Nebraska Newspapers

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STATISMK.vr OF CIIICLXAT1O.V.
Slate of Nebraska , Douglas County , ss. :
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Publishing company , being duly sworn , says
that the actual number of full and complete
copies of The Dally , Morning , Evening nnd
Sunday Bee , printed during the month of
September , 1&93 , was as follows :
1 it ; 24fiQO
2
3
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-J.I.SIO 21. i,700
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n 26 .4t , < > 70 >
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14 21,700 29 2-1,040
1C 21,700 30 21)2O
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Subscribed and sworn before me this 2nd
day ot October , A. D. . ISM.
M. 1J. HUNGATE.
( Seal. ) Notary Public.
Itlooks much ns though Mr. Liipton
tvould continue to drink his tea from
the same old chlua mug.
Admiral Dewcy probably realizes by
this tlnio that all the enthusiasm AVUS
not concentrated In Now York.
Slnco taking time to think the matter
over Jonathan has concluded not to let
Brother John have that cup , for a few
days at any rate.
The popocratlc organ Is starting out
early with Its "paste this In your hat"
advice. The chances are that the paste
pot will run dry before the campaign
closes.
Latest reports Indicate that Andrce
succeeded In crossing the north pole , but
what does It profit a man to cross the
pole It only to leave his bones In an
Arctic snow bank ?
Passing resolutions requesting the
railroads to expedite the construction o
the viaducts seems to have little effect.
Perhaps n little more vigorous action
wouldi produce better results.
From the long list of dates of pope
cratlc speakers throughout Nebraska It
Is plain that the fuslonlsts Lave a de
cided mental reservation when they ex
press their confidence of carrying the
state hands down.
All this talk about the sultan of Sulu
must bo double-discounted. It Is dollars
to doughnuts that In point of royal mag
nificence he Is not In It with his high
ness Ak-Sar-Bcn V , with the possible
exception of the harem.
Omaha Is entertaining the state con
vention of Nebraska Baptists nnd ex
tends to the visiting delegates Its most
hearty welcome. The Baptists should
have the keys of the city and the cordial
hospitality of all Its Inhabitants.
The Omaha Woman's club lias revived
Its active work nnd will continue to be
o. factor In the educational development
of the city. The Woman's club has al
ready accomplished much for Omaha
Rnd its power for good Is unimpaired.
The new election law limiting cam
paign expenditures of candidates strikes
the popocratlc ward 'heelers almost as
hard as a crop failure does the farmer.
"When the limited assessment has to bo
divided among three hungry crowds the
apportionment Is altogether too small
to carry them through a hard winter.
Perhaps the oniclals of the Nebraska
Institute for the Deaf and Dumb should
llx the date for opening the school on
November 15. By this time all the
popocratle campaign work will be done
and the olllclals have had time to re
cover from the shock occasioned by the
election returns and bo In a condition to
render as good service as their capabili
ties will permit of.
The Union Pacific road Is getting n
good deal of free advertising out of a
new fast train soon to bo scheduled be
tween Chicago and San Francisco , re
ducing the present running time a few
hours. The traveling public will no
doubt appreciate the enterprise , but the
reorganized company is expected to put
on a solid Jraln between Omaha and
Seattle , and when that Is done this
whole town will rise up and salute the
railroad.
With more students In the High school
BOW than ever before the necessity for
enlarged high school facilities Is becom
ing more and moro pressing. Is it not
time for another step toward releasing
the money secured by the sale of high
Bohool bonds now on deposit with local
banks ? It Is not only the loss of the
Interest on tills money that the taxpay
ers suffer , but all attendants at the
High school are constantly exposed to
the dangers of overcrowding a building
that hau nearly outlived Its usefulness.
A S/OA/FJfM.VT VTTKn.iXCR.
In his remarks presenting to Admiral
Dewcy the sword voted by congress ,
President McKluley said : "There was
no flaw In your victory ; there will be no
faltering in maintaining It " Thus the
president 1ms again said to the country
that It Is the purpose of the administra
tion to vigorously prosecute the work ot
putting down the Insurrection In Luzon
and the obvious meaning of Ills latest
utterance1 Is that no effort will bo made
to bring nbout peace by other means
than are now being employed. The
only overture that will be made to the
Filipinos In arms will be conveyed from
the mouths of the rifle and the cannon.
The Insurgents profess to be willing to
end the war and accept a protectorate !
but that will not do. They must sur
render unconditionally nnd until they
are ready to do that hostilities will go
on. It remains to bo sceil how congress
will regard this policy , but the proba
bility Is that it will be approved.
Meanwhile there Is no Indication that
Aguiualdo and his adherents are think
ing of surrender. The commission sent
to confer with General Otis , while
stating that the Insurgents desire peace ,
gave no Intimation that they may ac
cept the terms of this government. On
the contrary they still hope for inde
pendence. How much longer they can
maintain the struggle It is Impossible to
say , but the remarks of the head of the
commission show that they have con-
lldenco In their ability to continue it In
definitely. That Is the opinion of some
others who liavo Intelligently studied the
situation. On the other hand It is be
lieved , and doubtless this is the view at
Washington , that the suppression of the
Insurrection can be accomplished in a
few months after the conditions become
such as to admit of active and decisive
military operations. Within a short
time General Otis will have a force of
upwards of 50,000 , with everything in
the way of supplies necessary to the
energetic prosecution of a campaign.
Such an nrmy of the best soldiers in the
world , If properly handled , should do
most effective work in a brief time
against such an enemy as the Filipinos ,
even though the latter do their fighting
only In guerrilla fashion. Much is ex
pected of the force of cavalry that will
do service In the next campaign and we
have officers In Luzon who are not un
familiar -with guerrilla warfare.
General Otis regards the sending of
the last commission as merely a ruse to
gain recognition. This may be a. cor
rect view , but It Is possible there may
develop from It something more. ' "The
Filipino people do not wish to continue
the fighting , " the head of the commis
sion Is reported to have said. If that is
so It is reasonable to expect further
overtures from them looking , to peace.
At all events they know fully the posi
tion of this government. There is to be
no faltering In maintaining the victory
won by Dewcy.
PARTIES ANL > THE VKOPLK.
The efforts of democratic lenders to
persuade the people that the republican
party is not their friend -will have no
influence with those who know the rec
ords of the political parties. Such
efforts will have weight only with the
Ignorant and the prejudiced.
In his speech at the democratic "car
nival" at Dallas , Tex. , Congressman
Sulzer of New York said "the repub
lican party was not and never had been
in sympathy with the man who earned
his living by honest toll ; that the repub
lican party was the party of plutocracy ;
that every law now on the statute books ,
both federal nnd state , In the Interest of
the honest workman , was put there by
democratic votes. " While Mr. Sulzer Is
one of the least consequential among the
leaders of present-day democracy his
utterly untruthful statement should not
be allowed to pass unchallenged.
The republican party lias been since
Its Inception the consistent friend and
conservator of labor. The republican
platform of 1800 commended "that
policy of national exchanges which se
cures to the worklngmen liberal wages ,
to agriculture remunerative prices , to
mechanics and manufacturers an nde-
quato reward for their skill , labor and
enterprise , and to the nation commercial
prosperity nnd Independence. " Thus at
the outset of Its career the republican
party recognized the duty of promoting
the Interests and welfare of labor and
the principle it then enunciated has
been faithfully adhered to ever since.
It Is to the policy of . 'that party that the
wage earners of the United States owe
the fact that their condition is greatly
superior to that of the wage earners of
any other country. In no other land are
the working classes ns a whole so well
off as hero and the Improvement In their
condition has taken place under the
operation of that republican policy which
for more than a third of a century has
fostered American Industries and ere-
nted a market for American labor.
There are hundreds of laws , federal
and state , relating to lanor and to as
sert that all ofthese were placed on the
Htatuto bookn by democratic votes Is so
willfully and obviously false that it Is
amazing any public man , having any
regard for his veracity , would make It.
Mr. Sulzer Is convicted of misstate-
incut by the record of the last session
of the legislature of ills own state , re
publican in both branches , which en
acted an eight-hour law and amended
various already existing laws in the in
terest of labor. Some of the best state
labor laws are those of Massachusetts ,
where the republicans have been in con-
tlnuous control for many years. In
other New England states the labor
statutes are duo to the republican party
and this Is also true of Pennsylvania ,
Ohio , Michigan , Illinois nnd the states
of the northwest. So far ns labor legis
lation is concerned , the republican party
set the example , northern states under
republican control being the first to
adopt such legislation. It may fairly bu
doubted whether before the war a single
law favorublo to labor existed in any
southern state and that section has been
slow to follow northern example In this
respect.
Kneli wanton misrepresentation ns that
of Mr. Sulzer may bo effective with a
Texas democratic audience , but It will
win no votes for the democratic party
among the Intelligent workliiRiuen of
the north. These know what the repub
lican pnrty has done In their Interest In
every northern state and with few ex
ceptions they are now realizing , In
abundant work at good wages , paid In
money equal to the best In the world ,
the benefits of republican policy.
THE ALLIKD nRPOHM FOltCRS.
According to the World-Herald the al
lied forces of reform are carrying on a
most vigorous nnd aggressive campaign
In Nebraska. Who arc these allied
forces and what reforms are they striv
ing for ?
It Is a matter of notoriety that the
allied reform forces pretend to repre
sent three distinct political parlies net-
Ing In concert for one purpose and that
purpose Is not reform , but olllce and
plunder. The only element of reform In
this conglomerate body were the original
populists who had separated themselves
from the democratic and republican par-
tics because they did not satisfy their
demands for the repression of corporate
extortion nnd railway domination.
These people honestly believed that no
redress could bo hoped for from the old
parties ns then constituted and no re
forms could bo achieved by any alliance
with cither.
When the democrats and populists
first fused five years ago the promise
was made to the people that the agita
tion for corporate regulation and honest
government should bear Its fruit In the
election of reform state officers. On
this pledge Silas A. Holcomb was
chosen governor. But how did he re
deem these pledges ? What reforms have
the fuslonlst allies brought nbout In Ne
braska under Holcomb ?
In Ills first term Holcomb's excuse for
Inaction was that he did not have the
backing of a reform legislature and that
ho was hampered by republicans hold
ing all the other state offices.
In his second term Governor Ilolcomb
had no such excuse to offer. The allied
forces of reform had full sway in every
department of the government. Instead
of living up to their promises they pur
sued the policies and repeated the prac
tices they had formerly denounced.
They made compacts with the railroads
whereby notorious corporation tools
were given places on the railway com
mission. They enforced wholesale de
mands for railroad passes nnd enjoyed
Junkets all over the country at railroad
expense. They adopted the old tax as
sessment of railroads , telegraphs and so
forth without change and made a farce
of nil the legislation for the restriction
of corporate greed. Instead of putting
honest reformers Into olllce Holcomb's
appointments -were dictated by the
Omaha Tammany and selected from the
rotten gangs that had been repudiated
by their own parties.
And now the allied forces of reform
are held together with no Idea of reformer
or better government , but simply and
solely by hope of plunder and patronage.
While overrunning the state with re
form orators who confine themselves ex
clusively to national issues the rings
and ringstcrs In state house and
state Institutions are waxing fat on the
overtaxed producer , -\vlio Is given the
husks while they feed on the grain.
According to reliable Washington ad
vices the president has not only con
firmed the sentence of Captain Carter ,
but lias also directed Attorney General
Grlggs to look closely Into the civil
partnership by means of which the de
faulting army officer succeeded in de
frauding the government of so much
money. The purpose ot the president is
to prosecute the partners of Captain
Carter , who were not subject to mili
tary court-martial , by proper steps In
the civil courts. Of course the pope
cratlc newspapers will not say anything
about this side of the president's part in
the affair because It would not help
them In making political capital out of
the case. To the unbiased observer ,
however , it shows that the president Is
vigilant In the public interest and that
ho Is anxious to have all the culprits
brought to task.
An Omaha banker recently said that
money Is so plentiful in this region as
to admit of loans at very low rates of
interest ouo large loan not long ago
being placed at y per cent , whilq ap
proved eattlo paper at 0 per cent is
common. All this , too , under a gold
standard of money , and as a direct re
sult of the crime of ' 73 , which Is said to
have struck down sliver und made gold
dearer. If money Isn't worth l\y. \ per
cent It isn't worth much of anything ,
nnd if it gets much cheaper the people
will begin to blame the gold standard
for it.
Poultney Blgclow should either come
Aomo long enough to get acquainted
with his own people and what la
actually happening on tills sdo | or else
ccaso to pose ns an American. When he
characterizes the people who favor the
administration policy as a mob lie 1ms
not the faintest conception of the situa
tion. Neither those who favor the ex
pansion policy nor those who oppose it
are allowing their passions full sway.
It is simply a difference of opinion.
Presumably the object of the proposed
Jaunt of the Itcal Estate exchange
through Nebraska is to prepare Its mem
bers better for the business of selling
farm lands. No doubt many settlers
will enter the state tills year and invest
in the fertile farms which have made
Nebraska famous. If the Omaha real
estate dealers can do anything In the
way of attracting people to locate in Ne
braska it may prove of mutual advan
tage for them to spy out the
The report of the Iowa state labor
commissioner shows a steady und con-
stunt Increase both In the number of
men employed and in the wages paid
since the advent of the MeKlnley ad
ministration. General Weaver should
tnko a day oft nnd figure out some ex
cuse for this evidence of prosperity In
his home state.
Omaha appreciates the good feeling
nnd kindly sentiments of llallngsns ex
pressed In acknowledgment of Omaha's
nttendaifl't' upon the Hastings street
fair. But Hastings Is by no means ex
ceptional In this respect , us Omaha Is
anxious to cultivate the elose friendship
of nil the flourishing cities of the state.
Irrltnllnw Uiioitloii- . .
Washington 1'ost.
Occasionally the Nebraska voters were
sp cruel ns to nsk Mr. Ilryan about the dis
solution of the partnership between sliver
nnd wheat.
Snrc > .Sinn of
St. Ixjuls Republic.
There has been no largo ( boast about the
big crops of Nebraska , but It la absolutely
certain thnt the farmers of the state are
chock full ot prosperity. Appendicitis has
broken out cmoiiB them.
Oltt Of MlNCllll'f.
Urooklyn Englo.
With the extension of a French railroad
through the Sahara desert liopo begins tor
Franco. That railroad means work nnd
fight , and so long as a nation works and
fights It has no time for such little iiionn-
nosscj nswere exhibited at Ilcnncs.
A -SlrunKi' AilinlMiloti.
San Francisco Call.
The press censor at Manila gives grudg
ingly the credit of a virtue to the Insurgents.
Ho construes Agulnaldo's acta of kindness
to American prisoners na a deslro on the
part of the rebel leader to propitiate out
side nations. What would the press censor
ser Bay If Agulnaldo cut off the heads ot his
prisoners ?
Will .Not lluiir lii
Globe-Democrat ,
It Is charged thnt tht republicans are tryIng -
Ing to conllno the Issues to national ques
tions In Kentucky , Ohio and is'cbnaskn.
In the case of Nebraska , at least ,
the republicans ought to * bo willing
to meet anything In the way of state- affairs
that their opponents can bo made , to ac
knowledge.
( onernl Mix-Up 1'oNNlliIc.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The rumor that OUissla declined an Invi
tation from Germany to mediate In the
Transvaal crisis Is only a , rumor and so Is
the story that Germany and Portugal nro
considering the subject from the standpoint
of Dclagoa bay , but both are significant of
; ho way the winds of diplomacy are blowing
in Europe. There Is good reason to believe
that , In case of war , Germany will seize
any good pretext to Intervene on behalf of
the Doors , If she can find any other power
; o help her.
Publicity Not a Cure-All.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
We are told that publicity will protect the
country against any abuses by the trusts.
When congress was held up a few yeare ago
by the sugar trusts , to control legislation ,
publicity was fought as to the methods
: hat particular trust had employed. An
nvc3tlgatlon was Instituted by the senate
to ascertain ft any senators had been oper
ating1 fn sugar. fTho trusts padlocked the
mouths of all their ofllcers and agents and
ono broker knew BO much that he went to
all rather tlfan Rlvo the Information as to
; ho stock operation between senators and
outsiders.
Sure llnrMncer of AVnr.
Baltimore Herald.
There's ono sign of war that never falls.
When the great /\mcrlcan mule gets In mo
tion the flgUUngila hound to begin. As long
aa ho Is allowedjto.roam , ( he broad prairie
n unbridled freedom there Is hope for peace ,
jut the : moment tyo Is lariated and put Into
larnees wo know , that the incarnate fiends
of sanguinary strife are to be let loose. The
nens that England has closed her New Or-
eans options and that thousands of mules
nro going aboard the transports at the Cres
cent City dissipates the last hopu that Oem
Paul and Johnny Bull -will bo able to
smooth the wrinkled front of their contro
versy.
Clilcntco .Saliiten .VtMV Yorlc.
Chicago News.
It Is practically all over at New York , ex
cept paying the bills. The metropolis did
Its best nnd It came out with credit. A
splendid topographical position , the assist
ance of the United States navy , an admirable
facility In appropriating funds , the cooperation
ation of the railroads and the presence ot
the man who of all others living evokes the
greatest public enthusiasm and Interest en
abled Father Knickerbocker to have a cele
bration that fairly beats the record In Its
line. As was shown on a former occasion ,
Gotham's unique advantage In affairs of this
eort lies In Its waterway. Any possible
"line of march" Is a poor substitute for a
flno naval parade.
FOUCIXG-OKK OK IIAKIII.VUTO.V.
Pnitlirul In Sixth DlHtrlft Itoncnt
KIckliiK Out of Their Nominee.
Kearney Democrat.
The bossea have finally succeeded In ac
complishing the despicable undertaking of
kicking M. C. Harrington off the democratic
ticket for congress in the Sixth district.
This action has been taken at the demand
of Mr , Bryan , who Is a candidate for the
democratic nomination for president. Mr.
Harrington wan nominated for congress by
n convention composed of democrats , three-
flfths of whom have not or do not ask him
to withdraw. The democrats did everything
fair nnd possible to nominate a fusion can
didate , but Neville , the man for whom
Bryan orders Harrington out of the way ,
refused to inako any concessions or permit
the convention 'to ' select a fusion candidate.
And Harrington is In every way the HU-
perlor of Neville except In staying qualities
after an office nnd the Democrat Is frank to
say that In hla weakness as shown by Mr.
Harrington bo has sadly disappointed his
friends throughout the district.
It has been charged that Bryan and Ilol
comb ! have promised Mr. Harrington the
clerkship of the supreme court to get off the
ticket , but wo do not believe that Mr. Har-
rlngtoa will bo guilty of surrendering bis
manhood to such bcbcmlng bosses for such
a small pot of mush. U Is said that BOHIO
of the chairmen of democratic county com
mittees hod written Olr. Harrington to
withdraw , as it was the wish of the party.
S.ueh a letter was written by Gordon of
Buffalo county. Gordon doc not represent
any portion of the democrats of Buffalo
county except thoto who nro holding public
jobs. There are not six democrats outside
of that element In Buffalo county but who
desired Mr. Harrington to remain a candidate
just as long as Neville remained a candi
date.
date.With
With Harrington off the ticket there Is no
honest or honorable way to place Neville's
name on the ticket as a democrat. The
democratic convention at Lexington did not
authorize its committee or any other person
to flll any vacancies upon the ticket and It
the Dchcmers attempt to placa his name
there thu courts will bo enjoined to btop
the dishonest act. The democrats will not
bo cajoled or coerced Into voting for
Neville for congress , but they will generally
refrain from voting for congressman at all ,
leaving the republicans and Neville's fol
lowers to fight it out to their own satisfac
tion.
Through the Importunities ana demands
ot Mr. Bryan' Mr. Harrington has been made
the unwilling Instrument to cut the demo
cratic throat In the Sixth district.
it : nuns OK TIIIJ AVAIL
Ills cxccllen-y the sultnn of Sulu , known
t homo by tlio title "Majnsarl , " meaning
the p-pollofs , the most pure , is ono of the
smoothest reconstructed pirates that ever
cruised around the coast of Borneo. Ills suc
cess In breaking Into Undo Sam's payroll le
an achievement calculated to aroue the onvj
of olTlce seekers. But ho had other cards up
his sleeve which ho played with the dexter
ity of a professional. After the Spaniards
loosened their hold on the Inlands nnd while
jour uncle's agents were InvcftlKatlng the
size ot the gold brick , the shrewd mnjnsnrl
foresaw the Inevitable. Ills exchequer was
low nnd needed replenishment. American
olflcers wcro already knocking at the door
of his bnlllwlck nnd It behooved him to
hustle. Gathering a few of the faithful ab.ut
him ho swooped down upon n neighboring
Island , levied tribute on the occupants and
struck for home with $8,000 In Mexican
motley In his Jontis. When the Americans
learned of the trick they concluded they
were up against n smooth one nnd wisely re
frained from disturbing the rpolls.
The sums which the United States stipu
lates to pay the sultan nnd his chiefs ( dates )
are scheduled by Correspondent McCutcheon
In a loiter to the Chicago Hccord ns ( 1-
lows :
To the sultan $250 $
To Date Ilnjah Mudn T5
To Dnto Attlk M
To IJato Calbu 7ft
To Duto Joakunnln 75
To Date I'uyo GO
To Diitn Amir llalssln COTe
To IlmlJI Hutor t > 0
To llablb Muni 40
To Serif Bagutn IS
The salaries are to be paid In Mexican
money.
Captain Casper F. Goodrich , who did such
notable work In the blockading service dur
ing our war with Spain , Is a very short but
very dignified mnn. Ho tells how he was
once In a Chinese port nnd visited the'prc-
fect , who , belonging to the ruling Mntichu
class , was naturally a larger man than the
lower classes. When Goodrich bade good-by
this dignitary said : "Your excellency , I
now sec how you , although a little mnn ,
come to command a great war ship. Were
you only a little fatter you vould be an ad
miral. "
A writer In the Ladles' Homo Journal re
lates this , story of the cnblo cutting at Ma
nila : "Being asked by an Intimate friend If
he really cut the cable between Manila and
Hong Kong , not to shut off the Spaniards from
home orders , but rather to get beyond quick
reach of the United States Navy department ,
Dewey suavely said : 'Wo had no apparatus
for cabling on board ship. But even If wo
could have obtained It , the cable company
would have been obliged to refuse to re
ceive or transmit messages In that way. It
could not have afforded to do anything that
would enable the Spaniards In case they
returned to power In Manila after the war
to withhold payment of their subsidy. Don't
you think these reasons nro good enough ? ' "
Among the Invalided soldiers who landed
at San Francisco recently was D. W. Krldcr
of Wharton , 0. , of Battery K , Third artil
lery , who gained the distinction of being the
worst wounded man In the war. In Febru
ary last he was with his battery in a native
attack on Manila , when word came to fall
back. Utah .battery . was given the same
order , but failed to observe It and a shrap
nel shell from this battery exploded. Two
men wcro killed and Krlder received twenty-
six'wounds from the shrapnel bullets , while
at the same time a Mauser bullet parsed
through him. Krlder still carries some of
the bullets and It Is doubtful If ho will ever
recover his health nnd strength.
vjsr AMI
Globe-Democrat : The men who stood
behind the guns at Manila bay do not find
a republic ungrateful.
St. Louis Republic : Dewey loves women ,
children , sailors , horses , dogs , pot lions and
the truth. There's a candidate and a plat
form calculated to carry a virile nation by
storm.
Baltimore American : The tribute of Ad
miral Schley to Admiral Dewey as "one of
the greatest sea fighters ot nil times , " is
the tribute of a man who knows something
about fine sea fighting himself.
Minneapolis Tribune : Admiral Dewey all
but hugged Rear Admiral Schley when they
met in New York yesterday and the crowd
fairly wont wild over the scene ; while the
hero of Santiago received only a less hearty
ovation on the line ot march than that of
Ills great fellow-fighter. Schley ought to bo
able to Ignore the petty annoyances of the
little navy clique hereafter.
Boston Transcript : It was the naval vic
tory of Santiago and not that at Manila that
destroyed the sea power of Spain , and thus
compelled the early cessation of the war ,
and that victory was Sampson's planning.
And yet he has never received a single spe
cial reward from congress for his services.
No one yells for Sampson. The disparity be
tween popular rewards Is striking.
Chicago News : A French paper , comment
ing on the popularity of Admiral Dewey , re
marked that a French general In the posi
tion of the American admiral would
promptly begin figuring on ways nnd means
of overthrowing the existing government.
Dewoy's Ideas nro exactly In a reverse
groove. Instead of desiring to overthrow
the government ho Is working hard to head
oft people who want him to become a can
didate for the presidential chair.
Kansas City Star : The pressure upon
Sampson was ono of those fearful experi
ences which history will never bo able to
descrlbo or his countrymen to fully cell
mate. Upon him was the weight of the naval
campaign. Ho had done everything , pre
pared everything , nnd only waited to strike
the blow. The whole thing was the converse
of Manila , where the ships advanced to the
attack In the splendid panoply of resistless
power. At Manila the here , Dewey , stood
upon the bridge of his ship and the whole
wonderful panorama of Imperishable fame
went on under the wave of his hand. At
Santiago the silent , gray Sampson who had
done everything In a moment of Ironical
Ill-fortune , turned away , and the climax oc
curred. While the engines of the flagship
Now York throbbed as If In frenzy , but
vainly , tbo admiral saw the battle his battle
recede from him. Never did n man have
a moro exultant spectacle under liU eye
than George Dewey , as the Spanish ships
burned and sank to the bottom of Manila
bay. Never did a man stand In the presence
of such bitter fate as Sampson at Santiago.
While all men admlro the way Dewey has
borne hla triumph they should no less nd-
mlro the way Sampson , a bravo American
officer , has berne his disappointment.
nr.icsn SATIIMIH AM. .
York Republican : With nothing to excuse -
cuso nnd nothing to fear , the republican
pnrty of the state gam Into the stnto cam
paign with supreme confidence. The nnmo
which stands nt the head of the republican
ticket Is without reproach , made honorable
by long yenrs of honorable citizenship , nnd
the standard bearer of the party will win
If ability and merit count. Fool friends of
Judge Reese hnvc placed htm In fnl e posi
tions In years past , but today ho standi
without n superior In n slate that Is full of
good men.
Wlsner Free Tress : The republican elate
convention , In selecting M. U. Reese for supreme
premo Judge , has Insured victory for the
pnrty in the coming election. In Ingst
ability there Ii no comparison between M.
11. Reese nnd Silas Holcomb. and In clean
liness In polltlc-al life the difference Is still
moro marked. Those who make It a rule to
vote for the best mnn. those who believe
that a judge of the supreme court should be
noted for his legal learning , judicial ability
and Integrity , rather than n political trick
ster , will be compelled to vote for M. B.
Reese.
Scward Reporter : N 11 r many yearn hni
n republican state convention in Nebraska
done ns satisfactory work a- * was d no last ,
Thursday , when M. 11. Hfp c w i o-nl- :
tinted for supreme Judge. Tin convention
had but one Idea , to nomlra'e the mnn whn
would glvo thu h gheat s nndlng to th .
ticket , nnd for whom no npol gt wo 11
have to bo offered. Seven ! good ircn , JurIsts - |
Ists of high stand n ? nntl ab 1 y. were
brought before the conv.ntl t' , niiT while
each had his friends , the dclpg.ites quirk |
saw that Judge RCCEO wnfl ! the o'io in ii en
whom nil could unite , and his nomlnntlrn
came as n natural eong ; < iucnco on the first
ballot. It wrs a bnppy solution of the ques
tion and Is meeting with favor nil over Ne-
brnskn. . 4
Holdrcgo Citizen : There Is much rejoic
ing among republicans over the nomination
ot Judge RcMe for supreme judge. Judgu
Rceso linn 'been tried on the supreme bench
nnd mndo a clean record. Now ho has
been placed In nomination , nnd voters who
'believe ' that capable , honorable men ot ex
perience should bo placed on the bench
should see to It that Judge Reese Is again
elected to that position. The mnnncr In
which the nomination came to Judge. Reese
shows that ho was nominated , not as n re
sult of political influence by the use of a
party machine , but because of the strong
feeling on tbo part of the rank nnd file of
the republican party that this gentleman ,
well known for his legal ability and rugged
honesty , should bo given that honor.
Geneva Signal : The nomination of JudgT
Reese for suprarao judge wns very gratify
ing to the republicans of this county. The
delegation from this county went Into the
btnto convention expecting to give Its support
to Judge Scdgwick of York , who would also
have made a thoroughly satisfactory can
didate. Judge Reese had served six years on
the supreme bench nnd the people of the
Etato know him and Hko him. When his
name was proposed In the oonvontlon it was
seen that ho could bo nominated and when
the balloting had progressed far enough to
rnako this apparent Hon. Charles II. Sloan
of the Filhnoro county delegation moved that
the nomination of Judge Reese 'bo by ac
clamation. The motion was adopted with
shouts of approval. The news was tele
phoned to Judge Reese at Lincoln and he replied -
plied that whllo ho had not sought the
nomination ho would obey the party's call.
Tekamah Herald : The nomination of
Judge M. B. Reese by acclamation for the
supreme 'bench ' by the republican state con
vention last Thursday glvea universal satis
faction to the republicans In Burt. It was
the strongest nomination over made In the
state. Judge Rceso served six years on the
supreme bench in this state and made n
splendid record. Some of the best decisions
In our supreme court reports are these
handed down by Judge Reeso. Burt county
republicans feel elated over his nomina
tion. Ttiey bellevo In him , they have al
ways been for him , they were among his
most loyal supporters for renomlnatlon ten
years ngo , when ho was defeated by rail
road Influence In the Hastings convention.
In recent years Judge Reese has occupied
the position of chancellor of the law de
partment In the State university. Ho Is an
able attorney , possessing n clear judicial
mind , his official record Is without a blem
ish , his character Is spotless. Therefore ,
he is most eminently fitted to occupy the
position of Judge In the highest tribunal In
the state. The Herald ibelleves the honest
people of the state who bellevo in maintain
ing the integrity of our courts will see to
It that Judge Reese Is triumphantly elected
In November.
STUI3XUTII IX AFIIICA' .
Ill n Ilrioe War They Would Fnr Out
number ( lie IlrltlHh.
New York Herald.
Suppose n. conflict between Great Britain
nnd the Transvaal should develop Into a race
war between the British and the Dutch of
South Africa , as some 'think probable and
many not at all Improbable , what fighting
force con each sldo marshal from the In
habitants there ?
That Is the timely question that Mr. H. A.
Brydcn , writing from a personal knowledge
of South Africa extending over twenty-three
years , and "as an Imperialist and conserva
tive , " undertakes to nnhwer In the Fort
nightly Review ,
It Is vitally Important , ho says , to bear in
mind that the Dutch Afrikanders greatly
outnumber 'the British , that the Boors ot
the Transvaal , Orange Free State and Capo
Colony are very closc-ly allied by bonds ot
blood and sympathy , and that they are ex
ceptionally good marksmen , The Dutch
population of the Transvaal Is between SO-
000 and 8.1,000. Of these 'there nro nbout 22-
000 Boer burghers ready and capable- tak
ing the field at an hour's notice. The total
British population , chiefly concentrated at
Johannesburg , does not exceed 80,000 , In
cluding men , women nnd children. From
this number , says Mr. Brydcn , not moro
than 3,000 effective soldiers could bo drawn ,
fn caeo of a general racial war the able-
bodied fighting men , from which the forccn
on cither sldo might bo recruited , are thus
estimated :
British. Dutch.
Capo Colony 17,000 W.OOO
Orange Free Btuto 1,000 1S.OOO
Transvaal 3.WV ) B.WH
-Natal 0,000 1.SOO
British Uechuanalnnd 500 EOO
Rhodesia 2,000 X >
Imperial 'troops now In
South Africa , 10,000
Totals 30.CW 02,300
It Is apparent from these figures , says Mr.
Bryden , that the British would bo In an ex
tremely awkward position In the possible
event of the Dutch having been wrought up
to such a pitch of national feeling ns to Join
bands all round and take up arms. The
tf.ox.Ac-tfiCtotfeto
Those who drink
get an absolutely pure , natural water , just as it
{ lows from the rock ; and it does cure Rheumatism , g
Gout , and all kindred ailments.
Londonderry Llthia Spring Water Co. , Nashua , N.II.
bolt l > - tihcr in nil & Me- Con null Drugt.'u. . .
r t in , Gullutfhvr Jt Co. , UUtrlbu turn , Omnli .
General Dabllltyf
Qvarwork ,
Rhoumatlsmr
DronohltlSf
Malaria ,
Consumption ,
Oonr > O8stonf
Extiauotlon
antlwonknans from
wltalovor oausos
prevented nntl cured by
It is the profiles ! know n stitnuliint niul tonic.
All Jtufcl'K > nil ctlKtti A > ell lutntlluttl , Ihrjr tt
( angrrMi * IulTy'l Ms a | iroptteury tunut on neh tx > ttl ,
If you ! detltr cAttnoimi'plyimi , fct < cttle wtutotent , ptrpatd.
on recflpt cf ftco 6 bmtfe for fs.co. Vttiibl Ivok of
Infotmntlon mt tcitlmonUit tent on api > lleanan.
DUFI'Y MAUT WIIISKHY CO. , Roche.Mtr , N. V.
British could hold tlio ton us nnd In some
localities lake I ho open field , but as a gen-
cm ! rule the Dutch would bo masters ) ot th
Inland country.
Mr. Bryden does not doubt the power of
Orcat Urltnln to crush the Ilocrs nnd con
qurr South Africa. Hut It will roqulir , ho
nys , In addition to the force now there , ai ,
nrtny corps of at least ( iO.OOO men Riiltably
equipped nnd the incut skilled nnd trluil
generals , nnd then "It will bo n struggle
such ns wo liavo not undergone since the
Indian mutiny or the Crlnioan war. "
I.UillT AM ) ItltKillT.
Cleveland rinln Donler : J. Bull Wclll
O. Paul VeilI !
Chicago Tribune : "Did you ever sec a
liner fli'ld of rye than that' ! ' * naked the
owner , proudly. N < .
"N'o , " replied the prohibitionist visitor ,
miilly Baking hit bead. "Tint rrop will
average forty diunk to the ucre. "
Detiolt Journal : "What execr.iblc taste
she showed In buying ancestors ! "
"Yes. Indeed ! Such u lot ot frights as
she poleclotl ! "
Town Topics : Parker A man dorsn't
have to dlo In battle to serve his coun
try.
Collins No ; that's true. Some men couM
servo It Just us well by flying quietly and
peaceably at home.
Somervlllp Journal : Hloks What'n thnt
crowd blocking up the Btrci-t ? Is Dewey
there ?
Wicks ( excitedly ) No , but there's a
young womnn down In the basement hav
ing her sihoes blacked.
Indianapolis Journal : "Did you know
time Is u camera Unit will take pel-foot
pictures at n distance of thirty miles ? "
"Why dldnU I know that ? What a lot
of battle scenes I could have photographo < f-vV
if 1 had known there was a safety v
camera ! " (
Chicago Post : lie 1 was born on the
13th of the month and It happened to be on
Friday , too.
She Is that the reason you have never
thought It worth while trying 'o be any
body ?
lie decided then and there that It would
bo necetsary to look clscwhcro for his af
finity.
Chicago Tribune : "If you keep on an you
have begun , Mabel , " complained the young
husband , running his eyi > over the expen.ia
account , "wo shall never be > able to lay
up anything for a rainy day. "
"How can you say FO , Henry , " exclaimed
the young wife , righteously Indignant ,
"when you know I have two of the love
liest rainy day skirts that were ever madel"
OCTOllKIl PIKTUI1I2S.
R. K. Munklttrlck In Woman's Homo Com
panion.
The pensive day
Is dull and gray ,
Whoso banks of haze
Drift , swirl and fny :
"Where acorns fall.
And squirrels call ,
The sumachs blnzo
Beside the wall ;
And in the streams
The trees arc stolcd " '
In fairy dreams ' - .
Of fairy gold.
The bee lias fled ,
rrho rose Is dead ,
The apple's green.
And brown and red ,
And up the steep ,
Through shadows deep ,
I see serene
The bonlire creep ;
The cricket shrills
Beneath the barH.
And nightfall spills
irer urn of stars.
The air la still
From hill to hill ,
No Illy beams
Upon the rill ;
And In 'tho ' wold.
All chill and cold ,
The pumpkin dieams
A lamp of gold ;
Rlc-h russet glows
The tented corn ,
And Plenty blows
Her mellow horn.
O'er meadows brown \
The thistle-down
In pennons floats
From Falrytown ,
And through the inlst
Of amethyst
The bob-white's notes
Fall zephyr-klst ;
And at iny hearth
I hear Her fling
Who makes with mirth
Jly autumn opring.
"fixings for
Men and Boys"
We keep Furnishings for
boys as for their elder
brothers and fathers
They can find here the
latest productions of the
country for their wear.
And the elder mem
bers can find a complete
assortment of white and
colored shirts at $1,00 , and
underwear at 50c , 75c ,
$1,00 and $ J,50.
Gloves Driving or dress
at $ J,00 , $ J.50 and $2,00.
Hosiery Plain and
fancy , from J5c to $1.00.
Suspenders in a great
variety of styles at 25c and
50c and neckwear galore ;
high grade and the new
est creations , 50c , 75c ,
$1.00.