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STATEMENT OP CIUCULATIO.N.
Htatn of Nebrufckh , Douglas County , ss. :
aeor re B Tischuck. secretary of The Bee
Publishing company , being duly sworn , sayi
that Uie actual number of full and complete
conies of The Dally. Morning. Evening and
Sunday Bec\ printed during the month of
August , 1SDJ , was as tollows :
1 . 2-1,8-10 17 . IM.CNKI
2 . lil.TJK ) 18 . Ul.SOIi
3 . 21,870 19
21,770 20 J , a7i :
& . 2-1,0-10 21
6 . SliOO : 22
7 . 24,7511 23 . J 1,52(1 (
8 . 21,850 21 . < ! I , . | U
9 . 2-1,750 25 . J.VllHI
10 . 25,100 26 . 2-l.SIM
11 . 2I , IO 27 . 2r,8t4 !
12 . 21,7:10 : 28 . 21,1102
13 . 2(1,505 29 . 2 ,2OO
14 . 2-1,0(10 30 . 25,0-IU
It . 2-1,802 31 . 27,0 0
1C . 21,717
Total . .781,8:10 :
Less unsold and returned copies. . . . lOl-lt
Net total sales . 771,087
Net dally average . . ' . 2I.HOU
GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed and sworn before mo this 2nd
flay of September , A. D. . 1S9D.
M. B. HUNGATE ,
( Seal. ) Notary Public.
Kven Cyclone Dnvls is unable to raise
much of a , popocratlc breeze In Nebraska
this year.
It is fortunate that only one Dewey
returns to the United States , otherwise
that siren whistle might have to be re
inforced.
The district court Is one of the few
Institutions whose business is not quick
ened pro rata by Improved business con
ditions. Business men scorn to be too
busy to go to law.
A Colorado newspaper mnn has
started a paper called the Hammer. He
should exercise care that the editorial
thumb Is not bruised while driving nails
In political fences.
The only way to reorganize the Board
of Education Is by getting men to run
for. membership on the board who are
above the influence of janitors , book
agents and contractors.
According to testimony bcforo the- In
vestigating committee , judicial candi
dates of Tammany hall contribute $10-
000 for election expenses. Someof their
decisions Indicate pretty clearly who
pays the bill in the end.
.Tohn O. Yelser Is to be- given a
chance to demonstrate that talk , over a
telephone , should be cheaper. The corn-
plahmnt will require several 'phones In
order to make up for time lost while the
Injunction was pending.
Land Commissioner Wolfe la evidently
correct when he states that ho keeps his
deputy busy. But the legislature hardly
contemplated when It raised the dep
uty's salary that his time was to be cm-
ployed exclusively as a popocratlc cam
paign rustler.
' The one-minute speech of Chaplain
Mallley before the republican state - convention
vention has gene screaming through
every county of Nebraska nnd beyond.
It has literally undone everything that
Bryan has said upon his favorite theme
of imperialism.
Admiral Dewey played the same trick
on the New Yorkers ho turned on the
Spanish nt Manila , sailed Into the bay so
early they had not shed their pajamas
or drank their morning coffee. The
greeting In the case of the Now Yorkers ,
however , was not so painful us the one
tendered Montojo.
' Let partisans pause nud consider this
ono brief , salient fact : There Is rebel
lion ngalnst national authority In the
Philippines. It must be put down.
"When the Insurrection elmll have been
put down then and not till tlieii can we
fairly and dispassionately formulate the
government best suited to the needs of
the natives.
The superintendent of the Institute for
the Deaf and Dumb is another pop
ocratlc olllclal who has been too busy
attending- politics to perform his olll
clal duties. If he thinks his charges
arc unable to make any disturbance
when neglected , ho will doubtless discover -
cover they have a way of making them
selves understood.
Colonel Bryan , Is trying hard to
make his audiences bollovo that the re
publican party Is defending the trusts.
The people who want to know the posi
tion of the repulblcan party should
read the platform adopted by the recent
state convention in Omaha , which shows
that the republicans have less In com
mon with the trusts than the democrats.
The knllfa is another Individual who
refuses to stay whipped. When his cap
ital was captured by the English and
thousands of his followers killed , it was
supposed an end of the troubles In the
Soudan was at hand. Latest dispatches
indicate another expedition is to bo sent
against him. But the English com
mander doubtless has the "situation
well In Laud. "
TIIR AHRlVAli OF BE HTM * .
Admiral Ucwey arrived at New York
yesterday , two days In advance of the
time he was expected , but all the ar
rangements for his roc-option were made
and the program In honor of the here < > 1
Manila will be fully carried out. It will
bo a great and memorable event , per
haps unequalled In thu oxperlenre ol
New York City , whore have occurred
some of the greatest celebrations In the
history of the country.
The arrival of Admiral Dewcy In the
United States htlrs the hearts of nil his
countrymen. It Is an Inspiration to the
patriotism of the whole American pee
ple. Oeorgo Uowey Is today the fore
most llgurc in the nation's galaxy < > (
great men of men who limo well and
faithfully served their country ami
achieved Imperishable honor and re
nown. No American stands higher
In the admiration and esteem of the
world. In the list of great naval com
manders Dewey Is In the front rank , and
what ho accomplished in Manila bay
assures him a distinguished place in our
history. All things considered It was
an unparalleled naval victory. Dewey
defeated a squadron numerically
stronger than his own nnd supported by
powerful land batteries , Killing and
wounding hundreds of the enemy , with
out scarcely any Injury to his own ships
and with only a few of his men
wounded.
It was a phenomenal triumph , but It
Is not this alone which gives Admiral
Uowey a claim upon the esteem of his
countrymen. lie has shown 'himself ' to
be as wise In diplomacy as ho Is able
In lighting , lie has made no mistake's
In any direction and he wears his well-
won honors with a modesty and grace
which are the characteristics of true
greatness.
It Is not possible to overpraise this
distinguished American , lie Is entitled
to nil the laudation , all the honors which
his countrymen can bestow upon him.
There Is not among his countrymen a
better type of the patriotic American
than Admiral George Dewey , whose
name will ever be conspicuous among
the most Illustrious naval commanders
the world has known.
IXBXUUSAULE MISMANAGEMENT.
The facts brought out by The Bee
with reference to the failure of the State
Institute of the Deaf and Dumb to re
open as usual at the appointed time and
the other evidences of mismanagement
through the Intrusion of popocratlc poll-
tics call for the serious attention of the
people of Nebraska.
When the present superintendent of
the school was appointed The Bee en
tered vigorous protest against the action
of Governor Ilolcomb in placing the care
of these Wards of the state In the hands
of n man who had no experience what
ever In instructing the deaf and dumb.
It called attention to the Irreparable In
jury which was sure to be entailed upon
these members of a defective class
whoso education is undertaken by the
state at the public expense. In spite of
these cautlonlngs this Institution has
been made the foot ball of popocratlc
politics , its various positions flolng used
as rewards for party workers irrespec
tive of ability or competency.
That uo state otlicer In the governor's
chair , or lower , has any right to trifle
with so precious a heritage as the
schooling of the deaf and dumb will be
readily admitted by all Intelligent
people. While the taxpayers of Ne
braska are glad to contribute to the
maintenance of this Institution , they do
not want their money wasted to keep
popocratle favorites In foddrr. We can
Imagine nothing more deplorable than
Jeopardizing the lives of the state's
wards by turning them over to political
wlro pullers who neglect their duties to
spend their time at party proselyting.
If the other state Institutions under
popocratlc administration arc suffering
from the same mismanagement as the
State Institution of the Deaf and Dumb
at Omaha the people should rlso up with
one voice at the next legislature and de
mand complete reorganization of the en
tire system , of some plan suc-n as the
Board of Control in Iowa , which will
take them fully out of politics. Inci
dentally It Is well to remember that the
man originally responsible for the pres
ent glaring mismanagement of this in
stitution was Governor Ilolcomb , whose
name Is attached to the commission of
the superintendent , and that this same
governor now asks as popocratlc candi
date for supreme Judge a popular en
dorsement of this inexcusable act.
THE WOllKlnaMAA"J INTEIIEST.
In his address at Akron , O. , on last
Saturday , opening tlio republican campaign -
paign in that state , Governor Roosevelt
said that in the long run it is not In the
power of any man , or of any outside
force , to lower the standard of living
of the American worklngman , unless
the American worklngman does It him
self. "If the wage-workers act with
wisdom nnd with forethought , " said
Governor Itoosovclt , "If they show fur-
sighted prudence in their , combinations ,
Industrial and political , their ultimate
welfare Is assured. In the long run' , only
the American worklngniau can hurt him
self. " IIo declared that the foundation
of our society rests upon the man with
the dinner pall. Whatever is really for
his welfare , for his permanent and ul
timate welfare , is for the welfare of the
community. "And of all ways most
surely to Interfere with his material welfare -
faro , " said Colonel Iloosovelt , "tamper
ing with the currency in which ho is
paid is the surest. The banker , the man
ufacturer , Uio rich 'merchant , the large
laud owner , could get along nf tor a fashion -
ion under the scourge of free coinage ,
but the laboring man could not. The
laboring man would go down to the level
where you ilnd him in countries where
Bilvcr is the standard metal. "
Every intelligent worklngman should
understand this. No wage-worker of or
dinary discrimination can fall to see that
any depreciation of the currency must
moan loss to him a loss measured by
the difference in the advance of com
modities represented by such deprecla-
' tlon and the purchasing power of hlf
wagi-.i. Hut It will bo smltl that wages
also will advance. Admit It , yet It Is n
fact that wages have Mover advanced In
proportion to the liicTense of prices un
der a depreciated etirreney. l/ok back
to the period of the civil war and It will
bo seen that while all commodities ad
vanced In price as the currency de
preciated the wages of labor did not In
crease In equal proportion. Kvery man
who was a wage-earner at that time
knows this to be true1 , nnd ho also knows
that while the prices of commodities
steadily Increased , nearly every advance
In labor was obtained only after a contest -
test in which the worklngmeu made
more or less sacrlllce. Some of the bit
terest labor contests In the history of
this country were made during the pe
riod when the- currency of the nation
was steadily depreciating.
Governor Roosevelt was right In de
claring that the standard of living of the
American worklngman cannot , In the
long run , be lowered , unless the Ameri
can worklngman docs It himself. If the
man with the dinner pall votes for free
silver and free trade ho will have no
body but hlmsolf to blame for the dis
aster to his Interests which those poli
cies would entail.
A UKTTM : OUTLUUK.
The latest advices In regard to the
Transvaal situation apparently give a
better outlook , and while the situation
is still warlike , there Is some reason to
believe that hostilities may be averted.
It is possible , of course , that the British
policy is to gain time and that the par
leying of Mr. Chamberlain has this end
In view , but It Is not improbable that
the queen and Salisbury are earnestly
desirous to nvold war , and that the war
like preparations which are going stead
ily forward are really loss serious than
they seem. The same is perhaps true
of the Transvaal. That government Is
fully prepared for war , and there is no
doubt an element there , as in England ,
which desires war , but It Is by no means
certain that the government wants hos
tilities , or is not really willing to make
some concessions to avoid a conflict
With a situation BO acute the danger
of precipitating a conllict Is necessarily
imminent , but really if neither govern
ments wants to light , a way will be
found to avert a conflict and that , It
would seem , is what each government is
now aiming at.
We are pleased to note that the special
Bryan press agent Is gradually warming
up to the subject. At Seward he discov
ered a sturdy farmer with a ; 5-mouths-
old baby In his arms , cooing and crowing
from his shoulders as ho followed the
carriage containing the sllvcr-plumeel
colonel. He has also uncovered a demo
crat who boasts of preaching the doc
trine of democracy In Nebraska thirty-
olght years ago , but has so far wandered
from the principles of the party as to
acknowledge Bryan as his chief. This is
doing better. Before the week Is up we
may expect * to have Bryan addressing
his old-time crowds under the water
spouts and once more shaking the hands
of the decrepit grandmothers who want
only to say that they have looked upon
his face before expressing their willing
ness to die.
After allowing the anti-administration
press to have all the fun they pleased ,
Attorney General Grlggs denies that he
ever wrote a letter in which he stated
that congress did not have the power to
control trusts , or over exprcsseel the sen
timent either In writing or orally. On
the contrary , he proclaims himself
strongly of the opinion that they can
be so regulated when they engage In in
terstate trade. Democratic editors , nnd
stump speakers can now hunt another
topic.
The moonshine regiment from the
Tennessee mountains could not miss the
opportunity for a parting shot at the
Filipinos. They were all on shipboard
ready to sail for homo when a scrim
mage was In sight and they speedily
disembarked and got Into it The reg
iment is not much on discipline , but it
as dearly loves a fight s the storied
Irishman who attended Dounybrook fair.
An important decision has just been
rendered in Council Bluffs on the ques
tion of tax assessments upon agricul
tural implements manufactured in the
east and held in warehouses In Council
Bluffs. The owners contend , the goods
being In transit , they arc not taxable.
The court holds that ns the Implements
were sold at retail from the warehouses
the property should bo taxed.
A little noise now and then is in per
fect keeping with the spirit of the ago.
The bells nnd the whistles announcing
the arrival of Admiral Dewey remind
ono of the practice of colonial days ,
when every Important event was signal
ized by the tower bells and the booming
of cannon. In Omaha of late wo liavo
added a few frills in the way of fog
horn and siren whistles.
Only six weeks to election , so the do-
nothing State Board of Transportation
is about ready to work Itself up again
Into a frenzy of excitement over the law
authorizing It to regulate telephone tolls.
This law has been on the statute books
for more than two years , but tlio tele
phone company has not yet suffered
from its enforcement.
An eastern paper which prints an item
to the effect that money IB scarce in Ne
braska does an Injury to the commerce
of this state and Imposes upon its read
ers. Never In the history of Nebraska
was money so plentiful. The banks have
more than they can loan on bankable
security.
Too Buuy to Find.
Globe-Democrat.
General Prosperity , wearing gold epaulets ,
Id visiting Nebraska for the benefit ol pops
who said there was no such person. Calam
ity orators have not inquired for him lately.
lnjimtli > CUIIICM
Philadelphia Record ,
According to French law an unsuccessful
defendant must pay the costs In criminal as
well an civil actions ; accordingly Captain
Dreyfus will bo amerced In Uiw sum o ( $6,000
to pay the judge * who condemned him. Jus
tice Is without price , but Injustice come *
i high In France.
IiPNNIIIIN | | | It II Till I ) II } ' .
St. I.ouls Globe-Democrat ,
The next tltno the rioting democrats ol
Massachusetts want to ttmo up for a cam
paign they ought to take a lesson In 'nar-
mony ftom their republican brethren In
Nebraska.
Don't Hire It Aivny.
Chicago lloconl.
Fred White U going around tolling the
people of Iowa that ho Is bound to bo elected
governor , but ho Imparts the Information
confidentially , and tells them not to let It
become generally known.
ijx il to IMnine.
Chicago Post.
Above all things let us remember that
wo have no right to blame Dewey for the
Uowey day political productions. Ho
would doubtless bo glad enought to open
on them with a broadside.
\o ChliiiNiVnll lit
Indianapolis Journal.
In notifying General Otla that his order
excluding Chlneeo from the Philippines Is
not authorized or approved , the administra
tion virtually Instructs him to revoke It.
This was plainly the proper course to pursue.
Aa military governor , General Otis has no
authority to extend any civil law of the
United States over the Flllplnca. Ho might
as well nssumo to establish the tariff laws ,
the coinage laws , or any other. The whole
subject IB one for action by congress.
TIlC ( lllUlOTN Not HO StlMV.
Philadelphia Press.
The unfinished Philadelphia city hall has
already cost several million dollars more
than the magnificent capital of the nation at
Washington. It has cost $17,000,000 moro
than the now congressional library building ,
ono of the finest etructurcs In the world ,
city hall has nready cost $9,000,000 moro
than tlio Tweed courthouse. What the end
will bo no man can foretell. Hut all honest
men will agree that there la no excuse for the
continued existence of the public buildings
commission and that it should bo abolished
at the earliest practlcabo moment.
THOSE IIEXT vouciiBits.
HolcoiiiU'n "I'nerllo HXCUNC for 1'otty
SivlmllliiK. "
J. Sterling Morton's Conservative.
The calm krazen-faccdncss with which ex-
Governor Holcomb admitted that all of the
money which he had drawn from the state
treasury to pay rent lor an executive man
sion had not 'been ' used for that purpose ,
but for personal profit , Is only equaled by
the affrontery with which the same voucher-
maker now asks to 'bo elected , n. member ot
the supreme court of Nebraska.
The petty trick of throwing three card
monte Is a magnificent triumph of honest
art when compared to Holcomb'a little
vouchers for house rent. And the Justi
fication which ho gives , 1. e. . "others did
the same thing , republican governors got
moro than I did , " Is puerile. Suppose they
did. Are you or are you not a reformer ?
Did you or did you not promise to remedy
all republican abuses ? Many of them arc
bad. Joe Hartley was wholesale badness.
You are retail wickedness. You knew then
and you know now that Judge Crounse a
fairly reputable lawyer who had ( been a
member of the supreme court of the state ,
while governor refused to take a cent for
house rent Ivjcause ho held the legislature
had no constitutional right to make an ap
propriation for that purpose. Why did you
fall to follow Crounso ?
THE CAMPAIGN IN NKIIH.VSICA.
A LoiiK-Hnnprc View of Hie INNIICH lit
Slake mill the ProxiictitM.
New York Tribune.
Though only'-a few mi r offices are at
stake In the campaign Just opening In Ne
braska , both republican and fusion managers
agree In attributing to this year's contest an
unusual and far reaching political import
ance. It Is easy to ece. Indeed , that far
larger consequences are involved In the approaching
preaching election "than the success or fail
ure of rival party candidates for the supreme
court bench or the State Board of University
Regents. The struggle in Kentucky exccptcd ,
no other state canvass this fall Is likely to
affect K3 powerfully the deeper currents of
national politics. In Nebraska , as in Ken
tucky , the ability of the democratic organiza
tion to conserve the strength with which it
emerged from the disastrous campaigns ot
1806 and 1808 Is conspicuously on trial If It
cannot re-establish Its control in Kentucky
which It lost In 1806 by the narrowest of
margins and apparently regained with case
in 1807 , what encouragement can be found
for renewing next year , with a candidate
already once defeated , a hopeful up-hill
presidential light ? If it suffers a reverse
In Nebraska the homo of its prospective
presidential nominee and the very keystone
In the crumbling southern-western alliance
what Influence would bo strong enough
to repair this fatal breach in party lines
or restore the shattered prestige and avail
ability of the party's only capable and
logical political leader ? It Is no wonder ,
therefore , that Colonel Bryan has already ,
six weeks before the election , plunged with
all his energy Into the Nebraska campaign ,
and that , with only brief Interruptions to
answer urgent calls elsewhere , he has de
cided to devote himself to pushing the
local fortunes of the populist candidate for
supreme court Judge , ex-Governor Sllaa B.
Holcomb , and of the two less conspicuous
tuslonlsts who aspire to seats on the State
University board.
The effort which Colonel Bryan Is giving
to the election of the fusion state ticket
Indicates that ho does not underestimate
the task ahead of him. For , In splto of the
political skill with which the democratic-
populist-silver republican coalition has been
maintained for four or five years past , the
drift of opinion In Nebraska has been In
evitably away from the political bellefa and
heorles which the triple alliance represents.
The republican party , elnce 1890 a distinct
minority In the etate , has gradually ro-
crulted Its strength till It now commands
a vote almost equal to that of all opposition
elements combined. Last year It recaptured
the legislature and won a United States
Honatorshlp , nnd though It has failed for
; hrco successive times to elect a governor
; ho hostile fusion plurality has been re
duced In recent years to only a few thousand
votes. The return of the unexampled agri
cultural prosperity has hastened this par
ing-down procesfl , for with bulging gran
aries nnd good prices , as Colonel Bryan has
hlmeolf sadly admitted , It Is hard to persuade -
suado the ordinary producer that he Is the
victim of endless financial and Industrial
woes.
The fusion campaign , too , Is to bo made
necessarily on llnca moro stilted to the con
ditions of 1895 and 1896 than to those of
1899. The free coinage of silver at 18 to
1 , warfare on trusts and a somewhat
juarded disapproval of this country's at-
: ompts to enforce Its eoverelgnlty and
authority in the Philippines ore the chief
Features of the fusion program. To these ,
In their recent convention the republicans
jnvo opposed a declaration of adherence
: o the gold standard , of entire sympathy
with the administration's purpose to carry
out the obligations this country assumed
through the Paris treaty In the far east ,
and of cordial approval of any legislation
which will subject corporations engaging In
Interstate commerce or business to the
supervisory power of the federal govern
ment , On these issues , all broadly na
tional in character , the campaign In Ne
braska Is to bo boldly and vigorously fought
out , In scope , therefore , as well as im
portance , it promises to be among the most
notable of the preliminary ektrmlshes which
are to decide this fall , to a considerable extent -
tent , the conditions and conduct of the next
national campaign.
ECHOES orrun IVAII.
Victims of the poetic habit are uncommonly
active at the present tltno grinding out songs
and Bonnets on lewcy ) and perspiring cop
iously the while. There Is no visible method
of suppressing or even restricting the out
put , General Otis having declined to loan
hla censor machine for the occasion. Aa
long as It Is turned Icoso on New Yorkers ,
however , the United States need not borrow
trouble or store up bootjacks and tin
cans for defensive purposes.
The poemof _ all the poems on Dewey de
serving repetition nt this time U the re
sponse of Colonel Archibald Hopkins to n
toast at the farewell banquet to Dewcy In
Washington Just prior 10 his departure for
the Astatic station In 1S97. It was signifi
cant and prophetic , r.s well ns suggestive ol
the celebration now In favor. The words
are :
Fill all vour Klas oH full tonight ;
Tlio wind IP olt the shore.
And be It fenst or be It fight ,
> \o pledge- the commodore.
Through days ot storm , through days of
calm ,
On board Pacific sens ;
At anchor off the Isle of Palm
Or wllh the Japanese ;
Ashore , afloat , on deck , below ,
Or where our bulldogs roar ,
To bark n friend or breast a foe ,
We pledge the commodore.
We know our honor'll bo unstained
Where'er his pennant ( lies ;
Our rights respoctfil and maintained ,
Whatever power dellcs.
And when he takes the homeward tack
licneath an admiral's ling ,
We'll hull the day that brings him back
And have another Jag.
General Otis' offer of $40 for every rllle
turned In by a Filipino , along with Immunity
from arrest for the Insurgent who carried
It , seems to have started n new Industry.
The only gun thus far surrendered was
brought to headquarters by a native , but It
turned out on Investigation that the weapon
had been previously captured by an Ameri
can soldier , who fixed It up with the native
already friendly to win the $40.
One of the grievances stated In the "round
robin" ot American correspondents nt Manila
against the censorship of dispatches main
tained there was that they were not per
mitted to cable news which was published In
the local press of Manila. The objet of the
assertion was to refute the claim that
nowa the correspondents desired to send the
world would aid tlio enemy. The Immunity
from censorship enjoyed by the newspapers
of Manila Is now at an end and the editors
and reporters there are In the same boat
with the correspondents. The order sub
jecting 'tho ' local press to 'the military blue
pencil is published In the Manila Freedom as
follows :
Headquarters Provost Mnishal General.
Manila , P. I. , August 7th , 1899.
To the Editor of the Freedom , Manila , P.
I. Sir : The provost marshal general directs
that In the future you furnish Captain II. A.
Greene , Twentieth Infantry , press censor ,
at General Otis' headquarters , with a copy
of each and every Issue of your paper. Fail
ure to comply with this notice after Us re
ceipt will bo followed by prompt action.
Very respectlfully ,
CHAULES T. MENCHEH ,
First Lieutenant Sixth U. S. Artillery , ActIng -
Ing Adjutant General.
The order was published on August 0.
Copies of the paper of succeeding dates
show a marked toning down In criticism of
things military and a staldncss of expres
sion not at nil in keeping with the editorial
freedom enjoyed before. It may be a mere
coincidence that the order was issued the day
following the publication of a scorching edi
torial on the "Infamous conduct" of a cer
tain officer who deserted his Filipino wife.
AKKICAX SI'ISPIC OP WAIl.
Minneapolis Times : Taklnjj all factors
Into tlio account , the British have no easy
task before them If the subjection of the
Boers Is their fixed determination. They
will need their odds of three to ono or even
four or flvo to ono before the ugly job Is
finished.
Detroit Free Press : The conclusion Is Ir
resistible , from the American viewpoint ,
that the mighty empire Is being manipulated
by the politicians and newspapers and char
tered company Influences into the criminal
position of goading a little republic Into
armed resentment for the sake of Justifying
the onslaught of British armies upon the
defiant defenders of self-government.
Buffalo Express : Kruger has offered to
accept the joint commission of inquiry de
manded by Mr. Chamberlain. So the only
important difference would appear to be
whether the outlanders shall bo given the
franchise in flvo years or in seven. It is
inconceivable that all those preparations for
war are being made over such a petty ques
tion as that. The only conclusion seems to
bo that the Dutch of the Free State and
Capo Colony are not far wrong , and that
when the British ultimatum appears it will
represent a distinct aggression , rather than
a mere affirmation of the rights of British
subjects In the Transvaal and of tha British
government as defined by the convention of
1884.
1884.Now
Now York World : Not since the Infamous
partition of Poland 'baa a. moro outrageous
crlmo against human freedom been perpe
trated than is now proposed by liberty-lov
ing England. The Boer republic would be
essentially and Inherently nn Independent
power even If the claim to suzerainty which
Great Britain abandoned In 18S4 were still
undisputed. Its people lied Into the wilder
ness as the Puritans fled to Now England to
secure freedom. Like thorn they faced the
dangers of famine and ot hostile savages.
Like them they finally conquered peace and
security. All that they nsk now Is the right
to live , Kruger has yielded everything except -
cept the life of the republic. There is no
Justification for war. No possible claim
that Great Britain can have against the
Boers can warrant the destruction of the
free government they have established. And
war can mean nothing else but this. If
Great Britain did not Intend this U would
not think of war.
Ij AND OTHERWISE.
Alfred C. Harmsworth , the London news
paper and magazine owner , Is not yet 35
yearn old , but Is said to be worth $15,000,000 ,
all through hla own efforts ,
W , K. Vanderbllt , who has now become
tbo bead of the Vanderbllt family , will be
CO years old In December , His middle name ,
which Is rarely seen In print , Is Klssam.
The dosceijdanta of Matthew Grant are to
hold a reunion in Windsor , Conn. , October
27 , and the committee of arrangements Is
hoping to have Mrs , U. S. Grant present
as a guest.
Rev. Father John P. Chadwiek , late chap
lain of the Maine , has accepted tbo post of
chaplain general of tlio Spanish War Vet
eran Volunteers' association , to which he
was lately elected.
Mrs. Llllle Devereaux Blake utters a
warm protest against prlzo fighting. Sev
eral ministers hotly support the protest ,
and point out the demoralizing tendency
of the profession. Well said. But while It
la possible to make a clean-up of $2,360 In
a two-rolnuto sparring match , as happened
recently , men will bo found ready and will ,
ing to risk demoralization for ready cash ,
Bernard Kruger , a nephew of President
Kruger ot the Transvaal , slept off the
effects of a debauch the other morning at
the San Francisco central police station ,
In the prison eafo was a cablegram , ivblch
had been taken from the prisoner , went by
his uncle , who la now occupying the center
of the stage In the world's attain , direct
ing the nephew < o come home to Pretoria
us quickly ns be could travel.
TUtTII AIIOUT FOUI2ST llU.MittVU.
to tlio I'olloy llnwcil t'poi
SplflntroM. .
Portland Oregonlan.
If the northwest were still an unbrokci
wilderness there would be small objectloi
from any quarter to setting aililo forest re
serves and keeping them Inviolable. As th
country becomes settled local opposition ti
such a course Increases , but It Is Incon
cclvablo that It should eventually attali
such strength as to defeat the chief aim am
purpooo of these reservations , which I' t <
conserve the Interests of the general publli
and not merely those of the flockmaster :
nnd sawmill men of the locality. Thus thi
earlier the reservations are made the bette
for the country at largo and for the Indus
trial tranquillity of the sections Immediate ! ;
affected by them.
The object nt public forest reservation li
to protect nnd Improve the forests for thi
purpose of securing a permanent suppl ;
of timber for the people anil Insuring con
dltlons favorable to continuous water flow
The Interior department declares It to bi
the Intention to exclude from these rcsorvo
tlons , 03 fnr as possible , lands that are mor <
valuable for mineral or for agriculture thai
for forest purposes , and where such landi
are embraced within the boundaries of t
rescrvatlpii they may bo re-stored to settle
ment. Two sets of objectors are mot wit !
that nro both interested in reaping Immedl
ate frulto from the land , regardless of tin
needs of the future. One of them Is com
posed of sawmill men and timber sharks ;
the other of owners of largo flocks of sheep
who seek to profit from the free use ol
what does not belong to them. Hotl
classct ) Mid their allied Interests make r
great outcry when It Is proposed to re
serve forest lands within their reach lands
which still belong to the government domali
nnd in which they have no greater rights
than any other citizen of the republic
When the government proposes to reserve
from settlement and e-ale a part of Its owl
domain such cries as that of the Kelst
Journal , "An attempted steal , " or the Kn
lama Bulletin , "A great outrage , " nro ralsei' '
to stir opposition to the beneficent act am !
defeat It If possible.
Such opposition Is petty when It Is nol
absolutely selfish , or misinformed , so far at
.tho . principle of the thing goes. To say thai
the great sheep Industry will be destroyed
by ruling the animals off the forest reserve
Is to admit that the Industry cannot live
except upon Injustice , for comparatively few
of the sheep of the United States nro within
reach ot these reserves , nnd why should the
fanners who must own their own pasture be
compelled to compete with those who freely
live on government land ? There Is the
"outrage , " the "attempted eteal , " the as
sertion of pernicious doctrine. And why
should not the government bo permitted to
rcsorvo Its own forests , oven though some
thrifty tlmbermen may have designs upon
.them . ? The advisability of such reservations
Is certainly beyond dispute at this day. The
preservation of favorable climatic conditions-
demand them and would alone warrant them
but the necessity for husbanding the timber
supply of the country Is a strong rein
forcement of that reason for forest reserves.
The Influence of the reserves Is not limited
to the township or county , or oven the state
In which they may be made. They reach
wide , to the uttermost parts of the nation.
Therefore , local considerations cannot bo
permitted to govern , especially as no local
Injustice la wrought.
The warp nnd woof of every argument
against the forest reservations Is narrow
self-Interest. The best Interests of the
country , cf the very people who cry against
it , demand the policy of reserving forest
lands , which the United States government
has tardily entered upon. The government
can afford to ignore , Indeed It jnust refuse
to heed the protests of people who wish to
use the timber or land that Is not yet theirs
to use.
THE MOTII-KAT1SX UNIFORM.
Truth of History Coiitrnatccl ivlth
Political Fiction.
New York Sun.
There has been much curious speculation
as to the view which Mr. Bryan hlmselt
takes of his military career during the war
with Spain. Alert vanity Invariably flnds a
theory compatible with Its own comfort.
Just what Mr. Bryan's theory is has not
been known-until now.
At O'Neill , In Nebraska , on Monday oven-
Ing.w somebody in the audlenco which'the '
former colonel of Infantry was addressing
asked why Bryan didn't go to Cuba. This
was the answer , returned with a promptness
indicating that the question had been expected -
pocted sooner or later and the reply well
thought out In advance :
"I offered my services to a republican
president the day that war was declared.
That offer was never accepted. I then
raised a regiment of my own. When the
treaty of peace was signed I resigned be
cause I believed this ? country was In more
danger than Cuba , and I came homo to fight
republicans. I had flvo months of peace In
the army , and have had constant fighting
slnio I came out. "
This Is Ingenious , but It won't quite wash.
The truth ot history requires that the Bryan
version of Mr. Bryan's 'brief ' appearance In
the role of a warrior bo corrected toy the
facts and In the searching light ot psychol
ogy.
ogy.What Mr. Bryan perhaps believes himself ,
and cartalnly would like to have other people
ple bollove , Is that disinterested patriotism
spurred him to 'the front nt the firing of the
signal gun ; that calculating jealousy at
Washington consigned him to comparative
Inglorious camp services whllo ho was burn
ing for the battlefield ; that ho chafed and
pined In Inactivity until his country no
longer had need of colonels of volunteers ,
and that ho quit tbo army because duty
called him back to the field of polltlca In or
der that ho might exert his brains and
lungs In opposition to the republican party
and the republican admlnlatratlon.
The probable thing la that Mr. Bryan
sought military distinction chiefly because It
looked at that time aa If tbo democracy was
going to bo the go-ahead party In the United
States , Much of the pressure upon the gov
ernment to open fire on Spain came from
Mr , Bryan's political associates. Events have
moved eo rapidly during the last eighteen
months , and the attitude ot parties and
party leaders have changed EO considerably ,
that It almost requires an effort to renumber
ber that at the tlmo when Mr. Bryan put bin
uniform on President McKlnVy was actu
ally accused by democrats of timidity In the
presence of a great national opportunity.
So the colonel , foreseeing no political
'uture for a statesman without a nar reo-
ird , put hla uniform on and marched un-
launted up to the very muzzle of the khiet-
Dscope. Motives can seldom be proved ;
hey must bo Inferred from words and ac-
lons. When Franz Liszt took holy orders
n 1865 , after a musical career which had
.astcd. then for forty-five years , a friend
not him on the street In Homo and ex-
Tressed surprise at the change of costume.
'It ' does look well on me , doesn't It ? " re-
narked the new abbe , complacently. The
nnotlon which stirred Mr. Bryan's heart
ts-hen ho first put his uniform on was inan-
festly similar. If we are ( o judge from
its attentions to the mirror and the camera ,
it ) poses before tbo multitude , hla tlio-
xtrlcal self-dlsulays , his eagerness at every
> pportunlty to dismount from his noble
\ar steed and mount the resounding stump ,
he colonel of the Third Nebraska was a
: oloncl mainly for publicity.
As that was not exactly the sort of BOIler ! -
Iler needed most at tbo front at that time ,
nobody wo. ? greatly surprised because the
ivjsdom of superior military councils as
signed Colonel Bryan at the outset to a
; ami > rather than to an expedition. If
my body Buffered , It was the regiment which
tvaa eager to get to tbo front , and which
might have got to the front If It had h.d
the good fortune to be commanJenl by a real
soldier.
Mr. llryan's explanation of his retirement
from the army Is likewise subject to re
vision. Ho resigned after many rntrgetlc
efforts , which the country h.is not Xorgot-
ten , to get hla regiment mustered out.
Thcio was yet service abend for patriots.
After the period of preparation and experi
ence of routine which the camp had af
forded him. It Is highly probable thai
Colonel Ilrynn might have had the privilege
of fighting for the flag In the Philippines.
and of making there an honorable military
record , provided the stuff was In him , an
It was In Funston. for example , and In so
many othrr gallant volunteers. But thin
purely political end exclusively pictorial
colonel had announced In ndvauco that ho
did not care to sec service so far away from
home. IIo quit , na ho now explains , "to
fight the republican p.-lrty , " which has
taken i > osltlon squarely ns the party of go-
ahead , while Mr. Bryan's i > arty has become -
como avowedly and unblushlngly the party
of surrender.
These are not exactly pleasant things to
say of the amiable nnd loquacious gentle
man from Nebraska , whoso uniform Is now
food for the moths , whllo ho htmaolt IB
trying to pose as n neglected war-god and
a suppressed hero.
to Howry Home * Kund.
WASHINGTON . Sept. 2fi. Additional sub
scriptions to the Dowcy homo fund have
been received by Assistant Secretary Van-
durllp ns follows : Josoiph Pulitzer of New
York , $1,00(7 ( ; Senator H. W. Corbell or Oregon
gen , $ 00 ; Senator James Mc.Mlllnn of Mich
igan. $ fiOO ; W , S. Brown of Now York , $100 ;
Jule's Flelschniann of 'N'ovr ' York. $200 ; Hart
ley & Graham of New York , $200.
US 1.ICHT ASMil. .
Boston Transcript : Horemnn The fact of
the mutter la my writings are no ordinary
stulT. They are a luxury.
Hlngh.im I ace. Something one can do
without.
Judge : Jack Borrowltt I called nt your
ollleo yesterday to sec you , but you were
out.
out.Tom Lendlt Not so much so , I Imagine ,
an If 1 had been in.
Chlcngo Record : Younu Lndy Vocalist-
Do you admire a SOUR with a refrain ?
Crusty Old Bachelor Yes. providing the
refrain is applied to the singing.
Washington Star ; "What has become of
the man who used to say riding a blcyclu
would give you allllctlona with horrlblo
Latin names ? '
"Oh. ho IIHH disappeared nlonpr with the
man who said tt was * a hoverclsrn remedy
for every human ailment. "
Detroit Journal : "I suppose It ls Impos
sible for n foreigner to understand the real
causa of the crisis in France. " v
"Oh , no. U Is merely the average French
man's lack of a senho of humor. "
Indianapolis Journal : "They pay that In
case of war in the Transvaal the women
will light with the men. "
"Huh ! They do that here ! "
Chlcngo Tinier-Herald : "Ah , " exclaimed
the youth , "we have fallen upon evil
times ! What Is there left for one who Is
over 40 nowadays ? "
"Well. " the old man replied , "he can put
In hla time after that trying to become as
great as he thought ho was at 20. "
Washington Star : "Nobody ever accused
me of being n politician out ot a job , " said
Senator Sorghum , blandly.
"No , " answered the Kiilleless person who
takes everything1 literally , "It was only the
other day 1 heard some one saying you
came pretty near being mixed up in every
Job that came along. "
A GIIEEETIXG TO UKWEY. /
Walter JInlone In Leslie's Weekly.
I.
A nation lifts her voice to great him hem
Who raised her Slag where East and
West nro one.
Where blends the rising' with the setting
eun.
For this knicrht-errant of the ocean foam
tVro cheers from cottage and from marble
dome.
From sea tp sea la heard the cry , VWell ,
done !
In living millions , rivals you have none ,
Recalling 'triumphs ' sung by Greece an4
Rome. "
[ To docs not boast nn old ancestral name.
Nor have his coffers heaped with wealth
untold ;
SVe preet him as a leader free from blame ,
A patriot tender-hearted , true ajid bold ;
For honor Is a nobler sift than , fa mo.
And valor more than silver , gams and
gold.
From pine-plumed mountains by Wisconsin
lake ,
From citron orchards by Florldan peas ;
Where white Alaska's rllla and rivers
freeze ,
Where Porto Rico's orchid-blooms awake ; v
From rocks of Maine , where hoary billows /
break.
From Georftia swamps , where Jasmines
scent the breeze ;
From Vermont valleys , green Kentucky
leas ,
iVo erect with pride our Nelson nnfl out
Blake.
[ hen make the greetings moro resounding
still.
To him whose gaze was onward and
above.
Tor they whose hearts heroic deeds can
Have found the White Ideal , like a dove ,
Vnd they who honor courage , faith ana
Have crowned themselves In crowning
him they love.
Our aim in making fine clo-
hing , ready-to-wear or made-to-
neasure is to mantain the high-
: st possible standard.
The woolens are guaranteed
ind so is the fit.
The prices aree kept just as
ow as is consistent with good
workmanship and trustworthy
rimmings.
We would rather our clothi
ng were known as GOOD than |
nerely cheap , It is in fact both
joodand low priced , but that
s because v/e make so much of
t , and make it on honor.
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