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cut lo Ihem n-Kiilnrly lr
notlljIliK The ei- lliislnes"
oltlee, In person nr liy ninll.
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ns often n ilenlreil.
Yclsor should Imvo tlmt resolution
framed without tleluy. It will he an
Intercut Int; memento some tiny of a wild
goo ho chase.
Several census supervisors In this
iieck-o-wools have made the discovery
that their offlclnl berths are not all
downy softness.
Tho national convention troutoB play
limited enpageinents without extension,
bo the box olllee must play them up
Htronj: while they last.
The prosecution or one or two derelict
nssessors would do more to prevent bo
called mistakes In future assessment
rolls than any other disciplinary meas-
uro
From I'arls comes the Information
thnt Nebraska has been accorded second
jilace on Its display of apples In the
horticultural department. Nebraska Is
l)ound to keep to the front.
If our Chinese friends should accl
'dentally come In contact with the Brit
ish nnnored cruiser Terrible they may
bo forced to the conclusion that there
may bo something In a name after all.
The plan of Tax Commissioner Flem
ing to readjust the tax stssessment of
Omaha on the basis of nctual cash val
uation would be playlnp; rlht Into the
Lands of the railroads, who would want
nothing better.
Sir rienry Irvine; graciously referred
to the kindness of his American cous
ins In the course of his response on
Ms home welcome In London. Kindness
does not half express It from the box
ofllco standpoint.
The ever-present possibility that the
vice president may be called on to per
form the duties of president Is what
(warns the Rteat uomlnatliiK conventions
nRiilust conrciiliiK the honor on any one
cither as a compliment or u reward.
Senator Morgan of Alabama refers
to the Chicago platform as a document
fringed with a few marginal notes that
ttro rather socialistic. The senator
pliould furnish a diagram e.xplaluinc
Where the margins ben In and leave off.
Of course the populist state conven
tion will take pleasure In "polntlnp; with
pride" to the unequalled munacetnent of
the state Institutions under Governor
Toynter, with special emphasis on the
Bchool for the Feeble Mluded at lle
ntrlce. Those Chinese rioters show poor Juds-
Euent, to say tho least, In selectlns the
Jcrman legation as the object of their
IBrst onslaught If the reports prove to
le correct. They could hardly have
tackled a nation more wllllnc to make
tho test of Its military nnd naval equip
ment. Among the popular places of enter
tainment at the I'arls exposition is a
fwilace of Illusions, In which two per
pons properly placed are made to ap
pear by reilectlni; mirrors to number
nbout 2,000, What a place for prac
tical Joking for u humorist with a few
trained snakes.
In the weekly clearings table Omaha
ranks lit point of aggregate bank clear
ings above Denver, St. Paul, Milwaukee,
Puffnlo and Providence. This Is a pretty
Kood Index of Its commercial standing
nnd Importance even though Its popula
tion figures fall below those of the
cities named.
If the Kansas City convention would
only offer to delegate to Hryan the
selection of tho vice presidential can
didate, how quickly ho would Jump at
the chance. That Is why tho democrats
Ido not appreciate the reluctance of
President McKlnley In expressing a
preference for uU 'running mats.
last re ah or rrsox
Nearly a year ago the democratic
nominee for congress in the Sixth Ne
braska district, after a close conference
with William .1. Hryan, wrote In a let
ter explaining Ills withdrawal from the
race In favor of his populist competitor
that "there would be but one more year
of fusion." That this pronouncement
represents the real views of the fusion
lenders Is evidenced on nil sides by the
preparations In progress for the llnal
compact for a division of the spoils,
Itcnllzlng that In all probability fu
sion Is on the boards In Nebraska for
the last time each party to tho tripartite
agreement Is straining every fibre to ;et
the best of tho bargain and the long end
of tho patronage pole. The great prin
ciples for which tho so-called united
reform forces were supposed to be bat
tling have been utterly lost to view and
subordinated to the struggle for place,
while the Interference of party ma
chine, against which the people's Inde
pendent party was inaugurated as an
organised protest, is being carried to
lengths In primaries and conventions
far beyond the worst abuses ever per
petrated of old by republican lings.
In the light of such machine manipu
lation the honest and sincere populist
cannot fall to feel Intense disgust. ir
he will survey the Held soberly and
thoughtfully he must realize that the
fusion scheme has outlived Its useful
ness, If It ever had nny. The politi
cians who want to make the most of
the last year of fusion have forfeited
all claim to the support of the rank
and tile, who left the old parties in the
hope of accomplishing real reforms
for the state and nation and they will
not wait till the concluding breakup
to see the error of their ways.
llAXUKIt JO Tllh "O'C.V IWOIl."
There Is some speculation as to the
effect which the outcome of the dis
turbances In China may have upon
tho understanding reached by the
United States with Kuropean powers
regarding the maintenance of tho "open
door." It Is suggested that so far as
Hussla Is concerned tho danger is that
nt the llrst opportunity she may re
nounce the understanding, which Is
binding only as a matter of honor and
good faith, having none of the force of
a treaty obligation. There Is a sus
picion, which those familiar with the
character of ltusslaif diplomacy arc
prepared to believe not Incredible, that
Hussla Is to some extent responsible
for the present situation In China, in
order to promote her own purposes,
nnd It Is apprehended that If she is
permitted to play a predominating part
In suppressing the disturbances and to
gain a foothold at Pekln she would
not long recogulze the open door ar
rangement. Perhaps there Is good ground for this
view, but until it shall find substan
tial justification In some action on the
part of Hussla our government will
be bound to assume that there Is no
intention to renounce the agreement
and that Russia will observe It In good
faith. The New York Times says:
"The lesson for us Is that, when we
aro forced, as we shall shortly be
forced, to choose we should choose
Oreat lhitaln and Japan, which have
the same objects In China that we
have, against Hussla, (which has an
object very different and Indeed In
compatible Avlth ours." Of course
everylHxly understands that Hussln's
object Is territorial aggraudizement.
Shu hopes some time to dominate a
largo part of the Chinese empire and
It Is quite possible she feels that her
opportunity to do this Is at hand. On
tho other hand, tho Interests of the
United States, Great Hrltalu and Japan
are In maintaining the Integrity of the
empire and preserving tho existing
conditions as to trade. While, however,
the understood object of Hussla is In
compatible with that of tho United
States, our government should not as
sume u position against Hussla at least
until that power has unmistakably
shown an Intention to do something In
imical to our Interests. As yet there
Is nothing of this hind and possibly
there will not be.
STII.I. LOAMXO 'JO tiUUOI'E.
Several millions of dollars In gold
were exported to Kurope last week and
It Is thought that there will be shipped,
probably within a month, as much as
$li,0(X),OOO. This money Is being loaned
to Kuropean bankers. There was a
quite different situation four years ago.
Then gold was going to Kurope nnd
thu anxiety was so Intense lest thero
bo a heavy withdrawal of tho yellow
metal from the national treasury and
thereby panic be created that eastern
bankers subscribed $25,000,000 In gold
In order that the credit of tho treasury
might bo maintained. Thnt was In the
last year of tho Cleveland administra
tion and the outward movement of gold
caused consternation In lluunelal cir
cles. Now tho gold exports not only cause
no anxiety in tlnaneial circles, but are
regarded as of the highest consequence.
Four years ago we owed a debt and
Kuropean bankers were able to demand
our gold In payment or else to destroy
our credit. Now there Is no power that
Kurope possesses that cotdd draw
a dollar of gold from this
country If we did not want to send It.
In the last year off the last demo
cratic administration wo were practi
cally at the mercy of tho bankers of
Kurope, whereas today tho exporta
tion of gold Is a symptom of the tlnan
eial Independence nnd strength of the
United States, a proof that It has ex
panded lluauclally to tho extent of
having become a world money power,
able to supply tho needs of Kuropu lor
gold without tho slightest disturbance
or Inconvenience to our own monetary
or business Interests. In doing this
wo shall steady and ease the foreign
money markets to tho benelit of the
great American credits nlready estab
lished there, for tho gold uow being
exported by no means represents all
our loans to Kurope, although the ex
tent of these, through n shifting of
American credits created by our enor
mous trade balance, cannot bo accu
rately ascertained.
This growth of thu United States In
THE OMAHA
J financial strength and Independence,
j within n few years, Is a inntler that
will bo understood by practical men,
who will see In It, If there be no In
terference with our llnanclal system
and the existing Industrial and com
mercial conditions are maintained, the
nRstircd ascendancy of the United States
In the llnanclal affairs of tho world.
The material progress and development
of tills country in the last three years
Is unexampled in all history and yet
in the face of this the political party
which In 1SIHS rested Its claim to popu
lar support on the proposition that
there could be no Improvement In con
ditions and no prospeiiiy under the gold
standard Is about entering upon an
other campaign In defense of the same
exploded fallacy. To suppose that tills
party can persuade a majority of the
people, with the great llnanclal and
business achievements of the past three
years before them, that the free coinage
of silver at HI to 1 Is necessary to a
continuance of prospeiiiy, would be
to discredit the popular Intelligence.
MOlin PHKSKATS l-'Ull THU lUlUtOADS.
Tax Commissioner Fleming has
evolved a new scheme to make an en
tirely new assessment of real and per
sonal properly In the city of Omaha for
purposes of municipal taxation on the
basis of actuul cash values. The Hee
has always favored uniform and equal
taxation, but this proposition Is calcu
lated simply to add to t lie burden of
taxation bearing on the business man
and home owner and to relieve still fur
ther thu railroads and the great corpora
tions already favored beyond all reason.
If there are Inequalities in the present
municipal tax valuation it Is the duty of
the tax commissioner to correct them,
but to raise the entire valuation while
the assessment of railroad property Is
left unchanged as It would have to be
because made by the state board would
bo simply to Increase the Inequality.
The present system has gone too far
now In the direction of exempting the
railroads from their due share of local
taxation.
The foundation for this exemption Is
to be found In the manipulation of the
charter by the legislative delegation of
lSt7 which by the way was composed
exclusively of so-called fusion reform
ersby which the city tax commissioner
Is compelled to adopt as his assessment
of railroad property the valuation put
upon it by the State Hoard of Initializa
tion. The following table of figures taken
from the olllelal records Indicates how
this little Joker was played for the rail
roads In Omaha:
Year. Araea3ment. Tax.
1S93 11K7.G74 IS T.? firt
IS''' 179.741 7.3C9 3S
1837 179.141 9.700 01
189S 196.010 4,701 20
1S99 193.674 4.S41 S3
1900 193,071 G.422 S7
One column gives the assessment of
all the railroads taxable In the city of
Omaha as made by the state board and
the other the total amount of taxes paid
by the railroads on this property Into
the municipal treasury.
From this table It Is seeu that by the
work of the fusion legislature In 1SP7
the railroads were given a clear dona
tion of $.",000 a year out of the pockets
of the other taxpayers In the city of
Omaliav In ISO", before the new law
went Into -WlVct the railroads paid
nearly $10,000 In city taxes. In 1S0S.
under the new charter, the basis of val
uation for all other property was
doubled, while that of the railroads re
mained the same, with the result that
the amount collected from the railroads
fell to $-1,700, and this year, although
subject to Increased rate, has reached
only $.",400. All the railroads In Onialia
pay less taxes on their stations, tracks,
rolling stock and rights-of-way than the
New York Life building und a little
more than The Hee building.
Should Tax Commissioner Fleming put
his plan Into effect, Instead of narinc
$.",000 a year In city taxes the railroads
would not pay more than $2,000. If the
charter cannot be amended so as to put
the railroad property on tho same plane
of assessment as other property in the
city of Omaha we believe it would be
better to reduce the valuation of general
property to the basis fixed for the rail
road property so as to have all on the
same plan. To Increase the disparity
would certainly bring on popular protest
from the great mass of home owners
and small taxpayers who never escape
the tax collector.
Census enumerators who want to
make full use of the experience they
have gained should Immediately take
steps to get in line for the census of
the Philippines, which must be takcu
sooner or later In order to give Uncle
Sam nn Inventory of his newly ac
quired children In the far east. Im
agine the excitement of Inquiring the
ages of a buueh of swarthy cannibal
savages or counting up Hie wives of
the muchly-wed sultan of Sulu. Hotter
got applications In early.
The determination of the status of tho
various claimants to control of tho state
Institution for the feeble minded at He
at rice Is pending In the courts, but the
appointees of tho fusion governor Insist
on taking It Into their own hands In de
fiance of the courts, if they were only
republican editors they would of course
bo cited nt onco to show cause why they
should not be punished for contempt.
Hut as they are doctors of the fusion
faith their license will bo unobstructed.
Villagers and farmers throughout
Douglas county are heartily In accord
with the project for suburban electric
roads, The question resolves itself
largely Into one of ways nnd means for
the most feasible nnd expeditious plan
of construction and operation. Tho
county board certainly has tho support
of tho taxpayers for nn Inquiry Into the
experience, of other cities of Omaha's
size with suburban electric roads, and
tho sooner tho better.
San Francisco will probably learn
that It Is dangerous to pluy with a
quarantine. It la all very well to
feuco lu tho Chinese quarter, but when
every person leaving the city has to
DAILY KElJj MONDAY,
have n certificate Jtl health the per
formance ceasei to be funnv.
Itoouti ltU'it lo Tnnel
Clevoland'TCIam Dealer.
"On to PoklnR" is thP lmttlo cry In the far
. , tir
east. Hut tho gettlnV 'lnck may prove tho
Hint,, .11 f T1 oil 1 1 tirnhlnfti t
probler,1,
.Viitiire UlillCillltiK Theorists.
Ulobo-Democrat.
Nebrafka stands fltst at present In Its
prospects for a lnlRe Wheat crop. Hryan
Is still dangling free. silver before the voters
of tho state, but he .can't catch them nKaln
by pretending that Sliest and sliver ro up
and down together.
The .tliMinxlilnr Antuitient.
St. Paul Pioneer Presfl.
Ignatius Donnelly In lila letter ct accept
nnco refers to (told as tho sun motal and to
silver as moon metal. Ignatius, wo thank
theo for that word; for doth not free silver
mean free moonshine, and In moonshine who
will Question thy pre-eminence?
Vnlti nml 1'oollsli Prniilireli'H.
Indtnnnpolls Journal.
Tho republican majority for supremo Judge
In Oregon Is 1O.3S0 nnd for the two repub
lican representatives to congress 11,701. And
yet Senator J ones, chairman of the demo
cratic national committee, predicts that Mr.
Hryan will gain In the Pacific and now
states, even claiming tho Dakotas. Of nil
tho silly predictions made by Drynnltes dur
ing 1896 those of Senator Jones wcro tho
wllllcst nnd tho most frequent.
'I'm, Much I.PKlnlittlon.
Kansas C1U- journal.
"It Is no Bmall part of tho duties of con
gress," says Senator Krjo, "to contrive how
not to legislate to prevent great numbers of
Ill-considered, selfishly promoted and vicious
measures from becoming law." That this
duty was successfully performed nt tho late
session Is evidenced by tho fact that the
1S.101 bills and resolutions Introduced only
223 were sent to tho president for signa
ture. Thero Is much more danger In too
much legislation than In too little.
The (J ruli (iiinu- In China.
Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune.
Wo are not going Into war on account of
China, but may, by our very presence In the
far-off Pacific, forco upon Kurope a peaceful
adjustment of all difficulties and a satisfac
tory partition of territory arising out of
Chlncso political effaccment. The Philip
pines camo to us nt a providential moment.
Wo must uso their possession with all tho
firmness and moderation characteristic of the
American spirit of fair play. They give us a
grand opportunity of benefiting tho whole
Asiatic continent with the Inestimable bless
ings of deliverance from enthralment, bar
barism and superstition, blessings which
everywhere follow the Hag that Is tho world's
only true emblem of freedom, man's only
truo symbol of elevation.
Stealing Anu-rlcnn ltlcnx.
Indianapolis News.
And now It In said that tho German U
stealing our mechanical Ideas. Tho Amer
ican - locomotive, as is -well known, Is a
marvel of mechanism, lt Hpecd, power and
economy placing it llrst among machines of
Its kind. Extensive ordem from Germany
for locomotives hae recently been filled
by tho principal American builders and thor
ough tels of tbeso' locomotive are being
mailo throughout Germany. Hut this does
not mean, in the view of i our consul at Her
lln, a future trade In locomotives with Ger
many. It mcana that tho-Gerraan mechanics
and builders aro us)iir our locomotive aa
models on which to mako-tbelr own engines.
Tho corollary of tho suggestion Is that
American builders ought to patent not
merely at home, buUabnwd, In every coun
try where patents may.be obtained nil tho
features of locomotlvcn that .can be patented.
A Drinuerntle SrUnillll.
Brooklyn Kagle (tnd.-dem.)
Suppose a republican had been mayor and
suppose his republican brother wes caught
red-handed, as It were caught in the posi
tion now occupied by Van Wyck. Suppose,
further, tho republican state convention
mado him a delegate-at-large to Philadel
phia. It Is quite certain that under such
conditions Urynn would be heard from with
out any prompting by tho World. He would
naturally take up the case of the Ico treat
oa n llagrant ixample of monopolistic evils.
And having demolished this particular com
bination, ho would train his heaviest gun on
tho republican convention. Ho would char
acterize the choice of tho dolcgate-at-largo,
nftcr all that had happened, as nn almost
wanton Insult to tho people of New York.
Ho would declare It to be an affront to tho
Intelligence of tho state. Ho would also
stigmatize It as an outrage upon the rank
nnd file of the party. In short, Dryan would
bo at his best In dealing with such audacity,
Impudenco, effrontery, anything expressive
of Indignation not to bo restrained. Hut tho
offenders In this case aro democrats, which
probably makes a difference even lu Ne
braska. .V CI1XTI ItY OP ACSHICUI.TPIIH.
What Imp (iuvrruniput In lining
Promote KnrniliiK Intercut.
Philadelphia Press.
Tho publication of tho Department
to
of
Agriculture are never without Intcrtst, and
tho country Is to be congratulated In that,
whllo the populist and Hryanlte dema,03U0i
arc continually fretting the Idlo air with
their windy Ignoranco on economical a ad
agricultural problems, tho government cx-pt-its
go ou their oven way, working out
tho salvation of tho tarmcr through knowl
edge npplltd In laboratory and field. Tb
Year Book of the department for IS'jO. J:st
ut band, !; signal cvldcnco of what the gov
erumeut, directly and indirectly, Is Co.rn
for tho agricultural Industries. Tho 8)0
pages tell of the work of export, of educa
tional and Eoclal organization that is slowly
but Burely changing the vlow point of tho
humblest tiller of tho soil, ns tho Illumina
tion that Is his for tho asking filters In
through some neighborhood government In
fluence. The value of the prcqUo kind of work
accomplished by the 'Department of Agricul
ture cannot bo estimate In money or In
Immediate results, sleep .much of it Is for
the futu
re. A glanco at the articles in the j
:ok gives spruo ,.ldea of what Is
Year Hook
aimed at, particularly., so bIiico tho volumo
was gotten up In pojt.gtvo a survey of
n century of agricultural, offort In the United
States. All tho articles' aro uot of till
character, but those that are leavo little
untouched In tho sirfieiv' of the farm that
calls for elucidation rind-reflect tho greatest :
credit on tho various' department exper s
concerned In their production. These spcc'al
articles are, however, '"only part of tho va'u
of the work, since In the appendix there Is
a great mass of statistical fact as to Insti
tutions and organizations connected wPh
the agricultural Industry's of uncommon
valuo to every group o'f organized farmers
the country over.
It Is by such oxpertness as Is shown In
this work that the great domestic Interest!
of the United States nre advanced. Though
decried by democrats and populists, thero Is
moro hope for the farmer In tho work going
on In tho smallest of experiment stations
than thero Is In tho loudest sounding reso
lutions passed (n conventions of tbo popu
lists, whose love for tho farmer never gets
any further than words, and whose d?eds
not only threaten tho stability of the farmor
himself, but the country as a whole. It '
tho laboratory work that tells, not the
Irrational clatter of a Donnelly nor the
cheap financial specifics of a nryan. Knowl
edge nnd experiment are the safeguards of
the new agriculture, and In the Year nsok
one sees bow sedulously the United States
looks after Its own and gets some Idea of
Jwhat a century of advance means.
JUNE 18, 1000.
NEBRASKA
Humboldt Leader: "flovernment by con
tempt" teems to stand In bottor fnvor with
'"11111 iu annul in
the ftislonlsts of Nebrask
I ...-.,,.,,.. u.. i ..
a than dmn "cnv.
ernmcnt by Injunction."
Vork Republican: It Is a credit to the
fusion papers of tho state- that vory few of
I tho Bm"',lp " '7" 1 , u c,?nrt r CUBe
n, f1' ' ratlc Ion
to
I " uvpn tutloa "aPr wl no do-
i .im nave attempted to defend or excuse
i-scend
Hastings Trlbuno: The Nobrnskn supremo
court hn publicly acknowledged the theory
of 'absent treatment." It has convicted The
Ueo Publishing company of contempt of
court, tho contempt having been committed
outsldo and away from the court. This Is
a partial victory for Wcltmor, tho magnetic
healer.
Mlnden Courier: Judge Norval displayed
pretty good sense by refusing to have any
thing to do with tho contempt cases against
llosowater and The Omaha Dec. After read
ing the testimony nnd proceedings tho wboln
thing assumes the proportions of n pitiful
farce. It only ndds to tho strength of The
Hee nnd ahowB tho weakness In tho court.
Superior Journal: The Nebraska supreme
court claims Its reputation was "rooned" by
the publication In The Omaha Dee of an ar
ticle rcllectlng upon It. Thereupon It lines
Tho Dee JPOO. The Journal never thought
much nbout tho subject, but we always had
an idea that tho reputation of a Justice of
the peace was worth easly five hundred.
Judge Holcomb has put tho figure quite low.
Stanton Picket: Nebraska's nupremc court
has not lCFHcncd In the least thi, rnnlifmnt
I tin. people of the state feel for them by their
( act toward The Hee Publishing company and
IJce euiior. I'eoplo In gencr.il feel thnt
tho dignity of that tribunal has been inurro.i
by their own act, whllo many believe that
a petty spite against that paper led to the
citation and fining. It is the first time tho
uprcmo court of Nebraska has descended to
so low a plane and God grant It may be
tho last. Such a body ought to hold Itself
above giving cognizance to newspaper criti
cisms. Hloomlngton Kcho: Edwnrd llosowater, who
was last week brought up before- tho su
premo court of this state for contempt, bo
causo ho had criticised their actions, was
found guilty nnd fined $300. Ho was told
that If he would apologize the court would
allow him to make an application for a modi
fication of the sentence. Wo are glad to
notlco that tho fearless editor mfiwes to
stultify himself enough to retract what he
has oald. The honest and fearless citizens
of this state should at once raise this sum
In 5 and 10-ccnt contributions as a rebuke
to this high-handed partisan outrage.
Osceola Hccord: Tho fusion members of
the supreme court found The Deo 1'ubllshlng
company guilty of contempt and assessed
a line of $300. This Is tho worst piece of
high-handed robbery ever committed In the
state and tho English language Is Impotent.
Freedom of speech and the press Is no longer
to be allowed In Nebraska by the-sa two
modern Ncros. The Heo was right In every
statement which It made, yet It must bo
punished for telling? the truth, We hopo
to sco Tho Dee tako the case to the United
States supremo court nnd get the rotten
action of Holcomb and Sullivan set aside.
It smacks too much of political persecution
to stand.
York Times: The supreme court thinks
Its reputation was Injured about JE00 by The
Hee. The amount Is modest. There are
Judges In Nebraska who would not have the
people think of them us readers of The Hee
do of the supreme court for more than twlco
that nmount. Still It wns only Just for them
to tako Into consideration the condition of
the article Injured prior to said Injury. No
doubt tho Judges havo dono substantial
Justlco as they understand It. The next
question for tho court to determine, after
punishing Mr. Itosewater personally. Is
whether Judge Holcomb will sit In tho trial
of the Omnha Klro and Police commission
case. Ono thing we wnnt distinctly under
stood: If ho docs decide the case, and how
ever ho decides It, tho Times places his
honor, and every Judgo In Nebraska, along
side of Caesar's wife, not only above re
proach, but above suspicion. Our compli
ments to Mrs. Caesar and to the courts of
Nebraska, ono and all. May they llvo long
and prosper. About Octavla nnd Cleopatra
we say nothing. They nre not In the mess
and havo no power to fine us for "contempt"
whatever we might say.
Kt'HOKS OK OI'IL UAH.
American troops on the Island of Leyto,
P. I., performed as bravo a deed as the
Ilritlsh advance did In China the other day,
when a scoro of them held back 2,000 raw
Iloxers loaded with stinkpots. Fifteen
hundred Leyteans charged a garrison of
twenty-flvo Americans on April 15 nnd
fought them for threo hours. After the row i
was over tho Americans gathered up a
garrison flag, forty rifles, six cannon and
other loot, and enough native- stiffs to start
a cemetery.
Manila Freedom of May 12 announces the
appointment of Lieutenant Colonel C. H.
Crowdor of tho Thirty-ninth Infantry as
secretary to tho military governor, General
MacArthur.
The samo paper prints details of the now
railroad projected by tho government, which
is to run from Legaspl to Aparrl In Luzon.
"Stnrtlng at Legaspl," says Freedom, "tho I
road will run through the rich valley of the
rirnvlni-ps nf Alnnv nnd Cnmarlnes. Those
two rIch proVces will feel tho breath of
commercial brotherhood from the south and
tho people of Tnyabas, Alguna nnd Manlln
will soon find that they were all very nar j
nolghbors In their "lives nnd wonder why i
they did not find It out before. j
"With Manila, their Me:ca, tho Inhnbltnnta I
of tho Eouthcrn provinces will soon come In ,
touch with Dulacan, Pungaslnan, Henguet. I
Ilocos and Cagayan. for those provinces will
have a steel network that will land any of
their citizens lu Manila Insldo of a few
hours. Everv native, even the Igorrotes. ,
who aro not very particular about drers. will 1
bo disclosing tho latest New York fashions j
on the Escolta and wondering how it all
happened In a year from today.
"Tho engineer corps Is nt the present tlmo
making surveys of the country In prepara
tions of the Improvements suggested. Their i
reports will soon be turned In nnd ss soon
as foaslble It Is stated upon good authority
that tho preliminary work will be com
menced. The country Is a study for the en
gineer, but a railroad will not cost moro In
construction than many of the present roads
In operations in tho states."
Shortly after tho killing of tho ten Moro
prisoners at West Dongao for refusing to
work and attempting to escape, the nada, or j
secretary of tho sultan of Sulu, who rules In
that province, appeared at the headquarters
of Major Sweet, at Jolo, and demanded tho
payment ot 100 pesos each for tho death of
the Moros.
The major was very much surprised by
this turn of affairs, but ho cleverly check
mated the move by also demanding $100 for
his soldiers who were so cruelly butchered
while exploring the country some twenty
miles boynd the city and well within the
sultan's territory. It was a stunner for the
swarthy diplomat. Ho had nevor seen tho
matter In that light before and after sev
eral minutes ot profound thought and con
templation decided to withdraw and carry
the message to his war-llko master. Dela
tions aro somewhat strained over tho Inci
dent and It Is thought that the Moros will
endeavor to even up tho score.
PRESS COMMENT ON
Crawford Gazette: Th Omaha Ilea has
been fined $300 for contempt of court, when
In the opinion of nine-tenths of tho people
of Nebraska no contempt has been shown.
Tho court has offered to reduce this flno on
condition that Tho Heo makes a full apology
and acknowledgment of Its error. This Tho
Ueo declines to do. Congratulations to The
Omaha Hee.
Hed Cloud Argus: The supreme court Juno
7 decided that The Heo l'ulblshlng compnny
was guilty of contempt of court nnd a fine
of $500 wns Imposed. This action of tho
Nebraska bench is a very rare nnd unusual
occurrence, and It Is a matter of conjecture
whether or not tho stop wns n wise one and
whether tho court will command inoro re
spect In the future.
North I'latto Tribune: In the Itosewater
contempt case the dignity (?) of tho su- i "Denies are in serious danger,
prcmo court wns upheld, much to the satis- I Springfield Monitor: Hosowntcr showed
faction of the fusion supreme Judges, who 1 that ho wns mado of tho right kind of stuff
had been lying awake nights waiting for when he refused to bow down to tho bu
nn opportunity to stick tho knlfo of personal , premo court, apologize and acknowledge that
uiallco deep Into Itosewater. Tho fusion ho was guilty of contempt as charged, nnd
Judges simply used their official positions to thus save himself from the $300 flno which
vent their hatred of The Hee editor. the court Imposed. In tho long run the
l'nlls City Journal: Tho supreme court of ! will be worth several times the
this state seems to have held Itself up to tho ' Jnonnl of tho fl,,e t0 tho llt,le edltor nnd
ridicule of the stato press without regard i "l ImPer-
to polities. When so nugtut n body as the Wood Hlver Enterprise: Our supreme
supreme court of this state ought to be court cinched br'er Hosewnter for contempt
plnces Itself In tho position favoring nny- of court, but in doing so they added nothing
thing political as It seems to havo done In to tho dignity of that tribunal. A free press
the llosowater contempt enso It certainly Is absolutely necessary for tho perpetuity of
lays Itself open to coniuro nnd criticism. American Institutions nnd Justlco probity In
Norfolk News: Editor llosowater has do- nR I'Iaci,s. an,i w,,c" our "rrnic court In
elded not to nnoloclze tn bn NVhriuka au. I bulges In the practice of hauling up editors
premo court. Ho doesn't believe In saying he
was wrong lu his "contempt" deductions "iroKeu mo uair oi xne memuers oi inai au
when tho proceedings of that court support j Rust b0uy th wronK way, they aro treading
his view. It would appear rather ridiculous, on dangerous ground.
for a fact, but not more so than for tho I l'awneo Press; The supreme court of No
court to enforco Its fine of $300 against Tho'brnska mny be right, but the Press doubts
Deo. Tho court and Its attorney general
seem to bo heartily sorry that they cited a
buzzsaw for contempt.
Duncroft Blade: The Hee Publishing com
pany havo been fined $500 by the supreme
court for contempt for publishing an article
relative to a case pending before tho court
and which the court contended was Intended
to prevent a fair and impartial trial. This
proceeding might have been nil right, and,
in fact, would hesitate In saying It wasn't
on account of tho precedent established in
this case. Yet wo believe the supreme court
would havo raised Itself higher In the esti
mation of tho people had It spent Its valu
able time in deciding some of these 1,800
cased that are now on file before It.
Greeley Leader: It seemed to bo all
right In times passed for n detnopop to
"d n tho supremo court," when republicans
wero handing down decisions. IJut Its an
other thing when remnrkB of that tenor are
mado concerning a court dominated by the
"party of reform." It has cost Tho Dee
Publishing company $500 nnd costs for pre
suming to exercise even less freedom of
speech than was tho custom with popull3t
statesmen when Judges Post and Norval and
Harrison were on the bench. It Is to bo
hoped that the nick in thu dignity of Sul
livan and Silns will be filled with that COO
plunks nnd "reform" Jurisprudence will be
put back on Its proper pedestal. Hats oft
when populistlc ermine takes an airing.
Imperial Republican: Editor Itosewater
of The Omaha Deo Is making a gallant fight
for the "liberty of tbo press" before the su
premo court of the stato for his recent criti
cism of tho expressed opinion of Judge Hol
comb. Even though venal and designing
courts should conspire to stifle the public
press by persecution they could not do It.
It Is the plain duty of tho public press to
explain to the people the facts when audge
ha expressed an opinion of a case befrre
trying It on the bench. People cannot be In
timidated by any exercise of arbitrary power
Into submission to outrage nnd the courts
of the country may as well mako up their
minds to that. If a Judge finds a man guilty
of crime for expressing through tho columns
of a paper truths that the public ought to
know the remedy is In removing these tyran
nical and revolutionary Judges from the
bench. We do not believe that the question
ef politics should conflict with the Judiciary,
but If It does so every editor should state
the truths plainly to the public oven though
ho should bo Imprisoned for doing so. The
fact Is the newspapers do not expose a
great many things that should be exposed
more news Is suppressed than what Is pub
lished. Let us havo a complete liberty of
the prers to expose frauds In all cases.
VA.MXCJ WAIt IX AI-'UICA.
Philadelphia Times: Whllo the nrmored
train has proved its usefulness In South
Africa, It ecems Kruger's Is also a capital
affair.
Cleveland Leader: The killed, wounded
and Invalided HrltUh soldiers in South Af
rica now number 46.000. Where would the
Ilritlsh have been if they had been forced
to meet tho Doers on an equal footing?
Globe-Democrat: In the breaking up of
their lines the Doers have shown wonder
ful management In avoiding the Irss of
men and material. They seem to hao re
moved every gun even from their fixed
fortifications.
Chicago Chronicle: Lord Robert 's evl
dently u person of some llternry versitll.ty
an well ns strategical ability. Ho now re
fers to certain well-known happenings an
"regrettable. Incidents. ' Formerly he e poks
of them as "unfortunate occurrences."
Eventually no doubt ho will get down to
the candid if unpleasant Anglo-Saxon of it
and announce them aa Infernally bad lick
ings. Euphemlsirti will saon be exhausted
nt the present rate.
Philadelphia Record: While ths fu
ture disposition of the Orange river
colony nnd the Transvaal may have
engaged tho thoughts of the members of
the DrltUh ministry. It Is hardly likely
that any plan of government for the con
quered territory has been formed, cr evon
dlscuraed, by the cabinet. The report that
tho former republics nre f bo mado Into
crown colonies smacks prcrcatmlty. Such
government as the military authorities can
provide Is sufficient unto the day. As for
tho morrow, the British ministry doubt
less bears In mind tho preliminary advice
contained In the famous rcc'pe for ccoklng
a hare.
Now York Tribune: Invltatl-ns to the
Doer to come to America arc unnoc-s-nry.
He can come If ho likes, singly or In com
munity, finding plenty of land to cultlvato
and a friendly welcome from Uo .popln.
but ho has territory enough nt home. Great
Hrltalu will not carry away any f It, but
will encourage him to do his work nn It.
HH property right will bo under a safer
guarantee than ever and ho will have better
markets than before and an equally secure
protection In all his social and political
rights. Thero Is no reason why he sbuld
emigrate and, In point of fact, tho mass
of the people havo not tr.c alljhteJt Inten
tion of dclng so. They like their South
African homes and are now likely to bo
moro prosperous In them than over, nono
tho less, so that their own privileges nro
henceforward to bo chared by all tho In
habitants of their territory.
PKiiso.vAi. i'oi vrims.
The wall paper trust has gono to the wall.
Too much water in Its dope.
Ten of tho twenty-eight women caught In
a pool room In New York were amateur
sports. They fainted when the police ap
peared. George W. Dart, a native of Attica, N.
Y and tho man who first rnhied tho stars
andBtrlpes over tbo confederate capllol at
Columbia, S. C, after Sherman's march, has
CONTEMPT.
Albion News (rep.)- The populist mem
bers of Ihe supremo court tried Itosewater
nnd The Heo l'ulblshlng company for con
tempt of themselves. They fined tho cor
poration $300. which they Agreed to remit If
Tho bee would apologize. They have not ns
yet pnesed sentence on Mr. Hntewnler. The
pcoplo of the state have not Increased their
respect for theso thin-skinned Judgps by
this proceeding.
lllnlr I'llot: Tho nctlon of the supremo
court In Its contempt proceeding ngalint
Tho Dec nnd Hdward Itosewater docs not re
eelvo tho support of even tho fusion press.
The court. In tho honest opinion of the I'llot.
has made nn attempt to throttle tho prers
nnd government by Injunction Isn't to bo
compared with It. When tho peoplo are not
nl lowed n free prow and free speech their
contempt proceedings because they had
1U Judgment In the ense against Mr. Itose
water of Tho Omaha Dec. wherein the latter
was fined $300 for contempt because of re
publishing nn article from the Grand Island
Journal reflecting upon the honornble court.
Courts arc not nbovo public criticism more
than Individuals, and when they merit criti
cism tho prers generally will udmtnlater It
Irrespective of party afllllation. Tho Press
does not, generally speaking, like the politics
of Tho Omaha Hee, but It admires the fear
less and outspoken convictions of Its editor.
Seward Iteportcr: The supreme court did
not dccldo tho contempt case against Ed
ward Itosewater last week, but carried It
over to tho next sitting of the court. They
nsscsscd n flue of $300 against Tho Hee Pub
lishing company, with tho statement thnt
tho fine would be remitted If ample apol
ogy were made In Tho Dee. Judge Norval
did not sit In the cases, Judges Sullivan and
Holcomb having the matter all In their own
hands. At the same session of court the enso
Involving the Fire nnd Police commission of
Omaha was thrown out, the court holding
that tho matter had been settled by a pro
vlous decision, thus sustaining the conten
tion of Tho Hee out of which grew the cou
tempt proceedings. Tho Uco has specifically
declined to mako apology as suggested by
tho court and so the matter stands. If tho
supremo court has gained anything, or
raised Itself any In tho opinion of tho peo
ple, it Is not apparent at this distance.
Tokamah Herald: That Is what the su
preme court was holding last neek In its
contempt case against Tho Omaha Hee. Gov
ernor I'oynter, who appointed the "dummy
commission," and Attorney General Smyth,
who Instituted the suit to re-enact a law de
clared unconstitutional by the sup:eme court,
must have bad some encouragement before
they would shoulder the odium connected
with the recent attempt to prostitute the su
preme ccurt to obtain political spoils. The
Herald believes that the court was wrong In
entertaining a suit to reverse a former de
cision of that august body which had -been
finally adjudicated, the reversal of which
had for its object no other reason than tho
supply of a few Omaha ward healer. - with olll
elal positions. The court In Its decision sus
tained every contention nnd criticism mado
by Tho Dec. It said that Poynter had no
authority to appoint the "dummy commis
sion" nnd that the suit brought by Smyth
had no legal standing In court, and Holcomb
by his action said that he was not qualified
to sit in the case (and dared not sit), yet the
court Imposed a tine of $300 (with a string
to It) that If The Hee would apologize the
fine would bo remitted. In other words, If
The Dro will help the court let go of the
poker It can save $300.
Just entered the Soldiers' Home at Mar
shalltown, la.
If Richard Yates, tho republican candi
date, bo elected governor of Illinois he will
hold that office before he Is 10 ye;Vrs old. The
first governor of Illinois was only 34.
Crokerlan methods of running New York
City are financially magnificent, costing this
year $90.77S,972, or nbout $30 per head. Hut
taxpayers are unable to see the magnificence.
General Lord Roberts' dispatches nre be
coming quite "sniHrt" nnd fulsome as ho
nears tho finish.
A Chicago man who has Just returned from
a trip to New York was walking on Droad
way, when he was surprised to see Edward
Payson Weston, once n noted pedestrian. Ho
has the same quick, nervous step that dis
tinguished him some thirty years ago, when
ho walked Into this city from New York.
We3ton Is In tho sixties now. but he can stlb1
outwalk anyone but a profecalonal.
SlM.Ur.lt NMIl.US.
Indlnnnpolls Journal: "Whnt's that mcs
sage from Amilmildo?"
"He. sends word he will cheerfully quit
light ng long enough to come over mid help
us civilize St. Louis." '
Chicago News: "Do you think this na
tion could civilize the Philippines?"
"Well, we ought to put In some faithful
prnctlee on St. Louis first."
,- - ' i.i-ui-. re
claimed the waltres in Mrs. Stnrvem'u
, -ill in ill. inn n w.mnr.i 11
Mi.iiuiuK iiuuxe, wno nnn set-n hotter day.
we never furnish n knlfo with Die."
No? remarked tho now boarder: "well,
then, brlni; tho ax."
Detroit Free Pre: "Kind lady." ho In
quired ns he liiKiHcted the ntnfT of n great
dally Journal, "what Is your work In this
JuurnnllNtU' establishment?"
"I write the 'Reveries nf a Haehelor,' kind
blr," Bhe replied sweetly.
Philadelphia Pros: "I understand," paid
the reporter, "that you nre gotnK to turn
your establishment Into n co-oporntlvo con
corn "That's an outrageous lie!" cxcHtmod tin
heml of the firm with lll-eonee.iled Imu.l-
I that Mil plant Is still paylnc liamteomo
an nua,
Chlrngo Tribune: It was n lint day nnd
the eleohant whs thirsty.
"I haven't had anything to drink today,"
he said, turning to the enniel. "I nm told
you earrv a suimli- for thr.. nr rmir iiiv
j t mild you place n few of your concealed
i wiiter punches ut my disposal without too
much Inconvenience?"
"I don't ll.ive tn pnrrv 11-ntf.r ftf th Mln.
1''
III
"hunt." Irritably ntmwered the camel,
tumping Itself iilouu still faster. "I nm u
1 part of the show."
Til 14 St U.MiUt HAMMOCK.
William J. Lampton.
Down, the hammock, loosened, tumb'lnK,
Let us Until fall to the ground;
Hv n painful parting dropped us
With 11 deep, dull-tliudlo sound.
I wns nngry, she wns placid
Though our plight was mit nbsurL
Bhe most positively wouldn't
Lot 1110 say one violent word.
"Don't you see," she said serenely,
"There U sequence In It all,
For the hammock of the summer,
Must like Hummer have Its fall," ,
"Yet t tlilnk"-he hesitated.
"If I had my choice it nil.
In selecting from the seasons,
I'd not tako an earl full.''