Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAUDY BEE : MONDAY , SEPTEMBER 18 , 1899.
THE OMAHA DAILY DEE.
K. UO3EWATKN , Editor.
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THE BEE 1'UULIBUINO COMPANYi
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
fltato of Nebrmkh , Douglas County.ss.t
cvSr ? ° u Tiochuck. secretary of The Bee
Publishing company , being duly sworn , says
that ti\e actual number of full and complete
cooles of The Dally. Morning , Evening and
Eundav Be < \ printed during the mouth of
August , ISM. was as follows :
1 a 1,840 17 ai.nu. !
8 24,7.10 18 24,805
t 24,870 IB 24,771
4 24,770 20 20,273
C 24 , ( > 4O 21 21,8151
. . . „ 20,300 22 2I , I1
T 21,733 23 24,520
S 24,850 , 24 24,4at >
t 24,750 25 25.00U
10 25,100 23 24.K4H
11 24,0-10 27 25,8M
tt 24,71(0 28 24Wa
U 20R05 29 2I ,200
14 24,000 30 23.04U
1C 24,802 31 27,000
IS 2-1,717
Total .781,8:10 :
3 > S3 unsold and returned copies. . . . 1O,143
Net total sales .771,087
Net dally average 24.HU3
OEORQE B. TZSCHUCK ,
Subscribed and sworn before me this 2nd
day of September , A. D. . 1809.
M. B. HUNQATE.
( Seal. ) Notary Public.
It will now be In order for the popo-
crats to expose their sere spots. Aud
there are plenty of them to expose.
From present prospects Nebraska
farmers will bo too busy this fall en
larging corn bins to Join In the calamity
chorus.
The trust attorneys would like to
have a trust conference every week.
Defending the trusts Is a paying busi
ness for certain members of the legal
profession.
Nebraska republicans meet In state
convention tills week. With candidates
named and issues Joined a brisk flght on
the central battlefield should be begun
Without delay.
Bryan's friends are talking about In
augurating a preliminary campaign for
1000. Wonder what they call the cam
paign which Bryan Inaugurated Just
nftor the returns caiuo in In 1890.
A retrospective glance at some of the
mayor's vetoes ovorrlden by the council
rwlll show the members of that body
where they could have saved themselves
a part of their present financial embar
rassment
In his appeal to the courts for recog
nition as the only lawful Insurance com
mission , Auditor Cornell calls Governor
Poynter a usurper. A reciprocation of
compliments may bo expected when the
governor flies his answer.
Popocratlc organs moke Candidate
Ilolcomb hall from Ouster county , al
though he has not lived there In flvo
years. This Is simply another sample
trick by which the fusion candidate Is
trying to mislead the people.
Henry Watterson is declaring emphat
ically that antl-oxpannlon Is anti-democ
racy. Between variegated views on free
Hllver , trusts ami-expansion the demo
crat who would like to know wlwre he
is at is having a hard time.
Local democratic managers cannot fall
to BOO the apathy that prevails in every
word in regard to the tickets they pro
pose to put In the field. Every uane
man knows how slight is the chance of
their electing a single man next No
vember.
There is every reason to believe that
the parade of the civic societies planned
for Ak-Sar-Ben week will be one of the
attractive features of the celebration.
Every member of every secret society
and labor organisation should take a
personal pride in making this parade a
success.
The Sixth Nebraska district will bo
reclaimed to republicanism by the elec
tion of a republican to congress next
November If the voters know what is
good for them. Congress is a repub
lican body presided over by a repub
lican speaker and the effective work will
bo douo by republican members , The
Sixth "district ought to huvo had a uuf-
flcloncy of donothlng populist represent
atives in the lower house of the national
legislature.
The capital city has suffered another
heavy Joss by fire , the department seem
ingly being utterly powerless to stop the
progress of the flames. Just euch ex-
pcrlences us this teach cities the im
portance of maintaining a btroug force
of fire fighters and the very latest and
best apparatus , Without such protec
tion the lasses of a single day way cost
property owners far more tnan the cost
of adequate protection for years.
Members of the Douglas county bar
are Bald to bo considering a motion to
get together and select seven of the
fittest candidates for the district bench.
Under existing conditions such action
would bo untimely , and wo do not bo-
llevo any considerable number of law
yers arc disposed to go on record In the
matter. Should they do BO , however , the
republican nominees would have little
to fear from the effects of an expression
of choice.
WEALTH iy COIlff.
The corn crop of the United States
this year will probably bo the largest
In the history of the country and also
the most valuable. The New York
correspondent of the Philadelphia Press
says that some of the financiers nro
counting with great confidence on the
Influence of the corn crop in maintain
ing and increasing business activity
and industrial prosperity. This corre
spondent says that "our bankers are
now of the opinion that the great wealth-
producing crop of the United States is
hereafter to bo corn father than wheat
or cotton , aud the enormous crop that
is to bo harvested tlila month or next
la expected to yield far more profitable
returns than crops of other years have
done , partly through its utilization
through the advances chemical science
has made for other than food purposes.
"It has been mid hero within a few
days , " says tills correspondent , "that
the bye-producta from corn , produced
from what was formerly regarded as
refuse , may prove to bo as valuable as
the bye-products from petroleum , and
wo have heard that very extensive and
promising experiments are being made
looking to the utilization of corn for
the manufacture of commodities for
merly exclusively made from rubber. "
This is a fact which cannot fall to
attract the attention of the corn pro
ducers of Nebraska and other statics.
We cannot undertake to say what the
possibilities nro for the utilization of
corn In the direction Indkxuted , but we
presume that the suggestion of the cor
respondent quoted is not by any means
a fanciful ouo and consequently wor
thy of moro than a passing considera
tion. It is of course purely a scientific
question whether corn can be used In the
way suggested and wo will not assume
to express an opinion , but we may ven
ture to assert that It Is not Impossible.
At all events this Is true , that the
corn crop of the United States tills year ,
If the estimates nro verified , will con
tribute enormously to the national
wealth and Justify the claim that this
cereal , Instead of cotton , Is king. And
In the contribution that will bo made
from this source to the wealth and pros
perity of the nation Nebraska will fur
nish a liberal share.
UMTAUltAKTED CRITICISM.
Disappointed bccauao she * could got only
a corporal's guard of the First Nebraska
boys to march In her parade and boom
the exposition Omaha played the baby act
onxl called upon the governor to give her
back her 15 cents. Accordingly our oblig
ing governor returned out of surplus con
tributions the $1,500 Omaha subscription to
the Bolder travel fund and -which 11,600
was part of the name $36,000 paid over
to the railroads the week before. Oma-
hogst Hebron Republican.
There Is nothing so foolish and un
justifiable as the sectional Jealousy ot
Omaha which crops out periodically In
the rural press. AVhllo Omaha has al
ways been In the forefront with liberal
contributions to every public enterprise
It rarely receives credit for what it
does.
In this Instance Omaha has done Its
full share toward bringing home the
First Nebraska and when the state
levies the tax to foot the bill it will be
compelled to defray at least one-eighth
of the whole expense.
It may not bo generally understood ,
but it is nevertheless a fact , that the
$1,500 repaid by Governor Poynter was
raised as a fund for the re
ception and entertainment of Com
pany L , the Omaha company. The
money in the hands of the citizens'
committee was turned over to the gov
ernor without consulting the donors
under the apprehension that unless such
action were taken the project to bring
the First Nebraska back from San
Francisco would fall through.
When it transpired that the governor
had a surplus in his hands the com
mittee that had assumed the responsi
bility of diverting the fund raised for
another purpose very properly presented
the matter to the governor , who saw
at once that the only fair thing to do
was to restore the $1,500 to the enter
tainment fund to which it belonged.
The money was spent on the soldiers
and neither pocketed nor redistributed
to the donors , as It would have been
had the governor retained it to bo re
imbursed by the legislature.
If this Is an evidence of hoggishness
wo fall to see it
AWAITING AMERICAN ACTION.
A dispatch from Berlin In reference to
the feeling In Germany regarding the
Dreyfus case , says that "tho bulk of the
people seem to await the action of Great
Britain and the United States and will
bo guided thereby. " If that correctly
represents the attitude of Germany there
will of course bo nothing done , so far
as the government is concerned , and the
probability Is that even those manufac
turers who have Indicated their Inten
tion to withdraw from the Paris exposi
tion will reconsider and decide to put
their wares on exhibition.
It Is absolutely certain that neither
the government of the United States nor
that of Great Britain will withdraw
from participation In the Paris exposi
tion. There has been'developed In Eng
land a very strong popular sentiment
against taking any part In the great
show of 1000 and a number of firms
which had arranged to have exhibits
there have announced their determina
tion to withdraw. The sumo is true of
German and other European exhibitors.
But It Is very probable that this ebulli
tion of indignation , meritorious as it
unquestionably IB , will dlo out as the
commercial considerations are moro
carefully taken into account and that
gradually this form of protest against
an net of Injustice which the entire
civilized world condemns will be aban
doned. Certainly BO far as the United
States Is concerned there appears to bo
no doubt that all the space In the ex
position allotted to this country will bo
occupied and probably the Renncs ver
dict will not materially affect the travel
from this country to Paris next year.
The fact Is , that In all countries prac
tical considerations will ultimately pre
vail. The possibility of gain from being
represented In the exposition will over
come the resentment which the Dreyfus
verdict has created. It Is simply human
nature. The French government per
haps appreciates this fact , but none the
less It may BCO the expediency of rec
ognizing the adverse opinion of the
world and glvo the victim of a malicious
persecution his freedom. That would
mean at once the pacification of Franco
and her rehabilitation In the good opin
ion of mankind.
27IE FUHIOX COUiVri' T.10KKT.
The ticket nominated by the Douglas
county triple combination has eomo ele
ments of strength and many elements of
weakness. While the candidates en
dorsed for the support of fuslonlsts
havp the advantage of not having been
closely Identified with the Jncksoulon
machine gang , they for the most part
are unknown to the ma s of voters and
have no special claim for public favor.
The weakest spot In the make-up of
the conglomerate county ticket is its
want of cohesion which naturally
springs from the bargain and sale
method by which one convention forces
upon another convention candidates
which not only have nothing In common
with Its rank and file , but are positively
offensive to them. At no time in the
political history of this county has fu
sion been BO openly brought about by
shameless bargaining and bulldozing.
At no time In the history of fusion have
the elements that make up the ticket
been so clumsily welded together by
downright use of boodle and promises
of state house patronage.
That a ticket nominated under such
conditions wlll.bo repudiated at the polls
is a forcgono conclusion.
The announcement that the local elec
tric lighting company will not bo able
to supply the necessary current to 11-
lumlnato the court house and city hall
during Ak-Sar-Ben week should not bo
allowed to do away with this most
striking feature of the annual carnival.
The city has appropriated money for
this purpose. If the current cannot be
secured from the public lighting plant
there are other private plants In that
vicinity which could furnish the neces
sary light If proper arrangements
should be mado. After the beautiful
features produced on the city hall and
court houseIn past years it would bo a
pity to eliminate them from the Illumi
nations this year. The Ak-Sar-Ben com-
mltteo which has this branch of the
work in charge should take up this
problem without delay and work It out
if It con possibly be solved even If the
Illuminations at the exposition grounds
should have to be shut down In part
temporarily while parades are passing
the streets.
The Thirty-ninth infantry regiment Is
rapidly recruiting at Fort Crook , over
800 men having enlisted. Quite a num
ber of volunteers of returned Nebraska
regiments have re-enlisted for the war
for the pacification of the Philippine
Islands and now have a place in Uncle
Sam's regular army. .This is pretty
good evidence that the hardships en
countered were not intolerable and were
at least no greater than might bo ex
pected In the tropics.
Tine Dreyfus verdict is now paraded
as an insult to Germany likely to put
the two nations as far apart again as
ever. The German government , it Is
recltenJ , gave absolute assurances that
it had no communications through its
foreign embassies with Dreyfus , but
the French court-martial paid no more
attention to that than to the prisoner's
protestations of innocence. It was a
Jury fixed In advance to convict and
that is all there was to it
Mayor Moores has found It necessary
to make another appeal to the people for
subscriptions to the fund for the relief
of families of firemen killed at the Mer
cer building fire. A cause so worthy
must appeal to the sympathies of all.
Property owners most Interested have
contributed liberally , but the public In
general has not yet done their full duty.
It Is said the freight rate war between
the Burlington and the Memphis roadsi
Is uearing an end , the southern line
having the best of it up to date. This
tempest In a teapot lias made a good
deal of noise in this region of late , yet
It has cut no large figure In the great-
volume of traffic from this territory.
A printed volume containing a steno ?
gniphlc rwport of its proceedings will
constitute the monument left by the
trust conference. Perhaps this will be
as effective after all as presenting a
series of memorials and resolutions to
congress to bo pigeonholed In com
mittee desks.
I'opulnrlxliitr II III ) } cott.
' Chicago Tribune.
Manx parents of marriageable daughters
ore enthusiastic over the proposition to boy
cott the French dressmakers.
AttcudlitK Strictly to HiiNlnenN ,
St. Louis Republic ,
Dan Lament's private fortune Is estimated
at 15,000,000 , This shows how some states
men can accumulate dust by sawing wood.
Life I * Too Short , Horace.
Baltimore American ,
Ex-Governor Doles of Iowa Is trying to
harmonize the democratic party , The ex-
governor has gotten along too far in years
to tackle such a proposition.
Huiu < L _ < iiiilitlon i
Chicago Record.
The democratic party U taking more In
terest In the alleged wrongs from which
Agulnaldo suffers than in the outraged per
petrated on the negroes ot the south.
Effect of American 1'imli ,
Globe-Democrat ,
Santlogo'a exports hove doubled under
American administration and they all corao
to the United States , their natural market ,
Cuba's development would be a marvel with
stable government assured.
The Only Alternative. .
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Filipino government refuses to accept
autonomy under American suzerainty and
will flght to the last. President McKlnley's
well known position la that the Philippine
Islands belong to the United States , by rea
son of their purchase from their former
possessor , Spain , and whatever government
they may have hereafter must be under I ho
auspices ot the American government. The
Issue , then , IB clearly defined. The only
way to maintain our authority In the Phil
ippine Is to whip the Filipinos.
Aoknowledire the Corn.
New York World.
Nebraska's com crop thta year , now safe ,
will bo 300,000,000 bushels. Corn is now
selling Ihero at SO cents , making the crop
worth $90,000,000. It is pleasant to fee4
Uiat the "crime ot 1873" Is not blighting
Nebraska to any calamitous extent.
Downfall of Hn e Moll.
Springfield Hepubllcan.
Down goca base ball. President Johnson
of the Western league , In reviewing the
post Mason , writes : "Our patronage has
fallen far short of the standard established
In previous years. To the thoughtful mind
it ia painfully evident the great national
game has to a certain degree Icat Us hold
upon the public. " The cause of the de
cline may bo stated as rum , rowdyism aud
rebellion.
Ilximimlou of the Navy.
Kansas City Star.
The navigation bureau ot the Unltod
States navy has Issued a lUt of 312 vessels
in the navy. This Includes many small
vessels captured In the waters of Cuba anil
the Philippine * , but altogether U la the
showing of a great navy , such as the United
States never possessed before with luore
ships to build. The American navy inherits
high traditions. U is flushed with recent
victories and Is now sufficient for any duty
which may bo Imposed upon it. It should
bo amply able to co-operate with the fine
army wo arc forming In the Island of Luzon
and make the war for the supremacy of the
Unltod States in its own dominions a short
one.
WEALTH PUT TO COOD USB.
Much Good Accomplished by n Mnii
Worth Million * .
Baltimore American.
The owner of a largo fortune Is neces
sarily exposed to much criticism. Ms bare
possession places him on an eminence and
the whole world asks : "What will ho do
with it ? " If he gives liberally to charitable
objects , the conclusion Is that he has Inter
ested motives and wishes to make his name
resound through the land ; If ho gives noth
ing , names Implying all possible degrees ot
meanness are showered upon htm , and , to
crown all , many people who would repudi
ate the least connection with socialism oven
deny the millionaire's right to the wealth ho
holds.
There la some reason for many of these
allegations. Largo aggregations of capital
become especially dangerous to the common
weal when they are entirely controlled by
one man , when the man himself 1s often de
prived of the 'best ' qualities of his heart and
mind by the love of gain that has become
rooted In him , and by the struggle that
teaches him to sacrifice anything between
him and hla goal. Such things , however ,
cannot bo said about the late Cornelius
Vanderbllt and his millions. Ten talents
were given him and he earned ten other
talents. Ho supported many benevolent in
stitutions , and never hesitated to supply ell
their needs , not allowing a ilofloienuy to
stand for a day. Few people have tny cor
rect idea of the number of charities to
which ho contributed , or of the amount of
his wealth that found Us way Into the poc.k-
ets of the needy , as one of the conditions
of hla giving was secrecy. Besides this , he
was personally active in many good works ,
and may bo said to have been the father of
the Railroad Young Men's Christian as
sociation.
His fortune , too , was not accumulated by
eharp practice , like ( hat o Jay Gould , nor
'
through mlsorllDessJiko 'that of Russell
Sage. It did not grow like the Astor mil
lions , by the Increased' ' value of real es
tate , nor was It made by speculation and
combination , through which'Rockefeller has
grown rich. The Vanderbllt fortune was
made , and has continued to grow , In busi
ness oa legitimate an that transacted over
the counter of a country store , and in in
vestments oe lawful as that of a former
who plants oats , because ho thinks the
price will be high. *
Mr. Vanderbllt demonstrated that n great
fortune may not be , a menace to society ,
but may afford a widely extending op
portunity for helping humanity. The out
cry against immoderate wealth would not
bo heard if air millionaires discharged faith
fully the duty their position owes to so
ciety.
SOUTH AMERICA'S I1UOABOO ,
CnnnelcRB AInrin AmnnK the Republic *
of the South.
Washington Star.
It would be most unfortunate if a serious
sentiment of distrust of the United States
were to arise in South America In the light
of all the reasons which exist for practical
and hearty co-operation with this country on
the part of our neighboring republics of the
south. It Is A matter of current belief that
a movement Is under way In that region to
ward the establishment of at least an under
standing among those republics In the nat
ure of a defensive alliance. Certain hap
penings have tended , It Is said , to encourage
the belief that the United States Is seeking
territory , and that the Integral sovereignty
of these , our neighbors , Is threatened by
the new spirit of Imperialism which Is as
cribed In some uninformed quarters , both
American nnd foreign , to the people of the
United States.
Ot course , this Is all very far from the
truth. The United States early In Us ca
reer proceeded with wise forethought to fill
out Us area on the southeast by purchasing
territory from Franco and Spain. This
brought its boundary to the ocean. The
acquisition ot Texas by a perfectly natural
process of amalgamation was of n different
character. But the process stopped there.
Since the annexation of Texas by vote of
Us own cltlzena and the pacific acquisitions
which resulted from the Mexican war there
has never been any desire on the part of
the United Statea to penetrate further to
ward the south on continental lines. The
recent acquisition of Porto Rico la by no
means an Index of a new disposition. That
Island /ell Into American hands as a result
of a war In which the state engaged re
luctantly as a means of preserving the
peace and establishing humane government
In Cuba. In only one other place Is there
a suggestion of the need of America sov
ereignty or suzerainty. That Is nlong the
line of whatever 'trans-Isthmian canal may
be dug to unite the oceans.
The Instances cited recently as causing
the southern apprehensions are trivial , sep
arately and In the aggregate , and , to one
who understands the American character
and the policies of this government , they
are utterly Inconsequential. They are far
more than counterbalanced by the action
of the United States In the Venezuelan
boundary dispute , which doubtless saved
that country from partial If not complete
absorption by England , The records teem
with other Instances of such enforcements
of the Monroe doctrine an should establish
beyond the least doubt the Intention of
the United States to preserve this hemis
phere for the enjoyment of Its present
owners.
Should a defensive coalition such a ls
outlined be formed by the southern republics
It will eventually fall to pieces through the
lack of a reason for Us existence. It might
gradually , before disintegrating , reveal to
the republics , however , Uiat their best In
terests He along lines of a more hearty co
operation with the United States in the de
velopment of tlho western trade through the
construction of the canal and the encourage
ment of In vectors by making life and
property in the republics more secure. An
alliance for the mutual discouragement of
revolutionists would be far more to the point
than ft pact to prevent absorption by the big
brot&er of the nonij.
HITS OK KUS1ON POLITICS.
Beaver City Tribune : There Is a growing
suspicion that C. J. Smyth's hatred of the
trusts Is always exhausted In the flllng-of-
the-lnformatlon stage.
Lyons Sun : Holcomb conspired with oth-
era to defeat the will of the people and
scat his law partner in an office to which
he had not been elected. Is such a man flt
for"tho supreme bench ?
St. Paul Republican : Some of tha popu
lists who are Just beginning to recover from
the spell Into which they were thrown by
" " Inquiring what
"Coin" Harvey are anxiously
would become of tholr donations to the
"educational" campaign fund.
Woyno Herald : When Si Holcomb gets
through with Nebraska this year , with the
thermometer turned upside down , he'll won
der what bccatao of that 18,000 majority ho
once had. No $20 per month will save his
bacon 'his time. House rent Is too dear.
Flllmoro Chronicle : The late fusion con
ventions talked a lot about "government
ownership of railroads" but fought shy of
the isauo of etato control. Was It because
of the fact that the three fake secretaries
of the State Board of Transportation wcro
taking leading parts in the three conven
tions ?
Wisnor Free Press. Why was the suit
begun against Joe Bartley's first terra
bondsmen never pushed to trial ? Because
n Judgment against these bondsmen for
the $365,000 sued for would have been a
conviction of Governor Silas A. Holcomb ot
groEs , If not criminal , negligence ot his
official duties.
Tekamah Herald : Before the pops got into
ofllce In this state their principal wall was n
reduction In freight ratca. Do you hear
anything about It now ? The rates nro Just
as high now as they were before the pops
went into the state houso. Their howl for a
reduction in rates was only their method of
farming the farmer.
Schuylor Sun : Auditor Cornell is cither
ono of the biggest rascals or greatest fools
that over filled a position In the state
houso. Scarcely a week passes but that ho
hunts trouble for himself and others by re
fusing to audit some Just claim , setting up
his own eelf-profeesed knowledge against
that of much abler men than he.
York Times : A populist exchange says
Edmlsten is taking hold of campaign work
with his "old time energy. " Thla means
that the Lodgcpolo ballot boxes are to bo
stolen again and all others where there are
republican majorities If the feat can bo ac
complished. Edmlsten Is Just the right man
to run fa. campaign for Slippery SI.
Fremont Herald ( dcm. ) : Commissioner
Hlbbard has been Informed by Auditor Cor
nell that the latter refused to Issue a war
rant for the payment of the salary of Mr.
Hlbbard or the expenses of the office of
pure food commissioner. That man Cornell
seems the better suited the more ho can
make himself universally In contempt.
Bradshaw Republican : Attorney General
Smyth never seemed to find out that cer
tain trusts existed In our beloved common
wealth and were subject to prosecution un
til Just on the eve of another campaign.
How Is the Intelligent citizen to view this
conduct of the attorney general ? Can It bo
possible that ho Is really serious ? Time will
tell.
Alliance Times : One Edgar Howard offered
a resolution in the Omaha demopoplc con
vention "pledging that the nominees of this
convention forswear the republican practice
( sic ) of accepting railroad passes , " and then
wont home and supported Holcomb for ou-
premo Judge , who hasn't paid railroad fare
for years and deadheaded his house rent
whllo governor.
Holdrego Citizen : Holcomb is on the
etump hunting for votes for supreme Judge.
It mlght'bo well for him. to explain his
'connection with that famous recount com-
inlmlon and the scheme to count In enough
fraudulent ballots to seat his old partner
on the supreme bench. In view of his career
Is it any wonder that even Bucfh a staunch
doniocrtut as Edgar Howard , editor of the
Paplllloa Times , should in a fit ot indigna
tion call him "Slippery SI. "
Hebron Republican : Silas Holcomb
promises to be good If elected to the BU-
preme bench. Ho has openly acknowlcdgea
that ho carried ; a book full of railroad passe *
when he was governor and that he mode
many calls upon the railroads for free rides
for his friends and supporters and thda not
withstanding that his party had declared
that a pass was a bribe. Would Holcomb on
the supreme bench be any better than Hol
comb in the executive tihalr ?
Geneva Signal : Mr. Stubbs , whom the
pops have nominated for Judge In thle district
to succeed Hastings , Is doubtless all right
on the silver question , tut it is generally
admitted that he Is pretty weak on law.
.ludgo Ha tlnga knew the law all rlg"ht " , but
he refused 4o became a Bryan worshiper
and they gave It to ihlm In the nock , Mr.
Hastings has HtUe In common with the popi
of this district If he only knew U and ho
ought to have quit training with them.
Kearney Hub : Auditor Cornell is at It
again. Ho has found another law that Is
unconstitutional. This time it Is the pure
food act and to save the trouble of hav
ing It passed upon by the court he has taken
It upon hlmacJf to set It aside and re
fuse to pay the warrant for the salary of
the commissioner appointed under the act.
The auditor has Bet out to give Governor
Poynter's administration aa much trouble
as possible and Is succeeding admirably.
oiuuiuu 1-iunoi : it is sau 10 contemplate
that the populists have fallen BO low that
they have only Edmlsten for chairman of
tholr state central committee. In casting
about for available material for the place
tbo fact that Frank Hilton has turned re
former appears to have been overlooked.
That party should reinembur that Edmlsten
1 not the only enterprising ex-oil Inspector
In their ranks. To bo cure Hilton only
knocked down $400 of the state's money ,
but then he was a republican. Now that
ho has flopped ho Is In shape to Increase
the amount when an opportunity is pre
sented.
Papllllon Herald : The Nebraska fusion
campaign Is being conducted on national
Insues only. They dare not stand on their
state record. They admit that Holcomb has
been corrupt , but thny any that lie has
promised to do better. The history of
criminals shows that there never was ono
convicted but what would promise to do
hotter If sentence wore suspended. Few
have reformed , the many having returned
to their life of crime. It will be time for
Holcomb to nsk tbo people to believe ho
has reformed when he can point to on act
of penitence.
North Platte Telegraph : It will be mighty
up-hill business for our populist orators to
go Iwforfc the farmers this fall and repeat
their story of the hard times and how the
poor farmer may be expected to bo crushed
down lower and lower until he becomes a
mere serf of the money power. The farmers
today are the kings of the country. The re
publican party Is not entitled to the enor
mous crops , but it is entitled to the credit
of protecting the manufacturers and work
men of the country by legislation that has
set the wheels of industry In motion all
over the land and furnished a market and
good prices for the farm product.
Fremont Tribune ; We Insist that the
proper thing for Chairman Kdmlatcn to do Ute
to appoint a smelling committee consisting
of W. O. Oldham , Edgard Howard and
Harry Phelps to examine Silas A. Holcomb'a
passholder and ascertain if any railway
bribes are etlll there. If this cannot bo
done let the otllcta of the general passenger
agents of the state be carefully examined
for evidences of returned pasteboards bearIng -
Ing Holcorab'a familiar signature. The fu-
stonlsts who forced their candidate to swear
be would touch not , taste not , handle not ,
are entitled to know it be ! acting in
good faith. It is difficult for the leopard to
suddenly change hla epoti. *
TIII3 Sfl'UKMU JLIH1KS1IU1.
Hastings Tribune : If the republicans of
Nebraska put Judge Sedgwlck up to make
the race for the supreme bench ho will
prove a man whom every true ropubllcAU
In the flint * will vote and work for. Such Is
the man the republicans should nominate
if they would jvln.
Mtnden Gazette : Our neighbor , Calkins ,
of Kearney , is developing now strength
ovnry day as n repubHcon candidate for supreme
premo Judge. Ho Is an nblo lawyer and has
n host of friends who will push his candi
dacy with all the vim at their cocnmahd.
It the nomination should ooino this far
west , Calkins will got it.
Oreeloy Leader : Lorenzo Crounso saved
Nebraska to republicanism In 1S92 and gave
nn Administration that wns n credit to the
state. Moreover ho did not give a voucher
for $50 house rent and put $20 ot It in his
pocket , when the commonwealth presumed
ho was paying the woman $50 Instead ot $30
for n gubernatorial residence.
Hastings Record : Lorenzo Crouneo would
maka a good strong republican candidate
for Judge of the supreme court. Ho would
poll a good strong vote In Douglas county.
His nomination wottM silence the guns of
the World-Herald nnd the democratic
friends ot the late Dr. Johuston would re
member that Governor Crounso kept Dr.
Johnston at the head of the Hastings
csyluui , although Johuston was n democrat.
Wayne Republican : Among the many
worthy names spoken of In this connection ,
wo believe there Is ono that fully meets
the wants and desires of the masses of the
party ; that man is Hon. S. II. Scdgwlck
of York , Nob. , district court Judge of the
Fifth Judicial district , for years the leader
of the bar In his section of the etato nud
the only republican ever elected Judge In
his district since the opposition party sprung
up. It you are unacquainted with tbo man
and his record look it up. If you do , wo feel
assured , that should you bo a delegate to the
next republican state convention and wish
above all the party's BUCCCSS , j-our vote win
bo recorded for Hon. S. H , Scdgwlck for
supreme court Judge.
York Republican : The candidacy of
Judge S. II. Scdgwlck for the position of
supreme Judge is announced. Mr. Sedgwlck
has made friends for himself since ho has
been on the district bench for the simple
reason that ho wns not a politician on the
bench and ho was a Judgo. If ability arid
fltnwra weigh with tbo people ho would bo a
strong candidate and would show the Ous
ter county Shylock a merry tlmo before the
campaign IB over. The people of the dis
trict have done a very nlco thing by Mr.
Sedgwlck In electing him against the natural
odds that exist and many feel that ho Is
needed in the contest In the district. How
ever , If it is found that he Is the strongest
man to make the race In the state , they will
lay aside their desires in the district matter
and all shove in the state contest.
Stanton Picket : There is no lock of avail
able timber in the republican ranks from
which to select a candidate for supreme
Judgo. There are these who coanWno charac
ter and knowledge ot the law , together with
these charactorlBtics which are necessary to
the making of a really creditable supreme
Judge , yet of all the number mentioned or
though * of Judlge M. B. Reese Is , to our mlna ,
the most available man for the place. The
fact that ho 'has ' previously held the position ,
and with credit to himself , the party ano
the state , is greatly in hla favor. The
further fact that he waa defeated for the re-
nomination by railroad influence ia also In
tots favor. The only question is , Can he be
prevailed upon to accept tJno nomination ?
Possibly ho might if the nomination were
tendered htm unanimously. Moro probably
he would no * . Judge Reese Is a good' ' lawyer
and when oft the bench enjoys a larger In
come then the oalary of Judge amounts to.
If ho can bo prevailed upon to accept the
nomination It should , in the Interest of re
publican euocees and justice In Judicial mat
ters , be given him.
Hastings Record : The Record has ono
good reason for favoring the nomination and
election of E. C. Calkins for Judge of the
supreme court. It known of no good reason
why ho Should not be nominated. The one
good reason Is that Mr. Calkins Is not and
never has been a political lawyer. He hat
been content to study and practice law. He
la not under political obligation to any party.
He has not asked for the nomination. On
the contrary ho hns only agreed to accept
the nomination at tha urgent request of
friends from over the state. Ho has been
an active practicing attorney for nearly
thirty years. During orrery year of that tlmo
he boa also been a law student. There Is no
accumulation of duoi upon his law books.
Ho takes thorn down and reads thorn. Hav
ing no political debts to ipny and never hav
ing been a railroad lawyer ho stands iwnong
the exceptional cases of non-political lawyers
In Nebraska. The supreme court of this state
r.hould bo composed of non-political and non-
ofllcoseeklng attorn < ? yH. Such an attorney
Is E. C. Calkins of Kearney. As an attorney
ho Is the peer of any lawyer In the state.
Where best known , he Is best appreciated.
He IB a wcntemor and the wcat needs a west
ern man upon the supreme bench.
HCIIOK.S OP TUB WAU ,
Enlistments In the volunteer infantry
range from 400 to 500 accepted men n day.
Recruits are required to pasa a moro rigid
physical examination than did the volunteers
for the Spanluh war , so that the new Philip
pine army will bo composed of m n In the
prime of life and In the beat physical condi
tion. The regular army IB recruited up to
UM > limit of 05,000 , The volunteer army of
35,000 men will bo recruited in full by Oc
tober 1 , with the exception of the two
colored regiments recently authorized. With
these recruited the tc < tal strength of the
army will bo 100,000 , the limit placed by con
gress. Out of this number 06,000 men are
booked for eervlco In the Philippines. It la
the prefient intention to send every volunteer
command la the Islanda , as rapidly as trano-
porta will permit. Most , If not all , of the
flr t thirteen regiments called for will rcacn
Manila during November , and the remaining
roglm nts by the clcne of the year.
The tallest man in the bunch of Colorado
volunteers , Just home from the seat of war ,
is Color Sergeant Richard G. Holmre. Ho
stands lx feet six Inches In height and
weighs 216 pounds. Ju t before the Spanish-
American war broke out ho was a student
nt Lafayette university , from which he grad-
uated. Whllo in college he was for two
years captain of the foot ball team. Then
lie removed to Denver and was one of tbo
first men in Colorado to volunteer for serv
ice. At tbo storming of Malato ho was
with the leaders when they reached the
heights , and , after one man had been shot
down while attempting to raise the flag and
bad fallen with Us bloody folds draped
around him , Holmen rushed forward and , In
the face of a storm of bullets , pulled U to
the top ofthe staff. He Is said to be the
uioet popular man In the regiment.
Your Uncle Samuel -bcllevoa with military
exports that "an army marches on Its
stomacV and has provided at Manila an
abundance of the wlierewitli to keep the In
terior department In good condition , Manila
Kroodom givc the following account of the
uuppllcs In eight :
"The three warehouccs In which thla stu
pendous Htock ia crowded cover an area of
4,000 square feet and the average height of
the different plU * is thirty feU Here are re-
ooivod and distributed monthly rations for
40,000 men , which moans 1,200,000 rations a
month , more tlhan the whole army of the
United Ruvteo uued before the war. The
valuation of the ratlcmw for one month , on
a gold basin. Is $210,000. The ealen depart
ment Buppllre $200,000 worth of goods also ,
making a total of almost half a million dollars
lars worth of goods contained in the monthly
distribution. The weight of the ration mippljr
for on month U 8,400,000pound * , or 1,700
tons. A tihreo months' supply , amounting to
S,100 teen and vnlilM at $630,000 , Is always
kept on hand , exclusive- the enlos devort-
mcnt , which baa In stocV 6,600 ton , valuer
at $1,000,000. There nro three warohouwco ,
ono of which covers a t vice at 22,000 square
fee * . H Is In chnrRO Of a commissary ser
geant , two overseers nnd twenty natlws.
The eecondnarehouso han a spaoo of 19,99s
aquaro feet , whllo warehouse No. & la dovotcd
exclusively to sales articles. Hero is founa
ovary-thing , from army boftna to Runslon
cavlnr nnd champagne. Five hundred native *
nro dally tcnployed nu coolies In and about
the warehouses
"Tho following Is a list of the dlffwvnt
articles nnd the amounts Issued monthly to
the Eighth army corps : Frc h boot , 840,000
pounds ; bnoon , 240,000 pounds' ; eat man , 120-
000 pounds ; flour , 1,215,000 pounds ; hard
bread , 1,120,000 pounds ; beans , 180,000
pounds ; rlco , 100,000 pounds ; dried fruit , in
cluding npplcn , ponclicfl wul pninw , 150,000
pounds ; potatoes , 900,000 pounds ; onions ,
1SO.OOO pounds ; tomatoes ( canned ) , 120,000
IKwnds ; ooffco , 120,000 iK > und ; sugnr , 180,000
pounds ; Kilt , 48,000 pounds ; soap , 48,009
pounds ; in > ppr , 3,000 pounds ; vinegar , 12,000
gallons ; baking powder , 48,000 pounda ,
candles , 18,000 pounds. "
Mnrct "StvnililtiK Aronnd. "
New York Sun.
The Hon. Dent Marot , populist , ia ? | r
chairman of the Nebraska democrat1 ; , tate
committee. "I will nvako as redbot nn antl-
oxpanslon campaign , AS I know how , " ho
tolls the Kansas City Journal , Yet person
ally ho U "an expansionist , nnd n rank ono
at that. " A very accommodating sort of
pcjiullat is IJent Maret. Ho Is an oxpnn-
slonln managing an antl-oxpanslon canvass ,
and ho is a plutocrat managing an nntl-plu-
tocrat canvass. Ho ecems not wholly caUt-
fled with his matchleas leader , -"llrynn IIM
got to swashing around on the war quen-
tlon , " says Bent , "and we are lUblo to
suitor the loss of many votes as a result. * *
But swashing around Is one ot ( ho colonel' *
favorite amusements.
THOUGHTS THAT TICKI/H.
Detroit Journal : "I thought nho wo *
flame of yours , old man. "
"She was until she put herself out to cut
mo
Indlnnanolta Journal : "People eay he is i
ooiirtlnR you only on account of your
money , dear. "
"Tliev never make such remarks about
vou. dear. "
Chicago Record : "Dreadful thing ha.p-
oonetl In my stable this morning. "
"What was it ? "
"AIv automobile got at the gasoline tank
nnd foundered Itself. "
Brooklyn Life : Coldwatcr My friends , I
vote as 1 pray.
Bibber ( on the front sent ) Deacon , con-
fcsshun'e Rood fr the noull Toll ua , now
wuthor vou vote early'n offon , or wuther
you pray only once cr year.
OhlcaKO Tribune : "I don't see why you
nhould raise the price of milk. It la high
enousrh already. "
"Don't you know , ma'nm , that the prlc
of beef has been raised about 20 per cent ?
The milk lias got to go up along with the
rest of the cow. "
Detroit Free Press : Bonedlko Well ,
colonel , how do you like yachting ?
Colonel Culpepper Fine , Ban. It'e watn.h ,
watah all around and not a drop to drink ,
Bah. thank Gawd.
Chicago Post : "I understand there nr
name firms that always give a young em
ploye a raise of salary when ho marries , "
nhe said.
"It Is a strange fact , " replied the cynloa ]
bachelor "thai there arc men BO constituted
that they enjoy encouraging other men. to
Kot Inco trouble. "
Indianapolis Journal : "Barker humbly
savs he is but an Instrument in the hands
of destlnv. " , ,
"I know ho talks that way , but all th
sumo ho thinks destiny has Us hands full
when It Is us4nff him. "
Ban Francisco Examinwt" M c Both
George and Harry are. very attentive to
Beas. I wonder which of the two eha will
nceopt ? "
Ethel If I knew which would propoM
first I could teJl you. "
Nothing Jiorr Under the Tent.
Minneapolis Messenger.
Lwandered to the circus , John ; I sat be
neath the tent and saw the man from
Borneo , likewise the tattooed gent. I heard ,
the toothless lions howl , while men in
soancled clothes stepped fearlessly into
their dens and whacked them on the noee.
I saw the sacred elephant spout water
throuch his trunk , the salamander eating
lead and other molted junk ; I heard ths
merrv clown got oft the jokes we used to
know -when we were boys together , John ,
some twenty years ago. The same old
hnrs&q waddled 'round the , same old kind
of ring ; the name old comic vocalist *
nrovcd that they couldn't sins ; ; the satna
old hippopotamus wus grunting1 with dis
trust : the same old Persian ox was klclc-
InK no the dust ; the some old rhcumatlo
acrobat crawled painfully around , and the
ossified contortionist was crawling on th
ground , and ladles rodn barebacked steeds
to music Bad and Blow the same old girls
wo used to see some twenty years ago.
KISWAIII ) .
In the hollow huaks of our greatest lossea
Am eecdn that will grow and blossom
with Rain ;
In the blackest cloud that the storm-wind
tosses
Is a silver gift of refreshing rain.
fIn
(
In the sharpest thorn that our anguUb
nresscs
In a healing balm for the -wound It
makes :
In the bitterest cup that Fate possesses
Is a sprlnUlo of sweet for the heart that
breaks.
We
Believe
That we that we have the best
clothing for fall and winter
wear ever offered in this
city , price , materials , style
and all that considered , It
has all been made for this
season's wear under our
personal supervision , and
made as well as it can be
made. We offer it in the
confidence that it will deus
us credit and we guarantee
every garment.
It isn't too early for an overcoat ,
and in fact a few cool
evenings indicate that the
season for heavier gar
ments is due. We have
some very attractive gar
ments to show the man
who will take time to look
at them.