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Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
ways that tho actual number of, full and
complete conlest of Tho Dally, Morning,
Evening nnd Sunday Bee, printed during
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2 sr.noo
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6 27,000
6 28,170
7 .. 4.28,000
8 27,100
9 27,200
10 27,:tno
ii 27,2:in
12 27,200
13 27,140
H 27,070
15 27,200
13 27,007
19 27.BB0
20 27,800
21 27,020
22 27,070
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21 .....27,070
25 28,100
20 27,810
27 28,200
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2D 28,170
30 28,400
31 28,5-0
16 20,070
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Omaha city authorities might purchase
a, largo Imlloon In which to locate that
pest house.
Tho weather man may have been a
llttlo slow getting started with his
showers, but ho has been working full
time since.
Mr. Cowlo deserves public thanks for
recognizing the logic of events nntl re
tiring from the school board arena with
out further ado.
The nctlvlty of Treasurer ironnings In
his efforts to collect delinquent personal
taxes will bo a signal for a general
search for tax receipts.
IMchard 'Croker Is coming home May
12. Ho had Intended to return 'at an
earlier date, but his physician told him
his .leg would not be In a condition' to
stand the strain.
Lord Roberts is said toiJiavo a large
number of traps set for tho 'Boers oner
ntlng In tho Froo State. Up to tho
proscut, however, ho has been unable to
catch anything In them.
Tho next performance of tho three
ringed circus Is billed for Lincoln July
11. Spectators who want to seo tho
greatest show on earth will buy their
tickets early to escape tho scalpers.
It must have been some calamltylto
who started a gold stampede In Kansas
Just at a time when crops should bo put
In. Kansas farmers In search of gold
will do, well, to continue using a plow.
"Nihllo the republicans are looking
, west for tho vice presidential candidate
tho democrats are looking east Nothing
like having two parties diametrically
opposed on every Issue that is sharply
cut.
Tho fact that tho machine element of
tho fusion committees was favorable to
an early convention In Nebraska Is good
cvldenco that the pins are all set and
tho managers arc afraid someono will
knock them over If left standing too
long.
Ono of tho principal objects which
seems to bo held In view by tho
architect of tho now High school Is to
make plans that will keep him re
muneratively employed as supervisor of
construction for at least five years to
come.
It la reported nn agreement has been
reached by Montana democrats by
virtue of which James Murray Is to bo
nppolnted senator in caso Clark lx
thrown out. Murray Is n mining expert
nnd tho politicians probably bank on
his ability to "dig up."
Tho popocratlc organs talk about tho
worklugmnn going on a strike to get
prosperity. Tho fact is that tho
prosperity is hero and tho worklugmnn
Is striking for a bigger share of it,
When everything was calamity there
was nothing to strlko for,
Tho now constitution of Louisiana has
Justllled tho hopes of its framers. Hog
Istratlou returus show that all but 7,000
of .the colored voto of tho stato bus Veen
eliminated. It will mnko no difference
lu results, but saves tho democrats tho
trouble of revising tho count nnd forcing
a bahiucc.
Tho armor plutemakers expect to hush
up tho outcry against their extortions by
tolling the oeoplo they should not com
plain becauso foreigu governments
which purchase their product or
plucked worse, than tho United States
This may bo somo consolation, but
will not go far enough.
It
The great scramble In tho coming
fusion stato conventions will bo to con
trortho conference committees In tho
Interest of. particular candidates anxious
to get on tho ticket as tho represent
atlves of ono of tho parties to the
nlllancc. That conference eommlttea
will bo tho greatest game of freezeout
over rlnycd lu this section.
A 77 .If KM WAllMMI.
A republican commercial traveler who
appears to be familiar with the temper
of the party lii Western Nebiriska makes
a timely appeal to republicans to desist
from committing themselves to any
course In their state convention thnt will
tend to weaken tho parly or alienate
support from any of Its candidates.
The republicans of Nebraska are not
In position this year to turn a deaf ear
to public sentiment on one of the vital
Issues of the Impending campaign. The
great body of republicans all over the
land uro emphatically opposed to trusts
and corporate combinations In restraint
of trade.
In no state of the union hns this senti
ment been more pronounced than in Ne
braska. A republican legislature ns far
back ns 18S0 enacted a law denning
and prohibiting illegal combinations
commonly known as trusts. That legis
lation wns approved by a republican
governor. Every republican platform
for yenrs lns pledged tho party (o tho
enforcement of nntl-trust legislation
and tho coming state convention will
doubtless reiterate those pledges In un
mistakable language.
Tho question that confronts the party
In Nebraska then Is, Can It afford for
the sake of any man however prom
inent or popular to lay Itself open to tho
charge of Insincerity and Imposture?
Can It afford to place anybody Identified
with trusts to the forefront on the cvo
of tho most momentous campaign In
Nebraska's history?
Whatever gratitude' may prompt fed
eral olllceholdcrs to concerted action to
shower further honors on Senator
Thurston,' their first aud highest obliga
tion Is to the party that hopes' to re
elect President McKInley. They above
all others are In honor nnd In duty
bound to do nothing that might- Jeop
ardize the success of tho presidential
ticket or embarrass William McKInley
In securing the support of a republican
congress.
Those who view with apprehension
tho misguided attempt to place Senator
Thurston at the head of the stato dele
gation to tho national convention are
by no means nctuated by personal en
mity or factional bias. They simply be
llcvo that to gratify his ambition In
view of his known and widely adver
tised relation to the Standard Oil mo
nopoly would bo to sacrlllce republican
ascendancy In Nebraska.
Theso considerations should weigh
nbovo all things and It is to bo hoped
tho senator himself on his return to tho
stato will realize tho condition thnt will
confront the party If he Insists on press
ing his candidacy.
TUB CRUTON VAM STRIKE.
Tho strike of tho Italian laborers at
Croton dam, Now York, has become so
serious us to necessitate tho sending of
a largo military force there. The assas-
slnntlon of a soldier Indicates tho des
perate character of the strikers, who
number some 700 and arc armed with
dirks, knives and other weapons. These
Italians have nothing to do with the
trado unions nor with .any ,jhpc organiz
ation unless It mny be one; aniong them
solves. The strlko Is foY'a nine-hour
day and an lucreaso of wages, which
tho contractors on tho work claim they
canuot allow without a loss to them
selves. Regardless of the merits of their de
mand, theso strikers, most of whom aro
said not to bo American citizens, must
be firmly nud vigorously dealt with If
they posist in violating tho law. Per
haps they should receive more pay for
their work than they have been getting,
but even if, this be granted they cannot
bo permitted to undertake to enforce
their demand by acts of violence.
Thero Is a very strong feeling In
tho cast against Italian Immigra
tion and this trouble is pretty
certain to intensify It nnd possibly to
revive anti-Immigration agitation. It
has been suggested thnt this strlko mny
have been organized by pndrones, who
profit from this Ill-paid toll, but In any
event It Is tho duty of tho authorities
to suppress the outbreak nud to punish
those responsible for It, If they can bo
found. Thero may bo more bloodshed
before this disturbance Is ended, for
these Itallau laborers aro very apt to
do desperate things.
A 1101'ELBSS EFFORT.
Tlioso democrats who aro endeavoring
to Induce the adherents of Mr. Bryan
to make some concession In regard to
silver are engaged In a hopeless effort.
Kormor (Soveiiior Boles of Iowa thinks
thnt In view of the .great Importance of
other Issues which have arisen since the
last national convention, tho advocates
of free silver should make some concert
slon to democrats who do not believe
in that policy but are disposed to unite
with tho Bryanltes on other Issues.
Mr. Boles suggests thnt tho friends
of Mr. Bryan shall In some way assure
those who would gladly support him
on other Issues, but who cannot bo
mndo to agree with him on silver, "that
In ense of a change In tho money stand
nrd from a gold basis to practically a
single sliver basis, which, If It should
come, every sauo man must concede
would result In a currency of less pur
chnslng power than gold, It shall not
apply to contracts made before such
change occurs." Mr. Boles asks If It
would not be tho extreme of folly to
deny this slight concession and thereby
Jeopardize Issues of greater Importance,
If by making it any approach to bar
mony In the democratic party can bo
secured.
Tho Iowa statesman ought to under'
stand that tho "slight" concession ho
suggests Is really a most essential part
of tho free silver policy. The promise
that debts could be paid with a debased
currency that with free silver W) cents
would liquidate obligations calling for
100 cents when entered Into attracted
millions of voters to Brynn. To nsk
that leader aud his friends to throw
away this bait of repudiation Is to In
vlto them to give up a very vital part
the very heart, Indeed of tho frpe silver
policy. What benctlt or advantage, they
might reasonably ask, should wo got
from a silver basis If required to pay
debts as ou a gold basis?
Another mistake of Mr. Boles Is In
assuming that tho freo silver people may
be induced to regard anytothcr issue as
more Important than silver. Mr. Hrynn
has repeatedly declined to subordinate
that ipirMlon nnd his following is In
hearty accord with him. The platform
of the Bryanlte party of Nebraska Is
evidence of tills. The anti-trust and
nntl-lnipcrlnlism issues are secondary
and are being employed for vote-getting.
The party lias no defined policy In re
spect to either and so far as the trusts
are concerned Its leader has as yet
offered no practicable plan for the solu
tion of tho problem. The cry of nntl
Imperialism Is a false cry, for which
thero Is not the least reason or Justifica
tion. Mr. Ilryan has repeatedly declared
that not only Is the silver question not
lead, but that It cannot die. Ho may
bo depended upon to keep It nllvo at
least during the coming campaign, for
It Is more important to his political for
tunes than any or all other questions.
Nor will he permit any concession,
however slight, to be made In regard to
It. This was unmlstnkably announced
In the Ilrynnlte platform of this state,
approved If not framed by Mr. Ilryan.
In short, the convention at Kansas City
will reafllrm the Chicago platform with
out a change in any of Its declarations.
No heed will be given to those who
would like to get rid of the free Silver
picstlon or put It In tho background.
KXTA,'.Vi)L0 TUB ANTl-TltUST LAW.
Tho nddltlons to tho anti-trust law of
1S00, proposed by a subcommittee of
tho house committee on judiciary, wottld
materially strengthen that act, which
Is now admittedly Inadequate. It has
been found sulllclent to prevent tho
carrying out of railroad tratUc agree
ments nnd to do away with a certain
class of trade combinations, but most
of tho trusts aro not umcnnble to it, or
at any rnto the efforts to enforce It
against some of tho trusts have failed.
No law on tho statute books received
more careful consideration than this
anti-trust act, but it Is now practically
a dead letter.
Tho proposed additions to tho law aro
somewhnt drastic In their nature, but
such regulations as they provide would
undoubtedly provo very effective ngalnst
tho trusts If they should bo sustained
by tho courts. The proposal to require
that all trust-made goods entering Into
Interstate commerce shall be branded
Is, we believe, entirely novel, as Is also
that prohibiting the use of tho malls
to concerns nnd their officials proven to
bo trusts. As to tho tlrst of theso pro
posals, thero Is no doubt that congress,
under Its constitutional authority to
regulate commerce between the states
and with foreign countries, can require
trust-made articles going Into inter
state commerce to be branded as such,
but to exclude trusts from mail priv
ileges would bo a rather qucstlonablo
exorcise of power. If that can bo done,
however, It would certainly tend power
fully to tho repression of combinations.
The subcommittee hns been consider
ing tho subject with great care and
doubtless a part If not all of Its recom
mendations will bo adopted. They In
dicate a purpose on tho part of the ma
jority party in congress' to respond to
the popular demand for further anti
trust legislation nnd to have It of a
character that will provo effective.
TUB llWll SCHOOL PLANS.
Architect Latcnser's plans for the new
High school building have been in
spected by a committee of tho Commer
cial club and a number of heavy prop
erty owners, lu the main tho plans have
been pronounced satisfactory. Tho
structure as a wholo when completed
will conform to modern Ideas of school
architecture and afford all tho facilities
required by a city of 'JoO.OOO population.
Tho exterior may, however, have to be
modllled In some particulars. Tho only
open questlou Is whether the board
shall embark In the construction of the
main front facing oast with Its present
resources or erect tho west front tlrst,
which will Involve much less expendi
ture and yet servo tho cuds lu view.
It is the consensus of opinion that tho
now High school building should bo
absolutely fireproof. The plans for a
so-called slow-burning building aro not
worth discussing. As between slow-
burning nnd fast-burning construction
there Is scarcely any difference so far
ns protection from lire Is concerned nnd
Omaha does not want to Invest In an
other tlrctrnpw That tho board would
not be Justified in cheapening tho con
struction In order to build the most pre
tentious front llrst when the same ac
commodations can be secured in a plain
fireproof structure on the west side Is
beyond n doubt.
Colonel John G. Manor has unllmbered
his typewriter ngaln nnd interviewed
himself to explain why his loudly
heralded regiment for the relief of tho
Boer citadels In South Africa has not
yet moved on the British enemy. The
great commander announces that the
money required to transport tho men
enlisted for the Boer war to tho seat of
hostilities could bo better utilized In
caring for tho wounded aud helping tho
widows and orphans of tho slain. In
spired by this humanitarian view ho
has, with great dlfllculty, persunded his
warriors to repress their swelling
nmbltlon to wipe tho British nrmy off
tho fnco of tho globe and to relinquish
the greatest military opportunity of
their lives. The gallant colonel himself
has Just sent $r as his contribution to
the Boer hospital fund ns the full
equivalent In value of tho services ho
would have rendered had ho led his
volunteers across tho veldts and up tho
kopjes.
Tho question raised by Health Com
mlssloner Coffmnn as to the re
sponslblllty for tho care of Indigent sick
as between tho city nnd county should
m taken up to the proper authorities
and settled without further delay. The
conlllct arises, of course, because of our
duplicate county nnd city government
and would bo obviated by a consolida
tion of tho two, such ns has been several
times proposed. A number of other
similar disputed questions aro pending,
ono of them relnting to tho police court
costs, in cases brought under the state
laws, which up to this time have been
bomo by tho city nnd for which, nccord
lug to good legal opinion, It should bo
reimbursed by tho county. Inasmuch
as the property owners within the city
pay nine-tenths of the county taxes It
Is 'only fair that they should get back
all that belongs to them.
The Brynnlto managers must antici
pate a large number of Mlssoiirlaus will
he among the delegates to the Kansas
City convention.. Kor that reason they
were particularly anxious to have fusion
lu Nebraska an accomplished fact be
fore the meeting of tho national con
vention. Managers of "get-rleh-qulck" concerns
are learning thut the plan Is speedy lu
more respects than oiuv When jtlio
federal government gets after them
they are lauded In tho penitentiary with
ns great celerity as could be desired by
their most rapacious victim.
Sell in of (he Money Power.
Buffalo Express.
Important gold finds aro reported to havo
been mndo on Ilryan creek In the Klondlko
country. It's another republican conspiracy.
Pour CaniNiilittloit for llcwcCi
Now York Sun.
Colonel Bryan la getting all tho delegates,
but tho admiral's boomers will consolo him.
They will tell him that tho Bryan men aro
Dowry men In disguise.
Olil Prophet .tunes.
Bultlmoro American.
Chairman Jones of tho democratic na
tional comralttco, declares that ho nlrendy
"scents victory In tho air." It will bo re
called that tho noso of Mr. Jones has proven
unrcllablo as a victory-scentor on previous
occasions.
The Shearing Neimnn.
Detroit Freo Tress.
Just as booh as tho Americans begin to
nrrlvo in Paris by flocks, hotel rates ad
vance. It is at least a compliment to tho
prosperity of our people. Even tho mer
curial Frenchman never attempts to pluck
thu fcatherlcss bird.
Cnn HooMovolt lip Unified f
St. (Paul Pioneer Tress.
Notwithstanding Governor Itooscvclt's re
peated statements that ho Is not, and will
not be, a candldato for tho position, his
boom for tho vlco presidency will not down,
and it is possible that ho may bo com
pelled .to accept tho nomination to avoid be
ing "postered." But .tho chances aro that
Teddy will not consent to bo shelved Into
tho ldlo Inconsequence of this honorable
sinecure. Ho would not bo content with any
odlclal pcsltlon which was not ono of strenu
ous and aggressive nctlvlty nnd responsible
leadership where ho Is nt his best. His
splendid record nst governor of Now York
Justifies his ambition for a second term, lie
has been a terror to tho ovlldoers among tho
politicians of thnt state, nnd they would llko
well to get rid of him If they could.
WHY IlOllEH'l'S DOES NOT MOVE.
ntnrc Piitttnn In n Vfv LlekH for tho
Benefit of the Boers.
'Philadelphia Becord.
Tho British nrmy lies Inactively nt Bloom-
fonteln, waiting for horses and warm cloth
ing. The seasons come nnd go In South
Africa ns they do elsewhere nnd tho fervid
heat on tho veldt has :boen succeeded by
nipping winds. Tho South African winter
is coming on apace. Tho hopes which Intel J
havo buoyed up tho British nation, that
Gcnoral Roberts -weuld tear like a whirl
wind through tho" Freo Stato and swoop
down on Pretoria -with lrrcalstlblo force,
havo .been blasted. Nature and tho war
office In Lonilon .aro on tho sldo of the
Boers. R Is ,n l.w of naturo that winters
shall b'd cold, whether 'in South Africa or In
other parts of tho two temperate zones, but
tho circumlocution ofllco has ncglectod to
mnko timely provision for this exigency
and consequently tho British soldiers aro
shivering In khaki, while many of them aro
becoming invalided by pneumonia. Cam-
nalgnlng under such conditions Is imprac
ticable, tmt oven if Tommy Atkins had been
created frostproof tho British nrmy would
still 'bo unablo to mnko a descent on the
Transvaal capital for many other reasons.
A hawk can swoop down on a chicken be
causo Its powers of locomotion exceed thoso
of Us quarry many times over, so tho
British will havo to become greatly superior
to tho Boers In mobility It they expect to
engago in nn "on to Pretoria!" campaign.
Thero nro not horses enough In South Africa
to enablo tho British to acquire tho celorlty
of movement requisite to round up their
foes, nnd tho animals brought in from
abroad, as experience has shown, cannot
ccduro tho climate of the veldt. General
Roberts does not move .becauso be cannot.
Tho commissary department of tho war office
la scouring tho world for remounts, but tho
animals dlo no quickly as tho department
can supply them; a single hard rldo uses
them up. By -whatever expedients tho diffi
culties of tho war In Africa and tho .power
of reals'tnncu of tho Dutch republics mny
finally bo ovorcomo It will not bo by a whirl
wind march on the Transvaal capital. Tho
conflict Is destined to be continued over a
period longer than tho most confident friend
of tho Boom cquld have anticipated and It
is qulta possible that tho British may be
worn out by tho Btrugglo sooner than tho
rosourceful African farmers.
EVILS OK IIAMRL'PTOY I, AW.
Intra CoiiKre.iNinitn A runes In Furor
of nepeiil,
lion. J. T. Dolllver in Leslie's Weekly.
From tho tlmq of tho repeal of tho net
of 1800 down to 1811 all efforts to re-enact
a bankruptcy codo failed. Tho law of 1841
bocamo possiblo only by making it alterna
tive, in character nnd combining voluntary
bankruptcy, giving universal relief against
old debts, with the Involuntary process un
der which creditors may call upon the courts
to administer tho assets of falling mer
chants. Tho samo may bo eald of tho law
of 1867 nnd of tho present law. Yet both
reason and oxperlonca show that tho two
cannot work togothor. When thoy nro
Joined the valuo of compulsory bankruptcy
to tho morcuntllo world Is to a great ex
tent destroyed, since persons about to fall.
knowing their own circumstances better
than anybody cite, nro nblo to anticipate
tho movement of their creditors, nnd find
llttlo dlfllculty, If disposed to bo dishonest,
lu scattering or concealing .their proporty.
For that reason every law which includes
both, processes becomes, in effect, a system
of voluntary bankruptcy only.
Tho present law has already exhibited
tho same results. It has added llttlo or
nothing to tho security of creditors, while
It hns already filled tho courts of tho United
States with an atmosphere of fraud and
perjury fatal to tho integrity of American
business. It is not denied that some good
has boen dono by It. Tho army of un
fortunato debtors, for whose lellef boards of
trado and chambers of commerce havo beon
shedding their tears for so long, lias had Its
day in tho bankruptcy courts. Every
month that It now remains upon tho statute
books It ministers to tho spirit of specula
tion which already thrcntons to destroy
national prosperity.
It is tho nlly of fraud, tho silent partner
of dishonesty, tho secret motive of reckless
and spendthrift dealing. I denounce It in
tho namo of tho upright and solvent mer
chants of America. In the words of Thomas
II. Denton, spoken In tho senato chamber
when the question of repealing tho law of
1811 was considered, "lu mercy to posterity.
It not In Justice, to ourselves, we should
ropeul this law. Wo should not tuffcr tho
young and floxlblo mind to say to Itself
while contracting a debt, 'the law stands
ready to release mo from It whenever I
chooso ta throw U down.' "
I'll MMir.vr.s of fisiox politics.
Norfolk Journal (rep.): When Attorney
Genernl Smyth comes to Norfolk to mnko a
political speech this tall he should he asked
to reveal how he hns redeemed the pledges
ninde In n speech delivered In this city two
years ngo.
Pnpllllon Times (dem.): A still hunt is
being organized for State Treasurer Me
sorvo for governor. Wo admit that tho
treasurer is foxy, but there's no more show
for him to beat Governor l'oynter lu the
state convention than for 1). E. Thomp
son to bo elected United States senntor.
North Platte Tribuno (rep.): Denton
Mnret, formerly secretary to ex-Governor
llolcomb, Is slated for tho fusion nomina
tion for stato senator In this district. In
order to defeat him nt tho polls it Is only
necessary for tho republicans to nominate
E. D. Owens of Cozad, who reprctenteJ this
district in tho last legislature.
O'Neill Independent (pop.): Tho populist
party hns not even given the state commit
teo power to suggest n temporary chntrman
for its conventions. Such honors can only
ho conferred by tho body itself under popu
list practice. Docs tho state commlttio
Imagine for n moment that the populist
party wll tamely submit to tho state com
mittee designating to it tho "basis of
fusion?" Such n proposition Is ns absurd ns
It Is improper.
Papllllon Times (dem.): Wo hnvo long
looked upon Matt Gerlng or A. J. Wearer
ns tho men, ono of whom should bo given
n cbanco by tho fuslonlsts to beat Durkct
for congress this year, and we bcllovo cither
could do it. This week tho namo of another
splendid democrat has been mentioned In
connection with congressional honors In tho
First district Ed Falloon of Richardson.
Thcro's n good set of threo for any demo
cratic convention to draw to.
Grand Island Independent (rep.): Tho
fusion lenders havo set their heads together
nnd decided upon whnt offices shall bo al
lowed to chnso which men. And In the dis
bursement It Is stated that Henry Schtot
teldt of this city Is left out. It Is rumored
that tho office of auditor Is to go to a
populist, principally to get back nt Edgar
Howard. Edgar criticised tho pnst grnnd
mneter of pnss consumers as a candldnto for
tho supremo Judgeship and the ollgarchlcnt
ring at tho Htato houso would soon loso nil
power did It not sovcroly punish such in
corrigibility.
Beatrlco Dwnocrnt: Quito n number of
democratic papers aro declaring that thoy
nro for this candldato or for that because ho
Is a democrat and becauso tho pops In times
past havo hogged tho wholo cheese, and
havo nominated nil tho ofllcors. Now tho
pleasant way of handling that thing Is to
let tho pops namo all tho officers and then
consolo yourBelf with tho idea that tho
democrats havo simply swallowed tho pops
and that they aro a part of us. Iu this
district, Stark has mado a good congross
rtan. Ho's dono nil that auy other man
could, and if wo Just say to ourselves, wo
will steal Stark away from tho pops and
nominate him, wo will sntlBfy our prido and
at tho same time the pops will give a wink
of approval and drop tho remark that a
sucker Is born every minute.
Papllllon Tlmcfl (dem.): Governor Poynter
Is entitled to a second term, and tho Times
tutors his ronomlnatlon. However, wo havo
a llttlo freo advlco to offer tho governor'
friends, and that Is to quit ridiculing John
O. Yclscr. That man Yelsor is larger than
your measurement sliowa. We admit that he
is a trlilo cranky, but no man ilaro question
bis honesty. Ho has a right to aspire to tha
governor's chair. That is a laudahlo ambi
tion. We say wo favor tho rcnomlnatioa
of Governor l'oynter, but in saying that
much wo do not for a moment endorso the
fight on Yclser, who has always been true-
blue In tho anti-monopoly cause. Abuse of
YeUer-wlll not make votes for Poynter. If
John ti'd over nctcd like a republican, wo
would endorso the war upon him. But
never once has his record as a pop bcun
stained by word or deed which sounded or
looked republican. Wo do not bcllovo this
Is Yelser's year to bo nominated for
governor, but It is always tho right of any
man to be ambitious.
Beatrice Democrat: The stato com
mittees of tho fusion parties havo been
called to meet ia Lincoln on April 16 for tho
purpose of fixing a time and place for hold
ing the stato conventions. Among the busi
ness to bo transacted by thceo committees
will bo an attempt to agree In Joint conven
tion upon a distribution of tho ofTlces be
tween tho threo parties. For parties that
r.ro advocating the referendum this as
sumlng tho work ot tho convention by the
committee appears to bo a departure from
consistency. Why not let this Joint commis
sion go ahead and name the candidates after
parceling out tho offices? The best thing
that tho committees can do would bo to
cut down tho representation so as to mako
a convention of 300, apportioned among tho
counties, and call one delegate convention,
allowing each element to select its pro
portion of tho delegates. Then go Into ono
great convention, nnd nominate men who
are honest, competent nnd van bo elected,
without reference to which branch they
have formerly affiliated with. It is nil non
sense to keep up three organizations, adopt
ing tho same platform nnd voting for the
samo candidates, to do the work ot one con
vcntlon. Papllllon Tlmefi (dem.): Treasurer Mo
servo says nny man who Is opposed to stato
officials riding on railroad passtu Is a fool,
and that tho editor of tho Times must not
bo nominated for auditor because he is a
fool. Well, this editor la satisfied to ho that
kind of a fool. Ho believes he Is right, and
that Mescrvo Is wrong on tho railroad ques
tion. Tho state conventions will say who
Is right nnd who is wrong. In order that
tho Meeervos and Cornells may fully under
stand our position wo state frankly that
Uowurd would not accept a nomination for
stato auditor at tho hands of a democratic,
populist or silver republican convention
which would endorse Cornell's dealings with
Insurance examiners, or MeseTve's position
on tho pass question. Politicians ought to
bo fair nnd honest with each other. Wo
want to bo fair with Meservo and Cornell,
and so wo shall make an open proposition
to tho two stato officials who have declared
that "no damn fool anti-monopoly crank
shall bo nominated for a state office." Here
Is our proposition: The Times agrees to
glvo $100 to the fusion campaign commit
tees In caso any one of tho three fusion
stnto conventions shall endorso Cornell and
, his dealings with Palm, or Minervo nnd his
.... . . i. .. n ttrt
pUDllBIiei opilliuua uu mu jiiiQB .,. "
nsk nothing In return for this proposition,
save that Cornell and Mesiirvo shall quit
noting like republicans during the balanro
of their torms. Somebody Is right nnd some
body Is wrong. Let the conventions decide.
All wo diulre Is a specific declaration on the
evils of which wo have complained. Per
haps tho Times Is wrong. Perhaps it Is
good fusion doctrine to uphold stato officers
who forget their pledges to tho people. Per
haps there Is no longor any anti-monopoly
sentiment In Nebraska. We shall fce.
"All (Inlet nt Home"
Chicago TlmcH-IIernld.
President Krugor said reeontly that he
had 200 relatives righting, "and would rather
seo every ono ot them perish than yiom
I . . . . . V. n 1 . . nrwrwoaln. ' Ilnrllfina
the old man's relatives havo boen In tho
habit of visiting frequently and wearing
out the sents of hU chairs.
Mnxtei Out Wnr 'I'lixen.
Now York World.
Socretary Gage Informs congress that tho
Internal revenue collected lntt year under
the war levy ot 1898 upon articles not tbera
.tofore taxed was Jt5,7:M,610. If nothing bet
ter cun he done, thco special war taxes at
least could be "mustered out."
ECHOES OF Ol-1 WAlt.
Writers afflicted with n mnnla for unload
ing dialect rtorles on defenseless renders
havo In the Philippines n rich field to work.
There aro thirty dialects In operation In
Luzon nlone, nnd every ono of them Ia
loaded with agony and disturbance. A few
samples submitted by a correspondent of
tho Washington Post nro attached, not from
any desire to start trouble, but to show
tho possibilities and perlts of the Filipino
lingo converted Into English. But we nro
In for It, so let us face tho vexing prob
lem manfully:
"There aro more cadooles out In the cad
Ingbat." Tho orderly of nn officer's mess
announced this nt a dinner tho other day.
It developed later that It anybody cared for
moro biscuits thero were plenty ot them
left In tho oven.
For tho butchering of good, modern lan
guages, and tho ringing In of tho wornout
dead ones, I defy anyone, to find another
town which cnn equal Manila. Tho Tngallc
Is at tho bottom of It nil. This lnngungc
wns crusted with tho rust of centuries ages
beforo nges began to be reckoned ages be
fore tho square corners of the earth wore
worn" round. Inasmuch ns It has no verb,
"to be," It Is boyond tho ken of tho whlto
man. Thoso who have tried to learn It sny
that Chinese Is kindergarten number-work
In comparison.
Forgetting thnt thero was anything but
Tagnllc hero, let us see what hnppened
when the Chlnamnn came. Tho two lan
guages met, clashed and compromised.
Neither nation mado nn attempt to learn
tho language of tho other, but each set
aside, certain words and phrases for com
mon use. Then tho Spaniard came, nnd not
only covered tho nnto of tho others, but he
saw them many better, becauso his languago
Is easy. Now conies the American soldier
and shoves Into tho nicely nssorted pot the
Bowery nnd the backwoods slang, nnd the
language of tho barracks, which Is a lan
guago allko Impressive to man nnd beast.
Tho result of all this Is worth scrutiniz
ing. For Instance:
Three correspondents living together In
nno houso found It necessary a fow days
ago to hlro a new stablo boy. A young
Filipino presented himself for tho plnce.
Quito likely ho know about ten words In
each of tho threo languages outside of his
own, tho Chinese, Spanish nnd English. It
seems ns If the boy hnd lntely, been follow
ing an Infantry outfit nnd somo soldier ex
pressions were simmering In his head. Ho
wns accepted and went below to fix him
self up n bunk In tho stnbles. Whllo the
threo Amcrlcnns were nt dinner It occurred
to them thnt It wns tlmo for tho horses to
be fed. Tho boy was called.
"Go down to tho stables and feed tho
horses," said ono of tho newspaper men
kindly.
"No sabo 'go down.' " nnswered the boy.
"Sabo 'throw yourself out?' " the scrlbo
asked Impatiently.
"No sabe, senor."
"Sabo hlko?" suggested ono of the other
Americans. This word Is the American
soldier for hotfoot.
"Hike," repeated the young native medi
tatively. "Hike vamoose. SI, senor, sabe
'hike' much vamoose."
"Hike out to tho stables and feed the
horses then," ordered the newspaper man
who spoke first, resuming hlo dinner.
"No sabo 'sta-bulls' no sabe 'feed.' "
At length tho conversation was taken up
again In this way;
"Sabo casa-de-caballes?" tho now coach
boy was aBked. This means literally housc-of-thc-horscB,
and Is a pretty good stab at
tho Spanish for stables.
"No, sabo, senor," the native replied pa
thetically. "Sabo casa?" yelled a correspondent.
"SI, senor."
"How tho devil will we tell him 'horses?
gasped the sweating reporter. Tho lan
guago of tho American soldier came to the
rescue again.
"Sabo 'skates?' " asked a white man who
was about to go to plecen. It was an In
spiration. "SI, sabo much 'Bkatcs.' "
"Sabo 'chow-chow?' " This was the last
difficulty and it is the Chlncso cxpresslcu
for "feed" tho world over.
"St, senor abo 'chow-chow.' "
And now when tho tlmo comes to feed
tho horses tho boy la called and tho follow
ing command achieves the desired result:
"Hike out to the casa de skates and chow
chow." Tho samo theory Is worked out In other
words. For instance, tho washerwoman,
tho articles washed, and tho act of wash
ing arc nil known as "waehce-washee," and
tho caribou-bull, Its cart and Its driver are
all spoken of and understood as "cow-cow."
Thcrcforo If tho bull has a soro neck or the
cart a broken wheel, It Is "cow-cow mucha
malo," -which means a very bad cow, but
answers every purpose. If tho wife of tho
bull-driver dies, which Is frequently tho
case, slnco It necessitates a holiday, you are
told:
"Cow-cow matrlmona much malo.
Tho samo expression and the same holi
day condition hold good If the Tvlfo of tho
bull-driver has a new baby. In this case
another word Is sometimes ndded:
"Cow-cow matrlmona much malo plcka
nlnnla." And 'by Htrctchtag his thumb nnd
middle finger apart as far as possiblo, tho
fresh father lets you know how big the
now arrival Is, and If he works for you he
will next hit you for a raUe to help chow
chow tho brown baby.
PKHSO.VAIj 1MHNTKIIS.
He Is a very modest statesman In Wash
ington who cannot break into tho list of
the "also mentioned" for tho vlco presi
dency. Apacho Indians havo Just concluded a
dance to ward off smallpox. This Is a
modification of the palo face method of
"legging it" when the disease appears.
The lato David J. Staples, one of tho
fow remaining San Francisco forty-niners,
left his valuablo collection of Lincoln man
uscripts and letters to tho California His
torical society.
People who have been on terms of In
timacy with tho festlvo Jigger will rejoice
to know that ho has made his way to India.
If thero Is any charm about tho Jigger it is
observed best at a distance.
One of London's ponderous vohlcles of
superior Intelligence rofers to Admiral
Dewey as tho hero of Santiago. Another
rovlews a book on "The Pastoral Tribes of
the World," and gravely Includes American
cowboys In tho lot.
A dispatch from Indianapolis says that
tho condition of James Whltcomb Itlley,
who has been suffering for somo time from
a complication ot grip nnd throat trouble,
I Is much Improved. He Is still confined to
his home, but will start in a few days for
one of tho nearby health resorts.
A picture purporting to be tho latest of
Gcronlmo, the retired Apache chief, la go
ing the rounds of newspapers. Tho head
dress nnd trailing plumes and the wistful
look at tho magazine of a sawedoff rlflo are
Indtanesquc. So nro tho moccasins. But
Geronimo nover woro tho faco In tho pic
ture. He Is not built that way.
Gcnoral Mllc Is something ot a Joker,
When a fresh reporter annoyed him for news
ho mado up n wonderful story about a now
gun metal that norno genius in Oklahoma
or Kalamazoo had Jut discovered, It was
a wonderful alloy which wns as tough as
steel and as light as aluminum. By Its use,
tho genoral said, It would be possible, to
build guns which would weigh no moro than
tho lmmenso projectiles -which thoy fired.
Tho correspondent wroto a beautiful ar
ticle, which nearly killed the artillery serv
ice, for It Is clear that If xun and projectile
weighed the same amount they would fly
la opposite directions with equal velocity,
SIJ.VATOItS II V I'OPM.AH lll.KCTION,
Phllndslphla'Timos: By tha significant
voto of 210 nyc to 15 nas the house nt
rtnrttientatlvci) yesterday adopted a eonni-
j tutlonal amcudmont providing for the elec
tion of Unltdd State senators by n direct
i voto of tho people. Whllo there Is llttlo
doubt that the houso in this voto fairly
' represents popular sentiment, the amend
ment has still to be ndopted by tho voto t f
two-thirds ot tho senators and ratified by
tho legislatures of three-fourths of thu
states beforo It will become oprntlVc
Buffalo Express: The opinion .has boomo
very common that thero would be nn nbler
clnss of men In tho senate If they wero
elected directly by tho people. Perhaps
this would bo truo only In tho exceptional
cases. Taken as a whole, the membership
of tho scnato reaches a high standard and
always has dono so. But thero aro enough
exceptions, enough men who never could
havo boen elected by popular vote, to causo
considerable bitterness toward tho system.
Moreover, It would bo difficult to name
an Instance In -which tho populnr Judgment
la not warranted by tho earner of tho man.
Kansas City Stnr: It Is not unlikely that
tho houso was moved to Its voto yesterday
by tho resent scandal of the United Stntea
senatorial election la Montana. An end to
this markotlng of eciiatorshlps Is demanded.
That tho character of tho senators will ho
raised under tho s)stem Is not to
bo absolutely predicted, but at any
rnto tho pcoplo will .tssumo tho
direct responsibility tor tho sen
ators. They will not bo chosen by corpora
tions or by legislatures nt iho direction of
corporations, which Is the samo thing.
Neither will they bo chrxsen by rings and
combinations of politicians nnd managers
with general office nt tho Btato capital.
Tho march Is to bo kept up toward govern
ment of, for and by tho people.
Chicago Inter Ocean: Two hundred and
forty ot tho 357 members of the house voted
on" Friday for a constitutional nmendment
to provide for tho election of United States
senntom by direct vote of tho pfople. Prob
ably not one-third of thoso who voted for It
rtally favored such an amendment. Thu
voto was largely n concession lo 'popullstlo
clamor a bid for support in states where
tho question has been agitated. Members
representing districts In which there Is u
largo third party voto felt that they could
put thcmeolvcs on record without endanger
ing the constitution, becauso the tenatc was
sure to defeat the resolution. In short, they
voted for the proposition, not s a matter
of principle or conviction, but in tho belief
that It would help their political fortunes.
Plainly, tho hbuso of representatives ought
to bo above such buncombe.
l'OIMTlin HEMAIIKK.
Detroit Freo Tress: ''Say, pa, what is nn
adult?" , , ,
"An adult, Jimmy. Ik a person -who
doesn't kick out a good pair of shoes ovcry
two weeks."
Harper's Bazar: Foster Dn nil your em
ployes drop their tools tho Instant that tho
wlilstlo blows? .. ,
Tloycr-Oli. no, not nil of them. Tlio
more orderly ones hnvo their tools put
away boforo that time.
Detroit Journal: "His poetry," the pub
lic complained, ".Hinells of the lump!"
At this TegasuB reverted to his cqulno
side nnd Indulged in u. Iiorso laugh.
"I guess It's the odor of tho automobllo
ho tied up to nftcr I bucked and threw
him!" chuckled tho fabled steed.
(Philadelphia Trews! "This," snld the
sergeant of marines who was showing her
over tho battleship: "this is tho quarter
deck." '
"Oh!1 she exclaimed, feeling for her
purse, "I thought It wns nil free."
Indlnnnpolls Journal: "Aren't these April
snowstormx rather untimely?"
"Untlmely7 Say, I thought you prided
yourself on belntr a base ball expert?"
Chicago Tost: "Russell Sage used to wear
a full beard didn't he?"
"Yes, I believe ho did."
"I wonder why he doesn't now?"
"Oh, ho probably found a razor nnd
learned to shave himself."
Philadelphia North American: "To un
derstand what tho British nro up agulnst
in South Africa," said tho mnn who has
studied tho wnr situation, "you must benr
In mind whnt llttlo headway even tho Irish
troopH hnvo been able, to mnke In the
region bearing tho uumo of Oruugo Freo
State."
ODE TO HI'llIIYd.
Indianapolis Journal.
Sweet Spring.
It looks awfully mean to
Mention It Junt now,
But there Is ono
Llttlo mutter
That ought to bo spok
En about sooner or later, nnd
That Is.
Why can't you glvo us somo
Idea tiH to the exact day when
You nro coming, so that
Wo can know
You know
Just what cont or trousers
To wear on tho day you
Muke It so warm alone
Towurd noon when we nro nt
Work, that wo
Havo to rcmovo our overcoats?
Say, Spring, I bet
You wero never a man
With a short stock of clothes,
And were caught In a heat uo fer
vent that you had to
Rcmovo the only screen that
Prevented tho
Curious nublln from knowlnz
Thnt you hnd on
A coat with the elbowa out
And but say.
Spring, maybe 1'vo gone and
Marie nn awful break lipre, be
cause I bcllovo I do remember that
You uro usually designated as a lady, by
Tho poets, and I bcR
A thousand pardons for what I
Was about to remark.
But say, Spring, I nm
Still of tho same opinion, nnd
Though wo'ro nil
Terribly glad to see you,
You're JuHt llko other company
That comes
And finds us un
Trepared that's nil.
No harm done, I hope.
Ta tul
A LAZY PHILOSOPHER.
Frank L. Stanton.
I reckon I'm kin to tho lilies; I toll not, nns
nover spin;
I only answer to roll call when the -winds
from tho west blow In
Over tho ilow-drenched medders over the
song-sweet rills,
An' tho sun with a glad "Oood-mornln" "
reads tho dreams o' tho drowsy hills.
What do I want lo toll for, when tho golden
boo contrives
To' feed a filler on honey stored in tha
drlnnln' hives:
When I seo the color creopln' to the peach's
rosy rou i
An' tho red-rlpo-apples aro fnllln' an' dent
In' tho wet, sweet groun'?
Never waa mndo fcf a -worker; how kin I
staek huy
Or follow tho furrow when all tho birds
uro slngln' my soul iiwayV
Slngtn' my soul away t tho medder-grasseu
Hwcet;
With tho green o' tho houghs above mo
an' tho violets at my feet?
Reckon I'm kin to tho lilies that's what
tho workorn say;
Brother-in-law to tno imcdder dressed for
tho marriage) with Mny;
But I alius unswer to roll call though I
toll not, an' novor spin:
Tho roll cnll o' tho roses when the winds
from tho west blow inl
Daisy Queen
tt
Jt fragrant ptrfumt, rich In tbt
awtttntas of fitld and fertst.
Dtlleatt ytt tasting.
Sherman ItlcConntU Drug Co.,
K ntytrnrVHhn, Drug Co.,
nunn a co.
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