THE IS'ORFOLK NEWS : FKIDAY , OCTOBEK 24 , 1902.
\VhUilndonbt vote for MUkey ,
dotfcnl which Is right.
Tak your advice goes
you jrtck McCarthy for con-
( T inlno coal.
Inv Mercer easily the paramount
in the Iloo ofllec. Sgc l editor
ial * r ! even permissible.
lit rjonc will wxm have coal to barn ,
ntnl i ho black diamonds will not be a *
rare n * they bare len In the pait.
It i rcporU-d that telephones trans-
inlt microbe * and the Sioux City Jour-
ti l advin-a K renders to boll their tele-
Parliament is proving a strenuous in-
ilttuti in that cnn ncarcely be excelled
in ti.enuosity by the American con-
Can ida has wrnie trust * , aho. Per-
bar * th y are the mult of the system of
of protective tariff practiced in the
United States , nnd then jKirbnps again ,
they tire not.
Don't bet all year caih that John S.
HobiDKin will be the next congressman
from this district. You may need a
H k with which to operate at the coin
ing presidential election.
Friends of the "Little Giant" are be
coming frightened. They arc afraid
th t Mr. Mickey and his friends are
proving giant killers with whom they
ufTord to reckon.
The fniionlstn are endeavoring to re-
dst the efforts of their opposition to
bnry them deeper than they were buried -
ied lost fall and two years ago , but their
ntnifrgles appear to bn ineffectual nnd
the party trust will nndubtedly suffer n
more disastrous defeat this fall than it
has ftuffercd since fusion was effected.
S ntcs-Dnmont has made n proposi
tion to sail from Paris to San Francisco
for f200COO. Almost anyone would nn-
diruiko the trip for the same money but
iiot via tbeaereal line. The important
codicil is attached that if the aeronaut
full * in and gets drowned hon'-ed not be
I aid the money.
Pi ices have certainly advanced since
JK)0 ) , and that was what the people were
wanting then. Are we so flcklo In our
iltMrcH that wo will now take up the
.democratic howl for lower prices and
cast our vote in favor of having them
drop back to where they were in calam
ity times ?
Oul a now wants to collect ? 20,000,000
from the United Stotcs. For nn infant
government her claims are rather large ,
nnd it IH doubtful If the United States
will continue to exert itself to meet all
the requirements of n country that has
l > etn ; befriended nt n cost of blood and
money which the supplicant does not
choose to consider.
It is to bo regretted that the Cuban
pe oplo did not learn the lecson on per-
ft sanitation taught them by the
A.lu-ricaus during their control of the
ihluud. They ore allowing sanitary con-
ditloiiH to drift back to their former nn-
hcnlchfulness and when the plagues and
in evidence they
I'l'iilemics nro ngaln
will begin to realize what they have
neglected.
lu supporting Wm. P. Warner for the
B'ate senate from the Eighth district the
N obrara Pioneer says : "North Ne-
bra ka has much to ask for nnd it will
iiocd an agressive man to make demands
that will distribute favors in this di
rection , notably in the rebuilding of the
Isorfolk hospital on n more enduring nnd
convenient plan than the old one. "
*
Because John'.H. Mickey is a sober
mau , industrious , saving , nnd n mem
ber of n lending cLurch organization of
the state is not a snfllcient reason why
he thnuld be turned down for governor.
T'i.ers should repniro a more reasonable
array of argument. Beoauso It cannot
ba given is no fault of the republican
c indidato or the party ho represents ,
nni should not be charged against thorn.
la 1000 the membership in the Grand
Army of the Republic was 409,48'J the
bight Rt point it has over attained. The
immuershlp now numbers 263,745 , indi-
citing an average annual loss of 1-1,674.
At the rate the companies , regiments
nti.l divisions are joining the comrades
who have passed to the great beyond it
can bejreallzed that in n few years the
G A. R. will cense its existence as nn
organization.
NJ one has been more benefited by the
inrr-nsed prices than the people of the
wt t and especially the farmers. The
democrats are endeavoring to make the
pM > i'lo believe that those interested in
tln trusts are the only ones benefited
but the farmers and those dependent
01 cbo farmers for their prosperity know
differently and will not be misled [ into
Tot.ugngainst their own best interests.
The fusionista would like to secure
ii.cieused votes this foil but they lack an
i 9U * and argument that will induce
voters to give the combination of part-
inn I heir support. They may think that
the voters will bo foolish enough to de-
l.vir up their votes without rp
arguments M to why they hould do to ,
but they will find thty hnve l-en very
moch wiitakeu when tberetorni ere nil
in
It would item that a tore teM of pros
perity would bo fur no employer to ttari
oat and K * if he could hire men nnd
tennis at calamity wnpn , ' or the pncM
that were considered fair during
Grover's reign. If he was successful
it should be ( ( Bite convincing evidence
that there is no prosperity for the com
mon p onle. The experience of ome
bus been that they are difficult enough
to get at prosperity wage * .
The Botr generals are longing to come
face to face awl band to hand with the
generosity of the people of America.
They have been canvanlng Europe for
funds and their experience is not prov
ing satisfactory. All they have thus far
Koured in Germany in aid of their came
was more than equalled by the contri
bution of but one American. Perhaps
this report is given out in n tort of
primer for the canviwi that will pro
bably be- made of this country.
The Third district bag not Undergone
any material change tince last year and
it went republican in right good earnest
then. It has bc-cii changing back dur
ing several years and it will rend a re
publican to congress after this fall and
nislfit at electing the entire republican
state ticket. The fnfiionitrts have failed
tossbo\v any substantial renrous why a
mistake was made then and the voters
object to changing without good and
fcn fficient reasons for doing so.
The World-Herald.it is belitTed is the ,
only paper in the state using the cartoon
as n campaign argument. This method
of campaigning has been rather frowned
upon since the death of McKluleywhen
friends and foes alike wjshed that i-ome
of the cartoons representing the mar
tyred president had never been pub
lished , but the "World-Herald is as set in
Its styles in it is in democrndy nnd It is
supposed that it will not let up until
long after the political cartoon luw been
laid away by even the comic papers.
The manager of the telephone ex
change at Williamsport , Pa. , is looking
for n recipe thnt will prevent telephone
operators from marrying after they
have learned the business sufliclent to
be of some service. Seven of his opera
tors have quit in the past ten mouths to
take up the responsibilities of matron ?
and ho would have future applicants
for place sign a guarantee that they will
not marry inside of three years , if he
was certain that the girls would bind
themselves to single blessedness for
that length of time.
The World-Herald's efforts at adver
tising the foreign prices of American
manufactures should certainly result in
au increase of foreign trade. If condi
tions are as that paper pays they are , it
would pay to buy in foreign countries
and add to the prices the tariff and the
transportation charges and them make
money. People should not jump at
these chances , however , without inves
tigating. Sometimes the World-Herald
figures have not proven to bo exact us to
conditions.
Dr. J. M. Alden of Pierce has been
nominated for state senator on the re
publican ticket and his election is as
sured. The fnsionists nominated a man
to run against him , but the gentleman
respectfully declined and the central
committees were obliged to name a man
and they selected one who was never
known to decline anything. Dr. Alden
is one of the early settlers in Pierce
county aud is known far and wide as a
gentleman of great skill in his profes
sion and one of the best men in the
country. Bixby in State Journal.
As the campaign is drawing to a close
reports from nil parts of the country
indicate that the prospects for a rous
ing republican victory this fall are
getting bettjr and it is looking us
though there would bo a clean republi
can sweep in every part of the union
where republicanism has any chance
whatever. The democrats are exerting
themselveH but they have before them
the herculean task of not only overcom
ing the arguments of republicans but of
convincing voters to work and vote
against that which has proven to their
best interests.
The peculiar picture of Mitchell , the
great labor leader , throwing bouquets
at Morgan , the great capitalist , is one of
the features distinguishing the promised
settlement of the antrocite coal strike.
Mr. Mitchel is informed that Mr. Mor
gan quite favors the organized labor ,
aud that gives him n stnudiug in Mr.
Mitchell's estimation thnt could not bo
otherwise attained. It cannot ba seen
how Morgan could do otherwise than
favor organized labor and be consistent
Ho certainly approves combinations of
capital and could hardly be consistent if
he did not acknowledge the same rights
for labor that he demands for capital.
If what Mitchell Rays of Morgan is true
and there were more capitalists like he
aud Senator Ilannn the troubles be
tween capital and labor would soon bo
adjusted and they would bo more infre
quent
Secretary Edwards of the national
democratic congressional committee an
nounced some time ago that his commit
tee w t standing tqnnrely on the Kin-
MI City platform , with its free Filter
and other Brynuismi , and stated that it
WM nil the democracy they knew until'
another national convention was held.
The campaign of the committee iudl- '
catw that they are ahame < l of their
platform as ( here are few arguments be
ing made for free illver. Nevertheless
if n democratic congress WM elected
this year it would be in duty bound to
attempt free Mlver legislation regardless
of its coim-qneuces to the country. The
people are not readr to tupport n party
on a platform which portions of it has
repudiated and which those who have
not desire to * ee turned down because of
ito utter inntility , and they will tee loit
that they are on the safe fide by voting
the republican ticket.
Chicago physicians appear to be pe
culiarly constructed. They had no
objection to make when Dr. Adolpb
Lorenz , the famous Vienna surgeon
came over to this country and se
cured a magnificent fee of 1150.000 from
Ogdeu Armour for operating on the
capitalist's little daughter , but when he
undertook to practice on Fevernl other
cases out of charity they drew the line ,
filed complaint that the good doctor was
practicing without a license from the
Illinois state board of health and com
pelled him to appear before the board ,
take an examination and pay $25 for n
certificate. Perhaps it was professional
etiquette that dictated the nction , per
haps it was j nlom-y , it may have been
to sustain an important law in the eyes
of Chicago practitioners , but whatever
it was there is a well defined opinion
among some who have not been initi
ated that the Chicago doctors might
have overlooked the infraction of the
rules in this instance.
The prosperity of the farmers is a
bond that unites them with the republi
can administration. When the populist
party was orgauized the farmers may
have had reason for joining it , as it pre
sented allurements in the way of pros
perity that were most gratifying to be
hold , even though they were highly vis
ionary. The farmers are now enjoy
ing a prosperity that has never been
equaled in the history of the state , and
many of them are candid enough to ad
mit that the republicans have had Eorffe-
thing to do with it , at least they never
enjoyed such returns for their work and
their investment under the administra
tion of any other party. And the pros
perity that has been felt by them spread
out until it baa benefited all people in
directly dependent upon the farming
classes. It is a condition that should
uot bo meddled with aud many farmers
who have been voting otherwise will
this fall exercise the wise judgment
they possess aud vote the republican
ticket from governor to road overseer as
an endorsement of thnt which they have
happily experienced.
McCarthy will win. This is our pre
diction made without hesitancy. There
are ample grounds of making such as
sertions , . In 1890 the district gave
nearly 1 , aOO majority for fusion. In 1S9S
John Robinson defeated Judge Xorns
by a plurality of 7G2. In 1900 his majority -
ity over John R. Hayes was only 175.
Last year the vote on regents gave re
publicans almost l.uOO plurality. Hence
wo have n change of practically 2,600 in
five years. Tnere is no reason to think
that any opposite change has occnred
since last election. Rather is there
grounds for the opposite view. These
are republican times. The Third is an
agricultural district. Farmers are ex
ceptionally and unusually prosperous.
Farmers are not chumps. They know
from whence came this prosperity.
They realize that President Roosevelt
must bo supported by congress in order
that the greatest possible good to the
country shall result. They know that
J.\T. McCarthy is in harmony with the
administration. They know that his
opponent is not. Mr. McCarthy is a
vote getter. He is n man of the com-
monjpeople , being himself n plain and
npreteutious man. He is making n
good campaign. He should be elected
He will bo elected. Stanton Picket.
The Columbus Telegram and- per
haps , Platte county , is not for
McCarthy. He was questioned during
a recent visit to that city and would
not take a stand for or against the
Boers of South Africa. He failed to
shed great tears of hypocritical sym
pathy or wnng his hands when the
subject was mentioned , and he failed to
denounce the Boers as trnitors to the
peace and dignity of England , in fact
he apparently refused to consider the
Boer question a paramount issue in
American politics , especially since
peace has been declared. Such indiffer
ence to conditions in Great Britain and
South Africa on the part of a person
aspiring to au official position in the
United States is inexcusable , in Platte
county , the same as it is to be sober nnd
industrious as is Mickey. In fact any
sort of republicanism , or any of the
characteristics of republican candidates ,
is little short of a crime in the eyes of
the brutal democratic majority in that
county. While n question on his stnnd
regarding the Boxer rebellion in China ,
might have been considered more per
tinent by some , Mr. McCarthy could
not have taken n position on thnt to
meet the unqualified approval of Platte
democrats.
The Omaha News , independent in
politic. * , has come to theaid of Congress
man Mercer and is giving him right
loya' sopprt.
It will be noticed that tbo democratic
reatotu as to why Thompson should be
elected governor are decidedly lacking
Their entire attention is devoted to
abuse of Mr. Mickey , indicating that
there is a piucity of reasons why their
candidate should be chosen.
Jim Younger could ttand it to shoot
and kill nnd be shot at , A rcntencc to
the penitentiary for life did not serve to
upset him and he stood n parole with
considerable success but n shaft from
Cupid's bow rankled in his breast until
he drew his gnu and took bis own life.
He was old enough to know better , per
haps be was to old. Anyway the famed
bandit took hU own life , all for the love
of a woman.
A prominent populist of David City
said to n republican the other day :
"Our party has acomplished nothing
in the way of its principles during its
entire organization in Nebraska. It
has gotten n lot of office for our side ,
but beyond thnt it has done nothing.
Its aims have been trampled under foot
by the oflice grabber , and when it hashed
hod opportunities it threw them away.
The business men in our racks are dis
gusted. "
Deputy Commissioner of Labor C. E.
Watson of Lincoln has Issued a splendid
reference bulletin of the industries and '
resources of Nebraska. It consists of
250 pages and contains a general description - '
tion of the state , description of the
towns and counties , write-up of the
leading cities of the state and a general
statistical summary. It also contains I
an official county and township map of
the state. It is such a work as has long j
been needed and the state would un
doubtedly be benefited by its wide dis
tribution.
The Concordia Hanson , one of the
strongest and most influential populist
papers of that state , in bidding farewell
to that parry and changing to republican ,
said editorially : "We are told that the
republican party hai become corrupt.
Suppose that be true ; is it not better to
make an effort to purify a live party
rather than to waste one's life trying to
inject life and progress into a parly
that has neither pride of ancestiy nor
hope of posterity. We want to be
where there is something doing. "SVe
are tired of eniping. Our poke is full.
We're going home. "
It is a guess as to what the demo
cratic party would do if entrusted with
power , either in the state or nation.
There are so many factious , so many
differences over principles and detai's '
that it would be n trust to chance
and n long guess to give them the of
fices. Everyone , on the contrary knows
where the republican party stands.
It is for the people nil the time. Presi
dent McKmley once said : "You do not
hnve to guess what the republican party
will do. The whole world knows its
purpose. It has embodied them in law
and executed them in administration. "
A democratic paper says : "Any time
President Roosevelt is for the people's
interests you will find Congressman
Robinson his able backer. " That is a
matter that will take more than an as
sertion of a democratic paper to prove.
It is known that Robinson will oppose
Roosevelt in any way he can because
that is the tactics of his party , and the
people are left to judge whether the
president is ever for the people , with
the confidence that the returns this fall
will maintain that he is for the people
all the time. A very simple person will
understand that the election of a re
publican to congress will be au endorse
ment of a republican administration by
the people of the district while an elec
tion of n democrat will bo just the con
trary. The Third district wants a rep
resentative who will be with Roosevelt
all the time , because the entire history
of the president's life is incontroverti
ble proof that he is always for the
people.
A fusion exchange says that every
name on the fusion t'c'iet is that of a
man who owns and controls himself
while every name on the republican
ticket is of men who * re owned and
controlled by corporations. This
is the same sort of song as that
snug by this same party some
years ago , and heard and believed.
They decided to turn the corpora-
tionists out , redeemed the state in other
wordsand give the whole thing into the
control of these who represented "the
people" according to fusion argument.
They made the change and enjoyed an
era of fusion pass grabbing nnd fusion
corruption that they have not yet rid
their months of the taste , and now these
partisans choose to ignore that record
nnd mnke the same sort of plea. If the
sentiment of the people can be judged
accurately before election it is that they
will not be again led In the Fame
direction ns they were before and the
votes will be n turning down that the
fusionists will not forget for some time
to come.
Some people , notably fusionists , are
figuring that if the farmers do not turn
out to vote on election day there will bo
a republican victory in Nebraska. THE
NEW , for one , does not believe that re
publican success at the polls on Novem
ber 4 hmgee on any fuch contingency.
If any clats has b en benefited by rc-
publlcinlim it is the farmers of Ne
braska aud it will be very much of a
surprise if republican gains are not re
corded this fall ia farming communities.
Republicans are interested in the former
l vote because they hove every rca on to
believe that it will be fcr their ticket , i
Agrirulturists are not as foolish as they
are painted by some fusion orators aud
' editors. They have minds of their o\vn
i and will exercise them this fall in tus-
j taiuing an administration that has
I proven beneficial to them. It is to be
I hoped that the farmers may be able
to vote and that there will be a full vote
I in the state fo that these insinuations
and imputations on the intelligence and
lack of interest qualities of the class
may be tet at rest in fusion quarters.
The democratic frt trade machine
has been reding since Grover gave his
famed exemplification of its workings ,
but since every other obtainable issue
hs bten tried by the democrat ? , it has
b n found neoessarr to overhaul the
machine , brush the dust off. oil it up
and start it to moving once more. The
machine has now beta started again and
its wheels will revolve with increasing
rapidity as fast as the voters will give
( consent to give it increased power nnd
will be whirring with the old time vigor
that characterized its motin in Graver's
day unless the voters tell the fellows
who are fixing it on the start that they
do not handle the sort of machine
needed in a prosperous , progressive
country that has made gratifying ad
vancement since the machine was
shoved into the scrap pile. Mr. Bryan
is n free trader. He is endeavoring to
have the people of Nebraska endorse his
policy by electing Mr. Thompson , who
is also a free trader and the balance of
democratic ticket. Will the people of
Nebraska administer this blow to the
prosperity they are now enjoying ? It
is not beleived that they are that far
gone in the upper story.
In a few years more there will be no
populist party. Even now there is a de
cided inclination to speak of nil fusion-
uts as democrats. The free silver re
publicans have passed out of existence
and the populists are following as rapidly
ajereaUwill allow. Theyhavebeen
warned to break away from fusion be
fore they lost their identity but the
warning has been unheeded , because it
came largely from republican sources
and they have persisted in considering
thnt anything from that direction was
inimical to the party's welfare. They
could , see themselves , how things were
going if th'e chose to look. In the hey
day of popnlisim that party was almost
as strong as the republicans , nnd the
democrats were not much inferior in
strength. Now they have reached the
point where the combination is barely
stronger than either of the parties that
entered the combine and it is weakening
each year. The fusion idea has perhaps
served its purpose , however. A few of
the faithful were given office for n fleet
ing period of time and they were satis
fied for the time being , even though
their elevation to position was detri
mental to the rank and file , who
thought they represented principle.
Nebraska has not enjoyed a greater
degree of prosperity than during the
past two years. Other states felt the
effect of the change in the national ad
ministration earlier , but Nebraska did
not come into a full enjoyment of pros
perous conditions until within the past
two years. Republicans are ready to
believe thnt the reason of this was
because two years ago the state decided
to endorse the national administration
by electing a republican state govern
ment. There is every reason to believe
that this helped materially. That it
was fully responsible for the improving
conditions none arc claiming. The bal
ance of the country could not enjoy
prosperity for any length of time with
out some of it overflowing into Ne
braska , regardless of what party was in
power here , but it has beyond question
flowed more strongly nnd swifter since
the republicans again secured control
of the state government. Present
profitable conditions may not be injured
by fusion success in the state this fall ,
but there are numerous voters who will
not care to risk it and they will .con
tinue to vote the republican ticket nnti !
they are shown some undeniably gocd
reason why a change of party is neces
sary for the state's best interests.
The liiblc In the Schools.
The supreme court of Nebraska has de
cided that the reading of the Bible and
singing of religions hymns in the public
schools is forbidden by the constitution
of that state. We nro not surprised ;
we nre not grieved. The decision pleases
ns nnd we believe it to be a good law
aud in the interest of both justice and
religion. Our readers know perfectly
well that we hold that in public schools
supported by Christians , Jews and in
fidels , men of all faiths and no faith
nnd attended by their children , it is un
wise , and unfair to have any sort o
religion selected .nud inculcated. We
believe that it is the business of the
church and not of the state to teach
religion ; and foi the church to confess
its incompetency and to ask the state
through such miscellaneous teachers as
Liver Pills
That's what you need ; some \
thing to cure your bilious
ness and give you a good
digestion. Ayer's Pills are
liver pills. They cure con
stipation and biliousness. .
Gently laxative. 25C-
Waul your mnnitarli * or b ard a beautiful
brown cr rich black Tlien Die
BUCKINGHAM'S DYE O ors
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we have , to supplement its lack of ter-
vice , is humiliating and ebanuful. We
will trust and ask no tax-paid , haphaz
ard Unchers to do the work of parents
and the church.
Tne evils of this perfncctory religious
teaching is positive as well as negative.
We know of n multitude of public
schools in our cities where n large ma
jority of the pupils nre Jews , and yet
they hove been required to sing Christi ; n
songs , to the indignation of their par
ents. Such n requirement m&kes the
people fots to the public school system.
In the time of Archbishop Hughes there
was carried on a great conflict between
Protestants and Catholics in this coun
try , the Catholics protesting against the
reading of the Protestant Eible as a re
quired exercise. They were told that
this is a Protestant country and thnt if
fiey did not like it they might stay
away. That is precisely what they did.
They started their parochial schools ,
which grew to a great system which
seriously antagonize our public schools.
They were right in their objection , for
the King James version of the Bible is n
sectarian Bible , and must be so long as
the Catholic church forbids its tue nnd
requires that a Catholic version be used.
Our American doctrine of utter sep
aration of church and stnto is now
usually accepted , at least in theory , and
it is generally agreed that reading of
the Bible and religions exercises do not
belong to the free public school. But
some of those who with ns would lead
the Bible out by the front door with all
aouor , ask us to open the postern gate
to let it creep in again unobserved.
They tell ns and we hear it from col
lege presidents and from teachers' con
ventions that the Bible , banished as
religion , mnt be brought back as liter
ature. The Bible , they tell us , is the
best and choicest of literature , and that
it will never do to let the children grow
np ignorant of it ; and before they have
the word literature out of their mouths ,
they begin to talk about the import
ance of the Bible to teach the elements
of religion nnd morals.
Which is it , literature or religion ?
If it is religion , we will hnve none of it.
There is n curse upon state religion. It
mokes men hate the church. This is-
the persistent trouble in Italy , inj Spain ,
in France , and now in England. Give
us n free church in n free state nnd let
their scope be kept absolutely distinct.
Trust no stnte to teach vonr
religion , and do uot think to impose
your new testament Bible nnd your
Lord's prayer on old testament Jews.
Is it really literature and not religion
that these gentlemen want ? We do
not believe it. It is not the literary
charm , nor /interesting stories , not
the grandeur or the wit that they are
thinking of , but the sacred character of
the book , that is , its religiousness. In
deed , we do not hear of any such nnx-
lety to have the "Iliad" read , or "Para-
dise Lost , " or even Shakespeare , until
we come into the higher schools in
which literature is a special study.
But it is not ns literature that we
chiefly value the Bible. It is degrading
to it to lower it to that level and mnke
it a lesson of style or story. It is not
the beautiful Bible but the holy Bible.
It is impossible to put it on any other
basis. Call it literature if you will , but
it will be considered
nnd treated as a-
religious book , and thnt will be the real
reason for introducing and teaching it.
We do not want to smuggle the Bible
into the public schools under a false
pretense. It is our one great book of
religion and as such let it be treated ,
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