that sho must be always neat and smart when quite alone with him and not merely when entertaining corn-pan-. Alnvo all things, don't contradict his cherished statements. ABOVE ALL, I WOULD SAY NEVER, NEVER SCOLD, NEVER CRY. THESE TRICKS OF WOMEN OFTEN WIN FOR THEM WHAT THEY WANT, BUT THEY KILL A HUSBAND'S LOVE. The Rich and Poor Must Realize Their Obligations to Each Other. By FREDERICK TOWNSEND MARTIN ot New York. CHE possession of wealth and position naturally enough carries with it the dread penalty of arrogance and suspicion along with imbittorment to tho possessor and consequent harm to his neighbor. Tho men and women of society have their peculiar obligations, for their duty is measured by their opportunity. The writing of a check to be sent to a hospital may bo a worthy contri bution, but it is as nothing in comparison to the great gift of a common sympathy between men peculiarly within tho privilege of society to bestow. As a matter of prudence if not principle THE BARRIERS OF INDIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE RICH AND THE POOR MUST BE BROKEN DOWN. There must bo a leveling up or down, as the case may be, until a common meeting ground is reached. The rich must realize their obligations to the poor, and tho poor in turn must realize their obligations to the rich. Just as soon as this theory becomes practice many of the grievously menacing conditions of socialism, or by whatever names the discontented choose to denomi nate themselves, will disappear as' an evil "specter before the light of a new dawn. . . n At a time when there is SO MUCH THAT IS DEPLORABLY SELFISH AMONG THE WELL TO DO the destiny of this cen tury would be almost reshaped if society, which is believed by tho masses to bo concerned only about a solf seeking, pleasure loving, pur poseless oxistence and at best to trivial pleasures, should make it clear to tho world that tho charge under which it rests is untrue and that it has a correct knowledge of what should bo its attitude toward that great world where work is the prerequisite of mere' existence. Then would come RECIPROCITY. The poor man needs help and sympathy; so does the rich man. The workingman needs better conditions, but he does not need them as a gift, for undue giving makes a bad precedent and establishes a bad example. When men become pensioners on the bounty of others beyond the point where mere relief from suffering is aimed at they loso some of their solf respect. THE RICH MAN, WHILE HE DOES NOT NEED ADDITIONAL THINGS MINISTERING TO HIS MATERIAL COMFORT, YET FOR HI8 TRUE ENJOYMENT AND USEFULNESS NEEDS THE KINDLY THOUGHTS AND APPROVAL AND RESPECT OF THE WORTHY LA BORING MAN. WITHOUT THIS RECOGNITION THE RICH AND PROMINENT MAN HAS FAILED IN LIFE, NO MATTER WHAT HE HAS HOARDED UP IN DOLLARS, FOR THE MAN WHO MERITS AND RECEIVES THE CONTEMPT OF HIS FELLOW MAN 18 POOR INDEED. Colleges In Europe And America Are Becoming Too Practical. By JAMES DRYCE. British Ambassador to the United States. CHE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE HAS BEEN SO RAPID, THE RESULTS OBTAINED BY THE APPLICATION OF SCIENCE TO ALL FORMS OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE HAVE BEEN SO WONDERFUL, THE EAGERNESS OF EVERY MAN TO SECURE WEALTH AND OF EVERY NATION TO OUTSTRIP ITS RIVALS IN MATERIAL PROGRESS IS SO KEEN, THAT THERE IS A STRONG TEMPTATION TO FAVOR THOSE BRANCHES OF UNIVERSITY TEACHING FROM WHICH DIRECT MATERIAL AD VANTAGES MAY BE EXPECTED. This temptation is felt everywhere, in Europe no less than in America, and thero are many persons who, while ready to spend large sums in the development of the so called practical departments of a university, such as agriculture, mining and engineering, disparage the study of theoretical science and deny the value of tho so called "human 'subjects," suqji a3 history, economics, philosophy and languago THIS IS A FATAL- MIST AKE. .'.. ''' Let Your Wife Talk as IVTuch as She Wants To. VAUGHN. Famous Entfllsh Jesuit Preacher. you mny attempt to chock in a wifo V, I --- .o.5tAjrf.- f