Nebraska Newspapers

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tin" Hummer oan June Tim
lire Kent io Ilieni
liy lloHfjIlltf Tin- lice lintl-
llfNI OlIllM111 IICI-NOII Or liy
mull. Thu iidilrcNM > vlll li
an often as ilcNlrcd.
Visitors to Onwliii are all
Btirprltiud by Its clean and well i nvc (
thoroughfares.
The political pot Is IwKliiiitiiK to boll
but It will not boll over until coolui
weather sets In.
The rpptibllcaii statis committee has
now oi'pinlxc'il for business. Let the
J business proceed.
The metropolis of Nebraska Is attract
JiiK more attention at this time than anj
other city of the west.
Not all the yellow Journals arc pope
cratlc In polities , but most of thu pope
cratlc Journals belong hi the yellov
class.
Omaha Is setting ( lie pace for record
breakers this year , and its Labor da :
demonstration promises to keep up will
HI.record. .
8 may 1m condemned by all tin
nof Franco , but In the eyes of tin
'
-.the French courts will only con
jjlhcmselves.
republican county commlttei
j { Rive ample notice of the prl
to the voters so as to avoid evei
nblaneo of snap jndpnont.
'a railroad rates can keep ROIIII
> away from the exposition , hu
ng can keep the exposition Iron
K crowded dally until the
Some of the railroads leading ti
JOnmha , nppcnr to be short of rolllnj
ptock already to carry the crowd head
iiiK for the exposition , and the rush 1
only Just
All attempts to detract from the Rlor ;
nttuclilnc to 1'resldent McKlulcy am
Ills associates In the successful conduc
of the war with Spain are foredoomoi
Jo Inglorious failure.
The friends of .Indue Maxwell an
Baying nothing about the treacherou
Bell-out by which ho was traded oil fo
the bencllt of 1'oynter. Hut they wll
bo heard from In November.
Iron and Hteel mills are said to bo do
tllnlug orders for rails and other stee
products because of surplusage of bnsl
ness. That Is not encouraging for s
revival of the popocratlc calamity cry.
Hot winds anil drouth may affect th
torn crop , but they can injure It nov
only to a limited extent. Nebraska'
crop of IS'.KS ' Is sure In the aggregut
to yield one of Its far-famed banner luu
vests.
Gi'iiornl Shafter does not take an ;
stock In the stories of willful neglect o
sick and wounded soldiers on the bat
th'lU'UI or in the camp. And Onera
Shatter was where he could observ
.what.was going on.
Nothing worth mentioning has beei
accomplished for Nebraska in the pros
unt house of representatives by the pop
ncratlc members of the congresslona
delegation who are asking re-electloi
lit the hands of the voters. Why , thei
re-elect them when it is certain the ,
cannot accomplish any more for the !
constituents If they bhould be Kent bac :
ito Washington ?
The Ilerdman gnng cannot oxplal
satisfactorily why the populists wli
under the fusion agreements have fo
years been 'accorded one-third of th
places on county and legislative ticket
Hhould now have their rcpresentatlo
reduced , when they Iwast that tliul
party Is utrongor than evuV. Hut o
course the populists will knuckle dowi
nnd accept whatever crumbs the doni
punttlc inaehlno may choose to let fall.
riifcnic.t / M.i'i m.ft.iAM. |
nptiMlian * of lounliquid nln a ,
\lctm-y thin year. Tliey lin\i a
Htrohg ticket , a good platform nnd tin-
record of the Mute ndinliilHtratlon un
der ( iovernor Shaw l.t unavailable.
'i'lie platform \ * minnd and Htralght-
forward In regard to the currency. It
declare * that tln > experience of thu last
two years lias fully approved the gold
standard policy and urges that the per
manence of this standard nm.it be an-
sur < 'd by congressional legislation giv
ing to It vitality and validity of public
law. "Our money , like our Institutions , "
says the platform , "should be main
tained equal to the best In thu world. "
Protection and reciprocity are approved
nnd there Is a declaration In favor of
the upbuilding of the American mer
chant marine. The speedy construction
of the Nicaragua canal Is urged and the
platform favors the securing of naval
and coaling stations nnd the protection
of American rights In every ijuartpr of
the world with an adeiiualo navy. The
platform Is somewhat vague In regard
; to the paramount question of foreign
policy , going only so far as to say that
no people who have been freed from
persecution by the war shall bo returned
.o oppression or permitted to lapse Into
Barbarism. Perhaps the predominating
sentiment of the convention was voiced
l > y the temporary chairman , Kopresunt-
ativo J.acey , whoso address was In the
direction of territorial acquisition.
The republican party of Iowa Is har
monious and well organized. The state
has enjoyed for the last two years a
good degree of prosperity. The agri
cultural producers have done well and
the manufacturing Industries have nour
ished. As a whole the people of no
other state are In better condition than
the people of Iowa. Under sum ravor-
able circumstances there should be one
of the greatest republican victories tills
year In the history of thu state.
FllAUDULKX'l' IHhM ) 1111)8.
The discovery that a very largo num
ber of bids for the war bonds were not
made In good faith by the persons who
signed them and that many bidders
were paid by other parties to submit
applications for bonds to be transferred
to such parties , goes far to discredit
this bond Issue as a popular loan. In
point of fact It cannot rightly bo called
a popular loan , though unquestionably
It was honestly Intended that it should
be. It is well understood that bankers
all over the country induced many of
their patrons to bid , with the under
standing , of course , that when the bonds
were awarded the banks would take
them and It Is not to bo doubted that In
some such cases the bidders received
it consideration. It now appears that
this scheme was not eoniinod to bank
ers , but was practiced by other capi
talists and was measurably miccospful.
Although this fraudulent bidding has
worked no Injury to the treasury , the
bona lido bids being largely In excess
of the amount called for , it is none tlio
less reprehensible and it Is to be hoped
that the Treasury department will fully
expose those who have been guilty of
it so far as possible , this being perhaps
the only way In which they can bo pun
ished. Any banker or capitalist who
has encouraged lids sort of deception
deserves to be publicly pilloried. Pos
sibly the experience will bo useful
whenever another popular loan Is called
for.
THltltlTDlilAI. KX.l'.lXSlUX AXD THADK
The wonderful development of our
foreign trade during the past quarter
century , remarks a contemporary , Is a.
fair indication that commercial growth
Is not dependent upon territorial ex
pansion. It Is more than a fair indica
tion. It is conclusive , proof. The
growth In the foreign commerce of the
United States since 1SSO is most con
vincing evidence that territorial expan
sion Is not essential to our progress in
trade. According to olliclal statistics
our foreign commerce in 1SSO was val
ued at $ lr oo,0)0ouo ( ) and in 1S)7 ! ) It was
$1SOO,000,000 an increase in the
eighteen years. In round numbers , of
$ : iOO,000,000. The ligures for the last
fiscal year , ending Juno HO , will show a
sfill larger Increase , a notable Hem of
which is the growth in the foreign de
mand for our manufactured products ,
which for several years has been steady
and rapid. This country Is now able
to undersell the world in the products
of Iron and steel and this advantage It
will undoubtedly always possess. It Is
an advantage that must eventually glvo
the United States commercial su
premacy.
In no direction has our trade had a
more rapid growth , relatively , than In
China , where It Is now said our com
merce will bo Imperilled If wo do not
1 establish ourselves as an Oriental
power , possessing territory in that quar
ter of the world. The expansionist
argument Is that as the sovereign of
Manila and n substantial part of the
Philippines wo should have tangible in
terests at stak which would compel
Knrope to recognize us as entitled to a
voice in the affairs of China and ad
jacent countries. Of course that would
necessarily Involve us In the contro
versies and complications arising there
and the question Is whether wo should
be compensated for the danger to our
peace and for the maintenance of a
largo naval and military force to pro
tect Asiatic possessions by any addi
tional trade we should secure. It Is
admitted that If wo retain possession ot
the Philippines wo must concede there
to other nations whatever commercial
privileges wo ask of them. In that
case we should open the Islands to un
restricted competition. Thus the ques
tion of securing Asiatic trade would bo
determined , as at present , by the en
ergy and enterprise of or.r people and
our ability to compote on equal terms In
all respects with commercial rivals.
r lint It may bo said that unless we
have territory In the far east that will
give us recognition as entitled to a volet
In the affairs of that part of the worh
wo shall ultimately be shut out trom al
commercial privileges there. This Is ai
assumption which certainly has no war
rant In experience , nor does there ap
pear to be any substantial ground for li
\
In i\lnilnir i''ii'lliioii''t - an count
with nbttiliit' ' 1'iTtaluly upon ( livat lint
aln adhering to IN i-MmuK-ivitil policy in
'lilnn , o that we Khali entitling to im\o
i Held for fair rnmiietninii oo far n
hat country Ix eoneenu'd. . 'uiprelien-
Mon regarding Hie policy of llu < "lii ,
lerinnny nnd France we believe to be
very much exaggerated , If not entirely
itifotinded , for nonu of those countries
can afford to pursue a course that would
entirely exclude from their "spheres of
niluenco" the competition and enter-
irlco of other countries. They do not
lo It at homo and they are not likely to
ittempt It In China.
The assumption that territorial expan
sion Is essential to commercial develop-
nent has little to support It. The
growth of our foreign trade during the
ast quarter of a century clearly shows
hat Its continued Increase Is not de
pendent upon territorial acquisition.
I'l'-ill Till : Vl.lDLTT.
Now that the council has taken the
nltlatlve toward the construction of a
lew Sixteenth street viaduct It Is to be
loped no obstruction will bo tolerated
n pushing the Improvement to a ilnlf-h.
flic principal retail thoroughfare of
Omaha should not bo barricaded or
fenced out by the wooden bridge widen
ins been condemned by competent en
gineers and will at best within a few
lumths bo Impassable for travel and for
trnillc.
Inasmuch as the cost of construction
nust , under the decision of the supreme
? ourt , be berne by the railroads whose
tracks are spanned by the viaduct , the
required ordinances must be passed by
he council before plans are adopted and
contracts let. The plans for this via
duct should bo on a broad scale com
mensurate with the demands of a grow
ing city. We have had makeshifts
enough in the former viaducts , Includ
ing the Sixteenth street wooden bridge ,
to teach the lesson that cheap public
Improvements are In the end the dear
est.
While the city should not impose
needless burdens upon the railroads ,
public comfort , safety and convenience
should have paramount consideration.
First of all things the structure should
bo .substantial FO as to require little
outlay for maintenance and repairing.
Next In Importance to safety is public
convenience. Travel and trailic on
Sixteenth street , already extensive , Is
bound to increase from year to year.
The viaduct should therefore bo planned
with a view to accommodating future
business demands as well as Immediate
requirements.
At the very best It will take several
months to get the work of construction
under way. To get it completed by
spring no time can bo frittered away.
Investigation into the bond bids for
the recent popular war loan shows that
Iho loan lias not been so popular as the
figures given out wore Intended to sug
gest Hundreds upon hundreds ot bids
wore mndo in Individual names simply
for the convenience of bankers and cap-
tallsts , who advanced the purchase
money and absorbed the bonds. The
popular bond issue soon accumulates in
the hands of the wealthy few , no mat
ter how widely distributed it may have
been hi Its Inception. The only practi
cal and practicable Avay of lloatlng a
real popular loan Is by the establishment
of postal savings banks , In which the
savings of the thrifty may be safely in
vested.
Among the reforms boasted by the
popocrats Is that the assessment of all
the railroads in Nebraska had been
raised in 1S07 ? OS1,000 above what it
was In ISOli. 15ut they are careful not
to mention the fact that In lh ! > 7 the
popoeratle. reformers adopted without
change the railroad assessment made by
their republican predecessors , which
they had denounced as too low. They
also forget to state that the Increased
assessment Is confined to only a few
branch lines and that the assessment
made by the self-styled reformers in
1SOS is for the most part Identical with
that made by the republicans two years
before.
Kvery man needlessly kept In tlio
standing armies of Europe Is not only n
man drawn from the economic force of
the industrial world , but also a positive
burden upon those out of whoso labor
the cost of the standing armies must
bo paid. Military protection unques
tionably assists trade and industry and
thus Increases the labor product of the
world by safeguarding the laborer , but
there Is always n point whore the bene
fits are outweighed by the cost. Tlio
question of disarmament raised by the
czar's proposal of a peace conference Is
one that goes to the very bedrock of the
modern social nnd Industrial organiza
tion.
It must be remembered that some of
the men who went to the front in Cuba
would have succumbed to disease had
they stayed at home. Vital statistics
make a certain percentage of deaths in
n. given number of human beings In
evitable. The ratio is , of course , in
creased for the soldier by exposure ,
change of climate and a hundred and
one other circumstances. No rational
man could expect a regiment of soldiers
to hold oven a summer encampment
without developing a few hospital cases.
The Austrian Uolchsrnth has been
summoned to convene the last wot-k In
September. Mark Twain will doubt
less immediately pack his grip and hie
himself to the parliament bulldlns to
bo In on the ground floor when the llrst
sign of light appears.
The gold democrats are not saying
much. They will not have a ticket of
their own In the Hold this year , but they
will see to It that their votes go where
they will count against silver llatlsm
and frco silver repudiation.
llratli ISevt'iilN a Crimp ,
St. Vaul I'loneer Press.
It the confession of the forger of the
famous letter which led to Dreyfus' con
viction should result In the acquittal of the
prisoner of Devil's Island , M. Cavalgnac ,
by reason ot his order to Investigate the
case once more , will have earned not only
the ilrvuUoli of ) ) rfu. . < > mi < ) 7/vli. luit the
llfdong priUlftlilr of D\rry hmu i > l InnU 111
I'Tnlii i' .
n unit niiUlmi ,
' lit Ui'puull' ' .111
Afdr the power * hnvp iNu < < i < l tbo young
r ar * piarcliropngnl with 1iri-nmln < de
corum they will probably tnke another
\vhark At poor old China. No matter what
liftppenn , Chirm ID bound lo get the worst
of it.
Too Jlneli llciinrocmrj- .
Now York Trltmnr.
It IB only natural ttint clerks and chiefs
of bureaus , who nre fearful of Imvlng their
tenure of ofllce cut short because there U
no work for them , should , and actually do ,
Ho awake nlghta to devlso ways and means
for creating work which will Justify their
retention in olllco , In this \\ay have grown
up systems of checks nnd control , of nudlt
and amounting , to elaborate , so complicated
and to ntteily useless as to puzzle and doty
every effort of the sporadic reformer to
rectify the nbuso and arrest the constantly
growing evil.
I2.VII rmc I'll 11 on H i\luiNri ! ,
St. Louts Globi'-Dcmorrat.
Ocnrral II. V. Uoynton Is a soldier of largo
cxperlenco nnd a man of nnusunl knowl
edge of public affairs. Ho Is well known
as a writer nnd noted for his careful In
vestigation nnd conscientious statements.
After a full examination of the situation nt
Camp Thomas ho makes his official report
on the camps at Chlckamauga slncu their
establishment n few mouths ago. About
5,000 troops have been assembled there.
Of this immense number 122 have been
burled In the national cemetery. Compara
tively speaking , the mortality has been low.
There have been outrageous exaggerations
set alloat , anil General Hoynton's report re
futes them with convincing clearness.
Nil ninllnclliin In Mrilnl-4.
Ualtlmriro Amerlrnn.
Admiral Schley's popularity among the
sailors of the navy Is easily accounted for.
Ho treats all who are unxlcr htm like men ,
looks after their comfort , and does not sur
round himself with an air of official su
periority , through which they are not al
lowed to penetrate. He showed this dispo
sition the other day , when speaking of the
medals lo bo given to llioso who have been
commended for their bravery. These medals ,
ho said , should all bo made of the same
metal , not of gold for the officers and bronze
for the men. They should bo like crosses ot
honor given by governments of Knropo.
Admiral Schley Is right In this matter , and
congress should adopt his good suggestion.
Dim.TM of IiiiiKM-liillNin.
Dotrolt Free Tress.
The United States has hllherlo escaped
Ihe burdens and dangers of which Emperor
N'lcholaa has wearied , of which Spain has
had a falal sufficiency , for which nelthei
France , Germany nor England has found
any compensating advantages. Will the
UniteM State's allow Itself to bo swept Into
the burdcnsomo imperialistic policy , costly
militarism and foreign entanglements from
which the European powers would fain es
cape ? Does this country care to exchange
Its happy and enviable estate , untroubled
by the quarrels of the old world , unhamp
ered by the control of distant and Insular
possessions , unburdened by the expense of
vast armament , for the conditions that
have proved to bo a drag and a curse upon
the territorially aggressive nations across
the sea ?
Gubernatorial CnmllilatcM \oIiraiKa
J. Sterling Morton's Conservative.
Former State Senator Poynter has been
named for governor on a frce-sllver-rail-
road-ownershlp-stock-yards-runulnR plat
form. Mr. Poynter has among his Iminedl-
ate neighbors Iho reputation of being a
keen-minded man of high moral and re
ligious principles. His political views are
adjustable and can readily be lilted lo popu
list , democratic or Bllvur republican ballot
Bllngcra. Judge Hayward has been nom
inated on an old-fashioned , self-glorifying
republican platform. At his homo Judge
Hayward Is known and respected as a
good cltlzim nnd an ablu lawyer. Ho has
always been a blllcr and Intolerant par
tisan and will probably never believe that
any ono who Is not a protectionist can go
to heaven. Hut ho pays his debts in honest
money and proposes that everybody else
shall do the same thing.
IVHAT HAS 1112 DU.NKl
Pertinent ( InvMtloii for Certain Can-
illilati.'N to AiiMtvcr *
J. Sterling Morton's Conservative.
When political parties present candidates
to the people and solicit votes for them It Is
very pertinent to Inquire as to the character ,
ability and work of each seeker after a
place In the public service. But how seldom
is this reasonable Inquiry made ? Here In
Nebraska wo have now , and have often h'ad
btfore , congressmen who never did a day's
work which resulted In any good to the
city , couLly or sU'to of Ihelr adoption.
And senators and members allko have rep
resented Nebraska who never did , and never
can , point out n single aero or spot of
ground which has been improved or made
better by their coming and living here.
Many have been elected like the notorious
Kern who had not a dollar's Interest in the
state or people and who never did anything
except hold office and draw salaries out of
tax-raised funds.
The question : "What has he done for
the public good ? " should bo asked as to
every candidate upon every ticket in Ne
braska. Those who have done nothing ; who
Jinvo improved no real estate ; who have
founded and embellished no homes ; who
have not tied up with the lands and
anchored In the soil of the commonwealth ,
ought not to bo voted for by anybody. Good
government can only bo secured by the
election of Intelligent , conscientious and
competent men who can show something
that they have done for the common good
while discharging Iho duties of private
citizenship. Let us have no more deserting
Kcms who carry away their earnings to
another state.
FIIO.1I .SOMMHll.S TO CITI7.I3.VS.
TinI'niLTHM of MiiNl.rliKOut IIio
Volunteer Army.
New York Sun.
In all parts of the country volunteers are
now moving to prescribed rendezvous for
the purpose of beins mustered out , or , In
some cases , are receiving furloughs to go
to their homes , with the same view ot
ultimate muster-out. The process is slow
and a somewhat justifiable impatience is
shown by some regiments that their names
are not yet added to the list , but the result
will be to release very goon a great part of
the volunteers. General Lee's corps Is
marked for service In Cuba nnd there must
bo a largo force in the Philippines for n
lone time , whllo in Porto Hlco also a con
siderable garrison must be maintained. Hut
the greater part of the volunteers will soon
bo able to lay down their weapons , doff
their uniforms and resume ordinary life.
There is something very striking in the
case with which this reabsorptlon of a great
army Into the body of the people la accom
plished. It Is true that a generation ago
we saw It exemplified on n far larger scale.
Not only were the disbanded forces much
more numerous than the present troops , but
they had been In service for four > ; ears.
There mny well have been anxiety In some
quarters to see whether a million men. FO
long habituated to the soldier's life , would
disperse qulelly nnd melt into the com
munity like snowflaKcs into the sea. Hut
the alacrity nnd placidity with which this
was done were wonderful. Secretary Stanton -
ton was characteristically prompt in his
plans for getting the country on a peace
footing and those who regarded a great
nrinv an n dnimnoiM poncr MW it illcsolvu
( ( tiiikly Into Its unim ( .f pntrirtlr citizens.
lutnunlirntur. tlurffiM-e , of whn wni
tern in U6i will iletrnct somewhat from the
lnU > rc slvcnrM of ibr piesent pn tnclr. ypt
that upwlnrlp It ctriklnR and crolitnblo to
our American Whys The toluntcirs will li
Mil the better rltlion * for hnvliiK \ > ren isood
soldiers nnd will always tnkp Just prldo
III having responded to the country's call.
The imllon as a whole will set' Hint a great
army can bo awi-mbled ami dissolved with
out menace to tlio liberties of HIP people
nnd wtlhout dlslutbanrr to the routine of
civil life. And meanwhile our soldiers nnd
sailors , with a few months of devoted
bravery , have added new domain to our
country and spread Its prcstlgo over thu
globe.
i-ouTir.u , imit-"r.
An Ohio democrat , with n halr-trlggor
mouth. Is trying to Hurchardlze his party.
Ho declares for brothel hood , buzzard money
and Dryan.
Theodore Uooscvcll's political plans con
tinue to be a Bourco of grave anxiety lo New
York spoilsmen. Hut "Teddy" isn't saying
n word , nnd wilt not until mustered out.
Governor Ulack of Nc.v York and Dick
Croker agree on one point. They hold that
nil soldiers who participated In the fall of
Santiago need rest for the balance of their
lives nnd ought lo be prohlbilcd from nsplr-
lug lo civic honors.
The taxpayers of Greater Now York are
expected to put up $77,000,000 for the main
tenance of Ihe municipality this year.
This Is more llian Ihe combined expenses
of Philadelphia , Chicago , H.illimorp , Wash
ington , Cincinnati nnd Omaha.
Congressman Bailey of Texas has been
Indorsed by his district , notwithstanding the
unfavorable action of the stale convention.
It Is 'the district nnd not the slalo that
elects a congressman , and Mr. Hallcy there
fore has no particular reason to worry.
Ulllot Danforth , chairman of the Now
York stale democratic committee , accuses
David Honnctt Hill of uttering a volley of
cuss words hot enough to burn a hole In
armor plale. Ycl Ihe sage of WoMcrt's
Hooat has been pointed to ns a. model expo
nent of chaste United States.
This year's election will bo the first to beheld
held In the greater city of New York , which
has the largest constituency In the world
in respect to the vote cast In it for any
candidates. London , with a larger electoral
population , votes for its nominees In dls-
Irlcls Instead of at large , as in New York.
J. S. Coxcy , formerly general of "Coxey's
army , " is now about to take lo louring In
a private car , from which ho will peddle
trading stamps and disseminate ideas about
nonintercsl-bcarlng bonds. If ho hns Iho
success ho expccls he will visit every state
in the union , carrying with him a brass
band ot sixteen pieces.
State Senator S. Houston Lctchcr of Vir
ginia , eldest son of the war governor of
that state , has been appointed judge of the
Thirteenth Judicial circuit. Though very
young at the time of the civil war ho look
part In lhat conlllet , In Ihe cause of the
confederacy , and afterward practiced law
with his father unlit Ihe Jailer's dealh.
Ex-Governor Slono of Missouri is down
in New York lelllng the bsnightcd democ
racy there what it should do to bo saved.
"Shout for Bryan and buzzard money , " ex
claims Stone. Whereat the wiseacres ot
Tammany whistle plaintively and utter not
a word. The World remarks that Stone's
advice , if followed , means "political sui
cide. "
The republicans of Tennessee have
nominated Jamrs Fowler for governor to
run against Benton McMlllln , the demo
cratic candidate , and a vigorous contest Is
probable for the office , as the platform
adopted by the republicans Is n broad and
popular ono , and the democratic party In the
state Is not holding its own In the natural
movement of population. The east Ten
nessee republican districts arc growing
most rapidly In voling population.
The governorship contest In New Jersey
will bo rather lively this yeai II tbf > demo
crats of the state can malt" It so In their
effort lo wrest conlrol ro-n ; Ihe republicans ,
who now seem lo bo as strongly inlrenched
in Trenton ai they are In Harrlsburg or
Columbus. Five candidates on the demo
cratic side are regarded as actually In the
field : Elvin W. Crane and Mayor James
M. Seymour of Newark , Seuulor William D.
Daly of Hudson county , General Hlchard A.
Donnelly of Trenton and John P. Stockton
of Princeton. Senator Daly has Iho ardent
support of the Byranltes and Mr. Stockton ,
less enthusiastic , the solid support ot the
conservallves and conservatism counts for
much In Jersey pollllcs among democrals
as well as republicans.
DEFENDS WAR DEPARTMENT
Senator Haiina ( ilvuN Illn Iilena Itc-
iK SlekneNN AIIIOIIK Sol
di or N lit C'liinp.
CLEVELAND. O. , Sept. 2. Senator M. A.
Ilnnna has returned to Cleveland after a
month's outing In the .Yellowstone park and
northwest. In the course of an interview
concerning the reported sufferings in army
camps Mr. Hanna said :
"I do not care to place the blame for
the conditions upon nny one. I will say ,
however , that Ihe governors of Iho different
states appointed the volunteer officers and
wo llnd that the Illness among Iho Iroops
comes from Iho volunlecr ranks. The places
for Ihe locnllon ot Iho camps were selcclcd
because of their nvailablllly and Iho gen
eral climatic conditions.
"Regular troops have been camped by
the side of the volunteers and no sickness
among them. I do not wander Hint the
death ralo has been high in some in-
Blanccs. Several limes I visited Camp
Alger and looked carefully over the place.
At the edge ot the camp I found banana
stands nnd places where beer and pop and
surh stuff were sold to the troops. This
kind of stuff never helped the volunteers.
"Look nt the task whlrh lias been per
formed by the admlnlstrallon. At the out
break of the war there was provision for
but 25,000 men. I am acquainted personally
with Iho heads of Iho War department and
I am positive they worked from sixteen
lo elghleen hours each day lo equip and
arm Ihls great army of 275.000 or 300,000
men. The whole affair seems marvelous
to me and could not have been accom
plished by any other nation In the world.
The War department had a most stupendous
task t.nforo it and it wa.s equal to the
emergency. "
CLAY SEEKS DIVORCE COURT
Unil of I IIP lloinanee AVIilcli HUM
Urounlil I InOlil Ceneral So
.llueli Trouble.
lUCHMOND , Ky. , Sept. 2. The petllion
for divorce filed by General Casaius M.
Clay to secure a legal separation from his
girl-wife , Dora Richardson Clay , recites
"that the plaintiff had irealed the defend
ant In all respects as a dutiful and faith
ful husband should nnd that ho has fully
met and discharged all the covenanls of said
marriage contract , but that the defendant
did , without fault on the part of plaintiff ,
abandon him July 3 , 18'7 ' ' , and has since
lived Ecparnlo and apart from him.
General Clay prays for a divorce and asks
that the defendant bo restored to her
maiden name and given all proper relief ,
which is supposed to mean that ho Intends
tu provtdo a liberal alimony. The defend
ant's answer admits all the charges. Gen
eral Clay says that the girl shall never
want so long as he lives.
OTIIKIt LAMH THAN Ol US.
M I'AvtofC * rrtiui\nl from Hi' po IHon of
rharRp d'affair * nt 1'iktn mny I"takni lo
Indicate HU'sln's arrrpiaurp of IIP ! lirin h
terms prpsrtiird a few dn > ago nt "M
IVlrrsbur * It will bt < no Husglnn loss. Mil
a distinct gain , to have KtiRlnnd join the
other powers In HIP policy of spheres ot In
fluence. One of Its first practical consequences
quences will likely be the disavowal of Hus-
lan snport of the proposed Pekln-llaukow
railway , and this will bfl followed In due
diplomatic course by Uuinlan guaranties that
England's nuthorliy over the Ynng-Tse val
ley shall bo rwpectPd. It is a tradition
with Iho "forward" school of English
diplomacy that UusMnn promises are not lo
bit trusted , nnd Ihls feeling will doubtless
make n selllomcnt of the question more
difficult. Lord Salisbury's vacillation hith
erto may with good reason bo considered due
to the difficulty of choosing between the
open door and the bounded sphere of In-
lluonre. Now that he has chosen ho can
exact his own guaranties. Ho has force to
back his demands , while Itussin has neither
Iho force nor Iho probability of it for some
years to come. The open door will remain ,
of course , within Iho English sphere.
On Iho Nile , nt Omlcrlf , Iho Anglo-
Egyptian army Is now concenlraled for Ihe
desperate battle In front of Omdnrman ,
which Is to decide the fate of the Dervish
empire. It is about thirty miles only from
Omterlf lo Omdurmnn , and an advance of
some ten miles Is made dally. The British
commander Is confident of success , though
his army numbers little over 20,000
men , whllo the Dervishes are aald
to number 70,000. Hut the former lias
science , the best modern weapons , dis
cipline nnd Intelligence , whllo Iho lat
ter have little more than numbers and
briilo courage. Even courage with Iho Der
vishes does not now mean what It did In
the time of Iho Mahdl. when Ihelr fanatic
faith was vivid and death In battle was
believed to bo a sure door lo the joys of
Paradise. Paradise seems less certain and
nt present only HIP ordinary pecular motives
sustain the Dervish host. Accordingly Ihcre
nre no more of Ihosp mad rushes lhat dis
concert and demoralize the bravest troops ,
ns the period from ISSl to 1SSS. On the
other hand the Egyptian army , under British
training , hns gained In spirit as much ns
the Dervishes have lost. The fight is on
equal terms as respects personal prowess.
As respects tlio adjuncts to courage guns ,
cordttp , gunboats , etc. the Dervishes are
woefully Interior nndlll bo beaten. The
result will be the crumbling of the remains
of the Mahdl's empire nnd British mastery
of the Nile valley from the Mediterranean to
the lakes that constitute the source ot Hie
Nile.
* * t
The Dutch system in Java would not be
nppticablc In all colonies , nor is It by any
means wholly admirable. Under the eco
nomic regime devised by Van den Bosch the
condition of the natives was akin to
slavery. At all events , they were com
pelled to bo Industrious and learned to rec
ognize the fact that hard toll has its ad
vantages. Mobt of their grievances have
now been remedied nnd Iho harsh policy of
Ihe slcrn eld governor was nol an unmixed
evil. The lessons it taught the natives
have helped them to support some trying
burdens brought by recent years. German
beet sugar has imperiled Java's sugar In
dustry. Disease has wasted many of her
coffee farms nnd her ton Industry has suf
fered ppvorpry from the competition of
India nnd Ceylon. But no ono hears of
starvation In Java and the island continues
to be Iho most densely p-coj-led equatorial
region In Iho world. The 8,000,000 Filipinos
have never hud a chance to reach Java's
stage of development. Their opportunity Is
only just beginning to appear. With hu
mane and good government and pracllcal
business sense In Iho conduct of ils atfnlrs
Ihe archipelago will undergo , In Iho nexl
Iwcnly years , a transformation such as
no Oriental country except Japan has over
ever seen In to short n time.
*
It cannot bo taken for granted that , In
becoming the aposlle of humanity , Nich
olas II has demonstrated his power to call
u haft In the secular volley of Russia ,
That Is a policy of which generations have
gone lo the making and whlcli , autocrat as
ho is , the czar cannot suddenly reverse.
Its fruits during the last six months have
been Ihe acquisition of a now empire con
taining 40,000,000 people In the northern
part of China. Its irresistible movement
has been likened to lhat of a glacier and
the most formidable menace at present ex
isting to the pence of Iho world In the pros
pect of Its further advance. If the powers
that object to that advance are to consent
to disarm they must have some very sub
stantial assurances that the course of the
Husslan ambition for territorial expansion
has exhausted Itself. In short , if the czar
bo the ardent devotee of International peace
that his message entitles Iho world lo as
sume , his llrsl step should bo to remove
on the part of Ilussla all Iho existing In
citements to war.
* * *
Two Chinese women have been appointed
by Li Hung Chang to bo delegates to tlio
International Congress of Women next year
In London. This appointment will be sure
to prove of Imrortance in the history of
Chinese thought. The Intellccls as well as
Ihe feel of Chinese women are being freed
from bondage. Their flrsl stops toward
Individuality of existence are profoundly
Interesting. It Is faid that the free-foot
society In China is rapidly extending Its
inilucncc. The fact that the Empress Tuen
cam from the people , and Ihereforo did
not have her feet bound In childhood is of
course n fact of git'at help to the move
ment. But It Is not merely a fashionable ,
it is atso a rational reform which is going
on , and will do more to save China from
her own Ignorance than can yet be guessed.
When Chinese ladies learn to walk and
read by millions there will bo a different
atato of things In the Celcslial empire. LI
Hung Chang learned several Ihlngs when
h went round Iho world , ns a good trav
eler should.
Prince Henri d'Orlcnns having returned
from Abyssinia without having succeeded
In establishing Iho quasi-French empire on
Iho Upper Nite a result for which Iho
Abysslan monarch is supposed lo have been
parlly responsible Iho colonial parly of
Franco has como lo Iho conclusion that
Moncllk Is a tcrglversallng savage , nnd
has considered the advisability of Inviting
Great Britain to take Joint ncllon In order
lo compel him to mend his manners. With
The Kayal U the highest Qradn baking powder
known. Actual lrH show U gees on
third further than any ulber braad.
. . _
Absolute/ ! Pure
R CO. , .f * YOII1C.
Khartoum nlini < In their rfn u ami th.0
wny oprti in ' - ' ' D-.i'U ilKMiltHnn o , |
thii Nth * fioiu Unn "l.a " in i ! " ' \li.fnl.l
Njali/a. It wouM vl.'UMilar if l'i" l'i H , |
shuulit beI1IIHK to fill tin r t'nMirh icloiilal
schi'tiips In northeast Africa.
. \t n MS Miii.r.s.
Tribune : "If nil tnnrri.iRpvefo
tnndc In henvfli. " imtspd tinPouth Mnkntfl
Inwypp , " 1 wonder what I'd do for a llv
IHK : "
Philadelphia North American : "lto\V
murh lonRpr will I Imvp tn wait on youT"
ttukinl the inurntlpnt tnnn of the bimy olerh.
"In n few minium I ahull bo waiting oil
you , " replied tlio olprk , with n , ntnllo.
Somrrvllto Journal : Nobody over tclla
you what a clairvoyant has rmmlipnlni
without mldlng : "Of cmirap , you know I
ilpn't over take HIP Ipnst stoek In wliat ft
clairvoyant says. "
Olpvelnnd Plain Dealer : "Yp . love , t Wft.i
reminded of you every blessed day. "
"You drnr l-itv ! "
"Yes. all the hardtack was SO much 11UO
your blsrutls. "
Detroit Journil : "The veins Stood out
upon his brow like whipcords ! " wrote the
novelist.
Cnrnmbn !
\\hnt study It tnkea to write !
Many days had IIP spent In observing
whlpcordn Ntnnd out , In order to realism.
ChleiiRo Kecord : "Wlmt does the Dairy *
mrns' association want protection froin7"
"Why , from the water works company's
rates. "
Detroit Free 1'resa : "Our hired girl 1ms
left. "
"How ? "
"Sort of. I told her slip \vna full of tact ,
nnd filio lliought 1 said she was full ol
lacks. "
Cincinnati Knqulrer : "Tlio only lines 1
pel net-opted. " said the nsplrliiR poet , "art
those I drop In thp water lo the ( lull.
"Perhaps , " HiiKRpstod Iho candid frlonil ,
"they're Iho only ones Hint have nny point
lo them. "
Harper's n.isnr : "Tho Cuban insitr-
Konts , " romnrlml Cumso , "do nol appeal *
to bo such vulunblo allies of HIP Americans
ns It was thought they would be. " "They
sepm to litive HII objection to lighting be
tween mc-.ild , " added Cuwker.
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "Is this Porto
nil' " ? "
" . "
"It IK.
"Wlmt maters the Islam ! tremble PO ?
Volcanic nhrnomonon ? "
"No. That's General Miles pnelnff tip
nnd down In front of his tent , ihlnklng of
his wrongs. "
Clilrjiiro Post : T don't aep why they
( rent that poet with Hiich dlslliiRiilsheil
consideration. "
"Pool ! Who sild be was a port ? "
"Why. I heard porno one Mpenk of him
as being Ihe author of a few llnfs. "
"Ye : railroad MIICM. "
nf course It was easy to sco that Ihoro
was merit In him then.
TIM : ( iiuii i I.KIT incm.vn MK.
Denver Post.
It's rocky since I ilomu-il the blue ,
My palate la protesting ,
Mv stomach Brown rebellious , too ,
O'er what It Is digesting.
My llp.i with yearning piidly pout ,
The tears they eome to blind me ,
Wheno'qr I sit nnd think about
Thu grub 1 left behind me.
I sit nml chew the tllnty tack ,
The salt-homo MI rcpollnnt ,
And slRb to think how much I lack
The bulMoK'H chewing talenl.
Some ( inlet spot I often seek.
Win-re prylni ? eyes tiin't Unit me ,
And let the ti''irs In longing leak
For the Bi'Ub 1 left behind mo.
Dried apples bavo no charms for me
And bac in Is dl&KU.MtttiK
When for a half a century
The darned stuff has been rusting1.
'MotiK all the regulation things
Tin-re's 110(11111 ( ? to remind mo
And bear mo back on memory's wings
Mo the grub 1 left behind me.
Some comrades slut ; nbotit the girls
Until I grow quite nervous ,
For lhat seems but as casting pearla
Heforo the swine of service.
Such sliiKlmr may their soula rejoice ,
Hut you will always llnd mo
Kxlmnstlng my melodious voice
For tbo grub I left behind mo.
Now thiil- the fighting all Is done
The bo > s their lips nro smacking
Antli'lpallve of the fun
When kisses net to crneklnR.
Bui to mv gastronomic love
Their talking cannot blind mo
Willie they salute the Klrls , I'll inovo
On the grub I left behind me.
01 It DAILY III I.IKTI.\ .
WASHINGTON , Sept. 3 , 1S9S. F. W.
Peck , the newly appointed United States
Commissioner to the Paris Exposition of
1900 , sails for Franco today. Although
{ CjO.OOO has already been appropriated for
Government expenses nt the fair. President
Mt-Klnloy thinks that $100,000 more will bo
needed.
"God sends the
cold acccrdiiig to
' '
our rags.
Spanish proverb.
The Spaniards , who are
clothed just now in sack-cloth ,
may find co nfort in this old
proverb. We hope that they
will have a warm winter.
us , let us have no
rags , us prepare for the
cold.
If you look over the styles
and patterns that we have re
ceived for this fall's wear you
won't care what the weather is
in Spain.
We have made some im
provements in the methods of
manufacture this season , as we
do every season , and it may be
set down as a fact that our
clothing , always as good as the
best , is better than ever before.
U. W , Cor. IStti unit DougU * OU.