, '.- .. .... . . . a . . . t
rat to traccxalt free intitutioc - to
lterity, father who a-k a fair daow
for their J." anllhe oer akinr an
!! dbisce isr.xM ftrs? of li jl!
look to thi rxKiVTfa&.mJ'.'They bpe that
her mitt be procltM&ed principle that
aili not cm! mtc repuUjran institu
tion. bvtTnr.iTZZte nsxtt itsriosibiity
for a man to earn Li bread by the awaal
of Li bro. They bop that here will
be rrDci!ic4 principle that will guide
fctitiatitjr to tb golden La fret of a
litre, They bope that here today will
ce shaped the esbodmee.t of a rightful
cane. They Soofc to this convection le
rttt there t no higher hop from any
other tocrce. At-tit?.1 The repute-
Ikaa party, which wa born of the hu-I our great leader ha stood like a rock in
ujkz.il j wfcca cassejNDio the world with . the ocean beaticg back the htorta. (Wild
a catkjo which was s mighty taoral force apoiau and cheering.! Why is it tht
in the tmo f Liseote, ha beoriOie a i for the hrt time an the history of this
ore crw&kse! in4rtiaect in the hand j republic the democracy of America from
cf Mark Haxxa. (Applause.) ocean to ocean has risen up in favor of
They kx&c to Thi convection beaue one man, and there are not twenty -fi.e
we have cio proof that we were eta&d-j delegates in this convention who could
tS fvr higher thisg. Four year aio haTe come here unless their people be
we raaue uim Xhe highland. We quit iieved they were coming here to support
truu&icg. We Quit umicjc Ueguage that ! the man who is the choice of the democ
ha a dogbee ceasir. We quit follow-! racy of America. Kathusiastic cheering
-t-g the wake of tt repuuuean party.
We j!tevd gsijt tsakicg this Conn
er a mere tribute-pa yieg coi&oy of Ecg
We declared that America wat
ab to attesd to her own Lalceft. - We
ru-rd a 'Cw deelaxatkai of todepecd
rtjee. We praam-gated a Dear gtspel of
LwsLs..ty. tArpUae.. We wect forth
arsed with that strength that come
rcsQ casdo a&d frost aizicerity, azd we
lutucht the great! caffipaiga ever waged
ua the Amerfcao coctioect. We tri
tixphed is the areca c4 patrkitisiu. We
sos in the forum of icteiiige&ce. and of
reaos. bet we were botxe down by cor
nsptioa, by bribery, by coerckm, by
For the eecocd tlse is the history of i
rur ecattry we aaw a man ester the!
White liooe with a certiricate of elec-
tan that waa writtea with the dirty
ccrer of fraud, f Applause.
tLzct that eiectieo the experience of
iLe HcancUi world ha demosjstrated
Jat our theory was right; that the law
of &safice ttat we argued for ic immota
!. as.d that co cation can Ttolat it
withoet payisg the pe&aky. Since then
accidecu ha ve ha ppeced. calamities ha ve
befallen great cattooe which have given
oar cosiEtry a tesporary activity and a
apurioaa prosperity, liut, my friend,
yoii caetot build the hope of & great
catioo on aceiieste, oor can you fe4
great cation oa the calamities of other
people. Already there are eigca of di
trea. Already yonj aee the atrvggle in
the akle. Sow we go forth to plant this
great catioo epos a foundation that i
is harciocy witn the law of fr.ar.ee. and
that will not only nvake our cation, but
wtU zcake the other peop le of the world
I-roperoc acd happy.
My friend. icAcyyeara agtflt was set
tled that thin caltoo could not be part
Iave and jmrX free. T4f are here
to declare that thif republic cannot be
rt Cilixen aed part attbject. Arplaoee.)
Again, my-Jrienda, we are here to declare
that, when cr father. 133 odd year
au, protested agaict taxation without
lepreectatkiR, when they protected
egaist the greed of power and. resolved
tJCat we were eterrju.y right, the Ameri
can people are cot. in the jear IV XX
icg to mt that oar Kevolutiocary father
were wrnjog. acd that- we have been
wroeg for twenty five year. (App!aue.)
.W, iny frircd. for four yar the
.cjy. the cjuntioo pre, ha mani.
fte4 an extraordinary tctret in our
welfare. Kvery morning for four year
tie oppmatioa prewt ha been a unit in
declaring that if we di4 not change our
platforaa, if we did not modify our pu4
tkn. we cold not powubly win. They
Lave taanifetd an extraordinary holici
tsMie foe u. 1 th-re a delrsate in thi
coevenUoQ i tLi .e a n,.aa or a woman
is thia cocvetstiun that i o inooeent
aa to oeiere that the oppoiUon prea
wants m to win?. Ijt Anybody think j
for a Cio&ect that they Live been giving
u thi advice all tne time in order that
we taigrht win? Why, my friend, they
koow that moral force, political forces,
are led to triuacph by the eincerity, the
earnetce, the enthusiasm of their de
They know that a party which
baii4 upon the dynamic force of idea,'
and which trust to the conquering
poaer of justice, will be invincibie, irre
fitiu!e. and will surely triumph. They
kow that if we ataod trmJy by our
ckr, if we keep up our enlhuiani,
there i not" in america a force that can
prevent the triumph of the democracy in
thi coming election. 1 Applause.)
Tea, that is not alL They know more.
They know that if we triumph while we
land f'-r mignty principle, then we will
ru this republic ana will shape the
de. titie of thi country for fifty years
to come. (Great arp!aue.) They know
also that any one political victory signi
fe nothing at alL We have bad two in
recent year, and it I now almost the
ucirers-il concenu of opinion that both
of theei were a misfortune to the democ
rat and to the couttry. iCJreat ap
plaue. Why U it that the republican
party ha shaped our country and ruled
it for forty j ear? Why. my friend, for
tweoty-rlve or thirty year they have
been wroeg oo every .proposition, and
CLEARING SALE IS PROVING THE
BANNER EVENT IN OUR HISTORY
I you'ean timl it jo-.4!Ie to attend lliH great sale.iu person,
liV all mean- do b. Even railroad fare will he saved over
md over aain on anv purchase from 83.00 to 850.00. If vou
W oy
can't come to Lincoln, feed for a yellow, circular containing
PRICE LIST OF GOODS ON SALE
and SEND IN
yet they carried the election. They ruled.
Why, because they stood for riomething
definite, ,They were ; progressive, they
were aggreire, while we were seeking
to patch up contending factions and do
cba p politic. " i G reat a pplause. ) .. . ' '
Now, my friend, 1 concur with those
men who say we want to win this year.
And I will tell you that, if we stand by
oar colors we will win this year. (Great
applause and cheering.? And let me
alo fcay that, if we weaken, if we begin
to trim", if we begin to make nice adjust
ment; then, my friends, wo will lose the
confidence of the progressive people of
America, and will be defeated and de
pied (ireat applause.) " Fortunately,
and great applause.)
Thw great democrat who to day is in
the heart of the American people has
gotten that hold upon them because
they have confidence in his sincerity.
(Great applau&e.) Let him waver, let
him hesitate one moment, and be will
cease to be the idol of the people. He
will fall and be despised. (Applause.)
Do you not think that he also wants
to win? Do you believe that he Is push
ing the presidency aside for a mere
quibble? Ah, my friend, you, some of
you, have not sufficiently weighed this
ere at question. He sees the peril and
he is guarding against it. Let me ask
you thi: Four years ago some excellent
men taw fit to leave us. It was their
privilege. They now have come back.
They are acting honorably. I believe.
They say they will accept the voice of
the American democracy, and they will
give this man who is to be its candidate !
anything he wants. Well, my friends,!
let cue remind you. nobody has asked
you to apologize; nobody has asked you
to do a thing that will be embarrassing.
We have opened the door. We say,
come in, hare the fortunes of this fam
ily; come along, help us fight this great
battle, help us put an end to the hypoc
risy and to the infamy that now rules
this republic. (Applause and cries, "Hit
'ea again.") Weil, now, if -we have not
anked you to make any confession, to
make any apology if we have done
nothing that is embarrassing to you, do
you think it will be quite fair to us to
a-k us to be put in a position where the
opposition papers win insist in at we
have trimmed, ve have laid down, we
have failed to stand by our colors? (Loud
applause.)
liear in mind, my friends, that the
great army is standing firm. The great
army. is cot asking; any change. It is
a&king only to be led into the tight- Now,
I ask you to come with as. Do not ask
us to put thi mighty -army in a position
that will make it T5oif ridiculous before
the American people. (Applause.) Why,
my friends, if we take a position here
which. the ingenuity4 jof the enemy can
distort and can misrepresent, we will
then look ridiculous. fe" will seem to
stand for nothing. The republicans have
declared emphatically for the English
gold standard. Now, if we take a posi
tion that eems to admit of doubt, where
will we be Why, we will be in the po
sition of the donkey which, having been
placed between two bundles of hay, and
not having sufficient intelligence, not
having sufficient force of character to
decide which to go to, stood still and
starved to death. (Laughter.)
Wnat will we gain? Let me ask you
this: You say you want to win. So do
we." What will we gain by allowing any
thing to happen that can be construed
by the enemy into a trimming position?
Why, ray friends, the radical element of
the desnocratic party will leave us. They
have no conndence in us if we do not
stand firm. We are destroyed on that
hand, and will be destroyed on the other
hand, for within twenty-four hours after
we take that position the opposition
press wul ridicule us clear off the pohti
cal Held. (Applause.)
You cannot deceive anybody. Suppose
you leave out lb to 1. W ill you get any
thing? (Applause.) Will you gather any
rotes? Will you fool anybody that way?
Why, no, my friends, no. (Cries of no,
no.) Hiding the head in the sand while
the body is exposed in the air simply
fchowa the species and the habits of a
bird. It has never yet been accepted by
mankind as an emblem of wisdom. Who
are the people in whose behalf it is sug
gested that we shall take a departure
that means our death? They are not
the men who have bled on the battle
fields of liberty. They a re not the men
who have pointed the way to nobler
civilization. They are not the n:en who
have lightened the burden of the toilers.
As a rule they are the men who helped
to shorten the loaf that the laborer eats.
As a rule they are the men for whom
posterity will build no monuments, and
who careers the pencil of time will
disdain to notice.
We are at the most critical junction of
Lincoln...
Uebraska
HAIL ORDER
this republic. We have reached a time
when men must lay aside their selfish
ambition and rally to the rescue of re
publican institutions. (Applause.) Look
back; take your men of the great Missis
sippi valley; four years ago you raised
the standard of your party and you
brought it to the west. Shall it be said
of you that you had not the intelligence,
that you had not the character to hold
your ground or to stand by and defend
the standards that are committed to
your care? You sons of New England,
what mean the monuments that greet
the morn? They tell of an. age when
there were great men in that land; they
tell the story of men who fought for con
viction and who died for principle. Shall
it be written that in one short century
the sons of those mighty sires frittered
away their divine inheritance in the vuU
gar brothel of expediency?
You men of the south, thirty-five years
ago your fields lay waste; your homes
were in ashes. All was gone save honor
and glory. Your land is covered with
the graves of your brothers who died
for they believed to be right. They
never truckled to the dollar. (Cries of
"no, no," and cheers,) and there is not a
battlefield on this continent where they
trimmed. (Cries of "not much," and ap
plause.) They wrote imperishable his
tory with -their blood. For thirty-five
years your daughters have covered their
graves with laurels. (Cheers.) Is there
a aeiegate trom tne great sou in mat is
willing to bring the blush of shame to
the cheeks of that proud people by doing
an act in this convention, or anywhere
else, that would put him under suspicion
of lacking character and courage? (Cries
of "no, no, and cheers.)
Ah, my friends, not only in America,
but the liberty-loving people of the
earth, the enlightened men of all Chris
tendom, have their eyes on this conven
tion, watching it to see whether it will
maintain high principles, or whether it
will simply do politics. (Applause.) We
are at the beginning of a new century.
We are standing on the threshold of a
new time. The world is moving forward,
and tne Almighty is looking to the dem
ocratic party on this occasion to lead the
world onward to a higher plane; to lead
this country onward to where the sons
and daughters of America will not be
begging for bread. (Loud applause.)
OPTICAL, GOODS.
The Western Optical and Electrical
Co., located at 131 North 11th street is
composed of old citizens and thoroughly
acquainted with the business, having
btted eyes for twenty-hve years. Cer
tainly they ought to be competent to do
good work. . They are permanently lo
cated with us and that means much to
the purchaser of eye glasses and spec
tacles. .
WOMEN BEHAVE WELL.
Shove Courage When Cooped C ua
Cltlea That Are Bealea-ed In
Time of War.
ine lessons or even tne most re
cent history show that, once they
have got over the first thock of aur-
prise- the yvomen in besieged, citiea
take, even less account of the mis
siles of the invaders than do seasoned
soldiers, - who, of course, have a su
perior knowledge of the possibilities
of injury. ' ' ;
j us i as tne laaies nave been seen
walking along and chattel iug togeth
er In the principal street of Lady-
smitn. so nave tney done in tne same
circumstances from time immemorial;
and, beyoDd this, one of the strang
est lessons of history is that nearly
all the most hopeless and desperate
defenses of cities on record have been
those in which women shared. It
would be idle to ignore the moral in
fluence in such cases; but, beyond
this, certain defenses would have
been utterly impossiole had not the
women virtually acted as soldiers,
charging and cleaning the guns, hand
ing up ammunition, Acting as "look
out" sentinels, tending the wounded,
and encouraging officers and men
alike. There have been scores of
cases where tne women were not con
tent with loading the guns, but fired
them, and did the business well.' be
sides. At Badajoz, Spain, several par
ties of women made the most desper
ate stand in squares, and when they
were beaten back into the houses had
to be dislodged at considerable loss,
for they fired from cupboards, and
even through the boarding of the
floors. If ever woman has shown to
what emergencies she can rise with a
nerve of steel, it has been in famous
sieges.
TOWN SOLD OVER AND OVER.
People Par No Taxes aad Are li
Quandary Over the Pnssllaar
Situation.
Somerville, Me., is in a queer plight,
says the Boston Herald. Farms have
been sold for delinquent taxes and the
property has been sold 'in this way
again and again. .No one will serve
the town as collector', and even the
sheriff of the county cannot make the
people pay their taxes. This bank
rupt town has a valuation of $60,000,
and owes about $30,000, which Is half
the town is worth on a liberal valua
tion. Most of the town debt is In the
shape of bonds, on which the interest
ha not been paid for some time.
When, some years ago, the people
in the town got discouraged and gave
up paying taxes, the usual course of
advertising and selling the property
at auction was pursued. But. and
this lends a humorous feature to the
case, the inhabitants of the town bid
tn the property. And then, as the
years, have gone by, the property has
regularly been, sold and as regularly
bid in by the inhamtants. So all the
property haajbeen sold over, and over
again to pa3'.the raxes,1 and now all
the farms and the real estate in the
pl;ce atand thus:
It has been bought in at nominal
sums by tlie inhabitants of the town,
and therefore the people are where
they started from, i -3 reality. They
have raised no money dy these opera
tiona. ' ) It will puzzle a Philadelphia
lawyer to untangle and set in shape
the affairs of the town, mixed up as
they have been by this remarkable
rotation of auctions and sales.
ii mi m
Dreadful Words For Gov
ernment Employees.
"STAND 3 AND ? DEUVEB P
High Handed Mcthodsof Repub
lican Campaign Managers.
DElfAHD 60 PEB.OEKTOF SaLAEIES
Officeholders Mast GIto 1T orXoao
Their Joi-Cmfc . Soamd! Kot
Co named to ho Postoaaee How the
Boer Kavoya Wero ; Received hy
Mr. Brraa Saarsestloa For a Jot at
Debate Coaeermlna: the Oaea Door
la Cklaa The Democratic Leaders
(Special Waahlna-ton Letter.)
"Stand and deli ver!" .was the ominous
command which Paul. Clifford and his
robber crew used to thunder into the
ears of travelers on Hounslow heath
and In the pleasant lanes of England.
Stand and deliver!" are the dreadful
words whispered in the ears of govern
ment employees "at Washington and,
as for that matter, all over the country
for there is no Republican officeholder
big enough or small enough to escape
the modern highwaymen the Repub
lican campaign managers. Rathbone,
Neely & Co. steal on a huge scale In
Cuba; the Republican campaign man
agers hold up and sandbag the defense
less employees here at home. Civil
service rules don't count when a cam
paign la on no, not on your life, they
don't! .
Blackmailers appear to grow with
what they feed on. In 1SS0 one Jay
Uubbell made his name loathed until
It became a hiss and byword by black
mailing employees out of 10 and 20 per
cent of their wages in order to raise
the slush with which to buy Garfield's
election. Thehatred of the American
people drove Hubbell Into private life,
but Hubbell was timid at the business
compared with latter day Republican
managers, who demand and get 50 per
cent! "Tls true, and pity 'tis 'tis
truer that Is, if the Washington Post
Is to be believed, and remember that it
is a stanch friend to McKinleyv --. ?
Rebberr sai Blackmail.
Here is a short extract from a two
column expose which The Post makes
of a transaction which Involved both
robbery of the' pnblic and blackmail of
the employees;..
Congrew took S0, 000 out of the treasury fust
before adjournment M presented tt to the em
ployee of the -senate and house. This waa in
pursuance of aa old ectabliabed custom custom
more generous tha crediUhle of votiag.an ex
tra month's salary to each man on the cspitol
pay rolL Kobody has ever .seriously contended
that then is any real justification for this giving;
away of the people's money, but both political
parties do it, and it has been dona so often and
so long that the big annual gift it is a clear
gift has ceased to provoke more than a feeble
and passing protest from even the watchdogs of
the treasury. - .
But this year's presentation to the force of cap
itol employees has had a sequel more scandalous
than the presentation itself. Congress hsring lib
erally voted SS0.0O0 in the shape of extra salaries.
the Republican congressional committee has step
ped in and asked the beneficiaries on the house
roll to give ap one-half of the sum thev received
lor use in the campaign. In other words, an ef
fort has been made to utilize SO per cent of a
large appropriation of public money as a nucleua
of a fund needed by the congressional committee
to aid in the election of Republics n to the Fifty
seventh congress. A failure ta respond freely by
the employees has prevented the complete con
summation of this remarkable .project, but it la
no fault of the congressional committee that it
failed to get hold of a considerable share of the
$80,000 so generously donated. There waa a belief
that $10,000 at least would be voluntarily sur
rendered, but it is understood that less thsa half
of this amount will be realised.
Give Up or Get'Oat.
How do the taxpayers of the land
like to have $80,000 of their money pre
sented in one gob to a job lot of Repub
lican officeholders and then have the
officeholders plundered of one-half of
it to ho' the freebooting administra
tion In power for four years more? It's
a pity that a resolute prosecuting at
torney does" not get hold of the black
mailers and send them to the peniten
tiary! We had to pass a new extradi
tion law in order tc get Rathbone and
Neely back here from Cuba, but these
blackmailers are carrying on their ne
farious operations in the full light of
day at the Raleigh hotel, on Pennsyl
vania avenue, in the nation's capital.
We are told that F. F. Schrader, who
Is doing this precious business for the
Republican congressional committee,
assures a startled public that no coer
cion Is used. Oh, no! Perish the
thought! But there is not an employee
who responds to Schrader's Invitation
to walk into his parlor at the Raleigh
who does not know that if he refuses
to come down with the dust to the,
tune of .50 per cent of his salary he will
lose his official" bead. So rather than
give up his job he whacks up. ,
Schrader has been caught in the act
and In history1 will Join Jay Hubbell,
of odoriferous memory, but no doubt
there are "others at work In every de-'
partment of the government, busy aa
bees bleeding the employees In order
to re-elect this administration of puri
ty, sweetness and light. Assassination
In Kentucky, blackmail In Washing
ton, plain but colossal stealing In Cuba,
are the starters in a campaign destin
ed to be the eorruptest In the history
of the republic. All decent folk will be
compelled to hold their noses long be
fore the frost of November nips the
Republicans on election day.
. Lllto Baaetae's Ghost.'
. The Cuban scandals, like the ghost
of the late lamented Banquo, will not
down. The stench Is so strong that even
some of the UcKinley organs are com
pelled to give a lusty and far resound
ing snort occasionally to keep from
bursting. WW exam nle. that perfervid
McKlnley vshouter, the Indlanapolla
News, has a Havana correspondent
who, among many other warm things,
say.
It osems a little unfair that the department of
posts la Cuba should be made the scapegoat for all
the corruption oa the island's administration
wbea it is weU known la Havana that the portal
Irregularities and defalcations, are ttut. a bagatelle
In comparison with the etupenk)u9 frauds that
have been perpetrated and judiciously c&vered up
iff this city alone, to ssr nothing of suburban
anllitsry railroads, etc. Havana bss alwsva had
the reputation of, being a .warm place, but if the
political pot continues to boil over much more it
will soon be pronounced too hot for comfort.
, The . military muddle Is getting thicker tbaa
ever. General Adna R. Chaffee, late chief of
staff, got away just ia time. Before leaving hi
remarked to a friend : "We , all knew it would
have to comr. and I thought the sooner the bet
ter, but those tender toes up there in Washington
wanted the cyclone staved off till after election.
'Keep quiet down there or the Democrats will
catch on, and then the devil will be to pay. So
we kept quiet until some Jay squealed to congress,
and then well, now the fat ia ia the ore, and no
body knovra who stole the flih."
For many months la fact, since January the
military authorities in Cubs knew of the gross
extravagance, the eriminal carelessness and the
glaring inaccuracies, not to use stronger terms,
that existed Is the department of posts, but they
also knew of the am axing rottenness of the city
government, which was under military Jurisdic
tion snd for which army officials ia Cuba were re
sponsible, sad they hesitated to stir up such a
cesspool of corruption, realising that all the vir
tues of the $125,000 electrosone plant and other
disinfecting fakes would not be sufficient to de
odorise Davit' dolags, let alone purify the city
expense aceovnt.
Besides, the constant admonitions from the
White House "Keep Cubs out of politics" could
not be ignored, so the military authorities ia con
trol followed aa long as possible the advice of the
late Colonel IsgersoU. "Never look tor what you
doat want to find,'' and were happy.
Oa toe Stool of Repeatanee.
Now, mark you. The News has been
& stanch supporter of the McHanna
administration. ' But rats desert a sink
ing ship. The same correspondent gets
off this startling paragraph for the.
amazement of a gaping world:
The real facta are that the present administra
tion lacks the foresight to discover, the courage
to denounce and the ability to bring to Justice
the real thieves and political parasites, both civil
sad military,' that have disgraced our occupation
of the island.
Whereupon the agile editor of The
News, determined not to be caught
as the ship goes down, makes a brave
leap for the shore, remarking on the
way through the air:
But the people will not have it so. They will
Insist oa knowing the worst in order that the
proper remeiy may be applied. " The president
cannot afford, no matter how completely some of
his Mends saay be involved, to ignore this mat
ter, snd we cannot believe that he win. When
the whiaky ring scandals touched the most inti
mate friends of General Grant, the members of
his own official household, he said. "Let no guilty
man escape. Here is a precedent tor President
UcKinley.
- Evidently The News is on the stool of
repentance, and it may seem ungra
cious to jog its memory with unpleas
ant things, but the fact is that, not
withstanding General Grant's fine epi
gram, several guilty men did escape, i
among them his military secretary, '
General Babcock. and at the ensuing
election the Democrats swept the coun-
try, electing Samuel J. Tllden presi-)
dent by" a' popular majority of a quar-
ter of a million and, by. a substantial '
majority of the electoral college. ,
Two Fletaresw -
It will be remembered that when the
envoys of 1 the two ' brave little South ;
African republics presented themselves
at Washington to seek the sympathy
of the greatest republic under the sun
in their heroic but unequal death
struggle with the vastest monarchy
upon the-face of the earth, the admin
istration, headed by President McKln
ley, gave them the cold shoulder and
the marble hand. Mr. McKlnley and
his premier. Colonel John Hay, receiv
ed them as private citizens only and
turned tbem away empty handed.
Gaze first on that picture of heartless
ness and then on this of American
cordiality. When an ovation was given
these same envoys at Omaha. William
J. Bryan was the chief orator. During
his speech, which"" was American
throughout, he uttered . these noble
words, which thrill the heart like
strains of martial music: ,
I trust the day will never come when s nation
fighting for liberty will look in vain to the
American people tor sympathy and aid- These
envoys have honored us by c. ming to seek our
sympathy, giving ua as Americana the opportunity
to assist them to gain that liberty which is so
dear to us.
It ia to our honor that the Boers hsve come to
tra to receive our sympathy. It ia hard to uader
stsnd the feelings of the man who haa sympathy
for the Boer cause, but who ia concealing it for
political reasons. When a young man, I heard s
very sble sermon which haa always clung by me
oa the text, "As he thinketh. so he is."
Why should any American citisen who feels tor
the Boer fall to express himself as such? I do not
see how one can do other than to choose the
cause of the two republics in preference to that
of a monarchy.
Essence of American I am.
Those words were fitly spoken and
are like apples of gold in pictures of
silver. I humbly and fervently thank
Almighty (rod that America Is still
able to nurture a man such as Bryan.
His career demonstrates that the breed
of men who formed this republic has
not run out. "I do not see how one
can do other than to choose the cause
of the two republics In preference to
that of a monarchy." That Is a simple
statement. It contains the very es
sence of Americanism. Two years ago
to those words and to that sentiment
there would not have been a. dissent
ing voice in all this, broad land; now
official America Mark Hanna Ameri
cadissents toto caelo. I doubt If any
other nation since the morning stars
first sang together for joy has traveled
the road from republic to "empire ss
fast as has America in the , last IS
months. Which represents most truly
the great body of the people In this
Boer matter Bryan or McKlnley?
There can be but one answer. ,
: Bryan aasl McKialer. '
My more or less esteemed and always
amusing contemporary, the St. Louis
Globe-Democrat, suggests that a joint
debate between William J. Bryan and
Theodore Roosevelt would be a fetch
ing performance. 4 Teddy's friends
ought to have The G.-D. arrested under
the statute against cruelty to anfmals.
The G.-D. ought to suggest somebody
of Bryan's size, or, falling that, which
Is I in possible, somebody who measures
up somewhere to his Intellectual stat
ure. Ife Is easily the greatest living
orator, perhaps the greatest that everj
lived. . Roosevelt would have about as
much chance with him In an oratorical
slugging match ast Terence McGovern
would have had; with . John1 Lawrence
Sullivan when "Sully" was In his
prime. . ' , ' "
I have not seen Bryan since April,
and am no more authorized to speak
for him than Is, any other Democrat In
good standing,, but If The G.-D. Is really
hankering for ja joint debate In which
Bryan shall figure I can suggest one
which will add to the-gayety of na
tions. LetWrllHam McKlnley and Wil
liam J. Bryan have one joint discussion
in each of the 45 states of the Union!
I am absolutely certain that Bryan will
accept., Can The G.-D. bring W4Uiam
of Canton to the scratch? I trow not,
and why not? Because The G.-D. knows,
full well that McKlnley can't hold a
candle to Bryan In a full and . com
prehensive - discussion of the issues
now before the American ' people.
I feel so certain that Bryan and
Democrats generally . would, favor
a discussion between xthe presi
dential candidates that, while I
am not authorized to , speak for the
Democratic national committee, and
while that committee is not burdened
with funds, I feel perfectly safe m say
ing that rather than not have these 45
debates between Bryan and McKlnley
the Democrats will defray the entire
expense of the performance. If we
can't get the necessary money any
other way, we will raise it by popular
Democratic subscription. The poorest
Democrat in the land would be willing
to contribute his mite In order to see
the peerless Nebraskan thump the
present occupant of the White House.
This Bryan-McKinley oratorical
scrapping match woold attract more
attention than any debate that ever
took place on earth, and The G.-D. will
miss the greatest opportunity of Its
career If it falls to join me In the ef
fort to pull It off.
The Oaea Doer la Catnap
A recent declaration .by a high Re
publican official at Washington recalls
the famous lines which Bret Harte
puts into the mouth of Truthful James:
Do I sleep Do I dream?
Do I wonder and doubt T .
Are things what they seem.
1 . Ot are visions about t "
Is our civilization a failure.
Or is the Caucasian played out?
The aforesaid declaration of the high
Republican official Is, in words and
figures, as follows to wit:
"The so called guarantees relative to
the 'open door In China are not worth
the paper they are written on." ,
Jupiter Olympus! What are we com
ing to? a For many moons ' we have
been told, with frequent' and monot
onous Iteration; that the achievement
of the "open door" was of itself alone
amply, sufficient to secure an Immor
tality of glory for this Republican ad
ministration. At the annual banquet
of the merchants and manufacturers
of Baltimore last spring I heard my
brilliant and expansive friend. Hon.
Charles Emory Smith, postmaster gen
eral of. the. United States, laud It to
the skies: as the sum mum bonuin of
all diplomacy and In a rhapsody of
iridescent rhetoric place William Mc
Klnley. and: Mr, Secretary of State
John Hay on the pinnacle of fame for
having negotiated It. General Smith is
a handsome man. a prepossessing gen
tleman, an artist in the use of words,
and he enthused his audience and car
ried it off its feet, cr, rather, out of its
seats on to Its feet, as he pictured In
gorgeous colors how we were, one and j
alb to be made rich beyond the dreams ',
of avarice by reason of the "open door"
policy. I confess that 1 was so wrought
upon by his flights of imagination and
eloquence that 1 began in my mind to
figure out the date when I could quit
practicing - law and lecturing and go
to living in clover on my part of the
divvy of the Illimitable wealth to come
to us through this much vaunted "open
door." I lived In ecstasy for weeks
afterward. Now comes this cold blood-
I ed, heartless, unimaginative, matter of
fact "high . Republican official" at
Washington .and pulls the underpin- j
ning out irom unaer uenerai smitn s
air castles In China as ruthlessly, as
blind Samson pulled down the temple
by pulling down the pillars that held
It up. I feel, a sad sense of personal
bereavement as 1 see my Individual
portion of j wealth through the "open
door" receding In the, dim distance.
And so "the guarantees of the 'open
door are not worth the paper on
which they are written 7" Too bad!
One by one the roses fall. "The high
Republican official" who ruined Gen
eral Smith's speech and blasted my
hopes ought to be prosecuted for leze
majesty. - , :
,-i : The Tleltet. ,
. It is useless to say that Bryan's nom
ination Is a strong and popular one.
Also the platform Is strong and popu
lar. It Is generally conceded that the
nomination of Adlal E. Stevenson for
vice president strengthens the ticket
greatly in that section of the country
where It most needs strengthening.
A conservative estimate of what would
happen , were the election held today
Is that the Democrats would carry
Kentucky, Indiana. New York and
Delaware, thereby electing Bryan, and
by -a handsome majority, and. as the
tendency is constantly In our favor,
he may sweep other states which voted
against him In 1SG. r
.' Saa Jose Scale Treotnaeat. '.
Spraying-at intervals of not over ten
days from June 15 to Sept. 15 with
Hhale oil soap or' kerosene and water
Is recommended by one of the stations
for Eon-Jose scale. .It may be remark
ed, however, that results in the use of
keroseue have sometimes been disas
trous to trees, and there is much differ
ence of opinion about Its advisability.
TH6 TARTINS.
. When Paul and Henriette returned
from the matinee given for the benefit of
the new hospital, in which their friends,
CoraHe Verdier and Maxime Renaud, had
played the leading parts before an en
thusiastic audience, they looked tired and
cross.. .
There was not a more, happily mar
ried couple in all Paris than Paul and
Henriette Dnfrenoy.' Their f rlends had
pronounced it a marriage of f'reason and
inclination," and they had adored each
other for three years. They had been
Inseparable, devoted, without a single
misunderstanding marring the v perfec
tion of their happiness. They had lost
a child, and this great sorrow. Of their
lives had bound them still closer: in an
affection deep and strong. f "
Only the day before, resolving to profit
by the beautiful weather, Hhey had tsken
the, train to Meudon, and, after having
lunch in a pretty little vine covered inn,
they had spent the afternoon in the great
beautiful woods, as happy and care tree
as two birds. ' . ,
Very different from this beautiful day
with nature was the matinee from-which
they returned so morose, without telling
each other what had caused the sudden
change. However, everything comes to
an end, even the silence of twox angry
people. The next morning at breakfast
Paul, unable to bear longer the taciturni
ty of his wife and the glacial expression
of her face, throwing his napkin on the
table, cried:
"Henriette, what is the matter?" .
"With me? Nothing," replied -Henriette
coldly:
"Nothing. That's quickly said. But
what have I done? Ever since that con
cert yesterday you have been different.
We did not care to go to it, but surely
that is not cause enough for this change."
"I think if any one is changed since
yesterday it is you. Xou are thoughtful,
preoccupied."
And of whom do I think except you?"
"Who knows? Of Coralie Verdier per
haps, who was most natural yesterday
in her role of coquette dn the "comedy.
Waa she not full of spirit, radiant with
charm and grace?"
- Paul laughed.
"Is that." he cried, "the subject of
your great anger? You may rest easy. It
Is not for Coralie, with her ridiculous af
fectations, to turn my head."
'.That is what you say now to me. But
I heard you telling her what you thought
ofter the play behind the scenes.?
"The most trifling words, spoken for
politeness."
"Politeness does not demand such a
profusion of. compliments as you : show
ered upon her. No; you were aincere.
You have been thinking of her ever since
and regretting perhaps that your.wlfe is
to much less charming." '
"You doubt my -wortjl What would
you say if I should accuse you of looking
with too much admiration at Maxime Re
naud during, the performance? He was
very fine, was he not Jn his officer's uni
form?"'" "
Henriette, pale with anger, arose.
"What! You dare"
! Yes. I dare! Why not? ;You dare!
Why not I? One accusation Is worth another."'.'-
" '
- This is. too .muchr, cried, the young
woman, and she left the dining room.
Paul followed her into her own room.
- "Come. Henriette, this Is foolish, I as
sure you" " ': ' ''
"Oh! I am foolish as: well as untrue!
I shall not remain here to be Insulted
another moment!" And, trembling with
anger, she put on her hat and seised her
gloves. .
"Where are you going?" asked Paul,
uneasy for the first time;" -'
"I am going home, where I am loved
and trusted. I shall never see you
again." And without' further speech
Henriette walked swiftly from the room.
Left alone - Paul stood ' staring at the
door as though he had only half compre
hended his wife's words. Then, in a
moment, he said aloud -
"Very well, go If you want to. If there
Is one abomination under heaven, it is a
jealous wife!" ,-. , .
Taking his hat and cane, Paul, too, left
the house. He had no place to go and
walked aimlessly along the street. ;
s "So she has gone home," he refected,
"and she is perfectly capable .of remain
ing there. Well, I am satisfied. I shall
enjoy being my own master once more.
It ia rather nice to feel at liberty,, though
there seems to be nothing to do Joiit now.
Strange I never knew .what a temper she
had. She looks very pretty when she Is
angry. Shall I really never i.e her
again? Absurd!" but his. heart sank at
the recollection of her last words, and
his new ' found liberty . seemed to lose
some of its attractiveness. .! ... ,
It was a beautiful 'day, and after wan
dering about all morning he decided to
spend the afternoon in the country, for
he was still too. angry to return home,
though he longed to see if his wife had
repented of her hasty resolution. He
bought a ticket for Meudon and in the
train thought of the day they had spent
there together such a short time ago. Ar
riving at bis destination, be took lunch
at the same pretty little inn and felt his
loneliness growing with the tender mem
ory of that other day, spent in such
sweet companionship.
"I am a brute," he suddenly, exclaimed
as he was walking after lunch in the
forest." "and she is the dearest little wom
an in the world. If she was jealous, was
it not simply because she loved me? And
who could lore a, woman without spirit
enough to be jealous?" ; ,
He resolved to go back at once, and if
she had not returned to. go to heir moth
er's and ask ht r to forgive, him. '
"But first I'll get, her .a bunch of the
purple hyacinth," and he walked quick
ly, toward the oak . in . whobe shude the
flowers grew. -$ .. .. . -
He walked with his head bent, think
ing deeply, and did not see the figure that
rose from the ground as, he approached
the tree. When be looked up, his wife
stood before htm. and her hands were
tilled with hyacinths. -
"Dearest! he cried breathlessly, . -
She held out her hands, with the flow
ers In them." "Will you take them. Paul?
she said softly. "1 picked tht'tn for you."
From the French.
". Txewrter Taetlesi.
"Miss Speilum wears all her
best
clothes dowa to the office.?,.
"Is she in love with anybody there?" '
, "No, but she sayi it scares her em
ployer so he doesn't give her much work
to do." Chicago Record. .
f
. Mlraeslons.
Dasherly.Time's a wonderful thing.
It gilds all troubles we may have had.
Downtrod Yes: I suppose a widower
can look' back on his married life with
real pleasure. Kansas City Independent.
