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THE O.UAITA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , MAY 22. 1800. THE OMAHA DAILY ! BEBX EL K08EWATEU , Editor. _ PUBL19HED 13VEUY MOKKIXO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Bee ( without Sunday ) , One Yoar.6.0 | Daily Boo ana Sunday , Ono Year . i.c H.x Months . < \l Three .Months . 2.U Huiuluy Boo , Ono Year . . . . ? .u Hatunfny IJ e. one Year . 1 Weekly Bcc , One Year . b OFFICES. Omaha ; The lice Building. . . _ . bouth Omaha : City Hall building , Twenty tilth ana N streets , Council Blurrs : 10 Pearl Street. Chicago : Stock Exchange Building. New York : Temple Court. Washington : 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and cd } torlal matter should bo addressed : Edl torlul Department , The Omaha Bee. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and remittances should bi addressed to The Bee Publishing Company REMITTANCES. Ilomlt liy draft , express or postal ordci payable to The Bee Publishing Company accepted In payment o ! uny Z-cont stumps mull accounts. Personal checks1 , except or Omaha or eastern exchange , not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OP C1HCULAT1ON. State of Nebraska , Douglas County , as. : 3orge B. Tzschuck , secretary o The Bee Publishing company , being duly sworn , says that the actual number of full ana complete copies of The Dally , Morning , Evening anfl Sunday Bee. printed during the month ol April , ISM , was as follows : 1 . 1MU-U 10 . 21,51(1 2 . -,010 17 . a 1,7 1C 3 . a iso5 is . ai-i7i 4 . a 1,810 ID . 8-1,350 5 . ai,7 o 20 . a-i , au C . a 4,780 21 . " I"I 7 . JJI.IMO 22. . . a 1,470 8 . B4,7M > 23 . 25,1)7(1 9 . 2I,7.-,0 24 . 28HU : 10 . 25,0 < ; 0 23 . 21,101 ! 11 . 2I.D.-0 2l5 . 21,2:1(1 : ( 12 . ait > 50 27 . 21,20(1 ( 13 . 2I , 20 28 . 2 < , mi < l H . 2JIIIO ) 20 . 21,450 u . 2i,7to so . ai , a Totnl . .740,81)2 Less unsold and returned copies. . . . l,0ii : Nt total sales . 7:17,211) : ) Net dally average . 2l , . -i GEOIU3E II. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed and sworn to before mo this 2nd dny of May , IS ! ) ! ) . ( Seal ? ) II. I. PLUMB , Notary Public. What grievance 1ms the wcnthcr man liurborcd up against Ad'mlrnl Scliley ? Admiral Scliley lias been presented with the keys of the city. But of what | use arc keys where all the gates and doors are wide open ? If the Irish govcrifmeut officials want to get any tips on how the graft Is worked In Now York they will make the moat of loss Orokcr's visit to the Em erald Isle. The railroad claim agents are to meet nt Buffalo the co'miug week. The legis lative claim agents will moot at Lincoln about July 1 , when the claims appro priation bill goes Into effect. President McKinley lias another peace jubilee celebration on his hands. This tl'me the jubilation will take place at the national capital , so ho will not have to go nway from home to partici pate. What do , the county commissioners propose to do about the county de posits ? \Vlll they allow the depositories to , keep the county funds without bonds when the law requires them to give bonds ? There arc not only more traveling men In Nebraska than over before , but they arc doing more 'business ' tlmn ever be fore. If you have nuiy doubts , just ask any well-informed and unbiased trav eling num. A. populist editor vouches for Mr. Bryan to bo as earnest a , reformer as can bo found In the ranks of 'the popu list party. But he doesn't say that the silver colonel is any more of a populist now thaii he was In 1SOO. If the International Peace conference 1 t doas not do anything more than afford j nn occasion for an exchange of com- plimenlarles between -the crowned and uncrowned heads of the great powers s It will not have been called in vain. The final stage In the Dreyfus revi sion proceedings by the French court of cassation is scheduled for May 29. The Intervening time Avlll doubtless bo utilized by 'the Parisian populace to work Itself up to the proper pitch of en- 'thuslasm to receive the result. Minister Calve assures the State de partment that all Is quiet In Costa Itlca , for which not only Costa Hlca but till the rent of the world should be thank ful always providing another revolu tion is not Incubated In Costa Klea within this next twenty-four hours. With a pretended shrinkage of 2. per cent , Omaha's clearings record for last week shows over HOOOXX ( ) , rl'ho fig ures for Iho same week 'last ' year were ever ? r ,000,000 , and u correct showing would have nuulo them over $0,000,000 this year Instead of1,000,000. . What are the bankers going to do about It ? Norrls Brown , having positively de clined for business reasons to make the race again for congress In the Sixth dis trict , It will behoove the republicans to llud a candidate who will not only enlist the united support of his own party , but make a race that will draw strength from the opposing ranks. There are sev eral good republicans In the Sixth dis trict who can wage a successful contest for the place made meant by Congress man Greene's death and the party must not hesitate about pressing them Into the service. In advertising proposed auctions for the lease of school lands In north western Nebraska the commissioner of public lands und buildings assures the public that "no moro Inviting Held for the Intelligent stockman mill farmer can bo found. " When It Is remembered that only u few months ngo another member of the same ipopocratlc state administration set out to compile sta tistics for publication in his annual re port as deputy labor commissioner to show that farming In Nebraska docs not pay , this Indicates a remarkable cuaiigo of vision on the part of the calamity prophet * who Infest the state bouse , . OETT1NO THEIR ETETEETIl CUT. ifn his valedictory to the populls party ex-Senator Poffcr declares : The old simon-pure alliance man who let the republican party never was headed fo the democracy , and ho Is not now. The populist party baa been eliminate ! nationally by tlio democrats , so those ot u who don't want to flock .by ourselves wll have to vote our convictions as beat wo can This applies with the sa'mo force t ( conditions In Nebraska and South Dn kota as It docs to those In Kansas. Tin founders of the Farmers' Alliance It Nebraska had no moro Idea of joining the democratic party than they had ol Joining the prohibition parly. Theli aim was to assert their Independence of all the existing parties and to nc compllsh reforms and rectify abuses li : which the old parties had failed to nice ! their demands. Populism was , In Its Inception , as much n revolt against the deinocratli party as against the republican party , All the claptrap and Jugglery of plat forms that would deliver the popullsl rank and file to the keeping of demo cratic place-seekers and the corpora tions In league with the democratic 'ma chine make populist professions a howling force and discredit the Intelli gence and Integrity of the men who sincerely believe in populist principles. In Nebraska , even more than in Kan sas , the producers who confidently ex pected that the grievances from which they suffered would be redressed when the populists came into power have been more sorely disappointed than they were with the previous failure of the republicans to live up to their pledges. While fusion with the demo crats enabled them to carry elections and control legislation , the promised reforms have not materialized. In fact the abuses most denounced , such as the maintenance of sinecure olllces , the ac ceptance of railway pass bribes , the sham regulation of railroads , express co'mpanies , sleeping car lines and tele graphs , have been not only continued but extended. The failure to assess the franchises of public carriers as required by the con stitution and the disgraceful perform ances of the popocratic equalization boards In ignoring the increased value of railroad property cannot fail to discourage - courage as well as disgust men who thought they had risen above party for the sake of emancipating Nebraska from corporate domination. This class of people realize now that they would have done much better in grappling with the corporate power from within the republican party than by becoming drawers of water and bowers of wood 'or the democratic machine , which tlu > y : iavc found to bo more subservient to the corporations than the republican machine in its worst days. The money question , which wns ; mshcd to the front as the paramount Issue by the democratic leaders , lias proved to have been a 'mere ' wlll-o-the- wlsp to lure on the credulous , who were made to believe that drouth , crop fail ure , stockwaterlng and wild speculation would not have produced business de pression and hard times had the mints only been open to the free coinage of silver at 10 to 1. These delusions hav ing been dissipated by abundant crops , ralr prices and increased employment for labor , giving increased consumption of products and Increased volume of money in circulation , the bunco game worked upon honest farmers by the democratic politicians can not be re peated. Ex-Senator Pcffer is by no means the only populist who has had his eyeteeth - teeth cut. THE AnUA'DAKCE OF GOLD. The rapid increase In the world's gold supply has brought complete discom fiture to those who advocated free sil ver largely on the ground that there was not and could never bo a sullicicnt quantity of gold to meet the demands uid necessities of 'commerce. This was i favorite argument of ( lie free silver- lies , but It is no longer available , now that the supply of gold has become so great and is being so rapidly aug mented that the question of sutllcloncy for the requirements of commerce is for the present clearly settled. The figures that are reaching the director of the mint of the gold produc tion of 1SOS Indicate that It amounted to about $200,000,000 , wliilo the ad vance figures for the present year show n probable Increase of ! ? r 0,000,000 , or n total production of ? : w0,000,000. It is believed that the first year of the twentieth century will contribute not less than $ -100,000,000 to the world's supply nt the yellow metal and there Is very substantial reason for this belief. The recent annual rate of Increase has been about $50,000,000 and the reports from South Africa , Australasia and the United States glvo every assurance that this rate will bo maintained. The production of gold In South Africa tills year will probably be one-third moro than last year , or over $100,000,000 , Australasia will show a largo Increase , the United States will undoubtedly make some gain over last year's pro- diictlon , the output of the Klondike re gion will bo considerably larger than for 189S and Itussla and Mexico aroltT- most certain to show Increases. There are yet vast undeveloped gold fields In South Africa from which mining engi neers estimate that the yellow metal to the value of ? 3r > 00,000,000 may bo obtained , The possibilities of the Klondike region can only bo con jectured , but there Is no reason to doubt that they are great. Perhaps the limit of production in the United States Jias been nearly reached , yet It Is by no means certain that new sources of supply will not bo found. Gold development In Australasia is likely to go on for some years. Thus there Is good reason to believe that within the next two or three years the world's production of gold will have reached at least $100,000,000 and that this annual output will he maintained Indefinitely. In view of the facts and the reasonable assurances for the future , it is manifestly absurd to talk about there not being sutllclent gold for the demands of commerce. It Is Inter esting to note that of the world's in creased supply of gold iti the last three years the United States has absorbed the larger part. According to oillclal figures the gold coin and bullion li this country May 1 amounted t < ? 1)SO,000,000. COJ/.U/SSKKV JJ.tr 3IKKT. It Is stated that the Anglo-Amerlciii commission may resume Its labors am that the Alaskan boundary questloi will probably be withdrawn and negotl ntlona In regard to It be carrliiJ on dl rectly between the two governments According to a London dispatch till.1 question has already been ipractlcallj dropped out of discussion so far as the commission Is concerned and the report which had been sent out to the effect that its settlement had been declared clared nt Washington to be an hulls pensable prerequisite to a resumption of the sittings of the commission Is pro nounccd inaccurate. It Is also stated that tlio mutter has been discussed in the most conciliatory spirit on botli sides. It appears that very great Interest is fell in England In the Joint high com. mission and there Is evidently a mosi earnest desire In British oillclal circles that another meeting shall bo held and n settlement of the matters In contro versy be effected. There Is no doubi that n similar feeling exists here , though there is really no very great confidence that much If anything can be accomplished. Assuming to be gcncnilly correct the statement that has been made in regard to the position of the American commissioners , it is obvi ous that the Canadians must very ma terially modify their demands for con cessions and bo prepared to offer on their part better terms , In order to reach an adjustment of tlio more im portant matters in con'lroversy. It is questionable whether they will bo found disposed to do this. There has been no intimation since the adjournment - ment of the commission of any change In 'tho ' Canadian position or program. So fur as known the Canadians still want 'the concessions which the Ameri cans Informed them could not possibly bo granted ami are still unwilling to make concessions deemed by our com missioners to be just and fair. Such being the case , the promise of a settlement of the majors in dispute , even with the boundary question elim inated , through the commission , can not be regarded as altogether favor able. The adjustment of a few of the less important matters might bt effected , but 'there Is reason to apprehend - hend that the larger and moro vital nucstlons cannot bo settled by this com mission. Still it is to bo hoped that another effort will be made and un doubtedly our government will do all that it should to promote it. As to the boundary question , in order to reach an amicable settlement it will have to bd submitted to arbitration and this should be done with the Icust 'possible delay. A QUEST1UXA11LE PUUCEEUIXG. It has been announced , apparently with authority , that Judge William V. Allen has been retained io defend Sheriff Charles F. Dargan of Clmdron , recently indicted by the federal grand jury for taking away from an officer of the army two deserters wanted for bur glary , the offense charged being Inter fering with a United States olllwr. If this is correct it is a very ques tionable proceeding on tlio part of Judge Allen because in direct violation of an express prohibition of the con stitution. Section 1-J of article vl of the Nebraska constitution reads : No judge of the supreme or district court shall receive any other compensation , per quisite or .benefits for or on account of his office In any form whatever or act as attorney or couneelor-at-law In any manner whatever. While there should have been no need of inserting n provision to this effect In the constitution , because of all persons tlu judges on the bench should observe such proprieties , all will admit that it Is a salutary precaution. Whatever tlio merits of his controversy wiith' ' the federal authorities , Judge Alien , although lie may properly testify as a witness for the defendant , cannot accept a retainer as his attorney or ap pear for him with or without a fee without doing violence to his position as Judge of the district bench. As might have been expected , At torney General Smyth has decided in favor of tlie railroad taxshlrkers and against the Douglas county taxpayers hi holding the Belt Line railroad should bo assessed by the State Board of Equalization instead of by the county board. It is a matter of history that the Belt Line was chartered as a local road and , being constructed wholly within Douglas county , Is under the law assessable as other local property. Tlio purchase of its stock by another railroad and Its operation under lease as part of Its line do not change Its relation to the taxgatherer any moro than would 'the ' purchase by a railroader or a warehouse adjacent to Its right of way. The difference between assessing the Belt Line us local m-onertv nnd us part of the Missouri Pacific system will figure up into thousands of dollars ngalnst the taxpayers. The reputed cost of the Belt Line was $250,000 a mile. Assuming that the value has shrunk fiO per cent the sixteen miles of roadbed , right of way nnd terminals are still worth at least 152,000,000. Assessed at one-fourth its value , the county should receive taxes on not less -than $500- 000. Assessed by the State Board of Equalization under the guidance of Attorney General Smyth at $ S,000 n mile , It will bo taxed on $128,000 , or about one-fourth of what It should pay. While the railroads of Omaha have regarded tlio construction of a $150,000 viaduct across Sixteenth street as an extravagant outlay a viaduct has been projected In tlio city of Denver the cost of which is estimated at ? l > 00,000. One of the Denver papers , urging the early construction of this viaduct , mokes this declaration : "Tho need of such a highway can not bo doubted. As It Is today , the many railroad tracks along Seventh street and across It make It dangerous for vehicles and unsafe for foot passengers. A viaduct over those track * Is therefore demanded , it N but proper that the railroads should be | called upon to bear their just nhar of the expense for construction an maintenance of the viaduct. " If Dei ver can afford a $000.000 vliuliu Omaha surely ought not to have t beg the railroads for n viaduct costln only one-fourth that sum. It Is refreshing to ivnil in the ollk-U state house organ that the former chali man of the populist state committee who Is likewise former state oil h specter , has given way In his olliet : ! position to his successor as state con mlttee chairman without registerln any kick , "because ho is a firm IK Hover in the populist doctrine of fit quent changes In olllce. " Having bee disappointed In his aspiration to con tlnue In the chairmanship of Uit > slat committee and also In his aspiration t hold the lucrative job which draws sib li'iiaucc from the Standard OH monoii ely , to any nothing of blighted nsplni tlons for congress and for the guboi imtorial chair , the deathbed convct slon of the late oil Inspector to tlio dot trine of rotation In salaries Is certnliil ; one of those peculiar paradoxes whlel Nebraska politics so delights In pro duclng. CulcNtlnl ( inloty. Kansas C1U' Star. China hna a delegation at the dlsarmn mcnt conference. There la little hope fo tlio man who can't eeo the humor In this. Ailintriil Solilry mill Ills Fleet. Philadelphia Ledger. Phlladolrtila would bo glad to see Schley' fleet here during the Grand Army of tin ncpublle encampment , but It wants Schlc' with It. Firmly Itoolcil. AVafhincrton Post. The prosperity of the country Is too flrml ; established to bo rattled by the flurries H the stock market or the ravings of the pop ullst orators. Iilenl Keeil or tlu * Hull. Boston Transcript. Of course , a dinner at $110.28 a plate i : not to bo sneezed at ; but for n steady thing what la tbo matter with frankfurters and i glass of beer ? 'M Tip to the Ailmlrnl. Chlcnjro Record. Admiral Schley will please understand that , whllo he went through Chicago to < fast to admit of presenting him with tlu freedom o the city , It is here in his nami whenever ho cliooses to call for It. c of n Year. Globe-Democrat. No one aupposed a year ago that the regi ments raised in the far west would bear tin brunt of the fighting. AVar brings many sur prises that may be called destiny , for hu man foresight falls to reach them. The MUM for the Emergency. Philadelphia Record. The exigency of the situation in Cubs after the cessation of hostilities brought tt the front one man of unusual administrative capacity. The management at Santiago has been remarkably tolerant , efficient and suc cessful. Under any other system than the red tape system of the War department ad vantage would tiavo been taken of General AVood's capacity to bring order out of dis order by giving tiim larger opportunity. STAUS IX THE EAST. Ilrynii'M Mlntnkcu Interpretation ol the SlKiin Thcreiilioutn. New York Tlnus. ( An Omaha dispatch brings the news thai AV. J. Bryan sees the stars shining in the east. The democrats of the eastern states are enthusiastic and nothing stirred the hearts of his audiences during his tour in the east like a reference to the Chicago plat form. His Ingenious mind Is able even to extract a little sunshine from the Now York cucum ber. Ho tells his friends that thre are four times as many Chicago platform democrat : in Now York as in Nebraska. If his friends were not dwellers with him In a tool's paradise they would Immediately ask : AVhat of It ? There were 115,880 votes cast for Bryan in Nebraska In 1SOC , and in New York 551,369 almost five times as many. But the republicans and sound-money democrats of this state , with hearts of stone and faces of flint , turned out to ; Ue number of 819,838 , while only 102,304 .McKinley vote ] were cast In Nebraska. What boots it that there are four times ai many Brjan democrats iu Now York as in Nebraska when there are also cls'at limes as many republicans and Bound-money domo- crata here as there are in tlr.it ctato ? The light which air. Bryan sees In the east Is not of the stars. It Is the glow and glim mer of the great ignis fatuus that led him and all hla friends and supporters through the ooze and mire of the silver swamp and aver the precipice of defeat three years ago. The fool-fire , the swamp and the precipice have recently been Inspected nnd are found to bo in perfect order for use in 1900. AEHHASKA. VOMm-EEllS. Coiiu > llnicii < N for TluIr Hilpiullil Ilec- oi-il In < iio Philippine , , . Newark ( N. J. ) Evening N = ws. In respectfully petitioning to bo tempo rarily relieved from duty at tlio front the Nebraska volunteers In the Philippines have lone nothing deserving of criticism or con demnation , Thu men do not ask for the dte- : harges to which they are entitled and their splendid record for "bravery " , discipline and Mduranco effectually precludes any imputa tions of cowardice. The simple fact is that : ho regiment Is worn out by the hard service ivhicli has been Its portion and that It needs i chance to rest and recuperate. It Is said : hat the regiment now numbers only a little > vcr 300 effective men and that since Febru- iry 2 , during which time It has been almost : onstantly upon the firing line , it has lost ! 25 ien In killed and wounded a record surpassed by few of the famous "fighting eglments" of the civil war. The history of the volunteer regiments In ; ho Philippines will constitute one of the jrlghteat pages In the record of America's iltlzcn soldiery. They have borne the brunt ) f all the fighting that for months lias made i continuous battle ground of the country within n radius of forty miles of Manila. Mthough the period of their enlistment haa eng since expired and efforts have been nado by unpatriotic people at homo to Incite .hera to discontent and Insubordination , the roluntcera have shown an unselfish spirit of lelf-sacrlflce nnd an unwillingness to avail , hemselves of their technical rights so long is the country seemed to stand In need of ' .heir services that are worthy of the highest iralso and cannot be too conspicuously ac- ( nowledged by their fellow countrymen , Mot i single regiment or organization In the . 'IHllpplnca has asked to bo discharged , On .ho contrary , they have asked * .o be per- nlttcd to remain In the vanguard of th irmy and to continue In the service until icace crowns their glorious achievements. To any one following the movements of ho army in the Philippines It la clear that bo volunteers have all along been detailed o the hardest work and the fiercest fighting , Outside of two or three regiments the bulk if the regulars seems to have been held to ? arrlson Manila and to occupy other posl- Ions after they have been captured by the olunteers. The latter have been uniformly ctalned at the front and In all the reports if pushing the enemy , fording swift itrearas , treading almost impenetrable Jun- ; lcs and charging fortified towns , It has been he volunteers who have done the work. I STATI : rnn.ss ox STATK roi/rnt ! Schuyler Sun ( rop. ) : H takes n populist hang on to an olllce. The newly appoint superintendent of the , Institute for the Keel Minded nt Deotrlec can't take his Job b cause the other fellow refuses to let f With the Kearney cnse thU makes the so end one already which Governor Poynter h lintl to deal with. Tckomah Herald ( rep. ) : Constantine Smyth Is demonstrating more and more eve day his Incapacity for his official duties. I rattles nround In the attorney general's o llco like n marble In a quart Jug. The Hus ness Men's association of Norfolk dUhed hi up a nice brown roast this week over his li sincerity on the freight rate question. York Times ( rep. ) : The superintendent the Nebraska Institute for the Feeble Mlndi seems disposed to hang onto his Job and r fuses to bo ousted. It is no light of out but the tenacity with which pops hang e to the public teat when they once get ho Is quite amusing and brings the party In disrepute. Why don't they get out like mi when the authorities call upon them i do so ? Klmball Observer ( rep. ) : The friends i ex-Judge Neville profess to believe that gel tlomnn will receive the nomination for coi grcss In this district and will not have e : Governor Holcomb as n rival , as the latti wants a place on the supreme bench. Bi wo believe the plan of the fusion leaders to nominate ox-Senator Allen , who Is no warming a seat on the district bench by aj nolntmont , for Judge ot the supreme cour In that case Holcomb will be u caudldni for congress but there are others. llartlngton Herald ( rep. ) : Another dlsgraci ful scrap Is on In Nebraska over the presei Incumbent of one of our state Instltutior refusing to step out for his successor , latel appointed by Governor Poynter. This tin It's over the suporlutcndency of the Instill tion for the Feeble Minded at Beatrix Kvor Elnco the populists have been in cor trol of politics In this state It has been continual round of Just such disgraceful al fairs , and It commences to look as thoug the only sure way to get n pop separate from a good fat salary is by means ot n order from the court. Crete Democrat ( dcm. ) : Saline county den : ocrats blazed the way to fusion moro tha twenty-five years ago and have been eve faithful to the cause and have done more t keep down republican majorities than nn other ; yet It has been turned down b three successive administrations , which : had done much to place In power. Ever applicant for nn office worth having has bee Ignored and the places carried to other sec tlons nnd tendered to persons not seeking tli positions. There is much complaint amen the faithful that will likely cause a sera when the state convention is held. Fremont Tribune ( rep. ) : The govorno has been dragooned Into an agreement t give the democrats one-third of the stat offices at his disposal , and the bosses ar now duly certifying up to him the propc democrats for appointment. The oil In spectorships have all been given out , bu this need not forestall the recognition o Jim 'Milliken with some sort of place- something Just as good. He is a dcmocra and is representative of a strong elemcn In the party. Ho spent $1,500 of his ow ; and Senator Allen's money In making th race for the state senate last fall. II ought to be given an opportunity to re cuperate. Pcnder Republic ( rep. ) : Governor Poyn tcr has reappointed C. AV. Hoxlo as super intendent of the Kearney Reform school A couple of months ago the governor causei proceedings to be instituted to oust thl gentleman from this same position afte satisfying himself that Hoxio was an unfi person to fill this place , and after ho ha < appointed John C. Sprecher of Schuyler t < the position. Now , after he has satlsfie < the latter gentleman by another appoint' ment ho permits and , in fact , endorses thi mismanagement by Hoxle of this instltu tlon by reappolntlng a man' who ho himsel icknowledged a few months ago to bo unfi [ or the position. But then this is only : sample of the kind of reform iiracticed bj Poynter. North Platte Tribune ( rep. ) : The with. Irawal of AV. D. Oldham from the fighi : or the fusion nomination for congress prac tically narrows the fight down to Messrs Harrington and Neville of this city. Th < former is , df one is to Judge by what h ( liears , the choice of the fuslonlsts , but il Is known that Neville is backed by the 'machine" that makes nominees In this dls- Lrlct. There is no question but that the re ported tieup between ex-Governor Holcoml md Neville Is a fact. A few weeks age t did not look as though Neville stood nuch show , but the situation has materially ihanged and his prospects are much brighter The contest for the nomination will bo ti lombat between the fusion "machine" and .he "plain people"of the party , with the isual result that the "plain people" will > e defeated in the convention. IJEWEY'S IIOJIE-COMING. Chicago Tribune : Something ought to be lone to save Admiral Dewey from his $10C ool'friends. Courier-Journal : There are some people vho seem lo think that the party to which \dmlral Dewey belongs is the donation ) ary. Philadelphia Ledger : Could he accept there ill , the number of banquets and other testl- nonlals th t would be tendered to Admiral 3owey on his home-coming would be almost mclless. Since ho can attend but few ol , hem , persons who wish to testify their ad- nlratlon of him can do so by contributing o the fund to purchase a homo for him ho amount they would bo willing to ox- > end on the banquet. If every admirer ol ho gallant sailor will do this the needed ; um will bo raised without trouble. Kansas City Star : If Admiral Dewey's ictlons are any Indication of the character if the man ho will not view with complac- incy money subscriptions for his benefit. \dmlral Dewey Is already well off in this vorld's goods and Is In receipt of a very landsomo Income , far moro than ho Is able o spend upon himself , from the United States government. This income will con- inuo until his death , Resolutions , personal cstlmonlals , handsome swords and other hlngs valued moro for the sentiment than heir Intrinsic worth would undoubtedly bo nero appreciated toy him and received with ess embarrassment. AVashlngton Letter In Plttsburg Dispatch : t Is the opinion of not a few , judging from he remarks one hears on every side , that he "Dewoy business" is being Just a bit iverdone. Of course , every one admits that his Is better than that It should bo In the east underdone ; but It Is recognized that he hero business may bo carried to an ox- ent that may make the hero ridiculous , uch as the kissing of Hobson , Admiral Jowey la an eminently sensible man , and nay bo depended upon to do his part as fell as he can to avoid detracting from the lignity and brilliancy of his record ; but : hcn a hero falls into the hands of tuft lunters and snobs and toadies , It Is at Imcs almost Impossible for him to act well its part. Just now wo are to buy a house or the admiral In AVashlngton city. Speak * ng with a friend of Dewey In regard to his movement for compliment , the friend aid : "H Is all very well to purchase a , ouBo for Dewey , but what Is he to furnish t with , and how Is ho to maintain the style hat must go with a hero domiciled in a 100,000 home ? Unlike many of the naval Ulcers , Dewey did not marry wealth , and gift of a flue house would bo anything > ut a blessing unless it be accompanied by n endowment sufficient to maintain It S'cre I at the head of the movement I rould eay that Dewey should have the aoney to do with it as be sees fit , " . i KC1IOI3S OK THE AVAIL The world enjoys with more or less Rale , the story of the Homnn emperor who , du Ing his few sober and luel'd Intervals , in | nglncd himself a genuine spring poet nt worked off his verses on defenseless cou : tlcis. So great was his love for the musi that he could not restrain himself whllo tl town was burning. Grabbing his fuitht hand organ nnd commanding the angry mete to silence , ho keytxl himself to the prtipi pitch and poured fourth nnd ground out tornado of melody rivaling the besom < flame In soul-harrowing majesty. Moi burning love for poesy no man hath. Tl Incident paraded down the corridors of Urn nlono nnd unrivaled , until the Ides < March , 1SK ! ) . In the far-off Isle of Luzo the South Dakota volunteers are doing tli duty of soldiers. Their love of country an of the flag is beyond praise , but their lo\ of the national game Is equally deep nn absorbing. So It came to pass that durln a lull In the hunt for obstreperous native the Dakotans laid down their guns , too up clubs and played ball , and played I according to Hoylc. And the while the un civilized Filipinos , nt n respectful dlslanci looked on amazed nnd occasionally tried t hand the players n few cold balls of leai "Tho game was played to a finish , rlgh on the firing line , " writes a member of th regiment , "nnd I could not help thlnkln how funny It was to play ball when ever once In a whllo a .bullet . could be hcnr whistling over our heads. The Mauser bulle has a very ugly , mean sound something will never forget If I liveto get home. " Th lonesome episode of the Roman emperor 1 no longer lonesome. The volunteers o South Dakota trot In his class. Among the five men who swam the Rti Grande river with the colonel of thi Twentieth Kansas the other day wns Cap tain Boltwood of Ottawa. Captain Boltwooi Is the man whose appointment caused i quarrel between Sccreiary Algcr nnd Gov ernor Lcedy of Kansas. Boltwood , a clvl war veteran , passed all but the physical ex nmlnatlon. Indeed , ho was drawing a pen. slon at the time. Secretary Alger objcctet to his being allowed to enlist. Govornoi Lecdy Insisted that a commissioned mat didn't have to Undergo any examination ani Secretary Alger backed down. A correspondent of the Now York EvenIng - Ing Post relates many Instances of flrlnf line bravery , from which the following li taken. It happened during the charge or Malabon : "On the extreme left an offlcei with twenty men advanced up a road cov ered by heavy Intronchments from which r flank flro was toeing poured upon the line storming the 'breastworks ' in front. This flro wns answered by this little band until three of the men were killed nnd five wounded. For half nn hour they stayed there , drawing this flro away from the main line , until , with the loss of those hurt and those who had taken the wounded to the rear , the platoon was reduced to eight men , two of them wounded. The insurrectos saw they were cut off and began advancing on them , screened by the brush on both sides of the road , and the officer saw that ho must withdraw or lose all of his men. The road was a pike flvo feet high and flanked on both sides by a bayou too deep to be crossed , Ono of the wounded men was shot through the thigh , but could walk a little , but the other , shot In the arm and neck , had lost so much blood ho could not atand up. The first one , pulled in front toy one man and pushed from 'behind ' by another , worked hla way slowly along the edge of the pike , up to his knees in mud , the officer bringing up the rear and encouraging him at every step. As for the other man , two of his comrades stood him on his feet , and with one supporting him on each side , they walked slowly and deliberately down the road , fully exposed to the hall of bullets showered upon them , for a distance of 200 yards , until a little turn In the road took them out of range. It was the bravest act I ever saw. " UETL'UX OF THE T11IIIUEI1RASK.V. . Hastings Tribune : The members of the Third Nebraska regiment did the right thing Ijy offering to relieve the First Nebraska at Manila and the president thanked them tieartlly for the manner in which they showed their true soldier spirit. Colonel Bryan didn't even offer to go to Cuba. Central City Nonpareil : All Nebraska wel comes the boys of the Third regiment 'back ' .o their homes. It is not their fault if they mvo not seen any very severe service. They were ready for it and would have fought as jravely as any of them had they been called upon to do so. The regiment has lost a few men from disease and sickness , Including one colonel , who succumbed to a very bad case of homesickness and came home. Friend Standard : Colonel Victor Vifqualn , commander of the Third Nebraska , tendered : ho services of that regiment to President McKinley to take the place of the First now n the Philippines. The president thanked the bravo Nebraskan and said his patriotic offer would bo kept in mind. It Is said that icarly every member ot the Third would lave re-enlisted and gone to the Philippines lad their services been needed. Nebraska soldiers are an honor to their state. Bloomlngton Echo ; Colonel Vifqualn of the Third regiment proceeded Immediately after ho discharge to AVashington and tendered .ho services of his regiment to take the place of the First on the firing line at Manila. There is no doubt hut what Colonel Vifqualn s a born fighter and that ho Is also a loyal nnd patriotic citizen of our country. The Irst colonel of the Third was not made of .ho same fighting material as the latter colonel. AVhen it comes to doing duty any- whcro along the line the volunteers from this state have won the admiration of the ontlro country. Stanton Picket : Yes , the Third Nebraska ) oys are coming homo , most of them In fact ire already at homo. They come bringing vlth them an honorable discharge and what s better still , a consciousness of duty faith- Tiilly performed. Theirs is the record of true iVmerican soldiers , going where sent , pcr- ormlng such tasks as were assigned to them , obeying commands with cheerfulness , alac rity and without complaint. AVhen deserted > y their colonel the boys remained at their lost of duty , their ranks unbroken. There ras no whining or petitioning for release , > nd now that their services ore no longer iceded they have returned to their homes , heir families and friends , honored by the late and nation they have honored. In what trlklng contrast Is this to the course of the nen who sneaked off and left them when lomeslckness hung over their camp nnd a'hen as commander his presence , courage nd patriotism wore most needed. SPOILS , NOT SUiVEII , TIIM DESIIIE. silver Ilrpiilillcaii AVcury of the Greed Of KlINlOlllNtN. Sa'.t Lake Tribune ( silver rep. ) The remark of ox-Senator Leo Mantle of Montana , to the effect that In the west the emocracy need not hope for much help from liver republicans In their fight next year la s significant us It la natural. Dubola , feller , Cannon , Pcttlgrew , Mantle , Hartman nd Towno made the democratic campaign f 1890 not only possible , but respectable , low have they all save Teller , and In his ase Colorado as an undivided elate con- rolled how have they all been treated ? It nay be said they ought to have dona their uty , no matter how they were treated , "hat Is true , but the way they were treated nd the way the democratic party used the dvantagcs which ttiey won for them has Ivcn them a new Idea of what duty will re- ulro of them In the future. They have done zactly what they did In 1893 , The country lied' both houses ot congress with them ana 19 extra session was called. They had been stalling the republicans tor years because nothing hnd been done for silver , except tht adding of JJ.500,000 to the colnaso of silver dollars monthly. Well , they met nnd found that'silver wns not wh.it they were anxious 1 about , rather It wns the epolls wholly. AVhat j lmve _ Un-y done since the election of 1S96 ? I They have stamped upon llubols , Mantle , Hnrtmnn , Cannon nnd Towne. That Is not nil. In their craze to push rich nnd In competent men lo the front , men whom tha rank nnd flic co-ild plunder they hav Ignored or fought Iho sterling men of their own party. How lias It been hero ? Have not Judges Powers nnd King nnd Senator Ncbcckcr been as much floored as It wai possible for the party to accomplish ? Antf where did the silver question come In ? All wo heard of It last winter was by two demo crats who wanted Justice done to ox-Senator Cannon. For the rest It wns but a scramble for petty perquisites. What guaranty could such a party give that It would restore silver If It could ? rnnso.iAL A.M > OTIIEHAVISH. If nil the testimonials proposed for Dewey como to maturity ho will have to take ono of the smaller Philippines to store them In. Pence Delegate F. AV. .Hollls meets nn old friend nt Berlin In the person of Ambassa dor White , with whom ho went to school when bolti were boys together. Members of a Boston club composed of girls linvo adopted resolutions protesting against the placing of electric lights In the Immediate vicinity of park benches. Anglomnnlncs In this country will be re assured to have the personal word of Hon. Ted Sloan that "My friend , the prince , la the best fellow In nil the world. Ho would bo popular In America If ho hnd no title. " Anthony Nicholas Brady , \\l\o \ has been mentioned ns the probable successor of Hog- well P. Flower ns director ot the numerous Flower properties nnd cntorprls.es , Is re. puled to bo worth $10,000,000. His first reg ular employment wns as cashier In the bar bershop of the Delavan 'house nt Albany. Ha was already a rich man when ho went Into gas. Ex-Senator A. I' ! Gorman of Maryland was recently asked why ho never gave out nn interview. "Fen- this reason , " ho replied , "Everybody who has cars can undrcstnnel what ono means by a spoken word , because everybody can catch the Intonations of the speaker's voice. But a printed word every body reads In n tone to suit himself , and t nearly everybody reads it wrong. " Not long ngo a charming AVashlngton wo man called on Secretary Longnnd urged ttio appointment of a distant relative as a ma rine lieutenant. Mr. Long promised to do BO , but absent-mindedly put her name on the list Instead of the candidate's. The so ciety woman was astonished a few days later to receive from the department n letter di recting her to appear at the office of General Heywood , commander of the marine corpo , and undergo the necessary physical exami nation. WHITTLED TO A POINT. Indianapolis Journal : "Less than a year ngo , " she mused , "ho said ho would lay down his life for me , nnd now ho won't put up the window screens. " Chicago Tribune : "It's remarkable , " said Uncle Allen Sparks , "how llttlo blowing the Chinese do , when ono notes how much they run to Lungs. " Chicago Record : "When Dewey gets back iiere he will have to light harder than ho JId in Manila. " "Fight ? AVhnt for ? " " e3t. " Chicago Post : "What makes you so euro that the natives are becoming really civi lized ? " "They are beginning to understand howe ; o handle machine euns. " Washington Star : "Hadn't you better lot ne put a. burglar alarm In your house ? " isked the gentlemanly agent. "Huh ! " answered the housc-holder. "I'd ) o worse alarmed than the burglar when , .he thins went oft. " Chicago Tribune : "You talk about the ice crop , ' " said Rivers. "What sort o igrlcultural Implements would you use In larvestlng it ? " "Well , " answcrevl ( Brooks , "you might use in islckle , mightn't you ? " San Francisco Examiner : "I say , " en Id ho business man to the detective , "some 'ellow haa been representing himself as a lollector of ours. Ho has been taking in nero money than any two of the men wo lave and I want him collared as quickly is you can. " "All right ; I'll have him In Jail in less ban a week. " "Great Scott , man ! I don't want to put ilm in jail ; I want to engage him. " TIIHEE UNFOUNDED IIELIEFS. New York Bun. 'If I were a man , " the woman said , 'I'd ' make my mark ere I W.IH dead ; 'd lead the world with a battle cry , Lnd I'd be famous ere I should die If I wore a man. " 'If ' I were a youth , " the old man cried , 'I'd ' seize all chances , I'd go with the tide ; 'd win my way to the highest place , ind stick to honor nnd souk his grace , If I were a youth. " \ , " " ' ' Tf I were rich , " the poor man thought , \ ' } 'I'd ' Rlvo my all for tlio poor's support ; 'd open the door and I'd open my heart , md goodness and I would never part- It I were rich. " md Io ! If all these Its came true , The woman a jnnn , the man a youth , The poor man rich then in nil truth , 'his world would 'be , when wo got throucht Just aa It is ! 'AS ' fRAGRANT AS fLOWERS" We honors nobly won and a eputation for trustworthiness nd valour is better than great iches. Is to ourselves ) ur desire to win the confidence I our customers is as great as ur desire to do business with hem , We believe in our goods ecause we manufacture them. Ve mean that you shall believe i them , NOW , as to spring suits we iave an unusually handsome \ " ne of patterns , of the best ma- : rials , thoroughly well tailored nd warranted to fit well and tyishly. A call will convince ou of the merits of our cloth-