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A rusli for the gold Holds of Kansas
Is reported by local railroad laud ngcuts.
The rush Is for the golden harvest fields ,
of course.
Admiral Dewey bus accepted the first
public dinner In Europe and from this
tlmo on his digestion will bo threatened
at every port he touches with the Olym-
pla.
It Is a little early for people who are
being introduced lo Colonel Bryan 1o
bo told that they arc shaking hands
with the next president of the United
States.
The exposition has taken In the coal
dealers and the coal dealers have taken
In the town. Who got the best of It Is
hard to tell , but we think the coal
dealers.
The Nebraska campaign of 1800 prom
ises to be a battle of the ballots in more
senses than one. The men who tamper
with ballots deserve to be snowed under
a mountain of ballots.
Scarcely a day passes without the an
nouncement of the formation oC a great
railroad anaconda that Is about to
swallow ttialf a dozen systems diamet
rically opposed to each other.
It may not he premature to prognosti
cate who will succeed General Alger as
secretary of war , but it is absolutely
safe to predict that the next secretary
of war will bo a republican.
The people of Montana have just
made a discovery. It Is that the plow
on the great seal of the state Is a left-
handed Implement , but Montana always
docs the wrong thing In the right
place. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The repression of the lawless classes
Is an utter Impossibility so long as straw
bonds , given by Irresponsible lawyers ,
are accepted as a passport for letting
this class of habitual criminals loose In
the community.
The United States can now point with
pride at Its enterprising Hawaiian vol
cano , Manna Tx > a , which went Into
eruption as soon as It heard from Homo
that Mount Aetna has resumed Its old
bad habit of smoking and spitting lire.
lOdmlstcu and Dahlman can bo depended -
ponded upon to take the cue given by
ex-Governor llolcomb and deny the
Jurisdiction of the senate Investigating
committee. It might bo omlmrrnsslng
for them to tell all they know about bnl-
lot manipulation.
The democrats assembled at Chicago
have found one point upon which all
can agree finding fault with everything
the republican administration has done.
Their Ideal of the mission of an op
position party Is to oppose everything
proposed or done by the party In power.
It is announced by cubic all the way
from the Austrian seaport of ' .Trieste
that Miss Nellie do Martin , a pretty
young woman and the .only American
girl ut Trieste , presented to Admiral
Puwey a bouquet of flowers represent
ing the American Hag. If Nellie had
presented herself as plain Mlns Martin
the flowers would have smelh'd Just as
sweetly , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The development of the ordnance arm
of the army and navy IB strikingly Il
lustrated by the condition the army
finds Itself in at present. The seacoast
defenses are burdened with n large-mim-
l > cr of guns , great and small , which are
worse than useless and which cannot
bo sold for enough to pay the cost of re
moval. Although these guns date back
no further than the period of the civil
war , 1he advance In offensive armament
and protective armor for modern war
Hlilps has been so great that instead of
being a protection to coast cities , as in
tended , they are an lucuinbraucc to their
fortifications.
OTIS JlK.llW FROM.
General Otis has nont a statement to
the War department In which ho denies
much of what wns contained In the pro
test of the newspaper correspondents.
Ho states that the correspondents
wished to send out reports that would
Imperil operations and he denlbs the
charge Unit he minimized the work of
the navy. In respect to the latter there
Is evidence supplied In reports to the
department from naval otllccrs that the
press correspondents were mistaken , but
It Is hardly probable that they wished
to send out anything that would Imvo
Imperiled military operations' , though It
must be admitted that as to this Gen
eral Otis was the best judge.
It Is noteworthy that the statement
given out by the War department dors
not cover all the allegaUous made by
the press representatives. They com
plained that they were not permitted
to glvo the facts as to what had trans
pired , on the ground that It vgnild
alarm the American people , and In re
gard to this It appears General Otln had
nothing to say specifically , though per
haps ho Intended his statement to be
a general denial. If so It will not bo ac
cepted as altogether satisfactory. He
says ho Is not conscious of misrepre
sentation , but thinks his dispatches at
times have been too conservative. lie
would have some dlfllculty In justify
ing many of them , In view of events not
Infrequently 'happening ' within a day or
two after they were sent , as In the case ,
for Instance , of the last movement south
of Manila.
The correspondents will now have an
inning and It may safely bo expected
that they will glvo good reasons for
their protest. Meanwhile Intelligent
public opinion Is very largely with
them.
noaeitT a. IAGKHSOL.L.
The death of Robert G. Ingersoll will
be regretted by a great many people ,
embracing not only those who agreed
with his views respecting the bible and
religion , but all who appreciated his
Intellectual attainments. Colonel Inger
sell was not alone the most widely
known and distinguished opponent of re
vealed religion of his time , the fore
most agnostic of this generation , but ho
was also eminent as an orator and had
high rank as a lawyer. Ho was a man
of rare Intellectual endowments nnd.of .
a nature which made friends of all who
know him. Despite his railing at reli
gion and his ridicule of the bible , Ills
life was moral and exemplary in all re
spects , he was tenderly devoted to hla
family and he was generous in his phil
anthropy.
Colonel Ingersoll attained national
reputation : is an orator at the repub
lican national convention of 1870 , where
he made the memorable speech nomi
nating James G. Blalne for the presi
dency. In the campaign of that year he
took an active part and no man was
listened to by larger or more enthusias
tic audiences. In his profession he was
an able and brilliant advocate , but his
eloquence and wit were most fully
shown In his lectures. But for his atti
tude toward religion Colonel Ingersoll
might have had high public positions ,
though he did not aspire to them. Ho
had no tastes for the conflicts of poli
tics nnd could never have been n party
( o its corrupt practices nnd its deceptive
methods.
The great agnostic had many follow
ers , but It Is a question whether his as
saults on religion did not promote
rather than retard its progress.
1 UK DEMAND FOlt A UHAXGK.
There is an unmistakable sentiment ,
which is very likely to grow , In favor
of a change of command at Manila.
Some of the leading newspapers of the
country have expressed the opinion that
such a change Is desirable and a few-
public men who have spoken on the
subject take the same view. Sen
ator Nelson of Minnesota said to a
Washington correspondent that In hl
Judgment General OtlH had not pushed
the campaign against the insMix'onts as
vigorously as should have been
done and It might lie well for
the president to put another ofll-
cer In 'his ' place. Ho did not
blame the president or the War depart
ment in the matter , but laid the entire
resnnnslbllltv for the llttlo that had
been accomplished during the live
months of lighting in Luzon upon Otis ,
where in fact It belongs , since so far as
appears he was given a free hand.
The Now York Tribune , in Its com
ment upon the protest of the corre
spondents against the rigorous censor
ship at Manila , says the president and
the country need , In command at
Manila , a man who will hold the public
confidence. "Jt is not meant that he
should manage to satisfy all correspondents
" that "whether
spondents , says paper
of reputable nnd patriotic Journals or
any others. But the confidence of the
people of this country Is necessary If
the government Is to bo effectively sus
tained. If the good faith of reports
from the Philippines Is distrusted , or
the conduct of the service there , that
will affect both the quality and the
number of enlistments , the result ? of
elections in many states , the convic
tions which members of congress will
take with thorn to Washington , and
thus the supplies of money and troops
and the provision for the conduct of af
fairs in all now possessions. It Is for
the president to decide whether General
Otis can now command the public con
fidence. " The New /orU Times , which
does not approve the protest of the1
correspondents , yet BUVH ; "Th- > com
mander at Manila ought to bo a man of
flrst-rato capacity not only for lightIng -
Ing , but for diplomacy. Wo fear Gen
eral Otis falls something short of that
high qualification. The administration
must be supposed to bo better Informed
than the people , but It may with pro
priety take notice of the prevailing im
pressions about General Otis nnd the
Luzon campaign. It la not a good cam
paign to prolong. " Other prominent
and Influential newspaper exponents of
public opinion talk to the same effect.
The American public has ceased to
place any eonndouco In the otllclal re
ports from Manila. It did not need the
statement of the press corresxmdent | >
there to show our people that they were
being misled by the Information * pnt
to Washington regarding the situation
In Luzon , Invents Jinil furnished
abundant evidence of this. The mat
ter of greatest importance , however , is
the loss of popular faith In the military
judgment and skill of the general In
command at Manila. Ihls is of vital
consequence to the administration , for
there will be hesitation In furnishing
men nnd money to carry out the policy
of subjugating the Filipinos If the be
lief shall become general that the com
mander charged with this task H Inca
pable , or so lacking In military Milll and
ability that its performance will bo un
duly protracted.
At present General Otis can do noth
ing beyond maintaining his position.
The rainfall has been almost unprece
dented and the country la flooded. There
can be no military operations of consequence
quence for several months. In the
meantime our army will bo reinforced
and there will bo opportunity for learn
ing much about the enemy and care
fully planning for a decisive cam
paign. The president should very seri
ously consider whether It Is wise to en
trust this to n commander who in live
mouths accomplished so little.
THR JUDICIAL
The republican convention which will
meet In this city today to place In
nomination seven candidates for the
bench of this district has a very respon
sible duty to perform , not merely for
their own party , but the people who look
to the courts for the equitable and hon
est administration of Justice. As repub
licans the iincmbera of the convention
should bear In mind that the character
of the men nominated Jjy the convention
will cither lmprove"or diminish the
chances of party success In the Impend
ing election. They should bear In mind
that while this district Is republican by
a decisive majority many thousands of
voters have always exercised their Inde
pendence In the selection of judges of
the district bench and will doubtless
continue to do so. If the republican
candidates commend themselves to the
mass of voters as men possessing legal
learning , experience and the mental
poise that is prerequisite for every man
who holds the scales of justice the party
will sweep the district and carry the
state ticket to triumphant election. If
factionlsui enters the convention nnd
governs Its choice of candidates the
party , Instead of being on the aggressive
from now till election , would bo thrown
upon the defensive , thus Jeopardizing
both the county and state tickets. It Is
to be hoped therefore thai the delegates
will not allow themselves tobe carried
away by personal animosities or fac
tional feeling , but will discharge their
duty for the best Interest of the party
and good government.
TJIK WAYS OF TUB JVHY-FIXEU.
A recent Investigation of jury-bribing
conducted by the Chicago Record
brought to light some interesting and
suggestive facts. It appears that the
professional Chicago jnry-brlber docs
his work most effectively by approachIng -
Ing jurymen ostensibly as the repre
sentative of the party to the suit v/hom
he Is really opposing. For example ,
In various damage suits against one of
the Chicago street railway companies
In which bribery charges figure , the
practice was for the Jury-fixer to approach
preach Jurors ostensibly in the Interest
of the plaintiff. In case the juror re
pelled the suggestion of a bribe the
matter was dropped , but manifestly the
mind of the juror was poisoned against
the plaintiff. If on the other hand the
juror gave car to a bribery proposal
the jury-fixer would make known to
him that the offer was made in the in
terest of the street car company In
stead of the plaintiff. Strange to say ,
this policy was pursued In every in
stance of jury-fixing which the Chicago
Record had been able to probe to the
bottom. The practice of jury-fixers in
Chicago Is doubtless the practice of this
class in Omaha and every other place
where tampering with jurfes has become -
come a profession. While It would be
Impossible to eradicate the jury-fixer ,
the searchlight of publicity thrown
upon his methods would seriously In
terfere with his success In the business
and an occasional conviction and sen
tence to Uie penitentiary would make
the business too hazardous for ordinary
criminals.
The French adage that he who ex
cuses himself accuses himself applies
with a good deal of force to former Gov
ernor llolcomb. Having declined to
submit to the Interrogatory of the senate
investigating committee it would have
been moro dignified and less compro
mising for him to have kept the peace
Instead of rushing into print to excuse
himself for the part ho had played In
the recount of the ballots on the con
stitutional amendments , while ho Ig
nores the equally serious charges con
cerning the false vouchers by which ho
Avas enabled to draw $51 a month out
of the treasury for rent when , accordIng -
Ing to the testimony of the owner of
the house , ho had only paid ? 30 a
month.
In replying to the census bureau the
State Board of Health Is compelled to
admit It has no reliable vital statlntics
of this state. The same is true of every
other department. Kven where a pro-
teiibo of collecting statistics has been
made they are Incomplete and for that
reason unreliable and valueless. Indus
trial , criminal and agricultural statis
tics , the latter of which would bo of
especial value , are In a chaotic and in
complete condition. The searcher after
Ktatlstlcal knowledge regarding Ne
braska uuust dig It out for himself or
wait until after the federal census sta
tistics of 1000 shall be published.
Ben TilJiuai ) , the South Carolina ter
ror , has r.galu been heard from. This
time he came to Chicago to deliver a
menage to the democratic national com
mittee to the effect that the day of re
demption Is still far off uulcss the
American people break the shackles of
party slavery. And each of the demo
cratic national committeemen said
amen.
Every city of any considerable popu
lation Is obliged to maintain a hospital
for the treatment of contagious dis
eases. Isolated from residence neigh
borhoods , these bulldlugu are not half
as dangerous ns petroleum , gasoline
and naphtha warehouses or gasholders.
And yet nobody has ever enjoined the
construction of mieh concerns In Omaha
or tried to destroy them. Since the city
must have a contagious disease hospital
the authorities should see to It that tin-
bugs keep their hands olT and foolish
people who are flustered by Its locution
within half n mile of n dwelling should
have their nerves quieted.
lown democratic papers Insist that
Cato Sells shall reconsider his deter
mination not to bo the party candidate
for governor. At last accounts Mr.
Sells had not been convinced that It was
good policy for him to put up his en
trance money In a race lit stands no
show to win.
A Thin * of the runt.
Washington Tost.
.Possibly fiomo ot the persons who are writ-
Ins to copiously tor the newspapers are not
awareof the fact that the now army refla
tions provide lor competent cooks for the
messes. The practice of shooting dum-dum
biscuits Into the troopers Is n thing of Uio
past.
Trnllle on the l.nken.
Springfield. Republican ,
ffho railroads are not alone In having all
the business they can handle. Shipping on
the great lakes Is overwhelmed with trafllo
and rates have been advanced to the high
est point reached In ten years. The boom
In the Iron nnd steel Industry IH the chief
factor In the unusual activity In water
transportation.
AH Outlet for Rnn.
Chicago News.
Revolutionary manifestos continue to np-
pear In great numbers throughout the Island
of Cuba and every general who has been
unable to find a job gets out his little Inflam
matory circular on Saturday mornings.
Meanwhile the private soldiers of the Cuban
army and the Cuban populace are working
on the plantations and seem thoroughly
satisfied with the present condition of affairs.
A Hint to Cnii ml u.
Philadelphia Press.
If the Canadian government wants to
perpetuate the boundary troubles , as seems
to be the case , the American government
cannot prevent It from being done. But the
responsibility will rest on Canada , and It
'Will learn soon enough that it has about
all the burden now that It can carry. The
United States government has all the power
It needs to bring Canada quickly to terms ,
and that power may be used when the tlmo
cornea.
TrnpH of reunion Sliariicrn.
Philadelphia Record.
The pension sharps at Washington have
set down Pension Commissioner II. Clay
Evana ot Tennessee as an obtuse and ob
stinate man. They have been striving , with
all sorts of blandishments , to Induce him to
ogrco to become a candidate for the repub
lican gubernatorial nomination In the Volun
teer state , but he has so far refused to con
sent. Moreover , ho has already had a fruit
less experience in that line. As an official
desirous of doing hs ) duty he has evidently
determined to continue his opposition to
the perpetration of pension frauds and
scandals.
A Patriot nt the Mouth.
Chicago Chronicle.
With , Indomitable resolve Senor Felipe
Agonclllo proclaims his determination never
to surrender to the hated Americanos.
"Rather will I shed the last drop of my
iblood , " ho declares. iAnd perhaps Fellpo Is
sincere Jn' ' this loftily patriotic declaration.
A't ' the same tlmo'We' venture to point out
that Felipe , with singular obtuseness , insists
upon remaining infa locality -where there Is
no earthly possibility of his bleeding and
dying for his country. In Paris there are
no militant Americanos , with the possible
exception of General Horace Porter , who Is
probably out of practice In the art ot war.
Hence It is difficult to see how Fellpo Is to
shod his blood for what Mr. Agulnaldo calls
"incomparable Flllplna. "
Why Camilla IH Hcntlvo.
Nineteenth Century Review.
The weak spot in the armor of Canada is
the slow rate at which the population In
creases. The census of 1891 showed that the
previous ten years had added only 500,000
to the numbers of the people.
It Is significant of the advantages which
Its geographical position gives to the Ameri
can republic In its commercial Intercourse
with Canada that last year , in splto of the
preferential tariff In favor of England , no
less than 72 % < per cent of the Imports of the
Dominion come from the United States. Of
the rest 17.10 per cent came from Great
Britain and -some 10 per cent from other
countries. On the other hand , the Dlngley
tariff has eo killed Canadian exports to the
United States that , in spite of the thousands
of miles of .frontier along which International
commerce means only transport from one
homestead 'to ' another , the United States
took only 28 per cent of the exported pro
duce of Canada , as compared with 66 per
cent sent across the Atlantic to Great Britain
and 6 per cent to the rest ot the world. In
fact , while 75,000,000 Americans spent only
$35,460,000 in buying Canadian goods , the
6,000,000 Canadians expended J66.587.000 In
buying goods from the United States.
CHEAP AT TWO IIUXUIIEU HOLLARS.
StnlcHinnii Out of a Job Worthy of
] | | M Hire.
New York Sun.
Is there any force whatever In the con
temporaneous criticism of the Hon. Wil
liam J , Bryan for demanding $200 for the
speech which he has been asked to deliver
at the annual convention ot the Fireman's
Association of Western Pennsylvania , to beheld
held la August at Scottdalo ?
Mr. Bryan is In one sense a public man ,
the candidate of the great majority of a
great party for president of the United
States. Is It to bo assumed , therefore , that
his time , rung power and his genius'for
oratory are gratuitously duo to any fire
man's association or other non-political or
ganization , at Scottdale or elsewhere , desir
ing to engage him as a star attraction for
a special occasion ?
Not a bit of HI Mr. Bryan's brains nnd
lungs are worthy of their hire. Ho Is be
fore the people In two aspects , one as a
statesman and party leader and tbo other
as a lecturer and orator who o popularity
Is unmistakable. Ho must live , Ho must
provide for the needs of his family. The
orator nnd the lecturer must support the
statesman eo long as the statesman re
ceives no pay for devoting his tlmo and
mind to questions of public policy. It is
as legitimate for Mr. Bryan to charge a
fireman's association $200 for a speech at
an annual convention as It Is to charge a
client $200 for an appearance In court ; and
both charges would bo entirely and abso
lutely proper.
Wo advlie the firemen of western Penn
sylvania by all means to secure Mr. Bryan's
services for fhelr aanuaf meeting. If they
want to wake the occasion notable and in
teresting they can hardly invest $200 to bet
ter advantage.
There Is already some speculation about
the price which Mr. Bryan win charge for a
speech In this town on labor day.
That In his business ; but our own oplnlo >
is that as a statesman and a party leader
and campaign strategist Mr. Bryan could
oven afford to pay for .the opportunity , in
stead of charelnc for attendance. We be
lieve that he will urefy come In the foot
steps ot Hogg to the cradle of the Van
Wyck boom , and that he will come jladly
and gratuitously.
TIII : I RX Axn TIIIJ swonn.
Indianapolis News : Those "round robins"
are "birds. "
Philadelphia Times : A new reading for
the tlmo being Is : The bltle pencil U
mightier than the sword.
Milwaukee Sentinel : At the same tlmo
It Is probaWo that the newspaper corre
spondents are no capable Judges ot general *
ship as General Otis le of news.
Washington Star : General Otis Is ac
cused ot allowing his work as an editor to
Interfere with his efficiency no a fighter.
Too much versatility Is always dangcrouA.
Chicago Pest : Possibly there la some
reason In the stand taken by the adminis
tration that General Otis In bolter qualified
than the newspaper correspondents to di
rect affairs In the Philippines.
Baltimore American : The modern cor
respondent Is a power nnd any arbitrary In
vasion ot his rights Is a matter for a pru
dent man to think twlco about before at
tempting. The representative American
correspondents are not ot a class to abuse
trust reposed In them and their rights are
too much identified with the rights of the
people to bo Ignored.
Washington Post : As between the unre
stricted publication of facts 'by the press as
sociations nnd the deliberate manufacture of
falsehood by n military censor there can bo
no comparison In respect of mischief. It
afflicts men Infinitely ICM to tell them the
clmpto truth , however , unwelcome , than to
convince them that they are being deceived
and so leave them a prey to suspicion and
suspense.
New York Sun : Ono of the Manila cor
respondents who contribute to the carping
Just now In vogue describes General Otis as
"a fussy old man , unaccustomed to anything
'but regimental command and saturated with
the Ideas and methods of a routine clerk. "
The value of this criticism will bo apparent
on noting that it Is nearly six years since
General Otis has had a regimental com
mand , having received his well-earned star
In the latter part of 1893. He Is the senior
brigadier of the regular army and as such
has held Important departmental commands
for years. Ho served In the Army of the
Potomac through some of the most tre
mendous battles , compared with which the
bloodiest of the affaire in the Philippines ,
or , In fact , all of thorn put together , would
seem like a skirmish. 'Ho ' was torevetted n
colonel both In the volunteers nnd the reg
ulars for gallant and meritorious services at
Spottsylvnnla and a brigadier general of vol
unteers for like service at Chapel House.
I'OMTIC.U , I1IUKT.
The socialist candidate for governor of
Texas at last year's election was Mr. Rovol.
John R. McLean's campaign for the demo
cratic nomination for governor of Ohio has
passed the press bureau Into the oil field.
Kansas City thinks It has a cinch onthe
next national democratlo convention. The
town puts up the stuff , and that is more
than half the 'battle.
'All of the eleven contested election cases
In the house of the Fifty-sixth congress
ha\o 'been sent to the public printer. Of
these the testimony In four has been printed.
The proposition Is made by R. P. Scott ,
a 'wealthy ' citizen of Cadiz , 0. , who wants
the republican nomination for congress , that
the nomination be put up at auction and
given to the highest bidder.
The New York World has undertaken to
canvass democratic sentiment In the various
states , and makes the estimate that the
next democratic national convention will
contain 378 delegates favorable to Bryan and
free silver and 532 delegates opposed to
him.
him.Tho
The present governor of Indiana , James
A. MoUnt , whoso successor will be elected
at tho'presidential contest of 1900 , Is a re
publican , and' ' ho has announced recently
tlm ho Is not a candidate for the office of
vice president or any other. He declares
that at the close of his present term he will
retire to his farm.
Tammany Hall Is not lo continue to enjoy
a monopoly of sachems , sagamores , wlskln-
kltfl , seasons of fruits and flowers and oracles
cles of the harvest moon , If the Mohawks of
Buffalo , an organization committed to Bryan ,
can hefp it. They have a national chief , a
chief of scouts , a scribe , a big medicine man ,
an outside guard , an Insldo guard and tribal
scribes in abundance , the Mohawks being in
favor of silver , and plenty of it.
A great discovery has been made in Chicago
cage through Bomo excitingly sensational tes
timony given by the commissioner of public
works before the Baxter Investigating com
mittee. The testimony showed that during
the last year one contractor had received
$129,000 for repairs -to streets , an ot which
WAS let In lots of $500 or less , to cvado the
law providing that all contracts over $500
should be advertised and let to the lowest
bidder. In Now York the same method of
evading competition in $999 contracts has
been known for fifty years In connection with
certain public work contracts. Chicago
seems to have onlv beard of the maneuver
recently.
PIIIMI'IMNUS XOT WANTED.
ISxprenitnn of Sentiment
J y < ht- Oregon Vnlmiiocrn ,
San Francisco Call.
A significant Incident took place at the
Orphcum on the night of the reception given
to the Oregon volunteers. The program of
the entertainment Included an evening at
the theater , and 400 of the volunteers were
provided with seats at the Orpheum. The
number , it will bo seen , was sufficiently
largo to thoroughly represent the sentiment
of the regiment. That is the fact which
gives significance to what occurred.
During the evening ono of the performers ,
George West , came upon tbo stage to deliver
a speech upon topics of the day. He began
by asking : "Do wo want tbo Philippines ? "
Instantly from the volunteers the response
went back , "No. " If there wore any affirm
ative voices they were so few they were lost
In the volume of sound of that emphatic
negative a negative made doubly Impres
sive by the fact that the volunteers rose
to their feet to glvo It force.
"Do wo want the Philippines ? " That Is
the question which persons who have not
had tlmo or opportunity to study the isuuo
fully are asking all over tbo United States.
" .No. " That Is the answer which the volun
teers , who have had experience In the
islands , glvo In response to the question.
The Oregon volunteers are representative
of the truest American manhood. They are
not among those who glvo their country Up
service only. When the war with Spain
broke out they offered to the republic their
strength , their valor and their lives. They
left their homes to go wherever 'tho service
of the nation needed them , They were sent
to the Philippines , and there they proved
themselves faithful to every duty and loyal
to every trust. No ono dare accuse them of
being weaklings or false to the true grandeur
of the republic. They speak with the au
thority of men who have attested their
patriotism by the arduous proofs of service
at the front , and the voice of their patriot
ism declares "wo < lo not want tbo Philip
pines. "
OTlinil LAMIS T1IAX OfllS.
A difficulty attending Oullandcr represent
ation In the Volksraad Is that that body
deliberates In Dutch and Is determined tc
admit no other language. Outlsnders In
general speak nearly everything except
Dutch. H U not unreasonable that the Boct
should desire to conduct his parliamentary
business In his own tongue without the
confusion of other dialects , but an the Outlanders -
landers Insist on representation and pay
taxes heavy enough to Justify their claim ,
the case presents some difficulty. In pref
erence to war with Great Britain the Bocra
seem willing to modify the naturalization
laws , admitting Immediately to the fran
chise all who have been In the country slnco
1S90 and others after ft residence of seven
years ; but ns to the Introduction ot any
Outlander lingo In their parliament they
are all obstinately opposed to It. In a mat
ter so urgent some way ot accommodating
the dinicultr will no doubt bo found , oven
If the OutUndcra have to educate a class In
Dutch to stand up In parliament and darken
counsel with inarticulate gutturals llko the
rest ot them ,
* *
It now appears that the recent falsification
ot the official report ot the Reichstag , nt
which eomo account was given fn this jour
nal the other day , was effected by persons
not connected with the house or with the
stenographic bureau. The affair Is not to
bo allowed to blow over and If the presi
dent of the Reichstag Is unable to solve the
mystery at the bottom of It , the case will
bo taken In hand by private members at
the opening ot the new session and a de
termined effort will bo made to bring the
offenders to justice. There Is a possible
duo to their Identity In the fact that In
the parliamentary report of the president's
ruling which appeared In the Imperial Ga
zette , the official organ of the German gov
ernment , the report of the parliamentary
proceedings In question was also falsified ,
but in a different manner. The permission
accorded by the president to the Liberal
deputy , Herr Roslcke , to discuss the em
peror's Oeynhauscn speech was omitted , seas
as to make It appear that the president had
Interrupted the deputy \\hon ho referred to
the Imperial speech. There Is much spec
ulation as to whether the forgery and sup
pression were duo to the luterfcrcnco of
some obsequious courtier or a direct gov
ernment Intervention , which would bo much
moro fcrlous.
* *
Great Britain Is threatened at all times
with a race war rtn the West Indies , as
well as in India and China. In Jamaica
there are 800,000 negroes , multiplying nt
an enormous rate each year , while the
whites number less than 10,000 all told. H
is not safe now for whites to go about the
Island alone. They imust toe armed and
travel In parties , and oven these precau
tions will not avail much longer. No ono
can tell ( when the negroes will rise and
massacre all the whites , for all they are
waiting- for 1s a leader. If war were to
arise between the whites and blacks It
would bo Imposlblo to conquer the latter.
The maroons ( descendants of Spanish negro
slaves ) have held their own in the moun
tain fastnesses ever since Spain quit
Jamaica. > No one could get at them to
bring them to subjection. For every negro
killed in war by the white soldiers at least
three white soldiers would have to die.
* *
The correspondent of the London Times
in Berlin says that there Is deep and gen
eral ipubllo Interest In the fate of the Rhine
and Elbe canhl bill In the Prussian Diet.
The till has brought about a trial of strength
between the government and the agrarians ,
who have succeeded In delaying the passage
of It toy obstructive demands for "com
pensations. " Dr. von Mlcjuel , the vice presi
dent of the ministry , has been lukewarm In
his advocacy , o > f the bill , but has now pri
vately warned. . ' his agrarian friends that. It
the tolll is rejected , the Dial will be dis
solved. A general election In these.olrcum-
stances would mean a broach 'between ' the
government and the agrarians. It would
also probably Involve the resignation of
several members of the ministry to make
room for others who would lend more ac
tive support to the government In the elec
tions. The agrarians are beginning to bo
alarmed , the correspondent says , and it Is
thought that In the end they will cease
their opposition. A > sop Is to bo offered
them In the shape of a new clause devoting
2,000,000 marks to the canalization of the
Oder. The Parliamentary opponents ot the
agrarians are opposed to any compromise.
They would prefer to fight the battle out ,
fearing that the government will have no
liberty of action In its commercial relations
eo long as the agrarians are strong enough
to exact concessions.
* * *
lAs the pope Is a very old man , not In
the best of health , It Is not protoablo that
ho Is laying definite plans for what ho will
do In 1901. A dispatch from Rome , how
ever , says that ho has resolved to conduct
personally the religious ceremonies that are
to mark the opening of the new century ,
and that a feature of them will bo a con
sistory , at which certain prelates will bo
advanced to new dignities. This announce
ment can hardly bo Interpreted otherwise
than as meaning that , In the pope's opin
ion , the next century begins with 1900. Now ,
of course , that Is a prdblem which Involves
no points of doctrine or dogma , and there
fore the venerable head of the Catholic
church might fee mistaken about It without
throwing any light on his claims to Infal
libility , but still In so simple a matter nn
mistake should bo made by anybody , and
least of all toy a man with a mind as keen
and quick as that of Leo XIII. It la a fact
beyond Intelligent doubt or argument that
tbo twentieth century begins with January
1 , 1901 , and for any other view to rccelvo
sanction as high as his would be really too
unfortunate.
Revolution in Scrvla Itt part of the pres
ent political system and confined to hun
gry Beckers after office without following
In the country , or to tbo tools of some for
eign Intrigue ; but the revolutionists are
careful to keep within the limits of law. If
they have unwittingly gone beyond It they
have only to lf ave the country for a few
months until the next conspiracy has
caused the last one to bo forgotten and
then they may come back to take their
chance at the next turn of the wheel of for
tune , perhaps ns fellow conspirators with
those against whom they conspired on the
last occasion , And whllo the politicians who
rule him are passing their time In this way
the Servian peasant tends bis herd of woolly
pigs In the oak and ( beech forests and his
cattle on the communal pastures , or culti
vates the corn and tbo plum trees that glvo
him the , fruit from which ho makes the
dried prunes for tbo foreign market and
distils the ellbovltz that cheers his heart
and enlivens tbo conversation of the village
resort when his day's work Is done ,
due of Hie lllllculH- .
Sun Francisco Chronicle ,
There are several difficulties in the way of
making trusts effective , but the chief ono
Is the inability to coax all the available
capital Into them , ' .As long as It Is Im-
posstb'l-e to do tbls there can bo no Icad-plpo
cinch on the consumer.
BAKING
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
IMCTS nnmrri : n.uivnv ,
Slllj- Fiction * of the llnt-I'tiMirr of
J. StoKIng Morton' * Conservative.
The very day that "Coin" Harvey MM in v
Nebraska City that there were no signs of r"
real prosperity any whet c among the people
of Nebraska , or any other state , records ot
Otoo county t\cro published showing that
during the last twelve months the mortgage
Indebtedness of Its citizens had been reduced
more than $125,000.
And upon the same date money in
nbundanco was offered on long time , upon '
personal security , to the Conservallve ni 5
per cent per annum ! This offer wan made
by the .Mutual Llfo Insurance company upon
its own policies to the amount ot their cash
value. Before "tho crime of 1S73" the Union
Mutual Llfo ot Mnlno was getting 12 per
cent Interest from the enmo party In Otos
county who Is now offered money on New
York Mutual Llfo policies at G per cent.
Figures nnd facts stand up before the
mendacity of the Uryanarchlsts nnd Illns-
trnto the strength and glory of truth ! Out
of 400,000 ncrcs in Otoo county 60,000 acres ,
except for purchase rnonoy , have never atone
ono and the same tlmo been under mort
gage.
Chicago Record : She Have you sent any
of your poems to the magazines ?
He Yen , but merely n * a guaranty of gooj
faltli , ami not necessarily for imbllcvttlon ,
Indliinapolla Journal : "Is the cashier
out ? " ho nkcd an ho looked around.
"No , " replied Mio president , ns ho gln
up from an examlnaitlon or the books ,
cashier Is not otit ; It's the bank that's out. "
Philadelphia Record : Brber .Shall I cut
It short , tiir ?
Victim for goodness sake , yes ! I'm tired
of heaHnc you talk.
Chicago Post : "Good news from the Phil.
Ipplncs , " ho said , as he- looked up fioin his
paper.
"What Is It ? "
"It I ? roiwrtcd Hint Agulna do Is over
trained. "
Chicago News : Insurance Clerk Here Is
a , woman that wishes her pot cat Iniurcd.
Manager All right , but tell her she'll bavo
to take out a. policy on each ono ot th ? cat's
lives.
Cleveland Plain Dcnlor : "Family gene
nway , eh ? Then we've got the premises nil
to ourselves. Say , there must ho $100 worth
of lend pipe alone. It's a cinch. "
"It's a , lead i > lpo cinch ! "
Indianapolis Journal : "Como away from
those persons nt once. " cried Mrs. Tort6l ale
lo her youngest. "Don't you know It Is re
ported their shells are only Imitation ? "
Philadelphia Record : Mrs. AVIgwng Mr .
Passco upset a. kettle of raspberry Jam over
herself today.
Wluwais Ah ! 'Nobody ' could deny , then ,
that ho was well preserved.
Detroit 1'Veo Press : "And do you think It
right that . woman should play Hamlet ? "
asked the serious-minded person.
"I don't see why not , " answered the rudn
Individual who goes to vaudeville shown
only. "No man 1 ever paw could make any
thing of it but u roast. "
THAT VACATION TRIP.
Chicago Record.
Now Is pome the vexing ueason when a fel-
low'a very reason
Totters to the vergj ot madness , and Ills
thoughts become a crime ,
At the old , recurring question , "Shall I
( lee from ithe congestion
Of tti > city , In t'ho ' country spending my
vacation dime ? "
And ; ho vows he will not waver he's de
termined not to favor
Cnco again the coaxing spirits of the for
est , field and farm.
( Bugs and snakes that wait .to . nil him full
of poison and to kill him
Are omo pleasures Unit Impress him with
u. total lack of charm. ;
When 'tho place had' ' been selected ( and hla
board JiaU been collected )
On his last trip he recalls UM fact of
bunking In a roo-n
AVhere through celling , walls- and flooflnff
came an awc-lnsplrlng snoring , "
Imitative of the advent of the distant
crack of docmi.
While wlWi fleroi Intent to ravage came a
horde of hungry , savage ,
And uncouthly rude mosquitoes , zipping
madly through the dark ,
O'er his blood raising contention with
some things I wouldn't mention ,
But the whole of which considered him a
nlco and Juicy mark.
When ho flslvsd how hotly broiling was the
sun , as ho cumo tolling
Seven miles along a dusty , crooked , crazy
country road ;
In his speech loud objurgation , In his heart
prevarication
ITwaa three scraggly catfish that com-
bis piscatorial load.
Much moro ploawint it Is , very , In the city
now to tarry
Lolling 'round , he holds , In negligee , and
talcing 'things ' nt ease ,
Than to rustle for diversion on a most nb-
surd excursion ,
( For t'ne erase of leaving 'town ' , he says ,
is simply ta disease *
He proclaims it's nicer resting In a. oulet
flat , digesting
Coolly , calmly , undisturbedly , his little
old two weeks ;
Whllo serenely contemplating with a smllo
the enervating
"Wild and foolish hurly-burly of the conn-
try-going freaks.
Though ho makes thess sago pretenses ,
when his fortnight off commences
With the detail. ? of a country trip you'll
find ihlm all aflame ;
And he'll go. ( To como. back "busted , "
nearly dead si ml all dlrgusted
It wan thua last year , mid every year
It's just the very nuine. )
There is
Money Waif ing
for You.
If you want a suit of clothes
for present wear , half its
value is waiting here in
money for you. This is
not a figure of speech , It's
a fact. If you want a cas-
simere or cheviot business
suit that is worth $15 you
can' get it now for $7.50.
$10 suits for $5. $7.50
ones for $3.75. $5 bicycle
suits for $2.50. $7.50 ones
for $3.75. $10 onee for $5.
Crash and linen suits at
half price and you can
bring your children here
with the assurance of equal
ly low prices for them. If
you are in need and are
down town tomorrow be
fore 6 p. m. Drop in and
see our values before you
decide.