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TnE OMA3IA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, MAHCII G. 100T).
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Notary Public.
Make a cross mark in the first square
nt the lop of the ballot. If you start
right you will end right.
Republican renegades and the popo
cratlc newspaper fence aro always con
nected by open pipe line.
l'Inee your cross In tho tlrst square
for each olllce voted for on tho city
ticket. The top square ts the square that
counts for republican candidates.
One of tho amenities of tho campnlgn
Is found In the assumption of a pastor
who located In Omaha In December
last to Instruct his flock how .to vote.
South Dakota bankers aro In a hard
way. They have money In plenty, but
borrowers are scarce. If this thing
keeps up tho bankers will have to join
the calamity party.
Republicans throughout the. Btnto of
Nebraska, are watching tho election In
Omnha. A republican cannot contrib
ute to the success of the party by help
ing to build up Its enemies.
Sharkey nnd Fltzslinmous have signed
to light. Now let the Chicago dentist
who paralyzed the Jaw of a singer by
extracting a tooth get In Ills work on
the pugilists and the public will rise
up and call the dentist blessed.
The treachery of some of tho civil
ollielnls In the Philippines comes us a
refreshing shower to tho democracy.
Democracy thrives on calamity and
when nothing big In that line Is in sight
email .favors aro thankfully received.
Make no mistakes in the marking of
your ballot today. There are .Jour
teen ofllces to be voted for and ench bal
lot should have fourteen cross marks on
it. Put tho crosses in tho squares op
posltc the names of the republican can
dldates.
Much has been snld about the danger
of tho electors losing their votes for
mayor by wrongly marking the olliclal
ballot. If the cross is placed in the first
squnro at the top of tho ticket and In
the top square of each section no mis
take will be made.
Not n sound has been henrd from tho
Warring factions In tho state house for
several days. Can It be possible tho
various ofllelals have begun to renllzo
that If they continued to talk the peo
ple or tne stain would soon have a fall
Idea of the operations of the bogus re
formers? It Is announced that ox-Senator David
R. Hill will head the delegation from
New York to the democratic national
convention. If tho present leaders of
the party can only Induce the brains
which their policy has forced Into re
tirement to come out and help them It
is possible democracy will bo nble to
put noW'men ou their ticket who will
make the campaign Interesting.
Reductions In grain rates to the sea
board are In order. Tho reductions are
made voluntarily by the railroads for
tho reason that some lines do not be
lieve they are getting their share of
the business. Tho road can always cut
the rate nnd light for business when
they fall out, but It Is "taking privnto
property for public use without com
pcnsntlou," "confiscation" and vnrious
other things when public olllcers mnko
an effort to reduce rates.
It now develops that the man behind
tho Ioynl Ieglon scullduggery against
Mayor Moores Is nono other than W. ,T.
Rroatch, who tried to steal from Moores
the olllce of mayor, for which Rroatch
was not even voted upon. This samo
man Instigated tho committee report to
tho Toynl Legion, of which the popo
cratlc organ ts trying to make so much.
This committee report was sneaked In
without tho knowledge of General Man-
dersoq and nlue-te.uths of tlie members
nf tlw, ni-irniil'iitlnn. Itroath's rolmitlpHM
persecution of Mayor Moorea will stop
lit nothing.
A VLOSIKO A WEAL.
The citizens of Omnha arc to deter-
mine by tlmlr votes at today's clue-
t Ion whether they desire Omaha to ro
forward or tmckward at tho beginning ,
of the new century. They must decldo
by their choice of mayor whether they
favor a broad-gauged, public-spirited
policy that will encourage public im
provement and private enterprise or
whether they will pursue a strait
Jacket policy that will clog tho wheels
of progress and keep Omaha In the renr
of the procession of progressive cities of
tho country.
The campaign waged on behnlf of
Frank K. Moorcs nnd tils associates on
the republican ticket has been dlgnllled
and mnnly. The campaign waged by
his opponents has been coarse, vindictive
and brutal.
Whatever merit Mr. Poppleton mny
have Indlvldunlly, lie lias certainly been
lowered In the public estimation by the
virulent and slanderous attacks made
by his organ and platform champions,
who have found nothing too vile or too
lllthy to hurl at a man who during his
three years' incumbency uh mnyor faith
fully and fearlessly protected the Inter
ests of the taxpayers and creditably
represented tho city as Its chief execu
tive notwithstanding the constant and
relentless persecution to which he has
been subjected by polltlcnl bloodhounds
nnd blackmailers. Ah between man and
man, the sense of justice nnd fair piny
Innntcwlth every true American should
find expression through the ballot box
Irrespective of party that will adminis
ter n lasting rebuke to the cnlumulators
of Frank K. Moorcs.
Republicans of Omaha certnlnly hnve
no excuse for playing Into the hands of
tho political desperadoes who seek by
their votes to reinstate In power the
rotten democratic machine that nour
ished in Omnha under tho llcrdmau-
I'enbody police board, when thieves,
gamblers and dlvekcepcrs were given
polico protection at so much per week
and liquor denlers wero compelled to
stand and deliver by the popocratlc cam
paign mauugers. They kuow, or ought
to know, that tho masquerade of moral
reform on the part of the gang is merely
a dragnet set by Ingenious political
tricksters to get control of the city hall,
as they hnve of the court house, by the
aid of republicans.
Mr. Popplcton himself Is one of the
rankest partisans who ever sought pub
lic office. It Is his boast that he has
never In his life cast a vote for a repub
lican, even for the most Insignificant
otllco. A few years ngo ho went so far
as to resign from a taxpayers' league
because a majority of the ofllcers elected
happened to be republicans, although
the organization had no polltlcnl benrlng.
Surely a partisan of thnt stamp has
no claim upon republican support for an
office like that of mnyor, that exerts
great political influence.
It is hardly worth while to Institute
comparisons between the candidates for
other offices on opposing tickets. With
out disparaging any individual candi
date, there enn bo no question that the
republicans havo nominated by fnr tho
most competent and trustworthy men
for tho vnrious positions In the city hall.
There Is no good reason, therefore, why
preference should not be given by tnx-
pnylng citizens and voters gcnorally to
the whole republican ticket
ENGLAND'S FINANCIAL nVBDKN.
Lord Rosebcry snld a short time ago
that Englnnd's chief nssets are bur
navy and her capital. She will probably
have no use In the near future for her
navy, but a heavy drain Is being made
upon her capital which promises to
continue for a long tlmo. It is expected
that this year the British government
will spend at least $300,000,000 on the
nrmy, while the nnvy will require an
expenditure of nt least one-third
of thnt amount. The armaments
of Great Britain both on laud
nnd sea will bo the most costly In the
world, according to present estimates.
Of course If the war In South Afrlcn
should end sooner than expected the
demand upon England's financial re
sources would be materially reduced,
but In nny event tho nrmy and navy
expenditures of that country for sev
eral years will be very heavy and will
Impose a burden of tnxatlon upon the
people of tho United Kingdom that will
not be easily borne.
As now proposed, England will have
an nrmy of about 4P,0,000 men and
110,000 will serve lu the navy. Tills
will bo a greater force, relatively to
population, than that of any other couu
try except France. England, however,
has becomo thoroughly convinced of
tho necessity of maintaining a Inrge
army as well ns a great nnvy and her
statesmen ure determined that the mili
tary power of the nation shall be made
to complement tho sea power. The
South African war has been nu In
structive lesson In this respect and
hereafter England will not bo found
wanting In nn nrmy establishment
thorough In alt Its details.
What effect this drain will have upon
the Industrial and commercial Interests
of the country Is problematic, but It
would certainly seem that It must oper
ate to the disadvantage of those In
terests, which are already encounter
ing a very formidable competition In
the world's markets and for several
years havo been losing ground. When
required to bear an additional burden
of tnxatlon the ability to successfully
compete with such nggresslve Industrial
aud commercial rivnls as tho United
States and Germany will assuredly be
weakened. The increase of England's
nrmy nud nnvy may, therefore, result
In tier industrial nud coinmerclnl do
cadence. It Is a well-nttested fact that
for years British exports tiave been de
clining. Mr. A. Muurlce Low, an Eug
llshmnn, writing In uu American maga
zinc a few months ago, said thnt if
during the next twenty-live years Great
Britain loses tier trade as rnpldly us
she has during the quarter of a century
from 1870 to 189.', she wilt have yielded
hor lirliniwv nn
tho greatest of tho
I world's oouuneivlul powers. Only a
( short time ugo tho presideut of the
Itritlnh Itonrd of Trnilc deplored tho '
fnct that Knp;liind's foreign trndo wuh
Hteatllly dodlnlnc; and urged that If
pome extraordinary effort were not
made to recover lost ground lOngliuul
would In a few years loo her place
us the foremost commercial power.
No doubt this Is Inevitable nnd It
wilt bo hastened by (he nddltlonal bur-
den upon Ihe llnauelal resources of the
nation which an enlarged army and
navy will Impose. Yet circumstances,
largely of her own creation, compel
Knglnnd to ndopt this policy.
tiTllE.SOTllKN TIIR VI lit MISS ION.
Ono of the urgent duties of the pres
ent congress Is to strengthen the Inter
state Commerce commission to give It
larger authority and greater power to
exercise It. The Industrial commission
in its report recommends .thnt, (he In
terstate Commerce commission lie given
nuthorlty not only to prescribe the
methods of Jceeplng accounts, of rail
roads and to demand reports in such de
tail as It may require, but also lo In
spect and audit "such accounts. It fur-.
thor recommends thnt the decisions of
tho commission be made operative at a
day fixed lu tho decisions nnd to remain
so unless reversed by the I'nlled States
courts ou appeal; also tliat tho .com
mission 1)0 authorized to prescribe
classifications of freight nrtlcles ilnd to
make rules and regulations for freight
transportation throughout the Fulled
States. The report urges that penalties
for violations of the Interstate com
merce act should bo appropriate lines
against the carrier and not Imprison
ment of ofllelals.
These recommendations are In the
main approved by members of the com
mission. Beferrlng to them tho Phila
delphia Times remarked that no well
conducted railway would be harmed In
the least by u proper control of rates
that would prevent Injustice to ship
pers aud localities and the piratical
concerns that seek patronage by meth
ods that are a menace to all legitimate
business deserve no consideration at
tho hands of (he law-making power.
'If congress will adopt this feature of
the Industrial commission's report,"
says that paper, "one Just act will be
placed to Its credit." It will be most
unfortunate If this congress shall fall
to enact legislation that will give
greater effect to the Interstate com
merce law and more power to the com
mission to enforce the provisions of the
act, which under existing conditions
is practically inoperative.
The recommendations of the Indus
trial commission are mnde as the re
sult of a careful study of the testimony
which It has heard from. railroad men,
shippers and others qualified to express
an Intelligent opinion on tho subject.
They are, on tho whole, conservative
recommendations, which no railroad
recognizing the right of reguln
tion on tho part of congress and
willing to submit to the law can reason
ably object to. They aro In tho public
Interest without proposing auytlilng un
Just or unfair to the common enrriers.
There Is every reason to believe thnt
If the law were amended as suggested
by tho Industrial commission the effect
would be good, that both the public
and the railroads would be benefited.
Everybody understands that as It Is the
law Is virtually a dead letter, that the
purpose lor which It was enacted Is not
being attained aud cannot be while the
law remains in its present form. It
does not protect tho public; It
does not prevent any of the evils It waft
Intended to remedy. Such u statute Is
not simply useless, It Is really harmful.
Congress has ample po.ver to correct its
defects and Its duty to do so is imperii,
tive.
The necessity of doing something for
the merchant marine of this country
Is mnde apparent by the consolidation of
two of tlie largest steamship lines oper-
ntlng between this country and Europe.
The consolidation brings out the fnct
that the largest stockholder in the
company Is an American nud tho ma
jority of tho stock Is owned lu this
country and still their ships lly the
British flag. This line has over thirty
vessels of largo dimension. There Is
no good reason why conditions should
not bo such that these ships would fly
the stars and stripes.
Tho editor of tho popocratlc organ,
who was presented with a purse of .?'jr0
raised by the head of the gang of black
mnllers who sold polico protection under
the old popocratlc polico board, wnnts to
know who gets tho blood money now.
Ho ought to know that there Is no blood
money collected now. Perhaps ho thinks
the system which was In vogue when
contributions wero levied by the fusion
crowd will be restored ns soon ns Pop
plefon Is Installed, and his ardor for the
candidate may be due to expectations of
further ?'-!."0 donations.
The malingers of the silk stocking can
dldnto for mayor ure loud Just now In
appealing to the republicans to voto for
their man on grounds of nlleged moral
Ity. Should ho win out, however, wo
would hear them crow about a great
democratic victory, the forerunner of tho
election of William .T. Bryan ns presi
dent, and hold up tlie Omaha election as
the straw pointing tho way tho wind
blows lu the impending uatloual cam
palgn. No republican should allow htm
self to bo fooled on this point.
No campaign ever held In the history
of Onuiha lias been marked by the use
of so much slime and mud as that waged
by tlie democratic Tammany machine
for their silk stocking candidate. Do
tho people of Omnha want to put a pre
mlum ou mud'Sllngiug luetics? Should
these llltli handlers win out they will
resort to the same methods every time
un election rolls around.
Attention of populists Is called to the
fact that tho motion to do awiiy with the
postal savings hank system in Hawaii
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mu.CM.-ii m. mi mmuu ,t-B nu.u Ume too precloUB t0 bo gpent , tryn8
Morgan, tho democratic senator from to master tho absurdities of tho spelling
Alabama. Postal savings banks uro book, which have no excuse for existence
ninonj; the reforms roc-ulnrlr demnnded ,
by the populists In utmost every plat- j
form of their mnir Tim rift between '
tho democrats nnd populists on n,uc(tlonM
of reform could not be better Illustrated
than by this Incident. Yet. for the sake
of spoils and patronage, tho democrats
consent to fuse with jropullHtH wherever
their votes are necessary to hope of sue-
0Pf(Hi The suggestion of a fusion of popu
lists and democrats In Senator Morgan's
state of Alabama, howuver, would be re
sented by tho democrats as the height of
Impudence.
Democrats are complaining because
congress hns not accomplished more
(luring tlie present session. Yet the fact
stares them In the face that more has
been accomplished In the way of legis
lation than usual up .to this time, in
spite of the obstruction of tho demo
crats. A targopart of tho time lias
been occupied by" tlie opposition making
speeches for campaign consumption nnd
asking the departments for Information
which,- lifter receiving, they wish they
had not asked for.
The census bureau will make an ef
fort to secure an nccurate count of the
live stock lu tho country. If It Is done
the result wilt probably lie a radical
revision of tho figures at present ac
cepted, which nro largely based ou the
returns of nssessors' estimates. Tho
stockman, tike others, Is liable to be
come suddenly jioor when tho assessor
comes around, but lu the case of the
onsus enumerator would have no oc
casion for giving anything but the cor
rect return.
The popocratlc farmers throughout
Nebraska who are being Importuned to
contribute to the stnto campaign fund
might with propriety decline on the
ground of taxation without representa
tion. They nre all right when It comes
to putting up the money for the cam
paign, tint when they ask the state house
crowd for some relief In the way of
railroad rate reduction they nro thrown
out of tlie council chamber of the party
as disturbers and traitors to true re
form.
The expected cry of fraud, coloniza
tion nnd boodle, which The Bee adver
tised as duo from the popocratlc ma
chine, has arrived on schedule time, but
It Is tho samo old cry of "stop thief"
raised by men who want to draw atten
tion away from their own crooked work.
If there Is any colonization being done
in Omalia It Is being done by tho gang
bncklug Poppleton, und if there Is any
boodle being shipped in its destination
has been the popocratlc headquarters.
The popocratlc organ asks "What has
tho present administration done for
Omaha?" That' Is easy. It has given
tho city the best city government It hns
enjoyed In Its history nnd has carried
It through the exposition period with
credit to all concerned. The more Im
portant question Is, What has young Mr.
Poppleton ever done for Omalia?
IIo-it to IlfHrnln a Ilrputatlom.
Sprlnglleld Republican.
There seems to bo but one thing left for
Senator Clark of Montana to do. That Is,
establish and endow a great university of
learning.
Second SdiKf of the Wnr.
Washington Post.
Now we como to tho second stage of the
Iirltlsh operations. After four months of
hard fighting 200,000 Englishmen have ex
polled from Capo Colony and Natal soma
25,000 or 30,000 Doors. Tho roal conflict Is
beginning.
SlK of Ilrpulillcnn Times.
Globe-Democrat.
At tho end of olght months of tho fiscal
year tho surplus of receipts over expendi
tures Is J37.763.000. Tho February de
crease of tho publlo debt was $6,756, 168.
Republican times aro easily distinguished
from tho other kind.
Clncli or tlie Pulp Trust.
Philadelphia Times.
Tho paper trust Is the creature of legls
lotion. Its power Is derived altogether from
tho tariff. By Imposing a practically pro
hlbltory duty upon paper and tho material
from which paper Is made, congress has
made itnposslblo tho competition that would
naturally correct an Inordinate Increase of
prlcec and has enabled a combination to be
formed that can Impcse what price it will
upon consumers. Tho plain remedy for this
Is to repeal the tariff that has produced the
trust.
The New Philippine Commission,
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Tho antls ore now asking what govern
ment will tho Filipinos get If they surrender,
It Is easily answered. They will get Just
as fair a deal as any nation ever got at
tho bands of Us conquerors. Judge. Tart,
Dean Worcester, General Dcnby, General
Wright, Henry C. Ido and Prof. Bernard
Mosrs mako up a commission that for ability,
illness, character nnd complete abienco of
politics has rarely beon equaled. The. matter
can safely bo left to them, and tho result
wilt not bo In doubt as to the quality of
tho government the Filipinos will get.
Unheeded IiPhkoii.
Portland Oregonlnn,
Tho experlonco of Nebraskan farmers In
the last year should havo taught them the
fallacy of tho cheap money crowd's argu
ments. Owing to the prosperity that they
enjoyed tho amount of mortgages on farms
In tho Btate was reduced during that time
by nearly $3,000,000, Yet these samo peoplo
only last November showed at the polls their
determination to stand by tho cheap money
Idea and tho cheap mono candidate. Tho
condition reflects stubbornness that will not
eec, rather than a prudent spirit that de
sires to find tho safo way and walk therein.
Plgheadedness never yet triumphed over the
calm and unerring logic of events, and In tho
attempt to do so It merely makes display of
its narrow quality.
A ((ueMllon of Spelllnir,
Leslie's Weekly.
A senato committee has decided that
"Porto Rico" is tho proper spelling of otir
now Island territory and not "Puerto Rico,"
after thu local and Spanish usage. The
spelling adopted by the committee ought
to prevail. It is tho easiest and simplest
form and in accordance with common sense
principles. Whcnover an opportunity pre
sents Itsolf, as In this case, to choose be
tween a phonetic form of spelling and an
Intrlcato or moro Involved form tho former
ought always to bo udopted. Silent lottem
and fantastic combinations In words Impose
a useless and wholly unnecessary tax upon
tho memory and Intellect and they ought
t bo rule' out f, ,the ,EB".sh nguag8
'as rapidly as possible. Llfo Is too short
Tnn.VTMi:.T or pohto nico.
.1
Philadelphia Ledger (lnd. rep.): Our
apology to Porto Hlco Is: "Might makes popular yuung lawyer of Pawnee City, Is
right." prominently mentioned as n republican
Indianapolis Press (lnd.): It l folly to candldato for governor. Harry would make
try to help Porto ltlco by restricting Its a splondld campaign and as governor would
trade, oven though wo dunato to It tho
entire proceeds, Encourage Its trade und It
will bo able to help Itself.
Baltimore American (rep ): It was pc- grcssman lltirkot's renomlnatlon. Mr. Bur
cullarly approprlato that the members that kct has shown himself to bo of the Davo
saved tho Porto Itlcan tariff bill wero taken Mercer kind of hustler and that is what
from sick beds to tho house. It's n pleco , the people want. Burket and Mercer in
of elckly business all tho way through. tho First and Second districts Insure us of
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Minneapolis Journal (rep.): This scheme
to mako poor, unfortunate Porto Hlco rich '
by taxing Its trade both ways Is a good
deal llko tho attempt of tho man to lift,
himself over the fenco by his bootstraps ,
nnd It will work pretty nearly as well.
Now York World (dcm.): Tho bill vio
lates tho constitution. It Imposes upon
tho Porto Illcans tho tyranny of taxation
without representation, against which our
forofathcrs rebelled. It violates the promise
of General Miles to tho inhabitants, never
disavowed by our government.
Indianapolis Journal (rep.): President
plain duty Is to abolish all customs tariffs
between tho United States and Porto Hlco
nnd givo Us products access to our mar-1
KCts. A p ain dutv should nnt ho nvnilml
for mere mercantile or pecuniary reasons.
Chicago Post (rep.): What Is the matter
with tho legislators at Washington? Are
tho threats of a few timorous "Industries"
moro potent than tho mandate of tho Amer
ican peoplo? Tho appropriation of $1,250.-
000 for further relief of Porto Hlco Is charity
and will do much good, but it does not an
swer tho cry for Justice.
PICItSOXAI, POI.NTIMIS.
In sending to this country an ambastador
with only ono wife, tho sultnu of Turkey
sots a commendable cxamplo to his majesty
of Suit).
Mayor "Golden Rule" Jones of Toledo
says that both McKinloy and Bryan nro ovll
and ho does not know whom ho will voto
for for president. Has ho forgotten all
about Wharton. Barker of Philadelphia?
Tho hardships of Montana pioneers aro
Insignificant compared with tho heroic strug
gles of their successors to satisfactorily ex
plain tho connection between their inflated
bank accounts and a senatorial election.
What Is called tho "sick season" Is said to
bo coming on in South Africa. It afflicts
Doth man nnd beast. Vegetation Is dried up
and thero Is no feed, so that forago for ani
mals haB to bo carried along with that for
tho men,
M. Anagnos, tho principal of tho Perkins
Institution for tho Blind, In Boston, will bo
ono of tho thrco United States representa
tives at tho international congress In 'the
Interests of tho blind to bo held In Paris dur
ing August.
Lloutenant Governor Woodruff of Now
York is well pleased with tho result of his
western trip nnd is now contemplating a
tour of tho south, hoping to thereby still
further strengthen his boom for tho repub
lican nomination as vice president.
A fund is being gathered in Geneva, O., to
build a public library as a memorial to Piatt
nogers Spencer, tho teacher of penmanship,
who was a uatlvo of that town. It Is desired
to have the building ready for delivery in
1901, tho centenary of Spencer's birth.
Gibson Bowles, a conservative member of
tho British Parliament, thinks it would be
consistent with tho situation to distribute
among tho troops which relieved Klmborlcy
the $835,000,000 worth of diamonds, which,
according to Cecil Rhodes, are now stored
there. This would mean from $14,000 to
$27,000 for each soldier, and It Is not likely
that Mr. Rhodes believes consistency to be
that kind of Jewelry.
now Tin: hours live ami Kir.nr.
Letter from nn Amerlenn nenldent of
South African Itepulilli'.
Arthur Bills, an American electrician em
ployed on a mlno near Johannesburg, South
Africa, in a letter to his father, Albert J.
Ellis of Canandalgua, N. Y., and published
la ths Now York Sun, gives Interesting
sketches of llfo In tho war-rent republic.
"Wo send our mall out through Dclagoa
bay," ho writes, "whence it Is sent home
ward by French stoaraers. Wo receive nc
mall of any kind. I havo not received a let
ter from homo In over four months. I am ia
good health, comfortably situated and at
safo as though at home in Canandalgua. I
am tho only electrician In this district noit
and am In full chargo of tho electric plant.
Wo run tho dynamos for lights and pumps
only. All other work stopped before tho war
and we havo but ten men In tho mine, four
Americans, three Irish and thrco colonial
Dutch. Our mine files tho French flag, bslng
mostly French capitalized. Tho next mlno,
the Van Kyn, flies tho German flag, There
are no flags on tho English mines and tho
government allows no ono to stay there. Wo
get the news from tho front overy day and
being acquainted with tho ofllelals at Hoks
burg, tho town of this district, I learn a
great deal from them. Fifteen hundred
prisoners captured early in the war wero
taken to Pretoria, and they are tho happiest
men In Africa, to think they will not have
to meet tho Boers In battle again. No sooner
had the prisoners arrived In Pretoria than
the Boer officials scoured tho town for cricket
bats and balls, foot balls, pipes and tobacco,
Jims and so forth for them. They are sta
tioned on a beautiful farm outsldo tho town,
where they havo everything to mako them
comfortnble. Thoy had been told that the
Boors were whlto savages, and Imagine tho
surprise of an English soldier taken prisoner.
trembling with fear of tho brutal savage
Boer, when ho hoard tno uoer say in r-ng-llsh,
'Como along, old chap, we'll take care
of you; you are not to blame, but thoso who
sent you here.' They had bcon told they
would bo In Pretoria In a fortnight after
! landing in Africa, and bo they were, but not
In tho way they expected.
Mr. Ellis gives sorno facts about tho
slego of Ladysmlth by tho Boers, the" num
bers engaged and tho condition of tho bo
sieged, but that Is now ancient history.
"Ono thing thnt bothers tho Boers," Mr.
Ellis says, "Is tho captive ualloons used oy
tho English. Two men go up In tho bal-
, . Hn t.,IU anv with tho pl.lAft Alld the
other, by tho wlro in tho cable which holds 'hard work in order hat his auoecuor may
the Walloon, will signal the location of the . t bo cal led upon to meet tho dlsorgani
Boers? Tho Boers are then fired upon, but ton """e last year's campaign a
hoc. luo" ' nriiv ,m os tig fight from tho start. Sonatbr Tefft
they take f she or and aro wally un. preliminary work right now
banned. I vtaUcd a commandcDrlng ofll e, mlcem Nob fcft next f
where tho burghers use men of all ages. n8
from 15 to 80. No unl arm. rough clothes, . contlnufd ln omcei
old felt bats, but resolute men. proud to wefo can (Jo moro emc)ont work han
carry a gun in the service of their bo-, Q man ,css fnralllar wlth tl)0 BtuatIon nnd
loved llttlo country. Tho burghers, unless .. ,,,,
charging, fight under cover, behind boulders,
of which tho country Is full. Tho Kngllsh
como out in SOlia rail uuu uro muncu uuivii
by dozens, while tho Boers spread wide and
every man lighting for himself, loso but
few men, and tho Boers nro able to Judge
iilstanco hotter. .There is no red tape In
the Boor army. Everything is simplicity
and almost perfect order Is kept In camp.
They have but fow officers, no colonols, cap
iioiitnnnntn. etc. Tim commandnr is
General Joubert, then eight or ton fighting
generals who lead tho men, and under them
, fho district veldt-corneta, who command
nno uiBuiLt i ' , t
the men of thep " d,
takes his own i gun, bfc own ammunition.
his own horse. They rry Tory ' 8f.
hut turn tho horses out n the veldt. Tho
roen all love old Joubert. Tho mines aro
dead, and so is Johannesburg. I was In Pre-
torla the othar day and that llttlo pluco Is
lively enough, quite different from Johan-
nesburg, where tno Business places and
dwellings aro barricaded and their owners
gone. All bad characters have been sent
I out of tnu country and the city Is peaceful,"
immoxs op nnpttiti.ir.ix rnuss.
Tablo Hock Argua: II, C. Lindsay, tho
bo a credit to the state,
Falls City Journal: There seems to bo
n unanimity of opinion In regard to Con
"""" "l ""- "'
North Platte Tribune: Tho friends cf
W. C. May of dothenbure aro pushing him
forward as a candidate for chairman of
lne republican stnto central committee. Mr.
May Is a hustler nnd In local campaigns has
shown excellent executive ability. It Is a
question, however, If tho eastern part of
tho state will show western Nebraska so
' "'"ch recognition as to give It the chairman
ship, 'but flio west end should mako a strong
demand for a "now deal."
Kearney Hub: Tho North Platte Tele
graph .suggesfs V. C. May of Gothenburg,
lato county clerk of Dawson county, for
tho, c,'alrraanshlp of the republican stato
ce,1,.ral ""nmlttcc. Thero is nothing tho
n,altor w.lth tho suggestion. Mr. May Is
t " " w "uu -'ui"iin "
nbllity nnd may bo Just tho man that tho
republicans havo been looking for to lead
tho tight In tho coming campaign.
Schuyler Sun: A correspondent of one of
our exchanges thinks tho republicans could
do not better than nomlnato Lorenzo
Crounso for governor this yoar. Crounso
Is a good man nnd an honest man. Ho
made a first-class governor before, but tho
Sun bellovca tho party should nomlnato a
new man. It matters not much what walk
of llfo he comes from, but ho must bo
clean, capable, honest and energetic. Let
It bo new blood all mound this fall.
Grand Island Journal: Sonne people aro
talking that A. K. Cady of St. Paul would
bo a good name to put nt the head of the re
publican stato ticket. If all tho peoplo In tho
stato knew Cady ns ho Is known In this lo
callty as a business man they would bo unan
imous for him and the stnto would hnvo
whnt It very badly needs, a business man
rather than a politician for Its chief execu
tive. Tho Journal doubts very much that
Mr. Cady would bo a candidate under nny
circumstances, 'but it ho should no repub
lican would havo any good reason for with
holding loyal support.
Grand Island Independent: There Is much
at stake in this stato this year, politically,
nnd republicans should begin early in tho
matter of organizing for the campaign. Tho
call for tho stnto convention necessitates
of course an early county cunventlon, and
It would appear to bo a good Idea to select
a county central committee, not too hastily,
yet tho very first thing. It is one of tho
most Important things the republicans of
tho county havo to do. Thero Is sontlmcnt
in other counties even toward having only
one convention for tho selection of delegates
to the state convention und tho nomination
of candidate! for local ofllces.
Emerson Kuterprlso: Wo aro pleased to
notlco tho favorablo notices which tho can
didacy of our "Mac" is receiving from the
press of thlB district. When wo realize
that congressional timber of tho very best
quality flourishes in Dixon county and that
an old-time resident of Kmcrson Is being
earnestly supportod nil over tho "Big Third,"
It is a source of gratification to us, "Mac's"
splendid record as a member of the Ia3t leg
islature and his service to tho party In the
last campaign entitle him to this great
honor. No candldato can bo nominated who
will lnfuso moro enthusiasm Into the cam
paign this fall, or will mako a stronger
candidate before the people. Hurrah for
Hon. J. J. McCarthy!
Dakota City Eaglo: Quite a. few news
papers aro bringing out the name of D. E.
Thompson of Lincoln as an available person
to bo chairman of tho coming republican
state central committee Mr. Thompson
has tho reputation of bolng a great or
ganizer and leader, and one that not only
Inspires confidence, but admiration. Com
ing to Nebraska a poor boy less than twenty
years ago, by hard work and carerul atten
tion to business ho Is today recognized as
ono of tho state's foremost citizens finan
cially. Ho is generous, courteous, affable,
gentlomanly nnd always a republican, bo
sides being full of life, vigor and ambition.
Ho Is Just tho kind of a man that ought to
bo at tho head of tho republican organiza
tion this yoar.
Tobias Gazotte: Tho manly fight made by
Hon. E. H. Hinshaw two years ago for tho
office of member of congress from this dis
trict and tho cutting down of the fusion
majority of nearly 2,000 to a trlflo over 600,
aro of themselves sufficient evidence that
tho republicans mado no mistake In having
him nB their candidate. The Gazette would
llko to sco him nominated again this fall, for
we verily bellevo that ho will bo elected.
Ho mado a clean canvass, without antago
nizing anyone, except our enemies. He also
mado many friends who will fight if need
be for hls eIccton. Prom ftll over tlie dg
trlct comes tho word that a man never was
nominated for congress that, bnd so few
things that could be said against htm. Ho
Is a clean, able man and would represent
his constituency while at Washington in a
manner which they would bo proud of nnd
to their credit. Tho Gazette, voices tho sen
timent of tho peoplo of tho district when It
says that Hon. E. H. HlnBbaw should be
the nominee of tho republicans for con
gressman. St. Paul Republican: Speaking of the
I right man for chairman of tho republican
stato committee thin year, what's tho mat
tor with Senator Orlando Tefft of Avoca?
Very few people realize tho handicap under
which Mr. Tcfft worked last year. Ho was
chosen after K. J. Hairier, who had been
regularly clectod, had declined, and ho had
less than thirty days in which to mako tho
campaign. Even In thnt very limited tlmo
ho succeeded In perfecting a fairly efficient
organization and it Is very probable that if
tho campaign had lasted two weeks longer
results would havo been different. Tho Re
publican happens to know that since elec
tion Mr. Tcfft has taken pains to keep In
touch with tho situation and has dons much
Wm nftor tho ..BCCOn(l UaU0" has been
f , , and won
NEW WUSTUItN COAL FIKLIIS,
InilMirliinee of the Dlneovrry
In
Dnkoin ( omiiIj-, elirimUii,
Chlcatro Tribune,
Tho discovery of coal ln Dakota county,
Nebraska, confirms tho opinion of geologists,
who bellevo that tho ontlro west is under-
with extensive coal measures. These
"e as yet but si ght y developed. In Ne-
- brilB aat 'cnr' r ,,n,tane; "l" coal pro:
i duct on was only 000 tons. The discovery of
new deposit, therefore, means much
i fo
Ua manufacturing Industries, Little was
knQwn of tho wostern coa, flo,dg , lg80(
aml tne conau8 of tnat year has practically
nothnB to say of thorn. Slnco then, however,
, ,- h(1-.n l.-arnerl thnt tho most extensive)
coa flcjd j the country Is that west of
tho Mississippi, south of the forty-third
parallel, and east of tho Rocky mountains,
u Is embraced within the states of Iowa,
Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Arkansas,
On Guard
Thcwarningcough
is the faithful senti
nel. It tells of the
approach of con
sumption, which has
killed niore people
than war and pesti
lence combined. It
tells of painful
chests, sore lungs,
weak throats, bron-
cmtis, ana , pneu
monia. Do not suf
fer another dny. It's use
s. for there's a prompt
and safe cure. It Is
Pectoral
which cures fresh colds and coughs
In a single night and masters
chronic coughs and bronchitis in
a short time. Consumption is sure
ly and certainly prevenfed, and
cured, too, If taken in time. A 25c.
bottle for a fresh cold ; 50c. sire
for older colds; $1 size for chronic
coughs and consumption.
' I always keep a bottluof Arer Cherry
IVetoral on hand. Then every tlmo t get
cold I takoa llttlo of Itnnd I am lifttorat
once." James O. Ilcqtron,
Texas nnd tho Indlnn territory. The most
extenalvo operations carried on within the
district nro in Iown nnd Missouri, und tlio
production of tho mines Increases year by
year. Tho Pennsylvania coal fields nro much
smaller, yet nt present the Pennsylvania
mines yield one-half of tho coal ralseJ to
tho surface In America. Whllo tho western
fields mentioned nro ten times nB great in
area, their production Is relatively unim
portant. One reason why tbo western llclili
nre uudovctnpcd is that they underlie rlcb
agricultural soil. As tho prlco of coal landi
does not decrense, tho farmer does not lost
by waiting, but as tho demand for coal In
creases even tho poorer fields will ho de
veloped. Kurnpo may bo In danger of a coal
famine, but thero fa no such danger ln tho
west.
.SMILING III2MA.1IKS.
Detroit Journal: "Jngson always hires
a drcsa suit to get drunk lu!
"Curious notion I
"Oh, I don't know! It's cheaper than
paying a lino In polico court!"
Indianapolis Journal: "Tho coon ong,"
said tho musical boarder, "has about run
Its race."
"Moaning. I presume, the African rnce?"
nslted tbo Cheerful Idiot.
Detroit Journal: If tho fools were nil
dead. It would be loss easy to get rich, but
on the other hand, llrst clnss genealogies
would uo cheaper to buy.
H'arper's Bazar: Mrs. Chugwnter Joslah,
I bcllovo thin bill Ih ii counterfeit.
Mr. Chugwater What do you know about
counterfeits?
Mrs. Chugwnter I know this hasn't the
regular tobacco smell.
Harper's Bazar: Mrs. 'Wlnterbloom I
feel better now that I've snubbed that
Jones woman,
Mrc. Pcterkln Do you think It disturbed
hor'
Mrs, Wlnterbloom Oh. yes. Why, she
told a friend of mlno thnt sho didn't no
tice it at nil.
Indianapolis Press: The Artist Isn't It
perfect !n expression?
The, Critic Perfect. You hnve even
cauxht her look uf disgust at tho .sinejl
of pulnt. ,
Chicago Post: "He insulted me," said tho
legislator.
"Indeed?" returned the plain citlze-n. "Of
fered you money. I suppose."
"Oh, It wasn't that," replied the legislator,
"but ho underestimated my price."
Chleaim Post: Tho young man of liter
ary Inclinations had confided to a friend
tho fnct that It was his purpose to wrltn n
novel.
"And whnt kind of a. novel do you Intend
to write?" ho was nsked.
"A successful one, of course," he replied.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Tommy Say,
paw.
Mr. Klgg Well?
"What Is a kopjo?"
"A kopje Is a placo where tho British
stopje, nnd It generally hns a Boer or two
on topje."
Washington Star: "Of course, you will ad
mit that success cannot Invnrlnhly be
measured hy pecuniary standards," ald
tho gentle theorist.
Senator Sorghum looked dazed for a mln
ulo and then answered:
"If you mean tho man who hns the most
money occasionally falls to get tho most
vote, I'll ngreo with you "
"lions."
Wallace M. Bayllsa In Denver nopuallcnn.
(With apologies to Kipling.)
Oh, yer'vo dono n hloomln" (hlng.
Ain't ynr, Bobs?
And we'll all yer praises sing,
Bully Bobs!
How yer captured nil them Boers
Just ns easy ns yer Hiiores,
Or yer boss a set of fours,
Bully Hobs!
Yer'vo rovengwl Mnjuba Hill
Ain't yer Bobs?
Yet yer 'aven't drunk ynr 1111,
'Avo yer Bobs?
Yer the man thnt eat 'em up
Took four thousand at a gulp,
Licked 'em like yer'd lick a pup!
Bully Bobs!
Fifty thousand men was nil.
Wu'n't tt Bobs?
To mako that bloomln' Crnn.to crnwl,
Wa'n't It. Bobs?
And yer did It easy too,
Though It took two weeks, 'tis true
Still, yer licked m through nnd through
Bully Bobs!
Oh. yer did It easily-
Bully Bnbs!
And ycr'll enpturo KImberley.
Won't yer Bobs?
And yer'll do U all so slick
llltli ,, limn,- 4tu uuci r i?,ift
By tho way yer'll do the trick,
Won't yor, Hobs 7
All England's proud thpso days
Beally Bobs,
And they're slngln' of yer praise,
Dear old Bobs?
And the Tommies u are glad
'Cnuso yer licked the, Boors so bad
And they say yer'rn "JiiHt tho lad!"
Bully Bobs!
THE FAT IN
the food supplies warmth
and strength ; without it the
digestion, the muscles, the
nerves and the brain arc
weak, and general debility
follows. But fat is hard to di
gest and is disliked by many.
5c5t&&mukicrL
supplies the fat in a form
pleasant to take and easy
to digest. It strengthens the
nerves and muscles, invig
orates mind and body, and
builds up the entire system.
(oc. lnd li.oo, all drurrliU,
SCOTT IXJWHt, Ck.uum, New Y
Ties