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n. dohkwathh, editor.
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(Hpal.) Notary Public.
i'Aiirn:s i, i:vimj ron t mi:it.
1'n rllen IrnvliiK "' '" for
On. h ii mi in r niny linvr Tlir lli'i
nciil Io IIiciii ri-Kiilnrlj- liy
iiollfyliiK 'I'lii' Urn 1 1 ti m I n h n
oflli'r, In prrniin or liy until.
Till, nil.lrri.fi 1 1 1 hi' cliiiiiKril
n iifti-n nn ilrnlri'il.
fiovcruor Itousovcll'rt experience on u
rnneli hIioiiIiI wtvo lilm lit kooiI Hli'iiil
liciiilliii; olt n HtniiHiiMlc.
WIicm lln Clilni'Hi; opciicil lift' on Hip
i'nr Hlilps of llio jmiwith llii'y iivliloiitly
illil Hot know II wiih loaded.
At llii'lr IhHt I rial Hit' I'ulmiiH Hot nn
I'xittniili' In rliTtlon liniltiMH wlilrh
KiMttiicky ilciniirrntM mlalit follow with
Cl'Plllt to tlll'IIIKI'IVl'M.
Wlin lovi-r I lie ct'iiHiiM llnnn-H may hIiow
yon run put II down Hint Onmlia Iiiih
moro Iioiihi'h Hum over iM'foii' anil ovi-ry
olio oT t luaiii occupied.
It Ik i'1'i-lalnly lilting If nn !irlcullunil
oolli'Kii iirol'i'Hsor liiuiit Imrrow IiIh Mean
that lit' Hliould take tlieiu I'roin Walt
Wliltinan'H "LoavcN of (iriiHH."
Tho I'dllor of Hii local popocratlc
orj!an ItKinliOH: "What linn Iktoiiu1 of
liellV" ll inlK'lit lio a pioil plan for lilm
to wait awhllo ami ho inlKlit ho able to
miHWi't his own-question.
'If the KlaHtlctitli'itNi's which adorn Hie
city hall nro In danger of tailing anil
Injuring pcdcHtrhuis. ih Ik alleged,
oini' of iKiintlim linni'lly'M tro:lo
Uyh'K inlKhl hu necuicd In their place.
Wllllum .IciimIuk'h llryan, Jr.. hcciuh to
have caught alt the IIhIi tor the llryan
UMiIiik parly. When It coiuch to oatch
Iiik voteH, however, .Mr. llryan, nr., wilt
luivo to do tint landing If he wantM to
lie the henelk'lary.
The Conuuerclal club Is realizing too
Into that It made a mistake In not mov
ing arttvely nn the repeated HUKnestloim
of The Hen to foreu the consolidation
of Omaha ami South Omahii be lore the
time, for taking the HKH) census rolled
nroiiml.
AU-Sar-Men promlseH thlM year to en
velop IiIh animal carnival with oriental
Hplendor. 'I'liktiiK the Hp from tho yel
low riunptm In proKte.MH In China ho In
Hiiro his kuchIn will he (,'hnl to necept an
Invitation to draix out their yellow jack
ets anil peacock feathers.
It looks as If we would have to wait
for the Knurl Ii of July to set off a few
tons of KUiiniwder and malm a few
mere women and children In order to i
wake up tho council to the urgency of
the demand for the enactment of the
explosive Inspection ordinance.
"In the Interest of economy" the
school board Is dropping off one or two
teachers In side specialties, hut the sav
ins Is swallowed up Immediately by the
Increase of salaries of teachers now on
the pay roll. This Is a sort of double
hack action movement In the economv
Hue.
r
Democrats are beulnnlni; to talk out
loud about what they will demand
from the tripartite conventions in the J
Hlmpo of state olllccs. Talk Is cheap
ami sometimes soothlui;, hut It does not
ro very far toward cnnvtuclnj: a popu
list that he should give some one else
h chance to get an otllce.
People who nre hungry for war news
nhouhl not grieve because the wires ure
down to the scene of the trouble In
China ami the dispatches from the
Transvaal are censored. When they
pet tired of waiting for something ex
citing they can call up the Institution
tor the Keohle Minded at Ilea trice.
Congressman .Stark complains be
cause the republican majority In con
Kress would not remain In session
longer and pass the nntl-trust Mil.
"With tho record of democracy In tho
house on the trust question hoforo the
country It would appear the part of
wisdom for congressmen of that faith
te light shy of tlmt Issue.
sr.NATuit won oi vh srr.rj II.
Tho Hpei'ch of Si'imljir Wokntl as
ttiiiKirary chairman of the republican
national eon will Ion Is worthy of the
faino of tho Colorado Honator an tin ora
tor. It Ih an eloquent prcKcntatlon of
Hie record of the rt'iiubllcan party nnd
of tho Kprlt, K)llcy and purpoKo of tho
party. 'I'lio trlhnti' paid to President
McKlnley will havo the hearty conrtir
reiici' of overy Hliieeri; icpnlillftiii ami
Indeed of overy fnlr-inlinleil citizen.
Senator Woli;ott coiitniHti;d tho condl
tloiiH under the litHt deinocratlc adinln
l.itratloii with (bono now pruvalllni; ami
Hftld: "Tho IlKineH that llltiKtrato the
KrowliiK proHperlty of tho four years
of ifpiihllcaii adininlNtratlon well nlch
Mtauuer hfillef. Tliero Imi't nn Idle mill
In tho country today. The tnortKiiccH
on wi'.sterii farniH have heon paid by
the tens of thoiiHamlH ami our fanners
n ru contented ami proHperoux. Our
manufactured artlclcH are llndlni; a
market all over the world unit In con-
Htantlv IncreaHliiK volumi'. We nre rap
idly taking our place uh one of tin;
ureal creditor natloim of the world."
The reference of Senator Woleott to
the currency iptestlon wiih particularly
IntcrcMiUK. becauhe of his attitude
hitherto. He declared that the effort
to drive this country Into an alliance
with Mexico ami China nn an exolu-
Hlvely Hllver-iiHlnn country Impelled a
Hi'ttlemcut of the problem nnd tho re
cent action of cniiKi'CHM has ellmluateil
the danger which lis further ai;ltatlou
menaced, lie Haiti the policy of the
republican party had not only made
stable ami permanent our llnanclal
credit, hut It had left the popullHtlc
democracy u ilead Ihsiio It can never
aaln galvanize Into life and "com
polled them to nook to cveate new Ihhuch
irrowln' out of n war which they were
most eauer to jireclpltate," lie de
clared that the passage of the Kohl
standard hill marked the termination,
forever 11 tin 1, of any sort of difference
between republicans of the east and of
the west, jrrowlnn out of currency prob
lem. "Kven If the Htern loclu of
evonlH had not convinced uh," hiiIiI Mr.
Woleott, "our deep nnd abiding loyalty
to the prlnclph'H of the party, our be
lief that the Judgment of the majority
should Kovein, would lead uh to aban
don further contention." He said the
thoiiHamlH of rcpubllcatiH In the west
who left the party four yearn ni;o are
rclurulm: home.
Itetfarilliu,' I he Islanrt posscHsloiis,
Senator Woleott H.'tld we nre owners of
the Philippines by an undisputed and
Indubitable title anil he charged that
the Insurrection iik'HiihI, our authority
there wiih chlelly Inspired by the dem
ocratic party. "Never Hlnce ISlll," wild
tho Colorado Henator, "when the voters
of the country were called upon to de
termine whether the efforts of Abra
ham Lincoln to preserve the union
should be continued, or whether they
should ho abandoned and other mens
ures attempted, have ipiestlotiH so vital
been presented to the American people
for sell lenient. Their decision must de
termine the maintenance or the degra
dation of both our national credit and
our national honor." A democratic
president could paralyze the operation
of the new currency law, would Infuse
new life Into the Tapil Insurrection
ami obliterate our Intluence In the set
tlement of the vllal questions certain to
arise when China shall be opened to
foreign commerce.
'Certainly the task of pre.ientlne; tho
republican record nnd the position of
the party could not. tiave been mote
ably and eloquently performed. It was
a keynote speech which will tell
stronuly everywhere and especially In
the west.
has nitVAMSM anunwt
Hver since the last presidential elec
tion Mr. ltryan has kept himself In the
imblli! attention. Very soon sifter the
lection he hog nn work on the history
of the campaign ami also occupied his
time with lecturing ami speaking at
county fairs. When the war with
Spain came on Mr. Hryan went Into
the military sendee and found oppor
tunity In that capacity not to let the
people forget him. As soon as the war
was ended he resigned his colonel's
commission and went to Washington
to advise his adherents regarding the
peace treaty, counseling ltd rat men
tion. Throughout the Intervening time
he has persistently prosecuted his cam
paign us a presidential candidate.
Nothing like It was ever before
known In our history. No aspirant for
the presidency ever worked for the
attainment of his ambition so eagerly,
earnestly and constantly as Mr. ltryan
has done. The reward of his extra
ordinary efforts to reach the highest
otllce In the gift of the American people
he Is assured of so far as the nomina
tion Is concerned. He has already re
ceived that from the fusion populists
and their action will he ratliled, without
an opposing voice or vote, at Kansas
City. He has shown that the master
ship of his party Is complete and abso
lute. He holds together the elements
that constitute It with a dictatorial
authority that Is unquestioned. His
will Is the party's law.
Hut while Hryan thus dominates the
elements which constitute his follow
ers, has Hryaulsm grown as the re
sult of tho efforts that have placed him
In this commanding position? is It
anywhere stronger today than It was
four years ago? There Is nothing in
the elections that have since taken
place to prove that It ts. It Is true
there havo been democratic gains, but
for the most part they have been ob
tained where tho cardinal prluclples of
Hryaulsm were not In Issue. In the
congressional elections of 1S0S u num
ber of republican representatives
were replaced by democrats and In
nearly all of these cases the silver ques
tion was Ignored by the democratic
candidates, it Is certain that Uryan
Ism has lost ground on the 1'acltlo
coast. The Oregon election unmis
takably shows this. What reason Is
there to think that In the east, the mid
dle west and tho northwest, with their
abounding prosperity, it has advanced?
Does any rational man bellove that
Mr. Hryan can carry any eastern or
middle state ou the Chicago plutform,
'or any state of the northwest that he J thousand democrats will prevent the
did not carry In IMMl , handful of regular ilrlejftitcH from feel
I Mr. llryan will et votes In the east lug lonesome,
i and middle west on the nntl trtist nnd ' u
niitl-lmperlallsm Issues that he did not .
havo four years ago, but he Is likely to
lose as many or more of those who
were then suffering from the business
depression and are now prosperous,
si t it 1 at nil events the number that will
b drawn to him by the new Issues
will not be sulllcient to give him the
electoral vote of any eastern or middle
western state. In short, wo believe
that P.ryanlmn the principles of the
Chicago platform Is not so strong to
day us It was In 1WM! ami we do not
doubt that It will lose ground as the
campaign progresses.
While Omahii business men are ap
prehensive that the failure of the census
to show n substantial Increase in the
population of Omahii may react to the
detriment of the community It Is worth
while for them to remember how tho
plan to consolidate Omaha and South
Omaha In advance of the census-taking
was frustrated by the veto of the pres
ent fusion governor.
In anticipation of the present situa
tion the last legislature passed a bill
incorporating several new provisions
and amendments Into the Omaha char
ter, chief among which was one de
signed to facilitate the annexation of
South Omaha. Had this bill become n
law the question of annexation would
have been submitted to the voters of
the two cities nt their spring elections
ami would unquestionably have received
the necessary majorities. The two cities
would have been united ns one munlcl
pal corporation nnd so rated In the cur
rent federal census. The consolidation
of their populations would have given
Omaha the true rank to which it Is en
titled nmong other western cities nnd
would have placed It on the same foot
ing for comparison with Its competitors
which have been taking In nil the sub
urbs within reach since the last decen
nial enumeration.
Hut (Sovernor Poynter. listening to the
wily schemes of selilsh politicians,
turned a deaf ear to the demand of the
business Interests of Omaha and after
holding the hill until after adjournment,
when It could not be passed over his
disapproval, struck It down by veto. If,
therefore, Omaha is disappointed In Its
census nnd suffers from an unsatlsac-
tory showing It will know where to
place a large part of the blame and
should not forget to hold the governor
and his bail advisers responsible, chief
among which are tho editors of the local
popocratlc organ.
Ciovernor Poynter has tardily an
nounced the appointment of a successor
to Dr. Hippie, former president of the
.lacksonlan club, as member of the
board of trustees In control of the
stale schools for the deaf and the blind.
No Intimation Is given that a reappoint
ment was offered to Dr. Hippie, as It Is
well known that the doctor had offended
the reform governor by setting his face
Irmly against neiKitlsm In state Insti
tutions. It Is Interesting also lo note
the Identity of Dr. Hippie's successor,
who served us one of the nsslstnnt ser-
geants-at-arms of the last fusion legis
lature and later as an employe of the
Nebraska commission during the Trans-
mlsslsslppl Exposition, and lias con
stantly been an applicant for appoint
ment In some minor capacity. Hut ol
course the governor neiiovos ne mis
made a great improvement In replacing
Dr. Hippie on the board which has the
direction of affairs for these two impor
tant slate Institutions.
The eagerness of a few property own
ers on top of CJnpitol hill to rush the
repavenient of streets leading up Hint1
way is inieniioit to mocic lor years uie
grading of tlie hill, which should hnve 1 His wit Is not only npontancous nnd Hash
been cut long ugo. Tills Improvement j ing, but It Is nlso epigrammatic. "No other
hns been obstructed, whenever fitig- man'" HalJ "''x1 I'orter. recently, "lias
gesled heretofore, by mossl.acks and his P"wcr of condensing a whole argument
fc ... , , . .... In n fow striking words. HU oqugrams nro
taxshlrkers standing In their own light worthjr of , l8rury nrjti ,n that thpy
for fear they might have to contribute aro m.rfCCt in form. Though struck out on
lu taxes to meet the expense. These ( the spur of tho moment, you cannot tako a
streets will be graded eventually oven i word from nor recast them. They' havo for
If new mivement has to be torn no. al-
though by making the work more ex
pensive than necessary It may he de
layed another ten years or more.
The city council is ugulu Indulging
the had practice of suspending the lire
limit ordinance for the beneiil of fa
vored Individuals. The excuse given Is
as usual that the erection of new tinder
boxes is nn' Improvement on the reten
tion of old tinder boxes. On thnt
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l.llll.. ll.- l.li,-.. KIM i. . in 1 1 I n ..1 ,.n.-
euforclug the lire
iiiiiii. .iiiiiiimiii'
ngnlnst anyone unless It is to be en
forced without discrimination against
all.
According to certain advices the local
labor unions have done so well of late
in promoting their own Interests with
their employers that they are now car
rying chips on their shoulders for one
another to knock off. Four years ago
the Omaha labor unions were not stronc
enough to light the enemy, much less to
light one another.
The county board has discovered that
Olontarf precinct Is a costlv lnxurv. I
The expense of assessing Its' imiperlV .
Is greater than the entire taxes raised j
there. This discovery, however. Is noth-
ing new. Tho only way to get rid of '
I'lontarf Is to have It taken Into Oninhu
ulong with outh Omaha when annexa
tion becomes a verity.
No wonder thu popocratlc state
otllclals constituting tho State Hoard
of Public fJ rounds and Buildings did
not wish ti Investlgante the charges
made ugatnst the comtunndunt of the
Soldiers home at Mllfont. Whenever
nn Investigation Into one of the state
Institutions starts tliero Is no telllug
where It will stop.
Tho Nebraska visitors to Kansas 1'lty
who fall to secure admission tickets to
the democratic convention hall can be
utilized to swell the crowd ut the free
silver republican convention. Tliero
will be plenty of room there ami a few-
i'ri'tliiilnorlrn of Hie I'piinI.
Phllftdchililii TIiiipk.
Japan on Its tar, Uuicla on Its dlu ty nnd
I llio rest on tho tiptoe of expectation, ,io
muiion, ,io
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uneertah
i imiiiif hi fur n Minn.
Now York World.
Admiral Dewey Is not the first American
hero to thank t!od he had missed the prca-
Idency, General Wlnfleld Scott exprcneed
U - . ... . . .
of bU defeat by General Franklin Pierce nt
U,,! itt
TU. on...
iuu sumo iuuiis graiiucauoii wncn ne learneil
San Frnnclsco Call
The quiet, subdued anil orderly manner In w'10 ra,l,: "Tho harm done ty tho publics
which the democrats nil over tho country t,on of nny opinion Is leis than that of It?
are followlnK llryan Is so different from t.io
usual democratic habit that It cm be cx-
ni.ittipii nniv nn ih.. n,n,i ii,,. i 1 1, i t i,...
, , nluul,v. ...uv iw.un
they aro following a funeral procession.
TI .77 , ,, ,
' ""''chrca-o ,yo-u;,nn!.","B-
The democratic state convention of Men-
tana tejolcco 'with nil Its heurf In the
noble efforts of ex-Senator William A. Clark
to maintain the purity of elections. A
etnto convention Is not a legislature, and
.... '
nenco tliero will bo no occasion for IiivchII-
gating tho methods employed to Induce tho
Montana convention to hall Clark as n
champion of n puie ballot.
Hvi' Tli em Tlmp.
Portland Otetonlaii.
There Is only otio radical amendment io
tho pension laws that tho pension attorneys
have not yet asked for. That is that when
u man mnrrlrs n Koldlcr's widow ho shall,
In event of her death, inherit her pcnBlon. !
iicrcQimry pensionn once existed In Kng-
mini, uui mo pnimion anorney nugni go
further und cnnto a uulck market for tho
"war" widow by enacting that her husband
Inherit her pension as part of her personal
estate.
-
Smnll I IkIiI, I, mi-hp lli'Nt'i-lnMoii.
l'hlladelhla Itccord.
Lord Itoberts, for tho llrst time In tho
courso of his South African campaign, gave
way to hyperbole in his latest olllclal dls-
patch concerning tho light at Ucrstela-
brleken. Tho sight ot tho men charging
tho liner center over dllllcult ground mov d
him to suy: "It vhs grand!" In tho
present ciise, as In thu grandiloquent re
ports which (leneral Duller used to send
from Natal, tho praise of thn bravery of
tho troops (which nobody over questioned)
fs Intended to conceal tho poverty of tho
results achieved. The Drltish casualties
numbered 100. iirrordlllg to Ixml Dobe.tii,
and. according to Doer uccounts, tho bitter
lost only twelve men, two of whom wcio
killed. Tho "victory" was net of it cbaruc-
ter to cn-o much exultation In tho BritlHh
camp.
TO.1l ItKKIl'S l.lTICnAUY SI1I15.
Sliili-miiiiti mill l.im.ier on Omul pr
oiin Iteiiiler 'riMM UN Vnlllli.
Literary l,lfe.
Thornnn Draek' t, Keen, statesman and
lawyer, is u lover of books, und has b.en
nn omnivorous reuder from his earliest bjy
hood days. When a lad at school nil hlu
spare tlmo was npont In reading, but ho
oftetier tinned to an nbsorblng novel or a
book of poetry than to his text boolu. Li'er
at collcgo ho is i,ald to have often negl cted
- - - n- -----
his studies during the earlier part of hli
. . . . . . . .
courso
in oruer io cram nirt Drum wltli
classic literuluie, a well in with somo
which, upon nis own contoiislon, was int opinion that tho Drltlch have found n hand
classic. In I860 Mr. Heed graduated from fill In him. nnd whelhni' thpv riippppiI In
college, his commencement oration on "Tin t
Fear ot Death" whining tho composition .
prize.
..ri.
In his long corigrfFHloual career nt Wash
Ington, Mr. Deed showed his knowledge of
hnnkH .md lliprjinln nn mnr ih.ni mm nn.
ciBlon. Tho humor of his speeches wn fa- 1 volunteers with the Doers In tho Transvaal. , trol of a revolutionary force which ties
ter.slfled by u slow drawl nnd ii hlgh-plte-jed wno wnH wl,e(1 at tllL' battle of Wepencr, grown from nn Insignificant uprising lut
lather naeni voice. In debate Mr. Deed J'flm'Ked to a very old and noblo Itusilan n throalenlng army. Thla force has either
nlwnys preserved an even and ttanqu 1 tnmll'- "is father was a famous general br,,n aa,,j nd aliettcrt by a Bahemlng em
temper. Often ono sentence, dolivored lu ""ring the Turkish war of 1877-7S. Captnln pr0Ilg or lt nas 0verawel n poworlrS3
his Illimitable manner, would demolish. In ',a"c'zl1, e,t"C(1, Mko'.aleffsM Cavalry ; W0mIli n ptber case tho result is the
a gust of laughter, un attack upon which un ' ot s.i.ool in ISSb, and was promoted o same Thg rcvolutlonlB(a aro ,h, ma8
opponent, had spent hours of labor. On cnu
occasion when an lnslgnlllcant member from
a southern state, which was also rcpro
sonted by ono of the. most eminent demo
crats lu the country, hud, nt great expense
ot tho time of the house, "toasted" Mr.
Deed, that gentleman got up nnd remarked
quizzically that It was indcod a groat honor
for ono state to furnish two such reprenenta
tles, "ono to lead the house and tho nlh r
to bring up tho rear." That was all ho sild,
g. tll0 nlnbit0U3 member was completely
.niieiched.
11 B01" "rt818 a profound Knowledge or nil-
.... I ,1... I .1 ...l.ll.l.
an -nuu.t ... .ns urn ...i.u.iK ..in looks.
Every available bit of space Is utilized for
book shelves and more books nro plied In
tho corners of the little room, but book-
"ses are io oo ioun.1 an over mo nojse,
filled with books upon every concelvablo
sublcct law. nolltlcs. nhllosonhv. blstorv.
fiction nnd poetry
Ho Is a great admirer of (Jeorgo Wil
liam Curtis' style, particularly because of
the rhythmic quality of his proso, which
he believes has aided him to a true np-
probation of rhythm, without which no
'..,. ..: 1 .. . 1
he is intense! y fond of. ami I.Mc !
n.... uu, iiih ..numcs. 4 care-
ful nnd successful studont of human nature
m, ... ...iiu.u . .... u. ...f, ...... L-u..u i nlc,ti,ods. They appeared too much like an
n luminous degree tho possession by th.lr PBB.ralon of tlle wort of Lord Mcth
author of that prlruo quality ot a truo nun lu,n.8 TOitwKeB.
horse sense." i "Ti,0 fnct tnat Lord Kitchener wns sum-
lo n blundering leutonant ho oneo said. , FCt)t aw a8 aa Lord Hoberts
with almost brutal frankness: "Urn nro camu w tho bl.8U.KlnB fnrce alld tUat
too b g a fool to lead and haven't sense , tho cx.slrfs or(,0Ifl wero t0 put Uown
enough to follow R rPhellon ot 400 farmers at Prlcska,
In hla homo Mr Deed Is never n happy , pa Icd u ft ctlKRC8t,on wnlch ,m,i but
himself, ho naturally delights In those;"" " "'' "'! ,
authors who have most truthfully and ford- 80Vr,,'1c Vu exntU,nB wUen 1,1 -'""'I"''"1''
bly presented that ever varying and nlw.i)S ' ' "a flrst "Plcuf's act when In South
..... fslei U'UU Ih.i ti 1 1 It ii s-t ti-ii 1 rt frit tfiwiJtirtr
delightful entity.
Thackeray Is his favorite novelist nn 1
"IVndcnnls" nnd "The Virginians" he llnds
the most Interesting of his novels, though
he believes that "Vanity Fair" Is the great
rst ot ,nu master's nchlevc ments. ciuriei
XS" MVlM whom "
Amons tlle p0'e- Mr ,P0,, pr:or, Tenn)..
son. though he rends constantly Drowning,
Ingfollow. Whlttlcr nnd Holmes. Horaco
another author In whom Mr. Deed delights
und certain poems of the elinrmlng Utln
poet tie reads nnd rereads constantly. :
Tho catholicity of his poetical taste Mr. I
Deod Illustrates by citing as one of his
favorite poems the following fiom the pen
of Eugene F. Ware:
Ouco n Kansas zcih r strn)ed
Where a brass-eyed bull mm played,
And that foolish cnuliio bayed
At the rephyr In u guy
Semi. Idiotic way.
Then that zephyr In about
Half a Jiffy took that pup.
Tipped lilm over wrong side up!
Then It turned him wrong side out,
And It calmly Journeyed thence,
With a "burn nnd strlnir of fence,
MOltAU
When communities turn loose,
Social forces that produce
The disorders of a gale:
Act unon the well known law.
Face the breeze, but close your Jaw
It's a rule that will not fall,
If you bay It in a guy.
Self.suniclent i-ort of way.
It will land you, without doubt.
Upside down and wrons side out,
NEBRASKA
Umerlmn Knipn,Mr Th r ,
Judges will not gain mu h In their contempt
nroccedlnes Bsalni Thn rimnhn iu. nn.i ii.
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IllllOr. II tppm. (n tnllM, IILo Irvine In
1 '' " ioxn of the press and public
Fcniiniem is Willi The lice. The fusion press,
j continually says tho meanest nnd most un-
truthful things about republican olllccliold-
era, yet no one pays nny attention to them,
In this Instance a dignified sllcticu would
havo become tho supreme Judges.
, U'omnti'. Wooklv
,ho supreme coj , t ot Neb nskTdld , ot . o
! a Particularly" thing w"cnuthicl Tho
I I'ub..sb.nK company ,500 for c .ntonipi.
The rhanrpii urn ih.n
' paper believes with tho nrcat man
suppression uy law." if the papers In Amer
must add to tho burden ot tho bus.uiss
ofllco the ono of unmnhmiv'ft nniinn it
- .
i offended dignity, wo would better eliminate
I -U-partment nnd change our
I n
, !r"n,)1 ,Ialam Courier: As announced
b,rlc ,y. J-'8! week, Tho Omaha Use luu been
"niMl j0 for co"tpmi't of the state sup:o:r.e
v;"n lu conniuon tnai tne penalty
1,0 mo'lMed if The lice Hhows Itself wllllnn
, ..t.ii-i.. . ii .i. i..
"i"""i;"u imumi, in rcuuing uus con
dltlon ono can scarcely keep nway n smile
of wonderment that It could bo Imagined Tho
Dee would publicly stultify Itself. With tuch 1 criticism of public ofllclnls should not bo lli- wnlch 18 not- Thc DC,t interests or ttio put)
un apology that paper would admit that It cournged, as It results In better govern- Ho will bo better preserved by giving the
had dono something thnt demanded crlm- 1 ment. Tho power to punish for contempt U 1 prera a free hand to rrltlclio or commend
ina! punishment and It naturally In lsts 1 necessary to maintain tho dignity of courts, ' It sees tit, lenvlng tho public to npproe
thnt the nrtlcleH for whoso publlcnt'on It but we do not bellovo It was Intended to bo I or condemn by Its disgust or condemnation
Is to suiter n penalty were perfectly T ght ! used os a means of punishing thosa who out- Kdwnrd Hosewatcr may technically be In
and proper. The apology, therefore, tnkei side the courtroom utter or publish criticisms jcontompt of court according to nil precedent,
tho form of n Justification. In the whole un- I of Judges sitting upon tho bench. Hacked by i and would not havo been In contempt had
.ivnrv rnnirnvpr.v nnhlip nnininn i . .io. 1 Hiicli n law there Is no limit to tho extent to Mils cdltorluls been n little different, but If
cldcdly on the side of Tho Bee
Ulalr Courier: In tho oplulon of the
Courier tho supreme court hns lowered Its
dignity moro by n foolish partisan contempt
suit against Kdwnrd Hosowutcr of The '
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Omaha llco than It was lowered by anything
thnt worthy or unworthy goutlemnn or pa
per said of It. Nor would wo upologlzo to
that court llko u schoolboy, but would pay
tho J00 und then roast tho fuslonlats nnd
tho court until they were heartily sick of
tho whole moss. Hespoct Is something
that cannot be forced nnd Is n mark of tho
WA.MMi WAR IX SOI "I'll AI'ltlCA.
Incident, mill Ciiniiui-nlx from
llio
SI rniiKlcil Iti'iuililU'M.
One killed, ono wounded, one captured, Is
thn rpenrd. nn far nn known, nf lhn nhlrnen
nmbulanco corns which went to the nmlst-
anco of the Doers last winter. The corps,
composed of Irish-Americans, reached the
Transvaal early In April, and went directly
to the front us members of the Hed Cross.
Of rourro no member of tho corps fought
thought! They
stuck to their humane duty of succoring the
wounded, and In doing so encountered stray
bullets. The member reported killed is not " " '"' "Z "" n ,T , . u,S i , i , . 0,u"1n" 'u'10
known 4n Chicago and Is suiioosod to bo lotH of 2 ,0 nl a tlme' Ilko rnts ln a straw" : 1,11(1 atral ability, tho man who In deter
snown in cnicago ann is supposed io do ,v , ,t, nnnr in.i.n.i nt t.nii,,n minoii in ioi, n' ,i. .. .,
ono of tho Dcston or New York recmlts.
Tho wounded man Is Captain Ed ward CI.
Hcaly, foimcrly an olllcer
Illinois regiment, who saw
tho Spanish war. Tho captured
Thomas F. Murray, nn llliiiols militiaman, 34
years of ngo. Murray Is reported quite a
eburaotcr by his Chicago fiieuds. nnd wns
uuitiiujiur uy uis wuil-uuu liieuun, nun wh
known bv them n "Mlckpv Vtt " afipr ihn
' . .uimij . it , .nri iui.
character lu tho novel "Chnrlen O'Mnllev."
Friends of tho captured man expronH the
holding him will, In their opinion, depend
unon tho stromtth of his desire to eacntie.
'
faplaln Alexander Nlkolayevltch Can-
etzkl, the Into commander of the Husslnn
a Meld cornetcy In 1S89, served In Caucasia
nnd was promoted In lS'Jl to be csptain of
tho Forty-fifth Senerskn Dragoon regiment.
In 1805 he left tho service nnd weat to Mos
cow, where ho married a rich widow, Mrs.
V. N. Flrsunova.
The astonishing eclipse of Iord Kitchener
lu the South African war occuslons .1 few
r. -ri'p by Julian Dalph In the London
Mail. Dalph accompanied thc Drltish nrmy
1M ,ar 113 Dluemfonteln, whero he encuitn
tcred ii Doer bullet that bored a bole through
hlu leg and sent lilm to London for repairs.
"There Is little ueed to discuss Lord Kitch
ener," writes Dalph, "us either an inde
pendent actor or u lieutenant of Lord Dob
crts. In neither capacity has ho counted
for much In tho war, or Increased his pres
tlgo as a strategist. Ho made a meteoric
appearanco during our pursuit nnd subse
quent surrounding of Cronje's army, but
it was not tho common opinion that he
iitinunil iflm flnlil mnrAhiil I. if hla mllllnrv
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one Interpretation whero I heard lt dis
cussed. "Thla experience Is qulto npart from an
other fact about Lord Kitchener, which was
almost sensationally noticeable from the
day he lauded In South frlca. This was the
fact of his unpopularity with the officers
throughout tho army to which of cou sj
Lord Huberts was novor a pirty.
"A member of tho Parliament whom I
"T ""7 ' , ' ,, n
nc rrlzo Mf f,f e, lnK, aB ev.,d"DC? of a cn',
splrncy agalcbt the hero of Omdurman. but
met lu Kltnberley went so fur as to char-
1 nf.l:rw'!r" c',,no t0 ? ,,hit.fh,ec . "? '
combination or organized nctlvlty nsalnsl ;
. ,, ,.. . ,
1 '""J" lrl
Africa wsb the withdrawal of the transport
1 service from tho separated commandi in derly to delay docldlng tho case of Fitz
ordcr that It should be managed by tho liarrls and Mullet, the Phoenix- Park mur
nrmy tervleo corps. Thus It camo nbout der conspirators, who seok to stay In this
that every brigadier and colonel saw a cer- I country, so that a consideration of the ovi
taln amount of his power Bhlfted to what deuce may bo had. Slnco this consldera
ho considered a subordinate branch of the tlon has already boon given there are those
ecrvico. A gcodlsh degrcu of llttludo In cruel enough to lnslnuato that the sena-
j the enjoyment of comforts nnd extras which tor's Interest la purely for political pur-
' had been mado possible when these oflVors poses,
controlled the wagons was nisi curtailed, j Tue empTftK dowager of China Is the one
The army walled nnil gnashed its teeth, onmn in th worlj wh drtlci .ill Huron...
lmt 1 cmtcea 1 always thought that resson
""" "v"7 "'"
1,1 tul'' mat,or' I-orJ Kitchener's plan was
,ho on,y "uo ,,y wbl1'" n" '"""clent n"'
oer or wagons unn icums coum up iiuuzeu
mr nu mat mey wero worm, i
"And I suspect It is as true today at It
was Inst year that even If General Lord
Kltchener has not shone ns a lighting man
lu South Africa, he remains the greatest
military organizer of his generation. What
he did In leading up to and executing the
battle of Omdurman was tho sort of work
" "v " .wu.i. i.ui. n.., hush,
he not havo paralleled this feat In South
Africa If he had been sent there at the
beginning or a few months earlier?
"Dut though Oeneral Kitchener Is not
second to Lord Hoberts In success In this
war. there is a general who must soon
receive at homo tho credit and tho plaudits
which he tun gained from the army Gen-
era! Freuch." ,
PRESS COMMENT ON CONTEMPT.
finer f I'liHitillltloe. We will usually
about as much of It ns wc nre entitled to
In this inatter-of -fart dny. nnd If a newstia.
, .i.i. 1...1..--.1 i, . i,.i - .,
Her HOPS 1101 SHOW rCSIICCl WlierC rn 'Cll
duo It nlono will suffer in the public es
teem. Tlie reading piinnc are inr ironi ue
lug fools nnd they usually take a newjpa- lor .Mr. uosewau-r. urn we proirm nain.
per "urttcle for nbotit what It's worth. A this action of tho supieme oourt s MVorltiR
newspaper should" be ns free to criticise a very much of tyranny. Tho supreme court
public olllccr ns nn Individual, for It means hns the power, no doubt, to punish for con
nothing more. If the president of the tempt, but, lis shown by Mr. Hoieanter In
- . . t,l n.vtimAiil Imfnrp Inn rnl'rf It I. n l.ilunr
! I nlted Slates is not nuove cnnciuuro wc
I n hardly hope lesser llshts to be. Courts
' -bouM bo above po.lt.es. but they're no,, so
"u.t take the worst.
Centrjl City Nonpareil: The Nonpareil
earnestly hopes that the decision of tho su
premo court, rendered by Judges Motcomb
nnd Sullivan, fining The Omaha lice for con
, tompt tiocuuso ot its criticisms m tuc two.
1 Judcos In tho matter of tho Omaha fire and
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1 Mice case, will bo overruled by some higher
! authority nnd that this dangerous precedent
' ? "n." SJf A Sv-
j crnmcnt. Tho law of nowfipaper libel Is u
mlmclent protection ngnlnst newspaper r,lan-
,len, uul in n citntIoii for contempt, whero
, tho jmlKe s practically the complainant and
prosecutor, oo well ns tho ono to fix the
I ...... .
.,'ii.- ii',rn ia o vn.i nn..ihiiiiv fnr tho
nbuse of the precedent to the oppression of
the nubile. Free epcech and free nnd honest
which a Judge might go in suppressing uiu
public pres.1 und quieting criticisms regard
ing his misdeeds. Wo believe In freo speech
nnd regret nny encroachment upon this con
stitutional right.
I I'airouiy journal: i uu cuei unit: tumi
VMir,.,,n ,.. i hmht l.rfore ll Kd-
ward Hosewatcr. editor of The Omaha Dee
charging him with contempt of court. Itoao
u-iiter'i. crime consists of wrltln editorials
nnd having them published in The Dee, boeomlng cortllpt, their acts should
wherein he maintained thst cx-Oovornor I u subject to criticism. Justlrc will bo per
Holcomb was not competent to sit In a cer- I verted fnr more by forbidding free criticism
tain case because .Mr. Holcomb had had ! than by tho unbridled use of it.
KY11S TI'KNLin TOWAHII CHINA.
St. Louis Olabo-Domocrat: China Is In
the position of thc most populous nation In
tho world, yet unable to defend any of Its
harbors. In xplto of Its long experience
In government, the old empire never learned
tho lesson of sea power.
Sun Francisco Call: Thc Chinese
heathen In his blindness is opposed to tho
overrunning nnd rough carving of his conn-
lr liv fnrplrnptu. Ho lu nu-arn thnt wli.i
"J JinnM vuiuiiiin 11, ir luc
practice to thin them out with a Run, or,
nn tt'ji AA In WvaimIno K Viiipnlnn Uat
a pew, bows down to wood nnd slono, ho
-er of tho Seventh ,,0CH not uuderslani1 tliat lucfi0 thinning school nnd college honors well dcrerve thn
aw some service In I,roceBtcs nro ,ho Prerogative of Christian ' special houor that Is paid thom upon rnm
'aptured member is natIons onl'' 0 ne heglns a career of rank mencement day. 'ihfy have fought n goeJ
Imttntinn of our methods, whereupon the
Christian nations land marines nnd ma- faithfully, havo put to tho best use tho op
chtne uunii -ind proceed to punish him, ' Portunltloa that havo been given them, "'he
.... . ..... . .. .
oblivious that Imitation is the sincercst
. lor' ul
AVashlngtnn Post:
It Is no longer
oilestlon of affording protection to n mini-
bcr of mltsionarles In China
A point has
been reached whoro national honor Is con-
I corned. Tho maintenance of this honor
j. ..
I UUIlllVl'H llnP It IU I' I II UUIJ L1LIUI1 HUH KOIT-
I ... . ....... . .
, eminent. The American legation Is bj-
1,oviipr.l In l'.-kln. In n nnltlnn nf prnt
norii Thn nnnlmi niiv t Phlnn ic in nnn.
tor, o the situation. The Chinese govern- PVor, dlscollrase theSVoy 01 glr o
ment Is power leis. It cannot or It wl mluIo n RcoA strUB(;lt for ,t
not nfford to the Amer can minister and only these who wero too lazy or too Indlf
hts official niKoclates that safety which wo ferent or who didn't eaie, who now hive
have tho right to demand and which China cauiio to regret these things and to look baft
ought to guarantee. If It bo true, nc upon their school days ns partly wstol
cording to the latest rumors, thnt the through their own failure tn put a proper
American legation has been destroyed, tho value upon them. It is time for them to
weakness of the Chlneso government has wheel around and determine that henceforth
been flagrantly displayed. Dut whether or , they will how straight to the lino and nut
nut this climax has been reached, the Im-i forth their best efforts In nvm v n,i..,.Mn
prhonment of the United States mlntste
in I'ekln Is a situation gravo enough to
warrant the most vigorous action. This
Is an offense against the nation.
TKIISONAI, I'OI.Ti:ilS.
Kansas City resents the offer of SOO con
vention tickets. It will get 3,000 or bust
the deal.
General K. S. Otis has been mado n doc
tor of laws by the l'nlerslty of Docbnster,
from which Institution ho graduated in
1S58.
An cntorprlslng divine healer In San
Francisco heeled himself by selling his
landlady's furnUuro during her nbsenco
from home.
Campaign buttons and badges aro so
numerous in Philadelphia that the una
dorned man Is considered n fit subject for
a dime museum.
When l'resldent Morse of tho New York
Ice trust was In collego he secured n po
sition as bookkeeper nt J800 a year nnd
sublet the work for $300. Now he Is worth
S5.OOO.C00.
Louis N. Megargte, whoso column, en
titled "Seen nnd Heard," has for many
years been one of tho features of tho Phil
adelphia Times, hns sovered his connection
with that journal.
Tho assumption that lightning Is n suro
C"r laUU ,n. irnctl?:
An Ohio man gave It an involuntary trial
. , ,., .... ... ....
,v" " "ls
' "" ""' '"' no 'uu3 was
tterl by tho collision,
Senator Dlatt of New York has asked
. jn m .. .
Commissioner Oonernl of Kmlcrntlon row-
sll0 ls Ilow about CO yenr.i old nnd for the
inst ioriy yeais uss exerted nn sii-powerful
influence in directing tho affairs of China.
Phe is the second wlfo of the emperor and
pe-MUse stie twre him a son and the first
wifo did net she takes precedence. As to
education, she has received the host China
can give. A native wit nnd cleverness mp-
ply what the may lack lu book knowledge,
Kducatlon and experience are not always
conclusive evidence of wisdom. A noted
a,i eldorly professor in sn easturn "college,
wbo rumled a young woman, expecting
I0 -mou u ner m nil and ennrsetor." bait
thrown up the Job and Is telling his troubles
to u court. He alleges n variety of marital 1
(delinquencies on tho part of bis wife, but J
he would havo borno these eveu to the
grave If hi Incorrigible "better half" did
not murder hi dignity arid self-respect by '
referring to fclm as "his nibs." Tho
crushed professor meekly admits that "a
foe! t forty Is a fool Indeed."
Bet fconH'tblnj; 'o in i:h the fa so bfforc It ramo
io the supreme court and was hftefuie in
Interested party l or writing these nil
IB mum. i..i..,wu .'T.mii 1- win. .u.
- tempt and the niprene comt lntftuls io
- , iiuiubh uuh. . u.,- uu . u !.,. m
..." - - --
I that has never yet been used In a case of
... kind by
' W tho courts of o . ,u ct ,b
union. The power to punish for contempt
for thltigs said about the court partakes of
tho practices of the dnrk ngrs nnd should
hnve no place In nn enlightened conimunl'v
' It. like the law of libel, Is a shield, behind
M h hynDcrltcs nnd rnscals often hide
. ' ... .... ... ..
8310 iron! 1110 SU.U13 UI must- tuuiasru in
, , . ()f ,, , wroni?, No
, ' "e ' ,)yr Jt .M nUpl.
- -bout b, In an .ntel.lgent commun,,
ndJt,.lt ,'c. ?".i i m,-, , n
oek ,'K ,lh'nl'1 Vh l0,,lc"',
col'rt' should bo abovo tho crltlcliim of the
" " -
"' un editor mut criticise things ns he
i ilmlti ihnm nnd nn( lm nn ll ml ilnu'li nV I r n ll I .
Ihuls them nnd not bo bound down by tecbnl-
I catltle, of Uw which minutely prescribe
! that w hich Is libel or contempt and Hint
bo Is punished for It nnd his caiso Is made a
precedent, then there may, and no doubt
often will, bo times when n court should bo
criticised, when, because of tlilo precedent,
edltora will bo deterred from doing so be
cause of fenr of meeting the fate of Dose
water. Courts nre but humnn, and n such
liable to mistakes, nnd not only liable to
mistaken, but llablo to corruption, and to
correct their mistakes and prevent them
thom: who no .mit w is.
I,lfr'
riles of flrrnlc-r Importance
Tlimi ( ln. Honor..
llalllinoro American.
Ambassador Choate, In a happy llillo
speech at a school commencement at Cam
bridge last week, put In a good word for the
boys who hud failed tn win iinv nf th i,rl..
' or to carry off any of the clam honors. T,.
. theso lads he eaid his heart went out. They
are in tho majority, and In the United
nt,),. r.nn. l.iu i... . ..... . .
jmi UUIU8. Ill XUt'BO HCilGOl JiTlZVU, HOW -
1 ever, us in all thn prizes of life, after a fair
' nltiui'nM, .l.il it..ii .. .. ..
Tho boys nnd girls who carry off there
iRht In their youthful day3, havo stutMcd
ini,n.. . ,
ouances ror greater success In tho yoais to
pmnn ir. .It In lti.1. I..... fi-i , - ,
coino are all In their favor. They have been
mil In lhn ImI ...111, .11. r it...)-
, i " - - - ...... ill lUUIT UWJl .
"U,M"S .uuucr 'm"ar conunions, and hao
'rove(1 t,lnt ,ljy a'e moro thun equal to th"
, , , w K , ,ucm t0 do- "
' !. .ry 'Dt0. tho work that now eomei
i upon mem to do the tamo nmbltlon. iln
. ... , , , ., ...
same detcrin nat on to Ipad. hp, ai.m c'ri, i
lu '"".,' 11
ntttntlon to duty, tho odds nro stronp Hist
. ' "'" uiu 8uci.e0sc6 oi meirs. a .11
days in their greater work In the w.i.i
There will bo exceptions, many ot them,
there will bo failures, which will cause .ill
the moro surpriso on account of llio bright
outlook, but the prize-wluiier of thn school
In mighty art to be tho prlze-w inner of the
world.
Fslllirn fn ..-In lhn nrl-fn cl,n..l.l .
In which they engnge. New opportui iti
will come to thom as their school de.ys end
and It will rest with them, nnd with them
alone, to determine whether they shall stn -cced
or go through life mnrked no men who
threw awny their chances nnd never even
made a struggle for tho prizes that were put
before them.
SAID 1 FU.V.
Chicago Hecoril: "Mr. .Iubh eucouraces
n,l?o,V,co,nn.7oPn,sJ"n11 ,hw "iU,0ni"
nn'!,:ho.n,!lst 1,0 "."'" now-he's sitting
on tho front piazza without his coat or vest
Cleveland Dlnln Dealer: "How doei Jlni
ex,:',e'n. tn wlion ho leaches the
uiu1 i niuu ;
"By his wits."
"Then, of course, he's
or. ! I i.-U fnn:i
this blamed ehlll.i nnd fever," snl.l the
saffron-liued man, "to the bitter end!"
And ho took his regular ilose of quinine.
Detroit Journal: .Somebody proposed equal
suffrnue.
"No," said the woman who had It In
mind to bo advanced. "I prpfer n hobby
with a drop frumc to start with."
Chicago Hecord: "TIip uveragp graduate
always Metends to know It nil."
"Vps, nnd sometime" he doen't t'et over
thp temlene)' even when ho gets to be a
college professor."
Somerville Journal: Mrs. Wlcglcs Mr.
Waggles snld last night that you nre going
to keep n horse nnd .-arrlage.
Mrs Wacjics Yes; our salary was In
creased last week.
Detroit Journal: The llterateur wus
clearly mad.
"Let me but wrlto the people's Jokei," lie
"elled, "and I caro not who reads proofs
on theso!"
Wo reported nil this to the proper authori
ties, colling attention nt the same time to
the vflld. bunted look In the fellow's eyes.
Chicago Tribune: "Knthleen. did you dust
off the i handeller ard pns fixtures, as I
told you to do bffore I went nway?"
"Vis, m.i'nni, but when I took the ehlm
npys olT an' dusted thu long, white burners
they .fell all to pleies, ma'am."
Pittsburg r'hrntiiele: Mr. ltt-Not nil
tho democratic stnto conventions nre In
favor of tho free rolnngo of silver.
Mr. renn No. but they seem to favor
the freo colnugc of sympathy resolutions.
Punch: nrnn'pa Maepherson How many
does tvo nnd two inulip, Donald?
fionnld-Slx.
Oran'! n What nre ye talking about?
T o md tr-o m.ike four.
Dunslil Yes. I know, but I thought you'd
"bint me down" a bit.
. r.A.svi:nnn i.r.rn:its,
Somervlllo Journal.
Thpy haunt me In my making hours,
They follow n-.p through all my dreams.
When the last ray of daylight dies,
When the llrst inornlnr minHrnt Iw.irna.
j I cannot drive thom from my mind, '
i hi.,ir nf ih.m hi- ,i. i.e. .,i...,.
Thy make rny life a wretched grind.
To0"" lt'rs that I ought to write,
"Why don't -on write them then'" v
ask;
,,To ""J1. ','" .""Vi"1, ' uo "''t know,
Noonger to b wumt.'il
Hut somehow I nerlect them 'still,
.Neglect them dally, though they blight
Mv wearv life, and nlwavx ivill
X "Tliose letteri that I ousht to write.
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