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0 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , SEPTEMBER 26 , 1890.
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Illumltmte nnd decorate for King Ak-
Sar-Bcn's royal entry nnd pngoiints.
The dearth of jurors to serve In cnsos
to be tried nt the district court term
just opened Is another sign of repub
lican prosperity.
No nomination ever made In Nebraska
by any political party has given greater
general satisfaction than that of Judge
Iteese. Politicians and the rank and
flic of the party are In thorough accord
this time.
President DInz has an appropriation
of $100,000 as pin money for his trip to
this country. What a world of fun he
could hive by coming to Omaha and
taking In the Midway with such a fund
to draw to !
Commandcr-in-Chief Shaw of the
Grand Army of the Republic will not
attend the Dcwey celebration at New
York because he thinks he has been
overlooked by the Invitation committee.
There are also others.
People who have for weeks been an
nouncing the advent of war in the
Transvaal are beginning to discover that
It takes as much time to precipitate a
war abroad as it did to precipitate the
war with Spain on this side of the At
lantic.
Merchants and business men along the
march of the Ak-Sar-Bcn parades should
show appreciation.of the situation by
decorating in honor of the occasion. A
little effort to give the city an attractive
appearance for the Ak-Sar-Ben week vis
itors will be well exerted.
The World-Herald suiters another violent
lent attack of Heeophobln. That paper
denies that as a general proposition The
Bee has any Influcnco but it is now con
vincing its readers that The Bee has al
ways had and now exerts great Influence
upon the politics of Nebraska.
Lord Dunravcn may l > o cranky and
Ill-tempered , but is evidently willing to
learn by experience. lie once had a
boat of his own which before the race
was certain to capture the America's
cup. At present ho desires odds If he
lays wngcrs on the success of the pres
ent challenger.
Governor Saycrs of Texas says It Is
the war that Is causing the prosperous
times. Would-be Governor Fred White
of Iowa says it Is crop failure In other
parts of the world. Bryan says It Is
the gold coming from Alaska. These
democratic statesmen should tiiko a day
off and get together on this most Im
portant campaign proposition.
The Argentine Republic has Just put
down an Incipient revolution with a
total loss of life of seven persons. This
revolution seems not even to have
emerged from the preparatory state , yet
It should rank high In the list of deadly
outbreaks when compared with the
numerous paper revolutions South
American countries have produced.
Range cattlemen will be kept busy for
some time supplying the demand for
stock to consume the Immense corn crop
of Nebraska , Kansas and neighboring
states , Last week witnessed the
largest business In this line In the his
tory of the South Omaha stock yards.
When these cattle are ready for market
Now York had better look up what is
left of Its bank reserve or It will come
out west to.grow up with the country.
Governor Ravers of Texas complains
of the partisanship displayed by Gov
ernor Shaw of Iowa In the recent antitrust
'
trust convention. It was really mean
In Governor Shaw to reply to the vicious
attack made by Missouri's governor on
President MoKlnlt y and the entire na
tional administration. Governor Say
crs should olevatu his eyebrows and ho
might bphold the man who really In
troduced partisanship Into the conven
tion.
TIIK DDTT or PAitrr
The local popocrntlc organ professes
to be much exercised over the movement
of the Nebraska Republican Newspaper
federation to secure a uniform policy
among the republican newspapers of the
elate for the promotion of party Inter
ests.
ests.All
All this outcry , however , Is pure bun
combe. The policy of co-operation which
the Republican Newspaper federation Is
trying to encourage has been In opera
tion for some time among the popocrntlc
newspapers who take orders from the
state house machine with the same obedi
ence that the private soldier docs from
his superior olllccrs. Popocratlc news
papers have been leagued together and
given to understand their cues , so that
when the tip comes from headquarters
they nil shout In unison and attack the
enemy nt n common point. If cooperation
tion among the popocratlc papers for
popocratlc aggrandizement Is right and
proper , why such sham Indignation when
republican papers are urged to do their
simple duty to the party ?
Particular stress Is laid on the sug
gestion that republican papers arc not
promoting the republican cause by help
ing to circulate popocratlc literature
through clubbing arrangements. An at
tempt Is made to hold this up as nn ex
hibition of fear on the part of the re
publicans lest their rank and flic might
come In contact with the truth. The
republicans Insist that people get the
truth by reading republican newspapers
nnd republican literature and that if the
popocrats wish to lay their arguments
before the public they snotild do so with
their own resources , Instead of using
republican newspapers for that purpose.
Every republican newspaper of Ne
braska prints the news of its locality
and gives accounts of popocratlc move
ments , but It Is under no obligation to
help circulate popocratlc attacks upon
the republican party.
The popocratlc organs which pretend
to stand aghast at the work of the Re
publican Newspaper federation might
offer to circulate republican campaign
literature , if they are so anxious for the
people to know the truth.
DEVELOPMENTS IN T1IK PIUL.IPPINES.
The report from Manila of Increased
activity of the Insurgents and the cap
ture by them of a small gunboat that
had been detailed to patrol a river
emptying Into Manila bay should not be
disquieting , although it goes to show
that the Insurrection has by no means
lost any of Its formidable character.
The American forces on the islands
are naturally at a disadvantage during
the rainy season and no aggressive
operations can be expected until favor
able climatic conditions can be depended
on. Until that time we should be satis-
fled to hold our own while making
thorough preparation for nn advance
movement at the lirst opportunity.
AVflille the loss of the captured gun
boat is .not serious , it should remind the
people In the United S'tates of the neces
sity of supporting the plans that have
been mapped out for the suppression of
the insurrection. That Is the first task
the president and his subordinates have
to perfor.ni and there should be no divis
ion of opinion at home on the question of
first establishing the supremacy of the
stare and stripes , no matter what may
be the eventual solution of the problem
of Philippine government.
The administration Is consistently pur
suing Its policy of reinforcing the troops
in the far cast to the extent allowed by
the new army bill and the fact that the
new regiments are being recruited with
nil expedition proves that the necessary
enlistments will be had without dllll-
culty. When everything Is ready for the
word to go forward , the encouragement
taken by the Insurgents from the cap
ture of a small gunboat will count for
little.
DtSMOCRAOY , PRESENT AND PAST.
The whole policy and course of the
democratic party for the last fifty years
has been n mistake and its whole his
tory Is one of blunders , Inimical to thu
Interests and welfare of the nation.
Every man who is familiar with his
country's history knows that during th
last half of a century the democratic
party has been nt constant warfare with
the most essential elements of our na
tional existence. It has challenged
every principle of constitutional govern
ment and has arrayed itself against
every theory of the republican party ,
even where such theories have been con
sistent with old-time doctrines of de
mocracy.
There Is no fact In our history better
established than the devotion of the
old-tlmo democracy to the gold standard.
Men like Jackson and Bunion and thu
democrats of their time were stalwart
friends of gold nnd defended the yellow
metal with an earnestness and ability
not surpassed by any of the gold stand
ard advocates of today. Not one of
those democratic leaders of a former
period-down to Tllden , was In fnvor of
silver. Every man of them know and
said that the interests alike of capital
and labor required that the currency of
the country should be on a gold basis
nnd they advocated that policy thorough-
out their political careers.
In another respect there Is a vital
difference between the democracy of the-
present and the past. The damoeratlc
party of the old days was not with
out patroltlsm in support of the gov
ernment at critical periods. It did not
even war against national expansion.
Jefferson and Jackson did not object
to the acquisition of territory , It Is
true that the territory then acquired was
contiguous , but the principle Involved
was not essentially different.
The great democratic leaders of the
past were not antagonistic to the policy
of building up the Industries of the
country by nipans of discreet protective
tariff. Both Jefferson and Jackson ad
vocated a system of protection as essen
tial to the development of manufactur
ing Industries nnd somn of the ablest
men In the democratic party have since
followed their counsel.
The democratic party of the past was
the party of the constitution. It always
Insisted upon the most literal construc
tion of the organic law. It does not
do so today. On the contrary , Its leaders
demand that the most essential require
ments of that great Instrument shall be
[ done awny with nnd that the safeguards
which It provided shall be thrown down.
ASPllAl.T OVRH Utl.tNITfi.
The following from the Chicago Chron
icle may be a timely hint for the prop-
i erty owners Interested In replacing the
, granite blocks on Fnrnatu street with
, an asphalt pavement :
I If wo may Judge from the satisfactory con-
dltlon of tlio strip of asphalt laid In MichIgan -
| , Igan avenue north of Randolph street sev-
I oral months ago the proposition to top all
I the granite paved streets with asphalt Is
i practicable. The Michigan avenue strip , laid
I originally for the convenience of bicyclists ,
i has been subjected to the heaviest traffic In
I the city nnd It shows little sign of wear. It
| follows that the entire surface of the street
| coyld likewise bo asphalted with satlnfoctory
1 insults. No digging up of the streets would
be necessary. The granite blocks would
{ make the best possible eiib-strattim and the
asphalt would bo In the nature of a top
| dressing. It could easily bo repaired and Its
first ccst would bo light , whllo Its smooth
ness would render teaming easier nnd the
' nolso of traffic less deafening. The only
| possible objection to the plan lies In the
I fact that asphalt U not good footing for
horses In winter weather. Whether the
composition of the asphalt mixture could bo
changed to meet thin objection la a question
which experts should bo able to answer.
This plan has been pursued success
fully also In New York and other cities
The objection to asphalt as n footing for
horses is not peculiar to that laid over
granite blocks nnd has been met In
Omaha and elsewhere by leaving a wide
gutter margin for emergency uses.
The Nebraska conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal church will open Its an
nual session Wednesday nt the Ilanscom
Park church with nearly 300 delegates.
Bishop Warren of Denver will preside.
Many church dignitaries will attend the
session , which promises to be one of the
most Interesting In the history of the
church In Omaha , as ministerial and lay
delegates to the quadrennial conference
will be chosen. For these honorable
places there is keen rivalry among the
foremost men of the denomination and
the contest will doubtless wax warm be
fore a choice is made. Every Methodist
In Omaha Is Interested in the work of
this conference. It will be the duty of
the bishop to appoint a successor to Pre
siding Elder John B. Maxfield , whose
term expires and whose health has
failed after many years of faithful serv
ice In the Nebraska conference.
The Thirty-ninth volunteer regiment
recruiting at Fort Crook Is reported to
have enlisted about 1,200 men , BO that
within a few days the requisite number
will hnre been secured for the two
years' service , If not sooner discharged.
The Thirty-ninth Is the fourth regiment
of volunteers recruited in Nebraska and
It is gratifying to note that men are as
ready to enlist In the fourth as In the
first. That the atmosphere of Nebraska
is conducive to the growth of raw ma
terial for good soldiers has been shown
the past year or so.
Cattle rustling on the northern border
of Nebraska Is not as profitable ns It was
five nnd ten years ago. Prior to that
time the disreputable element predomi
nated , but now the country is settled by
a class of men who do not hesitate to
punish rustlers If the courts fail to do so.
Occasional arrests are mnde , the latest
being that of a man who stole a bunch
of cattle and shipped them to South
Omaha. It Is safe to predict , however ,
that he Is not likely to bother the cattle-
raisers again.
Omnha rctnil merchants have n direct ,
vital interest In the proposed motor line
from this city to Fort Crook and Belle-
vue. Lines like this radiating to the
neighboring villages would quicken local
trade materially. Milk and garden
truck could be hauled Into the city early
in the morning and late at night the
city's garbage could be taken outside the
limits nnd burned. Land contiguous to
Omaha would show advanced values , for
the benefits of tramways would be re
ciprocal.
At Salt Lake City , October 0 , so report
goop , the final act In the negotiations by
which the Union Pacific railway ac
quires a direct line to Portland , Ore. ,
will be consummated. While this end
has been nnticlpated from the day the
government lien was paid , it Is none the
less gratifying , and If the consolidated
lines shall build or acquire an extension
Into Seattle , Omaha will thus bo put
Into direct communication with one of
the coming great seaports of the world.
A subscriber complains to The Bco
that the excursion rates to the
Omaha exposition put in by the
railroads do not allow enough time for
stop-over in this city , but require the
visitor to return home before he has
had scarcely time to look around. The
instance cited refers to a limit that
brings excursionists Into Omaha Satur
day and takes them away Monday. This
seems to bo a just complaint and one
the railroads should try to remedy.
Colonel Victor Vlfqualn's effort to dls-
prove the charge that political favorit
ism played a prominent part In the af
fairs of the Third regiment from the
time of its Inception lo amistcr-out does
more credit to his loyalty to his political
chief than to his good judgment.
A Model nf 1)1 rrot Menu ,
Glebe Democrat.
Nebraska republicans are distinctly for the
gold standard and clear cut In all their plat
forms , The document deserves study as a
model of directness and courage.
Up Trouble.
Philadelphia Record.
In enumerating whites and blacks on either
fildo of a color line , the census supervisor * )
In Cuba and Porto Rico are preparing for
the government a world -trouble. .
M TnlkH Ton Int < > .
Baltimore American.
LI Hung Chang thinks the American policy
In the Philippines a mistake and advisee us
to eell the Islands to Japan , and , In the
event of European Interference , lot them all
fight It out. In the light of such on exceed
ingly simple and honorable program , It seems
qulto queer that nobody thought of asking
I
LI Hung Chang to formulate ft policy for us
b fore. It would have relieved the admin
istration and tdo public of considerable
1 trouble.
| | , e .Suet-oil Itntlo.
Philadelphia North American.
I Mr. White , the democratic candidate foi
] governor of Iowa , has made his opening
speech and outlined the Issues of the otato
I campaign as ho and his party would llko to
' have them. Ho was very strong In denun-
j elation of the "tariff " and trusts , and rose
, to Ills climax in denouncing Imperialism.
Impcratlam , he said , should bo settled before
any other question. And Mr. White salS
not a word about 16 to 1.
IlUDUC'tMl I'UHKiHT HATHS.
IninrorrtiicntN FnrcnlimliMr Further
Cntit In TrniiNinrtltlnn | ( ChnrKon.
Chicago Record.
A locomotive capable of pulling < i train ol
forty fifty-ton cars over gradce of forty feet
! to the mlle Is about to bo put Into service
j by the Illinois Central railroad. This engine
I Is said to 'be ' the largest and most powerful
I In the United States. The tendency of rail-
j road development Is disclosed In this mont -
t ster machine. Gradually from a capacity ol
| ten tons the freight car has developed until
now U will carry from thirty to fifty tons.
Railroad experience has disclosed that the
train expense Is practically the same , with
the exception of fuel , whether the train bo
made up of ten-ton cars or fifty-ton CATS.
Therefore , railroad economists have directed
efforts to Increasing the tralnload by In
creasing the carload Instead of the number
of cars. As the tralnload has Increased the
pulling capacity of the locomotive of neces
sity has been augmented In order to keep
the motive force within a single unit. To
put on two engines would not conserve
power and would require double the operat
ing iforce that one engine requires.
With the Increased train capacity a per
sistent effort has been made to reduce rail
road grades. A maximum of fifteen feet of
rlso to the mlle throughout a system of
railroad has ibeen the condition sought to be
attained. In fact It has como to bo accepted
that grades of fifteen tfoct to the mile are
llttlo or no obstacle to the movement of a
train , because the engine that can baok on
to and pull out of sidings can haul the train
when In motion up a fifteen-foot grade with
out loss of speed.
Fifty feet of rlso to the mlle among rail
road engineers has been considered the extreme -
tremo limit for grades. Gradually , and as
far as possible , every great railroad system
In the country has reduced Its grades and
secured thereby an Increase In the hauling
capacity of Its locomotives. Along with this
has como a strengthening of curves , which
also has contributed to ease the movement
of heavy trains.
This Improvement In track and train ca
pabilities has 'been ' an outgrowth of com
petition among the railroads themselves and
between the railroads and the waterways.
Not very many years ago railroad author
ities considered 2 cents per ton per mile n
low rate 'for transportation , but In many
cases the service Is now performed for one-
half of 1 cent per ton per mlle , which Is
equal to 25 cents per 100 pounds per 1,000
mllos. Of late the grain rata from Chicago
to New York has been much loss than this.
How much 'further the Improvements of
railroads can reduce transportation charges
must "bo " a matter of experiment.
HAILHOADS TAKE A HAND.
l SclflNlmeNH PnnhltiK the
Good IluiiilH Movement.
Minneapolis Times.
Enlightened selfishness which , by the
way , goes hand In hand with disinterested
benevolence In the betterment of social
and economic conditions has prompted
some of the railway companies to take an
active Interest In the movement for better
country roads. The better the roads the
steadier will bov'tho flow of farm produce
to market and the greater the volume of
that current will be. That which tends
to this condltlqn means revenue for rail
ways , and hence it la to the Interest of
those corporations1 to encourage the good
roads movement.
One or two of the railway companies have
Issued pamphlets Illustrating the cost of
bad roads and the economy of good ones.
They have even prepared electrotype plates
of such matter for the use of the country
press , BO that the facts may be dissemi
nated without undue expense to the over
burdened country editors.
Ono of these articles , prepared by Maur
ice E. Eldrldgo of the national department
of agriculture , sets forth these facta :
"It is Impossible to figure out the cost
of bad road bills which the farmers pay
yearly needlessly and without complaint.
One road reformer says those bills foot up
{ 250,000,000 annually. That Is a mere guess ,
but It may be near the truth. Whatever
the sum may be , It falls on the farmers
exclusively and thus cuts down their net
receipts from their corn , wheat and other
crops. It would not be difficult for the
farmcra of an Illinois township to ascertain
the weight of all the produce they take to
nnd from the nearest market during a year
and thus find out what bad roads are costIng -
Ing thorn. When they have the Information ,
It may 1)o they will vote for a higher road
tax.
"Every yet.r about $30,000,000 Is spent In
this country In the repairing of mud roads.
The money Is expended to no purpose , hut
the fanners keep on paying It out , while re
fusing to contribute a larger sum , which ,
If judiciously expended , would give them
permanent roafle , which ft would cost but
a trifle to keep In perfect condition. Then
they would not have to keep ns many horses
as they do now. There would ha less wear
nnd tear of horses , harness and wagons.
The farmers would "be " able to get tholrj
products to market at all times , whllo ltt
tiappeno now often that they cannot mar- |
eel those products when prices' are highest
because of Impassable roads. The taxes
which tear hardest on the farmers are those
they unthinkingly Impose themselves. "
Some of the railways have taKcn a most
practical Interest In this great reform by
transporting nt cheap rates crushed stone
or the Improvement of country roads. Ob-
lect lessons are given at the same time
jy the Improvements of streets and roads
n the vicinity of stations and elevators on
the railroad property.
I'KHHO.V.U , AND OTHEHAVISI3.
John Livingstone , who died In Tlstowle ,
Ont. , last week , was a brother of thq Afri
can explorer , and was the la t survivor of
the family.
President Diaz proposes to show the
'Gringos" that they ore not the only pebble
on the beach. The Sfexlcan congress boo
authorized ! hlm to upend $ S,000 a day for
twenty days while in the United States.
With Fighting Hob Evans and a fleet of
orpodo boats keeping a free course for the
nternntlonnl yacht races , the owners of the
excursion steamers \vlll be llkey to "Stand
jack , there ! "
Colonel Froncleco Alcantara , who Is at the
iead of the artillery regiment of the govern
ment of Venezuela , graduated from the West
'olnt military academy two years ago. Ho
s a son of a former president of Venezuela.
The fact that Great Britain Is buying-
Missouri and Kentucky mules Is nn unmls-
.aknblo symptom of war , Frlonds of free
dom cannot but regret the fate In store for
.ho burghers It they go against American
mulee.
General Patrick A. Collins , who was con
sul general < o London and may be & candi
date for mayor of Boston , got bta title by
ervlce as judge advocate general on the utaff
of a Massachusetts governor ,
As a mark of appreciation of the kindly
nauner in which the Spanish population of
Tampa , Fla. , was treated during the recent
war , the queen regent of Spain haa pre
sented 600 books to the library of the Span
ish Casino in that town.
sirrs
Drrlnrntlonn ,
Chicago Tlmesirernld ( rep. ) .
In Its ringing declarations In favor at the
gold standard and I In loyal and nnquallflcd
Indorsement of President McKlnley'e Phil
ippine policy , the platform adopted by the
' rcpubllcnim of Mr. Bryan's state reaches
the high-water mark of stalwart Americanism
!
ism and sots the pace for the other states ot
' the union ,
J On the three questions that promise to bo-
xcmo Issues In the national campaign of
1800 the platform fully meets the expecta
tion of the most Intelligent and the most
progressive citizenship of the country.
ot
Minneapolis Times ( Intl. dcm. ) .
The Nebraska republicans eeem to have
been the first political body to adopt , In
part at least , Mr. llry.an's suggestions with
regard to the regulation ot the trusts. The
democrats nro going to have hard work
making an Issue on the trust question ,
either In the fall campaign or In the cam
paign of 1000. In the fall campaign they
will find the republicans Just as ready with
their denunciations , demands and promises
ns the democrats themselves possibly can
bo. But , worse than that , the republicans
have a chnnco ill the next session of con
gress to adopt such legislation as will take
tbo trust question out ot the campaign of
1900. And with that gone , and the money
question gone , the democracy will bo re
duced to the desperate straits of adopting
the narrow plank suggested by Watterson
the mistakes of the war and forced Into
such a piece of tight-rope walking during
the campaign of 1900 as has never bccu wit
nessed before.
Cniiitot He Improved On.
Chicago Post ( rep. )
It would not bo easy to Improve , either
In matter or manner , the main planks of thn
Omaha platform. With regard to finance
the platform declares that the Nebraska re
publicans "adhere unequivocally to the gold
standard and are unalterably opposed to the
free coinage of silver. " Gold , It Is added ,
has really been the country's standard since
1834 and after more than twenty years of
harmful agitation the people deliberately de
cided by a majority of over 500,000 to main
tain and preserve it.
On the ultimate and political question of
Philippine annexation the platform Is client
for the reason that , as an officer ot the re
turned volunteers said In his speech to the
convention , "tho rebellion must bo curbed
by the force of American arms before the
future of the Philippines can justly become
a political question. "
Monopolistic combinations are denounced ,
but the platform insists that legitimate In
dustry must not bo struck down by legis
lation aimed at oppressive and dishonestly
managed Institutions. A bureau of ouper-
vlslon Is favored for , the control of corpora
tions having a national market , with pow
ers of enforcing publicity and responsibility
similar to those exorcised by the comptroller
of the currency.
The fuslonlsts ought to meet Uielr Waterloo
lee this off year.
Great I.oNxeM nt Sen.
Philadelphia Record.
A report of the losses at sea in the year
1898 , prepared for the British government ,
shown that during that twelvemonth , 1,141
vessels wore lost , of which 322 were 6teamer
and 819 calling vessels. Nearly one-half
137 steamers and 3 7 sailing craft were
wrecked ; ninety vessels were lost in col
lisions ; ninety-six were abandoned at sea ,
twenty-five were burned , whllo twenty-four
steamers and seventy-nine sailing vessels
left various ( ports last year , and were never
heard from again. Over 820,000 tons of ship
ping came last year to a violent end , th >
aggregate loss exceeding the average for the
past .eeven 'years ' by twenty-five vessels ana
noarfy 107,000 tons.
This Is a heavy annual tribute to pay to the
maleficent deities of storm and wreck mor
than 4 per cent of the world's total tonnage.
The loss can bo reduced , it appears , only t
the general adoption of improved methods
of maritime construction and the gradual
displacement of the lesser and weaker craft
tjy stout steel vessels of larger tonnage ana
correspondingly Increased powers of resist
ance to adverse conditions on the high seas.
Robimt Hepiililleun Gronml.
St. Louis Globe-Demaorat ( rep. ) .
On all the Issues which are before the
country at this moment the republicans of
Nebraska , in their convention just held , have
aken robustly republican ground. On the
PJitllpplno question they declare tiat "so
eng aa there Is one gun. pointed at an
American soldier , so long as there la an
armed enemy assaulting our flag , BO long
must patriotic and 'loyal ' Americans uphold
our president in effecting protection , tran
quilly and peace to all who rec-
ognlzo our lawful occupation. " They
affirm their adherence "unequivocally
to the gold standard , " and oppose
Jio free coinage of sliver , setting : forth
.hat "gold has been our standard ever since
.834 , and IB now the standard of every clv-
llzed and Important country In , the world. "
A strong declaration is made against trusts ,
BO ifar as these combines have tiny injurious
offoots on the people , and the defense of the
arlft which has built up American indus-
rlcs and brought national prosperity is
pledged.
As Nebraska is a highly important state
n this year's canvass it is encouraging to
ho republicans of the entire country to see
their party in that commonwealth take a po
sition which commends itself to < Uio whole
organization. Nebraska is the home of tbo
perpetual democratic aspirant to the presi
dency. That aspirant , In order to further
hlrt chances in tbo national convention of his
his party in 1900 , induced all the anti-re
publican elements in his state to fuse In
the present canvass , with the hope of re
taining the supremacy nhich their earlier
lalllanco gave them in the state. A fusion
victory this year is a matter of vital con
sequence to tbo democratic expectant candi
date. The republicans can sweep the coun
try whether .they can got Nebraska or not ,
and will do BO , but Bryan'e chances for car
rying the democratic national convention
next year are dependent on the triumph of
his combine in his state this year. For this
reason the campaign in Nebraska , though
only three minor state officers are to bo
chosen , will attract the attention of tbo en
tire country.
KiTnnoiiiliiur l'rlNnmrit of AVnr.
Kansaa City Star.
The practice of ransoming prisoners of
war , which la suggested in the Philippines ,
Is Boinothlng now In the history ot warfare.
It would seem preferable to resort to ex
change , which is > tlio usual custom. The
United States forces must certainly hold
more Filipino prisoners < than the Filipinos
hold of Americans , and an exchange should
bo effected oven If It Is necessary to give a
number of Filipinos to boot. The situation
ot tbo American prisoners in the hands of
the Filipinos is doubtlere disagreeable , but
they may bo protected from unnecessary Ill-
treatment by tbo knowledge on the part ot
the Filipinos ithat reprisal will be resorted to
it necessary.
DItlBK DITS OP FUSION POLITICS.
npavcr City Tribune : After watching the
pleased expression on the face ot Judge
Howard of Papllllon , wo are forced to the
conclusion that the judco baa learned to
relish crow.
Wahoo Wasp : That aggregation of grand
old reformer * under the capltol dome nt
Lincoln have worked the voters ot tnls itato
to a finish. They got the offices and you
know the rest. They have broken every
pledge nnd betrayed every trust Imposed.
Fairmont Chronicle : The Omaha mem
bers of Governor Poyntcr's offlcl.il staff form
a trio of beauties. Ono Is a liquor dealer
and a protector of gambling Joints. Ono Is
a chattel mortgage shark who charges 10
per cent tx month and takes n widow's
household furniture as security. Another Is
n doctor uho , while holding an ofllco under
Holcomb In Omaha , wrote health certificates
for the denizens of the bad lands. Those
who doubt the character of these "colonels"
on the governor's staff are Invited to Inves
tigate.
Geneva Signal : The fuslonlsts of this
state must certainly bo pretty hard up for
material out ot which to make candidates
for olllce. Holcomb was a district judge
when ho was elected governor and only the
fear of the third-term Idea prevented his
forcing his nomination for a third term In
that ofllco. Now ho has boon nominated for
Judge of the supreme court , which Is a six-
year office. W. V. Allen was also n district
Judge when he was made United States sen
ator. As soon as ho lost his senatorial job
Holcomb appointed him a district Judgo.
Allen baa now been nominated for a four-
year term as district judge. Holcctnb and
Allen ore evidently to bo taken care of re
gardless.
Stanton Picket : Is Holcomb honest ?
That's the question , or ore his professions
of poscsslng that virtue more hypocritical
pretense ? It looks llko the latter. When
Holcomb was governor Edmlsten was state
oil Inspector. On one occasion when Edmls
ten made a trip over the elate and rode on
paeses Holcomb had him up on the carpet
nnd actually remonstrated against his charg
ing up mileage to the state at the same
time. There was a hot .tlmo In the old capi
tal town for a while. The governor even
wont BO far as to accuse the oil Inspector of
dishonest practices nnd didn't propose that
the olalm should bo paid. But Edmlstcu
was as firm as oily and the governor weak
ened. Ho alwnys weakens In time ( for
cause unknown and only suspected ) . The
claim was paid , and now Mr. Edmlstou Is
acting as chairman of the populist state
central committee , still rides on passes and
la looking after Holcomb's political Interests
in a manner that savors of mutual friend
ship and confidence.
York Times : Everybody almost admits
that Slippery SI Holcomb is not n fit man
for the supreme bench. His own partisans
have frequently denounced him and still ad
mit that his election in itself would bo a
bad thing for ithe stato. Still there are
democrats who , admitting this , advocate
his election because they say it may bo ad
vantageous to Mr. Bryan at some fiitnm
time. This seems to bo carrying partisan
ship or hero worship to a very dangerous
extremity. Mr. Bryan has absorbed the
democracy of Nebraska until ho Is all there
Is of it. and has swallowed the populist
party , but the people of the state will hardly
bo willing to make us great sacrifices as are
asked of them for his sake. When It comes
to debasing the supreme court for a man
whose interests would be advanced by such
debasement it will be found that the mass
of people will not agree to It. Unprincipled
politicians may desire it and seek to bring
it about , but ouch far-fetched and inexcus
able political fine work cannot cucceed.
Columbus Telegram ; Editor Bowlby of
the Crete Democrat takes exceptions to the
Telegram's reference to Judge Harrington's
willingness to withdraw from the race for
congress in the Big Sixth , In which we
stated that this was only one of the bravo
and unselfish sacrifices made by loyal demo
crats for Bryan's eako. Mr. Bowlby says
ho Is getting tired of the refrain "for
Bryan's soko. " So are we. It Isn't any
more distasteful to the editor of the Crete
Democrat than it Is to us , and wo will hail
with delight the day wbsn democrats may
aspire to office * on the strength of the princi
ples their party represents , without being
forced to step aside In the Interests of har
mony. Circumstances , howovcr , have mode
Just such action necessary in a number of
instances , and until the heterogeneous ele
ments , which now constitute what Is known
as the fusion forces , are united In a homo
geneous whole under the democratic banner ,
these conditions -will continue to exist. In
the meantime the Telegram will yield first
place U > no other democratic paper in the
state in its loyalty to Bryan and the princi
ples ho represents.
Blair Pilot : Holcorab desires to be vindi
cated. That la the general talk all over the
state among his friends and by his political
onomlos. Vindicated for what ? For settling
with State Treasurer Bartloy at the close of
Bartley's first term , by accepting a cigar
box lull of worthless paper in place of In
formation of the whereabouts of the cosh ?
Or can It bs that ho 'wishe to be vindicated
for taking $50 a month from the state treas
ury to pay house rent , when , oa a. matter ot
fact , ho paid about $80 a month for the
house and put the J20 Into his pocket ? Can
It tto that ho is asking the taxpayers to vin
dicate his appropriating $20 a month of state
money to his own private use ? Possibly It
Is that ho Is asking to be vindicated for the
part he played In the attempt to count In
a constitutional amendment that tbo people
of the state had plainly defeated at the polls
and wo might add that at the rate they
wore "fixing" the 'ballots they would have
Buococded had not the newspaper corro-
spondenta kept sharp eyes on them and
forced thorn to abandon the "game , " not ,
however , until they had nearly succeeded.
If It is not a vindication of some of the
above that ho desires , possibly ho desires
to bo vindicated for removing competent
instructors from some of our state institu
tions for seine of the unfortunates ot the
Blato and the replacing them with ward
politicians , and dragging tbo Institutions
into politics a thing that hadn't been done
for twenty years before. It may , however ,
bo that the vindication is desired only on
account of the railroad pass. Five years ago
SI Holcomb stumped the state and declared
the "pass" a bribe , and faithfully promised
the voters that none should over be used
by him. Immediately upon taking office he
titarta out on hU railroad junkets , not alone
with free posses for himself , tout for his
"friends , " and a private palace car thrown
In , together with all refreshments furnished
tree. This etylo of traveling was continued
during his four years as governor , and It Is
on undisputed fact that Holcomb carried
and used more railroad pa ios than any
governor that over preceded lilm In Ne
braska. This year lie again makes the
promise not to use the railroad pass. It
may bo that It Is along this line that ho de
sires to lno vindicated , but , In the Iiurablo
opinion of the Pilot , the people are the ones
to bo vindicated , and life Is too short to
oellevo that SI Holcomb will over poll the
vote of a majority of our people in his favor
for any state office *
&AKIN6
POWDER
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
. ,
o < ti exKma > 9gtg co.
IIAltVBY IIUSTMNO FOH COIN.
I > nontiom Money In One llrrnMi ,
I 'or It In ihf > Next.
J. Sterling Morton's Conservative.
This distinguished monetary sophist whi
delights In doplctlng the despotism of monrj
and the Imperialism of combined capital ntlll
I lingers In Nebraska. The exhortations of Mr ,
i Harvey nro all for cnflli money iwlth which ti
I carry on a campaign Tor the debasement o <
| the currency of the United States. Ho del'
nomtccs money and Its evil Influences In oni
sentence and bogs for more money and Hi
Influence In the next. If with the pretonl
number of millions of dollars In circulation
the money power Is Indeed a menace whal
will the money power do when the numbci
of millions of dollara now In circulation hai
been doubled , trnbled ? It money Is nn evil
and a Jeopardy to the republic what will 11
bo when Its volume linn been quadrupled1 !
Will the money-getters of today be paralyzed
and cease Ihelr avaricious efforts and ( licit
acquisitive endeavors when money filial )
have been made more plentiful by the fre
coinage of silver at 1C to 1 ?
What IB the matter In Nebraska that Coin
Harvey llngoreth and exhortoth so long ?
s.vin i.v ru.v.
Indlnnnpotla Journal ! Ynbsloy I won
der why It Is a woman so hates to do
housework ?
Wlckwlre I think It Is because so
many of them don't know how.
Chicago Ilcrord : Landlady I'd have you
to know , Mr. Highball , that this Is ten
derloin beef.
Mr. Highball-Well , that's n fact ; I did
notice that it was n rather tough sec
tion.
Puck : Mrs. Goodonc Don't you know
that liquor Is a destroyer ?
Thirsty Tfttters Ucro's somct'ln' 'bout
me , Indy , dat It don't 'pear able to
d'stroy.
Mrs. Goodone And what Is that ?
Thirsty Tatters Wo thirst for It !
San Francisco Examiner : "Oom Paul
Is a man of few words , " remarked the
man who tnlkn wise.
"Well , " remarked the flippant friend ,
"you tiiko a look nt some of the words
In a Dutch dictionary and you won't
blnmo him. "
Chicago Post : "They all said you went
abroad to look for a husband , " snld
the blonde.
"It's not true , " replied the brunette In
dignantly. "I merely went abroad to
look for a man who might bo made Into
a husband. "
Indianapolis Journal : " .Last year I shot
the biggest deer that was ever klllnl In
the Michigan woods. You don't believe
that , do you. "
"Of course , I do. It had to bo enor
mous for you to lilt It at all. "
Washington Star : "Mighty smart
feller , " snld the man with the broad-
brimmed hut ; "mighty smart. "
"Did ho get the best of that horse
trade ? "
"No. Ho didn't got the best of It But
no didn't prct nigh ns much the worst of
It as I had figured lip would. "
Chicago Tribune : "Yes , sir , " they could
hear him loudly telling the census-taker
in the next room , "I've got seven daugh
ters. The oldest Is 28. the next one 26 ,
the next 24 , tha next 21 , the next IS , the
next 15 , and the youngest 11. "
"Hear him , " snapped the eldest
daughter , "thundering down the ages ! "
MOCIC ACT TIIK DRGAMEUS.
Boston Transcript.
Mock not the dreamers ! Since the world
began
They scanned the skies and grandly mapped
for man
The paths obscure , the dark and devloua
wayf
Which led toward the light of future days ,
They were the prophets , judges , priests and
kings
Who rose above blind moles and meaner
things ,
And soaring grandly to the upper sky
Beheld the promised Joys of by nnd by.
t
Dogged nnd derided by the men they
warned ,
By Ingrates stungby pundits cursed and
Bcorned ,
To crusts and crumbs , to rags and tattora
doomed ,
Scourged ns are outcasts by men who as-
Humccl i -
To epeak for knowledge , urged by fools in
power ,
These dreamers yet chose wisdom for their
dower.
Grandly they wrote , though every ribald
tongue
Derided songs by millions later sunir ;
They wrote truth's Htory 'mid envenomed
rage
Truth rimmed with glory by a wiser age ;
Their gems delivered , some as martyrs
died ,
Slain by a world which quotes them now
with pride.
They pierced the secrets of the land and
sea.
They toiled that those who scorned them
might be free ,
With bleeding feet the ways of wisdom
trod '
To mark new pathways toward good and
God ;
They patient strove behind cold prison ban
That , freed oouls later might climb to the
stare.
Though Javelins of hate were at them
hurled
These men despised were saviors of th (
world ;
What unto them -were wealth or creed ot
gold ?
More priceless was their lore a thousand
fold ,
Mock not the dreamers , these are they who
speed
God's mlg-htlcst purposed with word and
deed ;
Yield them your trust , their meBsage hea
and heed.
" '
"Here's a
Little Light"
On the subject "of clothing ,
that may interest the man
who is thinking about
fall suit.
The first class tailor will
make you such a suit in a
couple of weeks , for from
$30 to $50. It may not fit
in every respect but he will
alter it to suit you. We of
fer you an equally fine and
fashionable suit ready to
wear of the same grade
of cloth and trimmings
equally well tailored , for
HALF these figures , and
if it doesn't fit as you like ,
we'll alter it just as the
tailor does. There are
places where you can get
evin cheaper garments , but
they are "cheap" indeed )
and we don't care to make
that kind. f
Splendid assortment of ' f
furnishings and hats as
well.
