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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY", MAY 8, 1900.
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STOCKTON HUT 1 1.
(SenL Notary Public.
The tnrnndo HpikI In RettlnK to work
In Nebraska n Utile early compared
wltb bis visits of former years.
There Is not the least doubt In tho
world but Mark Ilnnna In responsible
for nil the tornadoes and hailstorms
prevalent during the past few dnys.
Nebraska people need not worry be
cause the eclipse of the sun Is not
visible here. They will wait In patience
f r the popocratlc eclipse coming up In
November.
If these storms nre the advance gunrd
rf populist oratory enroute to Sioux
Mills the people up that way hail better
tuko to the cyclone cellars when the
lull forco Is turned on.
The Dee's challenge to check up the
newspaper census, whose returns nre
po discreditable to tho guaranteed cir
culation Imposture, Is Rt lit open. Is the
World-Herald afraid to show up?
The republican press of the state
without exception stamps Its approval
on the ticket nominated at Lincoln and
oven the popocratlc press Is forced to
admit that It Is made of good material.
In view of the fact that the three
candidates for fusion nomination for
governor nre given places on the pro
gram of tho Peter Cooper club bnnquet,
the first course should be harmony
601! p.
The mountain would not go to Mn
Jioinct so Mahomet went to the moun
tain. Bryan would not attend the popu
list convention, so tho 'delegates to the
convention aro to be brought to Bryan
by means of a dollar dluuer with the
dollar rebated.
Bryan Is quoted as snylng that ho was
not Interested himself us to who should
be tho nominee for vice president. What
Interests him more Is to prevent his
kite being weighted down, with a super
fluous number of tails. One tall of ex
tremely light weight Is all he can float.
Unless Jie Intends to pay the indem
nity demunded, tho sultan of Turkey
might save the time and expense of
ponding a man over here to study Amer
ican war "ships. If he puts off payment
long enough .ho may have a chance to
look nt some of them himself without
leaving Constantinople. -
The dust hns not yet settled on the
fusion kopje whore M. V. Harrington
landed with his railroad taxation shell.
It Is snfo to Kiy, love,vor, that no one
was hurt by It. The fusion officehold
ers always take to the bomb proof when
over they get Intimation of an anti-railroad
shotl:eoliu!ng their way.
'Congressman Sulzor.of New York Is
toot rising to tho measure of his oppor
tunities. When sat upbn by the speaker
he subsides Instead of kicking over tho
furniture, ,as Congressman .Too Bailey
was wont jo do on such occasions. It
Is ejisy to see that the democratic party
In congress Is: In need of a. good kicker
back of the line.
Deputy Labor Commissioner S. .T. Kent
certainly demonstrated his tltness as a
calamity candidate when he undertook
to provec-tlmt farming did not pay In
Nebraska, Facts controverted his tig
ures, of course, but In that respect he
Is no worse off than the average calam
Itylte, while his effort stamped him as a
man of superlative courage.
The j9pocratc organ may be expected
to mako'ull sqrts of noises about police
corruption nnd favoritism so" long ns
tho police board' decision Is pending In
the supreme court. . No course Is too un
scrupulous for It. to pursue In the hopo
of Influencing tho decision of tho Judges.
Incidentally, It might be well to remark,
hnwover, that tho worst state of police
corruption, with open' gambling rampnnt
and police protection sold for a price,
existed during the fusion regime of the
Ilerdman-Peabody commission, but not
a won appeared, about It" In tho popo
cratlc newspaper feuco that stood In
jwltu tho blackmailers.
TUB BRITISH AOVAMCB.
The advance of the British forces
toward Pretoria Is being pushed with
extraordinary vigor and It meeting with
less opposition than was to have iR-en
expected. According to tho latent ad
vices Ionl Roberts is sixry-threo
miles north of Hloemfonteln. 'ho Doers
retreating toward Kroonstad. where it
Is possible they are concentrating with
a vlow to giving battle. Tho center of
tho British army Is operating along the
lln of railroad leading from Bloemfon
telu to Pretoria and his whole advance
extends over a country about tlfty miles
id, from which the Boers must be
driven as the ndvance is made.
Tho British plan of campaign appears
to have been Judiciously made and it Is
stated that tho situation is regarded by
the military critics of the Loudon
newspapers as highly satisfactory, but
Iord Roberts Is still a long way from
the Transvaal capital and may have a
good deal of trouble before he gets
there. The distance from Bloemfonteln
to Pretoria Is about '-"-'."i miles nnd a
great deal of the country yet to be
gone over Is much more' dlflleult for
tho movements of an nrmy tbau that
over which the Drltlsh forces have
passed. Of course the British have an
enormous advantage In numbers and
their continued progress Is to bo ex
pected, yet they will not get to Pre
toria In a few days or without doing
some hard lighting.
CAMAIj 1111.1, IN SHXATK.
The supporters In the sennte of tho
Nlcarnguan canal bill are conlldent that
the measure can be passed whenever It
shall be put to vote, but there appears
to be doubt whether it will be passed
at this session.- It Is announced that
Senator Morgan, who Is the most earnest
champion of the bill, will endeavor to
secure unanimous consent for taking 11
up at the llrst favorable opportunity, but
he Is not likely to be successful, even
some of the friends of the eannl, being
unwilling to put any obstacle In the way
of the appropriation bills, most of which
nre yet. to be acted upon.
According to a late report, the Inter-
oceanic committee stands live to four
against reporting the bill at this ses
sion and If such Is the ease It Is highly
probable that action will be deferred. It
Is stated that with the desire that pre
vails among republicans for an early
termination 'of the session and the cer
tainty that protracted debate will at
tend the consideration of the canal bill,
It Is very doubtful whether the repub
licans will consent to having It brought
before the senate this session. The re
publican steering committee did not
even give this measure consideration
when arranging the last order of busi
ness nnd Is not likely to do anything
with It unless upon pressure of the re
publican senators.
The senate will satisfy a very large
element of the people If It shall defef
action upon the canal question until the
next, session, so that congress can be
provided with tho Information that will
bo contained In the report of the Wnlker
commission. It Is Important that the
facts obtained by this commission and
its opinion derived from them as to tho
most feasible and desirable route should
bo placed before congress before llnal
action on tho subject is taken. The
commission was authorized In order to
glvo congress more and better Informa
tion in regard to an Isthmian canal than
It now hns. To obtain this a consider
able sum has been expended. It would
be a most extraordinary proceeding to
dlsposo of the matter before this com
mission has made Its reixn't.
wuvld ns a anr.AT rj.sk.
The democratic Philadelphia Record
expresses the opinion that Mr. Drynn
as president tinder any circumstances
would bo a great risk. "Ho has so
Identified himself," says that paper,
"with the cheap money enthusiasts that
his election would restore the .distrust
of the security of business enterprise
in tho United States which for so many
years crippled tho country's Industrial
development." The Record Is not among
those who think that because of the
currency legislation by the present con
gress tho election of Mr. Bryan, with the
strong probability of a house of rep
resentatives being chosen in accord with
him, would bo comparatively harmless
to tho tlnauclal ami business Interests of
tho country. It understands, as every
one who seriously considers tho matter
must, that such a reversal of the
popular verdict of four years ago could
not fail to disturb flnanclal and busi
ness confidence, with the certain effect
of putting a check upon enterprise and
Impairing prosperity.
The fact that u democratic president
and house of representatives could not
at once put Into effect tho policies of
that party would not prevent more or
less of a reaction. There would ensue
a change of conditions detrimental to
every Interest. Apprehension of future
danger to the standard of value would
intensify the timidity of capital. Men
of large business nfl'alrs would hesitate
to extend their undertakings. Nor
would tho damaging effect be confined
to our domestic business, It would ox
tend to our foreign trade, which Is not
unsusceptible to flnnucial and industrial
conditions here.
In view of this danger of Bryanlsm,
what do such democrats as are rep
resented by the Philadelphia Record
propose doing? They cannot seriously
hopo to prevent the nomination of Mr.
Bryan. Already he haj about one-third
of the national convention pledged to
him and three-fourths of the states nre
yet to chooMo delegates. There Is not
a shadow of doubt that he will bo
nominated ou the llrst ballot, probably
unnnlniously. Tho democrats who aro
opposed to the free sliver Issue aro
seeking to brlijg about an agreement
for the modification of tho Chicago
platform, but If they should succeed in
accomplishing this, which Is uot at all
likely, what would that amount to? Mr.
Bryan has recently said thnt he expects
to continue to oppose the gold standard,
so thnt Bryanlsm, however masked or
disguised, would still mean opposition
to sound money. Tho omission of "111
to 1" from the Kansas City platform
would havo no significance with Bryan
us the candidate. But It can be con
fidently predicted that It will not bo
omitted. Mr. Bryan has given no en
couragement to those democrats who
desire him to modify his position In
regard to silver and It Is not at all
probable that he can bo Induced to do
so. If he did, as Mr. Altgelc hns said
"he would at once cease to be the Idol
of the democratic heart."
The democrats who believe thnt the
election of Mr. Bryan to tho presidency
would be damaging to the business and
prosperity of the country will have no
Influence In the Kansas City convention.
If they would avert the danger Involved
In tho success of Bryanlsm they must
do It through the ballot box.
Tin: irimvn of justice.
The basic principle of our heritage of
common law is that every litigant ap
pealing for Justice In our courts shall
have a fair trial before an Impartial
Judge and an unbiased Jury. All through
our various magna chartas. constitutions
and codes of law will be found pro
visions Intended to Insure equal Justice. ,
I'or this reason a Juror whose c.xaiul- j
nation discloses a bias which might
prejudice the case Is excused and barred
from sitting. In the same direction
judges who have been retained as coun
sel upon one side or the other before
ascending the bench are prohibited from
hearing cases that would otherwise be
submitted to them.
Where a Judge Is a party to n case
himself there exists a still stronger rea
son why he shoultMiot sit In Judgment
upon his own Interests. Any other rule
of action would lead to an utter subver
sion of our system of equal rights and
would give one litigant an unfair advan
tage over another irrespective of the
merits of his contention.
In the lower courts lltlgnnts who allege
prejudice can lake a change of venue.
In our district courts they may have
their cases transferred to other dockets
or to Judges called In from other dis
tricts. While It Is not possible to trans
fer cases from the supreme court, be
cause there Is but one such court, a su
preme court Judge who Is a party to a
suit or who has expressed decided opin
ions In favor of one litigant and against
the other owes it to himself and to the
public to leave the determination of the
Issues In such, a case to his associates
who are not subject to the same dis
qualification. A due appiwlntlon of the sacred duties
of the Judicial olllce and the Inviolable
right of every citizen to speedy nnd Im
partial Justice should counteract all
pressure of jmlltlcal partisans anxious to
use the Judicial ermine to cloak their
schemes for political power and prefer
ment. If It does not, then Nebraska's
motto, "Kquallty Before the Law," be
comes a delusion and a snare.
The contention by which the city at
torney of South Omaha Is trying to
embarrass the administration by In
sisting that It requires live to make a
majority of the city council, no uintter
how many vacancies there may be, leads
to absurdities when carried to Its logical
end. According to tho city attorney's
opinion the. council cannot All tho va
cancy In Its own body now existing,
which leaves only seven members, ex
cept by a vote of live of the seven, in
stead of n slmplo majority of the num
ber holding olllce, which would bo four.
Suppose that three of the remaining
members of the council should resign in
a body, leaving only four councllmen
In active service, would the city attorney
contend that tho vacancies could not be
filled at all? Tho best thing for the city
attorney to do Is to admit that ho is
wrong and revise his opinion.
Democrats demanding a Inrger rep
resentation on tho tripartite state
ticket than has formerly been accorded
them nro likely to learn that all the
stings of Ingratitude wore not used to
puncture a senatorial boom. Everything
must bend this year to the necessities of
a presidential candidate and democrats
must content themselves with what the
voracious populists aro willing to leave
them. The dead ambitions In the po
litical mausoleum labeled "For Bryan's
sako" are becoming so numerous that
enlarged quarters will have to be pro
vided. Tho popocratlc organ is much dis
tressed over tho failure of tho valued
policy law to reach a place on tho
statute books in Iowa and charges it up
to the republicans, forgetting that the
republicans nre entitled not only to the
credit of placing the valued policy law
on the statute books In Nebraska, but
also for keeping it there. While wo
havo not seen the roll call on the bill
In tho two lown houses It Is safe to say
that more republicans were for It than
democrats.
, The Stiiiulnril Oil IMnn.
Boston Transcript,
The Standard Oil company has raised the
wages of 2,500 employes 10 per cent. It has
also raised tho wages of ten employes S.SOO
per cent.
A Prophet Without Honor.
Globe-Democrat.
Bryan Informs his audiences now that
ho will win In November. When nominated
four years ago ho told tho convention that
ho would carry every stato In the union.
"Moil trim ()re lon."
New York Tribune.
Tho United States government in tho
Philippines has issued an order establish
ing tho rights of habeas corpus and abol
ishing secret trials. How monstrously wo
aro oppressing thoso poor Tngals, Indeed!
Kirn in TiiUt-x n Dny Oft.
Boston Globe.
The sultan of Sulu, with a retinue In
cluding Hcvcral of his wives, has sailed for
Singapore, ostensibly on a religious mission.
But ho has several Irons In tho fire, as will
bo Boon when ho imcets tho British officers
and hands In his protests against certain
tariff irregularities which he regards as In
violation of British law. The sultan always
bus an eyo to business as well ns piety.
The Wny to Hi-nl with Workmen,
Sprlngtlcld Ilepubllcnn
Tho New York Central officials, Instead
of standing off with threats of amashlng the
unions, and nil that, got down among the
striking organizations at Buffalo and talked
with tho men In an open and friendly way.
Tho result lu a prompt settlement of all
dlfncultlcs, nnd tho 'men not only go back
to work ut once, but pass resolutions lauda
tory of their employers. It Is true that
higher wages aro conceded, but that was
not tho only matter Id dispute, A friendly
recognition nnd talk from employing official
effected much. That was the way President
TutUo of tho Boston & Maine road dis
posed of a threatened strike somo time ago.
CtillrillUo CoiiMilrncr.
Indianapolis Journal,
At this vernal season of the year, when
nil animate, things are full of hope and joy
and anticipation, nothing In the whole realm
of nature Is more beautiful than the child
like confidence of prohibit Ion tats that their
party Is marching on to assured victory In
the near future. The more ono contem
plates their simple, unreasoning faith the
subllmer It semis.
The Mini with the Silver llnttle.
Chicago Post.
What an extraordinary situation the at
titude of tho various democratic conventions
lias revealed! Bryan Is the only candidate,
and silver Is to be one of his chief Italics
for he nan three chief Issues now and re
fuses to award tho preference to any one of
them yet the state conventions dare not
even mention It. Talk about an aggressive
campaign under such depressing conditions!
Iliinln of Stiver.
Chlcngo News,
Chicago and Iowa men havo formed a
company to develop lumber Interests In the
Philippines, with a capital of $5,000,000 and
unlimited ambitions. Considering the pres
ent state of affairs In Luzon, It might be
advisable for tho would-be developers to
prcecnt one Emlllo Agulnaldo with a tew
shares of stock, or the operations of the
company will havo to be limited to tho
Immediate vicinity of Manila.
Kilnciitliin find Clmrnetrr.
J. Sterling Morton's Conservative.
Ex-Prcsldcnt Harrison has tho happy
faculty of saying some very good things.
He never uttered a greater truism than
when, In speaking to tho school children at
Indianapolis, he said:
"Intellectual attainment, the mastery of
sciences, Is a very poor thing, not a good
thing at all. If along with this Increase of
knowledge there has not been the bettering
and stiffening of character and of high
moral alms. It Is not wealth or equlpago
or personal attainments that mako one differ
from another. It Is character."
Criminal C'nric for tlir Philippine.
New York Mnll nnd Express,
No single fcaturo of tho new government
In the Philippines represents a more radical
advance toward liberalization than does that
provision of the new criminal code, to be
como operative on May 18, which takes from
the discretion of the court the grant of
habeas corpus and lodges tho prlvllego In
alienably with tho Individual, together with
those privileges as to wltneeoes and testi
mony which with us constitute the basis
of criminal Jurisprudence. Tho vital char
acter of the writ of habeas corpus as a
safeguard of personal liberty Is indicated In
our fedoral constitution, which prohibits Its
nuspennlon save In cases of rebellion or In
vasion. Itfl establishment on similar llnrs
in tho Philippines, in place of the old Span
ish system, should, therefore, Impress the
people with a sense of what American gov
ernment, honestly administered, will mean.
How the Work XVmu Done.
Lincoln Journal.
One man connected with the postal serr
Ice at Lincoln knows personally a large
number of Nebraska postmasters, and It
was but natural when they camo to Lincoln
to attend tho Btnto convention that they
should call on him. During the morning
hours preceding the convention he enter
tained a dozen of his friends and when the
thirteenth man came up to break into his
morning work he sprang a practical joke.
Looking up as savagely as he dared under
the circumstances, ho said: "Don't you
know that It is against tho rules of the Post
office) department for' you to leave your
postoftlce -without a leave of abienca?"
"Yes," -was tho reply In a whbper, "but
Thurston wrote mo to'como." The Ltnooln
man asked If he thought Thurston could fix
tho matter up with tho postmaster general It
complaint wero made and the reply came:
"I don't think I'll have much trouble while
working under John's orders."
ATTHACTIONS OF TUB COlIJtTIlY.
The Only Plaee to "Knit Vv he Itav
elecl Sleeve of nre."
New York World.
A few years ago hardly more than a
dozon or fifteen It wan all but Impossible
bo to live In the country that life waa not
n burden or a bore that le, for peoplo who
had, known what ft meant to live In the
city! Today few, Indeed, are the attrac
tions of a city as an Inducement for a
rceldenco of more than three consecutive
months In comparison with the attraction
of tho country, If ono has an Income suffi
cient to maintain the right tort of a coun
try establishment. And it is always easy
to reach tho city by an hour or so of
entirely comfortable Journoying. Rapid
transit of various kind has made and la
making tho country more nnd more Invit
ing and moro and more within the reach
of tho man of moderate income.
Sldo by sldo with the Ingress to tho city
of people from the rural dlstrlotit that are
still In tho thrall of the old conditions of
discomfort and monotony there Is an
egrcus from tho city to thoso rural dis
tricts that havo In evon larger measuro
tho advantages of the city without Its dis
advantaged. Tho tlmo is probably not far
distant when the cities will be striving to
savo themselves from a decrease of real
dent population by annexing larger and
largor sections of rural and semi-rural ter
ritory nnd by offering all sorts of Induce
ments in tho way of low rente, coupled
with high claw accommodations, to retain
their departing hosts of citizens with small
lncomos.
Tho country, tho clvlllzod and well or
dered country, Is really the only place to
sleep, to "knit up the raveled Blceve of
care," and to bring up a, family.
MOIti: MO.M5V AM) nF.TTISIl.
rinnncliil Condition of the Country
Better thnn liver Before.
Now York World.
This country, as shown by the official
statement of the treasury for May, now
has more gold and silver money and
larger total In circulation than ever be
foro In Its history. Four years ago tho
total circulation per capita was 121.53. Now
It exceeds 26.
On tho last day of January, 1S96 the
"calamity campaign" year tho total gold
In the national treasury was only $97,000,000.
On the 1st of May In this year the treasury
held $426,846,000. Hero Is an Increase of
nearly $330,000,000 In money that Is good for
Its stamped value anywhoro In the world,
But the lncroaso has not been wholly In
gold. The silver In circulation, including
standard dollars, subsidiary coin, silver cer
tificates and treasury notes, now exceeds
$630,000,000. This Is a larger use of silver
than Is made by any other country In the
world, except perhaps China. It Is an In
crease of nearly $75,000,000 since 1890.
Tho United States afford the boat example
.of a practical bimetallism of any nation In
tho world. Wo havo more gold and more
silver In storo and In use than any othor
country. No silver standard nation and no
country whore silver Is freely coined hai
any gold In circulation. And In this coun
try, with Its ntno kinds of monoy with
$1,000,000,000 In gold, $500,000,000 In silver
and $600,000,000 In paper every dollar Is
kept at par with the legal and the highest
standard of value,
Yet there Is a man out west who persists
In trying to make himself believe, n the
face of these changed conditions, that the
money question is of equal importance with
the preservation of republican Institution!
as an Issue in tho coming election!
Hi
THE IDEAL FAMILY PAPER
l'ort Dodge (In.) Chronicle.
Tho Omaha Hoe Is easily Ne
braska's greatest paper. With Its
complete Associated Press report
and extensive special service, it lays
down to the readers all the news,
while It Is news, before many of
Its contemporaries. The Iowa page
in Tho Hoc makes it especially val
uable to readers of this state, cov
ering tho entire state Held with a
special service and having a col
umn Des Moines letter each day.
The Ilee Is conservative and safe
and makes an Ideal family paper. I
KllAflMUVrS OK I t StO.V POLITICS.
Stromsburg News (pop.): The News takes
pleasuro In announcing the candidacy of J.
E. Peterson of this placo for the office of
secretary of etato, wubject to the approval
of the people's Independent party county and
etato conventions.
Fromont Herald (dem.): A report from
Beatrlco says that Dr. Lang Is to all ap
pearances getting ready to resist removal,
despite tho governor's announcement of hav
ing accepted hlo resignation. From nil
other similar experiences It will tako a crow
bar to pry him looac.
Orand Island Democrat: During the years
when the fate of Nebraska democracy hung
In the balance W. H. Thompson was ever
found on tho sldo of Bryan and the people's
Interest. Long and strong service In tho
reform cause la one of the best endorse
ment of his candidacy for tho United Stntes
sonate. His warmest supportcw aro those
who know best his party work.
Crote Vldette (rep,): Somo of the friends
of Alex Vanco In Butler, Sownrd and Sa
lino counties aro booming him for the dem
ocrats nomination as congressman of tho
Fourth district. Tho "booming" l all that
will result. Alexander will bo turned down,
ns usual, with neatness and dispatch. Tho
democrats will make a fow Ineffectual kicks
nnd then proceed to ewnllow tho nomination
of Congressman Stark, which will bo de
manded of them, "all for Bryan's sake." Ono
would think that tho dishes set before the
democrats, for tho past six or eight years,
all for Bryan's sake, would become some
what nauseous and tainted with age. But
when a party has but ono real prominent
man fn Its folds and he a "hero" both In
war and peace, the common people are ex
pected to got down on their marrow bones
and pay humble submission to his demands.
West Point Democrat: Hon. G. A. Lulkart,
president of tho Citizens' National bank of
Norfolk, Nob., was a welcomo visitor with
the boys of tho Democrat last Wednesday,
We notice by some of our exchanges, both
democratic and people's independent, of the
ntatn, that Mr. Lulkart Is very strongly men
tioned and urged to becomo a candidate for
the office of stato treasurer on the fusion
ticket. With his broad and long experience
In tho banking buslncftt he Is well fitted
for the place. Being nn accurate accountant.
nnd an upright and honest man, he would
nil the duties of tho office with credit and
honor to himself and his constituency. If
nominated ho would tax tho speed of any
of hta running mates on the ticket to keep
pace with him. What more do wo want
than to have honest and capable men and
sure winners put on our ticket! Nothing
more.
O'Neill Independent (pop.): There Is not
an honorable populist In tho Sixth con
gressional district but who Is more untitled
to the nomination for congress In this dis
trict than Is Novllle. He has demonstrated
that he Is not tho people's choice; that he
Is weak at the polls and after a short year's
service In congress ho has developed only
greater weakness. As tho representative of
the district he drew Mr. Greene's
salary from the tlmo of his
death, In March, until December 4,
when Neville took his scat. This
salary amounted to about $3,600. By every
rule of the code of honor and honesty this
money should havo been paid to tho de
ceased congressman's widow. Mr. Neville
did not do this why didn't he? There aro
many other of his official and unofficial acts
that we could cite to bis discredit, but we
have no desire to treat Mr. Neville with any
discourtesy, but he must bo firmly given to
understand that his machlno work will not
go at tho next congressional convention
and that the populist party will not again
court defeat or dwindling majorities by his
nomination.
Lincoln Post (pop.): The republican press
is trying to create discord In fusion ranks
all over the nation and perhaps more des
perately In Nebraska than elsewhere. It
Is now busy presenting the names of pror. 1
nont men for various places In the gift of
the people and against their will trotting
them out as candidates. Their papers are
trying to show that thero Is dissatisfaction
with Governor Poyntcr, whereas nono exists
and further there Is no prominent fuslonlst
who has announced himself as a candldato
for governor except Mr. YeUer. Mr. Stark
is among those brought out by tho republi
can press as a candidate. He never en
tertained such a notion. Mr. Stark Is a can
didate for renomlnatlon and re-election as
congressman and Judging from what promi
nent citizens of his district tny there is no
question ebout his return. The Post falls
to find any more opposition to Mr. Poynter
than might be expected against any one
holding that office two years and having
pto to dlsposo of. He has proven a very
able governor, he has been sound on the
principles advocated by his party and he Is
deserving not alone of n renomlnatlon, but
of being elected by a large majority.
PKRSOXAL POI.TEns.
Of course, the sultan Is silent about that
$90,000 Indemnity. He docs not havo to do
any talking at present.
Rochester, N. Y tho home of General
Otis, Is planning a large reception for that
soldier upon his return to tho United States.
A cloud of mosquitoes lingering about a
church steeple In New Jersey was mistaken
for tho smoke of a fire and the euglncs were
called out.
Even rich men have their troubles. One
of the great trust officers has asked tho
court to relieve him of tho guardianship of
his Insano wife.
Tho reports that Cecil Rhodes Is now anx
ious for "a peace of any kind" aro probably
without foundation. He doubtless continues
to want the whole thing.
Arthur Sewall, vice presidential candi
date with Bryan In 1896, Is reported to bu
In poor health and to have been ordered by
his doctor to go abroad for the summer.
Senator Depow said recently that tho larg
est fees he over received "wero from cllenU
to whom he presonted no bills, but who,
assessing their own valuation, paid far more
than ho ever charged.
As President McKlnloy will be In Canton,
0 on tho Fourth of July, preparations for a
big celebration are being mado nnd Govern
ors Roosevelt and Nash, Senators Ilnnna and
Foraker nnd Admiral Dowey have been In
vited to be present.
Henry Clows still exhibits the samo phe
nomenal energy which made remarkable and
successful his early career In the world of
finance. "If I were to lce everything," ho
said the other day, "I could, I think, today
begin life over again with tho same vim l
had as a boy."
Kanms City has a Justice of the peace who
sentences Juvenile thieves to go Into the
back room with their respective fathers and
bo thrashed with a rawhldo which the mag
istrate keeps on hand for the purpose. Ho
usually prescribes twenty lashes and stands
by to see that they are served hot.
ni.'IT.LT OF 1't.HMClTY.
Belief thnt It Would Hemeily Some of
the Krlln of Trnat.
New York Times.
Tho suggestion that the true corrective
for such abuses ns may arise In connection
with "trusts" lies in a reasonable publicity
enforced by law, has been met by tho ob
jection that It Is Impracticable to secure
such publicity without Invading private
business rights end Injuring corporate In
terests entitled to protection. Wc Invito tho
attention of thoso to whom this objection
seems conclusive to the statements of banks
published la our advertising columns. They
aro very numerous nnd come not only from
our ouii city, but. from other cities In the
state nnd from those In other states. Most
of them are the statements of national
banks, und are In tho form prescribed by
law, but others nre either tho statements
of stato banks or of national banks lu a
jform different from. that Imposed by
statute.
In tho cases of these latter It Is plain
that tho publications made obligatory by
law for other banks nre made as n matter
of advantage. They aro simply advertise
ments, and contain the truthful accounts
of tho condition of the banks nhlch, In the
opinion of the officers, nro calculated to
awaken confidence and increase prosperity.
In other words, these advertisements are a
proof that publicity of this extended charac
ter Is helpful nnd not harmful to tho banks
as to which It is practiced. It will hardly
bo denied that the business of banks Is at
least as delicate and as likely to suffer from
unwarranted Intrusion on tho part of the
public as is tho business of any other class
of corporations. In the early days of the
national system there was a very strong
prejudice against it on the part of men en
gaged In stato banking precisely on tho
ground that tho provisions of the federal
law were inquisitorial and sure, If com
plied with, to bo injurious. The president
of a strong bank in tho Interior of this
state remarked of tho federal law: "You
might as well ask mo to throw open my
books to nil my rivals nnd havo done with
It." And ho predicted that the whole sys
tem would fall from tho operation of tho
requirements as to publicity, but he lived
to become the head of a national bank
more successful than his old one.
It Is truo that publicity helps only the
sound concerns, but that is not exactly nn
nrgumont against Its application to
"trusts."
common ki:nm; about tiuists.
Inillnnn'a I'lnnk Coinmendril to Nn
tlonnl Ileiiiihlli'im Committer.
Baltimore American.
In these days of demagogic political dec
larations it is refreshing to sco nn Important
subdivision of a great political party ap
proach the consideration of a momentous
public question from tho direction of sound
common sense. There has been so much
spoken nnd written upon the subject of
trusts and methods for tho mitigation of the
evil that 1b in them, that we havo quttn
naturally como to expect political conven
tions to deal with the question in terms of
rabid denunciation.
But tho Indiana republicans pursued the
moro commendable course and by so doing
they havo set a now standard for the con
sideration of this question. Fully recogniz
ing tho evil that lurks In trusts and the
necessity for restricting their operations, tho
Indiana republicans -went on record with a
plank In their platform that may bo uni
versally applauded for its good sense. Here
It Is:
"Combinations of capital having as their
object or effect tho control of the production
of commodities or the markets thereof are
hurtful and Injurious to the beat. Interests
of tho people. This evil should bo over
thrown without Injury to honeat trade. We
thereforo favor such additional legislation,
both state and national, as shall establish
the complete legal control over all trusts
and monopolies, with full power to dissolve
tho same and mcto proper punishment to all
Who thus Beck to dcutroy honest competition
and prevent tho widest possible employment
to labor."
We commend this plank as rational and
destined to bring about a satisfactory so
lution If this platform is carried into op
eration. It denounces trusts in the mo&t
scathing terms nnd emphatically advocates
their obliteration. Further than this the
most nrdent anti-trust agitator cannot go.
But tho Indiana republicans do take another
and a most important step. They dlfforen
Unto between the baneful trust and honest
trade, and, while denouncing the one, ask
thnt tho Interests of the former bo
adequately safeguarded. This is the polloy
dictated by conservative business sense, and,
no matter how the agitation against the
trusts may wage. It is tho only policy that
will or can bo pursued when the question
comes up for final adjudication. It Is the
policy of common sense, grounded upon a
Jealous regard for our material welfare, and
before It tho blatant agitators will havo to
give way In tho end.
nooKMAitiNi; in nations.
Hoary Fiction llolatereil Up by lloicna
StntUtlea.
Chicago Tribune.
Every year ono oomea across a sot of com
parative statistics similar to tho following,
from tho London Bookseller, purporting to
glvo tho world's output of books for 1899;
Oormnny, 23,908; France, 13,268; Italy, 9,
667; Great Britain, 7,249; United States,
6,315, etc. These figures havo puzzled many
a patriotic American reader, who could not
understand how Italy, for Instance, hap
pened to produco twice as many books as
tho United States, As a recent wrltor In
tho Independent remarked, these statistics
were calculated to tako tho conceit out of
Anglo-Saxons,
Humility Is nn excollont thing, but ovory
nation Is entitled to credit for Its own deeds,
and it Is tlmo we censed robbing our Eu
ropean rivals of their Just sharo of it by
publishing thl hoary fiction nbout the com
parative insignificance of the American
lltorary output. It la gratifying to oce that
Dr. B. C. Richardson, librarian of Prince
ton university, has effectively done this In
a recent address, printed In tho Publishers'
Weekly.
The nnomaly Is explained ns soon as one
heglns to examlno tho methods of compila
tion In tho different countries. The 5,315
American books nro bound works, with
reparato titles. Tho "books" Included in
the European list nro largely pamphlets,
periodicals nnd successivo parts of works
iseued In Installments. Dr. Richardson
shows that tho so-called Germnn flgurtti
Include Swlra and Austrian books to the
number of 6,000, and that 13,000 nre pam
phlets of tinder 100 pages. Tho French
list does not lncludo periodicals to so large
nn extent no the German, but it does ln
cludo annuals, almanacs, reprint extracts
from periodicals, and repetitions of books
Issued In parts, while almost exactly ono
half of tbo total s made up of pamphlets.
The Italian figures aro swelled by the names
of magazines nnd political newspapers,
whllo no less than 7,809 of tho 0,567 "books"
nro pamphlets. When this detailed ex
amination Is extended to nil the European
countrloa tho myth about a superior output
of books 13 dtfsolvcd Into thin nlr.
Tho British nnd American lifts contain
practically no continuations or pamphlets,
whllo ths American list excludes even bound
volumes of periodicals and annuals Included
by tho British, besides a large number of
school books, local histories, college cata
logues, legislative reports and tho like.
Borne of tba European llt include four
page leaflets and in some cases the r
"books" consist of but a single page. If
our statistics were compiled on this plan,
Dr. Richardson says, our showing would ba
80 000 or 90,000. Roughly speaking, the pro
portion is as 17,000 to porhaps 12,000 for
Germany, 10,000 for Franco and 6,000 for
Italy. That sounds more rtnaonabla, Or,
If we reduce all the figures to the Amer
ican basis of substantial books, the result
glvr Germany 4,500. Franco 4,200, Italy
2,512, Great Britain 8,000 and tho United
States 6,6,'U. This Is probably a fair com
parative showing, But even hero we are
leaving out of account the nbsolute su
premacy of tba United Statea In the do
main of periodical literature, much of which
la bound Into volumes.
On whatever basis the comparison Is
placed the United States produces morn
books than any other nation on earth, 'ex
cept perhaps Great Britain, and If tho
periodical -volume Is counted wo probably
surpass even Grent Britain. If our books
arc not so scholarly as those of Germany, wo
probably cxctU lu that mass of good liter
ature which tends to produco a large num
ber of reasonably Intelligent readers.
Fi
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GE'
E UNACCEPTED CHALLEN
Made by Th B ApHl
Reaalt of Kovrspaper Coaaaa.
Bee.
W.-H.
Omaha O.OHO
SuntU Omaha . ... 1,(142
Council Bluff a ... . 1,2(1.1
Total, a Cities.. .11,881
5,0.14
1,110
1,1.12
7, son
In order that all doubt may be
dispelled The Rco makes the fol
IowIur proposition: It will place
tho census list for each of the
routes In the city of Omaha in the
hands of a committee of Omaha
business men tho World-Herald
shall name, to be carefully checked
up with the carrier delivery circu
lation of the World-Herald for the
first week In April, the World-Herald
to be credited with every name
omitted by The Uee'a census takers;
the provlng-up process to be made
by one representative of The Hee,
one of the World-Herald and one of
the News. That Is to sny, every sub
scriber clnlmed by the World-Herald
In excess of tho credit Riven
shall be traced to his residence or
business office and bis receipts sub
mitted. When the comparison Is
completed The Ilee will revise its
figures and credit the World-Herald
with whatever additional carrier de-
1 1 Trw aiiliGflriHnn If mav msiaa tin
a i i a j DiikoiLiifJ tavu a t aaa j u i vj .
nt tho same tlmo agreeing to deduct S
from ita own credit all names shown
to have been erroneously InsertedJ
TIUTil TAKH-OKKM.
Indianapolis Journal: "Adam never via
a boy."
"That's so. "Well, he did pretty well, con
sidering he hadn't had any bringing up."
iSomervlllo Journnl: The proper dessert
for a lawyer, of course. Is suet pudding.
Chicago Record: "What gavo the snake
charming lady hysterics?"
"Oh. the benrded lady got Jealous of her
nnd cavo a squeak like a mouse in tho
room.
Philadelphia North American: Asklt
Doesn t tho villain murder the hero in the
first act?
.i.TelI.1iYes- And ho murders the drama In
the othors.
Pittsburg Chronicle: Mr. Pftt-Speaklnr
of curious things concerning animals, 1
Mr. Penu-That might bo ca
called a cat-
iiiji
Puck: "What Is an Island?" asked the
teacher, adilrch.slng her Interrogation to the
class In geography.
t."A1 island, ma'am," replied Johnny
Broadhead. a studious lnd who had Porto
Hlco in mind, 'Is a body of land entirely
surrounded by politics,"
New York Weekly: He (despondently)
pur marrlago will have to be postponed. I
have lost my situation and haven't any In
come at all.
She (hopefully)-Thnt doesn't matter now,
my dear. We won't need any. 1'vo learned
how to trim my own huts.
Philadelphia Press: "This living In fur
nished rooms," said tho wife, "la hard on
the children."
"No doubt," replied her husband, who
was endeavoring to remove the marks or
sticky fingers from tho plush sofa, "but
tho children nro also hard on furnished
rooms."
Detroit Journal: The Layman-Candldly.
do you expect your prayer in behalf of the
Boera to be answered?
Tho Pastor-I flatter myself It Is un
answerable, sir. Three or four cranks have
tried to answer It, through the press, but It
seems to mo they havo failed cgreglously.
Washington Stnr: "There's one thing I
must admit." snld Agulnuldo. gloomily, as
he looked over his scrap book.
"What Is that?"
"For a man who has boen reported killed
as often ns I havo, this Is a mighty poor
collection of epitaphs."
Chlcnso Post: Sho looked at him scorn
fully, even Indignantly.
"Would you lot n woman stand while you
occupy a Beat?" she nsked.
"Madam," ho replied, "do not blame me.
Tho fault primarily lies with your own
ex."
"How so?" she demanded.
"I did not recelvo proper home training,"
he answered.
HIS HANDICAP.
Chicago Times-Herald.
Ho wooed her when they both were poor,
'twas then he won her, too;
Sho cheered him when tho days were drear
nnd tolled to help hlni through;
She taught him things from books that he
had failed to lenrn In youth,
She got him to avoid the ubc of words that
wero uncouth;
Sho took her Jowel In tho rough, she pol
ished day by day,
And with a woman's patience ground the
worthless parts away,
She turned him from a stupid clown to on
whose mien was proud,
Sho slanted In his heart the wish to rise
nliovo tho crowd:
Sho planned the things he undertook, sho
urged him on to try,
Sho gavo him confidence to look for splen
did things and high;
Sho bore tho children thnt he loved and
tolled for them and him.
And often knelt beside her bed with aching
eyes und dim.
She cheered him when the days were dark,'
nnd when the skies were bright
Sho saw him rise above tho crowd and
reach a noble height;
Her brow Ih marred by many a line; she's
bont and wan nnd old,
He has a bearing that is fine, a form of
nolilo mould, ....
And people say "Poor man, alast He's
grown beyond his wife;
How sad that such a load should be at
tached to him for life I
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