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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, MAY i-M', 1000.
The Omaha Daily Bee.
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STOCKTON IIETir,
(Heal.) NotHry Public.
That postolllcc clock should cither tell
tho truth or hide Its face.
As a vicarious martyr on the altar of
Itryanlstn, Matt Orlnc's crown Is full of
thorns of Ingratitude.
The County Democracy repudiates the
work of Colonel Molse-, uld-de-camp, nntl
Charley Kunnliip, oil Inspector, In freez
ing tho .laeksonlans out of tho delega
tion to the democratic state convention.
Ingratitude! Hnoutrngo!
Colonel .Molse, ald-de-camp, should
hurry back to his military headquarters
if he does not want his kopjo and
liung-Je to be captured by storm by nn
enemy taking advantage of his absence.
The anxiety of the Bryanltcs to make
political capital out of tho visit of tho
Hoer envoys is to thinly veiled that all
their protestations that there 1h no poll
tics In It simply make the political mo
tive stand out more plainly.
It transpires that only the last verso
of Alfred Austin's Mafeking effusion was
transmitted by cable to tho American
public and this verso Is said to bo tho
best. The others should be tired at Brit
ain's enemies without delay.
Charleston, S. 0 Is trying to make
tho teachers expected to attend tho Na
tional Kducatlou -association in that city
believe that it Is always cool there In
summer. Pretty soon Dawson City will
bo Issuing circulars lauding Its charms
as a winter resort.
Tho call for the Kentucky democratic
convention Invites the participation of
ail who expect to support tho democratic
ticket this fall. In view of what has
occurred in the past It might be good
policy to search the participants In the
primaries for knives up their sleeves.
Towne Is said to be willing to trade
bis position as one of the tails to the
Bryan political kite for a promise of a
cabinet position, Orfllnarlly a bird In
the hand is worth two In the bush, but
as the one In hand Is neither musical nor
ornamental, Towne could uot lose much
by tho trade.
The records In the Lang case do not
show Governor Poynter up In a favora
ble light. According to his own admis
sions ho has been willing to cover up
wrongdoing on the part of public otll
clals and only makes It public when
necessary to secure tho removal of tho
derelict ollicial.
The democrats who were only a little
whllo ago trying to conjure up a repub
lican machine as a bugbear for repub
licans, seem to have stuffed eyes, ears,
noso and mouth with cotton to dumb
tho senses to tho odious operations of
tho despotic democratic machine that Is
running things with throttle open on the
democratic track.
Matt (Spring announces that he will
never again ask for political preferment.
He bhould not bo so easily discouraged.
A true popocrat never gives up the hunt
for otllce while life lasts and he might
console himself In the present case that
his successful competitor for nomination
stands no more show of being elected to
congress than himself.
If that assessment ot railroad property
In Nebraska Is Just and fair, as the
AVorld-lIerald contends, let the fusion
stato conventions endorse the action of
(iovernor Poynter and his reform -associates
on tho Stato Board of Equaliza
tion. If these conventions do not con
sider It a complete surrender to the rail
roads let them say so.
In tho Interest of tho truth of history,
tho misleading report of tho movements
of our great trustsmushlng attorney
general as printed In the local popocrat le
organ should be corrected. It reads:
Tho attorney general camo up from Lin
coln on tho afternoon train.
To conform to the hlbtorlc facts this
should be amended to read:
Tho attorney general came up from Lin
coln on bis annual paw.
It Is to bo hoped tho great trust
masher will accept the amendment.
l.KM it c l utt f K7
In years gone by the republicans
dubbed tin democratic party ns the
bourbon party because It would never
learn anything nor forget anything and
It could always bo counted on to make
bigger blunders than Its opponents.
It Is well for Nebraska republicans to
avoid following the example of the dem
ocratic bourbons. After every disaster
that has overtaken the party within tho
paal ten years, the mistakes have been
pointed out, but the logons have been
lost In the next contest.
Now that tho party Is about to engage
In a campaign Involving more momen
tous consequences than any that has
been fought In this state. It may not be
out of place to take a glance backward
with a view to averting n repetition of
blunders that have lost Nebraska to the
republicans and prevented the redemp
tion of the state up to this time.
Although Tho Beo conies In for Its
share of reprimand It reprints for the
benelit of republicans who do not seem
to comprehend tho critical character of
the situation tho editorial article that
appeared In the Grand Island Independ
ent Immediately after the full returns
were In from tho state election of 1M)D.
The views expressed and the analysis of
the causes that contributed to the defeat
of .ludgo Hoose may bo unpalatable, but
they contain more truth than poetry mid
should be read, reread and pondered
over by every republican who honestly
and earnestly desires the regeneration
of the party and Its reinstatement Into
power In Nebraska.
JOir TU IWILU UP OMAHA.
Omaha Is now enjoying substantial
prosperity. Its clearing house record,
bank deposits and volume of railway
trntllc have never been ns largo as they
are today. The territory tributary to
Its manufactories and Jobbing houses Is
constantly expanding and Its wage
workers are all employed.
But Omaha's ambition for future
g-'owth can be grn titled only by con
tinuous enterprise and push on tho part
of business men and the cultivation of
more Intimate relations with the people
In the section for which It Is naturally
tho commercial metropolis. One of the
most desirable projects that deserves
energetic promotion Is the construction
of surburban electric roads on both
sides of the Missouri.
A system of electric roads radiating to
every town within fifty miles of Omaha
would double the value of every acre of
laud within its reach by Increasing
tho facilities for marketing the products
of the farm and orchard and opening
tho way for tho cultivation of tho vast
acreage yet unimproved. It would pave
the way for tho success of beet sugar
factories and cereal mills, besides stimu
lating other industries that would work
up the raw material nnd by-products.
Suburban electric rallwnys would en
large the volume of retail tralll'c in
Omaha nnd ut tho same time increase
the populations of tho towns aud vil
lages thus connected with It , by en
abling people employed hero to own
homes In suburban towns. This bus
been tho experlenco of every city simi
larly situated that has taken advantage
of tho modern rapid transit roadways.
Incidentally It Is of hnportauco that nil
tho public roads leading Into Omaha
should bo maintained nnd Improved.
While reaching out for its legitimate
trade Omaha should constantly labor for
the enlargement of Its own industrial
concerns and the establishment of new
factories, mills and workshops. The
growth and prosperity of modern cities
depend chielly upon tho concentration
of labor forces that are employed at
good wages and constitute the body of
consumers who quicken tho arteries of
trade and keep money In active circula
tion. THE SUiWAY HUH.
The Beo Sundny will bo u special
Memorial day Issuo with particularly
appropriate features bearluc on the
annual ceremony of decorating the
graves of the fallen heroes of our wars.
The frontispiece of The Illustrated
Bee Is a beautiful allegorical picture
representing little Miss Liberty counting
the stars on Old ("Story, roproduclng a
photograph from real life for which the
little daughter of one ot Omaha's best
families has graciously posed.
An illustrated article deals with the
departed volunteers who are at rest In
Omaha's cemeteries. Tho Illustrations
made for tho occasion show the (Srnnd
Army of tho Bepubllo lot In Forest
Lawn cemetery. In which nre burled the
remains of 10 I I'nlon veterans; the
graves of fallen heroes of the First Ne
braska who Ho In Prospect Hill ceme
tery and that part of tho Holy Sepulcher
cemetery devoted to tho soldiers' graves.
Kqually distinctive of tho number Is
a complete set of the photographs of
Nebraska's delegation to the republican
national convention at Philadelphia, ac
companied by explanatory biographical
material narrating the personal career
and public life of various members.
A timely story recounts tho excltlnc
episodes connected with the village of
l'ontanelle, Omaha's early rival for com
mercial predominance, with photo
graphic views of Its old landmarks and
the portrait of ono of the original col
onists. Carpenter's letter this week Is written
from the beautiful harbor of Parana
Parang In what ho describes as one of
the strangest parts of Undo Sam's
strange world, the land of savages,
where every man wears a turban and
has a knife a yard long strapped to his
waist. The accompanying pictures are
new and Instructive of the life in that
far away Hand.
Among the other Interesting subjects
represented plctorlally are it group of
popular society youn women of Wy
more, the portraits of two young women
students at the State university In Swed
ish costume, portraits of the newly
elected presidents for Nebraska of the,
Woman's Belief corps and of the Ladles
ot the Grand Army of the Republic, a
late picture of the crown prime of Ger
many, who has Just become of age, and
a wouderfully perfect snapshot at the
bleachers during a base ball fame In
Omaha n week ago In which over S00
faces are distinctly portrayed.
In addition to the special features In
The Illustrated Bee every reader Is
served with all the news of the day
covering the entire world through cable
letters, telegraphic corre.pondcnco and
reports of local news events.
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771 VICti PHKSmEtTIAl, VHOMA'.M.
The democratic leaders nt Washington
are giving a good deal of thought to
the question of a candidate for the vice
presidency. Of course they do not want
Towne, but they are apprehensive that
If they reject him there may be trouble
with the fusion populists nnd the silver
republicans, who want him endorsed, be
lieving him to be u stronger man than
any one the democrats would be likely
to select.
It Is stated that there Is a disposition
among the democrats In congress to
make the choice of a vice presidential
candidate depend upon the tone of the
platform adopted nt Kansas City. They
believe, snys a Washington correspond
ent, that the vice presidential nomina
tion should supplement the platform,
adapting It to the section which will bo
made the tiring line. If the Chicago
platform is modified, as most of them
hope It will be, the debatable states of
the east. It Is thought, might again be
come fighting ground and perhaps a
New York man be nominated for vice
president, lteprescntatlve McCIellan of
that state being already talked of. On
the other hand, If tho free silver Issue
Is adhered to It Is urged that It will be
no use to attempt to carry anything fur
ther east than Indiana and it might bo
wise to select a candidate from that
state.
The democratic leaders at the national
capital nre giving themselves unneces
sary concern. The character of tho
platform 'adopted at Kansas City will be
determined by Mr. Bryan and doubtless
tho candidate for vice president also.
There will be nothing done by the con
vention without tho advice and consent
of tho parly leader.
O.V.r COMMEltClAl, HOSTILITY.
In his address to tho delegation of a
Now York Gernutn society which a few
days ago visited the American embassy
at Berlin, Ambnssador White said that
there was no hostility In Germany to
ward tho United States and that those
In authority were most desirous to main
tain friendly relations with this country.
He tulmonlshed tho delegation to take
back a firm determination "to resist all
the demagogues and sensationalists who
attempt to stir up 111 feeling between
tho two countries," nnd told them their
duty thorp aud In America was to help
to promote the knowledue each country
has of tho other aud to show how absurd
many things nro which are said In the
ono country of the other.
Of course everybody understands that
tho German people have no political hos
tility to this country. Whatever feeling
they have -against us is entirely of a
commercial nature nnd there Is no ques
tion that In this respect the sentiment Is
strong. American competition In tho
Germuu market has become so great ns
to have aroused, according to the
American consul general at Berlin, nn
enmity which Is showing Itself in tho
demand for tariff legislation which shall
strike especially at American competi
tion. There is of course some danger
that this may lead to conditions unfa
vorable to friendly relations, but the
wisest statesmanship of both countries,
It is to bo expected, will earnestly en
deavor to prevent this. What the Amer
ican ambassador meant was that the
professed apprehension of some action
on the part of Germany hostile to the
United States Is groundless aud in this
lie is without doubt coitect. Commer
cial rivalries between the two countries
will become more active, but tho Idea
that Germany has any political designs
in this hemisphere Inimical to the
United States is unquestionably base
less. Bryan's Omnha organ prints a letter
under New York date parading the
names of the various plutocrats said to
have come ove. to tho support of Bryan
as the friend of the plnln people. Here
are n few of Bryan's "now friends:"
Richard Croker is about to return; he's for
Bryai.
Hill has bowed the head and bent tho
surly knee to the western choice.
Eourke Cockran Is already phrase-fogging
and heating English into shape to be ready
for us., on tho Bryan etump.
Ex-Sugar Trust Searlcs has well develorcd
symptoms of puro democracy.
Perhaps the most striking figure to tako
the democratic Hryan end of tho argument
is James II. Keene, the czar of Wall Btrect,
the unchallenged king of speculation. (After
quoting him for Bryan), when a man
worth 20,000.000 begins to talk like that no's
apt to prove Impressive.
How do the-e striking figures strike
the farmers of Nebraska and the other
plain people who have been fed with
dollar dinners to impress them with the
belief that Bryan has nothing In com
mon with Wall street magnates who dine
dally In dress suits nt millionaires'
clubs?
The disintegration of the conglomerate
mass which has passed by tho name of
fusion In many of the western states Is
apparent to even the casual observer.
Colorado Is probably one of the most
pronounced examples. Many who left
tho republican party when the silver
cra'.o was at Its height have returned,
ami now what Is left of the demn-popu-llst
organization Is quarreling over tho
prospective spolN. As the sjo!s of of
llce are the principal adhesive depended
upon to keep Its members together the
condition Is lcally serlujs when such
quarrels break out.
Uus.slu W said to bo again laying plans
to gobble up the kingdom of Corea.
Itusslnn appetite for territory appears to
be Insatiable and diplomacy Is never at
a lo.s for tho means to fued It. It would
be eharai UMlstlc of that country If the
result should be accomplished by In
ducing tho natives to quarrel among
themselves o It could step In as a peace
maker aud refuso to move out.
So far as argument Is concerned Sen
ator Spooner Is wasting his time when
hu answers men who proclaim every
man a liar who disagrees with them nnd
admits no possibility of their own state-
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LOOKING BACKWARD AND FORWARD.
Cause of Republican Difeat in Nebraska Reviewed and
the Path to Victor Outlined by Fred Hedde,
the Editorial Nestor of the State.
Graml Island Independent, November 17, li'JX
The people outside of Nebraska are Justly astonished over the
result of the Nebraska election in which a vulnerable candidate, whose
reputation was ruined by his many unworthy actions when he was gov
ernor, disgusting even his party friends, was preferred to the cleanest
aud ablest lawyer of the state, a former member of the supreme court
and a man of the highest repute. It Is no wonder that outsiders are
asking questions about the cause of this result. One of them Is the
Kansas City Star, which asks. "Was It Holcoinb's popularity or state
pride In a homo presidential candidate that gave the democrats u
victory in Nebraska'" The question is pertinent because Mr. Bryan
was unable to hold Kentucky In line for his party and he made no
Impression In Ohio, though he conducted a strenuous campaign In both
states."
We can answer this question in a short way by stating that In the
main It wasj a punishment for the old sins of republican bosses, which
have destroyed the people's confidence in the republican party, to
gether with the lnlluence of some minor causes. For a long series of
years these bosses have -always been under the influence of the coriiorn
tlons nnd they consisted to a great extent of railroad attorneys. They
have always fought every man of Independence nnd favored everyone
who enjoyed the graces of tho railroad companies. The most conspicu
ous examples of their Illiberal work was the shelving of Supreme .Jus
tice lteese ten years ago, whom the magnates of the corporations hated
on account of ids Independence and his absolutely just decisions with
out regard to tho wishes of the party and railroad bosses, In conse
quence lteese was at that time not nominated again and kept in the
background for a deendo. And in a higher degree yet the republican
Imissos showed their subjection t( the bad corporation lnlluence when
they In 1SJJ." induced tho republican majority to elect with a great
llourlsh of trumpets one of the most Inveterate railroad tools to the
United Stntes senate, a man who as head counsel of a railroad was
smart enough to dedicate all his abilities to his own Interests and
those of the railroad companies, in whose Intrigues he was deeply In
volved, serving even, as it congressional Investigating committee had
discovered, ns the paymaster of the employes of the so-called "oil
rooms," who corrupted the legislatures. At this time the conspiring
leaders had captured also a number of republican papers and If they
could uot make them shout for the unholy combination they silenced
them. liven The Omaha Bee. which In Its better times had been the
strongest antagonist of railroad rule and its evil spirit, did not lift Its
voice against this betrayal of the people's interests.
As a natural result this selling out of the republican leaders and
their long, vicious course In misleading the republican party into the
folds of tlie corporations disgusted large numbers of republicans,
who left the party by thousands, and It brought disgrace upon our
whole party. Tho formerly overwhelming poweV of the republican
party of Nebraska, which was so strong that a republican nomination
was equal to an election, was In consequence reduced lo a minority
that mostly was defeated.
But this was not all. Some years ago the republican party blund
ered Into- a certain connection with the prohibition element, the legis
lature submitting to the people a constitutional amendment In favor of
prohibition. This amendment was defeated, a great many repub'.;. ans
working and voting against It. but tho mere submission of this amend
ment caused great suspicion 'and opposition against the republicans
among certain elements of our people. This alone miyht not have been
so disastrous as Is shown by tho experience of Iowa. In litis state
also the republican party smiled for a while on prohibition anil
through this mistake for a while lost Its large majority nnd Its control
of the elections. But It was always true In favoring the people's lib
erty against oppression by the corporations and when It gave up
Its leaning to prohibition it was soon able to gain again the people's
confidence and come out with a (Sr,000 majority In the last election.
In Nebraska, however, tho aversion to the railroad-ridden bosses of
tho republican party Is too strong to be easily overcome. A single
apparently liberal act of these malodorous men, who tried to redeem
themselves by doing long-delayed justice to the excellent Judge lteese,
was not sufllcletit nnd we believe that nothing will restore the power
of the republican party but the abdication or discharge of these ruinous
leaders.
In nil probability there was also another strong force at work favor
ing the election of Holconib we mean the direct lnlluence of tho rail
road companies. They knew that Holconib was their man, who as
governor had accepted pockets full of their passes, their free trips all
. over tho United States In the palace ears of railroad directors and
their free dinners and wlues. and had yielded to their wishes and
their hints. And they knew also that the stern and Incorruptible
Becse could not be made to bend to their will. In consequence they
favored Holconib, probably with money and by -adding quite a number
to the votes that elected him. The smart railroad companies and the
tleludcd populists worked together to elect tho railroad candidate.
Tho misfortune of the republican party of our state In having rail
road tools as leaders and the corporation influence are the main cause
of our party's defeat, not Holcoinb's popularity or state pride in a
homo presidential candidate. Wo don't mean to deny though that
Bryan's hard work In running to every little place lo make speeches
nntl his urgent appeals to elect Ilolcomb in order to save Bryan's presi
dential candidacy from ruin and death, have been of some influence.
It certainly has had some effect in bringing out tho populists more
numerously than before. But It would not have elected Holconib If
the republican bosses had not brought our party in. bad repute. If
Holcoinb's election has secured Bryan's candidacy, as Is pretended. It
may be a blessing in disguise to our wholo country, as a mote nssall
nbl'o and weaker candidate can hardly bo presented to the people than
Bryan.
There was also another minor cause which assisted In the election
of Ilolcomb, tho fear of "imperialism" nnd "militarism," spread assidu
ously among mnny not well Informed voters by till the popocratlc and
especially tho German papers and tho favor of the prohibitionists who
worked hand In hand with the saloon interests for Holconib.
But these minor causes would have had little effect If the repub
lican party had been in good standing. Tho long disastrous policy of
the republican leaders nnd their subjection to railroad influence'1 are
what have made the demo-pops and their bad man Ilolcomb victorious.
Only n thorough reform of the republican party, especially in its
head leaders, can bring the party to power In Nebraska again.
!
S
ments being incorrect. Senators Tcttl
grew nnd Allen have only this one an
swer for the ollicial reports and
predicate their own belief on alleged
statements by men whose Identity Is un
known If not myths created for the oc
casion. Under the Inllueilce of the Ice trust
magnates Attorney (leneral Smyth has
yielded his consent to deferring tempo
rarily the proceedings against the trust.
The lnlluence of the attorney general,
however, has not yet been persuasive
enough to have tho Ice trust defer tem
porarily the enforcement of Its sky
scraper schedule of price. While tho re
form -attorney general Is temporizing
the Ice trust is gathering In Its patrons
cash.
The County Democracy denies the
parentage of the delegation selected to
the democratic state convention, the
.Tucksonlans have never been suspected
and (Iovernor I'oynter says the child Is
not his. It Is a sad ulternative. but the
delegation must turn to Colonel Molse
for both father and mother.
Illll Jtrjiin iin n Prophet.
Denver Times.
More than $1,000,000 worth of Anierlcan
mado railway engines have been sent to
Kuropean countries In tho nino monthB onJ
Ing Murch 30. Thoso Imports In 1SSC were
less than $1,000,000. Mr. Rryan predicted
In 1S'J6 that republican success would mean
tho destruction of American manufacturing
Interests. Ho Is not taylng a word now
along that line.
Army Ollleern Can't Let (So,
Kantas City Htar.
Tho War department docs well In reus
ing to accept the rtfilKUJtlons of ofllc rs
present for duty with their regiments In tho
Philippine) who wish to Icavo tho service
for no other reaton than that they aro tire
ot It. The enllited man who la sworn In
for "three years or during the wai" U
hold to his word, and the oommlrsloneil olll
ccra should be. Tho army of tlio Pnlt"d
States Is not maintained as an Institution
to enable young gentlemen to try military
service as on experiment. Kxccpi In viry
raro and unusual ca,o, or for dlsubl.lty. no
officer til on Id bo nlluwod to b-avq tho
service. Tho commission of officer In the
volunteer regiments In tlio Philippine ex
pire in July of neU year, and officers lit
for duty should look rowan! a choorfiilly
as pots I bio to another year's service That
U tho "gentleman and toldler" idea of it.
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- POLITICAL II II I FT.
Oregon will cast a few htraws In political
currents next Tuesday. State officers aro to
Do elected.
Dewey's presidential boom has not ac
cumulated enough delegate to supply the
active pallbearers.
Former Senator Quay announces that he Is
a candidate for re-elcotlon. Tho Quakers
can't lose Matthew Stanley not while ho
breathes.
Judgo Tuley of Chicago declines to con
sider tho democratic' nomination for gov
ernor of IlllnolH. The Judgo has ono good
Job on hand nnd entertains a wholesome dls
llko for empty honors.
Tho democratic nominee for superintendent
of education In Alabama Is John W. Aber
cromblo and tho republican named for tho
samo ofneo lo James J. Abcrcromblc. The
almllaiity In names, It Is reared, will cause
Aumo confusion nt the polls.
Former United States Senator Johnson N.
Camden of Parkerwburg Is a candidate In
West Virginia to miccced Stephen R. Klkins,
the present legislature being close on Joint
ballot and the democrats having a majority
of the holdovers. Senator Klkins will bo In
tho republican field alone.
Tho republican national convention of.June
In Philadelphia will have, an unusually largo
number of United Stntc3 henatore as dele-gatea-at-large.
Nearly nvery republican
nenator will bo a dclegate-at-large from his
home state and among tho democrats, too, a
llko preference for senatoru Is being bhown.
Former (iovernor Paulson of Pennsyl
vania expressed a willingness to tall the
Ilryan kite, hut since Charley Tow no
pocketed tho nomination Pattlwn's name
has been dropped llko a hot pokor. Shrewd
democrats rcallzo that Paulson would give
tho ticket tho picturesque pose of a kan
garoo, Patsy Itahllly of St. Paul, the sweet singer
of tho plnos, achieved wild applause by de
livering an eloquent speech in nominating
Ignatius Donnelly for vice president at the
middle-readers' convention. Tho speech was
originally delivered by tho itllver-tongucd
Daniel Dougherty when ho presented tho
namo of flrover Cleveland to tho dcmccratlc
nutlonal convention.
Tha Chicago Times-Herald tells of a
grumbler who strained his luuga denouncing
piooperlty because his salary was not raised.
About a month ago his ealary was raUed 15
per cent, flat ho Isn't satisfied. In referring
to the matter bo tald: "Of cauricS Tho
campaign's about to open. They seo they've
got to do something to try to make tbelr
sldft good. Hut they'ro not going to brlbn
me! This Is nothing more nor less than a
villainous attempt to get my voto by paying
for It In an underhanded way. It's an out
ragcoui assault on my manhood and I'm
going lo resent It at the polls,"
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Tho Paris municipal elections gave the
opponents of the republic great comfort, ns
the nationalists, the antl-IJreyfusards, were,
victorious. It was said at the time that i
when the returns from the country com- I
munes were counted, It would be found
that Paris was not France. These returns
are all In and amply Justify the prediction, j
Out of 33,!M2 rommuncs in France the re-
publicans carried 24.S32. the reactionaries 1
S.il9 and the nationalists only 153. There
are 43S candidates elected who nre on the
fence, or ns the French more delicately ex
press It, 'whose policy Is In doubt." The
evidence that these elections afford of the
overwhelming soundness of the French pej
nlc outside Paris tho peasants, artisans,
shopkeepers nnd small investors Is very
gratifying, but was scarcely needed to show
the real strength of the government, which
has effectually solidified the republican
party. Paris was In a freaky mood when It
chose an nntl-Dreyfuj.ird majority to th"
municipal council. Just as it was when It
went wild over Doulanger.
The Paris elections have been given more
significance by foreign comment than they
deserve. The municipal counrll is hodv
whlch practically' has little nower. Noun
of Its proceedings nre of binding force nnd
effect until they have been approved by the
prefect of the Seine, who Is appointed by
the government, Paris not being allowed to
have a mayor. The only appeal from the
prefect's blue pencil Is to the government,
which usually sustains him.
All the latest reports from Morocco are to
the effect that the situation there Is ex
ceedingly disquieting. Twosif the strongest
men of the country died recently almost to
gether. The first to go was SI Prces, the
commander-in-chief, who though only
twenty-seven years old. exercised great In
fluence and authority. The second was Rah
Mamcd; the granj vliler, whose death was
announced the other day. Oreat Importance
was attached to his survival, and when ho
was taken sick be was attended by the
French uud Kngllsh physicians attached to '
thft Prtlirf Uflri thn nr Vain nhfalnfan r.t .l.o'1
tho court and tho private physician of the
Spanish ambassador. Ills death leaves the
chief executive power In the hands of two
viziers, brothers, ono of whom is blind and
the other crazy. The chief peril comes from
tho Incapacity of tho young sultan, who
knows little of tho affairs of his kingdom
and has hitherto surrendered himself to a
life of voluptuous dlrslpatlon, a course In
which he was encouraged by Hah Ilnmcd,
who had mado""hlmself, according to all ac
counts, a practical diet) or. Public discon
tent Is rife, nnd unless the sultiin should un
ojpccicuiy Hsst'ii nimscn. ino rnnnces ior
revolution and for subsequent foreign Inter-
expectedly assert himself, tho chances for
vcntlon are many.
A striking Illustration of the Turkish no
tion of reform Is furnished by the recent
recall of tho "high commission of refirms
of the Anatolian provinces," which was ap
pointed In 1S!6, soon after the matsacre! of
thnt year, and has been In exigence ever
since. It wan constituted to lead the pow
ers to believe that the stiltan serloisly In
tended to enrry out the reforms which he
had promised to their ambassadors in t'on
stantlnople. 'Marshal Shsklr Pasha was ap
pointed prldent of the commlrson, partly
because he w-as favorablv known In the
diplomatic world, but chiefly because the
sultan longed to bo rid of the presence In
Constantinople of a statesman who stood In
high general esteem, but whero views nnd
principles were diametrically opposed to hU
own. From tho time of Its arrival on thj
scene ot Its labors to the death of Shaklr
Pasha in October. 189D, tho commission sent
to Constantinople no lesa than 463 reports,
In each of which measures of reform were
recommended. No action has ever b?en
taken upon any of them. Any lllvsion
which the powers may have entertained
about the value of the commission as an
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instrument of reform long ago vanished nnd
for ynars It has not availed the miltan any-
thine even as a political blind. At tho samo
time It could not easily be dissolved with
out permitting Shaklr Pasha to return to
Constantinople, which would have been Inconvenient-
It appears that Shaklr waa
practically In oxllc all tho time he was at
tho head of the commission. He was not
even allowed to vWt Constantinople to tee
his family. This Is now a favorite practice
Cut to Cost and Less
to clean up our stock for the season.
Children's
"Three Garment" and "Sailor Suits."
Broken sizes of (5.50 and $7.50 suits at 5.00.
$5.00 and $C suits at 3.50 and -4.00.
Boys'
Two Garment Suits.
Broken sizes in fancy cheviot mixtures.
$7.50 suits at $6.00 $6.50 suits at $5.00
$5.00 suits at $4.00 $4.00 suits at $3.00
$3.50 suits at $2.50.
Youth's
Single breasted long pant suits.
y Broken sizes in fancy worsteds and cheviots.
$18 suits $15 $15 suits
Ac XAr t-mall sizes in line black clav flv-jv
ItJ W worsteds 15 and 1S suits at 3)J.V
We especially request all those who can to do their trad
ing in tho morning and avoid the crush and confusion of the
afternoon.
Juvenile department second floor.
Browning, King & Co.,
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
Omaha's Only Exclusive Clothiers for Mco and Uoy
of the stiltun When he wania to get rid
of a man whom ho does not think It wlsa
to banish openly hi gives him a nominally
good appointment In a distant province and
sees that he st)s there.
1 t'nder the heading "Russia and Kngland
In Pen-In." the Nooe Vreniya dlscustes a
. recent article in tho tcnil-ofllclal Anglo
Indian Plonor Mud. wherein the "minimum
) of the rights claimed bv Kngland In icntr.tl
nnd southorn Persia" Is set forh. The Rus
sian journal is ery Ironical ocr hnt It
calM the modesty of Bngland'A pretensions
I tn alvoltite dominion over the whole ccnat
of the Persian gulf and to an excluMve.
I sphere of lnlluence In central nnd to ithcrn
! l'crsl.i. It declares that the Importance of
i southorn Persia for Russia has Increased
j cnormouHy during the last fow yeam and
Is steadily growing. Russia's way to the
ltnllnn ocean lies through Persia and thst
path will tie pursued unswervingly, despite
nil obstacles and dirtlcultlcj, nnd In Uuicia's
eastward march Mesopotamia will toon
como within the political arena'. The con
solidation of Uertnnn Influence In Asia
Minor, snys the N'ovoo Vremya, Is factor
to bo reckoned w ith, but although It threat-
' ens. It cannot destroy tho rtvults of many
! years- labor expended by Russia In that
i region. In order Ibat she may ho nbln to
I resist Herman encroachment. Russia must
J at all costs hold a llrnf pooltioa In Persia
and more especially In southern Persia, nt
the mouth of the Schat-el Arab and on ine
gulf const and this. In Rfcillc of Lord Cur
zon's flMcrtlon that tho appearance of Rus
sia In the Persian gulf or other Arabian
watcw would bo an open menace to India.
Tho dissolution by royal decree of
the Italian chamber of deputies Is an ad
mission that tho situation brought about
by the unroinpronilslng opposition of tho
extreme left to tho mltilslerlal program
was one from which there was no constitu
tional exit short of an appeal to the country.
It aroi'ie over tho attempt of tho cabinet lo
secure the passage of h bill conferring larger
h(, pollt.0 llu,horltlfs for tho
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regulation of public meetlnrs and the ccn-
soishlp of tho newspaper press. The elec
tions are to tako place June ;l anil parlia
ment Is to meet Juno HI. It will be Intcr
cpllng to learn the U'nllct of tho country,
nlthough unless the government Is sup
ported by a largo majority It Is difficult to
see bow It can hereafter more successfully
combat, tho tnetlcn of tho radical obstruc
tionists than It '-a been able to do here
tofore. All over Uurope, not only In Italy,
but In Austria and tleimany and France.
the conduct of government by means, ot
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I Parliamentary majorl es Is upon trial and
parent.
M V I'lMi: .M HUH I HUNT.
Chicago VoM: "No," she said regretfully.
"I am not strong t noiigli to run .1 sewing
niiiclilne. Why. it Just about uses nii up
to make a century run."
IndhmnpnllM Journal: Cltlzenf-Seo here,
aren't vou ashamed to brliiK us such n con
temptible little jileeo of Ice?
Iremaii Nhw ; you might to be ashamed
to have such a great big barn of an lc
chest.
I'levelnnil Plain Dealer: "And what has
vnnr ciilloge education done for you?"
"Well. I'm on the innlormen's walling
list out at the ttrcet car barns."
rhliMgo Record: "llovv d you like my.
f-nniiKomoiit ring, l.aur.c?"
"It Is beautiful, Julia, beautltul. Honestly,
It sparkles .o that 1 couldn't tell It from
a real diamond."
Pittsburg c'hronlile: "That must hav
bopii a mm! wonderful event!" exclaimed
Mr Snauss to lilt wife.
-What?'
"That whist tournament."
"What whs wonderful about It?"
"Klghty-four women all together and In
perfect silence."
Soniervllle Journal: It is more blessed to
l sivC than to receive especially the measles.
Detroit Journal: "There Is'.no clcnV s'attl
tho pnllue. and went their way.
Next there came n reporter, or eommli
Hloner, who examined tho murdered man
mor? carefully.
"Ha:" he exclaimed, at last. "The left
sleeve of bis overcoat shows signs of hav
ing been rerently laughed In!"
Then bo hurrleil out, and presently the
newsboys eonlil be heard crying extra edi
tions of the Kvenlnc Convulsion,
$12.50 $12.50 suits $10
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